Rammstein “Haifisch” music video

***not proofread because I am sleepy as hell***

I’ll post the video here, but I bet it will be taken down by the time you read it, at which I will have either replace or the link or you’ll have to go on and look for it. It’s down below for all you fans.

I was excited to learn that this video would have a story, compared to their previous two videos for this album, “Pussy” and “Ich Tuh Dir Weh”. “Pussy” was. . .an interesting video, to say the least. It was a cross between porn and footage of them playing their new song. And I don’t mean “porn” in an exaggerated way. . .literally. . . porn. So yea, that was a bit weird. Their video for “Ich Tuh Dir Weh” was a bit, well, lame. Nothing happened besides them playing the song is some industrial building with bright lights and some pyrotechnics. While it’s always cool to see this, there wasn’t really anything else. . . and it was super disappointing they cut parts out of the song. Why did they cut a part in the beginning? Why did they cut out the bridge? It all seemed very half-assed, which kinda sucks.

This video for “Haifisch” is pretty damn funny. This time, the guys find themselves at Till’s (the lead singer’s) funeral. During the video, there are flashbacks to their old music videos, some of which have been re-edited or have new scenes to show that one of the band members killed him in the video. For example, in the music video for “Ohne Dich” (released like hella years ago), Till plummets to his death off an Everest-like mountain they are all climbing. In the “Haifisch” video,  we see this scene again, but this time, we see Richard (lead guitarist) cutting his harness string. The idea of going back and retconning footage to old music videos is a very funny concept.

At the end, the band members start fighting each other, blaming each other for the death of their lead singer, only to learn otherwise in a pretty funny twist-ending.

The song is great, too. . .what the video has to do with sharks and tears, I do not know, but it’s good to see a funny video from the R+ guys after a couple serious ones.

Gut! Mach weiter, Rammstein! :D

“Liebe ist für alle da” NEW RAMMSTEIN SONG LEAKED!!!

Not even twenty minutes after I post about new Rammstein news, I learn that one of their songs was leaked to internet! Hearing the news of a song called “Liebe ist für alle Da” sent me on a search like no other. I don’t remember going through links so fast. I was like a whole news room trying to get the latest scoop on the subject. After watching some boob cover the song with his guitar (and play so loud that I couldn’t even hear the song -__-), I found a place where I could hear it.

Originally feeling bad about listening to it before the album is released, I decided to listen to it anyway. What can I say? The temptation was just too great! The new song, “Liebe ist für alle da” (“Love is there for everyone” in German) is AWESOME. It’s definetely Rammstein, with the nice riff and Till’s deep, gutteral lyrics. The lyrics themselves were classic Rammstein, the “narrator” of the song once again being a weirdo who wants love and gets it in the end a very strange kind of way.

I’ll only listen to it once, and wait for the release of the full album to hear it again. I just wanted to say that Rammstein is back and I think that’s totally fucking awesome. :) Thanks Rammstein. I can now almost forgive your four-year break. . .almost. . .

CAN’T WAIT FOR THE ALBUM.

Listen to it (if you want) and tell me what you think.

Was du denkst, Eisbrecher stehlt oder nein?

2004: Ramms+ein releases fourth album, “Reise, Reise.” Track 10 of that CD was called “Ohne Dich,” a romantic ballad with strings and woeful tones.

2006: Eisbrecher releases second album, “Antikörper.” Track 6 of that CD was called “Ohne Dich”

Now, I understand that “Ohne Dich,” which means “Without You,” is a broad topic and can be the title for many songs. But just look at the lyrics of the choruses!

Same song? You decide.

My Top Ten Rammstein song live performances

Note: Do you apathy, I have not yet put in all the umlate-d letters and other foreign characters from the character map. Will do shorty, though. ~Rammfan518

10. “Rammstein,” as performed during the Sehnsucht Tour

Now, I’ll admit, the song is not the most exciting or fast, but it can get your fist pumping. The live version enriches the song about the tragic plane accident at Ramstein air base in 1988, where show-planes crashed into the crowd. After a long intro, and the lowering of a great fan, the guitars come in with full force to introduce a flaming Till Lindemann (lead singer.) The laser-beam goggles don’t hurt either. I can admire rocking out, but setting yourself on fire is just. . .so hardcore.

