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New single MOON / blossom 7/14, 1st part of 3 single project [III]
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I can't wait for the covers to appear. I wonder what they'll look like...
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hope the covers have blossoms on them, that'd be so kawaii
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Well.. If she takes the title very seriously, we'll get a cover where she's bathing in moonlight among the sakura trees :luv2
(but it'll probably just be a studio glamour shot) |
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^ nice! But MOON really doesn't like a summer single -_- so I classify it to vogue Far away SEASONS II |
Ah, I wish we'd have new information soon!! It's going to be released so soon!!
Ah, and this is such a coincidence... Ayu's newest 2 releases were both on birthdays in my family XD Rock 'n' Roll Circus was April 14th, my brother's birthday, and MOON/blossom is July 14th, my step brother and step sister's birthdays!! <3 |
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I hope the 3 singles' covers will have some kind of pattern, a la vogue-Far away-SEASONS. As a few people have mentioned before, I agree that at least this cover should feature Ayu with the moon.
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I always have higher hopes for singles than the album (sceptical about albums Oo) and it's arghhhh killin' me, waiting waiting waiting~
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I wish... the cover will feature ayu standing on the moon instead of the moon hanging in the sky.
Then.. some sorta beautiful weird flowers surrounding her, instead of the usual sakura. Besides, the sakura season is gone already. |
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I'd like a cover with Ayu lying on the water. Like the 2010 calendar's pic, but with long pale blond hair, white dress lotus flowers all around her and moon reflection.
Would be a nice cover imo. |
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No beachy theme with flowers, noooo!~ So clique :D And the Sunrise cover was so ugly :C |
I usually don't buy singles but I'm hoping that she does something special with these upcoming singles to commemorate her journey to her 50th single like she did with her 10th anniversary singles. I've been debating which CD I should buy but I think it may just come down to the cover and if she does anything special with it.
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I'm so excited for the remixes!!!
for the cover, I just want something like & with the moon behind her |
I hope something better than Sunrise /Sunset please
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^ I don't think that it would be possible for it to be worse unless they tried really hard. Doesn't she have a new design team and everything now? The design for YW/B and RnRC was great.
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Yeah, I'm actually confident in the covers.
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I'm really anxious to see the covers...I just hope it's not another Mirrocle World or Days/GREEN-looking cover :thud
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I'm still waiting for the picture of the TA uchiwa before ordering from mumo
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Thread #3! Woot woot! :D
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Those are like my favorite Ayu covers :luv2 (seriously, like half the reason I'm buying the singles is so I can look at those gorgeous covers in person lol)! So I pretty much hoping the opposite, lol. But again, as long as the covers look NOTHING like S/S then I'm good. XD |
agreed
ANYTHING but S/S style will be fine |
It seems everyone knows she got a new design team - how does everyone know this? Lol.
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Who is this "everyone"? lol. She just used a different team for RnRC... did she say she was completely changing it up now or something?
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Utsumizm started to go by Mizumo, her design team changed from RICE MOMOYA to random other design firms (You were.../BALLAD, the TeamAyu magazines since then, and Rock'n'Roll Circus/AT09 were done by different people. The AT08/AT09 book was probably the last thing they did...), her nailist changed from Bancho to the assistant nailist (now head nailist) Minazou, and a few other random little things. (Bancho still randomly hangs out with Ayu, so it's not like they split and went separate ways or anything.) I just thought things felt a bit different, and after looking things up, it seems like the the people who were a part of RICE MOMOYA all left, or that group just dissolved. Shinichi Hara is no longer the Art Director/Design Director for her works. (he basically owned RICE MOMOYA I think?) There is one name or two that was originally RICE MOMOYA that's now under some other name that I saw recently. -rambling- |
I hope the cover will be gorgeous, it's for her 48th-50th single anyway! :luv2
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7月14日（水）LIVE DVD『ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2009-2010 A ～Future Classics～』発売決定！(♥-̮♥) (♥-̮♥) (♥-̮♥)
source: TeamAyu :) |
^OMG!!! Finally!!!~~
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wow.great!i will wait for OS press
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7月14日（水）LIVE DVD『ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2009-2010 A ～Future Classics～』発売決定！
NEW LIVE DVD 『ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2009-2010 ～Future Classics～』が、 NEW SINGLE 「MOON / blossom」「blossom / MOON」と同じく7/14（水）に同時発売決定！ 2009年大晦日、国立代々木競技場第一体育館で“Future Classics”と銘打って開催されたカウントダウン・ライヴ「ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2009-2010 ～Future Classics～」を待望のDVD化！ 6年ぶりの歌唱となった「teddy bear」や2009年の大ヒットSINGLE「You were...」など、新旧織り交ぜた人気曲の数々を、様々な演出とステージ・パフォーマンスで表現した、 まさに過去を踏襲し未来へと繋がるライヴショウケースのひとつの完成形。 2010年の幕開けを感動とともに迎えたスペシャル・ライヴを2枚組で完全収録！ ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2009-2010 ～Future Classics～』 2010.7.14 in stores ￥6,090 (tax incl.) AVBD-9181 【LIVE DVD】 01. I am... 02. Moments 03. STEP you 04. EnergizE 05. About You 06. momentum 07. You were... 08. Pride 09. INSPIRE 10. Because of You 11. 1 LOVE 12. until that Day... 13. Humming 7/4 14. evolution 15. Startin' ＜encore＞ 16. teddy bear 17. Sunrise ～LOVE is ALL～ 18. Boys ＆ Girls 19. RED LINE ～for TA～ ※商品内容等、詳細は確定次第、随時更新致します。 |
no emcee session??? o.O
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i don't mean to have another disc for emcee session :P |
^ CD Japan lists 2 discs so I guess there will be a extra-DVD with the MC + encore + backstage & rehearsals scenes!!
