COUNTDOWN LIVE 2013-2014 A information thread

[marty]

Originally Posted by gwijai

I would take a tour that included some elemets that at least linked to the pvs.. for example it would have been a great show to do stuff like this for the 15th anniversary tour??

Actually, that would have been a great concept for the A BEST Live Tour, something even more celebrative. Even if that tour is very pretty anyway
PV linked performances aren't a bad idea at all, though I think Ayu does a pretty good job with tours and CDLs. If she brings some of her stage ideas in her PVs nowdays I'll be happier, lol. But, yeah, instead of using the same symbology eveytime, something connected to her PVs would be niiiice.

[SKYia]

Originally Posted by gwijai

I wanna see her cut the ribbon arial performances with a big pair of scissors pronto! Get rid of those moments feather fans!! Ditch the acrobats and clowns and soldier outfits!! Ditch that bloomin side stage.. we all know you jump on a trolly and get wizzed around the side of yoyogi like a scene from mario kart to get there! and that flippin crane that lifts up and spins round 360 that you only sing surreal on! lol

Sure I love the cute element of ayu.. its totally camp and gay and nice to have them... I wanna see Feel The Love with Ayu dressed in a fat suit swinging down on a giant mirror ball... then disappear behind the mirrorball and emerge as the beautiful diva surrounded by mirror balls! Then go into a performance of Glitter where the mirrorball bursts overhead full of glitter!

I wanna see a dark performance of Ourselves where Ayu is dressed all in black with the wig and the cloak.. surrounded by screens with images of herself from previous years.. with dancers dressed like the guys in the video with masks of her face on.. spray painting x's on her screen and others playing space invaders destroying her face like the video.

I wanna see a performance of Over where she's smashin stuff up on stage.. or even Is this love where screens are exploding behind her as if shes part of the action just like the music vid.. ie she hits the screen it shatters.. cmon lol!!

I wanna see a performance of connected where she is actually connected with computer wires and lazers shooting out her finger tips or with cool glasses that light up and shoot lazer beams!

I wanna see a performance of Rainbow using doubles just like the music video..via screens or stand in's (remember she used to use doubles alot to buy time? another way to buy time instead of that wailing by backing singers) or a denim jacket skirt and boots that change colour using LED's.

I could go on and on and on.. lol she needs to do a mylie cyrus and twerk or something get people talking!! CHANGE IT UP! hey that could even be a new album title and please god please no albums based around her new relationship.. no fiance in the music video it always spells disaster then we are stuck and she is stuck if it goes wrong like the previous two eek!

It would be nice to recreate some of her PVs (to some extend) on the stage, the problem is that the Japanese love same-old-same-old and seems to love to stick to the formula as well, that's the bad side of the culture gap.

[AyuGAME]

no long review from AHSers who attended this show?

[truehappiness]

I think Hayasaki is going to write one up soon.

[OogoeDiamond]

There will be no recording this year right? No TV or stream? We have to wait for DVD

But - correct me if I am wrong I remember there was one year when they annouced broadcast in Jan and brocasted it at the end of Janurary

[douggn]

Originally Posted by OogoeDiamond

There will be no recording this year right? No TV or stream? We have to wait for DVD

But - correct me if I am wrong I remember there was one year when they annouced broadcast in Jan and brocasted it at the end of Janurary

I think that might of been a re-broadcast

[truehappiness]

They announced a broadcast of CDL12-13 in November for January 2nd.

[truehappiness]

I think Ayu just isn't into rehashing, so we won't see performances like previous PVs, haha. We should probably see some new stuff at the next tour.

I don't think fans would particularly make good creative directors since Ayu is the one who is coming up with the concepts anyway... so if we get rid of her, what is left?

[RealLight]

/\ I forgot about this detail, oh well... still, he's ideia still pretty damn cool and fresh

[hud]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I don't think fans would particularly make good creative directors since Ayu is the one who is coming up with the concepts anyway... so if we get rid of her, what is left?

She should have better ideas then.

[gwijai]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think Ayu just isn't into rehashing, so we won't see performances like previous PVs, haha. We should probably see some new stuff at the next tour.

I don't think fans would particularly make good creative directors since Ayu is the one who is coming up with the concepts anyway... so if we get rid of her, what is left?

Do you really think Ayu comes up with it all? I think most of the stuff she has came up with on pv's on her own has been the ones where she is fake crying all the time.. that does my head in too! lol!

As for tours yeah she prob has ideas and concepts but cmon that arial ribbon crap has been done done done and done again.. hell even koda kumi puts herself up on the ribbon to change it up and swings her legs round it to get people talking. Surely she can come up with something fresh and if she cant let other people suggest stuff rather than the same old stuff..

God I wish even shuya would change his hair or something.. I dont wanna see a white long open fronted silk jacket and him spinning around with a face that looks like he is constipated anymore during solos.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by gwijai

Do you really think Ayu comes up with it all? I think most of the stuff she has came up with on pv's on her own has been the ones where she is fake crying all the time.. that does my head in too! lol!

As for tours yeah she prob has ideas and concepts but cmon that arial ribbon crap has been done done done and done again.. hell even koda kumi puts herself up on the ribbon to change it up and swings her legs round it to get people talking. Surely she can come up with something fresh and if she cant let other people suggest stuff rather than the same old stuff..

God I wish even shuya would change his hair or something.. I dont wanna see a white long open fronted silk jacket and him spinning around with a face that looks like he is constipated anymore during solos.

If you watch the tour credits/backstage videos, she is pretty much the one who makes the core concepts for everything and final decisions on what goes in and what is out.

And as for the laser thing, the closest we will get is probably that granny spin dance during Sparkle, hahaha.

I'm guessing she has something different planned for this upcoming tour since this will be her first 'from scratch' tour since 2010. The set from CDL will probably get used again... maybe hinting at a really 'technology'-focused show?

[truehappiness]

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=119193

hayasaki's review is up!

[!Lawi!]

^
O____O No way.

Sounds like this CDL will be the first DVD I'll buy since her RnRC Tour!

[AyUmIXx]

sometimes ayu's concerts are quite boring with the same elements put in, but i also always try to enjoy it though.

i just hope next year's AT won't re-use CDL1314 stage n stuff, because it looks quite high budget for CDL standard. so i hope i'm wrong.

so ayu please bring new ideas!! like that mirrorcle ship is awesome. give us surprises!

[ayuuk]

Somehow I am kinda disappointed >"< I must be really missing the Mirrorcle World ship

[truehappiness]

I wouldn't say that... didn't they have a new sparkly set for AT08 and we still got the boat?

[tsumekaze_]

God only knows how I loved that ship.

[!Lawi!]

I wish she could do another version of the ship though. Something like the stage is the deck, and the masts would come out on the stage and catwalk like that pylone during You&Me. And she would be where the musicians are, holding the tiller while all the dancers would be "working".

But I guess we wouldn't get a cute ayupan set then, would we

[ayuuk]

I really wanna know when SURREAL~evolution~SURREAL and Boys & Girls will retire... These are performed way too often don't you think?

SURREAL by itself is okay though.