COUNTDOWN LIVE 2012-2013 A ~WAKE UP~ information thread [II]

[mecury2511]

I hope for Asia Tour this year

[~angel*ayumi~]

I love the chopsticks^^
I only miss the white ones with red A from the CDL 07-08, I only have the black ones with golden A´s ><
I always ask ppl who go to bring me some (thx to all ppl who helped me in this Forum!! You´re great^^) and if I don´t find anyone yahoo is my friend^^

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

not my favourite tracklist ever..probably because the new songs have no strenght imo

[INSPIREme]

I quite liked this CDL! Not as good as CDL10-11 but a massive improvement on last year's. Wake me up and Together When... stole the show for me. Still hate Beautiful Fighters as much as I did 5 years ago but thrilled that Disco-munication made a comeback!

Not massively struck on a lot of the new songs. It could be a language barrier but sonically they all sound very similar to each other to me, so it's a shame she didn't do more classic songs instead, but hey there's an album to promote.

[ayuuk]

I think this CDL is better than last year's too. But still far from CDL 2010-11 lol. I just remember how excited I was to hear Duty, Marionette, Endless sorrow, Mirrorcle World and the lovely ballad medley from that one.

Not a fan of Beautiful Fighters and until that Day.

[TeamAyu2004]

i wonder if the goods are available yet!!
Cab;t wait to order stuff!

[~angel*ayumi~]

I finally got the watch the CDL^^ I resisted till I got the 27GB version and watched it on my big TV-Screen *_* I really liked it, especially Wake me up + Together when... and all that older songs (Who.../everywere nowere/Trauma/until taht day/BF)

i wonder if the goods are available yet!!

I allraedy tweeted YA and asked but I didn´t get a reply yet <.< I hope they will get it, but my hopes are a bit down since they didn´t get the Ayu a-nation goodies this year ._.

[Beauty4123]

i only watched a few performances from the CDL, but from what i watched, i thought the concert was awesome! ayu's outfits were great, especially the outfit she wore during "Wake me up". that was also probably one of my favorite performances, too. and the "snowy kiss" performances was one of my favorites, as well. ayu looked so pretty in that dress she wore.

[FoObY]

I fell asleep watching this CDL, some point during Missing. But I went back the next day and rewatched the parts I missed. Some stand outs for me were "snowy kiss" and surprisingly "You & Me".

Overall I thought it was kind of lacklustre. I don't like the 360 stage as much. I loved seeing the huge back screens in CDLs like "Future Classics" and PCDL.

Also, Timmy, you don't look good in a corset, seriously. The other male backup vocalist was cute though.

[mizuki-7]

I've very enjoy this unedited CDL ^^ Her vocal was globally good I think she sings better Until that day & rule now than before !! I quite like the stage especially the light effects around it but of course this kind of stage does not allow for spectacular scenery ...

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

I'm still so happy that I got to listen to Ivy live... It was like she was talking to us face to face, it was just too powerful.

[adantatu2]

my favourite part was the encore, she is really cute

[Tony G]

Could not wipe the smile off my face while watching this year's CDL. There was something about it that made it... work. The setlist was fantastic. Ayu looked like she was having so much fun and her vocals were terrific. It actually felt like an arena tour show, she's putting so much more effort into her countdown concerts every year. I'm confident that this isn't the case, but does anyone think her vocals had been altered in the two days they took to air it? Also, and I think most Ayu fans make this complaint, too much use of dancers. A few of the tracks just didn't need them.

Together when... and snowy kiss lives were highlights for me. As someone else mentioned, she nailed You & Me. The crowd loved it.

Who's vocals was a little cringworthy and probably the only song where she didn't deliver vocally. But it was nice to hear it again.

Until that day... had an odd place in the setlist as well, but she nails that song live. It's one of her most underrated I think.

Beautiful Fighters, no cutsey voice! I was thinking it was going to come out and ruin the song but she sang it perfectly. Also loved random disco-munication before this live, no doubt her best interlude ever. How come it's not included in the setlist on the first page? It should be.

One of the best CDLs in memory, but of course it has nothing on the epic PCDL.

[truehappiness]

People said she was pretty shaky for the first few songs and got better gradually during the days that they went (just like the broadcast) so it's likely that they were not edited that much? We also have Ivy ripped from 12/29 in the downloads section if you want to check it out and it's rather good!

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Tony G

I'm confident that this isn't the case, but does anyone think her vocals had been altered in the two days they took to air it?

No, the vocals were not edited as usual.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by FoObY

Also, Timmy, you don't look good in a corset, seriously. The other male backup vocalist was cute though.

Sadly I don't think he actually wants to look good

[AyUmIXx]

i've watched til Together when... so far it's really good and her vocal is so great <3
she's getting better and better over the years <3
so far the highlight for me is Together when... coz her dress' tail flowing around is just mesmerizing.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

The first day when she came out with that dress for Together when... everybody just wowed... It was so beautiful

[Chris85]

I don't know if someone did this already but I decided to translate "thank you" card messages.

29.12.2012
Yeah～！Yeah～！Yeah～！
Everybody, long time no see! Are you all right???
Thank you for coming to the first date of Countdown Live (^O^)/
The tension kept rising thanks to your excitement from the very beginning ! (^-^)
Starting today for three days, all troupe will do our best to reach (out to) you (~▽~＠)♪♪♪
Please support me, ok? ♪
ayu

30.12.2012
Thank you for coming today in spite of the rain!
Year 2012 is coming to an end tomorrow, how was this year for everyone??
I wonder if you have many good memories??
I've got precious memories of having fun time with all of you during Hotel Love Songs tour, A-nation and Kishidan Banpaku (〃▽〃)
I look forward to your continued good will in the coming year♪
I wish you a happy new year (^-^)/~~
ayu

31.12.2012
A HAPPY NEW YEAR！！～d=(^o^)=b
I greet the New Year with all of you for the 13th time this year, right?♪
I was truly happy during this year's CDL as well～!!
I wonder if everyone enjoyed too???
Keeping walking together we reached 15th year, right?(*^.^*)
The time flew by so quickly!～
I keep thinking this way every year, but I want to spend a happy year with you this year too...
Thank you for coming today♪
I look forward to your continued good will in this year!!
ayu

[God_ayu]

I'm kinda outdated with ayu's new. Anyway.. am i the only one who thinks ayu eyes somehow looked smaller for this concert?