MUSIC DIRECTOR REACTS | Rammstein - Deutschland (Official Video)

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Intense. Sad but artistically powerful the way they crafted their message via music and video. I need to watch some explanation videos to understand some of the segments in this video. For live content catch me on Twitch. www.twitch.tv/drumrolltony

[@rainbowraver666]

threearrows did a REALLY good explanation/analysis video on it! highly recommend! I would also love to see your reaction to it, although it's fairly long. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZSQlqiMgZ2rh9U

[@helloweener2007]

"I need to watch some explanation videos " This is a long and very detailed one... He is German doing Videos in English about German culture. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3vQf4mufZxnidE

[@Patte-chan]

Three Arrows would be my recommendation for an explanation video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZSQlqiMgZ2rh9U

[@jadu79]

Can't recommend you highly enough two songs with Sabaton but also their story behind that camp Inmate 4859 - Witold Pilecki - Sabaton History 042 [Official] kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJCZcoWChMymmKM SABATON - Inmate 4859 (Official Lyric Video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6HGYqKJjr2fi7M The Final Solution - The Holocaust - Sabaton History 083 [Official] kzbin.info/www/bejne/qovWknmZfN-em68 SABATON - The Final Solution (Official Lyric Video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYCWkqp5adKparM

[@woodydroneson]

Love the fact that every English Speaking person doing this type of video does not turn on Subtitles and auto Translate :) It is a great song and video one of their best and shows love and hate for their own country as well as many other things. We now get on well with Germany considering other countries would still be fighting and arguing thousands of years later.

[@michaelfinck7487]

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 ("red line of violence through german history"), especially in recent history. Therefore the video features various events from German history, including Roman times, the Middle Ages, witch hunting and burning, Protestant Reformation, the November Revolution, the "Golden Twenties" and hyperinflation, Nazi book burnings, the Hindenburg disaster, the First and Second World Wars, the Holocaust, the Weimar Republic, the Red Army Fraction (violent anti-capitalist terror alliance of young people and students against Nazis in high state and economy positions in post-war Germany), and the division of the country into West and East Germany including the Uprising June 17 in East Germany. The black woman represents Germany and one of the Colors of the German flags, sometimes as a victim, but mostly as a perpetrator. With her black skin she is also a provocation to all stupid racists 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 also Second World Wars and is symbolic of the German people, whose existence was also strongly threatened in those wars (Morgenthau-Plan) - both now have a second existential chance, just like the new German democratic constitution, which in future must be protected as strongly as if it were under quarantine (Judges in red robes, Rammstein members in protective suits with the dogs) The Holocaust was for this reason the greatest human crime because it was the first industrially organized mass murder in human history, by a country that was culturally at its highest point at this time and called itself the country of poets and thinkers. But it is precisely the high cultural and scientific level of Germany that unfortunately caused others to be viewed as subhuman who can be killed without pity, just like animals. Seeing other people as inferior has always brought a lot of suffering to people

[@peterl5804]

Great analysis

[@macavitythemysterycat]

Very well said.

[@desireew4872]

Great analysis

[@TahseenKamal]

Thank you for the explanation! So helpful.

[@tee_es_bee]

Thank you for the detailed break down. 🧡💛🧡

[@ThePhilNews]

I have never seen a music video as impactful and meaningful as this, not to mention it's artistic and cinematographic value. How has this not been awarded or gained any kind of special recognition? In 2019 "This is America" won the Grammy. That video is a joke compared to this.

[@WindexDrinker-j6v]

Probably because there's Nazis in it. Sad, given how beautiful the video is, but likely true.

[@n1cl4s]

The “video” was seen as pretty controversial in the German media. Some politicians raised their voice, claiming the video to be too extreme. I think that this was the reason it didn't win anything. Germans are less patriotic than Americans.

[@smellybogger]

Have you seen Zeit? Even more spellbinding IMO.

[@manzanasrojas6984]

In '19 the Grammys wouldve gotten cancelled for nominating a video depicting a black woman in all kinds of "controversial" historic scenarios lol

[@TheMetalGryphon]

I mean they both can be impactful? Sounds like you are mad about something that’s more then just the video….

