Best concerts? Ayu/Koda/Utada~

[andre2907]

Ayu, obviously.

I think Koda vocals are very good but I dunno... her concerts are just too trashy. In the Dome Tour for example, her biggest and most extravagant concert, there was some nice effects but mostly it was boring and her clothes/hairstyles were very ugly, trashy and distractive, lots of times the screen effects were bad, some dancers were quite bizarre... It seems like they spent lots of money but not in a wise way.

While Ayu concerts are quite the opposite: they're very classy. The effects are always nice and the performances are always extremely powerful. So yeah, they're quite impressive and I always look forward to her concerts. One bad point tho is they are very repetitive and they tend to follow a formula year after year... That makes her concerts less unexpected and it's getting tiring.

And about Hikki... I dunno, she doesn't have lots of stage presence. She's too shy. It's kind of boring.

So I would rank: Ayu, then Hikki (because she's boring but her last tour was creative and interesting) and then Kuu because her concerts are too trashy and tacky (even if she does have good vocals).

[CHE.R.RY]

I like Ayu's concerts the most (due to how entertaining they are). In terms of vocals, Utada's and Koda's tours are almost perfect IMO.

[se7entheaven]

of course ayu
guys if u really notice
even recently ayu keeps using the same tracklist / stage design...
but hey....
really
ayu is a GREAT performer I've ever seen in my life ^^V
I mean it u know

she KNOWS how to do and perform a GREAT and GOOD LIVE...even well...sometimes her voice isn't that GREAT...but she knows how to 'disguise' LOL

How can I say...
actuallu kuu's lives are great but it's boring
she's nothing really great to give impact on me...like...u watch it once and u dun fell like watching it whole-ly...i mean..the 2nd time u watch u'll gonna skip it LOL

ayu knows how to match the song and theme...(now I think I understand why she put decision between (d)lma and my name's WOMEN...she's doing 'rock' in a sxy dance way)
and also..ayu ebtertain us not only about the stage, but also costumes and style...u know...I always love her perfectionist like even she changes earrings and such accs that I think people there won't really notice LOL...

also...utada hikaruu in LIVE is amazing but boring

Kuu actually great in terms of tracklist. she keeps on adding something new but sometimes it looks like she 'forces' everything inside
like someone said up there... Tsuki To Taiyou and Yume no Uta after Cherry Girl / dance tracks? then continue with 2 dance tracks again??? It's obvious that she's 'tired'

actually an artist may not directly change her tracklist like that
u know...u do like 5 dance tracks then 1 ballad then another 5 dance tracks
the ballad is like an 'interlude'...but u don;t have anything to alternata the flow..i mean... fhnage your costume or put an interlude video...really...u know...even ayu's tracklist isn't very long..but she knows how to make it flows so well...

kuu's second session
after 3 songs...she sings Taisetsuna Kimi e... with tha same costume...then continue with 3 songs..maybe..dance tracks...then whatever....she should like,,u know...if she want to put ballads in between..she shouldn't force the flow

like taiwanese singer
REALLY expected
imagine
they actually had given good openning (dance track)...only 1 dance song as the opening
then the 2nd track..MOSTLY BALAAD..yeah...they 'rest'...u see..when u get hype..u make the fans 'down'..

i think I talk too much LOL

but the flow will be

ayu-kuu-(hikki)

i think most artists have to learn from ayu LOL

[HolyDragon10]

ayu period
kuu n hikkis just dont match up with her

[chocosaki]

my favorite utada performance was the Bohemian Summer 2000 (lotsa energy here) As far as Ayu goes....there was a certain angel's song performance that always stuck with me. I think it was from ayu's tv show tho.

I haven't seen any Koda concerts...any special recommendations?

[Olw---A]

Ayu vs. Kuu?
it's like Madonna vs. Britney !

for real : too great entertainer but for me Ayu wins.
HOWEVER since My Story, I have to say that I enjoyed less AYu concert because ok it's huge but quite repetitve because (m)u was good but not ad goo as MS, and the others are too equal because of A BEST2 and now 10th Anniversary... :s the next one will surely be like the ABEST one !

and I think that AYu should work on a complete concept now for her concert : I mean she should change costumes/scenes keeping a concept during the whole concert !



fr Hikki it's totally different : she's not an entertainer for me. she's a singer/visionnary and I whould like her concert to be more attractive than what I saw because it's quite boring !

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by chocosaki

I haven't seen any Koda concerts...any special recommendations?

so far I have all of Koda's 3 DVDs excluding the latest Black Cherry as I'm still waiting for OS press of it .

Outta which , I like the Live Tour '06 , it's damn good especially when she did Ningyo-hime live

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Melrose

What's adlibbing? o-o

Short for ad libitum. Means spontaneously, without prior practice or just unrestrained. Often refers to artists improvising, also known as "ad libbing", in other words playing from the top of their heads.

After the song was done they kinda started ad libbing into what seemed to be a whole new track, but was really just the guitarist fooling around.

From Urbandictionary.

Like, when there's a part of a song that isn't in the normal track, like some oooos or aaas or yeaaaaahhs and stuff like that. Someone else could probably define it better..

[Peger]

I think Namie has the best tours, her vocals & dancing are always on point. Kuu & Ayu are roughly the same to me, they always have nice extravagant themes & costumes. Hikki's are the worst, she just stands there and sings out of key.

