2011-01-31
Lyrics
I'm feeling my creativity quickening. You know, the basis on which this site was founded. I'm planning to get back to LILTing, but I've also had little sparks of original verse bursting through the medicated haze (which I, very stupidly, haven't been writing down), so I will also be resurrecting lyrics.LILT.me. If you're interested in poetry, creative processes, lyrics, or just general creative writing, you might enjoy it. If you're just here for Rammstein news and such then stick with LILT only.
Melbourne BDO Set-List
This comes courtesy of Jamie21:
This was originally Anastasia's list but I have edited it in response to Jamie's post. Correction was then made to order after SeanceMascara commented. Thanks to all three for their information.
Rammlied
Waidmanns Heil
Keine Lust
Feuer Frei!
Weiner Blut
Ich Tu Dir Weh
Du Riechst So Gut
Benzin
Links 2-3-4
Du Hast
Sonne
Ich Will
Pussy
This was originally Anastasia's list but I have edited it in response to Jamie's post. Correction was then made to order after SeanceMascara commented. Thanks to all three for their information.
2011-01-30
#LoveRammstein @LILTrammstein
I'm conducting a whimsical and spur-of-the-moment experiment. Please ask your followers to tweet #LoveRammstein. I want to see what we can pull off with this as a Twitter trend.
Rammstein Signing Session
Rammstein are engaging in another signing session at BDO Melbourne, those of you attending should place yourselves in the queue that will form in front of the channel V tent reasonably well in advance of 1630 hrs, when it begins. This information comes courtesy of Jamie21, my favorite Rammstein cover artist. Have a great 21st, Jamie!
2011-01-29
Lindemann Munster
A Flickr user has posted a picture of Till from BDO Auckland, in which (because of that ghastly lipstick) he bears a slight resemblance to Herman Munster from the 60s TV show, 'The Munsters', played by Fred Gwynne. Gwynne and Lindemann in reality look nothing alike, but it's worth noting that Gwynne had a gorgeous voice too, though I have no idea if he could sing.
Yes, these are the kinds of connections the mind makes when befoodled with the medications I am on for my back right now.
Yes, these are the kinds of connections the mind makes when befoodled with the medications I am on for my back right now.
BDO Australia Set-List
Just for you:
1. Rammlied
2. Waidmanns Heil
3. Keine Lust
4. Ich tu' dir weh
5. Feuer frei
6. Wiener Blut
7. Links 2 3 4
8. Benzin
9. Du riescht so gut
10. Du hast
11. Sonne
12. Ich will
13. Pussy
SoundSpike's BDO Review
One of SoundSpike's contributors has posted his BDO review. The bit you're after is:
The paragraph following that paragraph is also worth looking at. Poor Tool...
Without any doubt, the most anticipated act of the day was Rammstein. The German fire freaks did not disappoint. Pyrotechnics and thundering apocalypse metal are a tried and true combo, however Rammstein takes it to an entirely new level. There are times during the set in which the stage literally turns into the surface of the sun. It is baffling as to why one of these guys hasn't been immolated yet. One misstep and they're a dustbin full of ashes. Rammstein isn't just ball of fire. Their songs are a feast of melodic, crunchy hooks and fist-pumping beats. Their lyrics are smart, cheeky, and sometimes just downright wrong. Speaking of lyrics, Rammstein sings only in German, which is why one of the biggest bands in the world is still somewhat unknown in the USA. What is it with Americans and their contempt for foreign languages? I just witnessed 40,000 Australians singing "Du hast mich." The language barrier doesn't seem to affect them. After emitting streams of fire from their faces, arms, instruments, and blasting flamethrowers, rockets and flaming arrows over the crowd Rammstein saved the best for last. Straight out of Dr. Strangelove, singer Till Lindemann reprised the Slim Pickens/nuclear bomb scene by mounting a giant pink phallus. He then proceeded to ejaculate an immense sea of soap bubbles over the crowd. Oh, those naughty Germans.
