It's one of the most disturbing and at the same time beautiful songs from Rammstein. Lindemann finds poetical expressions for very gruesome stuff. Especially with the line "The sun also shines on our stomach". He doesn't paint a picture of this naked old man lusting over this naked child - he paints it in a way that is almost poetical, without going into detail on this sinister scene. The most coded line might be "pearl on the ring". It's just a picture, and it's pretty clear that he is talking about the child's genital at this point. "Mussels with fries" might have a double meaning - an allusion to the case of Marc Dutroux, but there is also a certain resemblance to the respective sexual organs. At the part around 8:46 he is going to kill her. That's a very chilling musical interpretation of the scenery. And he knew from the beginning that he is going to do this ("[afterwards] nothing will be like it used to be"). This song is brillant and extremely disturbing at the same time. I can't really decide if I can say that I "like" it. It's just so deviant and gruesome. Anyway, your interpretation is spot on - as always. I truly love your channel:).
I don't (at all) want to diminish or critizise the og commentator. Just want to say that there are soo many more and different ways to see and interprate these lyrics. Its really the beauty of it all. And yes...the song is so absolutely dark and disturbing but still beautiful in the same way. Its really undescribable and thats a feeling I honestly love when music hits me like this.
There was a case in North Wales where a 7 year old girl was abducted, raped and murdered and her body thrown into the sea. I doubt that the song is based entirely on this case, but Rammstein are known for basing some songs on real life crimes. The murderer wasn't an old man but he would have seemed old to the seven year old girl. The translation had my true crime senses twitching and I knew that it was happening for a reason. Sadly, these things happen and Till writes lyrics describing things that actually happen. In that respect, it's no different to a newspaper that reports details of such crimes. The real difference lies in the poetry of Till's lyrics and the mastery of the instrumentals. It's haunting and chilling and so typically Rammstein.
My favorite song of the album. The issue is so often in the media and the public doesn't even react to it anymore. Honestly, how often do you read that a child is missing and the population is called upon to give clues based on the description of the appearance and clothing. The issue is so often in the media and the public doesn't even react to it anymore. Secretly, you hope that the child has just spent the night at a friend's house and will turn up the next day. To the line "mussels with fries" I suspect an allusion to case of Marc Dutroux in Belgium. Hallomann is a man who says hello (to the child). The word was created by Till. Such word creations are quite easy in German languages. Anyway, I have never heard this word before.
Till wasn't creating this word. Hallomann is a norwegian job title for news reporter/announcer. Where do you take these information from? I don't know any interview, where something like that was stated.
@@feschefrucht Interesting. Announcer? Could this be a tribute to Wilhelm Wieben in the video clip of Falco's "Jeanny"? Ok, maybe a little bit off, but "Jeanny" was also a story about a sexual motivated killer.
@@feschefrucht It may be that Till picked up the word in Norway. In the song it has nothing to do with a reporter/announcer. So Till has given the word a new meaning here, which is equivalent to a neologism. In German, this word did not exist before and I did not claim anything else. If you've been paying attention, you've noticed that the first word the man says in the song lyrics is "Hallo". Man says hello = Hallomann
@@jtrudeau7577 An interesting cross-reference. But in the lyrics Till sings "The Hallomann comes to you" and clearly refers to the perverted kidnapper and not to the announcer on TV.
One detail about the line "muschelm mit pomme frittes" or "Mussels with fries"... This line is wrote with double sense, the word muschelm in German is mussel, similar to word muschi that's mean "pussy",
"Hallomann" is just literally "Hello-man" in German and "hallo" is basically the default greeting. Although "aber hallo" for example is said to emphasize a statement. Example: "Was that movie scary?" - "Aber hallo!" ("Greatly!") "The floor looks unstable." - "Aber hallo." ("Absolutely.") That might be why the violent persona of the narrator is given the name by him, along with it obviously sounding like a children's book or rhyme character.
That was another good analysis of your text. Mussels with French fries are not a German dish. We don't eat that. I assume that with this strange food he wants to pique the girl's curiosity so that she comes with him.
