German Metal? Never heard of it! Deutschland by Rammstein [FIRST TIME REACTION]
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- Welcome to a Killermcknight Reaction! Today we will be reacting to Rammstein and their song Deutschland. This is my first time listening to this song and I really hope you all enjoy it! Now let's listen to some Rammstein shall we!
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Hi Killermcknight
German is my first language - so as a native pls let me explain as concise as possible many of the hidden symbols and meanings in this great song: In advance - please apologize the mistakes that I have certainly made as English is not my first language :-)
Before I go through it just some general remarks: the black lady’s persona in the video is “Germania” and she represents Germany (the nation / the people) and in many scenes where she appears the colors black, red and gold (colors of the German flag) are dominant. The video as well as the lyrics are a critical review on Germany’s history.
Main scenes of the video: The first scene with the roman soldiers refers to the battle of Teutoburg forest, the first time the German tribes untied under Arminius against the Romans and ambushed them on their march back to their winter camp + completely annihilated several legions - the Romans would never return and fortify at the Rhine - this could be seen as the birth of the German identity.
The red laser beams throughout the video I think are guiding thread (German expression “roter Faden”" translates to “red thread” and translates to guiding principle / guideline of a story)
When Germania (black lady) in golden armor (black red gold as main colors of the scene pushes the standard into the ground she raises all the dead medieval knights - a reference to the strength of the German people who recovered time after time throughout history from catastrophes (especially, but not only) in the middle ages (crusades, Hunnic invasion, plague, etc.) - the additional meaning i think is the fact that German people several times followed their countries call for War - even if they were already beaten up (e.g. after WWI going into WWII). The standard I guess refers to a relic which was part of the Imperial regalia of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation ("Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation" - the conglomerate of mostly German territories which was ruled by a emperor elected by the highest ranking nobles of the realm and persisted from the 10th century until 1806). This relic, the Lance of Longinus, is dated back to the 8th century and was said to contain in it's tip one of the nails that were used in the crucifixion of Jesus. It was supposed to make any army that carries it into battle invincible. It can still be seen today in a museum called "die Schatzkammer" (the treasure chamber) in Vienna,/Austria the city where I live ;-).
Next scene (fistfight) is from the roaring twenties, the period between the two world wars where upper class society was decadent on the backs of ordinary people + entertainment industry was born.
Next scene shows the Hindenburg disaster (famous German Airship which blew up in flames) during a time of growing industrialization 1930s.
Next Scene is from the communist elite in eastern Germany who was indulging in party and Champaign while ordinary people were poor and the main idea of communism should be equality of the people.
Then the scene in the middle ages - where the monks (representing the church) feast on Germania (the land) and suppress the common folk (underneath the table).
The scene in the prison again refers to the roaring twenties, as Germania is dressed in a Prussian uniform suppressing the German people. Additionally money is thrown away by everybody, a reference to the big inflation in Germany after WWI.
Then the rockets (Nazi German was working on the first warfare rockets called V1 and V2 (V standing for “Vergeltung” which translates to retaliation - fitting to the picture with the rockets, the lyrics are an alliteration on “über” a german pre-syllable/prefix meaning over. “Überheblich (overbearing / presumptuous), Überlegen (superior) Übernehmen (taking over), Übergeben (handing over), überraschen (surprise), Überfallen (ambush), „Deutschland, Deutschland über allen“ (Germany, Germany above everyONE). The line „Deutschland, Deutschland über alleN“ (Germany above everyONE) is a reference to one of the verses of former national anthem of Germany which was in use from 1922 to 1945 and got excluded after WW2 for being too nationalistic. In this verse there was a line “Deutschland, Deutschland über alleS“ (a subtle difference to the line in Rammstein’s version translating to “Germany, Germany above everyTHING”). The actual verse with this line was already written in 1842, long before the formation of Germany as a Nation (which only happened in 1871) - therefore “Germany, Germany above everything” was relating to the importance of uniting the several German ministates, kingdoms and Duchies into one nation. After WWI this verse got taken into the national anthem of Germany as it spoke to the patriotism of the German people but later officially excluded from the anthem since it was deemed too nationalistic. Today this verse/line is generally frowned upon and would be associated with Neo-Nationalism. Using this line in the scene with the concentration camps including the subtle change from “Germany above everyTHING” (which has already the nationalistic connotation) to “Germany above everyONE” which carries an even more nationalistic / racist meaning is a very clever double-reference to the doctrine of racial supremacy in the Third Reich.
The Concentration camp prisoners have symbols sewn on their jackets for the groups the Nazis hunted and killed (yellow star for Jews, Pink triangle for Homosexuals, red symbol for political adversaries (communists). Germania is on the side of the Nazis and has an eyepatch (representing the blind eye that many Germans turned on the atrocities of the Nazi regime.
The Scene where Till is dressed as a woman refers to the left wing terrorist group called “Rote Armee Fraktion” - a terrorist association in the 1970s responsible for several political assassinations and murders as well as a famous kidnapping of German Diplomats in Stockholm.
Then there is the scene with the stake at which books are burned by the Nazis and people are burned by the church (inquisition). Later the monk (church) and the Nazi soldier hug (as the church did not go against the Nazis when they came to power and both organizations were responsible for a lot of intolerance and suffering in their times.
The scene where Germania is dressed in white with a Halo I think refers to the positive, the strength of the German people who recovered time after time from several catastrophic disasters in their history. Later she gives birth to puppies representing the German people. The puppies are from a rare breed of dogs (Leonbergers) who’s population got almost extinct in both world wars (symbolized with the dogs wearing gas masks) but recovered after the wars. In these scenes the band members wear space suits - in my view a reference to the (hopefully) better future of the German people.
In the very last scene of the outro you can once more see Germania with national colors (black, red gold) with black lipstick, red eyes and golden armor before a red/ black background holding an eagle, the heraldic symbol of Germany. Finally, please find below the lyrics of the song as the perfectly convey the message of the problematic relationship many Germans have to their homeland, wanting to be proud of it but not being able to due to it’s difficult history:
One further remark to one of the more important lines of the lyrics: The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) refers to the fact that the German people with their idenitify have been around for thousands of years, however the actual state of Germany as a nation was only founded very late (1871) thorough the unification of several mini states (Prussia, Hessia, Saxonia, Bavaria, etc.) Here now the lyrics (copied from the internet):
[Verse 1]
You (You have, you have, you have, you have)
Have cried a lot (Cried, cried, cried, cried)
Separated in spirit (Separated, separated, separated, separated)
United in heart (United, united, united, united)
We (We are, we are, we are, we are)
Have been together for so long (You are, you are, you are, you are)
Your breath's cold (So cold, so cold, so cold, so cold)
The heart in flames (So hot, so hot, so hot, so hot)
You (You can, you can, you can, you can)
I (I know, I know, I know, I know)
We (We are, we are, we are, we are)
You (You stay, you stay, you stay, you stay)
[Chorus]
Germany - my heart in flames
Want to love and damn you
Germany - your breath's cold
So young, and yet so old
Germany!
