OMG my kumikuu family <33 i missed you guys :cry

I LOVE EVERYTHING KUMI HAS DONE THIS YEAR <3 She and Ayu are rocking my music world :heart

OMG YOU'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i was just talking about how much i missed you in one of the threads!

:heart :heart :heart :heart :love :love :love :luv2 :luv2 :luv2

welcome back, Cherrim :heart :3

Scan of SKY! TV Guide cover (Gossip Candy era)
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1979/img463z.th.jpg
credits: Lidayu

^ thank you! I don't like the hat, but her expression is interesting. btw, where is the picture on your signature from?:)

^^Thank you darling!! <3

Omg she looks so hot there..

btw Tsubasa is your avatar from a-nation?? Is the performance out? :O

:O juuuuuuiiiiiiiicyyyyyyyy <3 I MISSED YOU TOO!!!

<3 <3 :D

:heart

it's from kuuchie 2011 calendar (;
you can see previews here: http://rhythmzone.net/koda/goods/100927.html

Perfectt <3 That was amazing :| Thank you!!

SO SWEET!!!!!
I bet this is a leader of TGS on her audition 4 years ago!

thank you!:D uh, I love the pic in the middle..

Still no UNIVERSE Tour. Shipping is so damn slow.

Am I the only one that loves Megumi no Hito? :O

heck no, that's one of my favorites!

:heart ラヴ・イズ・オーヴァー
:heart SWEET MEMORIES
:heart 言えないよ
:heart 0時前のツンデレラ
:heart め組のひと
:heart BE MY BABY
:heart 小さな恋のうた
:heart I Love you, SAYONARA
:heart Swallowtail Butterfly ～あいのうた～

^:O I love SWEET MEMORIES TOO! :heart Hell, Kumi did 0時前のツンデレラ better than her sister! :laugh (Though, it sounds slightly like Yume no Uta! XDD)

my favorite is probably Sweet Memories but I love pretty much the entire album. I was really surprised at how good it came out!

^ Didn't you think Swallowtail Butterfly was rather, well, flat compared to how she's sung it live before? To me at least it sounded like it had no emotion whatsoever. Boring even.

Yes, I actually like her live version better, but I love Swallowtail Butterfly in general.

Even when Chara sings it? xD I love her, but her voice is an acquired taste.

Yuup, I adore Chara's version too but I prefer Kuu's voice.

I even like Seiko's SWEET MEMORIES too, but Kuu totally dominated that one too.

I was watching a live Namie did way back when covering SB and she sang it exactly like Chara... Kuu did at least definitely make it all her own. Like not only with the instrumentation, but the way she sang it, it was as if it were her own song, almost like the whole composition was slightly changed but enough to notice it, which is something I like to see in a cover. Too bad she sounded as if she was falling asleep when she recorded it though.

Damn I still haven't listened to the cover album. :D I was too tired yesterday to make myself do that. >.< Today I have to for heaven's sake. <3

I really love love love the album.

And the best songs are 6,7,8 and 11

and the rest is great, too!!

Love is Over and Red Wine are a bit slow though:-D

I agree, they both has their own style to sing the song.

I really need to listen to 小さな恋のうた for everyday now, the song is just awesome, so sweet so emotional

Well its a cover album that has had little promotion. It has no PVs, no singles, and she's performed like twice on TV promoting it so let's be glad it sold as well as it has.

the quality between Juju cover album compare to kuu cover album is kinda far though IMO...
Juju pick almost all million seller song, the arrangement is so beautiful, her voice is so great, the modulation is so amazing...
no wonder that Juju album can sell very well

Well I'm a little bit disappointed with the sales,too, but I think the album is gorgeous and I can't imagine a better cover album so it's okay anyway.

And sales aren't that improtant since Kuu is nearly always in the top 3 so no worries as long as the quality is awesome as it always is when Kumi releases something =)

小さな恋のうた is the best song on the album so far... I love it!

Kumi's still at #2 today

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/

but not that much of a big drop which's good :)

weekly music dvd sales

*1 47,190 *47,190 倖田來未

it's very low for Kuu's standard.

yay no big drop :hi5 , Hope juju is not taking her place tomorrow

UNIVERSE DVD should have sold more since it was so epic lol :D But I'm happy she got the top spot. <3 I'm also glad that there's no big drop between today and yesterday. Her sales are pretty good so far. Maybe there'll be a boost for those one of these days? I hope so. <3 Everyone will love her goddess-like vocals eventually. <3

Today DVD Sales

#1 ＫＯＤＡ　ＫＵＭＩ　ＬＩＶＥ　ＴＯＵＲ　２０１０　ＵＮＩＶＥＲＳＥ :heart

I'm glad Eternity's sales didn't drop that much, but... WTH is up with UNIVERSE O.O

