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This is so timely given what is going on in Ukraine please keep up the great work; and let's keep the people of Ukraine in our prayers. Hopefully the madness will end soon.🙏🙏🙏
I imagine scenes of my own mind, as well. That's what Sabaton does to you... My grandpa was a medic in WW2 for the Wehrmacht. But you know what? - he stored the weapon he HAD TO carry on the bottom of his med-kit. So even if he came under enemy threat of dying he wouldn't be able to take a life. ✊♥ Sadly i never met him ... he died in a traffic accident a few years after the war. But my grandma and my mother told me all about him. ... and you know what?! My older brother is the spitting image of him, according to the few photos we have of my grandpa! 🤗
Joakim actually joined Sabaton as a keyboardist. In an interview he explained that he was asked to sing temporarily while they were looking for a permanent vocalist but "the lazy bastards never got around to it."
@@vlad-ovidiuadam6489 You can find the interview he is talking about by searching "THE CHARISMATIC VOICE sabaton interview" its really worth watching :)
I hope you recognized that voice at the end. Joakim: "It's great, but something missing." Par: "A strong soprano singing at the end might work." Hannes: "I have one at home. Let me call & ask."
Hannes: "Honeyyyyyy.... hey I won't be home tonight can you put the bins out?" Joakim: "......." Hannes: "Oh yeah! Do you wanna lend your vocals to a video of our?"
The Drummer at Sabaton ``Hannes``van Dahl is the Husband from Floor Janson!!! The ending of Cristmas Truce Is Singing Matal Queen Floor Janson !!!!!!!!!!!
Several video I've watched reacting to this... and they get this look on their faces like... "This sounds familiar." And I'm like... "C'mon man! You know that voice..." waiting for them to put two and two together.
The saddest part about this story is that a lot of them that participated in the truce didn't go back to fighting. They were either sent to different lines or executed because they couldn't carry on fighting after that day of peace. So the answer to how some of them could go on to kill someone they had exchanged gifts, sung carols, and played football with the day before: they didn't.
yeah, it is kind of an inside joke in the band that they are still looking for a singer. :P He started out as the keyboard player when he joined the band but filled the role as a singer,until they find a new one.
Floor Jansen gives with her voice (without words) the feeling of sadness, resignation and yet hope, she is the only one who can give us that feeling, so beautiful.🎶🎶🤟🏻🤟🏻
The song is amazing! That singer over the credits is wife of the first guy over the wall. She happens to be the lead of a little band called Nightwish.
Just telling you, bud, that the cross Joakim carried actually exists, located near Ypres, Belgium. And given everything happening as I write this in Ukraine, it saddens me deeply that we have forgotten what the "Khaki Chums" wrote as their warning to us, the future generations: "Lest We Forget." And this video would not be the same without Floor's voice, and her operatic talents, at the end. This is the song of 2022 for me. In my lifetime, I've seen the following: 1) The death of the last WWI veteran 2) The death of the last USS Arizona survivor, and the death of the last KMS Bismarck survivor 3) The deaths of Franz Stigler and Lt. Charles "Charlie" Brown (No Bullets Fly) 4) The death of the last Night Witch, 2017 In my lifetime, I will also see the death of the last World War II veteran, of any country. I say these things to point out that the first-hand experiences of these past conflicts need to be remembered -- because as Ukraine shows, if we don't remember them, then we will repeat history. To remember history is not just forgetting history, but to honor the service and sacrifice of those who lived and went through these terrible events. Never forget. Never again.
@@DD-373 : Then I was remembering what I read incorrectly. Now that I think about it, I believe that the two remaining Arizona survivors will not be buried with the ship. The Navy had a weird ceremony for burying crewmates who had died and served on the Arizona -- and NCIS even had Christopher Floyd play the last one to be buried there, as a dedication to the crew of the Arizona, and more largely, to the memory of Pearl Harbor, and what happened on 7 December 1941.
@@brandenantonino23 yeah, but it's apparently an inside joke among the band members that they're still looking for a singer, and that Joakim is just filling in until then
The first guy out of the trench, Hannes, with the long blond hair, just happens to be married to this amazing singer who closes out the song (look over your shoulder…. she’s there).
@@572Btriode ooooohhh - I dare you to refer to her that way to her face! You know she once stopped in the middle of a song and challenged a sexist heckler to come up on stage and take him on? He declined and shut up!
@@572Btriode I believe the correct name is Hannes Dahl and he added the "Van" later - saw a photo of Floor & Hannes's rural mail box and it had "Dahl" painted on it
When Mr. Rock n Roll realised that "Whritten by" also includes the music: Yes, Joakim knows how to play piano, guitar, bass and to some extend: the triangle *DING* Oh.. and some of the lyrics as well 😆
I once had someone ask me what I thought the meaning of courage is…my answer was the first man to step out of the trench on December 25, 1914 in the Ypres Forrest in Belgium.
Most of the soldiers that were in this truce refused to fight "properly" after the battle resumed (they missed their shots on purpose, and sometime didnt even shot at all) to the point where the high command from both sides had to replace all of them. Anyway, amazing video dude, love your content
@@Templarofsteel88 I don't know, certainly Brit soldiers were field executed for various reasons including some that were shell-shocked, about 306 men I believe. It was a very grim time indeed.
