interview part 6

please read what hide had to say about "image & color":

In private, the movies I like best are those with clean cuts. I have come to like movies that have a tasteful screen layout and are beautifully monochrome. I also like movies that are like a puzzle. These days, I like Sydney Sheldon a lot. That guy is a genius. I like the novels better but overseas they made movies out of them. I also like horror-movies. In the past I collected horror-movies. Splatter-movies are also ok. "Phenomena" I like but I love "Suspiria". [I saw the third part....it's all tities and witches ^^] These colors are so cool. In terms of horror "mein" is scary. Suspiria 1 is scary in a psychological way. When I watch horror-movies I think "this is not a ghost story at all" and then I am not scared. Suspiria 1 about bloodthirsty murderers of a religious group, when I think like that in an instant I am not frightened anymore but then I still get scared (laughs). The color and screen layout is cool and it seems like youget chased psychologically, so you'll get frightened. There are movies that scare you physiologically but this movie is psychologically scary. Until Middle-School I couldn't watch such movies at all. When I did I couldn't go to the toilet at night alone. (laugs) In High-School, I only watched horror-movies. With the same feeling like I listened to rock music I would ask my friends "hey, did you watch that one?". Later many rockbands wrote scores for horror-movies. Didn't Iron Maiden and Motörhead contribute songs to Phenomena? So like listening to rock music it was the same fanatic feeling.



I have no idea what kind of movie"mein" or mane/main/mayne is........ the other movies are by Dario Argento...one is called "Creepers" in America....I really had to laugh when I read the plot on wikipedia ^^

Pics

I promised to upload pics that's why there are 2 posts today ^^ don't forget to scroll down to the first post if you want to read more of the interview ;)

when I bought the used ballad collection album this little merchandise leaflet was still inside...I want hide's glasses


I also scanned a few pics from the vanishing vision and blue blood albums...I wonder how yoshiki's hair stays in place.

I still loooooooooooooooooove hide-chan's hair in that picture with the snake

front page of shoxx 1991.....44 pages of hide...muhahahahahhahaha my precious

blue blood pic inside the cd booklet...

interview part 5

another day and another interview part done. sometimes his sentences make my brain spin.....no wonder that I never understand him when he mumbles during interviews on tv. even the people of shoxx magazine made some mistakes with printing the kanji ^^


outside & inside:

My parents told me "since childhood you were a lion at home and a mouse abroad", surely it is like that? In the past I was a child who always had a school report card saying "you should speak more actively". Though when I came home I would scream and make a fuss. As an adult now I am not a person who is different from the inside on the outside. For that I have to drink alcohol (laughs). Now when I come home I am not in a rage anymore. If I did these kind of things now I would just be a lunatic (laughs). Only if I do something dim-witted at home, then of course this is another me.
By nature I cannot think about many different things at the same time. That's why I usually do foolish things. Other people often ask me "are you upset about something?" but it's just me being a little stupid. That's also why before going on stage the only thing I can think of is "playing a live show". On the contrary I can immerse myself into things. I can concentrate a lot on one task and if I don't, then I think about nothing. When I start then I concentrate a lot but before I start doing that it's bad. If I don't have a chance then I fool around. This is the meaning of inside and outside, that's why the gap is quite intense, I think.


justice & tenderness [giri & ninjô....refers to social obligation & feelings of compassion...the english translation of shoxx magazine is a bit odd]:

It is not to say that it's unusual. There is a social obligation and one's own feelings. The connection is of course Extasy [records]. Watching Yoshiki and George these words come up. No matter how often George gets beaten screaming "But Yoshiki...this is...." I feel it. That's why in my surrounding social obligation and one's own feelings means Yoshiki and George. Me? I don't feel this suits me.
Speaking about it when we drove back from a show in Osaka and it took 11 hours by bus. During that time I watched the 5 parts of "jigi naki tataki" [The Yakuza Papers - Battles Without Honor & Humanity]. I often go by myself to the video rental store and rent those kind of movies a lot. But the one I like most is "ore no sora", like the kind of Motomiya Hiroshi. This is a manga but like this kind of world. Social obligation and compassion is around me a lot but I am not this type of person. Of course this element exists but whenever I hear those words I think of Yoshiki's and George's face. Because they are people who repeat the world of giri and ninjô at the izakaya (laughs).

