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♪ (dramatic piano music) ♪

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Yoshiki:

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♪ (dissonant music) ♪

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♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

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(shouts indistinctly)

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♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

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<i>♪ Walk through the light ♪</i>

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<i>♪ To find your shadow ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Till your god stole you
from the edge ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Sunk in the thought
to feel the distance ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Was it your secret? ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Stop holding your fear ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Let memory live
and die alone ♪</i>

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♪ No need to be there ♪

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<i>♪ Let your desire scream ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Till you feel alive ♪</i>

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<i>♪ 'Cause you are beautiful ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Your scars are beautiful ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Like the Jade ♪</i>

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<i>♪ You'll still shine ♪</i>

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<i>♪ When you sink into the sea ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Where the bleeding,
scarlet jealousy ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Carves away your belief ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Now, now and forever I</i>

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<i>♪ You'll be loved ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Let your destiny ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Lead your heart ♪</i>

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<i>♪ My Jade ♪</i>

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(audience cheering)

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(cheering and shouting)

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(applause)

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(woman laughs)

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(women squealing)

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Woman: (yelling)

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Woman 2:

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A very famous person.

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Man: <i>Hi. This is Yoshiki,
from the band X Japan.</i>

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Yoshiki: <i>Hi. This is Yoshiki,
from the band X Japan.</i>

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Man: <i>We are playing Madison
Square Garden in New York.</i>

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Yoshiki: <i>We are playing Madison
Square Garden in New York.</i>

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Man:
<i>Saturday, October 11th.</i>

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Yoshiki:
<i>Saturday, October 11th.</i>

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DJ. 1: <i>This is Sirius XM.
Out cue.</i>

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<i>One of the biggest bands
in the world</i>

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<i>finally taking America
by storm is...</i>

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<i>Is it X, or is it...</i>

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Yoshiki:

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DJ. 1: <i>X Japan.</i>

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<i>And it's interesting
that the band,</i>

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being so successful
all over the world...

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yet a lot of mainstream, Western,

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<i>English-speaking Americans</i>

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<i>are right now
just getting into the band.</i>

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Yoshiki:

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- We are!
- All: X!

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- We are!
- All: X!

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- Man 2: We are!
- All: X!

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- Man: We are!
- All: X!

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Man: X Japan, everybody!

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(cheers and applause)

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DJ 2: <i>You guys have sold over</i>

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30 million records,
which is absolutely insane.

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<i>You guys have been huge
since 1982.</i>

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<i>I can't wait
to see this concert.</i>

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Yoshiki:

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Stan Lee: <i>Yoshiki is a musical
idol in Japan.</i>

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(women screaming)

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He played both piano
and trumpet and drums,

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and I think there was nothing
he couldn't do.

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(man whoops)

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Remember when I taught you
how to speak Japanese?

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Mm-hmm.

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DJ 3: <i>How would you describe
your sound?</i>

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<i>I know that people talk about
you. They use the word "metal."</i>

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But I feel like
it's more than that.

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(laughing)

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(speaking Japanese)

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Woman 3: (speaking Japanese)

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All: X!

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Woman 4: (speaking Japanese)

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- We are!
- All: X!

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Yoshiki: (shouting) <i>X! Kill you!</i>

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♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

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Hiroshi: (speaking Japanese)

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Yuichi:

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(singing)

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(singing indistinctly)

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- Reporter: (speaking Japanese)
- Man 3:

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Woman 5:

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(singing indistinctly)

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(people shouting)

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Yoshiki:
(shouting indistinctly)

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- Yoshiki: We are!
- All: X!

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- We are!
- All: X!

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- We are!
- All: X!

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- We are!
- All: X!

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- Yoshiki: We are!
- All: X!

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- Yoshiki: We are!
- All: X!

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- Yoshiki: We are!
- All: X!

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Yoshiki:

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(guitar playing)

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Woman 6: Thank you. Bye.

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All right. All done.

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That is painful.

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Yoshiki:

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- Hello.
- Yoshiki: Hi.

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- How are you?
- I'm fine.

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Can you come up here
for a second?

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Yoshiki:

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Doctor: Here.

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Yoshiki:

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On the right wrist.

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- Left?
- Left, here.

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Hold on.
It's in here.

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- Yeah.
- Okay.

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I don't know how effective
a shot here will be.

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I really don't.

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That might be helpful.

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- In here?
- Yeah.

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Yoshiki:

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- Doctor: Yeah.
- Yoshiki: If it's not...

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I mean,
you could even play tonight.

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But I kind of... I wanna
give it a break.

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It's so, like... it needs
a break, you know?

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(drums playing)

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(bass playing)

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Yoshiki:

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(drums playing)

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Man 4: <i>I can hear you perfectly,
Yoshiki.</i>

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Yoshiki: Okay, okay.

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Man 4: <i>So what does it mean</i>

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<i>to you personally playing
at Madison Square Garden?</i>

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Band member: (speaking Japanese)

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- Man: <i>Bye.</i>
- Bye-bye.

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(phone line clicks)

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Yoshiki:

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♪ (somber music playing) ♪

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Yoshiki:

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Yeah.

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♪ (sad music playing) ♪

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♪ (piano music playing) ♪

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Yoshiki:

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♪ (piano music playing) ♪

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Yoshiki:

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(drums playing)

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Yoshiki: <i>My father was actually
collecting a lot of swords.</i>

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♪ (mysterious music) ♪

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♪ (piano music playing) ♪

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Yoshiki:

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Yeah.

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(man chanting)

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(bell dings)

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(bell dings)

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(chanting continues)

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Yoshiki:

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♪ (mysterious music playing) ♪

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(both speaking Japanese)

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Woman:

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(speaking indistinctly)

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Yoshiki:

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(speaking indistinctly)

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(speaking Japanese)

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(camera shutter clicks)

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Naoshi: (speaking Japanese)

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(laughing)

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(speaking indistinctly)

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Caren?

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Which one?
Which billboard.

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That one?

