| Tony G |
31st October 2012 12:51 AM |
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Originally Posted by isthisLOL?
(Post 2923958)
I will admit that I have only limited musical knowledge and have only taken music theory classes for a couple years in school, therefore cannot fully objectively judge music. I do have some knowledge in the area though, enough to tell that none of the songs on Party Queen is a bad composition or overly generic, but not enough to objectively call any part of it great. I have sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge in the Film department and Photography department, but those are of course irrelevant when only looking at the songs itself and only come into play when also looking at the booklet and PVs.
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I think you're on the money here - and also doubles as the reason why others didn't like PQ. For Ayu, it was quite an experimental album. But not a perfect one - sometimes the experimentation worked, and sometimes it didn't. It did what it set out to do right from the release of the covers - cause a little controversey and divide fans.
LOVE on the other hand, judging from the previews, is the total opposite of experimental. It has that "familiar Ayu" sound that many Ayu fans have come to love, regardless of whether she's done that sound time and time again. The Japanese fans love "familiar Ayu" and "familiar Ayu" is what sells.
But experimental Ayu initially created those traditional Ayu sounds - if it wasn't for songs like "M" (which were so different to her discography prior to its release), we wouldn't have got many of the pop-rock-strings songs she's released since then and become fan favourites.
I like a balance of both - traditional Ayu + Ayu pushing the boundaries of her sound. I think her output in 2012 has done that quite nicely. |
