IFA Wartburg - The free German youth / IFA Wartburg - Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ)

[@OmnistarEast]

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[@Mimi-vw6yi]

Maybe something from the People's Republic of Poland? For example, something from KSU or Czerwonych Gitar (Red Guitars)

[@thatonedude9005]

Thank you for this music!

[@tomate8073]

Hello im from germany and i want say thaks for that great viedeo, sadly there not many Communist left

[@domtweed7323]

@@tomate8073 I hope that was a deliberate pun, comrade.

[@Danil60408]

@@tomate8073 Doch Genosse

[@lobby596]

All countries have an anthem, but East Germany is one of the few that had an opening theme

[@big_sea]

yes

[@michalspisar2067]

Literally entire balkans would like to have a word with you

[@hispanista.incurable]

Literalmente no es el himno de Alemania este es solo una parodia

[@gabriielsc]

their actual anthem was beautiful tho, listen to it

[@ArgonIstenem]

In my opinion, they should have kept the East German flag. The protractor looks fucking sick for one, and two, it symbolizes everything Germany stands for.

[@kingdedede333]

"Skip the intro!" "Not this one lil bro"

[@DIEVIERDUMMEN]

😂

[@профессорцундап-з5ц]

😅​@@DIEVIERDUMMEN

[@Partos_Balls]

🥵

[@SzaltTF]

😳

[@ImSorrowFilms]

🎉😂

[@keh3693]

"Do you want a dance music or a propaganda song?" "Yes"

[@fjwsn]

Its not propaganda its sarcasmn

[@yessirie3306]

"How much of a modern song do you want this?" "Yes."

[@semclaessens4142]

@@fjwsn IFA Wartburg was created by the cultural committee of the East German government to force the young audience to like music that is politically healthy.

[@ROOFTOPGUY]

Sem Claessens bullshit. IFA Wartburg is the name of the car manufacturer Wartburg. This song came out in the 90s and the band is from Sweden

[@mikhail6746]

@@semclaessens4142 It was a Swedish band bro where did you get this info from 💀

[@darthvaderbutwayshittier7054]

Fun fact, this specific music video, and the fact it popped off so hard, single handedly brought IFA Wartburg out of retirement. Check their KZbin channel, they're making new songs again, after nearly 25 years!

[@gugui156]

if this is true then god be praised

[@johnnotrealname8168]

How do you know that?

[@tashkent561]

​@@johnnotrealname8168It says so on their Wikipedia page. This video alongside Dr Ludwig's did it.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@tashkent561 Is there something outside Wikipedia Edit: which shows the same?

[@miniak2708]

Their official KZbin channel@@johnnotrealname8168

[@Buhankha]

if the GDR was an anime, this would be the intro

[@kajmak64bit76]

I would watch the shit out of it lol

[@baseduser1655]

Jesus Christ I hate anime

[@kajmak64bit76]

@@baseduser1655 you wouldn"t if East germany had anime with this song xd

[@baseduser1655]

@@kajmak64bit76 maybe

[@mcboat3467]

@@baseduser1655 socialism doesnt promote capitalist realism

[@tiaolitorubenlee9895]

imagine being a civilian in west germany near the border and hear this banger

[@joshuawaring4180]

Immediate defection

[@Average_Slav]

**Video of the monkey trying to open the door**

[@iuyfshfiey3105]

i would switch to east

[@scrawn9721]

@@joshuawaring4180 Stimme zu.

[@ducount_30]

Imagine being the west berliners literally surrounded by these guys.

[@pacomunoz9918]

Soviet Union: "so how do we get the younger generations to be into communism?" GDR: "i have a plan"

[@patryknazwisko3124]

Building a Marskist European Union.That was the plan: Spinelli, the Italian Marxist whose name is above the European Parliament, was the father of the EU.

[@stavka227]

@@patryknazwisko3124 And now it’s a liberal hellhole

[@stargamerest612]

@@stavka227 cope

[@patryknazwisko3124]

@@stavka227 Liberal? They wanna sklaved everyone,

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

@@stavka227 Feels like shit, just want the Warsaw Pact back

[@Dawn.tless.]

Okay but that “only a nerd wouldn’t want to join” is pure platinum (because the whole song is pure gold)

[@tbhtyson]

some nerds would join

[@marvin2678]

its satire

[@SomeRandomAbsurdThoughts]

​@@tbhtyson like me

[@edlawn5481]

"Don't be stupid, be a smarty. Come and join the Socialist Unity Party!"

[@nicolaslemunir9387]

@@marvin2678

[@Alannnn14]

"only a nerd wouldn´t join" I love the GDR

[@runlikehell4180]

Dumb capitalist nerds wouldn't understand.

[@weirdlanguageguy]

@@runlikehell4180 as a capitalist nerd, this is a great song

[@iji]

@@katzenbox it is lmao

[@HalfLife-hq8eu]

@Cats are Comrades [dogs based, too] oh no no no. Don't use Google Translate.

[@pandakekok7319]

@Cats are Comrades [dogs based, too] So a killjoy? That's the first word that went to my mind when I read "often liked by the teacher and usually disliked by other students, because they tend to be that person telling the teachers when they forget to give homework"

[@LiamMonteyrie01]

I don't know why the communist summer camp needed an upbeat theme song, but I'm not complaining.

