[Koda Kumi] The 62nd Official Koda Kumi Thread!

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by kirei_ayumi

hmm, I thought he was quite handsome XD

heh

Originally Posted by cutieismylife

i think stay with me is her best ballad in a LONG TIME.
i don't find myself listening to ballads often at all, but this one has me hooked.

i really can't wait for Winter Bell! if the alternate stay with me will have a similar effect like what the URBAN KISS version of ai no uta did it will be great! even greater!

it has been a long time that she has put out a ballad that goes BANG if you ask me

I do hope that the B-side & the alternate version of stay with me will sound good

[kirei_ayumi]

Originally Posted by cutieismylife

i think stay with me is her best ballad in a LONG TIME.
i don't find myself listening to ballads often at all, but this one has me hooked.

i really can't wait for Winter Bell! if the alternate stay with me will have a similar effect like what the URBAN KISS version of ai no uta did it will be great! even greater!

stay with me is indeed a great ballad. it reminds of those nostalgic ballads of like Magic, Hana, Hands, and 24

[Meat Pao]

PLATINUM FOR TABOO? That's weirder than Ai Otsuka getting Gold for Rocket Sneaker / One x Time xD

[Melrose]

^

For me that's a bad thing. XD Her only old-style ballad I like is flower. (& WIND/Someday if those are ballads)

250k for TABOO sounds fake and ridiculous lol

[LacusClyne]

maybe coz Promise is a slow selling single?

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Meat Pao

PLATINUM FOR TABOO? That's weirder than Ai Otsuka getting Gold for Rocket Sneaker / One x Time xD

Tell me about it , if TABOO's given Gold status then that I can understand but Platinum ? it's eh for me

Originally Posted by LacusClyne

maybe coz Promise is a slow selling single?

cannot be leh , if you check wiki , Promise / Star barely cross 250K or so

you see - http://translate.google.com/translat...-8&sl=ja&tl=en

[Melrose]

where's AYU's A COMPLETE on that website? :S

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Melrose

where's AYU's A COMPLETE on that website? :S

the one that I posted on the Ayu News section it's http://www.riaj.com/data/others/gold/200809.html which was the previous month's update

the http://www.riaj.com/data/others/gold/200810.html , it's the latest update which's why you're unable to see A COMPLETE on there

[ayumisrael]

Perhaps avex thought it would sell more and they shipped too much copies.
I mean out of those 250,000-280,000 they shipped, just 86,000 sold until now x_x.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

Perhaps avex thought it would sell more and they shipped too much copies.
I mean out of those 250,000-280,000 they shipped, just 86,000 sold until now x_x.

Ouch D:

But the stores bought 250K - 280K copies from Avex right? So therefore Avex gets the profits for 250-280K while the stores get the profit for 86,000 copies sold... am I understand this right?

[Jwiz]

I love winter kuu

The pv is decent but she seems to have used handphone for quite a few times eh? =/

The song is (very) generic...and her previous ballads like moon crying, yume no uta etc are better but i hope this ballad will grow on me in time to come.

[Lee^ChaN]

The song is ok
I love her looks on the PV.. very pretty!!

[AyuHamasaki01]

I hope Winter Bell is better than stay with me

[CeReSu]

Originally Posted by AyuHamasaki01

I hope Winter Bell is better than stay with me

I hope!!

[Meat Pao]

^ I hope so too

[freedreamer]

Actually, I was wondering...does anyone have any idea how to re-direct this PV...as in totally change it or wadeva....
so that its not about the SAME plot

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

Actually, I was wondering...does anyone have any idea how to re-direct this PV...as in totally change it or wadeva....
so that its not about the SAME plot

Usually the alternate versions are like 80%/95% the same as the original...
I think that alternate means like a version of the PV she didn't use even if it's almost the same.

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Ouch D:

But the stores bought 250K - 280K copies from Avex right? So therefore Avex gets the profits for 250-280K while the stores get the profit for 86,000 copies sold... am I understand this right?

I think so, I think that stores pay to have the copies but since the stores are multiple and a lot so they share it among them.
What I don't understand is how come all of the stores wanted the copies while it's already selling low? and why they don't buy a lot of copies from other singles like Moon Crying that sold more in stores copies but was certified gold (since it shipped less than 250,000).

[milky_way]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

Actually, I was wondering...does anyone have any idea how to re-direct this PV...as in totally change it or wadeva....
so that its not about the SAME plot

I'm thinking it'll probably be like Ai no Uta and Anytime with album versions of the PV, so not much'll be different.

[Sasha]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QUEEN KUMI! <3

[Kingdom]

Originally Posted by Sasha

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QUEEN KUMI! <3

amen!

i will play birthday eve to celebrate!