Okay, so I've basically been listening to Rammstein non-stop for the last week, and I've come to two conclusions: 1. They have a ton of bland songs. 2. The good ones are fucking awesome. I tried ranking them but it got to the point where I had no clue what I was doing anymore. The best I could scrape out is a top 20, which is as follows:
20. "Waidmanns Heil" - great song about the thrill of the hunt, with a more sexual meaning also within.
19. "Links 2-3-4" - great militaristic song about political alignment.
18. "Benzin" - a blast, love the lyrics to this one, really fun.
17. "Du Hast" - the immortal classic and it's still a great song.
16. "Amour" - pretty beautiful ending to Reise, Reise.
15. "Los" - not heavy at all, but it's still really cool. The lyrics are pretty great.
14. "Spieluhr" - Till shows a lot of emotion here and I love the way the child vocals mix in on the song.
13. "Amerika" - absolutely savage take-down of America and yet so damn catchy at the same time.
12. "Mutter" - epic title track with some dark yet emotional lyrics.
11. "Ohne Dich" - an awesome power ballad that works better than you'd expect from Rammstein
10. "Reise, Reise" - sets up its album very well with an exploration of man's abuse of the sea.
9. "Engel" - a forerunner to the greats from the next two albums. Bobo's vocals are awesome and help make Till's clincher better than it would have been otherwise.
8. "Rosenrot" - epic telling of a tragic tale. The guitars in here are absolutely huge.
7. "Deutschland" - it's new but damn is it great. The look at Germany and her history, coupled with the whole "nationalism vs. patriotism" issue, makes for a really memorable track.
6. "Sonne" - Heavy yet melodic, with Till really soaring on that chorus. Awesome.
5. "Ich Will" - A terrific song about the government and how it views its citizens. The chorus seems built for live shows.
4. "Mein Teil" - That heavy fucking opening with rising atmospherics, the sinister verse, the epic pre-chorus and chorus... this song is awesome.
3. "Mein Herz Brennt" - Great way to begin an album. It's heavy, it's huge, and yet it's layered well at the same time.
2. "Feuer Frei!" - Definitely one of their most popular songs for a reason. It's a fantastic banger.
1. "Moskau" - There's something about this song that just keeps pulling me back in again and again and again. The build-up into the song, the not-so-heavy guitar driving it, the verses, with lyrics that aren't quite so nice yet describe the city's past and present in very vivid ways, and that chorus that just gets stick in your head day after day after day. I love Viktoria Fersh on here, helping to bring the song to life with lyrics in Russian. Her vocals work well with Till's and I love it. Right now, this is definitely my favorite song from them. Раз, два, три!
But again, a lot of other Rammstein songs just don't really do anything for me. These are the ones that I can literally listen to on repeat. It's a very small number in comparison to a lot of the other bands I listen to.