i can't believe i like a ballad more on a single as opposed to a dance track, but Alive is just amazing.

me too

somemore I love that getup going on in her in the PV , no not the one of her with the feathers on her hair LMAO , the other one , the one of her in the black outfit & blonde streaks

the end of Physical thing somewhat redeems the repetitiveness of the song, i hope she'll do something cool in the lives for it. however, the fact that it's so repetitive means less replay value before i get sick of it. Alive is just :heart though.

I agree... ALIVE > Physical thing imo... well maybe this isn't the full version (though I think they are) or maybe a 320kps version or something would make the beats hotter lol. It still is a hot song though.

haha yea. because by then, at least there'll be more images to the song. I'm looking forward though. I feel that have potential to have great PVs

both songs are :luv2
i love Alive, this song is totally precious :weep but Physical thing... :love VERY HOT KUUCHAN! :luv2 cant wait for the PVs, especially for Physical thing OMFG *oo*

I like both songs but yea, Physical thing is quite repetitive, I love the ending though

Alive is really beautiful but I wish it had more of a climax?

im fall in love with Alive!! her voice so beautiful also the instrument to!!

I like the full version of both songs!
I'm quite happy about the end in Physical thing, cause i thought it will be not that good!
Alive is still perfect!!
I don't know if someone can say: Oh Alive is too short! xD
I mean it's perfect length, if it were longer i think it would getting boring like faraway (that's why i listen to faraway ~short ver.~ cause it suits the song so much better)!

Oh wow great idea, cutie!! :yes
So i do the same and it's my new PS3 Wallpaper! :laugh


Guys my inspiration today was on a high level so here are 4 new Kuu Lessons!
Enjoy! :D

LESSON #31:


LESSON #32:


LESSON #33:


LESSON #34:

:yes i agree. i can't wait for the instrumental too!

i surprisingly like "alive", and i' glad it's not long, because it'd be more slower and dragging on if it was longer, lol. but i love "physical thing" despite the repetiveness :love

HAHA Gubsi loved lesson #31 the most! You are a Kuu-angel!

Kuu #33 was good

Do my eyes deceive me or is she getting h***ed d**** ******** here?

I censored it cause there's children in this forum too ^^;

you might wanna try to hide that GIF in a spoiler tag as well, lol. censoring those words aren't enough :laugh

I was on youtube, and I found this. It's the 2 Alive / Physical thing songs, so if you don't want to DL, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn79igu2z9I

The songs sound amazing!!!
As many said Physical thing is a bit messy, but Alive sounds absolutly amazing!!!

I don't know why but it reminds me of My heart will go on, the Titanic song~
But Alive is better in my opinion:yes

LoL
Oh you need to fix the spoiler thing! :laugh

OMG ストロボ・EdGE!
Did you never see the SHAKE IT PV from Kumi? :thud

So i have question to all of you:

DID YOU SEE KODA KUMI'S SHAKE IT PV?

for "YES"


for "NO":

gubbbbsi how could you put the fart station poster next to the holy kingdom!

^ OMG LoL! xD

Cause it was the only free place on my walls were no poster is! :laugh
Edit: And she's my favorite singer after Kumi!
I like "Fart Station" alot, even with this ugly cover! :laugh

I have not, but now I want to XPXPXP

Oh no! Haha, fixed.

"Alive" sounds like a very warming ballad. I'm not a huge fan of "Physical Thing" though, I feel the original version by British singer "Nosheen" sounds better.

Anyone posted these yet? Not quite sure. AN09 pics:



Hair is a mess in the last 2...its like NEXT LEVEL all over again x_x

i seriously can't stand crimped hair lol
and the pastel colors.. i can't wait until she grows out of them

^Bone

All i can say to kuu in those pics is :thud

:roflmao

lesson #31 scares me in a way , I can't imagine if that were to happen in real life @_@

@Gubsi :roflmao #31 & #33 win!!

thanks DEEP RIVER!
i love both outfits!!

