Sal-Saller: See on see, mis paneb elama

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 2 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,440 We're moving! We're moving! 3 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:18,640 Did the applause stop? - No. 4 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:25,040 We reached the hall! Let's go, let's go! 5 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:28,600 A different route? 6 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,040 Thank you very much! 7 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,960 It seemed like your singing was... 8 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,080 Well, I'm getting used to it. 9 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:34,160 I couldn't hear you on stage, did you sing too? 10 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,000 Who said no? 11 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,960 This is What Makes us Alive 12 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,000 I'm a capsule coffee lover. 13 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:53,920 I've gone through different stages and this is still the most reliable. 14 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,480 The Finns just teased me that 15 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,440 I'm the "hardest working man in show business", like James Brown. 16 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:06,440 This giving and taking, or rather giving and receiving, 17 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:13,760 you have to work through it all somehow at some point 18 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,280 and somehow like renew it and I don't know, 19 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,920 sometimes it's just good to get away from it all. 20 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:27,080 PART 1 FIRST STEPS 21 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,000 Both my parents are... 22 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,200 well, there are and were active musicians. 23 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,800 That was all I had at home. 24 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,440 Either they were in rehearsal or they were at concerts. 25 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,400 FATHER TÕNU SAL-SALLER 26 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,160 Both, father and mother. 27 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,000 MOTHER ANNE VELLI 28 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,360 I had thousands of other bands I made up in my head 29 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,960 and performed alone at home. 30 00:03:54,480 --> 00:04:00,240 And then, of course, the first songs of Sex Pistols... 31 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,280 Everything turned to a completely different direction. 32 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,720 I realized that this is what has been missing from my life. 33 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:16,440 I was fascinated by the energy and the fury that was there. 34 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,800 It was the kind of thing that completely 35 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:20,640 changed my mind about everything. 36 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,840 I didn't understand anything anymore, 37 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,680 I said that I want to be exactly that kind of guy. 38 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,520 I went to the 10. High School, which is now Nõmme Gymnasium, 39 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,200 we had a decent punk movement there 40 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,600 and it was a cool school in every way. 41 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,200 Each class had to do some kind of performance for the Christmas party 42 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:43,720 and of course me and a couple of friends from our class 43 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,080 did the song "Pig" by Juice Leskinen. 44 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,200 Juice Leskinen has such a song. 45 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,640 Before that, we had more domestic events and rehearsals 46 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,920 and we were smashing and rumbling as much as possible. 47 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,160 Well, the band Punk Heads was like that 48 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,120 and we also had Uncle Remus and the Morning Tripper, 49 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,440 whatever that meant. 50 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:19,480 But let's say that things got serious after Generaator M. 51 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:25,760 Undemanding, no expensive amplifier systems, synthesizers, 52 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:28,400 all what's needed is a youthful spirit, meaningful text, 53 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,200 a few guitars and drums. 54 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:32,680 Generaator M from Tallinn 10. High School 55 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:34,360 performs "Uus laine" (New Wave). 56 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,480 Somehow we happened to be in the right place at the right time 57 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,720 and we opened the door, so to speak, 58 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,520 from which all furry and feathered creatures could climb out freely 59 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,200 and start beating those who beat the carpet. 60 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:50,840 1984 - 1986 HENDRIK SAL-SALLER WAS CONSCRIPTED INTO RUSSIAN ARMY 61 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,200 NEW GENERAATOR M IS BORN - THE NEW HEAVY SOUND 62 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,800 You probably had to somehow write down what was inside you. 63 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:59,760 It's very hard to imagine that if you created something at the age of 16 64 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:03,040 you'll be able to produce the same stuff at the age of 56. 65 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:04,480 It's not possible. 66 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:09,400 First of all, at the age of 16, you fly on without any brakes, 67 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,040 you have like zero self-criticism. 68 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:13,960 Well, maybe a little. 69 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,960 But I knew what I wanted 70 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,080 and I generally moved in that direction. 71 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,720 Hello, Tartu! 72 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:30,840 Have you heard that the subway was supposed to be built in Tartu? 73 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:32,600 ENSEMBLE VANEMÕDE 1985 - 1989 74 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:40,440 Don't allow it, because they might find phosphorite here under Tartu. 75 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,600 Vanemõde was such a band that 76 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,960 you never knew who would come on the bus. 77 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,080 You drive out and then you drive through a thousand guys. 78 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,680 A guitar player is picked from one place, a bass player from another... 79 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,920 And I was sure that I'm still a guitar player, 80 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,800 I don't want to be a singer. 81 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,720 Kerstenbeck stood at the door with a tape recorder 82 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,000 and told me to learn the songs. 83 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,320 I said I can be a guitar player, I don't want to sing. 84 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:15,120 Well, I had no choice but to sing and sadly that's where I stayed. 85 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:44,280 It wasn't my band. It wasn't my music. 