You are one of the rare few who paid attention to the credits and realized that it's the Valkirye goddess Floor singing in the outro, well done. There are many jokes about how that came to be, but in fact that outro is a symphonic edition of the song and Floor has been singing backup vocals and/or soundtrack editions on Sabaton albums since The Last Stand. About the song, really beautiful and touching song about the greatest miracle on the battlefield ever. That's really Joakim playing the piano, he also records all piano parts in the studio. In fact, when Sabaton was formed, Joakim came in as a keyboardist. Since he was the only one writing songs, he started singing them to show the others how it should sound. Since they had no singer, they decided Joakim should sing until they find someone. They never did 😃 Thanks for a great reaction
The story really happened on many parts of the front line, it's a true story that they had a break from fighting during christmas time in. It's a running gag that the band Sabaton is still looking for a singer since the one singing (Joakim Broden) is actually the pianist and was supposed to sing until they got a real singer.
Heres what happened:: Late on Christmas Eve 1914, men of the British soldiers heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing carols and patriotic songs and saw lanterns and small fir trees along their trenches. Messages began to be shouted between the trenches. The following day, British,French and German soldiers met in no man's land and exchanged gifts, took photographs and some played impromptu games of football. They also buried casualties and repaired trenches and dugouts. . The truce lasted for two days,and when the superior officers arrived and saw what was ging on on all sides the soldiers were severely punished. Some ran away not wanting to continue to years long fighting. Some others were transfered out and the rest were shot right there for refusing the orders to continue the battle. They hadnt wanted to kill those they had met.
🤗🍒🤘🏻 well done and Yes you saw that at the end it was Floor Jansen from Nightwish that's because Floor is married to Hannes the drummer from the band Sabaton!
Sydney base camp of the Australian chapter of the Sabaton Army! Sabaton has a sister channel "Sabaton History" hosted by Indy Niedell. They do an episode on the story of the Christmas truce. FYI - react to the song first then the documentary as most have snippets of the song within the doco. My favourite Sabaton songs - Night Witches - No Bullets Fly -Lady of the dark - Steel Commanders - 1916 - Angels Calling - Cliffs of Galipoli - The Ballad of Bull - Panzerkampf Enjoy!
Joakim Brodén, the singer, was initially playing keyboard in the band while they were looking for a singer. The other band members said that he could sing while they were finding one. "They never did, lazy bastards", Joakim has said about that! 😅
Why do you "NEED" them to play an instrument???? Just watch! pay attention.This is a true story. And it's sad that you dont know it. They couldnt have taken photos either because in 1914 they didnt have polaroids. Duh. Man,..you are a sheltered person. Sorry,but it just gets to me sometimes.
When you get annoyed by what other people do or don't know, you should know that there are photos taken in at least one place where it happened, right?
@@lennartandersson75 I'm not really annoyed. Well,maybe just a little. The Truce to me is special,the event. Um,..where have you seen photos of the truce? I would love to see them. (Not being snarky.)
@@xScooterAZx Okay, thanks! If you type Christmas Truce 1914 into Google, it's usually enough to bring up images that you can follow to different pages. If not, let me know and I'll fix a link
You are one of the rare few who paid attention to the credits and realized that it's the Valkirye goddess Floor singing in the outro, well done. There are many jokes about how that came to be, but in fact that outro is a symphonic edition of the song and Floor has been singing backup vocals and/or soundtrack editions on Sabaton albums since The Last Stand. About the song, really beautiful and touching song about the greatest miracle on the battlefield ever. That's really Joakim playing the piano, he also records all piano parts in the studio. In fact, when Sabaton was formed, Joakim came in as a keyboardist. Since he was the only one writing songs, he started singing them to show the others how it should sound. Since they had no singer, they decided Joakim should sing until they find someone. They never did 😃 Thanks for a great reaction
Thank you for noticing the effort! That’s actually really cool! I didn’t know about the backing vocals on the albums!
The story really happened on many parts of the front line, it's a true story that they had a break from fighting during christmas time in. It's a running gag that the band Sabaton is still looking for a singer since the one singing (Joakim Broden) is actually the pianist and was supposed to sing until they got a real singer.
I love this 😂
Heres what happened::
Late on Christmas Eve 1914, men of the British soldiers heard German troops in the trenches opposite them singing carols and patriotic songs and saw lanterns and small fir trees along their trenches. Messages began to be shouted between the trenches.
The following day, British,French and German soldiers met in no man's land and exchanged gifts, took photographs and some played impromptu games of football. They also buried casualties and repaired trenches and dugouts. .
The truce lasted for two days,and when the superior officers arrived and saw what was ging on on all sides the soldiers were severely punished. Some ran away not wanting to continue to years long fighting. Some others were transfered out and the rest were shot right there for refusing the orders to continue the battle. They hadnt wanted to kill those they had met.
Aside from the other comment 😭, appreciate the info 🙌🏻
🤗🍒🤘🏻 well done and Yes you saw that at the end it was Floor Jansen from Nightwish that's because Floor is married to Hannes the drummer from the band Sabaton!
Sydney base camp of the Australian chapter of the Sabaton Army!
Sabaton has a sister channel "Sabaton History" hosted by Indy Niedell. They do an episode on the story of the Christmas truce.
FYI - react to the song first then the documentary as most have snippets of the song within the doco.
My favourite Sabaton songs
- Night Witches
- No Bullets Fly
-Lady of the dark
- Steel Commanders
- 1916
- Angels Calling
- Cliffs of Galipoli
- The Ballad of Bull
- Panzerkampf
Enjoy!
Thank youuuuuuuu
Joakim Brodén, the singer, was initially playing keyboard in the band while they were looking for a singer. The other band members said that he could sing while they were finding one. "They never did, lazy bastards", Joakim has said about that! 😅
That is awesome! 😂
Why do you "NEED" them to play an instrument???? Just watch! pay attention.This is a true story. And it's sad that you dont know it. They couldnt have taken photos either because in 1914 they didnt have polaroids. Duh.
Man,..you are a sheltered person. Sorry,but it just gets to me sometimes.
🤔 I think you overthought what I said. Appreciate the passion though 🤘🏻
When you get annoyed by what other people do or don't know, you should know that there are photos taken in at least one place where it happened, right?
@@lennartandersson75 I'm not really annoyed. Well,maybe just a little. The Truce to me is special,the event.
Um,..where have you seen photos of the truce? I would love to see them.
(Not being snarky.)
@@xScooterAZx Okay, thanks! If you type Christmas Truce 1914 into Google, it's usually enough to bring up images that you can follow to different pages. If not, let me know and I'll fix a link
@@lennartandersson75 Thanks for the info! :}