A Song is born inspiration?

Chibi_Venus · #1 21st August 2006, 10:26 PM

Was the song [A Song is born] inspired, not really inspired, but written with the thoughts of what happened on September 11th?

I heard that it was somewhere.

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ayu1m · #2 21st August 2006, 10:28 PM

;l I'm sad to hear!

From what I've heard, yep, it's based on the events happened on Sept 11th..
Not 100% sure tho..

*hugs* Chibi_Venus!

HiruNoKaze · #3 21st August 2006, 10:48 PM

I've seen a few sites say it was written in honor of some Japanese royalty...but many of those were merchant sites. I think most places say it was written memorializing 9/11; also, Ayu changed her original idea for the I am... cover to what it is now because of 9/11, with the dove symbolizing peace.

<hugs Chibi_Venus too>

micster · #4 21st August 2006, 10:52 PM

I am... was changed to show peace after 9/11 or something like that

and by looking at the lyrics you can see that its almost certainly about it

truehappiness · #5 21st August 2006, 10:53 PM

Well there are thoughts on masa's english site:

Quote:

　8. "A Song is born" and her Social Concern
　The lyrics of "A Song is born" was written under the influence of the simultaneous terrorisms acted in USA on Sept. 11 2001. As a very interesting interview article on the making process of this song has recently appeared, I would like to quote it here.
　When making the song "a song is born", I told Mr. Komuro and Mr. Matsuura how I was thinking about the recent terrorisms. But they were thinking differently, as they are adults. They said they wanted to make a song to say "sorry" for not having noticed before the incident which situation the world is in now.
　But I said I was not going to "reflect on" my way of living before it. It's not true that I had been slack in my living until the incident, nor it caused me to think newly that I should live seriously. It's true that the incident was really shocking and stroke my heart, but I told them I was feeling that I, as "Hamasaki Ayumi", should not apologize. I was not going to say as "Let's make the world in peace", either.
　So I sang, "Though I can do nothing but deliver this song from such a place as this." Not in the tone as "Listen, listen", but as "I am pleased, if you listen even just a minute."　　("Nikkei Entertainment" May 2002)
　How did you feel after reading this article? My impression was -- "Which on earth is an adult?"
　Komuro Tetsuya actually made another song entitled "the meaning of peace" as part of the "SONGNATION" project, too, and let BOA and Kouda Kumi sing it. This is just the lyrics of "reflecting on" the way of living and saying "sorry". But it is unclear to the end whom, what and why the narrator is apologizing for. And the song title "the meaning of peace" is not suitable for the lyrics in which some private experiences seem (or is pretended) to be narrated. I feel irritated to read such vague and unnatural lyrics. How straight and sincere the lyrics of "A Song is born" is in contrast to that!
　The lyrics of "A Song is born" is, in fact, almost as same as the opening message of the Dome Tour with slight difference. But it doesn't mean that she was neglect in making it up. The incident of Sept. 11 certainly shocked her, but when she was going to write a lyrics from what she thought then, she noticed she had already uttered such words. In other words, her social concern had started to grow before the incident.
　In the Japanese society of today, where many people think that young female singers always sing love songs or they do not have to sing other types of songs, her uncommonness of not knowing her place and not staying within a framework is very attractive. But, if I say without fearing to be misunderstood, the problem of war and peace is relatively an easy theme and would be the easiest to take up from among all the social problems in this country. Because Japan has not made war for more than half a century, and there has been formed the national consensus that war is evil and peace is good. (Actually, not a few singers have taken up the theme, apart from young female singers.) But, then, why this country is not comfortable? Though we have been in peace for more than half a century and the GDP of our country is over 500 trillion yen, why people cannot have dreams or hopes and cannot enjoy their lives, with unhappy looking faces? The leading politicians and the top managements of the leading companies say in one voice, "Because of the depression". But can we be content with such an answer?
　Of course she cannot confront such problems, either, for her knowledge and understandings of the Japanese society of today are still insufficient. But, as she is a person of insight and not afraid of looking at reality, I expect she will in future step into the fields, too, which the other singers have not stepped into.

kinix · #6 21st August 2006, 10:56 PM

yeap it's a charity project organised by Max Matsuura & Tetsuya Komuro.
With the concept of [Song + nation]. Part of the sales were donated to united nations.

HiruNoKaze · #7 22nd August 2006, 12:47 AM

Wow.

nodoka · #8 22nd August 2006, 01:38 AM

Yeah, I'm really amazed at the charity song thing because it's a more efficiant way of artists reaching out to world issues.

Neo Daydream · #9 22nd August 2006, 01:47 AM

yeah, didn't that TIME magazine article say something about that?

evolution7931 · #10 22nd August 2006, 02:02 AM

From TIME interview:

Listening to your last album, I thought it had a worldly outlook. Your manager told me the terror incident in New York had an impact on you. What did you think when you saw it on TV?
I thought it was a movie. I couldn't believe it was real. I've been to New York many times, and I couldn't accept it was really reality.

Did it influence your music?
Yes. It inspired one of the songs on the album [A Song Is Born].

And the image on the album cover. The white dove—a symbol of peace.
I had a completely different idea for the cover at first. We'd already reserved the space, decided the hair and makeup and everything. But after the incident, as is typical of me, I suddenly changed my mind. I knew it wasn't the time for gaudiness, for elaborate sets and costumes. It sounds odd coming from me, but I realize what I say and how I look has a great impact.