BEAUTIFUL, STUNNING, ETC. i am shaking and crying at how cute she is
and don't compare the ecstasy hair to next level's.. theyre not even alike. theyre just crimped. ayu's looked like a horrible afro

lol i actually really like what she is wearing, especially the blue one :lech

she needs to get rid of the crimped hair though!! it reminds me of bindi irwin :freak

LMAO.

That PV is teh sex. <3 Is it just me, or was she a lot curvier back then?

lol i agree!

she looks amazing as always! :luv2

the crimped hair is awful, why couldn't she keep the extensions like in the picture with misono? it looked so nice.

More A-Nation pics... ;)



Credit: Sankei

she looks so cute n fit... no wrinkles or any signs of aging. beautiful :heart:love:heart

hehe her shirt says prom queen

Gubsi you are so cute, I :heart U!

Thanks for the a-nation pics, she looks great imo!

By the way...

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1050000-l9.jpg

I've been noticing that dancer on her right for a lot of her lives now... he's so hot... anyone knows more about him? He's my cup of bossa nova tea. :yes

LOL her facial expressions...

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...1050000-l9.jpg

and she looks like she's going to fall :O

that is shinnosuke

OMG you are angel! Thank you!

I tried googling "koda kumi's dancers" to get his name and all I got was this...:



EDIT: Thanks to Lee... I managed to find more information on Shin-san!

Bad news:
He's 38, married and has children. :weep

Good news:
He's 38 and still looks so hot and is still dancing actively with Kuu!
He also choreographed many Kuu songs including JUICY & TABOO (my 2 favs).

http://i26.tinypic.com/xeewx4.jpg

:heart

And if anyone needs to see his awesome dancing... here's a compilation:



Sorry if I'm being random & creepy.

haha XD that isn't shonnosuke, that is sexnosuke :laugh

^ Heh heh, agreed, 100%!

Ah yes..sexnosuke.

:luv2

:thud

maybe bc it's not a bone.. it's how the light is hitting her leg, you can see it in one of the ecstasy pics too.

:yes :shughug :roflmao

i may be late to listen to alive/physical thing. all i have to say is ...pretty damn hot! i love both songs, one of my faves from her this year indeed ^^

so i just got back from my super awesome vacation in lebanonnnnn!!!! and were already in the 90th thread???? OMG :thud
so,,, could anyone please tell me what did i miss? :P

When was your last day here?
I don't know what do you already know! XD

Alive/Physical Thing, her new single, is out 09/16, covers and full songs are out, TRICK tour was broadcasted by WOWO, release date was announced for 10/21 and her a-nation setlists and pics are also out, you can see the pics in the last pages.^^

Kuu looks great in those pics!
But I don't like the crimped hair, too.

OMG THE SINGLE ALREADY LEAKED????? thankyou for the little summary corvina :glomped so there are vids of her tour?

You're only 11! Lol.

I really like the Ecstasy dress (can it be called a dress?) she wore. It's a good substitute for blue tape. Still hot though.

I wonder when will Koda learn that she just doesn't have voice for this kind of ballads. Alive is boring just like stay with me or kiseki. I don't remember Physical Thing anymore...

omg not kiseki :( that's one of my favorites. stay with me can go die along with ai no kotoba tho.

i'm really glad she doesn't sound like she's straining her voice in Alive and there's no engrish :yes

kiseki is her worst ballad. Nothing interesting happening in it, and Kuu sounds really bored. Sry Kuu </3 stay with me was more interesting.

worst kuu ballads:

1. ai no uta
2. ai no kotoba
3. stay with me
4. Candle Light
5. MORE

...imo.. unless 'milk tea' is considered a ballad i'd replace MORE with that

best:
1. hands
2. magic
3. yume no uta
4. you
5. aisho

:yes

Best Kuu Ballads IMO
1.) Moon Crying
2.) 1000の言葉 ～Alternate Orchestra Version～
3.) you ～Piano Version～
4.) come back
5.) 秘密 (Is that considered a ballad?)
Runner Up.) Pearl Moon

Worst Ballads IMO
1.) 奇跡
2.) hands
3.) Through the sky
4.) 愛のことば
5.) you (didn't really like the original mix of this)

omgah have you even read the lyrics to "hands"?!? :shakehead

well here's mine

BEST
-hands ♥
-yumenouta
-stay with me
-hana
-moon crying.

