The Carolus Rex album was recorded in both English and Swedish. The English version of some of the songs are completely different. Some of the major differences are '1648' the English version is from the point of view of the citizens of Prague. The Swedish version is from the point of view of the Swedish soldiers laying seige to the city. 'A Lifetime of War' is an overview of the Thirty Years' War. 'En Livstid I Krig' is from the point of view of a single Swedish soldier in the Thirty Years' War.
basically, the swedish version is the point of view of a swedish soldier in a war while the english version is the point of view of an outsider seeing the war
A Lifetime of War is not a direction translation of En Livstid i Krig, though they're on the same topic. The English version is more broadly about the Thirty Years War and the devastation of Europe, while the Swedish version is more personal and from the perspective of a single soldier.
Right. I find the more personal view of the Swedish lyrics to be more impactful than the generalized sentiments in the English. I suspect it's due to Swedish being the band's native language, however conversationally fluent they are in English, they'll typically be able to write more meaningfully in their native language than others learned later.
Indeed, the Swedish version throws you in at the deep end giving you a proper "steel bath" before they pull you out telling you do dust yourself off and retake your place in the line of fire whilst the english version is more like, yeah, ok... another war, let's go and oversee this.
I agree with the other commenters but i do have to be pedantic and say that "en livstid i krig" does indeed mean " a lifetime at war". So to say that it is not a direct translation is just wrong. What some mean to say is that the english version of the song is sung from a european perspective and the swedish version of the song is sung from a swedish perspective. The song title however, does remain the same in both langauges even directly translated.
@@n0namesowhatblerp362 they meant the lyrics of the songs, however the names of the song may be direct translations the lyrics could not be more different.
You summarized Sabaton so well at 10:17. "There's nothing extremely flashy, there's nothing extremely virtuosic, but it's rock-solid. It's mixed great, and the message is quite profound." Whenever I introduce people to Sabaton, that's the description I'm gonna use.
No captions 😳 You HAVE TO DO IT with the captions on, it will give you so much more depth to the song! So pleeeeaaase redo it with the captions on! PLEASE 🙏 Have to say that your reactions are quite unique compared to the other reactions I’ve seen on YT and I just love them and going into the Sabaton rabbit hole, gooo deeep 😉 Songs to react to: Bismarck (No 1) Lion from the north (same album as ”en livstid i krig”) Screaming eagles A caroleans prayer Seven pillar of wisdom And many more Thanks a lot for great reactions!! Best regards from Sweden
The Swedes loved our kings in the old days. Our most beloved king KarlXII spent his days in battle among his men, and therefore we honor his memory even today. Thank you for posting and therefore honoring the Swedish history.
It's a shame you didn't put on the captions while watching since they are he official English lyrics, you could have read that while simultaneously watching the video. Doing so is quite the experience, I remember tearing up when I watched it.
As a Swede I can say the Swedish lyrics is even more powerful compared to any English translation (because it was originally written and flows better in Swedish)
@@Bazerald777 I seriously doubt that the band wrote it, since it's incorrectly translated, and since they all speak English. Stating facts isn't crying.
@@jacobpaulson23 Yeah? Have you seen the sabaton history of it AND royal guard? Where they literally said that they have to change the lyrics to fit the song while trying to keep it as close as possible to the Swedish version? Keep on crying.
I love Sabaton! 90% of their songs are history lessons. They really know their stuff. I have learned so much from them as they have reawakened my love of history. They also have a Sabaton history channel that tells the stories behind the songs.
This song is about The Thirty Years War (1618-1648), one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, fought largely as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. The war, disease and famine brought death to about 8 million Europeans, in some parts (like Southern Germany) only one third of the population survived.The song is from Sabaton 2012 album Carolus Rex, that focuses on Swedish war history (mainly the Great Nothern War). This album was one of Sabatons greatest commercial successes, and it was recorded in both english and swedish versions. Here's an eng version of the song with following lyrics: Two ways to view the world So similar at times Two ways to rule the world To justify their crimes By kings and queens young men Are sent to die in war Their propaganda speaks Those words been heard before Two ways to view the world Brought Europe down in flames Two ways to rule... Has man gone insane? A few will remain Who'll find a way To live one more day Through decades of war? It spreads like disease There's no sign of peace Religion and greed Cause millions to bleed Three decades of war... From dawn to dawn they're fighting Die where they stand The fog of war lies thick When armies scorch the land When all of Europe is burning What can be done? They've been to war a decade Two more to come! Long way from home (Döpas och dö i strid) Lifetime at war... Has man gone insane? A few will remain Who'll find a way To live one more day Through decades of war? It spreads like disease There's no sign of peace Religion and greed Cause millions to bleed Three decades of war... When they face death they're all alike: No right or wrong Rich or poor... No matter who they served before Good or bad... They're all the same Rest side by side now... Has man gone insane? A few will remain Who'll find a way To live one more day Through decades of war? It spreads like disease There's no sign of peace Religion and greed Cause millions to bleed Three decades of war...
It was a choir of 14.000, I know cause I was there on the left. Joakim( leadsinger) in the beginning of the song said...nobody carries a lighter anymore but everyone have a mobile phone. Let's sing together...and we did! The emotions and pride that it evoked in us, the audience, was phenomenal and more ppl than I cried. Awsome reaction, and I appreciate your taking time to research the topic. Just one thing...many of Sabatons songs have captions on the videos(like this one), might be useful when you dig in to the world of Sabaton. Anyway...liked and subscribed
Sabaton is touring through sections of the USA this fall, We got 2 dates in sequence in September (185 mile drive/300km) and I've booked one of those dates. In a lot of ways I'm a bit bummed they likely won't perform either variant of the song, but I'm gonna hope. If they do perform it it's probably not going to be the Swedish version because, duh, who in the US is gonna understand or know the Swedish version? Lol
@@SirVivel He actually says: "Helt underbart. Mina vänner, nu sjunger vi tillsammans!". Or in English: "Absolutely wonderful. My friends, let's sing together!".
If you want to do a little more war themed stuff due to the conflict in Ukraine right now, I would suggest "The price of a mile" from Sabaton. That is one of the heaviest and most brutal anti war songs there is. Right at the first note you will feel that this isn't going to end well, and then it just dives deeper into the misery for the whole song..
Definitely a underrated song, as it hit some feelings. I have a live concert CD in my car, and when my wife is with me, she always makes me skip The Price of A Mile. Gives her the chills.
That is one of my favorite songs. It hit hard and then, when I watched the corresponding Sabaton history episode, it hit even harder. It so well written.
