BASIC ASS REACTIONS | Rammstein - "Angst" 

I love the fact that when Till smashes the TV, everything stops being black and white and the colour comes back. That's a nice touch...

I love it when Till's voice sometimes gets angry. He does it too seldom. A whole song with this singing would have a different energy.

As good as the English captions might be I don't think they will ever do Rammstein justice. Till uses so much wordplay/subtext/double meanings, that there is always more than one way to interpret what a song is actually about. Even for native speakers. That being said, I really like that song. I even Like that album more than the last one. Also there really aren't many Bands around in Metal that could rival Rammstein when it comes to production IMO.

8:45 that part gets me every time. At first,second and third time I cried watching and listening to that part. It combines the overwhelming emotional screaming of Angst (fear) with really satisfying visuals. These girls "dancing" is my favourite part of the video, it's intriguing, confusing, yet pleasant to see these sadistic smiles coming to you by little jumps and doing that hand move altogether. A whole unique experience tbh

Just my opinion, Rammsteins videos, more current ones, are genuine works of art.

I love the ambiguity of the lyrics here. "Schwarzer Mann" figuratively translated as "boogeyman" but literally also as "black man". Even though it clearly doesn't refer to skin color in the original German meaning it could very well be translated that way and refer to the "fear" of refugees etc. Probably the deepest and best lyrics I've heard from Rammstein to date. I can just speak from my personal experience, when thinking about the "schwarzen Mann" as a kid, my mental image was always an evil man clad all in black clothes, never a person of color. I honestly believe it's not about skin color historically because back when this nursery rhyme was created (probably centuries ago) there were hardly any people of color in Germany and they certainly were perceived more as a curiosity than as a threat. It's just a perfect fit for the lyrics of this song and to leave people thinking about their fear of the "black man"....

They actually make totally clear, that they refer to the doubled meaning as "black man". Too many references to ignore it, like the black refugees or the sweets they eat at the end, which were known as "Negerkuss" (negro kiss) for decades. This is social critic like so many of Rammstein's songs. Well done.

Man, so much subtext and double meanings in this one. Like it, love the album as a whole.

Man I just realized what the ending was about... fuck me. He destroyed the TV and color came back more and more. Instead of everything being black and white, it has become nuanced.

I love that face when the guitars come in. Its the face of a fan who instantly knows "ah its gonna be *this* type of song" and instantly that head goes bobbin.😂 And indeed that last "Angst" is raw and full of emotion that comes from deep within. Yes we have heard Till do something similar on Puppe for example but not as powerful as this one. I LOVE IT😁

Just seen Rammstein on their new tour yesterday... OMG their set for this year's tour is INSANE.

Agreed, that last scream from Till was one of the most expressive I've heard from him, was kinda surprised when I first heard it tbh

Crazy, that your love for Rammstein even led you to take German classes and try to learn the language. You have my great respect for that! Because German is not easy for most Americans and most of them only have the prejudice that we all sound like the people in old WWII videos. So, keep on learning and good luck! Learning new things is always good.

That guitar riff is something else!

that's just a proper proper Rammstein beat that hits so hard your grandmother feels it

This is the best reaction I‘ve ever seen, Tank. 😂 The way you took your basecap of…showed how you felt this moment. Love it.

So, it is essentially an oooooold school scary nursery rhyme to get kids to behave (that then also got used by kids as a way to play tag). "Listen to your dad or the black man will get you" "Behave or the black man will grab you". Nowadays many politically-correct people will say "No, it's more like the bogeyman" but that's not true - the origin of the warnings/threats are old school great-grandmother era tales /threats/ scare tactics and are racist in a way that's shocking by today's standard but perfectly normal back then. Rammstein takes this old fairy tale / kids game (which they do with many of their songs TBH) and give it a modern, relevant spin. It's used to reflect on fear of immigrants, fear of foreigners. All this fear is fed into us by politicians, media, lobbyists, and so it turns even the most trusting, neighborly people into paranoiacs that will buy anything that is pushed onto them to "protect" themselves from threats that don't actually exist. Another point in the old-school casual racism explanation: At the end of the video, they are sitting watching TV, eating chocolate-covered marshmallow treats. Up until very recently, these treats were called "N3gr0kisses" (you know what I mean) and are a popular treat with German kids. It just highlights the hypocrisy of people's fears while at the same time highlighting how deeply ingrained racism can be in everyday items and language.

