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Songs of Utada Hikaru | the 51st thread
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ʕ•̫͡•ʔ NEW RELEASE! 「Songs of Utada Hikaru 」 Utada Hikaru no Uta (宇多田ヒカルのうた) December 09, 2014! Spoiler:
ʕ•̫͡•ʔ NEW RELEASE! 「Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1+2 HD 」 December 09, 2014! Spoiler:
ʕ•̫͡•ʔ ABOUT HIKKI Spoiler:
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Jolin is not on the album tbh
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And the tracklist hasn't been released yet
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Where did that tracklist come from? Jolin, JUJU, and ayaka aren't on the album.
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It's just people speculating. Thank God they're wrong. Lol
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And I see no one's mentioned the limited edition Utada Hikaru SINGLE COLLECTION VOL.1+2 HD collector's edition USB thingy. It's also being released December 9th for the cool, cool price of ¥21,600. It doesn't say how many pieces are being produced...but probably somewhere under 9,999.
http://oi59.tinypic.com/2mqq5h2.jpg http://oi59.tinypic.com/2jdrtzm.jpg http://oi58.tinypic.com/k9xsav.jpg Preorders start at noon on 11/11, JST. http://store.universal-music.co.jp/fs/artist/pdev1901 |
My body is READY for this cover album oh my god I'm crying
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I hope all the songs are different so it's not full of first loves and automatics
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Promo descriptions for the album basically say that 13 artists are doing 13 reinterpretations (not sure how you'd phrase that) so I think it's safe to say each song will be unique.
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Sign me up for that USB!
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that USB is cute but who has that kind of money to burn?
And I swear if they ruin first love... |
I think the Miliyah's cover it will be Automatic, and for Shiina, Traveling
http://sayonarababy.tumblr.com/post/...a-hikaru-cover (The video doesn't longer on youtube D: ) |
Now finally ayu fans and utada fans can be friends
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that USB is cute but who has that kind of money to burn?
And I swear if they ruin first love... |
What a boring cover for the album. I prefer the artwork for the promo poster on the website.
http://www.utadahikaru.jp/img_news/hikki_141021.jpg |
I can hear Ayu singing "Wait & See"!!!! Gotta love it!
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other than that, now I'm really interested in this cover album |
I'm not sure if shiina gets traveling, oshai trio also did that song (and theirs was cooler XD)
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I really want that USB... but 200.00??? really?!
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god, the cover is terrifying
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I thought the cover was the image created by Kingdom Hearts artist? wtf. Has nobody seen it in the ayu news thread?
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^ you can see here http://www.utadahikaru.jp/15th/creator.html that it's just part of the 'creators gallery'.
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Everyone keeps saying it's one thing or the other.
Now I have to tell like 20 different people that that KH image isn't the cover unless it actually is but isn't but actually is but it isnt. |
im confused.
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There is no cover yet as far as I know. All images so far are from the special website and are collaboration with some artist/designers (like the original cover for the SCVII which they obviously scrapped and the Kingdom hearts hommage)
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I saw it and thought it looked a bit strange with the chandeliers. The backdrop was pretty though. |
But that's the cover next to the album information on the official site o.O Dunno anymore lol
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OK so there was this really inappropriate parody video of wait and see a few years ago that someone made. It was on youtube and it had english subs of fake lyrics that sounded like what she was saying.
I'm so sad that I can't find it. Has anyone else seen it or know where I can watch it? |
Ayumi fans are going HAAAAM on Utada in their part of the forum. Why? lol
Join ayumi and worship the queen. Covers don't excite me in general and the only artist I really am a fan of on that list is Shiina Ringo, so it will come down to the songs they choose. |
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ughhh it was so funny! There's one for koda kumi real emotion and it's equally hilarious.
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This is my favorite cover of Sakura drops. It's by an artist named Dew.
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I love Dew! You're right, they totally knocked it out of the park with their cover.
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thats a lovely cover, but it just makes me appreciate Hikki's arrangement even more.
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Holy shit that vocalist, the arrangement, holy shit where has this been all my life. Thank you for the share. (edit: do you guys have any other songs by Dew I can listen to!? I need more)
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The release is on two weeks. I hope we can get more info this weekend ,
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I think Jasmine should have been on this album. In the beginning I could really hear the utada influence in her music, and Jasmine said she was a huge influence to her. I could definitely see her putting her own spin on Sakura Drops, Flavor of life, or Prisoner of love. Actually since Jasmine's music is a bit hip-hop/R&B-ish, i could see her doing something from earlier on in Utada's career like Sunglass or Hayatochiri.
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so the listening party has been held but there is still no info..what is goin on?
