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Finally someone who noticed the Hindenburg...
I aslo want to write that 😂😂 thx
Omg yes
@@79Testarossi you're welcome 😆
It's the first thing I ever saw. They also used Zeppelins or airships to promote their shows in LA. I spotted one sitting on my girlfriend's balcony and lost my shit. Haha
Plenty of people also miss the U Boat at the very beginning when the austronauts are carrying the Coffin hiding next to them in the shadows.
When I was about 9 - 10 years old, everyone in the class had to do a speech - in front of the class - about a chosen subject. Mine was the Hindenburg Disaster. Some 30 years later, I find myself working on a new airship at Lakehurst (where the Hindenburg Disaster occurred) having my photo taken at the Hindenburg Memorial. So no, I noticed it immediately.
If you know German history, everything makes sense in this video!
ok, can you explain the astronauts then (and the spaceship?)
@@Kilroy-was-here-d1k There was a space program in the 40s with Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun rocket engineer and then there was Sigmund Jähn, the first German in space with Soyuz 31! Ulf Merbold, the first ESA astronaut in space and the astronaut groups of DFVLR/DLR Renate Brümmer, Hans Schlegel, Gerhard Thiele, Heike Walpot and Ulrich Walter Space Shuttle!
@@ralfhabich2875 von Braun and others just invented the rocket science hence the V2 reference. Ok, there were German astronauts, so have other nations, I wouldnt argue that this makes German history unique....
@@Kilroy-was-here-d1k
Did someone claimed it to be unique?
@@BewareOfTheKraut uhm thats what the entire video is about. By the way every nation has its unique history.
Rammstein packed almost 23 centuries of German history in a 9 minutes music video. So no wonder it's fully packed with symbols and allusions that every German understands while the lyrics describe the ambivalence every native German feels about loving and hating the German (and so even their own) roots.
Many europeans understand too (no need of the lyrics : the symbols talk).
We learn our history at school (without chauvinism), unlike US.
Everyone in the world should know that, as an example of what to do, or not to do.
Not knowing that history, it is now repeating, in many countries,
with different forms, and it turns to global catastrophy.
Learn from the past, and don't be jerks...
The Outro is the Piano Version of "Sonne" btw
Really😯😯😯😯
I was about to say the same thing.
Very shortly I was thinking: "Sonne? Farin Urlaub, Robert Long? No Robert Long had `In der Sonne´".
Anyway too many German/Dutch Sonne Songs.
I thought so.... I'm getting better at understanding the philosophy of Rammstein now.
the piano version of sonne at the end is so beautifully tragic sounding it feels so sad , it fits so well being placed at the end of this chaotic video
The piano is actually another song by them called Sonne (english Sun).
@@tekkris that's what ryan said '' the piano version of sonne'' lol.
I wonder if it also has a meaning with Germania in "Snowwhites" coffin at the end, cause it was also used in Sonne ... perhaps there is even a deeper connection. i.e. like everyone here is admiring her and working hard to have her calm and not get angry again.
@@donchillow527 I always saw the Snowwhite's coffin reference as an allusion to the original fairy tale, where Snowwhite was believed to be dead until she was kissed by a prince. It's a bittersweet hope, that all of that barbarism comes to a happy end, but with a pessimistic sping as the dwarves/astronauts seemingly accomplished their mission this time without a noble prince showing up.
@@hansauger3460 I think, that the barbarism really just started when the romans came and we got converted to christianity. This is the time where suddenly women who had equal rights and were respected became hunted when they were smart or not just used as birthing machines (like supposed in roman christianity). Women were elected clan leaders by the tribes in our "barabaric times". Things changed when christianity was ruling ... there is a reason their time of rule is called "the dark ages".
Healers were also only allowed to be women in the old german culture (cause they were the ones giving life), for christians, they then were witches and needed to be killed, just cause they themselfs didn't know how to process local berries and mushrooms to not be poisonous.
The roman katholic church was doing what it could best, strip women from rights and freedoms and start wars to enrich themselfs ... like they do, since they exist.
I'm not talking about christs message here but if you do the reasearch you will find out what the romans did to that message when they decided to write the bible and propagate their own religious rules as "christianity" ...i.e. killing everyone who had a version of the bible petrus wrote, cause it had too much rules that would not have been accepted by romans (it is all written in historic letters from the pope).
This vid is taking you through several events in Germanys history, with Rammstein's own twist in it. German actress Ruby Commey appears as Germania throughout the video.
"Germania" is the Latin name of the country called "Deutschland" in the spoken language of its own inhabitants, though used as the country's name in various other languages, such as "Germany" in English. In the country itself, the use of the Latin "Germania" was mainly literary and poetical, linked with patriotic and nationalist feelings
Germania as personification is usually depicted as a robust woman with long, flowing, reddish-blonde hair and wearing armour. She often wields the Reichsschwert (imperial sword), and possesses a medieval-style shield that sometimes bears the image of a black eagle on a gold field.
all is said, thx man
Rammstein want's to say more with this Video.
Thanks, otherwise I would have been forced to write this. (but way less profesional )
@@therealtomf9974 definetly. There is a looooooooot more
Kits, ei tarvinnut alkaa :D
Germania also wears Gold jewelry and Red lipstick. Her beautiful Black skin completes the colors of the German flag.
The dogs are German Leonberger dogs. They almost died out during the second world war and were brought back from extinction barely.
They are gigantic, shoulder height up to 85cm and weight up to 75kg. Very fluffy, very cute.
It's a shame that they almost became extinct
beautyfull dogs!!!!
