Rammstein - Dalai Lama (React/Review)
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The song is a new interpretation of Erlkönig. From Goethe. Simply brilliant 😉👍
It's a modern adaptation of the poem. It's one of my favorite pieces of music & poetry ever.
Genau das wollte ich auch sagen. Tolles und mittlerweile altes Lied
As close to a new interpretation of the Erlenkönig as the Men in Black is a remake of E.T. . Please be serious for some time : it REUSES some of the most brilliant verses of the poem, but it's NOWHERE near a new interpretation, it's a completely different theme, a completely different masterpiece, that has in common only two things : mainly : *der kind war tot*, but the meaning is possibly so different, as the cause may also be. Because here now, the father probably kills the boy himself, maybe as a allegory for all moms and dads who symbolically or even objectively kill their own children by not letting them breath. Those who, out of fear, want to prevent the children from dying, but acting irrationally they ergo unfortunately prevent them from living (my hypothesis here, I don't pretend to know the intentions of the artist). And I can add a second characteristic in common : the very FAST rhythm, the sustained, breathtaking pace of the verses that is a rare and precious pinnacle of literature's mastery by Goethe, one can really experience only in German (if you don't [speak / know any / ] understand German, just get the translation of the words to follow and read it in German or have a German reading from YT or whatever, to follow the sound, to get hit by the increasing tightness of the entangled implied intensity of emotions, strength of evocations coming from the text, reaching an absolute paroxysmal peak of density and a legendary oxymoron as the words, on contrary, get simpler, the verses get shorter*, the phonetics get essential, minimalist, and the meaning is left nude, so raw that it hits your heart in the most direct way, upto the child's death which turns to be the death more than the (quite brutal and as raw as can be) end, of the poem itself as it's has been so intensely alive. Quite unique in the world to my mind, making this poem one of the most craziest heights of poetry, revered in the world as a legendary unreachable masterpiece for the world (not only Germans) to admire.
* [the verses get shorter] ...which by the way is so rare in German, as you may know German usually needs at very least twice the length of an English text to say the same when you go intellectual, trough as this poem shows could be false in some cases when you express the very essential emotions. It is very significant, in German, to find a text in which the longest word is three syllabus long : "Erlkönig", first appearing in it's four-syllabed form : "Erlenkönig". Soit "L'Aulne-Roi" et "Le Roi des Aulnes", désignant ici le même être : la personification de la Mort. All other words are two syllabus and more frequently one syllabus, which again in German, implies... Genius.
Also another consideration, an oxymoron inside the oxymoron : the more the words get simpler, the meaning naked & the text shorter, the more the reader, in opposition with this simplicity doesn't feel any ease, and is forced by the solemnity of the moment, to read slower and slower and will usually, after an increase of his voice strength, end it with a dry throat, and as the audience gets silent and petrified, experience communion with his company on a twitched whispered voice, respectfully chocked with sadness and empathy for all parents left _orphan of children_.
@@gsyamsri8122 Till Lindemann hat es selbst gesagt, das dass lied auf dem gedicht Der Erlkönig from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe basiert ist. Außerdem hat Rammstein wie immer was ganz anderes daraus gemacht.
Gsyam: so true… this poem surrounded by music is really amazing. Masterpiece!
People need to explore more unknow Rammstein songs like Dalai Lama,Stein Um Stein, Wiener Blut, Donaukinder, Hilf Mir, Klavier, Feuer Und Wasser, Spieluhr, Rein Raus, Adios are masterpieces
I couldn't agree more. Some of the lesser known songs are my favourites including most of the ones you mention particularly feuer and wasser and klavier but my all time favourite is Amour. Unfortunately there are no recordings of live performances of Amour. I love how it starts quiet and builds up throughout the song in the same way as klavier and feuer and wasser.
You are very correct. Those songs are very underrated. At times, I find myself listening to those songs rather than more well known ones.
