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Post by Claudia Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:19 am

OMG there is one :O
I am happy :]
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Post by Lisadeluxee Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:22 am

Yep! I'm not very active on it though. D:

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Post by Guest Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:26 am

Yay! They won! I'll vote more this time around now that I know about it. Very Happy

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Post by Lisadeluxee Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:48 am

darksideofthesun wrote:Yay! They won! I'll vote more this time around now that I know about it. Very Happy
Yep, so will I!
Thank you!

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Post by TheLastSongbird Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:30 am

I think I'm on the borderline of liking Tokio Hotel. I feel like all I need now is to listen to that one amazing song that tips me over the edge...I love their message and their genre of music fits in with my personal taste, but I still only feel "meh" about their songs.

One day, I'm almost certain I'm going to listen to Tokio Hotel and go: "Wow!" This is exactly what happened when I found Kerli, but this time the process seems more drawn out xD

Can anyone suggest a song of TH's that you think is epic for me to have a listen to, just to try and speed up the process? I really want to like them, but like I said, I feel I need that little extra push.
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Post by Poetic Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:29 am

I agree with the above 100%
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Post by Guest Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:19 pm

TheLastSongbird wrote:I think I'm on the borderline of liking Tokio Hotel. I feel like all I need now is to listen to that one amazing song that tips me over the edge...I love their message and their genre of music fits in with my personal taste, but I still only feel "meh" about their songs.

One day, I'm almost certain I'm going to listen to Tokio Hotel and go: "Wow!" This is exactly what happened when I found Kerli, but this time the process seems more drawn out xD

Can anyone suggest a song of TH's that you think is epic for me to have a listen to, just to try and speed up the process? I really want to like them, but like I said, I feel I need that little extra push.

I love their music so I hard a time picking their most epic songs but here are a few of my favorites (I know there's a lot but trust me I have more lol).

Geisterfahrer (especially this song it's probably favorite, the English version is Phantomrider but it's good but it's not as good in my opinion)
In Die Nacht
In Your Shadow (I Can Shine)
Raise Your Hands
World Behind My Wall
Monsoon
Don't Jump

and if you want some more suggests I have a some more songs that I wanted to put on this list but I didn't want to make it too long lol.

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Post by TheLastSongbird Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:38 pm

Thankyou for your suggestions! Very Happy I loved In Die Nacht and World Behind My Wall, but I think the best of those is In Your Shadow (I Can Shine) - it made me cry, it's so beautiful. In fact, I'm going to go and listen to it again right now ^^

Suggest all you want, don't worry about the list being too long. I'm beginning to like Tokio Hotel now Smile
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Post by Guest Wed Sep 01, 2010 5:51 pm

now this group can sing. Tokio Hotel - Page 3 Icon_biggrin

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Post by Guest Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:33 pm

You welcome! I'm glad your starting to like Tokio Hotel their one of my favorite bands and I can't help but love the twins (not that I don't like the other band members too lol).

In Your Shadow (I Can Shine) and In Die Nacht are their most beautiful songs in my opinion. The lyrics are so amazing. The lyrics for In Die Nacht translated into English makes me cry. In Die Nacht is about their relationship as twins, it's so beautiful.

Here are some more of their songs. No German ones this time. I'm not as familiar with their German songs as I am with English songs. I'm getting there thou Smile.

Oh and if you want to know the German Version or English version of any of the songs I recommended just ask Very Happy.

Forever Now
Love & Death
That Day
By Your Side
Down On You
Noise
Ready Set Go!

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Post by Little Phoenix Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:44 pm

I'm one of those fans who like the old album better, so I'd say:

Love is dead
1000 Meere
Spring nicht

But I really love all their songs more or less Smile
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Post by TheLastSongbird Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:02 pm

@darksideofthesun + Little Phoenix - I like all of the songs you suggested, which definitely shows progress, because I didn't like Don't Jump/Spring Nicht or Love Is Dead before Smile

Oh my god, I'm sorry, but now I have to rant xD Forever Now, Noise, Ready Set Go and Down On You all rock and have so much meaning to them. By Your Side, That Day, Don't Jump/Spring Nicht, Love Is Dead and 1000 Meere are beautiful and heartbreaking. I was actually breathless when I watched the 1000 Meere video, Bill looks like an angel in it *.* As for Love & Death, that top note! Just...wow Shocked

I am falling in love with Bill's voice...well, Bill in general I love you His voice has such a beautiful, raw quality to it. His and Kerli's voices are so different and yet so similar. Now I understand why they worked so well together in Strange: they sort of clash, but it works in that song.

Tom is so cute as well ^^ He reminds me of my boyfriend somehow, I'm not sure why. Looking at them both though, they have almost the same facial structure and their lips and smiles are similar too, so maybe that's why Very Happy

Thanks to both of you! I knew that I'd end up falling for Tokio Hotel eventually Very Happy
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Post by Claudia Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:29 pm

^No one could resist Bill's voice for ever ;D
I prefer their german songs then english (Humanoid album I made and exception because it grew on me and I'm use to the english, never really heard the german songs either) But I would like an english verison for Reden and Geh.

Geh, I would recommend if you wanna listen to, its a very sad song about their dad leaving. Telling him to go but at the end he says stay in a very sad voice.

And there is a boy in my class who is like Tom, a total womanizer (Not like he gets them anyway)
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Post by TheLastSongbird Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:08 am

Aww, Geh is beautiful...I was close to tears.

Now I think back, I started to love Bill's voice when I heard Strange. "A freak of nature, Stuck in reality. I don't fit the picture, I'm not what you want me to be. Sorry..." touched me so much when I first heard it. He has a way of showing pain through his voice so strongly.

I was so afraid that, now I've found Kerli, I would never find another singer or band I loved as much. But I know I'm going to keep falling for Tokio Hotel. Hopefully not to the point where I'm one of the twins' crazy fangirls though xD
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Post by Guest Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:05 am

they are ok

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Post by Guest Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:55 pm

Bill's voice is so gorgeous, I love it, I especially love how his voice can show so much emotion. That's one of things I love about Kerli too, how they can show so much emotion in their voice.

Really I just love the everything about this band. They are so cute, weird and sweet.

Oh be careful of the twins crazy fan girls they are scary lol. Actually a lot of Tokio Hotel fans in general can be scary. Very Happy

Oh and TheLastSongbird your welcome Very Happy and I'm so glad you love Tokio Hotel now.

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Post by Claudia Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:18 pm

Yeah the crazy fangirls tend to be psychotic but as I signed up and mingle on the TH US forums they are quite funny, some are a little delusional with them thinking of themselves as the boys 'dream girl'.
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Post by Guest Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:32 pm

^ Yeah I wasn't really trying to say anything negative about them just that they can get a little scary sometimes. Almost all of them are harmless and mostly funny.

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Post by Claudia Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:42 pm

Yeah extremely scary to the point of stalking D:
I'm a devoted fan but I don't go over the top with things. And I'm glad that I found out about them, seeing how there is Twins in the band makes me smile.
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Post by Krissy Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:50 pm

kind of like them

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Post by Guest Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:00 pm

That's why I said almost all of them are harmless. I try not to think about that crazy group of girls. Did you hear that their house was broken into on their birthday? The twins weren't inside, thankfully. I really hope it was burglar and not some crazy fan but who knows.


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Post by Claudia Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:10 pm

Yes I heard, the twins were at Vegas at the time.

So the rumor is true?

It's awful, the poor twins :[
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Post by Guest Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:18 pm

I hear they where in Denmark but I'm not sure were they where but the part about their house being broken into seems to be true. I know the poor twins, it's so sad. Some fans are hoping it was the house that they use as a studio was broken into and not their personal house, I'm kinda hoping that too but I really just wish it never happened.


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Post by Claudia Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:30 pm

Denmark? What were they doing in Denmark :/

anywho I would feel very violated too if my house was broken into and I hope it wasn't a crazy fan that done it. Poor Bill, as I can recall he has a bit of OCD-ness in him like me. And it would be devastating to find out someone had touch his stuff.
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Post by Guest Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:36 pm

I don't really know were they where or were they are now. I don't think anyone does, there are a lot of rumors going around now.

I would have to move if my house was broken into, I would be so paranoid that it would happen again. Also I would probably have to sanitize everything. I couldn't imagine how volatilizing it must be to have your house broken into.

I feel so bad for them.

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Post by Claudia Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:38 pm

Yeah me too, pretty much everyone does. Let's hope they will pull through.
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Post by Guest Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:43 pm

Yeah.

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Post by Claudia Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:56 pm

With this shocking news they are bound to have an interview about this, and lets hope they catch the intruder.
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Post by TheLastSongbird Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:56 am

Aww, I hope they're okay and that nothing valuable to them got stolen. What a day for it to happen too. If it was a crazed fan, that's just scary.

