Also in this Song Rammstein give us Room for interpretation. In the past in Germany we´had played a game "Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann" One ist chasing and the others have to run away. For me Till is playing an politician and spread fear in the World. You can see it on the red wire going into the screens of the folk. The screens sucking the life out of the People (or feed them with Fear). And every Politician have their Fans which are played by the cheerleaders. Thats my point of View of the Song. Much love from GER and cheers to you. Prost🍻
well recognized, it's about xenophobia, fear of the foreign. the cheerleaders spread fear and anxiety, wall fence to protect yourself from the strangers, cameras because you can no longer trust anyone to protect yourself, TV broken the fear and anxiety can no longer be spread. at the beginning of the video the woman and the child sit behind the fence, at the end of the video the woman and the child are still sitting in the same place, you do not need to be afraid of strangers who are not evil 💣🍻🍻🤘
i wonder if this is a comment regarding America? the red? maga? and it going directly from Till (trump) on the podium to the monitor and into the helmets of the guys playing?
The sound is good but I am disappointed with the political statement. We have so many problems in Europe with Africans/Muslims who cannot be integrated. The people damage the bottom line of society massively, cost alone in Germany of the total society 50 billion euros. Who comes with fear is just stupid, it is realism. The constant denial of the socialization of the people is not to be surpassed in stupidity.
Deine Interpretation ist so leider nicht ganz richtig. Man sieht vorher und nachher ganz klar Flüchtlinge. Also wer ist mit schwarzer Mann wohl gemeint. Till spielt keinen Politiker in dem Sinne sondern jemanden der das Narrativ bedient und den Leuten Angst vor dem schwarzen Mann macht. Sagen wir mal Leute die sich in Telegramm Gruppen rum treiben und dort Reden schwingen. Die Cheerleader stellen die Wirtschaft da die diese Angst ausnutzen und alles liefern was die Angst nützlich ist. Die TV saugen nichts aus sondern prügeln etwas rein.. Der Text spielt am Anfang ganz klar auf Alltagsrassismus an und das man das schon als Kind beigebracht wurde.. z.b. mit dem Spiel.
@@billburnett6489 I think they mix European and American themes here. The refugees behind barbed wire relate more to Europe while the assault rifles relate more to America. The unifying element is fear (especially xenophobia), which is why people build walls and arm themselves. In detail, of course, there is much room for interpretation.
Fun fact about what they're eating: Those are called "chocolate kisses" in germany, but they used to be called "negro kisses". Since the song is about fear mongering (and by extension about fear of foreigners) it might not be totally coincidental that they eat those. Bit of a stretch though, I know.
I am pretty sure they chose them on purpose. If you just think about how much controversy this name change brought up. You could easily imagine simular stuff around the world. In the US for example they changed some names of Sport clubs. And one can imagine that people go nuts because of that.
That's not a stretch at all. There is a Trump figure in the video, who is considered far right here in Germany. Also the colours red, white and black are associated with nazi's. In context with the 2 poc/refugee's the picture gets quite clear.
it's not a stretch, the song is about racism and fearmongering. the lyrics here translate "schwarzt man" as boogyeman, but i think "black man" it's more accurate. what fearmongering does to comunities (the video kind of shows as US, but don't think it's limited to just them) when you let a madman to speak his hate, in this case Til's character.
@@ionutgeanta8741 I actually think that boogeyman is the better translation. Obviously the meaning of Schwarzer Mann is intentional ambiguous, but I think that boogeyman is a more powerful translation because it’s a metaphor with more general criticism of the system. Of course it’s right to project the song on racism, however that doesn’t do justice to the message. It’s about all the things we‘re afraid of. On one day we kill black people because we‘re afraid of things we don’t know. Next day we kill nazis because we‘re afraid of decreasing peace and humanity in the world. Fear sadly rules nearly everything.
You're missing the most important element: the little le dog is guitarist Paul landers's actual pet. Her name is Minni. At one moment you can see he built a miniature wall of bricks behind her. She is cute and small and I love her.
Forgot to mention Flake's playing on this album is superb..other than Richard Wright I can't think of a better keyboard... synthesizer...piano player period
BTW: even though Ukraine/Russia war comes to a lot minds but this song were already produced before. The classic : what ever we are struggle with or we are concerned of, watching a Video of the guys always has a different meaning to you personally. It could be social Media, Media, politics etc. who are manipulate us, instead living life in it's own colourful way with our own decisions and own opinion. To deal with all News it's not easy ... What a damn great song. BTW: Oliver Riedel is cheerleading ...
I am anti-fascist, anti-communist, feminist and masculinist. I'm for freedom of speech, freedom of thought, I'm for the right to say no. I am a patriot and I love my country with all its mistakes and history. I love Rammstein's music. In my opinion it's the best metal rock group in the world and they produce the best music videos. Rammstein is the next level of music, videos and their lyrics are epic. The German poets Goethe, Schiller, Lessing or Heine would be proud of Rammstein, not only because they use their poems ... they understood them. I thank Rammstein and I thank your channel. Your reactions are almost as good as Rammstein himself. :-) That's my opinion, if I may say it.
The song tells about the xenophobia. We build walls to keep people who need help out. Because we are afraid of them, afraid of losing what we have, afraid of giving away a piece of the pie. We'd rather lock ourselves up in our home, sealed off from the bogeyman.
One band you guys play a lot is nightwish and there's one song that gets stuck like that to being heard is last of the wilds live at wacken it's a plus
The men on the couch are eating a sweet from Germany. There it was still known until the 2000s: "negro kiss". You shouldn't say that in Germany anymore. Instead you say "foam kiss".
Some things to add for this song which i found interesting: The "schwarzer Mann" doublemeaning is really interesting here cause it means "boogeyman" on one hand and translated word by word it means "black man" --> Leading to an interpretation that depicts people with darker Skin/imigrants as the boogeyman. While the people who believe such things and spread their hate/fear are the real boogeyman which is beautifully displyed by till strapped in a straightjacket. Furthermore i like how the whole video was filmed as black and white only the hate that was spreading to the people through the wires was red. At the End, as the TV broke and the image of the people in the barbed wire circle didnt exist anymore on the Horizon of thoughts for the people on the sofa, the color came back. From my point of view it supports a picture of the contrast in society or the superficiality and hypocrisy many people show towards imigrants. If they are far away they say "oh yeah i love a multicultural society look at me i am so woke." But if people then come as refugees or imigrants they are the first ones to pull out a gun at the border. On top of that i liked the detail with the snack at the and. These things are waffels with marshmallow fluff and chocolat glaze. In germany years ago these things were often referred to as "Negerkuss" which means "Negro kiss" in English. By now it changed to "Schaumkuss" "Foamkiss" for obvious reasons. For me this scene as drastic as it sounds depicts the western states feeding on the "Negros" as a critique on our western behaviour towards african people and cultures, robbing them from their ressources. All in all a great song. I just love how Rammstein songs while you hear the Songs are just bangers but get elevated to another level and enriched with Room to think about / interpretation if you watch the respective videos to it.
Absolutely, this is the first comment I've seen that mentions the Mohrenkopf. The irony of sitting in front of the TV and eating chocolate (google Negerkuss) kisses while watching black refugees on TV is clearly in context with the rest of the video. With many other interpretations, I think it's also about inherited racism or at least playing with the ambiguity of the understood meaning "boogeyman" and the direct translation "who's afraid of the black man". In my opinion, one should not insist that the translation for "who is afraid of the bogeyman" clearly refers to a villain and has nothing to do with the actual literal translation.
@@yasminesteinbauer8565 that's true but in context to the rest of the video, the ambiguity of the phrase "black man" is addressed here. But ultimately everything is in the eye of the beholder or listener.
