This is off-topic from Kuu talk, but you voted for Motohiro Hata!? :thud

^ .... And what would be so wrong with that? I apologize on waterballoon's part that he didn't put ARASHI instead.

I uploaded these vids from youku on youtube:

Talk + Chiisana Koi no Uta (Music Japan - 2010.10.17)

Kuu @ 魁！音楽番付Eight (2010.10.13)

they talked about Dream music park, ETERNITY, FANTASIA, etc.
I'm so curious on what they said about FANTASIA concert, they showed the pink car from DMP while they were talking about it..

Yeah! :) He's incredibly talented! :heart:heart What's wrong with that???

Maybe ARASHI is overrated...

And yeeet you keep bringing them up! :eyebrow

Haha, during the second video, the song Kuu picks and tells them about. "LLAH EMMA F AY OH" "Shots shot shot shots.. everybody!!"

:roflmao

Yeah I'm a huge fan of Hata Motohiro! He's adorable and talented :luv2

He is! :heart I know of him through the song "Kimi, Meguru, Boku"! :laugh

^ He keeps gettin' better ;)

oh btw does anyone when are the dates for FANTASIA?

I kind of like Motohiro Hata, too, just recently. (I don't know why do I bring up Arashi too much...)

^You mean "so much"? It's understandable if you like them... HOWEVER, that doesn't mean that you need to shove it in their faces! You know what I mean? :)

^ Well I think I know why.

I can't stop listening to Chiisana Koi no Uta.
I wanna hear all the songs from ETERNITY live.

^Me too! Especially Megumi no Hito! <3 I wanna see her do the dance! :laugh

But he has not been in the Kouhaku, right? (Or should this talk actually be done in the Motohiro Hata thread?)

My favourities from Kuu's cover album are

1. Megumi no Hito/BE MY BABY
2. TATTOO
3. Chiisana koi no uta

<3

eternity is #3 today!

anyone knows anything about the sales? first sales were kinda low, but I think it's going to have a good trajectory. hope can reach the 50k mark, even the debut sales were 14k v.v

I don't know the sales either.

I hope it could manage the weekly #1 and the 50k mark (even if the 50k are not that possible I think)....

1st week sales for ETERNITY - 46,361

So basically, it's like the Driving Hits and Out Works albums.

Not bad at all! Although I think Juju's succes ruined our expectations a bit... if her album hadn't been that popular we wouldn't have been expecting so much, methinks : P

OMFG!! She's gonna present the pink jeep to a lucky fan!! (to show her gratitude) :thud

Thank you so much! :shughug

Thanks for uploading. I love the performance of Chiisana Koi no Uta!
I love Kuu-chan :weep

^^ ikr!! The pink jeep is currently at the workshop; i think they removed some parts (maybe the water gun and stuff)

I want that jeep,too=)

Seriously what is there in this world that can't be bought in a Kuu-verison *jokingly*

Even a champagne glass is available :-D

uuuh, thank you for the upload!:D
Chiisana Koi no Uta is so nice (I didn't listen to ETERNITY before)! And I love her outfit.

Her outfit seems kinda oldschool and so cuteee~~~

It fits the "older" songs!

Does anyone have the translated lyrics of 0 Ji Mae No Cinderella?
I haven't been able to find 'em yet. :(

Ok not bad.... and then there's also the fact that her remix albums are quite cheaper, no? Wasn't the last one like 2000 yen? The fans that like her remix albums probably got Eternity too. I still don't get why there wasn't a rush of 30-40 year old women rushing to get this but w/e.

It might even push to get to 75K in the long run maybe. I know a lot of people don't care about sales, but I'm an Ayu fan dammit. It's already in our DNA.

NEW PHOTOBOOK!!! (was this posted before???XD)

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/8452/279941.jpg

^:tipsy Kumi looks HOOOT!!!

:thud

the cover's awesome & omg 168 pages inside the photobook ?! @_@

this's going to be a treat 8D

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Thank!
When should it be up on CDJapan?
Is it just 3,000 yen? I thought it should be more!
Though hopefully it won't weight a tone or else the shipping will sky rocket.

It looks hot and it will be released on my birthday!!