86 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:50,080 My last performance with Vanemõde took place at the Tartu Music Days, 87 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,920 when, I think, maybe for the first time, 88 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,480 Mattiisen's patriotic songs were performed there, the same year. 89 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,320 So what was it, 1987? 90 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:31,040 PART 2 FINLAND 91 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:36,520 How did Hendrik come to Finland? 92 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,280 Probably by ship, like so many others. 93 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:40,960 Not by plane. 94 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:42,040 Or on foot or by train. 95 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,000 SIMO 'CHERI' MARTIN bass and manager 1993 - 1996 96 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:45,880 TOMI 'EBA' MÄKYNEN guitar 1993 - 1996 97 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,760 I do remember how we met. 98 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:54,280 We had a living room band with Lauri Murtomaa, 99 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,640 we played acoustic music. 100 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,320 He said that there's this Saller, 101 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,040 who is a damn good guy. 102 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,120 I took these too, I need to break these in. 103 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:18,880 There isn't much walking here. 104 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,880 If they're too much trouble, I can change in the cabin. 105 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,480 ANDRUS ARBA sound 106 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,600 But you didn't need any breaking in at all with these? 107 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:29,920 You put them on and nothing. - My feet are just different. 108 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:35,400 Compared to other boots, these were quite painless. 109 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:41,440 These are... Sendra - and surprisingly cool. 110 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,960 And what are yours? 111 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,400 From the Boot Factory, I don't know what brand. 112 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,040 That other craft company they're selling. 113 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,840 They bring them from Mexico somewhere, it had some strange name. 114 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,080 Is this leather... no, it's the same. 115 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,960 These are damn good quality. 116 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,200 I was surprised the price was really... 117 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,880 I'll go get something to fix these cables here. 118 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,280 See you at dinner. 119 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,880 Had I known, I would have brought more shoes. 120 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,720 That you want to film it. 121 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,560 Boots. - They are cool boots. 122 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:20,920 They were specially made for me in Mayura. 123 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,960 They made like for women, there was no such model for men. 124 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,840 I asked if it would be possible to make red boots for men? 125 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,640 Yes, sir! We can do it. 126 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:36,240 I'll change them during the show, so you can come and watch. 127 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,400 I have sparkly boots too. 128 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,840 Did you post this on Facebook? - Yes. 129 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,160 Nice picture. - 1994. 130 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,400 Pretty similar conditions as today. 131 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:00,400 We last saw you in the 1990s. 132 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,680 Pretty good. Are you coming? - Yes. 133 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,120 Very good, welcome! - Yes, okay. 134 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,640 Although now all the songs are in Estonian. 135 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,840 It's okay, I've also listened to Estonian songs a lot. 136 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,640 It was nice to meet you. 137 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:16,280 Great, see you! 138 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:25,440 It was Soviet Estonia when I moved in 198... 1989. 139 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,960 Making a band like that was actually quite pointless. 140 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,680 Of course you could do it today, you can go by ship, no problem, 141 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:38,440 then there was no such thing. 142 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,280 To come to Estonia, you needed a visa from the embassy of the Soviet Union, 143 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,040 even though you had a Soviet passport. 144 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,320 By the time I went to Finland, 145 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:52,040 I had an above-average Estonian understanding of rock music, 146 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,240 but it was such a small part of it all. 147 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,080 I had so much to learn. 148 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,800 To do my own thing - I was certain that I have to make a band, 149 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,000 but the beginning was quite... 150 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:08,160 I didn't know where to find a job, I started going around Helsinki 151 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,640 record stores to offer myself for work 152 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,560 and they looked at me like... 153 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,080 At that time, an Estonian was still a 154 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,720 relatively rare phenomenon in Finland. 155 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,160 Some weird guy with an accent. 156 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,080 But then Epe Helenius, 157 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:27,600 he probably had two reasons, he saw that I knew stuff 158 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:33,160 and maybe he also had the right mindset. 159 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:42,240 Some sympathetic feelings towards a young man from Soviet Estonia 160 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:47,640 who got into the capitalist world - let's help the boy. 161 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,320 I got a job, got invite to come to the studio. 162 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,320 I worked in the record store and as a roadie in the studio. 163 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,240 At first only the guitar, but of course I carried all the stuff, 164 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,600 helped with the set up, tuned instruments, changed strings. 165 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:03,600 LAURI 'LARE' MURTOMAA guitar 1993 - 2003 166 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:07,000 That's where our friendship with Lare began, we shared a room. 167 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,600 Then I modestly played him my demos 168 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:13,080 that I had recorded in the basement. 169 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:17,720 And what really started it all was that Lare knew the guys. 170 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:22,000 And then it was like the real... thing... 