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Forum Games / Things, that pissed you off today

« on: April 18, 2008, 02:32:01 AM »

Costa Rican men.
Costa Rican men.
And Nicaraguan men.
And... yeah. Men.

JUST BECAUSE I'M BLONDE, doesn't mean you have to call me delicious and try to touch me.  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

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Albums/Singles / I.V.

« on: April 15, 2008, 10:21:14 PM »

I'm excited to see official lyrics, too!

I'm looking back on the first lyrics I heard, and they're so wrong XD But I wrote those when we got the very first bootleg that was almost inaudible... haha. You guys have done a really good job identifying what they should really be! Thanks!

Where can I listen to the live version of I.V.?  :wink:

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X JAPAN World Tour / Dilemma - Paris or Asia?

« on: April 15, 2008, 07:07:19 PM »

I hope it won't be in the summer, but the fall, so that I don't miss BOTH the US AND Asia shows (assuming they're going to be confirmed) ! But for you I hope there is a show in Asia in the summer or Europe in the fall; I know how it feels to have plans you can't move...

My university has such unlucky scheduling.  :lol:

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X JAPAN World Tour / Bring X to (other parts of the world)

« on: April 15, 2008, 06:46:30 PM »

So, this is a funny story... here I am on my knees praying for X to come to the US, and I get my wish! Woo! Except.... they're coming September 13th... and my next semester of university starts August 28th. In CHINA.  :evil:

I would like to suggest a Bring X to Asia project based off of the wildly successful (and now world-famous) Bring X to Europe project for those of us currently in China or the surrounding areas who are ambitious and capable of taking this on. I'd do it myself but I won't be in China until August 28th.  :lol: and I haven't started learning Chinese yet... that's my summer project.

It sounds like there are a lot of fans in this are, let's bring 'em together and make a movement!!

And whenever I can, I will of course do anything and everything humanly possible to support the project!

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X JAPAN ATTACKS AGAIN 2008 I.V. ~Towards Destruction~ / Night of Madness to be braodcasted on May 2nd

« on: April 15, 2008, 05:54:59 PM »

Is this a TV broadcast or online? (If TV, will somebody be ripping? )

*I don't get many stations in Costa Rica*

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Forum Games / Languages

« on: March 28, 2008, 05:25:41 PM »

My mother language is English

I took 4 years of Japanese and French in high school. My French reading and writing was very good, my Japanese... not so much. XD (Did I mention US high schools suck?)

I'm living in Costa Rica now so my Spanish is pretty good but I'm not completely fluent. I can get around. It interrupts my French now so my French speaking/writing is not so good anymore.  :evil:

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General chat / Yoshiki & Toshi are on the BASEBALL page...

« on: January 29, 2008, 12:50:58 AM »

Would you upload it, then?

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Art of Life Live aka X Japan Returns / Art Of Life DVD fake sounds

« on: January 11, 2008, 08:28:45 PM »

If it is true about these switched audios, I'm interested to see the box set, since it will include both versions. I wonder if it will be obvious that it was switched, or if they will fix up both to sound better?

I can't wait! >w<

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Other Bands / Bands that sound like X (Japan)

« on: January 03, 2008, 08:45:50 PM »

Remember the weird siren sound in Miscast?

Motley Crue: Dr. Feelgood

Listen at about 3:40 or so, it's the same weird siren. Was that just an 80s thing or maybe they were inspired by the Crue? Hmm...  :wink:

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Drawings / Yoshiki - acrylics on canvas

« on: December 18, 2007, 01:34:13 AM »

Photobucket ate your art...  :cry:

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General chat / X Arguments On YouTube

« on: December 18, 2007, 01:16:34 AM »

I'm sorry, but this debate is just idiotic. You people are arguing over semantics, guided by nothing more than inconsistent terms and arbitrary definitions.

Visual, visual kei, glam, gothic... who the hell are you people to draw the line, anyway?

What is the fundamental truth to visual kei? An emphasis on VISUALS - ie, hair, makeup, clothes, nails, vivid pv's, etc. That IS the common denominator. Period. END OF DISCUSSION.

I love you.  

I agree completely.

As for my own two cents, I say that while X doesn't fit the STEREOTYPE of Visual Kei we have today - early Dir en grey, Phantasmagoria, Malice Mizer, Versailles etc - they are certainly a visual band, and in my opinion "visual" and "visual kei" are basically two ways of saying the same thing. Emphasis on visual - especially visual SHOCK.

It depends, then, on one's definition of VK. If you're using the looser and more accurate definition of VK, then X couldn't be anything but.

If you're using the current cookie-cutter manifestation of VK, then of course they aren't.

Because we are using two different definitions, this argument is entirely pointless and will NEVER be resolved.  :roll:

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News / [DL] X Japan - I.V. (3 minute 20 second version)

« on: December 18, 2007, 12:09:00 AM »

I'm so glad finally people are posting other opinions of the lyrics! Mine went off of the really really old poor quality version so I knew a lot of it was wrong. We're getting so close!!  (I can't wait to compare to the real lyrics...)

I'm really sad because Saw IV hadn't come in theaters in Costa Rica yet, but I just got back to the US this week and it's already out of theaters here!  :evil:  And it comes out on DVD the day AFTER I fly back to Costa Rica. I think someone up there hates me...

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General chat / a question for X Japan fans

« on: December 07, 2007, 08:49:58 PM »

You need one more option

"because Yoshiki is a master of eveything in music" :twisted:

I agree! I'd have picked that one, too.  :twisted:

I think it would be better without differentiations between genders - what if we women say they turn us on, too?

