[Koda Kumi] The 158th Thread - 「Color The Cover」 (2.27)

[gothicayu]

Originally Posted by happiholic★

Reading the comments, I've come to wonder, do people think that because the genre of the song is electro that automatically makes it soulless crap? And that only rock can have meaning?

its not because someone doesnt like the song that they are automaticly jrock hysteric fangirl.

guys , again no need to bash people who have a opinion different than yours.

i for exemple really liked "free free" or "one " from ami suzuki, it was electro & autotune .i really didnt mind cuz it fit with the song and it fits with her style .

the problem is not with the genre of the song being change (many artists make electro remix and some of them sounds better than the original)

i dont think the problem was being a jrock song turning to electro i just think for that particular song it doesnt fit (at least for me) . i guess maybe if she did turn it into an acoustic song or one of her classical ballad i would have appreciate it more .

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

Btw, I don't think that making a cover more appealing is something bad at all, I think that catching a new audience with the covers, even young girls and boys that wasn't born at the time of the original tracks, is something great. I always tend to go look for the original version to see how much the artist changed it.

And I know how hide's family is with his things and memories, so I'm pretty sure that someone of them is happy with the cover, and if it wasn't they won't let her release this song at all.

as for the cover part i agree with you . its very interresting to see how artists adapt them . i loved beni covers albums she done it very tastefully .i also loved miliyah's covers (even though she never made an official cover album a bunch of her songs are actually covers from oldies) and yes most younger generation have never heard those classics so its a good way for them to discover oldies via newer artists .

as for hide family .....at the end of the day its not whether they liked it or not, i think its more about money than anything else.yoshiki did a tribute to hide because he misses him a lot and wanted to pay respect to his memory, i dont think it was offensive or disrespectful ,x japan fans were very happy to see hide as part of the live , lot of people were touched and cryed yet hide's brother sued him ....
people tend to forget that whenever a song is covered by someone else the original artist (or his family in hide's case) get some royalty.

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by gothicayu

i for exemple really liked "free free" or "one " from ami suzuki, it was electro & autotune .i really didnt mind cuz it fit with the song and it fits with her style .

*fixed
it was bothering me lol

i dont think electro music is soulless
its mindless and fun, but its not soulless because it does its job in entertaining me.

[gothicayu]

fixed .thanks for note .

i agree with kaled people are scared to say their opinions because they are scared to get bash . just because they dont like a 100 percent of what the artist does it does not make them any less fans . not everyone can like a 100 percent of everything .

again people who come this thread ARE FANS .they want to share different point of views and opinions (thats what make this thread more interresting) and people who dont know her and haven't heard her new albums can get different ideas instead of " oh i love everything and everything is wonderfull " for a 100 pages and make their own opions after listening to it ..

[happiholic★]

@gothicayu: You totally skewered my words. I didn't call a single person a fangirl. Nor was I bashing anyone. I was asking.

[maze]

NAIL MAX preview

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[tenshi no hane]

Having different opinions is fine. You can even say it's your least liked song in the world. But you have to say that YOU don't like it. It doesn't suit YOUR tastes. When you start talking as if THE SONG itself is bad and anyone who does like it has bad taste, then we're gonna get angry.

Personally I'm not a big fan of Kuu's ballads, aside from her R&B ones. So I'll either shut up about it or stick to saying "This isn't my cup of tea. I'll wait for her to release something I'll like better."

Originally Posted by maze

NAIL MAX preview

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Beautiful, but that over-accessorized middle finger makes me laugh

Originally Posted by emi♡

Anyway, Jounetsu has come up to be my favorite non-pink spider track from the album. I just LOVE that style on her right now. It's perfect.

I usually don't really care for that style, but it suits her voice so great that I'm loving it too. Especially the ad-libs at the end

[Minttulatte]

If I had to choose electronic music or rock, I would always go for electropop because I just don't fancy rock anymore. I don't even give a damn of autotune if it makes the song more epic. :p

And Party Queen's electropop songs are still awesome in my ears. She should use this genre more♥

Anyway, those NAIL MAX photos are awesome. I really love her magazine scans because they're always so good. I just can't find a photo with a flaw♥

//Yey for her rising to #3 on the chart! ♥

[x-megumi-x]

Color the Cover scans

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[koumori]

Great photoshoot. I love all the colours. And her body...was she ever pregnant?! Flawless

[tenshi no hane]

Originally Posted by x-megumi-x

Color the Cover scans

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THANK YOU

[happiholic★]

Originally Posted by x-megumi-x

Color the Cover scans

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Thank you so much for these! Her body is out of this world. The third from last where she's looking down with her tongue out is my favorite.

