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Old 28th May 2012, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by kendelle View Post
This pretty much sums up my thoughts.

I miss Ayu being about Ayu......not Ayu and her BFFBrigade..........
^ So true. I remember when I first saw Secret and I thought, "Jesus F'n Christ! This woman makes exactly the type of music I've always wanted to hear." And now, I feel like most of her songs are fillers, or the same: Verse - Chorus A - Verse - Chorus B - Instrumental/Quick 2-line Bridge - Chorus A & B.

I missed before the intros for songs and she brought a lot of that back with Love songs, which makes that album so special to me, but overall, she isn't really writing anymore. There are no Free&Easy's or RAINBOW's these days. We get the occasional song that makes us happy, e.g. BALLAD or Last angel or Virgin Road, but she really hasn't been making a noticeable effort like she used to. I don't care if she copies herself, I just want the Ayu who makes good music again.

Also, I'm glad that the PVs for PQ were not as boring as prior PVs from Ls. But I really think Ayu needs to do more than cry, bend over, walk or stand around, and sing to the camera. I don't care about dance moves, but stories made her older PVs amazing.

I hope she just does who she is, not this trying-to-have-a-hit-again stuff. People really signed off from this awhile back. The last actual Ayumi album was GUILTY. Everything since has been noticeably half-hearted.
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