[Koda Kumi] 138th Thread -「4 TIMES」for summer !

[Tashiro]

I love to see how people always compare her new stuff to the old stuff. Wanna live in the past? Go to a museum. Covers and song are great, the rest is irrelevant.

[tenshi no hane]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

Covers of Ai wo tomenaide:


Preview of the song:

Great covers, I love her outfit The song is kinda meh to me. Hopefully it'll grow on me.

I have suddenly started liking V.I.P though O.o

EDIT: Translation of the 愛を止めないで’s preview:

Don't stop love

Please help me
My heart is breaking, it hurts
I love every part of you
More than anyone, more than anyone ever will
I continue to send you my unwavering love
Don’t stop love

Let me meet someone in time
Just once more, just once more
My dear, always keep smiling
Don’t stop love
Please don’t stop love

[omgpeachsnapple]

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

I have suddenly started liking V.I.P though O.o

EDIT: Translation of the 愛を止めないで’s preview:

Um ... because V.I.P. is amazing. That's why.

And omg, those lyrics are so sweet and so sad! All right, so maybe I like the song a little better now ... hah.

[~StarCatcher~]

What a beautiful text*-*
I bet many fans will cry listening to the song live!!

The covers are so beautiful, too.
I need to listen to the song @ home after work, cant' wait=)

Last Kuu year was awesome, but this year seems to be 2006 perfection again*-*

[Gubsi]

well i wasn't impressed by the preview...
BUT today i heard it again and well...
i think this will become a wonderful ballad, it really sounds great!!

covers are gorgeous as hell i could throw dead bananas on the floor... lol
i wonder if the PV has the same theme as the covers!?
(waiting for cheap titanic rip-off pv with kuu using a rotary telephone to call her ugly dead boyfriend cause she can't use sms or twitter in the roaring twenties.... TroLoL)

[NintendoHTF1242]

^ LOL!!! I like that idea!! It'll change up from the usual cell phone theme. Yay rotary telephones <33

[Minttulatte]

My QUEEN never disappoints me. Ai wo Tomenaide sounds so perfect I got chills going down my spine. No one can make a ballad so perfect than Kuu. All hail the queen Koda Kumi o/

[Benikari47]

I'm really starting to adore this single so much, especially VIP and Poppin' Love Cocktail, already one of my favorite Jpop releases this year! Regarding Ai wo tomenaide, it sounds beautiful.. but it's your typical Jpop ballad, that doesn't necesarily have to be a bad thing.. but in this case it sounds like pretty much everything else, i'm not gonna judge it too much but i definitely prefer Suki De x3 alot more.

I'm loving the covers though! really elegant

[kaled kalil]

Ai wo Tomenaide reminds me a lot Unmei, and I loved it. I hope the song have a good climax, the most recent ballad with climax that I like is You are so beautiful and I love those emotional moments.

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

I have suddenly started liking V.I.P though O.o

Me too! At the first, the song was blah to me, but now I'm liking this mess!

[Benikari47]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

Me too! At the first, the song was blah to me, but now I'm liking this mess!

Same, it's amazing what a music video can do to change your opinion.
Btw i saw your Maki Goto cover on Jpopasia.com! it's beautiful!

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by Tashiro

I love to see how people always compare her new stuff to the old stuff. Wanna live in the past? Go to a museum. Covers and song are great, the rest is irrelevant.

LOL wow...

[ahtka-chan]

Originally Posted by Tashiro

I love to see how people always compare her new stuff to the old stuff. Wanna live in the past? Go to a museum. Covers and song are great, the rest is irrelevant.

But what can everyone do if she keep releasing things that sounds like her old works? It's not their fault if she doesn't release anything that soungs really new.

By the way, loved the covers but didn't like the song (But in general I don't like ballads)

[kaled kalil]

@Benikari47: Thank you

Kumi will record a new live for Music Japan on 09/05 (I think it's for the Ai wo Tomenaide promotion).
Guest list: 植村花菜、KREVA、倖田來未、AAA、モーニング娘。Others (Alphabetic order).
Source: pid.nhk.or.jp

We already know about three live:

08/13 - CDTV
08/?? - Music Japan (Poppin'love cocktail)
09/?? - ??

I think she'll be at Music Station next week.

[Minttulatte]

What does it really matter if her work sounds a bit like her old ones? To me Ai no Tomenaide sounds like Ai no Uta mixed with the epicness of Yume no Uta.

[Misato]

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

EDIT: Translation of the 愛を止めないで’s preview:

Do you have the japanese lyrics too? Can´t find it anywhere. >_<

[Zeke.]

Song sounds boring to me. Has a slight hint of Unmei if anything. Defintely no Yume no Uta. It sounds like something they left off Suki de... single. Like it was either Suki de... or this and they chose Suki de... (for good measure).

Cover is stunning though! One of the best covers EVER by ANYONE!

[jbrat2219]

Didn't she have a similar style for her calender? Anyone think this may have been shot all the way back then?

[~StarCatcher~]

^no the cover for the calendar this year is the tianic theme if you mean this.. and there she has got black hair =)

[jbrat2219]

Oh okay! I just remembered her looking very elegant then, too. She has the best clothes I wish I could raid her closet lol.

[noisy_harmony]

Originally Posted by Tashiro

I love to see how people always compare her new stuff to the old stuff. Wanna live in the past? Go to a museum.

That's actually a very good idea.