171 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,600 If you know guys who can actually do something, 172 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,640 then it is possible to make a band with them. 173 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,000 As far as I know, there are a lot of Estonians here, 174 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,720 and I have a terrible identity crisis, 175 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,240 which language should I sing in now? 176 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:50,240 And now, Eba, Anssi, Peevo... 177 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,360 ANSSI 'ANDY' SAARNILEHTO bass 1996 - 1999 178 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,680 Let's do a song - "You got my heart". 179 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,280 He is one of the guitarists of Smilers. 180 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,120 PETRI PEEVO guitar 2003 181 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:13,920 I was there for one year. 182 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,240 Let's go downstairs. 183 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,080 Spinal Tap... 184 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,040 They're there? 185 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,440 I was so confused after that. 186 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,800 Here's a man you can talk to. 187 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,560 We already met. - Very good. 188 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:50,800 One moment, I have an event here, I am being interviewed. 189 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:53,840 Have... 190 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,920 Have a beer, I won't be long. 191 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,600 I can get rid of these guys. 192 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:03,800 Don't go. 193 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:09,000 It's a good question, who is Hendrik Sal-Saller for me. 194 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,240 For me, he is a close friend 195 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:21,119 and in a sense also an example of how to lead an ensemble. 196 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,520 A great person as an instrumentalist, 197 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:29,280 as a musician, but also as a friend. 198 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:31,800 He will be here forever. 199 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:42,160 I was a sound guy in a music store. 200 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,840 Then I got Hendrik to work there as well 201 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:51,160 and we started thinking about making music ourselves. 202 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:55,520 This job isn't forever and we both had a long background in music. 203 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,280 Let's make a band. 204 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,200 Then we had the Lezer Brozers band. 205 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:03,560 I remember. 206 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,960 It was hard to even pronounce. 207 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:09,160 Lezer Brozers, what the hell. 208 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:10,840 It was awesome. 209 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,720 And here's a rock band from Helsinki, in fact, here is also 210 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,920 the origin of kindred nation, the band's singer Hendrik comes 211 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 from the other side of the bay. 212 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,080 How long have you lived in Helsinki? 213 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,320 Six years. 214 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,640 Did you have bands in Estonia? 215 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,320 Yeah, I was a damn big star there. 216 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,840 I'm a very famous guy. 217 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,560 Now you'll become famous in Finland too. 218 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:40,480 Well, it's kind of dragged on, fame could come quickly now. 219 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,560 This guy is Cherry, we remember him from Smack, 220 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,880 probably the coolest Finnish rock band of the 1980s. 221 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,200 So how did Cherry end up in Smilers? 222 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:53,800 It all started, as usual, in a pub. 223 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,200 In Vantaa, everyone knows Eba. 224 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,040 Eba is the star of Vantaa. 225 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:03,320 Besides, he plays in Smilers, that's already pretty tough stuff. 226 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:08,440 I wanted to say that we don't plan it in advance, 227 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:12,000 that we do a song like this now. 228 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:16,920 That it sells or it doesn't sell and it goes there or there. 229 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,600 We just do something and see what happens. 230 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,360 We try everything. 231 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:27,800 As long as it is interesting and fun. 232 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:34,720 PART 3 BETWEEN TWO WORLDS 233 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,720 We wanted to get out of this routine in Finland 234 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,320 where we played and played night after night 235 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,440 in the same places all the time. 236 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,840 At first, this project was supposed to be like, 237 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:51,400 I was asked to do something here, a solo album, for example, 238 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:57,320 but then I thought, why not bring the same Smilers here. 239 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:03,120 What difference does it make and with whom would I make this band here? 240 00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:11,160 I didn't think about whether we would have an audience here. 241 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:15,520 I didn't think I'd just come from somewhere with a magic wand 242 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,400 and showing how things really work. 243 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:26,240 Of course, we were a rather strange bunch 244 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,240 that no one here had seen. 245 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,000 Do you remember, Eba, 246 00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:39,160 when the television was waiting for us? 247 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,120 I remember. 248 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:47,400 Lare's father took us to the port, with all the equipment. 249 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,520 using wheeled trolleys 250 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,640 that are used in stores. 251 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:57,800 In fact, I don't recall anyone using them before. 252 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,920 These trolleys are a damn convenient tool to pack all amplifiers and... 253 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 And instruments and everything. 254 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:09,560 And there on the ship, I had practiced a sentence. 255 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,200 Hello! - Now say it. 256 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,280 I'm not drunk, just in a happy mood. - Exactly! 