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The band => The Concerts => X JAPAN World Tour => Topic started by: AsukaMiyu on April 06, 2010, 06:03:11 AM
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I thought we might need this thread, now that X JAPAN are officially confirmed to play there!!!! ;D ;D ;D
http://2010.lollapalooza.com/
*jumping around eXcited*
EDIT by Hypno: the setlist
1. New Epic Opening
2. Rusty Nail (English and Japanese)
3. JADE
4. Kurenai (with hide on the big screen, Yoshiki on piano and Sugizo on violin)
5. I.V.
6. X
7. Tears (SE; complete English version)
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Woot! I am jumping with excitement too :D Its nice to see it confirmed!
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haha :D
but check out thier profile on lolla... http://2010.lollapalooza.com/band/x-japan
there are at LEAST 2 mistakes! xOx;;; I already contacted them about it, hope it'll be gone soon >_<
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awesome to see it confirmed. Now I hope somebody with bootleging gear will go there and tape it. I would if I could, but I cant....
Anyways, this is great news. Finally X are active again. I'm very curious about their setlist..but it's still gonna take a while until August.
Hopefully this is their World Tour restart gig ^_^;;
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Rolf! They have Foriegn Sand listed under the examples of X-Japan songs for first time listeners to listen to, after 10 seconds Roger Taylor comes in, they'll all be like "WTF is going on!?!?!".
And ffs, that is not X-Japan's homepage, omg are they trying to fucking misrepresent X-Japan. People who've heard of X for the first time click on X's "homepage" link and suddenly they get a giant pink fluffy rose shoved in their face.
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Asuka and me already contacted the Lolla management. It's really early in the morning there right now (about 5am) and they must be super busy since announcing the bands but I hope they'll notice and fix it soon.
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http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/04/lollapalooza-announces-2010-lineup.html
The mix includes veteran acts (Devo, Social Distortion, Mavis Staples) and newcomers on their first albums (The xx, Cymbals Eat Guitars). Though there are token R&B artists (Erykah Badu, Raphael Saadiq), a splash of exotica (Japan metal veterans X Japan, Venezuelan acid-funk outfit Los Amigos Invisibles, Nigerian-German singer Nneka) and even a reggae artist (Jimmy Cliff), the vast majority of the music centers on guitar-based rock and electronic music, with a substantial lineup at the Perry’s DJ stage.
hmm, splash of exotica? haha japan metal veterans, lol
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I can't decide if I have the money and energy to fight all of my co-workers to get my summer leave around those dates, get ticfkets for USA and travel there alone (cause I don't think any of my friends here can follow :S) to get there when I don't even feel like going to USA and the idea of music festivals half scares me.....x_x;
My want to see X is having a huge battle with my boredom and unwillingness to fly in that place....not to mention the flight ticket is gonna be hella expensive...T___T
I wonder if we stillhave enough chances to ever see them play in Europe...
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http://midnightinaperfectworld.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/the-x-japan-guide-for-lollapalooza/ (http://midnightinaperfectworld.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/the-x-japan-guide-for-lollapalooza/)
They should read this. Anyway I'll be trying my best to make it for all three days as there are at least 10 acts that I want to check out. It's going to be expensive but nevermind, got to make the most of moments like these!
Arcade Fire
X JAPAN
The Strokes
Grizzly Bear
The National
Frightened Rabbit
Fuck Buttons
2ManyDJs
Hot Chip
Yeasayer
Must see in bold!
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@roseofpain
Ha, I'd rather save that money and go see them when they play a FULL show in japan instead... xDD
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Lollapalooza is three days of immense fun (I went to a similar one in NYC last year). It's not like the festivals in Europe that often or not are rowdy and violent, the atmosphere and the people are amazing. They do offer day tickets meaning you'll get to see X and at least 4 other bands. For my personally, I paid $170 to see them in Hong Kong (face value) so $210 for three days of music is a real bargain when considering the caliber of other artists on the lineup.
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OMG:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2010/04/now_its_really_official_lollap.html
Read that..
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OMG:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2010/04/now_its_really_official_lollap.html
Read that..
"X Japan: Extremely silly-looking Japanese metal with a sound that is only slightly less laughable."
The idiot probably wouldn't see talent when it's right in front of him.
Soundgarden 1 and a half stars also! Unbelievable.
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http://midnightinaperfectworld.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/the-x-japan-guide-for-lollapalooza/ (http://midnightinaperfectworld.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/the-x-japan-guide-for-lollapalooza/)
They should read this. Anyway I'll be trying my best to make it for all three days as there are at least 10 acts that I want to check out. It's going to be expensive but nevermind, got to make the most of moments like these!
Arcade Fire
X JAPAN
The Strokes
Grizzly Bear
The National
Frightened Rabbit
Fuck Buttons
2ManyDJs
Hot Chip
Yeasayer
Must see in bold!
should add ORGASM in their set list
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that guy is just your typical American who see Japanese and automatically hates them. i thought we grew up over time but i guess not.
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I'd love to see them perform Orgasm as it really get's the crowd pumped up, however they will only get around 60 minutes.
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Didn't Yoshiki once say in an interview that Silent Jealousy is very hard to perform for him nowadays? Though, that was before the operation but somehow...if he had trouble then I don't think he'd ind it easy to play it now....so, I don't think it's gonna show up in the set list as much as I love it.
Though, you never know....
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Dear All
Please do not post comments such as: "X JAPAN ARE THE GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD and the rest of the line up are terrible" on other message boards. Not only is this completely subjective, but it also gives the band a bad name. It's perfectly fine to say X is a good band, but please do not insult the rest of the lineup and don't attack other people's opinions. If someone says "X Japan is a rubbish hair band from the 80's", don't attack them but instead educate them about the band's recent history in a non-biased point of view. Thanks :)
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I'm so glad to know it's official ~ but now I need to make up my mind for those damn plane tickets... I wish they would tell us now if they plan to do the LA & NY lives in august too! >_<
OMG:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2010/04/now_its_really_official_lollap.html
Read that..
At their beginings people called Kiss stupid too, so I guess VK can look funny if you've never seen that kind of bands before... but I never agree with musical critics anyway, haha. xD
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Aftershows are quite popular at Lollapalooza:
http://discuss.lollapalooza.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=575040&mpage=1&key=򌙁
Q: What qualifies as an "official" aftershow?
A: Last year, C3 Presents added a new feature to Lollapalooza: aftershows. Roughly 20 Lollapalooza artists played "official" aftershows which took place in venues throughout Chicago
I'm not really sure if X Japan would have an aftershow, I guess it would make sense for all the people who are going just for them.
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Okay, maybe that's a little offtopic but since it probably means that they'll perform everything in englisch at lolla.... here you go
(Copied from Xplosion Online (http://www.xplosion-online.com/index.php/en/news/x-japan-news/152-new-x-japan-album))
Just now some more X JAPAN news reached us thanks to Natalie. According to the news website, X JAPAN are planning to release a new full album this summer. The album will contain both, old and new songs which will be held completely in English.
The recording started in March and is planned to be finished end of June.
Thus, X JAPAN will apparently not only play a show in Chicago in August, as we have reported before, they will also be able to present a new full album that their fans were longing for since a long time.
However, because of a not-yet-existing official confirmation, we still should handle these news with some care.
I also heard that according to YM, they already recorded an english version of Rusty Nail during the last days...!
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@AsukaMiyu ThanX for the news!
I love that they're releasing a new album finally but. In my opinion, it NEEDS a few Japanese songs on there at the very least. If not on the main album then on a bonus disc? I also hope they release the extended Japanese version of IV Yoshiki kept talking about when they first reunited.
Whatever happens, nevertheless I'll definitely be buying.
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omg new album in June!!!
I hope it's true :D
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question : any live broadcast for this show? any possibilty for downloading?
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omg new album in June!!!
I hope it's true :D
Wait, wait, just because they are planning to finish recording in june, that doesn't mean the CD well be out by that time. :P
Though, well, it really should be out by lollapalooza at latest!!! xD
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I'm not going for the event, but I definitely hope the response will be good! Gain some new fans, and restart their world tour XD
Am anticipating the new album, will surely buy it! But I thought it'd be better if it doesn't entirely contains english songs...doesn't feel X JAPAN to me lol :P
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I'd definitely like to go but I don't see it happening. Hopefully they will play more shows in the states. I'd rather see a full set anyways. Really good deal though that's for sure.
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omg new album in June!!!
I hope it's true :D
Wait, wait, just because they are planning to finish recording in june, that doesn't mean the CD well be out by that time. :P
Yes. Look at Jade, "recording" for more than an year and we don't have even a single yet.
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question : any live broadcast for this show? any possibilty for downloading?
I think they broadcast an hourly program that shows various acts. I am not too sure if they'll show X Japan, but if they do they I guess it'll only feature one song.
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new album in June!!!ohhoho
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It seems a lot of X Japan fans are posting on the Lollapalooza artistpage. The X page has more comments than the Lady Gaga one! Although I think a majority of the posters will not be going to Lollapalooza but instead are just showing their support for X and wishing them luck.
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It seems a lot of X Japan fans are posting on the Lollapalooza artistpage. The X page has more comments than the Lady Gaga one! Although I think a majority of the posters will not be going to Lollapalooza but instead are just showing their support for X and wishing them luck.
I am quite impressed with the comments actually. Sure, probably most of them won't be from people going to the show, but it is support from all over the world! If you look at the other artists pages, none of them....(ok I am basing this on checking the biggest named bands....) have as many comments as X, yet surely they have more fans from around the world...maybe this says something about X fans?
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That is true, but X fans are different from let's say..Arcade Fire fans. Most of the Arcade Fire fans (and there are A LOT of them) won't even bother visiting the Lollapalooza site as simply they are fans of the music more than of the individual. I'm a big Arcade Fire fan but I haven't even left them a message, it's just the way most fans act when it comes to bands like these. On the otherhand, if an artist such as Miley Cyrus were to perform (god forbid) it would certainly attract another type of audience who will no doubt spam the Lollapalooza page with comments such as "Mileypalooza".
Also does anyone know anything about hide and his relation to the band Jane's Addiction?
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Hide is a huge fan of Jane's Addiction.
I left my comment on Lollapalooza's X Japan, too. You know what. Someone could get a chance to show on the big event easily becoz they's born on land of good chance and their language is international. But, some must tried their best difficultly to get a chance to stand on a show. As an Asian guy, it's really hard to break international market. Yoshiki has learning English so hard to get into World-Wide Music scene. He's struggled in USA for 10s years. This is the beginning of his dream comes true, to show his ability to the world. USA is liked a mega capital of entertainment world. So, I want to show my support and so many another fans.
Maybe, you need some background story of the band to understand its fans.
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Is anyone here:'Yanuardila Liwang'. If so then thanks for posting my article on the Lollapalooza page :)
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Yes. Look at Jade, "recording" for more than an year and we don't have even a single yet.
You mean the one that just recently didn't have any recorded drums because Yoshiki had a 'small' neck problem? ;)
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Is anyone here:'Yanuardila Liwang'. If so then thanks for posting my article on the Lollapalooza page :)
he hasnt commented in here yet but thats Ba-DiL
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http://midnightinaperfectworld.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/the-x-japan-guide-for-lollapalooza/
I'm assuming this is your article, if so I suggest you put the information about hide before the videos, because the way the info is laid out in the article so far, there's no mention of hide to anyone who's never heard of the band before, and then they watch the Rusty Nail video, and suddenly this random person with pink hair appears on a huge monitor playing a guitar solo.
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over all a nice article. But indeed hide should be mentioned earlier.
I recommend adding in the member line up: "Sugizo fills the empty spot that was caused by the death of former lead guitar player hide in 1998. The band continues to show footage of him and sometimes use recordings of his guitar solos via playback, to pay homage to him and his fans."
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The purpose of the article is not to dwell on history or the band, it's an introduction to the band's music. If they are interested in the history of the band then they can read up about it later on. I understand the importance of hide, but I don't want to draw the attention away from the actual Lollapalooza show and turn it into a "X Japan for Beginners" guide. I think if anyone was curious about the pink haired guitarist then they would read my small blurb at the bottom and either; leave a comment or do their own research.
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Yes. Look at Jade, "recording" for more than an year and we don't have even a single yet.
You mean the one that just recently didn't have any recorded drums because Yoshiki had a 'small' neck problem? ;)
No. I mean that one that Yoshiki was always saing that "we are working on a new song" since right after 2008 Tokyo Dome concerts. Isn't it enough?
I still have a little, almost unexisting hope, that Sugizo would be a REAL member of the band, not just a shadow for hide. Really really hope.
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Hehe, 4600 fans "going" to watch X Japan....they now have more than Green Day...sure most of those 4600 are probably not even going to be in the country, let alone at Lollapalooza....but this is great!!! :D It will definitely draw attention to them.
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Hehe, 4600 fans "going" to watch X Japan....they now have more than Green Day...sure most of those 4600 are probably not even going to be in the country, let alone at Lollapalooza....but this is great!!! It will definitely draw attention to them.
Yes, I am one of those, and indeed I can't go ;D
But still hoping after that it will bring them to Europe...There I can go to see them...
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Maybe the amount of people "going" to watch X Japan will ultimately decide their slot at Lollapalooza ;)
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Okaaaay, we thought it might be helpfull to gather all the questions what X fans have been asking at one place... so if there's anything you'd like to know, check out the Lollapalooza FAQ on Xplosion Online. :)
http://www.xplosion-online.com/index.php/en/lollapalooza-faq
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Is anyone here:'Yanuardila Liwang'. If so then thanks for posting my article on the Lollapalooza page :)
Hi there ;D
thanX for making up such a good article ;)
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Stages/Time slots will be revealed on June 8th according to the Official Lollapalooza Facebook page.
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Not sure if you caught Yoshiki the Anime Central recently but he announced that they are playing on 8 Aug, 2nd last performer on the main stage. Too bad I can't fly all the way to the US but to everyone that's going, Yoshiki said they'll "kick ass"! Will be great!!
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There are two main stages (plus about 4-5 more) at Lollapalooza, after and before whom they play and who plays at the same time as them will have a huge impact on how many people will see them. So I'm still waiting for the schedule release date :)
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The schedule is out - http://2010.lollapalooza.com/events/2010/08/08
X Japan will play on the southern main stage at 4pm-5pm (about 45 minutes of play time) between The Cribs and Wolfmother (between them on the side stage there will be Minus the Bear and Erykah Badu). The final band of the night on that stage is Soundgarden with Cypress Hill on the sidestage before it.
At the same time as X, on the northern main stage on the other side of the festival is Yeasasyer. Bands to follow Yeasayer on the side- and mainstages are Mutemath, MGMT, The National and Arcade Fire.
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Sorry if I'm jumping the gun here, and remember this is just a feeling I have, I'm not accusing or saying this IS what they're doing yet, but with only 45 minutes of performing, if they're just turning up there to basically promote their three new songs and then Rusty Nail, Endless Rain, not only does that feel like a really boring setlist to me, but in my opinion it just feels like "we've got to hide all traces that our music ever used to sound heavy at all, don't want to upset the current US market now do we".
I could still be wrong because those five songs actually only add up to about half an hour.
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45 mins for X JAPAN ...well, I'm not saying they can't pull this one off, but we all now that they need their time.
I'm curious about the setlist, oh and PLEASE somebody, anybody who is going, tape it. PLEASE!!! I want to see it. We all want!!
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Ulquiorra, I can't think of any band, that used to play really heavy stuff ~20 years ago, has a first-time concert with a totally new festival crowd where they only have 45 minutes and would start going over their history. To cover all of it properly would take them at least a 2-day concert series. And we all know they aren't playing their oldest songs any more (except for the obvious Kurenai, X, etc).
I see the setlist as something like this:
1. Amethyst ~SE~ (short version) ~1min
2. Rusty Nail (English version) ~6min
4. JADE ~7min
5. I.V. (no intro version) ~6min
6. Tears ~7min
7. Born To Be Free ~7min
8. Kurenai (Sugizo on violin intro) ~10min
9. X ~10min
And they are already 10 minutes over the 45minute limit. Yoshiki will throw roses in the end and the security will drag him away to make room for the next act.
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And they are already 10 minutes over the 45minute limit. Yoshiki will throw roses in the end and the security will drag him away to make room for the next act.
ROFL :D
And I agree with Hypno... I don't think X are doing anything uncommon when they simply play the songs they always play nowadays (also in JAPAN, so it doesn't have much to do with the US) The only things they'll probably do differently will be
1) less ballads; it's a festival afterall!
2) sing (mostly) in english, which isn't a problem for me either. Remember, their first songs used to be mostly "english" aswell :P (took me years to notice that for some of them... ... ...)
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And they are already 10 minutes over the 45minute limit. Yoshiki will throw roses in the end and the security will drag him away to make room for the next act.
The next act is only an hour later. So they can do still longer, two songs more at least!!!
Wished science was more advanced, so that I could be there at Lollapalooza , just by thinking on it and without need of plane or money :D
Who is going?
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Possible setlist
Amethyst (5-6min)
Rusty Nail (about 5min)
Toshi speaking (5-10min)
Drum Solo (20min) and fainting of course
-------------Encore (10-15min of nothing)
Say Anything (SE)
They're sure to break to US market with that setlist
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Well the next band on the main stage will start later, yes, but one will start on the sidestage at 5pm. The stages are situated so that there are two main stages and two sidestages near the main ones and bands take turns on them (that means, one band on the main stage, after that one on the side stage, then one on main, then on the side, etc etc). And I imagine they'll be pretty tough enforcing that rule (I have the impression they usually are). However, I don't think it'll stop them from going 10 minutes over :D
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Clash with Yeasayer :(
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Hmm, I don't see a problem if they play only their new songs and Rusty Nail and Endless Rain, remember they are trying to get into a new market, so even if their fans have heard these songs over and over, their potential fans haven't heard them at all, and I think all of them are good songs!
