I'm a 71 year old veteran of the Vietnam War who just recently found Sabaton. Most people ignore veterans, and would just as soon forget they exist. Sabaton is the only ones in the entire musical world that is telling our stories. I don't know if any of them served in the military, but either way, they get us. We know that war is not about glory; it's about death and destruction. And it doesn't matter whether you're Swedish or American like I am, war is war - irrespective of nationally. I am so grateful for Sabaton for not forgetting about us, and telling our stories.
As a Swede, this performance has a special place in my music heart. Imagine the joy as a musician to have an audience of thousands sing back your very own lyrics. Must be magical :) The english version (still being really good song) does not go as deep on the thoughts of the individual soldier, which I think is the reason why this one stir up more emotions. Side note: In the YT info section of this video it says it is from the Heroes album, which is incorrect. This is from the Carolus Rex album, which in my opinion is one of their strongest contributions. Thanks for a great channel! Keep them reactions flowing :)
Carolus Rex is by far my favorite album. However, none of their albums are bad. Sure, Metalizer might not be as good as the others but it's still not bad and there are some songs on it that I think are really good. If I'd have to list all albums from best to (can't say worst because none are bad so...) least favorite, it's probably gonna go like this: 1: Carolus Rex 2: Heroes 3: Coat of Arms 4: The Great War 5: Attero Dominatus 6: Primo Victoria 7: The Art of War 8: The Last Stand 9: Metalizer
As half german/swedish, I absolutely love this song. My mom being swedish, she showed me this song in Swedish and I fell in love with it. She is the reason I love sabaton. Alskar dig mamma!
The thing with this song is that it can be applied to any war or conflict where people have lost someone. That emotion is something that everyone can connect with and that’s why it’s so powerful. In my opinion anyway
Sabaton has mentioned this about their songs that (sadly) war is universal and that's why and how a song, just like the guy reacting here said, about a war he has never even heard of can still speak to you and touch you in this way
The "Hundred Years' War" (1337-1453) between France and England is normally regarded as the longest war in human history. But just as the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) it was more series of fighting with several non-fighting times in between. In 1642 the Swedish killed part of my ancestors (at the time they were the ones who invaded Germany and were ill-famous for their brutality and lootings; see "Schwedentrunk" - Swedish Drink in the English Wikipedia).
Yeah, if you have like the 30, 80, 100 years wars, and they are actually decades or over a century of pure fighting, there'd be nobody left to actually have a country...
I was at this show (sitting somewhere in the middle of the platform to the left from this view of the stage) Just before this clip started Joakim asked everyone to hold up their cellphones since no one carries around a lighter anymore. Needless to say, this was one hell of a night. Sadly, this was just before covid broke out and started canceling shows (had for once tickets for 5 shows and 1 festival that year and this was the only one I got to attend) Going by facts about the show, we were around 10 766 people in the arena that night.
Great reaction to a fantastic song. Sadly, 30-year war was not the longest, war between England and France lasted for 116 years- i don't know if there was one longer than that
The Reqonquista is the longest war known to man. It was a conflict between the Christians on the Iberian Peninsula and the Umayyad. It was a conflict that lasted 781 years. Even now there are some militant conflicts that have lasted over 100 years in total.
@@DennisVlaanderen That's the one I was thinking of too. And after than the Roman - Persian war lasting some 681 years. Which I think overlapped with the Roman - Germanic tribe wars which lasted some 588 years.
They mean a constant war, Rome had periods in their wars so did England Vs France! 30y war didn't have any pauses/trusses, people was born in to war and died during it. Remember this war effected all Swedes, since it's a small country 🤟🇸🇪
Depending on how you look at it, the war between Rome and Carthage might still be ongoing. They never signed a peace treaty because Carthage was destroyed.
I know this song is about Sweden and 30-Years War, but what's so special about it is that it can be applied to pretty much any nation and any war. That's why it's so emotional and beautiful to pretty much everyone who hears it, there is no nation that hasn't experienced the horrors of war. Sabaton is such a special band.
This song, No Bullets Fly, Christmas Truce, Final Solution, The Price of a Mile, The Hammer has Fallen, Ballad of Bull... They all give me goosebumps and all kind of different emotions.
To be honest, i have probably seen most reactiosn out there to this song. I have been lucky enoguh to be in the crowd chanting this song back to sabaton three times now since it was released and it is always the highlight of the show. The subtitles givs you the general idea what the song is about but it does not do the lyrics justice at all. The way this song hits as a swede, standing in that crowd is just something else! Loved seing your reactions to it and i hope some day you have the possibility to go see them live and witness the awesomeness that is sabaton live! :) Keep doing what you do and i promise to keep watching. I wish you all the best! /a proud Swede!
Was at this concert and less than a week after this the pandemic started so it was actually the last concert for two years now. Amazingly emotional, I have been to other Sabaton shows where the crowd sang along to this song, but not like this, 10 000 people where singing and crying all around me for the entire song, definitly one of the best concert moment for me. The entire show was great (amaranthe and apocalyptica was the other acts) but this is a very special performance and I'm so happy I got to experience it live.
You two are an incredible couple and your reactions especially to my favourite band Sabaton. I live on my own and the both of you make my day when I see your reaction video. Take care and stay safe. British Sabaton Fan 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴🇿🇦
Harry, your first shot at the title, actually wasn't that far off. The ending is a hard g, and thats it :) But A for effort. Love the reaction as always. I do feel you react the right way. No pauses
I just realized you already did Christmas Truce .. I admit! I'm retarded, and I stand by it! But I forgive you, for releasing it, and not telling YT to tell me .. :)
1:33 Hell no! There was also The Hundred Years War between France and England that was actually 116 years and I'm not even sure if it was the longest war ever.