I've visited the battlefields of WWI and stood on no man's land on the somme. I'm not ashamed to say that tears fell knowing of the dead who laid where we stood. Many still there undiscovered. Even at 15 years old it was the most profound moment of my life thinking of how it must have been for my great grandfather's and their families
I had a similar experience at Gettysburg ..... like looking across that field where Pickett's Charge happened, those men knew they were walking into the jaws of death but they went anyways .... I'm not some confederate sympathizer by any means, and yeah those men were fighting for a soiled cause, but it takes a special kind of person to walk into a hail of musket and cannon fire.
To answer your question. Soldier morale was fucked after this event. There was so many cases of soldiers both British and German refusing to shoot at the opposite side. The men became a lot harder to kill once they got introduced to each other and suddenly they had faces, names, personalities and maybe way more in common with them than they originally thought.
Great reaction :) Joakim is the one who writes about 90-95% of the music. (Lyrics are him and Pär together) Sometimes he collaborates with band members or friends, but he's always been the one writing music in Sabaton. You could say, he's the one responsible for "The Sabaton sound". He came in to Sabaton originally as a keyboard/organ player in 1999. When he started to write original songs for the band, they obviously needed a singer and the guys were all really bad at it, but Joakim was "the least awfull" so they decided he would sing "until they found a singer". But in 2005 they found a keyboard player instead, so I guess by then he was good enough at singing. He's said he thought about getting lessons early on, but decided not to. He worried it would rob him of his sound, the personality. Obvously he has been improving the singing on his own through the years. 2005 is also the year they released "Primo Victoria", their 1st album about war history. March 4th. 2022, is the release date of their 10th studio album. The keyboard player left in the 2012 split, and they never replaced him, so Joakims back to playing more. He also plays guitar "really good" according to Chris (the dark haired guitarist). And bass, but Joakim says he's not good on drums. He has done at least keys and some guitars on their albums before, on top of the singing.
I'm also a Vietnam Vet, and I'd like to say that my prayers are with your Step-Dad, who is also my Brother in arms! In combat, you cannot afford to see your enemy as a person who is just like you. If you do, you simply won't be able to do the things you need to do. It's only much later that you come to realize that your so-called enemy was simply doing his duty just as you were doing yours. He also had family, just like you did. His blood was red like yours, and he had the same fears that you had. That realization is often very difficult to come to terms with. Some veterans are never able to come to terms with it. In Christmas Truce they KNEW that their enemy was just like them. They exchanged gifts and food with each other, sang together, and played soccer together. How they were able to go back to killing each other the next day is beyond me. I couldn't do it! Btw... the next year (1915), the generals told their soldiers that whoever tried that for that Christmas would be court-martialed. That was the only time it happened, and it has never happened since. Much love to you and your family!
Many soldiers that particepated in this were court-martialed or switched to another part of the frontline, because they didnt want to fight anymore or missed on purpose. Even german officers and generals. After 1914 no one dared. It was also made impossible because of the use of gas weapons later in the war. The christmas truce was the one and only moment of peace in the war. Thats why it is special
Of all people that reacted to this song I definitely thought it would be you that would recognize the voice at the end..... But it's also a testament to Sabaton because they had you so involved that you didn't even realize it was her......
Alot of the troops after the truce didn't fight again in the same areas. They had to transfer troops out and put in new troops that would fight. I agreee I don't know how you could go right back to fighting after meeting the other side and talking and getting to know them. Also Floor Jansen did the singing in the outro part.
The charismatic voice just had Joakim the lead singer on her channel for an interview, it was great. And this song is amazing, turns out the video crew was used to shooting movies not music videos, and it shows cause it is like watching a movie.
Accounts from soldiers that participated in the event and survived the war say that it was extremely difficult when they went back to fighting. Knowing the names of the men they were shooting at, knowing they had wives and children made it extremely difficult when they pushed into the next trench and saw the men they called friends for a day lying dead.
I've read somewhere that they had to move soliders elsewhere because they didnt want to fight so they put them on another front so they would have to fight their "friends"
This guy plays battlefield? I love him even more now. After listening to sabaton’s new album about WW1 I really feel like playing battlefield 1 with my friends again
One of my favourite reactions to this song.. and I have seen quite a lot! I can fully understand your reaction -after the first time I watched the video I felt like crawling out of a movie theatre on all fours as if I hadseen a three hour long blockbuster by Steven Spielberg... If this video would have been a "real" movie it would be eligible for an Oscar for best musical score, performed by Floor Jansen! Greetings from Germany 🙂
Just in the first 5 months of the war up to the Truce, more than 350.000 French, 250.000 Germans, 20.000 British, 15.000 Belgians and 200.000 Russians were killed in battle.
This is more than a Christmas song. Politicians start wars. Soldiers fight them, not because of country, or religion, but because of their brothers in arms. I will go to a Sabaton concert just so I can be in the stadium and sing the acapella chorus with 6,000+ people...and maybe get lucky enough to get an autograph from the band.....and the soprano outro singer!
If you like this one, you should see the animated story of Christmas Truce that Sabaton does with Yarn Hub. It gives even more of the back story; like the fact that the Pope had asked both sides hierarchy to cease fire and they said NO!!! but the average soldier on both sides carried out a truce anyway and they didn't know it had been requested.
In of the Sabaton history videos it was said that Joakim was originally going to be the bands keyboard player, but he did the singing until they could find a a singer. It he ended up with the lead singer role instead.
I like how Sabaton tells war history of various countries, its not there to judge the germans, soviets or any other. Its about telling a captivating story after a story based on history about individuals that are there because the great leaders have decided to fight other leaders. Those were some hard times...
