Anniversary Year 2009!!!!!
One month has already passed since the crazy concert at Tokyo Dome.
I really wish I could say that my body and mind are at ease,
and that I’ve been savoring days filled with silence, but I’ve been amazingly busy.
It feels like my legs might fall off and I might collapse,
but I’ve been pushing forward at full speed.
But time has passed since the show,
and my mind and the situation are gradually improving and moving forward.
Your voices and your existence bring me salvation, which I am so grateful for.
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I’ve been so unbelievably busy since this year began
that I haven’t really had the time to look at myself.
I’ve also neglected the series of blog posts that I write every year,
so I’m going to write one now.
I’m sure you all realize that 2009 is a very important turning point.
After all, it’s the fortieth anniversary of my birth!
I can’t believe it!
Getting older is suddenly a frightening thing…no matter how much you resist,
you’re powerless against the natural flow of things.
Forty years have passed since 1969,
which was in a sense a very important year both for me and for the world.
It was the year that men first set foot on the surface of the moon.
It was the year of Woodstock,
of anti-war movements, the hippy culture, of a new revolution of consciousness.
It was the year that John and Yoko got married,
and also a year of rock'n'roll that saw the debut of Led Zeppelin and King Crimson.
And the amount of fantastic music that is turning forty is almost endless:
Miles Davis’ “In a Silent Way” and “Bitches Brew,”
Frank Zappa’s “Hot Rats” and “Uncle Meet,”
David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,”
King Crimson’s “In the Court of the Crimson King,”
Led Zeppelin’s “Led Zeppelin” and “Led Zeppelin II,”
Sly & the Family Stone’s “Stand!,”
and The Beatles’ “Abby Road.”
It’s so hard to believe that all of these albums were born forty years ago!
They are all my eternal favorites, like gods to me…and they are all my age.
Thank you for raising me!
I’m going to respect you forever, to be addicted to music forever.
This year is also LUNA SEA’s twentieth anniversary!
Twenty years ago on May 29, the five of us stood on stage together for the first time.
I truly can’t believe that twenty years have passed since that day.
So much has happened since then.
We’ve gone through some crazy things, left our mark in various ways,
met all types of people, (sort of) become adults, and even had families.
The reason I and the other members have come so far is because
we were guided by LUNA SEA and by music itself.
From the bottom of my heart, I want to express my gratitude for the fact that
we are still making music with the same passion as before,
for all of the fans who have walked along with us on our journey,
for all of the people involved with the band, and for all of the members.
From now on, I want to continue treasuring the precious thing known as LUNA SEA,
to live together with it, and to share that deep emotion with you all.
Today, twenty years since it all began, I find myself in Taiwan.
Strangely enough, I’m here to take part in X JAPAN’s first concert in Taipei.
I don’t know if it’s fate or something inevitable, but my journey is certainly a turbulent one.
I haven’t played in Taiwan in a long time,
and together with my beloved Taiwanese fans
I’m going to have a blast at X JAPAN’s first show here.
Love,
SGZ
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