Ayu 50 singles live digest
Jul. 16th, 2013 03:10 pm1. Poker Face. I really love this song. And wow you can see how much a of a gal Ayu used to be. This full GALS! type gal, with the 60s style neon pink dress and white boots.
4. For My Dear. Simple Ayu. I know Ayu concerts are all about the over the top pagentry, but sometimes it's nice to see her stripped down and simple, just a woman on a stage with a microphone. A microphone covered in crystals.
6. Whatever. Ayu in full on Eva Peron revolutionary general get up, being carried on two uniformed dudes shoulders.
7 & 8: Two sit down acoustic performances. She sounds great.
9. Boys & Girls: Shouty hyped concert Ayu. I really don't like her with jet black hair.
10. Monochrome. Still one of my favorite Ayu songs. On stage, Ayu sings in jean shorts and tank top, while above her, a woman in a white empire gown does some sort of Isabella Duncan interpretive dance. I don't even know...
10. Too Late, Trauma I forget this backup dancers name, but I always loved him!
10. End roll: What ballad would be complete without a jeweled headdress?
11. Appears. God I was so obsessed with this song in college. Ayu in a seafoam green dress and pink roses, dancing with a turquoise costumed matador with red stockings.
13. Fly high. Oh god the bright pink plaid suits.
14. Vogue. Full on Chinese dress with stereotypical chinese braided bunhair. And huge fans. Uh...
15. Hey, i think this one is from her 2000 concert,which was my favorite ever!
17. Surreal. The male back up dancers appear to be wearing pimp style fur coats?
18. Audience. I don't even know what's going on here. Ayu appears to be wearing some skimpy gold armor like Gallaxia from Sailor Stars. And the male backup dancers and shirtless with huge feather head dresses. Are they supposed to be Native American? Brazilian? Aztec?
19. M. Another of my fav songs. Why have a ballad with a fancy white headdress (this one is dripping with pearls) when you can also have a huge diaphanous white train carried by 10 backup dancers?
20 Evolution. Simple cool Ayu. Black fedora, black lace dress. Nice.
21. Never ever. Satin corsets, black lace fingerless gloves and a cage. Because all ballads are more effective when sung from a cage.
22. Endless Sorrow. Rocker Ayu with black hair and black leather studded collars and cuffs....on a cross. Rocker Jesus Ayu?
26. Free & Easy. Another favorite song. Even the silver spangled top hat cannot subtract from how moving this song is. Or the back up dancers in tux and canes like Fred Astaire.
27. Hanabi. Ayu always has the prettiest fancy dresses. This song also contains one of the best lines she every wrote, in my opinion: There never comes a day where I remember about you because I've never forgotten you for a moment.
29: Ourselves. Uh...red, metallic...I take back what I said before because this literally looks just like Gallaxia's outfit. With an S&M hat.
30. Forgiveness. Now this is an Ayu concert. Live orchestra and Ayu in a huge ballgown made of pink silk roses with a skirt that takes up most of the stage.
31. No way to say. A tiered ballgown of bright pink, yellow, purple and blue ruffles. This skirt literally takes up the whole stage, looming behind her towards the stagelights above in a frightening mass of multicolored ruffles.
33. Game. Ayu in white showgirl feathered skirt, male back up dancers in S&m leather pants and criss-crossing leather straps over their naked torsos. Huh.
35. Step you. The male backup dancers have huge sequined numbers either pasted or painted on their naked chests. I don't even know how they did that. And here I was thinking Ayu's pink and black lingerie (teddy?) was cute.
38. Bold and Delicious. Live gospel choir.
38. Pride. Uh...it looks like a very dramatic Gautier fashion show? Or something?
39. Born to Be. Ayu swathed in a huge dress made of huge red silk roses...while the dancers cavort below in that Aztec/Brazilian/Native American headdress thing... Wait.i think it's a NEW one. It seems to be made of grass, sort of like a hula skirt worn upside down on their heads?
40. Blue bird. Thank god. Pig-tails, jeans, and a white t-shirt.
40. Glitter. Glittery silver sequin fedora, tie and sleeveless shirt. For once, it makes sense, because of the song title.
43. Mirrorcle World: Sort of like the Eva Peron get up from earlier, but with a full length pewter colored sequin coat.
44 Days. Our first kimono, so far. A bright red and black kimono. It's actually beautiful.
47. You were. Ayu in a white dress, while her back up dancers, also in white, act out the song (?) in a dramatic dance as white flower petals ran down and white smoke wafts around them.
50. Virgin Road. Fittingly, Ayu in a wedding dress, with female backup dancers as bridesmaids. (I think?) As the organ kicks in as the song ends, the background turns into a huge stained glass church window.