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The 179th Summer Thread with Love
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Official Links -> Official Website -> Official Facebook -> Official Twitter (Staff) -> Official Youtube Channel Other -> Lyrics Library -> Complete Discography -> Singles in 320kbps -> B-side Collection (fanmade) -> Concert Audio Rips -> Music Videos -> iPod PVs -> Concert Downloads -> iTunes Covers -> Screencaps -> Lyrics and Interview Translations Credits: FinalFayth, Kingdom, Corvina, do it again, Cherrim, George, maze, SKYa. |
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I hope they'll announce the tour video release soon, I gotta plan my spends for rest of the year :P Hoping for a beautiful package for this one.
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So I'm doing these "MEGAMIXES" for my gym sessions. You may cam across it. Check it out if not.
I'm still searching for a name. I called it KUU-M-PLETE -MEGAMIX- and no one complained so far, but you may come up with something better. |
I ordered the tour book (the 44pg big one) i am suprised at the quality of it!!!! Its so nice! And i love how she just doesnt do a tour book. They are big or long and postcards. I love it!
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Patiently waiting for #KK13. WOML was a hot lil album and I can't wait to see what Kumi does now.
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I'm just hoping her special a nation gets a release, full or not.
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Inazuma Rock Festival 2015 updated its website today
Kuu will be the last performing artiste taking the stage on 19th Sept http://inazumarock.com/2015/#timetable_page |
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I just ordered the smaller one, which is like a magazine or a thin book, cause of shipping. Though small is relative - B4 still is pretty big. And nice for Kuu getting a festival final again! Especially as Rock isn't her main genre. |
I wonder what she's gonna perform in that rock festival. I bet Poppin' love cocktail and WALK OF MY LIFE will be there. I hope she'll sing Aishou because that song doesn't get much attention. Other songs I'd like to see are Fake Tongue and PIECE IN THE PUZZLE. I love those two so much. :D
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Since is a rock festival kuu might even do the guitar performance in fake tongue. a girl can dream. :)
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perfume also performs at rock festivals....so yeah...genre is fluid
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A totally kick ass rock performance of Fake Tounge would be amazing. With a live band and everything.
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I would like to buy t-shirts with Kuu. like, not official ones, but the ones that fans make. with Kuu photograph in the center. anyone knows where can I buy? there's a lot of kpop stuff out there on ebay made by fans, cheap and of good nice quality. but I couldn't find anything with Kuu though
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From Twitter
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Kuu did rehearsals yesterday for this weekend's a-nation stadium fes Also I think it will be cool if Kuu can sing a duet with T.M.Revolution since he's the appointed tourism ambassador for Shiga (where Inazuma Rock Festival 2015 will take place) Just that if that really happens , what song could they sing together ? Hmm I wonder |
^ Dont even get me started on her collabs. It's been AGES I'm hoping for a featuring that will bring something new or unusual to her sound. Slow, Poppin love cocktail and LOADED are all good songs, but the other artists don't bring an essential role to the song imo. The last one that did something in this direction was unfortunately It's all Love!, and it didn't turn out that good for me d: Collabing with TM Revolution would be a nice twist :yes
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T.M.Revolution has been in the business for over 20 years . So far the only duets he has done/released with another artiste was with Mizuki Nana which were really something
I don't know what type of duet both he & Kuu can do together but if this ever materialises , I'm so up for it ! |
Is someone here going to any of her next a-nation dates? I am really interested in the photo sets they will be selling, do they sell these later online or it's venue only? If someone could resell then it'd be great!
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Guys, I've thinking about the release of the WALK OF MY LIFE Tour's DVD, and I hope the date be on her birthday *_*
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I really with KM-MARKIT and HIRO could compose for Kuu again doe
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The limited is A2 as I said. It's 420 x 594 mm big. Or with a pic: http://imageshack.com/a/img633/6986/RlW93z.jpg |
^ Oh, I'll wait to buy them on Koda Gumi later then, thanks!
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I'm still sad about SoL's sales. That record deserved way better. :(
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Omfg, that WOML TOUR BOOK is huge as hell. O_O
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The three new songs were good, but the rest of it was a waste.
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I thought having the music videos on Blu ray was a good deal. Were they actually higher in quality than the old versions?
