Rammstein - Deutschland (Official Video) | FIRST LISTEN | Reaction 

I'm from Germany so let 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 most 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. 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. Next vignette the office scene showing east Germany and west Germany reunited (1989). 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. Next vignette is the witch burnings shifting to the book burning. If you have a close look, at minute @ 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. 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 helping (dressed in red) a new Germany being born. At minute @ 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 to 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 completed 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 1989. 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. It's complicated. With love from Germany 🤘 😎

A lot of people do not understand the scenes with the dogs. This breed of dogs are not German Shepards, but Leonberger. This breed of dog narrowly escaped extinction during the First and Second World Wars and is symbolic of the German people, whose existence was also strongly threatened in those wars - both now have a second existential chance. The whole Video will understand only Historians and Germans and these people also have to watch the video several times. The song is about the ambivalent relationship of Rammstein and many Germans to their country, because of the violent and cruel history with extensive human crimes, especially in recent history. Therefore the video features various events from German history, including Roman times, the Middle Ages, witch hunting and burning, Protestant Reformation, the November Revolution, the "Golden Twenties" and hyperinflation, Nazi book burnings, the Hindenburg disaster, the First and Second World Wars, the Holocaust, the Weimar Republic, the Red Army Fraction (violent anti-capitalist terror alliance of young people and students against Nazis in high state and economy positions in post-war Germany), and the division of the country into West and East Germany including the Uprising June 17 in East Germany. The black woman represents Germany, sometimes as a victim, but mostly as a perpetrator. With her black skin she is also a provocation to all stupid racists The Holocaust was for this reason the greatest human crime because it was the first industrially organized mass murder in human history, by a country that was culturally at its highest point at this time in the world and called itself the country of poets and thinkers. But it is precisely the high cultural and scientific level of Germany that unfortunately caused others to be viewed as subhuman who can be killed without pity, just like animals. Seeing other people as inferior has always brought a lot of suffering to people

Hard to beat Sonne in my book, but Deutchland gives us both. Masters of ART.

Solch ein Musikvideo in dieser Qualität hat es bis jetzt, so noch nicht gegeben. Das wäre doch sicher schon einen Grammy wert gewesen, oder? Da fragt man sich schon zu recht, was deren Kriterien bei der Vergabe sind. Meine Hochachtung für diese Meisterleistung !! Ich habe schon sehr viele Reaction Videos davon gesehen. Alle waren von der Qualität und der Machart dieses Videos sehr angetan.

Song and video are a masterpiece.

