Saturday, June 29, 2013

How amazing was Hikaru Utada during her peak?


1: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:19:29.58 0 ID:

アルバム売上700万枚とか今じゃありえないレベルだと思うんだけど

7 million albums sold, that seems unthinkable in this day and age
http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Utada-Hikaru-utada-hikaru-532570_800_600.jpg

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:20:55.19 0 ID:
ヒゲ生えてたw
She used to have a mustache
http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20100523/14/cochaz/b0/1d/j/t02200289_0380050010554947854.jpg
4: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:21:12.21 0 ID:
700万の次に500万売って少ないと言われた
When she only sold 5 million after 7 million, people said it wasn't a lot
5: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:21:30.14 P ID:
アルバムを全盛期の週間少年ジャンプと同じくらい売るくらい
Her albums used to sell as much as Weekly Shounen Jump at its peak
http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/51/b3/89579899d3def5858deed7d26d9665ae.jpg
7: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:22:00.42 0 ID:
安室浜崎と違って作曲して作詞して尚且つ歌ってた
She was different from Ayumi Hamasaki in the sense that she composed her songs and lyrics
9: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:22:11.11 0 ID:
出演した番組の最高視聴率を全て塗り替えた
She secured all the highest TV ratings for all the shows she's been on

11: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:22:33.56 0 ID:
インターネットがまだそこまで普及してないから一般人を上手く騙せたって感じ
絶対音感あってIQ200で8ヶ国語を操るみたいな洗脳してた
The Internet wasn't as widespread as it is today so it felt like she was able to fool the people back then.
It felt like she brainwashed us that she had perfect pitch, had an IQ of 200, and could speak 8 different languages.
13: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:23:01.20 0 ID:
うちの親もCD買ったレベル
Even my parents bought her CDs

http://d2tu4pb4f28rzs.cloudfront.net/site_img/photo/2008-03-11-095916.jpg
14: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:23:14.98 0 ID:
母ちゃんが今でもファーストクラスに乗って世界のカジノを渡り歩いて遊びまくれるくらい凄い
She was so amazing that her mother can still travel first class and go to casinos around the world up to this day
http://www.disclegend.com/images/2009/01/20/A/img650.jpg
18: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:23:39.54 0 ID:
テレビ出演しないなんて言われてたからHEY!HEY!HEY!に出たときは凄い衝撃だった
It was said that she won't do TV appearances, so it was a huge shock when she appeared on HEY! HEY! HEY!
21: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:24:14.53 0 ID:
あのアルバムは一世帯に一枚置いてある程度の売り上げ
That album sold so much, the ratio was like 1 household to at least 1 copy of it.
http://kuma01.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/first-love.jpg
23: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:24:53.75 0 ID:
今から見ると日本に夢がある時代だったな
Looking back, it's like Japan was so full of hope in those days
30: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:28:00.67 0 ID:
宇多田のバッタもんみたいな歌手も出てきてそいつも100万枚以上売れた
Even a Utada knock-off was able to sell 1 million albums
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/feel_fine/733da39e.jpg
32: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:28:09.04 0 ID:
初めてTOP10落ちするまでの推移
Sales/chart position transition until First Love fell out of the top 10 for the first time

99/03/22 **1 2,026,870 2,026,870
99/03/29 **1 *,717,610 2,744,480
99/04/05 **2 *,761,340 3,505,820
99/04/12 **2 *,614,440 4,120,260
99/04/19 **1 *,428,520 4,548,780
99/04/26 **1 *,222,230 4,771,010
99/05/03 **2 *,229,550 5,000,560
99/05/10 **2 *,238,270 5,238,830
99/05/17 **1 *,298,360 5,537,190
99/05/24 **1 *,258,780 5,795,970
99/05/31 **2 *,205,270 6,001,240
99/06/07 **3 *,188,810 6,190,050
99/06/14 **4 *,121,810 6,311,860
99/06/21 **5 *,*91,380 6,403,240
99/06/28 **2 *,127,430 6,530,670
99/07/05 **4 *,132,830 6,663,500
99/07/12 **5 *,121,700 6,785,200
99/07/19 **7 *,*71,750 6,856,950
99/07/26 **8 *,*55,780 6,912,730
41: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:30:49.54 0 ID:
>>32
最初の週に200万売って
3カ月後にまだ12万も売れてるって意味分からんわw
2 million copies on the first week...
Then it was still selling 120,000 copies after 3 months... I can't comprehend that LOL
34: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:29:02.96 0 ID:
松任谷由実とどっちが凄い?
Who was more amazing, she or Yumi Matsutoya?
48: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:33:16.94 0 ID:
>>34
同じ誕生日
They have the same birthday
36: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:29:44.54 0 ID:
下手にアメリカ進出して結局失敗して大幅に株下げた
アメリカでも通用すると思わせたほうが日本人にはうけるのに
She thought she'd be a success in the US but flopped and dropped her stock big time.
It would have been much better if she just kept on making the Japanese people think that she could make it big there.

