this is an amazing video with so many layers in it about society, media, politicians and fear as a way of controlling people. I love the final scene when Till breaks the TV and color comes back. So many things to analyze in it. And the song it is simply spectacular. What a great album they have gifted us. Thanks for the reaction.
Yes the television is destroyed at the end... But at 4:13 we can see that they are blinded by what they see on the internet... Internet is not only the media... Governments are not the only ones to use fear.. even some groups use it by telling us to be afraid of the government they want to control us... Alright... But if fear is the only way these people have to convince us that governments want to govern... It's not convincing... Rammstein criticizes one side as much as the other. The Internet makes people fear their neighbors. and TV makes you fear the internet... It's true that you shouldn't believe everything you see on TV... but it's even more true on the internet... On the internet anyone like you or me can give their opinion.. on the other hand it is possible that we are wrong just as it is possible to be right... Take the example of the song "Armee Der Tristen" the army of the sad. Rammstein "parody" anti-government groups. In this text the character who speaks is a group leader who calls people to be sad with them... [Verse 1] Are you sad like me? Do you have tears running down your face? Come to us and line up We want to be sad together [Verse 2] Why are you still on the sidelines? Join our gang when we march in the dreary Nothing, nothing can happen to you [Chorus] Hand in hand, never alone Hand in hand, don't look back Come on, we'll close our ranks Marching in lockstep against luck [Verse 3] Depressed, sorrowful, broken Should we despair together Depressed and melancholic Pessimistic, diabolical Grounds on faded roses The party of the hopeless Become a member, come in Anyone may be, come in!
For me the part when the guys are building the brick walls is part of the evolution of fear. In the beggining you see them with small wooden fence, sharing and laughing. With fear increasing they surround themselves with the stronger and bigger brick walls adding razor wire and cameras pointing to their neighboors and then buy guns to feel secure. Another interesting part was, at least for me, the use of red colored ethernet wire; in Deutchland video they use something similar to make a refeernce to the red rope legend that joins two people forever; is in this video a metaphor for the internet being the new permanent rope that "unite" us but with fear?
I think the red wire is a symbol for the media and its power to manipulate us into having fear of something/someone (for example vaccinations or refugees)
nice thats an interesting take, Rammstein machte ja Public, dass es zum Teil ja auch in deren Interesse ist, wenn verschiedene Versionen von Meinungen zu Ihren Videos gemacht wird. m. M. n. hat Rammstein Steine bewegt, die weit über die Musik Industrie hinausgeht Gruß
Building walls is what humanity kept alive. Walls around castles and towns, Chinese Wall, the wall of Jericho... It's built for protection and an absolutely logical reaction against invaders.
the last part of the video is so powerful to me, its like the media showing you "look at this criminals/undesirables" wile showing so called criminals/undesirables "look at all this people living in luxury wile you have nothing"
The Song ist absolute an Banger. The Song "Angst - (Fear)" is about the fear that is propagated into our minds by media (The scenes with the televisions and the head being dragged in) and by politicians (The scene where Till Lindemann is in front of a standing desk). The fear could be interpreted in different ways, because as they build walls to protect themselves it could be by everyone which is not in our property/countries borders (Fear of migration), and the Lyrics saying "Und so glauben wir bis heute Schwer bewaffnet ist die Meute" (And we believe till today That the people are heavily armed) Could be the reference to the current stocking up of arms due to conflicts, as fear of others. Lastly the scene were all are shooting into the middle and everything is collapsing could mean the destruction caused by this fear. Greetings from Germany :)
actually just now thought about how the faces being dragged into the screens could mean how we are all becoming faceless hivemind online and social media driven by the fear of our governments to spread hate and fear unto others whose lives arent still completely washed out of colors. who needs to think for themselves when we can all become one legion of hate and fear.
Also Till is shown as madman in straitjacket. Putin used fear of "nato invasion" to cover bad situation in Russia and to propagate war in Ukraine, some parents of captured russian soldiers are so brainwashed with propaganda, it seems they even dont care how are their children doing in captivity. This clip is so relatable to me and my friends, we live in Ukraine.
You got it on point. I could‘nt explain it in a better way like you did. I‘m from germany too, but it might be not polite to leave a comment in german 😅
@@AP-RSI The law (§9 JuSchG) clearly states, that before passing the age of 16 years, it's not allowed, not even beer or wine or similiar. You pointing out, that there are some parents, who don't care and allow it and the law states this one exception! But should they? We did, but it did no good ... better just stay out of it, at least at young ages ... 14 years, come on! They shouldn't have the desire to consume drugs, one of the most dangerous, destructive and killing, like alcohol is.
Thanks you guys for all of the comments of interpretation and appreciation. I just posted this a couple of hours ago and the responses are crazy. I'm still making my way through the comments while doing other things in my day. There's definitely a lot to unpack with this one in only the first viewing, reading the translation, watching the video, and trying not to jabber too much. I watched it a second time and noticed so much I missed and your comments have also helped a lot. So, I appreciate you guys so much. Always be kind and take care of yourselves! 🖤
Hey there, .. Greetings from germany. First of all, i appreceate a lot what you do, but on this one, you misunderstood that song a bit. its about the fear of black people. these "white people" hear all that bs about black people in tv/internet etc. and they are afraid of them cause they believe that bs... they grew up with that wrong picture... so, being afraid of these people, which come from somewhere else, they build walls (not houses, as you said), protect themselves etc. until they smash their tv's, computers etc, which is kind of the source of this wrong picture, the source of these lies... (at least in that video) and in the moment, they break the source, the colors come back..... (driven by the fear, everything in this video was red, white and black as the old n*zi-flag) and then they realize, these "black people" are normal people aswell and they are also afraid of the "white people"... its against racism and a call to break down these false stories and pre-judices... thats what the visuals and the text are about...
If you're still wondering, what they were eating: chocolate marshmallows. Once these were called "Mohrenköpfe", or more commonly "Negerküsse". Those labels are not, or should not be used anymore, since they're pretty much racist. This also ties in with to be afraid of the "schwarze Mann". Which is also the name of a children's game: Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann ("Who is afraid of the 'black man'?").
@@liberatoreZ absolutely correct and according to that it would have been logical progression if they would have smashed the chocolate Marshmallows aswell...
The band Members eat, in English, 'Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats', in German today 'Chocolate Kiss' oder 'Foam Kiss', earlier 'N*gger Kiss' or 'Moor Head'. But that is taboo today ! I am very happy about your reaction, and that you posted again ! THX 🙂 Greetings from Germany p.s. I would wish that the singles in the USA would be evaluated. Billboard.
I can't believe how they nailed the world... all of it ...you don't have to speak any language ...just watch the video and everything becomes clear.... crystal clear.....still can't believe it how they nailed it 100%
As a german, if I may add some context? "Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann?" Is german child's game, where one kid has to catch the others tag-like. The tagger shouts the question and the response by the group is "Niemand!" (no one). The main narrative of the song is imho xenophobia and the "Biedermann" / petty bourgeois attitude of the general public towards anything seemingly threateing to their petty little world view, fueled by those living off these fears. Since around 2015 the EU was confronted by mass emigration, mostly via the Mediterranean Sea. Germany absorbed a lot of them as did many other countries and sadly the media did their share of pushing the fear mongering by the far right and conservatives. This can still be felt today since the emigration issue is still unsolved. TL; DR: Think for yourself, stop being led on by the fearmongering and be a good human towards someone not from your tribe.
