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There's always a thin line between stating one's tastes and opinions with strength and being on the verge of insulting others. Your bit about blue was just one too many, it sounded like I or others were lame and couldn't spot what you noticed. I AM not the one who asked you to clean your ears or check your setup. But as you're bold I guess you found it easier to target a newbie rather than an established member? Am I right or am I right?

Now you're resorting to the usual tedious arguments: freedom of speech, being mature, blah blah blah...zzzzz what world do you live in? Debates, different opinion, disagreements always trigger some heat, except maybe in some Mangaland crowded with teddy bears and butterflies.

And you want to quit the forum for this??? I then recommend this French forum, it's safe: http://bisnoursuni47.xooit.fr/index.php.

btw you just listened to the concert halfway with audio and video not sync? My, I guess that on top of Blue there were other meatmurders.

*facepalm*

Why are you guys even fighting? Isn't this forum suppose to be about the concert and about hikki? you guys should just go wash you faces with intensely cold water and chill

As courtesy to the next user to comment, please maintain a fair debate on this.

No personal attacks.

I'm basing my opinion off of the first concert because I haven't seen the second one, and have no idea where I would be able to watch it :( . I was glad that she sang songs she has never done before, but I have to admit that her voice was not up to par. I don't agree that she sings better than most singers in America, but I can say that she probably puts more effort into her songs because she isn't in it for the money like most big artists are. Her vocals were damaged during the Utada United tour. Also, this was a very emotional tour for her seeing as it is her last for a while. I imagine her being sad, and when you are emotional like that, it is hard to sing correctly. She also has bouts of tonsilitis. This I totally can relate with as I have chronic tonsilitis, but still sing. It takes a long time to heal from it, especially if you refuse to get your tonsils taken out. As long as the tonsils are there, they will be a menace to the throat even if you aren't sick. This is just a speculation..I mean it could be anything, but you can't deny that there was something up with her voice. And yes...most of her songs are difficult to sing. She has said herself that she doesn't realize how hard her songs are to sing until she is done composing them XD

I loved that red dress she was wearing. Wasn't classy, but wasn't casual. She is just beautiful <3 And I love watching her talk..she looks so awkward XD Was there something wrong with her earpiece too? She was constantly fiddling with it.

I enjoyed it, but I really hope that she decides to take professional voice lessons so her vocals are not damaged any further. There really won't be a Hikki if she is permanently unable to sing :/

Is there any way I can watch the second concert since a lot of people are saying it was much better than the first?

The recording of the second concert is on the Media Bank.

I also noticed that she kept messing with her earpiece and even took it off during Beautiful World once she started that "whoa, yeah" part at the end. I wonder why...

Why the arguments?
Should we not discuss this in a more amicable manner? The fact that there are 2 parties arguing over whether she was horrid or not proves that her voice really wasn't up to par. No need to be so ticked off though because I'm sure we all did enjoy watching it despite the criticisms and we still appreciate and love her music. Just sayin'.

Yeah, what's up with her earpiece? She kept putting it on and taking it off throughout the concert. Maybe some technical difficulties or it was really uncomfortable wearing it.

During the performance of Letters, the first few seconds, it sounded really weird. Was it the faulty instruments or what? Sounded like a broken CD. Or perhaps it was some kinda effect did deliberately...

On a side note, the Namuro cover of Kettobase! turns out to be pretty good. I'm glad she didn't kill the song.

This is a forum....debate, discussions and even arguments are welcomed.
If we didn't want to discuss and argue stuff in this forum then it would just turn into one huge Hikki circlejerk.

I respect Amaterasu 's opinions very much even though we may disagree.

After listening to the audio from both concerts it's safe to say the girl still has it and her voice is actually sounding better then it did last year when I saw her on tour.

She may not be flawless in every performance and she may not be able to hit every high note perfectly like on the CD but Hikki is still an awesome singer and the best damn musician in Japan.

I am sorry, but what is a Media Bank?

I must find her songs! Thank you!

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When you're logged in, click on 'FORUM' on the top and then scroll down to 'MEDIA BANK', then click on 'Audio recording of WILD LIFE on Dec. 9th'. Not that hard to find once you're logged in, really. It's also on the front page right now in 'Recent Forum Topics'. :)