[News] ARENA TOUR 2016 A ~MADE IN JAPAN~ DVD/BD release

[AyuCanada]

Originally Posted by oaristos

I don't see the point on releasing live CDs when the audio is clearly edited and the arrangements don't change that much (or at all). I don't mind her voice edited on the DVD because, to me, the enjoyment comes from watching the performance as a whole. But I'm not seeing anything when listening to the CD...


I wouldn't mind live CDs if they rearranged a lot the songs, like Madonna does.

What about "Vogue", "Green", "Love Song" (and Evolution... that is missing on the CD) so that's at least 4 new versions this year. On 10 tracks, the Made In Japan CD contains 5 songs never performed live before (Plus 3 on MIT)... so I am not expecting them to have different version. On the Power of music Tour, most of the tracks were re-arranged because it was part of the concept... Thought usually, they change 1-3 songs per concert. It would be way too much work and money to do a bunch of new arrangements for each concert... She does 3 concerts a year... Madonna does one concert every 3 years...

Also... even if it is edited, vocals and arrangement sounds really different in live version. Still the price is still crazy too expensive.

[oaristos]

Originally Posted by AyuCanada

What about "Vogue", "Green", "Love Song" (and Evolution... that is missing on the CD) so that's at least 4 new versions this year. On 10 tracks, the Made In Japan CD contains 5 songs never performed live before (Plus 3 on MIT)... so I am not expecting them to have different version. On the Power of music Tour, most of the tracks were re-arranged because it was part of the concept... Thought usually, they change 1-3 songs per concert. It would be way too much work and money to do a bunch of new arrangements for each concert... She does 3 concerts a year... Madonna does one concert every 3 years...

Also... even if it is edited, vocals and arrangement sounds really different in live version. Still the price is still crazy too expensive.

I haven't heard or seen anything from the tour, so I can't give you my opinion about GREEN, vogue, Love song and evolution. And I know that Ayu tours more frequently than Madonna, I'm not asking for avex trax to spend the same amount of money rearranging songs for each concert. I compared them both to explain that I do find interesting when they release live CDs, but only when you have enough "unique" material to record.

[kinix]

Originally Posted by oaristos

I haven't heard or seen anything from the tour, so I can't give you my opinion about GREEN, vogue, Love song and evolution. And I know that Ayu tours more frequently than Madonna, I'm not asking for avex trax to spend the same amount of money rearranging songs for each concert. I compared them both to explain that I do find interesting when they release live CDs, but only when you have enough "unique" material to record.

But you sound so sure that her audio is edited and arrangement doesn't changed much from ur previous post.
Ayu's live alway gives a more emotional vibes than her studio albums. And they do have little changes in the tracks maybe a different starting or some in the middle of the song. While most regular fans doesn't fancy them, some hard-core fans do love them. Which is why they dare to buy this what I called a sucker box