Hello. That was a great reaction. I'm from Germany allow me give you some thoughts from someone who's born here. First of all, first time I watched the video I was shocked and deeply moved. The song/ video takes a very deep look into our german souls and how a lot of us feel about our country. It's a love- hate- relationship. The video is loaded with tons of symbols, that as a German you catch onto. Let's start: in the intro you see Germania ( Personification of Germany) during roman/ germanian tribes time. The red Lazer represents the "red thread" of the story/ history. Astronauts from the future bringing Germania in a glass coffin (snow-white) so she can lead through the/her german history. You see a submarine on in the hangar. The Hindenburg disaster.( I'm sure you know about it, but some of my fellow Rammstein friends keep bugging me to add it to the essay.😉 Next you observe the twenties(Weimar Republic).The prison scene representing the rough, violent times especially for the majority of the population struggling to survive. Money raining down/ the great depression. And Germany's first try as a democratic state. In between Germania is dressed in knight's armor awaking her knights/band with the Lazarus spear. Next Germania is pushed in a wheelchair by the band through the Berlin Holocaust Memorial with burning bodies. (Imagine the statue of liberty being shown like that!) Next vignette the office scene showing east Germany and west Germany reunited (1990). Then you're being taken back to mideveal times, monks/ church are feasting off of Germania. In most scenes you'll see some church man involved. No coincidence. The concentration camp scene in the background you see V2 rockets ignition. The inmates are wearing different types of stars on their chests and a sign on the gallows reads: no photos. Germania wears an eye-patch first on her left, than on her right eye. Than a quick shot of Germania dressed modern with lots of gold leading german shepherds., representing Germany's wealth. The 70's scene shows the RAF- extremists holding Germania/ Germany hostage. On one of the pillars on the left side you can see the original wanted poster of the terrorists of that time. Next vignette is the witch burnings shifting to the book burning. If you have a close look, at minute 4:45 you see a church man holding up a cross hugging a Nazi, symbolising the churches over all position to the horrific events happening during 1933-1945. The birth scene. Taking place in Valhalla. Germania is giving birth to dogs respectively "Leonberger" a breed preferred by Kings and Queens. The Breed almost went extinct during WW1 and WW2. A cardinal/ Constitutional judge (dressed in red) helping a new Germany being born. The tank scene with the Karl Marks bust in the background is a reference to the uprising of June 17, 1953 in the GDR, which was brutally suppressed. At minute 5:50 you see the riots against refugees homes in the 90's in Hoyerswerda. Molotovs are being thrown and a car is being pushed over with the help of a man dressed in Nazi uniform. Than the scenes/ time vignettes start shifting faster and faster, showing how many times, when circumstances becoming too extreme everything is falling apart and Germania ( dressed in knight's) armor is crying. The outro is the piano version of the song "Sonne" which completes how we feel thinking of our past: a sense of sadness. To sum it up. Germany has a long, wild, violent, unique history, because we as a state of today exist only since 1990. Yet the roots go back a very long time. "Young and yet so old" I hope that helped a little to understand the video and with that us Germans. We don't have a strong feeling of patriotism, but a strong sense of unity. Our language, that we are very proud of, was always uniting us for example. With love from country of Poets and thinkers.❤

@tiffanyabell9070

2 ай бұрын

Eccellent! Thank you❤❤😊😊

@Hangar1969

2 ай бұрын

And all that long, illustrious history crammed into just two dozen lines. Talk about genius! Greetings from Bonn. 🤘

@stephenmiller195

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for that, well written sir

@WhereIsTheSpartan

Ай бұрын

"Some" thoughts? Du hast beinahe ein Buch geschrieben! 😀

@spring_in_paris

Ай бұрын

@@WhereIsTheSpartan Und war was dabei, dass Du noch nicht kanntest oder gesehen hast? Ich füge immer wieder was hinzu, denn ich entdecke immer noch kleine Details, wenn ich das Meisterwerk sehe, die mir zuvor nicht aufgefallen waren. Einfach fantastisch. 😊

The line "so jung und doch so alt" - "so young, yet so old" describes Germany like no other. Germanic tribes have been in the area for millennia, but a united Germany only exists since 1871. And in its current form, Germany is 34 years old.

