Having listened too this earlier, I've found it impossible to get past the line of "coughing blood while screaming for his mother" without getting seriously emotional 😢
I'm also unable to stop myself from shedding some tears, even after listening several times. The tragedy of a young soldier's short life is so heartbreaking, and this cover and video bring it to life so vividly.
My Grandad and all four of his brothers went out to the Front. And they all came home, which was miraculous. The most cynical, hateful part of that is the fact most of these wall-eyed, skinny kids already with fallen teeth had no future. They were mostly fodder for the brutal industrialised North and they believed the hype they'd be heroes. Really gross manipulation of young men with big dreams and small futures. And those that did return came back changed. Absolute tragedy but those responsible never did face real justice. They just threw away a whole generation, so little did those lives mean to them. They may have been small but they were important to us.
I am amateur military historian and new to Sabaton, just discovered the band less than a year ago, and the first song I ever listen to was Panzerkampf. Half way through the song it clicked in my head and I was like "HOLY CRAP!!! THEY ARE SING ABOUT THE BATTLE OF KURSK!!" Then I went looking at other songs, Primo Victoria I paused the song when I heard the reference to "6th of June, On the shores of western Europe 1944, D-day upon us". I caught the references to Ghost Division and Rommel's 7th Panzer Division and it took a couple of listenings to realize No Bullets Fly was about Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler and Ye Old Pub. After that, I fell down the Sabaton rabbit hole, or maybe fox hole?, and never looked back. 1916 brought me to tears, Lemmy's original version was very somber. But with Joakim's vocals and the band's performance, it was a damn gut punch in the feels. And songs like this makes me love this band even more. 1916 is kind reminds me of HURT. Trent Renzor may have originally wrote HURT, but after Johnny Cash sang it and made his music video, HURT became Johnny Cash's song. And I feel the same about 1916, Lemmy's lyrics are powerful and Motorhead's original version is very solemn, but Sabaton just kicks it up to another level and this is their song now. I think Lemmy would be okay with that. Thank you for yours and your family's services.
The first 30 seconds of the song I was saying to myself "you are not gonna cry, you are not gonna cry". 30 seconds later I was crying and I was like damn you Sabaton.
I've shared the first time listening with my grandfather who is a motorhead fan. He is now 99 years old and was 16 when the germans invaded the Netherlands. He lost his 2 sisters and father when they bombed Rotterdam on may the 14th 1940. On the same day his brother died defending the country. Never saw him this emotional. First time he told me al of this, he never talked about the war and what he lost. We both cried and it was beautiful. He is now a Sabaton fan. xD
The first time I heard Motorhead do this, it destroyed me. It still does. I was touched by the amount of emotion Lemmy put into it. And Sabaton are the perfect people to cover it. It's kinda a tribute to those that served and the man who did it first, both. And it's fitting with what's going on right now. Great reaction Old Skule, great cover Sabaton, and great song Motorhead. RIP all those that didn't come home (and Lemmy too for doing a song most people didn't really want to hear but needed to)
Go figure. How is that possible that sabaton can teach us bout the wars but our school only talked bout certain aspects of the wars. But SABATON takes it to a new level. They would make a great history teachers bout the war. Love and respect for those guys.
This a cover of the Motörhead song 1916. It is about the battle of the Somme which was during the First World War. British volunteers from England, Scotland,Wales, South Africa, india, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, colonies in Asia and more all served in the battle along with French troops and more. It was a incredible destruction of life for all sides over a million men and boys were killed for just a handful of miles. This song is focusing on the bond between these men and boys fighting for their countries the entente and central power both lost kinsmen for a war they both believed they were on the right side of the war
1. Night Witches 2. No Bullets Fly 3. Ballad of Bull 4. Hellfighters 5. Ghost division 6. Soldier's of 3 armies 7. Father. Ughhh, can I just list the ones I already knew prior to listening to Sabaton?
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Great tribute to both Lemmy and all the soldiers. Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister wrote this song after watching a UK television program about the 1916 Battle of the Somme on which a veteran reminisced about his friend dying in his arms with half his face blown off.
Can confirm that Sabaton’s stage show for tour is absolutely insane. I saw them last night on the first night of their EU tour in Leeds and it was one of the most incredible live shows I’ve ever seen. Highly recommend anyone to see them live.
To quote one Siegfried Sassoon “I served in hell, they called it Passchendale”. The survivors of the soldiers went through hell and back to find a peace that for many never came, no wonder your uncle never told you about Omaha; he never wanted you to be scared, he never wanted to relive the horrors of war
Actually on the topic of the Night Witches, it is true the US kept women out of combat roles. There were female pilots that assisted the military though. They did things like ferry aircraft from base to base, transport and supply runs further away from the frontlines, etc. 38 of these WASP women died in accidents. 11 during training. 27 while running missions. That's pretty low considering there were more than a 1000 by the end of the program, they delivered over 12,000 aircraft, and flew over 80 percent of all ferrying missions in those two years of active status before the men took over again. This freed up over 900 male pilots for combat roles. The US WASP played a very different role than the Night Witches but it was an important one that allowed as many men to fight as quickly as possible at arguably some of the most crucial times.
As for me, I've studied history as a hobby since I was ten years old (in 1979), and WWII and some WWI was my main focus. I had only heard of Sabaton as a band, but nothing else. I saw Bismarck (the video) when it first came out, and loved it. I studied the naval part of the wars extensively, so I knew what Bismarck represented, and I was hooked at that point. But that's not the real power of Sabaton. My wife is a teacher, and likes history, but didn't have my focus on it. I showed her the video to Bismarck, and off to the races she went. She found Sabaton history as well, and has become almost a bigger fan than I am. As you say, a metal band from Sweden. Her wake-up alarm sound is the beginning of Primo Victoria. Saw them in St. Louis in 2021, and Nashville in 2022, and hope I get to see them again.
I guess that it have already been pointed ot but Sabaton received an award here in Sweden as the best educator of the people in 2022. Big and really special for a band of boys just making music that matters.
"Oh, a woman, that must be about nightwitches.." Never mind the fact that she's wearing a British uniform. She's from the ATS, the Auxiliary Territorial Service. The Nightwitches are there, right at the end. The two biplanes that fly over before the big bomber.
I'm Brazilian, I barely understand English, I'm writing this message via a translator, but the little I understand was enough to start getting emotional with the lyrics,I finished listening to the first time 50min after releasing the clip, I cried a little, I went to watch it again reading the translation of the lyrics and knowing the context and I cried out loud, this song touched my heart. What a perfect tribute to soldiers who have fought and still fight in wars, to all who have lost family, friends and acquaintances.
Bem, eu aprecio seu esforço .... mas honestamente você poderia ter escrito em português, eu teria traduzido com gratidão porque quero ler todos os comentários e palavras incríveis de apoio ... OBRIGADO
@@OldSkuleNerd Ok, obrigado pela resposta, costumo traduzir para facilitar para o youtuber na hora da leitura, como resultado aprendo algumas palavras em inglês.
@@Kaue1722 Eu faço reações de tantas bandas de todo o mundo, e eu aprecio quando ouço tantas pessoas de tantos lugares, línguas e culturas OBRIGADO DE NOVO
Sabaton has taught so many people so much history that they received the "Enlightener of the Year Award" in 2022. I've learned a lot about history through Sabaton.
