[A] Ayu ~Anything Goes~ XVI - Page 2

rainbow_smile · #1 2nd May 2016, 10:43 AM

The single and album versions of Last minute have different mixing???

truehappiness · #2 2nd May 2016, 10:46 AM

I think it's a slight difference? But it is veeerrry slight.

Also, I am relistening to HOTEL Love songs and this concert had AMAZING songs in it.

Delirium-Zer0 · #3 2nd May 2016, 03:41 PM

Those sounded more like mastering/equalization differences to me, honestly. VERY slight. I wouldn't count them as a mix change at all.

Ayu's album flow literally hasn't been good since "Duty." That was such a short album, like, you can tell she had some idea of what the flow should be as she worked on it.

There's an art to building an "album" as opposed to just a collection of songs that's mostly become more and more lost since the turn of the millennium, not just in Jpop either. It's a global thing.

***oaristos*** · #4 2nd May 2016, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

Those sounded more like mastering/equalization differences to me, honestly. VERY slight. I wouldn't count them as a mix change at all.

I'm sorry, that's what I meant! I got confused with the terms "mixing" and "mastering."

It's a slight difference, yes, but I can't listen to the single version of Last minute ever since A ONE was released.

Gustavopc · #5 2nd May 2016, 05:24 PM

I remember that around 2010 I saw a lot of people complaining about ayu's interludes, saying they added nothing to the album but make it seem like there was more material in it (as if interludes were not actual songs...), but now I see many posts saying they want interludes back, an album with 15 tracks and such. I guess we get too used to what the current trend is and will always think of how much better it'd be if something changed

I myself do not feel like her interludes were that necessary for her albums, but she did have some great ones that helped building up to the next songs really well (Marionette -prelude- and montage are the first ones that come up to my mind )

jean-baptiste · #6 2nd May 2016, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Gustavopc

I remember that around 2010 I saw a lot of people complaining about ayu's interludes, saying they added nothing to the album but make it seem like there was more material in it (as if interludes were not actual songs...), but now I see many posts saying they want interludes back, an album with 15 tracks and such. I guess we get too used to what the current trend is and will always think of how much better it'd be if something changed

I myself do not feel like her interludes were that necessary for her albums, but she did have some great ones that helped building up to the next songs really well (Marionette -prelude- and montage are the first ones that come up to my mind )

Personally I've never been a fan of her interludes. Only two or three in her whole discography I actually love. The rest, I can't even remember what they sound like, and I hear her full albums a couple times a year mind you. But as long as a full-length song isn't replaced by an interlude (which I doubt is ever the case) it doesn't bother me.

truehappiness · #7 2nd May 2016, 07:53 PM

I always liked the interludes since they served as nice little bites inbetween songs that would otherwise clash.

Heavenly · #8 2nd May 2016, 08:19 PM

The thing is, we wanted an album without interludes because we didn't know how that would sound. Now we know that they help building up the album, we want them back ^^

truehappiness · #9 2nd May 2016, 08:42 PM

Closest thing we had was Duty at the time IIRC, and honestly she knew what she wanted from that album, so it was amazing. However, without interludes, her albums feel a little jarring.

***oaristos*** · #10 2nd May 2016, 10:33 PM

I don't mind interludes. I like shorter albums, but I also wound't mind if she included one or two interludes on MADE IN JAPAN.

ExodusUK · #11 2nd May 2016, 11:34 PM

I still think Love Songs is her most cohesive album lyrically and musically. Lyrically the songs describe what its like to fall in love someone so fast and unexpectedly. Musically, TK and Ayu's signature dosages of melodrama slays us.

KPL · #12 3rd May 2016, 12:47 AM

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I still think Love Songs is her most cohesive album lyrically and musically. Lyrically the songs describe what its like to fall in love someone so fast and unexpectedly. Musically, TK and Ayu's signature dosages of melodrama slays us.

Agreed
The album has this magical fusion of cliche and innovation. Didn't know how exactly they did it. Lol

truehappiness · #13 3rd May 2016, 12:54 AM

The introduction of Komuro was nice.

She needs to work with producers that she never has before to get that freshness IMO. Sweetbox did it, Komuro did it... who is next? DAISHI DANCE? A female singer-songwriter? B'z?

mizuki-7 · #14 3rd May 2016, 12:18 PM

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The introduction of Komuro was nice.

A female singer-songwriter?

XD it will never happen she never works with women for her music lol

SayukiChoco · #15 3rd May 2016, 04:03 PM

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XD it will never happen she never works with women for her music lol

Lol don't say that!

I want her so badly to work more with women xD

Delirium-Zer0 · #16 3rd May 2016, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by oaristos

I'm sorry, that's what I meant! I got confused with the terms "mixing" and "mastering."

It's a slight difference, yes, but I can't listen to the single version of Last minute ever since A ONE was released.

Same. It sounded okay in context, but now it just sounds REALLY thin to me.

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The introduction of Komuro was nice.

She needs to work with producers that she never has before to get that freshness IMO. Sweetbox did it, Komuro did it... who is next? DAISHI DANCE? A female singer-songwriter? B'z?

Well we've gotten DAISHI DANCE more than once and it has not been his best work.

I do think Tak Matsumoto would have been a very good fit for her at one point but his sound (when he writes for other people) is a bit cheesy for the current climate... but clearly he CAN do "pop that rocks" really well, as shown in the songs he wrote for KAT-TUN, Misia, etc.... Hell, he can do it well as shown by his work in B'z lol. I'd love to hear what he would compose for Ayu.

I would mostly really like for Ayu to bring in unknowns (or relative unknowns) again though. Do As Infinity and HAL and Miki Watanabe and Huge and so many other writers, producers, and remixers have (or had, RIP Huge) their old school Ayu work to thank for either their discovery or a huge boost to their early careers, and Ayu picked those people not because they were well known names but because their sound matched up with what she wanted. I think far too many of Ayu's producers & songwriters lately have been trusted, established names rather than people who "get" what Ayu wants to do.

sitara · #17 3rd May 2016, 09:29 AM

interludes are great for the most part and they make me wish they were a bit longer as well ^^

a cup of tea SLAYED!! <3

truehappiness · #18 3rd May 2016, 12:40 PM

She has sung with them so I have hope!

MeltingCORE · #19 3rd May 2016, 04:02 PM

Just remembered how much I love Song 4 u. I have good memories of getting LOVE and listening to Song 4 u every day in high school when I transitioned from math to creative writing. My campus was big so it'd take the entire song to get from one class to another. I'd always sit down right at the "2 u yeah, 4 u yeah" part.

4Seasons · #20 3rd May 2016, 07:49 PM

When do you guys think we'll get a change of troupe? It's been almost 5 years since her last performance with just two female backup singers. I hope she goes back to that format in the next few years. Or at least stop with the circus/show concept. It was never my cup of tea, so having it non-stop for 4 years is truly agonizing.