I'm from Germany so let me give you some thoughts from someone who's born here. First of all, first time I watched the video I was shocked and deeply moved. The song/ video takes a very deep look into our german souls and how most of us feel about our country. It's a love- hate- relationship. The video is loaded with tons of symbols, that as a German you catch onto.
Let's start: in the intro you see Germania ( Personification of Germany) during roman/ germanian tribes time.
The red Lazer represents the "red thread" of the story/ history.
Astronauts from the future bringing Germania in a glass coffin (snow-white) so she can lead through the/her german history.
Next you observe the twenties(Weimar Republic).The prison scene representing the rough, violent times especially for the majority of the population struggling to survive. Money raining down/ the great depression. And Germany's first try as a democratic state. In between Germania is dressed in knight's armor awaking her knights/band with the Lazarus spear.
Next Germania is pushed in a wheelchair by the band through the Berlin Holocaust Memorial with burning bodies.
Next vignette the office scene showing east Germany and west Germany reunited (1989).
Then you're being taken back to mideveal times, monks/ church are feasting off of Germania. In most scenes you'll see some church man involved. No coincidence.
The concentration camp scene in the background you see V2 rockets ignition. The inmates are wearing different types of stars on their chests and a sign on the gallows reads: no photos. Germania wears an eye-patch first on her left, than on her right eye.
Than a quick shot of Germania dressed modern with lots of gold leading german shepherds., representing Germany's wealth.
The 70's scene shows the RAF- extremists holding Germania/ Germany hostage.
Next vignette is the witch burnings shifting to the book burning. If you have a close look, at minute @ you see a church man holding up a cross hugging a Nazi, symbolising the churches over all position to the horrific events happening during 1933-1945.
The birth scene. Germania is giving birth to dogs respectively "Leonberger" a breed preferred by Kings and Queens. The Breed almost went extinct during WW1 and WW2. A cardinal helping (dressed in red) a new Germany being born.
At minute @ you see the riots against refugees homes in the 90's in Hoyerswerda. Molotovs are being thrown and a car is being pushed over with the help of a man dressed in Nazi uniform.
Than the scenes/ time vignettes start shifting faster and faster, showing how many times, when circumstances becoming to extreme everything is falling apart and Germania ( dressed in knight's) armor is crying.
The outro is the piano version of the song "Sonne" which completed how we feel thinking of our past: a sense of sadness.
To sum it up. Germany has a long, wild, violent, unique history, because we as a state of today exist only since 1989. Yet the roots go back a very long time. "Young and yet so old" I hope that helped a little to understand the video and with that us Germans. We don't have a strong feeling of patriotism, but a strong sense of unity. It's complicated.
With love from Germany 🤘 😎
Für mich ist mein Deutschland keine Hass -Liebe ,da hast du dir ganz schön was eintrichtern lassen wenn du so fühlst :D
Das einzige was zum Hassen verleitet sind diese in Berlin tätigen Politik Bonsen die ihr Volk bestehlen .
I think the puppies represent the new generation of Germans that doesn't care for religion or Germania and are about to create something new. In one scene the puppy pisses on the cardinal and in another Germania is send into space in a coffin.
I liked your explanation. It's on point and I learned something new about the song. Thx.
Ich liebe mein Land. Ich hasse es nicht!
@@Odin355 As an American with a short yet tragedy-riddled history, I understand what you mean. I don't hate my country, I love America, the country and traditional values, but I do not love that which is trying to undo those values. History is meant to keep us repeating it, yet so many want to look back upon it with the wrong mind and allow their emotions to get in the way of the lesson. And like the slave owners who forced their hardship onto another race for profit, today's "ancestral victims" are doing the same and demanding whites pay their way in life pretending it's about a nobler cause. How can it be noble if $$$$ is all that's demanded? The very thing they claim is the root of all evil when the argument benefits them.
best comment ever! :)
One of the greatest video of rammstein german history epic video love it 🤟🤟
The dogs are "Leonberger" , a german/european dogbreed that nearly extinguished during WW1 and 2 - quite similar to the country itself
Each and every single cut to another scene in this mini-movie represents one different aspect of German history. Often times the people in the scenes go even one layer deeper by alluding not only to very specific historic instances, but also the setting and specific background info. Often these are linked to parts of the lyrics that are sung right at this moment in the video, either by Till as the main voice, or by Richard in the background. Sometimes the cuts are even timed to focus on different words of one and the same stanza line, with several cuts for each individual word or phrase.
That's how insanely deep this video goes.
Let's take apart the very first scene:
Germania Magna was the Latin name of the area that was inhabited by lots of different Germanic tribes with somewhat similar languages and cultural backgrounds.
This was also the only written record as these tribes did not have an active written language themselves, so all records come from the ancient Roman conquerors, tainted by their own perceptions.
The ancient Romans had conquered roughly half the area of what is currently modern day Germany, and settled the 'barbarian' tribes there under Roman law and rule. They invaded along the major rivers of the Danube and the Rhine, branching off along the Mosel and the Main rivers, as well as smaller rivers. Basically anything that could be reached directly by Roman galleys had been conquered, starting from the west and south, with a short excursion from the north. The disparate barbarian tribes had little to nothing to set against the numerically, tactically, and strategically superior Roman legions. So, in modern terms, they were outmanned, outgunned, out-everythinged, basically.
The term 'barbarian' also comes from that time, because it means a "person with a beard" in Latin. You know, the same origin for the word "barber"?
That also was tainted by the ancient Roman perception: being clean shaven was a long standing tradition among ancient Romans. Anyone any sporting facial hair, often wearing animal skins or pelts was considered at the least too poor to afford a regular barber's shave, at worst willfully crude and uncivilized. So the tall, bearded, Germanic tribes with their strong traditions of animalistic and totemic religions, wearing untreated animal skins representing their fierce prowess in combat, were pretty much the anti-thesis of the ancient Romans.
The Varus Battle (presumed in the Teutoburg Forest, but that is still contended) in 9 AD was the single worst defeat of the Roman armed forces in the entire history of ancient Rome, right smack dab in the middle of their golden glorious period. That was an absolutely devastating blow as two whole legions, plus a siginificant portion of a third legion was completely wiped out by Arminius (Armin or Hermann, depending on the translation).
He was an ex-Roman slave who had been given legionary training in the Roman mercenary corps, but had returned to Germania Magna after his release. He unified multiple Germanic tribes in a treaty that had until then been warring continuously among themselves, weakening themselves so much that they had been eaten in small, nice, bite-sized chunks by the Roman forces. With this unification of three, some say even more tribes, Arminius/Herman/Armin succeeded at outpacing and outsmarting the Roman legions by turning his legionairy knowledge he gained from his training against the Romans. The battle lasted for more than three days, sometimes straight through the night. This was a tactic completely unheard of among the Romans. Also Roman legions didn't usually fight among trees or in boggy areas, as their heavy armor and weapons made them vulnerable there.
Arminius used these three facts against the Romans, by sending skirmishing assaults of small groups of tribal warriors against the Romans in guerilla strikes. This kept the Romans awake for three days straight, while Arminius only used small amounts of his forces in rotation, allowing the rest to sleep in shifts.
Once the devastatedly tired Romans tried to break out of the boggy forest areas, he struck against stragglers, eroding the morale even more. This resulted in a rout, and spreading of the legions along long lines of fleeing small groups which were then wiped out consecutively.
From a purly military standpoint, Arminius was a military genius. From a humanitarian standpoint, he was a sadist. But that was common among soldiers of that time, among all warring peoples.
In 16. AD the Roman general Germanicus started a punitive expedition to the northern Germanic tribes, but couldn't find many survivors. He mostly found the remants of the legionaries brutally murdered and ritualistically sacrificed to the Germanic tribes' gods and totems. Often times the heads had been severed and nailed or tied to trees, most often disfigured.
This was a secondary, and fully intentional blow to the Roman legions' morale. This was exactly the very first scene depicted in this mini-movie.
This was often done by women, who held high places in the Germanic tribes as priestesses, and were often outside, and above the usual political feuds and power-plays of the male dominated politics. When a woman, especially a priestess spoke her mind in a Germanic tribe, men listened to them as they were considered touched by the spirit world. Also, women were NOT held back from becoming warriors themselves if they wanted to, so they could, if they wanted to, become as influential as men in the tribes' politics, not only as priestesses.
Prowess in combat was valued highly, no matter the sex.
Germania was also the name given to a mythical idealized mother-figure representing all of Germany.
Germania as a mother-figure was basically created during the Romantic era (roughly the end of the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century) by authors and musicians somehow trying to conjure a more united German spirit.
Somehow she was supposed to be watching over Germany's progress and development in history going back to exactly those ancient Germanic tribes. But like many such mythical figures she rarely if ever got actively involved in the shaping of history; she is more of a stoic observer.
So the woman you saw in the very first scene was either a priestess, or a warrior. But she is also, obviously, a representation of Germania. As she simply stared at and watched the charging Roman legionaries stoically.
And that was basically JUST that very first scene's background setting for when the Roman soldiers came up to that tree, saw the hanged men in the tree, and seeing the priestess cutting off the head of a fallen soldier.
Now imagine THIS length of discussion for almost EVERY single cut in this video. Because that's how deep into the background of Germany's history, and the contemporary background you could easily delve with each and every scene, depending on the lyrics sung right at that time.
Nuff said, right?
Thank you for your comment, it was more than worth the read!
As a German I just can say:
Great comment! Very detailed & very accurate. And as described, that just explains the first part of the video. Many of the scenes have double or even triple meanings and it all sums up the darkest parts of German history.
It's probably the most important song of Rammstein and for the band - considering how much of production value got into the video. And to make their political position clear once again. The band had a lot of issues with far-rights and Nazis admiring their early songs because the rough tone was connoted with the relatively popular "Rechtsrock" (right-wing rock) back then. They wrote the song "Links" (Left) for their third album as a clear message that they are not supporting far-right ideas.
As extremism grows in Germany again since the German reunification (because East and West Germany are still on a very different level in terms of education, employment & infrastructure) and the recent success of the extreme right-wing party AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), many people fearing the possibility of another fascist regime. The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution under the right-conservative CDU, which governed 31 of the last 38 years (this year is election year), isn't doing enough against extremism, especially when it comes from right-wingers.
To counter that, a lot of artists and creators decides to make statements against CDU and AfD and producing art that shows how divided German society is.
Right. The whole video contains so much imagery pertaining to german history that you could almost fill a book explaining them. However, the main theme is the brutal, bloody and violent history drawing a red (bloody?) line throughout time, represented by that laser beam. I think that it is a clear statement towards all the people accusing Rammstein of being right-wing. Chosing a black actress as Germania is "in your face" to all those right-wing as******. Showing all the brutality throughout the ages is a statement in itself, that history makes it hard to "love" Germany. (I can´t get behind the concept of loving a country anyways....)
Please do a detailed analysis of the other parts of video, I found your explanation of the first part fascinating.
