Freitag, 3. August 2012
Donnerstag, 2. August 2012
Weiteres Parade Interview
When asked if they like each other as much as it seems, they light up like fireflies.
Logan: Yeah. We argue like brothers, but we love each other.
Logan: Yeah. We argue like brothers, but we love each other.
It was the band members themselves who came up with the name Big Time Rush, or BTR to fans.
Logan: [Nickelodeon] had Go Big Time, but we couldn’t stand it.
Logan: [Nickelodeon] had Go Big Time, but we couldn’t stand it.
They’re serious about their music; like prefab boy bands before
them, they’re learning to exercise creative control. They cowrote eight
of the songs on Elevate.
James: The second time around we were like, ‘This is our band. We should be contributing to what it is.’
James: The second time around we were like, ‘This is our band. We should be contributing to what it is.’
Kendall: We also decided, ‘Hey, we’re grown men. We can pick out our own shoes for the cover.’
And they take special care with their fans. They know what it feels like to be treated badly by someone they admire.
Kendall: How many artists have you seen just walk away and act like it’s not important?
Carlos: I hate meeting my favorite bands because then it just ruins it.
James: Yeah. They act like they’re better, and nobody’s better than somebody else. By all means, we’re not perfect, but I think the least we can do for our fans is be nice.
Logan: For us to even say hi to someone, to change their day around or change something inside of them—that’s a pretty cool feeling.
On keeping their dating lives private.
James: “I like to share my life with my fans because I know that’s what they want. But when it comes to my personal life and family relationships, I don’t feel the need to convey every detail of that. We need some privacy. [Talking about it] can ruin a relationship.”
Logan: “If it’s not good for both
people’s lives, then you just don’t usually talk about it. The other
day someone asked me about my last breakup and I didn’t say who it was,
but I was like, ‘Yeah, I broke up with my girlfriend, like, a year and a
half ago.’ And I was surprised because I expected her to ask, ‘And who
was that?’ And she didn’t. I was like, that’s good.”
Carlos: “I hate to use the word famous because I just don’t
like that word, but the more famous you get, the more impossible
[keeping things private] becomes. We’ve actually been really lucky to
stay under the radar. It hasn’t been really, really crazy for us.”
On their school experiences and inspirations:
James: “I’ve had some amazing teachers who influenced my life in positive ways, and I’m grateful for them. But one of the most powerful motivations I’ve had was a specific teacher who basically told me I would never make it. I was always competitive and wanted to be the lead in the show we were doing, and she wanted someone else to do it. She came to me at one point and was like, ‘Why do you want to do this? You’re never going to be the lead in anything.’ I just smiled at her and kind of plopped back, but it was a fire that burned inside. It made me realize it’s often the people who tell you you can’t do something who motivate you to do it bigger and better.”
James: “I’ve had some amazing teachers who influenced my life in positive ways, and I’m grateful for them. But one of the most powerful motivations I’ve had was a specific teacher who basically told me I would never make it. I was always competitive and wanted to be the lead in the show we were doing, and she wanted someone else to do it. She came to me at one point and was like, ‘Why do you want to do this? You’re never going to be the lead in anything.’ I just smiled at her and kind of plopped back, but it was a fire that burned inside. It made me realize it’s often the people who tell you you can’t do something who motivate you to do it bigger and better.”
Carlos: “I had one drama teacher who was amazing, Ms. Perkins.
She really tried to inspire me and get me going. But the real
[inspirations] were my parents, who came from the Dominican Republic,
got married, moved to Missouri, went to college, started a preschool,
and kind of built a life from nothing and became very successful.
Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let
me try it but he wouldn’t let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough
and I said, ‘I’m going to quit,’ he’d be like, ‘No, you’re going to try
everything and keep going at it.’ He wouldn’t force me to do it, but
he’d be very inspiring. He would tell me stories about himself as a kid
and how fortunate we were, and that really drove me to be the best that I
could be.”
Kendall: “I was home-schooled with a charter school program
from sixth grade on. I didn’t go to prom or any of that. So I had to
self-motivate. I had to do all my own classes; if I didn’t do the work, I
would’ve failed. I had to go in and take tests every week, and I ended
up with straight A’s.”