Not only is Carolus Rex the best selling Swedish Metal album of all time, it's also the first album to certified platinum since Europe's 'The Final Countdown' in 1986. In 2018 it reached another mile stone by being awarded quadruple platinum after remaining on the Swedish charts for a staggering 326 weeks. If I remember correctly, all Iron Maiden members have a Gold version of the album as well. Their latest album, The War to End All Wars was even more popular than Eurovision (in Sweden) for a brief moment, and Eurovision is almost as sacred as Midsummer to some Swedes.
A more precise translation "I look Back and see my home fade away My time at home feels now far too short Barely 17 not yet a man when duty called me If I get to see my home again, I do not know Among kinsmen from my village, I went out in War And the world it burned For the war it can annihilate a man I give my life for my homeland But who will miss me? So see me as A -husband, a friend A -Father and son never returns home But who will mourn me? Went to war for Sweden, was baptized in blood Out there, death awaits, not heroism In fields where kinsmen fall no song is heard Challenging our fates, yet again Far from home Baptized and die in battle And the world it burned For the war it can annihilate a man I give my life for my homeland But who will misse me? So see me as a -husband, a friend A -father and son who never returns home But who will mourn me? "Guitar solo" And when my time has run out Who cares then? They are struggling on Does a soldier get a dignified end? Get to go to sleep fade away And never wake up For the war it can annihilate a man I give my life for my homeland But who will miss me? So see me as -A husband, a friend A -father and son who never will return home But who will mourn me?"
I find it so cool that Sabaton, founded in a small town in Sweden, is the very same town that I live in. In fact, I go the the same school that most of the founding members (if not all of them) went to. Furthermore, my father claims that he would've seen the original members around his school, right around the time they got started, which does seem to add up. In general, a very cool band, and I think Joakim Brodén is such a fantastic front man.
So, if you stick with Sabaton long enough, there are a few things you'll come to realize. First and foremost, they're not writing music that's insanely technical or complex. The musicians are all world class, to be sure, and they do have songs where they get to cut loose. But the songwriting itself isn't geared towards that. The songs are structured in such a way that the music tells the story as much as the lyrics, and I think that's where the real power of Sabaton comes from. I also think that's the source of a lot of the snobbery and hate directed towards them. It goes without saying that there's a certain contingent of the metal community that's going to hate on anything that gets popular. Any band with more than three followers on Spotify (or that has a Spotify page, for that matter), has sold out in their eyes. But there's also a contingent that criticizes the lack of complexity, or the fact that they're not constantly pushing boundaries, trying to play harder or faster than everyone else. Personally, I think that kind of criticism is misplaced. It relies on a superficial understanding of music, and completely ignores everything going on below the surface. Conveying complex themes and emotions through music is not easy, and the fact that anyone, from anywhere on the planet, can listen to this song or any one of dozens of others and feel exactly what they're meant to feel is a sign of masters at work.
I was in Sweden and sang my heart out on this song. It's amazing how powerful it feels when over 20,000 people sing this in Swedish. Well, hope to see tour reactions for Within Temptation, or some of Epica's performances more. Thx and best wishes from Finland.
soldier of heaven is powerful. also one should watch the sabaton history episode of the song to really get the message, those are a powerful aid to understandas far as message of the song goes.
Sabaton would agree with you - there's a short video titled "We must learn from war" which has two of them going round a military museum in Belgium and talking about the history, it's kind of an advert for their history channel! Joakim makes the point that we have to remember in order to learn from bad things or we will keep repeating them. Worth a watch. My dad and uncle had very different experiences of WW2. My dad was stationed in the UK until just after D-Day so only caught the end of the action in Europe, and was happy to reminisce (he met his first wife over there), whereas my uncle was in the Pacific and would clam up and look very stressed whenever the war was mentioned. I will almost certainly never know what happened to him. My mum was a nurse, and would tell me the "funny" stories which were actually fairly horrific tales of trauma (such as the story of an injured German soldier who was terrified of the nurses and fought frantically not be tended by them because he'd been told that if he was captured he would be experimented on, and nobody could say anything to reassure him because nobody spoke the language). I am eternally grateful that I have never had to face anything like that.
You said that name really Well in swedish! Edit: in the beginning he says ” let’s sing this one together.. a lifetime of war” Edit again: the translation were missing the whole chorus ” who Will mourn me, a father, a son, a husband a friend, that never returns, who will mourn for me”
For a more interesting song in terms of musicality, I'd say go for Angels Calling from them. The live version from the great tour preferably. Cool song with neat musical ideas IMO.
@@2104dogface I personally say live because of apocalyptica being there with them. Besides, Doug usually listens more than watches so hearing how the live cellos and the metal combine should be interesting.
You DEFINITELY need to turn on the CC if you want to experience this in its entirety. Sabaton stay on top of the correct translations. En livstid i Krig and A Lifetime Of War are COMPLETELY different songs.
I was lucky enough to catch Sabaton, in the only time I've seen them, as support band for Nightwish back in 2012. Just before Nightwish parted with Anette. This was in Adelaide, Australia, and it was a magnificent show. I'd honestly not been into Sabaton before, or since, but this video reminded me of that show, and has made me remember just how good they were, and I really should get around to listening to more of their music. Thanks Doug for such a great review of an amazing anthem that is really sad when you translate the lyrics.
It literally was a lifetime for many of the soldiers who were very young when it started and those that survived would be old by the time it ended (old by the standards of the day) ... Oh, and Carolus Rex is just King Charles in Latin
Sabaton just released their new album "The War to End All Wars" .....Allready at their first song "Sarajevo" - I got chills how history seem to repeat itself. Other prefferred songs on the album is : "Race to the Sea" , "Dreadnoughts" Christmas Truce" and "Soldier of Heaven"
Sabaton is such an amazing band. They really take the time to dig into the topics they're writing about, and actually get more flak for it than they deserve. I'd love to see you react to the live version of The Red Baron.
A notable fact is that this recording was from Gothenburg, Sweden. For 30 Years War the Swedish soldiers were drafted and when losses mounted they started drafting younger and younger people. That's what the beginning about barely a man refers to. Many women first had to give their husbands and later their sons to the war, never to be seen again. And these 17000 people in the hall know had they happened to live in another time, they would have been drafted, too. So there's this somber 'it could have been me' undertone on the sound of this huge choir.
You made the right decision to hear the swedish version. The english lyrics (3rd person) of this song differ massivly from the swedish ones (1st person). Swedish ones are way more intense.
