Sat Dec 06, 2008 at 10:54:31 AM
So I've never pretended to be an expert on the mind of the adolescent female, and I hate to sound like an out-of-touch old man, but I really don't get this Tokio Hotel thing. Last night at Phooson, they prompted a wave of shrieks at almost every turn, being topped only by Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who is, of course, a well-established heartthrob who's had naked pictures circulated online and knocked up a semi-starlet. Tokio Hotel, though? It's very odd, indeed. The lead singer of the band, Bill Kaulitz, isn't so much androgynous as completely feminine and the rest of the guys just look like the sort of dirtballs who somehow manage to schedule nothing but shop classes their senior year.
I really can't pretend to understand, and neither could my plus one, who shared her own memories of screeching for the dreamy Gavin Rossdale at the radio shows of her youth, but was shocked to see the band all the girls interviewed on the radio were talking about.
So let's examine some photos...
Yes, this is the band the girls were going crazy for. Again, I'm not even sure these clothes are fashionable -- though certainly the bar is a little lower for Germans than the rest of us -- but, really, I can't imagine them being compared favorably to, say, My Chemical Romance, who almost caused a stampede at last year' Tempe Music Fest, when singer Gerard Way was being interviewed in a booth to the right of the stage. To my untrained eye, these guys look more like the sort of emo dandies the Hot Topic girls love.
So, yeah, I'd be happy to hear someone explain this to me. I mean, I'm not suggesting the girls out there have a crush on Lil Wayne or something, but, really, this Bill guy looks a lot more like Boy George than he does any other singer who's ever had modest success thanks to MTV exposure. Maybe I'm too young, but I don't remember girls crushing on him.
Call me an insufferable 90s'ist -- or point out that as a straight guy I don't get a vote on this -- but I'll take good ol' Gavin over that any day.
Traducción:
Queridos adolescentes, ¿Estais realmente seguros de que os gustan los tipos de Tokio Hotel?Yo realmente no puedo pretender comprender, y no podría ni lo más minimo, pero recordando los chillidos de ensueño cuando Gavin Rossdale fue in idolo en la radio de la juventud…él se conmovió al ver la reacción de todas las niñas entrevistadas. Por lo tanto, vamos a examinar algunas fotos …
Sí esta es la banda por la que las niñas se vuelven locas. Pero una vez más no estoy seguro de que su ropa sea de moda -aunque sin duda el ‘bar’ es un poco inferior en el caso de los Alemanes que el resto de nosotros-, intentemos comparar favorablemente. Digamos, My Chemical Romance, que el año pasado en el ‘Festival de Musica Tempe’ casi provocó una estampida, cuando el cantante Gerard Way se entrevistó en la cabina de la derecha. Para mi ojo inexperto, estos tipos parecen más bien del tipo ‘emo dandies’ ‘Hot Topic’ tema candente para el amor de las niñas.
Asi que, yo estaria encantado de escuchar una explicación de alguien, quiero decir, no estoy sugiriendo que las niñas han sufrido un flechazo producido por Lil Wayne o algo asi, pero en realidad este Bill parece un tipo mucho más ha Boy George, como cualquier otro cantante que nunca habia experimentado un modesto existo, y ahora gracias a la exposición en MTV sí. Tal vez soy demasiado joven, pero ni si quiera recuerdo una reacción ni aplastamiento con él.
