Let's Do It: 100% Ayu Week!

[xiaou-xijiang]

I actually tried to do this before. I put her on shuffle and I wanted to see how many days of music I had. I was going bonkers thinking: OMG I HAVE to listen to (insert song) but I couldn't cause Ayu was on. (I tried not to skip some songs but I couldn't help myself XD) I did that. I could do it again though, but listening to Her beginning stuff and the stuff she has now isn't going to make me like her new stuff any more. It might make me not even like it anymore because I'm comparing them too much.

@Jon: you're right I do think that is really sad, and I do think you are missing out. I have half the mind to force you to listen HIKKI, L style. (those who have watched Death Note ep. 15 and up know what I mean)

[Chiharo]

I can do it 100%
I mean,I listen to Ayu every week 92% or so...

I could even listen Ayu for whole month and even more,even if there are other artists I love and especially Yuna Ito's releasing her new album,and I started to listen to Hikki too.
There's also Namie Amuro,Ai Otsuka,Tsukiko Amano,Chihiro Onitsuka,Nakashima Mika and many more...

Okay,so for people who will do it,
do we need to write down each song we are listening to or what?
I mean what do we do (except for listening Ayu)?

[Love Appears]

Not even a problem for me.

I've actually tried listening to other J-Pop artists exclusively and while I do enjoy some of the songs, as a whole I don't find these songs as meaningful or enjoyable to me as Ayu's music. Ayu's entire discography is a masterpiece IMO really. I always feel happy when I hear an Ayu song. Not saying there aren't some less-than-perfect tracks, but every song speaks to me on some level. I can't help but seeing other artists songs as just fluff, or I'll only enjoy a handful of songs from an artist (such as Mika Nakashima) and the rest is just okay, but nothing really special.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Love Appears

Not even a problem for me.

I've actually tried listening to other J-Pop artists exclusively and while I do enjoy some of the songs, as a whole I don't find these songs as meaningful or enjoyable to me as Ayu's music. Ayu's entire discography is a masterpiece IMO really. I always feel happy when I hear an Ayu song. Not saying there aren't some less-than-perfect tracks, but every song speaks to me on some level. I can't help but seeing other artists songs as just fluff, or I'll only enjoy a handful of songs from an artist (such as Mika Nakashima) and the rest is just okay, but nothing really special.

Go you!! I totally agree with you with all the entire discography masterpiece talking

[DestinyWishes]

As much as I love Ayu, I can't listen to just her for a whole week, my music taste thrives on many different artist and if I listen to just one person then I'd probably go insane.

[Bad Wolf]

Lol I do this anyway. I go through phases where I ONLY listen to Ayu for like, a month and a half. D: I do the same with other artists--I'll go through their entire discography and be more than happy to just spam the hell out of my iTunes and iPod with all their work and nothing else. It's been that way since 04 when I started listening to Rammstein, and Ayu carries that tradition today.

I'll be starting on one of the several playlists I made of hers last week, which is "Life in Repair: Ayu." Life in Repair is kinda... a story idea I've had going on for a while (but that's not the title, just a working one) and I've gone through every Ayu song I have to find those that nicely fit the theme, emotions and characters of the story.

Originally Posted by Love Appears

Not even a problem for me.

I've actually tried listening to other J-Pop artists exclusively and while I do enjoy some of the songs, as a whole I don't find these songs as meaningful or enjoyable to me as Ayu's music. Ayu's entire discography is a masterpiece IMO really. I always feel happy when I hear an Ayu song. Not saying there aren't some less-than-perfect tracks, but every song speaks to me on some level. I can't help but seeing other artists songs as just fluff, or I'll only enjoy a handful of songs from an artist (such as Mika Nakashima) and the rest is just okay, but nothing really special.

