host : Today
everyone must be really tired from a long trip and you may
feel a bit excited too, so as for the conversation today,
we'd better make it as relaxing as possible then.
hyde : yes...(smiles)
host : Then
first of all, I would like to start with what had just happened
last night at the airport, there were fans calling us to
say how sorry they were and apologize to haido-san and tetsu-san
too.
( together
) Ah..is that so..(*laugh softly with no sign of
anger*)
host : Everyone
was just so excited that they forgot all about everything
and they really didn't mean to hurt you. This morning there
was even a girl calling and crying to me.
( together
) Aaa...(*laugh in such a good mood with a 'really?'
expression*)
host : How
did you feel about what happened last night?
(almost the
same time)...we were shocked!
hyde : When
I saw all the fans, I just want to say hello to them, but
I couldn't make it, so that was a pity.
host : Is this
your very first time visiting Thailand?
tetsu : Yes,
this is our first time.
host : How
did you feel when you knew you would have come to Thailand?
hyde : In Japan,
Thai food is really famous, so when we have a chance to
come here, we would like to try Thai food in real
for once.
host : I'm
telling you, it's hot. (*laugh*)
hyde : Last
night, I did try Tom Yam Koong (*Thai Spicy Prawn
Soup*) It was very hot! My mouth got
burnt too! (*lifting his hand to touch his lips showing
how spicy it was - I was told by Sony Music staff in Thailand
though he said it was hot, he did finish the dish ^_^*)
host : Usually,
if it's not for Thai people, they wouldn't make it too hot
though.
hyde : Really?
That was not really hot? (*Everyone laughs*)
host : Did
you have any plan to hold a concert in Thailand at all?
tetsu : (thinks
for some time) ...if we can, we would
love to.
host : Then
I'll ask you a bit about music stuff. At the present, haidosan
has been playing guitar in live much more often than you
used to, is there any particular reason on that?
hyde : Umm...it
is so...
host : Yes...long
time ago, you don't play it as often as you do now.Like
in the past, you would use guitar only when singing "I'm
so happy" (c/w track of kaze ni kienaide),
last year, it was only "HONEY" that you played, but this
year apart from "HONEY" there are also the songs like "HEAVEN"S
DRIVE" and "IBARA NO NAMIDA".
hyde : Why
is that so... (*thinks to himself*)
Recently,I just have a feeling that
I want to play guitar, so I just go ahead playing it more
often than I used to.
host : But
you do look very cool indeed.
hyde : Thank
you. (*smiles shyly*)
host : Has
each member been thinking about doing their own solo work
at all?
(*Tetsu turns to stare at hyde and
makes a sign that hyde should answer this*)
hyde : We have been 4 together like
this since the very beginning. We don't know what's gonna
happen, but right now, we are still going to keep on as
L'Arc~en~Ciel with all 4 members together.
host : ark
& ray are focusing mainly on the year 2000 with the
concept of the end of the world, I would like to know why
you have been so into this belief so strongly?
hyde : I'm
not so certain if there are only Japanese people who have
such strong belief on this subject. As for myself, when
I was very young, I did have a very special feeling towards
the year 1999 and it just stuck in my head. At the same
time, I was kind of scares and excited too. So with these
all feelings probably that's why it has reflected on the
two albums.
host : At 12:00
PM of the very last day of the year 1999, have you planed
to do anything special at all?
( together
) Ummmm...(*they spend too long time thinking that
made everyone laugh*)
hyde : What
will we do...? (*turns to ask tetsu*) We
would love to do something actually...
tetsu : That's
a secret!
host : Would
it be a concert?
hyde : I would
love to do so...If possible, I would love to celebrate the
new year with everyone too.
host : In the
year 2000, would L'Arc~en~Ciel do anything as a present
for the fans?
hyde : (*long
silence*) ...yeah...what will we do?
(*asks tetsu*) But since very
long time ago, our goal is to make good music for everyone,
so until the year 2000, this is going to be what we are
going to archive. That's always be our concept of working.
host : Since
the two albums were released, do you know the unit sales
of each album? Which one has the better unit sales?
tetsu : Based
on CDs, ark has a higher sale.
host : Why
is that so?
tetsu : ...ummm...it's
probably because there are more new songs in ark I guess...I
would have think so... (smiles)
host : So I
would also like to ask tetsusan that usually when you compose
the song, it would have a kind of pop and lively sound.
