Why don’t German musicians sing in their own language?
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I read tons of comments saying Rammstein shall sing only in their mother language. Songs like Amerika or Pussy just don’t sound well and their pronunciation is terrible. Fans of this group want definitely to hear all songs in German. But if you pay attention to other groups, you may find out that a waste majority sing in English instead of their mother language.
I found a very nice article on this topic:
I’m tempted to sell out my own language: to view German, the language of Kant, Goethe, Nietzsche and Hesse, as more elevated than English, and thereby incapable of lowering itself to the level of pop and one-sided love songs. Many Germans, anyway, view it as very difficult to channel their own language into contemporary music, and therefore approach German-language music with more demanding standards than they do English-language music. Whether or not German is more “elevated,” there is something serious and uncompromisingly abstract about the language, which seems to necessitate music that is equally so.
Benjamin Bartlett Sigerson talks more about the English and German languages in his article on splicetoday.com
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Of cause the bad english pronunciation of Rammstein is planned, because it´s the typical german way of english speaking. They play with a international picture of germany. So on the DVD “Völkerball” the guitarist Paul wears bavarian clothes. This is for a german guy not typical, because bavaria is only a little part of Germany. Most of the Germans doesn´t like Bavaria:-) I´m a german but the last time I eated Sauerkraut is years ago!
I find it ironic that both of you criticize Rammstein’s english pronunciation when obviously neither of you are native english speakers. I speak both english and german and I for one wholeheartedly enjoy both the full german songs and the songs with mixed languages(which also include other languages than english btw).