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this journey through over 2,000 years of German history, condensed into a 7+ min video with images that are seared onto your mind plus the required viewing of the credits is simply a masterpiece of performance art..
German is my first language - so as a native pls let me explain as concise as possible as many of the hidden symbols and meanings in this great song: In advance - please apologize the mistakes that I have certainly made - English is not my first language :-)
Before I go through it just some general remarks: the black lady’s persona in the video is “Germania” and she represents Germany (the nation / the people) and in many scenes where she appears the colors black, red and gold (colors of the German flag) are dominant. The video as well as the lyrics are a critical review on Germany’s history.
Main scenes of the video: The first scene with the roman soldiers refers to the battle of Teutoburg forest, the first time the German tribes untied under Arminius against the Romans and ambushed them on their march back to their winter camp + completely annihilated several legions - the romans would never return and fortify at the Rhine - this could be seen as the birth of the German identity.
The red laser beams throughout the video I think are guiding thread (German expression “roter Faden”" translates to “red thread” and translates to guiding principle / guideline of a story)
When Germania (black lady) in golden armor (black red gold as main colors of the scene pushes the standard into the ground she raises all the dead medieval knights - a reference to the strength of the German people who recovered time after time throughout history from catastrophes (especially, but not only) in the middle ages (crusades, hunnic invasion, plague, etc.) - the additional meaning i think is the fact that german people several times followed their countries call for War - even if they were already beaten up (e.g. after WWI going into WWII)
Next scene (fistfight) is from the roaring twenties, the period between the two world wars where upper class society was decadent on the backs of ordinary people + entertainment industry was born. Next scene shows the Hindenburg disaster (famous German Airship which blew up in flames) during a time of growing industrialization 1930s.
Next Scene is from the communist elite in eastern Germany who was indulging in party and Champaign while ordinary people were poor and the main idea of communism should be equality of the people.
Then the scene in the middle ages - where the monks (representing the church) feast on Germania (the land) and suppresses the common folk (underneath the table) The scene in the prison again refers to the roaring twenties, as Germania is dressed in a prussian uniform suppressing the German people. Additionally money is thrown away by everybody, a reference to the big inflation in Germany after WWI.
Then the rockets (Nazi German was working on the first warfare rockets called V1 and V2 (V standing for “Vergeltung” which translates to retaliation - fitting to the picture with the rockets, the lyrics are an alliteration on “über” a german pre-syllable meaning over. “Überheblich (overbearing / presumptuous), Überlegen (superior) Übernehmen (taking over), Übergeben (handing over), überraschen (surprise), Überfallen (ambush), Deutschland, Deutschland über allen (Germany, Germany above all).
The Concentration camp prisoners have symbols sewn on their jackets for the groups the Nazis hunted and killed (yellow star for Jews, Pink triangle for Homosexuals, red symbol for political adversaries (communists). Germania is on the side of the Nazis and has an eyepatch (representing the blind eye that many Germans turned on the atrocities of the Nazi regime.
The Scene where Till is dressed as a woman refers to the left wing terrorist group called “Rote Armee Fraktion” - a terrorist association in the 1970s responsible for several political assassinations and murders as well as a famous kidnapping of German Diplomats in Stockholm.
Then there is the scene with the stake at which books are burned by the Nazis and people are burned by the church (inquisition). Later the monk (church) and the Nazi soldier hug (as the church did not go against the Nazis when they came to power and both organizations were responsible for a lot of intolerance and suffering in their times.
The scene where Germania is dressed in white with a Halo I think refers to the positive, the strength of the German people who recovered time after time from several catastrophic disasters in their history. Later she gives birth to puppies (a rare breed of dogs (who represent the German people) which got almost extinct in both world wars (symbolized with the dogs wearing gas masks) but recovered after the wars. In these scenes the band members wear space suits - in my view a reference to the (hopefully) better future of the German people.
In the very last scene of the outro you can once more see Germania with national colors (black, red gold) with black lipstick, red eyes and golden armor before a red/ black background holding an eagle, the heraldic symbol of Germany. Finally, please find below the lyrics of the song as the perfectly convey the message of the problematic relationship many Germans have to their homeland, wanting to be proud of it but not being able to due to it’s difficult history: - one remark to one of the more important lines of the lyrics: The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) refers to the fact that the German people with their identity have been around for thousands of years, however the actual state of Germany as a nation was only founded very late (1871) thorough the unification of several mini states (Prussia, Hessia, Saxonia, Bavaria, etc.)
Wow thank you so so much for this incredible insight. I’ll be saving this to read a few times
Your English is far better than my German, and German was also my first language also, however, growing up in America, English to precedence. I haven't spoken German with anyone on a regular basis since my parents passed away. They would only speak to me in German even though they were fluent in English also.
Perfectly explained!!!
Great explanation. To me, the true brilliance of this video is when they mix history with what's happening today. For example, when the brownshirts overturns the burning car together with modern rioters dressed in black. History repeats (or rhymes), the ideology is irrelevant, the outcome might be the same. Witch burning and book burning in the same shot is another example, burn what you don't agree with or are afraid of.
This video is a piece of art with layers and layers of messages.
Nothing against Nick but Americans in general are so oblivious to world history and tend to upset other cultures with their unenlightened grasp of anything outwith the USA. For a clever developed nation you are truly amazingly naive.
This is one of the reasons why Rammstein are loved so much, They know how to tell a story and their production value is second to none they don't sugar coat their music and they haven't sold them selves out to the record companies and that's why people love them.👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥
Yeah Logan, this is full on art
I'm from Sweden and don't know all the "easter eggs" in this video but I still get about 80-90% if I trust my ego... but for me this video is just perfect.. it captures the caos in your mind of loving the country you were born in and it's history -but then again loving all the good things that it's been giving you.
The astronauts showing up next to the pregnant woman are there to show that there is still a future for Germany/Garmania even though the past were bad..
I guess there will be somebody else who can help you with a full breakdown -but I can tell that you did a good job to get an understanding of the video without any help -so it's just extra for you now. Great job. :)
Wish I could give you a exra like for going through the credits.
