History TearJerker / Rammstein

* The first phrase in the chorus of "Donaukinder" ("Wo sind die kinder?") translates to "[[AdultFear Where are the children?]]". The narrator watches all the wildlife in his town die, smells them rotting in the river, and realizes his kids are missing. The song is about a real-life chemical spill in Romania, where several tons of cyanide solvent was accidentally discharged into a river.

** Being in January, kids were not swimming. But [[OhCrap how many kids drank water from the Danube,]] being the river where they pump their water, [[AdultFear and died?]]

** The official video is somehow even more powerful. The crew goes on a climbing trip. One of them slips, falls and sustains a serious injury. The others go back to rescue him, and as the {{Band of Brothers}} that they are, instead of climbing down the mountain they all redouble their efforts to get their wounded friend to the summit.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm6SHAXvQ2Q Nebel]]". Oh God, "Nebel".

** The song is about a boy who stays with his girl while she dies. They kiss one last time, then she dies. It is implied that he never kisses anyone again after that last kiss.

** The song, however, is about a girl who makes her lover climb a dangerous cliff to retrieve a rose that blooms there. He does, because she wants it -- falls to his death. Quite a sad story, and keeping with the theme of the video to a certain extent -- of a man who loved a woman so much he died for her, when all she cared about was herself.

And I am cold."\\
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* "Haifisch" sounds a bit aggressive -- it's a Rammstein song, after all -- but if you understand the lyrics they're actually quite touching. The song is basically about how dedicated the members all are to the band and to one another and how close they are. One line translates to 'if one [of us] isn't keeping up, we stop right away'.

* The first phrase in the chorus of "Donaukinder" ("Wo sind die kinder?") translates to "[[AdultFear Where are the children?]]". The narrator watches all the wildlife in his town die, smells them rotting in the river, and realizes his kids are missing. The song is about a real-life chemical spill in Romania, where several tons of cyanide solvent was accidentally discharged into a river. [[FridgeHorror How many kids were swimming when the incident occurred?]]

*** Being in January, kids were not swimming. But [[OhCrap how many kids drank water from the Danube,]] being the river where they pump their water, [[AdultFear and died?]]

--> drum seid recht gut auf allen Wegen. [[note]]So please be good on all your ways[[/note]]

** The official video is somehow even more powerful. The crew goes on a climbing trip. One of them slips, falls and sustains a serious injury. The others go back to rescue him, and as the {{Band of Brother}}s that they are, instead of climbing down the mountain they all redouble their efforts to get their wounded friend to the summit.

[[Music/{{Rammstein}} This German metal band]] has a few songs that [[TearJerker can make you cry]].

* Music/{{Rammstein}} has some. Yes, it's a German band, yes, it's NDH, yes, the singer may be the scariest guy alive... But God, isn't "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIPc1cfS-oQ Ohne dich]]" just...

** The official video is somehow even more powerful. The crew goes on a climbing trip. One of them slips, falls and sustains a serious injury. The others go back to rescue him, and as the [[BandofBrothers Band of Brothers]] that they are, instead of climbing down the mountain they all redouble their efforts to get their wounded friend to the summit.

* Music/{{Rammstein}} has some. Yes, it's a German band, yes, it's NDH, yes, the singer may be the scariest guy alive... But God, isn't "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkLDEEs20U Ohne dich]]" just...

*** Being in January, kids were not swimming. But [[OhCrap how many kids drank water from the Danube,]] being the river where they pump their water, [[AdultFear and died?]]

** The other version, "Liese", is possibly about the aftermath of the Russians taking over the Third Reich. The Russians raped and murdered the women and children after they took over the Third Reich. This version is much worse, due to the lyrics detailing it. Or it might just be the same sort of thing Roter Sand is about, but instead of the woman getting shot by her former boyfriend, she gets raped by him. He gets no punishment.

* Music/{{Rammstein}} has some. Yes, it's a German band, yes, it's NDH, yes, the singer may be the scariest guy alive... But God, isn't "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkLDEEs20U Ohne Dich]]" just...

* "Wo Bist Du". The lyrics about a person going into a downward spiral after a loved one dies and the end trying to commit suicide.

* Haifisch sounds a bit aggressive -- it's a Rammstein song, after all -- but if you understand the lyrics they're actually quite touching. The song is basically about how dedicated the members all are to the band and to one another and how close they are. One line translates to 'if one [of us] isn't keeping up, we stop right away'.

* Roter Sand is quite a sad and powerful song, the lyrics hint at a murder because a woman from a couple cheated on another man. The orchestral version ramps the sadness up a few notches.
** The other version, Liese, is possibly about the aftermath of the Russians taking over the Third Reich. The Russians raped and murdered the women and children after they took over the Third Reich. This version is much worse, due to the lyrics detailing it. Or it might just be the same sort of thing Roter Sand is about, but instead of the woman getting shot by her former boyfriend, she gets raped by him. He gets no punishment.

* "Mutter" is pure horror and agony all in one, especially with the music video. The song is an anti-genetic engineering song, and the music video features the lead singer naked and bald in a concrete hole in the ground. Another person, presumably the singer's clone, is making an epic journey through a swamp and terrain to get to the hole, where he brings a bowl of water for the naked man to drink. The horrifying part is this -- you have ''no idea'' whether the naked, imprisoned one is the clone, or if the well-dressed version is the clone, having replaced the original.