You do realize "the other/schwarzen man" can also be seen as how a left wing person sees a right wing person? Its about building a wall and not talking to and seeing your felllow man while watching your own naritive on your own little screen. Yes you are correct its about that but in my opinion its deeper than just being racist about imigration. If you talk about be good to someone who is not from your tribe i hope you mean all tribes... the world is more complicated than being left wing an judging somebody who is conservative or anti imigration . Im not conservative btw i just think the world isnt black and white. Both sides of the pro or anti imigration have good points in my opinion.
@@Nick-Scirocco I never herad a good point of anti Imigration. This is nonsens, and definitly the Song ist about the xenophobic of so many people. With the Ukraine.refugies whe show bnow how rassistic is Germany. And this is the point of the song.
Glad I wasn't the only one who thought of that. Im from Houston, TX and im anticipating Rammstein coming to San Antonio for the stadium tour. I believe they will play this and begin with crowd participation with Viking Clap before playing Angst! At least I hope haha Skål!
Im from the netherlands and what they are eating at the end is called a negerzoen. Translated its negro kiss. They changed the name of it a couple of years ago for obvious reasons 😅. I think they are just called kisses now. Its a sort of cookie with chocolate skin and whipped cream on the inside.
There is an analog candy in our US past called that were called "n-word toes." Today we know them as tootsie rolls. When I first watched Angst when it was uploaded I was a bit creeped out by what they were eating. It seemed like really crispy burnt bones. Thanks for the amplification.
I interpreted this as folks being susceptible to being manipulated to, and fed fear by those in power. In fact, the cheerleaders are even the ones that prop up, a clearly insane, mouth piece to push the message. The TV screens makes for a direct pipeline to the public and it's eaten up. The faces the band makes when they are sitting in the circle around the TV's is really interesting. One moment they are interacting with their neighbors and friendly. Then the cheerleaders who encourage the rhetoric supply the bricks and guns that end up separating And isolating them from each other. But then they see on their own screens images of their neighbors holding weapons, adding to the fear and "justifying" shooting at them. All of this isolation and fear and violence just causes everything to implode. Also, there is something really amusing about seeing 5 grown men crammed on a couch 😅 I really enjoyed your reaction to this.
Rammstein's music videos are always a treat to watch. They always make some whacky, crazy, often over the top music videos but they always serve a purpose. The first watch of this yesterday I hadn't even read the translation for the lyrics but I could tell what Till was saying just by the video. Propaganda, psycopathic leaders, the media poisoning the populations minds and get us to turn against our neighbours. Only given the album a few listens so far but I can't see any weak songs. The riffs are on point. Tills vocals seem to encapsulate everything all the 'styles' hes done over the years. The album really does feel like what you'd get if you mashed every previous album together. Also, boast, I'm going to see these guys in Coventry in June! It's been delayed for 3 years but the date is finally set!
I'm loving the reactions who are not only appreciating te music but actually enjoying the art and expressing their own opinions. I personally couldn't avoid but feeling that the fear of the black man (Boogeyman) is not only a word play on literal racism and xenophobia, but a lot of symbolism in classist propaganda, the whole walls with security cameras, barbed wire and guns... Yeah if that doesn't ring a bell, maybe you're inside the fence. And also yeah, there's nothing inherently wrong with guns, except for the fact that many, driven by fear and hatred, use them as an excuse to murder people for very specific reasons
You confuse xenophobia and unjust invasion. Every country in the world has the right to protect his people against invaders who call themselves "refugees". Most of them are immigrants who want social benefits. They are not victims of war and starvation.
It also plays with the similarity to a German kid's play called "who's scared of the black man" (a few years back they started to change it to "white shark", because it can be interpreted as racist). However, I like your take on the boogeyman, because back when I was a kid, I never imagined an actual POC while playing, but a tall faceless figure in a black coat and a big hat or hood. It gives the song a double meaning: Fear makes people xenophobic/racist. And they are scared of a phantom that doesn't really exist.
@@catonkybord7950 White shark is a pool game. There are no sharks on land. The game is called Der schwarze Mann. It was never changed. It's still Black Man.
I like watching those reaction because of how differently the people absorb the music and its meaning. They have a very strong symbolism about politics, fear and hate, (the podium, the walls, the guns) changing friends into enemies, yet you saw a critic to materialism and our position in society. It is really interesting.
Just for the last part: You see the eating band crew watching the imprisoned woman with child (maybe they live in fear). They are watching the eating band crew. They are watching each other! One of the band guys (Till) decides to destroy the TV and the color returnes to their scene while the others are still watching and eating. I love that song and this is incredible!
I’ve watched this video several times now and every time it gets better. It, and the lyrics, are just so full of symbolism about the relentless spread of the fear of “the other” that is fed to us though our media today, be it social or traditional media. The “Schwartze man” in German means the bogeyman, but at the same time the start and end of the video showing dark skinned refugees encircled by barbed wire also gives it a more literal translation related to the fear spread relentlessly by European media during the refugee crisis a few years ago, which is further reinforced by what they eat in the end of the video - what used to be called a “negerküss”. The way the fear leads to replacing thatched fences with brick walls and cameras to spy on your neighbours, the cheerleaders of fear happy to sell you bricks and guns, the monitors feeding you a steady drip feed of fear… it genuinely smacks you over the head with what is going on all around us.
What they are eating is a sort of candy that's very popular in Germany. Nowadays it's called Schokokuss, but for a long time it had another name which I won't repeat here. It translated to N-word-kiss. When the name was changed, some people in Germany were upset about it. Similar to some US-Americans being upset when the Redskins changed their name.
Sorry, if I sound like a broken record, but you are my favorite reactor. Because you give sophisticated thoughts, that are heartfelt. And you are right. The song itself is about fear and how we are being brought up with it (and this way being controlled?) " Whose is a afraid of the black man/ bogeyman" is a Kid's game that goes back to mideveal times where the plague was called the black death. The video is a masterpiece. It portrays the philistine going to his 9-5 job, barbecue on the weekend, gossiping over the news. Behind the clean facade an abysses of fear and the resulting hatred open up nourished by the media and what we were taught in our childhood. In the outro there's a spicy, provocative detail and every German knows immediately what it's all about. The band eats chocolate foam kisses. I don't know the English term for this candy. Until a few years ago, chocolate foam kisses were still called "Negro kisses" or "moor head". And many of those same philistines were enraged by the name change. I don't know, out of defiance or stupidity, they still call it that. And of course, Rammstein wouldn't be Rammstein if they didn't also express their opinion on Europe's migration policy. Fortress Europe. As always with love from Germany 😎🤘
You don't sound like a broken record at all. I appreciate your sweet and thoughtful comments. My Rammstein reactions can be a little tricky because I'm reading a translation and trying to pay attention to the details in everything on my first go. I know I'm not going to catch everything. So it means a lot that you appreciate it and your input is always informative. So thank you so much! 🖤
@@drlancer Be respectful, dude. You're literally watching reaction videos from numerous people who are all asking questions. All if us reactors appreciate viewers like her and her comments.
Its all about Maniac People are making Media who getting Good Neighbors who are laughing together and do grilling and such stuff together to Gunshooting Maniacs who living in Fear about everything. Greetings from Germany ;)
My first thought is that this song would perfectly fit into Reise, Reise tracklist. An impressive feat considering that album is almost 20 years old!! This video has the ability to stop you from headbanging for a moment and think "holy shit, this is what's going on in the world right now". They are getting better imo, and I'm here for it! I love your breakdown of the lyrics btw, definitely a new sub 🤘
Awesome reaction! Loved hearing your thoughts and thought you made good points. Agreed that it’s a perfect video and just how it hits you in the gut both emotionally and visually is amazing
I really love rammstein because of the emotions.. but i'm really also love the emotions that you show while hearing them. Goosebumps, yes. "Angst" is my favorite from the new album. And your right: it's more about the fear of growing old and dying, than the fear of something that comes from outside or for a Bogeyman.
