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Taiji / Re: taiji is arrested in the U.S.?
« on: July 17, 2011, 11:14:23 AM »
元「X」のTAIJI死亡 サイパンで逮捕後自殺図る
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2011/07/17/kiji/K20110717001230160.html

I cannot believe it....

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Toshi / Re: Toshi's Vocal Range
« on: July 13, 2010, 03:53:54 AM »
Songs from the early X times seem to be higher I guess, like "Time Trip Loving"...

http://www.music-key.com/xjapan/index.html

Some of the X (JAPAN) song's vocal range analysis. Interesting site.

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Toshi / Re: ToshI Last Concert: The Talks (the first half)
« on: April 12, 2010, 03:30:15 PM »
(ENCORE)

T: Everyone, thank you!! Please call other members’ names!
(YOSHIKI, SUGIZO, PATA and HEATH appear.)
Y: We’re all here together!
T: This is X JAPAN!!
Y: So, let’s do X JAPAN thing?
T: I remember that you told us to wear the PV shooting suit, but… (looking around) only me?? (Other members are all in casual clothes.)
T: THIS IS MY CONCERT!

Y: (Suddenly) Do you know? My new nickname…
T: Eh?
Y: Carrier dove.
T: Ah? This topic? To talk about this?
Y: But I didn’t have a nickname…
T: Everyone! Let’s call him carrier dove!!
Y: No, no!
T: From now on, when you send letters [messages] to YOSHIKI♥ [“YOSHIKI heart”], just write like “Carrier Dove, po po”.
Y: No!
T: Why call him carrier dove? YOSHIKI has been working on this concert as the producer. “Let me produce your solo concert!”
Y: No! It’s you who asked me to… No, no, no! It’s you… (Laughs)
T: Then, YOSHIKI contacted us. Everybody was nervous… (Laughs, looking at SUGIZO)Have gone to Russia. (Looking at PATA) Brazil. (Looking at HEATH)
Y: Osaka!
T: Osaka. (Laughs) But precisely, Amagasaki.
H: (Laughs)
T: We were in various places, so YOSHIKI have to give us instructions from LA. No matter how small it is, he would asked us about the details, such as the rotating lantern…
Y: But in general, we all live in Japan. And this concert, we should save on expenses in various details…
T: Save on expenses? Thanks very much! (Laughs) Because of so many things… adult things! (Laughs)
Y: But the telephone cost much more than expect! (Laughs)
T: Yeah, telephone was the highest.
Y: Networking, going to LA, and coming back to Japan… Is there a position for jet lag? (Laughs)
T: None. (Laughs) You can contact me at any time!
Y: No, no, no. (Laughs) It will be impossible for you to sleep.
T: So, “am I the carrier dove?” And this is where his nickname comes from…
(Audience: Po po!)
Y: I’m not just the dove! (Laughs) At least something like, umm, carrier… eagle. (Laughs)
T: Carrier eagle? Great!
Y: No, tiger!
T: Carrier tiger. (Laughs)
Y: With wings. (Laughs)

(TOSHI goes to PATA’s side.)
T: Wait! What’s this? Beer? But you shouldn’t drink that during concerts!
P: (Whispers to TOSHI)
T: Oh! It is the water of magic!
Y: As the back band. (Laughs)
T: Well PATA-chan, please say something to the teahouses!
P: Though this guy is like a restless supermarket, still wish him the best! (Laughs)
T: Do you have any question, YOSHIKI?
Y: PATA-chan, are you always drunk after the dark? (Laughs)
T: Already drunk before the dark. (Laughs)
Y: Yes. And we can’t start X JAPAN’s recording before sunset. Speaking in an X JAPAN way, it is “escaped while playing”. When I entered the studio and asked “Where is PATA?” the reply would be “Escaped again.” (Laughs)
P: Very old story! No, it’s because YOSHIKI hadn’t come back!
Y: Are you going to escape today, after you’ve finished? (Laughs)
P: Yeah, I’m really good at it. (Laughs)
Y: Well, you’re also from Chiba…
P: Thank you.
T: No, there’s a mistake. YOSHIKI comes from “X”!
Y: Ah, this. (Laughs) My age is “X” too! But I was in TOSHI’s year at school! (Laughs)
T: I said the same thing in today’s Sunday Japan interview.
Y: In a word, the truth is easy to find if you investigate a little… (Laughs)

