Revisiting: The second time I saw Rain LIVE on my television.
The first time was the 2008 Blue Dragon Awards, with Kim HyeSoo. (Boy, did he ever kill “Rainism” in that tux! Yeah! I love KBS World.) The second time was not long after, when he opened up AND closed out the KBS Songs Festival at the end of December 2008. It was a monster of a show, some three hours long, with umpteen special stages from umpteen Kpoppers. Needless to say, the audience was filled with the happiest K-pop fans in Korea.
(Our Cloud USA photographer/videographer Jim was all gaga and stooopid over the Wonder Girls and Son Dambi, and I couldn’t blame him a bit because those women were really kicking it that year… but I digress. Heheh.)
I will never forget how Rain’s sound equipment kept bouncing very nicely where it sat against the back of his… *ahem*… And how, when it was time for him to do “Magic,” I actually thought that KBS was testing the freakin’ auditorium lights in the rafters at a most inopportune time, until Jim quickly said, “Uh, no, sis. That’s him.” (The Man and the Men with flashlights.) I was amazed. How creative…
And even more creative was how, when his sound equipment decided to come loose, slide down his leg, totally distract him and continuously try to trip him up during “Rainism,” he bought time until he could finally snatch it off, belt and all, and sling it across the stage. (If you blinked, you missed it!)
And the SCARY part, when he left the stage to stand in front of shrieking fans who had lost their ever-loving minds. Jim and I were like, “No! NO! Don’t step over that track, dude, or they will bum rush and kill you! Don’t step over th—” *Rain steps over the camera track* Jim and Stephe, in unison: “Oooooooooh $#!@!!”
Rain survived, but what a night. ROFLMAO
Have fun with this, fans. It’s wonderful stuff. 🙂
— Stephe ^@@^
RAIN Live @ KBS Songs Festival 12.30.08 [Full Performance] HQ. (Courtesy of janettadena @YT)
Cloud USA 
It was witty and fun to watch.
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Yeah they all look really good in that outfit but Rain looks like the best sort of “bad boy”. Minute 1:58 is omg… I also like min. 1:05-1:09 for the look on his face, which is just sinful. The rest is just pure icing.
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So do I…
LOVE him in these kind of clothes. Who else carries them off this well?
And by the way… minute 1:58… GAH. *eyes rolled back in my head*
Stephe ^@@^
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Damn he’s hot! I LOVE when he wears stuff like that. That outfit is hotness. I still don’t get how he can perform in so many clothes. All leather PLUS pvc leggings? Gah!
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Very COOL! I think we all know why that didn’t stay on, HAHAHAHAHA And I love IT! but he’s fast if I would have blinked I’d have missed it. 😀
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OMG look at his hot body!!!!!!!!!!! I have know more words I can say.
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Oh man he does the splits while wearing leather…
*jaw drops to the floor*
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He does the splits?? Ohhhkay… must watch this now.
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