9. “Heirate Mich,” sometime in 1997
Now, this song is a pretty cool one live. What makes this particular performance different than the other performances of “Heirate Mich” is that it includes the ‘epilogue’ of the song that is on the record. At the end of the studio version, Till says these lines in a deep, scary voice:

zum Fluch der Hahn den Morgen grüßt (cursedly the rooster greets the morning)
ich hab den Kopf ihm abgehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaackt!!!! (I hacked off his head)

Now, many of the perfomances that I have seen of “Heirate Mich” do not include this part. However, this one does, and when Till screams “abgehackt!!,” he ‘chops’ off Flake’s (keyboarder’s) ‘head’ and sparks shoot out. How awesome is that?!

8. “Bueck Dich,” Parkbuhne Wulheide, 1998 as seen in “Live Aus Berlin”

This song is a metal powerhouse on the record, but even more so live. With the sound that live performances create, this version of “Buck Dich” is gritty, heavier, and just all around crazier. Lead singer Till Lindemann tucks his mic into his pants so he can pump both his fists to his knees as the rest of the band rocks away during the introductory riff. The on-stage antics for this song never fail to make mouths drop, offend people, or get some members of the band arrested. In an interview, Till called it “fucking the keyboarder,” some others call it disgusting. I personally think it is funny. Now, I understand not all people could appreciate a huge German man simulating sodomy with a water-squirting dildo with the skinniest German piano player ever. It took me a while to warm up to the performance, and at times I am still like “yikes,” but it is really just for fun. With lyrics like “A biped being on all fours,” “the biped has bent over,” and “I don’t care what your face looks like, Bend over!” what else could you do on-stage? I think it is pretty cool that they had the, ahem, balls to do something so taboo on a stage in front of thousands of people. I believe the song is banned here in America. SQAURES.

If you would like to see this live performance, click here.

7. “Moskau,” Moscow, Russia, the Sport Complex Olympiski, November 2004, as seen in “Volkerball”

What’s better than singing a song about Moscow in the city of Moscow? In November 2004, Rammstein did just that. The song does not stray too much from the studio version save for a small interlude during the bridge. What is so cool about this performance is that it is the song “Moskau” played in Moscow. The band plays to thousands of giddy Moscow-ians and they respond to the chorus like anyone excited crowd would, only more so because, well, it’s Moscow! By this time in the paragraph, you understand why I think this song is so cool. Also, those three *fairly* attractive ladies on stage are a most welcome addition. It’s “Moskau” in Moscow! Awesome.

6. “Los,” Nimes, France, July 2005, Les Arenes des Nimes, as seen in “Volkerball”

How does a band that usually brings their hard, gritty, industrial, machine-metal to the stage play a blues-y, acoustic guitar song? Rammstein did so with their song, “Los,” in 2005. The drummer, Christoph ‘Doom’ Schneider, was brought down to the lower part of the stage (he is usually on the higher section) to a small drum set down below. The guitarists donned acoustic guitars and the lead singer himself played the harmonica when called for. Bassist Oliver Reidel played his bass, and keyboardist Christian “Flake” Lorenz traveled around the stage doing strange antics like he always does. The scrawny man is given a keytaur solo near the end and then the whole band comes together with a full, electric-guitar-laden version of the riff as he smashes his keyboard! Cool beans.

5. “Asche zu Asche,” Parkbuhne Wulheide, 1998 as seen in “Live Aus Berlin”

When it comes to intensity, this song is hardly ever matched. The song starts and never ends with its amazing opening riff and its quick-beat verses. The song builds and builds until the second chrous comes where singer Till Lindemann, lead guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe-Bernstein, rythmn guitarist Paul Launders, and just about everyone in the whole darn stadium sing “Asche zu Asche!” And of course by this time, Till’s head has started to leak blood from the cut he got from the last song (where he smashed the mic into his head a couple times during the last bit.) After the bridge, another session of the “Asche zu Asche” chorus is in order, but this time, with flaming microphones! So cool. Smoke is also present, and the song that started with two guitars ends in the the roars of five instruments, a screaming singer, smoke and fire.

