WATCH RAMMSTEIN BLOW THIS TEEN'S MIND! FIRST REACTION TO DEUTSCHLAND! (EPIC!!)
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
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Today, we wanted to react to a Goliath of a music video; Rammstein's Deutschland. This video has proved very controversial, with people showing outrage at its representation of German history (the good, the bad, and the horrific). Nevertheless, we came in with an open mind, as it is our philosophy not to make judgments before we have seen something for ourselves.
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Just came back to watch this video today on July 20th. First video we ever recorded. Didn’t know anything about how to make videos. We were watching a small Picture in picture image and recording our screen with the UA-cam PIP. Could barely see anything. Then it got blocked and the only way to make it live was to edit more and allow UA-cam to mute some portions. We honestly expected 100 views at most!
Check out some of our newer videos; we got much better on every single level.
It isn't even illegal to be a nazi. :/
It’s the Weimar Republic, the era in question, the time between WWI and WWII
Can you make reaction to ua-cam.com/video/uFH8lwX7eT4/v-deo.html , song "Dogodine u Prizrenu" (Next year in Prizren), by hip-hop band "Beogradski Sindikat" (Belgrade Syndicate)?
Dude...it gets interrupted...fix it, please
Is that possible to react to Ultra Vomit, Kammthar ?
Girl: Sees German spaceman
Also Girl: That's definitly not German history...
Werher von Braun: :(
Yeah she doesn't know her own history. She doesn't know how much knowledge America got from germany.
Americans dont learn history like developed countries
V1/V2... just the beginning!
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun, heißt der gute Mann, lieber Tyros. Der Rest ist richtig.
America wouldn't even exist without Germany.
Hi, I'm from Germany.
Rammstein is playing a classic "Industrial Metal" style. A 50-50 mix of synthesizers and hard metal guitarrs.
A big part of the German history in one video. The black woman as Germania. Germania is the mother of the German nation. It isn't and wasn't a Goddess or Joan of Arc.
The glass coffin: It is Little Snow White from the Grimm-fairytales....and from their own video "Sonne". Only with black skin and in space. The piano song at the end is the song "Sonne", too.
The battle of the Teutoburg forrest against the Romans (and Rammstein as Roman soldiers and Germans alike).
That battle is of ABSOLUTE importance for the German history.
The hanged bodies in the trees were the beaten Roman soldiers, who were gruesome sacrificed to the Germanic gods...and were partly nailed to the trees.
The Varus-(Teutoburg)-Battle was already in 9 AD. In 16 AD were the vengeance campaigns of Emperor Germanicus. Therefore we see here the arrival of the Roman troops of Germanicus and they are watching their dead comrades hanging in the trees or getting their heads chopped off (for nailing them to the trees).
In reality the Romans under Germanicus found only the bones of the Varus army in the various ways they were slaughtered, sacrificed and displayed at the trees. Slaves were liberated even decades after the battle.
After the scenes with the Romans we saw the Hindenburg Zeppelin disaster (the burning Zeppelin in the background).
The moustaches and clothing from the fight scene are from WWI and post WWI years. From the working class people in WWI and the roaring 20's. In the WWII years later on this kind of big bushy moustache was already out of fashion.
The V2 rocket (first manmade object in space) as technical triumph of the German spirit...and at the same time the killing of the concentration camp prisoners in the bunker factories below the mountains during the production of that rocket.
This scene in the video could be a representation of a very specific concentration camp. It was "Mittelbau-Dora" below the Kohnstein mountain.
A mixture between a big, huge bunker factory for V1 and V2 rockets and a concentration camp.
The concentration camp inmates had several different markings for different kinds of convicts and their "crimes" sown to their chests, like it was in reality, too. A pink triangle for homosexuals, the star of David for Jews and two of them were marked with the double-triangles for Jehovas Whitnesses.
The book burnings of the Nazis and the burning of the witches of the church. In the same scene with the book burning there is EVEN MORE going on. The cooperation of the church with the Nazis, when the priest with the cross embraces the Nazi SA-man.
The scene with the sign with the Hammer and a pair of compasses in a circle of wheat is the sign of the GDR (DDR). The socialist German state in the east that existed before the German reunification.
Therefore it was Karl Marx in the background in the scene with the tank (not the scene at the concentration camp).
The scene with Rammstein wielding guns (the pumpgun) and taking Germania hostage was about leftwing terrorism of the 1970's. The terrorists were called the RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion).
My interpretation of the red scanner-like beams: There are two different kinds of beams. The massive straight red light beam that goes up into the heavens AND there were those smaller, thinner "scanner" beams.
Aliens (or humans from the future) are scanning the whole German history. Like some real scientists are scanning and excarvating ancient Mexican or Egyptian statues, for example.
The massive red light beam is the red ribbon of time that ties together all the historical events.
PS: As for the dogs: Germans are fanatical dog lovers. We are a dog-owner nation. The dog is a firm part of Germany.
PPS: They didn't eat the body of the woman and her inner organs, even if it really looked that way. They were eating the national dish of Germany, that was put on the body of the black woman: Sauerkraut, Kassler & sausages.
In my opinion it symbolizes the church eating itself fat on the goods and values and food of Germany during the simple people (farmers, simple workers etc) lived a long time in a kind of hell of poverty and serfdom (the red fetish area below the table with Germania on it).
But that eating scene could indeed have a double meaning. It could represent the 30 years war, that was fought for religious reasons and depopulated large areas of Germany. It forced the people to commit canibalism because nobody was there anymore to produce food. Except the fat, wealthy people of the church, of course. They were still able to eat enough. Only the simple people at the bottom (farmers etc) died from hunger and had to fight and die in that war.
The 30 years war was the biggest catastrophe in Germany until WWI happened.
PPPS: The short scene with the dogs and their gas masks = WWI, where in reality animals (messenger dogs & horses) AND soldiers were wearing gas masks, too.
PPPPS: The puppies at the end are Leonberger dogs. The Leonbergers nearly went extinct during WWI and WWII.
PPPPPS: My interpretation of the glass coffin is Little Snow White in space, like I wrote before.
PPPPPPS: The black woman in the prison was dressed in a Prussian uniform with a Prussian helmet.
Finally:
The scenes I'm now talking about are pretty dark and low light. The WWII submarine in the submarine bunker during the astronauts are walking by with the glass coffin.
I think, the choice of the black woman as main actress was made, because:
a) it makes any accusations of racism and fascism against Rammstein useless
b) she represents one colour of the German flag and she is wearing the rest of the colours of our German flag as makeup and jewellery and clothes on her body: Black, Red and Gold
c) it provokes many people EVEN MORE 😄
Recommendation for a review:
The band "Schwarzer Engel" and their song "Schwarze Sonne".
Greetings
Mega
Thank you so much for your very comprehensive review of the video and a very interesting take on the significance of the laser beams. And I (Chuck) went back to some of my favorites from Sehnsucht (Du hast, Engel, Buck Dich, Spiel Mit Mir) and indeed now remember all the synths in those songs as well. Some snippets even sound similar to old school Prodigy! And thanks for the recommendation! Would love to expend my knowledge of German music!
