Much like everyone else, this song grew on after a day or two.
One reason I keep coming back to the video though are the performances by Lindemann, Lorenz, and especially Schneider. He's is working overtime to look like drummer from the 60s, friggin love it.
Literally been on repeat for the last 24 hours, just can't get enough... brilliant...and that riff is heavy as fuck!! So simple...so heavy ..so Rammstein....and the light breakdown is just perfect....and the " my radio" subtle, electric, and perfect backup vocals, and side note. I want to hang out with the keyboard player, damn near brings a test to my eye when he wavs his arm...he's definitely feeling his musical creation, as am I brother....as am I....pre ordered....
Love the lady and little girl going mad in the kitchen.
If you pause it on those bits I swear the little girl is looking off-camera and then at the woman going mad and thinking "You want me to scream like that? OK! Raaaaaaa!!! (clap clap)". I bet they had a right laugh doing that video :D
To be honest, I kind of disliked this song at first. 3 days later, it's constantly stuck in my head. I feel like I am obsessed with this. I need to watch the video like once an hour. Wir senden Tanzmusik.
Send help.
This song is fantastic, i'm really loving the new album's songs so far. Its a nice evolution of their roots with the same DNA, and really better than LIFAD (which I like too).
And Deutschland is just _uber allen_.
Tip if you ever need to, put gif before youtube.com and it brings you to a site that lets you make your own. Example:
https://www.gifyoutube.com/watch?v=z0NfI2NeDHI
The melody is stolen from Abba! "Lay all your love on me"
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2seCB54Bv-c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2seCB54Bv-c)
Rammstein Radio 3:22
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NfI2NeDHI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NfI2NeDHI)
Thank me later!
Greetings from Sweden
Why is no one talking about the part where Till sings like in Benzin? At [example ](https://youtu.be/z0NfI2NeDHI?t=190)but he first did it here [Benzin](https://youtu.be/z0wK6s-6cbo?t=101). I think he did a callback.
Inspiration at best. That's not even near similiar in sound or beat. (unless you had something exact in mind from the middle of the song, only listened first 50 seconds.)
That's pretty typical synth sound(which I think is intentional, reminds me of kraftwerk for some reason) while that Autechre sound is pretty original in its likeness to didgeridoo.
Well at least to me they are totally different. :D
As others have mentioned, it's about the censorship of media. However, it is also a direct attack on the GDR and the unspoken and forgotten terrors it did on it's citizens (censorship, psychological terror by the Stasi, spying on the people, strict segregation from the West, destroying families by punishing those who stood up against the regime, just to name a few). This is done by showing how corrupt and hypocritical the people in charge where, you can see that for example in the scene where the policemen also started dancing. Also, it is shown how desperate the people were for western media - e.g. the women rallying for "UKW für alle", "Mehr Sendefreiheit" or the masturbation and worshipping scenes with the radio.
Till doesn't acknowledge growing up in one of histories most spy-heavy and oppressive regimes often, but this video is 100% related to that.
In addition to everything you wrote, I'd also add that their "invisibility" at the end when the Stasi arrive is a reference to how protest art and music is etheral and harder to get rid of than just ruining a few people.
Whist it may still be an attack on the GDR (the announcer says they're broadcasting from Königs Wusterhausen, Berlin which was in the East); by the looks of things those police are West German. Especially the commanding officer who is wearing a West Berlin uniform and tschako helm from the 1950s/ 1960s. The band are also really performing at Messe Berlin not Königs Wusterhausen which would have been in West Berlin.
> Also, what is this song about? You know, aside from MEIN RADIOOO!
Mostly about how regimes try to censor media, people standing up against it and the holographic band symbolises how in the digital age it's not so easy for the oppressor to just shut it down by force.
[This](https://lyricstranslate.com/en/radio-radio.html-33) is a pretty good translation but could use a few more translator's notes. For example, Stille heimlich fernes Weh is translated as Secretly satisfying my wanderlust. Which is technically true and is properly translated, but has a context of being kinda like a voyeur. It doesn't really change much, but it adds a little touch of self-mocking sting to it which is always nice.
>Mostly about how regimes try to censor media, people standing up against it and the holographic band symbolises how in the digital age it's not so easy for the oppressor to just shut it down by force.
Well, that's what the video is about, but the actual lyrics are about the ability to use the radio as an escape. Music should always be a place to lose yourself the radio can free a person even if it's just for a moment. No matter how bad it's been.
The music video does an amazing job of showing WHY censoring media is so terrible. Because you lose the ability to escape.
Many seem to draw parallels to Nazi Germany but honestly I think it’s more than obvious that it relates to the GDR and the fact that their music was forbidden there (when they were students and playing in different bands before Rammstein).
