Woah woah no no la la?

Picaflor 7/4 · #1 16th May 2009, 05:05 AM

Wanted to be a little creative with the title....anyways.
I noticed this with Ayumi's songs a while ago. She's the only artist I know that fills her songs with empty singing so often. Half of her songs are filled with "woah woah woah woah" "no no no no no no" and "lalalalala". Can she not come up with something else to put there or at least not sing during those parts? I feel like she ran out of lyrics or something. I don't mind if she does it for a few songs, but the fact that almost every album has a few of those songs where she just fills in space with empty singing kinda annoys me. Could someone enlighten me as to why she does this so frequently?

Maybe I'm just looking into this a little too much.

maikaru · #2 16th May 2009, 05:12 AM

It depends on the song..
I think most of the time, these parts completely fit the song!! ^^)
Especially evolution, is this LOVE?, etc.

And I like that it shows that she can adlib~

love in music · #3 16th May 2009, 05:14 AM

yeah it's probably just to fill up the song and make it catchier etc. those parts are usually my favorite parts of her songs

"wow yeah wow yeah" - evolution
"la la la la la la la la la la la" - MY ALL
"no no no" - Sparkle
"wow wow wow wow oh no no no no" - STEP you
"dala dala dala" - EnergizE

pommy48 · #4 16th May 2009, 05:14 AM

i actually really like them, i mean for the start of moments, if she doesn't do anything, then it just feels like a long intro~

and 3 no's isn't that many anyways XD

Delirium-Zer0 · #5 16th May 2009, 05:21 AM

I like them when they feel natural.... like where she's conveying emotion without words. Being that I listen mostly to music whose language I don't understand, these don't bother me at all

But when she sounds like she's forcing out the la la la's or whatever (like in newer versions of "Who..." - I felt the original's "lala"s and "aah"s were VERY effective, but every re-recording or live performance since 2001 has had them feel forced), well then I don't buy it and I don't like it.

As for when they're actual words like "yeah" and "no," I think they're fine. They're good confirmations & strong denials.

They get kinda repetitive at times (like "Sparkle"'s "no no no"), but if the song surrounding them is really good, I overlook it very easily.

ownsarai · #6 16th May 2009, 05:21 AM

I love those parts of her songs. There's nothing wrong with it, in my opinion.

NintendoHTF1242 · #7 16th May 2009, 05:54 AM

Ad-libbing is used in most songs. It's just a nice way to show off a singers voice and make the song flow better.

waterballoon · #8 16th May 2009, 06:05 AM

No no no~ is the catchiest part of Sparkle IMO.

Ayu_no_tenshi · #9 16th May 2009, 06:33 AM

other artists, particularly american artists do it all the time....so why can't ayu???

Yum!Fruit_Salad! · #10 16th May 2009, 06:48 AM

YA YA YA GA GA GA DA DA DA WOAH WOAH WOAH♪

'nuff said xD.

douggn · #11 16th May 2009, 06:49 AM

I hear a lot of songs which do this, but for ayu, listen to the songs its in and it sound better with these parts than what it would be with word I think

rookies · #12 16th May 2009, 06:57 AM

I like the part in "Teens" when she sings:

"I want to be a sweet angel, la la la la..." (and then more la's after that)

foxhana · #13 16th May 2009, 07:27 AM

she's the first person i know who usese "GA" most others use "LA" , "DA" and even "HAHAHA". hahahah.

noidea · #14 16th May 2009, 07:13 PM

Well, its using voice as instrument without lyrics, so you can completely concentrate on the voice, it sometimes fits perfectly, the beginning of Moments is HEAVEN(xD), I think if she sang lyrics instead of la lalalalala..... it would have been a little weird, same with is this LOVE?(wooooooow yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah....sounds better than lyrics for that part of the song i think) and so many other songs, it only sucks in girlish^^

JackieRos · #15 16th May 2009, 08:31 PM

I really like them they go well

i love Free & Easy
oh oh oh lala lala oooooh lalala
oooooooh tokidoki jibun ni toikakeru
aaaaaaaaah doko made ikeba tadoritsuku no

PinkShinigami · #16 16th May 2009, 08:37 PM

I did only notice it when a friend said it. And truly, she fills it with a lot of "voice sounds". But well, I don't think about it ^^

***ImpactBreaker*** · #17 16th May 2009, 09:07 PM

She's definitely not the only artist who fills her songs with empty words. Many pop artists do that actually. If well used, I think these elements can make the whole musical sound interesting. I once saw a music critic complaining that the empty words were ridiculous and showed amateurism. I personally think as a critic, he was the amateur professional, and needed to (re)learn what music is about.

noidea · #18 16th May 2009, 09:15 PM

^ Thats the same I sometimes think when reading critics as well, I mean: instruments NEVER use words, and nobody complains about that xD The voice is an instrument as well after all, so why shouldnt it make the "pure" form of music, without language and understandable for all people?

Andrenekoi · #19 16th May 2009, 09:58 PM

There is a lot of music critics that doens't really know much about music... Can't sing, don't play any instrument, never studied music...

TeeMo · #20 17th May 2009, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by identity

yeah it's probably just to fill up the song and make it catchier etc. those parts are usually my favorite parts of her songs

"wow yeah wow yeah" - evolution
"la la la la la la la la la la la" - MY ALL
"no no no" - Sparkle
"wow wow wow wow oh no no no no" - STEP you
"dala dala dala" - EnergizE

I love when Ayu came up with these words, so cute~