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I was always confused at why they decided to go for the Jaejoong route with blossom's music video and that it got moved from MOON/blossom to crossroad. Like, come on, I wanted Ayu for that video!
As a lover of Thank U, that part happened for sure, but across the board the album was well liked and the secret slipcase covers were a nice surprise too. Been a long time since that happened with Ayu.
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#142
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Love songs is my favourite album along with Colours
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Also, totally unrelated note but can I just say how much I LOVE Ayu's look in the Lady Dynamite music video?? Especially the little Flintstones outfit, she looked adorable and sexy at the same time! I'm really not sure why so many people were disappointed with that video, I'm still in love with it, haha. Sometimes I really miss Ayu's older stuff. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy her music a lot but it's definitely missing SOMETHING that old Ayu used to have (and I'm not even talking early 2000s Ayu, even 2010 Ayu had something that current Ayu seems to be missing. For me, at least)
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Love Songs also rings a nostalgic bell in me because 2010 was the year i started to become obsessed with Ayu lol My love for her hasn't changed since that year tho, it's just more mature and less "new", i hope that love never fades away
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#145
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IMO you could sense a change in whether or not Ayu had "it" starting with FIVE or Party Queen (which is also the period that she got married / divorced btw) and then from there things never really recovered even though she was still releasing often. That vibe started to come back a little bit with A ONE though so there is still hope.
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#146
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I want new mysterious / surrealistic sounding songs from Ayu. She rarely makes those nowadays.
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#147
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I think CMJK tended to helm those kinds of tracks. Sadly, he went on to produce an idol group or something not too long ago.
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I really like blossom as well. It isn't even necessarily a song I listen to a lot, but I think it has this happy energy to it. It's the right kind of upbeat for me.
And the best part is that her voice sounds so natural and totally not forced. I love it. <3 |
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They each are perfect for different occasions/contexts: No way to say - Cool, winter night; THICK snowflakes falling (not that super wet, yucky stuff); somewhat windy but there are also calm breaks [really cool when the wind picks up during the chorus and settles down again for the verses] momentum - Daytime (but can also work at night); grey skies; snowing or not snowing; better for days that feel "harsh" or "unforgiving" Days - Day of course, cheery (sun feels shining even though it's winter); snowing or not snowing but super great if it's snowing thick flakes like what is appropriate for listening to No way to say at night; good for strolling on the streets past shops and such I take this seriously, lmao. Last edited by Zeke.; 14th November 2016 at 11:56 PM. |
#150
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![]() I'd also love to see DAI listed as a producer on an Ayu track again. ![]() But I think Ayu is going in the right direction, just slowly for some reason. Maybe it just seems that way since she releases annually. ![]() |
#151
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Was looking at RAINBOW's track list and thought "the song titles for this album have a lot of e's in them"
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![]() ![]() ![]() I'm gonna try to stop myself from listening to them till the perfect time comes so I can have that total Zeke experience ![]()
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blossom is so underrated.
I love the strings in Thank U—the song's got some nice moments, but I think it's the standout dud on Love songs. |
#154
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I love reading about your own Ayu listening experiences Louass and Zeke!
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#155
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#156
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^ It never snows where I live, so many Ayu experiences i'm missing out
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#157
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No way to say and CAROLS are my fave winter songs.
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CAROLS is one of my all time favorite songs. I just love it so much!! The bridge as well as the acoustic section in the end are heavenly!! The way it progresses back into the more grand arrangement is so beautiful!
I have to agree with Zeke though: the right situation makes the song so much more beautiful. I've been listening to it lately, but it's not the right time yet ![]() |
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But to tokyoxjapanxfan's point, No way to say is definitely my favorite winter ballad of hers. Ironically I also used to despise that track too! When Days was released I was obsessed with that track off the bat, and for a while considered it to be my favorite, but overtime No way to say took the crown. I wrote a speech for my Japanese class and speech contest that spoke about my habit of analyzing the weather and my surrounding from the moment I step foot outside and looking into my heart and mind to see which song is expressive of that kind of atmosphere, which lead into talking about my routine of anticipating the first snow fall all year long so that I may allow myself to listen to No way to say. I think I mentioned this once before but even in summer (sometimes as early as late Spring) I begin having dreams about the first snowfall and in them I am always rushing to get a hold of my ipod/headphones and struggling to search for this track so that I may dive into it before the snow stops falling and it all melts away. Usually by the snow melts before I am able to accomplish the goal. Last edited by Zeke.; 16th November 2016 at 05:15 PM. |
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For me the Blossom PV thing was obvious..at the time TVXQ (particularly Jaejoong as the favourite member by the public in Japan) was Avex's golden goose and they were barely holding on to them what with the lawsuit/break up. I imagine a lot of the DVD sales for Crossroad were from BigEast.
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