What this video doesn't show, is that even after it cuts off, the crowd was still singing for over 10 more minutes after the members walked off the stage
That was from their farewell tour. That's why it was super emotional. They have some kick-ass fast songs as well. Kurenai is a good one. Silent Jealousy is awesome. Yoshiki, the drummer/pianist also has a classical music career, and writes and composes for Television and Movies, runs a fashion line, a jewelry line, as well as writing the lyrics and music for X-Japan.
@@AX7razor they came back together in 2008 they were apart for a little over 10 years they wouldn't have split but the vocalist joined a cult he is just too nice for his own good he literally donated every bit of his money to charity and was literally starving himself
Bro, this band is epic. Gene Simmons himself said this: If these guys was born in USA, X-japan would be the bigger heavy metal band of the earth. You have to try some heavy stuff like kurenai or art of life. Please 😬
R.I.P hide :( (for Alex, hide is the guy with the pink hair, and neon colored clothes, he died shortly after the band called it quits in 1997, and listening to X Japan always make me emotional, cause he was a genius)
=maD.Doc:. Until now after 20years of his passing I still can’t believe he is far gone.. feel like a yesterday. Even Yoshiki missed hide every single day.. 😔😔😢
This was the first live I have seen from X Japan, too. I was like, why are they so sad, why is this so emotional? This was their very last concert, after the singer Toshi announced his departure from the band. He was pulled into a brainwashing cult that hammered into him that rock music was evil and they literally beat him up and humiliated him. Their emotions here at this concert were all genuine sadness. 5 months later, the pink haired guitarist, Hide, in the neon suit died tragically. 10 years later the band reunited, with a new guitarist, Sugizo. The vocalist fortunately got out of the cult and realized he was tricked into it all. They still exist and tour, they recorded a song for SAW IV, called I.V. and Yoshiki (the pianist and drummer) is now composing music for the new Vin Diesel xXx movie. They are an awesome band, and their fasts, heavy songs are incredidbly good, too. Kuenai, Weekend, Rose of Pain, Scars, Dahlia, Rusty Nail... They have a dual identity, because heavy metal is just one part of it. Yoshiki's ballads are incredibly beautiful and heart-wrenching.
I know this was 3 years ago but IV was the first song I heard from them back then and went down the rabbit hole of songs. Love em so much. I recall actually seeing a song on a ddr game or something similar.
I get teary eyed when I hear this version. Just how the band gets all somber in the realization that this is their last show together. And the audience singing them off. Amazing.
I discovered them many years ago and imagine my shock to find out that the greatest band in Rock/Metal wasn't known AT ALL in europe and the US. Please react to some of their heavy stuff too! Kurenai, Weekend and of course their magnum opus ART OF LIFE. And btw your reactions are among THE BEST on youtube. Seriously. Open, Respectful, fun. Really great, man.
Probably cause it was something someone else requested. Endless Rain is a popular one, he normally just goes off the most popular song choice from comments. Still... Art of Life needs a reaction.
I went into this video with such a skeptical, negative attitude. Then I heard the song....now I'm listening to it in my kitchen while I make stuffed peppers. Alex, you introduced me to a new band! Thanks, bruh!!!
私は日本人ですが「X-JAPAN」の音楽が人生の中で一番好きです！！動画投稿ありがとうございます（Google翻訳） I am Japanese, but the music of "X-JAPAN" is my favorite in my life! ! Thank you for posting a video (Google translation)
I know he has a talent for that ^^ Also happended with dream theater and fallen is also one of the "slower" songs from volbeat. And he hasn't even revisited dream theater since then, but promised it for volbeat...
Strangely for Yngwie I'd recommend some non-so-metal stuff... The concert with the japanese philharmonic orchestra is my favourite music from him.... th-cam.com/video/IoZrblh2r3w/w-d-xo.html
After watching this reaction... I checked on their documentary video... I was sooo sad to see HIDE the lead guitarist died or more like killed himself just after 5 months from this farewell concert... I almost immediately connected.with him... I didnt know them at all but still I felt so much pain... you should react to more of their songs... and thank you for introducing to them X JAPAN..
That was the end of a very special thing. X Japan spearheaded and defined an entire movement of music in a very conservative country. At the time of that video it was their final concert. I believe they have the most sellouts at the Tokyo dome. Also, it wasn't long after that that the guy in the yellow suit passed away. RIP HIDE.
@@johanneswarn5488 dont know if its suicide because iirc Yoshiki used the same technique as Hide to exercise. Yoshiki said that maybe Hide was doing it wrong and then...
@@jeppyjep It could have also been auto erotic asphyxiation gone wrong which I tend to lean more towards. I don’t believe he was suicidal but he was an adventurous fellow
Hide used a neck stretching exercise that used a towel tied around your neck and on a doorknob. Hide had tried doing it while drunk and he passed out and died in his sleep.
