only Rammstein can take over 2,000 years of their own history and condense it into a 7 min video that now considered one of the best moving art pieces ever produced..quite simply a masterpiece
@@jezza117 wait, let's compromise. It was 7 minutes, end credits started at about 6:50. change it again please. Cuz they did pack that much into it prior to end credits, unless u feel those 2 minutes of piano and scenes should count. Up to you. :)
Looks like standard Hollywood - Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer fare to me, but without the budget. Game-ish, you might be of a heavily gaming generation, which this is aimed to. (Not a reflection on the Band, I love Rammstein like I love Kraftwerk).
I'm from Germany so let me give you some thoughts from someone who's born here. First of all, first time I watched the video I was shocked and deeply moved. The song/ video takes a very deep look into our german souls and how most of us feel about our country. It's a love- hate- relationship. The video is loaded with tons of symbols, that as a German you catch onto. Let's start: in the intro you see Germania ( Personification of Germany) during roman/ germanian tribes time. The red Lazer represents the "red thread" of the story/ history. Astronauts from the future bringing Germania in a glass coffin (snow-white) so she can lead through the/her german history. Next you observe the twenties(Weimar Republic).The prison scene representing the rough, violent times especially for the majority of the population struggling to survive. Money raining down/ the great depression. And Germany's first try as a democratic state. In between Germania is dressed in knight's armor awaking her knights/band with the Lazarus spear. Next Germania is pushed in a wheelchair by the band through the Berlin Holocaust Memorial with burning bodies. Next vignette the office scene showing east Germany and west Germany reunited (1989). Then you're being taken back to mideveal times, monks/ church are feasting off of Germania. In most scenes you'll see some church man involved. No coincidence. The concentration camp scene in the background you see V2 rockets ignition. The inmates are wearing different types of stars on their chests and a sign on the gallows reads: no photos. Germania wears an eye-patch first on her left, than on her right eye. Than a quick shot of Germania dressed modern with lots of gold leading german shepherds., representing Germany's wealth. The 70's scene shows the RAF- extremists holding Germania/ Germany hostage. Next vignette is the witch burnings shifting to the book burning. If you have a close look, at minute @ you see a church man holding up a cross hugging a Nazi, symbolising the churches over all position to the horrific events happening during 1933-1945. The birth scene. Germania is giving birth to dogs respectively "Leonberger" a breed preferred by Kings and Queens. The Breed almost went extinct during WW1 and WW2. A cardinal helping (dressed in red) a new Germany being born. At minute @ you see the riots against refugees homes in the 90's in Hoyerswerda. Molotovs are being thrown and a car is being pushed over with the help of a man dressed in Nazi uniform. Than the scenes/ time vignettes start shifting faster and faster, showing how many times, when circumstances becoming to extreme everything is falling apart and Germania ( dressed in knight's) armor is crying. The outro is the piano version of the song "Sonne" which completed how we feel thinking of our past: a sense of sadness. To sum it up. Germany has a long, wild, violent, unique history, because we as a state of today exist only since 1989. Yet the roots go back a very long time. "Young and yet so old" I hope that helped a little to understand the video and with that us Germans. We don't have a strong feeling of patriotism, but a strong sense of unity. It's complicated. With love from Germany 🤘 😎
The dogs are Leonberger. A German dog breed was almost wiped out during WWI and WWII. The song describes the feelings of most Germans quite well, on the one hand you want to love (be able to love) your country, on the other hand we have that dark past. "Germany by Rammstein: An Analysis - Three Arrows" explains most scenes quite well, mainly for non-Germans who know little about German history. Great reaction. :)
I'm german and everytime i watch this video I'm moved to tears. It's such a pain somehow and yet a masterpiece that tells the story of most germans, that want to be proud of their country but just can't because of the past. The music and the lyrics are so immensely perfect. This might be one of the best combinations of music and video a german artist has ever brought out.
Though we have been enemies, we are and always will be cousins. It pains me as an Englishman to read the complexity and the pain you in turn feel over the past. There is a lot to admire of Germany and of Germans. Be proud, cousin - we can only ever look to the future.
The red light: What you would call "central theme", is what we would call "Roter Faden" in German, which you could roughly translate to "red line". What it means is that the scenes, which depict major conflicts in German hiszory, which had a profound impact on German society and general psychological make up, are all connceted by a central theme.
Funny in the Netherlands we call it "Rode Draad" and it means exactly the same thing. Wasn't actually aware that doesn't exist in the English language? Might be a Germanic language group thing.
That’s a case of „false friends“. „Roter Faden“ (red line) means „the known“, „the basic fabric“, „what something is about“ in German. That is one of the main points of „Deutschland“, that conflict, power and sacrifice defined and shaped Germany from the beginning, as nothing really existed in 9AD and the various Germanic tribes fought back the Romans, uniting them and later dooming Rome, from the red laser marking Germany on the map in the view from orbit.
I love the look on your face as you're processing the imagery. Yes, you could spend hours dissecting the many scenes in this video. It really is a masterpiece. Keep up the great work!
Ruby Commey (the beautiful black lady ) is a german actress. She is the female personification of Germany in this video. Example: In one scene, Ruby Commey is lying on a table and covered with food. In the box below her, tortured and maltreated people are locked up. The priests help themselves in abundance to the food on offer. During the Middle Ages, the Church was endowed with a huge amount of power and often used the abundant gifts that Germany had to offer for its own benefit. At the same time, the rural population suffered from the high taxes that had to be paid to the nobility and the church. Ruby Commey often appears in the video with gold clothes and red lips and eyes. Together with her black skin, this results in the German national colors. These are currently the colors of the German national flag and the coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Germany. The colors black, red and gold (yellow) were already the colors of the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire (1184 AD), not to be confused with the Roman Empire. A black eagle on a golden background with red claws. These colors appear again and again in the German history, for a long time as national colors of the Holy Roman Empire sometimes as symbolic colors against the state authority (German Empire).The entire video is full of references and symbols , which, among other things, refer to the changeable and difficult German history. A detailed explanation would fill several pages and would always be strongly influenced by the interpretation of the individual. Like me, my English is unfortunately not perfect. Who finds errors, may keep them :)
Agreed, but if the whole video were analyzed scene by scene, or even frame by frame, with all the historical context of how, where, when, and most importantly why something happened, including the historical background, you could easily fill several hundred pages with it. Just the major epochs like ancient Romans with Germania Magna, middle ages, teutonic knights, late Renaissance with witch burnings,1920's, Nazi era and books burnings, East Germany and the socialist era, 1970's West Germany and Baader Meinhof, the fall of The Wall, reunification but also xenophobic hate crimes, finally a potential future. All of those historical periods would require its own chapter, without delving into how each period affected later periods. It would be worth a doctorate thesis to completely dissect it.
In few words; Rammestein it's ever controversy, and always double sense, ever! This video it's just perfect like ever made Deutsch people! The best blood of the world 🌎
I'd argue this is the best music video of the last decade. It's an utter masterpiece. Edit: It also contains something every music video should. Nazis getting shot in the face.
@@frunktain cuando alguien escucha por primera vez el final del VIDEOCLIP al menos a mi me sucedió, no tenia ni la mas mínima idea, de que el ultimo tema era SONNE pero interpretada en PIANO algo extraordinariamente hermoso. por lo tanto no la culpes, ya que muchos de nosotros tan poco nos enteramos en un principio de que, esas notas tocadas en un piano se trataban a la canción de SONNE en fin...
@@frunktain I totally disagree ; for knowing only the lyrics beforehand she pieced together the symbolism well compared to other reactions I've seen ... and figured all but the dog symbolism out by the end ... which only German's would likely know ( the dog breed that was brought back from almost extinction by Germans . )
@@deepbluehue3 I just meant the beautiful piano version of Sonne during the credits. I wish she was as moved by it as I am. But as pointed out, it wasn't her fault.
Hi Rachel great reaction as always please go on like that. German is my first language - so as a native pls let me explain as concise as possible many of the hidden symbols and meanings in this great song: In advance - please apologize the mistakes that I have certainly made as English is not my first language :-) Before I go through it just some general remarks: the black lady’s persona in the video is “Germania” and she represents Germany (the nation / the people) and in many scenes where she appears the colors black, red and gold (colors of the German flag) are dominant. The video as well as the lyrics are a critical review on Germany’s history. Main scenes of the video: The first scene with the roman soldiers refers to the battle of Teutoburg forest, the first time the German tribes untied under Arminius against the Romans and ambushed them on their march back to their winter camp + completely annihilated several legions - the romans would never return and fortify at the Rhine - this could be seen as the birth of the German identity. The red laser beams throughout the video I think are guiding thread (German expression “roter Faden”" translates to “red thread” and translates to guiding principle / guideline of a story) When Germania (black lady) in golden armor (black red gold as main colors of the scene pushes the standard into the ground she raises all the dead medieval knights - a reference to the strength of the German people who recovered time after time throughout history from catastrophes (especially, but not only) in the middle ages (crusades, Hunnic invasion, plague, etc.) - the additional meaning i think is the fact that German people several times followed their countries call for War - even if they were already beaten up (e.g. after WWI going into WWII) Next scene (fistfight) is from the roaring twenties, the period between the two world wars where upper class society was decadent on the backs of ordinary people + entertainment industry was born. Next scene shows the Hindenburg disaster (famous German Airship which blew up in flames) during a time of growing industrialization 1930s. Next Scene is from the communist elite in eastern Germany who was indulging in party and Champaign while ordinary people were poor and the main idea of communism should be equality of the people. Then the scene in the middle ages - where the monks (representing the church) feast on Germania (the land) and suppress the common folk (underneath the table). The scene in the prison again refers to the roaring twenties, as Germania is dressed in a Prussian uniform suppressing the German people. Additionally money is thrown away by everybody, a reference to the big inflation in Germany after WWI. Then the rockets (Nazi German was working on the first warfare rockets called V1 and V2 (V standing for “Vergeltung” which translates to retaliation - fitting to the picture with the rockets, the lyrics are an alliteration on “über” a german pre-syllable/prefix meaning over. “Überheblich (overbearing / presumptuous), Überlegen (superior) Übernehmen (taking over), Übergeben (handing over), überraschen (surprise), Überfallen (ambush), „Deutschland, Deutschland über allen“ (Germany, Germany above everyONE). The line „Deutschland, Deutschland über alleN“ (Germany above everyONE) is a reference to one of the verses of former national anthem of Germany which was in use from 1922 to 1945 and got excluded after WW2 for being too nationalistic. In this verse there was a line “Deutschland, Deutschland über alleS“ (a subtle difference to the line in Rammstein’s version translating to “Germany, Germany above everyTHING”). The actual verse with this line was already written in 1842, long before the formation of Germany as a Nation (which only happened in 1871) - therefore “Germany, Germany above everything” was relating to the importance of uniting the several German ministates, kingdoms and Duchies into one nation. After WWI this verse got taken into the national anthem of Germany as it spoke to the patriotism of the German people but later officially excluded fomr the anthem since it was deemed too nationalistic. Today this verse/line is generally frowned upon and would be associated with Neo-Nationalism. Using this line in the scene with the concentration camps including the subtle change from “Germany above everyTHING” (which has already the nationalistic connotation) to “Germany above everyONE” which carries an even more nationalistic / racist meaning is a very clever double-reference to the doctrine of racial supremacy in the Third Reich. The Concentration camp prisoners have symbols sewn on their jackets for the groups the Nazis hunted and killed (yellow star for Jews, Pink triangle for Homosexuals, red symbol for political adversaries (communists). Germania is on the side of the Nazis and has an eyepatch (representing the blind eye that many Germans turned on the atrocities of the Nazi regime. The Scene where Till is dressed as a woman refers to the left wing terrorist group called “Rote Armee Fraktion” - a terrorist association in the 1970s responsible for several political assassinations and murders as well as a famous kidnapping of German Diplomats in Stockholm. Then there is the scene with the stake at which books are burned by the Nazis and people are burned by the church (inquisition). Later the monk (church) and the Nazi soldier hug (as the church did not go against the Nazis when they came to power and both organizations were responsible for a lot of intolerance and suffering in their times. The scene where Germania is dressed in white with a Halo I think refers to the positive, the strength of the German people who recovered time after time from several catastrophic disasters in their history. Later she gives birth to puppies representing the German people. The puppies are from a rare breed of dogs (Leonbergers) who’s population got almost extinct in both world wars (symbolized with the dogs wearing gas masks) but recovered after the wars. In these scenes the band members wear space suits - in my view a reference to the (hopefully) better future of the German people. In the very last scene of the outro you can once more see Germania with national colors (black, red gold) with black lipstick, red eyes and golden armor before a red/ black background holding an eagle, the heraldic symbol of Germany. Finally, please find below the lyrics of the song as the perfectly convey the message of the problematic relationship many Germans have to their homeland, wanting to be proud of it but not being able to due to it’s difficult history: One further remark to one of the more important lines of the lyrics: The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) refers to the fact that the German people with their idenitify have been around for thousands of years, however the actual state of Germany as a nation was only founded very late (1871) thorough the unification of several mini states (Prussia, Hessia, Saxonia, Bavaria, etc.) Here now the lyrics (copied from the internet): [Verse 1] You (You have, you have, you have, you have) Have cried a lot (Cried, cried, cried, cried) Separated in spirit (Separated, separated, separated, separated) United in heart (United, united, united, united) We (We are, we are, we are, we are) Have been together for so long (You are, you are, you are, you are) Your breath's cold (So cold, so cold, so cold, so cold) The heart in flames (So hot, so hot, so hot, so hot) You (You can, you can, you can, you can) I (I know, I know, I know, I know) We (We are, we are, we are, we are) You (You stay, you stay, you stay, you stay) [Chorus] Germany - my heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - your breath's cold So young, and yet so old Germany! [Verse 2] I (You have, you have, you have, you have) I never want to leave you (You cry, you cry, you cry, you cry) One can love you (You love, you love, you love, you love) And want to hate you (You hate, you hate, you hate, you hate) Presumptuous, superior Take over, hand over/puke Surprise, invade Germany, Germany above everything [Chorus] Germany - my heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - your breath is cold So young, and yet so old Germany - your love Is a curse and a blessing Germany - my love I can't give you Germany! Germany! [Bridge] You I We All of you You (superior/overpowering, unnecessary) I (Übermenschen (translates to “superior humans” - a term the Nazis implicitly used for themselves as the calles other races “Untermenschen” - translating to “inferior humans”), weary) We (The higher you climb, the further you fall) You (Germany, Germany above everyone) [Chorus] Germany - your heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - my breath's cold So young, and yet so old Germany - your love Is a curse and blessing Germany - my love I can't give you Germany!
