Ayu: Anything Goes [XXVII]

[axmish87]

How bout that Akasaka Blitz Secret Tour or whatever it's name that we never got any footage from? I think it was held even before Concert Tour 2000? I know it's a long shot but those were the beginnings of hers, performing in front of the audience. I would really like to see how she dealt with that way back then.

[truehappiness]

They're probably only going to put up things with official releases.

[axmish87]

Yeah, that's probably going to be the case.
Either way they still could release that concert with the next anniversary edition of an album or something

[280301]

You ever just think about how good A BALLADS is?

[axmish87]

Yes,and how they made a collosal mistake by not having Haru yo koi on the tracklist

[Katsuyuki012]

Originally Posted by axmish87

Yes,and how they made a collosal mistake by not having Haru yo koi on the tracklist

+1

[mi|kshake]

Originally Posted by 280301

You ever just think about how good A BALLADS is?

Yes!

Originally Posted by axmish87

Yes,and how they made a collosal mistake by not having Haru yo koi on the tracklist

And yes!

A Ballads was my first Ayu album! I'd love to see an A Ballads II.

[voltron]

^ While I would love to have a studio recording of it, A Ballads came out a month before she performed that on TV, so the track listing was probably set well in advance of knowing she'd ever perform it.

[axmish87]

Originally Posted by voltron

^ While I would love to have a studio recording of it, A Ballads came out a month before she performed that on TV, so the track listing was probably set well in advance of knowing she'd ever perform it.

They could have easily shoved it on any subsequent release afterwards or heck even pull a repackaged version of A BALLADS album , but I guess that wasn't in question back then.
I also think they did injustice to End Roll as well by not including it in the album

[Katsuyuki012]

True but it would have been nice if she recorded that one after already covering one Yumi song... but oh well.

[hud]

A BALLADS is perfect... the last three songs are out of this world, she was truly illuminated when she recorded them

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

It’s possible Yuming is strict with who covers her music, much like Ayu is. That could be why she covered Sotsugyou Shashin instead. From my memory, I actually don’t remember there being many covers of Haru yo, koi. But I do remember Sotsugyo Shashin having several.

This could completely be incorrect, though. Lol

[voltron]

^ It's possible, but Sotsugyo Shashin is WAY more famous of a song - you hear it every year during graduation season.

[ayu-michan]

I’m really interested in what ayu’s dream is. She always mentioned the theme of dreams vs reality right? I’m curious of her ideal world. What kind of thing does she wish for?

[jiarongisme]

Originally Posted by ayu-michan

I’m really interested in what ayu’s dream is. She always mentioned the theme of dreams vs reality right? I’m curious of her ideal world. What kind of thing does she wish for?

Yume no Sekai has always been a general thought in her tours as well I believe. Like how she would create a dream world according to the theme of the tour. I think it's most explicit during concert tour 2000 A where she literally mentions it at the opening of the show.

[Zeke.]

I think ayus dream is something that lasts forever. Permanence.

I get the sense that Ayu has experienced having many dreams, or rather dreamlike moments, but the instant she would take notice of them and as well her happiness as a result of them, the dream would leave her or disappear forever.

That’s why now she often sings about such things as “the continuous dream” or “a never ending dream,” so that she may deliver exactly what she never had to her fans. Its all the more tragic when you think about how her hearing loss and vocal problems have threatened to strip away all of that.

She doesn’t want to be someone’s dream that ends, because she knows first hand the pain of wanting desperately to hold onto a dream, yet being utterly incapable of stopping it from slipping through the cracks in your fingers.

[ayu-michan]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I think ayus dream is something that lasts forever. Permanence.

I get the sense that Ayu has experienced having many dreams, or rather dreamlike moments, but the instant she would take notice of them and as well her happiness as a result of them, the dream would leave her or disappear forever.

That’s why now she often sings about such things as “the continuous dream” or “a never ending dream,” so that she may deliver exactly what she never had to her fans. Its all the more tragic when you think about how her hearing loss and vocal problems have threatened to strip away all of that.

She doesn’t want to be someone’s dream that ends, because she knows first hand the pain of wanting desperately to hold onto a dream, yet being utterly incapable of stopping it from slipping through the cracks in your fingers.

Thanks for this lovely reply

[truehappiness]

Whenever I think of her and dreams though that "I don't have dreams, I am a dream" quote comes up.

[sitara]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Whenever I think of her and dreams though that "I don't have dreams, I am a dream" quote comes up.

this will forever be the strangest quote for me. it just doesn't make any sense (everybody has dreams, come in now) and if somebody says "I AM a dream" that just makes you seem so full of yourself, no?

I guess it just comes down to translation, or what was meant by the question. I think the real question is: what are your dreams (as in "ambitions")
and the answer: "I don't have any further ambitions, I am living the dream" meaning I will continue my work as I did until now.
(I have already reached the top, the only thing I have to do now is maintain my status.)

just rambling my thoughts. this was one of the very first interviews I read from ayu and was like ...huh?

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by sitara

this will forever be the strangest quote for me. it just doesn't make any sense (everybody has dreams, come in now) and if somebody says "I AM a dream" that just makes you seem so full of yourself, no?

I guess it just comes down to translation, or what was meant by the question. I think the real question is: what are your dreams (as in "ambitions")
and the answer: "I don't have any further ambitions, I am living the dream" meaning I will continue my work as I did until now.
(I have already reached the top, the only thing I have to do now is maintain my status.)

just rambling my thoughts. this was one of the very first interviews I read from ayu and was like ...huh?

Ayumi Hamasaki is the dream, in the sense that she had a very dream-like presence and aesthetic (until Love again maybe). She was/is a dream in the sense that the popstar Ayumi Hamasaki is unreal, a projection of what the public needed or wanted from her. Ayu, the person, for sure has dreams. But Ayu, the popstar, a collective dream. And a neverending one, as here body of work will outlive her (the crossroad PV).