[2003] Her favourite albums
 

Just an information. According to the interview of a magazine, "What's in", her favourite albums now are

Joan Osborne "How Sweet It Is"
Christina Aguirela "Stripped"
No Doubt "Running"
Sting "Sacred Love"
Linkin Park "Meteora"

Ah thanks for the info!

wow, pretty eclectic ^.^

OH thanx 4 the info

She likes Meteora? My friend's gonna freak out when he hears that my favorite artist likes his favorite artist's album. Yeah, we're both obsessive with our favorite artists and we both hate each other's favorite artists. Anywhoo, thanx for the info~! ^_^

Wow she likes linkin park?? I like that she likes a variety of music and doesn't just like one type.:D Thanks for the info!

Haha! wow! nice.... ^^

thank You for the info masa-san!

hehehehe nice ^^

Are you talking about Ayus favourite albums:confused

Yep, those would be Ayu's favorite albums. ^_^

Cool She likes Meteora and Stripped those two albums are really good Meteora being the better one hehehe.

thank you for the info

Thanks for the info, masa-san.

"Meteora" is a really good album! ^^
And I sometimes think of buying "Stripped" :think maybe...

I would guess Ayu would have a very ecletic taste since her music cover so many different styles.

Re: Her favourite albums
 

Ayu listen to Sting... hehe
:think

She likes Linkin Park!!! :D:D

Thats the only good one on the list, IMO.

OMG! Joan Osborne!
OMG! Sting!
OMG! Linkin Park!
OMG! Meteora!
*faints*
*wakes up*
*faints again*
*wakes up*
OMG! OMG! OMG! :P:P:P
*jumps around*

tanx for the info ^^

it's cool that she likes different types of music...

:eek omgosh that's awesome

Thanks god Ayu is not enjoying "IN THE ZONE" Phew...that album is horrible, I only liked 1 song kekekeek

yay she's a no doubt fan!

But why are they all English albums? Doesn't she like Japanese music at all?

o ic , thanks for the information

Oh wow Ayu^^^Christina Aguilera? Hmm..

i like many of those albums ^_^

ayu likes linkin park?! weeeee! ^_^

I wouldn't think that Ayu was a Linkin Park fan just by looking at her, but I guess Ayu's full of surprises :laugh !

Yup, I agree with US being a country looked up a lot to by the Japanese. I suppose one of the only flags that are a fashion statement is the US flag! It's quite international. Judging by the way Japanese like English so much (even having Katakana to make out English words), it's no wonder Ayu herself likes them too.

I think Ayu's like most of us too. We don't understand what Ayu is singing but it's just nice. I have got no opinions on Ayu's choices, I mean afterall, it's her choice and style. Definitely, she would like J-pop as well, music from her counterparts but maybe it's not her "hype" at the moment.

Perhaps her music might be more inclined towards songs by those artistes, who knows (and I do like them too, haha, they sound great). I think everyone shouldn't settle for this list that Ayu likes, it changes over time. Kkz ... :D

Christina Aguirela "Stripped"...i love..

wow her taste in music is really good, i hope she writes more music that resembles those artists. for example, the ourselves PV resembling christina's fighter PV

Linkin Park =_= ai.

Sting n Joan Osborne are ok tho!

thx for the info. i like Linkin Park toooo

Wow, that's really interesting. She has quite a broad taste in music. Linkin Park was kinda surprising, though, I would never have expected that. And yay! She likes No Doubt (one of my fave US bands ^^)!

What does a Linkin Park fan look like then? :)

I realize lots of japanese artistes dun listen to other pretty pony~pretty pony~pretty pony~ singer that much. They are usually more into english albums.. hmm

Yes, that is one of my pet peeves as well. That question drives me nuts.

maybe western things is still regarded as 'cool' in japan.......?

prolly but hey i noticed that awhile now in Hong Kong also HKPOP idols tend to listen to western music more instead of the original place, some songs is even a covered for western music...namely
t.a.t.u's show me love is the well known one

thanx for the info

cool choices...
not bad at all...n she's not sticking to RnB like she used to..
that's good..

America is not 'cool' in Japan anymore, the country which the Japanese have been idolising for the past two years is the U.K. You see, when Japan was a relatively poor country, America was it's role model, a kind of indicator of how they might one day be like if they worked hard. So they did. And they prospered. Prospered so much in fact, that Japan became so undeniably rich, the streets were practically paved with gold (families would throw away perfectly good household appliances in favour of more advanced and up-to date models). Japanese wages were the highest in the world and an industrialised country, there was none of the grime or dirt apparent coming from factories. Streets were safe, clean and on the whole, early everything was of a higher standard than the States. So when, the Japanese finally visited the States, they were appalled, to see that the ENTIRE country didn't look like a plush neighbourhood out of Beverly Hills, poverty was rampant, crime was disgraceful, the education system was bad, etc, etc. Even when Japan was at it's economic height, the people STILL thought Americans were better off. They didn't know that the Americans in general had it worse. And they were desulsioned with the place. So they turned to other cultures. The U.K. is what's IN now, David Beckham is enormously popular with Japanese girls (and some boys) and British based popstars are the norm. The balance is more equal now, Japan is nowhere near as wealthy as before, although it is still a long way ahead of the U.S. in terms of development in key areas (education, life expectancy, income, etc.etc) but today, you are more likely than before to find more deragotory comments against Americans than ever before.

Ayu likes Linkin Park? I swear Meteora came in my mind when I heard the instrumental of Because of You (mainly the guitars)! ^^

And about all being American songs... I think not only the US, but the western culture in general is 'cool' for young people in Japan.
Of course US have an influence there, like in the whole world.

That would explain why I see so many UK flags appearing in Japanese pop culture. I double-checked some of the facts you stated, about Japan overtaking the US in terms of some developmental areas, and you are correct. You can check out the CIA world factbook for more info

Ha, no wonder. I bought a shirt in Tokyo with a British flag on it. Thanks for the link, SheFliesHigher, and thank you, Witochi, for the information.

oh she likes linkin park, i like her more!

WOW. She listens to METEORA? I can't believe it, She has got a good taste of music! ^^

it's sooooo amazing that she likes LP's Meteora~
I'm sooo glad~~~~~~~^__________^

She likes Christina? Eww!

Oh well. Ayu still owns all. :P

thanx

Oh, Ayu please don't like Linkin Park. Ugh *cringe* Horrible. And Xtina . . . Oh well.

No Doubt and Sting are pretty good though. I can't think of any Joan Osborne songs. The name sounds familiar but I am blaming the Nyquil for drawing a blank.

I need sleep . . . .

Great! I love Joan Osborne too!

No Doubt "Running" was never an album. I think they had a song called "Running" a few years ago. Christina's "Stripped" was also one of my faves.

WOW! I love Christina Aguirela "Stripped", No Doubt "Running", Linkin Park "Meteora" so much! muahaha.:D

wow.. didn't know she likes linkin park O.O
and christina aguilera songs!

Oh wow, I love Linkin Park, Xtina & No Doubt....coolnees Ayu

That's what I thought, too. She could have named Utada's Deep River album... just for the fun of it! lol

wow...thanks for this info

Cool list.thanks for posting it.

Linkin Park surprises me O_O

cool. thanks for the info. ^^

wow, she listens to alot of western music

thanks for the info

linkin park?! yes! Ayu is so cool! ^^ thanks for the info!