I'm Polish and long time ago I learnt the German language - at that time I discovered Reinhard Mey and I fell in love with his music, voice and lyrics. After so many years nothing has changed, I still like him a lot. Thank you for reminding me Reinhard Mey - I'm coming back to listening to his music and to the German language because in the original language the songs are always the nicest. ♥

The English translation is already very good, but the German poetry works even better. He really is a genius.

Reinhard's songs are timeless.

Reinhard Mey is a poet. He has critical songs, songs about the nice things in life, sad things, his children, very little things, like a sandwich with butter, a mug of chocolate or his father's coat and even really funny songs. In one of his concerts I laughed so hard the whole evening I nearly fell off my seat. You wouldn't believe it when you listen to him here, but it's true. He is special. Just a little thin man in black clothes and his guitar on a stage and the audience, small or big, listens to every syllable he is singing. Extraordinary.

Reinhard was my hero when i started to play guitar. He is a wonderful poet.

Oooh, this is a very important song for us Germans, especially at this time. Greetings and thank you for being interested in our culture.

...and shockingly it seem to be written exactly for our times right now

Reinhard Mey wrote this song 1996 and for me it sounds like it was from yesterday. And yes, the text is brilliant in German and the translation ist really good. He was born 1942 in Berlin. In the times of bombs, hunger and freezing. I suppose, his playground was the rubble of destroyed Berlin houses. He got famous in the 60s and I grew up with his music in a time of many important singers/songwriters.

The text is translated exellently. The song was published first in 1996.

Reinhard Mey is one of the great contemporary German poets. He knows how to turn words into power. Whoever did the translation did an excellent job, but in German it sounds even better.

Reinhard Mey was born in berlin during ww2, when the city was bombed and destroyed, and grew up during the cold war, he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to peace, war and politics. The lyrics were translated perfectly! I hope you listen to more of his songs, he’s a legend, even today at age 81.

... 👍🏻Very true words!! … Thanks

I am not giving my son...meinen Sohn gebe ich nicht...This is the best of Reinhard Mey, and even more topical, given everything that is going on in the world👍

Reinhard Mey is the best Singer-Singwriter of all time. If available with Subtitles check out more. He is simply brillant. Cheers from Germany

Reinhard is telling the true, absolutly👍♥️ Friendly greetings from Germany

Wenn man bedenkt dass er das Lied 2003 veröffentlicht und es immer noch Aktuell ist und leider aktuell bleiben wird und dass gilt für seine ganze Musik. Ich höre ihn schon seit Ich ein Kind wahr und ich bin jetzt 45 Jahre alt. Ich habe ihn durch meine Eltern kennen gelernt und ich mochte einfach seine Stimme aber je Älter Ich wurde und erkannt habe was für wichtige und Starke Botschaften in seiner Musik erzählt gefällt sie mir noch mehr wie als Kind

He is one. of Germany'd best songwriters.

He is a gem of a songwriter or more a poet who is speaking from his heart and abot things surrounding all of us. No matter if it is serious and so very important or funny as hell like some of his songs are too (men in the hardware store, I am a plumber by profession, Some idiot is always mowing somewhere, not sure if there's a translation) he is always describing the reality masterfully using the language like a painter colors. The translation is very good here but it's even more effective in German as he is using every nuance of the language and some are really hard to translate (it's literally like translating poetry), not to mention his lyrics are three or four times longer than most songs you hear.

I'm grow up with Reinhard Mey and Hannes Warder... This two Guys follows me my hole life☺️👍🏻🤩🙏🏼🥰

I can garantee you in german these are getting boosebumps lyrics. The most amazing text I have ever listen to. Reinhard Mey is an incredible artist!

There is another great song from him on a similar topic. It's called "Das Narrenschiff", "The ship of fools". I will see if there is a video with english lyrics.

Reinhard Mey's lyrics are brilliant 👍👏👍

Our veterans are not homeless. There are social systems that help them.

Yesss, Reinhard Mey and Rammstein- you know my favourite artists 🙂

reinhard mey is one of the best und critical german singer

I'm from Germany and I like your reaction to Reinhard Mey, really an amazing artist!

Dear D, I can tell you, that Reinhard Mey's German lyrics are even better - much better! - than the translation and it would be worth, doing many more of his songs as he has always been an outstanding master of words, a real poet during his very long career! Cheers from Switzerland, Leo

7:28 the lyrics work even better in the original.

Best german lyrics

Thank you for reacting. Much love to you.

