そんでこっちはたぶん上の動画のテキスト化。 Lollapalooza co-creator Perry Farrell sat down with Yoshiki Hayashi, the leader of X JAPAN, the most successful rock band in Japanese history, and chatted him on camera about X JAPAN's U.S. concert debut performance that will take place this Sunday, August 8 (4 p.m.) on the main stage at Lollapalooza. The interview took place at Yoshiki's Los Angeles-area recording studio and in it, they talk about X JAPAN's history, success, the Lollapalooza appearance and the band's future plans in America. Watch the chat below.
"Yes, we're a huge band in Japan, but that doesn't mean anything here," Yoshiki told the Chicago Sun-Times for a feature that was published yesterday (August 1). "We feel like a new band again, trying to make it. It's a very pure feeling. It feels like it did when we started, which is good."
After Lollapalooza, X JAPAN will launch its first U.S. tour, hitting 10-15 cities. The band is also putting the finishing touches on its first new studio album in 14 years, due this fall.
"We'd like to play clubs or small venues. We cannot do that in Japan anymore," Yoshiki tells the Chicago Sun-Times. "When we were an indie band, right after we graduated high school, we were performing for 50 people, maybe 200. That was a great moment. By the time we were signed to Sony [in 1988], we were already performing for 10,000 people or bigger. ... We weren't supposed to make it big, you know? We were — how do I say? — the black sheep of the family. The Japanese scene was very poppy. We were playing speed metal. Nobody thought we could be mainstream. Then it got very, very big."
For the U.S. jaunt, Yoshiki says X JAPAN will go "back to basics."
"The bigger we got, the bigger our personalities," Yoshiki tells the Chicago Sun-Times. "We just want to go back and focus on the rock. Either way, you know, you don't see good rock shows anymore. Rock doesn't sound mainstream these days. We'd like to contribute something to help bring rock back. Rock doesn't have enough drama now. Rap, R&B, dance music has taken that. Our band wants to be a part of bringing that back to rock." He laughs. "But our band has enough drama."
The July 25 Los Angeles Times' "Arts" section cover profile on Yoshiki can be found at this location.
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【Jade】************************************* Walked through the light to find the shadow Till you look at stars coming to the edge Sank in the uncertain fears in distance Was it your secret?
Stop holding your fear Let memory live and die alone No need to be there Let your desire scream Till you feel alive
‘Cause you are beautiful, Your scars are beautiful, like the jade You’ll still shine, when you sink into the sea Where all the bleeding scarlet jealousy goes away your bleed
Make dawn of mind out of the dark night, Look into the eyes of fallen angels Sink like a stone into the dark Where no light can touch
When God blame my fault, I feel the mystery Try to take me along to the end of the world Where I still believe to get up and hold your light
'Cause you are beautiful Your flower was beautiful yesterday I still hide at the scene of my memories Oh, I still hold my rosary beneath the day of life
Feel the tears wipe the bloody face of love They take away or stay? Glow like the stars over sky floating the ocean Your love of light makes me wanna dive together in heaven
Ah, another day has come Another friend has gone into the flame It's burning love 自分で切り裂いた胸の傷跡さえ美麗になるまで
Ah, cause you are beutiful Your scars are beautiful like the Jade You still shine, when you sink into the sea Where the bleeding scarlet jealousy goes away you bleed
Now and forever, you'll be loved Let your destiny lead your heart My Jade
でもこの曲が生まれたときはまだ、TOSHIくんは｢あちら側の人｣でしたから。 でも、そんなTOSHIくんも｢こっち｣と｢あっち｣で揺れ動いていた。TOSHIくんの歌でいえば｢本当はいつも嫌だった｣(笑)。 よっちゃんはTOSHIくんの気持ちを聞いていたと思うし…そういうTOSHIくんに対し ｢もういいんだよ昔のことは。俺も悪かったし…これからは、もっとお互いちゃんと分かり合おうね」 「TOSHIはどうしたい？本当はどうしたい？迷ってるみたいだけど、本当は心は決まってるよね？｣ という、全部赦します、全部受け入れます、それは貴方が大切だからです。 と伝えながらまだ｢あちら側｣に足首つかまれたままのようなTOSHIくんの背中を押すような感じというか…。 ｢Let your destiny lead your heart｣てそういうことかなと。 そしてMy Jadeと結ぶ。俺の翡翠、と。
