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*Points to Icon* THUDDDDDDD.... Ever seen a Japanese Vampire Rock Musician?
Ok - you know how they say people can wear their hearts on their sleeve? Me - I wear my enthusiasm on my sleeve. Especially when I find something - or in the case, someone - who just makes me go WOW!!! I tend to jump in full force - getting all the info, links, etc - that I can find. It happened with X-Files (remember Xof is Fox spelled backwards...lol) - it happened with Queer As Folk - heck, it's happened on a fandom level, many times.
Wellll, in the last week - I found something that touches a LOTTTTT of my buttons...lol.
Vampires - Oh Yeah.
Slashable boy on boy touching - Oh Yeah!
Rock Music - Oh Yeah!
Eclectic, fantastical drama on stage to a crowd of f'ing tens of thousands - THUD!!!
lol.... And I wanted to give my STRONG recommendation to my flist so that I could share the wealth. So pretty please - I'm asking for you to treat yourselves by taking a look at what I've amassed below!!! (I appreciate your time...lol.)
Who am I talking about? A man called "Gackt" - a Japanese musical Superstar!!! Who until a week ago, I knew absolutely nothing about. Bad xof! (No - don't run away!!! You have to see the pictures!!!) He's one of THE biggest things on the scene in Asia - and has been for almost ten years. He's drop dead gorgeous, multi-talented, says he's a 400+ year old Vampire!!! That alone should get you to stay around, folks! Add in that he does stage shows that'll make your jaw drop, plays multiple instruments, incorporates martial arts into his act and likes to tease the audience by feeling up his fellow male band members - it's allllllll fantastic!!! Oh, and did I mention his music is SO GOOD!!!
I'm including several recommendations under the cut for youtube.com vids of his performances - including "Lust For Blood" - which you HAVE TO SEE!!! It's his vampire rock song - and I'm tell you, you'll love it! (If you're a Laurell K. Hamilton or Anne Rice fan - you NEED TO SEE THIS.) Also, there will be fantabulous hot photos to entice you to take a look!!!
Pretty please - click now!!!
Gackt's wikipedia entry is HERE. That'll get the background out of way. Basically - he started out in a goth rock band that used to dress up in wild costumes and put on sexually provocative stage shows. Then he went solo - and EXPLODED on the music scene. He's had one hit after another, one "look" and hair color after another. Each beautiful, imo.
Ok - now the vids!!! If anyone is interested, I have these on my pc - if you find one = like "Lust For Blood" - which you HAVE to see bigscreen versions of - I can yousendit. But for now - we're using YouTube due to the convenience.
1) "Lust For Blood" - Again, it's dramatic, beautiful, a must-see! If Lestat had truly been a rock star = and born in Japan...lol - he might have looked like this! LINK
2) "Speed Master" - Here's the slashable boy touching! lol... There's a lot of "fan service" in Japanese Rock - meaning the singers intentionally play on the women audience members' reactions by suggestively touching, dancing - basically molesting each other on stage...hehe. The song is fantastic! The effects, lights and smoke rock! So does the black leather!LINK There's a second concert vid of this where he's wearing white leather - THUD! LINK I'm putting up the megaupload link here for the first performance listed - the black leather one - because it deserves a bigger screen view - LINK.
3) "Cube" - I ADORE THIS ONE! lol... Love the pink lights. Again the effect is visually stunning. And the song is great! (Gotta luv the off the shoulder coat look...lol.) LINK
4) "Rain" - OMG!!!!! You have to see this!!! They use a water machine that floods the front half of the stage! Curtaining it in a veil of water! THUD!!!!!! The song's also a winner! I love watching this - a lot! lol.... LINK
5) "Metamorphoze" - Great look to this - lion mane hair, and the coat is fantastic! Sighh... LINK
Here are a few more rec's from youtube for songs you need to see -
6) "Regret" - Piano duet with drums - WOW (You'll be hearing this again, folks - on one of my vids!!!) LINK
7) "Love" - John Lennon Tribute Song - Gackt's singing in English!!! (No big surprise there - he speaks four languages - Japanese, Mandarin, English and French.) LINK
8) "Vanilla" - one of his biggest hits - luv the stage show on this one! LINK
Trust me - there are almost 4,000 youtube entries for Gackt - he's VERY popular! And very prolific! Bless...
Ok - if you made it this far - I applaud you!!! And I have a reward! Prettiness....
Young Gackt - Goth Rock Days:
Blonde Gackt:
Brunette Gackt:
And last - but not least - Half Naked Gackt:
If you stuck with this through the whole post - THANK YOU! It took alot of work to do this...lol. And yes - This now means I have to get back to a certain...uhmm, fic - that I'm working on. *xof ducks head* - but I needed to get it out of my system!!! I truly hope that you find the time to look at the vids I recommended. I think they are more than worth the effort!
The man has a beautiful, entrancing voice and he deserves a wider audience.
hugs
xof
ETA - If you want to know the English translations for these songs - they can be found HERE.
