WHAT AN INCREDIBLE TRIBUTE! | Sabaton - "1916" | First Time Reaction 

Yeah believe it or not Lemmy wrote this. He was over the top, he was a heathen, but damnit he could feel and that's why we miss him. He wrote this moving tribute because he was moved by the sacrifice of his forebears, and Sabaton took his brutally stripped down version and took it from one soldier's perspective to all soldiers perspective. You just cannot give enough respect to those that gave all. They bled so we can live. Great reaction Aileen and thank you for playing the credits. That was Tina Gua on cello who has worked with Sabaton multiple times. In Christmas Truce they left us with "lest we forget". We are fortunate that people like Sabaton and Lemmy won't let us.

As a veteran and a Motörhead fan, this song hits hard. I first heard it 14 yrs ago, and Sabaton has done Lemmy justice here! They even got Mikkey and Phil from Motörhead in the video. Lest We Forget! 😔

I've been in the Army since 2005. I joined immediately out of high school. This song speaks to me on a very emotional level. Makes me feel like less of a ghost.

They were known as 'Pals' battalions. They lived together; joined up together; trained together; fought together and died together. After this battle the 'Pals' were spread across the army so that never again were whole communities wiped out in a single battle. The historical characters in the video relate to other Sabaton songs. The characters are listed in the credits.

My cousin has a very special way of using Sabatons music and videos. She's a history teacher and she uses their music as openers and icebreakers for new chapters and stories in her classes. Needless to say, her students love her for it. Edit: she's even had one of her classes dig an era accurate trench for their studies of WW1.

I first heard 1916 by Motörhead a few weeks before this release on a German rock radio and I was impressed. Never thought Motörhead wrote such a great song. And now Sabaton delivered this absolutely masterpiece as a trubite to Lemmy and Motörhead and to all soldiers of all ages. Heard this song more than 30 times now and it hits every time. The brilliant way of telling stories about what happened in the past and teaching history makes them my favourite band for years. No wonder that I have a lot of Sabaton patches and soon Motörhead patches on my battle vest. >> Did you know that Sabaton received the "Enlightener of the Year Award 2022"? Sabaton is the "FIRST EVER ROCK BAND to receive this prestigious accolade!!"

What I liked is they brought the drummer and guitar player from Motörhead with a photo of Lemmy. They bring history to life.🤘🏼

My grandfather was a war veteran he sadly passed away last year and they gave him the best send off. Every month of March I will visit his grave. To all the war veterans out there thank you for your service ❤

Let's raise a few glasses: to Birmingham, birthplace of metal; to Lemmy; 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 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. Like other commenters, I saw this performed live in Leeds, and it was so emotional. Peace.

Served in the US Navy for a while. In the last 2 years, five of my brothers have left this world by their own hands. Some things man was never meant to witness truly digs deep at your psyche. This version of the song had me taking a break from my work. Good ones never truly die. We go on to the next battles.

I thought "Christmas Truce" hurt, but this one really brought the tears. Bravo to Lemmy for writing, and bravo to Sabaton for honoring it. I think both with it and "Christmas Truce" they both need their outro music for reflection and to absorb everything in. Tina did amazing work with her cello arrangement on this. If you look at the names of the different soldiers in the credits they are all real soldiers who fought in the Great War, WWII, or historic figures such as Robert the Bruce or Leonidas. The Asian soldier with the cocked-hat, that's a Nepalese Gurka named Havildar Gurung (per the credits) who earn the Victoria Cross in the Burma campaign off WWII. Sgt. Henry Johnson, who earned the Medal of Honor in WWI, Sgt Awal Nur, who served on the Western Front in WWI, Lt. Audie Murphy, Sgt. Alvin York, just to name a few. All of them heroes.