Hey-ya!! A great reaction again! Greetings from Finland! I've listened to this song for more than twenty times and still I get teary eyed (almost) always. It is so powerful. Having said that, why don't You give some credit to the end credits vocalist, as it is someone we all know and love... And that said, war stories good, war bad, m'kay? Something we can all agree upon... It is crazy times and we should all pray for peace. I wish all the best for Your step-dad, my pops is also not in the best of shape. That's life but it still gnaws at you. A suggestion, if you please, for one future Sabaton reaction, is "Soldier of 3 Armies". Have You seen the movie "The Green Barets"? With John Wayne. It is about him. Not John Wayne, but the real guy. You'll love it. All the best, Lars from Helsinki
Imagine if DICE out of nowhere added expansion pack "Christmas Truce" for BF1, the night before Christmas with artillery everywhere but then near the end of match dawn peak from the cloud, kinda similar to dawn breaker from BF4. Damn
As Joakim was the keyboard player when the band first formed and was only singing until rhey found someone to front the band and instead they got another keyboard player so Joakim became the vocalist by accident.
My father told me my great grandfather who I didn't get to meet served in WW1 and never said a word about the experience but my dad stated he had a bottle in pocket and died of alcohol too drunk and fell down stairs and broke his neck so this song hits at my hearts strings bigtime they are an incredible band saw them live with Hammerfall and yep Floor Jansen is in the ending music credits God bless you.
The majority of soldiers walked into No Man’s Land without their guns. While the Truce was spontaneous up and down the Front, and men did go out on their own, it was usually brokered first by officers who met and laid down rules: if A does this, then B can do that; if this event happens, then the Truce is called off and fighting begins again. But those events never did happen and 100,000 men met to celebrate the holiday, attend Christmas services, tend to their wounded, bury their dead, play football, sing, talk about their families, share rations and mementoes, and so much more. It was a once-in-history thing and has never happened again in any war since. Truces were attempted in subsequent years, but commanders on both sides said “no” and meant it, and soldiers were told that they would be court martialed. By Christmas 1917 animosity had also grown so much over the violence and huge death tolls, the use of mustard gas and flame throwers and the atrocities committed, the length of time spent in deplorable conditions away from their families, that men on neither side really felt the spirit of the holiday and the commitment to spend this most holy day of the Christian calendar in joy and peace. Some towns in northern England lost their entire male population during this war. Twenty-two million soldiers lost their lives. Huge swathes of France, Belgium and Russia were turned into muddy knacker yards. The war that was meant to be the war to end all wars, and wasn’t. Lest we forget.
I had the same thoughts, the whole reaction. Celebrating music of a Truce is so unreal these days while Putins troops invading a Country 2 Fly Hours away from my Home. Songs like this help to the see the People behind that on both sides. For freedom in Europe and the rest of this World.
There will be no truce until Putin and his warmongers have been dealt with. But damn, my heart bleeds every single time that I have to listen to regular civilians caught up in this shit.
Yeah....I hear ya Dude. This song and video gets HEAVY. You can seriously FEEL the experience. You should look online for pictures from the ACTUAL Christmas Truce....They're haunting. Joyous and sad all at once when you think about it all. Yeah....The part where the instruments dropped and it was mostly just their voices....Gets me EVERY time. Really sad that they tried similar events in the years after this, but they never worked out. ...and Floor Jansen's voice through the credits finishes off the haunting feel perfectly. Recommendations Unleash the Archers "Time stands still" "Test your metal" "Faster than light" ....and you HAVE to check out the duet Britney Slayes did of "La Traviata". It is honestly the most magical thing ever. Just scroll two minutes in to check out the song without all the stories and banter. Nightwish "I want my tears back" Israel "Bruddah IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole "Somewhere over the rainbow (His famous one take 3am recording) "White Sandy Beach" The Hu : "Yuve yuve yu" The Rambling Sailors: "Sailor's Prayer" Laboratorium Piesni "U lisi" Stoj pa moru" "Izgrela mi" "Kappee" The Pirates Charles "Kyl'grath'ya" "The star spangled banner" "Rowman's row" The Longest Johns "The Wellerman" "Leave her Johnny" "The Parting Glass" Exit Eden "Impossible" Once Human "Gravity" MALINDA: "More with you" "Hoist the Colours" Thundermother "It's just a tease" Clamavi de Profundis "The Ent's marching song" "The Castle of Dromore" Christmas Metal Songs "Joy to the world" and "Canon Rock" both by Orion's Reign featuring Minniva
As you might not know Joakim actually joined the band to be a keyboard player... and he's actually really good, watch the live of "The Red Baron" in Berlin to see him blaying Bach on a Hammond Organ... dessed as a Albatross triplane... the organ that is😆. Best regards Raoul G. Kunz
What REALLY sucks is that war ended up being meaningless geopolitically speaking, but SO many kids died. And trench warfare was some of the worst of battles. That they were able to unite for a few hours and Sabaton captured it musically chokes me up EVERY time
A sad note that is often forgotten is that before the Christmas Truce was the disastrous 'Winter Operations'. These where a series of offensive launched by the British to capture German trenches and to stop fraternisation over Christmas. Overall it was a disaster with many British deaths and casualties and barely no land taken. During the Christmas Truce many of the bodies buried where off men who had recently fallen during the Winter Operations.
This song is amazing. You should do a reaction of Sabaton's Price Of A Mile. It is a song that hits you like the song "1916" because it tells more about trench warfare during WWI, including how they forced the soldiers to keep fighting no matter what. However it is another really good song from Sabaton.