6th Dec is kuu's 10th anniversary day too! and it's 5 days before my bday :laugh

It says the book is 168 pages, and she has 22 different outfits in total~


here

well, hot cover! reminds me of ETERNITY as in the hair and all lol but I like it lots, so Kuumilicous!

I don't like the cover, but damn, it's going to be a hella hot photoshoot! <3

2 days after my birthday!!
The perfect present!

omgggg new photo album :thud She looks hot!
I love this woman so much :weep

Dank je wel! Je bent een schat :shughug

uuuhhh wwwooooooooooooooooooow!!! freakin hot!
she deserve has title "sexy diva" for it :D

o.............. m........... GOD!!!!!!!!!

A NEW PHOTOBOOK!!! My prayers were answered, 168 pages of Kuu's beautiful body/face/neck mole running around in Brazil, doing samba dances and wearing bikinis... im so excited IM SO EXCITED

She is already SEXY QUEEN and QUEEN OF LIVE~ Sexy Diva sounds cute though!

Holy sweet Jesus

holy **** lol

She just owns.

I don't really care for the cover, but for 3,000 yen I'll probably definitely get this!

This picture would be so much better if she had her long hair like BEST 〜BOUNCE&LOVERS〜 cover and if she didn't have her head in a way that made her neck look so thick. I hate the slicked back hair. :eviltongu

Kuu in Brazil!?

Oh damn that photobook cover is hot

:blove

fantastic photobook cover!

btw, i've read that kumi is releasing a new single on december 1st. is that true? sorry if it's been posted already...

:heart :heart :heart
ugh let's see if i could save money for the photobook (i want the calendar too :scry)

I'm so excited, I can only say this:

..I REALLY want.

i'm so gonna get this photobook!
glad it costs the same as MAROC which kinda surprises me!!

i think i'll order this with her 2011 calendar!
and i hope that her rumored single really comes around that date too!
i mean would be stupid to release no single for FANTASIA!!

oooh i'm so lovin' this year full of spending money on this gurl! :heart

We have no confirmation yet but it's a rumor with a little bit of backing.

The title is in japanese (When I discovered love)

LOL Love your set Gubsi! So true! :roflmao

Oh, Kuu.

So I watched the UNIVERSE tour today........wondering why she had to do that......now no matter how you look at the Fantasia show its going to have to be a downgrade right? There's no way she can possibly outdo that right? Right??? o_o Seriously....here shows just get better and better....cept maybe Trick was a slight letdown but it was still great. Ayu, take some notes.

Haha, that's funny.... How about not. :innocent

this

both girls do their own things.
i dont want kuu doing ayu or ayu doing kuu. :thud

OHMYGOD THAT IS HOT

I can't even imagine what the inside photos will look like. That cover is so insanely hot, but I agree with cutie about it being better if she had her hair down.

cutie would be her life too if she had a nicer hairstyle! i like her real hair now, although she insists on having wigs put on and baskets weaved into her head... i don't care for all that monkey business.

Lol is all I can really say. Ayu doing the same Kuu does? That would be funny. :D Mostly this idea makes me lol because I can imagine the faces of Ayu's innocent fans. They would go nuts lolololololol. No offence though. <3

:roflmao

Oh and the cover of Kuu's BRAZIL book looks ultimately sexy. I wanna see more pics. <3

Suki de, Suki de, Suki de has been certified GOLD for Chaku-Uta Full sales of over 100.000!

Keep in mind that these are just September's sales. I bet it'll receive a higher certification next month, when we get October's sales.

:laugh

I personally think Ayu is a better performer. Kumi is good, too! I've enjoyed several of her concerts (I'm even warming up to this one). But I just think Ayu has better stage presence, she doesn't let the props overshadow like some fans want her to. Sometimes when I watch a Kumi concert I feel she disappears behind all the "ooooooooh aaaaaaaah" effects of her concert. Suddenly it becomes how cool that one trick was and how cool that one prop was and not how good the person was. BUT I STILL ABSOLUTELY ADORE HER AND THINK SHE'S SUPER CUTE WHEN SHE PERFORMS. She just performs differently than Ayu and I find Ayu's style superior. I WILL say that I think Kumi has a better "cute section" than Ayu, but that's it lol. :yes

Okaaay~~~ I respect your opinion and read that you love both.
Me,too, but I think Kuu's style is superior her voice and her dancing and the stage.
And I think she is in fusion with her special effects really well.
Kumi is the Queen Of Liv for me.
Ayu's lives are a little bit boring from time to time.
But her ballads and cutie songs are great.

