For me as german this was so much fun to watch. I remember I was so blown away when i heard HOW big Rammstein is internationally. And yes, their live shows are unreal. You literally saw a stadium burning in germany from miles away and everyone thought something was on fire. Turned out it was a Rammstein Concert😂
I didn't find it awesome because they recently had a stadium concert near me on the same day I was at a Olivia Rodrigo concert and it took me hours to get home because the trains and trainstation were overcrowded because of all the Rammstein Fans.😅
lately on tiktok someone posted a video of a stadion were they played "Du hast" with all the rockets flying forward and backwards across the stadion and big explosion behind the stage... 90% of the people on tiktok thougth it was a war footage from Ukraine just to understand the size of their show....
YOU DO NOT SKIP RAMMSTEIN INTROS OR CREDITS. MORTAL SIN! Rammstein, Industrial Metal. This song is about how they as Germans feel about bering German and its history. The black lady is symbolising Germania (Symbolic figure of Germany). Imagine a US band singing honestly about how they feel about beeing American and American history! Enjoy the rest, wonderful music, poetic texts and amazing pictures. You will laugh, get scared and be shocked!
Agree with not skipping the credits. lol As for a US band making the equivalent song/video. I don't see it happening. Or at least not becoming a hit and having 268 million views. I think we are too fragile to deal with our past.
Hello. You did quite good. Kudos. 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 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 unfortunately you decided to skip(😉) 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. With love from Germany 🤘 😎
Thank you so much for this informative update on the video Eva. I just went to my first Rammstein concert and we’re absolutely blown away. The production, quality, the theatre, circus, dark humor. It was so overwhelming I imediately booked tickets for next gig. The band is to me a modern art phenomena as much as just a metal band. Thanks
@@spring_in_paris Schön zu lesen :) Mir gehts auch gut, der Ventilator ist direkt auf mich gerichtet und wedelt mir Luft zu... nur die Arbeit macht bei der Hitze echt keinen Spaß.
If you want to see, what Rammstein is about, do „Du Hast“ live in Paris. The crowd control, German band controlling french audience combined with the Rammstein live show is amazing
"Live in Paris," I'd rank as third. "Live in Paris," while being a great performance, live, there were some special effects applied, augmenting the recorded performance, making the video look a bit campy. Had the video director, and the editor shot it clean (without any video effects), the Paris video would have been better. Rammstein: Live in St. Petersburg, 2019, or Rammstein: Live at Madison Square Garden -- Both are excellent performances, and no special effects applied to the video, what you see is what the attending fans seen, providing as close an experience to being there, as one can have from home.
Rammstein intro and credits are literally as much a part of the experience as the core song. This song is a perfect example of that as the chaos of the song is followed by piano and scenes that provide much needed catharsis to balance.
I have a feeling you'd enjoy the hell out of Rammstein's "Zeit" (first single from this year's album under the same name) - it's a fantastic example of how these guys can do it all, and the mind-blowing variety of their sound.
A small rundown on Rammstein: They’re a German metal band who are in business since forever (at least it feels like that). A song you may know by them is “Sonne”, but there are surely other people who have more knowledge about them. I always tend more to German punkrock (f. e. Die Ärzte and Die Toten Hosen, both bands are legends and have been for over 40 years).
Very good reaction! But never ever skip the outro of a Rammstein Video, there is so much to watch. It's disrespectful, because there are so many talented people involved, to produce such a masterpiece. There are millions of Rammstein addicted people all over the world, and they will hate it, if you skip the credits. It's a big sacrilege!
Every moment of a Rammstein (pron: Rhomm-Shtyne) video is important. Even the outtro. For this one, the outtro is a piano melody if their incredible banger if a song, Sonne. If you liked this riff...listen to Sonne! You have over 25yrs of amazing music to discover by one of the.biggest bands in the world, famous for their live shows incorporating tons of pyrotechnics.
Wow..it's hard to believe that you're hearing Rammstein for the first time 😮, I've been listening to this band since I was 9 years old 🙈 But better late than never 😏😅👍 "Deutschland" is the most epic song and video in Rammstein's band history so far, I think. I just love it! It's hard for me to say which is my favorite song; in each album are favorite songs! But at the top of the list are definitely "Du Riechst So Gut", "Rammstein", "Mein Teil" and "Sonne" 🤟🤘 Have a listen 😁
Yeah, Rammstein are huge worldwide, since 1994. They sold out the New Yorker Madison Square garden within minutes multiple times, and tour with over 30 trucks. They won grammies and MTV awards. And their videos are excellent, only the best directors who also work with pop artists like Lady Gaga. So you're up to something. ^^ They had their breakthrough in the US in the 90ies, thanks to movie director David Lynch, who put their songs on his soundtracks. Rammstein also had an appearance in the movie Triple X with Vin Diesel, as themselves playing a show. They are well recognized in the US alternative scene, they are friends with Korn, Marilyn Manson, System of a down. They also played live on Jimmy Kimmel a few years ago. i recommend 2 videos to start with. "Rammstein: Paris - Du Hast (Official Video)", wich is an official live video, and maybe their best. "Rammstein - Zeit (Official Video)", wich is my favorite music video by them.
If you had to do an album breakdown please do Mutter. I think it’s their best work to this day. The orchestra on Mein Herz Brennt, Sonne, Links 2 3 4, Ich Will (one of my favourite if not my favourite) and Mutter an emotional slow track. And that’s just part of it!