interview part 4

hiho....I am still tired from yesterday's party at uni. I met a few people I had not seen in a while and we talked quite long so I came home sometime in the morning after a looooong day of work and then cooking yakisoba, okonomiyaki and baking matcha-cake for the party. before telling me hello sensei greeted me with a "did you bring okonomiyaki?" ^___^

anyway....I still managed to get 2 small pieces of interview translated...this time mr. matsumoto talks about "foreign country & japan" and "manly & womanly":

Speaking of Foreign countries, then the very first country that comes to my mind is America. In my hometown of Yokosuka there are a lot of foreigners and since I was young I have seen lot of drunk foreigners there and as a result I didn't like foreigners very much. Either one I disliked. But european music I liked a lot. Within myself the drunk foreigners of Yokosuka and Rock-music playing foreigners were two different things. Now at work I have the chance to meet foreigners who are experts. Being able to work with the foreigners of the world of rock that I looked up to in the past makes me very happy. Being inspired by many things, being quite impressed and getting motivation because of this. On the contrary working with this kind of foreigners I often get the feeling of "after all I am Japanese". One thing or another this absolutely is the Japanese spirit (laughs).


Of course womanliness is important, I think. But when my parents had been told such a thing they were in a rage. Everytime I put up posters with japanese bands wearing make-up, they would tear them down saying "take on more manly manners" and "take part in club activities and become more manly" so this kind of talk was very much to my dislike. When I see a woman however I unintentionally think about womanliness.
- Yeah, in front of women you feel their womanliness?
That is when the meal she cooks for you is delicious (laughs). Of course this is the best, I think. Feeling manliness is when the meal a woman cooks for you is delicious, I think (laughs). And there is probably nothing better than that.



I'll scan the page of the interview and post it when I have time ^^

interview part 3

today will be very short and hide-chan is talking about "prodigy & genius":


My parents wanted me to become a talented student, so they gave me the name Hideto. As a result I have become a genius (laughs). Saying that...I am really stupid, ne. Among those people close to me, Yoshiki is a person who is a genius and a prodigy at the same time. Really, he is such a hardworking person...that's why. That kind of Rocker is quite unusual, I think.
You have to salute to this person's effort.
I haven't seen that kind person. When you realize that you have to succumb to something and then set your mind on working hard. Sometimes it turns into violence but it'll also settle down (laughs). No matter how high the wall before your eyes is, with the strength of one's efforts come what may. This way of thinking is that of a genius. Making a lot of effort is a prodigy. So maybe this talented student close by is this man.

shoxx vol.7 1991 part 2

hiho, I have another part ready for posting....it has been a loooong day and so some sentences are strange but you'll get the overall thing....I hope. anyway this time hide-chan commented on the words "living & death" ...which is of course strange now that he is gone:

When I was a child I often thought about "dying" before I went to sleep. Now I don' really do that anymore. Nowadays it seems kinda cute but when I was young I used to have this dream quite often. I can still remember it clearly. My parents and me and some guy who looked like a devil were in that dream. We were standing at a high place and below us was a sea of fire, and we were told "one of you has to jump". At that time I thought "I will surely jump" and when I jumped the dream always ended. So as a child I thought "if my parents or relatives had to die then it is better that I die instead of them". I had been having this dream until elementary school and thought like that. I thought that "before people that I know have to die then I would rather die for them". When I got older I didn't have this dream anymore, so as an adult I have become quite egoistic, ne. I seem to have become a person who thinks "better not me". I don't like that. (laughs)
Now, recently I haven't felt death close to me but I have experienced the death of a friend as my former band's manager died. But still I didn't really know. It feels like "what is the difference?" when a dying person lies in front of you. Until now...no idea. Of course it is sad but already as a child they tell you that death is something very sad so of course it makes you sad. For me feeling sadness is something like "I don't want to experience this ever again". So like people going to another country....what is the difference? The real feeling hasn't come up yet, so I still don't know. Right now, it's vague and exaggerated, so I don't know and honestly I kind of don't want to think about it.


if you ask me....as a child hide-chan was a little strange in his head...am I wrong???

shoxx vol.7 1991

I have decided that doing revision for my exam in japanese is far more interesting when I translate interviews ;) so I started on quite a looong interview (with pics it's 44pages loooong) but also one of the most interesting. so while I was reading it the first time I had to laugh so much at what he said when asked to comment on the words "blood, sweat and tears".

