Rammstein - Wiener Blut Reaction - PopCulture Reacts 

The live version does not end quite as abruptly. Love the lyrics, such a compelling portrayal of a twisted mind. The line "Ich halte dich in der Dunkelheit" - it is meant to be comforting, "I hold you in the darkness". But it also means "keep you (captive) in the darkness". So in one phrase it expresses the point of view of the captor and the victim, it is promise and threat in one.

The live version has a couple of solos.

since mentioned it right at the beginning: yes, the Wiener sausages are named after the city (so, they "should be" Viennese sausages , or sth similar, in english, though I couldn't tell the differences to Frankfurter or Deutschländer or whatever kind else there are sausages ... and Wiener dog is an english concoction, afaik. in german, that one would be Dackel or Dachshund (or Teckel in german hunter lingo) Since you mentioned it, Slayer has a couple of songs about Mengele and Auschwitz, which are bangers on a casual listen, but if you really pay attention to them lyrically, especially in tandem with the music, you feel the horror through the music. And on the other end of the "genre spectrum", Falcos Jeannie (pt 1+2) are rather "poppy" without the lyrics. And similarly to "Wiener Blut" is also from the perspective of the human garbage. James Blunts "You're beautiful", while abstract, still is about a stalker who sees himself as an angel (and ironically enough, even gets played at weddings because people don't listen to the lyrics, and think it's such a romantic song). I say rather confront people with uncomfortable tales, especially through catchy music - makes one think about preconceptions and facade, imo. Another aspect to telling it through the perpetrators view might be show an interpretation of their twisted delusion, maybe?

I've watched a lot of reaction videos to Wiener Blut and they seem to fall into distinct categories - I feel really uncomfortable listening to this/enjoying this because of the back story; what, it's based on a true story, oh my God; great song with Till playing the part of Fritzel so well. I like the song but it hits a nerve with me as I'm only a year older than Elisabeth. I think the lyrics describe the hopelessness and the reality of her situation. I'm a true crime buff as well so I'd already read a lot about the case and it's even more hideous than the song describes. Difficult one.

I have the same kind of reaction/feelings to this song, and it is probably one of the downgraders of the album for me. I don't like this song, and when I heard it back in '09 I had the same reaction: "I don't need a song about Joseph F.". To this day I still haven't been able to pinpoint why, but basically I still have the same feeling. Even though this album has some highlights like "Haifisch" " Fruhling in Paris" and "Pussy", it is my least favorite album (unpopular opinion, I know). Partly because a song like this, and some other ones that didn't do it for me. And i don't really like the composition of the album as a whole.