Omg, can't believe you had never listened to Rammstein before! They are great, aren't they? My personal favorite is Mein herz brent (an oldie), give it a try! and hope you like it
The current tour of Rammstein simply says it all,. Amazing, incredible. They are totally taking the world by storm and fire. I was at the Minneapolis show. I'd never heard Du Hast sung by 30,000 people. Their concert is one of a kind theatre, and music. Every place the go, it's the same. Most incredible concert ever. And yet, they are humble, not egotists. At the end of their concert they got down on one knee, and bowed their heads to the audience. That was overwhelming. They were thanking the audience. Anyone who didn't go, has missed out on this one of a kind performance. I'm told they are touring through all of Europe in 2023. That's a long time on the road
I honestly feel like Rammstein gets better and better with every album they release. All of the lyrics are well constructed and always have a point. Just so you're aware, starting with songs like Deutschland, you can enable closed captioning and set the auto-translate to your language of choice. It really helps understand what exactly the song is about for those that can't speak German.
OMG finally i Like your Pop music reaction but Rammstein ist my Favoriten Band and i Love this reaction, hope to See more Rammstein reactions. They are the most incredible Band and do the best live Shows ive ever Seen. Til has such a beautiful voice. You should really Check Out more of their music.
Rammstein has a very deep breadth of material. It ranges from fast and relentless to soft and delicate, to dance club. Their live shows are the stuff of legend.
The Sonne (Sun) instrumental at the very end credits is a form of hope after retelling the history of Germany in the video which is a bit depressing. Sonne is about the sun rising. The lyrics are also very reminiscent of their old songs too, their history. It's pretty genius all around. Tills lyrics are like dark poetry and his voice is perfect to bring that across. They've always been amazing, even since their first album. I was introduced to them in the early 90s with Du Hast on MTV! (I'm 41 lol). Their videos are always very high production too and yes, their concerts are insane. React to some Madison Square Garden lives...brace yourself lol
You have just witnessed arguably the most expensive music video ever made... and money well spent for an amazing band especially following a 9 year gap between new material. They went big and it worked
Rammstein are a colossal band, and they're not only metal. They are so good on so many levels that every music lover has to listen carefully to them, in my opinion. And I don't even start talking about their videos' production value or live shows quality. They are simply amazing.
WOW! I‘m German but I’m not into Rammstein at all, it’s just not my genre but it was quite fun to watch. Maybe should react to Linkin Park. I just love them!
I grew up with Rammstein! (I'm from the Netherlands) My parents went see to them live like 2 weeks ago.. I deff recommend live videos, they are crazy with they're fireworks and sounding really good live!
Welcome to the rabbit hole of Rammstein and metal music in general 😉Since you mentioned you didn't expect that kind of voice in a metal song, I got some suggestions for you: Nightwish - The siren (live 2005), Ghost love score (live at Wacken 2013) Arch Enemy - Deceiver, deceiver (official video), Handshake with hell (official video) Feuerschwanz - Warriors of the world united (Manowar cover, official video), Metfest (official video) Eluveitie - Rebirth (official video) That's just a scratch on the surface, you'll see that metal music is VERY diverse 😉Greetings from Germany! 🤘
And you dont even get the BEST part of this... the lyrics. Rammstein is famous for their extremely provocative and insane texts... not so much this number, but for many others, you would even read the translation out loud in English. You should try more Rammstein and look up the translated lyrics. (Its always fun seeing others experience Rammstein and TOOL for the first time)
Rammstein is definitely the band worth checking. They are in the business for almost 30 years now and have a very unique style and vibe. They are famous for their live performances but also have high-quality videos. They are astonishing storytellers who can create multiple meanings for their songs (so it's always good to check their vids with English caps or official subs if U want to discover their full potential). Their heaviness does not necessarily lay in their music itself but more in their lyrics and visuals and how skillfully they are using controversy and cross the lines - I mean, any lines. There is no "no-go" zone for Rammstein's creativity :)
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
boy you have a very fresh perspective for this videos and Rammstein is incredibly wonderful, please do more, there are many classics of Rammstein that you would surely love. Chliean viewer
Going to see Rammstein in Minneapolis this month, can't wait. The live show they put on is insane, all the band members are licensed pyrotechnicians there is fire everywhere at a Rammstein show.
OMG!!! Blake 😭😭😭 i've been wathcing your channel for some time now, but i never clicked on a video so fast when i saw this! i'm so glad you did this! rammstein is one of my ult bands and i've been on their live show few weeks ago for the first time! it was one of the best expiriences i've ever had, and i kid you not, i lost hearing in my left ear for two days LMAO Till's voice live was like a thunder thank you for reacting to it, i would definetely love to see more of that side of music too 💜
I looooove rammstein! Their music is one of the reasons I started learning German. Your friends are right, their live shows are crazy. I would suggest you to listen to RADIO and from their latest album my fav is ANGST
Rammstein is a band where their music videos have so many meanings (serious to hilarious) and then you’ll be blown away with their live videos with their showmanship and pyro.
it's so cute to see someone who've never heard of Rammstein 😄 they are soooo famous in Europe and USA. I knew about them since I was a child, but only when I grew up, I could completely appreciate their music. so many masterpieces! Fantastic videos and meaningful songs ( or satirical) One love❤️
I think one of the best lines was where it said..."He who climbs high will fall low. Germany, Germany above all (everybody)" Which implies that germany thought it was above everyone so much that it fell to rock bottom. The song represents the band's conflict with their love for their country and their feelings of guilt for it's dark history.