Also, I don't think they are in anyway trying to hide the fact that they used to play heavier rock, simply, I don't think that is a huge part of X Japan anymore. Why introduce a new audience to Blue Blood, Standing Sex, or Stab Me In The Back when, in light of their recent compositions and setlists, it doesn't seem they will be performing these types of songs. (Perhaps...we will see).
Also, if they have only ~45mins, I don't think they should bother with Amethyst, they could spend that time playing a whole song! And I don't think they should start off with The Last Song either. To X Japan fans, that song means a lot but to people unfamiliar with the band....interesting.... Just what I think ;)
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I agree. Playing old songs will just deceive new fans.
And the Amethyst I suggested was a short cut from it, to "lead them in". But I guess a short World Anthem might even be better...
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Hmm...it would be quite interesting if they did a cut version of Art of Life...like a proper cut one that is rearrange to fit more of a 5 minute duration...and I don't mean using the Radio Edit version that they included on one of their compilation albums, but a ...nicely done one :D...I think that would go down well with the crowd!
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There's always a possibility that they will have a whole new intro that we have not seen. If I was going to try and break into a new market I would find someway to bring them in with and intro more suited for American audience or just as sort of... "fresh start." Eh who knows they're going to kick ass no matter what!
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They have to start of with something like Rusty Nail or Weekend, and please bring back the guitar intro to weekend, US rock fans much prefer that to just "weekend, weekend, weekend" playing several times.
Also in my opinion they can't have any kind of flashy opening in anyway, they've basically never been heard of before, so a big orchestral piece like amethyst or "X-Japan, Japan, Japan, Japan, Japan" ect. will just completely feel like majorly showing off. And the monster voice will just go down as "that sounds really lame".
They've just gotta walk on the stage, Toshi shouts to the audience a few times and then they play.
But with Yoshiki probably controlling this, even though the obvious answer is right in his face I think he'll do a big flashy opening anyway.
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^ Yea, flashy shouldn't be the way to go...only X fans can appreciate it.
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I'm looking forward to see how this pans out,I just want them to play an all out Metal/Rock show, no ballads, they'll surely gain new fans by this and they can check out the ballads then.
And yeah, no cheesy opening, just get on and play, gives them more time.
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LOL. Everybody's whishes :D
But, they will do what they want... ;D
One thing is sure, there will be a new song: Born to be free...will it be a ballad...or will it be a wild one?
We have to patiently wait ...hope it will be on youtube on 8 august!!! I hope for a combination...a balladish intro and then going wilder ;D
Damned, august is still far away.
But Paris is within a few weeks. Hope they will do Born to be free at Paris, Premiere for the European fans :D
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I.V & Jade are practially ballads already, and on top of that there's Without You, so I think its time for an upbeat rock song.
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It's pretty much either Yeasayer or X Japan at that particular slot, the others are just too obscure to draw large audiences. Yeasayer will attract the younger more hipster fans who are looking to have a good time in the sun. X on the other hand will be looking to impress the curious and more mature audience demographic, particularly the people there to see Soundgarden. With Lollapalooza having a pretty diverse audience, I am fairly certain that they'll be just fine.
I think they will also take into consideration the pretty strict time scheduling provided to them by Lollapalooza, so they won't have ridiculously long intros/outros. I also hope Perry Farrell will give them some sort of introduction just to warm the crowd up, but the schedule leads me to believe he'll be over at the Kidzapalooza stage at 4pm :(
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The what motorcycles? The only PV pictures we have yet are from Jade (that came with the LAWeekly interview during the January 9th PV shootings) and from Rusty Nail (that were leaked through the production company that took them down a few days after they were discovered :P ) :)
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The X Japan TV channel on YouTube has just uploaded an interview with Yoshiki, done by Perry Farrell...well...Perry does more talking...but it is an excellent video to display what X Japan has to offer!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6jaYJQUqBg&playnext=1&videos=c93SXCZ7HBI[/youtube]
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"Perry talking about X in Yoshiki's presence" would be more fitting xD
Anyway, maybe people are more likely to give them a chance when they hear something of Perry himself, who they "trust", and not just some random band... *drop*
I wonder where that video will be posted, since it's targented to the AMERICAN audience...
...that Perry Farrell guy reminds me of someone... <><>;;;
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...that Perry Farrell guy reminds me of someone... <><>;;;
The lead singer of Jane's Addiction, maybe? xD
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Just maybe ;)
JA is pretty cool, especially since Duff joined them.
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Oops, stuffed up last post.
Wanted to say that I too thought Yoshiki hardly said a word...just played with his hair (as usual!).
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just played with his hair (as usual!).
:D Priceless!!!
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I *might* have just found a good radio broadcast for the concert, maybe not because some of the info is confusing and contradictional.
http://loyolastudentdispatch.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/wluw-to-broadcast-live-at-lollapalooza/
That says the wluw 88.7 radio station will be airing live on all three days from 11:AM to 7:pm, there are lots of sites whch say this.
Then again on their official website http://www.wluw.org/
I'm looking on the official site, in shows/events and the only info I can see on lollapalooza is coverage on after shows and August 8th doesn't seem to have any airing planned for lollapalooza at all, so this is contradicting and confusing.
I'm not even entirely sure they'll be broadcasting the main stage, I assumed they would be, since its the 'main stage', but there was a quote somewhere about it featuring DJ's and live peformances from acts at lolla, so I'm not entirely sure what they'll be broadcasting there.
But anyway, just incase, here's the wluw 88.7 broadcast http://www.streamingthe.net/WLUW-88.7-FM-Chicago/p/8675
just click on the big "Listen Now WLUW 88.7 FM Chicago - USA" near the top and the player will load.
This is the best place I could find it, if other people could help find sites hosting the wluw 88.7 broadcast (I've looked at wluw.org and i don't see it there, or is it that player at the top of the page?) that would be awesome.
Not entirely sure wether they'll end up broadcasting X Japan from 4-5:00pm or not, but this is here just incase.
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Lollapalooza should upload that Perry Farrell video on their website. Perry is like God to the Lollapalooza crowd and it would certainly increase the interest in X Japan.
I've had a look at the stages and schedules again and it seems very segregated in terms of music preference. Basically one side of the venue you have the new indie bands, the type of artists you associate with the younger audiences (MGMT, Arcade Fire, Yeasayer). It's also a trend now that people 'camp' to secure good slots for the later bands and I think this is a shame that perhaps the younger audience won't have a chance to see X as they're either pre-occupied with Yeasayer or camping for one of the headliners. That being said, I am sure they'll great a great reception from the Soundgarden fans who will no doubt be camping near X's stage.
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Thanks Ulquiorra! ;D
This helps...I really wish I could go! :(
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countdown5 days to go
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bad news. The Aol webcast has decided to broadcast Yeasayer instead :(
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Is there a way to see the concert in japan?
Or we have to wait for youtube? (if there gonna be video)
i hope this won't end is one big fail.
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For fun, and seriousness I'm going to post a list with explanations of what I think X shouldn't do at lollapalooza
1.No big introduction "x-japan japajapanjapanjapanjapan ect." & "members are heathpatatoshisugizo aaaaaaand on drums and pianooooooo *DRUMROLL* YOSHIKI.
2. Don't overplay the ballads, not only is this the US's first time seeing X and therefore they don't have a connection with them, but the US do prefer rock songs over sad songs, play just one or two, and even then one of them should be something small like say anything or unfinished.
3. Don't wear any lipstick or white fluffy dresses, the reason for this is obvious.
4. Now maybe this one I'm exagurating since I can't remember how many times this happens at their concerts, but tone down the spinning piggyback rides/rolling around on the floor with eachother and all that XD, especially at the end of the concert.
5. Don't do five minute mc speeches, there's no time for that and everyone would get bored quickly.
6. No hide playback, people would be like "WHAT THE HELL!?!".
As you can see there are a lot of reasons why I'm nervous, though Yoshiki & Sugizo's interview at otakon does make me feel confident that a couple of those things wont happen.
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I'm bored so I'm doingthis...:
For fun, and seriousness I'm going to post a list with explanations of what I think X shouldn't do at lollapalooza
1.No big introduction "x-japan japajapanjapanjapanjapan ect." & "members are heathpatatoshisugizo aaaaaaand on drums and pianooooooo *DRUMROLL* YOSHIKI.
I kinda find this annoying, they should cut it from all the lives...XD That japanjapanjapan thing makes me wanna punch people...XD
2. Don't overplay the ballads, not only is this the US's first time seeing X and therefore they don't have a connection with them, but the US do prefer rock songs over sad songs, play just one or two, and even then one of them should be something small like say anything or unfinished.
Personally I'd be satisfied with 50%-50%....I'm sure they'll play Endless Rain anyway and Forever Love most likely since Sugizo and Yoshiki performed it at Otakon. Rusty Nail, Jade and I.V. are certain in my book too. Most likely X and Kurenai as well...? They only have 1 hour, right?...*amnesiac*
3. Don't wear any lipstick or white fluffy dresses, the reason for this is obvious.
I'm sure they will wear make up but maybe a little bit more toned down? Well, lipstick and fluffy/frilly dresses are part of the band though....right?...:-/ If they are gonna change everything.....
4. Now maybe this one I'm exagurating since I can't remember how many times this happens at their concerts, but tone down the spinning piggyback rides/rolling around on the floor with eachother and all that XD, especially at the end of the concert.
I'd say they do it all the time...or at least they do it in everything I've seen on video. And to be honest I love it. All in all, I love seeing bands acting liker retards/5 year olds on stage.
5. Don't do five minute mc speeches, there's no time for that and everyone would get bored quickly.
Nah, theydon't have time for that.....right?..o_o;
6. No hide playback, people would be like "WHAT THE HELL!?!".
I think there might be some hide playback but maybe not much...
Anyway, I actually believe that the majority of the people there will be X fans anyway sooooo....o_O
I mean, it's not as if they will be playing for a public fully consisted of people that know absolutely nothing about them. Though, making a good impression on those people is definitely important...
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I just hope they don't try to pull any over indulgent audience participation stunts, like they do with I.V. and Endless Rain (A.K.A having the crowd sing the refrain for like 10 minutes). For those who have never seen the band before and know nothing of their songs, it's just going to come across badly.
I think that as long as they're not heckled or bottled by the audience I think it will be a relatively successful gig. Let's face it, Lolla and X Japan aren't exactly a match made in heaven. I think a more rock or metal orientated festival would have probably been a better starting ground.
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I'm bored so I'm doingthis...:
4. Now maybe this one I'm exagurating since I can't remember how many times this happens at their concerts, but tone down the spinning piggyback rides/rolling around on the floor with eachother and all that XD, especially at the end of the concert.
I'd say they do it all the time...or at least they do it in everything I've seen on video. And to be honest I love it. All in all, I love seeing bands acting liker retards/5 year olds on stage.
Yeah I know, perfectly fine at the lives in japan, I'm merely talking about what'll go down well at lollapalooza. I'm also worried about Pata making nervous mistakes.
As for them being recieved better at a rock/metal concert, well with X's style right now I think the complete opposite, they should stay well away from metal/rock festivals with their current setlist. Lollapalooza is a concert for a variety of genres so they have a much better chance there.
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I think a more rock or metal orientated festival would have probably been a better starting ground.
I absolutely agree, a slot at the Sonisphere festival would have been good.
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I'm bored so I'm doingthis...:
4. Now maybe this one I'm exagurating since I can't remember how many times this happens at their concerts, but tone down the spinning piggyback rides/rolling around on the floor with eachother and all that XD, especially at the end of the concert.
I'd say they do it all the time...or at least they do it in everything I've seen on video. And to be honest I love it. All in all, I love seeing bands acting liker retards/5 year olds on stage.
Yeah I know, perfectly fine at the lives in japan, I'm merely talking about what'll go down well at lollapalooza. I'm also worried about Pata making nervous mistakes.
As for them being recieved better at a rock/metal concert, well with X's style right now I think the complete opposite, they should stay well away from metal/rock festivals with their current setlist. Lollapalooza is a concert for a variety of genres so they have a much better chance there.
I disagree. Rock and metal festivals host bands ranging from the likes of Linkin Park to Motley Crue to Slayer, I think X Japan's catalog fits much more nicely within that demographic than the predominant range of stoner rock, funk and indie which Lolla largely caters for.
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Another article - http://www.soundspike.com/news/article/397-x_japan_set_for_american_debut_at_lollapalooza.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+livedailynews+%28SoundSpike+Top+Stories%29 (http://www.soundspike.com/news/article/397-x_japan_set_for_american_debut_at_lollapalooza.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+livedailynews+%28SoundSpike+Top+Stories%29)
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I think they're going to play Tears, that's the ballad Yoshiki keeps mentioning in interviews being on the album the most. Why do I feel like its going to be embarrasing and awkward when the music cuts and Yoshiki's there on his own going "I shall try to live, with love, with dreams", I'm just getting a major geeeh feeling, this isn't going to go well.
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Ulquiorra, I am afraid you will be seriously disappointed SHOULD it go well in spite of all your prophecies of epic failure :)
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If all goes well even if everything I hope doesn't happen, happens, I'll be very happy.
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Is there a way to see the concert in japan?
Or we have to wait for youtube? (if there gonna be video)
i hope this won't end is one big fail.
Really don't know. Hope still there is a way for everyone to see it, also in Europe :D
I am sure little vids will be on youtube the day after: is better than nothing!
I am sure the concert will be a great succes!!! They convinced me 7 years ago (and a lot of other people whithin the years), they will convince the American people too!
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If all goes well even if everything I hope doesn't happen, happens, I'll be very happy.
If the things that you hope doesn't happen, there are not X Japan!!!
Let them just be X Japan, their concerts are unic!!!
Don't be so pessimistic Ulquiorra!!!
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Another article - http://www.soundspike.com/news/article/397-x_japan_set_for_american_debut_at_lollapalooza.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+livedailynews+%28SoundSpike+Top+Stories%29 (http://www.soundspike.com/news/article/397-x_japan_set_for_american_debut_at_lollapalooza.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+livedailynews+%28SoundSpike+Top+Stories%29)
"I'm very excited," he said, adding that he is looking forward to seeing Soundgarden and Arcade Fire. "It's something exciting. I can't find the words. We're going to play something pretty heavy in these songs. Then we may play a ballad as well. The combination may be interesting. Also, I play the piano. One of the guitar players plays the violin. So we do a classical version of one of our songs. Then, right after, we may just start doing really heavy songs. It's an interesting combination."
looks like there will be ballad song, with yoshiki on piano, sugizo on violin and toshi sing the song
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I'm interested in what artists will be going to see X Japan perform as it's not rare for other performers to go see other bands.
Lollapalooza is actually a good festival for X to perform at. It has a notable history and the demographic is very diverse. The atmosphere is noted for being very peaceful and fun, something that I think will benefit for the fans travelling from Japan. With regards to major music festivals in North America, Lolla is the most suitable for X.
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A couple more US website reports on X Japan at Lolla this weekend:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/08/03/lolla-discovery-x-japan/ (http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/08/03/lolla-discovery-x-japan/)
http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2010/08/02/734500.aspx (http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2010/08/02/734500.aspx)
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Nice, CoS is a pretty popular (albeit sometimes unreliable) site.
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I'm really getting excited about that gig, although I can't attend it. Hopefully we'll get a lot of good bootlegs.
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And one from LuminoMagazine - http://www.luminomagazine.com/mw/content/view/3041/1
Led by the man known only as Yoshiki-a singer, songwriter, drummer and classically trained pianist who also plays guitar, bass and trumpet for the band. - the fuck are they smoking XD
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*head desk* *head desk* *head desk*
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YOSHIKI PLAYS TRUMPET IN X JAPAN.
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Trumpet???
;D
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And one from LuminoMagazine - http://www.luminomagazine.com/mw/content/view/3041/1
Led by the man known only as Yoshiki-a singer, songwriter, drummer and classically trained pianist who also plays guitar, bass and trumpet for the band. - the fuck are they smoking XD
WTF? Makes it sound like it is a one man band!
Look out America, Yoshiki has arrived!
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r88/cobob1/one_man_band.jpg)
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If all goes well even if everything I hope doesn't happen, happens, I'll be very happy.
If the things that you hope doesn't happen, there are not X Japan!!!
Let them just be X Japan, their concerts are unic!!!
Don't be so pessimistic Ulquiorra!!!
I agree! That is one of the many reasons I LOVE X JAPAN!!!!
They do things their own way and they have a great time doing it!
I would be very sad and disappointed if they stopped being themselves because Americans wouldn't like it.
BTW I am an American.
And one from LuminoMagazine - http://www.luminomagazine.com/mw/content/view/3041/1
Led by the man known only as Yoshiki-a singer, songwriter, drummer and classically trained pianist who also plays guitar, bass and trumpet for the band. - the fuck are they smoking XD
WTF???
Singer? Seriously? NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD YOSHIKI SING!!!!
And what's with the trumpet? Yes, he plays the trumpet BUT NOT in X!!!
Also, he is not ALL of X....there are FIVE OTHER MEMBERS!!!!!
That type of misinformation will hurt them, especially here in the States.
