52 Summer Memories With Kumi -Once Again-
 

Latest Single: MOON [06.11.08]

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01. Moon Crying
02. That Ain't Cool featuring Fergie
03. Once Again
04. Lady Go!
05. Moon Crying (Piano Version)
06. Moon Crying (Instrumental)
07. That Ain't Cool (Instrumental)
08. Once Again (Instrumental)
09. Lady Go! (Instrumental)

01. Moon Crying PV
02. That Ain't Cool PV
03. Moon Crying from Live Tour 2008 ~Kingdom~ 05.15.08 at Yogogi National Gymnasium
04. Moon Crying Making
05. That Ain't Cool Making

- Moon Crying was used as the theme song for the Japanese dorama Puzzle [パズル].
- That Ain't Cool was a "dream come true" for both artists as it's been planned for quite some time - music.jp CM song
- Once Again was written and produced by PUSHIM to enter a reggae world
- Lady Go! was used as Visee CM

First Week Sales: xx -> 02 -> 03 -> 02 -> 02 -> 02 -> 02 = 88,309
Second Week Sales: 03 -> 07 -> 06 -> 03 -> 04 -> 06 -> 05 = 19,251

Total Copies: 107,560

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yay new thread :D

can someone post the HQ scans of the MOON singles or maybe you want to consider to add them on the 1st post ?

Love the title Amai :D

argh!!!
That's exactly what I was trying to do but I'm soo bad with images. I hope someone can post them because I just can't do it. I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right but they never show up...

Maybe I shouldn't have made this thread...although I do like the title :)
Thanks AyUta!!! :)

what do you mean you're bad at reflecting images ?

just type [IMG]url link of the pic [/IMG] that's it !

yeah! That's what I did but it just comes up with as a small pic with an x on it like you can now see...
I'm doing exactly what you're saying and it won't come up :(

it's not working for me too , I think you have to get another link to post the pic

Score!! It's finally working!!!
Okkk, we can talk about Kumi some more now...
I've recently been addicted to Star - for some reason, I've had the CD for like a year and never listened to the song in full...why is there not a full version of the PV?!!!

I still want Kuu and Tegoshi to collab since he's a fan of hers...that would make my life :)

:D

I'm not sure why there weren't a full version of the Star PV , it will be fun to see what happens after that instead of just watching Koda sitting on the balcony sitting & singing at the same time

"Somebody saw you in the parking lot...." I love that song!!

Until I sat down and watched the PV, I never noticed she was sitting on a balcony. I thought she was on a carousel...hehehe
I really think there should be a full video for Star. There is soo much she could have done with that video!!

It makes me sad :(

I know :(

it seems a bit wasted to put out a short version of the PV

Yeah, if there's a short version of a PV then I would've assumed there would be a full version somewhere down the line but to no luck.

Daisuki da yo darrin!!
I love that line :)

I can't wait to see what she has in store for us next!!

lol that's my fave part in Star :laugh

:yes

One of the best openings of a song....EVER!! hehehe and then I like it when she says it at the end of the chorus

I think we'll be getting some news of a new single like end of August, which is perfect I think :)

Ya know now that I think about it, MOON is a pretty good summer single. I mean we have the happy and poppy summer song Lady Go! and then Once Again, which is sooo relaxing and gives the image of a beach to me anyway and That Ain't Cool is like the song that people perform at Spring Bling or something lol

So I guess official Oricon Numbers!
Koda Kumi - Moon Crying - Number 2 - 88,309
Not bad, not bad at all :)

Yay for the new thread.

EDIT: I still want to reply on some post from the previous thread:

I know you agree. :lech

LOL, I agree with the repeat stuff.
Oh, and I own Kingdom CD+2DVD First Press, so be jealous Shannese :sdevil

The scans are really nice IMO.

I hope she will release something like Black Cherry.
That album never bored me.

As for Kingdom; Like Shannese said in the previous thread "you get bored when you repeat them too much" and I agree. Kingdom is a good album but not as good as Black Cherry IMHO.