You can bet. The guy with pink hair and yellow suit was Hideto Matsumoto, aka "Hide", "Pink Spider" but knows as "Hide". Guitarist, composer, singer, producer.. a true music genius with his own solo career besides X-Japan. Also a nice person. Blood and marrow donor he visited regularly children hospital and a lot more. Sadly he died in 1998 with only 33 years (suicide, accident... nobody is really sure). The piano and drums was performed of course by Yoshiki: compositor, founder and leader of X-Japan. Of course he is good playing the piano, he starts to learn at the age of four. He is a great composer, even music for orchestra. X-Japan is more "speed metal", "power metal" even "symphonic metal". This song is a ballad, others are more "metal" of course Yoshiki have even his own comic "Blood Red Dragon" created by Stan Lee and Todd Mc Farlane (no joke, chek yourself) and even a documental about X-Japan th-cam.com/video/YMw1ObQuhNk/w-d-xo.html
We are X, so many good songs that no one in the west got to hear. They were and are still the "real deal" ROCK STARS. Something we haven't had in North America for some time. Rusty Nail, Jade, Say Anything (the ultimate song of heart break), like I said the list is endless. I just pulled out my old albums and started listening to them again, I forgot how really good they were. Side note: I saw Babymetal in the UK and it gave me the same feeling from when I first saw X. You might want to react to Road of Resistance and No Rain No Rainbow Legend S.
X Japan is Japanese musical royalty! Such a huge and epic sound and they’re all legends in their own rights! They’ve had a fascinating, tragic and incredible history from the start. RIP hide! 🖤
Proof music is universal. I didn't understand a word but I could feel the emotion, the love, the sadness through the song and the crowd. I could tell this was something epic for them. Then I read the comments down below and found I was right. Epic performance and a great video. Truly inspirational. Great Job!
There is so much drama going on during this performance. It really adds an element to this video. Knowing the emotional torture that each is going through in this moment. If you have a chance watch the documentary We Are X. It’s an amazing story. I was fortunate to see them at Madison Square Garden. What a great show.
This was a super emotional masterpiece. If u know the history, it was their last live before they disbanded. And as you can see, their fans want them to go on. A very sad year.
Aaaaaaand you managed to pick one of their ballads lol. You should try Kurenai or "X" from this same concert to really see what they can do. You can see from this though exactly how impactful this band is to their fans. I'll never stop asking for "Art of Life" from 1993 though.
I was stationed in Japan right after they released their follow up album Jealousy. They were HUGE. The song X is still one of my favorites. “Say Anything” was another big hit. Most of their stuff is quite heavy. Yoshiki (pianist in this vid) is an insane drummer. He used to always wear a neck brace when he played. The guitarist in the Yellow is Hide. He drank himself to death about 5 months after this farewell show.
You should check out Galneryus. It's japanese power metal. It's a mix between Dragonforce guitar work and some of the more melodic and epic songs you've listened to recently. You could check out Angel of Salvation or TTFB :)
I'm hoping he gets to Versailles - History of the other side (but really any of there tunes). Galneryus is very talented, but I feel there songs are a bit to generic power metal.
@@Zandman26 I agree. They are amazing but I've only gotten into a few of their songs. Versailles I love nearly every song they've made. I might be biased because Ive been their fan much longer. But then again I feel similar about Jupiter as I do Galneryus.
This was from their farewell concert when X-Japan disbanded in 1997. They've reunited 10 years later and been making concerts and world tours, including performance in Madison Square Garden! Please react to their epic 30-minutes song Art of Life -- video here th-cam.com/video/SP8L-Nw3hNE/w-d-xo.html
Speaking of Japan......Maximum the Hormone - Zetsubou Billy! Just in case you don't have any bands that start with Z, you can do a song that starts with Z :)
More of X-Japan: Kurenai, Rose of Pain, Blue Blood, Art of Life, Weekend,... Please hear some Dir en grey songs lol :P Yoshiki from X-Japan discovered and produced the first albums from this band.
You need to watch "We Are X". Incredible biography. You get to see so much chaos in the band yet write some of the most incredible music. Definitely worth the sitdown.
This was the farewell concert. The last time also that they shared the stage with the Neon Pink Guy you mentioned. He died from suicide(alleged). That's why if you look back at this video, you can see their sadness. And feel it too. Damnit T.T
After the band left the stage, the audience continued singing the chorus for almost 10 minutes until they changed their clothes and came back to play the next song.
Only two Japanese bands have been invited to the Lollapalooza Rock Festival in the past 15 or so years: X-Japan and the all-female Band-Maid. Band-Maid’s latest album Epic Narratives came out a little over a week ago. Like X-Japan, Band-Maid brilliantly play the full range from melodious ballads to very hard rock.