I think you actually got it right. He is a predator and if you hear the translated verse line that goes - "Im fine, Dont talk to me" actually shows the girl's initial reluctance to go with him. The second verse makes me think he already manged to lure her and brought her to the beach thats why the lyrics goes - "The sun also shines on our stomach". The little twisted synth, guitar, bass solo around 8:47 in this video probably indicates him assaulting her and the hauntingly beautiful feminine voice in the background probably comes across as a soothing interpretation of her cries, which I believe follows similarly in the end of the song after he has dumped her into the sea as if she now sings eternally as a siren. The term Hallomann probably doesnt mean anything special except a man who simply just approaches whoever he wants to, in this case a young girl, and says Hello, to satisfy his own sadistic desires. Sometimes he gets rejected and if he's lucky sometimes he succeeds. It was evident the predator here was successful because he didnt rush to harm the girl despite being insistent and or persistent. He took his time and eventually succeeded in his sadistic ways What an amazing reaction video. Im happy someone for once tried to understand the song as Till and Rammstein as a whole would intend their fans to do.
this song is a clearly example that it doesn't needed to sound too hardcore right in your face or even had growls vocal either to be disturbing.till knows exactly what he's doing with songs like this one but at least it doesn't feel totally disgusting because the way he portrait the whole disturbing situation with some kind of poetry.
The HalloMann or Hello Man is just a name to give the character. Newspapers often dub criminals. Same thing. Funny enough there is a horror film called the Bye Bye Man
I like how rammstein sings about very controversial things but yet people have the brains to figure out that doesnt mean they themselves do it or advocate it. They are singing about a subject , not cheering it on. I think by not even mentioning atrocities at all, it kind of normalizes it . By putting it in your face, like rammstein does, it sheds light on horrors that would alot of the time go unnoticed. Weisses Fleisch is another great example.
@@feschefrucht You really act as if Till officially said in an interview, "hey I heard this great word in Norway and I really wanted to use it in a song". That's all just speculation from fans in Rammstein forums. Interesting but unsubstantiated.
I believe that the Hallomann is not a man who is too old, nor is he an ugly, repulsive monster from the outside. I rather imagine the Hallomann as a very smart, intelligent, well-groomed, rich, middle-aged, upper-class man. Like the one Jeremy Irons played in Lolita as Humbert Humbert. The Hallomann is definitely the much more sophisticated brother of the raw, extreme, physically much more direct, brutal guy from Weisses Fleisch This guy here is also very brutal, but different, with much more brains , better social manners and structure Could also be a bourgeois intelligent manager or an artist. At least if you compare the words, poetry and descriptions, vocals of the two song lyrics of Lindemann. The Hallomann is for me a completely different type of perpetrator than that of Weisses Fleisch Interesting about the song is the instrumental background without lyrics, which leads especially towards the end to a mental image excess and "climax" even without words.
This song is actually about the Belgian serial killer, rapist and pedo Marc Dutroux. The mussels and fries is a Belgium meal of choice. Till only points out what this bad man did, and a reminder.
my favorite song of his entire discography, how lucky that you react to it, almost nobody listens to it
I agree with u I still listen to it alot
Its because it was only very very recently the audio No longer gets blocked by TH-cam ;) So before now nobody could react to it
It's one of the most disturbing and at the same time beautiful songs from Rammstein. Lindemann finds poetical expressions for very gruesome stuff. Especially with the line "The sun also shines on our stomach". He doesn't paint a picture of this naked old man lusting over this naked child - he paints it in a way that is almost poetical, without going into detail on this sinister scene.
The most coded line might be "pearl on the ring". It's just a picture, and it's pretty clear that he is talking about the child's genital at this point. "Mussels with fries" might have a double meaning - an allusion to the case of Marc Dutroux, but there is also a certain resemblance to the respective sexual organs.
At the part around 8:46 he is going to kill her. That's a very chilling musical interpretation of the scenery. And he knew from the beginning that he is going to do this ("[afterwards] nothing will be like it used to be").
