Rammstein Megathread

old gregg wrote: »

in this instance the question relates specifically to Rammstein and how the lyrics are perceived by German speakers.

Fair enough, ich spreche keine Deutsche so off to www.boards.de with you .

I did enough German to be able to pick up some of the meaning of the lyrics. On the surface, they are very simple (hence even I can understand bits and pieces!) but like most lyrics, there are a couple of different levels of interpretation. I read a good article a while back on Rammstein lyrics, on the surfaces they are quite simplisitic, but they are very open to different interpretations.

I did German for the LC and again in college thanks to Rammstein. I've done translations of albums on fansites too.

As someone who understands what they're saying, I find the lyrics are deep, double-meaning most of the time, extremely poetic and powerful. This mixed with Till's deep, Teutonic voice over the music make an impact like the moon hitting the earth.

For instance, in Du Hast he says "Willst du bis der Tod euch scheidet". If the line is read as "Tod der Scheide" it would be "until the death of the vagina" and not "until death, which would seperate" ("Tod, der scheide").

What did you mean when you said that the lyrics can be a bit ropey and German natives say the wheels start to come off once you understand them???

old gregg wrote: »

always a joy to visit the Rock & Metal forum

I know, I love it here so much I even volunteered to mod the place .

DrumSteve wrote: »

You volunteered? I thought it was punishement for summit...

Well I kept asking to mod one of the cool forums like Nature & Bird Watching but the admins said I was only good enough for a lame forum like this .

old gregg wrote: »

I may have posed this at some time past but can't remember .... I have a few German native/speaking friends and they all say that once you understand the lyrics of Rammstein the wheels start to come off the whole thing. I'm 2 weeks into a learning German course so in no position to comment but I've looked at translations to a few songs and they can be pretty ropey. I do love the music and booked my concert tix within mins of release so I'm not approaching this negatively.

So, to the German language speakers who do enjoy Rammstein, how do you resolve this or is there even anything to resolve? Does it even matter? Danke

I was told the same thing, although I found it was quite the opposite when I stared to get a solid grasp of German. The lyrics can be as shallow or as deep as you want them to be in a lot of cases.

Either way, I have been speaking German for the best part of a year and a half now and I still love rammstein, Lyrics and all!

DrumSteve wrote: »

Nature & Bird Watching is way more rock and/or roll than the Rock & Metal forum... That's indisputable.

Yup. that's why only proper rock and or rollers like Kess73 get to mod there!

Mein Land will be released on November 14th

bigwormbundoran wrote: »

Loving the picuture

I wonder will that be the cover art? I doubt it

That be my sig

It's a poster that was released for Reise Reise.

bigwormbundoran wrote: »

Not that one

The one for Mein Land with the 5 lads with the surf board! It fairly encapsulates everything I love about Rammstein.

It's rather like that "New & Used Guitars for Sale" ad that pops up in the bottom right corner on here!

I don't know if that'll be the actual cover. Part of me doubts it and the other part thinks it will be haha

Malice wrote: »

Yup. that's why only proper rock and or rollers like Kess73 get to mod there!

I'm so metal I have to wear this stuff when it rains.

einheisserschre wrote: »

Here's the setlist from the Made in Germany Tour rehearsals:

01 Sonne
02 Mein Land
03 Keine Lust
04 Sehnsucht
05 Asche zu Asche
06 Feuer frei!
07 Mutter
08 Mein Teil
09 Du riechst so gut
10 Links 2 3 4
11 Du hast
12 Haifisch

13 Bück dich (Nebenbühne)
14 Mann gegen Mann (Nebenbühne)
15 Pussy (Nebenbühne)

16 Mein Herz brennt
17 Ich will
18 Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen?

19 Engel
20 Amerika

Nebenbühne means second stage and here's how the Bratislava venue was set up:

Nice to see Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen? back in, I wouldnt be mad about the tunes they have for the second stage and would prefer to hear Bestrafe/Heirate Mich or Laichzeit. A bit surprsied Ich tu dir Weh is not included.Roll on Feb

Nea wrote: »

Nice to see Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen? back in, I wouldnt be mad about the tunes they have for the second stage and would prefer to hear Bestrafe/Heirate Mich or Laichzeit. A bit surprsied Ich tu dir Weh is not included.Roll on Feb

2 tunes I'd love to hear live...


If they play sehnsucht in the o2 i'll be happy! (if they play it in it's entirity I may jizz).

Nea wrote: »

Nice to see Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen? back in, I wouldnt be mad about the tunes they have for the second stage and would prefer to hear Bestrafe/Heirate Mich or Laichzeit. A bit surprsied Ich tu dir Weh is not included.Roll on Feb

It would seem that they're keeping the 2nd stage (rear entrance ) for the songs that are most sexually explicit either in on-stage antics, videos or lyrics!

I was very surprised to not see ITDW too.

Buck Dich back YYYYYYYAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Cant fecking wait now, only what the best part of 4 months left?