I recently moved to Deutschland from the USA. Rammstein and other German Metal bands is mostly how I've been learning the language. Thank you for this interesting information!
I am from the U.S. actually Im from Hawai'i. Ive been a big fan of Rammstein since high school, I noticed what made me enjoy their music was their sound, I love the rough gritty hard music they create. And the more I learn about the band, the more I respect and appreciate the band more
My wife is of a German background, so I have a basic working knowledge of the language. I find that the lyrics often indulge in clever wordplay, with homonyms and what seem to be puns. Till's delivery is very theatrical, something found in opera, where one must enunciate so that the audience can easily understand the lyrics, making the potentially ambiguous sounds less so. It also has the effect of conveying a sense of energy and purpose, which works well with the powerful (simple maybe, but it really bounces) music the band creates. Part of the fun lies in finding out what the lyrics mean, especially when you see some of the bad translations that are out there. Great Video!!
My daughter took 3 years of German in high school...her enthusiasm for both Rammstein and the language also got my boys involved in learning German and the band...we had frequent Rammstein parties, rocking out to concert videos, albums, and watching many videos on RUclips. Good times, good times! 👍🏼🍺
big Rammstein fan(non German) what i can say from analyse them over all as a band is they tend to grossly satirize aspects of society culture and trends to the point of shock, lyrics are awesome, and the fact that they refuse to be a part of a trend and come up with original stuff makes them not just unique but eyeopening
Rammstein are to me the best heavy metal band, the lead singer sings with absolute passion. I would give anything to meet these guy's. Just an outstanding band. God Bless you guy's and keep Rocking.
What the dude of number 5 basicly said is that the voice should be an instrument so it can convey something, even if the lyrics aren't understood. FINALLY! Someone who shares my view on vocals. Love it!
My thoughts exactly. I don't understand German (save for the occasional basic word) and have always taken Till's voice as yet another instrument in the band. When you don't know what is being said, it allows you to focus more on the music as a whole and not solely on what is being said. I actually kind of prefer it that way, as I feel like I get a more sonic experience from listening to Rammstein, or any non-English speaking band, for that matter.
I have been listening to Rammstein since they 2000 and never stopped. Every single day I listen in my car or at the gym. I have mastered all the songs and lyrics but I don't speak German, I only speak and understand their music. I love German everything so it's easy!
And now Imagine, you'd actually could understand, what they're saying, it is just more beatiful. I can understand, that it can be hard to learn another language, especially german, but it is worth it. I, as a german mothertongue speaker, had a hardtime when, as a kid, I couldn't speak english and didn't understood it and rather "sung along" with made up vowels, when I heard english lyrics. But I'm happy that in time, mainly due to watching favorite TV shows and playing favorite games in english but of cause also with the help of the school lessons in that subject, learned the language, so I can understand and speak English myself and actually understand, what english speaking bands are singing and sing along properly :D
Lol this comment has humorous value. I'm quite sure you'd be able to learn German quickly since you have become fond of hearing german language so much via rammstein.
I find the fact that all 6 members are still together and still is writing music. I listen to their new album every day going and leaving work. Salutations from a french Canadian.
20 year Rammstein fan from the states - I've always loved the sound of the band, then I began translating the lyrics and was blown away by how deep and poetic some of the songs were. Love them!
The producer is correct. Here in the US, even when people didn't understand the word meaning, rhythmically and phonetically, words were always appealing to the ear. Hand and glove. Melody and lyrics.
Great video! I had Rammstein's 2nd album when it came out and didn't have internet to look up translations. They're music rocked hard and the lyrics (even though I didn't know them) fit well with the music. I like Till's style in delivery and how poetic some songs are. I'm also very proud of them for singing about topics that are somewhat taboo /forgotten/ swept under the rug. This makes the music more real on a whole other level. Rammstein is my favorite band as I have been listening to them for about 15 years. Never let down by anything that they produce. Always look forward to more! Thanks Dave, those were 5 facts I didn't know about. Much love!
And I think that 5th reason is WHY Till rolls his Rs. Because he knows many will listen that don't understand German, and so he uses his voice like an instrument, doing things that we non-native speakers will find interesting or catchy.
Deven Science I don’t speak a lick of German but I love listening to their music and I sing along in German. I look at the lyrics in German and English so I know what the song is about. I can’t roll my Rs when singing but I try! I like how it sounds actually and it is distinctive.
I wouldn't think so. He always rolled the R's, even in the early days, and as a German band, making music in German in the late 80's/early 90's it was extremely unlikely they would ever become known outside of Germany.
As an American, my view on Till's lyrics is that they're simple enough for anyone who's taken a basic German course to get the main point of, but also thought-provoking and layered enough to be interesting to more advanced German learners and even native speakers. Musically, they're not the most virtuosic of bands, but I (and this is just my opinion) believe they use dynamics very well and are very good at creating atmosphere and filling a space with their sound.
wow. I grew up in Germany in the 80's and we used to visit the Ramstein base (we were British military - RAF). I remember that crash, I was 8 years old at the time. Often wondered if there was a connection
Planning my 3rd Rammstein Tattoo. I love Germany, Love Rammstein, love the language too! Been to Berlin. I loved that place saw the Alexanderplatz too went to the Menschen Museum too. Which was extremely interesting. Sorry I’m rambling but I just love it.