[@hi_im_elli]

Its actually a swedish band poking fun at gdr propaganda. Its a bit to propagandist to be taken seriously

[@wolf3dv]

@@hi_im_elli Wait, really? If that's the case, they definitely played it way too straight

[@loader2755]

@@hi_im_elli wait what

[@hi_im_elli]

@@loader2755 its not a propaganda song, its very talented swedes making fun of the gdr and the fdj (the youth organisation of the SED)

[@lorenzo_br5803]

@@hi_im_elli Yeah, a little too on the nose, but hey, sounds catchy and it’s all around not *wrong*, so, yeah!

[@ashyahardan]

Me at the start of the video: _"wtf is this shit lmao"_ After repeat number 10: *"EINS-ZWEI-DREI DIE BESTE PARTEI UND VIER F ÜNF SECHS DER BESTE KONNEX..."*

[@vitcenek8611]

Exactly :D

[@Trein05]

only 10? :D

[@ashyahardan]

@@Trein05 It's true, I'm a filthy casual xD

[@GhostOfDamned]

Same lmao

[@alfiereimperiale7697]

Ten? I started singing along the first time I heard the chorus ahahahah

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

I hate how catchy this is. It’s been stuck in my head for weeks now!

[@leyrhys]

Yeah! It is a great song

[@Adam-np9xj]

Yep. Especially when you hum it in a Democratic country. Quite the explanation

[@mayas4m]

​@@Adam-np9xjin a German democratic Republic at best

[@SovietLensReviews]

I feel like joining the free German youth after listening to this song

[@thatonedude9005]

Don’t we all? Like if we had the chance we would lmao

[@alexcom6584]

If only we could...

[@tacticalsocialist8060]

@@alexcom6584 the FDJ still exists in modern day Germany

[@alexcom6584]

@@tacticalsocialist8060 Oh yeah, I found that out recently. But I think that it ain't on the same level as it was in GDR.

[@kartofun7672]

@@alexcom6584 now it is more of a cringe-making club than a youth organization

[@gwest3644]

That moment when you make a song to satirize something, but the song is unironically a banger

[@daniialsyed7175]

Info?

[@gwest3644]

@@daniialsyed7175 The song wasn’t made by the East German government, it was made by a Swedish band that makes satirical “propaganda” songs for East Germany

[@daniialsyed7175]

@@gwest3644 I know, but where does the info that this is satire come from?

[@gwest3644]

@@daniialsyed7175 The song itself? It’s intentionally dumb and cheesy

[@Rexxie44]

@@daniialsyed7175 Look into the album and the concerts they held for their brief coming into existence then vanishing. It's very clear that's satire, even if it's in many ways cool. Their whole larp is that the group is from the 80s and was state funded despite the fact everything they did was in 98~ and out of nowhere. There's a whole running gag to this day with them in whatever fashion on the official youtube page and website.

[@dr.ludwig]

A really beautiful video with all the videoclips! The song rocks a lot I love it^^

[@a-star-called-the-sun]

Based

[@t.hieuv.8062]

Hab dich nicht hier erwartet...

[@georgigoranov4445]

Oh damn! I'm a big fan Dr. Ludwig

[@Offline-yu2wk]

I love how Dr.Ludwig is wholesome also im a fan

[@Bartnuschler]

Hätte dich nicht hier erwartet. Ich dachte du wärst eher tradioneller/patriotischer unterwegs :D

[@jonasbahn1466]

the transition between the trumpets and the artillery at 4:08 goes CRAZY

[@seatray_real]

HOLY SHIT i never noticed, gah daym that goes harder than diamonds

[@HuertySkibidi]

that's AA

[@kimjongun2081]

Ikr

[@thecosmos729]

Fr fr

[@uki2194]

@@HuertySkibidi AAA=anti aircraft artillery

[@poundlandspeedwagonrequiem]

massive Yankee Doodle effect when this song is attempting to mock the DDR but accidentally went too hard and the reverse effect happened

[@orb3796]

This happens a ton with anti communist propaganda

[@塔兰克里格]

Its like the Soviet March

[@chadthundercock4806]

How do you know this

[@preserveourpbfs7128]

How is it trying to mock the DDR? Edit: shit I thought this song was East German lmao

[@chadthundercock4806]

@@preserveourpbfs7128 From what I can tell it is, the band performing this were socialist

[@toxic3586]

- сколько раз ты это посмотрел? - да

[@catsruleacbanonogismanbo6107]

Я тоже.

[@vuncelantenweid2556]

Мне нравится

[@luigin9919]

Поп + немецкое исполнение + энергия коммунистических песен = имба (правда, написали его ни немцы,ни коммунисты)

[@Schultz_Jegor]

- Сколько раз ты это посмотрел? - АЙН ЦВАЙН ДРАЙН ДИ БЕСТЕ ПАРТАЙ

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

Yes

[@Swissy87]

I would definitely join if i was a child.

[@npickle54]

Easily influenced?

[@Buorgenhaeren]

@@npickle54 You call someone wanting to join an inspiring and motivating origination dedicated to self improvement easily influenced? Someone wasted all their youth away

[@theamazingaviator1084]

@@Buorgenhaeren yeah literally this would be cool as fuck especially as a small kid

[@tsc7445]

@@Buorgenhaeren so I assume you would also join the Hitlerjugend?

[@Juju-hg6rf]

@@tsc7445 ok, this is now a based thread.

[@олегсаванков-ъ9н]

Наши товарищи с Запада видят кругом шпионов, по этой мании их можно сразу узнать. Я когда мне было 8-10 лет видел шпионов только по ТВ, а КГБ знал только по слухам, зато я не боялся один ездить на автобусе через весь город, купаться в озере и подходить к незнакомому дяде

[@homfri111]

this song is such a banger, god i wish germany was real

[@spentallmycashonbigbosspizza]

me too :(

[@big_sea]

there is only one germany, the GDR

[@JustWendigo]

I really hope I existed 😭

[@mcSauerbraten]

Die abdrücke der DDR (GDR) sind immernoch zu erkennen den ich lebe in Sachsen wo es immernoch sehr nach der DDR aussieht

[@nutschannel2.072]

Bro Are you delulu Germany literally existed If Germany never existed, how are you talking about them right now?

