[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by haikudasai

When you look at Ayumi Hamasaki, do you see Ayu, the human being, or do you see Ayumi Hamasaki the Entertainer? Is there a grey area?

I see a woman who became an entertainer. I saw how raw she was back when A Song For XX was released. I watched her grow. Watched her budget go up. Saw her face look less scary. I say that because now she knows where the light hits her and how to control her posture to look good. Another would for it would be polished.

Well she went scary in a new direction with the fish mouth and the deer-headlights eyes but at least in better clothes.

I think that the woman comes out here and there. I don't think she's as raw with emotion as she used to be. She has written all of the stories that she's lived through and it is hard to rewrite them well enough to be different.


How do you think that affects what you want from what she does? What do you want from her?

Like I said she's written so much and gone through enough that she is almost flat in a sense. I think that listening to a lot of songs that are new sound like repeats because she's not as fresh. It is so bashed on this forum to say that you don't like the new works or that they sound just like extensions of previous works but it really comes down to the fact that I believe she is just not inspired.

She may have bursts of inspiration but I don't feel the passion anymore. I just hear a lot of heavy harmonies and computerized instruments. There have been songs here and there that really do seem like the Artist Ayumi Hamasaki rather than the Pop Star Ayumi Hamasaki.

I want her to take a few years off. She has been working an insane life for over a decade. I would like for her to really throw herself into new music. She has been dabbled and such but she hasn't really reincarnated herself in a long time. I miss the risks she used to take with herself.

She is such a massive star that taking a risk now isn't going to hurt her career. It would make me respect her more.

Do you think that being so close to Ayu with social media affects your view of
her?


I'm not close to her. I don't follow her twitter. I don't attempt to make contact with her. She isn't my friend and the only true relationship I feel to her is through her lyrics. I'd rather not tarnish the ideas I came to know through her music by knowing a woman who could explain the meaning of a song to be something different than I imagined. I hope that makes sense?

How do you feel about the way other people see Ayu?


This will probably make the topic get closed. LOL emiko~

I really think that it is honestly a great and wide spectrum throughout the world. That said, I think that there is a large concentration of condescending and rude members here that overpower those who maintain objective opinions and provide some sort of constructive criticism.

I've seen people post "I LOVE IT" time and time again. That is fine but you really provide nothing new to your words and eventually it makes the way you type about every release seem as if you are brain washed.

I really do enjoy reading people who write out WHY they like something. It shows that their opinion is thought out because of specific things and not only because its a release by "^ o ^ Ayu-chan~" (dramatization)

I actually stopped posting here because whenever I posted a comment about something in particular that I didn't like I'm told to leave, I'm told to go listen to her old works, I'm told that I'm not a fan, I'm told that I always post the same thing when I rarely post here anymore, I'm told I'm a "hater".

I really think people should learn what the word hate means. Not loving does not mean hating. The world is not black and white.

Are you a little pig-headed about your opinions?

No, I'm not. I don't tell people they need to leave because they love things too much. I don't think their idiots for having an opinion. Sometimes, I admit, I think that there are people too consumed and worship her as if she doesn't take a dump that is brown and stank.

I think that Ayumi has taught a lot of fans to love and deal with grief in ways that make her stans a lot easier to tolerate than Lady Gaga for instance (bringing her up because of the opinion stuff). I've seen Lady Gaga fans completely shred people with words and horrible hateful comments; all that while Lady Gaga always preaches that people should love and not hate lol. I haven't out right seen any Ayumi fans bash, trash, threaten, or any of the like. That's a good thing I suppose. Just don't tell people to leave because you can't handle opinions that don't match your own.

Opinions are not facts just because they're yours.

I'd love to type more but this subject has long been in my head whenever I come here. It is almost as if I have too many words to type.

It was cool to read your honest opinions I don't really see the thread getting closed because of what you said in that line (unless there's someone truly immature enough here to make a fuss out of something inoffensive LOL)