Reaction to RAMMSTEIN - "DEUTSCHLAND"
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- Опубликовано: 5 янв 2023
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As a German, the lyrics speak from my soul!
As a human it does for me as well... and I was born in Canada...eh
@@VonLigenstein Interesting!? But all countries also have their dark sides and times. Some things you love, some things you hate! ? But I don't want to compare the two countries, no attack! 🤘🤘
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@@arnodobler1096 Thats the poiny I am trying to make... after all the 'bad' stuff you still love and clebrate your Countries 'independnce' being its own nation... here in Vanada we're kinda simple so we just call it Canada day.. a few years back mass graves were found at some former residenntal schools ( pretty much concentration camps for young Natives... so people didnt feel it was xxxappropriate to celebrat Canada day.... ... Like you sid EVERY Country has tehir own darkside,,, and they still celebrate how poid they are to live in thay country the live in... hope this makes sense...
As a soul this lyrics speak German.
This is, hands down, the greatest music video ever made. History is my love, I wept when I saw this. It's is beautiful, terrifying, and filled with passion. Relevant and fantastic music. They never disappoint
I couldn't agree more. The tragedy is that so few will see it.
The "Deutschland" music video is good, but Rammstein's "Zeit" video is even better.
Al official Rammstein videos are amazing, but they took it to another level with Deutschland. Absolutely brilliant! I'd love to see it on a cinema screen!
Here are some scene interpretations (although there are many more):
- the roman soldiers at the beginning are the romans that went back to the Teuteburger Forrest, where the famous "Varus-Schlacht" happened and 3 roman legions were annihilated, to retrieve the corpses of the fallen legionnaires. This is somewhat seen as the origin of germany, altough a united german nation has only been created 1871, hence the lyrics "so young and yet so old".
- Every scene has the colors black, red, gold in it, as the colors of the german national flag.
- the knights could be seen as the various kingdoms that existed where germany is today in the middle ages, which were defeated often, but always "resurrected".
- the Hindenburg-Catastrophy
- the GDR-part, where the party leaders drink champagne (in contrast of the supposed equality in socialism), normal people couldn't buy such luxury goods. Also the lyrics "separated in spirit, united in heart" targets at this period in time, where germany was ideology wise (and through the inner german border) parted (in west and east germany), but the germans wanted desperately to unify again.
- the part with the priests eating sausages and sauerkraut of "germany". The clergy in the middle ages feasted of "germany", while for the normal people only leftovers fall down of the table. But since the people under the desk are wearing Sado Maso-Masks, it can also be seen, that the clergy has their hidden "perversions" as for example the child abuse within the church.
- the actress playing germania in the second world war scene has a eye patch over her right eye symbolising the blindness for right wing crimes during second world war (and also sometimes after the war as well).
- the Red Army Fraction that's holding "germania" as hostage.
-the clerics embracing the nazi soldiars as critique, that the church did nothing against the nazis during WW2.
- "germania" giving birth to the dogs: those are leonbergers, a german breed that got nearly extinct after the second world war. It may symbolize, that germany was close to be eradicated after the war, but instead the germany and the germans of today had been "born". That is also emphasized with the doctor wearing clothes resembling the red robe and hat of a judge of the german constitutional court, as the base of the modern germany is the "Grundgesetz", the german constitution.
- there is a scene, where left wing extremists throw over a car, a symbolism for violent acts of left wing extremists, but there is a second, where a nazi is shown in light together with them. That may be mentioned, that left wing extremists are in no way better than the nazis in their "terror" and the mindset of those left wing extremists in using acts of violence for their means is only "nazis in other clothes" or that in the end, they use crime, brutality and murder, the same way the nazis did. It's the so called "Hufeisentheorie", horse shoe theory.
- the band members (and the actress of germania!) holding the leonberger puppies behind the red robe doctor: everyone of them is a german, standing behind the german constitution.
- "germania" drifting in space: the unknown future of germany.
These are some details and my interpretation of it. But as I said, there are tons of details and different possible interpretations.