This song is brillant and extremely disturbing at the same time. I can't really decide if I can say that I "like" it. It's just so deviant and gruesome.
Anyway, your interpretation is spot on - as always. I truly love your channel:).
"You haven't seen the ocean yet" has a special meaning too!
I don't (at all) want to diminish or critizise the og commentator. Just want to say that there are soo many more and different ways to see and interprate these lyrics.
Its really the beauty of it all.
And yes...the song is so absolutely dark and disturbing but still beautiful in the same way. Its really undescribable and thats a feeling I honestly love when music hits me like this.
There was a case in North Wales where a 7 year old girl was abducted, raped and murdered and her body thrown into the sea. I doubt that the song is based entirely on this case, but Rammstein are known for basing some songs on real life crimes. The murderer wasn't an old man but he would have seemed old to the seven year old girl. The translation had my true crime senses twitching and I knew that it was happening for a reason. Sadly, these things happen and Till writes lyrics describing things that actually happen. In that respect, it's no different to a newspaper that reports details of such crimes. The real difference lies in the poetry of Till's lyrics and the mastery of the instrumentals. It's haunting and chilling and so typically Rammstein.
My favorite song of the band! Just thank you!
My favorite song of the album.
The issue is so often in the media and the public doesn't even react to it anymore. Honestly, how often do you read that a child is missing and the population is called upon to give clues based on the description of the appearance and clothing. The issue is so often in the media and the public doesn't even react to it anymore. Secretly, you hope that the child has just spent the night at a friend's house and will turn up the next day.
To the line "mussels with fries" I suspect an allusion to case of Marc Dutroux in Belgium.
Hallomann is a man who says hello (to the child). The word was created by Till. Such word creations are quite easy in German languages. Anyway, I have never heard this word before.
Till wasn't creating this word. Hallomann is a norwegian job title for news reporter/announcer.
Where do you take these information from? I don't know any interview, where something like that was stated.
@@feschefrucht Interesting. Announcer? Could this be a tribute to Wilhelm Wieben in the video clip of Falco's "Jeanny"? Ok, maybe a little bit off, but "Jeanny" was also a story about a sexual motivated killer.
@@feschefrucht It may be that Till picked up the word in Norway. In the song it has nothing to do with a reporter/announcer. So Till has given the word a new meaning here, which is equivalent to a neologism. In German, this word did not exist before and I did not claim anything else.
If you've been paying attention, you've noticed that the first word the man says in the song lyrics is "Hallo".
Man says hello = Hallomann
@@jtrudeau7577 An interesting cross-reference. But in the lyrics Till sings "The Hallomann comes to you" and clearly refers to the perverted kidnapper and not to the announcer on TV.
One detail about the line "muschelm mit pomme frittes" or "Mussels with fries"... This line is wrote with double sense, the word muschelm in German is mussel, similar to word muschi that's mean "pussy",
I think when he says sing for me he's wanting her to scream. Which just send shivers down my spine it's so horrible.
Favourite song from this album…scary creepy vibes…but masterpiece again ❤
Bro. First time listening to this I was enchanted by the beauty of melody and destroyed by lyrics, and I didn't even understand the end until now :/
Haha that's what Till does bro
U have a very good sense for the meaning of the lyrics in combination with the instrumantals 👍
If you want an extremely dark song with a very dark theme behind it check out weisses fleisch (spelling may be off)
I really love your Rammstein reactions 😊
"Hallomann" is just literally "Hello-man" in German and "hallo" is basically the default greeting. Although "aber hallo" for example is said to emphasize a statement.
Example: "Was that movie scary?" - "Aber hallo!" ("Greatly!") "The floor looks unstable." - "Aber hallo." ("Absolutely.")
That might be why the violent persona of the narrator is given the name by him, along with it obviously sounding like a children's book or rhyme character.
That was another good analysis of your text. Mussels with French fries are not a German dish. We don't eat that. I assume that with this strange food he wants to pique the girl's curiosity so that she comes with him.
Ahhh, makes sense!