He not only plays piano, he actually wasn't supposed to be the vocalist for Sabaton, when he joined he was supposed to be the keyboard player, the vocalist thing was supposed to be until they found someone... he's still waiting.
Fun fact: Joakim (lead singer) was brought into the band as keyboard player, but they ended up keeping him as lead singer after he covered up for a time without a lead singer
Hey Mr Rock and Roll...did you noticed; that was Floor in the closing opera part? 😁 I really enjoy your reactions...to Nightwish especially. 😅 Keep it up 🤘
As for your question as to why they went back to fighting, well artillery was hitting no mans land and also as soon as High Command (on both sides) heard the story, it gave the order down to their officers to shoot anyone who attempted to perform something like that because it would be considered treason. So they had no choice but to keep on fighting. Even PTSD (or shell-shock as it was known then) was treated as sign of cowardice/treason.
Actually for about 2 weeks after that night they would fire over eachothers heads not aiming for eachother UNTIL high command threatened them with treason
Hello Mr Rock N Roll!!!! I'm Wolfi from Germany and I like to see your reactions about Nightwish and About Floor Janson because you're a very funny person. I've been a Nightwisch fan since 1996 and I love the band. Please watch the Nightwis in a virtual world concert, they are really great. Greetings from beautiful Germany, Wolfi
"How do you go back?" The answer is simple; they didn't. The next day they (who had participated in the truce) universally refused to pick up their weapons again. What happened was tons of soldiers were executed for refusing to follow orders, and existing companies were dispersed and mixed in with fresh recruits, and so forth. Also remember the front lines stretched a long ways, the truce was informal and not universal either. Also worth noting that most of the people that took part in the truce were volunteer soldiers, they were not drafted. This truce was only allowed to happen the _first_ winter. The brass realised their mistake. The next winter, most of the troops were draftees.
nice answer , all ask "How do you go back" need to be a soldier for understund how? why? etc . this was a a tru story and there was no ordered ceasefire , everything was spontaneous , a Christmas miracle and that cross it still exists today " 1914 , 1999 , and SABATON 2021 with this video " lest we forget"
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This is so timely given what is going on in Ukraine please keep up the great work; and let's keep the people of Ukraine in our prayers. Hopefully the madness will end soon.🙏🙏🙏
Do you know who sang over the credits? Here's a hint: she's married to one of the guys from the band, and the love of your life. 🤯😁
I imagine scenes of my own mind, as well. That's what Sabaton does to you...
My grandpa was a medic in WW2 for the Wehrmacht. But you know what? - he stored the weapon he HAD TO carry on the bottom of his med-kit. So even if he came under enemy threat of dying he wouldn't be able to take a life. ✊♥
Sadly i never met him ... he died in a traffic accident a few years after the war. But my grandma and my mother told me all about him.
... and you know what?! My older brother is the spitting image of him, according to the few photos we have of my grandpa! 🤗
THEN CONTACT SABATON,THEY MIGHT HELP TO BRING THOSE STORIES TO SONGS OR REALITY
Joakim actually joined Sabaton as a keyboardist. In an interview he explained that he was asked to sing temporarily while they were looking for a permanent vocalist but "the lazy bastards never got around to it."
:))), Funny and interesting tid bit. Thank you
@@vlad-ovidiuadam6489 You can find the interview he is talking about by searching "THE CHARISMATIC VOICE sabaton interview" its really worth watching :)
@@goderik8949 Yup saw it already. Thanks anyways for the recommendation :)
@@vlad-ovidiuadam6489 No problem :)
I read that Sabaton took years to write about this event. They wanted the music, the lyric, everything to be just right to honor this day in history.
afaik it took them 7 years to make this song. from the first idea till now. 7 Years and it shows.
And nailed it !
I hope you recognized that voice at the end.
Joakim: "It's great, but something missing."
Par: "A strong soprano singing at the end might work."
Hannes: "I have one at home. Let me call & ask."
Hannes: "Honeyyyyyy.... hey I won't be home tonight can you put the bins out?"
Joakim: "......."
Hannes: "Oh yeah! Do you wanna lend your vocals to a video of our?"
The Drummer at Sabaton ``Hannes``van Dahl is the Husband from Floor Janson!!!
The ending of Cristmas Truce Is Singing Matal Queen Floor Janson !!!!!!!!!!!
Look at the credits. Search for "Ending credit vocals by..." :) I think you missed it. You know that voice.
I think he knows
Several video I've watched reacting to this... and they get this look on their faces like... "This sounds familiar."
And I'm like... "C'mon man! You know that voice..." waiting for them to put two and two together.
@@goofamatic Yeah, It makes me Giddy, waiting for a New Reactor to NOTICE the Angel Singing! About 60% of the ones I've seen DO!
The saddest part about this story is that a lot of them that participated in the truce didn't go back to fighting. They were either sent to different lines or executed because they couldn't carry on fighting after that day of peace. So the answer to how some of them could go on to kill someone they had exchanged gifts, sung carols, and played football with the day before: they didn't.
He was hired as a keyboard player. He said he would sing until the find a singer, guess they're still looking.
"Those lazy bastards" as he puts it
yeah, it is kind of an inside joke in the band that they are still looking for a singer. :P He started out as the keyboard player when he joined the band but filled the role as a singer,until they find a new one.
@@Templarofsteel88 Meanwhile they hired a new keyboard player...
