Interesting fact about the song 'Memorial address'
 

Ayu's 'Memorial address' is in fact a COVER SONG taken off the band called 'LOVER SOUND TRACK'. The band is seldom noticed, and the original song has more of a lively feel instead of the sentimental theme conveyed in Memorial address. The original song's title is '»jµï' (or 'Spider' in english) which is included in LOVER SOUND TRACK's single released this February.

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http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail.asp?sku=630325

I remember reading about this over a week ago, but wasn't sure what it actually meant. The band has an official site, which can be found here:

http://www.lover-sound-track.com/top.html

If you notice on the site, it has this little tidbit on it:

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The "spider" of LOVER SOUND TRACK is covered and recorded on Bonus Track of Ayumi Hamasaki's NEW album [Memorial address] put on the market on December 17.

But.. does this mean that 'Memorial Address' is actually called "Spider' ? Or... does it mean that perhaps 'Memorial Address - take 1 version' is part of what we heard in the intro of the Take 2 version? I'm not sure about this... :think

how is it a cover when Ayumi wrote it?

ayu wrote the WORDS

Then it's HER song ... even it someone else sings it .. it's still HER song ... hense, it wouldn't be a cover. A cover is a song written by someone else, sang by someone else, etc.

It's like saying, a songwritter is doing a cover of the song they wrote themselves. Before someone else even does it.

well u could say it is a remake since the original song does exist...........ayu only rewrite the lyrics but the melody itself is not
i like the original more for some reason and the vocal sound like ayu too

yep its Her SONG... ^^ i still confuse about memorial address and spider... it seems the title are too far in difference^^

i wouldnt exactly call it a cover..it's just like duty, really, where they used the tune with different words..haha. the sample of this is in the other thread..:) check it out.

oh wow, it sounds exactly the same, I dunno about the lyrics

Sorry, it's my mistake to call it a cover song.
I meant that 'Memorial address' and 'Spider' share the same piece of music composed by tetsuya yukumi. And that's the only thing the two songs have in common. Apart from that, the songs got different arrangements, lyrics.

same as 'hikari' and 'Simple and Clean' :D

interesting o.o; I had no idea.. I was scared when I read this that the lyrics weren't hers..

but I'm glad that they are <3

Didn't Ayu do the same thing with Free & Easy? The first part is from the Joan of Arc movie...

What was Duty's original music from?

After reading some posts from their BBS, I found out that both memorial address and angel's song are composed by Tetsuya Yukumi from Love Sound Track....So i think they own those songs. Many record companies look for songs from different resources.

Thanks for clearing things up, everyone :)

oh.. ^_^ i got a bit scared also...

oh thanx for the clarification

If you click the cover image on this page, you can hear a small part of the song which sounds like Memorial Address, although like stated above, the 2 songs are composed by Tetsuya Yukumi.

so ayu/D.A.I. is slackin offO.o??

Hey jerms what was Duty´s original song from? I'm curious too because I never heard it was inspired in another song.

check the official website...look atthe track listing of duty