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Rammstein: Deutschland REACTION/ANALYSIS | The Daily Doug (Episode 308) (Viewer Discretion Advised) 

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@welfaremothers
@welfaremothers 2 года назад
She represents Germania, the personification of Germany and the Germans. Most commonly associated with the Romantic Era and the Revolutions of 1848
@sgtbigballs666
@sgtbigballs666 2 года назад
Ousting Ludwig wasn't very revolutionary lol
@Nikioko
@Nikioko 2 года назад
Exactly. And a black Germania is just one of the provocations of this song.
@mantiqor
@mantiqor 2 года назад
@@Nikioko Also watch her outfits. Her colors always resemble the current flag of the time or the Time Period. Prussian ruled Germany: Black and White. Golden 20s: gold. Nazi Germany: Black, white eyes, brutal red lipstick. Black, Red and Gold while the RAF-terror hostage szene and in the DDR.
@aidanpitts96
@aidanpitts96 2 года назад
@@mantiqor also the eye patch over her right eye making her blind to her right side or blind to the far right wing
@pauloviniciosappelt9789
@pauloviniciosappelt9789 2 года назад
@@mantiqor and the golden armor for the medieval fight, a representation of the Holy Roman Empire Edit: she also has the double headed eagle in the breastplate of the armor, and is holding an eagle at some moments, both are symbols of the Holy Roman Empire
@Thagnar
@Thagnar 2 года назад
Hi Doug, German is my first language - 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 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). The standard I guess refers to a relic which was part of the Imperial regalia of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation ("Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation" - the conglomerate of mostly German territories which was ruled by a emperor elected by the highest ranking nobles of the realm and persisted from the 10th century until 1806). This relic, the Lance of Longinus, is dated back to the 8th century and was said to contain in it's tip one of the nails that were used in the crucifixion of Jesus. It was supposed to make any army that carries it into battle invincible. It can still be seen today in a museum called "die Schatzkammer" (the treasure chamber) in Vienna,/Austria the city where I live ;-). 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. Additionally money is thrown away by everybody, a reference to the big inflation in Germany after WWI. Then the rockets (Nazi German 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 ministates, 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 (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 with their idenitify 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 Surprise, invade Germany, Germany above everyone [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 everyone) [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!
@bernhardjordan9200
@bernhardjordan9200 2 года назад
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@bastinatorjfc
@bastinatorjfc 2 года назад
Just trying to give your comment attention, good work!
@rasmichael
@rasmichael 2 года назад
Danke!
@klausschlichting1591
@klausschlichting1591 2 года назад
Well done, guess your Interpretation fits very well. The video is not easy to understand for foreigners who are not experts on our history.
@cyrillaerne7310
@cyrillaerne7310 2 года назад
Grossartig, wie du alles erklärt hast. Vielen Dank!
@michaelfinck7487
@michaelfinck7487 2 года назад
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 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 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.
@Pomberizer
@Pomberizer 2 года назад
Great description!!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
@memelordmark7532
@memelordmark7532 2 года назад
Thanks very much for the info! 😎👍
@kurttrzeciak8326
@kurttrzeciak8326 2 года назад
A fantastic analysis! Thank you for helping me to understand all of the imagery in the video.
@corinna007
@corinna007 2 года назад
I'm not German (although I have German ancestry), and I still understood the meaning, but that's probably because I understand some German.
@lavrentivs9891
@lavrentivs9891 2 года назад
I feel like the quick glance of soldiers in tricorn hats (presumably soldiers of Frederick the Great) is often overlooked. Them sitting next to the gluttonous priests/monks, I've interpreted as a sign of how church and state together ruled over the people during the 1700's.
@phred23
@phred23 2 года назад
One thing to point out about the concentration camp execution scene -- each of the four bandmembers on the gallows is marked with a different symbol on their prison uniform: one has the pink triangle of homosexuality, one the yellow star for Jews (and is the one actively hanged in scene), and I haven't caught the other two symbols to identify them yet.
@JocaFus
@JocaFus 2 года назад
Exactly! The other two that appear in the scene are red (which is a political enemy) and the other one I think red and yellow inverted (political+jewish). Other triangles were green for common criminals, black for "asocials" (gypsys, people with disabilities, vagabonds, etc.), purple for Jehova's witnesses and blue for foreigners
@Cadfael007
@Cadfael007 Год назад
As far as I remember the other two symbols mean in "Deutschland" mean "political" and "asocial/gypsy"...
@Lammington2
@Lammington2 Год назад
I'm glad this has been pointed out, as one of the only things that can be done for the victims is to remember them. If we don't remember and acknowledge all the groups impacted, we risk them being targeted again.