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"Written by Guest on 2010-08-05 10:00:05
The source for the article was Yoshiki himself who did not deny anything said during the interview. All other information came directly from the publicist who had no problem with the article either."
WTF!?!
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"Written by Guest on 2010-08-05 10:00:05
The source for the article was Yoshiki himself who did not deny anything said during the interview. All other information came directly from the publicist who had no problem with the article either."
WTF!?!
I think you stress way too much about like everything.
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the "WTF!?!" was a major exagguration of what I was actually like at the time, and all I'm really saying is that I think its a bit odd that Yoshiki would approve that article.
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http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/lollapalooza/87864/lollapalooza-2010-five-reasons-not-to-miss-x-japans-american-debut (http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/lollapalooza/87864/lollapalooza-2010-five-reasons-not-to-miss-x-japans-american-debut)
Ulquiorra will like this - For Lollapalooza, the producer and Extasy Records owner says he will focus on harder songs: “In America, playing the heavy song and then the ballad is a no-no.”
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Hah, not only Ulquiorra will like it - me too :)
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awesome! I can hardly wait to hear if he's true to his word in this case ;D
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"Written by Guest on 2010-08-05 10:00:05
The source for the article was Yoshiki himself who did not deny anything said during the interview. All other information came directly from the publicist who had no problem with the article either."
WTF!?!
I think you stress way too much about like everything.
X Japan are hardly a drama-free, low stress band.
For a lot of fans this is both an exciting and nervous time. Of course we all want X Japan to succeed in their American escapades this weekend, but at the same time it's also largely possible that this could end up as a major embarrassment.
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Thanks for the article. I think I've seen Yoshiki say they'll be focusing more on the rock songs in a couple of recent interviews already, but yeah this article does confirm it even more, so great ^^.
One thing is bothering me though,
"Yoshiki tells us. He may not be able to promise Lolla fans a virtual hide, but he does divulge, “We are planning pyrotechnics."
For some reason I can't remember what pyrotechnics are, but can someone tell me, does this mean hide will be appearing on monitor screens?
Also article, hide is not pronounced (hee-day).
Edit: just reminded (and remembered) pyrotechniques refers to light flashes and fireworks, however, Yoshiki did sound like he was relating it to the previous sentance about the holographic hide.
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Thanks for the article. I think I've seen Yoshiki say they'll be focusing more on the rock songs in a couple of recent interviews already, but yeah this article does confirm it even more, so great ^^.
One thing is bothering me though,
"Yoshiki tells us. He may not be able to promise Lolla fans a virtual hide, but he does divulge, “We are planning pyrotechnics."
For some reason I can't remember what pyrotechnics are, but can someone tell me, does this mean hide will be appearing on monitor screens?
Also article, hide is not pronounced (hee-day).
Umm..pyrotechnics are like fireworks and flame bursts/fire that they use at most rock concerts. Pyro (referring to fire) and "technics" (being the way it is used)
Oh and from what I am beginning to gather, I'm guessing we will be seeing very little to almost no hide footage during their upcoming performances, at least in North America. (I think there would be an uprising in Japan if hide wasn't shown) The reason for this is because hide does not have much meaning to new fans in North America who will be introduced to the band and will probably be very confused and possibly not like it. (Even though it's a rather simple concept, paying tribute to a fallen-original member...) and also, the latest group pictures, such as the one on their main website underneath the Yokohama thing does not have hide with them. Honestly, even they know they have to progress and move on. I think it would be fantastic to keep hide's guitar present during concerts on stage off to the back where he would be but imo leave it at that; let Sugizo be a proper member..I think this will happen. :)
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Pyrotechnics are basically fireworks and explosions during a theatrical performance. Aren't X Japan on around 4pm? Won't Chicago still be rather bright for pyrotechnics? It seems a little bit unnecessary for non-headliners. They should however dispense free water to the crowd as that would be much appreciated by the Lolla audience.
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The first British article on them I assume. Spot the error.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/japans-biggest-rock-band-readies-us-debut-at-lollapalooza-2043768.html
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The first British article on them I assume. Spot the error.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/japans-biggest-rock-band-readies-us-debut-at-lollapalooza-2043768.html
That's a disgrace considering the level upon which that website is supposed to be at for accurate and reliant news...as any major news site should. That's not just a simple name or instrument-player mistake such as, e.g "Yoshiki: Vocalist", it's a matter of 10 years wrong for the disband. "X Japan disbanded in 2007" durrr a 5 year old can figure that's wrong by reading it on the damned Wikipedia page. Also, they spelled Yoshiki, "Yishiki" which is more of a basic error but still, when you get it correct prior in the article, that's just carelessness. Fuck em.
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Found it... LOLOLOL!
I guess the author actually wanted to write "reunited"...I hope...
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Haha, dispanded in 2007....and then a new album in 2010! hooray!! XD, I'm so glad they only dispanded for two years.
http://chicago.timeout.com/section/lollapalooza
This is a page about lollapalooza, showing a slideshow of the most impostant acts to see, I just love how the pictures go, 'picture of a band showing all 5 members', then 'picture of black keys with all its members' (I'm assuming) and then 'X Japan with a massive picture of a lipstick wearing Yoshiki, the one man band'.
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"There is drama of epic proportions "
<---- LOL so true!!! XD
(Too bad they only mentioned hide in that part, which is sad-drama instead of the usual (postponing-)drama in X)
OMG and they mentioned Yoshiki's age in the article!!! ;D
"The group sells merchandise ranging from a jewelry line to condoms."
.....XD
Pretty nice article, even it's a bit overthetop and I don't get why they have a pic of only yoshiki instead of the whole band. And I don't get why they added two kurenai videos. but anyway, that article sure is good promotion :P
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"disbanded in 2007".... I couldn't expect that silly errors in such website as independent..
but chicago article is really nice ^^ Thanx for posting)
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I'm also worried about Pata making nervous mistakes.
With his trusty JD, how is this possible?! XDDD
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If x fail then they atleast tried.
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They will not fail, they will have great success!!!
If Pata does mistakes, so what??? It is a life performance!!! I prefer a great life performance with some mistakes than something perfect from puppets!
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Musicians are human beings too, they are capable of making mistakes. X really have nothing to worry about and should enjoy the moment, they've shown that they are capable of playing in front large numbers in the past.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4-ftJvQ5W4
Lollapalooza report, the first report/advert in the US advertising X Japan , f'ing awesome! Yoshiki's small interview could've gone better though XD.
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Sometimes I'm wondering: what would he do in interviews if he hadn't his hair? :D
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4-ftJvQ5W4
Lollapalooza report, the first report/advert in the US advertising X Japan , f'ing awesome! Yoshiki's small interview could've gone better though XD.
He looks absolutely worn out, I think even his grey haired routes were showing - I guess the stress is finally catching up with him xD
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"about...like....you know...ahm... ... ... ... ... I don't know...."
...YOSHIKIIII! XD *headesk*
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Sometimes I'm wondering: what would he do in interviews if he hadn't his hair? :D
Pulling his shirt's sleeves actually.
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What truely bewilders me is how he seems lost for words given that he's said practically the same thing to every single interview he's done regarding X Japan's first show in America.
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Was just looking on the lollapalooza forums and it seems there's a no camera policy there, which sucks, so the likelyhood of seeing any footage on youtube is pretty much zero, unless someone sneaks a camera in and they're in the middle of the crowd.
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Cameras are allowed, what they mean is you can't bring in professional ones with multiple lenses.
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hopefully somebody will tape it with a cam and good mic. :D
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Lolla is attended by like 1/4 of a million people, there's no way they could police a no-camera policy XD
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Tension = rising ;D
I'm wondering where do they do rehearsals when they have to play on a festival? In a studio or so? I suppose they can't do rehearsals where they will play.
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Tension = rising ;D
I'm wondering where do they do rehearsals when they have to play on a festival? In a studio or so? I suppose they can't do rehearsals where they will play.
They'll probably just be rehearsing with the same set-up they're going to face live, in terms of amps, moniters and lighting at least. Where they rehearse doesn't really matter as long as they're using a similar set-up.
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I thought it is important also to have rehearsal on the stage of performing, to know how it feels to be there and so further. In theater at least it is so, mayby in music that is not so important to feel the stage? I don't know.
Anyway, I wished it was already tomorrow ;D
I am so very curious :D
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I thought it is important also to have rehearsal on the stage of performing, to know how it feels to be there and so further. In theater at least it is so, mayby in music that is not so important to feel the stage? I don't know.
Anyway, I wished it was already tomorrow ;D
I am so very curious :D
This is not possible with festivals where there are so many bands, there's just little time to change the equipment between bands...
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It depends on the efficiency of the technical staff at each festival. I would have assumed that in terms of musical instruments, the setup will be very standard, while the pyrotechnics and extras would have been planned early on. Also remember that each stage has a one hour gap between artists, so this will allow for the technicians to make sure everything is in working order.
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Yeah... Usually people bring at least their own guitar and bass heads and drums etc., cabinets are easy to rent... It just takes that hour to plug all the stuff, put drums and drum microphones together and do the sound check and so on. When you have a concert of your own you get to rehearse on the stage. Most bands arrive like couple of hours before their slot because they have other festivals sometimes even the same day. Well that's how it's here in Finland anyway....
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Guess we'll find out tomorrow wether they've completely ruined the opening of Kurenai by possibly replacing the guitar intro with the violin one (which is basically just the chorus in violin).
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Sorry guys. I'm from Vietnamese X-freaks forum.Sorry for bad English. Of course we're looking foward to the show tomorrow but 4 PM in Chicago is 4 AM in Vietnam. So if anyone here listen to the radio for the show, would you mind recording it. We really appriciate your help. Thanks o<( ^^)p~~~~~o
P/S: This is another link to WLUW 88.7, just click and it will play:
http://radiotime.com/WebTuner.aspx?StationId=30828& (http://radiotime.com/WebTuner.aspx?StationId=30828&)
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Ulquiorra, how can that be a ruin that violin intro from Kurenai? That is soooo very beautiful!!! I am confident for tomorrow, it will be a great success!
Radi: I don't know how to record that, surely someone can do it. Are you sure on that radiolink you give, we will be able to hear X Japan live at Lollapalooza? It will be which hour in Europe?
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The violin intro, as heard on the kurenai pv demo videos, does sound great, but its just a different version of the chorus. The original acoustic guitar opening played by hide (and Sugizo can easily play it too) has a completely different composition to the chorus and the rest of the song, its an iconic/memorable opening, just as much as led zeppelins' stairway to heaven is, you can't just replace it with different version of the chorus.
Not only that but according to that pv preview, Toshi's first chorus "I couldn't look back" ect. is getting cut from the song too.
This of course all depends on wether that was just a demo of the song or not.
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Ulquiorra, don't compare with those little pieces pv's you saw, that are just little pieces made for that Pachinko I think, that are not the real PV's!
Just think back at the reunion concerts, where there did that violin from Sugizo on Kurenai, that was really fantastic!!!
Don't forget it is a live performance tomorrow, not a PV for Pachinko thing :D
It will be OK tomorrow!!! ;D
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Ulquiorra, how can that be a ruin that violin intro from Kurenai? That is soooo very beautiful!!! I am confident for tomorrow, it will be a great success!
Radi: I don't know how to record that, surely someone can do it. Are you sure on that radiolink you give, we will be able to hear X Japan live at Lollapalooza? It will be which hour in Europe?
4pm in Chicago will be 10pm in UK, I think. Someone please correct me if I am wrong :D
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I'm in the uk and I'm pretty sure the US is 6-7 hours behind us, so it'll probably be 11-12pm over here by the time the concert starts, more likely around 12 pm.
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Chicago is exactly 7 hours behind Germany ... so 23:00 here. That would be 6 hours for UK :)
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Current local time in Chicago = 13 h 18 and on my pc = 20 h 18: so difference seems to be 7 hours, UK mayby 6 hours if UK doesn't do the summerhour? Is there summerhour in UK?
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Just checked, its 1:21 pm in Chicago, exactly 6 hours behind us, so the concert should start at 10:00pm in the uk.
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Ok. That makes 11pm then for Belgium, Germany, Finland and so further (23 h) :D
Just saw somebody write on facebook this: XJAPAN plans to have a press conference at 14:45 into the Ritz Carlton Hotel Chicago.
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Today or tomorrow?
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Do we have a definite radio stream of X Japan's stage? There will be, no doubt, highlights which will surface onto Youtube in due course, as all of the main stages will be filmed - but as for live coverage, it would be really nice.
I think I read somewhere that there is a live stream of Yeasayer, so surely some other station will have X Japan?
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Now, today! I go verify that on twitter, I suppose it comes from Twitter.
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I don't find on twitter.
This is what appeared on my facebook page:
Say Kiryu XJAPAN plans to have a press conference at 14:45 into the Ritz Carlton Hotel Chicago.
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Now, today! I go verify that on twitter, I suppose it comes from Twitter.
That's in an hour.
As for the two radio broadcast sources we have, we have no idea if they're going to broadcast X-japan's live, we just know that it starts at 11 and ends at 7, and seeing as X are on the main stage there's a chance their show will be broadcasted.
Though I'm still suspicious because there was a description somewhere saying that broadcast will "feature the best DJ's", so I have no idea what'll be on there, or if they'll broadcast X or not, but we should definatly listen when the concert starts to find out obviously.
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Do we have a definite radio stream of X Japan's stage? There will be, no doubt, highlights which will surface onto Youtube in due course, as all of the main stages will be filmed - but as for live coverage, it would be really nice.
I think I read somewhere that there is a live stream of Yeasayer, so surely some other station will have X Japan?
I think I was the one who mentioned the live webcast. It can be found here:
http://www.lollapalooza.com/webcast/
Since X are playing on one of the big stages, it's likely that it will have a professional camera set up (for the big screens and for media companies).
One can only hope that we will get some footage similar to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTUCY-VCfYM
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I don't find on twitter.
This is what appeared on my facebook page:
Say Kiryu XJAPAN plans to have a press conference at 14:45 into the Ritz Carlton Hotel Chicago.
If it's today then it'll start in 30 minutes.
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Do we have a definite radio stream of X Japan's stage? There will be, no doubt, highlights which will surface onto Youtube in due course, as all of the main stages will be filmed - but as for live coverage, it would be really nice.
I think I read somewhere that there is a live stream of Yeasayer, so surely some other station will have X Japan?
I think I was the one who mentioned the live webcast. It can be found here:
http://www.lollapalooza.com/webcast/
That's the same broadcast, its only showing yeasayer as well. And there's no other broadcast from what I can find, so we'll have to just use the radiobroadcasts to here X.
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I hope they'll announce the release date for the new album at this press conference. :)
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I think the press conference is mayby because of Japanese press? Because the person that mentioned it is Japanese. I saw nothing mentioned about a press conference in other places.
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Shane, your post has just reminded me of Yoshiki's twitter message "We may be able to announce the details of the US tour dates at Lollapalooza or before. I'm so excited!", So that's probably what this conference is for. I'm not expecting an album release date for the album, though that is kind of important for the people at lolla to know, so they know how to keep up with the band/album.
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Any info on the conference? Nothing on Yoshiki's twitter page besides him meeting some fans leaving the hotel. Was this conference officially confirmed? Must have detaillssssss :O
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if i m not mistaken in counting, X Japan in lollapalooza should start in 21 hours, lol. its 7 pm in chicago now. lets countdown
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Any info on the conference? Nothing on Yoshiki's twitter page besides him meeting some fans leaving the hotel. Was this conference officially confirmed? Must have detaillssssss :O
All that I know is this:
Say Kiryu XJAPAN plans to have a press conference at 14:45 into the Ritz Carlton Hotel Chicago.13 uur geleden ·
Me --> Where did you saw that news about press conference? I didn't see nothing mentioning that.Is it mentioned in Japan?
She--> There were no Live coverage...So, I couldn't it too. The news was from my friends in chicago! I hope more news!!
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Found a ustream thing from 4 seconds ;D
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8782050
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LOL Congrats Ann. xD
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At least he can still laugh ^^
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Ooo...I think it's just under 12 hours until they are scheduled to perform....GOOD LUCK X JAPAN!!!
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According to people on the forum that must not be named if you have sprint tv on a sprint phone you can watch lollapalooza, under "on demand" and "SEE" (Sprint Exclusive Entertainment), don't know if X will be broadcasted though, might as well try it though if you have a sprint phone.
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According to people on the forum that must not be named if you have sprint tv on a sprint phone
;D Lol Ulquiorra, Did you left a meaningful comment at least?
What in godsname is a sprint phone/tv?
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I don't know what is is either XD. If anyone knows what a sprint phone is and has one, then that post was for them XD.
Its probably just a type of phone we havn't heard of, and sprint tv is obviusly an application for it.
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Sprint is a big cellphone company in the US. So it's only available for people there. But again, it's not certain you can see X Japan anyway.
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Starting to get really excited, 10 hours, 15 minutes to go :)
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Sorry if this sounds a bit silly, but what is the weather forecast for Chicago today?
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Lengthy heat wave starts today. A sunny start to the day with temperatures quickly warming through the 70s in the early morning and toward 90 degrees by noon. SW winds 10-18 mph spread hot, moisture- laden air across NE Illinois. Mid-afternoon temps peak in the lower 90s, but the increasingly unstable air triggers a few late-day and evening t-storms, possibly covering 20 to 30 percent of the metro area. Warm and humid at night with light southwest winds. Low temperatures drop only into the lower or middle 70s.
