Thank You Soldiers! Sabaton - 1916 (Reaction)

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[@terje4392]

In regards to what you said about using their music in schools - in 2022, Sabaton was awarded a swedish award as "Enlightener of the year", an award usually given to investigative journalists and scientists. They are the first band ever to win this award.

[@MaddyReactions]

That’s awesome!

[@alancarter41]

"1916" was written by Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead after watching a documentary on the Battle of the Somme. he was very moved by the story told by a veteran of the battle who broke down and as he talked of holding his best friend as he died. The song is a fitting tribute to both Lemmy and all the soldiers who marched off to defend their homelands, often dying in the process. RIP, you are all missed and appreciated.

[@MaddyReactions]

Oooh

[@Vendetta_s]

I think I seen the documentary and the veteran. I don’t know if it’s the same or different, but it reminds me of a similar story if so of how a British soldier at 17 years old lost his friend who was 16 to shrapnel in the stomach, he held his best friend as his friend cried for his mother before going quiet. The song by both Lemmy and Sabaton are so good, but Lemmy sounds more somber and better in my opinion. I do like that Sabaton added all soldiers from different wars @Alancarter41

[@alancarter41]

@@Vendetta_s Two awesome versions of the same song. I have always thought of Lemmy's version (which I heard first a long time ago) as a dirge (a lament to the dead) while Sabaton's is more of an anthem and tribute to the sacrifice and heroism of soldiers doing their duty. I actually like them equally, although they hit me emotionally in far different ways.

[@Dark_Lord_Mr_B]

@@alancarter41 I agree. Lemmy's version sounds like something you'd play in the downswing of a concert or at the very end. Sabaton's version sounds like an opener before throwing fuel on the fire.

[@Erik6706]

The uniforms that Hannes and Tommy are wearing are carolinian uniforms that were used in late 17th and early 18th century by Sweden.

[@Templarofsteel88]

The uniform that the Caroleans (karoliner) used.

[@Erik6706]

@@Templarofsteel88 I misspelled, sorry. 🙂

[@MaddyReactions]

Oooh

[@ESPirits87]

6:02 it's so sad, they're walking down the road and they're just gone unremembered. Another feeling i got throughout the song is they are marching for the brave people in Ukraine right now, history repeats and never forget.

[@Templarofsteel88]

As people have pointed out, this is a cover of a Motörhead song. The bus at the start is a reference to the live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith. The two guys standing at the door opening at 5:26 are Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarist of Motörhead. The picture is of Lemmy Kilmister who was the bassist and singer of Motörhead, the guy holding it is Eddie Rocha who was the tour manager for Motörhead, and the current one for Sabaton.

[@MaddyReactions]

Oooh

[@pnwcruiser]

I think it fair to say many of us who served as very young men come to understand just how dreadfully naive we were and we come to hate the toxic political ambition and propaganda driven popular ignorance which foments wars. Most combat soldiers are very young men who actually have no particular desire to harm anyone. Sabaton has another creation based on the "Christmas Truce", a true historic event which evidences the actual nature of most frontline troops. Brings to mind another moving creation sung by Trace Adkins, "Till The Last Shot's Fired". At the CMA awards one year he sang his song with the West Point glee club. I don't know that I've ever seen anything else like it.

[@MaddyReactions]

💖💖💖

[@greensky3152]

The reason there are soldiers from different time periods is because it's a procession of the dead.

[@MaddyReactions]

So powerful

[@drigerdranzer7514]

And every soldier refer to other Sabaton songs.

[@gryphonosiris2577]

@@drigerdranzer7514 And all the soldier's names in the credits fought in WWII and WWII; some earning Silver Stars, Medals of Honor, Victoria Crosses, Croix de Guerre, and so on. Heroes, all of them.

[@drigerdranzer7514]

@@gryphonosiris2577 Most of the soldiers in the credits fought in WWII. A few exceptions giving the time period are Leonidas and Pausanias from Troja and Robert de Bruce and his brother from Scotland.

[@gryphonosiris2577]

@@drigerdranzer7514 WWI and WWII, Sgt York for example was given the Medal of Honor for WWI. Same with Henry Johnson.

[@FireFight001]

The uniform in the middle of the battlefield with the guitarr is the Carolean uniform, the old swedish uniform from early 1700

[@duaneedwards4189]

Great reaction to this video. I never heard of Sabaton before. Thank you for the introduction. Quite a moving video.

