20090725 바래 Comeback Performance on MBC Music Core

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Among all four music shows airing in South Korea, MBC Music Core was the least of my favorite. So, when I was watching MBC Music Core today to watch FT Island's final comeback performance, I wasn't expecting much because I expected much during their 나쁜여자야 comeback performance and I ended up feeling a bit dissapointed. This performance on MBC Music Core wasn't great, wasn't grand. Just like a normal performance.

They didn't performed two songs like how they did on the three other music shows and my mom was like "is MBC stingy or what?" and I was like "I know the reason why, mom". Well, so the five boys only performed 바래. The intro of their comeback performance was nice, very retro. The stage setting, it was weird. It had nice dimmed blue lighting, and it have Michael Jackson's setting, as a tribute I think. The boys wore the clothes from their album jacket, and I have to say that the outfit they wore today weren't my favorite. I like what they wore on yesterday's KBS Music Bank during 바래 more. But no one else could rock the half pink-half grey pants like Hongki and Seunghyun for sure. They are all looking awesome in no matter what they wore. The stage was huge but the boys were cramped into one corner of the stage, with Minhwan separated from the others. The two guitarists and the bassist were placed so close to each other, they seemed to be having difficulties with moving their instruments around. Oh, there are amplifiers placed for them too, but couldn't be seen because it was like hidden behind Seunghyun, Jonghoon and Jaejin. Are amplifiers a must have thing on stage for FT Island right now?

With the dimmed blue lighting, the boys looked awesome through cameras but one thing sucks, the cameraman got his camera shaken each time he shoot Minhwan. Random mistake? Somehow, my mom said it was irritating and it didn't make Minhwan looked good to be shoot by shaking camera. Like always, Hongki's voice was flawless in this performance, so it kinda make up for the flaw I mentioned earlier. Seunghyun's rap, it didn't sound as loud and confident as yesterday but he got a fairly enough time of his own shoot during his rap. And his smile was so adorable. So, I am satisfied. Fan chants heard were okay, loud but not as loud as before. Jaejin's rap, well, not as good as the previous performances too, but he did very good.

The guitar solo by Junghoon felt so short all over sudden, but he looked awesome. Love the way Hongki said "guitar!" during the guitar solo part. When Seunghyun, Jaejin and Jonghoon did the "left-right" movements, it surely seen clearly because they were so closed to each other, so that was cute.

Overall, the boys did okay and the performance was fine. Not extra-ordinary or grand, just fine. Nothing special, as if it was never a comeback performance at all. I know this review sounded much as I am trying to pick out the flaws, but I am not. Just stating the points I saw as not right. The boys did better before. Maybe I just don't like MBC Music Core much and that was why I always see the points I am not satisfied with throughout the performance rather than enjoying it.

Besides, I had just came back from a funeral of my mom's uncle, but since our family are not closed, we kind of left earlier or else I might not write this review and my mom probably didn't want to watch this with me at all. May you rest in peace.

Forgive me for this lame review, but this is what I felt after watching the performance. As I said before, it was just fairly good. Practically because I am biased, I will say awesome. So, the boys had successfully have their comeback performances done and starting from tomorrow, they will just appear on music shows and made performances, and perhaps topping some charts, please?

One more thing, FT Island and some other performers, SNSD, IU, Cool and some more unidentified artistes made a 00:15 seconds of choir for MBC Music Core with Hongki as the leader, so check it out here. Hongki was so cute, when he burst into a short laugh at the end of the choir, perhaps finding it funny that he was indeed leading a short choir performance. Though only the girls' voices could be heard through the choir performance, wasn't it worth it to see our Hongki leading a choir? Oh, the other four boys were standing at the back of the choir, with Minhwan and Jonghoon holding to microphones. Seunghyun made cute hand gestures, possibly trying to mimic his beloved hyung, Hongki.