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Yoshiki / Re: Unnamed song 9/11 + Interview

« on: September 17, 2021, 10:29:19 PM »

"Unnamed song"? Wasn't this one called "Seize the light" and released in 2002?

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Toshi / Re: TOSHI - IM A SINGER Vol. 2

« on: December 27, 2019, 08:28:47 PM »

Hey Sanorin,

have you listened to it? Haven't yet. How is it?

Hy nb! I like it a lot! The full version of Bohemian Rhapsody is awesome, one of my favorites

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Toshi / Re: TOSHI - IM A SINGER Vol. 2

« on: December 10, 2019, 07:54:20 AM »

Looks like the release was moved earlier to November 22? How are you guys liking the album?

Yoshiki should take note indeed!

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Toshi / Re: Toshl Fantasy on Ice collab with Yuzu Hanyu

« on: August 26, 2019, 04:36:45 AM »

Wow the Evangelion song cover by Toshl was beautiful! Thanks for sharing 

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Toshi / Re: Toshi's participation in 2018 UTAGE!

« on: April 13, 2019, 03:17:11 AM »

Didn't save it  You can watch it here:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av25337270/

Here's the mp3^^
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_gePUIB9LPzWd0SDwKgfravcjy19DjPT

Thank you!!

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Toshi / Re: Toshi's participation in 2018 UTAGE!

« on: March 30, 2019, 08:10:41 AM »

He had another performance on Utage, Say Anything acoustic. Seriously check this out, probably the best performance of this song ever. His voice is soaring in the air crystal clear, holding high notes long and clean. Ahh my heart 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VocCsxt5alM&feature=youtu.be

Looks like this got deleted, it was an amazing version of Say Anything and I can't find  it anywhere
Anyone happened to save the video?

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Toshi / Re: Toshl CDTV Bohemian Rhapsody

« on: March 29, 2019, 11:45:36 AM »

Thanks for sharing! That was an awesome cover of Bohemian Rhapsody 

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Toshi / Re: Toshl's first cover album 'IM A SINGER' (2018.11.28)

« on: December 01, 2018, 06:39:58 AM »

So I got the album as mp3 in Amazon Spain for 9,99 EUR. How about you guys?

As I expected, it's fantastic! 

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Toshi / Re: Toshl's first cover album 'IM A SINGER' (2018.11.28)

« on: November 18, 2018, 11:17:28 AM »

We got some more preview studio recordings, and a 30 second commercial for the album:

(Tegami ~Haikei juugou no kimi e~ by Angela Aki)
(365 nichi no kami hikouki by AKB48)



Just 10 days until the release, can't wait!! 

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Toshi / Re: Toshl's first cover album 'IM A SINGER'

« on: October 16, 2018, 07:02:14 PM »

So the 10th song of the album has been announced to be "I love you" from the late singer 尾崎豊 (Yutaka Ozaki). We also got the album cover image, and the preview studio recording of 3 of the songs on YouTube, to start getting a taste of what is coming. I'm super excited for this album! 

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Toshi / Toshl's first cover album 'IM A SINGER' (2018.11.28)

« on: September 30, 2018, 03:41:50 PM »

I just noticed today on Toshl's official website there is an upcoming cover album to be released on 2018.11.28, called 'IM A SINGER' (misspelling included). Since I didn't seem to find any topic on this, here it goes: https://www.universal-music.co.jp/toshl/products/tyct-60124/ 



Edited: It will contain the 10 following songs, and we got some preview studio recordings on YouTube, to start getting a taste of what is coming.

1. 手紙 ～拝啓 十五の君へ（作詞・作曲：アンジェラ・アキ オリジナル：アンジェラ・アキ[2008]） ()
2. 365日の紙飛行機（作詞：秋元康 作曲：角野寿和、青葉紘季? オリジナル：AKB48[2015]） ()
3. チキンライス（作詞：松本人志 作曲：槇原敬之 オリジナル：浜田雅功と槇原敬之[2004]） ()
4. 糸（作詞・作曲：中島みゆき オリジナル：中島みゆき[1998]） ()
5. 赤いスイートピー（作詞：松本隆 作曲：呉田軽穂 オリジナル：松田聖子[1982]） ()
6. 道（作詞：SHOGO KASHIDA 作曲：MIWA FURUSE オリジナル：EXILE[2007]） ()
7. ひこうき雲（作詞・作曲：荒井由実 オリジナル：荒井由実[1973]） ()
8. Everything（作詞：MISIA 作曲：松本俊明 オリジナル：MISIA[2000]）
9. I LOVE YOU（作詞・作曲：尾崎豊 オリジナル：尾崎豊[1983])
10. 幸せのちから（作詞・作曲：M.Y オリジナル：和田アキ子[2008]） ()

