Thanks for this link! This time he sounds more sincere, at least.
Nocturne wrote:Personally. I just think he was being honest, but at the same time I think he needs to back off a little in some sense.
As for guitar, its kinda mixed. You and Chacha are ok. They havent dont anything that makes me wowed. They have some really cool sounding parts, but nothing ridiculously technical (though maybe Im spoiled by Deluhi and Versailles)
I could definitely see Mana and Kozi being harder to work with. Actually all three of them. Gackt, Mana, and Kozi seemed, by that interview to have all different directions they wanted to go and it shows in all of their solo careers. Personally, Gackt wanting to take them worldwide would have been a good idea imo. Mana doesnt really seem concerned with America even now. They've been to Europe more than once. And Kozi seems like he just wants to stay in Japan.
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Berserk wrote:What he says about Kami and composing seems kind of dubious. Dude, you wrote one stinking song, you weren't an expert.
Einherjer wrote:if I were in a VK band I'd make fun of the fans too
Berserk wrote:But clearly he wasn't so level-headed and articulate as he remembers (he called himself their "mediator", after all, and said that the other members couldn't articulate how they felt but he was able to do it for them) if we take Jihaku as any indication. "They were greedy! " "They made fun of the fans! " in contrast to the other members who gave a very sage, thoughtful interview explaining their perspective of what happened.
Mademoiselle Folie wrote:Bara no seidou was made withouth Gackt. Memoire was made without Gackt. and these are more than pure awesomeness.
I agree. It is interesting to see the different priorities that Gackt apparently had compared to the other members. However, if that's the attitude he had towards them then I am not surprised that things didn't work out between them. He comes across as rather patronising.Berserk wrote:I like this interview, because it provides a believable and acceptable reason for him leaving.
Not for their purposes, no. For Gackt's purposes, on the other hand, I can see how it would.Geisha wrote:I never got the impression that MM were hampered by any noticeable lack of skill.
Iskanderia wrote:Okay, so I've mentioned numerous times that I'm really far from being a Gackt expert, but I do like some of his stuff. I have Mars and that's pretty good - Vanilla is like the catchiest song ever - but then I listened to Moon (I think?) and it was pretty much nothing but goddamned ballads. Ballads make me angry.
So I'm looking for recommendations. My favorite Gackt song, hands down, is Redemption. Tell me what other songs of his sound like this because I don't have time to sit through like 10,000 of his recordings to find the stuff I like.
Thanks in advance.