My all time favourite is Spieluhr, I LOVE the beginning story telling.
seriously those songs make rammstein what it is to me (other than the already beast well-known ones)
I thought Spieluhr is popular one! Donaukinder and Feuer Und Wasser is definitely of my list favourite songs!
This text is incredible in German. Till's lyricism is amazing.
Ein dumpfes Grollen treibt die Nacht
In Panik schreit die Menschenfracht...
Mein absolutes Lieblingslied von Rammstein. Alleine wegen der Lyrics. Till at its best.
Hörst du denn den Donner nicht?! 😉
How Till gets some of his ideas/lyrics:
"Some of the Tills lyrics are inspired by classical German literature. Poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe." Goethe's famous ballad Erlkönig, for ex. translated:
Who rides so late through the night and the wind?
It is the father with his child.
He holds the boy safely in his arms;
he holds him tight, he keeps him warm.
The mood and rhythm of Goethe's poem are echoed in Rammstein's "Dalai Lama":
An airplane lies in the evening wind
On board is a man with a child
They sit safely, sit warm
And are lulled into falling asleep
should listen to the original by schubert. Love it
czcams.com/video/PaBNUzVSnj8/video.html
Goethe was "genius" and still one of the most intelligent people of all times!
This song is based on a poem by J.W.Goethe. In 1782, of course, there were still no airplanes. Here is the old original:
Erlkönig - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (english translation):
ho's riding so late where winds blow wild
It is the father grasping his child;
He holds the boy embraced in his arm,
He clasps him snugly, he keeps him warm.
"My son, why cover your face in such fear?"
"You see the elf-king, father?
He's near! The king of the elves with crown and train!"
"My son, the mist is on the plain."
'Sweet lad, o come and join me, do!
Such pretty games I will play with you;
On the shore gay flowers their color unfold,
My mother has many garments of gold.'
"My father, my father, and can you not hear
The promise the elf-king breathes in my ear?"
"Be calm, stay calm, my child, lie low:
In withered leaves the night-winds blow."
'Will you, sweet lad, come along with me?
My daughters shall care for you tenderly;
In the night my daughters their revelry keep,
They'll rock you and dance you and sing you to sleep.'
"My father, my father, o can you not trace
The elf-king's daughters in that gloomy place?"
"My son, my son, I see it clear
How grey the ancient willows appear."
'I love you, your comeliness charms me, my boy!
And if you're not willing, my force I'll employ.'
"Now father, now father, he's seizing my arm.
Elf-king has done me a cruel harm."
The father shudders, his ride is wild,
In his arms he's holding the groaning child,
Reaches the court with toil and dread. -
The child he held in his arms was dead.
This.
Rammstein mapped this poem into the 21st century. I'd guess that the child died during the flight (because of illness, as in the original poem), however the flight was safe and there was no crash.
Great sing. One of my favs, wished they would play it live again.
Rammstein's version is also about fear of flying. Flake is known to be very reluctant to fly. He himself stated that he always carries part of a crashed plane with him, because no plane has ever crashed a second time. He let that be because he always had problems explaining the part to customs. By the way: The song is called the Dalai Lama because he is said to suffer from a fear of flying.
true !
@@celtbhoyMy interpretation was that there was a decompression incident and the father held his child to keep the child from falling out, and in the panic of the moment, the father suffocates and chokes the child.
Great reaction.
The lyrics are based on the poem "der Erlkönig" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Love the song. Nice and heavy. Just like the original poem. I wouldn't be surprised if Till wrote this on their travel coming from Mexico, where they experienced heavy turbulences.😁With love from Germany 🤘 😎
This band is simply unique.
This has to be one of my top favourites Rammstein tracks. So underplayed but so well written
The song is called "Dalai Lama" because the current Dalai Lama has aerophobia... It's scary, I really love this song.
Since they were talking about Lamas (the animal), I'm pretty sure they didn't even know who or what the Dalai Lama is.