(TOSHI goes to HEATH’s side.)
T: You said “I’ll take it easy tomorrow” yesterday, but… (staring at HEATH’s hair) excellent hairstyle!
H: (Hair) stood up during sleep…
T: Well, to the teahouses all over the country?
H: Teahouses… I as the “disturbance No.1”, is in good terms with “disturbance No.2” (TOSHI)… I will do my best. Thank you. (Laughs)
T: Yoshiki-san, any questions to HEATH?
Y: Speaking of disturbance, I also have a neck… (Laughs)
T: Created a huge disturbance! Our first [original] leader.
Y: Original disturbance.
(Audience: Are you OK?)
Y: Not OK…
(Audience: Eh??)
Y: No problem!

T: And your question to HEATH?
Y: Do you remember the first day after you joined X JAPAN? We visited the Mother Farm! Remember? “Let’s go X JAPAN!” at that time, “to see the cows!”
T: In normal times, this guy only talks about eagles or tigers, but (imitating YOSHIKI) “Wow~! Let’s go COWS! Cows~! Let’s go to the the Mother Farm~!” (Laughs)
Y: (Laughs) HEATH, remember?
H: Had a barbeque ourdoors, looking at the cows. (Laughs)
Y: Only cows? No sheep? Cannot tell the differences…
T: Cows and sheep are different!! (Laughs) “Moo~” and “Baa~”.
Y: Wasn’t it incredible? When first looking at the cows…
H: What a huge thing! (Laughs)
T: This is X JAPAN!
Y: That? You quoted from hide!
T: Yeah, hide said so.
Y: hide said, it’s a really good idea (to visit farm).
T: Of course! (Laughs) Set off to the farm early in the morning!
Y: Yeah, we started to built our memories together whenever something happens (i.e. HEATH joining X JAPAN). As I can remember, we just ran into the cow at that time.
T: No, that was the sheep!
Y: Sheep?
T: Well, happy memories?
Y: Yeah, happy memories… SUGIZO, seldom have memories like this, do you?
T: (Goes to SUZIGO’s side) SUGIZO joined X JAPAN… Am I right? Have you joined us? (Laughs)
S: What? Umm, maybe, rookie here. Thanks.
T: This time, the recording… SUGIZO played for a long time to help me. The acoustic guitar, the violin, and the elec-, er…
S: Electronic guitar.
The band: We are rock band!
Y: Only to speak of today’s performance, we’re surely going to be misunderstood. (Laughs)
T: Misunderstood?
Y: We have no drums!
T: Wasn’t it you that said “It’s so relaxing without drums”?
S: The sound check was over in the blink of an eye.
T: And when the time comes, just start!
S: Wonderful!
T: This time he really helped me a lot. Thanks, SUGIZO!
S: No, not at all. Really, in my opinion, such singer of genius is difficult – impossible – to find.
T: Go on!
S: To be frankly, how touching it is to perform together with TOSHI - everybody, understand?
Together with such a singer, at any time, I’d like to be his back band!
This time, during TOSHI-san’s recording, at first, “let’s add volin!” “Good!” So we need to program the violin part. “And how about the guitar?” “ OK!” I played both of them… for a whole day.
T: Sorry, but I didn’t have anyone else…
S: I understood. And-
T: Because of some adult things –
S: Well, nothing to do with work, but I believe it’s the happiest thing to do in the world, to make music together with such a good singer, including today’s concert. X JAPAN come here all together, doesn’t it mean that TOSHI is our best vocalist? Everybody, do you understand?
Very good songs! Thank you very much.
T: PATA, why didn’t you say something like this?
P: I have to learn (how to say) first. (Laughs)
S: But, we are rock band…
T: Rock band, there are lots of them.
S: So, let’s play…
T: Yeah.
S: Is that all right?
T: I wanna perform. But YOSHIKI said, “Let’s talk! Talk!”
Y: That difficult song just now… I haven’t recover (from nervousness) yet!
