Hey all! Due to a copyright issue after uploading we had to cut the outro that features the alternative song & credits for the video!

I'd argue this is one of the best music videos ever made.

Hi, I'm from Germany. 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 😄

The scene with Till wearing woman's clothing is not comedic at at all! Rammstein there represent the R.A.F. - the Red Army Fraction, a far left non-parlamentary political wing in the 1970ies which caused a lot of terroristic nightmare here in Germany, and in fact their members were terrorists, nothing else! Their female leader was Ulrike Meinhof, which Till represents in the video.

It is a symbolic cannibal scene. The monks (church) feast on their victim (Germania/Germany), while the common people despair and starve. But Germania feels less "uncomfortable" than she should...

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

As a German, this song hits deep. Sometimes I need to cry while listen to this song... 🙏

"If we miss anything, I'm sorry. We apologize in advance" Me: "Oh, they're Canadian" "We're Canadian"

Rammstein is not just a band, they are a group of artists who collaborate with many other artists to create such masterpieces! TIME, ADIEU, ZIG ZACK, BIG TITS, MY HEART BURNS (both versions) are masterpieces of video art.

*Never* skip the outro credits sequence of a Rammstein video! It's literally just as much a part of the main song and often provides context or just catharsis. If you haven't done so, just watch and listen to the video again and let the outro play to the end and I think you'll agree it provides a needed counterweight to the energy of the song.

Germany is not just 3rd Reich.

Absolute Masterpiece 🔥Rammstein ❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Good pick up on the meaning behind the song Phil. The video helps convey the message. This song and video is a reflection on Germany's history of conflict. The song finds Till Lindemann speaking of his love/hate relationship with Germany as he considers his country's divisive history.

Rammstein music videos are masterpieces! The song during the credits was a piano version of their song "Sonne"... It was a great choice to put on translated subtitles because the lyrics (especially in combination with the videos) are always very important to understand the story they want to tell. Next up, you should definitely watch the music videos of the songs "Zeit", "Angst" and "Adieu". "Sonne" is a little bit older, but also very good and creative. More funny ones would be "Zick Zack", "Amerika" or "Dicke Titten".

A true masterpiece. My all time favorite. As to the cost, apparently it is around $6 million. Yeah. Thanks for reviewing and reacting to it. Y'all be safe.

Germany has a rich culture, what a lot people forget because the most assume Germany only with the Nazi time! But they are sooo much more. Whole Europe has such a rich culture and history ❤❤❤

There is so much to miss in this video even if you are german. Not to mention if you are not. This is a masterpiece and maybe the best video of rammstein of all times. I would recommend to watch the Video called "Deutschland by Rammstein: An Analysis" by the youtube channel "Three Arrows". It is an english analysis of all the scenes and the musical context. All the little details and how it fits together. You will find this masterpiece of a music video even more interesting after you get the details. Would love to see a reaction on this one too maybe. Greetings from Germany and keep on the good work

I believe the six members of Rammstein and their production team are the most creative group of people you will see and listen to. Also, take notice to how good of actors they are. They give back to their fans more than any other band on the planet. I heard this video cost over half a million dollars to produce. There stage takes 72 semi trucks to move to the next venue. It takes 62 hours to assemble with over 100 crew members and 150 volunteers. I could explain this video to you, however, it would take me well over a couple of hours of typing. They really can bring out every emotion in you in all that they do.

