Rammstein - Cleveland, OH 03.05.2012

Rammstein
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2012-05-03
2100-2300

Taper
Jon G.

Location
DFC (unf!) Section 100, row 13, seat 10

Lineage/Source
1 - From taper
> Church Audio CA-14c (Hat-mount)
> Church Audio CA-9100 4.0
> CTG 1/8" TRS interconnect
> Roland Edirol R-09HR 3.00 (Line-in, unity gain, 24-bit/96kHz WAV)
> 16GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC
> Transfer to PC via SanDisk MicroMate
> TLH 2.7.0.172 (FLAC Lvl. 8, FFP)
> CD Wave 1.98 (Tracking, exported as 24-bit/96kHz WAV)
> Sony Sound Forge 10.0c (Channels balanced, EQ, fades, resampled/dithered/saved as 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV)
> TLH 2.7.0.172 (SBE correction, FLAC Lvl. 8, FFP)
> Foobar 2000 1.1.1 (Tagging)
> Dime/TTD
> MP3

Rammstein is:
Richard Kruspe - Lead Guitar
Paul Landers - Rhythm guitar
Till Lindemann - Vocals
Christian Lorenz - Keyboards
Oliver Riedel - Bass guitar
Christoph Schneider - Drums

Play Time - 02:02:49
-Bridge Intro-
Sonne
Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen?
Keine Lust
Sehnsucht
Asche zu Asche
Feuer frei!
Mutter
Mein Teil
Du riechst so gut
Links 2 3 4
Du hast
Haifisch
-Bridge Interlude-
Bück dich
Mann gegen Mann
Ohne dich
Mein Herz brennt
Amerika
Ich will
Engel
Pussy
-'Ohne dich' Piano Outro-

Notes
0] My seventh Rammstein show attended! This time around I'm satisfied with having seen them only twice for this
tour. Six shows was far more than enough for the LIFAD tour, and two is quite satisfactory for me at this point,
especially since I had excellent spots at both shows!

1] I was rather tired for this show and Rosemont the following evening. Amtrak is inexpensive compared to air
travel, but I couldn't get much in the means of sleep even with ear plugs and an empty seat next to me. Video
suffered the ill effects of sleep deprivation, but audio didn't, thankfully. On the contrary, the audio turned
out rather well. Being DFC (as you'll see in the included photos) and in section 100 certainly contributed
much to this. The others being that QLA is a rather nice sounding arena, and the crowd around me was fairly
reasonable. I thought the two people seated immediately next to me would end up being issues, but neither of
them did. As far as video goes, the ZS10 performed admirably despite me, and its autofocus is deserving of a
special mention.

2] Concerning the crowd: the crowd was rather relaxed. There was enthusiasm, but it wasn't palpable, and it showed
in how the band performed and played around (or rather didn't) with their songs and the crowd. Perhaps the
amount of open seats and largely vacant section or two had something to do with it. That's not to say this was
a terrible show, simply that I was hoping for a little more singing and cheering (excluding those within a ten
foot radius of me, of course!) and for the singing to be louder. This is of course an effect of Rammstein doing
this many shows for a US tour. Of course I'm happy that I was able to go to more than one show for less money
than I would have otherwise, and I'm happy for those that were able to go to any show without forking over money
for excessive transportation use, I just want you guys to sing a long more!

3] Concerning Rammstein: excellent performance! Granted it hasn't changed beyond a couple song order changes.
Despite having watched video and listened to various audio sources for this MiG tour, being there is a
completely different experience (as it is for any concert), and all the video and audio sources in the world
couldn't hope to capture the feeling, emotion, and nuances of being there. All that's still firmly stuck in
that little bit of organ tissue inside your skull. This just helps you remember what you felt if you were there.
Perhaps this will also be the one recording for someone that convinces that person that concerts are worth it,
and that taping is worth it, too. Wishful thinking!

4] Concerning Rammstein Pt. 2: Still no dildo for 'Bück dich'. :-( The Canadian audience gets it, but we don't.
Never mind that they were only arrested once in Worcester, MA for it and performed the same song with the dildo
several times here in 2001 as part of the Pledge of Allegiance tour. Breaking a fluorescent light over Till
instead is an underwhelming replacement, although it be cool to know that this stunt is something out of their
very early years of touring and is not new for them. A peculiarity I noticed during 'Amerika' is that the lights
on one of the fan blades blinks off each revolution at approximately nine o'clock and turns on again at twelve.
Surely there's meaning to this? Let your mind run wild with theories!

Anyhow, enjoy this!

DL
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