Logan: “With my school being in Texas, there was such a focus
on things that were not what I wanted to do or what I enjoyed doing. It
was kind of like, ‘Oh, no,’ if you didn’t do football or sports in high
school. I probably felt pretty alone, like, ‘This is definitely not the
spot for me.’ I was always a class clown, so I never had trouble fitting
in; I just had trouble finding out where I really wanted to be. That’s
why at 18 I moved out to L.A. and was kind of like, ‘I’m just going to
do this.’ I didn’t really have a plan B. It was always Plan A. And this
is exactly where I’m supposed to be.”
Mittwoch, 1. August 2012
Parade Artikel
Auf Nachfrage hin haben wir den Artikel aus dem Parade-Magazin nochmal abgeschrieben, allerding nicht übersetzt. Solltet ihr Verständnis-Fragen haben, könnt ihr euch aber gerne an uns wenden!
The Votes are in: Big Time Rush tops our first-ever boy band poll (Sorry, One Direction dans)
(Klein unten rechts:) BTR at Grandview Heights High School in Columbus, Ohio
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Most likely to succeed
From left. James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr, Logan Henderson, and Kendall Schmidt of Big Time Rush “Kids tell us, ‘I want to grow up to be famous’” says Logan. And I Say, ‘No, you should grow up to do what you like to do.’”
Most likely to succeed
From left. James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr, Logan Henderson, and Kendall Schmidt of Big Time Rush “Kids tell us, ‘I want to grow up to be famous’” says Logan. And I Say, ‘No, you should grow up to do what you like to do.’”
Artikel:
Head of the Class
With more than 800,000 Votes Cast, Big Time Rush wins our first annual Boy Band smackdown.
By Connie Schultz
Cover and Opening Photographs by Jake Chessom
We start with a riddle: Four Twenty-Something pop sngers, usually greeted by throngs of hyperventilating girls, pile out of a car and land face-to-face with a woman old enough to be their mother. How many seconds before they lose interest?
The typical young man would be scanning over my shoulder in the time it takes to say “Excuse me, ma’em.” These guys, however, belong to Nickelodeon’s boy band Big Time Rush, and their behavior would make a mom proud. They have no idea, yet that I’ll be interviewing them, but they smile and extend hands. Thay politely ask if they’re in the right parking lot in Columbus, Ohio. When it’s clear we’re all in the wrong place, they chat about the two dogs that have joined them for their 60-plus-city concert tour.
James Maslow, 22, unzips a cat-size carrier to reveal Fox, a 1-year-old Aleskan Klee-Kai. "I’ve always loved big dogs” he says, shrugging his shoulders.”He’s a husky I put in the dryer.”
(Artikel:)
A few steps away, Carlos Pena Jr., 22, furrows his brown as he coaxes his 2-year-old Germany shepherd, Sydney, out of her front feet. Carlos squats and looks into the do’s eyes as he speak. “She burned her paws on the tarmac,” he says, “They said she’ll be fine, but she’s hurting right now.”
Kendall Schmidt, 21, and Logan Henderson, 22, join James in consoling the pooc. “You’ll be okay, Sydney.” “Good girl, Sydney. “Aw, poor Sydney.”
A cynic would say this is just part of Big Time Rush’s happy act. A cynic would be wrong.
Over the next few hours, these band members mix It up with dozens of strangers during a photo shoot for PARADE at Grandview Height High School. They
never complain or swear, never throw a fit. They are a frenetic bundle of inside jokes and gentle ribbing, relying on each other to get through all the leaping, dancing and running in polyester school jacket requiredon this 96-degree day.
When asked if they like each other as much as it seems, they light up like fireflies.” “Yeah, says Logan. “We argue like brothers, but we love each other.” Good thing. They’ve been virtually inseparable since 2009, after Nickelodeon cast them as a frolicking foursome that becomes a pop band and sings through life’s capers. The show’s creator, Scott Fellows, modeled the story line after the 1960s show The Monkees, though in this version, the sqeaky-clean leads started as high school hockey players. But as with their TV predeccesssors, Big Time Rush have become an offscreen phenomenon, complete with hit records and countless girls whose knees buckle in syncopated swoon at the sight of them.
