wow, long psots, but I read them all...

about haters and all that... I also have things that I don't like, even if they aren't a lot. I don't like went people say sth bad just saying: this is the worst "......". PLAF. No, this is FOR you your least favourite of whatever. Reading things liek that, makes peopel that like it feel like we are idiot for liking it, or that we doesn't have idea of what is good and what is bad or sth like this. But as I also have things I don't like from AYu, I respect people who doesn't liek sth (though sometime there're users that don't like anythign, and then I wonder if they really like the Ayu we have now)

And also think what TH said, about the fact that 4-5 years after a release people like it more than before... I think it happened with Guilty... I remember that there was a lot of dislike for it, and almost in every letter for ayu for the AWIO book I saw Guilty as a favourite album XD (and I'm glad cause it's one of my fav XD)

NEXT LEVEL was really good for me at first, then feeeeelllll down a LOT, but today I was listening to it and I found myself enjoying the album a LOT! NL, sparkle, identity, rule, curtain call... I love them really ^^ I think after some time for one reason or another people will find NL as a great album (because they really love it, or because there are people who always find the last release as the worst of her career so the previous one automatically are upgraded XD)


oh lol, long post by me tooo ^^

Forgive me for long posts; I'm a writer, and when it comes to certain things I find words just spill out and I really would like to get my message across clearly, also without hurting anyone's feelings which is kinda difficult to do with few words.

I think that the time in peoples lives also helps whether or not they'll accept certain music right away. At a time where I was miserable I wouldn't be listening to a song like Sparkle, but that's just me. Maybe I wasn't at a time where I could listen to certain songs on NL. Different people then accept different types of songs at different times. GUILTY is considered a darker album to something like NL, thus people who are at their happiest don't tend to love GUILTY at that moment, possibly.

As for the haters; there are some that hang out here so often, and yet they have complaints about just about everything; it makes me wonder why they're here, or if they like Ayu right now or not. Difference of opinions is fine, but if all that can be said is negative then why stick around? Such opposite opinions of 'I absolutely hate it; it's the worst' and all that makes me appreciate polls because it's just a number I can ignore.

Amen! My thoughts EXACTLY! The NL tour was on par with the MS tour, and the ones in between fell wayyy short (expecially the Secret tour). Hopefully this tour and album will be on par with NL :yes

P.S. These last few post have been wayyyy to long for me too read :laugh

It shows; since your post just highlighted the point of a lot of what we were saying.

:headache

A nail! It was hit on the head. DIRECTLY.

-clang!-

It's a bit strange that posts that are only a few paragraphs long are "too long to read"... I mean, what happens when you have to read a novel/book then? -shivers-

I guess that's kind of why I ended up making this for someone, but I don't think I'll ever use it, haha.
http://i48.tinypic.com/1zwz2m8.jpg

This has actually happened about 3 or 4 times in the past. Someone would come up and say "Dude, your posts are too long. I really hate NEXT LEVEL compared to ________!" and then that'd be what we were talking about in the long posts... -blinks-

It was like an ironic moment in a movie! It couldn't have happened any sooner!

It's shocking really; we need to stick around and listen to their blunt and negative opinions, but opinions of other people are ignored because they're 'too long'.

Hm, random think to be "on topic" about, but I just realized a while back how easily "Rock'n'Roll Circus" could be switched around letter-wise to be read as "Rick'n'Roll Circus"...

Wait a minute.... did she just... hahaha.

^ thanks for just ruining the entire album for me

:laugh

Thanks, I'll be here all week. Try the veal, haha.

I'm on this Ayu listening marathon until the album comes out... I should watch the CMs for the songs we know of so far on the PS3 [HD .ts files!] too...

LOL

Haha, I need to do that too. Thing is, I don't have any of her albums in my Ipod :eviltongu Need to get to downloading!

saved :D lol

The prize campaign is also on neowing (CDJapan) just that neowing announced it and it's not on CDJapan yet (but it's the same thing anyway)

They have 150 prizes!
You might win 1 if you pre-order Rock'n'Roll Circus or/and ARENA TOUR 2009 ~NEXT LEVEL~ A or/and the Limited Boxset (even though they wrote that they apologize in advance since it already sold out lol).

http://www.neowing.co.jp/rcms/jpop/h...ign201004.html

The deadline for the prize campaign is 7th April so you have to pre-order until then if you want to enter the lottery.

If there are additional things on the page someone wants to translate you're welcome!
I wrote just the things I understood from my Japanese. ^^

so,this is the lottery thingy hmv had also?150 prizes only?

Yes.

I pre-ordered first day, so now it's up to luck :D Though when the pre-order for a single of a jrock band I want to order I may consider getting the CD Only version also, just to have them shipped at the same time.

I'm hoping and praying for a MY STORY-esque 17 tracks for this album; however, if there were any CREA compositions, I could definitely settle for only 14. haha...I know it's unlikely but that's my wish

Aren't her lotteries usually like 250 prizes? 0.o! It seems so limited, and it kinda stinks that people who buy just the DVD will be entered in the lottery of Rock'n'Roll Circus prizes :/! I asumme the stuff is going to be related specifically to the album so it seems a bit weird to me :headache

Some CREA tracks would definitely be interesting; considering I've loved most if not all her compositions, I'd love it if this album had some.

My sentiments exactly. haha