The band members are 櫻井敦司 (Sakurai Atsushi) (vocals), 今井寿 (Imai Hisashi) (guitars, noises, electronics, vocals), 星野英彦 (Hoshino Hidehiko) (guitars, chorus), 桶口豊 (Higuchi Yutaka) (bass) and ヤガミ・トール (Yagami Toll) (drums).
BUCK-TICK's music has changed and evolved hugely over the course of their career. Their early work is what the Japanese call "positive punk". It used simple rhythms and chords, with the songs mostly in major keys and using some English words in the lyrics. Starting with 1989's TABOO, they experimented with a darker sound, which grew more mature with 狂った太陽 in 1991. darker than darkness style 93 delved into a harsher industrial rock sound which continued all the way up through Mona Lisa OVERDRIVE in 2003. With 2005's 十三階は月光, they deliberately adopted a "goth" concept, which they combined with a retro straight rock sound for the albums 天使のリボルバー (2007) and Memento Mori (2009). Their next album, 2010's RAZZLE DAZZLE, then incorporated many instances of dance-rock.
Some elements that persist throughout their music are resounding, jangling guitar chords, throbbing, prominent bass lines, harsh roars of electronically distorted noise, and ambivalent melodies that wander between major and minor keys, as well as Sakurai's distinctive rich baritone voice. Jrockrevolution described the band's style as having gone "from the bubbly sounds of pop to the buzz of electronic cyberpunk to lustful velvety goth to the smooth style of hard rock and back again". Sakurai, who is the main lyricist of the band, is famous for the erotic decadence of his lyrics, but he also often addresses existential psychological themes. His lyrics is also described as "dance in a daydream about reality". Imai, the main composer, has written many songs that read like science fiction stories, involving genetic engineering and computer hackers, but more recently has branched out into love songs.
As Josephine Yun describes them, in 'A Concise Report on 40 of the Biggest Rock Acts in Japan', "BUCK-TICK's music is smashed-together nuances of everything from Depeche Mode and New Order to U2 and The Knack. While wry, it can float and be nebulously melodic. [...] Masked in eye makeup, Atsushi looks and sounds possessed. BUCK-TICK was (and continues to be) and anomaly in the Japanese music scene, a tangle of goth rock diluted with synth and electronica. It's unhappy, dirty music, the musical equivalent of exploded soot and smoke."
BUCK-TICK and their members have performed with, for example, KMFDM, Soft Ballet, Luna Sea, Sheena Ringo, and The Yellow Monkey. The band members have also participated in different side-projects, such as Schaft, Schwein (Sakurai and Imai with Raymond Watts (PIG) and Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM)), and The Mortal.
TELEPHONE MURDER
BUCK-TICK Lyrics
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初めて言った言葉だった
ごまかす のがれる うらぎる
Shut in my heart
とまどう指先ふるえて
はげしいこどう おさえきれず
ささやく つぶやく うらぎる
Shut in my heart
TELEPHONE MURDER絶体絶命
もはや これまでさ
ダイヤル回せば
TELEPHONE MURDER絶体絶命
からまる電波で Dream is over
Woo No more tear drop
Woo Once more fantasy
浮かれた分だけ うそつく
予感が走る そんな夜で
ごまかす のがれる うらぎる
Shut in my heart
The lyrics to BUCK-TICK's song TELEPHONE MURDER speak of a desperate desire to confess something to someone, even if it's just an untruth. The first two lines, "Uso demo ii kara kikasete / Hajimete itta kotoba datta" (Even a lie is fine, just let me hear it / It was the first thing I said), express the idea that the singer is so overwhelmed by their feelings that they are willing to be dishonest just to express them. The lines "Tomadou yubisaki furuete / Hageshii kodou osaekirezu / Sasayaku tsubuyaku uragiru / Shut in my heart" (My fingers tremble in confusion / Unable to restrain my violent heartbeat / Whispering and muttering, I betray myself / Shut in my heart) further emphasize the singer's desperation. The song title, "Telephone Murder", and the lines "TELEPHONE MURDER zettai zetsumei / Mohaya kore made sa / Daiyaru mawaseba / TELEPHONE MURDER zettai zetsumei / Karamaru denpa de Dream is over" (TELEPHONE MURDER, life in the balance / It's come to this / Dialing the number / TELEPHONE MURDER, life in the balance / Caught in tangled radio waves, the dream is over), suggest that the situation is dangerous, and that the singer may be contemplating ending their own life.
