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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0
I actually HATED that about much of HLS. I didn't like how far back she was on the stage, how the dancers were the main performers and she was just providing the soundtrack.
I don't mind that ayu does "shows" instead of "concerts," I just kinda wish she alternated between the two. Sometimes I wanna see a show - DOME TOUR was freaking unbelievable - but sometimes I get sick of that and I wanna see Ayumi Hamasaki Performing Her Songs Live which is very different obviously. The only chance anyone's had for that have been like, the early shows of PoM 2011 which she never released, Secret Live which she never released, and her TeamAyu tours which were open only to her fan club members who were physically in Japan (and the 2003 one took 5 years to get even a partial DVD release, which really only got us better quality than the internet stream, no new material because the encore still wasn't included).
My favorite tours are the stripped-down and lower-budget ones just because at least I can find Ayu on stage during those...
The DVD edits of the bigger shows are AWFUL about this too, because they're edited to show the crowd & dancers more than Ayu... If you skip to a random frame of any Ayu concert, the likelihood that Ayu is visible in it is MAYBE 20-25%.
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+1.
I think her dancers are talented, but I also think they should be used as a supplementary aspect of her performance, rather than being primary actors. I think A MUSEUM is a fantastic example of this.