ourselves was rly bad, but the rest was ok. ballads are good as always.

You're totally right.

This was my first Ayumi concert ever, and vocals aside, it was an amazing experience. Her concerts are meant to be felt and heard together in the arena with that huge crowd, and I don't know if a live, or this one, could capture that accurately.

Not only that, but with as often as Ayu tours, I think a lot of fans in Japan(who lets be honest, that is the target audience of her concerts) really get used to the experience of going to her show every year and hearing the same songs. Perhaps if you only watch her through a screen, it gets dull, but once you experience it, it's totally different.

I think these recordings are fine. This is the closest to what she actually sounds like live. Still stellar vocals! She did sound a bit better in Yoyogi.

i do support her and her vocals doesnt bother me that much. im happy for her as well, im just a little bit disappointed that she celebrates her 20th aniversary with the exact same songs she sang the last couple of concerts. i hope it was really 'just the beginning' and the setlist will change during the next chapters

Actually, UNITE!, talkin' 2 myself, Beacuse of you, NEVER EVER, Viring Road, Walk and ourselves for instance haven't been performed during the arena tours in years (some never, actually). For those of us who haven't attended a CDL this was great. I will also never say no to WARNING and Mirrorcle World :D

Going there in person is definitely different and never a dull
moment. believe it or not, there are still japanese fans who are
first timers in attending her concerts even after years of fandom. ❤️

^That's nice! I noticed her performances are getting lots of japanese comments on youtube lately

I think her japanes fans like her older songs more than her current Music (with the exeption of a few new songs).

So they are happy if she performs always the older music.

lol that's all of her fans no matter where they're from.

^no, i do enjoy each and every new release. i think a one and made in japan are phenomenal albums

^
^ i really like a lot of her newer material too...
okay, LOVEagain, A ONE and M(A)DE IN JAPAN are somehow not really my cup of tea, but they have also songs which I listen a lot...
so I'm really happy that she keeps performing WARNING, You & Me and so on...

Everything is always going to sound better in the venue for various reasons, one being that it is quite "echoey", other is just general hype and excitement of actually being there, and another being that the loudness of the instruments can help to hide a lot of flaws.

TV broadcasts on the other hand get the raw unaltered sound board recordings directly from the mic and instruments; that imo is far more reliable of a measure of vocal quality than arena reports. Her voice doesn't just magically go to crap the second a camera starts rolling every single time.

But lets be real, her voice was rarely actually amazing even in her heyday (go back to any tv broadcast of the cdl) except for maybe between 03-06. She also used to make much better use of backing tracks; especially during tv lives in her younger days. Honestly, I think that's a route she should consider again. Namie uses it to great effect and it's much better than just resorting to straight up lip synching.

I just watched the live.

Man, those vocals were painful to hear. Not as bad as CDL but still pretty bad.

I'd like her to mix in a few more 'newer' songs though. Or if she does old ones, perform them differently.

Since the Album "Love again" there where only a few songs I really like. So i`m fine with the old songs. But she should mix her old songs a bit more. She really performs to often the same old songs.

2nd chapter additional concert in Osaka and ticket reservation for oversea
 

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This.:yes

So, I watched the whole thing...

I'm not very found of her anniversary tours and I'm also not very found of the CDLs, and this is an anniversary tour that feels like a giant CDL, so, other than the ourselves opening, meh. :P

The vocals aren't very good, but after the choreographed parts it's her usual bad. I also loved pretty much every new arrangment, as usual.

nothing special for this first chapter from her '20th anniversary'
'premium showcase feel the love 2014' better than '20th anniv'

i hope there will be 'something new' (new songs list, new concept, new costume) for second chapter and 'final chapter'

Little video digest

http://www.wowow.co.jp/music/ayu