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Thoughts on CDL 09-10?
Wow....the drumming starts off I am...I was getting so hyped for it!
Only complaint I have about I am...is that the music sounds like it overpowered Ayu at some times~ Moments is wow! Ayu sounds absolutely amazing :luv2 I'm just really tearing now....for a long time I kinda gave up on Ayu's ballads....but this song....is just bringing all the nostalgia I had when I first heard Moments...and that Ayu can still sound so amazing live! STEP you isn't as bad as I thought it'll be...I quite like cards concept XD Ayu sounds cute...but in a good way, not overly cute like in AT08 Energize have that overly cute voice~Ayu's engrish is so cute ♥ The female dancers look awful though, a full body suit and white afros @_@ About You just reminds me of is this LOVE? @ AT06, just her and Peco/Princess~ I think she sounds a lot better than during AT05, maybe because she isn't crawling on the ground~ Maro+half naked+scarf and pant=:luv2 momentum is just right up Ayu's vocal alley ♥ I like that she can just focus on singing and Maro and Midoring can just dance around~ Ayu doesn't feel like shouting as much in You were... She does.....but just a bit less~ I'm really starting to like this song, maybe it's the stage, but feels a lot more emotional~! ♥ I really like that they have 2 male dancers twirling on the hoops! But there's still Shuya dancing dramatically.... But Ayu learned something! Instead of having only one male dancer half naked, heck! Let's make them all half naked! I knew that Ayu would just blow my mind with Pride! Though I like the outfit....but looks like she's going to a funeral during the Victorian Ages lol After Pride, there's just some dancers twirling in the hoop..and thank god, Peco/Princess aren't vocalizing!!! Instead it's the choir that does that! ♥ INSPIRE uses the same dance @ AT05. She sounds out of breath during some parts though. I wonder how many pairs of split-sided pants that Ayu have @_@ She have one in silver...blue...now bronze or metallic... Because of You uses the same routine~ On the ground surrounded by dancers. I love this performance~! I can't really form an opinion because I've seen it before meaning in other concerts...but if I was a newbie and this was the first concert I watched, I would love it! 1 LOVE like Because of You...I can't really form an opinion, but she sounds great :D Though I just can't find her outfit sexy for the pole dance XD until that Day... has guys touching her....but looks like Ayu really wanted the guys to show off their abs? :roflmao Spoiler:
Humming 7/4 is fine :D The dancers are in football jerseys~ You know what I would like? Is for the audience to JUMP when they sing it >_> Or at least jump higher lol evolution...she remembers her lyrics :D She's on this bellhop's cart...smart! She learned so much! Why waste your time walking when you have transportation! Startin' I always loved the dancers' energy. She's yelling during some parts~ But no big deal! teddy bear is absolutely amazing! She sounds...just really great! No sharp yelling, no over the top vibratos~ I knew she would do an amazing job when she sang it acapella @ AT08's MC. She cries...and this brings me back to AT03-04 The CDL 09-10 shirt with Ayu's head....is so surreal @_@ You see this cute girl with a bow in her face...then this shirt....Something doesn't match XD Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~ sounds pretty nice~ The guys have that mic set. It's cute that during it, the screen have the "A" waving a towel. Boys & Girls sounds the same as before~ The audience is really pumped :D RED LINE ~for TA~ is really nice. I love the guitar at the beginning. Ah I'll miss MY ALL, but this is a nice replacement. Ayu forgot part of the lyrics though XD She cries >_< Dang it..I want to cry now Dang fans! Shut up! But her "thank you" at the end still gets to me ♥ Overall.....this has just been an amazing concert! I don't remember when I was this satisfied! She made me love songs that I didn't like before and made me love songs that I did like! Even though it recycles a lot of past performances, it's still great! I can proudly say that I'm back on the Ayu bandwagon! |
pommy,you've finish downloaded all 18 parts?
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lol? it was available for dl but removed.. :(
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Haha yeah, I got the links from Facebook
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i'm still downloading >.<
1 part needs around 1hr to download.go,i need at least 17 hours to finish download that ISO file which i do not know if the quality is ok or not |
Here's a screencap
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ah,pommy....you make me wanna watch it now T_T
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Lol you will soon!
Even You were...that I don't like as much.....I think I'm starting to like it ♥ |
pommy,you downloaded it or you watch it from facebook?mind to pm me the link?
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arrgghhh..pommy you mde me crazy XDD i wanna watch it >.< link from fcebook? i mean ayu page on facebook?
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Oh I got it from a friend
There's so much more twirling in the air! There were the ribbons...and now the hoops ♥ |
omg...the screencap makes me crazy!!
please upload to jpopsuki/MF!! |
^ emiko will be uploading to JPS soon :D
lol just notice how funny the screencap is..... |
I like how MaroxMidoring has replaced AyuxShuya in the ballads, keep him for other stuff Ayu :3
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^ Lol I know....but I like it :D She needs to do that more :roflmao
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They're like Shuya's posse :D |
the drum beginning is sooo long! LETS GO! WHERES AYU?!
omg I am...I'm gonna cry... man...it's got the Ayu feel :weep her vocals are a little :tired not off key...just strain strain yell yell yell like a "GET THE NOTES OUT AT ALL COSTS" feel... |
^ I know! Don't you just get shivers and goosebumps when Ayu from AT02 comes on the screen.....getting goosebumps just thinking about it @_@
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I love the pink in the audience too, so used to seeing blue lol
AH MOMENTS omg...songs you never thought she'd do again.... and they're MY songs :weep |
Haha yeah me too....at least they really match during STEP you/Energize's performances~
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I saw from the pictures thread there was some sort of clown in the background when Ayu was wearing that pink dress, what the heck?! XD
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^ Oh the male dancers are dressed up as clowns :D
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yeah, the Alice theme, honestly, for me it doesn't fit Step You at all...but she's always done cutesy stuff for it, and I never understood why lol
It was always a serious song to me lol I don't think I agree with it... but I am going to wear that next year for halloween...boots and all. um not the cornrows though, because um... :tired lol woah the clown interlude has the music from Ladies Night, is that the next song? No. Energize...I would not have minded a swap... Yes, I would prefer Ladies Night over the chipmunk vocals. The backing tracks in this concert are REALLY loud. |
^ Ah...same here.....:thud
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But Alice in Wonderland doesn't have clowns XD It would've been more suitable if the dancers became the deck of cards army lol. Damn, you guys, I wanna watch it so badly tooo!
