Unfortunately I don't know German, but she sounds beautiful. Awesome !!! Americans can be so ignorant sometimes.

@SightAfterDark

5 ай бұрын

😂but ppl can say anything they want about about all Americans because of one person’s comment - got it.

@Bornevalesh

5 ай бұрын

@@SightAfterDark It's not only based on one single comment. It's a stereotype that evolved from many situation that were shared on the internet. There is some truth behind it and almost every person uses generalizations quite often. Many Americans adapted it as well, just like many Germans making fun about themselves for not having humour. The comment you responded to was no masterpiece of opinion exchange, but your reaction also has room for improvement. ;) btw ... if German is ugly, so is English. 80% of English is just an old German dialect, spoken at the German north sea cost with some additional latin and celtic words.

@winterlinde5395

5 ай бұрын

@@SightAfterDarkI don’t want to argue if German is ugly or not. I am just curious: what is it about German that sounds ugly to you? Where did you encounter spoken or sung German? (Yes, next I search for German stuff in your videos) There are comment sections full of „I’m learning German because of you“ on AnnenMayKantereit‘s videos, for example. I really just want to know. I have never heard a language and the first thing I thought was: it’s ugly. Maybe there’s none uglier than mine?🤔🤓🌸

The german language knows more than 22 million words.

@SightAfterDark

8 ай бұрын

Yes, and English is based on many words from it

@Io-Io-Io

7 ай бұрын

​@@SightAfterDarkEnglish ist a mix between German and Latin

@TheKatoffen

5 ай бұрын

There are ten different ways to translate the word: 'mind' into German. That German sounds 'harrrt' is a reasonable narrative. 🤷‍♀️

No distorted guitars in it...What are you talking about?

Come in my boat A storm is coming And night falls Where are you going So all alone Are you drifting away Who's holding your hand If it's you Pulls down Where are you going So limitless The Cold Sea Come in my boat The autumn wind holds The sails taut Now you're standing there at the lantern With tears on my face Daylight falls on the side The autumn wind sweeps the street empty Now you're standing there at the lantern You've got tears on your face The evening light chases away the shadows Time stands still and autumn is coming Come in my boat The longing becomes The Helmsman Come in my boat The Best Sailor After all, I was Now you're standing there at the lantern You've got tears on your face You take the fire from the candle Time stands still and autumn is coming They only talked about your mother Only the night is so merciless In the end, I'm left alone Time stands still And I'm cold, cold, cold, cold

German is NOT as lovely as French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and lots of other langs near there, and round the world... However, it IS dramatic, operatic, comedic, and incredibly expressive though!

@arnodobler1096

8 ай бұрын

After Italian, German is the most commonly sung language in classical music.

@stevedotwood

8 ай бұрын

But the way she sings it is perfect, especially in her early days. That's why it puts me off when she does it in English. It doesn't have the same character. Her singing German in that opera voice in the most funny manner makes it larger than life, majestic, and the way she exaggerates. Totally unique!

Try out , "Nunsexmonkrock." Nina is awesome!

@fredkrissman6527

8 ай бұрын

Hear, hear -- literally! Nina is also a LOT of fun.

It's funny when someone in broad American English thinks they have to judge the beauty of other languages. In Europe, you can recognise every Yank from 3 kilometres away by the noise.

@SightAfterDark

8 ай бұрын

Same to you ☺️ have a great day

@TheKatoffen

3 ай бұрын

Do I smell Babelfish in here?

@Vrumfondel

3 ай бұрын

@@TheKatoffen Miracle of anatomy! Do you smell with your ears?

@TheKatoffen

3 ай бұрын

@@Vrumfondel I never found out how i smell, when I do

German isn't ugly, maybe coarse but not ugly. Beats southern yank drool any day. A bit of racism?. Think Dan was biased against this before he even heard it. Don't know what he was listening to but there were no guitars!!! The song is a deep and tragic song and the vocal tone was perfect for the lyrics in mine and many others view. Till Lindermann who wrote this thinks so too. Think this must be like a dog whistle for you..way out of your range 🙂. Nina is probably the most gifted, talented and expressive singer/vocalist I have ever heard. Don't like all her music but you get a vocal performance to equal a, say, a Guthrie Govan guitar solo almost every performance, if your mind is open that is 😜 Brilliant song all round

@SightAfterDark

8 ай бұрын

People throw the word racism around too loosely. Dan and Nina are both white, no? Interesting that you take other people’s opinions so personally and offensively Paul, extremely interesting.

