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100 Best Singles - Kerrang 14-Dec-02

Kerrang – 14 December 2002
Kerrang have listed their 100 best singles of all time and ‘Sonne’ is at no.60
“A coke-snorting Snow White? PVC-clad dwarves in a mineshaft? An abundance of distinctly phallic power tools? These, according to the video for ‘Sonne’, were a few of Rammstein’s favourite things.
But if Germany’s most successful export since the Volkswagen Beetle could raise a wry smile on camera, on record, the epic sweeps of steroidal rhythms and riffs to make Metallica blanche made for a serious musical statement. Taken in tandem with Till Lindemann’s dark tales of sexual deviance and depravation, German metal was no longer a dirty word. It was lots of them”

Top 5:
1.Nirvana – Smells like teen spirit
2.Korn – Freak on a leash
3.System of a Down – Chop Suey
4.Metallica – Enter Sandman
5.Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People
Also listed: the 10 best promo videos – Sonne is at no. 7
“The Teutonic wonders’ often-overlooked sense of humour in full force. Features the band - dressed as miners – ‘attending to’ a giant, S&M style Snow White”
Full run down
1.Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give it away
2.Green Day – Basket Case
3.Guns n’Roses – Sweet child o’mine
4.Marilyn Manson – Tainted Love
5.Muse – Plug-in Baby
6.The Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight
7.Rammstein – Sonne
8.Tenacious D – Wonderboy
9.Weezer – Buddy Holly
10.Korn – Freak on a leash

© 2005 Sue Lindemann