Kingdom and Trick both sold 100k+, right? And this tour blows those two out of the water (at least IMO XD. At the very least it's not WORST), so this is kind of a big drop. I could've understood like 75k... meh... at least I can enjoy it XD

^ back to #1?? that is soo great

^^ I think it's because she released too many stuffs + event (sukide3x, universe dvd, cover album, billboard live + goodies)

@ Jia Rong - yay this should make a lot of people happy , especially for Ileana xD

I will post the 5music preorder link for the UNIVERSE DVD as soon as it's up

it should be up on their website next week or so

So low sales for UNIVERSE Tour =(

I thin it's because of the man releases the last weeks.

BUT at least the tour is the best tour ever from any artist!

I think the low sales are a combination of decreasing sales in general and over saturation. Yeah we're happy about all the releases and concerts because we're Kumi fans and everything but unless the Japanese are sitting on golden mountains, I doubt fans outside of super hardcore ones are going to throw money at all of her releases. If I'm correct, the Japanese tend to PAY for all of this stuff where as we just go check the download section. :laugh

This is precisely why I love ETERNITY so much; Kuu literally made all those songs sound like her songs <3

It's not far to compare, Kuu may not have picked million sellers but her voice is great, the arrangements are unique to her... :shrug

Kingdom and Trick and BC didn't sell 100k in the first week, though, so she still has time to catch up. She's still number 1 on the DVD charts.

I know that, but going from 50k in first week to 50k in total for a DVD doesn't sound so feasible... the sales tend to drop really quickly.

Although I've seen an exception, though. Mr. Children's latest DVD sold 50k in its first week and another 50k in its second, so who knows what might happen!

true enuff. even though I had Ayu for #1 spot for me during 7 years, her 10th year was dissapointing for me

UNIVERSE tour in taiwan version!? thats mean they release OS version? OMG.... !!!

avex HK has made a HK press for ETERNITY *__*

http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/japanese.asp?sku=120388

it will be released on the same day as Taiwan press aka today (as it's already Fri for me haha) yay

Billboard Live tracklist
Credit: jwjdit@ameblo, Hikki-kun@JPM

HELL YES to Break it down, MORE and magic :heart Hashire! as the ending song? lmao please.

OMG HELL YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH.
I wonder how much it's gonna cost...


& I love that Billboard Live tracklist. Megumi no Hito...that's my song right there. & Break it Down? I would love to see this. :heart

"magic" ARE YOU SERIOUS?! please tell me this isn't a lie! OMG!

This. I was already iffy on Break it down, even though I love that song, but Hashire? :no

My UNIVERSE DVD arrived today! YAYY!!

I´m so excited to watch it! I fall in love with the preview of "Work it Out!" (love this song so much!!)

Just like its not fair to compare 10th anniversaries? *cough*

from Hikkikun:

On the DVD charts, Kumi Koda's latest live DVD sold 47,000 copies to top the overall rankings. As a solo artist, this extends her record of "most consecutive years with a #1 DVD" (she now has 6), while tying with Hideaki Takizawa for two other records - "most #1 DVDs" (7) and "most consecutive #1 DVDs" (7).

Source: http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-6798


EVENTS

2010.10.7
GINGER　ヴィーナス誕生祭＠大阪・堂島ホテル


from LiDaYuRan:

captures of the 2 last shows !

[2010.10.13] さんまのまんま 25周年記念スペシャル (sanma no manma 25years special)
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4...nosanmawmv.jpg

[2010.10.13] 魁！音楽番付Eight (sakigake)
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1...akewmvthum.jpg

So good she's also breaking records...
And the Billboard setlist....i wanted Swallowtail Butterfly..

I decided not to wait for a DVD and download the UNIVERSE tour! I better get use to this because I have no more money~ xD;

01, SWEET MEMORIES
02, TATTOO
03, Break it down
04, MORE
05, Ai no Uta
06, Suki de, Suki de, Suki de.
07, 0ji mae no tsunderella
08, Ai no Kotoba
09, magic
10, You're So Beautiful
11, Chiisana Koi no Uta
12, BE MY BABY
13, Megumi Hito
14, Hashire!

:heart but ugh, why no "ienai yo", "swallowtail butterfly" and "sayounara no mukougawa"? :scry

I hope she made other arrangement with break it down & hashire! or it'll be awkward.. :shrug Maybe classical/jazzy version?

anyway, i wanna ask those who downloaded UNIVERSE.ISO file from jpopsuki (7 gb).. is the file corrupted? like.. the show starts from the middle of the tour or???

