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Old 24th November 2009, 05:12 PM
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Wow, this song is SO GOOD! The first verse reminds me a bit of "Curtain call", and the second reminds me a mixture of "Days" and "Together When..." I really love her voice in the choruses. Even with the rip, she sounds beautiful <3 :')
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Old 24th November 2009, 05:22 PM
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i am not sure if i really like how the way she screams in the song... o.0

it was... really hard...
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Old 24th November 2009, 05:32 PM
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really good vocals!! hope she will perform it on FNS
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Old 24th November 2009, 05:36 PM
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From the preview it really does sound beautiful. I can't wait to BALLAD and see how different/similiar they are.
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Old 24th November 2009, 05:42 PM
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such strong chorus! It makes me cry
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Old 24th November 2009, 05:42 PM
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You were... sounds brilliant. Really pretty!

The guitar bridge and the part afterwards sound amazing.
I really can't wait. *_*
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Old 24th November 2009, 05:48 PM
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I like it^^
And as it´s out now there is a chance she will sing it at FNS
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Old 24th November 2009, 05:56 PM
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Ooo, I really like the chorus! Can't wait to hear it in HQ
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Old 24th November 2009, 06:06 PM
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It's decent, about what I expected. There are some really nice melodic surprises in the short term (you think the melody's gonna be predictable, but nope! it goes up instead of down! hah! XD), but since the melody repeats within the chorus it does get kinda repetitive. (Despite the repetition the song is not at all catchy. I listened to another song after You were... and now I can't remember what You were... sounds like.)

It's not amazing or groundbreaking, it's a Days/Together When.../fated type of ballad, but it's definitely nice. It's enjoyable.

I do miss when Ayu experimented with ballads more and we got sounds like "Far away," "HANABI," "Heartplace," etc... I feel like even "No way to say" was more interesting & slightly more experimental than this. Not that this is bad, she just needs to branch out more, cuz when she does it's always at least interesting if not spectacular.

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Ok. I'm in love with You Were...

Thank you Ayu for going back to releasing your amazing ballads.
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Old 24th November 2009, 06:29 PM
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You were is a classic song...nothing special, made in hal as usual, same effect as usual.
Chorus sounds like very great fortunately!
I'm waiting for a HQ version to give a better opinion!
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Old 24th November 2009, 06:43 PM
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Thanks for recording

From what I can hear You were... sounds really nice her voice seems strong and just great ^o^
I like the chorus and actually everything else as well
Hopefully the HQ version is even better and won't change my mind~
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Old 24th November 2009, 06:51 PM
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hmmm sounds okay so far, can't really tell with the preview quality. Sounds better than Days but not as good as Together When...
I hope BALLAD will be a darker ballad. I will judge it more when I hear it in better quality. I do love the guitars in it though!
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Old 24th November 2009, 06:51 PM
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Wow, I like it, even if it's not that original. I can't really judge until I hear the full song, I like it more than Days, but not as much as Together When... or momentum/JEWEL.

It just feels like I've heard this song before, but hey, it's nice, so I won't complain. I hope BALLAD is ground breaking though!
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Old 24th November 2009, 06:55 PM
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I like you were

it is such a beautiful ballad

I can't wait to get my singles
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Old 24th November 2009, 06:58 PM
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by now I have it on repeat...the bridge is so beautiful...all the second half of the song is amazing...

this will be the best damn ballad she did since 2007, maybe longer, hell, this might even be her best...
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Old 24th November 2009, 07:02 PM
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thank you so much for the upload!
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Old 24th November 2009, 07:04 PM
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by now I have it on repeat...the bridge is so beautiful...all the second half of the song is amazing...
I was thinking the same It is really beautiful (even if it might not be original...)
After the first chorus the whole "song" is so great!!! I am really looking forward to this single~
(I want my copy, now~)
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Old 24th November 2009, 07:05 PM
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It is really pretty, but you guys got me over-excited, lol. Like, it sounds great so far, but I wouldn't call it better than Days or Curtain Call. I'm still impressed, nonetheless, and I'll probably grow to love it when I listen to it more (in better quality, hah). But still, I wasn't really looking forward to this one--I'm dying to hear BALLAD, and even RED LINE more.

Thanks, to whoever provided the link!! (I'm too lazy to go back, lol. >.>')
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