When the crowd sings like that in the beginning is when you know you've truly made it as a band.

@greatwhiteironic9085

3 жыл бұрын

@Antonio Phoenix @Jonas Mathias everyone knows your both bots lol

Crowd singing the intro is among the best I've seen

The Swedish version is about what one soldier is writing about the 30 years war. The English version is more about just the war itself.

@gamerpixels2374

3 жыл бұрын

The Swedish text is also wat more deep than the English One, like in the entire Carolus Rex album.

@Diiiazify

3 жыл бұрын

The swedish lyrics is from the swedish peoples point of view, the english lyrics is from the third party point of view thats why the lyrics are different.

@albinnordell427

3 жыл бұрын

The entire album is 200% better in swedish So .ych passion

3 Danes disliked this video remembering that they lost that war. Them Danes.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@fet_frug

3 жыл бұрын

As i dane myself, i sang along to the entire song, and stood first row on this exact concert. Great times were had, music really unites us all

@witchfromthenorth5294

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@aldousorwell4577

3 жыл бұрын

We let you win that one, you have to let your brother win sometimes or he wont want to play with you anymore.

@johannes.w.m

3 жыл бұрын

@@fet_frug KALMAR UNION!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm glad you took the time to find out about the song and what it means. In North America, we have no experience with the concept of there being a war that gobbles up generations , and kills MILLIONS. We have no concept of long drawn out wars happening on our doorsteps, spreading famine and misery. Yet this has happened over and over in Europe. The background of the song was a war that happened between 1618 and 1648, ALMOST 400 YEARS AGO!!! And there's a good half of Sweden, singing the words back to Sabaton with GUSTO. How amazing it must have been to be n that stage, to hear and see that audience, all bent on hollering out that song together.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, it was interesting to learn about it. I've always been fascinated by those older wars that were much slower and drawn out. I can't imagine what it was like to live through those times. Such a powerful topic matched by beautiful music, performance and the passionate crowd. :)

@lanapleym8577

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sandra for this comment. I tried to give you this appreciation before, but obviously KZread don't like me to express my feelings in public. Anyway, Mrs and I take your comment as an positive question of honour, and therefore those gatekeepers of KZread can't manage it, but I'll tell you, we Swedes - at least many of us - are harder than many of the leftist thinks. We will come and get you! :-) Michael P

@SandraNelson063

3 жыл бұрын

@@lanapleym8577 FYI I am half Swedish! My Dad's parents came to Alberta and set up a home in Drumheller, Dad and his siblings were born there. My Dad was the youngest, and is now the last, at 82.

@lanapleym8577

3 жыл бұрын

And for all that wonders, Sabaton is our favorit band. Ofc.

@lanapleym8577

3 жыл бұрын

@@SandraNelson063 Nice to hear. I hope our past goes future somewhere. Not with MENA! /Michael

I was there. I've seen this video 100s of times. I've listened to the son 100s of times more and I know all the lyrics. Yet, I get goosebumps and falling tears. Every. Single. Time.

@cassu_1969

3 жыл бұрын

Same for me

@camiloardiles1520

3 жыл бұрын

me toooo, and I wasn't even there :'D

@ThLoser

3 жыл бұрын

I was also there. It was AWESOME!

The "i" is pronounced like the english "e". The rest was quite flawless for a non-local. :)

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you! I realized as soon as Joakim announced it :D

Here's for anyone that wants the (rough) translated lyrics I turn around and see my home disappear My time at home now feels to me, far too short Only youth, barely a man when duty called. If I will see my home again, That I do not know Among kinsmen from my village, I went out into battle And the world burned Because the war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my homeland But who will miss me? So see me as A husband, a friend Father and son who never comes home But who mourns me? Went out in battle for Sweden, was baptized in blood Out there, death awaits, no heroism On the fields where kinsmen fall, no song is heard Challenging our destinies, once again Far from home Be baptized and die in battle And the world burned Because the war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my homeland But who will miss me? So see me as A husband, a friend Father and son who never comes home But who mourns me? And when my time has run out Who will care? They fight on Does a soldier get a dignified end? Fall asleap. Fade away And never wake up Because the war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my homeland But who will miss me? So see me as A husband, a friend Father and son who never comes home But who mourns me?

