Curaga Posted October 9 Posted October 9 1 hour ago, Graves said: Her videos post 2008 in general. fffff wow you weren't kidding gay icon!
Graves Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 20 minutes ago, Suilen said: Is the next update today or on Friday? Good question. I can't stay up quite so late tonight but I could maybe try and go half the way and do an update in about three hours if any girls will be here for it. Otherwise Friday if we want last night's timing. 2 minutes ago, Curaga said: fffff wow you weren't kidding gay icon! ffff didn't one of her fansites shut down because of this video?
Suilen Posted October 9 Posted October 9 3 minutes ago, Graves said: Good question. I can't stay up quite so late tonight but I could maybe try and go half the way and do an update in about three hours if any girls will be here for it. Otherwise Friday if we want last night's timing. Maybe Friday then
Curaga Posted October 9 Posted October 9 I need to make more gifs from Lady Dynamite, but this moment was such a kii to me; she had me cackling so I had to make it ASAP There's another one from Sparkle I'll work on next. I couldn't even watch the rest of the video I was laughing so hard 1 1
Katamari Posted October 9 Posted October 9 56 minutes ago, Curaga said: fffff wow you weren't kidding gay icon! yeah queen is sponsored by Hunk-ch wbk 1
Kyle-x Posted October 9 Posted October 9 1 hour ago, Graves said: Good question. I can't stay up quite so late tonight but I could maybe try and go half the way and do an update in about three hours if any girls will be here for it. Otherwise Friday if we want last night's timing. ffff didn't one of her fansites shut down because of this video? I'll try and check periodically to see if the reveals are starting and try to make it and yes she cleared the hetero men out with this one 1
Kyle-x Posted October 9 Posted October 9 1 hour ago, Curaga said: fffff wow you weren't kidding gay icon! The gay pornstar representation in the how beautiful you are video>>> 1
Curaga Posted October 9 Posted October 9 (edited) ok this is so dumb but I was screaming at her acting here slightly longer version, but I think I like the single shot ver. better Edited October 24 by Curaga 1
Curaga Posted October 9 Posted October 9 35 minutes ago, Kyle-x said: The gay pornstar representation in the how beautiful you are video>>> The BDSM couple juxtaposed with this song is sending me
Graves Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 What was the consensus, girls? Will any of you be here in half an hour?
Curaga Posted October 9 Posted October 9 (edited) I'll be here but if it's just me, let's postpone Edited October 9 by Curaga
Graves Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 Scream. I can do a tag and see who shows... if nobody then maybe we'll just do five cute cuts.
Graves Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 @Suilen @Kyle-x @SA*KURA @Invisibility @UrMom @Curaga @Meloetta Carey @blueberries @Maresia @Bad Decisions @AMIT @Fevesy @sanzo @Katamari @AvadaKedavra @confide in me @Britneyfan09 Mothers - how many of you are around? I will eliminate 5 / 10 / 15 tracks in about twenty minutes. Exact number dependent on the amount that show up. 1
Graves Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 Well, alright then. Track #2 on Depend on you HIGH SCORE: 10 x 2 (Kyle-x, UrMom, Curaga, AvadaKedavra) LOW SCORE: 4 x 2 (Suilen, sanzo) HOST SCORE: 7 Now this I like. A very R&B-leaning affair, this is the kind of chilled out vibe that she failed to capture on some of the proper album tracks. I think I would enjoy A Song for ×× much more with four or five of the tracks cut and with this finding a place on the album proper. I concede that it is slightly... long. It could be cut down slightly in runtime but come on... J-pop and R&B are both genres KNOWN for extending their songs to ungodly degrees, we should just be thankful that it isn't 14 minutes long. Suilen: an extra point for being... different, but it only makes me want to listen to another song with the same name - Kyle-x: Smash smash smash. The lyrics, girl, she was down bad. The "touch of mahogany mix" that adds some funky production quirks is great but the "HAL's Mix" is the best remix, making it sound like you're trapped inside of a dream. Curaga: wtf this is so smooth... Lemme boost this! Meloetta Carey: Ayu&B excellence Bad Decisions: definitely wish she tapped more into R&B elements during this period. This is one of my faves! 7/17 2
Curaga Posted October 9 Posted October 9 NAUUUURRR but omg I finally realized yesterday that Two of Us is 6 minutes long It's longer than many of the ballads I complained about, but somehow it never feels long 1
Graves Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 Not her being inspired for this song title by the recently browsing list. 1
Curaga Posted October 9 Posted October 9 wait, I love that you mirrored the single cover and rotated the text Photoshop legend
Graves Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 Just now, Curaga said: wait, I love that you mirrored the single cover and rotated the text Photoshop legend That's all you can do with those awkwardly sized 8cm singles from the 90s I fear.
