I'm doing another 30 day thing because I'm bored, snagged this one off tumblr about 30 different songs.
"Kurenai" by X Japan ("kurenai" means "crimson" in Japanese). X Japan is THE epitome of Japanese rock music, they are wildly popular and sell out arena shows on a regular basis. Even though I've known about them for a very long time, I didn't get into them until recently. Their music is compositionally pretty simple, but X Japan has powerful and emotionally moving melodies and lyrics. Yoshiki has been suicidal throughout his life, and the lyrics are just very honest and poetic in a way that I think really touches the human condition, and they have really been a strength to me in recent times. One of my life's goals is to see X Japan, they came to California 3 years ago and played 2(!) Bay Area shows, but naturally, I was in Utah at the time (and not really a fan yet). They said they would come back soon. I'm still waiting...
X Japan songs are usually either a power ballad or a rockin speed metal song. "Kurenai" is both. Enjoy this classic...
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