Ayu's Curtain call VS Sara Bareilles' Gravity PV
 

i saw Sara Bareilles' Gravity PV this morning and i just realized that it's so similar with ayu's Curtain call. even the random umbrella part is there too lol
this video was released in february 09. i don't want to stir arguments here, just want to share to you guys.

Loved the whole effect of "she is walking on space"

I've never even heard of this person...and I don't like the song that much...but what a gorgeous PV! Kicked Curtain Call's butt. It reminds a little bit of Curtain Call but not that, that much....just a tiny bit

Wah! Very similar to Curtain Call!

Maybe another fan of Ayu??? Who knows :shrug

:D

very beautiful video...both videos were around the same time....wonder if its just coincidence.

Eh, not very similar. The 'walk slowly towards the camera dramatically' thing is actually very common. Umbrella is just a coincidence, lol.

^ Yeah, it is. Like a similar thing is done in Neapolitan Dreams. :)

oh i love gravity's MV...at least there's more things going on the background

wow that was so beautiful. I favorited that. I think I like it more than curtain call. but not sure. some things were similar

single shot
umbrella thing
stop and the camera does a 360 around her.
constant walking towards the camera

but idk. curtain call is too simple of a pv. I'm sure there are tons of other mvs out there that did the same thing. its like saying someone stole ayu's idea for daybreak cause in the video, the entire time someone is standing on the side of a road singing while the camera never changes scenery.

only thing that annoyed me is that this video was sloppy. i know it was supposed to be space but not space at the same time. it was just a little too sloppy for me. but still very beautiful. I do like it.

Yes kind of similar to curtain call. but again the idea is too simple and basic to not see it used anywhere else in the music industry.

Mj's Stranger in Moscow MV has an umbrella-walker in it too. In fact, I think there may have been more than one. *I have Alzheimers* (not really, but it feels like it sometimes...)

this kind of PV, i mean by walking and walking for the entire video..guess that it's been done long long long long time ago by many artists...
and i think Ayu is kind of inspired for it~

anything is better than curtain call PV lol

nvm just watched it, it's even worse

It's not the most original premise so I doubt that its more than coincidence but I actually like that song and the MV.

For those who haven't heard of her, you might remember if you heard the song "Love Song" it was really popular last year but she's basically a one-hit wonder. I hated that song.

next level was released march 25, 2009, as well as the curtain call pv.

this was february 09.

I'm not saying one inspired the other but she shot this before Ayumi!



but for my two cents maybe same director? I like the walking through a movie set theme... but yes it's been done before :D

Mmm, she did Winter Song with Ingrid Michaelson~ loooooooove that song.

It's a nice music video. More complex than Curtain call with all the lights and random people running back and forth.. but eh. I wouldn't say one is better than the other though.

not a bad MV.i think this concept is being used by many artiste before.so i can't say who inspire who...

Looks a lot better LOL

oh my... this is one beautiful PV... thumbsup

no comments to the Curtain call and this~

nice song, i think im gonna get it :)
i dont like this type of music video, "nice" but boring :o

and they're also a piano based song. :D

i love both song but i prefer Gravity over Curtain call. it's a damn beautiful song :luv2

I dunno who she is but u r right the video looks like Ayumi's

Stunning, the whole idea is just awesome, and the song, kinda boring at the beginning, is finally powerful and touching^^ For sure this PV has some similarities with Curtain call, but I think it's only a coincidence. Curtain call is simple (in the good way) and Gravity is a little more complicated (galaxy themed), and with much more movements

I think the same thing. There just two things that are similar between the two pv. No more.

Beautiful song with bearutiful MV! I always love this kind of MV, very relaxing!
And this MV's definitely better than Curtain Call

Sara's music video fits with the title of the song and it's creative on how everything fits.

Ayumi's was a sloppy mess with rushed things like those fireworks that just burst out lol Lord help her.

I don't see a similarity except for walking and night time.


I do suggest some of you listen to this song. It's beautiful.

:roflmao

I love curtain call more :luv2

But this PV is nice too. Wasn't curtain call directed by an American director? Or western director? Maybe that's the reason for the coincidence.

I don't like the song that much, but as it was said the PV is from far better, eventhough I don't see a clear link between those !

I didn't like either music videos..
they're both sloppy messes..
this song is ..meh... and I wasn't overly fond of curtain call either. :P

I like Sara Bareilles' video more. Its more complex but simple and the song is amazing (I've been a fan for some time). Let's remember that came out before Ayu's. Umbrella usage is just coincidence. Though I love Curtain Call, the PV wasn't really that great to me. Ayu's acting was a bit too dramatic for the video for me in a few parts that didn't call for it.

pretty similar!!! I like this too...or a lil bit more than Curtain Call!

Beautiful PV. :)
There are similarities on Ayu's Curtain call.

I like the lyrics of the song by the way. :)
Thanks for sharing! :D

Wow, I like this video.

wow, that's almost as beautiful as Curtain call! there are just a couple things that make it look less professional and smooth; nevertheless, a gorgeous video.

wow, very similar, yes. i like ayu's better though because it has ayu :P :laugh