The paragraph following that paragraph is also worth looking at. Poor Tool...
2011-01-28
Silvijo's Gift
Silvijo Selman is a Zagreb photographer I admire greatly, and he has very kindly permitted me to use one of his photos to represent LILT graphically. I have featured his pictures on LILT a few times, because he is one of a few photographers that capture Rammstein really beautifully in their performances. If you like his work let him know. I do, regularly. I recommend that you take a look at his website or his facebook page for more photos and information about his work.
So, my heartfelt thanks go to Silvijo, and I hope you all enjoy the new theme the image has inspired for LILT.
NB. All versions of this photo used on this site, facebook, Twitter, and all other websites, are copyright © 2010 Silvijo Selman (I don't hold the rights), so if you wish to reproduce it elsewhere please contact him to ask permission.
2011-01-27
Australasian Rammstein Shop Launches
RammsteinShop.com.au has opened for business today. Check it out!
Not Strong Enough Video
It seems fitting that I post this today, given my most recent post! Apocalyptica have released their latest video here.
Under Medical Orders
My doctor has ordered me not to use my computer, as doing so has been damaging my buggered-up back further, so I will only be using it to do my job (I love my job) for a couple of weeks. This means all posts here will be made from my smartphone while lying in a drug-induced haze on the floor for a few weeks. The posts will be brief and basic as a result. My apologies in advance!
2011-01-26
Big Day Out Story
Emma and I drove into town (Wellington) Friday morning (the day of the show), in time to park my car at the airport and catch our flight to Auckland. When we got to the airport we took a shuttle to my brother's place and caught up with him. I convinced him that he should come to BDO, despite him suffering from a gastric infection at the time.
He then handed me the key to his wife's Audi TT Star (gorgeous, little, bright red sports car - thank you!), and Emma and I made our way, in the most dashing fashion, to our seedy little motel to get gussied up. The motel was all I could get, because most of Auckland was booked solid for the show. Emma did me up with the most gorgeous makeup (she's a whizz with the warpaint), we had some food, and ended up running quite late.
Emma is a rather a smoking hot Australian (music industry body guard/security consultant by trade) I met on Herzeleid, who is currently seven months pregnant. Also, I presently have a ruptured disk in my back, so we decided we would just go for a couple of shows, so we didn't tire her out or do any damage to me.
We got to Mount Smart Stadium, by cab (a move I now regret) very close to Rammstein's kick-off, only to find that the guest-list was not at the gate. Emma had bought a ticket, but I was on a guest-list. After being sent to various gates and security teams it seemed I was going to have real trouble getting in, as my connection with the show was tied up working, and I was unable to get through on the number of the tour management guy, which he had texted to me. I sent Emma in (she almost wouldn't go, until I promised I would find her), and sent and received a flurry of texts, and was standing there, wet, miserable, and really sad to miss Rammstein after all I had paid and gone through to be there.
In the end the security lead on the main gate offered me shelter from the intensifying rain under the security marquee, and I walked in. As I was walking in I turned to thank him and saw him gesture to the security team inside to let me through. The lovely man had taken my efforts to get in seriously and decided I was for real, so I was waved through the second security gate and got in in time for Waidmanns Heil! I started off at the base of the stadium to the left, alone, and getting no responses to my texts, then glimpsed Emma's tall frame through the mob of very young, short-short-wearing Eed up girls and gorgeously black-adorned boys, and made my way over to her.
The whole time we were in the crowd she looked after me. I had my own professional body guard, and she was incredible! I felt so safe, despite my awful back issue, and though I love her company I had reason to be otherwise grateful for her companionship at the show. I can see why rock stars employ people like her to look after them. It's awesome :)
We placed ourselves at a fence about halfway back (at the base of the flying fox, for those who were there, to avoid her baby and my back being injured, and enjoyed the show. I've posted her pictures, set-list, and videos on LILT.
