Ayumi ~ The Anything Goes Thread 8 ~ - Page 21

sitara · #**401** 17th July 2014, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Coelacanth

The special screen for 'End roll' in Concert 2000 B is so bizarre... Wall St. & exploding skyscrapers. Ayu predicted 9/11 tbh

ooh! link?
a lot of entertainment media loves showing cryptic and unsettling stuff. ooh, conspiracy...

sometimes she shows us really disturbing stuff. like the one special screen with a coffin, cult looking people and ever free playing. I wish somebody could give us an interesting interpretation

Delirium-Zer0 · #**402** 17th July 2014, 02:19 PM

Dude, it always blows my mind that DOME TOUR 2001 happened before 9/11. It's like... WOW.

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Originally Posted by Sunrise

I've always wondered why ayu-mi-x V (RMX Works) wasn't as well received as the other remix albums. They're her only albums (whether it be remix, studio, mini, live or best) to miss the top 10 (with ayu-mi-x V, ayu trance III, ayu-ro mix III peaking at #18, #14 and #13 respectively). Even all of the ayu-mi-x VI and ayu-mi-x VIII releases peaked within the top 10 when she had less selling power than she did when ayu-mi-x V was released.

Was it a competitive week to release? The fact that the majority of songs were taken from RAINBOW as opposed to scanning over all of her releases at the time? General disinterest in remixes? (though, disinterest has increased even further over time yet the remix albums following this set still went top 10 so I'm not sure). Did fans/the public think the remixes were just plain bad?

Any insight would be appreciated!

One problem was the delay. Before, we'd gotten post-album remix CDs much faster after the album's initial release, so the "buzz" from the album itself was still relatively high. With ayu-mi-xes 1 though 4, we got the remix albums five months MAX after the album, so the album still felt relevant... with RMX WORKS, it was twice that amount of time.

Also, after the "best of" format of ayu-mi-x 4+selection and the fact that all Ayu's legendarily remix-packed maxi singles dropped off around that same time, we emotionally said goodbye to remixes. We were pretty much sure remixes were now permanently a thing of the past, so there wasn't much excitement or buildup for a new remix album, especially when it didn't come out right after the album. When it DID get released it was like "Oh, I guess this is happening."

maneayu · #**403** 17th July 2014, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sitara

ooh! link?
a lot of entertainment media loves showing cryptic and unsettling stuff. ooh, conspiracy...

Link!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDRXQEvbpXY

Mmm.... this song makes me think of Deli's interpretation of LOVEppears... that it was the time when Ayu kind of "let go" Max.

Sunrise · #**404** 17th July 2014, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

Dude, it always blows my mind that DOME TOUR 2001 happened before 9/11. It's like... WOW.

One problem was the delay. Before, we'd gotten post-album remix CDs much faster after the album's initial release, so the "buzz" from the album itself was still relatively high. With ayu-mi-xes 1 though 4, we got the remix albums five months MAX after the album, so the album still felt relevant... with RMX WORKS, it was twice that amount of time.

Also, after the "best of" format of ayu-mi-x 4+selection and the fact that all Ayu's legendarily remix-packed maxi singles dropped off around that same time, we emotionally said goodbye to remixes. We were pretty much sure remixes were now permanently a thing of the past, so there wasn't much excitement or buildup for a new remix album, especially when it didn't come out right after the album. When it DID get released it was like "Oh, I guess this is happening."

Really interesting! Thanks for all the information, I love hearing about the atmosphere of the Ayu fandom and her releases back then.

sitara · #**405** 17th July 2014, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by maneayu

Link!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDRXQEvbpXY

Mmm.... this song makes me think of Deli's interpretation of LOVEppears... that it was the time when Ayu kind of "let go" Max.

thanks a lot! I've never seen this concert before.

ExodusUK · #**406** 19th July 2014, 09:50 PM

When the synth kicks in, try reciting the opening of What Is Forever Love..works perfect

Surreal17 · #**407** 20th July 2014, 10:42 AM

wow...it is almost identical. But the instrumental sounds a bit softer than WIFL.

chocopockymaster · #**408** 20th July 2014, 01:38 PM

HEAVEN is a fucking masterpiece.

orangeakira · #**409** 25th July 2014, 12:02 AM

Remixers I want to see for her next remix album: Stuart Price a.k.a. Thin White Duke, Above & Beyond, Ferry Corsten, Jaques Lu Cont, Daishi Dance, Ram Rider, Yasutaka Nakata, Megara vs. DJ Lee, Bloodshy and Avant, Space Cowboy, Yoji Biomehanika, and The Glitch Mob

Remixers we'll probably get: None of them except Daishi Dance

Since ayumix 5 was all rainbow songs, ayumix 6 was Memorial address to Guilty, and ayumix 7 was just the 50 singles, I'm sure ayumix 8 would span from Next Level to Colours.

