aiya...fairyland...i was looking forward to another song...

mika nakashima is performing yuki no hana...again o_O"

This year's Kouhaku's songlist was by a popularity vote. So yup, I think fairyland was selected. I went back to hear my fairyland single again and seriously, it doesn't sound that bad as people make it out to be. Very beautiful PV and the song's not bad and really summery.

fairyland... how anti-climatic :D

i just happen to love fairyland!
my favorite song this year!

r u kidding me?

I don't think Fairyland was the favorite track of Japanese people, I mean, if it was the sales would be higher than Heaven and Step You and it wasn't. I think not all the things were selected by audience and Avex and Ayumi decided to sing Fairyland because that was the song that they spent lots of money in promotion and stuff.

my name's WOMEN was the favorite by japanese people? Wasn't Walking Proud? In lots of polls it was the number 1 choice and it's the way japanese people like it, they like ballads with beautiful lyrcis.

STEP you/is this LOVE? CD+DVD had the exclusive my name's WOMEN PV as an extra and HEAVEN took a trip on shinobi...fairyland wasn't even promoting anything important so there's no way you can tell what her fans in japan liked better unless we see a poll. The sales difference wasn't even that huge either. Moments was the least sold single of '04 still that song ranked better than CAROLS, GAME and INSPIRE on the TeamAyu Poll :P

I checked back the info and you're right though the 3rd and 4th songs were actually HONEY and my name's WOMEN (probably the 2 most hated songs of MY STORY here in AHS. If ayu were to say she would have sang one of those on the event last year, I bet a lot of ppl would be get shocked at how could she pick her worst songs -when they actually were some of the favorites in Japan). The 2nd in the poll is About You so that means the 3 next songs following walking proud aren't ballads:

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...name%27s+WOMEN

The only ballad up there is walking proud actually, the 3 following songs are either upbeat or happy songs. Plus that's untrue that japanese ppl mainly like ballads with beautiful lyrics :rolleyes ai otsuka actually sang "sakuranbo" on kouhaku last year (it was the favorite ai song at that time for japanese ppl, not amaenbo LOL). See in that poll: Moments was the single that sold least in 04, still it was much more favorite than INSPIRE/GAME and CAROLS in that poll :P

I'm not trying to say that fairyland was japanese ppl's favorite ayu song of '05, I'm just trying to defend that it is wrong to assume that it was a wrong decision to choose that song just because some of you considered this her worst song this year. It doesn't necessarily mean that it will be the worst for japanese ppl as well.

fairyland was actually a really great song.

ya I tink fairyland's great. ^^ thanks for the news.

???? i think it fits perfectly...
i'm glad fairyland will be performed instead of HEAVEN, i mean, i love HEAVEN, but the song is way overperformed, fairyland performance will be interesting, thanks for the news!

Awww alterna needs some attention!

or at least Step You

Meh, not happy with her choice. Fairyland has been performed so many times already...
Does Ayu herself decide what song she's going to sing?

No, it's true, actually. Ai Otsuka and BoA are artists that the main and most popular songs are upbeat songs, but this don't change the fact ballads with beautiful lyrics or balladas with R&B are VERY popular in Japan for a long time. Even Utada Hikaru said so in interviews with american media.

I love fairyland too...did anyone ever care to think that maybe fairyland is Ayu's favorite song?

ayu is also very well know for her upbeat songs.

^:yes

i thought that she will sing HEAVEN as in previous years she sings ballads

I wonder why she'll not to sing alterna? Why even 1 live performance of alterna wasn't showed? :(

I think Ayu is saving Alterna and Will for the new tour. The only song I don't see her performing at the tour is In the Corner.

I don't get why so many ppl doesn't like fairyland.. I think it's pretty good..