I basically passed german in my school by listening to Rammstein and the translations.. they also made me interested in poem writing and were told years later that a poem I made in arts class were read and somehow made a girl stop her thoughts of going goodbye by her own hand.. I have no words for how much I love this band!
Actually, for recent Rammstein videos auto-translate works quite fine. I'd say some internet lyrics translation are worse than these auto-translated captions. I speak German quite well and maybe some poetic value is missed, but the core meaning is usually left intact.
Even better way to see Rammstein videos is to get them from educatedmarine - he does great job, sometimes embedding the captions, sometimes just adding them as CC. Definitely check this source, you'll like it!
OK, let's talk about the video and your reaction! 😎 Really well done, it is normal that you didn't recognize everithing - some younger Germans wouldn't as well 😅 Even more confusing is that some scenes are there just for artistic value, and some are featuring really deep symbolics (like monks feasting on the girl, birth scene etc). I won't risk much by saying, that no other music video has been analyzed more than "Deutschland" - there are key elements sometimes every few seconds, you can find hour-long videos with in-depth analysis. I'm sure you'll get some of longer analysis here as well 😉
What's crucial here is that the girl, Ruby Comey, is portrayed as "Germania". She represents all the past and the future, the bad and good times, shame and greatness. And the song simply shows the love-hate struggle that every concious German is experiencing.
By the way: the rockets in the death camp scene are not some "futuristic technology", these are V2 rockets - first real rockets, that were used to bomb London, and that made it with their creator, Verner von Braun, to the USA and transform into USA space program.
Thanks for this reaction, have a nice weekend! 😊
Remeber when The USA Showed the world their 'state of the art' new Stealth bomber the b2.... Gee go back 45 to 50 years before that and check out the Ho 229... If Germany didn't exsist ( even with all it's 'sad' times the advancments in technology have made the Human Race a better place/state to be in... We would still be rifing horses and buggies, Let alone have satelites orbiting our planet or have people living on an orbutuing space station. Thank You Deutschland!
educatedmarine translations are on top, highly recomment his videos
Got to add that USA recruted actively werner Von Braun and several other nazis scientist.
( opération paperclip)
Von Braun became the head of the Apollo program within NASa until 1972. So the nazi V2 rocket seen here is the actual mother of the Saturn V rocket that allowed Apollo 11 and the landind on the moon!!
These V2 were made at the Dora concentration camp, and the workers/ prisonners ( scientist from all over Europe) were NOT cooperative at all ...so the hangings!!
...and Dora was not an actual ''death'' camp but a work camp. Though the work conditions were so bad that death rate was terribly huge.
i love your rammstein reactions ❤ you actually try to understand the videos and analyse their lyrics, rammstein is all about the stories behind the songs. please keep going 😊
Thank you Ahlam, I appreciate that so much. Really enjoying Rammstein
Wow! This is an incredible video! Appreciate your take on it Nick! Definitely have to brush up on my German history now.
Thank you so much John. Yes, german history is so rich
Their latest video with the song "adieu" is even more movie quality.
The piano piece is the melody they used on their track "die sonne"
They really go all out!
The piano song at the end of this video clip is from song Sonne. You must see Zeit! it's a masterpiece (I alway cry...)❤
Oh thank you Petra, I’ll definitely check it out :)
Awesome reaction!!! I’m so happy you got to see this! This is hands down one of the best music videos ever made. I almost don’t want to call it a music video because it’s so much more than that.
Don’t feel bad about missing things, there’s far too much to catch on your first watch, let alone your 5th or 6th haha.
My knowledge of German history/culture is lacking to say the least lol, but here’s some references that I think will help put some of it into perspective:
The red lasers represent “the red thread”. It’s a commonly used symbol/phrase for the meaning or the through line of a piece of art or a project.
The Black actress is portraying Germania herself. The country, the culture, the people all wrapped up in a single figure.
This is one of the most dissected and analyzed music videos ever and there’s hella resources for diving into all the minutia of each scene.
I highly recommend taking some time to dip into it!!
I love your reactions, keep ‘em comin!!!
Cheers
Thank you man! What a trove of info you provided me. Definitely going to take my time and rewatch it a few times
The final song on the piano is one of their other songs called "Sonne" that's an incredible one to see live and also has a fantastic music video!
I’ll have to check it out Jack, thank you!
Rammstein is ART❤
Completely agree. Art!
@@nickforellreacts The Music Videos are Masterpieces: Zeit, Adieu, Dicke Titten, Mein Herz brennt (both Versions), Ich will, ...
It's not just a music video, it's more like an epic cinematic experience. It kind of reminds me of the concept behind the movie Cloud Atlas. I think it's stunning and wild.
Yes Kauri. Nice reference although the book is 10,000 times better.
They never disappoint 🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🔥
Came here to see yet another reaction video and I really liked it! Good job Nick! Why watch reaction videos? For me I love to see other enjoying music that I love. I love the feeling of "uh uh just wait, it gets better!" as I have watched these videos many many times before. Rammstein videos are truly amazing, with a lot of effort put in to them. I will not start a big explanation of the storyline in the video as @TheMrOtanas has already done an amazing job of that, here below.
If you want more Rammstein-entertainment you should watch "Zeit" which also provides something to talk about.
Thanks for your great work in these videos.
You have seen nothing yet😂😂😂😂
Angst,zeit, Adieu every video has a message,is a materpiece.
And their live material is epic.
Weisses fleis,mutter,puppe, Hallelujah and so on
Do more and you will have my loyalty😂😂
Haha I cannot wait Nathaliee!
@@nickforellreacts well considering this video is 2nd most expensive vid ever made... no you pretty much have seen what is to come. or what to expect...Well except maybe Zeit! ( The song/vid) as it is not your traditionally sounding Rammstein .
If you`re not German or not deep into German history, you don`t get most of the videography. It`s a Masterpiece. BTW. The woman is Germania, always apeares in Black, Red, Gold. (Our national colors). And she has an eagle at the end (Our national animal). More you`ve to find out by yourself. ;)
Great pointers thank you. I do need to learn as my ancestry is German.
the outro melody is actualy from "Sonne".
