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Genius Annotation

The song that bears the group’s name is about the Ramstein Airshow Disaster of 1988, which at the time was the deadliest air-show disaster in history: during the show, the Italian display team had a mid-air collision resulting in the death of 3 pilots, 67 spectators and almost 350 serious injuries from the explosion.

The song was the first song written by the band, and its simplistic lyrics detail the horror/aftermath of the event:

Fleischgeruch liegt in der Luft
(Translation: The smell of flesh lies in the air)
Blut gerinnt auf dem Asphalt
(Translation: Blood is coagulating on the asphalt)
Ein Massengrab
(Translation: A mass grave)

…with the frank reality that the world continues, despite the disaster:

Die Sonne scheint
(Translation: The sun is shining)

The band added an extra ’m' to their name to slightly alter the meaning of the word Ramstein. It literally means ‘Ramming Stone’. This slight altering of word meanings is a subtle, yet constant theme in the translation of Rammstein’s song lyrics (see “Du Hast”).

An shorter edit of the song appears on the Trent Reznor produced Lost Highway Soundtrack along with “Heirate Mich”. The inclusion of these two songs on the soundtrack was in part responsible for the bands initial exposure outside Germany.

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Translations
Genius Answer
Gibt es ein Making Of Video?
Genius Answer

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Recorded At
Polar Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
Release Date
September 29, 1995
Rammstein Live Performances
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