[Utada Hikaru] Japanese music waits in despair for the Goddess's return in her 44th thread

[JackieRos]

Geez I found TITO in my town library so I had to rent it

[dreamland2.0]

^
^What A-chan wasn't in that

Do all the UHSC2 new songs have tie ins now xD

[CoriKaru]

^Ha. Yeah, I know, but she looks just like A-Chan with that big mouth.

And, yup. "Arashi no Megami" has a tie in, "Show Me Love (Not A Dream)" has that movie tie in coming up, "Can't Wait 'Til Christmas" and that other song (I forgot the name!) have their Pepsi Nex Tie Ins and "Goodbye Happiness".........wait.......didn't that have a tie in? I'm drawing a blank. Wow. I'll have to think about it.

And while I think, here's Miracle Hikaru at it again. She must have sang "Can't Wait "Til Christmas" twice or something because this is in the same place as the previously posted video, but you can tell it's a difference performance. But prefacing the performance this time is her mimicking Utada's manneurisms (The way she talks, moves her hands, etc., which also carry over into the performance).

She even has what looks like a Pepsi Nex bottle as a prop as well which gets some laughs.



She also performed a bit of "Goodbye Happiness" as well, which wasn't all that eventful and you can't hear her that much.

[amorphose]

Goodbye Happiness was Recochoku commercial. So yep! All the songs have tie-in's now. Single Collection's Disc 2 basically would've been a 5A-single had their been one or two more videos. Hell, by Utada's standards, it was a 5A.

[Keiichi_JPU]

Why is it that every time I listen to Exodus after not hearing it for a while, I end up having a minor emotional breakdown over how incredibly heartbreakingly good that album is? Is it just me?

[KremlinChaos]

^No, it happens to me too lol. I fall in love with it all over again <3.

[emi♡]

I fall in love again with specific songs...

there are songs on it that are not so great.

Example: I can't have an emotional breakdown over Easy Breezy. It's just too much of a joke.

[HULUFan]

cause she's so otaku.. sigh...

[hayasaki]

Listening to EXODUS brings back good old memories as myself and specifically as a Utada fan.

[Zeke.]

^ Easy Breezy was always so fun to listen to though. I prefer it over everything on TITO.

[Polyrhythm]

I hate Exodus lol. It's like the little blip I can't remove from my mind when I try to tell people how amazing she is 0_o Everyone to their own tastes I guess.

[JackieRos]

Exodus is super awesome
idk why many people don't like it and like TITO

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Exodus only gives me gas

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by JackieRos

Exodus is super awesome
idk why many people don't like it and like TITO

Because it's English, not Japanese?
And that's why I dun really like both Exodus and TITO that much. Also, her lyrical content is shallower compared to the Japanese side...

[Keiichi_JPU]

Originally Posted by emiko

Example: I can't have an emotional breakdown over Easy Breezy. It's just too much of a joke.

haha yeah me neither. For me, the album roughly has 2 parts.

The light part: Devil Inside, Exodus '04, The Workout, Easy Breezy. Tippy Toe.
The dark part: Hotel Lobby, Animato, Kremlin Dusk, You Make Me Want To Be A Man
(and the s**t part: Wonder 'bout, let me give you my love, about me. not a 100% perfect album for me, but the good tracks totally balance it out)

Hotel Lobby might sound a bit light / cheerful, but the lyrics always make me sad so I counted it to the dark part. Animato and Kremlin Dusk are clearly dark songs, I love them. I think Hikki created a masterpiece with Exodus, just my opinion.

[koumori]

I love Exodus haha~ It's an awesome album. Hikki should be proud of it.

[amorphose]

I'm so sick of people saying that her English lyrics are inferior to her Japanese lyrics. -_-;
Japanese is a far more poetic language than English. Read the translation of SAKURA Drops or Passion (two fan favorites as far as Japanese lyrics are concerned?) and really try to imagine that in English? No, in English it would sound so weird to sing about your worn out shoes or a your ponderings on whether or not your ex-lover's New Year's card will include a picture.

Sorry, it just doesn't work. This Is The One, yes, it has shallow lyrics for the most part, but that was done intentionally and if you ask me, she did it rather cleverly throughout the entire album. EXODUS, on the other hand... Find me a Japanese song more lyrically amazing than Kremlin Dusk. Please.

[JackieRos]

Japanese is a different language,
if most of us knew japanese we would think
her lyrics would be so cheesy.
I love her lyrics in any language but she tried too hard in TITO

Originally Posted by bluegie

Because it's English, not Japanese?
And that's why I dun really like both Exodus and TITO that much.
Also, her lyrical content is shallower compared to the Japanese side...

I think she tried too hard to be westernize in TITO with her lyrics
But I disagree 50% about english lyrics being shallower

[Lady~Deviance]

Originally Posted by amorphose

I'm so sick of people saying that her English lyrics are inferior to her Japanese lyrics. -_-;
Japanese is a far more poetic language than English. Read the translation of SAKURA Drops or Passion (two fan favorites as far as Japanese lyrics are concerned?) and really try to imagine that in English? No, in English it would sound so weird to sing about your worn out shoes or a your ponderings on whether or not your ex-lover's New Year's card will include a picture.

Sorry, it just doesn't work. This Is The One, yes, it has shallow lyrics for the most part, but that was done intentionally and if you ask me, she did it rather cleverly throughout the entire album. EXODUS, on the other hand... Find me a Japanese song more lyrically amazing than Kremlin Dusk. Please.

This.

You took the words right out of my mouth hun. You can't compare languages together in this regard. It's like comparing apples and oranges. It's just irrelevant.

[CoriKaru]

I just read this on Wikipedia so I don't know how much regard to hold this in but this quote is concerning "Goodbye Happiness":

"The song features background vocals by four women recorded in London in August 2010, described in the documentary Hikaru Utada: Ima no Watashi, as Celtic.[3] Utada chose this singing style for its nostalgic, dream-like qualities.[3] This is the first instance of background vocals in a Hikaru Utada song not being performed by her."

If that's true, it's very interesting. I really thought it was her voice reverbing. Sounds like her anyways.

Oh yeah........sorry.....but.......ANOTHER VIDEO~!

This is Utada during an Interview to promote her "Singles Collection Vol. 2" on TOKIO HOT 100. She speaks in English and Sings a bit starting at 6:15. I've only gotten up to the 8 minute mark so I don't know any other special points to point out at this point. (3 Points)



EDIT: I see they've disabled embedding. Silly.

EDIT: I've found another video at Youtube. I'll put this up and keep the other one up as well in case you still want to see that one. They have different time lengths. I think the first one I posted is the 2nd half of the interview, since this one below shows her walking in.



EDIT: Just tried to play this video........EFF YOU YOUTUBE.