[Verse 2]
I (You have, you have, you have, you have)
I never want to leave you (You cry, you cry, you cry, you cry)
One can love you (You love, you love, you love, you love)
And want to hate you (You hate, you hate, you hate, you hate)
Presumptuous, superior
Take over, hand over
Surprise, invade
Germany, Germany above everyone
[Chorus]
Germany - my heart in flames
Want to love and damn you
Germany - your breath is cold
So young, and yet so old
Germany - your love
Is a curse and a blessing
Germany - my love
I can't give you
Germany!
Germany!
[Bridge]
You
I
We
All of you
You (superior/overpowering, unnecessary)
I (Übermenschen (translates to “superior humans” - a term the Nazis implicitly used for themselves as the calles other races “Untermenschen” - translating to “inferior humans”), weary)
We (The higher you climb, the further you fall)
You (Germany, Germany above everyone)
[Chorus]
Germany - your heart in flames
Want to love and damn you
Germany - my breath's cold
So young, and yet so old
Germany - your love
Is a curse and blessing
Germany - my love
I can't give you
Germany!
the "Middle Ages" Scene is not in the Middle Age.... The camera turns from a tabble to the monks,, on the tabble siting some soldiers from the prussian army.. wearing the uniforms from 1750...
Thank you! Thorough explanation, much appreciated!!! You broke it down so well. Can't wait to see them on tour this year!
Wow...danke für Deine Mühe...ich wollte etwas ähnlich Erklärendes schreiben, aber Du hast es besser hinbekommen, als och es gekonnt hätte.Chapeau
Subtle notice; it’s important to translate "über allen" above everyone as distinct from "über alles" above everything because the first one is the ultra nationalistic version which means that Germany should be put above everyone else while the other is just the original national sentiment of the people living in the region of modern Germany who, above everything else, just want their own nation state.
Thanks for that. Have heard a few and guessed a lot from context and memory/reading but your extrapolation is very well done
If you know European history, German history, then watching this clip becomes even more interesting. Shown here are the main and darkest pages of German history. Starting from the time of the Roman Empire, and ending with the Second World War and the present. This song and...music film (this can't be called just a music video) are just incredible! I haven't seen anything cooler than this.
The company who put this out is Universal music. The total production costs for the video were over $6,000,000, making it the second most expensive music video ever made.
@@xScooterAZx worth it, imo
The moment when Germanic tribes ambushed and destroyed several Roman legions in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest is actually seen as the 'birth' of the German identity by historians.
After this catastrophic defeat the Roman Empire never made any more noticable conquests into Germanic territory again.
That's why I wouldn't call it a 'dark' moment.
@@xScooterAZx Where did you find the info about the production costs?
@@gaspode8 I did a google search to find out. There are many sites that show the same info.
This song is a masterpiece about the paradoxal way about being German, wanting to be proud and feeling ashamed about the past. I'm French and each time I meet a German I can feel it. That's one of the reasons why Germany is so important, Germany is a testimony about the best and worst in Mankind History. The Black Lady represents Germania, a personalisation of Germany itself
@@PM-vv6vv if someone would say that they dont get the song even slightly
The best and the worst - thank you for this, French brother! You're so right! Many greeting from Bremen / Germany
@@xwormwood maybe there is war again in Europe but now and forever we stand together, differents but with commune values
Wow, you really got it, thank you. Greetings from Lörrach southwest Germany.
@@Heiko-qz3oo greetings brother
Deutschland is their ultimate masterpiece. Goosebumps every time.
I'm not really into Rammstein or that genre in general. But this is in my opinion the best music video I've ever seen. As a German of course I know about our history, so it might be a little clearer for me what it's about. But even tho I've watched this piece of art over and over again, I discover new details everytime.
Again, I'm not a fan of Rammstein, but it's kind of growing on me how they make their music, their lyrics and visualizations...it is so well thought through. They really put everything in it. All of them. Even live on stage.
I think they're more than just a band. They are true artists in every way and I admire how they perceive the world.
Raina, that was very thoughtful and great insight. Thank you for sharing your perspective with me.
Most Rammstein music videos are gems imho. They try to tell a story. Most other bands/artists just make videos in order to have a video.
Yeah, there's a reason Rammstein is as huge as they are and have been continuing to make music for so long. Uber talented all around.
Till is a poet in the finest German tradition. All their lyrics have many possible interpretations and layers, and are all sociological or psychological explorations. There is no doubt that big brutish-looking man is a genius of his craft.
@@PalleRasmussen Yesss!
Every second of the video has meaning. It just requires deep knowledge of German history
to understand it.
I was getting that vibe it was very enjoyable regardless from a person who is unfamiliar with Germans history.
you will find an deep analysis in English at: czcams.com/video/sc-euVL8xQs/video.html
No other band has ever committed so fully to music videos than Rammstein. They are 100% in on whatever the concept is and they perform it like seasoned actors.
And surely no band has ever looked cooler in suits.
it is shocking that most americans think that A.D. stands for "after death" lol
I have heared this so many times by now...
A.D. is the abbreviation for the latin term "anno domini" meaning "the year of the lord"
please spread the word lads!
Sadly you're correct. As an American I can support your comment. There are a LOT of historically illiterate, and generally ignorant people walking around the US these days... I remember when I was a kid everyone would make fun of the smart kids, and lift up the "meat-heads". I was in the middle, but I remember it vividly. And today, we see the results. Imagine if the US valued intelligence overall.
Ask the church goes in America if they know the New Testament and the old Testament. And then ask them if they know which came first. Ignorance and stupidity is so king in the USA.
@@LordBLB they are not ignorent. The meaning was changed to be secular. Historical textbooks should not be referring to "our lord" as if a religion were factual.
@@I..cast..fireball Mhm ... then I wonder why abortion is illegal in many states in 2022 if one, i.e. the US in this case, wants to be secular ... 🤔
@@capricorn1970i because we have a lot of religious fascists in this country who want to destroy democracy and impose their mythology on everyone. These people hate personal freedom and want to control others. The absolute antithesis of the idea of America.