@@ChemicalReactions I'm glad that my posting was helpful. I've edited my posting at several points. I added a 30 years war perspective to my thoughts about the eaten Germania on the table with the Sauerkraut & Sausages.
"Industrial Metal" or only "Industrial" was invented by the band "Die Krupps" in the beginning of the 1980's. They are still around and they influenced many bands. Like "Oomph!" or "Eisbrecher", "KMFDM" or "Megaherz", for example.
Therefore another recommendation from me:
The band "Die Krupps" and their song "Paradise Now".
Greetings
Mega
digga, schaust du dir eigentlich nur rammstein reactions an?
23 nein, auch andere bands und songs
@@3und20 Ich bin überall... 😎
If it's not provocative, then it's not Rammstein. 😊
mrs7195 you said it!
And then you have Tillerman. Bat shit crazy!!
It's not provocative.... It is HISTORY.
Platinum did you notice that Germania is actually black
How is it provocative to show part of your countries history? If they wouldnt put it in they would be whined at too cause that would be like holocaust denial. You can never erase your past no matter how dirty it is, you wouldnt know how to live if it wasnt for former mistakes.
"It almost looks like World War II"
just ignore the giant communist emblem in the background and the GDR-flag on the left.
pfff, just details... not important :D
They're Americans. Don't expect too much:)
Couldn’t see jack sh*t on the tiny picture in picture we were watching.
navelpicker We’re not Americans.
@@ChemicalReactions EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES!!!
jk, it's fine. I have sometimes brain-farts aswell and have by no means knowledge of all of history. so if I were to watch a video about another country's history but my own, I most likely would miss certain details aswell!
*he pronounces Rammstein correctly*
Me: *moans in German*
Xastian Veroth LoL
Okay so I have been saying it right Ramm st I n not Ramm stEinE
Cara C the second I believe. Any Germans around to confirm either way?
ChemicalReactions! Sometimes they say it in their songs
Edit: I’m also learning German-
@@ChemicalReactions Always happy to teach. Your pronounciation was pretty spot on. Ramm
Black lady tends to wear a lot of red and gold.
German flag is black, red and yellow.
She represents the allegorical Germania.
She's literally the subject matter of the song.
I'm almost sorry to correct your good explanation, but the flag's colours are, of course, black, red and gold.
@@fryke gold is a shade of yellow. The lady wears gold, not the colour but what appears to be literal gold.
@@MrRavellon I know. I merely corrected your explanation about the flag, which isn't defined as black, red and yellow, but as black, red and gold. -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Germany
@@fryke to be an even greater smartass. Gold and Black are the colors of the German kingdom and of the HRE, red was just added as tricolores indicated revolutionary movements towards liberalism / democracy. She wears mostly black and gold which entirely suffices to indicate Germany in a historic context. Incidently in the prison scene she wears a Prussian parade uniform in black and white aka Germania dressed as Prussia.
That would hint that scene should be placed in the 19th century with the oppression of liberalism and socialists by the monarchies of germany, famously Bismarck's anti socialist persecution.
@@mr.dav1d484 That's very nice of you, Mr. David. Not sure why you had the feeling you needed to point that out, but I get your point. Now please go forth and post something thankful as a reply on a different video.
The Laser is "der rote Faden" (Red string) which represents the timeline through history.
Arved Ludwig Thank you!
Rather more like the ancient Greek myth of the red thread of Ariadne. The life line through the labyrinth.
Good for pointing that out. It was right there and i did not make the association.
Arved Ludwig 😱
It's more like people from the future scanning through German history.
3:25 "Let's pause it real quick"
No Dad, you don't pause Rammstein
This annoys me so much about Reaction video in general. Don't destroy a song's build up!
@@Evanescencegirl23 but if you don't UA-cam takes them down.
@@redstarmn9308 yeah okay I guess that's a good point
@@redstarmn9308 no actually there is no copyright on a reaction video because you made a commenting they dont take this down... not in germany
You don't pause Rammestein...Rammestein pauses you.
2:55 "OK, thats def. not German history".. Acully it is, after WW2 USA took 1000+ of the top Nazi scientist. They worked on Nasa and was the acuall key of the space program. Source: Operation Paperclip. Just FYI :) Good reaction vid!
soderlind81 Thanks! Check out our reaction to Radio if you haven’t yet!
One of these scientists was a man you've probably heard of: Wernher von Braun, who would work on the Apollo program for NASA.
@Cristian Roth Thank you! Learning more every day!
@@SergioKoolhaas Nice!
Not only Operation paperclip has taken many of German engineers also Russian did.
One thing a B2 also is build was the Horten fighter after the US version didn't work well they also later rebuild it and say if Germany get working that plain running at 1941 the whole history would be an other. If interested I can look for the video about the rebuild and radar test in the USA.
In the Outro you can hear a Piano Version of Rammstein's famous Song "Sonne" (Sun).
Crap! If we had known we wouldn't have edited it out! Gorgeous piano indeed; we will add Sonne to our list of songs to listen to!
@@ChemicalReactions Hell yes! My favourite!
You say that this video is well made… so can be said about Sonne.
Absolutelly stunning!
The Girl: Is that Voldermort?
The Dad: The reaction is over, Get Out
Seriously, how cringe
It was a joke people!!
@@ChemicalReactions No, it wasn't.
TheMuddyOne yes it was.
@@ChemicalReactions Who are you trying to fool?
Your Daughter is so on point & switched on, noticing the stars in the officers Jackets? That's a good brain right there.
Everybody should notice that. That's just basic education.
The Star of David was on one of the Prisoners striped clothing marking him as a Jew.
The S.S. Officer had a Nazi Swastika on the Shoulder
I want to notice that Juliette (is that how you write her name?) was able to identify the general time period by the mustache or by the stars in the uniforms.
Currently a lot of young people don't know and don't care even for the history of their own country, much less about other countries. Kudos to her.
but in this scene it was DDR/ Cold War and not WW2
No, no she wasn't able to do it. Depends about which mustaches are we tslking about? The Weimar Republik ones or the DDR. Not even close.
Wrong, she wasnt lol
sorry wrong
What?
She was completely off
The black Woman is literally "Germania", a female symbolic representation of the german Nation.
Frater ANPV BAiL-ShM you need jesus bro
And she is black to me more provocative
@@CameraStudio Sure that thats the reasen? I mean, you really need someone who stands out from the first moment for this concept to work. You wouldnt get that if you just took a regular german-looking woman - it would take time to set in that she isnt just some meant to be some regular woman, and by then the clip would be half over.
Yes she is, she has black skin, yellow teeth and red eyes like the german flag.
We did get that didn’t we?
to understand, what rammstein is saying with their song "deutschland" you first gotta understand the political situation and then the history of Germany... =)
Yeah but not just about ww2... we have more history expecpt of the two world wars..
