Sabaton - The First Soldier (First Time Reaction)

/ playagain2022

[@carinalundstrom7566]

There is an animated video with more of the background story. The soldier, Albert Severin Roche is the role model for the Marvel's Captain America. Tommy wrote the music to this one

[@kolimarvelcor3104]

This one kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWnCn4aLnrmIi7s or that one kzbin.info/www/bejne/kICcnp2BmNCLiZY

[@amygoodson-catlady]

I could have called that...Tommy writing the music...it has his dramatic touch!

[@TheDarkstormy]

@@amygoodson-catlady He militarized Safety Dance.

[@christiandesuede6770]

This is the first Sabaton song where Tommy Johansson wrote the music, that's why, i believe, it sounds more.... anthem-like, because thats his style.

[@lena.jansson04]

Tommy wrote “A Ghost In The Trenches” too, or at least part of it😀

[@pernillaeriksson8594]

So when did Sabaton become a synth-pop band? No, really this song made me feel happy and uplifted! I actually listend to this song, the other day, but didnt think much of it then. Now I love it!

[@hardcorevictor2552]

I think I've heard something about this soldier : he was one of the main inspiration for Captain America.

[@sebastiendoquin918]

It's true, Albert Severin Roche it's is one of the greatest heroes of France with Sir Bayard (knight without fear and without reproach).

[@MrKylljoy]

No, he is not, stop spreading fake informations

[@sebastiendoquin918]

@@MrKylljoy like the movie "The Last Samurai" ? It's funny to bring all of them to the American side by falsifying the truth ....

[@hardcorevictor2552]

An american ordering me to stop spreading fakes information, how hypocritical you are.

[@carinarodebak9419]

I'm on countdown. Less than 4 weeks now to my first Sabaton concert. The music to this song was composed by Tommy, lyrics by Joakim and Pär. Many have remarked on the feeling of anthem in this. It's like Tommy have composed a Disneyton originally. Recommend watching the animated video as well and try to spot the band members hidden here and there. You get more background facts in the video.

[@kentolsson7424]

17 days for me :D

[@kaelynshea5533]

Still 3 months for me😥

[@lena.jansson04]

18 days for me!

[@christopherhanton6611]