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DJ: <i>It's very rare
in my 30 years that I have</i>

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<i>an opportunity to meet
and talk for a few minutes</i>

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<i>with someone who I've never met
before in the rock business.</i>

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<i>I know you have
a long history,</i>

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<i>a lot of diverse styles
of music that you've done.</i>

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<i>Give everybody the short
version of your story.</i>

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Yoshiki:

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♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

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(singing indistinctly)

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Yoshiki: Then...

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DJ: <i>What was the cause of the
break up? Were you not getting along,</i>

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<i>or was there changes
in the musical climate in J...?</i>

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<i>Oh, he was ill?</i>

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Yoshiki:

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DJ: Well, it must feel great
to have him back.

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The singer that you say

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was brainwashed...
he came back to you, right?

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He got straightened out,
so to speak?

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Yoshiki:

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♪ I... ♪

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<i>♪ Wake from my dream ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I can't find my way ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Without you ♪</i>

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(guitar playing)

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Come in?

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- Man: Oh, wow.
- Yeah.

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Man: Day after the show,
just go straight home?

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Man: After the concert.

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(speaking Japanese)

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Mm-hmm.

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Toshi: (speaking Japanese)

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♪ (music playing) ♪

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♪ Needles are piercing
through my skin ♪

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<i>♪ It's no kind of part
of a fairy tale ♪</i>

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<i>♪ But you're so young ♪</i>

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Man: How long you been waiting?

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It's about two hours now.

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- Man: Here goes. And we're in.
- Man 2: You made it.

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- Man: Before...
- (humming)

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(Yoshiki humming)

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♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

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Yoshiki: Yeah!

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Okay.

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Naoshi: (speaking Japanese)

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(chatting and laughing)

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♪ (piano music playing) ♪

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Naoshi: (speaking in Japanese)

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Yoshiki:

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(shouts in Japanese)

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Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

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Taiji: (speaking in Japanese)

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Yoshiki:

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♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

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Yoshiki:

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♪ (pensive guitar music
playing) ♪

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<i>♪ I couldn't look back ♪</i>

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<i>♪ You'd gone away from me ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I felt my heartaches ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I was afraid ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Of following you ♪</i>

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<i>♪ When I had looked ♪</i>

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<i>♪ At the shadows ♪</i>

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<i>♪ On the wall ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I start running
into the night ♪</i>

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<i>♪ To find the truth ♪</i>

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<i>♪ In me ♪</i>

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(cheers and applause)

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(shouting)

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♪ (fast metal music playing) ♪

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(cheers and applause)

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Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

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Naoshi: (speaking in Japanese)

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(audience shouting and cheering)

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Yoshiki's mother:
(speaking in Japanese)

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♪ (piano music playing) ♪

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Yoshiki's mother:
(speaking in Japanese)

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(cheers and applause)

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♪ (dark piano music playing) ♪

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♪ (ominous music playing) ♪

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Yoshiki:

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(laughs)

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- Hey.
- Man: Hey, Yoshiki.

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How are you doing? Are you ready
for Madison Square Garden?

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Man: <i>How is the band doing?</i>

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Boyd: Yeah. I think so.

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Yoshiki:

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Boyd: So they put you in
the same category as, like...

257
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Boyd: Like, Queensryche.
Mastodon is awesome.

258
00:32:49,051 --> 00:32:50,427
So that's a really cool list.

259
00:32:50,511 --> 00:32:52,054
Man: <i>What number was X,
your band?</i>

260
00:32:54,390 --> 00:32:56,725
(car horns honking)

261
00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:00,396
Uh-huh.

262
00:33:04,358 --> 00:33:06,110
- This is, like...
- (horn honks)

263
00:33:06,276 --> 00:33:07,653
Man: Fucking jerk.

264
00:33:09,863 --> 00:33:11,407
Man: Are you, like,
a restless sleeper?

265
00:33:11,532 --> 00:33:12,574
Yoshiki:

266
00:33:20,124 --> 00:33:21,750
- Man: Do you dream?
- Yoshiki: Yeah.

267
00:33:22,126 --> 00:33:23,335
Man: What do you dream about?

268
00:33:24,044 --> 00:33:25,129
Yoshiki:

269
00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:30,884
(laughs softly)

270
00:33:32,469 --> 00:33:34,263
Man: He was asking me
why that is.

271
00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:35,431
- Yoshiki: Yeah?
- Man: Yeah.

272
00:33:35,556 --> 00:33:36,724
Yoshiki: He was asking you?

273
00:33:38,058 --> 00:33:39,184
Yeah.

274
00:34:06,086 --> 00:34:07,129
Dr. Markinson: <i>Make a fist.</i>

275
00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:11,925
We compare the non-symptomatic
left side with the right side.

276
00:34:12,009 --> 00:34:13,052
- Yoshiki: Okay.
- Markinson: Okay?

277
00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:14,678
So watch this.

278
00:34:16,138 --> 00:34:17,556
So there's a dynamic element.

279
00:34:17,723 --> 00:34:20,601
We make a fist
where you're driving.

280
00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:22,144
- Yoshiki: Right.
- Markinson: The more forcefully

281
00:34:22,227 --> 00:34:25,397
you do combinations,
sticks plus this,

282
00:34:25,814 --> 00:34:28,734
the more you drive this
against cartilage.

283
00:34:29,276 --> 00:34:31,695
So, it would be better
to modify technique.

284
00:34:31,862 --> 00:34:36,116
Everything should be
as least effort as possible.

285
00:34:36,283 --> 00:34:39,495
Improvisation... here it is.
Watch. Very simple.

286
00:34:39,703 --> 00:34:42,081
♪ (playing recorder) ♪

287
00:34:47,503 --> 00:34:49,171
Markinson: And the secret of
music, really,

288
00:34:49,296 --> 00:34:50,297
at a certain age...

289
00:34:50,464 --> 00:34:52,174
and I'm not trying to be
your father...

290
00:34:52,341 --> 00:34:54,051
is zero effort,

291
00:34:54,510 --> 00:34:56,637
because if you get down
to almost zero effort,

292
00:34:56,887 --> 00:34:58,764
but you're still going
and growing fast...

