Sabaton | Emotional Reaction to 1916 (Motorhead Cover)
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2023
- Y'all recommended I do this, I did and I was not ok! I don't think I have ever cried so much through a reaction video, so to you in the comments who said I should do this....thank you but how could you 🥲.
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BACKSTORY
@Sabaton released this never-before-heard cover of Motorhead's iconic track 1916 in celebration of their last EP in the Echoes Of The Great War EP trilogy entitled Stories From The Western Front. This video is a veritable feast of historical figures and brings together so many aspects of WWI but also the metal scene.
This might be one of the best and most endearing covers I have ever heard. The love, passion and care put into this video and how Sabaton performed this song with so much respect is so palpable throughout.
This is my first time seeing the video and the second-time ever hearing it. I'd only just heard it for the first time the week before at Sabaton's show in Glasgow. So, my emotions were are pretty raw, so please have patience with all my mental breakdowns throughout.
This video is a touching tribute to all the soldiers who went off to war and to the memory of the legendary king of metal Lemmy, who was inspired to write this song after watching a documentary on the Battle of the Somme. In the documentary a veteran reminisced about his friend dying in his arms with half his face blown off, which is reflected in the lyrics and the video.
This song absolutely went right to my soul. I was such a crying mess I even managed to miss spotting cameos by @motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mickey Dee, the last two surviving members of the band. However, it warms my heart knowing that they gave their blessing and participated in this video.
If you hang around to the end I share with you some first-hand material from WWI that is personal to my family and spoiler alert I cry even more.
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First off, wow the response and the things people have shared in the comments was overwhelming and wonderful. And y’all please keep up with the amazing recommendations. I love getting to know people who share my passion for history & metal. But, elephant in the room time. Some people seem angry I commended Sabaton on showing the diversity of all the soldiers who fought. It’s not meant offensively, what I was praising was that Sabaton didn’t whitewash their video, something historians and filmmakers have previously been very guilty of. These men and women (don’t get me started on female erasure & character assassination) often went to war in the face of racism and then came home after shedding their blood for their country to face more racism. To then become only a footnote in some old posh white guy’s history book or as a plot device in someone’s film. So, sorry if it offends you that I think it’s awesome that Sabaton was accurate in their portrayal of the diverse makeup of those who fought in WW1. A soldier is a soldier, but from a historical perspective big groups of people who also mattered equally and contributed got left out of the history books. I’m just so happy that Sabaton didn’t do them that disservice and shone a light on them. 🤘
you called Spartan Soldiers Romans....... I eman that not even the same Time for them lol. BTW Yeah the British had a lot of Menpower from the African Colonies and the British Raj and Parts of China like Hong Kong. British Army had the most diversity when it comes to Human beeings. And again they all died the same, spilled the same Blood. Africans and Asians fought for Europe even if it doesnt matter to them directly. All spilled the same blood, Red. And the fact that non Europeans died for Peace in Europe and the new sort of Faschism Rise again up in the Countrys, thats really sad to accept.
@Lovecraft 🤷🏻♀️ when you do a degree you tend to focus on a specialised area/timeframe. Romans and Spartans was not my focus. More like the 30 Years War, French absolutism, Scottish history, Chinese politics post Mao and modern history. So, not sure what you’re getting at here. I think that’s an easy mistake to make. So, anyways on to your next point, it’s a very sad fact indeed.
@@themetalmuse well mixing them is kinda sad casue everyone seen 300 and they werent Romans, yeah i get it not your focus but still Mixing a City State with an Empire is kinda a hard mistake. Well anyways we all get blasted away in a Nuclear War in the next 5 to 10 years anyways so no worries.
@@lovecraft8639 yikes dude lighten up, it may never happen, maybe the ants will just might take over. I mean not everyone watched the 300 & many of us assumed it was about as historically accurate as Brave Heart or The Other Boleyn Girl….. I saw red cloaks and assumed they were the pallium of a Roman soldier. Sorry my mind didn’t immediately jump to Gerard Butler.
Don't bother about him..he's just an internet 'warrior'. Keep reacting to Sabaton and ignore ignorants. KEEP ROCKIN'!
I would suggest NO BULLETS FLY (animated version)
"The first rule of war is that young men die. The second is that nobody can change the first rule..." --Lt. Colonel Henry Blake, 4077th MASH
RIP to those who did not grow old...
