The song is basically about the Americanization that takes place in all the other countries around the world. If you listen in the middle of the song, he says “this is not a love song, I don’t sing my mother’s tongue, as long” which translates to this being more of a stab at America, then a love song about how great America is. If you watch the actual music video, you’ll get a feel for sort of what they’re trying to say also. It shows remote tribes in Africa, eating hamburgers and pizza and wearing American products.
But at the end of the day, EVERYONE loves America, even if they don't wanna admit it. My Iranian buddy says in Iran, everyone does what Americans do. From stupid TikToks to the way we dress.
@@rigormortis428 yes, and that is exactly the problem. American imperialist actions, the subtle way of infiltrating and assimilating cultures until they are completely extinct. So much so that in the end, "we all live in America."
Rammstein may be great live, but their music video library is second to none. It might be tough, but watching their videos versus watching their live performances adds another layer to the experience of their music. Amerika's video definitely has their humor slathered all over it, and it makes listening to the song a lot more enjoyable, imo.
This is their original song and I guess you have heard it somewhere, Rammstein is big even in America. Now, my advice for the future Rammstein reactions would be to do them with lyrics, because their lyrics are essential, if you ask me. They talk about pretty serious, important things, there are almost always double meanings, metaphors, playing with words... Till is very calm, nice, shy guy and he used to be a professional swimmer. The one who was into wrestling is Richard, the guitarist you thought was Till at the beginning.
the lyrics hint at america being a global presence not only due to their products being consumed everywhere and the american culture influencing everyone's life style so much( think about *the* american dream as a marketed product), but also because of american politics interfering on such a global scale (to the extent of american politics forcing other countries into submission one way or another - "sometimes war") during the song till says " this is not a love song - i don't speak my mother's tongue, no, this is not a love song" and if you dive into the lyrics, you will see the negatively connotated nuances of what is said about how america rules the world quite clearly: (loose translation) "when there is dancing i want to lead even if you can twirl around on your own let yourselves be controlled a bit i will show you how it is done we'll create a lovely round dance freedom is played on all violins, (the) music coming from the white house and in front of paris there stands mickey mouse [...] i know steps to take which are helpful, and will save you from missteps, and those who don't want to dance in the end, just don't know yet they will have to dance after all [...]" i recommend watching the official video, it commends the lyrics in a great rammstein-way edit: i basically grew up listening to them in the 9o's and have seen them live many times from regular stages to stadiums since then - i adore their messages, their performances and dedication to their music, their art, themselves and each other a lot, they are literlly my heroes 🖤
What I like most about Rammstein is that they sing in German. Germany's history is fractured and by extension, their musical history is as well. Blixa Bargeld has spoken about the sense of the bereft when it comes to German music post WWii. I love everything about Rammstein. The music, the look, the performance, but the uncompromising desire to sing in their own language carries on a proud post WWll roster of outstanding musicians. Long live Rammstein. Gehen ohne Angst.
if you watch the official video to that song (a great one by the way), the meaning of the song will be clear. Great reaction as always ;-) Greetings from Germany
In Rostock there is the Werner Lindemann School. Werner Lindemann was a very successful children's book author in the GDR and is the father of Till Lindemann. Till's lyrics are unique.
No knock on you guys, but it's a damn shame that so many folks keep reacting to the live version of this first, when especially through language barriers, the message gets across way better when watching the music video. So i highly recommend you guys to react to the music video as well. Btw. there's also a English version of it. So the lyrics aren't just translated but very different at points, it's also worth checking out and reacting to.
Good to see that you guys did this one. They're explosive live! I've seen Rammstein 3 times: Made in Germany tour May 18, 2012, Phoenix, AZ 2017 tour, June 29, 2017, Dallas, TX US Stadium Tour September 17, 2022 San Antonio, TX The last, I was able to take my 3 oldest daughters to, and it blew them away. The energy at their shows is off the charts!
"Amerika” is, according to the band, a satirical commentary on Americanization and the misconceptions foreigners, as well as some Americans, have about the American utopia.