Musste lachen als das mit den Barbaren und dem Bart kam aber fuck it, das es nen zusammenhang hat hätte ich nicht erwartet xD
ive laughing about the part with the barbarian and beard but fuck it i dont have expact about that it have a connection xD
i believe that was armin does, was the very first recorded guerilla tactic
This is German Historie. I'm so proud of this. The black Women is Germany in this Video. Rammstein is the best Band. Love from Germany❤️🇩🇪❤️
The piano is a piano version of “Sonne”. All Rammstein things which they make is a TRUE MASTERPIECES. I was on 31.7.2023 in Chorzów Poland 🇵🇱 it was my best 3 hours in entire life. Nothing will be the same after seeing them live ❤❤🎉🎉❤❤ Rammstein forever !!
The puppies were Leonberger... The Story of this sort of dogs is amazing... I think in this video the Image stand for the rebirth of germany after ww2
And they are a perfect allegory for the German nation building. Leonbergers are said to be loyal to the end, fearless, indulge in comraderie - and don't grow old compared to others.
@@_vinterthorn And the breed was close to be extinct after WW2 but breeders started to re-breed with the last existing dogs the species.
@@_vinterthorn so Germania give birth to the new germans. Nice Image.
There were only 8 males left in all of Germany after WW2. They were facing extinction. A few of the breeders were already mixing them with other breeds like golden retrievers, just to keep some of the legacy alive. If it wasn't for great effort with international support, bringing in purebred Leonbergers from sometimes as far as Canada, this symbol of Germany would be lost forever. On a metaphor level... Only a new Germania, one that is aware of her old mistakes and is not too prideful, but willing to cooperate with others... can breed a new true German.
Ha, you said 8 males left after WW2,
to not write 88 !!
the start with the Roman soldiers was an allusion to the "Battle of the Teuteburg Forest" in 9aD..3 Roman Legions (20 thousand Soldiers + Entourage) were totally wiped out in the woods by an union of some small totally outnumbered German tribes...that event was crucial and the "start" for "German history"
the whole video is an allusion to all different kind of historical events of the 1000 years of German history...some were glory some were distusting..and the black woman is the personification of "Germany"(she is black and at some point she is wearing gold and has red eyes = the colours of the German flag) and the laser beam is representing "time"..and "Yes" the big blast was the Hindenburg desaster..and Till sings about his very ambivalent feeling for his country Germany = pride, hate and shame..it is basically - seen in a bigger picture - a song against hyperbolic patriotism
Perfekt Interpretiert!!!!👍
Very good answer... 3 years ago i visited Kalkriese were the Varus battle take place.. In the video they show the Expedition from germanicus who searches the place years after the battle happened.. In fact they found mass graves were bones from humans and animal combined were burried.
@@tilll.1156 Ja beinahe perfekt. Es sind allerdins 2000 Jahre, nicht 1000.
@@FB12887 Naja...außer die Anspielung auf dier Varus Schlacht sind alle anderen Anspielungen im Video von den letzten 1000 Jahren..daher habe ich auch 1000 Jahre geschrieben. Nicht umsonst ist ja die Römerszene auch sozusagen ganz - subtil - als ein "Prolog" inszeniert und der Song fängt ja auch erst danach richtig an...daher ist es auch völlig legitim von 1000 Jahren zu schreiben.
@@michaelgrabner8977 kann man so sehen.. Ich wunder mich immer wenn Amerikaner schreiben sie hätten nur ein paar hundert Jahre an Geschichte. Als ob erst mit den Pilgern die Geschichte begann. Die tausenden von Jahren mit indianischer Geschichte wird eigentlich nie erwähnt.
The German gov. didn´t lost a word about it. Which they shouldn´t do anyways. Some media outlets had opinions, some good, some bad. Overall the reactions where positive.
@Edoardo Leonardioh there was a lot of Media saying this because Rammstein realesed a 20 sec part of the Video where Only the execution of the KZ prisoners has been shown. So many people where saying that they only want to get Publicity. And yes they get IT.
After the full Videos was published, These people Stopped saying IT, because seeing this movie in a whole everything make sense
@Edoardo Leonardi well that was the council of the jewish community in germany and that point only a glimpse was released as teaser and that showed the execution scene. Without further context I understand the complains. But after the release the went quiet. The uproar was a cheap marketing trick to get attention
So, you finally were watching it - THE video! And the intersting fact is you can watch it a hundred times, you will find a new aspect every single time! Welcome to the bad side of German history! A great video and a great song, right? I think so. greetings from Germany.
The different "eras" are different times in German history, except for the space suits which is generally interpreted as future archaeologists studying a forgotten Germany.
The black woman is "Germania", and represents the country throughout history.
That's why she's sometimes a leader (like during WW2), she's being devoured by the christian monks during the dark ages, she's happily entertaining the masses during the Weimar Republic, etc.
That end scene with the dog is a very specific breed of dog that was very common in Germany and then almost went extinct, but a couple were found and the breed was saved. Which in my personal opinion I think they use to symbolise the part of German society that they feel almost was obliterated, but can still be saved.
A couple of things that are hard to catch unless you know the language:
The red laser that's almost omnipresent is from a German expression "rote Faden", the closest idiomatic expression in English I can think of is "common thread", so they're basically saying there's a common thread/theme throughout history.
During the early scenes of Germania during WW2 she has an eyepatch over her right eye. There's a german expression that translates to "To be blind on the left/right eye.", with the context of someone being blind to the wrongdoings of political extremists on either the left or right side. You'll also notice that in the end of that scene the patch has moved to her left eye, right before it clips to the hostage-scene with Till in drag and a shootout. This being a reference to an overreaction in post-nazi Germany that allowed the rise of left extremists which then had some horrible outcomes (R.A.F).
