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The band => News => Topic started by: Ekapri on August 26, 2020, 03:05:21 PM
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I hope it's work,so maybe every now and then i will share news about X members activity
Just for fun ;)
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https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1298608864015785987?s=19
First, there's news about our beloved leader,gonna find out tomorrow
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oh and Yoshiki has been working on a remixed version of Tears.
(not really, it's a late April's fool joke inspired by this tweet 8) https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1297403507599843328
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Let's see what he will announce. Maybe something about Ladys X or the "Endless Rain" Fan Video. Or the Album. Or the Violet UK Album. Or the S.K.I.N. Album. Or he get's back together with GLOBE. Or V2...
Common, guess wif me 8)
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So..it turns out that yesterday's press conference was to announce his project with St. Vincent, their song is New York. It's on YouTube , here's the link if any of you interested,if not that's fine
https://youtu.be/tRHbTLiKZDY
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Almost forget! Toshl plans to hold a premium concert this year, around October, I hope everything goes well.
https://twitter.com/Toshlofficial/status/1299215142148694018?s=19
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So..it turns out that yesterday's press conference was to announce his project with St. Vincent, their song is New York. It's on YouTube , here's the link if any of you interested,if not that's fine
nice arrangement, even though it's not my genre. I'll never get used to Yoshiki releasing new music with other singers/musicians rather than X.
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Another forgettable "announcement". As if I'd expect Yoshiki to surprise us and make 2020 at least somewhat of a memorable year. Check out these 2 articles on the topic:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/st-vincent-yoshiki-new-york-1051313/ - References how X Japan performed at Coachella (glad he's still whoring out the band's name any chance he can while not doing a damn thing to keep it alive).
https://yurui.jp/yoshiki%E7%99%BA%E5%A3%B2%E5%89%8D%E6%97%A5%E3%81%AB%E6%96%B0%E6%9B%B2%E7%99%BA%E8%A1%A8%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E4%B8%80%E5%BA%A6%E3%82%82%E4%BC%9A/# - This one will need to be plugged into a translator but an interviewer thankfully asked him about the X Japan album considering it was 1996 when Dahlia came out. He basically says he's waiting for the right time and how it's tough when you cannot do a live right now. It's exactly as I said. Yoshiki thinks some magical moment will come by when the American music scene is waiting for him and he'll make a splash. That was 2010 but you fucked around for a decade. Honestly, just release the album and schedule some tour dates when COVID has calmed down a lot, give some banger performances and call it a day.
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an interviewer thankfully asked him about the X Japan album considering it was 1996 when Dahlia came out. He basically says he's waiting for the right time and how it's tough when you cannot do a live right now. It's exactly as I said. Yoshiki thinks some magical moment will come by when the American music scene is waiting for him and he'll make a splash. That was 2010 but you fucked around for a decade. Honestly, just release the album and schedule some tour dates when COVID has calmed down a lot, give some banger performances and call it a day.
I still feel like we're somehow missing a piece of this puzzle, aside from the usual melting pot of theories about management problems, distressed relationships in the band, Yoshiki not really wanting this album to come out and so on. Really, nobody can delay an album for such a long time... Nobody
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Thinking about that missing piece pissed me off sometimes
Ok, another news about X member,this time Sugizo, he's doing an interview about his feeling during this pandemic, including his post on social media that made some people furious,angry etc and confused (including myself) he explained everything here
https://twitter.com/SUGIZOofficial/status/1299226498348453890?s=19
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https://yurui.jp/yoshiki%E7%99%BA%E5%A3%B2%E5%89%8D%E6%97%A5%E3%81%AB%E6%96%B0%E6%9B%B2%E7%99%BA%E8%A1%A8%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E4%B8%80%E5%BA%A6%E3%82%82%E4%BC%9A/# - This one will need to be plugged into a translator but an interviewer thankfully asked him about the X Japan album considering it was 1996 when Dahlia came out. He basically says he's waiting for the right time and how it's tough when you cannot do a live right now. It's exactly as I said. Yoshiki thinks some magical moment will come by when the American music scene is waiting for him and he'll make a splash. That was 2010 but you fucked around for a decade. Honestly, just release the album and schedule some tour dates when COVID has calmed down a lot, give some banger performances and call it a day.
AMEN to that.
Oh and big thanks to Ekapri for doing this an trying to keep us all up to date. :)
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I'll try to find news about X members, well maybe a little bit hard Heath 😁
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perhaps it's easier to search from Japanese sources by adjusting the search engine settings... I found some interesting interviews from Yoshiki that way, that weren't translated into English
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perhaps it's easier to search from Japanese sources by adjusting the search engine settings... I found some interesting interviews from Yoshiki that way, that weren't translated into English
thanks,gonna try latter
Now,a news about sugizo again,I swear this man is super busy like busy bee😁keep up your good work sugizo san
It's about his 'Live in Tokyo' album release which actually taken from his 50th anniversary last year
https://twitter.com/SUGIZOofficial/status/1302896227793559553?s=19
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I'm always wondering what is Heath doing all day. He keeps so quiet...
I checked the Japanese Wiki voice about him, nothing new. Did the same with the official website, same result. :o
is he ghostwriting songs or performing with another stage name?
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I'm always wondering what is Heath doing all day. He keeps so quiet...
I checked the Japanese Wiki voice about him, nothing new. Did the same with the official website, same result. :o
is he ghostwriting songs or performing with another stage name?
I swear pretty much noone knows what he is up to. It's almost like... he disappeared.
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That's what i'm thinking about him,I can understand about privacy and all,but this..
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https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1305824225882562562?s=19
There's another press conference from Yoshiki again,gonna try to see that ✌️
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does anybody remember when Yoshiki asked us to sing Endless Rain and send the video clips?
I guess he called it quits even on that project? ???
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does anybody remember when Yoshiki asked us to sing Endless Rain and send the video clips?
I guess he called it quits even on that project? ???
Yes I remember and I asked myself the same question a few days ago. Let's see if we will ever hear of that project again.
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does anybody remember when Yoshiki asked us to sing Endless Rain and send the video clips?