Growing old and dying explains, of course, why they have barbed wire, sit in front of a screen, build walls and use guns. And why a group of black people sits inside barbed wire.and why Till smashes the tv…
@@thorstenbrandenburg4338 Well, it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with age, but with getting fat ass and getting used to living in a western country, in your house with a front yard and knowing that the inner wall, the garden wall and the country border protect you from intruders, Poverty, war, foreign infiltration whatever... The TV or the internet serves as a symbol here of what the world really looks like, but we don't want to see it when it's threatening, so Till throws the stone at the screen. Or do you have another opinion?
@@blaubeerenwald In my opinion, exactly the opposite. It does not show us the world around us. It shows what people, regardless of their motivation, show us. That is why the people get soaked into the screen at one point, that is what the bogey man tells them, creating fear. And they people outside, with a fence around them, see how they are feared.
@@thorstenbrandenburg4338 Hmm I don't know why the opposite? The Screen: A symbol of what the world looks like, or a mirror from the inside. Isn't that the same thing? Everything is a mirror. All enemy images are also inside us.
@@blaubeerenwald yeah, exactly. We see the world as it is shown to us not as we would see it our own eyes. Fears, the German „Angst“ is imposed on us by the world as the media, social media and others show it to us. So we live in fears. Best shown by the black people behind the barbed wire, watching us fear them on their mobile phones. We fear without having to much of a reason to fear. We are raised in fear. The beginning of the song tells us the story: if you don’t follow my commandments, black man will get you. A fear imposed on the children. And we continue with this.
They are eating en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate-coated_marshmallow_treats Which in Germany used to be called negro's kiss until they changed it to chocolate kiss, for obvious reasons. This of course could be a play on black man's kisses.
10:10 They eat Schokoküsse (Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats). You can imagine what they were called back then. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate-coated_marshmallow_treats#schokokuss Its so fck sad.
Hey Norse, great to see another fantastic, true and honest reaction from you to the next Masterpiece from RAMMSTEINs "Zeit" - this one gave me goosebumps all the time, too, it's incredible! You asked what they're eating at the end, I don't know if someone mentioned it here in the comments already, but that are "Dickmann's Foam Kisses"...in Germany, for many, many years, they had a different name, a name that we shall not use anymore - they were called "Negro Kisses"! So, "wer hat Angst vor'm schwarzen Mann"? There are really a LOT of layers here, aren't there? Until next time, keep up the great work, hope to see more from you soon...stay safe, bye!
@@НикитаХрущев-ш9х символіка в цьому кліпі - перероблена свастика. Цей самий прийом використовують орки, і псих на всіх екранах закликає до війни і вбивств! Нічого не нагадує? Життя переоцінене? Війна - друг? ПРОКИНЬСЯ!
Rammstein, "Angst" - English Translation of the Lyrics (You) (You) (You) (You) (You) (You) When the children are uneducated The father already has threatened "The Black Man(bogeyman), he'll get you If you don't follow my commandment" And we believe that to this day So scared are the country and its people Something bad will happen The evil comes, won't go anymore [Chorus] And the fear grows into the night Door and gates are guarded The back's wet, the hands clammy Everyone is afraid of thе Black Man (You) In the dark, he sneaks up If you'rе not good, he'll touch you Trust no stranger then So much nightmare, so much craze And so we believe to this day The pack is heavily armed Oh, they can't stop it Scream fire in the alleys And the fear grows into the night Not a wink of sleep at all The back's wet, the hands clammy Everyone is afraid of the Black Man [Post-Chorus] (You) (You) (You) Who is afraid of the Black Man? Who is afraid of the Black Man? Who is afraid of the Black Man? Who is afraid? And the fear grows into the night Not a wink of sleep at all The back's wet, the hands clammy Everyone is afraid (You) (You) Black Man (You) (You) Black Man
They're eating whipping cream on a thin waffle, covered in chocolate. These were originally called "Negerkuss" (negro's kiss), but the name is understandably frowned upon, and these days, they're named differently. I'm not sure what, I left Germany a decade ago. The Bogeyman is called "Schwarzer Mann" (black man) in German, so they close the circle here with a nudge at the double meaning, pointing at fear of things like immigration etc. The red cables also have multiple meanings. For one, red is a colour that symbolises fear, but there's also the "red thread", the connective tissue, that you can see in other videos, as well, like in Deutschland.
They have "Angst vor dem schwarzen Mann".. generated by Media, their parents (first words in this song) .. At the end of the Song they eat "Neger küsse". This word is now forbidden in Germany. Fear about people with another origin. (My english is bad, sorry) One of the best videos ever seen. Great Song. 6 guys with great ideas
Just my two cents, which we all will never know the exact meaning from Rammstein. The scene of the brick building, buying guns and cameras, they all watch the tv, which can be simulated of the news outlets (right vs left). The opposing party shoots at the tv on which they disagree on... which brings down everyone. This video/track is spot-on, the meaning is so deep, especially here in the US. Again, just my view.
Cheerleaders, uniforms they wear do remind me of the USA. Racism, anti-immigration, border wall, gun ownership, school shooting, divided country, media. I watch this video after the recent mass school shooting and feel really sad.
"Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann?" "Who is scared of the black man?" is a children's game in Germany. The black man in this phrase is not referring to people of color, but to the Boogeyman. Yet the connotation of this phrase today is often considered racist. Xenophobia is usually the fear of the unknown, similar to the fear of mythical creatures. That is the duality on which the chorus is built.
I also played the tag game "Wer hat Angst vom schwarzen Mann?" as a child in the schoolyard of my elementary school in Germany back in the '80s. The tagger and the other children stand opposite of each other. The children try to get to the side (maybe a wall) of the tagger without being tagged. The game begins by the tagger shouting: "Wer hat Angst vom schwarzen Mann? (who's afraid of the black man?) -> response: Niemand! (no one!) -> tagger: Und wenn er aber kommt? (what if he comes for you?) -> response: Dann rennen wir davon! (then we run away!) -> then the tagger tries to tag other child while those try to reach the other side. The tagged child is the next tagger. At least that's how I remember playing it back then. As a child I thought of the "schwarze Mann" (black man) as a bogeyman, someone children should be afraid of.
Finally someone who understand. Im so tired of seeing people try to change the meaning of a song they know nothing about. So many people are out there saying that this video is about race & xenophobia 🤦 It’s not this at all.
@@pickledoff2710 They are definitely playing with the double meaning of "schwarzer Mann". Together with the scenes of the ever more fearful white backyard dwellers and them and the dark skinned mother and child watching each other, saying xenophobia is not a theme is almost willfully ignorant. Xenophobia is also one of the main fears stoked by politicians and media in many countries, so the imagery hits home. You can obviously interpret it how you like, but just proclaiming there is no xenophobia theme, because you personally don't see it, doesn't make it so
Angst is loan word from German. The meaning just shifted slightly in English. There are many words like that in the English language, for example Poltergeist, Fahrvergnügen, Wanderlust, Kindergarten etc... they are all German words.
You can interpret this song in a few ways, but regardless, amazing song. And I own a hand gun, it sits in my safe and only used it maybe twice at a range, so I respect firearm ownership if it is, like you said, responsible. But another amazing piece of art and great song from Rammstein. The "breakdown" was sick. September can't come soon enough for the live show.