[@nullblau7982]

This absolute BANGER just dropped

[@braunreal]

glad to see that IFA Wartburg are getting the attention they deserve. They're really a slept-on group.

[@LarzGustafsson]

They're useless.

[@kreepr]

@@LarzGustafsson nuh uh

[@mattdoty289]

@@LarzGustafssonsays a useless peasant

[@fantasticosally]

@@LarzGustafsson nuh uh

[@Mynameisnotjoe]

@@LarzGustafssonnuh uh

[@maverick114e9]

This song is actually helping me learn german! Dankeschön!

[@niyiu3547]

und wie läuft's, Genosse? Schon Fortschritte gemacht?

[@superc.]

Genosse,wie sieht es aus?

[@ImSorrowFilms]

Gute das ist nett

[@lavendelle_swift]

Yes also you learn numbers in this song.

[@Artyom_Lensky]

Du hast die beste konnex!

[@alexeimuravsky]

"Only a nerd wouldn't join" ahaha song slaps

[@lukedufaur5368]

Holy fucking shit how have I not heard this before?? This is brilliant!

[@purplemanbricks]

real

[@dr.phil.pepper3325]

This is so authentic that I first thought it was an official song in the GDR. But there are minor mistakes in the syntax that exposed them as western spies. ^^

[@tornadicvtfoe8757]

This is absolutely brilliant satire tho lol

[@thenewtwenties]

Can you point those out?

[@dr.phil.pepper3325]

​@@thenewtwenties The overall German used in these lyrics is absolutely great. But if we do some nitpicking the following stands out: Incorrect: "Warum wollen denn die Jugend andern Ländern ihre Tugend nicht verändern?" Correct: "Warum will denn die Jugend in andern Ländern ihre Tugend nicht verändern?" Incorrect: "Andern aber wir sind alle Freie Deutsche Jugend" Correct: "Die anderen aber..." Also correct: "Andere aber..." Incorrect: "Passt auf für die Falschheit in dem abendländischen schimmen[!sic] Heer." This sentence makes no sense at all. Incorrect: "Kommt stattdessen uns mit besser." Correct: "Kommt stattdessen besser mit uns."

[@Ashley-1917]

So its a hoax..?

[@Luziwurm]

@@Ashley-1917 it's kind of a parody towards the whole DDR/GDR and its institutions

[@obiwankenobi4252]

“Only a nerd wouldn’t join” It’s official: the DDR dropped an “🤓” emoji on anticommunists

[@noobiamyes4853]

anybody listening to this song in the modern day is a nerd 😭😭🙏🙏

[@obiwankenobi4252]

@@noobiamyes4853 sounds like you wouldn’t join the FDJ

[@noobiamyes4853]

@@obiwankenobi4252 you really going to tell me someone listening to an East German youth song parody isn’t A nerd

[@TheRealPastaa4]

​@@noobiamyes4853 Then why are you here dawg?

[@noobiamyes4853]

@@TheRealPastaa4 because it’s 🔥

[@wolf3dv]

So many amusing lines but "only a nerd wouldn't join; others though: we are all the free German youth" is so amazing

[@DonDon45-i5h]

“Against reagen” is probably my favourite

[@thefunnynamehere266]

@@DonDon45-i5h and against Massachusetts. Like, they really only hate Massachusetts specifically

[@DonDon45-i5h]

@@thefunnynamehere266 they said manhattan not Massachusetts

[@thefunnynamehere266]

@@DonDon45-i5h point still standing

[@DonDon45-i5h]

@@thefunnynamehere266 I know I was just correcting you

[@SergeiNoskov_Pskov]

Во времена моего детства, когда я был пионером, я переписывался с девочкой из ГДР. У нашего города был город-побратим Гера. Это были хорошие времена, середина 80-х. Однажды, на День моего рождения, родители подарили мне игрушечную немецкую железную дорогу "PIKO". Потом мне докупали другие наборы этой же фирмы. И были такие же наборы у моих друзей. Мы собирали их вместе, и у нас получалась уже довольно внушительная железнодорожная сеть. Это было классно! По субботам у нас по телевизору показывали немецкую спортивную программу "Делай с нами, делай, как мы, делай лучше нас!" Там был ведущий, которого, кажется, звали Ади. Часто в городе можно было встретить грузовики "IFA", а маленькие грузовички "Multicar" убирали в парках и поливали цветы на клумбах. Вот такие воспоминания! :-))))

[@KK-rg1wz]

And now all the Germans are living in a democracy, your USSR army had to leave ....

[@SergeiNoskov_Pskov]

@@KK-rg1wz I congratulate you on this. And what's next?

[@SergeiNoskov_Pskov]

@@KK-rg1wz Well, yes, they are free now! Now they are all run by Americans. And the Europeans do what they are ordered to do. What has changed?

[@KK-rg1wz]

@@SergeiNoskov_Pskov What has changed? We have free elections. Freedom of speech. Freedom to travel. Freedom to start up organisations. To start up an enterprise. And there isn't a Red Army, or an NVA anymore, shooting civilians in the back when leaving their country on the road to the West. Nobody misses you, nor your cruel country, your army, ...

