Flake is so relatable man, also I want to thank my legs for supporting me, my arms for being always by my side and don't forget about my fingers I can always count on them!!!
I am currently listening to a book by Flake, "Heute hat die Welt Geburtstag (Today is the world's birthday)". Also or especially there he is very humorous. But in a subtle and ironic way, too, sometimes. Here in this interview he's very, very ironic and you can't tell by looking at him. As you know, everyone grew up in the former GDR. Those must have been very formative years. I remember when I was a kid in school we should all bring groceries from home such as: Coffee (was very popular) and other durable food or goods. There we packed packages and sent them to a partner school in the GDR. So, as children, we already had an insight into the fact that there weren't as many consumer goods over there as here and that the life are probably not the same there as here at home. Richard told in the documentary "Rammstein in America" how he witnessed the attack at the 9/11 there in NY. He saw the 2nd plane fly into the tower. And he tells how the mood in the country changed afterwards, which is understandable! But to experience this for himself, how suddenly everyone wanted to "hunt" someone and this upheaval in society ... that probably shaped everyone and in the end this song too. They wrote it after the attack and during the Iraq war. Every country has its history, the good things and the bad. As a German, I know what I'm talking about. I think America is a great country. The People make the mistakes. All over. Would the band write this song again today, in the same way? Who knows? Germany is Capital Export World Champion and send there goods all over the world. And we certainly have cultural influences on other countries as well. From then and now. The good and the bad. That's how humans are. We all breathe the same air :-)
German humor...try and ironic. I love it. 1 minute inside and I had to laugh. 😁 Basically the song is a single diss from start to finish. But with German humor. And because German humor does not necessarily go hand in hand with American humor, it may not be particularly funny for Americans. Rammstein is at least aware of that. You can already tell from the first ironic sentences in the making of here. They said they were looking for weapons in Iraq to start the war because they wanted the oil and Sadam was politically uncomfortable for them. The Bush administration was perfectly aware that there was nothing to be found there. They also admitted that later. But no one was interested in that anymore because they won. Not because so many innocent people had to die. All wasn't even interested in the hindsight. Is in the past and doesn't itch. It was a war for reasons put off. Built on lies out of economic interest
Flake did give it away with this bathroom statement. :) You'll get no arguments from me about the Iraq war. I think it also has to do with the media and the general attention span. Done with the last news story, people are getting bored, push something else, life moves on.
The making of's are so super interesting and you learn so many interesting things that you would never have thought of when watching the music video, love it.
First of all... don't trust Flake!! He's so sassy here, everything is said sarcastically x,D At least the first half, he might have been more serious in the latter half. This goes back to me taking a long time before I got Flake's humour ;D And Paul, PC as always, calling the war in iraq as America being "annoying", lol. One can't deny that everything is "bigger" and "better" in America, that's sort of their brand :P For better or for worse. Obviously it's told from an outside perspective, but it does say a lot when you see how "much" of the American culture, influence and power seep into the rest of the world. There is sort of an imbalance there. The Rammstein poster is most likely superimposed on stock footage, though it threw me off first time watching as well :P And you think Santa is played by Till? You could be right of course, I just can't see it. Had just assumed it was an actor. Thanks for the reaction(s)! Great as always :D
I'm going to keep my eye on Flake but yeah I caught the sarcasm, hence why I was laughing. :) Yeah, that's what I figured about the poster. I think it was superimposed as well. I'm not sure if Santa Clause is Till... but I think he's singing, so I figured it would be him, LoL! Thank you so much! :D
As a European I interpret the exaggerating by this example, when you go dining with an American and the food is good, the American will say: 'omg, this is the best food I ever had', while in reality it's not the THE best the American ever had. And this goes for more, in my experience, Americans tend to exaggerate to come over as polite. (Of course take this with a grain of salt, I know this isn't true for all Americans).
