Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish) interview 26.09.2007

[avagke]

Strange language but.....he is sexy!!XD

[witch1991]

Which planet are you falling from?Eyeliner is a common thing for metal bands...duh.

[OffKami]

Hasten to drown into beautiful eyes...

[ElyOceanSoul]

He has BEAUTIFUL EYES!!!!!!!!

[ewapotrec]

I love him:*:*

[Ppralinqa]

He's pretty hot ;D

[ProphetCassandra]

nice beard, beautiful eyes..... but, what is he saying? some subtitles in english would help....

[MinnieCinnamon]

Please check out the first few comments. There you can find the traslation

[hartiaxmototolita]

so...what is he talking about?

[iluvsystemofadown]

wow hes like a one in a century child

[soulsurrender]

Yeah, eyeliner..On COUNTLESS of males, ESPECIALLY musicians.. Omg, where have you been.. It's like SO common..

[Zottelratte]

well, i like it. what's wrong with male persons with eyeliner?

[nosfik678]

hehe female version of Tuo is very interesting xD

[elyvanescente]

he looks hot with it!!! what's your problem i love him jojojo

[SoloDomoProductions]

tuomas is cute :)

[Neppyleppzi]

Seriously, he is THE hottest man in the world when speaking Finnihs.. It's hard not to jump at the screen!

[liarum]

I would really like to understand this... :/

[Janinedoodlebug]

hey the eyeliner is very sexy!

[hemetravenwing]

He's not the only one?  Jack Sparrow, Davey Havok (from AFI) - Personally I like it ;)

[lonewolfang]

I love Tuomas! I'm really drawn to his eyes, he has some of the best eyes I have ever seen! He is also very talented and he has great manners. I wish I could find a guy pretty much just like him! T_T

[JonnyMSweden]

In fact they are about to:-(

[Marichaun]

Toumas falls nothing short of the humble man that he is. I doubt he puts make up on himself. I believe the make up to be a promotional band image type thing. Besides, I always thought KISS would be the best make up buddies to go shopping at MAC with.

[plutoniangirl]

i wonder one thing .. how does Tuomas pick eyeliner and eyeshadows? by brand? lol

Tuomas is a perfect guy to go make up shopping with! think about it ...

[csalmeron36]

he looks better with his hair up than his hair down

[tkutrojans]

i know you're just kidding but i wouldn't like to see anette leave from her husband and kid... imagine how would they feel :(

[Wishmaster1792]

he looks like ville valo in this vid.. cute

[arualcollie]

Tuomaksella on kyllä päässä muutaki ku karvoja. Viksu mies renttukarismaa pullollaan.

[VigilantCandle]

nerd? he looks smexy in them. lol well, he does. :P

[spacelad]

What a nerd.

[MinnieCinnamon]

...meaning who...

[spacelad]

Tuomas.

[MinnieCinnamon]

...well, you are entitled to your own opinion, which I don´t share though ;-)

[spacelad]

Wow I didn't expect that reply. O_o I thought I was gonna get chewed out.

Anyway he's a good composer - he ought to lose the eyeshadow though.

[dvinb1234]

nerd? what makes him a nerd..

[smrk3t4]

"What a nerd."

Yeah I see you.

[KirbyPadfoot]

Oh, God, that voice.

I'd tap that.

*drools*

[Ebonybitch91]

haha could only few words, I WANT TUOMAS AND ANETTE IN LOVE XDDD But i still miss u tarja ;_; but i cd say one thing Anette is the ONLY swedish singer o think could sing, hate myu own countrys singers XD but NOT HER! <3

[tkutrojans]

I WANT TUOMAS AND ANETTE IN LOVE XDDD <--- not gonna happen, anette is married and she has 6 years old kid

[Ebonybitch91]

i know XDD

[twilightcrowflight]

xD they're adorable together.... too bad for tuomas she's married tho!

[ChipTheBard]

Are you joking? THat would only cause band problems

[plutoniangirl]

dont worry it wont happen.. tkutrojans', Ebonybitch91, twightcrowflight, and Saeki85's hormones are raging .. mix it wiht wild fantasies you get Tuomas and Anette's in love comments

[ChipTheBard]

yeah very true

[zvastika3rd]

u can say that again........:-P

[minoltamonet]

Tuomas speaking in Finnish....so sexy...even tho I can't understand a word...still so sexy ;-)

[MinnieCinnamon]

Maybe there is something in the water ;-)

Our country is called the Land of the Thousand Lakes

[seventhavenger93]

Tuomas, so fine...