Finally had a chance to listen to this whole album, was not what I was expecting. It was so damn good. It's now on my morning wakeup playlist. So damn good. One of the best albums they have put out imho. I look forward to it reaction on this one.

One thing great about these guys is they never disappoint, and a must see live.

It's only now that I've noticed that you've never reacted to a Rammstein song before. I don't think I subscribed to any other reaction-channel that didn't mention at least one Rammstein song. 😁 It has to be the quality of your work! (of course it is) Bloody respect! 🖤

Oh sweet, Tank's an old Rammstein fan like me (1997 as well)! It seems like they just keep getting better with age. Angst is a beautifully crafted song and video, nice and heavy with great symbolism. Can not wait to see them in August. It's been ten years since I saw them but it feels like a lifetime.

It's amazing to find someone who felt exactly what I felt. I've been listening to them since Hertzeleid, taken my pauses off them, reunited with their music a couple of times, and I had NEVER, EVER heard the feeling in Till's voice like that "ANGST", as well as the desperation in the previous "Die Rücken nass, die Hände klamm". My reaction was pretty much the same as yours. And every time I get to that part, it gets me so hard I get goosebumps and I need to rewind it and feed from it again and again. Greetings from San Juan, Argentina. Fantastic reaction, btw.

Dude, you need to reply to Zeit in the Zeit album. That video is legendary and brought me to tears. Their most powerful music video to date.

Another great reaction Tank! My first watch of the new video was on your channel! Till’s scream though wow it actually gave me chills! I’ve watched this video almost 100 times and I just noticed the dog at the end of the video! There is Soo much going on in the video it’s crazy! The visuals were unbelievable!

I've witnessed many videos of till get vocally loud but never to that extent & obviously a very powerful message of what he's expressing as it hits home definitely w/ alot of countries. 🎸⚡⚡⚡

I love that you waited until a new video to give your opinion, so many reaction channels are so fake about what have they heard for the first time, you keep it real and you give a honest opinion about what you think. Great song by Rammstein and great reaction video.

I was at their concert 2 days ago. The energy those guys bring upon you is just amazing. Like at the beginning of this video. You get chills at the moment the riffs start of. Sry for bad english

I love the multiple meanings that can be taken from the lyrics not just on this song but the whole album in general. once again my fellow germans have knocked it out of the park!!!!!🤘

Looking forward to this! 🤘🤘🤘Hopefully it doesn't get taken down, as I've heard that happens alot with the videos vs the live shows.

Man coming back from two Rammstein shows back to back, you really need to do a reaction to one of their live shows from the Stadium Tour. Just insane, production wise.

In the wise words of my father originally talking about a Ministry album, "Some of the best music comes out of bad politics" This will forever remain true

