Did Ayu ever sing Meaning of Love live?

She sang it at RnRC Tour, but only on a few dates, so it´s not on the DVD

I think all the songs from Rock'n'Roll Circus were performed at one point, just not all of them made it to DVD sadly.

Well, I'm glad to know that. I like Meaning of Love. I think the background music is catchy. :D

Beloved and Meaning of Love are like some of the most generic ballads she has, but I like them regardless. Sometimes generic songs are easy and fun to listen to when I need music in the background while I work on my comics. :D

For me, Meaning of love is amongst the worst. It is one of the very very few AYU songs I have actually deleted from my collection entirely. I was constantly annoyed by it.

Beloved on the other hand, was just dull. Eventually I gave the orchestra version a chance and ended up replacing the original on FIVE with that version in my collection.

someone uploaded fancam of Meaning of love from AT10

Does anybody has it? I.ve been trying to find it for so long .

What I really want to hear from Ayu/her team is a big mash-up of some of her biggest hits. I'm thinking something along the lines of the video that Namie used to promote Ballada--they mashed parts of every track from the album together but edited it into the length of a single song. idk Ayu's team kind of tried it with the summer mash-up on the Sunrise/Sunset single but they pretty much just phoned it in, lol. Anyway, this is the Namie video I'm talking about:

Haha, I am totally not surprised to hear you say that. I didn't start enjoying Meaning of Love until I heard the orchestra version and I learned to like the melody of it.

I think on Rock n Roll circus, I prefer Sunset ~LOVE is all~ to the other ballady songs on there. But when it comes to ballads, I can't make much sense out of the ones I like most and the ones I don't care about.

Omg thank you very much. When I arrive at the pc I'll download it.

edit: wow, her vocals on Meaning of love are so good. Too bad that it only shows a part of the song.

Can someone tell me if the 320 TeamAyu version at Jpopsuki is legit? It has some VERY noticeable static noise after The Show Must Go On Ends. Also, when comparing to rips of other albums, A ONE seems to have less of an impact and power behind it.

If you have a different rip, can you notice the static?

I ripped the album from my copy of the CD and yes, I can hear the static, but only when I turn the volume very high. Same as jpopsuki.

Just download the FLAC and convert it to 320

Anyway, I finally watched the Premium Showcase blu-ray in full on Wednesday night and. oh. GOD. The STEP you/XOXO performance. very........ oh GOD GOD GOGDOGDIASHODKSALJD;awuerohi cue hyperventilation from me in a good way

There are issues converting FLAC. Like, it's a lot more complicated than it sounds, something about "Truncating" I think.

never had any problems with any of my converters from FLAC to mp3 for my friends but then again I'm strictly a lossless person unless it involves my ipod so *shrug*

^ but is converting from FLAC better than ripping from the CD itself?

I'm listening to Dearest (Depth Nostalgic Windmix) and I'm really liking it. :P

This video is SO cool and well-made, Namie is not my favorite whatsoever but I must admit that her team usually do an amazing job promoting her! :yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOrfO6C3V2k

ummm....is she wearing platform shoes with that dress? I just now noticed. Maybe I'm wrong but if she is, that would be strange. Maybe, just maybe I'm being knit-picky.

If I could go back in time to any of her concerts, it would be that one. I love the lighting, the eery mood, and the non-corniness it has, as well as her raw vocals.

My bad, it was actually something called "dithering."

http://www.earlevel.com/main/1996/10/20/what-is-dither/

http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/ind...howtopic=92297

Key has always been a song I've never been that interested in. But like, I'm obsessed with it right now.

i didn't see it any special until i heard A BEST LIVE version when she sings AAAAAAAAAAANAAAAATAA GAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Had a dream the new mini album is called Flower and the cover was fairy-like, a la forgiveness.

Haha

^ I had a dream that her team did a new sort of promoting thing by asking the fans which name they prefer for the new album and that AHS was thorn between two decisions. ouch.

Hmm, I like the sound of that. :D

I want someone to sing Key in my wedding, or I would like to sing Key at someone's wedding lol it's just so sincerely written and beautiful.

So, I listened to again today. And I kept skipping back to the parts on Wake me up where Ayu goes, "gel up, gel up, come on gel up, gel up" and I laughed and said "gel up" for awhile.