4. “Heirate Mich,” Parkbuhne Wulheide, 1998 as seen in “Live Aus Berlin”

This song has a long intro during the live performance. It is long to wait out, but hey, good things come to those who wait, right? What awaits you after this long intro is one of the coolest songs about necrophilia ever. :P Till starts the song off with his deep voice which rolls into the keyboard and guitar rockfest that follows. The song takes off and never lets go. Its chorus rocks with “Heirate Mich!” and the crowd responding “hai! hai! hai!” But perhaps the best thing in the song is what happens after Richard’s sick solo. A long interlude with whispers of “Heirate mich” responded with “hai hai hai” from the crowd. Also, Till travels around on a little wheely-board-thing which, yes, looks dumb, but also kicks some ass. The interlude gets louder and louder, and more intense, until it fully elolves into the third and final chorus that explodes from the amps like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

3. “Feuer Frei!” Nimes, France, July 2005, Les Arenes des Nimes, as seen in “Volkerball”

This song surely screams explosions and fire with its hard riff and lyric “Bang Bang!” During the opening, lights flash on and off with a strobe light flashing away. The guitartists and bassist are rockin’ out, the drummer is pounding away, and the lead singer beats up the keyboarder. Sound crazy enough? Well just wait, for leading up to the second chorus is a small bridge. During this keyboard-ish bridge, the singer and the two guiatrists cannot be seen, only to re-emerge with flamethrowers on their faces. Feuer Frei! Then it becomes a fire-fiesta as 20-30 flames jump off the faces of the three frontmen. It is so cool. The final “bang bang!” is accompanied by Christoph’s drumsticks nearly exploding in his hands.

2. “Links 2 3 4″ Nimes, France, July 2005, Les Arenes des Nimes, as seen in “Volkerball”

What’s a way to get a crowd off their feet at the beginning of a concert? “Links 2 3 4,” of course. Being the second song in the concert at Nimes, the song vaults the concert into the intense riffs and hard lyrics that are about to follow. The band walks out of the little door thingy at the center of the stage marching, carrying their instruments like weapons with smoke billowing out from both sides of the stage. The riff starts and it’s pure Tanz-Metall from then on. Also, what better way to get the crowd to get off their feet than having them participate in the song, for during the chorus, and uproar of “haai” is in order. Like “Heirate Mich,” there is a long interlude when Till, Paul, and Richard say “Links” into the mics and the crowd respond “haai!” Very cool stuff. The interlude leads to Richard’s solo and the final chorus with Till and the backup singers singin’ Links 2 3 4! With a chorus and the crowd to scream “haai” every once in a while. Awesome.

1. “Du riechst so gut” Parkbuhne Wulheide, 1998 as seen in “Live Aus Berlin”
This song is great, and the live version could arguably be better. The main riff starts with rockets being shot over the audience and Till spinning his “sparking bow” around and around in circles. The riff continues until Richard says in a deep, wraith-like voice “Der. . Wahnsinn” and Till takes the lead. The second riff comes in and the second verse is introduced with Richard growling “Ich finde dich. .” as he stares into the crowd with those creepy, white, contact lenses. Till then takes over again and leads into the chorus of “Du reichst so gut!” in which the first line is sung entirely by the crowd. (In the DVD version, at least) The chorus leads to Till pumping his fist and Richard slamming his guitar as the music envelopes the stadium. The third verse is preceded by an exploding mic stand and another one of Richard’s growls. The second chorus is when the crowd really gets a-jumpin’. The solo by Paul and Richard is excellent and extended so that the coming of the third chorus is more suspenseful. The crowd awaits the long solo, but instead of the chorus, there is a small pause. This reminds me of the moment when you are on the top of a high drop at a roller coaster when you are just hanging in the air. The song hangs for a second before the drums start up the finale. By this time, the crowd is hopping off their feet, smoke is abound, Richard’s pounding on his guitar. No one can seem to control the rock-energy going through them, and it’s awesome.

