An excellent CDL! The set list was excellent and the performance of RAINBOW right before the countdown was perfect! I really liked the stage layout and Ayu's costumes and hair were adorable. I felt the choreography in this concert was very well rehearsed too! Well done Ayu!
Ayumi Hamasaki Count Down Live 2007-2008 Anniversary Customer Reviews
Ayumi Hamasaki
Well, i like some Ayumi's works (my favourite CountDown Live 2005 - 2006)but this is horrible. Very simple and in some parts of the show i think she doesn't want to be there. Ayumi's career is going down...
I thought it would be better, for her 10th anniversary's live. It was not as exciting as expected. Really simple, she does some efforts to be closer from the public, but this is awkward. And the show is less interesting than the "My Story" live, or the one of Misunderstood. She had great spaces, and did not use them as much as she could have, and I spent my whole time wanting her to go in the secondary scenes, and to talk more to the public. This live is more of a Marketing product than a True Ayumi's work, to me.
What a great show! Like Mika (reviewer below), I saw the track listing and was unimpressed. I only bought it because I almost got to go see the concert and wanted to see what I'd missed. Wow was I wrong!! This has become my favorite Ayumi video. Everyone's performances were really good! The choregraphy was soooo cute and executed soooo well!! I can't stop watching this one.
I fail to find the words to describe how excellent this concert is. At first I thought that the tracklisting was nothing special, mediocore old stuff at tops with just a couple of newer songs, but after watching the show I had to change my opinion. Ayu's presence and her energy with her amazingly talented band and dancers give the audience again an unforgettable experience that stands unique among other artists around the globe. She did it again - rocked my world.
This is a DVD which to me is really worth getting, not only for Ayu's amazing live performance in a concert, but because this is the beginning of an end. The beginning to start a new year; the end of another year; and also the end of Ayu having to hold back the fact that she has lost hearing in her left ear. On a musical note, the tracklist of this concert is great featuring newer tracks from her latest album GUILTY as well as some older songs such as RAINBOW, STEP you and Bold & Delicious. The performance that I would recommend is untitled ~for her~ this is a very emotional song bringing not only Ayu to tears but perhaps her fans too. This is a must-buy, please order your DVD today.
Hallo! Erster!!! Freu mich schon auf die DVD! Ayu ist einfach der Hammer! Was die in so kurzer Zeit auf den Markt bringt *verneig*. Mata ne, ayu-tenshi