You were... / BALLAD information and covers [VIII]

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

you know it will be weird if she's being paired back with TOKIO's Tomoya Nagase should for some reason the director wants to pick a male Johnny's lead to be her (ex) love interest in the PV D:

Omg if Nagase were in her PV, I'm sure any tears Ayu sheds will be 100% real lol.

Also, I just had a thought! My memory's a little fuzzy, so people who are experts in theater and such help me out. Is there some kind of theater genre called a ballad? I was thinking, if there is one... Maybe the reason BALLAD has it's name and the PV is to be super dramatic is because it's of the ballad genre? Or am I way off base?.... I probably am xD;

[AyuWorld]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Omg if Nagase were in her PV, I'm sure any tears Ayu sheds will be 100% real lol.

Also, I just had a thought! My memory's a little fuzzy, so people who are experts in theater and such help me out. Is there some kind of theater genre called a ballad? I was thinking, if there is one... Maybe the reason BALLAD has it's name and the PV is to be super dramatic is because it's of the ballad genre? Or am I way off base?.... I probably am xD;

yes i agree,if it was Nagase i'm surely crying watching this PV,it's going to be soo sad and he's hotter than Shuya

i think that's why Ayu think Shuya is suitable for the role, with his overdramatic expression

i wonder about one thing, is the scene is going to be the present day or maybe around 70's or 80's..i dun know cos it more fit with the song

[Emperatriz Ayumi]

I have watched BALLAD PV and I have to say that I LOVE IT !!!

The concept is great!!!

Great for Ayu!!!!!!!!

[Seizuka]

I can't wait for this single! I don't like "You were..." that much because it sounds generic and like a boring Mix of all her sad Winter Ballads. But "BALLAD" is a georgous song and I love the mix of epic singing and the traditional asian Instruments, it sounds like a fusion between "GREEN" and "Part Of Me"!
The Covers are alright. Nothing special, but they are way better than the "Sunrise / Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~"-Covers . The basic idea of the "You Were..."-PV is very cool. I like the whole Image with the weird couple, the hand puppet, the Trees made of Paper (I don't know how to descrice it in a better way, I think you'll get what I mean) and the dress made of a chain of lights - But the assembly is very dissapointing.
The weird couple looks like dancers from Lady Gaga . They are way TOO futuristic and ruin the beautiful atmosphere, even though I like the scene with the shining stone.
The idea of the hand puppet is very cute and creative, but you can only see the puppet during the opening of the PV. I have the sense that they just used the puppet as a filler for the opening Blank stare.
The "BALLAD"-PV is better. The Background-Story is very touching and Shu Ya is a great actor. Even though I hate Ayu's pink dress, the scenery is very beautiful .

[pchan1986]

Originally Posted by Seizuka

I can't wait for this single! I don't like "You were..." that much because it sounds generic and like a boring Mix of all her sad Winter Ballads. But "BALLAD" is a georgous song and I love the mix of epic singing and the traditional asian Instruments, it sounds like a fusion between "GREEN" and "Part Of Me"!
The Covers are alright. Nothing special, but they are way better than the "Sunrise / Sunset ~LOVE is ALL~"-Covers . The basic idea of the "You Were..."-PV is very cool. I like the whole Image with the weird couple, the hand puppet, the Trees made of Paper (I don't know how to descrice it in a better way, I think you'll get what I mean) and the dress made of a chain of lights - But the assembly is very dissapointing.
The weird couple looks like dancers from Lady Gaga . They are way TOO futuristic and ruin the beautiful atmosphere, even though I like the scene with the shining stone.
The idea of the hand puppet is very cute and creative, but you can only see the puppet during the opening of the PV. I have the sense that they just used the puppet as a filler for the opening Blank stare.
The "BALLAD"-PV is better. The Background-Story is very touching and Shu Ya is a great actor. Even though I hate Ayu's pink dress, the scenery is very beautiful .

WOW i had the exact same opinion as yours! i wish she had a white dress instead of that bubblegum pink hehe

[Delirium-Zer0]

The term ballad is classically used to describe a form of dramatic poem, so... kind of?

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

The term ballad is classically used to describe a form of dramatic poem, so... kind of?

.... Maybe that's it?... Then I guess that's just a song or whatever and I make no sense what-so-ever, sorry lol.

[ownsarai]

So many people have already seen the PV but no one has ripped it yet? I really want to see it~

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by ownsarai

So many people have already seen the PV but no one has ripped it yet? I really want to see it~

A bunch of people have seen a 15-30 second snippet from a morning entertainment news program, but not the whole thing.

[FeelDbeat]

I'm not that eager to see it like i was yesterday

ever since i read the info about shuya being in it i lost all interest n seeing it

[ihulk2]

Originally Posted by FeelDbeat

I'm not that eager to see it like i was yesterday

ever since i read the info about shuya being in it i lost all interest n seeing it

She can choose whoever she wants to dance with and I can choose not to watch or buy anything (Arena,CDL DVDs) I don't like.

I guess I'll be buying just her albums to support her and hear her sing.

[FeelDbeat]

Originally Posted by ihulk2

She can choose whoever she wants to dance with and I can choose not to watch or buy anything (Arena,CDL DVDs) I don't like.

I guess I'll be buying just her albums to support her and hear her sing.

i know she can ^^

but most of her performances that has shuya in it i end up skipping ;P
and just listen to the audio lol

but i can't take it any more i wanna see her performances like i used to D;

don't you think it could have been better if she used a real actor in "BALLAD pv"
the song is really gorgeous and the idea of th pv is really good *o*

but the idea of using the same dancer over and over again is really boring
if you compare him with other dancers you know he's not that great
i think she's using him cuz he's very popular now and lots of her fans like him

too bad 4 me )=

can't wait for RED LINE (;

[waterballoon]

I'm dying to see the PV. Ugh @_@

[truehappiness]

2ch has stated this:
KITAAAA

I SEE IT

THE BALLAD PV!! SO PRETTY AND CUTE TOO!!!

Apparently there's a CM at TeamAyu right now.

[nanakopy87]

wah....i hope some TA member can upload it for us?

[aura~]

theres the CM in tA website...there's not a lot that can be seen but here you go!



I still don't know why I can't se bigger version... the link is that: (i put it slip for not hotlinking..)

http ://ww w.avexnet.or.jp/avexdb/ayu/asx/1229_300k.asx (windows media player 300KB)

BALLAD seems beautiful from this CM! so.. forgiveness-ish... XD

thats the only thing I can do now cause I have to go to university and I can't solve my problem with the link, hope someone will upload it better later!!

[truehappiness]

HOLY CRAP IT IS PRETTY.

[aloopy]

PRETTY!

hopefully the motorcycle and Shuya thing was a big joke. it would ruin it ;_;

[pommy48]

AH!!! BALLAD looks so pretty~ she looks like a princess <3

reminds me of forgiveness

i can't imagine shuya and motorcycles with it

unless...it's one of those story where it's ayu in her past life and she meets shuya again in her current life...like Voyage

[jbrat2219]

omg she loosk gorgeous! FULL PV PELASE!