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Хочу обратно.......
И конечно наша долгожданная встреча с Танатос! Спасибо тебе, солнце, за встречу, за путешествие с нами на водопады, за ночные плодотворные бдения, за компанию и за то, что терпела невыносимых нас целых 3 дня!))) Отдельное домо аригато за подарки
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Возвращаясь к иксомании... Я явно многое пропустила за последнее время!
Куски новых клипов Х для пачинко тут: legend-x.jp: хочу увидеть полные версии JADE и 紅. *_*
Интервью Йошики об этих автоматах, пока что часть 1:
Кто-нибудь переведёт?
Очередная понравившаяся цитата от Йо:
"Японский менеджмент, многие люди говорили: "Ты не преуспеешь в Америке или за пределами Японии." Эти слова заставляют меня хотеть сделать это и даже больше. Люди говорят: "Ты не можешь долететь до луны." Я хочу добраться до луны! Луна и есть американский рынок.
in English"Japanese management, a lot of people said, 'You're not going to make it in America or outside Japan,'" Yoshiki said. "That makes me want to do it even more."
He continued: "People say, 'You cannot get to the moon.' I want to get to the moon! The moon being the American market."
(с) "America, meet Yoshiki", LA Times
Переводы Кейко Хамагучи. m(_ _)m
[2010.07.8] Пресс-конференция X JAPAN о концертах 14-15.08.2010 в Йокогаме и новом этапе в истории группы:
Часть 1:
читать дальшеMC : Why did you intend to have this press conference on this timing?
YOSHIKI : Because today is SUGIZO’s birthday (laugh).No… It’s just incidental.Today all of the member…..(toward to ToshI) ToshI, you came back a little while ago,right?
By the way,ToshI arrived at Narita airport a 14:30.So delay is not my fault today (joke)
ToshI : What???
YOHIKIKI : weren’t you late? Are you feeling jet lag?
ToshI : No, I’m OK
YOHIKI : I arrived at Tokyo yesterday . (toward to the member of X)When did you guys came back?
PATA : I came back last Saturday.
HEATH : Same fright as PATA-san
YOSHIKI : How about you ,SUGIZO?
SUGIZO : I came back 4 days ago. And I’m feeling jet lag a lot.
YOSHIKI : We happened to gather today. So we had press conference.
MC : What is the thought of the title of the concert. “ Ultra forcible breakthrough .7 tumble and 8 revival. On the verge of the world”
YOSHIKI : (toward to ToshI) How do you think,ToshI-san? We had tumbled more,right? I don’t think it is only 7 times.
ToshI : That’s right.
YOSHIKI : It isn’t concluded….Anyway,It means we will revive if we tumble many times.
MC : According to the press relrease,this NISSAN stadium live show will be the real revival ,and YOSHIKI-san said “We’ll fascinate with X JAPAN which you’ve never seen.And ToshI-san said “neo-X JAPAN”.Could you tell about this?
ToshI : Yes it is fresh start with many meaning .Anyway we put the title”On the verge of the world.
YOSHIKI : This time,the title is not “On the verge of the destraction”.
ToshI : That’s right. It is awesome.Anyway, we will “YOSHIKI cachou” ( do yoshiki) if anything happen.
YOSHIKI : (laugh) Will we “ YOSHIKI cchaimasuka” (do YOSHIKI)?
ToshI : YOSHIKI chau( do YOSHIKI ) means that we will breakthrough forciblyif anything happen.
YOSHIKI : (laugh) (toward to ToshI) Are you aiming “coinage award” in this year?
ToshI : What?? (laugh) What is that?
PATA : It is “vogue-word award”,isn’t it?
(laugh)
YOSHIKI : I7m sorry. I may have jet lag.
MC : How about you ,YOSHIKI-san?
YOSHIKI : I’ll “YOSHIKI cchaimasu” ( do YOSHIKI ) (laugh)
MC : It will be the first one-man open-air show for X JAPAN.Why did you decided to held this open-air concert?
YOSHIKI : We had held open- air show at Hibiya-yaon ,hadn’t we?
ToshI : Yes,we had.
YOSHIKI : It is mistake.
MC : Really ? We heard it will be the first one-man show at open air.
YOSHIKI : It may be the first show for as XJAPAN.
ToshI : Yes. That’s right.
YOSHIKI : Yes ,you are right (laugh) Isn’t it? (toward to SUGIZO) SUGIZO,you’d hold the open-air concert ,right? The show which was blown away (laugh) ( YOSHIKI told about the LUNA SEA’s ten years anniversary show in 1998 at Odaiba “NEVER SOLD OUT CAPACITY”
SUGIZO : Yes . It was blow away….blow away ….Yes so I’ll pray for not to be blow and it will be wonderfull 2 days.
YOSHIKI : Are you rain-bringer,SUGIZO ?
SUGIZO : No, I’m fine weather-bringer.
YOSHIKI : Are you fine weather-bringer???
SUGIZO : fine weather or disaster….I’ll be careful with my full strength to prevent from disaster.
