Sabaton - "Great War (Lyric + Music Videos | Double Reaction)" | ROADIE REACTIONS 

In the bridge, Joakim sings about paying "The Price of a Mile" which might be seen as a reference to Sabaton's song of the same name, which happens to be about Passchendaele. It's fucking hard-hitting and also one of Sabaton's all-time classics.

Resist and Bite is the song when Jocke plays the guitar.🙂 And their vlogs are amazing! During The Great Tour they showed up a lot from backstage. Technicians and even their tour bus. It's really interesting for a fan to see how all the magic is made.🤩 Great reaction! T(h)anks!🤘🏻

Check out a live performance of the band playing the song "Resist & Bite" for Joakim playing guitar. They used to make a big ol thing out of it. Basically Joakim would steal Thobbe England's guitar and play some easy riffs for laughs, then some recognizable ones from Slayer and such, and then Thobbe and Chris would come out and school him with some sick solos, and then they would go into "Resist & Bite" with all three of them playing guitar.

"The war to end all wars" is such a powerful lyric, laced with irony and sadness. along with "I know my deeds are not in vain" It gives the song an ironic and saddening feeling that whatever soldier is singing this would be very disappointed by the fact that war does in fact continue in the world even after their sacrifice.

Ya still should do a sabaton Saturday. There's still plenty of great songs (maybe not live versions from the great tour)but still worth it.

There are still parts of France that are off limits today due to the pollution left from WWI, the Zone Rouge(Red Zone). Artillery shells, grenades, ammunition, human and animal bodies, plus chemicals like mercury, arsenic, and chlorine. It's estimated that at current clean up rates, it will take between 300-700 years to completely clean these areas.

I highly recommend you listen to "Angels Calling ft. Apocalyptica," "Price of a Mile," or "The End of the War to End All Wars." These are all songs about World War I and I love all three of them. Side note, if you do decide to listen to "The End of the War to End All Wars" I suggest you listen to the very last song in the Great War album "In Flanders Fields." It's a poem written by Canadian physician John McCrae while serving during the First World War.

No way! I got it to Tank's vid! That music video is from Pilsen's and Wien's concerts... where I was in Pilsen in front row. Love it!

My nephew never really got into history at all. Was almost failing history class. Me and my brother(his dad) started playing sabaton on day in the car and now he loves history. All because of Sabaton. His first concert was seeing Sabaton. Was front row right in the middle. All the other fans there let us go right in front because they found out it was his first concert.

The Great War album has a "History" version, where a lady gives a little narrative intro to each of the first eleven songs. The narration for this one is: "Passchendaele. 1917. No Man's Land. *Not* a great place to be. Upon command, thousands of soldiers will march straight into the crossfire of thousands of guns, while the endless rain keeps pouring down. Perhaps it will raise a question: What is so 'great' about war?"

I was on a Liberation day with my Plzen friend and of course we went on Sabaton. It was fucking cold, but it was also so fucking awesome! I'm from Croatia and this was my 2nd time on a Sabaton show, 3rd time should be on Exit festival in Serbia when Sabaton will(hopefully) perfrom.

So the song Price of a Mile is a great song to show the horrors of the great war, you should probably know the story since if you know the song Passhandale from Maiden same story so price of a mile is around 75k souls and 6 miles of ground gained at the cost of 450k lives lost(both sides) only to be lost a couple of weeks later (as I write this I just reached the solo and sabaton said it themselves) also soldiers said they could tell when they were walking over bodies because of the ground being more squashy I think I could be wrong on the wording Also Price of a mile is one hell of a song

I have listened to this song so many times but I've never heard the officers whistle, to tell his men to go over the top, before the first chorus...That legit gave me goosebumps...Also there's a little museum in Belgium or France where a full box of dogtags is the "main attraction". The museumkeeper is activley looking for the families of the fallen the tags belonged to. Every year he finds like three to five he can send the tags and letters etc. to.

Great war and seven pillars of wisdom are the reason I keep comming back to this album, its just one of those good ones that once I start it, I have to do a full listen. And ending it with Flanders Fields gives me chills every time.

