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.
die
BUCK-TICK Lyrics
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全てを許したいと願えば
君は空から降り立つ
真実なんてものは
僕の中には何もなかった
生きる意味さえ知らない
あー星が 海泳ぐみたい
あー 楽しげに誘う様に
あの雲さえ越えてゆく
キラメクまでこの夜に
何処まで まだ飛べるだろう
疲れ果てたこの体
死ぬまではばたいていく
ここでお別れしようよ
悲しい事は何もないはず
軽く最後の kiss して
楽しい夢は終わる
まぶたを閉じて 永遠を感じて
肌に死と言うぬくもり
(夢じゃない)
あー 目覚めには 遠く深い
あー ここは何処
僕だれなの? 僕は突き抜ける
体はもう ちぎれそう
この声も この愛も
遠く消える 青い星
見つめては うつむいて
サヨナラ 全てのものよ
もう二度とは帰れない
生まれてきた あの海へ
遠く消える 青い星
見つめては うつむいた
サヨナラ 全てのものよ
The lyrics to BUCK-TICK's song "die" describe a narrator who longs for someone to come and help them find meaning in their life. They express a strong desire to be forgiven for all their actions and to return to a state of innocence. The singer has had trouble finding any truth or purpose in their existence, and they long for the night to provide some sort of solace - the stars swimming in the ocean are presented as a kind of visual metaphor for hope in the darkness. Ultimately, the singer resolves to die, finding relief in the notion that all their sorrows will come to an end.
Throughout the song, there are references to flight, as the singer imagines themselves flying away from earth and shedding their old self behind. There is also a sense of surrealism, as the singer wonders where they are and who they are. The concept of death is present throughout the lyrics, with the singer describing the warmth of death like a hug and referring to their voice and love fading away into the distance. The final lines of the song say goodbye to everything and everyone, forever heading towards an unreachable blue star on the horizon.
Overall, "die" is a powerful meditation on the search for meaning and the desire for release from pain. The surreal and poetic language creates a sense of detachment from reality, allowing the listener to experience the singer's emotions on a deeper level.
Line by Line Meaning
僕は両手を広げ
With open arms
全てを許したいと願えば
If I could only forgive everything
君は空から降り立つ
You'd descend from the sky
真実なんてものは
The truth is
僕の中には何もなかった
There's nothing inside of me
生きる意味さえ知らない
I don't even know the meaning of life
あー星が 海泳ぐみたい
The stars swim in the sea
あー 楽しげに誘う様に
Inviting with such happiness
夜は優しくて
The night is kind
あの雲さえ越えてゆく
I'll go beyond those clouds
キラメクまでこの夜に
Until this night sparkles
何処まで まだ飛べるだろう
How far can I still fly?
疲れ果てたこの体
This exhausted body
死ぬまではばたいていく
Will keep flapping until it dies
ここでお別れしようよ
Let's say goodbye here
悲しい事は何もないはず
There shouldn't be anything sad
軽く最後の kiss して
Giving a light last kiss
楽しい夢は終わる
The enjoyable dream ends
まぶたを閉じて 永遠を感じて
Closing my eyes and feeling eternity
肌に死と言うぬくもり
The warmth of death on my skin
(夢じゃない)
(This is not a dream)
あー 目覚めには 遠く深い
Ahh, awakening is so far away
あー ここは何処
Ahh, where is this?
僕だれなの? 僕は突き抜ける
Who am I? I break through
体はもう ちぎれそう
My body is about to be torn apart
この声も この愛も
This voice and this love
遠く消える 青い星
The blue star fades into the distance
見つめては うつむいて
Looking and then looking down
サヨナラ 全てのものよ
Goodbye, all things
もう二度とは帰れない
I can't go back again
生まれてきた あの海へ
To that sea where I was born
遠く消える 青い星
The blue star fades into the distance
見つめては うつむいた
Looking and then looking down
サヨナラ 全てのものよ
Goodbye, all things
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Atsushi Sakurai
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@user-di1cm5cz5j
あっちゃん
この曲の向こう側の
世界はどうですか？
お花に囲まれてますか？
こちらではあっちゃんを
惜しむ声、悲しむ声、そして
あっちゃんを讃える声と
涙で溢れてます。
この曲からちょうど30年
異空ツアーの本編ラストも
この曲でしたね。
まだまだ辛い日が続くけど
あなたの残してくれた
詞と声を力にして
肌に死というぬくもりを
感じるその日まで
生きていたいと思います。
どうもありがとう。
@user-wx7dh3vy8f
初めて買ったSCD。
今でも持ってる👍🏻
突然の訃報。
いまだに信じられません。
まさか数十年後にこんなかたちで聴く事になるなんて･･･😢
あっちゃん。
今迄ありがとう！！😊
これからもB-Tは聴くよ。
酒飲んでゆっくりして下さい。
“ 愛しのロックスター“ の
ご冥福をお祈り致します。
@yuunabe5718
私が生きることに絶望をしていた時、この曲を何度も何度も何度も聴きました。それが後押しをする訳ではなく、いつまでもこの曲に包まれていたいという気持ちになる不思議な曲です。この曲は私の絶望した気持ちを優しく包んでくれて守ってくれました。まだ現実を受け入れたくはありませんが、ありがとうございました。
@NEILAYINNETH
😢 sigues ahí? En este momento está canción está llenando mi kokoro ❤
@yuunabe5718
@@NEILAYINNETH Yo también siento lo mismo.
Gracias por preocuparte por mí.♡☺︎
@isabellamartina1845
This song has always been special to me. I hope death was as gentle to you as you describe it in this song.
Acchan.... I had tickets to see you for the first time in November. I started listening to Buck-Tick in 2017 when I was in university, and you got me through very hard times. I promised myself that when I graduated, I would work hard and my first trip would be to Japan to see Buck-Tick in person.
I have concert tickets and plane tickets now, after all this time. But I won't be seeing you.
I'm sorry I couldn't be there fast enough. Thank you for everything. I will keep listening to Buck-Tick forever.
@kj-ns8vo
あなたのコメントを読んでとても悲しい気持ちになりました。あなたの想いは櫻井に届いていると思います。強く生きていきましょう。
@ms.pirate
Whats "acchan"? I keep seeing that word everywhere
@kj-ns8vo
@@ms.pirate
"acchan" is Atsushi's nickname. We Japanese sometimes show affection by adding "chan" to our first names.
@meowsenses
😭😭😭😭😭
@user-bw4lz7jw7t
『die』がシングルで出た時はこう来たかと驚いたけど、今でも大好きな曲です。
初見の印象と変わらない、最後までずっとかっこいいままだったよあっちゃん。
このままどんなかっこいいロックスター爺ちゃんになるのか見ていたかったよね。
人生に彩りを添えてくれてありがとうあっちゃん。
そしてあなたの生み出した歌はこれからも、たくさんの今を生きる人の人生に寄り添う。
こんなに素敵なことはない。
本当にありがとう、おやすみなさい。
@u.k.h.b.4964
櫻井さんの訃報でBUCK TICKの曲を聴く気分になれなかったけど、この「die」を何故か聞きたくなって今聴いてます⋯
最後の「さよなら全ての者よ」がせつな過ぎる
まるでみんなにお別れを言っているようで⋯