This is EXACTLY how I feel about Ayu's music. Sure, I listen to other artists (Hikki, Angela Aki, Namie, Kuu, OLIVIA) but I think with the exception of one (OLIVIA) I can't say that I'm as engrossed in their music as I am with Ayu's. Her entire collection of albums, styles, songs, themes, moods, reflections just speaks to a deeper part of me that NONE of these artists touch upon even nearly as frequently. Hikki might be a close third behind OLIVIA, as a few of her songs are truly brilliant and beautiful, but with Ayu I just feel this pull that's inexplicable to me. No other Japanese artist can come anywhere close to it.

[jon_the_d]

hooray!!! I'm with love appears and ayumisrael!!!

I'll listen solely to Ayu's entire singles discography on the release date of poker face.

Is that okies Shanny-poo?

[Luv ~Venus~]

^Yea...it's okay, austin-baby!

I think some of you are overracting bit. Well, not overracting but....I don't know. lol I know we can't control music we might hear outside and other stuff like that. I live in dorm filled with rap-listening people who blast their music loud as hell. [Not that I don't like rap music -Kanye West -]

Let's see how can we does this.......

Okay, how about this? AYU IS THE ONLY JAPANESE ARTIST YOU CAN LISTEN TO FOR A WEEK...EVERY MONTH! [lol]

Is that too much for you guys? XD

Now don't get all carried away and try to slide a fast on me. lol What I mean by that...you say? I mean, we all there are artist who aren't Japanese [or who weren't born in Japan] but sings in Japanese [ie Crystal Kay, BoA, Hikki (of course)]. Well as long as it's not Japanese, you can listen to another artist. lol So, you can listen to UTADA but not Utada Hikaru.

Get wat I'm sayin'?

[Bad Wolf]

Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~

^Yea...it's okay, austin-baby!

I think some of you are overracting bit. Well, not overracting but....I don't know. lol I know we can't control music we might hear outside and other stuff like that. I live in dorm filled with rap-listening people who blast their music loud as hell. [Not that I don't like rap music -Kanye West -]

Let's see how can we does this.......

Okay, how about this? AYU IS THE ONLY JAPANESE ARTIST YOU CAN LISTEN TO FOR A WEEK...EVERY MONTH! [lol]

Is that too much for you guys? XD

Now don't get all carried away and try to slide a fast on me. lol What I mean by that...you say? I mean, we all there are artist who aren't Japanese [or who weren't born in Japan] but sings in Japanese [ie Crystal Kay, BoA, Hikki (of course)]. Well as long as it's not Japanese, you can listen to another artist. lol So, you can listen to UTADA but not Utada Hikaru.

Get wat I'm sayin'?

This is a very ingenious idea, Luv

[Aggar]

oh poor Luv you must be the only one who listen you J-pop . . . you like Kanye west? How about 50 cents ? ? ? u know about them , right?
Ok , I would try it like you said "AYU IS THE ONLY JAPANESE ARTIST YOU CAN LISTEN TO FOR A WEEK...EVERY MONTH!" but I think I will fail

[milky_way]

A week is still a long time to listen to one artist straight. After about 3 days, I'd be sick of the artist.

[Qt Mashi]

haha, i don't think i need to participate in this because im already ONLY listening to Ayu for the past couple of weeks~

unless my sister plays some other song and i hear it?

[AyuGAME]

i think i can do that
but the problem is, that we can hear other music everywhere, on tv, on radio, on restaurant, on school, there is music everywhere...

[ImpactBreaker]

IMPOSSIBLE: My neurones have negative feedback

[xiaou-xijiang]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

IMPOSSIBLE: My neurones have negative feedback

LOL



I like putting ayumi on shuffle don't get me wrong, I love grooving like that on weekends. But I like taking breaks in between.

[Lanz16]

I've done that all the times.

[fanmail]

I'll do it during the week of "poker face" release. DX

[Not~Yet]

Well if you don't count any other music than what you purposely pick while listening your iPod/mp3-player to a "music you listen to" this should be easy But I won't start avoiding watching TV and every single place where music could be played for Ayu..

[CHE.R.RY]

LOL As it turns out I forgot about some stuff that was coming out this week so I can't. It's a shame too cuz I started yesterday and listened to like 10 or more Ayu songs >.<