I also noticed how Melody has one of the most boring melodies I have ever heard. I half-wondered if Ayu was sitting around one day thinking, Hey, I wonder if I can write a song more boring than crossroad, something that takes up 6 minutes but feels like 12.

I miss Sweet scar though. It felt like a throwback to Secret era and I liked how it was just a simple track, a la JEWEL or curtain call, but it had more life than songs like Don't look back.

I listen to A ONE almost daily. I like Anything for You and Walk, but strangely I have actually listened to Story twice as many times as any other track on that album. I think the intro gets stuck in my head from time to time. It is very similar to meaning of Love, just not absolute shit.

I also hope Ayu gets a little more creative with PVs. Its been years since she released a PV that was more than glamour shots and lipwork. I'd love to see PVs with environments, stories, like No way to say, forgiveness, BALLAD... There's also this part of me yearning for Ayu to do another anime PV. I'd like to see her do a song like t.A.T.u. Gomenasai and have a cool anime PV to accompany it... It would give me something to lean on. I loved the Gomenasai PV because it reminds me of curling up with my ex, in his comforter, in the back seat of his Corolla at 3 a.m. in a park's parking lot, and watching GITS before we squeezed ourselves into the most comfortable positions possible then went to sleep. It was the only way we could spend the night together because we both lived with family and didn't want them to know about our relationship until we felt like it wasn't just some glorified dating thing. He used to tell me an episode of GITS to watch when we couldn't see each other and I was sad and lonely, and he would sometimes ask me to send him a picture so he knew I was feeling better. I miss that guy so much, but I hope he is happier in New York. We had a good two years. As selfish as this sounds, I really want Ayu to release something that gives me a sense of closure... One song and PV that I know I can go back to and remember things and feel okay that its all just memories now. July will be two years since we separated, and I still haven't found that feeling that its okay he left and I can move on. Ayu helped a lot in my other relationships. I hope she does something that helps again.

Anyway... Dark turn there. Sorry. Just Ayu-related and personal thoughts. Haven't talked to any acquaintances or friends in almost three weeks, don't keep many these days anyway. So, it just comes out wherever it comes out.

So, anyone else hoping Ayu gets a little more Ayu on this new mini album?

Also, looking back at these last several years, especially at Colours, I just feel this weird sense that it all fits Ayu a little bit more than I initially thought. And I wonder if Ayu may have bounced back like Namie if she stuck to one of the new sounds she's tried over the last 6 years... I guess we may never know. But remember how Namie did QoHP then kept the same sound for PLAY and just kept going, and this massive leap in sales followed? I wonder if that could have been Ayu if she just stuck with one of the new sounds.

TeamAyu members started to recieve new magazine

http://i.imgur.com/48YOZwF.jpg

@orbitalaspect
That's so bittersweet :( I also happened to have a personal love life experience with Ayu song 'playing in the background', her songs really helped through that life time.

And I agree, it's been awhile since she released a PV like what you mentioned, a PV with story *cough*notcountingLOVEagaintrilogy*cough*, and I missed those kind of PVs so much.

Story seems to match your story, if she made a good PV for it, maybe it would've been your closure.

Where dat picture from

It looks so familiar but I can´t remember ><

Numero Tokyo!
http://i.imgur.com/ydx2Nte.jpg

Thx Aderianu!
I know it was some magazine shooting but couldn´t find it XD

Hm why is it not digital? Dang it I don't want to use Tenso for just a magazine. XD

I guess this is the last physical one.

I've been doing English lyric videos of some of Ayumi's songs (I've done ever free, Voyage, and more than half of No More Words which I haven't gotten around to finishing). I want to do a lyric video of a Song for XX from A Ballads but I can't decide on an image to use as the background. ever free was easy since I just used a photo of a hill to go with the song.

I can't decide if I should use an image of Ayu or something else. XD

Melody is one of Ayu's best ballads in recent years IMO. It's so sweet and simple.

LOL!! I do enjoy Crossroad (apart from that random high pitched sound effect towards the end before the song kicks back in. It sounds so out of place!) but Melody really does have quite an unforgettable melody.

And hey orbitalaspect spill all you want!

Lmao that quote about Melody is epic.

