Transcripts: Live chat (27 Feb. 2000)

This is the protocol of the live chat with Thomas Anders, Sunday 27th Febrary 2000. Translated by Sofia. I missed this chat session, unfortunately, but I found this protocol by someone posting a link in DBML. Thanks to whoever that person was!

Moderator - Chat moderator.
ThomasAnders - Thomas Anders.
[name] - Fans speaking in German
[name] - Fans speaking in English

Louie: Louie greets all MT FANS
Miranda: The bol cd 2000 year of the dragon, is this the 18 trax one? I have "year of the dragon, containing 19 traxs." I want to have the other also.
Moderator: We just called BOL on the phone, they told us it's the version with 19 tracks!
Felix: Hello to all Modern Talking Fans ! I hope this will be a crazy chat with Thomas Anders!!
ThomasAnders: Hello together
Alexandra: Hello! Happy birthday to you, Thomas!!! Is Modern Talking going to visit Kiev this year?
ThomasAnders: We can begin
Moderator: Best wishes on your birthday, Thomas!
ThomasAnders: It's not until Wednesday, the first !
Moderator: Ah fine, Alexandra was asking, when you will visit Kiev..
ThomasAnders: At the moment Kiev isn't planned.
Erika: Erika asked how old is thomas
Moderator: (Alex: No concert is planned in Kiev)
ThomasAnders: On Wednesday I will be 37
Doc: I have the CD-Album since yesterday, it is amazing, congratulations
ferrari: when comes a video from modern talking again ?
ThomasAnders: At the moment there is one video
Doc: Hello Thomas, Switzerland greets you ! :-)
Iveta: Greetings from Latvian fans!
Patrizia: Why has M.T. no dancers on stage or in videos?
ThomasAnders: You can see the new video on the BOL website.
ThomasAnders: In the end of April there will be a new video
TraumtÃ¤nzer: How come you're not really toooo tired of Modern Talking already?
ThomasAnders: We're not so too tired. We go with the time. Add to that, Eric is only on one song.
indra: You were super guests on "Wetten daß...?"
Christian_M: Why didn't you give the guests a Vocal Version on "Wetten Daß...?"
ThomasAnders: ZDF wanted to have the Rap Version.
Schnucki: Thomas, you did in 1992 an American song in "Boulevard Bio", called "Lay me down". It was wonderful! Can't you give it out as a single, for example. from which pen did it come?
ThomasAnders: I talk about that a lot.
ThomasAnders: It comes from Barry Manilow and maybe it will come sometime.
Mausi: Thomas, first congratulations on your new great album. It's really the best that you've ever done
Larsandl: Thomas, is the current CD the best MT has made, in your opinion?
ThomasAnders: Larsandl should ask Mausi that ;-)
LadyLai: Thomas just a question, is the song Lady Bizarre left
ThomasAnders: No, Lady Bizarre is not left on this album.
Torty: I really like your new album, I'm crazy about it; how long did you work on it?
ThomasAnders: It's on the next (?) album
Felix: Is a new single coming in the end of April?? Because Thomas said, that in the end of April there is a new video .
ThomasAnders: Correct, there will be a new single. We don't know yet which one.
ModernTalking: Hello Thomas, what is your favourite song?
ThomasAnders: I don't know yet, when it comes to questions about our new album.
TraumtÃ¤nzer: Could you imagine, go back to the 80es style again?
ThomasAnders: I listen to for instance Savage Garden. Also the Backstreet Boys make good songs.
ThomasAnders: I have like 2000 CDs at home. But I don't have an absolute favourite.
Moderator: The question is above, Michi.
ThomasAnders: 80es style: No
Alena: Thomas, what does "Shaire" in the Modern Talking song "In Shaire" mean?
ThomasAnders: You really have to ask Dieter that, he wrote the lyrics to the song.
Larsandl: How often do you see Dieter during the week?
ThomasAnders: "In Shaire" could very well be a fantasy word (non-existing word). But we have to ask Dieter that.
ThomasAnders: It depends on if we're in the promotion phase. Then I see Dieter every day.
ThomasAnders: Ansonsten kann es schon sein, daß wir uns einige Zeit nicht sehen. But there is always telephone ...
Moderator: The question about the Lady comes later, Michi.. :-)
Shaky: Why is Dieter not in the Live-Chat?
ThomasAnders: We have a shared workload. I like to surf the Internet , so with it I have immediate access. (?)
ThomasAnders: Dieter does therefore other things.
daniel: hello thomas what is your battle with Bild
ThomasAnders: We don't have a battle. There is a (police?) report on Bild. Supposedly we had an argument, while I supposedly had talked about the telecom stock market (?), that I had anything against Dieters stock market introduction. That is not at all correct.