@hendrixxxm637
@hendrixxxm637 10 месяцев назад
​@@Lammington2"we risk them being targeted again"⁉️ Do you really think, nationalsocialism and fascism ended 1945⁉️ I know most of the people want believe it, trust in this lie‼️ Unfortunately‼️
@carstenjunge1327
@carstenjunge1327 2 года назад
Dear Doug; Yes, the back lady is the symbol for Germany, the country, through out this piece. You see that in the colours black skin, the red lipstick and the golden armour - The German flag black, red and gold as it was, but yellow in its modern form. Comes from the original German uniforms as the country was formed in the 1800s, black and red uniforms with golden buttons. The entire piece is symbols overload, understanding it all, takes several views and a very solid knowledge of German history from the Romans to today. Thanks for your reactions, always enjoyable.
@herrmeistermann2426
@herrmeistermann2426 2 года назад
And the dogs she is giving birth to are mutts, and thus represents the fact that modern Germany is an amalgamation of many different states and principalities that has had different forms thoughout history as well as an amalgamation of various people from the austro-bavarians in the south, to the dano-schleswigians in the north and everything inbetween.
@AN-nt3uv
@AN-nt3uv 2 года назад
And actually the official colours of the flag are still Schwarz, Rot, Gold. There is so much from German history and the symbolism, one could write a complete essay about it.
@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567
@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567 2 года назад
@@herrmeistermann2426 I believe that the dogs are actually Leonbergers, a rare/heritage breed of dog that originated in Germany and that became almost extinct, but due to efforts of people from Germany and people from other nations, they brought the Leonbergers back from the brink of extinction. So more representative of the genesis of a new future, by working to amend relations with other countries in the post ww2 environment. Also the symbology in the song it is like the nativity where Germania is giving birth there is the donkey and another animal.
@paulfranklin4276
@paulfranklin4276 2 года назад
@@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567 great post and I'm well read but had zero clue about the puppies You sir rock.
@swanpride
@swanpride 2 года назад
...the German flag is still black, red, gold...most flag producers are just too cheap to make the flag properly gold.
@mmmCrunchy
@mmmCrunchy 2 года назад
The ending piano motif is from "Sonne" from the album "Mutter." That album has some really good ones, too. Sonne, Mutter, and Nebel are fantastic tracks.
@Pengochan
@Pengochan 2 года назад
When the "ending credits" start it's written on the screen: "Ruby Commey as Germania"
@rcsskier
@rcsskier 2 года назад
During the Holocaust scene, four of the band members are wearing different symbols on their chests: Pink Triangle for Homosexual Prisoners Red for Political Activists Purple for Sinti and Roma
@LadyTigerLily
@LadyTigerLily 2 года назад
Thank you for pointing this out, too. I haven't seen many people pick up on it, but a few articles also mention this. I also find it interesting that Paul with the plain yellow star is the one who is actually shown to be hanged, even though he's not the first in line. I may be reading too far into it, but it spoke to me about how often the spotlight gets placed on Jewish victims, but less so for the other victims of Nazism.
@Johnny.Fedora
@Johnny.Fedora 2 года назад
@@LadyTigerLily, I think you're seeing things that aren't there. You may not know how a gallows works, but they don't off people one at a time. The platform drops out and everyone hangs together. Maybe you ought to give that some thought.
@morlin985
@morlin985 2 года назад
@@Johnny.Fedora the big gallow in Auschwitz doesn't have a platform. They had to off one at a time. And this video is an artwork with the focus on the message not on historical accuracy...
@Johnny.Fedora
@Johnny.Fedora 2 года назад
@@morlin985, yes, I do understand metaphor.
@w0rkhop555
@w0rkhop555 2 года назад
@@morlin985 this imagery of death camps probably has to do with labor camps where v2 rockets were made and there was a brutal execution of many slave workers by strangulation (hanging), also i dont think the order or who was hung has anything to do with the imagery and if thats what you are hanging onto from the comments above your reply, it's misguided
@razvanmazilu6284
@razvanmazilu6284 2 года назад
As an American you might find it interesting to visit one of their older songs called Amerika. I believe it deals with a theme of perceived cultural and economic imperialism on the part of the United States.
@feral_orc
@feral_orc 2 года назад
"perceived"
@carlhellesen9866
@carlhellesen9866 2 года назад
Very good suggestion!
@bernhardjordan9200
@bernhardjordan9200 2 года назад
Love that song
@EvanPhoenix
@EvanPhoenix 2 года назад
@@feral_orc yeah that made me laugh too :D
@razvanmazilu6284
@razvanmazilu6284 2 года назад
Perceived: "regarded in a specified way -used to say how something or someone is seen or thought of" Yes, I can see how it would be intensely funny.
