SABATON - 1916 (Official Music Video) | OLDSKULENERD REACTION
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- The official music video for "1916" by Sabaton. Taken from the music EP "Stories From The Western Front".
Lemmy Kilmister - 1916 check out Motorhead's tribute
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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.
Sabaton is not just a band, they're modern day bards. They don't just sing songs, they tell stories.
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.
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.
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!
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)
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
I love how Motorhead is included in the video.
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.
"And I wish you well a thousand times a day..." Lest we forget 🥀
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.
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
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.
Sabaton the Metal Band that all ages can rock out with.
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.
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. 🤗
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
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
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.
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?
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.
They even acknowledged us Aussies in this.
You kinda forget that Lordi is also joint the tour with Sabaton and Babymetal ;) but yea great song/cover from Sabaton and awesome reaction :)
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.
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.
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.
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 👍
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
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!
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!
I couldn't even make it past 30 seconds before the tears started.
This is probably the best reaction to a song I will ever see.
AWWW NOW YOU ARE FLATTERING LOL
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!
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.
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).
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.
The Sabaton Army is Global!!!! The depth of their love of history is boundless. Hail Brother from another mother. Vet of the 24th Infantry.
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
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.
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
We still got a Tommy J cover today - '1916' was originally a Motörhead song!
Thank you sir for putting your ass on the line. I'm a vet but I served in quieter times. Nothing kinetic.
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.
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😁
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 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.
I was tearing up to this man, I had family members who fought in the American revolution, the Civil War on both sides, ww1 and ww2, Korea and Vietnam, and so on, this song hit me hard man
This is incredible ! Two of my top five band combined
Wow standing ovations for this masterpiece Sabaton and Motorhead!
I will be at their show in Hamburg on April 24th. 🤘
Love your reactions. Greetings from 🇩🇪
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.
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.
totally agree!! this Sabaton trip is absolutely incredible!!
"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!
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
All but one story I knew of before Sabaton. Sabaton will always be my favorate band. Frans Stigler and Charlie Brown incident will always be my favorate story
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 🇸🇪❤️😎
Wow. I'm dumbfounded by yes.. everything! Nothing will be normal after seeing this emotional storm of images, music, references from other Sabaton songs and conflict history, our history! Thanks to Sabaton!
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
I can't make it past the first 2 minutes without starting to cry
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.
This, and their Christmas video (especially) made me cry. Adding Lemmy made my heart even heavier.
This video was hard, only Sabaton could pull this off!
On top of the tribute to Lemmy and Motörhead and the heroes from all of the ages of history they have covered there’s one more behind this and Lemmy’s song, the Pals Battalions, were the names of the soldiers who signed up from all over and the north parishes as they mention in the ending, they joined because they would be allowed to fight with the friends you knew for years and the idea was they would have higher morale and would hence fight harder, they were pushed into the meat grinder of the Somme without regard they were raw recruits, they took so many casualties and at some instances desertion from what they went through, they were dismantled and reintegrated into other units
"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.
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.
Was at Leeds for the first night and it WAS HUGE, awesome show.
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
Every word out of your mouth has been what I've been thinking about Sabaton. I regret only discovering them like 5 years ago.
Been considered some of the best historians by historians. Long Live Sabaton
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... )
Hey!
I was at the Sabaton concert in Stockholm last Friday!
And MAN it was surreal... It was so so well done, so fun, so EPIC. that is the word for the whole concert... EPIC!!
Something special as a Swede to watch Sabaton!!
Hope you have a great day!
I saw them in Wembley and my god! They were mind blowing on stage, but when they performed 1916 we did shed tears
It's not just a reaction to a song, the video is a thing in its self.
Sabaton is great music and a complementary history lesson.
The amount of history in one video is overwhelming. Salute from a Desert Storm and cold war vet.
RIP Lemmy. Thank you for those words
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.
In WW1 250,000 boy soldiers Fought mostly British there age’s were (14) (15) (16) 17) the youngest British soldier was Sidney Lewis who was 12 when he enlisted and was 13 when he fought at the Somme during the battle 18,000 casualties were boy soldiers.
As a Canadian the one story that amazed me that I never learned about in school that I learned from Sabaton was Ghost in the trenches.
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.
Hey Nerd, tx for this awesome reaction, again! I'll finally see my favourite metal guys, I've been listening to since 2006 and loved from the very first moment, on Monday the 24th in Hamburg. I fear, I won't have the pleasure to meet and talk to one of the guys like you had the honor with Tommy, but I love how you share my passion for their music and dedication to tell stories about historical events. I am sure, I'll love every single second of the concert...
