Dir en grey [Archive] - Page 16

Bloodlust

Apr 28, 2007, 02:28

i envy you,i wish i could see them live too but i barely have a break from my work and my language courses
yeah kyo is always honest to himself and i wish i cant do that too

That's what rocks about being the boss! I say I need a vacation, I see if it works with scheduling and I go. One of the most pertinant arguements for a college education!

pinkbuta304

Apr 28, 2007, 05:16

wow, how can anyone not like this?
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j194/Evelyn222/Kyo2015.jpg
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j194/Evelyn222/DirenGrey-Embryo_Live_009_0001.jpg
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j194/Evelyn222/fm0302-kyo2.jpg

Sha

Apr 28, 2007, 11:40

falls out of my chair.. * ohmigod ohmigod.... okay .. I have to admit.. in my opinion in SOME pics kyo is alright.. even pretty.. but it's the whole of all the pictures and videos that i have seen that make me shudder sometime.. *L* like for instance.. "Cleaver Sleazoid." * shudders and holds in my own vomit.* no.. sorry.. that is totally disgusting..

revaanu

Apr 28, 2007, 11:45

YEAH! that vid is what turned me off to Kyo completely! but yes I concede that in some pics he isn't bad.....I just can't help seeing that vid in my head when I see him and I go...*shudder gag*

Sha

Apr 28, 2007, 12:05

yes.. respect for the fact the dude can scream.. that I will give him.. *S*

Japanimaniac

Apr 28, 2007, 12:06

Hopping on to the bandwagon, I've never thought of Kyo as very attractive (Kaoru or Toshiya? All over them.). But on that same token, the things that make him "ugly" are what make him so awesome to me. Clever Sleazoid? Obscure? Come on....Kyo ROCKS in those videos. And his crazy laughing and screaming...I can't listen to ZAN, dead tree, or Kodou without getting chills.

Kyo is definitely not sexy (unless he wears his Macabre outfit, hehe)...but his voice and antics make up for that twofold.

Reita-kun

Apr 28, 2007, 12:08

I have to agree with Japanimaniac! ^^ dead tree is my favourite song!!!

dakkii

Apr 28, 2007, 12:17

O.O i think kyo is sexy...

then again, i thought it was adorable when die took out his own heart in obscure. awww~ so cute! ^_~

but really, kyo is trying not TRYING to be sexy.. he WANTS to look hideous and ugly and personally i think he fails... except in saku. that... that is my exception. O.o

dakkii

Apr 28, 2007, 12:34

the shark O.O it's true!!

it looked like his eyes were coming out and his face was made of plastic and he was wearing a wig that was lopsided and coming off O.O and that child-molester smile... *hides under table*

i love you kyo, but that doesn't mean i'm not terrified of the idea of meeting you in a dark alley... especially when you're allowed to your own makeup. *TAKE IT AWAY FROM HIM!!*

but he's much better now... inward scream, anyone? sooooo sexy.... <3

kouji-sama

Apr 28, 2007, 12:39

*must defend Kyo*

My view on him changes from a cute little teddy bear to a sexpot all the time. And I tend to "forget" (read: in denial) about his little "experiments" with his look. Not to mention, his voice is just...aaaah so lovely. (Oh, and I love it when he wears flowy shirts).

For the sake of lists - I saw Totchi and Shinya being low on other people's lists so I have to remind them that they still have some love (j/k I know you all love them...how could you not? *puppydog face*).

My favorites are:

1-Kyo (of course)
2 and 3-Toshiya and Shinya (they switch constantly)
4 and 5-Die and Kaoru (usually Die is 4 and KaoKao is 5, but then Kaoru goes and does something amazing, so it switches...and then Die smiles, so it switches back ^-^)

Sha

Apr 28, 2007, 12:48

I love Obscure.. even if it is gross

Sha

Apr 28, 2007, 12:59

okay.. I need an answer cause I dunno this one.. who sings back up in dir en grey?

*LOL* @ dakkii

kouji-sama

Apr 28, 2007, 13:00

I think they all sing backup at one point or another, like in Umbrella, where they all sing (except Shinya? maybe?)

dakkii

Apr 28, 2007, 13:00

die... and kao makes funny noises... toto might sometimes too... mostly die

((BECAUSE HE'S AMAZING))

dakkii

Apr 28, 2007, 13:28

gackt might be a problem... he's tall. die is skinny... you could totally do it, but he'd just cry as his manhood is questioned. ;_; poor die... you're manly! i promise! <3 i like how his old VK costumes were always like "SPIKES!!! and... LEATHER!!! ... I'M A GUY!!!" <3 <3 <3

pinkbuta304

Apr 28, 2007, 14:01

haha, i gotta admit, you're right, kyo doesn't look as hot in saku
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j194/Evelyn222/Direngrey-Saku_PV_006_0002.jpg

dakkii

Apr 28, 2007, 14:11

meep! x.x

so... turning to something less terrifying.. which look is your favorite one for each member? i ask cuz i have to this about it...

pinkbuta304

Apr 28, 2007, 14:14

i like their look from the time that they made Vulgar and Macabre

Japanimaniac

Apr 28, 2007, 14:49

Kaoru:

http://tarhelyem.uw.hu/gallery/kaorugall/046.jpg

I really don't care if I'm male. Kaoru is friggin' hot.

Die:

http://tsukiyo.uw.hu/images/gallery/diegall/033.jpg

This has ALWAYS been my favorite Die picture.

Toshiya:

http://tsukiyo.uw.hu/images/gallery/toshiyagall/029.jpg

I just found this one as I was browsing for favorites....I love it!

Shinya:

http://tsukiyo.uw.hu/images/gallery/shinyagall/157.jpg

I remember a time when even though Shinya looked like a guy, he was a girl. And that's exactly what made Shinya...Shinya. ::sigh:: I envied him...

Kyo:

http://tarhelyem.uw.hu/gallery/kyogall/137.jpg

This will always, always, ALWAYS be my favorite Kyo outfit. Always...:: pets lemony hair ::

pinkbuta304

Apr 28, 2007, 14:49

omg, i love that pic of shinya! I also like that look for die, he's so sexy :relief: i likey the kaoru w/ the pink hair
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j194/Evelyn222/kaoru04.jpg

Sha

Apr 28, 2007, 14:56

oh yes.. I like that look ALOT.. ALOT .. for karou and die.. *drools*

pinkbuta304

Apr 28, 2007, 15:04

i also like this look for toshiya
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j194/Evelyn222/008toshiya.jpg
look at those legs!!! lol

revaanu

Apr 28, 2007, 15:06

those are some scrawny (but nice) legs!

Saishu

Apr 29, 2007, 05:58

Dir en grey would probably hate this thread if they ever happened across it.

dakkii

Apr 29, 2007, 08:44

ok then, serious discussion:

Thorns coiled around the sun
Regret melts with the mixture of a sigh
I spit and laugh at the dreams I've seen enough of
The hearts of men eaten by loneliness grows cruelly

It melts into the layers of white
Undesired
The shattered truth means the opposite
Love to the smile

The gloomy morning has already died
It's going far away, unable to reach
I want to fall asleep in the innocent gentleness with the tears

Lying about being pregnant is so carefree
The drowning tears in the pool made by a razor, taste vaguely sweet

The gloomy tomorrow has already died
I hated myself for not being able to forgive the tears, the lies and the love
But I can't go back

It's going far away, unable to reach
I want to fall asleep in the innocent gentleness with the tears
It just echoes beyond the red sky in the background
The cries can not be... heard anymore

interpret.
((lyrics to concieved sorrow, btw))

EDIT: and congrats on making it to 100! ...so far off...

Amita

Apr 29, 2007, 09:16

*sorry to butt in* :relief:
I LOVE THAT SONG [CONCEIVED SORROW]!!!!!
Kyo's voice is sooooo beautiful!!!
Has it ever been performed live???
I wanna see it performed live.... I saw Ain't Afraid to Die live...and Kyo looked like he was going to cry (I almost cried too....)....

dakkii

Apr 29, 2007, 09:47

YOU SAWS AIN;T AFRAID TO DIE LIVE?!?! *jealousssssss*

and they performed concieved sorry on the marrow of a bone tour... it's on 'despair in the womb'... it was done so. well. youtube.com/watch?v=blUfxpCHGBY

Amita

Apr 29, 2007, 10:00

:sorry: AH! I mean I saw it Live on the computer!!!!!!!! I'm so sorry I didn't mention that!!!!!!! :sorry:
My parents wouldn't let me go to the concert so I was stuck at home sulking for a month :( .....then I listened to Conceived Sorrow and everything was better again....
again, sorry for not mentioning the live thing!!!!!

dakkii

Apr 29, 2007, 10:11

the concert in japan you mean? i *wish* i could see them there one day... i doubt it will happen... the one time i go to japan, they're touring with the stinky deftones >_< oh well, i might be able to see them open the night i get back... my parents probably wont let me either

pinkbuta304

Apr 29, 2007, 10:26

man, concieved sorrow's such a nice song :-)

Sha

Apr 29, 2007, 12:30

okay.. sorry I know i'm breaking in on the discussion but I have to post some pics of the beautiful DIE-Sama
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/jerrisoi2/053.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/jerrisoi2/6f3bfc5a.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/jerrisoi2/004-2.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/jerrisoi2/03.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d63/jerrisoi2/01.jpg

andie

Apr 29, 2007, 18:06

my diru faves

1.kyo-i love his voice,abs and his nipples
2.die-i am inlove with his smile
3.kaoru
4.toshiya
5.shinya

Saishu

Apr 29, 2007, 23:18

I just think Dir en grey would have a problem with people posting ten-year old images of their visual kei days rather than discuss the actual music.

Japanimaniac

Apr 29, 2007, 23:22

Thing is, we used to have separate threads for all these different discussions, and they were so graciously combined into a singular Dir en grey thread (as were all the rest of the bands/artists). I could see the complaints if this were an actual j-rock forum...but...this is JRef. This is the only thread we have. Gotta make due, ya know?

Edit: No one complains about mass Gackt image posting.

dakkii

Apr 30, 2007, 02:54

Tailsop

Apr 30, 2007, 02:57

these guy's are somtimes scarry.:relief:

dakkii

Apr 30, 2007, 03:01

:wave:

you mean Dir en grey, or the people that post on this thread? XD

Japanimaniac

Apr 30, 2007, 03:04

:wave:
you mean Dir en grey, or the people that post on this thread? XD

::snicker::

::just noticed Toshiya dressed like a playboy bunny in dakkii's sig::

dakkii

Apr 30, 2007, 03:10

hehe... it happens ^______^

i have no clue when it happened (macabre...?) but here's the picture >.> <.< *sorry!*
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s103/dakkii272/036-1-1.jpg

Michiko-kitsune

Apr 30, 2007, 07:28

there are other forums where you can discuss, i guess =/ no offence to jref, but i agree with japanimaniac in that this isn't the best place to do that... but i would totally love intelligent diru conversation! prompt us!
Well, my "wtf" was in reference towards the fact that the thread seemed to be pretty quiet/normal. Then all of a sudden, for a few pages, it was like homg FANGIRLSPLOSION, o hay here's 500+ pics! But um, you don't have to apologize for posting just one pic every now and then. And I guess it's just my opinion that this place is suited just fine for discussion...being a forum and all. Even if it is just a smaller sub-forum among many others.

