Texan Reacts to Sabaton-En Livstid I Krig (Swedish and English Versions)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2022
- Live performance of En Livstid I Krig and A Lifetime of War lyric video.
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As a fulltime soldier in SAF this one just hits me on another level (the swedish version). Till mina bröder och systrar, hemma och utomlands, be safe!
The subtitles of the swedish version do not match the lyrics in the english version. I admit that the swedish version goes under the skin. Greetings from Germany
@@CediEntertainment Yes, you are so very right! If one knows/understand Swedish, it really does!
@@CediEntertainment They're two different versions, not just translated. The Swedish versions is from the point of view of a Swedish soldier. The English version is more of an overlook of the whole ware from a neutral observers point of view. It's the same with the song 1648. The Swedish version is, once again, from the Swedish soldiers point of view, while the English version is from the point of view of the people of Prague during the Swedish siege and ransacking of the city. The rest of the songs are, more or less, the same in both languages.
Ta det lugnt och håll ryggen fri!
Vad är du anställd som?
The fact they can write the same song with different lyrics in two languages and have both versions resonate so deeply in your heart is a true testament to their musical prowess.
I completely agree, I don’t know if I’ve ever seen or heard anything quite like it.
"Döpas och dö i strid" meaning to "be baptized and die by war". As the war was so long, 30 years, boys was born (baptized) during the war and they died later - in the same war, hence the title "A life time of war".
Because for these young men this war became their entire life, sadly...
And even more sadly, there are still ongoing conflicts where this happen.
in war, not by war
As a Swedish Sabatonfan I would say that this song is why they became really popular in Sweden. Most reactors started to know them with Bismarck (great song and story btw) and have never looked back since. The coolest vinyl they have made is "The royal guard" since it is a 1000 item limited edition with actual gunpowder mixed with the vinyl. But to really get to know Sabaton there is a certain song you need to know: Swedish pagans!! The crowdpleaser of all. And it´s a theme running through Sabaton concerts: The crowd and the band tries to force Joakim to sing it and he pretends (I hope) he hates it but finally gives in. In their hometown Falun they actually have their own festival called Sabaton open air.Oh and they have their stagesetup with tank and plane for sale in Kobi (Lego clone) really a grown mans best present ever. Love all your stuff and best wishes from Sweden.
When Swedes move....We move as one. 😘🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
Much respect. Every nation should.
And we all goes to valhalla as brothers and sisters ❤🇸🇪
As you noticed, the english version is written in a broader perspective. I like them both, but the swedish hits harder in the guts. I was on the concert in Gothenburg and it was epic!
Thank you for diving into Sabatons catalogue of epic music.
My god it makes me so happy how you just.. Get it. When you started talking about the different perspectives from the swedish to the english version I'm sitting here going "Yes! Yes! Exactly!!" hahah.. A lot of people reacting to their songs don't actually have this genuine curiosity and I appreciate your analysis. Keep up the good work!
I appreciate it!
I've never listened to Sabaton and don't like metal/hard rock and happened to see this video by accident. Hard to admit but I cried. What a hell of a show!
I’m not a massive fan of heavy metal either. But I love history, and having a popular band tell historical stories through music is one of the coolest things I’ve heard of. History is seen as extremely boring, at least here in the states, so using music as the medium is just brilliant to me. They also musically nail the vibe of each topic extremely well, almost like a movie soundtrack.
As an old swedish soildier I cant watch this without crying. 😊
One of Sabatons strengths are that they always take the human perspective in their songs.
Awesome to see you reacting to the version from Gothenburg, I was at that show (I was sitting in the middle of the platform to the left from this view of the stage) Just before this clip started Joakim asked everyone to hold up their cellphones since no one carries around a lighter anymore. Needless to say, this was one hell of a night, sadly, this was just before covid broke out and started canceling shows (had for once tickets for 5 shows and 1 festival that year and this was the only one I got to attend)
we were around 10 766 people at the arena that night (going by facts from the show)
I usually explain the difference between the Swedish and English is that the Swedish tells the story from a Swedish soldier's view while the English are more from an "outsiders" view.
as for the Swedish part of the english version it said Döpas och dö i strid (be baptized and die in battle)
the cellphones made it even cooler, and there were a ton of them. Going to one of their concerts would be awesome, I can’t imagine going to one where the whole thing is in Swedish and everybody around is Swedish. That would be so cool.
Only 10k? Looks and sounds like 50k
Pretty sure there is clip about that when Joakim asked everyone to hold up their phones. Wish they will come finland in this summer!
The most epic allsång in swedish history..
En livstid i krig will always be my #1 song from Sabaton that is sang in Swedish.
About the lyrics being different in english:
The entire album (Carolus Rex) is availible in an english and a swedish version. The lyrics aren't simply translated for any of the songs. Instead, while the theme of each song remains the same, the swedish version are taking the perspective of the participating individuals, while the english lyrics take the perspective of an outsider.
Thanks for reacting to both versions. Both great in my opinion, the Swedish one with this particular concert -AMAZING! It's so deep and so true, so emotional!
It is, that whole thing was really awesome.
best band in history with history songs 🎸🤘👑✅
Agree!
@@rayceofhistory cant wait to see them in 4 months first time i hope not the last time ☺
I love your reaction. Very good one. Do not compare the lyrics. You know which one that made you feel the blood run in your veins. This is the first one I see with you. I will watch more of your work right away.
Thanks for ur upload/content. Appreciate that you watch through the video instead of breaking appart the song into 100 pieces like alot of people tend to do. here we get the full flow of the song ;)
It’s a hard line to walk sometimes, but with sabaton specifically that’s why I try to do the history videos of the songs I cover. It’s gives a little bit better of an opportunity to chop it up a bit more and get into it. And I’m coming at this from a history perspective, not a musical perspective, so it would be hard for me to talk about them much in that space anyway. All I know is that they sound great, and teaching history to the masses via music is one of the best ideas I’ve ever come across.
Good memories. I was lucky enough to be in the middle, around 20 yards from the stage... Had totally lost my voice at the end of the show. :). Last gig I saw before Corona.
I can understand that it´s hard to really feel this version but to me as a swede it´s magical!
If Sweden end up in war again THIS would be the version I´d play to rally the troops!
I loved it. And the crowd was awesome. I would give anything to get to go to one of these concerts in Sweden, I feel like it would be the coolest thing in the world.
This is from my hometown and I know the exact place this concert happened at. I have friends who were there technically they are somewhere in the crowd in the video. I wish I was there they said it was amazing. This is one of my fav songs.
It was an awesome song, both versions were. I can’t imagine going to a concert for them in Sweden, I feel like that would be such a cool thing to do. This was definitely a great version of the song to do.
Going to watch them in april. Hope for a good show!
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
I appreciate it!
No worries mate. I'm half Swedish (my dad's British and my mum's from Sweden) so I appreciate the Swedish language reaction 👍🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇲
"Texan Reacts to Sabaton" continous to stare blankly into the distance....
'Baptised in blood' refers to the fact that during the 30 Years War it was common for soldiers' families to accompany them into the field. Children were born there, their father died in the war, the sons took over and died in turn. And so it went on. Generations were erased.
The thing is RayceOfHistorty and other guys:
Sweden has not officially been in war for a long long time.
But we never forgot about it, we don't really take if for granted even if it sometimes feels like it.
This song is a strong reminder about our history. The wars we had to endur.
And when the croud gets together like that it is for a reason.
We would always back eachother up. No matter the enemy, no matter the defense.
i was there
After going through all the craziness of this pandemic for the last two years, part "They've been to war a decade
Two more to come!" hits me different than 2 years ago...
intend to do with the whole album? I think all the songs are excellent in both versions and it would be nice to check them out
Love ur reaction...u got another swedish sub!
