Being a human, though maybe the image is gotten from opening the doors of human living one by one, but I'm the opposite of that. When I was little, with the most open situation, I think to be an adult. I should close the door. I filled up my brain's databank with a bunch of knowledge, so my feeling become weaker. When I wanted to do some kind of activities, I thought about the plans, I also thought about bad things that might be happen.
So, I want to open such door. I want to deliver my feeling. Such situation is interesting. Musician who leave their names in music history, also open the door. For example, Jimi Hendrix. When I watchd his live, there were things I can't explain. I only felt that. At that time I only think about the drummer Mitch Michelle (laugh). If Jimi Hendrix was die in young age, the music history will be changed a lot. There are also Janis Joplin and John Lennon, who open the door in unusual ways. For me, people like them give influences in being a human. For that purpose, surely I have to open the door.
Of course I got a lot of influences. But actually who gave the influences to me? Well, I can't find the answer. Basically, it wa smy parents and my relatives, Laruku's member, friends, various people gave me so much of influencees that mixed up, so I can be like this now. When I met Laruku's member, it's maybe the biggest turning point in my life. I think I got many influences. But, it's not only that.
For example, when I'm 100% myself, I can't accept the 99% influenced by other people. My stance won't change. For example, if there's a girl that I like a lot, it will be hurt if we broke up. Though it makes anger, sadness, and many kinds of feelings, that's all related to ego, I think. If someone hurts my pride I'll get angry, if a girl I like can't be with me, it can make me sad. If it's traced to the beginning, it's all because of ego. Of course because I'm a human, sometimes I don't have the same opinion with the others. If I think about it calmly, about the cause of the problem I had with others, but maybe I can fix it, so it's unnecessary to get really mad at others. It will be good if there's a chance to walk along with friends, but if I can't walk with them, I'll think, "This person is different with me". The event around me in this recording time is, my 2 friends were died. The one is a friend that I'm not often meet with, when I met that person one day, a week after, that person commited suicide. Though my other frinds cried, I didn't. Because that's the way that person chose. My other friend who also died is my good friend who always be with me, I cried hard when that person died. But it's only for 5 minutes. But I only cried at the moment, because that person can't live anymore. That person still lives in my memory. Maa if I leave this world, maybe I'll meet that person.
If I have a strong faith in this situation, I think I can't be influenced. Because of that, things that being a person's turning point, maybe it won't go with me. If a person happy because he/she only changes his/her outward appearance, it can be a problem. Of course in one's turning point, there's a time we can't close the door, it can be me that close the door, it can be closed itself... That will make a big change, I think. So, a person that has changed 99% is a type of person that close the door. A person that closes the door maybe a person that doesn't care.
For example, if there's a lot of delicious food in front of me, if my stomach is empty, I'll want to eat. But if there's some food that can't be eaten for some reasons, I'll think, "Aa, I'm a kind of person that can't eat". "I'll eat later", a person who only thinks about food, a person that only thinks to collect money is a kind o person that close the door. Shortly it can be said like that. But there's a kind of situation that makes us have to close the door, at that time it will be fine if I close the door. The point is there's a time that it'll be good if I open the door.
thx to bananavocado and matsu who provide the article scan ^__^
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Ongaku To Hito January 2006 - yukihiro Gyuunyuu
25 December
This year, Danger is also held ...
It's interesting. Various (laugh). This is the first time the backstage/dressing room looks like a long house. There's a lot of people, they're drinking wine, the situation looks like a party. But I avoid to go near the backstage/dressing room location it's dangerous zone, I slept in the make-up room. This time, we do cover songs in acid android, we have thought about that before, at that time BUCK-TICK was the candidate. But, we thought it's not enough if we do only 1 cover song, so in the end, it becomes 3 songs. Suddenly, all cover songs we did are Japanese songs, if we did other songs, what would they be?
That BUCK-TICK cover is soft-ballad, and hide-san's song is which I like. For the live I depend on Hiruma-san who did the manipulate, with Hiruma-san who likes soft-ballad, 'EGO DANCE' will be perfect. "Please play the synthesizer!" I said (laugh). By the way, the other cover candidates are Shiina Ringo and Cocco. Cocco's 'Jukai no Ito' is my favourite number. But the song is really complicated, so I wasn't using it.
Then the session. We did the Slip Knot cover, yasuo-kun as the drummer said "I will play the drum?" to me, then he said, "Please give me 1 day for it". But in the next day, he called me and said, "I can do that". If there's yells, it wil be perfect! To match the amount of the member with Slip Knot, I asked the manager to help, with the mask, he agreed. I was shocked when all of them had prepared themselves seriously. I felt so satisfied and completed. But this year's event is only for adult. But i don't drink the red wine. The water tank in the store was really elegant. It must be expensive I thought, and when I asked about it to the shopkeeper, I got the answer that the maintenance cost is 1.000.000 yen. Oi oi, it that OK for the store's management? That question still remained until night.
One Day in December
In the renovation of my house
I did the renovation on 3 stairs part in my house. First, the bedroom, it's in my mind for now. In my house, there's also a place to work. Will it be heavy if I work in my own house? From what I heard, it's not like that.
There's also a basement studio, 1 stairs is in the garage and lobby. Then, the second stairs is in the living room. It makes me easier to switch from my living space to my work place. It can be said that there's nearly no window in my house, the center of the 2 stairs becomes stairwell, which surrounded by glass, so I can see the living room, the kitchen, the bathroom, and the others, it seems like limitless.
Shortly, there's no windows facing outside, most parts of the inside are glasses, so in the noon time, from above the bright light can enter, so I don't have any problem with the lights. Under the stairwell is exactly the ceiling of garage, I use glass tile for the ceiling.
