Let's talk about "Kure" (KURENAI) ...


I love all the songs of X although I admit, I don't know to mew in Japanese at all...LOL I could never learn cause all my friends from Japan want to sharp their English and refuse to talk with me or teach me Japanese...seriously now...I'm fluent in 5 languages and I can conversate good in other 3 but Japanese is not included in any category...

I love a lot Kure :) is my favorite song of X . It combines both the Heavy Metal with Melodic Rock in a perfect blend. Is a rare alchemy which awakes wilderness feelings in each and single one of us hearts. KURENAI is often the song with which we identify our loved X Japan along with Born To Be Free and Art Of Life...but Kure is from far the most loved one.  "KURENAI"the original full Japanese version has been announced as a sono sheet of the music magazine, Rockin'f  on June 1988's appendix.

As you might know
"KURENAI" is included in the album "VANISHING VISION", however there appeared as fully English version, so this sono sheet has become a mixed version of Japanese and English, the guitar arpeggio wasn't made by HIDE as I often read you guys arguing on various forums, but YOSHIKI's made. It begins as a back up backing of his piano playing. Certainly when playing "Kure" at the first appearance with this song at the music station radio,

the advert promo was made by Yoshikitty (LOL) at his piano ♪ (I know sometimes in previous posts I might sound harsh with the members of X Japan, pushing them to keep fighting for the Rock'N Roll soul of our loved band...It is not from hatered I say all this, but from too much love! ) .

In the No 6 of June 1988 you can find X's interview with explanation of all songs appearing on the EP "VANISHING VISION" along with the band score of "KURENAI" which was also posted in same magazine at the interview's end. Rumor has it that the original musical score of Kurenai had been lost for more than 2 decades and that a prank of HIDE has everything to do with this...but how much can we rely on rumors honestly?...I prefer facts rather than fiction with all respects !...

"Red" is also a representative song of X from even before indies period. Is Yoshiki's High School creation, the first song of X ever performed at the live houses when the couldn't even call themselves a band yet. That is another song on which X Japan had dust away from their song list choosing not to perform it again. By the time when HIDE joined X,KURENAI was more like a "popular" or "traditional" tipe of song rather than a rock melody. HIDE tough perceived the potential value of Kure as melody and re-shape it by redoing it into the current rock arrangement we adore, as approved by all X Japan members, same it happened with RED which in spite the odds did become a best seller song.

There was a time when radio stations keep play those songs but people obviously preferred Kure so RED was...forgotten! and this is at list I can say about that song of X, which is not bad by the way, in fact RED is quite awesome, please google it up, maybe you find a video/audio somewhere on net. 
what you see in the picture beneath is the Rockin'F magazine and the "Suno Shieto" sampler sheet of Kurenai which came as extra bonus for that magazine...now very valuable as well and sold for nearly 6000 on YJ as I just checked while I write this article for you guys.

Once again THANK YOU for returning to read the posts of this blog, thank you for still caring for X, X Japan, all the members toghether or fandom them separate as Team#...but mostly I am so GRATEFUL FOR REMEMBERING HIDE ani,

niisan, big bro...take it as it fits you! not even a day is spend in my house and life without remembering HIDE which by the way I "spoil" with love calling him "HIDEKI" for his family he is HIDETO for his bands mates is MATSUMOTO , for fans he is HIDE...for me ani-sama is...HIDEKI :) with love !