Hehe, want a prompt? Well, I can't recall if this has been discussed here (last week of school, scatterbrained, leave me alone XD ), but what are people's opinions of the unplugged disc from The marrow of a bone? As for me, although I really love the focus on the piano in Namamekashiki (piano gets me every time X3 ), my favorite of the three is Conceived Sorrow. Overall, it creates a really haunting atmosphere to me.

aaaaaaand go! XD

dakkii

Apr 30, 2007, 08:14

awsome! *resolved* :cool:

concieved sorrow sticks out to me the most... it gives me really cool/intersting images in my head. it's way different from what you'd expect from a typical "unplugged" version of a song. it is, like you said, haunting. like, defintion haunting >.> ... it's the most memorable, i think... and the most different from the original.

Namamekashiki- piano gets me too... i swear, with ain't afraid to die and jealous-reverse- and then yoshiki and gackt etc... i thought i'de get over it. but i didn't ;_; oh well! i think the unplugged version works with the song the best in this one... the original could have been in piano and been just as good... it especially works well as a contrast to the scream at the end. also, i like it because you can hear the overwhelming emotion in kyo's voice... at the end of the original both the guitars and kyo's voice get loud at the end (which is awsome) but the guitars drown kyo out a tiny bit... so it's basically ridiculously strong with the piano. it also just gives the right feel.

THE PLEDGE- it's nice. i like it a lot. you can tell the same sort of thing with the emotion in kyo's voice as namamekashiki... but i def. perfer the original... but it's still amazing.

overall.... i love it more than my pet kitten (which is a lot), and i love the songs they picked, but... concieved sorrow, namablahblah (i'm really lazy), and THE PLEDGE were all kind of easy choices to 'unplug'. i would have loved to here what unplugged ASOM would sound like (or one of the others like that)... though i'm not sure it can be done XD oh well, if anyone could do it, it would be diru.

:-)

Saishu

Apr 30, 2007, 08:19

Well, my "wtf" was in reference towards the fact that the thread seemed to be pretty quiet/normal. Then all of a sudden, for a few pages, it was like homg FANGIRLSPLOSION, o hay here's 500+ pics!

Yeah, that's what I was referring to as well. The massive amount of pics and the chat room-like discussions really threw me off.

Hehe, want a prompt? Well, I can't recall if this has been discussed here (last week of school, scatterbrained, leave me alone XD ), but what are people's opinions of the unplugged disc from The marrow of a bone? As for me, although I really love the focus on the piano in Namamekashiki (piano gets me every time X3 ), my favorite of the three is Conceived Sorrow. Overall, it creates a really haunting atmosphere to me.
aaaaaaand go! XD

The unplugged version of Conceived Sorrow is definitely my favourite on there. The build up with the string section gives me chills everytime.

Michiko-kitsune

Apr 30, 2007, 09:58

overall.... i love it more than my pet kitten (which is a lot), and i love the songs they picked, but... concieved sorrow, namablahblah (i'm really lazy), and THE PLEDGE were all kind of easy choices to 'unplug'. i would have loved to here what unplugged ASOM would sound like (or one of the others like that)... though i'm not sure it can be done XD oh well, if anyone could do it, it would be diru.
:-)
hehe, Agitated Screams of Maggots unplugged? That would be interesting.

For a lot of the album, I think the vocals are overall too harsh for an unplugged version, which I suppose has something to do with why they picked the three that they did. Hmm, what about Disabled Complexes? Kyo's pretty toned down in that song for the most part. Not sure how it would sound, though... X3;

semi~sweet

Apr 30, 2007, 10:03

yes i love conceived sorrow unplugged version *goes and listens to it*

Nana007

Apr 30, 2007, 13:26

The Pledge Unplugged really really does it for me. I JUST LOVE that song.

mae2606_kiyomi

Apr 30, 2007, 15:28

er.. hi? O.o"

just tot i'd check out Diru's thread in this forum but apparently there's some kinda arguement goin on? not that i'd want anything to do with it, demo... c'mon guys.. chill! its nice that people are sharing photos and stuff. unless they start goin all squeally & nutty over the photos(publicly, as in posting their squealing?)... then it starts getting fan-girlish. *shudders*

well.. THE PLEDGE. great lyrics, the tune has a nice, smooth flow.. right on the top of my list. oh, GRIEF & CONCEIVED SORROW are also on my list.
& i most definitely still like the songs which were previously released singles, Clever Sleazoid (in 2005) & ryoujoku no ame (in 2006)...

ChildPrey

Apr 30, 2007, 18:24

oh, I love conceived sorrow sorrow. I don't think I've ever hear the unplugged version tough :/

btw, I made a fanvid tribute to dir en grey yesterday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzi2eQG4X2Y
check it out if you want and please comment <3

mae2606_kiyomi

Apr 30, 2007, 18:52

i might be making one myself too if i can find the time.. would prolly be using 1 of the songs from TMoAB but i havent decided on which. but i have thought bout which clips i wanna use in it though..

oh ya, i've watched ur clip.. rated & commented too. thanks for sharing. =)

andie

Apr 30, 2007, 19:00

::snicker::
::just noticed Toshiya dressed like a playboy bunny in dakkii's sig::

totchi looks good with those bunny ears

IkaruJaki

May 1, 2007, 00:52

Damn, seeing the posts about the unplugged stuff really made me want to listen to it, but as I scan my iTunes I find I haven't added it yet. I must be loosing my mind. Time to find it elsewhere for now.

Also yeah I've got to agree with some of the posts above. This forum went WAY too fan girl for a few pages. I love the occasional pics and am used to a scream here and there but dear lord.

Also anyone going to the new york show in June?

mae2606_kiyomi

May 1, 2007, 01:47

Actually, there was no arguement going on. Just because Saishu and I commented that we thought the pictures and fangirl stuff got to be a little much doesn't mean there was any hostility on either side.
See? XD Everybody's friends here.

that's nice to know ^_^
i'd been to a couple of forums where users split cos of quarrels.. really got on my nerves cos when i tried to salvage the situation i got pulled into their quarrels... after that they split themselves into groups & i really couldnt be bothered anymore.

& yea, its just like IkaruJaki said.. the occasional scream is fine with me too.
well for me, pics are great cos i'd love to look at pictures of the group whose musical talents i admire. i just feel like something's missing though if i didnt know how they looked like especially when i listen to their songs all the time. its nice to see them in a new look or some new costumes from photo shoots or PVs & concerts from time to time. cept that Diru prolly wont have new costumes cos they've stopped doing visual. xD
but that doesnt matter, they're still great.

Michiko-kitsune

May 1, 2007, 03:51

I also don't mind SOME pictures occasionally, but sometimes it just becomes a mess to scroll through. Also, I sometimes am using my school's wireless, which does not have the best connection, and having more than like 3-4 medium/large images on a page makes my browser go "UH NO, GTFO" at me. XD
Anyway, not trying to run this into the ground or anything, just wanted to make sure we're all on the same page here. Looks like we are, though, so yay!
IkaruJaki, you missing your unplugged songs? D: That makes me sad. And no, I won't be in New York but I'll be at the Minneapolis (Maplewood) show...

semi~sweet

May 1, 2007, 04:12

totchi looks good with those bunny ears

haha yes he does lol:cool:

Japanimaniac

May 1, 2007, 05:14

totchi looks good with those bunny ears

Never said he didn't! Just the first time I'd ever seen it. XD

I admit, I haven't heard the unplugged songs either. But then again...I also haven't heard most of MoaB. >.< I refuse to buy the US copy (all my others are japanese...I'm anal like that), and I don't have 30 bucks for the japanese yet. But soon!

Saishu

May 1, 2007, 05:21

Actually, you might want to pick up the US copy of Marrow just to give the guys the support here. I have both Japanese and US copies of Withering to Death, Marrow of a Bone, and the Agitated Screams of Maggots single. I want them to do well in as many countries as possible, you know?

Japanimaniac

May 1, 2007, 05:26

Quite true. But that's more money! But...Diru is worth it. ::mooches $45::

ChildPrey

May 1, 2007, 06:20

I found THE cutest video of Shinya. Don't know if it's been posted before but yeah..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EawA7zJzvBw&mode=related&search=

dakkii

May 1, 2007, 08:13

yea, i know what you mean about people taking stuff on forums too personally... in person, you can say things with inflections and sarcasm, but when you just type it out, your meaning can be miscontrued.

and i found another totchi bunny picture... i hadn't seen this one before, so here:
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s103/dakkii272/totchibunny.jpg

and that shinya vid makes me happy! <3 that whole series of videos is adorable... die is so cute taking a picture of the old man, and kyo's is probably the best... ever. i haven't found totchi's though... *yea, this post has no substance ^_^*

oh, and i looked on ticketmaster, but i couldn't find the tickets to the deftones/diru show in San Francisco... mer?

Bloodlust

May 1, 2007, 08:48

oh, and i looked on ticketmaster, but i couldn't find the tickets to the deftones/diru show in San Francisco... mer?

Go to the Deftones website. I had some issues finding tickets for mine as well, but I managed to get to them from there. If they are on sale, the website will have a link. Let me know if this works.

http://www.deftones.com/6/index.html

daki

May 1, 2007, 10:05

since some of you guys are still discussing the new album, here's my take after 2 months....

namamekashiki ansoku...(piano ver) is the best song in the album. the rest is sort of a blur to me other than namamekashiki, clever sleazoid, conceived sorrow...honestly i've only listened to the album from track 1 til the end for like twice......to me i just don't have the interest to play the whole disc....i tend to pick out songs for this release.....

dakkii

May 1, 2007, 11:20

^WOW DUDE WE HAVE LIKE THE SAME NAME!!! *trippyyyy*

Concieved Sorrow is pretty much amazing... i cried the first time i heard it (i guess i was overwhelmed with the awsomeness of both the song AND a new diru release...) and at first, a lot of the songs blurred together for me... and i kind of felt like they were selling out. but i listened to it anyways, since i hated gauze the first time thru even though it's... gauze, and i love it with all my soul now. after listening a couple times, i tried to listen to something else (because i thought MOAB was getting me depressed) but i just... couldn't. i physically could not listen to anything else for at least a week... even now, the more i listen to it, the more i see its depth and genius. at first i wasn't sure, because with all of diru's releases i see such amazing colors, but with MOAB it was all a dull/blunt black... but as i listened to it, i realized that the colors were definately there, seeping out of the blackness... kind of like when the sun is too bright and you see this blunt dark red and feel dizzy for a moment... it's like that red (well, different colors within the album, but like that consistacy, if colors can have a consistancy... O.o) sorry i'm speaking in colors... i'm a visual person/synesthesic [is that the right tense?]

anyways, those are my *brief* [:p ] thoughts on MOAB... as for favorite tracks, at this moment, ryoujoku no ame, concieved sorrow, namablaaaaaah, ASOM, THE PLEDGE, Rotting Root, and THE DEEPER VILENESS... i'm forgeting something :souka: oh well...

semi~sweet

May 1, 2007, 11:31

haha another great pic of toshiya lol oh and deftones is coming to my home town but diru wont be joing them im soooo sad

Anchyyy

May 1, 2007, 18:03

Does anybody by any chance have the translation of the Conceived Sorrow? :relief:

mae2606_kiyomi

May 1, 2007, 19:51

Anchyyy u can look at page 258 dakkii's post. post # 6444 to be exact. ^_^

Anchyyy

May 1, 2007, 20:33

Anchyyy u can look at page 258 dakkii's post. post # 6444 to be exact. ^_^

Woohooo!!! :confetti: Thank you a lot! You are a life saviour :blush: *gives you a candy*

mae2606_kiyomi

May 1, 2007, 20:36

^_^ u're welcome!

i cant get enuff of the acoustic version of conceived sorrow. been playing it over & over on my media player for like.. almost an hour? ><

Anchyyy

May 1, 2007, 20:40

There is an acoustic version of the song? :shock: I didn't know that x)

mae2606_kiyomi

May 1, 2007, 20:59

ah yes.. the acoustic version is just so... depressing? lols.. its great. u should listen to it. somehow alot of people are saying how disappointed they are bout this album and stuff. i cant say that all the songs are good but what i can say is that i really like the album in general.

