Interview with Tarja Turunen and Tuomas Holopainen presenting Nightwish´s album Oceanborn in 1999, they also play Sacrament of Wilderness and Gethsemane.
English translation: Female announcer [FA]: "Tarja Turunen and Tuomas Holopainen from band Nightwish, welcome." Tuomas [Tu]: "Hello hello." Tarja [Ta]: "Thank you thank you." FA: "This second album of yours, Oceanborn, is heavier stuff than your first. Was this like your own decision, or was there perhaps pressuring from the record label to that end?" Tu: "No pressuring from any quarter. All the development that has happened has happened completely on its own. That is, before we started making the album, or even making the songs, there was no certainty about the outcome. Everything's come out on its own." FA: "This is the genuine Nightwish then." Male announcer [MA]: "Tarja, you've a magnificent voice, you're a third year student at the Sibelius Academy [Finnish conservatory]. What's the most difficult about combining a classical singing style or the studies you're receiving there, and the music of this genre?" Ta: "Listen, well... I've myself had to think about this very much, because the technique in this genre is very different at the end of the day than in classical singing. Even though my classical training shines through from the music, or from the singing what... Or the VOICE we can say. But, it's... It's not at all easy to sing Tuomas's and Erno's songs. Really. It's not easy AT ALL. You can compare it to opera arias, the condition [required of a singer] is totally... Like, you can totally compare these songs on a same scale." MA: "Yes, you've performed at Savonlinna Opera Festival as a choir member after all---" Ta: "Yes..." MA: "So you've experience from various stages. Tuomas, you're the song writer, but on the record there are also some songs that are not quite so heavy-like or typical representatives of the metal genre such as that... Swanheart. Well... I think you said before that you personally listen to a wide array of music and the songs don't start from any plain heavy metal setting." Tu: "Yeah, absolutely not. If I should mention some sources for inspiration where, like, I get ideas from, inspiration for the songs, it's precisely [inaudible] and movie soundtracks that I listen to very much." FA: "So Tarja, you're a rarity also in the sense that one almost never sees a female lead in a heavy metal band. Have you been taken as an oddity of some sort?" Ta: "Oddity [laughs]... Interesting... Well... I've been received very well. That's been very nice to notice. Though I was a little scared at first but it's been very fun with these guys to do this. And there are other female leads in heavy metal, in heavy music there have always been women but no classical singers. Those you see a little more unusually but..." MA: "Thank you.-- FA: "Thank you." MA: "We'll get to hear you some more live. You'll have a gig tomorrow at Tavastia, Helsinki, and that record label of yours will NICELY bring there some foreign journalists again. So do a great gig and maybe things get rolling also beyond our borders." Ta: "Eek!"
*Is a composer admiring Tuomas' style and trying to get inside his head* *Sees "I get ideas from, inspiration for the songs, it's precisely..."* *Gets hyped up* [inaudible] *FUCK*
I love this language x3 Didn't understand much more than most of people who commented on here, but it's true - they look both such incredible young and - different xP You wouldn't believe Tuomas would wear his hair long *rofl*
Haha, Tuomas looks like a "dark" member of the backstreet boys! but hey, usually people don't get long hair in one day... They both look very cute, nice video of the Nightwish History!
@TheCasanovvaa Yes, I already noticed that it is veeery hard to learn for I once tried to learn it just "for fun" ( not really succeeded ;-) ). Think it´s different if you just learn it for your own interest or if you are living over there and are dependent on speaking it in order to "survive". However, I still like the pronounciation and sound of the language.
i1: And tarja turunen and tuomas holopainen from nightwish, hello hello, thanks thanks, your 2nd album oceanborn is heavier than your 1st, was it your own decison or was there possibly some pressure from the record company TH: there was no pressure from any direction, all the evolution has been completely natural, before we even set out to make any songs we weren't sure wha twould become of it. TT: it's genuine nightwish that you have here
@Loomr i1: Tarja you have a really great voice you are studying at the sibelius academy for the 3rd year what has been the hardest in combining the classical techniques you learn there and this heavy metal material? TT: well, personally I've had to think about this issue a lot because the technique involved in this is totally different than in classical singing, although my classical roots can be heard in my singing ... or lets say in my voice.
@Loomr TT: Oddity? Interesting. Well, I've been received very well. It's been nice to see that. Even though I was a bit afraid of it at first. It's been fun to do this with these guys (note: as in a male reference). And there are many of us women singers in heavy music, there's been women in heavy music forever. But not classical singers, you seldom see them. i: Thank you. We'll still hear couple of live songs from you ... blablabla. K thx bye.
@Loomr i1: Tuomas you're a song writer but there are many not-so heavy-like songs such as Swanheart, I think you mentioned already that you yourself listen to very diverse spectrum of music and the songs (that you write) don't merely come from heavy-metal origins. TH: yeah certainly not. If I'd have to mention some of my influences where I get ideas I'd say that especially from this floating (???? =leijunta) and film music that I listen to a lot.