@THeDoMeTB
@THeDoMeTB 2 года назад
I started crying even before the actual reaction... i am from germany and it's just a so imbedded thing to be embarrased and feel pain because of your countries history while there is the contrast to the many great things this country has achieved it really feels like it comes down to "you can only achieve as good things as you can achieve bad"
@TotallyOther
@TotallyOther 2 года назад
i am a middle-aged man born in the southern usa to a mom born in berlin six months before ww2 started. she married a us military man and moved to california in the early 1960s and taught my sisters and me vague basics like germany had many problems and some very bad people in the past. my desire to understand the german half of my family was frequently halted by the frequent taunt from other kids my age of “nazi” and “hitler babies” and stuff. so i never again told anybody about my mom’s half of my family lineage by never even thinking about it for decades. not until i watched numerous documentaries of the music created by young germans in the 60s, 70s, and 80s did i find a way to identify with where my mother came from. all those musicians making experimental electronic music wanted a new thing that was only theirs as a way to separate themselves from the past. powerful stuff. then a few years later i found rammstein and wondered what the heck is going on here? then a few years later still, the documentary about them touring the world and visiting the usa was the perfect ending of what i call my german music trilogy of:: krautrock: the rebirth of germany we call it techno rammstein: in amerika . then a few years later, this ten minute rammstein video comes out in 2019 and made it all as fuking obvious as can possibly get while still being incredibly artistic and beautifully ugly. wow. yes, i too can’t get more than a minute into the video without weeping for _all_ the reasons. so i wasn’t the only one twisted up inside about sh|t in the past. so i wasn’t incompetently alone in my angst. and i don’t even live there! i can completely ignore all those issues if need be. yet the emotion is quickly wrenched out of me by this magnificent art. i want to show this to my mother, but i do not have any idea how she would react. i want to have a conversation about stuff and i think showing how deeply everyone feels could help. gotta Love the daily doug!
@koz8319
@koz8319 2 года назад
I absolutely appreciate that Germania has an eye patch during the nazi scenes and has a neck brace on. The suggestion being the German people where forced to look at the atrocities and turn a blind eye to it at the same time. Just incredible detail.
@snakejam280
@snakejam280 2 года назад
totally. It even switches sides - to point out the blindness on both eyes
@Cadfael007
@Cadfael007 Год назад
German saying: "To be blind on one eye" or to be blind on the right/left eye. The neck brace has to do with another Geman saying: "To posses no backbone(s)." (Kein Rückgrat besitzen.) It means that they don't have / stand up for their pricipals but do what others want them to do.
@koz8319
@koz8319 Год назад
@@Cadfael007 I appreciate the insight from a native German, thank you.
@gothic_ace2037
@gothic_ace2037 Год назад
im learning something new about this song every time. i love it
@TheRealYTIAN
@TheRealYTIAN Год назад
I thought she wears it because Oberst Stauffenberg who tried to kill Hitler also had to wear one. But, hey its a work of Art and leaves a lot to Interpretation.
@rokker101
@rokker101 2 года назад
Rammstein has always been a band that has broken all the rules and taboos through their videos and have won awards for them for being so unique and inspiring ... since their conception they have become a band to be feared worldwide ... any major band that are on the same bill as them in any festivals tremble in fear lol ... they make the mighty kiss look like damp squibs lol .... to see them live to to have an experience you will never forget!
@Kloashut
@Kloashut 2 года назад
Imho the singer Till Lindemann, also reaches that point or goes even further in quite a few songs of his solo carreer [e.g steh auf, Ach so gern, praise abort].
@gsresener
@gsresener 2 года назад
@@Kloashut i agree. Till and Peter take Lindemann to another level
@TheNextgen2020
@TheNextgen2020 2 года назад
Thank you for the reaction. Rae mentioned the scene where 4 people were facing the execution. Only the first executed was depicted as a Jew. The other guys had other patches, not David's stars. They depicted prisoners for political charges, homosexuality, and mental disorders. The beauty of the film is that they've added so many details and layers to the scenery to tell the whole story.
@BrainDeath89
@BrainDeath89 2 года назад
I didn't noticed it until you said it
@20Gero09
@20Gero09 2 года назад
I think technically two jews, there was one who is "just" a jew and another who is a political jewish prisoner.
@uh8myzen
@uh8myzen 2 года назад
Thank you for pointing this out. As an historian, this attention to detail really impressed me in this video. Its not often that the media depicts the other marginalized individuals and members of social / political groups who were persecuted. For anyone who might come across this, the list includes but is not limited to: the Roma, liberals, socialists, communists, pacifists, anarchists, union members, Freemasons, Jehovah's Witnesses, members of pacifist religions, homosexuals, bisexuals and trans individuals, the mentally ill and mentally disabled, and the physically disabled
@johnnyringo80
@johnnyringo80 Год назад
This song really captures the feelings of every true German towards his country: we want to love you, but we also have to hate you for what you did in the past.