EDIT: Has anyone posted the Cecil McBee pictures yet? I saw them on Tumblr. They are super pretty!

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Credits to Inside Fishbowl @ Tumblr

[howtousesexy]

Originally Posted by x-megumi-x

Color the Cover scans

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these are so gorgeous thank you for sharing with us

wish they used the last one for the CD Only instead

[Minttulatte]

I'm not really that curious about seeing a photo of her baby. If she wants to keep him out of publicity, I respect that decision.

Originally Posted by x-megumi-x

Color the Cover scans

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These photos are gorgeous omg♥

Originally Posted by Becky

You speak to me.

I'm not the only one who likes those songs? Yey♥

Originally Posted by maze

she's just fabulous, thank you for the scans!

this picture is from PAPARAZZI book, it's awesome


credits: ayukuuangel

and here are other pictures from the book:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...7654314&type=1

PAPARAZZI photobook looks cool already

[Kouyou]

Originally Posted by drdolce

And Party Queen's electropop songs are still awesome in my ears. She should use this genre more♥

You speak to me.

[Zahara]

No one is bashing people for having an opinion. Gothicayu, your thoughts were well thought out, and most important, respectful.

That's the key difference. Respect. A few other posters didn't have that...

[gothicayu]

@ happiholic i didnt say you called someone fangirl.i was talkin in general. i was just explaining the idea most people get which is false.i believe the same person can enjoy a good jrock song and a good electro song . hope my explainations could help answer your questions when it comes to fans point of views.

@ zahara THANK YOU . i totally agree with you the key is to respect everyone

@ maze thanks for sharing !

i m loving the nail collection can't wait for the HQ scans . when it comes to nails japanese people have surch an amazing talent ! they are always so creative and full of fantastic ideas . love this magazine .

[happiholic★]

Originally Posted by gothicayu

@ happiholic i didnt say you called someone fangirl.i was talkin in general. i was just explaining the idea most people get which is false.i believe the same person can enjoy a good jrock song and a good electro song . hope my explainations could help answer your questions when it comes to fans point of views.

But, my point isn't if someone can enjoy both rock and electro. You said yourself earlier that you might have had more respect for the cover if it was a ballad. Why can you not respect it because its electro? That's what I'm asking.

Also, I was never specifically talking about J-Rock, just rock in general. Nor was I saying that someone who thinks that rock is a more respectable genre was an hysteric fangirl. You don't have to be a fangirl to feel that way.

[gothicayu]

Originally Posted by happiholic★

You said yourself earlier that you might have had more respect for the cover if it was a ballad. Why can you not respect it because its electro? That's what I'm asking.

its not like im disrespecting the song im just not enjoying it . it could have been a rock semi acoustic (like she did with ningyo hime during music fair) i would have enjoy it too .a bunch of the songs in this album were ballad so i couldnt care less if she turn that one into a ballad .i didnt absolutly want a ballad for that song it was just an exemple given. i just thought with this particular song an other background music would have been better .i would have really enjoy an acoustic guitar version with just a guitar and kuu voice (like she did for you're so beautiful) but again its just how i imagined the cover .

now why i dont like that song with electro its my taste (and i usually like electro ,this song make an exeption) no matter how much people argure or try to convice me electro was the best choice again ITS PERSONAL. everybody have different taste so i respect everyone .
it was kuu interpretation of the song .some fans love it some fans hate it .thats just how it is .

just like for Jounetsu, i was crazy about the original and totally loved kato miliyah version too (she made it a very emotional and sad song which fit perfectly the lyrics) not a big fan of the kuu jazzy cover (and again like jazzy style songs by shiina ringo )

...... now i feel hardcore/ die hard /i love everything/ kuu fans gonna start throwing rocks at me lol

here is the original for those who are curious to hear the original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGaDzFS-WZw

hope i explained better my point of view and answered your question more properly

[Gustavopc]

Those NAIL MAX pics looks boob... I mean, awesome!

[mizuki-7]

^^

Maybe people think that Rock is more respectable because this type of music use real instruments and there are a real work behind but not only Rock also symphonic & classical musics etc... There are a big diffrence between a guy who produces a song without "move a finger" and creates digital musics on her PC and a group of people who produce songs and put a lot of efforts in the choices of the instruments etc...

I didn't say it's the truth but I frequently heard that and I can't deny that is not totally wrong !