Any Others In This Situation?....

[Jordan]

I was just wondering if any other Ayu fans are in the same boat as me:

I dont understand any other language apart from English but feel a compulsion to put Ayu on and enjoy the music despite not understanding a word of it!

Her voice with the music and emotion is just perfect and it just draws me in! And watching Ayu's concert DVD's makes me want to understand what shes saying but it may take the special feeling of not understanding it away (if you understand)

So is anyone else in the same boat as me? and understands nothing ayu sings but just loves it completley?

[micster]

Uh. Most of the members here only know english and obviously like her music

and i know a tad bit of german so i hope im ruled out

[rikku411]

haha, yea i'm somewhat in the same boat as you.

i understand some part of the songs somtimes, just certain words...but for the most part i don't understand it, but i <3 it.

[AyuCharm615]

I only understand cause Ive studies the lyrics like a dog....i dont actually know Japanese!

[minkAYuko]

I am with you lol... actually I dun even know what she.s saying in most of her songs and I know there are lyrics for all them but I still have no idea what she.s talking about! n_n

I dun need to know n_n

[AyuCharm615]

...were u really made in mexico??? hehe :-)

[Piccolo]

I don't understand what she says word for word, but I remember the meaning of the songs I really like.

[immel]

micster pretty much covered it all. This is an international Ayu board, and a very low percentage knows Japanese good enough to understand her lyrics or speeches offhandedly, we're more or less all in the same boat.

A lot of people have been studying her translated lyrics or watched her concerts with subtitles to make up for it.

Ayu music caught me after I had been studying Japanese for a while, but my Japanese is only good enough for me to be able to snap up a word here and there so I do not in any way understand what she's singing. But the magic is there.

[Diana]

I was few years ago.. now I understand Japanese, some of it.. Sometimes I understand Ayus whole sentences, sometimes not at all, sometimes party and I try to figure it out.. But even if I don`t know what she`s singing I know it`s something very emotional and powerful ^^

[Genome]

I didn't understand a spit of japanese when i first got into listening to ayu. But when i listen to her it makes me want to study japanese, But now that she is on her asia tour I dont have to feel so left out because i can understand cantonese,mandarin, and chinese.

[chibi_sunny]

I'm drawn to foreign music just because of the fact that I don't understand anything the singer is saying.
Ayu's songs and performances only encourage me to discover other artists.

[minkAYuko]

Originally Posted by AyuCharm615

...were u really made in mexico??? hehe :-)

yes I was lol

[minna]

I don't know a word of japanese
well ok maybe some XD but that's all...
I'm planning to learn japanese this summer
so until I learn it i'm reading the translations
It's better than nothing no?!

[Joel]

I always just think that you don't have to understand any language to enjoy great music. That's my motto.

[Ani_C]

I speak english and spanish (I'm Latino xD) and listen to Japanese music, I can see persecution coming my way like mad but hey, I don't care xD (I agree with Joel xP )

[Qt Mashi]

yes, that's why i read the english translations! but i don't care if i don't understand as long as she looks real to me

[Corybobory]

I haven't really read any of the translations before, so I dont know much of what the songs are about... I speak Japanese but not well enough to understand the song. I'd have to read the lyrics to pick up on what she's singing... but I listen to lots of foreign pop music in differendt langauges I dont know a work of, and I have to agree that there is something nice about not knowing the language. I love languages and just listening to how the language sounds without knowing the meaning is kind of nice

[FeNgZhEnG]

yeah had this feeling few years back thats y i am taking japanese lessons now to try to understand her singing..

[emi♡]

we're all in the same boat...omg...if some people would just paddle correctly...

we should raise munny and have an ahs cruise...it would be all symbolic and everything

it'd be fun! Everyone would get to meet everyone, and we could go out into international waters and have drinks and parties and karaoke and then we could go to beaches and swim, ooo...just not this summer because a lot of us are busy and hiru won't be able to come, next summer!

and...cupcake...you're coming too. End of story
i don't care what you don't do, you're coming

[zeroshin888]

Yeah, I don't understand a word she sings but it's okay because her music's great! I don't really bother reading the translations to a lot of her songs too because I'm too lazy. I guess I should...