X JAPAN is, to this day, one of my favorite bands of all time. This song is likely their biggest hit and is the most famous of their ballads. They wrote a lot of fast, shredding songs too. I'd be happy to recommend several.
@@AlphaXbot Are you serious? Oh man sorry. I didn't know. Wow I wish I knew about them before. Well that makes sense. You never get to hear beautiful classical songs like this anymore today. Thank you for the info.😉
@@ericaespinosa4030 Hey no problem, sadly from what I've researched you can't find alot of their songs anymore. There's only 1 album on spotify but I know there's at least 1 other one so I cant be certain how much music they really made
You should look deeper into the Japanese metal scene, lots of heavy and power metal stuff definitely worth looking into. Banger TV did an episode on it.
I still remember the first time I watched this performance. I cried like a bitch. The feels, the emotion, the story behind this live, disbandment, Hide deaths. Oh man... The Best Live Ever, for me.
This song mean so much. This is the last song in thier last live show before disband. That's why the audians sing the Endless Rain in endless way, they don't want show end.
Love your channel alex and your journey through metal music man....bought one of your ozzy thanks for my fiance....she loves booths ozzy and dogs thanks....keep it up with the awesome reaction videos.....wish you the best....have a dope ass day man 😀
This was the Last Live Concert, hence the emotional look on the band’s faces. Especially this emotional song and the reason why the crowd keeps on singing, they don’t want it to stop. The guy playing the piano is their drummer and the drums played here are simply backtracks. He’s a very talented pianist and songwriter. A few months after this, Hide (the neon guitarist) died or killed himself, it’s not fully known which one it is. Makes it extra emotional, i always get the chills when hearing this song
I was lucky enough to score tickets for the first night of the 3 Blood Red Nights concerts last year. Absolutely fantastic show, my first time seeing them live after being a fan for 20 years. Yoshiki was absolutely drained at the end, collapsed on the floor.
Finally X Japan, and the song you choose is ENDLESS RAIN? .... Bah! Sorry for my outburst, but if you ever decide to do X Japan again, please go with "X (The Last Live)". Trust me! Way better representation of this band.
1000% I always say Endless Rain isnt the best choice for getting into X Japan. Especially this performance. I remember watching it without knowing the band properly. Not as emotional and impactful like it is now. To me it still strikes a chord.
That's not like any other version of Endless Rain. It's their last song on their setlist for their best show ever before they split. If you have to listen a version of Endless Rain, you have to listen this one first.
@@RoseOfNight nah weaboo reacted to weekend for his first x Japan song and 1. The comments were mostly saying it wasn't a good start and 2. It took him a year or something like that to hear their next song, endless rain and it blew him away.
The song was written by Yoshiki, the pianist and former drummer, about his Dad who committed suicide when Yoshi was ten years old. Sadly Hyde, pink hair-neon outfit committed suicide a few months after this performance.
xJapan is the biggest band ! Ur reaction was everything .. xjapan totally got u .. and the guy in the yellow suit is Hide ... the greatest guitar player who walked this earth !!!!!!
Thank, X Japan ist my favorite band. In Octobre 11, 2014 see the band in the MSG in New York in this song is increble. Thankisssss WE ARE X , HELLO FROM PUERTO RICO.
The reason why they stopped playing and just sat there, is because this was their last song and last performance of the farewell tour. The crowd didn't want them to leave the stage, so they kept singing the chorus. This band is like a religion, the fans love them so much and they love them back.
React to BAND MAID -dice,moratorium,yolo,real existence,play,non fiction days ...and so many songs are there..there songs are so catchy..good band you should react to it..IT IS MY FAVOURITE BAND...
So very sad for Hide (the eclectic guy with yellow dress and pink hair), an excellent self-taught guitarist, died too young and in a tragic way few months later that tour. That live is excellent
I subscribed to you near a year ago and never saw this reaction. o_O And It´s so hard for me to hear this most beautiful song and live crowd ever (for me)... The split of the band and the death of Hide ripped me apart and I stoped listen to X Japan Music after all of this. I just was to young to cope with it.... So now, 20 years later and I still feel the pain and cried so much while I'm watching this Video and your reaction. R.I.P Hide
The guy on piano is Yoshiki, he is the soul of X Japan. Although he’s a classically trained pianist, he primarily plays the drums (not to mention he’s the primary, if not sole, composer for the group). He goes SO HARD on the drums (for many years now) that he has permanent damage to his neck, back, and arms!!! The doctors have told him many times he should quit playing, but he won’t!! There’s a 2016 documentary called “We Are X” that you should watch. It was on Netflix, not sure if it still is or not. Yoshiki is what some call a “tortured soul”. Watch the documentary, you’ll see what I mean.
