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News / Re: Surprise news: X JAPAN to take part at Lunatic Fest

« on: August 31, 2015, 07:31:18 PM »

Well i got this: LUNATIC FEST. - LUNATIC FEST. PERFECT ver. 0627 (FujiTV Next 2015.08.29)
Anyway, if anyone wants the X Japan part of the show, let me know (yes it's the full songs)

I do!

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General chat / Re: Weird Question

« on: August 31, 2015, 05:13:29 AM »

Thanks guys!

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General chat / Re: Weird Question

« on: August 29, 2015, 09:07:01 AM »

Thats from hollywood boulevard shooting in los angeles.. I dont know if its official or not , but the video is almost one hour long

Awesome, thank you. Any links to said video?

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General chat / Weird Question

« on: August 29, 2015, 12:35:46 AM »

So there are some fan made PVs of BTBF and Scarlet Love Song on Youtube where they show Yoshiki in a hospital and a blonde girl showing up and then them walking out together. Can someone tell me where people got this footage and where the full thing is? Because none of the PVs are official so I'm wondering where the official footage is.

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The Concerts / Re: X Japan Japan tour 2015

« on: August 21, 2015, 03:39:23 PM »

How come no withoutyou on the poll choice? And scarlet love song? Lol

Scarlet Love Song was the theme song to Buddha which was released in 2011. It's too late to make a single out of it imo. Even though Hero's a theme song too, it's relatively new. Plus the song on the movie was done by VUK and not X Japan.

Without You was introduced too long ago, too, and was released on The World album as a live recording. It would be best as another track on the new album instead of as a single.

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The Concerts / Re: X Japan Japan tour 2015

« on: August 20, 2015, 02:38:29 AM »

I bet the "new single" is Hero. It would be awesome if I'm wrong.

Why because of the PV they shot? It could be Kiss The Sky since it's the one getting teased on the Wembley ad.

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The Concerts / Re: X Japan Japan tour 2015

« on: August 19, 2015, 10:35:11 PM »

I'm debating whether to buy the album on itunes the day before the X Day concert or if to keep it a surprise for the gig the day after.

I'm tearing into that fucker the second it drops! I've already planned to shut myself away from the world on that day so I can lock myself in a dark room and indulge. Not even kidding.

Personally I think it would be more fun to get hyped on the album and then see the live than to starve with curiosity, haha. But I guess it could also make the album more special to wait, cause then you'll have the memories of the concert while playing it for the first time

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The Concerts / Re: X Japan World Tour 2016 - X Day

« on: August 19, 2015, 09:07:23 PM »

I've been thinking about going but my usual concert buddy (my dad, I have a good influence on his music taste :p ) doesn't have the money to go... I could go alone but that's scaaaary...

Just go alone! Magucathy's right, you'll regret not going. I, too, have gone alone, to both the Seattle show for X Japan and Yoshiki's classical show in San Francisco! One was a 30min drive... the other a 2 hour flight, haha! I was nervous each time but the closer you get to show time the more that nervousness becomes good ol' nervous excitement.

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The Concerts / Re: X Japan Japan tour 2015

« on: August 19, 2015, 09:04:30 PM »

Really great to see Japan starting things off and when! Surprised it's happening this year tbh. Does that mean they're going to be treated to a host of new songs before the album comes out?

Of course, I'm suuuuper excited about the single in October. Gimme Gimme Gimme!

Oh that's awesome, I wonder if that's the one with the Jade cover art that Yoshiki posted not long ago? i'd be interested to find out the single and album names.

Jade was already released as a single in 2011... not sure if it was a physical release as well as digital but it was definitely already released. I can't imagine the single cover being the Jade one for that reason alone. But the Jade cover is awesome so I hope Yoshiki does the photographs for the singles and album tbh!

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General chat / Re: Loudwire Best Live Band round 4 Semifinals - Tool vs. X Japan

« on: August 05, 2015, 03:31:01 AM »

Headbanger region: X-Japan. Yes, indeed. However, I must say they were pitted against weak acts. As much as I have unconditional love for X, they aren't "The" best live act for sure.

I think you're on the wrong forum to say X Japan aren't the best live act and not have someone completely disagree with you, mate  No band has ever captured my attention like X does live. All the fan involvement with songs like X and Endless Rain and Kurenai make their concerts a truly interactive experience, not just a performance. The energy they put into performing is top notch, the pyro is always cool, Yoshiki's drum solos are riveting... Like, X is the only band I watch full length concerts of on Youtube through so many years of their career. 80s, 90s, reunion, MSG.... All of them numerous times and not all the vids are even HD, the show's just that good.

Basically what I mean to say is, they totally ARE the best live act, haha!