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Finished with the concert.....and just amazing! The yelling was ok, the vibratos was ok, everything is just dandy ♥ I love it!!!!
^ Lol they held the cards.....but it'll be cute if they dressed up as cups ♥ |
ok now, i really really envy you pommy XD
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:D You'll see it soon and you'll love it so much you'll forget about your envy XD
@ emi: Yeah the backing tracks were the first thing I noticed...especially during I am... >_> |
god, she screwed Pride over bad...
rushing at the beginning, off key in all the last verses...really bad :( oh well, at least she looked good, and I'm grateful for the song. ...but man, that last note is just...MAJOR cringe. It's so flat, I don't think I've ever heard her do it that bad...ouch. Because of You: her vocals are making me sad :( If I was worried at AT09, I'm REALLY worried now...I wonder how she feels about this? Must be awful. 1 LOVE: is not in a higher key, I'm pretty sure, I think the people got confused hearing the back up singers' harmony and the new "yeah" they put in it. or maybe it is...I don't know, might just be the way she's singing it. I cant tell. until that day...: I don't understand why the camera didn't go on her when she was doing the choreo at the beginning o_O |
i dont know i have patiently wiat for it,and tomorrow going back to college already *sigh*
nwey,wow the screencap when Ayu touches Maro..woohoo..she's going too much lower,lol... |
anyone can post the links..
whose profile did u get the links from on FB? pommy? |
^mine lol
If you're a friend of pommy's on facebook, you can see the page :) |
^mine :)
If you're a friend of pommy's, you can see the page too :D |
emiko, the link on FB is it torrent or MU or something else?
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11more hours and i can watch
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@Ayu World: it's the original MU links from KMC :)
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^i see..thank you then, got to be more more patient =)
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my fav part is teddy bear... I want to be that bear then can sit beside ayu
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/834...0123h34m18.png i hope someone will sub the talk part... |
Ahh.. you still saw it? I only found an TOrret download link.. and I can't load from torret... what a pity. I also wanna see it.. soo!
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^ there are MU links in the CDL 2009-2010 thread II
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my review is coming soon, I just finished the main setlist, and am waiting for the encore to start.
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Downloading the last part now. I'm going to watch it tonight with my mother, haha. That'll be our New Years Day. I'm looking forward to hopefully a mostly LIVE performance since I love the set list so much....and hopefully vocals that aren't too cringe worthy as well.
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My Full Review, done in real time as I watched it~:
I am… Hello similar stage. Shuya+Drum really? This is great for me, since I haven’t really seen AT02 This drum interlude is EPIC with a capital EPIC Where are you Marooooo Shuya’s back with Skunk hair, oh yay Gooo female drum solo, you’re rockin’ it! I love hwo her costume will be totally different then this video I love I am… <3 Oh my god this costume is definitely amazing <3 Holy **** I’m surprised at her vocals :O They’re actually GOOD <3 Good idea covering that braid **** on the side of your head with a flower. …Way to DROWN her vocals out who is responsible for this!? They fixed it the second time somewhat, thank god <3 I really can’t find much to complain about with this, this is a really good performance <3 Hello dancer I’ve never seen before, nice solo Is that you flailing Shuya? Thank god they zoomed out MARO ON FLUTE!? WHY AM I SO TURNED ON BY THAT I know they’re trying to make her vocals sound distorted, but it just sounds like they turned her mic off, poor Ayu :( WRONG LYRICS LOL Moments I like the softer opening to this song, it’s really pretty. I love the camera work in this, with Ayu laid over the fanning crowd, it’s very nice. Turn up Ayu’s mic a bit please, this concert is definitely having mic problems This whole section has wonderful vocals for the Ayu of Today <3 Her hair looks so DEAD. It’s like “BLARGIDED” BALLERINA POOOSE~ oh dancers lol Ohh Yochan has a really snazzy guitar this time, me likey I can tell she’s really concentrating on her vocals, after that evolution performance I can see why. I wish your hair was a tad darker Ayu, itd look less pukey <3 HELLO MARO <3 You look hot as always. This should be the Maro show Shuya and ZIN seem to be your favorites huh? Lemme guess, using your trap door huh? You love your trap door. Inst.1(Moments Piano) Hello tissue dancer, I did not miss you at all I like the red this time though, it’s a nice touch. These are so predictable now. You know it’s gonna start mellow, go hard, and then she falls and hangs and it’s mellow again. I swear it’s just the same dance every time. STEP you Center catwalk enter who I guess is Gomi OH MY GOD WHAT ARE THEY WEARING. WHAT ARE THEY WEARING. Hello Ayu, I didn’t know lip synching was your new thing for cutie sections. WHAT DO YOU HAVE YOUR MALE DANCERS IN Gomi you are SO camp I like the pink boots, they’re probably the ONLY cute thing about this horrible thing Her mic is still to low, I’m starting to wonder if its intentional. She looks like she’s having fun at least? I like the stage, very gothic. It’s a lot darker then last year, which I like Ayu stop doing shrooms please this is horrible Her vocals sound nice again, but I’m so sure she’s lipping It’d be better if this dress was gone I almost PREFER the stupid 10 dollar walmart butterfly wings Balloons, okay? Inst.2(Ladies Night Interlude from CDL07-08) Hello CDL07-08 Ladies Night Interlude. I didn’t know you were coming. How is this supposed to flow into EnergizE? This is totally Ladies Night. Ayu there’s rehashing and then there’s REHASHING, this is too much Why would you even pick this one? It’s way to obviously for Ladies Night EnergizE Oh I love the side stage with the screens, very AT09 Here’s where her cocals go down I guess