I hate LIFAD

[cannibal_wotsit]

^Sharleena Spiteri gets on my tits in that song :/ but I stumbled across a live version of the song which was actually pretty good

I find Pussy to be a song that is easily remembered. I have one friend who hates metal music (including R+) but knows half of the lyrics of pussy....it's rather amusing when she doesn't realise she's singing it

[Art in Heaven]

I love the album and I love the way the band take the mick out of themselves in the pussy video, but more so watching pussy live.
There are historically only two R+ songs I'm not keen on, and they are "Stirb Nicht Vor Mir" (I fucking hate the female vocal), and I've never been sure about "Der Meister", the guitars are great, but the keyboard sounds too much like bloody bagpipes for my liking.

[Snake]

^Thats exactly what I would like to happen. I did notice the move towards more heavy metal-oriented music, but I don't think it was a very brave one. Or even well executed.

[Tyler Squirden]

I gotta say, I think you're too much drawn in to the "newer stuff sucks" mentality, just like everyone did with Metallica back when they came out with Load. That's only my opinion though. To me, LIFAD wasn't a sellout album, it was a move towards more heavy metal-oriented music rather than dance-metal like Herzeleid. I thought it was a really good album.

Songs like "Pussy" fall in with that weird sense of humor the band has, and "Haifisch" has so many meanings if you're willing to take it apart. And complaining about four years between albums? A band doesn't need to churn stuff out to be good.

Honestly, I think you're just jaded with this album since you've been a fan for so long, but again, that's just how I feel about your original post. If their next album is a step back in the direction of Mutter and Sehnsucht, you just might be suprised.

[Drama]

Well, what I really think about Pussy is that it was the perfect choice for them to come back. I remember counting the days when I read about their new video coming after like four years and when it came... It was shocking and badass, even with the cheesy refrain.
But if there wasn't a video to go with, the song would be the weakest part of the album indeed.

I agree with cannibal_wotsit, since it's far from their best works.

[cannibal_wotsit]

I hope MAG consists of a mixture of songs released as singles and songs that were not. While I am not -for want of a better term- a pussy basher, I'd rather it be left out just so there's more chance for the others

[+ Kein Engel +]

Maybe it's overrated, but I still like it :'D I agree, Waidmanns Heil should have been released as a single instead of, IMO, Pussy :S

[Snake]

^I think ITDW is overrated and wiadmanns heil is better. It should have been a single instead of Pussy or Haifisch

[+ Kein Engel +]

Hehe, I get your point - but I guess that I'll never be able to even just like Pussy xD The only thing I kinda like about the video is, that it kinda takes the piss out of ALL these half-pornographic videos you see on MTV and such nowadays - so the message would be "go all the way instead of just halfway, bitches!" xD

I love both of them lyrically, so I can't choose here - but I think that I prefer Roter Sand musically, since there's hardly no music in Ein Lied (at least not IMO) ;D

Yeah I agree, Waidmanns Heil's awesome too - maybe actually a bit more awesome than ITDW :'D

[cannibal_wotsit]

I like the shallowness of pussy, it kinda proves that they have no problems taking the piss out of themselves.

Ein lied is better than Roter sand but it is one of my favourite songs overall so I'm pretty biased

ITDW is amazing, but IMO waidmann's heil is better :S

[+ Kein Engel +]

Ehh, thank you - I guess? :'D But no matter what, then I kind of agree with Snake on Pussy - I just feel so embarrassed about how shallow it is, because I know that Rammstein can do better than that ;D

Well, when I listened to LIFAD the very first time, then Roter Sand was actually the song that touched me the most - so beautiful and yet so tragic :'(
And Ein Lied has a lovely lyric - dedicated to us, the fans :')

Hehe, ITDW rocks! :'D

[Drama]

Well I'm the total opposite. I really like Pussy and Roter Sand is my last favourite on LIFAD.
While I loved Ein Lied, somehow I just can't feel the same for RS.
BTW, ITDW FTW!

[cannibal_wotsit]

^ah, well done, you've have re-ressurrected (if that's a word) the thread and mentioned hating pussy...Snake will be pleased

and Roter sand ftw!

[+ Kein Engel +]

Maybe your review of LIFAD is quite harsh, but I respect that it's your opinion ;D I personally think that it's a good album, but I'm still trying to get used to it :'D I think that it's because of the fact that the songs are so varied + that Pussy kind of destroys the whole album for me (in my opinion it's their worst song to date!) x'D So maybe it's the album that I like the least, but I don't hate it :'D
But I totally disagree with that their so-called ballads usually suck - in my opinion it's usually their most brilliant songs, especially lyrically Of course they have a lot of brilliant powerful songs too :'D
LOL, if you actually did sell your concert-ticket, then you really must hate this album! x'D

[cannibal_wotsit]

haha, loving it
it's amazing how easily amused I become while listening to sonne with a bowl of ice cream