BUCK-TICK Alice in Wonder Underground

[kushinaful]

w0o0o0o0 me encanto este mv!! Sakurai!! lo adoro!!!

[arquiisaac]

esta cancion me gusta , me recuerda a una niña loca que le gusta el anime y esas chucherias. y se viste asi de extraño, esta re loca la chica... y me encanta..

[0122NT]

wonder underground....

もう最高。なんて素敵なの。

[lilithkristal]

Hay Sakurai-sama, te amo!!!!!!!!!!!



[ttyuyggh]

my　favorite　tune

[jisducky]

my fav band ever!

[IGotaFever4U]

this reminds me of the white stripes blue orchid

[roticanaispes]

who is the little girl in this video?

[Averyfane]

@roticanaispes some model kid, they get paid pennies for these gigs

[roticanaispes]

@Averyfane what name of that kid? any idea....

[Averyfane]

@roticanaispes nope, even though I work in the industry- I showed to a few casting people; and there are so many random 'foreigner' children registered that no one knows; just some kid.

[itasasu14]

It's very good!! LOVE LOVE :D

[clyhiz]

I love this song.

I love this video.

I love his top-hat.

But I hate the hairy guy.

D=

[CircleInBox]

This is freaken awesome ^^ I love this song

[MrExDream]

Sakurai is good cantando

[ebangha]

BRILLIANT!

[lyingcinderella]

Sakurai is a god.

That is all.

[Hieiangel]

I love Yagami Toll's hair,and when Sakurai's hair was long,I have a hair fetish xD! ♥♥♥

[KaosMasterShadow]

K krazy, song very good!, ya me estoy haciendo una seguidora, me gusta su música oscura mucho, todo comenzo con xxxholic

[Crisishime]

did this song appear on any anime?

[claudiazuz]

nupp..... only..dress in trinity blood... nightwalker.. and--- kagerou in xxholic...

[mangelixz1]

ok.. i didnt excepted this song to be like this.. pretty!

[oOTopitoChanoO]

jejeje sta cancion es genial!!!! SUGOI!!!❤ ◕ ﹏ ◕

[lovloss]

Best song by buck tick. ever. I always have to dance when i hear it XD

[babyshu06]

Love this band and will always follow up with their next album!

[KthoniaEcate]

oh!and are they famous in japan?they should be..

[zoebb99]

They used to be big in Japan in the 80s and early 90s. Now they're more like The Cure or Depeche Mode in the west, the 'famous old bands' that's not the hot IT band, but a respectable band with a cult-following. They'll always be around and active, and be discovered by new generation over and over.

[KthoniaEcate]

oh is that so?thanx for the info!i actually discovered them accidentally in youtube and i really like their sound..

[hiraethchild]

Me too. I discovered them accidentally three years ago on youtube and they have since become my favourite band. I also cover some of their songs on here if you care to listen. (I apologize in advance for the language mistakes!!). All the best!

[KthoniaEcate]

thanx for the upload!buck-tick are great!sakurai atsushi is very talented!χαιρετίσματα από την Ελλάδα!

[CristalDePlata]

lol, with the hat he look like Willy Wonka XD but he's still adorable! I love when he's bouncing XD

[galagaman]

he odes look like Johnny Depp, doesn't he?

[CristalDePlata]

I think the same way... maybe is why I like him so much? XD

[mangelixz1]

yeap he does .. so cute

[speedwagon555]

Acchan...Cooooooooooooool!!!!!­!!!

[mistdarklight]

my mistakes, it's behind him! still awesome

[mistdarklight]

never noticed before that demon thing (coming out of sakurai's mouth?) at 2:13.. awesome!! though it freaked me out a lil when i first noticed it. that weird guy with that mask though is freaky!!

[wolfnwren]

If you look closely, it looks like the demon is masturbating. Double freaky!

[Hieiangel]

I <3 yagami & his hair.!!!!