257 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,080 That was quite fun. 258 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:40,080 Yes, we joked a lot. - Yeah. 259 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,000 How would you classify the music you play? 260 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,640 We play rock'n'roll music, 261 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:53,760 I don't know how to classify it any more. 262 00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:56,800 Into any direction. 263 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,920 Is it popular in Finland? 264 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:04,960 Well, not really, such Finnish sing-song is more popular there, 265 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:09,120 you have to have the beat and no deep lyrics, 266 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,520 that's like popular, rock is not very fashionable. 267 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,960 But, well, to some extent we still have some work. 268 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,760 Any future plans for Smilers, do you want to reach somewhere? 269 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,640 Yes, we want to be a world famous band. Right? 270 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,400 There is no point in being modest. 271 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,160 Basically, this job is really hard, 272 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,200 sitting on the bus from morning to night, 273 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,480 traveling from one place to another. 274 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,080 Playing for drunk people from morning till night. 275 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:44,000 You have to approach it somehow. Must be dumb and consistent. 276 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,320 I think it was just as dark the last time we were here. 277 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,480 And I remember this place for some reason. 278 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,680 We had slept here somewhere, remember? 279 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,040 It was... I don't know, a lake or... 280 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,000 Weird... 281 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,360 Luckily, I don't remember anything. 282 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,440 This proves that we've been here, but when? 283 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,000 SMILERS WAS HERE 284 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:27,960 Hey, I've been here too. - Yeah? 285 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,080 However, I don't know... 286 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:37,440 Usually, the bigger the writing, the less known the band. 287 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,440 Silver and Seidi from reality show Beach House. 288 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:46,600 It doesn't mean... people have different musical tastes. 289 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,200 We don't know what's close to someone's heart. 290 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,280 We can laugh and mock here, but... - Yeah. 291 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,480 Well, maybe... 292 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,720 You never know, it's just that... 293 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,680 I have woken up several times at night, sweating... 294 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:14,920 You didn't turn on the radiator? 295 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,680 No, it's too expensive. - Shut up! 296 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,040 I think it's on. No? Well, turn it on, it'll be warmer. 297 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:25,640 That's right! Hey, do you have any free dates this summer? 298 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,040 I'm sure there are some. Write to me, I can't remember like this. 299 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,120 You don't know? - Write it down. 300 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,880 I'll send you the new season of Atlantis too, 2023-2024. 301 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:42,160 We already have something there, in the spring. 302 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:43,360 Yes. 303 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,800 I'll send you those too. - Of course. 304 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,000 I'd like to be home right now. 305 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,440 It's called rock enthusiasm. - Yeah. 306 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:04,600 Rock enthusiasm hit you right away? - Yes, just now. 307 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,920 Arnold Oksmaa 40 years! I'm reading from the wall. 308 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,280 Look, it's written up there. - Where? 309 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:26,960 Yes, watch this video. - I'll do that. 310 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:34,720 See you later! 311 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,200 Let's stay in touch. - Yeah! 312 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:44,320 We came to Tallinn, Estonia, and immediately got into 313 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,080 the TV program "Jah! Show". 314 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:55,120 We got off to a good start there and all the concerts were sold out. 315 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,120 I didn't even think about whether there was an audience here 316 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,160 who would be interested in us. 317 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,800 Rather, it was somehow super exciting for us. 318 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,000 Whole Estonia was exciting 319 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:11,240 and the people were somehow not so restricted. 320 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:15,440 After all, liberation had been only a short while ago 321 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,040 and somehow there was a lot of all that in the atmosphere. 322 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,480 Have you ever been to a festival like this? 323 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,920 Well, there is good beer, a bit expensive, but... 324 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,120 In the other booth, the price is nine, here it's only seven. 325 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,360 What do you think of the Estonian audience, 326 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,240 everyone scolds them for being cold and stagnant. 327 00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:04,520 I don't know, I really can't say, they're the same everywhere. 328 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:09,640 To be honest, I think it's just the time right now. 329 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:15,080 Put on some goddamn, what's-it-is-name, techno-stuff, 330 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,440 and everyone goes crazy, start jumping around like rabbits. 331 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,920 Maybe people are just listening more. 332 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,240 I don't know, I can't tell what the deal is. 333 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,600 I never thought about 334 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,840 whether we would stay here for a week or ten years. 335 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,440 We didn't have a master plan for that. 336 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:51,280 Yes, but it was translated. 337 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:56,160 Hendrik translated it into Estonian and it became a hit. 338 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,560 We brought Smilers to the Beach Party with the same English repertoire. 339 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,360 At that time, Lukin said that guys, make a song in Estonian, 340 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,280 it'll be cooler and we can also play it on the radio. 