rate and rank ARENA TOUR 2005 performances !!!

[se7entheaven]

ok....i think this is the time....coz most of you guys here had already gotten this great dvd....
after watching for 2 times since i had it last saturday nite....
i wanna rate this dvd and the qaulity of perf. from every aspects...join me too !!!

01. GAME + my name's WOMEN
this is GREAT !!! especially her voice in GAME chorus part !!!

02. About You
Listen to it 'deeply' and i know this is great !

03. HAPPY ENDING
this one really nice acted and sung

04. INSPIRE
nice dance...even vocally not better than CDL 04~05,,,,but still nice !

05. Moments
nice sounded...mature and 'new vocal mixed'...i mean...new mature vocal from ayu

06. HONEY
Really fun !!!

07. walking proud
nice voice of her here...minus the sad acted which is really nice would make this perf. GREAT !

08. CAROLS
at first i thought it was EXACTLY the same as CDL 04~05...but someone here said it's well done by her...and lastly i thought .....yeah...she's always our great star

09. STEP you
oh....fall in love to this song...for me..it's my 2005 beats

10. others...

so i rate it 10/10
the qualities are PRICELESS
also....the xtra bonus dvd real nice

[starr5245]

I still wish that the overseas version have the 2nd and 3rd discs!! But overall, I REALLY LOOOVE IT!!! I find that the songs sung are well-chosen, and the costumes and choreography of dance steps and movements are EXCELLENT

Love the whole concert - 10/10

[alternarist]

well for me,

1. my name's WOMEN
it was jus awesome! i love the climax at the end!!!

2. Boys & Girls
I LOVE IT! she was jus totally CUTE and the water jets are fantastic. definitely one of the highlights of the concert!!

3. Moments
everything was fine. she managed to pitch every single note!

4. HAPPY ENDING
oh well... it was a sad and surprising beginning

5. walking proud
the formation done when she held the cloth was cool..

6. CAROLS
7. GAME
8. INSPIRE
9. HONEY - din really bring out the "cute" factor at the later part of the song
10. About you - her vocals were rather bad here.. she was shouting instead of singing.

thats abt it... STEP you was good too... better than she was in her performances..

[Yukitora]

Originally Posted by opal tanya cho

I still wish that the overseas version have the 2nd and 3rd discs!! But overall, I REALLY LOOOVE IT!!! I find that the songs sung are well-chosen, and the costumes and choreography of dance steps and movements are EXCELLENT

Love the whole concert - 10/10

It does come with the extra disc... it's almost exactly the same as the Japanese version (box set etc) except it's not made in Japan...

[Nikki]

Hmm let's see.
1. My name's WOMEN; Great performance and I loved the guitar solo.
2. GAME; Fun to watch, but I didn't like the 'electronic' voice in the choruses.
3. HAPPY ENDING; Sung beautifully. I liked the acting.
4. About You; Good performance, I didn't mind her voice at all.
5. HONEY; Just a really fun performance, exactly what I hoped for.
6. walking proud; Great vocals
7. CAROLS; Beautiful stage.
8. STEP you; Good vocals and I was really glad that she finally sang the entire song.
9. Boys & Girls; Fun to watch, and really cool with the water fountains.
10. SURREAL; Good vocals, nice outfit.
11. INSPIRE; Ditto.

[suriken]

IT'S FANTASTIC ..
STEP YOU was awesome !!!
B&G >> beautiful ..
Replace .. new cool ending song !! great vocal
Game => she was hot in this one .. 5 stars rated out of 5 !
surreal .. never skip this one .. all time favourite song !
the dancers are great too .. (i'm kinda miss her old dancers "horie cs" .. i hope she'll reunite them in her next tour !! n'way .. Naoto & shuya ROCK !!!!)
yo-chan rocks .. !! the backing vocals were great as well

"A MUST SEE" ayu's tour !! 10/10

[Jo-chan]

My favorite performance was GAME. I've watched this one over and over. The part where the video blends into the live performance and the chessboard-background starts spinning around her on the first beat of the music...wow. Loved it.

My second favorite was INSPIRE. Vocally she sounded pretty good, but her stage presence during this performance is what really made it great for me. She totally owned that stage and looked beautiful.

I was impressed with her dancing throughout this concert, too. She was graceful and lithe, especially in My name's WOMEN.

[TeamAyu]

Originally Posted by Jo-chan

My favorite performance was GAME. I've watched this one over and over. The part where the video blends into the live performance and the chessboard-background starts spinning around her on the first beat of the music...wow. Loved it.

01. DITTO. This performance was by FAR my favorite. I personally don't even love that song that much but man this performance was awesome and HOT AS HECK. My gawd. She is my idol. I loved everything about it... except the verses could have been done a bit better but besides that it was awesome especially the chorus and her choreography. AWESOME. 10/10

02. HAPPY ENDING! This performance gave me CHILLS. It was just stunning and the costume and design was FLAWLESS. Love love LOVED IT! 10/10

03. INSPIRE! The choreography really really won me over and just the energy and beat of the song. LOVED IT. The costumes were awesome too! Vocals could have been better but no one's perfect especially Ayu. 9.5/10

04. About You - Her vocals were AWESOME. I think she should sing like this more often. I LOVED her outfit too. She was just damn hot in this performance. But seriously her vocals were AMAZING. I love the huskiness. However I wish they gave this song a nice intro clip. 9.5/10

05. Tie between Moments, walking proud, and CAROLS. All of these ballad performances were amazing. Moments was amazing cause of her vocals and the choreography, I loved the multiplying illusion effect. IT WAS AWESOME! walking proud was just all about the emotion which really really won me over. STUNNING. Lastly... CAROLS. My gawd was the stage and design just perfect and STUNNING. Her vocals were awesome also which was a HUGE plus but the award goes to the design for this song. LOVED the snow, the stage, the outfit, the vocals EVERYTHING! 8.5/10 - 9/10 - 9.5/10

06. STEP you! This song was just FUN FUN FUN PERIOD! Loved her outfit and just all the energy and fun she put into it. AYU IS SO ADORABLE!!!