@@veridian79 No but I loved this song and want to know the meaning of it, and because i'm born and raised in Germany, I know a lot of the German History.
Verdammt scheiß geile historische Übersetzung...! Credits to you, Dude ... wie man heute sagen würde ^^ Aber eines hast du vergessen (oder ich habe es überlesen), nämlich den Wolf (Beowulf) als Analogie zum germanischen Erbe.
Tl:dr aber es ist klar dass Deutsch deine erste Sprache ist, da deine Interpretation von dem Wort "concise" nicht wirklich zu dem Kommentar passt. Versteh dies als Witz da ich mir sicher bin dass du viel Arbeit in das Kommentar gesteckt hast.
The intro refers to the Battle of Teutoburg forest. Germanic chieftain Arminius and his men crushed 3 Roman legions sent to put and end to the local rebellion. This event marks the birth of Germania es a nation, and you see her emerge from the crowd as a beautiful woman. In German, the red line is the equivalent of Ariane's thread.
Small addendum: it says Germania Magna 16 A.D. in the very beginning. This is a few years after the original battle, when some punitive expeditions by the Roman Empire came back to the area, and found the bones of the dead still lying around.
There is anyway a reference to the battle of Teutobourg: Germania is cutting Till's Head just as Arminius cut the head of the roman general Varus after the battle. In 16, the roman emperor Tiberius sent his nephew Germanicus as told by Stefan
The red line is also the color red. You see it often in scenes with Germania. Her skin - black, the lines - red, her armor - gold. Black, red, gold - Weimar republic and modern Germany's flag colors.
I've watched this Rammstein video SO many times, and I just keep picking up brilliant details. In my opinion this is one of the top 5 videos ever made. The music and the visuals just catches all your senses. Truly a masterpiece.
The red line of history. Always bloody, always moving forward and connecting everything. I love this song. And as a native of an old country too I can completely share the sentiment.
Once you understand the video and how it corresponds to Germanys history you will realise that this is one of the most amazing and beautiful works of art you will ever see, the woman represents germany as in the land, that’s why they feasted on her and why she gave birth to the wolves. This song gives me goosebumps every single time I listen to it..
You can watch this video a dozen times, if not more, and you´ll still find things you didn´t notice or realize before. One of the most epic and complex pieces out there.
Agree. Major plots can be easily spotted, like the medievil, NS times, the glimpse into the GDR, but for minor, way shorter presented shots you really need to look more than once to actually see them. Also properly connecting them to the correct situation feels tricky. When they show the tank and the troups in front of the Marx memorial, for example. I still couldn't figure out if it's related to the workers riots of 17JUN53 or if it's to be seen in the context of 13AUG61 and building the wall in Berlin, tho I lean more towards the worker riots... Overall such a great music video with a rush through German history with so much to see, discover, decipher.
What an awesome song. What I love most about Germany is how Germans are able to look at their past without fear and bring it on over the table. All their worst demons. That's something rare among nations.
No, not really. Hitler is getting censored here I Germany in Historical Videos. Anywhere everywhere is censorship of the past. Lately Analena Baerbock (a subhuman like species) wanted to hang off Bismarcks picture somewhere in a political Office. Its like the Americans would spit and kick George Washingtons picture. Bismarck was the founding father of this unified germany!
The color sheme explained: red (beams), gold (armour of Germania) and black (backgrounds) are the National colors of Germany. You can clearly see that all coming together in the last scene in the credits: PoC Germania with a golden armour is holding a black eagle and in the background the red lights. That eagle is in the german coat of arms aswell. That song is literally packed with symbolism, colors, history. Masterpiece
The dogs are Leonberger and after WWI there were only 5 of them left. The fact that the breed was saved from dying out is sometimes likened to the fact that Germany post war nearly crumbled but preserved. Well, until WWII when nearly all of them died again, because they were used as service dogs... the breed is still around, but it was a close shave.
@@SurvivalPlaying2 She is the personification of Germany = the mythical figure "Germania" which is no "godess" but just the personification of a centuries old German role model idea/a pathos/a symbol for "beauty, virtue and chastity".. And in the video she is most of the time representing the German colours black red gold (so for instance either by wearing gold like the armour while she got shined on in red light or wearing red while in the picture frame is something in gold as well while she herself is already black.) But with the insult you aren´t that wrong...because German Nationalist might feel insulted for taking a black girl as "Germania" and that is intended on purpose as well
@@Desu-Desu-Chan-San very true. I often explain it to people as. 'it's the country that is there , true history in very different forms getting (ab)used by the people of power of each period in history'
Probably the best music video ever created. Rammstein is still one of my favorite bands after 20+ years of listening to them. Nobody does anything like them.
@@rayactions Germania is the black woman and she represents the strength of Germany. Hence she is strong in the first encounter with Rome and then joins Rome and wears a crown of strength, but under the Holy Roman Empire she is beginning to be consummed as strength is in Rome and the religious who represent Rome. You could see as he was entering Germany the priest saw it as barbaric and as his strength grew in Christian influence he was more happy. She is happy between WWI and WWII as Woodrow Wilson's "determinism" allowed Germany to attack other political views, but even stronger during WWII Nazi Germany's third Reich, and is captured by the Bader Meinhof RAF by accident in their terrorism in Western Germany, but is also gleeful at seeing strength also in the West, for she merely bids her time in Eastern communism as a soldier, but yells out her pride in being German, while under Russian control. She has riches and dogs in this present age, but can also be in a wheelchair as she is weak in rejecting nationalism (I cannot give you my love), and she gives birth to dogs through interbreeding of the races and the white man is on his hands and knees as a dog before the lesser breed of race because of it. The German strength has become the demonic force holding the mutts of their nation as Arabs interbreed in their land. Finally the whole band is on their knees as white Aryans held by the leash for the demonic spirit of Germania. GERMANY OVERALL. Now what was it all about? Finally, in the future with laser like in "Freejack" they are zeroing in on Germania to take her strength for the future and begin the cut while the crown is on her head inside the concentration camp, but she is dead and in a casket without the spaceship for the future at the very end. This is because only the spirit of THE ACT OF THE WILL is loved as the human is unnecessary in the future. Some Nazi who is rich, must have wanted to give forth this imagry knowing the demons are all that exist in hell as man is working towards no flesh as man is merely a beast (Psalms 49:20) as for humans the second body and soul are destroyed in hell fire (Matthew 10:28). Job28:20-24 “Whence wisdom? And knowledge, unto who does it come? And where is the place of understanding? And it is concealed from the eyes of all of the living. Concealed from the birds of the heavens (fallen angels). Abaddon (The Destroyer or Apollyon) bringing death, saith, “we have ears to hear the report.” Elohim (God) discerns their ways; He knows where they stand. Look to the end of the Earth. See all under the heavens. He will impart the weight of the winds; meted waters by measures. Making a limit to rain, and from a far distance for the voice of Thunder. At that time see and relate, He established, and moreover stretched it out. To man utter, “Behold in fear, your lord,” for the wisdom will depart, evil has understanding.” Jeremiah 25:33 “The slain of Yahweh, on that day, one extremity of Earth unto the other. Not one remaining to lament, gather, or bury. They will be like unto dung, on the face of the Earth.” Jeremiah 25:34 “Wail shepherds and cry, wallow in ash (all limbs & wings removed), most beautiful of the flock (Satan - remember birds are a symbol of fallen angels). For these days of slaughter were for your dispersion to come out. And you fell out, the most desired of the vessels (Lucifer). Jeremiah 25:35 “There is no flight, for the perishing shepherds. No escape, most majestic of the flock.” Jeremiah 25:36 “Hear the voice crying, shepherds? Wail unto the master of your flock. Yahweh has devastated the pasture.” Jeremiah 25:37 “Complete the fold and be silent. For this is the fierce anger of Yahweh.”
How do you relate the most chaotic scene where a white man is fucking a dog in his hands? 85% of the high school kids walking the hallways for the future of Germany are Muslims from Arab lands. The Aryan supremacy has been traded for the hatred of the Jew in the lands where it is even stronger due to Islam. There is one woman all mankind is looking to find. Job 34:19-20 “Who takes no partiality to princes? And no regard for the rich above the poor? They all must work with their hands; for, in one moment, death by division. The people will be shaken and pass away. Valiant and turned aside without hand.” Genesis 5:29 "Proclaim the name, "Noah," say, "this is our consolation, the flood by the deed worked by the toil of our hands," will arise from the ground, whom Yahweh has cursed?" Noah means "From the toil of thy hands, this same shall be comforter of." Genesis 11:5-6 “Yahweh, come down, to see the city’s brought down lifted up tower, which sons of men builded me. Yahweh utters, “Behold the one people, all the same language, and HERE are they begun to make accomplished, and, yeah, nothing which they purpose to make accomplished is inaccessible unto them.”” Ecclesiastes 7:27-28 ""To see to discovery, this," saith the Preacher, "you add one unto another, until you find the explanation: Who am I to seek? They seek to attain one man, out of the thousands, to attain the woman of the whole of mankind."" Revelation 9:20 "The remaining of mankind, who is not killed by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, in order that they might worship the demon, his image of gold, silver, brass, and petrified wood (the life inside the glorified shell), for I demonstrate power that he neither see, nor hear, nor walk." One would think if Russia was as worthless as Iran, then people would wish for things to get quiet, but no. Isaiah 45:16 “To shame and moreover humiliation unto all who engrave the idol. Walk together upon the reproach.” Job28:20-24 “Whence wisdom? And knowledge, unto who does it come? And where is the place of understanding? And it is concealed from the eyes of all of the living. Concealed from the birds of the heavens (fallen angels). Abaddon (The Destroyer or Apollyon) bringing death, saith, “we have ears to hear the report.” Elohim (God) discerns their ways; He knows where they stand. Look to the end of the Earth. See all under the heavens. He will impart the weight of the winds; meted waters by measures. Making a limit to rain, and from a far distance for the voice of Thunder. At that time see and relate, He established, and moreover stretched it out. To man utter, “Behold in fear, your lord,” for the wisdom will depart, evil has understanding.” Job 26:6 "naked death before Abaddon, and nothing shall cover them over." Job 26:13-14 “by his breath the heavens are cleared, his hand shall pierce BARACK, a serpent. Behold ALLAH the end of his ways. How? A whisper, a word, hear the strength and the thunder. Who can discern?” Job 27:11-13 “I will throw out the hand of this god; who when with the Almighty, shall not be concealed. Behold, of all you have seen, how this act maketh empty. This is the portion of the wicked man, a Word of God, and the inheritance of the tyrant received of the Almighty.” Job 39:23-27 “The quiver rattles above, the BARACK (internal heavenly spear - in ancient Hebrew "Barack") and javelin (Barack the human man). With shaking and rage he races over the ground (of Mt. Zion). He will stand the sound of the Trumpet (7th one). As often Trumpets uttered, “Aha!” He perceived the war from afar (he had to leave America and be at the top of Mt. Zion for this last trumpet); now Thunder his princes, “this is the war! Bring down understanding with your birds of prey, soar by the spread of wing of the South (Islam), for the mouth of the Eagle mount is exalted on a nest on high.”” The dumb Muslims hope he has strength dispite his reign in the USA over earlier that year as Joe Biden left. Ezekiel 1:13-14 “for the living being was like a consumed ember, a consumed vision upright, shall he walk among living beings, fiery and bright was Barack, he had come out of the consummation. The living beings ran to and fro before the vision of Barack.” The second body is worthless of Barack Hussein Obama. Where is the angelic being within? Isaiah 14:18-19 "All the kings of the Earth shall lie down in a manner most glorious, each in a tomb, yet you shall be cast out of a tomb. An abhorrent branch, clothed with the slain yet pierced by a sword. Kneel to the ROCK and descend in a pit to be trampled as a corpse." Job 40:2 “Will the one who strives within be with the Almighty? Let this reproving god answer.” Job 38:7 “Till the morning stars (fallen angels) sing together in their new form, then will the sons of God (believers in the power of the blood of Jesus, Yashu'a) shout for joy.” Jeremiah 25:33-37 “The slain of Yahweh, on that day, one extremity of Earth unto the other. Not one remaining to lament, gather, or bury. They will be like unto dung, on the face of the Earth. Wail shepherds and cry, wallow in ash (all limbs & wings removed), most beautiful of the flock (Satan - remember birds are a symbol of fallen angels). For these days of slaughter were for your dispersion to come out. And you fell out, the most desired of the vessels (Lucifer). There is no flight, for the perishing shepherds. No escape, most majestic of the flock. Hear the voice crying, shepherds? Wail unto the master of your flock. Yahweh has devastated the pasture. Complete the fold and be silent. For this is the fierce anger of Yahweh.”
i think its impossible to appreciate the lyrics of this video without being very skilled in the language. they play a lot with double meanings or very tiny changes to popular phrases that changes the meaning completely. beside the artwork of the video and how the song rocks really hard the lyrics are a masterpiece in itself
That’s true. Even the “deine Liebe kann ich dir nicht geben” means that the Germans has no national pride, that’s so sad. Such a great country anyway. Rammstein haut has a lot Songs with great lyrics.
