向nightwish 致敬！
上次旅游时，一咚向我推荐了nightwish的音乐。最近的日子，一直在听。
很喜欢nightwish的风格，美声和重金属的完美结合，曲子充满激情与力量，动人心魄。把youtube上的相关mv找来，一个个看了一遍又一遍，回味无穷。
出于喜爱，找来了乐队的资料，得知tarja的离开，有点惊讶。然后发现了tarja离去时，乐队给她的信：
Dear Tarja,
It`s time to choose whether the story of Nightwish ends here or whether it will still continue an undetermined period of time. We`ve been working with this creation for 9 years and we are not ready to give up yet. Nightwish is a way of life, something to live for, and we`re certain we can`t let it go.
Equally certain is the fact that we cannot go on with you and Marcelo any longer. During the last year something sad happened, which I`ve been going over in my head every single day, morning and night. Your attitude and behavior don`t go with Nightwish anymore. There are characteristics I would never have believed to see in my old dear friend.
People who don`t talk with each other for a year do not belong in the same band.
We are involved in an industry where the business-side of things is a necessary evil and something to worry about all the time. We are also a band which has always done music from the heart, because of friendship and the music itself. The mental satisfaction should always be more important than money! Nightwish is a band, it`s an emotion.
To you, unfortunately, business, money, and things that have nothing to do with those emotions have become much more important. You feel that you have sacrificed yourself and your musical career for Nightwish, rather than thinking what it has given to you.
This attitude was clearly shown to me in the two things you said to me in an airplane in Toronto: ”I don`t need Nightwish anymore.” and ”Remember, Tuomas, that I could leave this band at any time, giving you only one day`s warning in advance”.
I can`t simply write any more songs for you to sing.
You have said yourself that you are merely a ”guest musician” in Nightwish. Now that visit ends and we will continue Nightwish with a new female vocalist.
We`re sure this is an equally big relief to you as it is for us. We have all been feeling bad long enough.
You told us that no matter what, the next Nightwish album will be your last one. However, the rest of us want to continue as long as the fire burns. So there`s no sense in doing that next album with you, either.
The four of us have been going over this situation countless times and we have realized that this is the thing we want to do in life. It´s all we can do. In December 2004, in Germany, you said that you will never tour again for more than two weeks at a time. You also said that we can forget about U.S. and Australia because the fees and the sizes of venues are too small.
In interviews I`ve mentioned that if Tarja leaves, that would be the end of the band. I understand that people will think this way. Nightwish is, however, a scenery of my soul and I`m not ready to let go because of one person. A person who wants to focus her creativity to somewhere else, a person whose values don`t match mine.
We were never bothered by the fact that you didn`t participate in writing/arranging songs, you never in 9 years came to rehearse the songs with us before going to the studio. Not the fact that while on tour you always wanted to fly, separately from us with your husband. Not the fact that you are an undisputable front image of the band.
We accepted and felt ok about everything except greed, underestimating the fans, and breaking promises. It was agreed by the five of us that Nightwish would be the priority in everything that we do during 2004-2005. Still so many things were more important to you. The ultimate example being the already sold-out show in Oslo, which you wanted to cancel because you needed to rehearse for your solo concerts, meet frieds and go to the movies. Those were the words Marcelo used in an e-mail explaining the cancellation. This being just one example of so many. I couldn`t think of a worse way of being selfish and dismissing our fans.
Nightwish is a way of life and a job with many obligations. To each other and to the fans. With you we can`t take care of those duties anymore.
Deep within we don`t know which one of you drove us to this point. Somehow Marcelo has changed you from the lovely girl you were into a diva, who doesn`t think or act the way she used to. You are too sure of your irreplaceableness and status.
It`s obvious that you blame your stress and misery on us four. And you think we don`t respect or listen to you. Belive us; We have always had the uppermost respect towards you as a wonderful vocalist and as a friend. And very often during the past couple of years the plans were made according to your decisions only. You were always the only one who wanted more money from the shows.
