SABATON - En Livstid I Krig First Time (Reaction)

[@brandydynamite5877]

Every Sabaton song is like a mini-history lesson. They really rock hard!

[@OldMrB]

Thank you and their will be more soon

[@tcntad87]

@@OldMrB You should definitly check out their history channel :)

[@OldMrB]

@@tcntad87 Thank you very much I wll

[@christinawernersson8849]

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[@user-yy7tw9hv9n]

@@OldMrB Bit late but congrats on 4k subs

[@tarmotyyri6733]

Greetings from Finland & thank you for showing some love to Sabaton from our western neighbour Sweden. They are a great power metal band specialized in making songs about famous wars & heroes of war. Beats any history lessons. The drummer in this, Hannes van Dahl, is with Floor Jansen & they have an almost 4-year old Freja daughter. Given the genes Freja has gotten from her parents, she'll most likely be a tall woman with a succesfull career in music, should she choose that.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you Tarmo I have been meaning to do this one for a while it's just that things have got really busy here I did not think my channel would take off like it has it's blow me away. and thak you to the back story about the band etc.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

@@OldMrB My pleasure. You're such a likeable personality that it's no wonder your channel has taken off like that.

[@OldMrB]

@@tarmotyyri6733 Well Thank you I don't see myself like that and when I found out about the Japanese radio station had given me respect for what I have been doing with Band-Maid I felt so humble but the thing is I am just being me that's the funny thing and I never have liked me but how you seen yourself and how other people see you it completely dfferent to how you see yourself and the band Atwood asked me to react to one of their songs I am just overwhelmed with all this but at the same time it makes me want to get better at what I am doing and thak you very much for your comments.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

@@OldMrB Pretending to be something that one is not isn't a sustainable way to be, so just keep on being you.

[@OldMrB]

@@tarmotyyri6733 thank you that's all I can do is easy doing that

[@dorlonelliott9368]

Joakim conducting a choir of thousands...

[@OldMrB]

Yes that was amazing to see and more to come soon

[@Metal_Auditor]

Sabaton are one band that appreciates people posting reactions to them, so their videos won't get blocked, at least not ones from their official channel.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you I will only be doing the ones from their channel and more to come

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

They're a band that understands that any form of publicity that brings more people to their music is good.

[@OldMrB]

@@eddiewinehosen6665 Thank you I wish the record companies would see it that way

[@janpersson9818]

@@eddiewinehosen6665 It must be working. Yesterday I had never heard a song from them. A day and a few reactions later I have now ordered one of their albums. And this is coming from someone who has bought less then 10 music CDs in 40+ years.

[@gugge6343]

Hello Mr B. This video is about a soldier going to war as a carolean (swedish soldier) during the 30 year war (1618-1648). Sabaton is all about telling stories from different wars. I liked your reaction and i wish you a happy new year! Greetings from Sweden!

[@OldMrB]

Greeting from the UK and thank you and I will be doing more soon and you to have a great new year

[@teemup9247]

You right, but small correction, carolean system was adopted late 1600s (allotment system began 1680 if i remember right). But yeah swedish soldiers!

[@Rattlepiece]

There were no Caroleans until 1680 and onwards.

[@paulashton9860]

Must be one of the best feelings in the world having that many people singing and clapping with you. Top tune

[@OldMrB]

Thank you that was awesome to see that I think I said evey one is singing not just a few

[@michaeledman5857]

I have seen thousands of reaction videos by now. As a swede myself of course this one aswell. But i have to say that ur reaction must be the best one I have seen by far. It was so honest that its hard to compare it to many of the ppl out there doing reactions. Ur also one of very few i both follow and pressed like! Keep up the great work pls. And as its been written a couple of times already, there is a huge amount of history based songs out the for u to react on if u ever got the time Thank you for this video!

[@OldMrB]

Thank you so much for your comments very much appreciated and yes sir more to come

[@maxviking3210]

Thank you sir for your reaction. Enjoyed it very much 🇸🇪🇬🇧

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much and more to come soon

[@eliasdh96]

A really nice reaction, i hope you react to more from Sabaton ^^ normally sabaton videos will not be blocked, except those from wacken, those will get banned

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much yes more on the way soon

[@jmetallover]

Thank you Mr. B. This is about the 30 year war (1618-1648) but as is typical of Sabaton it is about the human face of war and those involved in it. As Plato said only the dead know no more war, as this is reality for many even today. One of my top 5 favorite bands ever for bring dusty dead pages of history to life so you can experience what those involved but long forgotten really went through. The shot facing the 15,000+ crowd all with the cell phones lit, the drummer on the tank and the stage set as the Great War trench (recent album) makes this memorable. A real gut wrenching song for anyone touched by war. The best history course I ever took was a Sabaton concert!! Thank you again, as a veteran I can't stop thinking about buddies gone and remembering coming home and visiting their families to tell them how heroic their child was during the last moments of their existence. Be well and stay safe my friend.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much for the insight to the band and yes more to come soon and I do know that the drummers other half is Floor from Nightwish and I do like them that was amazing seeing the whole crowd singing the song Wow.