I know I said this like 100 times but they were just babies, just on the cusp of their future and potential and it got taken from them so cruelly. Oops gonna make myself cry again. This video just went straight to my heart.
@@themetalmuse The original version with Lemmy's mourning voice, singing about his fellow englishmen, is even more heartbreaking.
that includes today in Ukraine
@@gunmasterx1164 It has been true for most wars in history. And it will be true for most wars that will come. We always sacrifice our young men first. Because when we are young, we are still foolish enough to even be enthusiastic about it. It cannot get more cynical than that. But I don't think this will ever change...
Hawkeye: War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.
Father Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?
Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.
Good Music makes you listen, great Music makes you feel.
🤘🤘🤘 true
Thank you for such a fantastic reaction stay true to yourself and stay save and have the best time ever 💖
Thank you 🤘🤘🤘
At the battle of the Somme, which as you know, this song is about.
On the night of July 1st 1916, my Great great Grandfather, a young, strapping 21 year old Lieutenant of the 1st Newfoundland Blue Puttees, went over the top at Beaumont Hamel to dislodge German positions there.
he went over with 1070 men.
at 6:18am, July 2nd 1916, he and 64 returned, with over half of those, himself included, wounded.
there is a song about their heroics called "The Recruiting Sergeant" by the newfoundlander band "Great Big Sea"
Thank you for sharing that, I’ll go check that out 🙏
A genuine reaction 🙏❤️
I nearly didn’t post it because I blubbed all the way through. But it really hit me hard that video.
@@themetalmuse i'm really happy that you did post it 🙏 Take care and have a nice day 😊
This is hands down song of the year. VMA better recognize! No overproduced pop crap from the usual suspects. No Taylor, Beyoncé Lizzo etc
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No shame for crying during this. I haven't made it through yet without shedding a tear. Sometimes I can make it as far as the scene of Mikkey and Phil flanking Eddie Rocha (Sabaton's tour manager and worked with Motorhead for years) as he carries Lemmy's photo. Never made it further. What an incredible job Sabaton made of not only the song, but the video too, paying tribute to both the fallen throughout history, and the guy who wrote the song.
Please do listen to the Motorhead original. It's much more stripped back than this version, but no less powerful. Sabaton's Christmas Truce is awesome too (make sure to not cut the credits!). Another Sabaton classic is the live Swedish performance of En Livstid I Krig. Absolutely epic. Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/WBs3G1PvyfM/v-deo.html
Thank you for telling us about James. Thanks to you there is one name that will be remembered.
You made it to the end? 🥲🥲🥲 We still have his compass, it was sent back with the letter, and it’s so shiny and new still because he fell so early on.
My grandfather, born 1898 in Westphalia, told me stories about the "Spaniard Civil War", how he fought Nazis ("Brownshirts") in Berlin in the 1930's and when liberating Berlin in 1945 as a soldier again. But he never talked much about WW1, where he fought as a 18 year old in the "Battle on the Somme" (he once mentioned it without further explanations). I know why. "The mother of all wars to end all wars" was so devastating that no words really can describe how it was. He only told me that he was picked up by the American Red Cross in Paris, with huge underweight and wounded (1,91cm hight/48kg), so he could survive taken prisoner by the Americans internated on Cuba. He died as a 96 year old in Germany and took with all the bad he couldn't tell. Remember!
It makes me so sad to think these stories vanish into the ether and are never recorded, only verbally passed on, but I also get this stuff was too painful to discuss for so many. My grandpa only opened but a fraction to me about it.
such sad that the new generation have no respect for veterans and the topic of war
I think some do
It’s it’s even more tragic that the government has no respect for the veterans
We do. We owe these men and women everything.
@@themetalmuseYeah some of us do, even if we didn’t lived enough to see the war, we know how hard it was for the people Who fought and the ones who were waiting home for brother, fathers and husbands that never came back, heroes we salute you
Most could care less. Why they ignore our veterans.
Sabaton give us all kind of emotions. Love your reaction video. Respect for our lost soldiers.
Well said, never forget.
The youngest authenticated British soldier in World War I was twelve-year-old Sidney Lewis, who fought at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Lewis' claim was not authenticated until 2013.
That’s so sad 😞
@@themetalmuse he did survive...a friend of his from back home was wounded and sent home and told his mother where he was....she had his butt brought home...