In Swedish and other Nordic and European countries, the expression “red thread” (Roter Faden) refers to the core idea or theme of something. They talk about is as the “throughline” that makes it all make sense. The Swedish “red thread” gets its name from the ancient Greek legend of Theseus and the Minotaur, a monster.
This is the most incredible music video that has ever been produced. It's obvious that the video itself was just an unreal visual experience, but I think the credits accompanied by Sonne tied the entire piece together. After watching that video your senses are kind of overloaded and the hauntingly beautiful piano soothes your senses so-to-speak.
"The red wire" or "red thread" is an expression in German (and many other European languages), which means something akin to the common theme or leitmotif.
I am not a big fan of Rammstein or this musical genre in general. But this song and video is just art. I can't even count how many times I've watched this. It is brutally beautiful. It is traumatizingly perfect and hurtful true. This is the best music video, I've ever seen. I mean it, there's no other one, not even Thriller, that I love this much. It makes me sad and hopeful at the same time. It leaves me in a state of melancholy that lasts a while.
I'm so happy you did this song. I love Rammstein and they have an insane amount of good songs and their lyrics are basically poetry. You did nail the most meanings. There was an article about the video written by a history professor that you should take a look at. Btw, the black actress represent Germania. The scene where people are eating from her body is referring to the Weimar republic. The dogs Germania gave birth to are special ancient german breed.
This Rammstein masterpiece summons up perfectly the complicated relationship many germans (myself included) have with our country. We are not proud about being german as other countries citizens seem to be. What is it "to love your country"? I don't know. What we do is: We remember. We know, who we were. We do not blame ourselves - but we hold ourselves responsible for saveguarding, that our presence is not a continuation of our history. As you said in your reaction: "It was so much chaos - so much carnage." That is our history: tragic, powerful, sad, violent, horrific. It is a special heritage. It is as the lyrics tell: Fluch und Segen.
Welcome! Germany is calling :-) I thank you for this wonderful analysis of this song, which, while its lyrics are quite simple, is extremely complex in its imagery. We're talking about a little "masterpiece of music picture," which is almost certainly the most elaborate music video in German music history, if not even in the worldwide top 10. And yes: it covers the entire Germanic/German history, and yes, the video does this from a very controversial perspective. One could write extensive essays about it, but I'll try to keep it brief :-) We begin in the opening scenes at the beginning and simultaneously at the end. No "Roman" impressions as you interpreted, but rather Nordic/Scandinavian ones paired with the current zeitgeist. Already in the first scenes, the warlike aspect of Germanic culture is shown (going back even further to the Vikings), while simultaneously showing the peaceful aspect of today, with Germans being a significant part of international astronautical endeavors (ESA, ISS, and the like). In between, we find the Middle Ages with its gluttony, which is also visually carried into the present day. And, of course, the cruelty of the Second World War. The symbolism of having the band members at the gallows instead of extras is meant to show that it also affected their own people. It wasn’t just "foreigners"; it was all of us. The video deliberately mixes all epochs because they are all interconnected in their cruelty. You could easily replace "Germany" with another country, and the video would still work. The video establishes a specific reference by also addressing the division of Germany. So East and West (GDR and FRG). These are the scenes in uniform in front of a flag in a closed room. This scenario is particularly distressing for us Germans because it shows a footprint of history that truly affects the German people and not just the entire historical perspective. The "dog" that appears to be "born" there is an embodiment of the "Fenris Wolf." So, deeply buried in the history of origins and stemming from the Edda. Here we are symbolically about 2,000 years back in history with the Vikings. The German affinity for the German Shepherd (later seen in the image at the end with the five dogs on five leashes held by the five band members) is often attributed to this origin: we simply like our loyal but deadly companion, who is extremely well-trained, but also overly large and overly dangerous. Similar to the Fenris Wolf, who plays a very special (though quite different) role in mythology. And then we have the "black queen." She symbolizes where we ALL come from. Anthropology now even suspects that black people lived among the Vikings, who are usually interpreted as white, blonde, and tall. Today, everything points to the fact that this wasn't the case, but rather that it was much more homogeneous: Asians are also said to have lived among them. Essentially, the first inclusive tribe in the world, which was later, particularly by us Germans, overly romanticized into a pure race, which it never was. The red light at the beginning that runs through the historical scenes and is later seen in the visors of the helmets likely symbolizes communism, with which Germany was long associated, albeit involuntarily. Here, the message of the lyrics also comes into play: connected in spirit, separated at heart... or rather: you can love it and want to hate it. It's important to know that all band members grew up in communist Germany (DDR). So they are singing about both one and the other Germany. In the end, we have the queen as the absolute figure. She represents the ultimate origin of everyone and everything. She runs through all scenarios-even through the Crusades, which are also shown-and here she represents the counterpart to narrow-mindedness. She poses the ultimate questions: Was Jesus black? Is God perhaps a woman? How much of others is actually within us? And that's just the beginning of an analysis :-D The song itself is quite simple in terms of its lyrics. It describes the conflict between what one feels and what one wants to feel... and then also in the context of what one is taught to feel or should feel. The lyrics depict the rift between historical guilt and the status quo. The video, on the other hand, extends this over more than 2,000 years of national history. That’s on a completely different scale. I would therefore almost consider the song and the video separately from one another. In this sense: Thank you for the reaction to this truly remarkable work.
This video should be added to the scholastic canon of practically any history lessons in schools here in Germany. And like "Du Hast" or "Engel", it is one of the best reasons to brush up on your German if it is your foreign language: None of the scholastic ballast of regular language classes, lots of emotional attachment ("So much for German efficiency" - movie references anyone?)
Regarding the colors: They are a reference to the German flag being black, red and gold/white (depending on the time frame) Obviously her being the black, the red spear of light and then her clothing being golden or white depending on the era they are depicting.
The red light is actually symbolic for 'roter Faden', which literally translates to 'red thread'. I think the closest concept English has to it is the 'common thread'. i.e. a certain theme that keeps coming back or keeps being referred to, in this case the theme of Germany's atrocities throughout time/history. That said, I do think you're right in that it complements her color scheme to make up the German flag. But there's also a more subtle reference to the flag's colors: the video itself. if you skip through it or drag to timeline around, you'll notice the most prevalent colors in most scenes are the black, red and gold (the last one mostly during scenes with fire and/or explosions) as well. It's a really cool cinematographic choice which works really well not only for the reference, but also for the mood of the video.
Found out because of your Rammstein reactions! I love this band so damn much! I'm so excited for your journey through their catalog! They put out banger after banger! 🖤
You did a good job on getting what this is about. Especially for an American. I feel you almost need to be a German historian to get everything going on in this video. Yes, it is about the ambivalent feelings Germans (Till in this case) have towards their country/history. That's why 'Germania' is carrying Till's head around and 'messing with it'. Till asks if you can love a country that has a history with so much bad stuff in it. The Leonberger dogs (almost extinct during the world wars but revived) also are a symbol for Germany's downfall and revival here. Till's 'cool outfit' is the 70s terrorism group Rote Armee Faktion or more precisely Baader-Meinhof group in this case with Till in the role of Ulrike Meinhof. Rammstein wouldn't be Rammstein if they wouldn't be provocative so to play the goddess Germania they took a woman of African descent in stead of a blond white woman which would be more traditional. As the trailer for the release they just showed the holocaust scene which resulted in a lot of controversy (no doubt intentional, nobody missed the release of this video this way) including with the Israeli ambassador.
Jep. Ever part of the video and its storyboard is done precisely and to the point with full intent and awareness of the controversy it will spark. They have perfected to "rub salt in the wounds" or "put the finger where it really hurts" in their performance. And they never fail to get the ones intended to blow a gasket.... ;-)
Saying the Leonberger almost went extinct is almost an understatement, considering that only 5 (five!!!!) survived ww1. Then miraculously the brought the breed back to live. And then again literally only 8 (!!!) dogs survived ww2. They were used in both wars to pull the ammunition carts due to his temperemant to be extremely loyal, self-assured, self-disciplined and insensetive to noise. They were commonly used on the front. Its insane that from these 8 dogs Karl Stadelmann and Otto Josenhans were able to get the breed to a healthy size, and also without genetic defects due to the insanely small gene pool they started with. TWICE!
"übermenschen", "Deutschland, Deutschland über allen", this means so much from WW2 and the shoah, this is insane ! And the visual, the colours (black yellow red), this video is a true masterpiece (and I tell it as a French having learnt for so long that Germans have been "the enemy"...) This is absolutely incredible, I have so many German friends that it can really shock but I think it's necessary, we need to look to the past and learn from it! It's the same for a lot of nations, being proud or not of your country (and we Frenchmen are far from being safe from criticism too... !), it's a video you should show in school for a complete analysis !
"And now she's dead." Or is she? Germania is sent out in a glass coffin, like Snow White, an old German fairy tale: Never underestimate Germany, no matter what curve balls were thrown at us, we always managed to come back on our feet. 2000 years of history, a lot of challenges and *really* dark chapters behind us, and yet we're still there. I think that is the sole positive aspect Rammstein really features in the video. A lot went wrong in a lot of situations, yet we've got another chance to learn from the mistakes we made and do it better in the future. A hope I actually share, so that the statement "never again" is not just an empty phrase, that we will not forget the past and help secure peace in our own country, in Europe and the world. And yes, you can spend so much time analysing this piece, in lyrics, in music, the video, as you said, if you want even frame by frame. There is a lot hidden in small details that you really need to find to put it into perspective and fully grasp the scene that you see. And certainly a lot of images mustn't be taken literally. Germania isn't a person in itself, it's an idealistic motive impersonating and connecting what was and is considered "German". I love the fact that they casted Ruby Commey for that role, as it doesn't serve the cliché "white, tall, blonde hair, blue eyes", and indeed her outfits are gorgeous. The chaotic impression gets a little resolved once you look at one time frame at a time. Each plot develops on its own strictly following a scheme of introduction, buildup, resolution. The jumps from one epoch to the next make it into that massive bombardment of impressions which causes that overwhelming sensation. To your question about the red light, in German we have the "roter Faden", literally "red thread", meaning a key motive, common thread, recurring theme. In that case that basically all of our history resulted into violence, war and death. That there is always something lurking in the dark to pull us back into old habits and that history repeats over and over again, closing back in to the first paragraph. Let's hope that we can escape that circle this time and make it a brighter future.
Our current Bundespräsident said, "One can love this country only with a broken Heart." This, in my mind, is pretty much a cinematic expression of this quote. And Rammstein never shies away from controversial topics.
Hi Rachel! You nailed the pronounciation of both "Rammstein" and "Deutschland"! Yes, that were Roman legionaries in the beginning as large parts of today's Germany were occupied by the Roman empire which fought many battles with the Germanic tribes. When you asked whether the video showed any positive parts of German history I had to rewatch it. And no, I didn't spot any of the positive sides. Did I miss something? (For some fun Rammstein instead, watch "Dicke Titten".)
It is not supposed to have any positive or redeeming aspects. I think this song and video is an answer to Rammstein being accused to be a "right-wing" band because of their looks and even Tills pronunciation. The band members grew up in Eastern Germany (the GDR), and it is no surprise to me that they can´t love Germany.
@@stefanb.479 most of the ringleaders of the nazi scene in the "neuen Bundesländern" come from the old ones. they migrated to the east at the beginning of the 90s after the fall of the wall, because the radical upheavals there made it easier for them and gave them a better breeding ground. unfortunately, the governments since reunification have also made it very easy for them.
Its crazy how much meaning their is behind every scene with so much extra little details. As a german history buff i have to watch it every now and then. It is a masterpiece. I love the last scene with the Leonberger puppies. And the coffin with "old" Germania flying away into space.
This song explains, I would argue, why patriotism is so low among the German population. And why we find strong patriotism so inappropriate. We also find it inappropriate in other countries. There are not only the beautiful things about a country, but also the bad things that you should not close your eyes to.