Haha! Yes, Flake, he is somewhat forceful on these issues, he is a man who liked the life he led on the German socialist side and that does not mean that he is a socialist or something similar, but there are things that he simply does not accept about globalization and I believe which is understandable, we all talk about our own experiences.
Well said. Exactly... it's about about our own experiences. That's what shape us into becoming who we are. Everyone has their own opinions and ideas and that's fine in my book. :)
In Russia I have never heard any fact-based doubt on US Moon landing or space programme in general. May be the official video was a bit remastered on Earth, but it's perfectly normal
Yeah, that's it. All these people who claim it was faked don't realize that Russia would have had the most interest in debunking the moon landing at the time, yet they didn't. Thank you for your input. :)
You can't take Flake serious if he is talking like this, his type of humor is definitely not for everyone (I also would not call it a stereotypical German humor) . I think that he is known for trolling like that, if he is annoyed with reporters or media or if he has no desire to talk about something (because it is redundant or he considers it boring). You just have to look at the ECHO speeches (German Music prize, mostly mainstream music). Usually when you win, you say something like, I thank X, Y, and Z, without them I would not have ... Flake: "Something like that may happen if the audience chooses the winner, and we want to thank ... ahhh... Vattenfall [electricity provider], otherwise it would be dark here" th-cam.com/video/NpRclPbmGZM/w-d-xo.html
His type of humour is special, but sometimes he tries hard to remain serious, even if the interviewer asks constantly boring questions and calls Rammstein a Shock Rock band. Tho´, Flake definitely loves the rockstar style and attitude ..... as well as tattoos. :) th-cam.com/video/2v9cCJXf1To/w-d-xo.html
I got his humor, that's why I was laughing at the bathroom comment. :) I get what you're saying though, especially since he's so serious about it. LoL, the electricity provider... well, technically, he's right. :D
I always assume everything Flake says is sarcastic, I cannot take him seriously anymore. It's interesting how much American culture has affected even Northern Europe, we have holidays now we didn't celebrate twenty years ago. It is quite imbalanced, how many Finnish traditions can you name? Not asking that to start anything, I just find it curious how powerful the image of America and its culture is everywhere. We see America as something big and wondrous, many good things come from there! (Also bad stuff, but I believe nothing is black and white) It's in the news constantly, since its foreign policy greatly affects every other country in the world. But you're right, you can get used to anything. Once the "culture shock" calms down you probably notice how similar people are everywhere. You're just used to different things.
Yeah, I got my eye on Flake now. :) Very well said and I agree 100%. Humans are highly adaptable and eventually everything will appear "normal" to you if you spend enough time in a situation for better or worse. Like you said, nothing is black and white. That would be too easy.
I´m from Argentina, only have american Movies, Series, trademarks , holidays they are everywhere ,if you learn a different second languaje is really be against the system. I went there several times there , also been in Europe, please europeans don´t loose your traditions they are wonderfoul and the population in my land is most of it from there and have mixed traditions .!!!
Yes, absolutely...and he sees himself as a Punk. He was talking about how difficult it was for him to become a heavy metal band member when they start with Rammstein. But he get used to Metal over the years 🤘
@@michaelk6890 What I'm saying is that you get used to the world you live in. From city to city to country to country. For example, if you were to move to Japan tomorrow and live there for 10 years. You would come back to Germany and wonder why the sushi tastes so bad and why are people so impolite. Things that you might not have noticed while living only in Germany.
@@xsezz hi, yes you are right with the point of view, i will say .....to come to a compromise, when you surrounded by dozen of Countrys, become second nature. We in Germany learn this early and quick, i think the Americans learn this lesson not anymore!?. This "Thinking" America first, i dont care about my next, the not so well trained Police Officers...is an example. Good Video, i am glad, that americans react to "the old World", i wish more people want to look for new horizons, including my people! :-)
@@michaelk6890 I hear you, bro. Being surrounded by countries does play in the development of a nation, for sure. I agree with the "new horizons" line and you would only be losing by not expanding your mind and views. Also, I'm Canadian. :)
15:05 yes it is small, but it is bad?...yes somtimes we have also "Karen"s but Amerika lifted all on next Level...and Trump surpasses everything.Greetings from Germany
As russian.... I don't give a fuck. But, I'm only 17, maybe someone older really care about it, but not me and others teenagers. And, come on, you can see a ¿moon car? on Moon even without huge and powerful telescope, it's strange to say, that people never were on Moon.
