The Rasmus - International Forum

[Cindy88]

This is the new Rockoon! for the month April

The front:

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Page 1:

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Maybe someone can translate this for the non German people in here? ^^

Oh, and I'm sorry for my crappy scanner, but if you enlarge the pics you can see/read it!
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"Any other time I'm fine in the morning
I can hear the winter's crawling
I wish another time that it would be summertime
I can see that leaves are falling"

[Flinch22]

your forgiveness is the next song?????? O_o

[just.Marina]

Here's a quick summary for you:

- They noticed that nowadays the average age of their fan base isn't 13 anymore, but more like 30 and that the people are more interested in their music now and not only their looks.
- They talk about the sound of BR and the contrast between songs like LIAWWY and Live Forever.
- Aki says his favourite song to play live is The Fight because it's very fast and a bit difficult. Lauri's favourite is Live Forever as the atmosphere during that song is so different to the rest of the set and very personal to him. He always takes his earplugs out while playing it and it gives him goose bumps how the audience becomes absolutely quiet and just stands there listening.
- They explain that sometimes the girls they take on stage to sing Rakkauslaulu are so nervous that they can't get a single word out, but also that one girl even wanted to do Ufolaulu and they were very surprised that she knew both songs.
- About their future plans: They'll continue touring Europe, do some festivals over the summer and in the fall they'll go to Latin America. Beside they have their 15th anniversary in November and they're planning to release something special then (i. e. the duet with Anette Olzon, a couple of B sides or a special fan package) or even do an extra tour.
- They're already thinking about the next album as well.
- They've got internet on the bus, that's how they keep in touch with their friends and families. Lauri tells that he's "talked" to his son on Skype just before the interview and that he's got his first tooth now.
- Eero recorded the video to Your Forgiveness. The story of the video sticks very close to the lyrics.

I think that's about it
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[monella]

I tried to read it, and if my little school-German-memory is correct and if I'm not stunned by high temperature (dear me ), I can clearly understand that lauri & aki in a part of it talk about vanessa, the girl who decided to sing ufolaulu instead of rakkauslaulu.

at the beginning they've been asked about the new album, and they said it's an "older" album; then I think they're making jokes about their ages (all around 30).

then the interviewer asked them about BR, and they said that on the one hand it's a different album, with more electrical songs like Livin' and some more rock songs like The Fight or 10 Black Roses.
And on the other hand they have songs like Live Forever which they play acoustic - less power and more voice, and this is the other side of the rasmus.

they've been asked about playing In the shadows, and they say they still play it 'cos people know the song so good and always like it.

another question is, which parts you enjoy playing the most?
aki replied he loves playing The Fight, cos it's a "drummer song" (and starts tapping his fingers on the table).
lauri, on the contrary, said he loves playing Live Forever, he feels this song very personal and sings it straight to the audience acoustic.


then they talk about the people singing on stage with them in finnish.
the interviewer asks if any of the people who stood on stage to sing were nervous (what a question is it?!?!? ); aki says that he even wrote some suggestion on their myspace (and we all know that ) about it and lauri added that some girls were so nervous that couldn't even sing in tune.
they even say something like, there in germany happened that a girl wanted to sing ufolaulu, the other finnish song of theirs. they thought she could sing rakkauslaulu, but then she chose ufolaulu, and since she was the "guest" of the night, they agreed on her decision, and added she's a big fan. (VANEEEEESSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA )


the following question is about their plans after the tour.
aki says they're touring until the summer... spain, mexico and even russia; and then, they are taking part to some festivals in summer.
after that, in autumn they're touring latin america.
lauri mentions their 15th birthday, and he says that they've a song ready (the one in duet with annette olzon), which may be released as b-side or maybe in a special fan-edition of something for the anniversary, which may be followed by a tour. (ok, I'm sorry, I'll stop it )
he says they're also thinking about their next album and working on it, basically.

next question is about how they keep in touch with their families. aki says they have internet on the bus and lauri that he spoke to his son via skype the day before
he says his little baby has his first tooth

then aki says they've got back there to bochum and that the gig there went sold out in 2 weeks.
lauri talks about eero's abitude to take his camera & record videos for every single city they played in, sometimes even "interviewing" people (I think). aki added that eero is really creative, and he shot (or had the idea for it?! ) the video for Your forgiveness, which is half ready. the video of YF has been inspired by the lyrics of the song .

next question is about how they can find a way to be happy while so often on the road.
lauri replies that the day before something nice happened; 3 girls who are always stuck to them (the finnish ones?!?!? ), took medications & tea to him, cos he didn't feel good, and it was very kind of them.

the last part is about the trick the guys played on Fräulein Wunder, with vodka and so on... and I think the interviewer said that one of them is 17, so the guys replied.... ok, no vodka for her!

that's all about it, I'm sorry if there are any mistakes, but my german is not that good!


EDIT: oh damn, I didn't see your post Marina, I was trying to translate the article as well
well anyway, thanks for posting

[*Drea*]

I think the interview was made when they were in Germany the first time, so in January/February. Lauri shortly mentions that they were ill, so I guess it was made this time.
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[Betrayal]

yeah, the interview was made in February, I think it was February 3rd when they were in Frankfurt.

[*LightQueen*]

[Fantasyinheaven]

Great interview...
Sounds good a new Album something special for their 15 years...
and more gigs in Germany what could be better?
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[Be]

Thanks for the translation ;)

Interesting the idea to celebrate the anniversary with a special edition and, what's better...the tour!
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[Cindy88]

Thank you all for the nice messages and I also think it's an great idea to celebrate their anniversary like that! ^^
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"Any other time I'm fine in the morning
I can hear the winter's crawling
I wish another time that it would be summertime
I can see that leaves are falling"

[monella]

[SuomenVarjo]

heeey monella your translation was veeeery good

yep, the interview was made at 3rd febuary
i can tell it clearly because i got the part of the recording when lauri and aki were talking about me singing ufo *.* and the title was interview_03.02.2009

maybe i can add something to the story with fräulein wunder :D i met them at 1st april and we were talking a quiet a lot and they told that rasmus changed their water in the bottle into wodka and put fish at their microphones :D FW wanted to revenge and the bass player had the idea to do lauri's microphone pillar full with black shoe polish because "he always has sex with his microphone pillar and he goew with his hands trough his face" to say it in her words ;) but they haven't done it :( :D

aaand, yeah, a tour would be sooo wonderful *.*
anywhere from finland i heard that the tickets should cost 15€ because of their 15th birthday but i heard it already last year soo, dont wonder if it isnt like that ;)
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Ahhh... singing UFO?!?! Uff *-*
Let's see what will happen at 1st April

[*LightQueen*]

[monella]