I placed a lot of fluorecent light there. With all of that, that room doesn't need any electricity at night until morning. When I got to take a bath, and I turn on the light in the morning and look up at the other room through the glasses, I told to myself "This house is cool, naa!". But the bathroom that surrounded by glasses, in this winter time it's impossible to shower only. However, with glasses surrounding, I can feel the chill more. I have to fill my bathtub with hot water, when it's not warm enough I won't get in. Maa, with this style, I feel happy to live as a bachelor for this moment.
4 January
Happy New Year
Since Danger IV, I kept myself in my house for recording work. When I smoke while I went upstairs from the basement studio, I felt that 'It's 2006 now'. While I was smoking alone, I said to myself, "Akemashite omedetou" (Happy new year) There's a lot of things that made me couldn't go anywhere. I called to my parent's house, "Seems like this year I can't go home", but then, "However, you should go home!". While I think, on 10 o'clock in the evening, I went to my parent's house by car.
I want to eat mochi in this new year. Because there's new lagoon in my parent's house, every year we eat mochi with shouzu beans. There are a lot of delicious food, and the extremely delicious shouzu beans are also there. In new year, surely there's oshiruko (red bean sauce). When I was in Shoumi for about 2/3 hours I also ate oshiruko, my relatives were sharing stories, it filled my feeling about the new year. From tomorrow, recording will be started.
18 January
No Hikirouri
I've started to work in the studio since 2 days ago. Since that ... I nearlt didn't go outside my house. When I went home to my parent's house, I went to the hairmake-san's place to play ... umm, what else? This day, I go to office to collect data, I only go out 4 times this year. When the member comes to studio, I go to garage to open the shutter, I step outside only up to this side everyday. With that daily activities, I mostly preparing the studio. I fell glad about that. Of course, I don't know any other things beside things related to work. Recently, when I wake up in the morning, I clean the lobby and studio. To make them keep clean, I clean them up once in three days ... Ah, am I gonna be studio-san?
One day in January
In the climax of recording
While the recording of guitar sound hasn't finishedd yet, I wrote the lyrics. But, most of the subject is about the living in a house without going outside. Maa, though it will be good if I go out to find other subjects. Recently, I even haven't read manga. The time before, I borrow a tankoubon of 'GANTZ' that was recommended by antz (nabe-kun) and read it. I really want to know the next episodes of it, I felt like, "Ah, I must but the tankoubon from that episode", so when I went to convenient store to buy 'Shonen Jump', I also checked the episodes. Though I knew antz a long ago, we really talked for the first time in acid android. First, I think that he had a really cool image. But the other tension is high. Usually it will develop, I have that kind of mysterious tension, yasuo-kun was also like that. In fan club's bulletin, acid member also appear. yasuo-kun is the most excited member. Usually, he's like young man who suddenly hit the drum. Is young man like that?
thx to matsu for article scan ^__^
Note:
This year, Danger is also held ...
It's interesting. Various (laugh). This is the first time the backstage/dressing room looks like a long house. There's a lot of people, they're drinking wine, the situation looks like a party. But I avoid to go near the backstage/dressing room location it's dangerous zone, I slept in the make-up room. This time, we do cover songs in acid android, we have thought about that before, at that time BUCK-TICK was the candidate. But, we thought it's not enough if we do only 1 cover song, so in the end, it becomes 3 songs. Suddenly, all cover songs we did are Japanese songs, if we did other songs, what would they be?
That BUCK-TICK cover is soft-ballad, and hide-san's song is which I like. For the live I depend on Hiruma-san who did the manipulate, with Hiruma-san who likes soft-ballad, 'EGO DANCE' will be perfect. "Please play the synthesizer!" I said (laugh). By the way, the other cover candidates are Shiina Ringo and Cocco. Cocco's 'Jukai no Ito' is my favourite number. But the song is really complicated, so I wasn't using it.
Then the session. We did the Slip Knot cover, yasuo-kun as the drummer said "I will play the drum?" to me, then he said, "Please give me 1 day for it". But in the next day, he called me and said, "I can do that". If there's yells, it wil be perfect! To match the amount of the member with Slip Knot, I asked the manager to help, with the mask, he agreed. I was shocked when all of them had prepared themselves seriously. I felt so satisfied and completed. But this year's event is only for adult. But i don't drink the red wine. The water tank in the store was really elegant. It must be expensive I thought, and when I asked about it to the shopkeeper, I got the answer that the maintenance cost is 1.000.000 yen. Oi oi, it that OK for the store's management? That question still remained until night.
One Day in December
In the renovation of my house
I did the renovation on 3 stairs part in my house. First, the bedroom, it's in my mind for now. In my house, there's also a place to work. Will it be heavy if I work in my own house? From what I heard, it's not like that.
There's also a basement studio, 1 stairs is in the garage and lobby. Then, the second stairs is in the living room. It makes me easier to switch from my living space to my work place. It can be said that there's nearly no window in my house, the center of the 2 stairs becomes stairwell, which surrounded by glass, so I can see the living room, the kitchen, the bathroom, and the others, it seems like limitless.
Shortly, there's no windows facing outside, most parts of the inside are glasses, so in the noon time, from above the bright light can enter, so I don't have any problem with the lights. Under the stairwell is exactly the ceiling of garage, I use glass tile for the ceiling.