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Flake is so relatable man, also I want to thank my legs for supporting me, my arms for being always by my side and don't forget about my fingers I can always count on them!!!
LoL! Good one!
I am currently listening to a book by Flake, "Heute hat die Welt Geburtstag (Today is the world's birthday)". Also or especially there he is very humorous. But in a subtle and ironic way, too, sometimes. Here in this interview he's very, very ironic and you can't tell by looking at him.
As you know, everyone grew up in the former GDR. Those must have been very formative years. I remember when I was a kid in school we should all bring groceries from home such as: Coffee (was very popular) and other durable food or goods. There we packed packages and sent them to a partner school in the GDR. So, as children, we already had an insight into the fact that there weren't as many consumer goods over there as here and that the life are probably not the same there as here at home.
Richard told in the documentary "Rammstein in America" how he witnessed the attack at the 9/11 there in NY. He saw the 2nd plane fly into the tower. And he tells how the mood in the country changed afterwards, which is understandable! But to experience this for himself, how suddenly everyone wanted to "hunt" someone and this upheaval in society ... that probably shaped everyone and in the end this song too. They wrote it after the attack and during the Iraq war.
Every country has its history, the good things and the bad. As a German, I know what I'm talking about. I think America is a great country. The People make the mistakes. All over. Would the band write this song again today, in the same way? Who knows? Germany is Capital Export World Champion and send there goods all over the world. And we certainly have cultural influences on other countries as well. From then and now. The good and the bad. That's how humans are. We all breathe the same air :-)
Very well said. I especially agree with the last paragraph. There's no nation out there without skeletons in it's closet. Thank you for your post.
Exactly
Flake is just 100% sarcasm 😆
Hence my laughing. :)
German humor...try and ironic. I love it. 1 minute inside and I had to laugh. 😁
Basically the song is a single diss from start to finish. But with German humor. And because German humor does not necessarily go hand in hand with American humor, it may not be particularly funny for Americans. Rammstein is at least aware of that. You can already tell from the first ironic sentences in the making of here.
They said they were looking for weapons in Iraq to start the war because they wanted the oil and Sadam was politically uncomfortable for them. The Bush administration was perfectly aware that there was nothing to be found there. They also admitted that later. But no one was interested in that anymore because they won. Not because so many innocent people had to die. All wasn't even interested in the hindsight. Is in the past and doesn't itch. It was a war for reasons put off. Built on lies out of economic interest
Flake did give it away with this bathroom statement. :)
You'll get no arguments from me about the Iraq war. I think it also has to do with the media and the general attention span. Done with the last news story, people are getting bored, push something else, life moves on.
The making of's are so super interesting and you learn so many interesting things that you would never have thought of when watching the music video, love it.
I agree with you 100%! :D
First of all... don't trust Flake!! He's so sassy here, everything is said sarcastically x,D At least the first half, he might have been more serious in the latter half. This goes back to me taking a long time before I got Flake's humour ;D
And Paul, PC as always, calling the war in iraq as America being "annoying", lol.
One can't deny that everything is "bigger" and "better" in America, that's sort of their brand :P For better or for worse. Obviously it's told from an outside perspective, but it does say a lot when you see how "much" of the American culture, influence and power seep into the rest of the world. There is sort of an imbalance there.
The Rammstein poster is most likely superimposed on stock footage, though it threw me off first time watching as well :P And you think Santa is played by Till? You could be right of course, I just can't see it. Had just assumed it was an actor.
