Ayu - Anything Goes Thread -XI-

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Ugh...if only we could hear the demos and unreleased versions of her songs...you just know there has to be some vault out there somewhere with tons and tons of stuff in it.

[luna7996]

Let's break into avex office!

[Delicious n Bold]

What about that last song she composed during the Sparkle era or whatever.

[Aokani]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

Omg was it You wa Nani shi ni Nihon e? (Youは何しに日本へ？)--which means What did you come to Japan for? essentially haha

If it was that's a really popular show where they find random foreignors and give them a camera crew and follow them around haha omg I wish you'd have done it :-p (if it wasn't this show, I wonder what it was...)

Yes, it was that show! They interviewed us at the airport. It was so awkward when they asked how long we had been dating and asked if we had any wedding plans. I guess dating 2 years in Japan = get married!

Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN

I heard boys & girls, namie's think of you, and a few other songs I recognized while shopping in tokyo also! mainly book off! haha

Nice I'm sure you saw and heard Namie's trucks as well?

[melissalove]

Originally Posted by luna7996

Let's break into avex office!

I'm in, lets disguise ourselves as misono fans though. They'll beg us to steal her lastest album.

[DonkeyKongRemix]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

What about that last song she composed during the Sparkle era or whatever.

I'm curious as to what you speak of.

[YukiUsagi]

I have a question
I downloaded and watched TV version of Premium Showcase (WOWOW) but I couldn't realize any differences between TV version and Blu ray version in her voice. They edited her voice?

[jiarongisme]

Originally Posted by melissalove

I'm in, lets disguise ourselves as misono fans though. They'll beg us to steal her lastest album.

LOL

[Chris85]

Originally Posted by YukiUsagi

I have a question
I downloaded and watched TV version of Premium Showcase (WOWOW) but I couldn't realize any differences between TV version and Blu ray version in her voice. They edited her voice?

Yes, they did. As it wasn't a live broadcast, all vocals are pitch corrected just like on DVD/Blu ray.

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by nalini-dahlia

I'm curious as to what you speak of.

Me too actually. It's so elusive and hidden. I've only ever heard it mentioned here twice since I first became a member.

[Andrenekoi]

^During the production of the NEXT LEVEL she said one of her compositions could have made it into the album, but it didn't.

[Gustavopc]

Damn, I was not aware of this There always leftover material (there must a bunch of it from the Party queen era, iirc she said it was almost made into a double disc album), and sometimes I get selfish and wish JPop was a bit more like Western Pop, with demos and photoshoots leaking as a whole, but then we also get so much material more frequently from Japan and I end up being okay with it... Still, self-composed songs from ayu being tossed aside sound so painful :/

[Andrenekoi]

^There's no way for us to know if the songs were any good to begin with... Most of her good compositions were done with DAI... A lot of the stuff she composed by herself were highly improved by the production...

[Gustavopc]

Yeah, I know she worked with DAI a lot, and if she didn't want a self-composition on the album she must have had a reason (such as not being satisfied with it). It's just that it saddens me a bit, it's an effort beyond her usual, but I can live with that

[kotora]

I doubt there are more demos from DAI for ayu left.

what was the last song from DAI?

About You CM version sounds more ... interesting than album version

[Andrenekoi]

@Gustavopc
We don't really know how much effort she makes... We don't know much about her production process besides "recording this today", "filming that tomorrow".

@kotora
Sweet Scar...

[Zeke.]

I loathed the About You CM mix. And my names WOMEN. Probably why I adore MY STORY so much cause I was expecting those songs to be throwaways and they kicked my teeth in and had me begging for me.

[Delirium-Zer0]

I didn't loathe the CM mix of "About You" but it didn't do anything for me really. Ended up being one of my favorite ayu rock songs ever.

"my name's WOMEN" definitely turned out unexpectedly different from the CM, but the only thing that sounds different is the vocal track. The chorus still sounds the same. That said, the verses did not sound ANYTHING like I expected them to based on the chorus. In context they don't sound mismatched at all, but based on the CM alone the song sounds much more... "earthy" or something. The verses have that Cheiron Studios late 90s pop diva/boy band sound and they're very slick and take a more straightforward "in your face" approach.... the chorus, though, is very atmospheric and bassy and emphasizes that sort of rolling rhythm it has. I loved how unique the chorus sounded in the CM, and I was really shocked (in a bad way) at the first few notes I heard when I played the full song for the first time. It grew on me eventually but I miss the idea of the song that I got from the CM. I don't absolutely love "my name's WOMEN," but I like it for its own charms now that I've shed the scars of my initial disappointment lol

[Gustavopc]

Did Sparkle sound different in the CM also or was it just me? I got sooooooo obsessed with the CM when it came out, I still have chills thinking of it nowadays

[ayumisrael]

^Everyone did! It was the Sparkle -CM Mix-

It just sounded the dark beats were sicker.

Sparkle is still one of existence's best songs anyway.