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

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I don't think her TV lives have ever been better than her tour lives. There are only a handful of TV lives that really demonstrate good vocals imo. I feel a bit bad for Ayu since almost every time she sounds good, someone comes in to say that it's probably been edited/backing track'd up the wazoo.

Well, because there is an obvious difference in the sound. And I thought it was pretty much agreed upon that A-Nation was indeed edited up the wazoo () for every performer.

But yeah, in no way do I think her recent tv performances are better than her tour performances. Most of the performances of Sunrise, Mirrorcle World etc, were cringe worthy for me. In the past though, she did indeed have some amazing tv lives.

[love in music]

hmm for me her TV lives are better vocally, i guess because she only has to focus on one or two performances a day and not a whole show.
the Days TV lives all last year i thought were a lot better than the one at PCDL (and now the one at NL tour)

[SunshineSlayer]

^ Days I would consider the one exception actually, so I agree with you there.

[jiarongisme]

I really like what I'm hearing for Sparkle! And Days is just...

[AyUta]

everything sounds great so far, especially Sparkle, but i never look forward to boys and girls

[TITANIC]

Originally Posted by identity

really? i'm not sure about that. but i do think it will be better than last year

yes excatly. since this was record or TV version hasnt been remastered so I believe her vocal in the DVD would be awesome....

[truehappiness]

In a way, this concert reminds me of a bit of AT03-04. It was basically a CDL+AT, and this tour had a bit of the PCDL injected into it (song choice/costumes) along with having a much simpler 'vision' than her previous tours after AT03-04. There wasn't as much glitz/glamour either, though you could say that the NWTS dress was big, but other than that, they were both relatively tame tours compared to the ones that came before.

Perhaps we could expect the 2010 tour to sort of reinvent her concerts like AT05 after AT03-04 did? -prays- Haha.

[Not~Yet]

I am so in love with that silver glitter jacket+shorts+hair extension outfit... Gorgeous Imo she sounds great in the clips I'm really excited for this tour too, even if it doesn't have any huge hooks like AT08 it sure seems to be filled with great energy. And points for Ayu for not having many exaggerated facial moments (apparently)

[Evolution7/4]

Togetehr When's were also REALLY good, the occasionaly bad one but theres one performance that calls back the best performances of Dearest, and yes definitely Days.

[miskiq]

from YAJ

Spoiler:

[nemesisyume]

^ YAY thanks! got a new avatar pic too!
some of those pictures srsly made me laugh

[polka-dot-jewel]

^^ Haha! Those pics are cute! Esp. of Shu-ya and Ayu XD

Aww, those videos :') I'm constantly thinking about the opening to Rule, and watching those videos definitely brings back memories from going to the two Tokyo concerts in June... the sound was a bit choppy (it's YouTube videos from news broadcasts, I don't expect anything but a bit off), but it's okay.

[freedreamer]

LOl are new debates starting already. O well...i bet its gonna go on EVERY live..EVERY concert...

The video quality in all the youtube videos were so bad. For me, it made her sound really flat in Rule..but still strong. Sparkle sounds dang good!!! I love how fun the tour really looks. and the highlight for this year's tour is really the stage and screens...LOOKS AMAZING!

[noidea]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Actually I've thought her tv lives have mostly been terrible lately. It seems she actually sings better in her tours overall - maybe because she has more time to get her voice warmed up to singing whereas with tv performances its just a one shot type of thing.

This, comparing her tv lives and concerts(sometimes even of the same day) I usually prefer the concerts, they are just quite a bit better, most obvious when singing the same songs(compare Mirrorcle World off Kouhaku and PCDL, both were far from perfect but even though it was like...the 20th song in the concert I think she pulled the song of 10x better in PCDL, and I think we can be sure that both are not playback and she probably was on stronger painkillers in the concerts/took a new dose)

[dreamland2.0]

WOW Sparkle sounds so gggggooooooooddddd..... She was actually singing and not shouting!!!
Ah! I can't wait to see this tour!!!

[AyUta]

aw, ayu and shuya

[maze]

haha, ayu looks funny in some of those new pictures =3

[Not~Yet]

Originally Posted by miskiq

from YAJ

Oh my god, the upper left and the bottom right ones! pure love. I love her

[zoomzoom]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Perhaps we could expect the 2010 tour to sort of reinvent her concerts like AT05 after AT03-04 did? -prays- Haha.

I don't think that would be that much of a far shot. I mean, she went to Vegas and got what she called "entertainment inspiration" or something, like they ran out of ideas.

Still, it would require them to give up the skeleton they've been using since AT05, it can only be changed in so many ways, though they did a pretty good job with this years tour.

[Ayumiko]

Originally Posted by miskiq

from YAJ

Thanks for the pics! Her bangs look better like this...thinner and not straight all the way across.