Sonne is a good representation of their catalogue. It's a combination of their heaviness and their ability to create beautiful music. If there can only be one song to define Rammstein, that's a good choice.
Sonne is actually not a Rammstein song but a commissioned work. Vitali Klitschko's management wanted a new song for the march to the ring. However, "Sonne" was too hard for them, so they decided on Highway to Hell. The lyrics of Sonne only really make sense when you know that "Sonne" means Klitschko.
Honestly, Rammstein is one of those bands that just keeps getting better and more refined with age. Deutschland is an incredible song and the video (which I know isn't what we discuss here) rivals any great movie. Ich Tu Dir Weh is still my favorite, but Sonne and Deutschland are very close behind.
Deutschland, and its controversy, is easily Rammsteins greatest work to date. The lyrics, the history... From my family history, I appreciate the acceptance and the demonstration of what the German people endured.
@@TheErazar live work at their level of overall performance is absolutely exhausting, Alice Coopers once said “look, you either sing or you perform if you’re smart. It takes a special breed of idiot like me to try and do both to any degree of sanity and it more than doubles the work on your body, appreciate that and look after yourself always.” (He was commenting on the use of drugs and alcohol and how although he has done those things he would never recommend it but he also wanted to clarify that you will always get a better vocal performance from someone that is just standing there singing, not doing a whole performance at the same time)
Ollie + Schneider together are epic. Both easily at the top of rock bassists & drummers. Those 2 slay the recent concert intro track Was Ich Leibe. Rumor that Till is shy doesn't fit with his off-stage persona but Ollie keeps himself to himself.
So glad to see Rammstein here. Rammstein is a great band, and their lyrics are like dark 19th century poems about 21th century people. The Ohne Dich piano cover was played on my wedding when we put the ring on, not many guests realized it was an industrial metal song. :D
gonna see them this september, after the show was delayed for a year! gonna be my first post covid show i am pretty sure. itll be my first rammstein show too. so excited
@@gunderd2 Absolutely. I am from East Germany myself. I was just trying to be technically correct, as there is a bank holiday called “Day of Liberation” (8 May).
This song is, content wise, absolutly a live number: it literally says "can you hear me" to the audience, and they respond. But still, there is a possible deeper meaning, in that "I want you to understand me" and "I don't understand you" can be interpreted more than simply sonically, especially as the band was really divisive in the public eye for a long time... They always work with complicated meanings and wordplay a lot.
I assume the song is about politicians or people in power. Basically when they sing: versteht ihr mich? (do you (plural) understand me?) and then: ich verstehe Euch nicht (I dont understand you) is a representation of the level of caring for others from those in power. The song is also about the things people in power want others to believe (insinuations), their cynical aspirations. They people in the background say in the end of the song: auf jeden Fall, which means "by all means"
I think Till said this song was about him trying to come to terms with fame, the idea that thousands of people are showing up to see your silly little show, people singing the lyrics but do they really understand what you are trying to say.
@@WeTheJourney "We want you to trust us, we want you to believe everything from us, we want to see your hands, we want to go down in applause....yeah" You're correct, politicians, media, those with power etc. After the crowd responds with "We understand you" his response from the perspective of those in power is "We don't understand you."
"Deutschland" it' s a MUST. They took their sound to.another level. And i recomend taking a look at the lyrics and video as well, it's an absolute trip
Absolutely. Especially the video version with the intro of Jóhann Jóhannsson. But the rest of the record was quite disappointing. Sorry to say that, especially for myself.
Welcome to another army my friend. Where to start? - spiel mit mir - du riechst so gut - der meister - Engel - eifersucht - mein herz brennt - sonne All from the first 3 albums (1995, 1997, 2001). To me the best Era. And yeah you can call this industrial metal. This lyrics live form a conversation between Till Lindeman and the audience, answering and repeating each other.
I know since you're a "decomposer", you're generally gunna focus on studio versions of songs. But def check out these guys live shows. Not saying make a reaction (even thought thatd be cool too), but these guys are arguably the best live performers on the planet. And that's not an exaggeration.
+1 to the comments saying look up lyrics and translations. There's some very good German youtubers who do videos that are Rammstein song translations aimed at English speaking audiences going over the subtle contexts and cultural connotations they sit in. Know you're typically not a lyric guy but it's worth it. Part of what makes this band so special is their storytelling ability lyrically, in their music videos, and live in concert. They sit right on the border of music group and performance art troupe and it's amazing. Fair warning, the content can be fairly macabre, but it's done so in a fascinatingly alluring way. Highly highly recommend you pick a song and dive into its translation, music video, and concert performances to really get a sense of the full scope of the "vision" of Rammstein.
What I like about Rammstein is that they never had the idea of doing lyrics in English - to possibly make the big international success even bigger. That's pretty genuine.
