COUNTDOWN LIVE 2010-2011 A ~do it again~ information thread

[ayudancer]

Visually I found it to be one of her best shows. The stage, costumes, revamped visual concepts for her older songs -- it was stunning. Also I was happy with the fact that she kept her dancers involvement to a minimum. I'm so sick of her setting a theme of love with Shuya in all her ballads. Glad she kept it to one song. Then there usually was a section where it would be boys vs. girls. Great that she took that out. But even though I found this to be one of her best as far as the presentation was concerned, that didn't make it any better because her vocals were horrible through out most of the show. I felt like her vocals were the strongest with her older songs. I loved loved loved her ballad medley, except for CAROLS. The same goes for her trauma-audience-flower garden medley. Duty was also very well sung. But songs like last angel / Bold & Delicious / CAROLS, were making my ears hurt. Even with being deaf in one ear, a singer should still be aware that screaming isn't going to make everything sound better. Isn't that why she has an ear piece, to help her hear the music better and tone out the audience screaming and other miscellaneous sounds? All in all I thought it was an excellent show but I think Ayu really needs to work on utilizing songs that compliment her voice more. There are many singers that take their hit songs and drop it down an octave. Ayu should do the same instead of screaming her way through all the songs. In the long run it would benefit her voice more. Still love her, no matter what <3

[kotora]

i noticed ayu has done really good job in this CDL. Probably Mannie was there and she wanted her husband to see the best performance.

I am not saying that her past CDLs were bad.

[*hearT_Place*]

Originally Posted by ayudancer

Also I was happy with the fact that she kept her dancers involvement to a minimum. I'm so sick of her setting a theme of love with Shuya in all her ballads. Glad she kept it to one song.

I agree, and I actually liked how Shuya was used in Free & Easy. Usually I'm like "oh look, more Shuya" when she uses him, but, both in last year's CDL and this year's, she hasn't used him as much and it's worked so much better!

This is actually the first time I've watched the TV version the whole way through; I usually just wait for the DVD version to watch it, so it will be interesting comparing the two (particularly as far as vocals are concerned).