X JAPAN - Sadistic Desire REACTION!!!

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Artist: X Japan
Song Title: Sadistic Desire
KZbin Link:
(Original) • SADISTIC DESIRE 93'12.30
(HD) • Video
I DO NOT own any copyright. This is a reaction video and all opinions are those of myself.

[@jannatsiddique2744]

I have been an X Japan fan for 20+ years! I was studying overseas and I was having a huge identity crisis at the time. My parents (both Japanese, never lived in another country for life) didn't understand what I was facing at the time. X Japan has been singing whatever I was facing at the time and it was a huge stress relief for me!

[@oshare23]

Next kurenai . And silent jelousy and "X" a very intense song from them :)

[@user-hs8nt5vj3s]

X JAPAN is so lovely, always.

[@DAACNM]

X by X Japan is my favorite! I promise you’ll like it! 🤙🏽 btw, Yoshiki, the drummer is one hell of a drummer! And a classical pianist as well 😊

[@DecvsJapan]

DAACNM yeh he’s so good!

[@MetalizedButt]

11:15 his name is Pata and he’s so fuckin similar here to slash ripping it up before the godfather theme, even using a Les Paul

[@ganymede12283]

PATA now becomes the Great Gandalf in the Rock n Roll world. He is one of Japan's treasure. His aura is like he is calm & has the deeper understanding about Rock Music.

[@kyril98741]

Either rock or ballad, X Japan was one of the best.

[@schelin1447]

X-Japan IS japanese metal :) Back in the 90's I started to listen to X-Japan and they opened up a whole new world for me, exploring Japanese rock and metal. Babymetal is clearly inspired by X-Japan, you can find a lot of tributes....neckbraces, their ballads, the "We are"-chant, the piano...and more. I love X-Japan (and Babymetal ;) ) Please do their masterpiece, their Magnum Opus: Art of Life (live version)

[@DecvsJapan]

Schelin's Wildlife written it down thanks! And yeh I’m a big babymetal fan but am saving listening to songs I haven’t listened to yet as I want to react to them haha.

[@klaymor73]

We are X!!!!

[@MetalizedButt]

Good to see someone covering this song, this is a classic and one of their famous ones back in the day.

[@DecvsJapan]

Need to get back to these. Only listened to two!

[@MetalizedButt]

@@DecvsJapan Yea dude, I love the fact that you’re reacting to the songs that aren’t really reacted to on youtube, usually it’s the same old boring reaction of their top 4 songs over and over again by different people. Nice to see something new for a change.

[@taku1221]

yeah toshi and hide are great. fun fact though the drummer (yoshiki) is the leader and by far the most popular. he currently lives in LA and has an estimated net worth of $50 million

[@DecvsJapan]

Takumi W dayum

[@daikiendo3155]

I am Japanese. Thank for reacting this song!!!!!!

[@DecvsJapan]

Daiki Endo ありがとう！！

[@mikeyb8040]

You need to check out the original Japanese metal band. Loudness. So good and never requested

[@DecvsJapan]

Mikey B got them on my list!

[@sueellen360]

Do Kurenai or Orgasm from The Last Live. Some of the best performances of all time.

[@DecvsJapan]

xt73 An orgasm live is always a good thing...

[@joshua10red]

The live version of "Orgasm" was so great..

[@micahclark24]

@@DecvsJapan it was exhausting just watching them keep that up for so long in a good way

[@user-tt5ox6kq4j]

X JAPANかっこええやろ…すごいんよこの方々は… 何言ってるかわかんないけどX JAPANをもっと知ってクレメンス…

[@rodafrogvonsakray3526]

miscast, Scars, and Silent Jealousy are my favorites

[@DecvsJapan]

Need to listen to them again soon!

[@chriswright1004]

The members are: Vocals - Toshi Drummer - Yoshiki Guitarists - Hide and Pata Bass - Heath I have been listening to X since 1989. Silent Jealousy, Rusty Nail, Drain, Weekend, X, and Dahlia are good rock songs as well.