[@SergeiNoskov_Pskov]

@@KK-rg1wz Freedom? You didn't have freedom?! Did the Soviet Army somehow restrict your freedom? What nonsense are you talking! How old are you? Did you really live then? A person is free regardless of the regime under which he lives. Freedom is inside everyone. I have always been and am free. And you don't have any freedom. You have closed all our media at home, you have no more opposition, you do not allow dissent, you have built a new "iron curtain", you have even more NATO troops, even more weapons at our very borders. After all, you are now declaring to Europe that "maybe Hitler is not so bad," and you have people in SS uniforms marching through the streets from time to time. Oh, so you've been waiting for this, when you can walk around in a Nazi uniform? Are you saying you don't want to be shot at when you cross the border? What nonsense! If you now rush, let's say, through the forest from Poland towards Belarus, the Polish border guard will not shoot you? Yes, he will shoot you right away! Just follow through the checkpoint, that's all. And it used to be like that. Okay, I'm tired of reading nonsense about how terrible the USSR is. Wake up! The USSR has been gone for more than 30 years. And no one threatens you. Just as you were slaves, so you remained. It doesn't matter with whom - with Napoleon, Hitler or Biden. You will serve them all. Biden blew up the "Northern Streams", everyone knows this, but the Germans just got lost and continued to lick the ass of the Americans. That's all your "freedom"!

[@J1ocb]

Это прекрасно. Я смотрю на это уже пять часов.

[@NibanoTransmontano]

That music is underrated isn't it ?

[@darykeng]

@@NibanoTransmontano It is, absolutely it is

[@pavelfedorchenko4590]

А слушаю 10

[@makaron3126]

5 часов? 10 часов? Теперь это мой будильник и мелодия на телефон

[@3volutionr23]

friends from the ussr😂😂😂

[@krapivnik5802]

Why is it so much of a banger? omg

[@gameshibe7468]

damn this slaps, finally a break from the repetitive same guitar melody of the post-soviet russian songs (don't get me wrong, they're amazing, but i prefer higher energy)

[@jonvro4022]

Soviet rock exists too, Sektor Gaza is pretty good

[@latviesulegionars8806]

@@jonvro4022 oh fuck yeah

[@kaptainkrafter4130]

Agreed

[@gameshibe7468]

@@jonvro4022 thanks for the reccomendation, i prefer the soviet era songs, not just rock

[@lrakretor3426]

Its not from the GDR its from the Swedish music group IFA Wartburg

[@sadanbarakovic7318]

Probably the best E.-German song I've heard, and I've heard quite a lot, it's simply that it's so... catchy.

[@balvin98]

well the song is actually a song made by a swedish band and they made this song after East Germany fell

[@sadanbarakovic7318]

@@balvin98 It does not change anything, absolute banger.

[@quadrigaschadow7370]

@@balvin98 gud to know

[@-turtle-600]

А переводчик ютуба с юморком.

[@rtixboi4193]

@@balvin98 when I heard that, it ruined the vibe

[@rkkastarshina3989]

My grandma once was in a DDR summer camp and she said she really enjoyed it xD

[@ottodrolkar6989]

My best regards to Valentina

[@TheManUnitedFTW]

many did, many people miss a lot about the GDR. If it still existed, I would migrate there

[@iwillnoteatzebugs]

same. She always said it was better back then

[@rkkastarshina3989]

@@iwillnoteatzebugs Only thing that surprised her was the military presence

[@chrisziegler1152]

don't you think there was a reason that people risked their lifes just to flee to west germany ? @@TheManUnitedFTW

[@vaporcranberries]

My friend: What music do you listen to? Me: it’s complicated…

[@doro5013]

Literally me with playlist of historical collection of anthems:D

[@lrakretor3426]

This song is from a swedish music group parodizing the GDR. Still a good one, and a great video.

[@ultrahevybeat]

who?

[@lrakretor3426]

@@ultrahevybeat its literally in the title, IFA Wartburg

[@vandamn2716]

So is this a satire?

[@lrakretor3426]

@@vandamn2716 I´d say so. But in a good way, I guess?

[@katherinebot]

IFA Warburg is satire? Weren’t they allowed to play in the GDR and USSR? It’s kind of confusing because Wikipedia says they were founded in the 1990s but I think it says they had songs from the 1980s or something. Also, some channel called “IFA Wartburg” which seems to be the official channel appears to genuinely be socialist, as it talks about the destruction and “annexation” of the GDR and stuff, but it could equally just be MORE satire. I don’t know, I’m not exactly an expert on the band but like, it seems confusing.

[@kalbing]

another upload from omnistar, perfection

[@equin_xx]

hello first commenter, i'm the second commenter.

[@kalbing]

@@equin_xx Nobody is first. This is *OUR* comment.

[@clooskarmory69]

0:34 I swear I am gonna spend 3 years trying to perfect this epic line 🔥🔥

[@TheTryingDutchman]

And, did you master it after a year? :P

[@mushroomy9899]

@@TheTryingDutchmanit had been two months when you said that lol

[@TheTryingDutchman]

@@mushroomy9899 Ah yes, for some reason i looked at when the video was uploaded lol

[@RafaelFlagit]

well it’s been half a year so how r u doin?

[@commandercorl1544]

It's super easy to memorize if you just repeat it at a talking pace, until you're confident in the sentence, after which you can probably do it at the song's pace.

[@Lurk-s]

На припеве залип. Чувствую он застрянет в моей голове

[@backermeister3776]

The song originally came from the Swedish two-man pop group IFA Wartburg. They produced many other good songs on the subject of the GDR, socialism and the Soviet Union.