293
00:34:58,889 --> 00:34:59,723
I see.

294
00:34:59,932 --> 00:35:01,600
I know you can
get out of this.

295
00:35:02,267 --> 00:35:03,477
Yoshiki:

296
00:35:03,727 --> 00:35:04,603
Less effort.

297
00:35:04,853 --> 00:35:06,146
Almost go to zero effort,

298
00:35:06,563 --> 00:35:08,524
and then the audience
is even more mystified.

299
00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:10,526
♪ (drums pounding) ♪

300
00:35:13,112 --> 00:35:14,154
Yoshiki:

301
00:36:03,745 --> 00:36:05,247
Man:

302
00:36:06,832 --> 00:36:07,916
Pata:

303
00:36:13,213 --> 00:36:14,381
(speaking Japanese)

304
00:36:21,305 --> 00:36:22,723
Woman:

305
00:36:46,455 --> 00:36:47,497
(sneezes)

306
00:36:48,290 --> 00:36:50,500
(woman speaking Japanese)

307
00:36:55,631 --> 00:36:57,382
(inaudible dialogue)

308
00:37:05,307 --> 00:37:06,600
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

309
00:37:10,646 --> 00:37:12,147
Sugizo:

310
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,234
- Yoshiki: - Sugizo:

311
00:37:16,526 --> 00:37:18,070
Yoshiki:

312
00:37:29,957 --> 00:37:31,208
Sugizo:

313
00:37:33,877 --> 00:37:34,753
Woman: Ready?

314
00:37:35,087 --> 00:37:37,089
♪ (glam metal playing) ♪

315
00:37:57,317 --> 00:37:58,819
Sugizo: (speaking in Japanese)

316
00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:14,126
Man 1:

317
00:38:28,974 --> 00:38:29,933
Man 2:

318
00:38:33,437 --> 00:38:34,521
Man 3:

319
00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:47,826
Mayday: (speaking in Japanese)

320
00:39:25,906 --> 00:39:26,990
(laughter)

321
00:39:33,955 --> 00:39:34,956
Toshi:

322
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,550
(all shout in Japanese)

323
00:39:46,259 --> 00:39:48,345
♪ (metal music playing) ♪

324
00:39:56,770 --> 00:39:57,896
Toshi: Standing,

325
00:39:58,480 --> 00:39:59,856
standing...

326
00:40:00,816 --> 00:40:03,276
(Toshi shouting)

327
00:40:05,195 --> 00:40:07,948
♪ (metal music playing) ♪

328
00:40:20,877 --> 00:40:22,170
(Yoshiki screams)

329
00:40:22,671 --> 00:40:24,256
♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

330
00:40:25,090 --> 00:40:26,299
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

331
00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:42,732
(singing)

332
00:40:47,487 --> 00:40:48,363
(audience shouting)

333
00:40:48,447 --> 00:40:49,656
Yoshiki:

334
00:41:07,174 --> 00:41:09,634
(audience cheering)

335
00:41:11,428 --> 00:41:12,554
Yoshiki:

336
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:24,816
Man: <i>Why did he have to go?</i>

337
00:41:25,567 --> 00:41:26,443
Yoshiki:

338
00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:33,158
Man: <i>Why can't you talk
about it even now?</i>

339
00:41:41,708 --> 00:41:42,834
It's, um...

340
00:41:44,252 --> 00:41:45,253
♪ (music playing) ♪

341
00:41:56,806 --> 00:41:58,016
Man: (speaking Japanese)

342
00:41:58,225 --> 00:42:01,770
<i>♪ Sha... shadow and I ♪</i>

343
00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:07,776
<i>Hai.</i>

344
00:42:08,026 --> 00:42:11,655
<i>♪ If I could fly
from skyscrapers ♪</i>

345
00:42:12,030 --> 00:42:15,492
<i>♪ I'd be flying to you ♪</i>

346
00:42:23,625 --> 00:42:26,461
<i>♪ Baby, you'd be mine ♪</i>

347
00:42:32,759 --> 00:42:35,011
(singing indistinctly)

348
00:42:36,513 --> 00:42:39,474
<i>♪ Is it destiny ♪</i>

349
00:42:39,891 --> 00:42:42,269
<i>♪ That we bleed ourselves ♪</i>

350
00:42:42,394 --> 00:42:43,979
<i>♪ For love? ♪</i>

351
00:42:44,187 --> 00:42:46,606
<i>♪ Or is it love ♪</i>

352
00:42:47,399 --> 00:42:49,859
<i>♪ Making me feel ♪</i>

353
00:42:50,068 --> 00:42:53,280
<i>♪ Like you're sucking ♪</i>

354
00:42:53,446 --> 00:42:55,865
<i>♪ My blood? ♪</i>

355
00:42:58,201 --> 00:42:59,244
(both laugh)

356
00:43:06,126 --> 00:43:07,377
(laughs)

357
00:43:07,669 --> 00:43:09,546
♪ (piano music playing) ♪

358
00:43:15,552 --> 00:43:17,679
♪ (rock music playing) ♪

359
00:43:22,309 --> 00:43:24,769
♪ (man singing in Japanese
over speakers) ♪

360
00:43:38,158 --> 00:43:39,451
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

361
00:43:45,081 --> 00:43:46,499
(humming)

362
00:43:53,798 --> 00:43:55,342
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

363
00:44:13,526 --> 00:44:14,611
Yoshiki:

364
00:44:25,372 --> 00:44:26,748
Hide: (speaking in Japanese)

365
00:44:58,738 --> 00:45:00,865
Hideo: (speaking Japanese)

366
00:45:22,220 --> 00:45:24,013
Heath: (speaking in Japanese)

367
00:45:45,201 --> 00:45:47,036
Sugizo: (speaking Japanese)

368
00:45:58,256 --> 00:45:59,632
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

369
00:46:07,724 --> 00:46:09,017
Yoshiki:

370
00:46:14,773 --> 00:46:16,608
I was like...
(imitates thumping)

371
00:46:25,617 --> 00:46:26,868
Naoshi: (speaking Japanese)

372
00:47:03,279 --> 00:47:05,031
♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

373
00:47:17,877 --> 00:47:19,295
Yoshiki:

374
00:47:28,263 --> 00:47:29,138
Man: For the band,

375
00:47:29,347 --> 00:47:32,392
as they attempt to take
their first step

376
00:47:32,517 --> 00:47:34,394
toward international success.