@@w4tch I didn't claim that this wasn't the case. Of course, the term can be understood ambiguously. But the bogeyman is not really a thing in Germany, which is why I pointed out the probable origin of the term.
That candy has a similar history in Denmark, but decades ago, the biggest brand was progressive enough to change their label from "Sambo" (the stereotypical black skinned young boy hero) to Samba (the dance). Besides many buyers saw nothing racist about wanting to kiss a black person.
This song and video is a masterpiece. And... it gives you a clue what the band members might look like if they wouldn't have become musicians but accountants. 😅
My thoughts on this: 1. The song is about how certain "leaders" want to afraid people to control them. In the video, this is visualised by the red wires. 2. The dominant colors in the video are black, white and red, which are the colors of the flag of the Kaiserreich and the Third Reich. Also, you can say that the world the people in this video are living in, is just black and white, no grey. It can be understood as a reference to the simple minded people who are for example voting for politicians who are telling them exactly this black/white view (WE are good, THEY are bad). Also, the band is dressed up as the stereotype of this kind of conservative people. 3. "Der schwarze Mann" (The black man) is a german synonym for a creepy, ghost-like evil. As in the first verse of the song, children are often told "to obey, or else the black man will get you". It can be translated to boogey man in english, but like often, there is another meaning in this context. As said, the video is about leaders who are seeding fear of anything foreign in peoples minds. So, the phrase "black man" can also be interpreted literally, namely refugees. In my opinion, it is a reference to the migration crisis in 2015 in Germany. Or just think of the plans for a wall on the Mexican border... OK, that's enough for now, I think with this hints you can figure out the rest for yourselve 😉 Greetings from Germany!
I mean, it turned out that their fears wasn't that crazy. And Rammstein should know this better. The Germans (and Westy people) don't know the truth about this topic. But this song is absolute fire, even though it is naive.
It's so fascinating for me as a natural speaker how you interpret the message in the texts and videos just from the visuals, really great work from you.
After 2 years of covid and canceled concerts 4 July i’m finally going to see them again. I’t will be my 6 time but every time they blow me away. One of the best live acts around.
I look forward to your opinion. I've been waiting eagerly for your reaction to the video for the last few days! Greetings from Trendelburg, Hessen in Germany 🇩🇪🇪🇺
Hi Mat and Chels! I already had the pleasure to see and hear the video " Angst" from Rammstein on the Official Channel of Rammstein. I do not want to reveal too much, only so much is really cool and just really Rammstein.
These visuals are just so intense and exceptional, that I enjoyed this video even more than "Deutschland", which I believe is the best music video of all times. Loved the song, loved your reaction!
(Copy & pasted from other reaction-comment I previously made) Just some remarks: The several times mentioned "Schwarze Mann" ("black man") is known as a child fright figure in the German-speaking area ("Wer hat Angst vorm Schwarzen Mann" = Who does fear the black man). Depending on the region and time, it was understood to mean different beings: a dark shadowy figure or a man dressed in black. As a metaphor, the "bogeyman" reached a "peak" as personalization of evil, savagery, and the unknown in the course of colonization, and in the process also acquired a racist connotation. In this context, I find the consumption of those sweets (a kind of chocolate covered marshmallow - in German also called Negerküsse - "negro kisses") at the end during the end credits very interesting, which work through this "black man" symbolism. Also the colors usage is interesting (Black/White/Red representing the Nazi-color Spectrum). I also found it interesting at the end of the credits that when the TV was destroyed, the color came back into the picture. Further, I noticed that the pie-like plots seen from above correspond to the "political symbol" at the lectern where the singer, wearing a straitjacket, gives his speech. After these borders & plots collapse during the wild shoot-out, the politician, unleashed by the straitjacket to spread his propaganda/fear. Cheering on the cheerleaders is the equivalent of pitching an idea/product and the dancers are slammed with money to sell the bricks and guns to the landowners. This Clip has many layers and can be interpreted in many directions. I see there is a statement on xenophobia and populism/media
Das mit der Zwangsjacke, zuerst geschlossen und dann geöffnet, ist ein interessantes Detail, daß mir noch nicht aufgefallen war. Das die Zwangsjacke auf einmal nicht mehr verzurrt war schon, aber nicht in welchem visuellen Zusammenhang. Klasse. Danke.
I have watched the Angst video countless times, as it's one of my all-time favorite Rammstein songs, but not once did I see the dog. Also, great work as always, guys!
Schwarzer Mann is also a mountain in western Germany Eifel mountain range that has a now abandoned Lead Mine and it got its name from the worker's who would come out of the mine with their face's blackened from the dust and soot. Kid's would be afraid of them and run away when they seen them.
I was waiting for your reaction, really my favorite reaction channel by far. I think the meaning is more or less the same as you said, we are used to hear politicians feeding us fear or pointing "the enemy", as some others said in the comments Till Lindemann is that mad politician giving fear over the media, the band also turn into each other while shooting at the screen. In the end you can see Till releasing all that fear and hate into the TV that was showing the truth (mother and girl probably refugees) and then keep eating all comfortable in the living with friends. A great video, Rammstein is always putting the hard, uncomfortable world into your face, like it or not portraying the real issues without anesthesia Educated marine has uploaded all new songs with subtitle, you should react so some of them, they are great, Mat will enjoy "OK" ;) th-cam.com/users/educatedmarine
The cheerleader moves in the beginning and the end are probably referencing the "Haka Dance" done by the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. The candy which the band eats in the end was called "Negerküsse" "Negro Kisses" in Germany back in the day. The name was changed a couple of years ago.
The Bogyman word is also literally translated as "Black man" so it's a wordplay. Given the video, the song is about (rather against) racist propaganda, and fearmongering in general. Also, this must suck for Rammstein (the war) cause they Really liked Russia and going there to tour.
This song is amazing!!! I haven’t heard them do a song that hit this hard probably since the 90s. It’s impossible for me to listen to this song without banging my head. And I love the cheerleaders cheering them on when they pick up the guns. As always they never disappoint.
The translation is not correct. "schwarzer Mann" (Boogyman) is not ment as the boogyman, like the ghost-like folk. Instead it is ment for black skined people (foreign people in germany). The song and video deal with racism and its resulting fear against unknown culture and different skined people. Neighbours first like each other, sitting in the garden, talking...all in same order...like old german tradition an micro-society. All look the same, same clothes, same behavior, same garden (the length of gras in the garden is a huge matter in germany)... later they self-isolate more and more, till they build high walls with cameras and get firearms to "defend" themselfes. The computer-secene is showing the consumption of falls information in the www, which are lately responsable for the "Querdenker-Szene" in germany. Those people don´t trust in the government, believe in some kind of horror-stories and a huge part of those people are racists/neo-nazis, too. Those people are kind of "new-wave-nazis", dealing a lot of damage to the society. The fear finally leads into shooting the firearms and self-destrcution. This song criticise the fear and the racism (lately getting stronger again in germany and all europe). While the corona pandemic there have been a lots of problems with "Querdenker" or nazis in public. Rammstein is a great (the greatest) and artistic band, who stand and fight (on their own way) for equality and acceptence for all people in the world. They are totally against any kind of racism or discrimination. I love this band, till I heared them for the first time at the age of 11 and the song Engel. Since I am a fan and I am lucky to see them live this month in a city near by, again.
Gimme more angry Til. That was AWESOME!! As always a very deep, dark music video concept. From the video i got the story of everyone started off fine, friendly neighbours, hanging out etc... and as the video goes on the media/TV is corrupting them to divide (building walls), weaponize (the guns) and then trust no one, KILL! (shoots the TV's*) which will and is clearly heading towards the end if it doesn't end ASAP! (the ground/world underneath them falling away to nothing*) That's just me though. Great reaction as always! You 2 are awesome. Keep them coming!
