Vocal Coach REACTS SABATON '1916' Motorhead Cover 

Sabaton speciality is songs on military history. They never take sides and never glorify war, on the contrary. They tell stories of what goes on in the different wars from the perspective of individuals fighting in them. Thus they can sing about German stormtroopers, Polish resistance, American Marines or a Canadian scout in the trenches as well as Swedish Carolingian soldiers from 1700hundreds. The soldiers you see here marching down Birmingham streets are representatives of various Sabaton songs back to Sparta and the battle of Bannockburn in Scotland. They called for fans of Birmingham metal music to march with them down the street together with the surviving members of Motörhead, carrying the photo of the author Lemmy Kilminster who wrote it. Any small detail is meticulously planned from the bus to Hammersmith in the intro, a nod to the Motörhead album No sleep until Hammersmith, to the abandoned car in the street, to remind of the murder of archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914.

[I hope you'll forgive a pasted comment, it took me a while to write the first time.] I saw Sabaton perform this live in Leeds on the first night of the current tour, and it was so emotional. So let's raise a few glasses: to Birmingham, birthplace of metal; to Lemmy (RIP); to Sabaton; and to those who sacrificed so much. My wife's grandfather was one of those who lied about his age - he was only _14_ when he went to the Front! He got out alive, thanks to some amazing luck: he was wounded and taken to a field hospital, and his own father was being treated there at the same time. He swore a lot when he saw his son, then wrote to his wife back home explaining the situation. She in turn sent evidence of their boy's age to the War Office and they pulled him out. After he came home he never spoke to anyone in the family about his experiences. Greetings from South Yorkshire - Lest We Forget.

Your comment about memorials was also perfect- Sabaton have been accused in the past of glorifying war, but all they the glorify are the men and women who fought and fell, regardless of who or what they were fighting for.

There is a symbolism in the video I haven't seen anyone pick up on...notice at around 7:20 when the band and all the civilian followers stops and stands still, the soldiers keep moving forward.

Tina Guo is the one who plays the cello and did the arrangement.

Cello solo arranged and performed by the one and only Tina "Wonderwoman" Guo. She play with them in Swedish Pagans live at Wacken and in their video Steel Commanders.

Sabaton’s music is all history based with a focus on military history.

Let me add my two cents to this topic. As a german in 2023 I can say - with all of my heart - that there's nothing, absolutely NOTHING that will ever justify the waste of all these lives. Mankind lives on this world for not even the blink of an eye comparing to this planets history and yet we still aren't able to learn from our mistakes. Most intelligent species of the world... yeah, for sure. A war will not solve anything. A war will cause all the reasons for the next war. I'm afraid humanity is doomed to parrish because of our incapability to grasp this simple truth. Some might say that's for the better because Mother Earth sure as hell won't shed a single tear if we just wipe ourselves out.

They have so many great songs, as people already pointed out they're all about historical stuff. Really moving songs are also The Price of a Mile, The Final Solution or a Lifetime of War. Songs on the more badass side are Bismarck or To Hell and Back if you wanted to check out more of their stuff 😊 they even have a history channel where they talk about the historical events behind their songs.

Sabaton uses historical themes to highlight and honor the sacrifice, courage, and humanity of groups and individuals who rise above the horrors of the cauldron of war to perform incredible feats. They do not glorify war or take sides, they just tell the tales that need to be remembered.

Dear Mr. Lavigne, the singer of Sabaton, Joakim Broden, did a song and video with italian fun metal band Nanowar of Steel some time ago that is called "Pasadena 1994" about the Fifa world cup. Maybe you would like to watch that? It is a totally different side of Mr. Broden, plus some very italian look at the importance of football (soccer) for Europeans. :D

Some of their best songs, acording to me, are about the 30 years war (1618-1648) and the rise and fall of the Swedush Empire. Like En Livstid i krig, Carolus Rex, The Lion fron the North, Caroleans Prayer,, Got Mit Uns etc.