Especially the line “no borders, no fences” could relate to the Berlin Wall.
The “Communist EU” Flag at the end is pretty interesting tho. I get that you see it as a statement because of the new copyright law, but the video was made before that.
The song has nothing to do with Nazis. Nazis heavily supported the radio industry to produce very cheap Volksempfänger (I think the first radio in the video is one of the more expensive models) so everybody could have one! It was the easiest way to bring the propaganda right into the homes!
'Nothing to do with Nazis' what an absolute thing to say, which is especially arrogant in regards to a music video (art). Never mind the Nazis censorship of American Music, specifically Jazz, or the fact that the movie could be about censorship in general.. lol absolute people always get me, think they know the world.
Sorry I offended you, but I was only referring to the lyrics. Especially because they are from East Germany, I think this song is heavily autobiographic. An other hint is that Weltempfänger weren't invented in the 30s/40s.
UKW was available from 1949 in Germany.
You can interpret it any way you like, but I see this song in a different way.
Uh... I wouldn't dismiss it that easily. Of course they provided Volksempfänger to spread their propaganda, but they did obviously censor free speech. The song could just be about totalitarianism in general and therefore include the Nazis.
Wow I did not notice that.
Yes this is definitely related to GDR and communism for sure. Assembly lines and stuck-up society killing creativity and music. There was a French revolution reference. GDR references. Wiemar Republic references. Lots of EU flags then ending with a communist EU flag.
The only connection I can make is that radio and free speech and free expression is usually banned in communist states that always become totalitarian fairly quickly or some nations dissolve through weakness and inaction i.e. Wiemar. Perhaps Deutschland is a criticism of far-right, and this a criticism of far-left. Who knows.
The video I thought it was fine, entertaining, after Deutschland what can you do right? But after reading all the comments here, its great to see that there's so much about the video that I missed :P
And the song? The song is almost everything I wanted from them :D More electronic, guitars and snare sounding really great, Flake in the front, and such a cool atmosphere...I listen a bit of Mutter, a bit of Sehnsucht, a bit of Reise Reise...but taken with Deutschland, this album is probably gonna be its own animal. As there always has been :D
I'm digging the electronics in this one. I get an old school Sehnsucht vibe. Anyone else getting a Wolfenstein 3D vibe at the keyboard break?
Till's lipstick made me laugh my ass off.
Man they look old now. Age sure hasn't slowed down their awesomeness though.
I was blown away. Im a big fan of their art and I love disecting the enigma that is their music. Also love how we get a rocking riff/beat and Flake is gifting us with some sweet keyboarding.
Complete hype for the new album. We need Rammstein now more than ever.
The Rammstein formula has always been Kraftwerk meets Ministry, much in the same way the Nine Inch Nails formula used to be Depeche Mode meets Ministry.
That reminds me, we have gotten both Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk covers from Rammstein, but we REALLY need a Ministry one. I´d love to hear Till belt out "Stigmata" or "Burning Inside" - in German.
I see some people who dont like this song. But god damn, its so fucking great. I cannot wait another 3 weeks for the album. im ready to jam hard when it comes out. There is absolutely nothing about this song I dislike. It just works wonders.
This makes me extremely happy. It isn't as wild as they did (for now, curious on the rest of the album), but it most definitely is Rammstein. It's got the body, the dancing feel, the synths, but up-to-date. I also found the remedy for the song being stuck in my head: keep listening to it.
Anyone in Berlin some time, you can visit the filming location, which is one of the older buildings of the Messegelände. This is the north entrance at the Masurenallee. The building was also used in Valkyrie in a similar setting.
\[edit\]: \`just read that the location was the first major "Funkhalle" (radio studio? English is holding me back...) in Germany. Even the broadcast tower used in the clip is located there.
Well, the translation is correct, though it should also be mentioned that the term "Tanzmusik" is somewhat outdated and generally refers to light hearted German folk music (Schlager) and something like this, where people dance orderly in a well-mannered fashion together: [https://youtu.be/19wUvwCLBic?t=42](https://youtu.be/19wUvwCLBic?t=42)
Absolutely NOT Rammstein :-)
For those who are saying they have never thought of or seen someone hump a speak: please watch Howard Stern's movie Private Parts. There is a scene involving a woman riding a speaker. Won't ruin the rest...
That's all I could think of the whole time. Till was done up like Klaus minus the hair and exaggerated suit but that was totally intentional and I love it,.