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ty for posting <3 I looovee the piano/vocals combo :heart |
Why is the tracklist so shrouded in mystery.
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Who cares? It'll be out in just over a week.
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01 SAKURAドロップス 井上阳水 4:57
02 Letters 椎名林檎 5:06 03 Automatic 冈村靖幸 5:34 04 Movin' on without you 浜崎あゆみ 4:11 05 Flavor of Life ハナレグミ 6:57 06 FINAL DISTANCE AI 4:44 07 Be My Last 吉井和哉 4:23 08 光 LOVE PSYCHEDELICO 5:41 09 For You 加藤ミリヤ 6:57 10 Stay Gold 大桥トリオ 5:51 11 time will tell tofubeats with BONNIE PINK 6:46 12 Keep Tryin' KIRINJI 5:01 13 Sanctuary Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis feat. Peabo Bryson 3:33 |
Whoa all the covers are SO DIFFERENT O.O
Sakura Drops was a bit wth? First Love will always remain Utada's song HAHA |
Has the album leaked? o.O where did you hear them?
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ITunes previews. No first love, interesting. Also, miliyah is not doing automatic! She gets for you...awesome! I loved her automatic cover.
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OH MY GOD AYU DID MOVIN' ON WITHOUT YOU!? Shiina did Letters!? MILIYAH DID FOR YOU!? I CAN'T CONTAIN MYSELF.
Not sure how I feel about AI doing FINAL DISTANCE though. |
For some reason I think AI will do a good job
OMFG SAKURA DROPS HAS BEEN BUTCHERED |
It is exactly what I imagined when I read the description...everyone made his own song out of it and that is what she wnated.
you don't have to compare then, but listen to them as new songs. which is hard. i know. |
^lol, they aren't new songs don't treat them as new song they are just bad covers
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OMG. Shiina's Letters sounds awesome! Can't wait to hear Movin' on without you!!
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SAKURAドロップス is such a surprise. I dunno if I like it or not, but he totally changed the mood of the song ;P.
Letters definitely has the ringo feeling inserted. Somehow its arrangement is a bit similar to SAKURAドロップス (the bossa mix or whatever it's called). FINAL DISTANCE and Keep Tryin'... hmmn no comment. |
The cover of Sakura Drops sounds like the original version of Letters. Weird.
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Oh I was just saying that it had some bossa feeling inside. My bad :P.
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They used salsa for sakura drops :roflmao
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just downloaded AI's Final Distance cover and i'm impressed. Love it. Waiting for the rest of the tracks.
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I'm eager to hear Final Distance.
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So RedOne did movin on without you for ayu? This has the potential to be spectacular
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Sakura drops could not even be any more Japanese than this wow :laugh It's got all their "this is so novel" with a traditional voice concept going on. lulz. Culture so lulzy.
Keep Trying is cool. Fun, very very mellow arrangement. Vocals are not for me, but they remind me a lot of the indie bands I try out every now and then. Letters is better than hikki's version lol And yeah, remember that these are supposed to be like hikki songs remade into the style of these artists. It's traditional to do tribute albums that way. You're not supposed to just make a cover. Anyone can make a cover or a remix. The special thing is the artists that are participating, and the idea that they're paying tribute to hikki by using her songs. The songs are supposed to sound like them lol Anyway. These are good so far. They're exactly what they should be. oh damn this Final Distance. <3 Versions better than the originals. Officially excited af |
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Where are these previews at??
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ITunes, but they're not all available yet.
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Yes, the *style* is latin, but it's still ridiculously Japanese. Japanese people since forever have long loved taking musical styles, especially really "big" styles like this one, with loud instruments and upbeat tempos, and putting their own traditional vocals with them. Down to the way he says every word. It creates a dissonance that is very culturally, Japanese. It goes back to the 60s, and maybe even before. |
^ Actually you're right. When I heard the preview I got a feeling of the old Japanese style with that latino vibe, especially when sung by an old artist. His voice fits the arrangement really well.
I disagree that Letters is better than the original version tho, emi. The original one is a masterpiece with one of the best arrangements hikki ever had. I can imagine hikki sitting at the beach reading those heart breaking letters. For ringo... well she makes me think that she's holding a bloody knife while reading them, and it really fits her image lol. Quote:
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I also think that final distance is very beautifully arranged and creates this sad mystical world. That is lost in AI's version obviously because it's not hikki anymore. It sounds like a standard r&b ballad or something. And those have to be really outstanding to impress me or just make me want to listen, so I'm not really a fan because nothing about it just clicks with me. It's well done I guess for her though and suits AI best. You can miss me with that though. I like the Sakura Drops cover....I can vibe with it somehow. Same with Keep Tryin. So I'm excited for the rest. |
I hate the sakura drops one ç-ç
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The vocalist on letters is just horrid. Why would anyone subject themselves to that? Forgive me cause I couldn't really tell but if the third is Sakura drops then that also is a bomb - too bizarre for me.