I absolutely love that you mentioned the idea that understanding the meaning of the lyrics of their songs contributes to the "icing" on the German cake. Haha! I agree with you wholeheartedly. I fell in love with German in high school and then changed my entire college career after a year to studying German because of the shaking their music did to my soul. That was years ago and I still listen to Rammstein and I still find new things in the language, the lyrics, the meaning that go far beyond just the electrifying sound. But it started with the sound, and the "icing" I've had has been oh so delicious.
By Far Thee Best Heavy Metal Band Ever to come out of Germany! Rammstein is up their to me with The Prodigy and Public Enemy when it comes to Musically Influence amongst Metal,Rock, Electronic,Dance , Hip Hop and Rap! Rammstein is G.O.A.T an definitely a Future Rock An Roll Hall of Fame Band!✊
I'm Australian, so I only speak English (our unique version of it) 🤣 What little German I know I've learnt from Rammstein. Huge fan since the late 90's!! One of these days I'll learn to speak German. Even though I know what all of their songs are about, and read the translations I still feel I'm missing out on a reasonable portion of their music by not understand them in real time. Deutschland Deutschland Above All!!
Dave. I'm old enough to remember that Rammstein was a east german band. I think it's an importen factor to understand their lyrics, statements, sound and position in german minds. Great channel. Grüssen aus Dänemark
@T. J Powzy The claim was that they were an east German band, meaning it existed already while the country did as well. Being born there doesn't change the fact.
Been listening to rammstein all my early life years cause my parent were fans, Im dutch myself and only now learning about the meaning of some songs it totally give me new shivers ands goosebumps. theyre definitly one of the goats!
That was a great video Dave. I didn't know a single fact you gave us so thank you very much for that. I'll subscribe now and check out a couple other vids of your and see if I want to get notifications.
I have seen Rammstein in concert in Utah AND I LOVE RAMMSTEIN !!! I have all of their CD's and am waiting for the newest. I LOVE THEIR MUSIC ! IT IS POWERFUL ! RAW ! I WANT MORE ! I love the pyrotechnic stuff they did ! My favorite song is hard for me to choose.....Mein Teil..or Sonne...
You are actually my German teacher 😂. I'm a big fan of Rammstein, and it's cool to learn vocabulary during learning things about my favorite band (sorry for my english... I'm french😅)
I'm an Afrikaans speaking boertjie who knows no German, but some German words are very close to Afrikaans, so here and there one can make sense of what the songs are about. I do like the rolling R in German because it is the same rolling R that we use in Afrikaans, and it works very well. One funny as hell fact is, the way that you roll that R's in English at specific time lapses is the very first give-away that someone who is speaking English is actaully a raw Afrikaans speaking person 🤣🤣 But I'm very rarely into songs for the lyrics and their meanings when it comes to metal, I purely enjoy the guitars and the big thick riffs. With Rammstein you get the added bonus of Till's voice and the way German sound
Even though it’s not the kind of music I usually listen to,Rammstein are my favourite ones. I’ve just began to learn German and it’s not that I don’t like the High German -r- sound ,but I have to admit that Till’s rolling -rrr- is actually EPIC
As an artist, musician, and poet... I get the art behind the music. It’s theatrical. I really enjoy the lyrics. Sometimes sarcastic like in Amerika 😉 and makes a point in Deutschland
I do not speak German AT ALL! However, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE RAMMSTEIN! I have listened since the beginning and have seen them a few times in concert on the rare occurrence that they come to my neck of North America. I know mostly all the words to most every song that I’ve been exposed to. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M SAYING! Great Band!! Truly!
Interesting video, I didn't know about the process behind writing music and lyrics. I've been listening to Rammstein since 1997 (I think, maybe even earlier), and their music really helped me learning German as a second foreign language at high school. While I'm not really good at spoken German as I lack regular speaking opportunities, I can read or listen without too many problems. Also thanks to them (and having access to mostly German cable music stations while I was young) I found a lot of other German bands I would discover probably 10+ years later.
First off on a thank you for explaining some things but still I love Rammstein when I first heard them which was in a movie and saw them playing they were actually what inspired me to learn German them and my German heritage
I am am a non spanish speaking , latino american who fell in live with rammstein and metal music. I agree with your take on their simple yet very clever musicianship and lyrics. Though i didn’t know any german at first i was captivated by the sounds as the producer and they intended, after learning some german and understanding the lyrics even better i still find myself wondering at their deeper meanings and intent
Well, you have to admit ….. Rein Raus is pretty obvious too what it's about. And I love the melodies behind the stumpf und monoton. It's almost classical, like Sonne, Alter Mann, Amour, Nebel, Ohne Dich, Du riechst so gut and more. And Los is awesome, lyrics wise, because of the double meaning of Los as in "(here we) go", "less" or "without". A funny play with German language. The poet that is Lindemann really stands out in this. In English, not so much. As they say, they sing about "Liebe in alle Formen und Varianten". Rammstein to me is therapy, live and on record.
Awesome video man! I only took two years of German in high school, in the 90s... so, I *know* I'll screw this up - but I'll give it a go anyway: Das war sehr gut! Ich liebe Rammstein! Deine Deutsche ist wundergrossen!
