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Well, I didn't record it. Nor did I post it to spoil your day, someone was asking about recordings and I posted what I found.

He did! Seems like I didn't include him because I didn't have a 'portrait'-style picture like for the others. XD I didn't even know the white-streak of hair was still going on tbh. Thanks everyone for posting! And yes. Pink haired guitarists. Hide (X Japan) http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1dunoltuAiI/Tb8LmZVOJuI/AAAAAAAAAGU/aGMElDLCYkk/s1600/hide0908.jpg Sugizo (Luna Sea) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Sugizo_in_S%C3%A3o_Paulo%2C_Brazil_2011-11-09.jpg/399px-Sugizo_in_S%C3%A3o_Paulo%2C_Brazil_2011-11-09.jpg Kaoru (Dir en grey) http://www.freewebs.com/dirufansite/kaoru26a.jpg Jun (Phantasmagoria) http://www.jame-world.com/_pic/pic/2330-a.jpg Aoi (The Gazette) http://www.jref.com/forum/images/imported/2010/12/16659447968817554318270-1.jpg

Because my beard and therefore my manliness were recently questioned on this forum.

Well... I didn't find the recorded live but there were a few AX videos on youtube: prism acoustic version: cell Q&A 1 http://youtu.be/81LVxVMui4c cell Q&A 2 http://youtu.be/hVxy5m8b_Gc cell Q&A 3 http://youtu.be/SaueMpkv1HU cell Q&A 4 http://youtu.be/1ehZY3SQgAI ----- As for the other discussion going on here: I think it's very important to keep in mind that whether a person is attractive (naturally or through elaborate styling or simply by flaunting their sexuality, doesn't matter.) doesn't change anything about the quality of whatever they do. And, accordingly, being drawn to someones looks doesn't make you somehow incapable of judging whether their work is really good or not. Their seems to be a myth that those things ontradict each other but that's not true. Take Sugizo in the 90s. He's really, really talented and his guitar solos make everybody happy. At the same time he somehow wears weird brokinis and rubs all over his guitar and that, too, makes everybody happy. Then look at his fans. They will propably show a spectrum from total fixation on his music to total fixation on his looks but most will be somewhere inbetween and kinda like both.

I think I will buy this. Now if only they'd continue their Matina bootleg series next.... they won't.

I just found this picture I made two years ago on my Facebook page and thought it was an interesting topic. Many people claim that the 'original' VK is already dead but... I think there are some looks that have been around forever and still keep getting copied. Can you think of some timeless looks, too?

^^^^^^^^ WHAT? ...Did they announce that somewhere? ;O;

Well since it was infected blood I'm guessing they didn't get it from a donating service. XDDDD But he really just wrote 'Drenched in a hepatitis type b patients blood. Wish he told me earlier." And appearently they were all arrested by the police while filming COLORs 'EXHIBITION'-pv. And there was a rotten dog cadaver on the set for 'Jealous' (I think I read that in a diru interview somewhere before...). Now I want to read the whole blog!

You are very welcome. orz

I thought the entire purpose of having hair on ones head is to grow it long. 8D

Woaaaah~ Thank you for the link. It's so interesting to see how many of my favorite PVs were actually made by them. Also funny how the director added some anecdotes in their blog. Like how he got drenched in somebody's blood while making ASH and later finding out that person had hepatitis. The hell.

Those are some strong words. I'd rather say... when visual bands toured overseas in the 90s there wasn't that type of fan because there were no western fans alltogether. (Well. One or two for sure, but no 'scene'). They propably played for casual rock or gothic fans and yes, those people propably didn't care about Hakueis thighs as much. But that doesn't mean Penicillin, Buck Tick and SADS aren't full of fanservice (And visual kei bands. Just because they were good and succesful doesn't mean they weren't VK), because they are. I mean... Most old Penicillin videos pretty much consist of them sucking each others faces while wearing shiny leather outfits. And the fans they had at that time did care very much for sure. Because those bands had much, much more mainstream popularity than most VK acts touring overseas nowadays one could say the music was more important in the sense that if they stopped being naked and handsome people would still buy their cd as casual listeners but still. And CELL make great music, I'm sure they have lots of fans because of that. Also they aren't even goodlooking.

Penicillin also played in the USA in the 90s. And Sads appearently toured Britain.