Remember that this song talks about dark moments of our history. I find German history incredibly fascinating because the Germans and Germany were always there, but at the same time not and always different like a shapeshifter. Stupid oversimplified: Rejects Roman annexation - Germanic Tribes defeat Rome, are often slapped in the face, but Rome generally fails to subdue them Creates an empire that wasn't really an empire but also was an empire and somehow lived for over 1000 years - very special and unique The Kingdom of Prussia and hundreds of German States gangsta! Before being defeated by one of history's greatest generals. defeats the French, unites into a new empire Get a colonial empire Fights 80% of the world alone and almost won.. Is treated badly Comeback as Villian, fights the whole world and only lost because of own mistakes.. Gets divided again Reunites again and is not allowed to be strong again. Also a few German inventions: - Incandescent lamps (Heinrich Göbel 1854) - The Telephone (Johann Philip Reis 1859) - The dynamo and tram (Werner von Siemens 1866) - The 35 mm camera (Oskar Barnack 1925) - Nuclear fission and atomic bomb (Otto Hahn - emigrated to the Americans during Nazi Germany - 1938) - The ship chart (Jürgen Dethloff and Helmut Gröttrub 1969) - Periodic Table (Julius Luther Meyer 1864) - Jeans (Levi Strauss 1873) - The recorder, player - with which the first films were possible (Emil Berliner 1887) - The Aspirin - Which all great athletes felt used to relieve pain, And which saved countless lives (Felix Hoffmann, Klausi Alder.. 1879) - Spark plug (Robert Bosch 1902) - Thermos flask (Reinhold Burger 1903) - the toothpaste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg) - The coffee filter (Melitta Bentz) - Cassette recorder (Fritz Pfleumer 1928) - Teabag (Adolf Rambold 1929) - The jet engines - Essential for all jets and rockets + First war rockets V1, V2 of the Nazis (Hans von Ohain 1929) - First rocket (in general, Hans von Ohain) - The helicopter (Heinrich Focke 1936) - The first car (Carl Benz - With honorary Schnauzer - 1886) - First Computer (Konrad Zuse 1941) - First 3D film (during the Third Reich) - Fanta (Yes THAT Fanta.. Also during the Nazi era) - The typewriter (Peter Mitterhofer - 1869) - NASA (actually the US buyed thousands of German engineers to build NASA because they can't do it themselves) - The first letterpress Mashine (Which was probably the best invention of all time because now they could start printing books, Johannes Gutenberg - 1440) - Motorcycle (Gottlieb Daimler 1885) - Birth control pill (Schering AG 1961) - the trigger of the gold rush (Johann August Sutter was a Swiss but actually German since he was born in Germany, but Swiss and German are one blood anyway, Who triggered the gold rush in America. Not an inventor but cool fact - 1848) Well, as you saw, the Germans changed the world with their inventions many times. Where we would be today without the German art of thinking.. And Craftsmanship. Germany the land of poets and thinkers - that's how it was known The problem is that many Germans are not proud of their country and blood because they were brought up that way. Because if you say anything to that effect, you will be called a Nazi. The problem is that many people don't have the right deep historical knowledge that people need to understand the world and and that only Hitler himself and his party were Nazis. There was a big difference between Nazi, German and Wehrmacht soldier. There is no such thing as black and white.. People always wonder how could the Germans follow the Austrian Painter.. Well most Germans followed Hitler because of the crisis. Germans were so depressed that it is unimaginable for us. They were seen as evil around the world as they were blamed for everything in World War I. And when you have 3 kids at home, no job, money is worthless and no food and water you will follow anyone who promises you to fix it. Because that's what the Nazis did in the beginning - they fixed the crisis and gave the Germans hope again.. Or better: They gave the German people a scapegoat to blame. And remember that antisemitism was normal in Europe for hundreds of years. Many people didn't liked the jews because they were often these rich trading people. No German at the time could have known that Hitler was so crazy. It's not as easy as we always think. Even in the Wehrmacht, only a few liked the Nazis. They were German soldiers. the general German soldier, like my grandfather, had nothing to do with the Nazis and the Holocaust. And if we are honest: what kind of "peace" could the general German soldier expect? What could have they expect after all the Nazi crimes and everyone thought that all Germans were evil Nazis. Most soldiers fought for their lives and German people against a planet. If even many of Hitler's own generals like Rommel (legend) or Stauffenberg knew that he was not quite right in the head.. Then the normal soldier knew that even more. Many Germans were manipulated by the ultimate propaganda of the Nazis and could do nothing about it. They thought to the last second that they were winning because of the propaganda. You can imagine the Nazis like a natural dark Parasite Rising from the suffering of the Germans. And the 'Problem' is that Germans are People who have a very special work and perfectionism mentality. That's not a weak enemy.. Look what the german army achieved in ww2.. Because of their unbreakable pride. Calling all German soldiers Nazis is like calling all American soldiers democrats because they were in power. We should be prouder of ourselves, after all, Germany has repeatedly fought against the entire world, one time under a bad regime. We made this modern world possible and maintain a reputation for perfection and quality. The hard-working German. Or rather, we once had this reputation. Today there is no longer a country of poets and thinkers. We are still occupied by the USA.. Because we are the most important point in Europe. And people are manipulated and have no prospects.. If you're proud of your history.. You will be called a Nazi. What I also find very interesting is that the Germanic people spread very far and are therefore the ancestors of many other people. Therefore, historians are not entirely sure how German the Germanic peoples were, but since they were the first to speak German and also created English, they were already German. In addition, the Germans were also the ancestors of the Vikings means Germanic mythology is almost identical to Norse mythology. Actually the same. I would be in favor of not only teaching the Americans that Germany is the bad guy and that they really deal with it. Most of the settlers who came to America at that time were German. Over 40 million. That's why you have so many German names. That's why the Americans love German culture and are surrounded by it, but don't want to admit it. Every "American" fairy tale was recorded and reinvented by the Brothers Grimm, they were German.. Thanks for listening 🎉

