No way! I never knew that there are actually people on earth who dislike STYLE! :thud
STYLE is her best album. All the tracks are really great, especially the single tracks.

Here's a preview of the February issue of Sweet:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0128232313.jpg

That's all I could find... :innocent

her Sweet hairstyle reminds me of Cinnabon - possible future tie-in? LoL

i love her hairstyle in that pic :love

Here's a bigger pic of the February cover of Sweet:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...2009/cover.jpg

Thanks for the bigger pic! She looks so sweet in that pic ~

^ haha good thing the magazine is called Sweet <3
i love the previews~ she looks gorgeous~

The preview was so aborable.

Yea, I've come across a few people who dislike STYLE or find it only ok.
I can only think of my song off the top my head that I don't care for, "Wishing on the Same Star".
Talking about this, I want another shine more or Fish.

She looks very "sweet" in the magazine cover, hehe.

A lot of people may not like STYLE because it has so many genres packed into it and it doesn't flow as well as her others. Regardless, it's got some great songs!

Also: It's been confirmed that Namie is not going to release a new single until the end of her tour, so you may proceed in slitting your wrists now.

in an alternate universe, the Supermonkey's would be an all female J-rock band, LoL

one more:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...918d543054.jpg

I love the Sweet previews! She looks great.

Here's a bigger pic of the preview I posted yesterday:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0128569463.jpg

I like the green outfit better... :yes

She's lost her neck. :no

^ At least she's a pretty neckless woman.
The green outfit is much better than the pink one.

@acougan
Namie is good at playing drums.

The like the green outfit pic more ^^

very pretty! :love

Those scans are gorgeous! She's sportin' green better than Ayu hahaha.

http://forums.thelifestream.net/Smil...kiemonster.gif You can try to collect all of her stuff, and then listen to what you already have a million times until you get sick of it. Then you can listen to them again.

But srsly, she's on a roll with her tour and I'm happy for her! :love

she looks so cute :heart

>14 months between her Single's release date! let the speculation of her impending retirement commence, LoL

anyway, i'm hoping her Single has already been recorded. maybe her management company is planning some tie-up/promotional activities for after the Tour?

BAH HAHAHA!
:roflmao :roflmao
OMG so true

oh.. Namie looks good in both outfit.. sweet!

My favorite preview of February issue of Sweet:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0128857331.jpg

her face looks tired/dead but i love what she's wearing

Nice to see the lower part of her legs!

That dress is gorgeous! I love her!

lolz? r u serrious?
that face is HER SIGNATURE FACE@_@ OMG! A COOL FACE, NOT LIKE NORMAL GIRL OUTTHERE WHO ALWAYS TRY 2 BE CUTE!

:luv2 i absolutely love this pic, namie looks gorgeous~ but don't really like the bun as much~

haha, she has a lot of practice over the years to do the "cool-cold" look. the funny thing is she can do it at ease in front of the cameras but will fail horribly if she's expected to look "cool" while maintaining eye contact - e.g. all those NGs for RS PV scene where she was handing over the cassette tape :p

The more I look at it the more I think she kind of looks like she has to pee... lol.

can anyone who understand Chinese do me a favor?

i found this Chinese fansite but i can't seem to navigate to download any videos? must sign in to Yahoo 1st? care to guide me? the videos i'm looking at:

http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/amuronami...v=-1&next=2663
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/amuronami...519&l=f&fid=35
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/amuronami...1&sc=1#yartcmt

HQ scans of 'Sweet' are up at NNN

Oooh JACKPOT! I wonder why other people except the Chinese weren't able to get a hold of the a-nation performance. adasdas, someone better tell us how to get those videos! There's a lot I wanna see/download :D

thankyouuuu!! she looks supersweet :luv2

i think the webmaster just post screen-caps at the blog

http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/amuronamie-mido/

maybe video sharing are done in their private Yahoo TW Club?

http://tw.club.yahoo.com/clubs/AMRmidoloves/

not sure if they'll entertain requests from outsiders......
anyway, all those screen-caps are quite amazing. so many screen-caps of old and rare vids!!


the infamous Taipei Airport incident:

Thanks! I've been waiting for these.... I wonder if anyone could make me a wallpaper? I dunno if this is the right thread to be asking but... I would appreciate it ^^;

Agh. I saw a little footage of her walking with her hands covering her face but not to that extent. I need to see it. :( BB don't cry...

Thanks fo rthe whole scan. The green outfit is still my fave.

does anyone have a video of that news report?
and i forgot, but what happened again?

^she showed up at the airport (after her Taipei 04 concerts) and her bodyguards weren't there yet. the paparazzi reporters and crazy fans swamped her and she hit her head on a glass pane or something.

haha, some of Taiwan fans are really hardcore. check out http://www.youtube.com/namieken.

he uploaded some clips from Aug 2001 when she visited Taiwan and the reception she received. (her BTR 2001 Taipei dates were canceled last minute due to typhoon season)

ow, my ears hurt @_@ the screaming @_@

did namie hurt her hand really bad? and witw! why weren't her bodyguards with her >_<
this happened in 2001?