Not sure if anyone has already said this, but rather than one of the night witches (who I think definitely still are counted among those many soldiers to whom this cover pays tribute), the woman in the alleyway is wearing a distinctly British uniform from WW2. She is a member of the British Auxiliary Territorial Service, a voluntary women's service whose members filled a variety of auxiliary roles. While they didn't bear arms, depending on the line of work some performed their duties under fire. In the credits, the woman depicted is credited as ATS Ivy Valentine, who I wasn't able to find any record of after a cursory search on Google. Judging by the ribbon bar on her chest, she seems to be fairly distinguished. Perhaps the woman portraying her has a familial relation to Ivy Valentine, and it is possible the service ribbon belonged to a different relative or has some other significance. Either way, I am sure there is an interesting story behind the name, which I wish I could discover! While it is a little difficult to tell, I believe the planes flying overhead are the iconic Avro Lancaster, the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF during that era. The same plane can be seen flying much closer overhead about a minute later towards the end of the music video, a few seconds after we see the portrait of Lemmy. It's always fascinating how much detail might go unnoticed in a Sabaton video, but they put it in anyway! Such a great way to honour the past. For example, you can see the Harlem Hellfighters' insignia on the black soldier's arm as he gets up from the ash and dirt at around 1:40 of the actual video, just after Joakim sings "ready for history's pages". As well, the Sikh (I think?) soldier portrayed in the video, Sgt. Awal Nur, was a member of the Indian Army's Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides. He served in Belgium, France and East Africa, was injured three times, and even went on a British secret service mission into Soviet Central Asia! One could spend hours taking apart the details of some of the costumes on display, or looking into the names of the portrayed soldiers or the histories of their units. The ability to give people the hunger to learn more about history is one of Sabaton's greatest strengths. Not to mention, Joakim is such a powerful vocalist, this particular cover moved me to tears even more than the original did. A great tribute to both Motörhead and to the unknown soldier.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION... I FILMED MY REACTION LIVE WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE VIDEO BEFORE HAND.... with so much going on its easy to get confused... when saw the red in the cover and the T in the ATS looked like a hammer in a sickle it was so fast and when you see the plans you cant help but think "NIGHT WITCHES" but isnt it great that Sabaton tells so many stories of HEROIC WOMEN in History that you can get confused by all of them?
Call it prejudice or whatever, but as a metalhead and long time fan of Sabaton, who also has a lot of interest in history and international relations, I wholeheartedly respect an American giving this kind of "credit" to a band so far outside of your own borders. I've followed your reactions for quite a while and I really like them, I'd be happy to see them coming. Good job! All the best from a Sweden in spring time!
If you follow my channel I believe Music is now Global with bands like Sabaton, Bloodywood, and Alien Weaponry..... with youtube and streaming services we can now enjoy all voices from every corner of this MUDBALL we are stuck on together... THANK YOU
You couldn't be more right, I'm an American, so I knew only American history. Then I found Sabaton, and my knowledge of world history conflicts expanded massively. All the amazing and heart breaking stories that they tell in such an epic way.
You're absolutely right about the guys in Sabaton. My wife and I had about 20 minutes with the guys in regular street clothes before a show in Baltimore. It was Tommy's first tour as a member of Sabaton. They were all great guys and let use take a couple photos.
I was at the first show of the tour in Leeds. They put on a spectacular show, and played this live. Got some albums in my Amazon basket waiting for payday.
i was there the first night of the European tour they performed this live in Leeds and te whole place was silent. 10,000 plus fans totalt silent for 5 minutes in the middle of a comcert
Just an FYI for you, I took my boys they are 5 and 7 to there very first real concert ever in Montreal to see sabaton, they lost there minds when they played soldier of heaven, epic is an understatement
I WILL TELL YOU LIKE I TOLD EVERY PARENT I MET AT THE HOUSTON SHOW LAST YEAR... YOU REPRESENT THE BEST OF WHAT PARENTS CAN BE IN THIS DAY AND AGE WE LIVE IN... SPENDING TIME EXPERINCING WITH THIER CHILDREN AND SHARING SOMETHING THAT IS POSITIVE!!!
@OldSkuleNerd thank you for that, you can't even describe the feeling you get from seeing your kids with smiles that big unless your a parent yourself, which I know you are a parent as well again thank you ❤️
Im sure Lemmy, phil and other motorhead members would/ will be happy with what sabaton have done with this epic song. I love your honest, raw reaction to this song and video. I just knew it would make u tear up. I was driving when i first listened to this and had to stop coz i was a blubbering mess. Those poor men and kids had no idea what they were heading into and it mentally and physically broke those that werent killed. I lost a great grandad and great uncle at the somme and it makes me so angry and heartbroken when i think of the terror they must have endured.😢😢 Im so sorry at what you and your dad went thru in service to your country. My dad in the 60’s joined the british army and served in the Aden conflict. It broke him mentally and physically, he was tortured by the memories of the horrors he saw. He never understood mans inhumanity to man. Im so excited to be taking my young grandsons to see sabaton in Glasgow Scotland on 18th- only 4 more sleeps eeek Thank you again ❤😢
It makes me cry too, the words hit right in the heart. Wee bit of trivia for you- guy holding lemmys photo is motorheads old tour manager Eddie Rocha. He is tour manager for sabaton now. 🤗
Hello from viking land Denmark. I just found your channel today, and your reaction to my Scandinavian brothers in SABATON is awesome... I'm subbing right away.
I remember the 1st Sabaton concert that I ever went to had a kid like you described. He was around 10 and the band was impressed enough, where they asked the father's permission to allow the kid onstage for their last song. Joakim gave the kid his sunglasses and the family got a backstage tour after the show. The kid was having a blast standing near him and doing a little dance while rocking out. Everyone was cheering and yelling the kids name. It was great.
Hi! I am very impressed by your reaction and that's why I decided to write you a few words. From the beginning of your comments I felt something different, different than we meeting here. The way you understood what you saw in the video clip, in which you understood the subtleties that are not seen in the video but are felt, made me wonder how you can do this ? I understood when you said that you were a doctor in Bosnia.... I worked as a doctor for Doctors Without Borders in Afghanistan. No one, but NO ONE can understand what this video is conveying like people like us do. What for others means just a good movie, with heroes at every second; for us it means cruel reality: hatred, blood and atrocities. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your comment and for the sensitivity you showed and I also thank you from the bottom of my heart to Sabaton who shows the world that the gun always has two ends and at each end there is a soldier who has a family and most of the time is forced to fight in a war that is not his. Sabaton made songs about all the great personalities and moments in history, as any impartial man should. There were heroes in all camps and we should never forget them. Once again: THANK YOU!!!
Just saw Sabaton live, this tour with Baby Metal & al, on Friday, 19th of May. They played this song. The entire freaking arena sang along. I cried in the stands. That was also my first time seeing them live, and my first band t-shirt of theirs is now the one for this cover and 1916. I'll forever consider it a nod to both Sabaton and Lenny, and an acknowledgment of those lost. (Just like my great grandpa's younger brother, Winter War.) I can so get your reaction. I can so get it. And I can so respect it.
i was fortunate enough to see the last show of "the Great Tour". Nov 3 2019 silver springs MD.... First time i flew from home alone, it was an adventure and one of my most treasured memories.