[@sandwich5344]

IFA-Wartburg was a band that made satirical music about the GDR. It's in no way a praise- you can visit their website still, and there too they still hold up the satirical jokes in the "comments section"

[@srulykaplan]

​@@sandwich5344 and it's still great shit, best communist propaganda ever

[@ruzgaryildirim7274]

​@@sandwich5344 they have a website? May i get the name please

[@miniak2708]

​@@ruzgaryildirim7274its ifawartburg se

[@equin_xx]

early. love the content. i have replayed this video twice and don't plan on stopping.

[@gameshibe7468]

didn't know that the reagan footage wasn't the one of him eating a burger

[@equin_xx]

@@gameshibe7468 I didn't notice until you pointed that out

[@EuropeanMapper134]

i literally fell asleep to this while at my dad's house (i was wearing my headphones)

[@cl3ber]

And now I am learning German to sing this masterpiece

[@goonsquad8258]

German is the best language on Earth, I wish you luck, my friend!

[@donaastor]

YES . Exactly! That's the right path my son and I am not even joking

[@cl3ber]

@@donaastor me neither, I've made a good progress in german

[@donaastor]

@@cl3ber do you want to practice somewhere like on Tandem?

[@thevictor180]

Wie gut ist dein Deutsch jetzt?

[@Gseppo]

This is going to greatly affect my KZbin recommendations for the foreseeable future

[@HEKVT]

Where is the anime about the adventures of a group of kids in the FDJ because their theme song slaps hard

[@muhazreen]

Dont forget with the power of Friendeutscheship, we will purge the falsehood

[@Tonyx.yt.]

if DDR radio played this back in the 80's i would swear germany would still divided nowadays

[@goonsquad8258]

Nah... they would have united under the DDR

[@hedgehog3180]

You do realize that this song is making fun of the FDJ and comparing the DDR to Nazi Germany right? Or are you this dense?

[@cwcsemiautomated2618]

The good ending

[@Dummigame]

@@goonsquad8258 Relatively good ending

[@thecosmos729]

True.

[@eden7741]

Me for literally the past like 20 mins EINS-ZWEI-DREI DIE BESTE PARTIE UND VIER FÜNF SECHS DER BESTE KONNEX MIT SIEBEN ACHT DER WARSCHAUER PAKT UND NEUN DEIN BESTE FREUND

[@Regarded69]

For those confused about the bands political leaning, seriousness etc. One of the two main band members, Magnus was interviewed in 2017 by journalist Christian Ihle, you can find the full interveiw online. And he said the following about the concept of the band: ''We called it “Russian pop.” And since we spoke earlier, we thought that a propagandistic GDR image would correspond to music. So uncool that it was almost cool. We chose the name IFA Wartburg because we heard that this vehicle was really better than the Trabant. My high school teacher showed us examples from East German textbooks. I remember Ernst Thalmann and something about a naval ship called Peace. It was really hilarious! I still have copies of some of these pages somewhere. Something worked very, very good as an inspiration'' So basically they don't seem to have had a particulary strong political motivation, one of the band members was inspired by Communist propaganda and thought it would be a silly but good concept for his band.

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

They hippies who made a cool song Thats it

[@kaptainkrafter4130]

This is definitely up there with the most upbeat propaganda Songs I've ever heard, and also one of the most upbeat DDR Songs I've ever heard. Edit: Okay okay I get it, it's not Propaganda. I can see that now.

[@awesomebearaudiobooks]

This is a song sung by an independent Swedish band. I can imagine it being made in DDR, but their songs were usually a bit less ''punky'', for the lack of a better word. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I 'm just voicing my thoughts.

[@Felix-gl9dt]

Yeah it's actually sang by a swedish band in the 90s. Its a bit "too" propaganda to be real propaganda

[@severedsage5867]

@@Felix-gl9dt yeah I’m pretty sure it’s actually just making fun of it tbh

[@kaptainkrafter4130]

@@awesomebearaudiobooks that would make sense

[@kaptainkrafter4130]

@@Felix-gl9dt it really does sound that way the more I listen to this song

[@alexcom6584]

This song is such a banger, that if it was composed in like 1930s, there would be no world war, I fucking swear.

[@kajmak64bit76]

Tbh what makes this song the best is actually the video... it's so perfectly edited with the song it's just... you need to watch the video a few times before you can start listening to just the song...

[@Sapropelle]

@@kaljamaha22 вставай донбас)

[@spoky1365]

Я с тобой согласен, но твоя ава это пиздец

[@lavdihoxhaizmit8955]

@@kaljamaha22 Yritätkö esittää Titoa massamurhaajana?

[@thecosmos729]

True

[@phamsyhung5863]

2:49 fighting for more free time is definitely a cause that I can get behind

[@Justin-ee1mv]

Crazy to think that this song was uploaded on this channel 2 years ago, I still remember when this song has like 600K views and it now has 3 million, Glad to see all the people discovering this song

[@muhammedAFGANIS]

Путинская пропаганда в действии

[@Snusmumrikenx]

>How the hell does the FDJ have such a catchy song? >"Made by a Swedish Band" >Oh, it all makes sense now

[@jameshaslock-owen]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY REFERENCING BUT ITS STILL FUNNY

[@redblueboy885]

@@jameshaslock-owen given that if you're here you probably like history, he's probably referencing Sabaton

[@enider]

@@redblueboy885 He is referencing that Sweden has a large music industry and has traditionally been large within swingy and catchy genres such as the one the song is.

