Gackt

like I said, it doesnt. And actually we werent discussing it really. We were just talking about J-Rock and all the fanservice stuff. Nobody was claiming that Gackt is or isnt.

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Yay! Pic Spam: the solution to all problems. ^_^

And sorry I was rude back there. I didn't mean to get mad at everyone.

YAYNESS!! i agree, the pic spam always solves everything... except, well...


if everyone is a Gackt fan, then what will it mean to be one of the older Gacchan fans?? cuz there will be new ones, and if there will be a stampede of crazed new fans who just like him for his face, what will it mean for us, who love him for his music?? and will Gackt be able to tell us apart? hmm... would we ever be allowed into Dears or will he be too afraid of an influx of silly people for whom he is just the obsession of the day??

If we are ever allowed to join Dears, it will cost money of course. So that will keep out some of the unworthy people. ^_^ If they don't really care they won't spend the money.

And just because someone finds him through a movie and initally likes him only because he is cute, that doesn't mean that they won't end up being a real fan. Gackt having more fans is a good thing. If they are only going to watch his movies they will watch Bunraku. rent Moon Child, and that will be it. Because he is still primarily a musician. After that they will either quickly get bored, or they will start listening to his music and slowly end up loving him (of course ^_^).

I don't think that the terms 'old fans' and 'new fans' should have anything to do with anything. If we are going by that, then I have no right to join Dears, because there are a lot of people who loved him before Final Fantasy VII came out. And if it weren't for those games I never would have heard anything about him. I think that Bunraku is just the same type of thing.

About things like us joining Dears, or him touring other countries - I was watching Diabolos live, and noticing how emotional he always is when he sings. And it was a song that I had never read the translation for so I started wondering what he was saying and trying to listen for words that I understood. It kind of made me think that it makes sense that Gackt would be hesitant to perform outside of Japan, or open up to international fans, because the lyrics matter so much. He put together each song perfectly, and he would just be singing to deaf ears, because we would have no idea what he was saying. I imagine that it would be very hard for him to put on a show when he didn't feel he was getting his message through. He's probably just as afraid as we are of people liking him just for his looks. This is all just guess work again, but it seems kind of logical.

even if it's only guess work, all you say makes perfectly sense. The music is very important to him and a real artist puts so much emotions and pieces of their lifes into the music... so maybe he really is afraid that people outside japan dont get the message, what he feels or what he tries to deliver to people... but he should know that we really care. Even if we arent japanese. We dont like him only coz of his look. We really care, about everything that has to do with him even if he will never performe outside japan, we'll stand behind him.

And about Bunraku. Well like I said before. I dont even think too many people will be a fan of him just because of this movie since alot of these hollywood people arent even into japanese boys. They'll all fancy josh hartnett and totally ignore Gacchan... well not all but many of them anyways.

Yeah, that's gotta be the hardest thing about being an international fan. Not knowing if he cares that you care. T_T

Well, we'll see. But in America at least everyone is still obsessing about the "emo boys". I guess not so much now as a little bit ago, but still. So maybe a few of the girls will go for the little Japanese guy rather than the hunky Josh Hartnett. ^_^ I know I would have even before I got into J-Rock.

heh, maybe... but look at Diru. theyre huge and they have like, what, 3 songs in english?? out of like, a couple hundred??? the emotion of a song will always come through clear, although for me it is easier since i have been studying japanese for several years now and can carry a conversation well enough... i do not even need to look up the lyrics anymore to understand some songs, although there are many things i do not know yet...

yes. also let us not forget that VK was inspired by Kiss.

And as i said before, Judas Priest are a bunch of gay guys, and theyre the biggest metal band in quite a while...


Gacchan's put up new songs & blogs... hes gonna be in a lot of mags. i hope someone scans them in... T-T

The scans are gonna be somewhere at LJ I hope.

