i have all except A Classical garhhh...wonder if i should get it... :/
(any advice LOL?)
I just watched the concert in full. HLS is one crazy violent hotel if you ask me. I think
Song 4 u sticks out SO WEIRDLY. LOL!
Tell me why and
reminds me are really powerful vocally but like what I didn't really enjoy in the CDL-HLS- -> the overdramatization and that there's just TOO MUCH going on on stage.
appears was beautiful and
Missing was great! I was thinking, "FINALLY Ayu's alone"...until...lol.
Shake It and
STEP you were fantastic! Shake it was amazing in energy and omg, Ayu looked so incredible in that getup LOLOL!! and that wink at the bridge *faints* I have to admit though. When
STEP you started playing, the nostalgia hit me and it made me realize...what on earth was
Shake It all about HAHA! Was that even a Song? like..both these songs differ so much in sound and style. Then I realized how much Ayu actually has ventured out in the Party Queen album. Honestly.
I also really enjoyed
NaNaNa and
Sparkle. And once again,
NaNaNa just showed how much un-Ayu Ayu's music can be. I loved her vocals on this one actually. I do love how they linked the guns scene to the sirens. Then again, I didn't enjoy the screen that was going on before the song because it felt so messed and..ok, too violent LOL. And i think
Sparkle can register itself as a concert staple already. DO IT AYU.
the next LOVE and
Eyes, Smoke, Magic...had potential honestly. I felt that
the next LOVE was a bit toooo busy. for such a slow song.
Eyes, Smoke, Magic was quite entertaining..especially the part where Ayu paused LOL.
kiss o' kill was like the replica of its AT07 rendition except with a much much better costume and hairstyle. Though its so weird that this song belonged in the "garden" section, which I figured perhaps in the ORIGINAL HLS line-up,
Aria should play. LOL.
Serenade in A minor was wow. The tissue dance was beautiful and emotional with that music.
Party Queen was another superb performance! The lights seem to be enhanced from CDL's version and I loved how the audience did the KAMPAI together. The Lonely queen section gave me many goosebumps. I could feel that emotion coming through..it was really depressing ><. And once again, when the
SURREAL ~ evolution came, all that was in my mind was...THIS.IS.HAMASAKI.AYUMI. It just felt so strange really...its as though, this classic sound spoke for itself. Comparing beside
Ladies Night and
Party Queen,
SURREAL and evolution's music really spoke for themselves and ayu. I can't explain the feeling I got from watching honestly.
When it reached the
One Night Carnival performance, I felt that it was so fun. Ayu was really enjoying herself and with
Boys & Girls coming after, you could really hear that sort of fun, old-school 90s J-Pop sound which it just seems all so natural that Ayu would sing.
Lastly, I think Ayu really nailed
how beautiful you are. A pity the most moving section for me was removed and made into the dancer's introduction but she came back full swing and sang the heck out of the final chorus which I felt was really powerful and strong and earnest. And on this note, I really loved her vocals throughout the concert. Many songs were sung very strongly and in control.
This concert is definitely unique in its own right. And actually, I feel..without PQ's new addition of songs, perhaps it wouldnt have been so entertaining and varied. and I like that Ayu moved/danced a lot more than before in this