[@swedishgooner6339]

I envy you.. jump right into the rabbit hole and enjoy.. 😊

[@MaddyReactions]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@AndyMagnusson70]

Ohhhhh if you continue to listen to Sabaton you are in for a treat. The do most of their songs to real events in war. Check out the official music videos to Bismarck and Christmas truce. More like movies then videos. And they are crazy live. Swedish Pagans live from Wacken open air in 2019 is cool. They use both stages at the same time with current and former members. And Tina Guo on cello. What can go wrong? Nothing.

[@johankarlsson3113]

​​@@MaddyReactions Hello. Lovley reaction as always 😊👍 I got an idea of ​​​​​​​​​​​what you should do if you feel like it! And that is to react to all Sabaton's songs in all the albums they have! What I mean is to go all in with Sabaton even if it will take time as you react to other music too! But it makes absolutely nothing if that will take time if you decide to do it! And the songs you have already reacted to, you can then skip if you want! I am sure you would have loved it and not regretted it! I want to recommend more songs to you too!😎 If there are some that you have already reacted to, you can ignore them!😊 Hellfighters The first soldier The valley of death Versailles Dreadnought Soldier of heaven Stormtroopers Steel commanders Kingdom come Metal trilogy Defense of Moscow The royal guard Fields of verdun A ghost in the trenches Great war official video 😉 Devil dogs 82nd all the way Seven pillars of wisdom All guns blazing😉 The last battle Shiroyama 7734 Man of war Hearts of iron Harley from hell Killing ground The Carolean's Prayer Long live the king Metal ripper White death Coat of arms The final solution The price of a mile Firestorm Cliffs of Gallipoli Endless nights Metal Crüe Nightchild Back in control In the name of god Metal machine Purple heart Wolfpack Panzer battalion. Remember that it's perfectly okay to show emotions and cry when listening to music in reaction videos, etc. I love your channel!❤️ love when you react and discover more of my favorite band!😎🤘 Sabaton has been my favorite band since they were formed in 1999 in Falun here in Sweden! Warm and kind greetings from a big Sabaton fan in northern Sweden (Västerbotten) 🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@gryphonosiris2577]

All the soldiers listed in the credits are real soldiers who fought in WWI and WWII (not counting the Spartans and knights, of course. 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 Himalaya, Lt. Audie Murphy, Sgt. Alvin York, just to name a few. 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. 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.

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@ingobordewick6480]

This is a cover of a Motörhead song. 5:27 The 2 guys in the door are the two surviving members of Motörhead and the picture is of Lemmy Kilmister. Please check out the original version. Maybe get some tissues ready. Greets from Germany. RIP Lemmy!

[@jessezondlewski2597]

Lemmy is a legend, one of the best. I'm sorry I missed his fascinating career, and life, but I can appreciate all he did for the world of rock, and metal.

[@Jim_86]

5:26. The man on the left in the doorway is the swedish drummer Mikkey Dee. He was the drummer of the British rock band Motörhead from 1992 - 2015 and he is currently the drummer of the German rock band Scorpions.

[@MaddyReactions]

So cool!

[@RaoulKunz1]

And here's my obligatory mention of a cool and more than just a little creepy detail for those who know (a nice reaction btw!): Around the middle of the video the crowd/parade comes across a lovely early 20th century ecru-coloured coupe 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 of Hohenberg* bled to death in on the 28th of June 1914 in Sarajevo, touching off *The Seminal Tragedy* a.k.a. *The July Crisis* which then obviously led to *The Great War* , sometimes referred to as *The Apocalypse of the Old World.* This one empty coupe 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. Best regards Raoul G. Kunz

[@MaddyReactions]

Ooh!

[@knutn]

You're right, except it's a convertible and not a coupe.

[@timbackman5915]

In regards to your mention of using their music in schools. My cousin who is a history teacher does just that. She uses their songs and videos as icebreakers and openers for new chapters in her teachings.

[@MaddyReactions]

That’s awesome!

[@gunmasterx1164]

thats actually really cool.