huh? Oh wait there they are This whole side stage thing was cool for a while, but I think you need something new. The crowd looks into it, that’s a good thing =D She’s so nasal, Ayu you don’t have to be nasal to be cute Also, why is it that her female dancers ALWAYS have the worst costumes? I love the joker card, I want it <3 I love how it needs to remind you it’s live lol WHAT THE HELL GIANT BALLS Wow that’s kinda dangerous Oh let’s gossip about the boys again, if this wasn’t CDL07-08’s Ladies Night before, it is now The only thing I like about the side stage is how close she is to the crowd, it must be amazing to have those seats. Inst. 3(About You) Here’s the guitar interlude. Where did your epic guitar go Yochan Yochan is amazing, he like caries the show with that guitar. Oh my god I want his A pendant. I wonder what she has Peco and Princess in this year, her band seems to have nice costumes for a change. Oh not bad for once. I always think she dresses them horrible on purpose XD This interlude sounds cool <3 About You I love this song I wish she’d take off the bow, I really can’t take her seriously with it Yeah some woah belting, I’m the only one who likes this kinda stuff <3 Her vocals are actually pretty bangin’ in this I do give her props for not doing the leather suit and mic stand rock section again, but the bow… seriously Ayu, the bow. She’s definitely struggling with the chorus. Getting winded :( I love the long glove short glove, that’s really cool asymmetry. Her hair looks better here, I don’t know why. Poor Ayu this is going to be an awful part of the song. She just can’t do these fast songs anymore… Does she have a cold? It sorta sounds like she does Boots are hot, I love her boots. More Woahing, yay <3 Yay her tattoo! LOLTRAPDOOR Inst. 4(About You end->momentum opening) I gotta love an interlude that focuses on Peco and Princess I’m probably the only person who likes these chicks really. I sorta like where the momentum opening is starting It’s very ethereal, I like it. HELLO MARO I MISSED YOU OH MY GOD I WILL HAVE NO BLOOD IN MY BRAIN Booo GTFO Midori, GO BACK TO MARO Oh Maro you are SO hot I don’t care about rehashing, have THIS in every show, Maro completely shirtless momentum Oh Ayu I wish you’d performed this in the Secret era when your vocals were better I like the really flowin dress. It sorta reminds me of the M wedding dress I love her vocals in the verses it’s so mellow I like how she’s just sorta singing, and there’s no Shuya trying to sex her Oh I guess that first chorus was a fluke This song is actually pretty good for her range right now Maroooo I can’t focus on Ayu with you DON’T GO AWAY NO COME BACK Oh yes Maro on the screen Maro is so much more interesting to watch flail then Shuya is I hope there’s nothing sharp on the stage :( they have bare feet I really love this dress, it’s very pretty, very classy Flowy dresses are much nicer then those ugly mermaid dresses Ar they having sex in the sky, what, no come back don’t go with midori You were… You were… isn’t the best choice to go after momentum She’s really trying here, you can tell. It’s showing <3 I love the snow effect on the screen, it’s pretty Over part 2? I’m not complaining. With ballads, less is more Why are her nails red, Ayu your nails are UGLY I think she bathes in glitter I think this may be her best You were… performance vocally speaking I’m glad you can see the ugly braid thing in her hair Is avex too cheap to actually get fake snow they could make fall on the stage? She’s yelling slightly less in this performance then she has before, which is good <3 You were… is my favorite song she’s released this year, this performance reinforces this Inst. 5(You were… outro->Pride) Yochan guitar~ I’m glad to see no more tissue dancing Strings <3 Ayu needs more STRINGS <3 I think this is my favorite musical interlude of the night, especially Yochan’s guitar That was pretty, very nice job Ayuband <3 Oooh the Pride intro is very dark and epic. Hi ring dancers, I missed you since AT07 Oh dear lord it’s Shuya Please camera man, focus on the men in the rings, they’re doing something cool Oh wow the flips were cool to switch rings. I really like the music here, it sets a really good mood. The mellow sections especially, nice work. Pride HELLO DRESS Jesus it’s like the dress is on the donuts and lard diet. MARO’s BACK <3 I think this song is definitely a lot more in her range then anything she’s done in a while I’d wager these as her best vocals of the night until I heard the notes before the second chorus The choir is back, how SCAR Where did her voice go? Someone’s getting FIRED for their awful mic job here Can she even move in that thing? I’m doubtful, she didn’t the whole performance Inst. 6(Pride outro->INSPIRE intro) So this is the happier anwer to the Pride intro? Ring dance! I like how she didn’t just do two of the same ring dances This sorta feels christmasy for some reason. Why do I get the feeling this lady’s voice is going to be edited out of the DVD Wait a minute is just the AT07 stage? Real men wear pink lol Those flips are still epic the second time That was actually pretty touching, not gonna lie INSPIRE intro huh? Are we gonna get the AT05 screen? I love the feel of this intro, very intense. INSPIRE Hey Ayu~! This is another costume I like, it looks good LOL the mic trouble so bad she has two now? I keep feeling like I’m looking at BoA, sorry Ayu this is not a hair style for you Her vocals are really good in this one, and I can actually hear them now Roman themed costumes for the dancers? Parade! The dancing is pretty nifty here, it goes really well with the theme Gomi :O! She’s NOT using Shuya as her main man, I’m so shocked Ow Ayu, bad vocals for that part More adlibs yay! Because of You OH SNAP IT SKIPPED I HOPE THAT WAS A ONE TIME DEAL Mic stand? What is that thing next to her? OW WORST VOCALS OF THE NIGHT SO FAR RIGHT HERE I wonder if she gets nauseous laying and spinning like that These really are not her best vocals like at all She’s raping this soooong Oh it’s a COOL micstand :O she can just carry it, I like that. It’s like sword, awesome sauce~! I love her earings, I just noticed them I’m lost in all these flashing lights I pray the fame won’t take my life I don’t think she’s hitting a single note, and she’s getting winded evolution@Best Aritsts all over again. …why did you drop the mic and your last note kept going? 