[fanmail]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Someone else could probably define it better..

IN Koda Kumi world~

"raaayt!!"
"ooooh this songs for youoh you-whooo-oh youUOuouu!"
"weee!"
*high pitched screams*

well... you get the idea. =/

[KuroixShiroi_Namida]

mmh..

1. Ayu
2. Kuu
3. Otsuka Ai
4. namie & hikki

Ayu, Kuu and Ai's concerts are always fun and i just love them but namie and hikki on the other hand imo are so boring x.X.

[Madden-X]

This is rather unfair, because you're comparing someone who didn't have to fight to get a big stage, which is ayu. You can defend or deny whatever you want but her stage has always been bigger than Kuu's.. And she could play more with it than Koda Kumi could with hers.

It seriously depends. When it comes to entertainment level...... it's Kumi. Why? Because an entertainer searches for new and exciting things and will search up limits. Remember the Ningyo-hime performance at Second Sessions tour? Now THAT makes someone a true entertainer. What she did is extremely risky and if you don't do it right, then you can get yourself really hurt, yet.. SHE did it... and ayu leaves those kind of things to her dancers.

When you think about it, ayu is actually REALLY boring.. because everything she has done always reminds you of something she already did, let alone that she is the queen of recycling things for her tours. Thus is why she's often not really that entertaining. In some songs... she only stands there and sings a song... or sits on the stairway and sings a song. Or she has that dramatic love storyline where as always she and her lover don't reach each other blah blah blah. I like ayu MORE than Kumi and that will stay like that, but when I look at it neutral, I say that Kumi is more entertaining and ayu is more filled with energy and has done a crap load of tours, yet she doesn't stop.

[taskinillusion]

Originally Posted by fanmail

IN Koda Kumi world~

"raaayt!!"
"ooooh this songs for youoh you-whooo-oh youUOuouu!"
"weee!"
*high pitched screams*

well... you get the idea. =/

LMAO!!

That is soooo accurate!

[Melrose]

^

Koda's Ningyo-Hime perf sounds good, but I can't find a vid lol. Do you have any idea where I could find it? XD

[leo_nardez]

AYU.

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by Madden-X

It seriously depends. When it comes to entertainment level...... it's Kumi. Why? Because an entertainer searches for new and exciting things and will search up limits. Remember the Ningyo-hime performance at Second Sessions tour? Now THAT makes someone a true entertainer. What she did is extremely risky and if you don't do it right, then you can get yourself really hurt, yet.. SHE did it... and ayu leaves those kind of things to her dancers.

When you think about it, ayu is actually REALLY boring.. because everything she has done always reminds you of something she already did, let alone that she is the queen of recycling things for her tours. Thus is why she's often not really that entertaining. In some songs... she only stands there and sings a song... or sits on the stairway and sings a song. Or she has that dramatic love storyline where as always she and her lover don't reach each other blah blah blah. I like ayu MORE than Kumi and that will stay like that, but when I look at it neutral, I say that Kumi is more entertaining and ayu is more filled with energy and has done a crap load of tours, yet she doesn't stop.

about the Ninggo Hime performance, i'm very shocked when i first watch that, i'm amazed that she's able to pull it off(and that's for all her shows!), her vocals are very good live, the only part that i hate most are the ugly outfits. She hardly had much decent oufits.....

As for ayu, it's just like what Truehappines had said, ayu had at least 10 concerts, it will tend to get a little repetive, but i just wish if one day, ayu will try to do a simple concert without those elaborate stuff, and those alike storylines.

[ALPHY]

I loved Utada United 2006 but Ayu wins overall.

[bakacat]

^ IAWTC.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Madden-X

This is rather unfair, because you're comparing someone who didn't have to fight to get a big stage, which is ayu. You can defend or deny whatever you want but her stage has always been bigger than Kuu's.. And she could play more with it than Koda Kumi could with hers.

It seriously depends. When it comes to entertainment level...... it's Kumi. Why? Because an entertainer searches for new and exciting things and will search up limits. Remember the Ningyo-hime performance at Second Sessions tour? Now THAT makes someone a true entertainer. What she did is extremely risky and if you don't do it right, then you can get yourself really hurt, yet.. SHE did it... and ayu leaves those kind of things to her dancers.

When you think about it, ayu is actually REALLY boring.. because everything she has done always reminds you of something she already did, let alone that she is the queen of recycling things for her tours. Thus is why she's often not really that entertaining. In some songs... she only stands there and sings a song... or sits on the stairway and sings a song. Or she has that dramatic love storyline where as always she and her lover don't reach each other blah blah blah. I like ayu MORE than Kumi and that will stay like that, but when I look at it neutral, I say that Kumi is more entertaining and ayu is more filled with energy and has done a crap load of tours, yet she doesn't stop.

Well with Kingdom TOUR's tracklist I already expect some recycling, but I could be wrong...

[Ryuuzaki]

1) AYU
I like that she is full of energy while performing and that you can see that she loves to perform.

2) Namie Amuro
I like how she can sing and dance at the same time and sounds amazing.

3) BoA
I like her dancing and that she sounds very good at her lives.

4) Koda Kumi
her concerts are not the best, but her black cherry tour was very good.

5) Utada Hikaru
her concerts are quite boring, but her voice is great.