BUCK-TICK and Atsushi Sakurai are considered to be a few of the founding fathers of the Japanese music genre/style movement "Visual Kei". Their groundbreaking landmark live concert performance "Climax Together '92" created a new standard within the Japanese music industry, and continues to influence artists style and performances to this day.
• Schwein (vocals, lyrics; 2001)
• solo album, "愛の惑星" (vocals, lyrics; "Ai no Wakusei"/"Planet of Love").
• solo concert "EXPLOSION- 愛の惑星2004" ("Explosion - Ai no Wakusei 2004"/"Explosion - Plant of Love 2004")
•starred in Ryuhei Kitamura's short film "Longinus"
IMDb listing for "Longinus": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448233/
• BUCK-TICK (vocals, lyrics; 1985-present) continues to produce albums and perform live concerts to this day.
Solo Releases:
• "愛の惑星" (CD. Album; "Ai no Wakusei"/"Planet of Love" ) Victor Entertainment Japan 2004
• "SACRIFICE" (CD, Single) Victor Entertainment 2004
• "胎児/SMELL" (CD, Single; "Taiji/SMELL"/"Embryo/SMELL") Victor Entertainment Japan 2004
• "惑星 -Rebirth-" (CD, EP; "Wakusei -Rebirth-"/"Planet -Rebirth-") Victor Entertainment Japan 2005
Appears On:
BUCK-TICK albums:
Hurry Up Mode (April 4, 1987)
Sexual XXXXX! (November 21, 1987)
Seventh Heaven (June 21, 1988)
Taboo (January 18, 1989)
Aku no Hana (悪の華, February 1, 1990)
Kurutta Taiyou (狂った太陽, February 21, 1991)
Darker Than Darkness -Style 93- (June 23, 1993)
Six/Nine (May 5, 1995)
Cosmos (June 21, 1996)
Sexy Stream Liner (December 10, 1997)
One Life, One Death (September 20, 2000)
Kyokutou I Love You (極東 I LOVE YOU, February 2, 2002)
Mona Lisa Overdrive (February 13, 2003)
13kai wa Gekkou (十三階は月光, April 5, 2005)
Tenshi no Revolver (天使のリボルバー, September 19, 2007)
Memento Mori (February 18, 2009)
Razzle Dazzle (October 13, 2010)
BUCK-TICK EP's:
Romanesque (March 21, 1988)
LTD (March 11, 1998)
BUCK-TICK Re-mixes:
Hurry Up Mode (1990 Mix) (February 8, 1990)
Symphonic Buck-Tick in Berlin (July 21, 1990)
Koroshi no Shirabe This Is Not Greatest Hits (殺シノ調ベ This Is NOT Greatest Hits, March 21, 1992)
Shapeless (シェイプレス, August 24, 1994)
BUCK-TICK Live Albums:
Sweet Strange Live Disc (August 12, 1998)
One Life, One Death Cut Up (March 28, 2001)
At the Night Side (April 7, 2004)
BUCK-TICK Compilation albums:
Catalogue 1987–1995 (December 1, 1995)
BT (March 20, 1999)
97BT99 (March 29, 2000)
Super Value Buck-Tick (December 19, 2001)
Catalogue 2005 (December 7, 2005)
BUCK-TICK Singles:
"To-Search" (October 21, 1986)
"Just One More Kiss" (October 26, 1988),
"Aku no Hana" (悪の華, January 24, 1990)
"Speed" (スピード, January 21, 1991)
"M・A・D" (June 5, 1991)
"Jupiter" (October 30, 1991)
"Dress" (ドレス, May 21, 1993)
"Die" (October 21, 1993)
"Uta" (唄, March 24, 1995)
"Kodou" (鼓動, April 21, 1995)
"Mienai Mono o Miyo to Suru Gokai Subete Gokai da" (見えない物を見ようとする誤解 全て誤解だ, September 21, 1995)
"Candy" (キャンディ, May 22, 1996)
"Heroine" (ヒロイン, November 12, 1997)
"Sasayaki" (囁き, March 11, 1998)
"Gessekai" (月世界, May 13, 1998)
"Bran-New Lover" (July 14, 1999)
"Miu" (ミウ, October 20, 1999)
"Glamorous" (September 6, 2000)
"21st Cherry Boy" (November 21, 2001)
"Kyokutou Yori Ai no Komete" (極東より愛を込めて, February 20, 2002)
"Zangai" (残骸, January 18, 2003)
"Gensou no Hana" (幻想の花, December 3, 2003)
"Romance" (March 2, 2005)