[@DecvsJapan]

Chris Wright nice man! I have ‘weekend’ and ‘rusty nail’ on my list!

[@cocktailzombie]

First X song i ever learned super fun to play. The tight riffing doesn't lend itself to running around the stage. Greetings anyway form a fellow countryman in Kansai (15years)

[@DecvsJapan]

cocktailzombie haha. Guitarist I take it? I’ve been recommended a few more and will crack them out in winter break so stay tuned! Where you from in England?

[@cocktailzombie]

@@DecvsJapan Well i have been playing guitar for about 20 years but its just a hobby to try and copy the songs and get as close to the original recording. For me original version of Sadistic Desire from vanishing vision album is the best. Blue blood is another great one. I am into metal so the ballads are not my thing. I am originally from South Yorkshire.

[@DecvsJapan]

cocktailzombie ah nice one. Hertfordshire here. Here’s my x japan list: X Japan - jade X Japan - kurenai X Japan - standing sex X Japan - rusty nail X Japan- tears X Japan - weekend

[@nikaqobulashvili7562]

Great reaction

[@Star-ou9hr]

Nice choice ! X is my Best

[@faliqhaikal4678]

Legendary band...

[@prodigypenn]

Hide is the former guitarist, he died after their "last live" concert in 97 Some heavier songs would be kurenai, rusty nail, jade, or standing sex to name a few.

[@DecvsJapan]

prodigypenn thank you!

[@on9youtubesystem]

If you are looking for songs with drum solos, Dahlia and Kurenai are those. I like Dahlia more but Kurenai is a no brainer choice all time great. The sounds and outfits are quite different before and after 95 or 96. 95 onwards sounds more modern and before that time songs are played in a more heavy metal way, like this one you have just reacted. Looking forward to seeing your reaction. Happy new year! Dahlia 97 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnecpqGtnc6ehZY Kurenai 92 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5PZg3iabr-EjLM Kurenai 97 kzbin.info/www/bejne/al7dia2em7Vlj68

[@DecvsJapan]

Kev Thanks for the links! Kurenai has been requested a lot so will listen soon!

[@on9youtubesystem]

@@DecvsJapan That was a swift reply Dec. I tried not to make a huge list as that could be overwhelming but to be honest to pick just a couple of them is a tough job. For me it's all started from the 92 version - mind-blowing with sheer power, but if you listen to the 97 version you will see a very different set of outfits, the change of their sounds and clearer view of the drum solo :)

[@DecvsJapan]

Kev unfortunately the 92 link isn’t available in my country (Japan) lol. But the 97 I can watch so I’ve saved it and will react soon! Thanks!

[@billcaldwell2755]

My favorite band, X-Japan. From Tucson Arizona..

[@DecvsJapan]

bill caldwell what’s your favourite song? I’ve still only listened to this!

[@billcaldwell2755]

Rose of Pain. With an orchestra. Or Tears. I love so many X-Japan songs it's hard to pick. :)

[@Xia-hu]

you should definitely check out Kurenai, Weekend, and Rose of Pain. Ballads is just one part of X Japan's identity. :) and Toshi, the singer is a cute muffin :) I live his TV appearances. He is a sweetheart - who has a very powerful voice!

[@DecvsJapan]

Teemeah kurenai, weekend and rose of pain are good rock songs? Nice!

[@Xia-hu]

@@DecvsJapan they are fast metal songs. Rose of pain is more .. theatrical and epic but that's one of my favourites. It starts with an organ and gives off a vampire-y feel. well, no wonder, since it was inspired by Lady Bathori of Hungary who was rumoured to bathe in virgin girls' blood.

[@micahclark24]

@@Xia-hu rose of pain is very underrated they should perform it again

[@user-yg3gn9ix3o]

Very good i like

[@butacos1388]

oh men i really like your observation

[@glenkelley6799]

If you don't want a food fight, you don't play that in the lunch room. That last guitar solo is pure Paul Glibert.