[@ivanbraidi]

Rammstein are simply on another level, and I'm not talking only about metal. And this is their absolute masterpiece. Impossible to listen and watch without feeling all the pain and sadness. Colossal.

[@agrazaj223]

tak

[@SwaggerHarrystlyesminecrafter]

The Outro is the melody of the song „Sonne“ also made by Rammstein, you should check that one out too

[@joaquinmarichal]

Thank you thank you, since this video came out Ive been like, I know that melody were from? I cant remember, thaks to you now I finally KNOW

[@karenglenn6707]

The piano over the credits is Sonne, a beautiful song.

[@davidbroz6755]

Great reaction. You're not just shocked and confused, you can see that you understand a lot the first time you watch the video. Good job!

[@dimitrasotirakoglou2553]

It's an artistic view of Germany's history through the years. From Roman times,to WW2 and many secret messages throughout it. The production,the lyrical content and the whole creative team behind it ,in combination with the bands frontman (Till usually writes the stories for them videoclips) is epic. The official version is shorter,i hope you chose the extended. Also,at the end of some songs Rammstein chooses to enter segments of piano versions of the same album..songs with a different view on each one.. In this particular one they play Sonne at the end. Thank you

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

I will def need to look up some videos about the secret messages as it seemed it was full of them. The version I watched was the official video so I have no clue if that was the extended one you talked about. There was piano in the end but only about 2 mins.

[@dimitrasotirakoglou2553]

@@DrumRollTonyReacts hmm try to find the lyrics in the course of your reaction ,so you can take a peek in each verse. It will definitely help you understand the whole meaning of the song. For me it is one of their best projects existing out there. Have fun ❤️

[@juma2619]

@@dimitrasotirakoglou2553 there is also the band to baader and the policies of the gdr ^^ so it don’t stop at the Second World War

[@Dalmen]

The song is going beyond the WW2. You can see scenes from the GDR, from RAF and the future.

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

@@Dalmen Yep

[@youknowwho9247]

I'm not a huge Rammstein fan, but as a German, I feel like this song and video are an incredibly powerful expression of how many of us feel towards our country. Patriotism is such a difficult subject here, and this is a superb, vivid depiction of how multilayered the emotions in that area run.

[@sebastianrichter6075]

Ein Meisterwerk

[@spring_in_paris]

Hello. Great reaction. Every time I watch one of your reactions, I learn something regarding the music (progression, techniques, etc.). I'm from Germany so let me give you some thoughts from someone who's born here. First of all, first time I watched the video I was shocked and deeply moved. The song/ video takes a very deep look into our german souls and how most of us feel about our country. It's a love- hate- relationship. The video is loaded with tons of symbols, that as a German you catch onto. Let's start: in the intro you see Germania (Personification of Germany) during roman/ germanian tribes time. The red Lazer represents the "red thread" of the story/ history. Astronauts from the future bringing Germania in a glass coffin (snow-white) so she can lead through the/her german history. Next you observe the twenties (Weimar Republic).The prison scene representing the rough, violent times especially for the majority of the population struggling to survive. Money raining down/ the great depression. And Germany's first try as a democratic state. In between Germania is dressed in knight's armor awaking her knights/band with the Lazarus spear. Next Germania is pushed in a wheelchair by the band through the Berlin Holocaust Memorial with burning bodies. Next vignette the office scene showing east Germany and west Germany reunited (1989). Then you're being taken back to mideveal times, monks/ church are feasting off of Germania. In most scenes you'll see some church man involved. No coincidence. The clergy had a huge inpact on historical event throughout German history such as wars or political influence/ decisions. The concentration camp scene in the background you see V2 rockets ignition. The inmates are wearing different types of stars on their chests and a sign on the gallows reads: no photos. Germania wears an eye-patch first on her left, than on her right eye. Than a quick shot of Germania dressed modern with lots of gold leading german shepherds, representing Germany's wealth. The 70's scene shows the RAF- extremists holding Germania/ Germany hostage. Next vignette is the witch burnings shifting to the book burnings. If you have a close look, at minute 4:45 you see a church man holding up a cross hugging a Nazi, symbolising the churches over all position to the horrific events happening during 1933-1945. The birth scene. Germania is giving birth to dogs respectively "Leonberger" a breed preferred by Kings and Queens. The Breed almost went extinct during WW1 and WW2. A cardinal or constitutional judge helping (dressed in red) a new Germany being born. At minute 5:50 you see the riots against refugees homes in the 90's in Hoyerswerda. Molotovs are being thrown and a car is being pushed over with the help of a man dressed in Nazi uniform. Than the scenes/ time vignettes start shifting faster and faster, showing every time, when circumstances becoming to extreme everything is falling apart and Germania (dressed in knight's) armor is crying. The outro is the piano version of the song "Sonne" which completes how we feel thinking of our past: a sense of sadness. To sum it up. Germany has a long, wild, violent, unique history, because we as a state of today exist only since 1989. Yet the roots go back a very long time. "Young and yet so old" I hope that helped a little to understand the video and with that us Germans. We don't have a strong feeling of patriotism, but a strong sense of unity. It's complicated. With love from Germany 🤘 😎

