[News] ayumi hamasaki to cover Many Classic Moments For globe's 20th Anniversary Album

[Coelacanth]

Also would've preferred Ayu to record "Anytime smokin' cigarette," now THAT's a fantastic example of TK's genius. Too bad there'd probably be a fan meltdown over Ayu singing about cigarette smoking.

I suppose the lyrics of this song are better suited for Ayu, tho.

[cosmicfirefly]

I like the full cover and I think her voice sounds great, but I wish she had included the rap somehow, that part of the song feels kind of empty without it.

[the angel song]

Just ayu performing my fave classic jpop song is enough, honestly <3 <3, but now I'm yearning for the piano outro version of it with her vocals.

[//ABEST]

why ya'll so negative here? i think this is her best since Terminal

[Aderianu]

album on #4 at oricon, so seems it sold less than 10000 at the first day
right?

[AyumiAi]

^maybe they're under stocked because I went to the Tsutaya at Shibuya and passed by and the album was sold out, I even asked staff if they had and they said no :/ so it's weird

[Coelacanth]

omg you can actually hear the autotune on her voice around 4:59... sloppy.

[Ryusei]

Hmm I really like it, it's definitely a jam

[oaristos]

I actually like the break after the first chorus quite a lot. The song would be very, very repetitive without it, imo.

[Corvina]

I actually think it's quite repetetive even with the EDM break.
The best part is still the end.
Speaking of the end - Ayu isn't singing the s of the last "many classic moments". It's bothering me.

[Gustavopc]

Originally Posted by Corvina

I actually think it's quite repetetive even with the EDM break.
The best part is still the end.
Speaking of the end - Ayu isn't singing the s of the last "many classic moments". It's bothering me.

mte

I wish there was a remix for this song, I see potential but it didn't surface as I expected it to

[oaristos]

Originally Posted by Corvina

I actually think it's quite repetetive even with the EDM break..

Oh, for sure! I agree with you, the song is repetitive, I just think it would be almost unbearable for me without a break in the middle. It's a great song but definitely not the best one in the album. I find myself listening to Anytime smokin' cigarette and Wanna be a Dreammaker all the time, they're pure gold.

[mercenarynemesis]

I don't know about you, but I'd like to see a live or some worked performance of Sayonara and The Gift. I hope she works on it soon.

[TheRainbow]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Speaking of the end - Ayu isn't singing the s of the last "many classic moments". It's bothering me.

They're subtle, but I hear it in all of them.

[Irish_Ayu_Fan]

I feel like all I do is compliment how great her english has become, but I'm really proud of how she pronounced "classic" so well

[AyuWorld]

^
instead of "cRassic" ?

[Irish_Ayu_Fan]

^Yeah I was expecting it to be really japanese like "kurashikku" but she proved me wrong!

[chocopockymaster]

I'm really happy with the cover and I've got it on heavy rotation right now. My only complaint is that she does the most obnoxious thing in the choruses where it sounds like she has the freaking hiccups and she almost...squeaks? at the end of each word that she sings. It's much more pronounced in the first chorus and I've heard her do it in other songs but it seems like it's on another level here and I can't unhear it no matter what I do.

[hidekirby]

I really like this cover!

Her "Party Queen" horrendous duck voice during the verses is hopefully switching for a really clear and pleasant voice during the choruses. Reminds me of NO FUTURE's vocals.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

This is really a "new" ayu song for me also, since I've never heard the original (until this week...and I prefer ayu's cover lol). I think it's a great EDM track. I also wonder if it was done by RedOne, and that this is the song they were referring to when first promoting sixxxxxx...