An exelent song, and you cant help to feel patriotic and sad at the same time when litening to it. Everyone should care about history to some degree, or we are destined to repete it, sure you dont have to be a history nut, but having some idea of wher we come from and the horrible things that were done in the past will help us do better in the future.
At this time in Sweden, every family was expected to provide one male to be a soldier of the Crown. Sometimes 2, 3 or more depending on how many male children they had. If they didn't have children, they would go themselves. They would raise these children, and when they came of age, 16-17, they would be collected and usually never seen again. All they could do was to pour their knowledge into them and make them as strong as possible, so maybe they would come back one day. That was the reality of those days. On all sides, not just Sweden.
love your reactions as always. i’d love to see the band “citizen soldier” added to the list. their most recent album “this is your sign (part1)” is filled with amazing songs, and very powerful lyrics that partly saved my life. my personal favourite “always december”
You should react to Sabaton's live performance of "Great War" at Wacken 2019. To celebrate their 20th anniversary they brought back former band members and performed on 2 stages at once.
Thanks Harry! Thanks Sharlene! Love you two! Can only echo what Tobias said... Since discovering Sabaton, it's become as clear as your tears that the passion they display and the passion they inspire is a self-fulfilling exchange of energy.. Their music and lyrics are not political statements. They write about the human element, the loss, the heroism, the pain and the spirit of men and women. And the audience reaction....off the charts. And the real genius is having a song for every country they perform for! And like or love it, the listener actually learns something. You two don't know how much joy you give an aging music enthusiast! I wouldn't have given this a listen if you hadn't posted it. Thank you! Your biggest fan!
1:40 One could argue that the mindanao conflic is the longest war since there was continuous skirmishes on that island ever since the Spaniards conquered it until fairly recently in one way or another (just the fighting against the Spaniards lasted over 300 years)
For your info there is two version of this song, EN Livstid I Krig in swedish with the lyrics showing the point of view of a swedish solder getting involved in this war and the english version, A lifetime of war, showing the 30 years war from the other counrties point of view ! To me, the swedish version is the best one by far !!! For your info, i'M a "same direction" guy hahaha
I have to say this is war. I was waiting for march order and supposed to be sent to hotspots secretly 1980-1990, But we manage to stay out of war at that time. War is hell nothing else and we have to make sure to not fall in to it ever. Dialog are the best instrument to stay put. STAY A LIVE. Thank`s Sabaton. Thanks Song/Thongs I´m a warrior but for peace this time and I play also. we need peace warriors. U are two of them my friends. Love from Sweden.
Yeah, Sweden began to participate the war 1630 and till the end, where Sweden was a main power with there's war tactics, wich is to day a ground for modern war tactics.
Longest war in the world was the Hundred Years’ War, which - despite the name - lasted 116 years. It was fought by England and France over the course of several conflicts with intermittent periods of peace.
Sweden have not been at war in over 200 years but before that Sweden was at war for about 800 straight year more or less. 16 wars with Danmark and at least 9 wars with Russia during that period. Many people spend there whole lives at war. Sweden learned the lesson - when will the rest of the world!?😐
This song is about the Thirty Years War that was fought between 1618 and 1648. The Kingdom of Sweden was a major power in Europe at the time and this war was the bloodiest one until that time. The Swedish lyrics reflects the suffering of the individual soldier and the fact that one went to war, had a newborn child in the beginning but the war was so long that it happened that the child all grown up and had to fight in the same war where his father fought or still fighting.
Have you ever heard of "Brothers of Metal"? Another swedish metal band, but they have focused on viking themed songs. I love Sabaton and Nightwish, and I really enjoy listening to Brothers of Metal as well. "Yggdrasil" and "One" are two good songs to start with :) Thank you for you great content!
I suppose the 100 Years War was longer than the 30 Years War, but there were several long breaks in the 100 Years war, and it could almost be called more than one war except that there was no peace treaty.
There are multiple 100 year wars in older times, but they are more of a series of conflicts and not continous fighting with some months and years of peace. The shortest world wide war was WW2, and the first one was the 7 years war
Swedish history crash course (Sabaton edition): So we've been peaceful for about 200yrs but before that we weren't. We were at war a lot (partly because we were rather good at it) and quite a lot of it was us attacking other people. European history crash course (Sabaton edition): Lot's and lots of war. There's a reason Europe got so good at it that it managed to export its bullsh*t around the entire planet. Dunno if it's the geographical setup - guns, germs and steel - or just practice and being slightly nuts. The rest of global history crash course (Sabaton edition): Lot's of stuff went down everywhere and it's not like others couldn't rival European bullsh*t. Sabaton is Swedish and thus obviously centered around that battlefront but the whole world has been a battlefield. /history lesson
I love Sabaton any song but this one is like an anthem. I absolutely enjoy your reactions. Have you guys listened to the Ukraine band Jinjer ? Check out Jinjer "Pisces" Napalm records video. Keep up the channel its great.!
For your own enjoyment, you can watch the Lion Of The North - Lejonet Från Norden - where they start with three cello's. Watch the one live at the same venue, it is on par with En Livstid I Krig. You can thank me later...
There you are wrong there was a war between Britain and France that was 100 years old. But it was not the longest war but it was Russia and Sweden where a small village in Sweden did not want to give water to a warship and they went home and came back and crushed this village. This village belongs to my hometown, in 2010 Putin found out about this and signed the peace after 300 years of war. This was in the newspaper, Russia did not know about this or Sweden.
One thing is to read the lyrics. Another thing to lissen to the lyrics. Dosent matter what war they sing about in this, war is war. War can destroy a man.