I placed a lot of fluorecent light there. With all of that, that room doesn't need any electricity at night until morning. When I got to take a bath, and I turn on the light in the morning and look up at the other room through the glasses, I told to myself "This house is cool, naa!". But the bathroom that surrounded by glasses, in this winter time it's impossible to shower only. However, with glasses surrounding, I can feel the chill more. I have to fill my bathtub with hot water, when it's not warm enough I won't get in. Maa, with this style, I feel happy to live as a bachelor for this moment.
4 January
Happy New Year
Since Danger IV, I kept myself in my house for recording work. When I smoke while I went upstairs from the basement studio, I felt that 'It's 2006 now'. While I was smoking alone, I said to myself, "Akemashite omedetou" (Happy new year) There's a lot of things that made me couldn't go anywhere. I called to my parent's house, "Seems like this year I can't go home", but then, "However, you should go home!". While I think, on 10 o'clock in the evening, I went to my parent's house by car.
I want to eat mochi in this new year. Because there's new lagoon in my parent's house, every year we eat mochi with shouzu beans. There are a lot of delicious food, and the extremely delicious shouzu beans are also there. In new year, surely there's oshiruko (red bean sauce). When I was in Shoumi for about 2/3 hours I also ate oshiruko, my relatives were sharing stories, it filled my feeling about the new year. From tomorrow, recording will be started.
18 January
No Hikirouri
I've started to work in the studio since 2 days ago. Since that ... I nearlt didn't go outside my house. When I went home to my parent's house, I went to the hairmake-san's place to play ... umm, what else? This day, I go to office to collect data, I only go out 4 times this year. When the member comes to studio, I go to garage to open the shutter, I step outside only up to this side everyday. With that daily activities, I mostly preparing the studio. I fell glad about that. Of course, I don't know any other things beside things related to work. Recently, when I wake up in the morning, I clean the lobby and studio. To make them keep clean, I clean them up once in three days ... Ah, am I gonna be studio-san?
One day in January
In the climax of recording
While the recording of guitar sound hasn't finishedd yet, I wrote the lyrics. But, most of the subject is about the living in a house without going outside. Maa, though it will be good if I go out to find other subjects. Recently, I even haven't read manga. The time before, I borrow a tankoubon of 'GANTZ' that was recommended by antz (nabe-kun) and read it. I really want to know the next episodes of it, I felt like, "Ah, I must but the tankoubon from that episode", so when I went to convenient store to buy 'Shonen Jump', I also checked the episodes. Though I knew antz a long ago, we really talked for the first time in acid android. First, I think that he had a really cool image. But the other tension is high. Usually it will develop, I have that kind of mysterious tension, yasuo-kun was also like that. In fan club's bulletin, acid member also appear. yasuo-kun is the most excited member. Usually, he's like young man who suddenly hit the drum. Is young man like that?
thx to matsu for article scan ^__^
Note:
- I still didn't know the meaning of hikirouri, i'll update this translation if i find it out.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
PATI-PATI May 2004 - L'Arc~en~Ciel Lottery Interview
I: Interviewer
h: hyde
k: ken
t: tetsu
y: yukihiro
L'Arc~en~Ciel's new album after about 3 years and 7 months, "SMILE", have you listened to it? Soon after its release, for the cover and first page of this special edition, all of the staff discussed what to be talked with these 4 important persons in interview. So this theme now is following this route - "SMILE" --> laugh --> happiness comes to the smiling face --> lottery interview. Each member will get quastions from another members. The staff also collect their questions using the contents of this album. The questions collected are more than 20 questions, 1 questions is written on a paper, then they will be entered into a lottery box, member will take 1 piece of paper from the box then answer the questions. The theme is about the courage to reveal the past that maybe wasn't heard before. Are they going to have good questions or bad questions? So now, we will decide the order. Yes, ja-n ke-n po-n!!
I: The one who lose on jan-ken-pon hyde-san, please pick the first question.
h: (pick the question with his hand mixing it) ... E-, question from hyde-san (laugh). "yukihiro-san, did you ever watch erotic video?"
All: Ha ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
I: The first question is really good.
y: E- ... Though I ever watched it, I don't watch it recently (laugh).
I: hyde-san, are you satisfied with that kind of answer?
h: I'm satisfied (laugh).
I: Next, tetsu-san, please pick your question.
t: Question from "REVELATION". "Even until now, is there a thing that you keep a secret? Please expose one now".
I: It's a question from staff. There's a song titled "REVELATION" in this album, it can be translated literally as 'exposure/disclosure' ('bakuro').
k: Aa, the song "REVELATION" isn't about 'disclosure' ('bakuro'), there's another meaning of it in vocabulary.
I: Yes, when I check 'bakuro', there's a meaning 'revelation'.
h: It also means 'apocalypse' ('keiji').
k: I also think about that meaning ('keiji').
I: Surely it's 'keiji' then, it's written in the bible too, but this question is made from the ordinary literally translation. So, now, let's have a talk about 'disclosure' ('bakuro').
t: Now let me answer that (laugh). I have one secret, it's in the past. In my way back home from elementary school, I saw an alarm of a bank, "It surely will ring" I thought, if I pressed it. Though I don't remember it clearly, I had kinda curious feeling that time. Together with my friend, we're like "Come on, press it". When I pressed it, it rang. Uwaaaa!! Then we ran out immediately, ne (laugh). Then, on the next day, I was afraid to go to school, "Am I gonna get caught?". But when I arrived at school, nobody talked about that. I thought nobody saw us, hosh, I was so glad about that (laugh).
I: It's in what grade?
t: I think it's when I'm in second or third year of elementary school.
I: I see. Next, ken-san.
k: Question from yukihiro-san. "What did you eat yesterday?". E~ pork shabu with hourenkusa (a kind of grass).