T: Not yet?
Y: Well, but in general I always play deep into the song.
T: So you can’t play in a relaxed way?
Y: Not that I can’t…
T: It’s not he can’t, not he can’t, not he can’t! He can play anything!
Y: So, I really got entangled by the song. Cannot break out… but another YOSHIKI in me said “break out!” I was having this serious fight inside myself. (Laughs) But, at the same time, I was touched.
S: Really wonderful song.
T: PATA, have you learned to say like this?
P: I’m considering about it. (Laughs)
S: Others may not know, but I was in fact so nervous in such environment. As a rock musician, I don’t care if I make a big noise in a big place.
T: So you’re not nervous at all to play in Tokyo Dome?
S: Yes, not nervous at all! However, in quiet places…
T: Wait. Is there anyone who feel nervous performing in Tokyo Dome?
Y: HEATH?
T: HEATH? What about you?
H: *Nods*
T: Actually, HEATH looks nervous! PATA… won’t feel any nervousness if there’s something to drink… Regarding those 55 thousand people as a snack, and you’re able to stop drinking? Tokyo Dome is not a place to drink!
P: Not always. For example, when you watch a baseball match there, you’ll pay 800 yen for a beer... (Everyone laughs)
Y: Didn’t you practice throw and catch there when we performed in Tokyo Dome the first time?
S: And that video has been released! The video…
Y: Don’t you know the meaning of Tokyo Dome?!
P: A place to play baseball!
Y: Today when I was going to go on stage, suddenly I thought, “if it’s Tokyo Dome, it will take about 10 min to walk onto the stage. ”
T: Yeah.
Y: “But in here, it takes only 30 sec! ” (Laughs)
T: But I still have to wait for YOSHIKI!
Y: I’m the producer, today you still have to wait for me!
Well, let’s begin…
T: But, YOSHIKI…
(Audience: Talk! Talk!)
T: Now that we’ve mentioned Tokyo Dome. How about Tokyo Dome? In the future?
Y: Hmmm, er… everyone…
(Audience: You’ve promised to perform in ****!!)
Y: Promised?
T: Yeah, promised, er, where…?? (Laughs)
Y: Hmmm, well, (we) cannot make sounds, cannot play drums… so many problems. Let’s start (X JAPAN) gradually? But isn’t it impossible to start from here?
T: From here?
Y: (Laughs) How to say… It’s impossible to start playing X JAPAN songs suddenly from here. We have to start gradually…
T: Gradually.
(Audience: Osaka!!)
Y: I wanna go there!
(Audience: Nagoya! Kyoto! Sendai! etc…)
Y: Do you know that, we will only be attracted by delicious food? If there’s good barbeque, we’ll go…
(Audiece: *shouting out the name of some food, Sendai’s what…*)
Y: Sendai’s ****?
(Audience starts shouting out the names of various foods from various places)
Y: Wait, wait, wait, we’re beginning to forget the purpose of this concert…
T: Until now, it’s my Sayounara concert.
Y: Sayounara, means to open a new door…
...Let’s begin (the song)!! (Laughs)
T: Everyone, let’s sing this song together!

10 Forever Love

T: THANKS VERY MUCH!!!!
Y: To speak of members’ get-together, today is like X JAPAN… But no roses?
T: “No roses? Prepare roses!!” (imitating YOSHIKI) “But it isn’t YOSHIKI-san’s concert!” (imitating the staff)
(Audience: Pandemonium!)
Y: It’s not a concert for pandemonium. And we don’t have the body for pandemonium!
T: Take care.
Y: I’ve said, gradually... How about doing warm-up concert in LA?
T: To talk about this?
Y: They won’t believe us anyway.
T: Apart from LA, they (points at the audience) are all asking us to perform in Japan!
Come to LA, everyone! (Laughs)
Y: In the past, we were all living in LA… But when I realized aftermath, there’s only me left there…
T: I’m sorry…

Y: At last, TOSHI, say something to everyone.

