"Soldaten Sind Nicht Alle Gleich" - West German Communist Song

Noske was the Social Democrat politician who ordered the suppression the worker's revolts in Germany at the end of WW1.
"Soldaten Sind Nicht Alle Gleich" (Not All Soldiers Are the Same) is a West German communist song. Performed, written, and composed by the Munich Song Group (Die Münchner Songgruppe). Digitized by me from their album "Wenn's Nach Dir Ging."
Als die Commune war in Paris,
Da war Paris knallrot.
Von Fahnen der Arbeitermacht
War da Paris knallrot.
Die Reaktion kam aus Versailles,
Im Blut ersoff die Stadt,
Und den Proleten, der sich wehrt,
Erschlug der Frontsoldat.
Soldaten sind nicht alle gleich,
Lebendig nicht und nicht als Leich'!
Im Jahre neunzehnvierzehn war
Der Weltmarkt längst besetzt.
Der Kaiser und der Krupp die ham
Das Volk im Krieg gehetzt.
Matrosen aus dem roten Kiel
Die schrien "Dem Volk die Macht!"
Die Noske-Soldateska hat sie feige umgebracht.
Soldaten sind nicht alle gleich,
Lebendig nicht und nicht als Leich'!
Dann hat die große Industrie
Den Hitler finanziert,
Dass er selbst auf brutalste Art
Sie aus der Krise führt.
Doch starb die Hitlerbarbarei
In Russlands Eis und Schnee,
Und siegten die Soldaten
Der roten Sowjetarmee.
Soldaten sind nicht alle gleich,
Lebendig nicht und nicht als Leich'!
Die US-Mörderbande zog
Ins tapfre Vietnam.
Und mordet, plündert, raubt und brennt
Dort in der Freiheit Nam'.
Als Billy aus Los Angeles
Aus einem Reisfeld trat,
Passiert's, dass die Befreiungsfront
Sein' Kopf getroffen hat.
Soldaten sind nicht alle gleich,
Lebendig nicht und nicht als Leich'!
Und du bist bei der Bundeswehr,
Da lernst du, wie man schießt.
Da lernst du, dass die Volksarmee
Für dich der Todfeind ist.
Doch der Soldat der DDR
Der schützt, was ihm gehört;
Du stehst bloß rum für's Kapital
Und schaust, dass man's nicht stört.
Zwei Seiten hat die Barrikad' -
Wo stehst du, Bundeswehrsoldat?
Soldaten sind nicht alle gleich,
Lebendig nicht und nicht als Leich'!

[@tuffgong4600]

"There are two nations in every modern nation-we say to all nationalist-socialists. There are two national cultures in every national culture. There is the Great-Russian culture of the Purishkeviches, Guchkovs and Struves-hut there is also the Great-Russian culture typified in the names of Chernyshevsky and Plekhanov." - V. I. Lenin: The National Question (1913) "Throughout German history, against every Karl V there is a Thomas Müntzer, against every Old Fritz a Lessing, against every Prussian martinet a Mainz Jacobin, against every Schopenhauer and every Nietzsche a Marx and an Engels, against every Bismarck a Wilhelm Liebknecht, against every Noske a Rosa Luxemburg, against every hired Freikorps murderer a revolutionary Spartacist soldier, against every Hitler a Thälmann. In struggle with reactionary and anti-human traditions in this country there are progressive and humanistic traditions throughout the existence of the German people and to this day." - Georg Lukács: Schicksalswende (1948)

[@nektariosorfanoudakis2270]

We've reached levels of Based that shouldn't even be possible. 😮

[@cortexradio]

I love the different flag maps that match perfectly with each stanza lol

[@itacom2199]

That's what Mao said, the death of a working class revolutionary is heavier than Mount Tai, but the death of those who fight for the bourgeoisie is lighter than a feather.

[@Bubatz_braucher]

True words

[@blinmaster1945]

Those people must have had massive balls to write such a song! Based beyond comprehension!

[@badgerstatebard320]

Kruschev: "Maybe the US and USSR can coexist ." The KPD: "SOLDANTEN SIND NICHT ALLE GLEICH"

[@qyint]

@@badgerstatebard320 as they should. socialism and capitalism cant coexist. socialism is international.

[@senfdazu2230]

​@@qyintfailed internationally 😂

[@qyint]

​@@senfdazu2230 i am aware. and it failing once means we cant ever try again? thats an absolutely stupid argument

[@senfdazu2230]

@@qyint failing once? Failed every time when it was forced upon people. How many millions have to starve until "we" accept that socialism is a dangerous superstition? Would you personally leave your luxurious life in a western welfare state behind you to live in a third-world shithole like Cuba or North Korea?

[@KV-88]

When I watched this, I got adverzisement for the Bundeswehr.