I also enjoyed the part about Wake Me Up and repeating the lyrics as how they sound, mimicking the vocalist and laughing. I do that often too, haha.

i bumped into that CNN interview and i couldn't stop smiling the whole time. She's just so lovely and adorable. And smart. Love her!

Does anyone here remember that MOON was avaible to download/stream (not sure) right after Rock'n'Roll Circus came out? I kinda remembered this today, cause the first time I heard it, the quality was terrible and I thought the song was totally meh, until Love songs came out and I listened properly to it. Do you guys remember how you could get to listen to it? I can't really recall how it worked...

I'm pretty sure in my case, I first heard it in the commercial it was used for and I thought it was so effing epic! XD I barely listen to it now probably since Love Songs is still on my list of albums to buy but I do love MOON quite a bit still. But I still giggle when I think about how cool I thought it was.

Hehe, by the way. I can't help but laugh at the super corny intros to Who and Boys & Girls on Ayu-mi-x 4 Acoustic Orchestra... Especially Who... that one is just great. It definitely sounds kind of like a cheesy movie soundtrack song from the 90s.... But the rest of it is pretty!

Regarding the TeamAyu magazine, physically...that's for Japanese members, not foreign members, right?

They phased out the membership option that included physical fanclub magazines before opening up global membership, so yes. I think everything will be digital starting with the next TA mag release.

Is he ZIN? I know the other guy is Maro xD

^ looks like zin. I actually had troubled recognizing maro more than Zin.

That's funny, since Maro was in the PV for that song too...but he wasn't with Zin, he was with Naoya (of AT2005 and the dorama Last Cinderella fame)

RIP his hotness :cry

I think MOON had a special preview version available with the purchase of Rock'n'Roll Circus that we got a bad LQ recording of.

i'm a bit worried with myself and Ayu music... with this new album i noticed how quickly i got over it... and it happened with the last few albums. I'm all in for a week and then off to look for fresh meat after. And I don't really touch those albums again...I'm only realizing that now! It's a bit scary. O_O

What happened to Timmy?

Timmy's still around. He's an official backup singer during tours and CDLs.

He became octopus =)

I got message from TA, they shipped magazine to me
why after all japanese fans?..

They ship them out in waves, it seems. I got my notification this morning as well.

Crossroad is on my personal top 10... So I'm just avoiding commenting on people bashing it :P

I didn't like crossroad back when it was released but I sort of learned how to appreciate it last year.

Speaking of TA. It's been almost 3 days since the latest diary entry from Ayu and they still haven't translated it.

I received mine last Tuesday! :D

What's not to love about Crossroad - I do love those violins!

Crossroad is so perfect for Ayu
It was my favorite song from those three singles and second favorite from Love Songs

crossroad was a fucking snoozer though when it came out. It felt like such a chore to listen to compared to what we were used to from her. With time I came to love it but it's more mature.

I didn't even notice that ayu posted new message %) damn, it's so long... I want the translation

another song the remix safed for me. I prefer it to the original

I like the remix, but it's for a different time and place and atmosphere. crossroad, the original, does have its time and place. Usually early, early autumn. Sometimes I listen in spring when the environment calls for it.

Yeah. It is a great song, but it does drag over the middle section. I remember thinking, Oh this is tolerable, but when Melody came around, I honestly thought Ayu was deliberately draining her music of energy or real tired that month.

Anyway you spin it, it was 100x better than Ayu's Valley Girl crisis of late 2012. I have no clue what possessed Ayumi to become 6 shades darker and sing like a baby on You & Me, but I'm so glad that era is over. Does anyone know if she fired the person that brushes her hair during that period? I was pretty surprised by how ratchet her hair looked. I was expecting dread wax, but instead noticed that she stuck clips in her hair to distract from its desperation to be brushed and styled. I call these years Ayu The Explorer because she was a few Spanish words, a hot cousin, and a few pounds off from being Dora.

Lately during my walks I've been cycling through a playlist with Love song, crossroad, petal, and Will. I really adore when she does these pop-folk/Yuming kind of songs.

Lmao.

Obviously, I can't speak for her since I am not Ayu but it seemed to me that she was taking drastic measures to adjust to changes in her life. So, going for a rather extreme image may have been a part of that.

can you tell that's inside?