YOSHIKI : We’ll be careful
MC : Could you tell us about the eagerness for the domestic live show after an interval of 15 month?
PATA : What?
MC : So it is the live show after an interval……………..
PATA : I’m dotty, Sorry.
MC : I’m sorry to bother you in your tiredness
PATA : no no no
MC : It passed 15 month that….
PATA : Really?
MC : Could you tell us about your eagerness.
PATA : I’ll do my best with building up my strength ,that’s all. Ishizuka speaking (laugh)
HEATH : We will perform some new songs .I’ll do my best for an excellent X’s concert.
SUGIZO : I’m feeling that X JAPAN is more positive and united than ever recently and excellent condition as rock band now. We 5 plus hide-san ,this 6member of us will perform the most excellent show that you will feel that you will be in the hottest place in the world at that moment in this summer.
ToshI : I want to threw myself into this live with fresh feeling that it is the new starting and I’m looking forward it.
YOSHIKI : Yes, It is kind of the fresh start over again in many sense. It would be never easy way because of our situation. But We’ll “YOSHIKI rimasu” (do YOSHIKI) . We will push us way!!
MC : I heard you will announce about the pre-sales of the ticket.
YOSHIKI : Do I need to say that now?
MC : OK. We’ll check the press release. You will debut in America at Lollapalooza finally .How do you feel ?
PATA : Yes . It will be the first time to have concert in U.S. so I’m expecting and It is very big event,so I’ll do my best not to lose enemy (laugh)
SUGIZO : For myself,personally I’m big fan of perry farel who is the organizer of Lollapalooza. So I’m sooooo happy as one of a rock boy and Rock OTAKU. I’m honor to perform as X JAPAN in such great place for first show in America.I’ll do my best.
ToshI : I came back from Europe today. We perform In Paris and Los angels .Thay are not the real concert.
YOSHIKI : We felt good response,right?
ToshI : Yes.I think we will enjoy and I will take easy and have fun.
YOSHIKI : Actually, We had a press conference at Rockefeller center in New York when HEATH joined .and We were trying to debut in United Stats over 10 yeas ago.The 10 years dream will come true soon. So I think HIDE will be happy to know it.How can I say….I’m feeling deep emotion.I want to show you the intense performance. I have physical problem so far…
Часть 2:
читать дальшеMC : You will show your new song “born to be free” at Lollapalooza for the first time.Do you have plan to release single CD of this song?
YOSHIKI : Maybe the first CD single will be “JADE” in U.S. . And the second and third will be “Born to be free” or “I.V.”
MC : And now ,you are recording the new album, right? Could you tell us about progress of it?
YOSHIKI : (toward to ToshI) How about you?
ToshI : Well, YOSHIKI was in the studio from 6 AM this morning. (toward to YOSHIKI ) you came back 2 days ago, right?
YOSHIKI : Yesterday.
ToshI : He came back yesterday and go to the studio directly from Narita airport. Like that.
YOSHIKI : Yes. More than 90% was done and ToshI’s vocal part is almost finished.
ToshI : Wow
ToshI : Normally recording is finish…. But it is great.
YOSHIKI : We recorded old songs, (toward to ToshI) ,which one is that?, English version of “TEARS”,and “RUSTY NAIL” will be English version, and (toward to ToshI) ,anything else? And “Kurenai”. But the refrain is Japanese, though. “Art of life” ,too.It is almost done. So , autumn? We’ll release it in autumn.
ToshI : Yes.
YOSHIKI : But the single CD will release soon. It will be awkward if it will not relseased on the other hand. Cause, we will have the event.
MC : About the concert this time, the title is “WORLD TOUR live in YOKOHAMA”, right? Are you planning to have many concert after this? Could you tell us about “American tour”?
YOSHIKI : I forgot to bring memo… well…(toward to ToshI ) Do you remember? The one in October.
ToshI : No….. There are too many…
YOSHIKI : But We had to do ,if we say (laugh)
ToshI : So , we don’t try to say that?
(laugh)
YOSHIKI : Where is being settled? Of course Los Angels and New York. (toward to the staff) oh,Give me the memo!)
YOSHIKI : Well…. (toward to HEATH) You don’t know ,right?
HEATH : (nod)
YOSHIKI : (laugh)
YOSHIKI : Can I say that ? There is San Francisco. It is good to announce by ToshI .
ToshI : No no no ….Do you think it is OK to say that???
YOSHIKI : (with watching the list with ToshI) By the way, this place is question now. And this…
ToshI : Well.... We will do the North American Tour , so go to the east coast, west coast, and central. We will go to the big cities. And Canada ,too.
YOSHIKI : It is include Vancouver .
ToshI : Vancouver. And Seattle and San Francisco. And perhaps this one?
YOSHIKI : But this place is….
ToshI : Atlanta, Boston.
YOSHIKI : Atlanta is question.
ToshI : So ,some places have not confirmed yet. But already planed.
YOSHIKI : Thay already have been planed.
MC : It will be the last question. Could you give the massage for the fans who are longing X JAPAN .