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Thank you for the insight and message explanation.

[@MaxMustermann-on2gd]

Wie gewohnt bist du überall 🤣 Feier ich 😉

[@Krokostad]

It's complicated sums it up very well 😁

[@thorleif8872]

Germania wears the patch first over the right Eye (blind for the danger and crimes of the extrem Right/Nazis) and at the end of the WW2 segment of the video on her left eye (blind for the growing thread of the extrem left/RAF)..thats how i interpret it, but i could be wrong

[@mischr13]

@@thorleif8872 interesting

[@chriskola3822]

Every frame of this video is a piece o art.

[@xScooterAZx]

At the first those Romans were about to get crushed by the Germanic tribes at Teuteborg Forest in 9 CE. This costed 6 million US Dollars to make and was the second most expensive video ever made at the time. It's the condensed history of Germany. Also everyone seems to miss the Hindenburg back there on fire.

[@Maxxx568]

Well, it says 16 AD, little later. So it's aftermath of Teutoburg. In 14 Octavian died and Tiberius became emperor and his heir, Germanicus, made couple military expeditions inside Germany, from Rhine to Elba, to suppress german tribes, recover the banners of Var's legions and bury remains of dead legionaries (the corpses on trees).

[@PintoConrad]

You've shown real respect to this video's content/message. Usually you break down stuff but here I see you've been very "touched" by the topics and messages in the video.

[@Erenmir]

I love this song and clip and everything. I'm from Czech republic, so being so close to Germany, our history is infamously close and we've always been in odds throughout the history. Which is the highest understatement when it comes to WWII. The thing with Germans is that... they actually don't talk about these feelings. It is not at all common for artists from Germany to express all this pain and dilema about their country - out loud. Listening to this song, it was the first time I understood a lot about today's Germany and its people. (However, if my late grandma were to see me in the Rammstein concert last year, jumping and screaming the lyrics to this song along with "Deutschland über allen", she WOULD disown me, no matter how I would try to explain the meaning of the song XD).

[@dasmaurerle4347]

I knew you wouldn't miss out the ending. It's as important to the song as anything...well done, mate!❤🍻

[@BauerAzlan]

There is a very interesting artistic choice: The line "Deutschland über alleN" (germany above everyone) is an alteration of the first stanza of the "Deutschlandlied" which in its original says "Deutschland über alleM" (Germany above everything). Nowadays its very much frowned upon and while the third stanza is the official anthem of Germany, if you would sing the first stanza, people would be rather shocked and in fact a lot of German people even think it's banned even tho its actually not. The historical reason for this is that "Germany above everything" was a line that was written when Germany wasn't a unified nation but many minor independent states, so the idea of a unified Germany as a concept was above everything. In the course of history tho the meaning changed and it was used as a chauvinistic concept expressing Germany being above everyone and every other nation, thus it isnt sung anymore at all. Therefore by singing germany above everyone, Rammstein is playing with the changing of that line through history.