🤘from Germany
I've seen the video probably 50 times and keep noticing new details - it speaks from my heart, especially the brilliant lyrics.
Same here ;)
Ja, den gebildeten Deutschen geht es wohl fast allen so. Schön zu sehen, dass auch Menschen aus anderen Ländern die message hinter diesem Meisterwerk verstehen.
@@Heiko-qz3oo
Jedes Volk könnte und sollte eine solche National Hymne machen.
Es würde Nationalismus, Patriotismus und Exzeptionalismus ans Tagelicht bringen.
Every nation could, and should, make such national anthem.
It would put nationalism, patriotism, exceptionalism, in a bright daylight.
All the male actors are the band members. Never changed a member in over 25 years. It recaps horrible moments in german history. The singer, who's name is Till Lindemann , sings about wanting to love his country but has trouble doing so because if it's dark history. They never fell from popularity in Europe. They have been touring still for years and came out with a new album a few years ago. This song is on that album. They are currently creating another album as i type. They are also doing a stadium tour in the united states this summer. Im seeing them at solider feild in Chicago in the beginning of September. the tour has been postponed twice because of COVID-19 so hopefully it won't stop them this summer.!! Your friend was correct man. There music is so damn cool. My favorite band ever! Their live shows are one for the books. Probably the most badass ever.
The music in the credits was the piano version of the song Sonne.
This song is great, but the video is pure art. You're right about the historical moments. The only recurring "character" is Germany itself, the band members appear multiple times but representing different characters (people and leaders). It's not a reincarnation thing.
I'm an American was raised in part by my German born great grandmother and at
"wer hoch steigt, der wird tief fallen
Deutschland, Deutschland über allen"
I'm in Instant tears.
This makes all total sense, when you have a translation of the lyrics at hand, know about 2000 years of history of the area that is now Germany and the feeling Germans have rgd. Germany. BTW: The puppies are Leonberger. There were only 5 that survived (I think) WWII and the whole breed started from there again, it is kind of a picture for what Germany has accomplished after WWII.
now that was the one missing piece of history I didnt really get about this song, I saw everyone that mentioned them saying that dog breed was important to Germans but never really got it. If thats true that only 5 survived WW2 and the breed was reborn from them then that is quite amazing and a really good metaphor for Germany's revival after WW2
Edit: looked into them a bit just now with wikipedia (as reliable as that can be) and it was stated that there were only 5 or so that survived WW1 then bred until WW2 when, again, almost all of them were lost again
Good reaction. One has to know the history of Germany to understand the significance of each of the scenes. The woman represents Germany. The singer is singing about how he wants to love Germany but is stopped by its brutal history. It opens with the defeat of the Roman legions at the battle of Teutoburg forest then to pre WW2 Weimar Republic (fight scene) and post WW2 East Germany. You have the middle ages and the Holy Roman Empire, the corruption of the Catholic Church that led to Martin Luther's reformation, the Holocaust as you mentioned, the left wing terrorists of the 80 s and these are only some of the Easter eggs. It is well worth your time to investigate or people smarter than me can fill in the details better in the comments below.
Jeff that's intense. I have no idea about Germany's history beyond what's been taught on ww2 and Martin Luther's Christian reformation but that's really all. Very interesting and with context deep!
Very well explained, Jeff! Till in woman's dress is representing Ulrike Meinhof, the female head of the R.A.F. the Red Army fraction.
I also thought the Red Army Faction dressed in women’s clothes for an attack too right? Yea the opening is Teutoburg forest, Germania in a wheelchair with fire aid suppose is being crippled after WW1, the fight scene is the in fighting of the Weimar Republic,priests feeding off Germania while the public suffered, the prison scene with the money falling is rampant inflation and the destruction of the old Prussian identity. The office is the GDR (east Germany) and at the end the room collapses, collapsing of the Berlin Wall and eastern Germany etc..I’m a fan of history but I’m American
for some things i would say that a reach but overall good
What a great explanation. Germany has so much history other than WW II. Rammstein hits the nail on the head. I am German and we have a love hate relationship with our country
Why is that controversial for a German band? Its our history, shouldn't we then be the first ones to get to the bottom of it? Also, one band member is jewish, one is gay, political prisoner....they all had different coloured stars of David....they would have been killed just as well. This is about how germans have a love hate relationship with their countries past. "My love I cannot give you".
Which band member is gay,which one is a political prisoner,and which one is Jewish? Please say.
@@xScooterAZx ich denke das ist auf den Clip bezogen, einer trägt einen Judenstern, einer den rosa Winkel und einer ist als politischer Jude gekennzeichnet.
@@Elusime English,please. I dont speak German yet. I'm in the process of learnig with a program. :}
@@xScooterAZx Google translate, or if you're on mobile hit the translate to English thing
@@xScooterAZx Oliver (the Bassist with the goatee) was the gay prisoner with the pink triangle, Paul was the Jewish prisoner, Til I think is…gay and Jewish prisoner and I think Flake might be political prisoner. I couldn’t really see the very last one and and I’m not super totally sure on Til’s fully, but I looked up the symbols and that was the closest one I could see as. Hope that helps
This song is depicting the dark history of our country but also does this song reflect on the feelings of every German. Because we have a love-hate relationship with Germany. We can love Germany what it is today and how far we distanced ourselves from The Nazi era. But the shame of that time will be carried in the heart of every German. This song nails it
This is and will remain a masterpiece of Rammstein video music for the ages, their country history being told in a music video, with such crazy and iconic visuals, it's amazing!|
Dear lord I'm old. I've seen Rammstein 18 times since you were 8! They never disappeared...but North America runs on corporate radio...and the audience doesn't speak German. They remain the BEST live band...ok one of the best! Keep checking out more...you can't pick a bad song...and the live shows are *shows*... react to lves!
Amy, just wanted to let you know that you were one of the reasons I decided to check out Rammstein! Thank you again for all the love and support!
@@Killermcknight Aww! That is so nice of you to say! I enjoy your reactions...just makes me happy when someone appreciates something I think is amazing!
Keep on rockin!
:)
I recommend to watch one or another explanation videos to this piece. It's frikken deep.
It not only captures the emotional stance of most germans to Germany in terms of patriotism the duality of wanting to love your country but not able to due to its atrocities and also with the knowledge that these atrocities are fertilized by blind/non critical patriotism that can easily turn into nationalism, authoritarian regimes/powers.
This all by showing many very important historic times.
It's history,
It's psychology
It's a warning
It's critical patriotism.
