[Thoughts] BLUE BIRD PV

[Dustie]

Yeah.
First I thought "RAINBOW" PV was for RAINBOW album. Then I realised A BALLADS was after RAINBOW. There was really low PV promotion for RAINBOW, come to think of it... Real Me was Ok, but it was pretty weird

But I don't think it was so much identity crisis, just becouse she thought she was seeing a clone of herself in the streets running away from her


But the song itself, I really do like it. If it was composed by DAI, it's no wonder (i don't know the composer yet).

[Coelacanth]

I'm glad to see people aren't trying to find symbolism in this PV.

[truehappiness]

Well, they're too busy comparing it to fairyland to find any symbolism. xD


Plus, she's having too much fun for there to even be symbolism. She's basically.. having fun.. xD

[Dustie]

I'm glad to see people aren't trying to find symbolism in this PV.

Oh, you'd be surprised how much symbolism we could find in it

[Coelacanth]

Bold & Delicious was a lot more fun. This PV would have been better if she was the only one in it. She needs to practice her lip-synching anyway, it's horrible.

[evolution105]

i finally get to comment on the PV now that I'm home!!! In all honesty, its a very mediocre PV but it doesnt take the feeling of summer away. Someone here mentioned that he/she smiled when they saw the PV, I too smiled. Its just a fun PV to watch. Not repeat quality (but the music is). TO me, if you're feeling down or depressed, or you just want to be happy, this PV will surely make you smile. and make your day. Some people are also mentioning that "its just another beach PV, not original at all", and others are saying "what do you expect, with a summer song" blah blah blah. Ayu could've done something different, I think asongforXX mentioned she could've been in the city with some girls having fun. Overall the atmosphere of the PV imo really reflects the song itself which is a good thing. The colors are vibrant, Ayu is gorgeous, and the dancers were just fun to watch

[My Rainbow]

Originally Posted by Phantoma

Bold & Delicious was a lot more fun. This PV would have been better if she was the only one in it. She needs to practice her lip-synching anyway, it's horrible.

I don't think so!!!

It's better with her dancers! They are like her family!!!! CUTE!!! NICE!

[Qt Mashi]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Zin is so lol~

Shuya and Zin have a tendency to airhump as dancing.. [i.e Startin. x.x]

oh~ so it's called "air hump" yeha i really don't like when they do that it's ugly dancing

Originally Posted by Phantoma

Bold & Delicious was a lot more fun. This PV would have been better if she was the only one in it.

yeah i agree! it would still be a fun PV if Ayu was alone, like the B&D side story

[w_bum]

I agree with the fairyland-ish feel for this PV. I was really hoping that she was the only one featured in it, then the boat scene was shown and I was like, "damn..." But at the same time, I was pleased that nothing caught fire.

[ImpactBreaker]

It would be really cool if she had been alone in this PV, after all - since it's about having fun - partying and having fun are much better when you do it alone right? j/k

[Mirai Noah]

Finally, the end of this thread!!

Anyway, it's basically a happier version of fairyland, minus the fire. I found it kind of boring.

[Kikaru]

Well, it makes me smile, and a little jealous, because I'm still stuck with my finals. X___X'

But I guess the part of being "new", is that, it doesn't get received that well either by fans. I mean, She never done anything like Bold&Delicious, and it's original, and people hates it. I mean, if she made a Rainbow Era or I am... era song again, we probably complain that it sounds too familiar. :roll I guess Js_surrealism sums it nice for me.

[Dark Eiri]

I liked the PV. It seems like they were REALLY having a lot o fun, there. I'm glad that Ayu is having some fun, with all this work, lately.
Indeed, it is a simple PV. Maybe representing a happy life, with your friends memories always in your heart, having fun always. I don't know... something like this.

[Dreamland]

its not like fairyland to me

just because she is on a beach it has to be like fairyland....

so I guess since she is on a yatch in the sea she must be copying Jay-Z's Big Pimpin video....(being sarcastic)

and some people fail to realize that its a happy song something to get you dancing and having fun

doesnt necessarily have to have a deep meaning to be good

but whatever floats your boat go with it

[Hazuki]

This PV is way better than "fairyland". Just because she's on a beach, it HAS to be "fairyland".

I love the scenes when shes walking on the beach! The color of the sand is beautiful, and the water is so blue!
Ayumi looks like she's having so much fun, and it's the happiest PV I've ever seen.
It was so cute when Shuya ran then jumped XD

The pillows on the boat match the CD covers

Anyways, not a bad PV, the scenery is beautiful and it's cute. I wouldn't mind watching it again.

[immel]

After watching it once and skimming through 15 pages of posts, that's been wandering of in all different directions (), I'll post my thoughts on the PV.

It remided me a bit of the other summer PVs.

It felt like fairyland, but with the 'deep' part removed and more romance added.

It felt a bit like INSPIRE, but with more cheerfullness and not an as serious message.

I enjoyed the PV, the best one of 2006 this far. I will watch it again, which I won't with for example 'BTB...'.

The camera work and angles was good and I liked the cutting aswell, some scenes was a bit weird though, the camera man was playing around a bit too much and going too far, I think. Even if it felt a bit 'rushed' and possibly 'cheap' (don't entirely agree on it being cheap after thinking some about helicopters etc) I get the feeling that it is very well made.

The complete cheerfullness of it filled me to the edge and I was smiling when I watched it, I particularly enjoyed two scenes, the one where she was standing at a mountain and the ones when she was riding the water scooter.

I'm very happy they left out the CGing for once, including CGing REALLY makes a PV look cheap, and it's indeed the cheapest thing you can do. *thinks biking part in Startin', speech in Ladies Night, 'robots' of INSPIRE etc*. This PV gave me a feeling it's genuine.

It was not the most enjoyable or deep PV, but it is perfect for the theme of the song. The PV definately made me love the song more, and looking at the PV was the second time ever I heard this song .

Originally Posted by spacelion

(or would you rather have a PV of Ayu spewing blood from her eyes while little demonic children drink it up with metal music in the background?)

I really hope she will 'dare' doing more PVs as psychadelic/dark themed as Ourselves or Because of You.

I found this post particularly interesting, and I agree with everything in it. Thanks ruixiong89. I will smile and sigh every time I look at that scene when you can notice the cameramans shadow, it was the scene I disliked the most when I watched this PV the first time.

Now I think I'm gonna watch it some more to see if I can come up with more thoughts on it.

She is wearing a weee bit too much makeup, but it was even worse in fairyland ^^'

note:
CGing does not always have to be cheap, but when it's used to 'fill out' a PV it really is.

[Dustie]

Lol, that's first blooper spotted in BLUE BIRD PV! Congrats to him!

[~*Mabushii*~]

Originally Posted by HanabiChick

Some mentioned in another thread that it was fairyland part 2 or something, and it even looked like it from the short CM caps. In some of the shots of Ayu alone on the beach, her poses were the same as fairyland beach shots. Even some of the camera angles looked similar to those fairyland beach shots. It just was a bit boring for me, not much actually happening. I prefer fairyland, it had more happening and was a bit different because of the fire scenes.

Fairyland v.2.. lol, that was me.. unless someone else also said it in the caps thread.. Heh.

Fairyland.. even though I didnt like the song as much.. had a much better pv than Blue Bird

[chibi_sunny]

Boring.
All of her other summer songs had a theme and at least some creativity, but right now, I'm losing interest in Ayu's PVs.

[evolutionricky]

it alright but the first thing I thought was...is this fairyland part 2?