Thoughts on COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 Anniversary

[Raiu-Ayu]

I just finished watching the show and I thought it was really good. Yeah SURREAL was a little off but the rest was good.

RAINBOW now has a whole new meaning to me. You don't know this but I lost a relative last week to cancer and she's been suffering for a long time. But ayu's New Year message and RAINBOW really got to me. I was sitting crying for about 10 minutes. I don't think that there has ever been a song that affected me like that before. Now I love RAINBOW even more

[Bad Wolf]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I uploaded it on veoh. It's up at the clip download thread.

Can I nominate you for sainthood? I DL'd it already from Bittorrent, but I have a friend that will be very appreciative.

[Diana]

startin over - nice intro.. loved the lights

talkin`2 myself - the outfit is cool awsome like the pv~ and fire!! yeah

STEP you - omg!! so cute! and ayu looks so young o_o And love Gomi with glasses~

Ladies Night - loved the dancers!! that`s the best intro/outro and everything.. and the stage on the end of the catwalk is cool~

fated/together when... - a little boring :/ she didnt sound good to me...

decision - ok. I HATE PECO AND PRINCESS NOW! THey sound horrible! And the outfit is horrible just because it`s so shiny

SURREAL - my fav, but sounded bad and weird..

Bold & Delicious - fun song I liked it

RAINBOW - finally!! and great timing for countdown .. and she continued after, so sweet!!!

evolution - she sang with a little cuter voice.. nice nice ^^

Boys & Girls - ... watashi tachi nara!! *everybody sings* .. kanojo tachi nara!! *girls sing* ^^

glitter - she missed lyrics!! second chorus the end she says "daijini shite" instead "sagashini yukou" and I hate when she sings wow wow wow >_<"

untitled ~for her~ - I cried already when she said the title. i started to cry when ayu did.. on the second chorus i was dead! sorry, i`m too emotial now ;_; and I think her voice was the best in this song

COREOGRAPHY - Ayu... I think you should stop laughing and let him explain finaly ... no waaay.. she kept laughing (oh well, and I would too)

+ - sweet!! good for a change to sing with the audience la la la la c`mon!

Humming 7/4 - I love it because it`s hyper and audience sings! And why did she start to laugh?? I think somemone was messing with microphone settings, Ayus voice was vibrating too much lol ^^ It was fun~

MY ALL - SO COOL!!! I tried to follow the dancers, but I messed up.. forgot >_<"

Well.. it isn`t one of my favs, it was nice She chose the right song to finish the performance... Aaaand.. I noticed that on MY ALL one guy was singing with Ayu, he downloaded the album!! And he was the only one who knew the song.. wow

[DestinyWishes]

I don't think the vocals were as good as usual, especially on Ladies Night, but they're still good, untitled~for her~ was beautiful, I felt sad when Ayu cried, I wonder why she laughed on Humming 7/4...

[elepop]

Makeupless Ayu is pretty!

Anyway, I haven't seen the concert yet. The file is too huge. I'll wait for someone to upload it somewhere so I can stream it instead.

[erin1m]

I just noticed Shuya is totally crying in MY ALL right before she starts introducing the dancers. I wonder if it's his last concert with Ayu, or if he's just being weird.

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by HikkiMadness

I don't think the vocals were as good as usual, especially on Ladies Night, but they're still good, untitled~for her~ was beautiful, I felt sad when Ayu cried, I wonder why she laughed on Humming 7/4...

Probably it's because a TV Version. Anyway CDL isn't usually about vocals. Most have average vocals. DVD's always have their audio enhanced. Anyway this is one of my favourite from the CDL series. Usually they have just singing and little dancing but this one seems to include more features in it which makes it pretty interesting.

I'm pretty much hating PECO and Princess though. Their vocals are like those of banshees and it doesn't sound exactly pleasant to the ears...

[Bad Wolf]

^ I finally understood why some people don't like Peco and Princess after watching this. I don't know if I'd call them banshees (:X!) but it's like.. all they do when a song isn't on is go OOOH, AHHH, YEAH YEAH, WHOA WHOA and how freakin' useful is that? I can't help but wonder how these women feel, being the random noise chorus for Ayumi Hamasaki.

So I guess that... my only suggestion in regards to that would be getting two new chorus girls--hell, some of those dancers sounded like they could sing D:

The vocal quality wasn't the BEST during this show but this is hands down THE best Ayumi show I have ever seen. There was so much emotion, so much passion--2007 has been quite the year for Ayumi, ups and downs, and you could see it on her face, you could hear it in her voice, and just FEEL it, even through the screen. I can't imagine what it must have been like BEING there with her on either night.

I think my only complaint was the SURREAL performance--it just seemed random, haha. She hops in a cherry picker and.. waves at the crowd. Weird..

I wonder if it's his last concert with Ayu, or if he's just being weird.

Maybe Shuya saw that Ayu was upset, too, or knew something more about what went into writing the song? Ayu was honestly a teary mess during that song, and I couldn't help but cry at seeing her--maybe he's sappy, too!

[Raiu-Ayu]

Originally Posted by HikkiMadness

I wonder why she laughed on Humming 7/4...