I saw and heard this album at a special screening recently and this and Lugen were definitely the best ones. Hope you react to all the other songs as well.
On hell of a video and one hell of a song. WTF was my first thought as well. I watched and listened to it a few times and then it made perfect sense to me. Who is the bogeyman? You are. You're your own bogeyman. We're all fed information and not always from reliable sources, we're told what and who to fear and even why to fear whatever it is. What we do with that instruction though is down to us. We can blindly accept it like the band does in the video and potentially become so paranoid that we descend into our own personal hell or we can look at the full picture without this pernicious influence and make our own decisions as we see at the end. As a global society, we're all watching one another and while being aware of what's happening is healthy, being automatically suspicious of everyone isn't. Everything about Angst is stunning. The music hits you between the eyes from the start, Till's vocals are outstanding. That scream of "Angst!" makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. You can hear the mania involved in what he's portraying as well as seeing it in the way his character is dressed and acting. The use of colour is interesting as well-black and white (as many people see arguments) with red for everything that is dangerous. The cheerleaders are made up to look like Till as they're his acolytes, helping to spread the message. They only look human when they're looking for money from the hapless middle-aged paranoid men. At the end of the video, it becomes clear that we're all prisoners of fear in one form or another-refugees physically held prisoner because we're told that they present a danger to us, the band are prisoners of their own fear. The word "Du"-you- is repeated all the way through the song which is in part how I've drawn my conclusion about who the bogeyman is. Rammstein once again holding up the mirror to society and pointing out to us what we're doing to each other and ourselves. Fun facts-Ollie Riedel appears as one of the cheerleaders (not sure what's gotten into Ollie these days but he's got over his shyness since turning 50 it seems) and the dog is Paul's as I recall. Great reaction from you both as always. Your facial expressions matched mine when I first saw and heard this outstanding song and video. Creepy AF at times, but thought provoking.
The song doesn't question "who is the boogeyman" but " who is afraid of the black man/boogeyman". Since 2014 we have seen the increased xenophobia towards poc here in Germany (and many other countries) fueled by right wing parties.
@@prinz_butterbrot262 I appreciate what you're saying and understand when you say who is afraid of the bogeyman. The bigger question to me is who or what is the bogeyman and it's whatever we're told it is and we have to be afraid of it. It's been COVID, and refugees and asylum seekers here and a lot more besides. Since Brexshit raised its ugly head here, xenophobia has increased here in the UK. We're now at a point where our Home Secretary wants to send all asylum seekers and refugees other than those from Ukraine to Rwanda on a one-way ticket there. The thought of it is sending me off the deep end because it's such a disgusting policy. We're all one race, the human race and we should be looking after each other, not fighting amongst ourselves all the time.
@@fionadowdeswell-simmons4968 I agree with you. Unfortunately this new era of xenophobia is a global phenomenom (Germany, Britain, France, Austria, Poland, Hungary, USA - the list goes on and on). Right now it feels as if we are falling back to the darker times of 20th century. It's sad.
Fear to something that is not even there. And that being used to have you aligned with an order. I could list a bunch of things like that having happened over the last years, but I'll keep it wise like these guys and not even name them ✌
Leave it to Till to take the concept of the "boogeyman" (every culture has their own version of it) and turn it into a song full of duality and hidden meanings. Not to mention how well the video adds more layers to the lyrics.
The color red becomes more apparent as Till smashes the television with the lawnmower. I think there are too many entendres/references to focus on tbh. It could mean that the TV makes you see in either black or white (or in America, red or blue) and the whole black and white theme permeates throughout the song. Once the "Schwartz Man" (Till) starts blabbering on TV all the bandmates are transfixed with their faces being sucked into the darkness. They start out as happy neighbors waving hello, sharing the paper, and a big red (going with the theme here) tree in the middle of all their yards. They used to share color (color, in my mind, meaning common ground, light, ect. The cheerleaders are like the high society type people convincing you that "your neighbors are out to get you, and guns, walls and cameras will protect you" whilst providing all these things with a smile. The double entendre comes when you realize it could be the far right conservative party they are trying to talk about (lord knows it didn't work out in Germany, hence the red theme, going with the third reich colors). Maybe a warning? I'm conservative btw, so no bullshit, pick apart my interpretation of anything, not my political affiliation... The woman and child would be the third entendre. A "black woman" and her child could also mean he sees how fucked up we are in America, STILL, about racial division. I think a ton of time and thought went into this video, and it's executed perfectly. It makes you think. That's what I love about Rammstein. Peace and love, and great reaction! I'll sub for sure.
Hey Chels and Met, you two are one of the best Reaction TH-cam channels! ..and you can literally see how you both become bigger and bigger fans of Rammstein with every new video.
I love the album! I listened to it about 10 times and love every each song more and more. Specially this one, I think Angst is my favorite one! Hoping for having Rammstein in Argentina soon!!!
This was the reaction I was waiting for! Definite Tilleven out of 10 here! To me it's by far the best song on the album. I took it as the media, government, and internet breeding fear of the OTHER, the foreigner/outsider, the "boogeyman" that's going to get you if you don't build walls and arm yourself then your white picket fence suburban life is in danger. It's through fear that those in power whether it be government, corporations, or media are able to control society and manipulate the masses to walk in lockstep. Throughout history societies have had a boogeyman they were made to fear, while the real boogeymen in power rob them blind. Rant aside, I'd say Angst, Dicke Titten, Giftig, Armee der Tristen, and Lugen are probably my favorite tracks of the album.
Like always it´s a double-meaning in Rammstein-words... "Wer hat Angst vorm(vor dem) schwarzen Mann" is a child-rhyme/game... Wiki says it´s "British Bulldog" Scenario: in a hall kid 1 on one side all others on the other side it goes Kid 1(Black Man):"Wer hat Angst vorm(vor dem) schwarzen Mann" All other kids:"Niemand!" Kid 1: "Und wenn Er kommt?" All: "Dann laufen wir" All try to get to the other side, but the "Black-Man" tries to touch others so they are Black-Men too Today this game is called "racist", because some people don´t understand Black-Man as Dark Man,Evil Man,Boogie Man,Stranger ,but as Man of PoC The other meaning is exactly the PoC of Africa. 2014 when many Refugees from Syria and Middle/North-Africa arrived a nationalist Party(AfD in Germany)made profit of the fear before strangers. And especially in the internet they told lies and spreaded in germany. P.S.: "Angst" is "fear " Ich habe Angst" "I´m afraid" "Ich habe vor [irgendwas wie Tageslicht] Angst" "I´m afraid of daylight" So the song-translation is not perfect
Like always and especially with Rammstein songs it is up to the listner and what she/he feels about it and what the song means to her/him. If there is something like "the meaning" of the song, Mat seems to be pretty close to it from what I understand the lyrics. The translation "bogeyman" seems to be right for most people. However in germany "der schwarze Mann" is such a horror figur but also could just mean "black man" and could stand for all types of "foreign" people which we "learned" to be afraid of from the beginning of our childhood. It has kind of a double meaning to it in my opinion. There is a childsplay which goes as follows: "Who is scared of the black man?", "No one!", "And when he comes?", "Then we gonna run!". Black man Bogeyman. So it could be the figur of fear and anxiety like boogeyman or it could be the symbol for foreign people we are scared of and to whom we build walls against to protect ourselfs and also buying these weapons and such. Could be the neighbour I dont know or in the bigger scale people of a neighbor country or even neighbour continant.
