Ayu ~Anything Goes~ XVIII

[stepYOU1234]

Originally Posted by CatGirl

Aw, so cute! Such a perfect Ayu-style cut haha

Thank you This was a few years ago, it's long again now!

[love in music]

Just popping in to remind people of this amazing performance. Damn, the anger on her face and in her voice, ayu was going through some shit at that time.

Angry ayu performances are the best. What's your guys' favorite?

[DonkeyKongRemix]

Originally Posted by love in music

Just popping in to remind people of this amazing performance. Damn, the anger on her face and in her voice, ayu was going through some shit at that time.

Angry ayu performances are the best. What's your guys' favorite?

A Song for XX from that concert is like...the BEST performance I have seen from her. That whole concert is gold. <3

[pedronekoi]

Love this one. She looks very angry and full of feelings while singing this.

[Deibel]

Angry Ayu is the best! I would even say that it is part of her watermark ... her attitude and strength. As he said in an interview, any song can be turned into rock just with the right attitude and energy

I've never seen this live before! Just found it randomly. Loving the hairstyle ♥

[pedronekoi]

^ This live is very random hahah That styling is so weird! She looks like a Housewife of Beverly Hills! And the two fake back singers. But her beauty and hair is perfection!

[channy]

Originally Posted by Deibel

Does someone know the date and TV show this performance originates from?

[love in music]

Originally Posted by nalini-dahlia

A Song for XX from that concert is like...the BEST performance I have seen from her. That whole concert is gold. <3

I love that live too. I agree, that concert was amazing

Originally Posted by pedronekoi

Love this one. She looks very angry and full of feelings while singing this.

This is a good one too. She also looks beautiful in that performance <3.

This performance is probably my favorite out of all of hers. Her voice, emotion, her stage presence, the rain..

Originally Posted by Deibel

Angry Ayu is the best! I would even say that it is part of her watermark ... her attitude and strength. As he said in an interview, any song can be turned into rock just with the right attitude and energy

I've never seen this live before! Just found it randomly. Loving the hairstyle ♥

Lmao, I can't get over her awkward dancing, and then the camera zooms in on her legs, I laughed too hard at this lol

[ExodusUK]

Remembering this iconic video of shade and resentment

[truehappiness]

Ayu looks pissed for the whole thing.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Originally Posted by love in music

I love that live too. I agree, that concert was amazing



This is a good one too. She also looks beautiful in that performance <3.

This performance is probably my favorite out of all of hers. Her voice, emotion, her stage presence, the rain..




Lmao, I can't get over her awkward dancing, and then the camera zooms in on her legs, I laughed too hard at this lol

I regularly watch and laugh at the dancing in this video. Basically it's what I think of when I think of Ayu dancing xD

[Louass]

Does anyone have any website with a video of Ayu's Boys & Girls performance with the crazy water show and everything on stage?? She's wearing a pink feathery outfit, I think it was part of her MY STORY tour but I'm not totally positive on that. I've been wanting to show my boyfriend that performance forever but haven't found a video anywhere, lol

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Louass

Does anyone have any website with a video of Ayu's Boys & Girls performance with the crazy water show and everything on stage?? She's wearing a pink feathery outfit, I think it was part of her MY STORY tour but I'm not totally positive on that. I've been wanting to show my boyfriend that performance forever but haven't found a video anywhere, lol

It's definitely MY STORY tour.

[Katsuyuki012]

Originally Posted by Louass

Does anyone have any website with a video of Ayu's Boys & Girls performance with the crazy water show and everything on stage?? She's wearing a pink feathery outfit, I think it was part of her MY STORY tour but I'm not totally positive on that. I've been wanting to show my boyfriend that performance forever but haven't found a video anywhere, lol

I know it's not the one you want but it's also Boys & Girls and a big water show!!!

