[Jan - 2006]Sweetbox's new album - Bold and Delicious [Ayu-related]

[truehappiness]

She sounds quite sexy! Here's in the corner by her~

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0H...M0X76YSS0OOOG3

I read it in many translated interviews that GEO personally gave Ayu a tape and stuff~ [it's in a lot of the Dec 05 issues of things]

This is from the Jan 06 issue of Sweet, translated by isaac hiew~ :p Go read it in News!

“I won’t have the mindset of “do something new and let everyone feel amazed”. Of course in my way of thinking I must strive for new creations and new ideas. But I do not change for the sake of changing when I release this single. It is because of good causes from various sides that fulfils it. My collaboration with SweetBox is also the same, I always tend to listen to their songs. I remembered long time ago on one day, I told my staffs that I wished to sing songs composed by Geo, then, without my knowledge, they really tried to contact him and just before I forgot it completely, they suddenly passed a 12-song demo tape to me. (Laughs) Geo is a perfectionist and he has a very creative mind. When I said “I want to interpret this section of the tunes into this kind of feeling”, he gave me very good answers. So this time Ayu isn’t just only interpret SweetBox’s songs, but we all do it together in same perspective."

[Dustie]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

“I won’t have the mindset of “do something new and let everyone feel amazed”. Of course in my way of thinking I must strive for new creations and new ideas. But I do not change for the sake of changing when I release this single. It is because of good causes from various sides that fulfils it. My collaboration with SweetBox is also the same, I always tend to listen to their songs. I remembered long time ago on one day, I told my staffs that I wished to sing songs composed by Geo, then, without my knowledge, they really tried to contact him and just before I forgot it completely, they suddenly passed a 12-song demo tape to me. (Laughs) Geo is a perfectionist and he has a very creative mind. When I said “I want to interpret this section of the tunes into this kind of feeling”, he gave me very good answers. So this time Ayu isn’t just only interpret SweetBox’s songs, but we all do it together in same perspective."

Maybe my English is bad, or it might be in fact a translation issue, but didn't she mean her staff by "they suddenly passed a 12-song demo tape to me"a??
It goes "they [her staff] really tried to contact him", what means her staff tried to contact GEO (what they actually did without her knowledge).
Then it's "they [her staff] ... passed a ... demo tape to me", which I think means that her staff recieved the requested by Ayu tape from GEO. Not that GEO approached her, but that it was Ayu's intitiative in the very beginning and that GEO gave the tape in respond to Ayu's request (which reached him through her staff).

Meaning that it was Ayu who 'approached' SWEETBOX, not GEO approached Ayu.

[momobean]

Sorry I shoulda been more clear.. when I asked if 'they were counted as covers' I was referring to Ayu's versions..

I agree with ImpactBreaker though that Ayumi using Sweetbox tunes is good for their popularity. She's the only reason I ever bothered trying Sweetbox music.

[LacusClyne]

honestly, speaking. i'm curious to hear SWEETBOX"S version.

[evolution105]

I'm curious about Ladies Night and rainy day [every step]

[Belinda]

Awww okay.... so all along it wasn't artists just all copying each other XD just using the same composer... okay... somehow just feel a little weird because I didn't think ayu was in there with them o_O; oh well though V_V;;

[truehappiness]

Thing is, that these songs will most likely be arranged/mixed differently in the Bold and Delicious album for Sweetbox..

[[taskin.ayu]]

Jade better not take the english ver of Onimusha 4's theme song. XD I am buying it because theres some Ayu in it. XD

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by [taskin.ayu]

Jade better not take the english ver of Onimusha 4's theme song. XD I am buying it because theres some Ayu in it. XD

LOL LOL XD I think that she is going to NOT do that. It's just a 'song'. Ayu has the contract with Capcom or w/e and she's the only one who can do it. So far into the game translation.. they can't just say 'oh lets use jade!' Ayu is the one with the deal, and Ayu is the one with the songs :p aka STARTIN' OMG HOTNESS <3 And yeah. As if Kazuhiro Hara is gonna let Jade get in on it.. :p

[marty518]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

LOL LOL XD I think that she is going to NOT do that. It's just a 'song'. Ayu has the contract with Capcom or w/e and she's the only one who can do it. So far into the game translation.. they can't just say 'oh lets use jade!' Ayu is the one with the deal, and Ayu is the one with the songs :p aka STARTIN' OMG HOTNESS <3 And yeah. As if Kazuhiro Hara is gonna let Jade get in on it.. :p

Well Square Enix booted Koda Kumi from FFX2 and gave the songs to Jade to sing for the English version... so it's a possibility! Not necessarily that Jade will sing them, but just that Ayu will be removed from the NA/Europe releases and another singer will sing them in English.

Then again, I'm not familiar with the series, so they may keep the Japanese theme songs in Japanese.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by marty518

Well Square Enix booted Koda Kumi from FFX2 and gave the songs to Jade to sing for the English version... so it's a possibility! Not necessarily that Jade will sing them, but just that Ayu will be removed from the NA/Europe releases and another singer will sing them in English.

Then again, I'm not familiar with the series, so they may keep the Japanese theme songs in Japanese.

I think that it will stay intact.. the only reason that Koda [ew] was booted was because her english versions were TERRIBLE. Like honestly, they were like.. really. bad. Plus they've used a Japanese song in FFX, Suteki da ne. Ayu's song, Depend on You also made it to the states in the game Thousand Arms by Atlus. So.. it's pretty much the company's decision to take them out completely or just leave them there.

As if CAPCOM will spend money to rerecord them :p lol <3 Ayu

[ImpactBreaker]

!!! This thread is the sole proof that a lot of people don't read anything carefully !!!

[miracleofsuzaku]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

!!! This thread is the sole proof that a lot of people don't read anything carefully !!!

So sad but so true .

[~AyUsIcK~]

but y would GEO lend the 12 songs demo INCLUDING the songs they r gonna release to ayu in the first place? it's like "OK! i got a few songs, u could take them if u want... anyway i'm gonna release them later..." so it would make ppl THINK ayu copy or even steal the songs from them when (maybe) ayu didn know their plans of releasing them later...

[Delirium-Zer0]

Geo himself might not have even known for sure if he was gonna release the songs in full versions or not.

And amen to that, impact x_X

[truehappiness]

I was sort of expecting people to not read it :p

[you know, kind of like how people might glance at a tracklist and believe that is the one and true one with no instrumentals like 2 months prior to release.. grrr..]

I hate fans who are spontaneous and don't think before they post x.x

[Tasked]

can't we JUST say that NONE of the artists cover the songs. It's just a *splitting of the composing* into two different directions

[Qsenwill]

whatsoever.I think ayu want to try new style,and Of Course we should support her.

[ruixiong89]

As mentioned, I don't really see a problem to it. Jade sung the demotapes, and these demotapes are sent to Ayu to select the songs! Other than CREA composed songs, I could say almost all the songs Ayu has sung already have demotapes that were not released. It's just how the music industry works. Sweetbox (the team) as composers and musical artistes themselves could release a compliation of their composition. It's perfectly fine.

That doesn't really make any of Ayu's songs become unoriginal or sound unoriginal. If fans make the assumption that this release means that Ayu songs are original, then that ought to be the case for many of Ayu songs (which are compositions on demotapes that never got released).

These aren't even 'cover songs' in the first place so yup, don't think it's appropriate to refer to them as 'cover songs'. I personally see them as a complimentary bonus to the Ayu songs. It lets you understand and try to imagine how the songs were originally meant to sound and how they turned out to be eventually (as done by Ayu herself).

[evolution105]

I don't really care anymore. You can't judge without hearing it so please let's just give it a try.