What this video doesn't show, is that even after it cuts off, the crowd was still singing for over 10 more minutes after the members walked off the stage
WOT?! wow, the crowd has so much respect for their last live. X 4ever!
そう、XJAPANは観客と一体です😊
That was from their farewell tour. That's why it was super emotional. They have some kick-ass fast songs as well. Kurenai is a good one. Silent Jealousy is awesome. Yoshiki, the drummer/pianist also has a classical music career, and writes and composes for Television and Movies, runs a fashion line, a jewelry line, as well as writing the lyrics and music for X-Japan.
Kurenai!! Love that song!!
RIP Hide :\
Wow man, didnt know that it was their farewell tour! The song was awesome!
@@AX7razor It wasn't even a tour, just this one concert
@@AX7razor they came back together in 2008 they were apart for a little over 10 years they wouldn't have split but the vocalist joined a cult he is just too nice for his own good he literally donated every bit of his money to charity and was literally starving himself
Bro, this band is epic. Gene Simmons himself said this: If these guys was born in USA, X-japan would be the bigger heavy metal band of the earth. You have to try some heavy stuff like kurenai or art of life. Please 😬
Who cares about what that fucker has to say
i believe thyre not heavy metal. more like power metal..
"Gene Simmons *HIMSELF*"
Like if this guy was actually relevant in anything LOL.
@@JeffreyBezeau From most of what I heard, it sounds rather unusual for him to praise someone that is not Gene Simmons though :D
Argal von Bregev “That Gene Simmons guy is pretty good” - Gene Simmons
R.I.P hide :( (for Alex, hide is the guy with the pink hair, and neon colored clothes, he died shortly after the band called it quits in 1997, and listening to X Japan always make me emotional, cause he was a genius)
He will die after five months. Nobody would have expected it
Sadly yes. Way too soon
:(
HIDE forever X
=maD.Doc:. Until now after 20years of his passing I still can’t believe he is far gone.. feel like a yesterday. Even Yoshiki missed hide every single day.. 😔😔😢
This was the first live I have seen from X Japan, too. I was like, why are they so sad, why is this so emotional? This was their very last concert, after the singer Toshi announced his departure from the band. He was pulled into a brainwashing cult that hammered into him that rock music was evil and they literally beat him up and humiliated him. Their emotions here at this concert were all genuine sadness. 5 months later, the pink haired guitarist, Hide, in the neon suit died tragically. 10 years later the band reunited, with a new guitarist, Sugizo. The vocalist fortunately got out of the cult and realized he was tricked into it all. They still exist and tour, they recorded a song for SAW IV, called I.V. and Yoshiki (the pianist and drummer) is now composing music for the new Vin Diesel xXx movie. They are an awesome band, and their fasts, heavy songs are incredidbly good, too. Kuenai, Weekend, Rose of Pain, Scars, Dahlia, Rusty Nail... They have a dual identity, because heavy metal is just one part of it. Yoshiki's ballads are incredibly beautiful and heart-wrenching.
I know this was 3 years ago but IV was the first song I heard from them back then and went down the rabbit hole of songs. Love em so much. I recall actually seeing a song on a ddr game or something similar.
Watching this you'd never think that the guy playing the piano is also one of the wildest drummers in the history of speed metal :D
海外の人がXを共感してくれて、鳥肌までたってくれて。国を越えて感動を共有できる今に感謝したいです。Xを選んでくれてありがとう！Special Thanks!
My dude. You NEED to see Art of Life - X Japan to get the full experience (plus the metal!)
30fuckingminutes!!!!!!
And those keys!
It has to be the live version too.
this guy always pick the most random songs.... x japan had so much to offer and he decided for this one
best song ever written.
I get teary eyed when I hear this version. Just how the band gets all somber in the realization that this is their last show together. And the audience singing them off. Amazing.
X JAPAN's 'The Last Live' in 1997, which is still the one of the five most fantastic live music tour in my mind.
I discovered them many years ago and imagine my shock to find out that the greatest band in Rock/Metal wasn't known AT ALL in europe and the US. Please react to some of their heavy stuff too! Kurenai, Weekend and of course their magnum opus ART OF LIFE.
And btw your reactions are among THE BEST on youtube. Seriously. Open, Respectful, fun. Really great, man.
Love this song. But, you HAVE to react to their Magnum Opus "Art of Life" by X Japan. Nice, long and speedy.
