To my awesome follower:
I'm really glad you enjoyed the post! I felt very nervous talking about a foreign subject, but I'm quite happy to know I didn't do quite so bad ^^
Well, about that, I read an article some days ago (when researching for this post) that said that for a lot of people, german does sound quite harsh and in the case of Rammstein, many fans didn't even know if they were chorusing lyrics about love, because as long as it was german and loud, it sounded brutal and awesome. Rammstein could pen a song about puppies and marshmallows, and these people could never tell...
A lot of people also think that because Till rolls the R a lot, then he's paying hommage to Hitler; which is about the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I personally think he rolls the R because it goes well with his style of singing and near-baritone voice, but you know how quick people will jump to silly conclusions, just so they have something to say.
Ah, DTH is an old love of mine. I started liking them in high school, when I was very into punk rock. I still listen to them sometimes, I try to keep a selection on my mp3 player :)
Oh, they are HUGE in Argentina (big punk rock scene there), but here in Chile, not so much. Very little.
...Almost nobody knows them, actually ^^; I do, because I used to watch the music countdown on the german channel, back when I was in school, and I've been hooked ever since (of course now it's way easier to score their albums than it was in the 90s)
Too bad they've only played here once (back in 1996, when I was 14 and my parents wouldn't let me go ><), yet they play in Argentina all the time...
I'm seriously considering skipping to Argentina next time they play there.
Thank you so much for your kind comments. It makes me wanna keep up the good work! You keep readin', I'll keep writin' :)
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Aaw how sweet is that :D
ResponderEliminarNo worries, you did very well I think ^^b
Ah yes, that was something I forgot: the R. I agree with you that it really fits the style of singing, and in songs that are actually sung (I mean, like every other singer sings XD) he doesn't do it.
I guess they distance themselves from that as much as they can. And if you look at the lyrics of "Links 2 3 4" for example..he sings something like "they want my heart to be on the right side, but when I look down at myself it's beating on the left"
I guess people going like OMG NAZI! to Germans will continue for quite a while *sigh* I bet it'll still be there even when the entire generation who was involved has died away u_u"
Wow that's a cool history of getting to know a band ^^ I hope they'll pay a visit to Chile again so you can go!
I saw them twice, last year on one of their christmas-concerts and the year before..my parents are into them a lot, so my brother and me kinda grew up with them XD
But you're right, at least it is easier to get access to their music now!
Na, no thanks, I like to read all the articles :) It's really a different blog to all the others ^^