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The most visually stunning rock band live on this planet. The end. Add the music and ambience, and it's a sensory overload. Their videos are amazing as well. Kind of in their own category. And amazing...
I was looking for someone that said it before I would. Till (the lead singer) is a professional Pyrotechnician. Plus it's incredible what this guys can do while playing their instruments and singing. I'm pretty sure it was this song that the keyboardist runs on a treadmill the whole time.
To be honest, this band is one of the rare exceptions that you want to find live versions. Not only is it musically/instrumentally superior, but the "show" is unbeatable in terms of presence and pyro/lighting/fx
OH boy. Nice that you've discovered Rammstein. Other great songs are: Du hast , Sonne, Mann gegen Mann, buchstabieren (really heavy song) .... And so much more. I love them. Always straight forward industrial metal. Please do more reaction in them. The singer is actually a poet.
Man, I love your breakdowns, and this band. This song is about stage fright, something the singer, Till Lindemann, struggles with. In the call and response part he asks the audience "can you hear me" "can you see me" "can you feel me" and they answer "we hear/see/feel you", but the last line is "I don't understand you". Great song.
Hello i am new on this Chanel, i am from germany and i am a big fan of Rammstein ! I love this song, this band have so many very good songs, i hope you hear more songs from Rammstein ! Greatings from germany ❤
Their song Deutschland is a must. Great first choice though with Ich Will. Also, get yourself a RU-vid ad blocker plugin to your web browser, then you wont have to worry about ads coming up, not that it's usually an issue or was here :)
I've been watching so many different "Reaction" channels for music and they all have some gimmicky stunts they pull during the reaction, but This guy is legit the only one I can stand. Great Job Sir!
dude I wish you were my producer. you clearly know what youre talking about and also clearly have such a strong love and passion for music. You just seem like such a genuinely nice guy and have such rad positive energy. In my dreams id come record an album with you in HI
When I watched your Marilyn Manson video, I knew Rammstein was around the corner. Very happy to see your take on the band that defined my teenage years.
Love your content man!! For those who are wondering, most of the higher synth sounds Rammsteins keyboardist uses are from a MicroKorg. Fantastic arpeggio arrangement and a timeless sound. For a keyboard that's like 40 cm long, it packs ALOT of power!
I'd give anything to hear Rammstein for the first time again. I was 11 when I heard it the first time as it started to get popular. Now all I hear is "yep... That's Rammstein. For the 9 000 000th time."
Absolutely! I remember exactly when I watched Sonne's video on TV in the middle of the night and was completely blown away. I bought Mutter as soon as I could and from the first seconds in knew I was into something amazing.
Rammstein was the best live performance I ever saw. So much fire but my favorite part was when the keyboardist was put on a leash with a ball gag, walked like a dog and put into a bathtub. Till from above shot a bunch of fireworks into the bathtub and then the keyboardist came out of the tub in a full glitter suit. He then proceeded to play the entire rest of the show while walking on a treadmill.
The singer and bassist for Type O Negative was Peter Steele. Type O has been one of my all time favorite bands. I agree, Till Lindemann has that same character to his lower registry as well. Rammstein is a literal juggernaut in Germany, Austria, and they have quite a large following world wide, even amongst those who are not speakers of German. Their music and messages, as well as their spectacular live shows have been instrumental in carrying them to world wide popularity. I would be absolutely thrilled if you decomposed more Type O, as well as Rammstein! To get a greater feel for Rammstein and what brought them together to be able to create the music they do, dig into their history. Almost all of the members were brought up in East Berlin, behind the Iron Wall. Have a great day.... it's been such fun watching your videos!
They have a funny history since two of the members played funpunk from the late 80s to the early 90s in a band named Feeling B ("Ich such die DDR"). In that time there was a really interesting growing underground music-scene in the late GDR (other examples Sandow, Die Art, Die Skeptiker, AG Geige, Freunde der italienischen Oper). Feeling B and the beginnings of Rammstein in the mid-90s are parts of the documentaries "Flüstern & Schreien" (Wispering & Screaming).