T: Today, we gather here. Really, I’m really grateful! I’m surrounded by the best friends… I’m very happy. Thanks very much. Also, everyone who give me the deepest, the warmest support to me. Thanks. Thanks very much!
For me, I bid farewell to the past from here, and step into the new beginning. I’m really happy. I feel that I’m getting stronger than before.
From now on, my remaining lifetime…
(Audience: Eh??)
T: My remaining lifetime of 50 years! Will keep on singing even when I become a grandpa!!
But when I become a grandpa, the high notes may become difficult…
And Standing Sex will become difficult too…
 (The band laugh)
T: I don’t mean any strange thing!
Well, at last, with you all, let’s go!!!

11 Endless Rain

T: Thank you!! I love you!! See you!!!


*END*


source: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTYxNTUwNjA0.html
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTYxNTc3OTA0.html

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Toshi / ToshI Last Concert: The Talks (2nd half updated)
« on: April 10, 2010, 07:49:01 AM »
The talk between songs (the first half, from the beginning to Amaoto)
Old stuff, but I'd like to post it because it's so interesting!
Will finish the second half soon if I have time...


01 Made In Heaven

T: I missed you all!!! Finally, I'm back!!!
I'm back!!!
Today, here with you, and those who can't come, the teahouses (*)…
TEAHOUSES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY!!! Will also receive our love!!!!
(*Teahouses: those people who participated casually by watching online broadcast, drinking tea at home.)
Are you ready? Are you ready?
I'm so happy!!
So, together with you, I wanna mark the end of (my solo) perfectly. Today a special backband is coming… They said anyhow they'd like to be my backband, so I have to let them come... (Laughs)
So... the top batter is – SUGIZO!!!
(SUGIZO appears on the stage.)
S: I wanna be your back band! (Laughs)
T: (Laughs) And the first song will be done by us, me and SUGIZO.
S: Just sing it!
T: SUGIZO, what's the title of this song?
S: Dear life. This is – I wrote the song for life. I'm sure it will be wonderful if Toshi sing it, please (sing it).
T: You're giving me a challenge at the beginning!

02 Dear Life

T: Thank you very much!
And the next who said he was dying to be my back band – is PATA!
(PATA appears.)
P: But I've never said such things!
T: Because PATA said that he wanna come as my back band...
P: I didn't say that!
T: (To the audience) Don't become such adult like him!
OK, the next song is from my new CD.
SUGIZO played guitar during the recording, but PATA didn't! (←joking)

03 Haru no Ibuki

T: Well, SUGIZO, you have to leave for a while...
SUGIZO, thanks a lot!
So the next one that said he wanna be my back band is... HEATH!!
(HEATH appears.)
T: Now, HEATH the bassist... Didn’t you say that you would do this (performance) casually? But still in pretty make-up!
H: No, no, I was just drinking tea there just now.
T: So this song is PATA's. PATA's solo work... Story of A Young Boy.

04 Story of A Young Boy

T: Thanks very much!! THE NEXT SONG IS!! – Ah, it's not appropriate to shout so hard (Laughs) – HEATH's song.
The song is originally heavy rock, I tried to do some programming for it today. It’s called Eagle Sniper. One two three four –

05 Eagle Sniper

T: We will add SUGIZO again.
(SUGIZO appears.)
T: This song is also from my new CD "Samurai JAPAN"… Airport.

06 Airport

T: Thank you very much!!!!
T: And, the title song of my new CD. (To the audience) It's your turn now!
Samurai JAPAN, let's go!!!!!!!

07 Samurai JAPAN

T: THANK YOU!!!
PATA, thank you! And SUGIZO... HEATH...
Well, the one that’s going to come onto the stage... is the person who said he would play the piano for me in any case.
Though I've told him that "you don't need to do that, we all know you play better than me". (Laughs)
Hi YOSHIKI!!!
(YOSHIKI appears.)