This would have helped me back in 2019 whne I saw it lol... I'm still a little confused at what buddy with Shot gun is about
You cant just watch this once.. lie a lot of their videos
@@VonLigenstein
The part with Till dressed as a women and with a shotgun is about the red army faction, a left extremist terrorist gang in the 70s. They were responsible for 33 murders, kidnappings and hostage takings. 2 of their main members had been women (thus Till dressed as a woman).
im saving this
"Germania" drifting in space is also a clear reference to Sleeping Beauty - that is Germany being a Sleeping Beauty in the crystal coffin - the after-credit melody is the motiff from the song "Sonne", in the music video to this song, the band appear as dwarves being dominated by a rather sadistic Sleeping Beauty.
@@VonLigenstein buddy with Shotgun? you mean that that armed civilian group? that was Red Army Fraction - communist terrorist group active in west Germany in 70s/80s - that one in women clothes is probably Ulrike Meinhof
This video isnt a music video, it's ART. (sometimes we Germans are just awesome). And yes, it shows several time periods of german history, some of those we are not proud of. Dunno how much work and production Rammstein put into this, but had to be a lot I guess. Greets from Germany as always. Love your reactions, especially Rammstein, Rush and Babymetal...
It’s not a video it’s a damn movie and a Masterpiece ❤
The best production I’ve ever seen in my life and I’ve seen a lot ..
They show us several parts about the history of Germania,not their best of believe me 🙁😔
The piano song at the credits is a piano version of their song Sonne which is another good one to check out!
yeah some people cant handle the headbang hard core Rammstein plays... but play it in a more classical / orchestral version... completley different but holds same melody... like Engel and du reich so gut symphonies...
Yes Sonne is a truly great song.
I like your style of reacting, pure and not business. Thanks for this.
As you said it is showing all of the history of Germany the good as well as the bad, and how it is very difficult for Germans in the post WW2 era find it hard to be patriotic for fear of labeled something else as the world did it best to make it difficult at best for German people to have too much national pride out of fear of what might happen.
We have learned the hard way that national pride goes hand in hand with national arrogance and can end in disaster.
@ Robert Hole
You don't know nothing about GERMANY - espescially after 1945! But it's nothing to discuss with anyone now...
Nice pic of Mr Plant & Page! 😉
Greetings from Boston Massachusetts. 👋🏽
Saw Rammstein in September and I can die happy now! 🤘🏼💥
The scene with the puppies is an way facinating. The puppies are Leonberger. A german dog breed. There existence was at a brink after WW2. The woman (Germania) stand for the idea of germany in the good AND the bad way. As with the Leonberger the existence of a German nation was in question. And like the Leonberger the German nation has come back.
...and like this image with the dogs there are many mor in this piece of art.
I don't know who came up with these Leonbergers. Can you really say what breed some puppies are? I think someone made it up and it spread because of the story behind.
@@JakobFischer60 When we got a dog as puppy, a German shepherd, he looked exactly like these puppies in the video! That Germans have a obsession with dogs is known and the German shepherd stands for Germany worldwide as well. So, I don't know how a Leonberger puppy looks like, but I know German Shepherds very well. Just saying.
@@JakobFischer60 yeah you are right. You can't tell wich breed they are. My fault. But I would fit to the picture and the story.
If you look closer at the hanging scene you can see that they have different marks on them. Jew, politiscian (if i am not mistaken) homesexual etc. The woman is a personification of Germany/Deutchland that is refered to as Germania, with the colors of the German flag all over. The dog is a German breed called Leonberger that almost went extinct.
BIG love to you for not skipping "end credits". I call it outro and beautiful part of this song.
I just like to see a younger generation appreciate what we did. It means something.
Thank you for your wonderful reaction. This is such an amazing and important song with video. Much appreciation for you Verdy!! ❤️❤️
Really enjoyed your reaction, it is pure art a masterpiece from the best, thanks 🙏
Here the lyrics in english:
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)
Germany - my heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany -
your breath's cold So young, and yet so old Germany! 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!
You I We All of you You (superior/overpowering, unnecessary) I (Übermenschen weary)
We (The higher you climb, the further you fall) You (Germany, Germany above everything)
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!