SABATON - No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video is one of the best from Sabaton
Am I gonna cry???
@@themetalmuse Most likely yes, bring tissues. They have a few others they did with Yarnhub that aren't the emotional sucker punch that this one is: The Night Witches, The First Soldier, Lady of the Dark, The Red Baron.
@@themetalmuse of wholesomeness
My god what a song and btw you are beautiful.
Deeply moving, Lemmy was an amazing individual and Sabaton have done this masterpiece justice. Wonderful emotional reaction 🤘
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Most authentic reaction I have ever seen. You made me cry aswell. Thank you so much for sharing❤
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I love Sabaton. I cry every time I hear a lot of their work. You are not alone, by a long shot. My great-grandfather died in the Battle of the Somme. So this cover has a great deal of emotion and meaning to me.
Awe I feel you completely. It's hard to watch this and not feel something.
Loved your reaction. I'm looking forward to your reaction to "Christmas Truce " I'm an old solder, retired US. Army, fought on 3 continents. It's not pretty. Sabaton brings out the humanity or lack thereof in any war. I shed tears also to this and "Truce".
Oh I just did Truce I’ll be sharing it soon…. sobbed doesn’t cover what I mess I was watching it…two of my uncles were soldiers, my grandfathers, and one of my cousins is a soldier now and the stories were/are so grim. You’re so right about how Sabaton reminds people that soldiers are people and aren’t pieces on a chess board or figures to be moved around at a whim 😢
There is an amazing behind the scenes video about the making of this video.
It was shot in only 3 days on three different locations.
I plan to go watch it this weekend while I chill and ignore the festivities ;)
The Glasgow gig was amazing the best concert I’ve ever been to. This song was done brilliantly
Same!!!!!
@@themetalmuse I was pretty near the front like 3 off it but by the end of the night I was only 1 off the front.
This song means a whole lot to me. There was 7 on my dad’s paternal grandfather( my great grandfather who served during the 2nd world war in Italy ) side of family who served in the First World war . My 2 great great uncles John and Edward served in Gallipoli. Both died a week of each other and have no known graves. My great great grand father James didn’t even know about this until the end of the war. He also lost 3 cousins. Youngest was our Percy who was only 16 when he fell at the battle of Arras. Again no known grave his 2 older brothers William and Alexander fell in the battle of pachendale . Both are buried in different cemetery’s. Our William buried in Bedford house cemetery and Alexander buried in hazebrouck communal cemetery. Then my dad’s paternal grandmothers relatives who fought too in the First World War. 4 out of 5 didn’t make it home. So many loses in family. Remembrance day for me isn’t just for one day it’s every day. Bless them all
Wow thank you for sharing. Means a lot to me too because of my grandfather. Go see my Bismark reaction. I share his story at the end.
I'm listening to this song on loop for two days now. I'm crying every time I hear it.
Y,Black Adder is kind of a deal in Sweden too. Love that series, the sillines and still piece of harsh undertone. Esp. in the later part when he was an officer in the WW. Darling, Baldrick and the rest. Last episode? Masterpiece.
That last episode 😢😢😢
"6 miles for a generation of men"
Imagine that.
Lets not repeat history, and i very much respect Sabaton when they are teching history, and making good ass music as well.
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Really good reaction to a amazing piece of music.
It feels genuin... and I like that you even commented upon the credits....
Oh dude you can’t fake ugly crying like that lol.
Great reaction, thank you! Lemmy Kilmister wrote this song more than 30 years ago, and it was included on Motörhead's 1991 album of the same name. I suggest you also listen to the Lemmy version of the song (unfortunately there is no official video.) It doesn't get much attention, but in his version, Lemmy interpreted the song as a meaningful duality. Although the lyrics are sung by a soldier, it is also sung with a maternal affection by Lemmy, referring to the "mother" emphasis that is often made in it. Nothing to say for the Sabaton version, I can only sincerely thank them. 32 years later, they resurrected this masterpiece, which expresses the bitter truth in simple but striking words and is a lament for the soldiers who lost their lives in the wars, even though musically it is written in the form of a low-tempo anthem.
Thank you, wonderful insight and you’re right so good they brought this back again!
Hey love your reaction video to this will watch more of your work later .
Congrats and keep on doing what you doing !