The same for me. Exept LAST ANGEL and Black Cherry.

I think because she and FURBIE FERGIE are like, best friends, I'm sure she will put TAC on the next album. She doesn't want to dissapoint FUR....FERGIE.

:laugh

At least we will be able to tell our friends that we like a japanese singer who's got a song with Fergie and show them the album's tracklist.

My friends would say ew fergie :laugh

The sad thing that even if they would like to hear it they would ask "ummm where's kumi singing?"

^LOL,



So, I say that Kumi will release 2 singles more before she will release a new album. What do you guys think?

:laugh at the spoiler

I think she will release 2/3.

I wonder if she will ever do like ayu did, releasing just 2 singles for an album.
Or 2 singles and 1 digital single.

I just hope she wouldn't be crazy & put out singles so fast & so quick last year ie. those singles that she put out which ended up on Kingdom .

The quality of the songs seem to suffer when she put out singles so fast like a every 2-3 months thing

Yeah, most of them end up sounding like filler tracks.

yeah I know even though the singles covers are nice except for anytime

I liked FREAKY though.

EDIT: I ordered LOVE&HONEY (CD-only) yesterday together with Mirrorcle World and CSEIM/Ningyo (Namie Amuro).

For karen.

http://wiki.theppn.org/images/d/da/KumiMoonDVD.jpg
http://wiki.theppn.org/images/5/59/KumiMoonCD.jpg

They are realllll huge, though.

Credits: Wiki.theppn

^Wow, Thank you.

overall MOON sales

**2 88,309 倖田來未

wow O_O

thanks Jia Rong for the HQ scans

So MOON sold 88,309 copies?
And it's charting for almost 2 weeks now? :confused

yup that's the 1st week sales of MOON . GLAY outsold the single by a mere 9 - 10K copies

oooww.. it's quite low sales

88,309 in the 1st week for a 4 song single?

History of 4 songs singles in first week:

LOVE&HONEY 34,681
4 hot wave 207,484 (???)
FREAKY 108,349 (???)

More than LOVE&HONEY.

what's with the ??? besides the 4 hot wave & FREAKY singles sales ?

^It means "not sure".
I'm not so good in reading sales from wiki.theppn ...

woo that's pretty low =S

to say everything I thought, during the scandal, that she would come back with a single that would do really great in the charts

^....or it could be that the her fans just wasn't feeling the single like "that". :shrug

Regardless, I say that MOON sold great. Almost 100K in it's first week. That's darn good concidering that it's a post-scandal single. Not every star in Japan can recover from a scandal. Ami Suzuki anyone? So let's not dwell on the negative.

I think Koda's still pretty popular considering that she had to add more dates to her tour due to high demand, but that's just my opinion :shrug

I'm actually bored of MOON already, I've pretty much stopped listening to all the songs. It's been replaced with Crazy World and live recordings on Youtube of The Woman in White till my cast album comes tomorrow...

MOON could have been so much better, the sales don't surprise me =/

@ milky: Really? she did?
That's new to me.

So, when will the posters be released?

It was posted around the time she was just starting the tour and the scandal was still fresh. Concerts are where the money's at anyway, so I'm not too worried about her :D

^Well, back then I didn't have internet for like 5 weeks... *sob sob*
But I forgive you.

Do you think we will have a new album at the beginning of next year?

I think we'll get a new album February / March - a little bit after Kingdom.
I think it would be kind of cool if we had an album at sometime not in the beginning of the year...

Just in case it wasn't mentioned, Kuu got 1704 and GLAY got 1720 [index numbers]. Ah! So close!
Anywayyyy, I'll try and keep the 1st post updated with sales so keep looking back! :)

ooo look what i just got

good single!!!! That was my first Kumi single!!!
I absolutely LOVE the cover

:D you bought BUT/Aisho

such an awesome single // me too it's the first single of Kumi I bought~~

I think it's a really good single to start with cause BUT is HOT!!! One of her best in a long time and Aishou is sooo pretty.