This could easily be seen as an unofficial anthem for Germany.
@@ReconquistaDE Deutschland hat unzählig großartiges positives für die Menschheit hervorgebracht seit Jahrhunderten. Don't forget or deny that‼️ - Btw. 42% of white americans are 🇩🇪. 50% of inventions from 🇩🇪. 30% nobel prize winners 🇩🇪, Highway system from 🇩🇪 and much many moooore... machst 👍 👍 und Servus
@@ReconquistaDE I don't think that's necessarily true. That you feel like you should be guilty is not the same as you actually having to feel guilty. What we have in germany is exactly what the Original Commenter described. Critical Patriotism.
No "Guilt Cult". Maybe you grew up differently than me, I can acknowledge that. But I have never been forced to feel guilty or anything like that.
I have been educated on German history tho. Neutral
@@hanifarjo5434 where do you get your numbers? Like holy f*ck man. This sort of thinking is so weird to me. Like yea, people from germany have done great stuff, but the goverment itself was horrible at least until '45. Arguably even after that, if you count the DDR. Worship people and their achievements not a weird sense of nationalism. Many of the inventors and Nobelprize winners, especially before 45' werent as great because of Germany but despite it.
Its not about feeling guilty for being German, its about acknowledging the danger of blind pride. I don't *love* germany. I like living here. I like working here. I like the people I grew up with here. But 'Germany' is such a loose concept, you have to ignore or highlight certain parts of it for national pride to make sense. I pay my taxes, keep to the rules and contribute to society. I risk my life every day for this to work. That should be enough.
Das hast du schön gesagt :D
German people had it really rough. Seeing this is kinda haunting but WOW...I loved it. Appreciate the history we were taught.
Every nation could, and should, make such anthem.
It would put nationalism, patriotism, exceptionalism, in a bright daylight.
Its basically a depiction of the torn feelings of germans about their country. The music video depicts major events in German history.
There are so many details in this video that can easily be missed, for example the damaged statues that are repeatedly shown in shots throughout the video actually have a lot more to them that one would initially think. They were all statues in the so-called "Siegesallee" ("Victory Boulevard") in Berlin that connected the square in front of the Reichstag (the "Königsplatz" at the time, that used to have the Siegessäule in its centre) north of the Tiergarten park to the southern side of the park. The boulevard was lined with 32 marble statues, each depicting an Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, or a ruler of the Electorate of Brandenburg, or Prussia, or united Germany in the centre of a semi-circular marble bench usually flanked by busts of important politicians, generals, clergy, or intellectuals of the respective era. The function of the boulevard was similar to the National Mall in Washington in imposing on foreign dignitaries as well as being a national symbol of strength and might. By connecting the Spreebogen (just north of the Königsplatz) with its many residences of foreign diplomatic missions as well as the Reichstag to the area south of Tiergarten that contained many embassies and luxury hotels that visiting foreign diplomatic missions would often stay in. The statues were damaged to different degrees by bombs and soldiers later on, then later removed and buried for decades. The Siegesallee itself was removed as a road (although there is a footpath through the forest of Tiergarten there now), and the Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten was erected on its path (going in quite heavily on the symbolism by replacing the boulevard glorifying the past of Germany with a symbol of Soviet victory over Germany). The statues were only dug up again in the late 70s and have only become easily accessible again since 2016 as part of the permanent exhibition of the Zitadelle Spandau museum.
Thanks!
Rammstein is like 5 metal guys and 1 technohead making a song, and it kicked ass
one of the best things from germany
Hi, I'm from Germany.
Rammstein is playing a classic "Industrial Metal" style. A 50-50 mix of synthesizers and hard metal guitars.
A big part of the German history in one video. The black woman as Germania. Germania is the personification of the German nation. It isn't and wasn't a goddess or Joan of Arc.
The glass coffin: It is Little Snow White from the Grimm-fairytales....and from their own video "Sonne". Only with black skin and in space.
The piano song at the end is the song "Sonne", too.
The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) means:
Germany as a unified state is very young. A unified German nation is only existing from 1871 onwards. Before that year of unification Germany was made of countless, little mini-states and the people identified first and foremost as Prussians, Hessians, Saxons etc, etc, etc. and only in a second line of thought they had a lose sense of being somehow Germans, too, as a kind of unifying second identity.
So the area & the landscape where the Germans are living and the Germans themselves as a people...are thousands of years old. But only recently, in 1871, there was a unified Germany as one single state.
So Germany as a unified state is very young...and at the same time it is thousands of years old.
The battle of the Teutoburg forest against the Romans (and Rammstein as Roman soldiers and Germans alike).
That battle is of ABSOLUTE importance for the German history.
The hanged bodies in the trees were the beaten Roman soldiers, who were gruesome sacrificed to the Germanic gods...and were partly nailed to the trees.
The Varus-(Teutoburg)-Battle was already in 9 AD. In 16 AD were the vengeance campaigns of Emperor Germanicus. Therefore we see here the arrival of the Roman troops of Germanicus and they are watching their dead comrades hanging in the trees or getting their heads chopped off (for nailing them to the trees).
In reality the Romans under Germanicus found only the bones of the Varus army in the various ways they were slaughtered, sacrificed and displayed at the trees. Slaves were liberated even decades after the battle.
After the scenes with the Romans we saw the Hindenburg Zeppelin disaster (the burning Zeppelin in the background).
The moustaches and clothing from the fight scene are from WWI and post WWI years. From the working class people in WWI and the roaring 20's. In the WWII years later on this kind of big bushy moustache was already out of fashion.
The falling banknotes in the prison are not about corruption. That scene is about the hyper-inflation of the 1920's, that took away the savings of the Germans and left them in deep poverty and desperation.
One had to pay a loaf of bread with a handcart full of nearly worthless banknotes back then and it hit the German people deep down inside and in their souls. Especially the poor ones and the simple workers.
The V2 rocket (first manmade object in space) as technical triumph of the German spirit...and at the same time the killing of the concentration camp prisoners in the bunker factories below the mountains during the production of that rocket.
This scene in the video could be a representation of a very specific concentration camp. It was "Mittelbau-Dora" below the Kohnstein mountain.
A mixture between a big, huge bunker factory for V1 and V2 rockets and a concentration camp.
The concentration camp inmates had several different markings for different kinds of convicts and their "crimes" sown to their chests, like it was in reality, too. A pink triangle for homosexuals, the star of David for Jews and two of them were marked with the double-triangles for Jehovas Whitnesses.
