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Friday, June 18, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Scans : Funswant #24 (Taiwan)
Scans by Rock_tale
TRANSLATION
it was translated by Google.sorry.hope you cant still understand it
We know that many fans are anxious when they are mixed with the screaming face to say: "Tokio Hotel, I Love You!!" The fact that we have for you readers to interview them in person. Taking photographs, the interview, to the conclusion that, Tokio Hotel really the commander to the dregs! Tokio Hotel is easy to understand you will become even of the most successful German rock symbols.
Q: Welcome to Taiwan, is pleased to readers for the majority of your interview. For a long time, compared with Taiwan, Germany's diversified development are fully reflected in each different field of music, can tell us about the status of the German pop music, play the young bands how to find way out?
A: Oh, the young band to play in Germany to find a good way you want very high degree of difficulty. All along, the German music charts are mostly foreign music (mainly American performers) of the world, so almost no chance to speak out younger bands. Have to be a rare favorable factors, have the opportunity of fame. It is worth mentioning that, in fact, the German band has been very difficult to export to other countries.
Q: TH has become a big band music, is usually how to write and compile the program? Model of cooperation between members is?
A: Oh, the orchestra with four individuals living in northern Germany, the creation of communication with one simple. Orchestra works with lyrics mostly by the Bill To m to create, and then directly in the home studio to write. It is probably like this.
Q: Of course, you now do not have to bother looking for the audience, but did it? Can chat with us, had performances in the East German town of Magdeburg things?
A: first, we are scheduled to perform every weekend. At that time a very young age, so rather enjoy the music for the working life. Importantly, away from teachers and parents, then they can only make some small money, although small but still very special life.
Q: You grew up in popular culture where it seems difficult to flow. You use music from there, and become the players gave more cheer for all sharp bands, along the way it is most difficult?
A: ah, start slowly became famous, the biggest problem is very simple, it is difficult to have their own private life. You can not freely enjoy the normal life, like go shopping in the shopping fun. Another ah, most of the time was living in the orchestra world miles, in order to perform or promote, keep moving in mobile, personal leisure time changed very little.
Q: On the group name, from the Black Question Mark to Devilish, later changed to Tokio Hotel, Can talk with us this
A: Ha ha, really funny, even the Black Question Mark that you seven when we take the group were all know! In fact, time is also small, and not to think too much, checking the dictionary later, that "Black Question Mark" very good to get to when the group name. After thirty performances more often than before, felt the need for more names, then four before finally set up a band that needs a serious name to group name was changed to Devilish. Group name and then later into Tokio Hotel, a big reason is because we like the city Tokyo, and often lived in hotels for performances inside, so put into the current group name Tokio Hotel was.
Q: Performing all over the world, for which the local fans in a concert or what particularly impressed? Act like the fans feel the passion or the day? Why?
A: Really, most of the performances of the places where the audience is very enthusiastic, have flattered us. If you want to say what impressed fans, is touring in Europe, a group of diehard fans will appear in different countries and regions every concert, and they have a fixed position in the first row there. Let's impressive group of fans, so we are very impressed.
Q: Have had so much stage experience, when you have happened on the stage even (should be labeled as very wrong indeed) What an embarrassing experience?
A: Haha, a lot of embarrassing experience ah. Before a concert, did not take long until I walk in the aisle stage performances, accidentally fell off the stage singing and singing went on. Another time in a small local stage, Kai Chang, site preparation hardware is not very perfect, the stage of the aisle have taken place in the audience something to crack wounded. There is also an outdoor concert in France performing, Bill climbed a few meters of the metal framework on performance, not careful, also fell off. Live performances of such big and small things really find many of the embarrassment …
Q: Besides music, talk about your other interests or hobbies?
A: Because most of the time booked of work, so have time, almost to sleep. Basically we are lazy pull, normal sleep is not enough free time to sleep really is. The other time? Because we all live together, so will nest together to buy a lot of DVD movies, of course, a lot of time or used to create pull. Oh, Tom has a very good car, he liked to drive fast in Germany, when the highway is no general speed limit, Tom’s interest is the whirlwind Express.
Q: If you can tell a person at all times (or group) cooperation for anything, you will choose with whom to do anything?
A: Aerosmith!