@Amalung54

Ай бұрын

Did you ever hear about the 1th, 2th or the 3th German Empire, fellow? Probably not, because you claimed Germany actually existed since 1871 only? That's definitely wrong, because this Germany, founded by Fürst Otto v. Bismarck, is called the 2th German Empire. Before, the 1th German Empire existed from the early middle ages (962 - 1806), this empire was called the "Holy Roman Empire of German Nations". So, the German emperors saw themselves not only as German emperors, but as true successors of Roman Caesars, destined to rule above the complete area of former West-Roman-Empire... It was not until 1806 that the last German Emperor of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, Franz Joseph Karl, renounced the title of an Emperor of the 'Holy Roman Empire of German Nations' and became the first Austrian Emperor. Only then this brought an end to the 1th German Empire after 844 years of existence. So, the origins of the German state therefore date back to the year 962. The emperor less period lasted from 1806 till 1871, ended by the foundation of the 2th German Empire. By the way, the first real German king at all was Heinrich I. (*876 till 936 ). Before he became king he was a Saxon duke from the noble family of the Liudolfinger or Ottonen. HIs son Otto (Otto the great, 912 - 973) became the 1th German Emperor crowned by the Pope in 962. The 3th-Empire was the unholy period of 12 years of Nazi-Germany. The 4th-Empire is called 'EU' by the way. Stay calm, only a bad chauvinistic joke by me... Moreover, modern nation states as we know them were only developed at all in the course of the end of the 18th century. It's quite interesting because since its early days, Germany always had been a kind of 'federal state' in which the emperor was elected by the electoral-princes. Being Emperor was therefore an politically elective office. France, England and Spain were monarchies at that time, ruled by absolute kings whose claim to rule was not based on an election of noble electors or assembly of the estates, but on a divine absolute claim to rule. The 'Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation' mainly existed by the German tribes, such as the Saxons, Bavarian, Alemann, Franks, Frisians, Hessians and Swabians. By the way, Germany in its current form was founded in 1949, so the BRD (Federal Republic of Germany) is 75 years old. 34 years ago, only the former Soviet Occupied Zone, also known as GDR, joined the BRD among the existing West-German Constitution. It therefore wasn't a new state or form, as the constitution of West Germany was retained, so basically just a simple expansion of the state territory.

@caligo7918

Ай бұрын

@@Amalung54 I said a united Germany exists since 1871. The HRE was a lot of things, but united it was not. And for the rest of the stuff you wrote: Cool story, bro. Nothing in my comment is wrong, you just interpret it differently and want to wave you e-penis around. Have fun.

@jo-k4277

Ай бұрын

@@Amalung54WOW. Vielen Dank für die informative Zusammenfassung- sollte jedes Schulkind auswendig lernen müssen und am Ende eines jeden Schuljahres vor den Sommerferien aufsagen.

@Konterfeit

25 күн бұрын

@@jo-k4277 long explanation, but partially wrong. The Holy Roman Empire is just the formal Roman Empire Title (or rather a new one that was kind of recreated) that was assumed by Charlemagne centuries after the western empire fell due to his ambitions and his alliance with the pope. Barbarossa was the one who declared the Empire to be holy. And the addition of german nation (not nations) was added way later. And the Holy Roman Empire of german nation was famously none of these things (neither holy, nor roman, nor german, nor an empire) seeing as it also included dutch, frisians, french, bohemians, sorbs, italians and many more. It was not a german nation state. Regional identities also were the defining identity until the rise of nationalism in the 18th and 19th century. The explanation about modern Germany is formally correct, however there is a distinct difference between the old "Bonner Republik" and the post-reunification "Berliner Republik", so it depends on your point of view of what you consider the start of the current Germany. Because technically, the modern Germany is the legal successor of the Third Reich, the Weimar Republic and the German Empire (and many of their laws are still in place), so denying the break at the reunification and accepting the break after the second world war can be considered arbitrary.

The video is heavy and shocking, but it demonstrates Germany's history, hence the lyrics "Will dich lieben und verdammen = I want to love you and damn you", "Deine Liebe ist Fluch und Segen = Your love is a curse and a blessing" etc. No one expected this video tbh and when it dropped there were mixed reactions, but if you follow Rammstein for long enough, nothing will shock you anymore. And they produce some top-tier music

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

Yea that line was soooo good!

