Rammstein - Deutschland.

Firstly here the video to the song:



I don't really know what it is about.

But some have said it is anti-Semitic (although many disagree).

www.thelocal.de...

On the song controversy:

www.youtube.com...

An analysis.

a reply to: halfoldman

I guess you should read the lyrics..

its about how other countries see Germany

Or is it - you exposed the red Illuminati queen.

Now you must all hang.

But such is "civilized" life at present - if everything is fluid, nothing can be stable.

So much is hidden there...

Lgbt and female rights will destroy the mankind.

Also WW2 and time of Nazi was a pretty much hush hush in Germany, people didn´t want to talk about it nor answer any questions if someone asked. It was a big SHAME, denial.. but known.

Rammstein propably showing us what happened before is happening again.

They're here.

originally posted by: halfoldman
On the song controversy:

www.youtube.com...

An analysis.

It is awesome one

Reminds me a bit of controversies about the Sylvia Plath poem "Daddy" (published in 1962, just before her suicide).
en.wikipedia.org...(poem)

Some readers saw it as fair response to the Holocaust, while others thought it was politically correct, but it also cheapened the issue and (mis)used the Holocaust as a kind of stage prop.
I suppose early debates about the meaning of "appropriation".

I mean nobody can doubt that Rammstein here are siding with the inmates of Nazi concentration camps - the argument was more that they are cheapening it by putting it in a "pop song".

But then where does one draw the line?
No more songs about anything historical then?
No more Queen - "White Man"; or Iron Maiden - "Run to the Hills"?

But appropriation is difficult to prove here, because the family history of each band-member is not known, and as a German band Rammstein also have connections to the Holocaust (even as the descendants of possible perpetrators).

So it's a catch 22 for artists - we should never forget (lest it be denied or repeated); but if you put it in the wrong medium it may also be seen as disrespectful.

a reply to: halfoldman

I LOVE this! I am actually listening to Rammstein now. I have their entire playlist on my Spotify on REPEAT! Right now "Mutter" is on. I'm at lunch and listening to music.

I really enjoyed their new song. My bf is going to see them in Rotterdam in June. I am SO jealous! I wish it was July when i will be visiting because I would LOVE to see Rammstein live!