Lemmy Kilmister got inspired to do this song by watching a documentary about the battle of Somme. when he was watching it they talked to vet that survived the battle he cried because he lost a very close friend in the battle. also a saying about war After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons.” ― Herodotus

The various figures you see in the video are all references to different Sabaton song also the two gentlemen holding a picture of Lemmy Kilmister were Mike Dee and Phil Campbell two of the members of Motorhead P.S the cello solo was Tina Guo.She appears in the Steel Commanders and live performance of Swedish Pagans at Wacken.

Saw them live in Leeds 14th April best live band I’ve ever seen. And they played this song the goosebumps where real

Heard this for the first time performed live in Glasgow a few days ago, thousands of lights swaying in the dark, I was almost brought to tears hearing Sabatons cover, so different than the original but with the same impact on my soul, an absolutely devastating and touching tribute to the fallen and our lost brother, Lemmy

Sabaton is my absolut favorite band 😍 They have tought me more about history than school ever could 😂

I joined the Marine Corps at 17 full of happiness, pride and patriotism I saw combat right before i turned 18 for the first time and after my time was up and I got out and went back to the modern world I was left a shell of who I once was… my mother was the first to tell me and experience how her child who were in her eyes once always laughing and smiling is now always with a neutral/aggressive facial expression with no more laughter echoing from me and always alert… I’ll always remember what she told me when I came home and she took me out to dinner and said “what happened to my sweet baby boy?” Those who’ve been in war, and experienced combat we all leave who we once were… we come back hardened, stone hearted and lost. To my brothers and sisters in arms, remember those who didn’t make it back with us and celebrate being in their lives even though they were cut short… for without us and their families their sacrifices will disappear in the sands of time. Semper Fi and don’t worry we will always have your six.

Apart from the historical context, his is also a cover of a Motorhead song, hence the Lemmy photos and the living Motorhead members being in the video, dunno if you knew/ caught that. Being a Soldier was some of the best and worst times of my life, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. Never forget.

over one casualty for every centimeter of ground gained, insane numbers. you always get emotional with Sabaton, they specialise in playing with emotions. Tina Guo plays the string in the end btw, masterfully

You are the first reactor to pick up on the different uniforms/ages (including roman) and the fact that technology changes but war and the sacrifice is the same. I am a vet (no combat thank fates) but saw enough doing rescue work including 9/11 and Flight 800. The nightmares are the same as in combat-the things you saw, smelled and touched remain with you always. Thank you for an honest and emotional reaction...stay safe

They played this at a sold out Wembley Arena last Saturday (11000 people). Lights low, phone torches out, and everyone was listening and watching in what I would hope was humbling reverence of the meaning behind the song. A largely acoustic version, and it was beautiful and poignant

its such a small thing, but the part that breaks me is at the end when the soldiers begin to fade away, one reaches out and puts his hand on the shoulder of the one next to him in a familiar way, a gesture between friends. Then they're gone forever.

Was lucky to see them in London on Saturday with baby metal and lordi

Sabaton makes me so proud to be a swede they never dissapoint with there music

I'm a metal fan but I don't know Sabaton and Motorhead the way I should. Honestly, never cared much about. Did my tour of duty ( 2 years) in the Portuguese army, but never deployed. I tell you what, this song really hits hard. I'm feeling like doing 15 rounds boxing with Rocky Balboa. I did feel like it was me right there in the middle of the battle. I can't even imagine what our great grandfathers must have felt. And looking at you during the video duration is heartbreaking, your face expression, the tremor breakdown in your voice is very emotional. Many, many thanks for your kind words for the veterans of the world. Kind regards.

Great reaction! Did you notice the scene when the planes were flying over while the young girl was looking up at them? Those were the Night Witches. They weren’t allowed to fly in the Soviet victory parade after WWII, but Sabaton gave them the honor in this video. That’s Sabaton for you. Also, the B-52 that flew over at the end of the video? That was Charlie Brown and the crew of “Ye Olde Pub” from “No Bullets Fly”. Amazing. RIP Lemmy ♠️ “Born to Lose. Live to Win.” Motörhead forever.🤘🏻

Dam, thanks Aileen because of you I found out about Sabaton, their wonderful works of History, Military and Music. They are now one of my top bands to listen too, thank you.

