a-nation (A COMPLETE) discussion thread!

[chocopockymaster]

Just finished plowing through my A COMPLETE DVD and watching the a-nation footage...

My opinion is largely split in half...some of the songs, I'm like, "Well, that was boring, glad they didn't put that on the a-nation DVDs" and then others I was all, "OMFG AMAZING."

Favorite performances:
Voyage (Ayu crying aww.)
is this LOVE? (We got it in the TV version, but I'm so happy to finally have it on DVD~)
A Song for XX (Fantastic!)
July 1st (Hello, rock arrangement!)

And I'm pretty sure she was synching to a vocal track in UNITE! and until that Day... because I know I've heard those vocals before. Meh.

After seeing some more footage, I can definitely say that 2005 was the best a-nation performance that she's done to date. The costume/hair designs were good, she was in fantastic shape, she had a great setlist, and executed the whole performance really well (HANABI FTW.)

What did everyone else think?

[pommy48]

well i haven't seen them...but i would say 2005 was a great year! HANABI is one of my fave performance from a-nation~ and her vocals were AMAZING
and she looks like she just came out of a pool lol

[ren0210989]

i had the greatest laught watchin one of those a-nation performances (i forgot which one it was...), you know the one where shuya has AFRO hair!!!!!!! hahahahahahahah XD

that was SOOOOOOOOOOOO funny, his hair was falling down while he was dancing, and then there was go-mi on the same song/performance dancing VERY wierd. he looked like he was horny as hell XD he did the usualy coreo of the song and all, but he would twich and make some moves like he wanted to &%$# someone on that stage XD

i cryed of laughter on that one

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by ren0210989

i had the greatest laught watchin one of those a-nation performances (i forgot which one it was...), you know the one where shuya has AFRO hair!!!!!!! hahahahahahahah XD

that was SOOOOOOOOOOOO funny, his hair was falling down while he was dancing, and then there was go-mi on the same song/performance dancing VERY wierd. he looked like he was horny as hell XD he did the usualy coreo of the song and all, but he would twich and make some moves like he wanted to &%$# someone on that stage XD

i cryed of laughter on that one

Which song was the the horny go-mi in? lmao

[Suteisi]

Originally Posted by ren0210989

i had the greatest laught watchin one of those a-nation performances (i forgot which one it was...), you know the one where shuya has AFRO hair!!!!!!! hahahahahahahah XD

OMG! XD HAHA! I laughed sooo hard too when I saw his afro!! XD

[chocopockymaster]

LOL. There were some pretty funny moments, I'll agree. It was so odd to see Gomi with LONG HAIR. I had forgotten...been so long since I've seen the other a-nation perfs.

[zoomzoom]

Funny, as I was watching UNITE and until that Day I thought they didn't seem lip synced

The July 1st with rock arrangement was awesome, I really liked that.

[chocopockymaster]

One thing I've noticed about Ayu is that when she lipsynchs to songs in her lives, she seriously overexaggerates the movements of her mouth when she "forms" the words. It's quite interesting to watch. until that Day... sounds nearly identical to AT07, and I can't remember which other performance used the UNITE! vocal track, but I know I've heard it before.

[zoomzoom]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

One thing I've noticed about Ayu is that when she lipsynchs to songs in her lives, she seriously overexaggerates the movements of her mouth when she "forms" the words. It's quite interesting to watch. until that Day... sounds nearly identical to AT07, and I can't remember which other performance used the UNITE! vocal track, but I know I've heard it before.

until that Day sounded totally different to me, she cut her oohs shorter in some places and fully cut an ooh before the first chorus.

About the over exaggerating mouth movements, she does that a lot. In her live MW performances she does it and they're definitely live.

Btw, did anyone notice she was close to a boob slip? In the beginning of until that Day, she slides her hands down her body and it pushes her top down really far.

[chocopockymaster]

Originally Posted by zoomzoom

until that Day sounded totally different to me, she cut her oohs shorter in some places and fully cut an ooh before the first chorus.

About the over exaggerating mouth movements, she does that a lot. In her live MW performances she does it and they're definitely live.

