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Tom Punks · #**301** 31st October 2014, 03:46 PM

^ I bet X'MAS BABY won't even exist.

Actually, I wouldn't put that title past her. Ugh.

I still vomit a little in my mouth every time I think about Song 4 u. I remember being in absolute shock and disbelief when talkin' 2 myself was announced. I wish she'd realize how juvenile numbers look in song titles. Same for "u" in place of "you."

orangeakira · #**302** 31st October 2014, 04:23 PM

Yeah I don't care how amazing a song is. If it has an ugly title I'll still hate it. It's not going to make me like the title.

kotora · #**303** 31st October 2014, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by orangeakira

Yeah I don't care how amazing a song is. If it has an ugly title I'll still hate it. It's not going to make me like the title.

This. You should write this on Twitter to ayu. I still cannot get over "The Next Love", "Bye-Bye Darling", "Sweet Scar" etc these weird title.

krtman2002 · #**304** 31st October 2014, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by orangeakira

Yeah I don't care how amazing a song is. If it has an ugly title I'll still hate it. It's not going to make me like the title.

What!!?? I can't believe it! Do you really care about the TITLE????

If she releases a great song, what if the song is called "Shi...t"? It doesn't matter. What really matters is THE SONG...

Zeke. · #**305** 31st October 2014, 05:03 PM

My like for the actual song will not change based on the title, but having a juvenile will always make me feel like "well, that's really unfortunate." talkin' 2 myself was ok but thens he made a habit out of the whole number thing and it just became so tragic.

waterballoon · #**306** 31st October 2014, 05:53 PM

calling dips on this being another mini album

SNOW
23.11.14

CD
1) Winter Passion
2) my darling
3) SNOW
4) Winter Passion (instrumental)
5) my darling (instrumental)
6) SNOW (instrumental)
7) Angel (Christmas orgel ver.)
8) Winter Passion (RedONE's Dub Mix ver.)

DVD
1) Winter Passion
2) SNOW
3) Winter Passion (making of)
4) SNOW (making of)
5) a-nation '14 @ Singapore - Digest

cover features her hubby but face covered with her face

channy · #**307** 31st October 2014, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeke.

My like for the actual song will not change based on the title, but having a juvenile will always make me feel like "well, that's really unfortunate." talkin' 2 myself was ok but thens he made a habit out of the whole number thing and it just became so tragic.

I wouldn't exactly call it a habit. How many songs come to your mind when you think about it?

I can only think of those three:

- "talkin' 2 myself"
- "Song 4 u"
- "NOW & 4EVA"

Songs like "1 LOVE" and "untitled for her... story 2" don't really count as the "1" or "2" stands for the actual word (number).

stickyrice · #**308** 31st October 2014, 06:13 PM

I will never ever understand why people complain about titles... or how the title affects how you feel about the actual song itself :| It's like "hmmm... I like the beat. The lyrics are nice. But that TITLE!? Ugh... ruins the whole experience for me *delete off itunes*"

BlackSilence · #**309** 31st October 2014, 06:56 PM

japan needs to get rid of the obsession with internet spelling >_>

I couldn't fogive GACKT when he put out P.S I LOVE U. A gorgeous rock ballad with nice lyrics...seriously? They need to at least leave that spelling off when they do songs and titles. They make them sound like it's gonna be a bloody joke. I just cannot stand when they take the song seriously but don't take the title so. Then I'm like Leave it without a title at all, it'll make ir more meaningful than all that internet/instant messaging language, it just bugs me.

Tom Punks · #**310** 31st October 2014, 07:25 PM

I don't think anyone said they disliked actual songs because the titles sucked. At least, I took orangeakira's post as "I don't care how good the song is, if the title sucks the title still sucks and a good song doesn't make up for it."

^ @artcika: I totally agree. It's just so hard to take a song seriously when the title looks like it was written by some middle school kid's notes.

**DonkeyKongRemix** · #**311** 31st October 2014, 07:34 PM

Well, in some ways, I totally see what people are saying. Hating a song for its title is a little much. I think Song 4 U is in my top ten favorites of hers, so obviously the title didn't ruin the experience for me. But, gosh. When songs have such...lousy titles...it leaves a bad first impression on a song.

Not saying it's necessarily the right way to look at music, but it's still how I look at it. XD

For some reason X'MAS Baby just...doesn't leave me expecting great things. But, I'm willing to be wrong about this in the end. I don't know if I'd go as far to say I'll be eating my words, but I'll be ok with a good song with a lame song title.

And I find it... interesting that someone has a problem with the song title "Sweet Scar." That title sounds much more artistically inclined to me then the other ones mentioned in that sentence, but maybe it's just me.

Zeke. · #**312** 31st October 2014, 07:45 PM

Nobody said the title of a song alone was enough the discredit the quality of the production itself. It was just mentioned that a quality production doesn't make up for a shit title. The title is part of the song; it is part of the concept and ayu used to be pretty damn amazing at being able to sum up the essence of the song within a single word from a foreign language. I think people don't appreciate the deliverance of a concept on all levels.

**DonkeyKongRemix** · #**313** 31st October 2014, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeke.

Nobody said the title of a song alone was enough the discredit the quality of the production itself. It was just mentioned that a quality production doesn't make up for a shit title. The title is part of the song; it is part of the concept and ayu used to be pretty damn amazing at being able to sum up the essence of the song within a single word from a foreign language. I think people don't appreciate the deliverance of a concept on all levels.

I see what you're saying. I realized that I misunderstood what some of the others were trying to say, thinking they were implying that a bad song title fairly well made for a bad song, but I see that I was confused.

I also agree with you in that the title is a part of the song. I guess that's why it's important to some people, because titles can add an extra piece to a puzzle in case readers are wanting to know what the song is about. I find this to be the case with poetry as well, since poetry is something that often takes a lot of re-reading to understand. The name of a poem can aid in figuring out what the meaning is.