[@gar-feels4438]

The only thing I don't like about this song is that the main chorus always seems like it's cut off before it finishes. They get such momentum with the titular line and then just stop!

[@artificialintelligence8328]

Could be an artistic choice, since the list of counterrevolutions never ended?

[@buurmeisje]

Not one lie was sung.

[@stephensczurek6286]

Only half-truths, which makes the rest half-lies or worse.

[@macewindu9100]

@@stephensczurek6286 what are the lies?

[@mapperball3089]

I'm surprised someone else know Muncher Songgruppe! Their music is real masterpiece.

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis]

I'm very positively surprised to find them here and their music and message being appreciated internationally!

[@Sebastian2k22]

Long live the Deutsche Demokratische Republik!

[@vinz4066]

Murder state.

[@klonsoldatheavy3628]

L

[@lilfishyfry.]

🤓

[@danielapel1976]

Natürlich. Kurze Pause, dann weiter .

[@pietpanzerpanzer5335]

Revisionistisches pake

[@Khmaryappels2]

What is and where did you find the picture in 1:11? It looks badass. Good video btw :)

[@ЕвгенияКолосова-и3р]

Это фото с восточного фронта. Отряд красноармейцев против немецкой техники.

[@croatbruhmoment2910]

unfathomably based

[@WhoOneIs]

I have found a new and pleasant way to learn German!

[@Zurielini85]

شەرقىي تۈركىستاندىن سالام ، DDR ياشىسۇن!

[@linaa3469]

СПАСИБО!!!!

[@comradecracker447]

Insanely good sounding. The in sink but not in sink all of the sudden singing is insanely good.

[@Theotok0s]

Im in love with your channel, i love listening to all these amazing workers song that ive never heard before

[@Herhohu]

1:59 Vietnam nr. 1!! Ami go home!

[@soen2368]

Ami went to home. and China invaded Vietnam. poor country. all like to conquer them. and all was failed

[@hewhoremains-kang]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 USA Trolle ​@@soen2368

[@ivan_comrade]

Браво!

[@Polacofulvo3692]

Hola, ¿alguien es la primer persona en comentar en español? Yo entendí de qué trata esta maravillosa canción y la ideología que ayudaría a que el pueblo luchara contra las clases dominantes y eliminar todas las políticas "nacionalistas" todo en favor de los asuntos militares y reprimir a los trabajadores.

[@fatihak7845]

saludos desde turquia , tienes razon, la historia es un proceso de luchas entre las clases, desafortunadamente , no pudimos crear un mundo justo para nos hijos, la humanidad va a un futuro muy malo

[@Polacofulvo3692]

En mi país se apoya a un candidato que va a ser desastre, que va impedir que la democracia siga vigente y eso es ser corrupto, es el caso de la ultraderecha que favorece a los burgueses, Javier milei.

[@joaquinbottasoler1719]

@@Polacofulvo3692 afortunadamente, Massa ganó la primera vuelta

[@LE-OFFIZIER]

@@Polacofulvo3692 Javier milei no es un Ultra-derechista ,es Minarquista ,pero en resumen sus politicas solo Benefician a Aquellos que manejan los Medios de produccion ,y a Los Extranjeros que deseen comprar lo que es derecho a los Trabajadores Argentinos ,su ideologia no es mas que una Cubierta para que los Imperialistas y La Burguesia triunfen.

[@Polacofulvo3692]

Eso es más neocolonialismo, ya que utiliza los medios de producción y los bienes industriales se les permite que le saqueen para que la burguesía utilize la mano de obra hacia los obreros que van a explotar con un salario insuficiente y mi país es sometido como medio de instaurar bienes de recursos extraídos de otras regiones explotadas que sufren lo mismo y además se van a emplear militares que van a masacrar a las personas por protestar y eso fue realizado en 1905 cuando hubo una huelga pacifica de que no sean explotados y una fila de soldados comenzaron a disparar y eso causo un derramamiento de ciento de muertes, una injusticia que sucedio.

[@peterpobel4700]

This is absolute fire, fantastic song!

[@barash_be]

Mightily

[@nag1barka]

Diversity is international

[@Коммунар-в2п]

Хорошо спели.

[@maxbas2018]

I have a hard time interpreting the main theme of the song "Soldaten Sind Nicht Alle Gleich; Lebendig nicht und nicht als Leich'". I am german so I understand what it means, but not it's meaning. Could someone more educated on such matters assist me on that?

[@fairmoth5249]

It's pretty simple, soldiers that occupy and oppress other countries and soldiers that fight for their freedom and liberation are not the same.

[@Nordbon1523]

That not all soldiers fight for the same cause. Here, one fights for the proletarian revolution while the other fights for the status quo.

[@rtz_cps_2084]

banger dikka vertrau

[@gehtdichnixan1057]

Traurig, dass man den Kommentar übersetzen kann 💀

[@SirHusson]

I have this on loop its amazing

[@BorchikYes]

Im not socialist or communist. The USSR was awful. That being said, what the song said was in many ways true.

