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BALLAD is pretty boring. it's really pretty, but boring.
the song doesn't really go anywhere...there's no climax..
the instrumentals are really pretty though, so I'll probably listen to the instrumental version alot.

but it's okay, I love You were...!

I just only waited that you were PV was about all the tinkerbell stuff with images of the movie(like the other disney stars that put her music in any movie) or something like that I don´t expected this...

LOVE it.. weird in beautiful way.. artistic..

BALLAD's translation, romaji & kanji (by me):

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Originally Posted by tenshi no hane (Post 2179399)

BALLAD's translation, romaji & kanji (by me):

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Thanks for this! Oh, Ayu.....:(

BALLAD's instrumental's very beautiful but i don't like her way of singing !
And why do many people complain about there's no Tinkerbell image in You were pv .... ~~!Come on ! This just prove that Ayu considers it as her own song , not just a theme song ! It shows her respect to what she sings .

BALLAD sounds like Dolls + GREEN. Love it!

Great songs, great covers, great PV -- best single since Mirrorcle World!

It seems to me that BALLAD is better than You Were... :yes

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Originally Posted by RPGames (Post 2179416)

BALLAD sounds like Dolls + GREEN. Love it!

Great songs, great covers, great PV -- best single since Mirrorcle World!

Ya! I got the Doll's vibe from the opening too. It was creepy in a good way

BALLAD reminds me just a little of part of Me. :heart

and oh God BALLAD is so pretty, and fragile... she sounds so vulnerable here it kinda makes me sad!

I have to say this single is gonna have to be my favorite single from Ayu, and Days/GREEN was like so close too...XD

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Originally Posted by RPGames (Post 2179416)

BALLAD sounds like Dolls + GREEN. Love it!

Great songs, great covers, great PV -- best single since Mirrorcle World!

I avctually said it sounds like Dolls + WILL today xD
But your description fits as well^^ Definitly getting a very strong Dolls vibe from it.

I should have never ever listened to the chakuuta version - it killed the song

Now that i have heard to hq version - BALLAD sounds better than intial. Together with you were, this single is very promising~

to those who wanna order Jacket A from CDJapan,please be hurry because they left 10 more first press only

for the song I prefer BALLAD for lyric I prefer You Were...

To me, BALLAD is recent masterpiece of collaboration between ayu and DAI; soothing and flawless (well not really but still! it's much much better than you were...)

thank you tenshi as always. lyrics of BALLAD are beautiful :(

ballad>>>>>>>>> you were

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Originally Posted by cutieismylife (Post 2178834)

This single is shaping up to be my favorite Ayu release since... I don't know when, everything is just working together to create a really solid release. I really can't say many negative things about it. The quality of the music in both the songs released is just so superior to what she's been recently churning out, and the emotion that is conveyed in both songs is, to me, very powerful.

I had a good laugh reading some of the posts about there being a lack of budget for this release, especially in regards to the PV for You were... at first, I admit I was just going "what the hell is going on here?" but after reading some of the interpretations (although some were just ridiculous... sometimes a teddy bear glove is just a teddy bear glove) it made more sense to me and I was able to appreciate it more. Not to mention, Ayu herself looks absolutely gorgeous although I wish different lighting was used to illuminate the crystals on her face and body instead of just making her look oily in the dim lighting. But perhaps the darkness was intentional to convey her state of mind.

To me, taking the time to create 2D trees and make sure all of them are illuminated in an indoor set would certainly be more time-consuming and expensive than to just dump a bunch of fake snow outside and film her there. I believe that this was deliberate. The pop-up storybook effect is powerful as the PV does show a story and the PV connects with the lyrics.

Anyway, this post will probably be ignored and will be followed by a bunch of comments how cheap it is, how boring the songs are, how bad her voice is, etc, but I just wanted to say something nice, and that I truly feel like this single is a job well done.

I love for everything what you said :)

This single is very stunning I Love You were especially the PV and ballad is Magic >< Full of feelings =)

I love both songs so far especially BALLAD is so soothing to me and I can listen to it when I want to relax and enjoy. I need the 320 kbps HQ versions though to truly enjoy the music.