Rammstein really uses a lot of symbols in this song. The real meaning only emerges with the lyrics and the video together. You really have to analyze it more closely and then you will understand the deeper meaning. In this song the Middle Ages, the time of the Romans, the GDR - these historical events are presented in different roles. Of course, the theme of the Nazi era and the persecution of the Jews is also addressed, although its presentation does not differ from the style of the other scenes. A constant in the entire video is a woman who appears as a personified Germany in the different epochs. If you know this woman is representing germany and looking to the video again you will see so much more. I think, the choice of the black woman as main actress was made, because: it makes any accusations of racism and fascism against Rammstein useless, she represents one colour of the German flag and she is wearing the rest of the colours of our German flag as makeup and jewellery and clothes on her body: Black, Red and Gold. Sometimes as a victim, sometimes as a perpetrator. In the text there are also several sections that contradict each other, e.g. "Will love and damn you". Statements like these express Germany's good and bad sides on the one hand. One of the passages like "so young and yet so old". This means that German history began early. But through certain events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the founding of the GDR through which a new era began for Germany. "one can love you and yet hate you!" It is a question of whether you can be proud of your country or not. "Your love is a curse and a blessing. I cannot give you my love." Germany is aware of the good but also dark times and many see the dark times as so extreme that it is difficult to give your country your love and pride. I must have overlooked a few things in the video, but those are the parts that stand out. I was born and raised in Germany myself and feel the same when it comes to being proud of my country. As for the dogs: Germans are fanatical dog lovers. We are a dog-owner nation. The dog is a firm part of Germany. They didn't eat the body of the woman and her inner organs, even if it really looked that way. They were eating the national dish of Germany, that was put on the body of the black woman: Sauerkraut, Kassler & sausages. it symbolizes the church eating itself fat on the goods and values and food of Germany during the simple people (farmers, simple workers etc) lived a long time in a kind of hell of poverty and serfdom (the red fetish area below the table with Germania on it). But that eating scene could indeed have a double meaning. It could represent the 30 years war, that was fought for religious reasons and depopulated large areas of Germany. It forced the people to commit canibalism because nobody was there anymore to produce food. Except the fat, wealthy people of the church, of course. They were still able to eat enough. Only the simple people at the bottom (farmers etc) died from hunger and had to fight and die in that war. The 30 years war was the biggest catastrophe in Germany until WWI happened. he short scene with the dogs and their gas masks = WWI, where in reality animals (messenger dogs & horses) AND soldiers were wearing gas masks, too.The puppies at the end are Leonberger dogs. The Leonbergers nearly went extinct during WWI and WWII.
You should read some of the comments on the Vocal Coach’s review of this song. It explains how this is describing the conflict of wanting to be patriotic for a country with such a violent past. Btw The girl is Germania. Loved you reactions that is exactly what the band wanted.
Ich nehme an sie sind Amerikaner, glauben sie nicht das ihr Land ebenso gewalttätig ist
“ich tu dir weh” is my favorite Rammstein song. It’s dark but you should check it out.
Plus there in it she will actually learn to pronounce rammstein correctly ( one of many songs with rammstein in the lyrics)
@@Templarofsteel88
the word rammstein does not appear in the song " Ich tu dir weh".
she would have to "Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen " hear - the best of the life Konzert from Paris or " Rammlied " - the best from Madison Square Garden 😉
@@Templarofsteel88 I think being a fan of the Band is more important than having to pronounce the name correctly.
@@wolfgangullmann367 yeah i made a blunder on that one, had been going back and forth on a couple of reaction videos on rammstein and mentioned the wrong song.
@@Templarofsteel88
no problem. hey - when it comes to rammstein we are a family.
....and of course i would also recommend "Ich tu dir weh " as a first-class song - especially the performance in madison square garden is awesome 👍
A few to check out...
Ich Tu Dir Weh (Live from Madison Square Garden)
Mein Teil - (Live Hurricane Festival 2013
Dicke Titten(with English subtitles)...the best fun video of 2022!
Rammlied (Live from Madison Square Garden)
Bück dich - Live From Paris 2017
Ich Will (Hurricane Festival 2016) PROSHOT HD (with English subtitles)
Links 2-3-4 / PROSHOT(Download Festival 2016)
Sonne (LIVE Europe Stadium Tour 2019) [Multicam by RLR] 4K
Sehnsucht (Berlin Wuhlheide 1998)
...and last but not least...Zeit (with English subtitles)...beautiful, emotional, and quite possibly the greatest music video ever made.
It's a work of art in so many ways.
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80.000 people are singing!!!
Masterpiece 😉 I 🧡 it 😘🇩🇪
Great Reaction. The New Song is " Adieu " its a Masterpiece
I think, I've seen the very first authentic reaction video ever.
Thank You for taking me on Your journey.