I guess he called it quits even on that project? ???
when it's come to Yoshiki just pretend that whatever he's doing actually is over
He has many ambition but with bad planning ,well we know the rest
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speaking about Yoshiki, there are some news... Obviously they have nothing to do with X. 8)
this time is fashion. https://numero.jp/news-20200918-yoshiki-special/
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Yesterday there's press conference again from Yoshiki and yes,it's not about X
It's about his side project with Disney...yes, ladies & gentleman.. Disney
https://twitter.com/DisneyPlusJP/status/1309043385043476480?s=19
And he also doing double press conference,the last one he even talked with Inoran,say hi to everyone at LS.
https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1309414180856889347?s=19
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If someone needs access to the press conference please pm me. It's not allowed to post it openly :-\
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https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1310517256057573376?s=19
Finally someone said what really had to be said, Yoshiki had to notice
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https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1310517256057573376?s=19
Finally someone said what really had to be said, Yoshiki had to notice
wow :o Brave girl, and brave Yoshiki too, it took some guts to face the truth finally and answering publicly (even though it's the same old story about being busy)
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https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1310517256057573376?s=19
Finally someone said what really had to be said, Yoshiki had to notice
wow :o Brave girl, and brave Yoshiki too, it took some guts to face the truth finally and answering publicly (even though it's the same old story about being busy)
It's not a girl. It's Pink Spider. I know this french guy. He is very passionate. 8)
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my bad, sorry ;)
well, somebody needs to voice the disappointment that has been running among fans since literal years (or maybe decades). He's our hero 8)
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Cool, another vanity project for Yoshiki instead of working on the X album we were promised over a decade ago. Business as usual.
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Cool, another vanity project for Yoshiki instead of working on the X album we were promised over a decade ago. Business as usual.
we're reasonably expecting that album since their reunion, hence 2007... ;D
however, fashion and marketing probably are more suitable to Yoshiki as his mind is probably going back and forth about publishing music (because perfectionism?)
that's as much as we can get..
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breaking news... About old facts
https://www.instagram.com/p/CF0_WUJA-SO/
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You can thank me for his latest internet freak out.
I made a comment on his most recent YouTube video, not thinking of getting any kinda reply, and weeeellll... I did. I'm Mangasama in the comment section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8EDRrFHW0w&lc=UgxmtyUOVgjK-at_jBh4AaABAg.9EH5ZIrUC_59EIEE697ydP
Went into damage control(it's fuckin' Yoshiki, who wouldn't??) but I didn't expect him to start Tweeting and Instagram posting about, let alone hear any kinda feedback at all. XP
This is speaking truth to power, I suppose.
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You can thank me for his latest internet freak out.
I made a comment on his most recent YouTube video, not thinking of getting any kinda reply, and weeeellll... I did. I'm Mangasama in the comment section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8EDRrFHW0w&lc=UgxmtyUOVgjK-at_jBh4AaABAg.9EH5ZIrUC_59EIEE697ydP
Went into damage control(it's fuckin' Yoshiki, who wouldn't??) but I didn't expect him to start Tweeting and Instagram posting about, let alone hear any kinda feedback at all. XP
This is speaking truth to power, I suppose.
wow :o. I think we all owe you a huge 'thank you from the bottom of our hearts', because it's a relief both to us and possibly to Yoshiki himself letting the truth come out.
I mean, it's psychological torture. Nobody deserves this.
Amazing job 8)
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It seems that we will never see the album....... :o :'(
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unless he outsources the whole project to somebody else in his management, I don't see that happening ever.
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You can thank me for his latest internet freak out.
Big hug & thank you from me,i also put a comment on twitter to made the "more the merrier " convo
I think last week is a big surprise for Yoshiki because there's question about X album from almost all of his social media and I'm very proud that a few of them from X freak😁
I made a comment on his most recent YouTube video, not thinking of getting any kinda reply, and weeeellll... I did. I'm Mangasama in the comment section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8EDRrFHW0w&lc=UgxmtyUOVgjK-at_jBh4AaABAg.9EH5ZIrUC_59EIEE697ydP
Went into damage control(it's fuckin' Yoshiki, who wouldn't??) but I didn't expect him to start Tweeting and Instagram posting about, let alone hear any kinda feedback at all. XP
This is speaking truth to power, I suppose.
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https://twitter.com/SUGIZOofficial/status/1316832359988162560?s=19
Sugizo made a live stream concert - even though there were technical problem, it still continued
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https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f3659851aab154328aeb206f33fdd2e72426a15e
This is about Yoshiki's photobook, if anyone is interested😁, but I prefer to read the comments, there are still questions about album X 😏
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https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f3659851aab154328aeb206f33fdd2e72426a15e
This is about Yoshiki's photobook, if anyone is interested😁, but I prefer to read the comments, there are still questions about album X 😏
lol, each and every single comment is about the album :D
more and more people are getting visibly upset about the whole ordeal.
I wonder if Yoshiki will address this again...
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https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f3659851aab154328aeb206f33fdd2e72426a15e
This is about Yoshiki's photobook, if anyone is interested😁, but I prefer to read the comments, there are still questions about album X 😏
lol, each and every single comment is about the album :D
more and more people are getting visibly upset about the whole ordeal.
I wonder if Yoshiki will address this again...
He just announced some Yoshikitty stuff.
What a joke this guy became.
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https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f3659851aab154328aeb206f33fdd2e72426a15e
This is about Yoshiki's photobook, if anyone is interested😁, but I prefer to read the comments, there are still questions about album X 😏
lol, each and every single comment is about the album :D
more and more people are getting visibly upset about the whole ordeal.
I wonder if Yoshiki will address this again...
The thing is,
We here at xfreaks have often been branded as bullies in the past. Many of us have been X Japan fans for ages and therefore wait a lot longer for the album than others. Some here have been following the band for over 30 years. Hard to believe, but that's how it is!
I am glad that others now understand us too.
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The thing is,
We here at xfreaks have often been branded as bullies in the past. Many of us have been X Japan fans for ages and therefore wait a lot longer for the album than others. Some here have been following the band for over 30 years. Hard to believe, but that's how it is!
I am glad that others now understand us too.