Anchyyy

May 1, 2007, 21:27

Yeah i like it a lot too. Dunno why it's said that the songs are not good lol.

BlackSoul

May 1, 2007, 22:44

I finally managed to listen to Marrow of a Bone too!!
And I have to say I really like it...especially Conceived Sorrow caught my heart straight from the beginning. It's such a touching sound and Kyo's voice makes me shiver. Also Namamekashiki... is a great song!! I like the whole album. I heard a lot of people say that Kyo's voice got worse, but I don't think so. Of course his voice changes but I don't think he can sing worse than on the other albums. I even admire him for reaching those very high pitches (I sing myself and I know how hard it can be to reach high pitches and for a man it must be even more difficult). His voice didn't lose its ability to make the listeners feel his desperate, rage and also sensibility (at least for me^^). I think that this is a good album.
o.O I didn't know that there were any acoustic versions!!!...I have to find them!!

Toto looks really cute with those bunny-ears :giggle:

daki

May 1, 2007, 23:31

yuna_leska

May 2, 2007, 01:05

Want to see something funny?
...
Imagine Kyo singing Evertime we Touch from Cascada XDDD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t0H43EIpC8
I was really bored with my internet-deprived computer =_= So I ripped my Macabre DVD and did this.....Kyo would shoot me and stab me about 458239558 times if he ever saw that XDDD

Yumiko_Okahawa

May 2, 2007, 01:06

to following up what i've said earlier in this page, i think The Pledge acoustic kicks butt too.

it's just that Kyo expresses alot alot alot more emotions in slower songs that doesn't have him screaming throughout.

acoustics man......diru's magic lies in there but they tend to not do it much now.....

Hm~ I don't think so.
Of course, your right--- but i think, you are just, when you point Kyo. Because "Diru" haven't got to do anything with those songs.
These three bonus tracks on marrow are really great and they sound very emotional, but it's just... kyo. maybe it's Die or Kao who is playing the Guitar, but it's not all Diru...
You know what I mean?
I think, to say what is Diru and what isn't is very difficult. Because they're able to do both: Calm, slow and touching songs and also depressing, hard, agressive songs... Or they just got both in one like in Dead tree for example.

I just don't think, you can say, that this accoustic versions are Diru, because not everyone of them has a part in it, when you hear it...

And I really adore Marrow of a bone. It's a great album. I think it's a mix of Kisou and Withering~ it sounds really, really good to me~

semi~sweet

May 2, 2007, 03:57

I finally managed to listen to Marrow of a Bone too!!
And I have to say I really like it...especially Conceived Sorrow caught my heart straight from the beginning. It's such a touching sound and Kyo's voice makes me shiver. Also Namamekashiki... is a great song!! I like the whole album. I heard a lot of people say that Kyo's voice got worse, but I don't think so. Of course his voice changes but I don't think he can sing worse than on the other albums. I even admire him for reaching those very high pitches (I sing myself and I know how hard it can be to reach high pitches and for a man it must be even more difficult). His voice didn't lose its ability to make the listeners feel his desperate, rage and also sensibility (at least for me^^). I think that this is a good album.
o.O I didn't know that there were any acoustic versions!!!...I have to find them!!
Toto looks really cute with those bunny-ears :giggle:

hahaha same here, my lil'niece lauges at me when i try to hit the high notes like kyo and she'll be like hahaha you cant do it!

dakkii

May 2, 2007, 09:07

the entire band had a hand in each of the unplugged songs... whether writing them in the first place or rearranging them (did shinya play piano by the way?) ... it isn't their main body of work, but i do think it's a part of all of them... i see what you mean, though. it's also true that the emotion in kyo's voice is more prominent and easy to hear in the acoustic versions... but i think i perfer the originals in the end. ^_^

i got 2 different versions of THE PLEDGE lyrics... i was wondering what other people got so i can see which is more accurate... tank ya!

Saishu

May 2, 2007, 09:34

The documentary covering the U.S. tour this past winter finally aired in Japan. It's up on YouTube in three parts.

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIv2jMLVaLU
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvsrsSXA_g
Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CyvC--KR50

The NYC show that IkaruJaki and I were at finishes it off. Can't believe it's already been almost three months since then.

pinkbuta304

May 2, 2007, 10:25

alright! thanx!
I haven't heard the acoustic version of Concieved Sorrow yet :(
I'll get to it though, soon. My fav songs from The Marrow of a Bone are probably: Concieved sorrow, The Pledge, The Deeper vileness, Disabled Complexes ( i like the "psycho killa!") and Grief.

kouji-sama

May 2, 2007, 12:10

Thanks so much for the links, I was wondering when we'd get to see the damned thing :-)
Aaaaww, just when I start to forget why I love him so much, Shinya goes and plays with a hurt shoulder.

mae2606_kiyomi

May 2, 2007, 12:23

aa.. great! Saishu, arigatou for the links. :cool:
to Anchyyy:
well some of them prolly cant accept some change.. like wad they posted in the comment box of Grief PV i saw on youtube..
check it out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1zn3lrBj3Y
alot of those haters claim that they're supporters of the "old" Diru & that Diru's change sux or something like that. but of course there are also those like us who adore the album. well.. we're all entitled to their own opinions. i still think Diru did great for their new album.
*TMoAB's still hogging my media player.. (& i think its gonna stay here for quite a while)* :lol:

dakkii

May 2, 2007, 12:39

^agree... you know, i remember seeing some people starting up some "protest MOAB" group thing posted ON THE OFFICIAL DIRU BOARD... not only is it completely stupid and wrong in the first place, but to post it on the official board??! dude... fans of diru are either the coolest, most amazing people in the world or complete jerks (for lack of a better word >_<) i think that they're just looking at both the album and Dir en grey on the surface...

Precious4e

May 2, 2007, 13:13

@ Saishu: Those youtube links rock. Thanks for the post.

semi~sweet

May 2, 2007, 13:15

yeah i agree alot of ppl are talking trash about them and i get so pissed i mean they should back up the band 100% instead of putting them down but the ppl who back them up are the coolest!

andie

May 2, 2007, 19:38

i love the bonus cd from the MOAB album,very moving and i could actually hear kyo's voice clearly though i love the way he screams

conceived sorrow
the pledge
grief
clever sleazoid(i love the guitar play and kyo's scream)

mae2606_kiyomi

May 3, 2007, 02:14

@semi~sweet
well.. we're all entitled to our own opinions so i guess we cant really say much bout those haters.. i do feel a lil upset when i see people post bout how they dislike the album & stuff but hey, as long as we like it who cares wad they think? also, if there're no haters then we cant tell if there're lovers. we wont be able to tell apart the people who like or dislike. its always great to know that there're still people out there like us who are still Diru fans.
lol.. for a moment i wondered wad i might have said if i didnt like the album.. will i be like the haters? nah... i really still think the album is good.. :lol:

@andie
yep! the bonus cd is great!

semi~sweet

May 3, 2007, 06:31

so true i just get so mad oh well i guess all i can do is keep loving diru

revaanu

May 3, 2007, 10:06

well said both semi-sweet and mae.
I'm personally not a huge diru fan -but- I would never put them down. a few pages earlier I was poking fun at Kyo but honestly I would never really come onto a thread dedicated to a band and talk smack about them. thats just wrong. I mean if you don't like the band at all then don't come on the thread. nobody asked you here and nobody on here cares what you think.
well thats my two cents worth. rock on all of you, and remember without the fans the band's wouldn't make it as far as they have.

BlackSoul

May 4, 2007, 00:27

@daki
hmm...in some way I think Kyo even shows more emotion with his screaming than in his slow songs (it's just that I first pay attention to the slower songs and then to the faster ones :p)
lately I could really feel his desperate and anger during this songs. Screaming is his way to express what he feels and he does it very well. These songs touch my heart too, but in another way than the slower songs do. It's kind of hard to explain but sometimes I just feel more connected to the fast songs and his screaming.

@yuna_leska
:D that video was funny^^
kyo would seriously kill you if he ever saw that (or at least start to scream till you can't hear anymore^^)

@Saishu
thanks for the links!!
I could only watch the first part until now, but Shinya was sooo cute trying to speak english :blush:

@semi~sweet
:D yeah I know those situations...my mom often stares at me like I was a crazy person (wait...I am a crazy person:p)

@dakkii
I think such people aren't real fans and don't think before they talk. Either you dislike a band, but then you leave it and its fans alone, or you like the band and don't protest against it. And if you really dislike something by a band you like, you should have good reasons and act mature and not found a "protest" group. Plus I'm sure it hurted Diru in some way that "fans" are against their album, on which they worked hard and in which the put a lot of emotion.

Japanimaniac

May 4, 2007, 01:13

@daki
hmm...in some way I think Kyo even shows more emotion with his screaming than in his slow songs (it's just that I first pay attention to the slower songs and then to the faster ones :p)
lately I could really feel his desperate and anger during this songs. Screaming is his way to express what he feels and he does it very well. These songs touch my heart too, but in another way than the slower songs do. It's kind of hard to explain but sometimes I just feel more connected to the fast songs and his screaming.

I totally agree. It doesn't really have to be a fast song, and the song I MOST connect with (The Final) doesn't have any screaming really (besides the one quick one), but his screaming has sooo much emotion behind it. Again, I'll bring up dead tree and Kodou. The two screams towards the end of Kodou...I can't help but shiver. They are my most favorite Kyo screams ever (does that sound weird?).

I can't help but pretend I'm the one screaming whenever that part comes around. I know I look like a freak. Ah well. There just seems to be so much feeling behind those two screams, and they are so perfectly placed within the song. I actually don't like the video because of that...the long pause ruins the intention to me.

But...yeah, hehe. Basically, I agree. :relief: :p

Michiko-kitsune

May 4, 2007, 06:56

I actually don't like the video because of that...the long pause ruins the intention to me.