[@ewawiman9007]

Look up Sabaton History Channel here on you tube. There you will get history behind every song and the history on every songs recording and how and sometimes why the song came to life. They have a good friend who is historian, Indy Nidell, who has several channels on the history before during, after and between world war I and II, to tell the history behind the songs. They do really good research and good telling of the history. You should also look up the two latest shows/concerts by Sabaton at The Wacken rock festival, 2019 and 2020.They are both spectacular and special for different reasons. 2019 is special because it is a 2 hour show on 2 stages with 2 versions of Sabaton. It was a early celebration of Sabaton's 20th anniversary and Wacken's 30th anniversary at that show. They played at the same time at both stages. It was awesome and I get goosebumps just thinking and writing about it. The 2020 Wacken was just virtual with older recordings streamed interspersed with real real-time virtual concert on a 3D live-stage. Sabaton could just make it to Wacken because of then lifted coronavirus - restrictions on travel. So Sabaton came to Wacken and performed live on the virtual stage with virtual audience. The had real-time graphics of tanks and aeroplanes and other cool stuff. It is cool for other reasons than 2019. The 2020 concert you can look at magenta-musik-360.de. The full 2019 Wacken concert you will have to search high and low after. But it is so worth it. Even if you probably can't do a reaction video on them with video from then in it. Look it up and have a listen. One other concert it is worth to find is the one fron Woodstock rock festival in Poland in 2012. They played for a huge crowd of Poles on grounds near a battle field on the eve of the 70th anniversary of that battle. When they played the song "40:1",which is about that battle you can almost touch that atmosphere even now through the screen. That is also one electric performance. "En livstid i krig" / 'A lifetime of war' is two versions of the same song. When they wrote the lyrics they found that they had write a different lyric for the English version. The Swedish version is the more personalized outlook of a single private soldier and his lot in life. The English is a more zoomed out macro version of that time of wars in Europe and how the wars were waged in the name of religion. This song is from a whole album "Carolus Rex" with two versions, Swedish and English. Carolus Rex is the latin name for Charles the 12th, Karl XII. The Swedish version were just thought by Sabaton to be small fan appreciation thing. I think they were caught by surprise by how well the Swedish version of "Carolus Rex " sold and how much air playtime it got on Radio in Sweden.

[@ewawiman9007]

The Tank is actually build as a kit and it takes roughly 2 hours to put together. There are to versions of the Tank. The interview did not say if one is bigger and the other is smaller but it stands to reason to have different sizes to the stage drumriser-tank. One is called Audie after Audie Murphy. I forgot the other tank-name.

[@OldMrB]

@@ewawiman9007 Thank you very much for the info very much appreciated and more to come soon

[@OldMrB]

@@ewawiman9007 Again thank you so much for all this information their is so much to this band awesome when I get a bit of time I will be looking into all this thak you again

[@Tessegg]

I was there in the front of the crowd. Amazing feeling, just screaming the lyrics the entire song. Loved it.

[@OldMrB]

That must of been awesome to have been their

[@klaier6250]

Greetings from Crimea! Pls, do more Sabaton, they are amazing band with very big amount of wonderfull songs, like No Bullets Fly, Bismarck, Price of a Mile, Lost Battalion, Ghost in the Trenches, Camouflage, and more... P.S Great reaction, by the way!

[@OldMrB]

Thank you from the UK yes I will do more it's just a time thing I do have a lot of reactions to do but their will be more

[@Gnarfmannen]

Sabaton has a history chanel to. They give some more input about the songs and what its about

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much I will check that out

[@2121gul]

👍🏻Gott Nytt År🇸🇪🍻

[@OldMrB]

Tack och ett gott nytt år till dig 🤘👍

[@seamusc508]

Glad to see everyone of all ages enjoy good music

[@OldMrB]

Thank you, yes it is good to see.

[@knockonrock7013]

This song with this crowd is like the ultimate sing along

[@OldMrB]

Yes the was awesome to see it must of been great to have been there

[@christinawernersson8849]

Sabaton has their own festival in their hometown, 2019 40 countries united in the love to music.One of the best festivals

[@OldMrB]

They are awesome and more to come today

[@christinawernersson8849]

Nice hope u visit the festival in August Falun,Sweden.I think u would love to see them live and its a very friendly festival.Fanclub from different countries comes as volunteers ,ur welcome to join us

[@christinawernersson8849]

