I recently bough a copy of the DVD Rammstein Live Aus Berlin and it is by far one of the most epic things I own. I put it on while unpacking boxes at my new house and nothing got accomplished except for a wide-eyed drool fest. Later I made my roommates watch it on the bigscreen and it was just as beautiful. There are a lot of things that can make me giggle like a little school girl, but there's nothing quite like Rammstein's pyrotechnics and stage presence.
The band interview on the DVD is very nice, giving the fans more insight into their lives, like how after all these years Flea hasn't really confirmed that he is officially in the band, and their music formula which is "repetitive and minimalist."
Many people think of German as being a harsh language, but it's really about perspective. German can be powerful but in regular speech it flows so nicely it's almost flamboyant. Rammstein's music formula is "Soft riff soft lyrics; hard riff hard lyrics" so it makes sense that in their rock-infused music they sound harsh. But when you watch the interview where they are having a regular conversation German sounds completely opposite.
You can probably watch the entire concert through youtube but it would be an insult. Plus you would miss out on the German subtitles which make it infinitely easier to sing along to.
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