This song always makes me cry... 2000 years of german history summed up in 10 minutes... ❤

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

2 ай бұрын

Its such a great song.

Great reaction😊👍...I highly recommend Rammstein "ZEIT" official Video. I am sure, you will love it. very deep lyrics and high production video.greetings 🇩🇪👍🙋🏻‍♂️

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

Hell yea! Thanks dude.

@tiffanyabell9070

2 ай бұрын

Please do!❤❤

@mart_en

28 күн бұрын

" Zeit " ist quite boring compared to Deutschland.

This isn't a rock video... It's an entire movie... Oh and who ever decided to use a piano version of the song 'Sonne' at the end was a freaking genius!!

The piano outro of this music video is a piano rendition of their classic "Sonne" from their epic album "Mutter"

The emphasis on the passages “One can love you and WANT to hate you” or “I CAN’T give you my love” are incredibly interesting from a German perspective. Only those who really know the German language may understand the meaning of the emphasis. The visual effects seen during the words distract from the real meaning as they create associations with other meanings. This music video is a true masterpiece.

@luffegasen7711

2 ай бұрын

As a history nerd and a SLEIGHT speaker of German, I ALWAYS get attacled by onion-cutting ninjas by this song! IT'S JUST EPIC!

This will forever be the best music video! As always I again cried a river in the end.

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

It was so good.

The piano at the end is played by Flake, the keyboardist in the band. its the melody from their song "Sonne"

@borisspengler1110

2 ай бұрын

Also good Video Rammstein - Sonne :)

@ofzo

2 ай бұрын

It's by Clemens Christian Poetzsch.

deutschland is a piece of art

Everything RAMMSTEIN does is with purpose...it's a deep rabbit hole but so damn good... great reaction!

This is a piece of art

They're pure titans. The level they're on cannot be matched honestly. They're so damn cool, original and thought provocing with insanely good videos!

The auto-generated lyrics actually were quite good! Nice reaction, dude!

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

2 ай бұрын

much love! Thanks dude.

@Akkolon

2 ай бұрын

Surprisingly so - was thinking the same thing.

@AshSlave1

Ай бұрын

auto-translated no generated. there were already subtitles, KZread translated them

I think it’s unfortunate that so many people associate Rammstein with Du Hast and that’s it. They evolved into so much more than that First record. Their videos from 02 onword are absolutely works of art. And of course their live shows are unmatched in scale.

@CosmosJack

3 ай бұрын

It's like how so many people associate Motorhead with "Ace of Spades"... both bands have so much lighthearted stuff and so much deep stuff

@christophersims3319

3 ай бұрын

@@CosmosJack totally, my favorite Motörhead song is Love me forever followed by Bad Religion off March or die

@dogpower41

3 ай бұрын

They are DU HAST. The rest of rammstein is a cult around that Song. I was fan before du hast but thevrest of rammstein history evolves around du hast . Shame but true .

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

When I was a young teen, and rammstein was first showing up here...it was Du Hast. Thats just how it was for me.

@arnodobler1096

3 ай бұрын

@@dogpower41 ???🤔

In summary the song is about being torn between loving and hating your country. The piano arrangement is a piano version of their song Sonne, another great music video. Their music videos are like no other. They are insane! Adieu And Zeit are other great official videos. Love your channel.

ZEIT!

Not a huge fan of Rammstein, but this is a masterpiece. Not only the video, but simply the idea of how it deals with the past. This is such an important discussion how to deal with the past.

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

Yea I really loved this.

Such a great song. That piano coming in at the end always gets me. Check out the official video for Zeit by Rammstein too!

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

Yea I plan on doing more.

@Akkolon

2 ай бұрын

The Piano at the end is the song "Sonne" - also a fantastic song in its own kzread.info/dash/bejne/haiOxbd6gLW4kcY.html&ab_channel=RammsteinOfficial

I know exactly what you mean. I fight depression and anxiety constantly and often feel I have no place in the world and am alone with no friends, etc.. Thank you for sharing this reaction. Take care.