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Well said. ;) ;)
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Hehe,
for the over 30 years, I was talking about you Magu 8)
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Hehe,
for the over 30 years, I was talking about you Magu 8)
Yes, I know... he..he... LOL
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Holy crap, the forum is still going haha :) Well, thanks for that comment on Youtube, I wonder if it ever got to him but his social media manager had to go the Japanese way and apologize profusely without any result. Just saw he posted a Weekend live in front of no crowd video recently, was there more to it ?
And yeah, some of us have been hanging around forever (25+ years here..). I expected so much more after having seen their live in NY MSQ :( Haven't really bothered with much X-Japan in many years.. feel like digging up some for old time's sake.
You can thank me for his latest internet freak out.
I made a comment on his most recent YouTube video, not thinking of getting any kinda reply, and weeeellll... I did. I'm Mangasama in the comment section.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8EDRrFHW0w&lc=UgxmtyUOVgjK-at_jBh4AaABAg.9EH5ZIrUC_59EIEE697ydP
Went into damage control(it's fuckin' Yoshiki, who wouldn't??) but I didn't expect him to start Tweeting and Instagram posting about, let alone hear any kinda feedback at all. XP
This is speaking truth to power, I suppose.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f3659851aab154328aeb206f33fdd2e72426a15e
This is about Yoshiki's photobook, if anyone is interested😁, but I prefer to read the comments, there are still questions about album X 😏
lol, each and every single comment is about the album :D
more and more people are getting visibly upset about the whole ordeal.
I wonder if Yoshiki will address this again...
The thing is,
We here at xfreaks have often been branded as bullies in the past. Many of us have been X Japan fans for ages and therefore wait a lot longer for the album than others. Some here have been following the band for over 30 years. Hard to believe, but that's how it is!
I am glad that others now understand us too.
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Well, thanks for that comment on Youtube, I wonder if it ever got to him but his social media manager had to go the Japanese way and apologize profusely without any result.
I always get the feeling that he answers personally to whatever he decides to answer to, either on Instagram or YouTube. The apologies are never overdone and stylistically coherent to his usual expressions...
it's not like he's uninterested, luckily. The whole album thing might have been royally messed up but he likes to hear from us.
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At least we're high class bullies 😁 so,It seems he still said he would release the X album when posting Weekend video
Yoshiki said please be patient 😏
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lol, we really got on his nerves but it was for the public good. 8)
IMO, he should just drop the album on Spotify, YouTube and such, then start touring when this whole Covid-19 mess will be contained.
To gain traction as a band again, they might open concerts for other mainstream artists. But then again, who knows what's behind the scenes of this cosmic mess.
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Meanwhile, while waiting for X album, which doesn't know when it will come out, our lead guitarist Sugizo will release his new album
https://twitter.com/SUGIZOofficial/status/1326358992382095361?s=19
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YEAH!
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CHepTnHg7sx/?igshid=m7k72xy35rub
From Yoshiki again,Looks like it was taken from his latest photo shoot
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I like the Bathroom
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I like the Bathroom
I concentrate more on the make up
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Haha,
yes, but I bought a house recently and the renovation work damaged my brain ;D Everywhere I go I always see asbestos on old houses, PAK glue etc pp. I'm totally in this construction loop hole (if that makes any sense) ;D
Of course his makeup is awesome as usual. But maybe I'm more used to it so it wasn't initially in my focus ^^
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@nb keep up your hard work boss
Another news from boss Yoshiki
https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1328547760576991232?s=19
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Haha,
Everywhere I go I always see asbestos on old houses, PAK glue etc pp. I'm totally in this construction loop hole (if that makes any sense) ;D
oh my :( I thought asbestos was a relic of the past (except in remote villages and of course someplace in Russia-- they aren't afraid of the damage).
however, I just saw a clip of Yoshiki playing a soundtrack from the Frozen movie and while I was listening, I couldn't hear anything but my freaking mind screaming "I want speed metal again" :P Good grief, I'm so tired of hearing ballads.
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however, I just saw a clip of Yoshiki playing a soundtrack from the Frozen movie and while I was listening, I couldn't hear anything but my freaking mind screaming "I want speed metal again" :P Good grief, I'm so tired of hearing ballads.
Haha. You were not the only one. ;D
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Ballads and the way Yoshiki play the piano 😔
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https://youtu.be/KwJbl8d8m0U
This is interesting, because there's Manson name in this project,maybe this is their song which they told us long time ago,also there's hyde,the Chainsmokers,Sarah Brightman, Sugizo too etc
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So basically, today yoshiki announced his Under The Sky project which will be released on December 23rd, besides that he also talked about his photo book and also a tour of his studio. One of the highlights is his thanks to Sugizo who has played a role in the X reunion. But what I want is yoshiki to fixed his relationship with toshl again.
https://twitter.com/tospo_prores/status/1329744870882254848?s=19
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What reasons do people have to believe Yoshiki and Toshi are still feuding? Didn't he and Toshi sue the new source that released that info and shouldn't we believe the rift was fabricated or exaggerated because of that? Yoshiki did state that one of the reasons recording takes so long is because he has to be respectful of other members' schedules and family life.
Anyway, I already posted most of this on discord but I made a list of interesting tidbits from Yoshiki's members-only portion of his birthday broadcast for those of us who don't have membership.
- Yoshiki said La Venus is a lot easier to play in G tuning for everyone (pianist, strings player) but things have to be centered around the vocalist. So when it gets shifted to the proper key it becomes much harder to play on piano and violin (this part might have been during public broadcast)
- The Rolling Stones, Rihanna, Neko Case and Janet Jackson have all recorded at Yoshiki's studio.
- He has an electric grand piano that acts like a synth. Yes it is as big and in the shape of a traditional grand piano. He says he has this because regular electronic keyboards hurt his hands more/more quickly than pianos do.
- Along with recording booths in Yoshiki's studio, there is also 2 visual editing booths/rooms.
- We all know he scores 90% of the music before it's made, but he actually makes scores (strings, drums, guitars, bass) daily like they're a daily diary. He also does this with lyrics. He'll then have a pile of lyrics and things that he'll see if he can use in anything. He pulled out a few folders full of these things to show us. One of the scores was solely dedicated to just the symbols on the drums. Another score was dedicated strictly to the velocity of a piano piece (how hard or soft you touch each note, which is not typical at all).
