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Old 4th December 2009, 01:49 AM
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I watched this last night and I enjoyed it. It was missing the bells and whistles of her last few arena tours though. Hardly any stage props, relied a lot on dancing for entertainment. Did it work?

Rule - Love the way she enters. She looks hot in that leather outfit.

UNITE! - Heard it so many times before, nothing special but a great concert staple. Gets the crowd fired up at the right time.

Disco-munication: Oh my god, best Ayu concert video ever? I can't wait to see this on the DVD.

Energize - The obvious lip syncing kinda turns me off this performance. It's still fun though.

Sunrise ~Love is All~ - Unusually loud cheer for this song, must be popular among Ayu fans? Plain performance, but fun.

Load of the SHUGYO - The video is awesome, once again. Love the little twist when Shuya escapes.

LOVE 'n' HATE - This is the song which could have used an awesome stage prop to liven up the performance, like with (don't) leave me alone. But it ends up being bland. Ayu's done peformances like this so many times before, when the dancers throw themselves on her and she "rejects" them, without it really going anywhere. Vocally, really good though. Loved the counting.

Identity - I like that this performance involved her band more, and the choreography was pretty cool. Awesome vocals too.

In The Corner - A little improvement on the PCDL performance. I love this song, so it was great to hear it live again.

HOPE or PAIN - The performance of the concert for me. The last minute gave me goosebumps. I loved the PCDL performance of this too though, but they managed to re-create the whole live for the Arena Tour. There's so much emotion in Ayu's voice. Love the ending.

GREEN - Way too plain of a performance compared to PCDL. Didn't really enjoy this except for the end when the dancers came back.

Days - Another really big cheer from the crowd as it starts. And a surprisingly good performance, the ending is sweet. Another highlight of the concert for me.

evolution - Another decent performance of the song. But I really liked how she opened AT07 with this song, and she hasn't managed to match that performance of the song since.

SIGNAL - Fun, lots of energy. Her voice soars with this song, which is weird as its one of her oldest.

rollin' - the LOL performance of the concert to me. I can't help but love the dancing. It's so good. <3 Ayu's thrusting while singing the song made me laugh too. I think Ayu really likes this song, it seems to be the one she enjoyed performing the most.

Sparkle - The live of this song, I imagined that it would be something amazing and mindblowing because its such a powerful song. But it ends up being very plain, but still enjoyable. I like the "no no no's" from the crowd and the no no no dance as well the crowd was copying. Another song Ayu seems to love performing, I think she's very proud of this song. She knows its one of her best.

Bridge to the Sky - I like how the backup singers are singing this song instead of the usual playover of the interludes. The video is eh until you realise how it connects with NEXT LEVEL, which then it becomes a nice video.

NEXT LEVEL - I love the start, how she comes up looking at the chair sitting up top. Just a fantastic performance to end the main concert.

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So overall - while its more plain than her last few years of concerts, Ayu still manages to put on a top show. Only disappointments are a few songs that I expected bigger performances from.

Last edited by Tony G; 4th December 2009 at 01:53 AM.
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