[@justTyping]

Even Rammstein adresses the Nazi way of thinking. Next to this line they sing, somthing like "who climbs high will fall deep". So putting yourself over other people will make you fall.

[@markushartl1650]

In the first line of the "Deutschlandlied" you cannot find the phrase "über alleM" but "über alleS". This has a totally different meaning. The correct translation of the first line "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, über alles in der Welt" is "Germany, Germany at the most, more than anything else in the world". It is a wish. "The Song of the Germans" was written in 1841 by Fallersleben thirty years before the first founding of a german state ever. In 1841 the german speaking people, who didn't consider themselves as germans, lived in different states ruled by absolutist emperors. The people were divided by borders, they were unfree and they had no rights. Fallersleben was really disappointed about this situation. So he wished one german country, where all the german speaking people could live united, free and with the same rights. His song has nothing to do with german supremacy. "Über alles" does not mean "above all". This stupid "translation" is totally incorrect. I give you another example to understand the real meaning of "über alles": "Ich liebe dich" means "I love you", but "Ich liebe dich über alles" means "I adore you" and not "I love you above all" 😖 (is that really English? Sorry, i am not an english native speaker).

[@justTyping]

@@markushartl1650 "adore" = "verehren" das hat nicht zwingend was mit liebe zu tun. Da ist "above all" für "über allen" dichter dran. "Ich liebe dich über alles" kannst du mit eher mit "I love more than anything" übersetzen. Mehr als alles andere also. Was soll denn die unterschiedliche Bedeutung von "über alleM" und "über alleS" sein? (Im Lied von Rammstein heißt es übrigends "über allen") Das ist letztendlich nicht eine künstlerische Abwandunglung. Den Geschichtlichen Hintergrund hatte "BauerAzlan" auch schon erklärt. Die Übersetzung im Video ist was ganz anderes. Die basiert auf dem wortlaut. "will fall low" ist auch nicht die richtige Übersetzung von "wird tief fallen."

[@markushartl1650]

@@justTyping Mit "Deutschland über allem" geht ein Anspruch auf die Vorherrschaft über andere Nationen einher. Aber genau darum geht es beim Deutschlandlied eben nicht. Dieses ist nämlich überhaupt nicht an andere Nationen adressiert, wie es zumeist verstanden wird, sondern allein an die Deutsch sprechende Bevölkerung und die deutschen Fürsten der damaligen Zeit. Mit "Deutschland über alles" wird ausgedrückt, dass der Wunsch nach der Schaffung dieses einen gemeinsamen Staates für alle damaligen Deutschsprachler für Fallersleben und die Seinen von enormer Bedeutung war, die Erfüllung des Wunsches gar unverzichtbar. Für nichts auf der Welt, seien es Reichtümer, Privilegien oder sonstiges, würden Fallersleben und die Seinen auf die Gründung des neuen deutschen Staates verzichten wollen. Den damaligen Fürsten gab man so zu verstehen, dass man nicht bestechlich sei. Den Wunsch, einen Staat, in dem alle Deutschsprachler endlich vereint, frei und mit gleichen Rechten versehen sind, zu schaffen, als den wichtigsten aller seiner Wünsche anzusehen, bedeutet noch lange nicht, die Herrschaft dieses Staates über alle anderen Staaten der Welt herbeizusehnen. Und genau das wird seit je her mit der "Übersetzung" "above all" fälschlicherweise suggeriert.

[@markushartl1650]

@@justTyping "I adore you" mag in der Tat nicht die allerbeste Übersetzung für "Ich lieb dich über alles" sein (durchaus nicht einmal annähernd 🥴). Bei letzterem schwingt aber eine enorme Verehrung der angesprochenen Person einher, ganz im Gegensatz zu der lapidaren Sympathiebekundung "Ich liebe dich". Gerade im amerikanischen Raum wird die Phrase "I love you" inflationär gebraucht und somit all ihrem Sinn beraubt. Letztenendes wollte ich auch nur ausdrücken, dass die Bedeutung von "über alles" eben nicht mit diesem dämlichen "above all" verstanden werden kann. Wenn das Beispiel nicht glücklich gewählt war, so bitte ich um ein Nachsehen.