To be fair, there are many people who didn't know him due to bad education or (more likely) being absent-minded during class xD
@@MortimerFolchert Ohhh poor child you dont know how this wolrd and elites and entertainers work do you!! its not a conspiracy theory.... its just facts
This is my favourite Rammstein song of all time (been a Rammstein fan since 15 years). I have shivers everytime i listen to it.
This song is a masterpiece and I love when people hear ''unknown'' songs from Rammstein, but I'd like to see you two react to Nebel. Beautiful song.
Unknown?
The album this song is off, Reise Reise, uses a black box flight recorder for its cover art. Also if you rewind the CD into the negative at the start, there is a real black box flight recording from a plane crash.
The American release of Reise, Reise had the recording as part of the first track.
@@TheHeartlessFour yeah, it does vary. I believe its not on the Japanese release, as i think the recording is from a Japanese plane crash. So itd be distasteful. Makes it more a hidden Easter egg having to rewind into the negative
The South American releases doesn't have the flight recording :/
I have the Brazilian and Argentinian versions and doesn't include the hidden track
JAL 123 flight
I share Matt's opinion on the mist. Greatest ending ever made in horror movies.
And yes, the plane has arrived safely on the ground. Only the child was called to heaven in the song. And the father's fear is responsible for this.
Children have to bear the consequences caused by the fears of their parents (in every situation in life). Could be the moral of the story. If you are looking for one.
It _is_ similar to The Mist!
Wonder if people ever edited that together?
You cannot translate the style Till tells his stories. He is a real poet!
One of my first Rammstein songs (I was 12 in 2004 and my best friends father had the CD) and still one of my favorite ones.
Great seeing your reaction to it, especially the part at 6:13. :D
My first song was Das Model 1999 on mc ,I was 10 yo 😀
@@martinbucek3999Ich liebe das Original dieses Titels von Kraftwerk, aber die Version von Rammstein ist einer der seltenen Fälle, wo mir die nachgespielte Version. Esser gefällt, als das Original.
I love the original of this track (model) by Kraftwerk, but the version by Rammstein is one of the rare cases where I like the dubbed version better than the original.
One of my all time favorite Rammstein songs! Glad you guys reacted to this one.
The lyrics are based on "Der Erlkönig" by Goethe, but there are also references to the crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123 in Japan in 1985, which killed 520 people. The cover of "Reise, Reise" is a data flight recorder that says "Flight Recorder Do Not Open" in German. If this is inspired on JAL 123, then they crashed into the side of a mountain after loosing hydraulic control of the airplane due to an explosion. They were somehow able to keep the plane in the air for over 30 minutes with nothing other than adjusting their engine thrust to gain some control of the direction of the plane. They were returning to Haneda Airport but they simply ran out of height and crashed into the mountains surrounding Tokyo.
this is an overlooked gem
Check „Spieluhr“ and „Zeig dich“ 🤘🤘🤘
Yep, Spieluhr please. Another song which is so underrated.
Enjoy the next flight. Don't forget your headphones and to put on this song on. 😉🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Damn, you took the words right out of my mouth. 🤣🤣🤣
I hate and love this song so much.
It always gives me chills to the point i have to cry lol
It happens to me with stein um stein. Reise Reise is a Masterpiece
Cool song!! The part of " come here, stay here.." It just keeps repeating in my head 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
This is one of their older songs that I always seem to forget about for like years at a time, but every time I actually hear it it hits just as hard and never stops being kinda freaky.
The English translation is good, but ignores, or has to ignore that the German original uses many old-fashioned poetic words, out of general use nowadays (just a single example: "sie gehen dem Schlaf ins Garn" - totally uncommon in modern everyday German; my impression is, that the translation "and walk into sleep's trap" is good and adequat, but then my English is to weak to judge). That gives the German original an additional impression of a fairy tale or an eternal message, which intensifies the plot. This got often lost in the English translation. But as the French say "chaque traduction est un trahition", every translation is a treason.
This is by far my favourite Song from Rammstein.