[@DecvsJapan]

glen kelley True True

[@BlazerSeitai]

Blue blood, kurenai, vanishing love :) there are more "heavy" X Japan music :p

[@cius2112]

oooh and Stab me in the Back or Standing Sex.....oh yeah and gotta do "X" preferably the one from Kyoto Sports Valley.

[@josemanuelperez2853]

X Japan change the japanese society in the 80th. In this years, if someone dyes his hair blond can be even be stopped by the police. The society was very conservative and this band "breaks" everything Btw, there´s a funny anecdote about X Japan and is from a few years ago. The band met again after maybe 2 decades after they breakup. Some time after this, a producer from EEUU do a documentary about the band (year 2016, We Are X, chek this title) and Stephen Kijak was the choosed to make it. He knows nothing about the band, and only a few days after take the job goes to Yokohama to see them in live. And in one interview he says this anectote. Yoshiki have a strong training in classical music, and he compose "on a score". He wrote every sound, every drum beat, every note on paper and after this, he distribute the scores on the rest of the band. He never, NEVER have see something like this. Did you know thant? : Yoshiki was asked for the japanese government to compose a theme for the 10 anniversary of Akihito on the throne kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5u3ZJ1toN9ja5Y

[@DecvsJapan]

Jose Manuel Perez Wow. I didn’t know how talented they were!!

[@Xia-hu]

@@DecvsJapan I recommend to watch We Are X, it tells the story of the band but also so much more, music critics and related indsutry people talk about how society was like back in those days, and they show how the band started to advance to the western market but were tragically cut off by the brainwashing of the singer, and then the death of Hide. This documentary is really well-made and I have actually turned several friends onto X Japan with that documentary :D It's impossibe to not feel anything after watching that film. Such a compelling story. and it gives an insight into Yoshiki's head - he is the drummer/pianist and the leader, and I'm sure he is as well known as Toshi and Hide is in Japan. He is the "father of rock" in Japan, and just overall, possibly the biggest rock celebrity of the country. :D He composed 95% of the X Japan musical corpus. Sadistic Desire was composed by Hide, btw. The "other" guys are Pata (guitar) and Heath (bass) and they SHOULD be named because they are great musicians.

[@DecvsJapan]

Teemeah alright I’ll try and give it a watch! Toshi was brainwashed? Like he actually was or he thought he was?

[@josemanuelperez2853]

It´s very difficult to answer thing about this. In Japan groups, singers, artists have a private life. There´s a division between public and private life. Toshi got a girlfriend and she was in a "sect". The sect ask Toshi to stop singing "satanic songs" and he left the band. Up to what point was for love or to be brainwashed it´s a difficult issue. See this separation in "Babymetal". The interviewers only ask about the "persona" of the group. They can´t ask private matters and in Japan people don´t tell much about his private life. Example: X-Japan do a lot of charity donations www.yoshikifoundationamerica.org/ You don´t see him telling in interviews or talking much about it. In general, japan "idols" don´t talk much about his private life. In fact in the documentary he answer some times "can´t talk about this"

[@DecvsJapan]

Jose Manuel Perez mad

[@joshua10red]

Try the song "Tears" is my favorite song from X Japan.. Also is the 1st song i heard from X Japan 😍

[@DecvsJapan]

joshua10red added to my list!

[@RoseOfNight]

@@DecvsJapan Have some tissues at hand when you watch that one (and try to watch a video with subs, the lyrics are beautiful). Tears was written by Yoshiki to his father, who killed himself when Yoshiki was 10 years old. I read somewhere that when they were recording it, Yoshiki would stay all night listening to it crying.

[@DecvsJapan]

Rose_of_Night wow emotional stuff...