A great track for sure, especially since he likes the keys
I was about to post this as well... please react to this.
lol he's like ''lets react to Japanese metal'' immediately picks their most popular classical ballad ---- complete fail
Probably cause it was something someone else requested. Endless Rain is a popular one, he normally just goes off the most popular song choice from comments. Still... Art of Life needs a reaction.
but this song is a freaking masterpiece all their songs are
I went into this video with such a skeptical, negative attitude. Then I heard the song....now I'm listening to it in my kitchen while I make stuffed peppers. Alex, you introduced me to a new band! Thanks, bruh!!!
Thats why i subbed to him :)
Try Art of Life, Silent Jealousy or Kurenai ... .. all of X old Stuff is Killer!
You might like Without You by them
私は日本人ですが「X-JAPAN」の音楽が人生の中で一番好きです！！動画投稿ありがとうございます（Google翻訳）
I am Japanese, but the music of "X-JAPAN" is my favorite in my life! ! Thank you for posting a video (Google translation)
居たー
RIP Hide
Chaz Hartwayne you know about Hide wow！
We are X!
Ahhhhhhh!!!! You pick the slow song.... could you try Kurenai or art of life for the next time
or X, or Orgasm, or Rusty Nails
I know he has a talent for that ^^ Also happended with dream theater and fallen is also one of the "slower" songs from volbeat.
And he hasn't even revisited dream theater since then, but promised it for volbeat...
Art of life would be awesome XD
XJapan is Art Of Life
Art of life from Last Live only
[Y] *Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond the Sun* LIVE or *Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force*
Strangely for Yngwie I'd recommend some non-so-metal stuff... The concert with the japanese philharmonic orchestra is my favourite music from him.... th-cam.com/video/IoZrblh2r3w/w-d-xo.html
Rising Force!
Glad to see someone else requesting this.. I've only been commenting this on every video.. I hope he does it
Or Icarus Dream
Yngwie Malmsteen would be filed under 'M'.
Why do people not understand this?
maximum the hormone-what's up people
Yes!!!+
Yesss
Second this! Hefner YOU NEED TO REACT TO MORE VISUAL KEI'S AND JAPAN METAL!!!!
@@christopherjohnferrer3771 Dir En Grey would be a good place to start.
I agree completely with MTH. I personally think Yoshu Fukushu would be a great introduction video for them.
After watching this reaction... I checked on their documentary video... I was sooo sad to see HIDE the lead guitarist died or more like killed himself just after 5 months from this farewell concert... I almost immediately connected.with him... I didnt know them at all but still I felt so much pain... you should react to more of their songs... and thank you for introducing to them X JAPAN..
That was the end of a very special thing. X Japan spearheaded and defined an entire movement of music in a very conservative country. At the time of that video it was their final concert. I believe they have the most sellouts at the Tokyo dome. Also, it wasn't long after that that the guy in the yellow suit passed away. RIP HIDE.
If i remember correctly wasn’t it a rumored suicide? Many years ago i read about it so i could be wrong
@@johanneswarn5488 dont know if its suicide because iirc Yoshiki used the same technique as Hide to exercise. Yoshiki said that maybe Hide was doing it wrong and then...
@@jeppyjep It could have also been auto erotic asphyxiation gone wrong which I tend to lean more towards. I don’t believe he was suicidal but he was an adventurous fellow
Hide used a neck stretching exercise that used a towel tied around your neck and on a doorknob. Hide had tried doing it while drunk and he passed out and died in his sleep.
You can bet. The guy with pink hair and yellow suit was Hideto Matsumoto, aka "Hide", "Pink Spider" but knows as "Hide". Guitarist, composer, singer, producer.. a true music genius with his own solo career besides X-Japan. Also a nice person. Blood and marrow donor he visited regularly children hospital and a lot more. Sadly he died in 1998 with only 33 years (suicide, accident... nobody is really sure).
The piano and drums was performed of course by Yoshiki: compositor, founder and leader of X-Japan. Of course he is good playing the piano, he starts to learn at the age of four. He is a great composer, even music for orchestra.
X-Japan is more "speed metal", "power metal" even "symphonic metal". This song is a ballad, others are more "metal" of course
Yoshiki have even his own comic "Blood Red Dragon" created by Stan Lee and Todd Mc Farlane (no joke, chek yourself) and even a documental about X-Japan
th-cam.com/video/YMw1ObQuhNk/w-d-xo.html
X JAPANを紹介してくれてありがとう！
thank you (^ ^)
We are X, so many good songs that no one in the west got to hear. They were and are still the "real deal" ROCK STARS. Something we haven't had in North America for some time.
Rusty Nail, Jade, Say Anything (the ultimate song of heart break), like I said the list is endless. I just pulled out my old albums and started listening to them again, I forgot how really good they were.
