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Messages - LEMONedMe

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31
Suggestions / Re: Video embeds?
« on: March 28, 2019, 10:37:34 PM »
Where is the code to embed? I can't find it, tried all the others I know and none of those worked...

32
Suggestions / Re: Video embeds?
« on: March 28, 2019, 10:00:47 PM »
nope  :-\

33
Covers / Re: Finally Yoshiki can rest ;D
« on: March 24, 2019, 06:55:42 AM »
I like him! He's good and he looks so much like Yoshiki, he could easily fool most everyone! Do it!  ;D

34
Toshi / Re: Toshi's Injury
« on: February 17, 2019, 05:28:25 PM »
Also,  intercostal neuralgia can be caused by anxiety or severe stress, which totally lines up with his situation back then.

That could be, however, I still think the physical abuse is what caused it.  From the book...


pg. 28 -  Until when do you plan to continue being such a bad disciple?!” Masaya kicked my
back. The violence and abuse continued for many hours, until they decided to stop and I completely
gave in. That night, it went on for over three hours.



pg. 29 - Yet, Moritani kicked my back and stepped on me very
heavily.
With the impact of her stepping on me, for a brief moment I opened my eyes and saw the cuff
of someone’s pants and they removed their slippers. These were Masaya’s feet. Many, many times,
he hit me in the head and face with the slippers, the tingling pain echoed on top of my head
. Then,
Masaya yelled together with the others. “You’ve seen that person dead, now you’re disturbed,
bastard! The future of egoists in a visual rock group like X Japan is suicide! You know that, you beast!
If you don’t participate in our
trainings, the same will happen to you! Get this through your head!” Many hours passed, still with the
abuse and violence.
But in the end, I was unable to cry or scream.

pg. 55  - The atmosphere in the
flight was relaxing, but I had pain from being kicked on the back the previous night, the usual pain in
my chest, and throbbing pain in a part of my face.
As I tried to withstand these pains, I stared at the
window, thinking in nothing else but how I would plan my escape. (But, no matter which way or how
I escape, there’s no doubt that Moritani would go after me...)
When I closed my eyes, I saw her evil expression.

35
Toshi / Toshi's Injury
« on: February 17, 2019, 12:28:47 PM »
I was looking for info on the band and ran across this article.  I strongly suspect these injuries were caused by the beatings from HoH and not stress. 

Quote
Vocalist Toshi developed intercostal neuralgia around November 2009 and was unable to sing or tour as a result until 2010. Later, it would be known that this was due to his life situation's stress at the time. Meanwhile, Yoshiki's recovery and rehabilitation from his neck surgery continued and continues. The band's projects including the new album and any tours, therefore, were on hiatus until their promotional video shoot in Hollywood January 9th 2010, which was held on top of the Hollywood and Highland mall and open to the public.

Toshi announced in a subsequent press conference that he had left his religion, and accused its leader and his ex-wife of taking all his income for over 12 years, filing fraudulent tax returns and taking out loans in his name without his knowledge. For a while, Masaya still owned many of Toshi's official properties and necessitated that Toshi change his stage name to Tosh 1 as well as not have his own online sites for around a year until the legal matters were settled.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/XJapan


Intercostal Neuralgia
What is intercostal neuralgia?
Intercostal neuralgia is neuropathic pain involving the intercostal nerves. These are the nerves that arise from the spinal cord, below the ribs.

Intercostal neuralgia tends to cause thoracic pain, which affects your chest wall and upper trunk.

What are the symptoms?
The main symptom of intercostal neuralgia is burning, sharp, or shooting pain. This pain may be felt:

around the ribs
in the upper chest
in the upper back
Additional symptoms in these areas include:

a squeezing pressure sensation that wraps around the chest from front to back
tingling
numbness
The pain might feel worse even when doing gentle physical activities, such as deep breathing or stretching. It might also intensify when you laugh, cough, or sneeze. Some people also notice referred pain in their shoulder blade or lower pelvis. Referred pain is pain that you feel in an area other than the affected one.

Intercostal neuralgia caused by the shingles virus (postherpetic neuralgia) can also make your skin itchy and extremely sensitive, even to clothing.

Symptoms of more severe cases of intercostal neuralgia include:

involuntary muscle twitching
loss of appetite
paralysis
muscle atrophy
pain that feels like a lightning bolt







36
Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)
« on: February 15, 2019, 11:10:27 AM »
If the album is done and electro formatted, then he can't insert another song on it unless he has everything cut and pressed, again.  Right? I think it's lame, too.  And the new XXX song won't "go" with the older material, anyway.  Lame, lame, lame!

37
Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)
« on: February 14, 2019, 10:13:46 AM »
Sorry to disappoint you, but Hyde used Botox a lot lately.

Yea, you are disappointing me, A LOT!   :-\

38
Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)
« on: February 14, 2019, 09:39:17 AM »
Not much, it's just a joke.  8)
Hahahaa, thank goodness.  Hyde better stay away from that stuff.  The way his face is shaped as it is, I think it would be a disaster if he used Botox.  I think a person could tell in a heartbeat.   Then he's ruined forever.

39
Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)
« on: February 14, 2019, 09:32:09 AM »
What does Hyde have to do with this and Botox?  ???

