You were.../BALLAD information thread [II]

[brener]

^

Wow, that's good for ayu!!

and what about the next week? Must we hope for a 2nd week in #1 place?

we don't have much strong singles here too... except the ELT best-album and flumpool first full-length album
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/newrelease/...ate=2009-12-23

[nanakopy87]

MISIA's songs are ok but of course she can't fight with ayu,IMO.because not many can actually accept her song genre

[ayumisrael]

MISIA's single before the last one sold 9,930 in total.
I think MISIA can't almost fight anyone anymore.

[brener]

yeah, MISIA is no longer a menace to ayu

[Deneb]

awesome, new single coming up

[Kanariya.]

Thanks for the information about the new single!

Hope the covers will look better this time.

[Crystal_Ageha]

Lol at all those pictures I missed.

Meh. I'm already getting impatient for some cover leaks or previews or something, but we still have a while away yet. >__<

[Mai82Go]

Yes, still 2 months to go. I'm sooo looking forward to this. Although I love all of Ayu's music, her ballads are just so special. They never fail to touch my heart. Yes, something to look forward to this winter.

[JackieRos]

^forgot who mentioned it
i friggin get tired of everyone complaining about him

[!Lawi!]

You guys made my day XD I'm in love with your covers (way better than Sunrise / Sunset's ones u_u) !

[Tom Punks]

^ Kind of an overreaction, but yeah... I love the fact that all her songs titles are in English. I dunno, it just seems like "the Ayu way". If she suddenly started naming them in Japanese it would be sooo strange and hard to accept.

[Ayu-me]

^ And it makes things a lot easier for non-Japanese speaking people like me, who would have a hard time understanding much less remembering the titles! When she has English titles I can at least get a feeling of the song, and it's much easier for people outside Japan to write it. (I don't know how to write Japanese letters on my computer, and I doubt I'd be able to remember all of them that well )
EDIT; We're getting quite off-topic, aren't we? I just LOVE the fan-made covers btw! A little christmas feeling is never wrong, hell, I got into it before this single even (damned Josh Groban!). And I'm waiting for the real covers... Which are weeks away, but still. I'm impatient!

[Ayumiko]

complaining about ayu's song names in English? I don't see what's wrong with having most or all song names in English..just because the lyrics contain little or no English. Well what about Japanese artists like L'arc en ciel...that's French and the band members aren't french nor their songs are in French.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by !Lawi!

You guys made my day XD I'm in love with your covers (way better than Sunrise / Sunset's ones u_u) !

Good Lord! I thought you were talking about the official covers for a minute

[yamadashun]

Originally Posted by Tom Punks

^ Kind of an overreaction, but yeah... I love the fact that all her songs titles are in English. I dunno, it just seems like "the Ayu way". If she suddenly started naming them in Japanese it would be sooo strange and hard to accept.

totally agree. if she names her songs in Japanese one day, i will be like so shocked and disappointed (?).

another point, naming the song in English is easier for us to type and search in computer, which gives a bigger chance for ayu's songs to be known by others. not just within Japan (if Japanese name).

[bluegie]

and people gotta understand that Japanese artists love naming their songs in English. It's not only ayu doing that (although she must be one of the few who doesn't have Japanese title at all, except the cover song). Look at the songs from kuu, namie, hikki (well she speaks English, but it has nothing to do with it ), Ken, B'z, and more. They all do use English words for their song titles.

[zyoeru]

If she lived in NY then obviously she's always had some fluency in English. She's not as unlinguistic as people seem to think.

Sure she has a thick accent, but she's at least at a conversational level in English.

But why should she stop using English titles, it's pretty much a norm in Japan.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by -philia

Karen, I don't know how you do it, but you always manage to talk about Johnnys in Ayu's thread ( ).

I can switch on/off Johnny's mode if people (especially the non fans of Johnny's) don't listen to them

if not I might come across as some airhead on AHS xD

[Ayumiko]

Maybe she's been using Japanese/English dictionary to translate for the English song names...or just asked the ppl around her.

[SpiceSquad!]

the anticipation is high..

now.... is up to the COVERS..

hopes ayu team doesn't mess it up..

come on!! ayu!! fpr good sake to something that we like )