I: Let's ask the others.
h: Ochatsuke.
t: When I collect data, I ate bento.
y: Yesterday, i ate Matsuya's
I: OK. Now yukihiro-san, please pick your question.
y: "With the scene of "SMILE" album recording, what scene scene that come up from your mind?" ... E~to ... ken-chan played guitar in front of me. Though he usually plays in amplifier's place, that time he played his guitar in control room. He played in front of me. hyde-kun also saw that.
h: It's pro, ne.
y: Pro musical performance, seen near like that (laugh).
I: Next, hyde-san, please pick your question.
h: Ye~s (smiling face)
k: What makes you so happy like that!? (laugh)
h: Question from "Time Goes On". "Please tell use one impressive event that you think it's like in a dream". Things like in a dream... (closing eyes and thinking seriously). It's just think I can't tell na-
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard).
h: Are there things I can tell? ... n-, let me think ...
I: Do you wanna pass?
h: No! No no, but really, nothing came up from my mind. Things like in a dream... things like in a dream... Surely it's only about things I can't tell (laugh).
I: Let tetsu-san be the next, then.
t: OK (with smiling face, picking the question) ... Question from "Lover Boy". "Among the members of L'Arc~en~Ciel, who is the most shy person? Please tell the reason too".
I: It's from the lyric, the question was made from a word of it.
t: Shy..... Isn't it me? (laugh)
h: I know!! (raising hand). Wa-wait a second, about the dream, is it OK if I answer now?!
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
I: You have something in your mind? (laugh)
h: Yes. But it's thing like nightmare. It's when I watched TV in January this year. About Apollo that went to the moon in 1969, I watched the TV program that told a lie about that.
k: I also watched it.
h: You watched it too? When I watched it, my relative also watched beside me. That person said, "That Apollo thing is lie!!" It's like a completely rejection of what I had in my mind. My relative that beside me also told a lie.That person said, "The waving flag is weird, because there should be no atmosphere in that place". It was a shock... (laugh). The TV program said, the reflection when landing on the surface of the moon, it's only human-made. That TV program is so convincing. Finally, in the very end of the program, they told that what they're talking about just now was totally a lie. My relative beside me who also told me the lie had left me alone (laugh). I don't know where should I throw my anger to...
y: That TV program about trip to the moon that is told to be a lie, it's actually the TV program that was lying?
h: Yepp.
k: the Hollywood thing, that reflection capture, it's also lie.
h: Though it's totally a lie, it's a great TV program. It made me shocked. Really, it's like a nightmare. Now, that thing comes up from my mind (laugh).
I: I see. tetsu-san, what the reason for the shy question?
t: E~to. The reason.... u-n....
h: You don't listen to my answer from beginning? Oh, no no, I shouldn't think about my own question (laugh).
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
t: It's because I can't explain well with words in front of a girl. That's shy, I think (laugh).
k: Sshaaa!! (picking the question and yelling) Koooo-i!! ... Question from "Eien". "If you're promised an eternity, what do you wish to be eternal?" N- .... It's difficult thing ne.... I think it will be health.
y: ... (picking the mixed question) Question from "Coming Closer". "What things that make you worry recently?" This month's task concerning the trash
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
h: It's serious matter ne (laugh).
y: Right. A little (laugh).
h: Next is... Question from "Spirit Dreams Inside". "Among the members, who has the hottest spirit?" Ma, if I should say, it's yukki, isn't it. I can still imagine hearing the sounds he made.
I: Recently, what things happen?
h: In this recording time, I also did some promotions for my solo. I got to collect some data, so if recording had finished, there's still a lot of work to do. When I went to studio, yukki really hit his drums seriously. 1 song took about 2 - 3 days. It's really hot yukki, for me, he really got into it, he's really serious. You're so hot, yukki!!
y: Ha ha ha ha ha ha (laugh).
I: By the way, what song that he hit his drums seriously?
h: Umm... "Coming Closer" I think, though I don't really remember about that.
I: I see. Jaa, tetsu-san, please pick your question.
t: OK.... "What things in your mind soon after the recording finished?" E to .... I think it's little out of program (= sooner that the schedule) I think it's good. It's about 1 week faster from the first program.
k: Question from "Seppun". "Is there any place that you swear not to go there again or not back there again?" Nope!!
y: Question frrom "Feeling Fine". "How you spend your time if you're unable to sleep?" Recently, if I can't sleep very well, I spent the night with cleaning. Because I can't sleep then I do cleaning.
h: Next!! ... (picking the question, soon after fininsh reading it, his whole face is smiling) Question from ken-san!! "What's your dream in days when you're getting old?"
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard).
h: My dream about my old days is, I'll but a villa in L.A., there... when I wake up early in the morning, I have a glass (for drinking sake), maybe in the living room, spread with tatami, I have a relax time, and while I'm drinking my tea, if I die it will be fine. The tea, the hot water, and cotton is falling. Then, my grandchildren say "Grandpa? Grandpa!! Grandpaaaa!!!" (All: laughing hard).
I: Let's ask the others too.
t: I'm in my own luxury ship and having a trip around the world.
y: I.... I'll be in the place I don't know where, but it'll be a quite place I live alone.
k: Should I answer too?
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
h: It comes to you at last (laugh).
I: What about you, the question writer, ken-san?
k: For me, I think it's OK if I pass them with relaxing or still busy in my old days. I'll do things which make me happy. Like the answers you have heard. So my answer now is same with the other three (laugh).
t: Question from "REVELATION" "What proverbs that made up frrom 4 kanji letters do you like?" Four-kanji proverbs ... I can't think any, 'yakiniku teishoku' (yakiniku package food). But that's not a good product. No ... n-, four-kanji proverbs, I really can't think any.
k: Koooo-i!! (picking the question with big action). Question from "READY STEADY GO". " Recently, what time do you feel your heart pounding so fast?" ... when I did free-fall in Las Vegas. It's the most sensational time in my life.