@paulfenwick8767

8 ай бұрын

Wow, so surprised you acknowledged one of my comments, such a rarity these days 🙂 Nothing could be further from the truth. I took nothing personally or offensively at all, was just using the comments section for my take. Guess you only like ass kissing comments. To dislike someone because of the language they speak is just as racist as skin colour, just sayin'. I thought you would recognise my tongue in cheek comments by now but I guess not.

@SightAfterDark

8 ай бұрын

@@paulfenwick8767 Yes, we acklnowledge the straight lie in your racism comment and will set the record straight over it. You are trivializing racism and the people who actually suffer under it because of the color of their skin or ethnicity? Look up your own Oxford definition, but how would you know what it is anyway? There is no German race. No one dislikes her simply because of the language she speaks; and yes, what Dan said about the German language is extremely offensive- NOT RACIST. Otherwise it'd make your southern comment a racist one too, no? You take offense because we don't like two of the artistic choices out of the many that you have suggested over years and bring in racism over it? We get many comments all the time that are positive and negative and we leave all of them up because we don't take some thing as miniscule as song opinions to heart. You throw a verbal tantrum and do indeed take offense when people don't like your song choices; then simultaneoulsy have this incessant need to happily crap all over every one else's song choices on a daily basis. No one is going to like every single thing you like and that is okay. We don't keep an imperialist mindset here.

@paulfenwick8767

8 ай бұрын

@@SightAfterDark I wasn't offended one little bit. I know she's not everyone's cup of tea. Funny, if Zappa is having fun over racism you giggle at it. I was having a bit of fun, not trivialising anything. Yes, my southern comment was supposed to be that part of the fun, to prove it wasn't serious, as was my comment on Dan's imaginary guitars. Strange too have you've told me you like my comments in the past as it creates more comments which increase you on YT. Confusing to me at times. Thanks for giving me your position.

@SightAfterDark

8 ай бұрын

@@paulfenwick8767 Zappa's making fun of actual racism, your YT song comments are not the same as calling Dan racist; hope that clears it up. Thanks Paul!

Sight After Dark apologizes to all who were offended by the german language comment that was made in this video. This is a channel where we allow all to freely express their feelings about whatever song is being reacted to. We are all different people and cannot possibly have the same opinions about every song. Please do not take two reactors' like or dislike for a song personally as it is just an opinion and songs are not made for every single person on earth to like or love as a group or at the same time. They are made to connect with people individually. We DO NOT take down negative or positive comments made towards us or the song choice of the day. You can see this displayed in all of our comment sections across all of our social media platforms and it has been this way for years. Please also listen to the positive comments that were made about this song as well- they were definitely said in the video.

@christelsegbars1630

8 ай бұрын

Dear beautiful humans, it's a reaction chanel and we still have 'freedom of speech ' so why would I be offended, I'm from so I speak the langues, I must confes, Germanen to me is a bit spooky for reasons.... nina Hagen is an opera singer, she was married to Herman Brood from Holland and she is unbeschreiblich weiblich.. Naturtrane, she is the Queen of punk.... warm hug from the Netherlands ❤

"Seemann" = sailor.........Apocalyptica, from Europe, has played with Till Lindemann and Rammstein and other symphonic metal bands on stage and in studio many times........their amplified, distorted, heavy CELLOS ( ! ) are tremendous, and played with talent and feeling.......Nina is a punk rock legend ......Nina's last line is : "Time stands still and I am cold !"

How rude, German is not an ugly language! I know you’re not much into opera music, but classic music is mainly in German, Italian of course and a dash of French! But definitely Opera Music equals, in many cases, the German language at its purest :)

@SightAfterDark

7 ай бұрын

Yes that was very rude and it’s not that we’re not into opera or classical music- we actually love them, but we don’t like them over Rock n Roll because they are the same. For us it’s like singing Roots Reggae over a dancehall track- they are the same- one is just newer than the other. It’s just our opinion about the music and Dan’s about the language, we’re merely two humans in a world of billions. Thanks so much for watching and sharing!

I appreciate the honesty clearly lacking in many reactions. Doesn’t mean your shallow verdict reflects well on you, especially given how she does more with her mouth on the single word ‚Mutter‘ than other singers do during an entire pop song. But again honesty is king here and better than the usual gush ending on like and subscribe

@SightAfterDark

7 ай бұрын

Ha no worries. Appreciate you!

Why bother with these guys? They will never get it.

German is the language of poets and thinkers. Surely one thing the boy doesnt know a word about. But judging a language and with it the whole nearly 1500 years old culture and history , that you dont know about is sooooo American..and adult to say the least. You should be ashamed about the comment you did. And dont come with freedom of speach, because with that comment you should loose the right to speak freely. I will not recommend your channel.