I suggest to watch it 🤯
Theres a YT video by Three Areows that breaks down this song's symbolism. Worth watching and makes the song/video way more impressive
Real artists, make real art.
Rammstein.
Welcome to their art.
Thank you. I certainly agree
I think the piano version of sonne at the end is a nice touch
After the first chorus, you should look at the lyrics for the chorus again. The latter chorus' are longer and the important meaning of the song is in this second half of the chorus...
"Germany, your love is a blessing and a curse, and Germany my love i cannot give you"
This song is about the torn emotions of many German people. They love their nation. But hate their past
That’s a great suggestion Gabriel, I’ll do that next time. Glad to know their stance
For a deeper dive into Rammstein, there are many great options
"Sonne", "Amerika", "Feuer Frei", "Rosenrot", "Asche Zu Asche" and "Sehnsucht" from their earlier years
"Zeit", "Radio", "Auslander", "Adieu" and "Angst" from the latest two albums
Or simply for fun "Mein Land", "Keine Lust", "Zick Zack" and "Dicke Titten"
Great reaction. Side notes the band walking through the scaffolding on fire was representation of the Hindinberg. The space men are confusing,but the woman giving birth to the dogs is the physical representation of Germany bringing a breed of dog that was almost extinct back through advanced genetic research. Pioneered in Stroudsburg, I believe someone will know, I'm sure. The breed was (leonburger?). Forgive my spelling. The burning graves are the same in Schindler's list.
Tks Till
the fist fighting sequence represents the weimar republic, i think the monks represent the time of Martin Luther and when till is in drag it's the 60's/70's political/terrorist group the RAF and the Baader meinhof faction. the black woman represents Germania who is the personification of the German nation
Three arrows here on youtube has a really good (for me at least) breakdown of this video worth checking out.
Love your rammstein rections
Thank you so much Linda! Okay great suggestion
I find a good explanation to this video:
"The video opens in AD 16, on the ‘barbarian’ side of the lines, the border of the Roman Empire. Roman soldiers creep through the woods in the aftermath of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. The Romans were ambushed by an alliance of Germanic Tribes, led by a chieftain called Arminius (the original Hermann the German). Three legionary standards were captured, a loss symbolic and moral, as well as physical, and decades were spent trying to recover them. Rome never again attempted to take the lands east of the River Rhine, known as Germania.
‘Germania’ refers not just to a place, somewhere partly defined by where it isn’t (Rome) as well as where it is, but also to a national figurehead, traditionally representing the German people. Germania is a strong woman, usually armour-clad and battle-ready. Various symbols appear with her, among them a breastplate with an eagle, a black, red, and gold flag, and a crown. Look out for these in the video - they come up again and again - and the colours of the contemporary flag are there in every scene.
We get our first glimpse of Germania here (played by Ruby Commey), who stands holding Till Lindemann’s severed head. Next, astronauts appear carrying a metal and glass box shaped like a coffin. In the background we see a U-boat - a German submarine, used in World Wars I and II. Then we move to a scene set at a boxing match which takes us to Weimar Germany (1918-1933), a period known for its political instability but also greater cultural liberalism. Here, Germania appears in the cabaret costume of a flapper girl, and the boxers fight with knuckle-dusters as a crowd cheers them on.
We see the former East Germany, complete with busts of Marx and Lenin, the national emblem of East Germany, and a lookalike of the long-serving, insular, and repressive GDR leader Erich Honecker. There’s another astronaut, or rather a cosmonaut: Sigmund Jähn, the first German in space, who flew with the USSR’s space program (and who’s also a character in the 2003 film, Good Bye Lenin!). Medieval monks feast grotesquely on the supine Germania, tearing sauerkraut and sausage from Ruby Commey’s body, prison inmates are beaten by guards dressed in police and military uniforms from different historical periods.
The most obviously shocking scene references the Holocaust and the Nazi period. Four members of the band, in the striped uniforms of camp inmates, wait at the gallows, about to be hanged. They wear the cloth emblems used to identify their ‘crimes’: a pink triangle for homosexual prisoners, a yellow star for Jewish prisoners, a red and yellow star for Jewish political prisoners.
This sequence, teased in an earlier promo video, has already caused controversy. Have Rammstein the right to do this? Do they trivialise the suffering of Holocaust victims? How can they justify using Holocaust imagery to promote their new video? These are important questions that are part of a much bigger debate about the ethics of using the Holocaust in art and media.
Other scenes include the band walking away from a flaming airship, referring to the 1937 Hindenburg Disaster, in which 36 people died. Rats scuttle across the floor when the monks first appear, suggesting the Pied Piper of Hamelin, a legend with origins in the 13th century.
Germania walks towards the camera in a leather jacket, gold jewellery and a string of bullets across her chest, resembling the chariot drawn by four horses (the ‘Quadriga’) on top of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The band members’ heads are shown as white marble busts, taking us to the 19th century Walhalla memorial in Bavaria, built as German Hall of Fame, its sculpted heads of German worthies on display to this day.
In the prison, hundreds of banknotes fall from above, suggesting the devastating hyperinflation Germany suffered in the 1920s. Nazis burn books, intercut with religious fanatics burning witches. We recognise members of the Red Army Faction (also known as the Baader-Meinhof group), a militant organisation active in the 1970s in West Germany. And in a blink-or-you-miss-it exchange, we are reminded of the much-criticised relationship between the churches and the state during the Third Reich.
Each scene captures in a moment the icons of an era, and the video cuts between them more and more frenetically as it goes on. Events bleed into each other, linked by the presence of the band members and the red laser beam that appears throughout the video, a ‘roter Faden’ (red thread or central theme), connecting each event.
Germany engages with its history in a very particular way. Try to imagine the video about Britain, with Britannia played by Ruby Commey. What would the equivalent events be? Quite a few of the tableaux might be similar - Romans, Crusaders, monks, 18th-century soldiers, collarless shirts and bareknuckle boxing - but would it have the same impact?