Btw, did anyone notice she was close to a boob slip? In the beginning of until that Day, she slides her hands down her body and it pushes her top down really far.

I think when she does until that Day, for example, she does some parts live. The "oohs" being one example of this. But I just went through and listened to the AT and a-nation vocals side-by-side, in the verses and especially in the chorus, and they sound identical to me. And she does overexaggerate her mouth movements a lot (eww Mirrorcle World lives) but when she's synching, it's even more noticeable than usual. I've noticed her do it lately in her PVs, and she overdid it at (d)lma at AT08 both times I went to see her.

But enough of that for now...the almost-slip was hysterical. xD

[Ayumi_lover]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

I think when she does until that Day, for example, she does some parts live. The "oohs" being one example of this. But I just went through and listened to the AT and a-nation vocals side-by-side, in the verses and especially in the chorus, and they sound identical to me. And she does overexaggerate her mouth movements a lot (eww Mirrorcle World lives) but when she's synching, it's even more noticeable than usual. I've noticed her do it lately in her PVs, and she overdid it at (d)lma at AT08 both times I went to see her.

But enough of that for now...the almost-slip was hysterical. xD

just watch TV-News clips and you will hear that it was live. They just "updated" audio in dvd version.

[M.A.X.]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

One thing I've noticed about Ayu is that when she lipsynchs to songs in her lives, she seriously overexaggerates the movements of her mouth when she "forms" the words. It's quite interesting to watch. until that Day... sounds nearly identical to AT07, and I can't remember which other performance used the UNITE! vocal track, but I know I've heard it before.

+1
I'm totally agree with you !

Post-production ?? lol It's a joke no. Ayumi lipsynchs some songs in her concert. Why people can't believe this ? lol Madonna does it, and ect ect...

Speacking of a nation !

evolution: Her vocal is really good, I don"t remember a perform like this since long time ago O__O

HANABI: Good but I think it coulg be better

Voyage: Very good !!

forgiveness: I'm Shocking !!!!!!!!!!!!! lol It's perfect

Boys & Girls: Very good moment !

GAME: Same performance like Arena tour 2005 lol

Moments: Good but nothing special

Greatful days: Hum... Lypsynchs ? I hate this song

fairyland: lypsynch same as CDL 2005-2006, but nice costume

is this love ?: Best perform !!!!!! Yahouuu

UNITE!: Lypsynch! Same as arena tour 2006 and others concert

A Song for XX: Really really good, best perform with is this love

Until that day: Same as AT 2007. Until that day in the CDL 2006-2007 was different and in live.

jULY 1st: Good with other arrangements

Boys & Girl: Good but boring.

[Queen Bee]

The one performance that I always thought should have made it to the a-nation DVD was Moments but it's on A COMPLETE so I'm very happy! I thought the vocals were flawless (of course Moments is one of the songs that I personally feel Ayu always sings flawlessly as is Voyage) and she looked absolutely stunning!

I totally want to see July 1st!Her vocals are so good!

[Suteisi]

I took a few screenshots, you can see them in my blog here:

http://neffiline.livejournal.com/23551.html#cutid1

^I NOTICED THE SLIP TOO!I like how she broke that cage in GAME.Reminds me of NEVER EVER in AT2002.

[Jwiz]

I thought 07's until that day was abit too 'over'.

05's performances are the best imo; i love fairyland's costume and ayu's vocal was awesome.

[truehappiness]

Loved ALL of them. fairyland especially!

On another topic, the YOU one from LTAL2003 = GOLD.

And I'm pretty sure she was synching to a vocal track in UNITE! and until that Day... because I know I've heard those vocals before. Meh.

I dunno, watch the AT06 extras DVD and watch the UNITE! clips. I think that they generally "fix up" her voice in post-production so that's why it sounds so similar to what we've heard before.

[♥ you!]

Oh oh can we talk about the TA live too~ ^ YOU was defiantly my favorite performance. I didn't really care for the Real Me performance...it was unique

From a-nation my favorties were fairyland and Forgiveness.

[chocopockymaster]

Speaking of forgiveness...she wasn't using her earphones! I got chills. Which progressed to goosebumps. It was lovely.