"Dress (Bloody Trinity Mix)" (ドレス(bloody trinity mix), April 2, 2005)
"Fuyuu -Kagerou-" (蜉蝣 -かげろう-, August 2, 2006)
"Rendezvous" (RENDEZVOUS ～ランデヴー～, June 6, 2007)
"Alice in Wonder Underground" (August 8, 2007)
"Heaven" (December 12, 2008)
"Galaxy" (January 14, 2009)
"Dokudanjou Beauty" (独壇場 Beauty, March 24, 2010)
"Kuchizuke" (くちづけ, September 1, 2010)
BUCK-TICK featured on Tribute Albums:
hide TRIBUTE SPIRITS (May 1, 1999)
Sirius -Tribute to UEDA GEN- (September 24, 2008)
ロマンチスト〜THE STALIN・遠藤ミチロウTribute Album〜 ("Romantist - The Stalin, Michiro Endo Tribute Album -") (December 1, 2010)
Videos:
"EXPLOSION - Ai no Wakusei" (December 16, 2004)
BUCK-TICK videos:
Buck-Tick Phenomenon Live at the Live Inn (September 21, 1987)
More Sexual!!!!! (February 21, 1988)
Sabbat I (April 21, 1989)
Sabbat II (April 21, 1989)
Sabbat 1&2 (April 21, 1989; re-release March 19, 2003)
Aku-no Hana (April 1, 1990)
M・A・D (June 5, 1991)
Buck-Tick (November 21, 1991)
Climax Together (December 2, 1992; re-release September 10, 2003; November 26, 2008)
Catalog 1987–1995 (December 1, 1995; re-release May 23, 2001)
Sweet Strange Live Film (August 12, 1998; re-release December 14, 2005)
Dream Box (November 26, 1999)
One Life, One Death Cut Up (March 28, 2001)
Picture Product (March 21, 2002)
Tour 2002 Warp Days 20020616 Bay NK Hall (December 4, 2002)
Picture Product II (June 25, 2003)
Climax Together Collector's Box (September 10, 2003)
Mona Lisa Overdrive -Xanadu- (December 3, 2003)
At the Night Side (April 21, 2004)
Akuma to Freud -Devil and Freud- Climax Together (December 22, 2004)
13th Floor With Diana (December 14, 2005)
Singles on Digital Video Disc (February 15, 2006)
Buck-Tick Fest 2007 On Parade (April 2, 2008)
Tour 2007 Tenshi no Revolver (May 7, 2008)
Memento Mori 090702 (December 23, 2009)
Tour 2010 Go on the "Razzle Dazzle" (April 6, 2011)
Also Appears on:
"思春期II -Downer Side" (CD, Album; "Shishunki II -Downer Side"), with Der Zibet , tracks: "マスカレード" ("Masquerade") Columbia Music Entertainment 1991
Flowers (CD, Album), with Issay , tracks: "恋のハレルヤ" ("Koi no Hallelujah") BMG (Japan) 1994
Wrecked (CD, Album), with PIG , tracks: "No One Gets Out of Her Alive" Wax Trax! Records, TVT Records 1997
No One Gets Out Of Her Alive (CD, EP), with PIG , tracks: "No One Gets Out of Her Alive" Victor Entertainment Japan 1998
森の人 (CD, album; "Mori no Hito"/"Forest People"), with Masami Tsuchiya , tracks: "真夏の夜の森" ("Manatsu no yoru no mori"/"A Mid Summer Night's Forest"), "小さな森の人" ("Chiisana mori no hito"/"Goblin Forest") Cross, Polydor K.K. 1998
Schweinstein (CD, Album) BMG (Japan) 2001
Son Of Schweinstein (CD, Album, Enh) BMG (Japan) 2001
Aphex Twin - 26 Mixes For Cash (2xCD) tracks: "In The Glitter Part 2..." Warp Records 2003
"懐古的未来 -NOSTALGIC FUTURE" (CD, Album; "Kaikoteki Mirai -Nostalgic Future"), with Der Zibet , tracks: "マスカレード" ("Masquerade") Sony Japan 2010
WONDERFUL WORLD
櫻井敦司 Lyrics
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きらめく ゆらめく ロマンの雫
ドクドク流れる 朝まで待てない
余りに稚拙な自分を恥じる
Wonderful 君が wonderful 僕が
Wonderful 生まれ wonderful 出会う
サタンは死ぬ気でやらなきゃダメさ
名もない 血も無い 兵士の手紙
最後の言葉は「愛するママへ」
Wonderful 君が wonderful 僕が
Wonderful 生まれ wonderful 出会い
やがて 溶けて 溶けて 消える
ロマンス無しでは生きてはいけない
センチメンタリズム 殺しの掟
サディズム無しではあんたはイカない
Fantastic, beautiful, I am a fool, wonderful!
