I've loved Rammstein since they first appeared in the 90s. I second Du Hast Live in Paris. Rammstein are a great live band and always put on a performance. I think you'll be amazed.
Adding my recommendation for the Paris live show, "Mein Herz Brennt", "Mutter", and "Du Hast" in particular. Rammstein are fantastic live, their production and stage presentation is among the greats, and the Paris show is very well edited with many cameras to support a greater at-home experience.
This is the best way to portray German history in a short time. Partly also the Dutch history, because historically we have only recently separated :-) But we Dutch still sing in our national anthem "I am of German blood" :-)
Rammstein, fitting the message of the song, mostly showed the bad times explaining why they want to, but can't love Germany. As a German i like to think we have some pretty good history too though ;)
@@xxJOKeR75xx German history is a great story. From all kinds of small states to a large, powerful state. There's a whole story behind that. With all the growing pains that come with it. Many Dutch people have German roots. The Dutch and Germans also share a lot of history. If you look at the language you only notice a greater difference when the borders of the country became clearer. The old Dutch and the old German were much more alike. Even near the border between the Netherlands and Germany, people still speak almost the same language (or dialect) to this day. Germany has raped our country under the leadership of that damned fake German from Austria. Germany is forgiven, but it is not forgotten. What happened then was a kind of incest. A brother nation was terrorized. Anyway, everything is fine now between the Netherlands and Germany. We leave behind us the black page that historically lasted only 5 years. The younger generations get along just fine. Both countries work well together in many areas. And from an economic point of view, the Netherlands is already a province of Germany :-)
But not when it comes to Football!!!ever listened to Götz Wiedmann Holland Lied? You should try it out it's pretty funny, and love to the Netherlands!❤🇩🇪
@@xxJOKeR75xx I wish my fellow British people would accept the bad things of the past instead of hiding behind EMPIRE GLORY. It's a real shame, but I do think the German government has taken it too far in shaming the people. Why Should the children be cursed by the sins of the parents D: I may be naïve, but I believe forgiveness is stronger than hate
Thanks for watching the entire credits. The background music is the piano version of the song Sonne. Please also check out the video for the song Radio from the same album.
A song saying “Deutschland über allen” that was a mega hit in Poland played on not only rock by also general radio stations. That about sums up how brilliant Rammstein is. Music wise, lyric wise, political wise. I mean Poland and Germany have probably the biggest beef there ever was due to WWII. And also now have a totally open border due to the European Union. It’s hard for bands to keep up in this weird world, Rammstein manages to do it, a take on German history that offends neither Germans or neighbors. Art…
Hi, I'm from Germany. 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 words "Germania Magna" at the beginning are a Roman name for the area of Germany, that wasn't conquered by the Roman Empire at that time. Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were the Roman conquered areas (Roman provinces) of Germany. 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 commanding field general Germanicus under Emperor Tiberius Augustus. 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 umphteenth 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 😄
Love this info so much!! Just read this and will print it out so I can read it again. As a history major in college this post speaks to me so much. Thank you
There will be probably German people better suited giving some deeper meaning behind the song to me it addresses the long history of Germany and the duality Germans have towards their country and history whether to feel proud or ashamed (Germans are still very aware of their role in recent European history). Anyway, all of their stuff is lyrically very layered and poetic in nature. (well most of it ahahaha)
Rammstein are really a thing to see live, BUT they also have very well produced official music videos (especially this video). Some are really funny, some creepy, some full of melancholy, some artsy, some art and some are filled with pure energy. Some are later referenced in other videos. The following 4 are their most recent ones, the others below those 4 are listed in a somewhat chronological order. You can start with the most recent ones if you like, but for the others below it can be beneficial to not skip around too much because some reference earlier videos. The 4 most recent ones: - Zeit (another masterpiece, may or may not hit harder for not-so-young folks) - Angst (how fear can corrupt a society) - ZickZack (very funny, about beauty standards etc) - Dicke Titten (also very funny) And below this are the older ones: - Du riechst so gut (98) - Engel - Du hast - Stripped (pure Art, Depeche Mode cover with Leni Riefenstahl material) - Sonne (funny) - Ich will (about sensationalism/the media, references a bunch of videos) - Amerika (funny, but also a reaction to the USA after 9/11) - Feuer frei (parts from the movie triple X, which featured Rammstein) - Mein Teil (artsy, creepy-ish) - Ohne dich (heartbreaking story) - Keine Lust (very funny) - Rosenrot - Haifisch (funny, references Sonne, Amerika, Ohne dich, Keine Lust, Du hast, etc) - Mann gegen Mann (naked dudes) - Pussy (very funny, but basically porn in the uncensored version) - Mein Herz brennt - Mein Herz brennt Piano version - Mein Land (very funny) - Ausländer (very funny) - Radio (funny)
You shouldn't apologize to Nightwish fans. Cuz Nightwish fans listen also other bands. As a fan of Nightwish, i have been listening Rammstein for equal amount of time, and that started in early 2000's. Real fans know what good music is. Those elitists and gatekeepers are the ones who are ruining experience for the rest. Just ignore them, and keep doing what YOU like. Cheers.
