The Official EUROPE Thread

[philouze]

Starting with one of their most underrated songs. This. Kicks. Major. Ass.

BAM!!!!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJDojVZqdJo

[envy_me]

Here is my all time favorite song from Europe.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6FoKbP4KCE

[philouze]

Back in 1982


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B85Nxzeu9Yc

[philouze]

And then, the second album, heavier than EVER


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lmc7fpwA9Y

[envy_me]

A great version from Sweden Rock Festival



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI0sTM9aVl8

[philouze]

I can't thank you, Envy (button-wise), but I do. SRF is one the BEST gigs they ever did.

[envy_me]

I can't thank you, Envy (button-wise), but I do. SRF is one the BEST gigs they ever did.

It's so fantastic, I got the recording like the day after. I couldn't stop listening to it, especially TKWR.

[philouze]

Great show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ol0RbQvBXQ

[philouze]

It's so fantastic, I got the recording like the day after. I couldn't stop listening to it, especially TKWR.

I did too.. The day after.

[envy_me]

Great show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ol0RbQvBXQ

Did you watch the Nalen show live on the computer? I did :D

[philouze]

For Michelle Meldrum... RIP.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RkrYbdgPQw

[philouze]

Did you watch the Nalen show live on the computer? I did :D

I didn't but I rushed on it when I could...

[envy_me]

Better then the album version.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzo_PkJll_Q

Btw, I was there when this picture was taken :-)

[philouze]

I wish I was there when they recorded that version... Heh-heh... Although I love the P.I.P version.

[envy_me]

I was too young for that. Hell, I was too young to be at that bar in 2000.

[philouze]

Back to the early, heavy stuff.. Tony Reno and all....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afo7lvYyMM0

[envy_me]

LOVE the cover, LOL. Joey sings SO good.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucQZTHNdxtQ

[philouze]

Europe, Rock N Roll Band


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y48PTClxPVw

[philouze]

LOVE the cover, LOL. Joey sings SO good.

Last Look's cover is great, IMO. I've always been afraid it would be their LAST album. Fortunately, Bag Of Bones came along.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkQZwue8RtQ

[envy_me]

Of course it wont. They aren't as unstable as VH. They are thinking business. I heard them say that they will do this no matter how it goes and just create a trademark again.

[philouze]

Unless they hire Erdtman again... lmfao

Anyway, here is one of my Favorite Europe songs Ever:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NSuAAnRa2c

[envy_me]

Oh, they won't. God knows where he is. I have feeling he lives somewhere in the area where I live. But I don't know much more. GOD, I feel so sorry for them.

[envy_me]

I have to repost this. He is such a great singer. Great voice.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucQZTHNdxtQ

[philouze]

Here's to you, Envy. If I could, I'd make this the Swedish anthem.. (he says "I envy you" in this one). One of his Masterpieces:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSapf7oplZE

I bought this album the day it came out in France. This song gives me chills. Just like "At My Funeral" by the Crash Test Dummies. These are not songs. These are Emotions.

[envy_me]

I LOVE that song. I love that whole album. Even my dad loves that album.

[philouze]

I know this is not Europe but I wanted this to be posted.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CooB1qVn1Us

[philouze]

Pure Energy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HpNLLNNjbg

One of their best gigs.

[envy_me]

Have you heard Hellacopters? I should make a thread.

[philouze]

Have you heard Hellacopters? I should make a thread.

Fuckin A!!!!
Hellacopters!!!
Love these guys.
Backyard Babies too.

[philouze]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feLm4K04YVY&list=PL7CDE656AF3D5AF86

[gbranton]

Thumbs up for this thread, I love these guys. I have noticed that lyrically Bag of Bones is not as optimistic (or something) as previous efforts. They seem to be exploring a darker place right now.

[philouze]

Exactly..

[Yount]

Why did they give Reno the boot?

[philouze]

From what I can remember, he couldn't take the pace.. He was late at the rehearsals, and so on...

[Yount]

loved his double kickin'

[philouze]

Here:

If the arrival of Michaeli was a relatively easy thing to accomplish, the next step was a bit harder. In the summer of 1984 the drummer Tony Reno had to step aside. "Tony never arrived on time for rehearsal," Norum explains. "Half an hour would be okay, but not two - three hours. Every now and then he didn't show up at all. Then you got a little angry. He had a nonchalant attitude. He thought it was more important to be at home with his girlfriend than to rehearse. And when we told him so, he would just start laughing."


Was it because he didn't really see where EUROPE could go as a band?

"Maybe that was it," Norum says. "We were really young, maybe just around 17." The message that Tony had gotten the sack came from Erdtman and was sent as a letter. "None of us talked with him about it for several years," Norum says. "Tony didn't do anything about it, but his father called me a couple of times and screamed: 'How can you do this?' It was tough because he was my buddy. I think he took it really hard. It must have been. That was probably why he moved from Upplands Väsby to Copenhagen where he joined a band called Geisha. In Väsby there would always be people who reminded him and asked questions. Today we're in touch again but as soon as I mention EUROPE he won't talk about it."

Tony Niemistö himself says, when Sweden Rock Magazine reaches him on the phone, that he doesn't remember so much about the circumstances of his leaving, since "it's more than 20 years ago. I actually don't know what happened, but I think it had something to do with the manager starting to lead and control," Tony says, who for the time being lives in Upplands Väsby.

(Sweden Rock magazine, 2004)

Full article here: http://www.wingsoftomorrow.com/art_2004_sweden-rock_p1.htm

[Yount]

Interesting. And while you're at it... John Norum leaving??

Creative differences with Joey right?

[philouze]

Interesting. And while you're at it... John Norum leaving??

Creative differences with Joey right?

Check the article out... It's in there... ;)

[philouze]

Europe will be playing at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 7th 2013. Celebrating 30 years of Europe. They'll be filming for a DVD as well. Cool, huh???
Sorry if you already knew that, but I didn't..

[Yount]

One more question... What is The Final Countdown about anyway???

Drugs?
Traveling to a women-only planet?

It sold an absolute shitload of units, yet I've never heard an interpretation from anyone except for the closing of eyes, head back, fingers on imaginary keys going bah-bah-bah-bah etc....

[philouze]

I guess it was about traveling through space.. Kind of a Sci-Fi thing.

[Zing!]

One more question... What is The Final Countdown about anyway???

I'm pretty sure it's about... MAGIC!

9355

[philouze]

That made me laugh, Zing. Good call..

[Zing!]

That made me laugh, Zing. Good call..

Heh heh heh... I've made a huge mistake.

[gbranton]

They'll be filming for a DVD as well. Cool, huh???

Very. I'll be looking forward to that.

[envy_me]

I always wanted to hear a Swedish hairband play a song about ninjas - made me laugh :D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATDhpIEMoO8