Germany - The Bogeyman is known as Der schwarze Mann ("the Black Man"). "Schwarz" does not refer to the color of his skin, but to his preference for hiding in dark places, like the closet, under the beds of children, or in forests at night.[21] There is also an active game for little children which is called Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann? ("Who is afraid of the Black Man?"), and an old traditional folk song Es tanzt ein Bi-Ba-Butzemann in unserm Haus herum ("A Bi-Ba-Bogeyman Dances Around in Our House")
@@88balloonsonthewall70It’s supposed to represent how the government uses news to make people afraid and do their bidding. Can be related to the Nazis‘ propaganda
@@88balloonsonthewall70...those have been the colors of our old flag, which predated the Nazis. It was the color scheme of the 2nd Reich, aka Imperial Germany. That colors have been replaced after WWI with black, red and gold. When the Nazis came to power they reinstated the old color scheme. As so many other things, it got tainted within the period of the 3rd Reich. After WW2 we replaced it, again, with black, red and gold. But indeed, well observed.
I just realize that the colors are coming back when Till hits the TV with the lawn mower at the End... The World is not only black and white, it's a wonderful place full of colors. Great Reaction and greetings from Germany.
The Symbolism here is another one too… he destroyed the TV because of the fear for the „black Man“ or in this case the refugees… so they smash the tv just to ignore the suffering goin on in the world.
You must know that the Black Man originally has nothing to do with skincolor In German The Black/Dark Man is the name for the Boogeyman. But it is put in a double meaning by rammstein. 6:55 notice how they put up a wall to their neighbors but a fence and deadly weapon towards the outside world (black refugees reference in the beginning and at the end of the video), and when nobody shows up they turn (their fear and aggression) against their neighbors, bringing the whole "system" (Country) to fall. In the end you can see the refugees and the brainwashed citizens separated but still looking at each other. The band (citizens) eat Super Dickmanns (brand) or Schaumküsse/Schokoküsse (Foam kisses/ choclate kissen) which where called "Negerküsse" (Negro Kisses) until the 2000s. The word Neger (Negro) is historically not really discriminatory but is slowly banned because it sounded to similar to the N-Word and many migrants got offended mishearing it. This all happens under the protest of many conservative people. Many refuse to change the name and still call it Negerküsse.
Till Lindemann once said, “the interpretation of their songs is clearly up to you”, their songs have so many innuendos and interpretations, that nothing is permitted in imagining. However, “Der Schwarze Mann” is a Bogeyman, not a man with dark skin, there is nothing racist about that.
Not entirely true. Der Schwarze Mann has a double meaning here, refering to both, the Boogeyman as well as PoC, and Rammstein are playing with this - it's about racism and fear of strangers fed to the people from the past until today and how politicians are utilising on this fear, with growing number of extremists in parliaments around the world. They are also pointing out the racism in old phrases and words, which at least to every German born in the last century should be clear when the band in their stuffy, conservative outfits were eating Schokoküsse ("chocolate kisses"), which in former times have been called Mohrenköpfe ("Moor heads") or Negerküsse ("negro kisses"), which of course they aren't allowed to be called anymore, as those names are rather racist. Der Schwarze Mann literally is the Boogeyman, a creature hiding in the dark, thus being named 'black' here, not because he's a person of color. But when children were confronted with this, that does not mean they'll understand this (and I know that I myself in Kindergarden was pretty confused when we played Wer hat Angst vorm Schwarzen Mann, as I did understand it literally at very young age, thought it meant 'black man' - causing some childish amusement when playing it with 'black' friends, which in retrospective wasn't actually that funny, as it showed how easy even children can be trapped to be discriminatory. Luckily my friends were my friends after all and too young themselves to really feel discriminated). Even if this term wasn't meant to be racist, it still kind of became racist over time. The swastika wasn't meant to be a symbole of National Socialism, yet still is mainly associated with the Nazis up until today in the Western hemisphere.
That’s what’s so great about Rammstein is their ability to use double meanings. Of course it’s boogeyman, but they know it could be taken as a statement about racism.
Right and cocaine addiction and Boogyman (BabaYaga) is a russian myth..babayaga comes in the nicht when kids are bad and not nice...also media bad influence to us people
@@mellowtopia5376 Probably wrong. But the video is more about political influence on how we're supposed to feel about social topics and how we must live, who we fear and how we must protect ourselves even though it cuts us off from our fellow person. We forget humanity because we're subconsciously persuaded to as a society.
Hey, I think we got the same thoughts on this: 1. The song is about how certain "leaders" and media want to scare people to control them. In the video, this is visualised by the red wires, computer screens an TV. Also, the entertainig industry is helping (commercials, online shopping), represented by the cheerleaders. 2. The dominant colors in the viedeo are black, white and red, which are the colors of the flag of the Kaiserreich and the Third Reich. Also, you can say that the world the people in this video are living in, is just black and white, no grey. It can be understood as a reference to the simple minded people who are for example voting for politicians who are telling them exactly this black/white view (WE are good, THEY are bad). Also, the band is dressed up as the stereotype of this kind of conservative people. Did you noticed that the world in the video changed to color when Till destroyed the TV? 3. "Der schwarze Mann" (The black man) is a german synonym for a creepy, ghost-like evil. As in the first verse of the song, children are often told "to obey, or else the black man will get you". It can be translated to boogey man in english, but like often, there is another meaning in this context. As said, the video is about leaders who are seedeing fear of anything foreign in peoples minds. So, the phrase "black man" can also be interpreted literally, namely refugees. In my opinion, it is a reference to the migration crisis in 2015 in Germany,. Or just remember the plans for a wall on the Mexican border... These are just the basics, everything else that is happening in the video is a result of this premisses. Greetings from Germany!
Hello everyone. I'm German and I've known rammstein for so long that I can't even remember when I heard them for the first time. But one thing is for sure, they treat the first topics in their own way and leave room for interpretation, like in this song angst. in which they sing about the black man and no that has nothing to do with the color of the skin, it's about the boogeyman and fear itself. We are so busy in our time looking at our fears and our surroundings (media, radio, etc.) fuel this fear, and in the end we are so scared that we arm ourselves and shoot ourselves because we know nothing but fear. So mega cool the song is so bitter it is, but at the same time honest and real. And every time the cheerleading part comes they say Du = you. which comes from a child's game, here there is a catcher (the bboogeyman) and the other players trying not to be caught by him. The "boogeyman" stands, for example, at the other end of the sports hall. He shouts, "Who's afraid of the boogeyman? ' while his opponents yell, 'Nobody' You're afraid of the boogeyman? Because the ironic thing is we all (humanity) are Black men (boogeyman).Don't live in fear folks, and Don't let the Fear in you.I can't describe it better because of my English skills. sorry
its mostly about being afraid in a social safe enviroment whilst others live in fear day by day...we complain and fear things which dont really attack us personaly. we could actually lay back but sensationalism is strong...the media wont let you sleep...spectacles and violence
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EducatedMarine has every song from the new album with subtitles on his channel now, aswell as all the songs on 2019 album, as they No longer get audio blocked!