Anya: Thomas, is it your fist live chat with fans? How do you feel about that?
ThomasAnders: We were old chickens and knew that we had to do with the report.
Vadim: Thomas, what's with Phillipp, the one you're trying to produce?
ThomasAnders: With Philipp is nothing at the moment. We gave contract difficulties. In principal I'm someone, who is not insisting on being involved in contract negociations and with that is my hands are tied.
ModernTalking: Hello Thomas, can you really sing soooo high?
ThomasAnders: I prefer to not sing so high.
Patrizia: Why don't you make an LP singing together with your songs and Blue System?
ThomasAnders: I have actually a deeper voice. It sounds high, but it isn't. It's a special technique. With Modern Talking it's typical that the tones are being sung softly. So with that they mean you're singing high.
ThomasAnders: That is kindly meant of Patrizia, but fans can go from there, that we don't have any new ideas.
Shaky: Wird it mal einen Konzertmitschnitt on Video geben???
ThomasAnders: At the moment we have yet enough ideas for new songs.
ThomasAnders: Shaky: Ist ist zwar nicht geplant, aber auch nicht auszuschliessen.
Erika: why don't you make extra space at your concerts for children, as they don't see anything
ThomasAnders: That with the video is not auszuschliessen, but at the moment, nothing is planned
ThomasAnders: For all that I know, there are handicapped spaces higher up. What there is for children there is, I don't know also.
Eveline: When will you actually give a concert in Switzerland again? Es gibt doch mindestens eines, or?
ThomasAnders: We're planning Switzerland and Austria.
Monika: Hello Thomas, what do your friends and family call you, Thomas or Bernd?
ThomasAnders: We are but tied down by time and it's also not so easy to organise the (concert) halls.
ThomasAnders: Calling Switzerland: Make the (concert) halls avaliable !
ThomasAnders: The closest friends call me Bernd.
Norrad: Thomas: Wärst du böse wenn ich sage das mir die Songs von vor eurer Trennug damals besser gefallen als die heutigen?
ThomasAnders: In der Öffentlichkeit werde ich allerding nur mit Thomas angesprochen.
Mausi: Thank you Thomas!!! The album is an absolute dream, a hammer, ahh, I can't find words!!! Moderator, please pass that on to Thomas!!!
ThomasAnders: It's a question of taste. Therefore I can't yet say.
Melli: Why is there an album with 18 and one with 19 tracks
ThomasAnders: Thank you Mausi ! Finde ich toll. Wer immer auch Mausi ist ... finde ich toll !
ThomasAnders: What album has 18 tracks ?
MTfan: what stops you from inofficial fansites
Larsandl: Modern Talking has many Fan-pages on the Internet. How are your feelings about with these fans? Are you also initiating copyright complaints?
ThomasAnders: There is one Modern Talking page.
ThomasAnders: Many fans make their own pages. Basically I find them good, but unfortunately 70-80% are often not.
ThomasAnders: We're not striving for copyright complaints, but unfortunately there are photographers who insist on their rights. The rights are in the law, not with us.
Häschen: Hello Thomas, where can I get tickets for your new tour?
ThomasAnders: You can get tickets at: 0800 MODERNT
Janina: Just wanted to ask if it is true that you're gonna marry Claudia.... heard something 'bout that...
indra: when will you marry your Claudia?
ThomasAnders: Janina: It´s true !
ThomasAnders: The Termin wir but not verraten.
Larsandl: What is with the Nora gold chain passed?
indra: Have you considered singing with a woman?
ThomasAnders: The chain is in a safe and in peace because it's gone.
ModernTalking: Thomas, what do you think about naddel
ThomasAnders: I have schon dran gedacht singing with a woman. Maybe in the next album, we'll see.
Eveline: Thomas, what do you do, when you see yourself on TV? Schaltest du um?
ThomasAnders: Ich finde Naddel very very toll. She is a very sympathetic, nice lady.
Doc: Thomas, as the webmaster of Modern Talking french site, I would like to ask you if you are planning to have a concert in France, do you think it will be possible this year ? many french fans wait only for that...
ThomasAnders: Alles negative was über sie berichtet wird, it is not in reality !
ThomasAnders: It depends on how much promotion we make in France. If it was successful with the old albums, we may come to France.
Louie: Did Claudia use to be an MT fan?
Björn: Why don't you sing with Naddel?
ThomasAnders: For all that I know yes, but of course not only an MT fan.
Sonja: Was it love at first sight with you and Claudia ?