This ”compensation and more money from everything” –attitude is the fact that we are most disappointed of!
We wish that from now on you will listen to your heart instead of Marcelo. Cultural differences combined with greed, opportunism and love is a dangerous combination. Do not wither yourself.
This decision is not something we are especially proud of but you gave us no choice. The gap between us is too wide. And the decision is made by us four unanimously. We are beyond the point where things could be settled by talking.
All the best for your life and career,
Tuomas
Emppu Jukka Marco
很伤感的信，很伤感的故事。。。
我才知道，tarja的离去，是因为舞台不够大，钱不够多。而乐队其他的成员，只是单纯的将音乐视为生命，用生命写歌，用生命演奏，不在乎钱的多少，不在乎舞台的大小。于是，她和乐队出现的分歧。
看完这封信，伤心的很久。
tarja的声音，真的很棒很棒。个人感觉比nightwish的新任主唱要好，但是她离去了。。找来tarja单飞后的专辑来听，声音确实很棒，但却没有了听nightwish 时那种独特的感觉。离去，对双方都是一种伤害。
后来找到tarja离队前最后的那一场演唱会end of an era来看。
只能用wonderful来形容。
能感受到他们演奏的投入，那是摇滚，乐器与生命激情的交融。虽在屏幕前，也仿佛能感受到心灵的共鸣。
听他们的演唱会，能感受到生命的激情与能量源源不断的迸发。
我看到他们的狂放，他们的投入，看到他们拿着酒瓶对瓶吹饮，看到他们仿佛与音乐融合的享受。。
感动。。
现场气氛很high，但也是伤感的，因为知道，这是最后一次了。。
终于，tarja在06年，离开了nightwish，无可挽回的离去。
后来，发现08年的时候，nightwish写了一首歌，bye bye beautiful。有点预感到查了下，发现是nightwish写给tarja的歌。。歌词如下：
Finally the hills are without eyes
They are tired of painting a dead man's face red
With their own blood
They used to love having so much to lose
Blink your eyes just once and see everything in ruins
Did you ever hear what I told you?
Did you ever read what I wrote you?
Did you ever listen to what we played?
Did you ever let in what the world said?
Did we get this far just to feel your hate?
Did we play to become only pawns in the game?
How blind can you be, don't you see?
You chose the long road, but we'll be waiting
Bye, bye, beautiful!
Bye, bye, beautiful!
Jacob's ghost for the girl in white
Blindfold for the blind
Dead Siblings walking the dying earth
Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
So toll now the funeral bells
"No need to die to prove a lie"
Did you ever hear what I told you?
Did you ever read what I wrote you?
Did you ever listen to what we played?
Did you ever let in what the world said?
Did we get this far just to feel your hate?
Did we play to become only pawns in the game?
How blind can you be, don't you see?
You chose the long road, but we'll be waiting
Bye, bye, beautiful!
Bye, bye, beautiful!
Bye, bye, beautiful!
Bye, bye, beautiful!
It’s not the tree that forsakes the flower
But the flower that forsakes the tree
Someday I’ll learn to love these scars
Still fresh from the red-hot blade of your words
...How blind can you be, don’t you see...(x3)
...that the gambler lost all he does not have...
Did you ever hear what I told you?
Did you ever read what I wrote you?
Did you ever listen to what we played?
Did you ever let in what the words said?
Did we get this far just to feel your hate?
Did we play to become only pawns in the game?
How blind can you be, don’t you see?