The Woman rerepesand Germania. A Symbol of Germany. Great reaction 🤘😊

Now you have to do Ich tu dir weh live at Madison Square Garden. You will have that riff in your head for weeks and actually see that Till has a real singing voice. The chorus is 🔥.

The most EPIC music video ever made...

Das Video zeigt Teile unserer Geschichte. Es ist sehr gut gemacht. Rammstein ist einer der besten Bands Deutschlands....

The piano part at the end is of another Rammstein song called Sonne, the music video is an amazing take on Snow White. it has some of their humour in that video as well.

Arguably one of the best music videos ever. The production values are off the scale. It's like a movie with so much going on and so many messages and hidden meanings. Rammstein videos are on a completely whole other level compared to other bands. They have so many videos that are basically just mini movies of sorts. Just the amount of people mentioned in the end that were involved in making this video is mind boggling.

Now that you’ve done an Official music video, your ready for the next one. I recommend “Dicke Titten” music video by them for the next reaction. I guarantee you will like it. 😜

Love this, love Rammstein!! But I wanna cred you two - you are great and you give me a feelgood vibe, every time - thank you! 😍😍

One of my Favourite bands, awesome music and visuals, on the money with this one ..... More more, more, great post

Another great song and video from them is Zeit, another masterpiece

I've seen recommendations for 'Mein Herz brennt' ❤‍🔥(an older song where the video on the Rammstein channel does not have CC/subtitles like the newer songs, but there are subtitled versions), and 'do both versions' mentioned as well. There's the normal version and the 'pinao version'. My recommendaion if you ever will react to the song(s) is: do the normal version first. In my opinion the piano version is even more impactful seeing it after the normal version.

Great reaction to an epic song. If you ever get the chance to see them live, do it. I saw them last year in San Antonio. Flew down from near seattle to see that show. Keep up the great reactions........the price for them to make this video......6 million

Thanks for the great music you just made my weekend hope you two have a great weekend yourselves remember your the cream of the crop when it comes to music and your reactions 👍

I love the balls this channel has, y’all are definitely one of my favorites. Keep it up

The live version is wild. I highly recommend you go see them in concert if you get the chance. It is probably one of the best concerts I have been to.