Lemmy was incredible and what a tribute to him, and of course the soldiers of WW1, this is from the awesome boys in Sabaton 👊🖤🤘♠️

Holy craaaap man ;_; Sabaton are probably one of the most important bands of all time in my opinion. As an Australian I love that they even included our ANZACs - every country has its heroes from that time and Sabaton have honoured all of them at once.

Youngest soldier who fought in the Battle of Somme was Sidney Lewis, he enlisted as 12 years old, he was discharged at the age of 13. Although World War I army recruiters often turned a blind eye to underage recruits, another factor may have been Lewis's mature appearance. He was a tall heavily-built boy, who would grow to 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) as an adult. The minimum height requirement of the British Army at the time was only 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m)

This song never fails to make me tear up honestly its beautiful how they portray it

Sabaton brings History back to life.

Beautiful reaction video. Cellist Tina Guo arranged the strings and played them perfectly and beautifully. She’s such a great musician.

Saw this live in Leeds, a day or two after they released the music video. It brought a tear to my eye in the crowd

Great reaction, and no need to apologize for "rambling." This song is a massive tribute: to Motörhead, to metalheads, to Lemmy, to the soldiers in Sabaton's songs, and even the ones who didn't make it into a song. I love it.

beautiful and emotional Cover, Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead would be happy.

The final verse about the two best friends dying together hits me hard everytime. Saw Sabaton at their first show last weekend in Leeds and even though I've seen them before they blew me away again.

This song hits like a brick for me. It was a terrible and awful war that leaves scars in me to this day. Nothing more haunting than remembering my life as a WWI British soldier a bit older than this song tributes to how young we were to stand in the trenches and stomp in the mud to see a wasteland of dirt, torn up trees and as quickly as it was to move to the line a bullet to the head was all it took to end that journey in time. The worse of it is knowing when the peace breaks that calm beautiful charm of family and friends playing cards on the streets, the wonder of all the new innovations and big hopes and dreams for the future and how all quickly that changes from a quaint Norman Rockwell experience to a hellish nightmare of grizzly slaughter. On my way to the lines I was on a train looking at a single paged photo-album of my family with the black and white photographs tucked into corners to hold the picture in place. I saw my reflection in the window of the train and felt like I was looking at a ghost, a haunting premonition of what came. But, the journey of the self and all that it expresses into carries on and like chaffs of wheat being cut down we are renewed in the eternal cycles of death and rebirth as one who became many parts to form a whole and lost are we to the others we kill are still us in different forms as we are one-self expressing into every part of our celestial existence. Perhaps one-day you will remember yourself in your many journeys as different people, different lifeforms, different systems as we walk to the being of light in the void before it casts us into our new role in the continuum of our eternal existence. That mind-wipe and second death that strips us of our ego, our personality and our memories for our deep immersion into our new form is why we forget lifetime after lifetime after lifetime. It is not 'other' you kill in wars, it is yourself. When you come to know this it hits even harder. Safe journey in this new soft-war as the billions that come home die in far more slow and terrible ways as this exodus I have not seen in this system in my many journies and regret to have seen too much of it already. Our time is very very short we are deep into this soft-war wwIII and it is not what most people think the betrayal on humanity by those who colluded to kill billions has sent shockwaves through the entire system. Our family of light beings has come for us in great numbers this time, the support is needed. You'll see. We'll all see. It comes quickly.

wow. this is my first time hearing this cover, and first time watching the video. i love motörhead, saw them once in my home city, and once in stockholm, sweden. 1916 is a favourite. i still listen to it fairly often. i wasn't even aware of this cover, so thank you for posting it! everything about this gave me chills. unbelievable. phenomenal job by this band.