Gorgeous rock soul – See the end of the former, never stopped
Germany's most watched in 20 years a new generation of rock and roll days of group "Tokio Hotel" across half the globe log in Taiwan! Smoke illusory dream of low voice laden with explosive acceleration of gravity red rock energy, just four years in Europe set off a downpour of gorgeous atmosphere to burn the world stage. Get your AKG (Austria-known brand) headphones, indulging in the linger in the finish on the experience with the new generation of silent screaming it!
As the past 20 years representative of the German band to enter the world Humanoid, Tokio Hotel write down more than 10 platinum sales record, there are four championship singles, sellout concert tour in Europe, while also elected 200 8 MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Artist. The process of recording this album Tokio Hotel continually challenge update, more experimental possibilities. Album and Paul, Miami and Los Angeles local recording. Always love to taunt his brother Tom said with a smile: "Bill, grown doubled everyone crazy, some do not have to do something, even if we do the songs have never been done. In addition, we have no any restrictions, and also tried a lot of new instruments."
Humanoid do more than the previous electronic vocal music. The first single "Automatic" to be explored, each person facing the emotional and the relationship between convenience of life. Bill asked: "Imagine how many daily life things happen automatically? Automatic doors will automatically open, the car will automatically shift, the camera will automatically focus, these things are very easy sounds good. But When these mechanical automation on human relationships (such as emotional) on, this sounds good either a. Love must be from the heart, sincere, can not be the automatic response to cold and cold." This is the reason for their pleasing.
Humanoid still single-handedly boosted the careers of Tokio Hotel's behind the ultimate mastermind David Jost Trader. By synthesizer adjuvant, Tokio Hotel with the pure blood of rock and declared the new generation of young advocates, has repeatedly pulling and no borders extroverted uninhibited musical energy, a highly threatened group of different people on this birth!
The rise of the legendary town in Germany
Tokio Hotel's story Lebby I (Leipzig) began about two months before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the twins Tom and Bill in the September 1, 1989 was born. Because the relationship between stepfather contact with music, childhood on the very idea of Tom and Bill, with their own efforts, not only in the Magdeburg area also came to prominence in the past. Universal Music Germany, sharp-eyed attention to their talent, when listening to their audition with, immediately signed for the artistes. Tokio Hotel are also expectations of a German 20 years of the most successful artists.
Step by step towards the dream of the channel
Debut album "Schrei" within a few months after release, other European countries began to notice the band. November 2007 awards ceremony in Munich to perform, but also received the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards Best International Artist Award! Tokio Hotel 07.09.2008 the U.S. MTV Video Music Awards Best New Artist award. Naturalization after Universal Music, Devilish officially changed its name to Tokio Hotel, though the name Tokio Hotel band members, but in fact has not been to Tokyo. Use"Tokio" is simply because "it sounds cool than all the German cities", jokes guitarist Tom said: "If called Berlin Hotel, may not sound very Latin America today?"
Branched out into the fashion world queer twins
Tom and Bill from an early age have a natural fashion on the dress sense of smell, compared with his brother Tom's hip-hop dress, Bill is more avant-garde daring style has attracted the attention of the fashion industry, which is not only to board the legendary twins fashion magazine GQ German edition cover also invited to participate in Ds quared designers with the twins again this year's show in Milan Fashion Week show. Exaggerated hairstyles and cool eye shadow as a registered trademark of the lead singer Bill, gave more Dsquar ed walking down the catwalk debut. For the love of designer fashion brothers one to praise the Great Karl Lagerfeld, Bill praised Lagerfeld is a creative genius.
Tour final stop in Asia – Taiwan
Most of Taiwan's western music market dominated by Anglo-American singers, but over the past few years, Germany's Tokio Hotel, under almost no publicity, surprisingly accumulated a lot of fans, there fans take the initiative to set up a blog for the idol. Tokio Hotel at 5 / 2, the evening arrived in Taiwan, which caused a sensation at the airport, hitting the airport in recent years, one group of Western record. Send "twins" and other snacks and fabric sheets have different taste in Taiwan, but also has a gift as the significance of this, but diehard fans of Taiwan also recorded a video should be assistance for Tokio Hotel deeply impressed by the enthusiasm of the people of Taiwan!