The Völkerball Concert in Nimes, France is probably the most epic concert ever recorded in History. You should make more reactions to this concert. I watched it every Day for Years xD
Just got home from a shit day at work put my headphones on your video popped up randomly and I have to say fellas you cheered me up , great reaction video 🤘🏴
Check out Monster Truck. They are a Canadian rock band. Sweet Mountain River is a good song. Love the Maximum Overdrive shirt. Most of it was filmed in Leland and Wilmington, NC. The truck stop scene was filmed about 5 minutes from my house. The building for the gas station that the married couple went to is still there as a drive thru convenience store.
I don't know if it's in a movie, but it was closing credits to the pilot episode of a cartoon named Ugly Americans. Anyway, this song is a satire of how American culture has pervaded the rest of the world, with lines like "I don't speak my mother's tongue."
Richard z Kruspe - guitars Paul Landers - guitars Christophe Schneider - Drums Flake - Keys Oliver Reid? - Bass All influential guys along with Teil...can't believe i wrote from memory!
especially with Christophe dressed as a woman, walking down a german road with the rest of the band on the floor tied on leads! doesn't get better than that! Cant remember thr video for that tho...
Flake had to stop cruising around on stage with the Segway after he ran Till over with it in Sweden and injured his knee. Due to the injury, the tour had to be canceled at that time. Since then he has a treadmill under his keyboard.
@@V2spawnerr Yes, but in really poor quality. Search for "Rammstein - Flake's incident with Segway - Live in Sweden". There's even an official doctor's report describing Till's knee injury and advising him not to get on an airplane.
Hey guys, great reaction! For your next video you should check out Santana for some awesome latin style classic rock. My favorite song is "Samba Pa Ti" which is an instrumental track where you really get to hear Carlos Santana's ability to convey emotion through his instrument. I would put him on the same level if not higher than David Gilmore in that respect. They both have a way of making the guitar "sing". Cheers!
I have the Völkerball live DVD/CD set with the exact performance of this song you dudes reacted to, it wasn't the end of the concert. There was an encore with a few more songs afterwards 😁
It’s weird going down south and having to ask what kinds of ‘soda’ they have at a restaurant. I had to say ‘soda’ and it felt so awkward and unnatural 😆😩 Even the grocery store aisle signs up here say ‘pop’
Oh my god, you found one of the Segway videos! I’ve heard about Flake using a Segway…and Till’s resulting injury…when I was first looking up why Flake uses a treadmill…but I’ve never seen a video of it!
Hi bros, i love America since i was a kid and i hear a lot American music and i watch a many a many movies from your great land ! You know how much i love Rammstein and all songs ! I love you both ! Greatings and love from germany ♥️♥️🥰♥️♥️🥰♥️♥️
@@thehoundofhorror5120 well, Atleast you got to see and feel the fire!!! Well hopefully you did. I purposely got Mexico tickets cause I had a feeling the US would hinder their fire displays.
@@tonyr9389 Yes, they we’re definitely heavy with the fire. We ditched our nose-bleed seats and stood down near the front of the stage. Man you can really feel that heat. What a great show.
I believe this song (and other Rammstein songs) are bringing to light that most of the Western world focuses on American culture. American culture is the number one thing we export to the world. This is not viewed as a good thing. I believed this is the point of "I don't speak my mother's tongue" line.
There have always been cultures that in their times, dominated and left their mark all over the world - until today! Like Egypt, China, Rome, Greece, Arab world, Germany, British Empire, USA, ... each had its time! Do you know the difference between yogurt and the USA? If you leave both alone for 200 years, after that yogurt has its own culture! Just kidding.