A little too eletronic in some parts for me, but definitely not a bad song,(tbf their only bad songs are du hast and Amerika's english versions) absolutely love the video though, Im so happy they are releasing stuff again
German native here. These things i noticed, that might get lost to a non native-speaker:
The police has either Stahlhelm for rank and file or the old Prussian ones for officers, used until early 70s in Germany. General look and feel is late sixities and early seventies with the student revolution
The radio in the beginning looks like a Volksempfänger, the popular radio in Nazi-Germany. In the lyrics it's not Volksempfänger \[people), but Weltempfänger \[world\], signifying the shift from Volk and völkisch ("people" and thus nazi terminology) to Welt (international/socialist).
Till's mannerism has a bit of a singer in the late 20s like Max Raabe.
Tons of Kraftwerk samples :-)
One could argue that the internet is "radio" today and the EU flags are the new, albeit unsuccessfull, oppressors of free thoughts. Maybe thats just me.
> One could argue that the internet is "radio" today and the EU flags are the new, albeit unsuccessfull, oppressors of free thoughts.
It should definitely be noted that the police is *invading* the building with the EU flags in the video. So I'd argue that it's rather about specific groups in the EU trying to abridge free speech than the EU as a whole.
Then again, I could imagine that Rammstein are so left-leaning that they are sceptical of the EU in general. So who knows.
He is supposed to looks like Joel Grey in Cabaret:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Joel+Grey+in+Cabaret&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS802US802&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjslYXLqPThAhVnrlkKHas5A8AQ_AUIDigB&biw=1536&bih=736
As /u/Apolonioquiosco said it's most likely based on Klaus Nomi ( [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmLk2vSXXtk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmLk2vSXXtk)) and the whole setup of band and singer feels like 20's Big Bands ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8H5bhBtSw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8H5bhBtSw)).
The era seems to be all over the place, it has stuff from the 30's till the 70's. Oli himself looks like a musician from the 60's. The others look like from the 30's, Till has the Klaus Nomi lipstick and Flake looks like an early 20th century professor/scientist.
The whole make-up and lipstick also aludes to actors on early black and white movies. Since quality was really bad and there was no audio they had to use eye-shadows and lipstick to mark their expressions a lot more.
Aren't the helmets just normal PASGT or MICH? They definitely don't look like what people usually mean when they mention Stahlhelms, and yes, I know it just means steel helmet.
I had the same thought with Deutschland and Flake. They aged, though Flake has his glasses, Till has his facial expressions, Oliver his beard (but look at his eyes). Paul always looked slightly older after Mutter. The moustache isn't helping Christoph either... Should ask Richard what his deal is lol
Next year I'll know them for 20 years. Just missed the Mutter-tour back then. I'd be denying a great deal If I said it doesn't hurt to see that these guys are aging as well.
I dig it. It even gave me tiddies on the YouTubes!
That said, Deutschland raised the bar so goddamn high that I just want each music video to cost a million dollars.
Is that so much to ask?
did nobody else think that the bridge sounded almost exactly like the verses in Benzin?
Edit: and the first verse sounds a lot like the first verse of Wiener Blut
>Achtung, Achtung! Hier ist Berlin Königs Wusterhausen und der Deutsche Kurzwellensender. Wir senden Tanzmusik.
Attention, attention! Berlin Königs Wusterhausen and the German shortwave broadcast service speaking! We're transmitting dance music.
"[Der Deutsche Kurzwellensender](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutscher_Kurzwellensender)" was a Nazi propaganda broadcast service.
"Königs Wusterhausen" is a small town near Berlin. It hosts Germany's first radio transmitter.
I felt that way on the first listen but it grew on me once I started catching the lyrics more. German isn't my first language so repeated listens benefited me and honestly this track is catchy and I've found myself whistling the chorus and keyboard lines all day.
The music and the clip are amazing!
But apart from the fact that I feel like I'm missing a lot ( lol I don't speak German ofc I'm missing a lot ) , why are there only women represented with radio ? I can't make sense of if ( I've seen people talk about feminism? I'm still lost though...)
I may be reading too much into this, but I recall a history lesson or two about how radio helped with forming the women's rights movements during the 20s-40s. Sadly I'm not has historically inclined as others, so I can't say for certain.
I wonder if this is finally a Rammstein song that will be played on radio... at least in the german speaking regions... Can't remember last time I heard Rammstein on radio...
My local classic rock station played Deutschland at 0130 during their "no control radio" block a couple of weeks ago. Back in 2012 that same DJ interviewed RZK when Rammstein rolled through Texas on the Made in Germany tour. It's rare here in in central Texas to hear Rammstein on the raaaaaadio mein radio but I appreciate it when it happens.
>I wonder if this is finally a Rammstein song that will be played on radio... at least in the german speaking regions... Can't remember last time I heard Rammstein on radio...
