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Originally Posted by emiko
I actually was kind of disappointed with Asia Tour 08 too...
I'm not sure why.
I like her first concerts...there's just something about that era that I think she's lost in the last few years. I don't know what it is.
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I agree. I think something was lost. There's something about Ayu in her earlier years (I think between Concert tour ~ A Museum) that really shook me. Maybe it's because she was newer to touring than she is now-- her freshness gives her a different kind of aura on stage. Nowadays there isn't that feeling there anymore. On top of that, Ayu's concert concepts were a lot deeper before-- now she's often borderline cheesy (if not downright), or typical. The formula for her concerts is dead set.
Different tours have their own great qualities. I think, for example, Dome Tour 2001 and Stadium Tour 2002 were great for different reasons. Both Concert Tour and Dome Tour were sprinkled with symbolism in most parts of the performances, and if not that, then there's a raw sense of genuinity that only the young Ayu could give. Dome Tour was also great because there were just so many people-- I think the idea that Ayu was so *popular* adds to the atmosphere of a concert.
Stadium tour was great for similar reasons-- it was also huge, but then I think the whole open-air thing it had going on really added to it. Stadium Tour also had great vocals and you often saw a little Ayu against a huuuuge audience really clearly. I always thought that was great.
I think the most disappointing Ayu concert to me was CDL 07-08. I was really sad when I first saw the TV version, because-- my god... I was really worried about Ayu's vocals. Of course, her voice recovered and all, and the DVD version was nicely edited out so I wouldn't have to re-live those vocals from the TV version. But yeah, I was quite disappointed. It looked so promising.
PCDL ended up growing on me, but I was actually quite disappointed at first as well. I didn't like how she sang ballad after ballad in the same dress. I got bored by the time she started singing Scar, lol.
I was actually quite disappointed with MY STORY tour, which is weird... because it's a very popular and well-liked tour, but then it's probably because I heard so many good things about it that, when I actually watched it on DVD, I thought to myself, "Ehh, it's not that great... I like Stadium Tour more." I guess I just don't like the MY STORY and (miss) understood tour setlists. Those two albums didn't contain my favourites.
