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Photograph: Thomas RaabschFillmore New York at Irving Plaza; Mon 18, Tue 19
That Tokio Hotel’s first U.S. release, last fall’s pairing of “Ready Set Go” and “Scream,” was sold exclusively at Hot Topic tells you a couple of important things about the band: It makes young girls swoon, and it’s aware that looks matter. What it doesn’t tell you is that Tokio Hotel hails from Germany and that over the past couple of years, it’s pulled off the rare feat of becoming hugely popular in Europe by singing in its native language; the aforementioned songs were titled “Übers Ende der Welt” and “Schrei” before they were Hot Topic’ed, but that didn’t stop swarms of kids (mostly girls) from France to Slovenia from singing along.
Tokio Hotel was formed in 2001 by four boys in their early teens, though the band really took off after 2005, when singer Bill Kaulitz and his twin brother, guitarist Tom, grew into adorably androgynous young men, their pretty faces peeking out from under elaborate manes and dramatic makeup. That Tokio Hotel plays clean-cut emoish anthems with big, big choruses didn’t hurt either.
Now the group is making a run at the States, playing New York this week and releasing a batch of songs pulled from their two German albums (and translated into English) on April 15. Of course, it may have been nice to see Americans mouthing along phonetically in German, but still—it’s deeply satisfying to imagine U.S. success for Teutonic musicians in touch with their inner girls. May they succeed where Nena failed!
—Elisabeth Vincentelli
Time Out New York / Issue 646 : Feb 13–19, 2008
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Tokio Hotel:a bunch of lackluster talent with little to offer to the music scene. Their appeal to the pubescent girls of the world is based on how "hot" the lead singer is, not their musical talent or lack there of. The fact that they "make young girls swoon," is clearly what draws thousands of fans to their performances. After testing the waters of their barely tolerable, winy album, I quickly tuned out and was unamused by what had just polluted by ear drums. Don't waste your time TONYers!
tokio hotel=gay =) :P
tom i love yooooooooo
(let me rephrase this ) bill i love you too much . my heart aches wit h joy and yet sorrow beyond the shore of blessings . the passionette lust i have for you are uncontrolable . when i wake up everyday i cry with tears of bitter sweetness. ilove you bill and i never want to live with out you "because i love you".
bill i love you too much . my heart aches wit joy and yet sorrow beyond the shore of blessings . the passionette lust i have for you are uncontrolable . when i wake up every i cry with tears of bitter sweetness. ilove you bill and i never want to live with out you "because i love you".
Also Tom's car is soooooooooooooooooooo sexy
Omg Tom is sosexy I love you tommy
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i love tom!
Bill is amazing! Thanks for this ich liebe it! =]
bill i love you!
Wow, thank you for the article! I (and other Tokio Hotel fans) appreciate it when the writers actually give them a chance, instead of just dismissing them as a gimmick or mindless fad. And I'm sure that you'll be happy to know that they *will* be singing two songs in German – Totgeliebt and Durch Den Monsun – *and* the fans know the words.