The drummer is the husband of Floor Jansen (Nightwish). :)

I love this band! How can i say anything else beeing a proud neighbor to the country they are from 🇳🇴🙌🏼😊 Song title is in my language, and i can hear every word in this awesome song! Great reaction ! Greetings to you all from The Shieldmaiden from Norway ⭐️🤗

The lyric där ute väntar döden inte hjältemod made me cry

I got really choked up listening to this. It makes you feel all kinds of emotions. That crowd were outstanding what an atmosphere. Epic🤘 I love how its filmed from behind very cool!👌🏻

Also my first time listening to this song. What a rich and powerful work. Powerful, inspirational and moving.

The show was magical i was there in the front and the entire crowd was singing.

@niclarenp7079

3 жыл бұрын

Var också där, riktigt sjuk show. Tur att konserten hann vara innan alla restriktioner

@pirategirl94best

3 жыл бұрын

Jag var också där, fyfan vilken upplevelse!!

I love all these reactions to Sabaton songs! This is a good one. Thank you. ❤

So glad you like Sabaton. One of the best live bands I have had the pleasure of seeing live. I saw them in Charlotte NC USA on a Tuesday night in 2012 with only about 20 other people in the room. Joakim looked at the crowd and basically said that this was more than they expected. The band put on a performance worthy of a crowd of 20,000. True professionals and even better people. Fast forward to October 2019 in Atlanta GA USA...Sabaton performed in front of a Sold Out crowd (most of the USA shows were sold out in 2019). It is has been wonderful to see the popularity of the band grow of after all of their hard work and dedication to their music.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jon! Yeah, it's hard not to love these guys. They seem so hard working and honest. There's a lot of love and fun put into their performances which is so infectious. Awesome that you've been able to witness their journey from the start! 🙂

Man I was just about to request you for this reaction. Thanks man. ❤ From India with love to all my Metalhead Brothers 🤘🏿

Craziest thing I've ever experienced. Was totally mindblowing live.

As a Swede and fellow Sabaton-fan, it's always nice to see people of other nationalities enjoy them! However... "Pearson" is definitely Swedish/scandinavian in origin. "Persson" or "Pärsson" (It's spelled different in some families) ,does not mean "son of a pear.. It Means "Son of Pär". (Pär/Per is a common name here). I know someone mentioned it earlier... but you should look into your heritage. =) Nice reaction vid. Keep it up.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ricke, thanks for your kind words! Even as a non-Swede, it's hard not to be moved by a performance like this. Anything that brings people together in a positive way like this is beautiful. Yes, I've often wondered if I have Scandinavian heritage. I will do one of those DNA tests and keep you posted haha. Thanks again - more Sabaton videos coming soon. :)

@PastramiStaven

3 жыл бұрын

Många som har reaktion videos till denna låten på sistone ja vet inte varför, vet du? :)

@antivanster

3 жыл бұрын

The how do you explain the movie ""Ett päron till farsa" ;)

@ahlanderlolz

3 жыл бұрын

@@PastramiStaven Vild gissning, verkar trenda bland olika reactkanaler, dom flesta är betalda eller på önskemål av följare. har kollat kanske 5 liknande videos innan denna, en härlig känsla att se någon med annan nationalitet (som kanske inte förstår svenska) njuta av en av våra stoltheter. I guess its tending among reactchannels, most of them are payed-request or just requested by their followers. Ive just benchwatched maybe 5 similar videos prior to this one.It's a great feeling to se someone with another nationality (that maybe dont understand a word) enjoy one of our prides.

@viktorskold9593

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThomFoolery1 You definitely have scandinavian heritage. Pretty much all surnames with the ”son” ending is nordic.

Sabaton, only a few hours ago, just released an animated version of Night Witches and it looks so good! They also included an audio sample from the Sabaton History Channel that introduces who whe women pilots were and what the song is about.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Oh awesome! I'll check that out! :)

This was the last concert I was at before things shut down, I'm happy that it was a good one (Amaranthe and Apocalyptica where the other bands, and they where great too), love that they decided to put this version up (there are other similar videos of other songs from the other tour stops) Brings back the memories , but I really starting to miss going to concerts now...

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, that's an incredible lineup! That must have been amazing! Can't wait for the world to start gigging again. 😃

@TheButterflyChaos

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I Saw 'em in Stockholm and it was amazing

Saw them in Stockholm and we also sang along in the beginning! Was an awesome experience! \m/

I was there. This song is one of my most precious concert memories in recent years.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

That must have been awesome! Thank you! 😀

Defiantly a beautiful performance. Perhaps my all time favorite live band performances that I’ve seen on KZread. Edit: I always get chills whenever they hit the chorus. Edit#2: I got goosebumps too! Goosebumps and chills!! Every time!!