Love from Germany and Namasté. 🙏🐺
Really nice to see someone that can Musik feel so deeply 🇩🇪
That was a great reaction, dear. Don't worry, it took me various times to watch to grasp a lot of the symbols and little details. I noticed them subconsciously as a Grrman. I knew what the different time vignettes were referring to. But is soon much going on.
Allow me to shine some light regarding the video and what is being portrayed:
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 4:45 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 5:50 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 😎 🤘
Love your reaction, you're great ☺
First time watching... you're cool. Keep reacting! ;-)
Rammstein have made some amazing videos: Du Riechst So Gut, Rammstein, Du Hast, Sonne, Links 2 3 4, and Ich Will. Especially "Sonne"!
I love this one little detail: In the credits the hanged Jews open their eyes again. What a message to the Nazis out there. This band is everything 🙌
And to me this is Rammstein's way to give the victims back their dignity. I know for some people its hard to see these Holocaust scenes in a music Video. But to me its an honoring of those who where killed.
Like your channel. Keep it Rolling. Cheers from Sweden
Good Reaction Video,
i like the sound at the end of the clip,
Greets from Germany ✌
Cool reaction!Greetings from Witzhelden (Germany)to canada 😉🤟🏿
Hello Verdy, yet again another great reaction. good insight from one so young. i hope you find it interesting looking into the meaning of the song even though you are not far off the mark with your first thoughts. fun fact the boy in the stripped p.j.s is actually a true story.
Thnx Verdy! Old Man from Hamburg Germany 😊😊😊
all their videos are fantastic and very creative.💚🤘
Hi there, as a german I would like to offer some info about lyrics and visuals: as you allready noticed the video shows different historical events, Roman invasion into the germanic tribes and their famous defeat of three legions ( Varusschlacht, Battle of Teuteburger Forest btw Netflix Series about it called Barbarians ), varrying medieval states of the Holy Roman Empire, the church feasts on the masses, Golden Twenties era and the fight between communism and nationalsocialsm shown in the bareknuckle fight, Hindenburg desaster, Hyperinflation, Nazi Terror shown with the V2 rockets and the Concentrationcamp scene ( btw. they show not just the yellow star issued to jewish people, but the other less known symbols used in the KZs as well ), German Democratic Republic aka East Germany, Red Army Faction RAF Terror in the 70's and early 80's ( Till as a crossdresser, shootings, streetfights ). When Till sings "Meine Liebe kann ich dir nicht geben - I can not give you my love" and a lot of other parts shows the ambivalent feelings a lot of germans have for our country. On one side you want to be proud of what noticable germans did for a lot of things, science, literature, what our parents and grandparents did to rebuilt after WW2, on the other side you have the evil nasty german side to consider....and to never forget. One thing my Dad taught me and I was a little boy at that time...I said something akin to that there is nothing more evil then the devil and my Dad corrected me and said that there was someone who was even more satanic and evil and told me the name of that A Hole....( interesting that his name and the curseword have the same initials ).
Cool song. Interesting lyrics. The dichotomy of being German, proud and yet ashamed. But isn't that the case for most nations? We all have fire in our veins and blood on our hands.
Nice video! Yours and Rammstein ofc hehe
Hi, very pleasantly surprised by your intelligent reaction.
Me encanto tu reaccion , saludos desde Peru
Greetings from Oregon. One more suggestion. 99 luft balloons. Great tune by Nina
Ram stein leaves chill bumps
Rammstein !!! Let's Go !!!
Jethro Tull - To Cry You a Song & Sad Eyed and Loveless & On the Inside & Mother Goose & Wonderin Aloud
Discovering they banda thanks you
Bonne video encore une fois Verdy! Tant que tu fais du Rammstein je vais les écouter! Je te recommande d'écouter leur nouvel album "Zeit".
Rammstein has the beat going on!!
My first comment was to short - NOW even I saw the whole video it's different...
I'll comment this a VERY lot dedicated nearby soon...
I am the Grandson of a man who was in the SA - AND - in the SS!
I experienced my grandfather in a different way AND in different ways...
I'll be back!
Greetings from Germany 🤘❤️
Hi, I'm from Germany.
Rammstein is playing a classic "Industrial Metal" style. A 50-50 mix of synthesizers and hard metal guitars.
