[2006] Battle of the (avex) winter ballads!

[*Petit*]

I think JEWEL is the besst fitted for winter. The arrangements are as elegant as small snowflakes silently falling from the sky. It's calm and perfect for driking hot choclate in front of the fireplace all winter.

Originally Posted by micster

Ayumi Hamasaki - JEWEL = Lovely
BoA - Winter Love = Nae heard but its BoA ...
Ai Otsuka - Renai Shashin = Nae heard
Koda Kumi - Yume no Uta/Futari de... = Teh suckkor

Teh suckkor! XD

It seems Ayu is winning by a landslide. I suppose this is, at the end of the day, an Ayu forum, though. Although JEWEL is probably most fresh in everyone's excited little minds.

頑張れ、BoA子よ！

[*Petit*]

^
Well, I*m actually thinking that if yume no uta was a bit rearranged and sung by ayu, I would vote for it. But Koda ruins it with her singing. BoA's song is quite generic IMO. Otsuka's ballad is very nice, but not the most outstanding IMO. So I don't know if I feel that JEWEL has the best composition but I like it the most all in all. =P

[ImpactBreaker]

hmmm....am I the only one who actually like Yume no Uta?
I kinda feel extremely biased toward Winter Love, because it indeed is a Winter song, because BoA really sings it amazingly, because it's beautiful and mainly because it has one of the most excellent PVs this year. That PV is so beautiful, it made me want to have an ice brick house LMAO!
I still need to hear the studio version of JEWEL and its PV and well and LOL I still don't even know how the new ai otsuka song sounds at all....

I don't have an opinion yet.

[Coelacanth]

'JEWEL'.

I generally dislike Kuu, but I think 'Yume no Uta' is a pretty decent song.

'Winter Love' has a boring melody. Then again, I haven't liked a BoA ballad in years.

And 'Renai Shashin' is slightly better than 'Winter Love', which isn't saying much.

[Rickumi]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

hmmm....am I the only one who actually like Yume no Uta?
I don't have an opinion yet.

I like^^


welllll I dunno if that´s just me but Ayu´s voice didn´t convince me this time =(

well.... it difficukt not to chose by the fav. artist, once i think Kumi´s voice is the most powerfull....

I think i have to listen to the instrumentals tracks to judge then....

[2Hurt]

BoA Winter Love

[Chessur]

Jewel totally I love boas's and ai's ballad as well but jewel is beautiful.

[WillofDusk]

JEWEL all the way,I stuck with it all day,I've been hearing it for hundreds of times without feeling any boring.My goddd.
I don't really have to fear my choice,it will always beAyu-chan!hoho.Even without he studio version JEWEL did eliminate all those songs in my head.
Yume no uta was better than futari de... but it only can be in my playlist as an optional song and it last for 1 day, renai shasin is next in the count down,this songs is such a great ballads and it last for 1.5 day.Don't ask me bout BoA,she sings Japanese just like Korean so there she out of the chart

[Alessia_Tateno]

To tell the truth I heard them all except Otsuka's new one..and I love them all really but I Choose Kuu =D I love Yume no Uta, next I like BoA's new one and then Ayu's =)

[huyuhuyu]

Yume no uta/Futari de , but I like Renai Shashin and Winter love as well.

[Keishi]

This is cruel XD XD XD

I voted for JEWEL. :3
If only you exclude Ayu...

[huyuhuyu]

XD but i don't like jewel as the other song.. Ayu can do MUCH better

[Alessia_Tateno]

Hmm I dont know for Jewel, I heard only the live version, maybe the cd version will be better =)

[huyuhuyu]

I don't think jewel is a really winter ballad..

[Psychotic_X]

I think I'll choose Koda Kumi - Yume No Uta...
I listen it wayy more than Winter Love... though it is tied with Yume No Uta... I liked Yume No Uta more...
I haven't heard Jewel completely... besides from the small segment on the ad.. and its ok... but I may need more to be more fair...
And Ai Otsuka's one comes last... Its got to be one of the most boring-est (if that is a word) songs I've heard... It's just so bland...

[truehappiness]

Ai's is actually quite refreshing.
The chorus is realllllllly nice.

So is BoA's! So good.

[huyuhuyu]

Renai Shashin is lovely ^__^ but, like jewel i don't think it's a winter ballad

[bondingo]

I voted for Winter Love. I absolutely adore JEWEL but I just like Winter Love more currently. It's even more beautiful than Everlasting was. Yume no Uta is great too, but not even close to Winter Love and JEWEL. Renai Shashin...whatever. I usually don't like Ai's releases.

[Jayee19]

^Ugh. The thought of Ayu recording Yume no Uta makes me shiver. There are too many "IIII!" notes in that song. I'd die if I had to suffer through that ^_^.

Well, Ai doesn't seem to have any votes But for good reason. It's definitely the most lifeless of the four songs. Jewel and Yume no Uta made me go Winter what? So sorry, BoA (you know I love you still). So it's a toss up between Ayu and Kumi.

This is kind of funny. For Ayu, I wasn't amazed by her live performance but I have faith that the cd version will be great. With Kumi, the cd version is good, but her CDTV performance was even better. Her vocal performance was almost flawless. It made me appreciate the song even more.

So, I'm going to give it to Kumi for that (and because I've been having a love affair with her for the past couple of months, shhh!) But in all honesty Boku wa Kuma trumps all these "been there, done that" ballads. Kuma for the Motherf@@@@@@ win!!!