377
00:47:34,561 --> 00:47:37,772
Woman: Why is it that you think
that a band with...

378
00:47:37,856 --> 00:47:40,984
comes from a country that
does not speak English natively

379
00:47:41,109 --> 00:47:42,777
is going to succeed here?

380
00:47:42,861 --> 00:47:44,362
It has never happened.

381
00:47:54,664 --> 00:47:56,332
With the band working
on their English,

382
00:47:56,624 --> 00:47:58,710
and with Atlantic
having the best promotion

383
00:47:58,793 --> 00:48:00,628
and marketing people
in the business,

384
00:48:00,837 --> 00:48:03,256
we feel that we can overcome
a lot of obstacles

385
00:48:03,339 --> 00:48:07,427
and hopefully... hopefully sell
many platinum albums in America.

386
00:48:07,510 --> 00:48:09,053
(camera beeps, shutter clicks)

387
00:48:09,804 --> 00:48:11,306
Yoshiki: (speaking Japanese)

388
00:48:20,857 --> 00:48:23,568
Hi. Nice to meet you.

389
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:26,779
Gene: <i>The language
of rock and roll is English.</i>

390
00:48:27,030 --> 00:48:30,825
- Yoshiki, he's our good friend?
- Woman: Yes.

391
00:48:30,909 --> 00:48:34,329
Gene:
<i>And they demand certain rules,</i>

392
00:48:34,495 --> 00:48:37,165
which are unspoken,

393
00:48:37,790 --> 00:48:39,250
because it's
politically incorrect,

394
00:48:39,334 --> 00:48:41,377
and it's unkind
and all that stuff.

395
00:48:42,128 --> 00:48:44,964
Gene: <i>How do you break
through that wall,</i>

396
00:48:45,089 --> 00:48:47,800
<i>that silent, prejudiced wall?</i>

397
00:48:48,718 --> 00:48:51,512
By the way, I come from Israel.
When I first came to America...

398
00:48:51,638 --> 00:48:53,097
(in Israeli accent)
I talked like this.

399
00:48:53,181 --> 00:48:55,016
(normal voice)
Nobody gave me the time of day.

400
00:48:58,603 --> 00:49:00,146
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

401
00:49:20,041 --> 00:49:24,003
Gene: If those guys were either
born in America or England

402
00:49:24,128 --> 00:49:25,296
and sang in English,

403
00:49:25,463 --> 00:49:27,256
they might be the biggest band
in the world.

404
00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:31,803
♪ (holy music playing) ♪

405
00:49:44,190 --> 00:49:46,067
♪ (dissonant piano
chords play) ♪

406
00:49:47,902 --> 00:49:49,112
Yoshiki:

407
00:49:55,201 --> 00:49:56,160
Man: Stand by.

408
00:49:56,244 --> 00:49:57,870
Yoshiki:

409
00:50:25,690 --> 00:50:26,733
Oh.

410
00:51:01,142 --> 00:51:03,853
♪ (music playing) ♪

411
00:51:21,913 --> 00:51:24,290
♪ (dramatic piano
music playing) ♪

412
00:51:27,251 --> 00:51:28,461
Yoshiki:

413
00:51:40,014 --> 00:51:40,890
♪ (music playing) ♪

414
00:51:43,351 --> 00:51:44,644
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

415
00:51:54,278 --> 00:51:55,863
♪ Desert rose ♪

416
00:51:55,988 --> 00:51:58,407
<i>♪ Why do you live alone? ♪</i>

417
00:51:59,742 --> 00:52:00,910
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

418
00:52:13,673 --> 00:52:15,508
<i>♪ All I can see is drowning ♪</i>

419
00:52:15,633 --> 00:52:18,803
<i>♪ In cold gray ♪</i>

420
00:52:18,886 --> 00:52:20,054
Man:

421
00:52:24,100 --> 00:52:25,268
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

422
00:52:54,797 --> 00:52:57,216
If you're an artist...

423
00:52:57,550 --> 00:53:01,053
because what you make
is the explanation for you.

424
00:53:02,889 --> 00:53:05,683
<i>What you are
is a question mark.</i>

425
00:53:06,893 --> 00:53:08,519
<i>You should never
explain your art.</i>

426
00:53:08,769 --> 00:53:10,605
<i>You explain yourself
with your art.</i>

427
00:53:11,564 --> 00:53:15,234
<i>That's the reason you do art
in the first place...</i>

428
00:53:15,818 --> 00:53:17,904
to exorcise your demons

429
00:53:18,237 --> 00:53:20,656
and to exercise
with your demons.

430
00:53:23,576 --> 00:53:25,411
♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

431
00:53:32,543 --> 00:53:34,295
Yoshiki: (shouting)
Art of Life!

432
00:53:35,963 --> 00:53:37,506
Yoshiki:

433
00:54:21,259 --> 00:54:22,969
<i>♪ Art of life ♪</i>

434
00:54:23,302 --> 00:54:26,180
<i>♪ I try
to stop myself ♪</i>

435
00:54:27,265 --> 00:54:28,724
<i>♪ But my heart goes ♪</i>

436
00:54:28,808 --> 00:54:31,143
<i>♪ To destroy the truth ♪</i>

437
00:54:33,980 --> 00:54:35,773
<i>♪ Tell me why ♪</i>

438
00:54:36,482 --> 00:54:37,817
<i>♪ I want the meaning ♪</i>

439
00:54:37,900 --> 00:54:39,026
<i>♪ Of my life ♪</i>

440
00:54:39,235 --> 00:54:41,070
<i>♪ Do I try to live? ♪</i>

441
00:54:42,071 --> 00:54:44,448
<i>♪ Do I try to love ♪</i>

442
00:54:44,699 --> 00:54:46,075
<i>♪ In my ♪</i>

443
00:54:46,659 --> 00:54:49,203
<i>♪ Life? ♪</i>

444
00:54:54,625 --> 00:54:57,628
(cheers and applause)