Activities – To Tokio Hotel
Of course, we know the fans are all envy us closer to Tokio Hotel, after all, they really handsome to the dregs. Not forgetting of course FunsWant team, we do not look for the readers interests. As long as you write your letter, this month's favorite Tokio Hotel (Humanoid) album songs, have the opportunity to get their last remaining poster. Looking forward to see Tokio Hotel on a bed feeling it? Quick answer us.
Q: Welcome to Taiwan, is pleased to readers for the majority of your interview. For a long time, compared with Taiwan, Germany's diversified development are fully reflected in each different field of music, can tell us about the status of the German pop music, play the young bands how to find way out?
A: Oh, the young band to play in Germany to find a good way you want very high degree of difficulty. All along, the German music charts are mostly foreign music (mainly American performers) of the world, so almost no chance to speak out younger bands. Have to be a rare favorable factors, have the opportunity of fame. It is worth mentioning that, in fact, the German band has been very difficult to export to other countries.
Q: TH has become a big band music, is usually how to write and compile the program? Model of cooperation between members is?
A: Oh, the orchestra with four individuals living in northern Germany, the creation of communication with one simple. Orchestra works with lyrics mostly by the Bill To m to create, and then directly in the home studio to write. It is probably like this.
Q: Of course, you now do not have to bother looking for the audience, but did it? Can chat with us, had performances in the East German town of Magdeburg things?
A: first, we are scheduled to perform every weekend. At that time a very young age, so rather enjoy the music for the working life. Importantly, away from teachers and parents, then they can only make some small money, although small but still very special life.
Q: You grew up in popular culture where it seems difficult to flow. You use music from there, and become the players gave more cheer for all sharp bands, along the way it is most difficult?
A: ah, start slowly became famous, the biggest problem is very simple, it is difficult to have their own private life. You can not freely enjoy the normal life, like go shopping in the shopping fun. Another ah, most of the time was living in the orchestra world miles, in order to perform or promote, keep moving in mobile, personal leisure time changed very little.
Q: On the group name, from the Black Question Mark to Devilish, later changed to Tokio Hotel, Can talk with us this
A: Ha ha, really funny, even the Black Question Mark that you seven when we take the group were all know! In fact, time is also small, and not to think too much, checking the dictionary later, that "Black Question Mark" very good to get to when the group name. After thirty performances more often than before, felt the need for more names, then four before finally set up a band that needs a serious name to group name was changed to Devilish. Group name and then later into Tokio Hotel, a big reason is because we like the city Tokyo, and often lived in hotels for performances inside, so put into the current group name Tokio Hotel was.
Q: Performing all over the world, for which the local fans in a concert or what particularly impressed? Act like the fans feel the passion or the day? Why?
A: Really, most of the performances of the places where the audience is very enthusiastic, have flattered us. If you want to say what impressed fans, is touring in Europe, a group of diehard fans will appear in different countries and regions every concert, and they have a fixed position in the first row there. Let's impressive group of fans, so we are very impressed.
Q: Have had so much stage experience, when you have happened on the stage even (should be labeled as very wrong indeed) What an embarrassing experience?
A: Haha, a lot of embarrassing experience ah. Before a concert, did not take long until I walk in the aisle stage performances, accidentally fell off the stage singing and singing went on. Another time in a small local stage, Kai Chang, site preparation hardware is not very perfect, the stage of the aisle have taken place in the audience something to crack wounded. There is also an outdoor concert in France performing, Bill climbed a few meters of the metal framework on performance, not careful, also fell off. Live performances of such big and small things really find many of the embarrassment …
Q: Besides music, talk about your other interests or hobbies?
A: Because most of the time booked of work, so have time, almost to sleep. Basically we are lazy pull, normal sleep is not enough free time to sleep really is. The other time? Because we all live together, so will nest together to buy a lot of DVD movies, of course, a lot of time or used to create pull. Oh, Tom has a very good car, he liked to drive fast in Germany, when the highway is no general speed limit, Tom’s interest is the whirlwind Express.
Q: If you can tell a person at all times (or group) cooperation for anything, you will choose with whom to do anything?
A: Aerosmith!
Gorgeous rock soul – See the end of the former, never stopped
Germany's most watched in 20 years a new generation of rock and roll days of group "Tokio Hotel" across half the globe log in Taiwan! Smoke illusory dream of low voice laden with explosive acceleration of gravity red rock energy, just four years in Europe set off a downpour of gorgeous atmosphere to burn the world stage. Get your AKG (Austria-known brand) headphones, indulging in the linger in the finish on the experience with the new generation of silent screaming it!
