Oh I always thought GREEN was an experimental ballad... it's slow, but definitely not 'ballad-ish'... it's very grand though, so it could fit the occasion. :yes

And I just thought of something... last year she performed Mirrorcle World so she didn't sing Days. I guess I would be okay if she sang Days instead, XD

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Ayumi also perform Boys & Girls at Kouhaku?

Wasn't it appears for 1999 instead. Omg I can't really remember, XD

for 1999 it was boys & girls if im correct?

oh dear, XD It appears that I've mixed it up then... sorry!

That's what I wanted to know. I often get confused with which songs she performs since she makes constant appearances on TV.

It was her first appearance and she sung Boys & Girls. :)

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%...AD.8C.E6.89.8B

Soooo:

1999: Boys & Girls
2000: SEASONS
2001: Dearest
2002: Voyage
2003: No way to say
2004: Moments
2005: fairyland
2006: JEWEL
2007: Together When...
2008: Mirrorcle World

She's probably gonna sing Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~.

thanks for that! :)


so, if she's singing the most popular song of the year, I bet she will be singing Rule this year -.-

and also, is that when she forgot the lyrics for Voyage??

^ Nah, the one where she forgets the lyrics to Voyage is the appearance on "130 million people choose the best artist". :)

Wow that's a cool list of hit songs from Ayu! XD Thanks for the info, Joel. :)

In her last message she said that she have written a new song.. so she'll sing that at Kohaku, I guess.
But I don't know Kohaku's date T_T and if the song will be out before it.

^ 31.12.2009

I can't believe eight whole pages have been made with Ayu maybe being in this year's Kouhaku (in which she always is anyways!!) as its focus ( :P ).

I will be really sad if she sings Sunset, lol. D': I'll take any other song off of NEXT LEVEL. Days would be nice, actually. I like how she performs it live. Of course, I want a new song, too, but.. >_<'

yeah, especially when these are just predictions...predictions EVERYBODY made in the same way xD

I don't think she'll do this new song she's been bloggig about. It's too.. new :P too unknown for the Japanese audience.

If she continues with her old ballad-habit, she'll do Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~, or maybe Days / GREEN... VERY maybe :p

If she decides to go 2008 and do a cool up-tempo song again, hopefully she'll do RULE or SPARKLE :luv2 but I better not get my hopes up..

Kouhaku will be taking place on Dec 31st every year & LOL , Tom Punks's gender's female guys 8D

Sparkle would be good. haha
'no no no'

hope she performs the new song!!~

Somehow I don't see Sparkle being well received... It's too risky. As much as I would rather her not, I think she would be safer with a ballad. Sunset to be more specific. She sings that song extremely well.

Thanks guys!!
I'll have to keep a look out for that!
...And make a Jpopsuki account. ;_;

You should make a JPS account! Large files such as a-nation, concerts, etc have a freeleech, so that you don't hurt your ratio! I love JPS. :)

So, I guess she'll performing one of the 3 songs.

I just have a slightly hard time keeping track of all the different sites I'm signed up on... ;__;

Although I love Ayu's ballads, I think I'd prefer something a little more upbeat...
And I think that would help make the red team win. xP

She'll probably do a new track that she'll be performing at the year end shows. It's a little early to be thinking Sunset will be performed, imo.

^ I agree. It will most likely be a new ballad. After the performance of Mirrorcle World last year, I doubt she will be taking any chances with anything other than a ballad.

No need to throw a tantrum, babe. Mine was in regular debating manner as well. Did I directly insult you? No. It's not my fault if you are offended by my bluntness. Cussing and calling me a twit doesn't make you look any better. And I did call you out-- which is why you're retaliating in such a defensive manner.

Are we talking about the same "rule" and "A song for XX" performance? I just cannot agree and I don't care if the majority thinks so. :) That's just an appeal to authority and that doesn't sway me... it's opinion. I can name even more people who think that her vocals were terrible.

Right... and yet you can't even tell the difference between lip-synching and live. You're not convincing me of how supposedly knowledgeable you are, hon.