This video hits harder when one studies the Battle of the Somme and sheer, horrific losses at the Somme. As most veterans would say, war is hell, but the Battle of the Somme or the Somme Offensive took War is Hell to a whole new level. One aspect was the British Army would organize their regiments by community and town. So when one sees regiments would suffer 85% losses, those losses would be men form the same town.

Luv ya girlie! ❤ Such a beautiful reaction. I appreciate you so much for sharing your emotions.

Unfortunately nothing ever feels the same not love, not compassion, not even a warm hug. It just is what it is. So many people give up on recent veteran's and would gladly wait in line with the WW1, WW2, Korea and so on. It is what it is. Thank you for the reaction.

In this video, Sabaton not only honors those who gave their lives for their country in the First World War, but also a rock 'n' roll legend. Lemmy will live on in us forever. Because Lemmy was one of the last big stars to keep rock 'n' roll alive. May his spirit continue to inspire all future generations. And I say that as a German who likes such old music and thinks of all those who innocently gave their lives for their respective countries

Just saw them on Tuesday night in Glasgow Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Was an amazing gig and that song was played as well.

Thank you Lemmy, thank you Sabaton, and of course thank you Alieen ! This Video left me speechless,sad and angry ! And after all those cruelty in the past, humankind seems to be unable to learn. There comes a great speech of Carl Sagan in my mind, again and again and again.. A pale blue Dot "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam." -Carl Sagan

Thank you to all that have served! You answered the call and did what you had to for your country. To those that paid the ultimate price we thank you. May you rest in peace knowing your sacrifice wss not in vane.

A incredible but saddening real life fact about the Great War is that the youngest enlisted individual soldier in the English Army was Sidney Lewis who was only 12 years old when he volunteered during the war

I love how this is both a cover of a song about one of the most brutal battles in WWI but also a tribute to Motorhead. Sabaton has done some Kickass songs. Love how the post-Sabaton song story of No Bullets Fly played out. They did a song about a WWII US bomber plane that was on its last legs and a German pilot (he earns getting called just German) couldn't bring himself to win a metal by shooting them down and escorted them to safety. After the song had come out, the German pilot's grandson was a fan of Sabaton and heard a song about his grandfather on their Heroes album, told his mother (the pilot's daughter) and the band had a picture of the family thanking them for the song. Also their son Prisoner 4859 was about the biggest badass in human history. The Sabaton History channel on RU-vid is pretty awesome. They'll basically do a breakdown of the history behind a lot of their songs.

Thank you for the reaction you gave, that was needed as I and maybe many others needed to see someone that felt hurt after that. Thank you Aileen.

I saw them play this in Leeds in 2023 the first time they played it, and it hit Hard (And this is with me trying to listen to it on the bus ride there out of curiosity thinking I wanted to know what I was letting myself in for... I almost wept on the ride and not ashamed to admit I wept again hearing it live) Glad I was there to witness it, and... I love how Motorhead were involved in the video as well.

This is the best way to tell the historical stories that would of been forgotten, the millions of lives lost throughout history are just to ensure that the world we live in today, could actually happen, and I think they would love this song...

Ooh, I loves me some Sabaton 😄

Throughout history. Young men always wanted to serve their country. So as the saying goes. “For that flag you love to fly, young men must fight, and young men must die”. Rest in peace soldiers from any side during war.

Just wanting to point out some things i noticed sabaton added to the video that makes it a big tribute is at parts you see soilders of the 101 airborne. From there song screaming eagles. The red barren. In the credits one of the soldiers is named alvin york, from 82nd all the way. And my personal favorite and to me really made this tribute great was you see the night witches flying in the parade because they were not allowed tonfly in their own victory parade due to their planes being so slow. Also found it fitting that the night witches were esvorting ye olde pub from no bullets fly.

Beautiful reaction to a beautiful masterpiece!

Honestly, when I first clicked on your video, I wasn't sure what to expect. However, your "ramblings," added commentary, and capture of emotional themes just... I love it! Keep it up, you just earned yourself a sub!