[DarkMeDiVA]

atsushi = sexy (^_^)

[0oDeidarao0]

sakurai is sexxxy^/////////^

[AmycusValentine]

Where I can download this song..it is haunting me. I can hear it even when I am sleeping. Oh and Sakurai...damn I love him..so sexy...grrr

[Avelqual]

Rofl.

I can hear this damn song too, I think I'm going crazy desu desu desu desu desu desu

[glayiscool]

i like this song and i like their old music too.....you have tlos upport them always to begood fans people

[harsoon]

Go Buck Tick!!!!

[suekanji]

I can see both sides of this argument. I'm a long-time BT fan and saw them live a few times during the 90's when I was living in Japan. The reason I like them is tht they've changed and evolved with every album, and didn't give a fxxx what people thought, obviously, or they'd only stick with what sold well. That's the characteristic of a great band, I think. They'll stand the test of time, definitely, despite a weak album here and there.

[outmura]

it was played at many artist concert. half audience laugh and left to different musician. its a childs song. really bad (-_-)

[Avelqual]

Words cannot describe how much I love this video/song....

RIP my soul~

[RetroAsylum]

Wtf, I wish everyone would stop whining that BUCK-TICK has changed.

They're human. They change. D: I agree with 1sadseuxally2's comment...

[lamu]

THIS IS A BAD SONg T_______T

what happen to bucktick :(!?

[RRainey20]

I wonder if this video was inspire by the movie Donnie Darko.

[Lirin384]

I love Atsushi's hair!!!!!!! Gah, I can't help it. He's just godly! ^^ But I also really like Imai. He's so talented!

[PanzyMistress]

I agree with everything you say :D

[Lirin384]

Really?! Thanks! :D

[1sadseuxally2]

I like this and their older songs. I think it's nice for a musician to change here and there because well..if it were all the same..

Then they would sound the same all the time. I dunno, it's hard to explain, ahaha.

[asai82]

Thats fucking shit.

[Lirin384]

What is??????

(I'm sorry... Am I stupid...?)

[EccentricSage]

I was realy confused on the first listen of the new album, personaly... But songs like Mr.Darkness and Mrs. Moonlight grew on me after I heard them a few times and got used to it. With Imai one can expect the unexpected, that's for sure. lol

[EccentricSage]

I'm loveing the album, personaly. There's lots of nods to their older work in it, yet at the same tome they play with sounds and styles that are new to them. Plus, there's still darkness in this album, and tons of sex.... Cream Soda made me fall out of my seat laughing. Fantastic! XD How anyone could call this album pop is beyond me...

[EccentricSage]

it's a pretty strange album. I definetly see some Lucy influence in it... but with a mix of Southwestern musical influence and a little bit of carry-over from 13kai. Then add the popish hooks Imai comes up with. Strange mix! And Selia... wow!

[pariko80]

nothing worse than prententious bullshit, and why the hell are you replying to your own comments? dude, stop writing a bloody novel.

[pariko80]

I rented this album the other day, and had not heard any of the songs before, so I was really excited. After the first song, I had to use my headphones, because I felt ashamed. I was expecting someting completely different. I'm really disappointed in Buck-Tick.

[Angelica0408]

you mean, Rendevzous and this song?

[Loccomoco]

Everything after mona lisa.

[Loccomoco]

The sound, lyrics and attitude is not buck-tick. They are synthpop and industrial, singing about sex, women and punk politics. So many good memories of their concerts in the 90's. Sad to see this commercial crap by them. Now I know why Buck-Tick has lost their status in Japan. At least Soft Ballet is still respected.

[Angelica0408]

I've been 15 years or so fans of them. Of course, some songs I don't like...mostly in Six/Nine, haha.

Though I've been their fans because I like their sense of music. This song relates to "13th floor with moonshine." , from "Diabolo"...of course you know. It seems you also are one of their long fans!

[Loccomoco]

what do you think of their later singles?

[Angelica0408]

I was also very surprised to hear this song, too, but I can understand Imai mimics "Diabolo" with this song and enjoy themselves playing comical. So I think next album relates to "13th floor with moonshine" very deeply. It sounds interesting, huh? I think it's not too late to quit their fans after listening next Album, "The revolver of an angel".

