Ayu: Anything Goes [XXI]

[ExodusUK]

It really says something about the quality of Ayu's output at the time that a song like "ever free" can be neglected as a b-side.

[RealLight]

Originally Posted by himawariii6

I really want Ayumi to perform the Jonathan Peters' remix of Kanariya. I know she already performed it (finally) on CDL 16-17 but still.

SAME D: UGH, I remember I was hella mad when I read she gave it a new arrangement instead and hated it when I watched the fan recording.

Now I kinda love it, lel.

[Aderianu]

I think last few seconds of Feel the love PV ruins everything. When chubby girl became herself and guy look on her with disgust. What was the message for that?

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

I think last few seconds of Feel the love PV ruins everything. When chubby girl became herself and guy look on her with disgust. What was the message for that?

He looked surprised, not digusted.

[voltron]

So I think Ayu's staff have just given up on translating TA entries...there are like at least 5 that still haven't been translated.

[ExodusUK]

tfw you're listening to NO FUTURE for the first time and the songs kick into turbo mode super saiyan after the middle eight

[Ryusei]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

tfw you're listening to NO FUTURE for the first time and the songs kick into turbo mode super saiyan after the middle eight

This GIF sure is spreading fast LMAO

[EndOfTheWorld]

What a coincidence about Wendy.

[hud]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

tfw you're listening to NO FUTURE for the first time and the songs kick into turbo mode super saiyan after the middle eight

omg that's me when I learned Mirror would be turning into Mirrorcle World tbh

but that gif omg, I was worried for a moment thank god she's okay

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

:-| I need a release. I miss Ayu's classic winter style.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

:-| I need a release. I miss Ayu's classic winter style.

Me too but I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t even dare hope for classic winter releases from ayu. I hated You were..., Zutto..., and that last travesty (although I can take it in small doses). I’m just so beyond grateful for the amazing winter releases she does have, because they never ever get old for me. Every time I press play on them, it’s like the first time all over again, and I can be happy with that.

[//ABEST]

^ CAROLS, momentum, M & No way to say

[Miduhyo]

No way to say is one of those songs that I absolutely loved when I first heard it but then... I dunno if I listened to it too much or if I just grew out of that sort of sound but now I really... don't 'hate' it per-se... just never listen to it. Ever. And skip it when it comes on random. And skip it when it comes on the CD when I listen to A Complete in the car. And skip it when I watch old lives. And skip it when it starts to play in my head. I wish I liked it--it's not like it's a bad song, no, it's very good--but I just don't like it anymore. At all.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Miduhyo

No way to say is one of those songs that I absolutely loved when I first heard it but then... I dunno if I listened to it too much or if I just grew out of that sort of sound but now I really... don't 'hate' it per-se... just never listen to it. Ever. And skip it when it comes on random. And skip it when it comes on the CD when I listen to A Complete in the car. And skip it when I watch old lives. And skip it when it starts to play in my head. I wish I liked it--it's not like it's a bad song, no, it's very good--but I just don't like it anymore. At all.

I only listen to it when there is snow on the ground so I think it has helped keep it fresh. Along with the other winter tracks. And also, I absolutely hated it for some reason for like 2 years. I never listened to the full version cause I hated how it sounded in the CM so much.

[Miduhyo]

I live in OR, we get plenty of rain but not much snow xD I'll try listening to it during a snowy day, though. Maybe listening to it at the right place at the right time will shed some light on it. Personally I like listening to Close to You during the winter times. Any other time of year that song does nothing for me but during winter, on a peaceful white night, it's perfect. When I lived in AZ as a teenager, we got a terrible snowstorm and I was snowed in by myself for two days because my parents were in Phoenix at the time and couldn't get home at the fault of the weather. I was a bit freaked. I was high in the mountains, secluded, lost electricity, wasn't all that stocked up on food, and every time I called the phone company they couldn't give any sort of indication when the power would be back on. So I had nothing else to do but listen to my iPod and watch the snow fall. Close to You came on and for five minutes I wasn't worried. It was really peaceful, actually. Everything just... fit. Falling snow. White mountainside. A still wind. Fire cackling in the hearth. (Still didn't get electricity until afternoon the next day and my butt was frozen to the seat I was on, but whatever.) Even now, near ten years later, when it snows, especially at night, I try to recreate that moment. Turn off the lights, light a fire, turn on Close to You and watch the snow fall. Sounds cheesy, I know, but that's what's music is for, I suppose, creating memories even just for yourself.