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Yoshiki / New blog post from Yoshiki 12/1/07!

« on: December 01, 2007, 10:55:50 PM »

Actually, there was one picture in either Fool's Mate or Shoxx, where pedestrians were staring at him. I loved that one.  

Yeah, that one is in the SHOCK Wave photoshoot. XD It's one of my favorite pictures from said photoshoot. :lol:

Can I see this photoshoot?  :lol:

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Yoshiki / New pictures in Yoshiki's MySpace blog!

« on: December 01, 2007, 02:01:29 AM »

Ahh beat me to it!

I really like the 6th picture up now: "It's F**KING COLD"

 LOL

Edit: Eep! Nine photos now!  :shock:

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Wallpapers / Hide memorial wallpaper

« on: November 30, 2007, 03:01:40 AM »

If u need the 1024x768 size send me massage.

So you charge a fee?  :twisted:

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Wallpapers / I.V. live wallpaper

« on: November 30, 2007, 02:59:18 AM »

Ooooh I love this shot of Yoshiki!  :shock:  This is a good one!

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General chat / What X song are you listening to?

« on: November 30, 2007, 01:44:40 AM »

Rose of Pain (watching the PV; LOVE IT!)

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Offtopic / Bodyart (Tattoos, Piercings...)

« on: November 30, 2007, 01:18:34 AM »

I might get the X logo tattooed on my arm

Did you do that yet?

And I have upped my piercing count to 8, hehehe.  :twisted:

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News / X JAPAN in concert Spring '08!

« on: November 29, 2007, 09:25:03 PM »

How long are they going to wait to announce the date??  :evil:

LOL that's so X.

But that is interesting food for thought, with the scheduling of Tokyo Dome...

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Merchandise / INTRODUCING - left to right - Rei, Miyuki and Hitomi . . .

« on: November 27, 2007, 08:49:46 PM »

Yes, all three are Yoshiki. It's the Starlight Yoshiki trio.  

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General chat / "X-JAPAN IS MY ANTI-DRUG ^_^;;" I'm sorry, but . .

« on: November 27, 2007, 08:39:36 PM »

Yeah, probably they got tired of smoking and shit and decided to go intravenous... I.V. xD

 :lol:

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General chat / Does X Japan members have tattoo????

« on: November 27, 2007, 08:38:05 PM »

So is it blue, or red?  :?

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News / X Japan new song "IV" on sale in Japan 10/22

« on: November 27, 2007, 08:34:33 PM »

I hope we'll be getting the single and/or PV before the DVD, but then again I won't mind much if the DVD came out first, cause then we'd have a way to get a perfect quality version of the song

I agree with you, there.  

Although it will be a pity if the DVD does come out first...

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Albums/Singles / I.V.

« on: November 24, 2007, 08:29:42 PM »

Well, given the lyrics of "needles are piercing through my skin," "I'll give it straight from my vein" etc. I think it could literally mean I.V. - Intravenous.

It could have multiple meanings, though, and have to do with the four remaining members of X, or even with Saw IV.

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General chat / "X-JAPAN IS MY ANTI-DRUG ^_^;;" I'm sorry, but . .

« on: November 21, 2007, 10:41:50 PM »

Replacing a harmful addiction for a less harmful.  

YES! I would definitely agree with that.

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General chat / "X-JAPAN IS MY ANTI-DRUG ^_^;;" I'm sorry, but . .

« on: November 20, 2007, 05:00:29 PM »

I think my signature says that, doesn't it?

I can't speak for everyone, but I didn't mean it literally. I guess my statement is shallow, then, but I think the feeling behind it was that X is a big and influential part of my life.

It doesn't bother me at all that some members of these bands were/are on drugs, and it actually had no connection to my signature whatsoever. But for those who do mean it literally, that is a very interesting question...

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News / X JAPAN "I.V." Odaiba Event Report

« on: November 14, 2007, 11:21:13 PM »

I suppose that DOES sum it up, in a cut-and-dried way, but if you read the report it really gives you the feeling you were there (with pictures, even, to help with that!)

Good job, but I still prefer the original.  :wink:

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Suggestions / Fusion of the boards?

« on: November 10, 2007, 03:55:53 AM »

I feel pretty ambiguous about the whole thing. I rather like the close-knit community we have going on here, but it can be slow sometimes, that's true. I suppose as long as we don't have to sacrifice anything we have now, a few more members couldn't hurt anything!

I wouldn't really push for it, though; if Hypno asks and they decide they want to do it, then cool, but otherwise I think we're doing fine as we are.

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Albums/Singles / Art of Life album ver.

« on: November 10, 2007, 03:50:04 AM »

I was really fond of the album version, myself - although the transition between the violins (after the piano solo) and the final verses is very rough, I'll admit. I think part of the reason I like it better than the live is the more smooth and finished quality it lends to Toshi's voice. Otherwise, I would probably like the live better as well.

As far as the re-released albums, I think the remastered version of Week End was pretty well butchered. I feel like they took out all of the impact by smoothing and quieting the guitar too much, the drums lost some of their badass metal sound, and the end of the song is drawn out way too long with the echoes. In my opinion. But the rest of the songs on both albums I was very happy with and I think they did a great job!

You have a lot of interesting things to say and you frame your ideas very well; welcome to the board and I hope to see more of you around!