“This is a new story. It It started with Frank Sinatra and all thos screaming bobby-soxers,” says pop critic Elayne Rapping, professor emeriti of American Studies at the University at Buffalo. “You’d rather have girls attracted to the good boys like Big Time Rush.” Her laugh is full of mischief. “I was attracted to the bad boys. I loved the Rolling Stones.”
The Rolling Stones? One look at Mick Jagger and Mom banned him from our house. No matter. Being the oldest, most dutiful child, I was drawn to the good boys.
I was in first grade when the Beatles debuted on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964. That night, I sat frog-legged in front of the TV, mesmerized. I’d just met my future husband. I was sure that Paul would wait for me. Of course, millions of girls just like me were planning their own nuptials to John, Paul, George, or Ringo.
But it’s the music that really weds us to our memories. I cannot hear “Penny Lane” without thinking of the barbershop I passed on my way to West Elementary School. I listen to Paul McCartney sing “Michelle” and remember whining to Mom, “Constance? You had to name me Constance?”
“The second time around we were like, ‘This is our band. We should be contributing to what it is,’ ” says James.
Kendall raises a foot and wiggles it. “We also decided, ‘Hey, we’re grown men. We can pick out our own shoes for the cover.’ ”
Their concerts are ambitious and tightly choreographed. Their early days of small venues have grown into arenas packed with screaming girls, many as young as 6. An entire generation is now weaving memories with BTR. The band knows this and treads gently, each member taking turns as group ambassador.
After one photo setup with more than a dozen Grandview Heights girls, James shakes the hand of each one, asks her name, and thanks her for agreeing to be an extra. Carlos makes small talk with them during a break. After each round of racing down a hallway, they check the mood of the girls, who can’t stop giggling.
“You okay?” “Sorry it’s so hot.” “We really appreciate you being here today.”
They know what it feels like to be treated badly by someone they admire and don’t ever want to be the jerk who harpoons dreams. “How many artists have you seen just walk away and act like it’s not important?” Kendall says.
Carlos nods. “I hate meeting my favorite bands because then it just ruins it.”
“Yeah,” James adds. “They act like they’re better, and nobody’s better than somebody else. By all means, we’re not perfect, but I think the least we can do for our fans is be nice.”
Often, they hear from girls who confess to being despondent but find hope in the music and antics of BTR. “It’s a little hard sometimes,” Kendall says. “To think that you could’ve affected somebody like that is difficult. And for me it’s always a hard one when you see a girl cry.”
They focus on the upside of celebrity, Logan says. “For us to even say hi to someone, to change their day around or change something inside of them—that’s a pretty cool feeling.”
We’ve come to the end of the shoot. BTR’s publicist promises that lunch is waiting at the arena, where they’ll rehearse for hours.
This time, each young man gives middle-aged me a hug.
I leave hoping that fame never changes Kendall, Carlos, Logan, and James.
Head of the Class
With more than 800,000 Votes Cast, Big Time Rush wins our first annual Boy Band smackdown.
By Connie Schultz
Cover and Opening Photographs by Jake Chessom
We start with a riddle: Four Twenty-Something pop sngers, usually greeted by throngs of hyperventilating girls, pile out of a car and land face-to-face with a woman old enough to be their mother. How many seconds before they lose interest?
The typical young man would be scanning over my shoulder in the time it takes to say “Excuse me, ma’em.” These guys, however, belong to Nickelodeon’s boy band Big Time Rush, and their behavior would make a mom proud. They have no idea, yet that I’ll be interviewing them, but they smile and extend hands. Thay politely ask if they’re in the right parking lot in Columbus, Ohio. When it’s clear we’re all in the wrong place, they chat about the two dogs that have joined them for their 60-plus-city concert tour.
James Maslow, 22, unzips a cat-size carrier to reveal Fox, a 1-year-old Aleskan Klee-Kai. "I’ve always loved big dogs” he says, shrugging his shoulders.”He’s a husky I put in the dryer.”
A few steps away, Carlos Pena Jr., 22, furrows his brown as he coaxes his 2-year-old Germany shepherd, Sydney, out of her front feet. Carlos squats and looks into the do’s eyes as he speak. “She burned her paws on the tarmac,” he says, “They said she’ll be fine, but she’s hurting right now.”
Kendall Schmidt, 21, and Logan Henderson, 22, join James in consoling the pooc. “You’ll be okay, Sydney.” “Good girl, Sydney. “Aw, poor Sydney.”