[Loccomoco]

The last time I was in Japan, the buck-tick audience was completely different. Mostly younger people, while their older fans discarded them. Hope this style pays off for them. Personally I don't like it, it doesnt sound like Buck-Tick.

[EccentricSage]

I'm glad you wish them the best. :)

[Angelica0408]

Of course, you have your own favors of the songs! But I don't think their style is only dark and sad.

If you like their darkness style, you seem to sound strange to hear later singles.

[Angelica0408]

For me, I like their later singles also. Especially this song, Hisashi wrote lyrics. So he used many, many strange words, it sounds like code or something.

It's very complicated, I know. But you speak Japanese very fluently, right?

And of course you can listen to Japanese very fluently? If you so, I think you can enjoy listening to Hisashi's complicated world! hahaha.

[EccentricSage]

Even when translated into English Imai's strange manner of writing comes through... it's part of what I love about him. lol He explained his logic behind the song in an interview... from how he described it it seems almost like brushtrokes in a painting to me...very unlike traditional poetry like Atsushi's. And then when one reads the lyrics to Diablo and the lyrics to Alice side by side, you start to see a bigger picture. ^-^ It's such a puzle!

[Angelica0408]

Because you can think better about what this song wants to tell us　than the one who don't understand Japanese!(｡･ˇ∀ˇ･)ノ ○o｡+..:*

for me, it's very interesting thing what their lyrics want to tell us... Oh, of course, it's just my opinion.

I was glad to talk to you about B-T's music very deeply. Thank you!

[Loccomoco]

I can understand Japanese well. The lyrics are very different, but I guess this is much more mainstream acceptable than singing about french kissing a women between her thighs. Nowadays, I think I will stay with Sakurai's solo work and hope he releases more of it.

[Angelica0408]

Ah, you like Atsushi's solo work... to tell the truth, I don't like that very much. it's just different with my favors, haha. I prefer Lucy, Hisashi's another band to Atsushi.

If you like Atsushi's solo work, "Alice..." can't be accectable, I suppose.^_^;

[EccentricSage]

lol Me, I don't care for Lucy, but I don't hold it against Imai one bit... I love how he does whatever makes him happy reguardless of what people want.

[EccentricSage]

Well, 13kai was a concept album that was suposed to be like a twisted children's bedtime story acording to Atsushi, so it makes sence that he wouldn't be so explicit in it. And then they took a long break for side projects and solo work... So at this point I think it's a 'wait and see'. I can't realy blame them for playing it safe on the singles considering their situation. But that doesn't mean we'll never hear another sex song from them again. LOL

[moderndaymonk]

I do like the music you're talking about. But I would call that just a period as well. To my ear they only had significant industrial/electronic influence between 1996 to 2003. That still leaves 1987-1995 and the newer music out. Besides, from Hurry Up Mode until Aku no Hana their music was still pretty poppy, so this could just be seen as returning to that style.

[Loccomoco]

They started as a synthpop and new wave band (thats very different to pop) they had a bit of industrial sound after that. The fishtank members quit and the majority of their fanbase has broken up. Many fans protested if it was because of their new record label, their last album and this stuff, is being aimed at young teenage girls in Japan. Buck-Tick is now dead!

[Sokudoningyou]

That's news, considering the LJ group seems fairly lively, and we have plenty of Japanese fans. And besides, are they top of the charts? No. So then why complain? They change styles with remarkable skill. I can see if they were terrible at it, but frankly, they've only gotten better with age in my opinion. Their earlier pop and costuming was ridiculous. Thank gods they don't do that silly shit anymore, because it was frankly embarrassing to see.

[Loccomoco]

They have no Fishtank members left. thats what is embarrassing!

[EccentricSage]

I know a Japanese girl who sais those clubs are a form of marketing... Fish tankers are not special.  Though I might be joining soon myself depending upon the cost.

[Loccomoco]

by the way, have you even been to a BT concert?

