Scripsit Rasmus Underbjerg Pinnerup:
> Ok. Jeg er nu ret overbevist om, at tommelfingeren var foldet ind
> over langefinger og ringefinger.
>
> Men jeg tror til gengæld ikke, at folk eksplicit tænker det som en
> satanisk hilsen til sådan en koncert - snarere bruges det på grund
> af den symbolværdi, det har fået i hård rock- og metalmiljøer. Det
> "ser sejt ud", så at sige.
Her et lille interview med den selvudråbte opfinder af horntegn til
metalkoncerter:
http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=878
Ronnie James Dio, the man widely credited for pioneering the "devil's
horns" hand sign, recently spoke to Kerrang! about the "widespread
abuse of his creation" amongst pop folk and people who flash the sign
without knowing the meaning behind it.
"It's all right as long as it's accepted for what it was," Dio told
the magazine. "It was a more serious thing at the time, when I was
with [BLACK] SABBATH. That was a band that was very dark, and that's
what I wanted it to be. It was symbol of the darkness of that band,
and not something to be passed on to BRITNEY SPEARS! An invention is
an invention, I guess. It's become so damn polluted now. The people
who are doing it don't know what it means and they have no idea that
they shouldn't be doing it. "It's a trend," Dio added. "It's a popular
trend and so it will probably become like the hula hoop. During a
show, I sometimes think 'Maybe I won't do that tonight', because it's
become so damn ludicrous now. Everyone's doing it and it has no
meaning anymore. Now I wait until two or three songs into the show,
and until there's a stop in the music and I'm doing something on my
own, and then the response is incredible because people are wanting
that from me. It's like OZZY and the peace sign, you know? So I never
find myself not doing it, but I'm definitely doing it less and less
these days. "The point is that you can't just flash it. You have to
have a face that goes with it. There has to be some emotion behind it.
It can't just be the raising of the arm, trying to get your fingers in
the right position. And you'll notice that a lot of people are using
the thumb now, too. When the thumb comes out it means 'I love you'
either in Hawaiian or in sign language - I'm not sure which! So that's
proof, once again, that these celebrities don't really have a clue. As
stupid as this might sound, I never once did that on stage unless it
was to punctuate something that was a little more dark. So when I did
it, it was never about starting a trend. It's a natural thing for me
to do. It's important to know that it's not something I did
frivolously it was just a spontaneous response to something that I
sang. A lot of times, bending of the knees always puts it in a
slightly different perspective. It puts you in the Sumo position. Now
you're ready to charge!"
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Med venlig hilsen
Lars Erik Bryld