Hi Pandora, Glad you liked the song. German is my first language (I'm Austrian) - so as a native pls let me explain as concise as possible many of the hidden symbols and meanings in this great song: In advance - please apologize the mistakes that I have certainly made as English is not my first language :-) Before I go through it just some general remarks: the black lady’s persona in the video is “Germania” and she represents Germany (the nation / the people) and in many scenes where she appears the colors black, red and gold (colors of the German flag) are dominant. The video as well as the lyrics are a critical review on Germany’s history. Main scenes of the video: The first scene with the roman soldiers refers to the battle of Teutoburg forest, the first time the German tribes untied under Arminius against the Romans and ambushed them on their march back to their winter camp + completely annihilated several legions - the Romans would never return and fortify at the Rhine - this could be seen as the birth of the German identity (the scene actually dates to the aftermath of the battle - the battle itself was in 9 A.D. but in 16 A.D the Romans launched a last yet unsuccessful attack to subdue the Germanic Tribes East of the Rhine) The red laser beams throughout the video I think are guiding thread (German expression “roter Faden”" translates to “red thread” and translates to guiding principle / guideline of a story) When Germania (black lady) in golden armor (black red gold as main colors of the scene pushes the standard into the ground she raises all the dead medieval knights - a reference to the strength of the German people who recovered time after time throughout history from catastrophes (especially, but not only) in the middle ages (crusades, Hunnic invasion, plague, etc.) - the additional meaning I think is the fact that German people several times followed their countries call for War - even if they were already beaten up (e.g. after WWI going into WWII) Next scene (fistfight) is from the roaring twenties, the period between the two world wars where upper class society was decadent on the backs of ordinary people + entertainment industry was born. Next scene shows the Hindenburg disaster (famous German Airship which blew up in flames) during a time of growing industrialization 1930s. Next Scene is from the communist elite in Eastern Germany who was indulging in party and Champaign while ordinary people were poor and the main idea of communism should be equality of the people. Then the scene in the middle ages - where the monks (representing the church) feast on Germania (the land) and suppress the common folk (underneath the table). The scene in the prison again refers to the roaring twenties, as Germania is dressed in a Prussian uniform suppressing the German people / brought them to their knees (Prussia led them into WWI). Additionally money is thrown away by everybody, a reference to the big inflation in Germany after WWI. Then the rockets (Nazi Germany was working on the first warfare rockets called V1 and V2 (V standing for “Vergeltung” which translates to "retaliation" - fitting to the picture with the rockets, the lyrics are an alliteration on “über” a german pre-syllable/prefix meaning "over". “Überheblich (overbearing / presumptuous), Überlegen (superior) Übernehmen (taking over), Übergeben (handing over), überraschen (surprise), Überfallen (ambush), „Deutschland, Deutschland über allen“ (Germany, Germany above everyONE). The line „Deutschland, Deutschland über alleN“ (Germany above everyONE) is a reference to one of the verses of former national anthem of Germany which was in use from 1922 to 1945 and got excluded after WW2 for being too nationalistic. In this verse there was a line “Deutschland, Deutschland über alleS“ (a subtle difference to the line in Rammstein’s version translating to “Germany, Germany above everyTHING”). The actual verse with this line was already written in 1842, long before the formation of Germany as a Nation (which only happened in 1871) - therefore “Germany, Germany above everything” was relating to the importance of uniting the several German mini-states, kingdoms and Duchies into one nation. After WWI this verse got taken into the national anthem of Germany as it spoke to the patriotism of the German people but later officially excluded from the anthem since it was deemed too nationalistic. Today this verse/line is generally frowned upon and would be associated with Neo-Nationalism. Using this line in the scene with the concentration camps including the subtle change from “Germany above everyTHING” (which has already the nationalistic connotation) to “Germany above everyONE” which carries an even more nationalistic / racist meaning is a very clever double-reference to the doctrine of racial supremacy in the Third Reich. The Concentration camp prisoners have symbols sewn on their jackets for the groups the Nazis hunted and killed (these symbols were used in the concentration camps to "label" prisoners for their "crimes" (yellow star for Jews, Pink triangle for Homosexuals, red symbol for political adversaries (communists). Germania is on the side of the Nazis and has an eyepatch (representing the blind eye that many Germans turned on the atrocities of the Nazi regime). The Scene where Till is dressed as a woman refers to the left wing terrorist group called “Rote Armee Fraktion” - a terrorist association in the 1970s responsible for several political assassinations and murders as well as a famous kidnapping of German Diplomats in Stockholm. Then there is the scene with the stake at which books are burned by the Nazis and people are burned by the church (inquisition). Later the monk (church) and the Nazi soldier hug (as the church did not go against the Nazis when they came to power and both organizations were responsible for a lot of intolerance and suffering in their times. The scene where Germania is dressed in white with a Halo I think refers to the positive, the strength of the German people who recovered time after time from several catastrophic disasters in their history. Later she gives birth to puppies representing the German people. The puppies are from a rare breed of dogs (Leonbergers) who’s population got almost extinct in both world wars (symbolized with the dogs wearing gas masks) but recovered after the wars. In these scenes the band members wear space suits - in my view a reference to the (hopefully) better future of the German people. In the very last scene of the outro you can once more see Germania with national colors (black, red gold) with black lipstick, red eyes and golden armor before a red/ black background holding an eagle, the heraldic symbol of Germany. Finally, please find below the lyrics of the song as the perfectly convey the message of the problematic relationship many Germans have to their homeland, wanting to be proud of it but not being able to due to it’s difficult history: One further remark to one of the more important lines of the lyrics: The line in this song "So jung und doch so alt" (So young and yet so old) refers to the fact that the German people and a certain common identity have been around for thousands of years, however the actual state of Germany as a nation was only founded very late (1871) thorough the unification of several mini states (Prussia, Hessia, Saxonia, Bavaria, etc.) Here now the lyrics (copied from the internet): [Verse 1] You (You have, you have, you have, you have) Have cried a lot (Cried, cried, cried, cried) Separated in spirit (Separated, separated, separated, separated) United in heart (United, united, united, united) We (We are, we are, we are, we are) Have been together for so long (You are, you are, you are, you are) Your breath's cold (So cold, so cold, so cold, so cold) The heart in flames (So hot, so hot, so hot, so hot) You (You can, you can, you can, you can) I (I know, I know, I know, I know) We (We are, we are, we are, we are) You (You stay, you stay, you stay, you stay) [Chorus] Germany - my heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - your breath's cold So young, and yet so old Germany! [Verse 2] I (You have, you have, you have, you have) I never want to leave you (You cry, you cry, you cry, you cry) One can love you (You love, you love, you love, you love) And want to hate you (You hate, you hate, you hate, you hate) Presumptuous, superior Take over, hand over/puke Surprise, invade Germany, Germany above everything [Chorus] Germany - my heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - your breath is cold So young, and yet so old Germany - your love Is a curse and a blessing Germany - my love I can't give you Germany! Germany! [Bridge] You I We All of you You (superior/overpowering, unnecessary) I (Übermenschen (translates to “superior humans” - a term the Nazis implicitly used for themselves as the calles other races “Untermenschen” - translating to “inferior humans”), weary) We (The higher you climb, the further you fall) You (Germany, Germany above everything) [Chorus] Germany - your heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - my breath's cold So young, and yet so old Germany - your love Is a curse and blessing Germany - my love I can't give you Germany!

