If various artists made a tribute album for Ayu...
 

Which song and artists you think would be great to tribute for our queen.

The titled of album maybe be something like "We are Team Ayu".

For track list I'm thinking of...

No way to say (Koda Kumi) - made it to Yume no Uta style
Voyage (Mika Nakashima) - I think Mika chilled voice will be perfect for this song
Boys & Girls (AAA) - powerful and joyful dance song
Greatful Days (BoA) - cute dance song like Masayume Chasing or Brand New Beat
M (hitomi) - hitomi has rock music style so I think she suit for this song
Dearest (Miliyah Kato) - add R&B vibe to it
BLUE BIRD (Ikimonogakari) - made it to their own style
July 1st (Otsuka Ai) - happy cute song
Song 4 u (Tohoshinki) - dance song
Rule (GACKT) - cool rock
SURREAL (Tsuchiya Anna) -sassy rock

It's just for fun guys! Let's share your idea. :D

If various artists made a tribute album for Ayu...
they will fight for M and Seasons =) and Koda Kumi will win M, Gackt - Seasons

Very nice topic!

I think my answers will be limited because I listen to tons of female soloists. But let's see...I'll pick the songs first.

A Song for XX - Chihiro Onitsuka
Boys & Girls - BoA
SURREAL - AI
SEASONS - Koda Kumi
M - Crystal Kay
evolution - BENI
Dearest - Thelma Aoyama
Independent - JASMINE
Moments - Yuna Ito
my name's WOMEN - Namie Amuro + Koda Kumi Duet
STEP you - Namie Amuro
HEAVEN - Miliyah Kato
WARNING - Koda Kumi
Who... - Utada Hikaru

^ I like your tracklist! nice to see BENI there too :D

I think Kumi could go with almost any song, since both ballads as well as upbeat tracks work for her
so it would be hard to choose.

What if Namie cover Fly High and make it sounds like In The Spotlight (TOKYO).

That's a nice idea - maybe it will happen one day.

I would like to hear Gackt with Microphone and Koda Kumi with Still Alone. BoA should sing Duty :D

I assume if she had one it would be mostly the same artists that covered TRF, globe and every avex related cover albums ! Maybe some singers fan of Ayu like Kato Miliyah but I really don't imagine Mika Nakashima, Ikimono Gakari, Namie Amuro, Chihiro Onitsuka or even Utada paid tribute to her lol

I would do a double album :P

1 A Song for xx - Chihiro Onitsuka
2 Boys & Girls - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
3 WHATEVER - globe
4 SEASONS - ayaka
5 SURREAL - Mika Nakashima
6 M - Every Little Thing
7 evolution - Perfume
8 Dearest - Do As Infinity
9 Free & Easy - T.M.Revolution
10 No way to say - MISIA
11 Moments - Mai Kuraki
12 STEP you - Namie Amuro

1 fairyland - BoA
2 HEAVEN - RURUTIA
3 BLUE BIRD - AAA
4 Mirrorcle World - Koda Kumi
5 Rule - GACKT
6 Sparkle - Girls' Generation
7 Microphone - L'Arc~en~Ciel
8 Love song - Utada Hikaru
9 BRILLANTE - ALI PROJECT
10 Song 4 u - Tohoshinki
11 Terminal - capsule
12 Last minute - Kalafina

I woudlnt surpise for Kuu to cover M, she seems like a huge fan of M haha

Namie to cover Step You is nice too, like the DJ Taki Shit version remix, so I can see Namie dancing to it *_*

Nice idea everyone! ^^

Yeah i know XD but we can think just for fun.

^ these would be awesome! Nice to see Anna here! :)
Take them for my Tracklist too ^^



『A Song for ayu ~SPECIAL COVER BEST~』

DISC A （calm side）


DISC B （wild side）

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Amazing tracklist

^^ Yeah, but I don't know if YUI or Angela Aki will sing anymore (especially when they have children to take care of), and even then, I'm not sure if any artists will decline the offer to do so, but then again, this is a "what if" thread...

Angela Aki would rock Love~Destiny~. I'd love to see how'd she put in her own spin with her piano skills into that song. It'd be amazing.
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I need this in my life now. :|

(Gosh, I love almost all these tracklists. Now, I'm kinda hoping we actually do get a cover album someday for her.)

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I sure we will get it one day. ^^

I have more idea. Hitomi Shimatani cover INSPIRE by adding Japanese sound to it. XD

Kuu would turn No way to say into a soulful R&B track or something like her Chiisa na Koi no Uta cover she did for her first cover album ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~ (2010). :)

When it comes to Kuu altogether, she could cover songs like LOVE ~Destiny~, Fly high, Duty, Boys & Girls, Humming 7/4, Days, independent, Beautiful Fighters, Real me, July 1st, LOVE'n'HATE, Lady Dynamite, Sexy little things and how beautiful you are in a Kuu badassery so well that people would be shocked probably lol. :D Kuu has a talent of shocking people after all.

