Cliffs of Gallipoli - Sabaton - Piano Cover / Arrangement by Vikram Shankar
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- A few days ago, I finally received my copy of Sabaton's new live DVD, "Swedish Empire." I have been watching it nonstop since, to the point where I felt inspired to cover one of their songs. All their songs are epic as hell and worthy of covering, but I decided to tackle "The Cliffs of Gallipoli," from their album The Art of War. "Cliffs," aside from being a straight-up awesome epic metal song, is a favorite of mine because it pays homage to one of the bloodiest and most futile battles of the World Wars, the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I. Joakim's lyrics are awesome (and are some of his most emotional) and give me chills every time I listen to the song, so I decided to include them in the video as an overlay. Hope you guys enjoy my take of Sabaton's classic song!
Lyrics:
Hear them whisper voices from the other side
Hear them calling
Former foes now friends are resting side by side
They will never leave our hearts or fade away
Live forever
They were far too young to die in such a way
How many wasted lives? How many dreams did fade away?
Broken promises, they won't be coming home
Oh mothers wipe your tears your sons will rest a million years
Found their peace at last as foe turn to friend and forgave
And they knew they would die...
Gallipoli
Left their letters in the sand
Such waste of life
Gallipoli
Dreams of freedom turned to dust
Hell is waiting where the ocean meets the sand
Cliffs of burden
Where the soldiers rushed into a certain death
At the shoreline blood of heroes stains the land
Light a candle
One for each of them who fought and died in vain
There is no enemy, there is no victory
Only boys who lost their lives in the sand
Young men were sacrificed their names are carved in stone and kept alive
And forever we will honour the memory of them
And they knew they would die
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"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives…
You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours… You, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well."
-Ataturk, 1934
my grand grand father was officer in Gallipoli .. Rip for all
Might I ask which nationality? British, French, Australian, New Zealander, Indian?
@@ea.fitz216 turkish?
@@oryanastrophotography3450 French? Canadian? I was giving examples.
@@ea.fitz216 then end with an etc.
Rip
Moves me close to tears, just awesome...
+Othmane Chenguiti Thank you! :)
Oh mother wipe your tears
@@maxstirnersego your sons will rest a million years
@@Hanz7432 found their peace at last
Sounds exactly like an old silent film's soundtrack the way you presented the song. A very sad scene it'd be.
That's exactly the mood I was trying to conjure, so thank you!
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Hear them whisper,
Voices from the other side
Hear them calling
Former foes now friends are resting side by side
They will never leave our hearts or fade away
Live forever
They were far to you to die in such a way
how many wasted lives
How many dreams did fade away
Broken promises
They won't be coming home
Oh mothers wipe your tears
Your sons will rest a million years
Found their peace at last
As foe turned to friend
And forgive
And they knew they'd die
Gallipoli
Left their letters in the sand
Such waste of life
Gallipoli
Dreams of freedom turned to dust
Hell is waiting where the ocean meets the sand
Cliffs of burden
Where the soldiers rushed into a certain death
At the shoreline
Blood of heroes stains the land
Light a candle
One for each of them who fought and died in vain
There is no enemy
There is no victory
Only boys who lost their lives in the sand
Young men were sacrificed
Their names are carved in stone and kept alive
And forever we will honour the memory of them
And they knew they would die
Gallipoli
Left their letters in the sand
Such waste of life
Gallipoli
Dreams of freedom turned to dust
how many wasted lives
How many dreams did fade away
Broken promises
They won't be coming home
Oh mothers wipe your tears
Your sons will rest a million years
Found their peace at last
As foe turned to friend
And forgive
And they knew they would die
Gallipoli
Left their letters in the sand
Such waste of life
Gallipoli
Dreams of freedom turned to dust
Who asked
@@NostalgiaFreak_ i just wanted to be helpful to the community :(
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im also super surprised u reacted seeming that this comment is 2 years old
@@NostalgiaFreak_ well I’m still using the same account I was using like 10 years ago so it was just another noti for me
My God hearing it on guitar and piano are two different things, this sounds like a memorial service the guitar is like a forgotten farewell.
Still the best piano cover for Cliffs of Gallipoli
Such waste of lives, Gallipoli. Dreams of freedom turned to dust.
My favourite Sabaton song and your version is absolutely breath taking and beautiful. thank you ♡
Yeah, this song has always hit different, since when I was a kid back in the 90s, my great grandfather (RIP. 1899-1995) used to tell me stories about his experiences in WW1, and while he wasn’t at Gallipoli he knew people that were, and the sheer brutality of his recounting of the events his friends experienced always hit dif compared to his stories of him serving in the Western Front. Cliffs of Gallipoli made me cry the first time I heard it, and this managed to do that again, and I am not much of a crier usually.
I might be 11 years late, but this almost makes cry, it's absolutely beautiful. Very good job
This is such a good rendition of the song, I think I like it more than the original. I love coming back to this from time to time.
when you know the lyrics of the original and hear this
it would be ncice if there is this version with the band singing on it without guitar and drums
You mean an acoustic version
Now this warms my heart because many of my great grandfathers uncles and even his father went to gallipoli, but this is actually really good.
Well i guess likes from Australia.
Lest we forget
This is awesome, I was just looking around the internet and when I got at your masterpiece, I just softly began to sing along. This is really good, please keep up the good work. Greetings from Flanders.
Thanks so much!
I went to gallipoli trenches were so close to eachother it was scary when you imagine what happened in there
amazing.. I love it.. I really want to play same.
This MUST live forever
I rerurne to this one from year to year just to admire how beautifully you made this truly does more then justice, i realy like it more everytime i come back to listen to it.
Nikola Novaković same
You've hit the nail on the head with this one, buddy! One of my favourite songs, too!