@Ivan The Terrible I agree what you said 100%... To me NW,s music have been very important part of my life over 20 years, BUT that not mean that I do not listening many many other bands, vocals, genres and injoy them as much as NW. Thank you that you wrote this👍❤ (by Nightwish fan since 1998)
My favorite is Sonne. That said, most any of their official videos will be fantastic as they tend to all have very high production values and their live videos (especially Paris) really show their outstanding stage presence and amazing technical artistry. Rammstein is one of those "must see/bucket list" bands. If you have not gone to a show, you can't comprehend what you are missing.
As a Swede I am not familiar with all the historical metaphors in this song, but I know some. But if you wanna see a Rammstein live performamce I can recomend their song "Du Hast" 🔥 live in Paris. And I am sure most viewers are with me here 🙂 Great reaction.
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 words "Germania Magna" at the beginning are a Roman name for the area of Germany, that wasn't conquered by the Roman Empire at that time. Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were the Roman conquered areas (Roman provinces) of Germany. 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 commanding field general Germanicus under Emperor Tiberius Augustus. 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 umphteenth 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 😄 Greetings Mega
PS: TH-cam didn't allow me to integrate this information into the bigger text (above) for unknown reasons, therefore I'm posting it here: The troops, who smashed the Jewish shops during the Kristallnacht (not shown in the video) were SA (Sturmabteilung) in brown uniform and not the later SS (Schutzstaffel) in the black uniform. The SA did all the dirty work at the beginning of the Nazi rise to power...until the "Night of the long knives", an inner-Nazi power struggle, happened. The head of the SA (Ernst Röhm) was killed and from then on the SA was turned more and more into the SS under Himmler. The book burnings were part of the early Nazi years, too, and were done by the SA, too. One can see the SA burning the books and Till is watching it in a brown SA uniform. Both, Kristallnacht and book burnings were different things and happened at different times. The book burnings happened over a longer timespan at different locations at different times during the Kristallnacht was one big "event" that happened at one single day. Kristallnacht means "Crystal Night" and was called that way, because the smashed shop windows of the Jewish shops looked like thousands of crystals on the ground. But in the Rammstein video I've only seen the book burnings. PPS: The two beer drinking soldiers to the left side of the table, where Germania is lying on and where the priests are eating Sauerkraut & Sausages from her body, are not French soldiers and they aren't representing the French revolution. Those two beer drinking soldiers are Prussian soldiers and they are emphasizing the importance of Prussia for the German history. As far as I could see: They were from the era of Friedrich der Große (The Old Fritz), who was of extraordinary importance for German history. Amongst many other achievements he was the one, who brought the potato to Prussia and Germany. That saved many Germans from hunger and the potato became one of the most beloved foods in Germany on that way.
Their videos are often stunning, but they are also famous for their live shows. I would recommend "Ich tu dir weh" (Live at Madison Square Garden) and "Du hast" (Live in Paris) to start with.... Greetings from Germany ;-)
Groeten uit Nederland..I love what you did with the Welcome in different languages 👍🥰. Rammstein is great. I've seen them live a few times and it's always so much fun seeing them live!
Even Germans would have to watch this several times to get all the details of this video...and what they mean, starting 2000 years ago in the Teutoburger Wald, Where the Romans were defeated by German tribes.
Dutch Rammstein fan here, this is the first video I see from your channel, dankjewel voor de verwelkoming! 😄 You are a lovely couple, not afraid to be yourself on camera. Instant subscribe from me 💚 I'm looking forward to more Rammstein from you, and seeing what else your channel might bring me! My recommendation for a next Rammstein song would be the piano version of Mein Herz Brennt, which is (along with Deutschland) one of the most emotionally powerful pieces of music I know. But any other song from them would be great too. Thanks for your reaction, I enjoyed my time with you two! 💚
RAMMSTEIN 😍😍😍😍😍😍These boys grew up in East Germany. I am a Queen and Bowie fan and became a Nightwish fan alsoo. And I listen to alot of Rammstein. I have at lest one old original CD of them somewhere. I think their second Album.
Rammstein, a complete package for all senses! if you have the opportunity, go to the concert, an experience of a lifetime. you must see the video TIME, a masterpiece! ! !