Three words....Iron Maiden Paschendale....it’s on the dance of death album, I recommend the live version for the stage setup where the roadies were in WWI trench uniforms setting up no mans land not the best audio but the remaster does the song massive justice. It doesn’t give as much information as Sabaton but it really conveys the way a trench soldier felt during that battle

I'm (very) late to the party, but I've seen Joakim "play" guitar and if my memory serves me correctly it was in 2017 in Bratislava. During the first break the crowd "forced" Joakim to down a beer - proper half a liter of draft beer - which is kind of a tradition where everyone just chants "Pivo" (beer), they always have at least one ready, Joakim then downs it like an absolute champ and everyone is happy. But I digress, then during the second break Joakim took a guitar and tried to play, I think he managed a power chord or two, horsed around a bit and that was pretty much it. Also fun fact, Hannes didn't play the show I'm mentioning, because it was around the time his daughter was born, in case you didn't know, with Floor from Nightwish.

YEESS!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!! 😃🙏👏

Sabaton staff manager: We have a show tomorrow, raise the barricade!

Good on you Tank, keep it pure, fun & “Tankisch” that’s just the thing that makes yr channel special. 🤘🏼

Loved every single episode of sabaton Saturday thanks for this

I will miss the regular schedule, but completely agree with your changing things up to ensure your personal enjoyment of the songs, as that is the most important part! Looking forward to the next one when it does come out! :D

Lad, Respects from Canada and keep pouring it on! You are doing well!

Thank you for all those Sabaton Saturdays. It was a blast and I'm glad you're still doing Sabaton when you'll feel like it ;)

I think for me Great war hits differently because it is not the glorious war anthems most of their songs are but rather a wild eyed wail from a foot slogger asking the only question "WHY?"

cant wait to see them live again next year in denmark, it will be my fourth time seeing them live and i will never miss a show cause they just got a special place in me that i cant quite put words on but man i will never miss a show till the day i die

Great reaction, again!🤘 This music video made me want to see Sabaton live sooo much!! Since I've never been to any of their concerts, it almost became an obsession... Finally, just before the covid lock down, I went to see them for the first time, in Oslo. I didn't just buy myself a concert ticket, I bought happiness! Their shows...🤩🤘

I have really enjoyed Sabaton Saturday, thank u very much for doing it

I love Sabaton hopefully I'll get to see them live one day. On a side note thanks to you and other roadies as well as the bands for working hard to entertain me for a couple hours. I appreciate it.

Sabaton has a whole song about the battle of Passchendaele called "Price of a mile" you should check that out =)

Oh, I got a tear in the corner of my eye when I heard you said that it's the last episode! There is still much to discover with them and I hope you change your mind and pick it up again. Especially when new songs are coming out, but continue already now. I would love to see you watch the episodes from their their Great Tour Vlog for instance. It's so fun to see and there certainly is a lot to talk about there as well. Keep up the fun and great work with Sabaton! All my best

It's sad to see Sabaton Saturdays discontinued. Especially since there are still so many great songs you haven't done yet.

3:30 Reminds me of that scene when Doctor Who meets a British General in like 1920, and just goes "British General, World War 1." General: "What do you mean?" Doctor Who: "Well, uniform, markings, (...)" "Yes, but...what do you mean....ONE?" (beat) "Oh sorry, spoilers."

Yay!!! One I can watch because I've covered it! Great job brother!

Your energy at the beginning of the music video made my day! Thanks once again for an awesome reaction. As some others probably will point out: The song where Jocke plays guitar is Resist and Bite. There are a lot of guitar in that so I guess it's the perfect solution. Also a really good song!

FINALLLYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bro I was waiting so long for you to finally react to this masterpiece!!! Thank you so so much!! :DDD

Thanx for your saturdays. Have been something to look forward to!! Looking forward to some Sabaton now and then. And of coz some Humanity last breath. There are two studio/live official videos but mostely are music videos only

!!! Cool reaction!!!

I'd love to see you meet/interview them. As soon as this Covid-shit is over, it would be awsome to see you at one of their shows. I've enjoyed this so much, thank you brother! You've really lifted me up with your videos, I've made it in to a routine to grab a drink and watch your Sabaton Saturday every week. Again, thank you so much for this, I really needed it.

It's crazy that it's been 5 months of Sabaton Saturdays. Sabaton is one of my all time favorite bands and seeing them get the recognition they deserve from Americans as a whole is incredible. Can't wait to see your future reactions to them, especially as people have pointed out that Joakim plays the guitar in Resist And Bite. But there are so many good songs for you to enjoy later one. Now bring on some more Powerwolf ;) haha Keep up the awesome work, Tank!

Sweet one dude, the chat was poppin LOL. Thanks again for giving us your time, your expertise, your positive energy. BE safe, be well and best wishes to your family and the wee one !!

Hey Tank, Sabaton has actually done a song on the Battle of Paschendale. It's one of their older ones, from their old lineup, and is called The Price of a Mile. It is, in my opinion, one of their better songs.