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I remember when SUMMER of LOVE was supposed to be a single only. I kinda wish it had been because I really don't listen the other songs except the new songs from the album. I basically treat of it as a single instead. :roflmao
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iirc the PVs were real HD only starting from the 4 TIMES tracks. The worst part of it is wondering if there will never be an HD version of gems like BUT and TABOO ):
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In the previous thread of Kuu , I wrote that fans who purchased SUMMER of LOVE commented on Baidu saying that it's only the PVs from 4 TIMES (ie. Poppin' love cocktail & VIP) that're HD
What wasn't mentioned on her official site was that making offshot clips for EX TAPE & HURRICANE were also included inside the DVD/Blu-ray |
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I was pretty surprised that there were making ofs in the DVD/Blu-Ray tbh. She doesn't usually include those in her album+DVD/Blu-Ray combinations. :D
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Setlist for a-nation in Osaka today:
01. UNIVERSE 02. Is This Trap? 03. Money In My Bag 04. め組のひと (Megumi no hito) 05. BE MY BABY 06. Bring It On 07. LOADED 08. Poppin' love cocktail And some photos directly taken from the live broadcats: http://imageshack.com/a/img905/8783/UgTfZq.jpg Credits: sexyvipgirl & Yuu_AAA_SHINee on Twitter and Koda Kumi France Hopefully we get some videos as well! |
I found some of her performances on youtube.
Credit: chen Hank on YouTube |
Seriously? It's like the a-nation setlist ignores everything post Bon Boyage.
Kinda dissapointing, |
Thank you!
Her voice still sounds strained. And the mic is sometimes too loud and sometimes too quite, it's strange (in Bring It On e.g.). MIMB is partly lipsynced and I suspect LOADED, too. Or it is a mic problem in LOADED as well. Hopefully her voice gets better again. |
From Staff's Twitter
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Short video that was uploaded -> https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...61489699700737 |
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MONEY IN MY BAG? |
Money in my bag full lyp
Loaded has some base u see that she give up singing for talk to the public but loaded with a bad, so many better than the studio |
One of those pictures shows us where Kairi came from!!!!
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Interesting how none of the new SUMMER of LOVE tracks are in the setlist. I think HURRICANE would fit pretty well in there.
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I feel like the set list is pretty disappointing. It's songs that she performs all the time with exception of money in my bag
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I've been absolutely obsessed with UNIVERSE lately, so I'm happy she used it as the opening!
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Kuu should do more of her Summer inspired songs for a-nation & it's odd she did not performed any of the new material from SUMMER of LOVE :x
Oh well hopefully next Sat when she performed at a-nation Tokyo , the setlist will be better |
she looks great:love
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In megumi no hito she sang live only the 2nd verse as well. Since when kuu does that? Why bother to put it in a short setlist and not sing it live? I can undrstand some of it though, in LOADED I kinda felt embarassed for her as she looked like she has no strength to sing when the bridge part came and she just barely shouted. She looked good though! |
Am I the only one who thinks she looks a bit like CL in some of these pics? hahahaha Love the outfit and setlist, omg
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She wasn't lipsyncing. Those are the songs which she usually sing on top of the song, and since the microphone had some issues (you can see that she's singing on MIMB) you couldn't hear she singing.
Can't wait for a good footage, the audio is more fu**** up than Dream Music Park 3D Live, that was horrendous. The setlist was not impressive, I was hoping for, at least, House Party. It would be a great opening song. |
^ kinda seems like everyone had a bad time with their mics, huh? I'm not too impressed with this a-nation as a whole so far.
Wonder if she'll change anything up for her next performances...especially as a headliner |
Is Kuu really only 154 cm high?
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^ she's tiiiiiny
omg. I am like...MIMB's biggest stan but this version with the band is AWFUL. WHO OKAY'D THIS |
Kumi's vocals are getting pretty bad. The whole show had so much potential but it failed because of her voice to me. I loved the new arrangements in universe, louded and be my baby could've been awesome but her vocals killed it. :( I even saw a few guys leaving while she sang MIMB. Ouch.
Ps: why is kumi preforming so early??isn't that a bad thing. Oh well |
Kumi's full part https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndeh4c9iQSs
Clearly there is a problem with the audio. |
Her full performance from today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndeh4c9iQSs Thanks to YukiUsagi Ok, watching the full thing, there was a sound problem - the mic, live mixing, something isn't on par the whole time ( e.g. in the first verse of Poppin Love Cocktail, the back chorus is much louder than her singing, really bad mixing). Overall she sounds decent, though her voice definitely needs still more rest. She can't reach her high notes like usually. And I'm surprised she brought her live band and her whole team of dancers with her. Hope she changes the setlist a bit with the date in Tokyo. Music for All, All for One just comes after a-nation on youtube - now this is strong vocals AND great live mixing. And this was just last year. |
The crowd look so dead, the occasional wrist flicking with the fans made me laugh xD
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I think she looked and danced great! Her vocals only got weaker/tired towards the end, which I think is understandable as she was dancing pretty much throughout the entire thing. She does sound like she could use some rest, but other than that, I think it was really good.
Interesting how she only chose songs from 2010 and after. No classics. Also, none of the new songs. Very interesting. |
Yeah, I gotta agree now that there was something wrong with her vocals... or the mixing just sucks, but she usually reaches those high notes pretty easily. Oh well, I hope she will try to rest her phenomenal voice after these performances so she can charm everyone again in the future.
