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The Mother of all Demonstrations / Israel magazine
You may call them freaks, but as long as they could arrange
another visit of TokioHotel in Israel, the band’s fans don’t care what you think
about them. Admirable.
A moment following the election of TokioHotel as the greatest international stars
of the year by the readers of "Teen Maariv", the band’s fan club went out to the
streets and arranged a demonstration calling to bring the band to another show
in Israel. At first, I couldn’t find the masses who come to Azriely junctions in
order to be heard. But once they started yelling, I couldn’t miss them. After all,
over a hundred teens dressed in black were holding signs calling to bring back
the band with the highest hairdo in the world. “We are demonstrating in order to
bring them back” explained 17 years old, Ortal Miller, one of the band’s
Israeli web’s founders. “They had returned to other places in the world for a
second concert, so they can come back to Israel during they next tour in March.”
You are taking these web issue very seriously..
“Yes. It’s a bi-lingual international forum. We had actually paid for it with our own
money. We have a staff of 30 people responsible for advertising, forums etc.”
How did you manage to call so many people to demonstrate?
Nancy Budagov, 16 years old: “TokioHotel’s fans are united after all. We
had arranged their concert in Israel three months ago by means of a petition we
had prepared, so we knew that many would come to demonstrate today.”
Lea Elysakov, 15: “We are strongly connected to their music. Theses are
teens connecting with teens”.
Valeria Beinish, 16: “Consider that they are all 18 years old. They write
the lyrics and music by themselves. We had even managed to have a German
reporter staying in Israel to cover this demonstration”. While we speak, the rest
of the gang keeps waving with their signs and yelling at passers-by their
incoherent words. Was it German, or does it only sound like it? At least they are
motivated. At this rate, I wouldn’t be surprised if prim minister Olmert attends to
discuss the band.
TokoHotel Forever!
Say, isn’t the band just a short-lived trend?
Omer Grindler, 15: “I think it’s forever.” That’s what I thought in the past
when I was a Backstreet Boys fan. I had mistakenly mentioned that to the
TokoHotel fans. Somehow I had hurt their already wounded souls.
Some people, definitely not myself, think they look like fagots..
Lital Knafi Shachar, 16 years old: “I had once showed Bill’s picture to my
friends, and some said he looks like a girl or a transvestite. This is nonsense.
The Emo style which is a bit feminine is back all over the world.
Between the yells, in the crowded street, the fans say some started playing the
guitar and some learn German in order to sing the band’s songs in their mother
tongue. As you may recall, when the Argentine series, Rebelde Way was a hit in
Israel, many teens started learning Spanish, and look what happened.
When two guys walking by mumble “who are all theses freaks?” The fans are not
offended as they are already uses to this talk.
Evelyn Dias, 15: “Once I had a water balloon thrown at me during fans meetings, and I got used to it”.
Adi Feiglson, 15: “By-standers think we are freaks. But we don’t care what
they say. No one can tell us who to love”.
By: DeBiLLaNa
Post je objavljen 22.01.2008. u 14:02 sati.