@@dutchman7623 as he puts it: "Hey that's my Job!!" "Nope you are the singer" "Shit!"
Someone watched a certain tea time interview 😜
Floor Jansen gives with her voice (without words) the feeling of sadness, resignation and yet hope, she is the only one who can give us that feeling, so beautiful.🎶🎶🤟🏻🤟🏻
The song is amazing! That singer over the credits is wife of the first guy over the wall. She happens to be the lead of a little band called Nightwish.
Trust me, Mr. Rock and Roll _knows..._ 💜
Honestly i am a bit surprised he didnt catch on just on her sound alone
@@AGDinCA I think he'd rather switch lives with that guy 😂
Floor jansen is the name one of the best dutch singers
@@thijsknarren2730 she is one of the best female singers in the world atm !
I think that Sabaton - and those before them - phrased it best.
LEST - WE - FORGET
A merry Christmas to all of you - from a fromer Enemy of yours!
That man not only play piano, his first instrument was an organ in a church. He only got into Sabaton because they needed a key player.
Just telling you, bud, that the cross Joakim carried actually exists, located near Ypres, Belgium.
And given everything happening as I write this in Ukraine, it saddens me deeply that we have forgotten what the "Khaki Chums" wrote as their warning to us, the future generations:
"Lest We Forget."
And this video would not be the same without Floor's voice, and her operatic talents, at the end. This is the song of 2022 for me.
In my lifetime, I've seen the following:
1) The death of the last WWI veteran
2) The death of the last USS Arizona survivor, and the death of the last KMS Bismarck survivor
3) The deaths of Franz Stigler and Lt. Charles "Charlie" Brown (No Bullets Fly)
4) The death of the last Night Witch, 2017
In my lifetime, I will also see the death of the last World War II veteran, of any country.
I say these things to point out that the first-hand experiences of these past conflicts need to be remembered -- because as Ukraine shows, if we don't remember them, then we will repeat history. To remember history is not just forgetting history, but to honor the service and sacrifice of those who lived and went through these terrible events.
Never forget. Never again.
There's still two Arizona survivors alive. Ken Potts and Lou Conter
@@DD-373 : Then I was remembering what I read incorrectly.
Now that I think about it, I believe that the two remaining Arizona survivors will not be buried with the ship. The Navy had a weird ceremony for burying crewmates who had died and served on the Arizona -- and NCIS even had Christopher Floyd play the last one to be buried there, as a dedication to the crew of the Arizona, and more largely, to the memory of Pearl Harbor, and what happened on 7 December 1941.
Wow you got some stories to tell
'Does this man play the piano?' - Dude, he's Sabaton's keyboard player - he's just filling in until they find a singer!
Sabatons not hiring a singer anymore I don't think. 🤣🤣🤣 they love Joakim too much
@@brandenantonino23 yeah, but it's apparently an inside joke among the band members that they're still looking for a singer, and that Joakim is just filling in until then
The first guy out of the trench, Hannes, with the long blond hair, just happens to be married to this amazing singer who closes out the song (look over your shoulder…. she’s there).
Yep, Mrs. van Dahl sang the closing aria.
@@572Btriode ooooohhh - I dare you to refer to her that way to her face! You know she once stopped in the middle of a song and challenged a sexist heckler to come up on stage and take him on? He declined and shut up!
@@northof4912 🙂 Well, it is politely and accurately correct, is it not !
I also chose that to make Mr R&R think a bit.
@@572Btriode Uhhmmm? If you're living in the 50s, maybe. You do know that is not her name, right?
@@572Btriode I believe the correct name is Hannes Dahl and he added the "Van" later - saw a photo of Floor & Hannes's rural mail box and it had "Dahl" painted on it
When Mr. Rock n Roll realised that "Whritten by" also includes the music:
Yes, Joakim knows how to play piano, guitar, bass and to some extend: the triangle *DING*
Oh.. and some of the lyrics as well 😆
Joakim (Vocalist/Piano) to Hannes (Drums/long blond hair) : "We need a good Soprano to outro ."
Hannes van Dahl (Floors husben) "I know one"!
I once had someone ask me what I thought the meaning of courage is…my answer was the first man to step out of the trench on December 25, 1914 in the Ypres Forrest in Belgium.
Most of the soldiers that were in this truce refused to fight "properly" after the battle resumed (they missed their shots on purpose, and sometime didnt even shot at all) to the point where the high command from both sides had to replace all of them.
Anyway, amazing video dude, love your content
Some who refused to fight were field executed for treason and cowardice on the British side, sure whole groups were moved about the front.
@@572Btriode im kind of sure that the German side got the same punishment.
@@Templarofsteel88 I don't know, certainly Brit soldiers were field executed for various reasons including some that were shell-shocked, about 306 men I believe. It was a very grim time indeed.
They where moved to other sections of the front.
I've visited the battlefields of WWI and stood on no man's land on the somme. I'm not ashamed to say that tears fell knowing of the dead who laid where we stood. Many still there undiscovered. Even at 15 years old it was the most profound moment of my life thinking of how it must have been for my great grandfather's and their families
I had a similar experience at Gettysburg ..... like looking across that field where Pickett's Charge happened, those men knew they were walking into the jaws of death but they went anyways .... I'm not some confederate sympathizer by any means, and yeah those men were fighting for a soiled cause, but it takes a special kind of person to walk into a hail of musket and cannon fire.
To answer your question. Soldier morale was fucked after this event. There was so many cases of soldiers both British and German refusing to shoot at the opposite side.
