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[VIDEO] YOSHIKI CHANNEL × OH!!MY!!GACKT!! Vol. 1
YOSHIKI CHANNEL× OH!!MY!!GACKT!! video, broadcast by http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv261023988
[NicoNico] GACKT x Yoshiki - Talk at Nicofarre... di Tenshin26100
Transcript:
Y: How are you?
G: I’m good.
Y: Ah did you bring me the cd? You wrote my name on it, right? Ah yes it’s written!
G: Of course I did it!
Y: You didn’t get the spelling wrong, right? Seems so. This is the new GACKT album. When will it will be on sale?
G: I don’t know
I: It’s on sale since last month
Y: Yoshikitty this is the new album. This is my friend. This is GACKT. Don’t be so tense. Since when is the album on sale?
G: Since last week? The 4th?
I: Since April 27th
Y: April 4th wasn’t last week
G: Eh? Seriously, I don’t know
Y: It was last month! Which month is it now?
I: It's May
Y: May, so it was last month.
G: Ah really? Ah yeah, last month
Y: If you say last week… it’s two different things!
G: I didn’t remember. Seriously
Y: What song did you put in the album?
G: I don't remember
Y: The song that it’s on now it’s one of yours. It's in the album, right?
G: This? Yes, this is the single.
Y: Which song is it among these ones?
G: The single is eh… the first song.
Y: Arrow. This cd is nice!
G: I really worked hard for this album
Y: Why, don’t you always work hard?
G: No no, I didn’t mean to say that! Why did you immediately say that?
Y: Ah look here look here, you are so cool here. Ah, what is this? A wig? Your long hair?
G: It’s a wig. It’s a character linked to the mononofu Yoshitsune. There’s a very confused vision of the world
Y: Cool! I wanna try that too
G: You surely won’t make it… You surely won’t make it
Y: Ah but you appeared in Shinjuku right?
G: Ah, yes, for the Guerrilla live
Y: So cool! Ah, here you get stabbed. Ah, a flying GACKT.
G: It’s part of the concept
Y: Yes, I see.
I: So thank you for your time
G: Nice to meet you.
Y: Ah it’s the first time you met each other?
I: No, it’s not the first time. Some time ago at the Saitama Super Arena in 2009 we both went to the Marty Friedman concert and I had the chance to meet you.
G: Ah really? It’s been such a long time
I: Yes really. It’s been 7 years since then
Y: 7 years ago?
I: YES. However, it’s almost 11 years that you two appear together in public right?
Y: The first time was when we ate together during that tv program right? It was called GACKT’s favourite chef.
G: Ah yeah, it’s true. It was Hey Hey Hey right?
Y: Ah yeah?
G: Yes yes it was Hey Hey Hey
G: So long ago?
Y: I don’t remember
G: No wait, so long ago?
I: So it seems
G: Eeeh.. So long ago???
I: It’s like this
Y: Ah I remember that I was eating a lemon ice cream and GACKT said “you can also eat the skin of this". I was about to do it. I remember quite well.
G: During the tv program, YOSHIKI was so hot that while we were eating he wanted to go back home.
Y: It’s true. Ah, GACKT’s water?
I: Ah, some of the staff can bring some water, please? Ah, before we move on, since now we will focus on you two, Yoshikitty...
Y: Ah, yes. See you soon and thanks. Yoshikitty. She’s cute right?
Y: It’s so cool (the album)
G: I’m happy you like it.
Y: By the way, how long did it take to do this photoshoot? One day?
G: Hm, no. We divided the work in more days.
Y: Those wings are CG?
G: Yes. They are in CG.
Y: It’s really nice
G: We did it in 5 times I think.
Y: Last Moon, it’s Saigo no Tsuki. Ah there’s also the DVD.
G: yes, there are all the music videos.
Y: I see.
I: Earlier a number of videos were broadcasted and everyone could see them.
Y: You all listen to it.
I: It’s already on sale so
Y: April 4 right?
I: 27th
G: It’s been a while eh
Y: Eh but, didn’t we meet somewhere else?
G: Eh, where?
Y: I don’t remember. Ah, Music Station, in the dressing rooms
G: Ah yes the dressing room
Y: I was choosing the clothes when suddenly GACKT appeared.
G: No no wait, it wasn’t suddenly. I got there on purpose to say hi to you.
Y: Ahh I see I see.
G: There’s no “suddenly”
Y: I was choosing the clothes and I was saying “how’s this one” when suddenly I heard his voice behind me saying “that’s fine”
G: Since I heard there would have been YOSHIKI there, I told the others that I was going to say hi and I got answered with "What are you doing?” so I told him “Why? I came to say hi” “eh but I’m changing that’s why”
Y: When I went in his dressing room I found him naked
G: No wait wait. Also this wasn’t like that. Suddenly someone knocks at the door of the dressing room and it was the manager but I told him “Wait a minute I’m changing” and he tells me “Ah YOSHIKI came here” and so I answer “Ah it’s ok don’t worry let him in”. And I was changing.
Y: No no you were completely naked.
G: And he tells me: “What the hell are you doing…”
Y: Ahahha yeah yeah “what the hell are you doing, why are you naked?”.
G: I wasn’t naked! I was changing! Ah but it’s a while we don’t see each other, I’m not saying we can't say hello to each other, but we don’t have time to talk calmly
Y: We didn’t have time to go out to eat
G: True.
Y: When was the last time? LA?
G: I think so
Y: That time there was Sanada Hiroyuki
G: Ah yes, there was Sanada Hiroyuki, Kiriya
Y: He was there too?
