#rammstein rammblings

[morgana-lefay]

Not sure if anyone shares this sentiment, but…Till with rolled up sleeves…

[all photos from this Tour. Source: @endlich-allein]

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

2 cts..

Thought i had (because i read on some social media that the Till distancing himself from the band that Schneider mentioned, started with him taking on the 'Lindemann' project and from that got separate management, separate circle of people, separate 'bubble' (as Schneider called it)):

i often saw Emigrate and Lindemann as two similar projects, both Richard and Till taking the chance to do something that they weren't able to do with Rammstein.

Well, looking at it now, i think Emigrate actually saved Rammstein in a way (Flake even said as much in a podcast, about how Richard is so prolific and produces so many ideas, that they wouldn't fit in one band and that's what the solo project was for). Richard loves Emigrate as the 'interesting new girlfriend', but always talks about Rammstein as 'the mothership', 'the wife', 'the relationship', 'the marriage' and he has set clear boundaries for himself with Emigrate, like not playing live. Emigrate eventually took the tension off of Rammstein for him and imo that took the tension off of the others as well. After the latest Rammstein album Zeit, Richard even forgot fo mention in interviews that 'it would be the last', something he always did before 🌺

Till's things he can't do in Rammstein are the extremes, in pain, sex, darkness. The Rammstein democracy and quality control always knows exactly where to reign him in (not just in lyrics and performance (remember Schneider looking very uncomfortable when Till bashed his head against a stagelight every show in Heirate Mich?), but when they met up more often, i wouldn't be surprised if they commented on other stuff as well (there are some real meddlers in that band 🌺). It may have felt good to not be on the leash in Lindemann and i think Peter Tagtgren and him worked well together from a 'creation' point of view, but Peter probably didn't intend to put in a quality control on Till. And Till's new circle certainly wasn't into reigning him in, they only encouraged the extremes. Imo Till is very bad at setting boundaries for himself, and easily influenced when indulged (i think Paul even said as much in a making of once, in slightly different words). Ofcourse it feels nice if people don't argue with you all the time, and there are people who manage to arrange everything you come up with and make it happen...but that doesn't mean it's good for you. And when Till started mixing the two, by at a Lindemann concert showing the infamous BJ video set (either real or staged) at a Rammstein show, and everybody in his circle probably thought that was great...in hindsight that might have been a pivotal point.

It's a shame that it has come to where we are now, it probably wouldn't have happened if someone would have been able to put their foot down sooner. But with Till's people only indulging him, and the foot-put-downers at a distance... imo this was a situation waiting to happen.

Just my thoughts, but if i'm right, than i would say that where Emigrate saved Rammstein, Till's solowork almost destroyed it.

Almost, but not completely.

Because i honestly feel that the Rammstein democracy is still the best way for the 6 of them to work and shine. And I hope all 6 of them are doing their best to make it happen 🌺

(Ps. i don't mean this as an 'excuse' post in any way, we are talking about adults here, who should accept consequence for the actions they do or omit)

[actual-real-table-salt]

she ramm on my stein till I lindemann

[morgana-lefay]

[I read Portugal, I reblog. 🤷🏻‍♀️] This is adorable! Please also watch the video to hear his cute accent. I love how the rest of the guys are so concentrated on the entrance and he was looking around to the fans. [Bom trabalho, amigo Tuga! 😂] And yeah, they did come the next year, in April (not Summer, but close enough 🤭), to only come back again after 10 years, last year.

I think by now it's clear who I'm most drawn to from the six, but if I had the chance to choose just one of them to meet and talk a bit, it might make no sense, but that would be Paul. He just seems like a very approachable guy and I love his sense of humour.

  “When you come to Lisbon?” - “I don’t know.” - “C'mon. Portugal is waiting!” - “I know. Maybe next summer. Not the coming summer, but the other summer. But I’m not sure.” | 07/03/12 ⭐️ 

[laguera25]

I think @rammbles did this first, but I'm going to jump on the two-seater bandwagon and give my Rammstein hot takes, too.

-As much as I love some of the songs on Zeit--"Armee der Tristen," Adieu", and "Zeit" destroy me without fail, and "Dicke Titten" and "Angst" go balls-out--the ones that don't do it for me really don't. They're just...there, and I skip them so often that I have to look them up to be sure of their titles.

