American Reacts to Iceland's Viking Thunderclap
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- American Reacts to Iceland's Viking Thunderclap
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Also, it was well-reported at the time that 10% of Iceland's entire population went to watch them play in the 2018 World Cup, incredible
Viewership of the last game they played was 98% of the country...
Well it was ~10% of the population that went to the euros in France 2016. But many people also went to 2018 world cup in Russia.
I'm from Ireland but I will visit my cousin's in Iceland
@@garyhutton2654 be very welcome - we like our Irish cousins 👍
Et drekk ok ver glaðr !
Which also lead to the turnout at Icelandic Parliamentary (?) elections that exact Summer to be the lowest in recorded history. Basically because so many voters were not in the country and were thunder-clapping in continental stadiums instead xD
Now just imagine them banging on shields and doing that before a battle.
I'm terrified enough of them in the stands thank you very much
This is not that terrifying when your an icelander😌🇮🇸
@@MrChrispyCream thats the point, hence the "imagine going against them and seeing this"
Tbh as intimidating as it is, the haka from new Zealand would be terrifying to see in a real war
the English slaughtered them in the 1000s light work
They carry spears. I have a boomstick I got at S-Mart. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.
They also put banker's and politicians in jail after the crash of 2008.
Exactly, people bail out not a bank bailout on pain of being voted out. The main stream media kept quiet on that one when it became apparent where it was going.
The only country that acted for the populace rather than banksters...
They rewrote their constitution at the same time.
@@soulbite4897 the point of a constitution, business, bank or economy is to serve people, not the other way round.
The least that they deserve.
When they did this playing England it was the eeriest sound ever.
I'm pretty sure that it took England out of the game.
@@petelaurie1920 I think we played nervously and lost confidence.
@@petelaurie1920 I don't think that England were the only ones. I believe that Iceland actually won some battles because of this... 😁 Even if I'm swedish, I hope the Iceland fans will keep on doing it! 💪
Agreed!! It was phenomenal huh!!?
That's the idea, it's an incredible war cry
I'm fairly sure a large portion of all the other Nordic countries were cheering for Iceland during their incredible run.
4 years ago it was Iceland, now this year it's Denmark.
@@JadedKate Denmark won Euro 92 having initially failed to qualify but took Yugoslavia's place when Yugoslavia was disqualified due to the war in that country.
@@peterc.1618 too bad for Yugoslavia... but seeing as it was indeed a civil war where they pretty much bombed half their own country, I'm sure the people there weren't invested at all in a sporting event. And well deserved for denmark
@@JadedKate Absolutely well deserved, just ironic that a team that initially failed to qualify for the championship went on to win it. Also Denmark is considered a relatively formidable footballing nation whilst Iceland was considered a no-hoper in 2016, then went on to do much better than expected. I rather enjoy seeing the underdog triumph over the favourites.
@@peterc.1618 everybody loves an underdog story. Like Mark Cavendish winning in the tour de france at the moment.
I was in a bar in Amsterdam in 2015, when Iceland beat Holland in the qualifiers for the 2016 World Cup. The whole bar aside from me and about 10 other people were Iceland fans and they did this, every now and then for about an hour. I was very stoned and had no idea what the were celebrating, I didn’t even know there was a game on - it was just yet another weird night in Amsterdam.
Because this was Iceland's first ever world cup (they had never qualified before) and because Iceland is a fairly small nation, the joke goes: 99% of Icelandic people watched the game on TV, the other 1% were there.
It might sound like a joke or a lie, but the number was closer to 10% :)
@@limbridk I was genuinely so happy for you guys (I'm assuming because of your name that you're Icelandic, so my apologies if I'm wrong), it was amazing to watch. Great football and amazing supporters.
The myth is that it's based on Vikings banging their weapons on shields as a warcry. In fact they picked it up from a Scottish team called Motherwell about 10 years earlier.
To true they got it of the mighty well
The Vikings got it off Motherwell ? Didn't realise that Motherwell FC had been going for over 1400 years, that's impressive ;)
Don't let Odin hear you saying that. He'll send Thor after you or, if you're very unlucky, Loki.
They also do some amazing apple pies and free delivery if you spend over £35
2014 it was they picked it up.
There is other similar chants from clubs been around for years also.
All these years later I still get goosebumps seeing and hearing this.