WORST
-ainokotoba
-KAMEN
-taisetsunakimie
-come back <-- her voice is all screechy and ick.
-faraway

i probably did this wrong though, i'm just doing it from whatever comes to my head.

^ eeeww KAMEN is such a bad song :eviltongu it ruins the whole second session album :no

I'm just wondering about the Taiwan trip in October...is she about to fly JAL when she goes to and from Taiwan for the two concerts there?

LOL i agree. that and "a whole new world"

Best:

1. Ai no Uta
2. MORE (if not balld, replace with Unmei)
3. hands
4. Kiseki (is that a ballad, if not Yume No Uta)
5. Moon Crying

Worst:

1. KAMEN (Worst Kuu song to date IMO)
2. 1000 no Kotoba (never liked original mix)
3. you (Ditto)
4. Ai no Kotoba
5. Faraway

Runnerup: A Whole New World

My top 5 ballads of kuu are:

1. you
2. Rain
3. Your Song
4. yume no uta
5. Pearl Moon
-------------
6. ai no uta
7. 1000 no kotoba
8. walk
9. taisetsuna kimi e
10. Someday (it's a mid-tempo ballad)

I haven't read the lyrics. But lyrics usually do not save a song for me. hands is so boring.

I like Ai no Uta, Moon crying, stay with me and... that's all I know of Koda's ballads ( :P ).

@JackieRos: you know it would be better, instead of just yelling at the person, to actually explain to them why not, or how not to, if they're doing it because of quoting.

Let's See...my top ballads are...well actually the only ballads I really like...

you
Aisho
Ashita E...
Pearl Moon
Hands
Believe
Sen no Kotoba ~Alternate Orchestra Version~
feel :P

I don't really know how many of them suck, as I don't listen to some of them often...but I think I would be safe in assuming that KAMEN is the worst.

I also thought MORE was kinda cool because it's in that old style.

i know right.
the kumi solo version is listenable, but the guys name is so ugh i hate it.

it's a really emotional song, you MIGHT be able to appreciate it more if you read the lyrics.

a whole new world was just a limited bonus track, so i don't really... count it as an official song from second session. just sayin :shrug

Some kind of discussion about the favorite songs, huh? And what about the Taiwan trip? What airline is she taking? I'm just curious...

i doubt anyone knows just yet lol. when is she going? omg i hope i get first press so i can watch her LIVEEEE on my computer screen

Okay, moving on from ballads.

What are your favourite and least favourite Kuu PVs.

Fav:
ECSTASY
Lick me♥
JUICY
TABOO
show girl
BUT

Least Fav:
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (It's Okay, I Suppose)
That Ain't Cool
Hashire! (Okay)
Anata Ga Shite Kureta Koto
WONDERLAND

Top 5 Kuu Ballads:
1 - Always
2 - 愛証
3 - Dear Family
4 - MORE
5 - walk

Worst 5 Kuu Ballads:
1 - KAMEN feat. 石井竜也
2 - 1000の言葉
3 - come back
4 - Moon Crying
5 - stay with me

LOL I use to agree with you.

i love the most ballads of her. they are so beautifuuul :luv2

TOP10:

Taisetsu na Kimi e :heart
Saigo no Ame
Alive
Yume no Uta
Hana
Promise
Moon Crying
Candle Light
Rain
Futari de...

and much much more :love

^:yes MOON CRYING wouldnt even be her fan if that song didnt exist

I'm not enough of a fan to make separate lists for ballads and stuff.. don't know enough songs :laugh But here's my Koda Kumi TOP 5:

1. TABOO
2. ECSTASY
3. I'll Be There
4. But
5. Butterfly

It's probably a strange top 5 but I don't know all of her songs (yet ;) )

^i love all those :luv2
but for me its BUT > Ecstasy

My top 5 would be:

