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If Ayu was to make an album of songs remade in English...
to launch some sort of "International career", what would your dream tracklisting be? No more than 14 songs.
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Oh no :laugh I love her Japanese, that's one of the reasons why I listen to her :P Her english is not that good to actually sing with, But these are a few I wouldn't mind hearing in English:
"Rule, M, Mirrorcle World *since the translation of this one is rather strange* and Days." |
It wouldn't be my cup of tea but I would say all RAINBOW songs because her English sounds nice in it.
I love her English, I think is perfect but nah |
Sparkle would be hot in English
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She'd probably end up doing some of her ~classics. "Who..." or "Boys & Girls" were already performed in other languages (at least one verse of "Boys & Girls" ...right? At the Asia Song Festival a few years ago? Did I just make that up?). |
None! It will sound weird! A lot of the emotion of the songs will be lost since English is not her native language.
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Well if it had to happen, what would your ideal tracklist be. I'm sure with the help of someone else who is fluent with English and Japanese on her staff, they could maintain the true meanings of the song.
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I think this a good topic/question. As weird as it is, it's a somewhat realistic situation because we see this happening all the time with other Asian artists trying to go international, especially the K-Pop acts.
So, for Ayu... Ballads: Days Curtain Call Pride The arrangement of these ballads is pretty standard and resemble that of other international acts. Other songs: Rule Connected About you until that Day... glitter The selected songs are just a few that contain elements of general pop music that could help Ayu crossover. "glitter" not as much but it would help to introduce people to that side of Ayu because it's not as overwhelming of an upbeat pop song that Ayu is also known for. |
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I mean her english is adorable but I don't really like the way her singing voice sounds in english to be perfectly honest...it's like it was only designed for Japanese if you know what I mean :laugh. But I guess if I had to choose at least one song I wouldn't mind in English it would probably be Sparkle. EDIT: Actually Connected wouldn't be bad either come to think of it :think. |
Cherry totally know what you mean about her voice being designed for Japanese. Haha
Sparkle Pride A song for xx!! Mirrorcle world Because of you Rule About you!! Really... Her rock and electronic/pop songs would be great in English. |
I would definitely love to hear Who... in English.
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None! I love Japanese :)
Besides I don`t listen to any English songs. I am a true J-Pop fan :laugh |
I love her Japanese songs as it is.
Even if she were to sing in English, I hope it'll be a totally new different set of songs. I don't wish to see any of her Japanese songs in English version. That will be confusing!! and many singers are doing that these days which I don't really like it. |
I've been trying to sing singable Rainy Days English lyrics made by someone here in AHS (but I forgot the name). And the song and the lyrics really blended so well. My eyes get watery while singing the song. So, my thought is, Rainy Days would be a perfect English song for Ayu :yes
EDIT : Found it ! In this thread :D singable English lyric by Tomoyo |
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None... I can't see any Ayumi songs being in English or Ayu singing in English. XD (I never heard her sing in English).
Actually... wondering. How's her speaking now? I never heard her speak English recently. |
I think a lot of people are missing the point of this thread... but anyways: :shrug
I like the idea and always wondered what she would do (I would rather see all new songs, but I would also love some old ones sung in English too) I always thought the track list to A Best 2 White would of been a good mix... some of her best songs too from that era! 1. Evolution 2. Greatful Days 3. Independent 4. Humming 7/4 5. Unite! 6. Real Me 7. My Name's Woman 8. Ourselves 9. Inspire 10. Step You! 11. July First 12. Fairyland 13. Voyage 14. Moments Although I would exchange Humming 7/4 for Heartplace Inspire for Game an some other song for Voyage... maybe connected or something else off of I am... :) |
Ayu should totally do two English versions of a song for her 15th anniversary singles.
A Song For XX ~A World Is One 15th Anniversary version~ |
No.
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Real me ofc. :innocent
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In the first tracklist I put 30 songs but I think those 14 are the most "comercial sounding" for non Japanesse people xD
1. Last Angel 2. Sparkle 3. count down 4. Love Song 5. M 6. Moments 7. Endless Sorrow 8. Because of you 9. GAME 10. Microphone 11. Rule 12. momentum 13. HEAVEN 14. November |
1. HANABI This one came first to mind!
2. Ourselves 3. GAME 4. (don't) Leave me alone- This would sound so COOOL!! 5. Virgin Road 6. Monochrome 7. Like a doll 8. still alone 9. Close to you 10. forgiveness 11. Secret 12. Far Away 13. Dearest 14. count down |
song for fans would be cute in english, like MY ALL, RED LINE, thank U, AUDIENCE etc
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No old songs! If she wants to sing in English, let it be only new songs.
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I'm going to stop thinking realistically for a minute and imagine that Ayu did release an all English album. :P Hmm... What songs...?
