Fever*Fever Video/Fever*Fever DVD
Live Video / Stereo
Epic ESVU 519 (VHS)
Epic ESBB 2026 (DVD)
Released December 18, 1999 (VHS)
October 12, 2000 (DVD)
Puffy's second live video, taken (obviously) from the Fever*Fever tour. Most of the concert footage is taken from a show at NHK Hall, though there are clips from other venues as well (mostly for the backstage and solo footage seen near the end of the video). The tracklisting of the DVD focuses more on the songs from Fever*Fever, so the entire concerts aren't wholly presented -- for example, Ami and Yumi's solo spots are shown in short clips instead of full performances.
It's a shame that the whole solo sets aren't included -- Ami rocks out on The Beatles' "I Wanna Be Your Man" and "Honey" (her solo single), while Yumi tackles Unicorn's "Maybe Blue" and her own "V·A·C·A·T·I·O·N". Additionally, there are a couple of clips where Puffy sing a cover of the old Pink Lady hit "Nagisa no Sinbad" -- Ami and Yumi even use Pink Lady's dance routine in their performance (which Yumi kept messing up, as seen in one of the screencaps below).
In addition to "I Wanna Be Your Man," there's a definite Beatles vibe throughout the rest of the show. Yumi plays a Rickenbacker not unlike the one John Lennon used to play (although Yumi's is fireglo, while John's was black), and Ami plays a Gretsch Jet Firebird, which is similar to a Gretsch Duo-Jet, which George Harrison played in the Beatles' early years. Also, among the buttons Ami and Yumi wear are ones of a Blue Meanie and a cartoon Beatle (Yumi has cartoon Ringo on her sleeve, while Ami has cartoon John). And that's not even counting the fact that Puffy's songs are in a similar pop/rock vein as the Fabs' stuff.
As for the performances themselves, they are top notch, with Ami especially going all out in spots. The concert set ends with a wonderful, emotional rendition of "Dare ga Sore wo," after which Takashi Furuta (Puffy's drummer) leads the audience in applauding Puffy, after which he and the rest of the backing band fire streamers out into the audience. Ami and Yumi become overwhelmed and actually start to cry -- a scene which always melts me inside whenever I see it. The disc then ends with short, live-in-the-studio performances of "Robot Proto-type Version 0.2" and "Natsuyasumi Proto-type," with Ami on guitar and Yumi on tambourine and toy piano.
And I haven't even mentioned the cute backstage clip where Yumi and Ami take turns singing each other's songs from solosolo: Yumi sings along to "That's Sweet Smile" and "Be Someone Tonight" (while Ami dances in the background), and Ami sings and dances to "V·A·C·A·T·I·O·N."
The DVD is out of print.
