I've heard one recording from the Sabaton Cruise -- if memory serves, it's on a deluxe/ extended version of the "Heroes" album -- in which the audience starts the chant and Joakim yells at them to "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
Things Joakim Broden gets pressured into: - Singing Swedish Pagans - Slapping that iron knee - Playing the "machine gun guitar" on stage But most importantly: "Noch ein Bier!"
Funniest part of the last concert i went to was that Joakim mentioned the guy responsable for bringing em beers was named "Andy". Before chugging a beer. Before he had finished the Cup, people were screaming "ANDY ANDY ANDY" to the amusement of everyone on stage.
Its even better when the other members of the band spur it on too. When I saw them last between two of the songs, Chris started the hum and just like that the whole crowd begun to hum as well. Joakim just looked at him and said little more than "Motherfucker". It was great.
This happened at the sabaton concert in the armory Minneapolis mn, everyone demanded Swedish pagens and they relented after like 3 minutes of chanting.
This is exactly what happened in Bratislava a few days ago, the whole crowd just started chanting the hooo hooo hooo part along with tommy joining on the guitar and the rest of the band just stood in disbelief for like a minute until they decided fuck it lets play it
I love it when Joakim trolls the audience over "Swedish Pagans." It's become something of a game between him and the crowd -- he might not like playing it, but he knows that the crowd will NOT let him leave until he plays it and so he decides to mess with them over it. It's all in good fun.
was at their concert in Ostrava, Czechia yesterday. Swedish pagans was there once again, and it ended up being a screaming chanting match between Tommy's half of the stadium and Chris's side of the stadium. Joakim didn't look amused XDD
At least the way I see it, if Joakim doesn't like playing it...well, it's his own damn fault for writing a song with such a distinctive and easy opening sequence which the audiences can sing back at him to let him know they want to hear it!
@@fanofhistory8017 Don't get me wrong....I'm one of those people who believes that Joakim's supposed hatred of "Swedish Pagans" is mostly for show and that he just enjoys messing with the audience a bit. It's all in good fun. After all,, there are lots of other songs which Sabaton *has* to play at virtually every concert for the sake of the fans but he doesn't have any issues with those. I was merely pointing out that if Joakim really *does* hate "Swedish Pagans" as much as some people think, he has no one but himself to blame for writing a song which is so popular and which is so easy for the audience to beg for by singing the opening. That said, I can understand why a band might get tired of performing the same songs again and again since that takes away the opportunity to play some of their other less popular songs once in a while. I for one would very much like to see "Poltava" or "Ruina Imperii" played live (even if only to ring the changes a bit) but I very much doubt I ever will...and it's not just because "Ruina Imperii" is the one song from "Carolus Rex" which is only in Swedish.
@@OreadNYC oh sorry for my comment you answered perfectly. Like id love to hear some of my favourite songs alive. Like As you Said Ruina Imperii or on my side midway. But i think Panzer Elite as opening never fails, but I also dont think that sweedish peagons doesnt have to be played every concert. But its tradition for the Sabaton and I understand why is it Done.
Yeah they know how to work the crowd into thinking that it had an effect on whats going to be played :D if you were to more than a single concert you know exactly whats going to happen next based on whats happening on the stage - when Joakim wants a beer he will make the crowd think they should chant about drinking beer. I know I suck at explaining but yeah, they do it very well and its less obvious than I made it sound :DDD
I heard this happened and someone (in the band) pulled out the song list and said "its not hear we arent going to sing it" After the crowd kept cheering or booing for it someone else in the band or maybe the original guy just tore the list in half and said "f it, we'll do it anyways"
Sorry to be late for the conversation but if I recall well there are a few reason but main one is Joakim try to push in some of their newer song in concert to get them out in the allotted time they have … so when the public request this older song then one of the newest one won’t be played for lack of time.
It's a running gag; Swedish Pagans isn't on the setlist, but around halfway through the concert, people start chanting it, Joakim gets "upset"... and then they start playing it. Joakim runs with the joke, but he honestly wishes he wouldn't play it, as per this news article: californiarocknews.com/2018/02/13/sabaton-kreator-wiltern-draft/.