The reason I like Rammstein is simple The stage show is awesome! The music may be simple, but it rocks hard!!! They make bands like guns and roses sound like a bunch of school girls!! Last but not least it's so f***ing loud!!!! It cost me major to see them. I will spend it again!!!!
yes the live show was totally worth the 100+usd. it was actually the first time i saw a live show ever and it was rammstein! awesome tunes and lots of fire and action. it blew my mind and i also got some nice pics
Great information thanks for sharing! I discovered Rammstein by watching XXX with Vin diesel. Loved the music in the opening scene and have been a fan ever since. Thanks for filling in the gaps in my learning about them. I also am attempting to learn to speak German / Dutch.
I don't understand a word of German but Rammstein is my favorite band and I love every album. To me it's all about the beat, the sounds of the words (as I don't understand them) and how they flow with the music and the way each song has it's own feel, personality and emotion to it...It's almost a subconcious feel to it... They rarely come to North America, so I was only oble to see them once, but it was in a sports arena (Montreal) and it was the best most unbelieveable show I have ever seen. , the concert was like a dark Broadway production! They are epic artists in every sense of the word. The latest CD is also so good! I have it in the car on a permanent basis and have listened to it at least 100 times...so far...
Cool quick, and interesting facts about Rammstein, as the band are themselves! They're visiting my country Norway, to play tomorrow. Me and the gang will be there to see them! 🤘😎🤘
Thanks a lot. I also can also mentioned that Ram or barreling Ram was a war machine. And combination of Ram and Stein (Stone) can be interpreted as stoneram
I'm from finland and i always roll the r and I have pronounced it like that even before I started listening to rammstein. I think it's because my first german teacher in middle school pronounced the r like that because she had lived in austria. Now in highschool have different teacher and he and my other groupmates pronounce the r different than me hahah
I literally said “Mein Teil” at the same time you did and my wife gave me the craziest look 👀 lol 🤣. I replied with you would not understand. Great videos for those of us in the USA who know minimal German, but are fans of Rammstein. 🍻 here’s to waiting patiently for May 17th and the new Tool album which should launch by the year 2100 hopefully 😫.
Mein Urgroßvater war Bayer und sprach ausschließlich Deutsch; also bin ich mit Deutsch und Englisch aufgewachsen. Das Hören von Rammstein war eine großartige Gelegenheit, in meine "zweite Kultur" einzutauchen, und ich habe seitdem nie zurückgeschaut.
Till has to be up there in the top 5 rock vocalists of all time, along with Rob Hanford, Ian Gillian, Bruce Dickinson and the late great Ronnie James Dio!
Isn't the part of mein teil slightly different? I believe it wasn't his lover he killed, but a guy who posted an advert that he wanted to be killed an eaten? They cut of his 'teil' and ate it together before he killed the person
I didn't inform myself that well but another RUclips comment said that he accidentally burned "sein Teil" and fed it to the dogs... I don't know anymore what's right, so many different opinions/information🤷
They met eachother on the cannibal forum. They talked about cannibalism and they decided to do it. One man got his weiner cut off and they tried to eat it but they failed because they cooked it for to long. This was the wish of the man btw he allowed to be eaten if he could try his own weiner. After that the man was killed and eaten by the other man.
@@catsaregreat768 that's the same story I heard except no one died, that's why the cannibal didn't go to jail. I heard about it on one of Simon Whistler's channels
I first came across Rammstein on the 2001 Big Day Out music festival tour in Australia at the Gold Coast... man they blew me away with his vocals and the melody. I didn't speak German at the time.... aber sechs Jahre später ich habe kennengelernt meine Frau und wir Umgezogen bis Deutschland zusammen die Deutsche Sprache
Nice vid bro i knew about "Mein Teil" but not the others, i been listening to Rammstein for 10 years this year, since i was 16 i been listening, im not german but i do understand 70-80% of Rammsteins songs via my self teaching, i learnt them by reading the lyrics while listening to the song and will memorize the english and then listen to it and translate it my head, rinse and repeat and even when i listened to their new album i could still get some of it without reading any lyrics! :) liked and subscribed!
I am trying to learn my ancestral tongue, My family came from the Hessians hired during the war of '76. I am fascinated with German bands, From Faun to Rammstein and so. I am kind of embarrassed that I am using Duolingo. But I surprise myself when words pop up that i understand the gist of lyrics and also these vids you make help out a lot Dave. Danke
Honestly all Metal Bands try to be distinctive but Rammstein style is kinda attractive and creative yet their the music is always a pleasure to ears , I can NOT stop listening to Radio 📻 and Deutschland 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻 , Actually You can think 🤔 and dig deep in their videos because they are full of metaphors and hints to history n culture around us
I am from the netherlands. My german is really bad. But i really love german music. Especially rammstein. Very good instrumentals with really catchy lyrics. Like du hast. Deutschland. Radio. Amerika. Etc.
I've managed to ignore Rammstein for quite a while, then found the sandman song. Sort of captivated me, and ended up liking all of their music, with a bent toward their more mystical sounds. There is something to what the producer said about their song as I am now working towards learning German to better sing and understand their songs. Probably, my deceased father is laughing as one of his accomplishments was learning to speak German fluently, as his father and mother came from Germany and forbid the speaking of it, in order to be American... Which is an Old World thing and follows many languages and countries from Europe.
The way he explains the lyrics kinda reminds me of System of a Down. Quite a few of their songs seemingly just don't make any sense, but they have a deeper meaning. Of course they never explain just what they mean, because they want the listener to think about it and come up with their own conclusions.