I've always thought that too. As much as I love Kodou, I can't stand that pause. It's like the song has this great buildup, and then whoooooops nevermind, let's take an extened breather.

pinkbuta304

May 4, 2007, 08:29

semi~sweet

May 4, 2007, 12:45

yes same here i love kyos emotional screams and its almost like when he screams i can feel the emotion go thru my whole body (ok that came out alittle wierd) but yeah thats how i feel

dakkii

May 4, 2007, 13:10

I've always thought that too. As much as I love Kodou, I can't stand that pause. It's like the song has this great buildup, and then whoooooops nevermind, let's take an extened breather.
i like the song version of kodou more, of course, but i like the way they did it for the pv... i was totally expecting the scream, and then it wasn't there... which makes you stop for a second and focus completely on the pictures (dead school girl thrown out of car... kid going to jail... wasn't that the same kid in saku, by the way?) and connect everything that happens in the pv (if you hadn't already, i guess)... it just makes it dramatic. but more importantly, the scream then comes out of NOWHERE, giving it more power, i think ^_^ it also helps that the timing it perfect.
and about fast songs vs. slow songs... this is a cop-out answer, but every diru song is totally loaded with emotion... they are just different emotions. in my earlier diru years, i thought certain songs were more emotional than other songs because i related to them more... but since then every once in a while, i would listen to a certain song when i was in a certain mood and it would all just click into place... so now almost every song has a special meaning to me... which makes it hard to listen to other music sometimes XD

EDIT: oh and the scream thing is the most normal thing in the world. i, too, am totally incapable of NOT kodou screaming at the end ^_^ also i have to sing the "wo-oh"s in child prey... and the chorus of clever slezoid... and our favorite part of ASOM (hint: makes people around you turn around with a horrified expression ^_~)

... i seem totally incapable of short posts when it comes to this thread :p too much love[obsession?] i guess...

Japanimaniac

May 4, 2007, 22:12

EDIT: oh and the scream thing is the most normal thing in the world. i, too, am totally incapable of NOT kodou screaming at the end ^_^ also i have to sing the "wo-oh"s in child prey... and the chorus of clever slezoid... and our favorite part of ASOM (hint: makes people around you turn around with a horrified expression ^_~)

Haha...and the "So I can't live"s of The Final, too!!

Saishu

May 5, 2007, 04:10

This brings up an interesting topic: what specific parts of Dir en grey songs can you not help but sing along to? A couple of good ones were mentioned already ("So I can't live" from The Final and the chorus to Clever Sleazoid), but I have a few others.

"todokanai hanare te shimau/kegare no nai yasashisa ni namida to nemuritai" -- Conceived Sorrow

"Kill them all with the crazy hammer and destroy their thoughts/get hysterical!" -- The Fatal Believer

"chikau kotoba mo nai nagasu mo kare te/tonight I go mad" -- Disabled Complexes

All the melodic lines in Saku

The chorus to Marmalade Chainsaw

heh... all of Macabre (the song, not the album)

Japanimaniac

May 5, 2007, 04:18

Quite a few lines in Machiavellism are definite additions to that list, too. Not to mention the chorus.

"Showtime! haha, showtime."

"My comupance, your ignorance. Uuugh!"

"Please come to the last gasp with me. My Pleasuuuuure!"

mae2606_kiyomi

May 5, 2007, 04:39

ah.. for me the all-time sing along is definitely Kodou.. its like i've heard the song so many times over that i can prolly sing along to it (cept for kyo's screams which are so d*** impossible to do)

as for the other songs, well, they've already been mentioned by others.. (ok.. i'll admit that i'm just plain lazy to type.. since they're all already listed just scroll up =P)

LOL. XD

pinkbuta304

May 5, 2007, 08:06

"Kill them all with the crazy hammer and destroy their thoughts/get hysterical!" -- The Fatal Believer

yeah i sing that a lot...or shout, whatever...
There's also:
"Psycho killer" -Disabled Complexes
"spark and spark" -the IID empire
"saikou no BARAADO wo okurou" -Beautiful dirt
"Dead freedom!" - C
"hurry up! hurry up! wrist-cut show!" - machiavellism.

dakkii

May 5, 2007, 15:02

yes! i can't help but sing ALL of machiavellism and the "demo..." (and the rest of that line) leading into the chorus of the final... also:
-"in my head a blue fish has just died" -MR NEWSMAN
-"check it up 1 2 3 4 5 are you ready" -MR NEWSMAN
-"kill" -GDS
-"FOOCHA" -domestic fxxker family
-[random screaming] -obscure
-chorus in ryoujoku no ame... especially the held-out note
-"i don't even think of you as my friend" -THE DEEPER VILENESS
-that beginning scream in saku [and the rest of it too...]
-i always sing "good morning" [in english, not the japanese it's supposed to be in] at the end of kodou... i love that last stanza so much... i love that whole SONG so much (but all of you know ^_^ awsome-sauce)

more later? *sleepy time*

Precious4e

May 6, 2007, 15:49

"spark and spark" -the IID empire
hahaha I love that part too

but I think my favorite is the chrous of Merciless Cult. haha I love the grunts (or whatever they are) that Die/Kaoru/Toshiya do that lead into "aishite kudasai kono chi mo sono imi mo"

Those two songs make me go nuts at their concerts lol.
Well all their songs do.

andie

May 6, 2007, 17:28

I totally agree. It doesn't really have to be a fast song, and the song I MOST connect with (The Final) doesn't have any screaming really (besides the one quick one), but his screaming has sooo much emotion behind it. Again, I'll bring up dead tree and Kodou. The two screams towards the end of Kodou...I can't help but shiver. They are my most favorite Kyo screams ever (does that sound weird?).
I can't help but pretend I'm the one screaming whenever that part comes around. I know I look like a freak. Ah well. There just seems to be so much feeling behind those two screams, and they are so perfectly placed within the song. I actually don't like the video because of that...the long pause ruins the intention to me.
But...yeah, hehe. Basically, I agree. :relief: :p

when kyo sings it is something really emotional kodou gives me the shivers too and the songs in the bonus CD of MOAB showcases kyo's lovely voice

dakkii

May 7, 2007, 00:54

24ko cylinders GRENADE LAUNCHER MIX also shows how much emotion he puts in his voice... about 3/4 of the way through they slow down his voice and there's just so much in there that you don't even notice when it's at regular speed (that remix is my favorite, by the way)

Sha

May 7, 2007, 13:00

well I like the music and DIE is hot as hell.. so is Karou.. so whoever was talking smack just ignore them they'll go away.. *L*

Amita

May 8, 2007, 05:29

*sorry to butt in*
I was just wondering if this contact address for Diru is still rite:

"a knot"
106-0032
Tokyo-to
Minato-ku
Roppongi 4-8-6
Pacific Capital Plaza Building 6F
JAPAN

I wish to send a letter to Shinya...but I don't want it coming back with 'Return to sender' on it
If anyone can help me, thanks so much!!!

dakkii

May 8, 2007, 06:54

To [Band Member/Dir en grey] Pacific Capital Plaza Building 6F, 4-8-6 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Japan

^that's what i found *shrug* dunno... if it's just a letter you can send it through the dir en grey official site, but if you're sending something else (or want to send something handwritten), i don't know, i couldn't find an "official" one on the site when i looked for 2 seconds... hope this helped? (sorry i think i just confused things :( )

also, that reminded me of this message from shinya's myspace!

shinya says:
(May 6, 2007 7:46 PM)
please send to me
drawings, pictures, signs

I wish to make a tribute for all of you

:-) why is he so sweet?! here's the url: http://www.myspace.com/the_shinya ("the shinya" XD)

Amita

May 8, 2007, 07:40

@ dakkii... OMG!!!!!!:eek: thanks for the link to Shinya's myspace!!!!!:blush:

I want the letter to be handwritten...
I feel that if a letter is sent by email, it isn't that important.
I was planning on sending something else too....but I still haven't decided what...I'm very excited about it though!!!

dakkii

May 8, 2007, 08:31

definatley! as far as i know, every band memeber has one except kaoru... her are the url's:
kyo- http://www.myspace.com/killthevoice
die- http://www.myspace.com/discomfortwings
toshiya- http://www.myspace.com/shoutthejoy
shinya- ^up there

and that's how i would want to do it too... anyone can just type an email off... and i know i get way more excited with real mail! i still haven't written one... i want to spend a lot of time on it when i do <3

revaanu

May 8, 2007, 09:29

no Kaoru! no fair!!!

Michiko-kitsune

May 8, 2007, 10:04

just saying...unless the Myspace is linked from the Dir en grey/Warcon Myspace or other such official affiliations, you shouldn't take them seriously. I've seen a few for each member claiming they're all "the real deal".

dakkii

May 8, 2007, 10:20

i dunno... check them out. i'm pretty sure they're legit... engrish and all. i'm not sure about the linkage, but i also haven't checked.

semi~sweet

May 8, 2007, 10:35

i feel the same way too i think regular mail is much more personnal then email

pinkbuta304

May 8, 2007, 11:53

Sha

May 8, 2007, 12:42

No one will ever know for sure.. the engrish is a bit off.. so.. who really knows.. *S*

xXxsecondguessxXx

May 8, 2007, 17:16

I wouldn't say the myspaces are real, it's unlikely that they are anyway..
There's so many that i come across that are fakes it's rediculous

andie

May 8, 2007, 20:30

yeah sometimes people make fans believe that it is authentic when in reality it is a hoax.

Amita

May 9, 2007, 04:39

hmmm....
I wonder if they even have time to make an account on myspace...
I heard they were going on tour in America and I think around Europe starting June....wouldn't they be a bit busy for things like myspace???

Sha

May 9, 2007, 06:15

Never can really tell.. gackt had a myspace for awhile before he took it down.. and he's a busy man.. but yes I agree so many people make myspaces making the people think they are the real thing.. that's why no one can really tell anymore..

Amita

May 9, 2007, 06:28

I guess it would get annoying after a bit...
With all these people requesting to be added to friends list and all...

BlackSoul

May 9, 2007, 06:58

I don't believe that these myspaces are real, as long as they don't say that they are real...there are many fake myspaces and all of them claim to be real..but there could be maybe an official myspace from dir en grey as a group like the ones of alice nine and gazette

kouji-sama

May 9, 2007, 07:00

there actually IS an official myspace of diru as a group...it's nice.

hm...the only one I trust is Shinya's, mainly because the layout looks like the official dir en grey page...that, and I'd love to think that his url has "the_shinya" on it ^-^

mleh, it's not the end of the world if they're all fake.

Michiko-kitsune

May 9, 2007, 10:25

mleh, it's not the end of the world if they're all fake.
Well, I just get worried that if a lot of people assume that when they see Myspaces of members, thinking they're real, they will take something from what's written there and claim it as something coming directly from one of the band members when in actuality it's just some crap that a random person made up. Like, I didn't look at the ones posted above, but there are some where people sent in questions to the "members" and they were answered on the Myspace pages - and people commenting really took them seriously. Now, if they AREN'T legit, as is probably the case, now there's a bunch of people thinking they've got some sort of exclusive info from the band members.