You'll fit in great, half of the channel is Swedes. Welcome!
You were asking what the frase "DÖPAS OCH DÖ I STRID" ment...
It means "Be Baptiste And Die In Battle" so now you know...
Greate vid.. Really liked to hear your thoughts and reaction... Keep up the good work...
I appreciate it!
Sabaton did another song about the 30 years war, "Gott mit uns". Its basically about the Battle(s) in and around Breitenfeld (in todays Germany´s federal state of saxony) in 1631
Notice that Vietnam war and Afghanistan war lasts 20 years. Average age of US soldiers in Vietnam was 19.
@@CediEntertainment Huh what dose 14 year war and and 13 year war have to do with the 30 year European war?
In the english version when they sang in swedish the part ”döpas och dö i strid” means ”Baptised and die in way”
My lovely hometown ❤️. It gives me chills to see this audience and the music is very pompös. Sadly i've never liked this band, but im sure those who does really love to experience this big show.
13:00 the literary meaning is "Be baptized and die in battle" the interpretative meaning is "a soldier were born and died in the same war"
You're spot on mate! Sabsaton do you all! Metal is for everyone! :D :\M/
There's another song on that album that have the same change of perspective between the two versions. That song is 1648. It's about the last battle of the war, the siege of Prague by Swedish troops. The Swedish version is the Swedish perspective of the war and ransacking of the city. The English version is from the point of view of the people of Prague. It was the last battle of the war. The war had come home to where it started 30 years earlier.
It is coming soon. 1648, gott mit uns, and Carolean's Prayer are the ones I'm working on for that album coming up.
I'm swedish and on this album, I like the english versions just as much as the swedish versions, except for this one. There's nothing wrong with with the song and the thirty years war is interesting, but the swedish version of this is just hard hitting on another level so the english version kinda pales in comparison. For some of the other songs on this album I even prefer the english version over the swedish one!
I’ve only done two so far from this album, and I’ve liked both of the Swedish versions better so far. I like the personal feeling of the Swedish ones I’ve heard, but we’ll see for the rest. Their music overall is so great.
@@rayceofhistory You are in for a treat with the Swedish album, both Lion from the north and his associated songs and the rest of the Carolus Songs are awesome. The songs chronicling Carolus are (in order if you wanna listen to them chronologically) Caroleans Prayer, Killing Ground, Poltava, Long Live the King, Ruina Imperii. The great youtube channel Kings and Generals also recently released a complete series about the northern war, maybe a bit too much content to react to but definitely something to check out during your free time!
@@vakistania I think he can react to the great northern war series from kings and generals later when he has more time it’s definitely worth reacting to.
Wow!!
OOOHHH En livstid i krig Hell Yeaha ;-) From Gothenburg SWEDEN ;-)
Check out 40-1 Woodstock, Poland, Sabaton wants and encourages crowd participation it’s positive and reflective emotional energy! Stay Safe Rock On!🙏🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
The Carolus Rex album(s) are epic. From the beginning to the end. Epic!
I didn’t even know it was a thing. I can’t remember which sabaton history episode it was I was doing but they referenced a 30 years war album and I immediately asked everybody what album it was they were referencing and what songs to start with off of the album. It’s been awesome.
@@rayceofhistory They got every song both in swedish and english, except Ruina Imperii, that is only in swedish. This song is still one of my favorites. The first song at that album is The Lion from the North/ Lejonet från Norden.
@@PetterVessel Lion of the North is coming up, it’s the next one or two songs on my sabaton list to get to.
I was on that show... It was epic :)
Aldrig varit med om en dålig show med Sabaton, sjukaste jag varit med om var Borgholms slottsruin.
Joakim conducting a choir of thousands.....
Yeah it was awesome.
Yes that is exactly what they did with the two perspectives.
