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Old 5th December 2012, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Zeke. View Post
Yeah I knew AHS was over-reacting to snowy kiss - I can't take anyone's reactions to fresh material seriously. It's good but it is no Microphone POWER ROCK or anything - it's good in a Love songs way.
I think her vocals are good and Ivy is much better than Melody. Her vocals are worst on Sweet scar so I feel it's funny you say they are unimpressive on the other tracks.
I agree that "Ivy" is better than "Melody", and while I'd say I think the vocals in "Sweet scar" are on a similar level to those in "Ivy, "Sweet scar"'s vocals fit the music much better. The underwhelming, more limited vocals in "Sweet scar" fits with the serene and nostalgic piano, but in "Ivy" there are majestic violins and power which shouldn't be accompanied by the "girly" vocals Ayu had, in my opinion.
And overall, I wouldn't say her vocals are directly "bad" but they were so much better on "Party Queen". It feels disappointing to hear her voice like this when I feel that she can sing better.
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