Marine Vet Blind Reaction - SABATON - En Livstid I Krig (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg)

[@alexg3911]

”be baptised and die in battle” is a reference to the 30 years war, since it was so long that someone could be born during it and then die on the battlefields as an adult in the same war

[@tobbejag]

Jag är svensk, och jag tycker verkligen att vissa kommentarer borde försvinna. Din reaktion va helt genuin med vad bandet vill förmedla 👍. Lyssna inte för mycket på kritikerna. All respekt till alla män och kvinnor som håller våra länder säkra 🫡

[@halosandheroes]

Thank you so much. It means a lot. Sabaton, and by extension the heroes they sing about, transcend countries to bring people together.

[@magnusrapp1]

Håller med dig @tobbejag 110%

[@The_Nightsong]

I'm Swedish, and Sabaton really brings out my inner patriot 😍😍😍😍

[@halosandheroes]

They are amazing! Thank you for being here!

[@ragulper]

Swedish here too and I kind of feel the opposite from this song. A man sent away from his homeland to fight and die for no reason while plundering the land of another people. While people home starve with no one to plow the fields. Combined with the English version of the song where lyrics tell how the war is meaningless, I feel this is a song of sorrow for those sacrificed for nothing. An apology to them from their future country men. I like Sabaton best in these songs. It's beautiful to see the singing for the lost. Those we failed by letting them be sent into war for the greed of their rulers.

[@carinarodebak9419]

This is a song very much revered among Sabaton fans. As you hear, all Swedish fans know it by heart and I know of several non-swedish fans to have learned it as well, in Swedish. Ostensibly about the 30-years war, yet it speaks to all soldiers and family all around the world. It usually affects the veterans watching it the most. Many tears have accompanied this song. There exist an English version, but the lyrics there portrays not the single soldier's perspective, but rather the war more from above. Therefore fans prefer this version.

[@halosandheroes]

First, I'd like to apologize to al my Swedish fans for messing that up. Second, I love that the ENTIRE crowd knew and sang along. Third, I think because of the fact that it was such an impactful, heartfelt song different from some of Sabaton's other music makes it stand out even more.

[@hanseriksson5105]

Sabaton played in occupied crimea Ukraine before the war and said it was Russian territory.

[@Eyrenni]

@@hanseriksson5105 Everyone makes mistakes. Russia was as guilty of starting WW2 alongside Germany with the attack to split Poland (and more) between them. But because they later switched sides, that doesn't get as much light shone on it. Funny how that works, huh?

[@alancarter41]

Excellent reaction. Sabaton has the ability to highlight both the horror of war and the amazing stories of sacrifice, honor, and duty where men rise up and demonstrate the best of humanity. For me, this song captures the willingness of men to fight and die for their homeland or a cause even as they question the why of it.

[@MegaDog555]

hey Alan

[@alancarter41]

@@MegaDog555 Hey MegaDog, how have you been?

[@halosandheroes]

I like the fact that sabaton is able to do the balancing act between the two. Highlight those that made the battle heroic, and be somber when it comes to the battle itself. And I agree that fighting and dying for your country for a cause that you may question come secondary to the duty at hand

[@kentunemo5866]

30-years war . Born to that war and died at the same war. Father and son alike,imagine ! As a side note,no other countries has had as many confrontations with each other as Sweden and Denmark. I think thoose wars made Sweden tired. Hence the long period of peace...

[@kungsverige1886]

Joakim talks with the audience before the song.....🇸🇪still epic

[@halosandheroes]

He's so humble before and after, I truly respect that!

[@Calumetto]

I thought the way they did the video -- placing the viewer onstage -- was really great.

[@halosandheroes]

The reason I use this concert for most of my live reactions is because of that very thing!

[@unowestlund1848]

Yes, you are right about soldiers comes home with issues that affect family and friends. Even war heroes like Audi Murphy had his share of problems after WW 2. So check out Sabaton To Hell And Back (official music video).