-I'm glad they're likely taking a break after this tour. They absolutely deserve it, but it's also because the fans' mood at concerts has been oddly sour. There's been way more aggression in crowds, and the fans have been far more entitled and douchebaggy to the band themselves. Trying to rock boats, climbing into boats, complaining about the stage or the setlist, making snide jokes about waiting for the stage to collapse, lol. It's gotten uncomfortable, and everyone needs to go to the timeout corner.

-The way some fans treat Schneider after his statement on Till is vintage fandom. Everybody howled for a band member to make a statement, to reassure them. He did. He put his name on it, and he said it with his whole chest.

Everyone sang his praises and kissed his ass. For about a day. Then some fans decided that actually, he was a disloyal asshole for not painting Till as a saint, and instead of kissing his ass, they tried to take a chunk out of it, and they still snipe about it.

Schneider said what he said, and he knows Till better than any of us. Smoke some copium or die mad about it. Anybody madder at Schneider for telling the truth than at Till for being an idiot is part of the reason this world is a dumpster fire. The truth is the truth, not what makes you feel the best.

[morgana-lefay]

My most wildest dream about Rammstein right now? That they're rehearsing and chilling like this somewhere...

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

I noticed that Till travelled separately from the rest of the band in the last photo set, but we've seen footage of him travelling with them previously. Do you reckon its more just a matter of where they're all coming from (since all members tend to jump around between dates), or is he distancing again?

I lean towards the former, but I could just be optimistic. What do you think?

Imo no need to worry, Till has been largely travelling seperately from the band for a couple of years already (at least from 2019, when i started really following everything), but in 2019 and 2022 he even on occassion used a different hotel than the rest of the band, and from what i've glimpsed this year that is not the case now 🌺

I think they are all happy not having to travel all together on one tourbus anymore, i think if that would have continued Rammstein would have ended long ago (maybe even 20 years) because they are such different people and were getting on eachother's nerves. After all, they have known eachother for more than 30 years, some even going on 40, and you get to know each person's peculiarities and habits, and once something starts to annoy you it's hard to be unannoyed (i remember i watched a documentary once on a convent of nuns who weren't allowed to speak to eachother (one of those silent orders) and when peeling potatoes one nun always tapped the peeling-knife against the table; one of the other nuns remarked in a private interview how aggravating that was..🌺)

The Rammstein guys can afford to relax and do their own thing between venues, they don't have to do commercial exploits if they don't want to, and with their experience they don't have to practice every day. Each of them has different ways to relax, but i bet it often involves hanging out with personal family and friends (for Schneider we definitely know this, because he has friends among other celebs in Berlin who share snaps with us). Thing is, for the other guys the family and friends reside (mostly) in Berlin, at home, so if they want to meet up, they travel back there. This is what the Rammstein musicians usually do, except when one or other takes a short vacation and stays longer at a venue, or takes a short trip to a nice holiday location, but most of the guys' partners/family/friends have a job themselves, so that's imo quite a nice way to handle the stress of touring.

The big difference imo is that Till has a team (his 'entourage' i usually call it) travelling with him. He may seem to travel alone from that airport photo, but he always has people travelling with him. Anar Reiband (his manager), Joe Letz (his PA, also bandmate in his other band), and usually some more people who may vary a little bit per city. Till often chooses to travel from venue to venue, or with a stay at another place he likes in between, between Frankfurt and Klagenfurt he and his entourage went to Munich to hang out, relax and have a good time. And that obviously works for him, he had a very relaxed smile at the airport pic imo (he smiles a lot more often than we think, but for photos he usually has his serious face on, you can tell when someone is filming the actual phototaking itself, he often straightens his face before the photo is snapped).

In a way imo it makes more sense the way Till travels, because often he flies straight to the next venue, which saves him from having to fly back and forth; but ofcourse for the others i can imagine being able to spend time with the family outweighs the inconvenience of extra travel 🌺

What we have seen in 2023 and also in 2024 is that on each venue, 1 or 2 guys from the band actually skipped going home and travelled with Till. From what we've seen in the out and abouts, it appears they don't so much hang out with Till' entourage, but i bet it's nice for Till to have one of the band there too for moral support and if he wants to talk band-stuff or something. Off the top of my head this year i've seen Olli/Paul do a venue with him, Paul/Schneider, Richard, so I assume Flake likely did one as well 🌺 It's great to see the guys being there 🌺 I don't think this happened in 2022 and 2019, certainly not as often as it did from 2023.

