#rammstein 2012

[endlich-allein]

Till 💦 Antwerps Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium, 08-03-2012 © Kris De Meester

[warminthewintersblog]

[thegothicviking]

NRK LydverkEt*

But anyway..one of these days I'm gonna translate everything that lady says in Norwegian (because I have no life).

I might do it tomorrow!

10.11.2004 - NRK Lydverkat, Interview, Norway {x}

[herrlindemann]

Rammstein, Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, Belgium, 08.03.2012 / Photos by Jeroen Schortemeijer

[emilythesinner]

Do i wanna know..?

~if this feeling flows both ways~

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[feuerfreiarchive]

MEIN HERZ BRENNT - PIANO VERSION (2012) Mein Herz brennt was the only song on the Made in Germany album that had not previously been released as a single. The Mutter song got its renaissance in 2012, though the piano version of the song, arranged by Sven Helbig, was the first track on the single release. Since 2011, the band had worked on a music video for the song. Initially, it was to be directed by Eugenio Recuenco, who had previously done two photo shoots for Rammstein: One for Amerika, and one for Liebe ist für alle da. While the imagery was beautiful, the band felt like the dramaturgy was missing from the video, and in 2012, they brought in Zoran Bihac to record some more footage to try to save the video. «It’s a bit like the Euro relief fund - before it fails completely, we’re pumping some more in», said Paul Landers in the Making of. As Zoran Bihac was shooting the new scenes, a short power failure happened. During this break, he recorded Till singing the piano version of the song, alone. The band found the video brilliant, and they decided to release it as a separate video for the Mein Herz brennt piano version. The video was released 7. December 2012, one week before the music video for the regular version of the song was published. © Frédéric Batier - screenshots

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[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

for those interested, there are more photos to this series, and Schneider is there too, it's from Vancouver Canada 2012 (dated may 11, so that would be Schneider's birthday) 🌺

[fy-cs]

[mhmeaggizeis]

SEHNSUCHT

↳ Rammstein (Live In Paris, 2012)

[marimayscarlett]

Hi! I absolutely love all of your detailed posts about Richard, they make my day when you post them, I was wondering if you could make a compilation of very wholesome moments with fans? I'm afraid that Rammstein will never come back to the US and I'll miss my chance of meeting him in person and I'd love to see some sweet fan interactions ❤️ Dankeschön ❤️❤️

Hi 🤍

Please excuse my late reply to this, but I love this ask! It's known that Richard can be very warmhearted towards fans and gives out bone-crushing hugs left and right - I found several accounts of fans who met him and will accumulate these in the following post 😊 (sources are linked at the end of the post.)

First some stories of fans who shared their experiences on the internet:

One fan met him before a concert, he gave the fan a hug and they say that to this day, they haven't forgotten the feeling of this hug.

Here's an account of a fan who met Richard at a resort in Mexico: "Richard never acted like we were imposing on his time or being a hindrance, even though he was with a table of friends. As soon as we were in eye contact range, his entire demeanor changed. He lit up like a Christmas tree and stood to shake our hands, stood close to us to chat for a few minutes - five minutes, tops, and gave us hugs as we left before shaking our hands again."

After a concert: "The hug I got was bone crushing. I was right in front of him. Cried my way through Frühling [...]. He checked on me and asked me if I was ok. Said i was fine and even the amount of times I'd seen them play, i got so caught up in the emotion. Richard told me they were the most moving moments for him at least and pulled me into a huge hug that if i think about it, i can still feel. Sounds weird but when you get a hug like that you dont forget it."

Richard seems to be a bit camera-shy while being out and about (declining selfies most of the time), but offers/asks for hugs himself as a return, as told by a fan who met him at the Chicago Airport. The fan apologized after asking for a selfie, yet Richard immediately asked her to give him a hug afterwards.

At a concert at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit back, May 2012: "For some reason, I thought of making a sign that said "Pick für mich, bitte". We were right at the barricade and I decided to flash the sign. I don't even know what I expected out of it. Well, Richard fucking Kruspe went to his mic stand, got a pick, went to the security guard in front of the railing and told him to give me the pick. The guard and I had chatted prior to their performance, so he looked at me with a "way to go, kid" look. People around me cheered. Best concert memory ever. Nothing but a class act."

Another fan reports him being quite talkative and attentive during parties - apparently really listening to the other person and showing real interest. He really likes to talk about music and guitars and seemingly likes hearing the opinions of fans.

Meeting the band in front of their hotel: "His hug was the tightest, and he smells SO GOOD, I wanted to ask what was his perfume. I told him I loved Emigrate, he gave me the biggest smile and thanked me."