1. Moon Crying
2. Black Cherry (From Kingdom)
3. TABOO
4. JUICY
5. Yume no Uta / Futari de (equally)

you know, i had Alive on repeat all last night, and by the time i went to bed, i was really sleepy, lol. i think the song got me tired :laugh but i dunno why, but i can't stop listening to the song. it's just so pretty sounding. i can't believe i like this ballad more than Moon Crying :tipsy

anyway, my top 5 kuu ballads:
1. Yume no Uta (:luv2)
2. Hands (:luv2)
3. Pearl moon
4. Taisetsuna Kimi e
5. walk

that's all i can think of right now :P

my top 5 ballads change all the time... however hana and yume no uta are the two i'm really into at the moment. i found a brand new appreciation for yume no uta after hearing the two songs that it supposedly plagiarized. hana is an almost perfect ballad... powerful without being overdramatic. the climax is amazing.

i really can't stop listening to Alive... her voice sounds so good in it and the arrangement is beautiful. Physical thing is still OK, but Alive totally outshines it. it's b-side quality, but i hope the quality of the PV will warrant it having one.

My fav Kuu ballads are:

Yume no Uta
Ai no Uta
1000 no Kotoba
Futari de...
Tsuki to Taiyou
hands

and that's all i guess.

BUT is a ballad? Maybe I'm confusing it with something else; in the PV was she being tempted by several women and here was an African-American girl that stood out, that's BUT right?

I thought it was more like TABOO.

yeah, that's the one. i wish the PV had actual dancing in it instead of just horny movements. neither of the two dancers in the video were very attractive, either.

the making of it was pretty funny, this is what she said about the african-american girl
"BERY SOFT TO TOUCHING MOUSE"

^ haha I loved that

I love almost all of Kumi's ballads :heart

Yume no Uta
you
Promise
Unmei
Ai no Uta
walk
Moon Crying
Saigo no Ame
Aishou
Believe
hands
soo many more <3

Hahaha I'd love to see the girl's reaction. "Your mouth was very soft to touch"? <-- Even in more normal English its funny (in context).

omg i think you all have forgotten the new song in best-bounce&lover-

i really love the first track, is it called ashita e? thats the best ballad from kuu!

yup Seb it's Ashita e ...

it's a great ballad :D

:yes you are right my friend and have ace taste

I'm late on this... But I watched the first part of the TRICK tour and SHAKE IT's performance is EPIC! <3 The poor fangirl was crying and Kuu kept asking "Are you ok? Are you ok?"! :weep I NEED THE SECOND PART!!! ; ;

my favorite ballads: hands, taisetsu na kimi e, moon crying, believe, ai no kotoba, promise, ai no uta, yume no uta / futari de.., candle light

i hate kiseki and kamen :headache

These are my favorite Kumi ballads.
- "walk"
- "pearl moon"
- "Magic"
- "Unmei"
- "Yume no Uta"

my fave kuu's ballads:
1000 no Kotoba, Believe, Hands, Unmei, Aishou, You, Promise, Taisetsu na kimi e, Always, Ashita e, Pearl moon

the least one:
walk (stop singing this song kuu!); anytime, your love, hearty, 24

Does anyone have a MF link for 'Aisho' PV, 'ningyo-hime' PV and 'Love goes like...' PV in MP4 Format, for my iPod.

problem solved !

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67642

it's basically her whole PV discography you can find there

^ the links are dead

then I suggest you PM milky_way to fix the links because I don't have the PVs in mp4 format

I can rip them for you, just tell me your resolution, 320x240, 640x480 or different? I have some Ipod option in my dvd ripper (I'd also love to try the h264 codec, which makes awesome quality with small size but dunno if Ipod plays it)

Ningyo Hime h264
Ningyo Hime standard Ipod

Favourite Kuu ballads (excluding Alive which I still haven't heard fully):
1. Kiseki/Promise
2. you
3. 1000 no Kotoba ~alternate orchestra version~
4. Yume no Uta
5. Aishou

Worst
1. KAMEN
2. 1000 no Kotoba (original mix)

Best PVs
1. TABOO
2. JUICY
3. you
4. Selfish
5. Promise

There you go. ;3