Side note: I saw Babymetal in the UK and it gave me the same feeling from when I first saw X. You might want to react to Road of Resistance and No Rain No Rainbow Legend S.
my fav song is Alive, simply brilliant classic rock
Both groups definitely give you emotional experiences with their songs. Lots of emotionally charged songs.
英語が全くわからないけど、XJAPAN最高だよね～❤️
Please checkout Rusty Nail (live) by X Japan. It's a rocker !!!
How about silent jealousy?
@@brain.damage Awesome song !!!
My favorite is "Orgasm", which is THE heavy metal song!
Rusty Nail is just a pop song. The song in X is more rock than X japan.
My fav is Stab Me In The Back. So aggressive and thrashy.
X Japan is Japanese musical royalty! Such a huge and epic sound and they’re all legends in their own rights! They’ve had a fascinating, tragic and incredible history from the start. RIP hide! 🖤
And advice: Don't listen to this drinking alcohol, believe me.
Never fails lol
i am doing this right now , getting very emotional super excited and super sad at the same time
It's dangerous in a depression... XD
i´m making this mistake right now
@@madavid214 that´s it
[Y] - Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond the Sun
and so what??
X Japan Weekend live 1990 you will be blown away by the outfits and musicality!!
Proof music is universal. I didn't understand a word but I could feel the emotion, the love, the sadness through the song and the crowd. I could tell this was something epic for them. Then I read the comments down below and found I was right. Epic performance and a great video. Truly inspirational. Great Job!
This is like the Japanese version of November Rain!
Naa .i.
I was getting some 90's Guns N' Roses vibes from this concert
Yes, but it was released before November Rain.
@@Jonas_æ Yes, they have quite a "Guns n Roses" Vibe sometimes, especially in the Epic ballads.
And "Purple Rain" of Prince !
日本の天才が集まってできたバンド。
それがXJAPAN。
日本一のバンド。いずれ世界一になるよ。
いいねぇ。その通り。
There is so much drama going on during this performance. It really adds an element to this video. Knowing the emotional torture that each is going through in this moment. If you have a chance watch the documentary We Are X. It’s an amazing story. I was fortunate to see them at Madison Square Garden. What a great show.
This was a super emotional masterpiece. If u know the history, it was their last live before they disbanded. And as you can see, their fans want them to go on. A very sad year.
Aaaaaaand you managed to pick one of their ballads lol. You should try Kurenai or "X" from this same concert to really see what they can do. You can see from this though exactly how impactful this band is to their fans.
I'll never stop asking for "Art of Life" from 1993 though.
XJAPAN見たらハマるに決まるじゃん...
X-Japan best rock band EVER. Also, I can't watch this performance without getting emotional. RIP Hide T_T
Especially forever love.Thats what toshi sang during his wake...☹️😢
There power metal not rock
I was stationed in Japan right after they released their follow up album Jealousy. They were HUGE. The song X is still one of my favorites. “Say Anything” was another big hit. Most of their stuff is quite heavy. Yoshiki (pianist in this vid) is an insane drummer. He used to always wear a neck brace when he played. The guitarist in the Yellow is Hide. He drank himself to death about 5 months after this farewell show.
You should check out Galneryus. It's japanese power metal. It's a mix between Dragonforce guitar work and some of the more melodic and epic songs you've listened to recently.
You could check out Angel of Salvation or TTFB :)
Angel of Salvation is bonkers
I'm hoping he gets to Versailles - History of the other side (but really any of there tunes). Galneryus is very talented, but I feel there songs are a bit to generic power metal.
@@Zandman26 I agree. They are amazing but I've only gotten into a few of their songs. Versailles I love nearly every song they've made. I might be biased because Ive been their fan much longer. But then again I feel similar about Jupiter as I do Galneryus.
This was from their farewell concert when X-Japan disbanded in 1997. They've reunited 10 years later and been making concerts and world tours, including performance in Madison Square Garden! Please react to their epic 30-minutes song Art of Life -- video here th-cam.com/video/SP8L-Nw3hNE/w-d-xo.html
Speaking of Japan......Maximum the Hormone - Zetsubou Billy! Just in case you don't have any bands that start with Z, you can do a song that starts with Z :)
Zao for Z
Yuushu fukushu by maximum the hormone. If you haven't heard this go give it a listen people!!!!
That's the last song at that concert... After that concert, X-Japan got disbanded. But, they made reunion in 2008 & still active till now.
More of X-Japan: Kurenai, Rose of Pain, Blue Blood, Art of Life, Weekend,...
Please hear some Dir en grey songs lol :P Yoshiki from X-Japan discovered and produced the first albums from this band.
you had forgotten another slow ballad of theirs here - Forever Love
Silent jealousy,rusty nails
Dhalia?
Crucify my love, tears, longing ???
We are X
i have one question to ask you.....where is the violin part??you cut it out??
