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So from speculation, this may have occured during the Secret era, thus explaining many things being a bit off around that point in time, of course there may have been many conflicts with Tomoya and this and that occuring so her lyrics were strong as usual but the sound was a bit weaker than usual material. Nothing you can do about that, it just wasn't a very strong year, lack of inspiration? EVEN THOUGH I STLL HAVEN'T HEARD GUILTY (damn mail!) I can tell it's amazing so when it comes to recording there's not much to worry about there. As for the lives there obviously are a few kinks here and there, but she's a devoted type so she can overcome this.
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LOL yeah . TODAY & Straits Times's Life also talked about her condition as well . Life was only a snippet while TODAY's a full article , pic & the works .
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I agree that Ai is not queen material, but she definitely has talent. I won't defend her when someone says she is not queen material (for I agree), but I definitely will when someone so shallowly passes off an entire discography having heard maybe a few songs. Have you seen her on the piano and singing at the same time? Ai also composes all her own music. Ayu definitely has more stage presence than Ai does, but in terms of sheer vocals, I do believe that Ai is more consistent than Ayu when it comes to delivering solid vocals. Man. If you're going to criticize, at least have strong material, eh? ![]() ![]()
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Last edited by namiie; 11th January 2008 at 02:10 AM. |
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I also want to add to what namiie said regarding Ai in that in addition to the fact that she writes & composes , she also produces all of her albums . Not everyone can be a triple threat in a good kinda way & I wasn't a fan of Ai's music as before that I only heard the sorta 'bad' songs that I was exposed to but it was only I listen to her other songs & realised that she's good although sometimes her voice does grates on me .
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For some weird reasons , Ai always seems to have a crazy/mad song for every album she produces/makes . For LOVE PUNCH , it was Sakuranbo . For LOVE JAM , it was Monshou-chop & Pon Pon . For LOVE COOK , it was Ramen 3 pun cooking & LOVE PiECE , it was Katori Senkou . Wonder whether her future album will have another crazy/mad song to carry on the 'tradition' lol
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Last edited by devilayu; 11th January 2008 at 08:11 PM. |
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♬♪aijou de nuritsubushite Last edited by ImpactBreaker; 11th January 2008 at 03:55 AM. |
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Ai is by no means my favorite singer and I can't stand her hyped up cutesy songs but she's hella talented. ***** puts more into her music than any other big j-pop diva - she even does the concept for her videos and plays the piano in her ballads.
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^ I have to agree her genre is cute pop, but I disagree with your last comment. I am an AI fan but before when I wasn't I still thought she was a good composer and I use to hate her, even my sister says she is a good composer though she doesn't like Ai's Music that much. I think Ai as a singer is more than just sugary cuteness =O! She is ... unique I can't really describe her approach to things like CHU-LIP and even the PV for PEACH was kinda @_@! LOL! Plus she has other non cute songs and a pretty good amount of them. She might not be able to reach the top like Ayu but I think she is more than just cuteness like Morning Musume(Just an example of Sugary cute not saying u are comparing her to them).
Now about the article! Its a shame that Ayu lsot her hearing =(! I don't think she can perform like she will be able to before, but she's still doing well =)! There's no time to practice for every live performance =(! She has to do other things with her life too XD! But I am sure she will still release quality music. I'd like her to move back into pop >_<! recently I've seen too much rock and not enough pop =S! lol
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Now getting on topic O_o;;; I don't think ayu has lost most of her hearing from day to night as someone stated. I believe over the years, she gradually lost her hearing and last year (2007), her hearing loss was already deep. So, when you have a little of something (in this case, ayu's hearing) and lose even if it is a little of it, it will mean already much. For someone who had already an impaired hearting to even lose a little more of it, made a difference and probably was shown in her recent performances, but I do believe she's been training to not rely as much on that ear over the years.
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♬♪aijou de nuritsubushite Last edited by ImpactBreaker; 11th January 2008 at 03:16 AM. |
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Thanks for the article!
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I don't really like Ai Otsuka's cutesy upbeat stuff that much, but I do think she can sing really beatiful ballads. Renai Shashin is one of the best ballads of 2007, if not THE best. Daisukidayo , Kingkyo Hanabi are also nice
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i ran out to buy the new paper immediately after my friend called me to tell me! but its a sad case. still.
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I think Ayu wrote "Last year" because it was already new year (2008) when she told everyone the news.. it could have been towards the end of 2007. We never know, that said. Ayu CAN learn to improve even with the 1 year.. she has worked very hard to work with her limited hearing and got better after having issues with it at first. I am sure she can pull through. While she may have only had 20% of that hearing after the infection and ringing from years before.. she learned to deal with that.. then when the rest of it all went away and she found out, she is going to have to relearn to be okay during her lives without the hearing in that ear..
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Wow, they quoted words from Imuya from AHN, I'm impressed
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