@wietholdtbuhl6168

3 ай бұрын

Ich weiß das noch soviel schönes, lustiges,und aufregendes,in der Zukunft auf dich wartet,das du es mit Menschen teilen wirst die dich lieben und an deiner Seite stehen ❤everything will be fine😊GREETINGS FROM GERMANY

@tribblefluffer

3 ай бұрын

Danke für Ihre netten Worte. Ich werde versuchen, mich daran zu erinnern, wenn ich unten bin. Unfortunately I do not speak German, so I hope this translation is okay. Thank you for your kind words.

@karenglenn6707

Ай бұрын

I’m a mums from Australia who has dealt with depression and also my then teenage son was such a worry that at one stage I slept on the floor next to his bed to keep him safe. I send you all of my love, it can be a daily battle to go on every day, but people are out here who do care about you ❤️

Great reaction, I had the same, I was shell shocked after watching it, even after the 5th time. This is probably the best music video ever made. A great rock song, a movie of highest quality, the imagery, the genius to tell the story of Germany in this fashion, and the chillout piano afterwards, which is much needed to calm down. Just brilliant!

Only Rammstein had the power and courage to pull off this difficult, beautiful und heavy masterpiece. Anything else would not have been sufficient.

So glad you did Deutschland, even as an American this video makes me emotional. So beautiful and thought provoking. Also, thank you for the beautiful speech in the beginning, you rock dude!

18th of june i was at the concert at Goffertpark Nijmegen. Rammstein is awesome

The piano at the end is one of their other songs, "Sonne". 😊 Rammstein has some incredible songs, and even more incredible videos. This one about their homeland is one of them. Some other favourites of mine are "Zeit" and "Mutter", and also "Adieu". All of them are on the slower side, and full of layered meaning.

The most epic music video ever made! 😎👍

The double meanings,the visuals and their quality of live shows are unmatched.. Over 25 years Rammstein make history..

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

2 ай бұрын

Yea this was on another level!

Note the eyepatch moves from the right eye to the left. A subtle yet significant symbol considering the history of Germany.

Basically the video show some important moments of the history of Germany. Meanwhile on youtube and plenty of websites you can find the whole video explained what gives a good inside information.

The song is about being torn between loving your country and being ashamed of its violent past. Many events are shown in the video. Roman legionaires who survived the Battle of Teutoburg, when 3 legions were wiped out by Germanic tribes. This is considered as the birth of the German nation. - Appearance of a beautiful woman: she is Germania, the embodiment of the German nation. Rammstein chose a black german actress to give a finger to the extreme right. - Germania wakes up the dead Teutonic knights, a christian military order involved in the Crusades - Reunification of east and west germany, they all hug each other and it turns to an orgy - German immigrants in the 1920's, fighting illegal, deadly fights to make a living - Crooks in prison, devaluated money flying everywhere: the Depression during the Weimar Republic. - The clergy feasting like pigs on the body of Germania while the common people starved (Middle Ages) - Far left terrorists of the Baader-Meinhof Group (Red Army Fraction) kidnapping Germania and killing people in the 1970's. - V2 rockets taking off, the first ever ballistic missiles invented by german scientist Wehrner Von Braun, who later became an US citizen and is the father of the Apollo lunar rockets, the Saturn 5. - Prisoners of concentration camps during the Shoah, Germania is now wearing a nazi uniform. Later, the prisoners revolt and shoot the nazis. - Germania gives birth to Leonberger puppies, these dogs are typical of Germany but went almost extinct: the Nation is being reborn as a democracy - And much more stuff I didn't see or was unable to understand.

@randuru

3 ай бұрын

I think they've decided for a black Germania because they wanted to portrait the dark side of german history.