Not connecting the visuals and lyrics from this song is missing the whole point why this song exists in the first place!! This is such an important statement about their country and its history and how Germans still suffer from that daily. Some songs represent such huge historical awareness. This consciousness is seldom seen or heard of in music! The video shows a very deep look into the german soul feeling and how most of them feel about their country. It's a very tough love/ hate relationship for most I guess. Eva Libbach (who I don't know personally) has more info about the context of the song here down below. Thanks for that Eva! There are also videos on RUclips that provide more context. Thanks for doing something different this time BLAKE! This is easily becoming one of my favourite channels, so thanks for that!!! ( I'm from Holland btw and luckily have many German friends nowadays!)
BLAKE OH MY GOD!!!! I've been a massive fan of theirs for so long and I was not expecting this video from you. Wow. YES! Please react to some Metallica as well, it's so cool to watch you point out the differences between the genres and the music is so good. So happy that you enjoyed it!
fun fact: the lead-in to 'Deutschland' is featured in the movie 'Sicario', as they're flying into Mexico... just before he says 'there she is - the beast. Juarez." 😎
I think the best compliment for a metal act would be watching a video of someone reaction to your video, and they whole time they're just shaking their head, but smiling and going "wow".
Dont scip the outro. This masterpiece is not complete without it. What i see is, that you havent understand the song. The KZ Scene is strong, very strong. You smile and then you realized what you see. Thas great. But what will "Till" say with it? What means Überheblich, überlegen Übernehmen, übergeben Überraschen, überfallen Deutschland, Deutschland über allen ? Right. Hear the next part! (Deutschland!) Mein Herz in Flammen (My heart in flames) Will dich lieben und verdammen (will love you and damn you) (Deutschland!) Dein Atem kalt (your breath is cold) So jung und doch so alt (so young and yet so old) (Deutschland!) Deine Liebe ist Fluch und Segen (Your love is a blessing and a curse) (Deutschland!) Meine Liebe kann ich dir nicht geben (I can't give you my love) Then in the outro you can see the cast of the video. All the people from WW1 and WW2 are polish / jewish. This song shows the history of germany and maybe only the dark side. But its history! Every Country has history. Live you can see till reaction by this song. Its not easy to sing for him. His voice goes up and down several times!
More Ramstein would be greatly appreciated - I'm not a huge fan of the metal genre in general, but these guys deliver every single time; great vocals, evocative melodies, and generally kick-ass lyrics.
That was probably the most intense video you could have picked from Rammstein. Loved your amazed facial expression, like a little kid unwrapping the Christmas present. As for Live versions of Rammstein, a viewing of "Pussy" would likely drop your jaw. You may not want to play the studio version of the song as YT may have an issue with it. "Auslaender" is fun viewing of an incredibly catch, almost techno song. "Mein Teil" features incredible live stunts surrounding the dark story of this song. As for other metal bands, there is the inevitable Nightwish. You start with "Ghost Love Score" live from Wacken 2013, continue with "Romanticide", work you way to "The greatest show on earth". Only then, and only then you end up with "The Poet and the Pendulum". Of course, there is Jinjer "Pisces" which under no circumstances you should preview. Then there is Floor Jansen and Henk Poort performing "Phantom of the Opera" on "Beste Zangers".
Omg!!! Rammstein!!! Yes! Never ever expect that here but sooo glad you did it. My favorite band since years now next to BTS! How it works? Easy, they are both awesome! Next one; Rammstein; ich will Or, falling in reverse; the drug in me is reimagined
If you want more metal to listen to, every eventually has to do a reaction to Nightwish Ghost Love Score live at Wacken 2013, and the rest of that set once the Nightwish army has been summoned
I really don't watch reactions at all, but this one really entertains me. Your reactions are so real, nothing seems fake or over the top. Please keep reacting to metal, I really wanna stay here for content like this!
Ok, the „do NOT skip the outro of a Rammstein video“ was mentioned here before I think 😊 I will be happy to see more reactions from you to the best band in the world. Plenty of videos with English subs out there. You should react to live videos like Sonne, Berlin 2019 or the current stadium tour. There’s so much to choose from. You‘ll have many loyal fans for your channel - if you don‘t skip the outro !! Love from Germany 🇩🇪🤘🏻❤️🔥🤘🏻
Almost all their videos are imaginative and excellent productions - Ich Will (studio) Mein Herz Brennt (Studio), Sonne (Studio), Mein Teil (Studio), Radio (Studio) and Auslander (Studio) then watch the 1st 4 LIVE along with Du Hast Live and Engel (Live) and maybe Feuer Frei - They are all different Enjoy!!! Plenty more where those come from as well
At first I think there is much more to explore on Planet Rammstein ! Hahaha Try the video to "Zeit" ! This is very different to "Deutschland". It's more a kind of art.
one could class this broadly as industrial metal based on the beat pattern and synth elements, but it has it's own genre in germany called 'neue deutsche harte' (new german hardness)
@ 8:23 LOVE the Tenacious D reference there!!! You just scored another sub.... This song is about acknowledging the history, good and bad, of Germany. Not shying away from it, nor being proud of it. People have no idea just how in depth this song really is. They see the imagery and turn away. Labeling them racist and hateful, when the truth is FAR away from that!!!
