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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:12 PM
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It's nice and pretty and all, but I rolled my eyes hard. Something I never do. There's just too many fucking ballads.
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It's nice and pretty and all, but I rolled my eyes hard. Something I never do. There's just too many fucking ballads.
yep.

the main bad thing about it, it's not that it is a ballad. It's just ANOTHER SAME SOUNDING ballad. Cause she could make BALLAD that could outstand all of them. But noooooo, just give them another ballad you will mistake with the rest.

the same bells, the same "more emotionally" chorus. Everything sounds the same. Arragment, music.

remember JEWEL? it was something SOOO magically about it. The diffrent, very minimalistic music. Remember ever free? It felt eternally, so soft. Even Sweet scar sounds sooo much diffrent. But naaah, give them another you will not recognize without a title.

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o dear hahah!!
ok will NOT listen...will not ><
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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:14 PM
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edit: If Step by step ends up being a ballad imma cut a bitch
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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:16 PM
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Seems to be another subtle TK ballad in the vein of 'Walk.'

The melody isn't really hitting me on first listen... but that's the beauty of TK compositions.
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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:16 PM
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the first few notes of the chorus are too similar to Walk, aren't they?

it is a very gentle song but yeah... *yawn* i hope there's transformation in the after parts.
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ugghhhh...TK..not a fan of his work..there is something on his compostion that feels so outdated..

the chorus is ok...not really on the verse part
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7 min of that... you can die of boredom twice before it ends.

I don't understand the necessity of arranging her ballads the f***ing exact same way! GOD!
Is it tooooo hard to do something different for once?

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yep.

the main bad thing about it, it's not that it is a ballad. It's just ANOTHER SAME SOUNDING ballad. Cause she could make BALLAD that could outstand all of them. But noooooo, just give them another ballad you will mistake with the rest.

the same bells, the same "more emotionally" chorus. Everything sounds the same. Arragment, music.

remember JEWEL? it was something SOOO magically about it. The diffrent, very minimalistic music. Remember ever free? It felt eternally, so soft. Even Sweet scar sounds sooo much diffrent. But naaah, give them another you will not recognize without a title.
Amen to that.
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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:18 PM
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I understand that japanese people LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ballads and THEY WILL BUY it. But at least... record something I could remember even I will not like it...
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I kind of expected it to be something like walk or pray but I won't listen to it it's tempting but I haven't listened to any of the new songs yet (except the GIFT) and I'll keep it at that until I have my physical copy ^^
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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:23 PM
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I appreciate Zutto more now... It does have SAME arragment as always, but at least, it have catchy chorus.
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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:30 PM
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I also liked Zutto... and Walk (strong preference for Walk) because even if they had unoriginal, copy/paste old school arrangements, the melodies were catchy and the progression in Walk is everything.

I just can't stand nice boring ballads à la Pray/LOVE again that drags on and on and add nothing to her discography.

I guess it will be the only song from the album I will untick on iTunes so that I can pretend it doesn't exist (like the THANK U mistake on Love songs).
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I like it more than The GIFT.
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Meeeeeeeehhhh so boring.
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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:33 PM
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I cracked. Holy shit it's boring. It even sounds like Walk in the chorus. I understand Ayu releasing the same song twice over a course of a few albums but releasing THE SAME THING ON AN ALBUM? Granted, there were albums where a lot of the songs were cut from the same cloth but here it's like they are the same, just configured differently. I'm beginning to think that Komuro should be shipped back into the 90s.

But let's be positive. The intro is very lovely.

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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:43 PM
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I think it can be a great song. Everyone said The Gift was boring and now a lot of people love the song. I think it's a solid ballad album. And c'mon don't complain about ballads. I realised she releases a Ballad CD and then a "more danceable CD" from RnR Circus.

RnRCircus - Love songs - Party Queen - LOVE - again - LOVE again (mix) - Colours - A ONE (This had to be a ballad CD).

Be patient, the next one will be danceable and everyone will complain because it has no ballads in it,
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Seriously, it was so obvious it was going to be a ballad. The title "Anything for you" gives the same connotation as "Meaning of love" which was just downright tragic.
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Well... I like it better than The GIFT... so there's that lol I wasn't expect it to be an upbeat song anyways but geezus. Whatever. Step by step better slay when it's released.
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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:48 PM
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u guys are making me want to hear it because I ADORE Walk LOL

edit: ok i heard it HAHAHA
omg..LOL what was ayu thinking..Still love Walk a lot. This one seems weaker and...more strange
*back to Walk*

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Old 2nd April 2015, 05:51 PM
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I mean wasn't there only one ballad on love songs? The rest were just midtempos...
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