Everything Sabaton does is a cinematic masterpiece. The Somme, Passchendaele , Verdun - almost all forgotten, the stories untold save for outfits like Sabaton. They even have their own history channel as most of you know. Lest we forget, for there are those who are erasing our history as we speak, and to no good end. We cannot allow this to happen.
"Did you know"? Well, I did, since I'm a historian. But that's one of the reasons I started to love Sabaton. Not only because of their sound, but mainly because of their lyrics, their storytelling, the research behind their songs. That really stand them apart from majority on other bands. They are not only entertainers, they are also history teachers for many who otherwise wouldn't go and search for the unbelievable stories from the past. And for that, I salute them!
They died before they even lived and lied about their age too enlist .That really got too me as my Great Grandfather and his Brother did the same . He came back but his Brother lies somewhere in Ypres and he saw his Brother get blown up. He never spoke much about it . This is a very fitting tribute too Lemmy's lyrics and you can hear his voice nearly breaking in the original . This song is a fitting tribute too all those who have fought and died for their Mother/Father land . They will never be forgotten and they have my total respect . This song really pulls at your heart and brings a tear too your eye . A very powerful song by Sabaton and a great history lesson . Lest We Forget .
Well brother I know all about Bosnia, Macedonia, as well as my tours later in Iraq and Afghanistan. It definatly changes a person. This is a well done cover.. and almost as emotionally charged as lemmies
Living in Yorkshire it's hugely poignant listening to this. Pretty much every village has a small Remembrance garden, sometimes a large carved stone, sometimes a stone cross or a shaped pile of rocks and usually carved into it or on a plaque are the names of the men from the village who have been killed in the wars. It's quite sad when you stop to read them, you see two, three or four men who all had the same surnames and realise they were family members, brothers, cousins or fathers and sons all wiped out often in the same battle.
First time I heard this song by Motörhead I thought to myself that it would be awesome if Sabaton did a cover on this. It fits with Sabatons other songs and my two favorite bands are Motörhead and Sabaton.
Listening to this song, it is impossible not to get emotional. Being born in 1968 in Germany I never experienced war, but my parents did. My uncle never came home from WW2 and my mom told me that my grandmother stopped singing after his death. I don't know what you have seen in war but being a medic I would imagine too much. What Sabaton does is just amazing. So important to keep the history alive with the hope that some day humans will learn. There are many stories I have never heard about before I started listening to Sabaton and I know a lot of history. And I keep spreading those stories. And you keep spreading those stories. Thank you for sharing, for showing us your emotional side and for your honesty. Everyone needs to know about these people that died by a million for the ambitions of a few. It needs to stop.
The Story of your uncle got to me, my dad served from 'Nam till Desert Storm in '91. i used to ask him "Hey dad what was Vietnam like?" and he'd just give me this sad smile and say "maybe i'll tell you when you're older little man, papa promises you'll get it when your older". I wouldnt understand why his voice got low when he told me that, but years later i'd spend 8 years and several combat tours with 7-1 Cav..... i got it, i lost friends and my own little brother didn't come home the way we expected, after all that i got an understanding, he lost alot of friends in those jungles and it hurt him to talk about it, much less to one of his own little boys. it was after my first combat tour that we sat on the porch and just cried, and all he could wheeze out to me through all of it was "i'm sorry i didn't tell you sooner, but i know the kind of emotions yer feelin son, just know yer daddy will always love ya, ya did your best and thats all i'll ever ask of ya"
Thx OldSkuleNerd for Service and Help in Bosnia! And Thx for This Reaction!! Greetings From Member of a Later UN Mission in this Area. ( Sorry only School English )
I cried when I watched the video the first time, I cried watching the video with you, I cried watching you cry to the video, I cried listening to you talking. Thank you, thanks Sabaton!
This song hits me just as hard as the first time I heard their live recording of En Livstid i Krig from Göteborg. Goosebumps all the way and blurry eyes
I never noticed the Ghost behind you! This song really really hits hard, I can't not get tears in the eyes when listening to the song. In the credits they give each of the soldiers walking behind them some of the best to ever carry the title of Soldier. I think for myself this hits really hard because I was an 18 year old kid who went into Iraq.
After heard this song over and over again for several days now I realize there is so much history with their songs I didn’t know about As a proud swede I can just say thank you Sabaton
That’s why I love Sabaton. I’m not really into metal and certainly not violence or war, but I love stories and this is the most amazing way how to learn them, through fantastic music. I teach history and although the kids don’t remember much (it’s not a classic school, it’s a bit of ‘special needs kids’ one), they like all these facts and details I learned thanks to these guys. And I learned A LOT.
This is as much a Tribute to Motorhead as it is the fallen soldiers. The bus, pulls up in front of the Hammersmith Apollo, (No sleep till Hammersmith) it is Motorhead surviving band members carrying the motorhead banners and Lemmy's portrait in the parade of the fallen.
Sabaton is truly the single most important band in the world. And their attention to detail is astonishing. I remember seeing a WWII picture of a boy soldier in a trench, crying and wetting his pants, paralysed with fear. That's the boy at the beginning of the video.
I never liked learning history because of the repelling attitude of teachers I had. But Sabaton changed everything for me... if not for them I would never know and appreciate so many great heros I know about now. Sabaton is doing an amazing work.
I love history, but I took the long way there. I didn't like history classes in school, and I can look back now and recognize how much of what I was taught was propaganda and hogwash. But I loved science fiction, and that eventually led to me reading fantasy, and that led to fantasy RPG games ... and that led, by the time I was in my 40s, to an interest in real world medieval history. Because of that, I knew the story of "The Last Stand" before I heard the song. But most of Sabaton's other historical songs told stories that were new to me.
Oh, that's sad to hear. I've always loved history. I was lucky enought to have an amazing history teacher in middle school but I was a history nerd long before that, and how could I be anything else when one of the most dramatic events ever in Swedish history took place in my hometown. I mean, you invite your brothers for Christmas dinner as a Christmas truce after years of basically civil war between yourselves and convince themn to leave their troops out in the countryside while your brothers enjoy the feast at the castle (which still stands, in parts, 700 years after the event). Then, when your brothers have fallen asleep drunk you ambush them and throw them in the dungeon, only to then throw the key in the river. Now the power is all yours! Not that the dukes were nice guys; one had beheaded his father in law not that long previously and the other married a five year old girl and knocked her up twice whilst she was still a very young teen; she became a a widow at 17. Strangely enough the nobiility weren't too keen on the double fratricide, and the king had to abandon the crown and flee to his brother in law in Denmark. His only son was captured and beheaded, and the new king was one of the duke's sons, the son of that teen mom. He was three years old and had already inherited the Norwegian crown after his maternal grandfather. Family wasn't worth much back in the days, as Magnus' son imprisoned his dad and took over both Sweden and Norway. He then married the Danish princess Margareta, who was a formidable woman (when she was born her father had imprisoned her mother to keep her away as he was busy frolicking around with other women and didn't want a pesky wife snooping into his business. Really nice guys all around). When you are surrounded by all this drama and can walk around where in all took place (yes, the dungeon still remains. I regularly offer it as a place to keep especially egregious criminals. We could install cameras and throw away the key again and make betting pools at how long it will take them to perish. I might not be too serious about that, though).