An hourly forecast - http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=60290&hourly=1&yday=219&weekday=Sunday it shows 47% humidity, 31 degrees Celsius, 18 km/h wind from SW, partly cloudy with 10% chance of rain and 41% cloud cover for 4PM
Current weather - http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=weather+chicago&aq=0&aqi=g10j1&aql=&oq=weather+chic&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=ea2cd8eab02d18af
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6 hours and 15 min to go?
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Yeah I'd say about that much time left.
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Current time in Chicago:
Current time10:50:01 AM, Sunday 08, August 2010 CDT
Amazing how worldwide fans are waiting this performance :D
It is a real countdown worldwide :D
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Anybody an idea which songs they will perform?
I am sure for 2 songs: Born to be free and Jade
For the rest: I am very curious!
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I bet they'll play I.V....(at least i hope so).. nd i wish Silent Jealousy would be performed as well ^^
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Rusty Nail & Kurenai for certain.
There are chances they'll play a couple of songs entirely in japanese since Yoshiki said they might transfer from english to japanese throughout the concert. So they might play Week end as well.
For all we know they've prepared english lyrics for Week End and a couple of other songs just for this concert.
They might play the english version of Orgasm, but without the the showman stuff afterwards, just as short as it is in the studio version.
And they'll probably play a ballad or two, in which case it would be best for them to play the least depressing ones, like Endless Rain/Say Anything.
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I'm a little surprised that they won't be having an autograph session. There are a number of artists scheduled to be in the autograph tent, who in my opinion aren't really suitable. I mean, it's likely you'll bump into Frightened Rabbit in some random pub in Glasgow but what are the chances of meeting Yoshiki?
Understandably, artists like Lady Gaga would have been inappropriate as it would have been too busy, but I think it would have complimented the hardcore X fans by having Yoshiki in the autograph tent.
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I'm prepared to bet money that they play the following:
Rusty Nail
I.V.
Jade
Born to be Free
Kurenai
That should make up around half of their set, as for other possibilities (and despite the fact Yoshiki said himself that in America he wouldn't play a ballad straight after a rock song):
Endless Rain (This is like, X Japan's trademark ballad - they always play it)
Tears (Yoshiki has favoured it more recently, and we know he's translated it into English)
X - Maybe, just maybe. It's a trademark song, so it's possible they're going to call on it.
Another new, Yoshiki-written song - It's possible, but as of recent Yoshiki hasn't been particularly good at keeping the few songs he is writing under-wraps. If he's written anymore material for the album, we have certainly heard nothing of it.
"The new song written by Sugizo" - Although I'd say that's more likely to be debuted at the Nissan Stadium lives, and it's also unclear as to if it's an X Japan song or not.
Orgasm - Maybe not their 20-odd minute version, but it's always a spectacle.
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It's not uncommon for bands to do covers songs/tributes during festivals. Blues Traveller covered Sublime yesterday and Arcade Fire have recently been doing Jay Reatard covers.
It's unlikely that they'll play it, but I think 20th Century Boy would go down well with the casual audience, at least they'll know the song and can dance along to it.
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I agree with you, Beauty. Those 5 are a given for sure. Could you imagine if they played Art of Life for the remaining 30 mins? That would be ZOMG! I bet there will be like 5 mins or so at the end where Yoshiki will (finally) announce the stops/dates for the North American tour and MAAYBE hint at the new album...I mean, that would be a wise decision to hook new fans..or one would think..sometimes we question his thinking lol!
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It's not uncommon for bands to do covers songs/tributes during festivals. Blues Traveller covered Sublime yesterday and Arcade Fire have recently been doing Jay Reatard covers.
It's unlikely that they'll play it, but I think 20th Century Boy would go down well with the casual audience, at least they'll know the song and can dance along to it.
As long as Toshi actually gets the english right this time, the engrish way Toshi sings "I wanna be your boy" in every performance he's sang it previously has sounded, well, awkward XD.
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Guess X Japan's setlists for Lollapalooza and win their new album - http://www.x-freaks.com/forum/index.php?topic=3931.msg72324#msg72324
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Wow I am getting so excited! I'm pissed that I have a short 3 hour shift 3-6:30 and they will be playing in between then T_T! I doubt any footage will be up until late tonight/tomorrow morning but I still feel like I'll be missing any possible chance of audio stream etc. Most importantly, I'll be scanning for any info on the US tour dates/locations!
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Somebody streams with her phone: X fans at the South Stage.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8806075
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A picture of the South stage from a few minutes ago:
(http://web5.twitpic.com/img/142570139-3eff5ffef4f27d2579b88c909f158385.4c5efeb0-scaled.jpg)
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Holy crap, nice one, wasn't expecting this, thanks Ann, and whoever's streaming. Lets hope the stream stays up.
Ann, I think you should post that stream as a new thread so people can find it easily and it wont get lost amongst pages.
Looking at that video and the other one uploaded it feels like every X fan there at the concert is wearing some variation of Yoshiki's pv/wedding dresses. Yeah, because that'll go down well.
Sorry if I'm being too picky again I'll shutup.
Anyway, lets hope she continues the stream when the concert starts.
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Ulquiorra I made a topic for it.
Let's hope she will stream pieces from the concert, surely she will I think ;D
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And maybe post the WLUW radio link in your thread topic as well if you want.
http://radiotime.com/StationDetails.aspx?ScheduleByDate=1&StationId=30828&date=08/08/2010#tab1
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http://www.lollapalooza.com/webcast/
The Cribs are playing now. Before, they showed X Japan fans in the audience!
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Can you do it Ulquiorra, I am in cooking...I must continue that now first ;D , otherwise it will be burned!
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Oh my god, Johnny Marr (The Smiths) is NEXT to Yoshiki's drumkit. CLASH OF THE TITANS
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hide plushie spotted on the Webcast :D
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According to a twitter upate on the lollapalooza live stream there's "Definitely less people at Lollapalooza today." :/
I'm hoping X has a large audience of people who havn't seen them before.
I just saw the hide plushie by the drummer hehe.
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Oh my god, Johnny Marr (The Smiths) is NEXT to Yoshiki's drumkit. CLASH OF THE TITANS
Ugh, Johnny Marr. He's such a false prophet in being a revered guitarist. He's not worthy to stand on the same stage as Yoshiki's kit. Real musicians only please :P
Double Ugh, The Cribs. They're nothing more than a soft-two-a-penny indie clone band from an English scene which certainly needs a blast of individuality and a breath of fresh air. The Cribs, Foals, Kooks and all of those contemporary bands are so same-same it's quite sickening. The nightclub scene in England is dominated by copy bands who carry the same lightweight songs with the same fake-cockney accented singing.
Maybe they can learn something from X Japan.
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I can't help but think that the Yeasayer webcast will be very uneventful compared to X. They're still a fairly new band who aren't used to big stages:
(http://theboar.ca/media/2009/07/3754378088_8fff7bc3ef.jpg)
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I can't help but think that the Yeasayer webcast will be very uneventful compared to X. They're still a fairly new band who aren't used to big stages:
(http://theboar.ca/media/2009/07/3754378088_8fff7bc3ef.jpg)
There's no band on the bill who will be eventful compared to X, in terms of drama at least.
I think the signs are good for support, I'm watching this webcast and every shot of the crowd is showing hide-cosplayers in the dozens. It's 2 and a half hours before they're due to take the stage, and already their fans are lining up.
From what I've been told, a lot of hardcore X Freaks from Japan have made the trip.
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Haha, I love the uninterested looks of the Japanese people in the crowd.
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Haha, I love the uninterested looks of the Japanese people in the crowd.
Can you blame them? This is an awful performance.
The music is simplistic in theory, and yet they're struggling to play even their own simple compositions. The mistakes are flooding through, and the vocal performance of both the guitarist and bassist have been dire.
X are going to blow away this disjointed crap.
Kudos to Ryan Jarmin though, for putting a hide plushie on his amp.
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That's exactly why I never intend on going to Leeds/Reading ;)
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Something that's really annoying me right now, there's a lollapalooza broadcast on mtv, but it starts at 5pm. Pisses me off, gah XD.
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Maybe they're working on eastern time, so 5pm will be 4pm in Chicago? one can only hope..
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Apparently Yoshiki was just on the stage for sound checks. 40 minutes to go!
EDIT: (http://web13.twitpic.com/img/142612208-b2d729b416e0b1e635b9098f3f25384f.4c5f13c8-scaled.jpg)
Thanks goes to poketronik (http://www.twitter.com/poketronik) on Twitter
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The weather looks good, it should be a fun time for everyone involved. People are usually happier in the sun at festivals (in my experience anyway)!
Apparently Yoshiki was just on the stage for sound checks. 40 minutes to go!
Oooooo, not long! ;D
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Apparently Yoshiki was just on the stage for sound checks. 40 minutes to go!
I can't wait :)
This is like being a kid on Christmas eve, only without Santa or presents.
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Yeah, this is very exciting, lets hope everything goes well, go X-Japan!!
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Another picture of the stage being set up:
(http://c0013449.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_23faf08) (http://tweetphoto.com/37728008)
Thanks to http://www.twitter.com/djnailz79
EDIT: "Japanese couple next to me for x japan. They have three cameras from the future to tape the show. #Stereotypes"
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The time before an artist comes on stage at a festival is so exciting, the sheer anticipation is immense. I wonder if small outbreaks of "We are X!" have begun?
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The time before an artist comes on stage at a festival is so exciting, the sheer anticipation is immense. I wonder if small outbreaks of "We are X!" have begun?
I am not even there and I am excited! I am almost chanting "We are X" from my desk!! Haha!
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This is like being a kid on Christmas eve, only without Santa or presents.
lol, that's what Im feeling right now ^^ But X is the best present ever *_*
btw, the atmosphere at lollapalooza seems to be a bit boring.. I cant wait till X appear on stage and rock xD
Thanx for pics!
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It seems like Kenneth La Barre will be directing X Japan at Lollapalooza - http://twitter.com/jammybastard/status/20653058498
"@Jessica_Chobot I'm directing X-Japan @ #Lollapalooza in 30 min!!! Kombatei!!!!"
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he lives up to his twitter name!
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22 Minutes, guys.
I dunno why I feel so nervous, I know they're going to rock. From what I'm being told, the main contingent of fans who have camped at the front of the stage for hours are there for X Japan, whereas many more are starting to join the crowd for Sound Garden later on.
X Freaks and JRock fans show a devotion and support which most western bands will never know or be lucky enough to experience.
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Has the sound on the mtv stream gone for anyone else? Have they stopped airing?
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I can't hear anything either.
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Has the sound on the mtv stream gone for anyone else? Have they stopped airing?
Mine has also, I think we weren't meant to be hearing anything to begin with as I heard a lot of chatter between MTV staff - mostly laden with profanities, so I'm assuming it was a glitch which has been nipped in the bud.
I'm hoping to proven wrong, though.
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It seems like Kenneth La Barre will be directing X Japan at Lollapalooza - http://twitter.com/jammybastard/status/20653058498
"@Jessica_Chobot I'm directing X-Japan @ #Lollapalooza in 30 min!!! Kombatei!!!!"
What that means?
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It seems like Kenneth La Barre will be directing X Japan at Lollapalooza - http://twitter.com/jammybastard/status/20653058498
"@Jessica_Chobot I'm directing X-Japan @ #Lollapalooza in 30 min!!! Kombatei!!!!"
What that means?
He's either giving stage directions (aka letting the band know how much time they have and so on) or he's directing photography of whatever media/filming is taking place.
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Hypno thanks for the photos :)
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I can't hear anything either.
Same here.
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"Kombatei".... he means "Ganbate", doesn't he? XD *headdesk*
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Yeah, thanks Hypno.
X-Japan and SoundGarden next to each other=fucking awesome.
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(http://web15.twitpic.com/img/142621137-c8067a2fd3d2636198f5d746a5606f15.4c5f1ad0-full.jpg) (http://twitpic.com/2cwv69)
Thanks to http://twitter.com/area014 - iNA from Spread Beaver! Seems like he's in Chicago!
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Okay, they'd better watch how many tributes they're doing to hide on stage infront of thousands of US people who've never seen them before.
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Okay, they'd better watch how many tributes they're doing to hide on stage infront of thousands of US people who've never seen them before.
It was there during The Cribs ontop of Ryan Jarmins amp. Call it a good-luck charm, I doubt many Americans would notice it like we do :P
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(http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/2b/2ba497c20d4efd6852430e78d67d6564f9537f97_full.jpg)
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(http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/2b/2ba497c20d4efd6852430e78d67d6564f9537f97_full.jpg)
LOL! I'm pretty excited either. A couple of minutes left for it to start !
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(http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/2b/2ba497c20d4efd6852430e78d67d6564f9537f97_full.jpg)
true story....XD
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The big question - Will they start on time?
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2 or 3 minutes, guys :)
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The one hour gap between musicians leads me to believe that they will start on time.
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I'm pressing F5 crazily too XD!!
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MTV has started to work, but not X. SHOW X PLEASE!
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they're playing Born to be Free now.. not sure if this is the intro song
http://twitter.com/MahMassarao/status/20653782748
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Yep, same, four streams open in tabs, F5'ing every one of them XD.
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oh disregard my last post XD just random #nowplaying tweet i see
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oh disregard my last post XD just random #nowplaying tweet i see
They're not on stage yet. Any second now though :)
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Damn it, MTV is taking this time to interview some wankers.
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Sounds checks!!
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They're tuning up now!
They're playing parts of Jade!
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Holy shit everyone get on here now!!!!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/katochannel
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HERE WE GO!
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Off air noes!!
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Noooo, it just went off air!
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We've been screwed over guys XD/jk, keep F5'ing!!
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MTV..our last hope!
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This is stressful! lol
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ustream is back!
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Its back! They are on stage
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The comments on the mtv video are hilarious
"WHO CARES, shove that watch up your ass!!!!!!!! Show US X JAPAN!!!!!"
ROFL.
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YAHSIAHKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/katochannel
Its on its on Fucking epic opening!!!!
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Oooo Pyrotechnics!
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OMG OMG OMG OMG Is that a new intro? It sounds awesome so far!
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RUSTY NAIL
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thanx for link! oh God, it's soooo great to see them, finally! *___*
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English lyrics!
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1. New Epic Opening
2. Rusty Nail (Engrish and Japanese)
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NOOO oooff aaair XDDDD Fucking hell!
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You can hear X Japan on the MTV stream, in the background. Get rid of MUTEMATH and show us X!
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Its up again!!!
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If the Kato stream goes, go on the MTV interview - you can hear X in the background, it's better than nothing xD
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I can hear them in the background of the stupid mtv interview...T_T
oh, someone else posted that..XD
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Mutemath..
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Can you give me a link for MTV?
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If the stream goes down keep F5 ing it
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http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/547211/mtv-news-lollapalooza-live.jhtml#id=1644841
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JADE
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Jade is next
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They're playing Jade now, looks like my setlist predictions for the free album are gong out the window XDDD
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They're playing Jade now, looks like my setlist predictions for the free album are gong out the window XDDD
Mine too! haha!
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MTV have once again proven themselves to be idiotic. They're showing Green Day from last night..
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Ugh... Now were screwed. Even listening to X Japan behind that torrid interview was at least something.
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1. New Epic Opening
2. Rusty Nail (Engrish and Japanese)
3. JADE
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argh, now they are interviewing Wolfmother.
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Well mtv are cockheads, so everyone back on this link
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/katochannel
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http://live105.radio.com/2010/08/08/photos-x-japan-backstage-at-lollapalooza/
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TG, can you tell me the link of that MTV stream, please?
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http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/547211/mtv-news-lollapalooza-live.jhtml#id=1644841
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Its not live anymore, but here's one of her ten second videos of rusty nail
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8809085
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As it is, I'm hoping mtv will keep on interviewing people I dun know nor care about cause at least we get SOME sound that way....T_T
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They're doing Kurenai, i can hear it in the wolfmother interview!!
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Kurenai! Now if Wolfmother would shut up for half a second!
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http://c0013449.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_23fd3aa (http://c0013449.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_23fd3aa)
04. Kurenai (with hide on the big screen, Yoshiki on piano and Sugizo on violin) (thanks to Flippinklein)
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Thanks for the pics Hypno!!!!
Glad Toshi is not wearing that weird white jacket thing from the Hollywood PV shooting! Plus how skinny is Heath???
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http://c0013449.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_23fd3aa (http://c0013449.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_23fd3aa)
04. Kurenai (with hide on the big screen) (thanks to Flippinklein)
I can hear Sugizo violin, so they're using Hide playback?
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They're taking too long with the opening, they did the orchestra opening, then the acoustic guitar opening, now a violin opening.
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thanks for the photos! Pata looks kind of boring.........
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Love the explosion of sound that scared Wolfmother hahahahahaahha
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AHAHAHAHA, that was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
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ROFL one of the wolfmother members got scared shitless and jumped when the main guitar of Kurenai kicked in, fucking hilarious.
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HAHAHAHAHA X interrupting an interview = WIN
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chorus is in japanese, wonder how the audience will recieve that.
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Infact it sounds like the entire second half of the song is japanese, not a good idea imo.
Toshi sounds like he's giving one of the best performances of his life!!
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toshi let the audience song the chorus... good idea or not??
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I don't think its a good idea.
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I wish those guys would shut up for a MINUTE so we can listen to Kurenai..... T_T
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Now mtv are showing another band, what the hell is thier problem?
Holy shit, we're back here
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/katochannel
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Here comes I.V.... With the long piano and vocal introduction
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Toshi's speaking full on english
"I have something to tell you, this is our first time playing in america....THANKYOOOOOUUUU!!!"