@@spring_in_paris the only downside though is what is lost, when the song is clipped or abridged eg as with Deutschland. Missing the incredible and significant intro and outtro. Otherwise though it's good stuff
This song and video is absolutely a masterpiece. There is so much symbolism here. “Schwartzen Mann” can be both the bogeyman (which it is in the German language), but also the black man (the literal translation). It highlights how our media in Europe fed the “fear of the other” during the refugee crisis, which certainly had more than a tinge of racism and xenophobia. So poignant. And the visual queues with everything in the video being black, white and red until Till smashes the TV, the source of the fear-mongering propaganda, and colours return are very poignant.
The black man from that old kids game often even gets related to the death or ... black death (don't touch the plague!) itself ... so it's not ONLY but also relating to ethical kontact fears and all that media influence like you just found out. While it sound's a bit harsh or odd translated word by word, it somehow fits super good!
@@keirdamone1991 I think the "black man" is also related to the unknown evil kids often fear. I have seen a post on instagram about that childs play where they said like "who else did NOT think of a black man but rather a man dressed in black" and I was like "yea, that's me"
At the end when they schhhlchttt, they eat a peace of sugar covered with chocolate i think, and here in Germany as kids we called it Negerkuss, (sorry i think im not allowed to translate correct, but lets say a sweet kiss of a black sugar man) That was never a problem, because it tasted well, and as a child that was the important thing number 1, but nowadays you will get in problems calling it like that. Nowadays we call it Shoko Creme Kiss, i think. thx for reacton
You got the message. As a German I try to explain my opinion of this song, video and symbolism in it. I think it critisises the refugee wave from 2015. All was good. We lived our life, lawning the gras in our yard, chilling and grilling. We saw the suffer and pain just on tv and social media and no one cares 'cause it was far far away. Then the wave started and more and more refugees came. Many leading politics (like Trump) said "built a wall to protect yourself". And injected the poison into the people who believed them. The media like facebook, twitter, TV played a big role in this game to brainwash people. That's why the Rammstein members were sucked in their monitors and Till destroys the last existing TV with his lawnmower to say "Shut the F**k up we do not have to be afraid of black mans (boogieman). And now let us enjoy our "Negerkuss" (Negrokiss, Dickmanns) and don't be afraid of people who look not like us. And at least they use in the intro the famous fan shout of the island football fans "Huh". ruclips.net/video/TTHYrwCVjnI/видео.html
Yes, and not sure non-Europeans really know enough about refugees in Europe to fully understand the video. Concentration camps are really what the refugee camps on the borders of Europe look like : commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inhabitants_of_Suda_refugee_camp_seen_through_barbed_wire_fence_surrounding_it,_Chios,_Grece,_Aegean_Sea._29_September,_2016.jpg . The wall is not only a Trump's thing.
you are on point when it comes to the fact that "schwarzer mann" - aka bogeyman in english - isn't talking about black people in a literal sense, but as a metaphor for anything depending on what kind of agendas you grew up with. some people here in the comments claim the song is talking about black people and racism, but in context with the rest of the song that does not make any sense... it also does not make sense in context of the video. when it was about race, racism and the literal "black man", instead of the bogeyman, why do white people in the video build walls and observe other white people with their cameras and start shooting at TVs with those white people they observe on them? it's simple: because it isn't about skin color in the first place and those white people are each others bogeyman.. neighbors afraid of neighbors... so racism ofc is also one of those fears fed to us, but it is not the focus of the song
I just saw a reaction to my comment about the video, and your right and I was unaware. However, the band being who they are, are aware of the world and the similarities between the struggles of all people who are cut off from true freedom
love your comments, cause you do unterstand rammstein clips so well 👍 /// imo: 1) in all countries "fear" is one of the easiest way to control the citizens, look in history of mankind. 2) another way to rule the people: keep them uneducated. 3) bread and circuses are another way to command the society. - all is said in this genius video-clip
As others mentioned it’s like the Boogeyman. They are quoting a childrens game, where it symbolizes death (the grim reaper has typically the black cloak). The game is "who is a fraud of the boogeyman - Nobody" and in the music they say the truth "everybody".
A short addition from a German, „Schwarzer Mann" is an old German saying, sadly the meaning gets lost in the translation, in English it means „Boogie man".
For anyone wondering the black man (ie death or suffering) is what the song refers to. Not an actual black person. A good example of another myth that bares similarities to this is the Slender man who is the 'white man' but represents more of boogeyman
The black man is supposed to be "the bogeyman", but the literal interpretation of it, as the fear of black people, as this racist kind of fear is probably intentional, calling out the resentments that are fostered by existential kinds of fears, how that comes up, even though you might not think of yourself as a racist kind of person, that is probably still there and could surfaces given the right circumstancesm given the right fears. Btw, in the end scene, they are eating Schokoküsse. Schokoküsse (chocolate kisses) weren't always called that, they used to be, as recently as in the 2000s, called literally n-word kisses (in german that is and it wasn't n-word, but the actual n-word), that's probably another hint at that racism
Schwarzer Mann is more of a german version of the boogey man than a literal black man. The song is not directly about racism, but more about politicians and media manipulating and indoctrinating the people. Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann is also a popular game for children in germany. There was a controversy because of the name a few years ago and i think it got a new name. In the end, the band is eating "Dickmanns" which were originally called Negerkuss which translates to N*ggerkiss. So they are still playing with the racism part of the topic. Also, did you notice that the video is is black and white with the addition of red as an indicator of evil and in the end when Till destroys the tv, their views and their surroundings literally become more colorful and diverse?
black man is translated wrong it should be boogieman, but we do not have a word for boogieman so we call it schwarzer mann, because it is just a dark shadow figure.
