If Ayu was to make an album of songs remade in English...

[Maemi]

No.

[susiowong]

Originally Posted by sesshy

Actually... wondering. How's her speaking now? I never heard her speak English recently.

I think there was a clip of Ayu speaking English at that... Leslie-something-or-other photoshoot? - or some kind of presentation of it - and her English was very good.

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

I think a lot of people are missing the point of this thread... but anyways:

Maybe not everybody wants a full album but just a couple of individual songs done in English.

[noisy_harmony]

Real me ofc.

[sesshy]

Originally Posted by susiowong

I think there was a clip of Ayu speaking English at that... Leslie-something-or-other photoshoot? - or some kind of presentation of it - and her English was very good.

I must've missed that! Just watched it and wow! Her English is pretty good!

[j0tas]

In the first tracklist I put 30 songs but I think those 14 are the most "comercial sounding" for non Japanesse people xD

1. Last Angel
2. Sparkle
3. count down
4. Love Song
5. M
6. Moments
7. Endless Sorrow
8. Because of you
9. GAME
10. Microphone
11. Rule
12. momentum
13. HEAVEN
14. November

[Mimichild]

1. HANABI This one came first to mind!
2. Ourselves
3. GAME
4. (don't) Leave me alone- This would sound so COOOL!!
5. Virgin Road
6. Monochrome
7. Like a doll
8. still alone
9. Close to you
10. forgiveness
11. Secret
12. Far Away
13. Dearest
14. count down

[PoetGirl]

song for fans would be cute in english, like MY ALL, RED LINE, thank U, AUDIENCE etc

[YUKARI]

No old songs! If she wants to sing in English, let it be only new songs.

[Chibi_Venus]

I'm going to stop thinking realistically for a minute and imagine that Ayu did release an all English album. Hmm... What songs...?

Curtain call
The melody and lyrics are repetitive. And because it's such a simple arrangement (mostly piano), it wouldn't be an incredible nightmare to listen to with other instruments drowning out her voice.

STEP you
I'm sure the English would be crazy in here. xD But after thinking about it, it would be interesting to hear. Not my first choice, but I thought I'd add in some variety.

CAROLS
I think this could turn out to be a beautiful English version if the right person worked with her on good grammar.

Pride
I feel like this would be her best one. Again, if the right people worked with her on grammar and words (especially which words and their vowels would help it sound better on certain notes), then this could be perfect. "Pride" would be my number one. <3

(miss)understood
I think this one would be clear and easy to understand. And it'd be nice to hear a rock song in English.

Mostly I think any of her underrated-ish songs would be better in English, as well as songs with a "simpler" and maybe quieter arrangement. While it would be nice to hear some classics in English, I don't think they should be messed with too much.

[bondingo]

It wouldn't exist, because Ayu singing in English would just be laughable. She has a huge accent when she talks, so singing isn't going to be any better.

[yamadashun]

Originally Posted by thatstacey

She'd probably end up doing some of her ~classics. "Who..." or "Boys & Girls" were already performed in other languages (at least one verse of "Boys & Girls" ...right? At the Asia Song Festival a few years ago? Did I just make that up?).

It's the chorus of Who..., in Chinese version. then during A Complete ~All Singles~, she made Who... in a complete Chinese song as well.

But i would say, her Mandarin is adorable too.

I remember i saw some youtubers covering ayu's songs in their own English lyrics.

[*Petit*]

Japanese is a more beautiful language to listen to phonetically IMO. And I don't think the result would've been great, even english singers seem to have problems coming up with great lyrics in their native language. I know there are good lyricist writing in english too, but they don't seem to contribute as much to the chart toppers as at least decent lyricists do in other languages...

Given the outcome would've been decent, I'd prefer my favourite tracks I suppose. =)

[HTMSD]

1. Last angel
2. connected
3. Sparkle
4. A Song for XX
5. M
6. Pride
7. until That Day...
8. Rule
9. Real me
10. Ladies Night
11. SEASONS
12. Mirrorcle World
13. Love song
14. Who...

[kendelle]

01. RAINBOW
One of the songs that epitomises Ayu's career. It's so unique and powerful. The film clip is a freaking masterpiece and would make an excellent translation to English.

02. SEASONS
Tata Vega did a (somewhat nice) cover in English, proving the song can translate to English. A closer version would be amazing, though.

03. Sweet Season
This would have to be solely from my bias for the song but I can hear Ayu closing the song in English...
"I see the future you look down on me
it shines, it shines, it shines"
...and bloody hell it gives me goosebumps like nothing else

04. M
I'm not 100% sure on M, but I think it's a song that's so beautiful it should be accessible in more languages. Unfortunately I don't think it would be as good as the original but I'd be delighted to hear an alternative version

05. GAME
An awesome song in itself, it's got the change from slower song to faster that would lead into much faster-paced songs.

06. Rule
I think it would fit in well with Western tastes, though I was tossing up with this and Sparkle

07. 1LOVE
I love Ayu's voice in this song, though it would probably sound weird in English looking over the lyrics again xD They'd probably need to be "kickassed" up a bit!

08. appears
I really like the story in appears. (yes, that's my entire reasoning)

09. Real Me
A very catchy song with amazing lyrics, even if the English pronunciation and grammar is off a bit a re-recording could fix all of that.

10. Pride
This song's also been covered in English by Sweetbox but I love Ayu's lyrics more. Its simple melody makes it a perfect breakthrough track for Ayu.

11. Ladies Night
One of Ayu's catchiest songs, this could sound amazing in English, too.

12. GREEN
The "Asian" feel of GREEN would make it a great bridge between English and Japanese songs for new listeners.

BONUS TRACK. Who...
It has a Chinese version, why not add an English one?



Man.........I've wanted to write my own SELs for Ayu's songs for years. I should really do that sometime!!!

[mi|kshake]

Here's my list (which I have just quickly thought of!):

A Song For xx
Surreal
Evolution
Rainbow
M
Guilty
Seasons
Don't Look Back
Fairyland
Dolls
Alterna
Hanabi
To Be
Step You

mi|kshake~

[lightningrod]

Yay for we Chinese fans who have a Chinese version of "Who..."! We all LOVE it though her pronunciation is not so good that none of us could make out anything besides a few words without reading the lyrics. And she has spoken English for years so I'm sure her English songs will be better.
My choices are:
Love song
Microphone
progress
No way to say
CAROLS
Together When...
RAINBOW
fairyland
momentum
JEWEL
Virgin Road
Who...

[kotora]

Nobody mentioned "Rock'n'Roll Circus", "kiss o' kill" ? I think they are quite non-japanese title.

[ハート〜ブレーカ♥]

I gotta say, if this ever did happen, it would probably sound really forced; as she is not very good with the pronouncing, but I would give it a try.

[Kazeyomi]

Dunno why but I cannot imagine most of her songs sung in english. Maybe because are more japanese, I guess. There are few of them that will works on english (imo of course):

Life
Sweet Season
Sparkle
Who...
Daybreak

[emi♡]

I think she could release MY STORY as an English album, cause, I think the music from that album is most friendly lol