There are not many songs where the lyrics are of such an importance like with this song. Although they do not explain the scenes, but what it is all about. A very important song: We are nowadays not responsible for what has happened, but we are responsible to keep the memories alive and to protect history to repeat. Greetings from Germany

The way you read the lyrics gave me goosebumps. Great reaction, greetings from Deutschland.

Again great reaction, l think ones you understand Rammstein's songs, then you now a lot more about History and Life.

such videos appear once every 10 years. the video and the song complement each other perfectly.

Yes continue going down the rammstein rabbit hole. So many good songs to react to.

Awesome reaction love it, it's such a potent song in today's society and very moving. When the piano version of sonne comes on it's so sad, the history of Germany and the way mankind is to each other. Greed Power and Distruction.👍❤️🔥🎸🎤

Great Reaction ❤ next Donaukinder

Welcome to two thousand years of our history! We are all victims and perps! The sooner we recognize that, the sooner we change!

Who else had the music playing in their heads as she was going through the translation?

What I like very much: your feelings shown in your face so truely

German history storytelling in a differnet way from Rammstein! Great reaction! Greetings from Germany

Very helpful . One of the best explanation and comments I ever have read on RU-vid concerning a music video.

Best ... Reaction ... Ever!

Hello from Germany. RAMMSTEIN, RAMMSTEIN 🇩🇪🇺🇸😎🤟

The entry scene takes place several years after the Roman defeat in the Teuteburg forest. The Roman legionary with a bandaged head is Flavius, the younger brother of Arminius, the victor of the battle and "national hero". He was fighting on the Roman side. The head the black Germania cuts off the body is NOT the head of a Roman, but the one of Arminius. This symbolises the birth of Deutschland: It started as a war amoung brothers, one in favour and one against Rome. Throughout the clip the theme of brother war is constant. As is the the contrast between positive and negative. Astronauts are featured as well as the V2 rocket of WW2, which is the mother of civil space flight as well as nuclear ICBMs. In one of the first scenes a crippled Germania is roled in a wheel chair through the burning holocaust memorial in Berlin. The film is so full of symbols, even snowwhite is included! (The glass coffin put into space).

schön Vorgetragen ^-^

A short outline of the german history 2000 years. The love and hate for there own country. love your reaction btw 😍

i wait every day new rammstein/reaction video from you... ty . BTW like your videos a lot.

I absolutely appreciate you watched the whole credits with the piano version of "Sonne"

Toll

Nice Song, nice Video, nice Lady🌹. Wünsche dir weiterhin viel Erfolg mit deinem Kanal💪🏻😎👍🏻

Excellent 👍

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

I love the way you're reacting to Rammstein! Thank you. You should definitely check out "Mein Herz brennt" in the original and the piano version. They are both great! Till's voice in the piano version is just beyond this world :)

😍 your reaction

Watching you reaction with reading lyrics at the beginning, watching the video and analyzing it, is just like a fresh air these days. Thank you Pandora :) Would recommend you to watch & listen to "Finger five death punch - when the season change" or maybe some other song: "Wrong Side of Heaven", "Wash It All Away", "My Nemesis". Have a great day!

