Are there any ayu songs that you like more in remix/mix/classical/live version?

[Surreal17]

So, like I've already said in the title, are there any original ayu songs that you prefer in an alternative form such as :
- remix
- mix
- acoustic
- orchestra
- classical
- live

?

[KarenPang]

- Ladies Night ~another night~
- Microphone (THE LOWBROWS remix)
- blossom (Clockwork yellow remix)
- You & Me (A Classical version)
- Wake me up (Remo-con rmx)
- Feel the love (DJ Hello Kitty remix)
- Feel the love (Blasterjaxx remix)

I'm usually not a remix person but these are some that're the exceptions from her discography

[Tom Punks]

Wake me up allllllllll the way. That song is amazing live! The original mix should have mixed in that dubstep remix lol. For the most part, I don't think any of her other songs sound particularly good live.

Oh yeah, and obviously from your letter "sleeperspaceborn mix." I actually like another fan remix... uh... POWDER SNOW (James Merrifield remix) is how I have it tagged. From the remix contest a few years back. I despise the original POWDER SNOW lol.

[Surreal17]

- YOU (northern breeze)
- Wishing (taku's CHEMISTRY MIX)
- Kanariya (Jonathan Peters' Vocal Club Mix)
- Hanabi Episode II (HAL's Mix)
- You were...(Music Box mix - retake)
- Wake me up (Remo-con rmx) - but I like the original too
- Feel The Love (Blasterjaxx Rmx)

Live versions :
- Key (I don't remember the live)
- sotsugyou shashin (CDL 2007-2008)
- Forgiveness (PoM 2011)
- WE WISH (CDL 2013/2014)
- CAROLS (CDL 2013/2014)
etc.

[Livey~]

A Song for ×× (A BALLADS ver) is the first that came to mind as I read the title~ ♡

[DevilHunter_04]

The live version of Forgiveness from Power of Music. Since I heard that version I haven't been able to listen to the recorded version. The live version of Forgiveness is so powerful and gives me goosebumps every time.

[Kacku]

In many of these cases, I like the original and the alternate versions "only" equally, but I'll list them anyway.

Remixes:
- kanariya "system F remix"
- P.S II "Dub's Kingship Remix"
- A Song for ×× "030213 Session #2"
- YOU "northern breeze"
- HANABI ~episode II~ "HAL's MIX 2003"
- It was "Island mix"
- Depend on you -10th anniversary version-
- blossom (Clockwork yellow remix)
- Dearest (Razor N' Guido Club mix)
- For My Dear... (HOUSE NATION remix)
- snowy kiss (Shohei Matsumoto remix)

Acoustic & Orchestra versions:
- Who... (from ayu-mi-x II & 4)
- Fly high (from ayu-mi-x II & 4)
- Key (from ayu-mi-x III)
- Duty (from ayu-mi-x III)
- Far away (from ayu-mi-x III) - the original arrangement has always irritated me a little, so this version is great
- ever free (Inst Melo Version from ayu-mi-x III)
- GAME (Orchestra Version from MY STORY Classical)
- HONEY (Orchestra Version from MY STORY Classical)
- kanariya (from ayu-mi-x 7)
- Trust (from ayu-mi-x 7)
- forgiveness (from ayu-mi-x 7)
- blossom (Orchestra version from crossroad)
- Song 4 u (Orchestra version from LOVE)

Live versions (spoiler: I really like PCDL and PoM lol):
- A Song for xx (DOME TOUR 2001)
- End of the world (PREMIUM COUNTDOWN LIVE)
- Heartplace (PREMIUM COUNTDOWN LIVE)
- And then... (PREMIUM COUNTDOWN LIVE)
- forgiveness (POWER of MUSIC)
- progress (POWER of MUSIC)
- A Song for xx (POWER of MUSIC) - LOVE the brass in this version
- BLUE BIRD (POWER of MUSIC)
- WE WISH (CDL 2013-2014)

Honorable mentions (not loving them quite as much as the originals, but it's really close):
- monochrome (POWER of MUSIC)
- HEAVEN (Piano Version)
- HEAVEN x DAISHI DANCE
- MOON (Orchestra Version)
- WHATEVER (from ayu-mi-x 7 -version Acoustic Orchestra-)

[TeamAyu2004]

I really enjoy the Acoustic/Orchestra/Classical versions, but I don't know if I like them MORE....

[Cahz-]

M (Above & beyond Mix)
Hanabi (Lange Remix)

[Surreal17]

I love The Moon/ Blossom Orchestra Versions even though I love the originals too. I also love Trust & AUDIENCE from ayu-mi-x 7 orchestra version

[tbarnes10]

"Feel the love" and "Wake me up" remixes are amazing and I'd say just as good as the regular version

I LOVE "Boys & Girls" "evolution" and "a song for xx" live. The audience energy and participation in B&G and evolution makes them so much better in my opinion, and the emotion in the live versions of asfxx is amazing.

[Delirium-Zer0]

For some of these I dunno if they're BETTER, but I do know they helped me hear something in a song, or "feel" the song more, or I just think the sound is complimentary to the lyrics in a way the original arrangement wasn't.