Wonderful 君が wonderful 僕が
Wonderful 生まれ wonderful 出会い
やがて 溶けて 溶けて 消える
The lyrics to 櫻井敦司's song "WONDERFUL WORLD" depict a sense of urgency and longing for something more in life. The opening lines, "指立て 突き立て あなたに注ぐ" (Pointing, thrusting, pouring onto you), suggest a passionate and intense desire to connect with someone. The following line, "きらめく ゆらめく ロマンの雫" (Shimmering, flickering, drops of romance), further emphasizes the yearning for a romantic and fantastical experience.
The next line, "ドクドク流れる 朝まで待てない" (The heart beats, flowing, unable to wait until morning), reveals a feeling of restlessness and impatience. The singer is unable to contain their emotions and eagerly anticipates the fulfillment of their desires. This is followed by the confession, "余りに稚拙な自分を恥じる" (Feeling ashamed of my immaturity), indicating a sense of self-awareness and a desire for personal growth.
The chorus, "Wonderful 君が wonderful 僕が Wonderful 生まれ wonderful 出会う" (Wonderful, you are wonderful, I am wonderful, born wonderful, meet wonderful), celebrates the beauty and uniqueness of both the singer and the person they are addressing. It suggests that the individuals possess qualities that make them extraordinary and deserving of a wonderful life.
The second verse introduces a darker tone with the imagery of a bed by the mountains, and the reference to Satan and a soldier's letter to their mother. This juxtaposition of the mundane and the profound highlights the complexities of life and the inevitable confrontations with mortality and love. The line, "やがて 溶けて 溶けて 消える" (Eventually melting, melting, disappearing), implies the transient nature of existence, emphasizing the importance of cherishing the present moment.
The bridge emphasizes the importance of romance and sentimentalism in life, suggesting that without them, one cannot truly live. The mention of sadism adds an element of complexity, hinting at the darker aspects of human nature. The final line, "Fantastic, beautiful, I am a fool, wonderful!" encapsulates the conflicting emotions and desires within the singer, acknowledging the contradictory nature of life and love.
Overall, "WONDERFUL WORLD" explores themes of longing, self-reflection, and the fleeting nature of existence. It encourages embracing the beauty and uniqueness of oneself and others, and reminds us to appreciate the wonder and magic that life has to offer before it inevitably fades away.
Line by Line Meaning
指立て 突き立て あなたに注ぐ
I point, I thrust, pouring myself into you
きらめく ゆらめく ロマンの雫
Sparkling, shimmering drops of romance
ドクドク流れる 朝まで待てない
It flows intensely, can't wait until morning
余りに稚拙な自分を恥じる
I'm ashamed of my immaturity
Wonderful 君が wonderful 僕が
Wonderful, you're wonderful, I'm wonderful
Wonderful 生まれ wonderful 出会う
Wonderful, born wonderful, meet wonderful
ベッドの傍ら の山
The mountain beside the bed
サタンは死ぬ気でやらなきゃダメさ
Satan must do it with a deadly determination
名もない 血も無い 兵士の手紙
A nameless, bloodless soldier's letter
最後の言葉は「愛するママへ」
The last words are 'To my beloved mother'
ロマンス無しでは生きてはいけない
I can't live without romance
センチメンタリズム 殺しの掟
Sentimentalism, the law of killing
サディズム無しではあんたはイカない
You can't do without sadism
Fantastic, beautiful, I am a fool, wonderful!
Fantastic, beautiful, I am a fool, wonderful!
やがて 溶けて 溶けて 消える
Soon, melting, melting, disappearing
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Hisashi Suto, Atsushi Sakurai
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