I: Compare to the jet coaster system, how was it like?
k: Though I dislike it, I rode it until end.
y: E-to, question from tetsu-san. "What do you do in your days off?" In my days off I go shopping ne, I buy a lot of things.
t: Where do you go?
y: I go around Shibuya, Harajuku.
t: I see, ne.
h: " ..... For ken-chan. On 10 March, who was with you in the taxi? from tetsu"
k: 10 March? I was alone... it's opposite from what you asked. (laugh) I met tetsu that day...then we have a talk, this!? That day, I was going to buy guitar in Ikebukuro.
t: Iyaa, this world is really small, ne (laugh). Atto, the next, isn't it me?" "Please mention one accidental moment that made laugh" It's my gag ne. The pun. I always talked the pun.
k: Koooo-i!! Ah!! Question from tetsu-san!! "What time did you sleep? What time did you wake up?"
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
k: It's about 4 or 5 in the morning when I slept, and I woke up at 1.
I: Let's hear the answers from the other two.
h: E-to... I slept at 4 or 5 in the morning and woke up at about 1.
y: Recently, I sleep at 8 or 9 in the morning, woke up at 1 ne.
I: OK, the next, please pick up your question.
y: OK. Etto... Question from "Hitomi no Juunin". "In what kind of fragrant you want to sleep?" .... Good fragrant.
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
h: Question from yukihiro-san. " Please tell us the color of your underwear you're wearing today" (laugh). Black, ne.
t: Question from hyde-san. "What do you eat in your day-offs? Do you have any recommendation?" ... In my day off, I go to a Japanese food restaurany, ne. Recently, I go to OO director (=film director)'s placee. The food is really dedlicious there.
k: In that place, are they wearing pants!?
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
t: They wear, they wear. I never go to that kind of shabu-sahbu restaurant (laugh).
I: It's a dangerous topic. So, the next please.
k: OK. A, there's only 1 question left. Kooooo-i!! Question from ken-san!! (laugh)
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
I: Because it's the last question, let's hear the answer from all members.
k: Yes, it's good to ask everyone this question, this is "What things do you want to have now? Though I won't give them t you"
h: Villa, ne. In L. A.
t: Things I want to have?
k: Yeah, things you want to have. Though I'm not gonna give them to you.
t: I want another house, ne.
y: I ... Recently, I want to raise pet. Recently... I feel a little lonely. (laugh)
k: What pet do you think is good?
y: Cat.
k: What kind of cat?
y: Whatever is good. It's OK even if it's not a high-class one.
k: Long fur or short fur?
y: Short fur.
k: A calm cat?
y: A calm cat ... ka na~
Staff: We'll send you a cat as a present (All laugh)
I: All of fans, please don't send ne. Everyone, thank you.
Staff: There isn't any closing? It's OK to end this?
k: Though we're in front cover?
h: Eh? Only this?
I: No no, we will also have solo interview. But, at last, please say some closing speech. Something about the long waited national tour.
k: Etto ... Because the title is "SMILE TOUR 2004" ... Everyone, please come with smiles.
t: Happiness comes to the smiling face.
h: I think you should prepare your physical condition seriously for that.
y: Uhm.
All: Ee?!
I: Nothing more?
y: No, from now, i just think what to talk....
k: It's a domineering husband, I think.
y: Ha ha ha ha ha ha (laugh). Jaa mou, it's OK (laugh)
At last we would like to thank to hyde, ken, tetsu, and yukihiro for participating in this 'courage to reveal the past' theme until end. Because of them, this interview is filled with smile.
thx to Dolce-san who had gave a very big help in translating, and thx to vivid-colors board for the article scans. ^_^
Note:
h: hyde
k: ken
t: tetsu
y: yukihiro
L'Arc~en~Ciel's new album after about 3 years and 7 months, "SMILE", have you listened to it? Soon after its release, for the cover and first page of this special edition, all of the staff discussed what to be talked with these 4 important persons in interview. So this theme now is following this route - "SMILE" --> laugh --> happiness comes to the smiling face --> lottery interview. Each member will get quastions from another members. The staff also collect their questions using the contents of this album. The questions collected are more than 20 questions, 1 questions is written on a paper, then they will be entered into a lottery box, member will take 1 piece of paper from the box then answer the questions. The theme is about the courage to reveal the past that maybe wasn't heard before. Are they going to have good questions or bad questions? So now, we will decide the order. Yes, ja-n ke-n po-n!!
I: The one who lose on jan-ken-pon hyde-san, please pick the first question.
h: (pick the question with his hand mixing it) ... E-, question from hyde-san (laugh). "yukihiro-san, did you ever watch erotic video?"
All: Ha ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
I: The first question is really good.
y: E- ... Though I ever watched it, I don't watch it recently (laugh).
I: hyde-san, are you satisfied with that kind of answer?
h: I'm satisfied (laugh).
I: Next, tetsu-san, please pick your question.
t: Question from "REVELATION". "Even until now, is there a thing that you keep a secret? Please expose one now".
I: It's a question from staff. There's a song titled "REVELATION" in this album, it can be translated literally as 'exposure/disclosure' ('bakuro').
k: Aa, the song "REVELATION" isn't about 'disclosure' ('bakuro'), there's another meaning of it in vocabulary.
I: Yes, when I check 'bakuro', there's a meaning 'revelation'.
h: It also means 'apocalypse' ('keiji').
k: I also think about that meaning ('keiji').