One of the best anti-war songs I’ve heard. I really enjoyed your observations about the massive behind-the-scenes that goes on for a show. It reminds me of the few times I’ve been in an opera production. There are so many hours of work and preparation leading up to what’s ultimately just a few hours of performance (of course laid out over several days, usually). Long live the performing arts!

You'r the BEST Tank !!! Much Love to you, your wife and offcourse, little Ingrid!

I'm gonna have to go back and watch all your reactions to Sabaton all over again! It's been a wild 5 months, brother!

You did it! Thank you🤘🏻

Man, love your videos a lot. Just loving to see someone enjoying this music as much, as i do. I would ask u to make a similar breakdown of a track "The last stand' by Sabaton. Its a bit old, and it is not mentioned as often, but its so intense and so breathtaking!

Thanks again for Sabaton Saturday!

Hello thanks for your videos about Sabaton's songs. it has been a great pleasure to see these. you have been waiting with excitement every Saturday to see which song you should check. Sadly, it's over now. Now I get to find many other groups with as good music as you watch. I really needed a few more weeks with your videos about sabaton. have an upcoming cancer operation, so now I have to look for the little gold nuggets for videos that you release from time to time. Thanks again for your videos. good luck being the best father of your daughter. Remember her first 2-5 years. One day She will be 15 years old And dad is just a big pain.😂

Of the two dozen or so reaction channels I follow, yours is my favorite. Not only do you have excellent taste in music and gear, but the amount of knowledge you accompany with your videos is top notch. I really enjoy reading the captions that go further into detail about people, gear, etc. Keep up the great work, dude. 🤘🏼🤘🏼

About the bombs and grenades, which can still be found: There are still bombs in the earth, close to big cities. (I am not talking just about WW I, but also WW II). Here in Dresden, we had to evacuate parts of the city 2-3 years ago, as an aircraft bomb from WWII was found right beside a gas station. It was just found, as they wanted to construct a new building there and therefore dug a bit deeper than before. Basically people woke up everyone in the area at 2 am and everyone was evacuated within 12 hours. (most people were evacuated in the first 5-6 hours, but there were some retierment homes, which took a lot longer. It took 3 days until we were able to get back to our homes. Luckily it does not happen so often anymore, but it happens frmo time to time. And it is not just in rural areas. It is an interesting experience to get evacauted because of that and shows you how long the horror of war stil exist and can cause harm, even though the wars are so long ago.

Tank, thank you very much for some Great Tou- I mean Great Saturdays :D Even though I already knew Sabaton, I've always learned something new when I watched your videos, and overall, they made me respect Sabaton (and any live band, really) much more, because of all the work that needs to happen to give the fans a Great Show (as you said, 12 hours of work for 2 hours of "payoff")! Even though you stop the band-specific days, I'm glad that you said that you will continue Sabaton reactions eventually, I am looking forward to seeing them with Great Anticipation! Ok, enough with the Great Jokes and 2 more things that might interest you: 1) Joakim plays the Guitar during Resist & Bite, it is part of the show, /watch?v=5bZuNg79VUk is a good example, I think. 2) Regarding the huge Setup of Sabaton's Live Shows, I recently found a few "Sabaton Live Acoustic" videos, where they play in front of a relatively tiny crowd with a cajón, acoustic guitars, and an acoustic bass (I've always wondered if these are a thing). It is such an unfamiliar look/sound, but I really liked it and I think you might find it interesting as well :) Here is an example /watch?v=XfGKDUQwVLQ Great Weekend to you and Greetings from Germany, Alexander

Sabaton has endless resources of material when it comes to war/history based songs. But the way they do it is just awesome. I was at Sabaton concert couple of years ago when they toured with Iron Maiden. I enjoyed both bands a lot.

Hey Tank, I only just found your channel through your journey of learning about Sabaton. Before you completely end the Sabaton Saturday's I had a recommendation for you to listen to their song panzerkampf. Love your stuff though man keep up with it ^-^

Deff have to check out their song "The Price of a mile" about the battle of Passchendaele , there was also a movie " Passchendaele" (2008) that is worth watching

Thanks for your Sabaton saturdays. Very appriciated. / Micke P

Fun fact: they named there new tour "The tour to end all tours" ^^

Sad to see the end of Sabaton Saturdays, but it's understandable. And I thank you for doing it for so long! Just in case you would be interested, Sabaton will be playing at the Blue Ridge Rock Fest in Danville, VA in September of this year. You should go see them perform!