And understand it through the slightly f’ed up window into Rammstein’s mind!!
Yeah, it's all in there: Romans invading, Teutonic knights, industrial revolution, Karl Marx, red terrorists. Brilliant video.
"understand the history of Germany" - meanwhile every 2nd shot is a black woman. National and cultural suicide at its finest.
ZeeVon really? Explain how, I would LOVE to hear it
Just for the record: the medieval feasting scene on Germania refers to the atrocities the church did in the medieval german states: the clerus was ripping off the country, while the commoners were left to starve (the prisoners under the table). Oh, and they're eating sausages, Kasseler and Sauerkraut btw, typical german dishes. ;)
Rammstein are the purest artists in music today. They do what they want, how they want and when they want and never apologise for it.
To this day they have been together as an unchanged line-up from day one for over 25 years. They are as much an expressionist art collective as they are a band. But they also write incredibly simple, catchy songs.
Simple... and yet complex as well.
Some have simple lyrics that are just simple fun. Some seem to be simple, but hide complex meanings. And some are just complex in structure and meaning.
Unlike some other famous artists, they constantly change, evolve and try new things, while still keeping the core of their work similar enough to keep their original fans happy... it's a bit hard to put into words, but that's what makes them fascinating and rather timeless.
@@Norbert_Sattler True. As a new novelist, I strive to write in that artful way. I've done ok, but there's definitely room for improvement.
Simple is always effective
5:21 old time classic: sees germans in uniform "Must be Nazis and WW2" -.- . It's the GDR, recognizable by the hammer and compass symbol!
steven03048 Couldn’t see sh*t honestly. Watching a small picture in picture on a small laptop screen while recording screen. We were noobs at this.
@@ChemicalReactions You might find interesting that the lead singer Till grew up in the GDR and participated in clandestine rock bands during the communist regime. He also was a swimming champion in the GDR :-)
I'm a World War 1 buff and she is absolutely correct about Adolf Hitlers moustache. Im impressed!!
*Me too*
Yeah, nobody talks about that. Most thought it was just is style
Yeah, I didn’t actually know that. I love that this young woman was able to teach about a certain aspect of history so eloquently. She’s got a good head on her shoulders, that one.
Also notice that the Personification of Germany "Germania" was taken Hostage in 3:31 by Terrorists. Thats a reference to the time of RAF Terrorists in germany( Rote Armee Fraktion)
Thanks for the comment; so many dimensions and events brought up to this video!
Why are people suddenly always calling history “controversy “?
Angry Alan Rants Easy word to use when you don’t know what to say.
@Bob Button those who not know the history, are doomed to repeat it. Is that the saying?
7:10
Germany is being consumed by the Church.
@@nooooooooope3809 Reformation and the Thirty Years War.
I’m actually star struck by how little American’s seem to know about German history, especially considering she’s taken European history she really didn’t know much at all
You're absolutely right...
When people come to America from other countries and I explain our history to them, it's "How interesting, I did not know that."
When Americans don't know the history of another country, it's "How stupid and provincial of Americans! How can they possibly not know the entire history of every country that's ever existed?? How can they not know every language spoken on the planet?"
Gonna take a wild guess here and assume you probably couldn't teach a US history class at 13 or whatever age she is.
Ok so you know the whole history of the USA, Canada, Mexico, Italy, France, Netherlands, Poland, Ireland, England, Scotland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finnland, Ukraine, Russia, Spain, Greece... ? No? Man you are so uneducated
Dude, I'm American and I love history. I know most of german history from Germanic tribes, to the holy roman empire, to the Rhine confederation, Prussia, the first proto Germanic state in 1871, to ww1, ww2, east/west germany, to now. Plus, these folks aren't even American lol Not all Americans are dumb.
In alot of American schools they don't really teach anymore most of what I know on ww2 came from my own obsession of it and wanting to learn more we mostly cover certain bits of ancient world history and American history that's about it . I do alot of research on my own time as far as history goes because our education system is lacking and broken and is in major need a reform
The educational system in America is a joke and I live in this shit show of a country.
The first rockets came from Germany! Werner von Braun!
Wernher von Braun nicht Werner 😉
@@TheSupercruise1 ok wenn es glücklich macht!
😅😂Naja also wenn schon den schon Keule. Man würde ja auch nicht F2 sondern V2 sagen oder?😂🆙️
@@TheSupercruise1 WENN schon, *DENN* schon ;-)
This is without a doubt their best work . If you understand the language the songs meaning is apparent immediately. I've been learning to speak german for a little while so I had a little understanding of lyrics . The history aspect of it doesn't take long if you do a little digging . Most people dont get that involved into a video but this particular video has really grabbed a lot of people . This is the reason they are so popular around the globe .Its history ,art,music,entertainment all wrapped up the way only Rammstein can deliver . Love them or hate them ,they are musical geniuses that have stood the test of time . You two did a great job sitting down and analyzing this song together. Some real good father daughter bonding time !
“Was that Voldemort?” - are you freakin’ kidding me?!
t4nt yes, yes we were. That was a joke.
Ho ho ho stoppp! Don't speak his name! Better call him 'you know who' or 'the dark lord'.
The black woman plays "Germania" the female form of Germany that is not real, just a fictive person.The laser is "the red thread" through the story!You have to watch the video at least 5 times to see all the details! Or did you see the airship "Hindenburg" explode ?? Just an example of many details in the video! Also look at the prisoners who have different badges on their prison uniforms.
These badges show political and homosexuals as well as Jews. But you can only see that if you look carefully!
And no it's not Ausschwitz but Travemünde where the V2 was developed.Actually, it's about "hate and love" which beat in a heart when it comes to German history.
Again, chronologically, the video goes from the invasion of the Romans to the Middle Ages where the population was ripped off by dignitaries of the Christian representatives to the NAZI's and the people's representatives of the GDR. The terrorists of the RAF appear in the 70s, where Til the lieder singer of Rammstein plays a character in the red leather skirt, which at that time was also a dark side in West Germany. The RAF (Red Army Faction) was supported by the GDR with money and weapons as well as shelter.
The fighter with the beard in his face played in Berlin in the 20's of the last century, when the class struggle of the different groups took place.
Did you see the rats? Well, what comes to your mind? "Pied Piper of Hamelin" as a metaphor. How to catch people in the mind ????
Rammstein also expects the story with the video "Radio". What the NAZI's and the GDR to hear the ban Westradio. ua-cam.com/video/z0NfI2NeDHI/v-deo.html
Thanks for comment! We will have to watch the video multiple more times to really catch everything; so many things going on! And stay tuned: our reaction to Radio will be posted this week!
The V2 was build in Peenemünde not Travemünde and the KZ they show was "Mittelbau-Dora".