And it's the very first single of an era so you can follow that one from the beginning :)

I forgot to tell u that I made 2 BUT siggys. :bgiggle I forgot that u were a BUT fan. lol

BUT RULES!! I'm a mega uber ultra super extreme fan of the song!!!!
hehehe, but that's okay Luv, I'm enjoying the MOON ones :)

:yes agree :D

that single was kinda surprising because it was really a new style
and I loved it

I'm probably the only person who is not a fan of But :P I love Aishou though.

me too both songs presented a different new sound for her

it's quite wasted it didn't got the no.1 spot where it should have unlike FREAKY imo

Yep, as much as I love Flavor of Life, I wished BUT / Aishou got number one for a week. I mean Hikki already got 1 for a week - hahaha, would've been nice to share the wealth.

oh BUT / Aishou was denied the top spot cos of FOL ? I didn't know that -_-"'

Yeah...it actually got the number 1 spot for half the week and then Flavor of Life took the last three days as well as getting number 1 -> it was Hikki's 3rd week 0_0

Question: Is Kumi going to appear at A-Nation '08? I'm a bit confused....

Oooooh, Nice.
I love BUT :yes *jealous* You are really lucky

Could you please post them?

Yes, BUT totally rules.

:yes
Kuu will be at a-nation 08 so let's hope for some great performances. I hope she doesn't sing Moon Crying. I'd rather she sing upbeat stuff or Once Again [that would be a nice performance as it captures summer I think]

I agree, I hope she won't sing Moon Crying.

I hope she sings Moon Crying, it seems to be a very touching song to her and all the people in the audience as most places she sings it live everyone does cry.

Does anyone have translated lyrics for the song out yet?

oh thanks for that

I think she might sing Moon Crying because after all it's the most recent hit from her , it will be a bit weird for her not to do that .

can you imagine if she did Take Back or something ?? That's just seem a bit wrong

I hope she will sing Lady Go! :yes


EDIT: So, who's already planning on buying the DVD of A-Nation '08? *raises hand* *:innocent*

:yes me too cos I like that 1

any idea what she did at last year's a nation music festival ?

I think that this is gonna be one of the best A-Nations ever!
And didn't Kuu perform BUT and girls last year?

Ayu is performing at A-Nation :yes *points at Ayu news section*

no,

she sings girls, yume no uta, and FREAKY + We will rock you + FREAKY again.

^Oh okay, well I was right about girls.
But now you mention, yes I remember :yes

So, what's up with Kingdom tour? is it still going?
Has it stopped?
*not into tour dates*

er Genie ayumi will be performing this year leh , go to the news section & check

thanks

I'm surprised she started things off with girls & ended her set with FREAKY . I thought it will be the opposite LOL

LOL

Kingdom's tour already long ago ended Kristel . The last day of the tour was 1st June at Nippon Gaishi Hall

^Aaah, okay, because I believe I read somewhere that Kuu wasn't performing at A-Nation '08 because she had a tour date scheduled.... 0_______0

er I don't know about that but at least it's confirmed that she's going to perform at this year's A Nation festival so yup

I'm so excited for the A-Nation festival this year...
My 3 favorite artists are going to perform.

LOL, I just wondered whether there is really Kumi news? :laugh

And I can't wait for my LOVE&HONEY CD to arrive
*random moment*

EDIT:
Making of Moon Crying: http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_be...tails&id=45858
Making of That Ain't Cool feat. Koda Kumi FURBIE FERGIE :D: http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_be...tails&id=45861

although i can't wait for Kingdom tour DVD. But since wowow is gonna air the show on 7/26. i will still watch it because i can't resist hah

lol thanks for the links

can I add another one ? Fergie = Furby

:roflmao

^Already added FURBIE (guess it's the same as FURBY).

But I have a request: If anyone is finished download would you please upload here on AHS?
I can't download myself because the whole BitTorrent or uTorrent or whatever doesn't work for me.

Thank you.

:roflmao
furby XDDD

she performed we will rock you (O___O)
gosh I hope her engrish was better that time
because in the cm I didn't know at all what she was singing ...