Great reaction - love this song. If you have not been Down the Nightwish rabbithole yet - you have something extraordinary waiting for you - the composer is known as Metal Mozart and the lead Singer, Floor Jansen, is World class. Start with Ghost Love Score from Wacken In 2013 and take it from there….greetings from Denmark
A song that would make a great reaction is I'm not a Vampire (Revamped) from Falling in Reverse. There's the original version from 2011, but the revamp version from 2021 is insane and so different. Comparing both versions would make a great video :)
I believe exploring more metal in the future is going to be amazing, it's a genre that always pushes the limits of music from 10 to 11, also why a lot of the old stuff is still so great today Also idk if slayer is a good starter lol, unless you know what you're getting into 😈 But metallica would be great to start with and then go into more extreme stuff
Love love love this band. They are SICK live. Best concert I've ever been to. Just so much going on and they nail it. Til's voice is amazing. And their mix of heavy shit with sorta a pop like beat behind it, industrial style metal, just hit's everything I love with music. So cool you did them. This isn't even close to my favourite song of theirs, but it hits good lol
The thing I love about Rammstein is that every single time I listen to a track, regardless of when it was recorded, I hear something new. Deutschland is a track I listen to time and again; it's so solid and strong and passionate and emotional. It makes my heart flutter every time I hear it. But man, never skip the credits ... ever!
Yes, this is intense but I honestly think that they captured really well how it feels to be German. Like, I’m 22 and somehow I feel shame for my country’s history although I had nothing to do with it all obviously. I didn’t even experience the divide of Germany anymore. But we talk about it in school sooo much in order to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself. But it hits you hard especially since there are still quite a few Nazis here who have kept that “Gedankengut” as we say it (that integral notion of the Nazis)…. and Germany is now quite advanced and a big leader and such but sometimes you are truly torn between loving Germany and staying here and just wanting to leave
@@BlakeMcLain Heyo btw it's also technically pronounced "rum" instead of ram. PS. I was so frickin hyped when I saw the notification for this, I would love to see you react to more of their music, great vid!
Maybe I'll start doing Metal Mondays on the channel hahaha
Yes please! You have to react to Architects.
This is a great idea! Maybe you'll do Avenged Sevenfold someday?
@@azazel_67 hell yeah!
Nice job, Blake. It really is.
hi blake! react demi lovato's new rock song substance!! also her upcoming rock album on august 19th!!
For me as german this was so much fun to watch. I remember I was so blown away when i heard HOW big Rammstein is internationally. And yes, their live shows are unreal. You literally saw a stadium burning in germany from miles away and everyone thought something was on fire. Turned out it was a Rammstein Concert😂
That's fucking awesome hahahah
I didn't find it awesome because they recently had a stadium concert near me on the same day I was at a Olivia Rodrigo concert and it took me hours to get home because the trains and trainstation were overcrowded because of all the Rammstein Fans.😅
@@Lina-sq6rd maybe the wrong concert? 🤔🤣
Concert in Cardiff England could be heard 11 miles away I think it was
lately on tiktok someone posted a video of a stadion were they played "Du hast" with all the rockets flying forward and backwards across the stadion and big explosion behind the stage... 90% of the people on tiktok thougth it was a war footage from Ukraine just to understand the size of their show....
Deutschland is the most ambitious song from Rammsteig to begin with. Missing the credits at the end is a crime.
and ignorance ...
Most ambitious?
@@jager9022 Aber natürlich !
The credits sublime the all song. It's so a shame to miss it.
@@melaniegerday3171 Hey Melanie. You're right,
but the guy didn't know, as we do.
YOU DO NOT SKIP RAMMSTEIN INTROS OR CREDITS. MORTAL SIN!
Rammstein, Industrial Metal. This song is about how they as Germans feel about bering German and its history. The black lady is symbolising Germania (Symbolic figure of Germany). Imagine a US band singing honestly about how they feel about beeing American and American history! Enjoy the rest, wonderful music, poetic texts and amazing pictures. You will laugh, get scared and be shocked!
Agree with not skipping the credits. lol
As for a US band making the equivalent song/video. I don't see it happening. Or at least not becoming a hit and having 268 million views. I think we are too fragile to deal with our past.
@@ClintMaas I´d say Bruce Springsteens Born in the USA comes pretty close to that.
jupp, love greeetings from Hamburg (this is only a Comuter, remenber)
@@Der_Freibeuter I was just about to write that!!!!! 😅
People just don't know that there HAVE already been songs like this referring to the US!!!
@@ClintMaas Dont "Rise Against" have a few song about US. Like Hero of War
Hello. You did quite good. Kudos.
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 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 unfortunately you decided to skip(😉) 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.
With love from Germany 🤘 😎
Thank you so much for this informative update on the video Eva.
I just went to my first Rammstein concert and we’re absolutely blown away. The production, quality, the theatre, circus, dark humor. It was so overwhelming I imediately booked tickets for next gig.
The band is to me a modern art phenomena as much as just a metal band.
Thanks
Immer wieder witzig, wie oft ich dich in den Kommentaren von reactions lese :D hoffe dir gehts gut!
@@fineflavour4493 Tut es. Danke der Nachfrage. Hoffe Dir geht's auch gut. In der Sommerhitze.
@@spring_in_paris Schön zu lesen :) Mir gehts auch gut, der Ventilator ist direkt auf mich gerichtet und wedelt mir Luft zu... nur die Arbeit macht bei der Hitze echt keinen Spaß.