40
Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)
« on: February 13, 2019, 02:02:18 PM »
Quote
On his dream collaboration choices, Yoshiki revealed that at the moment, he is working on great music with his friend, Marilyn Manson."

This is also quite sad because I bet we're gonna see Yoshiki with MM sooner than we'll see anything X related...

Sorry to disappoint anyone but I can't stand MM!  >:(

41
Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)
« on: February 13, 2019, 01:50:24 PM »
Quote
"I have played Madison Square Garden with my band X Japan and I've performed concerts at Carnegie Hall as a solo classical artist, but playing my composition 'Miracle' here at Radio City Music Hall with Sarah Brightman is definitely one of my most exciting moments. I'm really thankful to Sarah," he said.

Says it all.  X Japan was nothing to him compared to Sarah Brightman.  SMH @ Yoshiki.  Fuck off!

42
You're welcome, Kasumi.  That video I posted with Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi and a whole lot of others (I saw Toshi singing, too) was the one from the article.  If you watch it, they're near that temple.  Again, Roger said:

"I remember we did one tour, we went everywhere. We went to places like Kanazawa and lots of cities. And sometimes we'd just go to Tokyo and Osaka. I went once and did a concert with two of my heroes, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. We did a concert by a big temple outside Osaka, that was fantastic. I think I did a song with Yoshiki."

43
There is also the flip side of the single of Foreign Sand called Final Destination featuring both Roger and Yoshiki.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsncisfh8TY

44
This looks more like what Roger was talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUyw0czkJ_k

"I Shall Be Released" Todaiji, Nara, Japan 1994
Michael Kamen, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Roger Taylor. Bon Jovi, INXS, Tomoyasu Hotei, X Japan

45
Queen have played Japan in what seems like forever.  This song is written for their 1st trip there, I believe.

https://youtu.be/mIrZpsoxuOo

"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (手をとりあって Te o Toriatte) is a song by Queen from their 1976 album A Day at the Races. Written by guitarist Brian May, it is the closing track on the album.

The song is notable for having two choruses sung entirely in Japanese, and it was released as a single exclusively in Japan, reaching #49 on the charts.[1] (The B-side was "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy".) This song features a plastic piano and harmonium, both which are played by May. They brought in a local choir to sing the chorus at the end. On the album, the song is concluded by a one-minute instrumental intro featuring a Shepard tone melody, which is actually a reprise of the beginning of "Tie Your Mother Down": this was intended to create a "circle" in the album, typical, for example, of Pink Floyd's albums.

46
First time I ever saw Yoshiki was this video or another of the same song.  Toshi as well.  And that was when the song was first released as it was announced on the Queen forums.  So that started me off looking into X Japan and listening. 

47
Other Bands / Re: HYDE
« on: January 27, 2019, 12:53:42 AM »
In the mean time, I am going to post Hyde's range, here, from The Range Place because they do change things around on that site or move sites and when they move them, they don't appear to bring previous ratings with them.  In other words, I posted Toshi's when I found it and then they moved.  Toshi's ratings are no longer on the new board and I can't locate the old board, anywhere.  So here goes.

Rated by IhateMana
Moderator


寶井 秀人 (Hideto Takarai)


Aug 31, 2016 22:57:26 GMT -6 IhateMana said:


寶井 秀人 (Hideto Takarai)

Associated Acts: L’arc~en~Ciel, Vamps, Jerusalem’s Rod

Voice Type: The Fourth Avenue Tenor
Vocal Range: E♭2 - B♭5

{questionable notes}
A5 ("Redrum")
G5 ("Inner Core")

C♯5 ("I Gotta Kick Start Now")

A2 ("Be Destined")
F♯2 ("Kasou", "Sweet Vanilla")
E2 ("B.Y.O.B (Bring Your Own Blood) questionable identity, "Rise or Die", "Route 666")
D2 ("Inner Core", "It's Sad", "Made in Heaven", "Trick" This note does not sound consistent with the rest of his voice, possibly altered or another singer)
C♯2 ("Secret Signs")
C2 ("Spiral")


