Worship Drummer Reacts to "1916" by Sabaton
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Yes, 1916 is a Motorhead song. Lemmy wrote it after watching a piece on the battle of the Somme in WWI. Hence the Motorhead flag. The 2 older gentlemen in the doorway are Mikkey and Phil, the 2 remaining Motorhead members. The guy carrying Lemmy's picture is Eddie Rocha, Sabaton tour manager, and former Motorhead tour manager.
The video is pretty much a tribute to soldiers through out time, a lot of references to people and events in other Sabaton songs as well. The car they walked by is representing the car Franz Ferdinand was riding in when he was killed, setting of WWI.
The metal army consist of fans, they put out a call for volunteers , and all those people showed up to march.
Ending credit cello by Tina Guo, she has worked with Sabaton several times. She has even joined them on stage before, including "Swedish Pagans" at Wacken 2019.
Ayup.
The music video is paying homage to many different directions. To the kids who were lured to war way too early, all the soldiers who died in the madness that was Somme, soldiers of all times and ages because there's more in common to all of them than to them and the people who decide to start a war. To Motörhead, and to Motörhead fans who carried the band and the genre through some quite difficult times. And to Lemmy, of course. Motörhead was not always hippy or trendy, but the fans in their home turf always showed up for them.
The flags are a nod to the Motörhead album 1916 the original song 1916 was released on; the album cover contained flags of many nations who took part to the Great War.
Oh wow
@@teckreactions They also wanted to represent that this wasnt the only time in history when the Brave went to war and died for "Glory, Honor, and Saving there people". They showcased Critical stuff related to WW1, the man who passed and had wrote the song was showcased by his fellow bandmembers. The Brotherhood shared by the men in battle was legendary, they went with that as a theme: Spartans trained shoulder to shoulder and fought shoulder to shoulder, Riflemen in the Ranks of Nopolionic Era would fire in ranks, they showcased the Sweedish and how they turned line riflemen into assault infantry as they charged in squads after firing in ranks. British Grenadiers, French Resistance infantry, American Tankers, American Machinegun crews, and they even showcase African forces and Harlem Hellfighters. They showcase German infantry and many of the representations of conflict and how little life was shown. At the end when they all dissapeared it was to prove "These brave men fell in the line of Duty", fading into history long to be forgotten by name, just a number or statistic on paper. That was the point Lemmy Wrote about how basically all the deaths in the Battle of the Somme were never recovered propperly and identified. Military preasence never allowed songs to tell of how downtrodden and horrible war was once and will always be, glorifying conflict and mustering forces of teens to send them off to fight for stuff they barrily understand.
The original context was aimed at the fact the British high command knew that they were gonig to suffer horrific losses due to the dam being blown appart in that secter and turning the area of 12 square miles into a quagmire. Soldiers who were shot drowned in the mud if they wernt killed outright by the gunfire, slowed by the mud on there advances, and the horrors of war as they listened to them sink into the mud because if they peeked they would be fired upon by snipers and riflemen. (Edit: Following to the commands decision bit, basically France was getting there shit pushed in, this was to try to create a reason for German reserves to be sent to the Somme instead of Verdun which was its own hellish meatgrinder, America joins at the start of fall meaning America joins almost at the tail end of this operation the Command forced on these soldiers, the Americans were completely unaware but saw that the soldiers were absolutely horrible in moral and mental fatigue took hold of them too)
Hense the "We were food for the gun" a universal statement: If you want a referance, this battle, although not on the same scale, would be like looking at America in D-Day. America landed on 3 beachheads, 1 was being picked off on the cliffside and didnt receive reinforcements till the 2nd beach made break threw, and the first beach was Omoha, suffering 2,100 Americans dead in the rough estimate of 8 hours. The context of men eager to get into the fight, then realising the horrors of war way too late, and then pushing to do the right thing in front of them as they see it. The men would fall in line forced to abandon there friends or to fall with them, some would die trying to save there friends. So the song was redone in a way to honor the original by Lemmy, however it was done in a way to represent the fallen that came from any conflict to make it resonate with everyone, not just a single battle timeframe. (They include Lemmy's context to his song threw hidden items in the background, and represent WW1 in a subtle way)
This is a epic story telling that isnt limited to a single army, and thats what makes this song so brilliant and sad. Sabaton filmed this to show that soldiers died in war only to be forgetten completely, some died pointlessly in events from high command making errors, tactical errors in the field, or more situations.