1 LOVE Hmm… this is kinda higher, I’m worried after that performance Hello mic static She’s gotta be lipping this, there’s no way she’s hitting those notes if she couldn’t hit a single one in Because of You Another skip :( I hope it’s the rip and the disc I burned it too… I mean, if she’s singing this then DAMN, but there’s no way her voice is this good. No smashing this time :(? Why exactly did the camera stay so far away for so long. What’s up with the camera work on this rip, you can’t see anything if you zoom out like that…. Stupid TV. until that Day… are the men gonna come out hot like in AT07? Yes they aaare ,3 STOP ZOOMING OUT I CAN’T SEE ANYTHING YOU PIECE OF CRAP. Maro <3 This has to be lipped too, her vocals are too good… I really like this costume, it looks good on her Actually I changed my mind about the hair, it’s actually pretty good on her Shuya MUST be gay to not be in so much pain after concerts Oh Shuya do the girly arm tosses~ Inst.7(AT07 until that Day… outro) Huh, I thought the countdown was after this… I don’t like the whole… wife beater behind the head, it’s stupid looking. Is Maro wearing a collar? Why does this turn me on? Writhe men writhe! Aw that’s it? New Years Message/Countdown I miss the engrish one from CDL07-08 Making footage! She recorded Load of the SHUGYO without the jacket too? Huh I love her clothes in the CDL behind the scene footage BOWIE! Huh, this is different. Has the countdown ever been outside of a song before? This must be the best countdown to a new year if you’re in the stadium, counting down with Ayu <3 Humming 7/4 First time this song has been in a major setlist, cools Her outfit is SO weird compared to her dancers I’ve missed Humming It must be so fun, oh and the screen on the side stage is cool! I’d love one of those flags the dancers are twirling. She’s sucking hardcore vocally, but at least it looks like she’s having fun Another guitar, how many do you have Yochan LOL why would ANYONE spin on their head She’s definitely getting tired, she shouldn’t have long concerts anymore I kinda can’t hear her… Whoever did her mic was SO fired. evolution I wonder how this’ll go for her, after Best Artist Seems like no improvement at all. ._. They’re moving her around on a luggage cart what I really like the gothic stage. Very nice. I hope it’s a precursor for whats to come in 2010 It’s a bit better, but I can’t HEAR her. Fan dance 2, now with smaller fans ANOTHER new guitar, do you switch them after every song? Oh do the dancers have discosticks too? Cool Startin’ This is such a fun ending song Dancer introduction eh, maybe I’ll learn the names of the ones I don’t know Just sing the song Ayu, I’m tired of this Oh wow, her vocals are good for this song so far UGH SKIP Chorus could be better, but it’s a lot better then BoY at least More dancers oh boy MARO PLZ? No? *****. I like the arrangement, it’s not exactly the same as the CD, it’s pretty cool The’s lalalalas are like the never ending NO NO NOs at AT09 x_x A Annoyingness I managed to take a bathroom break and the A’s didn’t even start. Finally! After what ten minutes Lets see how annoying the A is this year Clapping A is a standard Graduation A? AT08&NEXT LEVEL Ayupans Now the A has pink girlfriends Countdown A Chinese A Happy crowd is happy EW MUSLE A IS UGLY Why is only one of it’s arms muscly… how… massively innuendo What’s up with the A People this year, I hate it. Rocker A Ugh how much longer is my brain going to melt x_x Another skip, I hope there aren’t too many more, I’ll have to look at my disc when I get done YAY IT’S STARTING AGAIN! teddy bear Right into teddy bear <3 Ayu sounds vocally refreshed after the short break. I like the encore outfit more seeing it in action then I did in the picture I love the teddy bear <3 I wonder if it’s the same one It sounds like she’s really trying not to cry ;_; This may be her vocal highlight of the night teddy bear has no flaws whatsoever <3 MC Heeere we go, this is the longest part of every concert… I wish my fast forward button worked. Hello ZIN and… uh… that’s Subaru right? Or am I completely wrong LOLBOWTIE So are they gonna teach the RED LINE dance? Oh she’s talking about the Kouhaku? I wonder if it’s diva to wear a shirt with your own face on it… I heard Shuya’s name, whatever could they be talking about I love how I’m like just about not paying attention at all HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO TALK BEFORE THIS MONSTROSITY IS OVER I don’t like the RED LINE dance, it’s kinda bleh. I liked the MY ALL dance better. I would love to catch one of those balls <3 Good aim so far Ayu <3 I bet people beat the **** out of eachother for these LOL nice hit there OMG FINALLY THE MUSIC IS STARTING <3 Sunrise~LOVE is ALL~ I’ve never been happier to hear Sunrise I’m glad she’s singing the real arrangement instead of the AT09 one Shuya’s lookin’ FAB in that headset Was she singing the lyrics to Sunset XD? LOL she forgot the bridge Boys & Girls It’s not an Ayu concert without Boys & Girls =D I like how she’s started singing instead of yelling those last words I like the rainbows going along very happy and bright~ I’d love to be in the stadium singing B&G with Ayu, life dream~~! Yochan’s eighteenbillionth guitar of the night The side stage is so much cooler then the main one I wish she did the whole concert there LOLPRINCESS Is Peco saying “HERP ME HERP ME HERP ME”? LOL Go go psycho Ayu go, hit that stage someone make me a gif of that RED LINE~for TA~ I’m excited for this <3 Hand dancing <3 Maro has his sleeves rolled up, why does this turn me on? Shuya always sings along with Ayu LOL Her vocals are actually really good for this song <3 LOL the kick line Maro XD you’re my favorite <3 I don’t like that new dancer she introduced before ZIN, he’s ugly The other new dancer was cute Ballooooons! This is exactly what I imagined when I heard RED LINE <3 I’m not disappointed one bit THERE’S THE WAVING! EXACTLY HOW I PICTURED IT! Overall: It was an amazing show. It had it’s moments vocally that were cringe worthy, but that’ll be fixed on the DVD. The setlist was incredible, the costumes were okay, the vocals when they were good were really good! Stand Out Performances: I am…/Moments ; momentum/You were… ; Startin’ ; teddy bear ; RED LINE~for TA~ Worst Performances: STEP you/EnergizE ; Because of You ; evolution |