Graves Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 Oh, it's DEAD dead. Me my inability to understand timezones
Graves Posted October 9 Author Posted October 9 27th Single「H」 Track #15 on RAINBOW 11 x 1: @Katamari HIGH SCORE: 10 x 4 (Kyle-x, UrMom, blueberries, confide in me) LOW SCORE: 3 x 2 (Maresia, Fevesy) HOST SCORE: 7 A shock? Or maybe not? independent is the lead song of the H EP, RAINBOW's own multi-song EP release. The summer smasha, if you will. And smash it did, the EP rocketed to number one and sold over a million copies back in Summer of 2002! Not only that, but it was the #1 on the year-end Oricon charts - narrowly beating longtime chart rival Hikaru Utada's traveling. It's got impressive stats for sure, but how is the song? To me, independent exists in the same camp as something like UNITE! in that it is a fine, and even enjoyable bop at times, but pales in comparison to many other songs in her discography. She just does this airy rock bop better elsewhere, I fear. I think the pre-chorus is the moment where this song feels at its most loose and enjoyable, but once the chorus hits I just tune out. I swear I've heard this song from her several times now... Given how crazy Ayu's schedule was back then, between recording, touring, filming TV appearances... it isn't a huge surprise that this had no music video to promote it. And despite being the lead song on the EP, and thus the one included in the COMPLETE SINGLES compilation, it actually pales in comparison to the streaming and digital sales numbers of the other H tracks. Oof. Rough day to be independent. Why don't we turn it over to some fan testimonials? Suilen: thank for for the short version. [I'm pretty sure this was genuine thanks but why does it read shady, nn?] Kyle-x: An anthem, always goes off in concert. Invisibility: Works as a complement to July 1st very well. AMIT: noisy in a not so good way I'm afraid. Fevesy: almost 10 minutes is crazy for this... 10/16 1
Curaga Posted October 9 Posted October 9 I was just gonna say, what was up with those tall single packages anyway Was that, like, a novelty in the late 90s? The only other artist I've seen with a single like that is Faye Wong, around the same time as Ayumi's debut https://www.discogs.com/master/257228-Faye-Wong-Eyes-On-Me 1
Kyle-x Posted October 9 Posted October 9 Sorry dear, checking in between periods of being busy at work kiii. Two of us is a lovely gem, the low placement will allow us to gatekeep the excellence 2
Kyle-x Posted October 9 Posted October 9 1 minute ago, Curaga said: I was just gonna say, what was up with those tall single packages anyway Was that, like, a novelty in the late 90s? The only other artist I've seen with a single like that is Faye Wong, around the same time as Ayumi's debut https://www.discogs.com/master/257228-Faye-Wong-Eyes-On-Me It was very popular in the 90s, Namie's early singles are like this too! The CD was smaller so they housed it in a skinnier packaging. Ayu actually re-released all of hers on regular sized CDs in like 2001 for even more sales sksksks. But they didn't fix the artwork, they just resized them to the corner and put her logo around it sksks. I photoshopped versions of these back in the day for my iTunes library to make them squares unlike the botched avex ones sksksk 2
Curaga Posted October 9 Posted October 9 On 9/13/2024 at 6:32 PM, Katamari said: Best song before brillante me tinks On 9/19/2024 at 10:55 AM, Katamari said: her best uptempo 5 minutes ago, Graves said: 11 x 1: @Katamari It's all coming together... 1 1
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