Life, one of the most underrated Ayu songs ever?

[MissElin_]

Actually, for me Life is kind of non-excisting so its really underrated in my house. But I just dont care for it.

But in the other way... I LOOOOOVE Born To Be..., Beautiful Fighters and Beautiful Day. All of them makes me happy and I love to listen to them. all of them gets 4,5/5.

[love in music]

it just doesn't catch your attention or anything, it reminds me of some of the songs on MY STORY.
it's okay, the lyrics are amazing

[Kingdom]

i don't like it

[Gus-tave]

Other underrated songs (songs that don't get a lot of attention):

-Monochrome: I think a lot of people don't like the instrumental that goes with this. I think the lyrics are really interesting.

-Immature: Another song which not many people seem to talk about a lot. The lyrics to this song are really great. I think all of the remixes for this are great.

-Girlish: The vocals in this song are what I think of as the "classic" ayu singing style. It's really catchy and recently I've begun to appreciate it a lot more.

-Fated: I think a lot of people thought this song was boring, (actually, I used to think it was boring) but after I listened to it I really liked it.

-For My Dear: I used to think this song was annoying, but after I really listened to it, I found that I liked it. I think that the vocals really are what make a lot of people not like this song. I think if she re-recorded this song it would be great.

-Present/Replace: I think both of these songs are not liked by many people. They're just really happy songs and I feel like she's directly singing to me when I listen to them.

Those are all I can think of now... Some of these are really not my favorite songs, but they're good and they don't get a lot of attention.

[TakaSama]

Originally Posted by Gus-tave

Other underrated songs (songs that don't get a lot of attention):

-Monochrome: I think a lot of people don't like the instrumental that goes with this. I think the lyrics are really interesting.

-Immature: Another song which not many people seem to talk about a lot. The lyrics to this song are really great. I think all of the remixes for this are great.

-Girlish: The vocals in this song are what I think of as the "classic" ayu singing style. It's really catchy and recently I've begun to appreciate it a lot more.

-Fated: I think a lot of people thought this song was boring, (actually, I used to think it was boring) but after I listened to it I really liked it.

-For My Dear: I used to think this song was annoying, but after I really listened to it, I found that I liked it. I think that the vocals really are what make a lot of people not like this song. I think if she re-recorded this song it would be great.

-Present/Replace: I think both of these songs are not liked by many people. They're just really happy songs and I feel like she's directly singing to me when I listen to them.

Those are all I can think of now... Some of these are really not my favorite songs, but they're good and they don't get a lot of attention.

Haha, aside from Present/Replace, you just named several of my favorite older Ayu songs, especially monochrome and immature. And I agree that she needs to rerecord For My Dear... because the PCDL version was awesome.

And when I bought the MW singles, I listened to Life and the 10th anniversary songs WAAAAAY more than I listened to MW itself. Life reminds me of one of my all time favorites, Heartplace, so it was immediately a song I gravitated towards.

[love in music]

^ ahh i love monochrome, immature, fated, replace, and for my dear... is growing on me but only with her new vocals!

other songs i think don't get enough attention/are underrated are Trust, WE WISH, Dolls, rainy day, too late, SIGNAL, Because of You & Connected

[dreamland2.0]

I really like this song!!
I love the lyrics at the end that go "You taught it to me, Let's make a miracle"
So pretty!! And to me it connected with 'Mirrorcle World' hahaha
I think it's such a nice alternative pop/rock song and I love the guitars!!
I really love Born to be, It was, immature, WE WISH, Naturally,GUILTY etc.
I think those songs don't get enough attention!!

[Andrenekoi]

Don't love Life, but don't hate it either... it's a good emotional song, but not my favorite...

Beautiful day has that "concert ending feeling" that My All, Who and Replace has too... It's a nice song, but I would like if her stops releasing songs thinking about ending her concerts...^^

Love beautiful fighters, the best girl power song lyric-wise, much more mature than Real Me and my name's WOMEN IMO... And it sounds fun too =)

Love the "Olimpic" feeling that Born to be has

Some underated songs I love: Secret, Bold & Delicious, forgiveness, Guilty... these are 4 of her best songs to me, and people seens to hate it... Actually, I read here once that ayu's tittle songs are getting bad, but to me, they are AWAYS among her strongest tracks... They are the more sincere songs of her discography to me^^

[Kogepan_19]

I'd dare to even say that I prefer listening to "Life" than "Rule". I was disappointed that Life didn't make it onto NEXT LEVEL.

[SheFliesHigher]

Meh, my favorite part is how it ends, with the loud rush and the quick fade out. Otherwise, it doesn't stand out to me. I like it and all, but it's just not on the same level as other recent ballads, Fated and Days.

[ownsarai]

It would be great to hear Ayu perform "Life", at least one time.