Ok I cheated and skipped through it abit before watching the whole thing. :) Her vocals really do not sound good most of the time from what I saw, however it also sounds much more live than she has in quite a while. She sounds worse than CDL 07/08 imo. Watch though, when the DVD comes out her voice will sound perfect. :)
And I've always said that I'd rather her sound off and sing live rather than lip sync half the concert - but I agree with Grace, at least a couple of songs were still lipped too, but it seems less than recently. @GRACE: lol, I always love reading your reviews. |
I really don't like her vocals D: everything else is awesome
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Ok here are my thoughts on the performances. The bolded ones are the performances I enjoyed the most.. which is basically most of them :laugh
I am... - The intro with the drums was alright, kind of long.. I don't like how she reused the AT02 screen for the beginning, but I loved the fire and her VOICE. In some parts the sound seems weird though, where I can't hear her very well. Other than that I loved this. Moments - YESS! I knew she could pull this off, this whole performance was so beautiful. I really think she has been focusing on her voice a lot more lately and I notice an improvement from last years CDL and AT09. STEP you - LOL that outfit.. I actually really enjoyed this performance though, one of the reasons is because it sounds LIVE. Usually most of her STEP you performances seem lip synched, but this one it sounds like she's singing it live and doing a good job, and I think that's what she's doing. I kind of like the alice in wonderland theme now though seeing it in action. EnergizE - Again, I think this was sung live which I wasn't expecting. I LOVE this performance WAY more than the one at AT09!! It was so cute, SHE was so cute. About you - I never liked this song, BUT, I have to say the parts that she added, her signature "wow yeah" parts make the song so much better for me. She really rocked that stage and her voice was good. I think I'm warming up to the song now. momentum - I love her use of Maro instead of Shuya, and Midoring too! I'd much rather see them act out the "lost love" thing instead of Ayu from now on. Ayu looked so pretty in that dress and I love the way she moved around the stage. There were some off moments with her vocals but she did better than I expected. You can tell she's trying her best. You were... - Yay for a FULL live of this song! I hated the way they cut the intro in the TV lives. I kept thinking "where is shuya?" in the performance and expected him to pop out somewhere but he didn't! I LOVED it! It was just ayu singing and her vocals were great. What a beautiful performance. Pride - OMG, this is so much better than Pride at AT06 where her voice was just SO bad. I expected her voice to be as bad as AT06 or worse, but she did WAY better. Idk, I think there were too many dancers on stage and it looked a bit too crowded. INSPIRE - Oh my god I loved this lol, her dancing was so funny/cute, one of my favorite INSPIRE performances, definitely. Because of you - Ahh her voice is pretty bad here :( I do love the beginning though with her singing on the ground, I really like the whole idea of that so I don't mind the recycling here. It's a shame about her voice though, she really was off a lot. 1LOVE - She sounds SO good! And I think she's actually singing live for this one too. I loved this performance even though she has done it several times before. Something about this one seems different, it seems like she isn't trying so hard in it or something, she's just being herself. until that Day... - SEXY, awesome, ETC. My favorite performance of until that Day... for sure. LOVED it. Video thing before the countdown - ayu behind the scenes looked so cute! I loved watching this! Humming 7/4 - The flags and drums were cool for this performance, and ayu owns the stage as usual. I wish I was there, this is such a fun crowd song. She messed up in some parts but it's Humming 7/4, so it's not a big deal. I love how she was just running around the stage, and the dancers didn't follow her. evolution - She needs to improve on singing this song live or retire it IMO, it reminded me of the best artist performance with some very slight improvements. But the energy was great. Startin' - She did really good with this song, much better than evolution, maybe because it suits her current voice better. Very good performance. I want to sing the "la la la la la la la" parts now lol teddy bear - I love this song so much, and she did a good job singing it. I teared up when she put her head on the teddy bear. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~ - I LOVE this song and it's so great live, I hope she continues singing it again and again, it could replace evolution or something. I loved this live version of it <3 Her little messup was funny. Boys & Girls - I always love this song live, and this performance was great and full of energy as usual :P I loved when she banged on the floor lol RED LINE ~for TA~ - This is a nice song to end her concerts with, I wonder if it will replace "MY ALL", I wouldn't mind. Another great performance. Overall I enjoyed this CDL very much. Something seems different about this one.. it seems like it's just ayu being ayu, there's no overacting for anything and i didn't suspect any lip synching, and I really love that. She did mess up vocally in some songs, but most of them she did a really good job imo and I notice an improvement in her voice. Most of the time she toned down the yelling and didn't use too much vibrato. She just needs to work on staying in key. Anyway, I'm going to be watching a lot of these performances over and over again. Very good job ayu! |
@Sunshine: Yeah that surprised me too. It really seemed like she was trying to sing everything live. The only one that was really obvious was EnergizE. Other than that...I wasn't paying attention lol
@GRACE: yes! wasnt Teddy Bear just perfect? Even her outfit didnt distract me, which usually it would...but whatever, it was gorgeous! |
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I loved it. It was amazing. The only thing I had to slightly complain about was in a few of the songs (I am..., About You, ect...) the music sounded way louder than her voice. I'm sure that'll be better on the DVD version though.