T: YOSHIKI's voice is too soft, if you want to hear – Shhhh!
Y: Not soft! (Laughs)
I was listening to the performance from backstage. You were so quiet!
T: Yes. (We performed) quietly.
Y: Why not do your utmost?
T: Ah, yes, I forgot. (Laughs) DO YOUR UTMOST!!!
Y: The following song is ballad…
T: Yeah.
(SUGIZO appears.)
S: I was right, we’re actually performing quietly! (Laughs)
Y: Yes you're right.
T: But why not get closer to our beloved fans?
Y: TOSHI. Announce "producer by YOSHIKI". (Laughs)
T: Ah yes! LET ME INTRODUCE OUR PRODUCER!!!YOSHIKI!!!
Y: Well, let's do this song first?
T: OK.
Y: I was wondering…
T: What?
Y: Is it all right to perform this song?
T: Please do it.
Y: Right.
On the whole, I'm the back band, this time…
T: The most expensive back band in the world.
Y: Is this song all right? Is it all right? It's difficult to play…
T: Yes, difficult… By the way, it was the day before yesterday that YOSHIKI suggested to perform this song!

08 Unnamed Song

Y: I was so nervous!
T: Sorry I made a mistake...
Y: No, no, I almost (made a mistake too).
T: (Now it's) A conversation between schoolmates!
Y: Do you know, that TOSHI was not the vocalist at first? He was the guitarist. But the vocalist quit the band.
T: The vocalist quit the band because YOSHIKI...
Y: No, no, no. I mean, at that time, when our school was divided in two parts, I changed from No.2 to No.3 Middle School...
T: Ha? You're talking about that in here?
Y: Our school broke in two parts!
T: Broke in two parts! The fact is, our school merged with another school and became a new one.
Y: Yes, that's right. Well, that guy, Kura-chin...
T: Kura-chin! Kura-chin was our vocalist! Are we going to talk about him? He -
Y: Kurada-san.
T: The orthopedist in Tateyama. (Laughs)
Y: He is orthopedist, yeah.
T: Why didn't YOSHIKI ask him to make a diagnosis (about his neck)?
Y: It was already delayed…
T: Delayed?
Y: Not that extent… Well Kura-chin's quit, who would be our vocalist? Everyone sang a song, including me. And TOSHI was the best.
T: I was, a little bit better than YOSHIKI.
Y: My voice was in a high pitch.
T: We didn't have a microphone stand. So YOSHIKI made a substitude by the telescope stand…
Y: Telescope.
T: Using the telescope stand!
Y: My voice hadn't changed at that age.
T: A high voice, so cute!
Everyone, haven't seen such side of YOSHIKI? It was very, very cute…
Y: I was shorter than TOSHI.
T: Yes, though he's now 10 or 15 cm taller than me…
Y: Not so much! (Laughs)
T: Thin and weak, just like a bean sprout…
Y: They called me little chick.
T: Is it appropriate to disclose so much?
Y: OK, stop it.
T: It seems YOSHIKI's true colors are revealed now… which was not mentioned in the book "YOSHIKI/佳樹".
Y: No problem. There are only 1000 people here.
T: 1000? No, there are large crowds in their living room, the teahouses! Hundreds of thousand people!
Y: Yes, yes… (Laughs) Please, keep my secret…
And the following – TOSHI's song. We decided to perform this also in a hurry.
T: No, no, no! I sent the song to you, to LA, one months ago!
Y: (Laughs).
T: Well, when we met the day before yesterday, I asked him "have you heard the song?" He repied, "not yet." (Imitating YOSHIKI)
Saying "Not yet", at the same time, "Let's sing this (Unnamed Song)!!' (Laughs) Really great, that song (Unnamed Song).
Y: Not bad.
T: I really dislike this word! The recording of Art Of Life lasted for three years, including about two years of vocal recording. When we finished at last, members were cheering "we made it!!”"But YOSHIKI was saying: "not bad."
Y: Haha.
T: Then, we destroyed YOSHIKI's studio happily!
Y: We didn't know how to express except destroying.
T: He said "I bought the studio for this [recording]!"
Y: I've never said that.
T: You've said!
Y: Maybe.
T: You were drunk and couldn't remember.
Y: Yes.
Well, I played this song with TOSHI during yesterday's rehearsal. I was deeply touched.
T: Thank you! For the first time in these 40 years, I got praised by YOSHIKI!
Y: No, I praised you once in a while…! The vocal is great today! (Laughs)
T: Ah, once in a while... "The vocal is great today" – sounds mechanical!
Y: I don’t know how to express…
T: No problem, we're close to each other!
Y: *shy* Well, let's begin.