RAMMSTEIN is a deep rabbit hole but well worth the trip!! Ive been to over 200 concerts since 1979.. No one,not the Stones or even Pink Floyd come close to them live

This is one of the best videos from Rammstein and at the same time one of the most difficult content to fully understand. The song is about Germany (Deutschland) and the band's feelings about their home country which has a rather violent history (not only in WW2). It is a kaleidoscope of scenes from 2000 years of German history (some more symbolic, others painfully accurate) and additionally some scenes that might happen in the future when archaeologists are searching for artefacts of German history. The woman is Germania, played by the German actress Ruby Commey. Germania is not a literal person, but was a personification of Germany for centuries. All other main roles are played by the six members of Rammstein. The scene when the monks seem to eat Germania references to the Thirty Year's War (1618-1648), which started as a religious war. As a result of that war - masses of people starved or died by plagues. And the church took what little they had left to live on. If you are interested in more details about some of the historical events referenced in Rammstein's video, you may take a look at this content-wise analysis: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcldmNiHsZ7cgac.html Even for me as a German guy there were some details that I was not aware of. Also the lyrics are explained a bit and the assumed reason for Rammstein to come out with this video. And there is an explanation why the video caused some harsh reactions BEFORE it was fully published.

Great reaction!! This song is a masterpiece,,

We won’t hold being Canadian against you🤣🤣🤣 excellent reaction as always later guys.❤️😎🇺🇸

Great pick with this song. You need to keep in mind that with Rammstein you never know what is coming your way, and that most songs ( if not all of them) have dual meaning.

Great ❤ Please react ,,Zeit ,,from Rammstein

Hi my friends, i'm from germany and i love Rammstein ! Your reaction are realy great ! Greatings and love from germany ♥️♥️🥰♥️♥️🥰♥️♥️

Ich als Deutscher sehe jedesmal etwas neues wenn ich mir das Video anschaue und ich bin der Meinung das man es nur als Deutscher richtig verstehen und fühlen kann. Die schwarze Frau ist Deutschland.

One thing you have to realize about Rammstein is that every music video they make is actually a movie

Greetings from Germany!

The treatment of Germany's history in this video is more than excellent. We Germans don't have to hide, every country has its terrible sides, but also its beautiful sides. But it's important to look at all sides, Rammstein showed this brilliantly, with the love for his country and yet the dislike for their past actions. Very good video

Compliment to both of you. Without understanding the lyrics you got the right feeling what the artists adress. Great reaction. Like it. As a German most others lack about the musicial point of view of Rammstein songs. Spot on.

It cost 6 million US dollars to make and was the second most expensive video ever made right behind Scream,by Janet Jackson

I'm polish, but damn, i love this band!

I remember the moment this video had world premiere in 2019 as it was yesterday. After 10 years of waiting Rammstein released a new album and a music video to "Deutschland". Hearing the first riffs a had goosebumps from my little thoe to my scalp. For me itt's the greatest music video ever made, and one of my all time favorite Rammstein song. Love it.

This video shows "Germania" played by Ruby Commey, a great actress from Berlin. ^^ Anyways, as a German I have to say, that this is a masterpiece. It includes so many important parts of history that many people don't even know. ^^ Also the phrase at the end: "Who rises far will fall as far as well. Germany, Germany over all."

The part with him in woman’s clothing is referring to the Baader-Meinhof Group. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction

Look out for "Angst". Another great video with a great message! An the piano version of "Mein Herz brennt"

I would highly recommend the Three Arrows breakdown and explanation of every part of the video. It is about 30 minutes but is pure information that really awakens your knowledge of what the video is showing.

Thank you from Germany for your great Analyse. At the Point. Thank you also for your clear english that i can understand also as a not native english tounge. Great from Germany and a Happy new year.

Zeit and Angt are nice videos with English subtitle.

Es mi grupo favorito.Wunderbares Lied.

Das Video ist tiefgründige Kunst

Damn I love your channel! greetings from Germany ❤

Most insightfull reaction to this song/video by a non-german speaker I've seen yet.

No other band I know of has so many high production value yet controversial videos. In fact, one of their infamous videos featured several scenes of 'hard core' pornography, that went along with the songs subject matter. In true Rammstein form, the lyrics, although graphic, were a bit tongue-in-cheek and quite humorous.

