ARENA TOUR 2009 A ~NEXT LEVEL~ setlist and pictures [V]

[truehappiness]

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And IMO, it's not that unbelievable for her to sing Sparkle well. You'd have to be pretty out of breath to fail on Sparkle. Which she is for Days, and it's kind of sad. I do hear the backing vocal really loudly for sou yaTTE and hajimaNAI...

[maikaru]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

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And IMO, it's not that unbelievable for her to sing Sparkle well. You'd have to be pretty out of breath to fail on Sparkle. Which she is for Days, and it's kind of sad. I do hear the backing vocal really loudly for sou yaTTE and hajimaNAI...

I think Days, and most of her newest songs, are actually too low key for her to sing properly, like Sunrise, but if she doesnt use the low keys, it's harder for her to sing because she cant hear properly, I think. When she uses the low keys, she shouts 100% of the time, and when she uses high key, its hard for her to control, again because she cant hear very well. However, at PCDL, and most songs lately, her older, higher key songs sound MUCH better than her new songs live.

Sparkle to me sounds 100% live. If she is using a backing track with her own voice, thats nothing new, as she used the same thing very early, especially during 2003 - 2004 tour like evolution and Surreal.

Anyways, yeah, I am excited to see it, and I can't wait~

[keikeiaznqueen]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

And IMO, it's not that unbelievable for her to sing Sparkle well. You'd have to be pretty out of breath to fail on Sparkle. Which she is for Days, and it's kind of sad. I do hear the backing vocal really loudly for sou yaTTE and hajimaNAI...

But then, from the audio rips posted earlier, I think towards the end of Sparkle, the first "no no no" she sang after the entire song was really quiet, and then suddenly, her voice transitioned into being much louder and deeper as she yelled for the audience to sing "no no no" with her. So I feel, yeah...

I don't mind Ayu using a backing track for Sparkle or EnergizE or whichever song that has been claimed to not be completely live, but I think for Sparkle from that particular recording there're some strong hints. I feel there's a difference in the quality of her voice in Sparkle and in say, LOVE 'n' HATE.