What would have been the cover of I am... if the 9-11 attacks didn't happen?

JackieRos · #1 5th June 2009, 12:00 AM

sowie if there is a thread like, I'm too lazy to search.

Well on Timeasia it said that before th 9-11 attacks,
Ayu had everything ready for the I am.. album
Like: Lyrics, Hair, Make-Up but she had a change of heart due to the 9-11 attacks

http://www.time.com/time/asia/featur...ki/cover5.html

Quote:

And the image on the album cover.
The white dove—a symbol of peace.
I had a completely different idea for the cover at first.
We'd already reserved the space, decided the hair and makeup and everything.
But after the incident, as is typical of me, I suddenly changed my mind.
I knew it wasn't the time for gaudiness, for elaborate sets and costumes.
It sounds odd coming from me, but I realize what I say and how I look has a great impact.

http://www.time.com/time/asia/featur...ki/cover5.html

Quote:

Last year, (2001) however, she had a change of heart.
On the days following Sept. 11,
the images of commercial airplanes slamming into the
World Trade Center played over and over again on Japanese TV.
"I couldn't believe it was real," Hamasaki recalls.
The calamitous events halfway across the world affected her deeply,
overhauling her vision for the album she was then working on.
While earlier songs focused on her own loneliness and confusion,
I Am ... takes on issues like faith and world peace.
"In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music,"
she explains.
"My music was for me.
I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener;
I wrote to save myself."

~so my question is.....
What do you think the ORIGINAL cover of I am..
would have been if the 9-11 attacks didn't happen?
I know it has been 8 years since the attacks but I always wondered

kendelle · #2 5th June 2009, 12:37 AM

I sometimes think about this too! xD

I picture something along the lines of her outfit for the cover of NL, just with more grey/black and sequins. Soooooooo many sequins *__* When I get my laptop back I'll have to try photoshopping it! @_@

douggn · #3 5th June 2009, 02:17 AM

I always think about that when I listen to I am... Maybe the theme was used on a future album like RAINBOW or something

truehappiness · #4 5th June 2009, 02:25 AM

Some people think it was used for Dearest, right?

Ayumi27 · #5 5th June 2009, 03:37 AM

I like to believe it was going to be something similar to the Arena Tour 2002 photospread

AyUta · #6 5th June 2009, 03:40 AM

I always wondered this as well. Ayu's so sweet. I have no idea what cover she already had ready...

Sven@.@ · #7 5th June 2009, 04:27 AM

Hmmm.....I always thought it would have been something elaborate like the Ayu Mix 4 covers, because she says that the original image was gaudy....

krazeyo · #8 5th June 2009, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by truehappiness

Some people think it was used for Dearest, right?

Yeah, I've heard that rumour before too.

**Calico** · #9 5th June 2009, 07:43 AM

The rumor I always heard was that it was supposed to be like what the ayumix 4 covers were, but she "saved" those instead to use later for those remix albums.

Hadn't heard the Dearest one before. In that case, I'm glad she changed it. @_@

stepYOU1234 · #10 5th June 2009, 08:05 AM

I always thought it was going to be a bit like MY STORY because I think I remember something about it being a day in the life of a girl which is what MY STORY ended up being really and that wouldn't have been suitable in Ayu's eyes? Correct me if no one else remembers this!

SURREAL__RAINBOW · #11 5th June 2009, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Calico

The rumor I always heard was that it was supposed to be like what the ayumix 4 covers were, but she "saved" those instead to use later for those remix albums.

Hadn't heard the Dearest one before. In that case, I'm glad she changed it. @_@

wow! those covers were awesome! but I am... the cover is way more epic!

chloeM · #12 5th June 2009, 08:38 AM

^ ditto~

MissElin_ · #13 5th June 2009, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Calico

The rumor I always heard was that it was supposed to be like what the ayumix 4 covers were, but she "saved" those instead to use later for those remix albums.

Hadn't heard the Dearest one before. In that case, I'm glad she changed it. @_@

Oh... I will from now decide on that one! Haha. Cuz those covers really fits with I am... as an album and it resembles of AT2002 too. Great covers, both for ayumix 4 and I am...

asmAyumi1992 · #14 5th June 2009, 09:46 AM

I don't really like I Am... so, I don't take any attention for this.

tasking · #15 5th June 2009, 04:16 PM

Well... the album title is "I am..." so I kinda think it would be something representing the REAL Ayu, instead of the artist, like A BEST. Something simple, but unique.

JackieRos · #16 5th June 2009, 05:44 PM

^

i agree with you

noidea · #17 5th June 2009, 06:03 PM

^ I dont think it was supposed to be simple, she commented that she wanted to use extravagant costumes and props before or something like that

I always imagined something like her I Am... performance in AT02 or the Ayumix orchestra 4 cover...because both fit the theme song SO well

kotora · #18 5th June 2009, 06:53 PM

At the time, the rumor tracklist and album titled called "SURROUND". It was kind of similar to Duty that contains 13 tracks. It has songs titled "Genesis","Survivor",and "NATURAL".

NATURAL and Survivor supposedly to be singles.

truehappiness · #19 5th June 2009, 06:54 PM

Waaah?

That's rather strange. I don't think that makes sense.. whereas SEPIA -> Endless sorrow did.. kind of.

JackieRos · #20 5th June 2009, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kotora

At the time, the rumor tracklist and album titled called "SURROUND". It was kind of similar to Duty that contains 13 tracks. It has songs titled "Genesis","Survivor",and "NATURAL".

NATURAL and Survivor supposedly to be singles.

wow i never knew that