I loved the Because of You and teddy bear performances a lot and even though I really dislike RED LINE, my assumptions about it being one of those songs I'd enjoy live was correct. :yes [edit] I forgot to mention how much I loved Pride and I don't really like that song. xD |
OMG GRACE XDDD I laughted so hard with some parts of you review LOL!!
The micro problem (that her voice can't be heard) is sth they will correct even for the re-broadcasting ^^ and they can even edit her voice by then... And also the camera thing, I remember how there were amazing angles in the second broadcast *-* |
It sounds so cool from all of you! I'm still waiting on a youtube link :3
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I'm getting a little sick of the ribbon dancing :dead2
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I am + Moments - You could tell she was really trying hard to sing these - lots of closing her eyes, bending over etc. I am wasn't bad - but there were times when the music completely overpowered her vocals. They changed the arrangement for some of the song and I actually think it was just too much going on at once that some of the music sounded kind of messy. So the drowned out vocals - I don't know if they were a technical problem or if she simply doesn't have the power to sing over all of that.
Moments, I'm sorry, but I was disappointed. It's one of my favorite Ayu songs and that was definitely her worst vocal of it I think. I love the costume for those two songs and the fact that she performed them. Step You + Energize - Step You might actually be live for once. Its kinda hard to tell. Vocals for both songs are good, but not outstanding level. I'll take good though these days. :) Ayu's costume looks slightly better than in the pictures but the dancers - my god does she secretly hate them or something? Cause I would only make people that I hate wear that, haha. The interlude between them really makes you think that she will do Ladies Night. Overall these two were pretty good, but they definitely felt like something I had seen sooo many times before from her. |
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i wont judge yet since im waiting to see it up on YT. but people are saying BoY is bad? TOT nooo and that was the song i was looking forward to see.
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imo EnergizE was plain awful, everything from the performance to her vocals. STEP you was better and indeed seemed more live than usual, same would go for 1LOVE. Over-all the show was good and certainly better than the previous 2 CDLs in many ways - it felt "complete" and nothing was really out of the place. The stage also seemed less cheap this time even though the design was pretty much the same. So yeah I liked it ^^ |
They always have trouble equalizing her mic volume, instruments and back up singers because it's a live broadcast. A loud rock song needs completely different settings compared to a ballad, so it's tough to balance for the crew. That also makes lip syncing easier to spot, besides vocals it will be perfectly balanced. Usually they make Peco and Princess way too loud, but I don't think it was too bad this year.
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Stand Out Performances: I am…/Moments, momentum/You were…, Startin', teddy bear, RED LINE~for TA~[best 2 among all] Not so good Performances: Because of You, Pride Anyway I guess her nails were red because of the opening, her outfit was red/black themed? No time for her to repaint i think. |
I saw some of the clips. momentum was pretty off and little bit shouting towards the end. Pride is a nightmare...the second half was awful to me, many notes are off heavily. I am, moment, step you, energize are pretty good. I also find that her "ku" sound is horrible in almost every song. Her voice was ok, not too rough.
Dont want to say that again, but more and more people think that her voice is deteriorating over years. Her singing is having more strange habit like "ku" that creates bad sound quality . After her deafness in one ear, her ability to keep on-key is apparently much worse than before especially when compared with her older lives before 2004/5. Off-key is really a killer to any music...really hope that ayu can find ways to fix those strange/wrong habits and to be more on-key on her songs. If not, it will only make more fans to leave... |
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The music is way too loud, so I can't tell if Ayu is singing good or not. I love the drums at the beginning. Moments was ok vocally, but a bit boring. But I don't like this song. The tissue dancers are just annoying, I don't like them. Ayu uses them much too often. STEP you+EnergizE: I don't like her cutesy voice normally, but STEP you... was quite good. It's an Alice in Wonderland theme? Sorry, but the only thing that reminds me of that are the play cards. There aren't clowns in Alice in Wonderland and Ayu's dress is bad. EnergizE is just awful. Her voice... ;_; I'm sad she'll probably sing this song often in the near future. But it's cute how near she is to her fans. About you: The dress is a joke. Ayu looks ridicilous with it. And I can't take her seriously with that thing on her head. All that for a song like About you??? Her voice was good, I'm surprised. She still can do much, much better and I got the feeling that it's really hard for her to achieve the good voice she has here. Overall I prefer the musical same version from AT05. I really like the guitar solo of Yochan though. About you is still one of my absolutely favourite songs of Ayu! |
I saw some of the clips. momentum was pretty off and little bit shouting towards the end. Pride is a nightmare...the second half was awful to me, many notes are off heavily. I am, moment, step you, energize are pretty good. I also find that her "ku" sound is horrible in almost every song. Her voice was ok, not too rough.