My two Cents in: 1. The start of the singing is " Du hast viel geweint … " ( you have wept a lot ), when the Romans attack Germania. It represents the roman Revenge- Campaign under Nero Claudius Germanicus ( Father of later Emperor Caligula ), after seeing what Germania did to their comrades during and after the battle in the Teutoburg Forest ( 9AD ). 2. When the band- members are shown eating Germania, they are dressed as MONKS/ Clericals. 3. Shortly before the Scene of NAZIs Burning books, you see a Monk setting fire to burn a witch/ witcher in one of Rammstein´s stage- outfits. During the book- burning, said Monk is seen embracing one of the NAZIs... Nonetheless, dear ChemicalReactions!, i enjoyed your Video really much! Keep on your good work ( Maybe with some other RAMMSTEIN- Videos, too? )!
@E- Rock Hmm?
I wonder if Germans refer to their land as a woman? For Russians it's "mother Russia" (or "wife Russia" for Blok), but as far as I know it's "Vaterland" for Germans.
This is really enhanced by even a rudimentary knowledge of German. Lyrics like:
"Deutschland, mein Herz in Flammen; Will dich lieben und verdammen" - "Germany, my heart in flames; I want to love you, I want to curse you", or
"Deutschland, dein Atem kalt; So jung, und doch so alt" - "Germany, your breath so cold; So young, and yet so old". or indeed
"Deutschland, deine Liebe; Ist Fluch und Segen" - "Germany, your love; Is a curse and a blessing", and finally
"Deutschland, meine Liebe; Kann ich dir nicht geben" - "Germany, my love; I cannot give you".
These are all lyrics of men who don't seek to glorify the history of their nation. But rather understand it's dark moments, and accept them as such.
As a german i might be able to explain some of the scenes in question. The beginning was referencing the infamous Varusbattle, where a bunch of usually divided germanic tribes lured Varus roman legions into an amush, whiped them out and stopped the roman expansion into middle europe. Due to the character of germany as a "late nation" and germanys federal nature, german nationalist, especially the Nazis under Hitler, attempted to idealize this moment in history as the founding of the german nation (when it actually most likely prevented it due to the lack of romanization which in other nations abolished most of the tribal cultures and cleared the path for the central national state). The feast scene most likely symbolizes how several different political parties and ideologies used the idea of germany as a national state to boost their own agenda. While the german state was founded very late compared to its neighbours by Otto von Bismarck, the idea of a german state wasn't that new. But noone knew how it actually should look, not even its borders were clear due to the state of austria - hungary. Should it be a monarchy? A democracy? Ultimately the attempt of a bottom up, democratic state founding failed in 1848 due to the still strong monarchs and lords (there were many!) and conservatives. It took a man like Otto von Bismarck and a lie to found germany from the top down. He lied, faked documents and got the several german feudal states to side with preussia against france. France was defeated completely and the resulting founding of germany on the corpses of french soldiers in Versailles poisoned the relation between the two nations until post WW2. Due to Bismarck being ultra conservative, the first (modern) german nation, the Deutsches Reich, was a monarchy and military state, and therefore in clear opposition to more modern nations as the USA, UK and the post war french republic. Conflict and war were innevitable due to the german economic and military power and arrogance. Only under Konrad Adenauer post WW2 the new federal republic of germany finaly joined the international community (and was accepted by them as equal, which it wasn't realy before WW2). However, all the bloody crimes in german history were commited in the name of germany, symbolized in the feast scene. But to fully understand Rammsteins video you have to know about germany as a late nation, the resulting hurt ego among german nationalists and how the real bad guys used this hurt ego (hidden under several layers of national pride) for their own agenda. In many ways politicians abuse this human tendency for overcompensation until today (for example in poland, another late nation)
Going by the lyrics it seems to me like the song is about how the bandmembers feel about their homecountry. The good times, the bad times, the pride, the shame... everything. Not just a single time period, but... everything, though not in terms of events, but in terms of emotions.
"Will Dich lieben und verdammen" = "Want to love you and to damn you"
"Deine Liebe is Fluch und Segen" = "Your love is curse and blessing"
You both are such shy and innocent, dudes.
This is classic Rammstein provocative style. They do provocative lyrics and videos all the time. The music is the only well behaved thing about them.
They should try the video for Mein Teil.
The girl : holy shit, this so intense, better drink some milk
I already commented about ur daughter and her moustache comment, but she really knows her german history. Im pleasantly impressed.
Hahaha... Starting reaction video with his daughter, with a Rammstein's clip without checking it before... You're brave hahahaha....
I would have started with the Beatles, it would have been more secure... :)
C'mon, it was just Rammstein .. and not his Solo Project "Till Lindemann" with his uncensored Version of "Knebel" 🤪
I have been a huge fan of Rammstein since...well...Du hast. They are the reason why I started to learn the German language. This was a great reaction video, and I gave your video a thumbs up.
Rammstein fan since 1997!!! They've always pushed boundaries and been controversial, it leads to discussion. Germany government has tried to ban certain songs by them over the years. Their music is awesome. Easy to play, yet powerful. Love em, love em, love em. One of my favorite bands ever.
This whole video is about the history of Germany since before it was Germany. They share the history of Die Mutterland, good and bad. The things they love and hate about it. Stars and scars.
The reactions from you guys shows that Rammstein achieved what they always aim to do that is to leave people amazed and seeking for more. Great reactions guys , you keep it up
Hey, I wanted to say something about Germania. Yes, she represents Germany, you could draw similarities with the statue of liberty. She has a long history and had many faces, reaching back to the romans, which assumed Germania was the goddess which protected the germans (which werent germans at the time because the country didnt exist yet) from the advancing romans. The germans took that over and made it an official figure. You can find many statues of her, sometimes holding a sword or another weapon, but nearly always the protective shield with the german eagle. I only know of one well known picture where she actually has neither a weapon nor a shield, but a book. The shield is drawn on her coat of arms though.
Its a shame that she is nearly forgotten. I actually never learned about her in school and was able to overhear a conversation about "who that is supposed to be" in front of one of her pictures even though she is a figure longer than many others.
Thank you for this video. It looks like the daughter has a wider horizon and a deeper knowledge than many. THERE'S HOPE! ;)
You can watch the explanation of this song on UA-cam. The whole history of Germany is decribed by Rammstein!
Dear folks, dear young Lady
Please let me tell u , i am an 61 years native german,so an grandpa and it happened i stumbled to ure channel.
Not only i did like ure reaction i did like the way to listen to the young Lady about her perspective of germany.
May be in some points a little superfiscial but my knowledge about american history needs to be improved big time:):)
The portion of the video where you were talking about the men's mustaches is referring to the Weimar Republic which existed from about 1918 to 1933. The costumes depict the styles of clothing people wore during 1920's, so it's a little before WW2.
The woman is most definitely Germania. The beginning is the Romans entering Germania, Teutoberg forest, When she in the knight armor she's Carolus Rex... Charlemagne The priests eating the corpse is the church taking everything for themselves, the prison scene is post WW1 and the humiliation from the treaty of Versailles and the atrocities of WW2 right after. "Deutschland Deutschland uber alles" (Germany above all) Is a particularly haunting lyric because the SS is the next scene.