Has been since I've heard it for the first time almost 18 years ago^^
The original poem set to music composed by Schubert is very dark. There is amazing animated video you should check out/react to. It tells the story. It has an English subtitles option aswell. I'll put a link in reply below. Hopefully it shows
The video is caled "Franz Schubert: Erlkönig" and uploaded by OxfordLieder
czcams.com/video/JS91p-vmSf0/video.html
I've watched this reaction twice in a day and I can imagine you both possibly putting this song on your Music Playlists to listen over and over until you get sick of it... Jokes, you won't get sick of it.
Wow. First time I heard that song while watching this. That piano had an Erie addition with the chuck of the guitar bass. Very badass.
I’m not sure Lufthansa will use this as inflight entertainment;)
Damn, I love flying. And now I've got fear of flight. Damn you, Till! 😆
BTW why the hell title of song is "Dalai Lama"? 🤔
Because the Dalai Lama also had a fear of flying.
Hi Chels, hi mat this lyrics reminds me a lot to my German lessons at school. Till seems to be inspired by the poets king Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The imagination and story line is along Goehte's poem "Erlkönig". Regards from Munich!
Brilliant, thanks guys awesome 👏
Our pleasure!
Great Song! Great reaction ❤
Love you
Listening to this song brought a bad memory from when me and my son went to Cancun and on the way back the plane hit some really bad turbulence that the airplane felt like it dropped couple hundred feet. Everyone on the plane screamed and now my son has a fear of flying.
Fantastic reaction! Educated Marine has the best videos...close 2nd is Bukstabu ..The cover of Reise Reise has an actual plane crash black box on the cover front and back...I don't know where Till comes up with the lyrics but it's MAD GENIUS!! Also Flake as usual KILLS IT! Without his playing not sure if a lot of Rammsteins songs have the same impact.Curious as to where you two are seeing them this summer...Chicago for me..can't wait!!
I have definitely flown whilst listening to this. i had no idea what it was about :P
Awesome!!! , please next reaction “Rammstein- Spieluhr” the studio version, you’re gonna love it
Yeah there’s a poem from Goethe called Erlkönig that talks about this from
Which Till found inspiration.
Also couple of things:
- Matt’s reaction was the best 😂 when he said WOWWWWWW
- Second this song is part of their 4th album and funny enough the album cover is a “black box” like the ones you find in an airplane. (Although the freaking box is orange idk why they called it “black box” 😂)
ANNNNDDDDDDDDD if you have the CD and play the first son and then go back like rewind the first song like minus 20 seconds or so you will hear an easter egg. (I’m not gonna spoil it for you) does that makes sense?
Reading the story, seeing the lyrics, and listening to the song gives me the chills 💀. Still an awesome song.
this is an adaption of the erlking - great work
Yes! My favorite song, one the best underrated songs from them. :)
That line though 6:13 - 6:20 holy shit LOL
This is an amazing song. Listen to Klavier. Lyrics a MUST.
On the album reise, reise they have a hidden track (except on the Japanese release) of Japan Airlines flight 123 that suffered damage to its vertical stabilizer and crashed. It’s the cockpit voice recording of the pilots trying to regain control. Sad stuff
That was great, I know the German words but I never knew the translation, that was quite dark and still love the song. I was also guessing the end but we will never know :)
Yes that would be the logical ending. At the start the "lord of the winds" asked his sons to bring him the human child. That's all he wanted. To get it, they would "crash" the plane. Of course the father out of fear of losing his son held him so tightly that it killed his son, giving the "lord of the winds" what he wanted in the first place. So the winds would most likely settle and the rest would land safely except the child that now sings with the "sons" of the "lord of the winds".
I’m going to listen to this before my flight tomorrow
the scariest thing about this song is: 'we must live until we die', in that situation where the plane goes down you probably don't wanna live until you die.
Yeah, the Lyrics are inspired by Erlkönig, but I guess the whole song is a metaphor about children who get everything forbidden by their parents who think that the world is too dangerous for their children, but under their "protection" the Children can never live a normal life. So they get "killed" by their parents. And the Choir are the other Children who had the same problems with their parents.