[@davidrodenkirk5561]

I would have learned so much more and retained it , if it was pesented like this,in song. I still can sing every word of songs i learned as a young grade school boy.😎

[@isaiahknickerbocker6207]

The battle of the Somme introduced the British Pals Battalions, and like the video said, entire towns lost an entire generation of men, what it doesn't say is that after the war, those particular towns were abandoned because of that one battle, there were no men to return to the jobs that required them, it was one of the many messed up things done during the first world war, the British did learn that having Pals Battalions was not a good thing and spilt the surviving men up into different units, to hopefully reduce the already irreversible damage done to those small towns The only reason the war didn't spread like the second world war did was because they fought tooth and nail for every inch of soil, each side would push forward and capture land, sometimes it took months, sometimes it took less than a week to reclaim it

[@Jim_86]

2:43. & 4:38. The uniform that he's wearing is a Carolean uniform used by the swedish soldiers between the 17th and 18th century.

[@robertgagnfors8675]

the motörhead flag had me in tears :/ knowing the history behind the song.. rip lemmy

[@dorlonelliott9368]

Tina Guo making her cello cry,,,

[@MaddyReactions]

Wow

[@iamgroobs9377]

As many people have said before, they are, quite literally,modern day bards or skalds (not sure if I spelled it right), singing about the stories and deeds of soldiers and warriors, celebrating their valor, courage and sacrifice.

[@michaelmay5453]

This is 1916, over a million dead within days. As someone who was there when we dug up the massgraves in Bosnia and watched Serbian soldiers shooting people running out of a building they set on fire. It's not better now. Today we stand with Ukraine. Today we don't discuss it anymore but give all we have because we know what happens when we sit around with our thumbs up our arses. Slava Ukraini!

[@randieandjodistrom854]

I was only able to get about a third into this video. I served in the United States military for 30 years and in my very first assignment I volunteered to serve as a funeral detail officer providing military honors to deceased veterans throughout the state where I was assigned. I considered it then, and now, a tremendous honor. How many people have had the honor to present the folded flag from the coffin of deceased comrade to their next of kin? So, forgive me, but I found the first third of this video to be, for lack of a better term, commercial and dismissive as the performers didn't present any credentials to be credible with respect to the subject of the song and video. The sacrifices of ALL servicemember who served in the defense of their nation, friend or foe, is very personal and sacred to me. I cannot tolerate any hint of commercialization of their sacrifices.

[@MaddyReactions]

🤍 understood.

[@Djuuugarn]

The ’early 1900’ garments were actuallly a 17th or 18th century uniform. The diversity of the soldiers in the video signifies that all wars are horrible,no matter when in history they occurred and regardless who participated in them. We are all the same, and we all deserve better than the horrors of war.

[@najroe]

Sabaton is a Swedish band with a loooong list of history based music. Sabaton also has an award winning history channel that gives background to over 100 if their songs (not music award, academic, aimed at education of the public) . Sabaton videos are often have dedictions and/or messages at the end, jusg like you saw here, perhaps not always but, watching to the very end is frequently well worth it. Animated STORY videos (short history lessons with music videos in them) No bullets fly Night witches Lady of the dark Red baron first soldier epic videos. Bismark, about the sinking of the ship Defence of Moscow, self explained. Christmas truce, about the spontaneous truce in some parts of the western front during Christmas 1914 40:1, about polish soldiers, badly outnumbered (just under 750 in all) facing 42 000 germans, they where BADLY outgunned desperately defending against the German invasion 1939 (with odds actually close to 55:1 they held for 3 DAYS when ammunition and supplies ran out. Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising against the nazi germans during 1944. To hell and back, they tell the story of Audie Murphy (highly decorated) and his struggle AFTER the war, so about PTSD and drug addiction that returning soldiers can face. Fields of verdun, the 300+ day long battle fought there. Price of a mile, about the battle of Passchendaele Screaming Eagles, about the battle of the bulge Live performances 40:1 from poland Uprising from poland En livstid I krig live from Göteborg Sweden (in Swedish but there are subtitles) , very heavy again, about thoughts of a young man going to war. these are just some, there are plenty more.

[@AndyMagnusson70]

Funny you mentioned that. There are actually teachers out there who uses theses videos in class. Students are more willing to listen and learn instead of reading a book about it.

[@MaddyReactions]

That’s awesome!!!

[@dominicnevins2144]

Might I recommend a lovely little tune by them called 'Fields of Verdun'? It's fast, it's energetic, riff is killer, vocal harmonies are phenomenal, and it just so happens to have been the first Sabaton song I heard.