There is a song called "Living in America" from the band The Sounds - it's completely different, but everytime when i hear this song i have to think of Rammstein 😅
Love yalls reactions, literally going throuh your back catalog right now. Ok so im no piro-technician, but i think there was no fire on this song because of all the confetti. Fire + confetti = flying flames = a lot of death and distruction 🤔
Cola in Europe/Germany is different to Americas it´s way less sweet....btw the song is about Americas influence to the world so Smokeys point was damn right :)
🪨 STONE BY STONE 🪨 I have plans big plans I'm going to build you a house Every stone will be a tear And you'll never move out again Yes I'm going to build a little house for you With no windows no doors It'll be dark inside No light will get in at all Yes I'll make you a home And you are to be a part of it all Stone by Stone I wall you in Stone by Stone I'll always be with you Without clothes without shoes You watch me working With your feet in cement You brighten up the foundation Outside there will be a garden And no one will hear you scream Stone by Stone I wall you in Stone by Stone I'll always be with you I'll always be with you What a pounding what a hammering Outside it starts to get dark All of the nails stand at attention When I ram them into your body-wood Stone! Stone by Stone I wall you in Stone by Stone I wall you in Stone by Stone I wall you in Stone by Stone and nobody will hear you scream
With all that confetti in the air there was no way they could have had any pyro... it would have caused the confetti to ignite and the entire stadium would have gone up in a ball of fire!
I really would like that you, guys, react Yamandu Consta, a brazilian musician (Paco de Lucia gave his presentation a standing ovation. He's... Well, I hope you listen to it and like it...).
The song is basically about the Americanization that takes place in all the other countries around the world. If you listen in the middle of the song, he says “this is not a love song, I don’t sing my mother’s tongue, as long” which translates to this being more of a stab at America, then a love song about how great America is. If you watch the actual music video, you’ll get a feel for sort of what they’re trying to say also. It shows remote tribes in Africa, eating hamburgers and pizza and wearing American products.
But at the end of the day, EVERYONE loves America, even if they don't wanna admit it. My Iranian buddy says in Iran, everyone does what Americans do. From stupid TikToks to the way we dress.
@@rigormortis428 yes, and that is exactly the problem. American imperialist actions, the subtle way of infiltrating and assimilating cultures until they are completely extinct. So much so that in the end, "we all live in America."
Rammstein is the only band that can openly criticize the Americans on stage and even get applause for it! Thats so absolutely insane! 😂 Pure Legend!
😂😂😂😂 i know right.
@@ClaesVaack-ce8vi yeah, no... there are other bands/artists who criticize the Americans on stage and even get applause for it. (not many though)
Rammstein may be great live, but their music video library is second to none. It might be tough, but watching their videos versus watching their live performances adds another layer to the experience of their music. Amerika's video definitely has their humor slathered all over it, and it makes listening to the song a lot more enjoyable, imo.
I've seen them live 5 times. Twice in Germany. They are top tier crazy live shows. Next to TOOL, one of the best acts I have seen live.
Smokey nailed it. He even says "this is not a love song" in the lyrics.
This is their original song and I guess you have heard it somewhere, Rammstein is big even in America.
Now, my advice for the future Rammstein reactions would be to do them with lyrics, because their lyrics are essential, if you ask me. They talk about pretty serious, important things, there are almost always double meanings, metaphors, playing with words...
Till is very calm, nice, shy guy and he used to be a professional swimmer. The one who was into wrestling is Richard, the guitarist you thought was Till at the beginning.
Lighting the torches in the midst of all that confetti floating around would have been crazy.
the lyrics hint at america being a global presence not only due to their products being consumed everywhere and the american culture influencing everyone's life style so much( think about *the* american dream as a marketed product),
but also because of american politics interfering on such a global scale (to the extent of american politics forcing other countries into submission one way or another - "sometimes war")
during the song till says " this is not a love song - i don't speak my mother's tongue, no, this is not a love song" and if you dive into the lyrics, you will see the negatively connotated nuances of what is said about how america rules the world quite clearly:
(loose translation)
"when there is dancing i want to lead
even if you can twirl around on your own
let yourselves be controlled a bit
i will show you how it is done
we'll create a lovely round dance
freedom is played on all violins,
(the) music coming from the white house
and in front of paris there stands mickey mouse
[...]
i know steps to take which are helpful,
and will save you from missteps,
and those who don't want to dance in the end,
just don't know yet they will have to dance after all
[...]"
i recommend watching the official video, it commends the lyrics in a great rammstein-way
edit:
i basically grew up listening to them in the 9o's and have seen them live many times from regular stages to stadiums since then - i adore their messages, their performances and dedication to their music, their art, themselves and each other a lot, they are literlly my heroes 🖤
🌀🌀🌀✊✊✊
Irony is, the real globalist threat is klaus schwab, a German...