[@KoltiraMemeweaver]

Miso is great stuff. I'm curious if you'd like natto lol. I'm sansei but only my issei grandmom, mom, and I enjoy it. My siblings hate the stuff haha. I love the ballads, but some non ballad songs I love are Kurenai, Rose of Pain, Rusty Nail, Drain, Weekend, Art Of Life, Silent Jealousy, Jade, Dahlia

[@DecvsJapan]

Køltira Memeweaver hate it haha. Here’s an early video of me ‘fighting’ natto. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4SXlohjotRmn6s

[@DecvsJapan]

Køltira Memeweaver thanks I already have those songs in my list so I’ll listen to them eventually!

[@KoltiraMemeweaver]

@@DecvsJapan You've got yourself a sub 👍. Mom always put ajinomoto & shoyu in the natto, then put that on rice w/ shredded nori growing up. I do the same now(don't like the mustard). The vid said 28? We grew up with the 90s era rock then :). I just turned 27 this month

[@KoltiraMemeweaver]

@@DecvsJapan Nice! You won't be disappointed if you like good old 80s-90s rock/metal then

[@DecvsJapan]

Køltira Memeweaver yeh 29 now lol. Where do you live? My girlfriend tried added soy sauce and seaweed too but to no avail.

[@taku1221]

if u want rock ive got a few songs lol. kurenai, week end, silent jealousy, blue blood, x. just to name a few

[@DecvsJapan]

Takumi W thanks!

[@Starrla1717]

Oh my… not only this songs is good but all the X Japan songs are good! (Following X Japan since 90s’ ~) No question period ！！你懂不懂欣賞啊？

[@ChrisPage68]

Dec - want some vintage Japanese metal from the 80s? Vow Wow - Don't Leave Me Now. Their ex-vocalist Genki Hitomi is now a maths teacher, but he still plays in bars. Still has a fantastic voice. 🤘

[@DecvsJapan]

Nice, thanks!

[@rozhanb]

Go watch Kurenai or Rusty Nail or Dahlia from Last Live performance and you will definitely love X Japan more after that.

[@DecvsJapan]

rob on it!

[@rozhanb]

​@@DecvsJapan I was like you at 1st; heard X-Japan song, a ballad forever love something like that probably 10-15years ago. Didn't like it that much(my friend praising it like it was the best song he ever heard), ballad sad slow love song, not my cup of tea. Then I start watching this viral funny cat-apple costume guy called NyangoStar drumming to Babymetal Akatsuki and XJapan songs then I was like. Wow these Japan songs are awesome! My personal favorite is Dahlia but most people like Kurenai, Rusty Nail or Silent Jealousy. All these 4 songs are speed metal and have guitar solo and drum solo on it, you'll probably like it. And if you're enjoying BabyMetal you should watch BabyMetal Akatsuki from Budokan Live.

[@DecvsJapan]

rob nice mate! Will get to them eventually!

[@bugmj70]

thank you from thailand

[@DecvsJapan]

เอกบดินทร์ สิทธิโท สวัสดี! Thank you for watching! If you have any recommendations please let me know!

[@bugmj70]

@@DecvsJapan kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ_RdWOrbc-fns0

[@bugmj70]

Please 🙏🙏🙏

[@bugmj70]

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[@bugmj70]

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[@user-ee2hy4ip2l]

2:55

[@toytube4102]

hideも喜んでるだろうな。

[@lochlanfleming8536]

You should react to Hide~

[@daikiendo3155]

This song was composed by HIDE, the main guitarist, but he is dead.......

[@DecvsJapan]

Daiki Endo yeh :( He was very young

[@exo-grey-fox]

listen to art of life,Kurenai and dahlia too

[@DecvsJapan]

michael salamone sure!

