Silly mistakes you've made about Strato

[HinatAArcticA]

Well, this topic is to talk a little about little mistakes you did in the past, mostly when you were starting to know Strato. That, or only I will look like the only idiot Dx...

Well, my story goes like this:
I was surfing on Sonata Arctica's web and I was short of time. I wanted to impress my brother with a new metal song, because I was just playing too much sonata, so I went to look in Tony Kakko's profile, and he had in "Bands I like - Stratovarius"
So I searched "Stratovarius" in YouTube, and the first video was Black Diamond. I liked it and downloaded it... but for some reason I thought that Koti was Jens... I mean, I though Koti was the singer and the keyboard player xD... also I thought he was the mastermind of the band, and I lived in that misake for some months, but when I realized about the truth, I felt like an idiot xDDD....

[foerg]

the first song i heard from strato was black diamond... but for weeks i thought it was kiss of judas, because it was printed wrong on a sampler cd...

well, then i got the album...

[mayhem-for-all]

Well, this topic is to talk a little about little mistakes you did in the past, mostly when you were starting to know Strato. That, or only I will look like the only idiot Dx...

Well, my story goes like this:
I was surfing on Sonata Arctica's web and I was short of time. I wanted to impress my brother with a new metal song, because I was just playing too much sonata, so I went to look in Tony Kakko's profile, and he had in "Bands I like - Stratovarius"
So I searched "Stratovarius" in YouTube, and the first video was Black Diamond. I liked it and downloaded it... but for some reason I thought that Koti was Jens... I mean, I though Koti was the singer and the keyboard player xD... also I thought he was the mastermind of the band, and I lived in that misake for some months, but when I realized about the truth, I felt like an idiot xDDD....

You must have mixed him with Tony Kakko (well both are T.K)

And BTWit feels weird to see people call TK "Home"

[ggonza43]

The first time I "officially" started listening to Strato songs, a friend of mine gave me 3 CDs with random songs, but there were no titles. So I figured out some of the lyrics, and by listening to the chorus many times I tried to predict the song's names. Boy I was stupid!. "Hands Of Time" was "Father Time" to me, and "Glory Of Paradise" was "Eagleheart"

[Rebel]

I do this with a lot of bands, I always had trouble differentiating Koti's singing from Tolkki's. (To the point that I didn't know there were 2 singers).
Even when I realized, I had trouble with 4th dimension because I always thought 030366 was Tolkki singing

[doc_holliday]

I do this with a lot of bands, I always had trouble differentiating Koti's singing from Tolkki's. (To the point that I didn't know there were 2 singers).
Even when I realized, I had trouble with 4th dimension because I always thought 030366 was Tolkki singing

yea I thought it was the same singer for all stratovarius albums too.

[Jabi]

I fell for the 2004 stunt.

[rikkertje]

I fell for the 2004 stunt.

Whaha! Me too!:lol:

[ggonza43]

I fell for the 2004 stunt.

Whaha! Me too!:lol:

Who didn't

[fernandotcl]

I initially downloaded lots of songs tagged as Stratovarius songs that were really TT songs from Classical Variations and Themes (great album, btw), such as Greensleeves, Lord Of The Rings.

[NeverendingAbyss]

I still think the band members are all the same person.

I just bought a Mammoth.

[ggonza43]

Also I thought Lauri Porra was Jari Kainulainen

[Stratowarius]

Should that be the ONLY mistake you have done? HAHAHAHA

[ggonza43]

I've said "also". Check my previous post

[Rebel]

Also I thought Lauri Porra was Jari Kainulainen

I thought Jari was a mute.

[HinatAArcticA]

Also I thought Lauri Porra was Jari Kainulainen

No no, Lauri Porra is not Jari Kainulainen.

Jari Kainulainen is Lauri Porra... somehow

[ggonza43]

Also I thought Lauri Porra was Jari Kainulainen

No no, Lauri Porra is not Jari Kainulainen.

Jari Kainulainen is Lauri Porra... somehow

What?! Now I'm even more confused

[hiro23]

Most of the mess ups I have made with band line ups were previous to my learning about Stratovarius, Once I got into High School I was adamant that I learn band line ups and history because I would make mistakes like that and make a complete ass out of myself.

One that stands out was when I had heard Iron maiden for the first time, I would see band photographs and I thought Steve Harris was Bruce Dickinson and Vice Versa.

[Rage1979]

I initially downloaded lots of songs tagged as Stratovarius songs that were really TT songs from Classical Variations and Themes (great album, btw), such as Greensleeves, Lord Of The Rings.

I downloaded a song called "Where dragons fly" also tagged as Stratovarius.. until I listened to it, I could easly hear it was Rhapsody.

[Ragehead91]

I initially downloaded lots of songs tagged as Stratovarius songs that were really TT songs from Classical Variations and Themes (great album, btw), such as Greensleeves, Lord Of The Rings.

I downloaded a song called "Where dragons fly" also tagged as Stratovarius.. until I listened to it, I could easly hear it was Rhapsody.

Isn't there also a Dragonforce B-Side with the same name?

[Rage1979]

I initially downloaded lots of songs tagged as Stratovarius songs that were really TT songs from Classical Variations and Themes (great album, btw), such as Greensleeves, Lord Of The Rings.

I downloaded a song called "Where dragons fly" also tagged as Stratovarius.. until I listened to it, I could easly hear it was Rhapsody.

Isn't there also a Dragonforce B-Side with the same name?

There is one called "Where dragons rule".

[Empathica1928]

Same problem with the singers for me. When I first started listening to Stratovarius, Eternity was my favorite song, and for some reason (can't remember why) I thought Timo Tolkki was the singer, even though he didn't sing Eternity. I also thought he was this plump, bald guy for some odd reason, and that's who I pictured singing Eternity.

Imagine my surprise when I found out who the real singer of the band was.

[ggonza43]

Same problem with the singers for me. When I first started listening to Stratovarius, Eternity was my favorite song, and for some reason (can't remember why) I thought Timo Tolkki was the singer, even though he didn't sing Eternity. I also thought he was this plump, bald guy for some odd reason, and that's who I pictured singing Eternity.

Imagine my surprise when I found out who the real singer of the band was.

That happens to me every single time I start listening to a new band. Doesn't happen to you that you imagine a whole band in a different way they really are? For example, when I started listening to Dream Theater and heard "Caught In A Web", it seemed to me that LaBrie was some sort of bald guy similar to Halford

[fernandotcl]

Haha so true, it happens to me all the time. The first time I watched a video of Mob Rules live I was like what the heck... Falconer surprised me too.

[Rebel]

the worst offenders are early 70s Black Sabbath, especially Ozzy.

[ggonza43]

the worst offenders are early 70s Black Sabbath, especially Ozzy.

Revealing the past can't be the apoclaypse for some people...Specially Ozzy

[RomTom]

When I was a wee lad, I thought that Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica were the same band... I don't even know, today, how I thought they were.

[adrian9]

the first album I got from stratovarius was fourth dimension (and still is my favourite one)
and I though that tolkki was a woman! you have to check out the photo on the blooket!

[ggonza43]

I though that tolkki was a woman! you have to check out the photo on the blooket!

You weren't the first, we all thought that :rotflmao2:!

[Kosmo]

First time listening to Hunting i kind of misheard some parts but only one that i vividly remember is:

How it goes: Feel the freedom of body and mind
How i heard: Feel the freedom of birdie and sky