Yeah, it's probably not a large enough amount of people to actually affect much, but junk like that is perfect material for the beginning of dumb rumors/ band "facts" getting passed around. And that's never fun.

(Sorry for any grammar/spelling errors I may have overlooked; just got finished with my last class and I'm 100% burnt out. XD )

semi~sweet

May 9, 2007, 11:04

i've seen them and they dont look that ify but im still not sure

Fureya Eriku

May 9, 2007, 21:47

I just say myspace FTW!!! :-) Im going to see them at Wacken Open Air this summer^^ Anyone else here going?
I have been listning to theire latest album and its soo.. different from before. You can deffenately hear that they have been quite inspired by the US bands. Personally I love Vulgar though^^ And Obscure and Saku are my favorite songs^^

Oh.. btw.. Im new to this massive topic^^

semi~sweet

May 10, 2007, 03:22

i cant go to any of there concerts i send too much money on other things but dont get me wrong i will go to one of their lives soon. yes i know what you mean about being inspiered by the us but i still love the music right now my fav songs are saku and zakuro but i love all their music oh well

Fureya Eriku

May 10, 2007, 03:33

Heh.. A friend of mine has seen them alot of times now and she is going to theire show in dennmark! Want to join her for that aswell, but dont have the money after Wacken^^;;

Yeah.. I still like them eventhough they are US inspired and the fact that they say Kyo is a knife self-cutting emoboy on stage these days.^^;;;;;

xXxsecondguessxXx

May 10, 2007, 04:20

I'm seeing them when they come to England!! It's gonna be my first time to ever see them!! At the moment i'm going on my own though, stupid *** parents won't let me go till i find someone else to come with me ^^;
They only decided to tell me that after i'd bought my ticket >_<

I like their new album just as much as the others, i think it's nice for a little bit of change, but i'd hate it if they lost all of their...jrockness xD
does that make sense?

dakkii

May 10, 2007, 13:49

i saw them live on the last night of inward scream in san francisco <3 it was so funny, because it was the last night, the roadies were harrassing the opening bands XD one of them dressed up in a wrestling mask and stood behind the drummer and threw ice cubes at him :p sometimes he hit the actual drums and screwed him up, too... the drummer looked so mad, but he couldn't do anything... and then for the second opening band, the roadies just came on stage during the second to last song and started taking the drums off stage and striking the equipment... AND i looked up at the balcony and, during all this, kaoru and die were watching from up there and laughing really hard!!! die's smile is RIDICULOUSLY amazing... and kyo poked his head out for a second and laughed too O_O best moment of my life...

but ANYWAYS, Dir en grey is one of those bands you HAAAAAVE to see live... childprey i hope you can go!!! make sure you're not doing anything important the next day, because when i went, i headbanged so hard i couldn't move for literally the next 3 days, and my neck was sore the rest of the week! :blush: of course, i'm an extreme case, but it's difficult to restrain yourself! <3 <3 <3 <3!!!!! yea... i'm hoping to see them with deftones back in san francisco... i'm coming back from japan that day, so i'm hoping my mother can change the flight so we fly into san francisco instead of LA, and i *lied* and said my friends are going (really they're just people i met from forums like these... she wouldn't let me go if i told her because, according to her, everyone on the internet is a rapist O_O)

*loooong post... oh well, i need an outlet! i've been studying for APUSH all day :relief: *

pinkbuta304

May 10, 2007, 15:03

aww i wish i could have seen that! i saw them at the LA show though, but still. I gotta say i'm kinda jealous now :okashii: lol

XwY

May 10, 2007, 16:19

anyone can send me jealous?

Fureya Eriku

May 10, 2007, 18:44

I think that was very idiotic of the roadies to harrass the support bands! I really hate it when some people just ruin live shows no matter what band is headlineing! I just hope the show at Wacken will be fun though^^ I saw Moi Dix Mois in germany last year and I am a huge fan of them, so in my oppinion I doubt that Dir en grey wil overcome that show! Though I love dir en grey^^

Got my wacken tickets yesterday too btw!! Im soo happy! The tickets are awesome and I am getting soo smashed on the way down and at the festival.. though Ill try to stay sober during the bands i REALLY want to see^^;;;

advigilo

May 10, 2007, 19:15

fureya eriku XD yes, stay sober.. trust me getting drunk at a festival
while the band you want to see is playing, not a good idea :relief:

yeah harassing the roadies aint always funny... (altough diru tough differently
of it that moment :P ) diru has to tour with those cranky band members right?

@dakki: thanks for the post! the more reviews the better... for those
cant see them live :-) so we (i) can enjoy it too.
please review the concert in san fransico too!

BlackSoul

May 11, 2007, 05:59

@ChildPrey
no I've never seen them before...nor any other j-rock band...that will be my first j-rock live...and I'm sooooo hyper about it!!!!!*jumps around*
@Fureya Eriku
I just give you a short advice (since I live in Germany and I know how they behave^^). On that wacken festival will also play other bands, that means there will be probably a lot of people there who have never seen dir en grey. And Germans tend to dislike things (especially when it comes to music) they don't like or don't know (I'm already known as the girl with the strange music at my school -.-). And when it comes to japanese bands they're even more intolerant. I don't wanna scare you, normally German people are nice people^^(like me :p) But just don't care if there comes someone saying that dir en grey is crap or that he/she hates them. He/She has maybe never seen/heard them before and just dislike them because they are different. And Germans like to compare japanese bands with Tokio Hotel (I don't know if you know them...be happy if you don't). Just ignore those stupid people and have fun!!!(there happened a lot of things since I've started to listen to j-rock and since my classmates have known that...I just don't wanna happen those things to you. Even when you are just one day in Germany, but it's such a special day!!) So HAVE FUN!!!!! No matter what some people might say about Diru!!!!! (I hope I didn't scare you :worried:) Just enjoy the concert...and I hope you will meet some nice people!!!!!

Fureya Eriku

May 11, 2007, 17:55

@ Black Soul Well I have been to germany twice. Once was just for a night stopp for some hours and another was at the Moi Dix Mois concert.. People are like that with music here aswell.. they just think "like omg those faggot japs bands blablabla" and I dont give a sodd.. heh.. looking the way I do I especially have to learn not to care what crap you get from others^^

And I will try to stay sober and I will enjoy all the shows I want to see^^ And especially Dir en Grey, LAcuna Coil, Therion, Chtonic etc..

And unnfortunately I know of Tokyo Hotel... What a jrock wannabe greenday rippoff! (Though Im a bit weak for the use of german in songs^^;;;;)

ChildPrey

May 11, 2007, 19:09

omg, tokio hotel sucks so much... IMO... so bad... the singers voice is so lame... and be compairing Dir en grey to them is like compairing,..ehm , can't think of anything, but something really good to something bad :P lol

Riyko

May 12, 2007, 05:46

Anyways, Diru's offical website has updated the tour page with the US summer and the European tours.

MYV_ANCafe_Lover

May 12, 2007, 11:53

Hey guys, Im a not so new Dir En Grey fan.
I heard the WTD album the summer of 06. I listened to the album alot but then after a while i stopped and kinda forgot about them. Well not forgot, just didn't listen to them much.
Now I'm starting to listen to them again and falling in love with them all over.
My fav song is "Cage" and well I dont really have a fav member, I like them all sooo much~
I was wondering if anyone could help me with some things..
Could someone tell me what is Dir En Grey's latest PV and maybe post a pic of their latest look?

Thanks in advance ^^

dakkii

May 12, 2007, 12:52

latest pv: grief- youtube.com/watch?v=h1zn3lrBj3Y
latest look: erm... O_O
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s103/dakkii272/untitled.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s103/dakkii272/595.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s103/dakkii272/4i7bn03.jpg

they look pretty normal now... and i hope this helps your obsession!! ^_^

ChildPrey

May 12, 2007, 15:43

MYV_ANCafe_Lover

May 13, 2007, 00:12

Thank you guys dakkii and ChildPrey!
Their latest look isn't bad, I was the most curious as to what Toshiya's hair color was now xD
I still love his 12 year old boy look the most...xD
And Kyo and Kaoru's chin pubes! Kyo's have grown since the last pic I saw O_O
It doesnt look bad~

Soo what's everyone's favorite song?
I know you guys have probably already been asked this but I'm curious to kno haha~
You all know mine already, "Cage" oh and I also really really like Mushi and Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tomadoi ni Hohoemi. Especially the acoustic version
<3

dakkii

May 13, 2007, 04:42

impossible to say for me, really... mmm...

-MR NEWSMAN
-Amber
-24ko cylinders
-higeki...
-kodoku...
-audience killer loop
-machiavellism
-obscure
-concieved sorrow
-C
-fukai
-hydra
-ryoujoku no ame
-cage

^ones that came to mind just now... it's too difficult!! >_<

i think i should stop listening to so much dir en grey >_> sometimes i neglect everything else... poor myv is crying on me ipod... same with d'espa and giru and gaz and *goes on and on* but then again, no way i can pry myself away ^_^

pinkbuta304

May 13, 2007, 05:05

haha i feel the same way, there are so many bands i haven't been listening to because of diru. i can't help it! :-)
my fav songs:
child prey
obscure
mushi
cage
IIID Empire
Merciless cult
bottom of the death valley
saku
the pledge
grief
ryoujoku no ame
marmalade chainsaw
audience killer loop
i know there's more, but this is all i can think of right now

BlackSoul

May 13, 2007, 07:04

@ChildPrey
no....not yet...but I'll soon get them!!!!!!!!!!! *jumps around hyperly*

@Fureya Eriku
ahh...okay then it's good...it's just that I had a few problems...and I don't want to happen that to other people...especially if they go to a concert!!!!!

@MAL
*waves* nice to see you around here!!!
well...my favourite song is Dead Tree...I totally freak out when I hear that song and start to sing it very very loud...even when I'm on my bike^^
I really like Cage too...and Saku...and conceived sorrow^^...but I still have to hear all of their songs *feels like a bad fan since she couldn't listen to all their songs so far*
"Kyo's have grown since the last pic I saw"<-- that made me really laugh!!!!^^

@dakkii
thanks for the pics!!!!! I haven't seen them so far!

ChildPrey

May 13, 2007, 07:23

[QUOTE=BlackSoul;466643]@ChildPrey
no....not yet...but I'll soon get them!!!!!!!!!!! *jumps around hyperly*
[QUOTE]

yay for you :D:D

favourite songs, there's so many... lol... I'll try to list some of my favs but if I start to much there's a chance I list up to many. haha...

Child prey ( first song I ever heard by diru)
Aint afraid to die
Obscure
Greif
[s]
cage
Drain away
I'll
Raison d'Etre
24ko cylinder
berry
ash
[KR] Cube
Taiyou no Ao
the final
Disabled Complex
umbrella

well that's some. haha

Saishu

May 13, 2007, 08:03

Yeah, I really can't pick a favourite, so I'll have to list quite a few:

Macabre
Garden
Akuro no Oka
Berry
Ash
Unknown... Despair... A Lost
Undecided
Bottom of the Death Valley
Mushi
Karasu
Audience Killer Loop
Shokubeni
Sajou no Uta
Red...[em]
Amber
Obscure
Umbrella
Mr. Newsman
Saku
Itoshisa wa Fuhai ni Tsuki
Higeki wa Mabuta wo Oroshita Yasashiki Utsu
Kodou
Conceived Sorrow
Grief
Ryoujoku no Ame
Disabled Complexes
Rotting Root
Namamekashiki Ansoku, Tamerai ni Hohoemi
Clever Sleazoid

Though, to be honest, I like all of Marrow of a Bone. There isn't one track on there that I want to skip. Ever.