[@Майоркот1]

А СССР был ужасен. То есть вторая страна в мире это ужасное государство. Если так я боюсь представить что происходило в Мексике или Бразилии

[@BorchikYes]

@@Майоркот1 вторая в чём?

[@ПАВЕЛДеменченок]

​@@BorchikYesво всем почти. В космос наука образование. А что сейчас? Гвозди из КНР 😂

[@BorchikYes]

@@ПАВЕЛДеменченок Ужасное государство в плане того что была (в прочем и сегодня здравствует) диктатура.

[@Nordbon1523]

You should be.

[@voidexxxx]

Dayum im kinda right wing but that sounds fire, even if you understand german well

[@deadonabed2875]

read "principles of communism" By engels. in whole. if that sparks your interest read more from them. information and political literature will turn you as red as the revolutionary soldiers in the song. trust the process

[@user-ig7gf3qt8j]

@@deadonabed2875 My country survived communism, and the biggest summary of it was situation where my grandpa worked as railwayman during martial law, and she used her police hour pass to steal such basic good as toilet paper

[@user-ig7gf3qt8j]

There was also another nice sounding FGR song - Wenns nach dir ging

[@seanhartnett79]

@@user-ig7gf3qt8j The US had a toilet paper shortage during the pandemic because people didn’t want to be without TP during the apocalypse.

[@zacharyhughes2950]

German socialist songs hit different.

[@XS-03_Apollo]

🔥

[@RedRed.917]

great song

[@MrThePsychologist]

>i am confused

[@DerCent161]

Why

[@sdafsf]

did you think communists are only in communist states?

[@tisbutanantifa]

There was a communist party in West Germany, but then it got banned :(

[@germanicdude]

Communism☕

[@chlepo]

tea is symbol of capitalism

[@Stalin154]

@@chlepoсмешно , больше половина ссср были оказывается капиталистами

[@Beorthere]

Lol, the Paris Commune wasn't even Communist

[@roedagardet]

dont look up marx and lenin's writings on the paris commune, they may accidentally reveal why its mentioned in this song

[@itacom2199]

​@@Beortherecringe comment

[@Beorthere]

Anyway, my biggest qualm with the video is simply, why is Germany the German Empire borders?@@roedagardet Is it because it's talking about the Spartacists?

[@roedagardet]

yes? @@Beorthere

[@DelPuebloParaPueblo]

The moment you started with 'lol' , your opinion doesn't hold any importance

[@lizzard_wizard]

the villans got a point tho jk

[@XS-03_Apollo]

Who are the villians?

[@diffkopf]

​​@@XS-03_Apollocapitalists, dirty capitalists

[@philippejenvrin2741]

Stalin Barbarei !😮😮

[@TheLeftPath]

Kapitalistische Barberei. 12-20 Mio Hungertote JEDES JAHR durch die kapitalistische Weltordnung!

[@РоманСитников-н4в]

Base ❤

[@spargatorul_de_buci69]

Best

[@corporalpunishment69420]

all armies are bad, change my mind

[@oscartownsend5587]

liberal mindset 😊

[@deadonabed2875]

read reform or revolution.

[@oscartownsend5587]

@@deadonabed2875 its on my reading list 😁

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis]

try having a state without an army and you'll be conquered try having a society without police and you'll get armed gangs nonetheless Man is an animal and therefore has innate violent qualities. Either you bundle and focus them on where they are useful for man or you let them run rampant and let man destroy himself. Ask a modern day leftist if they support civilian gunownership and they will tell you no, people shouldn't be allowed to on guns. Ask a modern day leftist if they support police and military and they will tell you no. The box of pandora is opened, firearms exist and won't disappear and even before they existed bladed weapons had their place. So what you get whwn following these values is essentially a society with an unarmed and vulnerable populous that stands with empty hands against both the criminals without uniform and the ones with uniform, which both will be armed, regardless of what utopian phantasy of gun "controll" the populous let the politicians sell them.

[@BenjaminAli-q4d]

@@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis abolishment of police and military can't be done unless state is abolished first, state can't be abolished if there are other states. Proleteriat (working people), must be highly educated in order to maintain dictatorship of proleteriat, and that's why there must be vanguard communist party to lead proleteriat in the very beginning. So this is how development of our society should go feudal states>capitalist states>socialist STATE> communist society. Only when we abolish state we can abolish guns, police and military. Why do you need authority to rule over you? Why do you need someone to protect you (once you are adult)? Why do you have need for guns? Your need for police, military and guns come from problems of our rotten society, as we progress those problems will be thing of past. Nukes are called "weapons of mass destruction", but they didn't even kill 500k people, but guns killed billions. You are not asking for right to defend yourself, you are asking for right to kill.