Rammstein: Classic or Dud?

They get played in goth clubs a lot.

I finally got Reise, Reise and again—most interesting band on Earth. Best drummer I’ve heard in forever. Got the pocket-groove but not afraid and able to slip into weird temporal slipstream, all BJ Wilson-like.

We get an acoustic industrial taking blues, a metal Wagner love song with what sounds like three sad orchestras done in some bizarre time signature. We get a ‘standard’ Rammstein shout-stomper—but with an accordion solo (!).

We get 'Amerika' with the defining triplet of the year:
"We’re all living in Amerika
Coca Cola
Wonderbra"

Following that is some lumbering beast of a song with Til Lindemann dueting with a French girl who sounds like Minnie Mouse.

Every song is insanely well-crafted, crazily well-played, often funny and morose in that eldritch beerhall manner the band has pretty much patented.

Plus, there’s the song about the dick-eating cannibal—done as an anthem with inspirational power chords and the aforementioned orchestra in triplicate.

Why I should care about the newest indie rockreviavalretrotransneowhatever is beyond me when I have something great like this. It's funny, it's morbid, it's miserable, it's so now.

And they do write perfect pop songs in an amzing array of styles.

They're Depeche Mode with muscle.

And they do write perfect pop songs in an amzing array of styles.

They're Depeche Mode with muscle.

Incidentally, anyone heard the orchestral versions of Rammstein songs done lieder-style by the composer Torsten Rasch for Deutsche Grammophon?
Got respectful reviews in the classical columns of the broadsheets, and I'm mightily tempted.

I interviewed Rammstein once; in person, Til Lindeman reminds me of Peter Stormare in Fargo.

On Mutter, I'd suggest listening first to Mein Herz Brennt, for its sheer fury-angst, rumble-Zep groove and Bernard Hermann-y string stabs.

Then I'd zip to the last track, Nebel, which shows off in a quieter register what OTT great songwriters they are; Martin Gore would kill to write a drinking song so tunefully miserable.

Then there's Zwitter, the best song about a sad tranny utilizing a major chord chorus, like, evah.

And of course the title song, which really should come with Bic lighters included. And really, a bunch of German guys with Arnold muscles singing a vast orchestra-laden song about missing thei Mom? Does anything get that good?

Also - where can one see their videos online?

benzin is great

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/305610/rammstein?

check the opening of lilya 4 ever for rammstein being v effective as soundtrack music

I listen to Rammstein...yes...am doing it now. HAHA...

Anyway, I was listening to them and I guess my grandma over heard and later she told me she really liked them!! Haha...omg...

I'm not one bit surprised. They're very musical, the songs are strong and catchy and Till can really sing. That big, melancholy voice of his is the sort of thing you don't hear very much anymore, outside of the opera house anyway.

'Reise, Reise' still getting steady play here.

\m/ Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da \m/

Well then.

who's got the 10½?

ENN ESS EFF DOUBLEYOU

what a bunch of dicks

"who's got the 10½?"

The smart money is on "Flake" Lorenz, the keyboard player.

So who's going to the NYC show tonight?

So, apparently this is the Special Edition boxset of the Rammstein album 'Liebe ist für alle da'.

http://i.imgur.com/pAT3rah.jpg

But does it come with any dildos?

See contenderizer's link above.

I saw Rammstein the first time they played Chicago. There was no fire allowed, so it was a bit like riding Space Mountain with the lights on. Which I've also done.

Oh it has been posted before! Just saw it on Amazon and had to share. Ok, carry on.

Any reviews?

http://www.amazon.com/Liebe-Ist-Fur-Alle-Da/dp/B002TG3C8A

They just add all the reviews for all of the album's editions so I haven't seen any reviews of the dildos, just the music.

"They're Depeche Mode with muscle."

found 2cd edition of Mutter last week in local charity shop for 50p.
this description now makes sense.
i clearly need more by this band.

Not Greta Thunberg's favorite act.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST6qj-v-8Ys

Their shows are great, their music is made for this.

Thing is with Rammstein, after 25 years that lyrical shtick they use in at least half their songs is wearing a bit thin - “obviously this song is about x...PLOT TWIST!!! it’s actually about something else!”

They do it a number of times on last year’s album:

“ah this is a sweet song about a kid who sees his older sister go to work and she gives him a nice doll - PLOT TWIST she’s a prostitute! And she gets killed before his eyes! And the kid’s real fucked up now!”