A big part of the German history in one video. The black woman as Germania. Germania is the personification of the German nation. It isn't and wasn't a goddess or Joan of Arc.
The glass coffin: It is Little Snow White from the Grimm-fairytales....and from their own video "Sonne". Only with black skin and in space.
The piano song at the end is the song "Sonne", too.
The words "Germania Magna" at the beginning are a Roman name for the area of Germany, that wasn't conquered by the Roman Empire at that time.
Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were the Roman conquered areas (Roman provinces) of Germany.
The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) means:
Germany as a unified state is very young. A unified German nation is only existing from 1871 onwards. Before that year of unification Germany was made of countless, little mini-states and the people identified first and foremost as Prussians, Hessians, Saxons etc, etc, etc. and only in a second line of thought they had a lose sense of being somehow Germans, too, as a kind of unifying second identity.
So the area & the landscape where the Germans are living and the Germans themselves as a people...are thousands of years old. But only recently, in 1871, there was a unified Germany as one single state.
So Germany as a unified state is very young...and at the same time it is thousands of years old.
The battle of the Teutoburg forest against the Romans (and Rammstein as Roman soldiers and Germans alike).
That battle is of ABSOLUTE importance for the German history.
The hanged bodies in the trees were the beaten Roman soldiers, who were gruesome sacrificed to the Germanic gods...and were partly nailed to the trees.
The Varus-(Teutoburg)-Battle was already in 9 AD. In 16 AD were the vengeance campaigns of commanding field general Germanicus under Emperor Tiberius Augustus. Therefore we see here the arrival of the Roman troops of Germanicus and they are watching their dead comrades hanging in the trees or getting their heads chopped off (for nailing them to the trees).
In reality the Romans under Germanicus found only the bones of the Varus army in the various ways they were slaughtered, sacrificed and displayed at the trees. Slaves were liberated even decades after the battle.
After the scenes with the Romans we saw the Hindenburg Zeppelin disaster (the burning Zeppelin in the background).
The moustaches and clothing from the fight scene are from WWI and post WWI years. From the working class people in WWI and the roaring 20's. In the WWII years later on this kind of big bushy moustache was already out of fashion.
The falling banknotes in the prison are not about corruption. That scene is about the hyper-inflation of the 1920's, that took away the savings of the Germans and left them in deep poverty and desperation.
One had to pay a loaf of bread with a handcart full of nearly worthless banknotes back then and it hit the German people deep down inside and in their souls. Especially the poor ones and the simple workers.
The V2 rocket (first manmade object in space) as technical triumph of the German spirit...and at the same time the killing of the concentration camp prisoners in the bunker factories below the mountains during the production of that rocket.
This scene in the video could be a representation of a very specific concentration camp. It was "Mittelbau-Dora" below the Kohnstein mountain.
A mixture between a big, huge bunker factory for V1 and V2 rockets and a concentration camp.
The concentration camp inmates had several different markings for different kinds of convicts and their "crimes" sown to their chests, like it was in reality, too. A pink triangle for homosexuals, the star of David for Jews and two of them were marked with the double-triangles for Jehovas Whitnesses.
The book burnings of the Nazis and the burning of the witches of the church. In the same scene with the book burning there is EVEN MORE going on. The cooperation of the church with the Nazis, when the priest with the cross embraces the Nazi SA-man.
The scene with the sign with the Hammer and a pair of compasses in a circle of wheat is the sign of the GDR (DDR). The socialist German state in the east that existed before the German reunification.
Therefore it was Karl Marx in the background in the scene with the tank (not the scene at the concentration camp).
The scene with Rammstein wielding guns (the pumpgun) and taking Germania hostage was about leftwing terrorism of the 1970's. The terrorists were called the RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion).
My interpretation of the red scanner-like beams: There are two different kinds of beams. The massive straight red light beam that goes up into the heavens AND there were those smaller, thinner "scanner" beams.
Aliens (or humans from the future) are scanning the whole German history. Like some real scientists are scanning and excarvating ancient Mexican or Egyptian statues, for example.
The massive red light beam is the red ribbon of time that ties together all the historical events.
PS: As for the dogs: Germans are fanatical dog lovers. We are a dog-owner nation. The dog is a firm part of Germany.
PPS: They didn't eat the body of the woman and her inner organs, even if it really looked that way. They were eating the national dish of Germany, that was put on the body of the black woman: Sauerkraut, Kassler & sausages.