Also 'lol' to the video of Ayu singing ourselves! xD
I agree with all who love ASFXX Dome Tour 2001 / a-nation '08.
The Dome Tour performance of ASFXX is just... wow... You can easily feel this little girl who is singing out her emotions *-*

I also really love the Who... performamce during ASIA TOUR 2008 or SEASONS from the Stadium Tour!!!

BUT I JUST LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE OF ENERGIZE!!! It just feels so "Japan / J-Pop" for me:



Ballad's performance is also a masterpiece imo:



AND the last performance I want to leave here is this awesome performance of Memorial Adress!!! Her vocals are just AMAZING here. One of her best performances ever imo:

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Tio/Tayumi

AND the last performance I want to leave here is this awesome performance of Memorial Adress!!! Her vocals are just AMAZING here. One of her best performances ever imo:

It appears this is a compilation of different performances of Memorial address. However, it does feature clips from the best rendition she ever gave of it - that being her AT10 interpretation. I tend to lock into minute details of tracks when they are favorites of mine, and two of the parts I anticipate in her AT10 vocals are:

* How she says "度で; dode" near the end of the first refrain.
-- There's something so sublime about this. I think it's that she sounds so vulnerable here. Perhaps it's because it's very contrasting with the way she sings the lines leading into that small portion of that phrase; the former giving a sense of "THIS is what I wished!!" and the latter giving the impression that "... but alas, nothing can be done about it..." Like she uses all her might to shout how she felt at the time, and then crumbles to the floor at a loss and in agony for the fact that it's something she will never ever receive, no matter how loud she shouts it out now.

* The "whoa-oh" right before the guitars kick in.
-- I wish this was in the studio version. It's such a great tease and prelude to the anger that follows and takes the song into a completely different direction.

Honestly, this version is 1 million times better than the studio version. I actually don't think her vocals are all that pleasant on the album recording (at least in the chorus).

[Katsuyuki012]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

It appears this is a compilation of different performances of Memorial address. However, it does feature clips from the best rendition she ever gave of it - that being her AT10 interpretation. I tend to lock into minute details of tracks when they are favorites of mine, and two of the parts I anticipate in her AT10 vocals are:

* How she says "度で; dode" near the end of the first refrain.
-- There's something so sublime about this. I think it's that she sounds so vulnerable here. Perhaps it's because it's very contrasting with the way she sings the lines leading into that small portion of that phrase; the former giving a sense of "THIS is what I wished!!" and the latter giving the impression that "... but alas, nothing can be done about it..." Like she uses all her might to shout how she felt at the time, and then crumbles to the floor at a loss and in agony for the fact that it's something she will never ever receive, no matter how loud she shouts it out now.

* The "whoa-oh" right before the guitars kick in.
-- I wish this was in the studio version. It's such a great tease and prelude to the anger that follows and takes the song into a completely different direction.

Honestly, this version is 1 million times better than the studio version. I actually don't think her vocals are all that pleasant on the album recording (at least in the chorus).

I totally agree with you!!! Tbh when I listen to the studio version (which I rarely do) I'm always like "ew... yea..." because as you said I don't think that the vocals are very pleasant on the album recording!

Also I changed the link because I pasted in the wrong one, I'm sorry >.<

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I love the studio version. I think it best displays the fragility of everything right before the more rock part kicks in. Though this could be that more than anything I love the intro and outro of this song. I particularly like when songs begin and end with the same sound. SURREAL as well. It's a satisfying feeling for me lol.

Though I can't say I've ever been unhappy with a live version of it.

[EndOfTheWorld]

That Memorial address performance is so wonderful. Ayu really impressed me with that one. I think it is a highlight performance of her career.
I too feel like that performance elevated the song from it's studio version.

[BlackSilence]

i don't think there will ever be a better live version of MA than the one from arena tour 2003-2004. It's probably my favourite live performance of hers. It's the performance that made me want to "get to know her". I don't think anything will ever beat it.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

^ it's my favorite too. Everything after was trying to replicate that one IMO haha