@Gyc-jir: I thought again about what you said about him touring outside of Japan and being afraid to sing to deaf ears and not to deliver his messages properly... and I thought that this would make perfect sence because he translated the lyrics for the european diabolos cd/booklet HIMSELF and didnt let anybody else translate it. I think he's really careful and serious about his songs, lyrics and their meanings. I'm on the point now where I think that it has nothing to do at all with not liking his foreign fans... I was just impulsive and being stupid by saying stuff like I did earlier.

btw have you seen the pics of his house? *dies*

Living room:



his bath room (holy crap):



his bedroom:


*dies*

more scans + interview can be found here:
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OMFG that bed makes me wanna die of fantasies... its big enough to have an orgy in!!! same for that bathtub...

and his bathroom looks like the place where i slew Andariel in Diablo II...



the thing with the language barrier, though... those of y'all who live in USA may know/remember what i am talking about... or maybe not. a couple years or so back, Shakira had a hit song in spanish that won a grammy and stuff, La Tortora. granted there are more people in the USA who can speak spanish than there are who speak japanese, and there are people like me who live in very mixed, multicultural neighborhoods, and go to mixed schools who pick up enough of the language as they go along to understand... but the meaning of the song came through clear. and it was certainly better than a lot of the other crap thats in english. i actually listen to very few songs that are in languages that i understand - mostly songs in japanese and spanish. *although my native languages are russian and french*
also, if there is such a great language barrier, explain to me the giant success that is Dir en grey?????????? and when kyo speaks english it is harder for me to understand what he is saying than when he sings in japanese!! i am pretty sure he is snarling something in english at me right now, might be "f*cker" but cant understand at all -_-" and when Ruki was singing in english in "Filth in Beauty" i only got the "sexual disgrace" part without looking up the lyrics

maybe the language barrier is another reason Gacchan writes his blogs in japanese. he is afraid of saying something wrong that may offend us or be misunderstood.

molestthyguitarists said:

and when Ruki was singing in english in "Filth in Beauty" i only got the "sexual disgrace" part without looking up the lyrics
maybe the language barrier is another reason Gacchan writes his blogs in japanese. he is afraid of saying something wrong that may offend us or be misunderstood.

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I agree about the last part. I think he really is afraid or insecure about the english language and how his messages and words come through to foreign fans.

about ruki *lol* I was listening to agony for weeks until i realised "wait...there is an english word in it" and then i looked at the lyrics and realised...the whole song was in english...and I didnt understand a word xD
I think that's the problem that sometimes it's really hard to understand japanese people who talk english, let alone sing in english

hehe i read once that Shinya from Diru tried to speak in english to his bandmates on a show, but they couldnt understand a thing he said!!!!! although Kyo can write it pretty well, he just muddles the tenses a little bit... but when hes speaking it, ooh, forget about it!

Gackt's english isnt horrible or anything though. well, barring Vanilla. i have no idea what he was going on about in the end, although he is not nearly as horrible as Kyo-sama *must remember not to call him Kyo-chan*

Gackts english is pretty good actually. like miyavis... but some other jrockers... oh boy lol

mh about his house again: he said about his bathroom and his living room because the atmosphere there dark and cold (which I dont think because I absolutely LOVE the bath and bedroom but okay):
"When I'm in a very comfortable place at home, I don't want to leave. So I made this area rather uncomfortable [lit. chilly] so that I'd want to go out more"

and he's got a sofa from germany... interesting

I am in love with Gackt's house! It's not a house! Its a castle/ hotel/ movie set! His bathroom is the coolest thing ever!

Has any one heard Journey Through the Decade yet? It's really good...
here's the PV (sorry if this has already been posted... I'm not very good at keeping up with things these days!)


I like it more than I liked either Jesus or Ghost... it's more of a return to the old Gackt!

omg i like it so much better too... i'd only heard the preview from myspace, this is new for me... thank you so much!!!!

thanks for the PV link well the song is not bad but I liked jesus and ghost much more... and this pv is kinda um funny... power rangers style

but damn Gackt is a workaholic.. i mean he released 3 pv's in half a year that's amazing

and about his apartment... damn i'm jealous his bedroom... ugh...

I really like the song alot (more than jesus but not as much as ghost, I just loved ghost) and he looks so gorgeous in the PV BUT the cameras going around him make me dizzy for some reason lol

I can't believe his house! It's...gorgeous! O__O Wow. It is so ridiculously pretty. That bathroom!! *dies*

On the topic of the languages: I don't blame Gackt at all anymore about the lack of English translations. I have just been frantically working at learning Japanese recently. ^^" I was terrified of Kanji at first, but I think it shouldn't be too hard if I just concentrate on it. >_>

My main Gackt focus recently has been Moon. I watched Jougen no Tsuki and then reread his chapter in Jihaku about the whole Moon Concept thing, and then started reading the lyric translations and got really caught up in it. ^^ So many of the songs of that lyrics are so emotional and confusing, that I can just spend 45 minutes goin over one song over and over again until I think I might have some idea of what he's talking about.

