Thoughts on Blue Bird?

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by js_surrealism

Mm, this totally succeeds in what it wants to be - a summery, upbeat pop tune. I think people who ask for originality are kinda missing the point here, songs like these aren't Supposed to be original, they are supposed to be nice and cheery and be able to make you smile and get you dancing on your feet. At any rate, a much, much better effort than her Previous summer single (fairyland, which took far too many longwinded verses to get to the point, and had a largely incongruous interlude part).

It is possible to have poppy, upbeat cheery songs and not have them sound the same as each other. The only reason I'm asking for more creativity and originality is that Ayu has proven time and again what amazing songs she can come up with. Having a song that is pretty good and sounds very much like some songs she has recently released, is not good - especially right now, I don't know if this will be enough to help raise her popularity up. Because frankly I actually like some of Kumi's recent singles better than this. And if you go back and check my history on this board, I'm not one of those people that constently seems to hate everything Ayu puts out. This, I think, is the only one I've been pretty critical about. And I'm only critical because I want Ayu to continue to succeed and this song just sounds average summer popish - I can imagine someone like BoA releasing it and it would be good for her - but for Ayu, she should be on a totally different level - I only expect that she do what she has proven to be capable of.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

It is possible to have poppy, upbeat cheery songs and not have them sound the same as each other. The only reason I'm asking for more creativity and originality is that Ayu has proven time and again what amazing songs she can come up with. Having a song that is pretty good and sounds very much like some songs she has recently released, is not good - especially right now, I don't know if this will be enough to help raise her popularity up. Because frankly I actually like some of Kumi's recent singles better than this. And if you go back and check my history on this board, I'm not one of those people that constently seems to hate everything Ayu puts out. This, I think, is the only one I've been pretty critical about. And I'm only critical because I want Ayu to continue to succeed and this song just sounds average summer popish - I can imagine someone like BoA releasing it and it would be good for her - but for Ayu, she should be on a totally different level - I only expect that she do what she has proven to be capable of.

Ayumi's worst songs would still be more enjoyable to me than any of Kumi's best! I love Kumi and her music, but something about Ayu's songs make me enjoy them more - probably because it is AYU! I just feel compelled to lover her more than anyone else and deep in my heart I do, lol... She is the only Jpop artist I consider worth ordering her albums off the internet, ha ha...

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Bring on ANGEL'S SONG 6.0!~

Like I had said earlier, this song reminds me of ANGEL'S SONG, which is weird because I became really in love with that song about a month ago when I had the Memorial Address CD for so long now, lol... I was thinking "I hope Ayu does another song like this... I miss this stuff" and viola! This is definately a nice song! I love it!

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by anime_fanatic21

Ayumi's worst songs would still be more enjoyable to me than any of Kumi's best! I love Kumi and her music, but something about Ayu's songs make me enjoy them more - probably because it is AYU! I just feel compelled to lover her more than anyone else and deep in my heart I do, lol... She is the only Jpop artist I consider worth ordering her albums off the internet, ha ha...

Oh believe me, I'm the same way. But I can't deny that some of Kumi's recent songs like Wind, Someday, and You have actually been pretty good and have deserved their sales.