The men became a lot harder to kill once they got introduced to each other and suddenly they had faces, names, personalities and maybe way more in common with them than they originally thought.
After the truce many troops and even whole units were transferred to different fronts or faced execution for fraternizing with their "enemies..." RIP
Great reaction :)
Joakim is the one who writes about 90-95% of the music. (Lyrics are him and Pär together) Sometimes he collaborates with band members or friends, but he's always been the one writing music in Sabaton. You could say, he's the one responsible for "The Sabaton sound".
He came in to Sabaton originally as a keyboard/organ player in 1999. When he started to write original songs for the band, they obviously needed a singer and the guys were all really bad at it, but Joakim was "the least awfull" so they decided he would sing "until they found a singer".
But in 2005 they found a keyboard player instead, so I guess by then he was good enough at singing. He's said he thought about getting lessons early on, but decided not to.
He worried it would rob him of his sound, the personality. Obvously he has been improving the singing on his own through the years.
2005 is also the year they released "Primo Victoria", their 1st album about war history.
March 4th. 2022, is the release date of their 10th studio album.
The keyboard player left in the 2012 split, and they never replaced him, so Joakims back to playing more.
He also plays guitar "really good" according to Chris (the dark haired guitarist).
And bass, but Joakim says he's not good on drums.
He has done at least keys and some guitars on their albums before, on top of the singing.
I'm also a Vietnam Vet, and I'd like to say that my prayers are with your Step-Dad, who is also my Brother in arms! In combat, you cannot afford to see your enemy as a person who is just like you. If you do, you simply won't be able to do the things you need to do. It's only much later that you come to realize that your so-called enemy was simply doing his duty just as you were doing yours. He also had family, just like you did. His blood was red like yours, and he had the same fears that you had. That realization is often very difficult to come to terms with. Some veterans are never able to come to terms with it. In Christmas Truce they KNEW that their enemy was just like them. They exchanged gifts and food with each other, sang together, and played soccer together. How they were able to go back to killing each other the next day is beyond me. I couldn't do it! Btw... the next year (1915), the generals told their soldiers that whoever tried that for that Christmas would be court-martialed. That was the only time it happened, and it has never happened since. Much love to you and your family!
Many soldiers that particepated in this were court-martialed or switched to another part of the frontline, because they didnt want to fight anymore or missed on purpose. Even german officers and generals.
After 1914 no one dared. It was also made impossible because of the use of gas weapons later in the war. The christmas truce was the one and only moment of peace in the war. Thats why it is special
That song always gets me, especially towards the end when the female voice comes in.... you recognized her, did you? ;-)
I'm convinced he was too deep in his thoughts to notice, actually.
@@najrenchelf2751 it's because this song isn't about her, the song and video are powerful enough on there own. This is about the soldiers
@@allanwhittle4603 Amen to that my friend!
He actually plays the piano on stage when they do this song in their newest tour
You've heard Joakim play the piano before. That's him playing the organ on The Red Baron
Sabaton is absolutely awesome! Great music one of my all time favourites
Best Christmas song ever!
Of all people that reacted to this song I definitely thought it would be you that would recognize the voice at the end..... But it's also a testament to Sabaton because they had you so involved that you didn't even realize it was her......
Alot of the troops after the truce didn't fight again in the same areas. They had to transfer troops out and put in new troops that would fight. I agreee I don't know how you could go right back to fighting after meeting the other side and talking and getting to know them. Also Floor Jansen did the singing in the outro part.
This song is a masterpiece
The charismatic voice just had Joakim the lead singer on her channel for an interview, it was great. And this song is amazing, turns out the video crew was used to shooting movies not
music videos, and it shows cause it is like watching a movie.
Accounts from soldiers that participated in the event and survived the war say that it was extremely difficult when they went back to fighting. Knowing the names of the men they were shooting at, knowing they had wives and children made it extremely difficult when they pushed into the next trench and saw the men they called friends for a day lying dead.
Dude that was inspiring!! All people should witness this video
I've read somewhere that they had to move soliders elsewhere because they didnt want to fight so they put them on another front so they would have to fight their "friends"
Always chills when the piano starts and when Floor sings the outro.
This guy plays battlefield? I love him even more now. After listening to sabaton’s new album about WW1 I really feel like playing battlefield 1 with my friends again
My grandfather was there the following May, was gassed and captured, I was a medic who only dealt with it after the fact.
🥺 God bless your grandfather and all his loved ones. I hope you have cherished memories of him and gained a lot of his wisdom.
One of my favourite reactions to this song.. and I have seen quite a lot! I can fully understand your reaction -after the first time I watched the video I felt like crawling out of a movie theatre on all fours as if I hadseen a three hour long blockbuster by Steven Spielberg...
If this video would have been a "real" movie it would be eligible for an Oscar for best musical score, performed by Floor Jansen!
Greetings from Germany 🙂
Every time i hear Floors Outro, i close my eyes What a Aria., after this hard scences. 🥰
🤣🤣🤣 You don't immediately recognize this divine voice in the bonus? Oh boy if Floor knew that she would be very disappointed now!
The cross at the end is a real memorial in France, but since they filmed in the Czech Republic they made a replica.
6:03 That spoke volumes.
Just in the first 5 months of the war up to the Truce, more than 350.000 French, 250.000 Germans, 20.000 British, 15.000 Belgians and 200.000 Russians were killed in battle.