Endlich wird er in der Welt gehört ❤❤❤❤❤

for a brief moment I was afraid this was the studio version. glad to hear the guitar from the live show right away. powerful song (background, I think he tried to make this song go mainstream and didn't catch the "modern" right. he's a chanson singer known for his guitar arpeggios with band and tried to do some avant-garde hip-hop-ish thing. in hindsight he should've released a version in his style and invite other musicians to cover it for their audiences.)

The lyrics in German work even better than in English! The rhymes and words are chosen quite deliberately!

Oh yes, he´s a genius. This Song is good in English but it´s even better in German. If you also like him look for his songs "das Narrenschiff" und "Kai" they are also great. Or an really old one (1974) "Was kann schöner sein auf Erden als Politiker zu werden" , and maybe the Song "Es ist an der Zeit" from R. Mey, Hannes Wader und Konstantin Wecker. All this Songs shows the reason why we must be aware. Good luck und Grüße aus Deutschland.

I have already mentioned in another comment that this song was written in 1996 and is still frighteningly relevant today !

The lyrics work even better in german... Thank you for your reaction. ❤

I totally agree, there should be more good people with a spine and integrity in politics!

Reinhold Mey is maby the most intelligent, poetic and underestimated singer/ songwriter we have in Germany. He predicted so much 30 years ago, it's freaking me out. Listen to Narrenschiff (fools ship) or Nein, meine Söhne geb ich nicht (No, you won't get my sons) and you can tell.

The gouverments know ecactly, what they do! It´s all about money and power. Nothing else!

If course it is even better in German. He is a true artist with words. I am glad some of it comes across in English.

Like Volker Pispers a speaker of truth ✌, always keep open minded !!

Please check out "Das Narrenschiff"... And thank you for this beautfiul reaction. And yes, in German it's true Poetry that hits you deep.

Reinhard May ist seit meiner Jugend ein Held für mich. Seine Lieder sind einfach nur genial ❤❤ Hört Euch (Meine Söhne gib ich nicht ) an. Der ist aus den 80 igern. Aber aktueller denn je. ❤🎉🎉

Thank you so much for reacting to one of our most honest songwriters. Times are getting darker and darker and it's so important to be vigilant. Always keep your eyes open my friend! Best regards from Germany

A song more and more relevant nowadays. The world is fckd up

Oh i See you have reacting to this Song .i told you Yesterday in the comments from the Weck mich auf Video

Please listen to the song by Reinhard Mey with the title; Nein meine Söhne gebe ich nicht.

Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤

Reinhard Mey, one of our best singer /songwriters ❤ The lyrics work fantastic in German, there are a lot of rhymes in it. Thank you for your reaction ❤

@Reactions by D Hello from Germany, I fully agree with your comment at the end of the video. All over the world, people are being lied to by their governments, but that has always been the case and as long as the masses of people don't change anything, it will stay that way. And it will become more and more difficult because most people are less and less willing to leave their comfort zone. As long as they have a car, a TV and at least one vacation a year, they are happy. I always like your comments on the videos and you have definitely gained a loyal fan here in Germany. I recommend the two titles with English translation : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldxdiMqrube8f58.html New version kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bqqEnt2eztHTpKs.html Herzliche Grüße

This songtext is good in english but in german is the song a pound deeper... In the German language, 50% of the message is in the text, but the other half is expressed through the intonation of the words. So if you only read the text, its possible that you only get the half message. That's why one and the same sentence can have several meanings, even completely opposite ones.

In fact in german it has lot more expression . But the translation is great. You can’t translate everyday sayings in another language without lost. There is a song with Reinhard Mey, Konstantin Wecker and Hannes Wader called „Es ist an der Zeit“ you will love when you like this one

Since 5:45 (original) we fight back. Adolf Hitler after he started WWII entering Poland.

Vote blue!

The truth is that the song is only known to fans; it is not played on the radio stations.

hopefully a lot of your (english speaking) supporters will listen to this song of Reinhard Mey

Reinhard Mey is a poet.

his name is reinhard mey and the titel is ' sei wachsam '

The German Lyrics are even better than the English translation ! Reinhard Mey is one of the greatest contemporary German poets . He also speaks French perfectly : His poems are published in French schoolbooks !

Brilliant song. This guy is a poet.

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Narrenschiff by him is good too.

You reacted to Reinhard Mey 3 days ago, Über den wolken 😉

The translation is pretty accurate.

Reinhard Mey is a song writer from 60' an70' . He always against the government.

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You love Reinhard Mey-songs ans lyrics?! So you must listen to songs from Hannes Wader. He and Reinhard Mey are very close friends in mind. And Hannes Wader is an excellent guitar player...