Recently, you even add string and orchestra sound in your
music too. But "SHI NO HAI" in ray is different. You are
the one who composed this song, right?
tetsu : Yes,
I am.
host : Why
the sound in this song is far different from those previous
songs that you've composed?
tetsu : Umm...I
got the new guitar, Fender one. And when I tried playing
it, it did give a really hard sound, so that was how this
song was made. Blame everything on the guitar then! (*Everyone
laughs*)
host : Talk
about the covers of your albums. Since the very first album
until these two albums there are not any image of the members
appeared on the cover at all except for "HEART" (*the
previous album before ark & ray*). Why
does that album have the image of the entire members on
the cover then?
hyde : Oh...that
album. At first, we didn't think about it at all. But it
was because our designer who always helps designing the
covers for us happened to like that picture. Then he came
to us and showed us that particular picture telling he wanted
to use it. And we just agreed.
host : Usually,
would you use only one designer or keep changing all the
time?
hyde : We change
all the time.
host : I am
having a band and we play Laruku songs. The bassist of the
band always complains about how difficult of tetsusan's
bass line is.
hyde : Ah...(*laughs
softly with a surprised expression*)
host : There
are many bands like this at the moment.And everyone keeps
telling how difficult and how complex the bass line of
tetsu-san is.
tetsu : (with
a very surprised expression) Ahhhh...is
that really difficult...I don't even practice...
host : By the
way, long time ago, there was once that tetsusan sang live
on stage.I remember you sang "Love You Only" of TOKIO, right?
( together
) Ah...right (*smile*)
host : Have
you thought of doing something like that again?
tetsu : I really
want to sing myself, but they just wouldn't let me. (*Everyone
cracks on laughing*)
host : After
released these double albums, all the feedback has been
pretty good as far as I can see, then what about you two
talk about your own albums, how you think of it personally?
(*hyde & tetsu laugh softly*)
tetsu : I think
we did a really cool job (*smiles*). For
I myself, I think the albums are pretty good. If there is
only another one more person who listens to it and likes
it, that would make me even more happy.
host : Does
each member have one's own concept in composing the songs
since there are so many variations in Laruku's music?
hyde : ...ummm...
tetsu : We
just want to make it as cool as we can. Usually we would
write a song when there is something clicking or banging
on our feelings at that time. If we think what we have done
is cool and turn out to be really good, we are going to
use it with no doubt.(*smiles*)
host : What
about when working on soundtrack? How does it different
from working on the normal albums?
tetsu : Soundtrack?
(*he didn't seem to get the question*)
host : Like
when you have to make a song for some specific movies or
dramas, how much you have to prepare compare to the usual
album?Like in TV dramas, TV programs or animations, things
like that?
tetsu : Mostly,
for dramas or animations, the songs would be what we have
already done and put in the album. Those producers or those
who are interested in our songs would ask to borrow later.
But in case of Gozilla, it was more special because the
song was meant to make especially for this movie, so that's
why Shinshoku was made.
host : May
I ask about something apart from music? Before coming to
Thailand, have you heard about some other places like Chiangmai
or Phuket?
tetsu : We
have heard a bit about the places.
host : And
how do feel about Thailand as a whole?
tetsu : There
are a lot more modern buildings than I thought.
host : Would
it be okay if haido-san would talk about tetsu-san as the
bassist and the leader of the band and tetsu-san talk about
haido-san as a vocalist of the band in turn?
hyde : Oh...
(*nods and both look at each other and smile*)
host : Take
your time...
hyde : tetsu
is a great bassist. He is the one who is so in love with
music and I'm very proud of him (*laughs*).
host : What
about tetsu-san?
hyde : Oh...and
as the leader of the band! (*everyone laughs*). As
the leader, I have to say that as we've been coming this
far because we have the leader like tetsu. From now on,
I hope we all would keep L'Arc~en~Ciel moving on like this
as far as we can.
tetsu : hyde
has an inborn-gift. He's a genius.
hyde : (*shuts
his eyes tightly to listen to what tetsu would say and laughs*)
Inborn-gift? Really? (*Everyone
laughs*)
host : That's
great, isn't it?
hyde : (*turns
to tetsu*) we are praising each other,
aren't we? (*Everyone cracks on laughing again*)
host : Oh,
one more thing, as far as you can see, what do you think
about the feed back from Thai fans?
tetsu : It
is a shocked, really. Yesterday, when I saw all the fans
waiting for us there at the airport, I still didn't believe
it!
hyde : There
were actually...a lot of people telling me that we have
lots of fans in Thailand. At that point, I still did not
believe it. I even say, "oh...come on...it shouldn't be..."
But what we saw yesterday was like...we were shocked!
host : I'll
tell you what, it's true that there are a lot of Laruku
fans in Thailand.
(*hyde & tetsu smile with a really
happy expression)
host : One
thing I can tell you is that all your fans here would love
L'Arc~en~Ciel to hold a concert here in Thailand so badly.
tetsu : We
would try to make it as much as we can.
host : Please
do.Thank you for your time for us today.
( together
) Yes...and "Khob Khun Krub" (*it means "Thank you"
in Thai which was written in their hands and they made a
really cute expression too*)
host : I hope
you have fun during your stay in Thailand.
( together
) Thank you (*they said it in Thai again and shook
hands with everyone*)