世界の人達、私が愛してる人見てくれて、ありがとう😊
You need to watch "We Are X". Incredible biography. You get to see so much chaos in the band yet write some of the most incredible music. Definitely worth the sitdown.
This was the farewell concert. The last time also that they shared the stage with the Neon Pink Guy you mentioned. He died from suicide(alleged). That's why if you look back at this video, you can see their sadness. And feel it too. Damnit T.T
After the band left the stage, the audience continued singing the chorus for almost 10 minutes until they changed their clothes and came back to play the next song.
Xがサムネにいたから来た
Only two Japanese bands have been invited to the Lollapalooza Rock Festival in the past 15 or so years: X-Japan and the all-female Band-Maid.
Band-Maid’s latest album Epic Narratives came out a little over a week ago. Like X-Japan, Band-Maid brilliantly play the full range from melodious ballads to very hard rock.
Now how about some Dir En Grey
Yessss. That or NUL, both great options imho
That was beautiful... I got prolonged chills when the crowd started singing. I'm gonna need to listen to this band a lot more!
Ma heart and eyes in tears when saw hide on screen.. 😔😢😢
X JAPAN is, to this day, one of my favorite bands of all time. This song is likely their biggest hit and is the most famous of their ballads. They wrote a lot of fast, shredding songs too. I'd be happy to recommend several.
children of bodom - oops i did it again
Mika Manninen up
Can stop my tears watching the last live everytime
now from "Endless Rain" over to BABYMETAL's "No Rain, No Rainbow"(live at Legend S)
such feels...
Thank you for choosing this song for me.( ᵕ_ᵕ̩̩ )This song was born in 1989.
Very nice, first time I've seen this. I'm so glad there is a band making old type of music like this. They are very good. It's beautiful
This band is actually almost 30 years old believe it or not.
@@AlphaXbot Are you serious? Oh man sorry. I didn't know. Wow I wish I knew about them before. Well that makes sense. You never get to hear beautiful classical songs like this anymore today. Thank you for the info.😉
@@ericaespinosa4030 Hey no problem, sadly from what I've researched you can't find alot of their songs anymore. There's only 1 album on spotify but I know there's at least 1 other one so I cant be certain how much music they really made
You should look deeper into the Japanese metal scene, lots of heavy and power metal stuff definitely worth looking into. Banger TV did an episode on it.
@@MaddDogg316 Well I know about Baby Metal. They rock. I like them a lot.
I still remember the first time I watched this performance. I cried like a bitch. The feels, the emotion, the story behind this live, disbandment, Hide deaths. Oh man... The Best Live Ever, for me.
You have done x Japan, babymetal and you have done bandmaid you are still to witness the best band from Japan maximum the hormone
FUCK YES
He is also missing Galneryus. And since he likes power metal recently it should be right up his alley ^^
I kinda like WagakkiBand, too.
THIS! Oh and Crystal Lake / Crossfaith !
Coldrain
This song mean so much. This is the last song in thier last live show before disband. That's why the audians sing the Endless Rain in endless way, they don't want show end.
love from Japan
Love your channel alex and your journey through metal music man....bought one of your ozzy thanks for my fiance....she loves booths ozzy and dogs thanks....keep it up with the awesome reaction videos.....wish you the best....have a dope ass day man 😀
Wow auto correct screwed me in that message lol...ozzy tanks and she both loves lol
Yngwie - I'll see the light tonight or I'm a Viking or Rising force
Disciples Of Hell
@@gregmarkel9528 that one is great too
This was the Last Live Concert, hence the emotional look on the band’s faces. Especially this emotional song and the reason why the crowd keeps on singing, they don’t want it to stop.
The guy playing the piano is their drummer and the drums played here are simply backtracks. He’s a very talented pianist and songwriter.
A few months after this, Hide (the neon guitarist) died or killed himself, it’s not fully known which one it is. Makes it extra emotional, i always get the chills when hearing this song
Y] - Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond the Sun
japan got Syu from Galneryus
I was lucky enough to score tickets for the first night of the 3 Blood Red Nights concerts last year. Absolutely fantastic show, my first time seeing them live after being a fan for 20 years. Yoshiki was absolutely drained at the end, collapsed on the floor.
Finally X Japan, and the song you choose is ENDLESS RAIN? .... Bah! Sorry for my outburst, but if you ever decide to do X Japan again, please go with "X (The Last Live)". Trust me! Way better representation of this band.
1000% I always say Endless Rain isnt the best choice for getting into X Japan. Especially this performance. I remember watching it without knowing the band properly. Not as emotional and impactful like it is now. To me it still strikes a chord.
@@haido9121 It's not a good introduction for this channel. I agree. Still an awesome performance for the fans.
