Bück dich

Infobox Album
Name = Song from Sehnsucht
Type = Album
Artist = Rammstein


Released = August 22, 1997
Recorded = Temple Studios, Malta, 1997
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:22
Label = Motor Music/Slash Records
Producer = Jacob Hellner with Rammstein
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A6s27gjyr16ix link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/42183/albums/album/305610 link]
*"Q" Rating|3|5 [http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=131735&resource=131735&fixture_artist=143287 link] |
Last album = "Herzeleid"
(1995)
This album = "Sehnsucht"
(1997)
Next album = "Live aus Berlin"
(1999)

"Bück dich" ("Bend down," "Bend over") is a song by the German Tanz-Metall band Rammstein that first appeared on their second full-length album, "Sehnsucht". The lyrics refer to sodomy.

Live Performance & Controversy

This song is best known for its live performance. When performing it live, vocalist Till Lindemann has simulated sodomy with keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz using a dildo. Christian "Flake" Lorenz has confirmed in an interview that the dildo squirts a mixture of Pernod liquor and water. This performance is controversial, and once led to Lindemann and Lorenz being arrested during a concert on June 5, 1999 in Worcester, Massachusetts (USA). They were each fined $200 and spent the night in jail. Consequently, two versions of Rammstein's "Live aus Berlin" were released - one VHS including "Bück dich" and another VHS and DVD without it.

The song has not been performed since 2002, when it was retired from the Rammstein tour lineup.

What Does "Bück Dich" Mean?

"Bück dich" is a command literally meaning "bend yourself" in the sense of "bend over".The German pronoun "dich" is mostly used as the accusative form of du (you, like English used to have "thou" and "thee".) However, it may also be used as a reflexive pronoun (examples of English reflexive pronouns would be "self" words, like myself, yourself, himself, etc.) which certain German reflexive verbs require to be grammatically correct. Bück (the command form of Bücken) is a reflexive verb, hence the reflexive use of "dich". Germans do not say "Bück runter" (Bend down) or "Bück rüber" (Bend over); instead, they say "Bück dich" (literally "Bend Yourself") but it still means the same thing.

Trivia

*The line "Bück dich, dein Gesicht ist mir egal" ("Bend down (over), your face means nothing to me") is from the film "Tokyo Decadence".

External links

* [http://herzeleid.com/en/lyrics/sehnsucht#bueck_dich Unofficial translation by Jeremy Williams]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_OGrmmyCDM&feature=related Rammstein performing Bück dich from Live aus Berlin]