Some things to add for this song which i found interesting: The "schwarzer Mann" doublemeaning is really interesting here cause it means "boogeyman" on one hand and translated word by word it means "black man" --> Leading to an interpretation that depicts people with darker Skin/imigrants as the boogeyman. While the people who believe such things and spread their hate/fear are the real boogeyman which is beautifully displayed by till strapped in a straightjacket inducing the fear through the red cables. Furthermore i like how the whole video was filmed as black and white only the fear that was spreading to the people through the wires was red. At the End, as the TV broke and the image of the people in the barbed wire circle didnt exist anymore on the Horizon of thoughts for the people on the sofa, the color came back. From my point of view it supports a picture of the contrast in society or the superficiality and hypocrisy many people show towards imigrants. If they are far away they say "oh yeah i love a multicultural society look at me i am so woke." But if people then come as refugees or imigrants they are the first ones to pull out a gun at the border. On top of that i liked the detail with the snack at the and. These things are waffels with marshmallow fluff and chocolat glaze. In germany years ago these things were often referred to as "Negerkuss" which means "Negro kiss" in English. By now it changed to "Schaumkuss" "Foamkiss" for obvious reasons. For me this scene as drastic as it sounds depicts the western states feeding on the "Negros" as a critique on our western behaviour towards african people and cultures, robbing them from their ressources. One more thing which stood out to me was the "USA" References by adding the cheerleading girls aswell as the weapons and the Brick Walls they built in the beginning. Immediately i had to think about "Trumps Wall" at the Mexican Border and everything surrounding the BLM Protests. So its not specific about Germany but more The Western States in general. Mixing Germany as their personal Country of Heritage and experience plus the USA as the biggest and most influential example of Western Societys to depict these circumstances as a much more broad problem affection not only a specific State/Country. All in all a great song. I just love how Rammstein songs while you listen to them the Songs are just bangers but get elevated to another level and enriched with room to think about / interpretation if you watch the respective videos to it.

Tank! I love those Basic Ass Reactions with the "live" feel + chat! Keep it up

Great job Tank- always appreciate your honesty. I am so excited to see them again in the US in the fall!

For me tha scream in "Angst" and the part leading to that, sound a bit like the chorus in Puppe. Both give me chills.

Finally a Rammstein reaction From you can’t wait for it 🤘🤘🤘🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

Greetings from Germany. I agree. The sound goes a bit back to the roots and in this song i think it is really nice, i like the orchestral background too (like Mein Herz brennt), but i remembered the old albums like Herzeleid or Sehnsucht, and i absolutely appreciate it, because this were the albums i grew up with. Stay as you are, i like your videos, thumbs up!

Watched this when it dropped live - love these guys. Love the video and song - briliant!

Explanation about "black man" and "boogeyman": the lyrics mean both because as a child everyone was scared of the boogeyman and nowadays a few people (especially in Germany since the refugee crisis) are scared of black men who come to their country. It's like some Americans are scared of Mexicans who cross the border. Rammstein uses the boogeyman phrases because they're not related to racism just to explain the racism in the minds of those people. The computers & wires represent social media and how people are loosing theirselfes by moving deeper and deeper into the vortex of such mindsets and the reason for all of that are algorithms who show you even more of such fearful fake informations just to keep you in front of the screen and therefore as a customer of their services. In the end those slaves of obsession become "believers" who shoot each other until everything breaks apart.

Tank misspeaking and giving the year as still 2020 is a mood. 🤣 I haven't heard this track yet, though I've seen the videos for the other singles, so I'm experiencing this for the first time too as a long time Rammstein listener!

Love to see a true Rammstein Fan in the reaction genre!

Hey Tank, just wanted to let you know I do really enjoy your BAR videos a lot. A nice change of pace from your regular awesome content. Best wishes from Vienna, Austria!

they have always been so damn amazing from every standpoint but this new album seems to really be a story they are telling and feels like they are coming from the heart not only with lyrics but the ideas for the videos are so damn amazing.

omg I've waited way too long for this one! hype!

I love how Tank stops headbanging and wyling to the song cause the video/music catches him so much and often 😂😂❤️ Greetings from Germany 🤘

i agree withe you here it is sooo much back to the older days of Rammstein love it!

Fantastic reaction Tank, keep em pumpin'!

To be far Till has screamed or yelled like that a few times before. At the end of Heirate Mich, Puppe and at the end of Stein Um Stein. He doesn't do it often but when he does it's really powerful. He has this type of yell that's unique in a way without out it sounding like the typical death yells that so many have done already before. It just stands out on it's own, guess it helps that Till already has a unique voice.