P.S. thank you
Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏 it makes me genuinely happy to hear people enjoy my weird rambles.
great reaction Dom..looks the another metal band Iam gona have to follow..brilliant production and love theres credits at the end which is only fitting
I’m so glad you liked it and believe Sabaton live is also on another level 🤩
@@themetalmuse let us know when you go see them Dom..look forward to the review
The youngest was 12 years old. He died by being shot at dawn for desertion. I am a British Army Veteran with over 20 years plus service. After my retirement, worked as an Educational Officer at a Military Museum. were we have both tourist and school attend. We have also a "Great War Trench, so they can experience the living conditions that was at the time. Being a Veteran I add my own twist to their experience.
Wow I’d love to visit that!
No amount of words can explain my feelings, so I will instead be brief. So many died in the so called Great War; wishing for a better future for us. So I will give them that. I live a better life, and I will always give my salute to those who never knew, me but still gave their life for my future.
🤘🤘🤘 true
@@themetalmuse Eventually, I will visit the memorials of the fallen. And then I will pay extra respect to James. Thank you for sharing this story, war should be personified because it affects us all. They are not numbers, they are people missed and loved.
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In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
between the crosses row on row,
That mark our places and in the sky,
the Lark still bravely singing, fly.
Scarce heard amidst the guns below.
We are the dead short while ago we lived,
felt dawn, saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved and now we lie in Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe,
to you with failing hands we throw.
The torch, be yours to hold it high,
if ye break faith with us who die.
We shall not sleep though poppies grow in Flanders Fields.
-Captain John McCrae,
Canadian Corps, 1915
Lovely! ❤
@@themetalmuse Sabaton also sang this in their album "the great war" and it hurts
The guy carrying Lemmys picture is Eddie Rocha, their long time tourmanager. He's now a tourmanager for Sabaton.
And the end of the last episode of Blackadder had me in tears. They did only one take of that even if the directors wanted more they couldn't, but they were missing some footage. That's why it ends with the poppy field, it was just a filler, but the perfect one.
That last episode of Black Adder broke me. Wow didn’t know he was the tour manager of Sabaton now. Cool! ❤️
I still cry every time I watch this, so don't worry about crying! And the worth of a soldier's life? Roughly half an inch, apparently. I saw them perform this live too (in Leeds) and I agree, it was _so_ emotional. So let's raise a few glasses: to Birmingham, birthplace of metal; to Lemmy (RIP); to Sabaton; and to those who sacrificed so much.
Thanks for sharing your own bit of family history. My mother's aunt lost her husband in WW1 and her only son in WW2. My wife's grandfather was one of those who lied about his age - he was only _14_ when he went to the Front! He got out alive, thanks to some amazing luck: he was wounded and taken to a field hospital, and his own father was there at the same time. He swore a lot when he saw his son, then wrote to his wife back home explaining the situation. She in turn sent evidence of their boy's age to the War Office and they pulled him out. After he came home he never spoke to anyone in the family about his experiences. Greetings from South Yorkshire - Lest We Forget.
Wow thank you for sharing that! Let’s raise a bottle of Jack to Lemmy twas his fav lol 🥂
That was really nice of you to share the story about your stepmothers relative, War is totally waste of lives. Your reaction to 1916 was so good and true. Thank you for it.
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you very much for sharing your family's history, and thank you for your reaction. Sometimes you just have to cry, and there's nothing to be ashamed of...
Thank you 🤘🙏
One of the first overhead views, the open topped motorcar, that has to represent the car that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was riding in when he was assassinated, triggering the events that lead to The Great War. Powerful video.
Ah you’re right! Must be. 👍
So fine That you show emotions.
For another wounderful sabaton song. I would recommend you to do a reaction to "NO bullets fly". Be prepared with tissue to this one also. But in a more proud way. Looking forward to that.
This song is for every man and woman who have fought since the beginning of time.
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Hello! Love your professional reactions to artists. Happy New Year to you and take care.☺️ ♥️🌸 Robert….
Happy new year to you too; thank you 🙏
thank you for your deep empathie. i am a grown up man and when i think of the mothers who are waiting in fear and hope and dont know what happens..... i cry. when i think of these poor guys dying in the trenches, right now, ....well the human suffering is beyond words. i feel for every human equally, i dont care about the side i just feel that this is wrong. "war knows no nation". the ones who want wars never fight and die in it. and yes, somebody had to fight nazigermany, there are wars that have to be fought. but it must be the ultima ratio and not cheap politics.
i think a lot , these days , of the fallen, the unknown soldiers and their families. i am not a soldier , i am just a human, born in germany
Ok so this might seem silly, but any war memorial I see I always go read the names aloud to myself. I just feel they’re owed to have their name said and remembered. I must look mad but it has become a ritual now.