Finally one of the very subtle things Till does (which he first did right after you very correctly mentioned how constants are sung through in German), is a twist on the old German national anthem, which used to start with the phrase "Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles, über alles in der Welt."
Basically "Germany, Germany, over everything, over everything in the world.".
This is no longer part of the official anthem since it's too loaded, but it's very well known.
But! He sings "Deutschland, Deutschland, über allen.", he changes alles -> allen, which changes the meaning from everything -> everyone.
So with the scenography during the times he sings it, my own interpretation is that he is blaming Germany for being oppressive towards it's own people (in different ways during different times, but that for me is the "red thread" or common thread/theme throughout)
Wait what? Rare dog breed, i ve thought those were German shepards?
@@MasterBlaster220 Leonberger
Gotta LOVE those ending credits, with the melody of "Sonne". 🥰
Gold, red and black - colors of German flag. Video shows all of the German history, with all of it good, bad and horrible moments. Its packed with symbols and moments, so it requires separate video of explanations ) And I love to see your reactions to other Rammstein music videos, they are quite unique!
Yes, you should definately check out more of their official videos! They are great! "Ohne dich" is one my personal favourites or "Sonne" (which you heard on the piano at the end)!
Piano is an accoustic version of Sonne
10:21 The outro is actually the song Sonne from the album Klavier, released in 2015. It was the piano version of their classic song Sonne from the Mutter album, released in 2001 :)
It is a beautiful "Love/ Hate" song, depicting the modern german's inner monologue, thinking about their country.
The puppies aren't German Shepherds but Leonberger dogs, a German breed that almost went extinct during the world wars. But thanks to some efforts after WW2 people were able to reestablish the breed and now Leonberger dogs are getting more popular.
Yep! They're awesome dogs, extremely friendly and devoted to their owners. Great big cuddle monsters.
Hallo, noch eine kurze Ergänzung. Die Analogie zur deutschen Flagge Schwarz, Rot und Gold wird im Song ständig wiedergegeben (Schwarz - Germania, Rot - der Laser und Gold der Schmuck von Germania). Grüsse aus Deutschland.
For those who may not understand the video. The song is called Germany and tells the story of the Germans over the last 2000 years. Roman times, the Middle Ages, knights, Nazis, World War II. Brutality, poverty and wealth at the same time in the German people.
Regarding the scene where 'Germania' gives birth to the dogs: those dogs are leonbergers, a breed that almost ceased to exist during the world wars. Also the guy in the red robe is dressed as a constitutional judge, so the symbolism here is likely one of a second chance for germany after ww2 with a fresh constitution that is precious and needs to be handled very delicately (thus the plastic suits and gloves)
It was amazing!
I am very glad that you watched it to the end. At the end of the piano is the SONNE version.
The black lady represents Germany. The red beams of light represent the threads of history that link Germany. All video is done in black / red / yellow. (These are the colors of the flag of Germany)
Thanks for making the video! Very nice to look at you !!!
Hi there from Germany.
First of all, nice reaction. You guessed right, the song is about German history. It shows mostly all the dark parts of my country's history. The beautiful black woman is Germania. In the beginning she represents the "germanian tribes" ( even though there wasn't such a thing) fighting against the roman empire. Then the medieval times, when the church became powerful and fat by eating off of her. The witch burnings. Then you see the 20th of last century with the hyperinflation during the world crises (fist fight with money on the knuckles). Then of course the Nazis regime with the Hindenburg zeppelin and the V2 launchers and the concentration camp. And the burning of the books that the Nazis regimes called degenerated art. In one short sequence they show a clerical hugging a Nazis showing that the church was mainly ok with it.
Then the seventieth with the terrorism by the RAF. (Till is dressed as a woman, holding Germania/ Germany hostage).
The German reunion of the GDR and west Germany at the office. The racist riots against the refugees homes in the nineties. The birth of the "Leonberger" puppies represents the reincarnation of Germany.
And of course there are some references to their other songs included.
As a German, when I watched it the first time, I was shocked. Because you catch on to all the symbolism shown. With the lyrics together it strikes a nerv how most of us feel about our country. The video was released in 2019, which was not on accident. With the refugees crises in 2015(Germany took 1Mio within 12 month) and the again uprising right wing nationalism. Rammstein wanted to make a statement with this song/ video, how shitty they felt about the rising right wing nationalism. (And many of us do as well). They wanted to show the red thread (laser), how history repeats itself, when somebody/ something becomes too powerful.
With love, from Germany 🤘😎
Two minor nitpicks: a) There were Germanic tribes - and sometimes they cooperated, just not to the extent that they ever thought of uniting under a single banner. b) Manufacturing of the Hindenburg began before the Nazis took power. The airship's demise, though, was in 1937, four years into the regime.
@@_vinterthorn oh, that's exactly what I meant by there was not a German tribe. And yes I know about the corporations between the German tribes. It just would have been a bit much info for a music reaction. My intention was rather to give an overview about the visuals presented. ❤
@@_vinterthorn One could add that part of the Hindenburgs desaster was the use of Hydrogen instead of Helium because of an U.S. ban to prevent Germany from having Helium driven airships...and whilst the engineers knew about the dangers the went on with the production...
Uuuu, that might be a place to ask a question then @Eva Libbach
I read it somewhere, but only in one place, right after "Deutschland" was released, that in the medieval part, when Germania is resurrecting dead knights to call them under her banner she is using some sort of mystical lance to raise them.
Did a bit of a research but haven't really found anything.
Is that perhaps Lance of St Maurice?
Cheers!
I.