[@amygoodson-catlady]

I've seen Rammstein live 18 times, was their gig handler on their 1st American tour...they are hard workers who deserve their successes. I feel like this is their opus. It's so dynamic. Tony, as a drummer, you might want to check out some of Christophe Schneider's drum cams...he plays a custom DW Jazz Series kit, and while he's relentless and reliable, also quite a showman!

[@Swollen_Goat]

One thing about him as a drummer is that he is 100% consistent in moving the song in the directions it needs. Flashy drummers are everywhere but it's rare to have a drummer so powerful and straight forward. Their drum sound is always so good and satisfying.

[@amygoodson-catlady]

@@Swollen_Goat I've known Christophe longer than I knew he was in a band...I love that his custom DW Series Jazz kit give the band a signature sound!

[@DeeFourCee]

I think one of the best lines was where it said..."He who climbs high will fall low. Germany, Germany above all (everybody)" Which implies that germany thought it was above everyone so much that it fell to rock bottom.

[@FrameFreezer]

It discribes the germans relationship with germany pretty well. we love it and we hate what has happened in the past. we like to forget but same time we like not to forget. its like a scar u scratch on from time to time - its healthyer to remember to not repeat shit.

[@Cadfael007]

"Deutschland" is the way of German patriotism - which is 180° contrary to US patriotism. We learn all the bad things that happened and are not blind to German history. For instance the church eating the body of "Germania". The church took so much land and people worked and suffered on the soil. The CC/KZ scene not only shows jews being hanged but also homosexuals, political prisoners and "Gypsies" (Sinti and Roma). The piamo ending is "Sonne", another song from Rammstein- but suiting perfectly.

[@D-ragon-S]

I'm so glad that you did what you did in this reaction. Respect to you! Also happy that you have visited Germany and therefore have references. Much Love to you and Ukraine 🌻🌻🌻💙💛💙

[@Caroline26B]

This song and clip are both a masterpiece. Those people who were shocked by the video obviously missed the message of this song.

[@dirkcz9987]

Nice guess - the outro piano song is actually a Rammstein song, it’s the piano version of „Sonne“. 👍

[@EiriUesugiKun]

Those little doggos Germania gives birth are "Leonbergers". A German breed that almost went extinct during the first AND second world war. Fun trivia: The actress Ruby Commey who plays Germania in the video, descends from a German colony of Togo, Africa. **edit** Also, at that one scene.... Oliver Riedel has the inverted pink triangle (homosexual) Paul Landers has the yellow star of David (Jewish) Till Lindeman seems to have the "Political Jew" one (red inverted triangle over yellow triangle) Flake has inverted red triangle of "Political" prisoner (really hard to see, had to check the original and go frame-by-frame to see it). In my mind that means that Rammstein wanted to show that jewish were not the only one's that nazis took to the camps. Still we mainly focus on the jewish holocaust. Then again, they were the most hunted/killed group so it makes sense, but still we should not forget that they were not the only one's taken to the camps..

[@jreyman]

The music in the "End Credits" portion of the video is a piano rendition their song, "Sonne."

[@MetalBere]

This video is a work of art. Great reaction

[@Voltage93]

Really nice reaction:) This song is just powerful! The song at the end of the video is "Sonne" as an piano version. There are a lot of piano versions, some officially released by Rammstein, which are fantastic. Like they are first planned as piano versions^^

[@andreasnordin9023]

Zeit next? Very artistic video. Very beautiful piece of art.

[@annaricci4686]

Absolute Masterpiece ❤🔥 Rammstein ❤❤❤

[@FancyPrimate]

I like that these guys have been making the same stuff for decades and somehow it's still likeable. Simple, anthemic, heavy. It's not a bad formula.

[@megatwingo]

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]

PS: KZbin 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. PPS: The two beer drinking soldiers to the left side of the table, where Germania is lying on and where the priests are eating Sauerkraut & Sausages from her body, are not French soldiers and they aren't representing the French revolution. Those two beer drinking soldiers are Prussian soldiers and they are emphasizing the importance of Prussia for the German history. As far as I could see: They were from the era of Friedrich der Große (The Old Fritz), who was of extraordinary importance for German history. Amongst many other achievements he was the one, who brought the potato to Prussia and Germany. That saved many Germans from hunger and the potato became one of the most beloved foods in Germany on that way.