Dont want to say that again, but more and more people think that her voice is deteriorating over years. Her singing is having more strange habit like "ku" that creates bad sound quality . After her deafness in one ear, her ability to keep on-key is apparently much worse than before especially when compared with her older lives before 2004/5. Off-key is really a killer to any music...really hope that ayu can find ways to fix those strange/wrong habits and to be more on-key on her songs. If not, it will only make more fans to leave... |
i shall say it again; a vocal coach would do her wonders.
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^^ I agree, cuz I am learning from a coach too
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teddy bear was flawless, i almost cried when i saw Ayu tried to hide her tears :"> maybe she really missed her dad
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BEST.****ING.CONCERT.EVER
Yeah, her voice was everything but flawless, but the setlist, the costumes, the performances...it was just perfect! And on top of that theres only 1 song I really suspect to be playback. |
i love how she end the concert this time.as expected,red line is nice as an ending :D
and i love suba-sama's hair alot!he look much more younger now |
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Which one do you think is lipsynched? @CDL I loved it. Definitely getting the DVD. I even liked Pride and the Alice-Maid-Costume was cuter than expected. Overall, a great show. You go Ayu! |
I'm suprised to see so many people think that her vocals were bad... I personally think they vere perfect in every way. I also think everything was definately live.
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Really? I didn't think it EnergizE was lipsynched at all Ayus voice broke on some parts of it. Gotta watch it again.
@indyplus I think this concert was pretty good vocally. I don't know what some people are expecting anyway. |
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Seriously, her voice was awful. I really wish I could have liked it, I really do... But man, wtf was that? I am... and Moments were pretty good, I'll give her that.. but then it started to all go downhill after them. Even her stage presence isn't that great anymore, because she looks like she's passing a kidney stone when she's singing. Just watch I am... at AT02, she's belting that **** out proud and tall, now she's all constipated and hunched over. Ayu, please don't tour in 2010... :( God, it's like dealing with an alcoholic in denial. GET SOME HELP. I don't mean to be melodramatic.. I just.. want SO bad for her to sound GOOD. |
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Imo, vocally, EnergizE was the worst one :thud |
Nevermind about the vocals for a moment, Ayu is just SMOKING HOT (as always!)
She's good with some songs but for the rest, they really aren't good live. For me, I was just surprised at how 1LOVE had the pitch shifted. Well she needs to work on her voice or actually, take a break, at least we know she's singing live. I'm just going to say something for 'I Am..., What is going on here with some people playing string instruments and the Japanese drums getting loud at the back end; all with the band playing as well?? I mean the "drum show" was nice, but only by itself. |
I only watched some perfomances on youtube. I won't download it, because I know I'll watch it only once~
EnergizE: The dress is disgusting. I don't like this song, but she doesn't sing it so bad. I mean... people just need to accept the fact that she isn't able to sing as perfect as before~ And that's obvious... but OMG how many people are there! STEP you is the same. I am... is very nice, I like her outfit and it's not bad for an opening. |
Her vocals in Because of You were a hot ass mess, and I can't really see how anyone could say otherwise :shrug
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I just got to say the sound was terrible!!! I'm really looking forward to the DVD so they can fix it, because you could barely hear her most of the time!!
Anyways I really liked this CDL and I love the cute lil RED LINE dance!! ^^ I also really liked how there was no lip syncing as far as I could tell! I thought her vocals were pretty good overall but not great - also hence why I'm looking forward to the DVD. I thought everything else was really awesome though!! Especially all the shirtless Maro parts *.* |
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I really enjoyed this year CDL thanks to the awesome setlist. The stage and costumes were nice too (no, not the pink stuff). As regards her vocals... it was great and awful at the same time. Some parts were really painful to watch (Because of You, INSPIRE...) and some others were quite impressive (teddy bear, I am..., You were...). She seems easily out of breath and sometimes I felt I was watching an old friend doing some karaoke rather than a professional singer. Anyway, I'm quite happy she focused more on the singing part (thanks to the evolution perf?), and that she sang the old songs with her "old voice" and not with her "smoker voice". Great CDL, great setlist, good/bad vocals. |
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STEP you, 1 LOVE, and until that Day... were TOTALLY lipped. ESPECIALLY considering she couldn't hit a single note in BoY, and then bounced in with a near perfect 1 LOVE, I'm sorry, it's just not possible Also, I watched it again, and I've decided this is one of those concerts that gets better if you watch it more then once |
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I thought her voice was great during some songs. I am was really amazing. although I hated the recycled opening video from 2001.
I didnt' like because of you. her voice was just terrible. I didn't like pride/momentum either. mainly cause it had that very "typical ayu" singing while two people ballet on stage and she's frowns and reaches her arm out to them. Cause we haven't seen this before a hundred times right? I didn't like the cutsey outfit for step you/energize, but I thought all the other outfits were cool. I really loved the ladies night remix inbetween step you and energize. It sounded pretty cool. about you dissappointed me. The original performance from my story was amazing with the chains and the paint like outfits. This time around she was alone on stage with her band, it wasn't that good of a performance anyways. Peco and princess need to be fired asap. I have no problem with ayu singing by herself. |
Ok, I've watched the whole thing now.