http://cdn.natalie.mu/media/0901/0122/extra/news_thumb_Utada_ComeBackTo.jpg
37: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:29:50.68 0 ID:
宇多田ちゃんはコロンビア大入学までだなあ
Utada-chan was only good until she entered Columbia University
38: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:29:58.28 P ID:
デビュー曲のPVは天井の低い部屋で歌ってるとなぜかみんな思い込んでた
後からPV見直したら普通の部屋だった
Everyone initially thought that she was singing in a room with a low ceiling on her debut music video.
After seeing the video again later, it was actually a normal room.


42: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:31:49.90 0 ID:
s24生まれのうちの父親がパチンコの景品で宇多田のファーストアルバム取ってきてたな
My dad who was born in 1949 got her first album as a prize in pachinko
43: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:32:07.45 O ID:
SPEEDと同じで
大人になったらさほど魅力的でもないのな
The same as SPEED.
They just lost appeal once they became adults

http://onionixp.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/speed01.jpg
45: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:32:39.70 0 ID:
どの年代からも愛されてた
これはまじ
She was loved by people of all ages.
Seriously.
50: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:33:29.80 0 ID:
パチ屋のせがれと付き合ったのが転落の始まり
Her decline began when she started going out with this guy
http://blog-imgs-57-origin.fc2.com/g/e/i/geitsuboo/20121104_utadahikaru_15.jpg
53: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:33:56.43 0 ID:
作曲してるから印税が桁違いだった
She also composed her songs so her royalties were on a different level
56: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:34:25.51 0 ID:
一生食うに困らない金を手にして何を思う
I wonder what she thinks now that she's amassed a fortune good enough to last her a lifetime
59: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:34:53.21 0 ID:
>>56
そう思うけど意外と使っちゃうのよ芸能人って
I think so too, but celebrities use them up pretty quickly
58: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:34:47.77 0 ID:
美空ひばりや松任谷由実や中島みゆきが忘れられないように宇多田ヒカルは永遠に残るよ
It's like how we cannot forget about Hibari Misora, Yumi Matsutoya, and Miyuki Nakajima. Hikaru Utada will also remain in our minds forever.
61: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:35:15.51 0 ID:
処女膜から声が出ていた
Her hymen was still breathing at that time
67: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:36:10.69 0 ID:
椎名林檎がほくろなくなってからパワーダウンしたように
宇多田もヒゲがなくなったらパワーダウンしたな
Similar to Ringo Shiina who lost her power when her mole was removed, Utada also lost power when she got rid of her mustache.
http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20110520/23/komari-tvxq-uknow/c8/5f/j/o0430039111240410796.jpg
68: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:36:19.28 O ID:
1999年

736.6 First Love 宇多田ヒカル Hikaru Utada
299.2 ZARD BEST The Single Collection~軌跡Kiseki~ ZARD
265.0 CRUISE RECORD 1995-2000 globe
230.0 MOMENT SPEED
225.6 ark ラルク・アン・シエル L'Arc en Ciel
217.7 Every Best Single+3 Every Little Thing
212.9 ray ラルク・アン・シエル L'Arc en Ciel
211.2 HEAVY GAUGE GLAY
186.8 SA 鈴木あみ Ami  Suzuki
181.4 DISCOVERY Mr.Children
85: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:40:09.07 0 ID:
>>68
この中でアルバム7枚買ってるわ
あの時は金あったな
I bought 7 albums from those. I had money back then.
70: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:37:12.49 0 ID:
宇多田は人間活動に入って正解だったな
浜崎とかツイッターでパチンコや売れないCDの言い訳してて見苦しいもん
It was right of Utada to concentrate on 'human-activities'.
It's sad seeing Hamasaki making excuses about the pachinko thing and her bad CD sales.
73: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:37:33.86 0 ID:
加藤ミリヤとか西野カナとか宇多田のパチもんが未だに多いのは
宇多田路線が一番受けが良く売れるからだろ
The reason why there are still a lot of Utada-wannabes like Miliyah Kato and Kana Nishino is the Utada route is the most tried and tested way of getting sales.
84: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:39:55.35 0 ID:
キムタクの検事のドラマの主題歌ももう10年以上前だろ
Even her theme song on that KimuTaku prosecutor drama was over 10 years ago already