There’s no affection, and perhaps not much hope: its pessimistic tone seems to be quite an off-brand message for post-1989 Germany, which wants to acknowledge its past critically, while also looking to its future as a state at the heart of Europe. And actually, while we get a lot of medieval and twentieth-century history, the video’s tour through the past seems to stop in the late 1980s, before the fall of the Berlin Wall and Reunification of East and West Germany. Instead, we jump into the future, where the space-suited band take Germania into the unknown, travelling in that coffin-shaped glass box.
There’s an echo of the video for Sonne, where Snow White is trapped in a glass coffin. In fact, a piano version of Sonne plays over the end credits of Deutschland. This is a useful link for understanding something of what Rammstein is doing here. In Sonne, where the band’s characters free themselves of Snow White (naturally, they’ve been her sex-slaves), only to realise that they have made a mistake and long for her return, the overwhelming feeling of Deutschland seems to be that when it comes to Germania (or Germany): you can’t love her, and you can’t live without her."
Correct
Damn, what a solid resource. Thank you for putting this here
@@stefan4404 not all. If these were the aftermath of the Battle of Teuteburg Forest, they were very late. The battle was 6 years earlier. 16ad was the battle of Idistaviso or the one at the Angrivarian Wall. Arminus was seriously wounded. The Romans won. Also, Arminius' brother Flavus fought on the side of the Romans. Some say that in the run-up to the battle they argued about which way was best for the Germanic tribes. The Roman civilitation or the desire for freedom. Torn in the family and in the feelings. As in the video. "I want to love and damm you". Despite the victory, the Romans had to retreat behind the Rhine.
I have seen this music video multiple times already (it's just sooo good). And i never noticed that the girl (Germania) was kissing the decapitated head until you mentioned it. I always just assumed that the rest of the body was still attached
Hi, I'm from Germany.
Rammstein is playing a classic "Industrial Metal" style. A 50-50 mix of synthesizers and hard metal guitars.
A big part of the German history in one video. The black woman as Germania. Germania is the personification of the German nation. It isn't and wasn't a goddess or Joan of Arc.
The glass coffin: It is Little Snow White from the Grimm-fairytales....and from their own video "Sonne". Only with black skin and in space.
The piano song at the end is the song "Sonne", too.
The words "Germania Magna" at the beginning are a Roman name for the area of Germany, that wasn't conquered by the Roman Empire at that time.
Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were the Roman conquered areas (Roman provinces) of Germany.
The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) means:
Germany as a unified state is very young. A unified German nation is only existing from 1871 onwards. Before that year of unification Germany was made of countless, little mini-states and the people identified first and foremost as Prussians, Hessians, Saxons etc, etc, etc. and only in a second line of thought they had a lose sense of being somehow Germans, too, as a kind of unifying second identity.
So the area & the landscape where the Germans are living and the Germans themselves as a people...are thousands of years old. But only recently, in 1871, there was a unified Germany as one single state.
So Germany as a unified state is very young...and at the same time it is thousands of years old.
The battle of the Teutoburg forest against the Romans (and Rammstein as Roman soldiers and Germans alike).
That battle is of ABSOLUTE importance for the German history.
The hanged bodies in the trees were the beaten Roman soldiers, who were gruesome sacrificed to the Germanic gods...and were partly nailed to the trees.
The Varus-(Teutoburg)-Battle was already in 9 AD. In 16 AD were the vengeance campaigns of commanding field general Germanicus under Emperor Tiberius Augustus. Therefore we see here the arrival of the Roman troops of Germanicus and they are watching their dead comrades hanging in the trees or getting their heads chopped off (for nailing them to the trees).
In reality the Romans under Germanicus found only the bones of the Varus army in the various ways they were slaughtered, sacrificed and displayed at the trees. Slaves were liberated even decades after the battle.
After the scenes with the Romans we saw the Hindenburg Zeppelin disaster (the burning Zeppelin in the background).
The moustaches and clothing from the fight scene are from WWI and post WWI years. From the working class people in WWI and the roaring 20's. In the WWII years later on this kind of big bushy moustache was already out of fashion.
The falling banknotes in the prison are not about corruption. That scene is about the hyper-inflation of the 1920's, that took away the savings of the Germans and left them in deep poverty and desperation.
One had to pay a loaf of bread with a handcart full of nearly worthless banknotes back then and it hit the German people deep down inside and in their souls. Especially the poor ones and the simple workers.
The V2 rocket (first manmade object in space) as technical triumph of the German spirit...and at the same time the killing of the concentration camp prisoners in the bunker factories below the mountains during the production of that rocket.
This scene in the video could be a representation of a very specific concentration camp. It was "Mittelbau-Dora" below the Kohnstein mountain.
A mixture between a big, huge bunker factory for V1 and V2 rockets and a concentration camp.
The concentration camp inmates had several different markings for different kinds of convicts and their "crimes" sown to their chests, like it was in reality, too. A pink triangle for homosexuals, the star of David for Jews and two of them were marked with the double-triangles for Jehovas Whitnesses.
The book burnings of the Nazis and the burning of the witches of the church. In the same scene with the book burning there is EVEN MORE going on. The cooperation of the church with the Nazis, when the priest with the cross embraces the Nazi SA-man.
The scene with the sign with the Hammer and a pair of compasses in a circle of wheat is the sign of the GDR (DDR). The socialist German state in the east that existed before the German reunification.
Therefore it was Karl Marx in the background in the scene with the tank (not the scene at the concentration camp).
The scene with Rammstein wielding guns (the pumpgun) and taking Germania hostage was about leftwing terrorism of the 1970's. The terrorists were called the RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion).
My interpretation of the red scanner-like beams: There are two different kinds of beams. The massive straight red light beam that goes up into the heavens AND there were those smaller, thinner "scanner" beams.
Aliens (or humans from the future) are scanning the whole German history. Like some real scientists are scanning and excarvating ancient Mexican or Egyptian statues, for example.
The massive red light beam is the red ribbon of time that ties together all the historical events.
