[News] Winter diary ~A7 Classical~ - release 23rd December 2015

[TheRainbow]

^Same with me, the classical version of You & Me is such an improvement imo.
I wish WARNING were winning the poll, but Step by step should be interesting.

[Aderianu]

why step by step?? who voting for it? Seems japanese fans like it a lot

[YukiUsagi]

Japanese love cute songs.

[se7entheaven]

I think it's more like they love songs with "uplifting" lyrics. Like "hey don't give up", "hey ne yourself" etc lol

[Sunrise]

Not really feeling the new song atm but I'm still excited to hear the new classical versions!

[~angel*ayumi~]

Step by Step grow much on me. It´s my new get happy again when I am in bad mood song^^
But I also whould prefer WARNING because I am so damn curious how it will be.

[Surreal17]

I love the You & me classical version. Damn, I want to hear No Future or one of the rockish stuff but who knows, maybe we'll be surprised.

[Yoake]

Originally Posted by artcika

i'm glad to see that at least SOME people have some positive stuff to say about the song. frankly i don't know what would make majority happy on here *shrugs* it barely happens.

edm generic dated sounds are what's majority love.

Originally Posted by artcika

yeaaaaaaah....?? lol

i dunno sometimes i just think people are way too technical on this forum. I think when you are in love with an artists music, you can always find something good in every song even if you dislike it. I could bash Colours till i drop dead and even though i find most of the songs really megh, SOMEHOW, throughout the times i still listened to them i found at least one thing in every song that i actually like. Sometimes i think you need to distance yourself from all the arrangement and lyrics stuff and just listen to the voice and melody. I'm pretty sure there's something special in every song she makes, even if it's not obvious from the first time. Yes her stuff is nothing musicaly special anymore, nor is it groundbreaking with impact or strong impressions, it's safe, with ocasional adventure here and there, but isn't that what HOME is supposed to be? I don't know...it's just ho0w it all makes me feel. And people will have their own opinions yes and that's fine, it just kind of makes me sad lol

When I read your post, It reminded me what I often think : listen to a song with your heart and not with your head.

Originally Posted by Calico

What would make Ayu fans happy? A time machine back to 2002.

Not songs that sound like 2002 Ayu (because they would then complain that she's recycling) but an actual time machine to take them back to her hey-day, lol.

XD


I really like the preview of winter diary. I wasn't expecting to get a christmas song. That's quite unusual in Ayu's dicsography. Especially a heartwarming winter song. I can't wait to have the full song. ♥

[js_surrealism]

Idgi, is it not possible to like an artist but think that one of her songs sucks?

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by js_surrealism

Idgi, is it not possible to like an artist but think that one of her songs sucks?

For me it's not an impossible thing but seems that some can't handle criticism and once you bash an artiste's song = you're dead meat

Most artistes I support , there're bound to be songs that I do not like in their discography

And the part I cannot accept is if the song's really bad , some still insist it's good no matter what :x

[Yoake]

Originally Posted by js_surrealism

Idgi, is it not possible to like an artist but think that one of her songs sucks?

of course, it's not impossible. There are Ayu's songs or even others artists songs that I dislike or like less than others. But sometime when I'm reading articles or comments (not specially here on AHS), I feel like the person is just nitpicking so much that even before to click on play button he/she thinks :" What will I dislike in this song?" At that moment, I like to remember myself to listen to a song with my heart and not only with my head. Because I know that I can be extremely picky sometime. It's not a disaster if the melody is similar to another one because the singer or the musician has his/her own personnality and his/her way of singing/playing is different from the other. It's why the song can have another color!

[Next_Level29]

^ its like the good stuff diverses always an ok and the bad stuff is sooo bad, it can go for war itself. thats how people talk about ayu, i think and it is so ridicolous

[Machiko]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

And the part I cannot accept is if the song's really bad , some still insist it's good no matter what :x

I don't understand. Did you consider those people might... actually enjoy those songs? Just because you don't like something doesn't mean no one else can? For someone else that "bad song" is a good song, you can't really argue about that It's someone else's taste in music, there's nothing for you to "accept" about that?

[hayasaki]

I didn't like what I heard from the preview at first. But after some listens, i kinda learned to appreciate it. I think that particular part on the chorus is genius, making a connection/throwback to some of Summer Diary's melody too. I'm going to love this song probably but not as much as her previous releases this year

[chocopockymaster]

I'm too distracted by the fact that I hear Wham!'s Last Christmas creeping in through the instrumentation in the beginning to focus on anything else.

I am so sick of her work with TK and Nakano. Ayu sure knows how to beat a dead horse.

[maxikot]

After giving this preview few listenings i confirm what i said earlier. I like the song. It's light, airy, would be nice if she performed it on tv.

[pimenta]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

For me it's not an impossible thing but seems that some can't handle criticism and once you bash an artiste's song = you're dead meat

Most artistes I support , there're bound to be songs that I do not like in their discography

And the part I cannot accept is if the song's really bad , some still insist it's good no matter what :x

"Good" or "bad" is completely subjective, and among so many people it's bound to have very diverging opinions. Sometimes one may think a song is total garbage and someone else honestly think it's amazing (and they may just as well be puzzled by the fact that some people are still insisting the song is bad no matter what). We just have to accept that different opinions do happen, even on the most extreme cases.

Opinions are just that, opinions. They're not facts... Just because one may think a song is the best or worst song in the world, it doesn't really make it the best or worst song in the world.

Originally Posted by Yoake

of course, it's not impossible. There are Ayu's songs or even others artists songs that I dislike or like less than others. But sometime when I'm reading articles or comments (not specially here on AHS), I feel like the person is just nitpicking so much that even before to click on play button he/she thinks :" What will I dislike in this song?" At that moment, I like to remember myself to listen to a song with my heart and not only with my head. Because I know that I can be extremely picky sometime. It's not a disaster if the melody is similar to another one because the singer or the musician has his/her own personnality and his/her way of singing/playing is different from the other. It's why the song can have another color!

This is so true. Sometimes some people seem to hate on the song before even listening to it, and you if go listen a song with such feelings chances are you are going to dislike it no matter what, because it's like you're listening to it with the sole intention of finding flaws...

[indigochild]

I don't hate it. I don't like it. It's pleasant enough for me to enjoy during the holidays. What's irritating to me though is that it's coming out sooo late into the season that you're not really given enough time to appreciate it.

[KarenPang]

I apologise for using the wrong words in my earlier post . I know that music is subjective in that what I like , others might not & vice versa

It's like what's happening for the preview of Winter diary . On 1 side , there're considerable a lot of people that dislike it but on the other hand there're some who adores it

Is there any wrong with it ? No because everyone's entitled to his/her opinion . It's wrong when people pick on other people's opinions then that becomes a problem

[pimenta]

^ I agree, picking on others opinions is a problem. Some people like it, some people don't... I always find it so awkward when someone goes like "how could you say it's bad, it's amazing" or vice-versa (and then it becomes a pointless argument about who's opinion is "right"), do they really expect to convert the person into liking/disliking it?