My fave of him: "Mein Testament"...Absolutely worth trying out...

Reinhard Mey, Konstantin Wecker and Herbert Grönemeyer are such poets

Ton Steine Scherben - Der Traum ist aus (English Subtitles) (beware of long instrumentals ;) sadly not a lot of Rio Reiser and Ton Steine Scherben has translations

07:22 Believe me, in german even better than the english translation. It loses a lot in the translation because the lyrics are "customized" for the german language and soundmelody. And for some german words and expression simply exist no valid english translation. The english lyrics are good and meet the gist of it, but will never reach the level of the original. I think that is normal with every piece of art. I read books that I enjoyed in english but not really the german translation. Even worse with dubbed stuff like video games, movies, tv-shows. If possible one should always watch the original since so much stuff gets lost in translation and efford of the actors/actresses. Example: Meryl Streep is a great actress who works a lot with her voice and the expression of her voice. Like different styles and accents. The german dubbing of her movies is, well.. its good, but not even close to the original. And I could list tons of games which are unplayable for me in the german translation (vocal and text). Like Mass Effect trilogy. I didnt last 10 minutes with the german version before I switched back to the original. It just rubs me wrong.

free g t. mey...tell the story from old to time yet.....

Reinhard host a show at the Bavarian broadcast call " Songs an einem Sommerabend". The bosses tell him" If you sing this song you will lost the show" but Mr. Mey was never able to bend his knee. He sing this song and he lost the show. When Bode Wartke takes over the show he invite Mr. Mey as much as he can because he is a huge fan of Mr. Mey. They will silent you!

A very good Song : Zeugnistag. Reinhard Mey.

Hello, Reinhard Mey's texts are fascinating. Sometimes funny, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes simply taken from life and often critical. Even in the critical songs, he doesn't stop at anything and everyone gets their comeuppance. Songs such as “Der Bruder” (The Brother) sing about the prejudice against other skin colors, “Alles OK in Guantanamo Bay” (Everything OK in Guantanamo Bay) sings about the ignorance of the USA towards critics, “Das Narrenschiff” (The Ship of Fools) sings about the top 10,000 who are ruining the country, “Nie wieder Krieg” (Never again war) sings about the senselessness of war, just like the song “Der Wind geht allezeit über das Land” (The wind always blows over the land) or “Es ist an der Zeit” (It's about time). But there are also songs that remind us of our German past, such as “Die Kinder von Izeau”.

This works excellently in German and what's more, it rhymes. 😉

7:30 min.... in german, it even works much better!!! Because it makes sense and it rhymes as well! B-)

Things can always get worse, buddy.. especially if America re-elects Trump, the clown..!

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Reinhard Mey = RHINE-HART MAY (approx. pronunciation in English)

Great reaction. This man has more Songs, but a other AntiWarSong is: "Nein meine Söne geb ich nicht" In English " No, I will not give my sons" He sang this with his Friends kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9ddesRk0t-4gGg.htmlsi=Ov4dRbM4iAa-3ABY

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Taff lyrics 😢knock me out in German!

If you like the lyrics of Reinhard Mey, listen to "Das Narrenschiff". Old, but still so true...

i hope you hearing udo lindenberg wozu sind kiege da,,,,,,,

Nein meine Söhne geb ich nicht. ❤❤❤❤❤

I recommend "meine Söhne geb ich nicht" (i dont give my sons) by him. The greatest anti war song i ever heard. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9ddesRk0t-4gGg.htmlsi=aLwQbKLEM_0L6USY

danke - warnung vor trump ^.^

Works way better in german

this is a german song

To be honest, I think this song is quite problematic and the message is not very good. He takes exactly the same line as demagogues who say, that every politician is a liar who just wants power and doesn't care about the people ("underlings" "be on your guard"). That completely negelcts the compexities of political decisions and processes, compromising and the normal democatic way of gouverning. Of course some politicians are bad, some just don't know better, some actually don't care about the people, but a lot of them really want the best for their country and, at least in Germany and the USA, most people really do live quite good lives. The constitution ensures freedom, the rights against the state and if you look into statistics you see, how high the freedom is in the USA and Germany. While it is generally necessary to keep an eye on the factual freedom and things like the influence of media tycoons etc., the way he generalizes things and calls on the people to distrust everyone who is in power, paves the way for easy messages and populist messias-figures that emerge everywhere today.

In deutsch ist der Text noch intensiver

Das lied nett sich Donald Trump ^^