[YOONA_x3]

^ "kimi ga iru kara" is doing pretty well also

i dunno. i may sound weird but i actually like the re-recorded versions for phase 1 songs
i mean, we have the taka way and the shun way
and we all love both of them, right?

and the songs that taka's remaking, they're "exile hits," aren't they?
so wouldn't they be remaking those songs so that taka can perform them?
i liked together, unmei no hito (wish they released a remake of the original instead of the orch version), and hero
choo choo train... um that song, yeah hahahahaha


can anyone find translated lyrics for kantakara kokohe?

[garnet_moon]

Of course kimi ga iru kara is doing well because it's a b-side of I believe.. It's a package ^^

It will be nice if you will call Takahiro as Takahiro.. We might be mistaken with COLOR's member, Taka ^___^;;

Really? The reason why don't like the other re-recorded stuffs is because Takahiro really sounded like Shun. Well part of the reason why he won was that one that his voice was kinda a resemblance with Shun according to rumors. He can perform those songs even if they didn't release a studio version of it :\

Ohhh orchestra and piano versions are love because that's where you can hear the "pure quality" of voice

[fobbiyo]

They're EXILE hits? really? O_o Never really thought of it that way.. Yeah I agree. Shun's and Takahiro's voices does sound sorta similar in their remakes. I really hope that that rumor isn't true! That's soo sad. Just finding a replacement for Shun.. I mean like.. similar voices. Thats so.. ugh. Stupid rumors O_O but.. it is true that the first time you hear Shun's voice in a song, and Takahiro's .. there isn't much difference. -_____-
yay for "I believe" for reaching number 3! They could do much better though. oh well. I know the album is going to sell well!
together? I don't think I have that song.. O_o Is it good?
And yeah.. the orchestra and piano version of songs always sound "pure" hahaha. It always sound soo.. calm. and yeah. LOL.
oh yes. Does anyone have good pictures of EXILE? Or any cute pictures of any of the group members? Feel free to share! Because I need some

OMG.. we've reached page 6! good job garnet_moon and YOONA_x3
XD I'm extremely happy.

[rlyn_xen]

I used to have a couple of their wallpapers.. but I can't find them anymore..

Here's one that I uploaded to a Yahoo group a longgggg time ago..


This is when I fell in love with Makidai.. because I thought he looked Korean in the Fly Away PV. LOL.

And here's a super simple one of Makidai that I made a longgggg time ago also.. ;]
Sorry for my annoying sig there..

Gray version:

Black version:

[garnet_moon]

After some stalking on fanblogs, I believe's PV's party setting is a real party. They first shoot the PV with the Christmas party theme and then after the filming, they celebrated Makidai's birthday

[fobbiyo]

LMFAO! Aww.. How sweet! I bet they all got drunk that night LOL. You stalker >.< HAHAHA. Keep on stalking and keep us up with EXILE news HEHE.
rlyn_xen: OMMMG. THATS SUCH AN OLD PICTURE!! No recent ones? LOL. Thanks for sharing thoughh.
Man, look at their hair. hahahah

[garnet_moon]

EXILE LOVE Album Full Tracklist
Release Date: December 12, 2007

CD+2DVD version:

Disc 1: CD Tracks
01.What Is Love
02.I Believe
03.Beautiful
04.響～HIBIKI～
05.Kimi ga iru kara
06.Make Love
07.SUMMER TIME LOVE
08.Sora Kara Ochitekuru JAZZ
09. Love
10.sayonara
11.Kawaranai Mono
12.Toki no Kakera

Bonus Tracks for CD+2DVD versions
a. 24 karats -type EX-
b. Touch the Sky featuring Bach Logic

DVD 1 - PV DVDs
01.Touch The Sky feat.Bach Logic
02.SUMMER TIME LOVE
03.Toki no Kakera
04.24karats-type EX -
05.I Believe
Bonus Content: EXsamurai: The Beginning, a 10-minute animation movie

DVD 2
1st part: Mecha Ike, the unseen footage (different from both broadcast of Mecha Ike)

2nd part:
EXILE LIVE TOUR 2007 EXILE EVOLUTION
～SUMMER TIME LOVE～with Tour Document Movie
(2007.8.5 TOKYO BIG SIGHT)