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I totally agree with Zeke on that Letters cover, sounds horrible. I actually liked Salsa Drops a lot more.
The only preview I liked a lot was AI's version of FINAL DISTANCE, tbqh. |
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totally agree about letters. atrocious.
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I'm new on listening to Shiina Ringo, her cover is nice but I wanna ask a question for those who has been listening to her for a time. Is her high pitch voice always sounds like that? Because I love her deeper voice like when she did the chorus or at 1:05 for Letters that's really good imo.
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Did anyone download the full version of Letters? *bats eyelashes* I think its better than the original!
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^I preffer original, Shiina's tracks are always so noisy
Shiina Ringo sings half of the song with an annoying voice then she change to a normal voice which is very similar to Utada's |
Listening to those four previews just now was what I imagine a satanic ritual would be like.
"Letters" was more tolerable than I expected but I have high respects for Utada's original arrangement because it's absolutely one of her best. "Keep Tryin'" was pretty cute, "Sakura Drops" was unreal and "FINAL DISTANCE" was just ok... But overall, this is thoroughly entertaining. |
Honestly, to appreciate Shiina's voice you have to listen to a few songs in her discography. I thought her cover was really emotional and well-done.
Keep Tryin' is cute but it's nothing special. SAKURA Drops holy shit LMFAO! I actually kind of like it. I was pretty terrified to hear AI's cover of FINAL DISTANCE cause I stan for that song, but she did work. I like it. |
SAKURA Drops is my JAM
Sooo catchy i looooove it <3 |
Wow quite a few people hating ringo's voice lol. tbh though that is her signature, high pitch with the twist of "R". Even tho I dun listen to her whole discography, she has really good songs like Honnou, Gibusu, Ringo no Uta, Kabukichou no Joou, etc. I think she did a really good job on letters, as she managed to transform the song to "herself" rather than just covering it.
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I just listened to the youtube version SAKURA drops, the opening music was a wow to me lol. The arrangement blends extremely well with Yosui Inoue's old style vocal. I dunno but I'm kinda stuck to old style sometimes, so his version, while may not on par with hikki (yeah I'm biased towards her), is very very good :D. |
I really loved Letters and SAKURA Drops.
Didn't like AI's cover, her voice is just so... not my cup of tea. Haven't listened to Keep Tryin' yet, but I'm so happy that First Love didn't make it. I love it's lyrics but I think it's a pretty flat song. |
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I love shiina ringo but I didn't like her rendition of letters.
Letters is my favorite song of Hikki so I think Shiina just ruined it. |
I loved AI's cover. It sounded a bit more like gospel music.
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I've liked all the ones posted so far, they have been nice surprises. Looking forward to the rest of the album.
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Oh fuck no....:shakehead
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I'm not even sorry...but AI blew hikki's out of the fucking water...
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I've always admired Shiina Ringo, she's amazing. But I've never been able to listen to her because of her vocals. It's her thing, and it's whatever. I was actually surprised that her vocals weren't as annoying in Letters lol
As I said, these aren't really supposed to just be covers lol They're supposed to be more like personal renditions. @bluegie: I'm not really a big, big fan of hikki's early arrangements. A lot of them are really basic and dated for me, even if they're somewhat innovative, or were for their time. I just prefer a modern sound. lol even with Final Distance. I always preferred the piano arrangement to the original. I do think the "sadness" is sort of lost....but I think that makes it interesting. Also happy First Love isn't here. fml I'm tired of that damn song. |
The range of opinions is baffling me. I can't imagine how varied the reception of Ayu's cover will be. lol
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It'll implode while utada is STILL MIA. ugh
looking forward to ayu's cover though. i mean if you cover 90s jpop trash then you really have to put in effort to fuck up. and ayu's been on that 90s jpop trash train before so i think her choice is right at home. |
Movin' on without you is not trash! :O lol
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You guys made me curious about the songs! Especially about Shiina's one!! Where can I download the tracks?
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Don't like the previews except for AI's version of FINAL DISTANCE. I love Shiina Ringo's unique voice, but I didn't like the arrangement. Sakura Drops was just O_O Keep Tryin' had very weak airy vocals which made me dislike it. I however do not think AI's cover is better than Utada's. I also find that AI's voice is not for every person as some people might find it to deep. My mom and sister thought she was a guy when they first heard her, and they felt her vocals were a bit harsh.
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