Keine Lust

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“Keine Lust”
“Keine Lust” cover
Single by Rammstein
from the album Reise, Reise
Released February 28, 2005
Format CD
Recorded El Cortijo Studio, Málaga, 2003
Genre Tanz-Metall
Length 3:42
Label Motor (Part of UMG)
Producer Jacob Hellner and Rammstein
Rammstein singles chronology
"Ohne dich"
(2004)
"Keine Lust"
(2005)
"Benzin"
(2005)

"Keine Lust" is a song by the German band Rammstein. It was released as a single on February 28, 2005 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland as a maxi-single, a limited edition digipak single, a 7" Vinyl single, a 12" Vinyl single, and as a two-track. The title is a German phrase which might be translated as "No Desire", although the phrase as used in the lyrics "Ich habe keine Lust" is more like the English "I do not feel like" or "I do not want".

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[edit] Video

The "Keine Lust" video, filmed in January of 2005 and finally presented only a month later, portrays the band with an incredible amount of gained weight. The film appears to be a reunion of sorts set much in the future with visibly aged band members and instruments that are clearly old and dusty. Out of all of the band members only keyboardist Flake appeared not to have gained any weight (because "anything he doesn't want to do, he doesn't do", which includes eating). He appears in a special motorized wheelchair for people who have trouble walking. At the end of the video, the rest of the band abandons Flake, after he arrives late, he gets off the motorized-chair and starts to walk, albeit in a strange manner. The video was up for a nomination for the MTV European Music Awards in November 2005.

[edit] Meaning

On the video "The Making of Keine Lust", guitarist Richard Kruspe discussed the meaning of the song and video.

"You know, after all of these years we're full-up! Fame, success, money. We don't want to do anything anymore! Nothing! That's the idea in the song. We've returned to the starting point again. We just want to make music again. We don't want all the circus that goes with it anymore. So, we meet up again, one more time, for one more performance- just to make music together. The fact that we are fat is just symbolic for excess. It's really just about returning to the beginning."

[edit] Live story

It was first played on three consecutive concerts just for members of the fan club, in October 2004. In the formal tour, it was played on every concert. Large columns of CO2 were part of the on stage show during the song.

[edit] Tracklisting

German CD

  1. Keine Lust
  2. Keine Lust (Remix No. 1 By Clawfinger)
  3. Keine Lust (The Psychosonic Remix By DJ Drug)
  4. Keine Lust (Bozz Remix By Azad)
  5. Keine Lust (Jazz Remix By Clawfinger)
  6. Keine Lust (Black Strobe Remix)
  7. Keine Lust (Curve Remix By Front 242)
  8. Keine Lust (Ich zähl die Fliegen Remix By Krieger)

UK CDS Part 1

  1. Keine Lust
  2. Ohne dich (Mina Harker's Version - Remix by Laibach)
  3. Mutter Orchesterlied I (Orchestral Version)

UK CDS Part 2(DVD)

  1. Keine Lust
  2. Mein Teil
  3. Mein Teil (Music Video)
  4. Mein Teil (Making of)

UK 7" Vinyl

  1. Keine Lust
  2. Du Hast (Live audio from Parkbühne Wuhlheide, Berlin, August 1998)