Typisch Rammstein. Dafür liebe ich sie, für diese Härte was sie uns immer wieder da bieten 🤟🤟

i'm glad that you got to do a BAR of Rammstein's "Angst", fave track of the album and i'd dare put it on my top 20 fave Rammstein songs, that's how much i love it.

Always digging your reaction 🤘🤘

"Wer hat Angst vorm Schwarzen Mann?" is a game played by bigger groups of children, usually in schoolyards and the like, all over Germany since the middle ages. One child plays the 'black man' and stands opposite all the other children with some space between them. The child askes : "Who is afraid of the black man?" The others collectively answer "nobody". The child asks: "And what do you do when he comes?" and the others answer "we run!" Then everyone runs towards the 'black man' while the black man runs towards the others and tries to 'catch' them. Every child that is touched becomes part of the 'black man's' side and now has to catch others as well. The goal is to escape the growing number of catchers and make it to the other side of the field. Scholars aren't quite sure about the origin of this play but the most widely accepted thesis is that the 'black man' represented death and the play itself resulted from and acted as a warning of the Black Death. Every child/person that is being touched by the Black Death becomes infectious and can in turn infect others. The term "Schwarzer Mann" can be found in many literary sources and often refers to Death or the Devil. In other words it's a personification of everything that makes us afraid. The way Rammstein use the term here is quite effective in my opinion. Politicians, media and capitalism have been working together to extinguish people's fear within (a community) while directing it to something outside (we have to do this and that to keep you safe, you have to buy this and that to be safe from what is OUT there.) Just think about building walls and fences to keep other people outside - why don't people argue about their other use of keeping people INSIDE? I have no idea whatsoever if this was the intention behind the video, but what I see when I see the band members, all separated behind their walls, shooting at the televisions is them reclaiming their fears. It pretty much says: Stop being afraid of what other people tell you to fear (especially people you don't know and who have an agenda in doing so) and start being afraid of how easily you are manipulated. All of this can be easily translated onto the two major issues that concern society today. While the video puts a bigger focus on the topic of refugees, I think the use of 'Schwarzer Mann' is almost certainly used as a double metaphor that plays with the original meaning and modern understanding of the term "black" as a description of people (and no, "black" has not always been the term to describe people of African ancestry. To name one other example: In the renaissance it was used for people with dark hair and had a religious connotation - the blackness of the soul mirrored in a person's appearance)

love the basic ass reactions! you can upload more of them and clip it from the stream

Best live band i ever seen, will see them live again in Prague this coming sunday!

The lyrics are always as smart and sick as the music, i feel blessed to understand them 🙂✌️. Also, so far, i haven't seen a reaction, where someone recognized the sampling of the islandic football chant...😁✌️

I was born in 1961 and from the age of 6 my parents said every evening, if you are not good the black man will get you this night

One of the OG bands that got me into metal

A band you know is not going to let you down with a new video/album 🤘 love it,that riff with the gun shot sound behind is just so nice,Ramm, Bloodywood and the new upcoming slipknot it's a good year for music.

Great reaction bro! Best regards from Germany 🤘🏻

That scream at the end always gives me chills. I love that I get chills from music.I keep telling my wife Rammstein reminds me of Type-O-Negative.. I get chills from them too!!

I knew it, I saw the thumbnail than I thought I know that guy from some other videos but which one was it, now I remember, it was from the Electric (Eskimo) Callboy Reactions Nice video man

I subscribed because of this reaction!! Don't let your knowledge of the band and songs prevent you from doing other reactions to introduce others to RAMMSTEIN...this album is legitimately one of if not their best...Thanks for the great reaction

This music video had a surreal meaning for me; being in and out of hospitals and struggling with trying not to build walls and staying anger. The absorption of media is also there. Rammstein means a lot to me! Very great band, and literally eye opening if you relate to ANY of their songs. Helped me inflect, at least.