What I've noticed is that most of the time, especially in Reise Reise album Till used a lot of words that can be easily guessed or understood by english speakers and he places them very strategically, for example in song mutter or sonne, most people can guess that this song is about a mother or the sun and there are plenty more clues in the lyrics and in the music itself. Probably being able to understand the big general theme of the song, but not understanding the detail makes it a lot more intiguing for people.
I am a big fan of Rammstein. I don't speak German but love the raw sound of the language. I do go on line and translate the lyrics. It is good they sing some songs in English, but the German language is what gives them their great sound. Looking forward to the new album guys, can't wait.
Rather odd mentioning Christianity or your nationality. Reminds me of Black Americans that feel the need to announce their ethnicity at the beginning of every online comment. Edit: After reading more comments, it appears a large number of people feel the need to mention nationality (particularly Americans) and quite a few mention ethnicity as well. Strange, very strange....
Yeah love Rammstein melodic approach and in the way the guy enunciates the words in German make it captivating. Who cares if you even know what they're saying it just sounds cool
I just thought that , yes , it was a Swiss sound as we do know that they roll their " Rrr's " harder than we do . Yes . My mother was Bavarian , Father was Nuremberg bred - mother rolled her "Rrr's " more than father and .. he was hard on her for that . When I spent years in Vienna , father sniffed at me and said in a demeaning and funny tone , " You sound like Viennesse " .... Sniff , sniff ! :)))) Loved my Father and his Hoch Deutsch ! I'm a German American lady who adores Germany ! Thanks for your work ! Tschuus !
As to your conclusion about the band's attraction being the mix of simple riffs with complex or nuanced lyrics, that isn't the case for me. I have no idea most of the time what the lyrics mean, rather like listening to an opera (which I hate!) It's the stentorian and homogeneous wall of riff that I enjoy, combined with the very anti-metal voice. Til at one end of the spectrum, Rob Halford at the other. Much prefer Til. His voice is so evocative.
Back in the day I used to wonder if Links 2 3 4 was a creative way to try to dispell a lot of the mania in the media after columbine, since that had happened right in between the albums. I remember the day I heard it on the news, I forget which network, where they showed the Sehnsucht album cover as they discussed the shooters, saying they were radicalized, and they threw in Marilyn Manson for good measure. That was an eye opening experience for me and changed my perception of the media for the better. Trust has to be earned, no matter how popular or what kind of authority one has; this has become all the more clear in modern times and I'm glad I got a good dose of reality early on.
I'm learning German and really enjoy your interesting content with the mini German vocabulary lessons included!! Thanks
Going the other way. I can learn English, cause he speaks realy slow and clear. Love it.
Yes I love the interesting content. And the inclusion of German vocabulary.
I recently moved to Deutschland from the USA. Rammstein and other German Metal bands is mostly how I've been learning the language. Thank you for this interesting information!
I am from the U.S. actually Im from Hawai'i. Ive been a big fan of Rammstein since high school, I noticed what made me enjoy their music was their sound, I love the rough gritty hard music they create. And the more I learn about the band, the more I respect and appreciate the band more
Fact #6. I haven't been able to stop listening to Radio since it was released
same here
Radio... Mein radio....
Raaaaaaa diooo. Mein Radio.
So fucking true
Deutschland and auslander for me
My wife is of a German background, so I have a basic working knowledge of the language. I find that the lyrics often indulge in clever wordplay, with homonyms and what seem to be puns. Till's delivery is very theatrical, something found in opera, where one must enunciate so that the audience can easily understand the lyrics, making the potentially ambiguous sounds less so. It also has the effect of conveying a sense of energy and purpose, which works well with the powerful (simple maybe, but it really bounces) music the band creates. Part of the fun lies in finding out what the lyrics mean, especially when you see some of the bad translations that are out there. Great Video!!
My daughter took 3 years of German in high school...her enthusiasm for both Rammstein and the language also got my boys involved in learning German and the band...we had frequent Rammstein parties, rocking out to concert videos, albums, and watching many videos on RUclips.
Good times, good times! 👍🏼🍺
Way to parent! Not just filling your kids' heads with knowledge, but the wisdom of experience in seeing that knowledge put to use! Cheers!
What is their view on Israel?
Wow, your kids are so lucky to have a dad like you!
big Rammstein fan(non German) what i can say from analyse them over all as a band is they tend to grossly satirize aspects of society culture and trends to the point of shock, lyrics are awesome, and the fact that they refuse to be a part of a trend and come up with original stuff makes them not just unique but eyeopening
Rammstein are to me the best heavy metal band, the lead singer sings with absolute passion. I would give anything to meet these guy's. Just an outstanding band. God Bless you guy's and keep Rocking.
What the dude of number 5 basicly said is that the voice should be an instrument so it can convey something, even if the lyrics aren't understood.
FINALLY! Someone who shares my view on vocals.
Love it!
My thoughts exactly. I don't understand German (save for the occasional basic word) and have always taken Till's voice as yet another instrument in the band. When you don't know what is being said, it allows you to focus more on the music as a whole and not solely on what is being said. I actually kind of prefer it that way, as I feel like I get a more sonic experience from listening to Rammstein, or any non-English speaking band, for that matter.
I have been listening to Rammstein since they 2000 and never stopped. Every single day I listen in my car or at the gym. I have mastered all the songs and lyrics but I don't speak German, I only speak and understand their music. I love German everything so it's easy!