Nice reaction guys 👍 Du Hast live in Paris is a must watch and Mein Hertz Brent (official video)and Mein Hertz Brent the piano 🎹 version Back to back it's beautiful you will love it 👍❤️🥝🇳🇿
Great reaction. Loved all the welcome signs. I have to say that half of why I love watching you guys so much is the playful banter you have between each other before and after the music performance is played. One more thing, it would have been awesome to see a welcome sign for us Canadians.... WELCOME EH! 😀
@SueSueandthewolfman Well, not much differently than that actually. If you wanted to have fun with it then since Canadians have a reputation for being polite and non-confrontational, you could say: Please, how's the heart eh? Or leave off the Please and just add the eh on the end. Saying eh after a question or statement is a very Canadaian thing, at least where I am from. Plus Canadian's have a reputation for being polite to a fault. For example if a Canadian was sitting in his car in a busy parking lot and someone backed their car into his, the Canadian would immiedately get out of his car and start apologizing to the person who hit him even thought it wasn't even his fault 🤣
Deutsche Geschichte ist zwar noch viel mehr als diese Fassung, aber es sind die prägenden Jahre. Als Deutscher ist es nicht leicht nur darauf reduziert zu werden.!!!
Herr Wolfman ist pretty correct, very soft "v", fantastische intro folks, very much appreciated. The "safe" next choices would be Du Hast live Paris und Engel. Amerika very cool video. Again dank for doing this.
he generally is right - mother had a plaque hanging in our kitchen that said, "You can always tell a German, but you can't tell them much"! Don't know if that translates but she was teasing my father. :)
Ich bin immer gern bei Euch zu Gast. Tausend Küsse und tausend Grüße aus dem alten, gerade sterbenden Deutschland! I always enjoy being your guest. A thousand kisses and a thousand greetings from the old, dying Germany!
Welcome to a ride of (dark) german History. I only say. Hallo, und ihr seit jederzeit bei mir willkommen. Kiitos for this reaction. 🤘(🥰from a Member of the Nightwish family)Next Zeit, with subtiles.
@@ralfmeyer9086 thanks Ralf Sorry it took so long to respond!! We found a channel for Rammstein that has subtitles finally so now we offer them I understood a bit of the German you sent but not sure I got it all Can you translate? Thanks again Ralf!!
Rhomm-Shtyne, Wolfman. One of the biggest bands in the world...still packing stadiums w a set that takes upwards of 60hrs to build b4 the band plays! Best know for their exciting live shows, full of pyrotechnics, they also have many stunning original videos, like the mini movie you just watched. Did you see the big angel wings near the end of the video? See Engel, live at Madison Square Garden, to see those wings in their original conception. Also must see Is Du Hast live in Paris. Get through a few, and I'll keep feeding you suggestions. I worked on their 1st 3 American tours, and have seen them 17xs...18 in Sept! This is an amazing band! The band uses techno keyboards in just the right dose, and has 2 guitarists, who play in sync, creating a fat wall of sound. Christophe on drums, is relentless and reliable. Till Lindeman's lyrics are often meant with duality. He is a published Poet. Rammstein has more than 2 decades of outstanding work for you to discover...but warning...they write songs about some controvetsial subjects, so its not always a great idea to translate the lyrics.
@@SueSueandthewolfman I worked under both the label and tour manager as a "gig handler" which is like an assistant to the tour manager. Arrive at venue b4 artists and don't leave til they are in a vehicle after the show. Basically a babysitter/problem solver! It was a 2nd job that I did for fun...off and on for 25yrs!
You know what, Nightwish is amazing, I love them and can even say that they are my second favourite band, BUT Rammstein is something completely different and unique, and since they are my first and only favourite band, I think you should give them a chance and dive deeper into their music, lyrics and live performances. There is no band like Rammstein on the planet, trust me. And what next? Well, it's a hard question. You will get many recommendations in the comments, so choose any. I might recommend "Zeit" official video (with lyrics... lyrics are often very important part of Rammstein songs). Cheers from Serbia!
I must confess with shame that I hardly know this Band 🙄 Even my German husband😬 But I found this 'Wahnsinnig schön' 👍 It really surprised me. I thank you for that ❤️ Love 🦋 🙋🏼♀️ Also thanks for the super cool announcement 👌 Dank jullie wel 🇳🇱 Danke schöne 🇩🇪
Fine reaction, thank you! Yes, please check them out live! A good song to start with would be "Du hast" live in Paris, and a second "Engel" live from Madison Square Garden.