86: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:40:14.46 0 ID:
まあFirstloveは時代の名曲として後々も残ってくだろうな
Well, First Love will remain forever as it defined an era
87: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:40:31.14 P ID:
一時期ムチムチでガチでFカップくらいありそうな時あったよな
There was a time when she was so plump and huge, and it felt like she had an F-cup
http://hrcnmxr.net/img/utada.jpg
90: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:41:16.06 0 ID:
ファーストアルバム700万枚として
7,000,000枚×2,500円/枚(大体ね)×印税3%(これも大体ね)
=525,000,000 5億2千5百万!
So if we just estimate her first album at 7 million copies
7,000,000 x 2,500 JPY/Disc x Royalties at 3%
= 525,000,000!
246: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:29:51.05 0 ID:
>>90
宇多田は歌唱印税+作曲印税+作詞印税もっとあるよ
あとカラオケ、配信、着うた関係たすともっとくる
In Utada's case, she gets singer's royalties + musical composer's royalty + lyrics royalty, so she got much more than that.
And when you include karaoke, digital downloads, and the like, it will be much, much more than that.
91: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:41:34.09 0 ID:
この10年日本に新しい優れた才能は登場しなかったな
No one as amazing as her has emerged from Japan in the last 10 years
99: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:43:12.14 0 ID:
マジレスすると
稼いだ額ならつんくこと寺田光男の方が凄いと思うよ
If you want a serious answer, I think Mitsuo Terada a.k.a Tsunku has earned much, much more
http://stat.profile.ameba.jp/profile_images/20110101/00/a1/27/j/o030003101293808309773.jpg
109: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:46:49.46 O ID:
宇多田が凄いのは頂点から落ちる所まで落ちてまた復活した事
同じ年にデビューして活躍した浜崎もモー娘。も落ち目になったら上がれず右肩下がり
What's amazing about Utada is how she dropped all the way down from the top and climbed back to the top again.
Same year debutants Hamasaki and Morning Musume just kept dropping and dropping .
110: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:48:19.13 P ID:
宇多田ってそこまで落ちたっけ?
Did Utada really drop all the way down?
111: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:49:23.32 0 ID:
落ちた事も復活した事も知らない
いつの間にかいなくなってた
I didn't know she fell and that she made a comeback.
It just felt like she just disappeared one day.
124: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:52:37.04 0 ID:
ファーストはどの曲も名曲
セカンドもなかなか名曲
サードもまあいい
フォースぐらいから記憶にない
All her songs on her first album were classics.
Even the second one had a lot of classics.
The third wasn't bad.
I have no memory of everything from the 4th album onwards.
130: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:53:58.93 0 ID:
for youとか単純なビートと歌だけの曲だけどそれでもゾクッと来る
"for you" was a song that just had a simple beat, but that was still pretty impressive as it is

131: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:54:15.48 P ID:
DEEP RIVERが最高傑作
Her best song was "DEEP RIVER"

136: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:55:25.64 0 ID:
YouTubeで聞くと最近の曲もレベル高い
Even her recent songs are good after listening to them on YouTube
140: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:55:55.09 0 ID:
ネットが爆発的に広まる直前かな
テレビとか中心で盛り上がった最後のアーティストかもしれない
She came right before the Internet exploded.
She might be the last artist who was widely celebrated on TV.  
145: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:56:50.99 0 ID:
マスコミにコロンビア大学までストーカーされてたのはかわいそうだった
I felt sorry for her when it was like she was being stalked by the media when she went to Columbia University.
149: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:57:18.23 O ID:
SAKURAドロップスは世界でも通用する
"Sakura Drops" was a song that became popular globally.