^ i don't think she was hurt badly - she was just shocked by the unruly crowd.

haha, even at her peak with millions of fans across JPN, her JPN fans never behave like that. i think JPN people are too polite and organized to disintegrate into a swarm even when they spot a favorite idol in the vicinity.

Maybe her bodyguards were on a different flight or something? Fans can be pretty crazy sometimes.

lol i guess the taiwanese fans were too excited to see namie @_@ she didn't have the same problem when she went in 2008 right..or 2007..um, for the PLAY TOUR

I'm not sure which video it was, but the one I watched had a lot of screaming so I had to turn it off ^^; I didn't see Namie get hurt though...

i can't find much footage of her '08 arrival and departure scenes but i think everyone learned to control the situation better by then.

i did find this collage clip



http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3...ap68427ki5.png

the Pink Panther cosplayer/crazy fan is awesome!

Wow, some fans are really crazy ... 0_0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L4PvG12chc

^its a parody of Stop the Music PV. click at your risk :P

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG LMAO XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
lol thank ya you made my day loooool

LOL, OMG, that's so funny... :D

That parody is awesome!

I lol'd. XD

LOL that's funny! Reminds me of the guy that did a parody of Kuu.

now that's what I call a fan xDD

did you notice his nipple at 1:13? xDDD

He has a pretty nipple.
The guy reminds me of the Nocchi impersonator.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that xD

BTW Here's the original for those of you who haven't seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUzEYYlhUZ8

The parody is eerily similar. =P

LOLO! Hilarious!!!

OMG...is that from her Dance Tracks days? :thud I remember hating that song! Now I just find it adorable. XD Jeez, she looks so different now. :dead2

Yeah she does! But she still looks so fresh and young it's hard to imagine that she's been around so long sometimes...

Maybe she's not really human...

wow didn't see that one coming

Credit: UH+ @ JPM

I want another What a Feeling... I wonder if she's working with Vidal Sassoon again... :luv2

Niceee so this will probably be released in May when BF tour ends?

I'm hoping for a ballad or even a mid tempo ballad like Baby Don't Cry. But not two ballads Namie~ yay for this being double A side :heart

Namie's an alien? That explains her ageless beauty, beautifully long hair and sexy slim figure even after child birth....

er... news about an upcoming double-A Side is good :)

but i like buying her Singles to get the B-Side. A B-Side not found in albums make the Single worth having e.g. i don't really like FT as a Single but likes Darling much more

i just remembered that she started her Tour Dates again yesterday. still got 37 shows to go!

hope some new photos will pop up under auctions.yahoo.co.jp

waiting for the feb performances in yoyogi stadium. hope that will be video coverage of it this time round unlike play tour... >_<

haha xD
The Curious Case of Namie Amuro

lol? She looked younger as she ages?? :lech

A new single! Finally, it was about time :innocent
I hope there will be more news soon ... (please not a ballad *:meditate*)

What?! O_O the new single? YES! *____*

i'm thinking Avex will release the new single + Tour DVD together come this May/June. more cost-effective to promote 2 releases together.

Namie-san, please pose with Koto & Gat-Chan on the Single's cover. I'm hoping for CD only (with Koto) version and a CD+DVD (with Gat-Chan) version, LoL

LOL, Namie's an alien!

Yay for new single!

37 shows? xD; Does she do this 7 nights a week? hahaha

That woman is like an oiled machine. It surprises me she hasn't fainted yet 0__0
I admire her :yes I really do.

^ She seems like the kind of person who rests well.... I think that has a lot to do with it. Unlike Ayu who doesn't know what SLEEP is xD;

I think her son probably helps keep her grounded.

i'm excited for a new single omg. i want more details!

She's not that old. xD

Hoorah, new single!

She's never shown a picture of Haruto. She put a lawsuit against a photograher for taking a picture of him. I think she won it.

My thoughts exactly. That's what keeps her so humble, and down-to-earth. I just love watching interviews with her, she seems like someone I could actually talk to.

OMG best news I've heard all day, a new single, I'm so preordering!!!

I'm glad Japan respects the privacy of their celebrities...

^ :yes

Unlike here where tabloids pay millions for celebrities' baby pictures. :rolleyes

Can't wait for the single. <3

Yes, new single!! ^^

Seriously, it's just baby like every other baby. Nothing new about that.

O YAY! new double a-side..her last single was June?..i cant remember. lol

I was very shocked to know that Namie was 30 years old when I first found her but my fandom began when she had turned 31.

I also asked one of my friends about Namie's age and showed her newest picture of our beloved superstar she said she's 25. I said "no, actually she's 31", and my friend looked like O__O. She couldn't believe it. :'D

A new single? \o/ Absolutely awesome, I'm gonna get that one then. <3

// Wikipedia says that the single is called Pegasus/Kami, which probably isn't true but I wanted to share this with you since it's so hilarous. :D

There's a space on Vidal Sasson site for a new Tie-up =D

This must be something great... I loce this vidal-amuro thing ;D

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gh0Z3CeXWs...g/s400/tie.jpg

To see this, acess Vidal.jp, then click on Special

Pegasus sounds funny LOL. Ahh, I'm fine about the single as long as it's not going to be realised in Feb / March because I have enough releases to make me bankrupt already :thud