I: Surely it's 'keiji' then, it's written in the bible too, but this question is made from the ordinary literally translation. So, now, let's have a talk about 'disclosure' ('bakuro').
t: Now let me answer that (laugh). I have one secret, it's in the past. In my way back home from elementary school, I saw an alarm of a bank, "It surely will ring" I thought, if I pressed it. Though I don't remember it clearly, I had kinda curious feeling that time. Together with my friend, we're like "Come on, press it". When I pressed it, it rang. Uwaaaa!! Then we ran out immediately, ne (laugh). Then, on the next day, I was afraid to go to school, "Am I gonna get caught?". But when I arrived at school, nobody talked about that. I thought nobody saw us, hosh, I was so glad about that (laugh).
I: It's in what grade?
t: I think it's when I'm in second or third year of elementary school.
I: I see. Next, ken-san.
k: Question from yukihiro-san. "What did you eat yesterday?". E~ pork shabu with hourenkusa (a kind of grass).
I: Let's ask the others.
h: Ochatsuke.
t: When I collect data, I ate bento.
y: Yesterday, i ate Matsuya's
I: OK. Now yukihiro-san, please pick your question.
y: "With the scene of "SMILE" album recording, what scene scene that come up from your mind?" ... E~to ... ken-chan played guitar in front of me. Though he usually plays in amplifier's place, that time he played his guitar in control room. He played in front of me. hyde-kun also saw that.
h: It's pro, ne.
y: Pro musical performance, seen near like that (laugh).
I: Next, hyde-san, please pick your question.
h: Ye~s (smiling face)
k: What makes you so happy like that!? (laugh)
h: Question from "Time Goes On". "Please tell use one impressive event that you think it's like in a dream". Things like in a dream... (closing eyes and thinking seriously). It's just think I can't tell na-
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard).
h: Are there things I can tell? ... n-, let me think ...
I: Do you wanna pass?
h: No! No no, but really, nothing came up from my mind. Things like in a dream... things like in a dream... Surely it's only about things I can't tell (laugh).
I: Let tetsu-san be the next, then.
t: OK (with smiling face, picking the question) ... Question from "Lover Boy". "Among the members of L'Arc~en~Ciel, who is the most shy person? Please tell the reason too".
I: It's from the lyric, the question was made from a word of it.
t: Shy..... Isn't it me? (laugh)
h: I know!! (raising hand). Wa-wait a second, about the dream, is it OK if I answer now?!
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
I: You have something in your mind? (laugh)
h: Yes. But it's thing like nightmare. It's when I watched TV in January this year. About Apollo that went to the moon in 1969, I watched the TV program that told a lie about that.
k: I also watched it.
h: You watched it too? When I watched it, my relative also watched beside me. That person said, "That Apollo thing is lie!!" It's like a completely rejection of what I had in my mind. My relative that beside me also told a lie.That person said, "The waving flag is weird, because there should be no atmosphere in that place". It was a shock... (laugh). The TV program said, the reflection when landing on the surface of the moon, it's only human-made. That TV program is so convincing. Finally, in the very end of the program, they told that what they're talking about just now was totally a lie. My relative beside me who also told me the lie had left me alone (laugh). I don't know where should I throw my anger to...
y: That TV program about trip to the moon that is told to be a lie, it's actually the TV program that was lying?
h: Yepp.
k: the Hollywood thing, that reflection capture, it's also lie.
h: Though it's totally a lie, it's a great TV program. It made me shocked. Really, it's like a nightmare. Now, that thing comes up from my mind (laugh).
I: I see. tetsu-san, what the reason for the shy question?
t: E~to. The reason.... u-n....
h: You don't listen to my answer from beginning? Oh, no no, I shouldn't think about my own question (laugh).
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
t: It's because I can't explain well with words in front of a girl. That's shy, I think (laugh).
k: Sshaaa!! (picking the question and yelling) Koooo-i!! ... Question from "Eien". "If you're promised an eternity, what do you wish to be eternal?" N- .... It's difficult thing ne.... I think it will be health.
y: ... (picking the mixed question) Question from "Coming Closer". "What things that make you worry recently?" This month's task concerning the trash
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
h: It's serious matter ne (laugh).
y: Right. A little (laugh).
h: Next is... Question from "Spirit Dreams Inside". "Among the members, who has the hottest spirit?" Ma, if I should say, it's yukki, isn't it. I can still imagine hearing the sounds he made.
I: Recently, what things happen?
h: In this recording time, I also did some promotions for my solo. I got to collect some data, so if recording had finished, there's still a lot of work to do. When I went to studio, yukki really hit his drums seriously. 1 song took about 2 - 3 days. It's really hot yukki, for me, he really got into it, he's really serious. You're so hot, yukki!!
y: Ha ha ha ha ha ha (laugh).
I: By the way, what song that he hit his drums seriously?
h: Umm... "Coming Closer" I think, though I don't really remember about that.
I: I see. Jaa, tetsu-san, please pick your question.
t: OK.... "What things in your mind soon after the recording finished?" E to .... I think it's little out of program (= sooner that the schedule) I think it's good. It's about 1 week faster from the first program.
k: Question from "Seppun". "Is there any place that you swear not to go there again or not back there again?" Nope!!
y: Question frrom "Feeling Fine". "How you spend your time if you're unable to sleep?" Recently, if I can't sleep very well, I spent the night with cleaning. Because I can't sleep then I do cleaning.
h: Next!! ... (picking the question, soon after fininsh reading it, his whole face is smiling) Question from ken-san!! "What's your dream in days when you're getting old?"
