Utada's new single 'Prisoner Of Love', to be released on 5/21

[KarenPang]

I wonder how it's gonna sound like , please don't tell me in the quiet version of Prisoner Of Love , Utada will mumble in there ? :S

[AyuGAME]

^maybe she will do a little prayer...LOL

[DA1SUK1DAY01691]

Originally Posted by bondingo

Well now I know. I had no idea it would be in a drama. I still don't care for the song though. It being in a drama doesn't influence my opinion on it. And I still don't see it being huge, because I think someone would be more likely to purchase the album since it has Flavor of Life and the other singles as well.

Well, IMO, I get heavily influenced by the drama it was in. I never paid attention to PEACH when it came out until I saw Hanazakari no Kimitachi he. I never heard of Ashita Hareru Kana until I watched Proposal Daisakusen six months later, over seven years for Chiisana Koi no Uta. I'm pretty sure there's a number of Japanese people with the same mindset.

IMO, a drama is like an extra long PV. You get to hear the song in a better context, making it sound better.

[ayumisrael]

A re-cut single!
I hope that the quite version will be good.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by AyuGAME

^maybe she will do a little prayer...LOL

I hope not

[monsoonbaby]

I at the cover.

This song is good~ am sure it will do quite well as a single. Most of my friends (they are Johnny's Ent. fans) who watched LAST FRIENDS CM were attracted to this song, very much, it really goes well with the theme of the dorama.

[AyuGAME]

i remember mika has a quiet or silent or something like that for yuki no hana
and i hate it to death...hahaha

[Melon Panda]

I'm guessing the -Quiet Version- will be more ballad-like than the original version, maybe will some piano thrown in. I can't imagine a prayer, but maybe Utada will say a few words at the beginning?

[CoriKaru]

Someone who has actually seen the first episode of the Drama said that another version of the song did play. It was just Piano and Strings. No Vocals. So maybe this is the "Quiet Version", although I wouldn't see the point for a Karaoke of such a version if it is indeed the "Quiet Version". Maybe if it is the "Quiet Version" they just take out the Piano and let the Strings play for the Karaoke version. Hmmm...

[Melon Panda]

Hopefully what was played in the drama was the instrumental version, or else Utada would be ripping us off.

[CoriKaru]

Originally Posted by Melon Panda

Hopefully what was played in the drama was the instrumental version, or else Utada would be ripping us off.

Indeed. I was thinking the same thing about it just being the instrumental version.

[perfectodub]

hi...new UTADA HIKARU'S "BEAUTIFUL WORLD" DANCE REMIX:

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...49#post1413849

see ya!

[Northerner]

Her covers are getting worse and worse.

[Melon Panda]

But her music is getting better and better~! (Well, in my opinion. ) I finally realized that the fruit on the cover is significant in the drama, so perhaps Utada looking sadly at the fruit represents the theme of Last Friends.

(On a semi-unrelated note, Last Friends is amazing. Although the domestic violence looks a tad fake in one short scene, all the actors pull off the characters really well. Ryo is convincing as a nice-but-violent boyfriend, Masami does innocent-girly-girl-whose-world-is-shattered without being annoying, and Juri is able to show her personality and inner conflict without being stereotypical. I'm glad Prisoner Of Love is the theme for this show - it fits perfectly, and it's a great drama.)

[Yoake]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

You need to stop.





And FYI, recut singles are generally defined as recut straight from the album. :| The "same song" is 2-3 minutes longer than the "album cut" :|

so cute the cat^^

[Dreamwriter]

I absolutely loved the song on the album! So I have high hopes on this weird quiet version... and I can't wait to see the pv

[che0173]

hehe cdjapan sent me an email immediately after it was listed about this single
im planning to collect utada's discography after im done with ayumi's which im 90% there =D
sooo im gonna start collecting her new ones
before i cbf and attempt to look for it elsewhere coz i nvr find it hahas
since there ain't first press
im not going to order it until later on around 2 weeks before its release, i'll order some other stuff along as well =D

[HolyDragon10]

Its released on my bday !but im not gonna buy it cos i have HS album alr

[che0173]

i fell in love with this song as soon as i heard it on Last Friends <3
i was like....OMG