So they do have an english version of the song but interestingly like a couple songs in the Carolus rex album its actually completely different. The english version covers more of a broad scope of the war and its cost instead of the Swedish song which has a more personal level to it covering a soldier specifically in the war who lost their life in the thirty years war. A really cool example is the song 1648 which is great by the way I'd totally recommend listening to it. The English version is all about the defenders of Prague holding off the Swedish army in the closing days of the war. The Swedes deciding to make one last campaign to acquire spoils of war and strengthen their position at the negotiating table during the peace talks. The people of Prague knowing that the Swedes would loot and pillage the city as was common at the time the citzens of Prague rose up to defend their home against the Swedes. Meanwhile flipping over to the Swedish version and its actually from the Swedish perspective and it does not pull any punches. It makes the Swedish intentions very clear and doesn't try to cover up what they were doing. Its honestly really great getting to see both sides depending on the language you listen to.
this song is about the 30 year war, a lifetime in war referrs to the fact someone vould be born, grow up and die during the war. The swedish version is from the perspective of a young soldier being called out to battle and the english version is from the perspective of a general observer, commenting on the hardships caused by this war.
Fun fact about this performance: When Sabaton has tours like The Great Tour and have shows in both Gothenburg and Stockholm they have a "sing along" competitions between the 2 towns with this song. I think that me and everyone else here in Gothenburg destroyed our voices right at this moment by screaming the song with all our power to win over Stockholm! XD It was an amazing moment to be a part of! Definetly one of my best memories in life! :D
As a Swede, It's so awesome watching you 'foreigners' :P react to this in swedish - and obviously enjoying it. I will say though, that the subtitles are a bit off.. I don't know if they are made by some automatic caption-thingie.. But it's far from perfect. And yes, there IS an English version of the song, but it's slightly different, i guess in order to make the words 'fit'. The Swedish version is more from a specific soldiers perspective, whilst the English is more.. 'soldiers in general'. (Not a great attempt at explaining..but there it is.) Great reaction - Keep it up!
Ahhh the memories. This was less than a week before covid started in Europe. Was there, somewhere in the sea of phone lights, been 8 months without concerts now but this was a really good show to go out on (Amaramthe and Apocalyptica was also there). In Oslo Amaranthe and Sabaton even did 82nd all the way together.
You should listen to the english version as well! The english version is a bit different from the swedish version, as the swedish version is a point of view from a soldier during the 30 years war. While the english version talks about the war from an outsiders standpoint. Its really good!
One of the best reactors out there, keep up the awesome work. Two emotional sabaton songs to recommend are price of a mile and angels calling( not the apocalyptica version)
In 1984 Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" was hitting the charts, and was played when I graduated boot camp. My Family flew in to attend. Only the Saltiest of Old Salt Sailors had dry eyes. USA does have it's own anthems beyond the Star Spangled Banner.
Absolutely brilliant. A true masterpiece in every respect. Sabaton is much the same as Nightwish, in that they use brilliantly crafted music to tell the story and they are so damn good at it that it hits you hard every time. Every Sabaton piece is a history lesson. There are those who as we speak are trying to erase our history and separate us from our past, and to no good end. We cannot allow that to happen.
Unfortunately the lyrics are written very weird. They relay the message but they are written in wrong order..... Three examples Song: "Gick ut i krig för Sverige, blev döpt i blod" Video: "He went outside for Sweden, was baptized in blood". Correction: "Went out to war for Sweden, got baptized in blood" Song: "För kriget det kan, förgöra en man" Video: "Because of the war, destroy a man" Correction: "Because the war it can, destroy a man" Song: "I fältet fränder faller, hörs ingen sång" Video: "No songs are heard in the fields where the kinsmen fall" Correction: "In the field friends fall, no songs are heard" The lyrics in the song is typical song lyrics, not always written how one would speak.
The subtitles bother me so much whenever I see someone react to this video. Thanks for writing the corrections, they are much better than the original.
Also they translated the line "Utmanar våra öden, ännu en gång" to mean "We face our destiny once more" but I'm pretty sure in the context of the song it shouldn't be destiny but "We face/challenge our fates once more".