World war 2 is in too but the first you saw them in the uniforms was from the DDR
The Symbol in the Background is from the DDR it was a little later After ww2
Can you also react to Rammstein Radio
It's new to and it's about the restrictions in the media (radio) . We couldn't get other countries music, it was forbidden
Thank you so much for your comment! We love hearing more about the history of this fascinating country. We will do our best to react to Radio (we haven't heard it yet!) but unfortunately can't guarantee anything given Rammstein's label's restrictive copyright policies. Stay connected!
@@ChemicalReactions you found a good way with Deutschland so we could still hear snippets
If you do the same with radio i will be more than happy 😊
@@sophiecooper3624 You got it!
Important to remember that prior to 1866 Germany as a nation had never existed. Although German history is very old and troubled through competing empires and religion/ideology.
If you want to know how bad it got a study of the Thirty Years War should open your eyes espescially the siege Magdeburg
Rammstein has been mixing electronic with metal since 1994.
14 y/o girl: thats definitly not german
LMAO
I'm impressed you understood what the video was about.
The part where they have large mustaches and are brass knuckle fighting is during the interwar "Weimar Republik", A 15 year Period approx. from 1918-1933 until the NSDAP aka "Nazis" then took control until 1945.
Bro, any live Rammstein video could have prepared you for this...😂😂😂😂
The actress represents "Gmernaia", which represents a personified german nation, like Marianne in france or Britannia in Britain.
It goes even back to roman times, when Augustus coined that figure (a female) as a defeated person with the slogan "germania capta" (germany is defeated), even if there wasn't "a germany" back than, just germanic tribes
just read on YT: "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable"
I'd love to see you react to Kai Tangata by ALIEN WEAPONRY.
A band from New Zealand that sing most of their songs in Maori. The cinematic quality of the video to Kai Tangata is great too!
Yes+
For your information: The woman, Ruby Commey, represents Germania (Deutschland), the country and people throughout History.
1) Germany east of the Rhine which the Romans called Magna Germania. Battle of Teutoburg Forest where the ''barbaric'' German tribes defeated the mighty Roman Empire under the leadership of Arminius (Hermann), now a venerated German hero.
2) Astronauts escorting a U-Boat. Trademark submarine of the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in both World Wars.
3) Boxing fight in Weimar Republic (1919-1939) an unstable and violent kind of democracy which preceded the Nazi regime.
4) Corpses in armor during the Crusades. The girl with the flag personifies Germany herself.
5) Members of the band marching in front of the ''Hindenburg Disaster'' a zeppelin which caught fire with 36 people being killed.
6) Members of the band in an office of the Stasi (Secret Police) in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
7) The girl (Germany) walks 5 dogs. It shows the love and affection Germans always had for them.
8) Monks in a cellar walking with rats around them. A reference to the bubonic plague (Black Death) which devastated Europe in the Middle Ages.
9) The monks eating from the body of Germany symbolize the devouring of the ideal of nation throughout German history.
10) The people under the table are gagged and in latex. Germans may have BDSM tendencies.
11) Astronauts around the statues of the great Germans of the past.
12) Members of the band are in chains with money falling near them. A reference to the hyperinflation of the post WWI era.
13) The rocket refers to the infamous V2 rocket weapons which Hitler claimed would crush the Allies during WWII.
14) Execution of Jew captives in a concentration camp.
15) Lead singer's crossdressing with the rest of the band carrying weapons in wigs represents the Baader/Meinhof gang, a far-left terrorist group of the seventies in West Germany.
16) Burning of the witches in Middle Ages.
17) Burning of books from Nazi officers.
18) A frame depicts a monk and a Nazi hugging each other. We see the close connection between the church and the national socialist regime.
19) Germany giving birth to dogs. Huge allusion ain't got time for that sorry.
20) Tanks passing in front of a Karl Marx facade. Allusion to communism as a dictatorship.
21) People clashing with the police with molotov cocktails. Again depiction of the political turbulence.
22) At the end the girl (Germany) becomes an angel watching over the band (her people).
From: Panayotis Haralabopoulos
Giving birth to dogs have 3 referrals here.
1. Flash back to Rome when times of Romul and Rem were dogs born and it was sign of fall of First time.
2. Show problem of immigrants -foreighners. Where migrants produced babys when native German have demografic problem.
Also through the history germans tried to purify and now in day of tolerancy there not much pure germans left.
3. Like very rare breed of the dogs that was almost extinct. So there parallel here that works to ways.
Point 14 the prisoners are not all Jews.
Point 13 There was a concentration camp near the place where they manufactured the rockets and they were used as Labour.
PS: A little constructive criticism:
Try to talk about details of the seen things in the interruption breaks or after the video. Because during some of the best parts of the song Chuck was talking about the things he noticed and was detracting from the reaction on this way during the some of the best parts of the music (where I wanted to see you react to). For example, when Till started to sing with his deep voice the first time during singing "Du hast viel geweint".
When muting / editing the sound away...try not to edit your comments away, too.
The best solution to such copyright claim threatened videos is:
Mute the sound completely after counting to Zero for the audience. So the audience can watch the original video on a second screen and watch your reaction on the other screen. The counting to zero makes it possible, to start the original video on the other screen at the same time you are starting to listen and reacting to the video and music.
Chuck has been told multiple times that he speaks too much! ;-) And thanks for the recommendations; we're new at this and happy to hear anything we can do to get better!
@@ChemicalReactions :-)
You expect too much of "reactors".
The 30 year war still is the most devastating war Germany has ever experienced, a third of the total population died during the war and it's following famine, and it was caused by the separation of the protestant and catholic church in the previous century. Germany being located in the center of Europe always made it a major staging ground for conflicts.
The "cannibalism" scene shows the church getting fat and wealthy at the expense of the poor German populace leading up to the Reformation ultimately resulting of centuries of bloody conflict across Europe.
This caught me off guard - i am from Germany and have kind of a hate/love thing going on with Rammstein. They had some problematic texts in the past, so their music was difficult for me. This video was automatic played after watching you reacting to nightwish. I was very disturbed why youtube muted so much and also curious, because of the epic design of the video. I went to the original video and it's so amazing - all the references to german history, the outstanding production and of course really fabelous music.
I couldn't comenting it on the Rammstein page, but I was soooo struck by this video, I had to write something somewhere. This might not be read by many people, because your reaction was from 7 month ago. I had to do it anyway. I think I will buy the complete Album - never thought about getting an Rammstein Album before. Okay that's it, thanks for leading me to my new favorite musicvideo.
Her watching with mouth dropped for like a min....pretty much Rammstein in a nutshell
The moment where the woman is being eaten is most likely the time when the catholic church gained it's power because you had to pay to be released from your sins etc. .
also i think is a reference from their album "liebe is fur alle da" where in the album art you can see them eating a woman
I’m sorry but this girl gets more about what this video is about than most adults that complained about it’s release. It’s exactly like she says: talk about it! Remember it! Keep it alive in the collective memory and don’t fuck up like they did, ever again!
