http://herzeleid.com/en/videoNew Rammstein video for Rosenrot.
Oh my God.
It's not the best quality in terms of the actual tech bits (or maybe that's just because I'm on an Apple, so who knows), but the whole "story" of the video is amazing! And somewhat disturbing. I find it interesting how Till has been killed off in video clips with the past two albums ~ Ohne Dich and then now in Rosenrot.
Once again, the video is disturbing, for many reasons, and it's once again incredible because of that. "Was sie will bekommt sie auch" makes disturbing sense! I like how it explores the exploitative power that women can have over men in such a twisted way, and the effects this can have. It's like ultimate power or something, but corrupted ultimately at the same time. And it also reworks Goethe's Heidenröslein idea into something much more interesting (power reversals, perhaps?).
It's nice how it's not total feminine wiles, either. Add in the total masculinity that is Rammstein (mmmmmmm.... real men!) and it's an interesting balance. Plus the religious symbolism. And blood, pain, roses, death, fire, Snow White figure as the evil queen, being knowing when "innocent"... That sort of thing. Rurality, old ways, narrow-minded...
Really hope that they're going to release another DVD soon with their videos and some more live performances on it like Lichtspielhaus. The videos for the things from Reise, Reise were all fantastic and Rosenrot promises the same so far.
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