445
00:55:04,677 --> 00:55:05,845
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

446
00:55:21,402 --> 00:55:22,486
♪ (piano music playing) ♪

447
00:55:30,578 --> 00:55:31,912
(audience shouting)

448
00:56:07,990 --> 00:56:10,117
♪ (dramatic music playing) ♪

449
00:57:01,127 --> 00:57:03,003
(women sobbing)

450
00:57:03,087 --> 00:57:04,088
Yoshiki:

451
00:57:21,939 --> 00:57:23,732
(all crying)

452
00:57:27,570 --> 00:57:29,363
Woman 1: (speaking Japanese)

453
00:57:46,839 --> 00:57:48,007
Man: (speaking Japanese)

454
00:57:52,052 --> 00:57:53,345
Reporter: (speaking Japanese)

455
00:57:55,347 --> 00:57:56,557
Woman 3: (speaking Japanese)

456
00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:58,017
(chattering and crying)

457
00:58:02,104 --> 00:58:04,482
- Woman 3: (speaking Japanese)
- Reporter: (speaking Japanese)

458
00:58:06,358 --> 00:58:07,651
Yoshiki:

459
00:58:09,361 --> 00:58:11,489
(crowd screaming excitedly)

460
00:58:14,074 --> 00:58:15,117
Yoshiki:

461
00:58:19,371 --> 00:58:20,706
(speaking indistinctly)

462
00:58:23,417 --> 00:58:25,211
Hide: (speaking Japanese)

463
00:58:26,045 --> 00:58:27,338
(laughing)

464
00:58:31,175 --> 00:58:32,176
(laughter)

465
00:58:33,928 --> 00:58:35,054
(woman chuckles)

466
00:58:45,189 --> 00:58:46,524
Toshi: (speaking Japanese)

467
00:59:25,854 --> 00:59:28,148
(cheers and applause)

468
00:59:28,607 --> 00:59:30,943
♪ (ethereal metal
music playing) ♪

469
00:59:43,205 --> 00:59:44,665
(screaming)

470
00:59:51,338 --> 00:59:53,299
♪ (singing in Japanese) ♪

471
01:00:21,160 --> 01:00:22,494
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

472
01:00:41,305 --> 01:00:43,098
(cheering)

473
01:00:59,323 --> 01:01:00,366
Yoshiki:

474
01:01:19,259 --> 01:01:20,844
(cheering continues)

475
01:01:24,890 --> 01:01:26,183
Toshi: (speaking Japanese)

476
01:01:40,989 --> 01:01:43,283
♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

477
01:01:48,580 --> 01:01:49,832
(singing indistinctly)

478
01:02:30,706 --> 01:02:32,875
(audience cheering)

479
01:03:03,739 --> 01:03:05,199
Pata: (speaking in Japanese)

480
01:03:09,244 --> 01:03:11,246
♪ (somber music playing) ♪

481
01:03:18,670 --> 01:03:19,630
Yoshiki:

482
01:03:23,717 --> 01:03:26,512
TV anchor: <i>Downtown Tokyo today
to mourn the suicide</i>

483
01:03:26,720 --> 01:03:29,807
of one of Japan's
most adored rock stars.

484
01:03:30,098 --> 01:03:32,768
<i>Hideto Matsumoto,
who had been lead guitarist</i>

485
01:03:32,851 --> 01:03:34,686
<i>for the band X Japan,</i>

486
01:03:34,937 --> 01:03:37,731
<i>killed himself on Saturday,
leaving no explanation.</i>

487
01:03:37,898 --> 01:03:39,691
<i>Authorities say
Matsumoto's death</i>

488
01:03:39,817 --> 01:03:41,944
<i>has already provoked
one young fan,</i>

489
01:03:42,069 --> 01:03:43,654
<i>a woman, to kill herself</i>

490
01:03:43,862 --> 01:03:46,323
<i>and two others
to attempt suicide.</i>

491
01:03:47,658 --> 01:03:50,327
(siren wails)

492
01:03:53,831 --> 01:03:55,457
(whistle blows)

493
01:04:09,096 --> 01:04:10,055
So...

494
01:04:20,232 --> 01:04:21,191
You know...

495
01:04:54,391 --> 01:04:55,267
(speaking in Japanese)

496
01:05:15,704 --> 01:05:17,164
(crowd screaming)

497
01:05:19,166 --> 01:05:20,667
(indistinct chatter)

498
01:05:32,429 --> 01:05:33,889
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

499
01:05:48,153 --> 01:05:49,696
♪ (sad music playing) ♪

500
01:05:50,656 --> 01:05:52,366
- (crowd screaming)
- (whistle blows)

501
01:06:23,188 --> 01:06:25,607
(birds chirping)

502
01:06:27,818 --> 01:06:29,486
Sugizo: (speaking in Japanese)

503
01:06:58,849 --> 01:06:59,725
Yoshiki:

504
01:07:38,972 --> 01:07:40,057
Yeah.

505
01:08:07,501 --> 01:08:08,668
Narumi: (speaking in Japanese)

506
01:08:47,040 --> 01:08:49,543
- (voices whispering)
- (wind blowing)

507
01:08:54,714 --> 01:08:57,050
♪ (dramatic orchestral
music playing) ♪

508
01:09:04,975 --> 01:09:06,434
Yoshiki:

509
01:09:30,792 --> 01:09:32,919
♪ (music playing) ♪

510
01:09:45,974 --> 01:09:48,059
(thunder crashes)

511
01:09:52,397 --> 01:09:53,648
- Man 1: One.
- Man 2: One.

512
01:09:53,773 --> 01:09:55,025
- Man 1: Two.
- Man 2: Two.

513
01:09:55,150 --> 01:09:56,401
- Man 1: Three.
- Man 2: Three.

514
01:09:56,484 --> 01:09:57,569
- Man 1: Four.
- Man 2: Four.