[@DerekSansone]

Good Reaction. I think we can all tell you're new to Sabaton. Beating u or anyone else new to the content up in comments isn't helpful. Nobody shld expect u to be an expert on all things Military or History. It's good to see people willing to learn something outside their area of expertise. U see that Sabaton can get people interested in history & make it entertaining by mixing w/great music. Some will way "read this book." That can apply to every Sabaton song & be overwhelming. I'd recommend looking up what a song of theirs is abt proir to listening (like 10 mins of Wikipedia research). That way, u know just a bit abt what you're getting into. If u discover content of a Sabaton song that really interests u, u can then do some additional research (that's the idea). For now, sit back & enjoy. Keep going w/Sabaton. You'll learn a lot & also get some great music & hi production quality videos.

[@MaddyReactions]

Thank you ☺️

[@tmontgomery7592]

Yes this is from a movie but its true, in the silence of the night you will always hear the screams.

[@grandwazoodebris1015]

I'd suggest listening to the original version by Motorhead, it seems to fit the mood better, maybe it's just me growing up w/ Lemmy's version. I love Lemmy's historical quotes in last half of this video. Lemmy was the lyricist, bassist, singer, and leader of Motorhead, and one of the most legendary badasses ever. But he was also a serious amateur historian and great lyricist, so he was capable of writing these types of lyrics and surprising the hell out of people in a lot of ways. There's a biographical movie called Lemmy if you get interested in his colorful life.

[@MaddyReactions]

Oooh

[@Gutslinger]

I listened to the original after discovering this. I wasn't feeling it like the Sabaton version. Very very similar to how I felt when I first heard the original "Hurt" by 9 Inch Nails on the radio. Their vocals took me out of it. I wasn't expecting that approach from Lemmy, since I'm familiar with his other stuff.

[@outlawmonkey]

I actually learned more about history from listening to Sabaton then from my teachers back then when i was in school.

[@WaywardVet]

Allen A. Greeka. Only comrade i lost on a mission. Still remember his name.

[@TheMarktimusPrime]

Ten thousand men killed in just three hours, I can't picture that many people let alone that many dead

[@StephenYoung-iq7qg]

Great reaction the guitar player Tommy Johansen has his own KZbin channel, thank you for what you do!🙂😊👍👍🤟❤

[@thomashoglund3472]

​He plays every thing and he sings aswell on his covers that he posts every friday 12 a clock cet. Check him out!!

[@swedishgooner6339]

You can never go wrong with Tommy J A brilliant musician and an awesome singer.

[@marinamucic908]

I absolutely agree, Tommy is a fantastic singer and musician and his version of She's Gone by Steelheart is mindblowing. Fun fact: it was Tommy who re-arranged this song for Sabaton, fantastic job

[@swedishgooner6339]

@@marinamucic908 My personal favourites from Tommy are Headless Cross, Holding out for a hero and Eagle fly free. But to be fair, there’s not a single song that I don’t like.

[@marinamucic908]

@@swedishgooner6339 those songs are on my top 10 list too, but I think that She's Gone is definitely best intro to Tommy and his abilities, kind of like Ghost Love Score for Floor

[@ereko8501]

As a a German soldier who served for 12 years i say Thanks. :)

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@outcast4454]

They went for glory, honor and adventure but in stead found mud,blood and guts.

[@MaddyReactions]

🤍

[@caryskaar4444]

All the characters in this video are from Sabaton's songs..

[@alexanderandersson4093]

Are they?

[@FuFightersStudio]

@@alexanderandersson4093 yup: Sparta - Spartian Hoplite Blood of Bannockburn - Bruce (the knight in yellow livery) The Swedish uniforms represent pretty much whole Carolus Rex album Tons of soldiers from various WW1 and WW2 songs Red Barons plane Ye Old Pub Night Witches all in the sky I am sure I missed something

[@christiank4768]

Remember you have the right to to do, because of the blood shed by men that sacrificed everything. Past present and future.

[@PittDaddy]

Other Sabaton songs to listen to... No Bullets Fly and Night Witches. They are the best storytellers. Be sure to watch the music videos on those. And bring lots of tissues.

