[DISCUSSION]ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2008~10th Anniversary~

[ownsarai]

Your thoughts on the TV concert?
I thought it was really well done. Ayu did sound a little tired at times, but overall her vocals were awesome! Mirrorcle World was such a great performance! Probably the best MW performance of the year~

[Melrose]

Someone said that she was off in is this LOVE? but she wasn't at all.. I feel that some people are way too, erm, how do you say it in English.. Too 'critical' about her vocals? Like she's some kind of Tina Turner meets Celine Dion meets Koda Kumi. S_S But it's just fine, great, and sometimes even amazing.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Melrose

Someone said that she was off in is this LOVE? but she wasn't at all.. I feel that some people are way too, erm, how do you say it in English.. Too 'critical' about her vocals? Like she's some kind of Tina Turner meets Celine Dion meets Koda Kumi. S_S But it's just fine, great, and sometimes even amazing.

Yeah, I kind of agree. I've only seen Marionette and Surreal/evolution and I was really bracing myself for surreal/evolution because someone had said she sounded basically god awful, but I really didn't think it was that bad. It wasn't great, but I was expecting to want to plug my ears or something. Marionette of course was too perfect, but uh yeah, we know the reason for that.

[love in music]

i loved 'is this LOVE?'. marionette was so great as well. and mirrorcle world! i think that was my favorite. omg i loved those 'wave' parts, where the audience did them, and ayumi got so excited. nothing wrong with her vocals for me, they remained pretty strong. i can't wait to see the full concert

The vocals weren't her best, but overall it was a great concert. I really liked SURREAL (probably because it is one of my fav, songs and I could never hate a performance of it) talkin' 2 myself was pretty good as well. I give it a thumbs up.

[maikaru]

is this love was soooooooo good, so powerful. I felt like punching in the air too~~~ LOL
and Surreal wasnt as bad as people sad it was~ I loved it~
and marionette~ it was okay.
And Mirrorcle world~~~ ahh~ love it.

and evolution is my favorrrrrriiiiittttteeeee.
Especially her powerful "come on!!!!!" ahh~~
it was so great.

[GRACE]

reBirth/Judgement Day: Good interludes, I liked the flag dance, I want an A flag ;_;...

talkin 2 myself: She looked better at CDL07-08, I'm really hating her hair. She sounded really good, and the acapella was so cool <3

is this LOVE?: ...I'm REALLY glad this isn't on the DVD, the little jigs she keeps doing are so bad >_<... She sounds really good though.

Marionette -prelude-: <3 for the extended prelude. I also really enjoyed this video. This is what the GREEN hair SHOULD have looked like, it's almost exactly the same except less gel.

Marionette: she sounds great, she looks great, and the performance is great. All around the standout performance here.

tasking: OMG LOVE THE ARRANGEMENT SO MUCH <3 This needs to be put on her next album just because I'd love a studio recording of it.

SURREAL~evolution~SURREAL: lol Ayu forgot the lyrics to evolution

Mirrorcle World: The ship was rather pointless, I wish they did more with it. But sound wise, this was one of her best MW performances.

That's about all I got so far, I'll edit when I watch the encore

[[taskin.ayu]]

I loved it, but I hated how they filmed the intro. I WANT TO SEE THE SCREENS, NOT BORING DANCERS WITH FLAGS. D:

Also it looks like the screens were changed for the Asian leg of the tour, they didn't have flame on the screens for Talkin' 2 Myself here. XD

[ownsarai]

^yea, I wish they would just show the screens instead of showing the dancers. I like to see what's going on in those special screens. I loved the Marionette -prelude- and Mirrorcle World screens, I want to see The Judgement Day screen, hopefully it will be on the DVD version.

[[taskin.ayu]]

Originally Posted by ownsarai

^yea, I wish they would just show the screens instead of showing the dancers. I like to see what's going on in those special screens. I loved the Marionette -prelude- and Mirrorcle World screens, I want to see The Judgement Day screen, hopefully it will be on the DVD version.

