ayumi hamasaki's new songs...
 

Is it me? or does the new songs sound like she's ripping them off of...well, her own songs?

Because to me, the chorus of fairyland sounds exaclty like the chorus to Angel's Song, and Bold and Delicious sounds like AUDIENCE a little bit (the yaya gaga part)

so...anyone agree or disagree? I think she's running out of ideas...

I will agree with the fact that she doesn't seem as awesome as she was maybe a few years ago, but I'm still holding on.

As I had said before, I miss CREA's compositions. Or even CREA + DAI! The last one like that was Will and that seemed like a long time ago.

That's what I thought when I first heard fairyland!!

i hear similarities in the first line of the choruses of fairyland and angel's song but i don't see anything similar in B&D and AUDIENCE... what parts are u talkin about?

I knew that Fairyland's chorus sounded similar to some other song!
:shakehead But i have to disagree on B&D and Audience.
Ayu has like way over a 100 songs. Some of them are bound to sound similar to something else, however annoying that might seem.

I think that's just you. LOL.

I'm probably going to get flamed to death but yeah I've noticed that sometimes. Is it just me but are M and Free & Easy pretty much the same song? o_0

I never noticed this before. Maybe she's just linking her songs in some way, like the way Britney Spears has that annoying drum-ish should in all her songs.

well I have to say ayu does keep her "safty" songs!! But then for the last few singles she has been trying some new and dangerous ones like Bold&Delicious!! so I think I have to say yeah she is not as awesome because she is trying to find her new style but I think the reason people think the songs sound similar I think it's because it's her safty songs!!

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It depends on the person. xD

imho; the whole 'nee kimi wa~' is not at all like 'ano umi e~~' :o

Most of her songs are radically different for me. I guess I confused HOPE OR PAIN and Liar a lot.. but that's like.. a trilogy of songs that sort of go together.. ~_~

/falls over

I don't seem the resemblance.

Just a note guys, you can't blame it on Ayu for any songs sounding similar. It's the composer.

As much as End roll is simillar to Bold & Delicious in my opinion.

HAHAHA!!! XD Are you really serious? It's totally 2 different type of songs! Hahaha...

LOL not really. It's because I can't see much simillarities in fairyland/ANGEL's SONGand AUDIENCE/B&D either.

For fairyland and ANGEL's song... you can say the melody is sorta similar... But for AUDIENCE vs. B&D vs. End roll, I just dun see any connection between those three..

I think most people have talked the similarity between M and Free & Easy when the latter song came out. The melody is similar, and even the arrangement is similar (in terms of verse, verse, chorus, chorus blah blah). So you won't be flamed to death... LOL.

Free&Easy sounds nothing like M

you got most of my point then ;)

I see no resemblance whatsoever.
Even if she were ripping off her old songs, come'on, she's released... what, 100+ songs already?

It was sarcasm. LOL!

Plus, "B&D" and "AUDIENCE" are also two totally different type of songs.

Maybe some songs could ressemble each other.. But dosen't Ayumi have like.. A LOT songs?!

:yes I agree with you.

Ayu sometimes composes.

haha.. fairyland and ANGEL'S SONG are only similar to a limited extent!! its only the first line of the chorus that's similar! and both songs sound totally different.. and ayu had Bold & Delicious cos she liked the songs from SWEETBOX right? so she wanted to try it out.. it came out to be a pleasant surprise isnt it? i dont think an ayu fan should keep condemning their idol's songs..

I always get fairyland and angels song mixed up in my head.. :[

I think they're decent enough, though I have to say sometimes they do sound a bit repetitive.

But STEP you was a blast, and so was alterna.

fairlyland slightly sounds like ANGEL'S SONG but that's a big slightly. As for Bold & Delicious sounding like part of AUDIENCE, they sound nothing alike.

Yeah, Ayu does compose some of her music. I wish she would do it more, the last ones she has composed though are Will, winding road, and Humming 7/4. As for Audience and B&D sounding similar, I dont think so. Angels song and fairyland... maybe one or two verses and I geuss because the music is fast in both songs, it may sound more alike.

Yeah when I first heard fairyland, I actually saw the Music Station or Heyx3 (don't remember) performance, and I walked away from the computer singing "nee kimi watashi ka ni". It drove me crazy and I just couldn't remember fairyland at all!

I do agree that since she's had at least over 100 songs, you can't really expect them ALL to be completely different, right?

Ayu sometimes composes her own music, but she's not a professional so we can't expect her to come up with a completely different melody to the song every time she composes something.

Plus, the majority of Ayu's songs are not composed by Ayu.

I think Hamasaki has quite a lot of variety in her music compared to some other artists with the same number of albums .

I hear similarities in some of the CREA songs, but I never thought the songs mentioned in the first post sounded the same. :shrug

I also think the arrangers need to be taken into account xD

Whee~ ANGEL'S SONG is probably just as sugary as fairyland is [at least I think so] which is why people think they sound similar :\ [sort of like how a lot of people were like 'ew dearest = heven' when it came out]

I thought the same thing.