- One of the folders he showed us was lyrics for Kiss The Sky and had about 50 pages worth of lyrics. Most pages had notes scribbled on them detailing different things.
Kiss the Sky Specific:
- Yoshiki said the song is made up of about 1000 tracks. He's right. I counted 37... of the ones I could see. Says it's definitely another Art of Life and that Art of Life also took several years to record.
- The bass line is AWESOME. It's intricate and musical and definitely an instrument within the song instead of just filler. Heath must be very happy to play it.
- There is a twin guitar solo that is also AWESOME. Part of it reminds me of Blind Guardian.
- Yoshiki plays some of the guitar on the song and if the part that played was his, it's very cool. It's like noise and punk, but clean so it sounds modern so it's nice to see his progression as a musician and doing something different with rock.
- They are indeed incorporating the "woah woah woah" parts that were recorded around the world. Yoshiki said he spent "like 500 hours" listening to them all and then arranging them together. It sounded really powerful and took me back to the 90s stadium audiences because you can hear the difference between male and female voices coming together to harmonize.
- Toshi has a difficult vocal part where he belts "we will kiss the sky" in a high register in what I'm pretty sure is detached voice so... woah. But what can we expect from X's vocalist? I really think he might be the best male singer in the world.
- There's a heavy drop/interlude part with guitar, bass and piano that makes me want to do dangerous things :D
- I think everyone's going to be verrrry happy with this song.
- Numerous guests wished Yoshiki happy birthday from around the world. Baby Metal, Gackt, Inoran and Sugizo from Luna Sea, HYDE, etc.
- Yoshiki said Inoran is the best drinker of Luna Sea
- Sugizo said they're both in their 50s now and that he never imagined this is what 50s would be like. He appreciates their relationship and wants to see Yoshiki in Japan soon. Yoshiki said X reviving would not have been possible without Sugizo and that back during SKIN times they had talked for hours one day about their future and dreams.
- Gackt said he hopes Yoshiki continues to see him as a dear younger brother forever and that he was very thankful that when he was going through a hard time once, Yoshiki told him to call him at any time because Yoshiki would be there for him. Yoshiki said that even though Gackt is like a younger brother, that because Yoshiki isn't always logical but Gackt knows a lot about many things, that Gackt ends up being like the bigger brother a lot of the time.
- Something funny happened that sent the group chat into a frenzy when we all suddenly learned Yoshikitty can speak. There was a part during the stream when Yoshikitty played Happy Birthday on piano for Yoshiki, got up and then verbally wished Yoshiki Happy Birthday and gave him well wishes. Yoshiki later said that it nearly gave him a heart attack and made him forget his birthday because he never knew Yoshikitty could speak. ;D
- His birthday cake was in the shape of the piano and even the bench and floor were cake. He was given those red oreos as well, but they were red bean flavored instead of red velvet which makes sense for Japan. He also had cookies made to look like his Yoshiki credit card and he liked these much better than the red oreos. He took several bites of multiple credit card cookies even though they were all the same flavor.
- I'm sure you all noticed this but Yoshiki set up gift donations. He said, "This is the first time I'm doing the super chat as a gift. I've been saying, I don't need anything but please donate to any charity you support. Everything that comes to me goes to that charity through Yoshiki Foundation America... so that's what we are doing. This is the first time so I hope everything goes well."
He also made 2 Yoshikimono masks that will be released soon (one is red and black with black silk ties and the other is purple and red with red silk ties). His photobook was released today in the same spot he and Bill Gates did an X Box release in Shibuya years ago and weighs more than 5lbs :o. There will be a new Japanese and English Yoshiki.net website coming. In about a month Under the Sky will premier and everyone on the chat was really excited for it. I'm looking forward to it too and actually think it will be quite a spectacular extravaganza. There was no word on whether it's going to be a series or an all-in-one event but the release date near Christmas makes me think it will be the latter. I could be wrong though.
Edit: It was just reported via Consequence of Sound on Yoshiki's Twitter that Under The Sky will be a live streaming event starting at 8pm JST/6am EST on Dec 23rd. Yoshiki said they are still working on the final cut but are very excited they can finally announce this project. So yes I'm pretty sure it'll be a single film.
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I've written it on discord as well as other members, what happened to toshl and yoshiki is discussed quite often. If for example it is part of the Toshl contract, should it be like that,for example there's almost non existent X pictures in Toshl instagram,it's just like X is never existed in his lif
And on the anniversary of hide's death, he didn't say anything, and this was the topic of discussion on the discord forum, but when he appeared on day's program, he wore a pink suit,I think that's his way of remembering hide. Some time ago I even came across a yoshiki fan's comment on youtube about this
So the question is what happened with Toshl
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https://youtu.be/P5mmF_sC2Iw
This is part of kiss the sky,Yoshiki show this during his birthday live stream
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Kiss the Sky Specific:
- Yoshiki said the song is made up of about 1000 tracks. He's right. I counted 37... of the ones I could see. Says it's definitely another Art of Life and that Art of Life also took several years to record.
Art of Life was written in 2 weeks (freaking surprising) and recorded in 2 years, according to Yoshiki. The first live occurrences of Kiss the Sky can be traced back to 2015, if I recall correctly...
...well, as long as I'm alive I'll wait.
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https://youtu.be/zaNQKN4kjz4
Here’s a cut of the Kiss the Sky parts from the birthday live stream without Y’s waffling.
Bass part is sick!
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Kiss The Sky sounds amazing! It is exactly what a reunited X in the modern age should sound like based on those clips!
Toshi's voice sounds killer, the bass line rocks, there is actual heavy guitars, progressive and pop pieces, and the piano and guitar solos sound superb. I almost cannot believe what I heard.
I am eating words from what I said in the past, we NEED this song!
