Uniklubi Jussi&Teemu, MTV3 Huomenta Suomi, 16.9.08
In the course of their promosessions for the 'best of'-compilation Kaikki Mitä Mä Annoin 2003-2008, Jussi and Teemu were interviewed on Finnish TV_channel MTV3.
This is the interview translated. You'll find the usual gaps, sometimes I simply summed up what they were saying.
Note: I'm not sure whether the reference-link is still working.
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Jussi & Teemu
Huomenta Suomi, MTV3 16.9.2008
M: Moderator
T: Teemu
J: Jussi
M: […] Uniklubi's fans have send in a lot of questions, thanks to everyone for those, and we can start with them right away since Jussi and Teemu from the band are right now here in the studio - Good morning, welcome!
T: Good Morning, thanks a lot
J: Thank you
M: So how did your day start?
J: Quite well...
T: Really good, we got coffee for breakfast in the hotel, and juice, and then we took the taxi and went here, and so the day started slowly...
[note:
M: ?
J: ?
T: ?
They’re probably talking about getting up. For some reason, I can't put the words together]
M: Well let's start right away with the fan questions. - You're releasing the compilation record, how can you shortly sum up the years that are mentioned in the album's title? [note: i.e. 2003-2008]
T: *looking over to Jussi questioningly*
J: Well time during these years passed rather quickly. We spent a lot of time in our tour bus and...
T: …in the studio…
J: …exactly, and all the time passed so quickly that you don't really get to thinking about what’s happening
M: But you had a good time?
T+J: Yes!!
T: Definitely! We can be really grateful for doing what we do. When we sat in the tax earlier we thought about starting to play again next summer, god, that's going to be the sixth summer already, and whatever happened to all the time...
M: Yes, especially since it was a really busy time and lots of things were happening, right?
T: Yes…
M: How hard was it to find your way through in the beginning, do you still remember the first years?
J: Well... there surely was this feeling, what's actually going on... but when we got our record-contract all things just went like that *snaps his fingers*
T: Right. And then everything got even bigger than expected. [note: After that, he goes on about their first single, Rakkautta ja Piikkilankaa and about the recordings for the album, everything being a big thing, but I'm not really sure]
M: So after that time went on and on and... some time ago you could be seen on this channel in the K70-programme where elderly people were forming a choir, singing songs, and one of the songs was yours... you even taught them your song...
T: Yeah… *doesn't let Jussi say anything* that was a great experience from my point of view. It's a completely different way of promotion...
M: [note: says something about autographs] …Jussi, there's a question concerning the teddy bears... for in this one interview one of you criticised that you all get a terrible lot of teddy bears *Teemu grins*, but Jussi you said that you rather like them - so what happens to all the bears you get?
J: […] I'd say... it's just more comfortable to sleep...
M: Yeah right, you never have to sleep alone again… [note: *don't really understand what they're talking about*]
Ansku also wants to know, what did you sacrifice for your success?
T: *starts laughing* A lot was sacrificed... but well... I guess you have to see that in a relative way and always concerning the circumstances... I think... it's rather hard to say... [note: *NO idea* it's about music an the band and ... I don't know *g*]
J: [note: *says something about a circuit* ? maybe he wants to say that one thing leads to another and that you begin to adjust to the way of life, so that there are not so many sacrifices]
M: Thinking about problems you had in the beginning, how do you see programmes like e.g. Idols? What sort of competition is that?
J: well… *muses*
T: *again faster to answer* Well it's surely a great opportunity for people [note: *that part is really hard, let me try reading his thoughts* I guess what he wants to say is... that, generally seen, Idols is a good opportunity for people who want to make music, but that regarding all the bands who really try hard on their own, it's a completely different thing and maybe even doing bad things to the art of making music, since Idols-Finalists get their songs written and ready to perform, so that they don't do anything on their own, really.]
J: But it truly is a crazy competition *he's talking so silent that I don't understand what he says*
T: A crazy competition it is, but all in all it's a good opportunity for people who want to do this ... thing...
M: Fine. Well, let me thank you two before you're going on to Radio Nova, where you can tell a little more... But before the end - you're living this rock'n'roll-life, you are living your dreams - is it a dream that's worth reaching for?
T: Yes, as long as the passion for it is there...
J: Of course! Every dream is...
T: …worth reaching for, no matter what it is about.
M: So thanks a lot to you and have a nice day!
T&J: Thanks!