@@fineflavour4493 oje. Keine Klimaanlage auf der Arbeit. Habe aktuell Urlaub. 😎
To be fair, the credits are the most emotional part of the track. It's a piano arrangement of a Rammstein song called "Sonne". Beautiful track.
Never stop a Rammstein-Video till it is really the end....
If you want to see, what Rammstein is about, do „Du Hast“ live in Paris.
The crowd control, German band controlling french audience combined with the Rammstein live show is amazing
"Live in Paris," I'd rank as third. "Live in Paris," while being a great performance, live, there were some special effects applied, augmenting the recorded performance, making the video look a bit campy. Had the video director, and the editor shot it clean (without any video effects), the Paris video would have been better.
Rammstein: Live in St. Petersburg, 2019, or Rammstein: Live at Madison Square Garden -- Both are excellent performances, and no special effects applied to the video, what you see is what the attending fans seen, providing as close an experience to being there, as one can have from home.
"Du Hast“ live in Paris was the wildest concert I have ever seen. Just an awesome stage show.
Was there, absolute madness
I was there👋 it was a collective orgasm 😊
Rammstein intro and credits are literally as much a part of the experience as the core song. This song is a perfect example of that as the chaos of the song is followed by piano and scenes that provide much needed catharsis to balance.
I have a feeling you'd enjoy the hell out of Rammstein's "Zeit" (first single from this year's album under the same name) - it's a fantastic example of how these guys can do it all, and the mind-blowing variety of their sound.
never skip the credits
A small rundown on Rammstein:
They’re a German metal band who are in business since forever (at least it feels like that). A song you may know by them is “Sonne”, but there are surely other people who have more knowledge about them.
I always tend more to German punkrock (f. e. Die Ärzte and Die Toten Hosen, both bands are legends and have been for over 40 years).
Yesss check out die Ärzte please!
@@miae7800 but the old stuff…..Claudia hat nen Schäferhund i.e.
@@gunvlog or Schrei nach Liebe, that would be cool as well ☺️
Forever in business is a band like The Rolling Stones... Rammstein is around just since 1995.
@@merlesstorys nee, Claudia hat nen Schäferhund oder Hier kommt Alex.da waren die Ärzte regelmäßig auf dem Index. Da war die Welt noch in Ordnung
pls show the same respect, like Rammstein do, and don´t cut off the credits (beautiful and helps to understand the Video too)
Very good reaction! But never ever skip the outro of a Rammstein Video, there is so much to watch. It's disrespectful, because there are so many talented people involved, to produce such a masterpiece. There are millions of Rammstein addicted people all over the world, and they will hate it, if you skip the credits. It's a big sacrilege!
Yeah, to skip here is a crime... Especially as you could enjoy a piano version of a second iconic Rammstein song "Sonne". NEVER SKIP! 🧐
Listen to them. We really hate it when somebody skips the outro. And another thing: read the lyrics beforehand. It is worth it.
Every moment of a Rammstein (pron: Rhomm-Shtyne) video is important. Even the outtro. For this one, the outtro is a piano melody if their incredible banger if a song, Sonne. If you liked this riff...listen to Sonne! You have over 25yrs of amazing music to discover by one of the.biggest bands in the world, famous for their live shows incorporating tons of pyrotechnics.
And pop fans think the BTS ARMY is vicious. Rammstein fans gave birth to fandom power. 😆
Dude, chill, it's just a song, a good one, but a song
Never stop a Rammstein video before it ends
Wow..it's hard to believe that you're hearing Rammstein for the first time 😮, I've been listening to this band since I was 9 years old 🙈 But better late than never 😏😅👍
"Deutschland" is the most epic song and video in Rammstein's band history so far, I think. I just love it!
It's hard for me to say which is my favorite song; in each album are favorite songs! But at the top of the list are definitely "Du Riechst So Gut", "Rammstein", "Mein Teil" and "Sonne" 🤟🤘 Have a listen 😁
Yeah, Rammstein are huge worldwide, since 1994. They sold out the New Yorker Madison Square garden within minutes multiple times, and tour with over 30 trucks. They won grammies and MTV awards. And their videos are excellent, only the best directors who also work with pop artists like Lady Gaga. So you're up to something. ^^
They had their breakthrough in the US in the 90ies, thanks to movie director David Lynch, who put their songs on his soundtracks. Rammstein also had an appearance in the movie Triple X with Vin Diesel, as themselves playing a show. They are well recognized in the US alternative scene, they are friends with Korn, Marilyn Manson, System of a down. They also played live on Jimmy Kimmel a few years ago.
i recommend 2 videos to start with.
"Rammstein: Paris - Du Hast (Official Video)", wich is an official live video, and maybe their best.
"Rammstein - Zeit (Official Video)", wich is my favorite music video by them.
If you had to do an album breakdown please do Mutter. I think it’s their best work to this day. The orchestra on Mein Herz Brennt, Sonne, Links 2 3 4, Ich Will (one of my favourite if not my favourite) and Mutter an emotional slow track. And that’s just part of it!
Mutter official mv is another top tier production. Actually, I'm a big fan of all their official mvs.
Omg, can't believe you had never listened to Rammstein before! They are great, aren't they? My personal favorite is Mein herz brent (an oldie), give it a try! and hope you like it
My personal favorites are the early songs. Heirate mich, du riechst so gut, and many more. The mutter album is a masterpiece too
@@Blomrutger Mutter is my absolute favourite album! I was kinda obsessed with it when it came out, haha.