Until next time, :)

Rammfan518

Rammstein: Herzeleid

Cover(s) of the first album. (well, one on the left had to be changed because critics said they were ‘presenting themselves as disciples of the master race,’ which upset Ramms+ein greatly. (and which is a totally lame and ignorant claim.) It was later changed to the other cover on the right. It is not known whether Ramms+ein chose to do a second cover due to the accusations, or their own desire of just wanting to. ‘Herzeleid’, which means “Heartache” was released in 1994.

 

1. Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen Sehen? (Would you like to see the bed in flames?)

 

This is the first song on their first album, and let’s just say it is a nice introduction to Ramms+ein’s music. The song begins with a steady little, forbodding, beat. This little techno beat foreshadows the rest of the song, for it is the riff that is played throughout. Then, the amounting intro ends and it’s guitars, drums, bass, and keyboard all working in creepy unison! Woo-hoo! The oepning continues to pound on your ear lobes until Till’s voice comes in, saying the line “Wollt ihr das Bett inFlammen Sehen?” This song’s verses are pretty simple, but still badass. Then, the chorus comes with a guitar part and then the singer going “Ramms+ein!” Perfect intro. In a way, it seems like they are saying, “this is us and we’re Ramms+ein.” Pretty sick song. Makes them stand out from the other groups. The funny thing about this song is that I still have no idea what it’s about. . .something about swords, knives, killing, and blood, and walking dead. What the hell is going on? I have no freakin’ clue, but I still love the song.

 

2. Der Meister (The Master)

This is the second song on their first album and it is pretty cool. The riff is pretty fast in the beginning, and this song is in the style of many early Ramms+ein songs. That is, during the verse: there is a line of the verse, than a little riff, then another line of the verse, then a little riff (the same as before.) Although some find it repetitive, I find it unique and basic, and it works. This song is not as hard as the other songs on this CD, but it does it’s job as a nice song. It is more melodic, I think, with it’s chorus and bridge that feature some nice keyboard work from Flake.

 

3. Weißes Fleisch (White Flesh)

One of the more fast-paced songs on this album, or any Ramms+ein song for that matter, is this 3 minute-38 seconds powerhouse. (My grandma called it that, haha) It begins with a slow techno beat that escalates until symbols come in. After it amounts for a while, Till rolls into the song with a deep “Wei. . .ßes . Fleisch!” Then there are guitars ripping the fast riff. Then the verse starts and it follows their line-riff-line-riff pattern. This song is freaking sweet. It never slows down, and it’s crazyness mirrors that of the subject of the song. The song is about rape and this creepy raper dude, and it mentions his “krankes Gehirn,” which means “sick mind.” Very crazy song, very demented song, and very fun to sing along and bang your head to. The live version is pretty good as well (Live Aus Berlin), seeing as Flake gets his own little dance in an extended bridge sequence.

 

4. Asche zu Asche (Ashes to Ashes)

 

This song is pure Tanz-Metall. It has a killer riff and Till’s voice is awesome during the song. Plus, it is fun to sing the “Asche. . .zu Asche!” in the car. I think this is the song that most likely put me in the spot for getting a D.U.I.R. (Drving Under the Influence of Ramms+ein. Haha) For serious, I cannot drive and listen to this song because I wanna just go so fast and stuff like that. Sure, you may not believe this introverted dude can get excited, but just listening to it and talking about has already made my pulse rise and make my legs yearn for activity. It is about the crucification and stuff like that. You can read up on it on herzeleid.com. This song hella makes you want to get off your feet. It’s pure Tanz-Metall, and it is awesome.