** Add to that by reading up on the disaster- some call it the largest natural disaster since Chernobyl. By the time it got to the Danube (which features in the song title), the cyanide already went through at least 3 rivers big and small, and was highly diluted. The effects were felt not only in Romania, where the spill happened, but Hungary (thanks to the spill almost directly getting into 2 of Hungary's major rivers, first the Szamos then the Tisza), Serbia (via the Tisza and Danube as far as Belgrad), and even as far as Bulgaria. As for the question, the accident happened in January which means kids were not ''swimming'' in the rivers, per se, but they could have been ''walking by them''- parents from all these places asked that question when seeing fish and other animals die and smelling their rivers stink- and just as the song states, the Romanian government and the mine itself denied everything and claimed ignorance for a good while. "Nobody saw what happened" indeed.

** Add to that by reading up on the disaster- some call it the largest natural disaster since Chernobyl. By the time it got to the Danube (which features in the song title), the cyanide already went through at least 3 rivers big and small, and was highly diluted. The effects were felt not only in Romania, where the spill happened, but Hungary (thanks to the spill almost directly getting into 2 of Hungary's major rivers, first the Szamos then the Tisza), Serbia (via the Tisza and Danube as far as Belgrad), and even as far as Bulgaria. Parents from all these places asked that question when seeing fish and other animals die and smelling their rivers stink- and just as the song states, the Romanian government and the mine itself denied everything and claimed ignorance for a good while. "Nobody saw what happened" indeed.

* The first phrase in the chorus of "Donaukinder" ("Wo sind die kinder?") translates to "[[AdultFear Where are the children?]]". The narrator watches all the wildlife in his town die, smells them rotting in the river, and realizes his kids are missing. The song is about a real-life chemical spill in Romania, where several tons of cyanide solvent was accidentally discharged into a river. [[FridgeHorror How many kids were swimming when the incident occurred?]]

** Furthermore, while the video is dark and more depressing, there's an easter egg/cameo that brings a moment of heartwarming during the funeral. There's no other celebrities invited to the funeral besides for the band... and MarilynManson, due to both how much he helped the band out after Columbine, putting their official press release on his website for more to see, having worked with the band plenty of times in the past, swapping shout outs, performing together and being good friends with Richard (so much so that Richard made Manson do a song for Emigrate's second album despite Manson insisting that Richard's version was better and he could never do it better than Richard). Basically, he's the only celebrity they see to be a close enough friend to belong at Till's funeral, and that's really sweet.

* The first phrase in the chorus of "Donaukinder" ("Wo sind die kinder?") translates to "[[AdultFear Where are the children?]]". The narrator watches all the wildlife in his town die, smells them rotting in the river, and realizes his kids are missing. The song is about a real-life chemical spill in Romania, where several tons of cyanide solvent was accidentally discharged into a river. How many kids were swimming when the incident occurred?

* "Donaukinder" translates to "[[AdultFear Where are the children?]]". The narrator watches all the wildlife in his town die, smells them decaying in the river, and realizes his kids are missing. The song is about a real-life chemical spill in Romania, where several tons of cyanide solvent was accidentally discharged into a river. How many kids were swimming when the incident occurred?

* "Donaukinder" translates to "[[AdultFear Where are the children?]]". The narrator watches all the wildlife in his town die, smells them decaying in the river, and realizes his kids are missing. The song is about a real-life chemical spill in Romania. How many kids were swimming when the incident occurred?

* "Donaukinder" translates to "[[AdultFear Where are the children?]]". The narrator watches all the wildlife in his town die, smells them decaying in the river, and realizes his kids are gone. The song is about a real-life chemical spill in Romania. How many kids were swimming when the incident occurred?

* "Donaukinder" translates to "[[AdultFear Where are the children?]]". The narrator watches all the wildlife in his town die, smells them decaying in the river, and realizes his kids are gone. The song is about a real-life chemical spill in Poland. How many kids were swimming when the incident occurred?

* Donaukinder translates to "Where are the children?". The song is about a real-life chemical spill in Poland. The narrator watches all the wildlife in his town die, smells them decaying in the river, and realizes his kids are gone. How many kids were swimming when the spill occurred?

** The other version, Liese, is possibly about the aftermath of the Russians taking over the Third Reich. The Russians raped and murdered the women and children after they took over the Third Reich. This version is much worse, due to the lyrics detailing it. Or it might just be the same sort of thing Roter Sand is about, but instead of the woman getting shot by her former boyfriend, she gets raped by him. He gets no punishment.

** The other version, Liese, is possibly about the aftermath of the Russians taking over the Third Reich. The Russians raped and murdered the women and children after they took over the Third Reich. This version is much worse, due to the lyrics detailing it.

** Furthermore, while the video is dark and more depressing, there's an easter egg/cameo that brings a moment of heartwarming during the funeral. There's no other celebrities invited to the funeral besides for the band... and MarilynManson, due to both how much he helped the band out after Columbine, putting their official press release on his website for more to see, having worked with the band plenty of times in the past, swapping shout outs, performing together and being good friends with Richard (so much so that Richard made Manson do a song for Emigrate's second album despite Manson insisting that Richard's version was better and he could never do it better than Richard). Basically, he's the only celebrity they see to be a close enough friend to belong at Till's funeral, and that's really sweet.

* Haifisch it sounds a bit aggressive -- it's a Rammstein song, after all -- but if you understand the lyrics they're actually quite touching. The song is basically about how dedicated the members all are to the band and to one another and how close they are. One line translates to 'if one [of us] isn't keeping up, we stop right away'.