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I hope someone translates this http://www.jp.playstation.com/psn/musicunlimited/interview/scandal/.
I can barely understand the translation by Google Translate
Thank you .happy.
I can barely understand the translation by Google Translate
Thank you .happy.
thoseguiltyeyes wrote:Here's the interview:
- Spoiler:
———『ENCORE SHOW』 has been completed as a special collection album, and songs you'd like to show off were compiled for 「SCANDAL OSAKA-JO HALL 2013 Wonderful Tonight」, which will be held on 3/3 at Osaka-Jo Hall.
HARUNA: We're in the midst of working towards our one-man concert at Osaka Jo-Hall, and this work is us being able to look back at our own progress. We made this work for that live; we'd really like more people to know of our songs.
For the live, we'll perform the b-side songs on our singles. Because we have b-sides, SCANDAL's live stage will continue to widen. Moreover, we've been able to take risks with our b-sides. We're SCANDAL because of that. With those songs being at the center of 『ENCORE SHOW』, we'd like you to properly listen to those songs over again.
———People come to know of SCANDAL through the title tracks of your singles.
HARUNA: That's right. That's why many of the title tracks of our singles have strong messages. For the b-side songs, we have many that are heard more roughly.
———You have many b-sides that have been compiled by the members.
HARUNA: You can see the members' individualities in these songs. So that we can perform 『TOKYO』 without our instruments at lives, we can't play the single's title track as we think it brings out the good quality of the b-side.
———On 『ENCORE SHOW』, you have songs from 『S.L.Magic』, which is on your debut single 『DOLL』, to newer songs.
HARUNA: So that we can include songs that we've performed before, we've included about 6 years of history in which you can see many changes. Listening to them again, we have very different viewpoints and feelings than from back then, we can listen to and have more objective points of view, and we have more cool songs than we thought.
———Within those, there are songs that were written when the members were still teenagers.
RINA: The first lyrics I wrote were for 『S.L.Magic』. There's a story in it, and it's a very sugary song. I wouldn't be able to write such a story with chic lyrics now. When the SCANDAL right now sings it, it has a different feeling to it. Therefore, I really think, 「Those are lyrics we could have only written then」. 「The us right now singing a song like that would be wonderful」; it's not like that. Since many of our fans are middle school male and female students, I'd be happy if those kids could realistically feel what we felt back then.
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———Do you have older songs that you're embarrassed to sing?
RINA: When we explain the content of lyrics, some parts might be a little embarrassing. Even when I listen to it now, I think 「These lyrics are pure and nice tooー」. 「That's the best song we could have made at the time」; I was able to confirm that again listening to 『ENCORE SHOW』.
MAMI: I was still a student at the time of our debut. Being young is just listening and simply feeling. My voice and way of playing, I really didn't understand those back then. I hadn't ever done a decent recording, and after a backing performance I didn't even know how to overlap the sound of the guitar at all back then. Upon experiencing that, what we completed was 『DOLL』, and I feel especially fond of the songs of our early days.
———As for lyrics, how do you feel about them, MAMI?
MAMI: You might feel different at that time. Since each time you write your real feelings at that time as lyrics, when you reread them again, you think 「Ah, there was a time like that too」. It's interesting to experience it anew.
———You worked on the lyrics for 『Want you』, which is a song about feelings for a guitar. Being able to project a song with a viewpoint like that is something that you uniquely experienced.
MAMI: From the time our single 『Pride』 came out, the tracks written and composed by the members were steadily increasing. 『Emotion』, written by RINA, is like that too. The songs and lyrics created by the members themselves say what we want them to say. Feelings that say 「This is what I'm thinking」, lyrics, and melodies are really expressed.
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———It's because the members' self-assertion has gotten stronger.
MAMI: That's right. 『Want you』 was the first step of a song I thought was cool taking shape. I'm a little embarrassed when I reread the lyrics now. Even so, I got to put out a track that I was confident in.