Wish they were back in my time in 79-82
To US Peoples: please guys stop confusing Switzerland and Sweden it's not the same ^^ Has a Swiss Sabatonfan, I discovered them with the song Primo Victoria and directly I loved it, it's the kind of band that manages to make you feel several contradictory feelings at the same time, pure sound!
Great review, man. I am Swedish too and love this song in the Swedish version. We really need a new viking era to unite us and get some more patriotism! Might have to fight soon if the Russians go even more bananas. Over 400 Swedish volonteer soldiers have so far signed up to fight in the Ukraine. God bless them and our Ukrainian brothers and sisters 🇸🇪❤🇺🇦
Pure Swedish epicness!!! Is that even a word...lol 😂
Agreed. To this day this is one of my favorite videos I’ve covered on the channel, and I’ve watched the original video probably a hundred times.
It very much expresses the Nordic sentiment, very similar to the Russian sentiment, that you sacrifice your life for your Homeland without any thought of reward or recognition. You just do it, because it is what you should do. In Swedens case you can probably explain that somewhat with Lutheranism that motivated the Swedish soldier in the 17th century when we spread fear throughout the Northern and Central Europe with incredible victories against numerically greater enemies.
12:20 yepp, soldiers perspective in the swedish versions.
"Döpas och dö i strid" meaning Be baptized and die in war.
Beutiful
I see this as two different songs.
One Swedish and one international.
Different lyrics set to the same music.
I was at the front row
Greatest song ever!!! They would kill, Shoutout to the 4th Infantry Division.
Great reaction man, i prefer the Swedish version and the translation in English doesn't really justifying the heavynes of the words z the translation feel like a Disney translation of something historic.
have you seen their Woodstock Poland 40 to 1 vid? you haven't seen what kind of crowd they can pull until you've seen that one :P
Yes, it’s on the channel. It’s a great one of theirs.
Hey man, so I've been watching a bunch of your videos lately, far back in time and present. Now this is an old video but however, if you're going to watch more videos or stuff like this in Swedish, I'm able to translate some things for you. I've taken Cambridge on a C2 level so I'm pretty confident that I can translate some Swedish videos or songs for you.
At the time the only Swedish videos I’d done were the Sabaton ones from the Swedish album, so I didn’t think much about the translations because it was only a handful of videos and not very many people saw the videos anyway. But going forward I’m hoping to do some series that are only in Swedish, like the first part of the Swedish ranger series that I did, so that would actually be great. I appreciate it.
@@rayceofhistory i can solve that for you :D
Hej från Sverige!
Tjena från södra Sverige 😆
@@danielbjorklund2362 Tjena från stor staden Stockholm :P
This song and people is what saves Sweden if invaded ;) Those in Sweden that think Sabaton is far right wing would not do it.
Would not do what?
Recorded in front of 14-15000 people in Scandinavium in Göteborg (Gothenburgh)
This video really deserves a better translation.
Best song ever. For us swedes that endured our history. A lot of my bloodbrothers died in wars. Thats wy we are neutreal today. Half of our population died out in wars. A lot of children Were never born 😰
I actually like this song and video the more times I hear and see it. It’s by far the song I’ve heard most from sabaton, there’s just something about it that’s so deep to me.
13:00 IN SWEDISH: DÖPAS OCH DÖ I STRID IN ENGLISH: BE BAPTIZED AND DIE IN BATTLE
Search Bismark by Sabaton, epic.
Every song tells a true story
It’s on the channel! I did it maybe a week ago.
13:00 Baptized and killed in battle.
If you havenot react to Uprising,40:1 and Ghostdivsion live in Woodstock 2012 then please check them out 🙏🙏
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30th year war was 50 years befor King Carl XII. His war was called the great northen war
Correct. I’m not sure what I said in the video but yes, this one is over the 30 years war and not King Carl XII.
be baptised and die in war was the swedish words anyhoo
so much audience in a small country like Sweden with only ten million inhabitants
0.75% the population of China
3.2% of the population of the US
döpas o dö i strid ..means baptise and die in battle
What gets me is that they take the 30 year war, one of mankind’s bloodiest war. And boil it down to the single soldiers. War is scared young men and women and it’s often forgotten in the large numbers of killed and wounded.
