Rammstein during their 1998 Family Values Tour | photographer: Scott Owen
" I remember on the Family Values Tour, I had a huge problem just being there because I didn't speak a word of English, so I closed myself off.
I thought it was such a shame because I wanted to. I mean, we were playing with bands that we all liked. But I never had the chance to communicate." | Richard speaking about the langage barrier during the Family Values Tour in RAMMSTEIN IN AMERIKA (2015)
"america has these strange, what are called 'indecency laws' or 'decency laws'. and jim morrison got arrested for it, lots of musicians over time have been arrested for it. these laws are very old, and they are very selectively applied. so, it’s almost like when the local police force doesn’t like an artist, then they apply the laws." (rammstein in amerika, 2015)
currently on my way home from vacation and still 7 hours of driving to go, sitting in the backseat of our car, boredom is almost palpable
in comes my mom, who's watching Rammstein in Amerika at home for the approximately 17th time, texting me minute by minute what happens on screen with exact quotes and screenshots
So I kind of have a textual live stream of Rammstein in Amerika on hand, current topic: Flake's Sex instructor shirt, Schneider's dreamy looks and Richard's Kiss enthusiasm
So I am finally rewatching the Rammstein In Amerika doc and the one I found on Youtube is like the original one I think, so the guys are talking in German and the others mostly in English but the subtitles are in Spanish. My head is all over the place.
My first language is Italian but I've been studying English and German for years, they're my second and third language and I am fluent in both, but good god language shifting is so confusing.
Halfway through the doc and I can't even think in my first language right now.
Also the Spanish subs... I mean, I've studied Spanish too at uni and even though I'm not nearly as fluent in it as in the other two languages I can understand it pretty well because it's very similar to Italian.
I'm just so confused right now.
I have no idea if this even makes sense and I came here to write about something else but now I forgot and I think it was about Reesh but I don't know anymore
Rammstein in Amerika - Richard's accident at Teotihuacan
for @zharptitsa11-blog from the Rammstein in Amerika documentary (abt 1h18) the link is only in German i think, there's bound to be one with english subtitles somewhere; post on topic 'Richard has the odd accident now and then' (but also...is very likely a lot less fond of pain than some of his bandmates 😉)
Rammstein were touring Mexico (i think in 1999) and visited the ruines of Teotihuacan together
by the way: Flake not really in the tourist-mood outfit-wise 😊
well, as they were getting down, Richard fell the last 3 meters down and sprained his leg
Schneider: "How did that happen, did you want to jump onto something or down or..?"
Richard: "I wanted to get down, I just fell.."
and because they were in the middle of the tour and he had to play, he got injections against the pain
Btw: love that documentary, especially how the 6 of them just sit on the couches and ask eachother stuff too... there really should be another one like this of everything that happened in recent years 😊