[EccentricSage]

O shut the fuck up you whiney little eletist bitch! I know people who like their new stuff and have been to at least one concert, yes, but not all of us can aford to put down one thousand fucking dolars JUST to see a fucking concert! (factoring in plain tickets, hotel, etc.)

[EccentricSage]

I agree the LJ comunities are showing the growth of a new fanbase along with the older members. And there's people asking how to join Fish Tank, how to order concert tickets, and who's best to order merchandise through all the time.

I disagree with you Sokidoningyou about their early music. I love their old work and the outfits were cute sometimes... they have some bad ones nowadays too, you know. I think it's rediculous that you'd call it embarrassing. Show respect!

[EccentricSage]

Their last album was a great work of art. I still don't get why you take issue with it. Um, watching their early lives it looks to me as though their music was always aimed at horny teanage girls. If anything they've cut back on useing sex to sell their music. Their photoshoots lately show every wrinkle and blemish, and there's hardly any fanservice and coy implications about Atsushi and Imai anymore.

[Loccomoco]

there is a difference to new wave and this type of pop. A very big difference!!

[EccentricSage]

Even Imai has called their first album pop, sound-wise. Get over it. I read the interviews people translate. Their first album didn't have much synth and wasn't entirely new wave in sound, was it?

Furthermore Imai's explained pretty clearly that he wants to do a simple fun 'band sound' (meaning no synth etc.) because it's diferent from what they'd been doing. What's wrong with that?

[Angelica0408]

I really agree with you!!

it's the most important thing for the musicians to try to do something new.

And I think their basic style of music is pop. If they continue to consist the same style...I mean, dark and heavy world, we would be very boring. Hey, Locomoco, I don't think it's a good idea to complain to this song all this song's reviews...

If you don't like this song, it's enough to write your opinion only once or twice. Don't you think so??

[EccentricSage]

Honestly I think their first album was pretty poppy sounding... the synth and goth elements came in more around 1990, but still with that youthfull sound wich mainly came from Imai. I think part of the change is Atsushi's voice... it's matured... he can't sing cutesy like in the early stuff, but he can sing in a more powerfull intence voice now like on 13kai.

[KabukiRoad]

...I respectfully disagree. Sakurai-san's voice has matured but his range, I don't believe, has altered. I cite Gessekai if I may. The original Gessekai is all deep bluesy crooning, Gessekai live from Devil& Freud is raised almost an octave (falsetto even, in the beginning). Also, the way he handles the drops is masterful. Drops like that are difficult, I have experience and can attest. Domo arigato gozaimasu. ^_^

[EccentricSage]

Wich songs are political? *curious*

I don't see how it's wrong for them to write about other things besides sex and relationships. Songs about introspection or reflecting on other aspects of life are good too. And I think it shows that they've grown up a bit. I love their youthfull early stuff, but I see a greater sence of maturity in some of their later stuff. It's realy only natural.

[pariko80]

shut the fuck up, and get a life!!

[zoebb99]

Puhleaze, just because you 'discover' Buck-tick in the late 90s doesn't mean that's the only sound they have. They're CONSTANTLY changing their sound and betraying their fans expectation, it's not like this is the first time. So called old fans who abandoned them eventually come back sometime in future when their new album's sound 'click' with them (I know because I'm one of them). Their last album was awesome Glam Rock stuff, it's good stuff.

[Loccomoco]

rubbish, this is not Buck-Tick. this is commercial crap

[RetroAsylum]

Just wondering: How is this not Buck-Tick? Is sounds like it'd be one of their older songs.

[Loccomoco]

I replied below

[tijuanaperrona7]

Son los mejores =)

[nene75890]

B-T中毒者達

[yukacrew]

最高！この曲はクセになります♪

[RRainey20]

I love these guys; epsecially Atsushi! XD

Thanks for putting this up!

instant fav

[five4japan]

かっこいい、SEXUALxxxxxから最近まででイメージが重­なる曲がない。

また、進化したB―T凄い!!