OTAKON 2010まとめ

■ 2010年8月1日（現地時間）

OTAKON 2010

Special Musical Guest YOSHIKI & SUGIZO from X JAPAN

at Baltimore Convention Center

in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

 

というわけで…。

今回はあまり情報が少なく、

どんなことが行われたかよくわからなかったのですが、

少しずつ情報が出てきているようです。

 

YOSHIKIのインタビュー…かな？Q&Aでは、

ちょっと興味深い話もちらほら出ていましたね。

 

・" Jade " が完成

・日産ライブでTAIJIが共演する

・TAIJIが可能ならTAIJI作曲の楽曲を演奏する可能性あり

・TAIJIと再会できたのはTOSHIのおかげ

・Vanishing Visionリマスター版製作可能性あり

・タイトル未発表の楽曲がアルバムにはある

・OTAKON終了後に秘密の人物と会食

・１０月にワシントンD.C.とニューヨークでライブ決定

 

こんなところでしょうか？

現場ではYOSHIKIとSUGIZOによる

" Forever Love " " ENDLESS RAIN " の演奏があったようです。

 

Forever Love & ENDLESS RAIN動画

 

 

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The Other East

 

X Japan (Sugizo and Yoshiki) in Baltimore in brief.

Aug 1st, 2010 by Lee Shichi M.

 

I’m going to post a longer write up with lots of photos about X Japan’s stop in Baltimore, but here is what you need to know from X Japan’s public appearance and the private press conference.

 

They played Forever Love first, then they MC’d in the middle. The audience was yelling a bunch of things out to them and Yoshiki responded to a few things. Which was odd considering there was about 4,000(edit, upon looking at pictures of the audience it was probably actually less than that) people in there.(but, nothing of consequence. “I love you”, “I love you too”, etc) In his talk Yoshiki confirmed DC and NYC for X Japan’s October tour. Then they wrapped up with Endless Rain. I expected the audience to start singing but they never did

 

We were then wisked back stage for a press conference.

 

I had the first question, I asked if it was true that he and Taiji had reconciled. He said he wouldn’t quite use that word but they indeed had recently talked for the first time since hide’s funeral. He said that it was actually Toshi that got them talking. He said that while he couldn’t confirm the Taiji at Yokohama rumors because it wasn’t official yet, they are talking about it. In response to another question following up on mine, yes, you might just hear some of Taiji’s compositions if he plays. Yoshiki sound like he was reasonably sure they would in fact play something of his when he said that.

 

I then asked if he had thought about remastering and re-releasing “Vanishing Vision”, since “Blue Blood” and “Jealousy” were recently given that treatment. He said that he probably should. He didn’t sound adverse to it. I’m still not really sure what his opinion is on the old material. Its rarely played, and it wasn’t re-released with everything else, so I’ve always thought maybe he didn’t like it. But you can never say for sure.

 

He was asked about Lollapalooza, and said that it was partially his managers influence in having them debut in such a manner. He mentioned that they weren’t really sure what language to perform in, and actually at this point he asked us for our input. This was a bit unexpected, and the person who initially asked about the language suggested they split time between languages. He seems to be in agreement with that, we’ll see next week what they decide.

 

This lead into talk about the new album, which according to him is now pretty much done, and has more new material on it then previously mentioned. He specifically mentioned either at the concert or in the conference that Jade is done being recorded. There are songs on it that don’t have names yet he mentioned. Songs he mentioned that will be on the album include: IV, Jade, Born to be Free, Tears, Kurenai, and Rusty Nail. He didn’t give a release date, but said Jade will be the first single off the album.

 

When I asked him about the h.Naoto collaboration he said it was simple as him seeing some of the pieces in print, thinking it was cool, and getting in touch with them.(h.Naoto had some interesting things to say in his own appearance, such as he’s downsizing. More on him in a future post).

 

There was some other fluff that I can’t remember enough to paraphrase off the top of my head, but I’m sure there will be videos of the conference up somewhere soon. Like 5 people were recording it.