USA entered war in 1917. The Hun is the German. What you see are soldiers of different history ages and this is why you see the American flag even if they were not at war against Germany yet.
@giancarlodellaquila5781 Also... they depict soldiers from other Sabaton songs. You can see them by name in the credits. Also, there is no difference over the years, a soldier is a soldier and will perform his/her duty no matter what.
You are correct.
Don’t forget the scene of the night witches I think ! The Soviet female soldiers. Incredible fighters
@@teckreactions The car is the car that Franz Ferdinand was killed in. The Night Witches, Lady of the Dark, Robert the Bruce, all sorts of historical references in this one.
It was 1918, please learn you're history
i really liked how Sabaton decided to add in warriors from all the cultures and eras they've sung about, kids have fought for all of history, whether voluntarily or by force
@@vegvisir9276 war is eternal, war is not something only recently invented. This song shows respect to everyone who has fought, died or suffered from war throughout human history
I did some researching and found that all the names of the soldiers, knights and Spartans in the end were real people. Many of the soldiers were Medal of Honor, Silver Star, Victoria Cross or Croix de Guerre recipients.
The soldier pulling himself out of the mud, at first I thought he was a member of "The Smoking Snakes" (Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB, nicknamed Cobras Fumantes), but doing some more research with the patch on his shoulder as well as his helmet, that's Sgt Henry Johnson of the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, aka "The Harlem Hellfighters". Medal of Honor recipient and recipient of French Croix de Guerre avec Palme, France's highest award for valor. The Medal of Honor was awarded to him in 2015.
Sgt. Henry Johnson is "one of the five bravest American soldiers in the war."
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in his book "Rank and File: True Stories of the Great War"
The Asian soldier with the cocked-hat, that's a Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII.
Sgt Awal Nur, who did a secret mission over the Himalayas.
Lt. Audie Murphy, Sgt. Alvin York are both medal of honor recipients from WWI (York) and WWII (Murphy).
I also notice a soldier with the Croix Lorraine on what looks like a French flag arm band, meaning he was a member of the 'Forces françaises libres' forces in WWII.
Doing some reading I found out that a large number of French colonial troops from territories such as Chad had joined with the 'Forces françaises libres'. I suspect that soldier is Lt Comba, but I can't find anything on him.
As I've been working my way through the names listed in the credits and found another one: Private George Stringer, Manchester, Awarded the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Es Sinn in Mesopotamia.
Capt. Dobson, 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion, Killed on 9 July 1916 in Flanders.
@@gryphonosiris2577 great research, sabaton inspire us to learn, they deserved the award for education they got
@@najroe I still wish I could find more about the names on the cast list. Sadly some are too common, or like Ivy Valentine, too associated with other things to be able to filter out the chaff from the wheat.
Thank you for investing the time!
@@teckreactions "Lest we forget..."
@@gryphonosiris2577 Ivy Valentine (not the one with the whip sword) is there to represent the women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, who served during WW2. The camera angle as she steps out with the planes flying overhead is also a nod to the 588, even though those planes in particular are not the ones the Night Witches flew.
Thank you for sticking around to the end! IMO this is partly a commentary on the tragedy of the Somme and war in general (hence the people from different eras and nations), and partly a tribute to Lemmy and heavy metal in general (though Motorhead would deny the label). Lemmy wrote the song, and Birmingham was the birthplace of metal, which explains the modern parts (in particular the 82 bus to Hammersmith is a nod to Motorhead's 1982 live album "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith"). RIP Lemmy.