In 1993, 10th grade - 16 y/o, our history/English teacher played this song by Motörhead in class. Just to remind us that wars were fougth by the young. An adventure at first untill reality (bullits/shells) hits. That we don't get caught in propaganda, etc. In the end I joined the German Navy as a "Conscript +X" with a special education in navigation (sort of specialist in the US?), so the enlisted E4(?)-Navigator from our Boat could be transferred to the NATO-Mission in the Adriatic Sea in 1997/98... weird times😵💫 And yes, I will see them in the next weeks in Hannover and Hamburg /Ger😁
You mentioned your father and how he couln't talk about it, and it was the same with my grandfather. He fought in WW2 and was stationed in Stalingrad. He was awarded a very high-ranking medal for taking a german tank down, but he could never talk about the story. He came half way and he teared up and never finished telling it. I knew he lost friends that day. So much pain and suffering over how a couple of men decided to act...
Quite a few I learned from sabaton it's amazing that a metal band can touch so many people my nephew is learning so much more history from sabaton than from a history book
I am so glad, that I just got accredited as photographer at Sabatons show in Hannover on May 2nd. I am so curious about the show and the shots I'll be able to take. And I am curious and a bit afraid as well about the emotional rollercoaster that it will be.
First of all, I want to say, "Thank you for your poignant reaction"! It's great to see that there are people who report so honestly and heartwarmingly about music outside their own country's borders. You are right that the Sabaton group brings the history of the war closer to the European youth, at least those of those who also know and listen to this group. I was in concert on May 2nd, 2023 in "Hannover" (Germany). It was great to see a song before 1916, the fans would pogo (slamming dance (right?)) and when Sabaton started the song everyone hugged and turned on the phone lights. It was an unimaginable atmosphere. Also from the point of view that they also played "Christmas Truce" five songs later. It wasn't my first Sabaton concert, but it was the first for my 15-year-old son, who has also been listening to this group for years and has also gotten him far in school. 10 minutes ago it grabbed me and I ordered 2 more tickets for May 6th, 2023 in Leipzig. All I can say is that American history is taught in Germany. Independence and equal rights for all. Mankind has been through so much since the cradle of mankind at the last Ice Age. Europe migrated to America. We are of the same blood all over the world, only many in power don't seem to understand this. I thank you for your words, thanks to Sabaton for songs that make me cry. greetings from Germany Frank
Just went to my first Sabaton show this week after nerding out on their music every day for 2 years or so and I fully agree. I have so much more appreciation for history because of them and I now share the gospel of Sabaton with everyone who wants to listen haha
I reacted the same way as you when I first heard it. I have listen to it about 5 times already, and it brings me to tears every time.I'm so proud of considering myself being a member of the Sabaton army.
I knew maybe 1% of the stories before sabaton. However thats partially be ause it was only in the last 5 years that i had an interest in "modern" history I was always more fascinated by achient histor, . Roman empire etc.
I have a picture my Great Grandma gave me of my Great Great Grandfather who was an Officer in the German Imperial Army in 1917 makes me really emotional cuz if he didn't survived the War I wouldn't even be here
Just got back sfter seeing them live at the first gig of there tour and they played this and we all got emotional at this me more than some as being an ex uk service man it hit home
I see myself as someone knowing quite a bit of history in general. I even studied at the university for a year. But still, there are stories that I've never heard of before I became a Sabaton fan! I've actually seen Motörhead a few times at Sweden Rock Festival. They were kind of "honored house guests". They played there almost every year. I'm glad now that I got the chance to see them before Lemmy passed away. These lyrics really are something else! It teared me up too!😭 Sabaton did more than a worthy cover of this song. Joakim's vocals were impeccable!! Great reaction! (I believe a lot of us cried... )
I have found that Sabaton are impossible not to get emotional to. Same thing with Nightwish and Five Finger Death Punch. Thank you for your service young man. I fight with the demon known as addiction every day and I'm 3 days away from 2 years clean and sober, @OldSkuleNerd. Amaranthe did a song called "82nd All the Way" about the founder of the 82nd Airborne. Excellent song and great message.
no joke, I was about to leave for the grocery store when i got the youtube notification about the new single... I said out loud to my wife, oh sweet, ill get to turn it all the way up in the car and blast it.... and i had tears welling up within a few second
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Sabaton is not just a band, they're modern day bards. They don't just sing songs, they tell stories.
Having listened too this earlier, I've found it impossible to get past the line of "coughing blood while screaming for his mother" without getting seriously emotional 😢
I'm also unable to stop myself from shedding some tears, even after listening several times. The tragedy of a young soldier's short life is so heartbreaking, and this cover and video bring it to life so vividly.
ME TOO
Me too. The youngest looks like my son and I know that men cry for their mother
I have the same reaction 😢
Agree 🤘🙏🇸🇪
Sabaton isn't a band. They're a phenomenon.
This is a classic cover by Sabaton, and the words of Lemmy hit hard!!!!
YES THEY DO
I'm honestly surprised you didn't know it was a motorhead song OSN
@@jamesjones4607 no i KNEW IT WAS i DIDNT KNOW SABATON WAS GONNA HONOR THEM LIKE THEY DID
@@OldSkuleNerd Caps happen to the best of us!😘
@@OldSkuleNerd oof, caps lock. i get that, man, you got excited and accidentally bumped that key.
Being a Lancashire lad, this one hits home the hardest.
My Grandad and all four of his brothers went out to the Front. And they all came home, which was miraculous.
The most cynical, hateful part of that is the fact most of these wall-eyed, skinny kids already with fallen teeth had no future. They were mostly fodder for the brutal industrialised North and they believed the hype they'd be heroes. Really gross manipulation of young men with big dreams and small futures.
And those that did return came back changed. Absolute tragedy but those responsible never did face real justice. They just threw away a whole generation, so little did those lives mean to them. They may have been small but they were important to us.
My dad's dad survived, or I wouldn't be here. Not the Somme, another "theatre". Good book. Covenant With death. John Harris. Can recommend.
I am amateur military historian and new to Sabaton, just discovered the band less than a year ago, and the first song I ever listen to was Panzerkampf. Half way through the song it clicked in my head and I was like "HOLY CRAP!!! THEY ARE SING ABOUT THE BATTLE OF KURSK!!" Then I went looking at other songs, Primo Victoria I paused the song when I heard the reference to "6th of June, On the shores of western Europe 1944, D-day upon us". I caught the references to Ghost Division and Rommel's 7th Panzer Division and it took a couple of listenings to realize No Bullets Fly was about Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler and Ye Old Pub. After that, I fell down the Sabaton rabbit hole, or maybe fox hole?, and never looked back.
1916 brought me to tears, Lemmy's original version was very somber. But with Joakim's vocals and the band's performance, it was a damn gut punch in the feels. And songs like this makes me love this band even more.
1916 is kind reminds me of HURT. Trent Renzor may have originally wrote HURT, but after Johnny Cash sang it and made his music video, HURT became Johnny Cash's song. And I feel the same about 1916, Lemmy's lyrics are powerful and Motorhead's original version is very solemn, but Sabaton just kicks it up to another level and this is their song now. I think Lemmy would be okay with that.