ThomasAnders: The question is, what is love at first sight.
Pigdog: Do you also have a US citizenship?
ThomasAnders: Es war schon eine sehr grosse Anziehungskraft, es hat aber bischen gedauert.
ThomasAnders: No, I have only a Green Card, no American citizenship.
uschi: How will you celebrate your birthday?
ThomasAnders: Ich darf zumindest nicht wählen und ich kann nicht Präsident werden ;-)
ThomasAnders: I work on my birthday, since I have a Aufzeichnung for Top of the Pops.
ThomasAnders: Therefore I will be in Köln (Cologne)
Martina: Martina asked: Ist der Termin bei Top Of The Pops endgültig?
ThomasAnders: Sagte ich bereits, ja !
muffin: Was it also with you and Dieter love at first sight?
ThomasAnders: That I have to gestehen, not very. With us it's so, that we wir durch den Beruf zusammengekommen sind.
ThomasAnders: Wir haben uns beruflich gefunden, der Rest ist Geschichte !
Dennis: would you sing also for the Eurovision Song Contest?
ThomasAnders: I don't see that at all. The meaning of the Eurovision Song Contest is ziemlich gesunken and it's very political.
Peter: What do you say about Stefan Raab's Wadde hadde dudde da ????
ThomasAnders: I think the Eurovision Song Contest is a little dishonest.
ThomasAnders: Die einen Sagen, der Grand Prix ist bischen langweilig, dann kommt jemand der was lustiges macht und manche sind auch nicht zufrieden.
Rafti: Wie hast Du Karneval gefeiert?
ThomasAnders: Ich weiss nicht, woher Rafti kommt, aber bei mir ist noch kein Karneval.
ThomasAnders: Ich feiere nicht Karneval, da is es nur betrunken ertragen könnte.
ChristianMÃ¶hler: Why don't you press the video clip on the single like Roxette or other groups have done?
ThomasAnders: Die Frage finde ich berechtigt. I have already told our record company, but I don't know it.
ThomasAnders: Maybe there was production problems, but it was finally not the last album.
Dirk: Did you produce the album on Mallorca?
ThomasAnders: No, the album was produced in Hamburg. But since our sound engineer goes to Mallorca, we will produce the next album there.
Anne: I like the new design of the homepage a lot. What do you think of the Chinese zodiak?
Anne: Do you regularly read the entries in the guestbook on your homepage?
ThomasAnders: The tour is called Year of the Dragon, also we have to thank our designer who came up with the idea. It was very funny.
Rafti: Thomas, what is your favourite site on the Internet?
ThomasAnders: When I have time, I read the guestbook.
ThomasAnders: It isn't regular, but I read it.
ThomasAnders: I probably believe that no human, but I'm mostly interested in weather sites.
uschi: Do you have Internet access at home?
ThomasAnders: It has wonderful satellite pictures and I click around the world ... all weather sites hear me really.
ThomasAnders: I have Internet at home, yes. ISDN.
Patrizia: Many think you look better with long hair. Get it again?
jkati: Why has Thomas short hair now?
ThomasAnders: Many think I look even better with short hair ;-)
Peter: Thomas ihr werdet im Radio kaum gespielt, woran liegt das Deiner Meinung nach
ThomasAnders: Ich weiss es nicht. Vielleicht mögen uns viele Moderatoren nicht, evtl. müssen wir die mal Besuchen, aber dazu haben wir keine Zeit.
Larsandl: Howdy Thomas, was ist für Dich das beste Konzert Deines Lebens gewesen?
ThomasAnders: Das ist schwer. Es gehört auf jeden Fall die Waldbühne in Berlin dazu. 17000 Menschen sind schon toll.
Gerd: Hello Thomas, what is your favourite fragrance (Perfume)
ThomasAnders: Es war aber nicht das größte Konzert, daß größte war in Santiago de Chile mit 85000 Menschen.
Shaky: Will you bring your video clips on a buy-cassette soon???
ThomasAnders: Perfume: Es kommt drauf an. Prinzipiell mag ich im Sommer ganz leichte Düfte.
ThomasAnders: At the moment I'm wearing Escada, the fragrance called Casual Friday
Iveta: Thomas thank's for your fan club CD, It's very good...
ThomasAnders: Bestimmt bringen wir mal einen Clip auf Kaufkasette raus.
ThomasAnders: Das dauert aber noch. Die Technik kommt so schnell und ich denke DVD ist wesentlich besser.