[@davidbroz6755]

@@megatwingo It's great that you take such care to explain the meaning of the scenes in this video in almost every reaction (I'm also watching, I'm a big Rammstein fan). I teach history and social sciences at the gymnasium school, so I understood most of the symbols (after a few watches). I did not know about the Leonbergers, I did not notice the colors of the German flag on Germany and I did not understand well the difference between "Deutschland über alles" and "Deutschland über allen" (I do not speak German). But for most viewers who don't know history well, it's incomprehensible. You're doing a good job. Thanks. Greetings from Prague!

[@megatwingo]

@@davidbroz6755 Thank you for the nice feedback. Such positive replies are motivating me to continue with my little information hobby. Greetings from the Rhineland Mega

[@Peter_Cetera]

@@megatwingo Dein Kommentar gehört unter JEDE "Deutschland" Reaktion!

[@megatwingo]

@@Peter_Cetera Danke für das positive Feedback! :)

[@arnodobler1096]

for me the best Video ever made 🤘

[@Charly6666666]

outro music is the track "Sonne"

[@theexchipmunk]

I really love the playing with the lyrics done in this song. My favourite part got to be the second time they refernce the "Deutschlandlied". There was some humbum, as always, about them using that, but they don´t quote it exactly. They use "allen" (everyone) instead of "alles" (everything), which turnes the "Deutschland über alles" (Germany over everything) a decidedly negative undertone of "Germany above everyone". It´s obviously lost in translation a bit, but it changes the underlying conotations just that bit to make it feel more uncomfortable, overbearing and opressive. And then they pull a fantastic twist on it. "Wer hoch steigt der wird tief fallen" is a German figure of speech translating to soemthing along the lines of "Who puts themselves over others in their hubris, will take a fall from grace harsh and very deep". Many only had eyes for the shocking reference, but both parts have to be taken together. "Deutchland, Deutschland über allen, wer hoch steigt der wird tief fallen." Harkening back to the rymes of old cautionary tales. Being a call of caution and a potent of doom if ignored. By putting oneselves and the country over everyone else, one will invite a downfall and repercussions of terrible consequence.

[@hugodalpe1812]

This is a complicated video to look at... Frist, listen to this great video without the translated lyrics... if you are old enough, you will understand most of it, and I have to repeat myself, the song is awesome. The visuals are so powerful and if you watch it another time with the translation on, il helps quite a bit to understand the message. This has to be for me the greatest music video ever made. Watch it a few times and then watch it some more like I did, and you will enjoy this experience even more...

[@michaelclaus]

At the end it's the piano version of the Rammstein song Sonne

[@mitchellhartman6205]

yup, you re correct, the end credits were the piano only version of Rammstein's song, Sonne. There are videos and others that explain the entire video...love your comments on the music videos you choose + critique

[@uliwehner]

and now imagine you just watched the official videos to Angst, Deutschland, Zeit, etc, and you have to create the next video for the line-up :)

[@MrPatPre]

Love your reaction …. you got the point. Greetings from cologne/germany

[@NFLjunk79]

Madness live..with Kruspe's Electro rmx leading up to the beginning.. pure bliss

[@odunhops7727]

that "Sonne-outro" is such amazing - I love it!!!

[@marjorybaxtor5676]

The piano in credits are in fact a Rammstein song you probably heard before. "Sonne".

[@ChokyoDK]

Amazing video and song by Rammstein. Basically showing some of Germanys history and conflicts.

[@michaelernst3731]

EVERY seen in this video has a Prop from one of their Other videos. The Background song is a Remix of their Best Hit Sonnet as well as the Piano Rendition of Sonnet at the end.

[@joshuaciresoli2927]

What makes this song so potent in its message is that we all can relate to the love-hate relationship we have with our respective home countries. There is so much symbolism in the video. I noticed something a couple of months ago while I watched it again. During the Bridge, when the actress portraying Germany is giving birth, the church aids her she gives birth to a wolf. This is an artistic way to represent how anti-Jewish sentiment in church dogma created the atmosphere in which the NSDAP rose to power in Germany and the "Final Solution" was allowed to happen.