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1. New Epic Opening
2. Rusty Nail (Engrish and Japanese)
3. JADE
4. Kurenai (with hide on the big screen, Yoshiki on piano and Sugizo on violin)
5. I.V.
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/142638095.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1281304013&Signature=fzMzWlYtuovem1pS7YobTNaiMB4%3D)
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omg, they play IV now T_T
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I just heard Toshi scream "We Love America!"
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Ah yes... 5 minutes of the same 2 lines over and over again...
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Toshi, show them your showman skills!!
I think this will be fine as long as Toshi makes it clear what he wants everyone to say.
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I really hope Switchfoot gets scared now.
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To quote Wolfmother:
"We heard Momford and Sons, they were good - Now we're hearing these guys (refers to X), they sound great"
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Nice one Wolfmother!!
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(http://web16.twitpic.com/img/142640276-ec58519173cc97f52661cc9ca48b9823.4c5f21d8-scaled.jpg)
We love Amerika! :D
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The crowd doesn't look too big :(
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Another WolfMother quote:
"These guys are rocking my socks off right now, it's inspiring me to do stuff. Can you hear this over us? What's going on, on that stage? Great stuff"
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They moved on from IV on piano to 'X'
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What the fuck is Toshi doing!!
He's shouting we are we are constantly, during IV, I'm confused?
I.V. is done.
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Is that X I can hear now???
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HOLY SHIT - The Yeasayer crowd is HUGE
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1. New Epic Opening
2. Rusty Nail (Engrish and Japanese)
3. JADE
4. Kurenai (with hide on the big screen, Yoshiki on piano and Sugizo on violin)
5. I.V. (beginning only)
6. X
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I'm surprised they didn't play all of I.V. as that would surely be the only song that most of the crowd would know...
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Well from the bits and pieces I could hear, Toshi's voice sounded solid. The never ending IV intro was a terrible Idea...
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I reckon that most of the crowd are actually X Japan fans anyway...
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Wish Toshi would stop shouting "we are hara!" 90% of the people there don't know what that means!
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They're doing Tears.
Lets see how this goes.
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EDIT: Grrr, too slow xD
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Yeasayer just finished so Tears must be the final song
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Sounds like an S.E.
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1. New Epic Opening
2. Rusty Nail (Engrish and Japanese)
3. JADE
4. Kurenai (with hide on the big screen, Yoshiki on piano and Sugizo on violin)
5. I.V. (beginning only)
6. X
7. Tears (SE; complete English version)
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I can't hear X over the interview, has something happened? The sound in the interview cut out during the solo.
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Well done X! Looking forward to feedback now from the people who were there.
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Its gone quick! I would have thought another couple of songs but I guess you can only fit so much in an hour! Where was Born to be Free though?
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Only one disappointment...no Born To Be Free!
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I personally liked it overall but it was too short...T_T
Well, 1 hour isn't that much anyway.
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Did they stop the song, and the show in the middle of the Tears solo? Cause that's sure what it sounded like to me. How can you stop the song in the middle of a solo? I just don't get it.
Anyway, overall, quite good, not bad.
As for the audience reaction, well I don't know.
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Yeah I think so... I'm actually quite disappointed in the whole thing really.
Not sure really why, but it seems like a half-arsed gig really. They could've done more withthe amount of time they had.
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i.v. was complete, not the beggining.
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I wish they'd announce those US tour dates already.
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Yeah I think so... I'm actually quite disappointed in the whole thing really.
Not sure really why, but it seems like a half-arsed gig really. They could've done more withthe amount of time they had.
what should they do?
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Toshi should've cut back a bit on the showmanship shouting to the audience so much. They could've gotten Week End in there.
It was quite a good show though still, Rusty Nail, Kurenai, X, I.V ect. and Toshi's voice from what I could hear was the best since the reunion.
They should not have played Tears last though, or cut it off in the middle of the solo, which is what must've happened.
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To be fair to X, 50 minutes is a very limited amount of time for a band of their stature. With most songs being fairly long, it was always going to be difficult to accommodate a lot within such a small amount of time.
I'm more interested to see what the major music publications will have to say about their performance. I hope they had a good time playing Lollapalooza and I hope that the fans did too.
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It was great enjoying the excitement of it all with you guys!
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To be fair to X, 50 minutes is a very limited amount of time for a band of their stature. With most songs being fairly long, it was always going to be difficult to accommodate a lot within such a small amount of time.
I'm more interested to see what the major music publications will have to say about their performance. I hope they had a good time playing Lollapalooza and I hope that the fans did too.
Totally agree!
Hopefully we will get some good YouTube videos uploaded later! Will be good to see the reviews, see what people think! Maybe gain a few more fans - maybe some will join here?
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I would think Weekend was on everyone's prediction set-list hehe wish it was played
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Quite a good show for what it was really, I enjoyed what I heard at least XD Now, the waiting for youtube videos begins...
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time was too limited for X, but the performance was great anyway.. and Toshi's voice sounds really good. I hope somebody will upload some vids on youtube ^^'
thank you guys for links and updates ^_^/
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To be fair to X, 50 minutes is a very limited amount of time for a band of their stature. With most songs being fairly long, it was always going to be difficult to accommodate a lot within such a small amount of time.
I'm more interested to see what the major music publications will have to say about their performance. I hope they had a good time playing Lollapalooza and I hope that the fans did too.
me too and the crowd reaction definitely
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As for the setlist guesses for the free album, I think we're all ****ed!!
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As for the setlist guesses for the free album, I think we're all ****ed!!
Pretty much... I'll wait for a more concrete word on the setlist before I decide... I'm wondering if I can figure out who got the closest bet. We'll see... :P
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Donate the money for the album to charity ;)
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Tg and rafaelo had the exact same setlist predictions, their posts were right next to each other, very odd. Not exactly accusing rafaelo of anything here. English is definatly not his native tongue so he might not have know the rules properly.
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The first YouTube clip...well...it's more than what I got from the stream...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzBw6Oen4IA
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crap, i just wake up when the show is over
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*facepalm* Oh well, don't worry about it, we barely got to see or hear anything at all, and the setlist wasn't really "blow you away" kind of stuff, it was okay though.
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crap, i just wake up when the show is over
lol SAME HERE!!!!
WE ARE X!!!!
toshi sing rusty nail in english, but fans ruined it by singing in japanese, sigh...
that's pretty understandable i think hehe
Agreed! After it is how WE ALL KNOW IT!!!! lol
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http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8808970 - the epic beginning :P
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4. Kurenai (with hide on the big screen, Yoshiki on piano and Sugizo on violin)
Wait, you're kidding me right? They did a playback guitar solo, here!?! And showed some guy suddenly out of nowhere on a 50ft monitor that almost noone there knew about?
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http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8808970 - the epic beginning :P
That is epic! It sounds so dramatic, I bet people in the crowd were like WTF!
Thanks to everyone who posted links, pictures, streams etc! It has been a fun night (even though I wasn't actually at Lollapalooza)!!!
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toshi sing rusty nail in english, but fans ruined it by singing in japanese, sigh...
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I like the new orchestral opening (though infront of people who've never heard of them it feels like showing off), but they should've gotten rid of the X-japanjapanjapanjapanjapanjapanjapanjapanjapanjapanjapanjapanjapanjapan. Did I happen to mention japan!
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4. Kurenai (with hide on the big screen, Yoshiki on piano and Sugizo on violin)
Wait, you're kidding me right? They did a playback guitar solo, here!?! And showed some guy suddenly out of nowhere on a 50ft monitor that almost noone there knew about?
That's what a friend told on twitter - http://twitter.com/FlipKlein
She's a user here also and might report later.
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toshi sing rusty nail in english, but fans ruined it by singing in japanese, sigh...
that's pretty understandable i think hehe
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I also wanna thank you all for the links. It was almost breathtaking to switch between all of them to see which one is the best all the time. But it was fun ;o)
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Yeah, it was very exciting. I can't wait to hear Rusty Nail and Kurenai in English. And thanks everyone for the links as well.
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It was really exciting the hunting and switching to see/hear/read anything possible ;D
Great fun :D
Tomorrow we will see better on youtube I suppose, or mayby Yoshiki will send us by twitter ;)
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yep, it was definitely fun day ^^ *despite all those troubles with live stream* I personally had a great and exciting time 8)
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http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8809884
Haha, pretty much as I predicted, that's actually how the concert ended. They could've atleast changed the end of the solo to make it sound like the end of the song XD
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My highlight of the day: Wolfmother getting scared by Kurenai.
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Did you see him jump during the interview? It was so funny.
Read on another forum that somebody (with a very slow internet connection and uploading speed) is trying to upload all of rusty nail and portions of other songs to youtube.
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Wow! I just got caught up to speed with all of the information since I got home from work. Seems like it was quite a successful show! Kind of disappointed that there's no word yet on the North American tour dates...hopefully soon!
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I'm really impressed with Toshi. If there was anyone who was most likely not to perform well it was him, and from what I've heard so far he sang perfectly, best since the reunion.
Also
(http://c0013449.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_2402873)
Yoshiki getting an interview with TBTV?
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What the hell is he wearing?! Is that some sort of pantyhose?
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^better than what the chick's wearing if you ask me lol
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You must not have seen much older X/X Japan footage, IronMaitallica. Yoshiki has worn those/similar thing many times before at a concert. Also, GRRR the lack of video's/information is killing me lol!!!!
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After listening very carefully to one of the mtv interviews on youtube I can say X definatly did play the full version of I.V
by the way, is this seriously the only amount of people that were watching X?
(http://i35.twitgoo.com/2qjai6p.jpg)
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I've seen plenty of old footage, just not him wearing something exactly like that.
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is this seriously the only amount of people that were watching X?
Someone on twitter said the crowd was huge. It's hard to tell how far back it goes from that photo.
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7214/toshi.jpg)
Pic of Toshi
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I expected the turnout would be disappointing. You have to think only like 5% of the attendees have even heard of X, most probably thought it would be a good time to get dinner before Wolfmother.
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BEAUTIFUL PICS! Hahah Toshi looks so happy! yay. Btw, just watched that clip of lame-o band Wolfmother (LUL) get blasted out by Kurenai. They were just gabbering on about nothing then KURRENAAII DA ..BLAOWW! Yoshiki playing the drums like a machine gun...damn those fools didn't know what legends were behind them!
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Come on, Wolfmother are a great band XD. They're not just some led zeppelin rip offs like some people say.
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Ah well if you like them then that's cool. I'm just all hyped up and taking on Yoshiki's "kick ass" attitude
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BEAUTIFUL PICS! Hahah Toshi looks so happy! yay. Btw, just watched that clip of lame-o band Wolfmother (LUL) get blasted out by Kurenai. They were just gabbering on about nothing then KURRENAAII DA ..BLAOWW! Yoshiki playing the drums like a machine gun...damn those fools didn't know what legends were behind them!
Cool, where can I find that clip?
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There's a clip on youtube, but unlike the stream I was watching his was all choppy and you couldn't see the wolfmother guy's reaction, so there's no point in posting it.
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Whenever a good clip pops up please post it!
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Yea, the thing on YouTube I saw was just the audio and then the interviewer saying "Don't worry about it, it's Lollapalooza, that shit happens all the time" Haha yea maybe loud shit happens all the time there but not X!
Btw, just read one of the first reviews for final day at Lolla...wasn't that good. But fuck the guy, it doesn't sound like he knows dogshit about them. He's like "X Japan formed in 1982, and they still sound like 1982." Umm..wtf they hardly sound like 1982, if he listened to them in '82, he'd be corrected. ANYWAYS, we can't let the general idiots ruin it for us. It seems like they played a great show and I agree Ulq, Toshi sounds AMAZING on the few clips I've seen/heard so far! I'm so glad to see them happy. Oh and some ppl are saying they spent too much time screaming and yelling stuff like "ARE YOU READY!?" they just need to get used to how we roll xD
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To add to Feudal's post:
"Are you ready to rock? Are you ready to ROCK? Are you ready to rock? Are you ready to ROCK? Yep, X Japan singer Toshi asked the crowd this no fewer than four times, by which point the answer should long be self-evident. X Japan, absolutely massive in its home country to the tune of more than 30 million albums sold, surely was ready to rock us: Sunday's Lolla set was the group's first U.S. performance ever, and X Japan formed in 1982. Too bad they still sound like 1982, without any fresh ideas or killer hooks preventing them from merely coming off like a few parts Motley Crue and a few parts Metallica, with Sebastian Bach singing. The band can definitely play loud and fast in between the on-stage pyrotechnics. Not the same as having strong material. -- Matt Pais"
http://chicago.metromix.com/music/article/lolla-10-sunday-reviews/2107835/content
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Wow, such ignorance.
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I doubt that this man has any idea of the epic shitstorm that he has just cursed upon himself.
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I'm thinking of making an account and telling him he doesn't know SHIAT
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I wouldn't be surprised if he saw a picture of them from the late 80s and planned out the entire review before the show even went on.
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Eh, fuck him, he's just one of the many chicago.something websites that basically gets no views.
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://twitpic.com/2cyks4&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dxradicaldreamers%26hl%3Den&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&usg=ALkJrhjpxg3F2vM2RZshO623_rSA7mudWQ
The original setlist for the gig, I think this would've been better, I think they ran out of time and because of that had to change the order a little bit and Endless Rain to Tears.
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To add to Feudal's post:
"Are you ready to rock? Are you ready to ROCK? Are you ready to rock? Are you ready to ROCK? Yep, X Japan singer Toshi asked the crowd this no fewer than four times, by which point the answer should long be self-evident. X Japan, absolutely massive in its home country to the tune of more than 30 million albums sold, surely was ready to rock us: Sunday's Lolla set was the group's first U.S. performance ever, and X Japan formed in 1982. Too bad they still sound like 1982, without any fresh ideas or killer hooks preventing them from merely coming off like a few parts Motley Crue and a few parts Metallica, with Sebastian Bach singing. The band can definitely play loud and fast in between the on-stage pyrotechnics. Not the same as having strong material. -- Matt Pais"
http://chicago.metromix.com/music/article/lolla-10-sunday-reviews/2107835/content
Obviously he HAS NO IDEA what he is talking about!!!!
What and idiot.....X Freaks we gotta find this guy! lol
WE ARE X!!!!!
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haha @ the note for end of song... double kick ratat tat tat!
I think the orig setlist is also better but too bad time is such major issue here
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I hope the audience turn out didn't go from this
(http://c0013449.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_23fe722)
To this, as the show went on.
(http://i35.twitgoo.com/2qjai6p.jpg)
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hahaha i hope not but i'm rather curious now about the volume of crowd in attendance
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To be honest, they could be taken at the same time. The angle on the 2nd picture throws it off.
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http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-08-09-lollapalooza09_ST_N.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dxradicaldreamers%26hl%3Den&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&usg=ALkJrhjXm76CNPuNE-TQfFSkFQ23-Tx1iA
Now that's a much better review.
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The man compared X to several bands that don't really connect with exactly WHAT X is. It sounds like rather than listening to the music he slapped a few known facts about the band (They play thrash metal, are from Japan, and were from the 80's...) and threw in a few names to try and give examples. Sebastian Bach is Toshi? Uh, what? I question whether the man even watched the band for five minutes before taking off.
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Yea it's hard to know, Ulq. Without having a full picture of the area/stage, we will be left wondering. Worst case scenario, if it was quite small, I hope they don't get discouraged. I mean, there's so many fans in North America who wished they could have gone, including myself. I'm certain that if they go through with their tour beginning in October @ venues for only a few thousand, they will be well-received!
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I hope the audience turn out didn't go from this
(http://c0013449.cdn1.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/x2_23fe722)
To this, as the show went on.
(http://i35.twitgoo.com/2qjai6p.jpg)
it looks to me more or less the same number of people, just the different angle
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OK, ToshI does not sound anything like Sebastian Bach!
ToshI has talent and a great stage presence!
What was he thinking writing that???
Seriously, that "review" really made me mad!
Oh, well, I LOVE X and that's all that matters!
They gave it their all!
Great job guys!
WE ARE X!!!!
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There's no way I can keep myself up longer waiting for vids, I just hope new vids are up tomorrow.
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Wow, such ignorance.
Yeah, god forbid someone has an opinion.
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Wow, such ignorance.
Yeah, god forbid someone has an opinion.
It's one thing to have an opinion, but it's another to just trash talk a band like X Japan WITH incorrect and retarded claims. I'm sorry, but the guy's a complete douchebag.
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If he had actually shown that he listened to the band and actually formulated opinions on that, even if it wasn't a good review we wouldn't care. It's the fact that he didn't put any effort or care into it-- read his other reviews and you'll see when we mean.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWpaWf7VnXQ[/youtube]
first clear vid!
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I found him doesn't pay much attention on X Japan and can't find him write any good review nor write anything sounds cleaver for another bands, too. What's a plain Journalist!
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Wow, such ignorance.
Yeah, god forbid someone has an opinion.
I can typically respect others opinions, but to go on and say they sound like they haven't evolved since 1982 and are comparable in any way to Motley Crue, that's just not even true. "X Japan" could be taken out of that text and replaced with "Green Day" or "Lady Gaga" and the article would be every bit as accurate.
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The crowd looks rather large and extremely excited. So, win for them!
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ThanX LebendenToten!!!
Been waiting for some vids!!!!
The crowd looks rather large and extremely excited. So, win for them!
Agreed!!!!
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Actually, if you pay close attention in the video, there's an entire HALF of the audience you only get a glimpse or two of. They're split off by a three foot wide walkway.