*~EnvY~*

May 13, 2007, 08:22

hummmmm....i know this was requested already but has anyone more pics of their new look? cos i cant seem to find that many new pics of them....
here's what i have....if someone has some others could you please post?

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9357/dir354qz7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6225/dirdiepp1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/3314/dirkaorufi7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/8833/dirkyocj7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/8535/dirshinyark5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/9246/dirtoshiyaiq1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5852/dieoo2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7230/kaoruos8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/8856/kyoui2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2043/shinyadz5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/1050/toshiyabj4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

semi~sweet

May 13, 2007, 08:24

ok wellet see

zakuro (i love the raw emotion)
saku
yokan
the final
obscure
marmalade chainsaw
aint afraid to die
drain away
jealous
24ko cylinder
concived sorrow
clever sleazoid
disabled complexes
cage
embryo
wake
hydra
berry
audrey

yeah i can go on but i dont wanna make it to long

pinkbuta304

May 13, 2007, 08:28

i would also like to add Zan and tsumi to batsu to the list.
Tsumi to batsu was the 1st diru song i heard :-)

Saishu

May 13, 2007, 08:52

Ah yes, I'd have to add Zan to my list as well. In fact, Zan would be the opening track if I ever compiled a CD of Diru songs.

Also, I can't forget Kodoku ni Shisu, Yueni Kodoku. I remember not liking it very much when I first heard it, but there's something so distinct about it. In a sense, it kind of sums the band up in terms of their sound.

MYV_ANCafe_Lover

May 13, 2007, 09:37

Wow, you guys sure list alot xD
I wouldve listed more but I just put the ones Ive been listening to the most recently. Diru really is amazing <3
Lol that was a bit random..
I have a question about Die.
What is his current hair color? Some have told me its still red but others say its brown.
From those pics it looks brown but yeah...im kinda confused xD

dakkii

May 13, 2007, 14:50

it's red. it's always red ^_^ i speak from seeing the godly-red-die-hair in feb. at inward scream... before that it was half red and half black (i'll upload pics when i'm *not* so lazy... plus, i wanna watch 'despair in the womb' right noe =3 diru has such a way of naming things XD oh well... i need to get it all out, since i've spent this whole day watching 'america's next top model' and trying to forget about as much US history as possible... AP tests just happened...)

you know what diru song is underrated? gauze-mode of adam-... i love that thing...

*~EnvY~*

May 13, 2007, 19:07

^
i cant listen to yhis song much cos the pv gave me the creeps T_T

and yeah i think die's hair still hair ..... a much darker red but still ^^°

Fureya Eriku

May 13, 2007, 19:18

Hmm.. Dir en Grey looks soo decent now than what they did before! Anyway as I mentioned before my absolute favorite songs are:

-Obscure
-Saku

HAha! yeah thats right! I dont have much favorite songs of this band. If you ask me about Malice Mizer or Moi Dix Mois in those topics, I could like fill a page!
Still.. I just cant wait to see them! I will probably go crazy and jump straight in the pit(if there are any, which is highly possible since its wacken):-)

Amita

May 13, 2007, 21:09

hmmmm I'd have to say that my all time fav songs are:
-CONCEIVED SORROW
-CLEVER SLEAZOID
-Lie buried With a Vengance
-Grief
-THE III D EMPIRE
-The Final (I'm obsessed with the PV)
-Ain't Afraid to Die
and The Fatal Believer

man...that was HARD!!!!!!! There still are sooo many...but I'm too lazy to keep typing them all :-)

ChildPrey

May 14, 2007, 03:42

Thank you for the pics dakkii and *~envy~*.. They look majorly hot in the pics... But I gotta admit I miss their Visual Kei style, I know it was a while ago now but I still loved.
Love how they look now too though :]
But think macabre era. *drool* :P

*~EnvY~*

May 14, 2007, 05:03

i htink my fave period was vulgar (obscure) and yeah gotta admit macabre (leather )XD
i like their new style anyway

btw can anyone confirm or not the fact that die has snake pattern tatoo on the hand?
and does anyone know if kyo has new tatoos except for the one below his ear?
and one more question about tatoo (XD) what does kaoru's tatoo look like now co i saw pic of his forearm he got tatooed in paris (i think) but i know it goes way past the elbow now wt does it look like?

Riyko

May 14, 2007, 06:21

Die has a snake print tattoo on his right hand. The only new tattoo of kyo's I know of is the one on his neck that he got done during Family Values last August. Kaoru has a full sleeve on his left side, it goes all the way to his chest.

pinkbuta304

May 14, 2007, 07:02

it's red. it's always red ^_^ i speak from seeing the godly-red-die-hair in feb. at inward scream... before that it was half red and half black (i'll upload pics when i'm *not* so lazy... plus, i wanna watch 'despair in the womb' right noe =3 diru has such a way of naming things XD oh well... i need to get it all out, since i've spent this whole day watching 'america's next top model' and trying to forget about as much US history as possible... AP tests just happened...)
you know what diru song is underrated? gauze-mode of adam-... i love that thing...
yeah! i agree about the -mode of adam-! haha if you notice (which u probably do) kyo skips from 6 to 1 lol
ahh AP testing is over!!!:-) yay! time to relax a bit! haha

Saishu

May 14, 2007, 07:39

yeah! i agree about the -mode of adam-! haha if you notice (which u probably do) kyo skips from 6 to 1 lol

Are you sure? He finishes the countdown at the end of Akuro no Oka (which leads into Gauze -mode of eve-).

*~EnvY~*

May 14, 2007, 07:47

pinkbuta304

May 14, 2007, 12:01

Are you sure? He finishes the countdown at the end of Akuro no Oka (which leads into Gauze -mode of eve-).
hmm.. you're probably right :p

dakkii

May 14, 2007, 14:01

what is with the end of akuro no oka anyways?!? i always think they cut the songs wrong or something, because i know the last part is supposed to be gauze -mode of eve-, and the labeled track of -eve- is only like 3 seconds... but they couldn't have screwed up that badly, right? grrrrr... it bothers me every time, because that little "brrring" that is gauze-mode of eve- comes up on shuffle and every single time i just stop and think "WTF IS THAT?!?"

...geez, i didn't know i had so much pent up anger on this subject... :relief: *is slightly scared of self*

Saishu

May 15, 2007, 05:49

I'm pretty sure the end of Akuro no Oka is Gauze -Mode of Eve- and the final track is just the last four seconds. If you notice, the time on your CD player will starting counting down instead of up when it gets to that part in Akuro. For some reason they chose to do it that way. It can't be a mistake, otherwise they would have fixed it for later pressings.

Riyko

May 15, 2007, 07:42

okies thanks ^^ do you maybe have pictures or know where i can find some?
Your welcome and I don't have any pictures of them so your best bet would be look on direngrey_fotos on livejournal since they've been posted there before.

MYV_ANCafe_Lover

May 15, 2007, 09:09

Ive been listening to the song "Undecided" alot lately and omg I love the acoustic guitar in it! The solo part is amazing, its soo beautiful <3
Haha Ive also been listening to "Domestic F___er Family" alot lately.
FOOCHA FOOCHA! MR. FOOCHA!
XD
I cant help but laugh everytime I hear it xD

semi~sweet

May 15, 2007, 09:56

lol yeah i love kyo bad english ir should i say engrish lol

dakkii

May 15, 2007, 13:15

fooooooooocha!!!

he sounded so happy to pronouce it right on MOAB XD... he said it every 3 seconds, like a little kid with a new toy <3

and undecided was my favorite for a while... i've been kind of ADD lately, so i haven't listened to it as much... i absolutely adore the things die writes (like i don't adore the songs everyone else writes too XD)... if they ever broke up *god forbid* i would love to hear him solo... though i still perfer Dir en grey... but it would be interesting

*~EnvY~*

May 15, 2007, 17:23

Your welcome and I don't have any pictures of them so your best bet would be look on direngrey_fotos on livejournal since they've been posted there before.
oookay well then i guess google has to be my friend cos im not on lj XD
ill go look it up and post if i find some good pics ^^

btw were the october february fools mate scans uploaded or should i post?

andie

May 15, 2007, 21:15

lately i have been listening to 24k cylinder

daki

May 16, 2007, 02:38

undecided has always been, in my mind, one of their best acoustic works.

dakkii

May 16, 2007, 07:38

the opening to 24ko cylinders is AMAZING! ...that song's been one of my love-time favorites (did i put it on my list? O_O i'm crazy if i didn't...)

@daki- true... it's because die wrote it <3 he has an ear for acoustic amazingness. Namamekashiki is up there for me too...

Saishu

May 16, 2007, 09:43

andie

May 16, 2007, 10:27

My favourite part of 24ko cylinders is in the middle: the guitars and vocals are in the center, the bass is on the left, and the drums are on the right. It's a really weird use of stereo separation, but I love it.

oh i love the intro and kyo's voice while he says ~give me......... and the bass too,the song is full of drama and truly amazing,i also love listening to the bonus tracks from tmoab esp conceived sorrow

Precious4e

May 17, 2007, 13:12

woot 24ko! Love every minute of it. When i'm bored I always watch their performance of it from 5 Ugly Kingdom lol.

Sometimes I think Kisou is my favorite Diru albums cuz of songs like 24ko, Undecided, Mushi, embryo, bottom of death valley. But then other times I
think Vulgar is my favorite because of audience killer loop, obscure, drain away, child prey, kasumi...etc..

It's so hard to choose an absolute favorite when it comes to Diru...

oh BTW some tattoo pics for whoever was asking

Die's

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h195/Precious4e/Misc%20JRock%20Pics/dietat.jpg

Kaoru's

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h195/Precious4e/Misc%20JRock%20Pics/kaorutat.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h195/Precious4e/Misc%20JRock%20Pics/kaorutattoo.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h195/Precious4e/Misc%20JRock%20Pics/japanesezombieheroez.jpg

kyo's

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h195/Precious4e/Misc%20JRock%20Pics/kyotat.jpg
^ before he tattooed his whole arm lol

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h195/Precious4e/Misc%20JRock%20Pics/kyotat2.jpg
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h195/Precious4e/Misc%20JRock%20Pics/kyotat3.jpg

You can kinda see Kaoru and Kyo's "new" tat's here. Not that clear but eH...you get the idea lol

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h195/Precious4e/Misc%20JRock%20Pics/diru1.jpg

andie

May 17, 2007, 20:51

my fave diru albums in exact order

1.tmoab
2.kisou
3.vulgar
4.withering to death

my fave non-album single is aint afraid to die-i love the 2 remixes esp the jazzy one,i just love kyo's voice

****random question:HAVE YOU WATCHED DEATH TRANCE COZ THE SOUNDTRACK FEATURES DIRU SONGS LIKE IIID EMPIRE,DEITY,INCREASE BLUE AND CLEVER SLEAZOID

nice film

*~EnvY~*

May 18, 2007, 02:36

oh BTW some tattoo pics for whoever was asking

thanks for the piccus ^^

pinkbuta304

May 18, 2007, 07:47

yeah, thanx for those pics! wow i haven't seen Kyo smile in a while!

dakkii

May 18, 2007, 14:40

my fave diru albums in exact order
****random question:HAVE YOU WATCHED DEATH TRANCE COZ THE SOUNDTRACK FEATURES DIRU SONGS LIKE IIID EMPIRE,DEITY,INCREASE BLUE AND CLEVER SLEAZOID
nice film

ohhh i saw the commercial for that on youtube ^_^ looked cool... one of the guys looked like hyde @_@

were can i find it? i knew it had iiid empire (i heard they played it like a gazillion times) and CS with the credits, but i never knew about diety and increase blue...

anyone going to the diru/deftones show in san francisco? cuz i might need to materialize some friends there so i can go #_# yay for having pareeeeent...

