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Sleuth Sindy
Sleuth Sindy
Pinball Wizard

Jan-11-2007 14:42

Rammstein is a German band formed in 1994 that has become one of the most successful German language bands of all time internationally. Their style is New German Hardness (Neue Deutsche Härte), a combinationn of hard rock/metal music. The name of the band, Rammstein, is taken indirectly from the 1988 airshow disaster in the German town of Ramstein-Miesenbach, where 3 of 10 jets from the Italian Air Force performing a "pierced heart" formation collided in mid-air in front of 300,000 people. One of the jets crashed into the crowd.

Check them out here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkLDEEs20U
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9168085201448164272&pr=goog-sl

Then let the rest of Sleuthville know your opinions . . .


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Sleuth Sindy
Sleuth Sindy
Pinball Wizard

Jan-11-2007 19:40

Biggie

I know exactly what you're saying. The first time I ever heard of them was when someone quoted some lines from Weisses Fleisch. I looked up the translation and was totally creeped out. But they do have some songs with beautiful lyrics, too. I'm not saying I'm building a collection of their CD's or anything, but they are an interesting group.

Zocrates83
Zocrates83
Old Shoe

Jan-12-2007 02:51

Has anyone heard the English version of Engel.... great fun :)

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Jan-12-2007 15:59

I've been watching the video clip that comes with Du Hast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doTBT46wMvA


For several reasons it's one of the best video's I've seen as it leaves quite a few questions unanswered. What interests me the most about the band members of Rammstein is that they spend most of their lives under a communist regime in former East Germany. The characters in this clip might indicate a gang of criminals or former East German secret agents also known as Stasi.

The key issue in this song is about allegiance. The beginning of the video suggests a guy is after vengeance for something horrific done to his girlfriend. You quickly get the idea nothing much remains of this quest of vengeance as soon as he meets these criminals/secret agents inside a some barn. Finally they all walk outside and the girlfriend is relieved to see her guy still alive and at the very moment she feels betrayed for him not carrying out his plan. Then her boyfriend takes a look at his watch before the car with hios girlfriend explodes which indicates he planned this to happen all the time.

Very intriguing....

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Jan-12-2007 17:01

Yeah, I think it was the video that got me. That was right during my MTV phase...

*shudders at the memory*

Sleuth Sindy
Sleuth Sindy
Pinball Wizard

Jan-12-2007 17:47

The English version of:

Engel

Live in virtue, no desire
In the grave an angel's choir
You look to heaven and wonder why
No one can see them in the sky

Just as the clouds have gone to sleep
Angels can be seen in heaven's keep
Alone in fear they question why
Goddamn not an angel when I die

Angels live, they never die
Apart from us, behind the sky
They're fading souls who've turned to ice
So ashen white in paradise

Just as the clouds have gone to sleep
Angels can be seen in heaven's keep
Alone in fear they question why
Goddamn not an angel when I die

Goddamn an angel when I die
Heaven must be hell in the sky

Just in case anyone was curious . . .

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