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Hey I agree with you for once lol
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For those who listen to music as a form of escapist entertainment, a simple, content song is certainly preferable to musical sobfests. But for people who listen to music because they like hearing that someone understands how they feel, because they like having a sort of one-sided conversation with the musician, because they enjoy hearing how complex emotions are expressed musically, then music with at least some negativity to it is just plain more interesting. I listen to too much music; when too much of it is simple, it's really dull and it all blends together. So I prefer sad music to happy music, like, 80-85% of the time. There's already only a few different kinds of happiness. Luckily for my music taste, most of them at least have a negative counterpart to them - there's relief, for instance, after a long period of hardship or after a nerve-wracking experience. And there's also excitement, which by definition has a negative counterpart that you need to refer to for context. (for instance, "my work week sucked, so I'm excited about this weekend!") If you're happy in a more profound, lasting sense - if you're content rather than excited or relieved - it's REALLY hard to write anything with any gravity to it. It's easy to just write "Everything's good, everything's fine, nothing's wrong - I got my house and my lover and my pets and my mom and some awesome co-workers & friends. How about you?" but is that gonna resonate with anyone? Not bloody likely. More likely it'll just piss them off because their lives aren't that dialed in. I mean, think about it - when someone asks you how you're doing, the polite response is something like "Oh, just fine!" because no one wants to hear any more detail than that. And if you're fine, there's no detail to give! There's no story to tell without some kind of pain that you're growing from; there's no heroic tale without evil to vanquish. Now, on the other hand, there are a TON of different negative feelings to write about - anger, mourning, fear, anxiety, doubt, low self-esteem, rejection, general malaise, embarrassment, and any combination of those since so many of those can lead to one or more of the others. And the specific situations that cause those things are manifold as well, and when you hear a song that sounds like it's totally about you, like it's about something you went through, the feeling of relief and calm and solidarity is immeasurably important to some of us. I know, Andrenekoi, that you absolutely hate that I prefer when Ayu expresses negative feelings in her work, but I feel like her talent for nuance is wasted on joy. I think conveying complex emotions IS what she's best at, it's what MANY of her listeners prefer, not just me (and it's certainly what got her popular in the first place). Besides, so few artists feel any need to express themselves when they're content. Contentment isn't a feeling you want to get out, it's something you wanna keep snuggled up inside you forever, you know? It's a struggle to get happiness out of our hearts and onto a piece of paper. Or a note on our phones. For a very long time, the reason Ayu was able to write as much as she did (and as well as she did for her age) was because of the sorrow she felt, and her desire to treat negativity as something that wasn't necessarily bad. Because it's NOT! The human condition is about finding a balance between them - if you acknowledge the sadness within you, it can't sneak up on you and take you by surprise. If you address the things that cause you pain, that pain can heal better. Science has proven, for instance, that poking a bruise actually accelerates healing. Same goes for the pain in our minds & hearts - catharsis doesn't work, no, but you have to examine and diagnose problems in order for them to be fixed. You have to nurture both the dark and light parts of yourself, and Ayu has always known that. Her happy songs, at their best, are statements of relief or excitement - when she writes about happiness, it's always better if she does so with the sadness there as a contrast. If "Dearest" was when she started truly liking her job, I can understand that - that's one of her best "happy" songs because it's so multifaceted. It's about "things suck sometimes, but you're there and you make it go away." It's about "I wasn't any good at this romance stuff at first, but we're together now and that's fantastic." It's not just "Yay! happy! Everything's great!" like many happy pop songs are. When Ayu writes in a more 100% content way we get songs like "Hello new me" which isn't TOTAL drivel - it has some touches that elevate it above that - but it's pretty damn close.
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RUN TO THE HILLS EVERYONE! I don't think we disagree all that much Ayu's career direction aside. Quote:
If I didn't like my own share of sad music I wouldn't even be able to listen to Ayu (or Mylene Farmer) because a good 80% of her releases are depressing, even when they are meant to be fun. And I don't hate that you prefer her sad works over her positive ones, wtf? We aren't close enough for me to care how do you like the mood of your music... But you I do know you are on the gloomy side of the spectrum (or at least, this is how you seens to be based on what you post), and I find just natural that you feel a deeper conection with her sadder, darker material than you do with the happier and brighter. My favorite songs from her are all pretty dark themselves, but we are attracted to different aspects of her personal darkness. That being said, something isn't objectivelly more or less artist because you like that better or worst... On the same way it isn't more or less artist because I like it better or worst... BTW... Her music since Colours is far less personal and it does make her recent releases to feel flatter. But I'm not surprised, considering how much mess people made over the fact that she mixed her personal and public personas... Now she is giving us only the popstar side of her, what is exactly what people were asking during the whole Love triology drama. Last edited by Andrenekoi; 3rd June 2015 at 05:25 AM. |
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Delirium-Zer0 I always adore the walls of text you posted =)
I can't feel ayu's happy songs, they are like fillers for me. I prefer her dark music. I want her to be happy, but for me she's better as artist when she shows her negative emotions. On other hand, sad songs from other artists are like simple annoying whining that I can't stand. Mostly they are better when they happy preparation to exhibition. Ayu also was there today
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In fact, it's inspirational and uplifting in a way that happy music can never be. When I hear a sad song that reminds me of an upsetting event, I'm not hearing sadness - I'm hearing the singer's willingness to be vulnerable, open up, and get on their feet for long enough to tell their story. I don't hear the pain, I hear the recovery, and that in turn helps me recover. I don't NEED escape from happiness, so I don't need happy music. I would need escape from sadness - so I listen to sad music to help me heal, because it makes me feel less alone and reminds me that if someone can be sad in similar ways and yet still be successful, still get up & go to work in the morning, still have friends and family who love her... then I can too.
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^ they certainly did
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But then they changed back for the good lol.
I think that ayu is pretty down admitting she has done many mistakes, in all the years of Love songs~LOVE again (excluding FIVE which was kinda taking off from the whole issues), she made major mistakes and admitted them later (up to and on A ONE), and the albums were talking about the mistakes themselves, but it was just after Maro/LOVE again where I think she stopped herself while she still could from making more major mistakes. |
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Another one of Ayu's happy songs: Rainbow, and this is probably my favorite happy song from her. Quote:
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Ayu..please created something dark but conceptual and creative out of the box...symbolysm all of over the place...
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Not lico again x.......x
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Lico and ko...maybe they're just like...the choreographers. Please.
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#155
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XOXO again
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#156
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Warning also was created by A CREW, it wasn't that bad... let's hope new video will be good
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i really hope Lico isn't on this PV again.. i liked her earlier but she's like new Timmy nowadays. IN YOUR FACE-kinda style
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#158
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the aothor has some great insight and interpretations in all things ayu I read these essays about once a year. I don't think anybody else did a cohesive analysis like this? if yes, please tell me <3 p.s.: is there a threat with lyric and pv interpretations/analysis? after reading the lyrics to "too late" I am very interested what people have to say about it |
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^ She looks so young and fresh!
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