You were the one touting your opinions as absolute FACTS in the first place. You bear the burden of proof, not me.

Oh dear... I find this hilarious. Get used to people disagreeing with you.

Looking good red team...

^ yup :yes. i'm hoping she'll perform...

I'm sorry to say this but you're wrong here. like sunshine said, writing "you don't know what good singing is" was insulting. the idea of great singing is subjective. I have not been in Japan as much as sunshine, but in my last visit i went to Kyoto to see a Bunraku performance... seriously, the show was totally out of this world :laugh i've never heard something like that. In Japan they had a totally different idea of what singing is about , so you cannot say there is only a good way of singing.

and if you are not respectful with others , you have no right to demand respect from them; luckily Sunshine and Karen are very mellow and down to earth, because if the discussion were with some AHS members that won't hold their tongues (and there are several of them here) , you could get a really offensive reply and things could turn out really ugly. (just take a look at the trolls from last.fm) If you say rude things, you'll find rude answers.

I really hope ayu attends this show :luv2 but don't perform sunrise please!!! >.<!!!

thanks for the compliment Lady_Eowyn :) . I actually had been 'quiet' here despite reading/keeping myself updated in this thread is because I don't want to start an un-necessary verbal fight in the forums , it will like what you said , turned ugly , pointless & baseless .

& well at the end of the day , everyone I'm sure hopes that she will be performing in Kouhaku

the question that's lingering on everyone's mind's should it be confirmed , what song she's going to do ?

ah decisions decisions decisions

am I the only one who's OK with any song that she chose to do in due time ? o_O

^ I also don't really care what she performs. XD Because I'll probably only watch it once anyways and then never again. I guess I would be disappointed if it were Sunset though, because Sunset is like... probably my third least favorite Ayu song?

It'll make more sense if she performs one of her new songs (most likely a ballad) that's yet to be released...or rule. I actually don't mind another performance of rule..as long as she uses those umbrellas again. :D

go red team!!!!

kuu <3 ayu <3 miliyah

Don't you have to be invited as a guest to Kouhaku anyway?

All this and we dont have confirmation? Not that Ayu would turn it down, but I am surprised to see Namie's name there. I thought she didn't do Kouhaku anymore, so why do they get people's hopes up?

^She always is on this list x,x

Why was it she said no last year?

Thank you for clarifying. I just wonder what is the point of putting people's names down if nothing is confirmed. Do people vote for the artists they like?

^ I think it's sort of a...public invite...like say "You can come if you want to" sort of thing.

Well, as far as I know, NHK invites new artists that received a lot of spotlight during the year and old artists that have a lot of prestige...

Namie said once she doesn't feel like taking part on the show anymore, didn't she?

yep, i read that on wiki as well. guess there are several reasons why she doesn't perform at kouhaku anymore.

i'm pretty sure ayu will come this year though. :D she even performed with a broken hand last year lol.. so no reason for her not to come this year
hopefully miliyah will come as well! i believe it will be her first time if she does :)

Hope she will :D

i finally can watch it on tv this year...i remembered i purposely wake up early at around 5 something in the morning to watch the repeat show T_T
hopefully i can watch it without anyone disturbing me :P

when is it?

^ December 31th ._.

i love watching that on nhk~ but i think white team will win again O_o

I just found out that the selection will be announced on October 30th...and/or is that the deadline for registration to win tickets for the Kouhaku audience viewing at the NHK Hall?

http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is the first time Ayu an Namie are in the same show? It's correct?

^ I seriously doubt that xD Ayu has been on TV shows performing AT LEAST 500 times, namie probably just as much and ayu has been on kouhaku every year since 1999, when I think Namie went there as well

Well, Ayu and Utada went to the same show for the first time on 2006... Even if they had their peaks at the same time (1999~2004), released some of her biggest hits on the same years (Ayu: Boys & Girls, A, Seasons, M, H, Voyage... Hikki: First Love, Addicted to you, Wait & See, Can you keep a secret, Traveling, Hikari, Sakura drops) and Utada promoted a lot more back on First Love ~ Distance eras

Just noticed that on 2001 Hikki had the first and the second best selling singles yearly o_O

Are you sure it really was the FIRST show they went to together? maybe there were others before(like award shows, i'm pretty sure the two biggest female artists of that time went to the same award shows)) but there was just nobody making a big fuss about them being in the same show

yeah, it was the first time... and it was a big fuss cuz it was the first time...

