Ayu: Anything Goes [XXVI]

[Aderianu]

Originally Posted by maxikot

I've learned that Peco was a part of Maki Ohguro tour. And just for her I downloaded the concert (btw it's on jpopsuki and it's great!). She hasn't changed at all Still "kicking" haha. Check those gifs and one song I uploaded.
https://yadi.sk/i/UXDVR5WNxyGNBA

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Glad to see she's still working

[channy]

Has Ayu ever stated anything about a possible child? I once thought that Ayu maybe somehow managed to be pregnant and give birth at a certain time of her life without the public even noticing ^-^° Another option could be that she simply doesn't want to become a mother.

What do you think?

[rainbow_smile]

I think I remember her mentioning in a magazine interview that she isn't interested in having children a few years ago (when she was married to that Tyson guy)

[attractive nausea]

Yeah in a interview in late 2014 she said she didn't feel like having children and that her top priority was singing. It was already 5 years ago

[ExodusUK]

Ayu removing the stigma against women who don't have strong maternal urges <3

[mizuki-7]

Yes she hinted in several interviews that motherhood is not her thing she wants to keep her independance and her lifestyle.

[rainbow_smile]

Queen of focusing on her career

[attractive nausea]

Songs from the acoustic section of TA LIMITED LIVE TOUR 2015 that didn't make it to the DVD

[Deep snow]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

Songs from the acoustic section of TA LIMITED LIVE TOUR 2015 that didn't make it to the DVD

truly an Important compilation, thank you for sharing! when the keys are lowered and she isn't screaming, she could still sound good!

[DonkeyKongRemix]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Hey guys, just think I just discovered something pivotal about the track RAINBOW.

The line “no rain, can’t get the rainbow.” It always bothered me because it didn’t make a ton of sense to me. First of all, it’s a double negative, or so I thought. I chalked it up to language barrier...

Until I realized I had been interpreting the line wrong all along. It’s not indicating that rain can’t REACH the rainbow. It’s indicating WITHOUT rain there IS no rainbow. Meaning without sorrow there is no happiness. Without dark times, there are no bright times. 雨の日がないと、晴れの日もないよ。

Not sure if anyone else ever caught onto this. But it really solves the mystery of the track for me, and entirely makes the song and it’s meaning all that much better!

I have seriously never thought of this. Wowie zowie

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Deep snow

truly an Important compilation, thank you for sharing! when the keys are lowered and she isn't screaming, she could still sound good!

Yeah. As long as she lowers the key and doesn’t try to be louder than the music she can still sound good.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by attractive nausea

It is not obvious because I just checked on the A BALLADS booklet and this bit of the lyrics isn’t here. So first you have to guess by ear whether she says no rain can get the rainbow or no rain can’t get the rainbow (which isnt gramatically correct i think but since english isnt her first language it could happen). After that you have to guess whether there is a comma in the sentence, the presence of a comma is very important because it completely changes the meaning. Having no rain, can’t get the rainbow has the no pain no gain meaning but no rain can’t get the rainbow has the no rain can reach the rainbow» meaning.

I dont’t know if i’m clear, i have trouble expressing myself here since english isn’t my first language lol

Nope, you are perfectly clear. It also helps that I grew up around Janglish, so to me the intent was always clear even without having it be in the lyric booklet, having the comma etc. You also have to look at the entirety of the song itself. It's about learning to accept and grow from a troubled past and move onto the future, and no rain, can't get the rainbow fits with that theme. You can't appreciate where you are now if you didn't start from some place lower.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I’ve been avoiding listening to the album so that I can listen to it with fresh ears. As this is one of the few albums I could listen to on repeat for days, and often do, it’s been hard lol.

I think if this wasn’t one of my absolute faves, I’d skip out on it. But as I wasn’t around the first time when it came out, it feels like a second chance haha.

[EndOfTheWorld]

I recently discovered this new remix of Moments. I think it's an interesting remix. It sounds glitchy.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicag...t?oid=73027027

[Party_King]

Originally Posted by EndOfTheWorld

I recently discovered this new remix of Moments. I think it's an interesting remix. It sounds glitchy.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicag...t?oid=73027027

This was also discussed a few pages before...

Originally Posted by maxikot

I just found this article about a composer who "is an excellent musical excavator, unearthing new beauty from whatever work he touches." On his recent album, he touched Ayu's Moments and the song is there under the article if you want to listen. I can't say I like it but it's interesting at least

https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicag...t?oid=73027027

[EndOfTheWorld]

I did have this feeling that something similar was once posted here before but I couldn't remember. But now I know why I had that feeling.

[Party_King]

^ don’t worry, that can happen to all of us... just wanted to help you find some opinions haha

[ExodusUK]

Does anyone else feel like they've hit a glass ceiling within their mind for Ayu knowledge/memory? I know every concert inside out up until 2012 or 2013 - after that, they've all mushed into one big blur because there's been so many and half of them have just been variations or continuations of the previous/next.

[Party_King]

^ ehhh please? What is with 2014 PSC? It was totally different to everything before and after...

[Surreal17]

Cirque de Minuit and M(A)DE IN JAPAN Tour are also quite distinctive and memorable concept wise. It was from 2017 when things got confusing.