PATA : We are keeping you waiting for a long time. I’ll give my best regard to you.
HEATH : I wish we are the coolest band with our full strength forever. Thank you for your support.
SUGIZO : I think X JAPAN is in the best condition now. We will push us way vigorously ,so please follow us .
ToshI : The recording has done almost after an interval of 10 years. 15years??
YOSHIKI : well , the album will be released….well…. I didn’t think that X will release new album…
ToshI : Yes… YOSHIKI and I started the band…..
YOSHIKI : We are classmates.
ToshI : But YOSHIKI makes a secret of his age (laugh)
ToshI : We are doing it together for a long time. It was started from YOSHIKI’s house.
YOSHIKI : The first vocalist of our band was me.
ToshI : Yes yes yes
YOSHIKI : for a long long time ago.
ToshI : That’s right. But It was bad (laugh)
YOSHIKI : Not bad ,but my voice was high pitch.
ToshI : His voice was so cute. His voice hadn’t changed yet. At that time, His astronomical telescope was mike stand. It dosen’t matter now…
YOSHIKI : (laugh)
ToshI : Now we are standing the real start line .I would say “the final start line”. I want to shout for not to regret.
YOSHIKI : In X JAPAN case, We have so many drama and trouble endlessly. I think any kind of people, any kind of band have several problem , but our problem is too big. The other member said that before, but our mental condition is very stable and unite after those trouble. ToshI said that, but I’m so happy to do it seriously as well as we can with ToshI and other members. For myself. In this sense, the NISSAN studio concert will be the restart. We’ll do our best so thank you for your support.
Reporter : SUGIZO-san said 6 of you will perform ,so do you have plan to use HIDE’s image?
YOSHIKI : Yes, we will. We don’t know how we can the event at Chicago or other festival. But We are planning to use it at Nisssan stadium concert.
Reporter : The logo mark has changed the new one. Dose it mean the expression for eagerness of the new start?
YOSHIKI : (try to look at the back screen …) I can’t see it because my neck pains. (lough) This logo mark is only for this open-air show. Actually It is image that dragon is grabbing a globe…Is it globe?
ToshI : It’s the Earth.
YOSHIKI : Is it the Earth? Earth (laugh)
Reporter : Will you change the concert style like this title? Could you tell us about your idea?
YOSHIKI : It is not so fun if I say all but we will change the opening. X perform more than 10 years but menu is not so different each time. But we won’t change it so much .We want to do something only oper-air concert. And we finished the recording of new song . ToshI’s voice condition is so good now. My neck is problem… but It will be the different concert that you’ve ever seen.
Интервью лично Йошики для BARKS news: "We are the newcomer in overseas."
инглиш, очень интересный рассказ о здоровье Йо, о новой главе в истории группы, о Сугизо в Х, сравнение его приход с Хидэ, о взаимоотношениях с Тоши, альбом - этой осенью и уже известное "7 раз упал, 8й - встаешь."
Interviewer : How about your neck condition?
YOSHIKI : It’s not good, but not bad. All the same, 2 or 3 fingers of my left hand still feel numb. So I’m prescribed for it.
I : Does it have a bad influence on grasping sticks?
Y : No. A sensory nerve and a moter nerve are different. So they can move. But I’m feeling like touching ice……like frostbite? I’m feeling bad. It might recover or not. Because the nerves are injured. If this condition become more serious, I need to get another surgery to put metal plate in my bone from the front of my neck.
I : You…want to avoid it….
Y : Then, I’ll accept all…(laugh)
I : Your fans worry about you. They know you’ll never corner cut.
Y : It is price of it (laugh). I was always thinking it would happen. I was care for it. I’m ordered not to play drums without plaster.
I : You are expecting spontaneous recovery, right? I think there is a miracle that incurable injury recover.
Y : Yes, I think so. It is also miracle that X JAPAN has still continued.
I: But the band’s condition is extremely good now, right.
Y : Yes. But the physical condition is so bad.(laugh) But the mental condition is so good.
I : The recording is climax now, and are you feeling that you are developed as a musician?
Y : I was listening several kind of music and doing Violet UK during X JAPAN was disbanded. I absorbed those many music from dance music to Jazz. After that, we X JAPAN reunited. So I think our music was widened. Of course our Rock is our base, and We let it be hard rock. We are using subtle voicing and gracenote and this point, our music is developed. Anyway, we don’t toward to make them more complex or high speed anymore. Because we had done it long time ago.
I : I see.
Y : You will know it if you ask SUGIZO, but X JAPAN’s songs are so difficult if you play. It sound easy if you listen to it, though. For example, about JADE, the key changed half range middle of the song but it isn’t heard so. It is easy to listen but so difficult really. That is present X JAPAN.
I : Audience don’t notice it, right?
Y : It is hard for players (laugh). Not only feeling… In fact.
I : It passed 1 year after SUGIZO joined. Will SUGIZO’s position change from Tokyo Dome concert in May 2009 to this Nissan stadium concert?