Ive gone through many youtubers react to this song, and NO ONE, and I repeat NO ONE, has resisted tearing up in this song. Its amazing how you can get seriously emotional hearing about people who you dont know and arent related to . And they say that men dont cry or arent emotional. We are just emotional on things that really matter to us, and this song shows it
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.
This kinda feels like the final and last Sabaton song, because of their previous songs being in here. And when you said that we need to think about how many stories we wouldn’t know because of Sabaton, also made me realize how much I actually love this band and how heartbroken I would be if they decided retire.
Man, if they retired after I found them but before I got to take my son to see them in concert, I'd fall apart.
@@Jsingle911 dont worry, if youre in europe theres a tour starting
@@SaltySeabug I gotta get my ass to europe
As a kid in school right now. I haven't learned an 1/8th of what sabaton has taught me. There are so many story's they never tell you. Like no bullets fly, that sorta thing.
Fabulous reaction Oldskulenerd as always. Fabulous cover by Sabaton. They are playing my home town tonight (Cardiff, UK) but cannot attend as am medically housebound. Thank goodness for TH-cam. All the best, take care.
On the topic of your Uncle who was at D-Day.
My late uncles, Tanner and Alphonse landed on Juno Beach on June 6th 1944, First wave.
Both survived, both helped Close the Falaise Pocket, Both helped liberate Holland and Belgium, Both helped see the collapse of the Nazi Empire.
Alphonse when I was a boy, about 7 years old in 1998, I asked him "Uncle Al, were you in the War?"
Tanner pipped up "We both were kid."
I was ecstatic, I had War Heroes in my Family.
In 2002, just before Alphonse died, He sat me down and broke his silence on the Hell he endured and told me everything, crying the entire time. He passed away a week later.
Tanner on the other hand had a blood lust and was un-fucking-hinged.
"Hey Uncle Tanner, You and Uncle Al were in the war right?" 14 year old me asked him in 2004 at a christmas Party.
"Yeah! I shot a Nazi SS Officer off his horse and stole his medals and gun and watch. Still got em!"
"Yeah I got spritzed by a German Panther in Normandy and somehow lived!"
"Shot some Kraut who looked to be about 16, woulda spared him had he not shot at us first."
Tanner died in 2009.
I miss them both every day and Keep their medals and ribbons on display to know that in my life time, I got to not only be related too, but meet actual heroes
You’re absolutely right! I’ve learned so much about history and war events through Sabaton music! This video(and the song) is so emotional I even cried through the subtitles. Love these guys and the music they create! Thank you for this reaction🙏🏻
This is imo the best covers they have ever done. They took an already powerful and emotional song and made it so much better. The fact that the remaining members from Motörhead were in the video makes it even better.
Heard this 2 weeks ago in Leeds, it was an incredible set with just Joakim on the stage by himself singing this song.
I think a lot of people watching this video with tears in their eyes. I did.
🙏❤️ from Sweden
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.
If you want to learn about the Night Witches through a gripping story, read Kate Quinn’s The Huntress. One of the main characters in the story is one of the Night Witch pilots and the book traverses through the entire history of the squadron. In fact, if you like Sabaton, read anything by Kate Quinn. Her historical war fiction is incredible - just like their’s.
you are the second person to suggest her book.... gonna have to check it out now for sure
Damn it, that hit me in the feels 😢
I only watched this music video for the first time literally minutes before putting this reaction on. It took me a little longer to watch it because I had already heard the song, live in Leeds on the first night of the tour, hours after it was put on TH-cam. They killed it in Leeds, the production was huge. And I was honoured to hear this new song for the first time, in what I assume must have been the first time they played it live. I'm a little shocked that I had no idea this was a Motorhead song. Somehow it must have passed me by, and yet at the same time, I'm sure I have seen the words 1916 and Motorhead together before.
This song was a great tribute to those who died in WWI. I'm not surprised you got emotional, especially since you served your country and have seen war first hand. The lyrics are simple and yet incredibly moving. Just hearing lines about how they cried for their mothers just rips a hole straight into my heart. What a moving song.
One other thing I want to say is that I had heard that Sabaton were in England filming this video in Birmingham. And yet I was shocked to recognise some of the filming locations. The scenes where they are marching through some typical early 1900s style streets were filmed just outside of Birmingham at a place called the Black Country Living Museum. I've been a couple of times and would highly recommend it to anyone living or travelling near Birmingham. It's basically a big village which has been preserved like an early 1900s style village with old cobbled streets, old fashioned buses and cars and plenty of shops selling old fashioned foods and drinks including a fish and chip shop, pub and sweet shop. It's like stepping back in time and it was a perfect choice for shooting this video. I think they also filmed some scenes for the hit show Peaky Blinders there too.
And Tina is back to do the credits. Does an amazing job as well