@@themetalmuse I hope people who see you doing this start thinking deeper about war. Keep on being a good human , like I said, thank you
@@Chris-ny5jm I wish people right now would remember those wars and take heed, cos we’re doomed to repeat history if we forget it 😔 and now we have much more destructive weapons and more amoral leaders in power.
Was lucky enough to see them perform this live in Glasgow a couple of weeks ago - haunting ( for many reasons ) doesn't begin to describe it .
BTW - while I'm here don't know if anyone has mentioned to you that Floor Jansen is married to Sabaton's drummer Hannes Van Dahl - metal is a small world !
I was at the Glasgow show. How mad was it when they played Bannock Burn?
The unknown soldiers and the ones who never grew old get daily remembered at the Menen gate in ypre by blowing the last post
If you get to the end of the video my relative fell at Ypres
Not only the Brits at the Somme, 24'800 Canadians also fell at the Somme
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This is a very touching song and Joakim's voice has that powerful ring to it that makes it more so.
RIP the Honored Dead. I retired from military service with 27 years. This included Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. The absolute worst assignment was part of a team renaming buildings and such for soldiers lost in the war. I considered it a good day if I didn’t make a grieving relative cry, notifying them of a ceremony. Being shot at was much easier to bear.
That's so heartbreaking.
It's a Moterhead Cover, 5:36 that is Mikkey Dee (Left, Drummer) and Phil Campbell (Right, Guitar) from Motörhead, Eddie Rocha the tour manager is also in the crowd with a Lemmy picture.
My personal context for the lives lost is "10,000 lives lost and the day's not half over" because my residential hometown has roughly 10,000 students in *every* level of school from preschool to college.
So every single child in my large residential hometown would have bought ~6-12 hours of fighting at the Somme...
Wow
Sabaton is such a Wholesome Band
I agree with you, and they bring history to life. 🥰
Hi, beautiful reaction
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What a great reaction don’t worry we all cried watching
`Ok well that makes me feel better 😉
Your empathy is beautiful.....don't apologize for it.
Awe thank you, I nearly didn't share as I was such a mess. ❤️
I'll tell you all what my Gunny told me after my squad lost a few guys:
"Son, ain't no shame in shedding tears if what you're cryin' over is worth a damn."
Don't ever feel shame for crying over something like this. The guys who don't come back are worth the tears and worth being remembered.
My great-great-grandfather served with the Canadian forces at the 3rd Battle of Ypres. He served as a field medic until he was injured in a gas attack, and discharged. The Great War touched just about every life in some way or another. War knows no nation, and no century. No matter when or where it arises, it sees the best mankind has to offer, and the worst of the same.
You mentioned in the Bismarck video that you're interested in the story of the RMS Titanic as well. That same great-great-grandfather was on a ship crossing the Atlantic on that night in 1912, and due to their distance from Titanic, it's likely theirs was the last ship to pick up any radio signal from the Titanic. As I recall, their transmitter wasn't powerful enough to answer, and they were much too far to help in the rescue operation, but they heard the faint distress call.
So much went wrong with Titanic, seems like it was ill-fated from the start.
Great point you made. Some have to step up against those who don't want peace
Some support the former, some the latter.
The latter would rather not, but do
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Motorhead or Sabaton, I still cry.♠️🖤
wow... i was NOT prepared for that costume of yours 😅
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The point of Sabatons songs are to point out the horrifics of war. It's so much blood expended by those who have no say, because the powers at be want it. They don't feel it, their families don't feel it, but the commonfolk pay for it. This song was perfect for that message, and Lemmy (RIP) slung this one out because of that understanding. Sabaton just remastered it because, yet again, we need reminding. Thank you for the reaction to this, no matter how many times I watch or listen to it... I am as much of a mess as you are.
Awe glad I’m not the only one
The beautiful lady at 03:47 represents the Nght Witches. They were Soviet female pilots that flew at night. They were very brave
I’ve reacted to @sabaton’s NightWitches video
All the Soldiers are represented from other Videos. The drummer in the Start is a Swedish Caroleans, you have Trojans, and Romans and other Characters from their Videos.