Nope thats the right translation. Its a double meaning or why do you think the band eats "negrokisses" at the end? And what about the mother and child surrounded by barbed wire?
almost no one beside germany knows what their eating in the credit scene. here in germany it's called "Schaumkuss". in my youth we said "Negerkuss", what was a litlle racist. they have changed the name of this candy, what is not more than sugar creme covered in chocolate. and they put it in the video, because of the controversal stupid discussion of the name around here in germany.
Hi bro, the black man in Germany is like the boogie man in America ! There is a game in germany it calls who's afraid for the black man, kids play this every where in germany ! I play this too and many generations befor, this fear exists a very long time ago ! I hope you can understand what i wanna tell you my friend ! Greatings and love from germany ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
the black man in German is the boogeyman in america!!! in the storyline the black man dont called cause of their skin it called black man of their clothe like a hoody or jacket or something with some of their head we dont see his face..... ✌
I understand that prejudice is not restricted to the United States, but I think a lot of the references here revolve around the policies of the Trump administration. Especially his desire to build a wall between Mexico and the US
Rammstein macht oft Wortspiele, deswegen wird beides gemeint sein. Ist dir außerdem nicht die Frau mit dem Kind aufgefallen? Die sind ja nur mit Stacheldraht umzäunt, das hat bestimmt keine Bedeutung! Am Schluss isst die Band "Schokoküsse" die früher auch mal anders hießen...
@@HealthPipe wenn es um den ganz bösen rassismus geht: warum bauen im video dann weiße menschen mauern und beobachten andere weiße menschen mit ihren kameras? es geht in dem song um die allgemeine in unsere köpfe eingepflanzte angst vor dem unbekannten und voreinander.. und genau das ist mit dem schwarzen mann - aka bogeyman - gemeint. keiner weiß so recht wer dieser bogeyman eigentlich sein soll aber eines ist sicher: er ist da draußen und wir müssen uns vor ihm schützen... und so sitzt jeder hinter seiner mauer - oder durch seinen stacheldraht geschützt - und beobachtet den anderen misstrauisch und jeder hat seinen eigenen bogeyman... schwarz und weiß ist einfach ne leicht zu verstehende symbolik aber am ende geht es um die viel allgemeinere angst voreinander und aus welchen gründen auch immer geschaffene feindbilder
It's not so much "uneducated" (at the beginning) as "badly behaved". So, it is essentially an oooooold school scary nursery rhyme to get kids to behave (that then also got used by kids as a way to play tag). "Listen to your dad or the black man will get you" "Behave or the black man will grab you". Nowadays many politically-correct people will say "No, it's more like the bogeyman" but that's not true - the origin of the warnings/threats are old school great-grandmother era tales /threats/ scare tactics and are racist in a way that's shocking by today's standard but perfectly normal back then. Rammstein takes this old fairy tale / kids game (which they do with many of their songs TBH) and give it a modern, relevant spin. It's used to reflect on fear of immigrants, fear of foreigners. All this fear is fed into us by politicians, media, lobbyists, and so it turns even the most trusting, neighborly people into paranoiacs that will buy anything that is pushed onto them to "protect" themselves from threats that don't actually exist. Another point in the old-school casual racism explanation: At the end of the video, they are sitting watching TV, eating chocolate-covered marshmallow treats. Up until very recently, these treats were called "N3gr0kisses" (you know what I mean) and are a popular treat with German kids. It just highlights the hypocrisy of people's fears while at the same time highlighting how deeply ingrained racism can be in everyday items and language.
7:36...diversion through spectacles...like football events...all they sell is fear and consumerism...you should react to some Marilyn Manson ;-) starting with the fight song...next beautiful people and so on 🙂
Actually it has nothing to do with race . In German Schwarze Mann Means boogie man, not black man in german tradition. But they are putting a double sense in it. And it becomes political.
When we say "black man" we Germans 🙅don't mean the "black man" per se.🤦♂️ Because of the color of the skin. The Americans call him "The Boogeyman"! Greatings from Germany 🖖
I think the cheerleaders do stand for America, as cheerleaders are not usually a thing in Germany. When we see cheerleaders over here, we do think of the US. As the cheerleaders in the video can be seen to sell weapons and bricks, it could be criticism of the US as one of the main exporters of war and fear to other countries. Also other countries lapping up US culture, even though it's not our own.
Germany - The Bogeyman is known as Der schwarze Mann ("the Black Man"). It's nothing about discrimination its a about children and fear of the bogeyman
Rammstein macht oft Wortspiele, deswegen wird beides gemeint sein. Ist dir außerdem nicht die Frau mit dem Kind aufgefallen? Die sind ja nur mit Stacheldraht umzäunt, das hat bestimmt keine Bedeutung! Am Schluss isst die Band "Schokoküsse" die früher auch mal anders hießen...
Rammstein macht oft Wortspiele, deswegen wird beides gemeint sein. Ist dir außerdem nicht die Frau mit dem Kind aufgefallen? Die sind ja nur mit Stacheldraht umzäunt, das hat bestimmt keine Bedeutung! Am Schluss isst die Band "Schokoküsse" die früher auch mal anders hießen...
sorry for my bad english! "Der schwarze Mann" (lit. trans. "the black man") in german is not mean's african / black peaple !!! the black man mean's the devil (or the personified/incarnate evil more like in the bogeyman legend). so in this case it has no racist background.
Rammstein uses very often double meaning words so it could mean both. Didn't you notice the mother with the child in the beginning and what the band eats at the end?
The "Black Man" is like the Boogieman! In German it has nothing to do with Black People in general!!! The "Black Man" is the Unknown, the Bad, the Things that can happen, if you do something you shouldn't do... the Evil in the Shadows... This video is about the media, about the fact, that we are all controlled by it! We take everything for granted, regardless what they say! Your neighbor is doing something society says its not ok? At one point you belive it...! For (a stupid example) they say, everyone who is drinking a special brand of beer are most likely to tormend and kill ... (fill in what ever...)... that's redicoulous, but there will be people who believe it true!
Black man is referring to "Boogie man", not literal black people.... In Germany we say "schwarzer Mann" to the Boogie man, which translates to "black man"
tbh, the auto translation *always* fails on Rammstein videos, it doesn't get the deeoper meaning, and in most cases not even the obvious ones, like the bogeyman.