What I like most about Rammstein is that they sing in German. Germany's history is fractured and by extension, their musical history is as well. Blixa Bargeld has spoken about the sense of the bereft when it comes to German music post WWii. I love everything about Rammstein. The music, the look, the performance, but the uncompromising desire to sing in their own language carries on a proud post WWll roster of outstanding musicians. Long live Rammstein. Gehen ohne Angst.
if you watch the official video to that song (a great one by the way), the meaning of the song will be clear.
Great reaction as always ;-)
Greetings from Germany
In Rostock there is the Werner Lindemann School. Werner Lindemann was a very successful children's book author in the GDR and is the father of Till Lindemann. Till's lyrics are unique.
Oh wow. So poetry really runs in the family.
No knock on you guys, but it's a damn shame that so many folks keep reacting to the live version of this first, when especially through language barriers, the message gets across way better when watching the music video. So i highly recommend you guys to react to the music video as well. Btw. there's also a English version of it. So the lyrics aren't just translated but very different at points, it's also worth checking out and reacting to.
Good to see that you guys did this one. They're explosive live!
I've seen Rammstein 3 times:
Made in Germany tour May 18, 2012, Phoenix, AZ
2017 tour, June 29, 2017, Dallas, TX
US Stadium Tour September 17, 2022
San Antonio, TX
The last, I was able to take my 3 oldest daughters to, and it blew them away.
The energy at their shows is off the charts!
Lindemann was a swimmer, almost made the selection of the East German swimming team for the Seoul’1988 Olympic Games.
"Amerika” is, according to the band, a satirical commentary on Americanization and the misconceptions foreigners, as well as some Americans, have about the American utopia.
The Völkerball Concert in Nimes, France is probably the most epic concert ever recorded in History. You should make more reactions to this concert. I watched it every Day for Years xD
They write Amerika with a 'k' because that's how it's written in Germany (and also the Netherlands and Belgium). Till is 6' tall, by the way.
the guy playing guitar that looks like Till. i\is Richard Krispa
Live in Mexico 22!!! So much fun and to see how all the Mexicans new all the German words was purely AMAZING!
the "k" is how america is spelled in german. "Amerika"
In scandinavia and germany, america is spelled with a k instead of a c.
Seeing Rammstein live is amazing! Hoping to catch them again later this year 🤘🏼
I saw them a few months ago in a football (soccer) stadium in Coventry, here in the UK, it was incredible! Amazing shows!
I've seen them once. And I've probably seen somewhere around 500 concerts in my life. Out of all those concerts, they're in my top 3 all time.
I got to see the band live twice at an Australian music festival back in the early noughties called Big Day Out.
They returned to this venue in Nimes for 3 nights in 2017. I was there, and it was awesome.
About the "No fire" comment. Probably not the best idea to have fire and confetti mixed together :D
Just got home from a shit day at work put my headphones on your video popped up randomly and I have to say fellas you cheered me up , great reaction video 🤘🏴
Check out Monster Truck. They are a Canadian rock band. Sweet Mountain River is a good song. Love the Maximum Overdrive shirt. Most of it was filmed in Leland and Wilmington, NC. The truck stop scene was filmed about 5 minutes from my house. The building for the gas station that the married couple went to is still there as a drive thru convenience store.
Rammstein,...portugal...estarei presente 2023
I saw em liv in 2012, o2 Arena... lots of fire and great music!🤟 Feu Frei has eargamsic synth, i destinctly remember.
Feuer frei...
@@mctheribbler5276 Close enuff 😁 my Rammstein German is a bit rusty.
I don't know if it's in a movie, but it was closing credits to the pilot episode of a cartoon named Ugly Americans. Anyway, this song is a satire of how American culture has pervaded the rest of the world, with lines like "I don't speak my mother's tongue."
I love this album. And this song is great
Richard z Kruspe - guitars
Paul Landers - guitars
Christophe Schneider - Drums
Flake - Keys
Oliver Reid? - Bass
All influential guys along with Teil...can't believe i wrote from memory!
especially with Christophe dressed as a woman, walking down a german road with the rest of the band on the floor tied on leads! doesn't get better than that!
