Hey all!

[Morgenstern]

Hey everyone, I'm Morgenstern (yes from the Rammstein song). I hope to have a great stay here at Revleft! I'm only a bit versed in Communism. I've read the Communist Manifesto twice and am familiar with the different groups of the left.

[red cat]

Welcome :)

[Morgenstern]

Red cat, shouldn't your tendency be Marxist-Leninist-Meowist? ;)

[DecDoom]

Welcome! Good to see another Rammstein fan :)

[kiwigunner]

Welcome, I guess like me you will learn a lot from this site, the people on here are really friendly and helpfull

[Q]

All the cool people love Rammstein, true story.

Welcome :)

[Morgenstern]

Hehe wow 2 of the 4 responses are from Rammstein fans. I guess we must have quite a presence! ;)

[Little Bobby Hutton]

what is rammstein??

[DecDoom]

It's a German metal (best definition I can think of) band. They're really good, at least in my opinion :)

[Nolan]

Welcome :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6XrKN16cuc

I make 3 :thumbup1:

[Q]

I like Donaukinder from their latest album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfCVFizqFSM

Some background on the song:


The song deals with an accident near Baia Mare, in Romania, which occurred on 30th Januar 2000.

Extremely heavy rainfall on 30 January caused a dam to breach, causing 100.000 m³ of water to flood a goldmine and carry with it app. 100 ton of heavy metals and sodium cyanide into the nearby river Donau (German name for the Danube). The poison was carried along the river, causing havoc in several countries; drinking water became poisoned, and people fled the rivers’ surroundings to escape the deadly poison, which quickly destroyed all life in and around the river itself.

Lots of children were obviously affected by this disaster, but the name ‘Donaukinder’ (‘Danube Children’) more probably refers metaphorically to the fish in the river, seen as the ‘children’ of the Danube/Donau; the fish obviously suffered most directly the full force of this disaster and the absence of fish in the river is the most obvious consequence of the disaster. Hence, the song rhetorically asks: ‘Wo sind die Kinder?’ (‘Where are the children?’). Furthermore, the German name for Baia Mare, where the breach occured, is ‘Frauenbach’, meaning ‘Woman-River’, which sustains the metaphor of comparing River/Fish to Mother/Children.

Source (http://en.affenknecht.com/lyrics/rammstein-donaukinder/)

[Rjevan]

Hi and welcome! :)
For those who don't know: "Links 2 3 4" is an aswer to people who claimed Rammstein was right-wing - "Sie wollen mein Herz am rechten Fleck doch,
seh ich dann nach unten weg... Da schlägt es in der linken Brust. Der Neider hat es schlecht gewusst. Links, links, links, links. Links 2 3 4 links."
(They want my heart in the right place but if I look down... it beats in the left chest. The envier was badly informed. Left, left, left, left. Left 2 3 4 left.) ;)