How to rock Halloween
The Kaulitz twins of Tokio Hotel
The Kaulitz twins of Tokio Hotel
As a music geek, I’ve obviously always used All Hallows Eve as an excuse to pretend to be one of the rock stars I write about. But when I began brainstorming a costume (in August), I realized how few rock stars today are visually recognizable. Where are all the costumed weirdos in today’s music scene? Is it because MTV doesn’t play videos anymore that nobody feels the need to play dress-up the way Boy George, Perry Farrell, Marilyn Manson, or even Jack and Meg White did? When I saw Tokio Hotel pull up to the Video Music Awards in a Big Foot truck, with their easy-to-replicate-with-a-cheap-wig hair and suitable-for-pets chains, it hit me: Here was the identifiable flash that had been missing! The only problem is that their music is only distinguishable from other emo acts in that the words are in German on their early releases.
But all is not lost. It’s no big deal if their sound isn’t as flashy as their look. A sound is easier to change than a look, anyway. If you change your sound, the critics call you daring. If you change your look, they call you poseurs. So get to it, Tokio Hotel. Maybe start listening to The Beatles, the way Panic at the Disco did. Listen to electronic music the way U2 did. Then maybe I’ll be ready to pretend to be you.
Pat Healy
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