Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - the Satomi Takasugi thread v.2

Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai (http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/index.php)

- Artists & Bands (http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=66)

- - the Satomi Takasugi thread v.2 (http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69743)

^unless this is the type of music she wants.

she wrote kagami iro, and its stunningly gorgeous, but not a far cry from this type of laid back pop ballad.

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Originally Posted by apple-pi (Post 1468609)

I was expecting them to make garden the "ballad chapter" of her discography, and end there. I really thought the new single was going to be something completely different, though I had already stopped thinking that way when the titles came out XD
I think that, to have a style change right after an album release would've been perfect timing. Since they didn't do that, I seriously don't know when they're going to put her on a "new direction". But since Samii's starting to write her lyrics, maybe she can slowly take more control of her music, and start releasing what she wants to. That would be a way to hear something new. Or is that pratically impossible? XD Can only the big divas have control of their music in avex?

Maybe she will be able to take control of her music at some point in her music career. Writing lyrics is a first step. I think she's slowly making her way up there.

By the way, apple-pi, I ADORE your sig :luv2
Samii is so cute >.<;
I was going to make a sig too :)

official site update with tracklist, and sound samples are up:

【CD＋DVD】
RZCD-45911/B
¥1,890 (tax in)
【CD】
RZCD-45912
¥1,050 (tax in)

【CD】
01.ありがとう [ Listen WMP ]
02.もう一度始めよう [ Listen WMP ]
03.ありがとう -Instrumental-
04.もう一度始めよう -Instrumental-
Bonus Track ※初回盤のみ収録
05.ありがとう -Reggae Disco Rockers Remix-

【DVD】
01.ありがとう Music Video
Bonus Movie ※初回盤のみ収録
02.Making of “ありがとう”
03.”高杉さと美 premium LIVE -garden party-” Digest part.1

★初回盤特典
CDにはBonus Track
DVDにはMusic Video メイキング映像と4/13に行われたワンマンライブのダイジェストpart.1 (全４部)を収録!!

Thank you so much!
Mou ichido hajimeyou sounds SO SO good!! :heart :heart It seems SO much better than Arigatou! :syesyes

And wow, I didn't know there was going to be a 3rd song! And does the "bonus movie" mean it'll have a PV too? That would be awesome *_____*

And agh... the garden party digest........ I'm starting to think I'll buy this single........ *pocket starts bleeding*

EDIT: which of the CD and DVD tracks are first press only? I'm confused

Ok, sorry for double-posting. But seriously, why do Samii's threads die so fast? T_T I can't believe no one has anything to say about the tracklist that just came out. Come on, what do you think of the Mou ichido hajimeyou preview??
Anyway, to keep the love alive, I decided to mention some things about her latest blog entries. I tried translating them, but translating blog entries is so much harder than songs... I did a crappy job lol. The latest one is the most interesting.

Spoiler:

Also I just remembered I tried translating Hyaku Renka and Yukiboshi a while ago, so I figured I'd post 'em here too XD (since I'm bumping and double-posting, I need to at least try to make it as useful as possible lol.)

Spoiler:

Oh, and that little bit of information under the tracklist, I looked up the translation, and apparently the ”高杉さと美 premium LIVE -garden party-” Digest part.1 is part 1 out of 4, so all of her next 3 singles should also come with digests too, right?

^ Thanks you for posting her blog entries! I think I will look into that guy who is debuting :laugh

Samii~looks so cute~!

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Originally Posted by apple-pi (Post 1479842)

which of the CD and DVD tracks are first press only? I'm confused

the remix will be on the first press of both editions, and the making of and live footage is on the CD+DVD first press.

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Originally Posted by LNany at JPM

Satomi at MTV VMAJ 08
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f166/LNany/satomi.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ny/satomi2.jpg

pretty <3

aww, she looks really cute and pretty!

ADORABLE! Absoluely adorable.

Aw, the photos are so cute! And I like the flower thing in her dress hehe<3

I was wondering, why do artists and actors go to these things? Is it like some sort of party?

^ It's an award show. There are a lot of parties after the award show. :)

Samii looks great!

^ Ah, ok :laugh
I was always wondering why they went to those things. Thanks for clearing that up for me. :)

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Originally Posted by Mirai Noah (Post 1485535)

It's an award show.

Ooh, but did Samii actually get any awards? XD Or probably she went just because of the parties.....?

she was nominated for best new video, I think. not sure if she won.

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Originally Posted by drewbilation (Post 1485606)

she was nominated for best new video, I think. not sure if she won.

Oh, that's so cool! For what video? Hyaku Renka? (<~ guessing this because it's her best one IMO)

for "tabibito." she lost to Motohiro Hata, though. I just checked.

sad.

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Originally Posted by drewbilation (Post 1485612)

for "tabibito." she lost to Motohiro Hata, though. I just checked.

sad.

Sad, but not surprising... Tabibito wasn't a really good video IMO. Unless the one that was nominated was the movie version, which was a lot better! (the only bad thing in that one were the actual scenes from the movie :laugh the characters' outfits were just too bright and colorful and it ruined the mood/color pallete for the video)

And I've never heard of Motohiro Hata, hehe XD

yeah, "tabibito" did have a kind of boring PV. "hyaku renka" or "yukiboshi" would've been better choices, imo.

and Motohiro Hata sings old people music, I think.