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News / Re: NEW ALBUM!!! March 11th + XDAY March 12th

« on: July 29, 2015, 05:22:27 AM »

I just hope it is true this time around. And I also hope that they will announce a World Tour.

They'll definitely release it this time, since this is the first time the album's been given a date. Now that you mention it though, I wonder if the world tour will be announced at Wembley? XDAY seems like the perfect time to do it

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General chat / Re: Loudwire Best Live Band round 3 Quarterfinals - Slipknot vs. X Japan

« on: July 26, 2015, 08:23:23 AM »

Loudwire's the one targeting people through this competition, not Yoshiki. Modern rock goers as in anyone who visits that site and who's voting for these bands, because Loudwire's audience is not specific to teen girls even though Yoshiki's Twitter might bring out a lot. Hello Kitty and him being a night owl have nothing to do with this competition, since they've never been mentioned.

I was referring strictly to the perks that the Loudwire poll presents due to the online visitors it brings, who wouldn't have known about X before

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General chat / Re: Loudwire Best Live Band round 3 Quarterfinals - Slipknot vs. X Japan

« on: July 24, 2015, 11:22:09 PM »

Ehh, free publicity is still publicity. That's all I care about in the end.

Exactly, every bit helps. All these Linkin Park, A7X, and Slipknot fans voting now know who X Japan is. Sure a lot will ignore X out of anger but there's also some who will listen to the band too. That's direct promo to X's target audience: modern rock goers. Things like this may seem irrelevant but they're actually invaluable, like a type of grassroots marketing. Our POV as fans is just bias, cause we already know X and most of the other bands.

To answer the earlier question: yes I do think it's fair that the bands promote this competition.

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General chat / Re: Loudwire Best Live Band round 3 Quarterfinals - Slipknot vs. X Japan

« on: July 24, 2015, 01:27:00 AM »

Slipknot is gaining on us guys!  They went from 20-something percent to now 37 in just a day or 2... Don't let them catch up! Keep voting for X every hour!

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Albums/Singles / Re: Songs that seem underrated, whether now or ever

« on: July 20, 2015, 08:16:55 PM »

To continue this thread I think IV is underrated. I think it's a really strong and unique song. I was listening to it on repeat this morning and just thought, "you know, nothing else sounds like this."

You can put it into the "rock" bracket of now and past the metal X Japan used to make but what other song specifically sounds like IV? From what group? From where, from when? Unpopular opinion too, but I don't think Jade or BTBF are anything like IV or one another either.

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Albums/Singles / Re: Songs that seem underrated, whether now or ever

« on: July 18, 2015, 03:01:46 PM »

Dahlia imo is grossly underrated. Don't really see fans talking about it fsr. Maybe because it differs so widely from X's catelog? But it's so unique and intricate and it layers and builds at the same time.... excellent song. And I agree with Kurenai_Akari, The Last Song is extremely underrated. It's breathtaking, love the guitar. I also feel like Unfinished is underrated but maybe it isn't? Because every fan I run into seems to love that song but the band never plays it so, I guess it's like a neglected favorite instead of underrated.

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General chat / Re: Did GACKT buy Yoshiki's house or am i nuts ?

« on: July 17, 2015, 09:27:44 PM »

Nah. I heard/read somewhere that Yoshiki designed his house so I'm assuming he bought an empty lot.

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News / Re: NEW ALBUM!!! March 11th + XDAY March 12th

« on: July 17, 2015, 08:57:21 PM »

The band took a hiatus without telling the public after Taiji's death, Yoshiki said so at the 2014 Otakon show.  I think he should have been way more responsible; if the band's taking a break, let the fans know instead of having everyone wonder what's going on.  Nonetheless, that explains a lot of the inactivity for a good few years.  As of from 2008-2011, I really can't explain because I didn't know about them then.

I remember Yoshiki saying that about Taiji... it's unfortunate that we had no idea what was going on but maybe they just weren't comfortable making a statement tying death to inactivity. Tabloids in Japan are crazy, like everywhere... it might have been bad for their reunification tbh. I don't know what kind of rumors might have abounded.

2008 to 2011... the band kind of got together in a whirlwind. They didn't even know until after the reunion concert whether they were just going to do that concert as a proper closing to their earlier disbandment or actually start again as a reformed band. ToshI was dealing with his cult issues and bankruptcy,  the band's management swindled them out of tour money, hide's brother sued Yoshiki for the hide hologram used at the reunion concert, etc. The band has had so, so much internal stresses. Then there was Yoshiki's neck surgery in 2009 which took a month of physical therapy... who knows how long it actually took to heal. Yoshiki also said ToshI had surgery on his voice. I'm pretty sure that happened in that time frame, since the difference between his singing quality between 2008 and 2010 is remarkably improved. Voice surgery always requires non-use of the voice, usually for months. Obviously that would have stopped the band in their tracks.