@@ITN_Global no problem, I think a better 1:1 translation to english would be: the sinister man (eventhough - schwarz; also means black) But rammstein is also reffering to the evil black person, every racist has in his heads. - thats why the neighbors starting getting paranoid - because of tales even grown up PPl are beliving. he comes in the night, in the dark... Thats why the schwarze mann. He exists in our Historie since the middle age. The boogie man got his roots in the german "schwarze mann" He and the Boogie man are clearly the same guy, we are talking about. - he was used by adults to frighten children into good behaviour. (back in the days - today, no one is doing such a thing - but his tale and songs still exisits through mouth to mouth propaganda by children for children, like the boogie man does - by children in America ;-) - hell, some unnamed crazy German parents in the middle age are traumatising children all over the world - even today ) (clearly Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers are also based on him - even their names got german roots: Krüger and Maier are really common German names ) ) but yeah, nowadays its really confusing and no one wants to misunderstand the "schwarze mann" with an actual black person and thats why coloured or People of Color is p.c. in germany.
@@hansassel8540 Exactly. Many ppl seem to not have watched the video properly. Natürlich hat es auch hier wieder mehrere Bedeutungen. Das macht Rammstein doch aus.
Do you from Germany, speak you German Language? Das ist Rammstein, war vor Jahren in Deutschland im Konzert, was super. Dimash war übrigens in Deutschland hat ein Konzert gegeben. Leider war alles nur für geladene Gäste reserviert, wie ich erfahren habe. Er war auch in Italien 🇮🇹 hat ein Konzert gegeben. Soll ebenfalls super gewesen sein. Liebe Grüße aus Süddeutschland. Lebe aber nicht mehr dauerhaft in Deutschland. Hat sich leider sehr zum Nachteil entwickelt.
Rammstein macht oft Wortspiele, deswegen wird beides gemeint sein. Ist dir außerdem nicht die Frau mit dem Kind aufgefallen? Die sind ja nur mit Stacheldraht umzäunt, das hat bestimmt keine Bedeutung! Am Schluss isst die Band "Schokoküsse" die früher auch mal anders hießen...
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3:38 "the black man" is not about a black person, let me tell you that the "schwarzen Mann" in Germany is the person who cleans the chimney or the smokestack, and the soot makes him look black, so the kids were affraid about him and fathers used to tell their kid "if you don't behave correctly, the black man will get you". The song is about tv and media fear, and that fear in the song is also represented with de "black man" or "schwarzen Mann" in german. By the way, it is also a game in Germany.
You are wrong; in the western world, gun violence is *by far* the most prevalent in the US. The entire EU has much, much les. The people behind barbed wire represent refugees/migrants wanting to go to Europe.
Rammstein macht oft Wortspiele, deswegen wird beides gemeint sein. Ist dir außerdem nicht die Frau mit dem Kind aufgefallen? Die sind ja nur mit Stacheldraht umzäunt, das hat bestimmt keine Bedeutung! Am Schluss isst die Band "Schokoküsse" die früher auch mal anders hießen...
Good reaction, but please don't rely on the automatic translation, so much gets lost. At the start, unerzogen is not uneducated, but has not learned manners or is not behaving. Schwarzer Mann is the Boogeyman, so he is is singing that if you do not behave the boogeyman will get you. Then add on that Till is a poet an he uses symbolism an analogies non stop, the meaning expands. Enjoy!
Germany - The Bogeyman is known as Der schwarze Mann ("the Black Man"). "Schwarz" does not refer to the color of his skin, but to his preference for hiding in dark places, like the closet, under the beds of children, or in forests at night.[21] There is also an active game for little children which is called Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann? ("Who is afraid of the Black Man?"), and an old traditional folk song Es tanzt ein Bi-Ba-Butzemann in unserm Haus herum ("A Bi-Ba-Bogeyman Dances Around in Our House")
Rammstein never makes it that easy. This video as always has several meanings all coming back to the title. It is def also about racism in general.
It is both. Notice what they are eating at the end, Germans and Danes know... Typical Rammstein. Till is the greatest living German poet.
@@Reggy9 The colour scheme is Black, White and Red. The same colours used by the Nazis.
@@88balloonsonthewall70It’s supposed to represent how the government uses news to make people afraid and do their bidding. Can be related to the Nazis‘ propaganda
@@88balloonsonthewall70...those have been the colors of our old flag, which predated the Nazis. It was the color scheme of the 2nd Reich, aka Imperial Germany. That colors have been replaced after WWI with black, red and gold.
When the Nazis came to power they reinstated the old color scheme. As so many other things, it got tainted within the period of the 3rd Reich.
After WW2 we replaced it, again, with black, red and gold.
But indeed, well observed.
I just realize that the colors are coming back when Till hits the TV with the lawn mower at the End... The World is not only black and white, it's a wonderful place full of colors. Great Reaction and greetings from Germany.
Heard a nice sentence from another reactor: "If you put out the tv there's more color in life."
that was only translated literally it actually means Boogeyman that's just the German translation
The Symbolism here is another one too… he destroyed the TV because of the fear for the „black Man“ or in this case the refugees… so they smash the tv just to ignore the suffering goin on in the world.
You must know that the Black Man originally has nothing to do with skincolor In German The Black/Dark Man is the name for the Boogeyman. But it is put in a double meaning by rammstein.
6:55 notice how they put up a wall to their neighbors but a fence and deadly weapon towards the outside world (black refugees reference in the beginning and at the end of the video), and when nobody shows up they turn (their fear and aggression) against their neighbors, bringing the whole "system" (Country) to fall.
In the end you can see the refugees and the brainwashed citizens separated but still looking at each other. The band (citizens) eat Super Dickmanns (brand) or Schaumküsse/Schokoküsse (Foam kisses/ choclate kissen) which where called "Negerküsse" (Negro Kisses) until the 2000s. The word Neger (Negro) is historically not really discriminatory but is slowly banned because it sounded to similar to the N-Word and many migrants got offended mishearing it. This all happens under the protest of many conservative people. Many refuse to change the name and still call it Negerküsse.
Till Lindemann once said, “the interpretation of their songs is clearly up to you”, their songs have so many innuendos and interpretations, that nothing is permitted in imagining. However, “Der Schwarze Mann” is a Bogeyman, not a man with dark skin, there is nothing racist about that.
Not entirely true. Der Schwarze Mann has a double meaning here, refering to both, the Boogeyman as well as PoC, and Rammstein are playing with this - it's about racism and fear of strangers fed to the people from the past until today and how politicians are utilising on this fear, with growing number of extremists in parliaments around the world.
They are also pointing out the racism in old phrases and words, which at least to every German born in the last century should be clear when the band in their stuffy, conservative outfits were eating Schokoküsse ("chocolate kisses"), which in former times have been called Mohrenköpfe ("Moor heads") or Negerküsse ("negro kisses"), which of course they aren't allowed to be called anymore, as those names are rather racist.