Significant High Notes

B♭5 ("Street Rock & Roller" Live with 44 Magnum)
A5 ("Bless" Live L'arc~en~Ciel 20th L'Anniversary, "Dearest Love", "Hitomi no Juunin", "Niji" Live L'arc~en~Ciel 25th L'anniversary)
G♯5 ("Devil Side", "Rumble")
G5 ("Dearest Love", "Ghost", "Live Wire" Live, "Replay", "Sex Blood Rock n' Roll")
F♯5 ("In the Air", "Neo Universe", "Route 666")
F5 ("Dolly", "The Jolly Roger", "Secret Signs", "Still I’m With You")
E5 ("Cosmos", "Dearest Love", "Everlasting", "The Ghost in My Room", "Hitomi no Juunin", "Jiyuu e no Shoutai", "The Nepenthes", "Shizuka no Umi de", "What is Love", "White Feathers")
E♭5 ("Dive to Blue", "Don't Hold Back", "Lips", "Replay", "Sin in Justice", "X X X")
D5 ("A Silent Letter", "All Dead", "All Year Round Falling In Love", "Be Destined", "Cradle", "Dune", "Everlasting", "Get Up", "Hitomi no Juunin", "Honey", "Hurry Xmas", "Inner Core", "Jesus Christ", "The Jolly Roger", "Kasou", "Kuchizuke", "Lips", "Mission", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "The Past", "Piano Duet", "The Rain Leaves a Scar", "Season's Call", "Shutting from the Sky", "The Silver Shining", "Snow Drop", "Spiral", "Time Goes By", "Tsukioku no Joukei", "White Feathers", "White Song", "Wild Flower", "Wings Flap", "X X X", "Yuki no Ashiato", "Zero")
C♯5 ("As if In a Dream", "Bless", "Caress of Venus", "Chase", "Coming Closer", "Cosmos", "Driver’s High", "Entichers", "Forbidden Lover", "Mirai Sekai", "Neo Universe", "New World", "Secret Signs", "Shallow Sleep", "Time Slip")
C5 ("Ahead", "Anata", "Alone En La Vida", "Blame", "Calling", "Daybreak’s Bell", "Dearest Love", "Dive to Blue", "Dolly", "Drink it Down", "Euphoria", "Fare Well", "Finale", "Ghost", "The Ghost in My Room", "Hitomi no Juunin", "Honey", "I Gotta Kick Start Now", "I'm So Happy", "Inner Core", "It's Sad", "It’s the End", "Kaze ni Kienaide", "La Vie en Rose", "Link", "Loreley", "Lost Heaven", "Memories", "Mission", "Perfect Blue", "Piano Duet", "Pieces", "Rise Up", "Sai wa Nagerareta", "Sayonara", "Season's Call", "Secret Letters", "Shi no Hai", "Shinjitsu to Gensou to", "Shout at the Devil", "Singing in the Rain", "Spiral", "Still I’m With You", "Time Goes On", "Umibe", "Vampire Depression", "Vivid Colours", "What is Love", "Who's Gonna Save Us", "World's End", "Yuki no Ashiato")
B4 ("All Dead", "Anata no Tame ni", "Angel Trip", "Birth!", "The Black Rose", "Bless", "Bravery", "Brilliant Years", "Butterfly’s Sleep", "Bye Bye", "C’est la Vie", "Chase", "Coming Closer", "Driver’s High", "Eien", "Evanescent", "Everlasting", "Fate", "Flower", "Forbidden Lover", "The Fourth Avenue Cafe", "Get Away", "Get Up", "The Ghost in My Room", "Good Luck My Way", "Hoshizora", "I Can Feel", "Ibara no Namida", "Jiyuu e no Shoutai", "Jojoushi", "Kaze no Yukue", "Lies and Truth", "Lips", "Loreley", "Love Flies", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Metropolis", "My Dear", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "Natsu no Yuuutsu", "Neo Universe", "The Nepenthes", "Niji", "Perfect Moment", "Pieces", "Rise or Die", "Route 666", "Seventh Heaven", "Shi no Hai", "Shining Over You", "Shout at the Devil", "A Silent Letter", "The Silver Shining", "Spirit Dreams Inside", "Sunadokei", "Sweet Dreams", "Time Goes By", "Time Slip", "Twinkle, Twinkle", "Vamp Addiction", "Voice", "White Feathers", "Winter Fall", "Who's Gonna Save Us", "Yuki no Ashiato", "Zero")
B♭4 ("and She Said", "Angel Trip", "Blurry Eyes", "Break Free", "Bye Bye", "Calling", "Chase", "Damned", "Don't Hold Back", "Entichers", "Euphoria", "Evil", "Faith", "Ghost", "Heaven’s Drive", "Inside of Me", "Life On Mars?", "Link", "Made in Heaven", "Memories", "Midnight Celebration", "My First Last", "New World", "The Past", "Pieces", "Pretty Girl", "Promised Land", "Ready Steady Go", "Redrum", "Replay", "Rise Up", "Rumble", "Season's Call", "Secret in My Heart", "Sell My Soul", "Sex Blood Rock n' Roll", "Shade of Season", "Sin in Justice", "Spiral", "Still I’m With You", "Umibe", "Wild Flower", "X X X")
A4 ("A Silent Letter", "Ahead", "All Year Round Falling In Love", "Alone En La Vida", "Anata", "and She Said", "As if In a Dream", "Be Destined", "The Black Rose", "Blame", "Bleed for Me", "Bless", "Bloodsuckers", "Blurry Eyes", "Bravery", "Brilliant Years", "Butterfly’s Sleep", "Caress of Venus", "C’est la Vie", "Cosmos", "Cureless", "Damned", "Dearest Love", "Devil Side", "Dive to Blue", "Dune", "Eien", "Entichers", "Evanescent", "Everlasting", "Existence", "Faith", "Fare Well", "Fate", "Feeling Fine", "Flower", "The Fourth Avenue Cafe", "Fruits of Chaos", "Get Away", "Get Up", "Ghost", "Glass Dama", "good-morning Hide", "Heaven’s Drive", "Hello", "Hitomi no Juunin", "Honey", "Horizon", "Hunting", "I Can Feel", "Ibara no Namida", "In the Air", "Inside Myself", "It's Sad", "Jesus Christ", "Jiyuu e no Shoutai", "Jojoushi", "The Jolly Roger", "Kasou", "Kaze ni Kienaide", "Kaze no Yukue", "Killing Me", "Link", "Loreley", "Love Addict", "Masquerade", "Metropolis", "milky way", "Mission", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "Nemuri ni Yosete", "New Days Dawn", "Nexus 4", "Niji", "Peeping Tom", "Piano Duet", "Pieces", "Redrum", "Revelation", "Revolution", "Round and Round", "Sai wa Nagerareta", "Secret in My Heart", "Secret Signs", "Seventh Heaven", "Shi no Hai", "Shine", "Shining Over You", "Shinjitsu to Gensou to", "Shizuka no Umi de", "Shutting from the Sky", "Snow Drop", "Spirit Dreams Inside", "Still I’m With You", "Sweet Dreams", "Sweet Vanilla", "Time Goes On", "Time Slip", "Trust", "Tsukioku no Joukei", "Twinkle, Twinkle", "Umibe", "Vampire's Love", "What is Love", "White Feathers", "White Song", "Wind of Gold", "Wings Flap", "World's End")
G♯4 ("Butterfly’s Sleep", "C’est la Vie", "Countdown", "Devil Side", "Don't Be Afraid", "Existence", "Get Away", "Hurry Xmas", "I Gotta Kick Start Now", "In the Air", "Jojoushi", "La Vie en Rose", "My Dear", "Neo Universe", "New World", "Perfect Moment", "Prayer", "Ready Steady Go", "Secrets Signs", "Shallow Sleep", "Stay Away", "Taste of Love", "Umibe", "X X X")
G4 ("All Dead", "All Year Round Falling In Love", "Alone En La Vida", "Anata no Tame ni", "and She Said", "Birth!", "Blurry Eyes", "Break Free", "Caress of Venus", "Cradle", "Cureless", "Daybreak’s Bell", "Don't Be Afraid", "Don't Hold Back", "Everlasting", "Evil", "Faith", "Fare Well", "Finale", "Flood of Tears", "Fruits of Chaos", "Get Out from the Shell", "The Ghost in My Room", "Hideaway", "I Can Feel", "I Wish", "I'm So Happy", "In This Hell", "Inside Myself", "It's Sad", "It’s the End", "Jesus Christ", "Jiyuu e no Shoutai", "Kasou", "Kaze ni Kienaide", "Kuchizuke", "Lost Heaven", "Love Flies", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Masquerade", "Milky Way", "My First Last", "Natsu no Yuuutsu", "Nemuri ni Yosete", "Ophelia", "Piano Duet", "Prayer", "Promised Land", "The Rain Leaves a Scar", "Round and Round", "Rumble", "Sai wa Nagerareta", "Sayonara", "Sell My Soul", "Shi no Hai", "Shine", "Shizuka no Umi de", "Shout at the Devil", "Shutting from the Sky", "The Silver Shining", "Singing in the Rain", "Spiral", "Sweet Vanilla", "A Swell in the Sun", "Taste of Love", "Underworld", "Vivid Colours", "Voice", "White Feathers", "Who's Gonna Save Us")