[@redblueboy885]

​@@enider alr

[@Sevas_Askin]

I learned two things from the comments. 1. This is a satire on the GDR. 2. After this satire, half of the commentators wanted to go to the GDR. And that's wonderful, comrades. The capitalists themselves wrote a song for us to dance to.

[@Darloss9508]

They will sell us something something that we will something something them with

[@ВанёкПопов-ь8ш]

Под эту песню они все будут повешены, и рабочее движение воскреснет вновь!

[@please_enter_channel_name]

@@ВанёкПопов-ь8ш Губное воскрешение

[@mayas4m]

it's not sarcasm

[@Eliamaniac]

@@Darloss9508 Just as someone predicted.

[@RS_Mogli]

Sehr schönes Lied, ist wirklich sehr gut geschrieben (meistens), danke dir!

[@jerv9827]

This is still within living memory. Most of the people from eastern Germany currently in senior professional positions were probably members of the IFA. Crazy the way time catches up to you. Crazy how short history is, really.

[@Nurembergwarcriminal]

We need a 1 hour version of this!

[@Zz-jo5si]

Kuolema kommarille

[@theweird1437]

yes

[@F22balloonpopper]

Just put it on loop

[@башарал]

KZbin has had a loop feature for several years now

[@zyavoosvawleilte1308]

This has serious "intro theme to some high school animated series but DDR" vibes

[@vietnameseboi9855]

This song made my whole body's sake along with the music!

[@Hart501]

You should get that checked out, last I heard turning into alcohol was very bad.

[@vietnameseboi9855]

@@Hart501 if there were no covid i will call my friend and Thrown a party with this music

[@Hart501]

@@vietnameseboi9855 I’ll drink to that

[@kaboomvn201]

@@vietnameseboi9855 Đồng chí cũng ở đây nữa à ? :)

[@vietnameseboi9855]

@@kaboomvn201 tui sống đây lâu rồi ô :)) Mê nhạc pop Liên Xô với nhạc Quân sự

[@samlarocco3909]

Never knew a country could have such a crazy opening theme song

[@theamazingaviator1084]

they let children mess with armoured vehicles?? Fuck it becoming a commie now i wanna drive BTR's

[@alexcom6584]

Suggest you going to one of the Donbass republics, there, they'll let you shoot one. Well maybe not a BTR, but certainly a T-64 or T-80.

[@kajmak64bit76]

@@alexcom6584 T-64 is old and probably not being used anymore?

[@alexcom6584]

@@kajmak64bit76 No shit, but poor countries like Ukraine still use them as their main battle tanks. Though they somehow "modernize" them. The armies of Donbass Republics got unlucky to inherit them aswell, from Ukraine, though I think that T-80s aren't as rare there aswell. But to be honest BMP-2 is more preferable there, since they are much more better for Urban combat, and since tank battles there aren't as usual. Edit: Moreover, you can even find T-55s there, if you're lucky.

[@kajmak64bit76]

@@alexcom6584 i mean... T-72 is superior to T-64 in everyway... it's cheaper... more reliable... etc... ? But if T-64 works... then fck it.. use it why not lol

[@kajmak64bit76]

@@alexcom6584 but T-55 is a different breed... that's an AK but tank... lol

[@АлександрСветлов-п9ъ]

Как же это невыносимо прекрасно !

[@jurekrisch5737]

We need a DDR-Anime Opening with this song in the background. Fuck. We need a whole Anime-Series about a group of young FDJ-kids discovering a conspiracy of the americans trying to attack the warsaw pact

[@finnfinndog]

Basically socialist scooby-doo but with better animation I'm all about this!

[@RatsAreNice222]

why does it have to be anime? Like is everyone a weeb now? Just make it a series irl with real actors, no need for animation ,when itll just be 20 times better with real actors and real life places, recorded at those places

[@rayh6118]

If only japan was divided after ww2

[@finnfinndog]

@@RatsAreNice222 I was going with animation because it's more flexible than live-action and I personally enjoy it. Your opinion is noted though

[@melancholy3806]

I support this idea

[@ИринаБоготская]

Вспонимаю жизнь в ГДР с большим удовольствием, там родился мой сын. Своих подруг, с которыми я училась

[@ars787]

Это песня на самом деле из Швеции, а не из Гдр

[@ИринаБоготская]

@@ars787 но эта песня очень органично там звучала

[@ars787]

@@ИринаБоготская ну да

[@mayas4m]

​@@ars787 да, но про гдр

[@rom_icon]

Что-то меня эта песня затянула. Будь я ребенком ГДР, обязательно бы вступил

[@fKek-yy8tz]

это шуточная песня и группа тоже

[@sentientcapitalism3889]

Love the DDR or not this is probably the most effective youth targeted propaganda to exist.

[@keeganowens8949]

It's actually satirical, though that's very hard to figure out because it sounds like something they might do.

[@bolshevikapologist9957]

@@keeganowens8949 Ikr, idk why they'd make it so fucking good while making the satire basically impossible to see

[@terrorgaming459]

Not properganda

[@pumpkinlord1117]

This isnt propaganda, this was made by two swedish dudes that formed a band. But still a great song.

[@arminius7909]

@@pumpkinlord1117 are they swedish? They sound german

[@vetoneal6171]

new song to be addicted to

[@muhammadfadhiil5992]

Same

[@vxp444]

Indeed lol, it's very catchy

[@jaskkk]

не "вечеринка", а "партия"! не позорились бы с автопереводом..

[@obZenism]

Banger as always, Josh

[@nono-jj9rr]

Wütend Auf Das Internet

[@Sneed-pb9cz]

Gmi

[@seronymus]

Jumbo Josh?