They are eatin Negerküsse 😅 it's a German "Candy"/"Snack" with a very controverse name.....The company renamed them to "Dickmanns" (fatman) . I also used to know them as "Mohrenköpfe"
In the german "Grunschule" age from 6-10) there s the game i still played One guy stands at one side of the sport hall. the rest, abou 25 kids for example on the other side. the guy asks "Who s afraid of black man?" all on the other side."No one, No one" the guy: "and when he comes???" crowd: "then we run" so they all have to overlist him and get away from him without he touches tand get on the other side of the hall to win. when he gets you u ve lost-and get down.so everyone does it and in the and the winner is who didn t catch by the black man.. today all parents are crying and say no, that s crazy..lets make a group "of idiots" : not playing cowboy and indianer, look at the history.. three month later the parents ask after ballerman party; hey, can you please make a group with stopping me naked singing; Komm hol das Lasso raus wir spielen Cowboy und Indianer.. Ok, sure, a bit, only a bit;) out of context, these parents with that double moral ( , F..you) Völkerball is the same as war....sure in your brain.... in America, sorry you ve got to do sth against RFA, what will never work, so far at all... like here ll never happens sth against for buying a wodka for the last 5 euros when they will win anyway..;) ok, have a good night
i think the mother and the girl is symbolism for how horrible alot of people in other countries especially warzones experience life compared to "first world countries" who don't know how good they have it
I've been living in the US for just a couple of years now.And it's like 1/3 of the people here are scared to death by the unknown,and they seem to thrive on it too.It's being fed to them by mega churches,politicians and cable network news.If it wasn't so scary it would be the most hilarious thing in the world......There's no boogeyman out to get you guys,js.Chill and breathe ❤️
You're right, schwarzer Mann is a boogiemen and not literally a black men But they kind of played with the double meaning which you can see at the beginning and the end where they showed refugees
Well its building walls not just going to work but building a solitude kinda thing where the walls keep closing in and media gets you in your own "cell" while others really live in cages...first world problems
I actually don’t interpret the scenes with the firearms so literally, though you could. Once they had their fortresses built (brick laying complete), it was almost like they then had their screens and keyboards from which to hurl their attacks and insults to others who dared to take a different stand on something (symbolizing keyboard warriors/comments sections). The overarching takeaway for me generally was that we are all expected to fall in line, think the same way, aspire to the same things, and listen to an inept figurehead who elitists prop up and speak through. It was a heavy video. Appreciate the take and was just as blown away.
Hi, I just wanna leave a comment about my thoughts about this song and video. :) In Germany there is the folklore of the "schwarzer Mann" or "black man" that is a personification of evil or bad. And it is told children that won't listen to their parents that the schwarze Mann will come and take them or in the lyrics "touch them". That Till is in the restraining jacket infront of a lectern with a microphone is for me a symbolisation of a "crazy" person that drives other people that listen to them crazy and into fear like himself. The two women or girls in the circle of barbed wire kinda remembered me of refugees in a camp which are feared by some people. In that case the "crazy person" at the lectern might say things like "they bring violence" or "they're taking our jobs". The men in the circle symbolize something similar to me. They are neighbors that are getting paranoid because of their computer or the internet. They build walls and install cameras and finally getting weapons to protect themselves from the "bad", the "evil" that is being forcasted by the "crazy Person". Finally they attack the guy in the computer and each other and bring themselves to the evil and becoming a part of it. I might have overthought this a little bit and probably made a few grammatical mistakes (pls tell me if you found them). I hope you can understand what I wrote in this comment and pls tell me if you didn't understand anything, I might be able to try to write it a bit different :)
I understood and totally agree. You caught more detail than I did on my first go. It's definitely one two watch more than once. I appreciate your comment.
I'm absolutely against having a gun as a civilist. I'm not saying that you are not responsible with how you use weapons, or that you would ever use them against someone else out of pure idiocy, but my point is that weapons themself are deeply immoral. It's the exact same with nuclear weapons, it doesn't matter who has them and who not, the weapons themself are the problem. As long as there is a device on this planet that can kill someone else with the push of a button, there will be individuals that use this power to enforce their will. Imagine there are not guns in this world, the only way of hurting someone else is tear gas or sheer numbers. The moral population regulates itself, there will always be idiots, but they can't cause harm without weapons that kill someone. No war, no suppression, just moralistic groups of people that exclude the ones that doesn't want to live a righteous life
I agree with you. If there was a way to rid the world completely of them, I'd be for it. But it would have to be entirely for it to work, in my opinion. I appreciate your comment and your honestly.
Although I was sure that "Deutschland" will always be the best music video of all times to me, "Angst" is just so f*ng good and visually amazing, that I have to say now it gets first place... ex aequo 😎
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this is an amazing video with so many layers in it about society, media, politicians and fear as a way of controlling people. I love the final scene when Till breaks the TV and color comes back. So many things to analyze in it. And the song it is simply spectacular. What a great album they have gifted us. Thanks for the reaction.
The other way round. Politicians and media tell you that everything is fine and immigration will be good for you. That's the real lie.
I didn't notice the color thing at first awesome notice!
Yes the television is destroyed at the end... But at 4:13 we can see that they are blinded by what they see on the internet... Internet is not only the media...
Governments are not the only ones to use fear.. even some groups use it by telling us to be afraid of the government they want to control us...
Alright... But if fear is the only way these people have to convince us that governments want to govern... It's not convincing...
Rammstein criticizes one side as much as the other.
The Internet makes people fear their neighbors. and TV makes you fear the internet...
It's true that you shouldn't believe everything you see on TV... but it's even more true on the internet...
On the internet anyone like you or me can give their opinion.. on the other hand it is possible that we are wrong just as it is possible to be right...
Take the example of the song "Armee Der Tristen" the army of the sad.
Rammstein "parody" anti-government groups. In this text the character who speaks is a group leader who calls people to be sad with them...
[Verse 1]
Are you sad like me?
Do you have tears running down your face?
Come to us and line up
We want to be sad together
[Verse 2]
Why are you still on the sidelines?
Join our gang
when we march in the dreary
Nothing, nothing can happen to you
[Chorus]
Hand in hand, never alone
Hand in hand, don't look back
Come on, we'll close our ranks
Marching in lockstep against luck
[Verse 3]
Depressed, sorrowful, broken
Should we despair together
Depressed and melancholic
Pessimistic, diabolical Grounds
on faded roses
The party of the hopeless
Become a member, come in
Anyone may be, come in!
For me the part when the guys are building the brick walls is part of the evolution of fear. In the beggining you see them with small wooden fence, sharing and laughing. With fear increasing they surround themselves with the stronger and bigger brick walls adding razor wire and cameras pointing to their neighboors and then buy guns to feel secure. Another interesting part was, at least for me, the use of red colored ethernet wire; in Deutchland video they use something similar to make a refeernce to the red rope legend that joins two people forever; is in this video a metaphor for the internet being the new permanent rope that "unite" us but with fear?
I think the red wire is a symbol for the media and its power to manipulate us into having fear of something/someone (for example vaccinations or refugees)
nice thats an interesting take,
Rammstein machte ja Public, dass es zum Teil ja auch in deren Interesse ist, wenn verschiedene Versionen von Meinungen zu Ihren Videos gemacht wird.
m. M. n. hat Rammstein Steine bewegt, die weit über die Musik Industrie hinausgeht
Gruß
Building walls is what humanity kept alive. Walls around castles and towns, Chinese Wall, the wall of Jericho... It's built for protection and an absolutely logical reaction against invaders.
Angst is a artistic masterpiece 👍
I nearly had my Rammstein addiction under control... Then they drop this!! Holy shit. Nailed it!
the last part of the video is so powerful to me, its like the media showing you "look at this criminals/undesirables" wile showing so called criminals/undesirables "look at all this people living in luxury wile you have nothing"
The Song ist absolute an Banger. The Song "Angst - (Fear)" is about the fear that is propagated into our minds by media (The scenes with the televisions and the head being dragged in) and by politicians (The scene where Till Lindemann is in front of a standing desk). The fear could be interpreted in different ways, because as they build walls to protect themselves it could be by everyone which is not in our property/countries borders (Fear of migration), and the Lyrics saying
"Und so glauben wir bis heute
Schwer bewaffnet ist die Meute"
(And we believe till today
That the people are heavily armed)
Could be the reference to the current stocking up of arms due to conflicts, as fear of others.