153: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 18:58:50.99 O ID:
MステうたばんHEY!HEY!HEY!の歴代視聴率トップはどれも宇多田が出演した時
All the top-rated episodes that HEY!HEY!HEY! Music Station had were the ones where Utada appeared
165: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:02:26.49 0 ID:
サバンナの八木は宇多田の曲しか聴かないと告白してた
Savanna's Yagi said that he only listens to Utada's songs
http://gerberaism.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2007477_201202240987905001330052084c.jpg
168: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:04:03.44 O ID:
宇多田は作詞作曲編曲全て出来るのが凄い
She was amazing since she did everything from composing to singing
178: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:06:44.67 0 ID:
エイベ系全盛の中でいざTVに出てきたのがちょっとヲタクぽくってキョドってて
右脳的な雰囲気がよかった
She appeared on TV during the height of the AVEX talents. She looked lost and like an otaku, it was so fresh at that time. 
http://www.officiallyjd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/20120816_utadahikaru_09.jpg
184: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:10:26.66 0 ID:
2ndアルバム買いに行ったらレジの前にすごい列が出来てたw
あんなの2度と体験出来ないだろうな
There was a loooong line to the cashier when I went out to buy her 2nd album. I'll never experience something like that again.
186: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:11:23.55 0 ID:
俺も買ったけどうちの母ちゃんも姉ちゃんも買ってた
I bought it too, but my mom and my sister bought one for themselves.
188: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:11:59.01 0 ID:
ファーストアルバムとか日本中そこらじゅうの家庭にあったから
ちょっと借りてダビングすればいいのになぜかみんな3000円出して買ってた
Almost all families have that first album so people could've just borrowed from anyone and copied it, but people still shelled out 3,000 yen to buy one.
204: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:19:42.14 0 ID:
ヘイヘイヘイに出た時は祭り状態だったな
あの早口で面白いのが良かった
The mood was festive when she appeared on Hey!Hey!Hey!
It was so funny to see her speaking so fast.
218: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:23:33.43 0 ID:
作詞作曲編曲して歌唱してんだぜ

松田聖子とか中森明菜とか浜崎とか安室とかと格が違うだろ

こいつらは所詮提供された曲を歌ってるだけなんだから
She's singing the songs that she composed!
She's on a different level from Seiko Matsuda, Akina Nakamori, Hamasaki, and Amuro.
222: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:24:17.38 0 ID:
ラジオから火がついたように見せかけるプロモーションだった
The way she was promoted, it was like you could see the fire coming out of your radio.
225: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:24:43.55 O ID:
R&Bだけじゃないんだよな宇多田は音楽性に幅ある
Utada isn't just about R&B, her musicality is very diverse.
227: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:25:10.72 0 ID:
有名人のプッシュはされてたよな
She was constantly pushed for by celebrities
228: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:25:12.21 0 ID:
あと親父がスピード違反で捕まったけど後部座席の窓あけて警官に顔見せたら
見逃してくれた自慢話とか普通にしててクズだなあと思ってた
I thought she was horrible though when she bragged about how her dad was once caught for overspeeding, then the police let them go when they lowered the back seat window so the police could see her.
http://www.zakzak.co.jp/geino/n-2003_05/image/g2003050908APutada_b.jpg
230: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:25:30.91 0 ID:
頭の良さはガチだったな
英語も聞いたけど完璧なバイリンガルだった
あの歳であそこまでの芸術作品残したの考えても
日本芸能史上の最高の天才だと思うよ
But she was really very smart.
I heard her speaking English, she was really bilingual.
And if you think about how she was able to create such an art at an age like that, I really do believe that she was the greatest genius that Japan has given birth to.
237: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:27:01.16 0 ID:
宇多田ヒカル

シングル総売上 1549万枚
アルバム総売上 2061万枚
Hikaru Utada
Total single sales 15.49 million units
Total album sales 20.61 million units
250: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:31:27.12 P ID:
下火になってた中花より男子の主題歌で一気に盛り返してさすがだった
When she was on the decline, she immediately came back up with the theme song to Hana yori Dango

261: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:34:10.91 0 ID:
誰かの願いが~からちょっとおかしくなった
colorsから1年空いたし
全米デビューもこのあたりだっけ
She started going off track from "Dare ka no negai ga~"
It's been a year from "colors", and this was about the time she debuted in the US
302: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:48:14.12 0 ID:
'97~'98年といえば小室ブームが収束して
GLAYラルクB'z系のいわゆるロックミュージックが台頭していた時期だった