PS: As for the dogs: Germans are fanatical dog lovers. We are a dog-owner nation. The dog is a firm part of Germany.
PPS: They didn't eat the body of the woman and her inner organs, even if it really looked that way. They were eating the national dish of Germany, that was put on the body of the black woman: Sauerkraut, Kassler & sausages.
In my opinion it symbolizes the church eating itself fat on the goods and values and food of Germany during the simple people (farmers, simple workers etc) lived a long time in a kind of hell of poverty and serfdom (the red fetish area below the table with Germania on it).
But that eating scene could indeed have a double meaning. It could represent the 30 years war, that was fought for religious reasons and depopulated large areas of Germany. It forced the people to commit canibalism because nobody was there anymore to produce food. Except the fat, wealthy people of the church, of course. They were still able to eat enough. Only the simple people at the bottom (farmers etc) died from hunger and had to fight and die in that war.
The 30 years war was the biggest catastrophe in Germany until WWI happened.
PPPS: The short scene with the dogs and their gas masks = WWI, where in reality animals (messenger dogs & horses) AND soldiers were wearing gas masks, too.
PPPPS: The puppies at the end are Leonberger dogs. The Leonbergers nearly went extinct during WWI and WWII.
PPPPPS: The black woman in the prison was dressed in a Prussian uniform with a Prussian helmet.
Till sings the famous, often misinterpreted, line of the "Deutschlandlied" (Song of the Germans), that is not forbidden in Germany but simply isn't sung anymore in our modern national anthem.
Till sings in his version the line "Deutschland über allen" (Germany above everybody) What is a BIG change to the real line in the orginal Deutschlandlied-song. In the original Deutschlandlied song it is written as "Deutschland über alles" (Germany above everything).
The real, whole line of that old Deutschlandlied goes "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles. Über alles in der Welt" (Germany, Germany above everything. Above everything in the world).
This line is often misinterpreted by many people as chauvinism and as a looking down upon all other countries on this planet. But that is wrong and not many people know about that in Germany and elsewhere.
The writer of that famous line didn't meant it in a chauvinistic way.
When that song was written, Germany was divided into umphteenth mini-states, what made Germany relative powerless and defenseless. Therefore the task of German unification was the goal above any other goal for all Germans (at least the writer of the song meant it that way).
So the main goal for all Germans had to be the united Germany. The goal of "(united) Germany above everything else".
That was, how that line was meant by the writer of the song.
The line isn't forbidden, like many people wrongly think. It's simply not sung anymore and not part of the official anthem of modern Germany anymore.
This has NOT its reason in the seemingly chauvinist meaning of "Deutschland über alles", like many people wrongly think. This whole stanza of the Deutschlandlied isn't sung anymore, because in other parts of the stanza are borders and landscapes mentioned, that aren't German borders and landscapes anymore.
We want to live in peace with the people and countries, who are now living in those former German lands and therefore we don't sing about those old borders and landscapes anymore.
It has nothing to do with the "Deutschland über alles" line in that stanza, like many people wrongly are thinking.
Finally:
The scenes I'm now talking about are pretty dark and low light. The WWII submarine in the submarine bunker during the astronauts are walking by with the glass coffin.
I think, the choice of the black woman as main actress was made, because:
a) it makes any accusations of racism and fascism against Rammstein useless
b) she represents one colour of the German flag and she is wearing the rest of the colours of our German flag as makeup and jewellery and clothes on her body: Black, Red and Gold
c) it provokes many people EVEN MORE 😄
Greetings
Mega
PS: RUclips didn't allow me to integrate this information into the bigger text (above) for unknown reasons, therefore I'm posting it here:
The troops, who smashed the Jewish shops during the Kristallnacht (not shown in the video) were SA (Sturmabteilung) in brown uniform and not the later SS (Schutzstaffel) in the black uniform. The SA did all the dirty work at the beginning of the Nazi rise to power...until the "Night of the long knives", an inner-Nazi power struggle, happened. The head of the SA (Ernst Röhm) was killed and from then on the SA was turned more and more into the SS under Himmler.
The book burnings were part of the early Nazi years, too, and were done by the SA, too. One can see the SA burning the books and Till is watching it in a brown SA uniform.
Both, Kristallnacht and book burnings were different things and happened at different times. The book burnings happened over a longer timespan at different locations at different times during the Kristallnacht was one big "event" that happened at one single day.
Kristallnacht means "Crystal Night" and was called that way, because the smashed shop windows of the Jewish shops looked like thousands of crystals on the ground. But in the Rammstein video I've only seen the book burnings.
PPS:
The two beer drinking soldiers to the left side of the table, where Germania is lying on and where the priests are eating Sauerkraut & Sausages from her body, are not French soldiers and they aren't representing the French revolution. Those two beer drinking soldiers are Prussian soldiers and they are emphasizing the importance of Prussia for the German history.
As far as I could see: They were from the era of Friedrich der Große (The Old Fritz), who was of extraordinary importance for German history. Amongst many other achievements he was the one, who brought the potato to Prussia and Germany. That saved many Germans from hunger and the potato became one of the most beloved foods in Germany on that way.
PPPS: The name Rammstein comes from the German town Ramstein (with one "m"). There is an US-airbase and there happened a big, tragic airshow disaster, when two jets collided and fell into the audience.
Therefore all the flames and the burning coat during the song Rammstein and all the fire in their shows in general. But that rather tasteless name and the negative press echo were too much even for Rammstein. So they changed their name later in Rammstein, what indeed means "battering stone".
They delivered a half assed explanation for it decades ago. I've forgotten, what they said. A fact is, that they called themselves after that town and that airshow disaster. Probably for provocation purposes.
Their old song "Rammstein" even tells in other words the story of that disaster and it tells about a fine day with a warm shining sun...and burning people.
Neue Deutsche Härte was always a pretty unsatisfying new name for the music they made mainly: Industrial or Industrial Metal/Rock.
In the scene where 'monks' are eating off Germania the detail most non-Germans miss is they are eating sauerkraut and sausages - very, *very* traditional German foods.