[@najroe]

I second that, the official video is heart-rending and good at same time

[@halosandheroes]

Definitely more sabaton to come

[@kbolt1000]

the song is about a young Swedish boy who goes to war, the 30-year war in Europe in which so many countries were involved in the 17th century

[@Templarofsteel88]

Nice reaction. I was at this show (sitting somewhere in the middle of the platform to the left from this view of the stage) Just before this clip started Joakim said no one carries around a lighter anymore but you all have phones, right? So turn on your light for this one. Then at the start here he said Totally wonderful, my friends, let's now sing together en livsstid i krig (a lifetime of war) The album Carolus Rex that they had released during this time is about a part of Swedish history called the era of great power (stormaktstiden in Swedish) from a time when Sweden was a much bigger nation with ambitions of expanding. It was released with both a Swedish and English version, the difference being that the swedish one tells the story from our /a Swedish soldier's view while the English one is more from an outside observer's view. They had sold out the arena that night so we were 10 766 metalheads in the arena that night, needless to say, it was one hell of a night.

[@halosandheroes]

I'd love to have been there. I love when audience participation is encouraged, it makes me feel like I'm part of the band in the moment. King Iso and Tech N9ne came out to the crowd after, shook hands and talked with all of us and it was like being with a friend.

[@coolgabe64]

This song is about the Thirty Years War that was fought between 1618 and 1648. The Kingdom of Sweden was a major power in Europe at the time and this war was the bloodiest one until that time. The Swedish lyrics reflects the suffering of the individual soldier and the fact that one went to war, had a newborn child in the beginning but the war was so long that it happened that the child all grown up and had to fight in the same war where his father fought or still fighting.

[@ulrikeriemenschneider6154]

They are teachers for history

[@halosandheroes]

I love history, and if these Gents had been my history teachers, I may have made better use of high school... lol

[@lionfromthenorth4580]

Great reaction! 🤘 I highly recommend you to dive into the "Carolus Rex" album by Sabaton. It's about the Swedish Empire. This song is from that album. There is an English version and a Swedish. This song in Swedish has a different perspective than the English one, but all of the other songs are basically the same in English. This album is one of Sabatons best!! I also recommend their history channel on YT, where you get the story of all of their songs. I guess you prefer to do blind reactions so you can always watch the history episodes afterwards, on your own time or react to it. Greetings from Sweden! 🇸🇪

[@halosandheroes]

Well thank you for that I appreciate it and greetings from the US. I love sabaton they're an amazing band and I'm just grateful that I've been able to dive into this so far and there's plenty more to come Thank you for the recommendations

[@SwedishWarGoat.]

Swedish my man, not german. Thanks for your reaction!

[@halosandheroes]

My apologizes. On re-watch I caught it, but I appreciate it and don't mean any offense.

[@SwedishWarGoat.]

@@halosandheroes no offense taken. I just wanted you to know. Have a good one brother.

[@peterhornberg1618]

Thanks for your deep wiev of the lyrics. All that they sing about happened 400 years ago but still valid today..

[@fredrikakesson747]

There are four key words in this song . Huspand, Friend, Father and Son. I am only two of them. Mabey even only one.

[@halosandheroes]

I was once a husband, twice a father, a son, and friend. You may make a friend for life by greeting someone with a smile and not even know the impact you had on their life.

[@MegaDog555]

sabaton is comin back to US check for dates in your area

[@halosandheroes]

I will be checking for dates

[@VerchielxKanda]

I've heard that back in WW1 and even before that, there were 15- and 16-year-old kids who lied that they were older to get into the military and go to battle. Kids. Kids who shouldn't have to go to battle, but they were left with little to no choice.

[@halosandheroes]

Kids underage were recruited at times under false pretenses, Yes kids lied about their age to get in sooner. Some parents would even sign off on it for a variety of reasons. Weather recruited drafted or forced, anyone that fights in the war deserves all the praise in the world

[@VerchielxKanda]

@@halosandheroes Absolutely!!