Curtain call The melody and lyrics are repetitive. And because it's such a simple arrangement (mostly piano), it wouldn't be an incredible nightmare to listen to with other instruments drowning out her voice. :P STEP you I'm sure the English would be crazy in here. xD But after thinking about it, it would be interesting to hear. Not my first choice, but I thought I'd add in some variety. CAROLS I think this could turn out to be a beautiful English version if the right person worked with her on good grammar. Pride I feel like this would be her best one. Again, if the right people worked with her on grammar and words (especially which words and their vowels would help it sound better on certain notes), then this could be perfect. "Pride" would be my number one. <3 (miss)understood I think this one would be clear and easy to understand. And it'd be nice to hear a rock song in English. Mostly I think any of her underrated-ish songs would be better in English, as well as songs with a "simpler" and maybe quieter arrangement. While it would be nice to hear some classics in English, I don't think they should be messed with too much. ;) |
It wouldn't exist, because Ayu singing in English would just be laughable. She has a huge accent when she talks, so singing isn't going to be any better.
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But i would say, her Mandarin is adorable too. I remember i saw some youtubers covering ayu's songs in their own English lyrics. |
Japanese is a more beautiful language to listen to phonetically IMO. And I don't think the result would've been great, even english singers seem to have problems coming up with great lyrics in their native language. I know there are good lyricist writing in english too, but they don't seem to contribute as much to the chart toppers as at least decent lyricists do in other languages...
Given the outcome would've been decent, I'd prefer my favourite tracks I suppose. =) |
1. Last angel
2. connected 3. Sparkle 4. A Song for XX 5. M 6. Pride 7. until That Day... 8. Rule 9. Real me 10. Ladies Night 11. SEASONS 12. Mirrorcle World 13. Love song 14. Who... |
01. RAINBOW
One of the songs that epitomises Ayu's career. It's so unique and powerful. The film clip is a freaking masterpiece and would make an excellent translation to English. 02. SEASONS Tata Vega did a (somewhat nice) cover in English, proving the song can translate to English. A closer version would be amazing, though. 03. Sweet Season This would have to be solely from my bias for the song but I can hear Ayu closing the song in English... "I see the future you look down on me it shines, it shines, it shines" ...and bloody hell it gives me goosebumps like nothing else :luv2 04. M I'm not 100% sure on M, but I think it's a song that's so beautiful it should be accessible in more languages. Unfortunately I don't think it would be as good as the original but I'd be delighted to hear an alternative version :eviltongu 05. GAME An awesome song in itself, it's got the change from slower song to faster that would lead into much faster-paced songs. 06. Rule I think it would fit in well with Western tastes, though I was tossing up with this and Sparkle :tired 07. 1LOVE I love Ayu's voice in this song, though it would probably sound weird in English looking over the lyrics again xD They'd probably need to be "kickassed" up a bit! 08. appears I really like the story in appears. (yes, that's my entire reasoning) 09. Real Me A very catchy song with amazing lyrics, even if the English pronunciation and grammar is off a bit a re-recording could fix all of that. 10. Pride This song's also been covered in English by Sweetbox but I love Ayu's lyrics more. Its simple melody makes it a perfect breakthrough track for Ayu. 11. Ladies Night One of Ayu's catchiest songs, this could sound amazing in English, too. 12. GREEN The "Asian" feel of GREEN would make it a great bridge between English and Japanese songs for new listeners. BONUS TRACK. Who... It has a Chinese version, why not add an English one? Man.........I've wanted to write my own SELs for Ayu's songs for years. I should really do that sometime!!! :yes |
Here's my list (which I have just quickly thought of!):
A Song For xx Surreal Evolution Rainbow M Guilty Seasons Don't Look Back Fairyland Dolls Alterna Hanabi To Be Step You mi|kshake~ |
Yay for we Chinese fans who have a Chinese version of "Who..."! We all LOVE it though her pronunciation is not so good that none of us could make out anything besides a few words without reading the lyrics. And she has spoken English for years so I'm sure her English songs will be better.
My choices are: Love song Microphone progress No way to say CAROLS Together When... RAINBOW fairyland momentum JEWEL Virgin Road Who... |
Nobody mentioned "Rock'n'Roll Circus", "kiss o' kill" ? I think they are quite non-japanese title.
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I gotta say, if this ever did happen, it would probably sound really forced; as she is not very good with the pronouncing, but I would give it a try. :laugh
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Dunno why but I cannot imagine most of her songs sung in english. Maybe because are more japanese, I guess. There are few of them that will works on english (imo of course):
Life Sweet Season Sparkle Who... Daybreak |
I think she could release MY STORY as an English album, cause, I think the music from that album is most friendly lol
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(am i the only one who finds her Engrish kind of cute?) Even if you can't understand anything she's saying. XD
Anyways, my English dream list would be... 1. Endless sorrow 2. Rule 3. Sparkle 4. Greatful days 5. Mirrorcle World 6. INSPIRE 7. RED LINE ~for TA~ 8. rollin' 9. Born to be... 10. Love song 11. STEP you 12. Pride 13. And then 14. talkin' 2 myself This is just based on the lyrics I like best from her. Not trying to make it flow or anything. |
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