This is the translation of the interview preceding L’Arc~en~Ciel’s performance of Joujoushi on Pop Jam. They were interviewed by Takanori Nishikawa, famous for his work as TMRevolution. This translation was first posted on my Livejournal, and I have spellchecked and edited it for posting here. <\/p>\n
Begin <\/b><\/p>\n
Takanori starts by commenting on how L’Arc came to Pop Jam two months in a row. <\/p>\n
Takanori to tetsu : I didn’t realize it right away, but you hardly said anything last time! You don’t talk enough.
\ntetsu : Yeah, I know. (smiles beautifully)
\nTakanori : What kind of beautiful friendship are we supposed to have then? (laughs)
\nSomeone off screen : He’s just being bitter (more laughing).
\nTakanori : I always have to call him first!
\n(to the other members) Does he ever call you?
\nhyde : No, not really. Maybe once a year. Sometimes a number will come up on my cell and I’ll have no idea who it is…
\nken : I have different ring tones for different numbers, so I NEVER hear his.
\nTakanori : And are you all OK with that?
\nyukihiro : Yeah…
\nken : (to yuki) You should really tell the truth…
\n(more laughing)
\nTakanori : What’s this? Sounds like a problem!<\/p>\n
First fan question : What was the first CD or record you ever bought ? <\/p>\n
hyde : Kamen Rider! I used to dream of being Kamen Rider as a kid.
\nhyde : I wore the costume and ran around town…
\nTakanori : With a cape? Like this?
\nhyde : Yeah… <\/p>\n
ken’s answer board : Anime soundtracks <\/p>\n
ken : But I totally don’t remember which anime, cause I had lots.
\nTakanori : I bet you’re one of those guys who has nothing but anime themes on his cell.
\nken : Yeah.
\nken : I buy as many as I can.<\/p>\n
At this point, it seems like yukkie thought he would be next, but no, it’s tetsu’s turn. <\/p>\n
tetsu’s answer board : Billy Joel’s Innocent Man <\/p>\n
tetsu : I think it’s the first thing I ever bought all by myself.
\ntetsu : But if you mean the first CD I had someone buy for me, then it’s Kamen Rider, too.<\/p>\n
Takanori : Ok, before Kamen Rider takes over, yukihiro-san’s?
\nyukkie’s answer board : Ippudo’s Sumire September Love
\nyukihiro : I saw it on TV. I thought it was cool, so I went to buy it.<\/p>\n
Next question : Girl : I’m in the tennis club, so I was wondering what clubs you were all in?
\nhyde : I did soccer… for three days.
\nhyde : I really liked soccer, so I wanted to play, and I joined the club, but balls kept flying at me, so I quit.
\nTakanori : Oh… I get it.<\/p>\n
tetsu : I was in the go-home-club. (1)<\/a><\/a> ken : Ping-pong club. yukihiro’s answer board : Track and field club <\/p>\n Takanori : I think that’s the odd one out. Most people don’t join that one. Takanori : When did you all start being interested in bands? Takanori : It all started with guitar, right? Takanori : And we’re out of time! <\/p>\n (quiet pause) <\/p>\n Takanori : Oh wait, it’s not over? Transcribed and translated by Natalie Arnold <\/p>\n This is the translation of the interview preceding L’Arc~en~Ciel’s performance of Joujoushi on Pop Jam. They were interviewed by Takanori Nishikawa, famous for his work as TMRevolution. This translation was first posted on my Livejournal, and I have spellchecked and edited it for posting here. <\/p>\n Begin <\/b><\/p>\n Takanori starts by commenting on how L’Arc came to Pop Jam two months in a row. <\/p>\n Takanori to tetsu : I didn’t realize it right away, but you hardly said anything last time! You don’t talk enough.
\ntetsu : I hated how they tried to tell me how to spend my youth.
\nTakanori : So you went against the current.
\ntetsu : Yeah, that’s right.
\nTakanori : Sometimes, they had really bad habits in those clubs, like when all the soccer players would share the same drink bottle… that’s not healthy.
\ntetsu : But I do like sports now. <\/p>\n
\nTakanori : Not baseball?
\ntetsu : He’s the best at ping-pong.
\nTakanori : Wow, awesome.
\nken : I thought of joining the soccer club, but they weren’t taking anyone that year, so they sent me to the tennis club, but I didn’t want to do that so I took the other one. <\/p>\n
\nyukihiro : But I liked it while I was there.<\/p>\n
\nhyde : About halfway through high school.
\ntetsu : Third year middle school.
\nken : When I was 20?
\nTakanori : That late??
\ntetsu : No way, you were with me before that.
\nken : Wasn’t I 20 then?
\ntetsu : No…
\nken : I thought it was at 20…
\nTakanori : Shaddup! What about yukihiro?
\nyukihiro : In high school, I think.<\/p>\n
\nken : (checks with tetsu) Yeah, guitar.
\nTakanori : So you played guitar just so you could be in a band?
\nken : Well, I played a little before that.
\ntetsu : He was awesome at it.
\nTakanori : Were you playing to impress the high school girls who liked music?
\nken : We played heavy metal.
\nTakanori : Oh… (laughing)
\nken : I took lessons until I was in middle school, then around second or third year I started liking heavy metal, and played nothing but that ever since.
\nTakanori : Without a band?
\nken : Right.
\nhyde : I started with guitar too. Heavy metal guitarist.
\nTakanori : Well me too, but not heavy metal…
\ntetsu : That’s cause of our age gap!
\nhyde : I liked fast-paced guitar music. <\/p>\n
\n(all laugh)
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