Der Schwarze Mann literally is the Boogeyman, a creature hiding in the dark, thus being named 'black' here, not because he's a person of color. But when children were confronted with this, that does not mean they'll understand this (and I know that I myself in Kindergarden was pretty confused when we played Wer hat Angst vorm Schwarzen Mann, as I did understand it literally at very young age, thought it meant 'black man' - causing some childish amusement when playing it with 'black' friends, which in retrospective wasn't actually that funny, as it showed how easy even children can be trapped to be discriminatory. Luckily my friends were my friends after all and too young themselves to really feel discriminated).
Even if this term wasn't meant to be racist, it still kind of became racist over time. The swastika wasn't meant to be a symbole of National Socialism, yet still is mainly associated with the Nazis up until today in the Western hemisphere.
Yep, it is the bogeyman ... not a black skin man.
Another unique masterpiece from Rammstein 🔥🤟 its about Media And goverments ( how they use Media for fear). By the way Schwarzer mann = Boogeyman
That’s what’s so great about Rammstein is their ability to use double meanings. Of course it’s boogeyman, but they know it could be taken as a statement about racism.
@@ryangerlich1835 It clearly IS a statement about racism.
Right and cocaine addiction and Boogyman (BabaYaga) is a russian myth..babayaga comes in the nicht when kids are bad and not nice...also media bad influence to us people
@@mellowtopia5376 Probably wrong. But the video is more about political influence on how we're supposed to feel about social topics and how we must live, who we fear and how we must protect ourselves even though it cuts us off from our fellow person. We forget humanity because we're subconsciously persuaded to as a society.
Hey, I think we got the same thoughts on this:
1. The song is about how certain "leaders" and media want to scare people to control them. In the video, this is visualised by the red wires, computer screens an TV. Also, the entertainig industry is helping (commercials, online shopping), represented by the cheerleaders.
2. The dominant colors in the viedeo are black, white and red, which are the colors of the flag of the Kaiserreich and the Third Reich. Also, you can say that the world the people in this video are living in, is just black and white, no grey. It can be understood as a reference to the simple minded people who are for example voting for politicians who are telling them exactly this black/white view (WE are good, THEY are bad). Also, the band is dressed up as the stereotype of this kind of conservative people. Did you noticed that the world in the video changed to color when Till destroyed the TV?
3. "Der schwarze Mann" (The black man) is a german synonym for a creepy, ghost-like evil. As in the first verse of the song, children are often told "to obey, or else the black man will get you". It can be translated to boogey man in english, but like often, there is another meaning in this context. As said, the video is about leaders who are seedeing fear of anything foreign in peoples minds. So, the phrase "black man" can also be interpreted literally, namely refugees. In my opinion, it is a reference to the migration crisis in 2015 in Germany,. Or just remember the plans for a wall on the Mexican border...
These are just the basics, everything else that is happening in the video is a result of this premisses.
Greetings from Germany!
Hello everyone. I'm German and I've known rammstein for so long that I can't even remember when I heard them for the first time. But one thing is for sure, they treat the first topics in their own way and leave room for interpretation, like in this song angst. in which they sing about the black man and no that has nothing to do with the color of the skin, it's about the boogeyman and fear itself. We are so busy in our time looking at our fears and our surroundings (media, radio, etc.) fuel this fear, and in the end we are so scared that we arm ourselves and shoot ourselves because we know nothing but fear. So mega cool the song is so bitter it is, but at the same time honest and real. And every time the cheerleading part comes they say Du = you. which comes from a child's game, here there is a catcher (the bboogeyman) and the other players trying not to be caught by him. The "boogeyman" stands, for example, at the other end of the sports hall. He shouts, "Who's afraid of the boogeyman? ' while his opponents yell, 'Nobody' You're afraid of the boogeyman? Because the ironic thing is we all (humanity) are Black men (boogeyman).Don't live in fear folks, and Don't let the Fear in you.I can't describe it better because of my English skills. sorry
You' very smart and clever 🙂
lg from germany "
its mostly about being afraid in a social safe enviroment whilst others live in fear day by day...we complain and fear things which dont really attack us personaly. we could actually lay back but sensationalism is strong...the media wont let you sleep...spectacles and violence
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I'm glad you're doing better 🤘🏻 and I appreciate the support!
EducatedMarine has every song from the new album with subtitles on his channel now, aswell as all the songs on 2019 album, as they No longer get audio blocked!
Dude is so awesome, he's so hardworking
I've been recommending educatedmarine's site so often to him. Don't know why, he's not taking advantage of awesome translated work. 🤷🏼♀️
@@spring_in_paris the only downside though is what is lost, when the song is clipped or abridged eg as with Deutschland. Missing the incredible and significant intro and outtro. Otherwise though it's good stuff
@@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567 Luckily that is not a problem with EducatedMraines channel :) His Deustchland was full 7 minutes no cut ;)
@@spring_in_paris Might be that this was recorded before Educatedmarine got to upload the translations :)
This song and video is absolutely a masterpiece. There is so much symbolism here. “Schwartzen Mann” can be both the bogeyman (which it is in the German language), but also the black man (the literal translation). It highlights how our media in Europe fed the “fear of the other” during the refugee crisis, which certainly had more than a tinge of racism and xenophobia. So poignant.
And the visual queues with everything in the video being black, white and red until Till smashes the TV, the source of the fear-mongering propaganda, and colours return are very poignant.
The black man from that old kids game often even gets related to the death or ... black death (don't touch the plague!) itself ... so it's not ONLY but also relating to ethical kontact fears and all that media influence like you just found out. While it sound's a bit harsh or odd translated word by word, it somehow fits super good!
@@keirdamone1991 I think the "black man" is also related to the unknown evil kids often fear. I have seen a post on instagram about that childs play where they said like "who else did NOT think of a black man but rather a man dressed in black" and I was like "yea, that's me"
you literary have 6 men dressed in black cloaks at very beginning of the video so its not about ethnicity at all.
@@dekapitatorr
You literally fail to understand Till’s lyrics always have multiple interpretations.
@@dekapitatorr Of course it is. There's a reason why the refugees in the video are black. It's a double meaning they play with.
Well, some wrote it already. But in short terms: "Black man" ("Schwarzer Mann") is the german word for the Boogeyman.
