No. She just can't sing live...
People do expect a lot from Ayu because her early career was brilliant in every aspect. I'm sure it's a lot of pressure being held to such high standards, and it's her own fault for being so damn brilliant, but I mean.. at this point she's gonna continue to sing because it's what she enjoys doing. I do feel like she isn't trying as hard as she used to, I do feel that she's rather burned out after 11 years of consecutive singing and songwriting, but creativity does not come easy. We all think we can come up with the perfect show. It's easier said than done.
Concerns with creativity and "recycling" costumes/performances are imo really insignificant and superficial at the moment. We got a bigger problem: She can't sing live. She's a singer. I don't know about y'all, but I fell in love with Ayu the "musician", anything related to image is just secondary for me. I've never enjoyed many of her PV's and a lot of her stage ideas are just borrowed from Western artists such as Madonna, Michael/Janet Jackson, etc. Not impressed. (I will say that the most original and interesting stage performance she's ever done is Marionette at AT08, and that wasn't too long ago). And frankly, I don't know why we're bringing Koda Kumi into this discussion (Namie's coming next, guaranteed). I know fans of Koda/Namie are also fans of Ayu (I honestly don't comprehend why that is.. I really don't), but the comparisons are really ANNOYING. Honestly, I'm not surprised Koda Kumi is "creative" and "dares to be different". She has to make up for her music itself being absolutely awful. Nevertheless, I've heard her sing live before and she can hold her own, I'll give her that.
People want her to come out with some Madonna-style reinventions. It's not gonna happen. She's not Madonna. She does something weird and out of the ordinary, she'll alienate a lot of us, I guarantee you that. I'm a firm believer that pop music itself has run out of ideas. Everything has already been done. That's why we have this nuisance Lady Gaga with her ridiculous over-the-top image, the girl has got to be different to make a name for herself. The only way she can do that is by being as ridiculous as humanly possible. Her success came easy and it's not based on any coherent creative talent, just a bunch of nonsense she likes to call "art". Ayu is not Lady Gaga, either. And she better not try to be (still disgusted by rollin'/Sparkle at AT09).
Anyway, that's my incoherent two cents on the matter.
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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer
Or even just throw all the concert theatrics aside and do a stripped down show of just Ayu and the band because even that would be something different and mostly welcomed imo.
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I would definitely welcome this! But you
know nobody at AHS would have that. My impression of the fans here is that they are obsessed with stage theatrics and want everything bigger and more expensive, the big "diva / untouchable pop star" image. Which I enjoy.. to an extent.. her music has great theatrical potential. But idk, a nice simple live WOULD certainly be nice for a change.