Significant Low Notes

D3 ("Anata no Tame ni", "Angel Trip", "Be Destined", "Birth!", "Blurry Eyes", "Countdown", "Cureless", "Dolly", "Drink it Down", "A Drop of Colour", "Evergreen", "Faith", "Fare Well", "Flood of Tears", "The Fourth Avenue Cafe", "Fruits of Chaos", "Inside Myself", "Lips", "Loreley", "Lover Boy", "Metropolis", "The Nepenthes", "Peeping Tom", "Piano Duet", "Pretty Girl", "Round and Round", "Sai wa Nagerareta", "Sayonara", "Time Goes By", "Trick", "Unexpected")
C♯3 ("and She Said", "Bless", "Forbidden Lover", "Hoshizora", "Niji", "Orenji no Taiyou", "Shallow Sleep", "Shining Over You", "Snow Drop", "Time Slip", "White Song")
C3 ("As One", "Break Free", "Hurry Xmas", "In This Hell", "It's Sad", "Kaze ni Kienaide", "Lips", "Made in Heaven", "Memories", "Nemuri ni Yosete", "Prayer", "The Rain Leaves a Scar", "Redrum", "Rise Up", "Secret Letters", "Wild Flower")
B2 ("Alone En La Vida", "Anata no Tame ni", "and She Said", "The Cape of Storms", "Damned", "Daybreak’s Bell", "good-morning Hide", "Hitomi ni Utsuru Mono", "Horizon", "In the Air", "Inner Core", "Kasou", "Lover Boy", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "Nemuri ni Yosete", "Peeping Tom", "Rise or Die", "Route 666", "Sex Blood Rock n' Roll", "Shinshoku ~Lose Control~", "Shizuka no Umi de", "Shutting from the Sky", "Spirit Dreams Inside", "Stay Away", "Sunadokei", "A Swell in the Sun", "Taste of Love", "Ushinawareta Nagame", "Vamp Addiction", "Voice", "White Feathers")
B♭2 ("Entichers", "Life On Mars?", "Shade of Season", "Sweet Vanilla", "Taste of Love", "Tsukioku no Joukei")
A2 ("All Dead", "Blame", "Bleed for Me", "Damned", "The Ghost in My Room", "Glass Dama", "I'm So Happy", "In the Air", "It's Sad", "Kuchizuke", "Love Addict", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Mission", "My First Last", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "New Days Dawn", "Oasis", "Prayer", "Seventh Heaven", "Shining Over You", "The Silver Shining", "A Swell in the Sun", "Vampire Depression", "Ushinawareta Nagame", "Yuki no Ashiato")
G♯2 ("Butterfly’s Sleep", "Get Out from the Shell", "La Vie en Rose", "My Dear", "Promised Land", "Shinjitsu to Gensou to", "Time Slip", "Wind of Gold", "Winter Fall")
G2 ("Angel's Tale", "Caress of Venus", "Countdown", "Midnight Celebration", "Ready Steady Go", "Shi no Hai", "A Silent Letter", "White Feathers", "White Song")
F♯2 ("Daybreak’s Bell", "Seventh Heaven", "Stay Away", "A Swell in the Sun", "Twinkle, Twinkle")
E2 ("Promised Land")
E♭2 ("Evil")