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The entire setlist is up on this Youtube user's page.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ginny143#p/u/4/pnZJE-rE4Zc
Kurenai (video 3) is STRONG. Can't wait until they come to D.C.
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Actually, only halfway through X. Her recorder died a minute after the guitar solos began.
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Actually, only halfway through X. Her recorder died a minute after the guitar solos began.
Blast you're right, hadn't got to that yet.
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It's 45 minute more than we would have had without her, and I am so extremely grateful she got the fans that much!
Also, it finally solves a few questions:
1) Was IV ever finished? (yes)
2) Was it a good idea to let the fans sing the lyrics (I think so--they were LOUD.)
3) Do they look as epic now as they did before? (HELL YES.)
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actually, NICE TO YOSHIKI PLAYING DRUM AGAIN afterthe operation.
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He was also smart in making sure he wore his neck brace when playing. Though, pulling it off and changing it every time he went to the piano must have been bothersome for him. Then again, he did it in record time--seriously I could almost hear the whipslash of that brace getting snapped on and off.
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kudos to the dude who 'crowdsurfed' during X!!! hahaha
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Wow!! They did a great job!!!!
WE ARE X!!!!!
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/lollapaloozafest/sets/72157624680474332/ photos are up now :D
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SICK pictures, /drool at the HDness. BTW, has anyone noticed that the way Toshi sings the part "Goes away with me" in Jade @ 1:45 in those new video's just posted to be different than ever before? He sings that part really quick and all together kind of. I dunno, I dissect their music so much it's almost a bad thing lol but plz tell me someone else notices that so I don't think I've gone crazy. Also, I really think he's been working hard on his English pronunciation. @ 1:58 where he says "Fallen angels" the way he says angels sounds very north american. It must be really hard for him to have been swapping back and forth and learning these songs in diff. languages.
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I really think he has.
Also, Toshi in general sounded really strong. I'm not used to that. After listening to all the lives in their last few years, there was a lot of problems with being able to stay on note with Toshi. I mean, running around like a loon or not, it was a little more off. This performance was really, really good in that regard. It was very tight and I thought it was one of their better lives in a technical sense.
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Yea and if we are noticing this through bits and pieces of footage, it must have been reallllly good. Yoshiki was on fire on the drums, his fills were disgusting and he was all over it. The play was real tight all around...I'm starting to become really jealous of those fortunate people who were there! I'm friggen itching to hear the new album omggggg
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I know. Now I'm just hoping they put out the day that album's due so I can come up with the money for it. Seriously, I'm expecting awesomeness to seep out of every little plastic pore.
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Also, I'm kind of surprised Yoshiki hasn't posted a follow up message on his Twitter. I guess he's just exhausted and is already being swept off to Japan for Yokohama lives. I'm scared he's going to overdo it again during those 2 nights. I think he knows now though that since he's already put so much into breaking into North America that he has to take it easy to fulfill this World Tour. He's mad for planning this Nissan live not even a week after Lolla!! LOL
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Let's be honest--he's probably getting very drunk right now with a bunch of pretty girls. Guy deserves it, too. That was one hell of a concert.
I imagine he's going to pace himself this time, as well as wearing his brace. That'll keep him from pulling his neck again, at least making it a little harder for him to do. I want him to space the American tour well enough that he give himself and the rest of the band breathing time. I mean, one concert a week. None of this one after the next. I saw that Miyavi did a (I think six?) day non-stop tour and he was passing out quite a bit the last two days. According to his concert footage, they had to pull him off stage. And realize this-- that guy's still in his 20s.
I love X Japan, but they're not in their twenties anymore. They need to keep themselves from croaking. Seriously, I want my future kids to be able to see these guys live in 20 years. I know they'll still be rocking even then.
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LOL you're totally right. As long as he takes care of himself and wears the brace, I think everything will go well. I actually didn't know that about Miyavi. That's insane...6 days non stop, eupphhh...
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Intro and Rusty Nail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtEN_mWRHhw
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^ Poor Pata's guitar strap came undone right when he hit the first chord, d'oh!
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Alas, technical difficulties sometimes suck. Seriously, poor Pata. He got back on track real quick, though.
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As i can see, there wasn't so many people doing the X Jump. Btw, any link for X ? There's only a half song video on youtube.
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Is it just me, or do you think they have toned down visually somewhat? Especially Heath, I don't think he's even wearing basic makeup.
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These videos give you a better perspective of the crowd :D
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJAyEt4p7M[/youtube]
2:00 on the large screen
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl34BP4X2cM[/youtube]
(warning this video is extremely noisy)
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X Japan are mentioned in one sentence at the end of the MTV Article:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1645346/20100809/soundgarden.jhtml
Also, from watching the videos, it's fairly and plainly obvious that a large swathe of the audience which was in attendance when the set started had left by the time I.V. was played.
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X Japan are mentioned in one sentence at the end of the MTV Article:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1645346/20100809/soundgarden.jhtml
This is from the article: "schizophrenic jumps from the over-the-top theatrics of X Japan"
That doesn't sound nice.
Enthusiastic maybe but SCHIZOPHRENIC? IDK.
Anyway, they did a fantastic performance....and they looked like thEy had a great time!
WE ARE X!!!!
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yoshiki wearing neck brace again., also the did put hide doollllll on the stage, nice one
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I think overall it's been an absolute success for X Japan.
There was a relatively good turn-out, a strong supporting contingent and they also made a fairly good impression onto those who have never heard of them before. Watching those MTV interviews yesterday, both Wolfmother and Switchfoot both commented on how fantastic X Japan were sounding. I'm still waiting for more press to become available, but from what I can gather the general consensus is positive. A review which criticised a band for "sounding 1982" isn't really negative in my eyes - that's like saying that U2 are bad live because they sound like an 80's band.
From watching the videos back I think it's also pretty plain to see that they were all very nervous. Yoshiki messed up on drums more times in a show than I've ever seen, Heath was also particularly sketchy and Pata had a little scare at the start of the show when his guitar strap came loose. I suppose it's nice to see that despite their godly-rockstar status and no matter how many times they have headlined Tokyo Dome, doing something like this they're merely mortals like the rest of us.
It was also nice to see Yoshiki wearing his neckbrace for once, especially given that he was instructed 14 years ago to never play drums without them. Perhaps the myriad of operations has finally gotten through to him that he needs to start to take care of his body a little more if he wishes to have any prolonged career in music.
I also noticed that Heath has toned his visuals down dramatically, to the point of not even wearing makeup. Why?!? Since X Japan reunited he has always looked fantastic, perhaps nerves got the better of him in that he didn't know how it would be received by Americans and as such he decided to play it safe. Sugizo was looking as visual as ever, and Toshi was sporting his new cyber-suit look from the January filming events (personally I prefer his Tokyo Dome 2009 attire).
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Yesterday my friends and i where not able to view this site at all. It said server to busy more people with this problem?
Wow x kicked some ass i watch youtube video's and they did a good job. but what was wrong with Heath forgot to bring his make-up with him?
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LOL you're totally right. As long as he takes care of himself and wears the brace, I think everything will go well. I actually didn't know that about Miyavi. That's insane...6 days non stop, eupphhh...
What's wrong with Japanese artists if they can't play 6 days in a row?
Iron Maiden did alsmot 200 concerts in 11 months and according to some tour diaries usually they did 6 concerts a week. Short breaks when they changed the continent. Now that's a way to do a world tour.
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Rusty Nail-best quality I think. I also think this is the best that Toshi has ever sung Rusty nail, in all previous live versions he's never projected his voice as powerfully as the studio version, he doesn it perfectly here.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ginny143#p/u/5/VWpaWf7VnXQ (have to post it like this, embedding it wont work for some reason)
Jade-infinantly better than the tokyo dome lives, but I think I heard Toshi struggle a little in a coupole of areas, and his voice was too high pitched at points.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnZJE-rE4Zc[/youtube]
Kurenai-the english lyrics are a mix of the old english lyrics "in the crowded street, you're standing alone" and new ones.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TI4qNh05Ck[/youtube]
I.V
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ginny143#p/u/1/s-N74cXgs8A (embedding wont work)
X
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kqzUrJ18Lk[/youtube]
"on guitar hide!!"
oh....what the hell are you doing!?
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http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2010/08/lollapalooza_x_japan_makes_us.html
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"the quintet launched into "Voiceless Screaming"
Oh dear, that mistake is going to trick some X fans and really piss them off. Apart from that, an extremly good article, and from a site that is actually going to get views.
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Someone has uploaded an excellent video of Rusty Nail.....it also includes the best view of poor Pata's guitar strap braking....what a dude though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtEN_mWRHhw
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I think they should've released the English version of Rusty Nail beforehand. It's really great if everyone (hell, anyone) can sing along to the opening song to get started.
Other than that, I think they did a pretty good job. And from the view of hoping that they make themselves a name, I particularly liked that other bands endorsed them in interviews. :)
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http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2010/08/lollapalooza_x_japan_makes_us.html
Having Lady Gaga prominent in the charts right now and playing at Lolla is the best thing to happen to X Japan. If ever there has been a niche market for Visual Kei and drama - here it is. Not since Davie Bowie's Ziggy Stardust Days has there ever been such an opportunity in the west.
Hoards of artists are trying to copy Lady Gaga and follow suite on the visual side, so it looks like it's something which is going to endure for a little while at least.
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More press:
Time Out Chicago thought X Japan were the highlight of the festival and wrote a full article on them:
Dear Perry Farrell, thank you for no-wait Port-A-Potty lines, the Columbus Dr. walkway and the artery-clogging (Kuma’s) Judas Priest cranberry/walnut/bacon/bleu cheese party in my mouth…but thank you most of all for X Japan. Engineering the first stateside import of Japan’s (mostly) quadragenarian metal monsters was the coup of the festival, and as expected, faces were in fact melted
http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/2010/08/x-japan-at-lollapalooza-2010-live-review-and-photo-gallery/
USA Today were impressed with what they saw
X Japan's decades-in-the-making U.S. concert debut evoked a lusty reception Sunday. The group, formed by drummer Yoshiki Hayashi and singer Toshi Deyama in 1982, became Japan's biggest band, selling 30 million albums, DVDs and singles. Members broke up for a decade in 1997 but have reunited. Their afternoon set evoked aspects of Lady Gaga's set on the same stage Friday night. The metal-pop-punk was fast and ferocious, and the costumes were striking. Yoshiki, in a white neck brace, was bare-chested under a burgundy robe and wore blue vinyl pants and guyliner. Toshi's black helmet hair and shades evoked late Elvis, and his black leather garb was vintage '80s metal-band gear. Singing in English, Toshi wailed into the stratosphere on Jade and showed a pretty, tender tenor on a soft ballad. Flames and sparks belched periodically as Yoshiki stoked the spectacle with Keith-Moon-on-Red-Bull drumming from atop a riser. Japanese-sung anthems succeeded just as well, as this band is more about sonics and style than lyrical introspection. The rest of the quintet laid down a thunderous yet polished platform.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-08-09-lollapalooza09_ST_N.htm
A luke-warm and quite sardonic review by The Chicago Tribune:
Everything about Japan X (above), making its stateside debut in front of a smallish audience split between die-hards (those people holding aloft stuffed dolls in the bands' likeness and crossing their arms above their heads while chanting, “X, X, X, X!”) and curiosity seekers, is cartoonishly over-the-top. The long-running Japanese crew makes a comically slow entrance to the stage as epic choral music pumps through the speakers. “Are you ready to rock?” screams singer Toshi Deyama, his voice absent any trace of irony. “We are!” Dressed like glammed-out extras from “The Warriors,” the group combines piano-driven power ballads (the band's glass-and-stainless-steel piano, which takes center stage on “Endless Rain,” looks like something Axl Rose might have sprung for at the height of Guns N' Roses' consumption) and thrashier, guitar heavy numbers like “Jade,” which more often than not are accompanied by towers of flame blasting up from the stage. With a style that combines the theatricality of a Broadway production with cheesy-yet-earnest prog/hair metal, it often sounds as though the Sunset Strip of 1987 has been temporarily airlifted to the band's hometown of Chiba, Japan.
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/08/lollapalooza-2010-reviews-from-day-3.html
Examiner.com were entertained by X Japan, if not for the wrong reasons:
Japanese metal band X Japan was entertaining, if only to hear the singer shrieking wildly for 45 minutes. When you’re used to hearing metal singers with gruff, growling voices like Metallica and Pantera, it’s hard to get used to a metal singer whose voice screeches higher than Lady Gaga’s.
http://www.examiner.com/x-27067-Chicago-Live-Music-Examiner~y2010m8d9-Lollapalooza-Sunday-Review-Arcade-Fire-MGMT-Frightened-Rabbit-deliver-on-festivals-final-day
Myspace, however, loved X Japan:
A yelping shriek accompanied the rumbling bass that greeted us at the south end of the park. It became evident that progressive Japanese heavy metal crew, X Japan, had taken the stage. X Japan are like no band you have, or will ever see again. The grandness of their slaying is not to be understood, or matched. With grand orchestral arrangements, that could have come from a Journey B-side, knife-stabbing metal riffs and an overall level of madness that any other band would have trouble replicating, lead singer Toshimitsu “Toshi” Devama sang about loneliness (“Amethyst”) and self-reflection (“Art of Life”) behind the loudest noise-hydrant to ever accompany such topics. Truly, words cannot describe.
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/music/blog/2010/8/8/lollapalooza-day-three-highlights#ixzz0w6e1uIYD
Faronheit.com gave a generally favorable response:
One of my biggest challenges headed into Sunday was whether to see Yeasayer or X Japan. X Japan has been around for decades but has never played a show in the U.S. before. As I’ve seen Yeasayer a couple times already, I chose the unfamiliar act. Their set wasn’t very crowded, but especially at the front, hardcore X Japan fans really openly displayed their love for the band by dressing in costume, or just flying in from Japan where they’re a national treasure. Now I got a little snarky on Twitter about the band’s performance, but honestly it was very entertaining. That’s about all I was looking for, and they delivered, complete with overblown leather outfits, a gong, and pyrotechnics. They’re everything a stadium rock band could ask for, playing to a crowd of a few hundred. Their takeover of North America may not be as easy as they’re hoping it will be, but should they land some success, at least they’ll have the great show to back it up.
http://faronheit.com/2010/08/lollapalooza-2010-day-3-quick-recap/
The Chicago Sun-Times thought X Japan were a complete success.
The other night, referring to the small crowd for the Strokes and the triumph of Lady Gaga, I quipped that rock is dead. I stand corrected.
Making its U.S. debut -- after forming in 1982 and re-forming in 2007, with massive popularity in its home country -- X Japan took to the Lollapalooza main stage Sunday afternoon and delivered a spectacular, almost operatic performance of big ballads and speed metal.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2010/08/lollapalooza_x_japan_makes_us.html
Metromix Chicago, however, were most unenthusiastic towards X Japan, describing them as dated and sporting weak material
Are you ready to rock? Are you ready to ROCK? Are you ready to rock? Are you ready to ROCK? Yep, X Japan singer Toshi asked the crowd this no fewer than four times, by which point the answer should long be self-evident. X Japan, absolutely massive in its home country to the tune of more than 30 million albums sold, surely was ready to rock us: Sunday's Lolla set was the group's first U.S. performance ever, and X Japan formed in 1982. Too bad they still sound like 1982, without any fresh ideas or killer hooks preventing them from merely coming off like a few parts Motley Crue and a few parts Metallica, with Sebastian Bach singing. The band can definitely play loud and fast in between the on-stage pyrotechnics. Not the same as having strong material.
http://chicago.metromix.com/music/article/lolla-10-sunday-reviews/2107835/content
MTV Briefly mentions X Japan's performance in their round-up article of Sunday's performance
Soundgarden capped off a busy Sunday at Lollapalooza, which saw schizophrenic jumps from the over-the-top theatrics of X Japan to the grooviness of Erykah Badu
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1645346/20100809/soundgarden.jhtml
Cleveland Scene found X Japan to be most underwhelming
Playing its first stateside show ever, Japan’s X Japan didn’t fare so well. Rooted in ’80s metal, the band played power ballad after power ballad and definitely benefited from the novelty factor. If these guys hadn’t been Asian, their show would have been of little interest.
http://www.clevescene.com/c-notes/archives/2010/08/09/road-trip-concert-review-lollapalooza-day-3
Spin.com regards X Japan as a highlight of the festival:
Best Ergonomic Solution for Killer Drum Fills: X Japan
Among all the big-ticket reunions that festivals bank on, one of the biggest featured a band most Lollapalooza attendees had likely never heard of before Sunday. Prog-metal giants X Japan -- no relation to Exene Cervenka, John Doe et. al -- sold millions of records at home before breaking up in 1997. (Their flamboyant guitarist hanged himself under mysterious circumstances in 1998.) But the band had never played America. A reconstituted version rectified that yesterday looking like anime characters dropped into a 1987 Manowar video. There was pyro, sure, but the most lasting impression was left by multi-tasking drummer Yoshiki, who pounded away at his kit -- and, more lovingly, at a white baby grand for the ballads -- all while wearing a thick neck brace, kinda like Joan Cusack in Sixteen Candles. The Japanese Tommy Lee quickly became the hero of the day and was last spotted driving a boat on Lake Michigan -- with his dick.
http://www.spin.com/articles/best-moments-lollapalooza-final-day
Spin.com again briefly mentions X Japan whilst lauding Soundgarden's return
The set didn't feature much in the way of bells and whistles -- Green Day and X Japan must have raided their supply -- but they are their own special effect.
http://www.spin.com/articles/soundgardens-lolla-return-captures-moment
Chicago Mag.com gave X Japan a thumbs up, of sorts
Best fan watching: Androgyny, guitar fury, flames and explosions from X Japan, a Japanese hair metal supergroup that was making its American debut. They were not the tightest band we saw in the technical sense, but their flag-toting Japanese fans definitely made their Sunday afternoon set the best occasion for people watching.
