30 Day Song Challenge ～Ayu ver.～

[Kacku]

I love this idea! Now I also want to do a broader Asian music version of this in the Asian Music forums. But that can wait until after this 30 days is over.

Day 01: A song you like with a colour in the title

I would also say monochrome. I love the lyrics and melody, they're catchy and evergreen. The original arrangement is my favourite version, but I also love the live recording from PoM 2011, this song doesn't suffer in the transition into a different style. monochrome also gets extra points because it's one of the Ayu songs I can sing from memory, without looking at the lyrics or hearing the music.

(If we're going with a stricter definition of colour, my pick would be GREEN. It's dark, mysterious, and dramatic!)

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I wanted to prepare for the next prompt in advance, so I thought that in addition to the obvious original songs with numbers in their titles, I'd look up all the remixes that would qualify as well. It was a bit of an insane project (), but I did complete it! Here's my (probably still incomplete) list for reference:

Spoiler:

Original songs:
• Two of us
• FRIEND II
• LOVE ~since 1999~
• P.S. II
• July 1st
• HANABI ~episode II~
• theme of a-nation ‘03
• Humming 7/4
• 1 LOVE
• talkin’ 2 myself
• Song 4 u
• untitled for her… story 2
• NOW & 4EVA

From studio albums:
• WHATEVER “Dub’s 1999 Club Remix”
• SEVEN DAYS WAR

From compilation albums:
• TO BE “2003 ReBirth Mix”
• SEASONS “2003 ReBirth Mix”
• A Song for xx “030213 Session #2”
• Who (10th Anniversary version)

From remix albums:
• FRIEND II “MAKE MY MAD MIX”
• monochrome “Orb7”Vocal Mix”
• Fly high “SAMPLE MADNESS REMIX 2”
• And then “Rhythm Masters Vocal 7inch Mix”
• immature “AM3:30 stylus Dub”
• SURREAL “Club 69 Remix”
• girlish “Tablagen mix Extended Version #0”
• SCAR “Don’t Cry Mix Extended Version #0”
• Far away “RANK 1 remix Extended Version #0”
• SURREAL “Dub’s Floor Mix Transport 006 Extended Version #0”
• July 1st “Flip & Fill remix”
• Dearest “Rank 1 remix”
• AUDIENCE “Darren Tate remix/12” mix”
• Boys & Girls “Push remix/12” mix”
• Voyage “83key’s Eternal Remix”
• Heartplace “Lab-4 remix”
• Connected “Talla 2XLC remix”
• talkin’ 2 myself x STONEBRIDGE
• Grateful days x PARA ONE
• BLUE BIRD x 7th GATE
• SURREAL (DIMA EURO remix 2011)
• Startin’ (EUROGROOVES 2011 rmx)
• talkin’ 2 myself (EUROGROOVES fashion mix)

From singles:
• Depend on you “44XL DUB”
• appears “99 Greeting Mix”
• Fly high “HΛL’S MIX 2000”
• vogue “HΛL’S MIX 2000”
• vogue “400 BPM Fatback Mix”
• Far away “HΛL’S MIX 2000”
• ever free “HΛL’S MIX 2000”
• Duty “Dub’s mellowtech 002 Remix”
• AUDIENCE “HΛL’S MIX 2000”
• AUDIENCE “Dub’s Floor Remix Transport 004”
• evolution “Dub’s Floor Remix Transport 004”
• SURREAL “nicely nice electron’00 remix”
• NEVER EVER “Dub’s Uncategorized Mix 001”
• UNITE! “No. 1 Blueberry Wonderful”
• Dearest “Huge ‘20011002’ Mix”
• Daybreak "HΛL's Mix 2002"
• I am... "Ram's Special 11 Days Mix"
• HANABI ~episode II~ “HΛL’S MIX 2003”
• Memorial address (take 2 version)
• CAROLS “Hammond B-3 Whisper”
• Will “Wall5 Remix”
• YOU (10th Anniversary version)
• Depend on you (10th Anniversary version)
• LOVE ~Destiny~ (10th Anniversary version)
• TO BE (10th Anniversary version)
• Rule (80kidz's "No More Rule" mix)
• “fairyland-glitter-BLUE BIRD-Greatful days-July 1st” Mega-Mash-Up-Mix

From remix singles:
• Far away “RANK 1 remix”
• girlish "7'vocal"
• girlish "12'dub"
• Key "Mad Professor 1 remix"
• Key "Mad Professor 2 remix"
• SURREAL "Club 69 extended mix"
• SURREAL "Club 69 radio mix"

From vinyl releases:
• FRIEND II (JAZZY JET MIX)
• Two of us (rub delight mix)
• Two of us (PPS CONNECTION MIX)
• Two of us (touch of mahogany mix)
• End of the World "7"master"
• GAME "YOJI's 140Bpm Tech-dance Re-rub"