I would like to preface this by saying that I'm an American not a German so take what I say with a grain of salt. My interpretation of this song is the internal conflict one feels between loving your country and knowing its history. Like when he says "want to love you, want to damn you". The singer sings torn between the Germany that he knows and loves and the Germany that has done all these terrible things.
On point.
RUclips channel Bucksttabu has Rammstein videos with sound English translation
Oh thank you Fred, very helpful
In my opinion, the cosmo/astonauts are simply a kind of future archeologists, who scan historical sites with their laser beams in order get hints on the german history.
The key words:
Germany!) My heart on fire
wanna love and damn you
(Germany!) Your breath cold
So young and yet so old
(Germany!) Your love is a blessing and a curse
(Germany!) I can't give you my love
(Germany!)
The rocket was not a spaceship but a German armed missile (V1, V2) that were predominantly fired from the European mainland at Britain.
Hi, the breakdown of all signs and more or less hidden symbols is already done in the coments.
Here my two cents to the video.
The main story is about why Rammstein has such a problem to love their homeland, love in sense of pride.
Well, Rammstein explained their problem of loving their homeland with this epic work. Many Germans of the same generation share these feelings, plus the Rammstein members were born in East Germany when the Wall was up and working. So they grew up with bondage and were part of the story they told us in this video. All Germans of this generation grew up with this guilty conscience.
We were born after the war, in my case 20 years after the end of WWII, but we all had relatives who were personally involved...parents or grandparents. We had and still have to deal with people who lost loved ones through the actions of our relatives and of course suffered as a result. So it's no great surprise that we who have done nothing wrong, still feel shame when we encounter victims or the victims' descendants.This feelings and shame is also the reason that you don't see often that germans wave the german flag, except at a football match with the nationalteam or when foreign leaders come to vistit germany.
But I see a light at the end of the tunnel: Generation Z rejects this guilt and shame of the past. Yes, it's easier for them because they don't have to deal with the victims from back then.
At the latest with the death of the Rammstein generation, this German trauma will come to an end.
Wow, thank you for that analysis. Definitely enjoyed it!
First, I reccomend "Radio" to give you perspective on how much they craved freedom while growing up on the wrong side of the wall.
Second, I can tell you from personal experience that it feels pretty frickin great to chant ANY of their songs with 70k+ people all together as equals (Yes this is for the Juggalos) Even without the pyrotechnics, the concerts are epic.
Bryan thank you for the suggestion for Radio. Sounds epic. I would jump on a chance to see them now
@@nickforellreacts I warn you, the MV for Radio has nudity, dancing nazi stormtroopers, people getting inappropriate with appliances...well it's a frickin Rammstein video. The message is powerful, though. I wish everyone could see it and learn about oppression, more importantly the will to stand up against it.
Translation
You (you have)
Have cried a lot (cried)
Separated by the mind (separated)
Reunited by the heart (reunited)
We (we are)
Have been together for a very long time (you are)
Your breath cold (so cold)
The heart is burning (so hot)
You (you can)
Me (I know)
Us (we are)
You (you remain)
Germany
My burning heart
Wants to love and condemn you
Germany
Your breath cold
So young and yet so aged
Germany
I (you have)
I never want to leave you (I know)
One can love you (you love)
And wants to hate you (you have) 1
Be arrogant, feel superior
Undertake, hand over
Surprise, attack
Germany, Germany above all
Germany
My burning heart
Wants to love and condemn you
Germany
Your breath cold
So young and yet so aged
Germany
Your love is a curse and a blessing
Germany
My love, I can't give it to you
Germany
You
Me
Us
You
(You) Overpowering, superfluous
(Me) Superhumans, wearied
(Us) Who rises high, will fall low
(You) Germany, Germany over all
Germany
Your burning heart
Wants to love and condemn you
Germany
My breath cold
So young and yet so aged
Germany
Your love is a curse and a blessing
My love, I can't give it to you
Germany
Translation RammsteinWorld.com
Hervorragend kommentiert.
I was so proud when I saw the subtitles turned on. And the auto translate was not activated...
(Especially since the auto translate would have been more appropriate than the translation found on Google)
But I confirm the auto translate on your video works... For English to French
Ooh good :)
the first pronounciation you gave is the one i always do, whether right or wrong, cause i like how it sounds, but everyone else ive heard says it like the 2nd one you gave, either seem equally legitimate because its a difference in the way english and german pronounce a set of letters, one would call it a "anglicized version" but not necessarily wrong
Thanks for that DJ. I’ve also just heard to say it like you’re saying Einstein but with Ramm
@@nickforellreacts exactly! same thing, both german lol
Hi! I would love to see you react to Rammstein - Was Ich Liebe Live Europe Stadium Tour 2019 [Multicam Mix]. It's one of my faves!! I just found you channel and have enjoyed watching you react to Falling In Reverse. Stay well :)
Nice! Could you please react to the piano version of Mein Herz Brennt?
I’d highly recommend checking out the music videos for Zeit and Adieu. Both are epic!!
Will do Rana. Is anything they do not epic?
@@nickforellreacts good point! Hahah.
"Germany so young": All after Hitler
"and yet so old": All befor Hitler
We want to love germany because of our proud, big and great history. Germany invented the car, the computer, the printing press, X-Ray, light bulb, phone, power generation, and the rocket to the moon... We have Einstein, Johann Sebastian Bach, Martin Luther, Karl Marx, Schiller, Goethe and so on. Our palaces, castles, kings and the beautiful landscapes. But we can't love Germany. We brought the world war, death a⁸nd the holocaust.
we apologize.
This powerful Song tries to express how we feel.
We germans love our country.. but we cant...
OMG!
As a germwn i can say my repect. You go to history and want to understand this song with the message. But there is so much. Even for germans it’s hard to understand everything.