This powerful voice is so impressive and at the same time it's very emotional - pure goosebumps 👌💝

This was great, Ken. Thanks so much, for taking this on. 👍

Sabaton are experts in evoking these emotions! They are really worthy of everyone taking a good look at their work! And Joakim voice is so powerful and epic!

Every soldier are references to other Sabaton songs. It's filmed in Birmingham. There is a video about the making of this video on RU-vid.

Please react to some of Tommy Johansson’s @ReinXeed (guitarist from Sabaton) metal version covers! Like The Phantom of the Opera, You raise me up(one octave higher), She’s gone by Steelheart, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, the Theme song from Outlanders and many more!

Fantastic cover Motorhead forever

The song itself is sad already but the string instrumental version at the end is another level....and i want a full version

Sabaton gives you a reason to shed a tear

Sabaton also have some animated songs a couple that come to mind is Nightwitches and no bullets fly.

We're gonna get Ken covoered in tats and lealther, eventually, chat! Just keep at it!

Just so you know Sabaton does cover a lot of not just world war 1 but wars in general. Like they have song going back to the American revolution some even before that. But they do mostly do songs around world war 1 or world war 2, and it not just wars it could be people who are famous or less known in the wars.

Sabaton focus on history of war, as many pointed. They have a RU-vid channel “Sabaton History“ which is a must to check.

Sabaton mainly writes songs about pieces of war, known and unknown, and on top of that they have their own history channel, Sabaton History, where they go through the war events they sing about with a historian and talks about the historical facts of said events. Name one other band who does anything even close to that.

Oh damn, was waiting for this one, and was just thinking the other day i was surprised you hadnt yet

Felt the same way when i first watched this man. I served 09-13 as a helicopter mechanic, never saw combat. Dont consider myself a veteran. This still hits hard.

this song is the most powerful and heart touching to me

Thank you Mr. Lavigne for a heartfelt reaction to a great cover by Sabaton - there's so much more here and in recent songs in general than there was in most of Sabaton's earlier songs. And that´s where my obligatory mention of a cool and more than just a little creepy detail for those who know comes in: Around the middle of the video the crowd/parade comes across a lovely early 20th century ecru-coloured convertible that's standing abandoned in the middle of the street. This is the car that Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his (morganatic) wife Sophie Chotek, Duchess of Hohenberg bled to death in on the 28th of June 1914 in Sarajevo, touching off *The Seminal Tragedy* , properly known as *The July Crisis,* which then obviously led to *The Great War* , sometimes and with good reason referred to as *The Apocalypse of the Old World.* This one empty car in a very real sense is the Pale Horse Conquest rode in on with War and Pestilence and Hunger in it's train. And it's the reason this car is in one of the final shots of the video. I also feel it's a signifier of the level of knowledge that Sabaton by now have reached in dealing with historical matters (certainly some influence by historian Indy Neidell who's working with them on the "Sabaton history" episodes and did a huge week by week documentary on the Great War), especially when compared to their initial albums. On a related note - in Tolkien's masterpiece the Hobbits are very much a representation of the "Pals Battalions" who bore the brunt of "The First Day of the Somme" and about whom this song is. Best regards Raoul G. Kunz

Ken, a heartfelt reaction that was worth watching regardless of how many times I have watched this vid. We need to be reminded in this way- through music, storytelling and videos- to honour those who fought, the devastation of war, and to remember our humanity. And this is in no way to take away from the sacrifice of the British soldiers honoured in this song and how my heart breaks for them and their families; as a Canadian, I want to mention the Newfoundland regiment that followed in the 3rd wave of attacks on that day. Again, a regiment made up mostly of volunteers. They were stationed near Beaumont Hame, and most were killed or wounded before they even made it to No Man's Land. This battle is also forever seared into the cultural memory of the Newfoundland and Labrador people. Of the Newfoundland Regiment, only 68 men were left standing, with more than 700 killed, wounded or missing. As it was for the towns in northern Lancashire and southern Yorkshire, an entire generation was lost.

thank you, and do some more Sabaton (great music, sometimes hard lyrics (hard means emotional strong) and always mindkeeping) Greetings from NW-Army-Germany and SabatonFan ❤‍🔥

Amazing Sabaton ❤❤❤ thank you. South Africa 🇿🇦

Fantastic review & reaction to this incredibly touching song.