Setlist:
01.EVOLUTION
02.響～HIBIKI～
03.Choo Choo TRAIN
04.Dream Catcher
05.JONTE - Yureru
06.COLOR - Blue Sky
07.No Other Man feat.NaNa
08.J.S.B Is Back
09.WON'T BE LONG feat.NEVER LAND
10.DANCER'S ANTHEM
11.SUMMER TIME LOVE
12. Unmei no Hito-Orchestra Version-
13. Michi
14. Toki no Kakera
15. One love
16. Lovers Again
17. Choo Choo TRAIN/OKAXILE

CD Version
(Same tracklist, but the bonus track is Lovers Again ~Orchestra Version~)

Why is there no LOST MOMENTS!!!!!!!!! I was really looking forward for that performance. I saw a very little preview where Atsushi was playing the piano in that performance

The setlist is different from the original one

Picture:

EXILE at Hawaii (I forgot if this was August or September 2007) - It was during their fanclub special events where they went to Hawaii with their fans and had some special live there and activities exclusively for rich paying fanclub members >___<

[fobbiyo]

OMGGG WTHH!! AWWW!! LOST MOMENTS! I was really looking forward to that performance too! MANN. WTHH >.< but omg, COLOR - BLUE SKY! I like that song. Still. Arg. WHY? WHY!! hahaha. I'm over reacting.
OMG. THAT'S SOO MUCH THINGS! OMGOMGOMG. I want it Do you whats the price? Atsushi can play the piano!? Is he good? OMG. hahaha.
THEY WERE SOO CLOSE TO ME. OMGGGG. WTHH. How come I didn't know that they were going to come?! JEEZES. Freaking lucky fans <.< I want their autograph aww. But I don't think I would be able to fly to Hawaii. LOL. DANGG.

[garnet_moon]

the price is around $45 - 50 (with shipping costs included). Well the reason why I'm loving recent EXILE album releases are because of it's dvd package (it's worth the money because you get an album + a concert dvd, and I being a concert s*cker)

Don't worry you are not the one being envious of those lucky fangirls who went to Hawaii and got their autographs!!! I saw one fan report where he had a picture with Takahiro (too bad he didn't post the picture though) and he understood why Takahiro is so hot with girls. (He don't like Takahiro at the beginning) and he is really nice in person (I was almost freak out when I read that entry)

I dunno if he is really that good in piano

Here is his picture during the Lost Moments performance



*sigh* When will I see a Lost Moments performance???? (I'm kinda iffy with seeing a song live because I'm really a live performance addict and I feel that it's a waste not to see this beautiful song live)

For those who love Kimi ga iru kara, I have typed up the romaji and well sort of translated it (LOL this is not that good translation, I hope everyone will bear on my crappy translations ^^;; Please do not post it anywhere without my permission)

EXILE - Kimi ga iru kara (Kanji, Romaji and Translation)

[fobbiyo]

I know what you mean! I love it when a beautiful song gets performed. LOL. yeah. i saw that picture after going onto your blog. LOL. I don't like Atsushi's hair. HAHA. it's so.. white! or blond.. or whatever that color is
Takahiro DOES look like a nice guy, I'm not surprised
WHAT? Takahiro is good with the ladies? LOL!! He's a ladies' man? HAHA. Awesome? LOL!! Takahiro.. I NEVER KNEW HE WAS LIKE THAT!
50 bucks? Dang, it seems really worth your money! A dvd O_O OMG. I really want it now. Maybe I should request it for my Xmas present
Thanks for the romanji and translation of Kimi ga Iru Kara Don't worry! I'll ask you before I paste it anywhere else!