The org. video the Plane crashed. Nice Video !!
Never knew what that song was about and I know I looked the lyrics up but must have just right past me lol such a chilling song though!
This was my favorite song by rammstein for many years
Have you guys reacted to the new Ghost album? Is it on your Patreon?
All Rammstein Songs have a deeper meaning!! All are worth a translation
Esa canción me hizo amar a Rammstein
One of my most favorite songs from the "Riese, Riese" Album.
Rammstein released the album this song takes place in to commemorate the 1985 JAL-123 Japanese Airlines flight ending up crashing into the mountain. It happened because the technical maintainable works weren't made as they should've been. This caused in rear internal frame part cracking and letting the cabin air out, which then ripped the vertical stabiliser off. The pilots were trying their best to control the plane into the safe landing, but didn't succeed. Rammstein also included a hidden track into the album which contained audio of last 30 seconds of Boeing 747's flight recorder. The entire thing is terrifying, you can first hear the Japanese pilots scared shouts, then a couple of low altitude alarms go off, one after another, followed by more shouting. Suddenly, you can hear a crash noise, after which the plane alarms keep going for two seconds, followed by the last, loud and long crash which ends the record. Out of 524 people on board, only 4 survived.
Im follow you for a long time, i think thats one of youre first translation videos.. soooo ... i thinkt.. do all your rammstein reaktions again.. cause, you will be surprised 😅 trust me 😇
I love that song.
you should listen to klavier song
"Plot twist" lol, that was funny.
Тяжёлый, тягучий, мрачный, зловещий и пугающий... Это один из моих горячо любимых треков)
the long long awaited return of BATTLELORE tomarrow with firekeeper i remember the day when Sabaton was left with jus Joakim and Par and Battlelore all but dissapeared but back now so excited napalm records thank you
The 'Erlkönig' - I remember when we were in elementary school and had to memorise the entire text of the story. 😃
FFS finally react to "Klavier". Cheers from Germany o7
Love this track!😻
To think this isn’t part of the initial album, as it were…😵
Great ❤️❤️
"Sanduhr" is also a Song with a very nice Story. 😁😁
I don't think this is an official video. Someone just put some pictures together to the song.
More old stuff! i m From germany. born 1991 and my first songs from Rammstein 1999 i have love it
the song " Dalai Lama" is a modern form of johann Wolfgang von Goethes ballad of "der Erlkönig"
for your next rammstein reaction : Rammstein - Halleluja (Live at Highfield Festival 2016)
You noticed that the soul of the dead kid sits on the winds too and sings with the chor: "come here stay here we are good to you" ?
I used to jam out to this as a kid and I would get a weird power trip cause these are my fuckin boys right there
Who rides there so late through the night dark and drear?
The father it is, with his infant so dear;
He holdeth the boy tightly clasp'd in his arm,
He holdeth him safely, he keepeth him warm.
My son, wherefore seek'st thou thy face thus to hide? -
Look, father, the Erl-King is close by our side!
Dost see not the Erl-King, with crown and with train? -
My son, 'tis the mist rising over the plain. -
"Oh, come, thou dear infant! oh come thou with me!
For many a game, I will play there with thee;
On my strand, lovely flowers their blossoms unfold,
My mother shall grace thee with garments of gold." -
My father, my father, and dost thou not hear
The words that the Erl-King now breathes in mine ear? -
Be calm, dearest child, 'tis thy fancy deceives;
'Tis the sad wind that sighs through the withering leaves. -
"Wilt go, then, dear infant, wilt go with me there?
My daughters shall tend thee with sisterly care;
My daughters by night their glad festival keep,
They'll dance thee, and rock thee, and sing thee to sleep." -
My father, my father, and dost thou not see,
How the Erl-King his daughters has brought here for me? -
My darling, my darling, I see it aright,
'Tis the aged grey willows deceiving thy sight. -
"I love thee, I'm charm'd by thy beauty, dear boy!