Song: "I fältet fränder faller, hörs ingen sång" Correction: "In the field friends fall, no songs are heard" This is incorrect, fränder actually means kinsmen. Modern Swedes may use it to refer to friends but it litteraly means kinsmen. I see Swedes make this misstake in the comments all the time so there is clearly some extra homework required, but if you translate Fränder to Friends you are failing your university admittance exams or "högskoleprovet" as its called. You may refer to close friends as fränder, but that is honorific as Fränder it is the traditional swedish word for kinsmen. We have a word for friends that's: vänner.
sorryto interupt....but 'Five Finger Death Punch"is the voice of the U.S. army...listen to them....and one of my all time favorites is Wrong side of heaven.....look at the video and you will know what i mean....as a veteran i respect this song...and hold it in my hart forever....because it took me a year to recover from PTSD...and another year to learn to trust somebody else.....i whas in Irak 1992/93....never will i ever do things like that again.... anyway to get to this song.....Sabaton did something incredible with this....this is in swedish....but they also have it in english....goosebumps all over.... realy love this version....although my swedish is not yet uptimum.....but i am still learning.....thanks for the reaction....god bless....
After they recorded this album,Carolus Rex, the band split up and Joakim, the lead singer and Par, the baseplayer are the only original members of Sabaton. They had to rebuild the band before starting their Swedish Empire Tour
Some other cool swedish tracks Humanitys Last Breath - Abyssal Mouth Vildhjarta - den helige anden Imminence - paralyzed Adept - Dark Clouds Orbit Culture - Nensha Meshuggah - bleed Opeth - Deliverence Draconian - death come near me Katatonia - My twin Sabaton - Bismarck Avatar - torn apart ( live ) In mourning - black storm Medows end - Non dreaming eye Night crowned - IRA Aviana - My worst enemy Ghost - cirice This gift is a curse - monuments of dead gods In Flames - december flower Pain - on and on
You need to watch Ghost Division live at woodstock (poland) and 40 to 1 also woodstock.. and if u like the audience singing .. you should check out them singing the national athem of poland after 40 to 1.. .chills all over.. that is a HUUGE crowd .. search for "SABATON na scenie! Making of Woodstock 2012, odc.19/20" and start at 5:30.. would love to see your reaction
Creo que soy el primer comentario... Jajajajaja sabaton es la mejor bandaaaaaaa !!!! Siempre veo las reacciones a canciones de ellos y mi lista de música no es de nadie mas que de sabaton
I read through the songs you wrote on the spreadsheet, some really good ones but I noticed ”ruina imperii” wasn’t on there. I would add it if I were you 😉
The song is not about glorifying war but about the men who get forced to fight for a cause they may not understand or stand by. The peasant that has to pick up weapons and die for a lord that want more power, land or wealth and get an early gravestone in return.
I saw from the spreadsheet that you haven't done Ayreon - The Day that the World Breaks Down. You should get on that. And if you like that you can follow it up with 3 other songs from the same concept album - Everybody Dies (Live) - The Star of Sirrah (Live) - Run Apocalypse Run (Lyric video)
I agree that Ayreon - The day that the World Breaks down, is a song you should listen to..you'll not be able to look at 0 & 1's the same way again after that song.
Did you know the guitarist Tommy has a band of his own. Take a look at Above the sky by Majestica, a very simple video but close to perfection. He has a perfect voice...
oh....and before i forget....react to Sabaton....Christmas truce....this happened in WW1....and such an amazing story....and the Cross they have....is here in belgium....in Ypres to be precise
for those who wish to know wtf they sing this is a rough translation I look around and see my home vanish away My time at home now feels too short Only youth barely a man when duty called me If I get to see my home again I know not Among kinsmen from my village, I marched out to battle And the world burned because the war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my country But who miss me? So see me as the one A husband a friend Father and son never comes home again But who mourn me? Went into battle for fatherland/motherland/homeland was baptized in blood Out there awaits death not heroism In fields where kinsmen fall no song is heard Challenge our fates again far from home Be baptized and die in battle And the world burned because the war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my country But who miss me So see me as the one A husband a friend Father and son never comes home But who mourn me And when my time has run out Who cares then They struggle on Can a soldier achieve a dignified end Get to sleep fade out And never wake again
Floor Jansen's husband is in Sabaton. •••• Reaction videos are the best way to view Sabaton. Otherwise, your RU-vid home page will be filled up with military suggestions -- machine gun reviews, war stuff, fighter jet videos, etc. It takes a lot of clicking before they start to go away. ••••• Thanks for the reaction video! Enjoyed it. (-:
Why you haven't seen this sort of facing-the-audience shot before: it's because most huge band productions use automated camera systems (cranes, drones, sliders). Here you have a guy with a camera - and you know it's a person-operated because when they start moving around and he/she goes up to the drummer's podium, you can literally see the small up and downs of that person walking the steps. It's ballsy and very creative... but I think by now you know to expect just that from these guys ;)
Unfortunately outside of Five Finger Death Punch most bands with a following don’t have pro military service songs like this. It’s a shame. Sure there’s plenty of country musicians who’ve made music in support of the military but I want something like this.