*Blue indicates falsetto
*Italics indicates non-melodic notes
*Underlines indicate notes that are buried in backing vocals, harmonies or otherwise obscured in the mix
*Boldface indicates notes that are particularly notable examples of this singer's capabilities


One of the most successful figures in Japanese rock music, the ever charismatic Hyde is the frontman for L’arc~en~Ciel, a.k.a, the biggest band you’ve never heard of. Hyde’s performances are always high energy. Hyde very rarely sounds uncomfortable in any of his registers, both his low notes and his high notes are very strong.

{discography}

L’arc~en~Ciel
(1993) Dune (A2 - D5)
(1994) Tierra (G2 - F♯5)
(1995) Heavenly (A2 - F♯5)
(1996) True (G2 - A5)
(1998) Heart (E2 - C5)
(1999) Ark (G♯2 - E5)
(1999) Ray (A2 - D5)
(2000) Real (F♯2 - F♯5)
(2004) Smile (G2 - A5)
(2005) Awake (F♯2 - E5)
(2007) Kiss (F♯2 - D5)
(2012) Butterfly (B♭2 - E♭5)

Solo

(2002) Roentgen (G2 - D5)
(2003) 666 (G2 - B4)
(2006) Faith (G2 - F5)

Vamps

(2009) Vamps (A2 - G5)
(2010) Beast (A2 - G♯5)
(2014) Bloodsuckers (E♭2 - G5)
(2017) Underworld (A2 - E♭5)


{op by SashaHaji}Current Status: Ready for Review



Voice Type: Tenor.
Sung Range: F♯2-F5-A5 (for now)

Significant Low Notes:

F♯2 ("Twinkle Twinkle".)
G2 ("Angel's Tale".)
G♯2 ("My Dear", "Wind of Gold")
A2 ("Blame", "Wind Of Gold", "Shade of Season", "My Heart Draws a Dream")
B♭2 ("My Dear", "Taste of love".)
B2 ("Spirit Dreams Inside", "Twinkle Twinkle", "In the air", "Blame", "Nemuri ni Yosete", "Hitomi ni utsura mono", "White Feathers", "Voice", "Ushinawareta Nagame", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "Sunadokei".)
C3 ("As One", "Blame", "Nemuri ni Yosete", "Hitomi ni utsura mono", "White Feathers", "Hurry Xmas")
C♯3 ("My Dear", "Hoshizora", "Twinkle Twinkle", "Forbidden Lover", "White Song", "A Drop Of Colour")
D3 ("In the Air", "Voice", "Shade of Season", "Pretty Girl", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "Unexpected", "White Song")
E3 ("Kuchizuke (Seppun)", "Lover Boy", "Feeling Fine", "Coming Closer", "Hitomi no Jyunin",
"Drivers High", "Jojoshi", "Dive to Blue", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "Sunadokei", "Daybreak's Bell")

Significant High notes:

G4 ("Lost Heaven", "Trust", "Killing Me", "As One", "Jiyu e no Shotai", "White Feathers", "Voice", "Taste of Love", "Flood of Tears", "Ready Steady Go", "Perfect Blue", "Eien", "XXX", "Bless", "Pretty Girl", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "Sunadokei", "Daybreak's Bell", "Umibe", "The Black Rose", "Yuki no Ashiato", "Hurry Xmas", "Flower", "Season's Call", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds")
G♯4 ("New World", "Jojoshi", "My Dear", "Existence", "Forbidden Lover", "Heaven's Drive","Butterfly's Sleep", "Umibe", "Hurry Xmas", "Shallow Sleep")
A4 ("Trust", "Jojoshi", "Killing Me", "Existence", "Twinkle Twinkle", "Blame", "Blurry Eyes", "Kaze no Yukue", "White Feathers", "Voice", "Dune", "Be Destined", "As if in a Dream", "Heaven's Drive", "Dive to Blue", "Pieces", "Eien","Bye Bye", "Bless", "Pretty Girl", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "Sunadokei", "The Black Rose", "Sweet Dreams", "Hurry Xmas", "Season's Call", "Jesus Christ".)
A♯4 ("New World", "Blurry Eyes", "Heaven's Drive","Dive to Blue", "Chase", "XXX","Bye Bye", "Shade of Season", "Wild Flower", "Pretty Girl", "Umibe", "Season's Call".)
B4 ("New World", "Lost Heaven", "Jojoshi", "Hoshizora", "Inner Core", "Kaze no Yukue", "White Feathers", "Hitomi no Jyunin", "Forbidden Lover", "Driver's High","Cradle", "Butterfly's Sleep", "Pieces", "Eien", "Chase", "Bless", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "Sunadokei", "Daybreak's Bell", "Sweet Dreams", "Yuki no Ashiato", "Flower", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds")
C5 ("Perfect Blue", "Lost Heaven", "Jiyu e no Shotai", "Cradle","Dive to Blue", "真実と幻想と (Shinjitsu To Gensou To)", "Shade of Season", "Drink it Down", "Wild Flower", "Link", "Yuki no Ashiato", "Hitomi no Jyunin", "Season's Call", "Secret Letters" )
C♯5 ("New World", "Forbidden Lover", "My Heart Draws a Dream", "As if in a Dream")
D5 ( "Jiyu e no Shotai", "Be Destined", "Hitomi no Jyunin", "Cradle", "XXX", "Wild Flower", "My Heart Draws a Dream" , "Jesus Christ live")
D♯5 ("Dive to Blue", "Yuki no Ashiato")
E5 ("Jiyu e no Shotai", "Hitomi no Jyunin", "Perfect Blue (live)", "Jesus Christ live")
F5: ("Pretty Girl (live Paris)")
G5 ("Hitomi no Jyunin")
A5 ("Hitomi no Jyunin", "Bless (20th L'Anniversary Live)" )