My theory about meaning of this video is next. People been living together in peace, neighbors weren't afraid of eachother, just enjoying their life, then some people (conspiracy theory) brought madman leader(recent situation in Ukraine where Putin attacked Ukraine and brought fear and lies to Russians by using media). Then all of a sudden people who were neighbors and lived happily, started building wall around them, placing cameras and watching their neighbours because they were told that they wana kill them, etc. Started buying guns , expecting to be "Attacked" by neighbour and eventually stated making first shots due to fear which has been brought by mad leader on TV, and killed themselves.
As 6-8 year old kids we always play "black man" on the soccer training. Our Coach stand on one side of the field an we on the other side. Who was catched by the black men (coach) was the looser. At this age i dont think it was a Boogey man, i think a black men. Never saw on in real life before. Greets From weird Germany
I watched another reaction to this song from a different country, where the video showed the captioned translated (English) lyrics "all are afraid of the Blackman"...
Confront your inner racist and stop being fearful to the point you´re isolating yourself. Remember the media and powerful people who own the media want you in fear so you fight amongst yourselves instead of looking UP to the REAL enemy.
I don't want to interpret the whole video. But two things struck me. First, the image of the men turning their houses into fortresses. That immediately reminds me of the American "gun" or "home protection" culture, where people totally fall for this narrative that you have to be prepared. But why? Are you guys afraid? It's actually very sad. The supposedly greatest country in the world and the people who live there live in fear? Second, the end where these men see the girl and women on TV sitting in a terrible place, entrenched with barbed wire. And they probably get suspicious about why they are in that situation and get scared of all kinds of things. They don't realize that the women and the girl, in turn, are watching the men enjoying their relative safety and maybe wanting something like that. And then when people from a bad area come to the nice place, the people who are already there are hostile out of fear.
Schwarzen Mann is Literally Black Man. What they were eating at the end were Eggplants. Also known as Arberguines and a few other names that are used as epithets for black people.
hello mat, hello chels! please watch the video several times and look at the red colors. who is talking and who is consuming the news. in the first translation it said, "who is afraid of the black man" in german " wer hat Angst vom schwarzen Man? "that has now been changed in " who is afraid of the bogeyman" then the song makes a whole different sense, doesn't it ? the media has been telling us to be afraid for years. watch the video with my information again. it seems very different now.
it's all ok it's really crazy but real tool from Rammstein what's up with the song and rocks the band with cable gas masks on the song are scared and black people and the chill songs cheer really crazy but that's how he is Rammstein and always has a great voice cool Rammstein
zwart in dutch or schwartze in german means black but schwartze man means bogey man or just black man... this song is abot patriotism racism and faschism and how the media influences us to see them as dangerous
Good morning you two, it's almost half 2 in the morning here. I'm so pumped for this album & please cross everything for a tour in Australia cos every time I've gone to see them something has happened & I couldn't make it. What the fuck is absolutely the most appropriate reaction I reckon. I like how bands are kinda doing this group weirdness. The dancers in Ghost Danse Macabre, whatever the shit was happening in Muse Won't Stand Down & this. It's creepy as hell! And good they've changed the subtitles from "everyone fears the black man" to "thy boogeyman" cos it got a bit lost in translation there. Yeah fear is all through this song & clip. I've been held back by fear so much in my life but then I got "fear is the mind killer" tattooed on my head. I don't shave a hawk in so much these days but I know it's there. Gonna be funny when I am a balding old lady with this big head tattoo 😂 Now to wait for the next clip!
@@spring_in_paris yeah there's a few people doing some good accurate subtitles out there. Between Rammstein (and my little German I have but still learning) & Måneskin (help me year 8 school Italian ha) it's all about the feel once I've got a vague idea of what's going on
these sweets at the end are called chocolate kisses in Germany. But they used to be called negro kisses earlier....this supports the critisism of racism
In the end they were eating "Schaumküsse" (foam kisses) or as they were called a couple of years ago "Negerküsse" (neger/nigger kisses) "Der schwarze Mann" is meaning the same as the boogeyman, so it's a folklore and stands for "evil" but the words mean "the black man", but by black you don't think so much about the color of the skin but about something dark and bad/evil. Maybe that is the thought behind the candy :)
Finally you both are about to react to "Angst". Check out the Cheerleaders , group Dancing, ..you see a looong dude joining the Ladies 😎😀. In the right side , I guess third row! guess who ? 😉🤫
@@spring_in_paris the repeating choreo of the Cheerleaders, with the hard guitar riffs... 🤦🏻♀️. There is one long Cheerleader ...which has been mentioned in Credits, that Oliver is Part of the Ladies ...or Jumping .with the Ladies..😉. .dies this help a little ? Greetings from Germany ...
Fantastic critical song about the Fear of refugees since 2015, the mother and daughter represent the refugees in the camps in Greece outside Europe and the media causing a militance and radicalisation in the media. Great video, great song
Yes, great song and video. But it's not only about refugees. These middle-class white guys, who were good neighbors at the beginning, end up shooting at each other (or at the images the media and demagogues have created of them) and then they all fall into the abyss.
Also in this Song Rammstein give us Room for interpretation. In the past in Germany we´had played a game "Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann" One ist chasing and the others have to run away. For me Till is playing an politician and spread fear in the World. You can see it on the red wire going into the screens of the folk. The screens sucking the life out of the People (or feed them with Fear). And every Politician have their Fans which are played by the cheerleaders. Thats my point of View of the Song.
Much love from GER and cheers to you. Prost🍻
well recognized, it's about xenophobia, fear of the foreign.
the cheerleaders spread fear and anxiety, wall fence to protect yourself from the strangers, cameras because you can no longer trust anyone to protect yourself, TV broken the fear and anxiety can no longer be spread.
at the beginning of the video the woman and the child sit behind the fence, at the end of the video the woman and the child are still sitting in the same place, you do not need to be afraid of strangers who are not evil
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i wonder if this is a comment regarding America? the red? maga? and it going directly from Till (trump) on the podium to the monitor and into the helmets of the guys playing?
The sound is good but I am disappointed with the political statement. We have so many problems in Europe with Africans/Muslims who cannot be integrated. The people damage the bottom line of society massively, cost alone in Germany of the total society 50 billion euros. Who comes with fear is just stupid, it is realism. The constant denial of the socialization of the people is not to be surpassed in stupidity.
Deine Interpretation ist so leider nicht ganz richtig. Man sieht vorher und nachher ganz klar Flüchtlinge. Also wer ist mit schwarzer Mann wohl gemeint. Till spielt keinen Politiker in dem Sinne sondern jemanden der das Narrativ bedient und den Leuten Angst vor dem schwarzen Mann macht. Sagen wir mal Leute die sich in Telegramm Gruppen rum treiben und dort Reden schwingen. Die Cheerleader stellen die Wirtschaft da die diese Angst ausnutzen und alles liefern was die Angst nützlich ist. Die TV saugen nichts aus sondern prügeln etwas rein..
Der Text spielt am Anfang ganz klar auf Alltagsrassismus an und das man das schon als Kind beigebracht wurde.. z.b. mit dem Spiel.
@@billburnett6489 I think they mix European and American themes here. The refugees behind barbed wire relate more to Europe while the assault rifles relate more to America. The unifying element is fear (especially xenophobia), which is why people build walls and arm themselves. In detail, of course, there is much room for interpretation.
Fun fact about what they're eating: Those are called "chocolate kisses" in germany, but they used to be called "negro kisses". Since the song is about fear mongering (and by extension about fear of foreigners) it might not be totally coincidental that they eat those. Bit of a stretch though, I know.
I am pretty sure they chose them on purpose. If you just think about how much controversy this name change brought up. You could easily imagine simular stuff around the world. In the US for example they changed some names of Sport clubs. And one can imagine that people go nuts because of that.