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/August-2010/Best-of-Lollapalooza-2010/
Chartattack.com also briefly mentions X
The sixth annual version of the three-day fest, located in Chicago's beautiful Grant Park, had its typically big name attractions: the reunion of '90s rock icons Soundgarden; the Vegas-sized spectacle of Lady Gaga and Green Day; the return to U.S. stages of rock revolutionaries The Strokes; the North American premiere of Asian metal superstars X-Japan;
http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/2010/aug/09/lollapalooza-2010-canadians-rule-and-soundgarden-plod-along
AVClub.Com appeared to enjoy the occasion:
X Japan’s first U.S. show—the group is massively huge in its native country—was a fantastic curiosity, from the first moments of epic choral music that preceded the band’s entrance to the wailing vibrato of lead singer Toshi Deyama and beast of a drummer Yoshiki Hayashi to the intense pyro that lit up the afternoon stage. For the uninitiated, the set was all over the place, as hair-metal/glam-rock should be, really. One moment Toshi was issuing blood-curdling screams alongside thrashing guitars, and the next, his voice was operatic and sailing over the field. The group drew a tight band of superfans up front, who were equipped with X memorabilia and schooled in the art of coordinated jumping, fist-pumping, and when exactly they should all shout and make the X symbol. (It was somewhat unpredictable.) Toshi’s stage banter pulled from a set of clichés like “Are you ready to rock?” and “Are you hot?” But put anything in crazy black-leather costume and throw on a Japanese accent, and it’s charming as hell.
http://www.avclub.com/chicago/articles/lollapalooza-2010-its-all-about-the-spectacle,43944/3/
Gapers Block found X Japan to be a curiosity
X Japan was a sight I had to see. Not knowing much from the outset other than that they are crazy popular in Japan and around the world and they looked like a Japanese glam band, I expected a spectacle. What I got was screamo emo, metal, and orchestral power rock. A mixed bag to say the least, but there is something to this group that has been an influence since 1988, selling over 20 million records across the globe. The group called it quits in 1997 and this rare American appearance was part of their reunion tour.
http://gapersblock.com/transmission/2010/08/09/lollapalooza_sunday/
The Phoenix New Times couldn't even get the band name yet in their brief, dismissive review:
There were people in odd Japanese costumes waiting for Japan X, who opened a 4 p.m. set with a surprising (for me, at least) amount of pyrotechnics, but it seemed like a bit of a slog until the sub-headliners hit the stage.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2010/08/lollapalooza_2010_everything_t.php
Windy City Rock also found X Japan to be an interesting proposition:
It's safe to say there has never been another act quite like X Japan at Lollapalooza. The band is indeed Japanese and perform an over the top combination of power metal and progressive rock. They're known for donning wild, manga-inspired costumes during performances, though Sunday afternoon their visuals leaned toward heavy metal gothic, with black leather, skulls and crosses. Their soaring, epic heavy metal anthems aren't something I'd generally gravitate toward, but there was something endearing about the band and their outrageous show. Maybe it was the fact that, despite existing as a unit since the '80s, it was the first time performing in the States and it was cool to see them getting good energy from the crowd. Or maybe it was the fire blasts that popped up on stage near the end of the set. Who knows, but it was all kind of cool.
http://www.windycityrock.net/2010/08/lollapalooza-2010-day-three-x-japan.html
Three letters that which would better describe Eat Sleep Drink Music's brief review are 'WTF':
X Japan was full of psychotic Japanese fans and very confused Americans. The band was over-the-top crazy and louder than fuck.
http://www.esdmusic.com/2010/08/09/lollapalooza-2010-recap-sunday-sunday-here-again-a-walk-in-the-park/
In Music were full of praise for X Japan, regarding them as being a notable highlight of the festival:
The second band worth noting were metal veterans X Japan, hailing from none other than the land of the rising sun. Kicking off their set with an explosion of pyrotechnics, thundering double kick drums, and screaming vocals straight out of 1986, X Japan wasted no time in showing their hand. Their hour-long set was a tour de force in instrumentation and crowd-riling antics. Broken English didn't stop lead singer Toshimitsu Deyama from whipping the heavy metal hordes before him into a frenzied state. By the end of the set, there wasn't a person left in the crowd who wasn't waiving arms crossed in an "x" above their head to cheer the group on.
http://eatthis.inmusic.ca/2010/08/lollapalooza-wrap-up.html
Rhapsody.com were entertained, if not bemused, by X Japan
Bitchin' doesn't come close to doing justice to whatever it was X Japan's set was all about. This crew of veteran rockers from Japan are a cross between Judas Priest and David Bowie in Labyrinth. Truth be told I'd never heard of them before they took the main stage and spent 45 minutes slaying an imaginary metal dragon. Now I will never forget.
http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/08/lolla3g.html
To say that Up Chicago were impressed with X Japan would be huge understatement:
WE ARE? X! WE ARE? X! YOU ARE? X! YOU ARE? X!
Well, I sure as hell am now. Never, ever ever ever, has a band made me their new biggest die-hard fan so quickly. When I was bitching Monday night about the lack of what felt like, for me, a true headliner, Perry Farrell more than made up for it by tossing in an extra one on Sunday afternoon. X Japan’s massive set was only trumped by their massive sound; they drowned out everything, from other bands to conversation, across the entire south end of the park. You might be thinking to yourself, “Who the hell is X Japan?” So was I before the set. Apparently these guys are metal giants with a career stretching back to the mid-80s who have just reunited and, get this, played their first show on American soil Sunday at Lollapalooza. They sure as hell didn’t seem nervous. A flurry of orchestral noise in their intro was quickly obliterated by a stunning Motorhead-style guitar assault, complete with giant cones of flame erupting on stage. The band channeled everything from Journey to Metallica to Guns n’ Roses, complete with over the top piano solos and distorted violin breakdowns. On top of that, these guys clearly had their amps set to 11. By far the loudest band I have ever heard at Lollapalooza, or anywhere else for that matter. One of the shows coolest moments involved drummer Yoshiki playing the piano while a pre-recorded guitar solo accompanied him. What makes pre-recorded guitar cool? The guitar part was laid down by deceased former X Japan guitar player Hideto Matsumoto. The show ended on a song that dipped in and out of epic “November Rain-style ballad and full on metal firestorm.” The crowd ate it up, fist pumping crossed arms and declaring they too were X.
http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/08/lolla3g.html
Other feedback
Also, interestingly enough, the reaction on the official Lollapalooza forum (the same one which was an X Japan flame-fest when the band were announced on the bill) has been full of a lot of people listing the band in their favorite acts of the festival lists. How's that for humble pie? :)
There have been a few off comments, but nothing negative towards their performance as such. A few members claimed they were entertaining for comedy value in that they "outdid spinal-tap".
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yeah, "words cannot describe"! People who cannot see the difference between X in 80-s and X at the present time are so ignorance >_<
The show was great, the band did very, very good job. I love Toshi's voice, I really didnt expect it would sound so good.
Also Im so glad to see Yoshiki wears the neckbrace, it's a good sign ^^
Tanks everyone for pics and videos!!
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They did good job, better i thought they would do.
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For some reason they changed "I was afraid of following you" to "I was afraid of losing you", minor change but one I don't like.
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Not hide related i hope.. no more, please no more i have had enough of that !!!!
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I wonder who played the solo for Rusty Nail, Sugizo or hide recorded track ?
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I wonder who played the solo for Rusty Nail, Sugizo or hide recorded track ?
It was play-back from the Last Live.
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I don't see how they can keep doing this, its not right, they should just end the playback from now on, they brought hide to the US for their first show there ever, one of their most important shows in their carrier/the US. They don't need to keep using playback now, they need to stop.
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I don't see how they can keep doing this, its not right, they should just end the playback from now on, they brought hide to the US for their first show there ever, one of their most important shows in their carrier/the US. They don't need to keep using playback now, they need to stop.
They're toning it down. As far as I can gather, they used Hide's solo in Rusty Nail and Hide during Kurenai. Just be thankful they didn't bring a giant Hide plushie out at the end and masquerade around with it, the small one had been on stage since The Cribs played when Ryan Jarmin put it intop of his amp.
I've not yet read one review or heard one negative opinion from either non-X Japan fans who attended the show or American Press. Infact, if anything, the reviews have actually said it's quite touching to honor Hide in such ways - and have tended to focus more towards the oddity of fans cosplaying as him.
The only criticism of playback I've actually heard has came from existing X Japan fans. I'd even go as far as to say the American public have taken to their show more than the hardcore fans have. How's that for irony?
And even without Hide's parts, X Japan will always and always have used playback for Orchestral Elements or Piano/Drums when Yoshiki is unable to play one or the other.
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Siguzo can handle the guitar there is no need for playback. I don't know how to express what i feel.
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I don't see how they can keep doing this, its not right, they should just end the playback from now on, they brought hide to the US for their first show there ever, one of their most important shows in their carrier/the US. They don't need to keep using playback now, they need to stop.
The only criticism of playback I've actually heard has came from existing X Japan fans. I'd even go as far as to say the American public have taken to their show more than the hardcore fans have. How's that for irony?
And even without Hide's parts, X Japan will always and always have used playback for Orchestral Elements or Piano/Drums when Yoshiki is unable to play one or the other.
Um,
1. The American public have never heard them before so they didn't even know it was playback, if they did, things would be different.
2. Yoshiki's situation is entirely different and Orchestral elements is also an entirely different thing from playing a guitar, I'm not expecting Yoshiki to play the drums, piano, and conduct a 50 man orchestra behind the stage at the same time, that's impossible. Is it too much to ask that the lead guitarist plays the solos? No, infact that should be the norm.
I don't know why you're giving excuses for a rock band to use playback.
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I don't see how they can keep doing this, its not right, they should just end the playback from now on, they brought hide to the US for their first show there ever, one of their most important shows in their carrier/the US. They don't need to keep using playback now, they need to stop.
The only criticism of playback I've actually heard has came from existing X Japan fans. I'd even go as far as to say the American public have taken to their show more than the hardcore fans have. How's that for irony?
And even without Hide's parts, X Japan will always and always have used playback for Orchestral Elements or Piano/Drums when Yoshiki is unable to play one or the other.
Um,
1. The American public have never heard them before so they didn't even know it was playback, if they did, things would be different
2. Yoshiki's situation is entirely different and Orchestral elements is also an entirely different thing from playing a guitar, I'm not expecting Yoshiki to play the drums, piano, and conduct a 50 man orchestra behind the stage at the same time, that's impossible. Is it too much to ask that the lead guitarist plays the solos? No, infact that should be the norm.
I don't know why you're giving excuses for a rock band to use playback.
1) A number of articles address the playback issue directly, and refer to it as being a touching tribute to hide.
2) It's still playback. X Japan can afford to put on lavish stage shows, why not hire session musicians to fill in on drums, piano or to play string sections? Most of X Japan's orchestral parts are actually quite simplistic, even a string quartet could pull off a decent rendition.
I don't know why you have such a stigma against the idea. I agree that as of the reunion Hide's use was pure over-kill. But they're backing away from it now, when I saw X Japan in 2008 his playback was featured in almost every song, his image and name appeared in every band lineup and they spent a million dollars to set up a damned hologram of him. At Lolla his image appeared once and playback was used only twice, they've brought in a second guitarist and now his image isn't included in the majority of band member pictures and literature. They're phasing him out. Trust me.
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Orchestral music is simply background music to what the musicians actually play, many power metal bands use it such as blind guardian.
The real instruments the musicians play are different, if they're not playing the actual instruments we're focusing on and paying attention to/pay
ing attention to their talent, then they might as well not even be there.
No its not that drastic yet as its only a couple of solos, I'm glad they played everthing else live, but still its not good.
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http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/2010/08/x-japan-at-lollapalooza-2010-live-review-and-photo-gallery/
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I liked that last article. It sounded sincere.. short and sweet. Good job. I hope the whole show got filmed properly, I'd love to watch it !
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is there any probability that we'll be able to watch hq video of the show? that would be amazing *_*
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I don't know why you have such a stigma against the idea. I agree that as of the reunion Hide's use was pure over-kill. But they're backing away from it now, when I saw X Japan in 2008 his playback was featured in almost every song, his image and name appeared in every band lineup and they spent a million dollars to set up a damned hologram of him. At Lolla his image appeared once and playback was used only twice, they've brought in a second guitarist and now his image isn't included in the majority of band member pictures and literature. They're phasing him out. Trust me.
In 2009, a year after the reunion, Sugizo is already a member and the 2009 Tokyo Dome concerts were totally disgusting due to massive mess and excessive hide footage instead of Sugizo playing (it was surely the WORST Dahlia performance EVER).
There is no excuse for using playbacks. Even more now that they have a real (and awesome) guitarist.
hide is not replaceable. But a guitarist is replaceable. Just this.
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Just read on youtube from someone who was there that X didn't play Tears, they simply played the new english studio recording while they walked off stage, which explains why the recording cut off at the end of the solo.
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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/189567
There's a HQ clip of Jade on Rolling Stone
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I was there. For the person who was saying the crowd looked small, I saw crowd footage on the screens and it looked like THOUSANDS. Far more than when they first started the set.
It was a goddamn good show, playback or not. BTW, did anyone notice Sugizo flinging his guitar down at a roadie - think it was during I.V. ? he looked pissed off.
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Also, the heart-shaped X "fans" just looked silly. I don't know who came up with that or the thundersticks for a giveaway, but it hardly helped this band's image in a cynical irony-soaked venue like Lollapalooza.
Also, you know the losers on boards who mocked the show yesterday will be someday be bragging how they say X Japan before they were famous.
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Also, the heart-shaped X "fans" just looked silly. I don't know who came up with that or the thundersticks for a giveaway, but it hardly helped this band's image in a cynical irony-soaked venue like Lollapalooza.
Also, you know the losers on boards who mocked the show yesterday will be someday be bragging how they say X Japan before they were famous.
YES OMG I was arguing with some ignorant assholes on the Lolla forums way back when it was announced that X Japan would play. They bashed the fuck out of them and made tons of false/ignorant claims showing pics of them from the 80's and cracking jokes at how they will be an aftershow etc (Wait I'm sorry, I'm pretty sure X Japan was on the MAIN stage..ahem yea that's right) and some were moderators and admins who I would've thought would have some more respect...guess not. All I gotta say is FUCK them and I'd love to punch any of them who turn hypocritical and brag about seeing/being into X Japan before anyone else. Fuckers don't know that there's many people outside of Japan who have followed them SINCE the 90's and after.
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I was there. For the person who was saying the crowd looked small, I saw crowd footage on the screens and it looked like THOUSANDS. Far more than when they first started the set.
It was a goddamn good show, playback or not. BTW, did anyone notice Sugizo flinging his guitar down at a roadie - think it was during I.V. ? he looked pissed off.
No way really? I'm trying to find that part..on the X JAPAN pt 4 Chicago..the side view from the balcony, what time is it at? I noticed a lot of running about from the stagehands and stuff both on Sugizo and two guys on Yoshiki at one point..weird.
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I was there. For the person who was saying the crowd looked small, I saw crowd footage on the screens and it looked like THOUSANDS. Far more than when they first started the set.
It was a goddamn good show, playback or not. BTW, did anyone notice Sugizo flinging his guitar down at a roadie - think it was during I.V. ? he looked pissed off.
Nice, do you know how far the crowd went back? it looked pretty sparse at the sides, but there is no footage/photos to indicate how far the crowd went back. It's a shame that the casual fans decided to see Yeasayer (who seemed pretty ordinary on the webcast) instead of X.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lollapaloozafest/4874581094/
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I also posted some pics from the show here - I was maybe 6 people deep from the stage, but it was hard to get good shots with the cameraman's ass in the way, and everyone waving their arms and fistpumping - luckily I am a pretty tall Amazon girl :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/valkyrie_73/
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I was there. For the person who was saying the crowd looked small, I saw crowd footage on the screens and it looked like THOUSANDS. Far more than when they first started the set.
It was a goddamn good show, playback or not. BTW, did anyone notice Sugizo flinging his guitar down at a roadie - think it was during I.V. ? he looked pissed off.
Nice, do you know how far the crowd went back?
If you look at the screens on this vid, the crowd looks huge. But then again, it was when their set was ending.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kqzUrJ18Lk&feature=player_embedded#at=19[/youtube]
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Nice, do you know how far the crowd went back? it looked pretty sparse at the sides, but there is no footage/photos to indicate how far the crowd went back. It's a shame that the casual fans decided to see Yeasayer (who seemed pretty ordinary on the webcast) instead of X.
I really can't tell, I was one of those junkies who were about 20 feet from the stage, but my husband taped a couple songs, and some of the footage included the forementioned crowd shot on the jumbotron. I was quite surprised at all the people. I was expecting maybe 500 people behind me. I'll see if I can isolate it from the video later.
Now, how many of those people were there to secure spots for the next band is debatable, but the point is They. Were. There.
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I think any experience of X is worth it. I was reading that some people were casually watching from the beer tents too.
By the way valkyrie, what other bands did you check out during the weekend?
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I think any experience of X is worth it. I was reading that some people were casually watching from the beer tents too.
