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Old 28th November 2012, 04:31 PM
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sooooo

Anyone else here excited about the mini album?
im gonna wait this time. not gonna download the leak.
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Old 28th November 2012, 05:35 PM
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I love heartwarming, simple videos. The thing I don't like about Days is how it blatantly abuses cliches and common motifs for it instead of telling a story one hasn't seen 50 times before.
Still it's far better than Love song/Last angel which were just plain terrible and somewhat appeared cheap.
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surprises there.

And its kinda hard to not deal in cliches when you are dealing with love...
Love is one big cliches in itself.
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Love is one big cliche in itself.
She is dealing with love as topic, not motif.
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Old 28th November 2012, 06:51 PM
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I don't like love theme in general. I'm selfish and I'm single, I can't feel it.
Even when I was in happy relationship, I didn't like it.
But I don't like all love theme in all of the topics, chick-flicks etc.
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It's funny how she wasn't ever this love-focused when she was with Tomoya when it came to her music or things relating to her music (or at least, she still had moments of pain here and there in the releases from 2002ish to 2006 or 2007) but with Mannie and Maro it's like BAM LOOK I'M IN LOVE.

I'm kinda curious how long the candid love story PVs will go on for since she's had a set for Mannie (Love song/Last angel/do it again) and Maro (You & Me/snowy kiss/Wake me up from what we can see). Hopefully she goes back to her usual PV schedule with the last two releases if they have new songs.
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maybe the first 'love' was set up and she never truly felt that way?
Or thought she was in love, but released that with Maro and Mannie that was true love??
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Old 28th November 2012, 07:12 PM
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^ I think its the other way round
When I'm really in love, I don't care about the others. I don't want my love to be on people's tongues.
Love is not a show off.
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Old 28th November 2012, 07:22 PM
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its different when you are writing about your love.
When she was with Tomoya, she wrote about pain a lot... it could have been because he caused her pain or she was no longer in love with him and that cause her pain..
blah.. its all just speculation on my part.
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Old 28th November 2012, 07:32 PM
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Anyone else here excited about the mini album?
im gonna wait this time. not gonna download the leak.
Yeeeep ! I don't have such motivation as you though, and I was really hoping for an early leak ! I guess we'll have to wait at least for the week-end before it happens !

I guess that Days seems so bad to some because it's poorly executed. I like the idea of confronting dreams and reality, but still I hate that PV. Really, the dance scene? That was one of the most stereotypical shots in her career, which is full of clichés! The idea was good, but everything else looks fake imo: the outfits, the expressions, and lots of little details (why would they onlyshow Shuya's girlfriend's hands at the end? that shot is so awkward !) !

As for Love songs/Last angel, I guess the problem is that you can't really understand what's going on ahaha ! I tend to enjoy those two more though, because I hate Days as a song...


Anyway, I'm hoping for a nice PV -not even a story nor a twist,but if something could happen... Those pictures where she sings in front of a huge painting (from the last Vivi) look very promising to me !

Aaaaaand... I'm getting quite excited about Ivy !
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It's funny how she wasn't ever this love-focused when she was with Tomoya when it came to her music or things relating to her music (or at least, she still had moments of pain here and there in the releases from 2002ish to 2006 or 2007) but with Mannie and Maro it's like BAM LOOK I'M IN LOVE.

I'm kinda curious how long the candid love story PVs will go on for since she's had a set for Mannie (Love song/Last angel/do it again) and Maro (You & Me/snowy kiss/Wake me up from what we can see). Hopefully she goes back to her usual PV schedule with the last two releases if they have new songs.
The love theme did bring Nishino Kana a lot of Recochoku hits...It seems they think the love theme has better odds of resonating among the casual listeners, so that might be why they are desperately trying it over & over again...
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Old 28th November 2012, 08:17 PM
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I thought that Nishino Kana's schtick was more about 'girlfriends' and being 'friends forever' and that's sort of why she got so big.
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I thought that Nishino Kana's schtick was more about 'girlfriends' and being 'friends forever' and that's sort of why she got so big.
I always thought her love themed/cheesy lyrics were what made her popular. After all Aitakutte x2 and motto... weren't about friendship >.< and neither were Distance and if which were among her more popular songs as well~
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Old 28th November 2012, 10:25 PM
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Still it's far better than Love song/Last angel which were just plain terrible and somewhat appeared cheap.
I thought those were fantastic videos and loved the story loop with Virgin Road. I remember watching them over and over again to pick up on the less-than-obvious points.
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Old 28th November 2012, 11:13 PM
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Apparently some people noticed that the lyrics for Wake me up are similar to some stuff she said in the (miss)understood photobook 'on my way' about sandcastles.

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壊れやすいという意味では浜崎あゆみってものは砂の城かもしれない。でも波が来てるのに気づかなかったり、 波が来てから慌てたりする体制はとぅてない。波が来ることはもちろん分かってるよ、海だしね。でもいつ波が 来ても大丈夫な体制をとってる。だから崩れないと思う。
http://zyrex.org/gallery/Ayumi1/AyuB...-0036.JPG.html

Can someone translate and compare to what we have of the song?

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乾ききった喉で ぼんやりしている記憶を
昨日のままで もっと崩れた 部屋とメイクのまま
散らばったビーズ 集めて
冴えて覚めた頭でパズルを
完成させちゃったところよ
~英語~

何でもあって何にもないのが
この砂の城の掟なの
今すぐ Wake up Wake up
そう Wake up Wake up
Oh Wake up Wake up
まだ間に合う Wake up Wake up
ほら Wake up Wake up
ほんの少しでも傷が浅いうちに

あの子やあいつは
好き勝手言っているわ
だけどそれがいちいち的を
えてるから反論できないわ
~英語~

誰でも入れて誰にも入れない
Get up Get up
もう Get up Get up
Oh Get up Get up
泣いてなんかない
Get up Get up
Yeah Get up Get up
ここが私のお城よ砂のね(? 絶対違うと思う(^_^

何でもあって何にもないのが
この砂の城の掟なの
誰でも入れて誰も入れない
それが砂の城の定めなの

今すぐ Wake up Wake up
そう Wake up Wake up
Oh Wake up Wake up
まだ間に合う Wake up Wake up
ほらWake up Wake up
ほんの少しでも傷が浅いうちに
Get up Get up
もう Get up Get up
Oh Get up Get up
泣いてなんかない
Get up Get up
Yeah Get up Get up
ここが私のお城よ砂のね(?)
--done by ear by a fan with what we got from the Youku version and the remix version

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Old 28th November 2012, 11:21 PM
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interesting!
it should be leaking soon!!! Hopefully ill have something to jam to on sunday!
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Old 28th November 2012, 11:57 PM
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No CD pics yet?
Didn't love's CD/DVD pics get leaked by this time?
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Old 29th November 2012, 12:02 AM
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Probably in a few days when the Chinese get their advance copies.

01 Wake me up 夢醒 (Original mix)
02 Sweet scar 甜蜜傷痕 (Original mix)
03 snowy kiss 冰雪之吻 (Original mix)
04 Ivy 永恆的愛 (Original mix)

Very interesting Chinese titles for the Taiwan press of again...
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Old 29th November 2012, 12:12 AM
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Probably in a few days when the Chinese get their advance copies.

01 Wake me up 夢醒 (Original mix)
02 Sweet scar 甜蜜傷痕 (Original mix)
03 snowy kiss 冰雪之吻 (Original mix)
04 Ivy 永恆的愛 (Original mix)

Very interesting Chinese titles for the Taiwan press of again...
WTH is Ivy? The chinese words means "eternal love" LOL
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