Thanks for this! Needed it today, cheered me up, having a fight with my ex... Thank you and... LET'S GO! 😊

During your first pause (after the first chorus) you said a lot of things that reminded me of "The End Of The War To End All Wars", the (second to) last song from the Great War album. I'm positive you haven't reacted to it yet so maybe we can get there even after Sabaton Saturday has been cancelled. My personal favourite Sabaton song to this day.

I agree when I was a local crew stagehand it felt so damn good after it was all said and done.

When I see roadie , tech, manager etc. I always say thank you or u do an awsome work and they always shine up like it best day in their life . Funny story i met the tech that handles Pär's gear on the sabaton Cruise and asked me what I thought about the show and I loved it ofc but I also said the whole crew need to also be praised for the hard work make it all work on a Cruise . The tech was quite stunned after what I said and then he said "im buying u a beer" . He said thank you and for being awsome fan ,it ended with a hug and he gave me one of pärs plektrums( let us say i was in shock in the end) . Always praise the work of the crew ,something good always comes out of it🤘🤘🤘

I went to that live show in Pilsen, amazing stuff, great memories.

I really appreciate your response to Sabatons videos, you get me headbanging and some times cry to 🤘🇸🇪🤘. Now I'm waiting for Finland to crouch Germany in the Hockey World Championship. 🤘❤🤘

I studied music, got the chance to perform, got the chance to work as a roadie a couple times, got the chance to teach music to children and teenagers, and there's no statement I can relate more to than "I could have the worst day ever working, but the second the show starts, it makes everything worth it". This chorus is amazing AF..!!! Quite bittersweet thinking of the story behind it, as with many other Sabaton songs, but shows the power of art, to transform something bad or sad into something awesome..! Thanks for the video, Tank! Great as always! See you in the next one!

On 26 February, the Germans had advanced 3 km (1.9 mi) on a 10 km (6.2 mi) front; French losses were 24,000 men and German losses were c.  25,000 me

Fully agreed with a lot of stuff you're saying, both in terms of the music (verse hasn't got me hooked, but that chorus is epic) and the history (so many people, from across the world, dying in agony, pain, terror, fear, in some muddy field in Belgium - and that's just one battle, and all the tens of thousands who were never even found again, there's a reason so many countries have a Tomb of the Forgotten Soldier)... Love you bringing some light to some behind the scenes stuff (as always!), and while I'll miss Sabaton Saturdays, it seems like a real sensible decision to let it be more on your own terms rather than having it be forced by a thing such as what weekday it is.

So are we gonna do Bi-weekly Blind Guardian now? (can't think of a specific day that works lol)

Tank thank you so much for your amazing reaction. As mentioned before you doing great by educating us about gear and so on. Love your reactions but there are so many sabaton storys / songs unheard. I hope you will come back to them. For example "Price of A Mile" ( Since the battle of Paschendele is already mentioned in this video, you should check out this song ) Most lovely Greetings from Germany and keep our style

My country was great and no one can defeat it with our bravery and the power of our faith

I saw Joakim play guitar during Resist and Bite. There also should be a few live videos. I think they even had Floor once on stage where she played a short lick 😉

For those who do not know: the city of Plzeň is called Pilsen in German. Adjective of Pilsen in German is Pilsner. Yes, *that* Pilsner. Cheers. BTW, I was really surprised that a bridge gate in a town of Stříbro (Silver) near Plzeň still bears a marking “CLEARANCE 12’ 7” painted above the arch by Patton’s army. It survived 76 years - and Commies.

Still here, still clicking like. Looking forward to some different stuff, Sabaton has had a good run here =o)

i will alwats remember in 2015 i saw sabaton the day before attending the acoustic tour of Tenacious D and after the concert there was this one roadie in full military gear and helmet that was completely wasted and chatted with us boys waiting for the band to steal some sign and pictures and he was so sad he couldn't see the Sasquatch (the D opener)

Great War is technically a sequel/retelling of Price of a Mile. Price of a Mile is sung about the Battle of Paschendale, this song is song from the perspective of a Soldier, described as a Mushroom by the band since, "he was kept in the dark and fed Bullshit." from the same battle.

Is that My Name is Byf in the reccommended feed that I saw there? Love that dude

WARS ARE NEVER OLD MY FRIEND!!!

