Bodybuilder Reacts - Seemann - Rammstein

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

Helmsman - The sailor who is holding the ship on course.

[@utedachner3741]

Was für ein schönes Lied, was für tolle Jungs, was für eine Reaktion. Rammstein gehört für mich zu den Besten!!!!

[@hexenwerk8905]

Check out the cover of "Seemann" from Apocalyptica and Nina Hagen. It's great.

[@66pado]

The bass line from this song was my wake up call for probably 10 years

[@amygoodson-catlady]

I fondly remember these early shows. Till was freaking terrified with stage fright, but always delivers a great vocal. While he thought this song was the only.one from the first album worth anything, he hated singing it live bc everyone was focused on him. Then they started sending Flake out into the crowd in a rubber dinghy to lighten things up. Also, the sea, boats, etc are a recurring theme for Till's writing. The sea offered freedoms he only dreamed of as a child growing up in East Germany... Have you read Till's books of poetry? They might give you an insight into the lyrics bc you really GET what he's saying in prose. I enjoyed them!

[@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567]

are Till's books, his poetry available in English translation? I know it isn't quite the same although a good translation should be close.

[@amygoodson-catlady]

@@theinvisibleneonrainbowzeb2567 Yes, his 2nd one...title slips my mind but I got mine on Amazon just search Till Lindemann it will come up! It's a fun read!

[@andreysergienkov5246]

"You take the fire from the candle" - a bad omen for sailors. Smoking from a candle in a lighthouse, a person closed the light in the window and the ships went astray Generally, I think that this song about man who loves the girl whose mother died. And he wants to help her not feel sad, but she doesn't loves him and in the end he is "left alone"

[@bernardoesperanto3194]

Andrey... -- Why do you think her mother died? My understanding is the following: The girl always had problems with her mother, so she left her home and ended as a prostitute on the street. He wants to save her, but she refuses and at the end both are lonely.

[@james1909]

You are one of the good ones.keep on!still one year later listen to your reactions..!

[@ITN_Global]

Much love ❤

[@james1909]

@@ITN_Global sometimes you ve got problems with the language, but there i can only laugh about, yeah for sure! German is difficult, then with so much double meanings and so on.. Still Germans don t understand Rammstein texts or interpretations, (watch your "roter Sand" for example today..), so here are always people to help! Greetings from northern Germany again

[@tosa2522]

I think the song is about his partner who is sick with cancer (or some other serious disease) and dies from it. The line "They only spoke of your mother" implies that the mother shared the same fate. The line "The fire you take from the candle" could mean that she is a smoker. This line is also part of a German proverb. If someone lights his cigarette on a candle and does not take a match, it is said that then a sailor dies. Sailors in the past made matches when they were ashore to earn extra money. If you don't use a match, you deprive the sailor of his income (and he must die).

[@sonjaleesloth]

Wow. 👍🏼

[@huba3885]

of course the match thing, makes alot of sense ... it all fits

[@Eliphas_Leary]

Listen to the song "Lili Marleen" by Lale Andersen, the Seemann makes a little more sense then. ;-)

[@citycobra5014]

The helmsman is the one who is driving (car, ship, spaceship, whatever). I am amazed to see how amazed you were when you saw this. Great natural reaction. Loved it. Thank you! The Song hast great lyrics, and "wenn es Dich nach unten zieht" (when it pulls you under) is a true goose bumps moment!!

[@stephenmiller195]

Always love your Rammstein reactions, this is one of my favourite songs, keep going there are a lot of brilliant Rammstein fans that will comment, I sometimes find out things I did not know so keep going thanks 🙏 good luck with the web site too

[@josefinenagy4136]

I tell you what I think this song means: It is a love story with a twist/tragical ending, you were right here. The sea is a reappearing theme in Till's songs. It means sex or physical closeness for him. For example, in another song he describes a man speaking to a young girl and wanting her to step into his car. He says "You are so young, you have never seen seen the sea.", which means, she never had sex. And the sea is never again mentioned in the song. In "Seemann" it is the story of a man who fell in love with a whore. "She is standing at the lantern" always means a whore ist standing there to get customers. She is crying. She is not happy with her job. The sea stands for sex. He is in love with her and wants to rescue her and get her away from all that. But when he does, he is just like all the others. He says " Am I not the best seaman?". He is defining him thru sex, like all the others before him. She lights a cigarette with a candle, that means in German legends, a sailor dies when you do that. She realizes, he is just like all the others and gets rid of him, either leaves him or kills him. The mother. For me it is very very obvious that her mother was a whore as well and probably the best one of them all ("They only talk of your mother") and she was a product of her mother's business and just went along with it too.