I’m german and for me this song is everything. In Germany the song is “banned” because they use a frase that hitler used, they aren’t nazis, they know all that is tabu in the most part but it shouldn’t be like that. I love my country but like you mention at the end I “need” to hate it because of the history, it’s like we feel ashamed of it and it’s normal but at the same time just ignoring it or making it tabu isn’t gonna help. btw the red light is there to represent the red color on the germanys flag, the woman that interpreted Germanía is in all gold (yellow) and all the rest that you see is black, all that combined makes the flag of germany. (sorry If I messed up english is not my strongest language)
This is the 5th video of your channel I watch and it cracks me up when you take a pause and pronounce Rammstein - with the proper German accent lol! Love it! 😊😊
I come from Germany and was born here. When I first saw this video I just cried. I've never seen a music video that touched me so much inside. Even I had to watch it many times to fully understand it. LG from Germany
I've watched so many reaction videos on this music video and it BLOWS my mind that in the beginning it says "Germania Magna 16 A.D." and the end it says the actress playing "Germania" and people are still confused. The lack of attention to detail is astonishing by youtubers that make reactions their entire channel platform. You're the first one I've seen that has a brain and notices details within the video. Thank you for this! Also the dogs are apparently a rare bread of dog that only had 4 left after WWII that some german guy did genetic stuff to save the breed. So the implication is, could this be a possible future practice for all things german etc. Also any song by Rammstein that is on the live in Paris concert are the best live ones to do.
In their defense, most youtubers aren't aware of a lot of Germany's history, probably just the WWII and nazis part, and you get hit in the face with 9 minutes of constantly switching imagery, a bunch of which is symbolic to the point that if you are unaware of what it symbolizes, your mind just starts unravelling at trying to grasp possibilities. And while that's happening your ears are blasted with an awesome, hard-hitting song with lyrics most reactors can't understand but hopefully either have translations for on-hand or check them before reacting.
I've seen a few who actually have been able to pick up at least some details. But it is still somewhat surprising how few are able to figure out what the video is about.
I'm from The Netherlands, Germany is our neighbour and to sum it all up: Rammstein washed away a lot of Germany's sins throughout the ages with this great song and spectacular video. 😊
The dogs are Leonbergers. This breed narrowly escaped extinction between the two world wars. They are a symbol for the German people after the second world war. In addition, they also symbolize the qualities (loyalty and devotion) that are important to many Germans.
Boy I can't wait for you to watch more of their actual music videos. The truly are, across the board, absolutely sensational. If the band's acting here impressed you, you're in for a genuine treat seeing how audacious they are across other videos. ZICK ZACK in particular will absolutely send you...
Red pillar of light is thread of history connect all pieces of German history. Lady represent a Germany and motherland. Sometimes in history motherland rise their sons to fight for, sometimes she's sons fighting each others, sometimes germans feast's on remains of their country. I took it so deeply, in history of my country so many fighting for freedom as well. Sorry for my bad English, with love from Ukraine 💙💛
The tragic aspect of the video is that it unfortunately also shows that historically, Germany has never been your buddy. Our history goes back to English and Scandinavian countries, and we were never really 'nice neighbors.' We have only been playing that role for a few decades now ^^ And I think we're actually doing quite well ;-) I mean, we did almost completely dismantle Europe three times :-D I believe that historically, the German people are the only people in all of human history who had to be forced from the outside to finally be kind ^^ And that is also reflected in the video. The red color is reminiscent of the Soviet Union, which ruled and ruined a part of Germany for a long time. And even though Rammstein is from East Germany (so Soviet-socialized), they also approach it critically. However, one should not forget (and I think that's a big part of the video) how outsiders and hindsight will view Germany, and let's face it: We were rarely the good guys. Not even the Vikings, from whom we partly descend. Even England was under German royal control for a while. We simply aren't nice people ;-) But still better than the Russians :-D Sorry, that just had to be said ^^
This is as much a historical documentary as it is a music video and is not shy about going through the dark part of Germany's history. One thing I found interesting is "Mother Germany' while German has always referred toi itgself as "The Fatherland". Interesting choice by the band and she is captavating.Not my favorite song by them, but certainly my favorite video. Thank you for turning off the captions. Good choice and nice reaction
Your confusion is just gorgeous 😂😂 This is difficult to understand at first sight. You have to see it multiple times to get all details and at next you have to have a deeper knowledge about German history and happenings. It's a masterpiece of Rammstein!
Hey. I'm from Germany. The red light, symbolizes the thread through the history of Germany. As you said, these are all parts of our history here in Germany, the dark past of our country. The phrases like "I can't give you my love" show in short that we want to love our country, but we have a hard time doing it. Because of the history of our country. So the song says a lot about Germany, but that would be a very long conversation. :-)
if you want another amazing video and spectacular voice please consider to react to Zaz & Till Lindemann "le jardin de larmes".... Zaz is a magnifique french singer and Till is Till... amazing video in my opinion... love your channel
Congratulations, for your first viewing of this video you have analyzed very well. And that too without text translation. Yes, it is a listing of some German historical events. That reflects very well the current state of the vast majority of Germans again. A love-hate relationship with the nation. I personally don't know any German who is proud of his country, they all say at most "I am happy to be German". Also as a German I had problems at the beginning to understand all the symbolism, so I can advise you like a comentator below, to this video he recommends, has also helped me quite well. Greetings from Germany PS: You absolutely have to read the lyrics.
I was told by a German historian that knowing German history is a lesson in pain and sorrow. And frankly, I think this video encapsulates that in it's entirety.
This is an amazing video and song. I also think the actress/ model playing Germania (I think that is right?) is so striking (in a really good way!): such a good choice, for some reason. And the piano music during the end credits is exquisite ...
3:45 Please reactors, When the video has subtitels baked in, but in a different language. The Machine Translation will be using the baked in subtitels and not audio. The translation will be OK.
My god the power, emotions, eeriness and solemnity that only Rammstein know how to convey through music, visuals, aesthetics, meaning and Art. What a colossal band, there's simply no one like them.
Congrats for leaving on the German subtitles. TBF the English translation is pretty good for this one. "Du, Ich, Wir, Ihr" may be confusing though as modern English left a little hole when it comes to plural pronouns. An epic piece of cinema and music. High impact and gross at points but relevant when contextualised - "she" is Germany personified. Rammstein being Rammstein.
I look back and can't shake the impression that this is the most significant peace of musical art (at least in short video genre). Yes, the most significant one. All scenes are clearly readable and reminiscent of the history of the Germanic tribes/lands of the last 2000 years (and to a greater extent of the 20th century). The tragic line is very clearly drawn - the story of the constant and brutal internal civil struggle. This storyline resonates strongly with the current political situation in Germany, as well as Europe in general. I think it's this storyline that leaves so much pain after watching the video. And it was this pain that probably motivated the authors of this masterpiece.
Video: Showing sections of history with clearly different human eras Rayactions: hmmm, it almost is like they're taking us through different sections of, uhm like, history. Golden
I highly recommend the song / video for ' Zeit ' for a reaction ... It's very affecting and universal message ... I enjoyed your reaction here ; for knowing only the lyrics beforehand you pieced it together really well !
The dogs are Leonbergers. A breed that almost died off in the 20th century. Twice. After each of the wars, there were only a few of them left. After WW2, there were only eight males left in all of Germany. The breed was about to die out as there was no return from that without massive inbreeding and genetic defects. It was only thanks to the help of breeders from all around the world... Czech Republic, France, Spain, and even as far as Canada and Australia that the breed, once the proud animal of Leonberg, could be saved. Some breeders, before the cooperation was secured, were trying to save them by mixing them with closely related breeds, like Labradors, but the outcome was nowhere near the original. The genes that make Leonbergers special were lost in the mix. The only way forward was to cooperate internationally. If I am not mistaken, the whole thing is a symbol of a new Germany, cooperating with others, and thanks to being open to others being able to cause a rebirth of a new German race. And as to Germania... Neat how they picked a black actress and always gave her red and gold things to wear🇩🇪.
mein teil live at hurricane festival 2013, feuer frei live in amerika, benzin live from msg, links 2 3 4 download festival 2016, buck dich aus berlin 1998 and rammlied live in amerika are must see performances, the video to sonne is great too
Rammstein is a great band and put on one of the best live shows of any band out there. Highly recommend checking out their songs live for amazing pyrotechnics and sound. I came across this band way back during the movie Lost Highway when they were very little known and have loved seeing how they have evolved and become so well known around the world.
The dogs are Leonbergers, a breed of German dog used to pull ammunition carts during both world wars. All Leonbergers today are descendants of the eight that survived WW2.
The closest thing to positive in the video is perhaps the barbarians resisting the Roman invasion in the beginning? Btw when Till is dressed as a woman he is probably supposed to be Ulrike Meinhof one of the leaders of the far-left terrorist group RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion, aka Baader-Meinhof Gang) Yes Ruby Commey plays Germania, the personification of the German spirit and nation. Basically the eras covered are: Germania Magna - Germanic tribes resisting the invasion of the Roman empire Middle Ages - Wars of conquest lead by Germania (all European rulers were guilty of this) Middle Ages - Church "feasting" on the people as symbolized by Germania Weimar era - Lots of infighting in the recently unified nation cheered on by Germania Nazi Germany - Obvious. But Germania has one eye blind which could be "rechtes Auge blind" (lit. Right Eye Blind. Being blind to the advancements of the far-right) DDR / East Germany - Lots of corruption in "communist" East Germany. The band grew up in DDR / East Germany so they probably have some feelings about this (check out the video for 'Radio') RAF / Baader-Meinhof Gang - A communist guerilla/terrorist group in West Germany in the 70s and 80s Modern Day - The polarization of people leading to riots and violence Future - Ehm... I dunno The lyric "So Jung und doch so alt" (so young and yet so old) refers to the fact that Germany as a nation is very young as it was united just before the turn of the century and then again in 1990 when East and West Germany were reunited to form what is Germany today. But its history reaches back thousands of years.
Firstly, this girl personifies Germany itself.Secondly, she gave birth not to a wolf, but to a German shepherd, The shots with German Shepherds symbolize the fact that they are still real purebred Germans and everything is just beginning for them.
Basically its the struggle of loving your country while despising the sins of its past.... you got it though! For such a dark song its catchy, it has a great groove.
10:19 She actually gave birth to a Leonberger, it's a dog race which nearly gone extinct during the time of ww1 & 2. I think it showcases the fragility of good living things in/from germany. Hence, the space suits.
only Rammstein can take over 2,000 years of their own history and condense it into a 7 min video that now considered one of the best moving art pieces ever produced..quite simply a masterpiece
except it was 9 minutes. hahaha
@@DaShap happy now?
@@DaShap 😀
Nightwish has captured the whole evolution of the world from the big bang till now in 24 Minutes - "The greatest show on earth"
@@jezza117 wait, let's compromise. It was 7 minutes, end credits started at about 6:50. change it again please. Cuz they did pack that much into it prior to end credits, unless u feel those 2 minutes of piano and scenes should count. Up to you. :)
Since the German flag is black, red, and gold, the woman always wears red and gold. She is intended to depict Germany
Well in the beginning she seems to be wearing skin of Romans.
Sometimes she also wear Black, Red and White (Prussia era) or a golden armor with an eagle at the front (HRE era)
GERMANIA
This video is better than 99,99% Hollywood produces these days.
Why the 0.01%?
Good old German Quality
That's true.
Not exactly a high bar.
Looks like standard Hollywood - Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer fare to me, but without the budget. Game-ish, you might be of a heavily gaming generation, which this is aimed to. (Not a reflection on the Band, I love Rammstein like I love Kraftwerk).
I'm from Germany so let me give you some thoughts from someone who's born here. First of all, first time I watched the video I was shocked and deeply moved. The song/ video takes a very deep look into our german souls and how most of us feel about our country. It's a love- hate- relationship. The video is loaded with tons of symbols, that as a German you catch onto.
Let's start: in the intro you see Germania ( Personification of Germany) during roman/ germanian tribes time.
The red Lazer represents the "red thread" of the story/ history.
Astronauts from the future bringing Germania in a glass coffin (snow-white) so she can lead through the/her german history.
Next you observe the twenties(Weimar Republic).The prison scene representing the rough, violent times especially for the majority of the population struggling to survive. Money raining down/ the great depression. And Germany's first try as a democratic state. In between Germania is dressed in knight's armor awaking her knights/band with the Lazarus spear.
Next Germania is pushed in a wheelchair by the band through the Berlin Holocaust Memorial with burning bodies.
Next vignette the office scene showing east Germany and west Germany reunited (1989).
Then you're being taken back to mideveal times, monks/ church are feasting off of Germania. In most scenes you'll see some church man involved. No coincidence.
The concentration camp scene in the background you see V2 rockets ignition. The inmates are wearing different types of stars on their chests and a sign on the gallows reads: no photos. Germania wears an eye-patch first on her left, than on her right eye.
Than a quick shot of Germania dressed modern with lots of gold leading german shepherds., representing Germany's wealth.
The 70's scene shows the RAF- extremists holding Germania/ Germany hostage.
Next vignette is the witch burnings shifting to the book burning. If you have a close look, at minute @ you see a church man holding up a cross hugging a Nazi, symbolising the churches over all position to the horrific events happening during 1933-1945.
The birth scene. Germania is giving birth to dogs respectively "Leonberger" a breed preferred by Kings and Queens. The Breed almost went extinct during WW1 and WW2. A cardinal helping (dressed in red) a new Germany being born.
At minute @ you see the riots against refugees homes in the 90's in Hoyerswerda. Molotovs are being thrown and a car is being pushed over with the help of a man dressed in Nazi uniform.
Than the scenes/ time vignettes start shifting faster and faster, showing how many times, when circumstances becoming to extreme everything is falling apart and Germania ( dressed in knight's) armor is crying.
