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Old 15th September 2007, 08:59 PM
Kikaru Kikaru is offline
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^I'm not gonna quote you coz it would be too long...

But I think I might just have more of a thing for Ai's power ballads, or something like that. I guess the main problem is I actually don't feel anything from this song. Maybe I don't understand Japanese or maybe I just didn't listen to it well enough, but I guess it just strikes me as a more of dull than impact. I also think that Ai's voice is suited more for power ballads than the softer ones, but that could also just be personal preference. Maybe we just have different taste.

I think this is the similar thing for Hikki's be my last, where I thought the simpler arrangement kind of ruined the song for me. I don't mind simple arrangement, I though both Neko ni Fuusen and Kingyo Hanabi was pretty good. But I thought it would be a powerful song from the preview I got at music station and I was disappointed by that (it was the same thing for Renai Shashin). I had hopes when the instrument started to pick up in the middle, but I was disappointed. I guess the overall song is just soft, but the way she sings it gives me a feeling that she doesn't really have much control over her vocals.

Maybe it will grow on me, but I guess these kind of ballads by Ai is just not really my kind of song. So to probably sum up my feeling (at least attempt to): pretty melody and song, but I find it rather dull.
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Last edited by Kikaru; 15th September 2007 at 09:05 PM.