Saishu

May 18, 2007, 22:37

Um...

The posts in this thread keep shifting backwards. What's being deleted? And why?

Bloodlust

May 19, 2007, 02:50

Precious4e: I don't know if it was for me, but I was asking for tattoo pics a while ago. So... Thanks! I adore these pics! Does that one say "Japanese Zombie Hero" or am I crazy? Anyone know what the rest of Die's looks like? I've only ever seen the part on his hand.
I gotta get some more ink. That and coffee are the only addictions I can't seem to kick! But I had my lip pierced yesterday and I am flying to NY so the funds just aren't there. *sigh* Too bad. Have to wait a few months. Seeing DEG's stuff just makes me feel the withdrawal more. Grrrr...

Reita-kun

May 19, 2007, 05:48

@Saishu: I was thinking the same thing... Why are they being deleted?

Uncle Frank

May 19, 2007, 06:18

Um...
The posts in this thread keep shifting backwards. What's being deleted? And why?

When the threads get old, many of the links do not work and the pictures disappear(just a red X);those get deleted. Then the posts that refer to the deleted ones make no sence, so they get deleted. There are hundreds of posts about ticket sales that are worthless to save.Posts that are considered off topic chit chat get deleted(use the chat room or PM's please).When you get done "house cleaning" many posts are gone, but it is easier to go back and read the old posts. I try real hard not to delete a post that has anything about the band in it.

Uncle Frank

Saishu

May 19, 2007, 07:11

Well that makes sense. It's just been freaking me out because it's been happening steadily over the past two weeks or so.

Uncle Frank

May 19, 2007, 07:29

From when I start till I finish a thread takes about 1 month. I read every post all the way through and test each link to make sure they work. I average 1 to 2 hours a day reading the posts. If there is anything good in the post I try to make sure I don't delete it. The posts about tickets are the worse I think. First you have two weeks of posts wondering when tickets go on sale, then two weeks of people saying they ordered theirs, then two weeks of "did you get yours yet", then a bunch of "I don't need my ticket, anyone want to buy it, LOL. This thread had about 1000 such posts because of the 2 different tours that took place. The other ones I got rid of are the silly rumors that get posted about; Sue's sister's friend's brother heard such and such on another website, and then there are 20 posts fighting over the rumor.
Anyway, I spend a lot of time trying to make the thread easy for new people to go back over. I'm sorry if your post count goes down, but sometimes you just can't save a post.

Uncle Frank

Precious4e

May 19, 2007, 12:08

Precious4e: I don't know if it was for me, but I was asking for tattoo pics a while ago. So... Thanks! I adore these pics! Does that one say "Japanese Zombie Hero" or am I crazy? Anyone know what the rest of Die's looks like? I've only ever seen the part on his hand.

Yup Kaoru's tat says "Japanese Zombie Heroez" :blush:
And as far as I know, Die only has that snake print tat on his hand. Dunno if there's more.

dakkii

May 19, 2007, 13:30

pinkbuta304

May 19, 2007, 14:35

yeah, thanks for all the hard work!

andie

May 19, 2007, 17:47

ohhh i saw the commercial for that on youtube ^_^ looked cool... one of the guys looked like hyde @_@
were can i find it? i knew it had iiid empire (i heard they played it like a gazillion times) and CS with the credits, but i never knew about diety and increase blue...
anyone going to the diru/deftones show in san francisco? cuz i might need to materialize some friends there so i can go #_# yay for having pareeeeent...

i got a copy at a dvd store w/o any knowledge of diru songs as the OST,and yeah deity,increase blue,clever sleazoid was there,clever sleazoid was the ending theme and iid empire and increase blue was the one playing during fight scenes

andie

May 21, 2007, 19:33

i love die,s tattoo it is so cool,snake print,

dakkii

May 22, 2007, 08:23

i know! <3 and it's red...

and you should all mosey over and vote for Die in the jrocker next top model game... just a suggestion ^_~

pinkbuta304

May 22, 2007, 08:26

yeah, his tat is awesome!
yeah, i already voted! :-)

andie

May 22, 2007, 20:02

i know! <3 and it's red...

and you should all mosey over and vote for Die in the jrocker next top model game... just a suggestion ^_~

me too i will vote for him

MYV_ANCafe_Lover

May 23, 2007, 02:21

If I wasnt agenting for Miyavi, Die wouldve been in number 1 on my list!
Die in leather is just sooo freakin sexy <3

BlackSoul

May 23, 2007, 02:45

I alreday voted, too...Die is really sexy and when he's wearing leather it makes me even more drool!!!!!

about the tatoos...I think all there tatoos are amazing (I want to have some, too :()
Die has also one on his right arm (or was it left??? I don't remember exactly...but it's on the arm xDD) which says "how much is that" in japanese (he said it...but since my mind isn't the best I couldn't remember it^^...something like nambo deka...maybe^^)...it was mentioned by the interviewer of "Rock am Ring 2006" in Germany and he said that it means "how much is that"...although I have no idea why someone would get such a tatoo^^ If you want to see it, I'll try to upload that scene on youtube

MYV_ANCafe_Lover

May 23, 2007, 05:08

Hey can anyone of you guys play any diru songs?
Im currently trying to learn cage on the bass...its..impossible i tell you ><

semi~sweet

May 23, 2007, 06:20

ok so i voted for die

MYV ANCafe Lover - i cant play music instruments all to good only thing i can play is the piano, i hope to meet shinya one day and get him to teach me how to play the drums.

andie

May 23, 2007, 19:27

I alreday voted, too...Die is really sexy and when he's wearing leather it makes me even more drool!!!!!
about the tatoos...I think all there tatoos are amazing (I want to have some, too :()
Die has also one on his right arm (or was it left??? I don't remember exactly...but it's on the arm xDD) which says "how much is that" in japanese (he said it...but since my mind isn't the best I couldn't remember it^^...something like nambo deka...maybe^^)...it was mentioned by the interviewer of "Rock am Ring 2006" in Germany and he said that it means "how much is that"...although I have no idea why someone would get such a tatoo^^ If you want to see it, I'll try to upload that scene on youtube
i wanna see that tattoo

monnichi

May 23, 2007, 20:02

Out of current topic, but I was wondering...
Is it possible to give some fan-present-things to members of Dir en grey? And what about fanmail? If someone has any experience, please, share :-)

HitsugiMad4eva

May 24, 2007, 00:39

For some reason i CANT get KYO out of my Head >:{ Yomi Nightmare Was compared to kyo when he first started singing lmao

angeldust

May 24, 2007, 03:45

diru is coming this year to wacken open on august the 04th
and to munich on august the 15th

andie

May 24, 2007, 20:26

diru is coming this year to wacken open on august the 04th
and to munich on august the 15th
that is so cool,lucky europeans

*~EnvY~*

May 25, 2007, 01:10

i wish i coud go to a diru show but since im working i could only go if it was in france....in paris even >.<
anyway do any of you guys know where to find translations for TMOAB?i know it was mainly wirtten in english, but i'd lije a translation for the japanese songs....

Saishu

May 25, 2007, 06:29

Marrow of the Bone lyrics in Japanese and Romaji as well as English translations here:

http://6cubed.livejournal.com/60730.html

*~EnvY~*

May 25, 2007, 07:04

^
thanls sooo much ^.^

Amita

May 25, 2007, 07:21

Out of current topic, but I was wondering...
Is it possible to give some fan-present-things to members of Dir en grey? And what about fanmail? If someone has any experience, please, share :-)
I found an address a while back, I dunno if it's the rite one though:
Dir En Grey contact (remember to put name of member you wish to send it to)
"a knot"
106-0032
Tokyo-to
Minato-ku
Roppongi 4-8-6
Pacific Capital Plaza Building 6F
JAPAN
I got it from this site: http://www.crysania.com/tattered/

Bloodlust

May 27, 2007, 03:23

Marrow of the Bone lyrics in Japanese and Romaji as well as English translations here:
http://6cubed.livejournal.com/60730.html

I've probably said it before, but that man is a lyrical GOD!!! He just seems so tortured. In a way it makes me feel better that I'm not the only one with demons, but in another.... I wouldn't wish my outlook on anyone. Sad but true.
Kyo is my ice cream! Have a bad day, listen to DEG. Less fattening.
Thanks for the link.

andie

May 27, 2007, 13:02

i dont have the guts to write a letter to diru.i am to shy

last night i dreamed of die and he was just a few inches a way from me and he was talking to me,i wish that will come true

semi~sweet

May 28, 2007, 09:42

i know what you mean i hope to meet dir en grey one day but im scared about how i would act when i ever do lol i need to learn to control myself

dakkii

May 28, 2007, 16:52

hmm... Dir en grey... especially kyo... are my ultimate idols. i'm not sure if i want to meet them. i am fulling confident that they would live up to my super high expectations and MORE, but... i don't know.

@bloodlust- YES! you're exactly right!!!

andie

May 28, 2007, 19:37

me too if i get to meet them and have chance to talk to them i might do something stupid or look stupid

monnichi

May 29, 2007, 01:19

Well, writing a letter and meeting them differs, thanks, Amita, for adress, though I'm not sure if I have guts to write a letter either.. :bluush:
I would like to write more than "omg, I love you, you're my idol and you've changed my life!!", but then I don't even know what to write, as everything looks silly... I guess something similar would be meeting them in real, I would become so excited that either I couldn't say a word or say some nonsence that later I would be ashamed of.
P.S. that's probably the first time then I want to write fanmail, it surprises me that there have never been a band that I would have liked as much as I like Dir en grey.

Bloodlust

May 29, 2007, 01:25

I could meet them. I'm entirely too cool to lose it:cool: ... plus it takes a lot to embarrass me. I'd make a fool of myself and move on with my life. Not much different from every other day. I'd squeal on the inside, though.:blush:
Why is Shinya milking a cow?