I'm so glad they weren't there when it happened. Who knows who could have got hurt if they had been. I sincerely hope whoever did it gets caught too.
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Post by Claudia Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:01 am

I wouldn't want the whole fandom know who is the intruder is, it would lead to problems like revenge and crazy fans could get violent.
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Post by TheLastSongbird Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:08 am

Yeah =/ I hope Bill and Tom get to find out though, if the person/people are caught. Those two wouldn't harm a fly, but they deserve to know who did it, and whoever broke in deserves to be named, shamed and punished.
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Post by Krissy Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:35 am

wow! that's freaky....So scarey...Damn crazy fans.

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Post by Claudia Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:04 am

But it might not be fans

Tom had faced an incident a while ago with crazy stalkers, it could be them again.
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Post by Krissy Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:08 am

oh god..not good..id be scared 4 life.

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Post by Claudia Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:10 am

I think one was put behind bars, but she might of been let out :/

they do have restraining orders on those stalkers and if it was them then they would be ridden off to jail. We have to wait and see when an interview comes out or more information.
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Post by Krissy Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:17 am

This really is the downfall on being famous.

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Post by Claudia Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:23 am

On the bright side. Tokio Hotel is played on the radio every morning at 8PM on saturday (In the US time zone)
http://www.cherrytreerecords.com/radio

it depends where you are, for me it's 1AM at night :/
totally worth it.
And they play live and acoustic versions of the songs, english and german.
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Post by Lilee Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:41 am

butterflycry2010 wrote:wow! that's freaky....So scarey...Damn crazy fans.

One reason I don't listen to TH much anymore. Some of their fans are just an embarrassment to mankind and shouldn't be allowed to leave their houses -.-;
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Post by TheLastSongbird Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:59 am

Claudia wrote:On the bright side. Tokio Hotel is played on the radio every morning at 8PM on saturday (In the US time zone)
http://www.cherrytreerecords.com/radio

it depends where you are, for me it's 1AM at night :/
totally worth it.
And they play live and acoustic versions of the songs, english and german.

OhMyGod xD That's 3pm for me. Thankyou so much for mentioning this Very Happy I'll definitely be tuning in next week. Can't believe I missed today's by nearly two hours. D'oh! xD
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Post by Krissy Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:18 am

Lilee wrote:
butterflycry2010 wrote:wow! that's freaky....So scarey...Damn crazy fans.

One reason I don't listen to TH much anymore. Some of their fans are just an embarrassment to mankind and shouldn't be allowed to leave their houses -.-;

that's very true...........never heard of them before kerli talked about them

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Post by Guest Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:32 am

I hope the intruder gets caught too.

Aw you shouldn't let the super crazy fans stop you from liking the band. I really just avoid most of them and only go to certain places because TH fans really can be a lot of fun.

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Post by TheLastSongbird Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:02 pm

^Yeah, a few of them are on this forum Razz

"What a bjutiful wetter...naiz naiz naiz." <3 HNNNNGGG! Can't...stop...watching this video x'D
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Post by Guest Sun Sep 05, 2010 2:04 pm

^ Very Happy lol


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Post by Claudia Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:43 pm

Bill's german accent is to die for <3

he says 'Und ummm" quite a lot xD
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Post by TheLastSongbird Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:02 am

^Yeah, I noticed that Razz

I ended up watching loads of random videos of Tokio Hotel last night, particularly of Bill being cute and funny ^^

Like when he can't say "douze" =3 "...juice...doose, juice, deuce." lol!

Ugh >.< I'm totally in love with him, I can't help it <3
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Post by Guest Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:01 pm

Tokio Hotel's up for a ema award. They got nominated for best world stage performance.

http://ema.mtv.co.uk/vote

Also you can change your country at the bottom when it doesn't let you vote for your country anymore Razz

I'm excited lol. I like the emas a lot more than the vmas.

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Post by Little Phoenix Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:59 pm

I like the emas a lot more than the vmas.
agree

I've been voting the whole day Very Happy
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Post by Guest Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:13 pm

^ I've only voted three times today, I'm such a bad fan. I'll vote more later Razz

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Post by Claudia Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:43 am

I only voted once, I didn't know you could vote more then once.
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Post by Little Phoenix Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:22 am

you have to refresh the page Smile
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