Wow, Rammstein Is Truly Timeless

Wow, Rammstein is truly timeless

and on today’s episode of ‘shelby spent more time on this than she should have’: ye olde rammstein

made with this copy of the historic tale construction kit

🔪denn du bist was du isst🔪

Photo and editing by @yendysmoore

You call it shitty memes, I call it treasure

Getting bored once more… Makes me do some other shitty memes ! 

Paul Landers shitty memes 2/?

Imagine having such a chat now! Mind blowing

Transcript from fan groupchat with Flake, 2000

I tried to upload the link but the link seemed broken or unsafe so I copied & pasted the text instead. Enjoy! (I have highlighted the best questions and comments).

Transcribed and translated by Jeremy Williams

Taken from the Fan Area

Dec. 16th, 2000

Contents

Flake: Links wird nicht die erste Single sein. Es geht um uns.

Flake: Links will not be the first single. We will decide.

Flake: ja, wir spielen auch alte Songs.

Flake: yes, we play old songs too..

Flake: we are with Limp Bizkit

Mikki: m friend wants to know if Till was nervous to sing Stripped in front of an English speaking audience

Flake: yes, his English pronunciation is also really bad

Flake: the next video will be for the song Sonne.

Flake: and it will be an older German farytale

Mikki: Really? Cool! Will that be the first single or will it be Der Boxer?

Flake: Der Boxer and Sonne are the same song

Mikki: you have a lot of names for one song, lol

Flake: the song went through numerous developmental phases

Mikki: any idea when a US tour might occur?

Flake: wir hoffen wir mit Tool mitnehmen können

Flake: The US will be in the summer

Jeremy: Flake, what do you think of Napster?

Flake: I like Napster

Pipsqueak: so what is made first - music or lyrics?

Flake: First the music is there.

Mikki: Why is Poland your favorite?

Flake: the nicest people live in Poland and the food is really good

Flake: I myself do not even have a computer

Kolla: Iceland, is that part of your tour?

Flake: We hope that we are going to Iceland

Flake: At the concert it is always really nice regardless of where we are.

Flake: the first time I burnt myself and had to jump around to put out the fire and then all thought that it belonged to the show which is why I now always do it.

Adelante: tretet Ihr mal wieder mit Witt auf?

Adelante: will you guys appear with Witt?

Flake: Mit Witt ist nichts geplant, weil er sein Tour schon fertig hat

Flake: Nothing is planned with Witt because his tour is already over

JoeHunter: What do you think of Rammstein's comparison to the group Megaherz?

Flake: We are happy when other bands find us so good that they attempt to imitate us.

Kolla: What is DER MEISTER about?

Flake: Der Meister is about God

Cindra: Flake> There was a post on your site's guestbook about you guys went to a Swedish erotic fair, did you guys really attend? ;-)

Flake: We were invited to an erotic fair as our music was played. Otherwise we had not have gone.

Mikki: are there any bands that sing in German that you would recommend, Flake?

Flake: Element of Crime and Einstürzende Neubauten

Flake: and die Aerzte

Flake: Die Aerzte are funny when one understands the lyrics

Pipsqueak: did you hear Blixa's coment about Rammstein- "Bands like Rammstein make me ashamed to sing in german"?

Flake: I do not believe that

Adelante: was haltet ihr von witt?

Adelante: what do you guys think of witt?

Flake: Witt is ok but not entirely my taste

JuckDoch: Flake was hälst du von In Extremo

JuckDoch: Flake what do you think of In Extremo

Flake: In Extremo ist lustig.

Flake: In Extremo is funny.

Kolla: Flake do you like GOTHIC?

Flake: Yes of course we like gothic

Flake: We would like to go to South America, especially to Mexico

Flake: Perhaps Das Modell will be available on video in the future.

QueenLanders: how many times shall I have to ask if kokain will be played in concerts?

Flake: We played Kokain two or three times live and it is a really hard song to put across live.

Susie: do you know any rumors about yourselves? Do you care?

Flake: We for the most part have to laugh when we hear rumors because they are so nonsensical.

JoeHunter: Since you are not up to the new bands, what do you think of Die Toten Hosen?

Flake: Die Toten Hosen were one of the most important punk bands in Germany and influence music history here tremendously.

Flake: We have also played festivals together with Die Toten Hosen.

Flake: I like Hendrix.

Susie: how come you ended up playing the keyboard?

Flake: A childhood friend of mine played the piano and so I also wanted to learn.

Zmagatha: will you attend the roskilde festival again? Saw you last time it was fucking great!

Flake: The exact festivals are not yet planned.

Diana: Have you ever thinking of splitting up?

Flake: We want to grow old and play music together.

JoeHunter: Have you ever thought of covering a Falco song like so many other groups seem to be doing lately?

Flake: We are not the biggest Falco fans

Diana: Do you play any other instrument except keyboard?

Flake: I only play keyboard and am not that good

Susie: Flake, how long have you played piano?

Flake: Since I was 7

Flake: At the beginning I was afraid of the people and didn't trust myself to play with them.