The first half I already judged is ok vocally, not good, but ok. But the rest... was awful. Pride, INSPIRE, Because of You were so bad, even worse than anything she did in AT09. Ayu destroyed those songs for me and I'm really, really sad about that, cause they belong to my favourites from her. It was a bit better after the countdown, but still bad. How do you guys manage to enjoy the show although her vocals are so bad? I can't , I just can't ignore the bad vocals, cause sometimes it hurts in my ears, sorry to say. In BoY I also had the feeling that the song was too fast for Ayu to catch up with. Overall she uses her dancers too much (her normal dancers as well as those others). There were so much people on stage sometimes. o.O I don't like most of the outfits as well, I only like the first and the white one. I love the stage though and some of the probs, although most of them are recycled. Summary: Great setlist, nice try, but too bad vocals too enjoy. At least for me. And if Ayu doesn't begin to train her voice again she'll get even worse. |
im at work right now so im unable to watch the concert -_- it seems to happen to me a lot these days. but after reading all the comments. i feel bummed out. I LOVED PCDL08-09 and altho this cdl doesnt have as much songs as last year. i was hoping for it to turn out great anyways. i will have to see tomorrow for sure of my thoughts.
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People always tend to forget that this concert very likely is playbackfree, there you have the reason for her bad vocals, but I prefer a concert that's completely live with poor vocals over a concert that has relativly bad vocals for the songs that are live and a handful of playback songs. And I actually didn't think it was that bad vocally, AT09 hurt, CDL0708 hurt, this didn't and considering that most songs in this concert are WAY harder to sing then all the NEXT LEVEL songs and(again) probably has no playback that's really great.
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^ Really? Cause for me I rate this even worse vocally than CDL 07-08.
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For me it's bad vocally if the vocals distract me from the overall performance and/or have me stop watching, that happened for both cdl0708 and at09 before, but I looped this CDL 4 times now and they only were really BAD for seconds, weaker than usual, yes, but bad? no
For me this still is the best concert I've ever watched. I can finally call myself an ayu fan without being ashamed for her playbacking |
I don't get all the hate either. I really enjoyed the concert. I think some people should just relax and move on to other singers or at least away from Ayu. What's the point of staying when you cannot even enjoy a concert anymore because you hate the costumes/her stage-presence/the vocals/Shuya/whatever? Ayu obviously never pleases, no matter what she does. I really don't see what you guys were expecting from CDL? That it would be flawless and perfect? Then you obviously didn't follow her performances over the last years. Or would you prefer a lipsynched concert?
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^ No. Even I still find the concert enjoyable. And I have watched every performance she has ever done and what to expect is something that could be way better than this. Her vocals are seriously becoming a major problem and its only going to keep getting worse unless she actually takes the initiative to really change something. Yet instead, she's already announced that she will perform more concerts next year than she ever has.
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^I'm sorry if what I wrote sounded offensive to you. I just felt that I needed to defend Ayu. It's probably because I like her so much, it hurts me when people hate on something I enjoy and say that they didn't even like it in the slightest. It makes me question myself and my standards. Maybe I don't see the flaws, like you guys do. I just enjoy and don't think to much about it. :( Now I feel bad. I apologize once again if my post sounded arrogant to you.
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Wow... I'm surprised to see so many people think the vocals are bad. I thought the vocals were many times better than AT09 and PCDL. o__o I'd say these are her best since AT08. The vocals being really quiet at points was extremely annoying, but that'll be fixed on the DVD for sure. It was probably a technical difficulty with the live recording.
The overuse of the dancers, I agree with-- and hopefully in the future it does stop. Especially the last year it's been way, way out of hand. Even in some TV performances. And I do admit that the recycling/reuse of choreography and props is irritating too, but ugh... Not much to say about that except that I hope it changes too. I'd love to see Ayu do something totally different for AT10, even if it's just her and the band the whole time. It'd be amazing if she did something like P!NK's Funhouse tour. I saw that on TV yesterday and kept thinking, "Wow, if Ayu would do something like that instead of just changing her outfit and relying on her dancers for everything!" I did really enjoy the concert though, so I'm not gonna complain anymore. |
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I really enjoyed teddy bear. :) That was nice.
The other songs were also okay. Not that great but still okay for me. :3 I like the outfits for this concert, even the pink one. It was cute. XD |
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I also love the "only ayu" but her team are too important to her. Maybe that is her personality....
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omg Because of you was embarrassing to hear...
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I think ayu needs a NEW team. She needs to pull together a completely new team to help produce her music and take her to the next level. It might be a little difficult being a Japanese artist, but I would love to see her work with some North American and European producers to see what they come up with. And ayu being the way she is, she will still leave that Ayu trademark in her songs (and sing Japanese). She could also use that help in her live concerts to keep her material fresh, because I've seen enough of dress rips, ribbon dances, ring dances, and so on. But let me not put my full judgement, because CDLs are supposed to be less flashy, and the TV rips are always terrible: the mics don't pick anything out! Unfortunately, it is difficult to discern between avex magic and having the actual audio track of the concert. |
Can I just ask people one thing?
I think it's really ridiculous to call everyone who is saying her vocals are bad "haters", or other things. Can we refrain from that? Her vocals WERE bad, if you can't hear it, you're probably tone deaf, which is not meant to be an insult, since there are a lot of people who actually can't tell the difference, say, between a note that's flat and one that isn't. She made a lot of mistakes, more than I've ever seen from her and it was...honestly really bad. She wouldn't have passed those performances on American Idol. Anyway, this is like my favorite concert ever, and I think I've made the shift to where I'm going to start loving the CDLs more than the Arena Tours. I certainly like this one more than AT09. But I agree with GRACE, we can still point out everything, that's what the discussion is for. Anyway, I think this DVD is going to be fantastic <3 @Jin: I agree. I think she's been in her comfort zone for a long time, and I think it's time for a change. New composers, new producers, maybe some western ones. I don't think they'll change her sound too much...but maybe she just feels things go a lot faster with her Japanese team, which, of course it would, they've been working together for years lol |
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