G: No maybe Kiriya wasn’t there
Y: Ah wait, you don’t drink wine right?
G: Ah no no it’s ok like this
Y: You always say you like Tequila.
G: There was Sanada, Kiriya, YOSHIKI, me
Y: Cool right. Anyway, there was this flight attendant. It’s ok if I talk about it right?
G: Go on don’t worry
Y: so this person at a certain point says “below me there are 100 people”
I: Direct reports?
Y: And since I heard the part where he was saiying that below there were 100 people, I thought there was some sort of dungeon, and I tell Sanada, “did you hear that there are 100 people below here”. Remember?
G: Sanada is a very serious person usually so with a very serious expression he replied “YOSHIKI, there aren’t 100 people below here right?!”. No seriously it’s so embarrassing. Seriously, control yourself.
Y: But I heard there were 100 people so naturally I thought there was a basement
G: It’s not that the restaurant was in such a high place, it was one floor more or less, so there was no basement. But kept looking at the floor saying that there were 100 people below there. It’s natural to think, what the hell were they doing. There was something wrong in them, you’d think that.
Y: You believed that too.
G: No I didn’t believe that, I was just surprised
Y: But you were looking down too, I remember you know
G: It’s a lie
Y: But when Sanada said that thing you looked down too
G: But because they kept looking.
Y: Once we went to eat Thai right?
G: Yes right, but before we went to eat Thai… well I like it a lot but before going I asked, “YOSHIKI do you like Thai food?” “Yes yes I like it” he replied. “Can you tell me what is it about?” I told him and he says “yes yes I know” he says. “But are you sure?” “yes yes everything is ok”. And then, when we get there “what is this thing?”
Y: It was spicy!
Y: GACKT always orders so many things so I was choosing among what he ordered but it was spicy.
G: SUGIZO was there too that time right?
Y: Eh yes.
G: SUGIZO is really an interesting guy. He’s a bit weird
Y: But… they are all weird. I’m the only ok one.
G: He’s really crazy right?
Y: SUGIZO is really weird
G: Ah yes! I ate a lot so I order a lot of things. SUGIZO looked at me and then ordered his meal and he’s defending it with all his strength. When something was left on other people’s plates he forced the staff to eat it saying “it’s a pity to throw it away” “it has to be finished” but his plate only him can touch it. And this one (YOSHIKI) tells him “you are really weird” then YOSHIKI is the weirdest of them all.
Y: SUGIZO works really a lot. When we were busy during recordings in LA he was working every day. And when I make him notice this he replies “then you are the queen bee” (YOSHIKI calls SUGIZO with the hatarakibachi word that literally means bee worker). Also GACKT works a lot.
G: Working becomes a habit. Lately I had some physical problem to my back.
Y: I can massage it for you
G: No, absolutely not!
Y: Eh but why?
G: Just because, you are only gonna make it worse
Y: My right hand is a bit weak at the moment but I can use my left one.
G: It wouldn’t be a massage then.
Y: But I’m ambidextrous so it’s good right?
G: I’m ambidextrous too
I: When was the first time you met
G: Who knows how many years have been
Y: It was in LA right. I remember that we drank a lot of champagne. And I wondered how can this person drink so much champagne.
G: Say things how they are! You are really horrible! What does that mean.
G: So at our first meeting we were talking. We were getting along incredibly well and I was telling myself “Ah, so YOSHIKI is that interesting?”. But he tells me that he’s busy and so I tell him “so you can’t drink in the evening?” “I have some editing work to do for the X and I have to finish it for tomorrow morning”. And I tell him “Ah really? So you are really busy” but he tells me, “But yeah if it’s just a little I can drink”. So he opens a bottle of champagne. And I tell him “But if you have to work you have to go back home immediately”. But he says “no no don’t worry, let’s drink just a little”… but that just a little became 16 bottles. It was so weird. And I told him “didn’t you say you had work to do?” but he kept saying “no no I’m drinking just a little”. So since it takes a while for him to get drunk he was telling me “ah GACKT you can endure alcohol”. And while we were talking it was already 6 am and we were quite drunk so I tell him “but are you sure you can work now?” “Uhmm… yes I think I can do it”. Of course you can’t!
I: But how many of you were there while drinking that many bottles?
Y: Basically just us two. Basically our bodies were made of champagne
I: And then you were able to work?
G: Of course not!
Y: Because of GACKT I wasn’t able to go to work. So the XJapan album was released late and it was GACKT’s fault.
G: BUT it’s not true. It happened only once.
I: So that was your first meeting. But till that moment what were you thinking about each other?
G: well… the image… yeah… his way of playing the drums… in the X… was really… extreme… I think.
Y: you have nothing better to say?
G: Well, actually YOSHIKI is the best in the Visual Kei area so there was this kind of relationship like Senpai and Kohai… well in the Visual Kei world this kind of hierarchic relationship is really felt, it’s very strict. And in this hierarchic list there was the YOSHIKI generation and mine… well mine was the last one in the hierarchic scale.
Y: But it’s not true!
G: yes it is
Y: There are 100 people below right?
G: and so at the time there wasn’t any contact between us, we had never met before so I was wondering what type of person he was. And when I met him I immediately thought he was a very interesting guy and soon I discovered he was like a brother to me. And he tells me “Ah GACKT you are really an interesting person” so we really respected each other as if we were borthers, but because of this I had this feeling of “As a big brother you should get on with it!”
Y: Well, as a younger brother he really works hard and I learned a lot from him. He also releases the albums as he should be doing properly.
G: That’s normal
Y: I heave heard Kiriya often say “Big brother you should work harder” and it ends that I seem to be the young one
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA
