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Originally Posted by Melodie
But at the end of the day (and during most of the lives) their voices do compliment each other.
Also, Ayu seems to have developed a strong bond with her crew. Doubt she'll be replacing them anytime soon, unless they quit.
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Yeah although everyone is saying they don't sing well and don't blend well with ayu's vocals, i actually think they do! Princess takes the lower harmony and Peco takes the upper. i think when people say Peco is too loud sometimes it's just that she's singing higher than ayu. of course she's singing higher notes than ayu and would probably have to get louder to reach those (or go into head voice but then you won't be heard), but i think they mess around with the mixers to make sure she isn't louder than ayu before any concert/live. so if you're still saying she drowns out ayu even though that's usually what upper harmonies do... then you should blame the sound mixer guy for the volume problems xD oh which also makes me think of any of those horrid "oooh aah yeah yeah" lines at the beginning or ends of the songs. definitely have to blame ayu more... sure if you don't like them, but ayu was the one who has final say for everything in her concerts. choreo and any ideas go through her so if she didn't like it she wouldn't have put it in her concert. and i do agree that sometimes the ooh's aah's and even the double guitar solos for songs take a long time, but ayu is somewhere changing and getting ready to come back out so it's understandable haha
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Originally Posted by emiko
but now I feel that..."Ayu" is like...a band.
You know, when Koda goes on stage, or Namie or something...it's like...you barely even take notice of who the dancers are...let alone everyone in the band.
But Ayu's band is different. It's like...you gotta take them as they are...as if they were an actual band, and they were performing their songs.
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that's also a good point! i think another reason they can't be replaced might be the reasons everyone else hates them. they're too prominent and that could be confused as trying to take the stage away from ayu. but i see it more as looking at ayu's "musical family" and how comfortable they are with each other on stage. plus they fit in really well in terms of looks. the rest of ayu's band seems to be older people... no one is at all youthful anymore, but that shows how long they've been together! and i like that the band/dancers have personality rather than other artists who keep them in the background. it makes the concert more personal and makes me feel like they aren't just hired help.
but yeah i can see how those thing can be annoying, but for me i see them another way i guess :/ um maybe if you saw them in more of an anime perspective... think of ayu's band as the cast of some goofy family anime and it'll be more acceptable xD