The book burnings of the Nazis and the burning of the witches of the church. In the same scene with the book burning there is EVEN MORE going on. The cooperation of the church with the Nazis, when the priest with the cross embraces the Nazi SA-man.
The scene with the sign with the Hammer and a pair of compasses in a circle of wheat is the sign of the GDR (DDR). The socialst German state in the east that existed before the German reunification.
Therefore it was Karl Marx in the background in the scene with the tank (not the scene at the concentration camp).
The scene with Rammstein wielding guns (the pumpgun) and taking Germania hostage was about leftwing terrorism of the 1970's. The terrorists were called the RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion).
My interpretation of the red scanner-like beams: There are two different kinds of beams. The massive straight red light beam that goes up into the heavens AND there were those smaller, thinner "scanner" beams.
Aliens (or humans from the future) are scanning the whole German history. Like some real scientists are scanning and excarvating ancient Mexican or Egyptian statues, for example.
The massive red light beam is the red ribbon of time that ties together all the historical events.
PS: As for the dogs: Germans are fanatical dog lovers. We are a dog-owner nation. The dog is a firm part of Germany.
PPS: They didn't eat the body of the woman and her inner organs, even if it really looked that way. They were eating the national dish of Germany, that was put on the body of the black woman: Sauerkraut, Kassler & sausages.
In my opinion it symbolizes the church eating itself fat on the goods and values and food of Germany during the simple people (farmers, simple workers etc) lived a long time in a kind of hell of poverty and serfdom (the red fetish area below the table with Germania on it).
But that eating scene could indeed have a double meaning. It could represent the 30 years war, that was fought for religious reasons and depopulated large areas of Germany. It forced the people to commit canibalism because nobody was there anymore to produce food. Except the fat, wealthy people of the church, of course. They were still able to eat enough. Only the simple people at the bottom (farmers etc) died from hunger and had to fight and die in that war.
The 30 years war was the biggest catastrophe in Germany until WWI happened.
PPPS: The short scene with the dogs and their gas masks = WWI, where in reality animals (messenger dogs & horses) AND soldiers were wearing gas masks, too.
PPPPS: The puppies at the end are Leonberger dogs. The Leonbergers nearly went extinct during WWI and WWII.
PPPPPS: The black woman in the prison was dressed in a Prussian uniform with a Prussian helmet.
Till sings the famous, often misinterpreted, line of the "Deutschlandlied" (Song of the Germans), that is not forbidden in Germany but simply isn't sung anymore in our modern national anthem.
Till sings in his version the line "Deutschland über allen" (Germany above everybody) What is a BIG change to the real line in the orginal Deutschlandlied-song. In the original Deutschlandlied song it is written as "Deutschland über alles" (Germany above everything).
The real, whole line of that old Deutschlandlied goes "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles. Über alles in der Welt" (Germany, Germany above everything. Above everything in the world).
This line is often misinterpreted by many people as chauvinism and as a looking down upon all other countries on this planet. But that is wrong and not many people know about that in Germany and elsewhere.
The writer of that famous line didn't meant it in a chauvinistic way.
When that song was written, Germany was divided into umphteeth mini-states, what made Germany relative powerless and defenseless. Therefore the task of German unification was the goal above any other goal for all Germans (at least the writer of the song meant it that way).
So the main goal for all Germans had to be the united Germany. The goal of "(united) Germany above everything else".
That was, how that line was meant by the writer of the song.
The line isn't forbidden, like many people wrongly think. It's simply not sung anymore and not part of the official anthem of modern Germany anymore.
This has NOT its reason in the seemingly chauvinist meaning of "Deutschland über alles", like many people wrongly think. This whole stanza of the Deutschlandlied isn't sung anymore, because in other parts of the stanza are borders and landscapes mentioned, that aren't German borders and landscapes anymore.
We want to live in peace with the people and countries, who are now living in those former German lands and therefore we don't sing about those old borders and landscapes anymore.
It has nothing to do with the "Deutschland über alles" line in that stanza, like many people wrongly are thinking.
Finally:
The scenes I'm now talking about are pretty dark and low light. The WWII submarine in the submarine bunker during the astronauts are walking by with the glass coffin.
I think, the choice of the black woman as main actress was made, because:
a) it makes any accusations of racism and fascism against Rammstein useless
b) she represents one colour of the German flag and she is wearing the rest of the colours of our German flag as makeup and jewellery and clothes on her body: Black, Red and Gold
c) it provokes many people EVEN MORE 😄
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Even more as well with the Black personification of Germania. The traditional patron saint of the holy roman empire (Germany before there was a unified Germany) was Saint Maurice. He was an Egyptian general and from the 13thC onwards was depicted as black so, she also serves as a stand in for the classical patron saint. Theres so much in this video for history geeks
Great comment, Michael. Thank you. 😊
Thank you so much for your explanation!
This song plus the video is really emotional and a huge piece of history put into one
Seeing them live would BLOW YOUR MIND
The video opens in AD 16, on the ‘barbarian’ side of the lines, the border of the Roman Empire. Roman soldiers creep through the woods in the aftermath of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The Romans were ambushed by an alliance of Germanic Tribes, led by a chieftain called Arminius (the original Hermann the German). Three legionary standards were captured, a loss symbolic and moral, as well as physical, and decades were spent trying to recover them. Rome never again attempted to take the lands east of the River Rhine, known as Germania.
‘Germania’ refers not just to a place, somewhere partly defined by where it isn’t (Rome) as well as where it is, but also to a national figurehead, traditionally representing the German people. Germania is a strong woman, usually armour-clad and battle-ready. Various symbols appear with her, among them a breastplate with an eagle, a black, red, and gold flag, and a crown. Look out for these in the video - they come up again and again - and the colours of the contemporary flag are there in every scene.
We get our first glimpse of Germania here (played by Ruby Commey), who stands holding Till Lindemann’s severed head. Next, astronauts appear carrying a metal and glass box shaped like a coffin. In the background we see a U-boat - a German submarine, used in World Wars I and II. Then we move to a scene set at a boxing match which takes us to Weimar Germany (1918-1933), a period known for its political instability but also greater cultural liberalism. Here, Germania appears in the cabaret costume of a flapper girl, and the boxers fight with knuckle-dusters as a crowd cheers them on.
We see the former East Germany, complete with busts of Marx and Lenin, the national emblem of East Germany, and a lookalike of the long-serving, insular, and repressive GDR leader Erich Honecker. There’s another astronaut, or rather a cosmonaut: Sigmund Jähn, the first German in space, who flew with the USSR’s space program (and who’s also a character in the 2003 film, Good Bye Lenin!). Medieval monks feast grotesquely on the supine Germania, tearing sauerkraut and sausage from Ruby Commey’s body, prison inmates are beaten by guards dressed in police and military uniforms from different historical periods.