[@BiIlyBones]

GDR-USSR proletarian friendship forever! Спасибо за работу товарищ!

[@flexabramovich4557]

Объединим мир с помощью дружбы

[@antcircus5564]

Put the goddamn wall back up

[@melancholy3806]

Nice pfp comrade

[@LVCIVSBRVTS]

More poweful and suitable than gundam anime ost.

[@plussum3255]

which gundam anime ost

[@arandomt-9056]

East Germany own anime OP song right here

[@charles-pn5uf]

the editing on this is incredible

[@pietromissiaggiascarabeus-3229]

This is a Chad song of DDR

[@Pao234_]

Not gonna lie, i would have joined the hell out of this, it looks really cool

[@SpaceMonkey20]

Same bro

[@vonathenbrod8498]

Yeah, honestly, why didn't I get to climb over a BTR in elementary school

[@nicoschmid668]

Would make a great opener for teen Superheroes of the DDR

[@jakederik]

As a Russian who had relatives stationed in East Germany I see this as a win

[@TheGdeyyy]

Немецкий язык ни разу не грубый! Напротив - очень звучный и красивый!)

[@ДмитрийКравчук-ц1ж]

так до гитлера все наоборот говорили что он красивый а после полетели стериотипы))

[@Robespierre228]

@@ДмитрийКравчук-ц1ж он шепилявый

[@weimerus2930]

​@@ДмитрийКравчук-ц1жвы о чем? Ещё в 17 веке говорили примерно так; с солдатами я буду говорить по немецки/ со свиньёй и т.п фразы.

[@Joe_Spier]

1942

[@gringion3012]

Самое смешное IFA Wartburg была шведской группой

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar9296]

"I don't want to join the GDR Youth Organization" 🤓

[@infinity-kg9xn]

real

[@marshalondro9692]

Great song and even better footage! 👍🏼

[@p.c.r.4062]

A wonderful song!❤ Greetings from Romania!^^

[@ВладимирМельников-п4ж]

Хорошая песня. Скачал её себе в коллекцию. Автору всех благ и долгой жизни в здравии! :)

[@Polymershik]

Спасибо шведской группе Ifa Wartbutg :)

[@Robespierre228]

@@Polymershik так она оказывается даже не немецкая

[@Polymershik]

@@Robespierre228 Ну она типа шведская, так как в Швеции была создана, но образовали ее немцы, которые жили в ГДР, как я понял.

[@Robespierre228]

@@Polymershik значит немецкая.

[@Polymershik]

@@Robespierre228 Ну, можно и так сказать. Как и System of a Down - армянская :)

[@patriot_the_motherland]

Это произведение искусства глубоко запало мне в душу! Какая экспрессия! А какой ритм! Если бы сыграла она в нужное время тогда было бы больше молодых коммунистов.

[@ryker1871]

This was made as a song targeted against the Communist regime. If you would’ve actually lived through the depressing DDR then you’d know how bad it was.

[@Junior_Santos.]

Graças a Deus não tem 😁

[@Dellindr]

@@ryker1871 I don't see how this song could insult DDR or communism

[@ryker1871]

@@Dellindr It’s imitating Soviet propaganda at the time that made the GDR seem like a beautiful place to live,

[@throwfascistsintopits3062]

@@ryker1871 "lived through the depressing DDR then you’d know how bad it was." Yes, yes, i personally witnessed Stalin eating ukrainian babies

[@vxp444]

it looks so fun, i wanna join after hearing this banger

[@dillgewurz3597]

Sorry but: the FDJ probably doesn't care about the others. Many underestimate what happened and don't even know what happened

[@fernandez9775]

I love how they really said: "Join or you're a NERD"

[@d8vids]

It’s nice to know that the FDJ still exists

[@angryyordle4640]

to the people that don't know: the FDJ actually never was dissolved in east germany and is around to this day. They're much much smaller, but they still exist

[@MWM499]

@@angryyordle4640 I must join

[@SchwarzeSonne130]

@@MWM499 see ya on the streets you'll not be spared red scum we kicked out the reds once out of our east and we will not tolerate any again

[@MathRaven1910]

I want to join die FDJ,ich wir fur DDR :)

[@wahoo.]

@@angryyordle4640I am 11 years old, there is still time to join the youth and finally reunite with my deutsch ancestors

[@pasha_tehnik671games]