That's not a stretch at all. There is a Trump figure in the video, who is considered far right here in Germany. Also the colours red, white and black are associated with nazi's. In context with the 2 poc/refugee's the picture gets quite clear.
it's not a stretch, the song is about racism and fearmongering. the lyrics here translate "schwarzt man" as boogyeman, but i think "black man" it's more accurate. what fearmongering does to comunities (the video kind of shows as US, but don't think it's limited to just them) when you let a madman to speak his hate, in this case Til's character.
@@ionutgeanta8741 I actually think that boogeyman is the better translation. Obviously the meaning of Schwarzer Mann is intentional ambiguous, but I think that boogeyman is a more powerful translation because it’s a metaphor with more general criticism of the system. Of course it’s right to project the song on racism, however that doesn’t do justice to the message. It’s about all the things we‘re afraid of. On one day we kill black people because we‘re afraid of things we don’t know. Next day we kill nazis because we‘re afraid of decreasing peace and humanity in the world. Fear sadly rules nearly everything.
@@casinodertoten721 totally agree, boogeyman fits better as metaphor for any fear "object" (and in the end the death itself)
You're missing the most important element: the little le dog is guitarist Paul landers's actual pet. Her name is Minni. At one moment you can see he built a miniature wall of bricks behind her. She is cute and small and I love her.
She is also behind him at 2:34 and on Pauls lap in the last scene
Forgot to mention Flake's playing on this album is superb..other than Richard Wright I can't think of a better keyboard... synthesizer...piano player period
Very different musicians but yeah, both amazing
John Paul Jones deserves that too
BTW: even though Ukraine/Russia war comes to a lot minds but this song were already produced before. The classic : what ever we are struggle with or we are concerned of, watching a Video of the guys always has a different meaning to you personally. It could be social Media, Media, politics etc. who are manipulate us, instead living life in it's own colourful way with our own decisions and own opinion. To deal with all News it's not easy ...
What a damn great song.
BTW: Oliver Riedel is cheerleading ...
Look at the end: we are rich and See poor ppl. They See us too. We Dont want to See the poor of world.
You guys are fucking great and make my days, good job, keep going and congratz.
I am anti-fascist, anti-communist, feminist and masculinist. I'm for freedom of speech, freedom of thought, I'm for the right to say no. I am a patriot and I love my country with all its mistakes and history.
I love Rammstein's music. In my opinion it's the best metal rock group in the world and they produce the best music videos.
Rammstein is the next level of music, videos and their lyrics are epic. The German poets Goethe, Schiller, Lessing or Heine would be proud of Rammstein, not only because they use their poems ... they understood them.
I thank Rammstein and I thank your channel. Your reactions are almost as good as Rammstein himself. :-)
That's my opinion, if I may say it.
Yes, you are right. Specialy Heine. 🤘
Genau! Ich Stimme mit ihnen..
You carry a lot of labels my friend.
The song tells about the xenophobia. We build walls to keep people who need help out. Because we are afraid of them, afraid of losing what we have, afraid of giving away a piece of the pie. We'd rather lock ourselves up in our home, sealed off from the bogeyman.
One band you guys play a lot is nightwish and there's one song that gets stuck like that to being heard is last of the wilds live at wacken it's a plus
The men on the couch are eating a sweet from Germany. There it was still known until the 2000s: "negro kiss". You shouldn't say that in Germany anymore. Instead you say "foam kiss".
Fear.
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Some things to add for this song which i found interesting:
The "schwarzer Mann" doublemeaning is really interesting here cause it means "boogeyman" on one hand and translated word by word it means "black man" --> Leading to an interpretation that depicts people with darker Skin/imigrants as the boogeyman. While the people who believe such things and spread their hate/fear are the real boogeyman which is beautifully displyed by till strapped in a straightjacket.
Furthermore i like how the whole video was filmed as black and white only the hate that was spreading to the people through the wires was red. At the End, as the TV broke and the image of the people in the barbed wire circle didnt exist anymore on the Horizon of thoughts for the people on the sofa, the color came back.
From my point of view it supports a picture of the contrast in society or the superficiality and hypocrisy many people show towards imigrants. If they are far away they say "oh yeah i love a multicultural society look at me i am so woke." But if people then come as refugees or imigrants they are the first ones to pull out a gun at the border.
On top of that i liked the detail with the snack at the and. These things are waffels with marshmallow fluff and chocolat glaze. In germany years ago these things were often referred to as "Negerkuss" which means "Negro kiss" in English. By now it changed to "Schaumkuss" "Foamkiss" for obvious reasons. For me this scene as drastic as it sounds depicts the western states feeding on the "Negros" as a critique on our western behaviour towards african people and cultures, robbing them from their ressources.
All in all a great song. I just love how Rammstein songs while you hear the Songs are just bangers but get elevated to another level and enriched with Room to think about / interpretation if you watch the respective videos to it.
Absolutely, this is the first comment I've seen that mentions the Mohrenkopf. The irony of sitting in front of the TV and eating chocolate (google Negerkuss) kisses while watching black refugees on TV is clearly in context with the rest of the video.
With many other interpretations, I think it's also about inherited racism or at least playing with the ambiguity of the understood meaning "boogeyman" and the direct translation "who's afraid of the black man". In my opinion, one should not insist that the translation for "who is afraid of the bogeyman" clearly refers to a villain and has nothing to do with the actual literal translation.
Originally, the term "schwarzer Mann" probably referred to the Grim Reaper (thus creating a connection to "Zeit").
@@yasminesteinbauer8565 that's true but in context to the rest of the video, the ambiguity of the phrase "black man" is addressed here. But ultimately everything is in the eye of the beholder or listener.
@@w4tch I didn't claim that this wasn't the case. Of course, the term can be understood ambiguously. But the bogeyman is not really a thing in Germany, which is why I pointed out the probable origin of the term.
That candy has a similar history in Denmark, but decades ago, the biggest brand was progressive enough to change their label from "Sambo" (the stereotypical black skinned young boy hero) to Samba (the dance). Besides many buyers saw nothing racist about wanting to kiss a black person.
This song and video is a masterpiece.
And... it gives you a clue what the band members might look like if they wouldn't have become musicians but accountants. 😅
My thoughts on this:
1. The song is about how certain "leaders" want to afraid people to control them. In the video, this is visualised by the red wires.
2. The dominant colors in the video are black, white and red, which are the colors of the flag of the Kaiserreich and the Third Reich. Also, you can say that the world the people in this video are living in, is just black and white, no grey. It can be understood as a reference to the simple minded people who are for example voting for politicians who are telling them exactly this black/white view (WE are good, THEY are bad). Also, the band is dressed up as the stereotype of this kind of conservative people.
3. "Der schwarze Mann" (The black man) is a german synonym for a creepy, ghost-like evil. As in the first verse of the song, children are often told "to obey, or else the black man will get you". It can be translated to boogey man in english, but like often, there is another meaning in this context. As said, the video is about leaders who are seeding fear of anything foreign in peoples minds. So, the phrase "black man" can also be interpreted literally, namely refugees. In my opinion, it is a reference to the migration crisis in 2015 in Germany. Or just think of the plans for a wall on the Mexican border...
OK, that's enough for now, I think with this hints you can figure out the rest for yourselve 😉 Greetings from Germany!
Black white red are also the colours of the shitty Analtifa dude. Maybe your interpretation is nonsense,
sehr schön geschrieben...me like
You’re so deep into the meaning I love it.
Gute Interpretation. 👍🏼 Dem kann ich nur zustimmen.
