COUNTDOWN LIVE 2016-2017 thoughts

[Deep snow]

Originally Posted by Chris85

Lip synced this time:
1) kanariya
2) Fly high (choruses only)
3) UNITE! (choruses only)
4) M
5) appears
6) Because of You (the only live part is "yeaaaaaah" she sings right after the song ends)

I noticed this too. I think I'm getting better at spotting which ones of her performances are lip-sync, despite her intentionally using off-pitch recording to trick the viewer

I think her voice in the 12/31 broadcast (unedited) was unfortunate, much like the preceding year's broadcast of M(A)DE IN TOKYO. It just sounds like she's been singing too much that day, I don't know how to describe it exactly; it was husky and she evidently looks struggling when having to reach higher notes.

Also, I think her hair in the whole thing was rather unflattering, but this is my personal preference. I'm never a fan of this kind of 'do. Luckily it's obscured by a cap during the encore.

Apart from that, this CDL was interesting. The set-list was good and, at some point, full of surprises (kanariya? Holy fuck. That extended intro to Last angel? Colour me fucked.); the stage was different from last year's as well. I can't wait to see the Blu-ray version of this - hope we don't have to wait as long as we did for M(A)DE IN TOKYO.

Edit:

Originally Posted by Chris85

So here's the video of We are the QUEENS performance for you, guys. Please use it for your personal enjoyment only, don't upload anywhere.
The beginning is out of focus.
https://mega.nz/#!xk9AGbZK!8Pfy-ZvzJ...dqXYKldgHZd4w4

Thank you for this! She sounded OK here! And it doesn't look like a too-exhausting performance. I wonder why she cut it from the final day.

[melissalove]

Originally Posted by Deep snow

The set-list was good and, at some point, full of surprises

I'm sorry but since when. Ayu always sings the same old songs with 2 or 3 different tracks, here and there.

[Deep snow]

Originally Posted by melissalove

I'm sorry but since when. Ayu always sings the same old songs with 2 or 3 different tracks, here and there.

I literally wrote what I meant immediately after the part where you quoted me

Originally Posted by Deep snow

Apart from that, this CDL was interesting. The set-list was good and, at some point, full of surprises (kanariya? Holy fuck. That extended intro to Last angel? Colour me fucked.)

I'm happy with these unexpected changes (albeit slight, to some) from her usual performances. If you're expecting her to sing all new songs in each of her live performances, I don't think that's ever going to happen. Of course she's going to sing the "same old songs", here and there.

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by Deep snow

That extended intro to Last angel? Colour me fucked.);

Such a nice idea, right? It was one of my favourite things about the show, so epic!!