KOKIA thread II - 10th anniversary - Page 20

Miduhyo · #**381** 14th October 2016, 04:57 AM

We... we have a Kokia thread and I didn't know about it?

All this time I could be obsessing with her on this site with other people since no one where I live even knows she exists and I didn't know about it?

Damn, I'm late to the party.

owlflight · #**382** 14th October 2016, 05:04 AM

She has such a nice and pleasant voice. Just started to really listen to her discography and I'm enjoying it so far.

dreamalley · #**383** 14th October 2016, 10:40 AM

All hail Queen KOKIA!

My favorite performance of hers:

I keep waiting for her to do concerts in Europe again...

Miduhyo · #**384** 14th October 2016, 11:09 AM

^ I can't tell you how many times I've watched that performance
But my favorite is:

I live for that vocalization at 4:34 leading into the final choruses and just how into it she gets. So much freaking passion. You can tell near the last 'lalalas' she strains her voice but it still sounds so good!!!

And Owlflight : I just saw you're from South Carolina. I hope you and your family/friends are safe from Hurricane Matthew. My brother lives on that side of the States (actually he's in Boston, but he and his girlfriend were visiting her parents in NC when they heard the news of the storms coming) and I know just how destructive/devastating it was. So I hope everyone over there got somewhere safe in time!!! Wish you all the best!

owlflight · #**385** 15th October 2016, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Miduhyo

And Owlflight : I just saw you're from South Carolina. I hope you and your family/friends are safe from Hurricane Matthew. My brother lives on that side of the States (actually he's in Boston, but he and his girlfriend were visiting her parents in NC when they heard the news of the storms coming) and I know just how destructive/devastating it was. So I hope everyone over there got somewhere safe in time!!! Wish you all the best!

I actually did not evacuate so I got to watch and listen to the hurricane as it passed. Spent about a day and a half without power and cleaning up tree limbs. Life was pretty much back to normal in time for the work week. Other areas close to me are still recovering (one town just started letting their residents return today!). I was nervous at first due to past experiences with hurricanes but I am ok now.

Currently listening to COLOR OF LIFE. I am guessing that is a live album and she sounds fabulous. Her voice has this light yet powerful quality to it. I wonder what her vocal range is.

Miduhyo · #**386** 15th October 2016, 06:04 AM

^ That's good to hear!

And I think actually there's a video out there where she demonstrates her vocal range... but maybe that was Ayaka... they both have such powerful voices. Oh God, I just realized how much I'd love a duet from them. Anyway, if you listen to her do some of the opera songs, then you can really get a guess of how high and low she can go. If I remember that's what she primarily studied, so you know her singing range is off the charts.

dreamalley · #**387** 15th October 2016, 03:37 PM

Yes! A duet would be awesome!

Today I'm listening to this song on loop:

owlflight · #**388** 19th October 2016, 12:25 AM

Just a question for everyone: what song of hers encouraged you to become a fan? Mine was Battle of Destiny!

Queen Bee · #**389** 19th October 2016, 12:34 AM

^For me I can't really pinpoint one song but both versions of INFINITY, single mother, and EVE

Miduhyo · #**390** 19th October 2016, 01:58 AM

本当の音 (Hontou no Oto)

For a long, long time my all time favorite Japanese song was Mai Kuraki's Secret of My Heart, for reasons that are too boring to disclose here. But I was looking for new music to listen to on youtube, typed in something like 'Beautiful Japanese Music' and that popped up and oh my gaaawd, Secret of My Heart fell down to second place immediately.

Came to AHS found her discography (Thank God for Tomoyo xD) and downloaded pretty much everything right there and then. Battle of Destiny is a close second, though. Follow the Nightingale. I believe～海の底から～. EXEC_COSMOFLIPS (anyone have any idea why that song is called that? Cause I haven't a clue.) 大人のオオカミ (Otona no Ookami)...

...you asked for one song and I totally just gave you a mini-album's worth.

本当の音 (Hontou no Oto)
That's it. That was the song. The end.

**Yoake** · #**391** 19th October 2016, 09:43 PM

Glad to see this thread so active. ^^

It's impossible for me to choose only one song. I started to listen to her with The VOICE. So it's the full album that turned me into a fan. I was charmed song after song.

BlackSilence · #**392** 19th October 2016, 10:11 PM

there are so many songs that i absolutely adore from her.

Fate
Daybreak
Battle of Destiny
Road to Glory
Il Mare dei Suoni
Follow the Nightingale
穏やかな静けさ～浄歌
調和
Different Way
Say hi!
天使
人間ってそんなものね
and i'm probably missing a few there.

But i think my all time favorite must be Exes_Cosmoflips/. that song is the epitome of fantasy. I adore every single note of it.

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Originally Posted by Miduhyo

EXEC_COSMOFLIPS (anyone have any idea why that song is called that? Cause I haven't a clue.)

Um it translates to something i asume? since it's supposed to be written in the language used in the video game the song was done for...

NintendoHTF1242 · #**393** 19th October 2016, 10:24 PM

The song that made me a fan was Follow the Nightingale

Miduhyo · #**394** 20th October 2016, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by artcika

Um it translates to something i asume? since it's supposed to be written in the language used in the video game the song was done for...

Ah, I figured it was for a video game or an anime but, you know, with Kokia, you never know. I mean, we're talking about a girl who codes her lyrics (putting Japanese backwards in Chouwa, counting the numbers to spell out 'Cyouwa', or the jumble of Japanese she uses for Follow The Nightingale). I just wanted something a little more official, that's all