Ayumi ~ The Anything Goes Thread 8 ~

[DonkeyKongRemix]

Originally Posted by primavera♥

Ruki is my husband in my dreams. I don't think they're alike too much. But I think they're very similar in that they have such distinct ways of moving and making expressions that it makes you want to look at them. Like their demeanor and mannerisms put you in a trance lol.

God Ruki, he's so fucking hot .

I actually made a collage with images of them just to compare. It's in their mannerisms, style (sometimes!), expressions and face shape, which may sound odd. But, they look related to me! XD

I love Ruki, he is brilliant.

[primavera♥]

Originally Posted by nalini-dahlia

I actually made a collage with images of them just to compare. It's in their mannerisms, style (sometimes!), expressions and face shape, which may sound odd. But, they look related to me! XD

I love Ruki, he is brilliant.

Haha, I would love to see. Do you have them somewhere online? Or can post them here?

[DonkeyKongRemix]

Originally Posted by primavera♥

Haha, I would love to see. Do you have them somewhere online? Or can post them here?

I think I'm gonna redo it right now and post it somewhere.......not exactly sure where though.... XD

[orangeakira]

Yeah thanks. It definitely sounds like decision. The bridge sounds a hell of a lot like the bridge from Game. Now and forever is like a love child of My Story and Guilty.

[orangeakira]

I wonder if we'll ever see crea compositions again... ~sigh~

[Delicious n Bold]

I bought A Ballads today!!!
It's the cover where ayu is holding herself against her chest with her hand.

[brener]

found this on tieba hahahah so funny i wanted to share

[LONJJONG]

Originally Posted by brener

found this on tieba hahahah so funny i wanted to share

Hahaha baidu has many funny comics

Ayu : This is my natural(?) victory; I maintain the 5th position
Tomo : I'm just showing some respect for my senior, see you in the single chart

[brener]

^ hahahahhaha

thanks for the translation, it's even funnier haah

[SilverOwl]

Has anyone ever noticed that Ayu and the singer kyary pamyu pamyu look a lot alike, I just noticed it...LOL I know its random but I did XD

[ayu-michan]

Originally Posted by SilverOwl

Has anyone ever noticed that Ayu and the singer kyary pamyu pamyu look a lot alike, I just noticed it...LOL I know its random but I did XD

I feel you!!! In PONPONPON when Kyary was wearing the short blonde wig she looks so much like Ayu I was surprised.

[orangeakira]

So far ayu has 4 songs she's done with urata naoya. What is forever love, dream on, why..., and another song. She really should just do a collaboration album with him and get him out of her system. I do like him as a singer, and I like the songs he's done with her, but she needs to move on.

[ayumisrael]

Technically it's 3 since Dream On is officially more of his song

But yeah, if she collaborates with anyone again she should change it up.
3 songs is pretty much enough collaborating with the same person.

[orangeakira]

^I'm still counting dream on. Even if it isn't in her official discography she was featured in the song and music video, and she produced the single.

[kendelle]

I finally got to see the 13-14 CDL and my god everything is just so perfect and on-point.....I was near tears in several parts and the acrobatics performances were incredible!

I got a bit of a giggle out of the credits as well, there was one of her staff with a Tamagotchi, I'm sure

[rainbow_smile]

I have a question about ever free and Memorial address. Having read quite a few discussions here on AHS I assumed that Memorial address was written about her father. Was it ever confirmed officially, e.g. in some interviews or is it just an assumption based on lyrics etc.?

And I think I've read somewhere that ever free was about her grandma's funeral... How true is that? I'm curious

[Delirium-Zer0]

I'm pretty sure both are conjecture, but they're not without merit, and I agree with those interpretations. Having heard ayu talk about her grandmother crying as she left to record her first single, I think the last two lines of the song tie directly into that event.

Memorial address is a bit easier... look at the facts we can glean from the lyrics:
-The person who passed away wronged Ayu in a way she hopes they regret ("All I wanted to hear --even if it had been a lie, I don't care -- was that you regret that day back then.")
-They were supposed to be someone who loved Ayu, but she never heard them say it ("All I wanted to hear --even if it had been a lie, I don't care -- was that you really loved me. Just once would have been fine.")
-She wasn't anywhere around them at the end ("I don't even get to hear your final words")
-She was upset at this person for a very, very long time ("The curtain has closed on a sadness I thought would never end")
-But she's more angry than sad that they've passed away without giving her closure ("...The sky kept crying instead of me"/"Your farewell is so cold, I've come to hate it out of spite"/"Why, jus tlike that, at the very very end, have you left me with only memories?")

All that really fits the idea that Memorial address is about her father who left her when she was very small, and all she has are memories of him leaving, his fishing equipment still being left at the house, and her MAYBE being scolded by him when she was playing recklessly at Momochihama; She has no memories of him saying he loved her, she never got closure about his departure or whether or not he might have been proud of her success, she never got to say goodbye to him properly. In 2002 she told Time Magazine she might like to see him someday before she died, and if she never got that, then the frustration you can hear in this song is really understandable.

[rainbow_smile]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

I'm pretty sure both are conjecture, but they're not without merit, and I agree with those interpretations. Having heard ayu talk about her grandmother crying as she left to record her first single, I think the last two lines of the song tie directly into that event.

Memorial address is a bit easier... look at the facts we can glean from the lyrics:
-The person who passed away wronged Ayu in a way she hopes they regret ("All I wanted to hear --even if it had been a lie, I don't care -- was that you regret that day back then.")
-They were supposed to be someone who loved Ayu, but she never heard them say it ("All I wanted to hear --even if it had been a lie, I don't care -- was that you really loved me. Just once would have been fine.")
-She wasn't anywhere around them at the end ("I don't even get to hear your final words")
-She was upset at this person for a very, very long time ("The curtain has closed on a sadness I thought would never end")
-But she's more angry than sad that they've passed away without giving her closure ("...The sky kept crying instead of me"/"Your farewell is so cold, I've come to hate it out of spite"/"Why, jus tlike that, at the very very end, have you left me with only memories?")

All that really fits the idea that Memorial address is about her father who left her when she was very small, and all she has are memories of him leaving, his fishing equipment still being left at the house, and her MAYBE being scolded by him when she was playing recklessly at Momochihama; She has no memories of him saying he loved her, she never got closure about his departure or whether or not he might have been proud of her success, she never got to say goodbye to him properly. In 2002 she told Time Magazine she might like to see him someday before she died, and if she never got that, then the frustration you can hear in this song is really understandable.

By the way, about the bolded part... In a translation I read it says a complete opposite thing:

"I wish I could have heard from you
That you never regretted the days we had spent together
Only once, even if it had been a lie"

Could anyone fluent in Japanese tell me which translation is correct, please? ^^

[Tom Punks]

Originally Posted by rainbow_smile

By the way, about the bolded part... In a translation I read it says a complete opposite thing:

"I wish I could have heard from you
That you never regretted the days we had spent together
Only once, even if it had been a lie"

Could anyone fluent in Japanese tell me which translation is correct, please? ^^

I'm not fluent, but the lyrics you posted are definitely correct. She's saying she wants to hear that the person DOESN'T regret it, not that he does. Someone who is fluent in Japanese can corroborate, lol, I think Deli was just quoting from memory.

[rainbow_smile]

^ Thank you for your informative reply! I like those interpretations, I was just curious if there was any official confirmation behind them, but yes they do make sense. I also liked someone's analysis of Memorial address in another thread, which also linked the song to the booklet (there was a date on one photo) and to July 1st lyrics. It's so interesting to analyse Ayu's lyrics, interviews etc. It's like putting the pieces of a puzzle together