30 Days of Music (Day 26)
Day 26: Your favorite music video.
My favorite video isn't really a real released as a music video ... er, video. It's taken from The Last Live. The Last Live was the final show that X Japan ever did together, on December 31, 1997 (Of course knowing about Japanese culture and what the end of a year and the beginning of a new one means, their performance on this date was truly remarkable. The end of X Japan, the beginning of a new year, a clean slate...)
Toshi's voice ... the emotion that the concert itself held .. the talent and pain and love there ... it's just ... I can't explain it properly.
Although Toshi left X before The Last Live (and gods it was so tempting to use The Last Song from The Last Live because Yoshiki wrote it after Toshi left the band and I felt it was a more personal one of their songs), he still came back and performed a last time (even though Yoshiki once thought about not having him there at all) as they felt they owed it to their fans. Of course, any other X fans know that after they disbanded, there were plans of forming a sort of "Second X" as Yoshiki had said. He and Hide were looking for a new singer before Hide's suicide.
Of course, now X has been reborn in a sense and even had a song in one of the Saw films. But to me, nothing compares to the classic days of X. Of course back then I didn't really understanding the meaning behind some of their songs. In 1997, I was only 13 - but still to this day I listen to their masterpieces and feel moved within, with each chord played and each wail of Toshi's voice... Even after all these years their songs still remain in my heart for many different reasons.
So here's X (X-Japan) performing one of my favorite songs Forever Love from The Last Live
My favorite video isn't really a real released as a music video ... er, video. It's taken from The Last Live. The Last Live was the final show that X Japan ever did together, on December 31, 1997 (Of course knowing about Japanese culture and what the end of a year and the beginning of a new one means, their performance on this date was truly remarkable. The end of X Japan, the beginning of a new year, a clean slate...)
Toshi's voice ... the emotion that the concert itself held .. the talent and pain and love there ... it's just ... I can't explain it properly.
Although Toshi left X before The Last Live (and gods it was so tempting to use The Last Song from The Last Live because Yoshiki wrote it after Toshi left the band and I felt it was a more personal one of their songs), he still came back and performed a last time (even though Yoshiki once thought about not having him there at all) as they felt they owed it to their fans. Of course, any other X fans know that after they disbanded, there were plans of forming a sort of "Second X" as Yoshiki had said. He and Hide were looking for a new singer before Hide's suicide.
Of course, now X has been reborn in a sense and even had a song in one of the Saw films. But to me, nothing compares to the classic days of X. Of course back then I didn't really understanding the meaning behind some of their songs. In 1997, I was only 13 - but still to this day I listen to their masterpieces and feel moved within, with each chord played and each wail of Toshi's voice... Even after all these years their songs still remain in my heart for many different reasons.
So here's X (X-Japan) performing one of my favorite songs Forever Love from The Last Live
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