i just bought the DVD like, two days ago, i think it's too good to be true! i mean, her voice sounds TOO perfect! i was kinda disappointed when i was sure it was all re-touched / lip-synced, but when she kinda
slips in until that Day... and Secret, i was sure it's her voice!
here's my song-by-song review
LABYRINTH
i think it's just okay, i mean, i was expecting a grander stage with a cool opening video - which didn't happen, but i think it's quite cool
evolution
this is her most wonderful evolution performance since DOME TOUR 2001 i think, it's sooo close to the original track - which i LOVE so much, and the ballad intro is just tear-jerking (when i saw the Taiwanese fans started to cry while watching this, i was sorta wanna cry too hehe), a FABULOUS performance!
UNITE!
i'm not sure if this is lip-synced or not, the vocal is strangely steady IMO, an okay performance
taskinst
cool video! i mean, really REALLY cool! ironically, her actual MV lacks the quality this short clip has
1 LOVE
i find this really sexy, i like her outfit, her dances and dancers were great, and the music sounds waaay better than the album version, WONDERFUL!!!
until that Day...
better than the CDL performance, i mean much much better, excellent vocals, and the song itself is already so rocking, oh and i love how she says the last line "
sono....hi made..." sounds so sexy!!!
M
i think the outfit's not suitable for a song as HUGE as M, and the vocal sounds too perfect, overall an okay performance
appears
the BEST appears performance! the dancing part is so moving! i love this performance so much, and the vocal's great too!!!
part of Me
THIS is THE BEST performance in the whole concert, the outfit and vocal are perfect, and the music enhancements make it even more dramatic. SUPERB!
Secret
as a comparison, it's like watching a better less-sweatier version of walking proud from ARENA TOUR 2005, it's a good performance with excellent ayu vocals
kiss o' kil
i both like and hate the arrangement of this song, and the performance reminds me of is this LOVE? from ARENA TOUR 2006, the great thing was that when ayu suddenly appears on the cross above the dancers after disappearing for only two seconds from the stage, nice job, Poroko!
Not yet
cool video, cool hands movements, cool-looking ayu in silvery feathered costume
SURREAL
standard, she doesn't sound bad, and doesn't sound great either, just plain okay
AUDIENCE - Boys & Girls
just her usual last-songs-for-the-main-stage performances, only with way better vocals
ENCORE
SEASONS
really REALLY wonderful vocal performance here, her falsetto is amazing! one i haven't heard of her for eons
glitter
this is also THE BEST performance in the whole tour, it's up there with part of Me, ayu sings PERFECTLY, and her jumping around only adds the fun fun singing the song! a really happy performance. Note how she introduces the song: "
shinkyoku ([this is] the new song)...
guritta!"
independent - Humming 7/4
good vocals, thankfully. i'm somehow bored of these two tracks
Who...
her BEST-SOUNDING Who... performance i think. because she can hold on not to cry until the very last moment when the song ends, a good ending song!
overall, this DVD is good, but i miss the encore MC session with Yocchan, and the whole disc-3 bonuses.
i also don't really like the documentary being slipped onto the concerts, i'd like it better if DISC1 is the live and DISC2 is the documentary, too bad...
but it's still a great Great GREAT DVD!!! Thank God i bought it! ^^