ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2018 ～POWER of MUSIC 20th Anniversary ～ [III]

[Linza-mo]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

- Duty (CdM)
- ASFXX (CdM)
- immature (CdM)
- S~E~S (CdM CDL)
- ourselves (JTB)
- evolution (MIJ)
- vogue (MIJ)
- GREEN (MIJ)
- ever free (PoM20)
- NEXT LEVEL (PoM20)
- evolution (PoM20)
- SURREAL (PoM20)
- M (PoM1)
- BLUE BIRD (PoM1)
- monochrome (PoM1)
- kanariya (Jtb)

COMPILED HAHAHA

ALBUM: RE:M(A)DE IN JAPAN

[kotora]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

- Duty (CdM)
- ASFXX (CdM)
- immature (CdM)
- S~E~S (CdM CDL)
- ourselves (JTB)
- evolution (MIJ)
- vogue (MIJ)
- GREEN (MIJ)
- ever free (PoM20)
- NEXT LEVEL (PoM20)
- evolution (PoM20)
- SURREAL (PoM20)
- M (PoM1)
- BLUE BIRD (PoM1)
- monochrome (PoM1)
- kanariya (Jtb)

COMPILED HAHAHA

ALBUM: RE:M(A)DE IN JAPAN

- NEVER EVER (PoM)
- vogue-far away-SEASON (PoM)

Album: Best Album: A REQUEST

[mizuki-7]

It’s amazing how new arrangement can make a song a brand new song XD
I really like it and her voice is really good she sound gentle and smooth it was a long time I didn't expect her to improve her voice.

[Cahz-]

I like the arrangement on NEXT LEVEL, her voice not so much. That weird voice again , like on the verses of talkin' to myself on Just the beginning Countdown

[melissalove]

Loved the new arrangement. Her voice is so strong and beautiful, Thank you for the audio.

[mi|kshake]

Next Level is sounding nice!

[DonkeyKongRemix]

I can hear the effort in Next Level, which is very nice. I love the new arrangement. I'd take a studio version of this in a heartbeat, specially since NL is just such a great song. <3

[thesweetseason]

I actually really dislike this stylist. I feel weird saying that I like her new music! I particularly enjoy Next Level onwards but everything seems kind of slow. I can't stand TO BE.

[Zeke.]

The new arrangement of NEXT LEVEL is perfect for live. It has more movement - more of a groove - during the chorus, which really got me dancing. It was actually the first song that woke me up and gave me energy, albeit it was the finale of the main portion of the show. Lol. It was definitely the most “fun” part of this years tour.

I’m a dancer and unlike both chapters of Jtb I attended, I only felt myself committing fully to dancing twice - the encore song (ayu-a-a, ayu-a-a, followed by NEXT LEVEL)

[alternarist]

hmm, the new rendition for NEXT LEVEL is kinda lackluster for me, but I guess the song will be made it up by a beautiful choreography.

[Refix]

At first I thought it was GREEN, turns out NEXT LEVEL. Like it.

[errikkutrancex]

Are there other songs to hear ? (seems like the full show was recorded ^_^ even I'm looking forward to hear Mad World, Brillanteand A song is born) A little disappointed by this "Ever Free" version (the original is much better). Next Level is nice indeed.

[Party_King]

Like I said in the previous thread in my short review:

how beautiful you are was the most beautiful song for me on both shows.
NEXT LEVEL is ging to follow that than maybe evolution...
ever free was purely amazing, it caught the emotion much more than the original version and i also liked Mad World muuuch better than during AT16 because there weren't dancers on stage...

TO BE was the only song which bothered me both days
A Song for ×× didn't feel honest on the first day and forgiveness was also much better on the second show...

aaand i loved the "choreography time" before Bold & Delicious - i didn't remembered this from AT11...

[attractive nausea]

^^ Mad World was one of my fav performances from AT16, i thought the dancers fitted well here, the choreography with the standing still and making the "shhh" movement while ayu was singing the chorus was very powerful imo! But maybe the way it's filmed on DVD doesn't look that great, they filmed too close.

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Y’all don’t deserve it. Lol. I went to the concert and I kind of hope it doesn’t even see the light of day in blue-ray/dvd just so you’ll never get to experience it in it’s full glory.

DEAD
I haven't listened to it because i want to keep the surprise for July (if she doesn't take it out the setlist....) but if you like it then i'm relieved!

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

^^ Mad World was one of my fav performances from AT16, i thought the dancers fitted well here, the choreography with the standing still and making the "shhh" movement while ayu was singing the chorus was very powerful imo! But maybe the way it's filmed on DVD doesn't look that great, they filmed too close.

The Brillante - Mad World - endless sorrow segment from AT16 is one of my favorite Ayu pertormances ever and really powertul and artistic IMO and I only watched it on DVD.

[ayumisrael]

The live new version of ever free is amazing!!! I couldn't believe what my ears have heard :O I'm stunned.

NEXT LEVEL is also pretty good!

[Sky High]

I love new arrangement of NEXT LEVEL.

[EndOfTheWorld]

I liked the new ever free arrangement a lot.
It MUST be included on the release. Don't jinx it.
I still prefer HAL's mix above the rest though.
I also am curious about the small clips we have from this tour. Does this mean it was recorded already? I would really like to see Ayu's surprise moment on the DVD/blu ray release. Or at least be shown in full instead of news media commentary all over it.

[Katsuyuki012]

That's most likely just some recordings by news stations.

[baby_blue]

I'm hoping ayu sing more songs that she never sang before...