I'm pretty sure the DVD version will show more of the screens during the actual concert itself. It's quite important to the end of the show to show the ship arriving. O_O

I loved Mirrorcle World, it was SO INSANE. D: I can't see what else Ayu could do with the giant ship other than stand on it. LOL Maybe shooting canons off it during the whoa whoa whoa yeah bit? XD

[milky_way]

I was disappointed that Marionette and Mirrorcle World weren't as epic as I hoped they would be

[douggn]

Originally Posted by milky_way

I was disappointed that Marionette and Mirrorcle World weren't as epic as I hoped they would be

I felt the same about mirrorcle world, I thought it was the best mirrorcle world preformance of all but I thought the ship moved a bit more around the stage but anyway I loved the tv version and cant wait to seen/own the DVD

[truehappiness]

Mirrorcle World: The ship was rather pointless, I wish they did more with it. But sound wise, this was one of her best MW performances.

Pointless? The ship was like a constant motif throughout the show from beginning to end.. the fact that it ended up showing up at all was amazing. lol.

[GRACE]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Pointless? The ship was like a constant motif throughout the show from beginning to end.. the fact that it ended up showing up at all was amazing. lol.

But it was just there. That's it, with how they used it, it could have been anything at all.

Encore was good, but, in all honesty, I sorta wish they cut the MC and showed more of the main show. But that's just me >.>... I lol'd when one of the dancers I don't know the name of came out of the ceiling and Ayu freaked out XD

I wish they had the ballads instead of independent, Boys & Girls and MY ALL =/...

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by GRACE

But it was just there. That's it, with how they used it, it could have been anything at all.

Encore was good, but, in all honesty, I sorta wish they cut the MC and showed more of the main show. But that's just me >.>... I lol'd when one of the dancers I don't know the name of came out of the ceiling and Ayu freaked out XD

I wish they had the ballads instead of independent, Boys & Girls and MY ALL =/...

When I saw it live, I strangely felt underwhelmed by the ship. It didn't really seem that big to me in person and I was hoping they would do something cool with it like have it move down the catwalk or something, but it just turned around a bit where it was.

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

Marionette - I really despise when people use the word 'fierce', but I have say this performance was indeed FIERCE. I don't even care if it was lip-synched, the movements are just done so intricately that it really looks like they are on strings.

I actually really like the choreography, it does look cool. I just can't rate it as a vocal performance at all. And yeah, I have a strange hatred of the term FIERCE as well.

[ownsarai]

^I agree with having more ballads, or even more rock segments instead of the independent, Boys & Girls and MY ALL segment that is almost every show...

[Coelacanth]

I've only seen Marionette, MW, and SURREAL~evo~ SURREAL so far. My thoughts:

Mirrorcle World - The ship is absolutely nuts, that's all I gotta say.

SURREAL~evo~SURREAL - Loved her interaction with the band members, very high energy, decent vocals.

Marionette - I really despise when people use the word 'fierce', but I have say this performance was indeed FIERCE. I don't even care if it was lip-synched, the movements are just done so intricately that it really looks like they are on strings.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

Marionette - I really despise when people use the word 'fierce', but I have say this performance was indeed FIERCE. I don't even care if it was lip-synched, the movements are just done so intricately that it really looks like they are on strings.

Yeah, she had to lipsync for that insanely amazing choreography! I loved Marrionette, it was soooooooo creepy cool <3

怖くかっこいい


*edit*

^ Internet is being slow so I can't quote you ^^; but thank you for replying to my question! The video cut out RIGHT after Mirrorcle World, or in the middle, and I couldn't see the MC to see if she were speaking Japanese or whatever. So, thanks again <3

[maikaru]

the movie right after marionette is so scare...
I got so scared when I saw it!!! ><

[Coelacanth]

Just dled t2m and itL?

They were pretty good. is this LOVE? vocally seemed pretty much the same as the one on the AT06 DVD, but I think it lacked a lot of power due to the really odd camera angles they used..