@heniohoyo7075

2 ай бұрын

You're correct. Also: - the book burnings during nazism, with the collaboration of the Church (a nazi officer and a monk hugging in front of the burning books); - the Graf Zeppelin catastrophe, with rich owners just turning around and leaving without ever facing consequences; - an U-boat barely visible inside the spaceship in the first scene with astronauts; - the hanging of the prisoners by the Nazis: one with the infamous yellow star, the others with a pink triangle (homosexuals), red (political prisoners) and a black one ("asocials" - addicts, beggars, pacifists) - the burning corpses almost at the beginning representing the mass casualties of the Plague in the Middle Ages, and the need of burning the dead immediately; - the student and workers revolts during the 60's, with people using molotov cocktails and barricades against the police; - Quite interestingly, besides Germania itself, you struggle to find any other woman at all! There are two female "entretainers" in the DDR party, and a very quick scene of some girls drinking in a tavern table. All the rest: men. This seems to allude to the covert mysoginy and traditional, fixed gender roles that existed during most part of Germany's history. Also, you will notice the red lassers, lights or lines appearing constantly during the video. In German, the phrase "der roter Faden" ("the red thread") means something constant, a path, or something that works like a guidance or beacon. In the context of the video, it implies that war and violence has been "the common path" of Germany and Germans through the ages. Finally, besides provoking racists and the far-right, another cause to hire Ruby Commey (an African-German) is to represent the colours of the German flag: Black (her skin, many clothes, etc.) Red (the fires, the lights mentioned above) and Gold (her armor, jewelry, etc.). If you look, in many scenes where she appears, the other two colors are prominent too. Visually, it's a masterpiece. As a narrative, is extremelly rich and complex. And of course, a very somber criticsim of Germany's history.

@TheRyker007

2 ай бұрын

​​@@heniohoyo7075 you're not completely correct with your interpretation. - the burning corpse are laying on the holocaust memorial in Berlin, meant to be the killed and burnt jews during Holocaust, Germania sits in a wheelchair --> Germany was a broken country after WW2, surrounded by its own sins and cruelties. - during the book burning there is also a witch burning happening parallel, monk and soldier hug --> same procedure divided by centuries, what you fear or don't like will be eliminated by fire - that are no student raging against the police, that are meant to be Neo-Nazi riots in the 90s and 2000s also shown by the Uniform one guy wears while pushing the VW T4 --> it demonstrates the upcoming nationalism in the middle of the society, that has no fear even attacking executive organizations of the state

@Tiisiphone

2 ай бұрын

@@heniohoyo7075 Thanks for this detailed description. There's so much material and references in this video that it can be difficult to grasp every hint.

@heniohoyo7075

2 ай бұрын

​@@TheRyker007 Thanks! I didn't catch the reference to the Memorial and the broken Germany, but is pretty obvious.

One of the better music videos ever made. The entertainment value of Rammstein cant be overemphasized.

Awesome reaction sir, thank you 🙏

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed friend!

I'm a German (57 yo) and this video caused some serious controversy in Germany when it came out. I really couldn't understand that. But i tried to imagine, what kind of reaction a message like the Love/Hate-relationship to one's homeland, would have happened in the US with their sometimes unconditional patriotism. (Not meant as criticism!) ...

Rammstein is one of the most misunderstood bands in Germany. I have been following their carreer for ages and I have come to the conclusion that they advocate for standing up against authoritarianism. Deutschland is one of these songs, but the most poigniant is "Links" imo. There is a great video on yt of that song, and you should look up the lyrics. I am not an avid fan, but I love what they have been putting out as far as statements are concerned.

@CosmosJack

3 ай бұрын

Makes sense because they lived under communism

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I will check it out.

Subbed from Massachusetts! I was blessed to see them live in '22. I appreciate how much you appreciated this song. 🇩🇪🔥🎶🎸

Thanks for reviewing this. Both the song and the video are masterpieces!

My favorite band. You can see why. If you ever have the chance to see them live, GO!

fantastic to see first consert life in Nijmegen never forgot it the feel ing the beat so deep

Hello The music video "Adieu" by Rammstein has the same level 👍

Great and emotional intro, so I just subscribed because of that. Love to you man!❤

I got introduced to Rammsteins music back in 1997 and have been a fan ever since. And I think this song, going through the history of Germany, is arguably theri best song ever.. So many tiny references to history... 08:02 - Those puppies are "Leonbergers". A German breed that almost went extinct during the first AND second world war. And some more crazy little details from this video: Oliver Riedel has the inverted pink triangle (homosexual) Paul Landers has the yellow star of David (Jewish) Till Lindeman seems to have the "Political Jew" one (red inverted triangle over yellow triangle) Flake has inverted red triangle of "Political" prisoner (really hard to see, had to check the original and go frame-by-frame to see it).

Ramstain one of best band

When I first heard it, my reaction was the same as you and many others who reacted to it. The piece is incredibly brilliant and reflects exactly what I, as a German, think about the past and present in Germany. A mix of pride and resentment.