Bloodlust

May 29, 2007, 01:37

my fave diru albums in exact order
1.tmoab
2.kisou
3.vulgar
4.withering to death
my fave non-album single is aint afraid to die-i love the 2 remixes esp the jazzy one,i just love kyo's voice
****random question:HAVE YOU WATCHED DEATH TRANCE COZ THE SOUNDTRACK FEATURES DIRU SONGS LIKE IIID EMPIRE,DEITY,INCREASE BLUE AND CLEVER SLEAZOID
nice film

I've not seen it, but I'm trying to buy it. Do you know how hard it is to find it in Canada!? I think I'm in the home stretch, though.

dakkii

May 29, 2007, 02:19

^if you find a site or something that's selling it, pass it along! <3

shinya's milking a cow... because he's shinya? XD no idea... silly dorks <3

ChildPrey

May 29, 2007, 02:41

I found the marrow of a bone in a cd-store this weekend... I WAS SO EXCITED ^__^ I just had to buy it, they had vulgar too, I think I'll buy that another day.... ^-^
I made a Shinya wall today ^-^
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f104/BlackGoddess_/shinya.jpg

Amita

May 29, 2007, 05:27

O-M-G---------
I L-O-V-E SHINYAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
V-E-R-Y COOL AND WELL DONE ChildPrey!!!!! (Imagine smiley here! They don't work for me)

I want to send a fan letter to them. Well, mainly to Shinya! :P
But I also want to add a small gift.....BUT I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING HERE THAT WOULD SUIT HIM (I might make 'him' to 'them'.....but I'm not sure yet!)!!!!!!!!!

pinkbuta304

May 29, 2007, 05:38

yeah i always want to send them fan mail and stuff that that might like but i have no clue what to send them. It's hard to decide what to send to your Gods ya know?

Amita

May 29, 2007, 05:41

lol ya it is very hard! I have so much to say to them, but when I get the chance (example, to send a letter), my mind goes blank!

I think it's would probably be best to talk about thier music though. Like your opinions on it and so on. That's what they do for a living, so I guess they'd probably like it if someone gave thier opinion about it.

Bloodlust

May 29, 2007, 10:55

^if you find a site or something that's selling it, pass it along! <3

shinya's milking a cow... because he's shinya? XD no idea... silly dorks <3

I went and asked at my local Blockbuster! The first time I went, the guy said he couldn't find it, then I went back one day and saw that they actually had it on the shelf! I went back to the counter and the new guy couldn't figure out why the other guy couldn't find it. It's not in my hands yet, but it's a start. CD Japan sells it, but I don't think it has subtitles and it's a zone 2. I couldn't find it at Amazon last time I was there. It's a hard one to get ahold of for some reason.

On the subject of gifts: If Shinya's dog is still alive (I'd make sure before I sent anything - might break his heart) you could get him something for him (her?). There are some adorable websites out there. Yes I dress up my dogs... stop laughing. My Pit Bull is gonna be a pink bunny this Halloween! Does that make me more scary? PM me and I'll put together some links if you're interested. Other than that, not a clue.

ChildPrey

May 29, 2007, 13:03

@ Amita: Thank you :]

I would also love to send them a fanletter, but I don't think I could find what to say, I have a hard time describing just why I love their music so much. It not that I dont know why it's just I can't describe it :P

BlackSoul

May 29, 2007, 21:19

@andie
ah sorry...that was a mistake!!! I watched the video again and the didn't talk about this tatoo...you can only see the "japanese zombie hero" tatoo
but if you want the video anyway tell me, I'll send it to you^^

writing a fan-letter to your stars is really hard. Cause you have such strong feelings for them, which you can't really express without sounding like a fool and I feel some kind of strange telling people that they mean so much to me, although they don't know me. In my fanletter to Aoi I wrote how much Gazette's music mean to me, in which way it changed my life and so on. I think the best thing is to try to describe your feelings and what their music means to you.
I would really like to spend a day with Diru, especially with Kyo. Although I adore Toto and Die, I think I could get along with Kyo the best. I have the feeling that our personalities (as far as I know his through songtexts and interviews) are very similar. But in fact I would just stand in front of them, not able to talk anymore :p

HitsugiMad4eva

May 30, 2007, 01:22

i love shinya hes adorable lol

ChildPrey

May 30, 2007, 02:08

i love shinya hes adorable lol
yes he is :D:D ^-^ ..

Amita

May 30, 2007, 04:11

I agree with HitsugiMad4eva and ChildPrey.

(nothing else needs to be said)

Saishu

May 30, 2007, 06:12

I met Die and Kaoru at the Family Values Tour last year and it really wasn't all that nerve-racking as I would have expected. Of course, there was only time for a quick handshake, but it was still weird to be face-to-face with people you've only seen on video.

Amita

May 30, 2007, 07:15

@ Saishu: WAHHHH YOU'RE SO L-U-C-K-Y!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really don't know what I'd do if I got the chance to even see Shiyna close up!....I might just stand there and drool!!!!

ChildPrey

May 30, 2007, 13:06

rechino

May 30, 2007, 13:32

oh, that's so cool. I'd love to be able to meet them, even if it's only a handshake ^-^

Yeah me too :( ofcours not only shake hand but hug too :p

ChildPrey

May 30, 2007, 13:58

Yeah me too :( ofcours not only shake hand but hug too :p

omg, that would be like a dream come true. I would probably faint, seriously. or I'd just shake .. haha

andie

May 30, 2007, 20:00

if ever i get the chance to handshake with them i probably might stare at my hands for a loooooooooooong time and i wont wash it ...maybe

monnichi

May 30, 2007, 23:17

Somehow I try not to dream too much of meeting with them, as it makes me want to cry when I think of my chances that such a thing would happen!! :souka:
I see quite many people here like shinya.. Actually he wasn't my favourite, especially in the beginning, mainly because of his girlish looks (sorry, sorry!!). But the more I watch dir en grey videos, the more I like Shinya, he is so into his drums while on the show... just comes one word -cool :blush: Of course, I'm not a specialist or anyone to tell if he plays well or not, I just like the sight of him playing, e.g. in the "it withers and withers" dvd, "obscure", "dead tree" :relief:

dakkii

May 31, 2007, 03:11

yea shinya is pretty crazy on the drums (welcome to the diru thread, monnichi!)... in the recent TV show exerpt thingy (the inward scream tour) he did something to his shoulder... i'm not sure if it was sprained or something else... but he kept playing for the whole tour.

BlackSoul

May 31, 2007, 06:10

@Saishu
wow, you're really lucky
I have really no idea how I would react, if I ever met them...I don't think I would scream or giggle...I think I would just stand there not able to say a word anymore^^...but I think I would try to act pretty normal, since I really respect them as persons AND as musicians!!!!

Shinya seems to forget anything around him while he's playing...but I think that's pretty normal for persons who love music and make music (I also forget sometimes the world around me while playing the guitar^^). It shows that he's serious with the music and that he loves it!!

semi~sweet

May 31, 2007, 07:22

monnichi~ yeah i know what you mean i was watching some videos of Dir en grey last night and my mom was watching with me and then out of no where she tells me "you know what your chances are of meeting them you need to get over it." and my mouth just dropped *sighs* my mom loves to crush my dreams

BlackSoul~ i get the same way when im singing it's like i just block out the whole world

andie

May 31, 2007, 20:04

i have dreamed of having a convo with die and can u imagine i also had a dream about gazette and diru on the same stage in a TV guesting..they were both uneasy in my dream until some crappy clowns came in.........

Liquid Fantasy

Jun 1, 2007, 06:58

^ In a way, that dream is funny...

^_^

Amita

Jun 2, 2007, 05:07

@ andie from my perspective, that's kinda funny, but if I had that dream, I'd be pretty upset and go on a clown-destroying rampage (maybe......I'm still kinda scared of them)

@ monnichi I love when Shinya plays the drums! I love how he moves his entire body as he plays (well most of his body)! In the PV for the Final (I'm in love with that PV) I love the way his hair goes flying in every direction (well not in EVERY direction)

dakkii

Jun 2, 2007, 11:41

hmmm... i vote.........

diru release another single RIGHT NOW. >_> *seriously impatient*

also, headline another tour in the USA ^_^ and they should bring a smaller jrock band to open for them! i nominate Sadie.

Amita

Jun 3, 2007, 06:24

oooooooohh! i nominate Sadie too!!!! But I wish they'd come to Canada again. They came last time....and I was kinda fighting with my parents so I couldn't go. But if you really think about it, they probably wont come back because not many ppl here are into J-rock. It's all 'gangsta' ppl. Also, they came when it was FREEZING. Now it's BOILING.....the weather's so messed up here.

Saishu

Jun 3, 2007, 06:38

I'm sure they'll come back to North America. Especially since Kaoru claims that tour is what sort of kept them from breaking up the band. Honestly, their music has changed to appeal to more than just the Japanese culture, so I think they'll be back.

[~Hitsugi_love~]

Jun 3, 2007, 09:28

Has anyone heard anything about Toshiya joining Yoshiki's new band??

My friend told me he'll be joining that band for a while... but not permanently

Liquid Fantasy

Jun 3, 2007, 09:35

^ Really? Never heard of that issue.

Amita

Jun 3, 2007, 09:44

....I've never heard of that eitherrrrrrr (pretend the R's a rrrrolling!!!)

MYV_ANCafe_Lover

Jun 3, 2007, 10:13

that better not happen.
toshiya should stay in dir en grey. i already lost miyavi to that band i dont wanna lose toshiya ><
although toshiya would be a good choice bc he kicks *** in bass, i still rather have him in diru. i cant imagine him anywhere else.

Liquid Fantasy

Jun 3, 2007, 11:33

I doubt that Toshiya would do that. He belongs to Dir en Grey.

MYV_ANCafe_Lover

Jun 3, 2007, 11:40

Yeah dir en grey has stuck together for a while and theyre still together.
10 years together is alot..

dakkii

Jun 3, 2007, 13:39

yea it makes sense toto would be recruited, since yoshiki is partially responsible for them getting popular/releasing gauze... plus he is kickass... plus even more people would show up to see him... it really IS a superband, huh? but totchi would only be a guest, and if anything interfeared with a diru tour, he would dump it. they have all stated that they are Dir en grey and Dir en grey only... i don't think they'll ever break up and do different stuff. Dir en grey is too strong for a follow-up.

andie

Jun 3, 2007, 14:59

Yeah dir en grey has stuck together for a while and theyre still together.
10 years together is alot..

yup,they have remained together for so long i am sure that their bond is thicker than water

[~Hitsugi_love~]

Jun 3, 2007, 22:06

Yea toshiya is still sticking with dir en grey he's only joining yoshiki's band for a little while. he's not leaving Dir en grey

then again i still don't know if this is true >__<
That's why i came here to as you guys XDD

monnichi

Jun 4, 2007, 00:11

Hmm, I don't like all that super band thing so I'd like Toshiya to stay with dir en grey only :p Anyway, this is really the first time I hear a thing like that so I guess it's only a rumour ( [~Hitsugi_love~], this is really the best place to look for real, official information :blush: )
Oh, diru working on a new single? Could someone give a link, I haven't seen that information anywhere... I wonder what they're going to change in style in the next releases, their music becomes harder and harder(well, not everything, but...), some softer sounds would be wonderful :-)
P.S. dakkii thanks for welcoming, seems like there are some really nice and interesting people here :wave: