Thoughts on the a-nation '08 performances

[music_*]

MW and ASFXX, like everyone has said, was absolutely AWESOME.
Those who were complaining about Ayu's vocals, HOW'D YOU LIKE THIS NOW?!
These were the only performances I've been able to watch so far: couldn't download her entire performance, or the file was corrupted.

Anybody have a link?

[AyUmIXx]

i really love this year's a-nation!!!
ayu looked really pretty!!!
love him singing under the pouring rain..made her look more gorgeous!!!
just love this a-nation!!

[hiroshi_ben]

I got nth to complain about her vocal in it because it was SO SO SO DAMN GOOD!*thumbs up

especially A song for XX!im completed stunned that she still can sing well!we should appreciate ayu for all her hard work!

[erin1m]

I loved this year's a-nation, despite not getting to hear a new song. She ALWAYS looks and performs great for a-nation, so I was really happy when they announced she would be in it after she wasn't on the list initially. Only one thing bothered me: why did she yank her left earring out in B&G? For the rest of the song and for July 1st it looked weird 'cause she only had 1 earring! XD

[hiroshi_ben]

Originally Posted by majrakun

The only thing that I pretty much didn't like was the camera angles. Especially in the audience songs, like AUDIENCE. I guess they were probably trying to show the crowd's enthusiasm, but do they have to zoom out soooo many times? I prefer looking at Ayu D:

haha but i prefer it!i think it actually makes me proud of ayu when i sing how enthusiastic the audience or fans were!

[Not~Yet]

Well, I loved the performances. Especially ASFXX.

And I liked her vocals too. Her singing was good. But one thing that kinda bothers me is how she often tends to yell instead of singing. Like my music teacher once said, a good singer can sing well while singing out loud, a great singer can sing great even while singing very quietly, and an awesome singer doesn't have to raise the volume of the voice to sound incredibly powerful. :/

But I know she has her ear problems and all, so I'm not gonna whine about that any more, I love most of her performances anyways

[Melrose]

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Eeh? She can sing fine quietly, too. E.g. Secret AT07.

But you can't sing a rock-y powerful song quietly..Now it doesn't need to be yelling but imo it really adds to the song and makes her different from those generic pop artists that sing each song in the same way, though they're about completely different things.

[majrakun]

Not gonna talk about the vocals here, something MORE important. I just remembered what I wanted to ask, during the dancers' introduction, WHAT THE HECK DID AYU CALL SUBARU?! It sounded something like Subasoba! XD Did he change his name or something XD I noticed it in one of the bootleg footage of AT08, but I thought I misheard something. LOL, Subasoba~

[truehappiness]

Subaru-sama.

I thought she said like, Tsubasa.. but..

[thesilentspeaker]

Originally Posted by kyuutii_hanii

Well, I loved the performances. Especially ASFXX.

And I liked her vocals too. Her singing was good. But one thing that kinda bothers me is how she often tends to yell instead of singing. Like my music teacher once said, a good singer can sing well while singing out loud, a great singer can sing great even while singing very quietly, and an awesome singer doesn't have to raise the volume of the voice to sound incredibly powerful. :/

But I know she has her ear problems and all, so I'm not gonna whine about that any more, I love most of her performances anyways

I guess she was yelling to hype up the event and to make it happening.. Totally love this year's a-nation!!!

[Not~Yet]

Originally Posted by Melrose

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Eeh? She can sing fine quietly, too. E.g. Secret AT07.

But you can't sing a rock-y powerful song quietly..Now it doesn't need to be yelling but imo it really adds to the song and makes her different from those generic pop artists that sing each song in the same way, though they're about completely different things.

Well yea, but you don't have to yell to sing a rock song, if the song isn't really meant to be yelled. Of course i think her yelling really fits into some songs/parts in example MW and the end of ASFXX, but I don't really like too much like when she doesn't sing B&G with just a powerful voice but tends to shout. Of course, she's just probably just hyping up the crowd like the poster above said, but still.... Well just my opinion XD

And I know she can sing fine quietly, I never said she can't. And I also know she can sing really powerfully without yelling, but to me it seems like she sometimes gets too into the performance and forgets to control her voice and starts kind of yelling. But yeah so I don't mean to argue here, this is most likely just my opinion.