Something ominous and intimidating about that sound, just the power of everyone in unison, fantastic
what's more impresive is that a nation of several hundred thousand, had the ability to show us English population of just under 70 million, how to support our boys, and further more (it still pains us,) how to win a game of football against millionaire prima dona opposition with ease
Legend has it that Iceland was briefly uninhabited for brief spells during the summers of 2016 and 2018
They left one behind to feed the pets 😂
@@ConScanlon and turn out the lights
Not too far from the truth ;)
😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
The chant may have been inspired by the film released in 2006. Some believed the chant was first used by fans of Scottish club Motherwell F.C., while others suggest it had been performed by fans of the French club Lens more than two decades prior. Fans of the Greek side PAOK have also chanted "PAOK" on the clap of hands since the mid 1990s. The version by Motherwell fans was passed on to the Icelandic fans when Motherwell faced Icelandic team Stjarnan in a Europa League game in 2014, and Icelandic fans then used it for the Iceland national team. During the UEFA Euro 2016, Iceland performed unexpectedly well and reached the quarter-finals, and the performance of the chant by their fans drew the attention of other European fans, who then also performed the chant. It has since been adopted by fans in many countries worldwide.
yeah it came here to iceland from motherwell.
I went to the Heilung concert at Red Rocks last October. The crowd numbered about 10,000 and some time before the show started someone started a Viking Clap. Not everyone did it but enough did to make it memorable. Yeah, it IS galvanizing!
Heilung ❤️ I’m seeing them on a real Viking music festival called Midgardsblot in Norway in August 🤘
The even more amazing thing is that that was actually the entire population of Iceland.
Apart from Erik. Erik stays behind to look after the rock spirits and polish the glaciers.
@@littlechap100 Are you talking about Erik Eriksson? Or his son, Erik Erikssonsson?
Ha!
@@nbartlett6538 or his 3rd cousin twice removed by the name of Erik Erikson or maybe his son, Erik Erikson who was removed from somewhere 4 times🥴😁
@@nbartlett6538 hahahah you nailed it! 😂
Here in Australia we have a Rugby League team called the Canberra Raiders and they do the same thing at the start of their games. The emblem of the team is a Viking.
Such a racket from such a small country; in terms of population. It’s really impressive.
Look up there win's in strongman competitions
I remember this when the longships were rowing up the River Ouse into York .
😆
😂
Yea it was great fun and exiting!
We did not yet know what kind of treasure we would find.. and hail Odin, there was some great stuff over there.
Thank you Iceland for sharing this with us from Minnesota Skol 💜💜💜💜💜💜
I've witnessed this live it's incredible
That's the vikings for you ;)
Just put a sword/axe and a shield in the hands of them and they are ready for whatever ;)
Cheers from Norway :)
Imagine a legion of vikings banging their shields with their weapons and in unison going "BANG BANG HOOOH!!!" to pep themselves up
You could hear that from miles away and probably feel it too. Iceland's a fascinating country. I'd love to visit Reykjavik one day.
An Icelandic tradition since 2014!🤣😂🤣
Stjnan played Motherwell in the Europa Cup that year and took the chant back with them.
They're a great people. Their population is so low that everyone in that crowd knew at very least one team-member.
This started when the Icelandic team Stjarnan played Motherwell in a 2014 europa league game in Motherwell Scotland they saw the Motherwell fans use it in the stadium so took the idea back home and used it in Iceland for the national team.
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When I saw the title of this video, I knew it was going to be this clap thing, but never knew it was called the thunderclap! I've heard it on TV a fair few times, and I just always really love it. It always gets my heart racing! If the vikings used to do similar to this, you can see why!
This has nothing to do with Vikings though it is a football chant a Icelandic team picked up during a game away playing a Scottish team (Motherwell fc)
Another phenomenon of football chanting was "Will Grigg's on Fire" - Grigg, a striker, was scoring goals for fun at Wigan Athletic and one of their fans made up a song. His country, Northern Ireland took him to Euro 2016 - it was so popular that even opposition fans joined in, much to the annoyance of the manager, Michael O'Neil, who refused to play Grigg.
Hence, louder chanting 👍🏼😂
lol
"it almost sounds like going to war" that's where it's coming from mate, just imaging hearing this through the woods before a horde of giant men like the mountain of game of thrones running at you
I'm wondering if you've ever reacted to the hakas performed by New Zealand sports teams before their matches?
I like that song they sing, not the national anthem but the other one. It's quite long and they all seem to know the lyrics.
I once went to Prodigy concert (the largest I've been to) with 80,000 people. The shear power of the audience shouting in unison gives you a real sense of what going to war a few hundred years ago must have been like. Your army of thousands stood across from the enemy with chanting, drums, flags, armour and horses whinnying. Smells of sweat, dung and urine ... oh hang on, yes it was a concert. :)
Prodigy are easily the best band I have ever seen live, RIP Keith!
ive been to 2x prodigy concerts in iceland.
94 and 17
has to be one of the best bands in the universe.
2020's: "That was epic."