[@A_Name_]

300k dead for 6miles of groud comes out to 7.5inches per man. If you use the total casualty numbers for the battle it drops to just over 2inches... not that its not mind boggling enough before you break it down.

[@MaddyReactions]

❤️

[@AndyMagnusson70]

Great reaction. Love this version. Sabaton - Swedish pagans life from Wacken 2019 is a cool one. Hope you will get to that one.

[@MaddyReactions]

Oooh

[@HA1LILPALAZZO]

there are 2 graves in my local churchyard of 2 soldiers from the Royal Leicestershire Regiment who were greiviously wounded during the first day of the battle of the Somme. They were taken back to hospitals in the UK where they finally died and were brought home for burial. This song is in memory of those men who were wounded or died that day (including many young boys who lied about their ages) and always brings a tear to my eye

[@HA1LILPALAZZO]

also on a more cheerier not part of the video was filmed at the Black Country Living Museum which I like to tell many Americans to visit if they come to the uk 🙂

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@samuel10125]

If you haven't i recommend listening to Moter Heads version i will warn its depression and gut wrenching WW1 or The Great War left a massive scar here in the UK one we won't soon forget the points about towns being wiped out isn't over exaggerated entire towns lost ALL of their men so woman had to pick up allbtge jobs left behind by the men who had galently given their lives its heart breaking needless to say.

[@bjornakebergqvist]

Sabaton is a rabbit hole 🤟❤

[@MaddyReactions]

Definitely

[@morgankuikka4940]

300,000 dead over 6 miles, thats 9.5 men per foot of ground.

[@Mickael_]

It's my personal feeling, but the fact that we see soldiers of differents eras (Romans, knights, XIX th century etc....) just makes me think that we have never learned from history and that, again and again, lots of lives have been sacrified for the imperialism crazyness of a bunch of people... "La bataille de la Somme" wich engaged United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Bermuda (and even Chinese but not on the battlefield) is not even the the most deadly battle of the WW1....

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@Jeewaa]

Good stuff! 👍

[@lenakavanaghrattigan9522]

hi new here from ireland. please react to these Pentatonix songs. the sound of silence. sing. love again. the prayer. cheer leader. gold. havana. shallow. can you feel the love tonight. perfume medley. Pompeii. PaPaoutai. amazing grace.

[@MaddyReactions]

🤍🤍🤍

[@johnimhof6568]

Chilling......

[@pickamaterina1313]

when you watch sabaton video there is always something after the song ends so just roll it till the end and your next video should be no bullets fly

[@MaddyReactions]

Aww thanks ☺️

[@malcolmthorne9779]

Great song. I don't get what's up with the subtitles though. If it's just a program running or something. Either way, the subtitles in some places read like misheard lyrics. Kind of takes you out of it.

[@michaelginnis521]

you know nothing of war, or what it is to sacrifice your own life for something greater. Maybe one day you will

[@mariosecen8403]

Next Christmas truce by Sabaton :)

[@Marco-Conner]

With all that horrible stuff, you realize the guitarist plays a role. Sabaton is known for always giving the guitar a safer role. this is important for the feeling and the meaning of the song. the double base on the drums is also part of it. and of course the voice of Joakim "Jocke". no flour no cake :) Nightwish Army Northern Germany greets the Sabaton family. bro..nightwish and sabton are a big family. R.I.P Lemmy Kilmister Motörhead (1975 - 2015)

[@mem1701movies]

What about Liquiders? Or Gaseousers?

[@MaddyReactions]

🤗

[@mem1701movies]

@@MaddyReactions SOLIDERS

[@AdrianMartinez-xj4jm]

Love to do a matty reaction to react to a band ❤

[@cheyennejohnson5638]

Sorry if I spelled your name wrong

[@sahinberg]

Good reaction. Please react to Diana Ankudinova's incredible cover of Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love". Diana was 18 years old back then. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g17dn3dshrCVqMk This is her most reacted performance.

[@MaddyReactions]

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[@BobPatrick-f3i]

As a I.S.Army veteran this tune and vid its home.

[@FatWhiskyDrinkingGuy]

Not a Sabaton song. This is a cover (although a good one) from Motörhead. Id' suggest you listen to the original version sung by Lemmy R.I.P..

[@FatWhiskyDrinkingGuy]

Also, i feel this version misses the emotion Lemmy put in it.

[@MaddyReactions]

Oh!