5 songs you want to hear in English

[Rurutia]

ayu

surreal
decision
rainbow
who...
inspire

[Beauty4123]

hmm...

BUT - Koda Kumi
Rising Sun - Tohoshinki
Brightdown - Nami Tamaki
GUILTY - Ayumi Hamasaki
Rolling Star - YUI

[Miku]

Originally Posted by Taki

No one
I like japanese and I don't want english version
It's not intresting for me

I agree

[MemorialAddress]

I think....English versions of Japanese songs are always stupid LOL

[DestinyWishes]

I wouldn't like to hear any Japanese or Korean songs in English, it would just ruin them.

[Foxxy_Fuyumi]

Ayumi Hamasaki
Dearest
Heartplace
HANABI ~episode II~
fated
CAROLS

Utada Hikaru
PASSION
COLORS
Flavor of Life
Be My Last
Travelling

Koda Kumi
Cutie Honey
Cherry Girl
Yume no Uta
feel
Aisho

[RikkuK]

LOL i love how over half of the posters just complained instead of playin' the game...

Ayumi
Heaven
Part of Me
ALTERNA
Dearest
Happy Ending
YOU

Utada
Take 5
Deep River
FINAL DISTANCE
Keep Tryin'
Be My Last

Koda
Cherry Girl
Cutie Honey
LAST ANGEL
Into Your Heart
Yume no Uta

[Ayumi27]

I have to say almost EVERY Hikki song, since her style fits perfecty with english, and also some ayu stuff... Maybe Dearest, Seasons... Not so many.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Taki

No one
I like japanese and I don't want english version
It's not intresting for me

I echo the same thing except the not interesting to me part

I feel you should leave Japanese songs as it's & not to cover them in Chinese/Eng as the results will be bad

I heard some songs that were remade from the original Japanese ones & it's not really nice

[naxxo.licious™]

Originally Posted by Kikaru

Only Utada Hikaru, because she can pull them off.

Hikki:
Flavor of Life
First Love
Eternally
For You
Sakura Drops

First Love already has an english version, but the original one is so much better

[Amai Yume]

Originally Posted by karenpang

I echo the same thing except the not interesting to me part

I feel you should leave Japanese songs as it's & not to cover them in Chinese/Eng as the results will be bad

I heard some songs that were remade from the original Japanese ones & it's not really nice

I agree
The songs should stay in Japanese and I don't think that they should really be translated into English. For an example, Passion and Sanctuary. Sanctuary feels a bit lacking lyrically so that she holds her notes out for longer than she should. I feel it would be hard to make the same meaning in another language when you have to worry about maintaining lyrics and having enough words to mean what you want to say.

The only one I see as a success is Simple and Clean / Hikari. Those are golden.

Also, Hikki can speak fluent English but for artists like Ayu and Kumi, the English depends cause they aren't fluent. So if they tried, then it might sound a bit jarbled and if it wasn't them singing it, it just wouldn't be the same song...

[ville]

Ayu :

Mirrorcle World
Bluebird
Step you

Kuu:

Cherry Girl
Freaky
BUT
Lady go!

[Deneb]

non, english songs irritate me for some reason

[baka-ranger]

None, its not that I think english is completely lame or anything. But I don't think asian music goes with english words, if you get what I mean. For some reason I see a difference in how english music is composed and how asian music is composed.

As Amai_Yume said, I think the only real success from a japanese to and english song is Simple and Clean and Sanctuary. But thats cause utada is fluent in english and the lyrics were changed and the songs were just beautiful already.

[Bonbon0507]

probabley (these are just Ayumi Hamasaki ones):
-Blue Bird
-Fated
-July 1st
-Rainbow
and
-Dearest

[Damita]

Ayumi Hamasaki - Surreal
MISIA - Everything
Ayumi Hamasaki - M
Koda Kumi - Yume No Uta
Ayumi Hamasaki - Vogue/Far Away/Seasons (they are a trio so I sort of cheated and count them as one xD)

Edit - Also want to add why I named these. The lyrics to each are very touching and I think they'd make great songs to sing in the US. Plus I want to be certain that those are the correct lyrics!

[Kikaru]

Originally Posted by guilty_me

First Love already has an english version, but the original one is so much better

But isn't it covered by someone else? I meant to say covered by Utada Hikaru herself.

I kinda want to here Kuu's Ai no Uta and Moon Crying in English, but only if someone else sings it.

[minna]

none-
not interested-
I prefer japanese-

and personally I think it wouldn't be the same if they were in english-

[YuriChan]

Hikaru Utada:
Prisoner of Love
This is Love
Nichiyo no Asa
Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro
Keep Tryin'

(That's all)

[AyumiSEASONS]

Ayu~
1) HEAVEN
2) Together When...
3) JEWEL
4) No way to say
5) forgiveness

Utada~
1) STAY GOLD
(Al lI can think of)

Koda~
1) Pearl Moon
2) Promise
3) Hands
4) Tsuki To Taiyou
5) you