You are a such a great couple ❤️. And everybody loving Rammstein is my kinda people. During a 4 day concert i Berlin (Völkerbal 2005l) I attended. Apocalyptica was the opening act all 4 days. I covinced a concert worker my name was on the backstage list, (a white lie😎.) But I got backstage and had a blast with the band and Apocalyptica. You really need to see a rammstein concert 👌 /Christina 🇸🇪
Hi, how nice of you to make the welcome signs!😀 Actually I do not know much songs of Rammstein either😊.So, I am happy to take the ride together with you! ❤️ Wow really liked the song! Confronting video😊
@@SueSueandthewolfman Oh my, I see your question just now.. so sorry (i do not always get proper notifications from YT unfortunately). i am a Dutchie (like Floor😀, from the Netherlands). ❤️
You should get into the habit of searching for the official music videos with English subtitles. There are, also for this video. Simply enter "Rammstein - Deutschland english subtitles" in the search. One don't have to be an Einstein. 😉
The welcomes ..what did I just witness..?? 🤣🤣 Thumbs up from me just for the shocking level of disconnect from your own language origins! Keep up the great work
I like both Rammstein and Nightwish. They are two different types of music. And you certainly are not going to confuse Floor Jansen with Till Lindemann. Here's another band you might like to try - a Japanese hard rock band called Band Maid. You'll thank me.
Great reaction again :-D To the welcome signs, in swedish we also pronounce the "V" in the beginning, and the "A" should actually be an "Ä" an A with two dots above :-)
The song is about Till arguing with himself about if he can truly love his country despite all the horrible things it has done and it ends with deciding that as much as he wants to love Germany, he cannot do it.
Masterpiece. Probably the best music video ever made.
Definitely!
Not sure about that. "Zeit" is pretty awesome as well.
Nope, for sure not.
@@berndschreiber1167 For sure yes.
Bestie boys,Fat boy slim.,...
I've loved Rammstein since they first appeared in the 90s. I second Du Hast Live in Paris. Rammstein are a great live band and always put on a performance. I think you'll be amazed.
We are amazed!!
Adding my recommendation for the Paris live show, "Mein Herz Brennt", "Mutter", and "Du Hast" in particular. Rammstein are fantastic live, their production and stage presentation is among the greats, and the Paris show is very well edited with many cameras to support a greater at-home experience.
This is the best way to portray German history in a short time. Partly also the Dutch history, because historically we have only recently separated :-) But we Dutch still sing in our national anthem "I am of German blood" :-)
And I honor the king of Spain ;-)
Rammstein, fitting the message of the song, mostly showed the bad times explaining why they want to, but can't love Germany. As a German i like to think we have some pretty good history too though ;)
@@xxJOKeR75xx German history is a great story. From all kinds of small states to a large, powerful state. There's a whole story behind that. With all the growing pains that come with it.
Many Dutch people have German roots. The Dutch and Germans also share a lot of history. If you look at the language you only notice a greater difference when the borders of the country became clearer. The old Dutch and the old German were much more alike. Even near the border between the Netherlands and Germany, people still speak almost the same language (or dialect) to this day.
Germany has raped our country under the leadership of that damned fake German from Austria. Germany is forgiven, but it is not forgotten. What happened then was a kind of incest. A brother nation was terrorized.
Anyway, everything is fine now between the Netherlands and Germany. We leave behind us the black page that historically lasted only 5 years. The younger generations get along just fine. Both countries work well together in many areas. And from an economic point of view, the Netherlands is already a province of Germany :-)
But not when it comes to Football!!!ever listened to Götz Wiedmann Holland Lied? You should try it out it's pretty funny, and love to the Netherlands!❤🇩🇪
@@xxJOKeR75xx I wish my fellow British people would accept the bad things of the past instead of hiding behind EMPIRE GLORY.
It's a real shame, but I do think the German government has taken it too far in shaming the people.
Why Should the children be cursed by the sins of the parents D:
I may be naïve, but I believe forgiveness is stronger than hate
Thanks for watching the entire credits. The background music is the piano version of the song Sonne.
Please also check out the video for the song Radio from the same album.
Hello from Germany, RAMMSTEIN 🇩🇪🇺🇸🤟
A song saying “Deutschland über allen” that was a mega hit in Poland played on not only rock by also general radio stations. That about sums up how brilliant Rammstein is. Music wise, lyric wise, political wise. I mean Poland and Germany have probably the biggest beef there ever was due to WWII. And also now have a totally open border due to the European Union. It’s hard for bands to keep up in this weird world, Rammstein manages to do it, a take on German history that offends neither Germans or neighbors. Art…
So well said - so interesting too!
I loved listening to Rammstein when I was learning German. I've always admired the creative way they use their language.
😄
Hi, I'm from Germany.
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 words "Germania Magna" at the beginning are a Roman name for the area of Germany, that wasn't conquered by the Roman Empire at that time.
Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were the Roman conquered areas (Roman provinces) of Germany.
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 commanding field general Germanicus under Emperor Tiberius Augustus. 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 umphteenth 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 😄
Da hat sich einer aber ganz schön reingehängt ... 👍🏻
Für die Mühe und diesen Text hast du mein Respekt
I wanna refer your comment to anyone who doesnt come across this video. Vielen Dank !!
Thanks so much for this information/insight…
Love this info so much!! Just read this and will print it out so I can read it again.
As a history major in college this post speaks to me so much.
Thank you
There will be probably German people better suited giving some deeper meaning behind the song to me it addresses the long history of Germany and the duality Germans have towards their country and history whether to feel proud or ashamed (Germans are still very aware of their role in recent European history).
Anyway, all of their stuff is lyrically very layered and poetic in nature. (well most of it ahahaha)
You’re exactly right
Rammstein are really a thing to see live, BUT they also have very well produced official music videos (especially this video). Some are really funny, some creepy, some full of melancholy, some artsy, some art and some are filled with pure energy. Some are later referenced in other videos.
The following 4 are their most recent ones, the others below those 4 are listed in a somewhat chronological order. You can start with the most recent ones if you like, but for the others below it can be beneficial to not skip around too much because some reference earlier videos.
The 4 most recent ones:
- Zeit (another masterpiece, may or may not hit harder for not-so-young folks)
- Angst (how fear can corrupt a society)
- ZickZack (very funny, about beauty standards etc)
- Dicke Titten (also very funny)
And below this are the older ones:
- Du riechst so gut (98)
- Engel
- Du hast
- Stripped (pure Art, Depeche Mode cover with Leni Riefenstahl material)
- Sonne (funny)
- Ich will (about sensationalism/the media, references a bunch of videos)
- Amerika (funny, but also a reaction to the USA after 9/11)
- Feuer frei (parts from the movie triple X, which featured Rammstein)
- Mein Teil (artsy, creepy-ish)
- Ohne dich (heartbreaking story)
- Keine Lust (very funny)
- Rosenrot
- Haifisch (funny, references Sonne, Amerika, Ohne dich, Keine Lust, Du hast, etc)
- Mann gegen Mann (naked dudes)
- Pussy (very funny, but basically porn in the uncensored version)
- Mein Herz brennt
- Mein Herz brennt Piano version
- Mein Land (very funny)
- Ausländer (very funny)
- Radio (funny)
You shouldn't apologize to Nightwish fans. Cuz Nightwish fans listen also other bands. As a fan of Nightwish, i have been listening Rammstein for equal amount of time, and that started in early 2000's. Real fans know what good music is. Those elitists and gatekeepers are the ones who are ruining experience for the rest. Just ignore them, and keep doing what YOU like. Cheers.
Yes! Blessings to you !
I too
Well said!!!
Thanks from a Rammstein Fan. 😉
@Ivan The Terrible I agree what you said 100%... To me NW,s music have been very important part of my life over 20 years, BUT that not mean that I do not listening many many other bands, vocals, genres and injoy them as much as NW. Thank you that you wrote this👍❤ (by Nightwish fan since 1998)
My favorite is Sonne. That said, most any of their official videos will be fantastic as they tend to all have very high production values and their live videos (especially Paris) really show their outstanding stage presence and amazing technical artistry.
Rammstein is one of those "must see/bucket list" bands. If you have not gone to a show, you can't comprehend what you are missing.
My one too !!!
Masterpiece! I'm from Italy and I love Rammstein 🔥❤❤ best band ever
Educated Marine has translated most Rammstein music videos from German to English.💯
Stay safe 🤘🇺🇲🇩🇰🤘
As a Swede I am not familiar with all the historical metaphors in this song, but I know some.
But if you wanna see a Rammstein live performamce I can recomend their song "Du Hast" 🔥 live in Paris.
And I am sure most viewers are with me here 🙂
Great reaction.
@@jeffhoffman8370 great, get ready for fire 🔥🚀
That’s because Sweden was not any of the countries Germany was trying to Conquer
You two are couple goals. Your are so supportive and sweet to eachother
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 words "Germania Magna" at the beginning are a Roman name for the area of Germany, that wasn't conquered by the Roman Empire at that time.
Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were the Roman conquered areas (Roman provinces) of Germany.
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 commanding field general Germanicus under Emperor Tiberius Augustus. 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 umphteenth 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 😄
Greetings
Mega
PS: TH-cam didn't allow me to integrate this information into the bigger text (above) for unknown reasons, therefore I'm posting it here:
The troops, who smashed the Jewish shops during the Kristallnacht (not shown in the video) were SA (Sturmabteilung) in brown uniform and not the later SS (Schutzstaffel) in the black uniform. The SA did all the dirty work at the beginning of the Nazi rise to power...until the "Night of the long knives", an inner-Nazi power struggle, happened. The head of the SA (Ernst Röhm) was killed and from then on the SA was turned more and more into the SS under Himmler.