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I want a cover uglier than Sunrise so I can appreciate Sunrise.
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I would want something in those lines for the covers :
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^WOW I love those covers!! *O* So natural... the first one is ♥
I hope the covers are something like that ^^ |
Your covers are great, but i preffer them more fantastic
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Thank you^^
I'm going for something natural/candid! I hope it will be the case |
I think it'd be sweet to have a cover like this:
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But, I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that would like such a weird cover. xD |
^ Is that.. ayu holding a fake moon? Oh man, I think there would be more complaints than the S/S cover if that happened.
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LOL
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Reminding everyone though that it's MOON/blossom though yeah maybe there will be a moon and the MOON/blossom versions and something with flowers in the blossom/MOON versions if at all. xD
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I prefer sthg like this
http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/...o/b6016426.jpg but Mirrorcle remind me of Kose http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/...d29d820463.jpg |
^yes!!! something like the first one and
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lmao it looks like she's being lifted on a huge balloon I'm so glad this thread is in the beginning and not the 27 page :laugh |
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^ OMG! this is exactly! but with some flowers on her dress~~~ :D
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It feels like forever ago that the blossom CM was released.
Impatience. |
LOL, okay maybe I should've explained my cover... xD
She's supposed to be hanging off the moon, but I guess it's now left for interpretation, hahaha... |
If the covers would be as the ones on very top ... never I would buy the cd, no matter if I like the songs, urgh, no thanks ! She should refine heavily her cover concept because .... or maybe get a concept ! *roll eyes* people say who care about the cover ? Me I do, no wish to get that at home !
Her best summer cover is Blue bird for me, the poster is even better ! |
^^I like the idea haha
But I hope she stops making diva covers and for this one makes a natural one. I love her previous covers (even S/S in its own way lol), but I'd love to see a natural one ^^ |
the more I listen to MOON..the live wan...the more I feel like Ayu sings so superbly..The emotion in the song and more importantly and actually picture a STORY within the MELODY. I think thats the magic Hoshino has...not saying that the other composers lack it..but clearly, MOON's melody progresses very beautifully and the arrangement from Yuta just made it another heart-wrenching rock ballad.
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Ok let's be realistic here, ayu is never going to have a "natural" CD cover.
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I can't find links on mu-mo http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/standart/mda.gif
single still unavailable? |
Maybe something with a cross of cherry blossoms and a moon on the cover. That would be pretty :). Probably be a little too overwhelming but. it's something! Along with ayu's pretty little face of course! :laugh
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Kuu had a very pretty covers for her Moon, I hope Ayu won't ruin hers ^^
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Personally, i didn't even listen to the live until the end, mostly because of Ayu's voice... And i don't find that the melody "progresses very beautifully" : it comes to the chorus TOO suddenly! Maybe it will be better with CD-quality, but so far, i don't like MOON, neither blossom, and actually i don't know where the hell is the "Rock" which all of you find in this single... :rolleyes |
so apparently Hexagon All Stars is releasing a single on the same day as ayu.
Shuchishin, were a HUGE threat to Mirrorcle World, so this could be troublesome: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=PCCA-3212 |
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I'm waiting for mu-mo too =_=
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Hexagon All Stars might actually be troublesome ... but their groups always sell less and less with each and every release.