Top Reaction - earned yourself a new subscriber - "Zeit" (which means Time) is already mentioned in the comments, so i will add "Angst" (which means Angst / Fear) to the list - which is also a great video with a socially critical message. Keep up the good work, you are building a meaningful channel here. Best regards from the Black Forest, Germany

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!! That means alot! I know Angst but I will dive into Zeit! Appreciate you friend from a little mountain town in West Virginia.

@MartinMaxFerdinand

3 ай бұрын

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody Oh, what a nice response. As an insider's tip: Vildhjarta - den spanska känslan - a mixture of progressive beauty and brutality - excellent musicianship and songwriting - i would describe it as music from an otherworldly dimension.

warst du jemals auf einem Rammstein Konzert !!alter da flippst du aus .viel spass aus Deutschland lg

Only one person from US realized the explosion took place in New Jersey while reacting to this video. It was the biggest aviation disaster before WWII, German kids learn this in school, since the event involved a German airship.

Fantastic reaction my brother. Yes, the lyrics translations were pretty much on point. I was blown away the first time I ever watched this, but I think it hit harder to me since I can speak, read and write German. I am the first American born in my family. Other than my sister, the rest of my family still live in Germany.

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

2 ай бұрын

Dude this journey into Rammstein has been wild. Ive really enjoyed the music.

Greetings from Hamburg/Germany!

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

2 ай бұрын

Greetings from West Virginia

Wow a KZread reactor that has managed to figure out turning on subtutles and the auto-translate feature on his own. Believe it or not, from my experience, this alone puts you into the top 10 percent. Nice reaction. You have my respect.

A History Lesson put in a Great Song , me german and my Ancestors have 'Good and Bad History , guess if you go back far enough everybody has "Bad People" in their Families (But also Good People)

Thank You for that! Great stuff

But also watch their " Mein Herz Brennt" both versions especially the "Sven Hellbig piano version" . You'll be amazed.

This video and Zeit are my favorites from their more recent stuff. Definitely check out Zeit as well. Adieu is also great

Rammstein gives us the complete history of Germany ( Deutschland ) in this performance.....as with most people in most countries, Rammstein has s "love/hate" relationship with their native land, seeing both the good and the bad......I think the Black female who appears as many figures is a representation of "Germania", the national historical symbol of Deutschland

The channel 3 Arrows has made an analysis video in English.

@emiliajojo5703

3 ай бұрын

And-with the best disclaimer ever!😂

When the outro starts to play you can't help but feel like you have a suffered a great loss or great sadness. The piano is haunting to say the least.

Best band ever!❤❤❤

Hey.... there is a video available here that explaines all scenes of "Deutschland". There are many messages in this viedo.....looking forward to see you reacting to that.....

2100 years of German history in one song..

Specter Berlin also produced a one hour "pulp fictionesque" movie for the German rapper Marteria. If you liked the visuals of this video, check out said movie called Antimarteria, imho absolutely worth it despite not being Marteria´s biggest fan...english subtitlesare available so you can follow the plot.

TWATM: I have some thoughts! Yes, it's quite difficult not having some after watching this video. The end credits music is a piano version of Rammstein's song Sonne, played Clemens Pötzsch (German pianist & composer). An almost identical version is on the 2015 concept/ best of album Rammstein - XXI Piano.

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. The words "Germania Magna" at the beginning are a Roman name for the area of Germany, that wasn't conquered by the Roman Empire at that time. Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were the Roman conquered areas (Roman provinces) of Germany. 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 commanding field general Germanicus under Emperor Tiberius Augustus. 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 umphteenth 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 c) it provokes many people EVEN MORE 😄 Greetings Mega