However, I'm beyond happy for UNIVERSE and Megumi no Hito. I love lives for these two songs. They're always so energetic~ :heart And her outfit was awesome as well. When I saw the first pics without seeing video footage I thought, "Kuu, your skirt is too short", but now I see she had shorts beneath it, haha. I got trolled real hard, lol. :'D |
After seeing Ayu's set, Kuu's vocals weren't bad at all. Ayu made Kuu look like Whitney Houston lol
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I, for one, absolutely loooved kuu's a-nation performances! :love Sure, she could always use a bit more rest every now & then for her vocals, but I still think she sounded pretty great, as always. :D Plus, I've gotta say how hot kuu was looking! :luv2 Her entire outfit was just total perfection. :heart
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You know, I've never understood why Kuu doesn't get more credit for her dancing. Her choreography is a great mix of challenging, unique and charismatic. And she's pretty good at dancing for a while and singing live...
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The audio mixing is so bad. You could barely hear her in MONEY IN THE BAG wtf. Her performances are okay I guess. Nothing too spectacular.
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This girl is way too fit. I mean, I was eating a sandwich while watching the vid and I've never felt so damn guilty about eating a sandwich. xD C'mon, gurl, let me enjoy my carbs. Haha! (Obviously I'm kidding. Her fitness is amazing. She's never looked better, I think) That said, I agree with others about the audio and the synching, but I don't think that her vocals have really gone all that bad. Compared to others who have been around as long as she has her vocals have stayed on par very well. She definitely sounds tired but after all the dancing and all the touring/activities she's been doing this year I'm sure she's exhausted as hell. Overall, though, this performance was very good! Now. I have, about, oh I dunno, 100 miles to run now before I feel better about that damn sandwich. Gotta go.
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^ Hahaha. :roflmao I couldn't stop thinking about how good she looked as well. Such a sight for sore eyes!
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Watching the show now. First impressions from the first 30 seconds? Damn! That woman has the most amazing body EVER!!!
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Her body is more amazing than befor pregnancy. It's just WOW.:love |
I know, she looks incredible right now! She's always look really good, but damn.
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I forgot to say in my previous post that even with those damn sound mixing issues Kuu had on a-nation this year, I loved the performance. I finally saw BRING IT ON performed live, lol (I seriously need to get my shit together and watch the concerts I haven't seen yet :'D). I'm totally gonna rewatch this if there's a edited version being aired at some point~ :)
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And imo she totally deserves that title because all of her concerts I have seen has been my #1 favs of the year. She just never disappoints me when it comes to concerts. However, I have only seen snippets and trailers from Premium Night Live to WOML TOUR but even those clips still makes me hyped over them. Nobody else is able to do that. :heart |
I'm already itching for new music lol
Kuu has spoiled us too much :P I wonder how my life will be when Kuu decides to retire lmao |
Eh, not her best libe performance indeed, but could have been much worse... Hipefully she'll pull it out better next week, and PLEASE change that horrid live version of MIMB Kuu
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smth was with the audio and she definately was tired, not only her voice, but she herself seemed pretty tired. I wish she could rest. she looked gorgeous. I really need some dieting and fitness tips from her.
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Retire? Nooo, nooo, nooo, nooo, nooo. Out of the 4 queens of Jpop: Ayumi Hamasaki, Namie Amuro, Utada Hikaru, and Koda Kumi, I except our girl here to be the one who's well into her seventies and still doing flips on the stage singing KO-SO-KO-SO and making me question my sexuality and love of carbs. xD I'm pretty sure the word 'retire' does not exist in her head.
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I started on the day you was released, with having heard some songs before. You did not iss much excpet for the whole "she is awsome now and look how slim she got" talks on TV. |
one reason i don't like this A-Nation is reused-like setlist
why doesn't she make Medley of old stuffs to promote SOL? and maybe ExTape and Hotel included but her style and energy both i absolutely love |
I don't think we need to worry about Kuu retiring anytime soon... :)
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I don't think she'll retire anytime soon either (even though I remember the possibility has crossed her mind when she had her baby) I just wonder how it will be when that time comes since I (we) have been so spoiled by her.
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Does anyone know if her next a-nation date will also be broadcasted?
On another note: I need a Dreaming Now! 2.0 in my life |
Yes, it will be, she was listed for her Tokyo date on m-on.
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^ Great!! Thanks :D
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My mobile would be really thankfull if you could put those huge photos under spoilers :)
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BE MY BABY A-nation 2011 https://www.facebook.com/KodaItalian...1145480236404/ >>>>>>>>
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I love her expressions when she's on stage.
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Hopefully kumi will get a later time slot. I hate how she's always performing so early.
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And why can't she perform early? That was almost always the case, and her performances are always one of the highlights of the festival.
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I don't care when she performs in a-nation, I just wanna see her performances because she's basically the only reason I get excited for these summer festivals every year. :heart
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Wasn't BIG BANG the main headliner that day? |
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