Y : Yes, it will. It is same as this recording, but we became more like band. I felt uneasy when we reunited. Like “what should I do?” or “How should I make it?”
I : But you did bulldoze your way through…
Y : Still the situation around X JAPAN hasn't been peaceful including the physical situation, but the NISSAN stadium concert will be the point of start in sense of challenging to world tour. In this sense, our unity is developed after 2 years from reunite.
I : The development is the treasure for the band, right?
Y : You know, most of the case, the band which reunite gather once and finish. But in case of X JAPAN, we pass through few yeas, we enter the new chapter. The concert at Lollapalooza on August 8th and NISSAN stadium on August 14th and 15th will be the action of the new chapter.
I : I think SUGIZO is essential if we talk about neo X JAPAN. Can you describe what X JAPAN wish for him and what he give to X JAPAN?
Y : His participation is natural procedure at all. We formed the band “SKIN” with SUGIZO, GACKT and MIYAVI before, and when we play together I felt that we had such a common musical sense. Both of us have the classical back ground, avant-garde music, preference for loop include dance music, and we like modern classical music.
I : So SUGIZO’s activity and Violet UK are like……
Y : Similar. So he joined us very natural way.
I : And you have something in common with uncommon stoic
Y : But it is same as when HIDE joined X JAPAN at all. He didn’t join us suddenly. We had relationship as man to man and music, and then he became our member. It is same case of it.
I : I know. He is not a session musician, So the relationship is the source of the band power, right?
Y : I think ToshI had many problem and ToshI and I couldn’t get rid of everything when we reunite. But from the beginning of 2010, the wall around us had gone. On the other hand, there were heavy high wall that hide each world when the band was brokenup.
I : The wall would be so heavy that nobody get over, right?
Y : The wall that come up against us throughout our life. But the wall became lower and thinner when we reunite, and now the wall almost disappeared. This time I talk with ToshI and eat together a lot and it is like when we started the band, so it might be the real start of X JAPAN now.
I : A real start?
Y : My feeling for this reunit is same as when we started X. We are the newcomer in overseas. In this sense it is very good timing. We don’t think that the band which sold many CDs or arena band go abroad, but we want to do everything. Our feeling changed something different from when we reunited.
I : It is real meaning of initial enthusiasm, right?
Y : We will do the world tour, but we don’t mind to play at live houses. I have feeling to do anything.
I : Your statement is like “the new comer”.
Y : Yes. We are newcomer in our mind. Talking about Nissan stadium concert, we will produce ourselves. You can imagine that we are the biggest indie band.
I : You X JAPAN have tended to do like this since long time ago. You are the great indie band who makes the way which you believe, right?
Y : Yeah… So we still continue it even if the label or surroundings changed.
I : I want to say something for you at last… I want you to release the new album…
Y : I know… but there is no band which never release album even if they have many concerts at Tokyo Dome at all…There is no band who is more inefficient than us.
I : I can understand if you can’t produce music…but You offered many songs for others, right? Why don’t you make songs for yourself but offer songs for the others?
Could you settle it?
Y : I’m so strict to myself. But in this time, we will release album seriously (laugh) .
I think it will be self-confident one.
I : Will it be released in fall?
Y : Yes. I promise. We will release it by the end of this year even though anything happen. I’ll commit to cut my belly if it isn’t released (laugh)
I : After released works appear in the public, audience raise them and give the feedback to the band. So new songs will also influence to the band, right?
Y : I think so. Even though “Kurenai” was made long time ago, many people hum it, It makes tears welled up in my eyes.
I : Songs never get old and live forever, right?
Y : In those days, we played "Kurenai" or "Silent Jealousy", but I’ve never thought we play them at my age…
I : It will continue …for 10 years….20 year…
Y : Yeah… It could be…We are persistent devil. It looks almost break but never break.
I : If it breaks, It will be comeback after altered (got surgery…)
Y : We break it by ourselves and recover it. It is not only seven times falling down, eight times standig up.
(c)
Хочу обратно.......
И конечно наша долгожданная встреча с Танатос! Спасибо тебе, солнце, за встречу, за путешествие с нами на водопады, за ночные плодотворные бдения, за компанию и за то, что терпела невыносимых нас целых 3 дня!))) Отдельное домо аригато за подарки
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Возвращаясь к иксомании... Я явно многое пропустила за последнее время!
Куски новых клипов Х для пачинко тут: legend-x.jp: хочу увидеть полные версии JADE и 紅. *_*
Интервью Йошики об этих автоматах, пока что часть 1:
Кто-нибудь переведёт?
Очередная понравившаяся цитата от Йо:
"Японский менеджмент, многие люди говорили: "Ты не преуспеешь в Америке или за пределами Японии." Эти слова заставляют меня хотеть сделать это и даже больше. Люди говорят: "Ты не можешь долететь до луны." Я хочу добраться до луны! Луна и есть американский рынок.
in English"Japanese management, a lot of people said, 'You're not going to make it in America or outside Japan,'" Yoshiki said. "That makes me want to do it even more."
He continued: "People say, 'You cannot get to the moon.' I want to get to the moon! The moon being the American market."