The outro is the piano version of the song "Sonne" which completed how we feel thinking of our past: a sense of sadness.
To sum it up. Germany has a long, wild, violent, unique history, because we as a state of today exist only since 1989. Yet the roots go back a very long time. "Young and yet so old" I hope that helped a little to understand the video and with that us Germans. We don't have a strong feeling of patriotism, but a strong sense of unity. It's complicated.
With love from Germany 🤘 😎
you probably look for reactions to deutschland all day to post the same comment no?
@@dareal5401I’m glad he did because it helped me understand.
@@brucemc1581 was his comment the first youve read on a deutschland vid? because 90% of comments are people copy/pasting the same explanation
@@dareal5401 yes.
@@dareal5401 die meisten können mit den gezeigten Bilder nix anfangen also klärt man halt auf
The dogs are Leonberger. A German dog breed was almost wiped out during WWI and WWII.
The song describes the feelings of most Germans quite well, on the one hand you want to love (be able to love) your country, on the other hand we have that dark past.
"Germany by Rammstein: An Analysis - Three Arrows" explains most scenes quite well, mainly for non-Germans who know little about German history.
Great reaction. :)
Exactly what you said 🫶🏻
As a Leonberger i approve of this comment !
Talking about dark past like if like 15 years are the whole story.
@@SurvivalPlaying2 could you elaborate, please?
Greetings from Bulgaria my Friend
I'm german and everytime i watch this video I'm moved to tears. It's such a pain somehow and yet a masterpiece that tells the story of most germans, that want to be proud of their country but just can't because of the past. The music and the lyrics are so immensely perfect. This might be one of the best combinations of music and video a german artist has ever brought out.
Be proud!
Though we have been enemies, we are and always will be cousins. It pains me as an Englishman to read the complexity and the pain you in turn feel over the past. There is a lot to admire of Germany and of Germans. Be proud, cousin - we can only ever look to the future.
Not just the best combo a german band has brought out, one of the best combos ever
Be proud of your land. Bugger the haters. You'll always have someone hating you for something, whoever you are.
So you might as well stand proud.
Im not a German(but a Bulgarian,living in Germany)-but Im moved to tears too 😎 Its a definite masterpiece!❤
What I love about Rammstein is that they don`t have Ads on their videos, you just can make playlist from their YT channel and just enjoy it.
The red light: What you would call "central theme", is what we would call "Roter Faden" in German, which you could roughly translate to "red line". What it means is that the scenes, which depict major conflicts in German hiszory, which had a profound impact on German society and general psychological make up, are all connceted by a central theme.
Funny in the Netherlands we call it "Rode Draad" and it means exactly the same thing. Wasn't actually aware that doesn't exist in the English language? Might be a Germanic language group thing.
@@bastange8856 , it does exist in english. And is called exactly that. Red line. English is also an germanic language by the way.
I've heard "the red thread of fate" before. From USA.
Hast es bestens zusammengefasst
That’s a case of „false friends“. „Roter Faden“ (red line) means „the known“, „the basic fabric“, „what something is about“ in German.
That is one of the main points of „Deutschland“, that conflict, power and sacrifice defined and shaped Germany from the beginning, as nothing really existed in 9AD and the various Germanic tribes fought back the Romans, uniting them and later dooming Rome, from the red laser marking Germany on the map in the view from orbit.
I am French, I saw them 4 times in concert. I like to watch the reactions of people who discover rammstein 😄
Amplified German History and a critical view on it from Rammstein. One of the best Songs.
yes, but end of video is affraids of future of their nation.... dogs instead kids...
I love the look on your face as you're processing the imagery. Yes, you could spend hours dissecting the many scenes in this video. It really is a masterpiece. Keep up the great work!
Ruby Commey (the beautiful black lady ) is a german actress. She is the female personification of Germany in this video. Example: In one scene, Ruby Commey is lying on a table and covered with food. In the box below her, tortured and maltreated people are locked up. The priests help themselves in abundance to the food on offer. During the Middle Ages, the Church was endowed with a huge amount of power and often used the abundant gifts that Germany had to offer for its own benefit. At the same time, the rural population suffered from the high taxes that had to be paid to the nobility and the church. Ruby Commey often appears in the video with gold clothes and red lips and eyes. Together with her black skin, this results in the German national colors. These are currently the colors of the German national flag and the coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Germany. The colors black, red and gold (yellow) were already the colors of the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire (1184 AD), not to be confused with the Roman Empire. A black eagle on a golden background with red claws. These colors appear again and again in the German history, for a long time as national colors of the Holy Roman Empire sometimes as symbolic colors against the state authority (German Empire).The entire video is full of references and symbols , which, among other things, refer to the changeable and difficult German history. A detailed explanation would fill several pages and would always be strongly influenced by the interpretation of the individual. Like me, my English is unfortunately not perfect. Who finds errors, may keep them :)
Agreed, but if the whole video were analyzed scene by scene, or even frame by frame, with all the historical context of how, where, when, and most importantly why something happened, including the historical background, you could easily fill several hundred pages with it.
Just the major epochs like ancient Romans with Germania Magna, middle ages, teutonic knights, late Renaissance with witch burnings,1920's, Nazi era and books burnings, East Germany and the socialist era, 1970's West Germany and Baader Meinhof, the fall of The Wall, reunification but also xenophobic hate crimes, finally a potential future.
All of those historical periods would require its own chapter, without delving into how each period affected later periods. It would be worth a doctorate thesis to completely dissect it.
Your English is just fine. I’m a native born English speaker…at least to the extent anyone can call an American that, LOL.
In few words; Rammestein it's ever controversy, and always double sense, ever! This video it's just perfect like ever made Deutsch people! The best blood of the world 🌎
I'd argue this is the best music video of the last decade. It's an utter masterpiece.
Edit: It also contains something every music video should. Nazis getting shot in the face.
Not going to lie, seeing the stumps kicked out twisted a knife in me, and seeing those rifles was the come uppance I needed to see later in the video.
@@fatcarl76you seem very emotional
@@MaticTheProtoyou're totally right, it's weird to be emotional about industrialized human slaughter
The piano version of the song Sonne fits very well to the end of the video, because it shows that after so much chaos, there is still hope.
Unfortunate, though, that she chose to speak through the whole piece. I don't think it even registered.
@@frunktain cuando alguien escucha por primera vez el final del VIDEOCLIP al menos a mi me sucedió, no tenia ni la mas mínima idea, de que el ultimo tema era SONNE pero interpretada en PIANO algo extraordinariamente hermoso. por lo tanto no la culpes, ya que muchos de nosotros tan poco nos enteramos en un principio de que, esas notas tocadas en un piano se trataban a la canción de SONNE en fin...
@@frunktain I totally disagree ; for knowing only the lyrics beforehand she pieced together the symbolism well compared to other reactions I've seen ... and figured all but the dog symbolism out by the end ... which only German's would likely know ( the dog breed that was brought back from almost extinction by Germans . )
@@deepbluehue3 I just meant the beautiful piano version of Sonne during the credits. I wish she was as moved by it as I am. But as pointed out, it wasn't her fault.
@@SuperEfedrina
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Hi Rachel great reaction as always please go on like that.
German is my first language - so as a native pls let me explain as concise as possible many of the hidden symbols and meanings in this great song: In advance - please apologize the mistakes that I have certainly made as English is not my first language :-)
Before I go through it just some general remarks: the black lady’s persona in the video is “Germania” and she represents Germany (the nation / the people) and in many scenes where she appears the colors black, red and gold (colors of the German flag) are dominant. The video as well as the lyrics are a critical review on Germany’s history.
Main scenes of the video: The first scene with the roman soldiers refers to the battle of Teutoburg forest, the first time the German tribes untied under Arminius against the Romans and ambushed them on their march back to their winter camp + completely annihilated several legions - the romans would never return and fortify at the Rhine - this could be seen as the birth of the German identity.
The red laser beams throughout the video I think are guiding thread (German expression “roter Faden”" translates to “red thread” and translates to guiding principle / guideline of a story)
When Germania (black lady) in golden armor (black red gold as main colors of the scene pushes the standard into the ground she raises all the dead medieval knights - a reference to the strength of the German people who recovered time after time throughout history from catastrophes (especially, but not only) in the middle ages (crusades, Hunnic invasion, plague, etc.) - the additional meaning i think is the fact that German people several times followed their countries call for War - even if they were already beaten up (e.g. after WWI going into WWII)
Next scene (fistfight) is from the roaring twenties, the period between the two world wars where upper class society was decadent on the backs of ordinary people + entertainment industry was born.
Next scene shows the Hindenburg disaster (famous German Airship which blew up in flames) during a time of growing industrialization 1930s.
Next Scene is from the communist elite in eastern Germany who was indulging in party and Champaign while ordinary people were poor and the main idea of communism should be equality of the people.
Then the scene in the middle ages - where the monks (representing the church) feast on Germania (the land) and suppress the common folk (underneath the table).
The scene in the prison again refers to the roaring twenties, as Germania is dressed in a Prussian uniform suppressing the German people. Additionally money is thrown away by everybody, a reference to the big inflation in Germany after WWI.
Then the rockets (Nazi German was working on the first warfare rockets called V1 and V2 (V standing for “Vergeltung” which translates to retaliation - fitting to the picture with the rockets, the lyrics are an alliteration on “über” a german pre-syllable/prefix meaning over. “Überheblich (overbearing / presumptuous), Überlegen (superior) Übernehmen (taking over), Übergeben (handing over), überraschen (surprise), Überfallen (ambush), „Deutschland, Deutschland über allen“ (Germany, Germany above everyONE). The line „Deutschland, Deutschland über alleN“ (Germany above everyONE) is a reference to one of the verses of former national anthem of Germany which was in use from 1922 to 1945 and got excluded after WW2 for being too nationalistic. In this verse there was a line “Deutschland, Deutschland über alleS“ (a subtle difference to the line in Rammstein’s version translating to “Germany, Germany above everyTHING”). The actual verse with this line was already written in 1842, long before the formation of Germany as a Nation (which only happened in 1871) - therefore “Germany, Germany above everything” was relating to the importance of uniting the several German ministates, kingdoms and Duchies into one nation. After WWI this verse got taken into the national anthem of Germany as it spoke to the patriotism of the German people but later officially excluded fomr the anthem since it was deemed too nationalistic. Today this verse/line is generally frowned upon and would be associated with Neo-Nationalism. Using this line in the scene with the concentration camps including the subtle change from “Germany above everyTHING” (which has already the nationalistic connotation) to “Germany above everyONE” which carries an even more nationalistic / racist meaning is a very clever double-reference to the doctrine of racial supremacy in the Third Reich.
The Concentration camp prisoners have symbols sewn on their jackets for the groups the Nazis hunted and killed (yellow star for Jews, Pink triangle for Homosexuals, red symbol for political adversaries (communists). Germania is on the side of the Nazis and has an eyepatch (representing the blind eye that many Germans turned on the atrocities of the Nazi regime.
The Scene where Till is dressed as a woman refers to the left wing terrorist group called “Rote Armee Fraktion” - a terrorist association in the 1970s responsible for several political assassinations and murders as well as a famous kidnapping of German Diplomats in Stockholm.
Then there is the scene with the stake at which books are burned by the Nazis and people are burned by the church (inquisition). Later the monk (church) and the Nazi soldier hug (as the church did not go against the Nazis when they came to power and both organizations were responsible for a lot of intolerance and suffering in their times.
The scene where Germania is dressed in white with a Halo I think refers to the positive, the strength of the German people who recovered time after time from several catastrophic disasters in their history. Later she gives birth to puppies representing the German people. The puppies are from a rare breed of dogs (Leonbergers) who’s population got almost extinct in both world wars (symbolized with the dogs wearing gas masks) but recovered after the wars. In these scenes the band members wear space suits - in my view a reference to the (hopefully) better future of the German people.
In the very last scene of the outro you can once more see Germania with national colors (black, red gold) with black lipstick, red eyes and golden armor before a red/ black background holding an eagle, the heraldic symbol of Germany. Finally, please find below the lyrics of the song as the perfectly convey the message of the problematic relationship many Germans have to their homeland, wanting to be proud of it but not being able to due to it’s difficult history:
One further remark to one of the more important lines of the lyrics: The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) refers to the fact that the German people with their idenitify have been around for thousands of years, however the actual state of Germany as a nation was only founded very late (1871) thorough the unification of several mini states (Prussia, Hessia, Saxonia, Bavaria, etc.) Here now the lyrics (copied from the internet):
[Verse 1]
You (You have, you have, you have, you have)
Have cried a lot (Cried, cried, cried, cried)
Separated in spirit (Separated, separated, separated, separated)
United in heart (United, united, united, united)
We (We are, we are, we are, we are)
Have been together for so long (You are, you are, you are, you are)
Your breath's cold (So cold, so cold, so cold, so cold)
The heart in flames (So hot, so hot, so hot, so hot)
You (You can, you can, you can, you can)
I (I know, I know, I know, I know)
We (We are, we are, we are, we are)
You (You stay, you stay, you stay, you stay)
[Chorus]
Germany - my heart in flames
Want to love and damn you
Germany - your breath's cold
So young, and yet so old
Germany!