Another really epic Video and Song is „Zeit“. In case you‘ll watch it I would recommend to have subtitles on.

Masterpiece ever. Great

Oh their videos are crazy. Love this one! lol So insane.

Hello, I'm from Germany. Rammstein plays a classic "Industrial Metal" style. A 50-50 mix of synths and carbide guitars. A large part of German history in one video. The Black Woman as Germania. Germania is the personification of the German nation. It is not and was not a goddess or Joan of Arc. The glass coffin: It's the little Snow White from the Grimm fairy tales.... and from her own video "Sun". Only with black skin and in space. The piano song at the end is also the song "Sun". The line in this song "So young and yet so old" means: Germany as a unified state is still very young. A united German people did not exist until 1871. Before this year of reunification, Germany consisted of countless small small states and people identified themselves primarily as Prussians, Hesse, Saxony etc. etc. etc. Also Germans as a kind of unifying second identity. The area and the landscape in which the Germans live, and the Germans themselves as a people... are thousands of years old. But it was only recently, in 1871, that there was a united Germany as a single state. Germany as a united so is very young ... and at the same time thousands of years old. The battle in the Teutoburg Forest against the Romans (and Rammstein as Roman soldiers and Germans alike). This struggle is of absolute importance for German history. The hanged corpses in the trees were the beaten Roman soldiers, cruelly sacrificed to the Germanic gods... and some of them were nailed to the trees. The Battle of Varus (Teutoburg) took place as early as 9 AD. In 16 AD, the vengeance campaigns of the Emperor Germanicus took place. Therefore, here we see the arrival of the Roman troops of Germanicus and they observe how their dead comrades hang in the trees or have their heads cut off (to nail them to the trees). In reality, the Romans under Germanicus found only the bones of the Varus army, which were slaughtered, sacrificed and displayed on the trees in various ways. Slaves were freed for 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 battle scene date back to the years of the First and First World Wars. From the workers of the working class in the First World War and the roaring 20s. In World War II, years later, this large bushy mustache had already gone out of fashion. The falling banknotes in prison are not about corruption. This scene is about the hyperinflation of the 1920s, which took away Germans' savings, leaving them in deep poverty and despair. At that time, you had to pay for a loaf of bread with a handcart full of almost worthless banknotes, and it hit the Germans deep in their souls. Especially the poor and simple workers. The V2 rocket (the first man-made object in space) as a 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 this rocket. This scene in the video could be a depiction of a very specific concentration camp. It was "Mittelbau-Dora" below the Kohnstein. A mixture of a large, huge bunker factory for V1 and V2 rockets and a concentration camp. The concentration camp prisoners were sown on their chests with various markings for different types of prisoners and their "crimes", as was the case in reality. A pink triangle for homosexuals, the Star of David for Jews, and two of them were marked with the double triangles for Jehovah's Witnesses. The book burnings of the Nazis and the witch burnings of the church. In the same scene with the book burning, MORE happens. The collaboration of the Church with the Nazis, when the priest with the cross embraces the Nazi SA man. The scene with the sign with hammer and compass in the wheat circle is the sign of the GDR (GDR). The most social German state in the East, which existed before German reunification. Therefore, it was Karl Marx in the background in the scene with the tank (not the scene in the concentration camp). The scene in which Rammstein wields weapons (the pump gun) and takes Germania hostage is about left-wing terrorism in the 1970s. The terrorists were called the RAF (Red Army Faction). My interpretation of the red scanner-like rays: There are two different types of rays. The massive straight red beam of light rising into the sky AND there were these smaller, thinner "scanner" rays. Aliens (or humans from the future) are scouring the entire history of Germany. Just as some real scientists, for example, scan and excavate ancient Mexican or Egyptian statues. The massive red beam of light is the red ribbon of time that holds all historical events together. PS: As far as dogs are concerned: Germans are fanatical dog lovers. We are a dog owner nation.

