Post by SoulToSqueeze on Apr 26, 2006 17:09:12 GMT -5
TV Total April 26th 2006
Oh boy I thought I´d never make it to that show. My start into the Peppers day was nicely put a disaster. So I got my butt to the train station to go to Cologne and all excited and kinda nervous, cos you know... me in a TV studio... wtf? Well so I was sitting there... waiting for my train. 20 minutes delayed... oh damn it´s gonna be stressful to get there in time... 25 minutes delayed... shit... 30 minutes delayed... no more comments... cancelled. Yes the infamous German train company cancelled my train to the Peppers. Well, if I had not met this really cute girl Laura at the train station who wanted to go to Cologne, too I would have killed some train company employee... So I got into some more slow train and it took ages to get to Cologne. Arrived at 3:45pm at the train station about 5 or 6 and some subway stations away from the venue and I was supposed to pick up my ticket at 3:30... Taxi to the rescue. Wasn´t cheap but he gave me a ride to the studio like I was gonna get a fucking a baby and we were going to the hospital. I arrived and was really released when I saw the room was packed with people. One tall guy among them- Henrik. Easy to find. I made it. I didn´t believe in it anymore. So I was there totally stressed out, annoyed, tired but as soon as we went into thee studio I also got excited as hell. The warm up and show was good. Kind of funny stuff. Of course much better than on TV. We still didn´t know if the Peppers were only gonna perform or also talk to Stefan Raab. Luckily they were interviewed about 10 metres in front of us. I can tell you it was a totally surreal situation. John came out first and the Flea who wore a funny robe and acted like a boxer before his fight all the time. I can tell you he was in a freaky mood. AK came out and then Chad. The interview was really funny even if Stefan Raab is a lousy interviewer. Anthony and John didn´t seem in a good mood. Especially John seemed kind of unhappy. But Flea and Chad were totally freaky. Chad jumped on the table and pointed at the new album on the desk which was really funny. Then Stefan Raab asked “who of you is the guy that hears voice who tell them what to do?“ and Anthony kinda took over not to make John feel uncomfortable and he said “do you see that guy up there in the chili peppers t-shirt? he tells us what to do“ and pointed right at Henrik. I almost got a heartattack I can tell ya. But it also pretty much cracked me up. I had a stupid smile on my face the whole time. Then the interview was over and there was a break for the band to set up their instruments. You could hear them plugging them in but you didn´t see them. Stefan Raab said he can sing too and asked what he shall sing. You didn´t see that on TV of course cos it was in the commercial break. Florian who was there with Henrik and me shouted he shall sing Give it Away. Cos Elton had made people shout “give it away give it away give it away“ in a funny film earlier in the show. So he asked his band to play some funky stuff and he sang the chorus it was kinda funny. Then when it was over the Peppers started off Give it Away- nobody could see them we could just hear them. It was hilarious. Well, they performed Dani California. They played it really great. It sounded so much more powerful in the studio than on TV I can tell ya. It was really great. In the end of the guitar solo Anthony jumped on Flea´s bass boxes and danced a lil bit. Looked really funny. And all that only 10 metres in front of us. Awesome. They jammed a tiny, tiny bit in the end and left. And they left everyone happy and pleased. It was really an awesome experience. Well, then again when the show was over the subways wouldn´t drive properly in Cologne cos there was a blackout or something so we took a walk of more than an hour back all the way to train station. My feet are still on fire. But it was a day that I won´t forget. I looked kind of silly on TV cos I smile like a freak but that´s just me. I´m really happy and tired now. Glad I´m home. Can´t wait for the late night rerun of the show ;D Probably I forgot half of the stuff but I´ll add more tomorrow. It was a really great day after all ;D
Oh boy I thought I´d never make it to that show. My start into the Peppers day was nicely put a disaster. So I got my butt to the train station to go to Cologne and all excited and kinda nervous, cos you know... me in a TV studio... wtf? Well so I was sitting there... waiting for my train. 20 minutes delayed... oh damn it´s gonna be stressful to get there in time... 25 minutes delayed... shit... 30 minutes delayed... no more comments... cancelled. Yes the infamous German train company cancelled my train to the Peppers. Well, if I had not met this really cute girl Laura at the train station who wanted to go to Cologne, too I would have killed some train company employee... So I got into some more slow train and it took ages to get to Cologne. Arrived at 3:45pm at the train station about 5 or 6 and some subway stations away from the venue and I was supposed to pick up my ticket at 3:30... Taxi to the rescue. Wasn´t cheap but he gave me a ride to the studio like I was gonna get a fucking a baby and we were going to the hospital. I arrived and was really released when I saw the room was packed with people. One tall guy among them- Henrik. Easy to find. I made it. I didn´t believe in it anymore. So I was there totally stressed out, annoyed, tired but as soon as we went into thee studio I also got excited as hell. The warm up and show was good. Kind of funny stuff. Of course much better than on TV. We still didn´t know if the Peppers were only gonna perform or also talk to Stefan Raab. Luckily they were interviewed about 10 metres in front of us. I can tell you it was a totally surreal situation. John came out first and the Flea who wore a funny robe and acted like a boxer before his fight all the time. I can tell you he was in a freaky mood. AK came out and then Chad. The interview was really funny even if Stefan Raab is a lousy interviewer. Anthony and John didn´t seem in a good mood. Especially John seemed kind of unhappy. But Flea and Chad were totally freaky. Chad jumped on the table and pointed at the new album on the desk which was really funny. Then Stefan Raab asked “who of you is the guy that hears voice who tell them what to do?“ and Anthony kinda took over not to make John feel uncomfortable and he said “do you see that guy up there in the chili peppers t-shirt? he tells us what to do“ and pointed right at Henrik. I almost got a heartattack I can tell ya. But it also pretty much cracked me up. I had a stupid smile on my face the whole time. Then the interview was over and there was a break for the band to set up their instruments. You could hear them plugging them in but you didn´t see them. Stefan Raab said he can sing too and asked what he shall sing. You didn´t see that on TV of course cos it was in the commercial break. Florian who was there with Henrik and me shouted he shall sing Give it Away. Cos Elton had made people shout “give it away give it away give it away“ in a funny film earlier in the show. So he asked his band to play some funky stuff and he sang the chorus it was kinda funny. Then when it was over the Peppers started off Give it Away- nobody could see them we could just hear them. It was hilarious. Well, they performed Dani California. They played it really great. It sounded so much more powerful in the studio than on TV I can tell ya. It was really great. In the end of the guitar solo Anthony jumped on Flea´s bass boxes and danced a lil bit. Looked really funny. And all that only 10 metres in front of us. Awesome. They jammed a tiny, tiny bit in the end and left. And they left everyone happy and pleased. It was really an awesome experience. Well, then again when the show was over the subways wouldn´t drive properly in Cologne cos there was a blackout or something so we took a walk of more than an hour back all the way to train station. My feet are still on fire. But it was a day that I won´t forget. I looked kind of silly on TV cos I smile like a freak but that´s just me. I´m really happy and tired now. Glad I´m home. Can´t wait for the late night rerun of the show ;D Probably I forgot half of the stuff but I´ll add more tomorrow. It was a really great day after all ;D