Cant remember thr video for that tho...
@@lexiporter7186 Mein Teil. and yes its fucken amazing video!!😀
Flake is his nickname, birth name is Christian Lorenz
Also bassist is Oliver Riedel
@@mikethemotormouth ah yea thats it. thanks, been a long time.
@@Industrialist2015ofUk 👍
You know someone has to clean up all that confetti.. shout out to the unsung
Music video to this track is masterpiece of it's own:)
Flake had to stop cruising around on stage with the Segway after he ran Till over with it in Sweden and injured his knee. Due to the injury, the tour had to be canceled at that time. Since then he has a treadmill under his keyboard.
Is there a video of it?
@@V2spawnerr Yes, but in really poor quality. Search for "Rammstein - Flake's incident with Segway - Live in Sweden".
There's even an official doctor's report describing Till's knee injury and advising him not to get on an airplane.
Too much confetti to have fire during it. Set the crowd on fire...lol
Hey guys, great reaction! For your next video you should check out Santana for some awesome latin style classic rock. My favorite song is "Samba Pa Ti" which is an instrumental track where you really get to hear Carlos Santana's ability to convey emotion through his instrument. I would put him on the same level if not higher than David Gilmore in that respect. They both have a way of making the guitar "sing". Cheers!
That Maximum Overdrive t-shirt is fire
Rammstein the best, seeing them again in Poland this year
Look at ”Donaukinder (custom video)”
I have the Völkerball live DVD/CD set with the exact performance of this song you dudes reacted to, it wasn't the end of the concert. There was an encore with a few more songs afterwards 😁
you wouldn't want fire all the time, to be fair. also gets very hot!
I was waiting for Till to do a Hetfield "yeeaa"
"I know he's german..." hah! you had me there
Till was a swimmer in his younger days. He never made it to the Olympics though.
They have a great lesser known (I think--older anyway maybe) song called Spieluhr.
"THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG"!!!
"......this is not a Lovesong....." and ".....coca cola, sometimes war....." that`s all you have to know.....
It’s weird going down south and having to ask what kinds of ‘soda’ they have at a restaurant. I had to say ‘soda’ and it felt so awkward and unnatural 😆😩 Even the grocery store aisle signs up here say ‘pop’
🤣🤣🤣
America with a K!
I think people standing i a confetti rain would be quite upset if there also was fire :)
Oh my god, you found one of the Segway videos! I’ve heard about Flake using a Segway…and Till’s resulting injury…when I was first looking up why Flake uses a treadmill…but I’ve never seen a video of it!
Twisted insane underground psycho plz plz
❤❤❤ Rammstein! My 8yr old boy can sing along to this song 👍🏻😂
This is the one video you should see the studio versiosn with, in order to get the gist and satire...
The Trash Talkers don't have a clue that they are being taunted. But they seem to enjoy it and there is America in a nutshell for you.
Gotta do the music video
Hi bros, i love America since i was a kid and i hear a lot American music and i watch a many a many movies from your great land !
You know how much i love Rammstein and all songs ! I love you both ! Greatings and love from germany ♥️♥️🥰♥️♥️🥰♥️♥️
They sing * this is not a love Song* 🤘
You guys should do some Lindemann (solo project) videos.
Live in Mexico 22!!! So much fun and to see how all the Mexicans new all the German words was purely AMAZING! HAPPY FRIDAY
Did they do Te Qeiro Puta?
@@thehoundofhorror5120 last song of the nite! Shit was wild!!!!!!!
@@tonyr9389 Nice! I saw them at the LA Coliseum back in September but they didn’t do that one.
@@thehoundofhorror5120 well, Atleast you got to see and feel the fire!!! Well hopefully you did. I purposely got Mexico tickets cause I had a feeling the US would hinder their fire displays.
@@tonyr9389 Yes, they we’re definitely heavy with the fire. We ditched our nose-bleed seats and stood down near the front of the stage. Man you can really feel that heat. What a great show.
you have to check out the actual official video for this one to fully understand it
Your spot on about that just watch the official video and it will explain everything.
