Anyone else HATE CDL 06-07?

[vivboulevard]

What happened with this years CDL? Ayu's vocals were pretty bad, the costumes were TERRIBLE (but I understand most were old rehashed ones) and the stage and lighting and dancing just looked dead, empty and boring... Worst of all it just looked really cheap, tacky, dated and embarassing... For instance the scenes of them wheeling Ayumi around on the trays...

SUCH a step back from last years CDL and arena tour 06. I'm hoping that it was just because she had to redo segments from older CDL's. Something about the whole way it was filmed and looked felt completely off compared to all other Ayu performances lately. Do you think that it will somehow magically be improved once they edit it for the DVD?

[ayushiteru]

of course it will....a lot of edition,etc,etc,etc...

and ayu seems fat in some costumes(fly high and no way to say)

[..:Hot:Like:Wow:..]

I did'nt like it that much either.

[Ayumiko]

I think it will be better when they put it on dvd...the sound might be edited and some camera angles might be different.

[Tasked]

it looked cheap because they used ALL THESE EXPENSIVE stuff, but didn't use enough money to make those stuff as perfect as in the Arena Tour's... It still is the most expensive CDL Ayu ever did though.. On the DVD the vocals and instruments will be enhanched and it'll be great then.
Also; don't compare ATs with CDLs too much, because ATs are way more important, and they put sooo much more effort in them. (A CDL is just a 2-concert-show)

[Rain_RuLez]

What was most distressing and disappointing to me was the lack of true emotion in her singing... She performed well, but nothing was overly emotional like we're so used to seeing.

I also am kinda disappointed there weren't more ballads in this Countdown...
The best performance vocally & instrumentally that was good visually as well was A Song for XX. She did a good job with it.


By the way, you can tell she had more surgery. Her face is alot more slender and defined than previously.

[Yukitora]

^more surgery? More defined and slender?

I haven't seen this yet, but thanks for stopping me from seeing it The DVD ver will hopefully be much better though.

[AyUmIXx]

i found this CDL 06-07 as a very interesting CDL ever..
it's really a good idea of using the same old costumes on stage..
with the new arrangement of music, probably..

[ayu_ready?]

you musn't compare CDL to AT, because CDL is a middle-class live, real 'countdown' ya know, and ARENA is a n expensive thingy, very well filmed and made.
always.

just a question: is it worse than CDL04-05?

[Norrel]

Sadly, people still do compare her CDLs to her Arena Tours..

[Ayumiko]

I never compare cdls to ATs because obviously more money and effort will be put into ATs than cdls. I thought ayu did alright in this cdl...sure its not surprising since majority of the performances she performed already in her previous ATs...but I believe this is her most expensive cdl.

[Kodayumi]

Definitely not me, its a good one, i think, at least for me.

[simonlau]

i just saw that on youtube
and i cant say i hate it
but just dont like it

[Diana]

I knew it was Best Of CDL.... But I didn`t know that they will put the same costumes Grrr...It`s not fun, I saw it all before right? That`s why I don`t like it.

[Tasked]

well maybe they wanna use all their good new ideas to make the very first ASIA TOUR supreme .. this costed alot of money, but not alot of designing, this CDL.. so maybe that's a good thing xD

[truehappiness]

Honestly, this concert was probably more of a "You have to be there.." kind of thing.

People who saw it live liked it.. :\

[AyUmIXx]

the stage is really cool!!!!
looks like she was doing an AT!

[Diana]

Originally Posted by Rody!

well maybe they wanna use all their good new ideas to make the very first ASIA TOUR supreme .. this costed alot of money, but not alot of designing, this CDL.. so maybe that's a good thing xD

Ye... maybe.

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Honestly, this concert was probably more of a "You have to be there.." kind of thing.

LOL haha. Yeah sounds like it
I think they put it that way cause they didn`t have much time. And the whole album thing was rushed, it was supposed to be a mini album so... probably that

[truehappiness]

Not much time?

They'd been planning the CDL since like early November/late October~ :O

[SunshineSlayer]

I think it is one of her best CDLs. I agree the camera shots could have been better, but that is only because this is the TV version. The DVD version will be using different shots and angles.