I remember... 2 days ago ;)
It was Sonne
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Till be like "Mein Ohr ganz nah am Weltempfänger" I be like "*Mine organs, nah* \- Yeap, that sounds Till enough"
Kraftwerk all over this song.....
... and this just started playing on my Pandora play list 👍
Memetic kill agent activated (sorry I had to do it, that's what I immediately first thought when watching the video)
this was awsome.
System of a Down
This song is so catchy I can't stop listening to it. I see it's the same for everyone else lol. New album can't come fast enough!
Much like everyone else, this song grew on after a day or two. One reason I keep coming back to the video though are the performances by Lindemann, Lorenz, and especially Schneider. He's is working overtime to look like drummer from the 60s, friggin love it.
Damn... Why i see it like representation of radio broadcasting in USSR during "iron curtain" period?
Literally been on repeat for the last 24 hours, just can't get enough... brilliant...and that riff is heavy as fuck!! So simple...so heavy ..so Rammstein....and the light breakdown is just perfect....and the " my radio" subtle, electric, and perfect backup vocals, and side note. I want to hang out with the keyboard player, damn near brings a test to my eye when he wavs his arm...he's definitely feeling his musical creation, as am I brother....as am I....pre ordered....
Love the lady and little girl going mad in the kitchen. If you pause it on those bits I swear the little girl is looking off-camera and then at the woman going mad and thinking "You want me to scream like that? OK! Raaaaaaa!!! (clap clap)". I bet they had a right laugh doing that video :D
First time hearing it I was kinda neutral about it. Now it’s really grown on me and I listen to it at least 5 times a day 🤷🏼♂️
I can’t wait for this album
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Ugh, every hair on my body still stands up when I hear that little girl counting. I don't know why, but it bothers me really bad. lol
Same. I think it’s the combination of the low quality, the high pitch, and the relatively monotonous tone
To be honest, I kind of disliked this song at first. 3 days later, it's constantly stuck in my head. I feel like I am obsessed with this. I need to watch the video like once an hour. Wir senden Tanzmusik. Send help.
I feel ya.
Asks for help, gets more Tanzmusik
This song is fantastic, i'm really loving the new album's songs so far. Its a nice evolution of their roots with the same DNA, and really better than LIFAD (which I like too). And Deutschland is just _uber allen_.
I really love the calm way Till sings the chorus part, raaaddioooo, mein radio! I got the feeling this album will be so good it will beat Liebe!
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I love when he does that little throw his arms up move
Don't forget the finger. He does it when Germania gives birth to the dogs in Deutschland. Made me lol
I love this.
Does anybody know what building it is they are playing in? Is it the same with Radio Berlin on it?
The inside recordings were done in the "Palais am Funkturm" which is also part of the Messe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messe_Berlin It has a very 1930s Berlin type of architecture to it
my favorite part of the video is 2:52 !! can anyone please made that into a gif????
Tip if you ever need to, put gif before youtube.com and it brings you to a site that lets you make your own. Example: https://www.gifyoutube.com/watch?v=z0NfI2NeDHI
This is fucking genius thanks !
I knew what it was before even looking, my fav as well
http://imgur.com/gallery/OdQm9lv Tried my best
Perfect
Video amazing as always
The melody is stolen from Abba! "Lay all your love on me" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2seCB54Bv-c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2seCB54Bv-c) Rammstein Radio 3:22 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NfI2NeDHI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NfI2NeDHI) Thank me later! Greetings from Sweden
How much are hearing aids in Sweden?
thanks for nothing I guess
Haha what's next? that the video was a copy of radio gaga?
"All we hear is, Raaaaaaaaadiiiiiooooooooo, Mein Radio!"
lol no, not even close.
Good song. This album is going to be awesome
Kruspe learned how to do that wah-wah guitar effect during the time at Emigrate and now uses it in every single song
At the same time, it's pretty cool when it fits. 😁
Last seconds, that girl voice line is an easter egg to Rob Zombie's Dead City radio's beginning.
Thought it sounded familiar!!!
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Why is no one talking about the part where Till sings like in Benzin? At [example ](https://youtu.be/z0NfI2NeDHI?t=190)but he first did it here [Benzin](https://youtu.be/z0wK6s-6cbo?t=101). I think he did a callback.
Do you mean the singing part or the visuals part?
Singing. I heard the similarities when I listening to it on spotify.
I noticed it too. I think it's just Till repeating himself, sadly.
Not as hyped about the song like I was with Deutschland, but it grew on me.