[Queen Bee]

I love Life. I personally think this should have been the a-side and Mirrorcle World should have been the b-side. I just feel that that after everything Ayu announced after CDL 07-08 that Life just fits in with her attitude at the time rather than MW and that fans probably would have responded to it more if it was an a-side.

[truehappiness]

She did perform it ONCE at the birthday concert of AT08.. and never again. -sad-

One of....but not THE most underrated song...which would be walking proud....hmmmmm that song deserved to be a single

walking proud was voted number one most requested from MY STORY's tour when they were polling TeamAyu... so.. I don't think that's really underrated. Maybe to the overseas audience?

List of underrated songs imo:
Most of MY STORY (Liar, HOPE or PAIN, HONEY, winding road, Replace)
Life
Born To Be...
Beautiful Fighters
Beautiful Day
EnergizE
NEXT LEVEL
ANGEL'S SONG
Close to you
part of Me
In The Corner
everywhere nowhere (Not enough love for this out there)
GUILTY (I don't really like this song at all, but someone that does can possibly enlighten me on why.. I don't know many that really like it )
Bold & Delicious.. etc.

Feel free to add anything that you feel is underrated, but be sure to explain why you think it shouldn't be if you can~

[ownsarai]

^I agree on most of those songs. Especially Liar, In The Corner, everywhere nowhere, NEXT LEVEL, Beautiful Day, Beautiful Fighters, ANGEL'S SONG, Life, Bold & Delicious, I'd even throw Pride in there because I see a lot of people on the forum don't really care for it, but I love it.
I also agree on GUILTY, I don't care too much for the song myself, and I don't really understand why others love it so much. It's nothing really special, to me anyway. It's not even on my Ayu favorites playlist.

[micster]

Life is amazing, as is Liar. Both highly underrated. Unfortunately.

[love in music]

well, when I first heard the album, 'GUILTY' was the song I was replaying over and over and over. her voice is basically what i like most about it, and the haunting feeling from it. it has this creepiness to it that i really like. i don't listen to it much now because i overplayed it, but it's definitely underrated and a very good song imo

[truehappiness]

Honestly, I had that sort of same love for GUILTY when it first came out, but then the fact that it kind of leads nowhere is what irks me about it the most. The dramatics of the helicopter and the hauntingness of it is all fine and dandy, but as a song, it just doesn't work for me in the end. -sigh-

Oh, time to add another ~underrated song~.

Curtain call.

It has that sort of raw emotion that I feel as though Ayu only brings out when she sings songs like no more words or Dearest with a very simple backing arrangement. The Mariah Carey comparison aside, it's a wonderful song that seems to convey her feelings towards her fans quite well. I feel as though it is a
Who.. part 2 [but not really] with the whole "I hear your (fans/supporters') voice thing" and the "I hope this singing voice (of mine) will reach you" thing.. it's just very.. fitting.

On a random note, I've found that Ayu's album for the most part end with a very bitter goodbye usually. Secret, rainy day, untitled ~for her~, Curtain call, Memorial address, Endless sorrow, winding road.. she seems to really love ending albums on sad/emotional notes..

[Coelacanth]

Perhaps theme of a-nation '03 as well? I'm not really sure.. I think it's well received, but a lot of people might not even know about it. I didn't even know it existed for a while, and it actually took me a long time to like. I was watching the CDL 05-06 performance of it today and it made me feel all warm inside~ yeah I know it was lip-synched, but I'd consider us lucky for her to even put that song in her setlist.

[truehappiness]

I prefer to think that part of it was lipped and the rest was live. It sounded pretty live to me anyway.

theme of a-nation '03 always garners a lot of "OH MY GOD THAT WAS SUCH AN AWESOME SONG" when it comes up, so.. I wouldn't say it's underrated. It's a hidden gem, sure.. but underrated? Maybe not. God, I hate that theme of a-nation '03 is only on &. -searches for it- (Edit: Get it here if you haven't heard it. ) It's rather awesome that I kind of came back into liking Ayu at that time [look at my join date!] and I really loved every single song on &. She needs to make B/U/@/*/E/RBYG RIGHT NOW. Ugh.

theme of a-nation '03 in terms of "feeling" is totally like an Asian arrangement of Life. Drums, flutes, and very Japanese-y sounding instruments.. so soothing and "We are the world"-ish.

[Coelacanth]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

theme of a-nation '03 always garners a lot of "OH MY GOD THAT WAS SUCH AN AWESOME SONG" when it comes up, so.. I wouldn't say it's underrated. It's a hidden gem, sure.. but underrated? Maybe not.

Haha, I figured that.

Kinda surprised to see part of Me on your list. I didn't even think you liked that song. LOL. What's the word when something is neither overrated, nor underrated...? That's part of Me, IMO.

I think forgiveness is quite underrated too! It's a gorgeous song, but a lot of people say it's boring. Seems like the slow 6/8 time signature could be a bit alienating.