[@voxxband]

thanks for your reaction!!! sir.

[@BasitAbbasi]

This song is full of goosebumps.

[@BIutaar]

for the most parts of the movie the color pallette consist of black ,red and gold, which are the colours of germanys flag and also represent the history as describe in other comments already.

[@pfelske6800]

Some parts of the movie are in black, white and red which are the colours of germanys flag in some time periods.

[@philkeh]

The video was directed by a guy called Specter who is actually a hip hop producer from Berlin.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

New subscriber with this one. I was glad to see you watch and comment on the credit portion. I your analysis. It's not about reaction per se as much as feeling when you're watching the "professional" videos created by Rammstein. I looked into the history as well. Long live Germania. Every state has it's flaws both now and before.

[@user-fw2mj4pr3g]

That's exactly what the song was, the band going through Germany's history. I think most of the people complaining don't know Germany's history or the language. If they had understood what Till was singing, then they would have understood the lines "One can love you and want to hate you," and "Germany, my love I cannot give you." I think it's a very powerful song. They weren't trivializing the Holocaust at all, just acknowledging it as part of their history. And also, it wouldn't be Rammstein if they didn't piss someone off. (The casting of Germania was excellent.)

[@dantaylor3965]

Чётенько, братан!👍 Клип так ваще один из лучших у Раммов, однозначно.

[@arktras_4072]

i really enjoy watching your videos, from anime songs to this. always nice

[@Telmaandl6]

Каждый видит свое, каждый плачет по себе...

[@larryc3860]

JUST WOW.......I think we all have a love/hate relationship with our countries' histories......the Black woman who appears throughout the video represents "Germania", who leads us through Germany's history....

[@ellerose9164]

Have seen them perform Deutschland live last sunday in Düsseldorf. So fucking epic!🤘

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

🤟🍻🎶

[@zBlazgriz]

By the way Rammstein is coming to the U.S this september dont miss out! worth the travel!

[@parsecboy4954]

There's a channel named Three Arrows that does a good breakdown of the themes in the video.

[@twitzel25]

Good recognition on the piano part, its the Rammstein song "Sonne".

[@Lala75AT]

It is a masterpiece of our history. To explain everything you see, you would have to analyze each sequence individually. Unbelievable that you can see German history in a single video!

[@Shrike58]

What ever else you want to say about "Germania" (and that actress looked like she had a blast), she is a goddess of battle, and all a god or goddess of battle promises is battle, not necessarily victory; all you can do is jettison the cult into space. This is about the 30th time I've watched this video and I remain amazed at how much history was packed into it, in such an efficient way. I do wonder about the industrial site, and whether that was actually Peenemunde (where the V-2 rockets were developed).

[@JakobFischer60]

I like how the background voice gets more and more crying and in the end it almost screams in pain.

[@andrewd1455]

The album KLAVIER is entirely piano (Klavier=piano) i listen to it all the time in the car. If you know the real songs the piano version is much more appreciated.

[@SebastianBeckerPhoto]

The pianonpart at the end is actually an adaptation of their song "Sonne" (sun)

[@andrewstaub5378]

It's like a punch in the gut it's painful, but makes u feel more alive .

[@bairnonessie]

Although it's about Germany and it's citizen's mixed feelings towards it, the song is fitting for so many nations. Even us Aussies have a very shameful past: stolen generation, etc.

[@TheMaddini]

Great first reaction to this song! 👍

[@magnoliads2547]

The ending is the piano version of theire song "Sonne"! Check it out :)

[@sweetheike4831]

the piano-song at the end is based on the Rammstein-song "Sonne".

[@Peter_Cetera]

Just EPIC!

[@castor-X]

for me -the Best Rammstein Song ever.