You Sir have a very smart daughter that can explain and give relevant arguments to everything she’s talking about. Very observant and coherent in her arguments as well! Really enjoyed your video. Made my day!
Rammstein do exactly what they want and don't care what anyone thinks. We need artists like them more than ever.
That's a great song, actually it was one of my motivations to learn german (Mein Muttersprache ist Spanisch).
And you guys, keep making videos!
Guys, I think you should stop cutting and mutting the song, because honestly, lost in vegas used to do that (don't know if they still do) and when they do I don't even bother watching
Joseph Elias Believe me boy our preference. Some labels block any use of their songs. That’s unfortunately the case with Rammstein. Only way to get something up is to only use snippets. We use full songs otherwise. Check out our newer stuff; much much better
You can also see in the video how the men waiting to be hanged had their different color badges that were used to identify the Jewish back then. Red, green, black, pink. These meant that some were Criminals, political prisoners, asocis, and Homosexuals.
The meaning of the scenes has already been interpreted by megatwingo. One interesting aspect is the purpose of the song and I think i got an answer: Currently in Germany we are lacking some kind of "foundation of society". (We) Germans dont have universal values or some kind of framework to define "Germans". At least no real values, there is no "German Dream". This leads to conflicts in particular with increasing immigration. In my opinion this songs tries to lay the foundation what it means to be German.
That and your stupid cow of chancellor allowed an invasion by you-know-whos.
@@nunziobusiness1509 Bro i really dont know why this bit** is always chancelor nobody i know like her.
Germans are too sick about it but when you say something against anything youre a nazi for these people.
@@jaw5014 Don't let it get out of hand this time.
@@nunziobusiness1509 Like what? The secound world war? Than learn more about the Versailes plan. Its not our fault.
@@jaw5014, that was a horrible way to treat a country. Germany was raped in that deal.
I think it's so cute that you are doing these reaction videos together :)
We hope you enjoy this video. If you do, please like and subscribe. Our apologies for the aggressive editing and muted portion but Rammstein's label is very strict on copyright. More to come from us!
Hi, I'm from Germany.
Rammstein is playing a classic "Industrial Metal" style. A 50-50 mix of synthesizers and hard metal guitars.
A big part of the German history in one video. The black woman as Germania. Germania is the personification of the German nation. It isn't and wasn't a goddess or Joan of Arc.
The glass coffin: It is Little Snow White from the Grimm-fairytales....and from their own video "Sonne". Only with black skin and in space.
The piano song at the end is the song "Sonne", too. Here in this reaction unfortunately cut away. :-(
The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) means:
Germany as a unified state is very young. A unified German nation is only existing from 1871 onwards. Before that year of unification Germany was made of countless, little mini-states and the people identified first and foremost as Prussians, Hessians, Saxons etc, etc, etc. and only in a second line of thought they had a lose sense of being somehow Germans, too, as a kind of unifying second identity.
So the area & the landscape where the Germans are living and the Germans themselves as a people...are thousands of years old. But only recently, in 1871, there was a unified Germany as one single state.
So Germany as a unified state is very young...and at the same time it is thousands of years old.
The battle of the Teutoburg forest against the Romans (and Rammstein as Roman soldiers and Germans alike).
That battle is of ABSOLUTE importance for the German history.
The hanged bodies in the trees were the beaten Roman soldiers, who were gruesome sacrificed to the Germanic gods...and were partly nailed to the trees.
The Varus-(Teutoburg)-Battle was already in 9 AD. In 16 AD were the vengeance campaigns of Emperor Germanicus. Therefore we see here the arrival of the Roman troops of Germanicus and they are watching their dead comrades hanging in the trees or getting their heads chopped off (for nailing them to the trees).
In reality the Romans under Germanicus found only the bones of the Varus army in the various ways they were slaughtered, sacrificed and displayed at the trees. Slaves were liberated even decades after the battle.
After the scenes with the Romans we saw the Hindenburg Zeppelin disaster (the burning Zeppelin in the background).
The moustaches and clothing from the fight scene are from WWI and post WWI years. From the working class people in WWI and the roaring 20's. In the WWII years later on this kind of big bushy moustache was already out of fashion.
The falling banknotes in the prison are not about corruption. That scene is about the hyper-inflation of the 1920's, that took away the savings of the Germans and left them in deep poverty and desperation.
One had to pay a loaf of bread with a handcart full of nearly worthless banknotes back then and it hit the German people deep down inside and in their souls. Especially the poor ones and the simple workers.
The V2 rocket (first manmade object in space) as technical triumph of the German spirit...and at the same time the killing of the concentration camp prisoners in the bunker factories below the mountains during the production of that rocket.
This scene in the video could be a representation of a very specific concentration camp. It was "Mittelbau-Dora" below the Kohnstein mountain.
A mixture between a big, huge bunker factory for V1 and V2 rockets and a concentration camp.
The concentration camp inmates had several different markings for different kinds of convicts and their "crimes" sown to their chests, like it was in reality, too. A pink triangle for homosexuals, the star of David for Jews and two of them were marked with the double-triangles for Jehovas Whitnesses.
The book burnings of the Nazis and the burning of the witches of the church. In the same scene with the book burning there is EVEN MORE going on. The cooperation of the church with the Nazis, when the priest with the cross embraces the Nazi SA-man.
The scene with the sign with the Hammer and a pair of compasses in a circle of wheat is the sign of the GDR (DDR). The socialst German state in the east that existed before the German reunification.
Therefore it was Karl Marx in the background in the scene with the tank (not the scene at the concentration camp).
The scene with Rammstein wielding guns (the pumpgun) and taking Germania hostage was about leftwing terrorism of the 1970's. The terrorists were called the RAF (Rote Armee Fraktion).
My interpretation of the red scanner-like beams: There are two different kinds of beams. The massive straight red light beam that goes up into the heavens AND there were those smaller, thinner "scanner" beams.
Aliens (or humans from the future) are scanning the whole German history. Like some real scientists are scanning and excarvating ancient Mexican or Egyptian statues, for example.
The massive red light beam is the red ribbon of time that ties together all the historical events.
PS: As for the dogs: Germans are fanatical dog lovers. We are a dog-owner nation. The dog is a firm part of Germany.
PPS: They didn't eat the body of the woman and her inner organs, even if it really looked that way. They were eating the national dish of Germany, that was put on the body of the black woman: Sauerkraut, Kassler & sausages.
In my opinion it symbolizes the church eating itself fat on the goods and values and food of Germany during the simple people (farmers, simple workers etc) lived a long time in a kind of hell of poverty and serfdom (the red fetish area below the table with Germania on it).
But that eating scene could indeed have a double meaning. It could represent the 30 years war, that was fought for religious reasons and depopulated large areas of Germany. It forced the people to commit canibalism because nobody was there anymore to produce food. Except the fat, wealthy people of the church, of course. They were still able to eat enough. Only the simple people at the bottom (farmers etc) died from hunger and had to fight and die in that war.