This hits hard for me partly because my wife's grandfather was 14 when he went to the war. He survived through luck, getting injured and ending up in the same field hospital as his dad who had also been injured, and who was mad to see his son. He wrote to the boy's mother, who wrote to the War Office (with proof of his age), and they brought him home. He never spoke of his experiences.
My next suggestion for Sabaton would be _Night_ _Witches_ (animated STORY video). Alternatively, for something a bit different, try NanowaR of Steel's _Pasadena_ _1994,_ featuring Joakim from Sabaton on guest vocals.
I'll add that to the list!
@@teckreactions You need to know a (teeny) bit about football (soccer) and the 1994 World Cup Final in Pasadena to get all of Pasadena 1994 - what a video though!
Tina Guo making her cello cry always gets me.
A simply epic song that really tugs at the heartstrings. While the song itself is about the battle of the Somme, the video pays honour to the sacrifice of all soldiers in all wars - hence there are soldiers from Ancient Greece, the Middle Ages, the 18th century, WWI and WWII all marching together, regardless of which nation or time they have come from. You also have aircraft from both world wars flying in the skies, while people from present day march alongside the fallen. Such a brilliantly thought out and constructed video, and the reprise of the melody on the cello at the end is so emotional as the info and credits role. You will not see many videos as brilliant as this. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺🤘
Thanks!
The song is about what happened in 1916 BUT it is also about being a soldier from Roman times to World War II. This is why the men wear different military uniforms from different centuries. as well as flags from different countries. The Swedish flag is included as Sweden has been involved in many wars in the past, including the 30-year war.
Wow
Basically the idea of the historical figures across time was that the theme crosses all ages and wars. Young people going off thinking war is an adventure and getting hit with the reality.
So, for context, "the Hun" was used as a slur by the British against the Germans. This stems from the Germans' barbaric treatment during WWI; I mean, they created chemical weapons, remember? But "the Hun" actually refers to Attila the Hun, his brutality, and his conquests and what he did to people. The British watched what the Germans did to the Russians, Belgians, French, and British, who got gassed at some point by the Germans. Deemed barbaric, they adopted "Hun" from Attila. Funny enough, we Irish then later adopted it during the 1960s when Britain sent troops into Northern Ireland and other parts and murdered our civilians. We called the British "Huns." Yes, people don't understand that reference, "Hun," but it acted as a slur towards the German soldiers and how they carried themselves.
Don't forget that the Night Witches never got to join a parade because they were women and had too slow aircrafts compared to the male regiments. One set of the aircrafts you see in this video is the Night Wiches that finally got to join a parade.
Oh wow! I didn't know that.That's Sabaton! Always so very thoughtful ❤❤
That's just Sabaton, they don't choose sides. They just honor the common soldier, no matter what side, no matter what period. They are just the pawns controlled from above, all fighting for different reasons.
That's fair.
As many other have said, Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead wrote "1916" specifically about the 1916 Battle of the Somme after seeing a documentary where a veteran talked of holding his best friend as he died (which is discussed in the song lyrics). Sabaton expanded the song to make it an epic tribute to warriors throughout history who marched off to fight and sometimes die for their homeland. There is an excellent video that discusses the filming of Sabaton-1916 on the Sabaton TH-cam channel for those that are interested.
I'll check that out.
Several of the scenes in this video referred to other Sabaton videos. Examples: the woman emerging from the alley was Milunka Savić from "Lady Of the Dark"; the biplanes flying over were the 588th Night Bomber Regiment from "The Night Witches", and the B-17 was "Ye Olde Pub" from "No Bullets Fly". There are many other examples as well. And, as mentioned by others, the destination sign on the double-decker bus was a nod to Motörhead's "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith".
The video was meant to de-glamorize war and show exactly how devastating it is. Imagine the sales job recruiters were tasked with, and how successful they must have been to get 16-year-old boys to lie about their ages so they'd sign up to go get themselves killed. No soldier wants to either kill or die, but by the time they're put in the lines, they at least begin to understand the possible outcomes of their decision to enlist.