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*Purple marks notes in backing vocals.
*Orange marks notes with questionable registers: absolutely no use figuring out these.
*Blue marks probable non-modal notes.
*Red marks extremely bad, unimpressive or unintentional notes.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.

Best Vocal Performances

1. Hitomi no Jyunin.
2. Link.
3. Jiyu e no Shotai.
4. Hoshizora.
5. My Heart Draws a Dream.
6. As if in a Dream.
7. New World.
8. My Dear.
9. Jojoshi.
10. Season's Call

Great live's:

[flash(425,350)]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyfinWnsMfI[/flash]

1 pitch lower than original album version, but still amazing performance:
[flash(425,350)]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=godTAqaU67w[/flash]

[flash(425,350)]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dfzU_ZWgVw[/flash]

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https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/nhknewsline/backstories/rogertaylor/

Roger Taylor Interview: "Freddie is always with me."
By Akira Saheki
Monday January 21, 2019
Roger Taylor Interview: "Freddie is always with me."
"Bohemian Rhapsody", the new movie about British rock band Queen, is a blockbuster sensation, drawing huge crowds to theaters around the world. Focusing on the band and in particular its lead singer Freddie Mercury, the film has attracted casual music listeners, not just diehard Queen fans.

NHK correspondent Akira Saheki sat down with drummer Roger Taylor to talk about the movie, Freddie, and the band's time in Japan.
Q: Bohemian Rhapsody. You've been working on this movie for a long time. What were your thoughts after it came out?
My main thought is that I am very happy that so many people like the movie. I think it touched people. This is all we really wanted, Brian and I, we just wanted the movie to tell a story, mainly a true story, not every detail and the time is slightly played with, but we wanted people to be touched and maybe to be uplifted a little. I think that’s what it did. We wanted to make something where people felt great coming out of the movie. And we are very happy that the movie is popular.

Q: What scene moved you the most?
I think one of things that moved me most was Freddie’s relationship with his father. I loved it when his father suddenly understood at the end that this was what Freddie did and he felt this huge pride. I think that’s a great moment.

Q: There's a scene, during the recording of Bohemian Rhapsody, when they ask you to go higher, higher, higher with your voice. Did that really happen?
Not exactly like that because really when he was saying higher and higher, I was singing the same note but they were very high notes and I think I was the only one who could reach up there. But it made for a nice funny piece.

Q: The movie is attracting new fans, teenagers, even people in their 20s and 30s. What do you think of this phenomenon?
It is a phenomenon, it is great. I think it's fantastic to have a new public for us. We are an old band and we had great times back in the 70s, 80s and 90s. But now to discover in 2018, a lot of very young people really discovering our music for the first time, it’s fantastic, it gives me a very good feeling.

Q: What do you think attracts people to Queen?
That’s for people to say. I personally think it's good music, it has quality. And I think the musicianship is good, I think the singing is good and the composition is good. It may not be everybody’s cup of tea, we aren't everybody’s favorite style. But some of the songs have an anthemic, grand occasion kind of feel and I think that translates to people.

Q: You said in an interview that you feel that Freddie’s abilities as a musician are now being focused on. Can you elaborate on that?
Amongst the other things, the theatrical elements of Freddie, his own private life and etcetera, they sometimes get exaggerated and people don’t think that first and foremost Freddie was a musician, and he was a really great one. Apart from being a great showman and singer, he was a great musician and composer so we wanted to make sure that came over in the movie, not just the more salacious side, the side that some of the newspapers liked to write about, because they don’t write about music. Music is for people to listen to, it’s not for newspapers to write about.

Q: Several months ago, you took a picture of a statue of Freddie in your garden. Can you tell us about the statue?
I have a statue of Freddie in the garden, which I love, it's great, it's very big. I also thought it would be very funny to have the statue there and I think Freddie would have found it hilarious. He would have found it really funny.

Q: What are the things that remind you of Freddie in daily life?
Well, he's just part of the mental wallpaper, you don’t forget him ever. He’s been gone a long time but we never forget him, he is part of us. Brian and I, we always think he's in the corner and we think we know what he would think when we're talking.