And if thou'rt unwilling, then force I'll employ." -
My father, my father, he seizes me fast,
For sorely, the Erl-King has hurt me at last. -
The father now gallops, with terror half wild,
He grasps in his arms the poor shuddering child;
He reaches his courtyard with toil and with dread, -
The child in his arms finds he motionless, dead.
Love it 💞💞🌺🌺🌸🌸
1st: I think "The Mist"s ending was kinda stupid. If you only got one bullet left, you better make it count (doublekill)
2nd: Every time I fly, I find solace in the fact that no-one stayed up there... :D
3rd: Thanks for the react. Love it as always
1:45 That's an orgasm joke.
As for the wailing chorus, I always imagine it as a giant hole in the cabin with the howling wind drawing the victim's gaze into the stormclouds.
6:20 If I could film that scene, the final chorus would be a wisp of the child, with solid smoke eyes locked to the camera, Snorricam style, singing, while everything else trembles on descent.
When I go on vacation again this summer, they better not play this song on the plane.
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The father clearly survives as he does so in Goethes Poem. Its quit a brain twist to compare the two text side by side ...
Read Erlkönig by Goethe wich is the inspiration to this song.
I think the father killed his son with his fear. In Goethe's poem the Erlkönig killed the son, probably after child abuse. This ist not in Till' poem.
Planecrash + Rammstein 🤔 uhmm guys listen to the song/ look at the video "Rammstein". From their first album Herzeleid and was used by David Lynch in his film Lost Highway. Its about the 1989 Ramstein AFB airshow disaster. Though i myself prefer the Live aus Berlin version to the album version(or even better with visuals from that concert but they are hard to find on YT) because of a better intro and even better guitar sound. It shows Rammstein fondness of heavy subjects is there since the beginning.
I know it's based on classic literature, but this is one of the darkest most horrific songs ever. (In a good way).
Horri_fying_ too.
The Wild Hunt being equated to Turbulence is evil. Genius terrifying evil.
Pls react to Rammstein "Spieluhr" with english english subtitles :)
ohh yes, the plane do crash hard in the original mv..in a ball of fire on the landing strip
pleaseeee you need to react to rein raus live from hamburg 2001 (bootleg) uploaded by bucksttabu (it has english subtitles)!!! i have a feeling chels is gonna like it a lot 😏 till looks super sexy and the song is......well you’ll see
У раммштайна не было клипа на эту песню, видимо, чья то самоделка
Where’s the slipknot shirt from?
Can you do a review of Vader-Carnal
Which band did ever made a rock song out of a poem I learned in school.
When the album was released and I heard that song the first time, that poem was back in my mind instantly.
OK, even Goethe was a freak.....
Noone should say u learn useless things in school....🙃
Pls react to Donaukinder 👌
One of my favorite songs by them, I really think Reise Reise is the best album
Custom Video !
The best Rammstein Song !!! At your next Flight ..take your Smartphone and play this Song loud ..^^
this song is actually inspired by the Japanese Airlines 123 plane crash, that only 4 people survived, truly horrific lyrics, but it's based on a poem
In Goethe's poem, a ghostly apparition, the King of the Elves, whispers seductively to the child and seeks to abduct him into his realm. At the end of the ballad, the son dies in the arms of his father on horseback.
In the song"Dalai Lama" the"King of the Winds" aims to claim the boy,who finally dies in his father's arms, held too tightly in anticipation of an airplane crash.
Please react to German folk singer Heino, who reinvented himself at age 74(?) and produced some funny rock version of his old songs and even performed with Rammstein live.. maybe do a comparison of his original folk music from the 70s and the new version.. (Blau blüht der Enzian - Schwarz blüht der Enzian) The band members and security in the video are fellow folk musicians:
czcams.com/video/2tY57TYnr9w/video.html
The Dalai Lama is afraid of flying
true story. they did land the plane safely but the child was dead.