And now Imagine, you'd actually could understand, what they're saying, it is just more beatiful.
I can understand, that it can be hard to learn another language, especially german, but it is worth it.
I, as a german mothertongue speaker, had a hardtime when, as a kid, I couldn't speak english and didn't understood it and rather "sung along" with made up vowels, when I heard english lyrics.
But I'm happy that in time, mainly due to watching favorite TV shows and playing favorite games in english but of cause also with the help of the school lessons in that subject, learned the language, so I can understand and speak English myself and actually understand, what english speaking bands are singing and sing along properly :D
Lol this comment has humorous value. I'm quite sure you'd be able to learn German quickly since you have become fond of hearing german language so much via rammstein.
Du Hast introduced me to them and I never looked back
I'm a U.S. citizen, with hispanic origins and Love Germany. Thank you for your video. excellent.
I think the most interesting part is that the lyrics are inspired by the music instead of the other way around. That's impressive.
Same as Led Zep.
this is not true
Tool do the same
discovery2727 what is not true?
it's this way for every metal band, lol
I find the fact that all 6 members are still together and still is writing music. I listen to their new album every day going and leaving work.
Salutations from a french Canadian.
20 year Rammstein fan from the states - I've always loved the sound of the band, then I began translating the lyrics and was blown away by how deep and poetic some of the songs were. Love them!
The producer is correct. Here in the US, even when people didn't understand the word meaning, rhythmically and phonetically, words were always appealing to the ear.
Hand and glove. Melody and lyrics.
Great video! I had Rammstein's 2nd album when it came out and didn't have internet to look up translations. They're music rocked hard and the lyrics (even though I didn't know them) fit well with the music. I like Till's style in delivery and how poetic some songs are. I'm also very proud of them for singing about topics that are somewhat taboo /forgotten/ swept under the rug. This makes the music more real on a whole other level. Rammstein is my favorite band as I have been listening to them for about 15 years. Never let down by anything that they produce. Always look forward to more! Thanks Dave, those were 5 facts I didn't know about. Much love!
And I think that 5th reason is WHY Till rolls his Rs. Because he knows many will listen that don't understand German, and so he uses his voice like an instrument, doing things that we non-native speakers will find interesting or catchy.
Deven Science I don’t speak a lick of German but I love listening to their music and I sing along in German. I look at the lyrics in German and English so I know what the song is about. I can’t roll my Rs when singing but I try! I like how it sounds actually and it is distinctive.
I wouldn't think so. He always rolled the R's, even in the early days, and as a German band, making music in German in the late 80's/early 90's it was extremely unlikely they would ever become known outside of Germany.
As an American, my view on Till's lyrics is that they're simple enough for anyone who's taken a basic German course to get the main point of, but also thought-provoking and layered enough to be interesting to more advanced German learners and even native speakers.
Musically, they're not the most virtuosic of bands, but I (and this is just my opinion) believe they use dynamics very well and are very good at creating atmosphere and filling a space with their sound.
My favorite band in the whole wide world! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
The best Band ever!!!
Mine to.
wow. I grew up in Germany in the 80's and we used to visit the Ramstein base (we were British military - RAF). I remember that crash, I was 8 years old at the time. Often wondered if there was a connection
Planning my 3rd Rammstein Tattoo. I love Germany, Love Rammstein, love the language too! Been to Berlin. I loved that place saw the Alexanderplatz too went to the Menschen Museum too. Which was extremely interesting. Sorry I’m rambling but I just love it.
Peter Steele of Type O Negative was known for rolling his r's. I've heard that one of Rammstein's influences was Type O.
I absolutely love that you mentioned the idea that understanding the meaning of the lyrics of their songs contributes to the "icing" on the German cake. Haha! I agree with you wholeheartedly. I fell in love with German in high school and then changed my entire college career after a year to studying German because of the shaking their music did to my soul. That was years ago and I still listen to Rammstein and I still find new things in the language, the lyrics, the meaning that go far beyond just the electrifying sound. But it started with the sound, and the "icing" I've had has been oh so delicious.
By Far Thee Best Heavy Metal Band Ever to come out of Germany! Rammstein is up their to me with The Prodigy and Public Enemy when it comes to Musically Influence amongst Metal,Rock, Electronic,Dance , Hip Hop and Rap! Rammstein is G.O.A.T an definitely a Future Rock An Roll Hall of Fame Band!✊
I'm Australian, so I only speak English (our unique version of it) 🤣
What little German I know I've learnt from Rammstein. Huge fan since the late 90's!! One of these days I'll learn to speak German. Even though I know what all of their songs are about, and read the translations I still feel I'm missing out on a reasonable portion of their music by not understand them in real time.
Deutschland Deutschland Above All!!
I understand nothing they sing but Ive been blasting Rammstein for almost 2 dacades now and worship them.
Discovered this band recently. Sixty now and love it. Love the expressionist movies from the 1920's and 30's.
As an American, I knew I had German ancestry. Until I listened to Rammstein, I had no idea how German I was... :)
I don't speak a single word of German, but I love Rammstein! 🥰🖤
Du Hast hooked me from day one.
Thanks for the translations. I have always enjoyed the music and never knew any of the words.
Dave. I'm old enough to remember that Rammstein was a east german band. I think it's an importen factor to understand their lyrics, statements, sound and position in german minds.
Great channel.
