[Namie Amuro] The 30th Chapter

[Kaiouforever]

Originally Posted by CoriKaru

Namie's Stone Cold face that she always dons is not cute. It's getting rather old and I want to see some personality. She just made it big with "BEST FICTION", so I expect to see a smile so huge that she passes out Sunshades to all of her fans before she smiles so that they may not be blinded.

Namie doesn't have that kind of outgoing personality that Kuu does. And what do you mean she JUST made it big? She's been big for a long time, with a few small breaks... Just try to remember not everyone has the same personality. Namie tends to be a little more reserved, but she does smile.

[jbrat2219]

^ I like the fact that she's reserved, I just wish she would smile a bit more during her tours and music videos.... Not to compare her, but I see nothing but smiles from performers like Ayu and Kumi. It definitely draws the audience in more.

[CoriKaru]

Originally Posted by Kaiouforever

Namie doesn't have that kind of outgoing personality that Kuu does. And what do you mean she JUST made it big? She's been big for a long time, with a few small breaks... Just try to remember not everyone has the same personality. Namie tends to be a little more reserved, but she does smile.

I'm not talking about Kumi's or anybody else's personality. I'm talking about Namie's or lack thereof sometimes. And "BEST FICTION" JUST CAME OUT recently, thus she JUST MADE IT BIG with that Album. I'm not talking about her whole career as a whole even though she hasn't made it THIS BIG in a while so either way it applies.

[tanachu]

Eh? Seriously, the whole "OMGZ STONE COLD FACE" is so exaggerated. What are you basing this off of? That's the way that she's able to concentrate/perform certain songs. It just depends. She definitely smiles a lot during her tours! You just haven't been paying attention it seems. Wow. :/ Plus, she's shy, so that factors into it as well. It looks more like she's CONCENTRATING, rather than being "stone cold" or w/e.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aut1uRcXb0U

Not smiling?

Seriously, where do people get this ****? It makes me lol because Namie is such a happy DORK. She's always making these retarded faces in her fanspace booklets...

And no, I don't think Namie is just cute because she "hardly smiles" because she smiles a lot! It's just really cute when she does it because of her face. <3 She's just naturally cute, she doesn't have to "act" cute. XD

[CoriKaru]

First you justify it, then you deny it.

Oh believe me. I've been paying attention. If you don't truly get where we're getting "this" from then YOU haven't been paying attention. Just read this thread.

[tanachu]

Justify what? Her having a serious face when she's in deep concentration? o_O Why would I have to justify that? Why would I deny it? It's a gross exaggeration is what I'm saying. Just because she sometimes performs like that means she's emotionless and has no personality? Where's the logic in that? rofl.

No, you're hardly substantiating this claim...

You said:

Namie's Stone Cold face that she always dons is not cute.

"always" dons a stone cold face? See how you're exaggerating?

It's getting rather old and I want to see some personality.

^ and again.

She just made it big with "BEST FICTION", so I expect to see a smile so huge that she passes out Sunshades to all of her fans before she smiles so that they may not be blinded.

Like I said, she HAS been smiling since the release of BF. Just watch the clip I posted above. She was also smiling in a-nation and her latest Fanspace scans.

Or do you not believe that she smiles at all or connects with the audience when performing? o_o

[CoriKaru]

If you're going to pick over everything I said, make sure it's EVERYTHING that I said and not what you want to highlight.

Anyway, you're just not getting it. This is not the first time something like this has been said and it won't be the last. Heck, someone else on this same page eluded to what I was talking about so why you all of a sudden decided to go off about what I said boggles my mind.

I'm really not going to try to explain or defend what I said anymore. It's all public record.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by tanachu

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aut1uRcXb0U

That's actually the most I've seen her smile while moving <_<;;; But to be fair, I don't go around youtube looking up Namie's TV appearances... It's just sometimes during her tours she just seems to be only dancing and singing =/ But when she sings her old hits, she's smiling, dancing, interacting with the audience... she seems happier to me.

[tanachu]

Originally Posted by CoriKaru

If you're going to pick over everything I said, make sure it's EVERYTHING that I said and not what you want to highlight.

Why would I need to hilight everything you've said? I'm addressing the basic thing that you keep saying in your posts, of which you have no back up for.

Anyway, you're just not getting it.

No... you're the one not getting it, since all you have so far is your opinion and nothing else. I'm just correcting you.

This is not the first time something like this has been said and it won't be the last. Heck, someone else on this same page eluded to what I was talking about so why you all of a sudden decided to go off about what I said boggles my mind.

My post was addressed in general to everybody but you seem so sure about what you said that I felt the need to address it. I posted after everyone who eluded to it/said it anyway, so why act like the victim? Also, go off on you? Forgive me for questioning someone's logic when they're making such dubious claims.

I'm really not going to try to explain or defend what I said anymore. It's all public record.

AKA: You can't.