I think you actually got it right. He is a predator and if you hear the translated verse line that goes - "Im fine, Dont talk to me" actually shows the girl's initial reluctance to go with him. The second verse makes me think he already manged to lure her and brought her to the beach thats why the lyrics goes - "The sun also shines on our stomach". The little twisted synth, guitar, bass solo around 8:47 in this video probably indicates him assaulting her and the hauntingly beautiful feminine voice in the background probably comes across as a soothing interpretation of her cries, which I believe follows similarly in the end of the song after he has dumped her into the sea as if she now sings eternally as a siren.
The term Hallomann probably doesnt mean anything special except a man who simply just approaches whoever he wants to, in this case a young girl, and says Hello, to satisfy his own sadistic desires. Sometimes he gets rejected and if he's lucky sometimes he succeeds. It was evident the predator here was successful because he didnt rush to harm the girl despite being insistent and or persistent. He took his time and eventually succeeded in his sadistic ways
What an amazing reaction video. Im happy someone for once tried to understand the song as Till and Rammstein as a whole would intend their fans to do.
in France "moule avec frites" is a classic food combination....at the atlantic coast at least (Bretagne and so on)
this song is a clearly example that it doesn't needed to sound too hardcore right in your face or even had growls vocal either to be disturbing.till knows exactly what he's doing with songs like this one but at least it doesn't feel totally disgusting because the way he portrait the whole disturbing situation with some kind of poetry.
The HalloMann or Hello Man is just a name to give the character. Newspapers often dub criminals. Same thing. Funny enough there is a horror film called the Bye Bye Man
I like how rammstein sings about very controversial things but yet people have the brains to figure out that doesnt mean they themselves do it or advocate it. They are singing about a subject , not cheering it on. I think by not even mentioning atrocities at all, it kind of normalizes it . By putting it in your face, like rammstein does, it sheds light on horrors that would alot of the time go unnoticed. Weisses Fleisch is another great example.
Just the thumbnail I thought, you would react to Oomph "Das letzte Streichholz" ("The last match").
Spot on with the reaction!
react to weit weg is one of my favorites of the 2019 album
Sound is good (as always), the lyrics I find average. At least better than Tattoo. The song doesn't pick me up at all.
same poetry goes with "Weisses Fleisch". Maybe you can react to this also :)
Mutter is also one of the Most famous Songs of Rammstein 👌🏻
Mussels with Pommes frites - take the picture of both...one mussel with one Pommes frites?! Do you have it?
It's a bit of a remark of "Jeanny" by Falco, at least in the sense of the song.
Mussels with fries are not a delicacy here. The family home ( from his father) of Till is here only a few km away.
Hallomann, directly translates to Hello-man, but it’s thought to be a euphemism for pedophile :”) hope this helps!
@UCEkt5uV0XUGuo_61Nv90VDg are you sure??
@@feschefrucht You really act as if Till officially said in an interview, "hey I heard this great word in Norway and I really wanted to use it in a song". That's all just speculation from fans in Rammstein forums. Interesting but unsubstantiated.
I believe that the Hallomann is not a man who is too old, nor is he an ugly, repulsive monster from the outside.
I rather imagine the Hallomann as a very smart, intelligent, well-groomed, rich, middle-aged, upper-class man.
Like the one Jeremy Irons played in Lolita as Humbert Humbert.
The Hallomann is definitely the much more sophisticated brother of the raw, extreme, physically much more direct, brutal guy from Weisses Fleisch
This guy here is also very brutal, but different, with much more brains , better social manners and structure
Could also be a bourgeois intelligent manager or an artist.
At least if you compare the words, poetry and descriptions, vocals of the two song lyrics of Lindemann.
The Hallomann is for me a completely different type of perpetrator than that of Weisses Fleisch
Interesting about the song is the instrumental background without lyrics, which leads especially towards the end to a mental image excess and "climax" even without words.
Hallomanniac
This song is actually about the Belgian serial killer, rapist and pedo Marc Dutroux. The mussels and fries is a Belgium meal of choice. Till only points out what this bad man did, and a reminder.
Missing Maddie ?