Morning Musume Concert Tour 2008 Haru - Single Dai Zensyuu!!

Amazing concert from morning musume! they really shined! all of the songs sounded great and they were performed amazingly!!i really like the 6th generation members solo's!

This is a very enjoyable DVD release from MM. It is inovative - the concert does not stick to the usual formulae, instead we are treated to a number of medleys of older classics whereby only part of the song is sung. It works brilliantly and the whole concert has a feel good factor throughout. I think competition from AKB48 has changed MM somewhat- they are noticeably more sexy looking these days but still manage to portray their innocent wholesome image. Risa in particular is adorable -if only I knew what she is saying !! I have given it 5 stars -it deserves 10

This is the first Morning Musume concert DVD I've seen since before Yossi and Miki left in 2007 and it's the biggest disappointment I've experienced since becoming an MM fan three years ago. The current lineup just can't sustain a high-energy show for two hours. Without the strong personalities that marked the group in past years, they just seem to be going through the motions. No wonder they're rapidly being eclipsed by Berryz and C-ute. To make matters worse, some genius decided to have them do all 36 Morning Musume singles here, from the very first hit, "Morning Coffee," to the latest, "Resonant Blue." That's too much heavy lifting for this lineup and they botch most of the older classics. As the two top performers in this bunch, Ai-chan and Risa try their hardest, but they were at their best when surrounded by dynamic personalities like Nacchi, Mari, Rika, Yossi and Miki. There's nobody like that left. Koharu is the only one who displays any air of excitement at all, but she always acts like she's dancing to her own tune anyway. And, of course, the camera keeps cutting away from her whenever she gets a line or starts to do anything interesting. It's all very frustrating.