In some cases most people don't even hear the difference between the mix I list and the original, but like... the subtle things they did to amp the songs up in these mixes are exactly why I like them, haha Most of it is stuff like percussion or drum balancing that helped make the songs feel more fleshed out and in my opinion it helped immensely, so. There ya go.

poker face (A BEST LIVE) (Why oh why couldn't this have been the full song??)
poker face (Roland van Gelderen Extended remix)
YOU "northern breeze"
Trust (New Vocal & Mix from A BEST)
Trust (Arranged by Akimitsu Homma)
Trust "Acoustic Version"
For My Dear... (PCDL Live)
For My Dear... (HOUSE NATION Remix)
Depend on you -10th Anniversary version-
Two of us "HAL's Mix"
POWDER SNOW (Acoustic Orchestra Version)
POWDER SNOW (PCDL Live)
Wishing (Acoustic Orchestra version)
Prologue "Hybrid Remix"
A Song for XX "MILLENNIUM MIX"
Hana "Acoustic Orchestra Version"
FRIEND II "MAKE MY MAD MIX" (Disclaimer: As a remix, I hate it. It's really just an uncredited mash up of FRIEND II and "Leave You Far Behind" by Lunatic Calm, with the intro of "Operation: Mindcrime" by Queensryche stuck at the start of it. It's a FANTASTIC mash-up, crappy remix. WAY more enjoyable to listen to than the original regardless, haha)
As if... "Acoustic Orchestra Version"
from your letter (sleeper/spaceborn remix)

WHATEVER (Arranged by CMJK)
LOVE ~since 1999~ (Live on ayu ready?)
TO BE "2003 ReBirth Mix"
Boys & Girls (New Mix) from A BEST
monochrome (Album Mix)
monochrome (POWER of MUSIC Live)
too late (Album Mix)
End roll (New Vocal & Mix) from A BEST
appears "HAL's Progress"
And then "Acoustic Orchestra version"
And then "VOICE SPECTRAL MIX"
Fly high "Acoustic Orchestra version"
Fly high "HAL's Mix 2000"
Who... (Chinese Version) (It's mostly just that I REALLY wish she'd recorded it in Japanese transposed down a key like this, it's just lovely and her voice sounds great when she's not straining to reach the high notes.)
kanariya (Arranged by Yuta Nakano)
kanariya "engrave mix"
kanariya "HAL's Mix"
kanariya "The Dub Version"
kanariya "Jonathan Peters' Vocal Club Mix" (PV edit)
kanariya "system F remix"

vogue "inst. melo ver"
vogue "HAL's MIX 2000"
SEASONS "2003 ReBirth Mix"
SEASONS "Classical version"
End of the World (PCDL Live)
AUDIENCE "Dave Ford Mix"
AUDIENCE "HAL's Mix 2000"
AUDIENCE "Keith Litman's Radio Mix"
girlish "Scanty Sandwich Radio"
girlish "Scanty Sandwich Dub"

M (POWER of MUSIC Live)
NEVER EVER (Acoustic Orchestra version)
NEVER EVER (POWER of MUSIC Live)
still alone (Takanoyuri CM version) (DISCLAIMER: I know this was never actually released, but it's absolutely my favorite version of the song. I fell hopelessly in love with it in the CM and then the album version destroyed everything I loved about it. I WANT THE WHOLE THING TO SOUND LIKE THIS! The desperation, the longing, the desolation! GAH!!)
Connected "Ambient Mix"
Dearest "Acoustic Piano version"
Dearest "The Implication DUB Mix"
A Song is born (POWER of MUSIC Live)
no more words "Acoustic Orchestra version"
I am... (ARENA TOUR 2002 Live)
Naturally "Wippenberg remix"

Voyage "83key's Eternal Remix"
Real me "RAM RIDER REMIX"
INSPIRE (Princess China Music Orchestra version... does this count? lol)
Bold & Delicious (Live versions since PoM - love the jazz/funk arrangement)
BLUE BIRD (POWER of MUSIC Live)
fated "Orchestra Version"
crossroad (Johnny Vicious Club Mix)
Dream ON (DJ AMAYA vs GROOVEBOT REMIX)

It's funny... as soon as the ayu-mi-x/10-track single era ended, Ayu's remixes just didn't feel like they were contributing anything anymore, you know? Even when they were good, it didn't feel like most of them had any love for the song behind them. They all started feeling like works for hire rather than works of art, barring these few.

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

FRIEND II "MAKE MY MAD MIX"
kanariya "Jonathan Peters' Vocal Club Mix" (PV edit)

Ahhh. I forgot these. WAAAY better than the original mixes.

Also forgot M "Above & Beyond whatever the remix is called however it's tagged."