Grüssen aus Dänemark
They also have had another name for the band called "Feeling B"
@@dml-_2120 Feeling B was the band in which Paul and Flake played before Rammstein came together.
@mcstaal, the band formed in 1994, five years after East Germany already -had annexed- reunified with the west.
Gruß zurück
@T. J Powzy The claim was that they were an east German band, meaning it existed already while the country did as well. Being born there doesn't change the fact.
@T. J Powzy To clarify, i wouldn't call a Croatian band Yugoslavian, just because the members were born in a since defunct country.
Been listening to rammstein all my early life years cause my parent were fans, Im dutch myself and only now learning about the meaning of some songs it totally give me new shivers ands goosebumps. theyre definitly one of the goats!
Even as a non-German speaking Australian, I always assumed the rolling r's were nothing more than a bit of a poetic effect to the songs.
I am from Puerto Rico, and have been a fan of Rammstein since the beginning, now my older brother and mother love their music too.🤘🖤
That was a great video Dave. I didn't know a single fact you gave us so thank you very much for that. I'll subscribe now and check out a couple other vids of your and see if I want to get notifications.
I have seen Rammstein in concert in Utah AND I LOVE RAMMSTEIN !!! I have all of their CD's and am waiting for the newest. I LOVE THEIR MUSIC ! IT IS POWERFUL ! RAW ! I WANT MORE ! I love the pyrotechnic stuff they did ! My favorite song is hard for me to choose.....Mein Teil..or Sonne...
Big fan of Rammstein and their "silly marching music." Till is a fantastic lyricist. Clear waters don't run still. 😁
I love your videos about Rammstein and their lyrics. I’ve learnt a lot of German because of Rammstein
I am a German American and I agree with you. Thank you for the info on my favorite rock band😚
You are actually my German teacher 😂. I'm a big fan of Rammstein, and it's cool to learn vocabulary during learning things about my favorite band (sorry for my english... I'm french😅)
I just love the band, and I’m a old fart who grew up with ac/dc
Nothing wrong with that! :)
I mean they're rhythmic monsters. It's simple but it's groovy.
I'm an Afrikaans speaking boertjie who knows no German, but some German words are very close to Afrikaans, so here and there one can make sense of what the songs are about.
I do like the rolling R in German because it is the same rolling R that we use in Afrikaans, and it works very well. One funny as hell fact is, the way that you roll that R's in English at specific time lapses is the very first give-away that someone who is speaking English is actaully a raw Afrikaans speaking person 🤣🤣
But I'm very rarely into songs for the lyrics and their meanings when it comes to metal, I purely enjoy the guitars and the big thick riffs. With Rammstein you get the added bonus of Till's voice and the way German sound
I'm American and rammstein is my favorite band. It's my dream to see them live...
Same :')
RAMMSTEIN IS SO GOOD. PURE MUSIC
Even though it’s not the kind of music I usually listen to,Rammstein are my favourite ones. I’ve just began to learn German and it’s not that I don’t like the High German -r- sound ,but I have to admit that Till’s rolling -rrr- is actually EPIC
As an artist, musician, and poet... I get the art behind the music. It’s theatrical. I really enjoy the lyrics. Sometimes sarcastic like in Amerika 😉 and makes a point in Deutschland
I do not speak German AT ALL! However, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE RAMMSTEIN! I have listened since the beginning and have seen them a few times in concert on the rare occurrence that they come to my neck of North America. I know mostly all the words to most every song that I’ve been exposed to. EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M SAYING!
Great Band!! Truly!
Reise Reise is only my second favorite. My number 1 is Mutter... Liebe ist Fur Alle Da is my 3rd favorite.
irontusk341 Same here
Live ist Fur Alle Da was awesome. Reise Reise will ALWAYS be my favorite
Interesting video, I didn't know about the process behind writing music and lyrics. I've been listening to Rammstein since 1997 (I think, maybe even earlier), and their music really helped me learning German as a second foreign language at high school. While I'm not really good at spoken German as I lack regular speaking opportunities, I can read or listen without too many problems. Also thanks to them (and having access to mostly German cable music stations while I was young) I found a lot of other German bands I would discover probably 10+ years later.
i dont speak german but i really love the rammstein sound, its just great
First off on a thank you for explaining some things but still I love Rammstein when I first heard them which was in a movie and saw them playing they were actually what inspired me to learn German them and my German heritage
I am am a non spanish speaking , latino american who fell in live with rammstein and metal music. I agree with your take on their simple yet very clever musicianship and lyrics. Though i didn’t know any german at first i was captivated by the sounds as the producer and they intended, after learning some german and understanding the lyrics even better i still find myself wondering at their deeper meanings and intent
I'm with R+ since high-school... They helped me not just to enjoy music in a different way but they made me feel it!
Well, you have to admit ….. Rein Raus is pretty obvious too what it's about. And I love the melodies behind the stumpf und monoton. It's almost classical, like Sonne, Alter Mann, Amour, Nebel, Ohne Dich, Du riechst so gut and more.
And Los is awesome, lyrics wise, because of the double meaning of Los as in "(here we) go", "less" or "without". A funny play with German language. The poet that is Lindemann really stands out in this. In English, not so much.
As they say, they sing about "Liebe in alle Formen und Varianten".
Rammstein to me is therapy, live and on record.