341 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,120 At that time, nobody played Smilers' 342 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,280 English songs on the radio in Estonia. 343 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:16,840 Well, let's do it. 344 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:21,680 By that time I had heard the original of this song on Finnish rock radios 345 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,440 and I already had the lyrics ready in my head. 346 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,720 I thought, if this song fits anywhere at all, 347 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,840 then it fits there best. 348 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,360 We played it here literally for one simple reason, 349 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,960 to do a show here at the Beach Party. 350 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,840 Next team! 351 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,440 And it was caught too. 352 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,120 Throwing an egg. 353 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:18,080 Our very first summer tour in 1997, 17 days straight. 354 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,120 I'm not saying anything about these artists, 355 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,600 but I think it was an odd combination. 356 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,440 You can only imagine 357 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,080 when our band at the time consisted of only Finns besides me, 358 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:34,280 and when they first saw what's happening on stage. 359 00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:38,200 The first concert, the sound check done, instruments ready, 360 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:42,320 people arrived and the first artist went on stage... 361 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:49,400 Well, the guys' mouths dropped relatively wide open, 362 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,520 then came another artist and the mouths kept dropping. 363 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,720 Then it was our turn, so there was nothing to do. 364 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,560 Mr. Saller and the Smilers! 365 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:16,040 The company Telinek and MB Show Services... 366 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:20,000 Attention! - Attention, guys! 367 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:31,600 offers you a large performance stage choice either in Tallinn or Tartu. 368 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,520 of Rock Summer. 369 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,200 This is big. - You got it, yes? 370 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,040 This is a festive moment. 371 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:44,640 Get out of the way! 372 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,320 Not on me! 373 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,160 And where are we going? 374 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:51,920 Let's see. 375 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,400 Koeru is the name of the place. 376 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,800 The map has been reviewed so much that it should already be memorized. 377 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,200 Somewhere... 378 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,400 Here is Mäo, we'll stop there. 379 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,440 And we'll have hamburgers. 380 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,960 Gig gummy bears. 381 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,680 Well, now we arrived at the venue 382 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,160 and the heating system can be seen there. 383 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:24,560 I was just about to say it, but I didn't. 384 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,080 You wanted to ask what the hell is going on? 385 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,600 I wanted to ask is this the last supper? 386 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,200 It is today. - That's right. 387 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:37,720 We're sitting around the table like this and... 388 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,200 The basic supplies are these ― cheese and red wine. 389 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,760 This is what makes us alive... 390 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,960 And now the solo! 391 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:54,960 PART 4 BACK IN ESTONIA 392 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,400 Ladies and gentlemen... 393 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,040 ESTONIA'S SEXIEST MAN 1998 394 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,480 Hendrik Sal-Saller! 395 00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,040 I don't think we have any questions, 396 00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:17,159 but maybe a word or a thought that would be 397 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,560 appropriate to say here in front of the audience. 398 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,639 Actually, I don't have anything to say, 399 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,159 because I guess I have to thank you all. 400 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:31,480 I don't know. Anyway, I got the statue for my fireplace. 401 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,840 It's my first, by the way. Thank you, good bye! 402 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,120 Thank you! 403 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:43,880 Uncertainty is like a synonym for this field, in my opinion. 404 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,600 It is uncertain. Everything is uncertain. 405 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:53,560 That people... what are you striving for? 406 00:34:53,639 --> 00:34:55,920 A lot of people are just trying to... 407 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:00,160 that this is an easy way to become known 408 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:06,200 and they think that without doing anything in particular 409 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:13,000 it is possible to earn decent money and be someone and do something. 410 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,440 But all this stuff should come from within you 411 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:21,240 and you should also be ready 412 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,040 to sacrifice everything for it. 413 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,360 You never know how it's going to go. 414 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:35,920 Maybe it will take a month, but maybe it will take 30 years. 415 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:43,000 Let's start with a smile on everyone's face and Smilers on stage! 416 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:44,600 Let's party! 417 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,520 Good evening everyone! 418 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:56,800 The first two albums took me quite quickly... 419 00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:01,400 Maybe the conditions were favorable for that time, I can't say. 420 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,200 We were well received, 421 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:07,600 maybe because we were weird and different. 422 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,440 Clearly, we weren't like everyone's music. 423 00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,600 And probably we're still not everyone's music. 424 00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:18,320 But well... we don't have to be. 425 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,640 Here we are now. 426 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,240 One-two-four-five. 427 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,400 It doesn't work for me that 428 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:52,640 I'm looking at you right now and the next song is about you. 429 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,360 Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. 