07. HONEY + Boys&Girls - B&G was AWESOME! Probably my favorite since Stadium Tour 2002 which was beyond awesome. LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE and loved the audience performance. HONEY was just cute loved it especially when the MY STORY sign came up. However was disappointed as I was expecting more choreography and action. Was expecting another performance like "ANGEL'S SONG" from last year but this was good enough.

Everything was pretty much awesome besides the fact that "SURREAL" and "UNITE!" have been over done and I don't find it as fun as it use to be. However "SURREAL" was AWESOME in last years Arena Tour.

Oh and forgot... HUMMING 7/4 WAS SOOO FUN!!!! I LOVED THE DANCE! It's so simple but cute and fun! LOVE IT!

[hamasaki_edwin]

do u guys find out (in the Kaleidoscope vid) black-haired ayu very similar (sorry for bad english X( ) with gogo in kill bill?

[ayu_ayu301]

i really love Game & My Name's Women as well, whenever I re-watch this concert (which I did for over 30 times at least for sure) .. I always watch Happy Ending, then right to Game and My Name's Women and start from the beginnning and watch the whole concert .. this concert .. is just really really good .. I thought I'll never see another one of these extraordinary performances again ever since Stadium Tour 2002.

[jojo-chen]

01. About You
I'd rather say that this performance can be used for About You ~new vocal mix~ LoL! she sing my fav song!!!! omg!!
02. GAME
Love the chorus!
03. HAPPY ENDING
I love her eye when "...shitta ki ga shita" part, so big and deep eye she got there..
04. CAROLS
again, my fav!
05. walking proud
let's walk with this performance
06. Replace
An ending is not always a bad ending right?
07. INSPIRE
love the water effect! soo cool~~
08. STEP you
my fav at 2005 sing here (gosh, I think all of her song she sing in this concert was my fav)
09. Boys & Girls
It's been a long time since I last listened to this song, but after see her performance on this song, it return to my top 30 ayu song LoL, nice performance!
10. my name's WOMEN
It seems like taking a concept from the PV, but it's OK, LoL, finally I can see sexy ayu seducing men in other place..not in that night club..LoL

[Yarumi]

I told my girlfriend I HAD to have the for Christmas... I always love her concerts... I do have that box set... but I HAVE to have this one ^^ Christmas is when I get my Ayu stuff...

This was my favorite concert I believe GREAT!

Disc I
>Opening - Cool, love Kaleidoscope

>Happy Ending - Beautiful Dress, her dancer boy is a FABULOUS dancer, great technic! *sorry had to add that* Plus I love the story behind the performance.

>Inspire - gave me chills! Love the outfit, her expression, the dance was great... especially when they all danced closely together... not many phasing problems... very effective!

>Surreal - I love this song! She always has good vocals for this one!

>Unite - another high energy song. I love it, but not as much as Inspire and Surreal

>Game - nice little intro, cute outfit... Vocals were a little weird in this though... kinda hard to hear her, maybe it's my computer speakers though : /

>my name's WOMEN - lol, the whip returns! I liked the idea... and especially the chairs... she just didn't do very much with her whip... just repeated moves, thought she coulda done a little more... but good performance...

>About You - the chains @__@ and the guys scared me.... her voice was VERY weird on this...liked the effect when she whipped the chains down though

>Moments - change of pace fast! All high energy to very slow! Dress was nice... good moment Not my fav though, her ballads weren't the highlight this year IMO

>waking proud - I LOVE this song! And I loved how her dress looked liked outerspace with stars twinkling... so pretty

>Carols - another ballad! She needed a rest though. Done nicely

>Honey - cute song... and stage was cute too... I didn't really like this song much... but watching her perform it made me appreciate it more. Outfit is adorable!

>evolution - GREAT! I LOVED IT! So high energy... and she looked like she was having a blast! Especially at the end

>Boys & Girls - OMG! I have never seen her do this song like this... it was incredible! ESPECIALLY the WATER FOUTAINS all over the front of the stage... GORGEOUS! What a way to end the concert section! My fav number besides Evolution and Inspire


Disc II

>Step you - she sings this good live, good song to open her encore with

>Humming 7/4 - I love how she teaches the dance, great energy... the crowd really loves this song

>flower garden - always a great song, she gets so into it at the end... so kawaii!

>Replace - I always skipped this song on her album... but after watching this performance I don't skip it anymore... I love it! She gets choked at the end... so sweet


>Ayu talks with Yo-chan - OMG! HILARIOUS! I think someone should rip just that part of the concert and let people download it! Ayu is sooo embarassed when Yo-chan shows footage of her blooped from the concert... She's so cute!!!! I just lmao! The embarassing pictures she shows of him are pretty funny too!



This concert is great! I haven't seen disc 3 yet... still bt'ing it I will add that on when I see it... but from what I've seen WOW!!!!!!