You know man i have been i n many concert with Black Sabbath,Rolling Stones,Nazareth,ZZTOP,dDeep Purple,Status Quo no one have give me goosebumbs like SABATON!
First time I have focused on the english subtitles. It is a better job than I can do. But in some places they should have focused less on lyrics that fits the number of swedish words and the tempo. And more on getting the story told. Nice reaction
Great reaction. Please try a reaction to Sabaton/Amaranth 82nd All the Way. See link below. I am a 68year old Australian and suffer the same issue you have. Why did I have to troll throw the internet to discover Sabaton, Nightwish, Amaranth etc. All we get in Australia is the stero type pop groups and alike crap.
The subject is one of the most Brutal wars in Human history seen from a single person viewpoint, it was also one of the most consequentional wars, the Peace of Westphalia establisehd many standards about diplomacy, and *rules* of war that has been in use since, lastly but most importantly one of the direct consequences of the 30 years War (1618 - 1648) where the way it more or less forced Europe to turn their eyes and energy outwards to the world, which much of the world soon got to feel for better or worse
hey there, there actually is a song similar to that for the United States armed forces, you should react to it. it is The Warrior Song by The Warrior Project. :)
Sweden has always been good at finding good artists, wherever they come from. But their audience may seem scary. Check out their hockey fans and you'll understand. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OCQWys1xmiQ.html
I look around and see my home fade away. My time at my home now seems way to short. Only a youth barely a man, when duty called upon me. If i ever get to se my home again that i do not know. Among kinsmen from my village i went out to do war. And the world was aflame. Beacause the war can destroy a man I give my life for my motherland But who mourns for me? Went out to battle/fight for Sweden was baptized in blood. Out there death awaits not heroism. In fields where kinsmen fall no songs are heard! Challenging our destiny one more time! Far away from home baptized and death in battle And the world was aflame. Because the war it can destroy a man i give my life for my motherland but who mourns for me? And when my time is up who cares then? they fight on! Can a soldier get a worthy end!? Get to fall asleep and never wake up! Because the war it can destroy a man i give my life for my motherland but who mourns for me? This is as litteral as i can do it. Makes for a terrible song but the meaning is as clear as I can make it taking the specific swedish words in to consideration. I see people refer to Fränder as friends, this is not to do justice to the original meaning of the swedish words used in the text, or its a misunderstanding comming from how the term is sometimes used today. Sabaton would have used vänner if they ment friends, they used fränder which is almost arcaic in modern swedish, were by the confusion. Sabaton refer to the Swedes of the 1600s who lived and died among there relatives working the fields and living in villages, they were "kinsmen" Swedes today are mostly urban and we move around alot both natives and immigrants. They werent urban, they lived whit there relatives among related people. Its things like this that gets lost in translation and make it kinda impossible to do a Swedish song in English. And why its worth really paying attention to the lyrics both in English and Swedish.
Just a thought? Does that even exists any American bands with the same feeling of goosebumps like you got with this song? I mean "For war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my homeland But who will mourn me? So see me as A husband, a friend Father and son who never comes home But who will miss me? lyricstranslate.com This is some heavy shit :) ofc I would sacrifice my own life for my nation, but look in the lyrics this is heavy :)
I look at it as commemoration of those lost and think it’s such a great thing that the band paid tribute to those lost and spread their story to an audience (like myself) that would have never heard the story before. Definitely sad but I didn’t want to focus on that and just let the music guide my mood. 👌🏻
The hell you talking about? They're perfectly accurate. Every single sentence would translate like this. I suppose some words here and there could be adjusted slightly, but the overall meaning is the same.
