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X
Japan on Pop Jam
1996.10.25
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i = Interviewer
(Moriguchi Hiroko) |
y = Yoshiki
t = Toshi
h = hide |
i: After a long wait, X Japan has arrived! Nice to meet you. All
members bow
t: Nice to meet you.
i: First of all, what all fans are worried about is Yoshiki's
physical condition. We heard some shocking news during spring, but how
are you doing now?
y: Uhm, yeah... I'm still in rehabilitation. I'm not playing the
drums yet, but...
i: Oh, really?
y: Yes. I might start playing in about a month...
i: So, your "super human" like drumming is going to be put on hold
for a while?
y:. No, we've already set dates for a concert so...
i: Ah!
y: So I'll force myself, (turns to Toshi) right? (hits Toshi's arm;
Toshi just looks down and nods with a slight grin).
i: Ok, so... after 5 years, the new album is finished... I've heard
that recording for X Japan is a nightmare, but what is it that makes
it bad?
y: Well, we can't compromise... we get so into the recording that we
can't get out. Especially Toshi.
t: Yes?
i: I've heard that you, as a vocalist, took a lot of care for the
vocals, but how was it?
t: Well... really, uhhm... (Yoshiki hits Toshi in the arm).
i: What's wrong?
t: If you would just listen to it...
i: What kind of emotions did you put in this time?
t: Well... there were all sorts of emotions put in... throughout the
5 years...
y: Like what kind?
t: Huh?
i: The members are interviewing each other... please continue.
t: Iya iya... really...
y: Specifically speaking...
t: Each song... with different emotions...
y: Which song do you like?
i: That's good, that's good. keep asking more.
t: Iya iya... really...
y: Which song was most memorable?
i: I'd like to ask that... that's something the fans would like to
know.
y: That's right.
t: Well, there really isn't ONE SONG.
i: Ahh... that's a hard question, huh?
y: But if you had to choose...
t: Really, uhmm...
y: Just say something... anything.
i: On the other hand, was there a song that gave you problems?
Aren't there times when you could record a song easily, but there's
just one song that doesn't go too well?
y: No... we're serious about everything
i. Well, that makes us even more interested but... and uh, hide, it
seems that you wrote a song too... what kind of song is it?
h: Yes? Uhhh..
y: (quietly to Toshi) He's like a guy at a fish market...
h: What kind of song... it would be better if you'd just listen
to it but... I think was the last song we recorded, right?
t: Ah... the last song... yeah... the last song was hide-chan's song.
i: I see...
h: We didn't realize it.
t: We didn't realize that it was the last song.
i: Before you knew it?
h: Yo'chan gave me an "Ok" phone call and so I told Toshi, "doesn't
that mean you're done?...", right?
t: Yeah...
h: (points to Toshi) You looked so happy then...
i: (to Yoshiki) I heard that after all the songs were done and you
listened to it, you cried.
y: You would cry if you went through all he the things we did.
i: Was it out of satisfaction, or joy...?
y: Well, I heard the album by myself... I had everyone leave the
studio... even the engineers... in the beginning I didn't think that
the album was a big deal before I heard it straight through. But when
I heard it straight through, tears came out of my eyes from around the
3rd song and didn't stop throughout the rest of the album
i: I see... OK, so please introduce the song from the album.
y: uhhm... (hits Toshi) Toshi and Yoshiki persuade the other to
introduce the song.
y: uhm... Forever Love. |
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ThanX: xjapan.de
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