Thanks for the reaction(s)! Great as always :D
Yes, correct. Flake has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor...he loves to shock people with his statements, don't take it seriously...;)
I'm going to keep my eye on Flake but yeah I caught the sarcasm, hence why I was laughing. :)
Yeah, that's what I figured about the poster. I think it was superimposed as well.
I'm not sure if Santa Clause is Till... but I think he's singing, so I figured it would be him, LoL!
Thank you so much! :D
@@dianafromgermany1513 No worries, I'm on to him! :D
As a European I interpret the exaggerating by this example, when you go dining with an American and the food is good, the American will say: 'omg, this is the best food I ever had', while in reality it's not the THE best the American ever had. And this goes for more, in my experience, Americans tend to exaggerate to come over as polite. (Of course take this with a grain of salt, I know this isn't true for all Americans).
Hmm, interesting. I never thought it. I get what you're saying.
Haha! Yes, Flake, he is somewhat forceful on these issues, he is a man who liked the life he led on the German socialist side and that does not mean that he is a socialist or something similar, but there are things that he simply does not accept about globalization and I believe which is understandable, we all talk about our own experiences.
Flake is such an interesting dude
Well said. Exactly... it's about about our own experiences. That's what shape us into becoming who we are. Everyone has their own opinions and ideas and that's fine in my book. :)
As Russian can definitely say that neither in Soviet Union, neither in modern Russia noone thought that moonlanding was fake.
Thank you. Then we know for sure the moon landing was real. :)
In Russia I have never heard any fact-based doubt on US Moon landing or space programme in general. May be the official video was a bit remastered on Earth, but it's perfectly normal
Yeah, that's it. All these people who claim it was faked don't realize that Russia would have had the most interest in debunking the moon landing at the time, yet they didn't. Thank you for your input. :)
You can't take Flake serious if he is talking like this, his type of humor is definitely not for everyone (I also would not call it a stereotypical German humor) . I think that he is known for trolling like that, if he is annoyed with reporters or media or if he has no desire to talk about something (because it is redundant or he considers it boring).
You just have to look at the ECHO speeches (German Music prize, mostly mainstream music). Usually when you win, you say something like, I thank X, Y, and Z, without them I would not have ...
Flake: "Something like that may happen if the audience chooses the winner, and we want to thank ... ahhh... Vattenfall [electricity provider], otherwise it would be dark here" th-cam.com/video/NpRclPbmGZM/w-d-xo.html
His type of humour is special, but sometimes he tries hard to remain serious, even if the interviewer asks constantly boring questions and calls Rammstein a Shock Rock band. Tho´, Flake definitely loves the rockstar style and attitude ..... as well as tattoos. :) th-cam.com/video/2v9cCJXf1To/w-d-xo.html
I got his humor, that's why I was laughing at the bathroom comment. :) I get what you're saying though, especially since he's so serious about it. LoL, the electricity provider... well, technically, he's right. :D
@@malouasounds I gotta check that video out. Thank you!
I always assume everything Flake says is sarcastic, I cannot take him seriously anymore.
It's interesting how much American culture has affected even Northern Europe, we have holidays now we didn't celebrate twenty years ago. It is quite imbalanced, how many Finnish traditions can you name? Not asking that to start anything, I just find it curious how powerful the image of America and its culture is everywhere. We see America as something big and wondrous, many good things come from there! (Also bad stuff, but I believe nothing is black and white) It's in the news constantly, since its foreign policy greatly affects every other country in the world.
But you're right, you can get used to anything. Once the "culture shock" calms down you probably notice how similar people are everywhere. You're just used to different things.
Yeah, I got my eye on Flake now. :)
Very well said and I agree 100%. Humans are highly adaptable and eventually everything will appear "normal" to you if you spend enough time in a situation for better or worse. Like you said, nothing is black and white. That would be too easy.