T: Actually… It's because of YOSHIKI that I can still sing on the stage. And, because of your support, that I can carry on. I'm really... grateful...
And I wanna convey this gratitude with YOSHIKI...

09 Amaoto

T: Thanks very much...
See you...

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Mashita had been working for X JAPAN before they broke up in 1997, IMO he (or someone else on behalf of him) persuaded Toshi to come back in 2006 for money. And yes I believe Yoshiki's judgment is not the whole story. I guess Mashita (and other people that Yoshiki hired) have the status and power in Japanese entertainment business. Artists' big projects such as a concert in Tokyo Dome have to rely on powerful people and large investment... So to some extent, I think they needed him to continue activities after the reunion.

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Wow it happened just after Toshi's divorce and other events involved HOH! (Is Toshi a prelude?) I think the band has been dealing with troubles since the reunion and now troubles are revealed...
X JAPAN's whole sales volume in 2008 is a little more than 682 million yen. So 375 is really large amount...

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Toshi / Re: Toshi Live - Asakasa blitz
« on: March 08, 2010, 02:06:50 PM »
I  remember that Yoshiki said in an interview that they had recorded another version of Amethyst with Toshi's vocal (before the band broke up). It seems that the original lyric is different from now and maybe it's in Japanese. But I doubt if I will have the chance to hear that in my life :P

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Forum Games / Re: Post your picture here! #2
« on: March 03, 2010, 11:27:42 AM »
We don't have heating because it's southern China, just a little cold sometimes in winter.
I'm Chinese absolutely ::) And IMO people from Tibet Province just look the same...

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Forum Games / Re: Post your picture here! #2
« on: March 02, 2010, 08:11:12 AM »
Hi Nannigong  :D

What does that balloon represents? A chair upside down? A frame for pictures  ;D
Looks like it is very cold there?
It didn't represent anything. Just posed for fun :D
We don't have heating here in winter...
BTW, do you play the piano, Ann?

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Forum Games / Re: What NON X Japan song are you listening to?
« on: March 01, 2010, 02:50:57 PM »
In Blue (the whole disk) by The Corrs :P

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Toshi / Re: Toshi Live - Asakasa blitz
« on: March 01, 2010, 09:30:57 AM »
I can't see the vid in my country. But I think I've seen some brief translations of this interview. It's very... er, don't know how to describe it, but it seems that the interview was a tempory, hurry arrangement and ToshI didn't take it seriously. The only question that makes sense is about what X JAPAN means to him. He says he has been in this band almost the whole life, especially together with Yoshiki and it has been 40 years, but Yoshiki's age is still not announced to the public! :D
And rest of the interview is like:
Interviewer: What do you want to express [convey] through music? ToshI: Why so serious question? Interviewer: But I prepared this question seriously... ToshI: But you're not going to post this (interview)...

(general meaning, not correctly what they say)

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Toshi / Re: 武士JAPAN (ToshI's Final Solo Release)
« on: March 01, 2010, 09:03:20 AM »
I'm listening to Haru no Ibuki now. I love the guitar too :D But when ToshI sang that song in Akasaka blitz he said (or just making a joke?) Sugizo played guitar in this song but Pata didn't.

=======EDIT===========

@Ann: I tried to translate Haru no Ibuki :P The structures of lines are simple but some words have confusing meanings...