At the end when they schhhlchttt, they eat a peace of sugar covered with chocolate i think, and here in Germany as kids we called it Negerkuss, (sorry i think im not allowed to translate correct, but lets say a sweet kiss of a black sugar man) That was never a problem, because it tasted well, and as a child that was the important thing number 1, but nowadays you will get in problems calling it like that. Nowadays we call it Shoko Creme Kiss, i think. thx for reacton
In the end scene they eating a sweat that has a racist background in Germany. It was called a "Negerkuss" = "Negro kiss/ black mans kiss" .
You got the message. As a German I try to explain my opinion of this song, video and symbolism in it. I think it critisises the refugee wave from 2015. All was good. We lived our life, lawning the gras in our yard, chilling and grilling. We saw the suffer and pain just on tv and social media and no one cares 'cause it was far far away. Then the wave started and more and more refugees came. Many leading politics (like Trump) said "built a wall to protect yourself". And injected the poison into the people who believed them. The media like facebook, twitter, TV played a big role in this game to brainwash people. That's why the Rammstein members were sucked in their monitors and Till destroys the last existing TV with his lawnmower to say "Shut the F**k up we do not have to be afraid of black mans (boogieman). And now let us enjoy our "Negerkuss" (Negrokiss, Dickmanns) and don't be afraid of people who look not like us. And at least they use in the intro the famous fan shout of the island football fans "Huh". ruclips.net/video/TTHYrwCVjnI/видео.html
Yes, and not sure non-Europeans really know enough about refugees in Europe to fully understand the video. Concentration camps are really what the refugee camps on the borders of Europe look like : commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inhabitants_of_Suda_refugee_camp_seen_through_barbed_wire_fence_surrounding_it,_Chios,_Grece,_Aegean_Sea._29_September,_2016.jpg . The wall is not only a Trump's thing.
In Dutch it used to be called Negerzoenen, but that word is been changed in chocolate kisses now (Chocoladezoenen)
I'm glad they changed the name.
you are on point when it comes to the fact that "schwarzer mann" - aka bogeyman in english - isn't talking about black people in a literal sense, but as a metaphor for anything depending on what kind of agendas you grew up with. some people here in the comments claim the song is talking about black people and racism, but in context with the rest of the song that does not make any sense...
it also does not make sense in context of the video. when it was about race, racism and the literal "black man", instead of the bogeyman, why do white people in the video build walls and observe other white people with their cameras and start shooting at TVs with those white people they observe on them?
it's simple: because it isn't about skin color in the first place and those white people are each others bogeyman.. neighbors afraid of neighbors... so racism ofc is also one of those fears fed to us, but it is not the focus of the song
Of course it makes sense. Why do you think the refugees in the video are black?
"Great is the struggle between darkness and light, age old and yet ever new"
-Thoth
Hey guy, i think you are make one of the best intensiv reaction videos from Rammstein. 👍👍👍
I just saw a reaction to my comment about the video, and your right and I was unaware. However, the band being who they are, are aware of the world and the similarities between the struggles of all people who are cut off from true freedom
love your comments, cause you do unterstand rammstein clips so well 👍 /// imo: 1) in all countries "fear" is one of the easiest way to control the citizens, look in history of mankind. 2) another way to rule the people: keep them uneducated. 3) bread and circuses are another way to command the society. - all is said in this genius video-clip
In german “der schwartzer man” doesn’t mean: the black man in an ethnic way, it means: the boogy man, no discrimination intended
I enjoyed your reaction video. Best from California.
In some European countries black man means boogeyman and has nothing to do with skin colour, its mythical creature dressed in black.
As others mentioned it’s like the Boogeyman. They are quoting a childrens game, where it symbolizes death (the grim reaper has typically the black cloak). The game is "who is a fraud of the boogeyman - Nobody" and in the music they say the truth "everybody".
A short addition from a German, „Schwarzer Mann" is an old German saying, sadly the meaning gets lost in the translation, in English it means „Boogie man".
For anyone wondering the black man (ie death or suffering) is what the song refers to. Not an actual black person. A good example of another myth that bares similarities to this is the Slender man who is the 'white man' but represents more of boogeyman
The black man is supposed to be "the bogeyman", but the literal interpretation of it, as the fear of black people, as this racist kind of fear is probably intentional, calling out the resentments that are fostered by existential kinds of fears, how that comes up, even though you might not think of yourself as a racist kind of person, that is probably still there and could surfaces given the right circumstancesm given the right fears. Btw, in the end scene, they are eating Schokoküsse. Schokoküsse (chocolate kisses) weren't always called that, they used to be, as recently as in the 2000s, called literally n-word kisses (in german that is and it wasn't n-word, but the actual n-word), that's probably another hint at that racism
Blackman in german means Boogeyman 🤘 if the TV is disdroied, the color of life comes back 😉
I was born in 1961 and from the age of 6 my parents said every evening, if you are not good the black man will get you this night
It´s about control . It's about social engineering.
Great Song and Video! 👍
Maaan, it’s not about discrimination. It’s probably about a crazy politician that everyone listens to because of propaganda. For example, as in Russia
I was hoping you'd get to this 😊
Schwarzer Mann is more of a german version of the boogey man than a literal black man. The song is not directly about racism, but more about politicians and media manipulating and indoctrinating the people. Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann is also a popular game for children in germany. There was a controversy because of the name a few years ago and i think it got a new name. In the end, the band is eating "Dickmanns" which were originally called Negerkuss which translates to N*ggerkiss. So they are still playing with the racism part of the topic.
Also, did you notice that the video is is black and white with the addition of red as an indicator of evil and in the end when Till destroys the tv, their views and their surroundings literally become more colorful and diverse?
It is about racism and xenophobia spread via media.
They dropped a whole new album brother this is definitely the best song on the album in my opinion at least
black man is translated wrong it should be boogieman, but we do not have a word for boogieman so we call it schwarzer mann, because it is just a dark shadow figure.
Nope thats the right translation. Its a double meaning or why do you think the band eats "negrokisses" at the end? And what about the mother and child surrounded by barbed wire?
The black man is the robber. Its a german child song.
The black man is not meant racist but as a warning for children, in England the black man is also the boogyman
Boogeyman is a 2005 American-New Zealand-German horror film.
almost no one beside germany knows what their eating in the credit scene. here in germany it's called "Schaumkuss". in my youth we said "Negerkuss", what was a litlle racist. they have changed the name of this candy, what is not more than sugar creme covered in chocolate. and they put it in the video, because of the controversal stupid discussion of the name around here in germany.
in the beginning the translation is off, he is saying "unerzogen" which means misbehaving and not uneducated.