I actually don't know any songs from ETERNITY but the album's really great!
I love most of the tracks.

Yay i was acting like a real fan and i wait for both of my DVD and My cover album Until i finally received it <3 First i went to buy Lots of Popcorn and candies ,Cola and Redbull cans XD the live was so ****ing awesome I'm so happy that i ordered the Live really a worth buying album :blove , now i feel so full and sleepy after the DVD i just rip the ETERNITY and will listen it full tomorrow :heart , I'm sure the album will be awesome

^ LOL That sounds fun! Glad you enjoyed it xD

On another note I'm gonna dance to TABOO on Monday for my Japanese Language class culture day.
I'm so happy if I'm not overseas I would never be able to dance to TABOO xD

I wish Kumi-chan would of made a video for Megumi no Hito! <3 That would of been awesome! =D

Okay so I finished up most of the UNIVERSE tour and I know I'm late and no body really cares about my thoughts but I'm avoiding homework so deal with it LOL.

First of all, the positive: One thing Kumi is really good with is themed concerts and concert effects. She's good at pinning together ideas and making a show out of them. This is no exception, I thoroughly enjoyed the theme of this concert. Secondly, she looked beautiful the entire concert and she sounded good, of course. My favorite part, oddly enough, was the cute part. I think the concert arrangement of Koi no Tsubomi was AMAZING! If there is a studio version, please tell me lol. If not, she needs to get on making it ;D

However, I didn't find anything that particularly stood out about this concert. I was looking forward to the opening because her openings tend to be big eye-openers and really peek your interest but I found the opening super boring this time around. I mean it was alright. The lights were nice, water was okay. I was honestly worried about her slipping, I don't know why xD; I'm sure they took proper precautions lol.

I was also let down by the "sexy" portion of the concert, wasn't feeling it. at. all. Which was a super big let down to me but oh well. Ballad section wasn't that much better. It was cute as always her singing to the fan, I always love the expressions on their faces hahaha too cute. But she always does that so that wasn't too exciting.

Don't wanna start a war or anything, but the Can We Go Back performance with the chains and the red lighting just gave me a major (don't) leave me alone vibe from Ayu's AT08. I'M NOT SAYING SHE COPIED OR THAT THEY'RE ANYTHING ALIKE, that was just the first thing that popped into my mind, probably cause I just got finished watching AT08 prior <_____<; The singing upside down was cool but that's about it.

Finally we get to a song I can't get enough of.... FREEEEAKY! I honestly feel this is the pop-rock crossover that Kumi should stick to, much better than CWGB~ She really gets to show off her voice and bad-assness with this song LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE CAN'T EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG xD;;;

The rest of the concert was pretty typical end-of-a-kumi-concert so I'm not going to get into it too much.

All in all, it was okay. I won't be so hard on this concert because I seriously think my severe lack of love for UNIVERSE album had an affect on how I felt about this concert. Luckily she had enough she had a few of my most favorites like BUT and FREAKY (she butchered ECSTASY WTFFFFF???). I was really hoping the live show would make me like the album more... but nope, I don't see myself listening or watching UNIVERSE again in the near future!

I am however looking forward to the Billboard live, I hope we get a DVD or something of that because the track list looks like my kind of Kumi music!

My Eternity album came in today but I wasn't hope so it's at the post office T________T I'll get it tomorrow and let you know what I think! :D

Anyone got Megumi no Hito's lyrics? Anyone? :(

It's on Koi no Tsubomi single! :)


Agreeing with you in this:

I googled the kanji lyrics


Translations (in credit to tenshi no hane)

haha you so cute bb! :roflmao
I only watched Ai no Uta performance and it was epic *_*
cannot wait to watch the whole concert XD

@HONEY_INSPIRE_ME19: do you have the romaji lyrics? ):

^I'll go do that right quick! :D

EDIT: Romanji :D

(It's not 100% correct! ^^; Please feel free to correct me!)

^ thank you *_*

I just read the translation of "0-ji Mae no Tsunderella" from tenshi's LJ..

http://verduistering.livejournal.com/63025.html#cutid1

ommmg didn't know the lyrics for this song were so beautiful :weep

Argh I still haven't listened to the cover album for heaven's sake lol. :D I really should do something about it but I'm so lazy or busy or something else every day so I can't. Or I just forget. I bet that when I get to listen to this album there will be a new thread for lovely Kuu lol :D

I thought the OP meant it was a far stretch to compare, not "fair" lol but I don't know what you're talking about either way!

You won't regret it, it's niccceee

Do they ever like, release her special screen stuff?

Or like...do we ever get good visuals of the screens during the songs in tours?

