2008 Woodie Awards
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Album Review
By: Semira Chowdhury
Issue date: 7/16/08 Section: Pulse
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Grade | C+
"SCREAM"
WHAT SEMIRA CHOWDHURY THINKS: At first glance, someone might think he is a girl, but no, he is an 18-year-old phenomenon the teenage girls love.
TokioHotel, a goth-punk-emo band, is the biggest hit Germany has had in the past 20 years. The band is basically a different version of Fall Out Boy with screaming American teenagers in the crowd.
Because every member is under the age of 21, they can relate to younger fans with their sing-along lyrics.
The song "Monsoon" relates to fans when they sing, "I'll think of you, together we'll be running somewhere new, through the monsoon, just me and you." The song has a slower pace but an upbeat tempo that adds more flavor.
The first track on the CD and the CD's namesake, "Scream," displays what almost every other emo band has: repetitive, catchy, sing-along lyrics.
The beginning is unique because of the fire siren and it starts hard but then goes into a slower melodic rhythm tune.
People probably shouldn't expect them to actually scream because that's the complete opposite of what they do in the song. They say the word "scream" and say it a long time and drawn out.
Every emo CD has to have a song about suicide and TokioHotel's is "On the Edge."
The title says it all. The song is about a girl who thinks no one really cares about her. They sing, "Each time when it hurts, she just feels so alone."
A better-liked song on the CD would be, "Breakaway." It isn't as slow as the others. It is very upbeat and fun. It relates to the teenage world because the song is about breaking up with a significant other, but what is enjoyable is that it is fast and slow throughout the song and it isn't boring.
The last song on the CD is the German version of "Monsoon," called, "Durch Den Monsun," which is a more popular song with the fans.
Rarely do bands put different language versions on their CD, so it was interesting to see a change.
Overall, the CD isn't a bad buy. Especially if you like cute foreign boys singing about heartbreak, suicide and, of course, falling in love.
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crissy
posted 8/09/08 @ 12:34 AM EST
"On the Edge" isn't about suicide, it's about negative effects of drugs; "Don't Jump" is their only song about suicide.
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