[Namie Amuro] The 101st Thread - WE ♥ NAMIE FOREVER - - Page 23

roddypii · #**441** 4th February 2019, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by prussian blue

Have you ever heard the album version of think of me? I found it was pretty much a trainwreck.

Agree, but at least it's fun to watch and she has the past<FUTURE performance that saves the song for me. Let Me Let You Go isn't funny at all and the live performances... well...

hahaha

mi|kshake · #**442** 5th February 2019, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by prussian blue

Have you ever heard the album version of think of me? I found it was pretty much a trainwreck.

The Love Enhanced version definitely redeems it although it's not one of my favourite Namie ballads.

inthezone · #**443** 10th February 2019, 08:09 PM

Why is her music not on spotify? Namie and her team are idiots

AJFmzk · #**444** 11th February 2019, 09:08 AM

^ Namie has like 3 songs on Spotify. Fish, Luvotomy and make it happen. Not sure if they’re official. It’s crazy that her stuff isn’t on Spotify. Especially considering all her English stuff...Avex is missing out on potential revenue...which is highly unlike them.

Xianghua · #**445** 11th February 2019, 09:15 AM

We can count I'm Not Yours on Jolin's page.....lol D:

Gustavopc · #**446** 11th February 2019, 06:26 PM

The weirdest thing is that iirc her discogrpahy is up on iTunes music x_x So it's not like her team is against streaming services, it's just a Spotify thing... And Kuu and ayu are there, I don't reallt get this...

hud · #**447** 12th February 2019, 09:35 AM

I really think it's because of her retirement. I guess if she released more material they would probably push her to put her discography on streaming services

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Originally Posted by AJFmzk

^ Namie has like 3 songs on Spotify. Fish, Luvotomy and make it happen. Not sure if they’re official.

Fish and Luvotomy are because of m-flo's discography, make it happen is an unofficial upload that it was taken down before but now it's back

Corvina · #**448** 12th February 2019, 04:03 PM

It's not really that strange.
Spotify just isn't an important platform in Japan at the moment.
Even Billboard Japan and Oricon are not counting Spotify for their streaming charts and that pretty much says it all.
It's only necessary for artists internationally and most Japanese artists simply don't have a need for that.
And Namie is retired, so that need is even smaller in her case.
Her discography is on streaming platforms like apple music and Line Music.

Baco__ · #**449** 13th February 2019, 08:55 PM

Is it on Apple Music? Cause I've tried to access it and the catalog is the same as the one in spotify. =(

And I'm in Japan!

thinkingoutloud89 · #**450** 14th February 2019, 12:35 AM

^no, but you can buy it on itunes (except Finally).

Btw. how are the sales of Finally by now?

Corvina · #**451** 14th February 2019, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Baco__

Is it on Apple Music? Cause I've tried to access it and the catalog is the same as the one in spotify. =(

And I'm in Japan!

Ah, sorry, thought it'd be.
Haven't used Apple Music in years, but I thought I remembered listening to her when I used it.

She is completely on Line Music tho, I've checked before posting yesterday (but apparently only for certain subscription types).

ayuinh.k? · #**452** 14th February 2019, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by thinkingoutloud89

^no, but you can buy it on itunes (except Finally).

Btw. how are the sales of Finally by now?

Still in the Top 100 Chart

Total 2,434,592

AJFmzk · #**453** 15th February 2019, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by snowo

Fish and Luvotomy are because of m-flo's discography, make it happen is an unofficial upload that it was taken down before but now it's back

That makes sense. And yes, I believe you can buy her stuff on iTunes worldwide, as far as I know, but not streaming on Apple Music.

Sandy · #**454** 16th February 2019, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by roddypii

Let Me Let You Go for me is her worst ballad by far.. I just can't listen to it.

Hand to God I thought it was a P!NK cover for the longest time. It just sounded like a P!NK song. The ballad would be very nice if pretty much anybody else would be singing it but as it is on the album...

It is a must skip for me for that reason alone.

_dandy_ · #**455** 18th February 2019, 12:31 AM

Never mind the fact that she's got practically nothing on Spotify; how dumb is it that her official site has basically been taken offline when she retired?

As I understand it, her official site is https://namieamuro.jp, correct?

It's not because an artist retires that the public at large shouldn't be interested in looking her up and learning about her discography, or stop buying her stuff altogether. I mean, the Beatles quit recording long before anyone had ever heard of a "web site", and they have theirs, and it's probably going to keep going even after the last of them is long gone. It's silly to take that offline and essentially expect that people will learn about her through Wikipedia or fan sites. As an artist, even in retirement, you don't want fan sites to represent you. No offence to anyone who's ever put up fan sites; I'm sure you all know what I mean by this.

All I'm saying is that it blows my mind that her perfectly functional site got taken offline when retired. Who cares if there's no new content? Keep it up as an archive.

AJFmzk · #**456** 18th February 2019, 01:33 AM

^ Yes, that is her official website. The only links that still work are the fanspace store log in and the help email. Totally agree with you, but maybe the management couldn't come to an agreement on who would maintain the website. Did they dissolve Dimension Point after her retirement? Maybe Avex didn't want to pay it. Or she could have requested to take it all down. It just sucks because I'm sure she still makes money off the royalties. I assume people are still buying/will still buy her stuff in the future and it would be good to have an official source/archive of her works and releases just for reference.

~angel*ayumi~ · #**457** 18th February 2019, 01:37 AM

I have the feeling Namie is the one that wants her to be completly erased from the public to live a normal life.

AJFmzk · #**458** 18th February 2019, 01:43 AM

^ It's entirely possible, and seems like the most plausible reason, at least in my opinion. I don't know how successful she'll be in becoming totally anonymous again, just because of how the world is today with camera and media everywhere, but it seems like she's been doing OK with it so far.

Xianghua · #**459** 18th February 2019, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~

I have the feeling Namie is the one that wants her to be completly erased from the public to live a normal life.

I get this feeling too.

inthezone · #**460** 19th February 2019, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Corvina

It's not really that strange.
Spotify just isn't an important platform in Japan at the moment.
Even Billboard Japan and Oricon are not counting Spotify for their streaming charts and that pretty much says it all.
It's only necessary for artists internationally and most Japanese artists simply don't have a need for that.
And Namie is retired, so that need is even smaller in her case.
Her discography is on streaming platforms like apple music and Line Music.

well all other japanese artists are on spotify, so it doesnt really make sense for her to not be (even utada has all her discography on spotify now). i feel like she wants to delete herself from music history, which is unfair to her fans.