Discussion of Happening Here cover

[emi♡]

You can't. The english parts are awful and embarassing.

And I guess people like the synthesis of her new and old vocals, but I think it's not good. It just ruins the reasons why the old ayu vocals were cool and cute, and makes them seem overdone and forced.

At least she didn't have trouble singing though.

[RayJason]

I found the Engrish to be awkward. When that guy came in I shocked because I thought that it was an solo song, not another feat. ... But her vocals are super good!

NOTHING FROM NOTHING part II

edit; listened to it again, and I HATE it! (because of that guy at the end) wtf?

[zellyx]

What is uuuup with the fakey brass section at like :20 LOL and sometimes the bass reminds me of seinfeld or some cheesy thing.............

music is so so so bad.
I feel like it's 1992 or something.

But she can rap so well - her vocals are so good, it reminds me of Fly High so much.
She isn't swallowed in the awful arrangement and salvages it with her vocals.

^LOL WHAT IS UP WITH THAT GUY AT THE END WHO ARE YOU
'rich poor boy girl straight gay' ?? 'let your bodies come arounnnd if you surrender to desiraaa then you can o o own the dance flaa break it down give it up for the queen ayumi hamasaki and the hotel love songs tonight yeaaa'
worst part of any ayu some I've ever heard. Good thing it's not from her.

[yves918]

This song is sort of a mess in my opinion. Some of it does remind me of the very early stuff that Ayu did. And I agree with emiko. The English parts really are "awful and embarassing."

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

I don't mind it at all.

Granted this is a theme song for the tour, of all of TRF's more famous and interesting songs, she chose this one...

Sure the lyrics express fun happening and stuff, but I think they could have made other songs into better theme songs... Or sample this and make a new song...

Anyway, this song was (most likely) created before Tim was in the picture. The chance of this representing any of the works she is currently working on is slim.

[Polyrhythm]

wtf is this ****......

bad move Ayu.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by pepper

The music is POOR. it's sound like a child's keyboard. Even the original one had better (very 90')

Yeah, this is pretty much the reason I don't like it. It sounds really, really cheap. Music in the early 90s did not sound this poorly produced so I can't even say a comment like "what's this? 1991?". The original is actually far superior imo.

Also, I might be the only one that thought her vocals didn't really match the song.

[Jennie Mae]

I don't think it's terrible. I think it's just a really fun song to dance to. It's a little harsh to be critical of songs like that, kinda like when Bold & Delicious came out and nobody really knew what was going on. I bet it will be really fun when she performs it live.
It also feels like I'm listening to some kind of artifact that was recently found from the 2011 pre-earthquake Ayu era.

[kagami]

I kinda like it. It's cute and fun sounding.
I don't get why people are getting their panties in a twist over a song that is just a cover...

[ohsixthirty]

ok...i don't know what's happening to me, i hated this song so much, but its actually starting to grow on me a little bit...

by the way, i think maybe the male rapper is just one person instead of two. I mentioned the rap on Facebook and Timmy replied:

Timothy Philip Wellard: Wonder who it could be...
Brian: Wait, do you know who the rappers are??? Don't tease me Timmy! I must know!
Timothy Philip Wellard: Who says there are two?

maybe he will tell me who it is.

actually, i was traumatized by my post because i said something bad about the song and Timmy replied to me about it, hahahaha! Kind of embarrassing.

[letter]

It was so totally random. I came on AHS and suddenly there's a new song I hadn't even heard of. It's all right, but the production is poor. I'll listen to it a couple more times, see where I gravitate more, like or dislike. I wonder if it's any indication of what we're going to get next, if this is the sound of the new album.

[AyuGAME]

can't stand the arrangement and instrument that they use..it's killing me on how cheap it is...

Ayu vocal is fantastic..and that's it...

[asmAyumi1992]

For the first time I listened to this song, I can imagine how her voice would be like. Then,someone upload her cover. And it is beyond my expectation. Even with the original song, I kinda like it. It sounds fun

[happiholic★]

I like her rapping, and that is it. Otherwise its horrible. I don't care if its supposed to be cute, fun or silly. I don't like it.

[jyujiw]

I don't understand all the hate.
I kinda like it, I think it will be prettier when performed live, the type of music that needs a performance (remembering that was supposed to be the theme of the 2011 tour, so, it's very logical this kind of sounding).
It's strange but I like it, it's been on repeat here several times =3
Maybe because the Nothing From Nothing vibe... xD

[Ashen Twilight]

Originally Posted by ohsixthirty

ok...i don't know what's happening to me, i hated this song so much, but its actually starting to grow on me a little bit...

by the way, i think maybe the male rapper is just one person instead of two. I mentioned the rap on Facebook and Timmy replied:

Timothy Philip Wellard: Wonder who it could be...
Brian: Wait, do you know who the rappers are??? Don't tease me Timmy! I must know!
Timothy Philip Wellard: Who says there are two?

maybe he will tell me who it is.

actually, i was traumatized by my post because i said something bad about the song and Timmy replied to me about it, hahahaha! Kind of embarrassing.

Just by reading that, I bet the rap was done by Timmy. I wouldn't doubt it. He probably arranged this version too.

[Coelacanth]

I think it's a fun song, but will remain mostly forgotten in Ayu's discography for me.

While the arrangement is ridiculously cheap (I wonder if it was done on purpose?), I don't think ANY arrangement can save the awful composition. It reminds me of Namie's "Chase The Chance", which has an annoyingly dissonant, repetitive melody.

This is a TK composition, right? Such a glorified composer who has just as many, if not more, crappy songs than he does good ones. I won't complain though, because I think his work with Ayu thus far has been excellent.

[bluecyclone]

The Ayu's rapping sounds like a struggle effort to remember Ayu's past in Nothing from Nothing... but it sounds good!

but i'd prefer ayu composing a NEW rap song not a cover... maybe next time...

Leave the Rap / R&B / gospel stuff to Koda Kumi !!!

[truehappiness]

This is a TK composition, right?

Yeah. I think a lot of songs she's covered in concerts have been TK works. teens, WOW WAR TONIGHT, SEVEN DAYS WAR, and now Happening Here. (this is excluding TRF songs she's done and the Yuming Sotsuyou Shashin during CDL)

[Coelacanth]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Yeah. I think a lot of songs she's covered in concerts have been TK works. teens, WOW WAR TONIGHT, SEVEN DAYS WAR, and now Happening Here. (this is excluding TRF songs she's done and the Yuming Sotsuyou Shashin during CDL)

I totally forgot about teens until you mentioned it. Re-listened to it and I think I fell in love all over again, lol.

SEVEN DAYS WAR is a gem. My favorite cover of hers.