In my opinion it symbolizes the church eating itself fat on the goods and values and food of Germany during the simple people (farmers, simple workers etc) lived a long time in a kind of hell of poverty and serfdom (the red fetish area below the table with Germania on it).
But that eating scene could indeed have a double meaning. It could represent the 30 years war, that was fought for religious reasons and depopulated large areas of Germany. It forced the people to commit canibalism because nobody was there anymore to produce food. Except the fat, wealthy people of the church, of course. They were still able to eat enough. Only the simple people at the bottom (farmers etc) died from hunger and had to fight and die in that war.
The 30 years war was the biggest catastrophe in Germany until WWI happened.
PPPS: The short scene with the dogs and their gas masks = WWI, where in reality animals (messenger dogs & horses) AND soldiers were wearing gas masks, too.
PPPPS: The puppies at the end are Leonberger dogs. The Leonbergers nearly went extinct during WWI and WWII.
PPPPPS: The black woman in the prison was dressed in a Prussian uniform with a Prussian helmet.
Till sings the famous, often misinterpreted, line of the "Deutschlandlied" (Song of the Germans), that is not forbidden in Germany but simply isn't sung anymore in our modern national anthem.
Till sings in his version the line "Deutschland über allen" (Germany above everybody) What is a BIG change to the real line in the orginal Deutschlandlied-song. In the original Deutschlandlied song it is written as "Deutschland über alles" (Germany above everything).
The real, whole line of that old Deutschlandlied goes "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles. Über alles in der Welt" (Germany, Germany above everything. Above everything in the world).
This line is often misinterpreted by many people as chauvinism and as a looking down upon all other countries on this planet. But that is wrong and not many people know about that in Germany and elsewhere.
The writer of that famous line didn't meant it in a chauvinistic way.
When that song was written, Germany was divided into umphteenth mini-states, what made Germany relative powerless and defenseless. Therefore the task of German unification was the goal above any other goal for all Germans (at least the writer of the song meant it that way).
So the main goal for all Germans had to be the united Germany. The goal of "(united) Germany above everything else".
That was, how that line was meant by the writer of the song.
The line isn't forbidden, like many people wrongly think. It's simply not sung anymore and not part of the official anthem of modern Germany anymore.
This has NOT its reason in the seemingly chauvinist meaning of "Deutschland über alles", like many people wrongly think. This whole stanza of the Deutschlandlied isn't sung anymore, because in other parts of the stanza are borders and landscapes mentioned, that aren't German borders and landscapes anymore.
We want to live in peace with the people and countries, who are now living in those former German lands and therefore we don't sing about those old borders and landscapes anymore.
It has nothing to do with the "Deutschland über alles" line in that stanza, like many people wrongly are thinking.
Finally:
The scenes I'm now talking about are pretty dark and low light. The WWII submarine in the submarine bunker during the astronauts are walking by with the glass coffin.
I think, the choice of the black woman as main actress was made, because:
a) it makes any accusations of racism and fascism against Rammstein useless
b) she represents one colour of the German flag and she is wearing the rest of the colours of our German flag as makeup and jewellery and clothes on her body: Black, Red and Gold
c) it provokes many people EVEN MORE 😄
Greetings
Mega
PS: RUclips didn't allow me to integrate this information into the bigger text (above) for unknown reasons, therefore I'm posting it here:
The troops, who smashed the Jewish shops during the Kristallnacht (not shown in the video) were SA (Sturmabteilung) in brown uniform and not the later SS (Schutzstaffel) in the black uniform. The SA did all the dirty work at the beginning of the Nazi rise to power...until the "Night of the long knives", an inner-Nazi power struggle, happened. The head of the SA (Ernst Röhm) was killed and from then on the SA was turned more and more into the SS under Himmler.
The book burnings were part of the early Nazi years, too, and were done by the SA, too. One can see the SA burning the books and Till is watching it in a brown SA uniform.
Both, Kristallnacht and book burnings were different things and happened at different times. The book burnings happened over a longer timespan at different locations at different times during the Kristallnacht was one big "event" that happened at one single day.
Kristallnacht means "Crystal Night" and was called that way, because the smashed shop windows of the Jewish shops looked like thousands of crystals on the ground. But in the Rammstein video I've only seen the book burnings.