Then we have voice from withing the fandom on here - the lovely and helpful @anwiel13 said this about meeting him at a Meet&Greet (thank you again for sharing this! 🤍):

"Once he entered the room, we immediately know it. Not that he did something, but he really has this big personality, in very good way. He was smiling all the time, unless taking photos, than we was all his gothic deep stare self. He was also super nice to two girls, who were absolutely nervous, telling him how much they love him. We all know he hear this all the time, but he really looked like he is listening them and make them feel not like crazy fangirls annoying him with their feelings. If that's make sense. He hugged one girl when she asked him and again, did not looked like she's annoying him with this. He left very quickly after taking photos and signed our things. Overall, he was very nice and caring. I heard somebody complain about him being all snobby and annoyed during some M&G, but he was nothing like this during the one in Prague."

Plus I have found two 'essay'-posts on here describing fan-experiences at Meet&Greets and afterparties:

Here Richard is described as really warmhearted, smiling and patient with the fans:

A very wholesome interaction (with a cute Paulchard momet) with a fan who brought selfmade fan art with her:

And since of course I found some experiences with other band members on my research-way, here are my favourites of some of the other guys 😊:

At an afterparty: "I spent a long time talking to Flake who is beautifully underappreciated. He's such a wise man with an incredibly dark sense of humour. [...] Flakes English isn't great but he seemed to really appreciate that someone would talk to him in German and happy to help me figure out words I wasn't familiar with and vice versa. I really appreciated it as he did slow down his natural German speaking speed to help me continue a conversation in German as native speaking speed was just a little too fast."

At a meet and greet: "Schneider gave me such Dom-Daddy vibes that I would have got on my knees if he asked. He was so friendly, asked about myself and I was able to give him a letter from my best friend who had spoken to him years before, and he was so happy to take it."

At an afterparty of Till's solo tour (London concert): "I went to see Lindemann in London and was invited to the after party and ended up trying to open a bottle of wine with a set of keys with Till and then ended up drinking vodka and chatting to him for a few hours. Such a humble human and one of my biggest role models in life - he made me want to become a fire performer and he said I looked great doing what I do."

"Did a meet & greet on the 2019 tour and a bunch of the after parties. Doom is an incredible dancer and Paul and Richard give the best hugs." (I've read several times that Schneider seemingly kills it on the dance floor 👀)

Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6

All in all, it's always amazing reading about fans having nice experiences with them - but let's not forget (since some people do exactly this), the band members are also just human beings like you and me, don't owe the fans smiles and good moods, and it's not a crime to have a bad day once in a while (with less enthusiastic interaction with fans) or just wanting some peace or being in a hurry, since they all do have private lives🤝🏼

[landerspaul]

Rammstein (2012) by Andreas Mühe

[endlich-allein]

MIG era, Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, USA, 06-05-2012 © Nathan Holt

[rammingthestein]

Till in Antwerp, Belgium, during Rammstein's 2012 European Tour © Alex Vanhee

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

What are the 10/10 Rammstein songs, meaning they're both excellent on the album and live?

For example, and in my humble opinion --

Ich Will, Sonne, Mein Teil are equally amazing on record and live

Whilst Zeit is amazing on record but is quite weak live and vice versa for Du Hast.

Sonne definitely

I also would nominate Mutter, even though they don't play it anymore, but when they did it was awesome live (and also on album)

Zeit and Adieu both also work,, imo, very well live and on album...and Klavier too...and Du riechst so gut...

Frühling in Paris from 2012 is one of my favorite live songs, but the way they did it later (2017?) i didn't enjoy as much..

Nebel i felt didn't work live (even though it's a great song), and neither imo did Giftig.

When i was at the concert i was surprised how well Radio and Ausländer work live, purely from the album those wouldn't be my favorites. Main Teil is very much a showpiece live, almost a whole separate thinh from the album version.

Seeman i love as a song, but weirdly enough, neither from the album or live version, i love that the way Apocalyptica did it 🌺

[herrlindemann]

Till and Paul, O2 Arena, Dublin, 27.02.2012 / Iris Jordao

[derwahnsinn]

31 Days Idol Challenge - Oliver Riedel

Day 5 - In Sofa

Okay, so this is probably a very predictable one, but in my defense, it is one of my favourite photos of Oliver and Richard. It's from Rammstein's 2011-2012 Europa Tour blog, and I love how Oliver is just chilling with his acoustic guitar.

That said, there are so many nice photos of Oliver in a sofa, so I added quite a bit of bonus material: 1) Paul and Oliver tasting Canadian food, by Frank Lothar Lange. 2) Screenshot from a VIVA feature with Rammstein from 2004. 3) Very odd photo of Richard and Oliver. 4) Screenshot from In Amerika. 5) Rammstein more or less in a sofa. 6) Behind the scenes of the Rosenrot music video, by Cristina from Rammstein.ro, I like how they are wearing the blue thermal clothing. 7) Behind the scenes of the Angst music video, by Jens Koch. 8) Old photo from backstage Gaswerk Hamburg, by Katja Wedekind.

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Others doing this challenge:

Till: @endlich-allein Flake: @anwiel13