^ Yeah it was actually the first. They never were on the same award shows because Hikki never really went to them.

Namie and Ayu however have been on the same show many times.

Namie and Ayu in the same stage at the same time? I have to see that!

grr its always me with the last post before someone orders a stop/change to a matter =P

anyways, when is the list out?? :weep

umm should be soon I guess

since it's already Nov & the event will be taking place on 31st Dec , I say in weeks to come ? :shrug

list should be out soon.
They just decided on the MC - yukie san again~

Posted by Kolongi in the Asian Music thread :

Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Keep in mind, the following list is just a prediction, the list is in alphabetical order:

【Red Team - Female】　○aiko、△alan、△Aoyama Thelma、○Akimoto Junko、○Asamichi Yuki、○Amuro Namie、○ayaka、○Angela Aki、○Ikimonogakari、○Ishikawa Sayuri、○AKB48、○Otsuka Ai、△Kato Miliyah、○Kawanaka Miyuki、△GIRL NEXT DOOR、○Koda Kumi、○Godai Natsuko、○Kobayashi Sachiko、○Sakamoto Fuyumi、○Sakuramaya、△JUJU、△Superfly、△SPEED、○Tendou Yoshimi、○Nakashima Mika、○Nakamura Mitsuko、○Nishino Kana、○Hamasaki Ayumi、○Perfume、△Hara Yuuko、○Hitoto Yo、○Hirahara Ayaka、○Fuji Ayako、×Fujioka Fujimaki and Ohashi Nozomi、○Mizumori Kaori、○Wada Akiko

○High possibility of attending
△Might be attending
×Not attending


yay! I hope it will be a fact! Kuu, Aichan, Ayu, Perfume and alan pleasee.. :luv2

sounds exciting :D

that's the list for the "white team", but I don't have the romaji for it @_@

【White Team】　△秋川雅史、△Ａｑｕａ　Ｔｉｍｅｚ、○中孝介、○嵐、○五木ひろし、○井上陽水、○ＥＸＩＬ Ｅ、○大江裕、○加藤清史郎、○北島三郎、△北山たけし、○キマグレン、△木山裕策、○コブクロ、○ジェロ 、×羞恥心ｗｉｔｈＰａｂｏ、○ＳＭＡＰ、○東方神起、△ＴＯＫＩＯ、○徳永英明、○ 氷川きよし、○樋口了一、○ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ、○平井堅、△ヒルクライム、○福山雅治、○布施明、△ポルノグ ラフィティ、○前川清、○美川憲一、 ×Ｍｒ．Ｃｈｉｌｄｒｅｎ、△水谷豊、○森進一、△森山直太朗、△矢沢永吉、○ＷａＴ

○High possibility of attending
△Might be attending
×Not attending

yay~:heart a lot of my favorite artists are most likely attending <3.

I really hope ayaka sings. I didn't think I'd get to see another live because of the hiatus. But as long as Ayu and Kuu are there I'll be happy. Wouldn't hurt for Ai Otsuka to be there, either. I love her live vocals.

Arashi has been confirmed to perform for the first time. Hello victory to the white team again.

Oh my God, no!! D: Red stands no chance now, lol. :weep

Really? Well...we gotta have faith guys >_>

Maybe Arashi might make the white team the dominators of the decade... Unless the girls can really prove they have "got some game" there...