You know a song is good whenever he takes his cap off. Love u Tank 🖤

ok we all know if you throw your cap away the song is damn good god i love your reaction when you start head banging cause i know you like this song please more of this🤘🤘🤘🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

This band offers amazing artistc content! Musically, lyrically and visually! Provocative and raw. I love them!

Wow, how did this not get pulled? Their songs are super secure

Nice reaction, cant wait to see them on Saturday in Leipzig

They are so amazing... They are just having 3 concerts in Prague and although I live quite far away from the concert area, I honestly could hear the entire concert... Was sitting w a beer on my balcony and was just wishing I was there instead... :) but damn, they are loud as F :)

Thank you for doing normal reactions without faking the whole thing. Especially to my fav band of all time.

Dude that scream at the end gives me goosebumps every time

and another masterpiece from Rammstein!

Fun fact: Bryan Adams himself shot the photo for the album cover in Berlin. In the meantime, I've already watched a few videos from this, your series - and got stuck on them. You pull me along with your naturalness, friendly demeanor and childlike curiosity and fun with new music and videos - I like that very much. Keep it up

Nice reaction Tank, as always. Greetings from Germany :)

The world owes me a Rammstein concert, I can't believe it's their last album, Logan's song set my soul on fire

Es ist einfach ein geniales Video und ein geiler Song

Classic Rammstein. Exactly how I remember them sounding way back.

Sadly I miss all the twitch stuff. You should upload the twitch ones even tho they possibly get the flick eventually, might get a small chance to view what we miss if we can't get onto the twitch sessions. Unless of course you get flagged if you do copyright breaches or something to often. Sick work man, keep at it. Loving it

So cool to get your take since you've been following them since the 90s. I think the last time Till power screamed was in Weiner Blut

Brilliant song and video.

Tank you are the best reactor of the world ! thank you from a fan of germany. i give you a 11 of 10 points 😂😅

The breakdown gave me chills

A little research has shown that "Der schwarze Mann" is neither a dark-skinned man nor the boogeyman. The boogeyman probably goes back to the German Butzemann or has similarities. The "Der schwarze Mann" means, according to Wikipedia: "a dark shadowy figure or a man with black clothes". Basically, the fear itself. That's how I would interpret it.

at last u made this,

Bro i have same words . hardcore fan here and Zeit is legendary in my opinion

🤟🙌 all has been mentioned Here to Video ... Love that you Had to throw your cap and give a Bad ass headbanging... 🔥yeah

First reviewer who can actually pronounce the german titles! Well done.

Angst is honestly in my top 5 Rammstein songs, it's so damnes good

I hope we will see some more Rammstein reactions in the future!!! :))

The whole album is great, as expected.

First time I heard this song I was driving and right when I heard the real Viking chant I knew immediately my drive to Macdonald’s was going to be intense.

I have absolutely nothing with this album.. but even in the most poppy rammstein have become,they still can't miss ...

Rammstein fan since 95. An Aussie soldier posted to Germany. I’m now 60. My grandkids love them to.

Hey Tank, might be a long one, but you being a roadie and all, I think you should do a reaction to the stadium set up videos that Rammstein put out a few years ago for their stadium world tour, the stage setup they're using this time around is insane

Angst is in my top 5 favourite Rammstein songs !

At the end where Til smashes the TV with the mower, it goes from straight black and white to a bit more colour with every strike. It's more noticeable with the red. I think that's the metaphor for everything on TV these days is so black and white and by removing it from your life, then everything around you appears how it should be.

If you haven't listened to the full album yet, I hope you'll react to songs like Giftig & Lügen. Also "Dicke Titten" is most likely getting a music video soon.

they go hard

the new Album of Rammstein is the best of all time

You are one of the most "true reactor". Respect. Forgive my English, i'm from Belarus...