Thoughts: glitter/fated - Page 12

Partino · #1 13th June 2007, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SnowDrop

Ehh..everyone seems to like this release. Both songs sucks.

I wish she'd bring me something new, I'm getting too tired of this. Actually I think I'll quit listening to Ayu permanently now. It's been four good years of being a hardcore fan, but I'm moving on. I don't even like her the slightest bit anymore. Bye AHS! O.o

well that was speech... bye ... and I'll hope you gonna go your way, even if I don't know nor even spoak with you ... farewell

**ayumisrael** · #2 13th June 2007, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SnowDrop

Ehh..everyone seems to like this release. Both songs sucks.

I wish she'd bring me something new, I'm getting too tired of this. Actually I think I'll quit listening to Ayu permanently now. It's been four good years of being a hardcore fan, but I'm moving on. I don't even like her the slightest bit anymore. Bye AHS! O.o

Your loose, have fun

evolution7931 · #3 14th June 2007, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by SnowDrop

Ehh..everyone seems to like this release. Both songs sucks.

I wish she'd bring me something new, I'm getting too tired of this. Actually I think I'll quit listening to Ayu permanently now. It's been four good years of being a hardcore fan, but I'm moving on. I don't even like her the slightest bit anymore. Bye AHS! O.o

That's nice. Bye.

magic_ayu · #4 13th June 2007, 02:53 PM

glitter didn't really impressed me, it sounded like a second version of "BLUE BIRD" ..

fated is my favourite right now and I love it more than glitter!

freedreamer · #5 13th June 2007, 03:20 PM

@mizu_akira_ayu

quite true in yur sig...now its just Ayu, ayu, ayu owning every other song..haha

WillofDusk · #6 13th June 2007, 03:49 PM

YEAH! EVERYBODY LOVES MY SIG !!!!
LOL!!!!
Thanks dudes.
I still dun noe how he got the 2 songs~
I feel so good bout the songs but also messed up cuz they got leaked so early O_O. If this reaches Ayu, she won't be really happy.

**ayumisrael** · #7 13th June 2007, 04:06 PM

^Well if they release promo CDs before the official single release I think it can't highly hurt sales... I hope at least.

ayu_ready? · #8 13th June 2007, 05:58 PM

I realli like the single
though it's weaker than "&" & "HEAVEN" (which are the best summer singles so far,imo)
it's much better than "BLUE BIRD" & "fairyland"
I consider it as a sucess
oh, "fated" is even better than "part of Me"

maxikot · #9 13th June 2007, 06:59 PM

I love Glitter

It's so much refreshing and i can't stop playing it on winamp xD For Fated I will find time later, now I love the fresh power of Glitter. Great summerish song. Do you think Ayu will sing it during A-nation? I hope so.

Key ~eternal tie~ · #10 13th June 2007, 07:32 PM

Glitter is very different, but it hasn't really impressed me that much.

fated, on the otherhand, is scarily beautiful, I love it so much, it made me cry the first time I heard it. Ayu is just amazing!! I hope this CD does well.

WillofDusk · #11 13th June 2007, 10:08 PM

Who cares if you leave anyway~

truehappiness · #12 13th June 2007, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mizu_akira_ayu

Who cares if you leave anyway~

Seriously.

If you don't like her at all, then you don't exactly need to leave AHS, just don't go near the Ayu sections. That's what a lot of users that dislike Ayu's current self do anyway.

ComatoseBunnySnatcher · #13 13th June 2007, 10:30 PM

i'm so buying this!
it's gnna be my first Ayu single!

**ayumisrael** · #14 13th June 2007, 11:40 PM

^And it's a bit sad that people who actually hate ayu (when she did nothing to them) come here only to bad mouth her...
Or even if they hate her but bad mouthing about her somewhere else, it's still sad and pretty delusional.

SunshineSlayer · #15 14th June 2007, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ayumisrael

^And it's a bit sad that people who actually hate ayu (when she did nothing to them) come here only to bad mouth her...
Or even if they hate her but bad mouthing about her somewhere else, it's still sad and pretty delusional.

I didn't see that user saying anything about "hating" Ayu. My impression is that they have just been getting disappointed with Ayu's recent releases. In my time as an Ayu fan I have definitely noticed that the newer fans tend to love everything that Ayu releases while the older ones tend to be less impressed. Either Ayu is actually getting worse or it's just a natural progression that most fans go through. So those newer fans that are praising her singles now, very well maybe "SnowDrop" in the future.

