The official thread for your thoughts for "Rock'n'Roll Circus" (Anything!)

[Picaflor 7/4]

you're right. we should have had a gay club bathroom sex scene too. that would have made the pv 100% better.

[ayu99persen]

i love all the things of this album.the sunrise/sunset maybe weak. but you were/ballad make it stronger.and now the 4 new PV is just simply amazing

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

Originally Posted by kotora

Change my mind a bit, only one thing in LD is correct, gay guys sometimes go to washroom in clubs for more.

IMO, this director has to stop making PV and think whats wrong with his ideas.

well, I'm sure Kazu is a gay too~

[waterballoon]

You know what... the thing's that bad about Lady Dynamite is just... her expression. Oh God I swear in the first couple of minutes when she was singing to the camera... WTF is with her exaggerated mouth and "I'M FIERCE YOU *****" face?

Hey, Microphone was an equally fierce song but she wasn't doing such a -WTF?- face, really. It seems like only Kazuyoshi Shimomura has the magical ability to make Ayu look like an idiot. Sorry Kazuyoshi Shimomura fans, but I HATE this "guy" who's obnoxious, disgusting and failure in terms of working with Ayu. EVERYTHING that he does with Ayu turns out disgusting. It's just so bad that I honestly WISH AND HOPE that Ayu just stops working with this person... ugh.

The only thing that saves me from her crappy expressions and faces was the actual concept - it may be a little ott for some of us, but I really like and appreciate the gay club scene location; at least for parts of the PV, I could see they're all really having fun but really... that's about the only good thing about the PV for me; rest was crap. But the song is awesome though; REALLY GOOD AND CATCHY; I'M IN LOVE WITH THE SONG

Don't look back's PV is honestly the best PV she has made since the GUILTY album, excluding Days. The concept, directing, execution.. everything was just flawless. She's gorgeous, and destroying herself part was so... impactful? It made me really shocked tbh, and it's just epic.

Sexy little things... I feel this is a PV that needs more watching to digest... basically it's the same as Microphone; there are a lot of things going on with all the symbolism that you can't understand or appreciate it in one watch. That's all I can say; it's quirky and attention-grabbing on first watch though, that's for sure. The song sounds a little fitting into the NEXT LEVEL album as well; with all the electro and 8-bit sounds going on; it's definitely interesting!

My ratings so far:

PVs:
1) Don't look back
2) BALLAD
3) Sexy little things
4) Microphone
5) Lady Dynamite
6) You were...
7) Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
8) Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~

Songs:
1) Don't look back
2) Lady Dynamite
3) BALLAD
4) Sexy little things
5) Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~
6) Microphone
7) You were...
8) Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~

[kotora]

Originally Posted by Picaflor 7/4

you're right. we should have had a gay club bathroom sex scene too. that would have made the pv 100% better.

That would be TABOO Part II but performed by Ayumi Hamasaki but not Koda Kumi.

[love in music]

I have a new ranking for the songs on this album now

Sexy little things
Microphone
Don't look back
count down (just from the LQ preview, may change once full HQ is out)
Last Links (just from the LQ preview, may change once full HQ is out)
You were...
BALLAD
Lady Dynamite
Sunrise 〜LOVE is ALL〜
RED LINE 〜for TA〜 (just from the single version, may change once album version is out)
meaning of Love (just from the LQ preview, may change once full HQ is out)
Sunset 〜LOVE is ALL〜

Lady Dynamite used to be my least favorite, but since hearing it in better quality and watching the awesome PV it grew on me a LOT. It was really hard to rank songs though because there are so many awesome ones on this album.

[panda87]

i'm not too impressed, but it's not like i was expecting to be. the songs are mediocre. the PVs are pretty good... but not my thing, but they're fresh in presentation, not anything i've seen before, so i guess that's a good thing.
but i'm drawing a lot of similarities here:
Don't look back -- VOGUE
Microphone -- RULE
sexy little things -- energize + rollin'
LD -- 1love + energize
Ballad -- a watered down HEAVEN

i'm not buying this album this time. i'm going to wait until later when i feel i can spare a few bucks for something extra, so this album isn't a must for me this time. i like the concept, but i don't like the british theme. i thought it was supposed to be circus-like... so i'm not feeling it. incorporating the two themes is genius, but i don't see the balance in it. and i'm not feeling it. but i'm still excited nonetheless b/c it's ayu after all. she still makes great tunes that are unparalleled. she still gets to me somehow, no matter how wack the PVs and songs are. i think i unconditionally listen and stay loyal to her

but honestly, after watching the LD PV, i was like --> O_O holy sh-- that was sooo unexpected. i'm not phobic to any kind of lifestyle or orientation, but i just think whoever was directing was high on something as well as everyone else on the set.

everything else was watchable b/c she has done weirder things... but LD was just--woo-hoo, quite a PV! i just blinked a few times after watching it.

