Kajiura Live Vol.3

[Alphard Sokaina]

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Funny thing about that, artists tend to repeat their most popular songs.

that's not surprising, but why not choose different songs and make them popular too?

 

[Dys]

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Funny thing about that, artists tend to repeat their most popular songs.

that's not surprising, but why not choose different songs and make them popular too?

Because playing songs at live concerts doesn't tend to make them popular, not only that, but if you play too many less popular songs at a live performance, lesser fans who don't know as many songs will have a problem with it.

A lot of people are shallow like that, they'll gauge a performance, not on how good it was but on how much of it they recognised.

It tends to be the case that when artists perform live so infrequently, as Kajiura does, they go with their more mainstream and popular tracks because they don't want to risk upsetting the majority of their viewing audience with unknown tracks or unpopular ones.

Also, you'll note that a lot of Kajiura's work has no vocal and she makes a point of employing only the vocal tracks in her lives, which, unfortunately, removes a lot of her music library.

 

[Alphard Sokaina]

all those things you mentioned are quite obvious. but won't the audience be tired of listening to the same songs every live? I'm talking not only about those people who go to Kajiura's concerts, but about those who buy and watch her lives on DVD. I hope Yuki takes it into account and there will be more never-played songs next time

 

[george1234]

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Also, you'll note that a lot of Kajiura's work has no vocal and she makes a point of employing only the vocal tracks in her lives, which, unfortunately, removes a lot of her music library.

Yes and that's a shame :X

Instrumental tracks are as lovinly as the vocal ones, and its them that make her musicians really "front band member".

Also there are more popular song of Yuki than these.
And anyway buying DVDs with the same performances while paying the same money as they were new , sucks

 

[Dys]

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Also there are more popular song of Yuki than these.
And anyway buying DVDs with the same performances while paying the same money as they were new , sucks

Realistically it's the same regardless of what artist you're listening to. It's following a basic formula. I agree with you but it's just not how they seem to do things in "the industry".

Many many bands and artists will often repeat the same works over and over. For instance (it's not quite the same but) Metallica have done many live DVD's and I always see at least half of the tracks they play are repeats of previous DVD's or recorded live performances.

all those things you mentioned are quite obvious. but won't the audience be tired of listening to the same songs every live? I'm talking not only about those people who go to Kajiura's concerts, but about those who buy and watch her lives on DVD. I hope Yuki takes it into account and there will be more never-played songs next time

I would imagine so but that being said, I know that if I were to go and see Yuki live, I would most certainly want to see them perform songs like Houseki, Mezame, Salva Nos or Canta Per Me. There's something at an actual live performance that can't be beaten regardless of how many times you've seen it on DVD or listened to the original. The Question of whether you would enjoy it in person is irrelevant, if you like Yuki then the answer is probably yes. These questions really apply to the people viewing at home and buying DVD's.

Artists tend to play to the audience they can see.


Let me add: I actually agree with you guys, I'm just saying, these are reasons why it doesn't always happen.

 

[Crion629]

As far as I know, at the concerts they've published on DVD, they've exhausted the list of songs for all of the FictionJunction vocalists with the exception maybe of Yuuka Nanri. As they release more singles, I'd expect that they'd start adding those to the list of performed songs.

 

[Nick Hunter]

No, because we still don't know what the hell they're laughing about during the MC's.

I thought I could guess some points during Vol2, seemed like Yuki telling the audience how she had first auditioned Keiko or how Keiko had tried to play the violin.

 

[il0vesunfl0wers]

Even if they repeated certain songs on every Live, there's something new/different about it than the way it was played/sung before. I noticed, for example, that Mezame on Vol. 4 is a lot livelier because the drummer is different (he really spiced up Parts 1 and 2). Koichi also played the guitar a little differently at times, so I really enjoyed that. I like to see how certain things have improved or if there were little nuances between performances. For me, I don't mind watching Mezame and Yume no Tsubasa again.

I agree, if you were there at the venue to see FJ, it's all about the experience anyway, so even if certain songs are repeated on the set list, you're bound to have a lot of fun because of the energy around you. I can see that when you buy the DVD's it might be unfortunate, that is if you think that you're just watching the same thing again and don't necessarily care for the nuances.

 

[Maha Jyotiṣa]

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Even if they repeated certain songs on every Live, there's something new/different about it than the way it was played/sung before. I noticed, for example, that Mezame on Vol. 4 is a lot livelier because the drummer is different (he really spiced up Parts 1 and 2). Koichi also played the guitar a little differently at times, so I really enjoyed that. I like to see how certain things have improved or if there were little nuances between performances. For me, I don't mind watching Mezame and Yume no Tsubasa again.

Aren't those differences a little too irrelevant? Honestly, even they re-use same songs for the lives, but it is better if Yuki could re-arrange them, or at least use something different. Change singers or instruments, maybe?

and that's the reason why I love seeing Björk's lives (Yeah, I promote her again, sorry if it is boring). She has used different instruments for every tour she had. One time, she used strings instruments, other she used brass, and another she used choirs.

Okay, Yuki doesn't have time to make all of that happen, does she?

 

[Nick Hunter]

and that's the reason why I love seeing Björk's lives (Yeah, I promote her again, sorry if it is boring).

Bjork doesn't even need to be promoted. Though I don't listen to her much, I respect her a lot(don't mind me, there's a lot of musicians I consider great and respect a lot but which don't often get into my playlist that's an issue of mine).
Alternative arrangements would be great, thouh I'm actually content with some tewaks Yuki made about studio versions (like I said before, the live version of Everlasting Song is fantastic to me, and Godsibb is extended just fine). But I guess once she has tweaked the studio version, she doesn't tweak it anymore from live to live. That would probably be confusing, especially during a tour.