Gerd: Gib doch mal die Richtige Nummer durch bitte. Die Fans rufen ja alle falsch an: 0800 MTALKING
Mausi: Für euren Auftritt in Budapest (over 200 000 visitors) solltet ihr doch einen Eintrag im Buch der Rekorde bekommen. Ich habe aber in der neuesten Ausgabe nichts gefunden. War es eine Falschmeldung
ThomasAnders: The real number for ordering tickets is: 0800 MTALKING
ThomasAnders: But the others would have worked as well
ThomasAnders: Die Konzertveranstalter von Budapest müssen das melden, evtl. haben die es verpasst.
Christian: Why is Dieter really so fan-shy???
ThomasAnders: Is Dieter fan-shy ? Er gibt eigentlich immer Autogramme. Ich empfinde das nicht so.
Dirk: Do you have a Blue System CD?
ThomasAnders: I think not ...
CosmicGirl: Can you imagine singing in German?
ThomasAnders: Aber ich habe verschiedene Sampler, auf denen vielleicht was drauf ist, aber ich bin mir nicht sicher.
ThomasAnders: I can not imagine us singing in German.
jule: Do you chat often?
ThomasAnders: Wir würden einen Markt ausgrenzen and that we mustn't.
Esra: who is the designer of your homepage?
ThomasAnders: Dafür haben wir eigene Leute im Büro, den Namen möchte ich nicht nennen.
Eveline: Do you believe in astrology?
ThomasAnders: In private I don't chat, I don't have time for that.
ThomasAnders: Aber wer von heute nicht genug hat, sollte mal morgen auf SAT1 schauen, dort ist der nächste Chat. Ab 15.00 Uhr geht´s morgen los.
ThomasAnders: I believe in astrology, yes. Belief is belief, but why I don't know.
Schnucki: Wirst Du deinen Wohnsitz nach Ibiza verlegen oder bleibst Du Koblenz treu?
ThomasAnders: I don't believe in the daily horoscopes i
ThomasAnders: n the newspapers, but basically I believe in it.
ThomasAnders: Also ich bleibe auf jeden Fall Koblenz treu, so gerne ich Ibiza habe.
Roman: Do you still have your flat in Los Angeles?
ThomasAnders: Das private Umfeld ist einfach toll.
ThomasAnders: No, I don't have my flat in Los Angeles anymore.
Patrizia: Do you want children? How many?
ThomasAnders: Aah the ladies always ask ... Yes I want children, actually I would like 2 children.
elena: Thomas,how many songs on new CD are written by you?
ThomasAnders: Love is forever is by me.
mtalk: Ich finde auch das ihr euren Stil beibehalten müsst, aber manche Lieder auf dem Album (No face, no name....) sind irgendwie "copied"
Mausi: No Face No Name No Number is Latino-Pop vom Feinsten. Da kann man Ricky Martin für wegschmeißen. :-)))
ThomasAnders: It's not copied. Wir gehen halt nicht mit Ohrenstöpseln durch die Welt. Es wiederholt sich halt sehr viel und man vermischt auch gerne eigene Ideen mit bestehenden.
Vadim: Wird das Lied "Crying in the Night" veröffentlicht, den Du bei der FC-Party gesungen hast?
ThomasAnders: FC is the Fanclub Party and not Football Club.
ThomasAnders: The song had not found a singer yet, aber es wird bestimmt veröffentlicht.
Kati: Wish from a friend who met you in the FC-meeting the promo-CD a Swedish band zukommen lassen. Do you really have the time at all, Dir so etwas anzuhören, bzw. zu reagieren?
ThomasAnders: Verloren ist die CD bestimmt nicht, aber ich hatte noch keine Zeit dafür, aller durchzuarbeiten.
Kati: Hello Thomas, many greetings from Rostock and a big Thankyou for the last Fanclubparty. My question: How many members does your Fanclub have in total?
ThomasAnders: So, now we come to the last question ...
ThomasAnders: Our Fanclub has about 2500 members, but I don't know exactly.
outsider: Hello Mr. Anders. Ist denn irgendwann eine Solo-Karriere von Ihnen noch in Sicht?
ThomasAnders: Es ist nicht auszuschliessen, but it's not planned. Definitiv mache ich Solo was, but not so, dass es MT gefährdet.
ThomasAnders: Thanks to everyone, it was very nice with you !
Moderator: Warm thanks from Hamburg for this chat! Bis bald mal wieder!
Torty: Much love and good for Wednesday!!! And much success with the 9th album and the future! Many love greetings from LA! Ciao!
ThomasAnders: Ciao

(the rest was just the fans saying thank you and goodbye to Thomas, and since Thomas left, I've removed the rest)

Transcripts: Live chat (27 Feb. 2000)

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