After the show I arranged to meet my guy and he got us into a hospitality area backstage, where we could drink hot, fresh coffee, dry off somewhat, and catch up. We talked shop for a couple of hours and enjoyed the peace, after the madness of the BDO masses and noise, and it was lovely.
When the hospitality area started flooding we decided to brave the rain and the mob and try and get back to our motel. My friend had to work, so we left him outside the gate and started walking with the crowd away from the stadium. We ended up sheltering in a Chinese takeaway, where a lovely old man made us a hot meal, and we sat, steaming gently, chatting with other revellers, and starting wondering how to get home. Cabs were being aggressively flagged and taken, and Emma's pregnancy made walking the nine kilometres to our motel unfeasible.
In the end I called a cab, and we waited for an hour. I had to defend the cab when it came, as people tried to steal it, but let two nice Canadian boys share it with us, and got Emma home.
Emma and I managed to catch up with my friend for more coffee the next day, and saw him off to the airport, then we visited with some friends of mine in Auckland, dropped off my sister-in-law's car, and went to the airport. On the plane we met a nice chap, who promised to visit LILT, as he had become a new Rammstein fan after the BDO show. I hope you're reading, dude!
I promised him I would find and post a video of the cock cannon from the northern shows for him, and I will...
He then handed me the key to his wife's Audi TT Star (gorgeous, little, bright red sports car - thank you!), and Emma and I made our way, in the most dashing fashion, to our seedy little motel to get gussied up. The motel was all I could get, because most of Auckland was booked solid for the show. Emma did me up with the most gorgeous makeup (she's a whizz with the warpaint), we had some food, and ended up running quite late.
Emma is a rather a smoking hot Australian (music industry body guard/security consultant by trade) I met on Herzeleid, who is currently seven months pregnant. Also, I presently have a ruptured disk in my back, so we decided we would just go for a couple of shows, so we didn't tire her out or do any damage to me.
We got to Mount Smart Stadium, by cab (a move I now regret) very close to Rammstein's kick-off, only to find that the guest-list was not at the gate. Emma had bought a ticket, but I was on a guest-list. After being sent to various gates and security teams it seemed I was going to have real trouble getting in, as my connection with the show was tied up working, and I was unable to get through on the number of the tour management guy, which he had texted to me. I sent Emma in (she almost wouldn't go, until I promised I would find her), and sent and received a flurry of texts, and was standing there, wet, miserable, and really sad to miss Rammstein after all I had paid and gone through to be there.
In the end the security lead on the main gate offered me shelter from the intensifying rain under the security marquee, and I walked in. As I was walking in I turned to thank him and saw him gesture to the security team inside to let me through. The lovely man had taken my efforts to get in seriously and decided I was for real, so I was waved through the second security gate and got in in time for Waidmanns Heil! I started off at the base of the stadium to the left, alone, and getting no responses to my texts, then glimpsed Emma's tall frame through the mob of very young, short-short-wearing Eed up girls and gorgeously black-adorned boys, and made my way over to her.
The whole time we were in the crowd she looked after me. I had my own professional body guard, and she was incredible! I felt so safe, despite my awful back issue, and though I love her company I had reason to be otherwise grateful for her companionship at the show. I can see why rock stars employ people like her to look after them. It's awesome :)
We placed ourselves at a fence about halfway back (at the base of the flying fox, for those who were there, to avoid her baby and my back being injured, and enjoyed the show. I've posted her pictures, set-list, and videos on LILT.
After the show I arranged to meet my guy and he got us into a hospitality area backstage, where we could drink hot, fresh coffee, dry off somewhat, and catch up. We talked shop for a couple of hours and enjoyed the peace, after the madness of the BDO masses and noise, and it was lovely.