One final tidbit: author JRR Tolkien was an infantry officer who survived the Battle of the Somme. It's been said (but not confirmed) that he used much of what he saw and experienced in how he wrote the events of the Battle of the Hornburg in "The Two Towers".
Very interesting.
@@teckreactionsYou shall not Pass - Fields of Verdun.
Almost true. The woman was ATS Ivy Valentine and I am fairly certain the planes we saw were not the ones used by the 588. That said... there clearly was an allusion to them with that shot.
@@n5iln the bomber at the end is a Avro Lancaster not a B17
It's pretty much the message of,all soldiers from any given time period going thru the exact same hell.No matter the color of your skin,religion etc.Same bs.Great reaction man 🍻
Thanks!
You r seeing soldiers throughout history over the years. Sabaton had different references to their other songs in this video. U can see a reference to " The Lady of dark", " The Night Witches", " No Bullets Fly". It honors soldiers but also show what it means to be a soldier.Both of my grandfather's were veterans of WW2. My husband was army infantry.
The original by Motorhead is amazing. Lemmy sings so poinently
1916 is the specific reference but video is also partly a tribute to Soldiers across the ages.
*16 years old - went I went to the war - to fight for a land fit for heroes.
God on my side - and a gun in my hand - chasing my days down to Zero.
And I marched, and I fought, and I bled and I died, and I never did get any older.*
And here's my obligatory mention of a cool and more than just a little creepy detail for those who know (a very nice reaction btw!):
Around the middle of the video the crowd/parade comes across a lovely early 20th century ecru-coloured convertible that's standing abandoned in the middle of the street.
This is the car that *Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria* and his (morganatic) wife *Sophie Chotek, Duchess Hohenberg* bled to death in on the *28th of June 1914 in Sarajevo,* touching off *The Seminal Tragedy* more scientifically known as *The July Crisis* which then obviously led to *The Great War,* sometimes with good reason referred to as *The Apocalypse of the Old World.*
This one empty convertible in a very real sense is the Pale Horse Conquest rode in on with War and Pestilence and Hunger in it's train.
I also feel it's a signifier of the level of knowledge that Sabaton by now has reached in dealing with historical matters, especially when compared to their initial albums.
(I mean they *do have* historian Indy Neidell in close association...so..😉)
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Raoul G. Kunz
THANK YOU!
The images in this video run deep and reference many other Sabaton songs. The snake patch on the Harlem Hellfighter soldier, the Russian woman from the Night Witches, the Carolinian from Carolus Rex. I encourage you to dig deeper into the history and music. Sabaton has a history channel too.
Lemmy wrote a masterpiece with these lyrics. RIP Lemmy legend!
Being born in Yorkshire in 1962
I grew up with every village and town and city had war memorials
to the dead of WW1 and WW2.
My school had two war memorials in the lobby to
school members who died in these wars.
In Britain we have Remembrance Sunday - the Sunday nearest 11 November
as the Armistice came into effect 11:00 am on 11 November 1918
after the collapse of the German Empire on 09 November.
This song makes me cry every time because I reflect on all those names on tablets
and there are a lot of names.
BTW the devastating losses to single communities lead to the British Army
no longer having local regiments where everyone was from a small area together.
The regiments now and continue to recruit from the whole of the U.K:
You were right not to say that the USA entered WW1 in 1916 as it wasn't until 1917 in April (I think)
that they joined the British, French, Italian, Russian and Japanese Empires in the alliance against
the German, Austro-Hungarian and the Ottoman Empires
I know that sentiment had changed as far back as 1915 when the Germans sank the Lusitania:
Here is Charles Ives "From Hanover Square North" about the sinking of the Lusitania
th-cam.com/video/cSe9Vsfq2pY/w-d-xo.html
(I made a friend in a band called Jailcell Recipes a mixed tape which included this track
and it came on he said when he was passing Lockerbie in Scotland
where the largest terrorist attack in Britain happened when a Pan-Am jet exploded over Scotland
and landed on Lockerbie.)