Rammstein calls their style "Tanz Metal" "Ich Will" translates to "I Want" and the song lyrics, to me, demonstrates the addiction to attention and idolization among many performers and most politicians
Following up on your most recent reactions… Requesting: Sigur Ros: Hopipola Rammstein: Deutschland and a random one in the vein of Sigur Ros: The Album Leaf: The Outer Banks
Thank you for the reaction. Subscribed, and checked out as many of the comments as I could. I'm a big Rammstein fan and unfortunately I need to do a big info dump here -- they are actually one of the biggest, highest grossing rock bands in the world, and their 2019 Stadium Tour used one of the largest stages ever constructed for a rock concert. It also (unfortunately to the other commenters) makes their pre-2019 live shows, such as the Paris shows, essentially obsolete. Here is the critical information: The Rammstein 2019 tour was the second highest grossing tour in the world of non-English language acts, behind only Korean “K-pop” band “BTS”. In Europe they were just behind Metallica and Ed Sheeran in TOTAL receipts: Sheeran; $147.63 million; Metallica $135.56 million; Rammstein; $131.26 million. Despite only playing 31 shows in Europe, for the 2019 WORLD WIDE all-languages category of “Rock Groups”, they were #3 behind ONLY the Rolling Stones and Metallica, and IN FRONT OF: Fleetwood Mac, KISS, Bon Jovi, U2, and the Eagles (in that order), and of all musical genres in all languages world wide, 4th in the world after only the above three “Rock” groups plus BTS, and WORLD WIDE were AHEAD of: ALL COUNTRY performers (#1 Garth Brooks $78.29 million; #2 Eric Church $70.67 million; #3 Florida Georgia Line $52.43 million, and #4 Carrie Underwood $51.86 million); ALL POP GROUPS (#2 Arashi $115.35 million; #3 Jonas Brothers $109.87 million; #4 Backstreet Boys $101.36 million) and ALL HIP HOP groups: (#1; Eminem $42.82 million; #2 Drake $33.88 million, etc.). Finally, the Rammstein Stadium Tour was shortlisted for the _Total Productions International trade association_ group’s prestigious “ *Live Production of the Year 2020 Award* ”. Presented in London, England, February 24, 2020 (1,700 in attendance; Black Tie only), this annual awards event recognizes excellence in all facets of concert production, including stage design, stage lighting, sound quality, power tech, crowd security, transportation technology, as well as the managers and management companies of individual tours. The other nominees for "Production of the Year" were: the Chemical Brothers, Marco Borsato, Muse, Stormzy, and Take That. The award was ultimately won by Stormzy, headlining “The Glastonbury Show”, June 28, 2019 (audience of approx. 135,000). The stage Rammstein used for this tour is one of the four largest ever constructed in the world , along with: U2's 2008 "360 Tour" "Claw" stage, Taylor Swift's "Snake" Tour stage, and the Rolling Stones most recent tour stage. The band released a completely separate time-lapse video just of the _construction_ of the stage, taken over the 6-days it takes, filmed when they set up for their first show at the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden, Germany, June 12, 2019. This is at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JgGuRKgvWQ4.html. It has a respectable number of 10,063,739 views just on its own, as of today. The average ticket price on tour was US$101.34. The largest attendance at a single show was 72,367, June 22, 2019, Olympiastadion, Berlin. The number of shows with more than 50,000 persons in attendance was _nine_ . The best overall VIDEOS of the 2019 Stadium concert series are by RU-vid uploader “Rammstein Live by TheKeyboardfucker”. He has done fantastic work and all Rammstein followers should congratulate him and thank him for his efforts - it is virtually pro-shot and is in Anamorphic cinema format. Do not be offended by the name ("K-Bd-Fu"). It is a "pun" or translation twist from the title of the autobiographic book written by the keyboard player for Rammstein, Flake Lorenz. In GERMAN the title is written as "Der Tastenficker". The complete title, from publishers Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, reads: "Der Tastenficker - An was ich mich so erinnern kann". It is 352 pages and you can purchase a copy from the Rammstein Shop for 14.99 Euros. (The person behind "K-Bd-Fu" is ALSO a keyboard player, that is why he is attracted to Flake). As for recommended videos to watch, all of KBF's are good. I would recommend these: 1) "Rammstein" at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6IuGu_-K7gQ.html. Spectacular, pro-shot video showing off their new stage and effects. 2) "Du Hast", always a popular choice, at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PLr9YRGIyXk.html. 3) "Ohne Dich", a soft, romantic song that Till wrote himself, at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yBLd6RG-Xsk.html. Pans the stadium to show their massive, 60,000 plus crowd. 4) He has a video of the famous "Deutschland" performance, but it is blocked on RU-vid so you have to go to his Vimeo page. But well worth the effort (I have found on other posts that if I include the URL here RU-vid will block my comment). Any or all of these would be great! Thanks again for the reaction, and keep well ... T.C.
Awesome! I never occured to me that you had not checked Rammstein until now. Glad you did it and Ich Will is a killer track! Just for you the band's name is pronounced: "Rammsh-tine" (like in words such as: nine, fine, line, ....). Whenever you have time to get to them: Dir En Grey - Vinushka Keep up the great work mate!
I've been to over 400 shows and festivals in the past couple of decades, and let me tell you: Rammstein is in my top three most incredible live shows. Words can't describe their stage production and performance. Top notch. 💪
This gave me so much joy to listen to. I remember being 13 years old kid bicycling and listening Ich Will from my walkmans, like what, 20 years ago? It's so refreshing to hear someone with musician skills appreciating the song for the first time.