Sabaton get a lot of undeserved associations in Sweden, since we are such a peaceful nation their lyrics make people associate them with nationalism or even racism and nazism. However, the Swedish lyrics talk about the devastation of war, not the glorification of war. "Who will mourn me?" and "Father and son who will never come home". This isn't a song about Nationalistic Pride, this is a song about peace.
I absolutely love "En livstid i krig" i just sing along in danish, and when my mates and i are drinking beer we usually set it loud and sing along with our arms over our shoulders and the beer raised, it feels so damn epic!
There are several great suggestions for Sabaton song that are worthy of you commentary, but I suggest Afraid to Shoot Strangers. There is a live performance of it from the album A Real Live One, the introduction goes something like "War is usually stared by politicians and it is usually ended by people who doesn't really want to kill anybody". An it is a fantastic song to boot!
11:58 in these times the leaders often put their own lifes on the line too. In the Thirty Year's War Swedish king Gustaf II Adolf (Gustavus Adolphus) actually DIED in the battle of Lützen on Nov 6 1632. Many years later Karl XII (Carolus Rex), another famous Swedish king often was in the very front of the charge against the enemy, and subsequently was shot in the head in Fredrikshald, Norway on Nov 30, 1718. It is in more modern time that the leaders are waging war from a distance
There was no "charge" at Fredriksten (it was a siege and it was at Frediksten because Fredrikshald had been burnt the year before when Karl XII lead his failed invasion). He was in a trench when he either got hit by Norwegian fire or was killed by his own. When the news of his death reached Sweden everybody celebrated, ostensibly to celebrate Ulrika Eleonora becoming queen, but in actuality they celebrated the death of Karl XII, because he was a tyrant and had lead the country into nothing but misery in his endless wars.
@@arudegestureI never wrote that there was a charge at Fredrikshald, just that he often was in front, like at Narva. I work at a museum dedicated to the Battle of Stäket 1719, believe me, I know most of the events of this period already. No need to explain it to me.
@@isaacbobjork7053 Sorry, I misread it as if you wrote that he was leading a charge at Fredrikshald. But just so you know, I'm not without academic credentials. Masters degree in Archaeology and Bachelor in History.
@@arudegesture That is great, most pepole I know that actually know something about these things know a great lot more than I do (I do not have a degree), but I still know more about it than the average person partly due to my job.
@@isaacbobjork7053 Yes, and a degree doesn't necessarily mean people know everything. ;-) I'm betting you have a lot of detailed knowledge, because of where you work, that some people with a degree might not have. :-) If you're interested (and a Swedish speaker) I highly recommend the book "Tyrannens tid" by Magnus Västerbro. Came out last year, or possibly this year, and is a great book about Karl XII's reign and the misery it caused Sweden and its people.
Not much left on my concert bucket list, but I’d give anything to go to a show by Sabaton, or some other power metal band, in Europe. I imagine every single song is an anthem, and the crowd treats it as such. That would be 2+ hours of straight goosebumps. What a memorable show that would be.
Not that this makes the tragedy of the 30 years war any better but at least the Swedish king fought and died in the war with his soldiers. World would be a better place if those in power would have to fight in the frontlines with the ones they have sent to war but those days are long gone.
5:13 "You see a tank on stage :O". Jocke and the boys don't just have ONE tank. They have two. Joakim Brodén is a trained church organist, and it shows - listen to The Red Baron which starts with Bach's Little Fugue in G minor. I myself am a countertenor in an English cathedral choir, and I can tell you Sabaton is one of my favourite adrenalin releases... What you'll notice if you listen to enough Sabaton is they love G minor, and they almost never write a song in a major key.
Hello Doug, i like your Sabaton reactions! you're doing a good job. Please do more sabaton songs because they are absolutely amazing! So much depth to it. Peace from Belgium!
Sabaton is just amazing. I'm a student/learner of history, so I instantly got into them since 2008. Would you also listen to some other compositions like Two Steps from Hell and Antti Martikainen?
Sabaton are one of those bands I listened to ages ago (Primo Victoria through to The Art of War) and then sort of drifted away from until very recently. So kind of cool for me to discover something that came out in that period where I stopped following them. I think if you are considering more of their work in future, they released a stand alone single last year called The Royal Guard. It's got kind of a hymn feel to it, as well as a bit of that militaristic vibe. Well worth a listen.
Always love a good reaction, shame you did not put on the captions, they would have hit you to the heart... 'Think about me as a friend, father and son... that never returns home... ' watch it on your spare time but w captions. u will understand why, it's beautiful lyrics about the waste of war
I'm a metalhead. Many just can't stand Sabaton, but I love it, especially this live performance. I saw them live in 2012 and it was an experience with the pyros warming up the late night outdoors.
Everything except their first album is about war history. Technically you arent wrong in saying its their favourite topic but it also is their only topic. Sabaton live is something else man, had the pleasure of experiencing it in summer 2019 and an glad to announce i will be seeing them again this August
Doug, enjoy your site. Love the way you explain songs! I know you get a lot of requests but you would love this song by Triumph. The song is called ‘The Blinding Light Show/Moonchild”. It’s a long song. It starts out rocking…changes to classical guitar…back to the rock. I have a story about this song. During High School, I worked at a prominent hotel’s gift shop. I was playing this song in my ghetto blaster ( I’m old dude)while tending the shop. This business man comes strolling into the shop right at the time the classical guitar kicks in. He goes, “that’s beautiful. It’s strange hearing music like this from one your age.” I just smiled. Then the harder part kicked in. He gave me a laugh….but I told him the classical guitar part was my favorite part of the song. It’s great, Doug! I would love to see you break it down some day. Happy rocking!
Both of my paternal great-grandfathers served in the Navy in the Pacific War (I believe one of them was in Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack). "Bismarck" is another Sabaton song to look at that. Also, since you brought it up, there's a Ukrainian metal band called Ignea that I think would go well on your channel: they have a song called "Alga" that they recorded with a live orchestra backing them in 2015.
If you like to see music videos with the audience singing (along) you really should like at the Wacken recording from Blind Guardians' "The Bard's Song / Valhalla". That's something else and still gives me the shivers remembering it ;)
Except for the religious part there were a situation on several occasions when a number of countries declared war on Sweden simultaneously beacause of common interests and the difficulty of fighting the Swedes alone. There was some important British naval support for Sweden beacause of common interests as well some supporting cossack cavalry.