@megatwingo

Ай бұрын

PS: KZread didn't allow me to integrate this information into the bigger text (above) for unknown reasons, therefore I'm posting it here: The troops, who smashed the Jewish shops during the Kristallnacht (not shown in the video) were SA (Sturmabteilung) in brown uniform and not the later SS (Schutzstaffel) in the black uniform. The SA did all the dirty work at the beginning of the Nazi rise to power...until the "Night of the long knives", an inner-Nazi power struggle, happened. The head of the SA (Ernst Röhm) was killed and from then on the SA was turned more and more into the SS under Himmler. The book burnings were part of the early Nazi years, too, and were done by the SA, too. One can see the SA burning the books and Till is watching it in a brown SA uniform. Both, Kristallnacht and book burnings were different things and happened at different times. The book burnings happened over a longer timespan at different locations at different times during the Kristallnacht was one big "event" that happened at one single day. Kristallnacht means "Crystal Night" and was called that way, because the smashed shop windows of the Jewish shops looked like thousands of crystals on the ground. But in the Rammstein video I've only seen the book burnings. PPS: The two beer drinking soldiers to the left side of the table, where Germania is lying on and where the priests are eating Sauerkraut & Sausages from her body, are not French soldiers and they aren't representing the French revolution. Those two beer drinking soldiers are Prussian soldiers and they are emphasizing the importance of Prussia for the German history. As far as I could see: They were from the era of Friedrich der Große (The Old Fritz), who was of extraordinary importance for German history. Amongst many other achievements he was the one, who brought the potato to Prussia and Germany. That saved many Germans from hunger and the potato became one of the most beloved foods in Germany on that way.

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing!

@megatwingo

Ай бұрын

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody I'm glad that you liked my posting! :)

Rammstein has some great videos, but their live performances are also spectacular. Even if you already know the song "Du Hast", you should watch it performed live in Paris. Unfortunately the translated subtitles will not help you to fully understand the lyrics. Rammstein always works with puns, strange metaphors or subtle changes that totally alter the meaning. This will be lost in translation. i.e. "Du hast mich gefragt" means "you have asked me". But they begin with only "Du hast"="You have", which sounds exactly like "Du hasst" = "you hate"). Next expansion is "Du hast mich" ("you have ... me"). Standing alone it would be translated as "you hate me".

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

Yea I should do a live version.

Btw. Saltatio Mortis feat. Faun - SCHWARZER STRAND relesed just 2 days ago...😊😉

the piano at the outro is a version of their song Sonne. I've heard that song so many times still can't really follow the piano version with the original one in my head for some reason, until the very moment you said "why does this sound familiar", which is when the female voice comes in in the original one. You can find this version in their album "XXI - Klavier", which has 12 other piano versions of other songs. I've seen a couple of your reactions already and you seem a really nice guy, with a positive message. New sub :)

@nachtaktiv1

2 ай бұрын

The name of the pianist: Clemens Cristian poetzsch Great artist!

when you thing thats crazy then look the videos from Till Lindemann its the same singer ;) i love rammstein and till :D

Summary: There is quite literally NOTHING in this video that does not have a meaning. I'm still of the opinion this is the best music video ever produced. Because it is not only visually stunning, but it actually MEANS something. Not something...everything. As a German watching this is just chilling, because it's 100% damn accurate. And in case it has not been mentioned: The red lasers aren't there for cool looks - there is a saying in German that is called 'der rote Faden', which directly translates into 'the red thread' - and it refers to 'the main storyline/theme/meaning' in a book or other artistic piece, in this case, Germany's history. So the video is quite literally the red thread through German history. Nice little bit of semi-useful knowledge right there^^

To talk about every little hint/meaning in this Video would take a minimum of 3-4 hour's .

This is probably their best song. With Rammstein it's always about the lyrics imho, however half of it is brilliant wordplay, sometimes full of references to Goethe or Brecht... The other half is just wtf. I was a huge fan at one point, especially when I was learning German, meanwhile I have had enough of the shock value. Plus the whole thing last year left me with a very very bad taste. This song remains brilliant, however, as a historian who got the degree in a German university I can appreciate the provocations in it because they are thought provoking and not just there to be there. "Im Geist getrennt, im Herz verein", boy if that isn't the best description of Germany I've ever seen.

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

Im with you. Since doing my first reaction, I got messages of why I would do a reaction when I had no idea the stuff going on. Apart from all the "stuff" This video was amazing.

love you man, love your great thoughts

Thank you for not pausing every 10 seconds like most of these reactions. It is better to talk over the song, rather than interrupt it constantly. You seem to understand that, and it is greatly appreciated!

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

2 ай бұрын

Much love

@katsujinkin60

2 ай бұрын

@@TheWolffAndTheMelody Right back at you!