515
01:09:57,694 --> 01:09:58,904
- Man 1: Five.
- Man 2: Five.

516
01:09:58,987 --> 01:10:00,238
- Man 1: Six...
- Man 2: Six...

517
01:10:00,322 --> 01:10:01,198
Yoshiki:

518
01:10:06,077 --> 01:10:07,204
Man 2: Cut it.

519
01:10:08,246 --> 01:10:11,249
♪ (piano playing) ♪

520
01:10:11,541 --> 01:10:12,751
Woman: (speaking Japanese)

521
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:18,089
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

522
01:10:28,934 --> 01:10:29,809
(rat squeaks)

523
01:10:29,976 --> 01:10:31,561
♪ (somber music playing) ♪

524
01:10:36,983 --> 01:10:39,027
- Man: Am I in your way?
- Yoshiki: No.

525
01:10:43,823 --> 01:10:46,826
- (man speaking Japanese)
- (audience cheers)

526
01:11:08,556 --> 01:11:09,975
(indistinct chatter)

527
01:11:10,100 --> 01:11:11,518
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

528
01:11:40,297 --> 01:11:42,549
♪ (motivational music playing) ♪

529
01:11:53,310 --> 01:11:54,644
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

530
01:11:58,940 --> 01:12:01,568
(camera shutters clicking)

531
01:12:27,135 --> 01:12:30,138
- (drums playing)
- (women shriek)

532
01:12:35,935 --> 01:12:38,104
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

533
01:12:53,453 --> 01:12:55,622
♪ (ethereal music playing) ♪

534
01:12:58,166 --> 01:13:01,044
(indistinct chatter)

535
01:13:19,813 --> 01:13:21,731
(women clamoring)

536
01:13:23,900 --> 01:13:25,944
(engine revving)

537
01:13:30,990 --> 01:13:32,325
(people shouting)

538
01:13:39,290 --> 01:13:41,292
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

539
01:13:46,714 --> 01:13:48,216
(woman shouting)

540
01:13:53,721 --> 01:13:55,181
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

541
01:14:33,595 --> 01:14:35,054
Man: (speaking in Japanese)

542
01:14:51,613 --> 01:14:53,698
♪ (orchestral music playing) ♪

543
01:15:00,955 --> 01:15:02,624
Yoshiki:

544
01:16:09,857 --> 01:16:11,776
(turn signal clicking)

545
01:16:12,193 --> 01:16:13,486
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

546
01:16:17,865 --> 01:16:19,200
Toshi: (speaking Japanese)

547
01:17:11,878 --> 01:17:12,879
Yoshiki:

548
01:17:27,977 --> 01:17:30,396
Man: Get together.
Whoa, whoa!

549
01:17:31,022 --> 01:17:32,106
Nice ride!

550
01:17:32,190 --> 01:17:34,067
Too bad you can't take it
with you.

551
01:17:34,651 --> 01:17:37,111
You can't take it with you!
It stays behind!

552
01:17:37,236 --> 01:17:41,324
The only thing you can take
with you is Jesus, nothing else!

553
01:17:41,949 --> 01:17:43,117
Yoshiki:

554
01:17:53,878 --> 01:17:55,004
(Toshi laughs)

555
01:17:58,966 --> 01:17:59,967
Toshi: That's funny.

556
01:18:01,844 --> 01:18:04,138
Toshi: (speaking Japanese)

557
01:18:24,784 --> 01:18:27,036
♪ (solemn piano music
playing) ♪

558
01:18:34,627 --> 01:18:37,130
One, two, three.

559
01:18:38,923 --> 01:18:41,342
♪ (singing in Japanese) ♪

560
01:19:09,287 --> 01:19:10,621
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

561
01:19:29,932 --> 01:19:31,392
(clears throat)

562
01:19:33,269 --> 01:19:36,773
♪ (continues singing) ♪

563
01:19:37,440 --> 01:19:38,733
Yoshiki:

564
01:20:02,006 --> 01:20:03,382
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

565
01:20:07,887 --> 01:20:08,930
(Toshi laughs)

566
01:20:25,112 --> 01:20:26,656
(both laugh)

567
01:20:27,323 --> 01:20:28,574
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

568
01:20:29,075 --> 01:20:30,451
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

569
01:20:33,371 --> 01:20:34,914
Woman reporter:

570
01:20:41,629 --> 01:20:43,172
Man reporter:

571
01:20:58,104 --> 01:20:59,814
- Woman reporter: - Man reporter:

572
01:21:08,656 --> 01:21:09,740
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

573
01:21:12,869 --> 01:21:14,036
Both: (speaking in Japanese)

574
01:21:16,622 --> 01:21:17,832
Yoshiki: (speaking Japanese)

575
01:21:18,416 --> 01:21:19,876
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

576
01:21:33,264 --> 01:21:34,891
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

577
01:21:44,609 --> 01:21:46,110
Yoshiki: (speaking in Japanese)

578
01:21:46,944 --> 01:21:48,404
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

579
01:21:56,412 --> 01:21:57,580
Yoshiki:

580
01:22:42,833 --> 01:22:43,876
You know?

581
01:22:44,543 --> 01:22:45,962
♪ (heavy metal music playing) ♪

582
01:22:46,128 --> 01:22:47,296
(crowd cheers)

583
01:22:55,680 --> 01:22:58,182
I'm from China,
and this band is my life.

584
01:22:59,475 --> 01:23:01,936
Woman: <i>X Japan, you guys
are awesome.</i>

585
01:23:02,061 --> 01:23:04,939
I rode a bus for eight hours
just to see you guys.

586
01:23:05,147 --> 01:23:06,607
(crowd cheers)

587
01:23:06,899 --> 01:23:08,901
It was the first band
I got in concert with

588
01:23:08,985 --> 01:23:11,070
when I was 12 years old.
I'm 23 now.

589
01:23:11,195 --> 01:23:13,781
Wes: <i>Yoshiki is like, "X Japan
is getting back together,</i>

590
01:23:14,156 --> 01:23:16,033
and I want you to come
play guitar."

