A Few Days Later ...............
The music is techno-rock, not something I usually listened to. They keyboard leads the way. The lead singing voice is baritone, my preference When I listen to an opera, at the sametime reminding me of the gutteral force Sam Kinison used as he bellowed into the microphone his sorrows and woes about ex-wives and girlfriends, during his comedy acts ,
Angels and animals carry a techno high pitch with the low drumbeat, and Punish me opposes the jungle with tribal pace. Piano is the techno ballad, and that beat is used as electronic calypso intro in Old Man. In Eiffersucht, the harpsichord keyboard sounds, and Kiss Me is complete with looney-tunes sound effect: yadidayadidayadida sproioing ... on my wet lips ... even if it tastes bitter ...
There I was, in my living room with my daughter's CD, kneeling in front of my portable CD player with the booklet opened to see if I could follow the text as Rammstein belted out lyrics in German. I learned you have in a day. I forgot about the time and my daughter coming home from school walked in on me and laughed, well pleased with her victory. "I knew you would like them ..."
There are two other versions of longing. One has Christoph Schneider on the cover, and the two surprise English \ German versions of angels and Have Are Not Mentioned. The other version has Till Lindemann on the cover and all the songs are listed. In the Have video, the masks are Michael Myers style. The masks and the make-up on the band members in the CD booklet photos give a clue to who each one is and what he does. These guys do not leave anything out.
Not in voice, not in electronic sound, not in the presentation is there a band like them. They are good. And They are uniquely Rammstein.
