I first started listening to Ayu in 2002. At the time most of what was available from p2p networks was stuff from asfxx and LOVEppears (and only a little bit of Duty, for some reason), so I thought maybe she was just another jpop artist in the vein of Every Little Thing and that sort of popular style. I didn't know much about jpop and got into it via anime.
I am... and RAINBOW should have been available around then, but I think songs from those albums just had enormous queues, and I had trouble downloading them (I used WinMX, so tons of Japanese users). I did hear "Dearest" because of Inuyasha. When I first heard other songs from I am..., they blew me away, because I'm a rocker at heart and they really sounded awesome to me. I bought I am... and RAINBOW from a shop downtown, but they were just well-made bootlegs.
I didn't know at the time.
My first legitimate Ayu album was Memorial address, and I remember seeing the pre-order on YesAsia and being so excited.
I was a fan then, yes, but I didn't really go Hamacrazy (
) until about a year ago, when I "caught up" on all the Ayu albums I'd managed not to notice for a while, such as (m)u. And really, what Ayu fan of any caliber wouldn't go crazy after hearing (m)u? Hearing her newer stuff led to re-appreciation of older stuff, and opened my eyes to her growth as an artist, and I couldn't stop listening. Now I'm a regular collector.
Quote:
Originally Posted by captain-kawaii123
Wow, I must seem pretty pathetic to all of you who have known her for much longer...But I'll continue to support her~~~
|
Oh jeez, of course not! I haven't been an AHS member nearly as long as I've been an Ayu fan, but I think I can safely say we don't have that kind of attitude here at all!