Tebus said:
@fireangel: I've seen translations online. Just run a search and you should find a few sites that have them. I'm not always sure of what they're saying. I have a general idea usually, but for some reason they're music inspires me quite a bit. The reason isn't obvious though. My favorite song is Der Alter Mann. I'm not actually really sure what it's about, but in cases like that I make up a meaning, and the music fits it perfectly. It sounds stupid, but I do that with many bands that I listen to.
Well, I don´t need so really a translation because I speak german
I just asked because I wanted to know if you understand what you praise. Of course people can say that I don´t understand finnish or swedish lyrics either, but I think it´s obvious that Rammstein is a bit of a "special" band.
For them it is also not only the lyrics, but additionally their visual concept which causes me headache. When people think that what Rammstein represent is "typical" german, you know, the dialect when singing english, the way they dress and their images, altogether. And I know of persons who think so. Aswell I am still sick when I think that for a video of "Stripped" (an awful Depeche Mode-Coverversion) they used parts of Leni Riefenstahl´s videos. She contributed enourmously to nazi-propaganda by capturing a very certain image of "healthy german people" or mass-events which could easily influence people; especialy back then when visual media weren´t so ubiquitous.
Of course RS said that "oh, we just wanted to provoke", no deeper background but I simply refuse it when they intentionally don´t want to consider questionable things (assumed they really mean it when they say it was not their main point, being political...) Or just take the video to "Hier kommt die Sonne".... It´s so obvious that they focus on a certain kind of hero-image which is just problematic for our country.
Salamurhaaja said:
T Jarva rules, ok?
Pretty much, yes. Have you read when I wrote in the other thread that their gig just smashed me and I was completely fallen for that band, music and atmosphere? ;D
But I don´t have the previous albums yet, though I plan to buy them.
Maybe I can go see Chaosbreed, they will make a proper release through CM soon, and I expect tours.
