FIVE Star Love Hotel :D

HAHAHAHA! There could be some interesting choreography and props involved... :lech

I'd...actually like Ayu doing a perverted tour with sex theme...would be very Madonna :lech

^LOL I don't think would ever happens even though I wish the same too :P

I thought "FIVE Star Hotel Love songs" was just a fantasy we made up here? :shrug

^It is ^^ There is no official news about HOTEL Love songs, appart the fact that Ayu said it would be performed someday, I think.

Also, Ayu said that it might be performed someday, might not be performed someday, etc. in a recent Twitter post. I couldn't find it because it's kind of back, but it's around the time when people were saying like "Is Saitama gonna be HOTEL Love Songs?"

^Oh I see... Let's hope it will be performed then, I need sending mail or November in live !!

I hope Love Songs doesn't end up as an album of unperformed album tracks. :( Even if we don't get them all in one show, I hope we get to see them all one day.

Love songs was made to be performed.

this will not happen haha. When there was a little MC before Bold & Delicious ayu sang "yayayaya" many times and asked the different dancers to do some moves to it and when it was Go-mis turn on Sunday he went a bit crazy with the towel and like, did one move where it was between his legs, can't explain right. But it was kinda sexy. Then ayu said "no, pls forget that, sorry to the mothers" or something like "mothers, don't let yout children see". Again, my Japanese is ground level so I hope I am not sharing false information again but for sure he had to do another move then haha.

Hey guys. Just came back from Tokyo for the POM on 724.
Lemme write a quick review here.

Video
People saying that before there is no screen video here.
But indeed there is a intro video before ayu appears on stage.
A short movie though (Like 30s- 45s).
In the video. It's black in background. And a side-faced ayu is in the background.
There is caption in the video that Ayu say "Today what you don't really need
to open your eyes and just with your ears. And Feel...
Welcome to my arena tour "Power of Music" something like that.(Sorry I don't remember the exact phase.)

Opening
After the short video intro. Dancers came out from different sides of the arena. Each of them were holding a glowing sphere. (Like the one the female dancer holding in CDL11 DIA - Heaven) and all of them finally on the stage.
And the show starts!

1. forgiveness
Ayu appeared at the middle of the stage. She sang the english part of the forgiveness english part WITHOUT any music background. It was so amazing and the whole arena was silence!! And the whole song is in orchestra arrangement. Ayu ended the song with the english part again...and she point to each side of the arena with her strong voice and the first song ended perfectly.

2. progress
The song started in orchestra arrangement. After the first chorus and suddenly it became the normal arrangement and the audience went crazy.

I would like to say "progress" is nothing much different from what we heard in the game commercial. It is a good song though.

3. A Song for XX
Started with band introduction and Dancer solo. And ordinary "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" and it became the rock style of ASF. Much the same as AT08.

4. M
kinda a rock version! She sang really well! But I dont think the song arrangement is almost the same but not likely the pitch is higher than the original version.

5. NEVER EVER
People said it's the original version before but on 724 it's a rearranged version. Kinda rock.

6. walking proud
Much as the same as my story classic..A very touching all time favorite!

7. part of Me
Original Version

-MC-
It's kinda suprising that we have the MC in the middle of the concert this year. And the MC is Yo-chan. I don't know much about japanese so basically I
don't really know what they were saying. But the crowd seemed enjoying a lot. Lots of laughters.

8. Love song
After the MC..Ayu and Yo-chan moved to the edge of the stage. Sitting and Yo-chan playing wooden guitar and Ayu sang Love Song.

9. Vogue
Another surprising that the V-F-S Trilogy is back.
It starts with a latin/spanish style 3/4 claping (clap.clap.clap--clap.clap.clap.clap). And the whole song is in latin style.

10. Far Away
In latin/spanish style...but a blue arrangement..

11. Seasons
Classic! in original version.
Ayu asked us to sing with her together.
A very touching moment.

12. July 1st
Original version. Ayu and dancers sang and dance at the outer ring and the ring rotated. Everyone is waving their hands.

13. B&D
A longest interactive part throughout the whole concert. it was like playing for 10-15 mins before starting B&D.

First ayu asked each side of arena to sing yayayaya...
and then she started catching dancers to sing yayayaya...
and after playing and playing finally B&D start!