793 A.D.: "RUUUUUUUUN!!!!!"
When they beat England 2-1 in 2016 in Nice France I was lucky enough ( or unlucky as I'm English) to be there .
I got to be honest that chant sounds a lot better on TV than it does in the flesh
Actually, that exact thunderclap and chant was invented by the fans of Scottish Premier League's club Motherwell, when some Icelandic fans went there for whatever reason in 2014, saw it and fell in love with it. However, Styrmir Gislason, the head of the Association of Icelandic Football Fans, told Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten, the celebration may have come from a Polish handball team.
Either way, it probably shouldn't come as a surprise that the Vikings robbed it off somebody. That's what they're supposed to to after all, right?
Hi EB , Congatulations on 50k
Here's to the next 50k...You deserve
Millions - You are HILARIOUS
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I think the eclectic beard would fit perfectly in among those vikings doing that chant 👍
Iceland have said that they got the idea from Scottish club Motherwell after Icelandic side Stjarnan played them in a Eufa cup game. Sure there is a video of us doing it on here give it a look
They also have some of the funniest goal celebrations you should have a look at.
I`d never realised it before but they sound somewhat like the sound the British Soldiers heard at Rorke`s Drift, as the Zulu`s approached.
Went to Rorkes Drift 5 years ago, and its nothing like the film portrays ! Still an amazing experience !
This resonates with my soul i get an urge to join, i'm no fan of football or any regular sport for that sake, also i'm not from Island (Swedish).
But i have been drinking Mjöd from horns in a longhouse, fighting with Viking shields & axes in full gear, and so on. But it was a long time ago, this got me back there again, and i love it.
Probably one of the best groups of fans ever🇮🇸🇮🇪🇮🇸👍
No one beats German football in the way of support
Tartan Army Nuff Said
@@luscious.centauri.iridium7343 aswell as the rest of the world, depending on who yer yapping to😁🇮🇪
Viking heritage is a clue! For such a small island as well 🙂
We're the second largest island Europe
@@ericstorm6582 if you don't count Denmark's Greenland then i guess
Fun fact the Icelandics got this from a set of football fans in Scotland, during a Europa league qualify Motherwell fc (a few miles from where I live) who have done the chant for years, they were playing against a Icelandic club in the Europa qualifiers the Icelandic club seen the chant and started to copy.
That's so unknown probably about 95% of Scottish people don't even know that.
There is other clubs that have done a similar type of chant for years also but the Icelandics got it from Motherwell in 2014.
It would be Scotland 🙄
Get the same goosebump feeling as when the New Zealand rugby team All Blacks do the Haka before the match. Powerful, strong. ✊🏼
(Rugby is the unpadded and original version of “American football”)
Oh I'm so glad you did watch this. It's just a really impressive thing to see. Love it : D
Reminds me of two things : Zulu war chants (see the 19664 film "Zulu") and Newcastle United fans doing their "Toon, Toon, black and white army" chant. Both of these have the same plosive "Oooh" or "Uh" sound. The English at the Battle of Hastings apparently chanted "Oot Oot" (Out outcome at the Normans. The same sound.
Your content is just great. Keep on keeping on
There's just nothing like the national and historical pride of Scandinavian countries. Especially Iceland. That pure Viking blood.
They turned the electric off in Iceland when the world Cup was on because they all left for the game 😂
This is brilliant, try (even on your own time) to watch Liverpool play in Australia, 95.000 sing liverpools anthem, which is You'll Never Walk Alone. It's in a country that is as far away as you can get from our home ground, halfway round the world. Hope you enjoy it, no need to react to it, just enjoy matey 😊
As far as u can get is south of New Zealand from Liverpool.
at ca.3.00, those are the Icelandic players on the pitch, instigating and joining the clap!
Can you imagine that shit back in the day with a Viking shield wall of a thousand men,you would shit you're pants bro
at the end of the video the viking chant was recorded in reykjavík oher capital city i remember wen i was at home watching the game i was even doing it at home
Ahh I remember this and THOSE throw-ins!
Yeah the throw-ins that won the game? 🤔🤨😆
Truth be know the icelandic thunderclap is spiritually powerful and powerfully stirring, how can it not send a shiver down your spine. To create a human tribal spirit is so out of this world, almost magical. March twenty twenty two 🙏🇬🇧🙏🇬🇧🌏🌏
The sound of how they shout "Ísland! Ísland!" :-D
Imagine comming down the street and you just hear that from far away.
i'd be pissing my self and im danish
9% of Iceland's population was at the world cup supporting their team.
It´s exactly what it is a war chant...!! Greetings from Sweden..!
Makes you wonder what it was like when they were coming at you with swords
made the hair on the back of my neck stand up
If you’re going to watch football related videos then look for the Ireland fans singing The Fields of Athenry vs Spain in 2012. Remember the team were losing 4-0 at that stage and going out of the competition( or just watch any video of the fans from 2016, better than any tailgate!)