This is more than a Christmas song. Politicians start wars. Soldiers fight them, not because of country, or religion, but because of their brothers in arms. I will go to a Sabaton concert just so I can be in the stadium and sing the acapella chorus with 6,000+ people...and maybe get lucky enough to get an autograph from the band.....and the soprano outro singer!
If you like this one, you should see the animated story of Christmas Truce that Sabaton does with Yarn Hub. It gives even more of the back story; like the fact that the Pope had asked both sides hierarchy to cease fire and they said NO!!! but the average soldier on both sides carried out a truce anyway and they didn't know it had been requested.
In of the Sabaton history videos it was said that Joakim was originally going to be the bands keyboard player, but he did the singing until they could find a a singer. It he ended up with the lead singer role instead.
I consider this a Christmas Carol.
Mr rock and roll I feel ya !! I have many family members that died in war!! Can’t we all get along ?
SABATON - En Livstid I Krig (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg)
Sabaton...."No Bullets Fly".....A message about Honor...Respect....Mercy....
I like how Sabaton tells war history of various countries, its not there to judge the germans, soviets or any other. Its about telling a captivating story after a story based on history about individuals that are there because the great leaders have decided to fight other leaders. Those were some hard times...
You know the song did something special when Mr Rock n Roll is speechless and quiet like this...
Hey-ya!! A great reaction again!
Greetings from Finland!
I've listened to this song for more than twenty times and still I get teary eyed (almost) always.
It is so powerful.
Having said that, why don't You give some credit to the end credits vocalist, as it is someone we all know and love...
And that said, war stories good, war bad, m'kay? Something we can all agree upon...
It is crazy times and we should all pray for peace.
I wish all the best for Your step-dad, my pops is also not in the best of shape. That's life but it still gnaws at you.
A suggestion, if you please, for one future Sabaton reaction, is "Soldier of 3 Armies".
Have You seen the movie "The Green Barets"? With John Wayne.
It is about him. Not John Wayne, but the real guy. You'll love it.
All the best, Lars from Helsinki
In Germany there is a museum with an exhibition that let's you walk through tranches like they had them back than. It's really make you feel anxious.
more people should learn from these guys
Floor Jansen at the end makes this great metal Sabaton WO-I Christmas song up to an operatic masterpiece.
I love Sabaton!!!!
can you imagine the horror the smell the death for no reason
Dang you say your a Floor fan and not notice her singing the ending . did you forget Hannes Van Dahl the drummer is her husband
Imagine if DICE out of nowhere added expansion pack "Christmas Truce" for BF1, the night before Christmas with artillery everywhere but then near the end of match dawn peak from the cloud, kinda similar to dawn breaker from BF4.
Damn
I couldn't agree more - this song is magic, all year long! Religiosity not needed. Just humanity...
Hope you're doing well! 😊
epic and a history lesson
They can do it all.
Imagine the break at 12:00 at a concert, with the whoooole crowd participating.
As Joakim was the keyboard player when the band first formed and was only singing until rhey found someone to front the band and instead they got another keyboard player so Joakim became the vocalist by accident.
true fact it happened like that
Album is out now guys!!!!
How r¿they go back to it ? The hing comands german, british and french put snipers to work, and the confidence among them was soon end
Been waiting for this!!
I don't know. I saw Joakim in Nashville, in October of 2022, and it sure looked like he was playing that piano from where I was standing...
Let's go- SABATON
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Sabaton just released the rest of their new album
Great reaction sir!
My father told me my great grandfather who I didn't get to meet served in WW1 and never said a word about the experience but my dad stated he had a bottle in pocket and died of alcohol too drunk and fell down stairs and broke his neck so this song hits at my hearts strings bigtime they are an incredible band saw them live with Hammerfall and yep Floor Jansen is in the ending music credits God bless you.
In 23 days Ill see them live, finally.
The majority of soldiers walked into No Man’s Land without their guns. While the Truce was spontaneous up and down the Front, and men did go out on their own, it was usually brokered first by officers who met and laid down rules: if A does this, then B can do that; if this event happens, then the Truce is called off and fighting begins again. But those events never did happen and 100,000 men met to celebrate the holiday, attend Christmas services, tend to their wounded, bury their dead, play football, sing, talk about their families, share rations and mementoes, and so much more. It was a once-in-history thing and has never happened again in any war since. Truces were attempted in subsequent years, but commanders on both sides said “no” and meant it, and soldiers were told that they would be court martialed. By Christmas 1917 animosity had also grown so much over the violence and huge death tolls, the use of mustard gas and flame throwers and the atrocities committed, the length of time spent in deplorable conditions away from their families, that men on neither side really felt the spirit of the holiday and the commitment to spend this most holy day of the Christian calendar in joy and peace. Some towns in northern England lost their entire male population during this war. Twenty-two million soldiers lost their lives. Huge swathes of France, Belgium and Russia were turned into muddy knacker yards. The war that was meant to be the war to end all wars, and wasn’t. Lest we forget.
This song hits harder this days. Maybe is too soon for Christmas, but we need a Truce in Ukraine asap 😰.
I had the same thoughts, the whole reaction. Celebrating music of a Truce is so unreal these days while Putins troops invading a Country 2 Fly Hours away from my Home. Songs like this help to the see the People behind that on both sides. For freedom in Europe and the rest of this World.
There will be no truce until Putin and his warmongers have been dealt with.
But damn, my heart bleeds every single time that I have to listen to regular civilians caught up in this shit.