 

5. Seemann (Seaman)

This is a somber track that I just love. It uses hella romantic imagery with a beautiful chorus with translated lines like:

“Now you are standing by the lantern
you have tears in your face
the evening light chases away the shadows
time stands still and it becomes autumn”

To me, it’s just a very pretty song. It’s perfect for any mood. Sadness, pensiveness, reminscent, happy, joyful. This song has one of my favorite lines. “Die Sehnsucht wird die Steuermann.” which means “the longing shall be the helmsman.” This is one of the only Ramms+ein songs that have made me sport tears. I love the soft bass throughout the whole song as well. Very pretty stuff.

 

6. Du riechst so gut (You smell so good)

 

This song is awesome. This song has great ‘fun to sing in the car’ value. ‘Tis fun to sing along with Till during the verse that’s filled with the heavy bass and foreboding techno beat. I like how the song builds up to the chorus of “Du riechst so gut!” For me, this song creates a sense of suspense, where you want the chorus to come so you can just belt it all out, and when it finally comes, you just have a vocal field day. Oh, this song is so good. Haha. A great song. Both the studio version and live have their strong points and I suggest listening to both! :D A great song. It’s about a stalker/hunter dude, and it’s bloody awesome. One of the lines: “ein Raubtier das vor Hunger schreit” which means “a predator that screams of hunger.” Chilling stuff. The music video is pretty badass as well.

 

7. Das Alte Leid (The Old Sorrow)

This Ramms+ein song is probably my least favorite of theirs, or at least my least favorite of this album. A slow guitar riff pounds away at you in this song as Till Lindemann talks a whole bunch of lyrics. There is no real chorus, and it has about 2 plays on my media player.

 

8. Heirate Mich (Marry Me)

Let me just say that the live version of this song is a lot better. Anyway, this song is awesome. It starts off with a creepy keyboard part that actually scared the crap out of me one time. The guitar riff is pretty awesome, but what I love most are the rough vocals to the guitar-absent verses. It’s always fun to growl, y’know? But nothing compares to this songs chorus and it’s lead up. The guitars slowly build up, and then the drummer smacks his drums a bit right before the first “Heirate Mich!” and then the following “hey, hey, hey!” Aw.. . Perfect. This song is about a guy who’s wife died, and he spends every night by her grave. However, it is not romantic at all, and instead takes the route of necrophilia. Yikes, but it’s dope, you must admit. Listen to Live Aus Berlin version, it will rock your socks off and is my preferred version. Very, very, very good song.

 

9. Herzeleid (Heartache)

The album is named off this kick-ass little number about lovers. This song was inspired by all the heartache the band members were feeling at time of making the first album. In the “Live Aus Berlin” interview, Bassist Oliver Reidel states “sorrow is the best basis for artistic expression” (or something close to that.) This song is unusual in the way it structured. For most of the verses, one syllable is said at a time, so:

 

Be–wahret ein–ander vor Herz—-’leid
denn kurz ist die Zeit die ihr bei—sammen seid

 

Then after the verses comes a sythesized, painful moan of “Herzeleid” accompanied with a kick-ass guitar. This song is cool because it has both a keyboard solo and a guitar solo. Very cool song, and very fun to move to. I can’t hear the riff without moving a little bit. haha. The “Live Aus Berlin” version is also pretty kick-ass.

 

10. Laichzeit (Spawning Time)

This song starts out with a kickass techno beat. Then, after a while, percussion comes in, and the fusing of these two then lead into the main guitar riff. (which was the techno part) This riff is fast, and can easily get my blood pumpin’. Then the song’s verse comes where Till sings in a loud voice:

 

Er liebt die Mutter
und von der Seite
den Fisch gibt er ihr selbst

(now in a deeper, quicker tone)
dieser häutet sich vor leerem Hoden
die alte Haut fällt auf den Boden

 

The chorus is kickass, as Till’s last line of the second verse leads into it.

 

die Kiemen blutig noch vom saugen
an den roten großen. . . . .Augennnnnnnnnnn

 

Laichzeit!

 

Super awesome. This song never seems to slow down. It is riddled with techno throughout, playing alongside the quick riffs. Another cool thing about this song is the ending, as Till sings the end of each line somewhat drawn out, especially in the live version, which is pretty damn good.

