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

[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

[*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.

[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

[immel]

Originally Posted by LacusClyne

i'm biased....i'm voting for JEWEL.

Same goes for me.

[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.

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

[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!!!

[realize_!]

JEWEL by far for me.
then Winter Love.
Then Renai Shashin.
not avex but...
Then Christmas Shoes.
Then Frosty the Snowman.

AND THEN Yume no Uta

[immel]

Originally Posted by 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 ^_^.

Haha, I was so happy that JEWEL didn't have anything like that, nothing near for example CAROLS.

[Annabelle]

Renai Shashin. Okay I'm biased. BoA's Winter Love is also a great song. I can't listen to JEWEL and Kumi's new single. They're so plain and forgettable IMO.

[*Petit*]

Originally Posted by immel

Haha, I was so happy that JEWEL didn't have anything like that, nothing near for example CAROLS.

I LOVE those notes. It makes it go shivers down my spine...
And it's almost in JEWEL too, but not quite. (In the first phrase of the CM sumething sumting---noniii).

THat's one of the reasons why koda doesen't appeal to me, she cant even make her voice do that.