The current tour of Rammstein simply says it all,. Amazing, incredible. They are totally taking the world by storm and fire. I was at the Minneapolis show. I'd never heard Du Hast sung by 30,000 people. Their concert is one of a kind theatre, and music. Every place the go, it's the same. Most incredible concert ever. And yet, they are humble, not egotists. At the end of their concert they got down on one knee, and bowed their heads to the audience. That was overwhelming. They were thanking the audience. Anyone who didn't go, has missed out on this one of a kind performance. I'm told they are touring through all of Europe in 2023. That's a long time on the road
I honestly feel like Rammstein gets better and better with every album they release. All of the lyrics are well constructed and always have a point. Just so you're aware, starting with songs like Deutschland, you can enable closed captioning and set the auto-translate to your language of choice. It really helps understand what exactly the song is about for those that can't speak German.
OMG finally i Like your Pop music reaction but Rammstein ist my Favoriten Band and i Love this reaction, hope to See more Rammstein reactions. They are the most incredible Band and do the best live Shows ive ever Seen. Til has such a beautiful voice. You should really Check Out more of their music.
Rammstein has a very deep breadth of material. It ranges from fast and relentless to soft and delicate, to dance club. Their live shows are the stuff of legend.
Omggg so happy you covered this!! This song is just amazing. Full tingles
You Must Watch the whole Video . Rammstein s OUTRO are very important .
finally some german content🫶
Yaas😍
yess
The Sonne (Sun) instrumental at the very end credits is a form of hope after retelling the history of Germany in the video which is a bit depressing. Sonne is about the sun rising. The lyrics are also very reminiscent of their old songs too, their history. It's pretty genius all around. Tills lyrics are like dark poetry and his voice is perfect to bring that across. They've always been amazing, even since their first album. I was introduced to them in the early 90s with Du Hast on MTV! (I'm 41 lol). Their videos are always very high production too and yes, their concerts are insane. React to some Madison Square Garden lives...brace yourself lol
You have just witnessed arguably the most expensive music video ever made... and money well spent for an amazing band especially following a 9 year gap between new material. They went big and it worked
Rammstein are a colossal band, and they're not only metal. They are so good on so many levels that every music lover has to listen carefully to them, in my opinion. And I don't even start talking about their videos' production value or live shows quality. They are simply amazing.
WOW! I‘m German but I’m not into Rammstein at all, it’s just not my genre but it was quite fun to watch. Maybe should react to Linkin Park. I just love them!
Please react to more Rammstein their new album "Zeit" is so good as well😍
Really enjoyed your reaction, please never cut the credits to a Rammstein video, it’s criminal
Been subscribed for years but I think this is my favorite reaction you've ever done!
I grew up with Rammstein! (I'm from the Netherlands) My parents went see to them live like 2 weeks ago.. I deff recommend live videos, they are crazy with they're fireworks and sounding really good live!
Welcome to the rabbit hole of Rammstein and metal music in general 😉Since you mentioned you didn't expect that kind of voice in a metal song, I got some suggestions for you:
Nightwish - The siren (live 2005), Ghost love score (live at Wacken 2013)
Arch Enemy - Deceiver, deceiver (official video), Handshake with hell (official video)
Feuerschwanz - Warriors of the world united (Manowar cover, official video), Metfest (official video)
Eluveitie - Rebirth (official video)
That's just a scratch on the surface, you'll see that metal music is VERY diverse 😉Greetings from Germany! 🤘
And you dont even get the BEST part of this... the lyrics. Rammstein is famous for their extremely provocative and insane texts... not so much this number, but for many others, you would even read the translation out loud in English.
You should try more Rammstein and look up the translated lyrics.
(Its always fun seeing others experience Rammstein and TOOL for the first time)
I mean, he is a producer and reacting to it from that aspect, and not lyrically
Rule Number 1 !
Never quit the Credits on Rammstein ! Never !
Hello Blake ,the story behind it - they show every epoch of Germany. So German history in 9 minutes.Well done!
Rammstein is definitely the band worth checking. They are in the business for almost 30 years now and have a very unique style and vibe. They are famous for their live performances but also have high-quality videos. They are astonishing storytellers who can create multiple meanings for their songs (so it's always good to check their vids with English caps or official subs if U want to discover their full potential). Their heaviness does not necessarily lay in their music itself but more in their lyrics and visuals and how skillfully they are using controversy and cross the lines - I mean, any lines. There is no "no-go" zone for Rammstein's creativity :)
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
boy you have a very fresh perspective for this videos and Rammstein is incredibly wonderful, please do more, there are many classics of Rammstein that you would surely love. Chliean viewer
Going to see Rammstein in Minneapolis this month, can't wait. The live show they put on is insane, all the band members are licensed pyrotechnicians there is fire everywhere at a Rammstein show.
Same! I saw them on the MiG tour and we're two weeks away from this show. It's gonna be a blast!
OMG!!! Blake 😭😭😭 i've been wathcing your channel for some time now, but i never clicked on a video so fast when i saw this! i'm so glad you did this! rammstein is one of my ult bands and i've been on their live show few weeks ago for the first time! it was one of the best expiriences i've ever had, and i kid you not, i lost hearing in my left ear for two days LMAO Till's voice live was like a thunder
thank you for reacting to it, i would definetely love to see more of that side of music too 💜
You should definetly check out one of their newer songs called "Zeit".