Wish I wish forever... １月の雪空 白い吐息がほら 貴方を求めてる 今でも あの約束の丘で今も待ってるよ まだ受け入れる事が 僕はできないから･･･ 二人の思い出の 写真が捨てられない 辛いはずなのにね 何故かな･･･ なぜサヨナラも言わず消えてしまったの？ もう戻れないあの頃へは永遠に･･･ 嗚呼 貴方と夢をいつまでも 見続けられたら･･･ 嗚呼 叶わないけど 貴方と幸せもう一度･･･ 嗚呼 貴方と夢をいつまでも 見続けられたら･･･ 嗚呼 叶わないけど 貴方と幸せをまた･･･ 嗚呼 貴方は此処にもういない わかっているけど 嗚呼 気付けばほら 隣にまだ貴方がいる気がして Wish I wish forever... Ichigatsu no yukizora Shiroi toiki ga hora Anata wo motometeru Ima demo Ano yakusoku no hoka de ima mo matteru yo Mada ukeireru koto ga boku wa dekinai kara... Futari no omoide no Shashin ga tsuterarenai Tsurai hazu na no ni ne Naze kana... Naze sayonara mo iwazu kiete shimatta no? Mou modorenai ano koro e wa eien ni... Aa anata to yume wo itsumademo Mitsuzukeraretara... Aa kanawanai kedo Anata to shiawase wo mou ichido... Aa anata to yume wo itsumademo Mitsuzukeraretara... Aa kanawanai kedo Anata to shiawase wo mata... Aa anata wa koko ni mou inai Wakatteiru kedo Aa kizukeba hora Tonari ni mada anata ga iru ki ga shite... I wish you forever... I need you forever... And ever... Wish I wish forever... A snowy sky in January Look, my white sigh Longing for you Still Waiting for you on that hill where we promised even now Because I'm still not able to accept it... Mementos of being together I can't throw the photographs away Although it must hurt, right? I wonder why... Why did you disappear without saying goodbye? Those days I can't return to anymore will always... Ah, If I could stay In this dream with you forever Ah, although it won't come true I want to be happy with you once more... Ah, If I could stay In this dream with you forever Ah, although it won't come true I want to be happy with you again... Ah, you are not here anymore I know that, but Ah, Look, when I'm aware I still feel like you're next to me... I wish you forever... I need you forever... And ever... ---- In the "If I could stay/ in this dream with you forever"-part I had to turn the ligns around to make the translation work. Otherwise it would have been "This dream with you forever/ If I could continue dreaming it" and that doesn't sound nice at all. This text is totally similar to '悲しみは巡りゆく季節と眠る哀', don't you think so?

毒-ドク- 恨み辛みを込めた料理で 君はいないないや 毒を持って毒を制すね 君がきらいやいや 殺す　殺そう 消えて　消えるよ 早く死んでよ 怨み仕立ての 得意料理を 早くたべて　食べる。 I'm a poisoner さぁ…お食べ…ほら 僕のフルコース 君の事を想って たくさん作ったよ よく噛んでね　ほら 味わないながらね お味はいかが？ 最期の晩餐の トリカブト入りサラダ 塩酸入りスープ 毒魚ムニエル　マリネ 腐乱牛ステーキ お口直しは甘い 致死量のデザート 残さずお召し上がれ 至高のフルコースを Doku -Doku- Urami tsurami o kometa ryouri de Kimi wa inai naiya Doku wo motte doku wo seisu ne Kimi ga kirai yaiya Korosu korosou Kiete kieru yo Hayaku shinde yo Urami shitate no Tokui ryouri wo Hayaku tabete taberu. I'm a poisoner Saa… o tabe… hora Boku no furukoosu Kimi no koto wo omotte Takusan tsukutta yo Yoku kande ne hora Aji wa nainagara ne O aji wa ikaga? Saigo no bansan no Torikabuto iri sarada Ensan iri suupu Dokugyo munieru marine Furan ushi suteeki O kuchinaoshi wa amai Chishiryou no dezaato Nokosazu o meshiagare Shikou no furukoosu o Poison With cuisine full of my pent-up resentment I'll elliminaiaiyate you Fight poison with more poison, right? I haiyaiyate you I'll kill you! Let's kill you! Disappear! I'll make you disappear! Hurry up and die Prepared in resentment My speciality cuisine Hurry up and eat it! Eat. I'm a poisoner There...your meal...Hey My full course dinner I was thinking of you And prepared a lot Chew well, okay? Hey While you might not taste anything How do you like the flavour? Your last supper's Aconite Salad Hydrochloric acid soup Poisonous fish meuniere marine Decayed beef steak The palate cleanser is sweet A lethal dose of dessert Eat up, enjoy your meal! My supreme full course dinner ---- "Fight poison with more poison." appears to be a proverb. An English version is "Set a thief to catch a thief." I apologize for the "haiyaiyate" parts. Tell me if you find a more elegant way to include the sound words. orz ...This text reminds me a lot of Dir en grey's 'filth'. (I think it was 'filth'.)