To summarize what you said about the ones laying down their lives, I'll quote a different song by a different band; "Do you know who's paying the costs? The little soldier, he is lost" (The Battle of Waterloo - Running Wild). Great reaction and breakdown!
Yes, I love this band. You should do Metal Machine and or Metal Crue. Listen to the lyrics. Metal Machine is all names of songs and Metal Crue is all names of metal bands for the lyrics. BTW, Caroulus Rex was shot in the back of the head by one of his own troops.
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore And expected to die for the land of our birth Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth?
The Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus ... from 1611 to 1632 was an exception. Unlike other kings who sent their soldiers into battle from a distance, Gustavus Adolphus led from the front .. and killed in battle.
And the world burns; For war, it can destroy a man. I gave my life for my Fatherland, But who will mourn me? So see me as a husband, a friend, A father, a son who will never come home. But who will miss me?
Great to see you coming back to Sabaton 🙂. Would really appreciate you doing a few more of their songs. The first two with Christmas Truce and En Livstid i Krig are brilliant from the lyrics but maybe not so typical Sabaton sound. From the new album there might be interesting and a bit more Metal: Stormtroopers: ruclips.net/video/Oo8H5vUKMlk/видео.html Hellfighters: ruclips.net/video/QoFy6mNtdpo/видео.html Both about WWI about the newly formed storm troops and the Harlem Hellfighters. Both up to now only available as lyric videos. Another great video production from the new album (but also a bit different) is: The unkillable soldier: ruclips.net/video/b4vj_WB5w_k/видео.html About Adrian Carton de Wiart who went to three wars including WWI and WWI, was shot several times (head, eye, stomach etc.), survived two plain crashes, lost an eye and a hand and nevertheless had in his biography a famous quote which is cited at the end of the video. Two of my personal favorites are available in a special edition also explaining the background, so no research is needed here, just jump in for a quick flight: No bullets fly: ruclips.net/video/dslO-3GgenY/видео.html Night witches: ruclips.net/video/5YPo8zDkvy4/видео.html And for more live stuff, how about some songs from the previous album The Great War: Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Lawrence from Arabia): ruclips.net/video/n2ewAf0LgYA/видео.html The Red Baron (including a classical easteregg): ruclips.net/video/GmqVpskrLsQ/видео.html Would be happy to see you falling down that rabbithole a bit further. Regards and keep on. I've learned a lot about my favorite bands here (and wanna learn more).
@@bunkerhousing Sure, Bismarck is a phantastic song with a great Musik video, but it's again more ballad style. That's why I not listed it 😉 Nevertheless: ruclips.net/video/oVWEb-At8yc/видео.html
5:10 That's because it IS a tank! Yes, a literal tank! It's part of their set, and they have to get import permissions for it wherever they go. Last I remember, it was actually a gift from the Swedish government.
This song is so much more powerful in Swedish than in English (A Lifetime At War). I think it's because Sabaton sing it in their mother tongue and about their own people at war in the 30 years war. The start of the chorus: "För kriget, det kan Förgöra en man Jag ger mitt liv för mitt fosterland Men vem saknar mig?" translates as "For the war can destroy a man, I give my whole life for my homeland, but who'll miss me?" The message is lost in translation in the English version: "Has man gone insane? A few will remain Who'll find a way To live one more day Through decades of war?"
I really like this reaction video. Doug has a lot of knowledge of music. I'd love to see him give a listen to Thomas Bergersen's music. Especially his new album series Humanity. Please give it a try, if you enjoy classic music mixed with all kinds of epic genres, you will not regret it I promise you :)
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The Carolus Rex album was recorded in both English and Swedish.
The English version of some of the songs are completely different.
Some of the major differences are '1648' the English version is from the point of view of the citizens of Prague. The Swedish version is from the point of view of the Swedish soldiers laying seige to the city.
'A Lifetime of War' is an overview of the Thirty Years' War. 'En Livstid I Krig' is from the point of view of a single Swedish soldier in the Thirty Years' War.
They have an episode on the sabaton history channel done in swedish with english subtitles on this song as well as one for the english version
basically, the swedish version is the point of view of a swedish soldier in a war while the english version is the point of view of an outsider seeing the war
A Lifetime of War is not a direction translation of En Livstid i Krig, though they're on the same topic. The English version is more broadly about the Thirty Years War and the devastation of Europe, while the Swedish version is more personal and from the perspective of a single soldier.
Very true.
Right. I find the more personal view of the Swedish lyrics to be more impactful than the generalized sentiments in the English. I suspect it's due to Swedish being the band's native language, however conversationally fluent they are in English, they'll typically be able to write more meaningfully in their native language than others learned later.
Indeed, the Swedish version throws you in at the deep end giving you a proper "steel bath" before they pull you out telling you do dust yourself off and retake your place in the line of fire whilst the english version is more like, yeah, ok... another war, let's go and oversee this.
I agree with the other commenters but i do have to be pedantic and say that "en livstid i krig" does indeed mean " a lifetime at war". So to say that it is not a direct translation is just wrong. What some mean to say is that the english version of the song is sung from a european perspective and the swedish version of the song is sung from a swedish perspective. The song title however, does remain the same in both langauges even directly translated.
@@n0namesowhatblerp362 they meant the lyrics of the songs, however the names of the song may be direct translations the lyrics could not be more different.
You summarized Sabaton so well at 10:17. "There's nothing extremely flashy, there's nothing extremely virtuosic, but it's rock-solid. It's mixed great, and the message is quite profound." Whenever I introduce people to Sabaton, that's the description I'm gonna use.
No captions 😳
You HAVE TO DO IT with the captions on, it will give you so much more depth to the song!
So pleeeeaaase redo it with the captions on!
PLEASE 🙏
Have to say that your reactions are quite unique compared to the other reactions I’ve seen on YT and I just love them and going into the Sabaton rabbit hole, gooo deeep 😉
Songs to react to:
Bismarck (No 1)
Lion from the north (same album as ”en livstid i krig”)
Screaming eagles
A caroleans prayer
Seven pillar of wisdom
And many more
Thanks a lot for great reactions!!
Best regards from Sweden
When you have watched this version around 1,000 times you no longer need English Captions 😊
It got the feeling that he had the lyrics on another screen.
@@dingodelta Music knows not words
Alla gör samma misstag hela tiden, idioter.
The Swedes loved our kings in the old days. Our most beloved king KarlXII spent his days in battle among his men, and therefore we honor his memory even today.
Thank you for posting and therefore honoring the Swedish history.