I´m from Argentina, only have american Movies, Series, trademarks , holidays they are everywhere ,if you learn a different second languaje is really be against the system. I went there several times there , also been in Europe, please europeans don´t loose your traditions they are wonderfoul and the population in my land is most of it from there and have mixed traditions .!!!
americans were in space but earth is still flat)
Ayyy!
2:43 Like Volker Pispers (german political satirist) said: If I were George W. Bush, I would find some.
Yeah... which is very unfortunate. Cool animated icon btw, didn't know such a thing even existed, LoL!
Flake is true original punk
Yes, absolutely...and he sees himself as a Punk. He was talking about how difficult it was for him to become a heavy metal band member when they start with Rammstein.
But he get used to Metal over the years 🤘
Oh really?
@@dianafromgermany1513 Interesting. I didn't know.
@@dianafromgermany1513 well he is still thinking about it to this day, as he never really accepted the invitation into Rammstein...
Yup, Flake (in his broken English) on the early years and Feeling B. : th-cam.com/video/oGpn-aBBcgo/w-d-xo.html
Always great reaction 👍😊
Thank you so much.
Yes, they are talking about the war in Irak.
I'm glad that my information was correct. :)
Rammstein - Stein Um Stein Live At Volkerball ¡¡PLEASE BRO!! :v
+1 Most underrated song of Rammstein I think
@@batuhankays4244 My favourite live song :v
Yup, yup, it's already on the list.
lasst mal abos da, der typ ist gut !
Thank you so much! :D
One of my fafrit songs, 😁👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Top Reac 🤘
Btw Flake's Humor 👌😂
Thank you so much! Yeah, he does it with a straight face too!
What Flake says in minute one is his typically dry sense of humor. Of course, he knows that not all Americans find this funny.
Hilf Mir please
On the list. Thank you.
15:07 no my friend, today...only the US think that,...most of the World search for "to come to a compromise"...it is the best.
15:37 i mean ,sorry
@@michaelk6890 What I'm saying is that you get used to the world you live in. From city to city to country to country. For example, if you were to move to Japan tomorrow and live there for 10 years. You would come back to Germany and wonder why the sushi tastes so bad and why are people so impolite. Things that you might not have noticed while living only in Germany.
@@xsezz hi, yes you are right with the point of view, i will say .....to come to a compromise, when you surrounded by dozen of Countrys, become second nature. We in Germany learn this early and quick, i think the Americans learn this lesson not anymore!?. This "Thinking" America first, i dont care about my next, the not so well trained Police Officers...is an example. Good Video, i am glad, that americans react to "the old World", i wish more people want to look for new horizons, including my people! :-)
@@michaelk6890 I hear you, bro. Being surrounded by countries does play in the development of a nation, for sure. I agree with the "new horizons" line and you would only be losing by not expanding your mind and views. Also, I'm Canadian. :)
@@xsezz OH lol :-))
15:05 yes it is small, but it is bad?...yes somtimes we have also "Karen"s but Amerika lifted all on next Level...and Trump surpasses everything.Greetings from Germany
I'm not saying small is good or bad or that big is good or bad, it's all a matter of perspective and what you're used to.
As russian.... I don't give a fuck. But, I'm only 17, maybe someone older really care about it, but not me and others teenagers.
And, come on, you can see a ¿moon car? on Moon even without huge and powerful telescope, it's strange to say, that people never were on Moon.
Thank you. :) Don't forget, some people believe the Earth is flat... :)
@@xsezz i belive my belly is flat and i have a sixpack, but my wife tells me otherwise. i dont belive her!
@@redfelix78 LoL! I'm not getting into any marital issues. :)
9:45 space Cowboys probably
Liebe ist fur alle da -Rammstein please
On the list.
sarcasm bro
I know, I laughed as soon as Flake mentioned the bathroom part. :)
Check Zerstören please 😀😂❤️
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@@conchi5882 You're in luck! I already did! :D th-cam.com/video/h0V3yhZkUMY/w-d-xo.html
Thank u! I did not see it..😅👍🏻
@@conchi5882 No problem. :)