Thank you for yours and your family's services.
Sabaton should be played in schools for history
The first 30 seconds of the song I was saying to myself "you are not gonna cry, you are not gonna cry". 30 seconds later I was crying and I was like damn you Sabaton.
I hold it in until I saw Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee on screen. I lost it at that point.
I've shared the first time listening with my grandfather who is a motorhead fan. He is now 99 years old and was 16 when the germans invaded the Netherlands. He lost his 2 sisters and father when they bombed Rotterdam on may the 14th 1940. On the same day his brother died defending the country. Never saw him this emotional. First time he told me al of this, he never talked about the war and what he lost. We both cried and it was beautiful. He is now a Sabaton fan. xD
Thanks for your comment. Now I know I am not the only one...😅
Every damn time!
Yeah, there are a few sabaton videos that I cannot hear much less watch without making me tear up each time.
"And I wish you well a thousand times a day..." Lest we forget 🥀
Sabaton the Metal Band that all ages can rock out with.
The first time I heard Motorhead do this, it destroyed me. It still does. I was touched by the amount of emotion Lemmy put into it. And Sabaton are the perfect people to cover it. It's kinda a tribute to those that served and the man who did it first, both. And it's fitting with what's going on right now. Great reaction Old Skule, great cover Sabaton, and great song Motorhead. RIP all those that didn't come home (and Lemmy too for doing a song most people didn't really want to hear but needed to)
I love how Motorhead is included in the video.
First rule of war, young men die. Second rule, nobody can change the first rule. RIP to those who did not grow old... 😢😢😢
“Young men are dying
They pay the price
Oh, how they suffer
So tell me, what’s the price of the mile?”
Sun Tzu did try to change the first rule
@@faarsightHis army wasn't exactly made of geriatrics either
Go figure. How is that possible that sabaton can teach us bout the wars but our school only talked bout certain aspects of the wars. But SABATON takes it to a new level. They would make a great history teachers bout the war. Love and respect for those guys.
This a cover of the Motörhead song 1916. It is about the battle of the Somme which was during the First World War. British volunteers from England, Scotland,Wales, South Africa, india, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, colonies in Asia and more all served in the battle along with French troops and more. It was a incredible destruction of life for all sides over a million men and boys were killed for just a handful of miles. This song is focusing on the bond between these men and boys fighting for their countries the entente and central power both lost kinsmen for a war they both believed they were on the right side of the war
1. Night Witches
2. No Bullets Fly
3. Ballad of Bull
4. Hellfighters
5. Ghost division
6. Soldier's of 3 armies
7. Father.
Ughhh, can I just list the ones I already knew prior to listening to Sabaton?
Great tribute to both Lemmy and all the soldiers.
Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister wrote this song after watching a UK television program about the 1916 Battle of the Somme on which a veteran reminisced about his friend dying in his arms with half his face blown off.
Can confirm that Sabaton’s stage show for tour is absolutely insane. I saw them last night on the first night of their EU tour in Leeds and it was one of the most incredible live shows I’ve ever seen. Highly recommend anyone to see them live.
I was there too, incredible. And I feel honoured to have been among tht crowd being the first to see this performed live! So amazing
Ooooh I'm going to the show on Saturday in Frankfurt, can't wait!!
How great that you were able to attend their first show of this tour!
Saw them at Wembley on Saturday... next level performance from them. Awesome crowd as well, which isn't surprising for the Sabaton army
I agree, I was there too, and my fiancée who previously thought they were “just okay” is now a huge fan and has new respect for them.
I'm gonna see them next week with my 13 year old. It will be her first concert. So looking forward to it!
To quote one Siegfried Sassoon “I served in hell, they called it Passchendale”. The survivors of the soldiers went through hell and back to find a peace that for many never came, no wonder your uncle never told you about Omaha; he never wanted you to be scared, he never wanted to relive the horrors of war
Actually on the topic of the Night Witches, it is true the US kept women out of combat roles. There were female pilots that assisted the military though. They did things like ferry aircraft from base to base, transport and supply runs further away from the frontlines, etc. 38 of these WASP women died in accidents. 11 during training. 27 while running missions. That's pretty low considering there were more than a 1000 by the end of the program, they delivered over 12,000 aircraft, and flew over 80 percent of all ferrying missions in those two years of active status before the men took over again. This freed up over 900 male pilots for combat roles. The US WASP played a very different role than the Night Witches but it was an important one that allowed as many men to fight as quickly as possible at arguably some of the most crucial times.
As for me, I've studied history as a hobby since I was ten years old (in 1979), and WWII and some WWI was my main focus. I had only heard of Sabaton as a band, but nothing else. I saw Bismarck (the video) when it first came out, and loved it. I studied the naval part of the wars extensively, so I knew what Bismarck represented, and I was hooked at that point. But that's not the real power of Sabaton. My wife is a teacher, and likes history, but didn't have my focus on it. I showed her the video to Bismarck, and off to the races she went. She found Sabaton history as well, and has become almost a bigger fan than I am. As you say, a metal band from Sweden. Her wake-up alarm sound is the beginning of Primo Victoria. Saw them in St. Louis in 2021, and Nashville in 2022, and hope I get to see them again.
I guess that it have already been pointed ot but Sabaton received an award here in Sweden as the best educator of the people in 2022. Big and really special for a band of boys just making music that matters.
"Oh, a woman, that must be about nightwitches.."
Never mind the fact that she's wearing a British uniform. She's from the ATS, the Auxiliary Territorial Service.
The Nightwitches are there, right at the end. The two biplanes that fly over before the big bomber.
Honestly the line that gets me the most is "and thats how we died, clinging like kids to each other."
I'm Brazilian, I barely understand English, I'm writing this message via a translator, but the little I understand was enough to start getting emotional with the lyrics,I finished listening to the first time 50min after releasing the clip, I cried a little, I went to watch it again reading the translation of the lyrics and knowing the context and I cried out loud, this song touched my heart.
What a perfect tribute to soldiers who have fought and still fight in wars, to all who have lost family, friends and acquaintances.
Bem, eu aprecio seu esforço .... mas honestamente você poderia ter escrito em português, eu teria traduzido com gratidão porque quero ler todos os comentários e palavras incríveis de apoio ... OBRIGADO
@@OldSkuleNerd Ok, obrigado pela resposta, costumo traduzir para facilitar para o youtuber na hora da leitura, como resultado aprendo algumas palavras em inglês.
@@Kaue1722 Eu faço reações de tantas bandas de todo o mundo, e eu aprecio quando ouço tantas pessoas de tantos lugares, línguas e culturas OBRIGADO DE NOVO
@@OldSkuleNerd Certo, obrigado pela atenção, abraços.
Was at Leeds for the first night and it WAS HUGE, awesome show.
Sabaton has taught so many people so much history that they received the "Enlightener of the Year Award" in 2022. I've learned a lot about history through Sabaton.
Not sure if anyone has already said this, but rather than one of the night witches (who I think definitely still are counted among those many soldiers to whom this cover pays tribute), the woman in the alleyway is wearing a distinctly British uniform from WW2. She is a member of the British Auxiliary Territorial Service, a voluntary women's service whose members filled a variety of auxiliary roles. While they didn't bear arms, depending on the line of work some performed their duties under fire.