(с) "America, meet Yoshiki", LA Times
Переводы Кейко Хамагучи. m(_ _)m
[2010.07.8] Пресс-конференция X JAPAN о концертах 14-15.08.2010 в Йокогаме и новом этапе в истории группы:
Часть 1:
читать дальшеMC : Why did you intend to have this press conference on this timing?
YOSHIKI : Because today is SUGIZO’s birthday (laugh).No… It’s just incidental.Today all of the member…..(toward to ToshI) ToshI, you came back a little while ago,right?
By the way,ToshI arrived at Narita airport a 14:30.So delay is not my fault today (joke)
ToshI : What???
YOHIKIKI : weren’t you late? Are you feeling jet lag?
ToshI : No, I’m OK
YOHIKI : I arrived at Tokyo yesterday . (toward to the member of X)When did you guys came back?
PATA : I came back last Saturday.
HEATH : Same fright as PATA-san
YOSHIKI : How about you ,SUGIZO?
SUGIZO : I came back 4 days ago. And I’m feeling jet lag a lot.
YOSHIKI : We happened to gather today. So we had press conference.
MC : What is the thought of the title of the concert. “ Ultra forcible breakthrough .7 tumble and 8 revival. On the verge of the world”
YOSHIKI : (toward to ToshI) How do you think,ToshI-san? We had tumbled more,right? I don’t think it is only 7 times.
ToshI : That’s right.
YOSHIKI : It isn’t concluded….Anyway,It means we will revive if we tumble many times.
MC : According to the press relrease,this NISSAN stadium live show will be the real revival ,and YOSHIKI-san said “We’ll fascinate with X JAPAN which you’ve never seen.And ToshI-san said “neo-X JAPAN”.Could you tell about this?
ToshI : Yes it is fresh start with many meaning .Anyway we put the title”On the verge of the world.
YOSHIKI : This time,the title is not “On the verge of the destraction”.
ToshI : That’s right. It is awesome.Anyway, we will “YOSHIKI cachou” ( do yoshiki) if anything happen.
YOSHIKI : (laugh) Will we “ YOSHIKI cchaimasuka” (do YOSHIKI)?
ToshI : YOSHIKI chau( do YOSHIKI ) means that we will breakthrough forciblyif anything happen.
YOSHIKI : (laugh) (toward to ToshI) Are you aiming “coinage award” in this year?
ToshI : What?? (laugh) What is that?
PATA : It is “vogue-word award”,isn’t it?
(laugh)
YOSHIKI : I7m sorry. I may have jet lag.
MC : How about you ,YOSHIKI-san?
YOSHIKI : I’ll “YOSHIKI cchaimasu” ( do YOSHIKI ) (laugh)
MC : It will be the first one-man open-air show for X JAPAN.Why did you decided to held this open-air concert?
YOSHIKI : We had held open- air show at Hibiya-yaon ,hadn’t we?
ToshI : Yes,we had.
YOSHIKI : It is mistake.
MC : Really ? We heard it will be the first one-man show at open air.
YOSHIKI : It may be the first show for as XJAPAN.
ToshI : Yes. That’s right.
YOSHIKI : Yes ,you are right (laugh) Isn’t it? (toward to SUGIZO) SUGIZO,you’d hold the open-air concert ,right? The show which was blown away (laugh) ( YOSHIKI told about the LUNA SEA’s ten years anniversary show in 1998 at Odaiba “NEVER SOLD OUT CAPACITY”
SUGIZO : Yes . It was blow away….blow away ….Yes so I’ll pray for not to be blow and it will be wonderfull 2 days.
YOSHIKI : Are you rain-bringer,SUGIZO ?
SUGIZO : No, I’m fine weather-bringer.
YOSHIKI : Are you fine weather-bringer???
SUGIZO : fine weather or disaster….I’ll be careful with my full strength to prevent from disaster.
YOSHIKI : We’ll be careful
MC : Could you tell us about the eagerness for the domestic live show after an interval of 15 month?
PATA : What?
MC : So it is the live show after an interval……………..
PATA : I’m dotty, Sorry.
MC : I’m sorry to bother you in your tiredness
PATA : no no no
MC : It passed 15 month that….
PATA : Really?
MC : Could you tell us about your eagerness.
PATA : I’ll do my best with building up my strength ,that’s all. Ishizuka speaking (laugh)
HEATH : We will perform some new songs .I’ll do my best for an excellent X’s concert.
SUGIZO : I’m feeling that X JAPAN is more positive and united than ever recently and excellent condition as rock band now. We 5 plus hide-san ,this 6member of us will perform the most excellent show that you will feel that you will be in the hottest place in the world at that moment in this summer.
ToshI : I want to threw myself into this live with fresh feeling that it is the new starting and I’m looking forward it.
YOSHIKI : Yes, It is kind of the fresh start over again in many sense. It would be never easy way because of our situation. But We’ll “YOSHIKI rimasu” (do YOSHIKI) . We will push us way!!
MC : I heard you will announce about the pre-sales of the ticket.