You chose the long road but we’ll be waiting
Bye bye, beautiful
Bye bye, beautiful
Bye bye, beautiful
bye bye bye bye
歌曲很有气势，很有霸气，很好听。
很伤感，很凌厉的一首歌曲，看完歌词，心里是说不出的感觉。。
我已然爱上了这么一群不为其他，仅仅出于对音乐的热爱，用生命歌唱的人们。
向nightwish致敬，祝愿nightwish能够一路走好。
很喜欢nightwish的风格，美声和重金属的完美结合，曲子充满激情与力量，动人心魄。把youtube上的相关mv找来，一个个看了一遍又一遍，回味无穷。
出于喜爱，找来了乐队的资料，得知tarja的离开，有点惊讶。然后发现了tarja离去时，乐队给她的信：
Dear Tarja,
It`s time to choose whether the story of Nightwish ends here or whether it will still continue an undetermined period of time. We`ve been working with this creation for 9 years and we are not ready to give up yet. Nightwish is a way of life, something to live for, and we`re certain we can`t let it go.
Equally certain is the fact that we cannot go on with you and Marcelo any longer. During the last year something sad happened, which I`ve been going over in my head every single day, morning and night. Your attitude and behavior don`t go with Nightwish anymore. There are characteristics I would never have believed to see in my old dear friend.
People who don`t talk with each other for a year do not belong in the same band.
We are involved in an industry where the business-side of things is a necessary evil and something to worry about all the time. We are also a band which has always done music from the heart, because of friendship and the music itself. The mental satisfaction should always be more important than money! Nightwish is a band, it`s an emotion.
To you, unfortunately, business, money, and things that have nothing to do with those emotions have become much more important. You feel that you have sacrificed yourself and your musical career for Nightwish, rather than thinking what it has given to you.
This attitude was clearly shown to me in the two things you said to me in an airplane in Toronto: ”I don`t need Nightwish anymore.” and ”Remember, Tuomas, that I could leave this band at any time, giving you only one day`s warning in advance”.
I can`t simply write any more songs for you to sing.
You have said yourself that you are merely a ”guest musician” in Nightwish. Now that visit ends and we will continue Nightwish with a new female vocalist.
We`re sure this is an equally big relief to you as it is for us. We have all been feeling bad long enough.
You told us that no matter what, the next Nightwish album will be your last one. However, the rest of us want to continue as long as the fire burns. So there`s no sense in doing that next album with you, either.
The four of us have been going over this situation countless times and we have realized that this is the thing we want to do in life. It´s all we can do. In December 2004, in Germany, you said that you will never tour again for more than two weeks at a time. You also said that we can forget about U.S. and Australia because the fees and the sizes of venues are too small.
In interviews I`ve mentioned that if Tarja leaves, that would be the end of the band. I understand that people will think this way. Nightwish is, however, a scenery of my soul and I`m not ready to let go because of one person. A person who wants to focus her creativity to somewhere else, a person whose values don`t match mine.
We were never bothered by the fact that you didn`t participate in writing/arranging songs, you never in 9 years came to rehearse the songs with us before going to the studio. Not the fact that while on tour you always wanted to fly, separately from us with your husband. Not the fact that you are an undisputable front image of the band.
We accepted and felt ok about everything except greed, underestimating the fans, and breaking promises. It was agreed by the five of us that Nightwish would be the priority in everything that we do during 2004-2005. Still so many things were more important to you. The ultimate example being the already sold-out show in Oslo, which you wanted to cancel because you needed to rehearse for your solo concerts, meet frieds and go to the movies. Those were the words Marcelo used in an e-mail explaining the cancellation. This being just one example of so many. I couldn`t think of a worse way of being selfish and dismissing our fans.
Nightwish is a way of life and a job with many obligations. To each other and to the fans. With you we can`t take care of those duties anymore.
Deep within we don`t know which one of you drove us to this point. Somehow Marcelo has changed you from the lovely girl you were into a diva, who doesn`t think or act the way she used to. You are too sure of your irreplaceableness and status.
It`s obvious that you blame your stress and misery on us four. And you think we don`t respect or listen to you. Belive us; We have always had the uppermost respect towards you as a wonderful vocalist and as a friend. And very often during the past couple of years the plans were made according to your decisions only. You were always the only one who wanted more money from the shows.