I think this was the one time that after Frankfurt the band all went back to Berlin, and Till on to another town (Munich and from there to Klagenfurt), so it's probably a total coincidence that this one time a photo was taken at the airport 🌺

Most importantly, they all seem to have a great time on stage, and also behind the scenes, from the little snippits we see (and how cute is Till with Flake on stage 🥰) so i wouldn't worry, I think they are all in a good place, and looking forward to have a couple of great concerts to go ❤️

Sorry it got long again 🌺

[morgana-lefay]

Anon, I know (or at least want to believe it) you're just being silly 😊, regardless, here are my thoughts, that no one asked for, but then again, endlich-allein didn't ask for yours as well, so...

You like Paul and Richard's interactions? Good for you! There's plenty going around for your pleasure, so you must be thrilled! Happy for you! 🖤

My favourite bromance pairings are very clear in my blog (🧛🏻🔥/🍩🔥), but, honestly, I'm here for ALL the love (even if I do feel especially happy when it involves Till)!

Do I feel like sometimes my dash is all Paulchard and it gets a bit overwhelming? Sorry friends, I love you all, but sometimes it does feel too much. Do I go and bitch about it to someone directly? Nah, I just reblog all the other bromances to level things up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

And I'm sorry to say, but if you're focusing on just Paul and Richard, you're missing out...

nobody cares about stupid till or schneider or oli or flake we just want Paulchard 😇

I don't even know what to answer to this free shit...

Rammstein's break will do everyone some good, especially certain fans who have become over-confident. There's an awful lot of negativity in the fandom at the moment : insults between fans, false rumours about the reasons of the break, fans turning into stalkers/bullies, etc. I know it's nothing new, but it's exhausting. As if Rammstein needed that, fans need to remember the band's core values : unity is our strength, love who you want to love, and move forward no matter what anyone thinks of you... It's a shame to end this tour in this state of mind.

[schnoodlestein]

Just finished my first listen of the Zeit album and…. wow. Like just WOW.

I’ll give my thoughts proper after a couple of listens but til then my favourites as of now are definitely Zeit, Angst, Dicke Titten, OK, and Schwartz

Adieu is a powerful yet lovely send off to the album, and if this is indeed their swan song then what a beautiful way to do so

All in all, they definitely put their Kollektive-Rammussy into that one folks

[062467]

the fact that there are people who legit write rammstein with a “+” instead of the “t” each and every time is so funny to me.

i mean it’s not that i’m laughing at these ppl, their effort is adorable tho.

[thecultoftill]

They won’t read this but I still wanted to wish our beloved boys good luck for the first night of their tour, especially Till because I know what a huge struggle it is for him to battle his stage fright night after night, to perform in a role that he doesn’t enjoy, and to face his fear of people staring at him.

I’m so proud of all six of them, and I’m so grateful to them for everything they’ve given to their fans, for the sacrifices they make to entertain us. I can’t be with them tonight, as I’d like to be, but I hope that everyone who can make it has an incredible time.

[morgana-lefay]

Oh, I live for these things! 🫠 (I always ask myself, though, how and where the hell do people find them?! ¹ 🤔)

Once again, thank you for putting your love for research in favour of the community. My little curious self very much appreciates learning these things! 😁 Oh, and also thank you to your Anons that always seem to make interesting questions or at least seem to provoke interesting answers.

Comparing to the cover they did of "Stripped", I much prefer this one of "Shout". It suits Till's voice much better and it ends up being a good cover (to me, at least). The fact that, growing up, Shout was always very present and I don't think I've ever heard Stripped before until a few months ago, might have contributed as well.

And that Instrumental early version of Mutter is indeed very interesting! It gives me 80's goth vibes, for some reason. I managed to hear all the RZK demos and I really liked them. It's nothing I would ever identify as Rammstein, but I enjoyed a lot listening to all of them (less the Helden one, to be honest) and particularly #1. (I'm lost on Voiden now, listening to the Demos. It's a lot of fun to hear what the songs could have become instead. This one for Was ich Liebe, for example. It's so different! I'm glad they changed it.) ¹ I guess in this case, this might be how and where.