14. Mirrocle World
Much as the same as original version but with violin at the back.
During the each little pause between lyrics she pointed to each side of the arena then the dancers dance. (Like the CDL 11 - What she did in "Do it again" at last"

15. Evolution
Original Version! Very Exciting!

16. B&G
The same. (just Like every year, every concert XD)

17. Born to be
In original version but little arrangement at the beginning.
The whole arena went dark. And with the drum hit.
Ayu and dancers were suddenly all on the stage and with the spotlight on them. A quite impressive scene. And she finally went to the runway on the another side and the stripes shot out after the band and dancers introduction.
And the Curtain went down.

Encore - Daybrak
With the fanmade video by your guys. and finally the lyrics of the last chorus of Daybreak appeared on the video. Everyone sang together.

18. A Song is born
Re-arranged version. She sang really well

19. Thank You
Original Version. But the song was shorten after the "La-La-La-Laa..." it directly skipped to the final interlude and the last chrous.
The red curtain went down and ayu/dances waving to us till the last moment like what they did in 7 days special -Surreal- last year.
I can feel that she intended to make the concert ended in a happier atmosphere.

Review
I am always hoping for seeing ayu's concert in Japan.
I love all the fascinating stuffs she has done throughout the years.
But as an old fan of ayu, this concert is really special.
She sang a lot of old songs and all-time classics and you can feel that she has less constraints than before, like she can put the MC in the middle. She keeps interacting with the crowd which she seldom does in her normal concert. And her voice is much stronger and stable than before.
At the second part of the concert you can feel that her throat is tired.
But she tried so hard and NEVER out-of-tune in three hours concert.

I am happy with that and I am really looking for the FINAL and Limited Edition in September.

Thanks for reading!:love

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I don't believe she ever said anything about that...

She did mention it in Vivi Deji Deji in April (I think), but it was more of like "It is my wish to do it someday", instead of a confirmation.

And here's the tweet maikaru was talking about.

I think it was "You don't need to think, you just need to feel..." and then something I didn't understand and "POWER of MUSIC".
The side-faced ayu video moment you mean is taken from the You were... PV, but it was made darker... Can't really explain.

I will never ever forget this concert. Reading the review makes all the memories pop up in my head. I loved these 2 days so much. ayus strong gaze during the concert... Awesome!!

thanks for the review Onton =) i felt like i was watching the whole concert *--*

if her tour does change I hope we get a 2 concert DVD with power of music and hotel love songs o(♥﹏♥)o

Could you actually understand what she was saying this time? :laugh

I think most people could, lol. I saw people quote it in their reviews anyway...

From OyTony:

new title from 9/30 to 10/13 - ayumi hamasaki ~ power of music ~ 2011 A - FINAL chapter
for last two days - ayumi hamasaki ~ power of music ~ 2011 A - LIMITED edition

interesting

Huh!

Soooo they're doing something special or just changing the titles for final shows? I wonder....

FINAL CHAPTER is just the name for the rescheduled shows post-quake, I think.

But the LIMITED EDITION one is going to be different for sure. I think it might have a handful of songs that were skipped/removed while the tour was going on along with some new tracks. I see beloved fitting in with this setlist pretty well.

maybe the limited edition will have outfit changes and such like what was planned for it before she changed it to power of music or maybe something special for the DVD release

Nah, she's not going to add HOTEL Love songs stuff to POWER of MUSIC, at least that's what she implied when she said she was going to keep going with the POWER of MUSIC all the way until the end. Though I think the possibility for it to be the CDL or next year's arena tour with FIVE is there!

in fact, there is already outfit changes. when i attended yoyogi the 23rd and 24th, she changed her outfits like 4 or 5 times. It was NOT the same dress all the time, similar colour, but definitely not the same. At the beggining it was a long dress and she was taking parts out, but after that, she changed it to a completely new one, if I'm not wrong

Best concert I've ever been to.
Don't think I've ever cried so many happy tears before in my life <3

The rescheduled one, saitama one - got LIMITED EDITION

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/3353/381840187.jpg

this is printed image... pamphlet?

Yes. You are right. She changed her dress completely.

Slightly related to PoM and moreso HOTEL Love songs-y, but AngelSenshi noticed that DOSQA made the HOTEL Love songso outfit as well!

www.dosqa.com
http://i.imgur.com/Fei1S.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...Untitled-4.png

^ that's very coooll!
ayu's sexier..
it seems for a while ayu gonna work with DOSQA?

why pv she was wearing DOSQA

i love the outfit in why pv so much ^^

I really hope they're not gonna make something like :
'ayumi hamasaki ~ power of music ~ 2011 A - FINAL chapter' DVD & bluray
and 'ayumi hamasaki ~ power of music ~ 2011 A - LIMITED edition' DVD & bluray (true limited edition DVD/bluray with her acapella performance since the start of PoM) xDD

Same panties as for Why... PV?