[@Steinkoepfchen]

The Last Part of the Video- the piano part- is a different Rammstein Song! It is the piano version of „Sonne“

[@garyclouse4164]

Rhe outro melody is from their 90's hit "Sonne"

[@barbaramorcinczyk7169]

Great reaction ❤️

[@andystone6777]

this song - and especially the video - shows the 2.000 years of history our people made it through. From the battle of 'Kalkriese' (year 9 a.d.) where united germans tribes kicked Roman Empire's ass to the great depresion in the twenties with rude fistfights to survive and make the day (2:13), the Lakehurst desaster with airship Hindenburg in 1937 [seen in the background (2:42)], the Nazi period 1933 - 1945 with killing millions of jewish people, the days of red R.A.F. terrorism in the seveties (5:06) til we started going to space . . . The black lady leading through the video is 'Germania', the mother of our nation. Well, for me - not even as being native and still resident German - this video is a freaking masterpiece and I hope you'll enjoy it. I know you will watch it more than only once because there are so many new and different things to discover. have the hell of a good time looking ! Baron, PEP Cars Frankfurt Germany, U.S. & V8 car club

[@borisgorsek4944]

the piano at the end is sonne by rammstein

[@_Gabbatron]

That piano outro gives me goose bumps...

[@swisswatch_ing]

The Sounds in the intro come from Johann Johannsson and are very similar to his score for the film Sicario

[@claudiaduarte2174]

At the end you hear notes of another of their song - "Sonne". Enjoy if you get the time!

[@JohnOConnell]

How many bands go 25 years with the same lineup ?

[@studiosibai]

The outro is piano version of Sonne "masterpiece"

[@Inari_sama35]

There is a mistake in the lyric translation. It is not "Germany above all" it is actually "Germany above everyone ". It is more personal this way.

[@Dreckigerdan164]

above all is kinda right Deutschland Deutschland über allen is the shorted version of Deutschland Deutschlan über allen Dingen (Germany Germany above everything)

[@Inari_sama35]

@@Dreckigerdan164 Junge, ich bin Deutsche und inhaltlich verstehe ich diese Zeile nun mal so. Das ist vermutlich aberxreine Interpretationssache und das war einfach eine Äußerungen meiner Meinung dazu.

[@Dreckigerdan164]

Und ich wollte nur eine Erklärung da bringen warum all richtig sein könnte

[@asterix8075]

this beat i AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@conchi5882]

Masterpiece

[@JulianMilwald]

Watch "combat" from heaven shall burn, also an german Band.

[@soloround6698]

Great Reaction! You should react to Rammlied ( Live at MSG ) from Rammstein, there Till has great singing and screaming.

[@GASH_one]

The outro is from "Sonne".

[@TheNismo777]

Great reaction overall, very decent :)

[@Telmaandl6]

Ещё раз скажу - мое отношение к немецкому языку изменилось полностью.

[@jsn1970]

With this great piece of music and spectacular minifilm, Rammstein washed away all of Germany's historic sins. 👍

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Lol what!? 🤣

[@Telmaandl6]

​@@DrumRollTonyReacts читайте их историю😮

[@leaspauli7807]

It was also a messesage to USA to not let nationalism grow over all!

[@marcomuller9067]

Haifisch official video Please ... Love your reactions so much.

[@PaiMei667]

Check out "LINDEMANN" his solo project he had beside Rammstein.

[@MiaSarastriz]

The black woman is Germany. Rammstein is from former East Germany. It's a lot of symbolism from the history of Germany and in the lyrics "old and new" "So jung Und doch so alt" with East and West Germany reuniting again after the fall of the Berlin wall.. You, me, us....and what we feel. I'm Swedish but with Austrian/German ancestry. I could say so much more but I guess that will do for now. 😉

[@patricktyler84]

piano at the end is "somme"

[@brycenholmesVI]

Hey Tony! Fellow Washingtonian here! Another rabbit hole band I would recommend checking out is Sleep Token, the band will not disappoint, on the musicianship and image. Would love to see you check them out!

[@DrumRollTonyReacts]

Sweet. Thanks Bryce. I'll add them to my list

[@Unrespectedman]

Radio Tapok cover in studio!

[@lappesjl1]

A song about the soul of the Germanic peoples.

[@leaspauli7807]

outtro is sun "sonne" from rammstein