“it’s a sensitive ballad about a dude comparing his girl to a diamond - PLOT TWIST she’s not so nice and a diamond is really just a cold hard stone!”

My older sister is a massive fan of theirs, I think she's going to Belfast(?) to see them later this year.

Fuck, hopefully will be ok. https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rammstein-singer-till-lindemann-in-icu-with-covid-19/

From the article:

The 57-year-old Till, who was originally in critical condition, is now said to be feeling better and his life is no longer in danger.

So headline aside, that's good news!

Flu! Flu hast!

Zeit, title track of the new album : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbHGS_bVkXY

remix by ólafur Arnalds : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ10_EzMvtQ

Album cover art by Bryan Adams (yes, that Bryan Adams) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeit_(album)

oh um, the video contains some NSFW stuff (we've all been born but somehow we can't handle seeing it happen apparently)

That's one of their better slow-burn tracks.

the second single is a lot more... well I guess it's fun?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBTNyJ33LWI

They really lean into the body-horror on this one.

so... "OK" is "Ohne Kondom" :-)

We hosted a German exchange student back in the mid-2000s. He once showed us a video of what I could swear was Rammstein doing the Spongebob Squarepants theme song (in German). I can't find it anywhere.

what, like this? it's not real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5PM3oYeKy8

Yeah, like that. No, I didn't think it was real, but it was funny as well. "Wer wohnt in der Ananas ganz tief im Meer?"

*as hell

^ can't find it either (haven't seen it at that time)

meanwhile: tomorrow evening (the day before Friday's release) there are listening parties in cinemas all over the world for the new album: "fans will have the exclusive opportunity to see, hear and experience the eleven new songs as a premiere and in a spectacular way in Dolby Atmos sound format. For one night only in selected cinemas worldwide!" - https://zeit.rammstein.de/en

(but it has also l34k4d)

I caught Rammstein's first North American show in forever last weekend in Montreal, and it exceed any and all expectations I had. Loud as hell, the best sound I've ever experienced at a huge outdoor concert, and the production for the three hour show was absolutely wild. Funny, over the top, wickedly satirical, but quite pretty as well. If you haven't seen the "Sonne" youtube clips from the last few years, they've made the song into a show-stopping spectacle. And that fire is heckin' hot.

One thing I got a real kick out of is how they pump Rammstein deep cuts on the PA, the opening act covers Rammstein on piano, and they actually roll closing credits at the end, which I think is a super gracious gesture to their crew.

They're rolling through the States right now (more dates to come in 2023) so if you have a chance to see this show, by all means go!

Saw 'em in 2010; they were amazing; don't really feel the need to go back for more.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/13tdg2k/update_on_the_rammstein_drugging_and_assaulting/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/13s1xi5/multiple_women_are_accusing_rammsteintheir_crew/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/13ucrqo/rammstein_have_issued_a_cease_and_desist_to_their/

That Letz guy seems like a real creep.

More allegations emerge concerning Rammstein singer Till Lindemann.

https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr/till-lindemann-rammstein-108.html

Man, the Lost Highway soundtrack is getting harder to listen to every day.

https://www.presseportal.de/pm/62754/5528893

in short: they're suing anyone who made allegations.

German news magazine 'Der Spiegel' is nevertheless leading on Rammstein allegations in its new edition.

Rund um Rammstein-Frontmann Till Lindemann soll es ein perverses Groupie-System gegeben haben, um ihn junge Frauen zuzuführen: Wir haben mit Betroffenen und Zeugen gesprochen. Sie erzählen von brutalen Praktiken.

Recherche mit @laloeffelstiel & @elisavonh & ganz vielen anderen: pic.twitter.com/TDetDwnzcv

— Ann-Katrin Müller (@akm0803) June 9, 2023

Playing on words here, der Fall being both "the case" and "the fall"

The Berlin Public Prosecutors' Office has initiated preliminary proceedings against Till Lindemann.

https://www.paudal.com/2023/07/17/rammstein-band-member-christian-lorenz-also-accused-of-sexual-abuse-music/

Germany has dropped investigations against Till Lindemann, the Berlin state prosecutor's office has said.

Lindemann had been accused of sexual misconduct during concerts and multiple cases of sexual assault.

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-drops-sex-assault-probe-into-rammsteins-lindemann/a-66659906

german law enforcement has other priorities I guess