When you look at the hanging guy’s they all have different marks. It’s the star. One is for jew, one is for gay…, the girl with dark skin is the goddes Germania. Most german don’t know her. There is a goddes called Germania. She is our country. The astronauts are a way what could happen. For more questions I’m open for you. But look this video again maybe when you know this informations it will be different
6:30 the symbol in the background was the state emblem of East Germany, the DDR=„German Democratic republic“ I.e. the communist state in the eastern parts of today’s Germany which existed from 1949 till 1990 when it was reunified with the western oriented state of West Germany (the Federal Republic= NATO member and European Union co-founder) to what is Germany today. The symbol depicts hammer and compass ( in contrast to the hammer and sickle of the USSR), the compass symbolizing the workmanship of the state’s working class. The scene depicts the East German government. All Rammstein members were born in the DDR while it existed and members of East Germany’s (illegal) punk scene.
For the duration of 40 years there were 2 German states because, after Germany crushingly had lost WW II the four Allies who had united to conquer Hitler Germany- the USA, USSR, GB,and France split the country among themselves in 4 parts: one British, one French, one American, and one Russian zone. Very soon the western state’s Alliance with the USSR broke who founded a communist state in the Russian zone. The three western zones then became the Federal republic of Germany.
Needless to say that this terrible German separation tore thousands of families apart and caused millions of tears and heartache. For the border between the two German states became increasingly fortified by the East German government who needed fences in order to keep their population in East Germany. They turned the border into the infamous „death strip“ that turned attempted border crossings in suicidal acts. And yet people tried - and died. So alone in the younger history of Germany one can see where Rammstein got their mixed up feelings - love, hate, and lots and lots of pain - about their, our home country.
Brillant analysis!!! What you saw in the video - the best produced music video ever, in my proper opinion btw - was the BAD parts of German history through times. Viewed and displayed by Rammstein's eyes. And there's no doubt - the guys did a great job! Glad you enjoyed the video, and also glad you realized that Germany, my homeland is a beautiful country yet! Kind regards from Germany.
Really glad you enjoyed Matthew! Really enjoyed the bands interpretation of history. Hello to Germany
To find Rammstein videos with english subtitles, (done by hand) see channels, Educated Marine and Buckstabu. The same videos, but w added english for you!
Wonderful thank you so much Amy!!
The piano is a rendition of another song they have Sonne. Usually a German person will comment a long story of what each thing depicts in German history. In a nutshell it's about being torn between loving your country and hating it's past.
Ah Vinnie, that makes sense. Really glad to know they are about rectifying the past
There are a couple of people who'll copy&paste the usual explanations here soon, as they do with all reactions to this one. However, there's a point I'd like to add to that:
The severed head represents Germany's obsession with Rome. While the German tribes managed to keep out the Roman invasion, Germany fell in love with Rome after it fell. They even named what we would now call Germany the "Holy Roman Empire". Later, Rome and, to a lesser extent, ancient Greece was seen as the origin of our culture, ignoring the cultures of the German tribes of that time.
The note about the national hymn wasn't quite right. A better explanation would be: Rammstein is quoting an often misunderstood line, but they are intentionally changing it to how it is misunderstood. Where the original line meant to put the goal of uniting Germany above all other goals, with this change, it means to put Germany above everyone else. The text is usually translated into English as "above all", but it should be "above everything" (for the original) and "above everyone" (Rammstein's variation). The line sounds like there's a slightly sarcastic tone in the singer's voice, but I think the main rationale behind it is that it is repulsive to most German listeners, just like the use of the N-word would be to an American. Yet, both the original and the variant are at the core of national pride; without either, there would be no Germany. "So, which one do you want to sit there?" is the unspoken question.
About the list of random words: That translates very poorly. All of them are "uber-something" in German, and while they all can be applied to Germany at some time or another, they are there because they start with "uber"---"above". They also are either negative by themself (e.g. überheblich=arrogant) or have negative connotations (e.g. ubermensch, or übergeben=throw up/hand over), pulling down the "über allen"="above everyone" even further, making it even less of a rallying cry and putting it solidly into "don't repeat that mistake" territory.
All in all, both the song and the video put Germany in the worst light possible. The most positive thing is the line "you can be loved", and even that is eroded by "but I can't give you my love". However, the emotion the whole thing evokes is not "that's it, get rid of it; it can't be salvaged with that baggage", but one of hope. It can be salvaged, but we must be watchful to not repeat the sins of the past. Also, there are so many positive events that come to mind one could put up against the negative ones shown (especially when knowing German history). The onslaught of negativity is so heavy it pushes those from our memories to our thoughts when watching this. There weren't just bad things; there was so much more that's worth remembering.
Even the very first scene is very deliberate about this. It doesn't show the battle that is seen as the start of Germany, where the Roman forces were repelled. Instead, it shows the aftermath, the war crimes that were committed and are there to be found a couple of years later by the next Roman expedition.
PS: You pronounce Engel as "Eng-gel", instead of "Eng-el". So the "ng" is fine, but don't add a hard "g" after it but slide into the "el".
Sorry to hijack a Rammstein song but two weeks is too long to wait for your reaction to another Warning song …. Can I suggest ‘Choke’, live at Teatro Metropolitan CDMX, which even lets you hear Ale sing a couple of lines. Cheers.
Hi Bill, sorry. Definitely need to get back to the Warning. Thank you 😊
"This is so fuuh..." - yep I feel you 😂
I don't understand a lot of it, but the black lady appears in basically every scene, and she represents Germany (credited as Germania at 15:45 ).
I think the astronauts and space stuff represent the future, and some scenes you identified as USSR era refer to East Germany (which was indeed under Soviet occupation in the beginning, and then strongly aligned with USSR).
There's a lot of symbolism - e.g. people eating Germany's body, and Germany giving birth to a horrible creature...
I'm sure others will have a lot more insight.
Germania is giving birth to dogs respectively "Leonberger" a german breed preferred by Kings and Queens. The Breed almost went extinct during WW1 and WW2.
@@angryangro2139 oh, dogs? I thought it was something more sinister. Still, it's kinda disturbing.
10:21 В кадре повязка на глаз на одной стороне лица а потом кадр где на другом.. наверное это намек что в тот период Германия закрывала гзала на одни страшные действия а другим смотрела на развитие промышленности и тп
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Germania Magna (Greater Deutschland) 16 AD. In 16 AD Emperor Tiberius pulled the Roman Army out of Germany. It was not a pretty retreat.
