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Thanks a
lot to: Elisa, Stefania, Elena, Alessandro, Sara, Janky and Francesca, our official translaters! |
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8. SONG: ROCK THE NIGHT (thanks
again to Stefania for the translation) Enzo: We keep receiving more emails at our
address info@radioflashfm.net… Now we have a very nice message coming
from Sonia: Yes… Stefania,
30 years old from First she explains how fantastic it was to
see the band live again after such a long time in many concerts around Enzo: Oh… it’s very nice when the fans can’t explain
by words what Sonia: Yes absolutely! The Enzo: Do fans also get engaged or married? Sonia: It happened actually! There is a
fan… it’s been a long time since I heard from her… Her name is Marilena and she’s married to a EUROPE fan and they have
a 15 year-old-boy who is a Enzo: And I guess his name is Joey… Sonia: No, no… his name is Nicolň… Hi Nicolň!… and his nickname is Johnnino
like John Norum! Enzo: OK! Let’s go on with a another song. This is a ‘Flashed by 9. SONG: DREAMER 10. SONG: DANGER ON THE TRACK (live ’87) (thanks
to Alessandro for the translation) Enzo: Sonia is here with us tonight, a fan of that
great rock band called Europe, there is also Alessandro from Alessandro: Good evening all. Sonia: Hi
Alessandro. Alessandro: Hi. Enzo: So you know each other thanks to the fanclub and forum, you go to concerts together and share Sonia:
Yes, definitely; besides, Alessandro wrote a report about Kee
Marcello for my site? Alessandro:Yes, exactly, that’s me. Sonia:
He wrote a beautiful report and also took some pictures with Kee Marcello, former Alessandro:Exactly. Enzo: There’s an “up-and-running” community about Alessandro:Yes, there is, absolutely. Enzo: I ask you how you became such a keen on
Europe fan: this is a question we ask everybody and we’d like to know how you
all have been “shocked” by Europe or, let me say, how you all got “flashed”
by Europe (joke about the name of the radio: RADIOFLASH). Alessandro:Well,
it’s an normal question but I’m very pleased to answer: everything began back
in Autumn 1986, listening to the intro of
“The Final Countdown”, and I guess the same thing happened for many
other fans; then everything just got better and better, from watching “The
Final Countdown” video-clip, to buying
all their records and step by step becoming love of their music, of
everything that this fantastic rock-band’s communicates, and I have followed
this group for all these years and keeping them close to my heart. Enzo: Another question Ale, did your passion for Alessandro:
Yes, it did. At first
their hair styles seemed really odd to me but then I started to like them so
much that I began to grow my hair as well: you can imagine how sorry my
parents were about that! Enzo: And now is your hairstyle the same as Joey
Tempest’s? Alessandro: Oh no, not at all! Not only for natural reasons but
because of university and work I had to renew my look a little bit, so my
hair has been a little more “normal” for some years now, if you can say
that. Enzo: Yes, more in keeping with…. Alessandro: …more in keeping with what being a 33 years old guy,
if you also consider that I’m working for a large Company, that’s it. Enzo: So, what do you remember about that period? Alessandro:
Well, …I remember….. I was 14 years and I was amazed while listening to Hard
Rock Music for the first time thanks to Europe and to their most “famous”
songs; I remember that I was entering a new world, the world of Hard Rock and
Heavy Metal music that had been unknown to me until that time; then I started
to discover many other bands but keeping in my heart what Europe has always
meant to me, that is to say the beginning of “everything”, speaking about
musical tastes, but most of all something special because of their music,
because of what Europe represent as a band and because of what it means to me
as a fan; I also think it is the same for many other fans all over the world. Sonia:
Alessandro, maybe you can explain which is the difference
between Alessandro: Of course, even though I have missed the very first
song, unfortunately. Sonia:
Oh, it’s a pity because that was very good and there was a great introduction
also... can you please tell us your feelings and explain how Alessandro: Well, Enzo: Ale, I have a special question for you
because that was the period of Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and so on, there were also really
passionate fanclubs of those bands: did you have
any quarrel with any fan of those bands? Alessandro: Shall we talk about quarrels? Shall I tell you how
I shielded Europe against all those slanderers who came out right after
“getting drunk” with “The Final Countdown”, which was a song that made
everyone’s head spin a little bit; nobody knows why many of those who had
been Europe fans in the first place suddenly became Sonia:
Maybe it all happened because many people only looked at their pretty faces,
they only cared about their look without listening to their records, as a matter of fact they only know “The Final Countdown”:
maybe genuine Alessandro: Yes, that’s the point, unfortunately, and I think
that this also happened as a consequence of the way the band was managed at
that time. Enzo: Therefore, Alessandro: Yes, definitely, I totally agree with you: I looked
beyond their image almost quickly: without any doubt their look was catchy
and it was a big help in letting people get to know them, but their music was
the most important part for me back then and it is even more today; their
comeback is fantastic. Enzo: Alessandro, I wind up our conversation asking
you whether or not Alessandro: Well, many years have passed but there is something
I’m really happy about: my girlfriend had a superficial knowledge about
Europe back in the late eighties but she has just started to appreciate them
thanks to “Start From The Dark”, their latest record, and she took me to both
their gigs in November 2004 and in March 2005: now she enjoys their music and
I can tell you that probably this is the nicest thing that relates Europe to
my private life; hence, apart from what Europe was in the past, now they are
something important that can join people together in the name of love for the
music. Sonia:
Yes, definitely, so let’s call all the fans to go to their gigs because that
is the situation where the band Alessandro: Yes, for sure: I can still remember their concert
in Genoa back in 1989 but even though I don’t feel nostalgia for the old
days, since they are over, I keep those memories in my heart together with my
happy memories of the concerts that Europe played last March and last
November: this is something that makes me believe that almost 17 or 18 years
have never passed.. so… a Europe gig is an amazing experience: it is a
concert that can be as ordinary as many other bands concerts but, in my
opinion, it has something special because maybe I like Europe more than any
other person who listens to their music with a superficial attitude, that’s
all. Enzo: Thank you Ale, say hello to Alessandro: Of course I’ll do; I say goodbye to all of you:
thank you for this special programme and “Good Luck”. Sonia:
Thanks, bye Alessandro. Alessandro: Bye bye to you all,
see you soon… 11. SONG: GIRL FROM LEBANON |
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