As the past 20 years representative of the German band to enter the world Humanoid, Tokio Hotel write down more than 10 platinum sales record, there are four championship singles, sellout concert tour in Europe, while also elected 200 8 MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Artist. The process of recording this album Tokio Hotel continually challenge update, more experimental possibilities. Album and Paul, Miami and Los Angeles local recording. Always love to taunt his brother Tom said with a smile: "Bill, grown doubled everyone crazy, some do not have to do something, even if we do the songs have never been done. In addition, we have no any restrictions, and also tried a lot of new instruments."
Humanoid do more than the previous electronic vocal music. The first single "Automatic" to be explored, each person facing the emotional and the relationship between convenience of life. Bill asked: "Imagine how many daily life things happen automatically? Automatic doors will automatically open, the car will automatically shift, the camera will automatically focus, these things are very easy sounds good. But When these mechanical automation on human relationships (such as emotional) on, this sounds good either a. Love must be from the heart, sincere, can not be the automatic response to cold and cold." This is the reason for their pleasing.
Humanoid still single-handedly boosted the careers of Tokio Hotel's behind the ultimate mastermind David Jost Trader. By synthesizer adjuvant, Tokio Hotel with the pure blood of rock and declared the new generation of young advocates, has repeatedly pulling and no borders extroverted uninhibited musical energy, a highly threatened group of different people on this birth!
The rise of the legendary town in Germany
Tokio Hotel's story Lebby I (Leipzig) began about two months before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the twins Tom and Bill in the September 1, 1989 was born. Because the relationship between stepfather contact with music, childhood on the very idea of Tom and Bill, with their own efforts, not only in the Magdeburg area also came to prominence in the past. Universal Music Germany, sharp-eyed attention to their talent, when listening to their audition with, immediately signed for the artistes. Tokio Hotel are also expectations of a German 20 years of the most successful artists.
Step by step towards the dream of the channel
Debut album "Schrei" within a few months after release, other European countries began to notice the band. November 2007 awards ceremony in Munich to perform, but also received the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards Best International Artist Award! Tokio Hotel 07.09.2008 the U.S. MTV Video Music Awards Best New Artist award. Naturalization after Universal Music, Devilish officially changed its name to Tokio Hotel, though the name Tokio Hotel band members, but in fact has not been to Tokyo. Use"Tokio" is simply because "it sounds cool than all the German cities", jokes guitarist Tom said: "If called Berlin Hotel, may not sound very Latin America today?"
Branched out into the fashion world queer twins
Tom and Bill from an early age have a natural fashion on the dress sense of smell, compared with his brother Tom's hip-hop dress, Bill is more avant-garde daring style has attracted the attention of the fashion industry, which is not only to board the legendary twins fashion magazine GQ German edition cover also invited to participate in Ds quared designers with the twins again this year's show in Milan Fashion Week show. Exaggerated hairstyles and cool eye shadow as a registered trademark of the lead singer Bill, gave more Dsquar ed walking down the catwalk debut. For the love of designer fashion brothers one to praise the Great Karl Lagerfeld, Bill praised Lagerfeld is a creative genius.
Tour final stop in Asia – Taiwan
Most of Taiwan's western music market dominated by Anglo-American singers, but over the past few years, Germany's Tokio Hotel, under almost no publicity, surprisingly accumulated a lot of fans, there fans take the initiative to set up a blog for the idol. Tokio Hotel at 5 / 2, the evening arrived in Taiwan, which caused a sensation at the airport, hitting the airport in recent years, one group of Western record. Send "twins" and other snacks and fabric sheets have different taste in Taiwan, but also has a gift as the significance of this, but diehard fans of Taiwan also recorded a video should be assistance for Tokio Hotel deeply impressed by the enthusiasm of the people of Taiwan!
Activities – To Tokio Hotel
Of course, we know the fans are all envy us closer to Tokio Hotel, after all, they really handsome to the dregs. Not forgetting of course FunsWant team, we do not look for the readers interests. As long as you write your letter, this month's favorite Tokio Hotel (Humanoid) album songs, have the opportunity to get their last remaining poster. Looking forward to see Tokio Hotel on a bed feeling it? Quick answer us.
Credits : TokioHotel_info
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Videos : Azio TV - Entertainment@Asia (Taiwan) - 05.06.2010
PREVIEW
They're playing some Taiwan nightmarket games.
1. A traditional gamble: Throwing 4 dice into a porcelain bowl and say "shih-ba-la" loudly. Winner can get more Taiwanese sausage from vendors.
2. Balloon-shooting .
2. Balloon-shooting .
PART 1
PART 1 - English Subs
05-6-2010 - Entertainment@Asia Part 1 (eng sub) from xxcheukxx on Vimeo.
PART 2
PART 2 - English Subs
05-6-2010 - Entertainment@Asia Part 2 (eng sub) from xxcheukxx on Vimeo.
PART 3
PART 3 - English Subs
05-6-2010 - Entertainment@Asia Part 3 (eng sub) from xxcheukxx on Vimeo.
PART 4
PART 4 - English Subs
05-6-2010 - Entertainment@Asia Part 4 (eng sub) from xxcheukxx on Vimeo.
PART 5
PART 5 - English Subs
05-6-2010 - Entertainment@Asia Part 5 (eng sub) from xxcheukxx on Vimeo.
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FULL SHOW - wmv.file
Thanks to theresa @ THCN
Part 1 - English Subs
Part 2 - English Subs
Part 3 - English Subs
Part 4 - English Subs
Part 5 - English Subs
Thanks to xxcheukxx @ THus
credits : Tokio Hotel Info
Scans : Play #146 - Taiwan - w/ translation
New photos of a photoshoot in Taiwan!
Scans by theresa @ THCN
TRANSLATION
Humanoid – Tokio Hotel
[the right bottom black box]
Although they were only 16 years old on average when debuted, they had already won an Echo Award for Best New Comer, which is the highest honour of the German music circle, in a short period of time. Tokio Hotel is formed by Visual Vocal Bill Kaulitz, Hip Hop Guitarist Tom who has dreadlocks and is the elder twin, Bassist Georg Listing and drummer Gustav Schaefer. Since they debuted, they have got 3 NO.1 albums, 4 NO.1 singles, 10 platinum records and 40 different awards from various countries including "Best Newcomer" of VMA 2008 and "Best Band" of the European Music Awards 2009. They are very popular, a hundred percent! This is their first time to visit Taiwan, they will occupy your vision and raid your hearing.
[the interview part]
Play = P, Tokio Hotel = TH
Although they were only 16 years old on average when debuted, they had already won an Echo Award for Best New Comer, which is the highest honour of the German music circle, in a short period of time. Tokio Hotel is formed by Visual Vocal Bill Kaulitz, Hip Hop Guitarist Tom who has dreadlocks and is the elder twin, Bassist Georg Listing and drummer Gustav Schaefer. Since they debuted, they have got 3 NO.1 albums, 4 NO.1 singles, 10 platinum records and 40 different awards from various countries including "Best Newcomer" of VMA 2008 and "Best Band" of the European Music Awards 2009. They are very popular, a hundred percent! This is their first time to visit Taiwan, they will occupy your vision and raid your hearing.
[the interview part]
Play = P, Tokio Hotel = TH
P: Did you google "Taiwan" before you came?
TH: Not really (laughter). This is the first time of us to visit Asia and we think this place is very mysterious. We come another part of the world so we felt really warm when we knew that we had so many fans here.
P: Have you ever listened to any music of Taiwan singers?
TH: No, we still haven't had this chance but we do want to know more about the kinds of music that Taiwan people are listening to.
P: What is the first Chinese word that you learnt?
TH: Our band name "Tokio Hotel". On the press conference, there were children who wore shirts with our band name on them and the host told us about it. Ha, those children are really cute! (the editor: those 4 children, good job! If anyone has photos of them please provide them to us.)
P: What is your first impression of Taiwan fans?
TH: We don't think they are crazy, but they are beautiful (Woahh). We saw a lot of fans welcoming us at the airport and they had made some posters with German on them. There were also fans who drew portraits of us which was very touching. Taiwan fans always follow the rules and are polite, we think that they are one of the best group of our fans. (Is it true?)
P: Why are you so obsessed with Tokyo?
TH: We came from a small town of Germany so we always want to see the outside world. We knew there was a city called "Tokyo" when we were small and it soundsed like it had many amazing stuff there. Although we still haven't been to Tokyo, we hope we can have the chance soon so we can perform for our fans there.
P: Please list your favourite top 5 hotels.
TH: The ones that we have deepest impression are the hotels in Madrid, Moscow, Paris and Berlin. Of course the Taiwan hotel that we are staying in is great too! (editor: graceful answer.)
P: When did you start to be vegetarians?
TH: We can't remember, but the reason is very simple that we don't want to kill animals. We humans should not take away animal's lives because of our desires and nothing bad would happen even if we didn't eat meat! (laughter)
P: You have 4 dogs, Do you mind telling us their names? Could you share their photos with us? Who is responsible for taking care of them when you are on tour?
TH: Sorry we can't tell their names as this is our little secret (laughter). Our parents are also dog lovers so they will take care of our dogs when we are not at home. We have to thank them! (laughter)
P: Have you ever think of having other jobs besides singers and rock stars? Such as a professional make up artist?
TH: Frankly I have never thought about it because we were a band when we were small and it feels like we are always doing things related to music. I never think of others job like policeman or fireman, music is the most important thing to us.
P: Lastly, can you use the songs in your new album "Humanoid" to describe yourselves?
TH: It is very hard to use the songs to describe our looks or feelings because every song is about different aspect and they are like our kids. I don't have a favourite one but if I must choose one, I will choose "Automatic" because this song tells about the advanced technologies and their impacts on human relationships.
TH: Not really (laughter). This is the first time of us to visit Asia and we think this place is very mysterious. We come another part of the world so we felt really warm when we knew that we had so many fans here.
P: Have you ever listened to any music of Taiwan singers?
TH: No, we still haven't had this chance but we do want to know more about the kinds of music that Taiwan people are listening to.
P: What is the first Chinese word that you learnt?
TH: Our band name "Tokio Hotel". On the press conference, there were children who wore shirts with our band name on them and the host told us about it. Ha, those children are really cute! (the editor: those 4 children, good job! If anyone has photos of them please provide them to us.)
P: What is your first impression of Taiwan fans?
TH: We don't think they are crazy, but they are beautiful (Woahh). We saw a lot of fans welcoming us at the airport and they had made some posters with German on them. There were also fans who drew portraits of us which was very touching. Taiwan fans always follow the rules and are polite, we think that they are one of the best group of our fans. (Is it true?)
P: Why are you so obsessed with Tokyo?
TH: We came from a small town of Germany so we always want to see the outside world. We knew there was a city called "Tokyo" when we were small and it soundsed like it had many amazing stuff there. Although we still haven't been to Tokyo, we hope we can have the chance soon so we can perform for our fans there.
P: Please list your favourite top 5 hotels.
TH: The ones that we have deepest impression are the hotels in Madrid, Moscow, Paris and Berlin. Of course the Taiwan hotel that we are staying in is great too! (editor: graceful answer.)
P: When did you start to be vegetarians?
TH: We can't remember, but the reason is very simple that we don't want to kill animals. We humans should not take away animal's lives because of our desires and nothing bad would happen even if we didn't eat meat! (laughter)
P: You have 4 dogs, Do you mind telling us their names? Could you share their photos with us? Who is responsible for taking care of them when you are on tour?
TH: Sorry we can't tell their names as this is our little secret (laughter). Our parents are also dog lovers so they will take care of our dogs when we are not at home. We have to thank them! (laughter)
P: Have you ever think of having other jobs besides singers and rock stars? Such as a professional make up artist?
TH: Frankly I have never thought about it because we were a band when we were small and it feels like we are always doing things related to music. I never think of others job like policeman or fireman, music is the most important thing to us.
P: Lastly, can you use the songs in your new album "Humanoid" to describe yourselves?
TH: It is very hard to use the songs to describe our looks or feelings because every song is about different aspect and they are like our kids. I don't have a favourite one but if I must choose one, I will choose "Automatic" because this song tells about the advanced technologies and their impacts on human relationships.