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https://twitter.com/PATA_Official_/status/1333058538109693953?s=19
I don't know why, whenever I see Pata and his band Ra: IN perform or make songs I am very happy
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indeed! Thanks for Posting :)
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He's postponed again,don't ask me why😁
https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1341327768198422529?s=19
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https://youtu.be/q-mTYRAK-Vw
Happy news from Sugizo,his new album release and also his new mv Nova Terra
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He's postponed again,don't ask me why😁
https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1341327768198422529?s=19
Yoshiki is me the day after I made a serious decision about my life.
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He's postponed again,don't ask me why😁
https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1341327768198422529?s=19
Yoshiki is me the day after I made a serious decision about my life.
Haha. Yes indeed that's him. He is always postponing stuff... :-\
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He's postponed again,don't ask me why😁
https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1341327768198422529?s=19
Well... I'm not surprised at all...
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https://youtu.be/EFbWGhhfDxY
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Have you watched it?
https://youtu.be/b5ma8E66HTI
I miss Toshi! Why could he bring so many people to sing Endless Rain with him, but not Toshi! :'(
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I miss Toshi! Why could he bring so many people to sing Endless Rain with him, but not Toshi! :'(
according to Toshi's Instagram, he wasn't busy planning a New Years' Eve concert or something, so he could have took part to Yoshiki's event... ???
meh...
nobody can convince me that their friendship hasn't been tainted.
regardless, I wish a happy or at least less stressful year to all the brave people who are still putting up with the everlasting countdown to X's new album ;D
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Sadly it's more than obvious that Toshi and Yoshiki have some issues going on. Let's hope it's only business related.
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It would be sad to know if the problem was deeper
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CJsjE4xgmV1/?igshid=1wctr5rksc159
Yoshiki likes to tease us with footage from Under the Sky, I hope it's really good
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I was wondering what is Heath up to. I found this https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/19300499/
apparently he's in love 8)
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I was wondering what is Heath up to. I found this https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/19300499/
apparently he's in love 8)
Heath deserve to be happy
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Well, things are about to get interesting for this Under The Sky project. Marilyn Manson may very soon be in very hot water, perhaps even prison. Check out what's just surfaced:
https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Marilyn%20Manson%22&src=trend_click&vertical=trends
I love a little conspiracy, so I wonder if the sudden delay of the launch of this project is because the management team knew this was bubbling up? Who knows. Yoshiki is also the master of delaying/postponing so perhaps it was solely on him. Will be very interesting to see if they choose to not release this or cut Manson's parts out of it depending on the evolution of this case.
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Well, things are about to get interesting for this Under The Sky project. Marilyn Manson may very soon be in very hot water, perhaps even prison. Check out what's just surfaced:
https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Marilyn%20Manson%22&src=trend_click&vertical=trends
I love a little conspiracy, so I wonder if the sudden delay of the launch of this project is because the management team knew this was bubbling up? Who knows. Yoshiki is also the master of delaying/postponing so perhaps it was solely on him. Will be very interesting to see if they choose to not release this or cut Manson's parts out of it depending on the evolution of this case.
Oh this is quite interesting, indeed. Personally I’m not a fan of Marylin Manson, don’t even know exactly who he is so this news didn’t make me feel shocked and dissappointed for him but... It’s so disgusting, awful and disgraceful. Never inexcusable. I censure him.
This can be the most possible reason that Yoshiki’s suddenly decision about the delay.
I wonder if we can see Marilyn Manson in Under The Sky or not, too.
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I was reading about it just a few minutes ago. I'm so disgusted by him.
Actually Yoshiki is still mentioning him in a pretty recent tweet (27th January) about Under the Sky. But I hope that he will not be there.
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I deeply hope Yoshiki isn't involved in this shit. He also has a passion for young girls (o/c over 18, don't get me wrong here). And maybe these girls haven't a completely developed mind. They are easy targets for stars to exploit them.
Please Yoshiki, stay away from that shit. Kick Manson and go on. This is clearly not a person you should be friends with.
btw. What should I do with the forum if any scandal is proofed to be true about an X member?
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I deeply hope Yoshiki isn't involved in this shit. He also has a passion for young girls (o/c over 18, don't get me wrong here). And maybe these girls haven't a completely developed mind. They are easy targets for stars to exploit them.
Please Yoshiki, stay away from that shit. Kick Manson and go on. This is clearly not a person you should be friends with.
btw. What should I do with the forum if any scandal is proofed to be true about an X member?
As bad as this may sound, I don't think we'd hear about any scandal with X members if it occurred in Japan. The MeToo ideology (which is a good thing) is mostly happening in the US, while in Japan, I think women would be too afraid or shunned to speak out. The culture is still far behind in that sense, and women simply don't have those abilities and voice in the same way they do in the West. I think Yoshiki should distance himself but they've been friends for a while, and he seems to be one of his best friends in the industry in the US. It's sad; Yoshiki can't catch a break in terms of friendships and relationships.
Hoping that nothing comes out about him. If it does, I respect whatever decision you make about the forum. I'll be sad to see it go, as I've been a member for over 10 years, and while I only come on here once in a blue moon to talk shit about Yoshiki, it's still one of the only places I can go to chat with X fans.
Fingers crossed.
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I am 100% disgusted by rape, kidnapping, or sexual abuse, but I've gotta say this whole thing seems like kink shaming to me. She was 19, not 15 or 16. She knew who MM was - look at him, listen to his music, read his words - you KNOW he isn't vanilla. She stayed with him, got engaged to him at 23 or 24, and now she says he "groomed" her? Yes, it's pretty gross for a man in his late 30s to date someone so much younger, but at what age do you take responsibility for yourself? Don't get me wrong - if he actually abused anyone without their consent, he should pay and pay dearly - but it seems to me like nobody was held against their will. They kept working for him or sleeping with him. Maybe I haven't heard the whole story and I definitely don't believe in blaming the victims, but I think it's also wrong to blame someone for their consentual kinks. Just my 2 cents...
Also, poor Yoshiki! He has some bad luck for sure.
