This is where I'll say it: I prefer Pata's guitars to hide's. And this song, really, is why I say that. They were both such necessary components to X Japan, and the band wouldn't have become nearly so infamous without either of them, yet while hide almost ALWAYS got the spotlight for his goofiness and charisma onstage, that does NOT mean that the more-retiring Pata was a lesser musician. And "Scars" just happens to be the song that made that point very clear to me one day. During the last refrain, he just goes wild--and yet is still so controlled. Am I the only person who can hear that?
This is where I'll say it: I prefer Pata's guitars to hide's. And this song, really, is why I say that. They were both such necessary components to X Japan, and the band wouldn't have become nearly so infamous without either of them, yet while hide almost ALWAYS got the spotlight for his goofiness and charisma onstage, that does NOT mean that the more-retiring Pata was a lesser musician. And "Scars" just happens to be the song that made that point very clear to me one day. During the last refrain, he just goes wild--and yet is still so controlled. Am I the only person who can hear that?