I like Journey Through the Decade better than Ghost and Jesus, too. They were just...not Gackt. I still like listening to them, but they don't have the same feeling as his others. It was fine with Jesus, but then Ghost came out and it was the same way.

Does it seem to anyone else like Gackt's songs and PVs and such have had...kind of less meaning recently? His old songs and tours had specific points that he was trying to get across, and stories that they were trying to tell. It just seemed like Ghost and Jesus were kind of lacking that, and they were just music. Ugh, I don't know. Maybe it's just because I'm not looking at the entire album yet, and that would make a difference. I just miss the way that Gackt used to look, where he was so young and open and...just cute and emotional. I think his new (kind of new) hairdo is just going to my head...I miss the brown... >_>

Well, the only thing that I have heard him say about his current tour is "This is going to be my best and biggest tour ever." That's....frustrating. Has anyone else heard him give any other reasons for this tour?

I thought about the "less meaning"-thing when ghost came out. I love it, it is catchy but without thinking about the lyrics or meanings. I didnt like jesus so I never really looked up the lyrics since I dont like the PV either (not at all even tho I like how gacchan looks in it)... I'm not sure about the new song tho.

About his look: I think Gackt used to look kinda cute/hot-ish and now he's more the serious, grown up musician... uh I dont know how to say that but I realised it when I saw that picture of him in the studio:



He looks really like a serious, well versed artist... not that he wasnt that before but he just...I really dont know how to say it but he just grew up I guess.

The way he is now is actually my favourite "time" of him... but every now and then I also miss the old times...especially the blonde hair.

I dont know about the current tour tho, sorry. But "best and biggest tour" doesnt sound good to me... kinda sounds final to me...

The Jesus pv was...weird. Watching them all being all violent and such was not exactly pleasant. I thought that Ghost pv was kind of annoying, but I was so impressed with the dancing that I didn't really mind. But what's with the robot outfits in the new one?? Umm...that's just kind of lame... And it's not even like in Metamorphoze, where it was because of the anime that it was done for. What happened to the poetic pvs, like "Oasis" and "Todokani Ai to Shitte...." (I'm not going to write the whole ridiculously long title ^_^)? >_> Or even just the strange but Gackt-ish ones like "Vanilla" and "Arittake no Ai De"?

Maybe the change in appearance is because he has figured himself out more? At the time that he was writing the soul-searching lyrics and crying during lives, that was before he had even written Jihaku, and in Jihaku he still had some questions about himself - even though he seemed well on his way to figuring it out. So maybe he just has more like...peace now. And that would explain how smiley he's been, and even things like the laid back music (which is unfortunately a downside).

His most recent album (besides the compilation 0079-0088) was Diabolos, right? Even that had a whole theme to it. I read a huuuuuuuge interview about it, where he talked forever about the comparison of humans - who want to live forever, and vampires - who want nothing more than to die. It was the comparison of life and death and the meaning of it all.... I hope that he doesn't stop doing his music like that.

I thought the same thing about the tour! Like a big boom before he is done. And actually...some other things that he has said have pointed to that too. *terror* But really...somewhere inside of me I still haven't given up hope on S.K.I.N.. I know that's really stupid of me, but none of them seem like the kind of people to just stop in the middle of something they planned to do! I don't know the others very well, but Gackt certainly wouldn't! They had the interviews. They talked about an album. It would just be completely bizarre if they completely dropped everything. So maybe (just maybe) they are just waiting till they have a few more things finished up in Japan....and then they will tour somewhere else?? *please, please, please* Maybe this is just a big tour from Gackt before he entirely changes his career??

Gackt has been reaching out to other countries more, even if it doesn't feel like it. Things like the European Diabolos and Bunraku. And really, before Diabolos he hadn't been to Korea either. They used to be in the exact same situation we are (no Dears, no lives), but now he has been there. So he is branching out a bit at a time. It looks like he is moving toward America sooner than Europe, though.

I think the violence in the Jesus PV was disturbing and also watching a german SS guy trying to shoot himself until he finally managed to do it after what? like 4 minutes... I totally didnt like this PV... I liked the Ghost PV better but I watched the live performance of Ghost on music station wayyy more often because I totally loved it. The way they looked, moved and the light...and the short talk before the performance with him smiling and all... I really liked that. I just watched the new one once because of the stupid camera moving... urgh.

