Maaaan, these acapella songs are the best from the setlist :laugh Hopefully we get to see at least some of them

I hope they recorded all acapella section and made it into the dvd

To be :gun

I've asked this few days ago but nobody replayed. Does anyone know if these acapellas are full (or chorus only)?
And wow, she didn't perform You were.. since CDL 09-10.

They're not full. At least not on the 2nd haha.

Seems like it's kinda become sort of a request situation. Someone yelled Never Ever, so she sang it.

i hope someone yells Merry-go-round! it'd be superb

thanks

Can someone yelled kanariya so she can sing it?

I need someone to yell NOTHING FROM NOTHING and have her reaction recorded :roflmao

She will give you a serious death stare.

^^ haha why that ?? HAH

^ I bet she doesn't even remember this song exists.

Then she will add another TA live manner, "Do not request pre-avex songs". :roflmao

I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't remember it, but either way her reaction would be worth a shot :laugh

TO BE is one of my favorite ballads of hers :heart

OMG, I would love to see that! :roflmao

So I'm late here, as I just got back from Tokyo last night, but I was at the Oct. 2 show and wanted to share some of my experience/thoughts.

She sounded GREAT. I was really afraid after A+Nation that she would sound bad, but really her vocals were very strong (and the song choice really helped this). I was almost in the very front, so seeing her up close was amazing, and how hard she was pushing herself to sing.

She looked SO YOUNG. The recent Music Station video had me worried, but she looked amazing. The hair looked like amazing Namie hair. Her outfits were great, but the first one in particular made her feel so cool and fresh. I think if more people got to see her like that, instead of always so polished, it would help her image a bit, to seem more relatable and youthful.

The venue was small, and the process of picking up tickets was a bit of a pain (and the English of the staff was virtually non-existent). Also you were assigned an entry number, so it was kind of luck of the draw. We were 163-164 I think -- it seems like people who got tickets without a non-TA member were a little earlier. But even still, I was no more than 3 people back from the stage. And those little Japanese girls can PUSH. We were so cramped, and the shoving was really insane (and very uncomfortable at times) -- there were moments when literally I was pushed so hard my feet weren't on the ground and I was just being held up in the air. It was especially bad when some of the girls were stanning for dancers...and not even cute ones, but whatever.

Voltron, thank you for the report! Did she look into your eyes?:-)

They need to find Timmy for translation (picking up the tickets).

J/k

I think everybody probably thinks she did (and some can even say they touched her hand, but unfortunately I can't). I DO think she noticed me and looked me in the eyes, and smiled when she saw me mouthing lyrics. But that can also be wishful thinking. :)

Thanks for the review! Aaah can this special live be on sale already. I so wanna see it!! ;)

And some more thoughts as I think about them and remember.

I also saw her years ago at CDL 04-05. While I think a lot of her upper register is dimished or weakened, her lower register is way more powerful. I think she really chose songs that suited her current voice.

During the MC Yocchan got to talk for a while. He was mentioning that he and Ayu were the only ones there that were part of the last TA tour. They also chose winners based on ticket numbers for the signed Ayu balls. He mentioned that especially in this venue it would be too crazy to throw them. And he joked that Ayu will throw them and hit people in the head, but they'd still be like, oh I received this bruise from Ayu, how amazing. Later in the concert she did throw someone her towel though.

As I'm sure you can tell from the cake, we sang happy birthday to Ayu during the MC. We were given a piece of paper as we entered telling us of the plan.

And before the encore Timmy's shoulder piece started falling apart and dropping little metal balls on the stage, so they came to sweep that up in the dark when offstage.

YAS! That was exactly what I thought when she came out. I was pretty amazed. My venue was pretty good (Zepp Namba) because there were crowd breakers on the floor, so people couldn't push even if they wanted to. I was number 162 with the other global TA members too (and we appeared on the staff blog!!).

Ayu didn't throw a towel in the crowd but she did give out signed ones lucky-draw style just like the pink balls (she even signed them right on the stage and asked for the people to shout their names across the hall lol!) Yo-chan threw his guitar pick to the audience at the end too.

non japanese fans at the venue
someone from AHS?

http://avex.jp/ayu/ta15/assets_c/201...auto-24147.jpg http://avex.jp/ayu/ta15/assets_c/201...auto-24150.jpg

http://avex.jp/ayu/ta15/2015/10/post-2.html

postcard from Osaka
http://i.imgur.com/sbr9bK3l.jpg

the girl on the left side looks like holding a sword and going to kill someone.