PPS:
The two beer drinking soldiers to the left side of the table, where Germania is lying on and where the priests are eating Sauerkraut & Sausages from her body, are not French soldiers and they aren't representing the French revolution. Those two beer drinking soldiers are Prussian soldiers and they are emphasizing the importance of Prussia for the German history.
As far as I could see: They were from the era of Friedrich der Große (The Old Fritz), who was of extraordinary importance for German history. Amongst many other achievements he was the one, who brought the potato to Prussia and Germany. That saved many Germans from hunger and the potato became one of the most beloved foods in Germany on that way.
Seems like you understood a lot. Amazing O.O
This year in june. I will see them first time in munich...late.... but better late than never.
I saw them last year here in Sweden (the last of 3 shows in Gothenburg) you will not be disappointed.
Finally some over the ear headphones - bet Floyd, Zeppelin, Rush and Yes will all sound 5x better. Everything will stand out more, more bass, left and right phasing etc. YES Verdy :)
You might want to check out KMFDM. It's another German rock/techno group. Not as artsy as Rammstein, more dance orientated, but the sound is similar. KMFDM started in the 80s and went up through the 2000s. Where Rammstein is performance art, KMFDM is more club orientated, but their music hits.
😘😘😘❤❤❤From Hamburg Germany!
I only need to see someone smiling after Till starts to sing. I like.
All germans love Arminius aka Hermann ... he was a german Baby raised by the romans, he became a high rank roman field army commander ... Arminius was supposed to conquer the german Territory but he led the romans into a Trap cuz he was loyal to his germanic Brothers ... sounds like a fairy tale but that's how it went down
This is a thought provoking video. Looking at German history, good and bad. Some of the lyrics are that they want love their homeland but it is hard. They grew up in East Germany which had a profound effect on their song writing. Love watching your reactions, I’ve subscribed after watching just two of your videos 😊
its not about proud
The pride and the shame of the germany in this video clip
When we listen to music like this, we don't nod to agree with anything on display.. We are headbanging to he beat of the music, and feeling the music and its message, agreeing with the voice, and the video? Its a portreial of whats also important to take in, as much as the music, its amazing and its something we should admire as media, as a statement, as a visual, it does not mean we are agreeing with the nazis, even suggesting that is pretty silly, ppl really shouldn't assume and judge by the cover
Well I know I said in an earlier comment that I've only seen the video through other peoples reactions but today 3/1/2023 the video just hit 300 million views so I figured might as well watch it and yeah not a huge fan of it but the song omg its definitely one of my favorite Rammstein songs.
One of the bests reaction videos of this so far for me.
Pausing and then rewinding back is the most important part for me to have a chance getting back into the song before the pausing.
Besides that you had a good clue about what is going on without knokledge of the video.
If you haven't watched already I would suggest Rammstein - Zeit (time) next one. Also insane movie production like.
Here with english subtitles: ruclips.net/video/VFSEi_oLlsgr/видео.htmlewining
Nice reaction! Try Amerika (Official video) and Zeit (Time)! You will like it!
The emotions in your face are very cute 😉
Show the text in english and you will get some scense better I think. But you are right. They show some important moments in history of Deutschland.
Rammstein wrote this song about being conflicted about their homeland of Germany that has been responsible for so much violence in history... I think the spacemen and Lady Germania giving birth to dogs may be (perceived as) the future...
The woman (Germania) is the flag of Germany - black (skin), red (lips), gold (ornaments), and u see her in various incarnations... defiant against the Roman invaders, leading the charge of the Crusades, being devoured by religious Christian fanatics, being held hostage by terrorists, supervising the fight between East & West Germany (the fistacuffs), overseeing the East German communist party and the brutal marxist prison being funded by overprinted East German currency, and also being blind in 1 eye as nazis are launching missiles and executing people in death camps... etc. U see the shot of Rammstein marching w/ the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster in the background...
I remember the Scorpions (who are from West Germany) talking about their decision to sing English songs to "escape their German-ness"... because they wanted to play rock n' roll music and appeal to more people like the 60's British bands. They grew up w/ the specter of World War II in Europe and were conflicted about their German identity, which is why they spread a message of love and celebration w/ their music.
Rammstein were raised in East Germany, a communist bloc where Western music was banned... and they would hear the music coming from West Germany, Europe and America, and were angry that the communist authorities were antagonistic towards it. They made a video for the single 'Radio' that illustrated that reality. After Germany reunited in 1990, the members of Rammstein were finally free to pursue a career in music.