@@ivanjednobiegowiec7656 I agree. That could be the lance of St Maurice awakening the knights. This is so cool, I've watched the video so many times and yet I didn't notice this detail. Thank you for pointing that out to me. 🤘😎
the outro melody is from their song "Sonne"
Да, Рамштайн это не только музыка. Спасибо за реакцию.
At the end of the video, the tune of the song "Sonne" plays.
На словах Deutschland Муражки по телу , настроенная мощная песня ❤️☝️
The puppies were Leonberger puppies.. name derived from the city of Leonberg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Deutschland here: This whole thing is a masterpiece. The video, the music, the lyrics...everything.
Rammstein again! :)
By they way: "Übermächtig, überflüssig, Übermenschen überdrüssig" is my favorite part and a very important message! :)
As previously stated, the history of Germany. The opening is the battle of teutoburg forest. one of the most important defeats suffered by rome...but the horrors reported during battle have led me to believe that it's where ptsd was invented.
Rammstein has an album with only covers of their songs on the piano and it is so beautiful. Sonne, in particular, is my favorite piano version. The album is called Klavier.
2000 years of German history in ten minutes
La historia de Alemania en 7 minutos 👌👏🏻👏🏻
The Piano play in the end credits is the piano version ot Rammstein - Sonne
Just EPIC....
Greetings from good old Germany
😎💪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
The piano piece is an arrangement of another of their songs, Mutter, from the album of the same name.
Black Red Gold are the german colours 🙃
It is an amazing video. With los of time periods that represent the history of Germany, it is how they can be patriotas with all that kind of story they had. The woman is the personificación of Germania. Love your reaction!
you finally did it
You said the video maybe shows the band members in different past lives. Like reincarnation. I don't think that's what they had in mind with that, but it's actually a very interesting way to look at it, never heard this interpretation before. Cause you know, there is something like a collective subconsciousness in a society. People nowadays are still affected by traumatic historical experiences. There are psychologists saying, that a lot of german children these days, still suffer from the authoritarian child-raising their own grandparents experienced in the nazi era, projecting it on the next generation. I personally think that traumatizing historical events are a part of who we are. We can still feel that deep inside, many generations later. Not just talking about nazi times, also about things much longer ago, like the 30 years war. These things are deeply burnt into our subconsciousness, making it almost feel kinda pastlives.
I never had any traumatisation.
Father only once beat us for teasing the youngest brother.
Righteously: Rightfully!
Also 3rd Realm never a problem for me.
Reading at home lots of Karl May (Durchs Wilde Kurdistan) and
#AlistairMacLean, #KanonenVonNavarone.
A book of an Englishman "Der Fall Barbarrossa" about Assault against Russia I borrowed from
public library.
Overall I cannot remember 3rd Realm
being handled in school.
Golden Bull 14th century though.
I believe, the high ranks were hanged,
and the small Sheep Simeon "to listen, hear" , who followed orders,
left in peace.
Hi, I‘m from Germany: the black Women is „Germany“ and that’s the point. In Germany you think we look like „white, blonde hair“. And Rammstein said „no, an german can be also black or anything else.“
I hope it understands the song a little bit clearer.
Black, Red, Gold. The colours of the Federal Republic of Germany. Symbolized in the scene you commented by the
dark skinned Germania with red eyes in golden armour. And there is so much more ... As a German closer to 60 than to 55, I marvel at this every time I watch it.
Something that is mostly not mentioned is "the red thread", which is shown by the red laser beams.
In Germany, the common thread connects everything. If a book has a good structure, a beginning, a middle, an end and this is continued continuously, one speaks of it.
In the video, the red thread connects all the scenes, the history of Germany from its beginnings to the present day and with an interpretation of the future.
In addition, especially in this song, Rammstein plays with some German words, which get a new meaning in the emphasis and context.
Just like this video, the song is full of meaningful symbols - unfortunately a lot is lost in the translation or a lack of knowledge is lost, as has already been commented on here enough.
You could write a little book about this song with explanations.
This video is an absolute work of art…love your reaction. The piano at the end was a version of Sonne that literally made me cry the first time I heard it in its entirety.
Someone explains this Video with only a few words perfect................
All Viewers: WTF didi i watched ?
Germans: It´s complicated !
this song is a good example of how one should handel ones own history.
If you haven't already, you should check out the original video for RAMMSTEIN "Mein Herz brennt" and then the piano version of it! Both very well done!
MEIN HERZ BRENNT
The end credits music is a piano arrangement of 'Sonne' by Rammstein.
I totally appreciate, you are watching that video and being interested in it. As I’m a German, the lyrics of that song completely express how I feel about this country and the struggle of „being German“ and the inability to feel any „love“-connection to it. Besides this, I totally loved your reaction as the video was running 😄 That little „ouh“, when the Nazi captains got their heads blown off, was kind of cute. And so was the „what?!“, when Germania suddenly gave birth to dogs 😄 Keep up what you are doing, you are great.
Imagine being adult enough to handle your nation's history
You're the rare breed of American unicorns who get European music and mindset. Smart and fun to watch.
This is a work of art. I had exactly the same reaction as you guys the first time I saw it :D Mat was spot on, it´s diferent parts of German history. They sing about a love/hate relatioship for their country, and it´s the feeling of many germans. I had to check 30 minutes videos in RUclips explaining it (the Nazi era and the Hindenburg are the easy ones) to get it all. Check one of those videos out, they are very interesting and show how rich and incredible German history is.
You gotta give props to them, they knew this was not going to have any airtime due to the length, the overall theme, the imagery, the violence and explicit content, etc and still went all in and made this piece of art and launched it as the first single of the last album. It really deserves at least more than one look to really absorb a part of it.