This album Carolus Rex who is about Sweden's superpower time in history .Carolus Rex was Karl XII and Sweden's warrior king in 1600 century. The album has one Swedish and one English version Check out Carolus Rex from Falun SOA .Its always a battle between audience and Joakim(the singer) to make them play as early as possible. The song that gives the battle is Swedish pagans...the fanclub hum on the intro and Joakim resist to play it :)

[@ikezorn6477]

Does it even get better? Look at the croud and the overall feeling? OMG this this heavy and deep, this is real music:)

[@OldMrB]

Thank you yes I would of loved to of been their awesome

[@lacswe]

Thank you so much for your reaction, it was great! I must say, your eyes, your entire face, but especially your eyes.. It looked like it brought back memories, as if you were reliving something.. Might be wrong though. In any case, great reaction, you gained a subscriber! :)

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much well I was always interested in World War II and I have been ti Auschwitz and I had 2 uncle's that I never saw they never came back so yes what Sabaton do reminds my of thing like that

[@markmathewssgbcpenaltyboxs6389]

Nice to hear a slow ballad by them! Thanks Night Wish and thanks Mr. B for reacting to them!

[@OldMrB]

thank you Mark and more to come

[@PetterVessel]

Wonderful. I like that. This song is from the Carolus Rex album. I hope you can react to the Sabaton - No bullets fly, the animated STORY version.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much yes more to come this band is awesome

[@Zack-rc3dt]

Great video, new sub right here Sir! Sabaton is amazing, they probably have 30 songs or something that I really like!

[@OldMrB]

Thank you I have been you there channel amazing and more to come very soon

[@Disabled_fandom]

The short list of great Sabaton songs. :p Highly recommended! Songs about WW1 and WW2. Great war Hell and back Price of a mile Bismarck Night witches Coat of arms Attack of the dead Uprising Hearts of iron Panzerkampf Songs about Swedish history. Lion from the North / Lejonet från Norden The Carolean's Prayer / Karolinens Bön A Lifetime of War / En Livstid i Krig long live the king / konungens likfärd Carolus Rex / Carolus Rex swedish version Swedish Pagans One cool thing is some of the Swedish and English versions has difference viewpoints from kings, soldiers, civilians. Etc

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much for the info and I have all the songs that you have here on my list now and more to come soon

[@Zack-rc3dt]

The thing is that this list could be so much longer, they’re really good.

[@OldMrB]

@@Zack-rc3dt Thank you they are

[@Roadkingrider]

Another great reaction to another great song 👍👍👍, Old Mr B ! Btw, I was there at this show in Gothenburg, Sweden 2020, Scandinavium arena 😁! Regs/Kent

[@OldMrB]

Wow that much of been amazing well all I can say is more to come

[@buffsan717]

A really nice reaction! Most people won't mention one very underrated song by Sabaton, at least in my opinion. "Cliffs of Gallipoli". The title pretty much tells you what part of history the song is about.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you that is the first one of theirs I have reacted to and I will be reacting to more the only thing I know about the band is the drummers other half is Floor from Nightwish they are very good

[@arno_groenewald]

The song is about a Swedish soldier who is sent to fight for his country during the 30 years war, also known as the Reformation war. They also have the song in English which tells the story of the war through the world at the time's eyes and the song 1648 is about the last battle of that war. They revolve mainly around history and they are quite controversial due to the amount of truth in their songs and they give a neutral perspective and try to take into account to honor both sides of the conflicts that they cover. They are working on a new album so if you come across more of their songs and find yourself addicted 😂, do look out for the new album. They have a history Channel called Sabaton History and is co produced with another group, WW2 who is run by the TimeGhost Army Channel, which is where they go into detail what their songs are about. It is time well spent if you have a few minutes to watch through a few of their videos. Do enjoy and Happy New Year.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much for all the information very much apptecited and I will have a look at their channel and also more to come soon

[@carls8286]

Welcome to the Sabaton crew! \m/

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much and more to come soon awesome

[@TexMechanica]

First time i subbed to a reaction channel, very nice!

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much and more to come soon

[@rjekh]

Great reaction pops

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much and more to come soon rjekh

[@Erling_Swe]

If i remember eight the show drew 10500 to to the Scandinavium arena that i most times a hockey arena but also for concerts and horse jumping

[@OldMrB]

Wow that is a lot of people amazing

[@V_VIKING_K]

This song is about the 30 year war in Europe from a swedish perspective. All and all it was a very bloody and brutal war which ended up leaving 80% of Germanys population dead. I would definetly recommend listening to the english version (a lifetime of war), and definetly listen to another song they made called Carolus Rex which as every other song they made also exists in bort swedish and english. Love from Sweden (:

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much I have do a few reactions to Sabaton this was the first one I did and I will check out the English version and also Carlus Rex I have the link for Carlus Rex now it is a live one and it has English subs so that will be fine so I should be reacting to it at some point next week and greeting from the UK Sabaton are awesome

[@V_VIKING_K]

