SABATON - 1916 (Official Music Video) Reaction

[@alancarter41]

Incredible tribute to both Lemmy and the soldiers who have marched off to defend their homelands throughout history. Lemmy wrote this song after watching a documentary about the 1916 battle of the Somme, during which a WW1 veteran broke down talking about holding his friend as he died. A tremendously emotional song that tears out your heart. RIP Lemmy, you are missed. Great reaction, stay safe, God Bless, keep rocking.

[@2ndhandsoulsmusic]

True all of that.

[@lionfromthenorth4580]

Very well said! 🤘

[@samnemeth-smyth6109]

There's a ton of references to other Sabaton songs in the video too. There's two guys dressed as the 101st from Screaming Eagles, two ancient Greek guys from Sparta, the lady in the alley is Night Witches, the car they walk past is from Sarajevo, the Black soldier is from Hellfighters, the guy on horseback is Robert the Bruce from Blood of Bannockburn. At 1:40 you can see a Smoking Snakes patch on the guy's arm and the two biplanes and the bomber at the end are Tge Red Baron and No Bullets Fly respectively. The costumes worn by the drummer and Tommy are from the Royal guard and a couple of soldiers are referred to as "Sgt York" and "Lt Murphy" which are mostly likely Alvin York from 82nd all the way and Adie Murphy from To hell and back. Finally the bus at the very beginning is a Motörhead reference, as "No sleep till Hammersmith" is the album that made them famous

[@SonicRoger]

The song No Bullets Fly is about a B17, the bomber in the vid is an Avro Lancaster, so maybe they are going to do a song about the Dambusters, which would be cool.

[@marley67uk77]

Just to elaborate on the car they walk past, it's in reference to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo and is considered one of the key events that led to World War I.

[@2LTHelman_505_PIR]

The lady in the ally is from the British ATS. There are no Night Witches references in this video.

[@christophersims3319]

Seeing Phil and Mickey marching with Lemmy’s photo just broke me.

[@2ndhandsoulsmusic]

Us too

[@Kullioking]

And the one holding it is no other than Gene Simmons.

[@AndyMagnusson70]

@@Kullioking Hahahaha yeah right. That is so wrong its not even funny

[@mrlizardtx]

I love how they included Motorhead in the video since this a cover of their song.

[@alancarter41]

I would respectfully say a tribute, far beyond just a cover.

[@earendilthemariner5546]

Both the OG song and this cover get me already, but the orchestral part when it talks about the Somme got me even more

[@ingobordewick6480]

"It's like going to history class and the teacher is not boring as hell." YOU made my day buddy! Lemmy was a genius writing this piece. When you listen to the original song, it sounds like a funeral march. And that's what this battle was, a march to their own funeral for 1 million men.

[@dirkschmidt2276]

One million casualties in ONE battle....... the town i live in has an entire population of 76000 people.

[@avenfae]

The recording of this, on the day was such a long day. But seeing the end result... I am so glad I was a part of this. I love your reaction to it :)

[@metalzonereactions]

Wow, where are you in the video?

[@avenfae]

@@metalzonereactions 2.41 red hair left side

[@metalzonereactions]

@@avenfae Cool!

[@simoneemiliani5782]

👌👌👌💪💪💪💪

[@stuartfaulds1580]

I loved how Sabaton expanded the video to include some of their other iconic era songs in the vid.

[@lionfromthenorth4580]

Great reaction!🤘 I've watched this music video a couple of times now and I tear up every time!😭 All of it, music, video production, vocals, etc, is one of the best I've seen.

[@simoneemiliani5782]

I can't stop crying.......❤

[@freyallarganswald4746]

My great grandad and 18yr old great uncle were killed at the somme in 1916 they were from northern irelands royal inniskilling fusiliers.

[@scray00]

❤

[@steveleak9497]

Just seen sabaton in Stockholm epic ! They really are the best

[@Metal19063]

your are cool gyes thx for reaction..greetings from germany

[@letitiabeausoleil4025]

My grandfather said his own father never talked about the Somme although he was on the Western Front for 2 years. He re-enlisted when WW2 started though.

[@frank1963]

Nice to see Chill E Dog joining you again. Nice tribute to the original. Great video.

[@2ndhandsoulsmusic]

Thank you very much! God bless Frank.

[@dmj4966]

Hadn't seen this one yet. Thanks for putting it out....!

[@MrJeceel]

wow yuo even found some more great eastereggs in this video . I knew a lot but not about this first airbourne division so thanks for that.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

🇫🇮❤Great reaction to a song that doesn't spare any emotion & effort to make a great music video, although for me wars are a fools game & only arms manufacturers benefit from them.