Lastly the scene were all are shooting into the middle and everything is collapsing could mean the destruction caused by this fear.
Greetings from Germany
:)
thats really good view on the message of it
actually just now thought about how the faces being dragged into the screens could mean how we are all becoming faceless hivemind online and social media driven by the fear of our governments to spread hate and fear unto others whose lives arent still completely washed out of colors. who needs to think for themselves when we can all become one legion of hate and fear.
Also Till is shown as madman in straitjacket.
Putin used fear of "nato invasion" to cover bad situation in Russia and to propagate war in Ukraine, some parents of captured russian soldiers are so brainwashed with propaganda, it seems they even dont care how are their children doing in captivity.
This clip is so relatable to me and my friends, we live in Ukraine.
the moment the tv get smached by Till, the color comes in
You got it on point. I could‘nt explain it in a better way like you did.
I‘m from germany too, but it might be not polite to leave a comment in german 😅
Rammstein are a MACHINE..always running on all cylinders but this is just on a whole different level.....
I've been listening to Rammstein since I was born, for 14 years, they're simply the best, yesterday I had a beer and listened to Rammstein
You shouldn't have a beer at 14...
Mr Single Coil who cares
You have the coolest parents.
@@StamateTudorGuitar Why, in Germany you can drink beer with 14 if your parents allow it and with you.
@@AP-RSI The law (§9 JuSchG) clearly states, that before passing the age of 16 years, it's not allowed, not even beer or wine or similiar. You pointing out, that there are some parents, who don't care and allow it and the law states this one exception! But should they? We did, but it did no good ... better just stay out of it, at least at young ages ... 14 years, come on! They shouldn't have the desire to consume drugs, one of the most dangerous, destructive and killing, like alcohol is.
Thanks you guys for all of the comments of interpretation and appreciation. I just posted this a couple of hours ago and the responses are crazy. I'm still making my way through the comments while doing other things in my day. There's definitely a lot to unpack with this one in only the first viewing, reading the translation, watching the video, and trying not to jabber too much. I watched it a second time and noticed so much I missed and your comments have also helped a lot. So, I appreciate you guys so much. Always be kind and take care of yourselves! 🖤
Hey there, .. Greetings from germany. First of all, i appreceate a lot what you do, but on this one, you misunderstood that song a bit. its about the fear of black people. these "white people" hear all that bs about black people in tv/internet etc. and they are afraid of them cause they believe that bs... they grew up with that wrong picture... so, being afraid of these people, which come from somewhere else, they build walls (not houses, as you said), protect themselves etc. until they smash their tv's, computers etc, which is kind of the source of this wrong picture, the source of these lies... (at least in that video) and in the moment, they break the source, the colors come back..... (driven by the fear, everything in this video was red, white and black as the old n*zi-flag) and then they realize, these "black people" are normal people aswell and they are also afraid of the "white people"... its against racism and a call to break down these false stories and pre-judices... thats what the visuals and the text are about...
If you're still wondering, what they were eating: chocolate marshmallows. Once these were called "Mohrenköpfe", or more commonly "Negerküsse". Those labels are not, or should not be used anymore, since they're pretty much racist. This also ties in with to be afraid of the "schwarze Mann". Which is also the name of a children's game: Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann ("Who is afraid of the 'black man'?").
@@liberatoreZ absolutely correct and according to that it would have been logical progression if they would have smashed the chocolate Marshmallows aswell...
the "black man" dates back to that old children game en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Bulldog_(game)#Black_Man
The band Members eat, in English, 'Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats', in German today 'Chocolate Kiss' oder 'Foam Kiss', earlier 'N*gger Kiss' or 'Moor Head'. But that is taboo today !
I am very happy about your reaction, and that you posted again ! THX 🙂
Greetings from Germany
p.s. I would wish that the singles in the USA would be evaluated. Billboard.
That's wrong. It was never called 'N*gger Kiss', but 'Neger Kuss'. One can also exaggerate ... 😎
@@iglolangnesias5976
It comes out pretty much the same !
With E ,or I and Double G.
The meaning is the same. So much for the know-it-all 🥸
A what
@@maxmusic5380 the treat is named "Indian" in Czechia :D
It's crazy the symbolism even gets down to the food they eat.
Dude that riff gives you chills , brutal af 🤘
I can't believe how they nailed the world... all of it ...you don't have to speak any language ...just watch the video and everything becomes clear.... crystal clear.....still can't believe it how they nailed it 100%
As a german, if I may add some context? "Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann?" Is german child's game, where one kid has to catch the others tag-like. The tagger shouts the question and the response by the group is "Niemand!" (no one).
The main narrative of the song is imho xenophobia and the "Biedermann" / petty bourgeois attitude of the general public towards anything seemingly threateing to their petty little world view, fueled by those living off these fears. Since around 2015 the EU was confronted by mass emigration, mostly via the Mediterranean Sea. Germany absorbed a lot of them as did many other countries and sadly the media did their share of pushing the fear mongering by the far right and conservatives. This can still be felt today since the emigration issue is still unsolved. TL; DR: Think for yourself, stop being led on by the fearmongering and be a good human towards someone not from your tribe.
You do realize "the other/schwarzen man" can also be seen as how a left wing person sees a right wing person? Its about building a wall and not talking to and seeing your felllow man while watching your own naritive on your own little screen. Yes you are correct its about that but in my opinion its deeper than just being racist about imigration. If you talk about be good to someone who is not from your tribe i hope you mean all tribes... the world is more complicated than being left wing an judging somebody who is conservative or anti imigration
. Im not conservative btw i just think the world isnt black and white. Both sides of the pro or anti imigration have good points in my opinion.
It's not fear mongering. It's a real mass immigration problem.
Borders are necessary. Mass migration like 2015 need no one.
Merkill is a criminal.
@@Nick-Scirocco "Völkerball" gehört verboten und wat ham wir alle gespielt ohne Hintergedanken..
@@Nick-Scirocco I never herad a good point of anti Imigration. This is nonsens, and definitly the Song ist about the xenophobic of so many people. With the Ukraine.refugies whe show bnow how rassistic is Germany.
And this is the point of the song.
Starting strong with the "Viking clap", very nice touch
Glad I wasn't the only one who thought of that.
Im from Houston, TX and im anticipating Rammstein coming to San Antonio for the stadium tour. I believe they will play this and begin with crowd participation with Viking Clap before playing Angst! At least I hope haha
Skål!
Im from the netherlands and what they are eating at the end is called a negerzoen. Translated its negro kiss. They changed the name of it a couple of years ago for obvious reasons 😅. I think they are just called kisses now. Its a sort of cookie with chocolate skin and whipped cream on the inside.
What I found interesting is that they only eat the top, if you look at the plate on the table. Reminds me of Puppe, biting the head off
In Austria we call them "Schwedenbomben" "Swedish Bombs".
There is an analog candy in our US past called that were called "n-word toes." Today we know them as tootsie rolls.
When I first watched Angst when it was uploaded I was a bit creeped out by what they were eating. It seemed like really crispy burnt bones. Thanks for the amplification.
