Rammstein record "pulled"
2009-11-06 by Super Jens STAFF | 56 Replies | 2874 Views |
 Many were kinda suprised. A porn flick as music video for the single "Pussy", lyrics about S/M kinky stuff and... nobody really made a big deal about it. At least in Germany, where for example songs like "Mein Teil" (which is about a cannibal eating the penis of a guy) gave rise to a huge debate about the band and their material.
Now, the Ministry for Family Affairs asked for the "indexing" of Rammstein's new album "Liebe ist für alle da". For all the folks not from Germany: if a video, album or song finds itself on "the index", it is no longer allowed to place the product in question in public, advertise it or sell it to minors (under 18 years of age in Germany). Rammstein's new album will therefor be no longer available in music stores, at least not above the counter, so to say.
As reason for all this the Ministry named in specific the song "Ich tu dir weh" (English: I hurt you), acompanied by a picture in the booklet with a woman on guitarist Kruspe's knees. These are, quote: "displaying S/M practice which is not suitable for minors", as well as the track "Pussy", which calls for, quote: "calling for unprotected sexual intercourse in the times of AIDS".
Rammstein commented on the matter via Facebook, stating that German fans should specifically ask for the album, and be sure to have their ID with them to prove that they can buy the CD. As long as the indexing is not yet announced in public by the "Bundesprüfstelle für Jugend-gefährdende Schriften" (Englisch: Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons). Until then, the album remains legally available in all record shops and online shops like iTunes to everybody.
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Great move, pulling the No1 of the German long player BillboardCharts from the market. :rolleyes:
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hahaha
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Amazing that this band can still garner controversy
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fuck yeah germany way to be retarded
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Wow
Well it isn't all bad, as it will give the band more publicity, and possibly lead to more record sales simply due to the controversy,
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Album Rating: 1.5
Rammstein Box Set
Six pink dildos that reflect the sizes of the six members’ wienerwursts so you could say they are ****ing you.
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steck bratwurst in dein sauerkraut
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fuckin gay
ich tu dir weh is like the best song on the album too
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that picture is awesome.
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Album Rating: 2.5
lol @ Meatplow
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Album sucked anyway, so it's not that BIG of a deal.
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I'm kinda surprised since Germany hasn't been so uptight about sexual stuff lately.
@Poet: I'M LOOKING AT YOUR HORSE, YOUT HORSE IS AMAZING!
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tempted to watch the vid.
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@Baphomet:
The head of the Ministry for Family Affairs is a super-uber conservative bitch. I wouldn't be suprised if one day I read the headline "Ursula von der Leyen deems dogs farting in public a menace for German youth and children all over the republic"
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holy crap at the boxset. love this band, but that Pussy video was ridiculous.
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i knew i shouldve gotten the boxset
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Album sucked anyway, so it's not that BIG of a deal.
You're the type of person who'd like that boxed set and you know it
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Album Rating: 1.5
With the amount of extreme pornography i've seen come of that country I never thought sexual conservatism would be an issue.
thankyou kitkat experiment and GGG for teaching me about Germany
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Love Rammstein and the controversy they draw, good job guys.
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lMaO
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lol Haz knows GGG. that stuff is nasty, but entertaining
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Don't they have a video of an angel giving the singer oral?
And he rips out her wings or something
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ich werde meine Deutsche Freunden fragen "was ist hier das Problem?"
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I watched that video for "Pussy" like a month ago, it's essentially a hardcore-porn clip. Girls did something similar, they released an uncensored version of their "Lust for Life" video, in which some dude uses another dude's wiener as a microphone. Both bands are trying to compensate their overall lack of talent with pointless controversy.
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Album Rating: 1.5
lol Haz knows GGG. that stuff is nasty, but entertaining
kitkat experiment makes it look like a walk in the park for those women :'(
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im not into scatflicks, i dont know how those women can do that shit. no pun intended
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Album Rating: 1.5
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=puns
I am posting this with the utmost respect for you, please believe me haha
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i knew i should of watched that video :
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^Maddox FTW
Nobody cares if your puns were intended or not
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"Pointing out your puns is the same as a comedian explaining their jokes, they both think you're too stupid to get it."
Maddox.
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way to express your international privelage to rock...stein
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lol thanks Haz
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oh rammstein 
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You can nonintend your puns if you want.
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lol Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons
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as well as the track "Pussy", which calls for, quote: "calling for unprotected sexual intercourse in the times of AIDS".
PFFFFFT
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Meh, all i'm hearing is free publicity
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shit shit
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News article is sloppy and is in need of a proofread.
This is what Rammstein were going for probably.
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Hilarious. With all the jokes about Germany porn I'd have thought their mainstream politicians would be at least more "tolerant" to this sort of thing.
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lol wow
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sorta makes be glad to be living in Amerika...it's wunderbar.
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p.s. their videos are the shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k-vPv-XEpg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w9EksAo5hY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doTBT46wMvA&feature=related
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I'm sure Germany's problem isn't with the sexual content but with the violence combined with sexual content.
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they are very touchy about violence in Germany, you can't shoot people in video games they have to resemble cyborgs, blood has to be green or blue etc.
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lol@ Meatplow
I bet second to right is Till hahaha
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I've seen this for sale where I live, so it obviously isn't in effect yet. But lots of albums and stuff are sold that would come under that category and there's no fuss. And porn isn't illegal, so I don't get how come they don't ban porn first before banning this album. Sort of doesn't make sense
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Heard on radio today that the ban is effective on wensday. Should be quite a run on the album until then I guess
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Heard on radio today that the ban is effective on wensday. Should be quite a run on the album until then I guess
poor Rammstein, i hope so.
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oh well
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"poor Rammstein, i hope so."
I'd say Rammstein knew this was going to happen, i'm sure they knew the repercussions of releasing a box set including dildos and lube.
I'd guarantee they know what they're doing, they've been at this sort of thing for years.
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aye, perhaps they are big enough to take care of themselves now.
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Be the first time i'd ever have to buy a cd from a sex shop though
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hell, i'm pretty sure that makes it all the more enjoyable to spend money on music.
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Rmmstein record "pulled" is actually a fairly unfortunate choice of words when one takes the box set into account
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Rammstein knew that taking the sexual connotations of this album to the extreme would result in controversy. That is why they are masterminds.
Lol @ Meatplow. One of them is definitely...girthy.
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