Yoshiki – Unforgettable

I’m still quite busy, so this is going to be really short. An excerpt from Yoshiki’s interview from Shoxx, June 1992. The interview is divided into several parts, each of them concerning a keyword, which are arranged in an alphabetical order.

Unforgettable

I have lots of unforgettable memories. Times when I collapsed, unforgettable performances, unforgettable frustration. But I’m not supposed never to get over it, I think.
The latest unforgettable experience is, of course, Yokohama Arena. I was really frustrated about that. But the boiling feeling didn’t come until later, as at the time, I lost track of what was happening for many hours. I haven’t even got recollection of playing the drum solo on the stage.
That day, I didn’t feel well from the very first, I was repeating “I can’t”. But eventually, I thought “I’ll do it just for ourselves and fans”. So, I was thinking to myself “don’t feel sick” and played drums harder than ever and I gradually lost my senses. Still, body remembered how to play, so it played. Then, there is a blank in my memory, and when I finally came around, I was crying in the dressing room. I came to myself as doctor was slapping my face. Then I talked to the doctor just on my own, and he said: “please, that is enough”, crying too. When he was saying “I forbid you”, I’d already said “I’m going back on the stage” and I was putting the make-up back on. Actually, I don’t even remember it myself now. But the people around me seemed to think “Yoshiki’s lost his senses”, and I was carried right away to the emergency hospital. Until the next day, I didn’t really know what was happening.
I don’t really want to remember that at all, but I don’t think it is right to run away from such memories. This one is really unforgettable.