It's a shame you didn't put on the captions while watching since they are he official English lyrics, you could have read that while simultaneously watching the video. Doing so is quite the experience, I remember tearing up when I watched it.
As a Swede I can say the Swedish lyrics is even more powerful compared to any English translation (because it was originally written and flows better in Swedish)
I wouldn't call them the official English lyrics, since they are pretty poorly translated at times,
@@jacobpaulson23 They are written by Sabaton themselves. Hence it's official no matter how hard you're gonna cry about it.
@@Bazerald777 I seriously doubt that the band wrote it, since it's incorrectly translated, and since they all speak English. Stating facts isn't crying.
@@jacobpaulson23 Yeah? Have you seen the sabaton history of it AND royal guard? Where they literally said that they have to change the lyrics to fit the song while trying to keep it as close as possible to the Swedish version?
Keep on crying.
I love Sabaton! 90% of their songs are history lessons. They really know their stuff. I have learned so much from them as they have reawakened my love of history. They also have a Sabaton history channel that tells the stories behind the songs.
they just put out the History video for "Unkillable Soldier"
@@2104dogface the new album is amazing. Great stories and great music as always. Their videos are always very professionally done as well
@@Tbone-bv3wg they could make a song about a sandwich they ate a week ago and it could pump me up.
This song is about The Thirty Years War (1618-1648), one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, fought largely as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. The war, disease and famine brought death to about 8 million Europeans, in some parts (like Southern Germany) only one third of the population survived.The song is from Sabaton 2012 album Carolus Rex, that focuses on Swedish war history (mainly the Great Nothern War). This album was one of Sabatons greatest commercial successes, and it was recorded in both english and swedish versions.
Here's an eng version of the song with following lyrics:
Two ways to view the world
So similar at times
Two ways to rule the world
To justify their crimes
By kings and queens young men
Are sent to die in war
Their propaganda speaks
Those words been heard before
Two ways to view the world
Brought Europe down in flames
Two ways to rule...
Has man gone insane?
A few will remain
Who'll find a way
To live one more day
Through decades of war?
It spreads like disease
There's no sign of peace
Religion and greed
Cause millions to bleed
Three decades of war...
From dawn to dawn they're fighting
Die where they stand
The fog of war lies thick
When armies scorch the land
When all of Europe is burning
What can be done?
They've been to war a decade
Two more to come!
Long way from home
(Döpas och dö i strid)
Lifetime at war...
Has man gone insane?
A few will remain
Who'll find a way
To live one more day
Through decades of war?
It spreads like disease
There's no sign of peace
Religion and greed
Cause millions to bleed
Three decades of war...
When they face death they're all alike:
No right or wrong
Rich or poor...
No matter who they served before
Good or bad...
They're all the same
Rest side by side now...
Has man gone insane?
A few will remain
Who'll find a way
To live one more day
Through decades of war?
It spreads like disease
There's no sign of peace
Religion and greed
Cause millions to bleed
Three decades of war...
It was a choir of 14.000, I know cause I was there on the left. Joakim( leadsinger) in the beginning of the song said...nobody carries a lighter anymore but everyone have a mobile phone. Let's sing together...and we did!
The emotions and pride that it evoked in us, the audience, was phenomenal and more ppl than I cried.
Awsome reaction, and I appreciate your taking time to research the topic.
Just one thing...many of Sabatons songs have captions on the videos(like this one), might be useful when you dig in to the world of Sabaton.
Anyway...liked and subscribed
I was in Stockholm the next day. It was indeed super powerful.
Sabaton is touring through sections of the USA this fall, We got 2 dates in sequence in September (185 mile drive/300km) and I've booked one of those dates. In a lot of ways I'm a bit bummed they likely won't perform either variant of the song, but I'm gonna hope. If they do perform it it's probably not going to be the Swedish version because, duh, who in the US is gonna understand or know the Swedish version? Lol
"Er vänner, nu sjunger vi tillsammans!"
@@SirVivel He actually says: "Helt underbart. Mina vänner, nu sjunger vi tillsammans!". Or in English: "Absolutely wonderful. My friends, let's sing together!".
Jag stod typ i andra raden till vänster var en fantastisk känsla när alla sjöng med
If you want to do a little more war themed stuff due to the conflict in Ukraine right now, I would suggest "The price of a mile" from Sabaton. That is one of the heaviest and most brutal anti war songs there is. Right at the first note you will feel that this isn't going to end well, and then it just dives deeper into the misery for the whole song..
Definitely a underrated song, as it hit some feelings. I have a live concert CD in my car, and when my wife is with me, she always makes me skip The Price of A Mile. Gives her the chills.
That song is in my top 5 of all Sabaton songs
That is one of my favorite songs. It hit hard and then, when I watched the corresponding Sabaton history episode, it hit even harder. It so well written.
'Stalingrad' is also a gem and 'Gallipoli' has very strong lyrics too.
@@Lttlemoi I can’t listen to cliffs of gallipoli without bawling my eyes out 😢 it’s too much
Not only is Carolus Rex the best selling Swedish Metal album of all time, it's also the first album to certified platinum since Europe's 'The Final Countdown' in 1986. In 2018 it reached another mile stone by being awarded quadruple platinum after remaining on the Swedish charts for a staggering 326 weeks. If I remember correctly, all Iron Maiden members have a Gold version of the album as well. Their latest album, The War to End All Wars was even more popular than Eurovision (in Sweden) for a brief moment, and Eurovision is almost as sacred as Midsummer to some Swedes.
A more precise translation
"I look Back and see my home fade away
My time at home feels now far too short
Barely 17 not yet a man when duty called me
If I get to see my home again, I do not know
Among kinsmen from my village, I went out in War
And the world it burned
For the war it can annihilate a man
I give my life for my homeland
But who will miss me?
So see me as A -husband, a friend
A -Father and son never returns home
But who will mourn me?
Went to war for Sweden,
was baptized in blood
Out there, death awaits, not heroism
In fields where kinsmen fall no song is heard
Challenging our fates, yet again
Far from home
Baptized and die in battle
And the world it burned
For the war it can annihilate a man
I give my life for my homeland
But who will misse me?
So see me as a -husband, a friend
A -father and son who never returns home
But who will mourn me?
"Guitar solo"
And when my time has run out
Who cares then?
They are struggling on
Does a soldier get a dignified end?
Get to go to sleep fade away And never wake up
For the war it can annihilate a man
I give my life for my homeland
But who will miss me?
So see me as -A husband, a friend
A -father and son who never will return home
But who will mourn me?"