@johnnyringo80
@johnnyringo80 Год назад
@@jcb7029 Dude, if you get that from what I said, then we're not of the same people.
@nadeali1
@nadeali1 2 года назад
Doug, you really really need to react to their song Mein Herz Brentt - piano version. YOU WILL BE BLOWN AWAY.
@megatwingo
@megatwingo 2 года назад
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
@megatwingo 2 года назад
PS: RU-vid 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.
@TheSlain1969
@TheSlain1969 2 года назад
This is for sure the most extensive review of the video I have ever seen/read!! Thx for all that info Mega!!
@LuGer212
@LuGer212 2 года назад
yup, there he is again. this man deserves all the credit and recognition for explaining the context of the video. megatwingo - I thank you, not only as a fellow german but also as an informed human being. you did a good job!
@megatwingo
@megatwingo 2 года назад
@@TheSlain1969 Thank you for the nice feedback, Tony! :)
@megatwingo
@megatwingo 2 года назад
@@LuGer212 Danke für das nette Lob! :)
@johannsmetternich6769
@johannsmetternich6769 2 года назад
Hi Doug, i watched a lot of reaction videos to this Rammstein Song... and this analyse is one of the best and deepest one. I thank you for your detailed reaction. Well done and greetings from Bavaria, Germany.
@lakritzpiranha
@lakritzpiranha Год назад
I think this is one of the best reactions to this song. "Wow Friends, are you still with me?" fits. and " its provocative but holy shit its powerfull" somehow fits :-)
@Kobesteak
@Kobesteak 2 года назад
Thank you, that was excellent. Great work as always, Doug. Really appreciate you. Greetings from Norway.
@lincolnosiris3665
@lincolnosiris3665 2 года назад
Thats a nice one. Enjoy, and greetings from Germany! And yes, she represents Germania - a manifestation of Germany itself. And the viewer experiences her wandering through her own conflicted history.
@cadancekela
@cadancekela 2 года назад
“It’s provocative, but holy shit it’s powerful”
@lyzz
@lyzz 2 года назад
As a German when this came out I watched this with my family cause we are all metalheads and everyone was just completely silent after this song. I could relate so much to the chorus where he said he can't give his love to Germany cause I feel the same way. I love living in Germany but I also recognize how messed up our past was and can never give this country my love because of this.
@kardy12
@kardy12 2 года назад
Deutschland is a song that I’m not sure would be produced anywhere else in the world. Can you imagine a US or U.K. band taking a critical look at their own history in this way, depicting the genocide of native Americans for the former or the multiple atrocities that were committed in the name of the Empire for the latter in the way Rammstein depicts the holocaust? And there are so many historical references that they cover, ranging from the Romans being defeated by Germanic tribes at the battle of Teutoburg Forest, to the Bader-Meinhof gang, to the GDR, to Weimar era boxing, to the holocaust… and in most of the scenes, the black, red and yellow colours of the German flag and the lady representing Germania.
@jonnenne
@jonnenne 2 года назад
I agree that this level of gruesome imagery would be hard pressed to be produced. However, there are many anti-American songs. Some of them are fairly "soft" like Green Day's Holiday but many have fairly poignant criticism like many songs by System of a Down. I would say that especially today as compared to 10-15 years ago it would be much more difficult to get something like that produced.
@ZzaphodD
@ZzaphodD 2 года назад
Also reflected that the level of experienced gruesomeness in reactions are much higher in the US than in EU viewers.
@adampopeens2728
@adampopeens2728 2 года назад
Musical notes: The music over the intro of the video (with the sinister downward glissando) is "The Beast" by the (late) modern composer Johan Johansson, and the music in the outro is a piano arrangement of their own (Rammstein) song "Sonne." ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-StZcUAPRRac.html )
@jdkimple
@jdkimple 2 года назад
Thank you for pointing out "The Beast".
@AuroraBlood
@AuroraBlood 2 года назад
I love your reactions! Greetings from Finland :)
@Sabre_Wulf1
@Sabre_Wulf1 2 года назад
Seen them live twice. Industrial metal at its best. Til lindemann is an artist. Check out his solo stuff. Legend metal band here in uk. It's kind of wierd hearing them through your commentary as a 'new band' to you, because they have been massive for 10 years headlining most venues in uk and europe all the way. The piano section at the end is another famous song of theirs called 'sonne'.
@antoniocarlin5026
@antoniocarlin5026 2 года назад
I saw them live 3 times...TWO opened to KISS on 2008 or 09 ...Awesomeeee!!
@OneLifeIsNotEnough-d9p
@OneLifeIsNotEnough-d9p 2 года назад
Such a wonderful and respectful reaction. Thank you man. 😪
@MarcFMusic
@MarcFMusic 2 года назад
As a German I can say: This song is more than nine minutes of triggering.... And that's why it's so good, why it is so important!