In the credits, the woman depicted is credited as ATS Ivy Valentine, who I wasn't able to find any record of after a cursory search on Google. Judging by the ribbon bar on her chest, she seems to be fairly distinguished. Perhaps the woman portraying her has a familial relation to Ivy Valentine, and it is possible the service ribbon belonged to a different relative or has some other significance. Either way, I am sure there is an interesting story behind the name, which I wish I could discover!
While it is a little difficult to tell, I believe the planes flying overhead are the iconic Avro Lancaster, the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF during that era. The same plane can be seen flying much closer overhead about a minute later towards the end of the music video, a few seconds after we see the portrait of Lemmy.
It's always fascinating how much detail might go unnoticed in a Sabaton video, but they put it in anyway! Such a great way to honour the past. For example, you can see the Harlem Hellfighters' insignia on the black soldier's arm as he gets up from the ash and dirt at around 1:40 of the actual video, just after Joakim sings "ready for history's pages".
As well, the Sikh (I think?) soldier portrayed in the video, Sgt. Awal Nur, was a member of the Indian Army's Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides. He served in Belgium, France and East Africa, was injured three times, and even went on a British secret service mission into Soviet Central Asia!
One could spend hours taking apart the details of some of the costumes on display, or looking into the names of the portrayed soldiers or the histories of their units. The ability to give people the hunger to learn more about history is one of Sabaton's greatest strengths. Not to mention, Joakim is such a powerful vocalist, this particular cover moved me to tears even more than the original did. A great tribute to both Motörhead and to the unknown soldier.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION... I FILMED MY REACTION LIVE WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE VIDEO BEFORE HAND.... with so much going on its easy to get confused... when saw the red in the cover and the T in the ATS looked like a hammer in a sickle it was so fast and when you see the plans you cant help but think "NIGHT WITCHES" but isnt it great that Sabaton tells so many stories of HEROIC WOMEN in History that you can get confused by all of them?
Call it prejudice or whatever, but as a metalhead and long time fan of Sabaton, who also has a lot of interest in history and international relations, I wholeheartedly respect an American giving this kind of "credit" to a band so far outside of your own borders. I've followed your reactions for quite a while and I really like them, I'd be happy to see them coming. Good job! All the best from a Sweden in spring time!
If you follow my channel I believe Music is now Global with bands like Sabaton, Bloodywood, and Alien Weaponry..... with youtube and streaming services we can now enjoy all voices from every corner of this MUDBALL we are stuck on together... THANK YOU
You couldn't be more right, I'm an American, so I knew only American history. Then I found Sabaton, and my knowledge of world history conflicts expanded massively. All the amazing and heart breaking stories that they tell in such an epic way.
Damn. No words.
The Sabaton Army is Global!!!! The depth of their love of history is boundless. Hail Brother from another mother. Vet of the 24th Infantry.
You're absolutely right about the guys in Sabaton. My wife and I had about 20 minutes with the guys in regular street clothes before a show in Baltimore. It was Tommy's first tour as a member of Sabaton. They were all great guys and let use take a couple photos.
Thank you sir for putting your ass on the line. I'm a vet but I served in quieter times. Nothing kinetic.
Me and my daughter are heading to London to see them shortly 🤘🤘
I couldn't even make it past 30 seconds before the tears started.
I was at the first show of the tour in Leeds. They put on a spectacular show, and played this live. Got some albums in my Amazon basket waiting for payday.
i was there the first night of the European tour they performed this live in Leeds and te whole place was silent. 10,000 plus fans totalt silent for 5 minutes in the middle of a comcert
Just an FYI for you, I took my boys they are 5 and 7 to there very first real concert ever in Montreal to see sabaton, they lost there minds when they played soldier of heaven, epic is an understatement
I WILL TELL YOU LIKE I TOLD EVERY PARENT I MET AT THE HOUSTON SHOW LAST YEAR... YOU REPRESENT THE BEST OF WHAT PARENTS CAN BE IN THIS DAY AND AGE WE LIVE IN... SPENDING TIME EXPERINCING WITH THIER CHILDREN AND SHARING SOMETHING THAT IS POSITIVE!!!
@OldSkuleNerd thank you for that, you can't even describe the feeling you get from seeing your kids with smiles that big unless your a parent yourself, which I know you are a parent as well again thank you ❤️
Im sure Lemmy, phil and other motorhead members would/ will be happy with what sabaton have done with this epic song.
I love your honest, raw reaction to this song and video. I just knew it would make u tear up. I was driving when i first listened to this and had to stop coz i was a blubbering mess.
Those poor men and kids had no idea what they were heading into and it mentally and physically broke those that werent killed.
I lost a great grandad and great uncle at the somme and it makes me so angry and heartbroken when i think of the terror they must have endured.😢😢
Im so sorry at what you and your dad went thru in service to your country.
My dad in the 60’s joined the british army and served in the Aden conflict. It broke him mentally and physically, he was tortured by the memories of the horrors he saw.
He never understood mans inhumanity to man.
Im so excited to be taking my young grandsons to see sabaton in Glasgow Scotland on 18th- only 4 more sleeps eeek
Thank you again ❤😢
I'd say they're happy with it because that's Mikkey Dee and Phil walking with the photo of Lemmy. And now I'm crying again dammit
It makes me cry too, the words hit right in the heart.
Wee bit of trivia for you- guy holding lemmys photo is motorheads old tour manager Eddie Rocha. He is tour manager for sabaton now. 🤗
Hello from viking land Denmark. I just found your channel today, and your reaction to my Scandinavian brothers in SABATON is awesome... I'm subbing right away.
I remember the 1st Sabaton concert that I ever went to had a kid like you described. He was around 10 and the band was impressed enough, where they asked the father's permission to allow the kid onstage for their last song. Joakim gave the kid his sunglasses and the family got a backstage tour after the show. The kid was having a blast standing near him and doing a little dance while rocking out. Everyone was cheering and yelling the kids name. It was great.
Hi! I am very impressed by your reaction and that's why I decided to write you a few words. From the beginning of your comments I felt something different, different than we meeting here. The way you understood what you saw in the video clip, in which you understood the subtleties that are not seen in the video but are felt, made me wonder how you can do this ? I understood when you said that you were a doctor in Bosnia.... I worked as a doctor for Doctors Without Borders in Afghanistan. No one, but NO ONE can understand what this video is conveying like people like us do. What for others means just a good movie, with heroes at every second; for us it means cruel reality: hatred, blood and atrocities. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your comment and for the sensitivity you showed and I also thank you from the bottom of my heart to Sabaton who shows the world that the gun always has two ends and at each end there is a soldier who has a family and most of the time is forced to fight in a war that is not his. Sabaton made songs about all the great personalities and moments in history, as any impartial man should. There were heroes in all camps and we should never forget them. Once again: THANK YOU!!!
This is probably the best reaction to a song I will ever see.
AWWW NOW YOU ARE FLATTERING LOL
Sabaton is the greatest Metal Group period 🤘🇸🇪🤘
I`m a Swede,a veteran and a huge Sabaton fan. Thanks for your reaktion and se them live when ever you can 👍
Just saw Sabaton live, this tour with Baby Metal & al, on Friday, 19th of May. They played this song. The entire freaking arena sang along. I cried in the stands. That was also my first time seeing them live, and my first band t-shirt of theirs is now the one for this cover and 1916. I'll forever consider it a nod to both Sabaton and Lenny, and an acknowledgment of those lost. (Just like my great grandpa's younger brother, Winter War.)