Roger Taylor's Instagram.
Q: The movie portrayed the sense of agony Freddie felt as an immigrant and as a minority, as a gay man. You were very close to Freddie when he was alive. Did you witness that agony and how he dealt with being a minority?
Yes, I think he had a dichotomy. In those days, things were very different and everything was hidden. I think he felt great confusion. He had some very good looking girlfriends because he had a very nice way about him, so yeah, he was very conflicted and I think that's very accurate in the movie.

Q: Do you think the movie provides people with a way to consider the troubles minorities face in society?
I think so many people are in a minority of some kind, and I hope it resonates with them and gain some strength from it. There are too many borders and walls and cultural restrictions and I don’t believe in any of that, I think we should think freely and everyone is different.

Q: About Live Aid. In the movie, it's portrayed as something that brought the band together when it was on the verge of breaking up.
We weren’t really on the...well, we did come close to breaking up. But really Live Aid got us out of a period when we were bored and a little jaded. And I think it picked us up and reminded us that we were a good band and there was a lot of love for us out there in the public. So it gave us huge renewed confidence.

Q: How was it when you were out there on stage for Live Aid?
It was new because there was daylight, there weren't many lights and we were dressed in normal clothes. So we just thought, we better do a good performance, let the music speak for itself. And I sort of remember looking up and thinking, during Radio Gaga, they are loving it, this is going well, and then 10 minutes later, near the end, in We Are the Champions, I looked up and it looked like a cornfield, with everyone waving their arms and I just thought, "Yeah, this is going well. I think we've done well here." It was very satisfying.

Q: One of the iconic scenes from Live Aid was the call and response between Freddie and the crowd. When did this interaction start?
It started a little before that, a couple of years, when we realized there was a great empathy between the audience and the band, and so we always encouraged people to sing and interact with us. And Freddie became an absolute master of getting this interaction, so we all felt at one. When he sings "We are the champions", it’s not us, it means we are all the champions. It is a great feeling of togetherness and that's what it's all about.

Q: Where did he get the idea?.
It was just something he worked out. It was just something he developed. He was very good, he had a very powerful command. He just worked it out and it was different every night.


Queen at Live Aid on July 13, 1985 in London, United Kingdom.
Q: In Radio Gaga, you mention how music changes through the years. How do you see the changes in music nowadays?
Well, we're not really changing now, we are what we are. Now, how music is changing, I can’t really tell you. I think there is too much automation in music now. Too many machines, too much tuning and you don’t see virtuosos on instruments, so I don’t think people learn their instruments as well as they used to. But they rely on other things like sampling and all the studio tricks. I don’t like this auto tune thing I hear everywhere. It's somebody singing into a mic and then somebody playing the tune. I find that annoying. If you listen to Whitney Houston singing a song, that’s singing. Aretha Franklin, she didn’t need an auto tuner

Q: Radio Gaga was about the radio. This was an era when radio was turning into TV, and now it has turned into streaming.
Yes, yes, true, it had. It seemed like MTV was huge everywhere in America. It seemed liked videos had taken over and become more important than the music. In fact, they cost almost ten times as much to make than it did to make the record. It just seemed like it was going the wrong way. And I thought, well, we fell in love with music through the radio, but then we went and made a great, big, expensive video, so I can’t talk really.

Q: You mentioned in another interview that the song Bohemian Rhapsody isn't your favorite
I love it, I think it's a great song. I don’t know about favorite. It is difficult. We have a lot of songs I like and I wouldn’t really put one of them above all the others. I do have a special fondness for Under Pressure because it was great fun and I loved everybody and we had so much fun and personal satisfaction making that record and it has something to say as well. Favorites, I have lots.

Q: The movie is really popular in Japan, and Queen has been presented as a band with a deep connection with the country. Some people argue that Queen became popular in Japan first, and then in Britain and the United States. Can you set the records straight for us?
It’s tricky. In Britain, we became a bit popular and in America we became a little bit popular. But then when we went to Japan, and we were suddenly up here. And then we went back to Britain and we were up there too. But Japan was the first to really love Queen and go crazy for the band. We never forget that, the first time arriving at Haneda in Tokyo, it was incredible. The whole tour was like a dream.

Q: Is that why you came up with Japanese songs as well?
I think so but we loved the culture. Freddie was crazy, he would go to Tokyo just to shop, two weeks of shopping.

Q: How many times have you been to Japan?
That’s a good question. At least ten or twelve times.

Q: Do you go to specific places every time?
I remember we did one tour, we went everywhere. We went to places like Kanazawa and lots of cities. And sometimes we'd just go to Tokyo and Osaka. I went once and did a concert with two of my heroes, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. We did a concert by a big temple outside Osaka, that was fantastic. I think I did a song with Yoshiki.


Q: What does Queen mean to you?
The band is now Brian May and myself, and we have become closer in a way. We realized this is our life and this is our destiny and I think we enjoy it. We have this wonderful singer, Adam Lambert, who is a joy to work with and it's a beautiful combination. He is much younger than we are but it works. He is very intelligent and has the most beautiful voice. We realize now that this is what we do and we enjoy doing it while we still can. I don’t know how much longer but right now we really enjoy playing and I look forward to our next tour, whenever it may be.