———『Playboy』, a song that you had played at lives from your indies days, was recorded as a new song on the album.
MAMI: Since it's a song that we performed well before our debut, we didn't think we could put it on a CD. In those days, our live sound was hollow. We didn't use effects and just strummed the guitar and played. Now, because we've added sounds, you can hear it more loudly than back then. But, I remember back then that we would face each other seriously while playing.
———Isn't 『Playboy』 a song in which you were able to create the mood together with the fans?
MAMI: Yes. When we performed that song back then, we really couldn't do anything; so much so that it was almost funny. Back then, we attached a style to this song. We have memories of doing that together with the audience. When the 4 of us now play this 3 chord number, it's now a unifying and cool song, which is a pleasant surprise.
———TOMOMI, what kind of emotions do you hold for 『ENCORE SHOW』?
TOMOMI: Since for our b-sides we do an approach that we couldn't do for our title tracks, SCANDAL's true nature may actually lie within them. We perform them how we want to perform them, and it includes songs that we've always played at lives. There's also a feeling of 「This is pretty nostalgic」.
———Though it's been said, it's like how b-sides are used in lives becomes a main point.
TOMOMI: That's what I think. We think deeply about many things when it comes to singles, and we polish up, polish up, and create. B-sides are songs that we've suddenly come up with at that time, and we've done songs born from an impulse. Like a lot of these things, when it suddenly comes from inside of us, because it's packed with just songs or words we've leisurely come up with, I think that's close to the true nature of SCANDAL.
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It won't be a compilation of the activities we've done until now. We're going to pour all of the present SCANDAL into our Osaka-Jo Hall performance.
———You are in preparations for the Osaka-Jo Hall concert on 3/3. It was a place that you had always longed for and wanted to conquer one day. Was the road leading here very short? Or, did it take quite some time?
HARUNA: I think it was relatively fast. We've always said 「Our dream is to perform at Osaka-Jo Hall」, and we thought 「We will absolutely perform there one day」…. We also felt that when we performed at the Nippon Budokan in our 4th year of formation. We were able to do a successful performance because there are people that listen to SCANDAL's songs, and because there are people who wanted to come to that live, I was deeply moved.
Since our Nippon Budokan performance, we've been dreaming of a concert at Osaka-Jo Hall. Since we've always been storing power, it won't be a compilation of the activities we've done until now. We're going to pour all of the present SCANDAL into our Osaka-Jo Hall performance.
———Finally, please talk about the appeal of 『ENCORE SHOW』 once more.
RINA: We previously released an album called 『SCANDAL SHOW』. 『ENCORE SHOW』 matches up with it, and I think, "Is it finally a complete 『SCANDAL SHOW』!?"
———It's two CDs that are one.
RINA: Yes. Our serious sides and silly sides, cute sides and cool sides, you'll understand them when you listen to these 2 albums. And, the people that say 「I know SCANDAL's singles」, when they listen to『ENCORE SHOW』, 「Ah, they play these kinds of interesting songs」, I think that's what they'll feel.
『ENCORE SHOW』 has our single b-side songs as its center. Among them, we have 『Happy Collector』, which is the theme song for the movie 「Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu」, and the new song 『Playboy』. Since many videos are included in the DVD version, I feel that we've created the best encore show.
HARUNA: I think that 『ENCORE SHOW』 will overturn SCANDAL's image. When those who have only heard our singles listen to this, they'll understand that we also play these kinds of songs. Because b-sides are indispensable songs at our lives, I hope that listening to this will lead to a chance to come out to a live of ours.
MAMI: If 『SCANDAL SHOW』 is the surface of our face, then 『ENCORE SHOW』 is an album that's packed with the underside of our face. The members have many favorite b-sides, and it's loaded with many songs that our personalities have given shape to. It's an album full of songs that you'll experience anew when you listen to it.
TOMOMI: We've proved that b-sides are a bonus by releasing 『ENCORE SHOW』!!
Last edited by Lexian on Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:24 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Added Jade's translation to first post)