When the hospitality area started flooding we decided to brave the rain and the mob and try and get back to our motel. My friend had to work, so we left him outside the gate and started walking with the crowd away from the stadium. We ended up sheltering in a Chinese takeaway, where a lovely old man made us a hot meal, and we sat, steaming gently, chatting with other revellers, and starting wondering how to get home. Cabs were being aggressively flagged and taken, and Emma's pregnancy made walking the nine kilometres to our motel unfeasible.
In the end I called a cab, and we waited for an hour. I had to defend the cab when it came, as people tried to steal it, but let two nice Canadian boys share it with us, and got Emma home.
Emma and I managed to catch up with my friend for more coffee the next day, and saw him off to the airport, then we visited with some friends of mine in Auckland, dropped off my sister-in-law's car, and went to the airport. On the plane we met a nice chap, who promised to visit LILT, as he had become a new Rammstein fan after the BDO show. I hope you're reading, dude!
I promised him I would find and post a video of the cock cannon from the northern shows for him, and I will...
2011-01-25
A Facebook Group For Your Attention
A Facebook group dedicated to bringing Rammstein to NZ has come to my attention. This, along with the Aussie version, is something I want to support.
Yes, we have them down this way for the BDO now, but we're greedy. We want full tour dates, with the cock cannon and the Engel wings, and the Ich Tu' tower, and we want them for more than an hour! We didn't get enough from the BDO.
Come on guys, lets get Rammstein locked in for some real tour shows down here. Join the groups, post to their walls, show some love, and lets see what we can pull off.
Yes, we have them down this way for the BDO now, but we're greedy. We want full tour dates, with the cock cannon and the Engel wings, and the Ich Tu' tower, and we want them for more than an hour! We didn't get enough from the BDO.
Come on guys, lets get Rammstein locked in for some real tour shows down here. Join the groups, post to their walls, show some love, and lets see what we can pull off.
David Farrier Interview (Embedded)
Note that this re-publishing of this interview is posted by a third party without the knowledge or permission of TV3 or their partners, so it may well be taken down, but we can enjoy it until then:
Thank you Rammstein Uruguay!
Thank you Rammstein Uruguay!
David Farrier & Richard Kruspe Talk Opera
No really.
For those of you outside New Zealand, David Farrier is a NZ reporter for TV3, who tends to cover the fun stuff, like video games, music, fun technology, and the like. He's a funny chap, with a camp streak a mile wide and a definite liking for many of the things I like. He does tend to enthuse over pop more than I ever will, but otherwise we have a great deal in common. Here's the TV3 video stream. I am not sure if non-Kiwis can view that, but give it a try. If you can view it you will see Richard at his best.
I like that Richard has started to back up my long-time theory that Rammstein is operatic and also that he is so positive and buoyant in this interview. Good man!
For those of you outside New Zealand, David Farrier is a NZ reporter for TV3, who tends to cover the fun stuff, like video games, music, fun technology, and the like. He's a funny chap, with a camp streak a mile wide and a definite liking for many of the things I like. He does tend to enthuse over pop more than I ever will, but otherwise we have a great deal in common. Here's the TV3 video stream. I am not sure if non-Kiwis can view that, but give it a try. If you can view it you will see Richard at his best.
I like that Richard has started to back up my long-time theory that Rammstein is operatic and also that he is so positive and buoyant in this interview. Good man!
William's Song of the Day - Der Meister
He's touched on Rammstein again. This time with Der Meister.
2011-01-24
BDO Gallery on Rammstein World
One of my favourite Rammstein news sources, Rammstein World, has posted a gallery of shots from the BDO Rammstein signing session here.
BDO Set-list (Gold Coast)
Thanks to Failure for this:
1. Rammlied
2. Waidmanns Heil
3. Keine Lust
4. Feuer Frei
5. Wiener Blut
6. Links 2-3-4
7. Benzin
8. Ich Tu Dir Weh
9. Du Riescht So Gut
10. Du Hast
11. Sonne
12. Ich will
13. Pussy
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