[@pogscar2843]

From what I've heard "educatedmarine" has the best english translations for Rammstein's songs, just so you know :)

[@LifeisFoo]

Love how this song let's the bass shine. I wonder if the song is about the seemans daughter, how he became lost at sea and she's longing for her father. Hence the mother line?

[@conchi5882]

I love this song of Ramstein

[@teresas8173]

My favorite Rammstein song

[@michaelfinck7487]

Some of the few KZbin channels that know that the lyrics are also important for Rammstein

[@justston188]

Maybe you can also react to a cover? I recommend Apocalyptica feat. Nina Hagen - Seemann. Nina Hagen is the German "Godmother of Punk"

[@tosa2522]

I second that

[@acidgravy1]

@@tosa2522 So do I

[@arnodobler1096]

@@acidgravy1 yeah i´m too

[@Eliphas_Leary]

Wonderful reaction, respectful to this song. Here's a little detail most people miss: in the refrain the Laterne ("street light"?) refers to the song "Lili Marleen" by Lale Andersen. Wikipedia has a good article about the song and it's quite intersting history, and KZbin videos with that song have comment sections rich with further details and stories. Lili Marleen adds a new dimension to Seemann, and that sea is much wilder and deeper than expected.

[@cruusha9866]

I think this song is about a person (x) and another person (y). x believes that y is travelling through life alone and that y should come with x. That is the whole "Come into my boat", come with me. And I also think the line "The winds blow the sails straight" is that being on a boat (the metaphor) brings wind with it which will cause trouble and turbulence. I'm assuming this is to mean that life gets really depressing sometimes, implying that those times should not be spent alone. And then during the refrain, x says, "Now you stand there at the lantern. With tears in your face.". I'm assuming this to mean that y is standing there with the ferryman of death, regretful of his life. So idk if this is actually what it means, but that's the most likely as of right now.

[@robertbretschneider765]

Great reaction, u take ur time to try to understand, thats great!

[@spring_in_paris]

A helmsman is a technical term for somebody on a ship

[@jasonjessicaforlife]

Stein un stein is an awesome song

[@joeysendzik9166]

i love your interpretations, as a german its also difficult because of all metaphers and double and triple meanings. Lend your earst to a cover of this song from Nina Hagen with Apocalyptica ;) the lyrics are art and Lindemann can do it in english as well, when he sings 2 more days, but probably means "tumour" days ;) check out Lindemanns englischSolo- Album

[@IvoryInDaHouse]

I think we're talking about two intertweined pictures here: The guy rowing alone in his boat and the guy on the street seeing the love of his life. If she comes into his boat means they're doing their journey together now.

[@tiffanyabell9070]

Maybe it's about a father missing when he was younger... Went out never returned. No one spoke about the father only his mother because it was a painful subject. Now he is a little older and mom has passed.

[@hugosboss5269]

A helmsman is someone who is steering a boat / vehicle.... maybe he was referring to his car as a boat while he was on the street, drifting along and who stands alone at a lantern in the night....

[@plumpdy5810]

Maybe the song is about how the sailor went alone after asking the person to come and they denied and he felt alone in the night and so being cold and alone he commited suicide and then the other person stood waiting at the lantern for him but time stood still as he never returned and seasons passed and he still wasn’t back and no one noticed so they only talked about the mother not him even though he had been gone for a while. Still kind of confusing but this is my take.

[@odunhops7727]

I´ve got the CD of this first album - forgot this song and I´m rediscovering this fucking awesome song ..... Wow .... I´ve forgotten so much of their songs ..... shame on me!!!

