How is Ayumi copying Madonna?...
 

i know many people say that many times, but they give barely any examples of where/when/how/what Ayumi suppousedly copies from Madonna...

there was a thread about a band S.H.E copying Ayumi's PV "GAME" and one user posted examples of how is Ayumi copying Madonna -- but obviously i can't find that thread now...

as of what i remember:
"Happy Ending" from Arena Tour 2005 dress/performance is almost the same as in one of Madonna's tours
"Ourselves" PV dress is v. similar to a dress in one of Madonna's clips
"Dearest" PV concept is the same as in one of Madonna's clips.
"Alterna" PV white Ayumi with an eye in her mouth is v. similar to Madonna's look in one of her clips.

please correct me if i'm wrong in any of these above and explain if there are any more "copy acts" by Ayumi...

When Ayu puts on the long black wig, she reminds me a bit of Madonna during her "Frozen" PV. But that's really vague, because anyone can wear a long black wig :D

Is Ayumi a Copycat ?
 

Look at these pictures, this is truly interesting :luv2
I put up a small page to show that~

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I put the credit on the webpage I made ^^

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As you can see, all these "Copying" threads that keep getting created on a daily basis are being merged into one or two threads to discourage their creation.

(The subject is getting rather old and often prompts angry exchanges).

Ayu is such a copycat, lol.

Anyway, I can see what is alike about the 2 concerts.

But the other images? Ayu and Pam? Ayu and Kylie? Gees, it's just the same pose...

Now we know how the Jolin fans feel right?

nice pictures I still like ayumi though I still see her and madonna as two totally different people even though she may have "copied" her

LeButler, do you have the original pic for your av it looks really cute

Wow, Ayu really did copy Madonna, even down to the little gap in her teeth ^__^

But serioulsy, those are mostly just coincidences

LOL The most common thing I can notice in each of the pics compared is that ayu always look much better than the others LOL :laugh

amen to that

what's more interesting is who's behind the artistic ideas, because neither madonna nor AYumi make everything themselves. =P Perhaps some of their emplyees have similar education or something like that. :P

I don't believe the Toxic V.S walking proud thing. I mean, come on! What about J.Lo's "Waiting for tonight"? Or "kanariya". Same for All I Have V.S No Way to say... WTF? Especially Ayu's MY STORY and Xtina's Calender.. HAHA!

Oh both J.Lo and Ayu have pigtails! Scandal!

Ayu's and Madonna's concert are obviously alike. But when it comes to the CM or magazine shoot, that's not copying.

Yeah, I always knew, but it doesn't bother me cuz I love both Madonna and Ayu, and Ayu is kinda like Madonna's remix, so it's refreshing, I dunno how to say it.

it's just a REALLY bias way of trying to prove things .. don't get me wrong as trying to bash on the thread ..

take for example:
Ayumi's Walking Proud vs. Britney Toxic, we could easily take Ayu's Kanariya (which pre-dates Toxic a lot) as proof that Britney copied her if we wants to .. it's just one use colorful rocks while one use silver ...

it seem that that author of those pictures just try to find similar clothings with same poses and since Madonna came out long long ago, most of her materials will pre-date Ayu for sure .. plus not to mention Madonna seems to use a lot of Japanese clothings, so Ayu will bound to run into them during her life of massive appearances ...

I just realise how I love looking at such topics. It's really interesting to simply just look at the similarities. I do agree that ayu's stuff ain't totally original though the person who made the images got things abit too far with some pics that are just mere coincidental similar poses.

But it's cool in such a way that ayu or her designers are able to make the copied stuff look better. Quality work indeed.

Japanese Clothes? Are you looking at the pictures above right ??

Agreed! :yes

In 2001, Above & Beyond remixed "What it Feels Like for a Girl" by Madonna and the music video was done to that remix.
That same year, Above & Beyond remixed "M" by Ayumi Hamasaki and a PV was done to that remix.

Heh that's true. I do think it is kind of ridiculous. The most I can say is she was inspired by them.

lol, well said! I was going to say something like that.
Also for like the poses of like covers of the singles and such.. er.. I don't think that they're Ayu's ideas I mean.. if they were, she wouldnt need to hire anyone for photoshoots and such besides a photographer..
Basically I'm just saying it's not Ayu that's being the "copy cat", it might just be the people who proposed the ideas that are copying... :D