Ahhhhh the girl in the pink shirt is a friend of me from a German Ayu FB group (I am 99% sure ité her, never met her in real though xD), we chat every day while she is in Japan^^
That was 2nd October Concert, she was in the very first row (as seen^^) because she had enrty no. 8 (what a lucky girl!)
I don´t know if she is on AHS too.
But she also told me japanese fans were pushing like hell. She had a very crazy japanese girl behind her who always was screaming and squeezing her when Ayu was near ><

so it doesn't matter at what time you come, all depends from what number you get?

^ Yep, the numbers are pre-determined. Btw, the German girl was at the Oct 5 show too! We saw her, but she was at the seated section so we weren't together.

She had tickets for all 3 Osaka Shows this week^^

How's about the setlist today everyone ?

I read something about Wishing, but not sure.

If she sings Wishing, that will be a shock.

omg, Wishing??

Wishing :faint:faint

I found this on YouTube and haven't seen them posted yet:

https://youtu.be/lI36scHg1VQ - Love Song, Zepp Namba

I don't know what happened, but she sounded WAY better on Tokyo.

I read some Japanese comments that she sounded not too great at Namba. maybe she partied too hard on her birthday?

those "yeahs" in Love song are pretty rough.

Omg ayu sounded awful :(. Maybe she's sick!!

Hopefully, someone recorded Wishing. I can't believe she finally sang it.

Comments on Mixi are full with "Wishing", also someone said something about HANABI o.o
Oh well I think we will have setlist latest by tomorrow^^

exactly :)))
all I see is "w h i s h i n g" lol

I also read something about "You were"

And now for the first time ever, I have Wishing on replay xD
Beautiful winter ballad

It's not that bad but she sound really tired for sure ... 3 consecutives shows without rest for her voice is exhausting... I read on mixi a fan saying for the 3rd day at Namba her voice was truly hoarse but she sung "Wishing" perfectly =)

really?? is her voice bad in your opinion? i guess i'm deaf or something but i think she sounds good :tired i've heard her voice being way worse than this

It's not her most awful performance for sure. But after seeing her on her birthday show and everything being so spot on, it's a huge shock.

Yes, I am!! The Spanish girl (White T-Shirt)
It was awesome! Ayu sang perfectly *o*

^^^yeah the beginning was terrible, but the main song was very constant and lets say enough.

She is not going to do something like.." Sorry, I am so sick, so I am not going to sing.. Let's have Q&A then finish this tour."

She forces herself for her fans...

The beginning wasn't all that great but to be honest I've never really minded that opening for love song. It's such a good song by itself it doesn't need that slow piano opening.

I want to hear about Wishing, however. xD

so where is the confirmed setlist for last night?

all sites didn't post setlist of this show for unknown reason %)

Yeah, that´s rly strange o.o
Unfortunatly my friend who was at the concert also doesn´t remember xD

the beginning part is really bad...off key big times..the yeah part failed as well

but after that I think it's ok..can be better, more powerful...
but yes she sounded a little sick and tired...

I wonder what song did she scrapped for Wishing? Hopefully, its not in the acapella section Q__Q

Ughhh. I wasn't able to order the Love Song shirt :(( I was planning to get the keyholder and shirt with love song lyrics but i think they got sold out immediately :(

Probably she was not so well and her fans be like "Let's move on and not talk about this day."

Finally Setlist online xD
HANABI
You were...
Wishing

Guess all are a capella.

Why aren't people posting the full sets? lol

I'm really confused. Is she performing Close to you/Pray like the start of the tour or is she doing Days/Letter?

yay for HANABI :banana2

OMG Wishing <3 <3 <3

Now As if... please and everything's perfect.

Someone scream Criminal, It Was, Guilty, Liar on the venue please

She performed an unperformed song??
Omg criminal and GUILTY have a chance!!!
Pray for kanariya too

I hope someone not to scream NOTHING FROM NOTHING..

I hope some scream It was, GUILTY, The meaning of love, Shape of Love, ever free, etc...

Doesn't she not perform everfree because it's about her grandmother or something? I heard that somewhere before, that's it's sort of like how she doesn't like to sing poker face.

i thought Poker Face was the only song for her grandma???

who... is actually the song for grandma.

^yup. poker face was just recorded right after she found out that her grandmother had passed away.

If anyone yells for NOTHING FROM NOTHING, I'm seriously gonna be waiting for you outside the venue. Like, don't.

an unperformed song like criminal or even ps ii, i will die for this

but now i'm praying for songs like Monochrome in CDL

Yes i'll praying for it was and monochrome too

Isn't Memorial address also for her grandmother? I'm sorry if I'm wrong.

^^Memorial address is allegedly about her late father.

?!?!?!??!

Ok this thread confuses me about ayu's family now.. How many fathers did she have??


Who... is for her grandma too?

How many DEATH songs she has?

