Thoughts on CDL 09-10?

[Corvina]

I am...+Moments:
The music is way too loud, so I can't tell if Ayu is singing good or not. I love the drums at the beginning.
Moments was ok vocally, but a bit boring. But I don't like this song. The tissue dancers are just annoying, I don't like them. Ayu uses them much too often.

STEP you+EnergizE:
I don't like her cutesy voice normally, but STEP you... was quite good. It's an Alice in Wonderland theme? Sorry, but the only thing that reminds me of that are the play cards. There aren't clowns in Alice in Wonderland and Ayu's dress is bad.
EnergizE is just awful. Her voice... ;_; I'm sad she'll probably sing this song often in the near future. But it's cute how near she is to her fans.

About you:
The dress is a joke. Ayu looks ridicilous with it. And I can't take her seriously with that thing on her head. All that for a song like About you???
Her voice was good, I'm surprised. She still can do much, much better and I got the feeling that it's really hard for her to achieve the good voice she has here. Overall I prefer the musical same version from AT05.
I really like the guitar solo of Yochan though. About you is still one of my absolutely favourite songs of Ayu!

[yamogi]

I saw some of the clips. momentum was pretty off and little bit shouting towards the end. Pride is a nightmare...the second half was awful to me, many notes are off heavily. I am, moment, step you, energize are pretty good. I also find that her "ku" sound is horrible in almost every song. Her voice was ok, not too rough.

Dont want to say that again, but more and more people think that her voice is deteriorating over years. Her singing is having more strange habit like "ku" that creates bad sound quality . After her deafness in one ear, her ability to keep on-key is apparently much worse than before especially when compared with her older lives before 2004/5. Off-key is really a killer to any music...really hope that ayu can find ways to fix those strange/wrong habits and to be more on-key on her songs. If not, it will only make more fans to leave...

[joshohhhhh]

i shall say it again; a vocal coach would do her wonders.

[yamogi]

^^ I agree, cuz I am learning from a coach too

[A-TeensFan]

teddy bear was flawless, i almost cried when i saw Ayu tried to hide her tears :"> maybe she really missed her dad

[noidea]

BEST.****ING.CONCERT.EVER
Yeah, her voice was everything but flawless, but the setlist, the costumes, the performances...it was just perfect! And on top of that theres only 1 song I really suspect to be playback.

[nanakopy87]

i love how she end the concert this time.as expected,red line is nice as an ending
and i love suba-sama's hair alot!he look much more younger now

[Mai82Go]

@noidea
Which one do you think is lipsynched?

@CDL
I loved it. Definitely getting the DVD. I even liked Pride and the Alice-Maid-Costume was cuter than expected. Overall, a great show. You go Ayu!

[indyplus]

I'm suprised to see so many people think that her vocals were bad... I personally think they vere perfect in every way. I also think everything was definately live.

[noidea]

Originally Posted by Mai82Go

@noidea
Which one do you think is lipsynched?
!

As I said, I'm not sure at all, never was that vague for me, but IF a song is playback, it's EnergizE

[Mai82Go]

Really? I didn't think it EnergizE was lipsynched at all Ayus voice broke on some parts of it. Gotta watch it again.

@indyplus
I think this concert was pretty good vocally. I don't know what some people are expecting anyway.

[Coelacanth]

My face after finishing the concert:

Spoiler:

Seriously, her voice was awful. I really wish I could have liked it, I really do... But man, wtf was that? I am... and Moments were pretty good, I'll give her that.. but then it started to all go downhill after them. Even her stage presence isn't that great anymore, because she looks like she's passing a kidney stone when she's singing. Just watch I am... at AT02, she's belting that **** out proud and tall, now she's all constipated and hunched over. Ayu, please don't tour in 2010...

God, it's like dealing with an alcoholic in denial. GET SOME HELP.

I don't mean to be melodramatic.. I just.. want SO bad for her to sound GOOD.

[noidea]

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That's why I'm not sure if it's playback or she uses a backtrack...or peco and princess just sound very much like ayu this time

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

Even her stage presence isn't that great anymore, because she looks like she's passing a kidney stone when she's singing.

I assure you if she was passing a kidney stone she wouldn't be able to yell as much I think she sounded the way she usually does, some songs were good, the rest were pretty much her usual self.

Imo, vocally, EnergizE was the worst one

[digimax]

Nevermind about the vocals for a moment, Ayu is just SMOKING HOT (as always!)

She's good with some songs but for the rest, they really aren't good live. For me, I was just surprised at how 1LOVE had the pitch shifted. Well she needs to work on her voice or actually, take a break, at least we know she's singing live.

I'm just going to say something for 'I Am..., What is going on here with some people playing string instruments and the Japanese drums getting loud at the back end; all with the band playing as well?? I mean the "drum show" was nice, but only by itself.

[Maemi]

I only watched some perfomances on youtube. I won't download it, because I know I'll watch it only once~

EnergizE: The dress is disgusting. I don't like this song, but she doesn't sing it so bad. I mean... people just need to accept the fact that she isn't able to sing as perfect as before~ And that's obvious... but OMG how many people are there! STEP you is the same.
I am... is very nice, I like her outfit and it's not bad for an opening.

[milky_way]

Her vocals in Because of You were a hot ass mess, and I can't really see how anyone could say otherwise

[dreamland2.0]

I just got to say the sound was terrible!!! I'm really looking forward to the DVD so they can fix it, because you could barely hear her most of the time!!
Anyways I really liked this CDL and I love the cute lil RED LINE dance!! ^^
I also really liked how there was no lip syncing as far as I could tell!
I thought her vocals were pretty good overall but not great - also hence why I'm looking forward to the DVD. I thought everything else was really awesome though!!
Especially all the shirtless Maro parts *.*

[hidekirby]

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

My face after finishing the concert:

Spoiler:

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I really enjoyed this year CDL thanks to the awesome setlist. The stage and costumes were nice too (no, not the pink stuff).
As regards her vocals... it was great and awful at the same time. Some parts were really painful to watch (Because of You, INSPIRE...) and some others were quite impressive (teddy bear, I am..., You were...). She seems easily out of breath and sometimes I felt I was watching an old friend doing some karaoke rather than a professional singer.

Anyway, I'm quite happy she focused more on the singing part (thanks to the evolution perf?), and that she sang the old songs with her "old voice" and not with her "smoker voice".
Great CDL, great setlist, good/bad vocals.

[GRACE]

Originally Posted by noidea

BEST.****ING.CONCERT.EVER
Yeah, her voice was everything but flawless, but the setlist, the costumes, the performances...it was just perfect! And on top of that theres only 1 song I really suspect to be playback.

One?

STEP you, 1 LOVE, and until that Day... were TOTALLY lipped.

ESPECIALLY considering she couldn't hit a single note in BoY, and then bounced in with a near perfect 1 LOVE, I'm sorry, it's just not possible

Also, I watched it again, and I've decided this is one of those concerts that gets better if you watch it more then once