The most obviously shocking scene references the Holocaust and the Nazi period. Four members of the band, in the striped uniforms of camp inmates, wait at the gallows, about to be hanged. They wear the cloth emblems used to identify their ‘crimes’: a pink triangle for homosexual prisoners, a yellow star for Jewish prisoners, a red and yellow star for Jewish political prisoners.
This sequence, teased in an earlier promo video, has already caused controversy. Have Rammstein the right to do this? Do they trivialise the suffering of Holocaust victims? How can they justify using Holocaust imagery to promote their new video? These are important questions that are part of a much bigger debate about the ethics of using the Holocaust in art and media.
Other scenes include the band walking away from a flaming airship, referring to the 1937 Hindenburg Disaster, in which 36 people died. Rats scuttle across the floor when the monks first appear, suggesting the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a legend with origins in the 13th century.
Germania walks towards the camera in a leather jacket, gold jewellery and a string of bullets across her chest, resembling the chariot drawn by four horses (the ‘Quadriga’) on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The band members’ heads are shown as white marble busts, taking us to the 19th century Walhalla memorial in Bavaria, built as German Hall of Fame, its sculpted heads of German worthies on display to this day.
In the prison, hundreds of banknotes fall from above, suggesting the devastating hyperinflation Germany suffered in the 1920s. Nazis burn books, intercut with religious fanatics burning witches. We recognise members of the Red Army Faction (also known as the Baader-Meinhof group), a militant organisation active in the 1970s in West Germany. And in a blink-or-you-miss-it exchange, we are reminded of the much-criticised relationship between the churches and the state during the Third Reich.
Each scene captures in a moment the icons of an era, and the video cuts between them more and more frenetically as it goes on. Events bleed into each other, linked by the presence of the band members and the red laser beam that appears throughout the video, a ‘roter Faden’ (red thread or central theme), connecting each event.
Germany engages with its history in a very particular way. Try to imagine the video about Britain, with Britannia played by Ruby Commey. What would the equivalent events be? Quite a few of the tableaux might be similar - Romans, Crusaders, monks, 18th-century soldiers, collarless shirts and bareknuckle boxing - but would it have the same impact?
There’s no affection, and perhaps not much hope: its pessimistic tone seems to be quite an off-brand message for post-1989 Germany, which wants to acknowledge its past critically, while also looking to its future as a state at the heart of Europe. And actually, while we get a lot of medieval and twentieth-century history, the video’s tour through the past seems to stop in the late 1980s, before the fall of the Berlin Wall and Reunification of East and West Germany. Instead, we jump into the future, where the space-suited band take Germania into the unknown, travelling in that coffin-shaped glass box.
There’s an echo of the video for Sonne, where Snow White is trapped in a glass coffin. In fact, a piano version of Sonne plays over the end credits of Deutschland. This is a useful link for understanding something of what Rammstein is doing here. In Sonne, where the band’s characters free themselves of Snow White (naturally, they’ve been her sex-slaves), only to realise that they have made a mistake and long for her return, the overwhelming feeling of Deutschland seems to be that when it comes to Germania (or Germany): you can’t love her, and you can’t live without her.
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And nobody notices that the battle took place in the Teuteburg Forest in 9 AD ;). The Aminius battles began in 9 AD and just ended in 16 AD at the Battle of Idistaviso on the right side of the river Weser located much further east.
the Middle Age scene takes place around 1750... acording to the uniforms the soldiers wearing.. prussian uniform and Hat of the 18th. century
@@yogsothoth6059 dude…the medieval times are long gone in 1750….they ended around 1500
My dad brought home the du hast single when it first hit rage. I think I was 12. Been a hard-core fan ever since.
Heck yeah Kristina that is awesome!
I hadn't heard of Rammstein until 2 years ago.
I'm the same generation as them.
It's annoying that I didn't know about them but I'm sure glad I do now.
Its so fun that he got idea of any of that historische Szenen
Germany has a huge metal scene. Blind Guardian, Helloween, Kreator, Avantasia, Sodom, Running Wild, Accept ...
Helloween is in my top 15
Scorpions?
@@adamlubieniecki9074 he said metal... not rock.
@@adamlubieniecki9074 Scorpions are not Metal, they ROCK U LIKE HURRICANE
(Only Album face the heat 93' half Metal)
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DEUTSCHLAND! Meine herz zuflammen (my heart's aflammed).
So jung, und doch so alte (so young and yet so old
The black woman symbolizes Germania, it's the history of Germany through different time periods... The outro is their song "Sonne" in piano version. There's a 55 minutes video here on YT to explain it all.
Im sure, if they want to sing their songs in english, they could. And, of cause, they could be more famous as they are at the moment. But thats not their way, they are authentic and for sure an important part of our german culture. Im proud to see so good actors, in any way, representing my home country in the whole world.
They just decided they weren't going to focus on the USA for more than a decade. They've been making iconic music this whole time! Which is great for you because now you get to experience it all at once. 😁 Speaking of, Sonne (the credits song for this video) is as iconic as you get.
At first Rammstein is one of the most famoust metal bands and the best live band on earth by far. Who does not know Rammstein, has no idea of rock/metal history. They are living legends with the same line up since over 25 Years. Not those jumping around ridiculous clowns and preescholars like most of the other bands.
A lot of people do not understand the scenes with the dogs. This breed of dogs are not German Shepards, but Leonberger. This breed of dog narrowly escaped extinction during the First and Second World Wars and is symbolic of the German people, whose existence was also strongly threatened in those wars - both now have a second existential chance.
The whole Video will understand only Historians and Germans and these people also have to watch the video several times. The song is about the ambivalent relationship of Rammstein and many Germans to their country, because of the violent and cruel history with extensive human crimes, especially in recent history. Therefore the video features various events from German history, including Roman times, the Middle Ages, witch hunting and burning, Protestant Reformation, the November Revolution, the "Golden Twenties" and hyperinflation, Nazi book burnings, the Hindenburg disaster, the First and Second World Wars, the Holocaust, the Weimar Republic, the Red Army Fraction (violent anti-capitalist terror alliance of young people and students against Nazis in high state and economy positions in post-war Germany), and the division of the country into West and East Germany including the Uprising June 17 in East Germany. The black woman represents Germany, sometimes as a victim, but mostly as a perpetrator. With her black skin she is also a provocation to all stupid racists
The Holocaust was for this reason the greatest human crime because it was the first industrially organized mass murder in human history, by a country that was culturally at its highest point at this time in the world and called itself the country of poets and thinkers. But it is precisely the high cultural and scientific level of Germany that unfortunately caused others to be viewed as subhuman who can be killed without pity, just like animals. Seeing other people as inferior has always brought a lot of suffering to people
Germannia is black, dressed in gold and red, to represent the german flag.
