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Hello there,

as many of you know many hidden messages are in the lyrics of scooter but there is one kind of hidden message (at least in my opinion) that makes me very curios:

Scooter is using the name of the british town "Sheffield" in various kinds:

Sheffield (Album name)
Sheffield Underground Studios (their studio name)
Dave From Sheffield (one of his many pseudonames)
Sheffield is gonna rock you once again (Lyrics of IYP)


Any ideas?
thy for answers

In a interview at a club rotation show in 1999, he was asked where his nickname Dave from Sheffield came from. He answered, that he had a dream in the past where he was called Dave and lived in Sheffield. The name Dave came from the Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan by the way.

Scotland, pipes, Scottish accent and Sheffield are cool

Scotland?

Sheffield is in England.

i know another story about Dave. In an interview from 2008 he said that during the vacation on ibiza or italy he did meat a huge und big guy an the guy introduced itself with a very dark voice to H.P.: "I AM DAVE, DAVE FROM SHEFFIELD"

I honestly just get the impression that H.P. makes these stories up as he goes as long. His answers to certain questions intended to uncover the background of song titles and the indeterminate number of nicknames he uses always seem to be different with each and every separate interview. There's never a definitive answer to those types of questions, evidenced with members referencing interviews that seem to clearly contradict one another.

My guess is by having no real interesting thing to say what inspired them to use a particular nickname or song title that many of us find strange, they agree to just invent them and go with whatever sounds the most credible. But they forgot to write a script! H.P. comes across as a little indecisive.

Saying that, it could be a deliberate scheme to keep Scooter mysterious and unique. They don't keep in contact with fans and they largely operate behind the curtain. Perhaps this only keeps that sense of mystery spinning.

do you really think scooter is working behind the scenes with not much connections to the fans? Are other bands more in contact with their fans?

Most definitely!

I find social networking sites like twitter act as the best means of judgement in determining whether not an artist is close and in touch with their fan base. Most artists nowadays use it to keep those following their account updated with what's happening on tour or how their record or single is progressing etc. And in some cases they'll even reply to fans' tweets-- which is obviously quite exciting for those on the receiving end. Lights is the greatest example for me, as she pretty much makes her replies to fans a daily thing. She literally seems to go out of her way to speak to her fans quite regularly. This also extends to outside the internet where she hosts meet and greets after concerts. Yeah, she's pretty terrific in that sense. And her forum is literally full of members print-screening her tweets directed at them in their signatures. And Adam too, Owl City, occasionally does the same thing for his followers.

Scooter, on the other hand, have abandoned their twitter account and NEVER speak to their fan base. They couldn't be further alienated and out of touch with what the fans want as far as I'm concerned. it's one of the many things that bugs me about them to be honest. It's their secretive nature and quite frankly poorly updated site that often keeps fan out of the loop and in the dark on the majority of happenings. Some may say they find this secrecy preferable, as it leaves open the element of surprise. I personally find it just alienates fans and doesn't really do much in terms of creating a cohesive relationship between the listeners and the group themselves.

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The field is divided. There are the artist who tweet and post often, replying to the fans' questions, etc., and there are those who only announce things once in a while on their webpage.

Would it be fair to say that it's partially divided between the new artists that are familiar with the technology and the old artists that have yet to become accustomed with the times? The internet is still fairly new in terms of its opportunity for business and communication, but most of the musicians I follow all have a fairly good grasp at keeping in touch with fans via the internet. Maybe Lights and Owl City were fairly sketchy examples, as they are fairly young and their fame was generated through MySpace, Youtube etc. Scooter came about YEARS before these mediums were available... Still, I think we can both agree that it wouldn't take them long to learn a few things in order to be closer to us.

It's time Scooter stopped getting their web administrators or whatever to update their webpage/Facebook, and instead make it more personal with them upping their relationship with their fan base and actually creating a real relationship whereby we actually feel like we are appreciated and have a say in what direction Scooter take with their music. And it's not as if there aren't any other artists out there whose fame came before the internet metamorphosed into what it is today, is it? YET they still manage to familiarize themselves with everything.

That was a GRRRRRRRRRR... rant.

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As well, it might improve things if they were closer to the fan base. Not to mention dropping hints about the up-coming album would make people anticipate it more...

In total agreement. I think we discussed this a little in your new album thread?

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Some of you guys should interview them about this communication thing, or someone who's in a better relationship with them could ask them via Facebook. I would like to hear more from them, I had enough of this always waiting thing.

Yeah, that would be most helpful. Someone needs to ask them in person about why they tend to keep their distance from us. You know, as if all of us have smallpox or something....

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Sound plausible And keeps the Scooter phenomena interesting and a bit mysterious I also often thought about this.

Can't say I'm a fan though... I want them to be more open with us.

If only he'd just say that instead of deliberately confusing us by concocting all these bogus stories. He just wants to be a man of mystery, doesn't he?