Now what?

moombasista · #1 1st December 2006, 07:51 PM

Can you believe it? Miss hamasaki... over 8 years later

I was expecting major crappage with Secret but it turned out to be a good album

I thought she had no juice left!

She's done it all. Rock, dance, ballads, pop, crappy R&B (remember the original kanariya...ew), and even gospel.

Now look, over 8 years later and wow... its really something

She's done it all! Now what?

Do you think she has any surprises left?

(I think ayu should do a jazz album LOL)

Terri · #2 1st December 2006, 08:03 PM

You know, I was getting similar feelings...

I feel that from here on Ayu can either keep doing the same things, or completely revert back to her old style.

Unfortunantely, there aren't much options left for her. No matter what she does, she is bound to repeat herself (subconciously) if she acts without having a plan.

Keishi · #3 1st December 2006, 08:21 PM

OMG yes. Please do some jazz music, Ayu. O_O

AND HIP HOP W00T. MORE NOTHING FROM NOTHING AYU!!! XD

sakamoko · #4 14th December 2006, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keishi

OMG yes. Please do some jazz music, Ayu. O_O

AND HIP HOP W00T. MORE NOTHING FROM NOTHING AYU!!! XD

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Vinylfantasy · #5 1st December 2006, 08:22 PM

Jazz would be really interesting. I think she could make it work.

chocopockymaster · #6 1st December 2006, 08:32 PM

Jazz...I could get behind that. Mika pulled it off really well, it would be interesting to see what Ayu could do with it. I don't think it's like anything she's done before.

Terri · #7 1st December 2006, 08:33 PM

Do you guys think Ayu even likes jazz music?

*Petit* · #8 1st December 2006, 09:03 PM

I woulden't really mind bouncy dance tracks like the ones on LOVEppears again.

As for jazz, I don't think she'd do that. She's never, not as I am aware of at least, done anything clse to it at all. And frankly I don't really mind as mika-jazz more often than not puts e to sleep. I would never ever ever want her to release anything like "NAKED SONGS" by aya.

Her style seems to mostly be heavy electronic influenced, extremely delicate classical stuff or rock, which also often is very synthisized. The kind of mellow muted disharmonic jazzy stuff doesen't seem to be her cup of tea.

Another thing I am uncertaïn of is how well her voice would fit it. But as her voice seems to devellop quite a lot, she might pull that off. As for now it has a very different quality than what I would consider suitable (allthough it might be interesting).

I think she could definetly try more RnB/pop, as long as it's done her way. Nothing heavy though.

I don't really mind her sticking to one genre as long as she keeps fresh and more importantly, has good composition, melodies. Sadly, her remix albums days seems to have gone, so we won't be able to hear different versions of most songs. THat often made it all more intersting to me.

Even though she seems to have done it all now, who knows? There are songs on this album that are somewhat different from her past stuff, like Born to Be... and JEWEL. Pop knows no boundraries. =P

Keishi · #9 2nd December 2006, 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by *Petit*

I woulden't really mind bouncy dance tracks like the ones on LOVEppears again.

As for jazz, I don't think she'd do that. She's never, not as I am aware of at least, done anything clse to it at all. And frankly I don't really mind as mika-jazz more often than not puts e to sleep. I would never ever ever want her to release anything like "NAKED SONGS" by aya.

Her style seems to mostly be heavy electronic influenced, extremely delicate classical stuff or rock, which also often is very synthisized. The kind of mellow muted disharmonic jazzy stuff doesen't seem to be her cup of tea.

Another thing I am uncertaïn of is how well her voice would fit it. But as her voice seems to devellop quite a lot, she might pull that off. As for now it has a very different quality than what I would consider suitable (allthough it might be interesting).

I think she could definetly try more RnB/pop, as long as it's done her way. Nothing heavy though.

I don't really mind her sticking to one genre as long as she keeps fresh and more importantly, has good composition, melodies. Sadly, her remix albums days seems to have gone, so we won't be able to hear different versions of most songs. THat often made it all more intersting to me.

Even though she seems to have done it all now, who knows? There are songs on this album that are somewhat different from her past stuff, like Born to Be... and JEWEL. Pop knows no boundraries. =P

Well there was a jazz-esque version of White Christmas that she sung for SUNTORY Freixenet Wine CM

Terri · #10 1st December 2006, 09:13 PM

I would love if Ayu could mix her old pop/techno appears style with a new style

zeroshin888 · #11 1st December 2006, 09:47 PM

Jazz would be a wonderful option for ayu. She can totally make use of her lower registered voice and vibrato. What she's doing now is great though. Secret totally surprised me as I thought she was really losing it with her earlier releases.

..:Hot:Like:Wow:.. · #12 1st December 2006, 11:05 PM

I think Jazz would destroy her career. I want fast dance techno.

midnightispure · #13 2nd December 2006, 03:16 AM

Oooh, I seriously would love jazz. She's never tackled it yet. Or, pure acoustic-ness either, really. I mean I guess girlish could be semi acoustic, but I'd like to see her go down that road more.

alt.total-loser · #14 2nd December 2006, 03:19 AM

If she did abunch of jazz, I'd die. I can't stand that stuff.

She should do RnB.

Or perhaps an actual dance-y, techno-y song.

yamogi · #15 2nd December 2006, 03:34 AM

Over past 8 years, ayu've been always evolving. She has tried almost every kind of music.being a fans myself, I'm really surprised.Maybe that's why she is still the one and only diva of japan.

the angel song · #16 2nd December 2006, 03:39 AM

I'd rather not think on it, and when I start giving up hope for her, let her smack me in the face with another "Secret" album!!

darc_aqua · #17 2nd December 2006, 03:40 AM

I think she still has a lot up her sleeve. Maybe she will do more retro songs, they're pretty cool. Her ballads are always great. I'm sure she'll do more experimental stuff. She would lose a lot of fans if she went on into jazz.

monsoonbaby · #18 2nd December 2006, 03:50 AM

We never what Ayu will do, she never fails to surprise me.
But I really miss her "LOVEappears" days.

s1012h · #19 2nd December 2006, 04:23 AM

i really love ayu's ability to just be able to sing so many different genres
and i hope that her next album will blow me away like Secret did
but i want the LOVEppears/I am... techno feel back, with songs like Naturally and too late
and the continuation of great bold rock like 1 LOVE
i hope that she won't make another (miss)understood

EDIT: I think ayu trying a few songs that hikki does nowadays would be cool haha
but I think hikki pulls off the weird etheral music better than ayu could

username · #20 2nd December 2006, 04:48 AM

yeah, she tried almost everything and I'm still not bored but it feels like there's no more inspiration left for her :?

If she attempts to try something new, she can do some country influences (not really horrible as it sounds like)example 1 2

I'll bet it'll sound nice! =D