CDL 14-15 - My Review!

[evolution7931]

Originally Posted by se7entheaven

How could it be 8 ballads when she only sang Zutto / Last minute/ walk / forgiveness / progress ? Only 5? And how does the stage looks like?

Unless any of the songs you mentioned are over 8 minutes in length, I don't know what the explanation could be. But I counted them, along with the person I brought along with me. There were 8 or so songs, give or take 1 or 2 maximum, and they were all mostly boring and/or had the mic up wayy too loud. It was definitely more than 5, or they must have been extended in some way, because I counted 8.

The stage was cool but sort of lacking in inspiration because it was all "circus theme" which was already done in 2003 and by Britney Spears in 2008. I was sort of disappointed to see this theme re-hashed againn after so many other artists have done so (Britney Spears, Pink, Katy Perry, Madonna, +) but I did have a lot of fun.

The only thing bringing this concert down was the 8-9 ballads in the middle of it destroying the energy of everyone who went to dance and have a good time. None of it sounded good and all the Japanese people looked miserable during these songs. Other than that everyone seemed to be having fun. But 8-9 ballads in a row is really unnecessary and no one seemed to be having fun during that.

[tsumekaze_]

Originally Posted by evolution7931

Unless any of the songs you mentioned are over 8 minutes in length, I don't know what the explanation could be. But I counted them, along with the person I brought along with me. There were 8 or so songs, give or take 1 or 2 maximum, and they were all mostly boring and/or had the mic up wayy too loud. It was definitely more than 5, or they must have been extended in some way, because I counted 8.

The stage was cool but sort of lacking in inspiration because it was all "circus theme" which was already done in 2003 and by Britney Spears in 2008. I was sort of disappointed to see this theme re-hashed againn after so many other artists have done so (Britney Spears, Pink, Katy Perry, Madonna, +) but I did have a lot of fun.

The only thing bringing this concert down was the 8-9 ballads in the middle of it destroying the energy of everyone who went to dance and have a good time. None of it sounded good and all the Japanese people looked miserable during these songs. Other than that everyone seemed to be having fun. But 8-9 ballads in a row is really unnecessary and no one seemed to be having fun during that.

First of all thanks for the nice review! Though I cannot see this ballad thing... From the setlist we got the "ballads" are only Zutto / Last minute/ walk / forgiveness / progress, and of these one only three (zutto/walk/forgiveness) can be considered "proper" ballads as last minute and progress have very rock elements to them! Unless she cganed the arrangement to make them sound more mellow, but I doubt that... plus japanese people are suckers for ballads, I find it hard to believe they would have fallen asleep lol!

[Earth_maiden]

Originally Posted by evolution7931

Unless any of the songs you mentioned are over 8 minutes in length, I don't know what the explanation could be. But I counted them, along with the person I brought along with me. There were 8 or so songs, give or take 1 or 2 maximum, and they were all mostly boring and/or had the mic up wayy too loud. It was definitely more than 5, or they must have been extended in some way, because I counted 8.

The stage was cool but sort of lacking in inspiration because it was all "circus theme" which was already done in 2003 and by Britney Spears in 2008. I was sort of disappointed to see this theme re-hashed againn after so many other artists have done so (Britney Spears, Pink, Katy Perry, Madonna, +) but I did have a lot of fun.

The only thing bringing this concert down was the 8-9 ballads in the middle of it destroying the energy of everyone who went to dance and have a good time. None of it sounded good and all the Japanese people looked miserable during these songs. Other than that everyone seemed to be having fun. But 8-9 ballads in a row is really unnecessary and no one seemed to be having fun during that.

It wasn't 8, it was 5. I was there, she sang Zutto, Last Minute, Walk, forgiveness and then progress. Maybe it felt like 8 to you?

[evolution7931]

Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

It wasn't 8, it was 5. I was there, she sang Zutto, Last Minute, Walk, forgiveness and then progress. Maybe it felt like 8 to you?

In hindsight I think you're right. I was trying to count them but I may have been counting interludes as songs because I didn't recognize basically any of them, until forgiveness.

This segment still took up such a huge chunk of the concert that I thought it was strange, though. The row of excited screaming girls behind me were sitting down, yawning, and acting bored by the 3rd ballad. I never saw Ayu do so many ballads in a row before.. but as I said, the encore had no ballads and was really exciting. I loved it

Originally Posted by FoxyPinkGirl

What were her costumes? I'm dying to see/hear about them!

I cant believe I forgot to talk about the costumes! :p what kind of Ayu fan am I? well, the intro circus dress was cool and big, kinda blue and stripe-y on the bottom from what I remember. The "Game / My name's Women" outfit was white and had a fluffy feather thing hanging from the back like AT 2005. Then all I remember was an outfit that was very sparkly / glittery. Its kind of hard to remember everything.. the encore outfit was black and it was so cool because the encore seemed like more of a real concert than her usual low-key encores - the lighting was spectacular and her outfit wasnt white or extremely casual like last year.