Best first reaction, your face during the intro lol. Excited and suspicious 🤣🤣. More Metal please. No one does Skunk Anansie, a popular band in the UK and Europe. Loke Rammstein, respected. Anansie do a few good tunes as singles but also a "live in london" which every track is amazing. Skin, the Singer, is one of the best you'll hear live.

I get to see them in concert finally in Sept!!

Ich liebe Rammstein 😍💞 please react to more Rammstein 💖

Your commentary is how I feel about 'Weiner Blut.' It's such a horrific true story but the performance of it at Wacken Festival is so good I get that guilty pleasure.

till lindeman, how he stands on the gallows in the concentration camp and says: I can't give you my love (Meine Liebe kann ich dir nicht geben).. It breaks my German heart so much! I think it's nice that many people look and try to understand... but you can only understand everything if you were born where you were born.

Thx....i switched from my old ps4 to my schiddi phone. But i like your content. 8)

your reactions are very valuable because they are full of emotions.. another beautiful rammstein song is "mein herz brennt" by rammstein.. I would be happy if you listen to this song too

Wow....

RAMMSTEIN BEST METAL °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°

No one notices the bodies hung in the trees at the start.

Rammstein has always the deep or shocking lyrics and the shocking performance. Wiener Blut, MeinTeil or Bück Dich. This are stories and performances which you can‘t really enjoy but totally fits to the story.

Rammstein 🔝❤🔥

Ohh tu parles français ?j'aime bcp tes réactions sur Rammstein !! Tu es adorable et très jolie ;)

Here the lyrics in english: You (You have, you have, you have, you have) Have cried a lot (Cried, cried, cried, cried) Separated in spirit (Separated, separated, separated, separated) United in heart (United, united, united, united) We (We are, we are, we are, we are) Have been together for so long (You are, you are, you are, you are) Your breath's cold (So cold, so cold, so cold, so cold) The heart in flames (So hot, so hot, so hot, so hot) You (You can, you can, you can, you can) I (I know, I know, I know, I know) We (We are, we are, we are, we are) You (You stay, you stay, you stay, you stay) Germany - my heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - your breath's cold So young, and yet so old Germany! I (You have, you have, you have, you have) I never want to leave you (You cry, you cry, you cry, you cry) One can love you (You love, you love, you love, you love) And want to hate you (You hate, you hate, you hate, you hate) Presumptuous, superior Take over, hand over/puke Surprise, invade Germany, Germany above everything [Chorus] Germany - my heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - your breath is cold So young, and yet so old Germany - your love Is a curse and a blessing Germany - my love I can't give you Germany! Germany! You I We All of you You (superior/overpowering, unnecessary) I (Übermenschen weary) We (The higher you climb, the further you fall) You (Germany, Germany above everything) Germany - your heart in flames Want to love and damn you Germany - my breath's cold So young, and yet so old Germany - your love Is a curse and blessing Germany - my love I can't give you Germany! Rammstein really uses a lot of symbols in this song. The real meaning only emerges with the lyrics and the video together. You really have to analyze it more closely and then you will understand the deeper meaning. In this song the Middle Ages, the time of the Romans, the GDR - these historical events are presented in different roles. Of course, the theme of the Nazi era and the persecution of the Jews is also addressed, although its presentation does not differ from the style of the other scenes. A constant in the entire video is a woman who appears as a personified Germany in the different epochs. If you know this woman is representing germany and looking to the video again you will see so much more. I think, the choice of the black woman as main actress was made, because: it makes any accusations of racism and fascism against Rammstein useless, 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. Sometimes as a victim, sometimes as a perpetrator. In the text there are also several sections that contradict each other, e.g. "Will love and damn you". Statements like these express Germany's good and bad sides on the one hand. One of the passages like "so young and yet so old". This means that German history began early. But through certain events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the founding of the GDR through which a new era began for Germany. "one can love you and yet hate you!" It is a question of whether you can be proud of your country or not. "Your love is a curse and a blessing. I cannot give you my love." Germany is aware of the good but also dark times and many see the dark times as so extreme that it is difficult to give your country your love and pride. I must have overlooked a few things in the video, but those are the parts that stand out. I was born and raised in Germany myself and feel the same when it comes to being proud of my country. As for the dogs: Germans are fanatical dog lovers. We are a dog-owner nation. The dog is a firm part of Germany. 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. 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. he short scene with the dogs and their gas masks = WWI, where in reality animals (messenger dogs & horses) AND soldiers were wearing gas masks, too.The puppies at the end are Leonberger dogs. The Leonbergers nearly went extinct during WWI and WWII.

it should be "germany above everyone " not everything . a little but meanfull differnt. and btw this frase is kind offorbitten in germany ;) in the song its art so they can use it...