430 00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,960 When I write songs, 431 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:06,120 some of it is my own knowledge of life, 432 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,720 some of it is what I hear and see, 433 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:13,080 some of it is fiction, what I would like to hear and see. 434 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,520 So it's pretty much mixed up there. 435 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,160 RECORDING OF THE ALBUM "2009" 436 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,800 The language, if it fits into the music, 437 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,640 it's like an instrument, I listen to it like that. 438 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:38,160 When I listened to music in English as a little boy, 439 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:39,960 I didn't understand a single word. 440 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:44,000 This is also how I handle the lyrics, when I make my songs. 441 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:48,920 For me, above all, the lyrics has to fit in between the other instruments, 442 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,080 so that it plays the same way as an instrument. 443 00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:00,840 You have a new album, tell about it. 444 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:05,040 Some may not know that you presented a new album the day before yesterday. 445 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:06,400 The mind is lost. 446 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,200 Why is it lost? - I don't know. 447 00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,480 Is your mind lost? - It is. Now it's all gone. 448 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,520 Where did you lose your mind? 449 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:17,000 Well, I actually lost it a long time ago, 450 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,000 I just didn't know it yet. 451 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,720 The most played radio hit, 452 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,880 the song "I Dance With You In The Sky" and this is Smilers! 453 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,640 We've heard it many times, but let's listen to it one more time, 454 00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:45,760 Smilers, "I Dance With You In The Sky". 455 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:07,480 Our band just doesn't rehearse in any shabby places. 456 00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:11,520 We rehearse so rarely, and then you better do it well. 457 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:17,440 Yeah, that's the meaning of life, do little but do well. 458 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,960 There's no point in doing a lot and badly. 459 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,400 Mihkel, what are you doing? 460 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:52,840 Huh? - What are you doing? 461 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,640 Activity is damn pointless, life moves to simplicity. 462 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:57,760 Small things matter. 463 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:01,040 Gas is terribly expensive. Brutal. 464 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,000 Yes and it's getting more expensive. 465 00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:10,920 I suspect, there is no internet here. 466 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:14,120 Wi-Fi is up there. - It was up when we drove in. 467 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,360 What is it, Mihkel? This thingy? 468 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:21,040 This? This is the damn life drive, everything you need for life. 469 00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:23,520 There was a Wi-Fi tag, when we drove in. 470 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:24,600 Down here? 471 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,480 Maybe I have to go there to check my e-mail. 472 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,600 Is this what you were talking about? - We talk about stuff all the time. 473 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:35,880 It is as it is, dammit. 474 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,880 So it's a no? - Look, e-mail, dammit. 475 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,480 Shall we do a Generator song? - Sure. 476 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:55,920 How should we do it, you play that part, right? 477 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,720 It's in my band's repertoire, we always play this song, dammit. 478 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,000 Very good. 479 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:23,040 The thing about this guitar is that I'm not used to having buttons here. 480 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,720 Acoustic. It was a damn instant love. 481 00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:31,320 You know, you pick it up and... - That's it. 482 00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,600 I had the same thing once, the only 483 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,280 time I went to a music store in America. 484 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,720 I was a fool, I didn't buy it, there was a used Martin. 485 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,840 And I didn't even look at the price or anything, 486 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:47,240 just picked it up - super good, and then I bought a banjo. 487 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,520 Your guitars? You keep them all at home? 488 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,320 My guitars are at home and in storage. 489 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,280 The ones I go to the gig with, I keep in storage. 490 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:01,760 Well, I think I have about... Wait, let me think. 491 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:03,840 It's interesting, let's see... 492 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:11,800 Two Teles, a Gibson, three Gretschs, two Electromatics. 493 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:17,080 Then there are three acoustic... 494 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,760 I think there are about 15-20 guitars. 495 00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:27,520 You think when you buy them, there are very damn clear thoughts. 496 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:29,840 It's an investment. 497 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,800 Which means you'll never sell that instrument, 498 00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:36,000 because you develop an emotional connection and you can't sell it, 499 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,400 in other words, really bad as an investment. 500 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:49,000 PART 5 SHOW MAKES THE RULES 501 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:27,000 When I consciously started listening to music 502 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:29,760 and watching what was happening in show business, 503 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:34,880 at that time it was perhaps more fashionable 504 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,440 for artists to dress up for the stage. 505 00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:40,560 Now, of course, everyone goes on stage 506 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:46,400 in the same clothes they eat, drink and party with every day. 507 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,720 But it's always been different for us with Smilers. 508 00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,720 It's like a ritual in itself. 509 00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,160 I think it's part of it all, 510 00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:25,120 because you're not just listening, you're also watching. 