Thoughts on Blue Bird? - Page 3

ruixiong89 · #41 31st May 2006, 02:05 AM

Mmm... I loved Startin' and Born to Be because both of songs were headed for entirely new musical directions. With BLUE BIRD, it's just a nice summer song, not particularly outstanding. I think the PV might make me like the song better but for the moment, I just think it's a nice song.

I'm hoping Beautiful Fighters is going to be a great song.

BanFan · #42 31st May 2006, 02:19 AM

Her best since Memorial address!

Really good singing, music, and a chorus that doesn't suck.
It's so good though. It's getting me all pumped for summer.

evolution105 · #43 31st May 2006, 02:23 AM

^ hearing you say that makes me happy!

usually you're not liking ayu's music

truehappiness · #44 31st May 2006, 02:24 AM

Really? O_o;

I think he really likes Ayu music xD Just not the new single.. ? :\ [Startin' I mean xD]

mishidabo · #45 31st May 2006, 02:35 AM

i do think that Blue bird sounds like rainbow-ish.. which is cool because i love rainbow.. but its kinda mixed with the new ayu .. i really like this song ^_^

SunshineSlayer · #46 31st May 2006, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by evolution105

I really like it! You can really feel the summer in the song! and it does sound like a mixture of Born To Be... and fairyland but both songs were really good in my opinon so BLUE BIRD turned out to be a fantastic song!

I'd prefer hearing something more original though and not Angel's Song ver 5.0 - you know what I mean.

Too many of her ultra poppy songs are sounding too much alike.

And btw, I prefer Startin' to this song. And this song is maybe tied with Born to Be for me.

evolution105 · #47 31st May 2006, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

Really? O_o;

I think he really likes Ayu music xD Just not the new single.. ? :\

lol I don't know how BanFan feels really... i just remember he didn't really like (miss) understood for a while (but then ended up liking it i believe) and then Startin' he didn't completely like that too (or didn't like at all) i dunno.

truehappiness · #48 31st May 2006, 02:38 AM

I think they'd sound a lot different if they had assorted arrangers :]

Then again, I dunno. It's not like other artists' poppy songs don't sound similar :p

js_surrealism · #49 31st May 2006, 02:43 AM

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).

kotora · #50 31st May 2006, 02:44 AM

I pre-ordered this single already because of Ladies Night ~another night~.
*pRAY* pLEASE be a good remix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:S

Blue Bird is a good song. It is better than fairyland, though. Ayu has improved again.

BanFan · #51 31st May 2006, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by evolution105

lol I don't know how BanFan feels really... i just remember he didn't really like (miss) understood for a while (but then ended up liking it i believe) and then Startin' he didn't completely like that too (or didn't like at all) i dunno.

Haha. Startin'/Born to Be is the only Ayu single that hasn't grown on me, and I don't believe it ever will. And yeah, I'm usually quick to judge if I don't enjoy it at first, but this song, wow. It's so good.

*RAINBOW = 2nd Favorite album, ANGEL'S SONG = Top 5*
^So anyone can see why I'm so in love with this song.^

~*Mabushii*~ · #52 31st May 2006, 02:47 AM

Hmm, it's rather enjoyed here (meaning I like, my boyfriend likes, and even my 11 month old son likes it.. I'll have to see what the girls think later when they come in from playing with their friends).
Very nice summery song.

and I like it better than fairyland.. which was.. 'okay' IMO.. but not something i enjoy listening to again and again

bluegie · #53 31st May 2006, 03:03 AM

Just like norain said... the beginning, the verse, everything is great except the chorus. It's just too July 1st-ish (even the la la la part). I dun mean the chorus is bad. It's just suddenly July 1st chorus pops out all of the sudden. (Usually I like ayu's chorus over the verse. this one will be different)

Nonetheless, it's better than what I expect. At least it has some old feeling on this song. Now we can look forward for BF and the cd covers. I just hope those two factors will be great as well

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truehappiness · #54 31st May 2006, 03:04 AM

:>

I like the chorus.. it just sounds a bit awkward to me :] You know? I guess I played the CM 250 times too many :]

immel · #55 31st May 2006, 03:08 AM

^haha!

bluegie · #56 31st May 2006, 03:09 AM

to me... the chorus is a bit disconnected from the verse/middle . I see why some people said it's a bit fairyland-ish now... There's nothing too "fairyland" inside.. somehow if I replace this chorus to fairyland chorus, it fits better LOL...

SunshineSlayer · #57 31st May 2006, 03:11 AM

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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.

truehappiness · #58 31st May 2006, 03:14 AM

It is all a matter of taste :\

Not everyone likes everything, I guess. :] This song is basically one of those love/hate songs, right?

SunshineSlayer · #59 31st May 2006, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

It is all a matter of taste :\

Yes, that is true. But the song sounding like many other songs she has released is not a matter of taste.

truehappiness · #60 31st May 2006, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Yes, that is true. But the song sounding like many other songs she has released is not a matter of taste.

I think it is though.. :p

ANGEL'S SONG =/= fairyland =/= Born to Be =/= BLUE BIRD to me xD

They're all separate entities in my opinion, but in in other people's viewpoints they're like.. the same song xD

Oh well.

Ayu has her originality... it's just that summer songs have tended to like...be that sound. xD I don't expect this from BoA, cause she has much.. different material.. Just look at INSPIRE. It had originality, and it didn't seem to fare that well here [even though it did have high sales that year] :p

...I sort of want another INSPIRE now. xD