Original interview broadcasted on: MTV3 Suomi, 16.9.2009
Reference: http://nettitv.mtv3.fi/nettitv_uutiset/index.shtml/nettitv_uutiset/ajankohtaisoh jelmat/huomentasuomi?143925#143925
This is the interview translated. You'll find the usual gaps, sometimes I simply summed up what they were saying.
Note: I'm not sure whether the reference-link is still working.
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Jussi & Teemu
Huomenta Suomi, MTV3 16.9.2008
M: Moderator
T: Teemu
J: Jussi
M: […] Uniklubi's fans have send in a lot of questions, thanks to everyone for those, and we can start with them right away since Jussi and Teemu from the band are right now here in the studio - Good morning, welcome!
T: Good Morning, thanks a lot
J: Thank you
M: So how did your day start?
J: Quite well...
T: Really good, we got coffee for breakfast in the hotel, and juice, and then we took the taxi and went here, and so the day started slowly...
[note:
M: ?
J: ?
T: ?
They’re probably talking about getting up. For some reason, I can't put the words together]
M: Well let's start right away with the fan questions. - You're releasing the compilation record, how can you shortly sum up the years that are mentioned in the album's title? [note: i.e. 2003-2008]
T: *looking over to Jussi questioningly*
J: Well time during these years passed rather quickly. We spent a lot of time in our tour bus and...
T: …in the studio…
J: …exactly, and all the time passed so quickly that you don't really get to thinking about what’s happening
M: But you had a good time?
T+J: Yes!!
T: Definitely! We can be really grateful for doing what we do. When we sat in the tax earlier we thought about starting to play again next summer, god, that's going to be the sixth summer already, and whatever happened to all the time...
M: Yes, especially since it was a really busy time and lots of things were happening, right?
T: Yes…
M: How hard was it to find your way through in the beginning, do you still remember the first years?
J: Well... there surely was this feeling, what's actually going on... but when we got our record-contract all things just went like that *snaps his fingers*
T: Right. And then everything got even bigger than expected. [note: After that, he goes on about their first single, Rakkautta ja Piikkilankaa and about the recordings for the album, everything being a big thing, but I'm not really sure]
M: So after that time went on and on and... some time ago you could be seen on this channel in the K70-programme where elderly people were forming a choir, singing songs, and one of the songs was yours... you even taught them your song...
T: Yeah… *doesn't let Jussi say anything* that was a great experience from my point of view. It's a completely different way of promotion...
M: [note: says something about autographs] …Jussi, there's a question concerning the teddy bears... for in this one interview one of you criticised that you all get a terrible lot of teddy bears *Teemu grins*, but Jussi you said that you rather like them - so what happens to all the bears you get?
J: […] I'd say... it's just more comfortable to sleep...
M: Yeah right, you never have to sleep alone again… [note: *don't really understand what they're talking about*]
Ansku also wants to know, what did you sacrifice for your success?
T: *starts laughing* A lot was sacrificed... but well... I guess you have to see that in a relative way and always concerning the circumstances... I think... it's rather hard to say... [note: *NO idea* it's about music an the band and ... I don't know *g*]
J: [note: *says something about a circuit* ? maybe he wants to say that one thing leads to another and that you begin to adjust to the way of life, so that there are not so many sacrifices]
M: Thinking about problems you had in the beginning, how do you see programmes like e.g. Idols? What sort of competition is that?
J: well… *muses*
T: *again faster to answer* Well it's surely a great opportunity for people [note: *that part is really hard, let me try reading his thoughts* I guess what he wants to say is... that, generally seen, Idols is a good opportunity for people who want to make music, but that regarding all the bands who really try hard on their own, it's a completely different thing and maybe even doing bad things to the art of making music, since Idols-Finalists get their songs written and ready to perform, so that they don't do anything on their own, really.]
J: But it truly is a crazy competition *he's talking so silent that I don't understand what he says*
T: A crazy competition it is, but all in all it's a good opportunity for people who want to do this ... thing...
M: Fine. Well, let me thank you two before you're going on to Radio Nova, where you can tell a little more... But before the end - you're living this rock'n'roll-life, you are living your dreams - is it a dream that's worth reaching for?
T: Yes, as long as the passion for it is there...
J: Of course! Every dream is...
T: …worth reaching for, no matter what it is about.
M: So thanks a lot to you and have a nice day!
T&J: Thanks!
Original interview broadcasted on: MTV3 Suomi, 16.9.2009
Reference: http://nettitv.mtv3.fi/nettitv_uutiset/index.shtml/nettitv_uutiset/ajankohtaisoh jelmat/huomentasuomi?143925#143925