Glad you stayed to the end LOL
The uniform tommy Johansson the guitarist is wearing is the Swedish uniform for the caroleans which king Charles the 12 of Sweden founded also king Charles the 12th never started any wars but he and the kingdom of Sweden were pulled into war which lasted for 30 years from 1618-1648 this time is known as the 30year war I recommend en livstidni krit live in Gothenburg subtitles on also Carolus Rex and the Swedish Royal guard both English and Swedish the English version is kind of the prequel to the Swedish version of the royal guard
Thank you for reacting to this song. I do not mourn for the loss if these Men, but I thank God they existed.
The original huns originate from Asia and the name was attributed to the Germans. Much the same in WWII the Germans were referred to as Stormtroopers during the blitzkrieg. However, Stormtroopers are what the Germans described the Canadian Infantry during WWI.
Interesting. i did not know that.
Your Question? A Soldier is a Soldier. Nothing changed since ancient times. They all did, what they were told to do. Thats the Story....the rest is silence
The Hun was the term used by the Brits for the Germans
My Grandfather survived the Somme
The representation... It never changed for soldiers through history. They fight because of orders not of personal hate.
My great uncle was 16 when he enlisted into the army to fight at the Somme for Great Britain and in 1917 fought at Paschendalle (the price of a mile) He died 8 days before the end of WW1.
You would have seen the Australian flag, to represent the ANZAC's (Cliffs of Galipolli hint, hint)
The soldier at the end of the video was the youngest soldier who died at the Somme - he was 13
Wow. Sorry for your family's loss.
Nice reaction video. Looking forward to more Sabaton.
More to come!
Should check out some of their live stuff from like Wacken etc. Theyre so good
I tear up every time I watch this song. The waste of human life in war is beyond measure.
For the next song, watch "En Livstid I Krig (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg)". This is a live version of a song about a life of a soldier in war. It is as touching as this one and Christmas Truce. Be sure to watch with CC on.
The WW1 & WW2 "line ups" are confusing. Japan & Italy were actually on the "British side" during WW1. As said below, the US entered in April 1917 but wasn't in heavy action until early 1918. Causality (killed & wounded both) rates of WW1 were beyond appalling. When compared to smaller populations of the time, causalities were beyond anyone's imagination living today. Of course, costumes throughout history & different wars represented songs & characters of other Sabaton songs. Basically, regardless of conflict or nationality, the "soldiers' story" is consistent throughout history. 1916 is a great song w/a great message. Lest We Forget & NOT repeat.
I'm a bit older than you, and have seen and experienced difference thing (but never been to war), and I've seen this Video a lot of times aswell as Mötörheads original, when the lyrics comes to "crying of for you mother", my eyes always starts to get misty.
Yeah. I felt that line, for sure.
This is a tribute to all soldiers in all the wars in history.
It so sad!
Hun is a term for Germans at the time. I don't know why exactly but it's a reference to Germans
I was laughing my ass of while you watched the credits. Someone learned a lesson 🤣 It was hilarious to watch you just wait to be able to call it quits. But knowing what happens if you just skip the credits you just suffered through.
Goodness gracious. The credits were very anti-climactic.
You broke the first rule as a reactor, you never ever pause during a Guitar solo ever!
I can think of other more important rules.
Covering all wars, all wars are insane, even the ones going on now. Mothers would never send their children to war......the costumes also relate to other Sabaton songs, Easter eggs if you like? If you are a fan, you know them all. ;) This song is my fav all time right now.......can't hear it enough nearly a year later from first hearing it.
If you really don't get the point of this song, take a listen to Price of a Mile also by Sabaton. Then ask yourself, have we learned anything?
I'm sure it was answered already, but the huns were what the British called the German soldiers.
Sabaton for a rec !!
The Hun refers to the Germans and the Austro-Hungarians. I think they were just trying to portray it as a world war. Thus soldiers from every era of humanity. Also a tribute to Lemmy.
The first rule of war; young men are going to die! Second rule of war; you can't change rule nr1. That is what the song is about.
