In fact, I wasn't very sure of what I would see from Rammstein. I was thrilled about the LIFAD-tour, but as I watched some youtube vids recently of their current tour, I just couldn't say I was too thrilled. The setlist looked okay, but the shitty Youtube vids didn't make clear how the performances were. So I'd just had to wait and see for myself.
And waiting it was! I arrived with a friend at the festival approximately 11 hours before Rammstein went on. And this on a pretty sunny, burning day. I bought some tickets for meals and drinks and went to an indoor stage, because at least there you had some shade.
But I arrived at a band called Trash talk. And man, that was hard. They playd very fast and loud black metal as the singer was constantly stagediving. I had fun, but not much rest.
Back to the main stage then. There I saw Graveyard: a great band with especially a great singer. After that, the sun was too heavy and we hid in the shadow of the threes. There we followed Stereophonics from a distance. After that we walked around a bit. When it was 6 o'clock or ways seperated. I wanted to go to Nick Cave, my friend to some dance chick (Azealia Banks maybe?). I went straight for the front rows of the main stage, met up with another friend there and had one hell of time. Nick Cave was far better than ever expected. After that my first pal joined us for Volbeat. That was a pretty good exprerience too!
So far no bad performances seen. Would Rammstein live that up? We had another hour to wait for...
After an hour the music still continued. It had become dark and we were restless. All of a sudden that first curtain falls. We begin to scream like savages but nothing seems to happen. The crew just takes it away and we're still waiting in front of a black curtain... But than the pyros start. And Ich tu dir Weh! We jump around, the curtain falls... You all know what happens than
. Rammstein breaks in on the stage with a heavy blast. With my cell phone most pics fail, but I don't care. The concert looks good, they look good, they sound good and I feel very good. I think me and my friend were the most enthusiatic ones at the stage.They were constantly let us sing several parts of the songs. We knew them and yelled them as hard as we could. The band seemed joined with that smiling back at us. Even the edges of Till's mouth went up once in a while.
I laughed my ass off with Mein Teil. Till getting mad and fetching an even bigger flame thrower. He constantly asking or appreciation, asking if we want him to burn the whole thing. Just massive!
A good moment for me after that was Ohne Dich. Not only because we finally heard the real nice voice of Till, but especially while it was a long needed rest. I was very active during the fast, animated beginning of the show, and the wild mass during Feuer Frei took lots of my strength.
In the meanwhile I was really impressed by what was happening at the back. Not only that big thing that apeared during Wiener Blut, but also the backgrounds and the lighting. It was a very esthetic thing to see, more refined than what I was used of from Rammstein. Much time we don't get too check it out however. Till's interacting with us again, making us follow him in the music.
Things went a bit wrong with Du riechst so gut. When the music started, Richard was constantly looking backstage. When the intro stopped, I realized why: he had no microphone to say "Der... Wahnsinn". So he made the public say it, but only a few of us yelled it (as we were overthrown a bit). As Till started singing, some crew member started installing the mic. But as they started the second riff and Till didn't have to sing, Till went to that guy and pushed him away into the backstage. Richard's mic was installed and worked, but Till still seemed frustrated and threw something at the end of the song into the backstage...
But no damage done! The Rammstein-machine was still working on full speed and gave us no time to breath. We didn't need to, we had fun enough.
One of those highlights was of course Du Hast. I must say, it became very warm during the song. I was close to melting (but enjoying it altogether
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They rushed over to what seemed to be the song Rammstein. Richard and Paul started the song with awesome flamethrowers on their guitars. Till comes up and we say the first word: "RAMM - STEIN". The music stops, Till gives us (smiling) his middle finger and starts off: "Bück Dich! Befehl ich dir...". The crowd laughs hard and joins in with the song. I wasn't enthusiastic when I read on this forum that the song was in the setlist. But know I've seen it, I know why it is!
Ich will speeds after, resulting in a pause. Right before the pause Till thanks us in Dutch!!! Probably not too difficult, as thanking resembles the german way of doing it. However it thrilled us, just like Mein Herz Brennt did! This must've been the most epic song of the festival, never thought it would affect me so much. The whole field - despite the fact many people didn't even know this accoustic version - was very excited.
Sonne was wah at it is. Perfection. It seems like the audience thought this was the highlight of the evening.
We are all very tired now. The last ounce of power is for Pussy. I wasn't sure if this was a good ending before, but I saw now it definetly was! It sounded and looked more epic than in the Lifad tour (in which I already liked it). Till's excitement when he rubs the canon and says "I have a Dick, ah!" was very contaging and resulted in the epic final that the song and the concert was. They thanked us once again (with the Dutch phrase "We houden van jullie"), leaving us tired and satified. This concerts definetly goes in my top three of all concerts.
)). You HAVE to get pit tickets though! The only bad thing is that afterwords, you know you'll never see another show as good as Rammstein.
for me!
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