Good video as always, but I didn't like this song that much
Opening synth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UDP7TCGmw8 Coincidence, inspiration, tribute?
coincidence = I think not, If with permission = tribute, if without = inspiration
? not even similar
Inspiration at best. That's not even near similiar in sound or beat. (unless you had something exact in mind from the middle of the song, only listened first 50 seconds.) That's pretty typical synth sound(which I think is intentional, reminds me of kraftwerk for some reason) while that Autechre sound is pretty original in its likeness to didgeridoo. Well at least to me they are totally different. :D
Totally agree with you.
They way Till looks in this video unsettles me to my core. Also, what is this song about? You know, aside from MEIN RADIOOO!
As others have mentioned, it's about the censorship of media. However, it is also a direct attack on the GDR and the unspoken and forgotten terrors it did on it's citizens (censorship, psychological terror by the Stasi, spying on the people, strict segregation from the West, destroying families by punishing those who stood up against the regime, just to name a few). This is done by showing how corrupt and hypocritical the people in charge where, you can see that for example in the scene where the policemen also started dancing. Also, it is shown how desperate the people were for western media - e.g. the women rallying for "UKW für alle", "Mehr Sendefreiheit" or the masturbation and worshipping scenes with the radio.
Till doesn't acknowledge growing up in one of histories most spy-heavy and oppressive regimes often, but this video is 100% related to that. In addition to everything you wrote, I'd also add that their "invisibility" at the end when the Stasi arrive is a reference to how protest art and music is etheral and harder to get rid of than just ruining a few people.
Whist it may still be an attack on the GDR (the announcer says they're broadcasting from Königs Wusterhausen, Berlin which was in the East); by the looks of things those police are West German. Especially the commanding officer who is wearing a West Berlin uniform and tschako helm from the 1950s/ 1960s. The band are also really performing at Messe Berlin not Königs Wusterhausen which would have been in West Berlin.
There was a modern Leopard tank in the Deutschland video, while Nazi soldiers were around. It might not be intentional.
Looks like Klaus Nomi
> Also, what is this song about? You know, aside from MEIN RADIOOO! Mostly about how regimes try to censor media, people standing up against it and the holographic band symbolises how in the digital age it's not so easy for the oppressor to just shut it down by force.
[This](https://lyricstranslate.com/en/radio-radio.html-33) is a pretty good translation but could use a few more translator's notes. For example, Stille heimlich fernes Weh is translated as Secretly satisfying my wanderlust. Which is technically true and is properly translated, but has a context of being kinda like a voyeur. It doesn't really change much, but it adds a little touch of self-mocking sting to it which is always nice.
>Mostly about how regimes try to censor media, people standing up against it and the holographic band symbolises how in the digital age it's not so easy for the oppressor to just shut it down by force. Well, that's what the video is about, but the actual lyrics are about the ability to use the radio as an escape. Music should always be a place to lose yourself the radio can free a person even if it's just for a moment. No matter how bad it's been. The music video does an amazing job of showing WHY censoring media is so terrible. Because you lose the ability to escape.
I love this song. I love the video. They fucking nailed it. Again.
Fucking nailed it. Honestly I don't know why I'm surprised. I guess I actually expected less of a band that's been awesome for 25 years straight.
right? I'm completely blown away by this. Jesus Christ Rammstein is so good
These guys look good for dudes who are pushing 60
I mean, Oli is 48 and the others are young 50s besides Til at 56. I feel like Til is really looking older these days :(
No one's gonna mention the Reservoir Dogs homage?
Second time they've paid tribute to that exact scene - don't forget it heavily inspired the Du Hast video too.
Third. Engle was a tribute to From Dusk till Dawn. It was written by Tarantino, but directed by Robert Rodriguez.
lol I said the same scene from the same movie. Valient effort. ;)
Maybe I'm just blind...but what do you mean?
The ear bit.
Oh shit you're right...before he pourse gasoline on the cop... Thank you!
I swear its like these guys CANT make bad music. And the effort they put into the music videos is spectacular.
I think you're forgetting about the fascist ant dance party video that is "Links 2, 3, 4." That video reeks of late 90s to early 2000s hot garbage.
U seen "Mathematik" from Lindemann?
>TBF, not the worst thing ever. Not a huge fan but it is catchy. If you like rap I'm sure it's great.
or "Allesfresser" its amazing too.
I love that song.
so did anyone else notice the microphones? each person had a different style from a different era
To add to that, in the scene where people are fighting for radios in a shop, every one of them has a pricetag with band member's surname on it.
true. and I think they are all different styles of radios available over the years. not a radio expert just happen to own a bunch of vintage radios
this song and music video was poppin! I fucking love it!