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

may I say that this time i love every single PV? They're the best of her career to me.

and then, i have to say that Sexy Little Things is the very first cute-upbeat song I love in the whole discography. I cannot wait to receive my copy

[Not~Yet]

I have learned not to dislike Kazu as a photographer, but no matter how much I try to think so he really can't direct a pv. I mean honestly, not because I'm anti-Kazu or something, does that dude even have the basics in control? I feel like I'm watching a video directed by a total noob when I watch PVs he directed. And (having not watched many Kazuyoshi pv making of-s other than Sparkle) after seeing that LD preview clip I can see from his personality why the stuff he does turns out to be like that, he seems really hasty and overpowering, kinda blinded by his own visions. Though I love Ayu I can't help but be really disappointed that she uses him as a director. Like I said before if the execution was better I'd probably love LD pv, but it has just too many flaws imo. Like others have said it did have some great parts too but I guess for me personally the bad parts ran over the good parts. And even if I also try and want to like the "fierce"-faces Ayu does in most of Kazu's pv's I honestly can't. But well, it's pretty fun and if I feel like I can let loose, I would watch it so I'm not like crying my eyes out in the corner because of it not being as good as it could have been.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha

Seems like all the hate/dislike for the album in general is coming out all at once, eh heh..... I had a feeling this would happen...

But the majority seems to be pleased! I know I am, even if LD was a letdown.

[Coelacanth]

Watching the LQ version of Don't look back, I think it's definitely up there with her Kouki Tange PV's. It's reaaaally good.

Too bad any hope I had for her future as a visual artist completely got squashed after seeing Lady Dynamite. She's always pretty consistent musically, but this fetish director guy is totally ruining her image. If you singled out LD, Sparkle, and MW from her videography, you'd think she's a joke. Total camp.

Microphone and Slt: they're visually pleasing I guess, but I think moreso than ever, there's no apparent meaning to any of it. It's just a bunch of random imagery a la GaGa. Masashi Muto isn't that great of a director, IMO. He's still not even close to Kouki Tange. At least Kouki Tange's PV's are so easy to follow. They flow so well. Masashi Muto obviously tries to be weird without any clear reason for it and I really can't stand that.

[Megshere]

Well I haven't liked anything from the previews for this album but was waiting a while before I said anything...

Now that we've gotten it: I really don't understand how people can be excited for this. I do not like one song. Her voice in SLT is HORRIBLE and the videos are all just her re-done random BS (except maybe DLB, but it's not like that is horribly original either). Musically, I would call this one of her weakest works and visually, it falls straight to the bottom as her worst yet. I'm so sad, it's really inexplicable. Her Lady GaGa rip offs also make me really see the truth. Maybe she really was just purposely copying Madonna n Britney.

Since GUILTY, my interest in Ayu has decreased due to the decreasing quality of the product. I guess I am finally done looking forward to any of her music. I really just want to forget all of the crap she has put out since 2007-2010.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha

Seems like all the hate/dislike for the album in general is coming out all at once, eh heh..... I had a feeling this would happen...

I notice the hate coming out too lol.. I think the post above mine is the worst it'll get though. But who knows, I could be wrong.

[kotora]

Originally Posted by C+R+E+AYUMI

may I say that this time i love every single PV? They're the best of her career to me.

and then, i have to say that Sexy Little Things is the very first cute-upbeat song I love in the whole discography. I cannot wait to receive my copy

Yes you can in my thread, and nobody can complain your own opinion in here.
Everyone has their views to ayu PVs and songs, but everyone has no **** to complain other people's views in this thread.

[kotora]

Originally Posted by Not~Yet

I have learned not to dislike Kazu as a photographer, but no matter how much I try to think so he really can't direct a pv. I mean honestly, not because I'm anti-Kazu or something, does that dude even have the basics in control? I feel like I'm watching a video directed by a total noob when I watch PVs he directed. And (having not watched many Kazuyoshi pv making of-s other than Sparkle) after seeing that LD preview clip I can see from his personality why the stuff he does turns out to be like that, he seems really hasty and overpowering, kinda blinded by his own visions. Though I love Ayu I can't help but be really disappointed that she uses him as a director. Like I said before if the execution was better I'd probably love LD pv, but it has just too many flaws imo. Like others have said it did have some great parts too but I guess for me personally the bad parts ran over the good parts. And even if I also try and want to like the "fierce"-faces Ayu does in most of Kazu's pv's I honestly can't. But well, it's pretty fun and if I feel like I can let loose, I would watch it so I'm not like crying my eyes out in the corner because of it not being as good as it could have been.

EDIT:


But the majority seems to be pleased! I know I am, even if LD was a letdown.

Facebook group for asking him to stop making PVs may work.
LoL

[Yumsushi]

Microphone is cool. Sexy little things is interesting but I think it will grow on me. Lady Dynamite was embarrassing to watch. Don't look back was amazing; it was so creepy and tragic that I cried. I will forgive her for Lady Dynamite because of this and bury the song and video in the deepest recesses of my mind.
I don't think there was ever a doubt about me buying this album. Heck Don't look back alone sold this album for me.

[hightea_xx]

: ( lady dynamite is getting such a bad wrap. it's such a good song, and the pv is fun...

[love in music]

Originally Posted by hightea_xx

: ( lady dynamite is getting such a bad wrap. it's such a good song, and the pv is fun...

I think people just take things way too seriously with ayu sometimes.
The PV actually made me love the song when I wasn't feeling it much before, so yeah lol. It's really not bad for me at all.

[primavera♥]

i loved the song initially (pvs usually dont do anything for me really if i dislike a song)

but i thought the pv was great. fun fun fun baby! gotta have a cool pv like that on RnRC (for me at least)

i really think the album is cool so far

[hightea_xx]

i definitely agree, the album is shaping up to be very interesting... lots of different styles all coming together!

[jbrat2219]

I don't want to stray too far off topic, but this album is like a gift from heaven to me. I just had this thought, "What can Ayu do to top this?!" Even if everyone doesn't like everything from this album, it's still more universally loved this time around so I wonder what Ayu will do to top this?!