I'm holding out until my copy gets here to listen to the new tracks...I want to savor the last time I'll be able to do that with her music :'(

Was anything changed to the music or just new vocals?
I also hope that the mastering is done well.:yes
I think I will buy Finally at some point. I wish there was a different edition that included the original versions of her songs.

En Girlschannel?? Si la aman. Girlschannel loves Namie and Utada and hates Ayu and Koda, dont know why lol

Sí, la aman lol. Now wake up to reality puta:

Amuro Namie, the first live broadcast appearance after retiring announcement "802 RADIO MASTERS" 11.08

http://up.gc-img.net/post_img_web/20...054_14625.jpeg

15. 匿名 2017/11/01(水) 11:25:09 [通報]

I'm not telling anyone, but I couldn't care less.

17. 匿名 2017/11/01(水) 11:34:42 [通報]

When you declare your retirement, you're nothing more than an expired product.

23. 匿名 2017/11/01(水) 11:40:26 [通報]

How many more times will you announce your retirement Amuro?

25. 匿名 2017/11/01(水) 11:41:14 [通報]

I wonder if the corrected face appears bad, she will not appear on TV

http://up.gc-img.net/post_img/2017/1..._MOsJN_25.jpeg

26. 匿名 2017/11/01(水) 11:42:06 [通報]

I'm tired.
It's not AKB, it is too long for retirement. It was good if within the year.

32. 匿名 2017/11/01(水) 11:54:09 [通報]

Have you already retired?

37. 匿名 2017/11/01(水) 12:15:53 [通報]

>>25
Is this picture not modified？

39. 匿名 2017/11/01(水) 12:28:09 [通報]

I'm retiring!
Yes, the end!
I'm cooler and cooler

46. 匿名 2017/11/01(水) 13:02:32 [通報]

Not many people are interested.

http://girlschannel.net/topics/1411780/

Wow this is the biggest building poster I have seen yet

In Dotonbori Osaka almost 10 stories tall.... this is even bigger than the Tower Records in Shibuya

https://i.imgur.com/F3K0wsK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/JdwbNsE.jpg

NEW LOOK is one of my favorites and I dislike the way the new version sounds. They've really beefed up the "beat," and it's quite distracting.

@ lfe - wow that's awesome , wish I saw such a huge poster when I went Osaka beginning of this year :x

I did walked past Don Quijote when my sister & I went to visit Dotonbori

I'm pretty sure Finally promo will be reflected on the TSUTAYA EBISUBASHI building as videos & big posters have been known to be played on it

When I went , they were promoting SID's Glass no Shounen single & it was awesome seeing it as I support/listen to them

@ Zeke. - I don't quite like the new version of NEW LOOK either :x

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Funky Town (Finally ver.) http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5409715330

Yes, the music changed as well. In some tracks there are more prominent changes but I'm sure all of the tracks will be different in some ways even if it might not be too apparent.

She does lack the energy in her vocals is what I noticed. And she doesn't hit the notes the same way, i.e. a lot of the times she takes it down as if she can't be bothered.

Regarding NEW LOOK, the beat does sound distracting, but honestly these radio versions sound awful and there's tons of distortion so here's hoping to that CD quality doesn't disappoint as much.

Yeah, I'll wait for the CD rip. The quality of these radio rips kind of make it sound like she's singing karaoke to her own songs lol

Finally 30 seconds TV spot



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AvJ2kiTbkQ

Also as people have previously said , Namie did mentioned in considering to retire 5 years ago back when she was doing promo for Uncontrolled

https://www.facebook.com/Namienewsne...4755089563652/

I feel like Namie's lack of energy in her older songs could be due to her generally being more controlled with her singing technique especially as of the past few years. What do y'all think?

More pictures of Finally being promoted in Japan

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5410515381

Oh wow

I loved she specifically said she'd like to mentor girls ;P I dislike male singers hahaha so I'm glad hahaha

still no leak?

Namie on the cover of HMV's the music & movie master Nov '17 issue

http://img.hmv.co.jp/hybridimage/new...eadline_L.jpeg

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/newsdetail/article/1710301022/

the music & movie master is a free magazine that can be pick up at any HMV stores in Japan , just like Tower Records's tower+ (you don't need to buy anything just to get either 1 in both CD stores)

The issue with Namie on the cover already started to get distributed on Halloween

The weird thing about having all these songs redone is that, every single song will be in her current voice, so the originality from track to track essentially disappears. I think listening to everything at once won't be as fun as it will to hear these randomly every once in a while. If that makes sense...

The small details in her tone and such that the original tracks have in them has very much to do with her age, experience (or lack of because she was still young), trends of the decade, vocal training, etc.

So I'm taking this release more as a great bonus. It's rare that artists would re record this many songs...

That all being said, Say the word brought an instant smile to my face. I can feel the happiness...

I'm still curious why she decided to resing her recent songs :shrug I couldn't tell any major difference in Funky Town, and I dont think it's necessary IMO. But nevertheless, I still appreciate she did something unusual for her songs though, it will be plain boring if she just packed her songs into a best album.

Off topic though, but one of my fav singer hitomi did a self cover in her past best album, where she sang with her older self, ex:

verse1 old vocal
verse2 new vocal
chorus old+new vocal

etc. I think it will be a great idea if Namie did the same way too

I read rumors that she actually hasn't gained the right to the original mixes and hence is re.doing all the songs prior Red Carpet, which was the first DP single.

she started Dimension Point before FEEL though? I think TSUKI is her first DP single?

:laugh


I think she sounds more autotuned too, but it may just be the quality. I like how instead of straining for notes in some of the new recordings she goes into falsetto, like when she sings “kaeru” at 49 second into the new Say the word.