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Hexagon's groups' sales have been going down a lot. I think the fad kinda died down. (Except for Yusuke, I guess?) And Shuchishin was really the only super successful group from there, I think.
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Did anyone even find anything "Rock" about this single? :shakehead I think you should calm down tbh. |
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Wait, people are saying MOON is...rock? Wut? >_> Ayumi's "rock" standards are actually a lot more 'rock' than many 'rock bands' these days (which are often just as pop as she is, lol), so that's not any more proof... Honestly, I hear more keyboard than anything, and only significant guitar in the beginning and bridge. Even the chorus has normal amount, at least for the live.... 'Cause also, her songs are usually a lot more rock in the live versions, since Yocchan goes all out, hah. The guitar usually isn't as heavy in the studio versions, and I'm assuming that will be the case here, too. If not, then maybe you can go as far as saying it's a pop, slightly rock influenced ballade.....But yeah, definitely more pop than anything, in my opinion.
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^ I didn't know who all said it, just that a few people brought it up in a row. I was wondering, myself, if I missed something. :laugh
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^2nd his question
are they good? |
^It's just a comedy team, so they aren't even really singers. They sell ok though. On another note, now Ohno Satoshi of Arashi will be releasing a solo single in July. It's going to be on 7/7 (same day as Arashi's single).
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^ oh no....
hopefully ayu can still hold her record~~ :cry oh please, there are only 3 singles left to make her the "only female artist with most consecutive number-one singles"... T.T |
I'm pretty sure the record is going to be broken. I don't have any factual or statistical information to back this up just my gut instinct and lack of concern for any of her competition (no disrespect to the artists intended, of course). Something tells me this is going to be a big year for Ayu and we, the fans as well. ^^
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There is more keyboard here than guitar. You can very clearly hear the synth in the chorus, Its not a rock ballad by any standards. A rock ballad to me - you would be able to clearly hear riffs throughout and it would have to be a dominant instrument. The keyboard is the dominant sound in the chorus. This is judging from the CM version. The guitar is in the background (hardly any Ayu songs don't have any guitar) but it only adds to the rhythm and melody. |
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It'd only be a problem if it were released in the same week, but it's not : P |
I'm surprised no one has mentioned THE Himuro Kyosuke-san who's going to release his new solo single Bang The Beat on 14th July too
is he a threat to ayumi ? cos well he's a legend in the jrock music industry & I honestly if this might be one as the last solo single he released was 2006's Sweet Revolution / In The Nude - Even not in the mood - I kinda doubt it though O_O''' & that goes for BREAKERZ too who I know will get whacked by ayumi on that day but it's ok they don't have any #1 streak going on x) |
^ He is very famous, but I don't know how well he does sales wise. He's probably not going to be a threat.
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July certainly is a packed month for releases. It's like most of the year has been boring then suddenly everything releases at the same time. |
^ ARASHI...????? :thud
I'm DEAD... T.T |
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I don't get it at all :shrug |
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Im just referring to the sound in the chorus and the rawness of the live rip. on another note, i think her sales will turn out fine. |
If MOON is anything, I'd classify it as pure pop. The song it comes closest to in terms of sound and intrumentation is fated. So if you think fated is rock, then MOON will be rockish to you too.
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fated was a summer rock ballad.
I think that MOON is kind of a rock ballad as well. It has hard electric guitars and drums in it. No one said it's metal or hard rock. =P |
^ I guess.
Though I still classify fated as pop as well. Rockish pop, true, but still a popular pop tune at its core. :) |
Yeah of course, they still are under the pop umbrella but they are pop/rock or pop tracks with rock inside of them, that's the point. :D
Of course not every song with electri guitars on earth is rock or anything, but with the level of hard guitars that are in MOON and fated for example it could be classified as pop/rock, soft rock, rock ballads. Usually rock ballads have soft guitars unless if they are hard and sad (which could be rock ballads like is this LOVE? or decision). |
^ fated's core melody is mostly guitar driven so I consider it a soft rock ballad~
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So she's releasing on the same day as ARASHI? Now the streak isnt imperative to me but it seems ridiculous to lose it when she's so close. 4 versions will not save her. Her only hope is AKB48-like fans to buy 800 copies of her single each, otherwise; reschedule.
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^No arashi's single is released a week before.
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blossom sounds pop rock and not ROCK either. Guitars are often use to support the song, to give depth and such but guitars doesn't equal rock at all. stop to think that because there are electric guitars it's a rock song, this is false to death ! and kinda ignorant ! |
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This discussion just goes to show how meaningless genre-labels are since EVERYBODY has their own interpretation of them.
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