I don't sweat that much. That's why among those [words] the one I shed most is tears. I am such a crybaby. Blood- I also don't really shed since I am not a woman (laughs), and sweat- I also don't really sweat. When I play on stage there is also no sweat on my face, so the make-up doesn't come off. On the other hand, for the body this is quite alarming, right? If you wear tight fitting clothes then sweat cannot really come out of your skin, so inside it's like ascetic practice under a waterfall (laughs).
- What? No sweat on the face...isn't that a requirement for idols? [Wikipedia tells you what an idol is: (usually female) media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive and cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media]
- Well, I am an idol from birth (laughs). Tears fall at several occasions. For example, watching a movie like "The Miracle of Marcelino" I have to cry. "An officer and a gentleman" for example also easily makes me cry. Watching a movie that is known to make you cry, I'll cry. During watching tv, I don't really cry. I am the type that cries during movies that have parts like a puzzle where the people who make those movies plan to make people cry. I don't really go to cinemas because if I'd watch that kind of movie at a cinema then I would surely cry. But I rent those tear-jerker movies on video and watch them at home and then breaking down in tears while watching it is ok (laughs). Even if hearing a story, when emotions overflow it doesn't even have to be very sad, tears will come to my eyes. That's why I cry often. Don't have to be really sad or happy reasons just when the tension is overbearing, tears will fall. During a live performance/ show also. But I don't like to be seen by people when I cry. In our band there are quite many members who cry easily. But with Pata I don't know. In his case his, maybe his lacrimal gland [Tränendrüse] is in his liver because even if deeply moved it seems only like a burp when being drunk (laughs). Me, Yoshiki and Taiji are cry-babies. Toshi also often cries on stage. We can't help it, we are a cry-baby band. Only Pata is stoic, manly, can handle lots of alcohol and is really a cool guy (laughs). But it's ok. All trendy guys cry often....maybe this is true (laughs).
About Blood.... well.... I hurt myself quite a lot. When I was young I often broke my bones. I fell down while rollerskating and broke my ankle. In my childhood I was sick quite often. I was often rushed to hospital because of gastritis. At that time, cars were also a no-go for me, not even 5 seconds I could ride in them. It wasn't the smell of gasoline but the smell of rubber. I was convinced that this was impossible for me and it seemed like the reason for the gastritis. I was told by my doctors "you'll be fine when you grow up" and now that I have become an adult it really has become better. But even today sometimes riding a taxi is my weak point. But those reasons seem entirely psychological.




so that was it for now ^^ I'll keep on translating......

ki no doku ni

I knew something was wrong when yoshiki posted on twitter that something was "tsurai" but I was busy with getting ready for the wedding on saturday. the next day the word was already out that taiji had died. my fangirl-self would have understood the situation much better if it had been a severe illness at the age of 90 (as he suffered from epilepsy) or an accident but to hang yourself in your cell because you got arrested for disorderly behaviour on a plane -___- wtf????? was your brain that much out of order from years of alcohol abuse???? braindead indeed in the end when your family had to decide to switch off your life support. someone on twitter posted "god just needed bass lessons".....I hope hide-chan kicked your balls as soon as you arrived. And I feel sorry for yoshiki having to post another "people have to live"-message to the fans just like he had to do when hide left.
so being in a strange mood since then, yesterday I found myself in the bathroom...giving all my hide-chan keychains a bath ^^ yes I am officially crazy ;) I just couldn't bear to look at them being so dirty since they had been attached to my bag in japan 24/7. so they were all covered in all kinds of nasty things when I decided all of them need to be cleaned....now 7 of them are more or less clean again.
and to talk about more enjoyable things......the wedding ^____^ saby and franky finally got married at church last weekend and enola,fifi, nina and I were invited. our wedding present consisted of looooots of japanese food in an old suitcase....it was so heavy that 2 people had to carry it ^^ I got up at the ungodly hour of 7 a.m. to be on time in rottendorf to pick up fifi and enola....gave all the scrunchies that I don't need anymore to the little one, waited for nina and then drove to iphofen, parked the car and found the church without getting lost. enola was the one to carry the rings and she looked soooooooooooo cute in her dress. the ceremony was also nice with a choir and a really really really beautiful wedding dress.there were even white doves ^^ the only bad thing was that there were no single guys....every guy brought his wife or girlfriend -___- oh well we drowned our sorrow in cake ;) yummy cake...loooooooots of cake ^^ and dinner...more sweets and cheese at night. we left the wedding party around 1:30 a.m. and I arrived at home around 3a.m. and my strapless bra with straps was killing me....omg, it was sent from hell to punish me ;) but at least it kept everything in place.