I would totally love something like this:

Spoiler:

kotora · #**410** 25th July 2014, 03:59 AM

I have a question.

How do I do the graphic works like Feel The Love Tour..? Using MS Paint? LOL

NintendoHTF1242 · #**411** 25th July 2014, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by orangeakira

ayu-mi-x 8 -orchestra and acoustic selection-
01. Rule
02. curtain call
03. Tell me why
04. sending mail
05. do it again
06. Last Links -Stripped down version-
07. merry-go-round -ethereal guitar version-
08. countdown
09. call
10. Now & 4eva
11. Pray
12. SAKURA
13. NEXT LEVEL
Bonus Track
14. RAINBOW (Classical version)

I WOULD PREORDER THIS SO FAST LIKE I CAN'T EVEN OH MY GOD

If that Merry-go-round ethereal guitar version were to ever exist... I don't think us mere humans are ready for such a treat.

orangeakira · #**412** 25th July 2014, 08:27 AM

^Haha I'd love it too but no, go save your money to buy a ps3 so you can play the kingdom hearts games.

Sunrise · #**413** 27th July 2014, 08:54 PM

Janet Jackson's 'All Nite (Don't Stop)' (2004) sounds a lot like Ayu's 'flower garden "BACK BEAT MIX"' off of ayu-mi-x 4 + selection Non Stop Mega Mix version (2002). Specifically around 2:11 onwards during the 'flower garden' mix and the intro during 'All Nite.'

Is this a sample or something? If so, can someone tell me the name of the song sampled?

maneayu · #**414** 27th July 2014, 10:37 PM

guys, I need an ayu song about hate and "go away" kind of thing (obviously, about love

)

Delirium-Zer0 · #**415** 28th July 2014, 12:59 AM

In like a "I don't like you so leave me alone" way, or like a "I like you alot but i'm not supposed to so it's causing trouble for me so please go away" way? Cuz she has a few of that second one, not sure she has any of the first one...

Chibi-Chan · #**416** 28th July 2014, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by maneayu

guys, I need an ayu song about hate and "go away" kind of thing (obviously, about love

)

LOVE 'n' HATE

Tom Punks · #**417** 28th July 2014, 03:33 AM

This is really random but the A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~ covers make me want to scream. Especially the fact that one is ridiculously overexposed, which is bad enough in itself but combined with the fact that the other one ISN'T just ajkldgaksgjd

I hate these covers. I don't want them in my iTunes library.

BlackSilence · #**418** 28th July 2014, 10:52 AM

Guys, i am probably late with this, but when did that happen?

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Tomomi Itano accused of “waging war” with Ayu, responds on Twitter

Tokyo Sports published an article on the 8th alleging that ex-AKB48 member Tomomi Itano (23) intended to “wage war” against singer Ayumi Hamasaki (35) after dropping her debut album S×W×A×G on the same day as the veteran pop star’s Colours.

“Hamasaki’s album was released the same day as Itano’s, but their respective first-day sales placed Itano in 6th and Hamasaki in 5th [on the Oricon chart], a painful defeat,” an unnamed entertainment industry official claimed in the piece. “When Itano got the news, she wailed, ‘I lost to Ayu! This is awful!’” The same anonymous source added that Itano then went on to message past and current AKB48 members as well as staff, declaring that she would “surpass” Hamasaki.

Itano addressed the rumors on Twitter alongside a screenshot from her phone of the article:

I noticed Twitter was all in a fuss and then…

This is so disappointing…

That’s not what I think at all. I never said anything like that

But articles like this still come out, I’m really sad about it… (>_<)

I’m sorry for the upset this has caused to Ayumi Hamasaki-san’s fans. But those are not my words (*_*)

Within a mere thirty minutes of the tweet, it received 2,800 retweets as fans consoled her with replies like “Don’t worry about it” and “You have no reason to apologize.”

Nonetheless, Oricon weekly chart numbers have yet to be publicized; time will tell if Itano surpasses Hamasaki in this round after all.

http://aramajapan.com/news/tomomi-it...-twitter/1885/

Heavenly · #**419** 28th July 2014, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by maneayu

guys, I need an ayu song about hate and "go away" kind of thing (obviously, about love

)

I think (don't) Leave me alone is fitting this theme perfectly.

Bigtop · #**420** 29th July 2014, 04:07 AM

artcika

I think we already talked about that earlier on one of the Twitter threads in the form before...