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I am 100% disgusted by rape, kidnapping, or sexual abuse, but I've gotta say this whole thing seems like kink shaming to me. She was 19, not 15 or 16. She knew who MM was - look at him, listen to his music, read his words - you KNOW he isn't vanilla. She stayed with him, got engaged to him at 23 or 24, and now she says he "groomed" her? Yes, it's pretty gross for a man in his late 30s to date someone so much younger, but at what age do you take responsibility for yourself? Don't get me wrong - if he actually abused anyone without their consent, he should pay and pay dearly - but it seems to me like nobody was held against their will. They kept working for him or sleeping with him. Maybe I haven't heard the whole story and I definitely don't believe in blaming the victims, but I think it's also wrong to blame someone for their consentual kinks. Just my 2 cents...
Also, poor Yoshiki! He has some bad luck for sure.
I don't wanna get explicit here, but please do some research. From what I've gathered just in a few minutes today it was much more going on. Some very disturbing shit. There is no excuse for shit like that. None.
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One way or another, Yoshiki is the victim of the story. In this case, his decision about that “person” is very important. And I hope he makes the right decision.
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I don't wanna get explicit here, but please do some research. From what I've gathered just in a few minutes today it was much more going on. Some very disturbing shit. There is no excuse for shit like that. None.
I did, and you're right - if he did even a tenth of these things he's being accused of, he's in need of some quick retribution. I don't think physical abuse can be excused by calling it kink, even though I know people who actually want that kind of relationship. He should have gotten their consent in writing, like any other normal person embarking on that kind of relationship. I'm sure he has good qualities too, and maybe those are the ones he showed Yoshiki, but hopefully Yoshiki will stay far, far away from this.
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I haven't been following whatever Manson has been doing since, uh, the early 2000s? I thought he had stopped making musing altogether and I was actually surprised that Yoshiki befriended him.
Is there a particular reason why the victim chose to talk about what happened now?
However, we already knew that Yoshiki had postponed the album forever so I'd say that from the purely musical standpoint nothing was lost...
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I deeply hope Yoshiki isn't involved in this shit. He also has a passion for young girls (o/c over 18, don't get me wrong here). And maybe these girls haven't a completely developed mind. They are easy targets for stars to exploit them.
Please Yoshiki, stay away from that shit. Kick Manson and go on. This is clearly not a person you should be friends with.
btw. What should I do with the forum if any scandal is proofed to be true about an X member?
As to what you would do on this forum if anything happens to member X, I believe you know best.
We are good fans, and good fans can tell the difference between good and bad things too.
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As for what will happen to Manson, I hope Yoshiki can act carefully and wisely here
Maybe there will be news because if I remember correctly Yoshiki will be doing the interview
And here the schedule
https://twitter.com/YoshikiChannel/status/1355102958627655683?s=19
I hope there will be a little more information about Manson
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Is there a particular reason why the victim chose to talk about what happened now?
She had talked about it some years ago already (2018 or so), but never named the abuser. Said she didn't wanted to until she feels emotionally ready.
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She had talked about it some years ago already (2018 or so), but never named the abuser. Said she didn't wanted to until she feels emotionally ready.
I see... Meanwhile, other victims spoke up for themselves and Manson has been dropped from his record label...
Yoshiki hasn't been posting anything on IG for 3 days...
what a stroke of bad luck for his projects.
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As for what will happen to Manson, I hope Yoshiki can act carefully and wisely here
Maybe there will be news because if I remember correctly Yoshiki will be doing the interview
And here the schedule
https://twitter.com/YoshikiChannel/status/1355102958627655683?s=19
I hope there will be a little more information about Manson
It got rescheduled to 12. February.
https://twitter.com/YoshikiOfficial/status/1357592851836669954
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https://twitter.com/YoshikiChannel/status/1359847706340978688?s=19
He postponed again, like usual. I wonder who's this Vkei friends that he will talk to
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https://twitter.com/YoshikiChannel/status/1359847706340978688?s=19
He postponed again, like usual. I wonder who's this Vkei friends that he will talk to
people are still relentlessly commenting: "Don't worry, take your time". Good heavens...
I wish I could have that kind of feedback in my life... Where people get angered if I don't do something in a day :-\
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Who's gonna do bet about that he'll postpone again, I’m in.
I suppose that Yoshiki removed the parts of 'Marilyn Manson' of the live stream and put some 'vkei friends' to take his place.
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https://twitter.com/YoshikiChannel/status/1359847706340978688?s=19
He postponed again, like usual. I wonder who's this Vkei friends that he will talk to
people are still relentlessly commenting: "Don't worry, take your time". Good heavens...
I wish I could have that kind of feedback in my life... Where people get angered if I don't do something in a day :-\
nothing more to add.
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so, did any of you watch https://bravewords.com/news/x-japan-leader-yoshiki-to-be-featured-in-disney-special-my-music-story-yoshiki-this-february-trailer-available ?
I don't have Disney Plus so I didn't get the chance to :(
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me neither
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Me neither. But check this out!
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV18y4y1p7L7
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Me neither. But check this out!
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV18y4y1p7L7
thanks a lot, you're the best :)
has anybody noticed Yoshiki's (new?) habit of saying "hmm" between sentences, every now and then? :D
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has anybody noticed Yoshiki's (new?) habit of saying "hmm" between sentences, every now and then? :D
Aaah.... I read this before I watched the documentary and reacted to every "hmm" I heard :D
Thanks for the link Liliah!
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Me neither. But check this out!
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV18y4y1p7L7
thanks a lot, you're the best :)
has anybody noticed Yoshiki's (new?) habit of saying "hmm" between sentences, every now and then? :D
It's a typical Japanese phrase. Maybe he's more in Japan or with Japanese People lately
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You’re welcome! ^-^ No big deal!
There are some expression like “Un, hmm, hai”etc. That’s called “Aizuchi”. Japanese uses this in the dual conversation and it means you understand the person that you listen. And because of this habit, many Japanese makes aizuchi while even if the only person who talks is themselves. That’s why Yoshiki always does this thing.
(But I have to admit, he really does it TOO MUCH :D)
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Me neither. But check this out!
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV18y4y1p7L7
thank you so much for the link :-)
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Me neither. But check this out!
https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV18y4y1p7L7
thank you so much for the link :-)
Don’t mention it! ^^
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Yoshiki has just posted on IG that he wishes to be on stage soon with X. Does that mean that he plans to drop the album once the pandemic has been tamed then go on tour?
does that mean that they'll play old songs, and the album will forever stay a metaphysical entity?