[Verse 2]
I (You have, you have, you have, you have)
I never want to leave you (You cry, you cry, you cry, you cry)
One can love you (You love, you love, you love, you love)
And want to hate you (You hate, you hate, you hate, you hate)
Presumptuous, superior
Take over, hand over/puke
Surprise, invade
Germany, Germany above everything
[Chorus]
Germany - my heart in flames
Want to love and damn you
Germany - your breath is cold
So young, and yet so old
Germany - your love
Is a curse and a blessing
Germany - my love
I can't give you
Germany!
Germany!
[Bridge]
You
I
We
All of you
You (superior/overpowering, unnecessary)
I (Übermenschen (translates to “superior humans” - a term the Nazis implicitly used for themselves as the calles other races “Untermenschen” - translating to “inferior humans”), weary)
We (The higher you climb, the further you fall)
You (Germany, Germany above everyone)
[Chorus]
Germany - your heart in flames
Want to love and damn you
Germany - my breath's cold
So young, and yet so old
Germany - your love
Is a curse and blessing
Germany - my love
I can't give you
Germany!
Wow, what an excellent and in depth explanation of all those scenes, it all makes so much more sense now. Thank You. Are you a historian?
@@veridian79 No but I loved this song and want to know the meaning of it, and because i'm born and raised in Germany, I know a lot of the German History.
Verdammt scheiß geile historische Übersetzung...! Credits to you, Dude ... wie man heute sagen würde ^^
Aber eines hast du vergessen (oder ich habe es überlesen), nämlich den Wolf (Beowulf) als Analogie zum germanischen Erbe.
👏👏 awesome. Thanks for the information
Tl:dr aber es ist klar dass Deutsch deine erste Sprache ist, da deine Interpretation von dem Wort "concise" nicht wirklich zu dem Kommentar passt. Versteh dies als Witz da ich mir sicher bin dass du viel Arbeit in das Kommentar gesteckt hast.
The intro refers to the Battle of Teutoburg forest. Germanic chieftain Arminius and his men crushed 3 Roman legions sent to put and end to the local rebellion. This event marks the birth of Germania es a nation, and you see her emerge from the crowd as a beautiful woman.
In German, the red line is the equivalent of Ariane's thread.
Small addendum: it says Germania Magna 16 A.D. in the very beginning. This is a few years after the original battle, when some punitive expeditions by the Roman Empire came back to the area, and found the bones of the dead still lying around.
@@stefanb.479 Thanks for the clarification. I didn't pay attention to the date.
There is anyway a reference to the battle of Teutobourg:
Germania is cutting Till's Head just as Arminius cut the head of the roman general Varus after the battle.
In 16, the roman emperor Tiberius sent his nephew Germanicus as told by Stefan
The red line is also the color red. You see it often in scenes with Germania. Her skin - black, the lines - red, her armor - gold. Black, red, gold - Weimar republic and modern Germany's flag colors.
You can see it dramatically in the series "Barbarians"
I've watched this Rammstein video SO many times, and I just keep picking up brilliant details.
In my opinion this is one of the top 5 videos ever made. The music and the visuals just catches all your senses.
Truly a masterpiece.
The red line of history. Always bloody, always moving forward and connecting everything.
I love this song. And as a native of an old country too I can completely share the sentiment.
Once you understand the video and how it corresponds to Germanys history you will realise that this is one of the most amazing and beautiful works of art you will ever see, the woman represents germany as in the land, that’s why they feasted on her and why she gave birth to the wolves. This song gives me goosebumps every single time I listen to it..
You can watch this video a dozen times, if not more, and you´ll still find things you didn´t notice or realize before.
One of the most epic and complex pieces out there.
Agree. Major plots can be easily spotted, like the medievil, NS times, the glimpse into the GDR, but for minor, way shorter presented shots you really need to look more than once to actually see them. Also properly connecting them to the correct situation feels tricky. When they show the tank and the troups in front of the Marx memorial, for example. I still couldn't figure out if it's related to the workers riots of 17JUN53 or if it's to be seen in the context of 13AUG61 and building the wall in Berlin, tho I lean more towards the worker riots...
Overall such a great music video with a rush through German history with so much to see, discover, decipher.
What an awesome song. What I love most about Germany is how Germans are able to look at their past without fear and bring it on over the table. All their worst demons. That's something rare among nations.
No, not really. Hitler is getting censored here I Germany in Historical Videos. Anywhere everywhere is censorship of the past. Lately Analena Baerbock (a subhuman like species) wanted to hang off Bismarcks picture somewhere in a political Office. Its like the Americans would spit and kick George Washingtons picture. Bismarck was the founding father of this unified germany!
Yes, Till is rocking that Ulrike Meinhof outfit. :D
That was one of the references I didn't get, that's for sharing. 👍
The color sheme explained: red (beams), gold (armour of Germania) and black (backgrounds) are the National colors of Germany. You can clearly see that all coming together in the last scene in the credits: PoC Germania with a golden armour is holding a black eagle and in the background the red lights. That eagle is in the german coat of arms aswell.
That song is literally packed with symbolism, colors, history. Masterpiece
The dogs are Leonberger and after WWI there were only 5 of them left. The fact that the breed was saved from dying out is sometimes likened to the fact that Germany post war nearly crumbled but preserved. Well, until WWII when nearly all of them died again, because they were used as service dogs... the breed is still around, but it was a close shave.
The woman in the video is the representation of Germany through the ages, she is the embodiment of Germania.
@@SurvivalPlaying2 It is not a god, a person, or anything with flesh, it is a country... A country whos flag is red, BLACK, gold.
@@SurvivalPlaying2 She is the personification of Germany = the mythical figure "Germania" which is no "godess" but just the personification of a centuries old German role model idea/a pathos/a symbol for "beauty, virtue and chastity"..
And in the video she is most of the time representing the German colours black red gold (so for instance either by wearing gold like the armour while she got shined on in red light or wearing red while in the picture frame is something in gold as well while she herself is already black.)
But with the insult you aren´t that wrong...because German Nationalist might feel insulted for taking a black girl as "Germania" and that is intended on purpose as well
Ruby Commey is portraying real historical women in the Rammstein - Deutschland video, for example Josephine Baker and Angela Davis.
@@Desu-Desu-Chan-San very true. I often explain it to people as. 'it's the country that is there , true history in very different forms getting (ab)used by the people of power of each period in history'
@@Desu-Desu-Chan-San Well ok that makes sense too but wouldn't be the first thing that comes to my mind when seeing this.
Probably the best music video ever created. Rammstein is still one of my favorite bands after 20+ years of listening to them. Nobody does anything like them.
The range of emotion on your face was great. You can spend hours , days , months delving into this one video so much symbolism
So much going on!
@@rayactions Germania is the black woman and she represents the strength of Germany. Hence she is strong in the first encounter with Rome and then joins Rome and wears a crown of strength, but under the Holy Roman Empire she is beginning to be consummed as strength is in Rome and the religious who represent Rome. You could see as he was entering Germany the priest saw it as barbaric and as his strength grew in Christian influence he was more happy. She is happy between WWI and WWII as Woodrow Wilson's "determinism" allowed Germany to attack other political views, but even stronger during WWII Nazi Germany's third Reich, and is captured by the Bader Meinhof RAF by accident in their terrorism in Western Germany, but is also gleeful at seeing strength also in the West, for she merely bids her time in Eastern communism as a soldier, but yells out her pride in being German, while under Russian control. She has riches and dogs in this present age, but can also be in a wheelchair as she is weak in rejecting nationalism (I cannot give you my love), and she gives birth to dogs through interbreeding of the races and the white man is on his hands and knees as a dog before the lesser breed of race because of it.
The German strength has become the demonic force holding the mutts of their nation as Arabs interbreed in their land.
Finally the whole band is on their knees as white Aryans held by the leash for the demonic spirit of Germania.
GERMANY OVERALL. Now what was it all about?
Finally, in the future with laser like in "Freejack" they are zeroing in on Germania to take her strength for the future and begin the cut while the crown is on her head inside the concentration camp, but she is dead and in a casket without the spaceship for the future at the very end. This is because only the spirit of THE ACT OF THE WILL is loved as the human is unnecessary in the future. Some Nazi who is rich, must have wanted to give forth this imagry knowing the demons are all that exist in hell as man is working towards no flesh as man is merely a beast (Psalms 49:20) as for humans the second body and soul are destroyed in hell fire (Matthew 10:28).
Job28:20-24
“Whence wisdom? And knowledge, unto who does it come? And where is the place of understanding? And it is concealed from the eyes of all of the living. Concealed from the birds of the heavens (fallen angels). Abaddon (The Destroyer or Apollyon) bringing death, saith, “we have ears to hear the report.” Elohim (God) discerns their ways; He knows where they stand. Look to the end of the Earth. See all under the heavens. He will impart the weight of the winds; meted waters by measures. Making a limit to rain, and from a far distance for the voice of Thunder. At that time see and relate, He established, and moreover stretched it out. To man utter, “Behold in fear, your lord,” for the wisdom will depart, evil has understanding.”
Jeremiah 25:33
“The slain of Yahweh, on that day, one extremity of Earth unto the other. Not one remaining to lament, gather, or bury. They will be like unto dung, on the face of the Earth.”
Jeremiah 25:34
“Wail shepherds and cry, wallow in ash (all limbs & wings removed), most beautiful of the flock (Satan - remember birds are a symbol of fallen angels). For these days of slaughter were for your dispersion to come out. And you fell out, the most desired of the vessels (Lucifer).
Jeremiah 25:35
“There is no flight, for the perishing shepherds. No escape, most majestic of the flock.”
Jeremiah 25:36
“Hear the voice crying, shepherds? Wail unto the master of your flock. Yahweh has devastated the pasture.”
Jeremiah 25:37
“Complete the fold and be silent. For this is the fierce anger of Yahweh.”
How do you relate the most chaotic scene where a white man is fucking a dog in his hands?
85% of the high school kids walking the hallways for the future of Germany are Muslims from Arab lands. The Aryan supremacy has been traded for the hatred of the Jew in the lands where it is even stronger due to Islam.
There is one woman all mankind is looking to find.
Job 34:19-20
“Who takes no partiality to princes? And no regard for the rich above the poor? They all must work with their hands; for, in one moment, death by division. The people will be shaken and pass away. Valiant and turned aside without hand.”
Genesis 5:29
"Proclaim the name, "Noah," say, "this is our consolation, the flood by the deed worked by the toil of our hands," will arise from the ground, whom Yahweh has cursed?"
Noah means "From the toil of thy hands, this same shall be comforter of."
Genesis 11:5-6
“Yahweh, come down, to see the city’s brought down lifted up tower, which sons of men builded me. Yahweh utters, “Behold the one people, all the same language, and HERE are they begun to make accomplished, and, yeah, nothing which they purpose to make accomplished is inaccessible unto them.””
Ecclesiastes 7:27-28
""To see to discovery, this," saith the Preacher, "you add one unto another, until you find the explanation: Who am I to seek? They seek to attain one man, out of the thousands, to attain the woman of the whole of mankind.""
Revelation 9:20
"The remaining of mankind, who is not killed by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, in order that they might worship the demon, his image of gold, silver, brass, and petrified wood (the life inside the glorified shell), for I demonstrate power that he neither see, nor hear, nor walk."
One would think if Russia was as worthless as Iran, then people would wish for things to get quiet, but no.
Isaiah 45:16
“To shame and moreover humiliation unto all who engrave the idol. Walk together upon the reproach.”
Job28:20-24
“Whence wisdom? And knowledge, unto who does it come? And where is the place of understanding? And it is concealed from the eyes of all of the living. Concealed from the birds of the heavens (fallen angels). Abaddon (The Destroyer or Apollyon) bringing death, saith, “we have ears to hear the report.” Elohim (God) discerns their ways; He knows where they stand. Look to the end of the Earth. See all under the heavens. He will impart the weight of the winds; meted waters by measures. Making a limit to rain, and from a far distance for the voice of Thunder. At that time see and relate, He established, and moreover stretched it out. To man utter, “Behold in fear, your lord,” for the wisdom will depart, evil has understanding.”
Job 26:6
"naked death before Abaddon, and nothing shall cover them over."
Job 26:13-14
“by his breath the heavens are cleared, his hand shall pierce BARACK, a serpent. Behold ALLAH the end of his ways. How? A whisper, a word, hear the strength and the thunder. Who can discern?”
Job 27:11-13
“I will throw out the hand of this god; who when with the Almighty, shall not be concealed. Behold, of all you have seen, how this act maketh empty. This is the portion of the wicked man, a Word of God, and the inheritance of the tyrant received of the Almighty.”
Job 39:23-27
“The quiver rattles above, the BARACK (internal heavenly spear - in ancient Hebrew "Barack") and javelin (Barack the human man). With shaking and rage he races over the ground (of Mt. Zion). He will stand the sound of the Trumpet (7th one). As often Trumpets uttered, “Aha!” He perceived the war from afar (he had to leave America and be at the top of Mt. Zion for this last trumpet); now Thunder his princes, “this is the war! Bring down understanding with your birds of prey, soar by the spread of wing of the South (Islam), for the mouth of the Eagle mount is exalted on a nest on high.””
The dumb Muslims hope he has strength dispite his reign in the USA over earlier that year as Joe Biden left.
Ezekiel 1:13-14
“for the living being was like a consumed ember, a consumed vision upright, shall he walk among living beings, fiery and bright was Barack, he had come out of the consummation. The living beings ran to and fro before the vision of Barack.”