[truehappiness]

Well, fyi, Ayu was never really that good of a technical singer. imo, it's amazing that she's gotten such a high super star status without having the "pipes" to back that up. But to make up for that, she's got an insightful mind and a killer fashion sense, which can't be said for most artists..

[Not~Yet]

^-I always thought that Ayu has an incredibly beautiful voice, which kinda makes up for the lack of "thecnics". And personally I think she's way better than an average singer overall... well maybe not like Christina Aguilera level but definately better than many caucasian artists of this decade. And I know she's always been kinda shaky as a (live) singer but she's had her great moments too (imo her voice was awesome during around 04-06) so I know what she's capable of.

[Melrose]

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I agree with hanii, Ayu sings great. I don't think she has some kind of less good voice than other artists. o_O

Off-topic: Kuu sounds bad live with TABOO. =/

[°~Kitty~°]

I really love this year's a-nation, Ayu was awesome
So much better than last year
ASFXX was awesome O_o damn I got goose bumps^^
And I really don't know what to think about the GD part,
was it lip-syncing or not @__@? 50:50?
I tend towards the second option^^
Ayu always rocks the a-nation o/ She is the queen

[zoomzoom]

Originally Posted by °~Kitty~°

I really love this year's a-nation, Ayu was awesome
So much better than last year
ASFXX was awesome O_o damn I got goose bumps^^
And I really don't know what to think about the GD part,
was it lip-syncing or not @__@? 50:50?
I tend towards the second option^^
Ayu always rocks the a-nation o/ She is the queen

Most likely high backing track. She misses the first line of Boys and Girls, so you can hear how low the backing track is in that song.

This "TV-version" can't be compared to her regular TV-versions though. This is more like an aired DVD-version, since it's not aired live. They had the footage for months to play around with unlike her live Countdown Lives. They can adjust the loudness of vocals and all (quiet down Peco and Princess)

[pommy48]

i absolutely LOVED ASFXX, this has got to be my fave ASFXX performance now~...i didn't care much for the other songs..

Spoiler:

A Song for XX should always be performed in the rain

[Melrose]

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I dunno. Even if they edit, they can't really make it sound lip synched imo.. E.g. 1 LOVE sounds lip synched regardless of being 'touched up' or not. Say, Secret, on AT07 got the same 'touch up' but it still sounds live..

It's kinda disappointing to find out more lip synchs all the time. -_- Like, the first four songs of AT07 were lip synched. >_>

[JinHamasaki]

O.o I was AT2007 and it was totally not lip synched...

Anyways, I all the videos I have downloaded so far, from Greatful days -> the video goes out of sync with the audio? It's really noticeable during AUDIENCE because the claps don't match up with the song. Does anyone else have this problem?

[maikaru]

Originally Posted by zoomzoom

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This "TV-version" can't be compared to her regular TV-versions though. This is more like an aired DVD-version, since it's not aired live. They had the footage for months to play around with unlike her live Countdown Lives. They can adjust the loudness of vocals and all (quiet down Peco and Princess)

Well, they only had it for a month..
And they edit the other singers too, levels and stuff.
They can't do much to the broadcast audio, except just adjust levels, yeah.
So, I mean, as for me, I think this is pretty much how she sounded that day.
except maybe turning up backing track on greatful days..
But I think definitely not lip sync~~

I feel bad for saying people lip sync... I always thinking, what if they were really singing.. and I say they are lip syncing..
Wouldnt it make them feel bad?? LOL "you believe I cant sing like that?"
Or similar... ahaha, so stupid, I realize.

Originally Posted by Melrose

It's kinda disappointing to find out more lip synchs all the time. -_- Like, the first four songs of AT07 were lip synched. >_>

why did you say its lip sync?? It's not possible for the evolution to have lipsynced. That one is too hard, that version.
And I think UNITE is live too... 1 LOVE, I don't think lipsync, but heavy edits. Maybe lipsync, I am not sure about it.
But yeah, evolution and UNITE I believe are live 100% =\