♥ Sunday, February 24, 2008
I wanted to sleep 3 hours ago but I couldn't, so here I am, blogging after watching what I believe is the most beautiful and touching live countdown ever by Ayu.
So, I just finished watching the COUNTDOWN 07-08 LIVE CONCERT (I know, I'm a late bloomer...) and my heart and mind are filled with numerous thoughts about... everything.
But before that, let me do a review of the concert first. You will be bored by this, I know but oh well...
00. starting over
01. talkin' 2 myself
02. STEP you
03. Ladies Night
04. fated
05. Together When...
06. decision
07. SURREAL
08. Bold & Delicious
09a. RAINBOW
-COUNTDOWN-
09b. RAINBOW
10. evolution
11. Boys & Girls
12. glitter
-encore-
13. untitled ~for her~
14. Sotsugyo Shashin ~acoustic ver.~
15. +
16. Humming 7/4
17. MY ALL
01. talkin' 2 myself
Ayu starts off the concert with this song... as expected it sounded really nice. She did the usual dance routine in the PV and all.
02. STEP you
Ayu appears again in this VERY VERY VERY CUTE school girl outfit!!! it's really adorable! She does the same routine at the beginning like the older concerts. Later on, at the end, Ayu disappears! The male dancers do their own solos with peco and princess (yuck) calling out their names. Then they point to a direction!
03. Ladies Night
Right at the other end of the place, we see the female dancers dancing and Ayu comes out! They just dance and sing the song. Ayu's voice sounded very unclear during the verses but it's prolly cos I downloaded the TV version. By the way, there was this fan that kept jumping and screaming... lol. Ayu then leaves and the dancers have a 'showdown'.
04. fated
A beautiful piano solo is played and accompanied by strings. A short video is shown on the screen. IIRC, it is the performance of part of Me during the ASIA TOUR... the video ends when Shu-ya and Ayu breaks off. Ayu then appears on the stage, singing fated. Shu-ya then appears and start dancing. The song reaches the climax when Ayu and Shu-ya hold hands, but they let go in the end. Shu-ya leaves...
05. Together When...
Looking at the direction where Shu-ya went, the first part of Together When... is played. She starts singing and walks across a platform to where the band and orchestra is at. The singing is spectacular by the way, and I shed ONE tear when she was tearing too... The song ends and there is a female dancer by some silk thing and spinning around/doing acrobatics. The performance ends...
06. decision
Just like the PV, the piano is heard in the darkness and the stage is lighted up suddenly when the drums hit in. Ayu is in a hot and tight red leather suit! She belts out decision with Peco & Princess (yuck)... and P&P ruined everything, seriously. The song ends...
07. SURREAL
Warning: this performance of SURREAL is Ayu's worst one ever, thanks to certain people. I shall be very rude and cruel towards them so... beware. OMG I HATE PECO & PRINCESS!!! What the hell? They were singing higher notes at some parts of the song and they're overpowering Ayu! They make her sound VERY flat! I really hate Peco & Princess! But the good thing was Ayu looked cool and she walked onto the middle during the performance and there was a raised platform! Ayu kept waving to the fans and she laughed at the last part... hahaha
08. Bold & Delicious
The dancers come in and Ayu belts it out... nothing really extraordinary about this performance but I was really high!
09a. RAINBOW
A special video is shown and Ayu speaks in English! She gives an overview of 2007 and they show many footage of her ASIA TOUR!
The stage quietens and Ayu is seen in another costume. The dancers carry candles in their hands and they do a dance... Very tranquil. Ayu starts to sing. And the dance was really good!
-COUNTDOWN-
Ayu starts the countdown! Glitter falls from the ceiling!
09b. RAINBOW
Ayu continues the last part of RAINBOW.
10. evolution
Ayu puts on a glitter hat and sings! The crowd is VERY HIGH at this point of time!
11. Boys & Girls
The audience gets even higher!
12. glitter
Lots of hand-wavings... haha.
-encore-
13. untitled ~for her~
Ayu starts to sing and she cries! I cried along too... this song is so touching!
14. sotsugyo shashin ~acoustic ver.~
Ayu sings again and this time she's more composed.
~Zin teaches the MY ALL dance~
This part, Zin comes on stage and teach everyone how to do the MY ALL dance! I was following the steps too! And Ayu was like LOLing throughout and it was so cute and funny!
15. +
The audience gets high again!
16. Humming 7/4 (I hate this song!)
Nothing to say.
17. MY ALL
Ayu starts to cry before she even sings... very sad and touching but Ayu tries to smile at the same time! The concert ends on a beautiful note... Ayu rocks!
So ya... my heart is now full of mixed emotions! Ayu has really taught me a lot of things! When I thought about my own 2007, and I compared it with Ayu's... I realized that mine was really nothing.
The loss of her best friend, the break up with Tomoya, the loss of hearing on her left ear... so many things happened in 2007 for Ayu. All that sad emotions, and the anticipation of her 10 year anniversary in 2008... I think that's why she was so emotional throughout the whole concert...
Don't give up, Ayu!
" 2007, a year has passed. We walked strongly.
And shared the pain, sorrow, and tears.
And I want to share the joy, and I wish you happiness.
I was never alone.
You were never alone.
Yes. We always stick together.
2008, a new starting point. Let's work hand in hand and with pride, heads up.
I still believe in love. Ayu."
- COUNTDOWN message... from Ayu
I can't disagree with what Ayu has said... yes, no one was ever alone! We were always by each other's sides!
Listened to music @ 3:05 AM
