About JEWEL

[paperbag]

I hope the full version is as simple as this performace. I hope she doesn't add like 100 instruments in the BG.

[Keishi]

Originally Posted by simonlau

she did a perfect job

lmao

[immel]

@paper - I agree, and I hope that it'll sound fuller... well... I already know it will, heh.

[Ayumiko]

The song is soooo good! I will definitely buy this mini album...even if the cover sucks like (miss)understood (i bought that too) ok now i wanna hear 1love...lol

[immel]

I don't want to hear 1LOVE... or ... I want to hear it, real bad, but I don't want it revealed until the release of the album.

[paperbag]

I've 1love gets released I won't here it. That'll ruin the whole mini album, if you've heard most of the songs already

btw: How do you put signatures in your post?

[Tasked]

I'm going to listen to 1LOVE; but I'm not going to listen to the 3rd song; and I'm not going to see the album cover before I receive the CD at home (So I'll leave AHS)

anyway.. JEWEL gets better every time I listen to it.. now I can sing along to the lyrics and it feels more beautiful if you know the song

[jasonrey]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

These are the lyrics as I see/hear them (there are a couple of parts I'm not sure about since I can't read too much kanji):

haiiro no shi ga koi (?) sora no shita wo kyo mo
arayuru yokubou ga umetsukusu
sono naka de hikari o mioshinawazu mae o
muite arukeru no wa itsumo kimi ga

kono machi no katasumi ni mo ketare no nai
mono ga nokotteiru koto oshiete kureru kara

tsukare hate takara nade nemuri ni tsuita kimi o
boku wa iki wo hisomete miteita
sekaichuu de tada hitori boku dake ga shitteiru
muobi (?) de itooshii yokogao

atari mae no you ni hizashi ga furisosogi
yasashii kaze yureta aru hi no koto

boku no naka de nanika ga sotto tsuyoku
tashika ni kawate yuku no wo hitori kanjiteita

kanashiku nanka nai no ni namida ga koboreta no wa
kimi no omoi ga itai kurai ni
boku no mune no oku no kizuato ni shimikonde
yasashisa ni kaete kureta kara

moshimo kimi ga kurai(?) kanashimi ni deattara
boku ni mo akete kureru to ii na
sono egao no tame nara nandatte dekiru darou
boku no taisetsuna takaramono
boku no taisetsuna takaramono


I haven't gotten goosebumps from listening to a song since the first time I saw the HEAVEN PV. But JEWEL...oh man, I don't know, JEWEL might surpass HEAVEN for me! @__@ Poor Ayu looked like she had a hard time staying on that chair with all the power she was putting into it. xD A little too much at times...but overall, the whole performance was quite breathtaking. I can't wait to see it in HD! *^_^* <3

i typed this myself according to the live's lyrics.

灰色の四角い　空の下を今日も
haiiro no shikakui sora no shita wo kyou mo
あらゆる欲望が　埋め尽くす
arayuru yokubou ga ume tsukusu
その中で光を　見失わず　前を
sono naka de hikari wo miushina wazu mae wo
向いて歩けるのは　いつも　君が
muite arukeru no wa itsumo kimi ga

この街の片隅にも　汚れのない
kono machi no katasumi ni mo kegarenonai
ものが残っている事　教えてくれるから
mono ga nokotte iru koto oshietekureru kara

疲れ果てた体で　眠りについた君を
tsukare hateta karada de nemuri ni tsuita kimi ga
僕は息をひそめて　見ていた
boku wa iki wo hisomete miteita
世界中でただひとり　僕だけが知っている
sekaijyuu de tada hitori boku dake ga shitte iru
無防備で愛しい　横顔
muboubi de itoshii yokogao

当たり前のように　陽射しが降り注ぎ
atarimae no you ni hizashi ga furi sosogi
優しい風揺れたある日のこと
yasashii kaze yureta aru hi no koto

僕の中で　何かが　そっと強く
boku no naka de nani ka ga sotto tsuyoku
確かに変わって行くのをひとり感じていた
tashika ni kawatte iku no wo hitori kanjiteita