Been waiting for you to react to this. It packs a serious punch.

I was waiting for this reaction Hope everyone has an amazing day

Love your reaction!! You get it. Sabaton always have top shell videos that bring history to life. As a vet I appreciate their work beyond measure. This was an amazing video and definitely lots of tears 😭 Damm onions 🧅

3,500,000 men fought at the Somme. Over 1,000,000 we’re counted as casualties, but all of them were wounded in one way or another - physically or mentally or both. “Bodies fill the fields I see - hungry heroes’ end. No one to play soldier now, no one to pretend. Running blind through killing fields, bred to kill them all…”

Something a lot of people don't know is the reference made by the line "we added 2 years to our age". The enlistment age for WWI was 16, but many 14 and 15 year old boys signed up by lying about their age. The youngest fighter, if I remember correctly, actually turned out to be just 12 years old. So the later line "clinging like kids to each other" was so true; they were only kids, not even old enough to shave.

This track was recorded by Motorhead in 1990. It was actually the name of the album

There is one line that fucks me over so much. Ya'll know which one. (2 actually) can not not tear up at it. Holy shit.

It may have been only a 7 minute video, but very powerful impact longer than 7 minutes

I'm from South Yorkshire. We lost so many. Lest We Forget.

The Battle of the Somme was where J.R.R. Tolkien served during the war as well. Some of the imagery from LOTR - particularly the Dead Marshes - seem to have been inspired by some of the horrors he witnessed during the war.

Having been in the 3rd infantry for over 5 years, (8 years active) you are correct, you never come back the same.

Great Reaction! Remember getting this LP when it was released and wow I got supprised by 1916. As you said... Sabaton make a fantastic tribute to Lemmy. To have Motörhead in the video was a magical touch.

In response to your comment about the expressionless faces and ptsd, I don’t remember where I heard or read this, but someone once said that the dead aren’t the only casualties of war. I’ve received discovered Sabaton and I’ve done a deep dive into their music. So far, I’m loving all their songs. 🤘 Anyway, another great reaction from you, Aileen. Keep up the great work. Rock on. 🤘🎸🥁🎹

Great reaction video! Thank you very much!

Unless someone who has actually experienced war, can never explain the feelings. I might be old, but this does hit hard. Brings back feelings keep in my heart. I'll always remember my lost friends.

Thank you for your service I'm deployed and always looking forward to your videos to help days go by!

Epic song with echos in time

"Though it wasn't my faul, and I wasn't to blame. The day's not half-over with 10,000 slain, now there's nobody remembers our names." If you didn't feel something after that line, you're dead inside. The Battle of the Somme saw the casualties of ⅓ of all who engaged.

Love your reaction Aileen...

My Grandfather fought was wounded twice at The Somme. He spent another 2 years in the trenches wounded again at Vimy and then at the DQ Line. Not Forgotten

TINA GUO did the strings on the cleo at the end Aileen! I've seen other reactions to this song BUT HONESTLY you did it the most respectful and the best! Amazing reaction as usual (Hiya from london ontario canada) Hope you are well!

'1916' was the title track of the Motorhead album from 1991... I know Motorhead was known as a rock n' roll band on speed and alcohol and sang about bravado and tearing it up... But (late bassist/ vocalist) Lemmy Kilmister was also highly intelligent and would read on the road - he was also an avid history buff... Lemmy collected nazi memorabilia, but it was more for the sake of historical trophies from World War II that the British and allies seized from the axis powers (NOT a celebration of nazi supremacy) ... he also collected knives from past battles. So, Motorhead were nominated for a Grammy award for the '1916' album (they lost to Metallica) in 1992... the album was a typical A+ Motorhead record w/ rocking tunes like 'The one to sing the blues'... 'Going to Brazil'... 'No voices in the sky'... 🤘🤘🔥🔥 But the closing track '1916' was a very somber song that sounded like a funeral march, and Lemmy wrote the lyrics about what he read about the experience of British soldiers of the Battle of Somme, who volunteered to fight in World War I against Germany and their allies... I remember the British government promised recruits to sign up for the war, promising them that they would "be home for Christmas" in 1914, but the "Great War" dragged on for months... years... and no one came home. Those who did were mangled and near death anyway from the trauma of war... and no victory was in sight. It only ended after the plague known as the "Spanish flu" broke out in 1918 and decimated entire armies and their populations that they went back home to in months... The losses that resulted from the plague were never acknowledged because of the war, but the decimation from military defeats led to the Armstice signed by Germany in late 1918 to end the hostilities in the midst of the pandemic's "2nd deadly wave" as countries in the 'Great war' reported massive outbreaks and mass death amongst their populations.

