What do you think of How Beautiful You Are?

[elvis810]

I wish the arrangement could be heavier but her vocal is very incredible. this is a good sign of what's to come!!!

i also love the improvisation though it sounds rehearsed and is not natural enough

Overall i like it.

7/10~

[~StarCatcher~]

I love it, okay I only heard it once @ CDL this year and it was awesome *-*

Wait for an official release though.


Btw: Will HAPPENING HERE not be released in any other way than digital?

[truehappiness]

It is likely that Happening Here is not getting a physical release.

However, Ayu could be a crazy!person and stick it in as a bonus track for Party Queen. That would probably be better off NOT happening though as good as that song is.

I feel like her vibrato at the end is PERFECT. It's not overdone at all like the way she did it in 2007/2008. There's no crazy a-a-a-a-aAa-a-a-a-a-a-a and instead it's done rather smoothly without being chopped up.

[Macro]

It's a very simple song. It's addictive.

[ayu_ready?]

Originally Posted by tasking

Yeah, I really don't like the harmony/choir part. It's much more subdued than the live version, which is something I was hoping for, but it still seems Ayu's fighting to be heard over it.

[Midori-chan]

I normally love Ayu's ballads a lot (really, there is not a single Ayu-ballad I hate), but sadly this song does nothing for me!

3:30 and onwards sounds great, because the music makes a drastic turn, but the rest of the song is boring.

[reilachii]

the live version at cdl was just ok, but now that there's the studio version, the song is growing in me. it's a sweet and touching ballad to me. not a masterpiece but it's a great track for me

[freedreamer]

really love the song. maybe Ive heard the live too many times, so the impact of the choir has diminished..and i felt the drums were definitely stronger in the live.
yea, i agree with those that says the background can be stronger..but not overpowering ayu of coz

but i love her vocals and esp the final chorus. there is definitely passion and strength in that last chorus. The music is fantastic..very empowering and moving.

we've heard this once live, i think it's an awesome song sung live and ayu can do it

[Tony G]

Its growing on me after a few listens. She hardly makes a bad ballad.

[kendelle]

Misa posted the lyrics translation. I hadn't listened to the song since the preview and that was only once, so I didn't read any partial translations or anything xD

So, possibly being late to the party - I think this song is about Mannie...

Thank you again for today
Your smile saved me

Thank you again for today
Just stay there as you are

Because you cried for me
Watching you made me want to cry again

I wish that the feelings I feel through these held hands
Will always be here

You don’t know You don’t know
how beautiful you are
More than you’ll ever know
You don’t know You don’t know
how beautiful you are
Because you are always beautiful

Thank you again for today
Your tears taught me

Thank you again for today
For bringing me through

As long as you keep moving forward
Watching you, I’ll be encouraged again

I wish that this gentle and calm breeze
Will envelop me

You don’t know You don’t know
how beautiful you are
More than you’ll ever know
You don’t know You don’t know
how beautiful you are
You have grown kind and strong

You don’t know You don’t know
how beautiful you are
you are you are
You don’t know You don’t know
how beautiful you are
Because you are always beautiful

The start is similar in feeling to Virgin Road (the "thank you for everything"/"thank you forever" type lines). Then, especially the line wishing the feeling in her hands will remain. Finally, "as long as you keep moving forward, I'll be encouraged again".

[chocopockymaster]

I wish this song did more for me, but it really doesn't. Timmy is like...1/3 with the songs he's done for Ayu. hbya and Party Queen pretty much cancel out the awesomeness of BRILLANTE.

In all honesty, I didn't think too much of her vocals in the song, and I find it pretty forgettable. It's like hbya got together with beloved and The meaning of love and formed the trilogy of songs that I would be okay never listening to again.

The final straw for me was Timmy in the chorus. GET OUT. You're a composer, you don't need to be making a friggin' guest appearance in every one of the songs you do for her. I buy her records because I want to hear her voice, not yours.

[maikaru]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

I wish this song did more for me, but it really doesn't. Timmy is like...1/3 with the songs he's done for Ayu. hbya and Party Queen pretty much cancel out the awesomeness of BRILLANTE.

In all honesty, I didn't think too much of her vocals in the song, and I find it pretty forgettable. It's like hbya got together with beloved and The meaning of love and formed the trilogy of songs that I would be okay never listening to again.

The final straw for me was Timmy in the chorus. GET OUT. You're a composer, you don't need to be making a friggin' guest appearance in every one of the songs you do for her. I buy her records because I want to hear her voice, not yours.

I don't really know why people are bothered about Timmy. He's just the back up, and the choral part sounds really nice, a nice build up.