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Nice emotional reaction, nice 'outfit'🇸🇪🪖
Thank you!
the original 1916 by lemmy killmister was a song about the somme and the pal brigades as where this one is more representing every war as you can see with all the different outfits you have Spartans , Ghurkha's , Indians and many others and i recommend trying the original 1916 its a lot more stripped back
Was listening to that in the office today......had to make a quick dash to the loo to wipe some tears. Lemmy was the GOAT!
Thanks so much for this reaction. I re-watched Black Adder some time ago, and i had to smile when you mentioned it while a tear was running down my chin. Not kidding ;). I know its a tough topic, but have you ever listened to Sabaton´s "The price of a Mile"? Its about the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917...
I haven't but I will. Black Adder handled that topic so well. Like how can they make you laugh so much but then break your heart. The last scene when they go over the top. I cry every time.
@@themetalmuse a last cup of tea, make sure your tie is correct, and prepare to die in 10 seconds... its so perverted but true
You are shocked that as young as 16 year olds went to war. Among other things, German and English soldiers went out and stood and talked about how great it is to fight for their country. That's why Sabaton made the sounds of Great War because that's what the young boys had been told. That is why so many 16 year olds participated in wars, although they did not have proper education and many of them did not even have weapons, these would take over the weapons when one of their soldiers died and continue to fight.
This song in an anthem for soldiers thru ages.
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Irony is that Otto Frank, daughter of Ann Frank who would write the famous Dairy of the same name and Adolf Hitler fought at the Somme as on the German side.
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Well, the emotional damage after seeing NO BULLETS FLY (the animated official video) and CHRISTMAS TRUCE (the official music video) may be worst. Be prepared but soul's catharsis will be inevitable! Greetings from Greece!
I did Truce I’m recovering will share it soon.
Oh.
"Clinging like kids to each other" might hit differently for you, having a relative who fell in WW1 as only 19 years old.
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Interestingly they actually have a song about the battle of the ypres aswell, it's called price of a mile and race to the sea.
I will definitely react to that in the future then 😍
Did you notice the planes? they where called the Night Witches. They were never allowed to fly in a victory parade in their time. They finally got their moment of honor in this video.
Oh I didn't. I did react to Sabaton's Nightwish animated story however, so I am familiar with those ladies now, (sorry for the delayed response work has been bonkers).
This is such a touching song and they really did it great.
Wounderful emotional reaction :)
If you want to there is another that always hits me deep. I couldnt find if you already have reacted to it but if not
Five Finger Death Punch - Wrong Side of Heaven
Oh several people have recommended that. I will add it to the list. I have a comment in the community section where everyone is welcome to add recommendations. It ensures I don't miss anything. Also if it's a specific performance please link to it.
@@themetalmuse ah coolio. That is a smart way. I will look into that. Thanx for the reply 😁😃
@@OrcPower I really appreciate recommendations and always try to respond!🥰🥰🥰
Dom, excellent reaction! It may surprise you, but as an American, I'm quite familiar with Black Adder and your allusion to that episode was spot on.
As a Motorhead/Lemme fan, you may be interested in Lemme's work while in a Spacerock band called Hawkwind (if you're not already familiar). Not sure it would be good "reaction material" or not, but I would recommend at least checking out Silver Machine with him singing.
Love that you know Black Adder or as Flash would call him “old slack bladder”. I’ll look it up for sure!
If you want an awesome live song with Sabaton you should react to en livstid i krig (a lifetime of war) live Scandinavium Gothenburg, it is the Swedish version of the song so be sure the subtitles are on. I was at that show and all I can say is that you wont regret it.
Everyone keeps recommending this but with the caveat I will be in a worse emotional state lol.
This isn't just about this battle, the diversity is about Soldiers that have died and been forgotten in Combat as a hole.
Lest we forget.
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The different characters are references to other Sabaton songs.
The "Romans" are Leonidas and Pausanias from the song Sparta.
And the bus in the beginning.
Hammersmith 82.
Huge Motörhead reference.
Ahhh makes sense now.
Rest easy Lemmy n Co history repeats itself sadly
It does and it's so sad. Oh Lemmy.