I clicked the video, saw you hat captions on, thought finally somebody looks at those lyrics from all the reactors, then saw the first seconds you had the lyrics in german and was about to close this tab immediately - thank you for changing them to auto-translate, without the lyrics you wouldn't get the whole feeling of that powerful song about our past. So thank you and glad, I watched long enough to see you change it ;) great reaction! Also, where can I find your instagram? Thank you.

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

2 ай бұрын

Thanks friend! My Insta is The_Wolff_and_the_Melody

Art. And as a german... yea. it hit home... as it should.

there is a really good explanation video out there explaining all the details of this video. I don't have the link at hand, but shouldn't be hard to find. Maybe do a reaction to that as a follow up...

should be our national anthem!

The piano piece at the end is masterful also and has a sibling at the end of the adieu video

More Rammstein ❤

Went to a Rammstein concert last summer. It was amazing! I didn't see the "full potencial" of the concert (cus I was going through a divorce at the time) but I loved it. a big thank you to my big sister and to my friends that forced me to go

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

Oh im glad you could see them! Hope you are doing well friend. Went thru that 2 years ago.

Just stopping by to say hi, Tommy!

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

AMY!!!!!!

❤ it, listened to it a lot when it came out. Impressive Video! It shows what is happening to Germany since a long while and especially right now. It's falling apart. Getting dissolved. Core damage. And this piece of art shows it and where we're heading to in a brutal way, but clearly. As a German I deeply feel it.

Great start.. now watch Inside ;D

The piano at the end of the song plays a classic song of theirs. It is called Sonne (Sun). Maybe that's a good place to go next seeing as you like it already...

Imagine what a song about your own country's history would look like - an honest, nuanced, brutal look at the good and the bad. I don't think a popular musician could make such a piece in most countries in the anglosphere.

There is so much symbolism in this it's really worthy of a documentary of its own. Rammstein really went to the wall in this, praising Germany for its achievements as well as calling it out for its historic BS. (I daresay if anyone made a similar video about America they'd be getting death threats within the minutes of its release- we know we've got some great and ugly history and we don't talk about the second part.) I was happy to see East Germany represented- all the boys grew up in the Eastern part- as you don't see that part of Germany EVER brought out. My family left Germany in 1720 and though I am generations removed from the country, I can't help but feel a tug on the heart for even that thin connection- I can't imagine how it plays with Germans today.

Great Reaktion 👊🏻Gruß aus Deutschland 🇩🇪

This has to be the best music video ever made

When it comes to Rammstein, "Deutschland" über alles.

You've been watching THE music video now - Congrats!

Germany, as a whole, hasnt been a thing for very long. 1871 is when they unified for the first time. But there have been people living in germany for millenia. Hence the line about being young, yet so old. The video is made up of german history, like the Teutoburg forest (with the romans) and of course, wwii

Check out Mein Herz brennt, first the normal video and then the piano version. ART!

There is so much history in this video alone it makes my head spin. Germany has a really long history beginning during the roman empire and staying until today. A lot of admirable stuff, as well as a lot of horrific stuff. I am glad to be born here, but at the same time I feel the same way as in the song: I love and hate the country.

I subscribed to you yesterday and today you upload one of my favourite songs, talk about good timing! By the way, idk if you did but you should make videos about System Of A Down. They have true masterpieces of metal, and they have deep meanings that need to be a bit interpretated to be understood. I think you really should watch "Chop Suey" and maybe "Toxicity" and "B.Y.O.B." too. But in particular I suggest "Chop Suey" because of what you talked about in the beginning of this video.

@TheWolffAndTheMelody

3 ай бұрын

ya I grew up with system of a down. Also thanks for being here friend! It means alot.

Hi. From. GERMANY

The red lights Connect everything

I love how the female voice in the background is crying louder and louder until she almost screams.

I was in Belgrade, they created madness

This song says what many of us Germans think. We are not allowed to be proud of our country. When we show that we are proud of Germany, everyone points the finger at us and calls us Nazis. We simply are not allowed to be proud. In Germany, no one has their national flag hanging in front of their door because nobody wants to be called a Nazi. Sorry for my bad englisch. 🙈

Btw the piano at the end IS the still-version of "Sonne"

I read a wonderful sentence about it in another video. Teacher: You can't explain German history in 15 minutes... Rammstein: We'll do it in 9 minutes!