Are there any more audio clips like Zeit with Richard and Deutschland?

Hi 🎵

There are several acapella versions of the songs on the untitled album - @morgana-lefay made an interesting post about it here with some examples, and you can find some more on the mentioned YouTube channel!

Additionally, I found two demos by Richard and Till which I find interesting:

"Seid bereit":

"Shout" (a Tears for Fears cover demo):

Something rather different and yet SO interesting (at least to me), is this one here. It's an instrumental track and apparently a very early version of the song "Mutter", from as early as 1994 - pretty eerie and haunting. You can even hear the children's voice in it, which later was used on the final song.

[morgana-lefay]

I don't know guys, I'm feeling very overwhelmed by these 6 weirdos and their music (that I constantly have to translate, because I keep forgetting what some words mean)...

It's a young love, but fucking hell, did it hit hard!

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

What would you see as the best course of action for Rammstein to take to overcome these accusations? Should the band deny Till to have before/after parties all together? Should Till be momentarily/temporarily removed from Rammstein? What do you think they should do?

In my personal opinion

- ofcourse provided the official investigations have come to a conclusion, which i somehow suspect will be that (i've said it before) nothing actually criminal went on, but what went on could be seen as a shady area, and it's best to stay away from that

- a good way forward would be that when with Rammstein, all separate bubbles that exist will be left behind. One band management (by an experienced management team), one PR team, quality control back in full force

- parties after a show are there to unwind, but personal invite via bandmanagement only

- talk out all the things that need to be said within the band (which they always used to do, but maybe has gotten more difficult recently due to distancing)

- if substance abuse or addiction is a factor, get treatment for it

I honestly feel Rammstein can come out stronger of this situation, exactly *because* they have been together for so long and experienced so much.

Personally i think the real clincher will be: does Till continue with his musical side projects, especially the Till Lindemann band and his bubble of people... my feeling is that it would be good if that would be on hold for the time being until everything is in more peaceful water again. (I think the incidental collabs like with Zaz, Kovacs and others are an exception, and his poetry and books like with Joey Kelly are no problem at all, i think that will only help him)

I think it would be good to focus on Rammstein again, really focus, like in the old days...🌺

PS. maybe releasing the making of Deutschland or Dicke Titten or a few other videos would help? Just saying 😇

[morgana-lefay]

As I don't speak the language, I feel it's a bit of a different experience and I still don't have that knowledge on all the songs, as I stick with the melody and how it makes me feel and then what it means. On the other hand, always having to translate it, some things eventually get lost, like that nuance of the language Näd is talking about above. That being said, these are some of my favourites, lyrics-wise so far:

The entire lyrics to Armee der Tristen. Everything about it is beautiful and melancholic.

"Wir sterben weiter, bis wir leben" (This is a song that hits close to home).

Los, particularly the Ful Band Version (I guess I just like when they sing about them).

Wenn ihr nicht schlafen könnt Sei euch ein Lied vergönnt Und der Himmel bricht Ein Lied fällt weich vom Himmelslicht Wir sind für die Musik geboren Wir sind die Diener eurer Ohren Immer wenn ihr traurig seid Spielen wir für euch (this song was actually the contrary. It got more interesting when I checked the lyrics, because musically it didn't appeal that much to me)

Du bist das Schiff, ich der Kapitän Wohin soll denn die Reise gehen? Ich seh im Spiegel dein Gesicht Du liebst mich, denn ich lieb dich nicht And I do love the expression: "Ich tu dir weh, Tut mir nicht leid"

[who doesn't like a good domination story? (mind you, it sounds very consensual) Can't all be about the melancholy side]

Keeping up on the weird/dark side, the whole lyrics to Stein um Stein. The way he describes everything is beautifully disturbing.

And everything about my beloved Frühling in Paris🖤, specially the same lines T. mentioned above.

Drop your favourite Rammstein lyrics below! I have a need for a tasty new poll!

[morgana-lefay]

I'm loving how everyone's going crazy over wet Richard in Barcelona™! It was a very beautiful and wholesome sight to see! (And to think they tried to put a huge umbrella on his spot 😂)