People's Perception of Ayu's Lyrics

[jbrat2219]

I was in a meeting with my Japanese teacher and she was helping me go over some grammar for the exam we had this week and afterwards I asked her about some grammar from Ayu's lyrics for crossroad. She hesitated because she's not really a big fan of Ayu but agreed anyway. She took one look and burst into laughter and inquired about Ayu's age. When I told her she is 32, she said, "She's MY age, she's too old to write lyrics like these. These are the kind of lyrics you write when you're really young. But I guess she's 'forever young.'" I was kind of shocked because of all the reasons people don't like Ayu, her lyrics were never one of them. At least not in my experience.

So I am wondering, what are people's true perception of Ayu's lyrics in Japan? Or anywhere else for that matter. I know some people think she's too old to do a lot of things but I always thought her lyrics were beautiful and mature.

To be fair, my teacher just may not like this generation of music. She also mentioned she doesn't like Gackt because she thinks he sounds like a mosquito.