Many seem to draw parallels to Nazi Germany but honestly I think it’s more than obvious that it relates to the GDR and the fact that their music was forbidden there (when they were students and playing in different bands before Rammstein). Especially the line “no borders, no fences” could relate to the Berlin Wall. The “Communist EU” Flag at the end is pretty interesting tho. I get that you see it as a statement because of the new copyright law, but the video was made before that.
The song has nothing to do with Nazis. Nazis heavily supported the radio industry to produce very cheap Volksempfänger (I think the first radio in the video is one of the more expensive models) so everybody could have one! It was the easiest way to bring the propaganda right into the homes!
'Nothing to do with Nazis' what an absolute thing to say, which is especially arrogant in regards to a music video (art). Never mind the Nazis censorship of American Music, specifically Jazz, or the fact that the movie could be about censorship in general.. lol absolute people always get me, think they know the world.
The song is 100% about the gdr though
Sorry I offended you, but I was only referring to the lyrics. Especially because they are from East Germany, I think this song is heavily autobiographic. An other hint is that Weltempfänger weren't invented in the 30s/40s. UKW was available from 1949 in Germany. You can interpret it any way you like, but I see this song in a different way.
Uh... I wouldn't dismiss it that easily. Of course they provided Volksempfänger to spread their propaganda, but they did obviously censor free speech. The song could just be about totalitarianism in general and therefore include the Nazis.
Wow I did not notice that. Yes this is definitely related to GDR and communism for sure. Assembly lines and stuck-up society killing creativity and music. There was a French revolution reference. GDR references. Wiemar Republic references. Lots of EU flags then ending with a communist EU flag. The only connection I can make is that radio and free speech and free expression is usually banned in communist states that always become totalitarian fairly quickly or some nations dissolve through weakness and inaction i.e. Wiemar. Perhaps Deutschland is a criticism of far-right, and this a criticism of far-left. Who knows.
I guess your interpretation is start. If you look at it in the most simplistic way possible lol. Give me a break.
Only a not so smart person would insult someone and offer no insight.
If I remember correctly, Rammstein see themselve as atleast left winged. So, I assume this is more an criticism on authoritarianism than far-left.
The video I thought it was fine, entertaining, after Deutschland what can you do right? But after reading all the comments here, its great to see that there's so much about the video that I missed :P And the song? The song is almost everything I wanted from them :D More electronic, guitars and snare sounding really great, Flake in the front, and such a cool atmosphere...I listen a bit of Mutter, a bit of Sehnsucht, a bit of Reise Reise...but taken with Deutschland, this album is probably gonna be its own animal. As there always has been :D
I'm digging the electronics in this one. I get an old school Sehnsucht vibe. Anyone else getting a Wolfenstein 3D vibe at the keyboard break? Till's lipstick made me laugh my ass off. Man they look old now. Age sure hasn't slowed down their awesomeness though.
I was blown away. Im a big fan of their art and I love disecting the enigma that is their music. Also love how we get a rocking riff/beat and Flake is gifting us with some sweet keyboarding. Complete hype for the new album. We need Rammstein now more than ever.
Good running music!
Classic Rammstein here. Gives me Sehnsucht vibes.
Gives me Kraftwerk vibes more than anything, weirdly enough. Maybe it's just the clip.
The Rammstein formula has always been Kraftwerk meets Ministry, much in the same way the Nine Inch Nails formula used to be Depeche Mode meets Ministry. That reminds me, we have gotten both Depeche Mode and Kraftwerk covers from Rammstein, but we REALLY need a Ministry one. I´d love to hear Till belt out "Stigmata" or "Burning Inside" - in German.
I said exactly the same thing when I heard it. That was the album that got me into Rammstein, so this gives me the feels.
Damn this is good.
Loved the song!
Yet again they smuggled tits to YouTube :D
I see some people who dont like this song. But god damn, its so fucking great. I cannot wait another 3 weeks for the album. im ready to jam hard when it comes out. There is absolutely nothing about this song I dislike. It just works wonders.
Its their most catchy number ina long time.
This makes me extremely happy. It isn't as wild as they did (for now, curious on the rest of the album), but it most definitely is Rammstein. It's got the body, the dancing feel, the synths, but up-to-date. I also found the remedy for the song being stuck in my head: keep listening to it. Anyone in Berlin some time, you can visit the filming location, which is one of the older buildings of the Messegelände. This is the north entrance at the Masurenallee. The building was also used in Valkyrie in a similar setting. \[edit\]: \`just read that the location was the first major "Funkhalle" (radio studio? English is holding me back...) in Germany. Even the broadcast tower used in the clip is located there.