Flake: Now that I know everybody I have all intentions of staying

Connie: Flake, how did you get that nick name? What does it mean?

Flake: Flake is my proper name. It is just a name, it doesn't mean anything specific.

Flake: Und machen das Musik machen spass und wir schreiben keine Titel um in der Top Ten zu kommen.

Flake: And we make fun music, we write no songs for the Top Ten.

JoeHunter: During your little "Flake-Dance" during Weißes Fleisch, is that choreographed, or do you just do what you feel?

Flake: It would be really difficult to choreograph this dance

Susie: Flake, what's with the "Dr. Lorenz"?

Flake: I once wanted to be a surgeon.

JoeHunter: What do you think of the latest spread of the new "Links" MP3?

Flake: I have no idea

Sylvia: Flake was war damals mit Schneiders Ohren?

Sylvia: Flake what was wrong with Scheider's ears?

Flake: Schneider hat sich den Monitor zu laut gemacht und da nichts mehr gehört

Flake: Schneider had turned up the monitor too loud and couldn't hear anymore

JoeHunter: What is your favorite kind of beer?

Flake: I do not really notice the difference between the various types.

Flake: Tschüss bis zum nächsten mal.

Bye, until the next time. Flake.

Tag game!

Thank you dear @hanhan156 for tagging me, it’s always so much fun. Here we go:

Rules: tag people you’d like to know better.

Top 3 ships:

Paulchard (very much above everything else)

Johnlock

Cherik

Lipstick or chapstick: both actually :) I’m really into red lipstick and wear it almost everyday. But dry lips require care so chapsticks and lip balms come in handy)

Last song: Well, if we are talking about the last song that stuck in my mind is Heartache by Biting Elbows.

Last movie: just today I rewatched Three seconds, a Russian sports drama. I am not a sports fan and know nearly nothing about basketball, but I consider it one of the best modern Russian movies. As for something more well known, probably new Star Wars

Last book: Mort by Terry Pratchett

I would like to tag @xiaolianhuax @thislovelyoptimist @yendysmoore @ofmemesandbands @needlesandsloths @https://chloeamanda.tumblr.com/ Have fun and thank you!

Huge respect to Rammstein, to their staying true to themselves and remaining humble. I am so very happy that they exist on this planet

Do you think the members of Rammstein ever fathomed making it to where they have today? Like, seriously.

Do you think they ever consisting of rowdy punks who played nude and put chickens inside of drums and had silly band names like “Orgasm Death Gimmicks” and “First Arsch” ever thought they’d become an international name (fairly certain they’ve played at least once in every continent saave for Antartica… I mean, obviously) that’s sold out multiple times, never lost a member over its course of near thirty years, and hit high ranking spots in music charts not even from their own country (the Untitled album from 2019 hit number one in fourteen countries), all while doing so mostly entirely in their native tongue (save for Pussy, Amerika, Moskau, Stripped, Te Quiero Puta, and the two English versions of Engel and Du Hast although I think those never made it big and the first three are also primarily in German)?

(ft. Richard singing in the beginning?)

(shares a rift with Sehnsucht!)

Do you think they ever thought they’d sell out and perform across stadiums and in big venues (Schneider was very proud to become a stadium band in the 2019-2020 tour, Richard was very proud to perform in Madison Square Garden, cannot recall which interview as they’ve blurred together for me) when their first or so show in America had maybe thirty people?

(bottom photos by delfi.lv)

(ft. Bück Dich… but how the tables have turned?)

Do you think they ever thought they could top a simple music video trying to emulate masculinity in East German eyes, releasing Deutschland twenty-four years later with their highest production yet (I assume) which is an incredibly, passionately constructed dedication to German as opposed to a tacky looking perfume commercial?

Do you think they ever foresaw a life outside of a restrictive GDR, a life that’s brought them across the world, a life that’s lead them to multiple decades of being the best of friends, a life that’s been Rammstein?

I don’t think they ever did, and it’s a bit awe-inspiring, isn’t it?

Feel free to add in more comparisons from past to current, stories, whatever. Below are some more early shows compared to now and some more pre-Rammstein videos/songs. Audio means that there is no video, video means there is audio and video.

[video] Du Riechst So Gut, 1996 vs 2019

[audio and video] Heirate Mich, 1994 vs 2019

[audio] Big Dong by First Arsch, ft. Till and Paul singing- Till in English! (1. Oh, Paul… 2. Compare this with Yukon, another English song where Till sings!)

[video] In the studio, 1994

[video] Silly little Feeling B compilation, centered around Paul

[audio] To Be by The Inchtabokatables; I belieeeeevvvvvee Oliver played the bass during this album (White Sheep), but I could be wrong, so take this entry with a grain of salt.

[audio] Crime by Orgasm Death Gimmicks, and I just want to say… literally the best band name possible.

[video] Spacerace by Feeling B, because who can say no to Schneider’s hair here?

[video] Stitched together live compilations of songs to show them over time

[audio and video] Some rare performances (well… the playlist says so)