Your FIRST impression of Ayu's voice??

[Jason]

First song I heard was Fly high... voice is not that important to me, to an extent, so I didn't think much of it at all to be honest.

Absolutely fell in love with the song, though and well... I came to be the fan of her I am today

[TeamAyu2004]

The first song I heard was Evolution and then i went to look up some stuff... she hadn't even released Memorial Address so it was all her other stuff, but what really grabbed me was the music... I noticed for some reason I liked CREA stuff at first, but the other stuff quickly grwe on me and now i just love the woman!

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

The first song I heard was Evolution and then i went to look up some stuff... she hadn't even released Memorial Address so it was all her other stuff, but what really grabbed me was the music... I noticed for some reason I liked CREA stuff at first, but the other stuff quickly grwe on me and now i just love the woman!

Its weird how that works, no? All my favorites were CREA songs, but I didnt know that CREA was Ayu until I came here and people were talking about it. I didnt pay attention to composers until I started getting lyrics from divine ayu.

Anyways, cause crea songs are the best songs.

[Earth_maiden]

Really cutesy and not really my thing, since I heard her when I was mostly into J-rock and Vizual Kei.

[millie47]

My first songs of her were No more words and Dearest...I was like "what an angelic voice"... I finally in love with her voice instantly

[mecury2511]

my first ayu's song is Depend On You, I hear that song accidentally, it's like "omg, I like this singer, her voice is so SPECIAL" =]] after that, I search for another song & became her fan for 6 years till now <3

[MissElin_]

My first song was Fly High. But I have no memory of what I thought about her voice. I was watching the PV at the same time so I was more blown away of her cute looks/outfit and the song's composition and sound.

[Kazeyomi]

My first song was Dearest and at that time I was already listening to Jpop.
I don't remember my exact reaction to her voice, but I thought it was really different from other Jpop singers like Hikki, Kuu or Tomiko Van.
But then I fell so in love that I become a fangirl for her lol. And after 10 years she's still my favorite singer ever .

[Corvina]

First I thought hearing Ayu's voice?
Unpleasent high pitched. I didn't like her voice much.
But somehow it fascinated me.
Don't know exactly which song it was, but from Rainbow/ Rainbow era.

[CHE.R.RY]

When I first heard her voice I felt like it was awfully strained & reserved sounding...I really didn't like it all that much. Of course that all changed over time with songs like no more words (the first song I heard from Ayu was Dearest). I've grown to love Ayu's unique voice & cherish it although I still have moments when I wish she would tone down the vibrato a notch.

[zellyx]

My first song was Bold & Delicious LOL
I had never listened to Jpop before.. I found her albums at the local library, I thought she was just of Asian descent, (m)u looks pretty western.. then I was like

whaaaat??? I stopped it then replayed..then I decided it was catchy..
At first I thought her voice was kinda squeaky (the high notes), but I grew used to it and listened to the rest of the album over the next few days, then listened to My Story and Secret, the other 2 I checked out from the library..
After 1 full listen I loved her voice.. there's nothing else like it..

[rossbarney2003]

Originally Posted by zellyx

My first song was Bold & Delicious LOL

The first original Ayumi song I heard was the same. I got a scare when it started with "YA YA YA YA!!!" lol, but the first time I heard Ayumi's voice was in a remix.

It was the Christmas holidays and I was bored out of my mind with my music collection. I came across a couple of Ayumi remixes by western remixers that I loved. I think it was the Thunderuss remix of "Trauma" and the Hex Hector remix of "Far Away". At first I was shocked that she was singing in Japanese! It may sound a little close minded, but I didn't think western remixers would remix songs in Japanese lol. I really couldn't stand her high pitched voice, and would cringe when she hit a high note, but I really loved the melody of the songs. Over time I got used to her voice and the rest is history =P

[toniayu]

My first songs were July1st and Blue bird (both remixed) I thought: wow,she's so unique and different *O*

[AyUmIXx]

i listened to ayu's voice for the first time when my sister bought few of her first albums and i thought her voice was very high pitch and i disliked that kind of voice, therefore i didn't instantly fall in love with her. but then later, i found out Dearest, i fell in love all the sudden, i thought it was really a very sweet song, and her voice there was not as high pitch as i first heard it, at the time, it was 2004, so i started to find her latest song, then got to hear Memorial address and i fell in love more deeply. starting from there, she really got me as her huge fan. I love her voice starting from 2004 until now.

but then, i also started to dig out her old albums where her vocal was not in my liking, but then after listening over and over again, i thought it was quite nice LOLS.

[cosmicfirefly]

The very first thing of Ayu I saw was Asia Tour 2008 so the song was talkin' 2 myself and I didn't really think about her voice. I liked it though. When I heard her older songs it took me a while to get used to her voice but I love it now, even her higher pitch in the first albums.

[femtrooper]

It's weird, cause out of all the singers I like (English singers included), I would put her in my top 5 for best voices. I loveeeeeeeeeee her voice so much because of the uniqueness of it. It's intriguing somehow. It was so different from anything I had ever heard. I also love how much her voice has grown. I love it the best now.

[yukito]

I first heard Fly high "HAL's MIX 2000" and A Song for xx, the first one was cool, not many squeeky sounds, now A Song for ouch, I really liked more the sound of the music then her voice, never thought it was annoying, just very special.

[jewelbox]

Well umm.. First song I heard was UNITE! Moogwai remix and I thought her voice was pleasant. Later I listened Dearest, POWDER SNOW and Still alone and started to appreciate her unique voice. Although sometimes it hurt my ears (Still alone)! But I fell in love with her voice.

[Kacku]

I really can't remember what I thought about her voice when I first heard it. But I sure do remember the reaction my friend had when I made him listen to Because of You: "Nice song. Who's this guy singing?" "... It's not a guy."

[Matthew]

Squeaky.