That sounds really nice! Almost makes me wanna go on a walk! I'd be up for Ayu trying her hand at some folk music.

I have a question for those who received the TA magazine at their Tenso address... Was the sender "ジャレード", the item "Document" and the weight 200g?

Sender: AYUMI　HAMASAKI　OFFICIAL　FANCLUB
Item: Book
Weight 200g

Thanks ~ Kinda weird. My TA goods came with "ジャレード" as the sender before, so it's not a problem. But I'm a bit worried about the "Document" part haha

But I guess it's alright, since the weight is the same?

Sender ジャレード

I think it's the magazine. =)

I also received a 200g package from ジャレード, I guess it's the magazine then.

Thanks guys! I payed for the shipping, so I hope it is actually the magazine and not some weird document from avex that weighs like a magazine haha

Please update us when you get it about what it is, so we might also get a mail from jellade or whoever they are from Tenso. XD

^well, I've got something from Jared (?) last year, too, and it was something from TA. :D

Btw, I just Googled ジャレード and apparently it's a shipping company?

Zutto.. pv is so beautiful. I.ve rewatched it now and I realised I somehow missed the animated ayu parts x...x I can.t explain myself how ))
The frozen part is amazing. One of her best pv moment ever. When I was seeing that ice and coldness, I remembered why I admire ayu so much. Cuz she always takes risks for her work to be done in the best possible way.

As we were talking about dance moves for the last few days, she also did some ballet ones on this pv. Reminds me of the tissue dance. She felt comfortable doing those, so its not impossible for her to dance.

That wasn't her dancing. It was a double.

She had ballet training and yet still needed a body double for her dancing on "Miseinen." I mean... that should really tell you something about what level of natural talent she might have. lol

Well... Ballet training is something you will need over a decade at least to be any good... I don't think she ever trained it for that long...

Most of the people that are really good dancers at 15, 16 were training since they were on theirs 5 or 6...

On 5th August..globe are releasing some sort of self-cover album (I think?)..A Song Is Born is featured on the tracklist..
https://twitter.com/koh_0816/status/608644247902781440

I can totally understand any criticism of Daybreak's PV. Like, I even sympathize with it. But, I just love that PV. I can't even explain it.

I just adore HAL's mix of Daybreak. It is so perfect to me. I remember falling in love with the original version of the song and then listening to HAL's mix. I love that I can enjoy both versions equally. :O

If I could try and put into words what I love about that PV.... I think that her wardrobe is so strange. It's not flattering necessarily and the dark make up with it makes her looks like a ghost. And honestly, I totally understand when people say it looks kind of like she's all covered in toilet paper. But, I wouldn't want it any different.

The video is all about the lyrics, at least that's what if feels like to me. It's not about being super flashy but rather it holds this sincerity and heartfelt emotions in it. Her outfit almost makes her seem otherworldly.

That PV is also my favorite and also I love that version of Daybreak slightly more that one on the album.
Simple yet holds your attention to the very end

Everything about the Daybreak PV is perfect, idgaf what anyone says

Yeah, I like it too. That version of the song is also way better than the album version.

The two versions feel like completely different songs to me. I love them both in different ways, but Daybreak was my first Ayu CD so HAL's mix and the (amazing, tyvm) mixes on that maxi single will always have a special place in my heart. :heart

... I never watched that PV, I dindn't even know there was another version for the video. Feeling so ashaemd of myself rn oh gosh *opening JPS*

Was listening to the acoustic orchestra version of Endless sorrow from ayu-mi-x 4 and it's so flawless like ??? She needs more acoustic guitar in her music lol

Colours is such a good mini album I can't believe it took me a year to listen to it.


I thought the remix sounded a lot like Madonna's Drowned World/Substitute for Love so I always preferred the original :P.

LOL I would so buy a digital album of demos.

Daybreak is a masterpiece and it's very underrated. #justsayin


^ don't forget this one!

i'm glad they're still releasing stuffs for globe. How are they even doing, I miss that group so much.

Wow, Moments sounds really strange in that commercial to me. Like her voice is just a little off.

But I would totally buy a version of Still Alone like the one in the add.

By the way, I'm excited to see all the positive response to my Daybreak rant! XD It was one of the first songs of hers I listened to. :D