591
01:23:16,409 --> 01:23:18,452
<i>"Okay. Sounds weird. I'm in."</i>

592
01:23:20,788 --> 01:23:22,373
<i>♪ Look to the light ♪</i>

593
01:23:22,498 --> 01:23:24,250
Different level of rock star.

594
01:23:24,417 --> 01:23:26,752
It goes beyond the Stones,

595
01:23:26,836 --> 01:23:29,422
Aerosmith,
or Guns N' Roses.

596
01:23:32,758 --> 01:23:34,468
Wes: <i>This reunion was
a big deal,</i>

597
01:23:34,552 --> 01:23:36,846
because it was the first time
they were playing without Hide,

598
01:23:36,929 --> 01:23:39,473
<i>and it had been maybe a decade
since they'd played together.</i>

599
01:23:39,807 --> 01:23:41,726
This is for Hide!

600
01:23:43,269 --> 01:23:44,895
Woman 1: <i>I had a friend of mine
overseas</i>

601
01:23:44,979 --> 01:23:47,023
<i>who killed himself
after Hide died.</i>

602
01:23:47,148 --> 01:23:48,983
<i>That's how I got
turned on to the band.</i>

603
01:23:49,066 --> 01:23:50,109
It's changed my life.

604
01:23:50,317 --> 01:23:52,987
<i>My 75-year-old mother
is in love with Toshi.</i>

605
01:23:53,154 --> 01:23:55,573
Woman 2: He's amazing.
The last concert I was at,

606
01:23:55,698 --> 01:23:57,324
believe it or not,
was Elvis Presley.

607
01:23:57,408 --> 01:23:59,702
- Man 1: We are!
- All: X!

608
01:23:59,785 --> 01:24:00,661
(shouting)

609
01:24:00,870 --> 01:24:01,787
All: X!

610
01:24:01,871 --> 01:24:02,955
Hide, <i>te amo.</i>

611
01:24:03,080 --> 01:24:04,999
(all screaming)

612
01:24:05,875 --> 01:24:08,753
When my grandfather died,
the music definitely helped me

613
01:24:08,836 --> 01:24:10,046
through that period.

614
01:24:10,463 --> 01:24:13,299
<i>With their music, even though
a lot of it's not in English,</i>

615
01:24:13,424 --> 01:24:15,426
<i>you feel liberated
by their music.</i>

616
01:24:15,509 --> 01:24:17,344
<i>You know, it heals.
It really does.</i>

617
01:24:17,720 --> 01:24:19,346
- Man 2: We are!
- All: X!

618
01:24:19,430 --> 01:24:21,348
- Man 2: We are!
- All: X!

619
01:24:21,974 --> 01:24:23,851
♪ (music playing) ♪

620
01:24:27,772 --> 01:24:29,106
Hide: (speaking in Japanese)

621
01:24:39,533 --> 01:24:40,743
Yoshiki: (speaking Japanese)

622
01:24:42,536 --> 01:24:43,913
(drums playing)

623
01:25:03,682 --> 01:25:05,643
(crowd cheering)

624
01:25:44,056 --> 01:25:45,641
<i>♪ I don't think so ♪</i>

625
01:25:52,898 --> 01:25:55,192
Man: <i>Five minutes to show.
Five minutes.</i>

626
01:25:56,902 --> 01:25:58,112
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

627
01:25:58,904 --> 01:26:00,072
(groaning)

628
01:26:18,841 --> 01:26:19,925
Man: <i>Stand by, house lights.</i>

629
01:26:20,009 --> 01:26:21,802
<i>Stand by, audio.
Stand by, video.</i>

630
01:26:21,886 --> 01:26:23,220
Toshi: (speaking in Japanese)

631
01:26:29,810 --> 01:26:32,062
(crowd cheering)

632
01:26:33,731 --> 01:26:35,274
♪ (music playing) ♪

633
01:26:49,496 --> 01:26:51,707
♪ (mysterious
orchestral music playing) ♪

634
01:26:57,630 --> 01:26:59,548
Yoshiki:

635
01:27:51,100 --> 01:27:53,060
Sugizo: (speaking in Japanese)

636
01:28:14,707 --> 01:28:15,958
Toshi: (speaking Japanese)

637
01:28:17,751 --> 01:28:19,169
(crowd cheering)

638
01:28:20,421 --> 01:28:24,717
Announcer: (echoing)
<i>Introducing... X Japan.</i>

639
01:28:38,814 --> 01:28:39,732
(bell dings)

640
01:28:41,066 --> 01:28:43,193
♪ ("La Venus" playing) ♪

641
01:29:27,112 --> 01:29:28,238
(crowd cheering)

642
01:29:29,698 --> 01:29:32,117
♪ ("Born to Be Free" playing) ♪

643
01:29:45,839 --> 01:29:49,009
<i>♪ Cut the leash,
fulfilling death ♪</i>

644
01:29:52,388 --> 01:29:55,933
<i>♪ Try to hide
and try not to die ♪</i>

645
01:29:56,975 --> 01:29:58,394
(crowd cheering)

646
01:29:58,769 --> 01:30:01,605
<i>♪ Into the shadow,
the butterfly ♪</i>

647
01:30:02,022 --> 01:30:05,651
<i>♪ Where your heart
will be free to fly ♪</i>

648
01:30:07,152 --> 01:30:08,570
<i>♪ Born to be free ♪</i>

649
01:30:08,737 --> 01:30:11,740
<i>- ♪ Free forever ♪
- ♪ Born to be free ♪</i>

650
01:30:11,949 --> 01:30:15,285
<i>- ♪ Now and forever ♪
- ♪ Nobody can steal ♪</i>

651
01:30:15,411 --> 01:30:16,787
<i>♪ Our freedom ♪</i>

652
01:30:16,954 --> 01:30:18,622
<i>♪ Our life away ♪</i>

653
01:30:18,789 --> 01:30:21,375
<i>- ♪ We'll be forever ♪
- ♪ Born to be free ♪</i>

654
01:30:21,583 --> 01:30:24,211
<i>♪ Free forever ♪</i>

655
01:30:24,461 --> 01:30:26,755
<i>♪ We won't surrender ♪</i>

656
01:30:26,839 --> 01:30:29,550
<i>♪ We'll be forever ♪</i>

657
01:30:30,843 --> 01:30:32,428
<i>♪ Free ♪</i>

658
01:30:33,804 --> 01:30:35,222
<i>♪ To love ♪</i>

659
01:30:39,351 --> 01:30:40,644
Toshi: We are!