I only know, poker face, UNTITLED 1 and 2, Memorial address, SAKURA.

untitled ~for her~ and untitled for her... story 2 is for her best friend. Memorial address is about the passing of her father.

SAKURA is not a necessarily a death song, but it just so happens that she used that song to dedicate it to her personal driver during A BEST LIVE. It's more about cherishing her loved ones. poker face was recorded right before her grandmother's death. She couldn't make it back to the hospital in time for her grandmother after the recording.

Anymore DEATH songs....

jesus, this girl is living around the god of death.

I thought untitled for her... story 2 is for a fan that died on her way to an Ayu concert o.o?

lyrics is very similar too first song and also has line "It’s been 5 years since that day"

I think she sang Sakura at this year tour for fan who passed away. That was in one of articles

Wasn't that for her personal friend who died, and this was just a continuation from her first song too her, or that's what I thought. It would be odd if she titles two songs with basically the same name for two different people. I remember it was a good friend of ayu

only 1 father who she has never met. But she calls other close members of her staff that, and things like this. It can be confusing. When she refers to family like brother or father or mother, it usually refers to a close/good friend she works with. But her mother and grandmother are the only blood relations shes talked about that I can think of.

I think momentum is a death song too, but also its hard to tell what type of loss is she signing about too. It could be a love loss or life loss. And I think Moon has relation to one of her dogs that died, or she made comments about it having something special to do with one of her dogs that were dying or died, when she was making the PV

^ Yes, Momentum and Moon are death songs. Momentum is fictional, I think. For me this song is about a person who dies and still living in the world like a spirit, the same in the PV.

Moon is about the dog like you say (But I think never confirmed)

BALLAD is about death too, but I'm sure is fictional because Ayu said. (If I remember good)

Ever Free too, is about the funeral of her grandmother or father, I don't know.

We're getting kinda out of topic, but, i like most of ayu's death songs. She could make a good compilation album with them. Nah, i'm just kidding. death is some serious thing to tackle and there might be some deep reason why she rather not perform some of them live.

but i've seen enough Memorial Address, or Who..., i'd love some live of Heaven ~acoustic piano version~

The lyrics for moon is for a person not a dog. Specially when she says "So please don't ask me anymore
With such sad eyes, in a trembling voice
"Do you love me?"
though i can see why it might be for a dog metaphorically.

Ayu's last vocals on the song momentum sends shivers down my spine.:luv2

She clearly has met her father, read the lyrics to Teddy Bear.

Her father left when she was young.

All Night Nippon - Dec. 28 1998 (masa's translation)

BALLAD is not about death necessarily. "As for Ballad,it is a song about a love that is greater than a personal romantic love,maybe the love of a child for his mother." from Sweet February 2010

Thank you for clarifying that!

Oh, I didn't know that. That's probably the reason why she never sings it.

Alright.. Now we know all these songs about death.

Don't scream these songs and make ayu not happy during the Tour.

We want her happy. She already cried for us when she wrote Sorrows.

Oh thanks, but really, the pv, the live performance, the lyrics, all is about death haha I read something from her saying is about a death (maybe it wasn't true ^^)

I agree. The visuals are all so gloomy and simbolic of death. But at the same time, I feel that the emphasis is put on missing someone. Maybe about parting ways with someone. Ayu always has multiple meanings for a song.

Wow the discussion on this thread has developed into historical overview of her songs. Nice. Kind of makes sense why she's been hesitant (if not refusing) to sing some of these songs.

I seriously don't understand why she refuse to perform It was

It is not a death song.


Also I want her sing Last Links again...

It is such a great song.

http://i.imgur.com/UgGVszS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/k7aSjtB.jpg

....please tell me that doesn't say "thank you for cumming"

oh my god ayu you have Timmy RIGHT THERE

RIGHT.

THERE.

JUST ASK HIM TO PROOFREAD YOUR SHIT.

I think that's an "o" though xD
But it would have been fun lol

She will sing Red Line :gun

http://i.imgur.com/IBAQkcg.jpg

It is not a death song but maybe is a really important song for her. It's like Guilty, is not about death but the song have a strong and sad meaning against she and probably she doesn't want to sing it.

agree. We should just move on and be happy when an unexpected song gets a live. :)
If she's uncomfortable singing a certain song, better not sing it.

maybe she just forgot that they exist :) or maybe japanese fans wrote her that they don't like this song
like Liar was least favorite at My Story album

Wow I love the personalized lights for each venue!

Seems a capella was A song is born (+ RED LINE?)
And it seems ending song was My All instead of Present.

I just know it would be too much to ask to have all these performances recorded and put on a blu ray with the rest of the tour. -_-