No. It's literally the SAME NOTES FOR THE FIRST LINE OF EACH CHORUS. There's no "probably". They are. The. Same. Notes.

its only for that few notes.. its not enough to say that ANGEL'S SONG sound very like fairyland..

^ true dat!
itz gonna happen! there's only so many notes that are possible to use in this dimension!

HAHA, i mixed up Startin's chorus with INSPIRE's chorus when i first listened to Startin'.

actually i dont think the notes are the same
plus the tempo is different?

They are the same. Not through the entire chorus, but the beginning of it ( the first note and third and fourth notes I think). This is a measurable fact, not opinion, just like feet, centimeters etc. The tempo is different, sure and the songs aren't the same, angel's song isen't as nostalgic as fairyland, but the beginning of the chorus' are the same.

I don't think it matters, but considering that ayumi picks the melodies herself, it's not that strange that some of them end up sounding similar, she is one person with one taste in music, just like all of us.

I know that the chorus from Born to be... and Fairyland are like the exact same in the beginning part haha..

Also, I remember people complaining that UNITE! was just another Evolution, except worse ;)

Not really. Some songs might resemble each other but none are exactly really the same. Some remind me of other songs but only as hints.

^ the only 2 songs that resemble each other slightly are.. ok i have to admit... ANGEL'S SONG and fairyland.. but others sound so different from one another..

evolution = UNITE! ?
Bold & Delicious = AUDIENCE ?
Dearest = HEAVEN ?
Startin' = INSPIRE ?

oh gosh..

Blah, who cares really xD

Her songs are her songs. They're different, but the way we see them really depends on who we are and how we hear the song :\

Some people might think B&D sounds like STEP you.. x.x It all depends on the listener imho. [And with many singers/artists with 100+ songs.. there's probably a few songs that sound sort of similar in some instances.. right? >>]

sometimes i think her songs do remind me of her other material...especially fairyland and angel's song. my main problem with her new songs is that although i still like them, they aren't nearly as addictive and i find that it doesn't take long before i'm tired of them.

When you start finding so many songs that sound similar to each other, you know that you're spending too much time listening to music. :innocent

Lol, you're so right. I think Born to Be sounds too much like something I've heard before, but Startin' sounds really new and fresh. And I love the sound of her latest album, I think it's really different from what she's done before.

I think it is not that bad now. Last time, when i listened to her albums, (esp I am...and Rainbow), i can never know when a song end, when the other start. ok, i admit i wasnt that much into Ayu last time, but still the songs sound more similar as compared to now. though, yeah, i hear similarities in Fairyland and Born to be...

I completely agree. they sound so similar.

i do think ayu's new songs cannot compare to the old songs. the dividing line for me is Rainbow. Pre rainbow songs are good, post rainbow songs are mediocre.

And i keep thinking that No Way To Say also sounds like some other song, but i dont know which. maybe it is because no way to say is so formulaic.

I am sort of lucky,I am newish to Ayumi,so everything is quite fresh and new for me.

Though, why should we be complaining?
We aren't the ones who have to compose, nor do we have to write lyrics.
All we have to do is listen. And THAT's a choice.
I'm sure not even 1/4 of the people here could actually compose a good melody unlike others. Let alone a melody at all.

the lyrics leading up to the chorus of fairyland actually reminded me of the lyrics leading up to the chorus of SEASONS

haah true! no doubt ayu's past compositions are better than the current ones. but if ayu keeps on doing the same old thing over and over again, wouldn't it be too boring for her? no breakthroughs at all..

I like the latest songs much more than the past songs since I like rock style

I also think chorus of fairyland has little bit similar to that of angel's song
but I extremely like fairyland

so now Ayu copies herself...and yet again...I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!OMG!!!Why would Ayu do such a thing.....

her quality of music has been going down for years and now it has hit an all time low...awww everyone think of RAINBOW...

I dont really think that specific sequence of notes is enough reason to say that the two songs are similar, only because, i dont think that Ayu's music is all "black and white" you really have to look deep sometimes, and they are two just very different songs. I think that its possible that the fact that the notes are the same could have to do with the specific key the song is in and the chord at that particular time...

and lets face it...Ayu (let alone the composer/arranger) probably doesnt even remember Angel's Song, or any of those other songs unless it was something like Boys and Girls.

Copies.. herself? O_o

Wha?

^ with regard to the music.. but it reminded me of alterna PV though..

When I first heard Inspire, I thought it sounded like another song of hers, but I forgot which one. I know it wasn't Startin', and I thought this before the release of (Miss)Understood.

just some humour...since ayu seems to copy everyone these days...

I guess i can see how angel's song and fairyland sound the same..
but definitley not B&D and audience. those are like...soo different.
and B&D was composed by sweetbox..so you cant really blame ayumi

yup i agree you
after making hundreds of songs
its just impossible (well literally), to make new songs which dont sound a single bit similar to other songs!