As a Canadian, I am going to assume that you commemorate Remembrance Day (Nov 11). Down here in the uppity colonies, we call that day Veterans Day, a day to honor all the men and women who have served their country. We also have another day toward the end of May called Memorial Day. This day, we use to remember all those who remain on active duty... ... forever. If you're of a mind to, please consider reacting to the song "Arlington" by country music singer Trace Adkins. Not only is the song appropriate for that day, but I think that you'll be pleasantly surprised by Trace's voice. . Carry on.

Atm this feels like the most emotional song, the christmas song was tough to but this OMG so much power, they have loads of songs but this song feels quite amazing.

This Song geht's very deep😢

Thank you fot your reflection on war.

The buss at the start is a nod to no sleep til Hammersmith live album by Motörhead. The two guys standing in the door opening at 7:06 are Mikkey Dee and Phil Campbell, the drummer and the guitarist of Motörhead. The picture is of Lemmy Kilmister the bassist and singer of Motörhead and the guy holding it is Eddie Rocha who was the tour manager of Motörhead and the current one for Sabaton.

Everytime i hear or see sabaton i like it. Yet i never listen to them... i should.

the fact you get this reaction, is I believe the goal they where aiming for. I would also like to share that next month their movie the war to end all wars the movie premieres, not in theatres or cinema's oh no, they do it in museums. In Belgium once such example is Talbot House.

What I also find beautiful that the list of soldiers in the cast is not just that. It's a list of people with actual names, both for the character and the actor. They all had their names.

É de ARREPIAR e EMOCIONAR esta versão do SABATON, e no minuto 07:06 aparecer os dois ex-integrantes do MOTORHEAD no video - Phil Campbell (guitarrra) e Mikkey Dee ( bateria )...!!!!!!!!!!! PUTZ!!!!!!!! IMPRESSIONANTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow.

Civilians being handed a weapon, often with no training, is a very old story, unfortunately; few wars were short enough to be won by what 'experienced' standing army a country can maintain in peace. To stay in the theme, you can listen to the English (there is also a Swedish one, whose words are different if you translate them) of En livstid i krig. About a 30y long meatgrinder across europe in the 16 hundreds, very much about civilians ripped from home and sent to die. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-plEiIPmTRUo.html (to be fair sabaton also have songs that are less bone-chilling while still pointing out the stupidity and cruelty of war)

Thank you from a South Yorkshire man who lost family in both world wars.

Excellent video sir- Joakim has a very emotive voice. I would recommend listening to To Hell and Back and Inmate 4859 from the Heroes album and The Final Solution from the Coat of Arms album. The Sabaton History Channel is also worth a look if you're interested.

bombastic

more eivor, please! more eivor, please! more eivor, please! more eivor, please! more eivor, please! more eivor, please!

i never served the armed forces, but as a fireman for over 10 years. I´ve seen more dead bodies than an average soldier, but compared to what a combat soldier has to deal with, it was a good time, cause i saved a lot of lifes as well....

For Canadians, the Battle of the Somme took a huge toll on the Newfoundland population. The battle of Beaumont Hamel destroyed a generation of young men. One hundred and 8 years latter in the province there is still a sense of this huge loss. One can see this in the emotional response to the return of the body of an unknown soldier from this battle to his home land in 2024. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3S-hTXEGhrY.htmlsi=KJUtfoQT32s6oZts. Thank you for your thoughtful reaction.

Sabaton is a great metal band that focuses on military history in their songs. Check out The Last Stand, both their version and Dan Vasc's, as well as Smoking Snakes, once again both their version and Dan's.

TO add to the tragedy, those 6 miles of ground gained with so much loss of life., yeah, were lost again in the next counter offensive, the lines stabilized back where they were, it was one giant waste.

It is a good cover, but Lemmy really needs more recognition as a song writer!