I can so get your reaction. I can so get it. And I can so respect it.
As a Serb hearing about your expirience in Bosnia... all i can say is Thank you for your service!
It's not often a power ballad makes me break down in tears like this. Dammit Sabaton, you've done it again. Love from Oregon!
i was fortunate enough to see the last show of "the Great Tour". Nov 3 2019 silver springs MD.... First time i flew from home alone, it was an adventure and one of my most treasured memories.
They even acknowledged us Aussies in this.
🤘🇸🇪 Saw the at Sabaton Open Air 2022!! It was Epic.
Everything Sabaton does is a cinematic masterpiece. The Somme, Passchendaele , Verdun - almost all forgotten, the stories untold save for outfits like Sabaton. They even have their own history channel as most of you know. Lest we forget, for there are those who are erasing our history as we speak, and to no good end. We cannot allow this to happen.
You kinda forget that Lordi is also joint the tour with Sabaton and Babymetal ;) but yea great song/cover from Sabaton and awesome reaction :)
"Did you know"? Well, I did, since I'm a historian. But that's one of the reasons I started to love Sabaton. Not only because of their sound, but mainly because of their lyrics, their storytelling, the research behind their songs. That really stand them apart from majority on other bands. They are not only entertainers, they are also history teachers for many who otherwise wouldn't go and search for the unbelievable stories from the past. And for that, I salute them!
It's Sabaton. It is ok to cry. We all did. - Thank you for your service. Ex- HM Forces. - Lest We Forget.
They died before they even lived and lied about their age too enlist .That really got too me as my Great Grandfather and his Brother did the same . He came back but his Brother lies somewhere in Ypres and he saw his Brother get blown up. He never spoke much about it . This is a very fitting tribute too Lemmy's lyrics and you can hear his voice nearly breaking in the original . This song is a fitting tribute too all those who have fought and died for their Mother/Father land . They will never be forgotten and they have my total respect . This song really pulls at your heart and brings a tear too your eye . A very powerful song by Sabaton and a great history lesson . Lest We Forget .
those 10.000 boys at 16 knew more about honor, duty and sacrifice than 99% of todays old men
Well brother I know all about Bosnia, Macedonia, as well as my tours later in Iraq and Afghanistan. It definatly changes a person. This is a well done cover.. and almost as emotionally charged as lemmies
My Grandfather was there, He was at Mons and Dieppe. He was Gas, Blow up but survived the first world War.
Living in Yorkshire it's hugely poignant listening to this. Pretty much every village has a small Remembrance garden, sometimes a large carved stone, sometimes a stone cross or a shaped pile of rocks and usually carved into it or on a plaque are the names of the men from the village who have been killed in the wars. It's quite sad when you stop to read them, you see two, three or four men who all had the same surnames and realise they were family members, brothers, cousins or fathers and sons all wiped out often in the same battle.
First time I heard this song by Motörhead I thought to myself that it would be awesome if Sabaton did a cover on this. It fits with Sabatons other songs and my two favorite bands are Motörhead and Sabaton.
I don't know how this video doesn't have millions of views. In my opinion this is one of Sabatons best songs ever.
probably cause it is brand new.... give it time lol
For you the best Sabaton song is a motorhead song?
I doesn't have that much views for the same reason you missed that song yourself for 32yrs.
Listening to this song, it is impossible not to get emotional. Being born in 1968 in Germany I never experienced war, but my parents did. My uncle never came home from WW2 and my mom told me that my grandmother stopped singing after his death. I don't know what you have seen in war but being a medic I would imagine too much. What Sabaton does is just amazing. So important to keep the history alive with the hope that some day humans will learn. There are many stories I have never heard about before I started listening to Sabaton and I know a lot of history. And I keep spreading those stories. And you keep spreading those stories. Thank you for sharing, for showing us your emotional side and for your honesty.
Everyone needs to know about these people that died by a million for the ambitions of a few. It needs to stop.
Lemmy would be proud. Sabaton brought this song to
Life. This isn’t a band they are our bards singing our past with deeds of our heros.
The Story of your uncle got to me, my dad served from 'Nam till Desert Storm in '91. i used to ask him "Hey dad what was Vietnam like?" and he'd just give me this sad smile and say "maybe i'll tell you when you're older little man, papa promises you'll get it when your older". I wouldnt understand why his voice got low when he told me that, but years later i'd spend 8 years and several combat tours with 7-1 Cav..... i got it, i lost friends and my own little brother didn't come home the way we expected, after all that i got an understanding, he lost alot of friends in those jungles and it hurt him to talk about it, much less to one of his own little boys. it was after my first combat tour that we sat on the porch and just cried, and all he could wheeze out to me through all of it was "i'm sorry i didn't tell you sooner, but i know the kind of emotions yer feelin son, just know yer daddy will always love ya, ya did your best and thats all i'll ever ask of ya"
thank you all for your service
Thx OldSkuleNerd for Service and Help in Bosnia!
And Thx for This Reaction!!
Greetings From Member of a Later UN Mission in this Area. ( Sorry only School English )
I cried when I watched the video the first time, I cried watching the video with you, I cried watching you cry to the video, I cried listening to you talking. Thank you, thanks Sabaton!
This song hits me just as hard as the first time I heard their live recording of En Livstid i Krig from Göteborg. Goosebumps all the way and blurry eyes
I never noticed the Ghost behind you! This song really really hits hard, I can't not get tears in the eyes when listening to the song. In the credits they give each of the soldiers walking behind them some of the best to ever carry the title of Soldier. I think for myself this hits really hard because I was an 18 year old kid who went into Iraq.
I never noticed the Ghost either. Good eye.
After heard this song over and over again for several days now I realize there is so much history with their songs I didn’t know about
As a proud swede I can just say thank you Sabaton
totally agree!! this Sabaton trip is absolutely incredible!!
That’s why I love Sabaton. I’m not really into metal and certainly not violence or war, but I love stories and this is the most amazing way how to learn them, through fantastic music. I teach history and although the kids don’t remember much (it’s not a classic school, it’s a bit of ‘special needs kids’ one), they like all these facts and details I learned thanks to these guys. And I learned A LOT.
A real tear jerker. Seeing Sabaton in an hour in Leeds, UK and I hope they play this one.
How was the concert?
The concert was absolutely amazing, our first Sabaton concert and won't be our last!
This is as much a Tribute to Motorhead as it is the fallen soldiers. The bus, pulls up in front of the Hammersmith Apollo, (No sleep till Hammersmith) it is Motorhead surviving band members carrying the motorhead banners and Lemmy's portrait in the parade of the fallen.
I saw them in Wembley and my god! They were mind blowing on stage, but when they performed 1916 we did shed tears
Sabaton is truly the single most important band in the world.
And their attention to detail is astonishing.
I remember seeing a WWII picture of a boy soldier in a trench, crying and wetting his pants, paralysed with fear.
That's the boy at the beginning of the video.
I never liked learning history because of the repelling attitude of teachers I had. But Sabaton changed everything for me... if not for them I would never know and appreciate so many great heros I know about now. Sabaton is doing an amazing work.
