Anyone else HATE CDL 06-07?

[Dustie]

Originally Posted by Rain_RuLez

Actually, it's called plastic surgery =)

Bones are bones. Her nose also looked a bit more slender.

These changes also don't happen over the course of a few months. Watch the Jewel & momentum PVs. Her face is even different there.

It's the same... it's just the lighting and makeup fooling you... she might look tiny different on the PVs or concerts or whatever, but she looks exactly the same in all the backstage stuff. There is now way she could go for a plastic surgery in recent months, she wouldn't have time to recover, which takes at least a month for the scars and skin colour irregulations coused by the surgery to heal completly...

[minkAYuko]

I think it.s a CDL make to look like an AT, yeah it looks weird... .cause it.s like is not a CDL or an AT something in the middle... an AT with low budget or an CDL that wanted to be an AT.

I like everything else! ayu dancing, the singing was ok!, but this time around they took some time for the new arragements thats. for sure! the new arragements are soooooooo good!! it.s not a bad CDL but it is a weird one.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Rain_RuLez

Actually, it's called plastic surgery =)

Bones are bones. Her nose also looked a bit more slender.

These changes also don't happen over the course of a few months. Watch the Jewel & momentum PVs. Her face is even different there.

She looks exactly the same to me. : And for the record, yes your face does get slimmer with age.

If I were to rank the CDLs:
1. CDL 00-01
2. CDL 06-07
3. CDL 04-05
4. CDL 05-06
5. CDL 02-03
6. CDL 01-02

[*hearT_Place*]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

But then the lingerie outfit for NEVER EVER and the beginning of A Song for XX? Makes the whole performance feel less honest just because she's not wearing the "everygirl" clothes from AT 2002.

I agree. I really didn't like the lingerie-esque outfits she used.
1. I loved the original outfit.
2. Does every concert now have to have a "sexy lingerie" part to it? Seriously.

Other initial thoughts:
I liked the vocals for A Song for XX and NEVER EVER a lot, but I thought she (or her background singers) went flat on many songs A Song for XX wasn't as emotionally charged as other ASFXX performances, but that's one of the things I love about seeing it live - every performance is different. For some songs like Blue Bird and evolution, the performances all seem the same, but ASFXX performances always bring something new to the table. The remix of NEVER EVER was interesting.

Other than that, I'm going to reserve judgement for the DVD, because the balance for the TV version wasn't that good. There were times when I knew the background vocalists were supposed to be singing, but I couldn't really hear them and when Yoshio's guitar solo seemed drowned out.

it seems to me that ayu is starting to care a little more about outfits,dancing and the sets than her vocals. and all the moving around is putting a strain on her voice.

[Qt Mashi]

Originally Posted by 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.

yup that's why i havent seen any performances od this CDL, i'm waiting for my DVD!

[Rickumi]

It seems dead..... She is there singing.... but the magic... gone.

The only part I felt some emotion was during her english text.... I liked that.

[DerrickRocks2004]

Originally Posted by Rickumi

It seems dead..... She is there singing.... but the magic... gone.

The only part I felt some emotion was during her english text.... I liked that.

The magic seems to be gone from all her music! it begun to seem outdated now...

[Princess_Of_Roses]

I havent seen it O_O...


Ive liked the last one she had...thats the only other one Ive seen...Ill try to find this one..

[maxikot]

I don't think magic is gone. I feel her energy whole time I watch even this CD. I still see her as a fairy on stage. I think that on DVD version her positive energy will be better felt

[Ani_C]

From the bit I saw I wasn't enjoying it too much D: I don't know why. Oh well xD Maybe sooner or later I'll enjoy it.

[zeroshin888]

I don't agree, I really enjoyed watching this CDL compared to other ones. I really liked evolution in this CDL because she was actually singing the song! She hasn't really done that in ages. I agree with *hearT_Place* totally about A song for XX, usually it's a little more emotional but nonetheless, still very outstanding. Her vocals to me seemed better than CDL 05-06 and AT 06 too. Yeah, comparing it with AT but just vocally. Her vocals were not boring at all, it had a lot of emotions in it.
The stage was very pretty too in comparison to her previous CDLs.

I agree that she looked a bit fat but it's all good, makes her look cuter and younger. =P

To Rain_RuLez:
Honestly, drop the plastic surgery thing and be logical. Like what Dustie had said, she can't have had plastic surgery in the course of like what, a few months? It takes time for her face to heal and everything. Make up and the stage lighting can do wonders. You can always make you face more slender by going to a spa and everything. There are machines that can make your face more slender, you can do it by hand too. I know because my mom's an esthetician that works at a Spa and sometimes she makes my face more slender by hand. You probably thought that she looked different in her CDL than in JEWEL and momentum PVs because she was wearing lighter make up in the two?

[Surreal86]

One song that I really think she did a good job on was A Song for XX. Just the power and emotion in it was really good. Ok maybe not throughout the whole thing, but there was one part espeically when she was in the white dress thing singing the lead in to the chorus. I thought that those 15 seconds were the best of the whole concert, I wish she would sing like that all the time.

[immel]

Originally Posted by Rickumi

It seems dead..... She is there singing.... but the magic... gone.

I felt the same with CDL0506, but when the DVD came I pretty much figured it's because it's only the TV version I saw before. Wait for the DVD, and re-judge it all. Better sound in general, better angles, more work put down on it.

I liked the CDL0607 TV version better, though. Only that she's singing truly horribly in some songs, but the show is great. Pure entertainment, I wish I could have been there.

Originally Posted by Jeanette

it seems to me that ayu is starting to care a little more about outfits,dancing and the sets than her vocals. and all the moving around is putting a strain on her voice.

I actually agree with you on this point. I have watched plenty of concerts that are amazing that don't involve huge backdrops and a dozen costume changes. Her tours are more of a spectacle so you're more in awe of the design than her vocals & songs.

[immel]

^That is very true. Her live voice is quite average, and parts of CDL0607 was very badly performed vocally. "Spectacle" is a good word for it, with the negative undertones that comes with it. I still find the shows great and entertaining, Ayumi sure has her style, and she's been going this way, with the crazy costumes and moving around, for quite some time now.

[Alessia_Tateno]

It was the worst ever..her vocals were terrible (same as Kouhaku obviously) I don't talk about the costumes 'cause for me she has really no taste in that, and it's rare for me to like her costumes..

[ruixiong89]

I think her voice was fine, it wasn't seriously bad, she was just exhausted from all the dancing and so. But still I love the CDL because Ayu's really putting in a lot of effort to up her game with the dancing and everything! Really cool! Not to mention her costume changes were all welcomed! Super quick change!

[Rickumi]

Originally Posted by immel

I felt the same with CDL0506, but when the DVD came I pretty much figured it's because it's only the TV version I saw before. Wait for the DVD, and re-judge it all. Better sound in general, better angles, more work put down on it.

I liked the CDL0607 TV version better, though. Only that she's singing truly horribly in some songs, but the show is great. Pure entertainment, I wish I could have been there.

I´ll wait ^^
I´ve never seen a countdown from the dvd version though.... Well I know I can expect good thing since I enjoyed every Arena tour ^^

[Deep snow]

i agree. not her best CDL, it's like watching the whole ARENA TOUR 2002 again (which i don't really like), with more costume variety, her voice's in her standard CDL quality, but there are some performances that i really like e.g until that Day...