Its almost like some beautiful sort of balade
I looooove rammstein! Their music is one of the reasons I started learning German. Your friends are right, their live shows are crazy. I would suggest you to listen to RADIO and from their latest album my fav is ANGST
Rammstein is a band where their music videos have so many meanings (serious to hilarious) and then you’ll be blown away with their live videos with their showmanship and pyro.
Omg I love this. I would definitely appreciate every once in while some metal or other genres
it's so cute to see someone who've never heard of Rammstein 😄 they are soooo famous in Europe and USA. I knew about them since I was a child, but only when I grew up, I could completely appreciate their music. so many masterpieces! Fantastic videos and meaningful songs ( or satirical)
One love❤️
They're huge in Latin America too :)
Oh and I have decided to subscribe and hope to see more Rammstein reactions 😍💕
I think one of the best lines was where it said..."He who climbs high will fall low. Germany, Germany above all (everybody)" Which implies that germany thought it was above everyone so much that it fell to rock bottom.
The song represents the band's conflict with their love for their country and their feelings of guilt for it's dark history.
Not connecting the visuals and lyrics from this song is missing the whole point why this song exists in the first place!! This is such an important statement about their country and its history and how Germans still suffer from that daily. Some songs represent such huge historical awareness. This consciousness is seldom seen or heard of in music! The video shows a very deep look into the german soul feeling and how most of them feel about their country. It's a very tough love/ hate relationship for most I guess. Eva Libbach (who I don't know personally) has more info about the context of the song here down below. Thanks for that Eva! There are also videos on RUclips that provide more context. Thanks for doing something different this time BLAKE! This is easily becoming one of my favourite channels, so thanks for that!!! ( I'm from Holland btw and luckily have many German friends nowadays!)
it's so cool to see someone experiencing Rammstein for the first time
Arguably one of the best peaces of music to ever come out of Germany.
No disrespect to rammstein, but they literally have to compete against bach, mozart, and beethoven. It's a massacre lol. Love rammstein though
Fine reaction, sire! First live reaction should be "Du hast" live Paris. Then you can do "Engel", live Madison Square Garden.
Please go down the rabbit hole of Rammstein. You will not be disappointed.
One of the most insane call-and-respond-moments with rammstein is any live version of "ich will". Please watch that!
...and Sonne, counting to ten... 😆
Seen them live and must say it was the best concert I have been to.
Blake, DJ here from old studio 54 back in the day. PLEASE CONSIDER to play 25 or 6 to 4. Chicago Love the channel. Barron
You skipped the credits. Sonne, the piano version at the end is a Rammstein original. It's also one of their other videos you should check out.
omg im so excited you reacted to this song i love it so much
I'd love to see more Rammstein or metal in general
If you skipped the credits ,you didn't get the full feeling of sadness about what was shown in the video.
BLAKE OH MY GOD!!!! I've been a massive fan of theirs for so long and I was not expecting this video from you. Wow. YES! Please react to some Metallica as well, it's so cool to watch you point out the differences between the genres and the music is so good. So happy that you enjoyed it!
fun fact: the lead-in to 'Deutschland' is featured in the movie 'Sicario', as they're flying into Mexico... just before he says 'there she is - the beast. Juarez."
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I think the best compliment for a metal act would be watching a video of someone reaction to your video, and they whole time they're just shaking their head, but smiling and going "wow".
Dont scip the outro. This masterpiece is not complete without it.
What i see is, that you havent understand the song.
The KZ Scene is strong, very strong. You smile and then you realized what you see. Thas great. But what will "Till" say with it?
What means
Überheblich, überlegen
Übernehmen, übergeben
Überraschen, überfallen
Deutschland, Deutschland über allen
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Right. Hear the next part!
(Deutschland!) Mein Herz in Flammen (My heart in flames)
Will dich lieben und verdammen (will love you and damn you)
(Deutschland!) Dein Atem kalt (your breath is cold)
So jung und doch so alt (so young and yet so old)
(Deutschland!) Deine Liebe ist Fluch und Segen (Your love is a blessing and a curse)
(Deutschland!) Meine Liebe kann ich dir nicht geben (I can't give you my love)
Then in the outro you can see the cast of the video. All the people from WW1 and WW2 are polish / jewish.
This song shows the history of germany and maybe only the dark side. But its history! Every Country has history. Live you can see till reaction by this song. Its not easy to sing for him. His voice goes up and down several times!
More Ramstein would be greatly appreciated - I'm not a huge fan of the metal genre in general, but these guys deliver every single time; great vocals, evocative melodies, and generally kick-ass lyrics.
Love these videosss😭
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That was probably the most intense video you could have picked from Rammstein. Loved your amazed facial expression, like a little kid unwrapping the Christmas present. As for Live versions of Rammstein, a viewing of "Pussy" would likely drop your jaw. You may not want to play the studio version of the song as YT may have an issue with it. "Auslaender" is fun viewing of an incredibly catch, almost techno song. "Mein Teil" features incredible live stunts surrounding the dark story of this song. As for other metal bands, there is the inevitable Nightwish. You start with "Ghost Love Score" live from Wacken 2013, continue with "Romanticide", work you way to "The greatest show on earth". Only then, and only then you end up with "The Poet and the Pendulum". Of course, there is Jinjer "Pisces" which under no circumstances you should preview. Then there is Floor Jansen and Henk Poort performing "Phantom of the Opera" on "Beste Zangers".