A cynic would say this is just part of Big Time Rush’s happy act. A cynic would be wrong.
Over the next few hours, these band members mix It up with dozens of strangers during a photo shoot for PARADE at Grandview Height High School. They
never complain or swear, never throw a fit. They are a frenetic bundle of inside jokes and gentle ribbing, relying on each other to get through all the leaping, dancing and running in polyester school jacket requiredon this 96-degree day.
When asked if they like each other as much as it seems, they light up like fireflies.” “Yeah, says Logan. “We argue like brothers, but we love each other.” Good thing. They’ve been virtually inseparable since 2009, after Nickelodeon cast them as a frolicking foursome that becomes a pop band and sings through life’s capers. The show’s creator, Scott Fellows, modeled the story line after the 1960s show The Monkees, though in this version, the sqeaky-clean leads started as high school hockey players. But as with their TV predeccesssors, Big Time Rush have become an offscreen phenomenon, complete with hit records and countless girls whose knees buckle in syncopated swoon at the sight of them.
“This is a new story. It It started with Frank Sinatra and all thos screaming bobby-soxers,” says pop critic Elayne Rapping, professor emeriti of American Studies at the University at Buffalo. “You’d rather have girls attracted to the good boys like Big Time Rush.” Her laugh is full of mischief. “I was attracted to the bad boys. I loved the Rolling Stones.”
The Rolling Stones? One look at Mick Jagger and Mom banned him from our house. No matter. Being the oldest, most dutiful child, I was drawn to the good boys.
I was in first grade when the Beatles debuted on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964. That night, I sat frog-legged in front of the TV, mesmerized. I’d just met my future husband. I was sure that Paul would wait for me. Of course, millions of girls just like me were planning their own nuptials to John, Paul, George, or Ringo.
But it’s the music that really weds us to our memories. I cannot hear “Penny Lane” without thinking of the barbershop I passed on my way to West Elementary School. I listen to Paul McCartney sing “Michelle” and remember whining to Mom, “Constance? You had to name me Constance?”
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When
my daughter fell hard for the Backstreet Boys, I became a fan just to
be in her orbit. She was a moody 12-year-old hiding behind a block of
bangs and the slams of a bedroom door, but there was one way to coax her
out. “Hey, honey?” I’d say innocently. “How ’bout playing ‘I Want It
That Way’?” She’d slide the CD into the living room stereo, and we’d
sing along softly together. “‘Yeah, you are my fire …’”
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When
Nickelodeon created a boy band for a new generation, they selected
their Fab Four from among thousands of hopefuls. It was the band members
themselves who came up with the name Big Time Rush, or BTR to fans.
(“They had Go Big Time,” Logan says, “but we couldn’t stand it.”)
More than 6.8 million watched the official series premiere on Jan. 18, 2010, catapulting the show into Nickelodeon’s ratings stratosphere. Both of the band’s albums, BTR in 2010 and Elevate in 2011, debuted in Billboard’s Top 15. A theme in all the music: Every girl is beautiful and can break a cute guy’s heart.
Not all TV critics have been kind, but the members of BTR have a sense of humor about who and what they are: grown men pretending to be teenagers in a band born for TV. The show requires them to be over-the-top silly, but they’re serious about their music; like prefab boy bands before them, they’re learning to exercise creative control. They cowrote eight of the songs on Elevate.
If
you want to get to know the guys of BTR, do not ask about dating; past
missteps have made them fiercely protective of their girlfriends’
privacy. But ask how they’re growing as artists and you’re in for an
enthusiastic tutorial.More than 6.8 million watched the official series premiere on Jan. 18, 2010, catapulting the show into Nickelodeon’s ratings stratosphere. Both of the band’s albums, BTR in 2010 and Elevate in 2011, debuted in Billboard’s Top 15. A theme in all the music: Every girl is beautiful and can break a cute guy’s heart.
Not all TV critics have been kind, but the members of BTR have a sense of humor about who and what they are: grown men pretending to be teenagers in a band born for TV. The show requires them to be over-the-top silly, but they’re serious about their music; like prefab boy bands before them, they’re learning to exercise creative control. They cowrote eight of the songs on Elevate.