[garnet_moon]

I was digging some videos in my HDD when I saw a variety show where EXILE appeared (Channel-a). It was during some time after the vocal battle auditions final night

LOL I can't really help to laugh when I saw Takahiro again eating his favorite hamburger XD



Awww he is really cute when he was a kid *___* LOL they even have the comparison pictures of Hiro and Takahiro... 16 years ago, a 22 year old Hiro and a 6 year old Takahiro. The show also showcased Takahiro's hometown. They even showed the "male salon" where Takahiro worked as hair stylist for men for 3 years. (Yeah, I'm serious, he worked as hair stylist and lol some customers even asked him to do Atsushi's hair lines)

On the other hand, it was shown there that Akira and Hiro had the same dance studio they used to practice before they were in EXILE days. Akira gave an autographed picture of EXILE to the dance studio when he visited it. Bleah I want an autographed picture too. LOL XD Akira was included in those failed attempt to pull out Visual Kei look back in those old days XD

[fobbiyo]

HAHAHAHA. OMG. He's too cute Takahiroo! Is it THAT good? lol ! WHOA. Total upgrade. From working at a salon place, to working with one of the most popular bands in Japan. WHOOO! GO TAKAHIRO. lol. How ironic that people went to him for Atsushi's haircut. LOL. The bald haircut? or what? LOL. HAHA.
I want an autographed picture too! ahhhh. Lucky butts >.< Where is Takahiro from? O_o

[garnet_moon]

Like he always says, being in EXILE is a dream come true for him.. From being a fan to one of main man of EXILE

The bald haircut with the lines (just like Atsushi's hairstyle)

Takahiro is from Nagasaki. Speaking of the hamburger story, I managed to dig some interview clip and LOL he said that he dreams of eating a very large hamburger that his hometown's burger chain was selling when the time he can afford to buy one XD (probably now he can afford to buy one xD)

[fobbiyo]

HAHHAa. I bet he could afford millions. LOL. So he NEVER gets sick of it!? Man. He's living every EXILE's fanmale dream! going into EXILE like that. ahhh. Lucky boy

Did EXILE popularity ever went down because Shun left? I've always been wondering about that.

[garnet_moon]

LOL it will be forever dream come true for him... I dunno if he is sick with burgers XD Well aside from burgers, he loves sweet foods ^__^;;

Hmm there are two sides of being popular. "Popular in Japanese public" and "popular to overseas fans". Because sometimes what's popular with Japan isn't popular to overseas fans and vice versa. If you are talking about the Japanese public, Nope, in fact their popularity remained the same even after Shun left. Most people thought they will be disbanded after Shun left but the vocal battle audition was a step for them to rise and Takahiro's entry to EXILE began a new phase for them. I just noticed that they are now really living as an A-list artist in Japan (one of the top artist of Avex Trax). Plus they recently have lots of tie-ins and lives.

And if you are referring to overseas fans, yes their popularity increased a lot because of Takahiro's increasing number of fangirls (you can add me to the number 1 spot XD).

[fobbiyo]

HAHA. Yeah. I was talking about both I'm glad that EXILE's popularity didn't decrease. That'll be sad for.. well.. EXILE of course. HAHA. Not to mention Takahiro. I cannot imagine what'll happen .. O_o
And .. YEAH you're on top. lmfao. After all of the stalking you've done, you deserve to be on top LOL!
He's such a dork. hahaha. Such a cute dorkkk.
GOSH. I want EXILE to perform the full version of "I believe." Did they perform the Kimi Ga Iru Kara yet? How times have they performed "I believe" ? HOW COME I ONLY SAW ONE?
JK! lol. I just checked. I saw this performance where Atsushi is wearing a hat. LOL. WEIRD! Takahiro's hair looks pretty cute XD

edit: omg Takahiro's talking voice is deep! hahahah.

[garnet_moon]

There are 2 I believe performances already (both short performances). Hmm maybe you saw the Music Japan perf where Atsushi was wearing a hat. (I bet he is back to blonde again) Nope they haven't performed Kimi ga iru kara yet. B-sides and album tracks are not well known to be performed on tv as you can only see those perfs in concerts ^^ I want a full performance of I believe too. Maybe on December 14 at Bokura no Ongaku they will perform a full version of it.

Do you know SMAP? Bleah EXILE will perform on their show and sing with SMAP. I don't like SMAP as they are famous in butchering other singers songs

Yeah Takahiro's talking voice is deep unlike with Atsushi's one that is soft. In fact when I was timing their special (Mecha Ike), I almost missed some lines of Atsushi because he has really soft voice and I have to increase the volume of my speaker so that I can hear his dialogues! xD

So I was digging again on some old videos and LOL EXILE on Utaban was really so funny. Haha they played this quiz show and well Takahiro almost answered all the questions for the EXILE team. I didn't know that USA's family have a restaurant until I saw this video. Out of EXILE's parents, USA's parents are the most visible parents in the TV hahaha (also his father was on their concert as one of the audience.. USA-papa and USA-mama)

EDIT:

The 49th Japan Record Award 2007 Nominees+Winners OUT

The Annual Japan Record Award, now in its 49th time, will be held on Dec 30th at 6.30 pm. The Japan Record Award and Best Singer (both selected from the Gold Award winners), as well as Best New Artist (selected from the New Artist Award winners), will be announced at the actual awards ceremony on December 30.

Gold Prize
* "Jewelry day" by Ayaka
* "LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING" by w-inds.
* "Toki no Kakera" by EXILE
* "PEACH" by Ai Otsuka
* "Kanazawa No Ame" by Miyuki Kawanaka
* "Koi no Uta" by Kumi Koda
* "Tsubomi" by Kobukuro
* "Kiyoshi no Soran Bushi" by Kiyoshi Hikawa
* "LOVE LETTER" by BoA
* "Hitori Satsumaji" by Kaori Mizumori

The winner for the coveted Grand Prize and Best Singer will be announced on the ceremony.

credits: Tokyograph

I'm not expecting them to win the Grand Prize nor the Best Singer. It's enough for me to see them again on year-end music specials ^^ The Gold Prize is really more than enough So congratulations!!!

[fobbiyo]

Yeah, I saw two. In one of them, I saw Akira singing along while he was dancing. lmfao ;D cutecute. awww! I wish they would perform the B-sides. >.< I'm waiting for a long one! Hopefully they'll perform it on Dec.14!!
hahah. Yeah, Atsushi's voice is really soft! but I think it's sexy ... hahahhaha.
OMG CONGRATULATIONS!! YAY! Are they really winning or is that nominees? because on the top it says nominees. O_O YAY. GOOD JOB EXILE XD
What was the questions about? Is Takahiro that smart? Or he just lucky? HAHAHAH USA's parents have a restaurant? What kind is it.. and is it well kwown? HAHA. awww! Sweeet Usa parents supporting him Wheres the other member's parents! ?

[garnet_moon]

They are already winners with the Gold Prize. The Grand Prize and Best Singer will be chosen among the 10 Gold Prize winners during the ceremony itself. Speaking of it, I was kinda bored and dig up some awards that are listed on some sites of EXILE and I'm quite impressed because they got some handful of awards (16 awards so far on my search)

Nope they will not perform Kimi ga Iru kara on the 14th. The setlist are: Lovers Again, I believe and Choo Choo Train.

Ohh the question in Utaban is just general knowledge about people and events.. stuffs like that ^^;; Hmmm.. USA's family's restaurant is a typical Japanese restaurant that you can see on Japanese dramas. Yeah USA's parents are very sweet in supporting him.. So far I have seen on parents of: Takahiro, USA and Matsu...

So okay after I got a help from a friend because I don't understand some parts of his talk

They guested on Music Station last night and the talk part was interesting. It goes like this:
They introduced I believe as Takahiro's first single that he had made and he remembered his first love while writing the song during his freshman years in high school. The girl was kinda popular in their school back then. (LOL the guys were whistling) Then this girl confessed to him that she liked him and he felt that it was unexpected because he never thought that a girl he like will confess to her... Tamori said: "that must have been a real fun high school time"

The second part was about his exgf who dumped him because she saw Takahiro have a picture of another girl XD (Yeah I wouldn't dump him for that)... Tamori said: you are so good looking, no wonder you are popular.. and Takahiro was like: no, I'm not popular ^^

and I have managed to compile some of their awards:

EXILE's awards list

[fobbiyo]

16 this year?! or altogether??.. ? aww. I wanted them to perform their B-side! Why ChooChootrain? Isn't it sort of an old song? o_o
HAHAHHAHHA Takahiro is the MAN! lmfao. THAT GIRL IS SO STUPID! I bet she regrets it now. hahahha. I would be like "why do you have a picture of a girl?" NOT DUMP THE GUY. She probably didn't like him that much..
hahahaha. Takahiro is irresistible? ;D The guys are so funny! Whistling in the background. LOL. I can really imagine that.