Ayu approves Bentley Jones cover
 

Not sure if this was posted anywhere yet....


From a press release about Bentley Jones' new album:
Read it: Bentley Jones covers Ayu, Namie, Chihiro, SPEED, globe...


From Bentley Jones' blog:
Read it: Bentley Jones Official Blog

wow great news for him (although I personally don't like it)

^ lol agreed! hahahah :D

Good for him! I wonder though... why does Ayu appear kind of known in the US but well, she's not really again... weird.

wooho he covers SPEED song too.. I'm really glad to hear that

lucky guy.



thanks!!

I would die. Lol.

Waw!
Lucky him!

Thanks for the news! ^_~*

i cant wait to DL this album! finally i can sing ayu's song in official english lyrics

Wow this is interesting. I wonder what other songs he will be covering?

Amazing! Fun for him! ^^

OMG!

素直になれたら ～FINAL NIGHT～ (Sunao ni naretara ~FINAL NIGHT~)
強く儚い者たち (Tsuyoku hakanai monotachi)
気分上々↑↑ (Kibun Joujou) mihimaru GT?
Don’t wanna cry
月光 (Gekkou)
ドラマチック (Dramatic)
TRANS//LATION ～インタールード～ (TRANS//LATION ~Interlude~)
DEPARTURES
Depend on you ～Depend on me～
WHITE LOVE - SPEED?
春 ～SPRING～ (Haru ~Spring~)
GLAMOROUS SKY Mika?

lol congrats to him

thanks for the info

woahh so lucky him!!
woah envy of him that Ayu approves his covers nice!

"I'm miss Hamasaki and I approve this message"? cool! :) I like the cover too actually

omg lol he's soo lucky XD

Congrats to him!!! I STILL think he's on AHS lol. :laugh

That is cool. I hope he has a lot of success with his album. ^^

good for him )

Lucky him,

this is so cool!!!!!!!!
i'm glad that Ayu aproves of her fans covering her work^^

lucky decil...I liked his Depen On you... he hopefully did not butcher Don't wanna Cry and the mihimaru GT song^^

He's lucky :D I wanna be on his place lol

Yeah, lucky fan! Hehe. =D

I've been looking forward to this album for a few months now ^_^

good job :P 10x ^^

Oh.. he coverd Onitsuka's Gekkou. How would it sounds from he?

I wonder the same. Gekkou is such an emotional song, not easy to cover. :shakehead

I hope the cover of DOY is good, but ZOMG at Don't Wanna Cry <3

haha good for him :lech did he get ayu's email? :lech

i`m sure there are quite a few people in the music industry that are aware of her, or know of her.

DEPARTURES would sound interesting.. maybe. he better not mess that one up, one of my favorites, hAhaha.

Yay for him!Hehe,I don't like his cover that much,but it's nice~

Thanks for sharing! But March 25th!!? It appears that he's actually releasing it on the day Ayu's "NEXT LEVEL" album is going to be released...

That's great that Ayu liked and endorsed Bentley Jones' translations of her songs in some way...

I like the cover! I want the instrumental version of it. I'm glad Ayu approves. I can't wait to DL or hear Glamorous Sky also.

ugh, is that haru~spring from Hysteric blue?
I can't think of anyone else singing that beside themselves -__-
hope it'll be a good one X)

I do too.


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I also think Ayumi herself is on AHS. (!!!!!)

his version of Depend on You was made ages ago, but is only now included on an album? finally! can't wait to hear the rest of them. it should be really interesting.

Hahaha that is so awesome for him :)
And it's cool that she knows about it and approves of it - likes it, even :D

Cool news, I visited his site a few times since we first heard about the cover but it's always down or something (lol)

If it becomes available on iTunes AUS I'll definately pick it up! If it's not then it will be harder and more expensive so I might have to skip it ^^;

ummm where are the songs at??

OMG!!awesome...

im surprise i didnt like his version at all . i hate when men cover woman songs . i wish she did choose someone else with a better voice

Nice of her, really. :)

yes....nice.. of her...
..yep..just nice..


;)

i thought his cover was amazingly awesome....I loved it

good news for him!

this bentley jones guy is just using ayu for his own promotions.

i am happy of cos. but of all songs, why Depend on You?

I'd die if that happened to me! X.x
Lucky him...

interesting, i havent listened to it, so i dont know. :O

OMFG, congratulations! him is a very lucky person! hell yeah

Yeah, he's lucky indeed...

Great to be him.

i agree with you. its just to get people attention; i dont like that .

I honestly don't like his covers. :\

hahaz.. that's good for him. But i'm not interested on this at all. lolz.

And it's working so well that you guys are here talking about it =)


I hope his album comes out good... He has a good voice^^

Great! I lik ehis covers and his music.

Ayu didn't choose anything, he covered her song for his album. I like what he did to the song :) And Depend on you isn't necceserily a "woman" song, it could be sang by anyone. Nevertheless his lyrics are really different than Ayu's.

That's pretty cool of Ayu!

Thank you for the tracklist, kiseki89. The album looks intersting :D
Thanks for the info.

Just wanted to share, as you may be interested : we had a long and really interesting interview with Bentley Jones on mimu, he talks about his passion for Jpop and his work on this album.

The article is available both in english and in french.

Here it is : Bentley Jones interview.


Greetings :)

I love this part <3 Thanks for sharing Shito ^^

Quote:

"The way the Japanese composers I worked with created their music had quite an impact on me, and it was shortly after that I was introduced to Ayumi Hamasaki. I was looking for Above and Beyond remixes and I came across their remix of ‘M’ on YouTube. I thought it was great but one of the comments said “the original is better” so I checked out the original and I thought it was incredible! Nothing like anything Western and it had a very raw emotional quality to it. From then I was hooked. "

Sorry to bump but i saw this when searching Google News, thought it was interesting...
http://www.gamingunion.net/news/bent...-far--268.html

More press coverage and exposure for Ayu in a Western market, perhaps?

Oh wow, I'd love to get Ayu's approval, how cool! I wonder if she understood the English lyrics perfectly.

who is bentley jones

^http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_Jones

that guy has it great^^
i wish she'd say something like that to me (even tough she told it to his manager :P)

well heres a remix version i found if you guys havent heard it. its actually pretty good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U310nOHxVDo
his japanese isnt so hot but its not bad
enjoy :)
it makes me miss the original :\

^ I LIKE this~ lol!!!~ one of a favorites song~ covered VERY well~ imo

I think he could have chosen a better song...

mi|kshake~

^Yeah not one of Ayus most exciting songs so many better ones haha I mean Depend on You is a great song, but of all the songs he could have chosen...haha