So ausdrucksstark ... Ich liebe dich. Grüße aus Düsseldorf!

Nice poëm you have there 😁

I think 'Wiener Blut' gives you the hardest contrast of enjoyable music and a horrifying but real story.

It is not the Death you see in the Video. These are Timekeepers. In german "Bewahrer der Zeit", which accompany the beginning and end of life. You can see their faces like a flow of time (Der Fluss der Zeit). Every person have to live consciously enjoy every beuatiful moment. Because each of us is here and now only for a limited TIME. This is my interpretation to this masterpiece of an "music video".

Ich liebe Rammstein und Till Lindemann 😍💖

There is one big error in this translation. Correct would be "Germany above everyone" and not "above everything". The difference here is pretty significant. "Germany, Germany above everything, above everything in the world" is from the German national anthem. When the song was written the meaning of that line was that the idea of a single united German state is greater than the many small German kingdoms, principalities and city states loosely held together in a federation. But with the rise of nationalisms and the Nazis this line got a really negative tone. Today the first and second verse of the anthem aren't sung anymore because of this. For this song they use the same line but changing it to "Germany, Germany above everyone", essentially giving it it's original and intended meaning that the idea of a Germany you want to love and be proud of is greater than all the negative and horrible things that happened in the past.

I really like that u watched ze Outro, too many YTbers skip that these days and I think it is an essential part of the Stück ... but to all my Rammstein Experts out zere ... isn't ze Outro Melody basically Sonne ?

Burning a witch, burning books and members of the SA hugging priests..it all comes together.

If you know history you understand the video.

today rammstein released a new video^^

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Great reaction. One can see your emotions and also I had to cry - because of the pictures, the music and your reaction. It's so good that this video critically addressing patriotism and nationalism achieves that so much. Especially now, in these weeks of Putin's nationalist aggression. The piano song in the credits is "Sonne". The video-clip "Sonne" is also great. So are the videos: "Ich Will", "Keine Lust", "Radio"" and "Ausländer".

A song difficult to understand you have to know a lot of our German history.

You need to see Rammstein's new single & musicvideo Zeit, I think you will like it to

Speaking of French (dichotomie...), you could try some Gojira, metal with environmentalist lyrics (Amazonia, Global Warming, Flying whales, Garbage island etc.) and other interesting tunes (Gift of Guilt (Brixton live), Pray (Red rocks live), Where dragons dwell (Hellfest live) etc.).

Okay, you like Rammstein and Till? Look up his short lived solo group Lindemann. Believe me: it's pure, unfiltered Lindemann for better or for worse. Recommend Praise Abort as your first taste if you haven't sampled this flavor yet.

React to Moon Child by Iron Maiden, sounds exactly like this song!!!

Well Ice Nine Kills Wurst Vacation A Lot Of People Say Is This Rammstein 😂😂

Rammstein-zeit

I just picked up the game amnesia rebirth

Try with Wiener Blut from rammstein. but first Read the story behind the song . thanks

you cant really translate the lyrics of this songs.. it plays masterfully with the language and almost everything is a double meaning that gets lost in translation

Доброго вечора !!!! Ми з України !! Дуже дякую за вашу реакцію...

Wer kommt auch aus Deutschland 😅

Hi there

10:00 99% of the people watching that always misses it :)

yes, the hate love of us Germans for Germany awayn the terrible atrocities in ww2. See also, FEUERSCHWANZ - Warriors Of The World United (feat Thomas Winkler, Saltatio Mortis & Melissa Bonny), Feuerschwanz ft. Melissa Bonny - Ding (SEEED Cover) | Napalm Records Saltatio Mortis feat. Lara Loft - The Dragonborn Comes (From "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim"), Saltatio Mortis - My mother told me (Official Music Video)

A very young Diana at a karaoke doing 2 songs how confident and out going is this a must watch Diana Ankudinova - "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" and "Jodel-Time" (Moscow Karaoke Cup) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i7UyKidIMyw.html

The English word is basically the same - dichotomy.