そこにまったく異質のR&Bの音楽と歌詞の乗せ方をしてくるやつが現れた
当然FMとか有線は猛プッシュするし、テレビにゃ出ないから、みんな結局CD買うし。
When you talk about 1997~1998, that was the concentration of the Komuro Boom and also when rock music took the front lines with the likes of Glay, L'Arc and B'z.
Then someone suddenly appeared out of nowhere bringing in her R&B. FM radio and Usen pushed for her, and since she didn't appear on TV, everyone bought her CDs.
305: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:49:40.47 0 ID:
アイドル的人気もあったから早々に結婚したのはマズかったな
夫の気持ちの悪いPVとか見たくないし
Her popularity was like that of an idol, so marrying at an early age didn't do her good.
I didn't want to see her husband's disgusting music videos too.
313: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:51:03.30 0 ID:
ステマが通用しまくってた時代の最大の成功者だな
She was the biggest success story of the era where stealth marketing was rampant
328: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:55:55.92 0 ID:
当時まゆげが変だった
Her eyebrows were weird at that time
http://img02.ti-da.net/usr/lohaslove/utadahikarumukashi1.jpg
331: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 19:56:49.24 0 ID:
>>328
帰国子女って感じだったな
She really looked like she just came back from abroad
365: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:11:56.21 0 ID:
結論としては宇多田はBzドリカムと同じってことだね。
時代に上手く乗れた。
We can conclude that Utada was the same as B'z and Dreams Come True in the sense that she was able to ride well with the times.
373: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:15:33.54 0 ID:
なんのプロモーションもしてないのに何故か無名の新人がいきなり売れまくる時代スゲー
Wow at that period when an unknown newbie was able to become an overnight sensation
381: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:18:39.39 0 ID:
>>373
若者がみんな音楽語ってた時代だから
ゆずや椎名林檎も深夜番組のED曲から火が付いた
All the young ones kept talking about music at that time.
Yuzu, Ringo Shiina also caught steam thanks to their ending songs on the late night programs.
382: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:18:49.21 0 ID:
オートマティックは2ヶ月くらいかけて200万枚売り上げたんじゃなかったっけ
Didn't Automatic take 2 months before it sold 2 million?
441: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:44:52.65 0 ID:
オートマチックは売れだす前にSMAPの稲垣が絶賛してた
SMAP's Inagaki praised Automatic even before she became popular
450: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:48:59.32 O ID:
>>441
キムタクが一時ラジオで宇多田の話毎回してた気がする
There was also a time when KimuTaku kept talking about Utada in every one of their radio shows
461: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:52:35.28 0 ID:
とりあえず俺が今でも大好きだって位すごいよ
She's so amazing that I still love her up to now.
481: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:56:00.38 0 ID:
宇多田って安室みたいにカリスマ的に憧れられてた?
マジでどこの誰が700万枚も買ったんだって感じなんだけど
Was Utada as charismatic as Amuro?
I seriously don't know who and where the 7 million people are who bought her CD.
484: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:57:45.51 0 ID:
>>481
俺も買った
安室は高校生だけだけど宇多田は大学生や社会人も買ってた感じ
I bought it too.
I think Amuro was only popular with the highschoolers, while Utada was popular with the college and the office workers too.
487: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:59:02.05 0 ID:
>>481
ダンスとかやらないから
そういうパフォーマンス路線じゃないよ
Because she doesn't dance. She's not that kind of performer.
521: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:08:37.49 0 ID:
>>481
老若男女買ってたよ
俺の家は真っ先に買ったのが親父で次にねーちゃんだった
Men and women of all ages bought her CDs.
In our household, my dad was the first to buy followed by my sister.
488: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:59:15.05 0 ID:
何で買ったの?動機を詳しく教えてくれ
メディアに踊らされたのか?心底曲に惚れ込んだのか?まあコレはないよな
Why did you buy the CDs? Tell me you motives. Were you heavily influenced by the media? Did you really like her from the bottom of your hearts? I don't think that's the case.
500: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:02:33.01 0 ID:
>>488
ビジュアル系、小室系が嫌いだったから宇多田は普通に良いと思った
Because I hated visual-kei and Komurp, and I honestly thought that she was good.
489: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 20:59:40.07 0 ID:
流行ってるから買ったんだろ
People bought because she was the "in" thing back then
493: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:00:38.92 0 ID:
とりあえず買っとけば損ないみたいな
It's like, you had nothing to lose even if you bought her album
507: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:05:20.80 0 ID:
15歳の少女が歌詞に最後のキスはタバコのフレイバーなんて入れるんだぞ
それだけでも衝撃の時代だろ
Because a 15-year-old girl put the words "last kiss" and "tobacco flavor" in her lyrics. That alone was shocking back then.
511: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:06:18.23 0 ID:
宇多田の2枚目のベスト
結構良曲多かった(新曲含む)のに40万しか売れてない
なんかねしっくりくる曲しか作れなくなってるんだな今の宇多田
Utada's 2nd "Best of" album had a lot of good songs (including the new ones) but only sold 400,000 units.
It feels that Utada now can only write "nice" songs.
515: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:07:42.75 0 ID:
宇多田はベストはそこまで売れないタイプじゃね
離婚して復活した後のアルバムはミリオンいったし
Maybe she's just the type who can't sell lots of "Best of~" albums.
Her album after her divorce and comeback still went to a million.
519: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:08:04.54 0 ID:
宇多田って曲提供したりしてないの?
Does Utada write songs for others?
523: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:08:57.81 0 ID:
>>519
宇多田は自分の声にあった曲しか作れないって自分で言ってた
She said that she can only make songs that fit her voice
526: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:09:25.71 0 ID:
>>519
一曲もないよ
Not a single one
580: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:29:03.74 0 ID:
泣いてるみたいな声なんだよなあ
Her singing voice sounds like she's crying
601: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:40:25.06 0 ID:
歌詞が好き
なんか暗い感じがして
I like her lyrics, they seem dark
606: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:44:19.11 0 ID:
デビューが衝撃的だったよな
Her debut really left a lasting impact
612: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:48:07.01 0 ID:
CDが売れてた全盛期はまじすごかった
家にファーストアルバムが4枚くらいあった
She was really amazing when CDs were still selling.
We had 4 copies of her first album in our house.
615: 名無し募集中。。。 2012/04/10(火) 21:51:43.01 0 ID:
たまーにぶっ通しで聞きたくなるな
There are times when I just want to listen to all of her songs in one sitting