By the way valkyrie, what other bands did you check out during the weekend?
Tell the truth, I was there only for X, as I live in Chicago anyway. I talked to many fans from Iowa, California, even Japan, and they were all there just for X as well. Some of the other side acts looked interesting, but I had heat exhaustion after the X set and had to leave.
It was killer hot. One Asian guy passed out right in front of us before the show even started, and we all screamed for security who carted him away. Poor bastard never even saw Yoshiki testing the drums.
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Apparently the first two songs there wasn't that many people, then by the third song (kurenai) tons of people were there.
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Apparently the first two songs there wasn't that many people, then by the third song (kurenai) tons of people were there.
That's a good thing! Better than the crowd going from large to small as the songs progressed. Seems like overall the feedback has been better than worse and people who've never seen them before have been saying they are insane, amazing, face-melting (LOL!!)
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Yeah, some non-fan guy was asking me the names of the songs, so he could tell his buddies he saw X Japan. Little by little, my friends.
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I'm seeing more videos now and I'm more at eased knowing they were actually well received by the audience.. and there was quite a crowd too =) It surely provided the band the wide scale exposure they needed.
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I was apprehensive about going, fearing the bottle-chucking segment of music festivals would show up en masse, but the worst I heard was some guy ribbing his buddy with, "You gonna get an X Japan tattoo now, dude?" The band was well-received where I was standing.
Contrast this to when I saw Dir En Grey at a metal music festival in Wisconsin a few years ago - the sound was utter SHIT and the crowd was very disrespectful. Non-fans booed and ripped on the pockets of fans seated on the lawn. One chick stood up and gave the middle finger through an entire song. (I did get to body-slam her on the way out, so that was rewarding) Holy shit, I felt picked on. Didn't get that feeling at Lolla, but I was buttressed by tons of other X fans around me, too.
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Best quality clip of I.V, you can hear Toshi's voice & falsetto's properly on this one
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hscef70vLc[/youtube]
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No one managed to get video of tears?
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl34BP4X2cM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJA9PqtEycU[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaCZF7Rpc68[/youtube]
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NO WAY damn it sounds really good the new English version. My only issue with it is...DID THEY REALLY TAKE parts from the original version of Tears and patch it into this one..cause it really sounds like it. Interestingly, the solo sounds like sugizo did it, the tone sounds a lil diff than the original. I'm actually shocked Yoshiki patched most of the English from the original version into this one...I mean, Toshi's voice is angelic on it but wooow..kinda lame.
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Apparently the first two songs there wasn't that many people, then by the third song (kurenai) tons of people were there.
Well that's no suprise when the loud music started after the brief silence, of course ppl are gonna come and see wtf was that about XD
DID THEY REALLY TAKE parts from the original version of Tears and patch it into this one..cause it really sounds like it. Interestingly, the solo sounds like sugizo did it, the tone sounds a lil diff than the original. I'm actually shocked Yoshiki patched most of the English from the original version into this one...
yeah it seens your right about that...
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i try to catch the TEars text in english, i think i made a lot mistake, any one try to catch it? and try to write it out based on what u guys listen?
..............
where can i go from you
in the one???, in the distance ......
sing a long
has it ever reach ....
the sky, where it ever be with you
..........
time after time, ..............
i love you ............
i cross my arm/heart , i wonder away
when the night we share the memory
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"WE ARE? X! WE ARE? X! YOU ARE? X! YOU ARE? X!
Well, I sure as hell am now. Never, ever ever ever, has a band made me their new biggest die-hard fan so quickly. When I was bitching Monday night about the lack of what felt like, for me, a true headliner, Perry Farrell more than made up for it by tossing in an extra one on Sunday afternoon. X Japan’s massive set was only trumped by their massive sound; they drowned out everything, from other bands to conversation, across the entire south end of the park. You might be thinking to yourself, “Who the hell is X Japan?” So was I before the set. Apparently these guys are metal giants with a career stretching back to the mid-80s who have just reunited and, get this, played their first show on American soil Sunday at Lollapalooza. They sure as hell didn’t seem nervous. A flurry of orchestral noise in their intro was quickly obliterated by a stunning Motorhead-style guitar assault, complete with giant cones of flame erupting on stage. The band channeled everything from Journey to Metallica to Guns n’ Roses, complete with over the top piano solos and distorted violin breakdowns. On top of that, these guys clearly had their amps set to 11. By far the loudest band I have ever heard at Lollapalooza, or anywhere else for that matter. One of the shows coolest moments involved drummer Yoshiki playing the piano while a pre-recorded guitar solo accompanied him. What makes pre-recorded guitar cool? The guitar part was laid down by deceased former X Japan guitar player Hideto Matsumoto. The show ended on a song that dipped in and out of epic “November Rain-style ballad and full on metal firestorm.” The crowd ate it up, fist pumping crossed arms and declaring they too were X."
http://www.upchicago.com/lolla-recap-2010-day-three?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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I'm sorry but they have utterly ruined the Tears solo, why they hell did they change the tone and make it so low? The original Tears solo sounded great, sounded very emotional, fit the emotion of the song perfectly. The new solo has lost all of that, it sounds horrible. What the hell were they thinking when they decided this.
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they haven't altered the solo, left channel is just louder than right channel, patas guitar is heard over hides guitar
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"Never, ever ever ever, has a band made me their new biggest die-hard fan so quickly" haha, almost same here..
Thanks for the updates ^^
English version of Tears sounds great, but... I like the Japanese best....
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I like the english version.
i don't like new songs jade, i.v and born to be free the sound from what i hear is mixture between violet uk and x japan
i personal don't like violet uk. i don't like the "plastic"sound. I don't know how to express in english i'm sorry.
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plastic sound is a perfect discription of the new sound. :)
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I prefer the old sound. nothing good as the good old days as my grandmother always say. lol.
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I like both the old and the new sound....\(^o^)/
And from the new songs, I like them all but if I had to rank them.....I like Jade most of all, then Born to Be Free and then I.V.
I think everyone else seems to prefer I.V. among those 3....XD
I wish they had played Born To Be Free as well in Lolla but.....^^;;
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I like the english version.
i don't like new songs jade, i.v and born to be free the sound from what i hear is mixture between violet uk and x japan
i personal don't like violet uk. i don't like the "plastic"sound. I don't know how to express in english i'm sorry.
IV isn't really new ;D :P
also ROSA is a awesome VUK song.
and yeah sad they didn't play born to be free...
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IV isn't really new ;D :P
Well...you know....I meant 'after the reunion' new...^^;;;
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IV isn't really new ;D :P
Well...you know....I meant 'after the reunion' new...^^;;;
was teasing you~ ^^
ps.this just in! japanese media are waaaayyy over their head again :(
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hc6BLv5m_s[/youtube]
20,000 ppl did NOT went there just to see them -.- and the screen shot they took was near the end of their set when i guess about 40% were there for wolfmother...
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It's all about good pub, creating a buzz. No one does it better than X.
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Kasperek is right, the only difference in the Tears solo I hear is that Pata's part was brought to the front way more. I can't hear hide's part in these recordings, though. The tone is exactly the same as always. =)
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Listening to kurenai closely it seems they messed up the beginning of the opening riff, just nerves I guess.
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Looks like Yeasayer had sound problems which affected their overall performance, many people were disappointed in their set. Also, the casuals who opted to see X seemed to be genuinely entertained for good and bad reasons :D
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By the way, who won the guess the set list contest? :D
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i try to catch the TEars text in english, i think i made a lot mistake, any one try to catch it? and try to write it out based on what u guys listen?
..............
where can i go from you
in the one???, in the distance ......
sing a long
has it ever reach ....
the sky, where it ever be with you
..........
time after time, ..............
i love you ............
i cross my arm/heart , i wonder away
when the night we share the memory
my version:
Tell me love [why]
Where can I go from here [from you]?
In a ------- in a distance ------
Sing [song] of love
Has it ever reached ---
--- the sky?
Will it ever be with you?
It’s been long since I saw your smile
Time after time I ----
But I love you so -----
I close my heart
I want to run away.
…when the night had shadowed the memory
Still -------- still be the same
But sometimes I see you [it] in bloody red [rain]..
Can somebody correct these?
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"WE ARE? X! WE ARE? X! YOU ARE? X! YOU ARE? X!
Well, I sure as hell am now. Never, ever ever ever, has a band made me their new biggest die-hard fan so quickly. When I was bitching Monday night about the lack of what felt like, for me, a true headliner, Perry Farrell more than made up for it by tossing in an extra one on Sunday afternoon. X Japan’s massive set was only trumped by their massive sound; they drowned out everything, from other bands to conversation, across the entire south end of the park. You might be thinking to yourself, “Who the hell is X Japan?” So was I before the set. Apparently these guys are metal giants with a career stretching back to the mid-80s who have just reunited and, get this, played their first show on American soil Sunday at Lollapalooza. They sure as hell didn’t seem nervous. A flurry of orchestral noise in their intro was quickly obliterated by a stunning Motorhead-style guitar assault, complete with giant cones of flame erupting on stage. The band channeled everything from Journey to Metallica to Guns n’ Roses, complete with over the top piano solos and distorted violin breakdowns. On top of that, these guys clearly had their amps set to 11. By far the loudest band I have ever heard at Lollapalooza, or anywhere else for that matter. One of the shows coolest moments involved drummer Yoshiki playing the piano while a pre-recorded guitar solo accompanied him. What makes pre-recorded guitar cool? The guitar part was laid down by deceased former X Japan guitar player Hideto Matsumoto. The show ended on a song that dipped in and out of epic “November Rain-style ballad and full on metal firestorm.” The crowd ate it up, fist pumping crossed arms and declaring they too were X."
http://www.upchicago.com/lolla-recap-2010-day-three?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
It's great to read stories like this. ^_^
Hearing Tears (and the other songs) in English was definitely strange but I liked the slightly different sound in the solo (Tears). It's kind of difficult to comment until the studio version though. Come on and release it already! ^^
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Can you imagine the reaction when new fans type in "X Japan" on YouTube?
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I am seriously loving the photos and video links here. Thanks for sharing all. Also want to say well done to X Japan for pulling off Lollapalooza, despite a few lukewarm reviews from some of the press (but the ones who loved it instantly - that has gotta be a good thing for sure xD).
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They'll probably have heart attacks. But, they'll fall more in love with X's wacky and fantastic musical scores and vivid and loony costumes.
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They'll probably have heart attacks. But, they'll fall more in love with X's wacky and fantastic musical scores and vivid and loony costumes.
Hehe yeah that is a possibility :P
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I'm sorry but they have utterly ruined the Tears solo, why they hell did they change the tone and make it so low? The original Tears solo sounded great, sounded very emotional, fit the emotion of the song perfectly. The new solo has lost all of that, it sounds horrible. What the hell were they thinking when they decided this.
you never seemed to be happy with anything aren't you
you should try to stop thinking and just ejoy music as it is;
you want something better? make it yourself
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Um, what? As far as I remember I've barely complained at anything that happened at this concert at all, I really enjoyed it and thought they did well. The only things I've mainly complained about was the hide playback and that the solo sounds completely different (or pata's guitar might have just been heard over everything else), I think I have every right to have those small critisisms, so no I'm not unhappy with everything, you're reading too much into this and are seeing things I havn't even done.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8NM-ZUr8s
This video shows very good how big the crowd was.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-aqrXTeIdY
Despite the camera angle, i think this is the best version of Rusty Nail.
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A more clear clip of the first verse of the song, better to understand the new english lyrics with.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrmLg1yMQC0[/youtube]
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Interesting, this appears to be the original recording of Tears exactly. Same strings, same piano, same drums, same bass and guitar - even same Toshi vocals for the old English parts and the chorus - just new ones for the previously Japanese parts.
Previously I hoped that the old songs would be fully re-recorded, but after hearing a butchered sample of Rusty Nail with Midi drums I think I actually prefer the lazy approach - simply on the grounds that the original recordings have obviously had a lot more care taken over their production than the newer stuff.
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Interesting, this appears to be the original recording of Tears exactly. Same strings, same piano, same drums, same bass and guitar - even same Toshi vocals for the old English parts and the chorus - just new ones for the previously Japanese parts.
Previously I hoped that the old songs would be fully re-recorded, but after hearing a butchered sample of Rusty Nail with Midi drums I think I actually prefer the lazy approach - simply on the grounds that the original recordings have obviously had a lot more care taken over their production than the newer stuff.
I completely agree. I noticed the first time I heard the new tears that they just patched in the original parts that were already English with the newly recorded parts. I think that's pretty damn lazy but to be honest, Toshi's voice on the original is fucking epic so it could've turned out to be worse actually haha
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I don't like the way Toshi sings ballads live now, so I was worried that the rerecording would be absolute crap, but luckily he sings the new english verse the way Tears and the other ballads are meant to be sung. So if Toshi had rerecorded the 2nd verse I think it would've sounded practically the same as the studio version anyway.
But I see no real problem with just reusing the old 2nd verse, it sounds perfect already.
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But I see no real problem with just reusing the old 2nd verse, it sounds perfect already.
A few months ago I'd say that Yoshiki is being lazy and showing a very tacky work ethic.
Then I heard the shitty production value of the latest versions of Jade, Born to be Free and a clip of Rusty Nail, and I really just don't care about re-recording the old songs now, because quite simply, the recent stuff sounds amateurish, I've heard bedroom recordings created on a notebook which sound better.
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Looking around at random X videos on youtube, while there are a few comments from new fans from lollapalooza who like the band, there are unfortunatly quite a few racist comments as well.
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Looking around at random X videos on youtube, while there are a few comments from new fans from lollapalooza who like the band, there are unfortunatly quite a few racist comments as well.
I wonder if they know how to spell Xenophobia...
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But I see no real problem with just reusing the old 2nd verse, it sounds perfect already.
A few months ago I'd say that Yoshiki is being lazy and showing a very tacky work ethic.
Then I heard the shitty production value of the latest versions of Jade, Born to be Free and a clip of Rusty Nail, and I really just don't care about re-recording the old songs now, because quite simply, the recent stuff sounds amateurish, I've heard bedroom recordings created on a notebook which sound better.
I wouldn't put too much into the clips online. I specificly remember the I.V. clips when they were previewed a few years back and they sounded as crappy as the new stuff does now. I'd wait for the final studio album/single to make the final judgment.
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1/3 of Jade, but its filming the main monitor screen the whole way.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNKjf0mso0c[/youtube]
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The Phoenix New Times journalist writes in his personal blog: How I met Yoshiki (http://nihongaku.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/x-japan-how-i-met-yoshiki/) (here (http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2010/08/x_japans_yoshiki_on_lollapaloo.php)is the article he wrote)
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Thanks Sander for the link. I specially like this part:
NT: Does that have anything to do with Sugizo? (Sugizo became the band's new guitarist and sixth member after the reunion)
Y: Yes. I asked him to play some dramatic guitar solos. Yeah, he's really become part of X Japan now. He was almost co-producing the sound. Because he likes to be in the studio.
Believe it or not, a lot of musicians, when they finish their part, they just leave and get drunk (laughs) but for some reason Sugizo, he is staying like...I was usually staying until 2 or 3 a.m. and just working he was just staying and then supporting me. It was great.
He did an amazing guitar solo for the song called "Jade." Of course Pata, Heath and Toshi did an amazing performance as well.
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yeah that's indeed nice to hear :)
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Hey dudes. Jonathan AKA Nihongaku AKA that dude who wrote the Phoenix New Times Q&A here. I just wanted to say thanks for checking out my blog and the piece. I really appreciate it. I'm currently working on a music feature about X Japan and the significance of the Lollapalooza show. I'll keep you posted. Thanks again!
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Oh the pleasure is all ours, that Q&A was one of the most interesting reads out of the whole post-/pre-Lollapalooza coverage - as much as we love X getting covered by new fans and people who just found out about them, a good interview with someone who already knows the background and the story is always a big pleasure!
We'll be waiting for the feature :)
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god lolla was amazing <3
:)
i gotta upload my pics
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Nice article, buddy! I hope you also plan on covering X's breaking into the American music scene? Because, if anyone should do it, it should be someone who's familiar with the band and understands. :D
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Hey dudes. Jonathan AKA Nihongaku AKA that dude who wrote the Phoenix New Times Q&A here. I just wanted to say thanks for checking out my blog and the piece. I really appreciate it. I'm currently working on a music feature about X Japan and the significance of the Lollapalooza show. I'll keep you posted. Thanks again!
I'm definitely with Hypno here, fantastic article and a really well crafted piece of journalism. It's nice to see that there are still journalists out there that do their homework and put sufficient care into their work in a time when half-arsed tabloid trash is quite dominant.
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Thanks so much for your kind words. My next piece about X Japan is due out in a week!
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Can't wait to see it! :)
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Don't want to doublepost, but:
One picture of X-Japan made it to the Lollapalooza Top-50 picture album:
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs158.ash2/41254_437247785848_26474920848_5509843_4197317_n.jpg) (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5509840&id=26474920848&ref=fbx_album#!/photo.php?pid=5509843&id=26474920848&ref=fbx_album&fbid=437247785848)
Find the album here (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=202744&id=26474920848)!
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Someone stole Toshi's chair!
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Excuse me
AHAAHAHAHAHAHAHSUGIZOAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
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sugizo should make his hair like this xD.... the devil himself.. haha :D
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god lolla was amazing <3
:)
i gotta upload my pics
Glad you have a good time. Aside from X, who else did you go see?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8RImQUjpqw&feature=related
just realise toshi sung kurenai in english in the beginning, beautiful opening .