Hi guys, as being german, i want to bring some light into the meanings behind this clip. Rammstein uses to play around with double meanings and let the audience find their own interpretation. "Der Schwarze Mann" (literally the black man) can be seen as bogeyman or as the black man as well. All those wires are a symbol of interconnection, feed by main stream and social media, contolled by lobbyists. The lead singer (Till Lindemann) was uplifted by those lobbyists and used to spread those fears and narratives through the wires - straight into the homes and suburbs, which start to bolster their defences. So much details going on, that´s why i will keep this post short, lol. It´s definately also about rasism, fears against refugees and so on - mainly build by politicans, which are controlled by those lobbyists. In the outro, the band is eating a german treet, named "Schokokuss", once contained the N word and was renamed a while ago. The clip ends with crushing the TV, which brings back the color and stops the B/W view of the consumers...pretty deep clip, if you ask me.
@nefertiti737810 ай бұрын
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@cjschmeeds10 ай бұрын
Great explanation. I would also like to add that I believe the red color symbolizes fear that is being spread to the masses. The shadowy figures (possibly those people who are influencing politicians and others in power) are shown feeding on that fear later in the video.
@LeoJay559 ай бұрын
der schwarze mann ist und bleibt der schwarze mann und sie haben bowling for columbine für 2015 deutschland neu gedreht
@martinmatte15189 ай бұрын
@@LeoJay55 Tja, Leo...da siehste mal wie einspurig Du denkst - Absicht bei diesem Song (wie auch den meisten anderen Rammstein Songs) ist ja, dass man alles mit aktuellen Themen ersetzen kann, die Abläufe, Phrasen und Opfer aber immer die selben bleiben. Die Opfergruppe wird herausgesucht/vorgegeben und mittels Angstschürerei verunmenschlicht, die Saat des Hasses vervielfältigt und verbreitet, um die Ziele der "Lobbyisten" zu erreichen. Werkzeug sind dann meistens die Politiker oder (politische) "Bewegungen". In Deutschland wurde schon vom schwarzen Mann geredet, bevor die meisten je einen gesehen haben...nur mal so! Es gab historische Museen, in denen afrikanische Einwohner als Attraktion vorgeführt wurden, unter Kaiser Wilhem...Geschichte - das Ding, aus dem die Menschheit niemals lernt. Der schwarze Mann aber, kommt noch aus Zeiten vor dem Miitelalter und wurde immer wieder aus der Trickkiste geholt, für negative Dinge: Der schwarze Peter, der schwarze Freitag, die schwarze Pest, der schwarze Tod, die schwarze Katze, usw.
@Anuta667510 ай бұрын
😂"God-damned technology!" How true, curse and blessing of our time.
@arnonyhm405510 ай бұрын
As already mentioned by @martinmatte1518 in his comment, the tranlation to bogeyman is correct but not complete. Literally it's "The black man". Originally "black man" stands for a kind of bogeyman (or death) in German. There is an old catch and run children's game. One child is the "black man", starting with the phrase "Who's afraid of the black man?". The others answer "No one." ... "And when he comes?" ... "Then we run." The children run away and try to escape the "black man". When one is catched, it is the next "black man". I guess that's originated from medivial time when the plague (or "black death") killed half of the population of Europe. Infected people partly got a black skin and and children were told to stay away from them. Nevertheless Rammstein is playing with the double meaning of "black man". Some politicians and media spread fear about refugees comming to Europe. And even though most of them are not black, they might look a bit different and give a trigger to xenophobia ... which those politicians try to use for their own goals. So "crazy" politicians (one of the two roles, Till plays in the video) and indifferent media just seeking for attention are a dangerous combination. (That is at least my interpretation.)
@user-ik7sh8pt4g10 ай бұрын
Це зовсім не про мігрантів. Крім того, якщо вже говорити про них, то погіршене до них ставлення - закономірний наслідок тероризму і підтримки тероризму. Буквально і мабуть для Вас не толерантно - Нехай мусульманські мігранти дотримуються законів держави, до якої прибули, або хай їдуть назад у свою країну
@Nanda-130510 ай бұрын
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@fineflavour449310 ай бұрын
Nice reaction guys. As always it's helpful to watch their videos multiple times and understand more of it. For example what Till stands for, or the cheerleaders, the black people in the beginning and the end. A little hint here: what they are eating in the end was called a "negro kiss" in the past. Oh and "schwarzer mann" has more than one meaning. It could be meant the boogeyman, but translated straight its "black man".