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard).
h: My dream about my old days is, I'll but a villa in L.A., there... when I wake up early in the morning, I have a glass (for drinking sake), maybe in the living room, spread with tatami, I have a relax time, and while I'm drinking my tea, if I die it will be fine. The tea, the hot water, and cotton is falling. Then, my grandchildren say "Grandpa? Grandpa!! Grandpaaaa!!!" (All: laughing hard).
I: Let's ask the others too.
t: I'm in my own luxury ship and having a trip around the world.
y: I.... I'll be in the place I don't know where, but it'll be a quite place I live alone.
k: Should I answer too?
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
h: It comes to you at last (laugh).
I: What about you, the question writer, ken-san?
k: For me, I think it's OK if I pass them with relaxing or still busy in my old days. I'll do things which make me happy. Like the answers you have heard. So my answer now is same with the other three (laugh).
t: Question from "REVELATION" "What proverbs that made up frrom 4 kanji letters do you like?" Four-kanji proverbs ... I can't think any, 'yakiniku teishoku' (yakiniku package food). But that's not a good product. No ... n-, four-kanji proverbs, I really can't think any.
k: Koooo-i!! (picking the question with big action). Question from "READY STEADY GO". " Recently, what time do you feel your heart pounding so fast?" ... when I did free-fall in Las Vegas. It's the most sensational time in my life.
I: Compare to the jet coaster system, how was it like?
k: Though I dislike it, I rode it until end.
y: E-to, question from tetsu-san. "What do you do in your days off?" In my days off I go shopping ne, I buy a lot of things.
t: Where do you go?
y: I go around Shibuya, Harajuku.
t: I see, ne.
h: " ..... For ken-chan. On 10 March, who was with you in the taxi? from tetsu"
k: 10 March? I was alone... it's opposite from what you asked. (laugh) I met tetsu that day...then we have a talk, this!? That day, I was going to buy guitar in Ikebukuro.
t: Iyaa, this world is really small, ne (laugh). Atto, the next, isn't it me?" "Please mention one accidental moment that made laugh" It's my gag ne. The pun. I always talked the pun.
k: Koooo-i!! Ah!! Question from tetsu-san!! "What time did you sleep? What time did you wake up?"
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
k: It's about 4 or 5 in the morning when I slept, and I woke up at 1.
I: Let's hear the answers from the other two.
h: E-to... I slept at 4 or 5 in the morning and woke up at about 1.
y: Recently, I sleep at 8 or 9 in the morning, woke up at 1 ne.
I: OK, the next, please pick up your question.
y: OK. Etto... Question from "Hitomi no Juunin". "In what kind of fragrant you want to sleep?" .... Good fragrant.
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
h: Question from yukihiro-san. " Please tell us the color of your underwear you're wearing today" (laugh). Black, ne.
t: Question from hyde-san. "What do you eat in your day-offs? Do you have any recommendation?" ... In my day off, I go to a Japanese food restaurany, ne. Recently, I go to OO director (=film director)'s placee. The food is really dedlicious there.
k: In that place, are they wearing pants!?
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
t: They wear, they wear. I never go to that kind of shabu-sahbu restaurant (laugh).
I: It's a dangerous topic. So, the next please.
k: OK. A, there's only 1 question left. Kooooo-i!! Question from ken-san!! (laugh)
All: Ha ha ha ha ha (laughing hard)
I: Because it's the last question, let's hear the answer from all members.
k: Yes, it's good to ask everyone this question, this is "What things do you want to have now? Though I won't give them t you"
h: Villa, ne. In L. A.
t: Things I want to have?
k: Yeah, things you want to have. Though I'm not gonna give them to you.
t: I want another house, ne.
y: I ... Recently, I want to raise pet. Recently... I feel a little lonely. (laugh)
k: What pet do you think is good?
y: Cat.
k: What kind of cat?
y: Whatever is good. It's OK even if it's not a high-class one.
k: Long fur or short fur?
y: Short fur.
k: A calm cat?
y: A calm cat ... ka na~
Staff: We'll send you a cat as a present (All laugh)
I: All of fans, please don't send ne. Everyone, thank you.
Staff: There isn't any closing? It's OK to end this?
k: Though we're in front cover?
h: Eh? Only this?
I: No no, we will also have solo interview. But, at last, please say some closing speech. Something about the long waited national tour.
k: Etto ... Because the title is "SMILE TOUR 2004" ... Everyone, please come with smiles.
t: Happiness comes to the smiling face.
h: I think you should prepare your physical condition seriously for that.
y: Uhm.
All: Ee?!
I: Nothing more?
y: No, from now, i just think what to talk....
k: It's a domineering husband, I think.
y: Ha ha ha ha ha ha (laugh). Jaa mou, it's OK (laugh)
At last we would like to thank to hyde, ken, tetsu, and yukihiro for participating in this 'courage to reveal the past' theme until end. Because of them, this interview is filled with smile.
thx to Dolce-san who had gave a very big help in translating, and thx to vivid-colors board for the article scans. ^_^
Note:
- About Four-kanji proverbs, it's written as Yoji jukugo.
are like proverbs consisting of four kanji letters. For example, 一石二鳥 = 一(one)石(stone)二(two)鳥(bird) = to kill two birds with one stone. This a typical Yoji Jukugo. (thx to Dolce-san for this information ^__^)
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
CDData July 2006 - Ken
2 Cover Songs + 1 Original Song
Solo Debut Under His Own Name are About to Release!