This is not a normal genre of music I would listen to, (I listen to a lot of pop, grew up on it) I am loving this! My first reaction video of Tank was for Hypa Hypa with Saltatio Mortis and thank you Tank for introducing me to music I don’t normally listen to! I love this reaction video and going to listen to some more Sabaton 😊❤️

Hey Tank, did you know that the singer from Nightwish is married to the drummer from Sabaton. Fun trivia 😄

I love the History Version of this song. It's on Spotify. The intro and outro just hits ya in the feels tbh.

And it wasn't just the scale but the technology that was so brutal. When it started, there was still muskets, horses and cannons. In a few years, heavy artillery, tanks, mustard gas, ambulances, etc. It was the fastest evolution in the perfection of killing and medicine that we've seen to date

If you haven't seen it, on sabatons YT channel they have alot of vloggs from the great tour that you should check out. It's alot of fun seeing them goofing around and seeing alot of behind the scenes.

19:08 Joakim plays guitar when they perform "Resist & Bite"

Great stuff as always! I really want to see you go back to some bands you have done just one or two videos about (but that you all loved) and check out more. My top three in this category are Avatar, Amon Amarth and Blind Guardian.

I don't have the name in my head right now, but Sabaton actually made a concert film once where they really talk about the prepping and work around the show. It's on YT.

You really gotta hear Sabaton “The Final Solution” it’s about hitlers rise to power in Germany, it pretty powerful emotionally.

Thank you.

Talking about it being removed, i wound up extremely lucky in high school. I wrote a fairly involved essay about ww1, and wound up with a phenomenal source. My history prof was a late in life baby, and she brought me in a shoebox full of letters her dad wrote home when he was part of the AEF force in the last year of the war. It really is awe inspiring to try to wrap your head around the situation that these young men and boys went though.

Resist and Bite, my favourite song from Sabaton

I am somewhat sad to see that official Sabaton Saturady's have come to an end, but I 100% understand the reasoning behind it and support it and I am hyped to see what interesting stuff you will react to instead. Avoid the burn out and keep enjoying this great band and the history that goes along with it at your own pace! Hope you have a great, day, night or whatever time it may be for you.

Thanks for pointing out who the drummer is married to... Their previous drummer plays in Mustasch. Singer is Ralf Gyllenhammar. Ralf Gyllemhammar made one great song in Swedish qualification to Eurovision Song Contest (Melodifestivalen) 2013. Ralf Gyllenhammar - Bed On Fire Mustasch Live In Gothenburg (Corona edition) Blood In Blood Out What Is Wrong

Sad to hear sabaton Saturday isn't going to be a thing anymore, but still glad to hear you're gonna keep doing sabaton songs :) and a song recommendation for Monday would be oh majinai by baby metal, it's got a robot Joakim doing a traditional Irish dance (that alone is definitely worth seeing)

Oh yeah, you've never checked Resist and Bite (the one where Joakim plays the guitar). And it's an amazing one, the main riff is one if their best. You should check it out someday !

I've always loved seeing backstage footage of concerts and theatre performances. I work in a theatre backstage, and it's always interesting to see how others prepare for a show. I personally prefer being behind the scenes and working on shows. It gives me so much more energy, and I can actually have some space around me during the show :D

Morning brother happy memorial day weekend

Great Video as usual. May i suggest the next Sabaton Song... "A Ghost in the Trenches" I promise to you that this song covers a story that you would probably never believe.

I'm wanting to see your reaction to devil dogs so bad but most videos are fan made and a few official videos by sabaton either way loving your reactions tank

Joakim plays guitar on “Resist and Bite”. There’s an official live video of it on Nuclear Blast’s RU-vid channel that was shot at Wacken in 2015 and one on Sabaton’s YT channel from the Great Tour that was shot in Antwerp 🇧🇪. Joakim plays two different guitars in those shows though.

Great reaction. You seem to master the skill of historical empathy, which is considered to be one of the crucial skills for a historian to conduct relevant historical research. The ability to relate into the position of a historical human being, to try and understand the conditions in which they lived and acted is important to avoid the trap of understanding the past from today's perspective. It is also easy to skip the casualties of the World Wars as mere statistics, but when you stop to concider that every single soldier was an independent individual who had their own lives and hopes and every day problems... Both World Wars become such huge tragedies. Some people say that Sabaton glorifies war. Songs like this one are a proof of the opposite. Sabaton brings up the individuals, tells the stories that help us relate into the past and understand history beyond numbers. Many have proposed the Price of a Mile. Check that one out. The music and lyrics manage to set up the correct feeling. Keep up the good work, and all the best to you, the wife and the daughter!

Tank you are my beard hero :D

Always here for Sabaton