The 30 years war was the biggest catastrophe in Germany until WWI happened.
PPPS: The short scene with the dogs and their gas masks = WWI, where in reality animals (messenger dogs & horses) AND soldiers were wearing gas masks, too.
PPPPS: The puppies at the end are Leonberger dogs. The Leonbergers nearly went extinct during WWI and WWII.
PPPPPS: The black woman in the prison was dressed in a Prussian uniform with a Prussian helmet.
Till sings the famous, often misinterpreted, line of the "Deutschlandlied" (Song of the Germans), that is not forbidden in Germany but simply isn't sung anymore in our modern national anthem.
Till sings in his version the line "Deutschland über allen" (Germany above everybody) What is a BIG change to the real line in the orginal Deutschlandlied-song. In the original Deutschlandlied song it is written as "Deutschland über alles" (Germany above everything).
The real, whole line of that old Deutschlandlied goes "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles. Über alles in der Welt" (Germany, Germany above everything. Above everything in the world).
This line is often misinterpreted by many people as chauvinism and as a looking down upon all other countries on this planet. But that is wrong and not many people know about that in Germany and elsewhere.
The writer of that famous line didn't meant it in a chauvinistic way.
When that song was written, Germany was divided into umphteeth mini-states, what made Germany relative powerless and defenseless. Therefore the task of German unification was the goal above any other goal for all Germans (at least the writer of the song meant it that way).
So the main goal for all Germans had to be the united Germany. The goal of "(united) Germany above everything else".
That was, how that line was meant by the writer of the song.
The line isn't forbidden, like many people wrongly think. It's simply not sung anymore and not part of the official anthem of modern Germany anymore.
This has NOT its reason in the seemingly chauvinist meaning of "Deutschland über alles", like many people wrongly think. This whole stanza of the Deutschlandlied isn't sung anymore, because in other parts of the stanza are borders and landscapes mentioned, that aren't German borders and landscapes anymore.
We want to live in peace with the people and countries, who are now living in those former German lands and therefore we don't sing about those old borders and landscapes anymore.
It has nothing to do with the "Deutschland über alles" line in that stanza, like many people wrongly are thinking.
Finally:
The scenes I'm now talking about are pretty dark and low light. The WWII submarine in the submarine bunker during the astronauts are walking by with the glass coffin.
I think, the choice of the black woman as main actress was made, because:
a) it makes any accusations of racism and fascism against Rammstein useless
b) she represents one colour of the German flag and she is wearing the rest of the colours of our German flag as makeup and jewellery and clothes on her body: Black, Red and Gold
I like the idea that your`re analyzing that kind of things between daughter and father.....
Yes. They are huge Tarantino and Lynch fans. Thats why a lot of musicclips of theirs have their movies as inspiration
The bavarians have Bavaria, germans have Germania and europe has Europa as personification.
German was always a collection of different tribes that was used by others, actually the tribes of goths, franconians, bavarians, saxons, skyths aso are part of the german people. Deutsch was more like a description, member of the people.
Anyway, its hard to see the hints in the video, like the transition from burning witches by the chruch to burning books by the Nazis.
In the song he sings, i want to give my love to you, but i cant, i want to love and hate you, aso.
for people like me its a perfect way to say what i feel about our history, rember the bad times and love the good things.
The Nazis were originally a Christian political group.
Is that Voldemort ?? :V :V :V
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the "african german" woman - it's the most uncommon option of somebody representing germany / german, just in the sense of the "german heritage". some people may say that's offensive, but i think it's a beautiful way of holding the mirror against all the nationalists in germany, that think everything is this country needs and has to be white... just look at the "black" barbarian, the "black" prussian officer", the "black" warrior in full armor - and accept that nationalism, even if it should be on the rise in europe nowadays, is just outdated - racist - obsolete. peri fucking od.
Lu Ger Hi, Juliette here! Thank you so much for your very passionate comment. This is part of why I believed that this woman’s portrayal of Germania was such a powerful and beautiful statement. Rammstein is evidently not one to shy away from potentially controversial representations.
This is very mild for Rammstein, check out Mein Teil for a shock.
And THIS is why Rammstein disabled comments on their videos - because their UA-cam fans are *ridiculously OBNOXIOUS* . I'm sorry about them; I promise the REAL ones aren't this bad.
This was a good reaction, you guys.
"I took AP European History"...calls roman armor medieval (face palm).
Retrogasm In our defense, it was dark... ;)
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Hey guys i am german and im impressed that your interpretations actually come pretty close if not on point to what the message should be. The Chorus translated is : Germany, my heart in flammes, wanna love and damn you, germany your breath is cold, so young but still so old. The most provocative line is germany germany above everyone wich scrates extremely close to germany germany above everthing , the first line of the national anthem's first verse that is illegal to sing including the second verse. Germans actually only sing the 3rd verse of the anthem nowadays. If you transalte the entire song you will find many extremly provocative topics adressed. It is worth noting that rammstein is expressing critisim, eventhough some people may or could percieve it as gloryfying. They have clearly said they have no sympathy with nazis and it hurts them being acused to be nazis, this is ridicoulous simply by the fact that they literallly took a african female actor as germania. Its sad to see that people arent intellegent enough anymore, to figure out these simple artisic expresseions and interpret then correctly. But you guys have nailed it down pretty much on point.
Yes they were accused since beginning after videos and song Rammstein about catastrophe in military city Ramstein that written with one m and Leni Riffenstal Olympya. And now this! They send idgaf message about Nazi connection from beginning of carrer
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That was an amazing break down of this video/song. I Thought almost the same thing when first experiencing this song. Good shit! Keep it up you two! Love it!🤘👊🙌👍
I believe by the men eating “Germany” it was supposed to represent the separation of Germany between itself
Errrr... no
Tyler Liberatore this scene refers to the religious wars back in the days.
your girl is pretty smart man! congrats, and great video!! keep the hard work
i see in 4:55 the "Hindenburg"
Zaphriana Connor another thing we totally missed!
If you are german, every second of this video makes sense.
1: Not recognizing ROMAN soldiers. 2: Rammstein ALWAYS mixed techno music within their music. 3: The black woman stands for diversity that has always been a part of Germany (even tho history might give u wrong idea) 4: WW2 reference, not WW1? Not able to see the difference? 5: mustaches a 40z symbol???6: keep on going on WW2 references scenes, while it clearly shows of much more of history bs Germany went through? Are u even getting the message? Loving ur country even tho the horrible mistakes and decisions it have made throughout time? That is the struggle. Must sound familiar for Americans. 7: eating the body: feasting and abusing on others. 8: Not recognizing the problems Germany had with RAF terrorists in the 70z. They are not afraid on showing truth, even tho it is not pleasant. Please inform urself more on history.
Thanks for the comment! You're right, we definitely need to learn more about the long and rich history of the old continent. We're glad bands like Rammstein exist to educate us about the past and not shy away from difficult topics. Thank you for your engagement in the discussion!
