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Old 8th August 2011, 09:32 PM
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beloved - thoughts / opinions

So, those of you who have heard the song beloved, what do you think about it? Thoughts and opinions?
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Old 8th August 2011, 09:45 PM
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i'm listening the first time now, and I absolutelly love it.. the voice sounds just perfect, I love her vibrato & the instrumental is very nice.. it's just purelly beautiful T_T
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Old 8th August 2011, 09:48 PM
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She sounds great and I like the melody but for once the instrumentation is lacking which is pretty rare. Maybe she wanted it to sound really gentle I don't know...
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Old 8th August 2011, 09:51 PM
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^I have to agree on the missing instrumental thing, but it's purelly beautiful even this way. But yeah i was waiting for something to happen lol
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Old 8th August 2011, 10:04 PM
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It's beautiful! It's really different from her ballads. Usually, her ballads are sad. Beloved creates an atmosphere of serenity. It's really rare in her discography.
Of course the song is not original or the most amazing of the world. but I love it. It pacifies my heart!
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Old 8th August 2011, 10:06 PM
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I like あゆ vocals in this song, but it seems to be boring...I'll wait for live performance ;(

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Old 8th August 2011, 10:11 PM
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As a song I'd give it like a 6/10 because it just sounds so generic, and the instrumental sounds really cheap. This usually doesn't happen with ayu songs so it's very noticeable. Also, it's way too long. I think sweet, simple ballads like this benefit a lot if they're shorter. If they're over 5 minutes long they need to have more going on to really shine, IE: BALLAD, Virgin Road. Her vocals however are fantastic and the melody isn't bad so I hope the orchestra version can give it a bit more life.

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Old 8th August 2011, 10:15 PM
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i thought i would love it, but her vocals are so freaking dull. i felt like i was waiting the entire song for it to open up, but it just stays in the middle ground the entire time. yawn.
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Old 8th August 2011, 10:16 PM
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I can't stop listening! My rating is 8,5/10.
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Old 8th August 2011, 10:18 PM
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It's so boring X_X
I can barely remember the melody cause it's just so boring and sounds like something I've heard already. If it wasn't for her vocals, then I wouldn't listen to this song at all.
I hope the orchestra version will be 100x better
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Old 8th August 2011, 10:43 PM
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Yeah, this is one of her few songs where I couldn't remember at least the chorus melody after one listen.

I agree that ballads either need to be short or have a lot of oomph. beloved is long and has no oomph, so it's boring.

And I didn't notice at first, but the instrumentation DOES sound really cheap. Maybe it'll sound better in HQ.
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Old 8th August 2011, 11:02 PM
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It made me smile listening to it. I guess I fell in love with the song instantly. And I'll love it more in HQ. <3
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Old 8th August 2011, 11:07 PM
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Cute little ballad, won't be something I'll skip, but won't be something I'll specifically choose to listen to either. So just another generic J-Pop ballad, really. I like the piano intro though, and her vocals are so nice and smooth.
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Old 8th August 2011, 11:17 PM
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It's beautiful, without a doubt, but I have to agree that it honestly sound like a pretty generic J-Ballad, which is disappointing since we all know Ayu's ballads are really where she shines.

Anyway, that might sound negative but I'm still really enjoying the song XD It's a sweet song, kind of meaning of Love-ish. Really serene and easy to listen to, which means I'm sure it'll get a lot of plays out of me
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Old 8th August 2011, 11:24 PM
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it may be pretty simple, but i love it so much! i just love these types of ballads, lol.
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Old 8th August 2011, 11:55 PM
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I like it. It just feels like such familiar territory that it's as if I've heard the song about a thousand times from Ayu.

I like it, but I'm slightly disappointed :/
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Old 9th August 2011, 12:03 AM
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I'm not a fan :-/

I don't usually like her ballads in general though (with a few exceptions), so that's just me.
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Old 9th August 2011, 12:38 AM
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It sounds cute, but it is not going to be on repeat for sure lol



I hope this is the song I like the least from all of them, otherwise

Not expecting too much from the collabs thou
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Old 9th August 2011, 12:40 AM
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's bad. It's just so unmemorable and the vocals are awful. Nothing about it stands out at all, and I love her ballads.
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Old 9th August 2011, 12:43 AM
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However, I still have faith in the pv, even though it has kids in it (ewwwwwwww), the story might make me like the song more, who knows.

But her hair
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