Yeeeep. I wonder if some of the outfits we saw in Why... were to be for HOTEL Love songs.

They will probably just do LIMITED EDITION since the final shows are always the ones with the professional camera work unless we want those review videos she does for every live ever, but they're always in "..." quality like some of those scenes we saw in AT05/AT06 when the video quality went downhill, lol.

ah ~ i wish to see pics of her changing outfits~
yea i hope the staff will only put the LIMITED EDITION as the final product, i'm gonna be broke if i have to buy both, OTL...
and put the footage from each concerts on the extra DVD, like usual.

1 week left until the first show of FINAL Chapter!
I am so curious to see how the show has been changed. Anyone from AHS going? :)

My two wishes are Brillante and RAINBOW added to the setlist.

Hmm I think I understand why Ayu setlist and costume didn't change much or didn't glamor and epic as usual. It's because the recent earthquake tragedy, I think this is the finest decision to bring the concert more 'natural and honest'. It just kinda wrong if Ayu making a concert like the usual one.
Well it just my humble opinion anyway.

^ Yeah she stated after the quake she wanted to go for a more simple style.

It starts tomorrow!!:heart I am so excited.
I wonder if she added any FIVE songs (except progress) to the setlist.
I think she would save BRILLANTE for a high budget prodction because this songs could have one of the most awesome performances ever. But beloved would fit well! And I'd like to see Nao or JUNO on stage with her.:D

Me too!! I am most excited about setlist!!

Btw, which one will become the DVD? FINAL Chapter or LIMITED EDITION? Do we know?

We don't know. Some posters here think there might be both if they are very different so that avex can make as much money as they can.

I think only LIMITED EDITION is being filmed for the DVD?

I hope Urata and Juno won't get on stage....

I'd love if Naoya was there to perform ANother Song with her. Their chemistry on stage is so unique, I love it.

^ I agree. And I think it would be great for JUNO if he could perfrom Why... live with ayu after all, since a-nation didn't work out.

I guess it'd be FINAL Chapter because LIMITED EDITION sounds like.. well.. limited to the live performance only? Have no idea though.

I think FINAL Chapter will release as DVD/Blu-ray and LIMITED EDITION can be bonus dvd on her next Studio/BEST album.

^
Yes, please. =D

Well, I was saying that because I recall she mentioned that the final shows filmed in Saitama [aka LIMITED EDITION] are going to be the ones for the DVD.

From Misa-chan's blog:
To be honest, I think the LIMITED EDITION one is all we'll need since it will probably be all of whatever's in the FINAL CHAPTER with the addition of some of the older tracks performed throughout the tour among other things.

Indeed.

ohh...good idea *O*

I hope both boys performs their duets with her <3

I don't mind Juno on stage with Ayu, but not Nao...

I don't mind if JUNO and Nao join her at all. I'd love it actually, but maybe it's because I really really enjoyed the collaborations. ANother Song at a-nation seemed really really touching and beautiful; I enjoyed that performance for sure.

I love Why... with JUNO and it's quite sad he wasn't allowed to perform that with Ayu at a-nation, and I can imagine he was quite hurt about it so I do hope that he'll be able to perform at the final. It would be a good and well-deserved opportunity for him, and I think it could be a touching performance.

I hope she performs the three middle tracks (the garbage of FIVE) "Why" "ANother Song" and "beloved" just so that when HOTEL Love Songs comes around, that trash won't interfere with the rest of the songs.

I'm pretty sure that beloved will probably be the only one that fits in with POWER of MUSIC since the concert is mainly her band + orchestra but who knows!

I hope that all of the FIVE tracks get placed into HOTEL Love songs if we ever do get it, or whatever she ends up doing for CDL this year and whatnot, lol.

I hope not, CDL and a-nation were quite enough for me. Dream ON shouldn't be performed anymore as it's been performed enough. And ANS isn't that interesting live...

I think Brillante will be performed, on Tim's twitter a fan asked to see his recently dyed hair and he tweet'd and it was Ayu's idea to dye his hair. Maybe he'll be on stage with Ayu and that's why he dyed his hair, gotta look fresh~

Great! I can't wait to see/hear BRILLANTE live =D

seriously dude, if u dont like them, is it really necessary to call them garbage ??

really?~~~~~~~~~~
i want her to perfor why~~~~~~~><~~
a-nation cut that part.............:no:(

Yeah, why can't you just let other like them? I'm tired of reading in every thread I go that those tracks are garbage or **** or whatever. If you don't like them, go on and say so, but there is no need to spoil those songs for everybody else who likes them actually.

