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Originally Posted by tethevo
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I thought the concert was great. Ayu did a good job. BUT, I think it's not as good as her MY STORY tour. Last year's was just filled with all these different elements that made that insanely enjoyable. This year's costumes were not as great. The sets weren't as grand. I like songs from the MY STORY album a lot more than (miss)understood....even though the singles were stronger for the latter. Even the rain wasn't that impressive...though I suppose it's hard to top the waterworks of last year's.
Also, the concert was only 2 hours long. I think it's mainly due to the fact that there are less songs that are worth singing live from (miss)understood...as compared to MY STORY.
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I pretty much agree with you. The concert I saw was also around 2 hours. I haven't really timed her other concerts, but I think some went for 2 1/2. It's weird though, because her set list was about the length that it normally is - maybe the m(u) songs are just shorter in general compared to her past albums?
As I stated in my own review, I thought the costumes and stage and effects of the concert really weren't all that amazing.(still better than most other tours anywhere though^_^) But there wasn't really anything that topped the theatrics of the My Story tour and when you are following a tour like that, you either have to match it, do better, or excel in a different area than the My Story tour did. And I don't think it did any of those 3 things. It wasn't as good as My Story in terms of sets and costumes and then also didn't capitalize much on where the My Story tour was weak. ie: having less choreographed, more raw performances that really grab an audience such as A Song For Xx(Dome Tour 01), Teddy Bear + Memorial Address(Arena Tour 03-04), etc. The m(u) tour came close with the is this LOVE?/miss(Understood) section, but not quite.
Also, I mentioned in my review that her voice sounded a bit strained at my concert and it seems to have only gotten worse for yours - hopefully her throat will recover.
Here is my ranking of Ayu's concerts after having some time to let the new tour sink in:
1. Dome Tour 2001 - the best combination of performance and theatrics. Great sets and costumes, yet the performance quality was not secondary to them.
2. Arena Tour 2003-2004 - Maybe not quite as impressive set and costumes wise, but still pretty damn good in that area. Has a lot of memorable performances in this concert and great audience interaction.
3. My Story Tour 2005 - The best tour for the theatrics, not as strong in terms of great memorable performances, but the rest of it was so well done that it made the concert memorable anyway.
4. (miss) Understood Tour 2006 - Not as good as the My Story Tour in terms of theatrics and then also not as good as the 03-04 Arena tour in terms of emotional, audience moving performances - so it ends up ranked here. (Still a great show overall though, please don't miss understand!^_^)
4. Stadium Tour 2002 - I can't choose between these two, so they are tied!
5. A Museum - I don't feel like writing anymore descriptions, lol.
6. Arena Tour 2002
7. Concert tour 2000 pt. 2
8. Concert tour 2000 pt. 1
PS. I also got one of the ribbon things that was shot into the audience.
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Originally Posted by tethevo
I regret not asking them immediately for pictures.  They all looked so cool and I bet they would be more responsive to my request than Yocchan was. |
Probably.
Dancers in general are just easy going. Was Yocchan reluctant? So lucky that you got a picture with him! My Mom would have freaked if we got to meet him at our concert.(half the reason she likes watching the concerts is Yoshio, lol.)
Oh, and there's no need to cover your face in the photos.