@@sirsancti5504 plus the eagle, the symbol and coat of arm animal of Germany :)
Getting to Rammstein at 56...Wagner's sons !
Wow that’s was interesting thank you!
the beginning of the song is from ANNE CLARK "OUR DARKNESS" 1984
I've seen a lot of "First Reaction"s to this song...
you are the first one ever who didn't stop it for stupid comments!
you were completely blown away and beyond!
That's what they do! Period
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Wow man. Audio kicks ass on this upload. I dig it.
Lol thanks man I got your discord message late so I fixed it anyway
This is an amazing song and video. So much history in it
When you know the german history, and speak a few words of german, this video makes a whole lot of sense. I don't blame people from the other side of the world not fully getting it :)
Greetings from Germany, Rammstein is on of my fav bands. In my opinion its the best German band.
Oh man, when you understand what Till is singing, it‘s even better! 🤩
Idk if anyone noticed but after the song ended the piano was playing "Sonne" also from Rammstein
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this is not a musicvideo, it is a short film about our conflicting history in germany, with an overwhelming soundtrack! Only if you deal with your own mistakes from the past, you can shape a better future....\m/~,~\m/
Deutschland is an absolute masterpiece! Wowwww, brilliant stuff❤❤❤❤❤
RAMMSTEIN is my favorite metal band. They are geniuses
Fantastic reaction brother. My younger bro and I did a reaction on his channel. There's so much context here, it warrants multiple watches.
Video is like a history lesson/trivia
Every single thing has a deep meaning.
This song and video carries a very deep meaning for the people of Germany. A little word of advice for you, modern Rammstein videos have English subtitles. In this song's case the lyrics are everything to understanding the video 🙂
Great reaction
Please more Rammstein 🙏❤️❤️
Any suggestions Barbara?
Mein Herz brennt
Mein Teil
Sonne
Weisses Fleisch
Puppe
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Rammstein- Ich tu dir weh live at Madison Square garden and also Engel live at Madison Square Garden, this is a must see😍
Well said, great knowledge thanks
@@Killermcknight „Engel“ live in Madison Square Garden, „Du Hast“ live in Paris, „Wiener Blut“ live in Wacken. „Mutter“ live in Paris, „Rammlied“ live in Madison Square Garden......
they released new album 29th april, check out the video from their first single zeit (time translated in english)
DuHast was released in 1997. I dont remember ever hearing song on radio. I was 27. I didnt hear it until Jimmy Kimmel had them perform it in 2015? I immediately loved them!
Ur mom was pretty cool. ❤️
Hi. To really understand the whole act, u have to know about German history. The center is that astronauts came with „the Queen“ in a glaslike coffin. Like snowwhite. And recognize the red beam. It’s meaning is the red line through the german history. They jumped through epoches but shows the not really best scenes. In the lyrics u can find the diversity of „i want to Love germany, but i can‘t“ and many others. It’s an ode and critic in ones. And it’s not just a song. It’s Art. Thanks for your reaction !
By far the most intelligent and sophisticated video I have seen.
Tons of symbolic analogies.
Truly a masterpiece!
The various historic scenes build upon the main essence of the song. How, as a modern German, it is so hard to love your own country and feel patriotic, for its history is so marked by the dark elements. But this is perhaps a good things with Germany. They allow themselves to reflect on the bad things, and this works to curtail ultranationalist movements. In reality, many countries would do wise to do something similar. Reflect a bit more on the faults of the past, as to not repeat the same mistakes.
Rammstein is the most succesfull band in the world - and this video is so good
Rammstein for ever!
2000 years of german history... pick the worst parts and make a music video of it....
Great song with epic video ... a MUST see for everyone who wants to learn/know about german history.
the Varus battle was one of the greatest moments. German tribes united under Armenius/Hermann the German wiped 3 roman legions and forced Publius Quinctilius Varus into suicide together with his officers because they feared to get into the hands of the enemy or take report to Gaius Octavius.
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This is the best music video of all time. I am not German, but I am Czech - that is, a neighbor of Germany. I'm a history teacher, so I understood many of the symbols in that video. But you have to see it several times - there is a lot of it. But I don't know if I understand the last scene. Germany flies like Snow White in a glass coffin into space. Does that mean he's waiting to wake up? She is dead? Why is she in space? Will she be resurrected on another planet? I don't know.
That’s the beauty of this song and the video, it leaves so much to individual interpretations and thoughts on what the future holds. The representations in this video are simply unbelievable. I can’t imagine how much research and planning went into this video, as every second is filled with so much information and storytelling. Just an incredible piece of art.
Раммштайн абсолютны и находятся на самой вершине Олимпа!!!
Rammstein are around for over 25 years.
Europe industrial metal at its best
You notice the red lasers everywhere? This is the "Roter Faden", the "red thread". In English you call that the "guiding thread". Yes. They made the guiding thread into a literal thing.
The song is about German war and the woman is playing the role of Germany I love this song and this is dutchland
Lyrics of Rammstein often are 3D, rarely 4D. Means meanings have different ways in their word Games.
Yeah, she is badass. She is GERMANIA.
I love watching this before I watch the reaction because you're about to be amazed. Will edit this after, lol. LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!
Edit: Great reaction. Knew you'd be impressed with it. Not sure how anyone with a pulse wouldn't be. I found this video in my feed and when I saw "German Metal? Never heard of it!" I was like, this dude is about to be amazed, lol. New sub for sure! To "try" and answer a couple of the questions in the video I'm sure others can (and probably have) explain it better than I can, but in a nutshell, the video is about a conflict of being proud of your country when so many bad things have happened in your country's history. That's why it's jumping around so much. Other than the Holocaust and Hindenburg, I couldn't tell you anything about the other events at all.Oh and at the end of the video, the music is a piano version of a pretty hard song "Sonne" which you should check out and then come back and listen to that piano again. It's pretty amazing. Here's a great live version of it... czcams.com/video/IjGNTqAW58E/video.html
Also, their live videos are insane because the singer, Til, does all the pyrotechnics in them. They are insane. Check out that link and you'll see just a taste of of it. Sorry so long-winded. Looking forward to more!!