Yeah....I hear ya Dude. This song and video gets HEAVY. You can seriously FEEL the experience.
You should look online for pictures from the ACTUAL Christmas Truce....They're haunting. Joyous and sad all at once when you think about it all.
Yeah....The part where the instruments dropped and it was mostly just their voices....Gets me EVERY time.
Really sad that they tried similar events in the years after this, but they never worked out.
...and Floor Jansen's voice through the credits finishes off the haunting feel perfectly.
Recommendations
Unleash the Archers "Time stands still" "Test your metal" "Faster than light" ....and you HAVE to check out the duet Britney Slayes did of "La Traviata". It is honestly the most magical thing ever. Just scroll two minutes in to check out the song without all the stories and banter.
Nightwish "I want my tears back"
Israel "Bruddah IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole "Somewhere over the rainbow (His famous one take 3am recording) "White Sandy Beach"
The Hu : "Yuve yuve yu"
The Rambling Sailors: "Sailor's Prayer"
Laboratorium Piesni "U lisi" Stoj pa moru"
"Izgrela mi" "Kappee"
The Pirates Charles "Kyl'grath'ya" "The star spangled banner" "Rowman's row"
The Longest Johns "The Wellerman" "Leave her Johnny" "The Parting Glass"
Exit Eden "Impossible"
Once Human "Gravity"
MALINDA: "More with you" "Hoist the Colours"
Thundermother "It's just a tease"
Clamavi de Profundis "The Ent's marching song" "The Castle of Dromore"
Christmas Metal Songs "Joy to the world" and "Canon Rock" both by Orion's Reign featuring Minniva
Best reaction you've done so far because you've shown some true emotions 🙏👏
I could never imagine going from 24/7 shelling. To well nothing. I couldn't imagine that feeling
As you might not know Joakim actually joined the band to be a keyboard player... and he's actually really good, watch the live of "The Red Baron" in Berlin to see him blaying Bach on a Hammond Organ... dessed as a Albatross triplane... the organ that is😆.
Best regards
Raoul G. Kunz
there are a few commercials about the christmass truce, you should go watch them
"How" is something I think you will never understand unless you have been forced into war. The fewer people understand, the better.
This song brings on ALL THE ONIONS
god i need to start saving money so i can see them in person.
It's nice to see you emote AND rock out
One the allies side were British, Scottish and French uniforms,
Don't know if you noticed, but that was Floor at the end.
What REALLY sucks is that war ended up being meaningless geopolitically speaking, but SO many kids died. And trench warfare was some of the worst of battles. That they were able to unite for a few hours and Sabaton captured it musically chokes me up EVERY time
A sad note that is often forgotten is that before the Christmas Truce was the disastrous 'Winter Operations'. These where a series of offensive launched by the British to capture German trenches and to stop fraternisation over Christmas. Overall it was a disaster with many British deaths and casualties and barely no land taken. During the Christmas Truce many of the bodies buried where off men who had recently fallen during the Winter Operations.
This song is amazing. You should do a reaction of Sabaton's Price Of A Mile. It is a song that hits you like the song "1916" because it tells more about trench warfare during WWI, including how they forced the soldiers to keep fighting no matter what. However it is another really good song from Sabaton.
He not only plays piano, he actually wasn't supposed to be the vocalist for Sabaton, when he joined he was supposed to be the keyboard player, the vocalist thing was supposed to be until they found someone... he's still waiting.
I think he knows they're not hiring a new vocalist he's just too good
Fun fact: Joakim (lead singer) was brought into the band as keyboard player, but they ended up keeping him as lead singer after he covered up for a time without a lead singer
Hey Mr Rock and Roll...did you noticed; that was Floor in the closing opera part? 😁
I really enjoy your reactions...to Nightwish especially. 😅 Keep it up 🤘
Amazing song.... ❤️ Do soldier of heaven...
You've done it... Saw it bow
As for your question as to why they went back to fighting, well artillery was hitting no mans land and also as soon as High Command (on both sides) heard the story, it gave the order down to their officers to shoot anyone who attempted to perform something like that because it would be considered treason. So they had no choice but to keep on fighting. Even PTSD (or shell-shock as it was known then) was treated as sign of cowardice/treason.
Actually for about 2 weeks after that night they would fire over eachothers heads not aiming for eachother UNTIL high command threatened them with treason
our mustached german friend that started ww 2 snitched on this on the german side XD
Hello Mr Rock N Roll!!!!
I'm Wolfi from Germany and I like to see your reactions about Nightwish and About Floor Janson because you're a very funny person. I've been a Nightwisch fan since 1996 and I love the band. Please watch the Nightwis in a virtual world concert, they are really great. Greetings from beautiful Germany, Wolfi
"How do you go back?" The answer is simple; they didn't. The next day they (who had participated in the truce) universally refused to pick up their weapons again. What happened was tons of soldiers were executed for refusing to follow orders, and existing companies were dispersed and mixed in with fresh recruits, and so forth. Also remember the front lines stretched a long ways, the truce was informal and not universal either.
Also worth noting that most of the people that took part in the truce were volunteer soldiers, they were not drafted. This truce was only allowed to happen the _first_ winter. The brass realised their mistake. The next winter, most of the troops were draftees.
nice answer , all ask "How do you go back" need to be a soldier for understund how? why? etc . this was a a tru story and there was no ordered ceasefire , everything was spontaneous , a Christmas miracle and that cross it still exists today " 1914 , 1999 , and SABATON 2021 with this video " lest we forget"