The only artists I want are the least likely, though I don't object to anyone else doing some covers. Utada Hikaru is the main singer I would really hope to see on there, but my dreams to hear the GazettE do an Ayu song is one I have very little hope in. XD

I can imagine Hikki cover Free & Easy and make it epic like Passion.

My dream Ayu-tribute album would be...

1. LOVE ~Destiny~ (Nana Mizuki & T.M.Revolution)
2. BLUE BIRD (Hitomi Shimatani)
3. from your letter (Gackt)
4. Endless Sorrow (Koda Kumi)
5. Party Queen (Ami Suzuki)
6. Dream ON (Okui Masami & Megumi Hayashibara)
7. YOU (Utada Hikaru)
8. About you (HYDE)
9. MOON (BoA)
10. HONEY (Ai Otsuka)
11. RAINBOW (Mika Nakashima)
12. everywhere nowhere (Hitomi Yaida)
13. SEASONS (Namie Amuro)
14. Dolls (Kanon Wakeshima)
15. fairyland (Shoko Nakagawa)

Ai Otsuka covering HONEY would be better than the original if she slowed it down and did it in her more acoustic style. <3

hitomi doing M would be great, but there are so many Ayu songs that would be amazing covered by hitomi. hitomi doing something like Daybreak could be amazing too. Kuu should do STEP you or Ladies Night.

OMG what an awesome tracklist *_*

Mine...

evolution x Perfume
SURREAL x globe
Boys & Girls x chay
M x KODA KUMI
Dearest x JUJU
Dream ON x JASMINE & Miliyah Kato
SEASONS x Gackt
forgiveness x MIKA NAKASHIMA
Beautiful Fighters x Kana Nishino (for her, Greatful Days, also)
About You x Chihiro Onitsuka
Sparkle x Namie Amuro
Dolls x alan (maybe... Voyage?)

At least, these come into my mind right now xD

oh my god now I'm so sad this doesn't exist. Darn yoooouuu lol

I had this idea after YUI released her tribute album. ^^;

1. Because of You (Nanase Aikawa)
2. A Song For xx ~17th Anniversary Mix~ (Hamasaki Ayumi)
3. SEASONS (BoA)
4. glitter (Fairies)
5. Will (Hitomi Shimatani)
6. LOVE ~Destiny~ (Naoya Urata)
7. Sunrise ~LOVE is ALL~ (SKE48)
8. M (misono)
9. my name's WOMEN (FAKY)
10. HEAVEN (Koda Kumi)
11. Sparkle (2NE1)
12. from your letter (Ai Otsuka)
13. Bold & Delicious (AAA)
14. Born to be... (Namie Amuro)
15. Boys & Girls (AKB48)

I would love a really good cover of Ourselves. I think someone could make something quite epic of that song.

01. A Song for XX / Utada Hikaru
02. Dearest / Amuro Namie
03. M / Koda Kumi
04. SEASONS / Nishino Kana
05. ourselves / Miliyah Kato
06. Endless sorrow / BoA
07. evolution / Otsuka Ai
08. STEP you / hitomi
09. Startin' / AI
10. Boys & Girls / AAA
11. Free & Easy / Mika Nakashima
12. Who... / Shiina Ringo

If Kokia did a cover of SCAR, I would be content. I couldn't decide what song would be best for her, and then that one randomly came to mind. Her voice would be perfect with that. :D

Great idea everyone

It may not be a popular opinion, but I think Kuu would make a hell of a job on ayu's M, I'd love to see that. Plus, I know Namie doesn't take part in these things usually, but I'd love to see her doing a cover from ayu also. My tracklist would be something like:


01. AI - Love song
02. alan - RAINBOW
03. BENI - HANABI
04. Koda Kumi - M
05. Perfume - evolution
06. namie amuro - Feel the love
07. mini - WHATEVER (I miss you everyday of my life, girl)
08. BoA - STEP you
09. Kana Nishino - SEASONS
10. Miliyah Kato - HEAVEN
11. Anna Tsuchiya - You were...
12. Utada Hikaru - Voyage

Some of these are great!!

I can totally see that happening, it could work really well :yes

I would love to hear GACKT covering a song like End of the World. The style of that song would totally fit him imo.

I also would love an EXILE cover of a popular song like Boys & Girls. It would be some nice promotion as well.

And maybe we can go further and explore Ayu's and Yoshiki's friendship and get and X-Japan cover of one of her rock songs? (Because of you or talkin' 2 myself could work)... I certainly would like a cover album that included solo artists, groups and bands way more than only female pop artists.

