New singles crossroad 9/22 and 「L」 9/29 [IX]

[pommy48]

I posted the translation of Kikuchi's blog post, but looks like people overlooked it

http://ameblo.jp/kzbreath/archive2-200809.html#main
I introduced alan for the first time to Ayu during the celebration party for a-nation
alan was very nervous then and tried her best to greet Ayu in Japanese,
And what's interesting is that Ayu kept holding alan's hand and kept staring at her non-stop (laugh)
Why??...

Then Ayu told me to create a song even much more amazing than Who...for her...(sweat)....

[Ranma Matsuri]

^^Oh you did? I'm just full of misunderstandings tonight. hehe ^^; This could very well be a all ballad single then.

^I was about to look for the source, thanks a bunch pommy!

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by pommy48

I posted the translation of Kikuchi's blog post, but looks like people overlooked it

http://ameblo.jp/kzbreath/archive2-200809.html#main
I introduced alan for the first time to Ayu during the celebration party for a-nation
alan was very nervous then and tried her best to greet Ayu in Japanese,
And what's interesting is that Ayu kept holding alan's hand and kept staring at her non-stop (laugh)
Why??...

Then Ayu told me to create a song even much more amazing than Who...for her...(sweat)....

yep there was this~ and another one about him creating a song that could be the next Who... for Ayu. Maybe that was a mistranslation/misunderstanding but I just remember seeing that a few times lol

But uh, I reli Last angel is a hot song. Like, the title could go both ways - ballad or upbeat & I'm so praying it's the latter.

[Max_ZZZ]

i am so surprised no one has made or is lingering on the last angel kuu thing LOL

[Ranma Matsuri]

^It's been mentioned a few times but no one is hung up on it thankfully, don't jinx it! XD

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by Max_ZZZ

i am so surprised no one has made or is lingering on the last angel kuu thing LOL

lmao the only thing I want for Last angel to have anything with Kuu is for it to be a hot upbeat song Kuu's, pleaseeeeee

[truehappiness]

http://www.asahi.com/showbiz/nikkan/...009160041.html

This article seems to mention that Makihara tried to make a song that was a bit different from Ayu's previous works and that the theme of the composition was "a country girl" or something.

[Ranma Matsuri]

Sweet Season did kind of make me think of the countrysides and sunshine when listening to the CM. Never thought it was intentional.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

WTF please don't venture into country Ayu... Unless you do something like Madonna's Don't Tell Me...

[AnteaterAdvance]

Virgin Road sounds heartbreaking.

I still hold out hope for Last angel being CREA. Why else would she have been so cheeky in her CREA tweet?

[JackieRos]

these threads move so fast

something about alan, something about more ballads. what else?


this is the first time that I see people complaining about ayu ballads

[truehappiness]

I was browsing some tweets, and I think they reaired the Mezamashi TV or some people saw their DVR'd clips...

Someone asked if Ayu was playing the role of a mother in the PV since there were so many children around...? I do remember seeing people say something about Dearest too at 2ch. Oh well, we'll see when we get the PV clip~

[emi♡]

I really hope the full versions of these songs are great because...the previews actually diminished my excitement a lot...they seem really...not epic or grand or...anything...

but previews never do the full song justice so...we'll see.

People were talking about Komuro a few pages back...and honestly, considering I think he did some songs for some other artists too that was kinda out of the blue...I think it's more Avex trying to get him back into the game or something, rather than Ayu seeking him out.

[pepper]

Vr sounds like CAROLS ;/

[love in music]

Originally Posted by pepper

Vr sounds like CAROLS ;/

..i wish.

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

Ayu's twitter:

9/29リリースの50thマキシシングル「L」には、小室哲哉さん作曲の「virgin road」と「Last angel」そして、槇原敬之さん作曲の「sweet season」の三曲を収録☆PVは、LAにて撮影した壮大なロードムービー「virgin road」と、こちらもLAにて撮影した、60年代の古き良きアメリカをイメージした「sweet season」の二本を収録☆さらにっ、小室哲哉さん自ら、セブンデイズウォーのピアノver.を50th 記念に弾いて下さいまして、そちらも収録されております‼お楽しみにー(^_−)−☆

The bolded part says Komuro Tetsuya composed both "Virgin Road" and "Last angel"

The rest says that Makihara Noriyuki composed "sweet season" and that both music videos were filmed in LA. It says something about the "Virgin Road" video being a 'magnificent road movie.' (My roommate says he thinks it refers more to a video like "Daybreak" than "NEXT LEVEL", but we're not sure.)

Also, the "Sweet Season" video has an American 1960's feel to it.

Then it mentions that we should look forward to "SEVEN DAYS WAR" piano version, which Ayu let him make after he expressed that he wanted to do so.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

So I guess the tracklist for L's CD only D version is going to stay like that...?

[waterballoon]

Tetsuya compsoed Last angel too, so I suppose it'll be a ballad? lol

[truehappiness]

So a Komuro/Makky single then.

Looks like the Kikuchi ballad either got axed or Ayu already started on the album months ago.

Virgin Road is like a "road movie" of some sort and Sweet Season has the feeling of the 1960s? Hm... usually "road movie" is used to indicate footage filmed ~on the road~ like behind the scenes-y stuff, right? I kind of don't really want a B&D side story for a main PV, haha. We'll see though~

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ロードムービー

^-- it'd be interesting if they used the movie "genre" of a road movie. Lots of events occurring during travel and etc...?

[Coelacanth]

I guess Kikuchi's song will be saved for the album. I hope 'Last angel' has a dark sound.