The lines "Ukareta bun dake usotsuku / Yokan ga hashiru sonna yoru de / Gomakasu nogareru uragiru / Shut in my heart" (I'm lying only to the extent that I'm excited / On a night when I sense things running / Concealing myself, escaping, I betray myself / Shut in my heart) imply that the singer is possibly involved in a dangerous, exhilarating lifestyle, one that may involve danger and possibly illegal activities. However, they are also trapped, as their own feelings and guilty conscience simultaneously oppress and seduce them. The lines "Woo No more tear drop / Woo Once more fantasy" offer a glimmer of hope, a possible escape from the negative emotions that are dominating the song. However, the mention of "fantasy" suggests that the singer is either delusional or overly optimistic about their ability to escape their problems.
Line by Line Meaning
うそでもいいから聞かせて
Please tell me even if it's a lie
初めて言った言葉だった
It was the first words I ever said
ごまかす のがれる うらぎる
Concealing, escaping, and lying
Shut in my heart
My heart is trapped
とまどう指先ふるえて
My fingertips tremble in confusion
はげしいこどう おさえきれず
Unable to control my intense emotions
ささやく つぶやく うらぎる
Whispering and murmuring lies
TELEPHONE MURDER絶体絶命
Telephonic murder - hopelessness
もはや これまでさ
It's over now
ダイヤル回せば
If I dial the number
からまる電波で Dream is over
Dream is over with tangled signal
Woo No more tear drop
Woo no more tears to shed
Woo Once more fantasy
Woo, once again I fantasize
浮かれた分だけ うそつく
Telling lies to enjoy ourselves
予感が走る そんな夜で
In such a night where I feel a premonition
ごまかす のがれる うらぎる
Concealing, escaping, and lying
Shut in my heart
My heart is trapped
Contributed by Jordyn S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@user-ie3qz4cn6f
うそでもいいから聞かせて
初めていった言葉だった
ごまかす のがれる うらぎる
Shut in my heart
とまどう指先ふるえて
はげしいこどう おさえきれず
ささやく つぶやく うらぎる
Shut in my heart
TELEPHONE MUREDER 絶体絶命
もはやこれまでさ
ダイヤル回せば
浮かれた分だけ うそつく
予感が走る そんな夜で
ごまかす のがれる うらぎる
Shut in my heart
TELEPHONE MUREDER 絶体絶命
もはやこれまでさ ダイヤル回せば
TELEPHONE MUREDER 絶体絶命
からまる電波で Dream is over
Woo No more tear drop
Woo once more fantasy
Woo No more tear drop
Woo once more fantasy
Woo No more tear drop
Woo once more fantasy
Woo No more tear drop
Woo once more fantasy
Woo No more tear drop
Woo once more fantasy
Woo No more tear drop
Woo once more fantasy
@user-qm1nh9th1d
どうして髪の毛掻き上げてるところで、すぐカメラが見切れてしまうの！一番素敵な所なのに。
@user-xf6dg3hv1k
このライブ行った！
あっちゃん目の前で見て気絶しそうでしたw
あまりにもカッコ良くてw
@user-vm8kv4gp9b
1:55あっちゃん歌詞間違えててその後のごまかし方可愛い。
@user-gq5pu9ow6j
あぁ懐かしい。貴重な動画をどうもありがとうございます。感謝致します。BUCK-TICK最高😃⤴️⤴️
@user-yo7xt6rx5s
個人的には、この頃のあっちゃんが一番カッコよくて美しいと思う❤️
もちろん今もカッコいいのには変わりないです(#^.^#)
メンバーみんなカッコいい❤️
同じ時代に生まれてきてくれてありがとう❤️
@sadamitsushimizu
あっちゃん 美しい！
黒髪綺麗だなぁ
@vipper07120
安らかに…
一番好きな曲
@yumi178
❤
@atsukoatsuko
この歌聞いてて切なくなるw今井さん天才だなあ
@hi-zk3oh
BUCK-TICKはあっちゃんカツコいいんだけど何より演奏がかっこいいんだよ！