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山本_passion wrote:
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Chris85 wrote:
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Shurikid wrote:
Well, this was pretty fantastic. I love how comprehensible and collected Hikki always is. She really thinks about everything she's going to say- it's like she's composing lyrics on the spot and she wants to make sure everything is just right before it exits her thoughts. Probably wouldn't hurt to mention she's gorgeous.

Also, someone mentioned her vocals for the live concerts being "fixed"- I could be wrong, but I honestly don't think they are. I just think the sound quality is a whole lot better. Makes a difference. Then again, I'm among the people who honestly didn't feel she put out a bad vocal performance during either concert. So call me apologetic.

Of course (and thank god!) they're fixed, I've got an ear for such things being singer myself but I agree that 09 was much better

her vocals actually were fixed. If you listen to the Dec. 9th recording of Niji iro basu(the performance they used for the Documentary) where she sings "Everybody Everybody, Everybody Everybody" she missed the notes sometimes, and they basically fixed that part up. Also, in Prisoner of Love(from Ustream) they fixed up her missed notes. So in each performance in the documentary from Wild Life, she hits every single note because they fixed her vocals. I wish they wouldn't have done that, but oh well. She sounds fine without her vocals being tampered with.

I'm not sure what constitutes being a singer, but given that I've taken vocal lessons and have sung on stage I'd say I'm not exactly unfamiliar with this subject either. I still hear mistakes in her vocal performances for every video shown in the documentary- she's still flat on all the same notes as in the recordings I have, it's just that it's easier to hear her enunciation and her voice seems a lot stronger because the audio is actually picking up the majority of her singing, whereas the Dec. 8 and (unofficial) Dec. 9th recordings both are very low quality (particularly the latter, which makes it that much harder to judge considering that seems to be where the video footage comes from) and therefore drop a lot of her vocals. "Prisoner of Love" in particular is one I was paying a lot of attention to because I felt it was the weakest song in her entire set and I expected that if one song was going to be remastered, it would be that one: yet I didn't hear any alterations to her voice. All I heard was the HQ audio capturing certain lost notes that, in the low-quality recordings, sound as though they had been dropped by her. "First Love" is also exactly as I have it in the low-quality recording, note for note; listen to how she slides slightly off-key (and back on-key) at "Itsuka darekato mata koi ni ochitemo" and tell me they wouldn't fix that on what might as well be her name-sake. Again, I'm willing to admit I'm wrong if it comes out that these recordings were actually fixed up, but as far as I can tell the only difference between the recordings is that her pitch and voice seem a lot more stable because of the difference in audio quality. In reality, the higher quality audio is probably a lot closer to how she actually sounded in concert.

I'll have to compare the NB recordings again, but I didn't her anything particularly off even in the initial recordings so I'm not sure what you're talking about. Also, I hope I don't come off as confrontational. I'm merely sharing my opinion; I understand that yours are just as valid and I want to say that I respect them fully. :]
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Posted on: 2011/1/17 14:13
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     Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! 山本_passion 2011/1/11 16:15
       Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! cube 2011/1/11 17:49
         Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! 山本_passion 2011/1/11 18:19
           Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Camfans59 2011/1/11 18:56
             Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! a_kikoo 2011/1/11 19:14
               Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! soulhunter14 2011/1/12 3:24
               Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Camfans59 2011/1/12 12:08
           Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Kumachang 2011/1/12 12:42
             Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! 山本_passion 2011/1/12 15:28
               Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Mark 2011/1/12 15:37
                 Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Kidd 2011/1/13 11:22
                   Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Kidd 2011/1/13 11:26
                     Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Mark 2011/1/13 18:31
               Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! cube 2011/1/12 17:03
                 Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! 山本_passion 2011/1/13 18:43
                   Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Kidd 2011/1/14 7:12
               Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! SwallowTail 2011/1/17 4:50
     Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! a_kikoo 2011/1/14 10:48
       Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Mark 2011/1/14 12:22
         Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! cube 2011/1/14 14:16
           Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Mark 2011/1/14 15:05
             Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Chris85 2011/1/15 4:16
     Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! a_kikoo 2011/1/15 4:20
       Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Chris85 2011/1/15 4:24
         Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Chris85 2011/1/15 4:36
           Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! soulhunter14 2011/1/15 4:54
             Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Chris85 2011/1/15 4:56
     Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! irbk 2011/1/15 5:03
       Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Chris85 2011/1/15 5:14
         Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! soulhunter14 2011/1/15 5:41
           Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Chris85 2011/1/15 7:08
             Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! prshr 2011/1/15 7:12
     Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! 山本_passion 2011/1/15 7:56
       Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Kidd 2011/1/15 7:58
         Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! jjgufi26 2011/1/15 9:30
       Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Chris85 2011/1/15 17:46
         Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! 山本_passion 2011/1/15 20:34
           Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Chris85 2011/1/15 20:52
             Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! soulhunter14 2011/1/15 22:12
     Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! cube 2011/1/15 10:20
       Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! claza 2011/1/15 10:58
         Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! cube 2011/1/15 11:11
           Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! AY04 2011/1/15 13:00
             Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Mark 2011/1/15 15:16
               Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! hikko 2011/1/15 15:31
         Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! prshr 2011/1/15 18:32
     Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! lumad 2011/1/16 3:24
     Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! a_kikoo 2011/1/16 6:09
       Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Camfans59 2011/1/16 12:05
         Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! Somejuan0 2011/1/16 16:31
           Re: NHK Preview!! Clip of Hikki singing Goodbye Happiness! a_kikoo 2011/1/16 16:36
     Re: NHK Docuementary Q 2011/1/16 20:05
       Re: NHK Docuementary Shurikid 2011/1/17 2:03
         Re: NHK Docuementary Utadist 2011/1/17 2:48
         Re: NHK Docuementary Chris85 2011/1/17 5:34
           Re: NHK Docuementary Shurikid 2011/1/17 14:13
         Re: NHK Docuementary 山本_passion 2011/1/17 9:42
     Re: NHK Documentary - Utada Hikaru Ima no Watashi cube 2011/1/17 15:54
     Re: NHK Documentary - Utada Hikaru Ima no Watashi lumad 2011/1/17 17:18
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     Re: NHK Documentary - Utada Hikaru Ima no Watashi Q 2011/1/17 23:57
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