I don't even understand anymore 8)
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We will never understand Yoshiki. 8)
He have so many plans and talk so much. At the end nothing is going to happen. ;D
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I think he doesn't understand himself too. 8)
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I doubt we will see X anything soon. And honestly I doubt if we see them ever again. Sadly
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I doubt we will see X anything soon. And honestly I doubt if we see them ever again. Sadly
lately I've been thinking that we should write an eulogy for X. We'll anticipate the official one :(
trying to make it big overseas was the ultimate demise for the band... I have little to no doubt that we would have seen so many records being put out if X stayed in Japan
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I doubt we will see X anything soon. And honestly I doubt if we see them ever again. Sadly
lately I've been thinking that we should write an eulogy for X. We'll anticipate the official one :(
trying to make it big overseas was the ultimate demise for the band... I have little to no doubt that we would have seen so many records being put out if X stayed in Japan
As the saying goes, hope for the best, prepare for the worst
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Yoshiki has posted another update in regards to his wine collection and that (along with the kimono series) really made me think how much he's able to accomplish things that are unrelated to music at a godlike speed if he wishes so.
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He also talked to Tak Matsumoto from B'Z but I was too lazy to watch the show
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B'z did an amazing cover of Crazy Doctor from Loudness back in the early 80s. If anyone is interested I search for the video. 8)
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B'z did an amazing cover of Crazy Doctor from Loudness back in the early 80s. If anyone is interested I search for the video. 8)
bring it on
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https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1e5411w7Eb
that moment when you remember that there are loads of Yoshiki interviews out there, but there are no subtitles available and I'll never know what's going on 8) :(
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B'z did an amazing cover of Crazy Doctor from Loudness back in the early 80s. If anyone is interested I search for the video. 8)
bring it on
Crazy Doctor and Milky Way
https://youtu.be/40ENtaf2yq8
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I listened to the latest Yoshiki Mobile message, the closing line didn't get me surprised: "Please vote for Yoshikitty, 'cause I'm all over the place". 8)
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I listened to the latest Yoshiki Mobile message, the closing line didn't get me surprised: "Please vote for Yoshikitty, 'cause I'm all over the place". 8)
Lol why am I still laughing at this :Dd
I was waiting for a short “yOsHiKi mAStEr CaRd” advertisement by him but he didn’t do that. It’s a nice development, at least.
Btw... I’m a simple X fan, I voted to My Melody of course. 8)
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I was waiting for a short “yOsHiKi mAStEr CaRd” advertisement
hahahahahahah. ;D oh my. I just hope that there aren't any more sponsored goods by him in the future besides the ones we already know of.
right now all I'm doing is waiting for the 100th version of the demo for Kiss the Sky.
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Btw... I’m a simple X fan, I voted to My Melody of course. 8)
hahahaha, me too^^
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right now all I'm doing is waiting for the 100th version of the demo for Kiss the Sky.
I N D E E D. That’s true af.
But it seems like we’ll wait for years. Yo-yo is busy with yOsHikITty nowadays. Yeah, that little, extremely unnecessary mascot.
Oh God, he’s just like a child.
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I think he also might be scared to come back on stage as a drummer, considering his playing style, his age and the fact that he had multiple surgeries throughout the years. In his Instagram feed I've never seen a recent picture of him playing the drums, they're all throwback images. He's kind of a piano-only musician right now, I think
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I think he also might be scared to come back on stage as a drummer, considering his playing style, his age and the fact that he had multiple surgeries throughout the years. In his Instagram feed I've never seen a recent picture of him playing the drums, they're all throwback images. He's kind of a piano-only musician right now, I think
I really wouldn't mind if he does not come back as a drummer, but only a pianist. As long as he or X does come back to us with some music.
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Yes, someone else can play the drums. It would be great so much of the songs like Endless Rain or Longing would be without programmed but live drums.
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I think there’s something different than this: The relation of the members. Yoshiki said that he’s in America for 14 months, I wonder if they have called each other even once or not during that time. It seems like members are not close that much.
If it were only about the Yoshiki's desire about being an only-pianist and his fear of the getting injured again, they would have a concert least 20 times among this three years.
We're already know that when he wants to do something, then he gets it in any case.
If the problem were only this, then they would have acoustic concerts. So he wouldn't have to be playing drum and only play song with the piano.
Or they would have a concert which includes hard songs in their original dynamics, but the drum parts would come from the audio system and he'd perform a duet with whole song through playing piano.
I could say tens of variations of this, believe me.
X's fandom is not full of child or stupid, so if Yoshiki say that he wants to quitting play the drum, literally everyone understand him and his feelings.
So, I believe that it's not about the playing drum or fear of injury.
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yup. In the past I already spent endless words about the possible crooked relationships of Yoshiki with the other members, so I thought I'd add new hypothesis to the mix just for the sake of it 8)
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Oh sorry for that. As I was writing that, it didn't come to my mind that it was already discussed in the past.
Sadly I have to say, talking about X's current situation is too boring.
I really don't mind the uncoming album or concerts or Yoshiki's tens of unfinised projects. Just hope that we can see them together again.
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Maybe the Violet UK album really comes first ^^
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just imagine if Yoshiki and Sugizo teamed up to launch a new kimono series, only to procrastinate the album even more. I'd be rolling on the floor laughing. ;D
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Why Sugizo? Does he also say he want to release something pushes the ETA forward?
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Why Sugizo? Does he also say he want to release something pushes the ETA forward?
every now and then he also wears fashion apparel, just like in this picture https://www.instagram.com/p/CDrCHpEBB0P/ :D
however, I just found out that Yoshiki wants to hear about us for an upcoming movie:
https://www.yoshiki.net/shareyourstory.html
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https://twitter.com/YoshikiChannel/status/1391560676833853442?s=19
Good news everyone! Yoshiki& Sugizo will have discussion online together next week On May 17th, I hope it's something fun and productive
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https://twitter.com/YoshikiChannel/status/1391560676833853442?s=19
Good news everyone! Yoshiki& Sugizo will have discussion online together next week On May 17th, I hope it's something fun and productive
:o they haven't livestreamed together in years. Please, Sugizo, break some good news
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Saw this, it's premium users only...