@@OldMrB ok, just so you know in my opinion the live version of Carolus Rex isnt as good as the other versions but it will do fine (:

[@OldMrB]

@@V_VIKING_K Thank you for that I will stick to the MV one then

[@V_VIKING_K]

@@OldMrB yeah, there is alot of good fan made ones as well though where you get to see the parts from an actually movie where Carolus Rex is present and you also get to see the swedish carolines in action (arguably the best soldiers at that time). Here is an example of a fan made one: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ-kp4Gai959eJI

[@OldMrB]

@@V_VIKING_K Thank you very much I now have the link on my list

[@kungsverige1886]

Good reaction...👍🇸🇪

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much and more to soon Tack så mycket och mer till snart

[@thewolfsword123]

I was actually there, best show I've been to during my 22 years on this planet, left without a voice tho! Lost it at the end of this song actually 😂

[@OldMrB]

Thank you I bet that was awesome to be their 🤘👍

[@peo4989]

Greetings from Sweden old timer :)....Love your reaction. Good to see some old timer reaction. Im from 80's but u i bet are atleast 10 times older but you look like a 30's guy :).... Or my homebrew are getting bad.

[@OldMrB]

Greetings from the UK Thank you I was born in 1953 I think your homebrew is getting bad LOL!! and more to come

[@stevenrider9632]

I have heard that this song is popular in the Swedish military and rightly so.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you I don't know it well could be

[@palantir135]

😢 every time I hear this song

[@OldMrB]

What a band Sabaton is thier is no other band like them amazing

[@NorseOkies]

You should check out their latest video, No bullets Fly.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much I will It's on the list

[@Templarofsteel88]

I was at this show and it was absolutely magical (as every show I have attended with them). This was live at the arena Scandinavium (Gothenburg Sweden).

[@OldMrB]

Thank you That show looked awesome nice

[@jimmyjohansson4133]

Last show before the pandemic so its a special one

[@OldMrB]

@@jimmyjohansson4133 I would of love to of been there

[@Zerorasco]

Nice video i sub

[@OldMrB]

Thank you and more to come soon

[@90chrille]

Sabaton's texts mostly have a military theme. A large part of their texts are about various wars and military battles. You should see this one as they did not too long ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYe6dpVjdtlrr8U

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much I have the link on my list now and I have just took a quick look at it and I will do that one tomorrow all being well

[@Ulfhede]

Just want to say that I was a part of that crowd

[@OldMrB]

Thank you Wow I bet that was awesome and more to come soon

[@KimOfDrac]

I think you'll enjoy Swedish Pagans Live at Wacken 2019 :)

[@OldMrB]

I cannot react to it everything I have tried to react to from the Wacken got blocked

[@KimOfDrac]

@@OldMrB wow, that's so strange. Lots of people have reacted and uploaded it. Yt is not what it once was

[@gustavforsen657]

Great reaction ejoyed it alot, You should react to Aces in exile by sabaton , i'ts about the battle of britain

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much and yes more to come soon

[@pierresoder7671]

The drummer is married to Floor Jansen. Every song is about war and heroism.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you yes I saw an inteview with the both

[@vergil8833]

The lyrics of this song are very powerful, but the english translation is not done very well in my opinion. It's a direct translation, but that often loses alot of meaning and even changes meaning when it comes to scnandinavian languages. Like for example "Because of the war, destroy a man" should more accurately be "For the war can, Destroy a man". Same thing with "So look at me like this", it is a quite cold translation, in English they would probably say "So see me as Him: a husband, a friend, father and son who never returns home." with "him" relating to the idea of the men who went to war, husbands, friends, fathers, and sons.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much for the info much appreciated

[@n0namesowhatblerp362]

ah bless

[@OldMrB]

What a great band

[@fenrisulfur842]

oi Mr. B! Dunno why i never watched the first one ever

[@OldMrB]

Thank you, Fenris, Sabaton, are awesome.

[@fenrisulfur842]

@@OldMrB dang right! dunno why You tube wont showe me your first steps? got a new Computer, and now i saw this block build 1916 battlefield

[@fenrisulfur842]

guess my settings were FUBAR wrong

[@el29]

Great reaction :), have a good day.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much, you to have a great day.

[@Jullejr]

im a red!

[@OldMrB]

I'm a sky blue pink

[@johanhagdahl7701]

The titel is ”a life time of War”

[@OldMrB]

Thank you very much for the info

[@johanhagdahl7701]

@@OldMrB where are you from, if you dont mind me asking, sir?

[@johanhagdahl7701]

@@OldMrB have you seen this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5S2o6SImdF5m9E

[@D-ragon-S]

Thank you for the reaction! Keep Calm and Stay Safe! Vaccine is coming.

[@OldMrB]

Thank you yes I am calm and I am safe and I have to be so I can react to more Sabaton LOL!!