The book burnings were part of the early Nazi years, too, and were done by the SA, too. One can see the SA burning the books and Till is watching it in a brown SA uniform.
Both, Kristallnacht and book burnings were different things and happened at different times. The book burnings happened over a longer timespan at different locations at different times during the Kristallnacht was one big "event" that happened at one single day.
Kristallnacht means "Crystal Night" and was called that way, because the smashed shop windows of the Jewish shops looked like thousands of crystals on the ground. But in the Rammstein video I've only seen the book burnings.
PPS:
The two beer drinking soldiers to the left side of the table, where Germania is lying on and where the priests are eating Sauerkraut & Sausages from her body, are not French soldiers and they aren't representing the French revolution. Those two beer drinking soldiers are Prussian soldiers and they are emphasizing the importance of Prussia for the German history.
As far as I could see: They were from the era of Friedrich der Große (The Old Fritz), who was of extraordinary importance for German history. Amongst many other achievements he was the one, who brought the potato to Prussia and Germany. That saved many Germans from hunger and the potato became one of the most beloved foods in Germany on that way.
Sauber!
@@Transgressorassessor
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@@jeffhoffman8370 Thank you for this positive response! :)
This post is the most important one in any "Deutschland" video for those who don't know that much about German history. Now they do.
Their videos are often stunning, but they are also famous for their live shows. I would recommend "Ich tu dir weh" (Live at Madison Square Garden) and "Du hast" (Live in Paris) to start with....
Greetings from Germany ;-)
Been listening to these guys since the 90s! They always deliver!!! Thanks for the reaction!
Better than 99% of the movies currently produced in Hollywood.
Bravo, this is one of the best self Reflexion i ever had Seen...
Rammstein is my second favorite band after Nightwish. Their stage show is second to non, and their videos are superb. There is a rabbit hole here too.
Aha, for me too.
Didn't talk much like others in their videos, just listened to the song first.
A very good Reaction Video.
Greetings from Germany.
Bless you !
Groeten uit Nederland..I love what you did with the Welcome in different languages 👍🥰.
Rammstein is great. I've seen them live a few times and it's always so much fun seeing them live!
Even Germans would have to watch this several times to get all the details
of this video...and what they mean, starting 2000 years ago in the Teutoburger Wald,
Where the Romans were defeated by German tribes.
This Song is a masterpiece. The image, the composition, the sound, the depth...
I've seen many reactions regarding this, best one yet.
Thanks from sweden your reaction of rammstein 😍
Dutch Rammstein fan here, this is the first video I see from your channel, dankjewel voor de verwelkoming! 😄 You are a lovely couple, not afraid to be yourself on camera. Instant subscribe from me 💚
I'm looking forward to more Rammstein from you, and seeing what else your channel might bring me! My recommendation for a next Rammstein song would be the piano version of Mein Herz Brennt, which is (along with Deutschland) one of the most emotionally powerful pieces of music I know. But any other song from them would be great too.
Thanks for your reaction, I enjoyed my time with you two! 💚
Thank you Heide! We have another coming up soon !
Rammstein . 🖤
RAMMSTEIN 😍😍😍😍😍😍These boys grew up in East Germany. I am a Queen and Bowie fan and became a Nightwish fan alsoo. And I listen to alot of Rammstein. I have at lest one old original CD of them somewhere. I think their second Album.
Rammstein, a complete package for all senses! if you have the opportunity, go to the concert, an experience of a lifetime. you must see the video TIME, a masterpiece! ! !
Saw Rammstein live in Stuttgart last June, great show, great lyrics!
Nice reaction guys 👍 Du Hast live in Paris is a must watch and Mein Hertz Brent (official video)and Mein Hertz Brent the piano 🎹 version Back to back it's beautiful you will love it 👍❤️🥝🇳🇿
Don't worry about Nightwish fans. You started your journey with Nightwish at Wacken 2013, guess which other band played that year in Wacken!
really?? We have to check it out-- blessings to you! Suesue
Great reaction. Loved all the welcome signs. I have to say that half of why I love watching you guys so much is the playful banter you have between each other before and after the music performance is played. One more thing, it would have been awesome to see a welcome sign for us Canadians.... WELCOME EH! 😀
I will make one today~ Suesue :)
@SueSueandthewolfman Thank You 😀
@@gbusse how should I say “how’s the heart”?
@SueSueandthewolfman Well, not much differently than that actually. If you wanted to have fun with it then since Canadians have a reputation for being polite and non-confrontational, you could say:
Please, how's the heart eh?