Translation by xxcheukxx @ THA
Videos : Cti TV - University (Taiwan) - 03.06.2010
Interviews : HitFM HitoRadio - Interview in Taiwan - 01.06.2010
Showing Youth Directly TOKIO HOTEL
We are heading to the little German town that Bach devoted his life to create some fantastic music pieces, Leipzig. They are Tokio Hotel, who showed their youth directly through their charm of rock and conquered the world in a few years. They came to Taiwan to promote their new album Humanoid on 4th May and at the same time, HitFM had a close interview with Tokio Hotel about the origin of the band name, random stuff happened during the world tour, making of the album and their feelings when writing lyrics. These all could help you understand more about Tokio Hotel!
The interviewer (B): TOKIO HOTEL came to Taiwan to promote themselves, among all the things that you saw in Taiwan, What things have impressed you the most?
TOKIO HOTEL (TH): The fans [The twins said together]! When we got off the plane, there were many fans waiting at the airport. Their loud screams made us really happy. Taipei is a beautiful city that we saw a lot of splendid buildings. Georg has taken many photos and we hope to meet more funny people and stuff in Taiwan.
B: Maybe you have answered this question for a thousand times, but many Taiwan fans still want to know the answer. Why did you name your band Tokio Hotel?
TH: I think everybody who has listened to our songs knows that we were not from Tokyo. In fact we have never been to Tokyo, so we hope we could have a chance to visit this big city. It is like a symbol of us. We chose "TOKIO" because of its pronunciation and its image of a huge city. In addition, when we were on tour we always had to live in hotels, so this is the meaning of "Tokio Hotel".
B: Are there any touching things during your shows? Such as 500 thousand fans singing your German songs under the Eiffel Tower...We are heading to the little German town that Bach devoted his life to create some fantastic music pieces, Leipzig. They are Tokio Hotel, who showed their youth directly through their charm of rock and conquered the world in a few years. They came to Taiwan to promote their new album Humanoid on 4th May and at the same time, HitFM had a close interview with Tokio Hotel about the origin of the band name, random stuff happened during the world tour, making of the album and their feelings when writing lyrics. These all could help you understand more about Tokio Hotel!
The interviewer (B): TOKIO HOTEL came to Taiwan to promote themselves, among all the things that you saw in Taiwan, What things have impressed you the most?
TOKIO HOTEL (TH): The fans [The twins said together]! When we got off the plane, there were many fans waiting at the airport. Their loud screams made us really happy. Taipei is a beautiful city that we saw a lot of splendid buildings. Georg has taken many photos and we hope to meet more funny people and stuff in Taiwan.
B: Maybe you have answered this question for a thousand times, but many Taiwan fans still want to know the answer. Why did you name your band Tokio Hotel?
TH: I think everybody who has listened to our songs knows that we were not from Tokyo. In fact we have never been to Tokyo, so we hope we could have a chance to visit this big city. It is like a symbol of us. We chose "TOKIO" because of its pronunciation and its image of a huge city. In addition, when we were on tour we always had to live in hotels, so this is the meaning of "Tokio Hotel".
TH: Yes, that was an important moment to us. We were proud to be invited to France and that was a golden chance. There were many touching moments so it is hard to explain. There were fans singing "Durch Den Monsun" outside our hotels in many countries and we were moved. There were too many magical moments such as the first times when we went to Asia and USA and met our fans. Of course I also want to go to Japan to see our fans there as soon as possible because of our band name.
B: About the fans...
TH: There are many energetic fans who followed us on the last tour. We can see them on the first row in every concert and they followed our car after the concerts too. They even camped outside the venue of our concerts. Nevertheless we are happy about all these things because they act like they are living with "Tokio Hotel" so we wouldn't feel lonely. Wherever we go we are surrounded by our fans and can share many moments with them. These are all helpful as they encourage us to go on. We are like one family.
B: The new album is different from your past albums that it has many electric sounds and effects. They make it sounds more shinny and fashionable. How did you feel when you decided to make all these changes?
TH: We usually record our album in the studio and we never plan too much about it. We follow our feelings and opinions and we spend a lot of time in the studio to finish recording it. Apart from the song titles, we also discussed about the name, cover and videos of the album. When I am writing a song, I will think of the scenes, stories and costumes of it. So this album allows us to step forward because it has more images.
Of course for the production part we also need to step forward. We have more ideas like using different ways and instruments to compose songs so that every song can have numbers of different versions. Sometimes a song could have up to 5 versions.