The CC translation is pretty accurate. It reads like it was tweaked.
Watch Three Arrows analysis.
Now go watch "Sonne".
The spacesuits are not from a specific era but the bits represent the meme about Nazis that made it to the dark side of the moon. They later come back to earth and make Germania give birth to a German Shepherd. ;D
If you want a REALLY, deep and extremely good interpretation of this song, then watch this: "Deutschland by Rammstein: An Analysis" by Three Arrows.
You have just watched a 6 million $ video!
You don't need to brush up on your history. You have to devote at least 2 years of intensive study.
This Video shows the history of Germany at the Beginning 1600-2000. Romans were stopped in the Teuteburger Forest(Germany didn't officially exist yet, hence the food from Germania).Then came the Weihmarer Republic(fighting with fists),Inflation came in 1930 Anno ,the Birth in the Video is a Weimaraner (is a Dog in Germany bred) ,then came the Nazi time (in the Video you can see the Germania with an eye patch).one eye blind, all old Nazis were accepted into the new goverment in new Germany(because who should do it, they had a clue in the office).then the Cold War (Germany was divided in GDR(East)-FRG or BRD(West).spies etc. Then in 1970 the RAF -Terror came (Germany was covered with terror) and gave a strong hand against the terror.Today Germany is going to another world with friends. A new change and opportunity has dawned. If every nations come to terms with the evils they have committed like we do here,things would be better here than always looking at the evil Germans! I´m serious!!
Please watch the explanation made by the channel three arrows,because youll need a lot of context for thus song
Thank you Tom, I will!
The automatically generated subtitles are quite good actually. Here's a great analysis that will tell you all the historical details in the video:
ruclips.net/video/sc-euVL8xQs/видео.html
Thank you Marc! I’ll be using them in the future then
@@nickforellreacts my pleasure. :) But they're only on the official videos, not the lives.
In this song you have: roman / german history 1000ac you have ddr / you have weimarer republik/ you have nazi deutschland / you have RAF/ you have medievil monks.. just over 1000 years of history. The topic is: you can be proud and also hate it.
The US, Vietnam.
The german anthem was Germany above everything, written in a time when no german nation state existed;they changed it to:Germany above everyone,cause that's what it turned into .
Important translation error/hint: Germany above all and Germany above everybody is a huge difference. The hymns of 1871 was texted to hope that after thousand plus years finally a unified federal state would form and stay! So besides many small states like Prussia, Bavaria (which were little countries with kings etc) and splitted nation, finally one nation would form.
That is the reason why “Germany” (not the Germans aka the German people or a kind of superior race) should stand “above all”.
During the dark times of 1933-1945 sadly this became “Germany above everybody” in a way and is still often false interpreted or translated. That is why, this part of the German National Anthem is not more sung since the foundation of the “new” Germany aka the Federal Republic of Germany after WW II.
Cheers also @Nick Forell for this basic video, you should do a renew one, the history bits are epic and quite detailed; though European and German historians will have to work quite good to see all :)
Pepe
dude, i'd love to see your reaction to more Rammstein videos.
if you want the subs too, @educatedmarine and @buckstabu have practically every rammstein video subtitled.
their lyrics are usually multilayered and full of wordplay (du hast/du hasst, or deutschland uber alles/uber allen)
their music videos are amazing, their live performances are unforgettable and might be the best shows ever.
might i suggest an incredible song that's very disturbing. mostly because it's based on a true story but also because the song gives you a glimpse of what that must have been like to live it... Wiener Blut (Vienna blood)
ruclips.net/video/a82IBbhTWOg/видео.html
Rammstein is really hard to understand. Like in „du hast“ you have completely different meanings for du hast and du hasst which are pronounced the same way.
Just for your information: a few days ago some allegations were made by a fan that she was drugged in den backstage party of rammstein. since then more reports of incidents came up and there is a heated debate right now.
Just for your information: now you're spreading stupid newspaper gossip.
She (Shelby) tweeted that she was misunderstood and that in fact Till had done nothing wrong to her. Also 1-2 days ago there was an interview on RUclips with a girl who was around Shelby all that day (she's in all the photos and videos), and she said that Shelby was inadequate even BEFORE the pre-party, hanging around Joey Letz's neck, whom she then accused of allegedly harassing (there are several videos of different witnesses on RUclips, how she was the one harassing Letz and he was trying to dodge her), and there's already evidence that at both the pre-party and after-party all alcohol was in sealed bottles, and no one else claimed any drugs. In short, this is all a scandal blown out of nothing. Stop spreading this sh*t.
Its true art, so anyones interpretation is as good as the other. But mine is: future aliens find the remnants of world, including Germany. They study their history. And find out its all sh*t. Then decide to keep the only good thing Germany produced. Leonbergers. Swimming rescue dogs. They are the among the best bois in the planet.
Hahaha Bas I love that. Aliens are smart
There is of course much german history, but I think what the band tries is to force you to make your own thoughts. Like in their songs: Angst, Zeit, Amerika, Ausländer, Ohne Dich, and even some more lighthearted songs like "Dicke Titten" . My favorite is "Mein Herz brennt" the pianoversion, because of Till Lindemans voice and acting and the amacing piano.
Their concertperformance is great, but I prefer their official videos
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland_(song)
And in the outro you see that the black lady is the personification of "Germania", which made the far right party upset but on the other hand they made people upset by putting bandmembers as victims of the Holocaust.
Sounds like the type of band I like. It’s nice to be able to have a song transport you to where you want to go
@@nickforellreacts Just my 2 cents for 'Mein Herz brennt': watching the original version first leaves the piano version even more powerful.
How do u pronounce Einstein?EINSTEIN man just like Rammstein come on please
Okay thanks for breaking that down
that is what I ask every time I hear people pronounce Rammstein as Rammstine.
@@Templarofsteel88 hate to break it to you, but its the other way around
In german it is always pronounced SHTINE, never steen