It's just sometimes during her tours she just seems to be only dancing and singing =/ But when she sings her old hits, she's smiling, dancing, interacting with the audience... she seems happier to me.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oPU9Sh_IvPc
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cFGM5d...eature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wcZHxK...eature=related

Srsly.

[pommy48]

^ ah~ she's so pretty when she smiles more
yeah at first i didn't like her at all, cause i saw a live of violet sauce or funky town, and she's just dancing and singing..i didnt' feel any emotions from her~ so i had a "never like namie time", but yeah, i thought she was arrogant at first

[tanachu]

^ That's why it's always wise not to make a permanent judgment from one live/music video of an artist. Namie has videos where she just wants to act cool with the dancing parts (FUNKY TOWN, the SPEED STAR, WANT ME WANT ME, ALARM) but smiles a lot or cracks a smile quite a bit in others (Sexy Girl, CAN'T SLEEP CAN'T EAT, I'M SICK, ROCK STEADY). It just depends on what type of persona she's going for!

[jbrat2219]

It's not our fault if we only were able to witness her when she's smiling the least =/

I'm not saying she never smiles, but I rarely see her do so, what else is one suppose to think?

For whatever reason she's smiling or not, it doesn't change the fact I think she's an amazing artist and top-notch performer.

[tanachu]

I didn't say it was your fault; I said that's why it isn't wise to just judge off of ONE performance or video. We all know (oh wait...) that Namie is about as cold as melted butter, anyway.

[jbrat2219]

I never judged off one performance or one video, it never judged at all. I don't think she never smiles nor do I think she has a stick up her butt xD; But like you said, there are times where she's concentrating or trying to be cool or whatever, and she doesn't smile... Those kinds of videos are the ones I've been exposed to mostly =/ And a few in which she's been smiling her ass off xD; But when the balance is uneven according to a certain individual's perspective, it can give the off the feeling that she does not smile... that's all

I'll try and rewatch some of the concerts I have of her (cause I haven't seen them all the way through).

I think she has a goregeous smile

[MemorialAddress]

Originally Posted by tanachu

Eh? Seriously, the whole "OMGZ STONE COLD FACE" is so exaggerated. What are you basing this off of? That's the way that she's able to concentrate/perform certain songs. It just depends. She definitely smiles a lot during her tours! You just haven't been paying attention it seems. Wow. :/ Plus, she's shy, so that factors into it as well. It looks more like she's CONCENTRATING, rather than being "stone cold" or w/e.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aut1uRcXb0U

Not smiling?

Seriously, where do people get this ****? It makes me lol because Namie is such a happy DORK. She's always making these retarded faces in her fanspace booklets...

And no, I don't think Namie is just cute because she "hardly smiles" because she smiles a lot! It's just really cute when she does it because of her face. <3 She's just naturally cute, she doesn't have to "act" cute. XD

Finally, someone who knows what they're talking about!

[CoriKaru]

Originally Posted by tanachu

And no, I don't think Namie is just cute because she "hardly smiles".

Quote Worthy.

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

It's not our fault if we only were able to witness her when she's smiling the least =/

I'm not saying she never smiles, but I rarely see her do so......

Exactly.

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

But like you said, there are times where she's concentrating or trying to be cool or whatever, and she doesn't smile...

=/ And a few in which she's been smiling her ass off xD; But when the balance is uneven.....

Perfect.

[Celaphorce]

I agree with Tanachu, if you watched the entire PLAY tour you would realize during the fun upbeat songs she smiles a lot, Butterfly, Funky Town, Baby Don't Cry, Say The Word~Breeze House Mix~, CSCEIS, Girl Talk, Step With It, and so on so forth,

for the songs in that tour like:

Full Moon, Top Secret, Violet Sauce(Spicy), and all those other ones she needs her cold face cause it goes well with the mood of the song, wouldn't you find it a tad bit weird to smile to a song with a beat like Top Secret's?

[MemorialAddress]

Originally Posted by Celaphorce

I agree with Tanachu, if you watched the entire PLAY tour you would realize during the fun upbeat songs she smiles a lot, Butterfly, Funky Town, Baby Don't Cry, Say The Word~Breeze House Mix~, CSCEIS, Girl Talk, Step With It, and so on so forth,

for the songs in that tour like:

Full Moon, Top Secret, Violet Sauce(Spicy), and all those other ones she needs her cold face cause it goes well with the mood of the song, wouldn't you find it a tad bit weird to smile to a song with a beat like Top Secret's?

Seriously.
I mean, do you see other singers like Ayu smiling happily when she sings a song like JEWEL or HEAVEN? No, you don't. It would be completely inappropriate.

[bondingo]

This is kind of funny to witness. I think anyone who's seen more than one of Namies videos where she makes a serious face would know that she doesn't always look like she's pissed or *****y. Like tanachu and MA08 said, there are plenty of performances where she's smiling and with the way her music is (a lot of darker R&B/Hip-Pop), it would make no sense for her to have a jolly smile across her face while she's singing "la la poppin coochie".

[~X2RADialbomber~]

Would you guys stop fighting for at least one page?