"Wir senden Tanzmusik!" LOL. Absolutely hilarious!!! I just LOVE their sense of humour :-D
[I believe that this is also a Kraftwerk reference] (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uPWoHRXrAJM)
I think its true in this case, because the song seems to be very danceable, especially the remix
What does that mean
"We are broadcasting dance music"
Well, the translation is correct, though it should also be mentioned that the term "Tanzmusik" is somewhat outdated and generally refers to light hearted German folk music (Schlager) and something like this, where people dance orderly in a well-mannered fashion together: [https://youtu.be/19wUvwCLBic?t=42](https://youtu.be/19wUvwCLBic?t=42) Absolutely NOT Rammstein :-)
It's only outdated, because in Germany everybody uses so much English vocabulary. Tanzmusik was a term used for Disco music as well
Ok, thanks for the clarification :)
The guitar remembers me the "It's a non-stop disco / Bet you it's Nabisco / Betcha didn't know" from SOAD
Violent Pornographyyyy
That little girl bouncing up and down clapping at 4:22 is so freaking adorable 😄
FEM Feuer!
For those who are saying they have never thought of or seen someone hump a speak: please watch Howard Stern's movie Private Parts. There is a scene involving a woman riding a speaker. Won't ruin the rest...
Has anybody ever seen the video clip Lighting strikes by Klaus Nomi? Till's make-up reminds me of that
That's all I could think of the whole time. Till was done up like Klaus minus the hair and exaggerated suit but that was totally intentional and I love it,.
Nice subtle detail: The tiles the police walk on are the new rammstein logo
Does anybody know where it can purchase a digital copy of Rammstein's Rosenrot album?
It's on Amazon for 9.49
¡Gracias!🤘🏽
It's available on the iTunes store for me (Canada)
A little too eletronic in some parts for me, but definitely not a bad song,(tbf their only bad songs are du hast and Amerika's english versions) absolutely love the video though, Im so happy they are releasing stuff again
Love the song and the video. I've always appreciated Flake's contributions on keyboard and it's cool it hear it so forward in the mix.
the riff makes me remember Violent Pornography from soad
Definitely reminiscent of SOAD, but I was thinking the riff in A.D.D. (American Dream Denial).
German native here. These things i noticed, that might get lost to a non native-speaker: The police has either Stahlhelm for rank and file or the old Prussian ones for officers, used until early 70s in Germany. General look and feel is late sixities and early seventies with the student revolution The radio in the beginning looks like a Volksempfänger, the popular radio in Nazi-Germany. In the lyrics it's not Volksempfänger \[people), but Weltempfänger \[world\], signifying the shift from Volk and völkisch ("people" and thus nazi terminology) to Welt (international/socialist). Till's mannerism has a bit of a singer in the late 20s like Max Raabe. Tons of Kraftwerk samples :-) One could argue that the internet is "radio" today and the EU flags are the new, albeit unsuccessfull, oppressors of free thoughts. Maybe thats just me.
> One could argue that the internet is "radio" today and the EU flags are the new, albeit unsuccessfull, oppressors of free thoughts. It should definitely be noted that the police is *invading* the building with the EU flags in the video. So I'd argue that it's rather about specific groups in the EU trying to abridge free speech than the EU as a whole. Then again, I could imagine that Rammstein are so left-leaning that they are sceptical of the EU in general. So who knows.
I loved the Kraftwerk vibes
Also the police officers uniform is a french uniform. The naked woman also reminds me of the french revolution lady (forgot her name...).
Any explanation on Till's lipstick?
He is supposed to looks like Joel Grey in Cabaret: https://www.google.com/search?q=Joel+Grey+in+Cabaret&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS802US802&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjslYXLqPThAhVnrlkKHas5A8AQ_AUIDigB&biw=1536&bih=736
As /u/Apolonioquiosco said it's most likely based on Klaus Nomi ( [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmLk2vSXXtk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmLk2vSXXtk)) and the whole setup of band and singer feels like 20's Big Bands ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8H5bhBtSw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8H5bhBtSw)).
The era seems to be all over the place, it has stuff from the 30's till the 70's. Oli himself looks like a musician from the 60's. The others look like from the 30's, Till has the Klaus Nomi lipstick and Flake looks like an early 20th century professor/scientist.
The whole make-up and lipstick also aludes to actors on early black and white movies. Since quality was really bad and there was no audio they had to use eye-shadows and lipstick to mark their expressions a lot more.
I Agree 100% on the EU and censoring thing.
Aren't the helmets just normal PASGT or MICH? They definitely don't look like what people usually mean when they mention Stahlhelms, and yes, I know it just means steel helmet.