@arnodobler109610 ай бұрын
Schwarzer Mann has its origins in the Middle Ages black death (black plague)
@Amalung549 ай бұрын
For better understanding, here my translation. But as usually at Rammstein, each verse has a double-meaning... When the kids are naughty, already the father has threatened the bogeyman, he will come for you, if you do not follow my commandment. And we believe that till this day, Country and people are full of fear, Something bad will happen, Evil comes and will not leave anymore. Chorus: And the fear grows in the night, Door and gates are guarded, The back wet, hands clammy, Everyone is afraid of the bogeyman In darkness he creeps up, If you aren't good, he grabs you, So, don't trust any stranger, So much nightmare, so much madness, And so we believe till this day, Heavily armed is the mob, Oh, they can't help it, Shout fire in the streets. Chorus: And fear grows in the night, Didn't close an eye at all, The back wet, hands clammy, Everyone is afraid of bogeyman. Who's afraid of bogeyman? Who's afraid of bogeyman? Who's afraid of bogeyman? who is afraid? Chorus: And fear grows in the night, Didn't close an eye at all, The back wet, hands clammy, Everyone is afraid...
@luciarehakova248110 ай бұрын
Love this video, love this song absolutely ❤
@teresas81739 ай бұрын
Angst … to worry, emotional, nervousness. I think this is about the media, social media telling us all to fear different groups of people and one another.
@5un5h1ne10 ай бұрын
So you see: cheerleaders can be pretty bad...😬😉
@mauricebetait667410 ай бұрын
Often foreigners dont understand ramstein symbols, the band was born in the east part of germany, so the wall stands for berlin wall and the divided german, so the schwarze mann most translated as boogyman, baba yaga or skinnwalker stands with the television for the schwarze kanal from eastpropaganda too. the cameras on the wall stands for the communistic stasi and the weapons for the borderstasi wich shoots and kill ppl wich wanted to leave the DDR (eastgermany) you can find same signes in the Song Radio.
@CentriNEON10 ай бұрын
Media effecting people (communitites) so bad in these years.
@ginafragata29477 ай бұрын
Yes 😂
@Mister__Jey10 ай бұрын
Good Choice 👍
@ginafragata29477 ай бұрын
Amazing 😂
@zakichan244610 ай бұрын
technology god damn it XD
@RobertWeigelt-df6lb10 ай бұрын
Great!😊
@methodmansorin30519 ай бұрын
''social media''
@bladeonigx72258 ай бұрын
im impressed how waft the buddy on the right got the message so fast as someone who isnt speaking german
@cherielima610010 ай бұрын
Hey guys, you should really watch the stadium tour from this year (2023). Watch the Olympiastatium one. It's outstanding!
@Rem31RUS10 ай бұрын
MORE RAMMSTEIN!!! Go "Zeit" next!
@rabithamdiu413910 ай бұрын
Try „Zeit“ with Subtitles - really emotional und beautiful
@housseinahmedathieguzman91849 ай бұрын
Reaction the Adieu!!!!!
@albertskyking6 ай бұрын
Great reaction, you will miss a lot of world play if you don't speak German or understand some of German word usage. I always try to do this with Rammstein! What is your native language? Shout out to the guy on the right with the Nets jersey
@BernhardHeiming-pw8xj3 ай бұрын
🤝🇩🇪🤝👍👏👏👏👏
@lanman62392 ай бұрын
It's a shame that you don't get the video.
@HouseOfThreesАй бұрын
true yeah
@andreaswinner852410 ай бұрын
Kings of paused ......
@in_zwischen10 ай бұрын
💁♂️🤦♂️
@andres_delamo8 ай бұрын
Isn't he representing the government and its constant warnings of danger to generate fear in the population?