Albert Severin Roche (1895-1939) was a distinguished French soldier, known for his numerous successful missions and capturing of enemy soldiers throughout the First World War. Ferdinand Foch, the Supreme Allied Commander during World War One, said of Roche that he was "the first soldier of France". Origins Albert was born in Reauville in the department of Drôme in south-eastern France on the 5th of March 1895. He was the third son of a modest family of farmers. His father is Séverin Roche and his mother is Louis Savel.[1] First World War Initial Rejection In 1913, Albert was rejected by an assessment board of the French Army, because it considered him too puny to serve. This apparently delighted his father who stated, “We need arms to run the farm." In August 1914 Albert, however, wanted to fight and in opposition to his father took his bag and ran away. Albert reported in another district at the Allan training camp, which assigned him to the 30th Battalion of Chasseurs. His military training did not go well, he was badly assessed and not respected. His temper finally got the better of him and he walked off the camp, whereupon he was immediately caught and arrested for desertion. His defence on these charges was that he was not a deserter and that "Bad soldiers are sent up there, but I want to go where we fight.” Assigned to the Blue Devils Albert was assigned on 3 July 1915 to the 27th Battalion of Chasseurs Alpins, engaged in Aisne, in today's Hauts-de-France region, a northern region of France. This battalion was nicknamed the "blue devils" by the Germans.[2][3] Assault on a German block house Albert volunteered to destroy a German block house. Creeping up to the enemy's trenches, Albert noticed that the Germans were pressed against a stove in the block house for heat and threw a handful of grenades down the stove chimney. The position was neutralized with several deaths and the surrender of the survivors, believing that they had been attacked by a large force. Albert returned to his base with the captured machine guns and 8 prisoners. Sudel Trench In another instance, Albert found himself one day the only survivor of his position, a trench in Sudel in Alsace. He then used the weapons of his dead comrades, alternately firing them, making the enemy believe the resistance of the garrison was still resolute. The Germans eventually gave up this attack. Captured and Interrogated Albert volunteered regularly for reconnaissance missions, but on one occasion, he was captured with his wounded lieutenant. Isolated in a bunker during an interrogation, he managed to overwhelm and kill his interrogator, stealing his pistol. He returned to the French lines with 42 new prisoners while wearing his wounded lieutenant on his back.[4] Leopard crawl through no-man’s land During the battle of the Chemin des Dames, Albert’s captain was seriously wounded and fell between the lines. Albert crawled under fire for six hours to reach him, and then another four hours to finally hand him over to stretcher-bearers. Exhausted, he fell asleep in a guard hole, but was awakened by a patrol that mistook him for sleeping on duty. Abandoning a post under fire, was punishable by being shot within 24 hours. In spite of his denials, Albert had no witnesses and he was sent to a detention barracks to await execution. Albert wrote to his father: "In an hour I shall be shot, but I assure you that I am innocent. “ As Albert was taken in front of a firing squad, a messenger arrived interrupting them: Albert’s captain had just awoken from his coma and brought his favorable testimony.[5] End of hostilities By the end of World War One, Albert had been wounded nine times, and had personally captured 1,180 prisoners. At the end of the conflict, at 23, he was still a second class soldier. On November 27, 1918, on the balcony of the City Hall of Strasbourg, Albert was presented to General Foch in front of a huge crowd with these words: "Alsatians, I present to you your liberator Albert Roche. He is the first soldier of France! ". Shortly before, Foch had surprisingly discovered Albert's service record, exclaiming: "He has done all this, and he has no rank." Roche was killed in 1939 during a tragic accident involving a bus, wherein Roche was killed upon impact with the vehicle. Roche's story is told in comic book form in Monsieur Le Chien and L'Odieux Connard, Le Petit théâtre des opérations (Éditions Audie-Fluide Glacial, 2021).[6] Roche is also the subject of the song The First Soldier by Swedish power metal band Sabaton, from their EP Heroes of the Great War, released on 20th January 2023. Honors Legion of Honor Albert was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor from the commander of the Army of the Vosges, General de Maud'huy. He was also invited to dine with General Mangin. Officier de la Légion d'honneur. Officier de la Légion d'honneur. Médaille Militaire. Médaille Militaire. Croix du combattant volontaire. Croix du combattant volontaire. Croix de Guerre. Croix de Guerre. Albert also held twelve further citations, including four from the order of the Army. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier In 1920 he was one of 11 soldiers chosen to select the Unknown Soldier and with seven of his comrades, carried the coffin of the latter at the ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe. Ceremony of the choice of the unknown soldier destined to rest under the Arc de Triomphe; Underground citadel of Verdun. Reconstruction. Funeral of Lord French Albert was a member of the French delegation to London in 1925 with General Gouraud to attend the funeral of Field Marshall Lord French. He and five representatives of the Army were also invited to dine with King George V. Later life and death Albert returned home to Valréas in the Vaucluse where he worked modestly as a municipal labourer, marrying a woman from Colonzelle in the neighboring Drôme. They had two daughters, Magali and Marie-Pierre.[7] Albert eventually became a firefighter in the powder magazine of Sorgues. In April 1939, Albert was involved in an accident with a car on departing from a bus that took him to work. The car belonged to the former President of the Republic, Emile Loubet. He was transferred to the Sainte-Marthe hospital in Avignon, where he died on 14 April (at "five o'clock" according to his death certificate) at the age of 44. As the historian Pierre Miquel writes in La Grande Guerre day-to-day, Editions Pluriel writes: "This man had gone through four years of war, he had been wounded nine times, he had been close to death a thousand times, Almost unjustly shot as a mutineer. He had escaped all dangers, all accidents. [...] All of this to be killed twenty years later, on his way home, on the descent of the bus. " Honours Édouard Daladier, the politician and prime minister of France requested that full military honors be given to him at his funeral. In 1971, the municipality of Réauville erected a cenotaph to his memory in front of his family house. Originally buried in Sorgues, the body of Albert Roche was transferred on September 22, 1967 to the cemetery Saint-Véran d'Avignon, where it still lies (square 40, row north, grave 15). A stela in his memory was inaugurated in Réauville in 1971 by the Mayor of the time, Gabriel Jarniac.[8] In 2018 La Poste issues a stamp to the memory of Albert Roche.[9] In March 2019, an exhibition is dedicated to him at the Musée des troupes de montagne in Grenoble