@@themetalmuse yea he was a great songwriter
The different types of soldiers seen in this video are not for all who fought in the war we see Spartans, we see world war 2 soldiers and more. They are there to show that war have happened as long as humans have been on this earth and to show that most wars are connected with other wars. Pretty all wars in history have in one way or another sparked another war further down the line that then take us to now.
I was at there concert in Leeds and Glasgow i got the 1916 t shirt and the week later i was at a concert in Manchester wearing the t shirt and met the director who made this video he rang Par to tell him he is with someone wearing this top and sent him photo
No way!!!! How long ago was this? I saw them in Glasgow this year. EPIC!
@themetalmuse yes was this year on the tour they just done was a brilliant night when outside everyone was so friendly even lordi was brilliant when I heard them in leeds there was a problem with there sound a loud constant buzz couldn't hear lordi
The youngest authenticated British soldier in World War I was twelve-year-old Sidney Lewis
Wow that’s so sad!
This song is very powerful. I'll agree with you that war is pointless. My great-grandfather lied about his age to go and fight in WWI. Every generation of my family on both sides have served in the military. I spent 20 years in the United States Marine Corps and I fought in 3 wars. I like my predecessors have severe mental trauma. But we all served. And we survived. WWI was one of the most brutal conflicts in history.
Thank you for sharing.
It was emotional and you can cry because you are human.
Thank you I felt almost too self conscious to post this. ❤️❤️❤️
Verdun 1916 - Bahkmut 2023
Advanced war tactics with General Melchett. We know our Blackadder :)
Yassssss so happy someone got it! Did you eat Speckled Jim?
@@themetalmuse I deny any and all knowledge of it, and I didn't read the message either!
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My favorite is the Elizabethan Blackadder!! Of course they all end up dead anyway but it was a cunning plan.
The Royal Ulster Riffles 36th Ulster division the original " UVF" it was the only division to achieve its objectives on that day! also when Lord Kitchener recruited for the Army lord Carson who formed the UVF put out the appeal out for volunteers to fight in the war, Kitchener hoped for at least a brigades worth of men but instead got a division to the equivalent of three brigades. The Ulster division was one of the few who made gains on the first day but the only ones to as i said to achieve its objectives.... the fighting Irish it's in their blood. In Northern Ireland today they still put the Red Hand of Ulster flags and union jacks out on the 1st of July in memory of the battle of the Somme and like Lemmy said about the towns and streets in the North of England Belfast was the same whole streets of men who did not come back home. there was no conscription in Northern Ireland because the British/unionist population were loyal subjects to the crown hence the name Loyalist, and the saddest part of it is loyalty to England and the Crown and now England has dumped us to the EU and the Irish state so that's where loyalty gets you. Also ww2 The Ulster Riffles went by Air the night before D day and also landed on the beaches the next morning the 6th of June. When the boys were stuck on the beach at Dunkirk there was a British garrison near by if any one seen the movie THE DARKEST HOUR then remember the part where Churchill wanted to buy time for the boys on Dunkirk he asked the men at that garrison to hold off the Germans from reaching the beach! he knew it was a suicide mission and gave the order and them men at that garrison were made up of different regiments and the Ulster riffles was one of them and they stayed and fought to the last knowing they were out maned out gunned and no escape but as the Ulster Men cry out loud NO SURRENDER! lol sorry i didn't mean to ramble but my DAD was ex Ulster riffles so i heard a lot from him and sadly i lost him in Nov 2023 due to the Lock down BS.
War correspondent Phillip Gibbs Said about the Ulster division at the battle of the Somme " Their attack was one of the finest displays of human courage in the world " Of the 9 Victoria Crosses given to British forces in that battle 4 were awarded to the ulster Division soldiers.
Wow thank you for the history lesson! I’m sorry to hear of your father’s passing 😢
@@themetalmuse thank you, the Pogues do a great version of a song called Waltzing Matilda i don't know if you have ever heard of that one but that's another WW1 song very powerful the way the singer sings it more haunting or something. anyway take care and thank you again.
He was lucky, many boys/ men didn’t die from their wounds but drowned in the mud. What a horrific way to die😭.
My step-mum's relative was lucky to die with shrapnel to his lungs? I mean.....not sure I agree, but I get what you mean. Dying on the battle field is no way for anyone to go. Especially when they're so young.
