Yay, a top mention for Takahashi's mambo. I like how high you set the bar for what you want to see when considering a great program.
I know why you feel that Yuzuru's PW "doesn't touch you". It's because the choreography is built to gain points technical points, not to reflect the music at all times. His footwork sequence has excellent highlights but as a whole is too constricted and overlong to truly embody this rock&roll music. The program has good opening choreography and a stunning Triple Axel, but the spins in this program are just thrown in. It breaks the demeanor that is trying to be expressed. He's trying to be "a rocker" but then he is suddenly doing a donut camel spin with soft arm movements and then randomly going into a weird sit-change-sit spin afterward. It has no choreographic purpose and goes against the music. His final combination spin is similarly awkward because of all the random positions being attempted. It does not express the hard edge and defiance of rock&roll music.
I know why you feel that Yuzuru's PW "doesn't touch you". It's because the choreography is built to gain points technical points, not to reflect the music at all times. His footwork sequence has excellent highlights but as a whole is too constricted and overlong to truly embody this rock&roll music. The program has good opening choreography and a stunning Triple Axel, but the spins in this program are just thrown in. It breaks the demeanor that is trying to be expressed. He's trying to be "a rocker" but then he is suddenly doing a donut camel spin with soft arm movements and then randomly going into a weird sit-change-sit spin afterward. It has no choreographic purpose and goes against the music. His final combination spin is similarly awkward because of all the random positions being attempted. It does not express the hard edge and defiance of rock&roll music.