#moses pelham

[ha-bakbuk]

[landerspaul]

Paul gets asked if he has a favorite story given that he's been in "the business" for a few years. He answers that it was when Moses Pelham knocked out Stefan Raab's tooth.

Clarification: In 1997 Moses Pelham is said to have hit Stefan Raab several times, causing him to suffer a fractured nasal bone and a concussion [article], but a rumor circulated that he had knocked out his teeth [article].

[derwahnsinn]

31 Days Idol Challenge - Oliver Riedel

Day 29: At Award Ceremony

One thing I really like about photos of Rammstein from award ceremonies, is how they dress. I love how they just seem to all put on whatever they feel like, so that the more or less always have at least one 'odd man out'.

My photo of choice is this group shot from 1998 Echo Awards, because I really like how Oliver went with a choker. Photo by Axel Kirschof.

I feel like it's appropriate to add a passage from Flake's book Heute hat die Welt Geburtstag (It's the World's Birthday Today), where he wrote about when the band got nominated for their first Echo Award. It is such a good example of "six inexperienced East Germans entering the celebrity circus":

Beforehand we had long conversations about what we should wear. We definitely wanted to all wear the same thing so that people would see we were a single entity. Since this was the first time we'd been invited, we got there on time. On time meant two hours too early. When we walked down the red carpet, there was of course not the slightest reaction from the audience, which wasn't bad, however. The only person who recognized us was the security guard for Die Toten Hosen, who were also nominated and of course actually received an award. We attached ourselves to Nena's manager, whom we knew from the industry tour. We stood around in the lobby with him for hours and were horribly thirsty. Then the ceremony finally started and we thought it was all very exciting. Otto Waalkes was sitting in front of us. I stared at the back of his head the whole time. I thought back to how, when I was a kid, I would go over to our neighbor's place just to watch the Otto Show. Every single gag got rehashed all over school the next day, and I didn't want to be left out. And now I could practically touch him. I was so excited my palms were sweating. All the nominees were introduced with a short film. When they finally showed our film, there was absolutely no applause since of course no one knew who we were. There was only bored silence. I think Aerosmith got the prize. We realized that we'd gotten all dressed up for nothing and felt appropriately foolish. Thankfully though, there was a giant afterparty. We hadn't known about that either. There we could eat and drink as much as we wanted and didn't have to pay. We weren't the only ones who got exorbitantly drunk; those who were still there at four stayed till six. Moses Pelham broke Stefan Raab's nose. The next day, a bunch of zombies stood freezing on the train platform, waiting for the train with their Echos in their hands. Or not, in our case. Then two years later, we got the award. We stood there on stage like six bumps on a log and didn't know what to say. Under no circumstances did we want to toss out an embarrassing litany of thank yous. When it was my turn at the mic, I just talked about my vacation in Sri Lanka - I'd just gotten back two days earlier and was still overflowing with impressions. Plus, while the boring ceremony was going on, Ben Becker had been teaching us that drinking vodka mixed with tonic water was very refreshing. The trophy they handed us was I guess supposed to represent a sound wave - I mean, I don't know what an echo looks like, technically speaking - and it was pretty heavy. It was an unwieldy thing to have to hold onto at the party afterward, so I just left it sitting around somewhere.

Bonus material: 1) 1997, Rammstein getting gold for Herzeleid and Engel. Unknown photographer. Some of the band members, including Oliver, had interesting choices of shoes. 2) 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards. Another interesting choice of clothing for Oliver. 3) 2001 MTV Europe Music Awards. Can't go wrong when you're all wearing stage costumes! Photo by Anthony Harvey. 4) 2001 Mexico City. Very questionable positioning of Paul in this photo by Guillermo Ogam. 5) 2005 Echo Awards. I really love how they showed up and performed in fat suits. Photo by Sean Gallup. 6) 2005 Rammstein Music Awards, I love Oliver's outfit here, too. Unknown photographer. 7) 2009 Echo Awards. Oliver went fully casual, and Schneider showed his total lack of taste in shoes. Unknown photographer.

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Others doing this challenge:

Till: @endlich-allein Flake: @anwiel13 Paul: @instillennachten

[cherry-posts]

Moses Pelham mit Michael Patrick Kelly - Wir sind eins (Sagt ihr) (Band-...

[atinystraykid]

I feel sorry for men who do not speak German because they’ll never experience the gender euphoria “Dein Mann” by Moses Pelham gives me

[thinker-time]

"Ist keine Floskel, wenn ich liebe und auch leide Leidenschaft schafft Leiden, heißt wir kriegen immer beides" Credibil - Deshalb lieb' ich dich (Vega, Moses Pelham)

[oeffentlicheversicherung]

Lappen wie du.. wird man ja noch sagen dürfen 🎹 Danke @Kathryn für diesen herrlichen Clip https://video.mecp.de/watch?v=q0waMZ1CFQA

[riotofslience]

Different phantom float my dream

Give me crown, you know im king

This for the throne, my 4MyRd

Dont front for hoes, dont need id

No stats in street but scratch and screech 

This AK mayday if I creep

Cause this heaven heaven low

The flow is hellcat SRT

Both on tt, you cant impede

So her tittes on repeat

Dogtown, UpTop, Pelham, Solcum

Mermaid, heard me, Kept a piece

Or this dirty 30 earn him death

You think of harming me

She ask If i talk to God

I said yes, I talk you

Then the sky began to smile

So that pussy is the proof

She might really think im God

If I put stars inside the roof

Tell me what you gone do?

If I push 150

Permanent

It bounce, no perm in it

Run thumbs thru racks ok ok

I deserve the shit

i Uber hearse the shit ok ok

First she was thought she wouldnt even extend manners

Now she 23 floors up and butt naked in my camera huh

Im Running the finish, im running to get it

And shout out to Nipsey im running the distance

Cant blurry the vision, I might just get vicious

Success is the mission, come get you ticket

Im burning the bridges and digging they ditches

Im moses im parting, come sign the partition

Im Dissing whoever, whenever

Uh

Uh

UH

MAAAANNNNNNNNN

I roll witht he seats laid back, and my AK tuck like past bed time

By time i tie and try you died from 62s when 5’9 fly by

4My drive by clear out both side bow tie, real clean, casket, closed eyes

This shit get daaaaaangerous

Them boys outside with lamps to camp when dark

at 12 pm

One hell of a feeling knowing you gone die but dont know when

I wont let a pussy nigga take me out

Dont check the score, its adding up

My fangs in it, im Dracula

[sehrmerkwuerdig]

Ein gewisser Mangel an Information schafft eine gewisse Selbstsicherheit

Moses Pelham

[queerbauten]

the forbidden music

[unscharf-an-den-raendern]

The verdict is here. The Federal Court refered the case back to the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, meaning the case is still ongoing.

The reason: In 2002, copyright law was standardised in the European Union. But because the case started in 1997, there was a time where German laws applied (before 2002) and a time where EU laws apply (after 2002). Meaning, all the copies made before 2002 were legal but the ones made after 2002 were not. However it is unknown if any copies of the song were actually made after 2002, so now the Regional Court of Hamburg will have to decide that.

[zurdta]

from here x

[zikllop]

Dieses Leben ist die Hölle, deshalb glaub' ich ans Nirvana

Vega – Schwarz/Weiss