Or leave off the Please and just add the eh on the end. Saying eh after a question or statement is a very Canadaian thing, at least where I am from. Plus Canadian's have a reputation for being polite to a fault. For example if a Canadian was sitting in his car in a busy parking lot and someone backed their car into his, the Canadian would immiedately get out of his car and start apologizing to the person who hit him even thought it wasn't even his fault 🤣
Deutsche Geschichte ist zwar noch viel mehr als diese Fassung, aber es sind die prägenden Jahre. Als Deutscher ist es nicht leicht nur darauf reduziert zu werden.!!!
y e s . y e s. y e s l i v e.
Herr Wolfman ist pretty correct, very soft "v", fantastische intro folks, very much appreciated. The "safe" next choices would be Du Hast live Paris und Engel. Amerika very cool video. Again dank for doing this.
he generally is right - mother had a plaque hanging in our kitchen that said, "You can always tell a German, but you can't tell them much"! Don't know if that translates but she was teasing my father. :)
@@SueSueandthewolfman Lol, actually the plaque was very true as "much" not Deutsch, ist viel.. 😉
Hello from Poland 🤘
Ich bin immer gern bei Euch zu Gast. Tausend Küsse und tausend Grüße aus dem alten, gerade sterbenden Deutschland!
I always enjoy being your guest. A thousand kisses and a thousand greetings from the old, dying Germany!
Two folks with two souls - nice to watch 'em on trial !
Thank you!
Welcome to a ride of (dark) german History. I only say. Hallo, und ihr seit jederzeit bei mir willkommen. Kiitos for this reaction. 🤘(🥰from a Member of the Nightwish family)Next Zeit, with subtiles.
@@jeffhoffman8370 🤘Greetings from nothern Germany
@@ralfmeyer9086 thanks Ralf
Sorry it took so long to respond!! We found a channel for Rammstein that has subtitles finally so now we offer them
I understood a bit of the German you sent but not sure I got it all
Can you translate?
Thanks again Ralf!!
Please, please,please, do Du Hast live in Paris!!!!
Rhomm-Shtyne, Wolfman. One of the biggest bands in the world...still packing stadiums w a set that takes upwards of 60hrs to build b4 the band plays! Best know for their exciting live shows, full of pyrotechnics, they also have many stunning original videos, like the mini movie you just watched.
Did you see the big angel wings near the end of the video? See Engel, live at Madison Square Garden, to see those wings in their original conception. Also must see
Is Du Hast live in Paris. Get through a few, and I'll keep feeding you suggestions. I worked on their 1st 3 American tours, and have seen them 17xs...18 in Sept! This is an amazing band!
The band uses techno keyboards in just the right dose, and has 2 guitarists, who play in sync, creating a fat wall of sound. Christophe on drums, is relentless and reliable. Till Lindeman's lyrics are often meant with duality. He is a published Poet. Rammstein has more than 2 decades of outstanding work for you to discover...but warning...they write songs about some controvetsial subjects, so its not always a great idea to translate the lyrics.
Amy what did you do on their first three US tours?
@@SueSueandthewolfman I worked under both the label and tour manager as a "gig handler" which is like an assistant to the tour manager. Arrive at venue b4 artists and don't leave til they are in a vehicle after the show. Basically a babysitter/problem solver! It was a 2nd job that I did for fun...off and on for 25yrs!
Grüße aus Deutschland
Best wishes from Germany lower Saxony to you.
You know what, Nightwish is amazing, I love them and can even say that they are my second favourite band, BUT Rammstein is something completely different and unique, and since they are my first and only favourite band, I think you should give them a chance and dive deeper into their music, lyrics and live performances. There is no band like Rammstein on the planet, trust me.
And what next? Well, it's a hard question. You will get many recommendations in the comments, so choose any. I might recommend "Zeit" official video (with lyrics... lyrics are often very important part of Rammstein songs).
Cheers from Serbia!
Sorry for the late response but we have gotten deeper into Rammstein and absolutely live them !!
And we love Serbia also!!!
@@SueSueandthewolfman I'm really glad to hear that. Enjoy! ;)
Du hast live in paris
Ja!!, this one usually seals the deal on Hmmm should I watch Rammstein.
I must confess with shame that I hardly know this Band 🙄
Even my German husband😬
But I found this 'Wahnsinnig
schön' 👍
It really surprised me.
I thank you
for that ❤️
Love 🦋 🙋🏼♀️
Also thanks for the super cool
announcement 👌
Dank jullie wel 🇳🇱
Danke schöne 🇩🇪
Great song to tear up a little in the end.