YOSHIKI : Do I need to say that now?
MC : OK. We’ll check the press release. You will debut in America at Lollapalooza finally .How do you feel ?
PATA : Yes . It will be the first time to have concert in U.S. so I’m expecting and It is very big event,so I’ll do my best not to lose enemy (laugh)
SUGIZO : For myself,personally I’m big fan of perry farel who is the organizer of Lollapalooza. So I’m sooooo happy as one of a rock boy and Rock OTAKU. I’m honor to perform as X JAPAN in such great place for first show in America.I’ll do my best.
ToshI : I came back from Europe today. We perform In Paris and Los angels .Thay are not the real concert.
YOSHIKI : We felt good response,right?
ToshI : Yes.I think we will enjoy and I will take easy and have fun.
YOSHIKI : Actually, We had a press conference at Rockefeller center in New York when HEATH joined .and We were trying to debut in United Stats over 10 yeas ago.The 10 years dream will come true soon. So I think HIDE will be happy to know it.How can I say….I’m feeling deep emotion.I want to show you the intense performance. I have physical problem so far…
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читать дальшеMC : You will show your new song “born to be free” at Lollapalooza for the first time.Do you have plan to release single CD of this song?
YOSHIKI : Maybe the first CD single will be “JADE” in U.S. . And the second and third will be “Born to be free” or “I.V.”
MC : And now ,you are recording the new album, right? Could you tell us about progress of it?
YOSHIKI : (toward to ToshI) How about you?
ToshI : Well, YOSHIKI was in the studio from 6 AM this morning. (toward to YOSHIKI ) you came back 2 days ago, right?
YOSHIKI : Yesterday.
ToshI : He came back yesterday and go to the studio directly from Narita airport. Like that.
YOSHIKI : Yes. More than 90% was done and ToshI’s vocal part is almost finished.
ToshI : Wow
ToshI : Normally recording is finish…. But it is great.
YOSHIKI : We recorded old songs, (toward to ToshI) ,which one is that?, English version of “TEARS”,and “RUSTY NAIL” will be English version, and (toward to ToshI) ,anything else? And “Kurenai”. But the refrain is Japanese, though. “Art of life” ,too.It is almost done. So , autumn? We’ll release it in autumn.
ToshI : Yes.
YOSHIKI : But the single CD will release soon. It will be awkward if it will not relseased on the other hand. Cause, we will have the event.
MC : About the concert this time, the title is “WORLD TOUR live in YOKOHAMA”, right? Are you planning to have many concert after this? Could you tell us about “American tour”?
YOSHIKI : I forgot to bring memo… well…(toward to ToshI ) Do you remember? The one in October.
ToshI : No….. There are too many…
YOSHIKI : But We had to do ,if we say (laugh)
ToshI : So , we don’t try to say that?
(laugh)
YOSHIKI : Where is being settled? Of course Los Angels and New York. (toward to the staff) oh,Give me the memo!)
YOSHIKI : Well…. (toward to HEATH) You don’t know ,right?
HEATH : (nod)
YOSHIKI : (laugh)
YOSHIKI : Can I say that ? There is San Francisco. It is good to announce by ToshI .
ToshI : No no no ….Do you think it is OK to say that???
YOSHIKI : (with watching the list with ToshI) By the way, this place is question now. And this…
ToshI : Well.... We will do the North American Tour , so go to the east coast, west coast, and central. We will go to the big cities. And Canada ,too.
YOSHIKI : It is include Vancouver .
ToshI : Vancouver. And Seattle and San Francisco. And perhaps this one?
YOSHIKI : But this place is….
ToshI : Atlanta, Boston.
YOSHIKI : Atlanta is question.
ToshI : So ,some places have not confirmed yet. But already planed.
YOSHIKI : Thay already have been planed.
MC : It will be the last question. Could you give the massage for the fans who are longing X JAPAN .
PATA : We are keeping you waiting for a long time. I’ll give my best regard to you.
HEATH : I wish we are the coolest band with our full strength forever. Thank you for your support.
SUGIZO : I think X JAPAN is in the best condition now. We will push us way vigorously ,so please follow us .
ToshI : The recording has done almost after an interval of 10 years. 15years??
YOSHIKI : well , the album will be released….well…. I didn’t think that X will release new album…
ToshI : Yes… YOSHIKI and I started the band…..
YOSHIKI : We are classmates.
ToshI : But YOSHIKI makes a secret of his age (laugh)
ToshI : We are doing it together for a long time. It was started from YOSHIKI’s house.
YOSHIKI : The first vocalist of our band was me.
ToshI : Yes yes yes
YOSHIKI : for a long long time ago.
ToshI : That’s right. But It was bad (laugh)
YOSHIKI : Not bad ,but my voice was high pitch.
ToshI : His voice was so cute. His voice hadn’t changed yet. At that time, His astronomical telescope was mike stand. It dosen’t matter now…
YOSHIKI : (laugh)
ToshI : Now we are standing the real start line .I would say “the final start line”. I want to shout for not to regret.
