ayumi hamasaki 『Just the beginning -20- TOUR 2017』~II~

[AyuGAME]

very short setlist, like TA tour

looks like she reduce lot of circusy performance, she even not doing any aerial performance

its more like vegas show now.

[rikku1994]

Who cares about the setlist, but how was her voice? Did she as bad as the last time she was on Music Station or was her voice ok?

[Norrel]

Originally Posted by rikku1994

Who cares about the setlist, but how was her voice? Did she as bad as the last time she was on Music Station or was her voice ok?

Her voice was surprisingly great. I think after the CDL, this was a huge improvement! Ourselves was very good. The new version suits her voice well.

[llamatsuri]

Just on the train home now! And yeah I thought it felt a bit short too. Also I got excited because I thought we were getting SURREAL by itself but then the dreaded surreal evolution surreal happened. It has to die .

[Aderianu]

ourselves


WARNING / NEVER EVER / Because of You


Virgin Road / Walk


my name's WOMEN / appears


Fly high / UNITE! / talkin' 2 myself / Mirrorcle World / Voyage


ENCORE

[AyuWorld]

Originally Posted by Yoake

I like the setlist




La victoire de Samothrace but the one Ayu is using is different from the Louvre's one.



It's nice that Ayu is getting inspiration from art. When I saw her insta's pic I was wondering if she only took a picture in front of the Louvre or if she really visited it as I never noticed that she had an interested for that.

thank you for the name, and yes at least I can say that did have a tour inside the Louvre

Originally Posted by Deep snow

I can't actually this was inspired from her visiting Paris, since, you know, The Last Supper is in Milan (wait, didn't she go there as well recently?)

yeah but you can see it in the Louvre too,a copy I guess and the ori version in Milan

[Chris85]

Ourselves audio.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUCO9HGFTiv/
Warning audio
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUCQN5tlTL5/

[Aderianu]

[YUKARI]

Originally Posted by voguehoney

The show has finished

00 DOME TOUR 2001 Opening
01 ourselves
02 WARNING
03 NEVER EVER
04 Because of You
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05 Pieces of SEVEN
06 Virgin Road
07 Walk
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08 my name is WOMEN
09 appears
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10 Fly high
11 UNITE
12 talkin' 2 myself
13 Mirrorcle World
14 Voyage
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Encore part
15 Moving' on without you
16 SURREAL ~ evolution ~ SURREAL
17 Boys & Girls
18 Who...

End

it's not like I don't like the set list... it just looks so usual... kind of disappointed

[Aderianu]

WARNING audio
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUCQN5tlTL5/

Because of You audio
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUCRCoRFGTY/

[FoxyPinkGirl]

What was the opening/Ourselves like? For me, nothing tops her CDL 06-07 version. That was sooooo amazing lol

[Katsuyuki012]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUCMDHRlvGY/

Fly High Video

[dreamalley]

Timmy looks hideous! :\ Whyyyyyyyyyy

I'm glad there wasn't aerial performance or anything.

The Virgin Road dress is so boring. If she was going to recycle anything, she might as well use the dress from the 15th anniversary A Best Live.

The setlist really feels short. And it has none of my favorite songs. I'd be disappointed if I'd bought a ticket.

All in all it's as basic as I thought. Considering there was little time to plan it or rehearse it.

[maxikot]

Because of you is better than CD but still so so. I like what I'm hearing in ourselves and the video of Fly High is so positive! Makes you want to be there, so close to her and she sounds good there too ^_^

[RealLight]

I'm just surprised by Virgin Road, the rest of the setlist I was already expecting to be boring.

I wonder if S~e~S was cut short / had new arrangements.

[!Lawi!]

The opening was fucking incredible, and the end when she gets crazy with the -tari parts all the dancers were pounding on the table, I loved it!

Like it was said, no wow moment, except for Walk which was a nice surprise. It definitely feels like there's more coming! The vocals were pretty good, it's my first time seeing her live but it wasn't much different from what you get on DVD. Warning was terrible though, but it's such a fun song I forgave her ahaha.

I got slightly bored during MNIW/appears, because that's where it really felt rehashed to me, but other than that I'm so glad I finally experienced all those songs live, Fly high and evolution and so on.

I haven't watched the CDL so this might no be new but I found every part really... sexualised ? The costumes weren't exactly covering anything, and most songs had a pretty dark/sexy undertone (the hearts mirrors in NEVER EVER I think are supposed to be windows showing off prostitutes, a guy cleans one at the beginning of the song, or the statue everyone is talking about in the video is actually a demon kissing a woman/angel, can't remember exactly).

Overall: very good concert for me, amazing experience, probably going to be super boring on DVD if nothing changes.

^S~e~S wasn't shortened, I couldn't say for the arrangements though but it didn't feel different (I was too excited, I probably wouldn't have noticed if she did a bossa nova version Ahaha)

[dreamalley]

I guess the only inspiration Ayu got from Paris was the Moulin Rouge...

[SunshineSlayer]

I'm happy to see Virgin Road and Walk in there. Otherwise the setlist is pretty meh. I think it might be shorter to help save her voice over the many shows. I also have a feeling that some songs will be changed at each date.

The costumes though; why? Why over the last few years does she keep wearing things that are not very flattering on her body. She isn't chunky, but she wears things that make her look that way.

[Evan Odinson]

Setlist is good, but really common, hope to see some changes by 2nd chapter.

[Norrel]

Originally Posted by FoxyPinkGirl

What was the opening/Ourselves like? For me, nothing tops her CDL 06-07 version. That was sooooo amazing lol

It was epic! I had chills running down my spine.

The opening was very much almost like a funeral? They were leaving roses for Ayu in the middle of the stage at the end of the catwalk. Very gothic almost. And then all of a sudden curtains raised, we see The Last Supper-esque scene, and Ayu looking fierce, and just suddenly goes right into the new version of Ourselves.

I can't wait to see it on DVD if they film it.