I find it so cool that Sabaton, founded in a small town in Sweden, is the very same town that I live in. In fact, I go the the same school that most of the founding members (if not all of them) went to. Furthermore, my father claims that he would've seen the original members around his school, right around the time they got started, which does seem to add up. In general, a very cool band, and I think Joakim Brodén is such a fantastic front man.
So, if you stick with Sabaton long enough, there are a few things you'll come to realize. First and foremost, they're not writing music that's insanely technical or complex. The musicians are all world class, to be sure, and they do have songs where they get to cut loose. But the songwriting itself isn't geared towards that. The songs are structured in such a way that the music tells the story as much as the lyrics, and I think that's where the real power of Sabaton comes from.
I also think that's the source of a lot of the snobbery and hate directed towards them. It goes without saying that there's a certain contingent of the metal community that's going to hate on anything that gets popular. Any band with more than three followers on Spotify (or that has a Spotify page, for that matter), has sold out in their eyes. But there's also a contingent that criticizes the lack of complexity, or the fact that they're not constantly pushing boundaries, trying to play harder or faster than everyone else.
Personally, I think that kind of criticism is misplaced. It relies on a superficial understanding of music, and completely ignores everything going on below the surface. Conveying complex themes and emotions through music is not easy, and the fact that anyone, from anywhere on the planet, can listen to this song or any one of dozens of others and feel exactly what they're meant to feel is a sign of masters at work.
I was in Sweden and sang my heart out on this song. It's amazing how powerful it feels when over 20,000 people sing this in Swedish. Well, hope to see tour reactions for Within Temptation, or some of Epica's performances more. Thx and best wishes from Finland.
I consider Sabaton the Metal History Band. For a Metal Monday I'd go with either Bismark, Soldier of Heaven, Stormtroopers, or The Unkillable Soldier.
soldier of heaven is powerful. also one should watch the sabaton history episode of the song to really get the message, those are a powerful aid to understandas far as message of the song goes.
😢 every time I listen to this song; so emotional.
My father survived several concentration camps in Germany during the WW2. He never talked about it.
Sabaton would agree with you - there's a short video titled "We must learn from war" which has two of them going round a military museum in Belgium and talking about the history, it's kind of an advert for their history channel! Joakim makes the point that we have to remember in order to learn from bad things or we will keep repeating them. Worth a watch.
My dad and uncle had very different experiences of WW2. My dad was stationed in the UK until just after D-Day so only caught the end of the action in Europe, and was happy to reminisce (he met his first wife over there), whereas my uncle was in the Pacific and would clam up and look very stressed whenever the war was mentioned. I will almost certainly never know what happened to him. My mum was a nurse, and would tell me the "funny" stories which were actually fairly horrific tales of trauma (such as the story of an injured German soldier who was terrified of the nurses and fought frantically not be tended by them because he'd been told that if he was captured he would be experimented on, and nobody could say anything to reassure him because nobody spoke the language). I am eternally grateful that I have never had to face anything like that.
The first thing Joakim says is "Helt underbart! Mina vänner, nu sjunger vi tillsammans!" - "Wonderful!" My friends, now we'll sing together!"
You said that name really Well in swedish! Edit: in the beginning he says ” let’s sing this one together.. a lifetime of war” Edit again: the translation were missing the whole chorus ” who Will mourn me, a father, a son, a husband a friend, that never returns, who will mourn for me”
For a more interesting song in terms of musicality, I'd say go for Angels Calling from them. The live version from the great tour preferably. Cool song with neat musical ideas IMO.
2nd that, but the Official music video is real good with alot of behind the scene stuff
@@2104dogface I personally say live because of apocalyptica being there with them. Besides, Doug usually listens more than watches so hearing how the live cellos and the metal combine should be interesting.
I think doing either is fine honestly. Up to him if he wants to hear live or mastered.
You DEFINITELY need to turn on the CC if you want to experience this in its entirety. Sabaton stay on top of the correct translations.
En livstid i Krig and A Lifetime Of War are COMPLETELY different songs.
I was there on that concert. best night I ever had. That crowd and the people that were there was like the nicest people ever.
I was lucky enough to catch Sabaton, in the only time I've seen them, as support band for Nightwish back in 2012. Just before Nightwish parted with Anette. This was in Adelaide, Australia, and it was a magnificent show. I'd honestly not been into Sabaton before, or since, but this video reminded me of that show, and has made me remember just how good they were, and I really should get around to listening to more of their music. Thanks Doug for such a great review of an amazing anthem that is really sad when you translate the lyrics.
It literally was a lifetime for many of the soldiers who were very young when it started and those that survived would be old by the time it ended (old by the standards of the day) ... Oh, and Carolus Rex is just King Charles in Latin
Sabaton just released their new album "The War to End All Wars" .....Allready at their first song "Sarajevo" - I got chills how history seem to repeat itself.
Other prefferred songs on the album is : "Race to the Sea" , "Dreadnoughts" Christmas Truce" and "Soldier of Heaven"
Can confirm, being in the crowd at a Sabaton show is fantastic, moving and awesome!
no bullets fly - animated FULL STORY
Goosebumps. This was the last concert i went to before the pandemic. A really great night!
Sabaton is such an amazing band. They really take the time to dig into the topics they're writing about, and actually get more flak for it than they deserve. I'd love to see you react to the live version of The Red Baron.
A notable fact is that this recording was from Gothenburg, Sweden.
For 30 Years War the Swedish soldiers were drafted and when losses mounted they started drafting younger and younger people. That's what the beginning about barely a man refers to.
Many women first had to give their husbands and later their sons to the war, never to be seen again.
And these 17000 people in the hall know had they happened to live in another time, they would have been drafted, too. So there's this somber 'it could have been me' undertone on the sound of this huge choir.
They are doing a North America tour. If they come near you I highly recommend seeing them in concert. Its truly a great show!
You made the right decision to hear the swedish version. The english lyrics (3rd person) of this song differ massivly from the swedish ones (1st person). Swedish ones are way more intense.
Sabaton get a lot of undeserved associations in Sweden, since we are such a peaceful nation their lyrics make people associate them with nationalism or even racism and nazism. However, the Swedish lyrics talk about the devastation of war, not the glorification of war. "Who will mourn me?" and "Father and son who will never come home". This isn't a song about Nationalistic Pride, this is a song about peace.
Anyone with half a brain would not associate them with any ism's though.
What’s wrong with nationalism?
The state of Sweden now is caused by anti nationalism.
