Ayu: Anything Goes [XXIV]

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

is this LOVE? is amazing.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by mi|kshake

I also love this piano instrumental of Surreal:

Omg yes, I live for this piano version. It's so deliciously depressing and melancholic. I also love the FLY HIGH piano version from that album.

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

is this LOVE? is amazing.

Seriously. Everything about this song is perfection. The composition, the arrangement, the quality of the production.

Also, I find this track to be a truly fascinating take on the concept of love. Usually the moment one realizes they are in love with someone is fueled with anticipation, hope, possibly a sliver of anxiety but in a "happy-go-lucky" sort of way.

However, is this LOVE? is really groundbreaking in that love is realized precisely at the time all hope is lost. Instead of being the start of a dream, it is the start of a nightmare. The world as you know it, the world that you perhaps took for granted but felt so comfortable with, begins crumbling around you, and you and your emotions descend into chaos. The music video reflects that remarkably well.

I just love that dichotomy between the emotion you normally associate "falling in love" with someone, and the horrid reality of this fear-filled situation. Nothing is as it seems, and nothing is as it should be.

The arrangement itself too is eerie, frightening, distressing, angry, and as I already mentioned, complete chaos - all of which accompany “love” but are rarely expressed or talked about, which is why it makes so much sense that Ayu is confused upon sensing all of this, questioning the definition of love. It’s completely unexpected that after hearing so much about “love,” that it’s literally the opposite of what you imagined your heart to feel upon discovering it. "This... this terrible, terrible feeling... is THIS love??"

It's brilliantly deep, and I feel I haven't quite been able to express just how marvelous this track and it's take on "love" really is. It deserves a proper thesis-style academic analysis paper, but I’ve kind of just vomited pieces of its genius here for sake of time.

It’s a perfect example of how a track can really embody and enhance the subject matter of its lyrics.

[AyuWorld]

Originally Posted by cosmicfirefly

I wish they would finally release the My Story and Secret tours on blu-ray. They're so good and I really want to rewatch them in high quality.

yes yes and yes, Ive been waiting like ages now

I need that Game performance at My Story tour in HD, Ayu was so fragile looking like you a young beauty being chased by a bunch of hot dancers, love it and shes hot

[EndOfTheWorld]

I keeping wishing that old stuff will get rereleased in HD but it never happens. I NEED the Dome Tour on blu-ray. I was hopeful that avex would do some kind of rerelease of Ayu's albums or concerts for the 20th anniversary but nothing so far.

[Aderianu]

Some old concerts started from AT2006 were rereleased on BD. I think that's all that we can get

[AyuWorld]

yeah they should include Arena Tour 2005 and Asia Tour 2007 in the list

[EndOfTheWorld]

Did they improve the video quality of older performances for the 50 singles live collection?

[EndOfTheWorld]

abottchen is back!

[Sky High]

^Piano is out of tune, but they play good, especially WORDS.

[channy]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Everything about this song is perfection. The composition, the arrangement, the quality of the production

Oh yeah, "is this LOVE?" is love. When I got into Ayu around 2005/2006 that song was (and in a way is to this day) my most favourite pop song ever. I even unfolded the small booklet on a shelf to emphasize my exuberant ardour for this masterpiece back then

[EndOfTheWorld]

They did The Way I Am too.

[Uknow!]

Ayu has sung a lot of songs that have never been performed but she forgets it was every time... Although, I prefer she to not sing the song rather than she performs it but doesn't get to the DVD like plenty of TA TOUR songs (we don't know yet, that's true...)

[Sky High]

Even if it's snippet of remix I love it.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Sky High

Even if it's snippet of remix I love it.

This is nice! And I hate Hbya, lol.

I always loved the Sweet Season one too, but I don’t even listen to it cause o get pissed it’s just a tease.

[axmish87]

This guy has talent. If all those remixed versions are really his or he uses samples.

[Sky High]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

This is nice! And I hate Hbya, lol.

I always loved the Sweet Season one too, but I don’t even listen to it cause o get pissed it’s just a tease.

Yeah, most of them are just a tease. But there are few in full version. If ayu made ayu trance with this guy, they could make wonders.

[SunshineSlayer]

Can't believe there's no rips yet of the concerts from Trouble.

[indigochild]

I can't get over how A Song for xx and LOVEppears are so drastically different in sound yet they're only 10/11 months apart lol

[hud]

Originally Posted by mi|kshake

I've never actually see the (miss)understood tour and it's my favourite album. Think I'd need to buy it on Blu-ray though.

omg you definitely need to! it's an AMAZING concert.

Originally Posted by indigochild

I can't get over how A Song for xx and LOVEppears are so drastically different in sound yet they're only 10/11 months apart lol

this drastic change in her sound always amazes me. i wonder what made her change it so fast. i wonder if it's because she wanted something more "modern" since ASFXX sounded kinda dated.

we can listen to some elements from it on alternative mixes of WHATEVER and immature so I wonder if she wasn't satisfied and decided to switch her sound while recording LOVEppears.

[maxikot]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Can't believe there's no rips yet of the concerts from Trouble.

Same here