Saw them live twice, My wife saw them 3 times, Her first was a very small venue, They always put on an awesome show :0)
i saw them here in sweden on an olympic stadium and it felt like a new religion or something. very intense
Awesome video man! I only took two years of German in high school, in the 90s... so, I *know* I'll screw this up - but I'll give it a go anyway:
Das war sehr gut! Ich liebe Rammstein! Deine Deutsche ist wundergrossen!
Thx 4 that - HAV Only Just discovered Rammstein - Top band, love it.
The reason I like Rammstein is simple
The stage show is awesome! The music may be simple, but it rocks hard!!! They make bands like guns and roses sound like a bunch of school girls!! Last but not least it's so f***ing loud!!!! It cost me major to see them. I will spend it again!!!!
yes the live show was totally worth the 100+usd. it was actually the first time i saw a live show ever and it was rammstein! awesome tunes and lots of fire and action. it blew my mind and i also got some nice pics
Great information thanks for sharing! I discovered Rammstein by watching XXX with Vin diesel. Loved the music in the opening scene and have been a fan ever since. Thanks for filling in the gaps in my learning about them. I also am attempting to learn to speak German / Dutch.
Me too XXX!!!
German and Dutch are two separate languages. You'll have to choose one, or study two languages.
SomeDude yes two!
I don't understand a word of German but Rammstein is my favorite band and I love every album. To me it's all about the beat, the sounds of the words (as I don't understand them) and how they flow with the music and the way each song has it's own feel, personality and emotion to it...It's almost a subconcious feel to it... They rarely come to North America, so I was only oble to see them once, but it was in a sports arena (Montreal) and it was the best most unbelieveable show I have ever seen. , the concert was like a dark Broadway production! They are epic artists in every sense of the word. The latest CD is also so good! I have it in the car on a permanent basis and have listened to it at least 100 times...so far...
Cool quick, and interesting facts about Rammstein, as the band are themselves! They're visiting my country Norway, to play tomorrow. Me and the gang will be there to see them! 🤘😎🤘
Thanks a lot. I also can also mentioned that Ram or barreling Ram was a war machine. And combination of Ram and Stein (Stone) can be interpreted as stoneram
I'm somewhat surprised that you didn't mention that they all grew up in the DDR.
They grow up in the Dance Dance Revolution?
Surprised they aren't all tap dancing while playing
Perhaps it was assumed the majority of serious fans would already know this?
DNR?
@@magnusm4 Seriously?
@@magnusm4 Surely you mean the Deutsche Dance Revolution?
I'm from finland and i always roll the r and I have pronounced it like that even before I started listening to rammstein. I think it's because my first german teacher in middle school pronounced the r like that because she had lived in austria. Now in highschool have different teacher and he and my other groupmates pronounce the r different than me hahah
I literally said “Mein Teil” at the same time you did and my wife gave me the craziest look 👀 lol 🤣. I replied with you would not understand. Great videos for those of us in the USA who know minimal German, but are fans of Rammstein. 🍻 here’s to waiting patiently for May 17th and the new Tool album which should launch by the year 2100 hopefully 😫.
I eat & sleep Rammstein 😄 Wish I spoke German, would help! 💜
Reise, Reise was the first time i heard rammstein and it stuck with me. Since then they have become one of the only metal bands i like today.
Mein Urgroßvater war Bayer und sprach ausschließlich Deutsch; also bin ich mit Deutsch und Englisch aufgewachsen. Das Hören von Rammstein war eine großartige Gelegenheit, in meine "zweite Kultur" einzutauchen, und ich habe seitdem nie zurückgeschaut.
Till has to be up there in the top 5 rock vocalists of all time, along with Rob Hanford, Ian Gillian, Bruce Dickinson and the late great Ronnie James Dio!
My old no.1 fav was “reise reise.” Bit ever since they released “Deutschland” ive been listening to it nonstop
Isn't the part of mein teil slightly different? I believe it wasn't his lover he killed, but a guy who posted an advert that he wanted to be killed an eaten? They cut of his 'teil' and ate it together before he killed the person
I didn't inform myself that well but another RUclips comment said that he accidentally burned "sein Teil" and fed it to the dogs... I don't know anymore what's right, so many different opinions/information🤷
@@user-me8hy8ew4o I've heard both of those stories >.
They met eachother on the cannibal forum. They talked about cannibalism and they decided to do it. One man got his weiner cut off and they tried to eat it but they failed because they cooked it for to long. This was the wish of the man btw he allowed to be eaten if he could try his own weiner. After that the man was killed and eaten by the other man.
@@catsaregreat768 that's the same story I heard except no one died, that's why the cannibal didn't go to jail. I heard about it on one of Simon Whistler's channels
@@BaldingClamydia I think the song is referencing armin meiwes and he indeed did kill the other person. And got punished for it.
I first came across Rammstein on the 2001 Big Day Out music festival tour in Australia at the Gold Coast... man they blew me away with his vocals and the melody. I didn't speak German at the time.... aber sechs Jahre später ich habe kennengelernt meine Frau und wir Umgezogen bis Deutschland zusammen die Deutsche Sprache
Awesome! Keep learning and enjoying the German language! :)
Rammstein Forever!🇨🇭🔥🎸👍
Nice vid bro i knew about "Mein Teil" but not the others, i been listening to Rammstein for 10 years this year, since i was 16 i been listening, im not german but i do understand 70-80% of Rammsteins songs via my self teaching, i learnt them by reading the lyrics while listening to the song and will memorize the english and then listen to it and translate it my head, rinse and repeat and even when i listened to their new album i could still get some of it without reading any lyrics! :) liked and subscribed!