[DonkeyKongRemix]

Songs I already think are masterpieces but I like alternate versions of them even better:

-Ever free (HAL's mix)
-Dearest (acoustic piano version)
-M (Above & Beyond)
-Walking Proud (Calm's Balearic Remix Radio Edit)
-A Song for xx (DOME TOUR 2001)
-And then (Concert Tour 2000...I know some people hate it but I think it's awesome)
-Because of you (countdown live 2006-2007)

Songs where I listen to the remix/live/whatever way more than the original:

-Hanabi~Episode II (HAL's mix)
-Two of Us (HAL's mix)
-Kanariya (Orchestrated version from Ayu-mi-x 7)
-Honey from My Story Classical
-Walking Proud (live when she had the blue dress and the red gloves... I can't remember which concert that was from...)

(I'm feeling excessively lazy right now.... so I guess I'll add more later)

[pheonixflame15]

I have a bunch

M (～POWER of MUSIC～ 2011 A LIMITED EDITION Version)
For My Dear... (House Nation Remix) [Ayu-Mi-X 7 - Version House]
CAROLS (Push remix) [ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu trance 4]
Free & Easy (Plum mix) [ayu-mi-x 7 presents ayu trance 4]
Dearest (Razor 'N Guido Club Mix) [Ayu-Mi-X 7 - Version House]
No way to say (Sugiurumn Remix) [Ayu-Mi-X 7 - Version House]
is this LOVE? (COUNTDOWN LIVE 2010-2011 A ~do it again~)
Feel the love (COUNTDOWN LIVE 2013-2014 A)
M ''Above & Beyond remix'' (CYBER Trance presents ayu trance)
evolution (DOME TOUR 2001)
UNITE! (Premium Countdown Live 2008-2009)
Feel the love (Blasterjaxx Remix)

[Klauser_Bateson]

A Song for ×× "030213 Session #2"
alterna "Orchestra Version"
And Then (acoustic orchestra version) – from ayu-mi-x II
appears "HAL's Progress"
CAROLS (Classical Version) – from MY STORY Classical
CAROLS (Criminal Tribal Mix)
CAROLS (Playgroup Club Mix)
CAROLS (Push Remix)
Days (Aly & Fila Remix)
Endless sorrow (Dub’s Forever Mercy Mix)
Endless sorrow (gone with the wind ver.)
Endless sorrow (Ram’s Advance Mix)
Flower garden (Back Beat Mix)
from your letter (Sleeper/Spaceborn Remix) – fan-made
Greatful days (PARA ONE Remix)
Hana (Acoustic Orchestra Version) – from ayu-mi-x
HANABI ~episode II~ (HAL’s Mix 2003)
I am… (Huge fairy tAle Mix)
July 1st (Dub’s FunFun Remix)
Key (Nicely Nice Waterfowl Mix)
Ladies Night ~another night~
Last Links (Orchestra Version)
Love song (Classical Version) – from A Classical
M (Classical Version) – A Classical
Melody (BROKEN Haze Remix)
Missing (Orchestra Version)
Moments (Flying Humanoid Mix)
Naturally (Wippenberg Remix)
NEVER EVER (Acoustic Orchestra Version) – from ayu-mi-x 4
Real me (Megara vs. DJ Lee Remix)
Real me (Ram Rider Remix)
SEASONS (Jonathan Peters Radio Mix)
SEASONS (Jonathan Peters Trance Radio Mix)
Sparkle (datu’s Old Trance Remix) – fan-made
Startin’ (Shinichi Osawa Remix)
STEP you (THE YOUNG PUNX! Extended Remix)
SURREAL (Acoustic Orchestra Version) – from ayu-mi-x III
SURREAL (Dub’s Floor Mix Transport 006)
TO BE (10th Anniversary Version)
Together When… (CoFuDub)
Two of us (Xelakad Ambient Mix 2007) – fan-made
UNITE! (Alt+F4 Remix)
UNITE! (Huge-UR Chin Mix)
Voyage (83key’s Eternal Remix)
WE WISH (Ramon Zenker Remix)
YOU "northern breeze"
You were… (Acoustic Orchestra Version) – from ayu-mi-x 7

I think that's all of them

[hayasaki]

I love the HAL mix for Ever Free and Fly High <3

[Nu-NRG]

Originally Posted by hayasaki

I love the HAL mix for Ever Free and Fly High <3

THIS!

also.. Ladies Night ~another night~

[yamadashun]

i love the evolution from Asia Tour 2008. it is EPIC!

EDIT: and also kiss o' kill from the same concert!

[MeltingCORE]

The live version of Party queen from Hotel Love Songs gives me life. I like it way more than the studio version. It's more energetic. The studio version feels kinda restrained. Anyways, others that I like more than the original...

-M (Above & Beyond mix)
-No way to say (Sugiurumn remix)
-No Way to Say (High Contrast Mix)
-Fated (Makoto Remix)
-Greatful days (DJ JOKER vs. HEAVENS WiRE remix)
-appears "Hal's Progress"
-A song for XX (that A Ballads version)
-Don't look back (Reggae Disco Rockers remix) (Everyone seems to hate this remix but I honestly really enjoy it. It's my top played Ayu song with over 100 pays. O_O)
-You & Me (Remo-con remix)
-It was (Island Mix)