On that day, I was out of strength
Walking, lost on the mountain road
Nor did I go to see my friends
Frozen to the inside of my heart

Wishing for someone to look at me
Wishing for someone to  seek for me  ("求めてほしい", not sure about this)
To comprehend
And love me

Spring is going to sprout
Plants breathing
Meeting with people
And dreams come true
I AM NOW LIVING IN HERE

Feeling for the truth until today
Without decisions about tomorrow
Faith and bond forgotten
Escaping from others' help

I miss you
Miss that gentleness
I dream about my dreams
Dream about the future

Spring is going to sprout
Plants breathing
On that morning
The sun shines on me
I AM NOW LIVING IN HERE

Spring is going to sprout
Plants breathing
I AM NOW LIVING IN HERE

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General chat / Re: X-Japan to start world tour in Los Angeles
« on: March 01, 2010, 08:55:03 AM »
It seems they're planning to perform in small places like livehouses :)
This is good news to me - glad to see them considering "simple" concert just like a return to their starting point. I remember that in a earlier interview where SUGIZO talked about his impression towards X as "a huge band", for their concerts, projects and other activities (and the time delayed before concerts) are all huge (and complicated) . Glad to see them trying to do something simple :D
Still I'd like to see the band going further with the world tour... not only LA...

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Forum Games / Re: Post your picture here! #2
« on: February 28, 2010, 02:19:19 PM »
Me at the end of the New Year get-together:


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Toshi / Re: Toshi Live - Asakasa blitz
« on: February 28, 2010, 01:59:53 PM »
 ::) Seems that some parts of the report are still in Japanese (where does the report come from?), such as "KIAIIRE" (気合入れ)... And this:
Quote
YOSHIKI: You said you would perform quietly today. But You guys all are so high tention!!
I saw in another report where Yoshiki said "I was watching the performance backstage. You guys were so quiet."  ::)

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Forum Games / Re: What are you eating?
« on: February 27, 2010, 02:44:50 PM »
I've never seen that "macaronis" before!
I'm eating strawberries :D

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Toshi / Re: 武士JAPAN (ToshI's Final Solo Release)
« on: February 27, 2010, 03:17:59 AM »
Haru no Ibuki somewhat reminds me of his early solo. Though when I heard the small pieces on his site I found them Masaya-ish, after having listened to the whole disk I feel that the songs are in fact quite TOSHI-styled. And my favorite one now is AIRPORT too :D IMO some part of the song's programming is a little similar to the 2nd track of EARTH SPIRIT ("Kizutsuki kowarete shimau youni" or some title like that).

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Toshi / Re: Toshi Live - Asakasa blitz
« on: February 25, 2010, 12:25:25 PM »
I heard that the MCs between members were interesting.
Looks like an X acoustic concert :D

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Toshi / Re: Toshi Live - Asakasa blitz
« on: February 24, 2010, 01:18:54 PM »
Did Yoshiki play piano on the X ballads?
I suppose so. I just know that he played piano on Amaoto and Unnamed Song.

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Toshi / Re: Toshi Live - Asakasa blitz
« on: February 24, 2010, 11:47:35 AM »
SE, is it going to end?

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Toshi / Re: Toshi Live - Asakasa blitz
« on: February 24, 2010, 11:15:00 AM »
Unnamed Song :o I've never dreamed of this!
Pata and Heath and Sugizo's works sung by Toshi, wow!

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Toshi / Re: New website from Toshi
« on: February 22, 2010, 05:17:15 AM »
Airport found on 2ch:
Quote
エアポート

MOMORY GOODBYE MEMORY GOODBYE
MEMORY GOODBYE WITH MY TEARS

今はもう 忘れたい
信じてたことも うそのように
歌うことさえも 忘れたい

必ず 見つけるよ 本当に大切な出会い

だから 人は 旅に出る
悲しみ とまどい 別れ告げ
せつない 想いの エアポート
MEMORY GOODBYE WITH MY TEARS

目覚めた朝に 知ったこと
信じられない うそばかりに
歌う声さえも 失った
時は戻せない 夢はるか遠く消え去ってゆく
だから 人は 旅に出る
ごまかし 逃げてた 毎日を
断ち切り 捨て去る エアポート
MEMORY GOODBYE WITH MY TEARS
Oh
その一言 言えなかった
本当は いつも いやだった
だから 人は 旅に出る
すべてを 失い 心決め
輝く 未来の エアポート
MEMORY GOODBYE WITH MY TEARS
MEMORY GOODBYE WITH MY TEARS
MEMORY GOODBYE WITH MY TEARS
MEMORY