@SightAfterDark

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

When you talk to normal Germans it's completely different to Hollywood. And that's Nina´s Performance, she sings like that on purpose because she's imperious in the Video. Quote from Wolgang von Goethe - And if you're not willing, my force I'll employ

Always been a great fan of hers. So many great stuff from her early days. I hate it when she sings in English. It takes away from her cabaret-style punk. Saw her life once. "TV Glotzer" is my top favorite - which is a The Tubes' cover: "White Punks On Dope" Her vocals were so much better then. She practically sang in an opera voice all the time and was extremely funny live. Go Nina! I once made a caricature of hers and got blocked by her. That was a disappointment, but it didn't take away my love for her music. … Even Zappa at one time was interested in working with her, but it never materialised.

A nice surprise for me that you presented this piece. For me, Nina's voice and the cellos fit perfectly together and to the text. I can well understand your view on the German language. No offense taken. Many greetings from a small town north of Berlin.

@SightAfterDark

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much.

She has a song which would interest you both: "New York New York" and it's amazing, but I would listen to it in both versions: German and English. (Not a request, just a suggestion)

@paulfenwick8767

8 ай бұрын

I agree. So much fun too. She never takes herself too seriously either which I like.

@PeterSlazy

7 ай бұрын

@@paulfenwick8767 I don´t think they will understand anything. Just hipsters.

I once only spoke english and learned german and german language is so more as you can thing because even germans dont see it they speak in pictures you say parachute germans say falling umbrella and with this nagic they can create words you cant do in english and they stil creat words besides that all words sound as they are seaid not like english words you say but are not realy spoken thats why so many in the workd have problems

Heavily dramatized Teutonic punk pop pomp. She's pretty deliberate, in my estimation, in her choice of the effect she achieves with her voice. Not that more-ish for me either. 😂😊

Don´t miss Udo Lindenberg´s german cover of Otis Reddings `sitting on the dock of the bay` kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y6mfptGsc6q0Zto.htmlfeature=shared Even more I like the song `Salty Dog` by Procul Harum in his version (same album), wich pittyfully doesn´t exist completely on KZread.

🤝👍🙏👏

Kiitos❤Next pls. ”Ohne dich” by Tarja Turunen

Wenn ich mir anhöre was ihr zwei zu kritisieren habt fällt mir nur ein Wort ein : Neid?!?

@SightAfterDark

4 ай бұрын

Definitely not envious of Nina by a long shot, Sifa can sing as high and even lower than she does. We don’t like her choice of tone and Dan was rude towards the German language. You, like us have a right to your opinion though. Thanks for watching.

@Joe_77_

4 ай бұрын

@@SightAfterDark " Sifa can sing as high and even lower than she does." Hahahaha Ja genau und ich bin der Kaiser von China.

I love the German Language but it isn't for everyone. Also she is originally from East Germany and their accent is harder. Maybe listen to "Hold Me" as it's in English and quite different from this.

The German in the song is heavily exaggerated. NO ONE in Germany speaks like that. Some artists. Rammstein in particular choose this kind of exaggeration of the German language. I now suspect that this is to serve the stereotypes of US Americans. It will probably sell better then. Nina Hagen doesn't normally sing in this rough kind of German. However, this was a Rammstein cover. That's probably why. Unfortunately, this only reinforces US Americans' reservations about the German language.

@arnodobler1096

8 ай бұрын

The language is called theater language and is also used in opera. Loudspeakers were bad back then, so you had to articulate very exaggeratedly. Hitler and Goebbels did that too. Hitler even took lessons to learn it. His normal speaking voice is very soft. Till Lindemann (Rammstein singer) took lessons from opera singers. Today it is simply a stylistic device, see Max Raabe and Comedian Harmonists. Charismatic Voice (a Opera Singer) made reactions to Nina Hagen and Rammstein and analyzed them.

@paulfenwick8767

8 ай бұрын

@@arnodobler1096 I saw The Charismatic Voice's Analysis of this. She was amazed and shocked at the power and depth of her singing. Top credit from a still performing opera singer and vocal coach🙂

@arnodobler1096

8 ай бұрын

@paulfenwick8767 She had an engagement at the Dresden Opera, she knows what she's talking about. She also understands German and sings it too. Her Rammstein reactions are also phenomenal, especially her favorite reaction of all time to "My Heart Burns"♥️

@paulfenwick8767

8 ай бұрын

@@arnodobler1096 her own videos are pretty impressive too

@arnodobler1096

8 ай бұрын

@@paulfenwick8767 absolutly

It is a Rammstein cover in the end. So there is certain way of pronouncing German that needs to happen here. The EU Hymn (Ode an die Freude) sounds quite a bit different. Or maybe "Ellens dritter Gesang" from Schubert, which might be better known as "Ave Maria". But I am a German native speaker, so the sound is different to me. I perceive for example Dutch to be like "cute" German that nobody can take seriously, French just sounds like someone is fighting the urge to throw up and still trying sound posh while doing so (German spoken with a strong French accent is somehow extremely cute and attractive to me though), Polish sounds like someone is trying replicate a fast Drum solo in spoken form, Russian sounds like any language on a tape played in reverse. So it very much depends on where you are from and what your perceptions is that decides what sounds nice to you.