[@ПашкинаГалина]

Браво 😘😘😘💪👍👍👍

[@Brickschooter]

If you want to listen to them on your privat i really suggest you to search for the meanings of the songs. Because on my opinion each song gets only better if you know the deep meaning. (Personally) Great reactions! Keep it going 💪🏼

[@shavedYETI]

react to 2016 version of seemann

[@patricegraziano2303]

helmsman man on a boat responsible for navigation (first mate)

[@nyoodmono4681]

I agree it is about a lost relastionship. Like the person becomes lost in the vast ocean, meaning the world. Come in my boat, would mean come back into my world. But maybe it is actual loss. But somone standing there at the latern, seems more like somone has not past away but is still around visible. It could also mean somone got lost, standing at lanterns, because of prostitution and thats hy they talk about the mother only.

[@n0wi153]

There is a great Cover from Nina Hagen feat. Apocalyptica

[@klausreiger7315]

Great reaction. Check out "Mutter" (Mother) and "Dalai Lama" by Rammstein.

[@CavHDeu]

Please react to the version by Nina Hagen and Apocalyptica

[@edgie4865]

Hi, the response was great as usual. The song itself is a ballad of life and wandering around the world. Till in the official video [ kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHmXlI2Vd6Zlbac ] tells the underlying meaning of this song.

[@spring_in_paris]

Sent you a link a few minutes ago in another video you put up like an hour ago. In case you haven't seen it here's the link again. " Frühling in Paris" by Rammstein. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKOznKOOpaZoZqM It's a custom made video by educatedmarine. Before I forget love this song as well. So emotional. It's about a father being sorry that his daughter is becoming an adult. It has references to the an old German song. With love from Germany 🤘 😎

[@zvenniejackblue3362]

I think being confused about the lyrics is ok. I believe its on purpose that the lyrics seems to be the words of someone caring about another one (in which both already know each other) and bring up stuffs like "they speak about your mother" as a thing between them we are not supposed to understand (only they do), we are only supposed to understand its meaningfull although we don't know what it means 🤷‍♂️😂 I think that's great.

[@sonjaleesloth]

This is an intense song but imagine how much more for wives and girlfriends of fishermen. 😥

[@1134olaf]

Helmsmann is the one at the rudder of a ship !! Wrong translation.

[@odunhops7727]

I did a research for helmsman (Steuermann) - if you´ve seen that classic movie "Moby -Dick" - the helmsman was Mr. Starbuck. It looks like the lyrics were wordly translatet. So they make no sens!!!

[@ubaldo8630]

Grettings from México, would you pls redacto to Él Muchacho de los ojos tristes versión Rammstein, very nice and fun, and nice and deep reaction

[@LuisLopez-id4zc]

Wich one was your first Rammstein reaction?

[@ratzpa]

Pls watch the Nina Hagen / Apocalyptica cover. You have to. It is a must see. It is the German Punk Queen together with a scandinavian band.

[@Plexpara]

rammstein try to write lyrics allways in 2 meanings a positive one and a negative one. tahts why they allways say its on you what you take out of it so you can see the song as something for life (like love stuff-"who hold your hand" etc). or as something from a pimps view who says "come in my boat" (work for me) with that in mind,watch the video and lyrics again and you will understand the song better thats not my phantasy.thats what rammstein said by them self in old interviews i like how you enjoy it.i love them

[@_lordhelmchen_2834]

its an imansive deep song auutum is basiclly an age about 60 65 years

[@llothar68]

This is not a native Rammstein song. It's a traditional song. Watch out for Nina Hagen performing the same song.

[@Rednosei]

Great Song, great Reaction! 👍 Didn't know this Performance, this Video. At that Time, instrumentally, live with Rammstein wasn't that great! The drumming, for example, was terrible noise!

[@mauertal]

Helmsman..........Steersman...........of course, the boat-thing......u know......

[@karlknall5803]

listen to reise reise und you will understand

[@kleinkunst8455]

it's all about a girl

[@norbertwoelz3262]

I strongly think, He is talking about his daughter after divorce