^ It doesn't matter how freakin' amazing the girls sing now. Arashi could sit there and freakin' fart into the mics for all the fangirls care--they'll still win. ;__;

^

:roflmao that's true (sorry Arashi's fans :innocent)

Glad to see Superfly and Kana Nishino!
I don't know if Ayaka can perform something, but oh well I hope it :yes

I'm not sure if Ayaka will even go for it, especially after she did her final public solo performance last week...

"Nikkan Sports, <Arashi participates Kohaku, break Johnny’s frame rule> Popular group Arashi breaks “Rule of 2 frames of Johnny’s agency” and participate Kohaku song festival for the first time. Arashi has grown up national group which meets the case as popularity and their skill. Johnny’s accept NHK passionate offer and give positive signal that they participate 60th Kohaku song festival along with senior groups Smap and Tokio. NHK announces Participant artists 23 December officially. Sanspo, participation of popular group Arashi is positive. Best album released August accomplished million hit. Singing and drama including individual performance are going so strong. If they participate for the first time, they unfailingly must revitalizie it. Also there’s information about junior unit Yuma Nakayama with B.I. shadow appears"

So the rest of the performers won't be officially announced until Dec. 23rd. But I'm sure NHK wants to use Arashi as promotion, so they get announced officially much earlier.

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

this just makes my morning :laugh

wonders on what they're gonna sing on 31st dec . Am hoping for Tokei Jikake no Umbrella but somehow I doubt it :(

I hope Ayu will be there. She performed great last year even with a broken hand so I'm sure this time around will be great too! (oh. I hope Tohoshinki comes too I saw them on the list)

Yeah, I doubt it. :) It will probably be a ballad like Ashita no Kiouku.

yeah unfortunately so :(

LOL Ashita no Kioku's too depressing slightly to be sung on 31st Dec D: . Maybe My Girl or Everything will be better ?

but anyway before I go off topic , I hope ayumi will be present at the event too . Would be kinda strange if she declined it this year hmmm

She would be foolish to not go. This would be one more thing to keep her in people's minds, like, "hey, Ayu!! ^_^--She has a new single, right?? Maybe I should try it," lol. ;)

wow ARASHI is participating. gg red team.

ayu are you serious?? namie is high possibility of attending??? :luv2

Ow I see ;_;
oh well I can't wait for Ayu (yep I'm optimistc lol).
I wonder which song she will perform, You were... or BALLAD? It should be a surprise if she perform Red Line lol :D

Maybe BALLAD... That song has a tie-in for that NHK drama...

Ayu is confirmed to be appearing

http://community.livejournal.com/ara...06.html#cutid1

http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/artists/index.html

Confirmed. :yes

EDIT: Doh, didn't even see the post right above mine :laugh

I really hope she'll perform BALLAD. That's the song I want to hear most. :luv2

yea, i really hope she performs something from the new single :)

oh it's fantastic that she will be appearing at the event after all :D

goody goody , I will be editing the 1st post & ask a mod to change the thread title slightly :)

happy it has been confirmed :yes

kuu, ayu and ai :luv2 I hope Ayu perform You were... *_*

Nice! :yes I'm so happy! :D

yay! there is no reason for ayu to not go for it anyway.. :) She managed to squeeze in a first-to-perform before a 3.5 hours long PCDL. !

Hey guys, I have a question!
I remember that I watched last year's Kouhaku live on internet, but I can't remember what program I used to do this...

Is NHK the channel that will broadcast it? If it is, I can watch it with KeyHole, right?

Ayu will perform Rule only because/and she is the first singer with EXILE for the other team so it must breaking out !

^ What do you mean by "breaking out"? :P

^ Means start the show with a bang, lol

I can't wait to see which song ayu performs

Rule

I hope she makes a epic stage for it. Rule is an intense song afterall

I heard that Susan Boyle will appear on Kohaku =)
http://community.livejournal.com/ara...nt/455607.html

^That's.......very random. haha

I really like Susan Boyle...I can't believe people are cruel about her...haha.

Who's planning on watching on KeyHoleTV?

^ NHK-G has never been available through KeyHoleTV. :(

There is a channel named as 総合テレビ, which could be it, but it doesn't load.