[@HYDEcamui]

X JAPAN kicks so much ass, but you should also check out HYDE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqO3hIB4i6tsn5Y HYDE is the lead vocalist of L'Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS. If you ever watched the anime, FULL METAL ALCHEMIST, HYDE is the lead singer on that track. Check out his stuff here: Work with L'Arc~en~Ciel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqO3hIB4i6tsn5Y Work with VAMPS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGW6g6uogZJpmtk Solo work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXmUY6ybd5x_o9E You can see more of my favorite HYDE songs here: kzbin.info/aero/PL2Qigft6SATuR1xIdnp9YdmOQSykkoaeq

[@DecvsJapan]

HYDEcamui Nice! I do have Hyde on my list so I will react to them eventually!

[@HYDEcamui]

Dec vs Japan HYDE is brilliant. Absolutely amazing. :3

[@xiongmeng7960]

React to Disreign - Shinsekai

[@sunrise2986]

XD Ou man, you pretended to like them for 5 years and never checked them out? Shame on you ;) The drummer and pianist Yoshiki is the leader of the band and composes most of their songs. He lives in LA now though, which might be the reason you didn't know his name? He writes a lot of classical music, too. Incredible guy. (Look at older pictures of him and how he present(ed) himself and you can see were that androgynes look comes from that you see in Visual Kei bands today. There were other bands before X Japan and around their era which can be called Visual Kei but they were the most popular and I thing the style would have died out if it hadn't been for X Japan's immense success) The "third man on the moon" is Pata and he's amazing. And yeah...they needed that stage....I'm pretty sure people would have killed to get tickets otherwise^^'. Plus, they needed to stand close to the micros for this song.

[@DecvsJapan]

Night Light Oh the shame! The shame! But now I’ve listened so it’s all good :) Thanks for the info too! Nice to know the 3rd man on the moon too lol.

[@sunrise2986]

@@DecvsJapan Ou man...I just googled "third man on the moon". Second Entry: "Third Man To Walk On Moon Dies In Motorcycle Accident" Even in death that poor man didn't got a name... (It's so sad...but with your comment in mind it made me laugh so hard ^^'')

[@DecvsJapan]

Night Light Ahh poor bugger. Hope wherever he is now they are referring to him by name! He’s literally the definition of a third wheel though haha.

[@maximushaughton2404]

Lol expecting a band to use the whole stage, you've watched too much Babymetal. By the way if you want heavy and crazy you really have to go for Maximum The Hormone, they are not Visual Kie, but the videos are very visual. Try 予襲復讐 or "え・い・り・あ・ん"

[@DecvsJapan]

Maximus Haughton Already got them on my list! And yeh haha. It just seemed everyone except the singer stood still haha.

[@lochlanfleming8536]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYHSlHakpM2sq5I React to this. No one has reacted to it before, and it explains all. Its not a music performance, but its X Japan's history. Its extremely gripping and you'll enjoy it alot.

[@jerubenadame2125]

Back in the day they used honey for their hair

[@DecvsJapan]

Jay Gaming haha really?

[@jerubenadame2125]

Yup its true

[@jerubenadame2125]

Watch their documentary We Are X

[@lesley599]

if you have been living in japan this long then you should know a lot more than this lol just saying x :)

[@DecvsJapan]

Oh yeh I know, it's embarrassing haha. Hence me starting this channel!

[@mielthesquid6536]

"ahem, let me stop a little bit so I could monetize this video"

[@DecvsJapan]

miel the squid it’s not monetised.

[@mielthesquid6536]

@@DecvsJapan I think I was a lil rude lol, I guess I'd prefer when someone speak over it or do a breakdown at the end. Anyway, thanks for the reaction, forget to say that last time. :D

[@Star-ou9hr]

pls reaction Leo Imai- TokyoLights2 He is incredibly cool musician ! He is half Japanese and half Swedish and he was Oxford ! Really cool musician , pls check it !

[@whatsyourname049]

It DE snaCc time VS JAPANese snacc

[@user-lu9tf9bv5t]

初見reaction？

[@DecvsJapan]

海外か それは歌の名前？

[@user-lu9tf9bv5t]

Dec vs Japan 🔰reaction？