[@kiplingwasafurry1108]

This song is so cool I wish French people were real. All jokes aside what you said about Sabaton having an undertone of hope is correct. I believe they do it because how awful and depressing war is, but the men still kept hope that one day the war will be over and they’ll see their families. It’s also present in their sounds about heroes which show despite the horrible conditions, men and women can break through and do very impressive deeds.

[@amygoodson-catlady]

Most Sabaton songs are like, motivational or sentimental...but, anthems, all! The formula just works w the lyrical content! As soon as you hear the guitar solo...you can really tell Tommy had his hands on this!

[@johnmckeever8601]

You really captured how I felt when I heard this. I wish I was able to record my reaction just so people can see the kind of reaction this band brings out of me.

[@helenhellfiredixon]

As soon as it started i knew Tommy wrote the music sounds just like quest for the holy beef by hot beef injection, never let a good tune go to waste 😁 Edit: though a lot of people say it sounds like the safety dance

[@pernillaeriksson8594]

Safety dance, yes, but what it REALLY borrowed a lot from in both tune and musical arrangement is Highland by the group One more time. But I have not seen anyone stating that fact in any comments yet. Just Safety dance.

[@kaelynshea5533]

Hello Helen, I don't really care if it is the safety dance or holy beef or Highland or whatever. It is a great great song. Love it love I love it😀😀

[@anettem8775]

Thank you! I so recognized the music in the beginning, but could not figure out (remember) which song it was. But of course it is Quest of the holy beef. 🙂

[@kaelynshea5533]

When heard the song the first time I thought this is different than other Sabaton songs, but somewhat very familiar...listening for the second time I thought, this majestic intro, like goosebumps all over....this is a Tommy tune...checked it and there it was...music by Tommy. Of course. And I love this song. It gets stuck in your head and never leaves😄. And as a teenager of the 80's of course I hear the safety dance as well😂. But I still love it❤❤❤❤

[@chrisgertz8250]

These guys truly stand alone! This is an epic anthem! I can hear this song a thousand times!

[@lenaengell8528]

Just like with the songs of ABBA, there is an undertone of hope and happiness in the music and lyrics of Sabaton. The Swedish psyche?

[@ronnieramsten6389]

Thanks for an awesome reaction as always man!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@helenesvanborg6234]

Not many bands can beat Sabaton 🤘💥 Possibly Majestica in that case 😅

[@adrianhughes8143]

This incredible brave and heroic soldier was just amazing and was born in my opinion to be a soldier. Albert Roche story is a determined man to serve his country and fight for what is right, unfortunately Albert Roche was killed in 1939 when he crossed the road and was hit by a car, this Hero of France 🇫🇷 world of fought once again for his beloved country if he had not been killed in a road accident. Even though Albert was small in my opinion he was a giant amongst heroes. British Sabaton Fan 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪💙💛🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@Murvelhund]

I understand, their songs😁

[@-Griffin-]

Yarn-Hub Animated version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6qoZ4eEp7qCg7s

[@ace1337]

radio tapok sabaton Go! Bro)

[@reliantncc1864]

Sabaton's choruses are where they really get it done. The verses often aren't great, but the chorus always makes up for them.

[@riittasihvonen2011]

I wonder if you ever found the Children of Bodom lost song! I suggested Follow the reaper? He opened a bottle - not a can. Was that right song?? Anyway, worth checking Finnish Speed metal band ARCHED FIRE released a single "Pestilence". Tim "Ripper" Owens (ex singer in Judas Priest and Iced Earth) sings the high parts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHvclKypqbSLr6c

[@sebastiendoquin918]

I'm French and i so proud and honoured that France could have such a Hero of France, I think that the knight Bayard (his nickname: the knight without fear and without reproach) must drink with Albert Roche in Valhalla !!!!