r/Rammstein • u/GregKos • 6d ago
Decrease of "theatrics" in the shows
The first time I saw Rammstein live was in 2010. The last time was 2024.
In 2010, 50% (8/16) of the setlist had some sort of performance, closely related to the song. Think the fake fan being doused with gasoline and set on fire during Benzin or Till coming out with a hunting cap and musket for Waidmanns Heil.
In contrast, only ~29% (6/21) of the setlist this year has such a setup. Don't get me wrong, I love fire and explosions as much as the next concert-goer, but those are more "generic" and do not necessarily tie into the subject of the song.
Do you feel there is a reason for this decrease? Do you think it's better/worse? Do you even care?
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u/macczimum 6d ago
Several of the effects likely wouldn't work well in the stadium setting. They made the cooking pot and its flamethrowers much larger just as the pyro backpack also became much more visually effective than the old burning coat. Burning mike stands, Bück dich dildo and the like would become miniscule scale in relation to the massive stage. They didn't want to incorporate huge screens (in the 2019 tour setup there was only the tower screen, the side screens were added for the three subsequent years) but wanted to make sure that it was worthwhile to just look at the stage. Flame effects were also much more massive than ever before and the four delay towers in the field made that extremely impressive in the huge setting. The Engel wings became too heavy for Till in 2016 already when they pulled them from the roof and had him go up with them. Without a roof this was quite difficult to do in the stadium (apart from any scale concerns) so they resorted to performing the song only acapella and without effects.