@marleybu302
@marleybu302 2 года назад
Powerful video. Love Rammstein especially Sonne which is the piano at the end. Simply brilliant!
@faithhofeldt2283
@faithhofeldt2283 2 года назад
That was magnificent! Such a powerful mix of music and video that transcends what rock music is.
@BztnO
@BztnO 2 года назад
Btw, The piano part from the credits is a song called "Sonne" and it is an amazing song too.
@volkersiewert6440
@volkersiewert6440 Месяц назад
Love your reaction to this Song! Thank you! Everybody has to know the dark history of his owen Country! And Never forget
@srenjohansen1592
@srenjohansen1592 2 года назад
Rammstein is in a league all by themselves when it comes to art, music and show. I would recommend you to see some of their live performances. Thumbs up for an important reaction to their masterpiece
@thepiratecats801
@thepiratecats801 2 года назад
They are an incredible band, even better live. I would highly recommend a double feature, Mein Herz Brennt, the studio version then the "piano" version.
@arnodobler1096
@arnodobler1096 2 года назад
Yes the Music Videos 🤡🤘
@Always-fd7pk
@Always-fd7pk 2 года назад
This!
@JoriDiculous
@JoriDiculous 2 года назад
You should watch them live, brilliant shows. Til (lead singer) is a certified pyro technician and designs their shows.
@gazzie12000
@gazzie12000 2 года назад
Great video as always but i can't help but feel you needed to see this completely unprepared to get the full experience, like we did when it came out and no one knew what to expect! More Rammstein would be great - especially the live versions, Du Hast (Live inn Paris), Ich Tu Dir Weh (Live at Madison Square Garden), Engel (Madison) are the obvious ones to start with - yet another level of experience!
@zsoltkiss-szekely8137
@zsoltkiss-szekely8137 2 года назад
I wouldn't guess that Maestro Helvering would got into RAMMSTEIN so much. I guess, you're ready for "AMERIKA"
@Charles-kx6ik
@Charles-kx6ik 2 года назад
Warlock
@mwarhol
@mwarhol 2 года назад
Of all the times I've heard this song and watched this video I've never taken the time to truly understand the lyrics and symbolism. Your real time translating and the video brought me to tears.
@johngoverts4166
@johngoverts4166 2 года назад
I wasn't aware I was a Rammstein fan, until now. Whew, what a powerful message. And, Doug, the lady represents Germany, as far as I can tell (mind you, I saw/heard this for the very first time)
@rippspeck
@rippspeck 10 месяцев назад
The most prepared reaction I have ever seen, but I enjoyed it anyway.
@Stktnc
@Stktnc 2 года назад
I've always considered these guys to be performance artists rather than musicians (in the best way). All of the videos they make are multi-layered and some are even darkly humorous, like Kein Lust.
@blueturtle1813
@blueturtle1813 2 года назад
loved the care you put into this!
@chubbyemu
@chubbyemu 2 года назад
great video! Doug, would you ever consider reacting to Grateful Dead's Scarlet Begonias in to Fire On The Mountain from May 8, 1977?
@deathnote4124
@deathnote4124 2 года назад
Oh shit, you are a Rammstein fan? Awesome, love your videos mate. :)
@fatih.tavukcu
@fatih.tavukcu 2 года назад
A doctor has listened to 7 Rammstein albums in a row. _This_ is what happened to his brain:
@АнтониоКрстевски-ч7ы
i sure wasnt expecting to see you here... AWESOME!
@EchoesDaBear
@EchoesDaBear 2 года назад
I would be hard pressed to come up with a music video/song with more meaningful symbolism & history (no matter how brutal, unsettling & upsetting) than this one! Truly a masterpiece work from Rammstein! VERY accurately detailing the history of Germany (especially it's bloody past). History is rarely beautiful (unless you choose to omit the ugly, in which case, you're fooling yourself!!). It is there to learn from! Great reaction! Thanks for checking this out...especially with an open mind!
@memelordmark7532
@memelordmark7532 2 года назад
Powerful. Thanks for a great reaction.
@pedrogouveiarc
@pedrogouveiarc 2 года назад
She represents the country, German. I think it is the best music video ever produced. The song, message, the history, the video quality, the band, the way to express the idea....everything makes this video the best that i ve ever seen. Just RAMMSTEIN in their best level !
@Chocybananas
@Chocybananas 2 года назад
Great video as always! Maybe you should watch the video a few more times for yourself. There are so many symbolisms about different historical events, it's hard to catch them all. Especially together with lyrics and score. There are also videos on youtube which help understanding some of these scenes. I love Rammstein's Deutschland because it made me want to learn more about those parts of history I wasn't too sure of.