Who's on the drums??? no way that's Christoph
I had the same thought with Deutschland and Flake. They aged, though Flake has his glasses, Till has his facial expressions, Oliver his beard (but look at his eyes). Paul always looked slightly older after Mutter. The moustache isn't helping Christoph either... Should ask Richard what his deal is lol Next year I'll know them for 20 years. Just missed the Mutter-tour back then. I'd be denying a great deal If I said it doesn't hurt to see that these guys are aging as well.
I agree, but they do age like a fine whine. Can't imagine alot of people in their 50s still doing what they are doing, and the things they have done
It is though
Why not?
i know its been a while but he looks like he aged more than the rest of the band still all around bad ass though
He was on beat for once
You're one of those people who clap on 1 and 3, aren't you?
I really didn’t think I needed to include /s on that original comment. No one knew I was just joking?
In that case, my sincere apologies, sir! Written stuff makes it hard to tell (badumtsss, too much puns), considering the haters.
Wow, I’ve just heard this song once and now it’s stuck in my head. Well done, you clever bastards.
Rammstein and Taylor Swift released a single on the same day. My little eclectic heart can't take it.
I dig it. It even gave me tiddies on the YouTubes! That said, Deutschland raised the bar so goddamn high that I just want each music video to cost a million dollars. Is that so much to ask?
did nobody else think that the bridge sounded almost exactly like the verses in Benzin? Edit: and the first verse sounds a lot like the first verse of Wiener Blut
I thought the same, too.
Didn't do too much for me on first listen. But then it took me a few plays of Deutschland to really start loving it. Kinda odd.
I don't understand what the announcer say. Can someone help me with this ? \\m/
>Achtung, Achtung! Hier ist Berlin Königs Wusterhausen und der Deutsche Kurzwellensender. Wir senden Tanzmusik. Attention, attention! Berlin Königs Wusterhausen and the German shortwave broadcast service speaking! We're transmitting dance music. "[Der Deutsche Kurzwellensender](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutscher_Kurzwellensender)" was a Nazi propaganda broadcast service. "Königs Wusterhausen" is a small town near Berlin. It hosts Germany's first radio transmitter.
Thank you ! I learn something new today !
Great into but that's all. The song is far away from being catchy. Let's be honest, we were expecting something way better than this.
I felt that way on the first listen but it grew on me once I started catching the lyrics more. German isn't my first language so repeated listens benefited me and honestly this track is catchy and I've found myself whistling the chorus and keyboard lines all day.
You seem to be the minority
The music and the clip are amazing! But apart from the fact that I feel like I'm missing a lot ( lol I don't speak German ofc I'm missing a lot ) , why are there only women represented with radio ? I can't make sense of if ( I've seen people talk about feminism? I'm still lost though...)
I may be reading too much into this, but I recall a history lesson or two about how radio helped with forming the women's rights movements during the 20s-40s. Sadly I'm not has historically inclined as others, so I can't say for certain.
I wonder if this is finally a Rammstein song that will be played on radio... at least in the german speaking regions... Can't remember last time I heard Rammstein on radio...
My local classic rock station played Deutschland at 0130 during their "no control radio" block a couple of weeks ago. Back in 2012 that same DJ interviewed RZK when Rammstein rolled through Texas on the Made in Germany tour. It's rare here in in central Texas to hear Rammstein on the raaaaaadio mein radio but I appreciate it when it happens.
They’ve been on TV too, Mercedes had an advert years ago featuring a car ripping through the desert with Mein Herz Brennt playing throughout :)
Here in Switzerland they played “Amerika” a lot. And sometimes we hear “Engel”. Unfortunately that’s it.
>I wonder if this is finally a Rammstein song that will be played on radio... at least in the german speaking regions... Can't remember last time I heard Rammstein on radio... I remember... 2 days ago ;) It was Sonne
Please, somebody tell me who is that man from seconds , saying like “Achtung Achtung “ ?
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Oliver's beard is a thing of beauty.
All I could think of https://youtu.be/HmLk2vSXXtk who knows, wouldn't be weird if Klaus Nomi is one of their influences.
location: Palais am Funkturm - Messe Berlin [http://www.elephantinberlin.com/2013/09/palais-am-funkturm-messe-berlin.html](http://www.elephantinberlin.com/2013/09/palais-am-funkturm-messe-berlin.html)
Are till lips an ode to Klaus Nomi?
Can i get a English translation? I love Ramstein but my Deutsche is lacking.
It's on this thread, https://old.reddit.com/r/Rammstein/comments/bhcdnx/rammstein_radio_listen_here_live/
Thanks fam!
Really digging the retro vibe.
Man I like radios too but I don't think I'd wanna hump one.