You're the best!
At 12, i heard Rammstein, and it stayed with me forever.
the title is funny since germany has one of the largest metal comunities and also great metal bands
I appreciate that you watched the credits with the piano version of "Sonne"
More Rammstein reactions please! 🤘🏻 greetings from east germany
Thank you for your reaction video to this! Both the song and the video are works of art, and are very deep and symbolic. IMHO, this is what makes the metal genre so captivating. To understand what is being presented one must read the lyrics in English (for English speakers) and understand that the woman represents Germania throughout history, being saint and destroyer, warrior and pioneer, jumping back and forth from the past to the future for contrast and comparison. And yes, Rammstein is controversial with some but they speak what they see and feel - they don't self-censor. The 90's feel you mentioned is probably due to the fact that they are classified as "industrial metal" by some which has techno aspects.
Hello! I would like to apologize for the audio issues in the previous video but hopefully I have fixed the issues please let me know! Thank you and my sincerest apologies!
04:43 "Were these the Nazis?"
Nooo...😊 Quite the opposite. Communists from the GDR (Former eastern germany)
Hey! I'd appreciate if you'd check out the Norwegian prog rock band, Leprous. Castaway Angels would be a good start for a song of theirs to react to. I think you'd enjoy it. I feel like they're both familiar and distinctively unique at the same time :)
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Men you Maybe should Look into the history of the Bundesrepublik-Deutschland and how ist came to be. Also how Germans treat their history, then read the translation of the Song, even though the Emotions That Rammstein are revealing Here are Hard to translate.
This is really reflecting, how we germans feel for our country. He sings: "Deutschland, meine Liebe kann ich dir nicht geben." Means: "Germany, my love I can't give you." The pictures in the movie reflect that too. For example, when they show old white men eating from the living black woman. Most germans really hate their country.
Fending off the Roman Empire, the church excess that led to the Reformation, the street fighters of the 1920s and 1930s, the V2 Rockets taking off, the Holocaust, the DDR (German Democratic Republic aka East Germany under the Soviets)... and in all the era's Germania is portrayed by a black woman; Epic choice there.
Read the lyrics in English, they're so good. The video is about the history of Germany, as thagnar1978 has so well explained.
It is not just a song, it's a short film with music of 9min straight!
the peaky blinders look is out of the time in germany from the "weimarer republik" it was a hard time and rough so they fighting in the video the whole time and the video is a timeline of germany
Do yourself a favor and get the albums Sensucht, Mutter, and Leibe Ist Fur Alle Da - One good road trip listening to those, and you'll be hooked for life
The Song ist about us as a German Nation. The Black Lady represents Germania (Symbol of our Identity), normally she is like a white Angel with sword and shield. Rammstein reflect The most cruel and destroying moments German identy/nations was created out. It starts with the Romans Legions in the Varus Battle, the religious wars in the middle age, the Nazis and als the Split of Germany with DDR Symbols, also cruel acts by the Nazi regime like burning books and of course the Holocaust. And it is also about Karl Marx and how socialism ideology split us. It reflect also on the terrorism we had in the 1970/80ths becuse of this, ect. The Song is about Germany (Deutschland) and asks, if we are ready and able to love this Country, which is built out of violence and suffer. It is a big epic with great Lyrics and a amazing video. For me as a German with a deep awareness of our roots and history I am very touched by the Song the Video and the Lyrics. It reflects so much of our dark side and asks if we are able to integrate this as Part of us. "Deutschland mein Herz in Flammen. Will dich lieben und verdammen. Dein Atem kalt. So jung und doch so alt." And I agree: Ann Clark our Darkness fits very much...
Rammstein are unique and they make pure art. Love them and I seen them live.
Roses are red
violets are blue
when I listen to Rammstein
my neighbors do too
"hello" from germany ... in my opinion - this song is also a reckoning with the cultural-historical development of the Germans and the indirect search for meaning in the here and now, with the controversy between love and hate for oneself - the acceptance of oneself and the necessary further development.
This movie clip is better than 99,99 %Hollyweird produces these days.
Yeah, that black woman making out wit Till's head is a personification of Germany Every second of every Rammstein video is packed with meaning
Btw Wacken is the biggest Metal Festival in the world, in northern Germany
In 2019 Rammstein went all out with their European Stadium tour. There is a timelaps from building the stage on their youtube channel. It is worth checking out.
Or check out a decent multicam video from ´Sonne live 2019´. It is a stage like you have NEVER seen before.
I'm a german guy and the black women is Germania. Since the Middle Ages, with reference to the Germania magna of antiquity, she has been regarded as the national personification of Germany in the sense of the area in which the German language was spoken.
The ones you called Nazis were populists from the GDR. The GDR logo was visible in the background.
When the song came out, some German politicians wanted the song to be banned. They said the song was right-wing extremist. But Rammstein wanted to deal with the dark German history.
Luckily there is freedom of art here in Germany. Therefore, neither the song or the video is banned.
Greetings from Germany.
This group is amazing...
Man, I like Rammstein music and their visual concepts, they've been releasing great videos thru the years, but I think they wouldn't be able to beat this one ever, it was awesomely done👍
Ramstein's genre is "Deutsche Härte"
Greatest music video i have ever seen.
love this band so god-damn much,i miss hearing ICH Will or Sonne i always wanted them to vist America now im seeing them in Sept :) 🤘
If you could have seen them in the late 1990's..... You would have left the concert saying, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Etc. were good.... But Rammstein kicked ass. Didn't know what they were saying but.. Damn they're good
hell yeah!
Three Arrows has a great video breakdown of this.
The way you speak English sounds American, but I've never heard an American pronounce "Du hast" the way you do. It sounds as if you have Hungarian roots. Brilliant reaction, mate.
Germany has a national feeling of guilt regarding WWII. I am Dutch and I like Germans a lot (although my grandpa felt otherwise). They are so friendly and inclusive. If only more countries would teach their youth about the national horrors as well as Germany does. My schooling for instance didn’t mention Dutch slavery or the Indonesian genocide at all. And I often hear that American education doesn’t emphasise the native American genocide. I can go on like this forever. Till said it right: “Those who rise high will fall deep” and only once you hit rock bottom you’re able to push back up again. Face your facts, accept the past and learn from it. 🖖🏼
Thank you! You're so right, every country has its dark sides in their histories. btw I like you Dutch very much. You're good neighbors! 😉
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Thanks you bro we love you too❤🇩🇪🤝🏻🇳🇱