Maybe youre right, maybe it's because he's more in peace with himself now, that and all the experiences he went through and cause he's getting older and wiser (it might sound stupid but I hope u know what I mean). I guess that are all things that make him the person he is now. And when I look at him now, I just feel balanced because he has that calm charisma lately and is also (like you said) smiling alot... I guess that's why I said that the way he is now, is my favourite "time" of him, it just makes me happy seeing him like this - even tho his music changed alot recently but that doesnt mean that his songs are going to be like this in the future... (I hope)

What other things do you mean? I mean that pointed out what we both are thinking (I dont really wanna say it). I really hope he will go on for at least a few years... he should take an example by his good friend hyde, he's 40 and still on stage, that's no age at all... but maybe he wants to concentrate on other things now (not too sure about SKIN tho) like acting.... or writing... or maybe we're totally wrong and he goes on making music for the next ten years... but whatever it is, I hope he wont disappear just like that. I hope he will do something and keep in touch with his fans.

I also know what you meant when you said that he has been reaching out to his fans in other countries. I thought about that when I heard about bunraku... and the european diabolos. Maybe he's now finally confident enough... it's just little steps but at least it's something... and I also noticed that he is more moving towards America because when I had a look on his myspace few days ago the "for europe" link disappeared and there was now a "for USA"-link. It makes me sad on one hand but on the other I'm happy that he's not just Japan anymore.

i loved the jesus pv actually... i was thinking about it a lot, and after i got a lil bit of understanding into it, i said to my best friend, i think i am finally starting to understand jesus... she looked at me in horror and asked if i was going religious on her... i think it was such a relief to her that she started listening to Gacchan... but i didnt like Jesus as much as a lot of the other stuff, although it is fun to sing along to and i love yelling just do it, and i even used it for the christian club christmas playlist... our english assistant principal knows japanese very well though, so he stood there for a moment, listened to the song, said, i liked Vanilla better, and left laughing... i was like ... what??? but jesus was too...knock off of fall out boy for me. i loved diabolos.
the whole philosophical thing was just f*cking amazing, although i found that i think more like a vampire. i value my ability to die someday, the fact that i wont be stuck here forever... dont get me wrong girls, i love life and all that but i want to die someday, to sleep, to sleep, perchance to dream... i want to know what else is there, in that inevitable path that all mortals must walk... Diabolos gave me that tiny peek into this immortality, and the struggles... i am not sure that i have the words for how much Diabolos meant to me...


by the way, Yoshiki is 44 and he's still going strong... although poor dear his health is deteriorating.

although there may be hope in the future for SKIN yet. Miyavi mentioned recently on his blog that SKIN was rehearsing, and Yoshiki was also recently rehearsing despite X once more burning down around their ears... they have no chemistry with each other though... anyway i hope to see them someday....







that yellow guitar in the pic is awesome!

Moon is the album that really means a lot to me. There are so many different comparisons of people going through different miserable situations - and yet the songs never really tell you their stories. You are left to try to figure out what actually happened to them. There are a couple songs in that album that can get me so worked up when I listen to them and think about the lyrics. I love the image that they all present. *daydream-happy-Gackt-land*
Yeah, Chachamaru is now 49 and he still skips everywhere. ^_^ Not to mention has looks and hair that 20 year old girls envy. ^^

Really?? Even though I do listen to some of their music, I don't follow news on Yoshiki and Miyavi, so that is really great to hear! And I guess we wouldn't know if Gackt has said anything about it, because...we can't read his blog. ^^ Oh, I'd be so happy if they kept going!! Not to mention relieved that I didn't give up on them.

I saw once when I first started liking Gackt that there were rumors of him planning to retire in 2010 for health reasons...that's...really soon. But I only saw that once, several months ago, and I haven't seen anything similar since. But it still kinda haunts me. I'm still sad that Klaha is retired...I would love it if he made more music, but he's gone for health reasons too.

@382addict: You asked what other things I meant?? He keeps saying things like, "Many years in the future I think people will look back at me and be amazed that such an artist ever existed in Japan at this time." (so humble, Gackt...) So after having him talk about how incredible this tour was going to be, followed by being happy about what people would say about him after he was gone....not really a good sign. >_>

@molestthyguitarists: You mean the guitar in the pic with Gackt in the studio?? That's Chacha's guitar. Well...one of them. Sorry for babbling, if you already knew that... *^^*

hm no that doesnt sound good, but maybe he just said that randomly... I mean like dreaming that one day all the people will remember him after he's gone... I'm going to japan and kick his cute little *** if he really thinks about disappearing!