Ayu: Anything Goes [XXIX] - Page 8

SunshineSlayer · #1 14th January 2021, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by axmish87

Yes, thank you for this performance.
Did she won here ?

It was not a competition show. It was a show on NHK called Idol on Stage that ran from the early through mid-90s where current idols sang covers of past idols, as well as performances of new idol songs. Speed performed quite a bit on this show, for example.

axmish87 · #2 11th January 2021, 12:53 PM

Yes, thank you for this performance.
Did she won here ?

Xianghua · #3 11th January 2021, 04:09 PM

oh my gooooood I haven't seen this in YEARS! I used to have all those rips of the songs she used to sing on those shows.

summerain · #4 12th January 2021, 06:55 PM

Listening to "Walk" after a while... What a great song! I hope she put it on A BALLADS 2 selection.

Earth_maiden · #5 13th January 2021, 08:39 PM

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~angel*ayumi~ · #6 13th January 2021, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

Someone is selling a complete set of the 6 can badges that came with the CDL food items:

https://buyee.jp/mercari/item/m48121941555

Only 14,700 yen!

I allready got 4 + empty boxes for total 3100 yen, so a bit overpriced I guess xD

Earth_maiden · #7 14th January 2021, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~

I allready got 4 + empty boxes for total 3100 yen, so a bit overpriced I guess xD

I want the boxes as well, so good for storage!

!Lawi! · #8 14th January 2021, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by summerain

Listening to "Walk" after a while... What a great song! I hope she put it on A BALLADS 2 selection.

On paper this song is everything I hate about Ayu's ballads, but there is something about the lyrics and the whole thing that really really works for me. I was so glad to see it live, it made it even better!

mizuki-7 · #9 13th January 2021, 09:28 PM

A Japanese vocal coach made an analysis about Ayu voice from a professional view.
Too bad my Japanese is not good enough to understand but it’s seems like a positive analysis and I believe he think that she is underestimated technically. From what I get he compare her past and present voices. I believe he don't really know well her discography because he think the only falsetto notes she is able to do are in Seasons.
If someone is able to summarize what he said I would be glad

BlackSilence · #10 18th January 2021, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by mizuki-7

A Japanese vocal coach made an analysis about Ayu voice from a professional view.
Too bad my Japanese is not good enough to understand but it’s seems like a positive analysis and I believe he think that she is underestimated technically. From what I get he compare her past and present voices. I believe he don't really know well her discography because he think the only falsetto notes she is able to do are in Seasons.
If someone is able to summarize what he said I would be glad

I once shown a couple of Ayu's more recent live performances to one of my friends who's been having professional vocal training for years, and she said that while Ayu's voice is not something out of the ordinary, she DOES have a technique and it certainly sounds like it's coming from someone who knows a thing or two about singing. She isn't just clueless on stage.

Deep snow · #11 24th January 2021, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by URANUS

I'm not an expert at this but did Ayu lipsynch this performance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5wiV23LW0

Or was it completely live?

thanks for sharing this link, that's a beautiful performance that is unfortunately cut short

. I'm not a pro but I'm pretty sure that's not lip-sync; she was just at her peak vocal performance.

I love this piano (and orchestra in ayu-mi-x 4+) version of Dearest because her voice is smoother than the Original Mix (makes me like the song a lot better to be honest).

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Originally Posted by artcika

I once shown a couple of Ayu's more recent live performances to one of my friends who's been having professional vocal training for years, and she said that while Ayu's voice is not something out of the ordinary, she DOES have a technique and it certainly sounds like it's coming from someone who knows a thing or two about singing. She isn't just clueless on stage.

definitely. especially with her deteriorated hearing, it makes sense that she would seek professional help for techniques to safeguard this precious asset.

like, even before she went half-deaf, the very strength of her vocal was incredible. there is no way she could have belted out songs all shouty and screamy for two+ entire hours in her nationwide tours without having learnt some professional techniques.

pedronekoi · #12 14th January 2021, 04:27 AM

Thanks for sharing it! I will watch it and try to mention what he says.
But I'm intrigued with his profession: Vocal Stylist??? What is this? lol

URANUS · #13 16th January 2021, 11:23 PM

I'm not an expert at this but did Ayu lipsynch this performance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5wiV23LW0

Or was it completely live?

summerain · #14 17th January 2021, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by URANUS

I'm not an expert at this but did Ayu lipsynch this performance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK5wiV23LW0

Or was it completely live?

300% live. There's no way to lipsync those pauses and breaths without looking a little bit fake. It's completely live.

tokyoxjapanxfan · #15 17th January 2021, 04:51 PM

Always loved that performance.

I know she sang Dearest a ton of times in the past, but I feel like it’s now become kind of ignored in her repertoire of ballads when she does concerts lol. I guess it’s a song I’ll never tire of so I wouldn’t mind if she sang it more lol.

summerain · #16 18th January 2021, 07:05 AM

If she didn't have any technique, she wasn't able to sing the way she sings while being almost deaf. She had pretty low points since the beginning of her deafness, but she improved and readapted her singing many times (even readjusting her tone to be more suitable to her limitations). She's above the average of J-Pop singers (which was pretty low during her heyday, now we have some better vocalists on the scene), even she's not a remarkable technical singer.

//ABEST · #17 18th January 2021, 06:25 PM

I miss Tyson... does he have an ig or twitter where i can stalk him? ��

tokyoxjapanxfan · #18 18th January 2021, 10:13 PM

I just watched Jlo’s new video and man, I wish Ayu would do something just simple and beautiful like that. It’s just a bunch of glamor shots but it’s so pretty! Actually it reminded me of Jewel so I guess Ayu has done something like it before but... still lol.

pedronekoi · #19 19th January 2021, 05:52 AM

The same girl from ISM (the hair salon Ayu often goes to and that she have collaborated in the past) who wrote a book that Ayu has written a quote has posted this picture from 3 years ago of Ayu with this girl's kids. In the caption she says she have met Ayu more than 10 years ago and that she really made a difference in her life.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKLzhbfD6oN/

**DonkeyKongRemix** · #20 22nd January 2021, 11:51 PM

So, what do ya'll think of Many Classic Moments? I just listened to it for the first time in probably a couple years, and I never listened to it much before that. It's pretty strange sounding to me. On one hand, it's kind of dull but then I actually do find the build up to be pretty good.

And the lines she sings in English sound so good that it made me realize I could stand to hear MORE English from her, her voice just sounds really cool in English.

However, she has some serious squeaky voice going on in that song.