@Loomr TT: ... It's not easy at all to sing the songs of Tuomas and Erno, not easy at all. It's comparable to singing operas or arias .. my condition is, (heh), you can compare them at the same scale .. these songs i1: you've even sung at the Savonlinna Opera choir, you have experience from many kinds of setting (TT: yeah)
de verdad se ve linda con el cabello cortito!! peroooooooooooo me agrada más con el cabello largo!! quiero su cabellooooooo!!! tan jovencitaaaaaaaaa!!! alguien lo podría traducir? no entendí nada!!
@Loomr i2: so tarja you're quite special in the sense too that you rarely see a female lead singer in a heavy band. Have you been considered as a somekind of an oddity
Was "Kuuma naisen" what was said at 1:58? Ha-ha!! Or was it "Kuuma jaiset" ? Someone please tell me haha! And if you can, please tell me what Tarja says after that. Edit: I realized that it was "Kummajainen" :p (I still can't here the "set" in it though.)
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I understood about 5 words: "Tarja", "Tuomas", "Nightwish", "heavy", "metal". Interesting interview.
English translation:
Female announcer [FA]: "Tarja Turunen and Tuomas Holopainen from band Nightwish, welcome."
Tuomas [Tu]: "Hello hello."
Tarja [Ta]: "Thank you thank you."
FA: "This second album of yours, Oceanborn, is heavier stuff than your first. Was this like your own decision, or was there perhaps pressuring from the record label to that end?"
Tu: "No pressuring from any quarter. All the development that has happened has happened completely on its own. That is, before we started making the album, or even making the songs, there was no certainty about the outcome. Everything's come out on its own."
FA: "This is the genuine Nightwish then."
Male announcer [MA]: "Tarja, you've a magnificent voice, you're a third year student at the Sibelius Academy [Finnish conservatory]. What's the most difficult about combining a classical singing style or the studies you're receiving there, and the music of this genre?"
Ta: "Listen, well... I've myself had to think about this very much, because the technique in this genre is very different at the end of the day than in classical singing. Even though my classical training shines through from the music, or from the singing what... Or the VOICE we can say. But, it's... It's not at all easy to sing Tuomas's and Erno's songs. Really. It's not easy AT ALL. You can compare it to opera arias, the condition [required of a singer] is totally... Like, you can totally compare these songs on a same scale."
MA: "Yes, you've performed at Savonlinna Opera Festival as a choir member after all---"
Ta: "Yes..."
MA: "So you've experience from various stages. Tuomas, you're the song writer, but on the record there are also some songs that are not quite so heavy-like or typical representatives of the metal genre such as that... Swanheart. Well... I think you said before that you personally listen to a wide array of music and the songs don't start from any plain heavy metal setting."
Tu: "Yeah, absolutely not. If I should mention some sources for inspiration where, like, I get ideas from, inspiration for the songs, it's precisely [inaudible] and movie soundtracks that I listen to very much."
FA: "So Tarja, you're a rarity also in the sense that one almost never sees a female lead in a heavy metal band. Have you been taken as an oddity of some sort?"
Ta: "Oddity [laughs]... Interesting... Well... I've been received very well. That's been very nice to notice. Though I was a little scared at first but it's been very fun with these guys to do this. And there are other female leads in heavy metal, in heavy music there have always been women but no classical singers. Those you see a little more unusually but..."
MA: "Thank you.--
FA: "Thank you."
MA: "We'll get to hear you some more live. You'll have a gig tomorrow at Tavastia, Helsinki, and that record label of yours will NICELY bring there some foreign journalists again. So do a great gig and maybe things get rolling also beyond our borders."
Ta: "Eek!"
Oh my god, must been very hard to translate! Big thanks!
*Is a composer admiring Tuomas' style and trying to get inside his head*
*Sees "I get ideas from, inspiration for the songs, it's precisely..."*
*Gets hyped up*
[inaudible]
*FUCK*
NOOOooooooooo....
Doesn't she say "kiitos" (thanks) at the end?
@@shindereen Yes she does. Not "Eek!"
wow Tarja looked so different there and so does Tuomas
I need to learn finish!
It´s a beautiful language. #Nightwish
How nice and cute...the pioneers of this music style explain fundaments they have created.
they look so young! I used to have hair this short, just like Tarja, but we both decided to grow it out :)
awww Tarja is so cute
From the whole interview I understood the following words: music, album, Nightwish, metal :) But the language is quite melodic.
Ahh!! I love that furniture!!!
I love this language x3
Didn't understand much more than most of people who commented on here, but it's true - they look both such incredible young and - different xP You wouldn't believe Tuomas would wear his hair long *rofl*
ahh the good ole 90s
Aaah, yhey look so pretty, so youngs... CUTE ^_^
@Loomr Thnx for translating!