Schwartzen man is a name for Boogeyman in german. Translated to dark man, cuz boogeyman is dark
Hi bro, the black man in Germany is like the boogie man in America ! There is a game in germany it calls who's afraid for the black man, kids play this every where in germany ! I play this too and many generations befor, this fear exists a very long time ago ! I hope you can understand what i wanna tell you my friend ! Greatings and love from germany ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
the black man in German is the boogeyman in america!!! in the storyline the black man dont called cause of their skin it called black man of their clothe like a hoody or jacket or something with some of their head we dont see his face..... ✌
"Black man" in this context I associated with "the boogeyman man" I did some research regarding the lyrics
I understand that prejudice is not restricted to the United States, but I think a lot of the references here revolve around the policies of the Trump administration. Especially his desire to build a wall between Mexico and the US
The video is not about color they Are singing about the Boogie man!😎🇩🇰
*Black Man* in german meaning is something like *Boogeyman* *evil* or *Sandman* . ( nothing to do with colour of skin )
Rammstein macht oft Wortspiele, deswegen wird beides gemeint sein. Ist dir außerdem nicht die Frau mit dem Kind aufgefallen? Die sind ja nur mit Stacheldraht umzäunt, das hat bestimmt keine Bedeutung! Am Schluss isst die Band "Schokoküsse" die früher auch mal anders hießen...
@@HealthPipe wenn es um den ganz bösen rassismus geht: warum bauen im video dann weiße menschen mauern und beobachten andere weiße menschen mit ihren kameras? es geht in dem song um die allgemeine in unsere köpfe eingepflanzte angst vor dem unbekannten und voreinander.. und genau das ist mit dem schwarzen mann - aka bogeyman - gemeint. keiner weiß so recht wer dieser bogeyman eigentlich sein soll aber eines ist sicher: er ist da draußen und wir müssen uns vor ihm schützen... und so sitzt jeder hinter seiner mauer - oder durch seinen stacheldraht geschützt - und beobachtet den anderen misstrauisch und jeder hat seinen eigenen bogeyman... schwarz und weiß ist einfach ne leicht zu verstehende symbolik aber am ende geht es um die viel allgemeinere angst voreinander und aus welchen gründen auch immer geschaffene feindbilder
@@crappiefisher1331 Wie schön dass du Rassismus auch böse findest so ganz ohne Ironie, Zwinkersmiley!
It's not so much "uneducated" (at the beginning) as "badly behaved". So, it is essentially an oooooold school scary nursery rhyme to get kids to behave (that then also got used by kids as a way to play tag). "Listen to your dad or the black man will get you" "Behave or the black man will grab you". Nowadays many politically-correct people will say "No, it's more like the bogeyman" but that's not true - the origin of the warnings/threats are old school great-grandmother era tales /threats/ scare tactics and are racist in a way that's shocking by today's standard but perfectly normal back then.
Rammstein takes this old fairy tale / kids game (which they do with many of their songs TBH) and give it a modern, relevant spin. It's used to reflect on fear of immigrants, fear of foreigners. All this fear is fed into us by politicians, media, lobbyists, and so it turns even the most trusting, neighborly people into paranoiacs that will buy anything that is pushed onto them to "protect" themselves from threats that don't actually exist.
Another point in the old-school casual racism explanation: At the end of the video, they are sitting watching TV, eating chocolate-covered marshmallow treats. Up until very recently, these treats were called "N3gr0kisses" (you know what I mean) and are a popular treat with German kids. It just highlights the hypocrisy of people's fears while at the same time highlighting how deeply ingrained racism can be in everyday items and language.
Black is not a body, but a SOUL!
7:36...diversion through spectacles...like football events...all they sell is fear and consumerism...you should react to some Marilyn Manson ;-) starting with the fight song...next beautiful people and so on 🙂
Actually it has nothing to do with race . In German Schwarze Mann
Means boogie man, not black man in german tradition. But they are putting a double sense in it. And it becomes political.
Ja so habe ich das auch gelernt ! Wo ist das Problem ?
When we say "black man" we Germans 🙅don't mean the "black man" per se.🤦♂️ Because of the color of the skin. The Americans call him "The Boogeyman"!
Greatings from Germany 🖖
I think the cheerleaders do stand for America, as cheerleaders are not usually a thing in Germany. When we see cheerleaders over here, we do think of the US. As the cheerleaders in the video can be seen to sell weapons and bricks, it could be criticism of the US as one of the main exporters of war and fear to other countries. Also other countries lapping up US culture, even though it's not our own.
The Black Man is a mythical figure in ancient german Folklore representing death. It Haß nothing to Do with racism
Schwarzer Mann = Boogeyman.
But also Black Man as a Double meaning, since this Song is about Xenophobia :)
Literally black man.
@@MarvinBogatsch The song is not about xenophobia :-)
@@wolfgangengel4835 No
@@bennyshawny2129 It is about xenophobia, racism, hatespeech.
The black man is the Boogeyman in Germany!
This is called the ravings of a madman, and you are still trying to find meaning there ... Well done
Those are ravings of a madman? They are at best a slightly metaphorical text. We truly live in literally-minded times
Thank you, don't take me seriously. But I'm glad to hear from you... Thank you@@marcodallolio9746
@@ВераГинькова yeah sorry if I was confrontational. I'm just slightly frustrated with the concreteness of our culture
Germany - The Bogeyman is known as Der schwarze Mann ("the Black Man"). It's nothing about discrimination its a about children and fear of the bogeyman
Rammstein macht oft Wortspiele, deswegen wird beides gemeint sein. Ist dir außerdem nicht die Frau mit dem Kind aufgefallen? Die sind ja nur mit Stacheldraht umzäunt, das hat bestimmt keine Bedeutung! Am Schluss isst die Band "Schokoküsse" die früher auch mal anders hießen...
I REPET,BIOLABS...they where d'ingresso resurce even on THE PLAGE!!! IN CENTER OF EURASIA!
the Black Man is translated in German as 'The Boogeyman...it's not racist
Rammstein macht oft Wortspiele, deswegen wird beides gemeint sein. Ist dir außerdem nicht die Frau mit dem Kind aufgefallen? Die sind ja nur mit Stacheldraht umzäunt, das hat bestimmt keine Bedeutung! Am Schluss isst die Band "Schokoküsse" die früher auch mal anders hießen...
sorry for my bad english! "Der schwarze Mann" (lit. trans. "the black man") in german is not mean's african / black peaple !!! the black man mean's the devil (or the personified/incarnate evil more like in the bogeyman legend). so in this case it has no racist background.