2:19 the generals on both sides had to relocate their troops because their troops refused to kill their new friends that were supposed to be their enemies, but once they knew who they were made and taught to hate was simple propaganda and lies they never wanted to fight again. But of course when moved to a different area they had too or they’d be punished . Very very sad, they still had the little gifts from the Christmas truce too the chocolate, cigarettes, bread , or paper with a home address as one would give so they could meet afterwards either Germany or Britain whichever either would choose

No ! The 1916 video was NOT recorded in London, but if you go to Sabaton's RU-vid page there is a video about the recording of the music video in 1916, don't remember now which city it was, remember that in that city there are the most people who like hard rock and there are many of them that are in this video and at the end of this video it should also be where they are from as well as the names of everyone that is in it.

I highly recommend "No Bullets Fly" the animated story by Sabaton. By the way, Joakim has never taken voice lessons.

Thanks for a very good reaction. The string arrangements are made by Tina Guo. She has worked with Sabaton before. In Swedish pagans for example. You mentioned that you haven't heard that grouly voice from the lead singer, Joakim, before. My own thought about that is that it isn't his own voice alone but that they have mixed in a bit of Lemmy's voice in it. Lemmy had that kind of voice, if you listen to it.

All of there songs Depends on Historical events

Soldier of heaven is a song you most listen to.

those who glorify war have an agenda, Sabaton videos are often celebrations of the sacrifices and heroics of the SOLDIERS doing their best, this means that they praise them, but at the same time show the horrors of war, like here. You should watch "En livstid I krig" live from Göteborg Sweden , it is in Swedish but there are subtitles, it is about the thoughts and feelings of a young man going to war (30 years war) , it is more or less valid for sny war throughout history

A really good cover, but it doesn't have the same effect on me as the original version, which still makes me cry after 30 years.

I would really love to see you react more to Avatar

I would love to see his reaction to James Blunt's Monster

Sadly it's already happening as some simply have forgotten and continue to be all about war. 🙁

Hi Ken, Did you ever hear this one: Henrik Freischlader Band - The Memory of Our Love

I think Broden always makes a good job of articulating. Sabaton is at least 50% about the storytelling.

To hell and back is another great song

Ot is ok to cry. And yes, war sacs

Lemmy's version is more like a funeral dirge. Sabaton's has more anger for the waste of life. The ending kills me, the living stop as the honored dead pass on into history.

I agree that war shouldn’t be glorified. My dad was killed in the Iraq war and it still hard even 20 years later.

Well said, sir.

It's still such a sad thing to me that in the US, sending young kids into the military is seen as an acceptable way to pay for schooling, or to get a job, or be able to afford simply just living. It's terrible that there are people who enlisted because of reason like that and have to deal with stuff like Gulf War Poisoning, PTSD, Disabilities, and other sicknesses because they, when they just became adults, had no other options, not because of a lack of trying, but because the US has such a predatorial economy that makes it hard to do anything without having the right prior connections and if I can recommend another Sabaton song, I'd recommend either No Bullets Fly, Far From the Fame, Father, Price of a Mile, or Inmate 4859

I have seen what a howitzer does to a ballistic jell human torso, let's just say you won't feel much

Great reaction overall but to be fair you cut the video way to much to feel like it is was genuine

i have to say... it isnt bad but nothing goes over the original from lemmy. his voice singing this song kills me every time 😢

Sabaton version of 1916 have much more power in the song than Motorhead

You did this just a few days ago, right? Or am I tripping.

Noooo, you were my last hope! Noone realises amazing Tina Guo does the ending part....

Really a great reaction, well said in trhese shitty times with Putin and all that crap

They made it bombastic, where Lemmy wrote it as a funeral speech. I like both, prefer the original.

Joakim, in an interview with Elizabeth Zahroff, said he is a bit of a history nerd.... that should explain the song choices..... Metallica's, the original version, is great but THIS rendition is so much more powerful.... and probably more meaningful..... my humble opinion.... both are great in their own way

There is a meat grinder conflict raging in Ukraine these days.

Motörhead`s version is so much better.

War. So disgusting.

I guess I just don't Like the sound of his voice.

you talk too much