This interview was conducted on 12 December 2018 at Roger Taylor’s personal recording studio, in England. The transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity.

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Yoshiki / Re: Lady's X
« on: January 25, 2019, 04:23:30 AM »
We all know they’re never going to play or release music.

Definitely.  The whole thing is pointless.

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Yoshiki / Re: Barks Interview with Yoshiki - Translation
« on: January 07, 2019, 03:11:01 PM »
Not that I particularly feel like white-knighting him, but upon reading the whole thing I came up with the two most likely possibilities:

1. He's lost his mind

2. There's label/legal/money/staff/band/whatever problems going on that we don't know about

If #1 applies, then honestly, I feel for him, but someone please hand the controls over to someone else already. He's still a great musician and performer, but can't be trusted with core decisions anymore. At first glance I'd say hand the leadership over to Sugizo, since Toshi is very busy with his own career.

If #2 applies, hppe they sort the thing out because seriously, what a waste of time, money and talent, and most importantly, what a waste of a loyal, devoted fanbase.

Option #3: Yoshiki really sucks at his bandleader job and he's just making bad decision after bad decision. Maybe. If that's the case, someone call all hands on deck and apply solution #1.

Very well said.  If it's not #2, then go for #3 ASAP cause we just can't lose this!

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Yoshiki / Re: Barks Interview with Yoshiki - Translation
« on: January 07, 2019, 06:07:55 AM »
I haven't read it, yet.  I probably will, later.  Guessing from everyone's responses, I can imagine what is being said, though.

Yoshiki, I am sure you read these threads and the feelings your fans have.  We love you.  Remember that, above all else.  But, you need to stop making excuses.  People begin to lose respect.  No one likes a liar.  The truth is the only thing that can set you free.  You must tell the truth no matter what.  The truth will always come out in the end and you don't want to make your fans any more angry or upset, do you? We already are, and it will only get worse unless you just tell the truth and stop this run of one excuse after another after another.  It's been 10 years.   We are tired of the excuses.  Just tell the truth, for once and for all.  In the end, you will feel better about it, yourself! Please, if not for us, for yourself.

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Community / Re: KURENIGHT - THE GROUP VIEWINGS THREAD
« on: December 29, 2018, 10:55:56 AM »
I prefer the 30th, too.

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Community / Re: X-FREAKS からのメリークリスマス
« on: December 24, 2018, 11:57:45 PM »
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF US TOO!  ;D  WE ARE X!

You guys have put in a LOT of work for this forum and it shows.  It's BEAUTIFUL and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

May we all have a very good and prosperous NEW YEAR, too!  8)

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Other Bands / Re: HYDE
« on: December 17, 2018, 11:36:34 AM »
Well, that song was definitely different.   ;D

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hide / Happy Birthday, hide <3
« on: December 13, 2018, 06:26:24 AM »
Happy Birthday, hide, our Pink Spider.  I hope you are having a marvelous birthday in Heaven.  Love you and wish you were here.  Party on,  hide, best guitarist, ever!  :)


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Toshi / Re: Toshl's first cover album 'IM A SINGER' (2018.11.28)
« on: December 03, 2018, 02:41:28 AM »
Hmmm didn't we all like Aoi Hoshi no Tabibito?  I did but it's not something I would listen to on repeat, day after day.  Same with this new CD, IM A SINGER.  I love certain songs and am kinda meh on quite a few of the rest of them but I wouldn't call it old people music.  LOL.  IDK, he's doing what he does well.  That's what counts for him and I am happy for him as he seems to have great response from fans for having put it out.  Good for him if something goes wrong with X Japan which to me, looks like something is happening and we haven't heard an announcement about it, yet, but it seems to be happening, if you know what I mean? So let him go, let him do his thing and make good on it all because he deserves that after all he has been through in his life.   I will always continue to support what he does, whether it's with X Japan, alone or with someone else.   He's just too good of a singer and apparently y too darned nice of a person not to.   In other words, I won't be walking away, soon.   

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Toshi / Re: Toshl's first cover album 'IM A SINGER' (2018.11.28)
« on: December 01, 2018, 06:54:52 AM »
I have it on Spotify for the time being.  I love it!

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Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)
« on: November 27, 2018, 02:10:00 AM »
Hyde doll? Where??????????????????  ;D  :P

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Other Bands / Re: VAMPS (Hyde x K.A.Z. project)
« on: November 24, 2018, 01:03:45 PM »
I'm still reading in between playing these games.  lol.  Did you know he's partly color blind?  Also, as far as this affair thing goes,  I would imagine half of the women in the audiences and anywhere else, throw themselves, shamelessly at him. Ha! I probably would,  too.  He's REALLY beautiful.  I read his mother wanted a daughter and he is an only child.  And that she dressed him up as a girl sometimes and sent him to school with a red backpack which is what the girls use.  Of course, that could all be a bunch of BS but if I read it from enough people on different sites and they have any kind of proof of that like photos, then I will believe it.  But, there is nothing that will make me believe he's not one of the most attractive guys, ever.    :D

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Albums/Singles / Re: X JAPAN New Album(When??)
« on: November 24, 2018, 12:19:44 PM »
If he doesn't release it for Christmas, I am gonna tear my hair out!!!!!  :P

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