I don't like the X-Japan fans who seem to think that because Toshi messes up in singing, whatever way it is, that means he isn't as good as he used to be, or can't do something anymore. There aren't many fans like these, but there were a few people on the reunion concerts, the hide memorial summit acting like that, and now I'm currently in an argument with someone on youtube who thinks after watching the Kong Kong live on the 17th that Toshi can't keep up with Orgasm (which in turn means fast songs) anymore because he's old.
I've never thought once since they reunited that Toshi has lost range or the ability to sing like he used to, I knew that Toshi was just having a rough period and that about a year later or more he'd be just as good as ten years ago, and that is what's pretty much happened.
But I'm sure that when all the concerts that I mentioned aired, there were people who were basically going "nope, Toshi's lost it, he's gone, we'll never hear his amazing voice again!" and had given up on him already. The reason I'm bringing this up is because of this guy on youtube right now who's irritated me by saying Toshi can't keep up with Orgasm because of his performance on the 17th, saying he's too old now.
There's a difference between not being able to keep up and forgetting the lyrics because:
1. English is not his first language
2. Its the first time he's performed the English version in ten years and before that he'd only done it once
3. Trying to remember the lyrics and not being able to while you're singing the line, makes you stumble over the line even more and when that happens half the stuff that comes out your mouth doesn't sound anything like what you're trying to sing, and its even worse when what you're trying to sing is not your first language. I can sing really fast lines from System of a Down songs perfectly, but when I try to sing songs like Scars or Miscast, because Japanese isn't my first language, and I havn't sang the song in a while, I mess up, just like Toshi did, its nothing to do with age wearing him down or anything like that. There's a reason he sang the rest of the song in japanese.
Btw, I'm not really angry I just feel I have to explain a lot of points in detail in my posts sometimes.