[@Paramart]

This song just hits you right in the guts.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Sabaton is so well manered. They must have all had a good upbringing.

[@peteramaranth85]

the song hits you hard everythime you hear it

[@swenartmann1670]

Great reaction. Greetings from Germany

[@wandapease-gi8yo]

This is a heart wrenching song and video. I didn’t understand why those who said they were reactors showed no reaction except for one. She enjoyed it. Not going to watch them again. No humanity.

[@Northman-from-the-North]

3:51 when the girl looks up to the sky, did you notice the Nightwitches, the soviet regiment of young female pilots who never were allowed to fly in formation. Great song with a important messege. Thanks Lemmy for writing it. RIP ❤

[@darkiee69]

Those aren't the nightwitches. They didn't fly bombers, they flew old biplanes.

[@tompabay8721]

😀♥️♥️♥️🤟

[@therealmagineer]

Interesting that you thought Lemmy would have written a book called "1916". So you didn't know the 1991 Motörhead original version at all? I'm a bit baffled - but on the other hand, I can understand it: That was more than 30 years ago (when I was still a teenager and you guys probably too), and as Americans you obviously wouldn't have heard of Motörhead back then. But they've been around since the 1970s.

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

I didn't know it existed at all till Sabaton covered it and I did know of Motorhead, I just didn't listen to them.

[@swissguy8052]

A great cover, do yourself a favor and watching the original 1916 from Motörhead, have a nice we

[@2ndhandsoulsmusic]

Great suggestion! We will do it. We didn't know Lemmy did a song on this until now. We would be glad to do that.

[@kevingerych2504]

Sorry but your history of the 101st is not at all correct... 101st was formed in November 1918 too late to see war service in WWI. It reformed in 1921 as a regular Army unit. It was not disbanded in 1942 as it jumped into Normandy in 1944 and was active in Europe past the end of WWII in 1945. It existed as a training unit during the Korean War and a permanent unit at Ft. Campbell from 1956 to this day. Hope this helps with the history.

[@Pantherking916]

To put the loss in some sort of perspective - in the 20 years of Vietnam that saw US casualties hit 57,000, the British lost the same number in just 6 months. 19,000 in 3 hours!

[@baldingbee5403]

Just a correction there - the British lost this many in a single day. There were 57,000 dead British soldiers by the end of the first day of The Somme. There were 19,000 lost by midday.

[@Pterodactylus548]

Any of US Soldier was not in Somme... 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

[@MegaDog555]

tgif souls watching mat and chels live

[@glenrosendahl3964]

Most smoked jury in You Tube history

[@coyotej4895]

Pleas indulge me. Just a couple names that could not be mentioned and I want people to read PLEASE. Keep them alive. The youngest boy there that day was 12. Sidney Lewis Lied about his age and then told his mother he was going to a workhouse to earn more money for them, Fortunately, he survived, and his mother found out from another boy that was wounded and sent home that he was not at a Work home and she petitioned the government, and he was sent home. Unfortunately, 13 YO Horace Iles who also lied about his age died in the first wave, so he did not make it home. When World leaders are ok with killing children, they don't deserve your support respect or fealty. The only real incents lost in war are those who had No chance to live first.

[@detroitpolak9904]

I grew up in the 80s, so five-tarded made me laugh. In case some commenters have no sense of humor.

[@michaelginnis521]

this is a sad song

[@steveleak9497]

It’s kind of similar to black parade ?

[@cstattin]

Wow, the smartmaffia....Help them

[@Tbla-m5t]

🎉subsctibr for sabaton reaction

[@AlfredoPerez-w3i]

😭😭😭😭😭🇩🇴

[@MegaDog555]

sup chili dog

[@2ndhandsoulsmusic]

He said "Just livin' the life.

[@davidryall-flanders6353]

Sorry guys unsubscribed. The video showed soldiers from the Greeks through to 101st Airborne like Chilli Dog said and many others in between all were fodder for the weapons of the time. I had two Great Uncles who fought in France, Uncle George with the British (he returned minus a hand) and Uncle Edward who had emigrated to Australia fought with the Australian Imperial Forces (his remains were never found). My Grandfather was the youngest and lied about his age so he could join his brother in the AIF, but was rejected due to a suspected deadly heart condition (obviously a bad diagnosis). My end point being you don't seem to treat these types of songs with the gravitas they deserve. That's it from me, good luck in the future.

[@paulo122able]

4 belend and 1 old punami 🤣