Thoughts on Alterna PV

[Aldonia]

HOLY CRAP.

I love this PV. Every freaking second of its weirdness. It's creepy and disturbing, but somehow, it works. I don't think many other artists could pull off a PV like this. The one thing I really disliked though were those clown photographers. *shudder* Coulda done without those XD Other than that, it's amazing. Go Ayu~

[MariachiGurl2005]

that was the weirdest yet horrifying pv i've ever seen. I'M SCARED OF CLOWNS! haha! laugh it up... i'm scared of clowns its good i like it the song is addicting.... but ayu in white, looks like maddonna... in a way o.O good pv...

Originally Posted by Aldonia

HOLY CRAP.

I love this PV. Every freaking second of its weirdness. It's creepy and disturbing, but somehow, it works. I don't think many other artists could pull off a PV like this. The one thing I really disliked though were those clown photographers. *shudder* Coulda done without those XD Other than that, it's amazing. Go Ayu~

agreed, the to everything you said.

Holy **** that clown was scary, expecially with his big mouth o_o;;

[Taishaku]

This video is like a copycat of Madonna's Bedtime Story and Björk's Bachelorette... (two of my fav pvs ever)

It's an amazing and beautiful pv, but not very original. =S

[Poripori]

Hey you all ^^ ,
in this thread someone mentioned that 'alterna' was French-
well, I'm not a native French-speaker, but I've been learning French for
some years and I am quite sure that it isn't. Plus in my dictionnary there only is
the word 'alternant' (which means changing ...)

But in Latin there's the word 'alternus' meaning changing,
and the female version is ALTERNA .

Well I hope this was helpful! Sorry to be getting into your discussion ... ^^°

[~Amy~]

Oh no it was helpful! Most people thoght it was latin. But I looked in this dictionary and I couldn't find it in latin but anyway... Thank you. ^_^

[Poripori]

Originally Posted by ~Amy~

Oh no it was helpful! Most people thoght it was latin. But I looked in this dictionary and I couldn't find it in latin but anyway... Thank you. ^_^

Yes I also tried to find it in this internet dictionnary and did not find it,
but in my 'Langenscheidt'-dictionnary (Langenscheidt is a very well-established publisher in Germany and therefore hopefully reliable ^^)
here at home I found it ... *happy*

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by Syphex

This is the most beautiful PV she has ever produced. We need more stuff like this in the world. Brutal Honesty is so evident here, and so unforgiving. The strings using everyone, the clowns representing profit-motivated companies, the copy machine trying to replace the original..wonderful. How can you guys hate it for being wierd? She's being honest and true to herself, like she always wanted to be. She realizes that she's accomplished so much but it will all fall apart at the end. The song itself is great---The guitar is wonderful (Although it didn't have as much influence as is this LOVE? which sucks) My favorite part of the whole song is each time after the chorus, the "hey...hey hey hey hey...." the guitar shines here and makes for a catchy tune. Let me also say that the song fits the PV so well.

One of her finest works. Her pop style may be getting worse from her I Am.. days but her style in rock is getting so much better, and she is maturing as a person which is what I like to see in people. Better then my expectations, and this song is why I continue to listen to Hamasaki.

Wow very well said indeed. I do agree with all the points you have mentioned. I do think Ayu is trying her best to be true to herself as you have mentioned.

[elepop]

Originally Posted by Aldonia

I don't think many other artists could pull off a PV like this.

Completely agree. And people say she's simply a j-pop super kawaii "^__^" queen? No, no. She's more than that.

I can't see BoA and Ai Otsuka do that kind of PV. But it works perfectly for Ayu.

[indicatoto101]

Originally Posted by Poripori

Hey you all ^^ ,
in this thread someone mentioned that 'alterna' was French-
well, I'm not a native French-speaker, but I've been learning French for
some years and I am quite sure that it isn't. Plus in my dictionnary there only is
the word 'alternant' (which means changing ...)

But in Latin there's the word 'alternus' meaning changing,
and the female version is ALTERNA .

Well I hope this was helpful! Sorry to be getting into your discussion ... ^^°

I looked it up on an electronic dictionary and alterna is french and spanish. The latin version does make sense since both french and spanish are romantic, coming from latin.