@robertakerman3570
@robertakerman3570 2 года назад
Great to see Rae again, Her voice through My right speaker can't be a bad thing at all.
@platez81
@platez81 Год назад
Deutschland überallen is actually the name of their national anthem . Great review man thanks from Sweden cheers and happy new years!
@davidedemurodominijanni9889
@davidedemurodominijanni9889 2 года назад
A masterpiece. No question. I remember the shock when it came out. If you made this reaction video when it was released I believe would have been some sorta risky move. It was provocative, as you said, in the way you said. Music, symbolism, filming, production... this video is so many things all at once in just one piece. I saw like it's been easy for you to almost "not really watching it" by just focusing, as you always do by the way and we are all here exactly for that personal way to react you have Doug. You were focused more on the music and I believe when you went watching the video again to really look at it, all the details you didn't mention and probably even missed by talking over it, all those details will pop up and be "shocking" {the production was so good that some images lasted too short to avoid making them heavier to watch} but also help to better understand what's going on and a lot is going on there, all mixed in Rammstein's unique solid way. You said we're supposed to learn from the past, from our History... unfortunately we don't... not everybody does. As a matter of fact we're back there somewhere. We are living our lives 100 years later and yet so many similarities still survive today. I usually say we are living in a New Middle Age which started with the end of Belle Epoque and I confirm my words here. We are living in times when some forces, in Europe but even in USA as the January 6th you "celebrated" over there explains quite well, are willing to bring back what we thought we eradicated after the end of WWII. Unfortunately we really didn't. Sovranism, Suprematism and Nazi-Fascist underground forces seem to feel like reinforcing and legitimated, supported in many ways by specific political wings today, while those who kept the {Holocaust} Memory alive since then are slowly disappearing by age. It's so easy to understand my point, if we just look back at mankind history, and I'm not talking about "studying" History. I'm rather talking about "understanding" History, which is a whole different thing, a thing that really can make a difference by giving us an open perspective on what's going on today and what can seriously happen... and I'm not talking about some crazy "conspiracy theory" bull****. It's a very difficult time and those vibes from the 20s back then, 100years ago, are strong... we are all supposed to {and I do hope we do} do whatever it takes from deep within to not let that happen, not again. I'm from Italy so I perfectly know what I'm talking about... we are going to have a new President of Republic in a week time from today, in my Country, and for the first time in over 70 years we are potentially going to have the 1st President from the Right Wing of our politics, supported by those forces hidden in a brilliant disguise. Our geopolitical situation worldwide is putting the world as we know in peril, every move from now on is gonna be as much relevant as too many still do not understand, too blinded to see or willing to actually go right there into what in WWII so many lives when given to escape from. I would talk more about it, to explain what I mean, but i won't take the spot for a personal monologue. I just can end by saying this song by Rammstein is so actual today... are we gonna feel still in love with our world if we let, by indifference or ignorance, let old bad things happen again in a way we cannot even imagine? As my mother always says... "when we imagine something really bad happening, the reality shows us something even worse than we managed to figure out when it was already too late". We as world cannot take bad signals lightly, Doug. The world is in a New Middle Age that's lasted longer than a century and will be soon almost a century and a half soon if we all don't work all together to prevent that from happening, if we, mankind, don't plant and cultivate the seed of a New Renaissance today.
@fenrisulfur842
@fenrisulfur842 2 года назад
2000 Years of history in 9 Mins, right in your face. And there are soooo many hidden details...
@rainmaker709
@rainmaker709 2 года назад
The ending track is another song called "Sonne". The video for sonne is one of my favorites and is another of very high quality but this Piano Version is actually off of a special album called "XXI Klavier" Klavier is a piano only compilation album and is a must listen for any fan with a musical background.
@Nikioko
@Nikioko 2 года назад
"Deutschland will ich lieben und verdammen" - that says it all: There are good aspects to love and bad aspects to condemn.
@TheBigJailer
@TheBigJailer 2 года назад
Another great review! I absolutely love this song and video, incredibly powerful stuff. These guys are artists in the purest sense and make fantastic music. How much must that video have cost, absolutely cinematic! Keep doing what you do Doug, you make lots of people very happy utilising you musical background reacting to different styles. Much love Sir.
@m4nu003
@m4nu003 2 года назад
Sonne, Engel are good ones too. Greetings from Germany The Piano part is a version of Sonne
@jorrikkerdijk3954
@jorrikkerdijk3954 2 года назад
It's a true masterpiece in video and song, as a video it has a massive impact and a strong message. As a song it's deep and full but also immediately recognisable! Great video doug!
@krischan67
@krischan67 2 года назад
She is Germania, a kind of an iconic woman like Athene or a Valkyrie, doing good for Germany and struggling with what Germans do and did. I'm not a Rammstein fan, but as a German, this piece of music matches my opinion about my fatherland almost exactly. I was awestruck when I heard this first!