Headphones!! Congratulations 😊
I can't think of a country but three, that are capable of living up to their past as has Germany. None of them have done what we did, but they seem to have the balls to live up to shit. The Netherlands, Denmark and New Zealand. Welcome to the Owning-the shit-we-did Club. 😊🎉❤
Great reaction. Deutschland is one of my favorite Rammstein songs. I'm not a fan of the video of the song so I've only seen the video through people reactions.
Love your reactions Verdy, but there are English subs. Only a few seem to know how to do this on RUclips, :(
Das ist Deutschland, trifft es wirklich sehr gut wird nicht jeder verstehen!!!
Take a look at the song called
" Wiener Blut" (Vienna Blood) live at the WACKEN FESTIVAL
Greetings from good old Germany
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I enjoyed your reaction on this masterpiece. I would be intrested to see your reaction on Bibi "Animal Farm". 👍👍
Hello from germany! The puppies are a german breed,it is called Leonberger! After the war there were only 7 left! Greetings Nephilim
This was a real nice reaction, and i watched a lot. But please, if you do more Ramstein, please read the lyrics without the video before, because you will enjoy it much more, and your followers too. Thx for reaction. And yes Arno Dobler ist absolutely right with his meaning.
Real headphones! 🖖🖖🎼🎼😎😎
You should search for a channel called "educatedmarine", this guy adds English subtitles to a lot of videos including most (if not all) videos of Rammstein and his translations are very accurate most of the time.
If that already shocks you, I recommend "Adieu" or "Time", epic😉👍
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The main colours in this video are Black, Red and Gold. They run through the whole video. They are the colours of the German national flag.
RammstAAAAin.. Damnit!
Sorry, no the puppies Germania gave birth were Leonberger, where the grown ups on leashes in the scene where she wore the ammunition belts and the sunglasses were german shepards, so two different breeds.
And did you recognize the dogs with the gas masks? Propably also german shepards, but not clearly visible due to the masks.
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achja deutsch ist eine wunderschöne sprache :)
Tip for next time: start video -> turn on subtitles (no matter which language)-> settings (cogwheel) -> subtitles -> auto tanslate -> english
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Germany should be proud of their history, yes they have a few years of darkness but overall there is much to be proud of. I do not think you could take any countries history and not find horrendous behavior of some kind to single Germans out saying they should not be proud of who they are or what their ancestors have been through is wrong.
One thing today's Germans can be proud of is exactly what this song is about:
They are taking responsibility for their acts.
Actually, today's generation cannot be responsible for things that happened before they were even born. But still, the German people learn the ugly parts of their history and know it's part of them and they should be careful to stay out of it for the future.
Germans should definitely be proud of that!
Multiple nations have committed multiple atrocities in history, even if not something like the Holocaust. None of them is learning to face these parts of their histories, none of them takes responsibility. Germany does.
The generation has changed and today's German are good people that bring a lot of amazing things to the world.
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Gruß aus Deutschland 😀
You gonna like reactin to the beat of Mein Teil of Rammstein, its so powerfull.. Liking and subscribing
Nice Reaction .
Have to tell you again , go to a Music -Store and try out a 5 String - Bass ... because you always go with the Drums .
I'm shure You would be a great Bass playing Lady ,
Bass and Drums make the Song ...try it out and be Surprised
2:20 Black, red, yellow. Colours of Germany flag.
Hi Verdy try watching Rammstein Feuer Frei, i think you will like it
best regards from Germany, well done:) Next Rammstein Reaction should be "Zeit" ...look for a Video with Subtitles and enjoy whith us together ;)
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Every time the guy said Deutschland that means Germany . Not German land, my correction
Eagles - Too Many Hands & Take the Devil. Stevie Nicks - Outside the Rain
React to Rammstein was ich liebe please?
Give that 1% a chance
Greetings from Oregon. I suggest Kraftwerk. Autobahn. Some courage will be involved. My 23 year old cat Phido and I both like you. A happy subscriber..
this is probably the best music video I ever watched. Can you react on "Dizzy DROS - M3A L3ECHRANE". He's a Moroccan rapper and this song came out today and received over 1 Million views in 18 hours. The music video of this song has an amazing production quality as well.
Here comes the sonne