660
01:30:40,769 --> 01:30:42,062
(crowd screams)
X!

661
01:30:42,312 --> 01:30:43,730
We are!

662
01:30:44,940 --> 01:30:46,275
We are!

663
01:30:48,444 --> 01:30:50,362
We love you!

664
01:30:52,197 --> 01:30:54,032
♪ (singing in Japanese) ♪

665
01:31:41,580 --> 01:31:44,374
I didn't know
how popular he was in Japan,

666
01:31:44,541 --> 01:31:47,836
<i>and there's a new song
that I hadn't heard</i>

667
01:31:47,961 --> 01:31:50,839
until we actually did it,
which is beautiful.

668
01:31:51,048 --> 01:31:52,299
Really, really good.

669
01:31:52,716 --> 01:31:54,051
If it were in a film,

670
01:31:54,176 --> 01:31:56,094
it would be
an Academy Award winner.

671
01:31:56,345 --> 01:31:57,346
No doubt about it.

672
01:31:58,597 --> 01:32:00,891
How he has created
his whole life

673
01:32:01,183 --> 01:32:03,477
is extremely different
than other people.

674
01:32:03,644 --> 01:32:06,063
<i>It would've been very easy
just to be a hot rock band,</i>

675
01:32:06,230 --> 01:32:08,023
<i>you know, in Japan.</i>

676
01:32:08,273 --> 01:32:09,816
<i>But Yoshiki is leading X.</i>

677
01:32:09,983 --> 01:32:13,487
<i>He wants to see his band
become as popular</i>

678
01:32:13,612 --> 01:32:15,906
<i>in every country in the world
as it is in Japan.</i>

679
01:32:16,490 --> 01:32:17,908
♪ (music playing) ♪

680
01:32:23,705 --> 01:32:24,748
I'm a believer.

681
01:32:25,832 --> 01:32:27,584
♪ ("Hero" playing) ♪

682
01:32:32,881 --> 01:32:34,758
<i>♪ Did I fail you, dear? ♪</i>

683
01:32:35,217 --> 01:32:38,178
<i>♪ Like painless suicide ♪</i>

684
01:32:38,512 --> 01:32:40,681
<i>♪ You buried the creed ♪</i>

685
01:32:41,390 --> 01:32:44,393
<i>♪ Beneath blood-red roses ♪</i>

686
01:32:45,519 --> 01:32:47,145
<i>♪ Had life S</i>

687
01:32:47,604 --> 01:32:50,649
<i>♪ Life's just begun ♪</i>

688
01:32:51,608 --> 01:32:53,360
<i>♪ I knew ♪</i>

689
01:32:53,902 --> 01:32:57,155
<i>♪ Nothing
could stay the same ♪</i>

690
01:32:57,906 --> 01:32:59,950
<i>♪ But feeling ♪</i>

691
01:33:00,325 --> 01:33:04,413
<i>♪ Can feeling last forever? ♪</i>

692
01:33:06,665 --> 01:33:09,167
<i>♪ There's a hero ♪</i>

693
01:33:10,544 --> 01:33:12,462
<i>♪ In you ♪</i>

694
01:33:13,046 --> 01:33:15,465
<i>♪ Inside of you ♪</i>

695
01:33:15,757 --> 01:33:18,677
- <i>♪ Inside of you ♪
- ♪ Oh ♪</i>

696
01:33:19,177 --> 01:33:21,013
<i>♪ Resolve the down ♪</i>

697
01:33:21,471 --> 01:33:25,809
<i>♪ But I'm asking
why I'm still here ♪</i>

698
01:33:26,560 --> 01:33:30,731
<i>♪ Standing in the rain ♪</i>

699
01:33:34,484 --> 01:33:37,654
<i>♪ They say there's a hero ♪</i>

700
01:33:38,989 --> 01:33:40,532
<i>♪ In you ♪</i>

701
01:33:41,491 --> 01:33:45,037
Crowd: X! X! X!

702
01:33:46,163 --> 01:33:48,040
♪ (I.V. playing) ♪

703
01:33:49,166 --> 01:33:51,501
<i>♪ I'm calling you, dear ♪</i>

704
01:33:54,671 --> 01:33:57,341
<i>♪ Can't you see me standing
right here? ♪</i>

705
01:34:00,510 --> 01:34:03,305
<i>♪ Life's bleeding from fear ♪</i>

706
01:34:05,849 --> 01:34:08,769
<i>♪ I will give it
straight from my vein ♪</i>

707
01:34:11,563 --> 01:34:14,149
<i>♪ I'm calling you, dear ♪</i>

708
01:34:15,025 --> 01:34:16,777
<i>♪ Find the way ♪</i>

709
01:34:17,194 --> 01:34:19,946
<i>♪ Can't you see me standing
right here? ♪</i>

710
01:34:20,572 --> 01:34:22,616
♪ Feel my <i>pain</i> ♪

711
01:34:22,741 --> 01:34:25,535
<i>♪ Life's bleeding from fear ♪</i>

712
01:34:26,203 --> 01:34:28,288
<i>♪ Find its place ♪</i>

713
01:34:28,455 --> 01:34:32,459
<i>♪ I will give it straight
from my vein ♪</i>

714
01:34:39,341 --> 01:34:41,009
(screaming)

715
01:34:44,930 --> 01:34:46,098
Yoshiki: (screaming) We...

716
01:34:46,682 --> 01:34:48,016
are...

717
01:34:49,434 --> 01:34:50,644
X!

718
01:34:50,811 --> 01:34:52,729
(cheers and applause)

719
01:35:02,989 --> 01:35:05,992
(crowd chanting)