There's a lot of her screens where I just love how she looks...but I can never capture it right...

Like the UNIVERSE "PV" when she sang it this tour?

I so desperetaley wish she would release the PV like she did with Love goes like *** for BEST~second session~ tour back in 2007....

omg emiko, IKR? I wish she would include those special screens into the DVD2. most of them (if not all) are amazing! :weep


RIAJ digital track this week:
http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/we...art/2010s.html

5......3......好きで、好きで、好きで。.....倖田來未
20....12.....あなただけが......倖田來未
22.....-......小さな恋のうた......倖田來未
95.....-......さよならの向う側......倖田來未

Credits: Martzb

wow suki de is still charting strong even in its 4th week on the digital charts :thud
get that hit, kuu. <3

and seems like Chiisana Koi no Uta is the most popular song off of ETERNITY. it's doing so good in the Recochoku rankings since its debut!

^yeah, the stuff going on behind her...or like, the screen for taboo during trick tour...I want that in HQ, but I never heard of anyone actually having them, or them being released.

It's mean to show this great stuff and never release something real of it :D

Sank yuu! :heart

Reminds me a little bit of Cutie Honey lyrics only not so "sex-themed"
XD

Break it down and Hashire! are so random there in the setlist of Billboard Live XD but I guess they're getting new arrangements? it's going to be a really interesting live, lol. though I'm dissapointed that she didn't include Sayonara no Mukougawa. that's like my favorite song of ETERNITY. ToT it could make a perfect ending song for this concert, oh well..

yayy for Suki de, magic, MORE and You're So Beautiful :luv2

Exactly my thought of this tracklist =)

Hashire! should be replaced by Sayonara no Mukougawa!

So many lives -DMP, Fantasia and Billboard Live-

I want them to be released ALL, maybe in a big Live collection DVD package
*_*

yup, Sayonara no Mukougawa instead of Hashire! would have been perfect. :weep

and yes, a DVD combo with all those lives would be really cool and amazing. damn she's QUEEN OF LIVE avex needs to milk us with a release like this! I don't care if the cost is gonna be crazy, her concerts are always worth it. I would so pay for it even if I need to sell my body, LMAO :irked

ero bb please, make the next thread.. I'm going to sleep now and probably won't be here tomorrow :p

I would buy that for a high price, too.

I only want them to be released all.It's not right to miss a single performance of the Queen of Live ;-)

I need DMP in full to complete my life right now.

Yeeeees I soooo need that,too.

It makes me crazy that we can't be sure if it will be released physically=(

Don't want to be spoiled by now with the TV version.

OMG I love the Billboard Live tracklist a lot! I hope they release it like on Kuu's next album as a second DVD like she usually does LOL

Hey guys, can someone repost the links for the Original songs for the covers Kuu did??? I mean, now with the full songs, I wanna better judge how she owned these songs...Megumi no Hito and BE MY BABY are so amazing. the rest, i've yet to listen carefully

^ Here are some:

I think it might be released together with FANTASIA sometime.. just have this feeling, and I hope that I am right because I want to buy both:yes

You guys are so crazy:laugh I turned off my PC yesterday evening pretty late after last checking on AHS, and now not even one day is over and this thread already has nearly 3 new pages..:laugh

Kuu will be on ViVi December issue (that one with Ayu on the cover)

http://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/secondvirgin/html_sv_sp.html
Kuu is in the first video, she appears by the end in a interview about the dorama

Billboard Live photos
http://i51.tinypic.com/10hu4ap.jpghttp://i55.tinypic.com/rgzg5l.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/i387km.jpghttp://i54.tinypic.com/wbyt13.jpg
Credit: ameblo

I really really hope you are right.

At least you are right about the thing that we are kind of crazy with our Kumi-threads :-D

My dear lord I'm in love with ETERNITY ~LOVE & SONGS~ :D I love every single song so much, it's absolutely amazing album. <3

that Bilboard live track list.. my God

Thanks Meat Pao!...Original Tattoo sounds amazing! hahaha...but wth was with Chiisana Koi no Uta and Swallowtail Butterfly (the chorus >.<)...Now i really wanna hear the originals of Megumi and BE MY BABY hahaha...
Kuu really owned these songs :P

uhm.. the album is #3 today with 5k
too bad, this cover album is pure :heart

RATS & STARS- Megumi no Hito


(it sounds 70's-ish more than its year! XDD)

almost time for a new thread! I'll make it before I head off to work :yes

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2521529

Post 3 more times in this thread and then carry it over to the next!

^ posting to help you :laugh

bye bye kuu thread #120!

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2521529

The next thread is up & ready =) I'm proud of us for not going over this time lol