@morgana001
@morgana001 2 года назад
Ow wow you came REALY prepated. Thank you for this, to giving this piece the Time it needs to understand it. Amazing, you two alltogether.All this haunts us Germans till today.
@paulprior9875
@paulprior9875 2 года назад
Earned yourself a sub with your astute narrative picking. Great work pal.
@friedelmithut7232
@friedelmithut7232 2 года назад
Something else to notice is how in the chorus the "Deutschland über allen" is verry clearly "alleN" and not "alleM" - so its "germany above everyone" and not "Germany above everything". Thats important since Rammstein are known playing a lot with words that sound alike and often blend different possible meanings into each ohter. But here it is verry clearl that they are not singing "über allem", which is part of the national anthem like it was used during nazi times, and is publicly baned in germany.
@mitchmalik8963
@mitchmalik8963 2 года назад
The symbolism in this... When you watch it several times, you see more and more. Down to the colors and time periods.. It's insane.
@reevesavage
@reevesavage 2 года назад
Them using a piano acoustic reworking of their song "Sonne" is in line with their reworking their song "Mein Herz Brennt" from the same album "Mutter" into a piano acoustic version 10 years after that album came out. (I do have to say my favorite album by them is Mutter...so of course I'd recommend it and the single of "Mein Herz Brennt" that came with "Gib Mir Deine Augen" on the B Side) I would also recommend Lindemann (the band that Till Lindemann and Peter Tagtgren put together)
@happyhedgehog6450
@happyhedgehog6450 Год назад
Ah. I have been blasting this song out my car speakers for ages without knowing what it meant.
@feanor2546
@feanor2546 2 года назад
The red laser beam is just like a red thread, leading through all the history. Start point is at the beginning of the movie, when romans attacked the acient tribes. This was the spiritual beginning of Germany. 1. Julius Cesar created the names "Germans and Germany" and 2. At this time, several tribes put themselfs together, to fight the Romans (Varus battle). The beam ends some where in space, means no one knows, how Germanys future will go on and where it ends.
@utzius8003
@utzius8003 2 года назад
Hopefully the story of Germany will go on for a long time, if it means more great songs like this.
@krisvers
@krisvers 9 месяцев назад
The credit song is a piano rendition of one of their previous songs: Sonne.
@RAMMSTEINGEORGIA
@RAMMSTEINGEORGIA 2 года назад
Thank you! ❤️❤️🔥
@rokker101
@rokker101 2 года назад
seen them 9 times 3 times in berlin ... THE greatest live rock band in the world ... looking forward to seeing them in the UK at their MASSIVE stadium show in Cardiff South wales where I live ... they are the ultimate professionals live and write songs that other bands fear to even think about ... end of story
@felipevieira6503
@felipevieira6503 2 года назад
The song are talking about, of course, germany. But is a song that has an general theme for many countrys in the world: The difficult to deal with the past. I from brazil, a country that only criminalized slavery because economical and politcal pressure, and was one of the last countrys on america to do it. A country that is dealing with one of the most destructives governaments to this day, after the military dictatorship of 1964. For one side, i love my country, on other... is tough.
@steff340
@steff340 2 года назад
The Piano at the outtake ist "Sonne" only piano version from Rammstein, Doug
@vornamenachname4298
@vornamenachname4298 2 года назад
By the way: What she is representing is written in the "outro" of this music film: "RUBY COMMEY as Germania"
@edujoyelt
@edujoyelt 2 года назад
What’s intriguing is that the opening sound effects are taken directly from the Hollywood “Sicario”.
@gregormayr5181
@gregormayr5181 2 года назад
as a german i have to say, that this is not just music, it is some great art
@stephancoetzee319
@stephancoetzee319 2 года назад
The outro is the melody from Sonne from the album Mutter. Worth a listen.
@georgekeiper5208
@georgekeiper5208 2 года назад
The outro is an instrumental version of the song Sonne,it is not on the album but I wish it were...it kind of provides a little cooling down from the intensity of the song.
@MikkoRantalainen
@MikkoRantalainen 2 года назад
The outro is a song called "Sonne" from Rammstein album "XXI - Klavier" which contains only instrumental music. I consider it a masterpiece.
@MrDraco82
@MrDraco82 2 года назад
imo that is a monument of music, history and art in general
@marcusmckenzie9528
@marcusmckenzie9528 2 года назад
Amazing video, just pure brilliance!!!
@bugsbunny3326
@bugsbunny3326 2 года назад
The decisive song text from Ramstein is -> "Germany ... your love is a curse and a blessing, I can't give you my love" This expresses the inner turmoil. This translation of the lyrics underscores the video sequences, which are shocking at first but then gain a deeper meaning. Absolutely typical for Ramstein. Greetings from East Germany.