I interpreted this as folks being susceptible to being manipulated to, and fed fear by those in power. In fact, the cheerleaders are even the ones that prop up, a clearly insane, mouth piece to push the message. The TV screens makes for a direct pipeline to the public and it's eaten up. The faces the band makes when they are sitting in the circle around the TV's is really interesting. One moment they are interacting with their neighbors and friendly. Then the cheerleaders who encourage the rhetoric supply the bricks and guns that end up separating And isolating them from each other. But then they see on their own screens images of their neighbors holding weapons, adding to the fear and "justifying" shooting at them. All of this isolation and fear and violence just causes everything to implode.
Also, there is something really amusing about seeing 5 grown men crammed on a couch 😅
I really enjoyed your reaction to this.
Great reaction. The video is another masterpiece. Greetings from Germany
That was an amazing song and video. The whole album is just great.
"Watching it all unfold on a phone". Well said, Sir.
The entire video just makes me think about the insanity that goes on in my mind and how often I fight it down. :)
Lots and lots of layers this is also my favourite great reaction man
Rammstein's music videos are always a treat to watch. They always make some whacky, crazy, often over the top music videos but they always serve a purpose. The first watch of this yesterday I hadn't even read the translation for the lyrics but I could tell what Till was saying just by the video. Propaganda, psycopathic leaders, the media poisoning the populations minds and get us to turn against our neighbours. Only given the album a few listens so far but I can't see any weak songs. The riffs are on point. Tills vocals seem to encapsulate everything all the 'styles' hes done over the years. The album really does feel like what you'd get if you mashed every previous album together.
Also, boast, I'm going to see these guys in Coventry in June! It's been delayed for 3 years but the date is finally set!
Epic. Deep. Just wow! Thanks for your Reaction. 🤘
I'm loving the reactions who are not only appreciating te music but actually enjoying the art and expressing their own opinions. I personally couldn't avoid but feeling that the fear of the black man (Boogeyman) is not only a word play on literal racism and xenophobia, but a lot of symbolism in classist propaganda, the whole walls with security cameras, barbed wire and guns... Yeah if that doesn't ring a bell, maybe you're inside the fence. And also yeah, there's nothing inherently wrong with guns, except for the fact that many, driven by fear and hatred, use them as an excuse to murder people for very specific reasons
You confuse xenophobia and unjust invasion. Every country in the world has the right to protect his people against invaders who call themselves "refugees". Most of them are immigrants who want social benefits. They are not victims of war and starvation.
It also plays with the similarity to a German kid's play called "who's scared of the black man" (a few years back they started to change it to "white shark", because it can be interpreted as racist). However, I like your take on the boogeyman, because back when I was a kid, I never imagined an actual POC while playing, but a tall faceless figure in a black coat and a big hat or hood. It gives the song a double meaning: Fear makes people xenophobic/racist. And they are scared of a phantom that doesn't really exist.
@@catonkybord7950
White shark is a pool game. There are no sharks on land. The game is called Der schwarze Mann. It was never changed. It's still Black Man.
I like watching those reaction because of how differently the people absorb the music and its meaning.
They have a very strong symbolism about politics, fear and hate, (the podium, the walls, the guns) changing friends into enemies, yet you saw a critic to materialism and our position in society.
It is really interesting.
That is what real art does. Opens room for interpretation, let’s you think about it. And that here is art.
Just for the last part:
You see the eating band crew watching the imprisoned woman with child (maybe they live in fear). They are watching the eating band crew. They are watching each other!
One of the band guys (Till) decides to destroy the TV and the color returnes to their scene while the others are still watching and eating.
I love that song and this is incredible!
such a badass album. this album is really really deep in thought. makes you think
I’ve watched this video several times now and every time it gets better. It, and the lyrics, are just so full of symbolism about the relentless spread of the fear of “the other” that is fed to us though our media today, be it social or traditional media. The “Schwartze man” in German means the bogeyman, but at the same time the start and end of the video showing dark skinned refugees encircled by barbed wire also gives it a more literal translation related to the fear spread relentlessly by European media during the refugee crisis a few years ago, which is further reinforced by what they eat in the end of the video - what used to be called a “negerküss”. The way the fear leads to replacing thatched fences with brick walls and cameras to spy on your neighbours, the cheerleaders of fear happy to sell you bricks and guns, the monitors feeding you a steady drip feed of fear… it genuinely smacks you over the head with what is going on all around us.
thanks for your reaction. rammstein not only makes good music, no, they deal with profound issues in our society.
the end is a german word play :) they eat "Negerkuesse" (mean n***kisses) ... the old and unpolitically uncorrect word for that sweet :)
What they are eating is a sort of candy that's very popular in Germany. Nowadays it's called Schokokuss, but for a long time it had another name which I won't repeat here. It translated to N-word-kiss. When the name was changed, some people in Germany were upset about it. Similar to some US-Americans being upset when the Redskins changed their name.
Sorry, if I sound like a broken record, but you are my favorite reactor. Because you give sophisticated thoughts, that are heartfelt.
And you are right. The song itself is about fear and how we are being brought up with it (and this way being controlled?)
" Whose is a afraid of the black man/ bogeyman" is a Kid's game that goes back to mideveal times where the plague was called the black death. The video is a masterpiece. It portrays the philistine going to his 9-5 job, barbecue on the weekend, gossiping over the news. Behind the clean facade an abysses of fear and the resulting hatred open up nourished by the media and what we were taught in our childhood.
In the outro there's a spicy, provocative detail and every German knows immediately what it's all about. The band eats chocolate foam kisses. I don't know the English term for this candy. Until a few years ago, chocolate foam kisses were still called "Negro kisses" or "moor head". And many of those same philistines were enraged by the name change. I don't know, out of defiance or stupidity, they still call it that. And of course, Rammstein wouldn't be Rammstein if they didn't also express their opinion on Europe's migration policy. Fortress Europe.
As always with love from Germany 😎🤘
Musst du unter jedem Video deinen verschissen Kommentar setzen?
@@drlancer was ist dein Problem damit?
You don't sound like a broken record at all. I appreciate your sweet and thoughtful comments. My Rammstein reactions can be a little tricky because I'm reading a translation and trying to pay attention to the details in everything on my first go. I know I'm not going to catch everything. So it means a lot that you appreciate it and your input is always informative. So thank you so much! 🖤
@@drlancer Be respectful, dude. You're literally watching reaction videos from numerous people who are all asking questions. All if us reactors appreciate viewers like her and her comments.
@@drlancer hm 🤔 Ja. Hab Dich auch lieb. 😘
leaders shouting from the stage, cheerleaders, army rifles, building walls, surveillance,... i can think of a country....
Its all about Maniac People are making Media who getting Good Neighbors who are laughing together and do grilling and such stuff together to Gunshooting Maniacs who living in Fear about everything. Greetings from Germany ;)
Great great reaction 👍🏻👍🏻 greetings from Austria 🇦🇹
My first thought is that this song would perfectly fit into Reise, Reise tracklist. An impressive feat considering that album is almost 20 years old!! This video has the ability to stop you from headbanging for a moment and think "holy shit, this is what's going on in the world right now". They are getting better imo, and I'm here for it! I love your breakdown of the lyrics btw, definitely a new sub 🤘
Awesome reaction! Loved hearing your thoughts and thought you made good points. Agreed that it’s a perfect video and just how it hits you in the gut both emotionally and visually is amazing
I really love rammstein because of the emotions.. but i'm really also love the emotions that you show while hearing them.
Goosebumps, yes.
"Angst" is my favorite from the new album.
And your right: it's more about the fear of growing old and dying, than the fear of something that comes from outside or for a Bogeyman.