I hope someone "helps" us watch the content ::)
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Saw this, it's premium users only...
I hope someone "helps" us watch the content ::)
NicoNico hosts a lot of re-uploaded interviews by Yoshiki, Toshi, Sugizo, etc. but the lack of subtitles really grinds my gears... :-\
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Saw this, it's premium users only...
I hope someone "helps" us watch the content ::)
I pay my 5$ / month to Yoshiki on yt^^ I can give you a link if you want me to :)
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Saw this, it's premium users only...
I hope someone "helps" us watch the content ::)
NicoNico hosts a lot of re-uploaded interviews by Yoshiki, Toshi, Sugizo, etc. but the lack of subtitles really grinds my gears... :-\
I know. Japanese is really difficult even for me that I've studied it, and I have a JLPT N3 (medium level)... I still need subtitles too >>
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From Yoshiki's IG: "4 years ago on May16th, I had my 2nd neck surgery-Artificial Disk Replacement. Still feeling numb in a few fingers. But because of your support, I'm semi-recovered."
cool and good. :) But it must have been a hell of an injury to not be fully recovered yet
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I just discovered that Yoshikitty is ranked as the #1 most popular Sanrio characters in my country https://www.siliconera.com/sanrio-character-ranking-2021-winner-is-cinnamoroll-again/
:o I have to say that I wasn't aware of such popularity before the announcement.
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From Yoshiki's IG: "4 years ago on May16th, I had my 2nd neck surgery-Artificial Disk Replacement. Still feeling numb in a few fingers. But because of your support, I'm semi-recovered."
cool and good. :) But it must have been a hell of an injury to not be fully recovered yet
We can repeat that sentence because he says it a lot
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apparently Sugizo is not doing well. He has a trauma that extended from the shoulder through the arm (he guesses it's from wearing the guitar strap over the same point for years)
according to his IG post he's receiving therapy for that and it's based on applying oxygen supplies to the injured area to diminish pain. I just hope it's not permanent, we already have an injured Yoshiki in the roster... ???
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oh damn, hope he gets better soon.
does anyone has some more informations?
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oh damn, hope he gets better soon.
does anyone has some more informations?
still working on it 😎
Now about Yoshiki he said he missed his fans
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRnzMj2A47L/?utm_medium=copy_link
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apparently Sugizo is not doing well. He has a trauma that extended from the shoulder through the arm (he guesses it's from wearing the guitar strap over the same point for years)
according to his IG post he's receiving therapy for that and it's based on applying oxygen supplies to the injured area to diminish pain. I just hope it's not permanent, we already have an injured Yoshiki in the roster... ???
there is one more thing that worries me, Pata I hope he really reduces his drinking activities
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apparently Sugizo is not doing well. He has a trauma that extended from the shoulder through the arm (he guesses it's from wearing the guitar strap over the same point for years)
according to his IG post he's receiving therapy for that and it's based on applying oxygen supplies to the injured area to diminish pain. I just hope it's not permanent, we already have an injured Yoshiki in the roster... ???
there is one more thing that worries me, Pata I hope he really reduces his drinking activities
Oh no that does not sound good. I hope Sugizo gets better. And I agree I really hope Pata is taking good care of himself too!
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apparently Sugizo is not doing well. He has a trauma that extended from the shoulder through the arm (he guesses it's from wearing the guitar strap over the same point for years)
according to his IG post he's receiving therapy for that and it's based on applying oxygen supplies to the injured area to diminish pain. I just hope it's not permanent, we already have an injured Yoshiki in the roster... ???
there is one more thing that worries me, Pata I hope he really reduces his drinking activities
I hoped PATA stopped drinking after his cologne disease back in 2016 when the Wembley concert was postponed.
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I hoped PATA stopped drinking after his cologne disease back in 2016 when the Wembley concert was postponed.
this year and a half has been harsh on everybody, so I wouldn't be surprised if the relapse was triggered by that. It's been difficult even for sober people (I'm almost a nondrinker myself), I can't imagine how much on people who already had drinking problems before. :(
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True,
but I rediscovered cycling for me. And soldering, ;D not alcohol. I got a lot healthier during lockdown. What about you?
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this year and a half has been harsh on everybody, so I wouldn't be surprised if the relapse was triggered by that. It's been difficult even for sober people (I'm almost a nondrinker myself), I can't imagine how much on people who already had drinking problems before. :(
Plus, if the members have anything in common, it's definitely about neglecting their health and succumbing to addictions. Indeed, they do not know what 'learning from mistakes' is. To some extent it's not their fault, I can't blame them and tbh I'm dying of worry. However, I wouldn't be shocked either if things were like that.
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True,
but I rediscovered cycling for me. And soldering, ;D not alcohol. I got a lot healthier during lockdown. What about you?
I'm doing very well (probably because I got accustomed to the Corona storm in the media), I started doing some workout in my home gym and started to trim down my "to do" list in regards of books, movies and games. It's still confusing waking up and deciphering how the whole pandemic is going and what countermeasures the government is trying to take, but I just hope that vaccinations and potentially new cures will help us getting rid of this mess for good :-\
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Plus, if the members have anything in common, it's definitely about neglecting their health and succumbing to addictions. Indeed, they do not know what 'learning from mistakes' is. To some extent it's not their fault, I can't blame them and tbh I'm dying of worry. However, I wouldn't be shocked either if things were like that.
100% true. And certainly not being able to have a decent touring/recording schedule with X worried every member to the point it's easier to feel directionless. Tbh I think that Heath is probably the only one with decent health nowadays since nothing makes us think otherwise, but I can't really vouch for that because I havent' heard any news from him since... Years? ???
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Heath is...I don't know what to say,but maybe staying away from the media gives him a chance to live a more peaceful life
And I hope all of us ,X freaks stay strong in the middle of all this
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There is an interesting new activity about EKTAV, they announced one by one, so far there are Luna Sea, Glay and X consisting of Pata, Heath and possibly Yoshik,still no Toshl
https://youtu.be/ms5O7Mls9vA
https://youtu.be/D5FUdqJ5_xU