Omg!!! Rammstein!!! Yes!
Never ever expect that here but sooo glad you did it.
My favorite band since years now next to BTS!
How it works? Easy, they are both awesome!
Next one; Rammstein; ich will
Or, falling in reverse; the drug in me is reimagined
If you want more metal to listen to, every eventually has to do a reaction to Nightwish Ghost Love Score live at Wacken 2013, and the rest of that set once the Nightwish army has been summoned
NEVER SKIP RAMMSTEIN MUSIC !
Rammstein „Du Hast“ live in Paris
Nothing like them! I'm seventy years old and I REALLY dig them!
I really don't watch reactions at all, but this one really entertains me. Your reactions are so real, nothing seems fake or over the top. Please keep reacting to metal, I really wanna stay here for content like this!
Ok, the „do NOT skip the outro of a Rammstein video“ was mentioned here before I think 😊 I will be happy to see more reactions from you to the best band in the world. Plenty of videos with English subs out there. You should react to live videos like Sonne, Berlin 2019 or the current stadium tour. There’s so much to choose from. You‘ll have many loyal fans for your channel - if you don‘t skip the outro !! Love from Germany 🇩🇪🤘🏻❤️🔥🤘🏻
Almost all their videos are imaginative and excellent productions - Ich Will (studio) Mein Herz Brennt (Studio), Sonne (Studio), Mein Teil (Studio), Radio (Studio) and Auslander (Studio) then watch the 1st 4 LIVE along with Du Hast Live and Engel (Live) and maybe Feuer Frei - They are all different Enjoy!!! Plenty more where those come from as well
Engel's stage is incredible. The wings...
At first I think there is much more to explore on Planet Rammstein !
Hahaha
Try the video to "Zeit" ! This is very different to "Deutschland". It's more a kind of art.
one could class this broadly as industrial metal based on the beat pattern and synth elements, but it has it's own genre in germany called 'neue deutsche harte' (new german hardness)
Never quit a Rammstein outro.
@ 8:23 LOVE the Tenacious D reference there!!! You just scored another sub....
This song is about acknowledging the history, good and bad, of Germany. Not shying away from it, nor being proud of it.
People have no idea just how in depth this song really is. They see the imagery and turn away. Labeling them racist and hateful, when the truth is FAR away from that!!!
Great reaction - love this song. If you have not been Down the Nightwish rabbithole yet - you have something extraordinary waiting for you - the composer is known as Metal Mozart and the lead Singer, Floor Jansen, is World class. Start with Ghost Love Score from Wacken In 2013 and take it from there….greetings from Denmark
I'm not shure if you understand the depth of emotions, history and symbolism of this song. But I like that you enjoyed it on a musical level.
A song that would make a great reaction is I'm not a Vampire (Revamped) from Falling in Reverse. There's the original version from 2011, but the revamp version from 2021 is insane and so different. Comparing both versions would make a great video :)
I believe exploring more metal in the future is going to be amazing, it's a genre that always pushes the limits of music from 10 to 11, also why a lot of the old stuff is still so great today
Also idk if slayer is a good starter lol, unless you know what you're getting into 😈
But metallica would be great to start with and then go into more extreme stuff
Love love love this band. They are SICK live. Best concert I've ever been to. Just so much going on and they nail it. Til's voice is amazing. And their mix of heavy shit with sorta a pop like beat behind it, industrial style metal, just hit's everything I love with music. So cool you did them. This isn't even close to my favourite song of theirs, but it hits good lol
You should've react to Rammstein Zeit, I think thats right up your ally
The thing I love about Rammstein is that every single time I listen to a track, regardless of when it was recorded, I hear something new. Deutschland is a track I listen to time and again; it's so solid and strong and passionate and emotional. It makes my heart flutter every time I hear it. But man, never skip the credits ... ever!
Yes, this is intense but I honestly think that they captured really well how it feels to be German. Like, I’m 22 and somehow I feel shame for my country’s history although I had nothing to do with it all obviously. I didn’t even experience the divide of Germany anymore. But we talk about it in school sooo much in order to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself. But it hits you hard especially since there are still quite a few Nazis here who have kept that “Gedankengut” as we say it (that integral notion of the Nazis)…. and Germany is now quite advanced and a big leader and such but sometimes you are truly torn between loving Germany and staying here and just wanting to leave
5:30 I think of "pop" as more of a format than a genre. Thats why you can mash up things like The Perfect Drug and Shake It Off and it still works.
Since you’re new to metal you should check out some Disturbed. Stricken is a great one to start with.
Musically this is a masterpiece. Even more so as a music video.
Went to see them Last month in the Principality Station Best Concert hands down you could feel the Flames
oh, if youre going down this rabbit hole, you have to listen to Mein Hertz Brennt "piano version", its epic
So, so happy right now.
Enjoyed the video. It's always entertaining to watch a Rammstein virgin.
Next I recommend listening to Rammstein "Ich Tu Dir Weh" the Madison Square Garden live performance. One of the best live performances ever!
Hello Blake, my friend. RAMM- STEIN (ein as in FINE)
damn I knew it!
@@BlakeMcLain Heyo btw it's also technically pronounced "rum" instead of ram.
PS. I was so frickin hyped when I saw the notification for this, I would love to see you react to more of their music, great vid!
you have to watch more videos of rammstein the live shows are just awesome and a must.
He skipped the credits sadge