September last year, after ASIALIVE 2005, L'Arc~en~Ciel still exist in various activities. After releasing single and album, HYDE and yukihiro (acid android) do their national tour recently, tetsu also start his solo activity with Creature Creature, and at last, Ken also start his solo activity. This time, he doesn't appear as SONS OF ALL PUSSYS, but start his solo debut under his own name.
The first single 'Speed' will be released on 8/23 (Wednesday), contains 1 original song (karaoke also included) + 2 cover songs, so it will be 4 songs. The title 'Speed' is taken from the song written by Ken. He want to give a deep emotion in this song using middle tune's emotional sound.
Next, the second song 'Empty Rooms' is the cover of Gary Moore. It will represent Moore and Rock Ballad, in more mellow sound. Then, the third song, is the cover of the theme song of 'Isoshigi'/Sandpiper (America's 1965 movie) - 'The Shadow of Your Smile'. In this standard style song, it's kinda experiment and with the guitar instrument, this song is impressive. It's a good and deep work.
Why he does solo without S.O.A.P, why in the 3 songs, there's only 1 original song? Well, wait the article interview in this September edition magazine.
thx to Matsu who provides the article scan ^_^
Solo Debut Under His Own Name are About to Release!
September last year, after ASIALIVE 2005, L'Arc~en~Ciel still exist in various activities. After releasing single and album, HYDE and yukihiro (acid android) do their national tour recently, tetsu also start his solo activity with Creature Creature, and at last, Ken also start his solo activity. This time, he doesn't appear as SONS OF ALL PUSSYS, but start his solo debut under his own name.
The first single 'Speed' will be released on 8/23 (Wednesday), contains 1 original song (karaoke also included) + 2 cover songs, so it will be 4 songs. The title 'Speed' is taken from the song written by Ken. He want to give a deep emotion in this song using middle tune's emotional sound.
Next, the second song 'Empty Rooms' is the cover of Gary Moore. It will represent Moore and Rock Ballad, in more mellow sound. Then, the third song, is the cover of the theme song of 'Isoshigi'/Sandpiper (America's 1965 movie) - 'The Shadow of Your Smile'. In this standard style song, it's kinda experiment and with the guitar instrument, this song is impressive. It's a good and deep work.
Why he does solo without S.O.A.P, why in the 3 songs, there's only 1 original song? Well, wait the article interview in this September edition magazine.
thx to Matsu who provides the article scan ^_^
Monthly The Television June 2006 - HYDE
Expanding Energetic Tour with Heavy Sound!
HYDE, who just started his solo work again last year, with the single 'COUNTDOWN' and 'SEASON'S CALL' which became no. 1 in the charts for the first time it's released. After about 2 years 4 months, the third album 'FAITH' is finally released. Done the recording in Los Angeles, the heavy sound gives a strong impression.
H: Last year, since I made 'COUNTDOWN' I already though that I want to make heavy album for the next time. I want to do real heavy rock, the feeling to perform that song in live was strong, and I also want to put that kind of song in chart, ne. I think it's cool. Still, while I was choosing the songs, there's something I wanna do, that came up from me, various meanings. That is, even if the song is heavy, it's not catchy. Because it's not catchy, I can't hear if it's a good song. For me it's important, because I want to pour that sense in any way to make it sounds perfect.
That kind of heavy sound is accompanied by the deep lyrics. "Love and Death" as the core of the words, give a deep feeling.
H: If there is love, one can surpass death, one can also die only for love. I want to talk from various points of view through the songs. I also think the final theme. Though I have thought about that, the point is, I want to make lyrics that won't be perfect if it's not touching one's feeling.
From April, he has a lot of solo tour just to promote his album through the aggressive live.
H: This tour is about my recent view of the world, dreams that haven't come true. I think this 'FAITH' album is an invitation to the live. I want to have a tour in every place, hold a live that done close (to the audience) and can raise bodily sensation. From the large amount of tour, if I go through them one by one, certainly I'll feel used to it, 'til I don't have to think what kind of live will be on the next day (laugh). With the outstanding staging of the members, I hope the aggressiveness that haven't been seen before come out.
Thx to Matsu who provides the article scan ^__^
HYDE, who just started his solo work again last year, with the single 'COUNTDOWN' and 'SEASON'S CALL' which became no. 1 in the charts for the first time it's released. After about 2 years 4 months, the third album 'FAITH' is finally released. Done the recording in Los Angeles, the heavy sound gives a strong impression.
H: Last year, since I made 'COUNTDOWN' I already though that I want to make heavy album for the next time. I want to do real heavy rock, the feeling to perform that song in live was strong, and I also want to put that kind of song in chart, ne. I think it's cool. Still, while I was choosing the songs, there's something I wanna do, that came up from me, various meanings. That is, even if the song is heavy, it's not catchy. Because it's not catchy, I can't hear if it's a good song. For me it's important, because I want to pour that sense in any way to make it sounds perfect.
That kind of heavy sound is accompanied by the deep lyrics. "Love and Death" as the core of the words, give a deep feeling.
H: If there is love, one can surpass death, one can also die only for love. I want to talk from various points of view through the songs. I also think the final theme. Though I have thought about that, the point is, I want to make lyrics that won't be perfect if it's not touching one's feeling.
From April, he has a lot of solo tour just to promote his album through the aggressive live.
H: This tour is about my recent view of the world, dreams that haven't come true. I think this 'FAITH' album is an invitation to the live. I want to have a tour in every place, hold a live that done close (to the audience) and can raise bodily sensation. From the large amount of tour, if I go through them one by one, certainly I'll feel used to it, 'til I don't have to think what kind of live will be on the next day (laugh). With the outstanding staging of the members, I hope the aggressiveness that haven't been seen before come out.
Thx to Matsu who provides the article scan ^__^
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