The second body is worthless of Barack Hussein Obama. Where is the angelic being within?
Isaiah 14:18-19
"All the kings of the Earth shall lie down in a manner most glorious, each in a tomb, yet you shall be cast out of a tomb. An abhorrent branch, clothed with the slain yet pierced by a sword. Kneel to the ROCK and descend in a pit to be trampled as a corpse."
Job 40:2
“Will the one who strives within be with the Almighty? Let this reproving god answer.”
Job 38:7
“Till the morning stars (fallen angels) sing together in their new form, then will the sons of God (believers in the power of the blood of Jesus, Yashu'a) shout for joy.”
Jeremiah 25:33-37
“The slain of Yahweh, on that day, one extremity of Earth unto the other. Not one remaining to lament, gather, or bury. They will be like unto dung, on the face of the Earth. Wail shepherds and cry, wallow in ash (all limbs & wings removed), most beautiful of the flock (Satan - remember birds are a symbol of fallen angels). For these days of slaughter were for your dispersion to come out. And you fell out, the most desired of the vessels (Lucifer). There is no flight, for the perishing shepherds. No escape, most majestic of the flock. Hear the voice crying, shepherds? Wail unto the master of your flock. Yahweh has devastated the pasture. Complete the fold and be silent. For this is the fierce anger of Yahweh.”
i think its impossible to appreciate the lyrics of this video without being very skilled in the language. they play a lot with double meanings or very tiny changes to popular phrases that changes the meaning completely. beside the artwork of the video and how the song rocks really hard the lyrics are a masterpiece in itself
That’s true. Even the “deine Liebe kann ich dir nicht geben” means that the Germans has no national pride, that’s so sad. Such a great country anyway.
Rammstein haut has a lot Songs with great lyrics.
Also im Vergleich zu anderen Liedern von Rammstein finde ich das eigentlich sogar noch ziemlich leicht und auch gut übersetzbar ;-)
In Swedish and other Nordic and European countries, the expression “red thread” (Roter Faden) refers to the core idea or theme of something. They talk about is as the “throughline” that makes it all make sense. The Swedish “red thread” gets its name from the ancient Greek legend of Theseus and the Minotaur, a monster.
This is the most incredible music video that has ever been produced.
It's obvious that the video itself was just an unreal visual experience, but I think the credits accompanied by Sonne tied the entire piece together. After watching that video your senses are kind of overloaded and the hauntingly beautiful piano soothes your senses so-to-speak.
"The red wire" or "red thread" is an expression in German (and many other European languages), which means something akin to the common theme or leitmotif.
I am not a big fan of Rammstein or this musical genre in general. But this song and video is just art. I can't even count how many times I've watched this. It is brutally beautiful. It is traumatizingly perfect and hurtful true. This is the best music video, I've ever seen. I mean it, there's no other one, not even Thriller, that I love this much. It makes me sad and hopeful at the same time. It leaves me in a state of melancholy that lasts a while.
I'm so happy you did this song. I love Rammstein and they have an insane amount of good songs and their lyrics are basically poetry.
You did nail the most meanings. There was an article about the video written by a history professor that you should take a look at.
Btw, the black actress represent Germania. The scene where people are eating from her body is referring to the Weimar republic.
The dogs Germania gave birth to are special ancient german breed.
Everytime I watch this I see new things and i always get goosebumps. Love this song
This Rammstein masterpiece summons up perfectly the complicated relationship many germans (myself included) have with our country. We are not proud about being german as other countries citizens seem to be. What is it "to love your country"? I don't know. What we do is: We remember. We know, who we were. We do not blame ourselves - but we hold ourselves responsible for saveguarding, that our presence is not a continuation of our history. As you said in your reaction: "It was so much chaos - so much carnage." That is our history: tragic, powerful, sad, violent, horrific. It is a special heritage. It is as the lyrics tell: Fluch und Segen.
Welcome! Germany is calling :-)
I thank you for this wonderful analysis of this song, which, while its lyrics are quite simple, is extremely complex in its imagery. We're talking about a little "masterpiece of music picture," which is almost certainly the most elaborate music video in German music history, if not even in the worldwide top 10. And yes: it covers the entire Germanic/German history, and yes, the video does this from a very controversial perspective.
One could write extensive essays about it, but I'll try to keep it brief :-)
We begin in the opening scenes at the beginning and simultaneously at the end. No "Roman" impressions as you interpreted, but rather Nordic/Scandinavian ones paired with the current zeitgeist. Already in the first scenes, the warlike aspect of Germanic culture is shown (going back even further to the Vikings), while simultaneously showing the peaceful aspect of today, with Germans being a significant part of international astronautical endeavors (ESA, ISS, and the like).
In between, we find the Middle Ages with its gluttony, which is also visually carried into the present day. And, of course, the cruelty of the Second World War. The symbolism of having the band members at the gallows instead of extras is meant to show that it also affected their own people. It wasn’t just "foreigners"; it was all of us.
The video deliberately mixes all epochs because they are all interconnected in their cruelty. You could easily replace "Germany" with another country, and the video would still work. The video establishes a specific reference by also addressing the division of Germany. So East and West (GDR and FRG). These are the scenes in uniform in front of a flag in a closed room. This scenario is particularly distressing for us Germans because it shows a footprint of history that truly affects the German people and not just the entire historical perspective.
The "dog" that appears to be "born" there is an embodiment of the "Fenris Wolf." So, deeply buried in the history of origins and stemming from the Edda. Here we are symbolically about 2,000 years back in history with the Vikings. The German affinity for the German Shepherd (later seen in the image at the end with the five dogs on five leashes held by the five band members) is often attributed to this origin: we simply like our loyal but deadly companion, who is extremely well-trained, but also overly large and overly dangerous. Similar to the Fenris Wolf, who plays a very special (though quite different) role in mythology.
And then we have the "black queen." She symbolizes where we ALL come from. Anthropology now even suspects that black people lived among the Vikings, who are usually interpreted as white, blonde, and tall. Today, everything points to the fact that this wasn't the case, but rather that it was much more homogeneous: Asians are also said to have lived among them. Essentially, the first inclusive tribe in the world, which was later, particularly by us Germans, overly romanticized into a pure race, which it never was.
The red light at the beginning that runs through the historical scenes and is later seen in the visors of the helmets likely symbolizes communism, with which Germany was long associated, albeit involuntarily. Here, the message of the lyrics also comes into play: connected in spirit, separated at heart... or rather: you can love it and want to hate it. It's important to know that all band members grew up in communist Germany (DDR). So they are singing about both one and the other Germany.
In the end, we have the queen as the absolute figure. She represents the ultimate origin of everyone and everything. She runs through all scenarios-even through the Crusades, which are also shown-and here she represents the counterpart to narrow-mindedness. She poses the ultimate questions: Was Jesus black? Is God perhaps a woman? How much of others is actually within us?
And that's just the beginning of an analysis :-D
The song itself is quite simple in terms of its lyrics. It describes the conflict between what one feels and what one wants to feel... and then also in the context of what one is taught to feel or should feel. The lyrics depict the rift between historical guilt and the status quo. The video, on the other hand, extends this over more than 2,000 years of national history. That’s on a completely different scale. I would therefore almost consider the song and the video separately from one another.
In this sense: Thank you for the reaction to this truly remarkable work.
This video should be added to the scholastic canon of practically any history lessons in schools here in Germany. And like "Du Hast" or "Engel", it is one of the best reasons to brush up on your German if it is your foreign language: None of the scholastic ballast of regular language classes, lots of emotional attachment ("So much for German efficiency" - movie references anyone?)
I am a teacher of German as a foreign language, in Sweden, and I use this video when teaching my students about German history. 🖤❤️💛
Your face from going "Hell Yea" to "Wtf" is awesome, literally every time I watch this! Gets pretty detailed and extreme:p
Regarding the colors:
They are a reference to the German flag being black, red and gold/white (depending on the time frame)
Obviously her being the black, the red spear of light and then her clothing being golden or white depending on the era they are depicting.
The red light is actually symbolic for 'roter Faden', which literally translates to 'red thread'. I think the closest concept English has to it is the 'common thread'. i.e. a certain theme that keeps coming back or keeps being referred to, in this case the theme of Germany's atrocities throughout time/history.
That said, I do think you're right in that it complements her color scheme to make up the German flag.
But there's also a more subtle reference to the flag's colors: the video itself. if you skip through it or drag to timeline around, you'll notice the most prevalent colors in most scenes are the black, red and gold (the last one mostly during scenes with fire and/or explosions) as well. It's a really cool cinematographic choice which works really well not only for the reference, but also for the mood of the video.
@@ucheehQ in the medieval scenes she wear the color of the HRE, gold with an eagle at the torso
Found out because of your Rammstein reactions! I love this band so damn much! I'm so excited for your journey through their catalog! They put out banger after banger! 🖤
You did a good job on getting what this is about. Especially for an American. I feel you almost need to be a German historian to get everything going on in this video. Yes, it is about the ambivalent feelings Germans (Till in this case) have towards their country/history. That's why 'Germania' is carrying Till's head around and 'messing with it'. Till asks if you can love a country that has a history with so much bad stuff in it.
The Leonberger dogs (almost extinct during the world wars but revived) also are a symbol for Germany's downfall and revival here.
Till's 'cool outfit' is the 70s terrorism group Rote Armee Faktion or more precisely Baader-Meinhof group in this case with Till in the role of Ulrike Meinhof.
Rammstein wouldn't be Rammstein if they wouldn't be provocative so to play the goddess Germania they took a woman of African descent in stead of a blond white woman which would be more traditional. As the trailer for the release they just showed the holocaust scene which resulted in a lot of controversy (no doubt intentional, nobody missed the release of this video this way) including with the Israeli ambassador.
Jep. Ever part of the video and its storyboard is done precisely and to the point with full intent and awareness of the controversy it will spark.
They have perfected to "rub salt in the wounds" or "put the finger where it really hurts" in their performance.
And they never fail to get the ones intended to blow a gasket.... ;-)
Saying the Leonberger almost went extinct is almost an understatement, considering that only 5 (five!!!!) survived ww1. Then miraculously the brought the breed back to live.
And then again literally only 8 (!!!) dogs survived ww2.
They were used in both wars to pull the ammunition carts due to his temperemant to be extremely loyal, self-assured, self-disciplined and insensetive to noise. They were commonly used on the front.
Its insane that from these 8 dogs Karl Stadelmann and Otto Josenhans were able to get the breed to a healthy size, and also without genetic defects due to the insanely small gene pool they started with. TWICE!
"übermenschen", "Deutschland, Deutschland über allen", this means so much from WW2 and the shoah, this is insane ! And the visual, the colours (black yellow red), this video is a true masterpiece (and I tell it as a French having learnt for so long that Germans have been "the enemy"...) This is absolutely incredible, I have so many German friends that it can really shock but I think it's necessary, we need to look to the past and learn from it! It's the same for a lot of nations, being proud or not of your country (and we Frenchmen are far from being safe from criticism too... !), it's a video you should show in school for a complete analysis !
"And now she's dead." Or is she? Germania is sent out in a glass coffin, like Snow White, an old German fairy tale: Never underestimate Germany, no matter what curve balls were thrown at us, we always managed to come back on our feet. 2000 years of history, a lot of challenges and *really* dark chapters behind us, and yet we're still there. I think that is the sole positive aspect Rammstein really features in the video. A lot went wrong in a lot of situations, yet we've got another chance to learn from the mistakes we made and do it better in the future. A hope I actually share, so that the statement "never again" is not just an empty phrase, that we will not forget the past and help secure peace in our own country, in Europe and the world.
And yes, you can spend so much time analysing this piece, in lyrics, in music, the video, as you said, if you want even frame by frame. There is a lot hidden in small details that you really need to find to put it into perspective and fully grasp the scene that you see. And certainly a lot of images mustn't be taken literally.
Germania isn't a person in itself, it's an idealistic motive impersonating and connecting what was and is considered "German". I love the fact that they casted Ruby Commey for that role, as it doesn't serve the cliché "white, tall, blonde hair, blue eyes", and indeed her outfits are gorgeous.
The chaotic impression gets a little resolved once you look at one time frame at a time. Each plot develops on its own strictly following a scheme of introduction, buildup, resolution. The jumps from one epoch to the next make it into that massive bombardment of impressions which causes that overwhelming sensation.
To your question about the red light, in German we have the "roter Faden", literally "red thread", meaning a key motive, common thread, recurring theme. In that case that basically all of our history resulted into violence, war and death. That there is always something lurking in the dark to pull us back into old habits and that history repeats over and over again, closing back in to the first paragraph. Let's hope that we can escape that circle this time and make it a brighter future.
Our current Bundespräsident said, "One can love this country only with a broken Heart." This, in my mind, is pretty much a cinematic expression of this quote.
And Rammstein never shies away from controversial topics.
I appreciate your seriousness in taking on the video. Thank you!
Hi Rachel! You nailed the pronounciation of both "Rammstein" and "Deutschland"! Yes, that were Roman legionaries in the beginning as large parts of today's Germany were occupied by the Roman empire which fought many battles with the Germanic tribes. When you asked whether the video showed any positive parts of German history I had to rewatch it. And no, I didn't spot any of the positive sides. Did I miss something? (For some fun Rammstein instead, watch "Dicke Titten".)