@SightAfterDark

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for explaining! Shout out to Germany🇩🇪 ❤️!

@James-wj8eq

4 ай бұрын

Til was and still is a fan of Nina. He got alot of his nuances from Nina.

Oh dear. So I see the controversy in the comments. Well. Alrightie then. So you don’t like the sound of German. No matter what? If it is a soft love poem? Or a heavy metal lyric. Fair enough. But I struggle with your judgement that the instrumentals were great and nina‘s vocals should be „respected“? Hm. Well then: I respect your reaction. But sorry it leaves a bit of a somewhat sour aftertaste. Are you aware this woman sang 2 octaves lower than your average female voice? People go nuts about how high Mariah C can go. Yet this low miracle gets not a word. I don’t know. Sorry.

@dancollin1151

5 ай бұрын

I guess it is because they don't really understand her potential. They read about it, somewhere, but can't hear it. Quite ignorant for people who are supposed to be into music and do reaction videos.

i´m surprized that artists, i assume you consider yourself as that, have so less tolerance to accept and appreciate other languages especially lyrics from Rammstein . They ar worldwide known as absolutely top of the list in terms of music and lyrics. i know that americans who ar mostly monolingual have problems to accept other artist not expressing themselves in english. but artists should be more open to this and not narrowminded. Sorry for my writing, but english is not my nativ language so my appologies for any mistakes i made!

@SightAfterDark

8 ай бұрын

We don’t have problems accepting foreign artists. Most of the ones we cover aren’t even American. One artist’s opinion on KZread is not all artists. Nina’s video has over 9 million views. Surely that’s not only Germans watching. So far we(just two ppl on an earth with billions) don’t really love her music and that should be okay.

Well, "Berg" = mountain in german...

Singer sounds a bit like Edit Piaf.

You have just a boring taste. Americans.... Learn different languages! Then you might understand why she expressed the way she did. By the way, I am not German.

@SightAfterDark

7 ай бұрын

Yes, we are proud Americans that have complete knowledge of five languages other than English between us. We love our musicians as well as many, many foreign ones; just not this song, and that is ok in a world of billions. Thanks for watching!

The problem is, if you don't understand the lyrics, you won't understand her vocal performance either. She fits the lyrics perfectly. The German language is very powerful when it comes to lyrics, because it is very variable in its complexity and differentiation. Your perspective without knowledge of the language is a kind of noise interpretation and cannot do justice to the interpretation.

uff, i do not like both of you. you should ignore every patron request with german lyrics and refund the money if you get a request. if you are not comfortable with the language you should not react to it because you dont enjoy it and you should not collect the money. looks to me like ... well ... its paid just do it and forget ........ greetings

@SightAfterDark

6 ай бұрын

✌️

It's unfortunate that these two don't know anything about Nina Hagen nor Rammstein. She has one of the most wide ranging vocal range of any artist. They would probably be interested to know that she was trained as an operatic singer. I'm not even going to comment on his ridiculous comment that German is an ugly sounding language.

Was ist los? Der Hund ist Los. 😂

You are talking about "the distorted guitars" in this song but I still wonder at which point you are hearing any guitar. There isn't one single guitar in this track. Seems like you haven't even been listening to this song. And what you do not get about the comments about what you said about the language is that people are not pissed because you do not like a song. 99% of your answers had been "We are free to not like this song..." But has absolutely nothing to do with what they are writing you Here. They are pissed because you insulted the deepest roots of a culture: its language. By insulting a language you are insulting every culture behind it. You do not have to be a huge fan of a different cultural heritage besides yours, but that does not mean that it is your right to insulting it. This has nothing to do with freedom of speach. Therefore I can Imagine why the r-word came up here. So you neither listen to a song here nor reading what people are talking about here. So why doing a reaction channel? Money grabbing? Clickbait for promotion of your own "music"? Who knows...

awful ignorant reaction

@SightAfterDark

Ай бұрын

Oh well. Good things it’s the Internet and doesn’t really matter

why should i give you a thumbs up for Ninas WORk? you did NOTHING.Just smirking to it. wtf .?

@SightAfterDark

8 ай бұрын

We clearly recall saying: Give a thumbs up IF you like the video 😏whatever you decide to see, hear and do is yours 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♀️