Cuz she made eye contact with Zin and probably thought about the MY ALL choreography part

[ayufan89]

Peco and Princess's vocals were so horrible during decision, it did not complement ayu's voice at all. Anyway her vocals were just way bad during the songs she performed in that red costume. Especially Surreal.

But other than that, I love the choreography and setlist. Ayu seemed very happy during the encore session. The costumes were pretty except for the encore costume. :X It made ayu look bloated.

Lovin' the ballads section, fated and Together When.. were just so emotional.

[chocopockymaster]

Her dancers have a tendency to cry during her last songs too. Shuya's cried before. I finally saw the whole concert...I absolutely loved it! Definitely my favorite CDL. I can't wait for the DVD. <3 She looked very classy throughout the whole show. Loved the outfits. <3

[PrincessAyu]

she's SO lipsyncing in STEP you. Her vocals are so blah in talkin 2 myself ..... she couldn't possibly sing STEP you the way she did live. It's impossible. Seeing this concert confirms her time is over. It's all bland and boring now. She's done everything like this already. Custome stuff, dancer stuff, everything. I'm bored with her.

[Yoake]

It was a good cdl!

Do you think that Ayu wanted to be more close with her fans? With the stage in the left side, the elevator in right and the stage in the bottom of the room?

[4ever*ayu]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

untitled ~for her~ - Just the title makes me want to cry. It sounds like Ayu was hesitant... when she said she was gonna do the song.. strings ensemble is back and she's in her tour outfit. The performance is very HEAVENesque at AT06. Her eyes are closed... is she seeing Natsuki? She's starting to cry. OMG SHE'S CRYING A TON. D: She almost stopped singing because of it. Some of the notes are kinda weird cause they're high, but OMG. She's so SAD. ;_;. I want to hug her. I can tell she's singing her heart out to Natsuki. I hope she heard Ayu's loving voice. Wow, she just finished and she looked up into the sky and kissed upward. What a touching gesture.

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I haven't seen MY ALL in its entirety, till now that is. I didn't notice that she was crying so much o_o;
I think she's crying more in this one than any other performance where she's shed tears..

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

I downloaded the untitled ~for her~ performance because I really REALLY wanted to see it, and I was in tears before the performance was 2 minutes in. Oh my god, it was so sad.

Originally Posted by Huaka

But oh man, the Untitled ~for her~ performance got me real good, it was so sad. I cried too. She looked very depressed and pained when she started introducing the song. >.<. I've never seen her cry so much during a song.

Originally Posted by Diana

untitled ~for her~ - I cried already when she said the title. i started to cry when ayu did.. on the second chorus i was dead! sorry, i`m too emotial now ;_; and I think her voice was the best in this song

Was it really that bad (i mean the ayu crying part)!?
i really can't stand when saw ayu cried, it made me cried even more ;_;

Originally Posted by PrincessAyu

she's SO lipsyncing in STEP you. Her vocals are so blah in talkin 2 myself ..... she couldn't possibly sing STEP you the way she did live. It's impossible. Seeing this concert confirms her time is over. It's all bland and boring now. She's done everything like this already. Custome stuff, dancer stuff, everything. I'm bored with her.

It's not necessary to post false thoughts about ayu here, and i think you're so wrong!!

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

@PrincessAyu:then gtfo of the forum if you don't like.

I loved it!
I want the dvd!

[SunshineSlayer]

I loved the concert and set list. My favorite part was Step You/Ladies Night.

The only bad part of the concert was Surreal - OMG Ayu please tell me you are still able to sing that song properly.

Oh yeah and I've been saying this for years - get rid of Peco and Princess. Somehow they managed to be even worse than usual in this concert. I don't get it. Ayu actually had GOOD backup singers durring the A Ballads period and then for no reason we get these 2 banshees.

[Huaka]

I don't get where you guys are going on and on about her extremely terrible vocals. I was watching the concert with my very high quality headphones and she sounded fine. Just lower, and some missed notes for songs periodically.

[octocoffee]

^ Mm, I agree. It sounds different from her studio versions, but they sounded nice all the same. Now, to talk about some more clips I've seen.

decision: Ayu sounded awesome--but PECO and Princess tore out my ear drums and crushed them with their wailing vocals. But Ayu's outfit and hair and Yo-chan's pretty hair made me feel better.

untitled ~for~ - Vocals were fantastic. I know I could never sound that good while I'm crying. I was crying along with her, she was tugging my heart that hard.

[PrincessAyu]

you all have sausage in your ears. xD she sings terrible. I decided it's better to watch SURREAL in A Museum than in this new cdl

@ nippon: I can be here if I want >_> there's others who also think she sounds off and they use less words. XD

@ whoever said about false thoughts: how can my own thoughts be false o-0? Compare this cdl STEP you to the arena tour STEP you. It's THE SAME.

Originally Posted by octocoffee

decision: Ayu sounded awesome--but PECO and Princess tore out my ear drums and crushed them with their wailing vocals. But Ayu's outfit and hair and Yo-chan's pretty hair made me feel better.

Yes Ayu looked great there didnt she and Yocchan too <333

the background vocals are............ *earsbleed*

[ComatoseBunnySnatcher]

Originally Posted by PrincessAyu

@ nippon: I can be here if I want >_> there's others who also think she sounds off and they use less words. XD

well, if all you're going to do is complain, why bother?