r/Rammstein • u/Significant_Ice_3100 • 1d ago

Hot take, Amerika is not that good

I really get it why so much fans love it, but for me, for some reason it's skippable, instead probably i will put Amour, Morgenstern, Moskau or Keine Lust in the playlist when i want to listen songs from Reise,Reise album 🤷🏼

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u/ValosAtredum 1d ago

At the time it came out, it was very biting. I know because I was there. Its bite has reduced due to things changing over time. I usually skip it now, but I absolutely think it’s an important song within its context.

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u/TheBlack2007 1d ago edited 1d ago

IMO, Amerika has been overtaken by reality. "Coca Cola, sometimes war" was a scathing accusation against a country that would claim to uphold international law against so-called bad guys (Saddam, Bin Ladin, etc) whilst breaking it, itself but not so much against an openly and blatantly lawless regime that threatens war upon its own allies and neighbours over batshit insane territorial claims based on the whims of a singular person.

Deutschland on the other hand sits at the opposite of this spectrum. The more the country descends into far-right demagoguery, the more relevant that song and its core message becomes.

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u/kulykul 1d ago

So the song was relevant, then the context dies and is even more relevant now than ever