I don't like Ayu's repeating party section(Boys&Girls,etc.)

It gets annoying by time!
BUT& all in all both are awesome only Kuu more for me :-D

If i'm honest, for me Kuu is the better live performer!
I'm not saying this cause Kuuchie is mah #1 bottle chick...
it's... u know...
i always watch the Live-DVD's with a friend, cause she's buying every DVD from Ayu and her shows a great, yes!
BUT...
u know if u watch like 3 or 4 concerts from Ayu u just know how the next tour will be... -__-
i really love Ayu, and i f_*_*_*_ love her music...
BUT it's like...
Ooooh... the cage thing again... :hahano

BUT i always handle Kuu as an entertainer and Ayu as a live performer!
So i think u can't really compare them if it comes to live tours!

And it's confirmed that Kuu is the "Queen of Live"!!
I mean even her official site mentioned that!
Hmm my UNIVERSE says "PLEASE WAKE ME FOR MEALS" also...
so don't ask questions about one of the commandments of avex! PERIOD!

I've been happier with Koda performing because she has better vocals and dances, and is a better overall entertainer.

Ayu...it's different lol Ayu's lives rest on "her" and her personality, and how much you love her, and her presence has to do with her, and how she expresses herself through her music/lyrics/etc.

I personally love and value both. I'm very happy to have many artists that give me what I need. I think at one point in time I wanted an artist who encompassed all of these things...but I don't see it as necessary anymore.

I've found...it's certainly better to have more, than less lol You get lots more stuff when everything is spread out among a ton of people, rather than just one~

I agree with Gubsi anyway, they cant really be compared in terms of live performances.

we are all gonna like one more than the other for some reason or another :)


I always liked ayu the best and will always be the same I think.
I like the empathy she has with her audience, and her strength on the stage.
She is a real human! and she looks like one on stage, if you get what I mean


Kuu is a great singer and great dancer
I love how sexy she can be and I appreciate that :laugh
Her shows are very produced nowadays and so are ayu's... they all have so many details that you can only discover by going to see the show several times xD


They are both my favorite japanese artists atm, I like namie too but, her concerts don't make me go zomgwow.... I find them quite boring lol oh well.

EPIC!

I'm love with this cover ♥ Just to think that she was here....
I'll buy the photobook, for sure. :luv2

Veeeee~~ry EPIC so great.
The expression on Kuu's face fits it so well!!!

Yeah I think Ayu's live are kinda boring, I have to watch them in shifts because I'll lose interest or get too antzy or w/e. But with Kuu I'm glued to the screen for the entire concert.

I've never watched a full Kuu concert (which I totally should, because Step Into My World from the Universe tour is EPIC), so I can't say anything about her tours.

But Ayu's tours are usually predictable. Oh it's the tissue dance again, Oh it's the pretty-dress-ballad part again.

I do absolutely LOVE Ayu's tours, and I'll never grow tired of watching them, but it would be nice if she kinda changed the routine a little bit. Like.. I dunno, sing a ballad in something other than a dress with ugly shoulder pads. (she's done that like 3 or 4 times in a row now, I believe).

Now that I think about it, I only dislike Ayu's ballad parts :laugh her upbeat and rock sessions I'm very happy with.

it happens the other way around to me :thud



and omg... im so gonna get the photobook :D :D cant wait to see whats inside :luv2:luv2 maybe kuu getting dirty with some Brazilian dudes?? *drools* :innocent

Yessss I agree with all of you :heart Ayu is good and all, but Kumi is far superior when it comes to lives. There's always some kick ass dance, some crazy stunts, something visually stunning, awesome vocals...

I am never bored watching a Kuu concert, but I feel with Ayu's I have to skip a lot of performances or the vocals are sometimes too bad... and she doesn't dance that much. It's just not a very entertaining show for me.

It's all personal opinion of course, but I really have confidence that my babeh is Queen of Live.

nothing is wrong, Ayu needs to take notes from Kuu for the concerts ;)

but whatever... I still bought their dvds anyway

now that we keep on talking about taking notes, it wouldn't be bad if kuu takes notes from ayu too, which I'm pretty sure she would, since it looks like kuu admires ayu, her eyes just shine when she looks at ayu or talks to her when they're together in TV lol cute!!!!