Please react, Slipknot - The Devil in I (official video) enjoy XD

Du bist SÜSS

a black woman represents germany, if you look at it from this perspective the video is understandable :)

Ruby Commey as Germania is a stroke of genius; she is stunning and pays the role well, but being black is also a big fat middle finger in the face of the AFD and other right wing nutters, who would see this as praising Germany and its history.

8:02-8:13 Time of the RAF ter ror in Germany (1970-1998) (emerged from the protests of the West German student movement in 1968) (failed by government 1977) (individual mu rde rs 1977-1998) (self-dissolution notification by FAX 1998) After the founding members of the First Generation of German Terr ori sts had been put in jail and the state had been transformed into an all-encompassing police and search apparatus with the help of BKA chief Herold, the limit of te rror was reached in 1977. The Second Group had kidn apped the president of the employers' association, Hans-Martin Schleyer, and mu rder ed his motor pool in Cologne. The government in Bonn (Capital 1949-1991/ since 1991 - Berlin), first and foremost Helmut Schmidt, now addressed the German terr or ists in a televised speech: "You may feel a triumphant sense of power at this moment. -But you should not deceive yourself, te rrori sm has no chance in the long run. For it is not only the will of the state that stands against t erroris m, against terr oris m stands the will of the whole people!" After the Schleyer kid nap ping, a dragnet search was immediately launched 30 kilometres around Cologne and a special commission, "Doctor Schleyer", was set up. The federal government now put all police forces in the Cologne area to work to find Schleyer and free him from the hands of the terr ori sts. In addition to the Schleyer kidnapping, Bonn receives the news that a German airliner with 86 passengers has changed course, has been hija cke d by foreign t erro rists and is circling over the African continent. The te rrori sts demand the release of the founding members of the RAF from prison and their departure to a country of their choice. When the airliner lands in Mogadishu, the leader of the t errori sts issues an ulti mat um to the government in Bonn. Either the founding members are freed or the Lufthansa plane is b low n u p! With the d ea th of Schleyer and 86 passengers in a violent reign, the RAF and its allies had now gone too far. Here they had reached the innermost vulnerability of the German state. The democratic constitutional state with its liberal order, which had been built after 1949, was now being tested. Should the state allow itself to be bla ckm ailed by ter rori sts in order to save hu man liv es? For Helmut Schmidt, the matter was clear: "A state cannot be bla ckm ailed!" The RAF and their acc omplices had now declared w ar on the Federal Republic of Germany. The crisis team in Bonn sent word to Mogadishu that the founding members of the RAF would be released and flown out to Mogadishu. In reality, to gain time, the Bonn sends the German anti-ter ro rist unit "GSG9" (founded after the 1972 te rro rist attack in Munich and not known to the people to exist) to fly to Mogadishu and stor m the plane. After the terr orist s receive the news that the German allies will be released, the GSG9 lands in Mogadishu by day. At night, the task force approaches the plane from behind, gains access to the plane, stor ms it and s ho ots three of the four ter rori sts. Among them the leader. All 86 hos tages are freed. Meanwhile in Bonn: Head of government Schmidt receives the news that the mission was successful and all passengers are alive. A sigh of relief in Bonn. Meanwhile in Stammheim p rison: The founding members receive the news of the fai led operation through the radio. -They all co mmit col lecti ve s uicid e in pri son that night. Wiesbaden the day after: BKA chief Herold is beside himself. With the sui ci de in Stammheim, the Federal Republic has allowed ma rt yrs to be created! (Even if unintentionally) Hans-Martin-Schleyer could not be found after an extensive search. He is mur der ed on the Belgian-French border after the failed Mogadishu operation. French police officers find a car with German licence plates; Hans-Martin-Schleyer's body is fou nd in the bo ot. -Germany is informed. The fu neral service becomes an act of state. After the mu rd er in Stammheim, many members and sym pa thisers of the RAF broke away from the RAF. Until 1998, the Third Generation continued to carry out i ndivi dual m urd ers, also against high gov ernment func tionaries. It dis banded in 1998. Unlike the First, the Second German Republic su rvived. And it set the li mits to l eft-wi ng t e rror. (According to the motto: "Bonn should never become like Weimar"). Even if it cost Schleyer his l if e.