They have great and original official videos. For a change of pace I would suggest the hillarious "Keine Lust"! Cheers.
They talked about the past of germany. they just hold a mirror infront of the whole country and i think that´s fantastic
"I wonder how this was received ?" WOW! I remember them releasing a teaser clip a few days earlier of the hanging scene and the media and all sorts of groups when absolutely nuclear! hah And in true Rammstein fashion, water off a ducks back like it was nothing. These lads are true grit bullet proof. Lookup Rammstein Deutschland PROMO too see the short clip and imagine the outrage.
Till loves to act it seems, he throws himself into the roles in the clips 100% each time and its inspiring to see it; one of my favourites is his acting in the Mutter clip (which almost split the band) but all their clips are masterclass examples of how to do a music video
Loved your reaction as well as your t-shirts. This was the first music video that Rammstein released after their 10 year hiatus. It had a lot of mixed reviews, mostly due to the concentration camp scene. When they promoted the music video they played part of that scene without music, which sparked a lot of controversy, but the band isn't afraid of being controversial. The music video is about Germany's History and how it can be difficult to have German Pride, given all that has happened throughout their history, especially the Holocaust and the book burnings.
The woman in the music video is the personification of Germany, she wears a lot of Red and Yellow, which are two of the three colors of the German flag, the other being Black.
There's also a lot of references to past Rammstein Music Videos/CDs like Du Hast, Mein Teil, Engel, Sonne, Made in Germany CD because of the busts shown towards the middle of the song, possibly Liebe Ist Für Alle Da cover art with the Monk scene, and even a reference to You're So Beautiful by Emigrate which is Richard's solo project.
I think a lot of Rammfans were estatic when this music video came out, like I was. I'm sure that there's more that I missed. Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see your next reaction.
JUST WOW.......I think we all have a love/hate relationship with our countries' histories......as noted, the Black woman who appears throughout the video represents "Germania", who leads us through Germany's history....
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 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 Emperor Germanicus. 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 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: My interpretation of the glass coffin is Little Snow White in space, like I wrote before.
PPPPPPS: The black woman in the prison was dressed in a Prussian uniform with a Prussian helmet.
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 😄
Recommendation for a reaction:
The band "Die Krupps" and their song "Im falschen Land".
Link to my favourite fan video of that song: ruclips.net/video/Ts-JpeKDRpQ/видео.html
Greetings
Mega 👋🙂👋
Schön Dich auch hier zu sehen ;) Ich muss echt nirgendwo mehr alles erklären, machst Du schon ;)
@@a.p.1470
Hi, A.P., vielen Dank für das nette Echo. Da fühlt man sich gleich wieder motiviert weiterzumachen! :)
Grüße
Mega
Watch out Mat and Chels, if you don't react to this comment they will insult you and call you bad reactors and mentally ill.
@@sanni4368 Not me
Thank you for all the info! I did think they were eating her insides so thank you for clarifying. It was hard to pick up on everything that happened in this video so we appreciate your time with this great explanation. And Mat was 2/3 of the way there with the colors! ❤️ 😊
I am German and had tears in my eyes during the piano. Looking at you guys reacting to it made it even cooler. Very cool video guys
The piano in the credits is based in their song "Sonne" from the álbum "Mutter", it's a beautiful version here in piano 🎹
Превосходство и свобода
Разграбления и походы
Нам не скрыться от её глаз
Deutschland, Deutschland - выше всех нас!
Greetings all the way from South Africa!!! Your RAMMSTEIN reaction videos are awesome. Keep doing what you're doing! If I may suggest a reaction video... Have a listen to english rock band MUSE (;
Love this track.. hard hitting depictions, nothing hidden or denied..
By far, the best music video production I have ever seen.
The piano at the end is their earlier song "Sonne".
The so called „beautiful“ part is actually a piano version of „Sonne“ 😜
the Piano Credits Song is the Piano Version of "Sonne"
She is black, red eyes, golden dress. Germany's flag. Plus 100 images of historical German eras. BUT also tons of old Rammstein songs pieces. Examples: Till's head has the haircut of the "Ich Will" video, in the end, they crawl (and eat a human) like in "Mein Teil" in front of huge angel wings "Engel". I can watch this video even in 2022 and I still find metaphorical masterpieces or band history.
the german press pretty much responds the same way they always do when rammstein has a new release. declaring lyrics as proof that they are nazis, then trying their best to censor them to the best of their abilities almost always using "we must protect the children" as their main argument.
the MAIN COLORS are BLACK, GOLD and RED (mostly in the Background!).
That is why "GERMANIA" was role played by a black Actress. As she holds the Gun against the Had: She is BLACK, wears golden things and has a RED GLOVE, she is ALWAYS and in EACH SCENE symboled this way. That are the german national Colors... so the Colors of our flag.
As there was a Scene from the cold war she stands in the background, wearing BLACK clothes, wearing something golden close to a RED flag....
Even the burning of the Witch symbols this (all 3 Colors are present).
The only Scene where ALL of the Colors are missing is the Scene from the Concentration Camp.
But the 4 People symbol what the Nazis have done. From left to right:
Political Prisinor (Member of a forbidden Party for Example), Jew, Gay, normal Criminal, all clearly determineable because of the Symbols at their Clothing.
So they even show that not just Jews where murdered. A Detail many People do miss.
Another Detail: The Prison-Scene, the Officer "pushed" him so he felt down and he felt to the "left" side. You see a RED MARKING later and he is clearly on the left (from the other Camera perspective "right" but as he was pushed he was pushed to the left): Implication: The STATE itself pushed people to the Extremists (NSDAP, Hitler where EXTREME LEFTISTS). You also see 2 old Guys pointing at the Guy laying down at the floor and talking to him like "Your Fault!". A Detail nobody realy notices...