Growing old and dying explains, of course, why they have barbed wire, sit in front of a screen, build walls and use guns. And why a group of black people sits inside barbed wire.and why Till smashes the tv…
@@thorstenbrandenburg4338 Well, it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with age, but with getting fat ass and getting used to living in a western country, in your house with a front yard and knowing that the inner wall, the garden wall and the country border protect you from intruders, Poverty, war, foreign infiltration whatever...
The TV or the internet serves as a symbol here of what the world really looks like, but we don't want to see it when it's threatening, so Till throws the stone at the screen.
Or do you have another opinion?
@@blaubeerenwald In my opinion, exactly the opposite. It does not show us the world around us. It shows what people, regardless of their motivation, show us. That is why the people get soaked into the screen at one point, that is what the bogey man tells them, creating fear. And they people outside, with a fence around them, see how they are feared.
@@thorstenbrandenburg4338 Hmm I don't know why the opposite?
The Screen: A symbol of what the world looks like, or a mirror from the inside. Isn't that the same thing? Everything is a mirror. All enemy images are also inside us.
@@blaubeerenwald yeah, exactly. We see the world as it is shown to us not as we would see it our own eyes. Fears, the German „Angst“ is imposed on us by the world as the media, social media and others show it to us. So we live in fears. Best shown by the black people behind the barbed wire, watching us fear them on their mobile phones. We fear without having to much of a reason to fear. We are raised in fear. The beginning of the song tells us the story: if you don’t follow my commandments, black man will get you. A fear imposed on the children. And we continue with this.
Awesome React! I've been jamming out to rammstein ever since high school & these guys are still going strong. 🎸⚡⚡⚡
Another awesome reaction to another amazing Rammstein Performance ❤💯😍🤘🏻🔥💕
They are eating en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate-coated_marshmallow_treats
Which in Germany used to be called negro's kiss until they changed it to chocolate kiss, for obvious reasons. This of course could be a play on black man's kisses.
THE DANCE IS SICK!
Pretty sure this is about how we're isolating ourselves and retreating to a world that ain't real while trying to ignore the hellscape around us.
Fear.. is the mind killer
Great reakion man, greetings from Germany.
One of the best songs
10:10 They eat Schokoküsse (Chocolate-coated marshmallow treats). You can imagine what they were called back then.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate-coated_marshmallow_treats#schokokuss
Its so fck sad.
Hey Norse, great to see another fantastic, true and honest reaction from you to the next Masterpiece from RAMMSTEINs "Zeit" - this one gave me goosebumps all the time, too, it's incredible! You asked what they're eating at the end, I don't know if someone mentioned it here in the comments already, but that are "Dickmann's Foam Kisses"...in Germany, for many, many years, they had a different name, a name that we shall not use anymore - they were called "Negro Kisses"! So, "wer hat Angst vor'm schwarzen Mann"? There are really a LOT of layers here, aren't there?
Until next time, keep up the great work, hope to see more from you soon...stay safe, bye!
It's like they watched a Slipknot music video and went "How do we top this?" And Till then came up with this
Yeah the video really has a Slipknot vibe to it. 👍🏻
That was the best reaction to this video that I've seen so far...loved it!
Thank you so much. I'm happy you appreciated it.
Rammstein made masterpiece. Again.
Блять, клип и песня просто бомба! Раммштайн красавцы!
Психопат, який керує країною, і зомбує через телебачення, нікого не нагадує? Він навіть символіку використовує.....
@@krokygamabaga8952 и какую же символику?
@@НикитаХрущев-ш9х символіка в цьому кліпі - перероблена свастика. Цей самий прийом використовують орки, і псих на всіх екранах закликає до війни і вбивств! Нічого не нагадує? Життя переоцінене? Війна - друг? ПРОКИНЬСЯ!
@@krokygamabaga8952 время,где была эта свастика
@@НикитаХрущев-ш9х 3.45 перша поява. Символ на столі, з якого віщає божевільний диктатор!
Greetings from Germany that's good, yes that's awesome Fan since 1995 Rammstein forever ....on 23.7.2023 in Frankfurt!Yeah!
eah!
Rammstein, "Angst" - English Translation of the Lyrics
(You)
(You)
(You)
(You)
(You)
(You)
When the children are uneducated
The father already has threatened
"The Black Man(bogeyman), he'll get you
If you don't follow my commandment"
And we believe that to this day
So scared are the country and its people
Something bad will happen
The evil comes, won't go anymore
[Chorus]
And the fear grows into the night
Door and gates are guarded
The back's wet, the hands clammy
Everyone is afraid of thе Black Man
(You)
In the dark, he sneaks up
If you'rе not good, he'll touch you
Trust no stranger then
So much nightmare, so much craze
And so we believe to this day
The pack is heavily armed
Oh, they can't stop it
Scream fire in the alleys
And the fear grows into the night
Not a wink of sleep at all
The back's wet, the hands clammy
Everyone is afraid of the Black Man
[Post-Chorus]
(You)
(You)
(You)
Who is afraid of the Black Man?
Who is afraid of the Black Man?
Who is afraid of the Black Man?
Who is afraid?
And the fear grows into the night
Not a wink of sleep at all
The back's wet, the hands clammy
Everyone is afraid
(You)
(You) Black Man
(You)
(You) Black Man
It's about fear, anxiety and the boogie man.
Fantastic reaction...keep going ☺
HAHA! I have a ton more of Rammstein. I appreciate you checking it out.
Hell yeah! New music from Rammstein.. lets go!!
They're eating whipping cream on a thin waffle, covered in chocolate. These were originally called "Negerkuss" (negro's kiss), but the name is understandably frowned upon, and these days, they're named differently. I'm not sure what, I left Germany a decade ago. The Bogeyman is called "Schwarzer Mann" (black man) in German, so they close the circle here with a nudge at the double meaning, pointing at fear of things like immigration etc. The red cables also have multiple meanings. For one, red is a colour that symbolises fear, but there's also the "red thread", the connective tissue, that you can see in other videos, as well, like in Deutschland.
They have "Angst vor dem schwarzen Mann".. generated by Media, their parents (first words in this song) ..
At the end of the Song they eat "Neger küsse". This word is now forbidden in Germany. Fear about people with another origin. (My english is bad, sorry)
One of the best videos ever seen. Great Song. 6 guys with great ideas
I love how the video turns more and more colored as he smashes the TV.
Just my two cents, which we all will never know the exact meaning from Rammstein. The scene of the brick building, buying guns and cameras, they all watch the tv, which can be simulated of the news outlets (right vs left). The opposing party shoots at the tv on which they disagree on... which brings down everyone.
This video/track is spot-on, the meaning is so deep, especially here in the US.
Again, just my view.
Cheerleaders, uniforms they wear do remind me of the USA. Racism, anti-immigration, border wall, gun ownership, school shooting, divided country, media. I watch this video after the recent mass school shooting and feel really sad.
What a fu... great interpretation / reaction. Greetings from Germany
in the end, Till destroys the television and afterwords its colored again ;)
Finally seeing them for the 3rd time in September… can’t wait !!
I'm excited for you!
"Wer hat Angst vorm schwarzen Mann?" "Who is scared of the black man?" is a children's game in Germany. The black man in this phrase is not referring to people of color, but to the Boogeyman. Yet the connotation of this phrase today is often considered racist.
Xenophobia is usually the fear of the unknown, similar to the fear of mythical creatures. That is the duality on which the chorus is built.
I also played the tag game "Wer hat Angst vom schwarzen Mann?" as a child in the schoolyard of my elementary school in Germany back in the '80s.
The tagger and the other children stand opposite of each other.
The children try to get to the side (maybe a wall) of the tagger without being tagged.
The game begins by the tagger shouting: "Wer hat Angst vom schwarzen Mann? (who's afraid of the black man?)
-> response: Niemand! (no one!)