※GUITAR SUGIZO

Quote
Actually, the best I can gather from Google translate, that could very well be.... his reflecting on why he joined the Masaya cult and what his hopes were from it?
As far as I can understand, the song Amaoto seems to be dedicated to some people he cherished. For example, there are "(To you) please shines [be bright] at any time / Please always keep me company / Please be my light / Please be my everything / Please bring [make] me smile..." - reminds me of the English lyrics of I'll Be Your Love :D




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Toshi / Re: New website from Toshi
« on: February 21, 2010, 09:24:28 AM »
Found some lyrics of the new songs. The Amaoto lyric looks so MASAYA-ish! ::)

Quote
雨音

しずかに おちる
あまおと きいて
そっと みみを
すまし ました

あれから 何年もたち
私は 今ここに 帰りました
どうか お願いを 聞いてください

私に 本当の 愛をください
私に 本当の 夢をください
私に 美しい 想い出ください
私に 美しい 心をください

つめたく おちる
あまおと きいて
やっと むかしに
もどり ました

あれから 時は過ぎ去り
私は すべてを 失くしました
どうか 想いを 知ってください

あなたは いつでも 明るくいてください
あなたは いつでも そばにいてください
あなたは 私の 輝(ひかり)でいてください
あなたは 私の すべてでいてください
あなたは 私に 笑顔でいてください
あなたは 私の すべてでいてください

※VIOLIN SUGIZO

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Art of Life Live aka X Japan Returns / Re: Toshi's Assasination.
« on: February 18, 2010, 12:06:45 PM »
The scene on that stage reminds me of the Week End PV, in which all the members except Toshi are killed in different ways. And I guess that's why he chose the song Week End to stage this dramatic change, just like a sequel of that PV... And I agree it looks staged, too.

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Toshi / Re: 2/24 ToshI Last Concert Location and other info
« on: February 11, 2010, 04:11:09 AM »
Yahoo news: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100211-00000030-sanspo-ent

Divorce approved. He and Kaori will start dividing compensation and property in a few days.
The concert location was selected by Yoshiki. Toshi said it would be the first and the last time for him to sing his new songs on the stage.
The author speculated that they may perform X songs and the concert may become an X live.

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Toshi / Re: 2/24 ToshI Last Concert Location and other info
« on: February 10, 2010, 04:35:54 PM »
Ah, found something else: the "SAMURAI JAPAN" CD ordered out and now extra order has begun(?).

I know that some people in my country have joined Toshi Net, but they have to do that via their friends living in Japan. I guess a Japanese phone number or something like that is needed to join TOSHI NET.

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Toshi / Re: 2/24 ToshI Last Concert Location and other info
« on: February 10, 2010, 04:11:06 PM »
Me too ;D
And I found that I can enter the website now.
So, Akasaka Blitz is really meaningful to Toshi... *curious* I just know he held the "passion of love" concerts there in (maybe) 1996.


The info on the website is about ticket sale: apply for ticket from 12 AM to 11:59 PM tomorrow(11th) and decided by drawing lots. (Seems hard to get tickets.) TOSHI NET members have the priority in ordering tickets.

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Toshi / 2/24 ToshI Last Concert Location and other info
« on: February 10, 2010, 03:35:48 PM »
AKASAKA BLITZ!!!  ;) ;D

Source: http://toshi-samuraijapan.com/
↑The site is down again now...

The concert is supported by DMM - I think that means the concert will be broadcasted online. ;)

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Toshi / Re: New website from Toshi
« on: February 09, 2010, 07:32:49 AM »
The first song sounds like Utatabi.
Samurai Japan sounds like T-EARTH.

Influenced by MASAYA over these years?  ::)

or the other way round ;)
Ummm, that makes sense. :P

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Toshi / Re: New website from Toshi
« on: February 09, 2010, 02:46:55 AM »
The first song sounds like Utatabi.
Samurai Japan sounds like T-EARTH.

Influenced by MASAYA over these years?  ::)

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