Because it's a discussion forum where opinions are posted.

The majority of AHS agree the tracks are garbage though

The show has started hasn't it? Any japanese tweets about it yet?

Wow, those songs are garbage. Now I know...

Is the setlist out yet? I am so excited!

Some of the confirmed tracks are: beloved, BRLLIANTE, Days, decision

My friend read the set to me but these were the ones that stuck out haha. I'm sure someone can find the list on Mixi? I just don't have an account there.

decision? Awesome. :luv2

01.forgiveness
02.progress
03.M
04.decision
05.walking proud
06.part of Me
07.beloved
08.BRILLANTE
09.Days
10.vogue
11.Far away
12.SEASONS
13.Bold & Decision
14.Mirrorcle World
15.evolution
16.Boys & Girls
17.Born To Be...

ENCORE
18.A Song is born
19.Thank U

Voila~ From Mixi. And yeah, Timmy joins her on stage for Brillante.

A china ayufans went to see final chapter and get back, he said the final chapter is very beautful and change a lot of costume!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMGG..so can't waittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt~~~~~
and i'm so so happy for BRILLANTE!! gosh...

for people who dislike FIVE songs so much, please, no need to keep on repeating it...and those songs AREN'T garbage, it's just NOT suitable to your taste. Appreciate people who like them. you may say u dislike the songs, but not call the songs GARBAGE/TRASH.

OMG decision must be orchestra version....
Lovely setlist, BRILLANTE is very welcomed! I sincerely hope FINAL Chapter incorporates all or most of every single track she has performed on this tour!!

Bold & Delicious D:

THANK YOU.

Zeke, I can appreciate your opinion, and I see what you're trying to say and to an extent I agree with the sentiment behind your statement, but the way you say it comes across as arrogant. Its not just you of course, but your comment just made something in me squirm... :shakehead

I am fully expecting a whole lot of backlash and flaming for it, but so be it. Like everyone says, its a discussion forum, so I'm allowed to add in my 2 cents. ^_^

EDIT:
Every single song here makes me incredibly happy. And costume changes too!! I'm sorry, but I love Ayu's costumes, and I like costume changes, they add an extra element to a performance for me, so I'm very happy to hear it. <3

Track list is awesome! And - omg - progress is there! I wanna watch so bad :(

Please keep days till the end!!!

Awesome!!

Days, decision and the trilogy <3

Also progress, beloved and BRILLANTE are performed from FIVE, the 2 collabs aren't. =P

We have no recording of Why...

And this is her duets era, so, let her do all the duets she can ;)

Why Thank U? ;_;
The other songs are good

+ decision
+ beloved
+ BRILLANTE
+ Days
- A Song for XX
- NEVER EVER
- Love song
- July 1st

BRILLANTE and decision :luv2

I like the new setlist! I am especially happy about Days and BRILLANTE. I wonder how the latter will look on stage. But A Song For XX is always a great song to hear and Love song's arrangement was really nice, so it's a bit sad that they are gone.

oh I didn't notice Love song got cut :(

love the setlist! omggg

The answer's in her latest TA entry. ;)

She chose new songs? Decision being one of them? Awesome! 8D I hope I can see that performed again because I think it's cool. I wonder what kind of an arrangement it will have now.

And interesting that she didn't put ANother song or Why... there. Well, I guess she might use those for the LIMITED EDITION to make it more special then. :3

well it was already the case for the yoyogi shows I went °_°

now, i wonder about her vocal, is it back to her best yet?
coz been concerning about her sore throat from last few weeks.
and also wanna see pics of her outfits.

I still hope to see Last Links

-Ayu changed outfits 5 or 6 times
-They included fan's a world is one video
-It felt like an usual Ayu concert
-Ayu looked super happy

Source: a fan who attended the concert via twitter

Update: sparkling pink dress for Days and "flamenco" red dress for BILLANTE

Ooo..seems like things are REALLY evolving now.
I want Love songs back!! (or that could also mean HOTEL Love Songs is gonna be back in place :P)

Apparently Tim was featured on BRILLANTE, looking as in the video

No duets :love:

Awesome news. :love

DECISION!!!! :D

I'd prefer who... to Thank u! however, the tracklist looks awesome except for B&D!