I mean, it turned out that their fears wasn't that crazy. And Rammstein should know this better. The Germans (and Westy people) don't know the truth about this topic. But this song is absolute fire, even though it is naive.
It's so fascinating for me as a natural speaker how you interpret the message in the texts and videos just from the visuals,
really great work from you.
Geht mir genauso. :)
After 2 years of covid and canceled concerts 4 July i’m finally going to see them again. I’t will be my 6 time but every time they blow me away. One of the best live acts around.
see you there :)
I look forward to your opinion. I've been waiting eagerly for your reaction to the video for the last few days! Greetings from Trendelburg, Hessen in Germany 🇩🇪🇪🇺
Masterpiece ❤ Rammstein 🔥🔥🔥
Hi Mat and Chels! I already had the pleasure to see and hear the video " Angst" from Rammstein on the Official Channel of Rammstein. I do not want to reveal too much, only so much is really cool and just really Rammstein.
These visuals are just so intense and exceptional, that I enjoyed this video even more than "Deutschland", which I believe is the best music video of all times. Loved the song, loved your reaction!
Ah, finally. You're one of the few reaction channels i give a damn about.
Wow, thank you!
(Copy & pasted from other reaction-comment I previously made)
Just some remarks:
The several times mentioned "Schwarze Mann" ("black man") is known as a child fright figure in the German-speaking area ("Wer hat Angst vorm Schwarzen Mann" = Who does fear the black man). Depending on the region and time, it was understood to mean different beings: a dark shadowy figure or a man dressed in black. As a metaphor, the "bogeyman" reached a "peak" as personalization of evil, savagery, and the unknown in the course of colonization, and in the process also acquired a racist connotation. In this context, I find the consumption of those sweets (a kind of chocolate covered marshmallow - in German also called Negerküsse - "negro kisses") at the end during the end credits very interesting, which work through this "black man" symbolism.
Also the colors usage is interesting (Black/White/Red representing the Nazi-color Spectrum). I also found it interesting at the end of the credits that when the TV was destroyed, the color came back into the picture.
Further, I noticed that the pie-like plots seen from above correspond to the "political symbol" at the lectern where the singer, wearing a straitjacket, gives his speech. After these borders & plots collapse during the wild shoot-out, the politician, unleashed by the straitjacket to spread his propaganda/fear.
Cheering on the cheerleaders is the equivalent of pitching an idea/product and the dancers are slammed with money to sell the bricks and guns to the landowners.
This Clip has many layers and can be interpreted in many directions. I see there is a statement on xenophobia and populism/media
Always nice when someone ruins the reaction video in the comments before the premiere.
Das mit der Zwangsjacke, zuerst geschlossen und dann geöffnet, ist ein interessantes Detail, daß mir noch nicht aufgefallen war. Das die Zwangsjacke auf einmal nicht mehr verzurrt war schon, aber nicht in welchem visuellen Zusammenhang. Klasse. Danke.
I have watched the Angst video countless times, as it's one of my all-time favorite Rammstein songs, but not once did I see the dog.
Also, great work as always, guys!
I really liked Angst, very cool. It's my favorite of the album, so far. Great react! Now I'm afraid of boogyman 😂😱
Schwarzer Mann is also a mountain in western Germany Eifel mountain range that has a now abandoned Lead Mine and it got its name from the worker's who would come out of the mine with their face's blackened from the dust and soot. Kid's would be afraid of them and run away when they seen them.
Who has fear from the black man??? Wonderful Rammstein song❤❤❤
I saw this on Patreon and I love this song!
Can't wait to hear it live!
@@MatandChelsReact same!!!
I was waiting for your reaction, really my favorite reaction channel by far.
I think the meaning is more or less the same as you said, we are used to hear politicians feeding us fear or pointing "the enemy", as some others said in the comments
Till Lindemann is that mad politician giving fear over the media, the band also turn into each other while shooting at the screen.
In the end you can see Till releasing all that fear and hate into the TV that was showing the truth (mother and girl probably refugees) and then keep eating all comfortable in the living with friends.
A great video, Rammstein is always putting the hard, uncomfortable world into your face, like it or not portraying the real issues without anesthesia
Educated marine has uploaded all new songs with subtitle, you should react so some of them, they are great, Mat will enjoy "OK" ;)
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The cheerleader moves in the beginning and the end are probably referencing the "Haka Dance" done by the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. The candy which the band eats in the end was called "Negerküsse" "Negro Kisses" in Germany back in the day. The name was changed a couple of years ago.
Also the cheerleaders are doing the "Till Hammer" in their hands :D
The Bogyman word is also literally translated as "Black man" so it's a wordplay. Given the video, the song is about (rather against) racist propaganda, and fearmongering in general.
Also, this must suck for Rammstein (the war) cause they Really liked Russia and going there to tour.
This song is amazing!!! I haven’t heard them do a song that hit this hard probably since the 90s. It’s impossible for me to listen to this song without banging my head. And I love the cheerleaders cheering them on when they pick up the guns. As always they never disappoint.
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I've been waiting for this one
Ich liebe es, wenn die Amis auf Rammstein regieren 😅
The translation is not correct. "schwarzer Mann" (Boogyman) is not ment as the boogyman, like the ghost-like folk. Instead it is ment for black skined people (foreign people in germany). The song and video deal with racism and its resulting fear against unknown culture and different skined people. Neighbours first like each other, sitting in the garden, talking...all in same order...like old german tradition an micro-society. All look the same, same clothes, same behavior, same garden (the length of gras in the garden is a huge matter in germany)... later they self-isolate more and more, till they build high walls with cameras and get firearms to "defend" themselfes. The computer-secene is showing the consumption of falls information in the www, which are lately responsable for the "Querdenker-Szene" in germany. Those people don´t trust in the government, believe in some kind of horror-stories and a huge part of those people are racists/neo-nazis, too.
Those people are kind of "new-wave-nazis", dealing a lot of damage to the society.
The fear finally leads into shooting the firearms and self-destrcution.
This song criticise the fear and the racism (lately getting stronger again in germany and all europe).
While the corona pandemic there have been a lots of problems with "Querdenker" or nazis in public.
Rammstein is a great (the greatest) and artistic band, who stand and fight (on their own way) for equality and acceptence for all people in the world.
They are totally against any kind of racism or discrimination. I love this band, till I heared them for the first time at the age of 11 and the song Engel. Since I am a fan and I am lucky to see them live this month in a city near by, again.
Gimme more angry Til. That was AWESOME!! As always a very deep, dark music video concept.
From the video i got the story of everyone started off fine, friendly neighbours, hanging out etc... and as the video goes on the media/TV is corrupting them to divide (building walls), weaponize (the guns) and then trust no one, KILL! (shoots the TV's*) which will and is clearly heading towards the end if it doesn't end ASAP! (the ground/world underneath them falling away to nothing*)
That's just me though.
Great reaction as always! You 2 are awesome. Keep them coming!
I saw and heard this album at a special screening recently and this and Lugen were definitely the best ones. Hope you react to all the other songs as well.
God i love this Song - For me by far the best Song from the Album. Even with masterpieces like Zeit, this just always get me 🤘
Fascinating a power of Till´s vocal.