“The second time around we were like, ‘This is our band. We should be contributing to what it is,’ ” says James.
Kendall raises a foot and wiggles it. “We also decided, ‘Hey, we’re grown men. We can pick out our own shoes for the cover.’ ”
Their concerts are ambitious and tightly choreographed. Their early days of small venues have grown into arenas packed with screaming girls, many as young as 6. An entire generation is now weaving memories with BTR. The band knows this and treads gently, each member taking turns as group ambassador.
After one photo setup with more than a dozen Grandview Heights girls, James shakes the hand of each one, asks her name, and thanks her for agreeing to be an extra. Carlos makes small talk with them during a break. After each round of racing down a hallway, they check the mood of the girls, who can’t stop giggling.
“You okay?” “Sorry it’s so hot.” “We really appreciate you being here today.”
They know what it feels like to be treated badly by someone they admire and don’t ever want to be the jerk who harpoons dreams. “How many artists have you seen just walk away and act like it’s not important?” Kendall says.
Carlos nods. “I hate meeting my favorite bands because then it just ruins it.”
“Yeah,” James adds. “They act like they’re better, and nobody’s better than somebody else. By all means, we’re not perfect, but I think the least we can do for our fans is be nice.”
Often, they hear from girls who confess to being despondent but find hope in the music and antics of BTR. “It’s a little hard sometimes,” Kendall says. “To think that you could’ve affected somebody like that is difficult. And for me it’s always a hard one when you see a girl cry.”
They focus on the upside of celebrity, Logan says. “For us to even say hi to someone, to change their day around or change something inside of them—that’s a pretty cool feeling.”
We’ve come to the end of the shoot. BTR’s publicist promises that lunch is waiting at the arena, where they’ll rehearse for hours.
This time, each young man gives middle-aged me a hug.
I leave hoping that fame never changes Kendall, Carlos, Logan, and James.
Erklärung für Kendalls Tattoo
Die Bilder haben wir euch schon gezeigt, aber da es zu Kendalls Tattoos immer einen Hintergrund gibt, erklären wir euch den jetzt:
Kendall hat sich einen "Sugar Skull" (dt. Zucker Totenkopf) stechen lassen, der laut Kendall den Feiertag Allerseelen, wie er am 2. November in Mexico gefeiert wird, präsentiert, und der 2. November ist auch sein Geburtstag.
In Kendalls eigenem Desing befinden sich außerdem Sonnenblumen und Getreide-Ähren, die seinen Heimatstadt Kansas repräsentieren; Kansas wird auch "Der Sonnenblumen-Staat" genannt und dort wird vor allem Landwirtschaft betrieben.
Außerdem findet man die Nummer 111 auf dem Schädel, das ist Kendalls Glückszahl.
Auf der Wange sieht man eine Gitarre, die natürlich seine Liebe zur Musik symbolisiert.
Ciara wurde zertifiziert
Ciara Bravo (spielt Katie in Big Time Rsuh) wurde soeben auf Twitter zertifiziert.
D.h. das jetzt auch bei ihr ein blauer Haken auf ihrem Profil zu sehen ist.
Was die Bestätigung dafür ist das es sich nicht um ein Fake Profil handelt.
Also wir sagen Herzlichen Glückwunsch Ciara, das warten hat sich gelohnt ;)
Twitter Pic´s Update
Carlos, Dustin und Logan bedanken sich auf Twitter bei 15 Tausend Rushern in Michigan
Carlos bedankt sich für die Geschenke von einigen Rushern
Dustin twitterte dieses Bild eines Fans
Dienstag, 31. Juli 2012
Überarbeitetes Design
Ich wollte nur kurz sagen das ich den Blog eben mal etwas aktualisiert habe sowie neue Links zu Episoden der 3. Staffel hinzugefügt habe, also BTR Blogger jetzt aktualisiert! ;)
Ansonsten allen eine Gute Nacht und schöne BTR Träume ^^
Interview mit New Hollow
New Hollow treten als Virband auf der Big Time Summer Tour auf und reden in diesem Interview auch über BTR.
Artikel im Parade Magazine
Hier ein Artikel über Big Time Rush im Parade Magazine. Der Artikel kam durch ein Voting zustande zwischen BTR, The Wanted und One Direction. Hier könnt ihr ihn lesen.
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