But you do make a fair point.  I didn't see it the way you did, but now that you say it . . . then again, we're talking about a guy who expects to be famous by tagging his name on every little thing he can think of; wine, jewelry, Hello Kitty, and meanwhile Violet UK still isn't complete, Yoshiki "Classical" is hardly even neo-classical to begin with, he keeps worrying about little things and wonders why he isn't famous in the West when everyone in the Far East bows at his feet and remembers the exact shade of black his clothes were.

I don't think Yoshiki expects to be famous through his involvement with these labels. I think he knows that they're good investments and surely that they'll give his name some notoriety, but only in the sense that it confirms he's a "big deal." Not just anyone can put their name on a jewelry line and he obviously knows that so it's a good move when trying to break into another country. Not to mention.... his idols for such a long time since he was a child was KISS. I can't be the only one who sees the similarity between him and Gene hopping on material branding. Yoshiki has been this way since the 90s, too. He had a perfume, X Japan condoms, Yoshiki Starlight Dolls, even a women's lingerie line, haha... like, come on. He's been doing this forever starting with Japan at the height of his fame over there so there's something else to it than fame, which he already had.

I don't see why it matters that his classical music is neo-classical? It's still classical music. I went to his show in San Fransisco and it was amazing.

And he wants to break into the west because... well... he wants to take over the world, right? That's my understanding of it. Maybe he's not seeking fame so much as personal achievement? Like, 'I've already concurred my home, I need to set my sights on the bigger picture." Did you know it takes less than 2 days to drive across all of Japan? DRIVE! I can't imagine touring something that small over and over and over for 10 years and being satisfied with having no way to get bigger when you KNOW the world is out there, that you can go anywhere, see everything, introduce your music to so many people. Plus it's been Yoshiki's dream to break into the US market since forever. If anything we should be admiring his drive to keep going after 15 years of it not happening. And ToshI and Pata and Heath, they're so awesome for sticking with him and agreeing that they'll tag along too, that they're willing to try even after a disbandment and the death of hide and their failed venture over a decade ago.

Like come on this is an awesome band trying to achieve an awesome thing! There's literally nothing bad about X Japan trying to break down boundaries that haven't been demolished before. Asian entertainers, Asian people in general, the rock genre, the Japanese rock genre, people who have experienced hardships in their lives can all benefit from the success of X Japan over here. That's a lot of good coming from a handful of people trying to make it where they're not bowed down to 

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General chat / Re: Loudwire Best Live Band round 2 - Avenged Sevenfold vs. X Japan

« on: July 17, 2015, 01:22:50 AM »

Just to let everyone know we were leading by a landslide at 72%, but the Avenged Sevenfold fans have woken up and are gaining on us... We've fallen to 67% in just 2 days. If that continues till the 21st, the deadline, we'll lose.

So pick up the pace everyone! We can do this! Please try voting every hour!

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The Concerts / Re: X Japan World Tour 2016 - X Day

« on: July 13, 2015, 06:23:22 AM »

Same

Did anyone try to catch the lyric??

From this and other vids:

We'll kiss the sky
We'll be fighting 'til dreams come to life
til your tears dry
wow, wow, wow, etc

So, Love, don't say goodbye
Don't you surrender
I'll be your light
I'll be your ----------

ToshI forgot the line so I don't know, haha, and I haven't been able to figure it out from the Lunatic Fest recordings either unfortunately

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The Concerts / Re: X Japan World Tour 2016 - X Day

« on: July 13, 2015, 12:36:54 AM »

Yeah I heard Yoshiki say it was 90% complete (again) which is where somebody may have mistaken it for 19?

Thanks, I did see a video where he said that and I'm assuming that's where the person was mistaken.

He did say that he was confident that it was a great album and that it would be 'edgy' . Toshl said that it would rock. I don't know how much of what they say is promotional and if they actually like the new album but they seemed to give off the impression that they were confident it would be good if that makes any sense?

I have no doubt that the album's going to be amazing. I believe they're genuinely confident in this album, otherwise it wouldn't have a release date. The reason it's taken so long is because Yoshiki wanted to make a truly memorable album. He's not the type to say, 'well it's been this long already... might as well just release what we have and say it'll be great.' If they're telling us it's going to be good, it's going to be good 

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The Concerts / Re: X Japan World Tour 2016 - X Day

« on: July 13, 2015, 12:07:24 AM »

Lame security. ToshI looks amused, Yoshiki looks worried for you, haha.

So I heard a rumor that at Hyper Japan Yoshiki said there would be 19 tracks on the album.... but I don't think that's right because the teaser of the cd Yoshiki posted a while ago shows 12 tracks. Can you confirm or deny that Yoshiki mentioned anything about the number of songs that will be on the album?

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General chat / Re: Loudwire Best Live Band - Linkin Park vs. X Japan

« on: July 08, 2015, 12:15:52 AM »

Will do 

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News / Re: NEW ALBUM!!! March 11th + XDAY March 12th

« on: July 07, 2015, 04:49:40 AM »

Wow, an album and all new material and a 9 minute song. Sounds great to me.

I would bet on an actual tour. Maybe 10-15 American dates, 5 or so in Europe, and 5 or so in Asia. Throw in a couple of Tokyo Dome gigs at the end and it is a very reasonable schedule for them in 2016.

I don't think they'll be doing 10-15 shows in the US tbh.  One of the security guards at MSG said they'd be coming back so I have a feeling they might just do the east and west coast in the states. Unless you meant American as in North, central, and south America? Because for sure they'll stop by Canada and Mexico and what not... So I can see maybe close to 10 shows that way.

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News / Re: NEW ALBUM!!! March 11th + XDAY March 12th

« on: July 07, 2015, 01:42:10 AM »

If the tracklist is set already than The Last Song is for sure the opener. It might actually be the version Yoshiki performed at The Grammy Museum with Katie as VUK. It was half instrumental followed by English lyrics. I don't think Miracle will be on the album, since The Last Song is like the song to signify X's "comma," to use Yoshiki's term.

I really don't think Tears or Rusty Nail, etc.... Any of the older rerecorded songs will make the album. Yoshiki said they will be all new songs at Japan Expo so that's a confirmation. However, it would be super fucking awesome if there was a special CD release with both the new songs and a few of the redone English versions.. I would go crazy. It would be such a treat.

But as the new album itself I do prefer what they're doing now, making all new songs.

It'll sell more than 1000 copies in the US... They just need good promotion. We can help with that, if we get songs and music videos to talk about lol. But I think a lot of people are starved for rock. It's been a long time since rock had a heyday and I know tons of people would eat up X Japan like candy so, you know, word of mouth

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The Concerts / Re: X Japan World Tour 2016 - X Day

« on: July 06, 2015, 10:19:37 PM »

I'll probably go to the show in Wembley But I'm a bit concerned, it's a HUGE stadium, will a japanese band be able to fill all that space?

I think they'll be able to fill it no problem tbh. It's 8 months away so with proper promotion they should build up enough hype, since it's both a concert with unreleased material and a never before-done documentary. The fact that it's in London will make it easier to fill because X has a lot of fans scattered throughout Europe that can take day trips to London. For example it takes less time to travel from Paris to London (2.5 hours using the Eurostar) than it does LA to New York, so, the band has the connected-ness of Europe going for them. They're obviously big enough in Asia to have lots of Eastward-located fans travel to London for XDay, too.

Idk I'm just not concerned. Especially since the prices are good and there's been plenty of notice, this is the first new album in 20 years, first documentary ever, it's a 2-for-1 with the show and the film... etc. There's a lot you'd have to be willing to miss because all of this will never happened again in X's history. It's a one time only type deal and I know if fans haven't woken up to that yet they will by time the event rolls around.

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General chat / Re: New Song or More of Kiss The Sky???

« on: July 06, 2015, 09:54:18 AM »

Holy shit, I hope so. An epic would really be awesome. I really have a feeling this album is going to be good. Not just rerecorded shit but all new material from IV on

I have no doubt that this album's gonna rock. Yoshiki did confirm at Japan Expo on JapanFM that the new album WILL BE all new material so you're right! I think The Last Song and maybe Without You will be the only older redone songs but I'm not sure Without You's even going on the new album since it went on The World. A live version but still.

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General chat / Re: New Song or More of Kiss The Sky???

« on: July 06, 2015, 07:09:44 AM »

More Kiss the Sky. Actually it's it more like just official recording of it but idc this song makes me feel like I'm on a drug. Supposedly it's going to be 9+ minutes and an epic like Art of Life!　 http://bit.ly/1IDJQEa

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General chat / Re: New Song or More of Kiss The Sky???

« on: July 05, 2015, 10:51:56 PM »

Here is the video with that new song snippet uploaded by japan expo... in way better quality haha

Thanks Asuka. I hope they release whatever song that is as a single before the album drops but we'll see

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News / Re: NEW ALBUM!!! March 11th + XDAY March 12th

« on: July 05, 2015, 05:29:25 AM »

Okay, so who else got their tickets for XDAY???

I don't live in Europe so even though it's 8 months from now that's still out of my price range. Hopefully they'll have a contest