... I just realized this had nothing to do with what we all were talking about but this just came to mind so I'd thought I'd share. Sorry for the blubbering. Listening to and/or talking about Ayu's old music gets me reminiscent I suppose! xD

[truehappiness]

Woah.

Was just watching a Cantonese fashion thing in Japan for "Cawaii" girls featuring Eva Cheung from Hong Kong and they played a good bit of LOVE 'n' HATE with the lyrics and '1...2...3...' in it. Larine Tang was also in it. They were doing a fashion show with a lot of Avril's Hello Kitty playing.

The show may have been Queen of DNA?

[DonkeyKongRemix]

Finally, I'm listening to WORDS all the way through. I listened to the first half of it a few times and it left no impression.

But I actually really like it.

[truehappiness]

I just love rediscovering old Ayu songs. So good.

It's magical going back to an album you hadn't listened to in a while and having that sort of feeling that you do when you meet an old friend again.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Miduhyo

I live in OR, we get plenty of rain but not much snow xD I'll try listening to it during a snowy day, though. Maybe listening to it at the right place at the right time will shed some light on it. Personally I like listening to Close to You during the winter times. Any other time of year that song does nothing for me but during winter, on a peaceful white night, it's perfect. When I lived in AZ as a teenager, we got a terrible snowstorm and I was snowed in by myself for two days because my parents were in Phoenix at the time and couldn't get home at the fault of the weather. I was a bit freaked. I was high in the mountains, secluded, lost electricity, wasn't all that stocked up on food, and every time I called the phone company they couldn't give any sort of indication when the power would be back on. So I had nothing else to do but listen to my iPod and watch the snow fall. Close to You came on and for five minutes I wasn't worried. It was really peaceful, actually. Everything just... fit. Falling snow. White mountainside. A still wind. Fire cackling in the hearth. (Still didn't get electricity until afternoon the next day and my butt was frozen to the seat I was on, but whatever.) Even now, near ten years later, when it snows, especially at night, I try to recreate that moment. Turn off the lights, light a fire, turn on Close to You and watch the snow fall. Sounds cheesy, I know, but that's what's music is for, I suppose, creating memories even just for yourself.

... I just realized this had nothing to do with what we all were talking about but this just came to mind so I'd thought I'd share. Sorry for the blubbering. Listening to and/or talking about Ayu's old music gets me reminiscent I suppose! xD

I love this story!! I mean it must of been a scary experience but the moment that was created for you and the music is beautiful. I do “corny” stuff like that all the time. Actually Close to you is one I try not to listen to until Christmas Eve, and the moment it fit really perfectly for me once was when I was out walking after it had just snowed and it was all glittery and fresh on the ground. The night was so still and I walked past a church nearby and outside it had the nativity scene set up and all these little Christmas lightup figures as decoration (the shape of two white deer made up entirely of lights, etc). It was so perfect, and the church has a huge bell tower and so it really fit perfectly given that the bells play a prominent role in the arrangement of Close to you. Before that I think I hated the song, lol.

Last year I listened to it on Christmas night after all the festivities died down. I was staying at my moms for Christmas and she just built like a log cabin home and there’s a little log guest house. I walked outside to settle down and stood outside the guest house and gazed at the house all lit up, the lights reflecting off the untouched snow. Christmas tree and lights visible through the windows. And the night was completely still. It was beautiful.

[Aderianu]

I want winter to come asap after your stories )