Singer: Rammstein
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Song: Auslander
Rammstein - Auslander Subtitles (vtt) (10:08-608-0-en) (PARTIAL PREVIEW)
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We’re in the heart of South Africa
and we’re playing at being
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the guys from Europe arriving
in Africa.
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Euro trash meets metal:
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I think that’s something we only
previously saw in “Pussy.”
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In my opinion, that’s what made the
song so incredibly special
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and a great summer hit.
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But the song’s lyrics are
also very controversial –
very sharp and edgy,
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leaving lots of room for me
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to exercise my creativity
and come up with something
really off the hook.
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The song “Ausländer” (Foreigner)
inspired me
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to put Rammstein in an inflatable
rubber boat, wearing life jackets,
rowing across the sea
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because that is something you definitely
don’t do, normally.
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But that’s exactly why I wanted
to do it, because that’s
who Rammstein are for me.
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You confront society with
its own images – bang!
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The only way to deal with racism is
to take a satirical approach.
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That’s exactly what I wanted
to do with “Ausländer.”
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Even if the song comes across
as a happy vacation song.
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Making videos is a lot of fun,
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but what we’re actually doing is covering
a bit of an old story.
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It’s the story of how Whites first
came to Africa and how they
were being received.
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The song is actually really funny.
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I hope it comes across
as an ironic story.
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Some of the African costumes were totally
authentic and decorated with
real bones, real shells, etc.
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That’s also true for the clothes we brought
from Germany for Rammstein.
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We got them at costume supply
shops in Berlin – just
real historical stuff.
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Flake wears a silk linen suit
that cost a fortune.
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Some of the safari suits still
had labels in them saying “German
South West Africa.”
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Those were real clothes from
the ’20s and ’30s.
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Some of the pieces needed to be altered,
but they were GENUINE!
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Then there’s the little side story
with Richard and Flake.
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I got the idea because Flake
is usually the one
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who gets chased across the stage
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with a flame thrower,
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as he does on this current tour.
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But in this scene
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it’s a Russian Kalashnikov
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– an allusion to his East German
background, so to speak.
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I could’ve taken any weapon but I found
a Kalashnikov. It’s very loud
and produces so much gunfire
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that it totally stirs up the dust
– regardless of whether
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it’s loaded with real bullets or not.
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It was definitely a fun ride.
We wanted to have a good
time shooting the video,
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since it’s a fun song.
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But some of the fun ends up getting
stuck in your throat
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– because of the barbaric way we’ve
behaved over the centuries.
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I felt pretty uncomfortable
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to an African crew in Africa
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what it was that we were
wanting to do.
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I was overstepping so many boundaries
with that video
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and in a way that’s no longer socially
acceptable these days.
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White men just aren’t carried
through the jungle on sedan
chairs any more.
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Well, that’s how I was being carried.
It definitely doesn’t get me off.
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It makes me sick.
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We didn’t know how far we
should go with this.
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I knew that this was about the
White Man arriving in Africa
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and acting like a total jackass
because he thinks that’s
the way to do it.
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The white man teaches
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the little black kids his language.
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He does so in a missionary
outfit that implies
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he’s also teaching them religion.
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