How Do I Thank RAMMSTEIN?~~~~~~~~~Big"O" (prose)

Rammstein, Rammstein, How do I thank you?
Let me count the ways-
First there’s the sublime sound of your techno-edged, driving riffs, “Du Hast” & “Engel”.
Then there are the ballads, “Seeman”, “Mutter”, “Klavier”
All of these reached me in some way when I didn’t feel I could be.
Music has always been a favorite thing of mine,
To play, as in the accordion,
To sing, as if an American Idol cast-off,
To listen, with an intent ear and an open mind,
To dance, like my life depended on it!
When I was at my darkest last year there was one sound that brightened the gloom...
That sound is horrid to many of my family members, some friends, assorted neighborhood animals-except ducks...I don’t know why..., and 3 out of 5 Presidential candidates. But, it is chicken soup to my ear, or ear wax to my chicken coop.
When my pain is so deep I can’t express it, Till Lindemann gives voice to it,
When my rage is so primal I can’t reveal it, Richard Z. Kruspe gives rhythm to it,
When I need a laugh or a drink and can’t find one, Flake serves one floating on- Tickled keys on the one hand, while he plays the good Doktor and dispenses my pain- With the other. Whilst Paul Landers smoothes out my rough edges on his strings-
And harmonies, Oliver “Ollie” Riedel reaches the bass-est aspects of my chagrin;
And when I need to march in step, get in line, straighten up-n-fly off the handle, Well, Christoph “Doom” Schneider (what a great rockin' nickname) drums it into my head.



There is no category for their brand of music, Industrial-Techno-Metal????
P-a-lease, don’t pigeon hole their sound. They are RAMMSTEIN….nuff said!!
-And when I could find no words to describe the pain in my heart, the loss in my life, The darkness in my soul, they put it all to music and for a little while set me free.
Danka.
From a fan for life.



P/S.
Rammstein has sold over 26 million CD's worldwide and are featured in the opening of the movie “XXX” starring Vin Diesel. I’m not recommending anyone go listen to them based on mine, and off-beat movie & T.V. director Richard Lynch’s, love of their art because it is truly way out there and often misunderstood. They are the reverse of Led Zeppelin, instead of an infinitely imitated primal wail they have a guttural roar from the depths of one’s own secret hell. It’s like this is what is would sound like if you played a Led Zeppelin album backwards, doused it with kerosene, lit an M-80 firecracker used it to set your stereo on fire and then watched the ¼ stick of dynamite blow-off half your hand! In other words, at that point you could only wish for demonic lyrics (lol).

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