Lol for a while I thought I was reading a Ayu thread when people just spoke about Ayu here. :D I gotta say that I think Ayu's concerts were really good during 2000 to 2004. After that (I still haven't seen MY STORY Tour though) they began going downhill. :/ To me they were mostly hit or miss, especially AT08 is a tour I can't stand watching at all anymore though the songs are good. :/

But I really hope Ayu won't turn into Kuu though. :D I like it how their styles are different, that's how I can easily separate them from each other. :)

lol, I don't think Ayu could pull off some of the stuff Kuu does... like picking a fan from the audience and then dancing sexily on their laps. :laugh

just purchased ETERNITY together with driving hit's y'all :inlove

total kuufag now :P

and im thinking on getting the calendar too... it looks gorgeous

I think you said it best. They're both really different and they give you what you need! Which is why I don't want Ayu to be like Kuu or vise versa because they essence of who they are and how they perform will be lost. They do seem to take notes from each other's style from time to time though, that's cute! :laugh

I think that's the best way to look at it. :yes

I would imagine Ayu fans wouldn't be as calm and composed LOL. Or.... maybe that's just me who wouldn't hahahaha.

lol, I doubt Kuu can pull of the zomg props that Ayu has in her tours :yes they're even now! both queens are super duper awesome :heart

One is my Queen of Spirit and the other is my Queen of Sex no prizes for guessing who is who

I love both ladies, and don't really think you can compare their shows because they make different music. Kumi's is more upbeat, dance music so her shows are going to be more high energy than Ayu's more mellow, but still lavish shows.

o_o who was saying Ayu should start acting like Kumi? I was saying that Ayu should take notes on how well Kumi's recent shows are being produced as in the designs and stuff (and it seems like she has as the RnRC tour is turning out to be quite the show)....and not how she acts o_o It would be quite weird if Ayu started acting like Kumi.

Yes, Ayu's lives are more about HAMASAKI AYUMI I think. Right down to it, the main factor in her lives is that it's her, HAMASAKI AYUMI performing.

Lol I've never seen a full Kuu OR Ayu concert. I like TV lives where their live voice sounds a lot nicer since they haven't been screaming for an hour and a half.

What concert and performance was that?

Like all of them.......o_____o

BEST ~second session~ Tour with Ima Sugu Hoshii
Black Cherry Tour with Heat
TRICK Tour with SHAKE IT

Kingdom and UNIVERSE she sang ballads.

XD oh that girl who picked by her dancer in UNIVERSE~ idk why i dont like the girl expression :3

best part from her concert is sexyero dance session ! XD

Also Taiwan which was the Heat performance, just with a taiwanese girl.

I'm still on Queen of Live's side as far as lives go, I could watch them for hours (and I do)

I need to rewatch DMP soon! I want a full version.

[2] I saw the parts in the UNIVERSE Tour that weren't included in DMP and now I want to see the entire DMP show!!

Maybe this have been brought to the table before but...

Isn't Alive's opening like reaaaaaaaally much alike the psalm "Dagen är nära" (the day is near)...? I don't mind though. It's a very pretty melody. In Sweden it's a pretty popular song to sing during funerals, same for my gandad's. God bless him. :heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4x4z4-Yuaw

The comment underneath says Handel's Rinaldo which is the opera that Alive sampled. Maybe this song is a song inspired by the same piece?

Alive is a cover from an old opera song which has it's origin in Italia so it's possible that Sweden got the inspiration from that,too....

Riiii~~ght :-D

Almost at the same time ;-)

Yeah that's probably true! It's the same psalm, just another language. Nice to know. ^__^ Love that tune.

I must watch those performances...

What props are those? List or they don't exist.

Who else in Japan uses a Giant Disco Ball, rotating 3 tier cake platform, a pink Jeep, airplane seats, tickets, stripper poles, water cannons, magicians toys, a giant ferris wheel, a fish tank, a giant blow dryer, cages, mannequins, dinosaurs, 40000 foot light up dress....

Kuu has some crazy things going on in her mind now that I think of it. :tired