@@peter-8483 Maybe read up on nationalism before you speak. Here's a hint: It has _zero_ to do with "loving your country".
Sabato is absolutely off the wall amazing! They deserve more PR in the states!
That's the word I've been looking for months. SOARING!!!
Really needed have captions on as these lyrics are so impactful
I absolutely love "En livstid i krig" i just sing along in danish, and when my mates and i are drinking beer we usually set it loud and sing along with our arms over our shoulders and the beer raised, it feels so damn epic!
Doug, using your platform to inform people and raise funds (like you did on your earlier video) is huge help. Thank you! 💙💛
There are several great suggestions for Sabaton song that are worthy of you commentary, but I suggest Afraid to Shoot Strangers. There is a live performance of it from the album A Real Live One, the introduction goes something like "War is usually stared by politicians and it is usually ended by people who doesn't really want to kill anybody". An it is a fantastic song to boot!
This video is just another evidense that this is one of the best channels out there. Thank you Doug for another great video!
11:58 in these times the leaders often put their own lifes on the line too. In the Thirty Year's War Swedish king Gustaf II Adolf (Gustavus Adolphus) actually DIED in the battle of Lützen on Nov 6 1632. Many years later Karl XII (Carolus Rex), another famous Swedish king often was in the very front of the charge against the enemy, and subsequently was shot in the head in Fredrikshald, Norway on Nov 30, 1718.
It is in more modern time that the leaders are waging war from a distance
There was no "charge" at Fredriksten (it was a siege and it was at Frediksten because Fredrikshald had been burnt the year before when Karl XII lead his failed invasion). He was in a trench when he either got hit by Norwegian fire or was killed by his own. When the news of his death reached Sweden everybody celebrated, ostensibly to celebrate Ulrika Eleonora becoming queen, but in actuality they celebrated the death of Karl XII, because he was a tyrant and had lead the country into nothing but misery in his endless wars.
@@arudegestureI never wrote that there was a charge at Fredrikshald, just that he often was in front, like at Narva.
I work at a museum dedicated to the Battle of Stäket 1719, believe me, I know most of the events of this period already. No need to explain it to me.
@@isaacbobjork7053
Sorry, I misread it as if you wrote that he was leading a charge at Fredrikshald.
But just so you know, I'm not without academic credentials. Masters degree in Archaeology and Bachelor in History.
@@arudegesture That is great, most pepole I know that actually know something about these things know a great lot more than I do (I do not have a degree), but I still know more about it than the average person partly due to my job.
@@isaacbobjork7053
Yes, and a degree doesn't necessarily mean people know everything. ;-) I'm betting you have a lot of detailed knowledge, because of where you work, that some people with a degree might not have. :-)
If you're interested (and a Swedish speaker) I highly recommend the book "Tyrannens tid" by Magnus Västerbro. Came out last year, or possibly this year, and is a great book about Karl XII's reign and the misery it caused Sweden and its people.
great review, loved ur comments i learned a lot!
I heard this song May 10, 2017 in San Francisco. One of the greatest days of my life. Thank you for existing Sabaton 🤘
Doug, this is one of my all time fav sabaton songs and is one of the all time great power ballads in my opinion. thank you for doing this song.
Sabaton concerts aren't merely just another metal show, they are transcendent and universally uniting events.
Not much left on my concert bucket list, but I’d give anything to go to a show by Sabaton, or some other power metal band, in Europe. I imagine every single song is an anthem, and the crowd treats it as such. That would be 2+ hours of straight goosebumps. What a memorable show that would be.
This song relates to all who have served their country.
Not that this makes the tragedy of the 30 years war any better but at least the Swedish king fought and died in the war with his soldiers.
World would be a better place if those in power would have to fight in the frontlines with the ones they have sent to war but those days are long gone.
Doug, you really should check Immate 4859... As well as Warsaw uprising!
Can't wait to see them in September! Sooo stoked!!
You should’ve put captions on.
5:13 "You see a tank on stage :O".
Jocke and the boys don't just have ONE tank. They have two.
Joakim Brodén is a trained church organist, and it shows - listen to The Red Baron which starts with Bach's Little Fugue in G minor. I myself am a countertenor in an English cathedral choir, and I can tell you Sabaton is one of my favourite adrenalin releases...
What you'll notice if you listen to enough Sabaton is they love G minor, and they almost never write a song in a major key.
You should react to either “82nd all the way” or “soldier of heaven” off their album War to End all Wars. Great songs.
Hello Doug, i like your Sabaton reactions! you're doing a good job. Please do more sabaton songs because they are absolutely amazing! So much depth to it. Peace from Belgium!
Sabaton is just amazing. I'm a student/learner of history, so I instantly got into them since 2008.
Would you also listen to some other compositions like Two Steps from Hell and Antti Martikainen?
Sabaton are one of those bands I listened to ages ago (Primo Victoria through to The Art of War) and then sort of drifted away from until very recently. So kind of cool for me to discover something that came out in that period where I stopped following them.
I think if you are considering more of their work in future, they released a stand alone single last year called The Royal Guard. It's got kind of a hymn feel to it, as well as a bit of that militaristic vibe. Well worth a listen.
Always love a good reaction, shame you did not put on the captions, they would have hit you to the heart... 'Think about me as a friend, father and son... that never returns home... ' watch it on your spare time but w captions. u will understand why, it's beautiful lyrics about the waste of war
I love bands who write songs with dual meaning or dual perspectives .
I'm a metalhead. Many just can't stand Sabaton, but I love it, especially this live performance. I saw them live in 2012 and it was an experience with the pyros warming up the late night outdoors.
The Charismatic Voice is an opera singer did a Interview with the lead singer from Sabaton . It was very interesting.
Definitely look up the English version; this song is so powerful.
Btw, I will definitely sub if you keep reviewing Sabaton!
Everything except their first album is about war history. Technically you arent wrong in saying its their favourite topic but it also is their only topic.
Sabaton live is something else man, had the pleasure of experiencing it in summer 2019 and an glad to announce i will be seeing them again this August
Doug, enjoy your site. Love the way you explain songs! I know you get a lot of requests but you would love this song by Triumph. The song is called ‘The Blinding Light Show/Moonchild”. It’s a long song. It starts out rocking…changes to classical guitar…back to the rock. I have a story about this song. During High School, I worked at a prominent hotel’s gift shop. I was playing this song in my ghetto blaster ( I’m old dude)while tending the shop. This business man comes strolling into the shop right at the time the classical guitar kicks in. He goes, “that’s beautiful. It’s strange hearing music like this from one your age.” I just smiled. Then the harder part kicked in. He gave me a laugh….but I told him the classical guitar part was my favorite part of the song. It’s great, Doug! I would love to see you break it down some day. Happy rocking!