Yay!!! You got around to Rammstein. Big thing about these guys though is that you absolutely have to watch their LIVE videos/shows. You're totally missing the magic of the band if you watch the music videos or just listen to recordings. I promise that you won't regret it.
I'm glad this showed up in my recommendations! It's the first time I've watched your content and I chalk the recommendation up to being a big Rammstein fan and watching lots of other music reaction videos! Some of my favorite Rammstein songs that I would like to see you decompose are Sonne, Mein Herz Brennt and Reise, Reise.
The "0 negative" band is Type 0 Negative. :-) The singer you mean is/was the late Peter Steele. Glad you finally found Rammstein. Sonne is really one of their best songs! Also want to mention "Du riechst so gut", but any recommended song really is fine! Thank you for reacting!
I’m stoked that you got to Rammstein. They’re awesome. Good songs to do when you come back around to them: - Du Reischt So Gut - Seemann - Du Hast, Engel, Spiel Mit Mir, Alter Mann - Sonne & Mein Herz Brennt - there’s a strings version and an album version of Mein Herz Brennt, do the album version - Benzin, Keine Lust, Mein Teil, Stein um Stein - Mann Gegen Mann, Rosenrot, Hilf Mir - Rammlied, Fruhling In Paris, B******* - Deutschland Enjoy my guy! Awesome to see that the intro’s back too!
Another one of my favorite bands!! Their best songs imo are Deutschland, Links 2 3 4, Mein Herz Brennt, Rammstein and Du riechst so gut. That said they are full of amazing songs and riffs. Great video.
YESSSSS... This is my favorite Rammstein track, and it's absolutely fantastic. The music video that goes with it is incredible as well. There are so many great Rammstein tracks that you can listen to from here.
@@RicardoFradique only problem was that I sold my floor tickets to a friend and the seats I won ended up being pretty high up... still a great night. nearly 25 years ago.. wow. typing that just now... wow.
These guys have been around since the mid 90s and are still releasing absolute bangers. Two of their recent (well recent-ish, 2019) singles, Deutschland and Radio, are amazing. Also the band name is (roughly) pronounced Rum-shtine/Rahm-shtine, with a trill on the R for added effect.
You have to explain to english speaking people ( who dont understand other people do speak other languages) in terms they understand: Ramm - like the beverage rum St - like sh in shit T Ei - like I (first person) N
Yes Rammstein is considered industrial metal. So happy to see you getting to them, their catalog is amazing. And the other band you were thinking of was Type O Negative 🤘🏻
"Radio" and "Du Hast" 2 of my favs by Rammstein you should definitely check 1 if not both. Like your work keep it up, wishing you wellness from the eastern side of Canada 🇨🇦😀👍
Sonne is great however my favorite is still Mein Herz Brennt! Thanks for reviewing. I love watching these. A few other bands that I would love you to review are: Soilwork- Spectrum of Eternity Dimmu Borgir- progenies of the great apocalypse Mors Principium est- Apprentice of Death. All fun songs😊
All the recommendations you received are great. Especially live stuff. You probably heard them in the past through Du Hast. And you were probably corrected on the pronunciation of their name (kinda like RUM-SHTINE). So all I’ll add is kick ass and please do more of their stuff. :)
I have never thought to compare Til Lindemann's voice to that of Pete Steele (RIP) from Type O Negative. Good observation, both very rich and of course DEEP! ❤
Absolutely this is what they call Industrial Metal. As its best, I'd say. Rammstein (Oomph! among others, to stay in Germany) are involved in the birth of the genre. And it's pronounced something like RAM-SHTAIN ( ˈʀamʃtaɪ̯n ) :D
Rammstein got their inspiration from Oomph! they were around before they got together. There is an interview that one of the guitarists did for RadioGoethe.de and spoke about it.
@@acougarscub I know I know, that's why I cited them as one of the "founders" :) Even if, at the beginning of their career, there was slight less metal and a lot more of electronic in their music.
I found it hilarious when you were slapping your fist down on your hand to represent your point of the music because if you ever see them live ... and you really should because they are quite possibly the greatest live entertainers ever you will see the lead singer regularly doing that exact motion into his knee in time with the music. Rammstein always remind me of the old joke - If French is the language of Love then German is the language of hate - there's a sense of anger and aggression inherent in the guttural nature of the language that lends itself to this style.
There is a one "thumb down"? Boo!!! Geebz - keep rocking on man!!! You are the best decomposer! I would qualify this as industrial rock, especially since that was their roots in the 90s. Music transcends language, much like math is the universal language. Hope that makes sense.