I love history, but I took the long way there. I didn't like history classes in school, and I can look back now and recognize how much of what I was taught was propaganda and hogwash.
But I loved science fiction, and that eventually led to me reading fantasy, and that led to fantasy RPG games ... and that led, by the time I was in my 40s, to an interest in real world medieval history. Because of that, I knew the story of "The Last Stand" before I heard the song. But most of Sabaton's other historical songs told stories that were new to me.
Same my guy
Oh, that's sad to hear.
I've always loved history. I was lucky enought to have an amazing history teacher in middle school but I was a history nerd long before that, and how could I be anything else when one of the most dramatic events ever in Swedish history took place in my hometown. I mean, you invite your brothers for Christmas dinner as a Christmas truce after years of basically civil war between yourselves and convince themn to leave their troops out in the countryside while your brothers enjoy the feast at the castle (which still stands, in parts, 700 years after the event). Then, when your brothers have fallen asleep drunk you ambush them and throw them in the dungeon, only to then throw the key in the river. Now the power is all yours!
Not that the dukes were nice guys; one had beheaded his father in law not that long previously and the other married a five year old girl and knocked her up twice whilst she was still a very young teen; she became a a widow at 17.
Strangely enough the nobiility weren't too keen on the double fratricide, and the king had to abandon the crown and flee to his brother in law in Denmark. His only son was captured and beheaded, and the new king was one of the duke's sons, the son of that teen mom. He was three years old and had already inherited the Norwegian crown after his maternal grandfather.
Family wasn't worth much back in the days, as Magnus' son imprisoned his dad and took over both Sweden and Norway. He then married the Danish princess Margareta, who was a formidable woman (when she was born her father had imprisoned her mother to keep her away as he was busy frolicking around with other women and didn't want a pesky wife snooping into his business. Really nice guys all around).
When you are surrounded by all this drama and can walk around where in all took place (yes, the dungeon still remains. I regularly offer it as a place to keep especially egregious criminals. We could install cameras and throw away the key again and make betting pools at how long it will take them to perish. I might not be too serious about that, though).
In 1993, 10th grade - 16 y/o, our history/English teacher played this song by Motörhead in class. Just to remind us that wars were fougth by the young. An adventure at first untill reality (bullits/shells) hits. That we don't get caught in propaganda, etc.
In the end I joined the German Navy as a "Conscript +X" with a special education in navigation (sort of specialist in the US?), so the enlisted E4(?)-Navigator from our Boat could be transferred to the NATO-Mission in the Adriatic Sea in 1997/98... weird times😵💫
And yes, I will see them in the next weeks in Hannover and Hamburg /Ger😁
You mentioned your father and how he couln't talk about it, and it was the same with my grandfather. He fought in WW2 and was stationed in Stalingrad. He was awarded a very high-ranking medal for taking a german tank down, but he could never talk about the story. He came half way and he teared up and never finished telling it. I knew he lost friends that day. So much pain and suffering over how a couple of men decided to act...
I never knew most of these ppl or events until I found Sabaton.
Quite a few I learned from sabaton it's amazing that a metal band can touch so many people my nephew is learning so much more history from sabaton than from a history book
dead man walking, I never knew them before Corvid. Night Witches I love I bought the book. Great reaction
"I called for my mother and she never came" really hit me hard I got way too emotional 😥
Heard this 2 weeks ago in Leeds, it was an incredible set with just Joakim on the stage by himself singing this song.
I am so glad, that I just got accredited as photographer at Sabatons show in Hannover on May 2nd.
I am so curious about the show and the shots I'll be able to take.
And I am curious and a bit afraid as well about the emotional rollercoaster that it will be.
I will be at their show in Hamburg on April 24th. 🤘
Love your reactions. Greetings from 🇩🇪
First of all, I want to say, "Thank you for your poignant reaction"! It's great to see that there are people who report so honestly and heartwarmingly about music outside their own country's borders.
You are right that the Sabaton group brings the history of the war closer to the European youth, at least those of those who also know and listen to this group.
I was in concert on May 2nd, 2023 in "Hannover" (Germany). It was great to see a song before 1916, the fans would pogo (slamming dance (right?)) and when Sabaton started the song everyone hugged and turned on the phone lights. It was an unimaginable atmosphere.
Also from the point of view that they also played "Christmas Truce" five songs later.
It wasn't my first Sabaton concert, but it was the first for my 15-year-old son, who has also been listening to this group for years and has also gotten him far in school.
10 minutes ago it grabbed me and I ordered 2 more tickets for May 6th, 2023 in Leipzig.
All I can say is that American history is taught in Germany. Independence and equal rights for all.
Mankind has been through so much since the cradle of mankind at the last Ice Age. Europe migrated to America. We are of the same blood all over the world, only many in power don't seem to understand this.
I thank you for your words, thanks to Sabaton for songs that make me cry.
greetings from Germany
Frank
I seen them yesterday in London and the show was just insane it was something special.
Great cover by Sabaton. Quick question: is it only vets who bawl their eyes out when they hear this song?
I'm with you man. This one hit me hard.
Thank you for a wonderful reaction❤ Tommy J always days that ” hugs are for free”. Well here comes a hug from Sweden. The land of Sabaton 🇸🇪❤️😎
It was a brilliant concert was the first one of there tour the day they released this
Just went to my first Sabaton show this week after nerding out on their music every day for 2 years or so and I fully agree. I have so much more appreciation for history because of them and I now share the gospel of Sabaton with everyone who wants to listen haha
I reacted the same way as you when I first heard it. I have listen to it about 5 times already, and it brings me to tears every time.I'm so proud of considering myself being a member of the Sabaton army.
I knew maybe 1% of the stories before sabaton. However thats partially be ause it was only in the last 5 years that i had an interest in "modern" history
I was always more fascinated by achient histor, . Roman empire etc.
I have a picture my Great Grandma gave me of my Great Great Grandfather who was an Officer in the German Imperial Army in 1917 makes me really emotional cuz if he didn't survived the War I wouldn't even be here
Just got back sfter seeing them live at the first gig of there tour and they played this and we all got emotional at this me more than some as being an ex uk service man it hit home
I see myself as someone knowing quite a bit of history in general. I even studied at the university for a year. But still, there are stories that I've never heard of before I became a Sabaton fan!
I've actually seen Motörhead a few times at Sweden Rock Festival. They were kind of "honored house guests". They played there almost every year. I'm glad now that I got the chance to see them before Lemmy passed away.
These lyrics really are something else! It teared me up too!😭 Sabaton did more than a worthy cover of this song. Joakim's vocals were impeccable!!
Great reaction! (I believe a lot of us cried... )
I have found that Sabaton are impossible not to get emotional to. Same thing with Nightwish and Five Finger Death Punch. Thank you for your service young man. I fight with the demon known as addiction every day and I'm 3 days away from 2 years clean and sober, @OldSkuleNerd. Amaranthe did a song called "82nd All the Way" about the founder of the 82nd Airborne. Excellent song and great message.
no joke, I was about to leave for the grocery store when i got the youtube notification about the new single... I said out loud to my wife, oh sweet, ill get to turn it all the way up in the car and blast it.... and i had tears welling up within a few second