This ”compensation and more money from everything” –attitude is the fact that we are most disappointed of!
We wish that from now on you will listen to your heart instead of Marcelo. Cultural differences combined with greed, opportunism and love is a dangerous combination. Do not wither yourself.
This decision is not something we are especially proud of but you gave us no choice. The gap between us is too wide. And the decision is made by us four unanimously. We are beyond the point where things could be settled by talking.
All the best for your life and career,
Tuomas
Emppu Jukka Marco
很伤感的信，很伤感的故事。。。
我才知道，tarja的离去，是因为舞台不够大，钱不够多。而乐队其他的成员，只是单纯的将音乐视为生命，用生命写歌，用生命演奏，不在乎钱的多少，不在乎舞台的大小。于是，她和乐队出现的分歧。
看完这封信，伤心的很久。
tarja的声音，真的很棒很棒。个人感觉比nightwish的新任主唱要好，但是她离去了。。找来tarja单飞后的专辑来听，声音确实很棒，但却没有了听nightwish 时那种独特的感觉。离去，对双方都是一种伤害。
后来找到tarja离队前最后的那一场演唱会end of an era来看。
只能用wonderful来形容。
能感受到他们演奏的投入，那是摇滚，乐器与生命激情的交融。虽在屏幕前，也仿佛能感受到心灵的共鸣。
听他们的演唱会，能感受到生命的激情与能量源源不断的迸发。
我看到他们的狂放，他们的投入，看到他们拿着酒瓶对瓶吹饮，看到他们仿佛与音乐融合的享受。。
感动。。
现场气氛很high，但也是伤感的，因为知道，这是最后一次了。。
终于，tarja在06年，离开了nightwish，无可挽回的离去。
后来，发现08年的时候，nightwish写了一首歌，bye bye beautiful。有点预感到查了下，发现是nightwish写给tarja的歌。。歌词如下：
Finally the hills are without eyes
They are tired of painting a dead man's face red
With their own blood
They used to love having so much to lose
Blink your eyes just once and see everything in ruins
Did you ever hear what I told you?
Did you ever read what I wrote you?
Did you ever listen to what we played?
Did you ever let in what the world said?
Did we get this far just to feel your hate?
Did we play to become only pawns in the game?
How blind can you be, don't you see?
You chose the long road, but we'll be waiting
Bye, bye, beautiful!
Bye, bye, beautiful!
Jacob's ghost for the girl in white
Blindfold for the blind
Dead Siblings walking the dying earth
Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
So toll now the funeral bells
"No need to die to prove a lie"
Did you ever hear what I told you?
Did you ever read what I wrote you?
Did you ever listen to what we played?
Did you ever let in what the world said?
Did we get this far just to feel your hate?
Did we play to become only pawns in the game?
How blind can you be, don't you see?
You chose the long road, but we'll be waiting
Bye, bye, beautiful!
Bye, bye, beautiful!
Bye, bye, beautiful!
Bye, bye, beautiful!
It’s not the tree that forsakes the flower
But the flower that forsakes the tree
Someday I’ll learn to love these scars
Still fresh from the red-hot blade of your words
...How blind can you be, don’t you see...(x3)
...that the gambler lost all he does not have...
Did you ever hear what I told you?
Did you ever read what I wrote you?
Did you ever listen to what we played?
Did you ever let in what the words said?
Did we get this far just to feel your hate?
Did we play to become only pawns in the game?
How blind can you be, don’t you see?
You chose the long road but we’ll be waiting
Bye bye, beautiful
Bye bye, beautiful
Bye bye, beautiful
bye bye bye bye
歌曲很有气势，很有霸气，很好听。
很伤感，很凌厉的一首歌曲，看完歌词，心里是说不出的感觉。。
我已然爱上了这么一群不为其他，仅仅出于对音乐的热爱，用生命歌唱的人们。
向nightwish致敬，祝愿nightwish能够一路走好。