[Fedenobx]

T-T i don't understand

[neomaniac14]

HUH?????????? SPEAK ENGLISH PLEASE!

[MinnieCinnamon]

When they do interviews in Finland, they most definitively speak finnish then, lol

[kingaksu]

Lol There are so much interwieves in english and u will find them easy:)

[HaloPcSimpsonsTV]

the girl that ask talks... a little like tarja!?

[gossemerwings]

Wow- thanks so much for translating, it's so frustrating when you can't understand what their saying- lol! Does any one know what video that is- what song, and if it's been posted here on YouTube?

I've never seen them have any other musicians playing in their videos, especialy women, but what do I know, my daughter got me hooked on Nightwish- lol! It would be great if someone knows what video this is, thanks a bunch~ Dora :)

[MinnieCinnamon]

There are two songs/ videos on this clip.

First: Bye Bye Beautiful

Second: Amaranth

Album: Dark Passion Play

[ilargibetea]

Minnie thaks for the video and IntoThaRage Thanks a lot for the traslation!!!! ^^

[damslam]

Tuomas is SO GORGEOUS!!!!!

[MinnieCinnamon]

Genius and gorgeous. Not bad at all ; )

[smoothielova]

Thank You veeeeeeeeeeeeery much INTOTHE RAGE.

[MinnieCinnamon]

Special thanks to IntoTheRage for translating this whole interview !!! Thanks again : )

[IntoTheRage]

Interviewer: What things you wouldn't do in any case even if it promoted/brought up the record sale?

Tuomas: I never wouldn't like to speak up for example politically. Our music has sometimes been asked to be played in some political programmes but I have not given the permission. Actually it really wouldn't be such a bad thing but it's just not our thing.

.Our music has also been asked to be used in some questionable commercials but we haven't gone to that road either.

[IntoTheRage]

Interviewer: Do you think that all this publicity has had some disadvantages to Nightwish in some way?

Tuomas: Some say there isn't such a thing called bad publicity, but I disagree in this case. I think people have begun to focus on "wrong" things.. After all it's only about a rockband whose purpose is to make music..to make music with passion and so well we are able to. People often forget that.

[IntoTheRage]

(continues..) Tuomas: The more visibility and positive publicity you have... it's really not a bad thing , should we say.

[IntoTheRage]

Interviewer: Is it enough nowadays that you just make good music or is the so called extra publicity what you need also?

Tuomas: I would say it's like a one big puzzle and every piece has its own meaning. But first of all it's the music that counts.. without it (music) you can't be long in the business. You can survive a year or too but to have continuity it's about the music.

[IntoTheRage]

Tuomas: "Amaranth"-single has had a very good reception in the world and all over the Europe but the releasing of the album will finally show in which direction we are going to go. I think everything is possible. If we think about the sale and success; we'll either stay at the same, go down a big time or maybe even go higher...what ever happens ----- (can't hear what Tuomas says in the end of this sentence).

[IntoTheRage]

(continues..) Tuomas: As a "drama" this is really exiting to the normal people,like a soap opera from real life, whether you like the band or not. I haven't really enjoyed the situation ..it has been just a compulsory thing for me. The next couple of weeks will show how this is going to proceed.

[IntoTheRage]

Interviewer: What kind of influence has the change of the singer been commercially? It has been up in the media exceptionally often during the past two years. You've been in the headlines because of this change a lot?

Tuomas: Yes, we've had a lot of attention from the media, more than enough. I can't say how it's going to affect...

[IntoTheRage]

(continues..) Tuomas: We didn't expect at all how big thing it could become in media. We had to discover a way to manage through all that.

[IntoTheRage]

Interviewer: When you think about the past two years, have you been surprised how much there has been writing and how much the media has been interested conserning Nightwish?

Tuomas: Yes, it surprised me totally. Thinking about it now afterwards I wonder how me and the other members of the band could have been so naive when we thought childishly that nobody could be interested in our rockband from Kitee.

[MinnieCinnamon]

Nightwish sold Double Platinium in less than 1 week.

* * Absolutely AWESOME * *

[anushka14]

please please please.....someone translate this.....!!!!!!!!!!!

[MinnieCinnamon]

Hi,

I would have translated this right away but at the moment I´m so busy with my work. So, unfortunaly this translation must wait...