I WAS THERE AND IT WAS SOOOO FUCKING EPIC! This moment has carried me through this shit year of 2020 so much tradegy this year and so much struggle but this moment is gonna stay in my heart forever. JAG ÄLSKAR GÖTEBORG

This made me cry, the first time I went to a concert with Sabaton were in 2003 and I've seen them I think more than 20 times. They always put up a Great show! I miss going to concerts sooo much, I'm gonna cry like a baby when I finally can go and see them again ❤️

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Linda! That's awesome that you've seen them so many times. It's definitely going to feel emotional when we can all come together and do concerts like this again. 🙂❤🤘

Super :-) Great Reaction!!!

Great reaction👏 this song is so powerful and touching🤘

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙂🤘

I was there live in Gothenburg. Sabaton is amazing live, the crowd goes wild and the band members are having a blast on stage. En Livstid i Krig is especially awesome as live perfomance with everyone singing along

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome! I can only imagine how great it was in person.

When i listen to this song i feel close to tears and get goosebumps every time. I listened to this song for the first time (i think) when my brother was in Afghanistan during the war against Osama. He was stationed in a safer part of the country, but anything could still happen. Luckily he got back he got back safe and sound!

The swedish and english version/ lyric are not the same. Its not a direct translation but another song.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know, thanks!

@reecedignan8365

3 жыл бұрын

Thomas Pearson yeah they English version takes a third person view to ten conflict of the Thirty Years War while the Swedish versions as you listened to takes the perspective of a single Swedish Soldier who served during it.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

@@reecedignan8365 Thanks for sharing! That is interesting. I wonder why they made it different for the translated version. I prefer the idea of the first person perspective.

@reecedignan8365

3 жыл бұрын

Thomas Pearson Funny enough the album this comes from - Carolus Rex - they wrote said album in both English and Swedish (their native tongue). As such I believe they wanted to do something special for said album and started changing a few things to reflect that said album is all about Swedish patriotism - Carolus Rex being Charles the XV if Sweden - as such for the Swedish version of the songs they made this one more personal - as Swedish troops served in the 30 year war, even tho it took place in the German states.

@AlvenmodFoto

3 жыл бұрын

The Swedish version has different lyrics than the recorded english version yes, but the embedded lyrics in this video is a pretty good translation of this version.

My try for translation which makes more sense in English. Motherland isn't the perfect translation because in Swedish it's "Fosterland" and that basically means country where you have grown up and which you love, your homeland I look behind me and watches as my home dissapears before me. My time at home now feels way too short. Yet a youth, hardly a man when duty called Will I see my home again? Among friends and relatives I head out for battle. And the world burned. Because war will ruin a man I give my life for my motherland But who will miss me? So see me as a husband a friend, father and son that shall never return home. Who will mourn for me when i'm gone? Went out to war for Sweden, baptized in blood Out there only death awaits us, not heroism On fields where friends are falling no song can be heard. Challenging our fates yet another time. Far away from home(be baptized and killed in battle) And the world burned Because war, will ruin a man I give my life for my motherland But who will miss me? So see me as a husband a friend, father and son that will never return home. Who will mourn for me when i'm gone ? When my time has run out, will anyone care They fight on Will a soldier get a worthy end Get his rest and fade away to never awake Because war will ruin a man I give my life for my motherland Who will miss me? So see me as a husband a friend, father and son that will never return home. But who will mourn for me?

They sure are amazing!

Thank you so much for checking this out!! It was the perfect reaction, so emotional for the country.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I can only imagine what it was like to be there!

I was at their show in February in Antwerp, my last concert before COVID shut everything down... it was so amazing. Awesome detail: there’s also an English version of this song, but the lyrics aren’t half as heartwrenching as these... seems like a different song on the same theme.

I was in that crowd, very close to the stage as well, definitely the most amazing consert moment I've ever experienced.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I am envious! :D

Just found your channel and you seem like a real cool and humble guy. You got yourself a sub from sweden!

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Tack! That is so kind of you to say!😊 Thank you for subscribing! 😁🤘

@fiezkiez5560

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThomFoolery1 You're welcome mate. Keep up the good work! 🤘

I was at that show and its the best concert I have been to. It was amazing to hear 11000 people sing ❤

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

I am so envious! :)

@Xceqter13

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThomFoolery1 Make your way to a show when they come around mate.

