Ayu ~Anything Goes~ XV (AHS' Ayumi Hamasaki General Discussion Thread)

[attractive nausea]

^ Your brother is an ayu fan too? Wow, 8 years ago my sister and I loved the same band and that was so great, but it never happened again haha

[luna7996]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

^ Your brother is an ayu fan too? Wow, 8 years ago my sister and I loved the same band and that was so great, but it never happened again haha

My brothers don't like her. But they respect her as an artist.

[thinkingoutloud89]

^^ why should there be a GACKT meltdown? barel anyone on this forum is a fan. And those who are don't seem to be bothered, like me for example. He did handle his releases shitty even before so no biggie really. I also did not mind the LOVE/again thing...I was just said that it took down so many fans.


edit: and the reason for RETURNER to be on it is the theme. LAST MOON is the last album for the MOON SAGA, and all singles that he did since Diabolos that contributed to that are now on this album...makes perfect sense tbqh.

[rainbow_smile]

I just had a look at my copy of the original A BEST, and I actually had the same cover as the T-shirt I got with the 15th anniversary box set

[Andrenekoi]

^^She is saying there wasn't a meltdown among Gackt fans, not that there should be one around here.

To be quite honest I believe Ayu fandom loves the feeling of going through a meltdown.... Not only there's always one over something pretty stupid, there's also tons over stuff that are pretty much common industry practice. The LOVE/again one was justified though.

I remember when Hikki released her SC2 and the bonus gift were some poorly done paper Kumas charms and the reaction was pretty much "eh... this is shitty lol" and though of everytime some people around here got really mad over gifts or goods they could just not buy.

[axmish87]

I am not saying that it should be any meltdowns but the point is that we kind expected different type of a studio album but oh well I will gladly take anything from him up at this point

[mi|kshake]

His real studio album seems to be DIABOLOS released in 2005?

And I was actually waiting for him to release a new album to get properly back into him lol. I thought it was bad when L'Arc~en~Ciel included Drink It Down on Butterfly.

The first album I got of Gackt's was actually Diabolos (maybe in 2006?) Although the way you describe it Andrenekoi with the moon theme has got me interested. I think I only have two of his singles since Diabolos.

I was listening to A Best 15th Anniversary Edition last night and I can finally hear that End Roll has been resung!

[paper_doll]

^Wow, that's really an excellent performance. Love her voice in it *_*

[mi|kshake]

^That's cool! My sister is not interested in J-Pop at all and probably think it's cheesy and can't understand why I listen to it lol.

I remember she had to borrow my laptop for an exam and I had a Feel The Love/Merry-go-round wallpaper on it and she was hoping no one would ask her who Ayumi Hamasaki is haha.

Speaking of live performances, I had no idea Ayu covered an English song (well apart from Someday My Prince Will Come) before:



I think I really need to look up some more AyuReady performances!

[truehappiness]

She's also kinda done White Christmas among a few others. I think she did L-O-V-E at one point.

[mi|kshake]

Cool, I will have to look them up...well maybe I'll save White Christmas for now!

I also really loved the ballad medley from CDL 15-16. Not usually a fan of medleys but the combination of these songs are just perfect! And there's something just so comforting and relaxing about it to me:

[xLuna&1LOVE]

^ unfortunately, with the worst vocals ever.

[mizuki-7]

yeah it's not her worst but it's not good at all her voice cracked a lot and seems to have problem with her ear monitor ... sometime I wish she understand she really need rest with her voice because we really hear that her voice is tired and it's unfortunate !

[Fubuki]

Despite how her vocals have been during the Tour (which is anyway justified), I remembered that performance to be much better. I guess it's more or less the effect a book (or better, a certain part of that book) makes when read for the second time.

[Andrenekoi]

I believe she was sick during CDL... She was never a great singer, but the problems she had on her singing during the broadcast aren't her usual ones.

[Fubuki]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

I believe she was sick during CDL... She was never a great singer, but the problems she had on her singing during the broadcast aren't her usual ones.

Personally I always liked her singing voice, but it looks like I'm one against one-hundred and I aknowledge I never got into music in a technical way, so I guess it's just me.

Anyway, between the pneumonia she got some months earlier (about which I couldn't get much information), all she worked during the year and travelling in Taiwan in the middle of rehearsal for shooting "Winter diary", it wouldn't be all this surprising if she caught a flu or something. I didn't exactly think about it, but as I said her vocals' quality was justified.

[mizuki-7]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

I believe she was sick during CDL... She was never a great singer, but the problems she had on her singing during the broadcast aren't her usual ones.

Yes her range is quite limited etc... but I know she can sing beautifully when she's in good health ! the frills and vocal acrobatics are not really important for me ! My concern toward Ayu is how she is unstable since 2008 ! Sometimes we get great vocals sometimes it's the opposite we get a lot of struggle !

Speaking of her voice I am wondering since a long time anyone knows what happened to her between the beginning of 2007 and the release of Talking to myself ?? in this short period of time her voice completely changed she won in depth but lost the sweetness of the past ? Has it at been reported that she might have a problem with her vocal chords back then ?

Personally I always liked her singing voice, but it looks like I'm one against one-hundred and I aknowledge I never got into music in a technical way, so I guess it's just me.

And there is nothing wrong with that I became fan as soon as I heard her voice

[thinkingoutloud89]

Originally Posted by mizuki-7

Yes her range is quite limited etc... but I know she can sing beautifully when she's in good health ! the frills and vocal acrobatics are not really important for me ! My concern toward Ayu is how she is unstable since 2008 ! Sometimes we get great vocals sometimes it's the opposite we get a lot of struggle !

Speaking of her voice I am wondering since a long time anyone knows what happened to her between the beginning of 2007 and the release of Talking to myself ?? in this short period of time her voice completely changed she won in depth but lost the sweetness of the past ? Has it at been reported that she might have a problem with her vocal chords back then ?



And there is nothing wrong with that I became fan as soon as I heard her voice

wasn't it around that time that she went deaf on that ear, but she amitted to her fans later?

[mizuki-7]

Yes I thought of that but is it possible that a deafness can alter the sound of your voice ? I can totally understand the difficulties to stay on pitch being caused by deafness but to change the tone of the voice I really wonder ?

[Surreal17]

Originally Posted by mizuki-7

Yes I thought of that but is it possible that a deafness can alter the sound of your voice ? I can totally understand the difficulties to stay on pitch being caused by deafness but to change the tone of the voice I really wonder ?

I'm also thinking about this.