I believe this song (and other Rammstein songs) are bringing to light that most of the Western world focuses on American culture. American culture is the number one thing we export to the world. This is not viewed as a good thing. I believed this is the point of "I don't speak my mother's tongue" line.
There have always been cultures that in their times, dominated and left their mark all over the world - until today!
Like Egypt, China, Rome, Greece, Arab world, Germany, British Empire, USA, ... each had its time!
Do you know the difference between yogurt and the USA? If you leave both alone for 200 years, after that yogurt has its own culture! Just kidding.
There is a song called "Living in America" from the band The Sounds - it's completely different, but everytime when i hear this song i have to think of Rammstein 😅
According to Wikepedia, Rammstein took this line from it.
Video was cool
Plays guitar in outta freakin space
Who does that
The song is talking about American influence
6:40 im pretty sure thats Richard Kruspe! 😅 yal need to learn the other band members.
Love yalls reactions, literally going throuh your back catalog right now. Ok so im no piro-technician, but i think there was no fire on this song because of all the confetti. Fire + confetti = flying flames = a lot of death and distruction 🤔
I used to call it coke but now I call it pop
Check out the American Flag ...the Stars are forming the Rammstein Logo !
I saw them live in Chicago on sept 3 2022. I have video on my channel. They were AMAZING!
Damn, I could have sworn you guys did this one. 🤷🏻♀️
Same
This show was nestled in a registered historical monument: no fire dude !
It's never a good idea to shoot big fireballs when there's that much confetti in the air.
Smokey pretty much got it right, it's how American products are basically all around the world.
If you understand the words is nothing to be proud of it 🤪🤪🤪
Do Deuchland, and have a translation ready.
I love the music video of this song.
This song HAS TO BE THE OFFICIAL VIDEO 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Cola in Europe/Germany is different to Americas it´s way less sweet....btw the song is about Americas influence to the world so Smokeys point was damn right :)
Vive la France 🇫🇷 vive Rammstein
👍🇫🇷👏
A Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive shirt. Nostalgia.
🪨 STONE BY STONE 🪨
I have plans big plans
I'm going to build you a house
Every stone will be a tear
And you'll never move out again
Yes I'm going to build a little house for you
With no windows no doors
It'll be dark inside
No light will get in at all
Yes I'll make you a home
And you are to be a part of it all
Stone by Stone I wall you in
Stone by Stone
I'll always be with you
Without clothes without shoes
You watch me working
With your feet in cement
You brighten up the foundation
Outside there will be a garden
And no one will hear you scream
Stone by Stone I wall you in
Stone by Stone
I'll always be with you
I'll always be with you
What a pounding what a hammering
Outside it starts to get dark
All of the nails stand at attention
When I ram them into your body-wood
Stone!
Stone by Stone I wall you in
Stone by Stone I wall you in
Stone by Stone I wall you in
Stone by Stone and nobody will hear you scream
Great reaction.
Encore means more in french this concert was in France !!!
is not Till
With all that confetti in the air there was no way they could have had any pyro... it would have caused the confetti to ignite and the entire stadium would have gone up in a ball of fire!
Could you imagine Fire with all the Paper in the Air ?.....NO WAY !
I really would like that you, guys, react Yamandu Consta, a brazilian musician (Paco de Lucia gave his presentation a standing ovation. He's... Well, I hope you listen to it and like it...).
they don't play this song in the US for obvious reasons.
0:03 Not always, sometimes the official videos are better, just like here in America the official video is much better
That appeared to be an indoor venue and sounded like it was in France. Fire code may have nixed the pyro.
It is from the 'Volkerball' DVD recorded in the Roman arena in Nimes, France (open air).
@@duncanmccann2715 Thank you for the info/correction.
I dod know that aboyt hip-hop performances.. it's hilarious , AND SAD at the same time.
Why the K?
Because that's how America is spelled in German Amerika
Next "Stripped" from same Concert
Nice.Thank you🙂🙂🙂🤘
Pls do reactions for new system of down song named no tomorrow
Great song.