God make Tarja return PLEASE! And make also Floor stay, double TarjaFloorgasm:D
Tarja pirrrekna zaeewsze
Haha, Tuomas looks like a "dark" member of the backstreet boys! but hey, usually people don't get long hair in one day... They both look very cute, nice video of the Nightwish History!
TARJA = 💘💘💘💘💘 X 1,000,000 !!!!!!
people say tarja speak strange,,, but it's normal when a finnish is talking in english
@TheCasanovvaa Yes, I already noticed that it is veeery hard to learn for I once tried to learn it just "for fun" ( not really succeeded ;-) ).
Think it´s different if you just learn it for your own interest or if you are living over there and are dependent on speaking it in order to "survive".
However, I still like the pronounciation and sound of the language.
i1: And tarja turunen and tuomas holopainen from nightwish, hello hello, thanks thanks, your 2nd album oceanborn is heavier than your 1st, was it your own decison or was there possibly some pressure from the record company
TH: there was no pressure from any direction, all the evolution has been completely natural, before we even set out to make any songs we weren't sure wha twould become of it.
TT: it's genuine nightwish that you have here
que bonita, que jovencita se ve Tarja
@Loomr i1: Tarja you have a really great voice you are studying at the sibelius academy for the 3rd year what has been the hardest in combining the classical techniques you learn there and this heavy metal material?
TT: well, personally I've had to think about this issue a lot because the technique involved in this is totally different than in classical singing, although my classical roots can be heard in my singing ... or lets say in my voice.
and opera and aria
jajajajajajajajajajajaja
they look so strange and so lovely
@Loomr
TT: Oddity? Interesting. Well, I've been received very well. It's been nice to see that. Even though I was a bit afraid of it at first. It's been fun to do this with these guys (note: as in a male reference). And there are many of us women singers in heavy music, there's been women in heavy music forever. But not classical singers, you seldom see them.
i: Thank you. We'll still hear couple of live songs from you ... blablabla. K thx bye.
@Loomr i1: Tuomas you're a song writer but there are many not-so heavy-like songs such as Swanheart, I think you mentioned already that you yourself listen to very diverse spectrum of music and the songs (that you write) don't merely come from heavy-metal origins.
TH: yeah certainly not. If I'd have to mention some of my influences where I get ideas I'd say that especially from this floating (???? =leijunta) and film music that I listen to a lot.
@Loomr
TT: ... It's not easy at all to sing the songs of Tuomas and Erno, not easy at all. It's comparable to singing operas or arias .. my condition is, (heh), you can compare them at the same scale .. these songs
i1: you've even sung at the Savonlinna Opera choir, you have experience from many kinds of setting (TT: yeah)
de verdad se ve linda con el cabello cortito!! peroooooooooooo me agrada más con el cabello largo!! quiero su cabellooooooo!!! tan jovencitaaaaaaaaa!!! alguien lo podría traducir? no entendí nada!!
Tarja era bonita : /
Sofía g.V sigue siéndolo solo q est más madura :)
ainda eh
@watercolorbuh It's Finnish
ahahah nice : )
0:22 is that Tuomas ??? :O
@Loomr i2: so tarja you're quite special in the sense too that you rarely see a female lead singer in a heavy band. Have you been considered as a somekind of an oddity
Was "Kuuma naisen" what was said at 1:58? Ha-ha!! Or was it "Kuuma jaiset" ?
Someone please tell me haha! And if you can, please tell me what Tarja says after that.
Edit: I realized that it was "Kummajainen" :p (I still can't here the "set" in it though.)
"Kummajainen" means " a strange creature" or alike. (Kumma = Strange / Odd). Tarja is "Kummajainen" ; )
Yes...that's correct.
By the way..."Kuuma naisen" means "Hot woman's" !!! - Maybe Tarja is both ; )
They had so short hair!!ahahah
I like the finnish language :D
that girl is tarja ? loool. She looked so diferently.
pataputatatatuta patatutapata >> A língua finlandesa é muito legal!
rajhsjahsjhajshja kkkkakakak att timo kotipelto xd
a Tarja parece que encostou num fio eletrificado e arrepiou todo o cabelo pra tras haha
@melvy33 perdón, quise poner un voto a favor de tu comentario y puse "en contra" :S perdón :S
it means "hahahaha" :D:D:D
she reminds me alice in wonderland
Muy bueno, pero no entiendo nada jajajaja
@Excrucius me too :)
Oh how the styles have changed since the 90's, lol. I used to look like suck a dork.
What langfuage is this?
o tuomas tá parecido com o kevin do backstreetboys
@LoveTarja1986
hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha im agree it's just
tuomas looks so so so strange xD
kinda innocent :P
TIO NO LO PUEDES TRADUCIR A SPANISH
Unbanen thundu tarja kiolo! ... ok no significa nada e,e
vanilla ice
Caceta... não entendi nada hahah
they are both beautiful, but their hair was terrible here! xD
olo patu koko lepu talka arma vempu taika lalja ijlia clauste nausta NIGHTWISH lapapa leppe catasen cuite... that's all i hear...
LOL