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#243
11th March 2009, 03:15 AM
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but I still don't get it
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#244
11th March 2009, 03:16 AM
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How can it sound like a copy of Secret and Guilty with a gospel flair, when they describe songs like a mesh of Honey and Angel's Song? Or Close to you and Teddy bear? Or Days, which sounds nothing like any track on those two albums, but more like the old albums? And GREEN, which is an entirely new sound. Or Sparkle, which sounds really, NOTHING like Guilty or Secret.. Of course everyone has their own opinions about what sounds good and what doesn't. To me, Secret is one of her greatest albums.. Guilty, I dont really like, but I like some songs on it.. I just think maybe we can all come to understand each other's viewpoints. Of course there are fans who like her old ones, and fans who like her new ones. Isnt it better to acknowledge the fact that even if we dont like some track or so, another person might feel like its the greatest track? We dont need to bash each other (I am not talk to you Sunshine.. ahaha dont worry~~) Lets just wait until we all hear the songs for ourselves in full qualities to make a judgment. But I think we can all be friendly to eachother. Like.. "Oh you like Guilty? Well, it's not my favourite, but I like (blank) song." even if you hate it to death.. It causes less fight, and many many people on this forum always get into fights like this similar one. And I dont really think that those people who dropped the pre-order really care about her that much.. You wanna "stick it to her" if you drop the pre-order? Who will know you dropped it? Definitely not she or Avex. And, supposed to say that everyone dropped it? Do you not want her to make music anymore?? I dont get it.. I think we should all just be a little less confrontational, And a little more relaxed about this kind of thing.. It helps to build bridges~~(to the sky~~ ahaha)
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#249
11th March 2009, 03:48 AM
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All right! Let's do some math shall we?
A Song For xx: Hana FRIEND II Wishing As if... POWDER SNOW SIGNAL from your letter Present Total NEW album tracks: 8 LOVEppears: Fly high (re-cut single later) And Then PS II LOVE ~refrain~ (which was like a remix of LOVE~Destiny~) Who... kanariya (re-cut later) Total NEW album tracks: 6, 5 if you exclude LOVE ~refrain~ Duty: Duty End of the World SCAR AUDIENCE (re-cut single later) teddy bear Key ~eternal tie ver.~ girlish Total NEW album tracks: 7 I am...: I am... Connected Naturally still alone Daybreak (re-cut single later) no more words Endless sorrow ~gone with the wind ver.~ (remix of Endless sorrow) flower garden Total NEW album tracks: 8, 7 if you exclude Endless sorrow ~gone with the wind ver.~ RAINBOW: WE WISH Real me Heartplace Over everywhere nowhere Dolls Close to you + Total NEW album tracks: 8 Memorial address: ANGEL'S SONG Because of you Memorial address Total NEW album tracks: 3 (but this is a mini-album so whatever) MY STORY: About You my name's WOMEN Liar HOPE or PAIN HAPPY ENDING walking proud HONEY Replace winding road Humming 7/4 Total NEW album tracks: 10 (miss)understood: Ladies Night (miss)understood In The Corner criminal Beautiful Day rainy day Total NEW album tracks: 6 Secret: until that Day... 1 LOVE It was JEWEL momentum kiss o' kill Secret Total NEW album tracks: 7 GUILTY: (don't) Leave me alone GUILTY Marionette MY ALL untitled ~for her~ Total NEW album tracks: 5 (Together When... excluded cos it WAS released before the album) So, we can see that her album tracks have usually been ranging from 6-8... NEXT LEVEL has 6 new album tracks, so I hope that whoever who's feeling ripped out or pissed of the 4 interludes to please calm down and at least wait for some preview to decide if you want to cancel your pre-order! On the topic of her 'classics', when she performed Mirrorcle World and SURREAL at some TV live last year, you can see that the audience, including the hosts were all singing along to SURREAL. I know SURREAL is a classic, and I can't deny that A LOT of her older songs are true classics. I respect her work ever since 1998, and songs like SEASONS and M are really gems of her career. However, I don't think it's right to keep using these 'classics' as a yardstick to judge her newer work. For example, SunshineSlayer (I'm not picking on you, just that you made a lot of good points here.  ), said she LIKES Days, while still liking the past classics. So of course, it means her newer songs still have an appeal.To a fan of Ayu who say started in the Secret era, it's obvious that the newer songs would be more appealing to them. I'm an Ayu fan since like Secret, but I discovered NOT through the new songs, but through ourselves actually (well if ourselves is not considered an older song, then never mind)... and before I came to this forum, my iTunes was filled with songs like: Trauma YOU evolution M Yeah you get the gist. Old songs. Her older songs are awesome, but it's not fair to think that her newer songs "lack in quality" or whatever just because they are being compared to the Classics. IMO, evolution can NEVER EVER be replaced, because it sounds so damn unique and yeah SPECIAL! So I don't bother hearing to new songs and trying to compare them to her older works and thinking she has gotten worse or something. I think for NEXT LEVEL, all these new things (EnergizE sound like a mesh of HONEY & ANGEL'S SONG; cool by the way, Curtain call being a 'gospel ballad', Sparkle's "shallow/thoughtless" lyrics)... are really new things she's trying. She has already mentioned that she's taking lyrics, music style and all that to a NEXT LEVEL in the official site, so I suppose when listening to the previews, we should be "prepared" for like something new/fresh/different? Hahaha. Ayu is the one singer (besides Madonna IMO) who constantly re-invents herself. She doesn't it every album ala Madonna, but at least she changes things up. I would be yawning if NEXT LEVEL contains songs that are similar to M and SEASONS and what have you. The fact that she's changing and all that... I think it's quite cool. Sure, the new songs MAY not be as good as the older works, but I don't know what to expect either. I think if I were Ayu, I wouldn't be able to produce songs half as good as evolution (lol). So yeah... we should still be grateful; the fact that she's already deaf in her left ear... going to LA frequently (suffering from jet lags and all that even)... and still working hard for an album! Since we can't do anything anymore to change anything, why not just sit back, and take a listen to the previews (when they are leaked)? For one, Days is her best song to me (whether that is a biased opinion is uh... oh well) but I don't go thinking 'Days is the God, evolution suxxxxx!!!111'! It's unfair to her if anyone thinks like that. What I'm saying, embrace change, especially for Ayu, since she's so apt at it. And lastly, Ayu is the only artist who I've ever heard who had interludes in her albums, so embrace it. --- Er anyone who has heard the previews, what kind of genre is LOVE n' HATE? Rock?
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#250
11th March 2009, 03:51 AM
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  Maybe this album will be better than I thought 
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#251
11th March 2009, 03:53 AM
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I cant beleive. This just cant be, I was looking forward to alot more new songs and not just those interludes, why couldnt there at least be 3 of them?
goodness, I have no words. Hopefully those are some amazing interludes and like others have said, maybe a short song or something. T__T and still, I really, really hope she sells so much with this new album.
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#252
11th March 2009, 03:54 AM
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um.. love n hate is like somewhere between techno pop (not cutesy) and rock. its the best of the bunch, as well as rollin' IMO
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#253
11th March 2009, 03:57 AM
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And the English is most heard in EnergizE/rollin' is it? Whoa the album tracks sound really awesome from these comments... I hope the album leaks soon (just 14 more days!)!!!
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#255
11th March 2009, 04:04 AM
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What's the problem of people canceling their orders? It's their money lol
And I was expecting 4 interludes actually. It's really lame, but oh well.
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#256
11th March 2009, 04:13 AM
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I'm canceling my order right now. I'm very disappointed in Ayu and will put full unadulterated blame on her even though I don't think it's her fault. Being an interlude fan, I was expecting at least 7 of them, but we only have a measly 4. Pathetic. I'm going to continue listening to Morning Musume.
By the way, I am very retarded.
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11th March 2009, 04:21 AM
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#259
11th March 2009, 04:21 AM
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ArchangelLegend, you are my hero xD
anyway, I'm surprised Disco-munication is an interlude. Thought it would be a full song. She needs to do more Duty / A Song for XX tracklists. 1 Intro, 11-15 album songs.
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#260
11th March 2009, 04:29 AM
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i don like interludes..but i think at least she still has her hits in that album haha hope those interludes be friggin' awesome^o^ I hope all these doesn't kill her sales.. 
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