@utzius8003
@utzius8003 2 года назад
"One can love you but wants to hate you." Is a good second best. Nothing describes my feelings as well as this single sentence.
@hansbreslau8119
@hansbreslau8119 Год назад
The clades Lolliana or Lollian disaster was a battle in 16 BCE, when the consul Marcus Lollius was defeated by the Sicambri, Tencteri and Usipetes, Germanic tribes who had crossed the Rhine.[1] This defeat is coupled by the historian Suetonius with the disaster of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
@dwaynefriesen5263
@dwaynefriesen5263 2 года назад
Damn good stuff. Never been a Rammstein fan but it is certainly powerful and deeply moving work. Love your channel for the insightful input you bring…it’s why you’re the only one I subscribe to. Thanks for yet another great vid.
@arnodobler1096
@arnodobler1096 2 года назад
Rammstein "Zeit" another piece of ART
@graze2963
@graze2963 2 года назад
It was in the first line of the end credidts she represents Germanya, basicly a personification of Germany presen in all History and till the end when she got buryed in the future in space but not to confuse with a god or so.
@philippesantini2425
@philippesantini2425 2 года назад
Your breakdowns, reactions and commentary are very much appreciated. Best wishes to you and yours, from Montreal. 🍻✌
@dogpower41
@dogpower41 2 года назад
Mein herz brennt.... they have a official piano Version. You will love it .
@Jordo246
@Jordo246 2 года назад
Rammstein are one of the few bands that genuinely put a huge amount of effort into their music videos even since their first album. I'd recommend watching all of them but maybe save Haifisch for last as it references all the videos before it.
@smeg4brainsukaya
@smeg4brainsukaya 2 года назад
The song accompanying the credits is a piano version of "Sonne", which was the song that catapulted them to stardom. It comes from the album "XXI - Klavier" released in 2015 which is a piano cover of many of their classic songs. A beautiful album worth listening to, but you get much more joy out of it if you know the source material. As others have mentioned the actress is the human personification of Germania in all her forms and eras, the old German federal flag was a black eagle on a gold shield with a red beak and talons (and the current one ofc) and you will see her often wearing those colours throughout. I love the scene of her smoking in SS uniform with an patch over her right eye, "blind" to the right. Giving birth to the puppies (Leonberger, famous German breed of dog) is likely a nod to a new age being born and moving on from the dark past. Happy to see you cover this, brilliant song and outstanding video.
@shirazzza
@shirazzza 2 года назад
No country is without its shames over the years &/or currently. This is a very important piece. History is rough
@martinguandjienchan7525
@martinguandjienchan7525 2 года назад
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).
@nachtaktiv1
@nachtaktiv1 Год назад
The Outro song "Sonne" is played by Clemens Christian Poetzsch. They made a Rammstein Piano Album..Very nice...look it up..
@D4l4m4r
@D4l4m4r 2 года назад
Some points about the Band members growing up in eastern Germany - while that is true, most of them grew up in a time, where most of the oppression was already lifting. Most of them being born and raised in East Germany, where even better than most in the republic. Long story short - at that time, life was not as oppressive as many people think. I've actually met Paul Landers at a friends flat, when he was still with Feeling B, and it's not as if we all suffered terribly when living in the GDR. When the wall finally fell, those guys were mostly in their early twenties. That being said: The GDR was still a dictatorship and you were prohibited from travelling to the west and, of course there was secret police keeping people in check. It's just that all of this wasnt as present in every day life, as people may think.
@ferdifritzsch7739
@ferdifritzsch7739 2 года назад
As a German .... thank you for you beeing a respectfull and investigating guy and your genuine curiosity
@JM-wr2fo
@JM-wr2fo 2 года назад
This song is more important than ever.
@myfavouritethings5935
@myfavouritethings5935 2 года назад
I love Rammstein sooo much. They really punch me in the gut. I wish I could speak better (any) German :( What a sound, what a band. Love it
@alexharmel4738
@alexharmel4738 2 года назад
Hi doug. Yes she represents "germania" and the pianoset at the end is actually the rammstein song "sonne"
@christianbrandt5855
@christianbrandt5855 2 года назад
The outtro is the instrumental version of "hier kommt die Sonne" from Rammstein
@whiteravenagain
@whiteravenagain 2 года назад
Amazing review and nice intro style. More Rammstein please 🔥
@nickdonaldson7848
@nickdonaldson7848 2 года назад
She is the spirit of germany
@platez81
@platez81 Год назад
The pianopart is from their song Die Sonne
@kiksyame1481
@kiksyame1481 2 года назад
Final song is Sonne in acoustic version. Worth to watch the original ;)
@RubenPulgarinCruz
@RubenPulgarinCruz 2 года назад
"Hey Y'all !!!" Amazing!🙃
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