On hell of a video and one hell of a song. WTF was my first thought as well. I watched and listened to it a few times and then it made perfect sense to me. Who is the bogeyman? You are. You're your own bogeyman. We're all fed information and not always from reliable sources, we're told what and who to fear and even why to fear whatever it is. What we do with that instruction though is down to us. We can blindly accept it like the band does in the video and potentially become so paranoid that we descend into our own personal hell or we can look at the full picture without this pernicious influence and make our own decisions as we see at the end. As a global society, we're all watching one another and while being aware of what's happening is healthy, being automatically suspicious of everyone isn't. Everything about Angst is stunning. The music hits you between the eyes from the start, Till's vocals are outstanding. That scream of "Angst!" makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. You can hear the mania involved in what he's portraying as well as seeing it in the way his character is dressed and acting. The use of colour is interesting as well-black and white (as many people see arguments) with red for everything that is dangerous. The cheerleaders are made up to look like Till as they're his acolytes, helping to spread the message. They only look human when they're looking for money from the hapless middle-aged paranoid men. At the end of the video, it becomes clear that we're all prisoners of fear in one form or another-refugees physically held prisoner because we're told that they present a danger to us, the band are prisoners of their own fear. The word "Du"-you- is repeated all the way through the song which is in part how I've drawn my conclusion about who the bogeyman is. Rammstein once again holding up the mirror to society and pointing out to us what we're doing to each other and ourselves. Fun facts-Ollie Riedel appears as one of the cheerleaders (not sure what's gotten into Ollie these days but he's got over his shyness since turning 50 it seems) and the dog is Paul's as I recall. Great reaction from you both as always. Your facial expressions matched mine when I first saw and heard this outstanding song and video. Creepy AF at times, but thought provoking.
The song doesn't question "who is the boogeyman" but " who is afraid of the black man/boogeyman". Since 2014 we have seen the increased xenophobia towards poc here in Germany (and many other countries) fueled by right wing parties.
@@prinz_butterbrot262 I appreciate what you're saying and understand when you say who is afraid of the bogeyman. The bigger question to me is who or what is the bogeyman and it's whatever we're told it is and we have to be afraid of it. It's been COVID, and refugees and asylum seekers here and a lot more besides. Since Brexshit raised its ugly head here, xenophobia has increased here in the UK. We're now at a point where our Home Secretary wants to send all asylum seekers and refugees other than those from Ukraine to Rwanda on a one-way ticket there. The thought of it is sending me off the deep end because it's such a disgusting policy. We're all one race, the human race and we should be looking after each other, not fighting amongst ourselves all the time.
@@fionadowdeswell-simmons4968 I agree with you. Unfortunately this new era of xenophobia is a global phenomenom (Germany, Britain, France, Austria, Poland, Hungary, USA - the list goes on and on). Right now it feels as if we are falling back to the darker times of 20th century. It's sad.
@@prinz_butterbrot262 it is, you're right.
Fear to something that is not even there. And that being used to have you aligned with an order.
I could list a bunch of things like that having happened over the last years, but I'll keep it wise like these guys and not even name them ✌
Leave it to Till to take the concept of the "boogeyman" (every culture has their own version of it) and turn it into a song full of duality and hidden meanings. Not to mention how well the video adds more layers to the lyrics.
for all the racist wall borders lovers and big guns lovers now you dig it
Awesome comment. You nailed it. 😘
The color red becomes more apparent as Till smashes the television with the lawnmower. I think there are too many entendres/references to focus on tbh. It could mean that the TV makes you see in either black or white (or in America, red or blue) and the whole black and white theme permeates throughout the song. Once the "Schwartz Man" (Till) starts blabbering on TV all the bandmates are transfixed with their faces being sucked into the darkness. They start out as happy neighbors waving hello, sharing the paper, and a big red (going with the theme here) tree in the middle of all their yards. They used to share color (color, in my mind, meaning common ground, light, ect. The cheerleaders are like the high society type people convincing you that "your neighbors are out to get you, and guns, walls and cameras will protect you" whilst providing all these things with a smile.
The double entendre comes when you realize it could be the far right conservative party they are trying to talk about (lord knows it didn't work out in Germany, hence the red theme, going with the third reich colors). Maybe a warning? I'm conservative btw, so no bullshit, pick apart my interpretation of anything, not my political affiliation...
The woman and child would be the third entendre. A "black woman" and her child could also mean he sees how fucked up we are in America, STILL, about racial division. I think a ton of time and thought went into this video, and it's executed perfectly. It makes you think. That's what I love about Rammstein. Peace and love, and great reaction! I'll sub for sure.
The most literal "black man" gives more sense to the finale at video with the mother and son
Rammstein had another take on this kind of topic in Mein Land (that you should react to 'cause this song is a banger and the video is fun)
At 3:34 i smell sulfur and white hot hate. Love it, love your reactions - specially rammstein (oh wonder). I love you both. Greets from little Austria
Man, Rammstein's music videos are always entertaining.
Hey Chels and Met, you two are one of the best Reaction TH-cam channels! ..and you can literally see how you both become bigger and bigger fans of Rammstein with every new video.
I love the album! I listened to it about 10 times and love every each song more and more. Specially this one, I think Angst is my favorite one! Hoping for having Rammstein in Argentina soon!!!
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This was the reaction I was waiting for! Definite Tilleven out of 10 here! To me it's by far the best song on the album.
I took it as the media, government, and internet breeding fear of the OTHER, the foreigner/outsider, the "boogeyman" that's going to get you if you don't build walls and arm yourself then your white picket fence suburban life is in danger.
It's through fear that those in power whether it be government, corporations, or media are able to control society and manipulate the masses to walk in lockstep. Throughout history societies have had a boogeyman they were made to fear, while the real boogeymen in power rob them blind.
Rant aside, I'd say Angst, Dicke Titten, Giftig, Armee der Tristen, and Lugen are probably my favorite tracks of the album.
Like always it´s a double-meaning in Rammstein-words...
"Wer hat Angst vorm(vor dem) schwarzen Mann" is a child-rhyme/game...
Wiki says it´s "British Bulldog"
Scenario:
in a hall
kid 1 on one side
all others on the other side
it goes
Kid 1(Black Man):"Wer hat Angst vorm(vor dem) schwarzen Mann"
All other kids:"Niemand!"
Kid 1: "Und wenn Er kommt?"
All: "Dann laufen wir"
All try to get to the other side, but the "Black-Man" tries to touch others so they are Black-Men too
Today this game is called "racist", because some people don´t understand Black-Man as Dark Man,Evil Man,Boogie Man,Stranger ,but as Man of PoC
The other meaning is exactly the PoC of Africa.
2014 when many Refugees from Syria and Middle/North-Africa arrived a nationalist Party(AfD in Germany)made profit of the fear before strangers.
And especially in the internet they told lies and spreaded in germany.
P.S.: "Angst" is "fear " Ich habe Angst" "I´m afraid" "Ich habe vor [irgendwas wie Tageslicht] Angst" "I´m afraid of daylight"
So the song-translation is not perfect
Will you maybe react to the whole album on Patreon? :)
Black man 🇩🇪
Like always and especially with Rammstein songs it is up to the listner and what she/he feels about it and what the song means to her/him. If there is something like "the meaning" of the song, Mat seems to be pretty close to it from what I understand the lyrics. The translation "bogeyman" seems to be right for most people. However in germany "der schwarze Mann" is such a horror figur but also could just mean "black man" and could stand for all types of "foreign" people which we "learned" to be afraid of from the beginning of our childhood. It has kind of a double meaning to it in my opinion. There is a childsplay which goes as follows: "Who is scared of the black man?", "No one!", "And when he comes?", "Then we gonna run!". Black man Bogeyman. So it could be the figur of fear and anxiety like boogeyman or it could be the symbol for foreign people we are scared of and to whom we build walls against to protect ourselfs and also buying these weapons and such. Could be the neighbour I dont know or in the bigger scale people of a neighbor country or even neighbour continant.
when he screamed ANGST goosebumps everywhere holyshit
I think Torbalan(Торбалан)from Slavic folklore is better example to Schwarzer mann
the whole new album is just sooo good and ofc your reaction to :)
My theory about meaning of this video is next.