@@themetalmuse I understand what you meen😢. I I didn’t meen that one death is better then another, but to be wounded and be unable to move and friends in the mud most be one of the most horrific ones😢. Keep up your great reactions and listen and react to a lot of Sabaton and Tommy Johansson 😊❤️.
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no one truly wins in war too many futures cut short so much potential wasted in a meat grinder of pain and suffering for people behind desks to enforce their ideals on others and yet the human condition makes us get so good at conflict and in our modern age we have forgotten wars sting we have forgotten that in the last true wars we have lost massive numbers of sons and fathers and brothers and daughters and yet its the one lesson we refuse to learn sadly..
Agreed!
your tears subscribed me Thanks !!
Thank you 🙏 I’m going to do more Sabaton soon.
No Bullets fly is a good one to watch
I’ve done that one already 😘
Sad fact: 12 year olds were also in the war
Yeah someone else also highlighted this in the comments. It’s so tragic. My friends grandfather lied and went to WW2 at 15. He told us later in his 90s how strongly he had wanted to protect his family and that he felt was a coward if he didn’t. So, he snuck off and signed up.
you forgot to tell them that Black Adder's last episode was on Remembrance day 1989 and the last thing people see is them going over the top to their deaths.
That scene always makes me cry no matter what.
I think they did it brilliantly because there are not many shows where they go out with everyone who was a main charecter dying like that. Sadly I wish more people would give a damn, and stop to think for a minute, but they do not, and from both sides, no one ever cares to remember their names.@@themetalmuse
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Yes mam I’m 28 years old at the age of 17 years old I got shoot 7 ,and bomb blast throw me 10 metres away from the ground .my little ass flew but I’m grateful I’m still alive . 😂😂😂😂
Ypres was another senseless loss of human life. Don't be sorry, crying and classy are not incompatible. Great reaction as always
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The Battle of the Somme would have been mostly white guys, on both sides. The Brits did have both Indian and Gurkha units in France (both types of soldiers are represented in the video, but the Thompson submachine gun means the Gurkha is more likely a WWII soldier). Both France and England could have had African units fighting.
I love that yes, this is the Somme, but what's true there has been true for all soldiers throughout human history. Hence, the Ancient and Medieval soldiers, the Napoleonic troops, etc.
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There is nothing wrong with crying and showing emotions, it shows that you have EMPATHY for people, I am also touched every time I hear this song. However, I rule against people who are reacting to music videos and they are not the least bit moved by this song. Then I wonder if they are even sane and lack empathy.
I get doing a reaction and you’re genuine reaction is you don’t like a song or video, opinion is fine, but just be genuine in your gut response 😊 hard not be moved by Sabaton.
@@themetalmuse Have studied psychology and it is actually the case that those people do not react to a strong story regardless of whether it is sung or told, talk about having less or no empathy at all. They also don't react to the strong text that comes afterwards, it all strengthens how they are as people.
Now about the 1916 video if you are curious how the video came about and where it was shot and it wasn't in London.
The making of "1916" - Exclusive behind the scenes documentary
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Blackadder was excellent and captured how insane WW1 was
It did, like it was funny but respectful at the same time. They were totally on the side of the soldiers.
I was a veteran of my generations war. I learned how awful it was but was lucky enough to miss the damage
You are a wonderful homage to those who felt hell itself.
I don't think I am anything special but saw enough to feel the pain of those who did. They are the ones who truly deserve our respect. As well as our anger that they had to experience that hell
You should do No Bullets Fly Animated Story next. It’s another emotional ride, which gives me hope in humanity.
I also recommend Night Witches Animated Story. It’s about some of the most badass women in history
You wanna see me cry again 🤣
@@themetalmuse you will cry for a different reason watching NBF, though! 😂
If you want the real deal of a Sabaton song, pick one, find out about who it is and then watch a live video from the Country. they go BONKERS and Sabaton sometimes even changes the lyrics: like in COat of Arms in Athens. they changed words like their to your . like this line: by their own hand.. they changed it by your own hand. WAY more powerful. Sabaton - Coat of Arms (Live in Athens 21/7/2022) just put that into google and some vids should pop up
They did that when they played Bannockburn in Scotland. And indeed we the Scots went mad! I’ll take your tip and run with it 🥰 super good idea! 👍
Where did you go see them? I went to see them at ovo wembley in london and they were fantasic!
Glasgow, it was absolutely amazing!
@@themetalmuse awesome 😆