B: As you started your career when you were 16, did this make any changes to your lives and friendships? Some songs in your new album describe about pain and the desire to be understood…(WORLD BEHIND MY WALL, HUMANDID, PAIN OF LOVE). Are those your true stories?
TH: Yes. Actually I wrote those songs because I was upset and had strong emotions and feelings. We collect feelings because we don't know when the inspirations will come. They can come from any places such as movies, cities or people around you. These things might not happened directly to us but the emotions and feelings did appear in our real lives.
B: Some concerts of the American tour had been cancelled because of the singer suffering from the vocal cord disease. Can you talk about this experience and how do you take good care of your voice now?
TH: This is hard to say because I seldom went out to play during the tour. I didn't drink beer too. During the tour, I took exclusive good care to myself like I drank tea everyday. This is very important to me because you never know if you would be safe or not. Everything could happen and was not predictable. I just hope these bad things won't happen again. After that the concerts were all successful and I hope to come to Taiwan again!
Postscript
I still remembered that when the writer were invited to Hsuan Chuang University to give a speech about music in 2005, he said that "inspirations have to be accumulated...". We always want the inspirations to come to us in a sudden and then we can create some amazing stuff naturally. We just need to spend 5 mins to feel the miracle and we should dance. Until now I still think that this is an excuse for myself to be lazy.
The talented photographer Nobuyoshi Araki form Japan once said that "If your keep your failure you might create some masterpieces."
TH: There are many energetic fans who followed us on the last tour. We can see them on the first row in every concert and they followed our car after the concerts too. They even camped outside the venue of our concerts. Nevertheless we are happy about all these things because they act like they are living with "Tokio Hotel" so we wouldn't feel lonely. Wherever we go we are surrounded by our fans and can share many moments with them. These are all helpful as they encourage us to go on. We are like one family.
B: The new album is different from your past albums that it has many electric sounds and effects. They make it sounds more shinny and fashionable. How did you feel when you decided to make all these changes?
TH: We usually record our album in the studio and we never plan too much about it. We follow our feelings and opinions and we spend a lot of time in the studio to finish recording it. Apart from the song titles, we also discussed about the name, cover and videos of the album. When I am writing a song, I will think of the scenes, stories and costumes of it. So this album allows us to step forward because it has more images.
Of course for the production part we also need to step forward. We have more ideas like using different ways and instruments to compose songs so that every song can have numbers of different versions. Sometimes a song could have up to 5 versions.
B: As you started your career when you were 16, did this make any changes to your lives and friendships? Some songs in your new album describe about pain and the desire to be understood…(WORLD BEHIND MY WALL, HUMANDID, PAIN OF LOVE). Are those your true stories?
TH: Yes. Actually I wrote those songs because I was upset and had strong emotions and feelings. We collect feelings because we don't know when the inspirations will come. They can come from any places such as movies, cities or people around you. These things might not happened directly to us but the emotions and feelings did appear in our real lives.
B: Some concerts of the American tour had been cancelled because of the singer suffering from the vocal cord disease. Can you talk about this experience and how do you take good care of your voice now?
TH: This is hard to say because I seldom went out to play during the tour. I didn't drink beer too. During the tour, I took exclusive good care to myself like I drank tea everyday. This is very important to me because you never know if you would be safe or not. Everything could happen and was not predictable. I just hope these bad things won't happen again. After that the concerts were all successful and I hope to come to Taiwan again!
Postscript
I still remembered that when the writer were invited to Hsuan Chuang University to give a speech about music in 2005, he said that "inspirations have to be accumulated...". We always want the inspirations to come to us in a sudden and then we can create some amazing stuff naturally. We just need to spend 5 mins to feel the miracle and we should dance. Until now I still think that this is an excuse for myself to be lazy.
The talented photographer Nobuyoshi Araki form Japan once said that "If your keep your failure you might create some masterpieces."
Translation by xxcheukxx @ THA
Credits : Tokio Hotel Info
News : TV-Shows in Taiwan about Tokio Hotel's visit in Taiwan
Two TV-Programs in Taiwan will report this week about the visit of Tokio Hotel in Taiwan some weeks ago. We're excited about what they have to report and hope that the Asian TH-Fans will record everything, so we can see it too
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