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Thanks a
lot to: Elisa, Stefania, Elena, Alessandro, Sara, Janky and Francesca, our official translaters! |
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Here’s
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11. SONG: GIRL FROM (thanks
to Sara for the translation) Enzo: This evening
a special dedicated to Europe; obviously we’ve had a beautiful song as
background…Dear Sonia, we’ve got many messages, to you the honour, the pleasure of reading the messages of whom is a fan of Sonia -
Exactly, people who understand a lot about music and have chosen Enzo: She’s not by their side! Sonia
- No no absolutely not! So this is an e-mail sent
by Cristina Rundina, and says. - Hallo, I’m
Cristina, I’m sorry I can’t take part to the transmission telephonically, for
working reason. I am a great Europe fan and when I knew about the reunion I
couldn’t believe it, I felt like being mad with joy; I thought “Europe are
back!!!” . A very long wait, but finally they are here: they’ve come back
better-looking and more skilled than ever. Since the tour started I followed
them in every Italian venue, and finally in Bardonecchia
I had the possibility to meet them making in this way come true the dream of
a whole life. They are too cool, I hope they’ll come
back in Enzo: Here it is! Message already read… but what has
changed in Sonia
- They’re beautiful, not handsome!!! Enzo: Ah ah, said by a fan, it looks quite obvious… Sonia
- I invite you to see them.. seen
face to face they have an incredible impact: tall, blond, beautiful… Enzo: Icy eyes… Sonia -
Yes, icy eyes, exactly! They are to be seen! Probably in those years they
were more bound to the look, they tried to do what was suggested to them, to
have a visual impact; today they’re much more natural, more
fresh, so they come on stage without an over-ornate style, without
huge hair, etc. Enzo: Well, in their country it’s really fresh,
differently from here, we’re in Sonia
- Eh Eh Eh Enzo: Ok, some more message!! Let’s look at other
messages; they are arriving here, at info@radioflashfm.net... so, Sonia… Sonia - Ok, well, here there’s
Gabriele: Gabriele is a guy who’s 20, just 20, and is a great fan of Europe too,
and wrote a very long mail: we’ll read just a part of it… practically he starts
explaining this: - Europe, known by the most ignorant people only through the
mediatory song “The Final Countdown”…their career starts already in the far
’82, with their first album, “Europe”… very underrated band till the arrive
of The Final Countdown in the ’86… the
gates of hell open to suck them back through those wicked producers and
managers straight to that killer machine called “commercial business”…-
Practically Gabriele wants us to understand that while Europe started as a hard
rock band, to explode in the plenty of their success they had to… Enzo: …commercialize… Sonia - Exactly, commercialize themselves. And thanks to this, has come out this great
success that is The Final Countdown. Enzo: We’ll talk later about this, because Europe,
obviously, after the golden period, had produced many pretty things, but not
accepting the commercial side, more commercial sounds, they had to go back,
and published in a second time a demo, included in a “the best of”… Sonia - Well, actually this is
the story: the record label rejected some songs, because they didn’t think
they were suited to be commercialized; actually those ones are songs that for
us, fans, are fantastic; three of them are included in the double cd which came out last year. Could we listen to one of
them? Enzo: Surely! Sonia - Ok, it’s “Here Comes
The Night” a beautiful song to be listened at… you’ll ask to yourself too:
why did the Sony cut this song? We’re still wondering why! Enzo: 12. SONG: HERE COMES THE NIGHT 13. SONG: OPEN YOUR HEART (thanks
again to Sara for the translation) Enzo
- Apri il tuo cuore, “open your heart”, Sonia - Exactly! Now I’m reading
a mail sent by Roberto; Roberto is a fan from Enzo
- Wow! Standing ovation! Sonia - Absolutely: that was
something that we had been waiting for…how many… 16-18 years? From 1991 to
2003… Enzo
- OK! So, your reaction, Sonia…how was it? Sonia - I remained shocked.
Before reading this news I had watched an interview, and the possibility of
this coming-back was in someway foreseen… when I saw the news I said: Oh my
God, they’re coming out … I had the news thanks to … Enzo
- Your blood-pressure went low at the news, didn’t it? Sonia - No, I remained calm,
quiet. Enzo
- Ah ah ah. Immediately
the tickets… Sonia - Immediately the
tickets, but before I had to book the CD in the disc-store, because was being
released a double CD including all Enzo
- You’ve come here with a great collection of Sonia - In fact, this is
beautiful! Something I wanted to point out… ah , the
vinyl! This one you’ve seen, The Final Countdown, has been given me by Ego. Enzo
- Wow! Sonia - Yes, a piece of
musical-history… thank you, Ego, for having given it to me! Ah, something
important! The double CD has been released, and also the DVD! So, right in
that period, before Europe came back to the world’s eyes, we enjoyed a nice collection
of all the videos Enzo
- By the way, you met them face to face: so, what are they like? Sonia - Oh, they are wonderful
persons, very kind, nothing of the rock-star attitude… on the opposite: in Bardonecchia, last time I had the pleasure of meeting
them what happened? After a dinner organized for some fans, which didn’t come
out very well for what fans were expecting, they guys came back to the hotel
-we were at the same hotel - and we remained in the hall with three of them: Mic Michaeli, John Leven and John Norum and other
fans, chatting, as we were friends! There wasn’t the gap “fan-rockstar”, no: we were there, talking among friends; we
listened to a couple of nice anecdotes… Enzo
- Ok, but… seeing your heroes there, in the flesh… it was like a movie, no? A
dream… Sonia - Absolutely! Moreover, I
was very calm… Enzo
- Sometimes some pinch to see if you were awake…yes, it’s all true! Sonia - And all this till 4am!
So honestly I was a little sleepy! But it was particular, because it felt
like being there with persons I knew practically since a life! In reality
maybe… I had already met Leven and Michaeli before… Enzo
- I guess you knew everything about them, ‘cause you
always read a lot about every band-member’s history… and then they had phases
as soloists that maybe we’ll see after during the special… but seeing them
there, knowing everything about them… Sonia - Oh it felt like, as I
knew everything of them, they must have known everything about me! There is
this kind of emotion that grows… even if, I repeat, my reaction was absolutely
spontaneous: I was there, as I were with people I
knew since a whole life. Enzo
- So, thank you Roberto for this message; we have another album to be
listened to… obviously a Europe’s one, ‘cause tonight we are “flashed” for Sonia - The beautiful “Heart of
Stone”!!! 14. SONG: HEART OF STONE |
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