Fine reaction, thank you! Yes, please check them out live! A good song to start with would be "Du hast" live in Paris, and a second "Engel" live from Madison Square Garden.
great song
Awesome reaction guys thanks, best band and best live band imo
Hej 👋 from Sweden 😊☀️🇸🇪
Love your welcomes. Takk. You should go to see Rammstein live.
Yes watch live!
In Australia we say G’day
G’day from the Aussie chapter of the Epica, Nightwish and Rammstein army 🤘🏻
Wellcome to the Rammstein jurney of art and poetry
SueSue, you are so sassy, and you totally rock that hat !!
I hope you don't mind me saying, Wolfman !!
😊😊
You are sweet and he doesn't mind ! -Suesue
Masterpiece 😭
What a lovely couple ...
dankeschön
You are a such a great couple ❤️. And everybody loving Rammstein is my kinda people.
During a 4 day concert i Berlin (Völkerbal 2005l) I attended.
Apocalyptica was the opening act all 4 days.
I covinced a concert worker my name was on the backstage list, (a white lie😎.)
But I got backstage and had a blast with the band and Apocalyptica.
You really need to see a rammstein concert 👌
/Christina 🇸🇪
Wow!!! 💜
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Hey! Greetings from Hamburg, Germany :D
Moin!
Dankeschön from germany
You gotta check out Rammstein - Du Hast live. They are just like a big heavy machine of entertainment.
'Allesfresser' from Rammstein should have a Video too, I love the song and it's lyrics.
Yo, a good accent there. 👍🏼
You know where I'm from!
Got tix for their Massachusetts show in September! 🤘🏼💥🇩🇪
Yessss!!!
Love his facial expression at ~3:56 ... he's like "you are damn right I love germans!" 😁
(Herzlich) Willkommen! :D also Velkomen Welkom Welcome :D Tervetuloa .. i feel welcomed here :D greetings from germany.
I love you, George Lucas!
mein herz brent piano version is a must
Greetings from germany 🖤❤💛
Moin!
@@SueSueandthewolfman moinsen
Hi, how nice of you to make the welcome signs!😀 Actually I do not know much songs of Rammstein either😊.So, I am happy to take the ride together with you! ❤️
Wow really liked the song! Confronting video😊
Where are you from sweetie? Did we show your language? I’ve got five more I’m adding! Lol - Suesue
@@SueSueandthewolfman Oh my, I see your question just now.. so sorry (i do not always get proper notifications from YT unfortunately). i am a Dutchie (like Floor😀, from the Netherlands). ❤️
@@ericavantilburg6252 awesome! Wolfman has been there, but I was only there for a few hours at Schipol 😂
You should get into the habit of searching for the official music videos with English subtitles. There are, also for this video. Simply enter "Rammstein - Deutschland english subtitles" in the search. One don't have to be an Einstein. 😉
yeah, we generally take request links, but them in a folder and go one by one...
plus we are way way way below of not being an einstein so that says alot.... lol
@@SueSueandthewolfman 😁😁😁
❤❤❤
Great welkome 😉
Sue is suepersweet - lucky Wolf!
The welcomes ..what did I just witness..?? 🤣🤣 Thumbs up from me just for the shocking level of disconnect from your own language origins! Keep up the great work
2 sweet persons on Linde - how nice!
I like both Rammstein and Nightwish. They are two different types of music. And you certainly are not going to confuse Floor Jansen with Till Lindemann. Here's another band you might like to try - a Japanese hard rock band called Band Maid. You'll thank me.
Jon
I apologize but I haven’t watched it yet🙁 but we will this weekend then report back
As a Swede,perfect Välkommen:) thank you.
. The best German Metal Band in the 2o22 years
danke schön.
👍
I really liked that u greeted the whole germanic people in their Languages ^-^
Plus one fenno ugric nation, tervetuloa.
🤘
Love Rammstein so glad you did them. Definitely check out Zeit their new album, Zeit's video is amazing.
I'll check it out!
Germany sure has a crazy history!
Forgot Denmark...Velkommen SueSuethewolfman :-D
sorry! I'm going to make more flashcards and you will be on it!!!
ich drücke Euch Beide - ich bin die german air base damals im Rettungsdienst gefahren.
Great reaction again :-D
To the welcome signs, in swedish we also pronounce the "V" in the beginning, and the "A" should actually be an "Ä" an A with two dots above :-)
Thanks for that!
The song is about Till arguing with himself about if he can truly love his country despite all the horrible things it has done and it ends with deciding that as much as he wants to love Germany, he cannot do it.
I just want to understand how Till looks so good in that red skirt..
You could take a look at Seemann. A not that popular song of Rammstein, but a good one.
Suse is IN - how nice!
Lieber Kuß!