[@jonassundell9366]

Dear sir. This was one of the most thoughtful reactions that I've ever seen. Think that you have been through a lot of of what they are singing about. If I could recomend something, lyricaly, it would be " Whiskey lullubye", by Alison Krauss,. There is a great video out on utube now. Thank you for this reaction, and take care of the the ones you hold close. Greetings from Jonas, Gothenburg Sweden.

[@mikakarki7989]

Nice reaction, from a person, who's (presumably) been throu ... more or less of those situs @ battlefield. Kudos ... !. As a FINNJÄVEL ,🙂this swedish version of this marvellous piece of Sabaton's production is closer to me, than an english version ... 'cause the swedish was the 1st foreing language (mandatory), which we had to learn @ school (from 7th to 9th grade). And yes .... I had forgotten most of the vocabulary and grammar, until i opened the swedish lyrics and sang along this piece. To me, it's a kind of a sad story, told by a young boy's (15-18 yrs) perspective, who propably? was an orphan (diseases and famine), or was given a way to a foster parents as a young child (that btw, was a very common thing, back in those days). ... "Men, vem saknar mig?" = But, who's going to miss me?. And "Men, vem sörger mig" = But, who's going to mourn me????. This song, if possible, is the most emotionally touching piece of all what Sabaton has made so far. Finally.... a word from finnish veterans mouth of yrs. 1939-1945 ... "Kaveria ei jätetä" = "Leave No Man Behind". Applied, not only in a battlefield ... it did continue during a peace time aswell. The band of brothers is for a lifetime, 'till the last roll call. All the best, from 🇫🇮.

[@agnieszkazuk]

Graet reaction, thanks! You've said that young people just after a high school go to the war and yes, they don't fit there. Here in the song about the 30-year-war 1618-1648, they definitely weren't after a high school, mostly farmers, but I know what you mean - the very young age. I was moved to know that such young boys, at their last high school year were all taken to fight in Gallipoli, Turkey. Sabaton sings about this battle in "Cliffs of Gallipoli"

[@mudshark5393]

FYI, Judas Priest did just announce that they'd be touring the US in spring 2024 with Sabaton.

[@halosandheroes]

That's going to be awesome hopefully I can get tickets

[@merryrose6788]

Really great reaction, Thank You! This song, and the other Sabaton songs and History Channel about Queen Christina intrigued me, so I did more reading (Starting with Wikipedia). I didn't realize the history of New Sweden in the American colonies. In the middle of this war, in about 1638, settlers were starting New Sweden, on the Delaware River. My dates are sketchy, but Gustavus Adolphus died in 1638, leaving his little daughter as "King" then "Queen Christina." Though her father died fighting Catholics, ironically Christina abdicated her throne in 1654, to become Catholic. There's a film Queen Christina, with Greta Garbo. It's historic fiction, but the palace scenes are cool, with Garbo as Queen, steering the country towards the end of the war, the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.

[@elzbietajukic905]

This song is about 30 years War between Catholics and Protestants in 17 century. Sabaton is swedish band, not german. They made a whole album in swedish, CAROLUS REX, there is also an english version of this album. "En Livstid I Krig" in english "Lifetime of War", because swedish soldiers were conscripted basically for life at this time.🎶🇵🇱

[@halosandheroes]

Man, I cannot imagine being asked to serve for a lifetime. I guess not knowing when or if a war will ever end causes that kind of extremity, but hopefully they were eventually let off the hook.

[@nocturne7371]

The 30 years war was 1618-1648.

[@elzbietajukic905]

​@@nocturne7371 you're absolutely right, I messed up. It was 17 century (wrote it about 2 am😂)

[@rcpatriot2704]

Nise reaction

[@halosandheroes]

Thank you so much!

[@nickewangberg7781]

Dude! Swedish band preforming in Sweden, in swedish.

[@halosandheroes]

Got it. Ballad of the Bull reaction for my clarification and apology

[@SawiSWE]

I WAS THERE!

[@Nem01]

Nice reaction.

