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Old 3rd January 2010, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by emiko View Post
My love for Koda and Namie doesn't have to do with the creativity of their music, which is nearly nonexistent. I love their presence, and their ability to be entertaining. I also love the part of me that gets to come out when I listen to their music.

Anyway, the way I feel about Ayu is turning quickly to them. I can't love her for her music when it's total crap. It's no longer great music...just boring.

So, I love her, for her, and the person she is, and the influence she's had over my life. And I really do love her...it's just not enough for me to like her music, and it never will be.
I can respect that. I can understand why you dislike Ayu's (new?) music. And of course, I can see why people love Namie and Koda. I love old "Concentration 20" Namie, also STYLE and her SUITE CHIC persona. Koda, well.. I'd definitely play with her boobies. And she can sing pretty well live from what I've seen, which is something Ayu can't do right now. I don't know enough about the other J-pop divas besides Ayu to really discuss them, honestly. It's just that from what I can gather, there's nothing too similar about any of them to warrant constant comparison (It's just a J-diva thing, I know). But the way I see it, it's like comparing Nickelback to Sum 41 just because they're both Canadian "rock" bands, which is sooooo.. I don't know.. ignorant? lol.

The J-divas all have certain strengths and weaknesses, and people assess these strengths and weaknesses in different ways. Admittedly, I think people are sometimes really insane for how they perceive their attributes... I think we all have moments like that here. For instance, I don't understand how anybody can think Ayu sounded excellent at CDL. I also don't understand how some of Kuu's songs are loved by anybody. We all have our radical douchebag "wtf are you on?!" moments. So when I say, "I don't understand why Koda/Namie/Ayu have the same fans blah blah" I don't really mean to offend anybody or anything. I just find it questionable for some odd reason.
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