Days is amazing!

[emi♡]

It isn't an epic ballad in the terms of what exactly that is, as far as types of ballads lol

it might be "epic" to you...but that's not really what I mean lol

Like I said, it's definitely a sweet ballad.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

I love Days too but I don't care for the lyrics. Maybe I just "don't get it" but I'd never cherish unrequited love, but that's just me.

[love in music]

Originally Posted by all.night.raver

Wow, I thought You were...'s chorus was boring! Not a good melody at all and very "forced" - but to each his own. I just really am totally obsessed with Days!

What is considered "epic" - ?

I'm sorry sometimes I get so worked up with Days because I honestly love it so much. It was the song that I always hoped and dreamed for and will always show me Ayu still has it!

when you said the chorus to Days is like "BAM!" that's usually what I think of when I think of epic.. but I really don't hear it with Days. it's more laid back and sweet to me. I do like ballads that are like that though.. just not as much as others.

lol I understand.. your love of Days definitely = my love of You were...
I am so in love with You were... and it was a godsend to me because I thought after Days, Curtain call, and Sunset she wasn't going to make any epic ballads anymore and she was just going to keep making simple ones. You were... is what showed me back then that ayu still has it to make an amazing mind blowing ballad.

[emi♡]

epic ballad is like one of those ballads that has like...definitive low and high points, usually has a large climactic point...powerful vocals and melodies...


honestly the person making the most like definitive epic ballads now, is ALAN lol The best example I can think of, is Xin Zhan/Shin Sen for Red Cliff lol or maybe Ashita e no Sanka...

For Ayu....I would say, forgiveness, the hanabis...endless sorrow...maybe Will and Heaven....but I would call Heaven more sweet too...still alone def...dearest...others.

I think You Were and Ballad are kinda like...in between epic and sweet.

Her ballads have def been on the more sweet side lately...and I think it's cause, she's not hurting as much anymore lol

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Mm, that does sound really nice. I always thought of the lyrics like, "You don't love me, but I love you, and you have someone already but let me love you forever and ever even so? Please?" I kinda don't like that message but it's a sweet song and it has sweet, simple lyrics anyway. I'm starting to wish she had more songs like it musically though.

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

Honestly, it's one of he songs i hated the most at beginning.
After one year i start to appreciate it and i find it a cute song

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

Takahide Ishii always makes the best PVs for ayu...

[Mintkisses]

I love Days too! \^o^/
The song, the PV, everything about it is pretty epic. I had more hope in Ayu when I heard it for the first time. I think it's funny how most of us enjoy it here and in Japan it's one of their favorite songs.

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

i think because most of us share a sorta "teenage love story" like this..
m,oreover it has a positive and happy sound so i guess we all need to listen to happy music

[hud]

God, this song is heavenly. It's one of my favorite ballads.

[adantatu2]

Days is good, but isn't so amazing !!!
But..

PV + song =

[jbrat2219]

To me Ayu's epic ballads are: POWDER SNOW, SCAR (every time I hear it my heart swells), still alone, Voyage, forgiveness, HANABI ~epII~, Memorial address (if that counts?), criminal, HEAVEN, Will, JEWEL (simple but her vocals are EPIC!), Part of me, Together When... (probably on the top three most epic for me). I think these songs as wholes are her most epic ballads, from the music to the lyrics to the vocals, just perfect.

As far as the Days vs. You were... debate goes, to me, they are both very similar! To me days is more sweet, YW... is more powerful. They're perfect one right after another, you all should try listening to them both together, it's an amazing experience.

[jbrat2219]

^ You don't like HEAVEN or Virgin Road?! I've never met a person who needed a hearing examination more than you, babe! LOL j/k j/k j/k.

I agree, I think everything worked in Days' favor. The song is just... perfect. It didn't need any more or any less. It all effortlessly came together into not only the perfect sweetheart song, but a great winter song as well!

[jbrat2219]

Is endless sorrow a ballad?

I already listed my epics, but to me they're epic because when I listen to them, they take my breath away. Endless sorrow doesn't do that at all. I just think, "wow this song is so cool!" But epic BALLAD? I don't know...

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Is endless sorrow a ballad?

I already listed my epics, but to me they're epic because when I listen to them, they take my breath away. Endless sorrow doesn't do that at all. I just think, "wow this song is so cool!" But epic BALLAD? I don't know...

Really? I think Endless Sorrow is such a POWERFUL song. I'm in love with it and I even named an art project/self photograph after it.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by all.night.raver

Really? I think Endless Sorrow is such a POWERFUL song. I'm in love with it and I even named an art project/self photograph after it.

It definitely is a powerful song but I get a different vibe from it I suppose... It's more powerful as it, "This is really great, what an inspirational song!" but not, "OMG I CAN'T BREATHE THIS IS AMAZING!" At least not to me. Ayu has a lot of great, powerful, inspirational songs... Endless sorrow falls into that category for me, but not epic ballad.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

It definitely is a powerful song but I get a different vibe from it I suppose... It's more powerful as it, "This is really great, what an inspirational song!" but not, "OMG I CAN'T BREATHE THIS IS AMAZING!" At least not to me. Ayu has a lot of great, powerful, inspirational songs... Endless sorrow falls into that category for me, but not epic ballad.

Oh I agree with you I think. I just think the emotion in the song is so overwhelming and that's why I considered it epic, ha ha.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by all.night.raver

Oh I agree with you I think. I just think the emotion in the song is so overwhelming and that's why I considered it epic, ha ha.

I can get behind that lol.

[YukasMx_TA]

I like so much this song... ^^ one of my favorite ballads and the PV is just... lovely <3

[ストロボ・EdGE]

The actual meaning of the word epic has gotten really blurry with people using it in the recent years as slang for "cool" and "amazing." At least lately for a lot of people, mind blowing = epic, which isn't really the correct meaning.