I’ve talked about this on the channel a few times, but I tend to lean towards first person, “bottom up” historical accounts of war. The reason for that is because it’s very easy to, when studying or looking at a war, get sucked in to looking at fronts, pushes, counter attacks, and while that stuff is important for understanding a conflict more broadly, it’s very easy to lose the reality of what the war was when looking at it that way. The reality of war for everyone who fought in it was exponentially different than that.
The translation of the Swedish version is far from perfect. In particular I was disturbed by "kriget det kan förgöra en man" which should have been translated as "war can destroy a man" (not "because of the war, destroy a man" which doesn't even make sense).
Oh a great song but some of the imagery in the English video is way off. The video shows the Swedish Carolean soldiers that did not exist during the thirty year war and Carolus Rex that also show up in the video was not even born yet. It was the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus (The lion of the north) that join the war. He died in the battle of Lützen during the war and his daughter Queen Christina that ruled when the war ended.
I noticed that too. It may have just been a mix up by whoever they have doing their videos, I know I’ve had to be careful about what I say going through this time period because it can get kind of confusing, especially with the album being called Carolus Rex but covering essentially the rise and fall of the Swedish Empire.
The Swedish lyrics in the English version is......Be baptized and die in battle.....
You can actually learn another language by just some subtitles! Many words are the same :D
Som aldrig kommer hem!
I listen to this song all the time now, so I’m hoping eventually I start picking it up.
Baptized and dead in war. Your perspective is correct, its about sweden in the swedish version and a broader perspective of war generally in english. Think they got their shovel of shit from the lefties for the swedish version because its nationalistic. Al their songs are, for diffrent countries about diffrent wars.
I talk about it a little in the Sabaton history where they talk about getting pushback in Sweden. But I said in that video I’m glad they went ahead and did it. This is what they do, and it’s respectable that they didn’t skip it just because some people would take it the wrong way.
a lifetime at war describes the 30 years war from a soldiers perspective, every 7th male in Sweden was killed in battle during that period -such a waste of lifes.
🇸🇪🇺🇸🤟👍
NATO just gained its 3 strongest allies.
by the Military touring bands, like Five Finger Death Punch?
Yes.
It´s two different songs, same music. The Swedish one if more about war and family. This is about the 30-year war.
I don't think Sabaton would be welcome in a tour like that. The Soldiers would love it, but high command needs the solders to go back fighting their stupid wars afterwards...
lol first thing i see when looking at this reaction is an add from Bosh...The father of chemical warfare.
Is that really the add that came up? Geeze, at least it wasn’t on the video for Father.
The Swedish vs the English is not the same meaning or text. And it is realy someting lost in translation with the english subs to the swedish version. I think the only peolpe who can enjoy this song fully out is those that speaks fluent swedish. 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
sry got exited and the roman figures should be VII to hail the last true king and the lion from the north
100x, same shameless tears.
I’ve watched it probably 100 times since this first time. It’s incredible.
Baptize and die in battle that what it means
Not so many
All on one page
last true KING of Sweden KARL IIV CAROLUS REX ...................
the swe lyrics in eng is babtized and killed in battle
Att döpas och dö i strid = to be baptised and die in battle
That translation of the Swedish version is really bad. Btw fosterland is the same word as in foster home. Foster land / foster home.
when you watch the english one and they say döpas and dö i strid is translate to english baptized and die in battle i am from sweden
"Becouse of the war, destroy a man" is not really a good translation. The correct translation is more like " Becouse the war can destroy a man."
Yeah it is not the same lyrics at all....
The translation of the lyrics are horrible...