a question on "A Song for XX"

jean-baptiste · #1 1st May 2009, 03:55 AM

i've read on the internet its about her mom, but i've also read that its about her dad.

does anyone know for sure who the song is for?

pommy48 · #2 1st May 2009, 04:01 AM

i think it should be for her mom

because in the version on ASFXX, she used the pronoun "they"

but in the new version on A BALLADs, she used the pronoun "you"

kendelle · #3 1st May 2009, 04:33 AM

I think it was for her mum, partly because she used XX which is female chromosomes, plus the song is pronounced "A Song For" and the XX isn't spoken. I figured it was because she didn't want to be blunt about her mother being the target of the song.

I think that her relationship with the mum was bad when she was young (Ayu dropped out of school and danced in clubs) but I think that as she's aged she understands more. It's nice that their relationship has improved

pommy48 · #4 1st May 2009, 04:53 AM

^ OH!!!! so that's the meaning of XX!!! i thought XX was just to stand in for "unknown"

but the correct way of tagging the X is with the multiplication sign @_@

jean-baptiste · #5 1st May 2009, 04:55 AM

oh i see.
thanks for the answers.

@pommy48: yeah i realized the that one part of the lyrics is different. i always wondered why.

@kendelle: ayumi danced in clubs at a young age!? shes quite rebellious. xD

btw, wikipedia is hella wrong. it says its for her dad. xD

pommy48 · #6 1st May 2009, 04:57 AM

XD lol you can't trust wikipedia for these little kinds of little details

Andrenekoi · #7 1st May 2009, 05:11 AM

She said in some interviews that "a song for xx" is for anything the listerner wants it to be... that's why it has the "xx", it's for the listener substitute for this thing or person he/she is thinking while listening to it...

she said also that her "xx" is her mom some time after, if i'm not wrong

waterballoon · #8 1st May 2009, 05:27 AM

Yeah for her mum. Songs for her dad would be like teddy bear and Memorial address.

AyUta · #9 1st May 2009, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kendelle

I think it was for her mum, partly because she used XX which is female chromosomes, plus the song is pronounced "A Song For" and the XX isn't spoken. I figured it was because she didn't want to be blunt about her mother being the target of the song.

I never looked at it that way o_o

mcluva420 · #10 1st May 2009, 06:16 AM

i always thought that song was for all females 0_o

nanakopy87 · #11 1st May 2009, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

She said in some interviews that "a song for xx" is for anything the listerner wants it to be... that's why it has the "xx", it's for the listener substitute for this thing or person he/she is thinking while listening to it...

she said also that her "xx" is her mom some time after, if i'm not wrong

yah.this is what i read from the websites.for her,the XX is her mom but we can name it someone else(its like fill in the blanks with your own words)

PinkShinigami · #12 1st May 2009, 07:45 AM

Well, it's all about her leaving to Tokyo.. But she didn't leave her dad, so I guess her mom

Hydeki · #13 1st May 2009, 11:31 AM

I think I read that the song is for her grandmother, that died in the hospital while she was in the studio recording her debut single Poker Face... I think that is from the documental "Light & Shadown" (2004).

keikeiaznqueen · #14 1st May 2009, 01:28 PM

Where is the difference between the lyrics in the original A Song for XX and the A BALLADS version?

Ohh! I found it. Woah, never noticed.

maikaru · #15 1st May 2009, 02:29 PM

The XX in the name is not really XX, it is japanese ××.
Batsu batsu means like "please fill in the blanks" etc.
and yeah, she changed the lyrics she uses in the song for A Ballads and all other concerts.
In my opinion, anata is a more harsh sounding word than mawari...
Anyways, yeah, I thought it was about her moving to tokyo, being alone, etc.
But she also said that this meaning could be substituted for other meanings, that's why batsu batsu~

chloeM · #16 1st May 2009, 03:39 PM

XX..... genes..... a woman~!

Uemarasan · #17 1st May 2009, 07:51 PM

I don't think XX = chromosomes. That would be a bit silly

And it would be overreading.

Quote:

Originally Posted by maikaru

The XX in the name is not really XX, it is japanese ××.
Batsu batsu means like "please fill in the blanks" etc.
and yeah, she changed the lyrics she uses in the song for A Ballads and all other concerts.
In my opinion, anata is a more harsh sounding word than mawari...
Anyways, yeah, I thought it was about her moving to tokyo, being alone, etc.
But she also said that this meaning could be substituted for other meanings, that's why batsu batsu~

This sounds like a more plausible explanation for XX. Batsu batsu. Blank, or not meant to be known.

Delirium-Zer0 · #18 1st May 2009, 08:28 PM

Ayu said in the A Song for XX beatfreak interview that you're just supposed to insert whatever.

But the song is a message TO her mother, although the lyrics stem from what happened with her dad leaving. So it's for her mom, but about her dad. If that makes sense. lol

jean-baptiste · #19 1st May 2009, 08:33 PM

haha, the XX chromosone interpretation is intresting.

but i think the "batsu batsu" one sounds more likely.

Andrenekoi · #20 1st May 2009, 08:39 PM

She herself alread said that the xx means like "fill the blank"^^
And I don't really think that this song has anything with her dad