YOSHIKI : In X JAPAN case, We have so many drama and trouble endlessly. I think any kind of people, any kind of band have several problem , but our problem is too big. The other member said that before, but our mental condition is very stable and unite after those trouble. ToshI said that, but I’m so happy to do it seriously as well as we can with ToshI and other members. For myself. In this sense, the NISSAN studio concert will be the restart. We’ll do our best so thank you for your support.
Reporter : SUGIZO-san said 6 of you will perform ,so do you have plan to use HIDE’s image?
YOSHIKI : Yes, we will. We don’t know how we can the event at Chicago or other festival. But We are planning to use it at Nisssan stadium concert.
Reporter : The logo mark has changed the new one. Dose it mean the expression for eagerness of the new start?
YOSHIKI : (try to look at the back screen …) I can’t see it because my neck pains. (lough) This logo mark is only for this open-air show. Actually It is image that dragon is grabbing a globe…Is it globe?
ToshI : It’s the Earth.
YOSHIKI : Is it the Earth? Earth (laugh)
Reporter : Will you change the concert style like this title? Could you tell us about your idea?
YOSHIKI : It is not so fun if I say all but we will change the opening. X perform more than 10 years but menu is not so different each time. But we won’t change it so much .We want to do something only oper-air concert. And we finished the recording of new song . ToshI’s voice condition is so good now. My neck is problem… but It will be the different concert that you’ve ever seen.
Интервью лично Йошики для BARKS news: "We are the newcomer in overseas."
инглиш, очень интересный рассказ о здоровье Йо, о новой главе в истории группы, о Сугизо в Х, сравнение его приход с Хидэ, о взаимоотношениях с Тоши, альбом - этой осенью и уже известное "7 раз упал, 8й - встаешь."
Interviewer : How about your neck condition?
YOSHIKI : It’s not good, but not bad. All the same, 2 or 3 fingers of my left hand still feel numb. So I’m prescribed for it.
I : Does it have a bad influence on grasping sticks?
Y : No. A sensory nerve and a moter nerve are different. So they can move. But I’m feeling like touching ice……like frostbite? I’m feeling bad. It might recover or not. Because the nerves are injured. If this condition become more serious, I need to get another surgery to put metal plate in my bone from the front of my neck.
I : You…want to avoid it….
Y : Then, I’ll accept all…(laugh)
I : Your fans worry about you. They know you’ll never corner cut.
Y : It is price of it (laugh). I was always thinking it would happen. I was care for it. I’m ordered not to play drums without plaster.
I : You are expecting spontaneous recovery, right? I think there is a miracle that incurable injury recover.
Y : Yes, I think so. It is also miracle that X JAPAN has still continued.
I: But the band’s condition is extremely good now, right.
Y : Yes. But the physical condition is so bad.(laugh) But the mental condition is so good.
I : The recording is climax now, and are you feeling that you are developed as a musician?
Y : I was listening several kind of music and doing Violet UK during X JAPAN was disbanded. I absorbed those many music from dance music to Jazz. After that, we X JAPAN reunited. So I think our music was widened. Of course our Rock is our base, and We let it be hard rock. We are using subtle voicing and gracenote and this point, our music is developed. Anyway, we don’t toward to make them more complex or high speed anymore. Because we had done it long time ago.
I : I see.
Y : You will know it if you ask SUGIZO, but X JAPAN’s songs are so difficult if you play. It sound easy if you listen to it, though. For example, about JADE, the key changed half range middle of the song but it isn’t heard so. It is easy to listen but so difficult really. That is present X JAPAN.
I : Audience don’t notice it, right?
Y : It is hard for players (laugh). Not only feeling… In fact.
I : It passed 1 year after SUGIZO joined. Will SUGIZO’s position change from Tokyo Dome concert in May 2009 to this Nissan stadium concert?
Y : Yes, it will. It is same as this recording, but we became more like band. I felt uneasy when we reunited. Like “what should I do?” or “How should I make it?”
I : But you did bulldoze your way through…
Y : Still the situation around X JAPAN hasn't been peaceful including the physical situation, but the NISSAN stadium concert will be the point of start in sense of challenging to world tour. In this sense, our unity is developed after 2 years from reunite.
I : The development is the treasure for the band, right?
Y : You know, most of the case, the band which reunite gather once and finish. But in case of X JAPAN, we pass through few yeas, we enter the new chapter. The concert at Lollapalooza on August 8th and NISSAN stadium on August 14th and 15th will be the action of the new chapter.
I : I think SUGIZO is essential if we talk about neo X JAPAN. Can you describe what X JAPAN wish for him and what he give to X JAPAN?
Y : His participation is natural procedure at all. We formed the band “SKIN” with SUGIZO, GACKT and MIYAVI before, and when we play together I felt that we had such a common musical sense. Both of us have the classical back ground, avant-garde music, preference for loop include dance music, and we like modern classical music.
I : So SUGIZO’s activity and Violet UK are like……
Y : Similar. So he joined us very natural way.
