Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - ～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A setlist, photos, and etc. [II]

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She didn't actually perform it, we just ended up singing it as an audience haha. But I figured to include it in my report since they displayed the song name intentionally on the jumbo-trons ^_^.

Thanks!! I really appreciate that! =D I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@greggerz189 thanks for your comments about the concert!!

greggerz189. do you mean the audience sang Daybreak together with the piano version included on the video?

@toniayu: My pleasure! I'm happy to give back to AHS since y'all have given me so much these past six years ^_^.

@miki_beland: Yep! Exactly that.

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Originally Posted by greggerz189 (Post 2697731)

As for a play-by-play-esque breakdown of the concert, I put this together. The set list is divided into eight parts, not including the MC session and encore. Each part is proceeded by a short video that alludes to the theme of the songs in the coming set and it all builds up to support the idea that no matter what difficult experiences come our way, we, as human beings, have a divine and innate inclination to survive. It's no exaggeration to claim that this is absolutely one of Ayu's most moving concepts so-far.

Here's the setlist:

Remember
01 forgiveness
M.C. Session
02 Love song (during the 6/4 live only; during the 6/5 live, she performed an a cappella rendition of the chorus for YOU)
Relax
03 blossom
04 BLUE BIRD
05 monochrome
06 fairyland
Pain
07 Guitar Interlude
08 A Song for XX
09 M
10 NEVER EVER
Sorrow
11 walking proud
12 part of Me
13 Moments
Smile
14 Catcher In The Light
15 vogue
16 Far away
17 SEASONS
Joy
18 WONDERLAND
19 Bold & Delicious
20 Mirrorcle World
Cheer!
21 evolution
22 Boys & Girls
To Be Free
23 Born To Be…
Encore
24 Daybreak (A WORLD is ONE Photo Presentation)
25 A Song is born

Highlights:
- forgiveness was EPIC. Even though physically speaking, she's really small, she was so powerful up there conducting her entire orchestra as she belted her way through a re-arranged version of the song.
- Altogether, her vocals throughout the whole concert were nearly flawless. Best vocals I've heard from her in a long time.
- M was rearranged as a rock song (think of the 030213 Session 002 version of A Song for XX found on A BALLADS and you'll have a good idea of how it turned out!)
- Bold & Delicious was hilarious! You can tell she really enjoys poking fun at her dancers XD.
- the vogue-Far away-SEASONS trilogy was certainly nostalgic since she hasn't performed them in a while as a set, and of course, the new arrangements were excellent.
- I'm not sure if it was the case for everyone, but I cried my eyes out during A Song is born. Poor Ayu had to wave at my unabashedly sobbing face XD.

Thanks for taking the time to write all that! Looking forward to hearing all the songs and I hope they will release a CD+DVD live album instead of just DVD.

@njanjayrp: My pleasure, really! =) It really is incredible what she did with the re-arrangements and definitely deserves a fully mastered CD release.

Greg!!!!!!!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the show!! And that she spotted you!!! :D So nostalgic, I miss that time when we went for that Yoyogi show together~

Now I can't wait for my turn at Yoyogi in July!!! ^^

greg, can you tell me if they used the same music as in the original video or if they just put daybreak instrumental???

Ah, thanks for that report! Sounds like this show is really one to behold!

thanks for the report greggerz :3 this tour seems really interesting

omg really cant wait to watch this concert! Ayu and orchestra!

I can't wait for the DVD already....

I'd be happy with just a sample of her forgiveness vocals... it sounds like she goes full on goddess angel from HEAVEN mode during that song, haha.

(A WORLD is ONE Photo Presentation) ???

^ The facebook hands photos!!

Thanks Greggerz!

Does anyone else think that adding ever free to the beginning of the concert after forgiveness would be great? It would be depressing but so so so good.

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Originally Posted by Misa-chan (Post 2697775)

Misa-chan!!!!!!! Ahhhh, the first night I was thinking, "Gah, I wish Angel was here!!!" We could have waved at her together! =D Ahh, now you've got me traveling down memory lane and getting all misty-eyed and nostalgic! I wish I could go with you guys at Yoyogi in July!

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Originally Posted by miki_beland (Post 2697791)

greg, can you tell me if they used the same music as in the original video or if they just put daybreak instrumental???

I've never actually seen the original video, so I'm not completely sure...do you know where I could watch it? I can tell you once I see the original video~

@truehappiness: My pleasure! Ah, I'm glad you enjoyed it! (I feel really flattered that you said that since I'm always really grateful for your contributions here at AHS =D) Just thinking back on her performance of 'forgiveness' gives me goosebumps. It's just...massive. That's the only way I can explain it--I can't believe energy like that can come from such a small person.

@Kazeyomi: Gladly! =) It really is quite splendid, I must say.

@keikeiaznqueen Yeah, the hands photos! I've been off the radar as far as あゆ活動, so I wasn't sure how exactly she was able to gather everything together, but when I saw 'A WORLD is ONE,' I was like, "Huzzah!!! My people from AHS represent!!!!!" Y'all made me so proud ^_^. As far as 'ever free,' I think it would be a fantastic addition to the show. Don't get me wrong, 'Moments' is one of my most beloved Ayu songs, but I think with the right orchestration, 'ever free' could be unbelievably powerful in that slot on the setlist.

greggerz189 - beautiful report...thanks for sharing

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LOL...i know what you mean

by the way...it's really hard to enter AHS lately...it's happened when there is something new or important, but as far as i know..nothing new or important..
looks like AHS under attack by someone...i believe it's one of the haters...
is it just me, or anyone else experienced it?

I haven't been able to get on properly for 2 days now. Go check out the "member's pics" thread in the chat room. It's ridiculous, one moron is causing this massive outage. :headache

I don't think I'll be going to PoM tour this year. I may be going to Japan in September this year, but its not definite. And I'd rather save all my money for the big trip me and two other AHSers have planned for next year. :love