People been living together in peace, neighbors weren't afraid of eachother, just enjoying their life, then some people (conspiracy theory) brought madman leader(recent situation in Ukraine where Putin attacked Ukraine and brought fear and lies to Russians by using media).
Then all of a sudden people who were neighbors and lived happily, started building wall around them, placing cameras and watching their neighbours because they were told that they wana kill them, etc. Started buying guns , expecting to be "Attacked" by neighbour and eventually stated making first shots due to fear which has been brought by mad leader on TV, and killed themselves.
Great Song and Video and good Reaction! 👍
In short: Everyone is afraid of each other and this fear is fueled by the Politics and Media!
React vids Blow, But The Angst vid of Rammstein kick stones real hard.. GOOD..
As 6-8 year old kids we always play "black man" on the soccer training.
Our Coach stand on one side of the field an we on the other side. Who
was catched by the black men (coach) was the looser. At this age i dont
think it was a Boogey man, i think a black men. Never saw on in real
life before. Greets From weird Germany
I watched another reaction to this song from a different country, where the video showed the captioned translated (English) lyrics "all are afraid of the Blackman"...
Confront your inner racist and stop being fearful to the point you´re isolating yourself. Remember the media and powerful people who own the media want you in fear so you fight amongst yourselves instead of looking UP to the REAL enemy.
I don't want to interpret the whole video. But two things struck me.
First, the image of the men turning their houses into fortresses. That immediately reminds me of the American "gun" or "home protection" culture, where people totally fall for this narrative that you have to be prepared. But why? Are you guys afraid? It's actually very sad. The supposedly greatest country in the world and the people who live there live in fear?
Second, the end where these men see the girl and women on TV sitting in a terrible place, entrenched with barbed wire. And they probably get suspicious about why they are in that situation and get scared of all kinds of things. They don't realize that the women and the girl, in turn, are watching the men enjoying their relative safety and maybe wanting something like that. And then when people from a bad area come to the nice place, the people who are already there are hostile out of fear.
His wife looks so: i love you realy but no rammstein again...greetings from germany.....we man known this....
Rammstein have just slowed down a lot. But what should they do, if you don't sing the song of the "Woke"-people, you're out of business.
Simple... They are mocking American culture through song 😜 done that in past albums also 👍
J'aime vos réactions qui ne sont pas hypocrites comme les autres / I like your reactions which are not hypocritical like the others
It is a Punkband..left not right... it means the afraid of foreigners.. The eats "Negerküsse" at the End... greetings from a German Fan
Schwarzen Mann is Literally Black Man. What they were eating at the end were Eggplants. Also known as Arberguines and a few other names that are used as epithets for black people.
"What the fuck" is my standard reaction watching Rammstein's video :-)
I swear Rammstein should make a surreal T.V. sci-fi horror anthology series lol.
hello mat, hello chels! please watch the video several times and look at the red colors. who is talking and who is consuming the news. in the first translation it said, "who is afraid of the black man" in german " wer hat Angst vom schwarzen Man? "that has now been changed in " who is afraid of the bogeyman" then the song makes a whole different sense, doesn't it ? the media has been telling us to be afraid for years. watch the video with my information again. it seems very different now.
I have watched this video probably 1000 times and I still get chills watching it.
6:48 -> 6:52 small cream-filled sponge cake covered with chocolate - so basically chocolate marshmallows, yes
it's all ok it's really crazy but real tool from Rammstein what's up with the song and rocks the band with cable gas masks on the song are scared and black people and the chill songs cheer really crazy but that's how he is Rammstein and always has a great voice cool Rammstein
It covers up, that we are all hypocrit cellassemblements. (The bavarian Guy)
zwart in dutch or schwartze in german means black but schwartze man means bogey man or just black man... this song is abot patriotism racism and faschism and how the media influences us to see them as dangerous
schwarzen Mann: means Boogeyman and... Black Man. It has a double meaning.
Let's put it simple. It's about racism and how those xenophobic views get fed into our brains
they write bogeyman but actually schwarzemann mean blackman
soo wtf
Schwarzer mann (Boogeyman) translate to black man directly.
Good morning you two, it's almost half 2 in the morning here.
I'm so pumped for this album & please cross everything for a tour in Australia cos every time I've gone to see them something has happened & I couldn't make it.
What the fuck is absolutely the most appropriate reaction I reckon.
I like how bands are kinda doing this group weirdness. The dancers in Ghost Danse Macabre, whatever the shit was happening in Muse Won't Stand Down & this. It's creepy as hell!
And good they've changed the subtitles from "everyone fears the black man" to "thy boogeyman" cos it got a bit lost in translation there.
Yeah fear is all through this song & clip. I've been held back by fear so much in my life but then I got "fear is the mind killer" tattooed on my head. I don't shave a hawk in so much these days but I know it's there. Gonna be funny when I am a balding old lady with this big head tattoo 😂
Now to wait for the next clip!
I think, they used the subtitled lyrics from educatedmarine. He's doing an awesome work.
@@spring_in_paris yeah there's a few people doing some good accurate subtitles out there. Between Rammstein (and my little German I have but still learning) & Måneskin (help me year 8 school Italian ha) it's all about the feel once I've got a vague idea of what's going on
these sweets at the end are called chocolate kisses in Germany. But they used to be called negro kisses earlier....this supports the critisism of racism
thanks for your great reaction: in any case, the video encourages discussion with friends, and that's the best you can hope for from a music viedeo
They eaten Dickmanns, in Germany Early named „Negerkuss“.
In the end they were eating "Schaumküsse" (foam kisses) or as they were called a couple of years ago "Negerküsse" (neger/nigger kisses)
"Der schwarze Mann" is meaning the same as the boogeyman, so it's a folklore and stands for "evil" but the words mean "the black man", but by black you don't think so much about the color of the skin but about something dark and bad/evil.
Maybe that is the thought behind the candy :)
I'm not sure if this Post is shown, because TH-cam didn't want me to post the comment because it thought I was insulting someone.
@@alle_namen_schon_vergeben708 😠
Don't forget to pause at th-cam.com/video/OcW_z2zQ_5w/w-d-xo.html in the video to see Paul has made a little brick around Doggo!
Coool
also fun fact. the beginning is the icelandic viking clap who started when we won england in soccer.
Finally you both are about to react to "Angst". Check out the Cheerleaders , group Dancing, ..you see a looong dude joining the Ladies 😎😀. In the right side , I guess third row! guess who ? 😉🤫
Hello. I watched the video dozen of times. And I need help from you, please. Can you give me a hint when the joining dancer occurs? Thank you. 😊
@@spring_in_paris the repeating choreo of the Cheerleaders, with the hard guitar riffs... 🤦🏻♀️. There is one long Cheerleader ...which has been mentioned in Credits, that Oliver is Part of the Ladies ...or Jumping .with the Ladies..😉. .dies this help a little ? Greetings from Germany ...
@@spring_in_paris 🤦🏻♀️ in my answer means ...I try hard to find the correct words ...
Im from germany and i say very nice
Pleas pleas react on be Deutsch pleas
Fantastic critical song about the Fear of refugees since 2015, the mother and daughter represent the refugees in the camps in Greece outside Europe and the media causing a militance and radicalisation in the media. Great video, great song
Yes, great song and video. But it's not only about refugees. These middle-class white guys, who were good neighbors at the beginning, end up shooting at each other (or at the images the media and demagogues have created of them) and then they all fall into the abyss.
Köln 2016
@@starforce224 was willst du spinner damit sagen
In a nutshell is a critic of media nourishing the fear in the people leading to a kind of self destruction in the end
In german the bogeyman is literally translated to “black man”….