[Utada Hikaru] ✿ New single! Sakura Nagashi ✿ the 47th thread

[bluegie]

Yeah, Simple and Clean was actually done first. And when she wrote the Japanese lyrics, the chorus part just didn't fit with the original melody, so she had to re-composed that particular part. But she didn't want the original melody getting lost in the Japanese side, so she made a new song (Uso) which included that piece of melody.

[Zahara]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

Don't mind me asking, but could someone explain this wiki article in plain English:
Utada stated that she couldn't get the same meaning she wanted to portray in "Simple and Clean" as in "Hikari", so changed the chorus melody to the one used in "Uso Mitai na I Love You"


Oh and btw
Sanctuary (closing) >>> all other versions

I forgot where I read it (since it was over a billion years ago, damn you Hikki), but I believe that when she was writing Hikari, they asked her to write an English version for Kingdom Hearts, and she couldn't use Hikari's chorus melody with the lyrics she wrote because it wouldn't fit and didn't sound right. She took Uso Mitai na I Love You melody and worked it in to fit.

[bluegie]

Isn't that the other way around...? hmmnnn... need to find the info then.

Edit: there was even a thread talking about this: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91126

and I remember when I read the Chinese translation of an interview back in 2003 (the time when COLORS was released), I think she said that she created Simple and Clean first. I wish I can find the original article to see which version is correct...

[Minttulatte]

I think I read somewhere that Hikari came first and Simple & Clean later but I may have misunderstood. My English was bad in 2006 anyway.

Now I'm in Hikki mood. Yeah♥

[Zeke.]

Yes I thought Sanctuary was the one that was written first (Simple & Clean came after Hikari).

[Polyrhythm]

http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/t...mple-and-clean

Simple and Clean was translated from Japanese (Hikari) to English. It's very awkwardly composed (musically and lyrically) and totally inferior in comparison to the godly Hikari tbqh. Not going to say Sanctuary was THAT much better but at least it was an original.

[Zahara]

Simple and Clean was written after Hikari. Sanctuary was written before Passion.

The Wiki article has awkward English, which confuses me because of how it's worded. Is it just me that thinks that?

[bluegie]

That really confuses me then... cuz I reread some Chinese websites and they all said that Simple and Clean was written first...

Edit: Where can I find magazine interviews from hikki? I think she specifically talked about S&C/Hikari in a magazine interview in early 2003 (I think that's actually her first interview in 2003, as you know she didn't really have many interviews back in the old days).

[Not Fade Away]

Just in case anyone is curious (and I don't know if this was posted):

[January 7th 2013]

The #SAKURANAGASHI DVD single debuts at #3 this week on Oricon's Music DVD chart with sales of 20,681 units.

#SAKURANAGASHI is also holding steady on iTunes Japan, maintaining it's Top 10 status at #6.

[January 8th 2013]

The #SAKURANAGASHI DVD single holds at #3 this week, selling 4770 units, for a total of 25,451 units sold.

[January 22nd 2013]

4th week #SAKURANAGASHI DVD single sales: Comes in at #7 with 1,524 units sold for total sales of 29,540.

Credit Goes To: @Ublog on Twitter

[hayasaki]

Hail holy GODtada! ...her selling power still lingers around the J-pop kingdom!

[Minttulatte]

Godtada does well on charts♥

[amorphose]

Maybe if we all meditate on it really hard we'll finally get a release date for In The Flesh? xD This is all I want right now.

[Delicious n Bold]

Godtada, her power!

[hayasaki]

off topi. but i kinda want to know who coined the term GODtada! Where did it first appeared) LOL

[everlastingRAINBOW]

Probably get *****ed out for asking, but if anyone can point me in the direction of the Dirty Desire remixes PM me please <3

[amorphose]

^They're on Spotify, if you use that.

[Minttulatte]

Dirty Desire remixes annoy me so much because of those orgasm noises in the background. Those really ruin those otherwise good remixes. :<

[ahtka-chan]

^Long time ago I made an edit version without those orgasms, but dunno where I put it.

[Minttulatte]

^Aws, if you happen to find it, I'd like to have it. ;_;

[Polyrhythm]

UTADA: WHY U NO REMAKE DIS SONG 4 THIS WAS THE FLOP????????