Close to you is one of my favorite Ayu ballads

but Two of Us is horrible imo :l

you have forgotten the lyrics, I think ^^

have you heard "ever free" in her vogue single?
this is one of my fave ayu's ballads.. :luv2
the remix in "SEASONS" single is nice, too

While I think that "ever free" is a little masterpiece, I can't say the same for "Two of Us", it's the only Ayu song that I can't even remember and I am glad it didn't make it to ASFXX. Close to you is ok, I don't skip it when listening to RAINBOW, but it's not among my fave ballads.

fixed it. i put the BALLAD romaji as jpopdream and deli because i believe i posted my romaji translation as well, and they were both the same, despite some of the spacing. hope it's ok now.

Two of Us is very realaxing, peaceful, quiet.. (imo)
I really can't find anything wrong with this song =/

I don't consider this ballad as one of my favorites but it's not too bad..

i adore ever free~ i would buy vogue just for that song

i can't remember two of us....and when i did listen to it....i never listened again~ i guess i'm not used to the style?

same here. i loooove close to you. Two of us isn't listenable to me because of her voice, but i do like the lyrics.

I didn't say it's bad (even though it's not good imo, so yeah it's kinda "bad" lol), just that no matter how many times I gave it a shot, I'd end up not really being interested in it, imo it's just forgettable:thud

Two of Us! I remember it!
I've lost interest in this song since.. the 2003, I guess lol.
Nice song but not one of her best :shrug

exactly! I find "teens" more forgettable lol
anyway, I totally forgot about "Sotsugyou Shashin" *_* awesome ballad, isn't it?

I loved teens, it's an amazing cover that totally did justice to the original (it's even better, though I find the majority of the TRF covers better).

I only recently heard Sotsugyou Shashin... and I really love it! Once you've heard it, it's hard to forget, isn't it? I like Close to you but I'm not sure if I've even heard Two of Us. ^^;

I think a couple people said they'd like one of the new songs to be a rock ballad, like Memorial address and at first I was like, "Yes! Exactly! Something like that!". But, I think I've changed my mind. I don't want something that's so close to Memorial address that the song loses its distinctive (imo) feeling. I feel like the rock element in Ma is there to represent the anger she feels but can't put into words against that person... so if these songs don't have any angry or negative feelings, then what's the point of the rock? Ah, that's just my opinion though... .///.;

So... basically, I guess I just want something completely different from anything? XD; Also, I can't wait to see the PV with the diamonds! *o*

Sotsugyou Shashin is a cover, so I tend to listen to the original...it is better than Ayu's version, sorry to say.

Mmmm it's a nice appreciation... really =)

Maybe rock doesn't fit sad feelings, but I still hope one of this ballad will be a dark one, like free&easy, marionette... and powerfully sad and emotional like walking proud or HEAVEN ^^

Well... I think i can't ask for a fusion of my favourite ballads XDDD

Personally, I think the song should suit the type of lyrics. We haven't seen the whole thing, therefore we won't know, right?
For example: Days lyrics were very sweet, and the instrumental was sweet so it made it very nice. Memorial Address had that rock, which really fit the lyrics. So in other words, if some lyrics will be dark, we might get dark. Sweet = sweet. I just hope it'll be epic, as it's the first single I'm pre-ordering from Ayumi.

NEW POST FROM AYU!!

She talks about a CM... I can't understand it well.. but I think it's for a drink... and that... the last time for this was when she was 22, that she had short blonde unkept hair with a band aid in the nose.... Here the original text:


OH WAIT! is she talking about thiis????

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2121/067g.jpg


She is going to shoot a CM for kirin Supli again???


And a new pic!!! efectively, she has dark, dark hair ^^!! Can't say if she has put extensions... but seems to be straigh and longer....

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/467...463290x300.jpg


^^

Beautiful pic :love

Probably kirin sapuri? *_* (I think it was a NEVER EVER tie-in).

Thank you! ^^

Ahhh! How exciting!

I wonder if she's just reminiscing about the CM? Though then again, that wouldn't make much sense, lol.

Her hair looks great!

i seriously love ayu's recent look. just beautiful :love