#rammstein mvs

[ukulelette]

Rammstein + mv/song meanings (or my interpretation of it, at least...)

part 2

[endlich-allein]

August 2001, Berlin, former 'Bundeskanzleramt' (Federal Chancellery) © Frank Lothar Lange

[helinyetille]

Willst du bis zum Tod der Scheide Sie lieben auch in schlechten Tagen?

[box-number-two]

[marimayscarlett]

Hello :)

You said, boxer-Richard from the Deutschland music video was your third favourite look in a music video...which looks are on first and second position? Pictures to illustrate your point are very appreciated ;)

Hi and thank you so much for this lovely ask 🤍

3rd favourite:

Boxer Richard from the Deutschland MV does have a special place in my heart - normally I'm not super into the moustache look, but in this case it does fit him quite a lot. The 1920s aesthetic adds its own charm. I love how Richard, as a boxer, comes across as very confident - that now-iconic wink does have a certain effect 👀

He also has the fitting physique for a boxer from that era, and his entire look, like Till's in this MV, strongly resembles the boxer John L. Sullivan, who was very successful in the late 19th century as a boxer, but serves as a great reference point, as you can see. Richard just fits perfectly into this setting.

2nd favourite:

For years, my heart solely belonged to Gangster!Richard - perfect look with his spikes and stubble, a cold-hearted gangster with a healthy amount of smoothness, who very well knows his effect on the masses 🙂‍↕️

And he was the reason my Rammstein obsession started in general! I knew Rammstein since my childhood (as you do as a German kid, knowing mostly Engel, Du riechst so good and Stripped), but then I discovered the Ich will MV by coincidence on YouTube almost 10 years ago. And there he was, quite literally dancing right into my heart. This was the precise moment 21 old me lost her mind over this man for the first time:

My favourite look:

My love for vampires is no secret, and when the music video for I'm Still Alive by Emigrate came out, I was immediately captivated by the vampiric older lord. He’s pure drama personified and fulfills every fantasy in my delusional brain about a compelling and tormented vampire, full of elegance and passion.

Not a day goes by without me thinking about this music video, and my brain has simply decided to create lore for this vampire, the delusion does have me in a tight grip 🫢 Love of my fantasy life, that man.

Honourable mentions:

My beloved eyebrow-boy in Benzin (his eyebrows are the only reasons this video is somewhat enjoyable) and Richard in Adieu - both in his priest version and the caged version🙏🏻

[butchstabu]

the making of: zunge

[morgana-lefay]

Ich hab' euch etwas mitgebracht, Hab' es aus meiner Brust gerissen.

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

OK so Zig Zack music video - Ollie is Harald Glööckler, Till a fucked up version of Liberace. Richard, I think, could be Cosmo Queen of Melrose. Any ideas for Paul, Schneider and Flake?

😄

i'm sure someone has tried to work it out before, but i couldn't find it, so here are my guesses

For Olli Harald Glööckler is a definit yes, we see him in many of the inspiration pics in this behind the scenes photo by Jörn Heitmann

Also in this same pic at the very top, i think we see Donatella Versace and Mickey Rourke, and given that they are two very famous plastic surgery clients, i think a combination of the two for Till's look

As these guys (including Jörn) are German, i wouldn't be surprised if they looked for their inspiration more on the German 'Promi' people, and for Richard thought of one time hearththrob Costa Cordalis (especially when showing the abs), who it seems also has payed a visit to a surgeon at some point

Paul...hmm... i was thinking Wolfgang Joop or Dieter Bohlen but for now my bet is on Siegfried Fischbacher (of Siegfried and Roy) or Thomas Gottschalk (maybe bits of both)

Schneider i'm going with Paul Stanley from Kiss, because of the outfit and i think Mr. Stanley seems to be using a bit of a hairpiece (at least going by this pic of him without)

Flake: i have no idea, to me Flake is always Flake 😊 but maybe they went with the 'Baron of Botox' Dr Fredric Brandt himself

[fayn3ko]

Ein letztes Lied, ein letzter Kuss.

[pinkc1garette]

ADIEU

"Am Ende bist du ganz allein Doch wir werden bei dir sein"

[rammbles]

save me zick zack 69 jersey grandma

[endlich-allein]

Übers Meer

[helinyetille]

[marimayscarlett]

"In the boxing ring of life, we face our shadows, dance with our demons, and emerge victorious not by the power of fists, but by the strength of our spirit."

Richard's IG Update, 25.02.2024

[butchstabu]

zunge

[morgana-lefay]

Du Riechst So Gut (1998) vs Ich Hasse Kinder (2021)