511 00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:30,480 There's also a practical side of course, 512 00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,320 because I'm usually soaked after the show, 513 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:37,520 not a single dry place, I could wring water out of my pants. 514 00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:42,920 Going home in these clothes would not be so nice. 515 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:49,760 This is the sports club. 516 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,040 Smilers sports club. - Oh, it's nothing. 517 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,600 I can see several dry places here. 518 00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:58,520 All over the shirt? - Complete crap. 519 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:03,000 That's why he wants vodka in this heat - to get his shirt wet. 520 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,560 Well, we don't know anything, 521 00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:25,960 because we have no idea when we have to go. 522 00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:29,960 I'm saying we don't know when we're going to perform. 523 00:45:30,720 --> 00:45:32,880 We're ready when the song is... 524 00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,600 After the first chorus, then we can be ready. 525 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:37,720 Solo right away. 526 00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,520 Basically, it goes... - Attach the ear pieces and... 527 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:45,800 Well, we can go during their song already. 528 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:47,520 Damn, I don't have... 529 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:50,920 Are you changing the guitar too? 530 00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:54,760 Between two songs. Not now. 531 00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,360 You come on stage with a guitar. - Yes. 532 00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:03,120 I'll get it ready sooner. - Yes, we can go from here. 533 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:06,040 One option is to do "Animal" with one guitar. 534 00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:10,200 But well, I guess we won't do it. 535 00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:14,000 We have no problem changing guitars. 536 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:17,040 It's not like... - So, we can do an ear check. 537 00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:18,960 I'm okay. - Is everyone okay? 538 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:29,560 When people come to a concert, they don't care 539 00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:35,000 if you're in a bad mood or have a sore finger or hangover or whatever, 540 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:39,200 they come there and want to get what they paid for. 541 00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:43,120 And none of us know what expectations people have. 542 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:47,280 They probably have some expectations when they come to the concert 543 00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:50,280 and they would like to leave with good emotions. 544 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:55,760 Then you have to leave all your daily worries and other problems 545 00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:58,240 in the dressing room. 546 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:09,120 I can't remember the entire Smilers catalog, 547 00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:14,000 but I've listened to them very often just for the lyrics. 548 00:48:14,240 --> 00:48:16,480 ...went to Finland, spent a month there... 549 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:18,760 Hendrik disagrees, but I've said that 550 00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:20,960 training Smilers is like raising a dog. 551 00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:26,360 ...came back, wearing sweatpants, sneakers and leather jacket... 552 00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:31,520 Dammit! Now it seems especially funny. 553 00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:35,680 But then you were a cool guy. 554 00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:41,480 A dog is slapped on the nose when it makes a mistake, 555 00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,400 my nose hasn't been slapped yet. 556 00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:47,520 When we first came with Smilers, we had a sound guy who... 557 00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:54,840 Here we play, we play, we play... 558 00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,280 We won't play from here, then until the end. 559 00:48:57,360 --> 00:48:59,320 And not in the end. - Yes. 560 00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,160 Erks will count! One-two-one-two-three-four... 561 00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:09,960 Erks will count and then we'll start. 562 00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:25,880 Broken. 563 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:32,880 You don't happen to have some cream? 564 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,680 What kind of cream? - It doesn't matter. 565 00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:44,920 Okay! 566 00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:47,800 A new attempt. 567 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,440 Do you want me to pull it? - No-no. 568 00:49:53,720 --> 00:49:59,080 Well, it hasn't happened before, just the zipper is like... 569 00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:24,920 When I first started a band, 570 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:29,640 I never had the slightest dream that one day I'd be standing on stage 571 00:50:29,720 --> 00:50:33,440 drinking water and people would be screaming with excitement. 572 00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:41,240 Could you come to my house tomorrow morning? 573 00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:44,640 I would try the same thing with coffee. 574 00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:56,120 What? 575 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:00,720 I wanted to say something smart. 576 00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:02,760 But you didn't. - Oh, I remembered. 577 00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:04,240 The battery is running low. 578 00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:11,320 I've thought for several gigs, 579 00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:14,600 that when you put together a set... 580 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:22,240 You put this new song at the end of the main set 581 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:30,120 and after that, you add the old damn sing-songs as extras 582 00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:33,560 and the audience forgets this new song right away. 583 00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:38,680 What made me wonder... 584 00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:47,560 In a few months, four damn world stars came here, so to speak. 585 00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:51,160 One was a fat piggy... - Scorpions! 586 00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:55,520 Second was a pianist and the third was old men in tights. 587 00:51:57,720 --> 00:51:59,520 Old men in tights... 588 00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:04,000 And I noticed that the set was put together in such a way 589 00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:07,840 that the damn hit was played as an extra song. 590 00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:13,040 And it left a damn nice emotion when people left. 591 00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:14,840 Yes, hello! 592 00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:17,240 What the fuck... 593 00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:46,840 Now I get quite a lot of feedback. 