 

Later in the night I saw Yoshiki not 100 yards from the con’s main door, eating dinner outside with…someone. You’ll just have to guess who it was ~_^

I commented to my friends that eating dinner curbside, close enough to hit the convention center with a rock, was particularly ballsy.

 

I guess that post wasn’t that brief after all. Pics still coming, though.

 

More Coverage:

 

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BARKS

 

● X JAPAN、YOSHIKIとSUGIZOが＜OTAKON 2010＞でパフォーマンス

 

米国現地時間7月31日、米メリーランド州ボルティモアにて開催されたアニメイベント＜OTAKON 2010＞に、スペシャルゲストとして、X JAPANのYOSHIKIとSUGIZOが出演した。

 

◆X JAPAN＠＜OTAKON 2010＞画像

 

コンベンション・オブ・オタク・ジェネレーション、通称オタコンの＜OTAKON 2010＞は、7月30～8月1日に開催となったアニメエキスポと並ぶアメリカ最大級のアニメイベント。2人は、直近に迫っているロラパルーザ及び日産スタジアムのリハーサルの合間をぬって、YOSHIKIはロサンゼルスから、SUGIZOは日本から駆けつけた。

 

全米から集まったファン10,000人を前に、演奏したのは「Endless Rain」「Forever Love」の2曲。もちろんYOSHIKIはピアノで、SUGIZOはヴァイオリンでのパフォーマンスだ。会場では演奏を聞きながら最後には泣き崩れるファンの姿も多く見られ、2人の発するその圧倒的なオーラに圧倒されたようだ。

 

YOSHIKIは8月8日の＜ロラパルーザ 2010＞出演にて念願であった全米デビューを果たすとともに、10月から始まるX JAPAN北米ツアーのワシントンDC公演、ニューヨーク公演を確約した。

 

アメリカ進出に向け一歩ずつ確かな道程を刻みながらも、Yoshikiは日本でX JAPANへエールを送るファンにコメントを向けた。

 

「日本のファンのみんなが応援してくれたから、今こうして世界に出れるんです！」──YOSHIKI

 

X JAPANが刻む世界での成功の軌跡は、常にエールを送り続けてきた青き血潮のX JAPANファンの喜びでもあり、それは、YOSHIKIの言葉通り、これまでX JAPANを支えてきたファンの熱き思いの結晶でもあるだろう。

 

日本のプライドとして、日本文化の最も尖端を担う偉大なるクール・ジャパンの最高峰として、X JAPANの世界での活躍は、日本ミュージックシーンの誇りでもあるのだ。

 

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サンスポ

 

● Ｘ　ＪＡＰＡＮ、ワシントンＤＣ公演追加

 

　ロックバンド、Ｘ　ＪＡＰＡＮのリーダー、ＹＯＳＨＩＫＩとギター、ＳＵＧＩＺＯが７月３１日（日本時間１日）、米ボルティモアで開催中のアニメイベント「ＯＴＡＫＯＮ２０１０」にスペシャルゲストとして出演。１０月１日にカリフォルニア州からスタートさせる初の全米ツアーで、新たにワシントンＤＣ公演を行うことを明かした。

 

　この日はニューヨーク公演と合わせて発表。約１万人の観衆を前に、ＹＯＳＨＩＫＩがピアノ、ＳＵＧＩＺＯがバイオリンで、代表曲「ＥＮＤＬＥＳＳ　ＲＡＩＮ」「Ｆｏｒｅｖｅｒ　Ｌｏｖｅ」の２曲を演奏し、感激のあまり泣き崩れるファンも出現した。

 

　ＹＯＳＨＩＫＩは「日本のファンのみんなが応援してくれたから、今こうして世界に出られるんです」と感慨深げ。８日にシカゴで開催されるフェス「ロラパルーザ」に出演。１４、１５日には横浜・日産スタジアム公演を行う。

 

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