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1916 this is the battle of the Somme
As I understand the video. The young British soldier of the song is carried by the spirits of dead soldiers that came beforem him, and some that followed in his footsteps.
This video has soooo many Easter eggs and call backs to other Sabaton songs that it's not even funny. Pretty much all of the soldiers in the dead army, and Tommy playing the solo are persons in other Sabaton songs. The car at the end is the car that Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was shot in, leading directly to the Great War, and many others.
I'm sure I'll remember them as I continue listening to their music.
Aaah, nope, America only declared in 1917 and the troops only got stuck in 1918. Mostly equipped with French heavy weapons. The American flag is there for two reasons: the marching soldiers are from all epochs that Sabaton has covered and one of the black soldiers in the Adrien (French) helmet and WWI kit is from an african - american regiment that had to fight in the French army because of the attitudes towards race in America at the time, especially in the Wilson administration.
P.s.. The Hun is British derrogatory for German in the world wars period.
P.p.s. The metalheads and the punks marching together is another homage to Motorhead, because they were one of the bands that unified both camps.
Wrong. April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later
Got it.
American didn't step in until 1918, late as usual.
1917, but I was wrong either way.
I mean, America could have said “no” and let them fend for themselves.
Hm, I have to say I'm always so amazed at how little Americans know about history.
Please enlighten me than.
@@teckreactions reade a bok instead
@@teckreactions Sorry, try to read a book instead.
@@mickaellundgren6390 Any particular book you'd recommend? There's a lot of them out there. Or are you content just making rude comments?
@@teckreactions As you say, there are lots of books out there. I became interested in WWII at a fairly young age and by the time I was 16 I'd read practically every book on WWII in my small-town library (back in the middle 1960s to early 1970s).
There is no particular book that I, personally, would recommend, and the comment, in my opinion, was indeed rude. I followed my interests and branched out from there. So, from "Sink the Bismarck", which I read when I was about 11 or 12, (Sabaton has a song called Bismarck) I read a lot on naval warfare, then progressed from there, reading much heavier tomes like "Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich" and Churchill's set of 6 books on the war.
It all depends on what you want. A memoir/autobiography? Audie Murphy (most decorated US soldier in WWII) wrote one called "To Hell and Back" (also the title of a Sabaton Song about him). Or you could look at an overview. e.g. "History of the Second World War" by Liddell Hart.
As to Americans being woefully ignorant of history -- well, that goes for a majority of citizens from all countries, I would imagine. I wonder how much mickaellundrgen6390 knows of early Chinese history, or that of Japan prior to WWI. We tend to focus on where our interests lie. I know next to nothing of Indian history, though a great deal about European history, which was emphasized during my school years (Canadian here) and which I later read a lot about on my own.
What I like about singers/bands who put forth great songs like this is that they provide a doorway through which we can travel to find out more.
And, if you're interested in singers and songwriters who deal in history, you might like to check out Al Stewart who was doing this 25 years before Sabaton. He has a great song about the German invasion of Russia in WWII called "Roads to Moscow". His lyricism is wonderful, a true wordsmith. "Two broken Tigers on fire in the night, flicker their souls to the wind" (The Tiger was a type of german heavy tank) or, "And the evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming, The morning road leads to Stalingrad, and the skies are softly humming," (Battle of Stalingrad -- a terrible defeat for the Germans) among others. Well worth another rabbit-hole trip.
Stewart has another one called "Trains" in which he talks about , well, trains. From schoolboy days in Britain, to their uses in war carrying troops, and then to the carrying of Jews to extermination camps.
Anyway, ignore those who make rude comments. If something raises your interest, look into it and be grateful that someone came along and presented you with that doorway.
Us soldiers landed in europe in 1917
Got it
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No, you don't know. *laugh* The USA entered the war in 1917. The flags are in honour of all soldiers. "Hun" is a swear word for "Germans".
My mistake. Relax.
@@teckreactions Just making fun. That's why the "laugh" is there. Don't worry.