The Red Line symbols the "middle", left and right then the politcal Extreme. To understand this you need to know about the Weimer Republic.
This Scene also contains the only "Fault" during filming, they mixed up the Sides because they started from the front and wanted him pushed to the lextextremism, but if you turn the Camera behind him it looks like the "right", wich is political wrong. Hitler was a extreme leftists, there was only one rightwinger at europe, it was Franco from Spain, and he did not took part in WW2.
The music video with probably the greatest replay value.
Not Germans will be hopelessly overwhelmed if they are not historians. And even very few Germans will know about the events before 1939 without having to look it up.
After what we watched, we're ready for our history lesson!
Very few? The time from 1918-1939 alone took up 1-2 years in history lessons in school for me.
@@hpark4054 Those who are just out of school, that's certainly not a problem, more or less. Those who have been out for a longer time will certainly have bigger problems and they form the majority in my opinion. Since it will probably not work without a history book.
I didn't say that it wasn't handled in school.
I claim that the only thing that sticks out of history lessons after school are the events just before and during the Second World War. As well as the time until the fall of the Wall. The rest is perhaps still roughly known. I think. The brain needs space for new knowledge. Old knowledge is thrown out when you don't need it.
@@TomTomson81 Well, I`m nearly 50, so it's been quite a time for myself, too. But what makes this video confusing for some people is the mixing of germany`s history (you see people from different time periods in one scene) and in addition to that Rammstein`s history (for instance, I think I saw the video 4 times before I noticed the fire masks from "Feuer frei"). And people who don`t know about the 70s left wing terrorists, the monks or the roman times still sense that these are powerful images. To be honest, I don't know anything about the director of this video.
@@hpark4054 I could also serve with basic knowledge. But I personally could not go into detail anymore. I know, of course, that things all happened. But I can no longer assign most of them exactly without a history book. I think that's how most people feel. At least those who have not lived in appropriate times. But what gets stuck in any case is the darkest of our time.
Best Video ever !!
Loving the reacts you guys have gotta listen to hilf mir its got such a dark story
Hilf Mir is very like Spring, not a popular song by any means but low key one of their best.
@@lukem5787 100% agree hilf mir and bukstabu are both my favourites both very underrated songs
The background tune was a remix of another Hit of there's Sonnet as is the piano rendition of Sonnet and the Wings with Hailo is from another tour of theirs.
Где-то читал, что в клипе снимали щенков едва ли не дважды считавшейся вымершей породы собак. Вот и символизм. Клип - шедевр, без прекрас.
Awesome
It's a Rammstein recap of the German history. Nice video btw.
The actress represents 'Germania' through the ages btw.
In the beginning we have the Germans defeating Rome.
The scene with Till dressed as woman is the R.A.F.
The two guys boxing represent the infighting during the Weimar Republic.
During the ww2 scene you can see Germania being blind on the 'right' side.
The people awaiting their hanging have different stars: one is jewish, one is a socialist, one is homosexual.
The dogs she is giving birth to are a typical german breed.
The guys in their political party office is during the DDR.
That's all I remember, but there is more.
Sweet! Was heaps stoked when I found you both finally got around too doing more Rammstein reacts. Especially heaps when you did Deutschland, keep 'em coming guys!
Also PS; in a TOTALLY unrelated note to your page contents, and not to sound creepy at all in anyway. I just want to shout out to Chels that she is absolutely gorgeous. Bit of an innocent crush.. But lucky man, Mat!
No offence or creepiness intended at all..
Im so proud of you, you saw the Hindenburg burning in the Video. Ive never thaugt that anyone from Outside Germany knows These Details.
. I can understand Tills harm, im also German. This Video ist not a commercial. It is heardblood.
The colours in the german flag are gold, black and red guys...thats the main theme in the whole video, every dark side of our german historie from beginning towards the end...you need the lyrics in german, or much better, in english guys
Just very roughly.
The video basically shows Germany's past. From the beginning to the future.
By the way, the woman you see again and again embodies Germany.
The text expresses the ambivalent feelings Germans have towards their fatherland quite well. On the one hand the pride, on the other hand the unpleasant past.
Great reaction. love your videos :)
Hi, Kamikatze.
Long time no see.
@@KarlReimerGodt sry don’t know u
When the video is a ride through German history and the two of them have no idea what they are seeing. Divine.
The outro is a piano-version of their song "Sonne".
The lasor beam, is the "read thread" through German history, from the late germanic vikings collaborating to beat the romans, until now. ;)
😍🤘🏻
Being German is painful and trying to conquer the world by force was even more painful
This gives a lot of room for interpretation for germans. Sadly non-germans barely have a chance of even getting to the point where they can wonder what the heck they want to say with this. Just understanding the language wouldn't even help. It has so many metaphors, so many phrases with double meaning or to get why the line "Deutschland, Deutschland über Allen" is borderline scandalous, one also needs to know german history.
And this song is about the lyrics and about the video. Musically this is a rather mediocre song. I mean, it's still good, but by far not one of their best. But with the lyrics and the video, not just as a song but as a piece of art, this is probably their most outstanding work.
the piano part at the end is also from Rammstein "Sonne"
A channel made a very interesting analysis of the video,very brillant !
The credit-music is "Sonne" as a piano-cover
RAMMSTEIN ROCKS!!
What do you do when you are born of dogs? When those before you hated and killed? When you feel different but you inherited a terrible truth?
The outro song is „Sonne“ from Rammstein