57000 lives to gain 3 miles... I guess that answers The price of a mile. Which btw is one of their older songs that you should check out if you haven't

Yeah I'd have been able to talk to my great grandfather (my dads side) if he wasnt in the battle of the somme as his wife was still around in my younger years, the bravery of these men was immense. As a young man myself, I cannot imagine hurting another person personally regardless of scenario, making the person infront of me food for the gun, i dont think i couldve done it. Thank you to those that cried, held and died for me to live my life. I am not as brave as any of you will ever be.

Nice reaction, nice song from Sabaton. Nice strings from Tina Guo!

I was very fortunate to see Sabaton play this live April 14th 2023 in Leeds UK. Brilliant, so lucky. Wanted to go to Glasgow a few days later to see them again but couldn't get out of work.

This song was so strong loved the video and the story i learnt a lot from it no bullets fly is a great animated video that’s also as moving

This song is for every man and woman who have fought since the beginning of time.

I think it's interesting that they show soldiers and tech from the middle ages and ancient rome up to WW2, but nothing modern (like a jet). Probably means to show that warfare changed, from face-to-face to more "over the horizon"

"Nobody does it like Sabaton." I beg to differ. Nobody does it EXCEPT Sabaton.

Sabaton teaches more accurate History then school XD

This was an amazing cover I saw it live a week ago

From leaving school, I wanted to serve but due to health issue was not allowed. Have a massive amount of respect for those that did serve and this song is so powerful. not just for the battle mentioned but for all conflicts.

As a vet myself but my eldest son and daughter both serve, and both have been on active service. Never when I served was I concerned. But as a dad, although both my son and daughter returned, I never slept. Thankfully, my daughter only did 1 tour she was changed when she came back even though she was not in imminent danger. My son, to date, has done 5 tours, 2 Iraq and 3 Afghanistan. He came home physically, but my son. I will always love them. To all vets and those serving now, much love sent from an old squaddie in the UK. Sabaton awesome and pertinent and a great tribute to the late great Lemmy.

Love it 👍

I really hope they play this tomorrow in Copenhagen, can´t wait for the concert!!!

I cried to this song not only the first time I listened to it... The great thing about Sabaton is that they know no nation - they do not glorify one nation or condem another. They sing about the war and all it's horror. The war and how it brings out the best in some people - and the worst in others.

green fields of france is another classic about the great war, those fallen and those left behind

Sabaton so great... God Bless All vets...

it has been a long time ago and still it hits hard an old soldier

I know, i know, i know. i have been in the Danish military for 35 years. Service in Yugoslavia 1994, Iraq 2004, and 2005, Afganistan 2009 and 2011, i have lost freinds , SABATON keeps history alive. I saw them in Royal arena Copenhagen Apr 30 2023 and i have tear in my eyes.

The French and British soldiers were all volunteers. The US army drafted 2.8 men into the war. That's a little over half the total men the US fielded to battle.

It's hard not to cry hearing this song

Holly crap...it makes my teaes fall down...this song is just..just..WOAOW...i have no words and they are doing this in memory of Lemmy ❤️❤️❤️❤️,i think he can both see and hear it...