PREMIUM SHOWCASE ~Feel the love~ information thread

[November4]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think seeing it so many times over the last 3-4 years has made me a little bitter towards it being in setlists. The same goes for Ladies Night IMO. Ladies Night is supposed to be a bit more aggressive than the way Ayu typically seems to perform it, or at least that is the vibe I get from the song/video that was only ever really translated at AT06.

Agreed! Ladies Night AT06 is perfect, exactly how it should be. Every other performance of Ladies Night is totally wack and..eh.

[Tony G]

Impressed with the setlist, never expected Ayu to perform Connected again. I'd die to see that live.

[violinman]

Originally Posted by maneayu

I don't know, but I have the impression that the girl in the pics is not her.
Did anyone have the same feeling, like it's a double of ayu? It's a really weird feeling.

Yes! Also I have same feeling. I almost believe there are tow "ayumi hamasaki". I am feeling so for a couple of years.

[stivenoto]

Hope for additional date on august...

[marty]

I for one really love how versatile she can be performing Ladies Night. Every performance was special and unique, unlike other songs like SURREAL-evolution-SURREAL or MY ALL, which are usually performed in the same way.

About the costumes, o my, she looks SO SEXY with that outfit with the pole! I love that!
Everything else looks nice, but the usual.

[mi|kshake]

I love Last Angel live. AT10 was great although I wished she would have sung the verses. (I also love Alterna!)

Ladies Night live has always been a bit of a disappointment for me as the band sounds great playing it but the performance itself seems a bit flat.

[BlackSilence]

okay after seeing those costume pics in better quality..... they look plain....I'd rather have a hit or miss like before rather than a safe play. ....the only one i kind of like is that silver one..i am curious of the one where she's on the ribbons. Everything looks like leftovers from some pop star who never got to use them or got borred of them. lol her previous stuff was much better and more grand. These don't excite me at all.

[brener]

Maybe we'll have more costumes and the setlist may change a bit until the final show =)

[ayu-michan]

Originally Posted by artcika

okay after seeing those costume pics in better quality..... they look plain....I'd rather have a hit or miss like before rather than a safe play. ....the only one i kind of like is that silver one..i am curious of the one where she's on the ribbons. Everything looks like leftovers from some pop star who never got to use them or got borred of them. lol her previous stuff was much better and more grand. These don't excite me at all.

+1

I do wonder how she will change them on the final show, hopefully something more grand. But it seems like the people that went to the shows didn't have much negative opinions on the costumes

[maikaru]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Not true at all. I was really excited about the song being a part of the encore during HOTEL Love songs and personally loved hearing it live~

However what you described was exactly what I felt about Ladies night live. It was boring.

Like the chorus and stuff is brilliant, it sounds like it would be amazing live, but the verses when she's standing around for like 30 seconds doing next to nothing is too much.

[SunshineSlayer]

I can't believe I didn't realize it but... no boys and girls and evolution? No Surreal either....wow. Sign me up. haha. Though, this setlist seems quite short.

[primavera♥]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

I can't believe I didn't realize it but... no boys and girls and evolution? No Surreal either....wow. Sign me up. haha. Though, this setlist seems quite short.

Idk, it's about the same length as ABL I believe, unless that seemed kind of short too. And I don't remember the length of HLS

[Evolution7/4]

Originally Posted by maneayu

I don't know, but I have the impression that the girl in the pics is not her.
Did anyone have the same feeling, like it's a double of ayu? It's a really weird feeling.

It may just be the quality of the pics, but I think Ayu might have gotten some facial work done!

[truehappiness]

Sometimes people look different in photos taken while dancing/in motion. You've seen the photos of Beyonce at the Super Bowl, right?

Anyway, apparently a foreigner was standing near the substage area with Ayu's mom at the last concert. No one was really sure who it was and it wasn't her husband apparently so... who was it?

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by maikaru

Like the chorus and stuff is brilliant, it sounds like it would be amazing live, but the verses when she's standing around for like 30 seconds doing next to nothing is too much.

But those are short and she sings them again anyways~

[HilaryDuffFanboy]

Booked my flights, going to first two Tokyo shows of Premium Showcase. Haven't got any tickets yet, anyone got any spares looking to sell?

[sitara]

Originally Posted by maikaru

Like the chorus and stuff is brilliant, it sounds like it would be amazing live, but the verses when she's standing around for like 30 seconds doing next to nothing is too much.

I agree. really love the chorus, but the whole song comes to a screeching halt (repeatedly) when she sings the super slow verses. this song could be so epic if she made that part more dynamic, but I guess it was her intention to make the song as it is.

the only live performance I've seen of LA she was just flailing her arms around during the verses, not bothering singing. wtf, seriously? way to kill a good song live.


( just thought of this, I have the same problem with free and easy, where the song suddenly loses all momentum before the middle of the song and it goes instrumental. How perfect this song could be, if she didn't kill the dynamic that song had!! )

[SunshineSlayer]

That is the best part of Free and Easy!!!

[Chris85]

Both Last Angel and Free & easy are perfect the way they are.

[November4]

Originally Posted by Chris85

Both Last Angel and Free & easy are perfect the way they are.

Agreed. I love the verses of Last angel, I always imagine Ayu doing those dance moves with her dancers at AT10.