Personally I think her singles have been relatively weak since from Heaven until now, but I still love her album tracks and I go to her concerts constantly. So does not loving this single somehow mean I'm bad mouthing her or don't like her now or make me less of a fan?

SnowDrop · #16 14th June 2007, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

I didn't see that user saying anything about "hating" Ayu. My impression is that they have just been getting disappointed with Ayu's recent releases. In my time as an Ayu fan I have definitely noticed that the newer fans tend to love everything that Ayu releases while the older ones tend to be less impressed. Either Ayu is actually getting worse or it's just a natural progression that most fans go through. So those newer fans that are praising her singles now, very well maybe "SnowDrop" in the future.

Personally I think her singles have been relatively weak since from Heaven until now, but I still love her album tracks and I go to her concerts constantly. So does not loving this single somehow mean I'm bad mouthing her or don't like her now or make me less of a fan?

Thank you SunshineSlayer, that is exactly how I feel. I never stated I hated Ayumi, I love "her" (at least I love Ayumi Hamasaki the product). And that's why I get so sad when I don't like her material, because somehow I believe that she could do so much better (but perhaps she can't). My personal music taste is on a completley new level now, I'm not satisified with Ayu or any other similar Jpop anymore.

I just wanted to say goodbye (but I didn't get a nice response, it seems I can't write anyhting negative about Ayu in this forum without being attacked in someway. It's just my personal opinion, why does it have to get to you so badly?). I'm sorry.

***ImpactBreaker*** · #17 14th June 2007, 12:40 AM

I had "fated" playing in my mind when I was driving to work today. I love those sad guitar sounds.

truehappiness · #18 14th June 2007, 02:13 AM

As an Ayu fan who tends to enjoy her releases, I'd have to agree that the "quality" has definitely gone down. The depth of the arrangements she used to have around the era of Bold&Delicious were fantastic, and maybe even the best in J-pop. But recently, her sound has consisted of synth beats and the usual drum sounds that are heard in just about every single Ayu song since BLUE BIRD.

But honestly, I don't have a problem with that. I don't let that sort of thing get in my way while I listen, as it is not something that you should let get into your way while enjoying music.

If the tunes and melodies are catchy, shouldn't that be enough? Good music doesn't necessarily always have to reinvent itself, if it works, it works. That's why we get winter ballads and summer pop and spring _______. Because Ayu has found that that is what fans enjoy and love to hear.

SunshineSlayer · #19 14th June 2007, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

If the tunes and melodies are catchy, shouldn't that be enough? Good music doesn't necessarily always have to reinvent itself, if it works, it works. That's why we get winter ballads and summer pop and spring _______. Because Ayu has found that that is what fans enjoy and love to hear.

Tunes and melodies being catchy sometimes are not enough if people feel like they have bought the same or a similar song from Ayu 3 or 4 times before. Like someone stated before while comparing this song to a song like Surreal, I don't see her bringing in any new fans with this single. They sound more like "status quo" Ayu songs that people who are already her fans will buy, but not something that really jumps out as something that would grab a bunch of new fans in Japan.

truehappiness · #20 14th June 2007, 02:27 AM

Well, the songs still have their own qualities that separate them from other songs Ayu has released. I know that fairyland and ANGEL'S SONG and BLUE BIRD and so on have similar sounds to them, but there are little things that make them different from each other. I fail to understand how some people just can't tell that there is a difference.

I would love for Ayu to become all alternative again and experiment like crazy, but perhaps the experimentation ended when Ayu began to like Sweetbox.

After all, that is where people mark her decline in music and such. [and imo, her decline in complex arrangement.]

One day, when Ayu feels up to it, she'll bring CREA back and probably create the next Sakuranbo/evolution. But until then, we get this. And this is enough for me. I'm happy. But I think some people do expect a little much from Ayu, even though she is the Queen of Japanese pop. [You can say what you want, but Koda is NOT a queen. Her music is not at all comparable to what Ayu made at her peak. Basically, she's got time on her side. Ayu has been out for quite a while with more albums and etc. while Koda has little for people to compare her "newer" material to. Just watch when they run out of genres for Koda to dabble in.]