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The resulting song was "Endless Rain". [2] Yoshiki said the song became a hit and was a shock to their fans, but they eventually came to like it and it became "X Japan's theme song." [1] Rolling Stone referred to the song as "November Rain, minus the bullshit" and called it X's first big chart hit. [2]
Yoshiki: Under the Sky is a 2023 music documentary film directed by Japanese musician and composer Yoshiki, leader of the rock bands X Japan and The Last Rockstars, and produced by Sid Ganis, Mark Ritchie, Doug Kluthe, and Aaron Latham-James.
"Kurenai" (紅, literally "crimson") is a song by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, written by Yoshiki. One of the band's oldest songs, they have been performing "Kurenai" since 1985, and several versions have been released, most significantly as their major-label debut single on September 1, 1989.
[164] [165] On December 31, 2020, Yoshiki performed a virtual collaboration of X Japan's song "Endless Rain" on Kouhaku Uta Gassen with Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, Sarah Brightman, Babymetal, SixTones, Lisa, and Milet. [166] [167] In October 2021, Yoshiki gave a virtual piano performance of "Miracle" for BMW Japan's 40th anniversary ...
Rolling Stone referred to "Endless Rain" as "November Rain, minus the bullshit." [20] On their 2007 list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time", Rolling Stone Japan ranked Blue Blood number 15. [21] It was named one of the top albums from 1989–1998 in a 2004 issue of the music magazine Band Yarouze. [22]
The band performed a medley of "Endless Rain" and "Kurenai", and during the performance Yoshiki played drums again for the first time since his neck surgery. [ 156 ] The January 2018 issue of Neo magazine named X Japan the "Best Musical Act" in their annual awards, with We Are X named the "Best Asian Movie". [ 157 ]
Hiroshi Morie (Japanese: 森江 博, Hepburn: Morie Hiroshi, January 22, 1968 – October 29, 2023), known exclusively by his stage name Heath, was a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He was best known as bass guitarist of the rock band X Japan from 1992 to 1997, and again from 2007 until his death in 2023.
The music was written by Yoshiki, produced by George Martin, co-arranged with Gavin Greenaway and Graham Preskett, and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. [2] Besides including orchestral arrangements of X Japan songs, the album also contains two new songs, "Overture" and "Amethyst." Eternal Melody was followed by Eternal Melody II ...