Otherwise watch the Hibs fans sing Sunshine on Leith after the 2016 Scottish cup final, they hadn’t won the cup for 114 years. It was special.
You hear that chant behind the hill..........Run.. xD
Better than a dose of the clap, that's for sure.
Iceland have a great football team
The capital of Australia is Canberra and their team is the Vikings. Canberra NRL supporters also do the Viking clap and I feel it is equal to this clip from Iceland.
Sounds like a flock of seals coughing up a fur ball.
Goosebumps! This was the reason i watched football that year. And I am not interested at all.
That's that old norse mentality, Icelanders are craaazy.
Was half expecting them to start singing We will rock you
Vikings invented rock :)
The Hibs fans singing "Sunshine on Leith" after they won the Scottish cup in 2016 after over 100 years of trying is one of the single best fan song videos there is, of any sport. And I'm not a Hibs fan!
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I'll second that. It was awesome.
Hey Guys! There's a bunch of people in long boats banging their swords on their shields.
Now imagine 1000 years ago about 10000 vikings chanting that before crashing into your front lines 😳. It would scare the shite out of ya .
Except Iceland nabbed the “Viking” clap off Motherwell FC in Scotland when Stjarnan played them in 2014(?) in the Europa League, and there’s videos of French football clubs doing the same clap way before Iceland.
Wow man that's pure tribal right there.
Real Vikings you hit the nail on the head when you said it sounded like they were getting ready for war that's pretty much what it is I read about the old Viking warriors getting so hyped up before battle that their enemies would turn and run (can't say I blame them)
Have been looking forward to this. 😂😂😂
"We will, we will Rock you!"
1000 years ago that was the sound of the end of life as you knew it
They must be very proud of football team because 15 to 20 percent of whole population welcome players back after World Cup 👍👍👍👍. Great see
Watch and listen them singing to their team: Iceland - Austria/Eg er kominn heim
Love Iceland, a lot of them went to Iceland via the British Isles so there’s a connection there
I heard a man saying that they on the way to Iceland brought women from the British Isles on the way: they took all the pretty ones.
Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮🇫🇮
It would be amazing to be a part of that… but it’s arguably much more powerful to not be a part of it as a participant but in fact to be the “recipient” and hearing it from a distance
It has nothing to do with Vikings though
@@kevmccormick1767 nor does my comment. We were watching a football game were we not? I remember it feeling quite moving at the World Cup even though it was talked about beforehand and not done by surprise; the one guy’s incredible throw-in skill was also discussed and no surprise but was still essentially (arguably) enough to knock us out…
Hearing this gets me fired up holy shit
Philip T Hoffman wrote a fascinating book exploring why Europeans conquered the world. Certainly as far as Northern Europeans are concerned, this clip answers that question.
That plus climate. Northern Europe has a bountiful climate. So good that we nicked each others stuff, before venturing overseas to nick everyone else's. 🤔
Scary stuff EB,nothing like tribal ritual to get the adrenaline flowing 😮✌️🇬🇧✌️🇺🇸🍻
This chant has nothing to do with the Vikings or any sort of tribal thing, it's simply a football chant a Icelandic team picked up during a game away playing a Scottish team (Motherwell fc)
The Maori Haka performed when the All Blacks play .....that's more like a tribal ritual.
@@khustombuilt2854 the haka actually has the historic meaning behind it as a tribal dance.
This is WAY cooler than the vuvuzela shit, the Africans used during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Vikings are bad ass and this crowd is a direct decedent
They got the idea from the Motherwell Fans, I've seen them do it, even with just a hundered or so it's still loud.
Moin the well
Lens fc did it about 30 years before motherwell lol before the movie 300
It’s a North Atlantic version of the New Zealand HAKA
I don’t know much about soccer, especially international. All I know about Iceland 🇮🇸 is one of their volcanoes is very active at this time
it’s the tradition going back 2000yrs.
Awesome!
You should do a reaction to the Minnesota Vikings Skol chant as a comparison, very similar but I preferred skol version, I may be biased as a Vikings fan #Skol
You should watch :
Most Shocking World Cup Moments
Its cut up in several smaller video episodes but you get a more complete picture of what football is.
I just found a video called "The Dutch sure know how to party" MAaan at 0:44 in that video the people move together and looks like a fukin earthquake or Avalanche. xD
Country of my birth - have the crest of Iceland on my shoulder.
This was originally from Scotland actually. They took it from Motherwell (Motherwell fans been doing it since 80s).
Per head of population, imagine if this was the US team -- there'd be *thirty million Americans* there.