-> tagger: Und wenn er aber kommt? (what if he comes for you?)
-> response: Dann rennen wir davon! (then we run away!)
-> then the tagger tries to tag other child while those try to reach the other side. The tagged child is the next tagger.
At least that's how I remember playing it back then.
As a child I thought of the "schwarze Mann" (black man) as a bogeyman, someone children should be afraid of.
Finally someone who understand. Im so tired of seeing people try to change the meaning of a song they know nothing about. So many people are out there saying that this video is about race & xenophobia 🤦 It’s not this at all.
@@pickledoff2710 You cant know the "real" message of the song, its Rammstein!
@@pickledoff2710 They are definitely playing with the double meaning of "schwarzer Mann". Together with the scenes of the ever more fearful white backyard dwellers and them and the dark skinned mother and child watching each other, saying xenophobia is not a theme is almost willfully ignorant. Xenophobia is also one of the main fears stoked by politicians and media in many countries, so the imagery hits home.
You can obviously interpret it how you like, but just proclaiming there is no xenophobia theme, because you personally don't see it, doesn't make it so
@@peterlem1 True
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Angst is loan word from German. The meaning just shifted slightly in English. There are many words like that in the English language, for example Poltergeist, Fahrvergnügen, Wanderlust, Kindergarten etc... they are all German words.
The auto translation in the CC settings works really well. if you want to get the lyrics
You can interpret this song in a few ways, but regardless, amazing song. And I own a hand gun, it sits in my safe and only used it maybe twice at a range, so I respect firearm ownership if it is, like you said, responsible. But another amazing piece of art and great song from Rammstein. The "breakdown" was sick. September can't come soon enough for the live show.
Dude, I'm excited for you. I hope I get the opportunity to see them soon as well.
Angst, anxietate, anxiete, ansiedad, uzkost, ankhti, ansia, anksioznost....anxiety
They are eatin Negerküsse 😅 it's a German "Candy"/"Snack" with a very controverse name.....The company renamed them to "Dickmanns" (fatman) . I also used to know them as "Mohrenköpfe"
English is a in the German language group. Many words are similar, same origin but the meaning can be different. It is not very far though.
A moment of silence for everyone who translated the chorus (Wer Hat Angst Vorm Schwarzen Mann) in a literal sense (Who is afraid of the black man).
The video is now available with English subtitles.
Is anyone else freaked out by those cheerleaders at the start?
In the german "Grunschule" age from 6-10) there s the game i still played
One guy stands at one side of the sport hall.
the rest, abou 25 kids for example on the other side.
the guy asks "Who s afraid of black man?"
all on the other side."No one, No one"
the guy: "and when he comes???"
crowd: "then we run"
so they all have to overlist him and get away from him without he touches tand get on the other side of the hall to win.
when he gets you u ve lost-and get down.so everyone does it and in the and the winner is who didn t catch by the black man..
today all parents are crying and say no, that s crazy..lets make a group "of idiots" :
not playing cowboy and indianer, look at the history..
three month later the parents ask after ballerman party;
hey, can you please make a group with stopping me naked singing;
Komm hol das Lasso raus wir spielen Cowboy und Indianer..
Ok, sure, a bit, only a bit;) out of context, these parents with that double moral ( , F..you)
Völkerball is the same as war....sure in your brain....
in America, sorry you ve got to do sth against RFA, what will never work, so far at all...
like here ll never happens sth against for buying a wodka for the last 5 euros when they will win anyway..;)
ok, have a good night
i think the mother and the girl is symbolism for how horrible alot of people in other countries especially warzones experience life compared to "first world countries" who don't know how good they have it
I've been living in the US for just a couple of years now.And it's like 1/3 of the people here are scared to death by the unknown,and they seem to thrive on it too.It's being fed to them by mega churches,politicians and cable network news.If it wasn't so scary it would be the most hilarious thing in the world......There's no boogeyman out to get you guys,js.Chill and breathe ❤️
💯 I don't pay attention to any of it. It's bad for you. A lot of these people grew up on it. It's all they know.
You're right, schwarzer Mann is a boogiemen and not literally a black men
But they kind of played with the double meaning which you can see at the beginning and the end where they showed refugees
One more interesting part is that, at the end, they ware white and red clothes.
i think this is about beeing sceard about the crazy man ,going black and, pressing the red butten 🖤✌
The „Black Man“ is more or less the Boogie Man.
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It’s so good.
Espectacular el álbum postula al grammy
you see the band members eating their "red meat", thrown to them by their cult leader.. seems familiar
Well its building walls not just going to work but building a solitude kinda thing where the walls keep closing in and media gets you in your own "cell" while others really live in cages...first world problems
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I actually don’t interpret the scenes with the firearms so literally, though you could. Once they had their fortresses built (brick laying complete), it was almost like they then had their screens and keyboards from which to hurl their attacks and insults to others who dared to take a different stand on something (symbolizing keyboard warriors/comments sections). The overarching takeaway for me generally was that we are all expected to fall in line, think the same way, aspire to the same things, and listen to an inept figurehead who elitists prop up and speak through. It was a heavy video. Appreciate the take and was just as blown away.
So much meaning.
pronunciation : 'Ungst' and Angst means more or less the same thing in english and german. no wonder as english is a mixture between latin and German
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Hi, I just wanna leave a comment about my thoughts about this song and video. :)
In Germany there is the folklore of the "schwarzer Mann" or "black man" that is a personification of evil or bad. And it is told children that won't listen to their parents that the schwarze Mann will come and take them or in the lyrics "touch them".
That Till is in the restraining jacket infront of a lectern with a microphone is for me a symbolisation of a "crazy" person that drives other people that listen to them crazy and into fear like himself. The two women or girls in the circle of barbed wire kinda remembered me of refugees in a camp which are feared by some people. In that case the "crazy person" at the lectern might say things like "they bring violence" or "they're taking our jobs".
The men in the circle symbolize something similar to me. They are neighbors that are getting paranoid because of their computer or the internet. They build walls and install cameras and finally getting weapons to protect themselves from the "bad", the "evil" that is being forcasted by the "crazy Person". Finally they attack the guy in the computer and each other and bring themselves to the evil and becoming a part of it.
I might have overthought this a little bit and probably made a few grammatical mistakes (pls tell me if you found them). I hope you can understand what I wrote in this comment and pls tell me if you didn't understand anything, I might be able to try to write it a bit different :)
I understood and totally agree. You caught more detail than I did on my first go. It's definitely one two watch more than once. I appreciate your comment.
@@NORSEVIKING thanks :)
Fear the Boogie man, great song
It is art.
I'm absolutely against having a gun as a civilist. I'm not saying that you are not responsible with how you use weapons, or that you would ever use them against someone else out of pure idiocy, but my point is that weapons themself are deeply immoral. It's the exact same with nuclear weapons, it doesn't matter who has them and who not, the weapons themself are the problem. As long as there is a device on this planet that can kill someone else with the push of a button, there will be individuals that use this power to enforce their will. Imagine there are not guns in this world, the only way of hurting someone else is tear gas or sheer numbers. The moral population regulates itself, there will always be idiots, but they can't cause harm without weapons that kill someone. No war, no suppression, just moralistic groups of people that exclude the ones that doesn't want to live a righteous life
I agree with you. If there was a way to rid the world completely of them, I'd be for it. But it would have to be entirely for it to work, in my opinion. I appreciate your comment and your honestly.
I love Rammstein and they are the reason i now know german
Although I was sure that "Deutschland" will always be the best music video of all times to me, "Angst" is just so f*ng good and visually amazing, that I have to say now it gets first place... ex aequo 😎
The symbolism in this is A100
Marilyn manson said it: fear and consumerism