I am trying to learn my ancestral tongue, My family came from the Hessians hired during the war of '76. I am fascinated with German bands, From Faun to Rammstein and so. I am kind of embarrassed that I am using Duolingo. But I surprise myself when words pop up that i understand the gist of lyrics and also these vids you make help out a lot Dave. Danke
Love rammstien and the German language . It sounds very cool.
I always thought a rammstein was a battering ram as used to smash through the castle doors
It somehow relates to that meaning as well (see the 'ramstone' literal translation and the verb 'rammen' (to ram sth). :)
That would be a "Rammbock".
Honestly all Metal Bands try to be distinctive but Rammstein style is kinda attractive and creative yet their the music is always a pleasure to ears , I can NOT stop listening to Radio 📻 and Deutschland 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻 , Actually You can think 🤔 and dig deep in their videos because they are full of metaphors and hints to history n culture around us
Love your video Dave, very informative. Thank you!
I've only heard a German speak such good English once before. Hats of to you sir.
I came across du hast on RUclips,now I can sing in german.All that's left is to go see them live
Yup, same here. The thumbnail with them wearing those masks instantly cought my attention
I am from the netherlands. My german is really bad. But i really love german music. Especially rammstein. Very good instrumentals with really catchy lyrics. Like du hast. Deutschland. Radio. Amerika. Etc.
I've managed to ignore Rammstein for quite a while, then found the sandman song. Sort of captivated me, and ended up liking all of their music, with a bent toward their more mystical sounds. There is something to what the producer said about their song as I am now working towards learning German to better sing and understand their songs. Probably, my deceased father is laughing as one of his accomplishments was learning to speak German fluently, as his father and mother came from Germany and forbid the speaking of it, in order to be American... Which is an Old World thing and follows many languages and countries from Europe.
Was in the US Army, late 80s. I went to the Monsters of Rock festival in Schweinfurt that weekend instead of the Airshow.
The way he explains the lyrics kinda reminds me of System of a Down. Quite a few of their songs seemingly just don't make any sense, but they have a deeper meaning. Of course they never explain just what they mean, because they want the listener to think about it and come up with their own conclusions.
What I've noticed is that most of the time, especially in Reise Reise album Till used a lot of words that can be easily guessed or understood by english speakers and he places them very strategically, for example in song mutter or sonne, most people can guess that this song is about a mother or the sun and there are plenty more clues in the lyrics and in the music itself. Probably being able to understand the big general theme of the song, but not understanding the detail makes it a lot more intiguing for people.
I heard in a interview that they didn’t want to associate the name rammstein with the air accendent
I am a big fan of Rammstein. I don't speak German but love the raw sound of the language. I do go on line and translate the lyrics. It is good they sing some songs in English, but the German language is what gives them their great sound. Looking forward to the new album guys, can't wait.
I think they're hilarious and actually really bad-ass, I'm an An American Fan and a Christian and think they're extremely misunderstood
Why did you need to say an twice along with the fact you are Christian
Rather odd mentioning Christianity or your nationality. Reminds me of Black Americans that feel the need to announce their ethnicity at the beginning of every online comment.
Edit: After reading more comments, it appears a large number of people feel the need to mention nationality (particularly Americans) and quite a few mention ethnicity as well. Strange, very strange....
Faust 23 I’m a white female dutch speaking woman 😂
I see them in ostende2020 mit meinem sohn 👊
Lol I watched the video to "RADIO" so much I got it as an ad before this video
I remember as a teenager looking up rammstein's songs and the story behind Mein Teil threw me off but intrigued me a lot
Yeah love Rammstein melodic approach and in the way the guy enunciates the words in German make it captivating. Who cares if you even know what they're saying it just sounds cool
I love them so much! So much Talent and Awesomeness! I sold my soul to them😍❤️
I just thought that , yes , it was a Swiss sound as we do know that they roll their " Rrr's " harder than we do . Yes . My mother was Bavarian , Father was Nuremberg bred - mother rolled her "Rrr's " more than father and .. he was hard on her for that .
When I spent years in Vienna , father sniffed at me and said in a demeaning and funny tone ,
" You sound like Viennesse " ....
Sniff , sniff ! :)))) Loved my Father and his Hoch Deutsch !
I'm a German American lady who adores Germany !
Thanks for your work ! Tschuus !
As to your conclusion about the band's attraction being the mix of simple riffs with complex or nuanced lyrics, that isn't the case for me. I have no idea most of the time what the lyrics mean, rather like listening to an opera (which I hate!) It's the stentorian and homogeneous wall of riff that I enjoy, combined with the very anti-metal voice. Til at one end of the spectrum, Rob Halford at the other. Much prefer Til. His voice is so evocative.
I love rammstein , the best ever
Back in the day I used to wonder if Links 2 3 4 was a creative way to try to dispell a lot of the mania in the media after columbine, since that had happened right in between the albums. I remember the day I heard it on the news, I forget which network, where they showed the Sehnsucht album cover as they discussed the shooters, saying they were radicalized, and they threw in Marilyn Manson for good measure. That was an eye opening experience for me and changed my perception of the media for the better. Trust has to be earned, no matter how popular or what kind of authority one has; this has become all the more clear in modern times and I'm glad I got a good dose of reality early on.