What do you classmates think of Ayu?

[alternarist]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

my friends noe about her and how much i like/admire her...
i also try to spread her...and girls like her more than my guy friends...haha
but they arnt fans like me...haha...

i feel the same with LacusClyne (hi fellow S'porean )
sometimes i m afraid of being looked at as a freak...but im starting to ignore it...just beginning...

same problem here.. in SG, i only have 2 friends who only noes how to appreciate Ayu. the others feel that "ayumi" sounds like a name of a pet or something.

unfortunately, the youngsters here cannot accept ayu is cos she is jus too old. and too mainstream. my frens will be so disgusted that i listen to ayumi cos they claimed that they cant understand what she is trying to sing.

And when they start to compare ayu with BoA (who is younger), namie (who is hotter in dancing), koda kumi (who is sexier) and utada (who has better songs), i start to get fed up.

sometimes i just tell my friends i listen to all kinds of j-pop songs jus to avoid ayu being insulted. its so unfair!

[AyuHamasaki01]

Originally Posted by sugarbasil

I've got a group of close friends that are very interested in different cultures as well (one really likes China; one, Germany; one, Italy and France; ect.), and most of them like Japanese music and at least 4 of my friends think Ayu is a wonderful artist.

I've also got a group of friends that have absolutely no interest in foreign music but don't think any less of me for it.

Then I've got my family who make fun of my love of East Asia and tear me apart at family get togethers and tell me I'm not allowed home on breaks if I don't discontinue my Japanese language courses. Of course, they hate Ayu.

And then there's my (now ex)boyfriend who made me feel ashamed for liking Ayu, and when I told him about how CNN did a report on her he said, "Well, they have to fill their time with something." He is an uncultured, ignorant poli-sci and history major (not that I've got anything against them and their opinionated-ness...). I have since never spoke of her again to him.

But overall, I try to keep it on the downlow unless I feel the person is open enough to tolerate my likes. I find people of that sort more often now in college, but no so much in high school. *shrug*

Anyone else have a really insensitive boyfriend/family when regarding Ayu??

My family doesn't even know I listen to j-pop, exept my parents but they don't really care...

Originally Posted by alternarist

same problem here.. in SG, i only have 2 friends who only noes how to appreciate Ayu. the others feel that "ayumi" sounds like a name of a pet or something.

unfortunately, the youngsters here cannot accept ayu is cos she is jus too old. and too mainstream. my frens will be so disgusted that i listen to ayumi cos they claimed that they cant understand what she is trying to sing.

And when they start to compare ayu with BoA (who is younger), namie (who is hotter in dancing), koda kumi (who is sexier) and utada (who has better songs), i start to get fed up.

sometimes i just tell my friends i listen to all kinds of j-pop songs jus to avoid ayu being insulted. its so unfair!

Is that something a friend of you said? Cuz if ...