You were... / BALLAD information and covers [VIII]

[PinkShinigami]

^ Neme, that sucks D:

[Ayu_Ready]

Originally Posted by AyuWorld

agreed with you! oh my..i'm so touched when Ayu just post her messege in TA, she really sorry for the Evo performance..Ayu's so humble!

Where did you red this ??

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha

I think she sang You were... very well, actually! The first performance was definitely better, but this wasn't bad. She was a bit loud, at least at the beginning, though. But the "screaming" fit real well towards the end. And no, evolution was just...no. With every performance she sings that song, it just sounds worse and worse. Not to mention how sick I am of hearing it live, and that it's a terrible song to try to sing live to begin with (it takes a huge amount of breath support to sing properly)... Whatever. I'll just only watch You were, hah.

Yeah, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be judging by peoples comments. But she is definitely screaming her way through you were; I guess it helps that that is the way she recorded the song. Evolution wasn't as bad as it was at Happy X'Mas show last year but it still wasn't good. She has been losing her breath support and I don't feel it is getting better; if anything, her being out of breath has been getting worse.

[Lanz16]

@Ayu_Ready
walking.proud posted on Ayu Schedule #3 - TV Appearances, Magazines, etc. thread were Ayu apologized to her fans about evolution performance.
HERE

[Crystal_Ageha]

Originally Posted by nemesisyume

she just forgot caps lock on when singing You were...

Lol. D:

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

...She has been losing her breath support and I don't feel it is getting better; if anything, her being out of breath has been getting worse.

I've noticed this, especially this year. This is one of the worst problems for a singer to have. I really hope she's more on track with it next year...

[*Petit*]

If nothing else, I love the dress! =D just kidding, I thought the performance wasen't half bad. It's so much better than the sunrise performances that were bordering on rapping. O. o I love the fans' reaction!

[roanmy]

That performance was... Not good. Not horrible (One of the Together When...'s still holds that one), but it was _not_ good. I don't think she forgot the lyrics in evolution either, it just seems like she ran out of breath and couldn't sing it. I agree with whoever said it's only getting worse... It's not strange that it's getting worse though, considering she gets like NO rest. I really, REALLY hope she takes some rest soon to recover her voice. I still want her to be able to sing when she's 35/40...

For some reason I see a break/hiatus coming when/if she breaks Seiko's record, since it's getting veeery close now, and it is her last record to break that she actually has a shot at, isn't it?

[ayuinh.k?]

maybe evolution should be sung alone for a t.v performance..maybe all the "screaming/yelling" from You were... tired her out

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by PinkShinigami

I think she simply couldn't breath.. she seems to be pretty sick or something. She SOUNDS to be pretty sick.

I was thinking the same thing while watching it...

But in the end, the audience got emotional over You were and pumped on Evolution, and that make the performance totally worth!

[Batera]

I think the sound of the mic was way too loud, covering the backvocals and instrumentals... maybe it gives the thought that her voice was too bad...
Okay, it wasn't good, but it seems that something was wrong with the sound regulation during her performance.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

I was thinking the same thing while watching it...

But in the end, the audience got emotional over You were and pumped on Evolution, and that make the performance totally worth!

Yeah I loved that. I think some members of TA were there because I noticed a lot of girls looking at her like this:

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by PinkShinigami

I know she only sang it once before, but I think I've gone totally deaf, since people seem to like this better than the first one..
To me, the first one was one of her best performances ever, and this just suck.. -.-

Yeah I liked Music Station more as well.

Originally Posted by PinkShinigami

I think she simply couldn't breath.. she seems to be pretty sick or something. She SOUNDS to be pretty sick.

Yeah I was rather worried about her, I was more concerned with her breathing than anything else.

[joshohhhhh]

well these you were... performances have been discouraging and the evolution one has been extremely discouraging. she needs a bit of rest and a few trips to a vocal coach.

[maze]

You were... perf. at best artist was good I think
the one at MS is still the best one so far though.

but evolution..

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by joshohhhhh

well these you were... performances have been discouraging and the evolution one has been extremely discouraging. she needs a bit of rest and a few trips to a vocal coach.

I agree in some ways. But at 31, she's quite a bit old. But the thing is this: She skipped the FNS music festival this year because she was practicing for this year's Countdown Live! I'm quite disappointed with it - she has got to stop her actions for a while after CDL. I think she has got to take a break already...

[joshohhhhh]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

I agree in some ways. But at 31, she's quite a bit old. But the thing is this: She skipped the FNS music festival this year because she was practicing for this year's Countdown Live! I'm quite disappointed with it - she has got to stop her actions for a while after CDL. I think she has got to take a break already...

age isn't much of an excuse. if she's ready to get old, then she needs to adjust her career accordingly (but that's obviously not the case). she needs to take a break for a few months and see a vocal coach. it would help rest her voice (because it's obvious that it's suffering) and just enter a training stage again. it would help her get a grasp on where she stands as a singer and help her cope with her partial deafness. i'm sure it would give her some thoughts to reflect on and make her lyrics even better (even though those haven't been lacking). it's not that i dislike her music, but it's disappointing to have these great songs that she can't even sing well. i just want her to take care of herself and come back in the game really strong. she's going to really damage her voice if she keeps screaming like that. madonna did something similar to that while recording evita and her 'ray of light' album and it came to be her best album vocally/lyrically (critics agreed). it goes a long way to freshen up on the basics of singing and have someone there to reteach you.

[Keiichi_JPU]

Guys I have a question!

There's one thing I don't understand about the BALLAD PV.

The mailman! Like, I understand how Shuya tries to reach Ayu because he's in a come and all, but why is the mailman Shuya himself? To me him pulling off the mask and seeing that the mailman is Shuya was an anti-climax since I just don't understand the meaning of it.

Someone explain

[Crystal_Ageha]

I interpreted it as, Shu-Ya sees himself because his messages aren't reaching Ayu (obviously, since he's comatose), so he's sending the messages to nobody but himself. But I'm sure other people have other interpretations. I never thought about any of the PV in detail; that thought just came automatically when I was watching, so yeah. Maybe somebody can come up with something deeper?

Originally Posted by Bigtop

I agree in some ways. But at 31, she's quite a bit old. But the thing is this: She skipped the FNS music festival this year because she was practicing for this year's Countdown Live! I'm quite disappointed with it - she has got to stop her actions for a while after CDL. I think she has got to take a break already...

You mean, she is having trouble with her voice because of her age..? I really don't think so, since people (women, specifically) most often are peaking in their vocal abilities around early thirties... I think she's just over-doing it, and she needs to keep up with practice/training.

[Kazeyomi]

You were... performance is better than the Music Station one IMO. Yep she's a little loudy sometimes but this didn't ruined the song.

But evolution omg it's terrible.
As others said she can't hear the music, because she seems awkward.

[nanakopy87]

hmm,evolution is really
what happen to the musics?can't listen to them after they started to play evolution