悲しくなんかないのに　涙がこぼれたのは
kanashiku nanka nai no ni namida js koboreta no wa
君の思いが　痛いくらいに
kimi no omoi ga itai kurai ni
僕の胸の奥の　キズ跡に染み込んで
boku no mune no oku no KIZU ato ni shimikonde
優しさに　変えたくれたから
yasashisa ni kaete kureta kara

もしも　君が深い　悲しみに　出会ったら
moshimo kimi ga fukai kanashimi ni deattara
僕にも　わけてくれるといいな
boku ni mo wakete kureru to ii na
その笑顔のためなら　なんだって出来るだろう
sono egao no tame nara nan datte dekiru darou
僕の大切な　宝物
boku no taisetsu na takaramono

僕の大切な　宝物
boku no taisetsu na takaramono

[immel]

I only listened to it once, and I think I will stick to that.

I want the album, in flac.

[~*Mabushii*~]

the song is pretty.. but Ayu's voice is.. as Hikari said.. all over the place.. off key.. she sounds like she has nasal problems.. and that she is having a hard time breathing.. she's breathing TOO OFTEN and TOO LOUDLY..
She looks beautiful.. and if Ayu gained weight its a GOOD thing.. because she was underweight to begin with (from what we had been speculating/told her weight.. Ayu's BMI was under the "normal" which classifies her as underweight)
still.. pretty live piano version of the song.. I can't wait to here the album version.. which I am sure will rock my socks off.. ^_^

[jasonrey]

i noticed something interesting though...

at the "fukai" part,

もしも　君が深い　悲しみに　出会ったら
moshimo kimi ga fukai kanashimi ni deattara

i heard her pronounced it as "kukai".. lolz.. probably i heard wrong or she sang that word wrongly...

just something to note.. no offence~

[bluegie]

Just listen to it... I love it , but I guess I need to listen a few more times to make myself addicted to it LOL. I guess I'm the only person hoping that this will be the final version of JEWEL... The piano background is just excellent. I dun need ayu's band to get involved in this song . They better not be there..

and about ayu's weight.. I think partly she did gain weight, but the hair really affect her as well. This hair style was similar to SEASONS era and she looked chubby during SEASONS as well. I guess this hair really stretch ayu's face a bit wider..

Probly she will lose some weights tho. In Japanese culture people tends to love skinny girls...

[immel]

A lot of the "weight gain" might have to do with the format the show was broadcasted in also.

Hard to judge until you see her in real life.

[NorthStar]

For everyone getting offended at the off pitch/off key comments,calm down. Nobody is saying that they dislike Ayu and want this song to do badly. Ayu has a history of being off sometimes in live shows,but it doesn't mean people like her any less.We all love her and want her material to do well.So chill

[chocopockymaster]

Originally Posted by bluegie

I guess I'm the only person hoping that this will be the final version of JEWEL... The piano background is just excellent. I dun need ayu's band to get involved in this song . They better not be there..

No, you're not the only one. I love the simplicity of the arrangement, and I think it sounds stunning with only the piano and the effects in the background. Even if it's not like that for the CD version, I hope that's how she keeps performing it live.

[Dark Eiri]

The preview didn't show ANYTHING about JEWEL at all! The song is REALLY beautiful and her powerful voice fits the song so well... One of the best Ayu ballads.

I'm so disappointed that I won't get an instrumental of this one... Maybe on the DVD... =/

And she's not off key... she has the best vocal control that I've heard in my life, so far.

[immel]

Unless there's some single with it as a track later on I don't expect that we'll see an instrumental of it at all :/.

It's such a beautiful song, an instrumental would have been nice.

[Cyria]

It's okay. I like the beginning but I'm not terribly impressed with the song. That's not a surprise to me, because while there are some Ayu ballads I love, overall I tend to prefer her upbeat/rock songs.

Originally Posted by Dark Eiri

And she's not off key... she has the best vocal control that I've heard in my life, so far.

So you've never heard:

Celine Dion, the old Whitney Houston, the old Mariah Carey.

Those are the most famous women singers that could hold their vocals with no problems. I could continue a list.

Sorry hun but Ayumi is horrible with her vocal control. She's not a horrible singer. She just needs a lot of work.

[immel]

I'm pretty happy I don't know much about vocal control and off-key-ness.

It'd probably bug me a whole lot if I did.