Songs that felt like "a breath of fresh air" to you...?

[Yum!Fruit_Salad!]

SURREAL
Mirrorcle World
Naturally
still alone
kiss o' kill
until that Day

[ayu-fan]

Mirrorcle World for me, ayu have a lot of rock songs but this one definitely a breath of fresh air for me. the more i listen to it, the more i like it.

[Emperatriz Ayumi]

It will be probably SPARKLE... but now it´s HANABI -episode II-

[hiroshi_ben]

1)GREEN - very chinese traditional feel...maybe its the way the pv feels that made me thought that way..haha

2)Walking Proud - I find this ballad one of her best!the PV reminds me of so many things..

3)Teens(Acoustic Version) - i don't think a lot of you rem it...but i think this song is very different...but i get bored of it very easily

[Kenshi]

monochrome

End roll

Just 1st

Greatful days

Mirrorcle World

Oops, it seems mostly are summer releases. XD

[keikeiaznqueen]

Days.

And evolution, always evolution. XD

Perhaps Mirrorcle World.

YOU, TO BE, Key ~eternal tie ver.~. I tend to always mention these 3 songs together. XD

[mcluva420]

rule

[asmAyumi1992]

Mirrorcle World (always be my number one song)
Days(always be my number one song after MW, so it's number two )
Sparkle (can't wait for the full version and the pv)
SURREAL (I found that the song is really best to hear but now I'm getting bored for that song)
All Ayu's rock music always in my mind.
For now, I love to hear Will (first heard from PCDL)

[extepan]

evolution. it is so refreshing and energetic!

[noisy_harmony]

Duty, Key ~eternal tie ver.~, STEP you, Bold & Delicious, both HANABIs, HEAVEN, GREEN, ever free, both versions of Endless sorrow, teens, Curtain call, Life, Ladies Night, In The Corner, criminal, alterna, RAINBOW, sotsugyou shashin, theme of a-nation '03, forgiveness, single version of Daybreak, Dolls, Sexy little things, Don't look back - they are always like a breath of fresh air to me.

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

oh yay! I love this thread!

Sexy little things -> most revolutionary ayu's song ever! the the bubble-gum-swing-electropop feel in it! AWESOME arrangement~ it's just too good to be true...

jah... while everybody love Days, it's just a "meh" song to me, yeah.. it's really wintery but not so good... ==' hate the vocal so much...

Rule and Microphone are the only Ayu's METAL songs! and it's waaayyyy better than any rock songs that ayu has done back in 2002-2008 (Heartplace is the most disgusting ayu's song ever! ==' i don't know why many people here love it... ==a)

well, those are all my opinions..

[HarukaKamiya]

Originally Posted by Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~

Rule and Microphone are the only Ayu's METAL songs!

O_o these aren't metal. They aren't even CLOSE to metal. Close to metal by numbers, maybe, but they aren't metal songs at all.

Hard/heavy rock =/= Metal

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by HarukaKamiya

O_o these aren't metal. They aren't even CLOSE to metal. Close to metal by numbers, maybe, but they aren't metal songs at all.

Hard/heavy rock =/= Metal

I think Talkin' 2 Myself is closer to metal. It has some metal influences.

Originally Posted by Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~

jah... while everybody love Days, it's just a "meh" song to me, yeah.. it's really wintery but not so good... ==' hate the vocal so much...

The vocal is so sweet! It's kind of cutesy but it fits the song - like a bittersweet cuteness. It's like "although the feelings I have for you are not reciprocated... I won't ask for much more... but please just let me keep on loving you as I do now" - I love the song so much~

I saw this thread and was like "ooh this one seems cool" and then I saw that I was the one who created it a while ago, lmfao.

[JackieRos]

oh god loooove this thread.

Everytime I hear Love~refrain~ specially the beginning I just sigh.
I love this song.

[Mirrorcle Monster]

You Were... i really needed a song like that

[R_Hikki]

I love "SCAR" and "Far away" but I don't listen to them often so I guess that's why each time I listen to them I get that "fresh" feeling.

"Bold & Delicious" is another fresh song for me because it's impossible for me not to have fun while listening to it and it's like no other Ayumi song.

And then there's "EnergizE". My first reaction to this song was "wtf is this" *skips to "Sparkle"* But eventually I came around to getting past the "put your hands up together" part and I started really liking it. It's fun and energetic like a lot of Ayumi's songs yet it's unusual and fun in it's own way.

Other "fresh" songs for me would be "Days", "Dolls", "fairyland" and "theme of a-nation '03".

[primavera♥]

"breath of fresh air" is a very specific phrase for me. but these maybe

RAINBOW
fairyland
theme of a-nation 03
+
BALLAD
Secret
Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~
Will
In the Corner
Beautiful Day
walking proud
July 1st
Close to You
Daybreak
no more words
Poker Face

[Kazeyomi]

uhm Sparkle is the first song that comes in my mind.
Too catchy and a really breath of fresh air in Ayu's latest releases lol.
But I can say it for Sexy little things too.

But others are:

HOPE or PAIN
Life
rollin'
LOVE 'n' HATE
Greatful Days
Memorial Address
July 1st
kiss o' kill
Microphone
talkin' 2 myself
Because of You
AUDIENCE
fated

[Ranma Matsuri]

Don't Look Back, easily. XD

My faith in this era had wavered significantly when S/S and YW../Ballad were released. Such disappointments after the back to back awesomeness from the previous era that were Mirrorcle World, Green/Days, and Rule/Sparkle. Once SNSD and Namie's new stuff started coming out, I really believed that Ayu might be the only artist I like to come out with a disappointing release this year. Microphone and SLT restored my faith a little but DLB nearly had me weeping. I couldn't believe how relieved I was that my Ayu had actually took a risk again and made something, dare I say? Unique... and good.

[ohsixthirty]

i instantly think of sunrise because its one of few ayumi summer songs that i really enjoy! those are usually my least favorites.