鬼経-kikei- 生け贄にされ食い潰した声… 「鬼形ノ罪デ殺サレマシタ。」 産み落とされた其の鬼形の躰 災い招く元凶だと告げられ… 流れた其の涙は赤く 声無く舞う命を壊す 灯る祭壇と宴 祈り火の中へ… 私ヘト刻ム… 此ノ身ヘト刻ム… 殺シテ… 赦サレヌノナラ… 此ノ儘… 殺セ… ドウシテ… 殺シテクレナイ… 早ク… 終レ… kikei -kikei- Ikenie ni sare kuitsubushita koe... "Kikei no tsumi de korosaremashita." Umiotosareta sono kikei no karada Wazawai maneku genkyou da to tsugerare... Nagareta sono namida wa akaku Koenaku mau inochi wo kowasu Tomoru saidan to utage Inori hi no naka e... Watashi e to kizamu... Kono mi e to kizamu... Koroshite... Yurusarenu no nara... Kono mama... Korose... Doushite... Koroshite kurenai... Hayaku... Oware... Ikenie ni sare Demon sutra -Deformity- A stifled dying voice made into a sacrifice "Killed for the sin of being shaped like a demon." That deformed body I was born in Ts to blame for conjuring disaster I was told... Those tears I shed were red Breaking a voicelessly fluttering life Celebrating with a burning altar Into the flames of prayer... Cutting into me... Cutting into this body... Kill me... If you can't forgive... Just... Kill... Why... Won't you kill me... Hurry... Finish it... Made into a sacrifice ----- 奇形/Kikei means deformity (as in birth defect). However, in the title it's written using the kanji 鬼(demon) and 経(sutra) and in the lyrics using the kanji 鬼(demon) and 形(shape). I tried to include all possible versions in my translation. Kyouki talked about this text in an interview before and said the image he had in mind was that of a medieval town where a little girl that was born with horns on her head is sacrificed by the villagers.

No, they don't! (Or maybe they do. XD Like I said- I didn't buy the cd.) Just noticed (like Ichibayo) that the titles are either the same or very similar/have the same meaning like songs of Madeth Gray'll and La'Mule.

@Ikna Aww, I wanted to post Kagerous videos, too and forgot. We seem to have a super similar taste. Undercode often worked with VISUAL TRAP for Vidolls videos and VISUAL TRAP made La'Mules and Dir en greys early videos, too so that would explain it. And yes, there were lots of great ones I think... F stein, 新聞マスコミ~ and Deathmate are some more favorites. Uhn. Did they by any chance produce some for 黒夢, too? Because I just noticed that while Chocoripeyes reminds me of Inspire by La'Mule (duh.) Deathmate reminds me of 十字架との戯れ by 黒夢. http://youtu.be/PQ5AyubJOKc http://youtu.be/x2LEWTSRbTk Then there's also lots of similarities between Dir en grey's and 黒夢s videos.... Either way. Hot stuff indeed! And don't worry. I don't think anybody else here thinks of you as 'lecturing' or lacking sense of humour. In fact I always enjoy reading your posts on this forum because you don't simply just state your opinion but also explain in detail where you're coming from. You seem to know a lot and I always learn new things from you. orz In fact I'm a bit surprised about how Umi_Niwa manages to specifically attack well mannered and profound users like you or Yuugi all the time. I think there are one or two 'lecturing' or rude posts on here but certainly not from you guys! @Arithmetica I haven't watched Raphael videos in years (I do listen to them a lot, though) and that one is so beautiful. Thank you for posting it. ;O;

I did the translations for wish, doku and kikei yesterday and will post them once I looked whether the english is okay. However.. I think there are still some small mistakes in the kanji and romaji lyrics posted here. If you like I'll post my version along. (for those three! I didn't check the others.)

Ahahaha. Gauzes - 闇の調べ... -> Madeth Gray'll Gauzes - 蛍、送り火 Gauzes - モノクロ -> La'Mule Gauzes - ナイフ -> La'Mule Gauzes - 追憶 -> Madeth Gray'll Gauzes - kiss Gauzes - 崩壊 Gauzes - 名も無き謳 Gauzes - WING-> La'Mule Gauzes - 揺篭の結末...-> Madeth Gray'll Gauzes - 枯れた花を照らす月 Now I'm kinda sad that I didn't buy it. ;O;

Wow, that preview is promising! Even for someone like me to whom Kamijos main appeal is that he's unintentionally funny... a lot. But there is a Malice Mizer flavour in this, much more than in Manas other works actually. The english speaking voice kills it, though.

What a nice thread! Like most people I'm more drawn to 'classic' pvs, especially the elaborate kind with lots of image scenes and drama. Sometimes 'good looking band playing the song' works great, but most of the time it's cooler when they actually thought of ways to illustrate the lyrics and the emotions in the music. Some that just came to my head and haven't been posted yet are Chocoripeyes by Vidoll Curse by La'Mule Something New, Somebody New by Kiyoshi http://youtu.be/OLxcc6iaYGA 道の空 by Psycho le Cemu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKZOmBLAx0Y Cage by Dir en Grey muddy cult by nega 月下の夜想曲 by malice mizer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoErMPWFH4c I could go on forever, but I don't.

Thank you! They are very readable. Seems like I'll translate wish, kikei and doku next~

Last time I checked they were quite heavily attacked for a) copying Dir en grey and not wanting to be related to their ex-band anymore. But I think the western fans are once again much much more forgiving.