Telling Rammstein to write songs in English is the height of English arrogance

It’s been a long wait over the past 10 years waiting for new Rammstein material to explode out of a dark fiery German furnace since Liebe ist fur alle da was release back in 2009. We’ve had some Rammstein Esq satisfaction with the release of Till Lindemann's solo album, and Emigrates latest offering, both of which are saturated with Rammstein signature sounds, as well as their own individual merits.

With the release of their new single ‘Deutschland’, which racked up 25 million hits on YouTube in the first week, comes with it the ever so enjoyable presence of social media’s well versed critical opinion. It’s now part of the artist journey thanks to the apparently wonderful age of technology. Just the thought of having to read some of the absolute trash people seem to think is acceptable on social networking sights just begs for a meteor to destroy the Earth.

As expected, people have had their say on the creative ventures regarding the new Rammstein material, and with it, came a flurry of passionate die-hards hitting play over and over again, Government outcry as Rammstein are accused of mocking the events of Auschwitz, and also, people saying Rammstein should release more songs in English.

One of those people included a journalist at Kerrang! Magazine. In an article listing ‘6 things we want from the new Rammstein album’ they actually stated that Rammstein should release at least one song in English. No.

This isn’t just about Rammstein releasing music with German lyrics, this is about the arrogance of western society. Mainly, English speaking western society. This issue is deeply rooted within the United Kingdom and The United States, where a large proportion of their citizens just assume the entire world speaks English, and that everyone should learn English and speak English also.

You will have heard on many occasions people from the UK and USA discussing holidays to various parts of the world, and no doubt the following statement has been made “It was lovely but no one could speak a word of English”. That’s because you’re not in an English speaking country. Did that ever occur to you? When you bought the plane ticket did it say ‘Destination English’?

As if that wasn’t bad enough, English people expect all foreign people to just automatically speak English when they are in the UK or USA. So let me get this straight, you expect everyone to speak English when they visit the UK or USA, however, you don’t think you should speak their native tongue when you visit theirs?

It’s the arrogance that a band from Germany, that speak German should release music in an entirely different language just because ignorant uncultured people can’t be bothered to learn about 50 words in another language so they can sing along. This is the same arrogance that is deeply rooted in most of English culture. The ‘You’re in England you should speak English’ mindset. Let’s point out that many people that come to the UK speak more than one language, and most people in mainland Europe also speak more than one language. How many do you speak? English and ignorant? Sadly, ignorant is not a globally recognised language.

If anything, in the United Kingdom especially, being such a multicultural country that it apparently is, English people should be learning the basics of mainland European languages such as French, German, Spanish, Italian and others.

But do you know why they don’t bother? It’s because they’ve never dared to leave the miserable grey sinking island to venture out into other cultures and open their minds to new ways of life, they’ve never been so isolated in another country that doesn’t understand what you’re trying to communicate to them due to a language barrier. They have no idea of the struggle and torment you can face whilst trying to integrate into a new society.

If British people knew even for one second what it feels like to live in a Country where people don’t speak your mother tongue, yet you’re ridiculed for trying to speak theirs, they would soon stop telling Foreign bands and people to speak English.

Ironic I had to write this in English though...Men jag talar lite Svenska så….

DEUTSCHLAND!