I : And you have something in common with uncommon stoic
Y : But it is same as when HIDE joined X JAPAN at all. He didn’t join us suddenly. We had relationship as man to man and music, and then he became our member. It is same case of it.
I : I know. He is not a session musician, So the relationship is the source of the band power, right?
Y : I think ToshI had many problem and ToshI and I couldn’t get rid of everything when we reunite. But from the beginning of 2010, the wall around us had gone. On the other hand, there were heavy high wall that hide each world when the band was brokenup.
I : The wall would be so heavy that nobody get over, right?
Y : The wall that come up against us throughout our life. But the wall became lower and thinner when we reunite, and now the wall almost disappeared. This time I talk with ToshI and eat together a lot and it is like when we started the band, so it might be the real start of X JAPAN now.
I : A real start?
Y : My feeling for this reunit is same as when we started X. We are the newcomer in overseas. In this sense it is very good timing. We don’t think that the band which sold many CDs or arena band go abroad, but we want to do everything. Our feeling changed something different from when we reunited.
I : It is real meaning of initial enthusiasm, right?
Y : We will do the world tour, but we don’t mind to play at live houses. I have feeling to do anything.
I : Your statement is like “the new comer”.
Y : Yes. We are newcomer in our mind. Talking about Nissan stadium concert, we will produce ourselves. You can imagine that we are the biggest indie band.
I : You X JAPAN have tended to do like this since long time ago. You are the great indie band who makes the way which you believe, right?
Y : Yeah… So we still continue it even if the label or surroundings changed.
I : I want to say something for you at last… I want you to release the new album…
Y : I know… but there is no band which never release album even if they have many concerts at Tokyo Dome at all…There is no band who is more inefficient than us.
I : I can understand if you can’t produce music…but You offered many songs for others, right? Why don’t you make songs for yourself but offer songs for the others?
Could you settle it?
Y : I’m so strict to myself. But in this time, we will release album seriously (laugh) .
I think it will be self-confident one.
I : Will it be released in fall?
Y : Yes. I promise. We will release it by the end of this year even though anything happen. I’ll commit to cut my belly if it isn’t released (laugh)
I : After released works appear in the public, audience raise them and give the feedback to the band. So new songs will also influence to the band, right?
Y : I think so. Even though “Kurenai” was made long time ago, many people hum it, It makes tears welled up in my eyes.
I : Songs never get old and live forever, right?
Y : In those days, we played "Kurenai" or "Silent Jealousy", but I’ve never thought we play them at my age…
I : It will continue …for 10 years….20 year…
Y : Yeah… It could be…We are persistent devil. It looks almost break but never break.
I : If it breaks, It will be comeback after altered (got surgery…)
Y : We break it by ourselves and recover it. It is not only seven times falling down, eight times standig up.
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@темы: hide, X JAPAN, Yoshiki, Toshi, video, интервью, Sugizo, Йошики, translations
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28.07.2010 в 22:10когда займёмся rocket punch?
я кстати пытался переводить всё это дело, да
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28.07.2010 в 23:43Kodoku no Ookami ^_^
я начала переводить в поезде, так что первой частью, может, удастся на этой неделе...
мне там нужна помощь с некоторыми фразами, да
счас пойду читать ф-ленту, искать))
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29.07.2010 в 22:12Интервью Йошики об этих автоматах, пока что часть 1:
Кто-нибудь переведёт?
на xwonderland вот это лежит:
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31.07.2010 в 04:57попытался перевести) тут
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26.08.2010 в 03:37Cпасибо за печатные интервью - много есть над чем подумать, в основном над тем, как формируются , как распадаются или почему держатся все творческие коллективы. Все-таки оно до болезненности похоже и в профессиональном и в любительском варианте.
Ну как Тоши ввернул про Землю, судя по реакции Йошества я правильно понял что это попытка индивидуализироваться. (ведь это же название бывшего проекта Тоши) Земля для него видимо концепт.
А в интервью об автоматах вот что заинтересовало - читал комменты в интервью к ЛА , там какому -то американеру показалось что голос у Йошества "гейский"(?). Хихи - он просто его говорящим на японском не слышал. Конечно на чужом языке голос меняется -это же намеренно тренированное произношение.
Kodoku no Ookami
Если нужна помощь в переводе каких-то текстов c английского или французского - могу помочь. Вроде как профессия. ^_^
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01.09.2010 в 23:41Ну как Тоши ввернул про Землю, судя по реакции Йошества я правильно понял что это попытка индивидуализироваться. (ведь это же название бывшего проекта Тоши) Земля для него видимо концепт.
чья попытка индивидуализироваться, я тебя не поняла?
по поводу Земли и Тоши... я бы не стала тут вспоминать о бывшем сольном проекте Тоши. Уверена, он не связан с нынешней деятельностью группы или самого Тоши, поскольку тогда все идеи диктовались Масаей, а Тоши был скорее исполнителем, чем идеологом проекта Toshi with T-Earth.
акому -то американеру показалось что голос у Йошества "гейский"
какая глупость. дааа, он его орущем на концертах не слышал!