[@Eyrenni]

Thinking back to your reading of the lyrics, it's interesting how the translation you got translates fosterlandet into "motherland". In Swedish we use fosterlandet ("the country you were raised in" quite literally), hemlandet ("the homeland") and, a bit older and probably not as much used anymore as far as my experience goes fäderneslandet ("the fatherland/ancestral land"). But we really don't ever call it the motherland. We do, I think, have a preference for fosterlandet, which is really nice in my opinion since it can include people more broadly. It's something that works really well in this day and age when so many of us move around and sometimes find a new home in places we don't have relatives to tie us to.

[@henrikenvall5261]

It shifts over the years. Moder Svea or moderland was commonly used for old Sweden. Check out General von Döbelns speech to to the army 1809 where he says goodbye to our finnish brothers and mourns that the motherland has been crushed.

[@kbyeutter]

2 months old but please see the live version of Far From the Fame (Far From The Fame + Panzerkampf live at Wacken Open Air 2019) it is amazing and one that is little reacted to by reactors. Sabaton forever 4.01K subscribers Subscribe

[@tommyholmbom6151]

To get better understanding of the text I would suggest that you check out "the gamble of ga pa" which depicts the carolean battle tactics... I unfortunately don't have a link for you..

[@halosandheroes]

Thank you for the suggestion, I will look for it. I hope you have a wonderful day!

[@Nastigast]

I loved this reaction, ignore the stupids if they want to watch the video without your thoughs (wich is why I'm here) there's always the original.

[@Mrjobe_]

Not really a choice when the country is in war.. They take all of them, younger and younger each time..

[@halosandheroes]

Whether consigned, drafted, or volunteered, war takes those able to fight directly, and those supporting from home indirectly. No one wins when a war is underway. There are heroes and villains, and shades of gray.

[@MegaDog555]

🐕

[@halosandheroes]

Glad you're here!

[@johanblom3591]

There where NO cameras during the 30-year war 1618-1648..... I wonder if you are in the wrong century...otherwise nice review. Battle is battle war is war whatever century it was fought...

[@magnusrapp1]

Jag tycker att förstod essensen av sångens betydelse oavsett vilken tid man tänker på.

[@Thescottishguyreacts]

Not German Swedish

[@deportedsouls3165]

"Between german and english"?!

[@halosandheroes]

It's swedish, which I discovered on re+watch. My apologies.

[@novineux1246]

did he just say german?!?!

[@halosandheroes]

Asked and answered. It was a mistake

[@novineux1246]

@@halosandheroes well it's f*ing irritating with ignorant americans, sweden and germany couldn't be more different!

[@persallnas5408]

Swedish is not german.

[@halosandheroes]

Watch Ballad of the Bull. I apologized.

[@hampusa3205]

German??? Wtf bruh. Not a Hard Google or whatever. Sweden have been to war forever. Before even sweden was first to recognise the United States. Sweden has a lot. All the best.

[@halosandheroes]

I address it in one of my newer Sabaton videos, and apologize.

[@MaximusTruth]

0:32 german? wut? 1. Sabaton is swedish. 2. the song is in swedish. 3. zero german involved. 4. It's literally in Gothenburg, Sweden's SECOND biggest city.. sorry, but with all due respect, when will americans learn the effing geography of the world? And yes I'm assuming this is an american, as 99% of the time someone is clueless and/or ignorant when it comes to the REST of the world, it's americans.

[@halosandheroes]

On rewatch I caught that. I mean no disrespect whatsoever. I apologiZe

[@carinarodebak9419]

As for point 3. Most of the 30-year war took place on German soil. Other nations got involved, but the civil German population took the brunt of the famine, pestilence and other tragedies a war can inflict.

[@onsalasol]

I think you could become a good reaktor, please just dont do as you do now. Now you have focus on when you shall paus and comment instead of have focus on the song. You dont need to paus to make money you know. Sabaton is worth so much more then to get a song destroyed by pauses. Make your wise comment after the säng please ❤

[@halosandheroes]

Oh I'm well aware, my reactions aren't paused because of money they're paused because otherwise I won't be able to get the video up at all