ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~ setlist and pictures [II]

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by identity

ayumi recycles practically everything.. from little things like outfits to more important things like lyrics. this is seriously shocking to some people? she has and always will recycle, it's just how she is. you don't have to like it but you need to accept it

That is true, she has always recycled to some degree, but I think people's main beef is that she seems to be doing it way more than usual recently. Even PCDLs cover is the same cover as the Next Level tour pamphlet.

As for her not having enough time being the reason - well, it was already pointed out that she has had similar crunches for her previous tours. For AT03/04 she had even less preparation time.

Originally Posted by cbisson

I went to see the show in Nagoya last night (15-4-09). Was pretty darn good, but there hasn:t been much change in sets or anything from past shows. I know it:s all rehearsed and such, but still, a little improv in a concert is always nice. I will put up some pictures a little later today.

Yeah, I don't like when every little move is choreographed. It makes it seem less "real" to me. So I wish she would start improving more. Her concerts didn't used to always be so prescribed.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

That is true, she has always recycled to some degree, but I think people's main beef is that she seems to be doing it way more than usual recently. Even PCDLs cover is the same cover as the Next Level tour pamphlet.

As for her not having enough time being the reason - well, it was already pointed out that she has had similar crunches for her previous tours. For AT03/04 she had even less preparation time.



Yeah, I don't like when every little move is choreographed. It makes it seem less "real" to me. So I wish she would start improving more. Her concerts didn't used to always be so prescribed.

It only seems that people think that she designs the costumes and her covers herself, while we all know that's far from truth, even though up to some point she did do it to a certain extent I am sure she isn't bothering with that anymore.

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

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As for her not having enough time being the reason - well, it was already pointed out that she has had similar crunches for her previous tours. For AT03/04 she had even less preparation time.

As I think I told you in one of the NEXT LEVEL threads, there is a difference between when a record is released and when it is actually finished. We've got evidence here that NEXT LEVEL was finished about 2 weeks before release. So she got a maximum of 4 weeks to rehearse without having to mix the album. Previous albums could, and probably were, finished well before the release date, giving her more time to prepare for the tour.

So I think you're wrong in dismissing time as a factor. It is a factor. You try rehearse a grand arena tour concert in such a short time. There is absolutely nothing, no evidence to say that Ayu has rehearsed for a tour in such a short time before. I'm assuming she's finished her albums more than 2 weeks before its release of course, but you're also assuming that Memorial Address was finished around the same time. There's nothing credible to what you're saying. Plus Memorial Address had 3 new tracks only to be recorded and mixed. That's a big difference from 6 new songs and 4 new interludes to record and mix.