594 00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:50,440 It's great to hear if someone has had moments in their life 595 00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:54,120 where one or another of my songs has given them strength, 596 00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:56,200 maybe it's like a... 597 00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:59,280 When I write a song, I don't think that 598 00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:02,440 it will become somehow epic for someone, 599 00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:06,360 but it's just like mine, what I have and what I do. 600 00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:12,160 We do what we have been called and set up to do. 601 00:54:12,640 --> 00:54:15,000 Let's forget everything for an hour or so, 602 00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:18,040 without forgetting what is actually happening. 603 00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:19,640 And from there on. 604 00:54:19,720 --> 00:54:23,560 Once we somehow defined it for ourselves, it became easier. 605 00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:47,200 Smilers was originally created and continues today 606 00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:54,200 mainly because we have five guys on stage who enjoy each other's company 607 00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,320 and enjoy the music they make. 608 00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:58,320 We're not like - 609 00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:02,160 guys, we need to make a new song because we're out of money. 610 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:06,960 Then I think, the audience would smell it from very far away 611 00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:10,240 and the shows would end very quickly. 612 00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:13,800 And this is where I have to start thinking. 613 00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:18,520 They're asking, what time you want to eat, 614 00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:20,920 what time you arrive, now I have to... 615 00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:23,920 Okay, it takes time for me, 616 00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:28,160 I can't be answering e-mails with one hand 617 00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,400 and writing songs with the other. 618 00:55:30,720 --> 00:55:34,440 That... I mean, I can do it like this, of course, 619 00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:36,160 that I get up in the morning, drink 620 00:55:36,240 --> 00:55:38,160 coffee, take care of the urgent things 621 00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:40,600 and then turn off my computer and my phone 622 00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:47,000 and take about 5-6 hours for myself so I can make music uninterrupted. 623 00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:51,320 But at the moment, in the summer, I don't even think about it. 624 00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:54,480 That if we only have 625 00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:58,160 two free days in a week at best, 626 00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:04,800 I don't force myself to write anything on those two free days. 627 00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:08,480 Then I just take care of the urgent things 628 00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:13,040 and the rest of the time I try to live like a human for a while. 629 00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:18,240 I have to think about what sport I haven't done. 630 00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:23,200 I went to every sports practice I could go to except football. 631 00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:28,720 Basketball, volleyball, table tennis, motocross, kart car, everything. 632 00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:33,000 I guess motorsport is not exactly physical exercise... 633 00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:36,440 So, Tabasalu. 634 00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:41,240 Look, we can go through here. 635 00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:48,960 Läänemaa and FC Hiiumaa against joint choirs. 636 00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:56,000 Good, good, good. 637 00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:58,360 Oh, damn it! 638 00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:03,200 Almost. It was a good pass. 639 00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:23,600 That's what I'm talking about, you have to wait for the stars, 640 00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:25,600 you can't get to them that fast. 641 00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:29,040 Hi, son! You did well, you played very well. 642 00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:31,720 You really did. What? 643 00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:34,200 Could have scored a goal. - Well, almost. 644 00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:37,360 Ah, I had this in my pocket, food. 645 00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:40,240 It's all over my phone. 646 00:57:41,240 --> 00:57:42,880 You want some? 647 00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:50,280 I'm starving. 648 00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:53,800 Haven't eaten anything today. 649 00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:57,920 For the birds. 650 00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:09,320 PART 6 SMILERS XXX 651 00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:28,360 From here you go straight, up the stairs and to the right. 652 00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:38,360 It's crazy, time goes by so fast. 653 00:58:38,760 --> 00:58:40,960 Soon it'll be XXXX. 654 00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:43,880 I was thinking... was it yesterday? 655 00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:48,600 You said in the interview that if you continue for 20 more years, then... 656 00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:53,000 It goes fast. - Yes, even faster than the last 30. 657 00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:55,880 Yeah, 20 more is nothing. 658 00:58:56,040 --> 00:58:59,640 Friends are in the hall, Finns are somewhere in VIP. 659 00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:04,320 Eba sent me a picture of them already drinking beer on the ship. 660 00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:05,680 Sounds good. 661 00:59:05,840 --> 00:59:09,880 Let's see how long it lasts, then I'd like some time to... 662 00:59:10,360 --> 00:59:15,200 ...to rest and maybe take a few moments for myself. 663 00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:19,320 Close the door and look inward. 664 00:59:19,480 --> 00:59:23,040 Talk to myself about how many notes I missed. 665 00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:25,840 I scold myself for it. 666 00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:44,120 21 minutes and then... 667 00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:49,480 Did they finish already? 668 00:59:49,560 --> 00:59:50,760 ERKO LAURIMAA guitar 669 00:59:50,840 --> 00:59:52,520 Yes, they just finished, it's quiet. 670 00:59:52,800 --> 00:59:55,360 RAIDO KURRI drums 671 00:59:58,760 --> 01:00:00,680 I wonder if everything is on time? 672 01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:02,920 Yes, there was silence at 45. 673 01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:05,440 Use a longer one... 674 01:00:07,760 --> 01:00:11,880 I'll save people from shouting vocal exercises here. 675 01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:14,960 I'm doing vox lax. 676 01:00:15,040 --> 01:00:18,640 As you can see, we have different colored tubes, Urmas also has one. 677 01:00:18,720 --> 01:00:21,000 Urmas is totally in the bubbling club. 678 01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:32,040 Sounds like going? - Words are unnecessary. 679 01:00:32,120 --> 01:00:35,400 You should start moving. - Let's go! 680 01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:38,040 That's it. 681 01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:40,720 We've been waiting for this for weeks. 682 01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:56,680 Never forget a shoehorn when performing! 683 01:00:57,040 --> 01:00:59,120 You may need it at any moment. 684 01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:05,320 Let's go to positions. 685 01:01:05,720 --> 01:01:07,920 We can move to positions! 686 01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:10,040 Super! 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