 

Die Mutter hat das Meer geholt
(Laichzeit)
die Schwestern haben keine Zeit
(Laichzeit)
der Hund steht winkend am Gestade
(Laichzeit)
der Fisch braucht seine Einsamkeit
(Laichzeit)

 

The live version has a prolonged ending which brings the song to a nice, calm, end. Sure the song is about incest. . .or fish. . .or something, but it’s a damn good song.

 

11. Rammstein (Rammstein)

This song starts out quiet, but soon escalates into a hard-hitting, slow riff, pure German Tanz-Metall. The riff, to me, sounds like something coming, bearing down on someone. The song is actually about the Ramstein Air Show disaster, in which stunt-planes crashed during an exercise, killing and wounding many spectators. (Rammstein actually gets their name from this event. By adding an additional “m” to their name literally means “Ram-stone.”) The lyrics paint a haunting picture of the things that went on that day, with such simple lines as: A man burns; the smell of flesh is in the air; a child dies; mothers scream; a mass grave; no escape; no birds sing anymore. (The song is sung in German) But perhaps the creepiest line is what ends each short verse: “Und die Sonne scheint” . . .“And the sun is shining.” Amidst all this tragedy. . .the sun is still shining brightly. Great imagery. A very tragic song. The live version is cool as wel. . .why, you ask? Because lead singer Till Lindemann is on fire and has laser glasses! w00t! Gotta love that stuff. :D

 

So yea, that was my review of, uh. . .,every song on Ramms+ein’s first album. I love this CD! If you haven’t, you should totally listen to it!

Rammstein: Live Aus Berlin

“It’s going to be so cool.”
“No it’s not.”
“Yes it is! When I get it, I’m going to watch it every day!”

A little conversation I had with a friend a couple days before my “Ramms+ein: Live Aus Berlin” DVD was supposed to arrive at the local Borders. A mere joke, ‘watching it everyday,’ but when I bought it, I found that in the weeks after purchasing it, I actually had watched it every day. It is so cool. I continued to watch it every day, and probably would be so now if I had not given up both Ramms+ein and movies for Lent. Anyway, on to the review of Live Aus Berlin.

The DVD starts off quietly, with a packed Parkbuhne Wulheide at night. All you can hear is the crowd cheering, and then, with little flames, the stages’ curtain drops. Then follows a minute and a half long introduction to the band, with all of them (except the lead singer Till Lindemann) being introduced by a big explosion. There’s no one there on stage, then boom, a band member appears. It’s as if the band members came out of the fire! After this sequence, Flake, the keyboardist, plays the distinctive tune of “Spiel mit mir” and then Christoph “Doom” Schneider (the drummer) smacks his drums a little before Oliver “Ollie” Reidel (Bassist), Paul Landers (Rhythm Guitarist) and Richard Z. Kruspe-Bernstein (Lead Guitarist) pound away with their instruments. The lead singer descends on a sparking platform, wearing this silly outfit. In fact, they are all wearing some cool/silly outfits.

This is when the concert starts, and it never slows down, save for a small section when two slower songs are sung, but even those are pretty intense. In the some ninety minutes from start to finish you will see microphones on fire, self-whipping, a man set on fire, a hot girl in a burning cage, and just six German guys deliver some of the best music there is out there. The crowd never looses it’s frenzy for the fast-paced music. One great thing that Ramms+ein does in this DVD is creating a sense of suspense in the live versions of their songs. Instead of rolling right into the third and final chorus after the guitar solo (like in the studio version), there will be a long interlude that is soft and slow, but it slowly leads up in intensity in volume to the third and final chorus that totally delivers.

This DVD is awesome, and I probably have watched it every day I have owned it. So much that some parts will not play on my computer anymore. Haha. This DVD is pure awesomeness. The only bad thing about it is that it does not feature the song “Bück Dich” because the DVD is censored, whereas the VHS is uncensored. But even though there is no “Bück Dich,” you can still appreciate the power and intensity of this 1998 concert in Ramms+ein’s home, Berlin.