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 socialist 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

The best thing about Rammstein is that they do exactly what they want and they never answer to anybody. Every single video of theirs has comments disabled. They are an autonomous artistic collective, and bless them for it.

'Adieu' is a good song and a fantastic video I highly recommend it for the next reaction if you like to watch more Rammstein. And their live videos: 'Ich Tu Dir Weh' (MSG) and 'Wiener Blut' (live, Wacken) and 'Sonne' live. Thank you for your reaction 🙂

Good reaction! There is more in Europe that will blow your mind if it is music that will hit you...

It's surprising that many people are shocked by the video, but German history is explained in just a few minutes...it was rough and brutal...

The actress is Germany herself,probably already mentioned.

Music video is amazing, but really, the song in it self, it is incredible.. The conflict in ones heart.. Love for ones country, and yet understanding that there is a dark side to their history.

I never thought they were anything else than Canadian because they're to polite and articulate to be anything but! 😂😂😂 I hope they will react to their Zeit video too!

Definitely one of the best music videos ever made.

I enjoyed your reaction! Would love to see you reacting to "Angst" from Rammstein :) Keep it up!

RAMMSTEIN IS PART OF DA Human history und the Evolution of us.for real

Rammstein + NewWorldTrailer (theGame) = This :D

A real masterpiece...

One huge aspect that most people don't consider is that Rammstein are essentially the most successful German cabaret act in the traditional sense. They combine eccentricity, chaos, sexual ambiguity, bawdry tongue-in-cheek as well as everything on show, cultural conversations and embracing dualism in imagery which stimulates controversy, conversation and cultural growth when done right, as all good art should.

I still reckon this is one of the greatest album intro songs of all time.

Masterpiece

You have to watch „Zeit“. You will cry…. another masterpiece from Rammstein.

These 60 year old members of Rammstein are 10000% cooler than anyone in their 20-30's!

One would have to be quite ignorant to complain about a lack of knowledge of another country’s history. So don’t worry about it. Also, this video is PACKED with visual references, that easily can get over one’s head, especially the first time watching this. So I can totally relate. I’ve seen videos by artist of other countries, I had to watch again to get what’s going on at points. And this video is like a masterclass in historical references. This is layers over layers. You did good! 😊👍

please react Zeit by Rammstein

Wow, humanity in one video... that was incredibly well done, if a little disturbing... thank you to those for explaining what was going on here... we need to evolve...

Sorry for my first comment but you nail absolutely the meaning of the video

The loop in "Deutschland" ist from Anne Cark´s - Our Darkness. The Band Rammstein didn´t admit that. 😎

The black lady is representative of Germany herself within the video as she is part of basically every scene

welcome in the rammstein rabbithole. rammstein forever❤

My Love cannot reach you! WOW!

Definitely need to do Green Grass and hide tides the studio version to get blown away by some hot guitar playing

About the color scheme: The German flag is black, red and gold

Would an American group dare to take such a lucid look at its country's history ? ...with such good music !

Moin.Die Geschichte Deutschland's kritisch zusammengefasst. Und ...ein verdammt geiles Lied.

History repeats itself

What is also important to know about Rammstein is that they are personas on stage and in lyrics. Most of the time they dont speak their tongue or opinion but do it like a phylosophy student would and ask questions. They have songs about cannibalism or rape or torture and about other shit and they dotn speak in their opinion there but try to make a sense. This is one of the times were they talked for themselves and even went kinda political. Unusual for them but very intimate that way.

You can write a whole essay about it; about all the references in the video and the song about Germany. And to a non-German, or someone who doesn't know the history of Germany (i.e. the last 2000 years, not just since the founding of Germany in 1871) very well, a lot of it might seem very strange.

They didn't pull any punches in this one. It is possible to love your country and still be both embarrassed and understanding of it's history.

"Since the Middle Ages, with reference to the Germania magna of antiquity, she has been considered the national personification of Germany in the sense of the area of ​​distribution of the German languages."

Guys! Your voices are like ASMR :)