(transcribed below)

1. Angela Aki - Tegami ~Haikei juugou no kimi e~
2. AKB48 - 365 nichi no kami hikouki
3. Masatoshi Hamada & Noriyuki Makihara - Chicken rice
4. Miyuki Nakajima - Ito
5. Seiko Matsuda - Akai sweet pea
6. EXILE - Michi
7. Yumi Arai - Hikouki gumo
8. MISIA - Everything
9. Yutaka Ozaki - I LOVE YOU
10. Akiko Wada - Shiawase no chikara

Here's a 30 second commercial for the album:


So that's something for me to be excited about, since there is no X album yet on sight any time soon. I already know some of these songs and will research the few unknown songs in preparation for the release.

This album will definitely have a different sound than usual (as much as I like and want to support Toshl, I can't help but feel all the recent Toshl era songs sound very much the same).

So what do you guys think? 

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Toshi / Re: Toshi's participation in 2018 UTAGE!

« on: June 27, 2018, 11:06:00 AM »

Wow, that was beautiful. Even the screaming at the end was great, his voice didn't crack, it was crystal clear during the whole song.

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Toshi / Re: Pictures without glasses

« on: June 27, 2018, 10:35:12 AM »

And another one, not new.  I had to do a double take on it, though, to make sure it was our Toshi. And it certainly is.   But unusual!

When/where is this photo from?? It's the first time I see Toshi with this long black hair! Looks really cool.

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Albums/Singles / Re: which x song makes you cry?

« on: April 08, 2018, 03:33:03 AM »

For me it's 'Tears', specially the live version after the reunion, the part where Yoshiki used to say 'Someday I'm gonna be older than you' now he says 'Now I'm older than you'. Gets me every time.

Another ones would be 'Without You' and 'Forever Love' (actually most of their ballads).

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Toshi / Re: ToshI OFFICIAL WEB SITE TOP

« on: January 12, 2012, 11:28:53 PM »

@ shane140 - Is it only available through his Japanese fan club though?

No, it will be worldwide release No word about the price yet though.

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Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)

« on: January 12, 2012, 11:27:13 PM »

Yeah, he says a lot of things. Let's just hope it's true. It's still funny how the album went from 95 to 90% xD

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Toshi / Re: Ｔｏｓｈｌ　ＭＥＳＳＡＧＥ　ＬＩＶＥ　ｉｎ　都庁　～ここにいきる～

« on: November 28, 2011, 03:55:59 PM »

Live version of the new songs (low quality):

Koko ni ikiru


SAY I LOVE YOU

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X Japan related / Toshi singles and albums

« on: November 12, 2011, 11:24:59 PM »

Hi, I have these Toshi CDs to sell, if anyone is interested. I only bought them to scan the booklets and work on the lyrics and translations properly. I am selling for the same price they cost me, shipping included to anywhere in the world.

SINGLES:

Toshi with Night Hawks - 1993.05.21 - Looming ~tashikametai~
Toshi - 1993.12.16 - My Treasure
Toshi - 1994.05.18 - Bless You
Toshi - 1994.12.16 - Sayonara no kisetsu ni
Toshi - 1995.03.15 - Asphalt Jungle
8 € each

ALBUMS:

Toshi - 1995.03.29 - Grace
11 €


Toshi with Taro Hakase - 1998.04.22 - Canary (Kowareta sekai de canaria wa utau)
11 €

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: X JAPAN live Summer Sonic 2011

« on: August 18, 2011, 09:10:10 PM »

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/08/x-japan-puts-on-a-spirited-show-at-summer-sonic/

LOL, album 99,5% done!! hahaha . released end of the year, i hope so

Of course that .1% only goes up by one every three months XD.

Even with the good footage of Jade, I still can't tell what went so badly wrong that they had to stop playing.

Thanks for the videos rafealo/autumnglitter.

probably sound system problem, sunddenly blackoff, cause the orchestra went off suddnely as well

I don't think it was a screw up, but something prepared. You can see how Yoshiki starts playing the drums and then suddenly stands up as everything goes silent. It looks like a little surprise, something new to sing along with the fans. Apparently he mentioned something about the chorus in Twitter before the show.

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Toshi / Re: ToshI featuring Yoshiki

« on: August 07, 2011, 12:13:26 AM »

Since, no one has posted it yet.....someone posted both days of the concert!
Here are the links: For 2011.01.24
                           & for 2011.01.25

Enjoy!

Thank you, but it says "it can only be streamed within Mainland China". Any chance for a download link?