Thanks so much!
It is a beatifull.. my ENGLISH is bad and i cant say, how much this song and this piano impressed mr. Thank you from the deepest parts of my soulce
I you saw the viewcount jump by 100 in a single day that was me.
Truly beautiful. I love the original but just hearing your piano seems to stir the soul a little bit more.
goosebumps from first second till the end
You should put this for download Its really good
How many wasted lives? How many dreams did fade away?
More thann enough
Freaking epic bro!
Had to sub. This was glorious.
Absolutely beautiful. Gave me chills
Just awesome
great job!!!! hail from Brazil
+Rodrigo Travensolo Thanks so much!
Love it. Just incredible.
Bored out of my Mind Thank you!!
It sounds great!
I love this song a lot because of the piano in it. I had to search for piano only version and found this very video :D
This is amazing. Thank you!
oh my god I got goosebumps and it brings me close to tears!
Very good. No scratch that actually. This is better than good. This is fantastic. I'll listen to this when I go to sleep to night.
Wouldn't mind better quality though
+Charles Xll Thanks so much! So sorry about the quality lol.
Nice name
Masterpiece
amazing really sent a shiver down my spine
Thanks so much!
3:33 amazing
For reals mate this cover is 1000 times better than the original... and I really really love Sabaton and Cliffs Of Galipoli is my fav song :-) I think that you should record this professionally :D sounds legendary.
Really great piece you've arranged here. I love the original song and the consequent emotion, and you've really captured it and presented it in a whole new, yet relateably way. Very much enjoyed this!
Also just checked out Gravity and have bought your latest album. Keep going!
xOrms7 Thank you so much!!!
Perfect. Rest in peace all who died at the Dardanelles/Gallipoli 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿🇫🇷🇹🇷.
This sounds beautiful
Exactly and elegantly played. The velvety sound of your piano fits in this though the ambience isn't so tough than in original.
MetalPianist Definitely wasn't my intent to be as "tough" as the original - velvety elegance was what I was going for, so thank you!
Your piano skills impress me. Amazing cover
This is just so beautiful, fantastic cover
Thanks so much!!
singing this in tune is so damn emotional.
Wow, absolutely incredible. I loved it, you performed it so perfectly. I am definitely subbing if the rest of your content is even half as good as this. This was just incredible. Do you have the sheet music for this by any chance? How I would love to learn to play this.
Jeb Slick Thanks so much! Unfortunately, no.. I do everything by ear and memory. Sorry! :(
Vikram Shankar - Official (obelix5150) Ok, that's fine. It seems like most really good pianists (or anyone good with instruments) does it by ear. I guess i'll just have to try and figure it out myself.
Awesome!
I Love It!!!!
Michael Rio Thank you!!
Np
Vikram, this is amazing! My favourite band too! Would love to hear some more Sabaton in the future. Best wishes!
+Nate RS Thank you very much!!
Magnificent.
Epic
Oooh very good!!!
+Lucas Fabrini Thanks so much!!
Greatness
+Pontus Albrecht Thank you!
Great respect from Russia. U r the best! Thank u!
wow... that was amazing :O
great work, you are epic
+Robert Lischka Thanks so much!!
Bravo!
this is beautiful, really from the heart
+Nikola Novaković Thank you so much!
Sounds great! Cool:)
MUAZZAM!
This should go on ITunes :) Awesome job
awesome work sir keep it up :)
Thank you!!
Very niceindeed, a grand HURRA for you!
Please arrange this into a sheet. It is awesome and I think many would enjoy it.
Really nice! I'd so much love to have the sheet music and play it
+BlockCypher Thanks! I'm sorry I don't have any sheet music.
Damn 👏
simon rågård Thank you!
you're so good :3
digno de ser clasificada como clasica y barroca
How do you play this by ear!?
Awesome ;) have you some sheets of this song ??
Where i can find piano sheets for thus song?
Do you mind if I make a video where I play violin over this cover? (Of course I will credit)
Anywhere to download this? I really enjoy this version!!! ^^
+Jasper Bohté Thank you! Unfortunately I don't have a good quality recorded version of this - this is pretty much as good as it gets. If you're interested in downloading this version you could just use one of those youtube video to mp3 sites, since I don't think i have a lossless or 320kbps version of this anymore.
this is amazing, can u give it in synthesia or something like that ?
+Ondrej Václavík Thanks! Unfortunately I don't have MIDI for this - and it may be more effort than it's worth to generate MIDI for this.
+Vikram Shankar - Official (obelix5150) cause I relly want learn this and this is the best version I found and I ever hear
+Ondrej Václavík I really appreciate your interest, so sorry I can't be of more help to you.
+Vikram Shankar - Official (obelix5150) ok if
I find some way how to do it I will write u or if u find :D
What do you call it when someone presses piano keys likw in the intro? I have seen that being done in a couple of other song and stuff and j dont know what thats called.
Glissando. :)
@@VikramShankarMusic thanks u legend.
240 we meet again !
chris azna Afraid so.
:O this is very amazing do you have notes?if yes do you send it me?
+Lukáš Sajdl Thank you! I'm afraid I don't - I learned by ear and memory. Sorry!
+Vikram Shankar never mind ,so can u play more sabaton‘s songs or nightwish?thx
+Lukáš Sajdl Hey man, I've done a couple other Nightwish and Sabaton songs which you can see on my channel. I would love to do more sometime if I had the time!
Could you please release the sheet music for this?
I am wondering, are you playing this in Cminor? (And of course, do you have a music sheet of it)
Jhovall123 Indeed I am - like they do live! I do not have any sheet music - sorry!
outstanding, but i wish it could have been done in better quality.
Please! Give me notes!!!