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9 comments:

  1. Thank you for resurrecting this old thread. Holy shit, it has over 600 replies. Utada will be eternally relevant in Japan. :D

    Did any of you guys listen to her last KUMA POWER HOUR? She speaks in English for a good portion of it, so it's not like listeners who can't understand Japanese are in the dark. She's such a nerdy, insecure woman. I hope her heart will return to making music soon.

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  2. I love her music. I' haven't heard her recent songs though. It was because of Sakura Drops that I became a fan

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  3. Wow that was an interesting read!

    With the new Kingdom Hearts game coming out, do you think she'll come out of retirement and make a tie up song?

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    1. This makes me sad, although Simple and Clean is a passable translation. Hikki is a remarkable songwriter, so I hope she creates something that's fun to listen to soon.

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    2. A few years ago she said they (Disney) didn't pay her enough or something? I doubt she'll do another one like her one-time comeback for Evangelion.

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  4. Totally agree with 91. The music industry has changed dramatically over the past ten years, but there still isn't a female artist who can compare to the divas of the previous generation, especially Utada.

    I'm still hoping for a great singer-songwriter to appear, but the Japanese seem to have lost interest in music altogether. Not to mention that the idol boom has put artists on the buckburner.

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  5. @ 60: Thats her at the time husband....not her b/f. XD

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  6. Downtown's Hamada was the first one to call Kuraki Mai an Utada rip off. Funny because everyone was thinking it when Love, Day after Tomorrow came out but nobody had the guts to say it!

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  7. I adore utada, but I just can't stand these 2chan user absolutely hating on Ayumi Hamasaki, and discrediting all her achievements. It's one thing to hate someone for shallow reasons like PS or w/e but I was so done with these haters when #7 didn't even bother to research the facts. Ayu has composed many songs and has always written her own songs.

    I don't get where all this animosity towards ayu comes from...

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    on another note, I died at the mai kuraki shade LOL!

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