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: X Japan World Tour @ Tivoli, Utrecht - July 2nd

« on: July 04, 2011, 04:56:54 PM »

omg..that none of you can hear it..they can play anything and you'll like it. I know I'm nitpicking but this particular mistake should be obvious. The bass and guitar are playing different notes and not meaning an octave higher or so..

Mistakes are negative points and I don't want to be pessimistic so nvm. It's a good thing you don't hear it

edit: btw, you can hear the recording of hide but it's not very loud

Ok, I apologise for my previous post, I can see it now. You just didn't explain well where was the mistake, you said "after Toshi starts singing", so I was looking "after Toshi starts singing", at 1:16, but the mistake is from 1:30 to 1:45.

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: X Japan World Tour @ Tivoli, Utrecht - July 2nd

« on: July 04, 2011, 03:05:45 PM »

What do you guys think of this rather big mistake of Pata lol

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2jjf2y2H-s[/youtube]

After Toshi starts singing and the bass is in the foreground Pata should kick in with the main riff played fast but he plays the slowed down riff which should come much later..he just kept playing it and it sound strange with the vocals. You can see that Heath does play the faster part and looking at Pata once thinking wtf?! It's really bad hehe

I watched the video and didn't catch what you're talking about. Perhaps cause it's Drain and hardly anyone gives a damn about the song, haha. I'm pretty disappointed in Sugizo for consistently butchering the Rusty Nail solo. It was very interesting to see him progress with it during the N.A tour. Basically, they used hide playback till Chicago (I think) and he made a big mess of it there, then the night after in Toronto, where I was, he played the solo perfectly, then in New York 2 nights later, he played it perfect again. I guess since the new year/earthquake, they haven't practiced much but still, I feel really bad for you guys who heard those mistakes.

Wick: I don't see any mistake, Pata is playing his part of the guitar. Remember there is playback of hide's guitar too, but in this video you can't hear it, you can only hear Pata's guitar, that's why it sounds weird, but there is no mistake.

Feudal: I think Sugizo playing the solos is fucking awesome, he has his own style and it doesn't have to sound exactly like hide, and at least they are getting rid of the playbacks, so I'm happy.

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: X Japan World Tour @ Zenith, Paris - July 1st

« on: July 02, 2011, 10:40:55 AM »

Wow, what a surprising setlist! I've never seen them playing that exact setlist before!

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Albums/Singles / Re: JADE

« on: July 01, 2011, 09:25:54 PM »

They definitely re-recorded Toshi, and the bass is a deeper sound in this recording. It is by far the cleanest and best version of the song so far. It's juuuust different enough that you notice.

There is nothing re-recorded, it's exactly the same than the teasers we got months ago, only the audio obviously has better quality.

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: X Japan World Tour @ O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London - June 28th

« on: July 01, 2011, 10:13:37 AM »

Yes, both. T-shirt 20 pounds, yoshikitty about 60 i think.

The yoshikitty was 65 pounds. Way too much in my opinion.

Sadly no.  I would've liked to hear how it was live though.  You can find the setlist on Xplosion-Online's website

Or just say is the same setlist than all the North American tour concerts. xD

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Toshi / Re: Toshi solo vids

« on: June 30, 2011, 11:00:53 PM »

Yeah, Heath is on the bass, and also Shinya playing the drum. Thank you for the video!

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: X Japan World Tour @ O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London - June 28th

« on: June 29, 2011, 11:37:09 PM »

Art of Life started with a prerecorded piano track and then Yoshiki joined in on piano doing the piano solo.

It was not prerecorded, there was someone actually playing a second piano, behind Yoshiki's piano. I think it was Ina (from Spread Beaver). Remember when they were testing the instruments after Japanese Voyeurs left, they tested that piano and someone shouted "Why the fuck there is a second piano?".

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Toshi / Re: Toshi solo vids

« on: June 29, 2011, 11:18:17 PM »

@ rafaelo - "Nagori Yuki Itsumademo". . . Why does this sound familiar to me? (This is my first time hearing this song, but something is telling different.)

If you mean the name, the song was apparently played on ToshI's Charity Concerts.

If you mean the music, the part at 2:30 may remind you "Airport".

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X JAPAN World Tour / Re: X Japan World Tour @ O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London - June 28th

« on: June 28, 2011, 03:36:38 PM »

If anyone in the Sheperds Bush Empire reads this, I'll be around there soon wearing a red tshirt that says Samurai Japan (it's older than ToshI's album, but a great coincidence! xD ), so please come say hi!

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Albums/Singles / Re: JADE

« on: June 28, 2011, 04:04:17 AM »

Jade available on iTunes!