Thanks, this one is a favorite.
I don't understand a word but the song catches me. Read the lyrics after that and now know why, even without a word understanding the first time
Again: Good choice from Doug. Powerful goodness in giant audience!
Both of my paternal great-grandfathers served in the Navy in the Pacific War (I believe one of them was in Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack).
"Bismarck" is another Sabaton song to look at that. Also, since you brought it up, there's a Ukrainian metal band called Ignea that I think would go well on your channel: they have a song called "Alga" that they recorded with a live orchestra backing them in 2015.
Amon Amarth is Sweden's #1 metal band.
Also check out anything off of the album "Twilight of the Thunder god" or the album "With Odin on Our Side"
If you like to see music videos with the audience singing (along) you really should like at the Wacken recording from Blind Guardians' "The Bard's Song / Valhalla". That's something else and still gives me the shivers remembering it ;)
The crowd ALWAYS sing the entirety of this song, sometimes joakim does also! :D
Great reaction and very wise words on the subject. / Micke P
Except for the religious part there were a situation on several occasions when a number of countries declared war on Sweden simultaneously beacause of common interests and the difficulty of fighting the Swedes alone. There was some important British naval support for Sweden beacause of common interests as well some supporting cossack cavalry.
yay more sabaton
As a Scandinavian, I approve of this message.
One song kind of relating todays events is Talvisota ( winter war ). David vs Goliath
At least he found an actual translation not just the English lyrics version...
But you have to watch with the captions
Sabaton writes about wars and historic events. They always do it from a human perspective, and that is what makes their songs powerful and good.
To summarize what you said about the ones laying down their lives, I'll quote a different song by a different band; "Do you know who's paying the costs? The little soldier, he is lost" (The Battle of Waterloo - Running Wild). Great reaction and breakdown!
Yes, I love this band. You should do Metal Machine and or Metal Crue. Listen to the lyrics. Metal Machine is all names of songs and Metal Crue is all names of metal bands for the lyrics. BTW, Caroulus Rex was shot in the back of the head by one of his own troops.
Let's not be so hasty here! It is a theory that he was shot by his own troops, not 100% certain.
*back of the foot
@@brokenglass9814 No, it was head. Autopsy proves this.
@@oobee123 Oh, apparerntly you are right, idk what I was thinking of
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war
Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore
And expected to die for the land of our birth
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth?
Also, very good pronunciation of the song title
in case no one told you sabaton has a youtube historychannel of ther own explaining a lot of there songs its realy intresting
The Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus ... from 1611 to 1632 was an exception. Unlike other kings who sent their soldiers into battle from a distance, Gustavus Adolphus led from the front .. and killed in battle.
what he says in the beginning is "absolutely wonderful lets sing together this is a lifetime in war"
This was badass during 70000 Tons of Metal!!
And the world burns;
For war, it can destroy a man.
I gave my life for my Fatherland,
But who will mourn me?
So see me as a husband, a friend,
A father, a son who will never come home.
But who will miss me?
Beautiful voice
Great to see you coming back to Sabaton 🙂. Would really appreciate you doing a few more of their songs. The first two with Christmas Truce and En Livstid i Krig are brilliant from the lyrics but maybe not so typical Sabaton sound. From the new album there might be interesting and a bit more Metal:
Stormtroopers: ruclips.net/video/Oo8H5vUKMlk/видео.html
Hellfighters: ruclips.net/video/QoFy6mNtdpo/видео.html
Both about WWI about the newly formed storm troops and the Harlem Hellfighters. Both up to now only available as lyric videos.
Another great video production from the new album (but also a bit different) is:
The unkillable soldier: ruclips.net/video/b4vj_WB5w_k/видео.html
About Adrian Carton de Wiart who went to three wars including WWI and WWI, was shot several times (head, eye, stomach etc.), survived two plain crashes, lost an eye and a hand and nevertheless had in his biography a famous quote which is cited at the end of the video.
Two of my personal favorites are available in a special edition also explaining the background, so no research is needed here, just jump in for a quick flight:
No bullets fly: ruclips.net/video/dslO-3GgenY/видео.html
Night witches: ruclips.net/video/5YPo8zDkvy4/видео.html
And for more live stuff, how about some songs from the previous album The Great War:
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Lawrence from Arabia): ruclips.net/video/n2ewAf0LgYA/видео.html
The Red Baron (including a classical easteregg): ruclips.net/video/GmqVpskrLsQ/видео.html
Would be happy to see you falling down that rabbithole a bit further. Regards and keep on. I've learned a lot about my favorite bands here (and wanna learn more).
He should actually do Bismarck, a great song that is also a history lesson at the same time.
@@bunkerhousing Sure, Bismarck is a phantastic song with a great Musik video, but it's again more ballad style. That's why I not listed it 😉
Nevertheless: ruclips.net/video/oVWEb-At8yc/видео.html
I was there, pure magic evening
5:10 That's because it IS a tank! Yes, a literal tank! It's part of their set, and they have to get import permissions for it wherever they go. Last I remember, it was actually a gift from the Swedish government.
My friends, now we sing together !! A lifetime in war! greetings from Sweden
This song is so much more powerful in Swedish than in English (A Lifetime At War). I think it's because Sabaton sing it in their mother tongue and about their own people at war in the 30 years war. The start of the chorus: "För kriget, det kan
Förgöra en man
Jag ger mitt liv för mitt fosterland
Men vem saknar mig?" translates as "For the war can destroy a man, I give my whole life for my homeland, but who'll miss me?"
The message is lost in translation in the English version: "Has man gone insane?
A few will remain
Who'll find a way
To live one more day
Through decades of war?"
Great vid! I really wish you had turned on the English subtitles within the video!
Joakim conducting a choir of thousands...
This always hits me.
Reaction to this song without understanding the lyrichs is a waste of time. The message in the song is what really makes this song so great!
He's sayig " lets sing together, En livstid i krig (a lifetime at war)"
there are the Sabaton History channels give a good historical background to the songs
They sing about the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) .. Where Sweden became a great power 💙💛
I really like this reaction video. Doug has a lot of knowledge of music. I'd love to see him give a listen to Thomas Bergersen's music. Especially his new album series Humanity. Please give it a try, if you enjoy classic music mixed with all kinds of epic genres, you will not regret it I promise you :)