There´s no black man here. No descrimination here.
Back man equals boogieman
Yes🤟❤️
Its not about race. The black man is the Boogyman or what ever he is called.
its the Boogeyman, and eat a "Negerkuss"))(Schaumkuss)
The "Black man" part is wrongly translated, "Schwarzes Man" should be translated into "The boogey man"!
You now the posizione of the band and aincent Germanic Tribes...Is another War Song
That’s a translation error, they don’t mean an African person, it translates to boogeyman
bad translation: "schwarze Mann" means "bogeyman"... it has nothing to do with race...
Rammstein uses very often double meaning words so it could mean both. Didn't you notice the mother with the child in the beginning and what the band eats at the end?
This is a diagnosis...
The "Black Man" is like the Boogieman! In German it has nothing to do with Black People in general!!! The "Black Man" is the Unknown, the Bad, the Things that can happen, if you do something you shouldn't do... the Evil in the Shadows...
This video is about the media, about the fact, that we are all controlled by it! We take everything for granted, regardless what they say! Your neighbor is doing something society says its not ok? At one point you belive it...! For (a stupid example) they say, everyone who is drinking a special brand of beer are most likely to tormend and kill ... (fill in what ever...)... that's redicoulous, but there will be people who believe it true!
It’s the boogeyman or fear of the unseen perceived threat not a literal black man.
Dieser Kommentarbereich ist Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. 🇩🇪
He dosent mean black man it's the boogeyman
You got the message.
Black man is referring to "Boogie man", not literal black people....
In Germany we say "schwarzer Mann" to the Boogie man, which translates to "black man"
This is about refugees from Africa coming to Europe…
the black man / Der Schwarze mann is the bogeyman in german not a literal person of color
It's both of course!
black man means boogeyman in germany
Der Schwarze Mann in this context is The Bogeyman.
Isn't he representing the government and its constant warnings of danger to generate fear in the population?
tbh, the auto translation *always* fails on Rammstein videos, it doesn't get the deeoper meaning, and in most cases not even the obvious ones, like the bogeyman.
Its just a failure of translation…“black man“ means just „bogeyman“ Rammstein is very very deep…but you will NEVER get a kind of racism!
in germany the boogie man is called the schwarze mann aka the black man. it has nothing do with the race...the boogie man just got an other name here
Ahh, noted.
Thanks for the info! 😁
@@ITN_Global no problem,
I think a better 1:1 translation to english would be: the sinister man (eventhough - schwarz; also means black) But rammstein is also reffering to the evil black person, every racist has in his heads. - thats why the neighbors starting getting paranoid - because of tales even grown up PPl are beliving.
he comes in the night, in the dark... Thats why the schwarze mann. He exists in our Historie since the middle age.
The boogie man got his roots in the german "schwarze mann"
He and the Boogie man are clearly the same guy, we are talking about.
- he was used by adults to frighten children into good behaviour. (back in the days - today, no one is doing such a thing - but his tale and songs still exisits through mouth to mouth propaganda by children for children, like the boogie man does - by children in America ;-)
- hell, some unnamed crazy German parents in the middle age are traumatising children all over the world - even today )
(clearly Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers are also based on him - even their names got german roots: Krüger and Maier are really common German names ) )
but yeah, nowadays its really confusing and no one wants to misunderstand the "schwarze mann" with an actual black person and thats why coloured or People of Color is p.c. in germany.
@@hansassel8540 Exactly. Many ppl seem to not have watched the video properly. Natürlich hat es auch hier wieder mehrere Bedeutungen. Das macht Rammstein doch aus.
C mon dude. Last sence says it all. With television only black and white. No television, all colours.
It has nowt to do with race, it's the Bogey Man in English.
Do you from Germany, speak you German Language? Das ist Rammstein, war vor Jahren in Deutschland im Konzert, was super.
Dimash war übrigens in Deutschland hat ein Konzert gegeben. Leider war alles nur für geladene Gäste reserviert, wie ich erfahren habe. Er war auch in Italien 🇮🇹 hat ein Konzert gegeben. Soll ebenfalls super gewesen sein. Liebe Grüße aus Süddeutschland. Lebe aber nicht mehr dauerhaft in Deutschland. Hat sich leider sehr zum Nachteil entwickelt.
It ain’t what u think with the black man it means boogeyman
"Der schwarze Mann" in german means bogeyman in english.....nothing to do with skin color!
Rammstein macht oft Wortspiele, deswegen wird beides gemeint sein. Ist dir außerdem nicht die Frau mit dem Kind aufgefallen? Die sind ja nur mit Stacheldraht umzäunt, das hat bestimmt keine Bedeutung! Am Schluss isst die Band "Schokoküsse" die früher auch mal anders hießen...
3:38 "the black man" is not about a black person, let me tell you that the "schwarzen Mann" in Germany is the person who cleans the chimney or the smokestack, and the soot makes him look black, so the kids were affraid about him and fathers used to tell their kid "if you don't behave correctly, the black man will get you".
The song is about tv and media fear, and that fear in the song is also represented with de "black man" or "schwarzen Mann" in german.
By the way, it is also a game in Germany.
Der schwarze Mann translates into the bogeyman.
.....but in this song is a wordgame ... 😅 with immigrants so many people fear them .... cause of there look like
You are wrong; in the western world, gun violence is *by far* the most prevalent in the US. The entire EU has much, much les.
The people behind barbed wire represent refugees/migrants wanting to go to Europe.
The Black man, dosen’t meen the same in german. It has nothing to do with race. Its more like the bad man (scary man)
Rammstein macht oft Wortspiele, deswegen wird beides gemeint sein. Ist dir außerdem nicht die Frau mit dem Kind aufgefallen? Die sind ja nur mit Stacheldraht umzäunt, das hat bestimmt keine Bedeutung! Am Schluss isst die Band "Schokoküsse" die früher auch mal anders hießen...
Good reaction, but please don't rely on the automatic translation, so much gets lost. At the start, unerzogen is not uneducated, but has not learned manners or is not behaving. Schwarzer Mann is the Boogeyman, so he is is singing that if you do not behave the boogeyman will get you. Then add on that Till is a poet an he uses symbolism an analogies non stop, the meaning expands. Enjoy!
Can't wait until you react to meine tränen and armee der tristen ..giftig is another freaking banger..everyone is only reacting to this song :/