It's no more annoying than HANABI ~Episode II~'s Lalalalala~ part.

But anyways.

I LOVE this song. It's SOOO beautiful.

[inspire_rmx]

I love the arrangement especially towards the last chrous. not her best typical Ayu ballad. but at least it's different from her usual ballad discography.
Her singing voice sounds abit different from FIVE songs..

[sanzo2011]

Originally Posted by maikaru

I don't really know why people are bothered about Timmy. He's just the back up, and the choral part sounds really nice, a nice build up.

THIS!
I don't like Timmy but his part's not that annoying!

[chocopockymaster]

Originally Posted by maikaru

I don't really know why people are bothered about Timmy. He's just the back up, and the choral part sounds really nice, a nice build up.

It's no more annoying than HANABI ~Episode II~'s Lalalalala~ part.

I started having problems with Timmy when I saw the last show for PoM, and he sounded horrendous during BRILLANTE. And then I kept waiting for him to go away...and he didn't. His backing vocals during CDL were so distracting I almost had to stop watching the concert. It added nothing to the songs Ayu was performing, and instead it just detracted from the whole experience.

I just don't understand why he's being inserted into every aspect of Ayu's career. I don't think he's a very talented composer, I'm getting the feeling more and more that BRILLANTE was a fluke. I also don't need to see him in her concerts, because his voice and hers really do not work well together.

I don't think the comparison to HANABI II is very valid either, because that's an actual CHORUS, or at least more than one singer, doing the "la la la" part, and it works for me. I love it. In hbya, it's like oh--he's the composer--and he's in her song--again. I just don't see the need for it, and wish she would work with some different people.

[L....]

I love it!! I always love Ayu's Ballad!!

[MissElin_]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

I wish this song did more for me, but it really doesn't. Timmy is like...1/3 with the songs he's done for Ayu. hbya and Party Queen pretty much cancel out the awesomeness of BRILLANTE.

True. I loved BRILLANTE. I thought it was the most epic thing she did in the year 2011. I was actually curious to see what more had in his sleeves. But after Party Queen and "hbya" (both was two of the biggest snoozes in Ayu's discography ever) I'm quite done with him composing songs for Ayu. BRILLANTE is indeed starting to feel just like a strike of luck...

I for one really don't enjoy his voice in her songs anymore. I enjoyed it in BRILLANTE since it was really fitting with thw whole mood and such. But please, no more. I really don't see the meaning on why he have to be on E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. she does for the moment. Just... Leave it be.

Originally Posted by maikaru

I don't really know why people are bothered about Timmy. He's just the back up, and the choral part sounds really nice, a nice build up.

It's no more annoying than HANABI ~Episode II~'s Lalalalala~ part.

I love that Lalala part but OMG I HATE that yeah yeah wow wow part. That one is killing me. It's pretty much how I feel when I hear Timmys voice in hbya.

For now, until he proves me wrong - I will sigh loudly the next time I see him as a composer for Ayu's next songs. I will sigh even more loudly when he keep on singing in her songs where he clearly really shouldnt sing. Also, I'm not loving Timmy just because he made one good song, I don't hate him for making two really bad songs, I'm just... bored right now.

[AYUCREA]

not her best ballad but I love it !!!
it is a beautiful ballad~~~

[ayu_ready?]

Originally Posted by maikaru

I don't really know why people are bothered about Timmy. He's just the back up, and the choral part sounds really nice, a nice build up.

It's no more annoying than HANABI ~Episode II~'s Lalalalala~ part.

But anyways.

I LOVE this song. It's SOOO beautiful.

oh HANABI II is still better sounding/music/lyrics in comparison to HBYA
it's just much much better, even the chorus

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

I wish this song did more for me, but it really doesn't. Timmy is like...1/3 with the songs he's done for Ayu. hbya and Party Queen pretty much cancel out the awesomeness of BRILLANTE.

In all honesty, I didn't think too much of her vocals in the song, and I find it pretty forgettable. It's like hbya got together with beloved and The meaning of love and formed the trilogy of songs that I would be okay never listening to again.

The final straw for me was Timmy in the chorus. GET OUT. You're a composer, you don't need to be making a friggin' guest appearance in every one of the songs you do for her. I buy her records because I want to hear her voice, not yours.

I agree on everything so far

[RayJason]

Originally Posted by ayu_ready?

oh HANABI II is still better sounding/music/lyrics in comparison to HBYA
it's just much much better, even the chorus


I agree on everything so far

Don't make it seem like a fact!

I'd like Timmy's part to be gone and have ayu do that ahh choir thing I love songs with female choirs. Nevertheless I kinda love the song.