@@ChemicalReactions Thank u for ur sportive reply. Looking back I sounded more rough then I ment too. I am from the Netherlands, country next door to Germany. My parents and grandparents have been through 2 WW with Germany, even today there is a bomb found on the beach here that haven't exploded yet from WW2. That's how much this is still alive. But it must be horrible for this new generation of germans, having to carry the weight of all that awfulness from the past. What Rammstein does in this video, is owning up to it. So people can move on. Powerful message. Unfortunately every country/culture has their skeletons in the closet. Americans with the Natives and slavery, Germans with the Nazi's, The Netherlands with ABC Islands, Suriname, South Africa and Indonesia. Owning up to history - though we all weren't there when it took place - makes people able to move on without misplaced guild and start set things wright. Hope we all can get to do that, make things wright and thereby better. Best wishes!
@@Laylee70z That is so true. We keep saying that it's by learning about our history that we avoid making the same mistakes. Yet, somehow we often make the same mistakes every few decades. To your list, I would add Canada's (our home country) treatment of aboriginal families, separating children from their families to send them to state-run schools, our refusal to welcome a ship of Jewish refugees in 1939, and many more. Memorial Day is coming up in the US (where we now live), a time to remember the sacrifice of our armed forces but also the context and historical significance of their efforts. Thank you for this great discussion!
@TheBlackiwid Interesting!
@TheBlackiwid Yes, but that is only one of the lines. U hear all the lyrics, it says about the struggle to love ur country even though the wrong decisions it is making.
for me it was realy nice to watch a reaction to a video about german history and the person reacting at least knew something about germany or/and the language. Greetings from germany and keep it up :)
I am so impressed with the intellect and knowledge of your daughter. As a father I say to you: Be proud.
i am from germany, munich. we are not proud of our history. but we are a new generation.
You should be proud. This saddens me.
Seems like some parts have been muted?
Yep, unfortunately. Mix of copyright blocks and our lack of experience at the time with copyrights
I had the impression, that not the daughters mind was blown away but - if anyone - the father struggled most with the brutal sincerity of this Rammstein video.
the Germania being eaten was depicting the wealthy German church feasting on Germany, the people around the table were monks
it´s About the 30 years war between 1618 bis 1648 which caused on religion differences between Catholics and Protestants (based on the Monk Luther and the Reformators). This war nearly destroyed germany
"Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen." ("Where you burn books, you end up burning people too.")
Sadly still as true today as when it was when it was written.
We can't deny our past and we must remember so we don't repeat it. But we are forgetting to be proud of our nation. Pride is being confused with fascism and hate unfortunately.
Sheepdog471 That’s so true. You can’t be ashamed of your country forever. At some point you have to look to the future and the leadership that Germany is showing on the world stage. Don’t forget the past but look forward to the future.
@@ChemicalReactions I wish certain people in this country understood that. Instead Half of americans want to travel back to the "golden" times when women knew their place, gays were in the closet and blacks worked the fields. I don't mean to turn this is into a political argument but we are still losing in the common sense race no matter what your view is on any particular issue. That's one reason why Ramstein is so popular; They get it and aren't afraid to show it...and neither am I but I have no outlet except my cats...and they just sleep in boxes
The scene with the monks eating the actress I think is a representation of the wars of religion that plagued the Holy Roman Empire (not to be confused with the Roman Empire, confusing I know, the Holy Roman Empie was basically the region of modern-day Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, and bits of Poland and Italy and was established about 600 years after the Roman Empire collapsed, in Rome at least) in general, and the Thirty Years War in particular.
These wars devastated the region of modern-day Germany and were the result of the Protestant Reformation that was started by the German monk Martin Luther.
Alternatively, it could be representative of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles that ended World War 1 when the western allies (Britain and France mostly) tore pieces off of the defeated Germany, crippled the German economy, and basically laid the groundwork for the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party.
The Symphonic rock/metalband "Within Temptation" features the rapper X-zibit in their song "We Run" might be interesting for you both 😎😁👌
Thanks for the recommendation! Btw, if you want to see us react to another fusion of different music genres, check out our reaction to Old Town Road: ua-cam.com/video/2ycH8pfcVms/v-deo.html
A little history about the topics in the video. In general you can say it's a retrospectre of the German history, as you already mentioned.
Varusschlacht, Witch trials, crusade(s), industrialisation, Hindenburg, nazi-regime, east- and west germany, RAF. Guess I got evrything. This video is just so packed.
I wanna mention some fine symbols used in the video:
- Black Germania: Germania ist represented with a black female (Ruby Commey) not just for provocation. Her clothes combined with her skin shows the German national colours (black, red, gold). Also it's a nice counterpart to all the uninformed people thinking, they're on the far right. (They're left)
- The hanging scene: It's the only scene not exaggrated in comparison to the the other scences from the other decades. It's also seemingly the only scene, where some kind of revenge is shown. I think it shows some respect to replicate as it really was for the victims of this period.
- The dogs: I think the dogs are German Sheppards, THE German dog itself. Also it could be a reference to scientific tests made during the nazi-regime, but that's a wild guess. Could be cause during the RAF scenes, they're growm out and this time takes place about 40-50 years after. But that's just a theory I read somewhere.
- reference to old Rammstein songs: There some references to older Rammstein songs in the video.
The lyrics "Du hast" are wildely known from the song "Du Hast" which is the most well known across the globe.
The angel costume at the end is a reference to song "Engel". It's also the construct Till wears during live concerts
Same scene, different section: they're kneeling in front of the angel. These are references to the songs "Mein Teil", where they kneel in the video, and also the live version of "Bück dich"
The suits in the Hindenburg scene: It's a reference to "Ich Will", where the colourgrading looks similar and they also wear suits like that
- Military Fire Scene: During the showcast of the burning books (representing the nazis), the monks were also there. It shows how much the church was involved in it due to fear of the nazis. So they co-operated with them
- Eating monks: That point was mentioned in another comment here. So all credits there. But I wanna mentioned the people underneath the table in an orgy. It shows, that the rotten face of the church in medieval times, when they seemed abstinent to the outside but good Lord, there were also a lot of dark secrets. Could also be a reference to the modern time molesting cases, but I don't think so. Maybe.
I hope it's not that much to read. If so, I'm sorry for that and have a good day enjoying one of the most literary bands from Germany
I salute to your daughter for her knowledge of history, culture and Europe!
Hi guys nice reaction. The black woman represents Germania. She is a personification of Germany. In the first part you can see the Varus battle. The fighting guys are from the golden twenties. There are also scenes from the gdr, (German democratic Republic) in the cold War, also scenes from the holocaust and from the Raf. I think the astronauts represents the future maybe also the laser. Please read the lirics with translation. There are so many hidden phrases in there, it is a absolutely masterpiece. Greetings from Germany.
She is Germania = Female god of germany...
And yes, thats german history.
She is Germania. the personification of Germany itself. not really a god
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