Stingray11214 said:
When did she get knocked out? I don't recall seeing her. I did listen to Joydrop a little back in the day though. I ended up in the mindset of I wanted the person I least liked to win because the people I liked, I wanted to go onto better things than just singing stuff they had no involvement with. Which means.... I'm perfectly happy with who won.
For everyone else.
I guess this is kind of expected though also dreaded. I see a lot of people dropping the band because they're a lot of Tarja fanatics but I hope most will realize where Tuomas is coming from. It's not surprising, really. While I love her, she's never been a part of the band. Forget the fact that she doesn't participate in the creation of the music besides going into the studio and singing what she is given. The part where she doesn't even hang out with them shows there's a big rift. It was mentioned in Kerrang when they did their awards thing and Nightwish won something (best new band I think it was as I think I was confused how a 9 year old band could win that award). Everyone else partied while she was off in her own room. Her absense in the End of Innocence DVD wasn't by chance (you can't have her in it, if she wasn't hanging out with the band) and even in band photos it's not very often you can find Tarja with everyone else unless it's posing for something like an award picture or on stage.
While she is a great singer, there are many great singers out there. Someone who can bring more to the table might help. I do hope they stick with a female singer. And I'd like them to get back to the early way of singing where it's more operatic. Obviously, if she was holding them back from touring in the US and other places while causing the cancellation of various shows because of her attitude as opposed to being sick (as what was originally thought), then they're better off without her because that effects how fans see them and excuses can only wear thin as more are needed.
