Oh crap. :thud I'll hope to be pleasantly surprised, but oh crap. :thud

It's this kind of decision making lately that is making me scratch my head. Is no one going up to Ayumi and telling her that the PVs from those people weren't exactly well received?

I'm guessing that Ayu is the type of person who doesn't really care if people dislike it... like, as long as she is feeling that it's good [like all the work Kazuyoshi has done since 2008 started]... it's good to her, even when in comparison to her previous works, they're not at all at the same level..

It's a wonder that it got worse as 2008 rolled around with Kazuyoshi.. but I'm hoping that 2009 has no more Kazuyoshi or Takahide..

SERIOUSLY??? :thud...where did you get that from? :dead2

These ppl should go away forever: Kazuyoshi Shimomura, Takahide Ishii, Luis Hernandez, and Wong Hoi and his crew. They are the reason why we haven't been getting great pvs. :gnash...There are some great concepts but too bad they're ruined.

^haha! sometimes i really wonder...do they even check on people's feedback...but o well..
i really think this MV is gonna be something. The chinese culture thing is quite fresh esp for the western audience right? so, there is bound to be something new for most people in this MV...

about Days, i really hope she is making a "STEP you/is this LOVE?"-esque single. One upbeat, One dark. same as with fairyland c/w alterna...

Ayu's "kakoii" is somewhat different rite? She could describe Marionette as Kakoii the other time..and she probably meant GREEN? then again, there is the choreography..
so i hope her Kakoii this time is for a cool "Startin' or until that Day..."-like kinda song...

(she still owes us a summer song LOl)

To be honest, I'm one of those praising the old pvs over the new ones as well. There are lots of things making the old ones better than the new ones. Yes, the techniques should be better now, and avex should have more money to throw to ayu's pvs. What I think about the new pvs tho...
1) glamorous, glamorous, and glamorous.
2) ayu's overacting.
3) no concept at all.
4) poor directing (yeah we can blame the directors for that).

Technically the old pvs aren't that well made (I watched TO BE pvs a few days ago and found out that the stars in the pv are kinda suck). But the pvs are very close to the song itself, and they actually connected to the lyrical contents deeply. Also, back then ayu wasn't just making herself ONLY glamorous. It's like she had more than one dimension back in the old days. Also, she was much more creative back then. All of her pvs are really well done between LOVEppears --> I am... era. I started feeling her pvs not getting as good as used to be when she released Free & Easy. Also, none of her pvs in RAINBOW are good at all (F&E, Voyage, Real me, RAINBOW). Her pvs got better during Memorial address. Then, her pv were only good between MY STORY --> (m)u era. After that I don't consider her pvs are good at all. I love JEWEL and (Don't) leave me alone, but they can't compared to the old pvs at all.

My personal fav pvs from ayu: LOVE~Destiny~, TO BE, appears, kanariya, vogue-Far away-SEASONS-, M, evolution, Dearest, ourselves, No way to say, Because of you, etc...

I don't know, for me it's hard to believe that someone would love, say for example, Kouki Tange's work, but then still feel that stuff like glitter/fated is just as good. :shrug. Sometimes I do wonder if it's a case of someone gets too famous and then suddenly they get locked into a pattern and they get surrounded by "yes men" that tell them no matter what they do it's amazing, brilliant, etc etc so that then they eventually start to lose the perspective of what in their career was actually the amazing, brilliant stuff and they themselves can no longer tell the difference. Anyone have any idea what I'm saying? :)


Bluegie: You had me with you until you said that Ayu's PVs went downhill after I am... :) Really? You said that Free and Easy and Rainbow are bad, but I think those are two of her best. Usually you don't find too many negative opinions about those two pvs.

I would die for another RAINBOW pv. Come to think of it, its not like ayu stopped using the ppl we like. She's just using them for something else that we don't care as much. Leslie kee did photos for cdl 07-08...and wataru Takeshi did asia tour 07 taskinst video (and possibly asia tour 08 as well) and decision pv.

I dunno I thought RAINBOW was pretty darn good... one of the better ones I think. The concept in it was clear, it was visually appealing, great location (her own country!!! lol) and she looked great... Maybe I just don't see the concepts in her old PVs as clearly (some I do, but most I don't...) I dunno. But I don't think it's fair to say her new PVs have NO concept at all. I think it's just presented in a different way. But people can not see it maybe because of all the glam?

I think new or old, she has some good ones, bad ones and weird ones hahaha

^^ lol. Ok guys, back in your corners. No one is a troll, least of all Luv_Venus. Ayumi is great. Utada is great. Everyone is great, but everyone is different.

wow

troll?? lol


no one is a troll!!!
xDD

I guess everyone has different standards to what makes a good PV! I'm certainly finding that compared to many people here, my standards are low xD; (especially if many would agree Ayu's recent PVs are bad.) To each his own opinion I guess. But I kind of have a feeling GREEN will blow everyone away. At least that's what I'm hoping... And hopefully Days too!


*edit*

Sorry to spin slightly off topic, but...
Has anyone noticed one of the tags to this thread is "so wet so tight".... <.<;...

LOL thats the best "end the fighting comment" ever.
everyone is the best, lets all be friends haha
XD

true

we all should share our way of thinking, and not attacking other people or artists

I used to talk bad about other artists, but I learned lol

so I'm good now

^^

:roflmao

OMG, gross! :laugh

^ Isn't it!?

I wonder if Rody! did it on purpose xD;

um ew..who put that tag there?
ok i just got the green day joke XD

What I'm seeing on this forum is a lot of people who just don't care about lyrics and music as much as image. Who cares if the pv isn't spectacular? Who cares if the cd doesn't get the #1 position? Who cares? What I really care about is the music, the lyrics and the emotion and hard work put into those things. I see that a lot of people here don't even understand basic lyrics and don't really pay attention to the meaning of the music and the meaning of much else. There are so many people obsessed with sales and image that they've all forgotten how to listen to and appreciate a damn good song. I think that's pretty tragic.

Im the kind of person who don't take lyrics seriously but I have to say ayu's lyrics are pretty deep and emotional.

Still, I don't pay much attention in the lyrics but the music and vocal themselves. I think Ayu's music is getting much better and better.

About the image. She never fails me. She has both musical, conceptual and artistic PVs. You just need to take the good things in and just stop all the complaints. As if Ayu is going to listen to you all anyway.



I wonder when we will get a preview for days.

How does caring about the PVs = not caring about the music and lyrics? In fact most people would argue the opposite that these days the PVs focus too much on a glamorous image and not enough on content...

The fact is that a big part of Ayumi's career has been that she is known for having excellent PVs that really drive home the message of a deeper meaning to the song. Ayumi is not known and revered for having average PVs, but amazing ones.