Ok - you know how they say people can wear their hearts on their sleeve? Me - I wear my enthusiasm on my sleeve. Especially when I find something - or in the case, someone - who just makes me go WOW!!! I tend to jump in full force - getting all the info, links, etc - that I can find. It happened with X-Files (remember Xof is Fox spelled backwards...lol) - it happened with Queer As Folk - heck, it's happened on a fandom level, many times.
Wellll, in the last week - I found something that touches a LOTTTTT of my buttons...lol.
Vampires - Oh Yeah.
Slashable boy on boy touching - Oh Yeah!
Rock Music - Oh Yeah!
Eclectic, fantastical drama on stage to a crowd of f'ing tens of thousands - THUD!!!
lol.... And I wanted to give my STRONG recommendation to my flist so that I could share the wealth. So pretty please - I'm asking for you to treat yourselves by taking a look at what I've amassed below!!! (I appreciate your time...lol.)Who am I talking about? A man called "Gackt" - a Japanese musical Superstar!!! Who until a week ago, I knew absolutely nothing about. Bad xof! (No - don't run away!!! You have to see the pictures!!!) He's one of THE biggest things on the scene in Asia - and has been for almost ten years. He's drop dead gorgeous, multi-talented, says he's a 400+ year old Vampire!!! That alone should get you to stay around, folks! Add in that he does stage shows that'll make your jaw drop, plays multiple instruments, incorporates martial arts into his act and likes to tease the audience by feeling up his fellow male band members - it's allllllll fantastic!!! Oh, and did I mention his music is SO GOOD!!!
I'm including several recommendations under the cut for youtube.com vids of his performances - including "Lust For Blood" - which you HAVE TO SEE!!! It's his vampire rock song - and I'm tell you, you'll love it! (If you're a Laurell K. Hamilton or Anne Rice fan - you NEED TO SEE THIS.) Also, there will be fantabulous hot photos to entice you to take a look!!!
Pretty please - click now!!!
Gackt's wikipedia entry is HERE. That'll get the background out of way. Basically - he started out in a goth rock band that used to dress up in wild costumes and put on sexually provocative stage shows. Then he went solo - and EXPLODED on the music scene. He's had one hit after another, one "look" and hair color after another. Each beautiful, imo.
Ok - now the vids!!! If anyone is interested, I have these on my pc - if you find one = like "Lust For Blood" - which you HAVE to see bigscreen versions of - I can yousendit. But for now - we're using YouTube due to the convenience.
1) "Lust For Blood" - Again, it's dramatic, beautiful, a must-see! If Lestat had truly been a rock star = and born in Japan...lol - he might have looked like this! LINK
2) "Speed Master" - Here's the slashable boy touching! lol... There's a lot of "fan service" in Japanese Rock - meaning the singers intentionally play on the women audience members' reactions by suggestively touching, dancing - basically molesting each other on stage...hehe. The song is fantastic! The effects, lights and smoke rock! So does the black leather!LINK There's a second concert vid of this where he's wearing white leather - THUD! LINK I'm putting up the megaupload link here for the first performance listed - the black leather one - because it deserves a bigger screen view - LINK.
3) "Cube" - I ADORE THIS ONE! lol... Love the pink lights. Again the effect is visually stunning. And the song is great! (Gotta luv the off the shoulder coat look...lol.) LINK
4) "Rain" - OMG!!!!! You have to see this!!! They use a water machine that floods the front half of the stage! Curtaining it in a veil of water! THUD!!!!!! The song's also a winner! I love watching this - a lot! lol.... LINK
5) "Metamorphoze" - Great look to this - lion mane hair, and the coat is fantastic! Sighh... LINK
Here are a few more rec's from youtube for songs you need to see -
6) "Regret" - Piano duet with drums - WOW (You'll be hearing this again, folks - on one of my vids!!!) LINK
7) "Love" - John Lennon Tribute Song - Gackt's singing in English!!! (No big surprise there - he speaks four languages - Japanese, Mandarin, English and French.) LINK
8) "Vanilla" - one of his biggest hits - luv the stage show on this one! LINK
Trust me - there are almost 4,000 youtube entries for Gackt - he's VERY popular! And very prolific! Bless...
Ok - if you made it this far - I applaud you!!! And I have a reward! Prettiness....
Young Gackt - Goth Rock Days:
Blonde Gackt:
Brunette Gackt:
And last - but not least - Half Naked Gackt:
If you stuck with this through the whole post - THANK YOU! It took alot of work to do this...lol. And yes - This now means I have to get back to a certain...uhmm, fic - that I'm working on. *xof ducks head* - but I needed to get it out of my system!!! I truly hope that you find the time to look at the vids I recommended. I think they are more than worth the effort!
The man has a beautiful, entrancing voice and he deserves a wider audience.
hugs
xof
ETA - If you want to know the English translations for these songs - they can be found HERE.