Слушайте всех молодых людей из ГДР Мальчики, девочки, все друзья из СССР Я хочу выступить и рассказать об организации Это должно воспитывать и воспитывать наше поколение Мы все такие свободные здесь (в FDJ) Мы все здесь такие немцы (в FDJ) Мы все такие молодые здесь (в FDJ) Мы все здесь с тобой (в FDJ) Почему молодые другие страны не хотят менять свою добродетель? Только ботаник проходит мимо Разные, но все мы свободная немецкая молодежь Раз, два, три, лучшая вечеринка И четыре, пять, шесть, лучшая связь С семью, восемью Варшавского договора И девять твой лучший друг A, B, C, лучшая армия И D, E, F, правильное совпадение G, H и I за демократию И J, это FDJ В детстве я был пионером Тельмана. Теперь я свободный немецкий молодежный чиновник Раз, два, три, лучшая вечеринка И четыре, пять, шесть, лучшая связь С семью, восемью Варшавского договора И девять твой лучший друг A, B, C, лучшая армия И D, E, F, правильное совпадение G, H и I за демократию И J, это FDJ Остерегайтесь лжи в западных армиях Вместо того, чтобы пойти с нами лучше, Потому что мы становимся все больше и больше Мы узнаем о манерах и ритмах и звуках Социализм, коммунизм, Ленин и революция Мы все такие свободные здесь (в FDJ) Мы все здесь такие немцы (в FDJ) Мы все такие молодые здесь (в FDJ) Мы все здесь с тобой (в FDJ) Почему молодые другие страны не хотят менять свою добродетель? Только ботаник проходит мимо Другие, однако, мы все Свободная немецкая молодежь Раз, два, три, лучшая вечеринка И четыре, пять, шесть, лучшая связь С семью, восемью Варшавского договора И девять твой лучший друг A, B, C, лучшая армия И D, E, F, правильное совпадение G, H и I за демократию И J, это FDJ За свободу Для работы В свободное время За единство Давай поспорим Затем на запад И Манхэттен против Рейгана Против тирана Против нас В детстве я был пионером Тельмана. Теперь я свободный немецкий молодежный чиновник Раз, два, три, лучшая вечеринка И четыре, пять, шесть, лучшая связь С семью, восемью Варшавского договора И девять твой лучший друг A, B, C, лучшая армия И D, E, F, правильное совпадение G, H и I за демократию И J, это FDJ Раз, два, три, лучшая вечеринка И четыре, пять, шесть, лучшая связь С семью, восемью Варшавского договора И девять твой лучший друг А, В, С, лучшая армия74 И D, E, F, правильное совпадение G, H и I за демократию И Джей, это FDJ.

[@jorgen6809]

The best DDR song I've heard so far, damn.

[@RatsAreNice222]

its from a swedish band

[@americancommunist6076]

@@RatsAreNice222 in the gdr

[@RatsAreNice222]

@@americancommunist6076 nope. They were independent and this song is literally sarcasm

[@RatsAreNice222]

@@americancommunist6076 also most of their songs literally came out when the DDR already fell

[@americancommunist6076]

@@RatsAreNice222 you're using irony wrong

[@thecosmos729]

Coming back again to enjoy this masterpiece. It's probably been a year since I first heard it.

[@Gecnijvetzko]

3:36 Так вот, где придумали эту адскую штуковину, которая у меня, в детстве, во дворе стояла.

[@czesco4677]

травмирующий

[@aluminiumchloride8614]

Тормози меня! Тормози меня быстрей!

[@ConfederateCunny]

Very nice profile picture.

[@Gecnijvetzko]

@@ConfederateCunny It's Kokonoe Rin from Kodomo no jikan.

[@Boxart]

"Only a nerd wouldn't join" Shit, I guess I have no choice now

[@СэдрикдеРупе]

Germans be careful! This video can give you a burning sensation of Ostalgie, even if you are not from East Germany!

[@GermanFreakvb21]

The old commies at least had an idea of patriotism

[@sakura44553]

@@GermanFreakvb21 The patriotism in the GDR was always connected to internationalism. Not flat patriotic feelings you probably have.

[@papovka]

@@sakura44553 bad cope, the nationalism & traditions of east germany made them much more german than the capitalist west

[@Darloss9508]

​@@papovkayou have no idea what u r saying. Capitalism destroys tradition and culture. Everyone must wear suits and "business clothes", mass produced BS that kills the artisanal handmade high quality stuff. Also, GDR helped a lot the international anti colonial mouvement. West Germany imperialised the world.

[@cornamenpython6760]

​@@papovkaCommunist internationalism prizes itself with the diversity of its nations' cultures, unlike Western globalism that plagued West Germany.

[@nurgle-j5n]

this has absolutely no right to go this hard

[@tompegorinno5141]

I really wish my country Philippines had this kind of upbeat patriotic songs. I am so singing this at work.

[@mynamejeff3545]

It's a satire song by a Swedish band ;) To call the FDJ "patriotic" would be a massive disservice. Like many socialist youth organisations and socialists in general, the FDJ was against nationalism, viewing it as yet another way to keep humanity divided and distract the people from gaining class consciousness. In the video you see lots of working together with youth of other countries, foreign trips and cultural exchanges, and even if the East German state is glorified, it was more used as a way to show how cool and good socialism is, and how rad it would be if the whole world was like that. So it's an upbeat socialist song instead of a patriotic one. But you're right that it's damn catchy

[@yessirie3306]

You are so going to prison.

[@ClitoridectomyGroyper]

@@mynamejeff3545 you cannot have internationalism without nationalism

[@mynamejeff3545]

@@ClitoridectomyGroyper Worst take I've ever heard, but ok

[@ClitoridectomyGroyper]

@@mynamejeff3545 Nah your take is the worst and most unnuanced.

[@drunkenslav2334]

oh god i love this song, didnt think you would actually make a video on it!!!

[@mr.noodle7080]

That is my new fav song i just loop this song for 20 time now

[@phasma287]

Daebom fan

[@defunct3900]

The girl at 3:53 looks so solemn. I wonder where she is now and how she looks back on that time in her life, being in the FDJ and first hearing about reunification. Does she know we will be forever memorialized in archival footage from that time and now this KZbin video? idk, just a silly thought

[@therealpedersen3671]

Lovely song, and please go listen to more IFA Wartburg.

[@Dave_L]

The song that plays when you're bumping around in your section's BTR-60PB, crossing the inter-German border under a cannonade of artillery with the Wachregiment Friedrich Engels.

[@hedgehog3180]

The song was literally made after the dissolution of the DDR.

[@Dave_L]

@@hedgehog3180 Genosse, I am afraid I will have to report your comment to your local Staatssicherheit office...

[@breadindividual7040]

This is very beautiful man I'm shedding tears :,(