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Rammstein is not a subtle band (NSFW)

zippy — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:58:46 -0800

Rammstein's Pussy (video, really NSFW, SLnYT) gets right to the point. Youtube has taken down uploads. Facebook has taken down links (though not Links). Here's a fan-created censored version (NSFW lyrics). Contrast Pussy with their earlier work, Keine Lust, in which they parody themselves as old, fat, and sexless (until they rock, of course). Are they intentionally following a route blazed by Spinal Tap? Pussy is not the band's first controversial video. Their cover of Depeche Mode's Stripped used footage from Leni Riefenstahl's 1936 Olympics documentary, Olympia (including the beautiful diving sequence). When asked whether it was wise to base their video on a film commissioned by Hitler, the band said that they are not Nazis.

Run run run run run run run away

_sirmissalot_ — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:20:16 -0800

"Psycho killer raccoons terrorize Olympia." What else is there to say, really.

A Horribly Misguided Protester

Captain_Tenille — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:30:22 -0800

Sometimes, a Protest Doesn't Work Out Quite Right. Once again, in less than a week, Olympia, WA, the fair city I call home, has made the news because of the actions of a war protester (which Olympia has no shortage of). Though not deadly like the Rachel Corrie incident, it shows the importance of making sure you do your research before you head out to make a statement.