:roflmao

I know I was surprised when I saw that

I don't wish to hear how she sounded in there especially after she mangled A Whole New World on BEST SS O_O

I've never heard A Whole New World
because I don,t have the 1est press


but WWRY was pretty bad in the cm
I know what was the song but I couldn't hear the lyrics properly...

I think her best english song for a CM was Venus

way before I got hold of the CD + DVD edition of BEST SS which didn't came with the 1st press track , I downloaded the album from the net .

her take on A Whole New World was god damn awful + she sang alongside with Peabo Bryson gawk

& I thought her Eng duet of Twinkle with Show Luo was bad -_-"' . No wait in fact both are equally terrible

:laugh

I think maybe she should take english classes
or maybe somebody that could help her with her pronunciation

Twinkle was....there was a version in japanese nope? well that one as 1000000x better

haha

yes there's a japanese version of Twinkle . The video of it is found on disc 2 of her black cherry tour dvd & oddly enough outta the full eng duet that she did with Show Luo , her own eng solo in BC album & the japanese version , I like the japanese version outta the 3

LOL

The english version of Twinkle is just hilarious.
So is real Emotion english version. :laugh

Does Kumi also have an english version for 1000 no Kotoba?

http://wiki.theppn.org/Come_With_Me

as much as I like her , she SHOULD NOT do those songs in Eng where her Eng command of the language's poor by right

^Yes that is true.

Who else thinks that COME WITH ME probably has the fugliest cover ever?

^i'm sorry to say this, her head looks bigger than her body..., why is she so thin there???

edit: but she looks great in this angle
http://wiki.theppn.org/images/7/7d/comewithmepromo.jpg

erm, 1000 no kotoba english was very good!!!

but not very good for real Emotion english version.

LOL, that picture ....
I don't know what to say, but it looks a bit weird and is it me or is she looking at her ..... (fill in on the dots)

The COME WITH ME cover is defentily on of the most fulgies I have ever seen.

it looks porny to me

anyway sorry I rather hear Jade Villalon/Valerie's Eng takes on the songs than Koda anytime

I like real Emotion Black Cherry Tour version.
It was awesome IMO.

me too I like the rock touches to the song it gives a very unique twist to real Emotion

yes yes yes i love that Rock version of real Emotion =x

studio version of it please? =x

@ Cloudsoldier: :laugh yes, studio version I agree.

Soooo, when I get my LOVE&HONEY CD. Shall I take pictures?

well...uhm I think I know...
her ......


if you compare
with Best ~ft~

http://www.gallery.cherryblossom-gar...-pic5.jpg.html



the picture's not bad but ... well you know XD

Fergie's message to Koda Kumi @ Msta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPlY_iPsyLQ

^that is so cute.

Now that you mention it, that's kind of strange :P. It's weird though, it's kind of like how Ayu can look big-chested in some pix and then almost flat in others (not trying to make fun of Ayu or anything). It could be the top or something but who knows :shrug. LOL I think it's hilarious though how in some of Kumi's older pix it looked like she was looking at her chest xD!

Aww how sweet. I love how Fergie and Kumi get along so well!

Wow this thread has moved quick!

Duets: A Whole New World SUCKS! Peabo Bryson needs to tone it down cause it's like he's singing his own song and Kumi happens to be there singing too. Yeesh, calm down. Twinkle duet was fun. I liked it even though people said it sucked. I still LOVE KAMEN to death!!

a-nation: I agree about singing Lady Go! I think that she's performed Moon Crying a buttload of times because it is the principal song of MOON but it would be smart to promote the other songs for those who don't like Moon Crying. Lady Go! and even Once Again also fit the summer mood better :)

The Come with Me Pic: hahhaha, I like it

*cough* photoshop *cough :rolleyes XDDD
but sometimes it can be just the angle
but on this one...I think they photoshoped or put something in the top...XD


yeah XD she was looking at her chest a lot XD

:roflmao

funny how many things can be done with PS XD