This could work really well!

There are some really really cool ideas on this thread lol... I gotta admit I was kinda challenged to come up with some good genre-bending-but-still-might-be-really-awesome ideas :)

1. ayaka - Voyage
2. Superfly - evolution
3. Perfume - Days
4. Nishino Kana - FRIEND
5. Gackt - fated
6. Shiina Ringo - Sexy little things
7. B'z - WHATEVER
8. Do As Infinity - POWDER SNOW
9. Aikawa Nanase - SURREAL
10. DJ Krush - insomnia
11. JASMINE feat. VERBAL & TSUTCHIE - Fly high
12. STRAIGHTENER - I am...
13. Daichi Miura - JEWEL

I will probably think up more.

I don't create a setlist because it's hard to me to imagine other singers sing Ayu's songs. However here is some I succeeded to unite:

Kalafina - Brillante
Namie Amuro - Connected
AAA - Independant
JUJU - the next LOVE
Yuna Ito - Dearest
Koda Kumi - ourselves
moumoon - BLUE BIRD
Kana Nishino - BALLAD
MISIA - Bold & Delicious / Born to be...

I can't see B'z doing "WHATEVER". I can see them do "decision", "talkin' 2 myself", "identity", or maybe "NEVER EVER". o_o; OH OH!! Maybe "And Then" (or "immature"), too! :O

Not a tracklist, but I can totally imagine Rina Aiuchi doing "A Song for XX" or "M".

I'd imagine their version of WHATEVER would have an "ultra soul" esque sound (but darker, obviously). Your songs are picked here based on what genre they already are, lol.... B'z covering an Ayu rock song wouldn't be interesting!

Of those, I can really only hear Koshi singing "immature" in my head, and I can imagine Tak's re-imagining of the production (based on the JT Original CM version but following the melody lines of the synth in the album version at times).

EDIT: Actually I can picture Koshi's vocals on "identity" also. But I feel like their cover would contribute absolutely nothing, it'd be like a carbon copy o_O

Have you heard "Ruby Stars"? XD

Deep Freeze xD

OMG I forgot all about that one! XD

Coming up with a list is still too hard for me. I can't even imagine most of my fav artists covering anything from ayu.

That being said, the thought of Utada Hikaru covering Over just popped into my mind and I think that would be fantastic lol.
I'd love to hear MELL cover an ayu song but...
I'd also like to hear the Gazette cover one of ayu's rock tracks or rock-influenced ballads.

Jasmine covering Fly High would be amazing. I wish :luv2

Yes I have. And I love it! It's like Rina's version of A Song of XX, IMO :P

And Deep Freeze reminds me and makes me think so much of M... :D

Ayu's Tribute Album
 

Hi guys, we all know that Ayu convered some of other artists' songs. What happen if there's a tribute for Ayu? Just for fun, lists down 10 of your favourite Ayu songs and which artist should cover it,

Let me start;

1. Together When... - Mika Nakashima
2. Last Minute - Shunsuke Kiyokiba
3. Return Road - Yuna Ito
4. Evolution - Namie Amuro
5. Days - Hideaki Tokunaga
6. Dearest - Koda Kumi
7. Voyage - Utada Hikaru
8. HEAVEN - Chris Hart
9. HANABI - Hitoto Yo
10. NEVER EVER - L'Arc~en~Ciel

What do you think?:P

I think Mika Nakashima doing Together When... and L'Arc~en~Ciel doing Never Ever are great ideas Didz-19!

couldn't resist to make another one ^^ sorry
http://i.imgur.com/8pT8AYT.png
1. BLUE BIRD - Hitomi Shimatani
2. MY ALL - Antic Cafe
3. my name's WOMEN - Koda Kumi
4. HANABI - Mika Nakashima
5. Ladies Night - Namie Amuro
6. Sweet Season - Ai Otsuka
7. Sparkle - globe
8. Greatful days - BoA
9. Love ~destiny~ - HYDE
10. LIAR - The GazettE
11. About you - alice nine. (A9)
12. Daybreak - Ami Suzuki
13. forgiveness - alan
14. GREEN - Nanase Aikawa
15. Dearest - Utada Hikaru
16. A Song is born - Ayu duet with Gackt
17. poker face ~2016 ver~ - Ayumi Hamasaki (bonus track)

I will always stand by the Gazette needing to perform Ever Free. I just...can hear it in my head. :D

That is the only band/singer/performer I'd really care about doing an Ayu song, and is also a very unlikely group to do so...so... yeah.

Ayu's MY ALL and Antic Cafe's song YOU sounds very similar to me ^^ to that's why I choised MY ALL for them to COVER
MY ALL

Antic Cafe's YOU

îts very similar :O