Vicious Aug 1999 Interview

[amaia]

excused_early linked me to this a few days ago on Twitter, and it's a pretty interesting/amusing/touching one so I decided to translate it despite its age (at the very, very start of his solo career judging by the concerts described).  Enjoy.

Comments

[poem81]

thank you for the translation
it makes me feel so sad reading he went through so many disappointments
i wonder why didn't he call her back to set an exact hour? or why didn't she?

XDDD "I'm scared and I ain't coming", can you blame him? :)))

on the cheating thing, i don't agree with him
that isn't an excuse, you can always tell the other one you like someone else and break up nicely
i don't agree with him on the "going out" thing either, if they would see each other as friends and nothing more then fine, but if not ...

wow! how can anyone be 100% sure they've never lied to themselves, not even once?

With the risk of this being a bit far-fetched now.

[mun_chairudo]

I think he doesn't believe in the concept that commitment has to unavoidably mean giving up freedom, or having to feel obligated for neither party. Instead, he wants every choice that you make in favor of your significant other to be be something you actively, willingly choose to "give up". I think. You can also say that he wants the love you have for each other to be the only thing that makes you stick together. He wants your respect for each other, the trust in each other to be so strong - thanks to 'love' - that you don't even need to fear anything. He wants it to be so reliable that he could stake his life on it.
...No, wrong. He wants whatever he contributes to be so strong, so strong, that the other person can, and wants to stake their life on it. He doesn't oppose the thought of people choosing to give certain things up for each other. However, he seems to strongly disapprove of the constant demands for proof for your "love", which being able to make your partner give up things for you would function as. I think G simply doesn'

*scratches head*

[mun_chairudo]

Did my reply even make sense?? I'm not trying to say that I fully understand him & know all or anything, so this is a theory.
If I could, I would like to ask him if I got it right. XD

Re: *scratches head*

[amaia]

My summary of it was a little more cynical, but I think this is about what he's trying to get across.

[nihon_hamano]

Thank you for translating and posting <3

[gothrockrulz]

Thank you so much for translating and posting this! I like old interviews the best.

It's so sweet that You was there to take Gackt home after he got stood up by a girl.

His views on romantic relationships befuddle me, though. While I his criticism of some people's tendency to treat a significant other like a possession, I'm afraid I have a much harsher view than he does of anyone who cheats.

[gothrockrulz]

Whoops, meant to say "while I like his criticism". *headdesk*

[phililen3]

GACKT getting a bit political? interesting...

i am like GACKT when it comes to waiting for people. i like being early because it is impolite to keep people waiting but if they are late, i will wait and wait ut of worry of what may have possibly happened to them for them to be late and if they don't call or pitch i get seriously pissed. great that you are alive and well but why did you keep me waiting.

[010101]

Thank you Amaia ^^