That's not like any other version of Endless Rain. It's their last song on their setlist for their best show ever before they split. If you have to listen a version of Endless Rain, you have to listen this one first.
I'd say Weekend would be even better tho
@@RoseOfNight nah weaboo reacted to weekend for his first x Japan song and 1. The comments were mostly saying it wasn't a good start and 2. It took him a year or something like that to hear their next song, endless rain and it blew him away.
The song was written by Yoshiki, the pianist and former drummer, about his Dad who committed suicide when Yoshi was ten years old.
Sadly Hyde, pink hair-neon outfit committed suicide a few months after this performance.
Next time for X Japan "kurenai" or "art of life".Y - Yngwie Malmsteen "Rising Force"
xJapan is the biggest band ! Ur reaction was everything .. xjapan totally got u .. and the guy in the yellow suit is Hide ... the greatest guitar player who walked this earth !!!!!!
React to!!
DREAM THEATER - HOME
Best quality TH-cam: Dream Theater - Metropolis 2000: Scenes From New York [HQ]
Go to: 42:00!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
He just needs to react to Metropolis Part 2.
That Ozzy logo is dangerously close to copyright infringement. Check out Ozzy Osbourne latest logos...
The history behind this band is both impactful and very sad.
Thank, X Japan ist my favorite band. In Octobre 11, 2014 see the band in the MSG in New York in this song is increble. Thankisssss WE ARE X , HELLO FROM PUERTO RICO.
LASTLIVE…EndlessRain、、、、
hideちゃんこの時涙流しながら弾いてましたよね…
このEndlessRainはいつ見ても涙が…
hideちゃんが、ピンクヘアー…イエローハート…
外国人の方が分かってくれる、、
それはXファンとして嬉しいことです。、
This is my all time favorite live of all time. The emotion is so palpable you can almost feel it weigh down on you even from a screen.
It was in The Last Live
The reason why they stopped playing and just sat there, is because this was their last song and last performance of the farewell tour. The crowd didn't want them to leave the stage, so they kept singing the chorus. This band is like a religion, the fans love them so much and they love them back.
Yngwie Malsteen - Red Devil
Forever X ! R.I.P. Hide 🎸
React to BAND MAID -dice,moratorium,yolo,real existence,play,non fiction days ...and so many songs are there..there songs are so catchy..good band you should react to it..IT IS MY FAVOURITE BAND...
So very sad for Hide (the eclectic guy with yellow dress and pink hair), an excellent self-taught guitarist, died too young and in a tragic way few months later that tour. That live is excellent
*Stratovarius - Black Diamond* Also very good
This channel's just chilling with a good bro, and jamming out, love it!
Dir en Grey - Vinushka
私はこの時のライブに居た1人です笑
Omg endless rain?? You should react to X Japan "Rose of Pain" or "Art of Life"......MASTERPIECES!!!!!
I subscribed to you near a year ago and never saw this reaction. o_O And It´s so hard for me to hear this most beautiful song and live crowd ever (for me)...
The split of the band and the death of Hide ripped me apart and I stoped listen to X Japan Music after all of this.
I just was to young to cope with it....
So now, 20 years later and I still feel the pain and cried so much while I'm watching this Video and your reaction. R.I.P Hide
X Japan “Kurenai” from the Last Live. You must react to it. 👍🏻
The guy on piano is Yoshiki, he is the soul of X Japan. Although he’s a classically trained pianist, he primarily plays the drums (not to mention he’s the primary, if not sole, composer for the group). He goes SO HARD on the drums (for many years now) that he has permanent damage to his neck, back, and arms!!! The doctors have told him many times he should quit playing, but he won’t!!
There’s a 2016 documentary called “We Are X” that you should watch. It was on Netflix, not sure if it still is or not. Yoshiki is what some call a “tortured soul”. Watch the documentary, you’ll see what I mean.
Y=Yob. Epic doom metal from Eugene Oregon. Doom #2 or Ether are great starts that are easier to get into. But their longer stuff is truly epic.
Now HERE'S a suggestion. But most people here are entry-level plebs or people that never bothered to mature their tastes
Ball of malten lead would be a good choice too.
OneNoteRiff totally agree. Or Quantum Mystic. Or The Lie That Is Sin.
That was the last song that they performed because they officially disband after that. So the fan keep on singing because they don't want it to end.
Legend of japanes band love x-japan and rip hide and taiji 💖💖💖
Best song you've reacted so far
Rusty Nail or X are more like Metal
x japan has always been my favorite band....the music and the spirit are just so pure and beautiful....
Thought the (x) was going to be xandria. O well.
I love Xandria, but X Japan is far more important for him to listen to.
Alfadas fire xandria would be the 2nd choice
@@Frogmonkey095 Agreed 100%