It is not supposed to have any positive or redeeming aspects. I think this song and video is an answer to Rammstein being accused to be a "right-wing" band because of their looks and even Tills pronunciation. The band members grew up in Eastern Germany (the GDR), and it is no surprise to me that they can´t love Germany.
@@stefanb.479 most of the ringleaders of the nazi scene in the "neuen Bundesländern" come from the old ones. they migrated to the east at the beginning of the 90s after the fall of the wall, because the radical upheavals there made it easier for them and gave them a better breeding ground. unfortunately, the governments since reunification have also made it very easy for them.
The scene where the Nazi officers get shot right in the face counts as positive for me - very cathartic indeed.
@@stefanb.479 Western Germans with a Brain also have their Problems :)
Its crazy how much meaning their is behind every scene with so much extra little details. As a german history buff i have to watch it every now and then. It is a masterpiece. I love the last scene with the Leonberger puppies. And the coffin with "old" Germania flying away into space.
This song explains, I would argue, why patriotism is so low among the German population. And why we find strong patriotism so inappropriate. We also find it inappropriate in other countries. There are not only the beautiful things about a country, but also the bad things that you should not close your eyes to.
I’m german and for me this song is everything. In Germany the song is “banned” because they use a frase that hitler used, they aren’t nazis, they know all that is tabu in the most part but it shouldn’t be like that. I love my country but like you mention at the end I “need” to hate it because of the history, it’s like we feel ashamed of it and it’s normal but at the same time just ignoring it or making it tabu isn’t gonna help. btw the red light is there to represent the red color on the germanys flag, the woman that interpreted Germanía is in all gold (yellow) and all the rest that you see is black, all that combined makes the flag of germany. (sorry If I messed up english is not my strongest language)
Everyone who likes Rammstein and does a reaction is deeply in my heart ❤
The red light symbolizes the common thread through (Germany's) history.
The lady is germania as you already guessed.
Yes very much symbolism here...
This Video is a Masterpiece of German History, Greets from Germany
This is the 5th video of your channel I watch and it cracks me up when you take a pause and pronounce Rammstein - with the proper German accent lol! Love it! 😊😊
The real national anthem.
Greetings from Germany.
Anthem is use in song few times.
I come from Germany and was born here. When I first saw this video I just cried. I've never seen a music video that touched me so much inside. Even I had to watch it many times to fully understand it. LG from Germany
I've watched so many reaction videos on this music video and it BLOWS my mind that in the beginning it says "Germania Magna 16 A.D." and the end it says the actress playing "Germania" and people are still confused. The lack of attention to detail is astonishing by youtubers that make reactions their entire channel platform. You're the first one I've seen that has a brain and notices details within the video. Thank you for this! Also the dogs are apparently a rare bread of dog that only had 4 left after WWII that some german guy did genetic stuff to save the breed. So the implication is, could this be a possible future practice for all things german etc. Also any song by Rammstein that is on the live in Paris concert are the best live ones to do.
In their defense, most youtubers aren't aware of a lot of Germany's history, probably just the WWII and nazis part, and you get hit in the face with 9 minutes of constantly switching imagery, a bunch of which is symbolic to the point that if you are unaware of what it symbolizes, your mind just starts unravelling at trying to grasp possibilities. And while that's happening your ears are blasted with an awesome, hard-hitting song with lyrics most reactors can't understand but hopefully either have translations for on-hand or check them before reacting.
I've seen a few who actually have been able to pick up at least some details. But it is still somewhat surprising how few are able to figure out what the video is about.
I'm from The Netherlands, Germany is our neighbour and to sum it all up: Rammstein washed away a lot of Germany's sins throughout the ages with this great song and spectacular video. 😊
Hi... the video is really a masterpiece ❤
The dogs are Leonbergers. This breed narrowly escaped extinction between the two world wars. They are a symbol for the German people after the second world war. In addition, they also symbolize the qualities (loyalty and devotion) that are important to many Germans.
Boy I can't wait for you to watch more of their actual music videos. The truly are, across the board, absolutely sensational. If the band's acting here impressed you, you're in for a genuine treat seeing how audacious they are across other videos. ZICK ZACK in particular will absolutely send you...
Zick Zack is something, but I like Angst better
@@mycatistypingthis5450 Frankly, they're all worth watching!
The dog (Leonberger) is a German breed that almost went extinct but got saved when breeders started breeding them more.
Red pillar of light is thread of history connect all pieces of German history. Lady represent a Germany and motherland. Sometimes in history motherland rise their sons to fight for, sometimes she's sons fighting each others, sometimes germans feast's on remains of their country. I took it so deeply, in history of my country so many fighting for freedom as well. Sorry for my bad English, with love from Ukraine 💙💛
The tragic aspect of the video is that it unfortunately also shows that historically, Germany has never been your buddy. Our history goes back to English and Scandinavian countries, and we were never really 'nice neighbors.' We have only been playing that role for a few decades now ^^ And I think we're actually doing quite well ;-) I mean, we did almost completely dismantle Europe three times :-D I believe that historically, the German people are the only people in all of human history who had to be forced from the outside to finally be kind ^^ And that is also reflected in the video. The red color is reminiscent of the Soviet Union, which ruled and ruined a part of Germany for a long time. And even though Rammstein is from East Germany (so Soviet-socialized), they also approach it critically. However, one should not forget (and I think that's a big part of the video) how outsiders and hindsight will view Germany, and let's face it: We were rarely the good guys. Not even the Vikings, from whom we partly descend. Even England was under German royal control for a while. We simply aren't nice people ;-)
But still better than the Russians :-D
Sorry, that just had to be said ^^
This is as much a historical documentary as it is a music video and is not shy about going through the dark part of Germany's history. One thing I found interesting is "Mother Germany' while German has always referred toi itgself as "The Fatherland". Interesting choice by the band and she is captavating.Not my favorite song by them, but certainly my favorite video. Thank you for turning off the captions. Good choice and nice reaction
Your confusion is just gorgeous 😂😂
This is difficult to understand at first sight. You have to see it multiple times to get all details and at next you have to have a deeper knowledge about German history and happenings. It's a masterpiece of Rammstein!
You can only feel the song as a German
Ich verstehe zwar kein Wort, da ich kein Englisch kann,aber ich schaue trotzdem jedes deiner Videos. Finde es sehr erfrischend und klasse.
Hey. I'm from Germany. The red light, symbolizes the thread through the history of Germany.
As you said, these are all parts of our history here in Germany, the dark past of our country.
The phrases like "I can't give you my love" show in short that we want to love our country, but we have a hard time doing it.
Because of the history of our country. So the song says a lot about Germany, but that would be a very long conversation. :-)
Getting views through the works of others, what a great channel and person.
if you want another amazing video and spectacular voice please consider to react to Zaz & Till Lindemann "le jardin de larmes".... Zaz is a magnifique french singer and Till is Till... amazing video in my opinion... love your channel
Yes, this song is so great and the video, too.
the point is that not only Germany has had such a violent history, the history of humanity is written in blood
Great video! Deutschland is truly a piece of art
Congratulations, for your first viewing of this video you have analyzed very well. And that too without text translation. Yes, it is a listing of some German historical events. That reflects very well the current state of the vast majority of Germans again. A love-hate relationship with the nation. I personally don't know any German who is proud of his country, they all say at most "I am happy to be German".
Also as a German I had problems at the beginning to understand all the symbolism, so I can advise you like a comentator below, to this video he recommends, has also helped me quite well.
Greetings from Germany
PS: You absolutely have to read the lyrics.
The Black Woman represents the "German Soul" and the flag at 2:50 u can see her in the gold armor with red light.
Your emotions is so natural and so alive (sorry if this sounds weird :D). It's beautiful.
I was told by a German historian that knowing German history is a lesson in pain and sorrow. And frankly, I think this video encapsulates that in it's entirety.
This is an amazing video and song. I also think the actress/ model playing Germania (I think that is right?) is so striking (in a really good way!): such a good choice, for some reason. And the piano music during the end credits is exquisite ...
3:45 Please reactors, When the video has subtitels baked in, but in a different language. The Machine Translation will be using the baked in subtitels and not audio. The translation will be OK.
7:47
Look at the poster on the concrete wall.
It is a black and white wanted poster for RAF, Rote Arme Fraktions members.
My god the power, emotions, eeriness and solemnity that only Rammstein know how to convey through music, visuals, aesthetics, meaning and Art. What a colossal band, there's simply no one like them.
Congrats for leaving on the German subtitles. TBF the English translation is pretty good for this one. "Du, Ich, Wir, Ihr" may be confusing though as modern English left a little hole when it comes to plural pronouns.
An epic piece of cinema and music. High impact and gross at points but relevant when contextualised - "she" is Germany personified.
Rammstein being Rammstein.
I love Rammstein like I love Kraftwerk, each in their different music and different time. Both Masterful.
This song is awesome!!! I have loved this band since the 90's!
this is a masterpiece of a video.
I like your videos 🙂🤗
I look back and can't shake the impression that this is the most significant peace of musical art (at least in short video genre). Yes, the most significant one. All scenes are clearly readable and reminiscent of the history of the Germanic tribes/lands of the last 2000 years (and to a greater extent of the 20th century). The tragic line is very clearly drawn - the story of the constant and brutal internal civil struggle. This storyline resonates strongly with the current political situation in Germany, as well as Europe in general. I think it's this storyline that leaves so much pain after watching the video. And it was this pain that probably motivated the authors of this masterpiece.
Video: Showing sections of history with clearly different human eras
Rayactions: hmmm, it almost is like they're taking us through different sections of, uhm like, history.
Golden
I highly recommend the song / video for ' Zeit ' for a reaction ...
It's very affecting and universal message ...
I enjoyed your reaction here ; for knowing only the lyrics beforehand you pieced it together really well !
Ein Meisterwerk , 2 000 Jahre Geschichte gerafft in einem Film !
The dogs are Leonbergers. A breed that almost died off in the 20th century. Twice. After each of the wars, there were only a few of them left. After WW2, there were only eight males left in all of Germany. The breed was about to die out as there was no return from that without massive inbreeding and genetic defects. It was only thanks to the help of breeders from all around the world... Czech Republic, France, Spain, and even as far as Canada and Australia that the breed, once the proud animal of Leonberg, could be saved. Some breeders, before the cooperation was secured, were trying to save them by mixing them with closely related breeds, like Labradors, but the outcome was nowhere near the original. The genes that make Leonbergers special were lost in the mix. The only way forward was to cooperate internationally. If I am not mistaken, the whole thing is a symbol of a new Germany, cooperating with others, and thanks to being open to others being able to cause a rebirth of a new German race.
And as to Germania... Neat how they picked a black actress and always gave her red and gold things to wear🇩🇪.
mein teil live at hurricane festival 2013, feuer frei live in amerika, benzin live from msg, links 2 3 4 download festival 2016, buck dich aus berlin 1998 and rammlied live in amerika are must see performances, the video to sonne is great too
the red line: the common thread ... that brings everything together
Rammstein is a great band and put on one of the best live shows of any band out there. Highly recommend checking out their songs live for amazing pyrotechnics and sound. I came across this band way back during the movie Lost Highway when they were very little known and have loved seeing how they have evolved and become so well known around the world.
The outro is the piano version of their song "Sonne" ;-)
It starts with 9 a.c. and there is nothing possitive shown except strength and power - it's a loveletter showing the hard way to love this country
The dogs are Leonbergers, a breed of German dog used to pull ammunition carts during both world wars. All Leonbergers today are descendants of the eight that survived WW2.
The closest thing to positive in the video is perhaps the barbarians resisting the Roman invasion in the beginning?
Btw when Till is dressed as a woman he is probably supposed to be Ulrike Meinhof one of the leaders of the far-left terrorist group RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion, aka Baader-Meinhof Gang)
Yes Ruby Commey plays Germania, the personification of the German spirit and nation.
Basically the eras covered are:
Germania Magna - Germanic tribes resisting the invasion of the Roman empire
Middle Ages - Wars of conquest lead by Germania (all European rulers were guilty of this)
Middle Ages - Church "feasting" on the people as symbolized by Germania
Weimar era - Lots of infighting in the recently unified nation cheered on by Germania
Nazi Germany - Obvious. But Germania has one eye blind which could be "rechtes Auge blind" (lit. Right Eye Blind. Being blind to the advancements of the far-right)
DDR / East Germany - Lots of corruption in "communist" East Germany. The band grew up in DDR / East Germany so they probably have some feelings about this (check out the video for 'Radio')
RAF / Baader-Meinhof Gang - A communist guerilla/terrorist group in West Germany in the 70s and 80s
Modern Day - The polarization of people leading to riots and violence
Future - Ehm... I dunno
The lyric "So Jung und doch so alt" (so young and yet so old) refers to the fact that Germany as a nation is very young as it was united just before the turn of the century and then again in 1990 when East and West Germany were reunited to form what is Germany today. But its history reaches back thousands of years.
Firstly, this girl personifies Germany itself.Secondly, she gave birth not to a wolf, but to a German shepherd,
The shots with German Shepherds symbolize the fact that they are still real purebred Germans and everything is just beginning for them.
Such a good song, video is even better! So much of a German histoty !
Basically its the struggle of loving your country while despising the sins of its past.... you got it though! For such a dark song its catchy, it has a great groove.
10:19 She actually gave birth to a Leonberger, it's a dog race which nearly gone extinct during the time of ww1 & 2. I think it showcases the fragility of good living things in/from germany. Hence, the space suits.