@Xceqter13

3 жыл бұрын

@Yamadori Ryoushi Same here ;)

The first time i heard this song i cried like a baby even though i didn't understand a word. I didn't have to understand to feel the music. Then i heard the english version and cried like a baby again 😂

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris! Yeah it's so powerful, even without understanding the lyrics. Especially with this crowd singing along. Hope you're well mate. :)

@NorthernWolf92

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThomFoolery1 hey mate, all is well mostly thanks :) been struggling with sleep but that's 80% of the world so i can't complain 😂 i hope all is well over the sea :)

Great band👍🏻👍🏻

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! :D

I WAS THERE! EPIC!

We played this song on my friends funeral. RIP👼

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss, Leo!

@agp11001

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss, but what a great send off.

@robertkarlsson7238

3 жыл бұрын

😢😢🤘🤘

Great reaction dude ! Cheers from Swedish Dave

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Swedish Dave! :D

I do LOVE your pronunciation of "i"! :p "I" in swedish has the pronunciation of long "e". :)

Going through my family tree recently and I gotta wonder what my ancestors experienced during that war. Horrific doesnt even seem to describe it.

I was there and it was fucking awesome.

Now I want to hear a Sabaton song about raisins. :) FYI, I don't speak Swedish but I can sing along after all the times I've listened to this song over the past few years.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! A whole album about fruit would still sound epic! That's awesome dude! Shows how good the song is. :)

By the way I really like your reaction to this song. I was not in Göteborg but well the day after in Stockholm at Hovet with around 9500 people singing this very song. Epic.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ewa! That must have been awesome! :)

@ewawiman9007

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThomFoolery1 Yes, it was. I got goosebumps. 😀

I was there. It was an Epic Time! ♥️

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine! 🤘

You should look up two latest Sabaton shows at Wacken, in 2019 and 2020. Each one of those is fantastic in it's own right. The 2019 show was Sabaton's little too early 20th anniversary (actually in December) and Wacken's 30th anniversary. It was 2 hour show. The 2020 show was a virtual show on a virtual stage in Wacken with virtual audience. This was played live virtual. Both shows were filmed and mixed and streamed via magenta TV 360 of Germany. They have a show up for a year at their website. The 2019 show you have to hunt for. That 2 hour show is insanely good and I get goosebumps just thinking about it. .

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds great! I would love to find more of their live videos. Thanks! :)

My hometown,

You mest that Up like hell i am from Sweden but it was good

I feel privileged i was there

Yeah, all of their songs from the Great Tour are filmed from the stage looking out into the crowd.

Hey man love the vid. would be cool if you reacted to In Flames :)

I look around and I see my home fade away My time at home now feels far too short Just a youth, barely a man when duty called me If i get to see my home again, that I do not know Amongst friends from my village, I went out to figtht And the world burned For war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my homeland But who will mourn me? So see me as A husband, a friend Father and son who never comes home But who will miss me? Went to fight for Sweden, was baptized in blood Out there where death awaits, not heroism In fields where kinsmen fall no song is heard Challenging our destiny one more time Far from home Baptized and die in battle And the world burned For war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my homeland But who will mourn me? So see me as A husband, a friend Father and son who never comes home But who will miss me? And when my time runs out Who cares then? They fight on Does a soldier get a worhty end? To fall asleep Pass away And never wake up For war it can Destroy a man I give my life for my homeland But who will mourn me? So see me as A husband, a friend Father and son who never comes home But who will miss me?

I was there :D

This is such a beautiful song! It gives me chills every time I hear it! think they are from Gothenburg, right? Fun fact, Floor Jansen is married to the drummer! Keep rockin’ it out! 🤘🏻❤️

@SayaViking

3 жыл бұрын

It is truly a beautiful song though very sad. But they are from Falun, not Gothenburg.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, beautiful song indeed! Oh that's so cool! That is a serious power couple... or power metal couple! 🤘

@margaretgreen5263

3 жыл бұрын

SayaViking very sad!

@krista584

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I can never get through the whole song without tearing up a bit! 🙈 They're actually from my hometown of Falun and I've been lucky enough to meet all of the members (except the singer, he's too easily recognized nowadays) on multiple occasions, due to mutual friends. Really nice and polite guys! ☺️👍

Homefield....cant be beaten!!!

I was there

Some other cool swedish tracks Humanitys Last Breath - Abyssal Mouth Vildhjarta - den helige anden Imminence - paralyzed Adept - Dark Clouds Orbit Culture - Nensha Meshuggah - bleed Opeth - Deliverence Draconian - death come near me Katatonia - My twin Sabaton - Bismarck Avatar - torn apart ( live ) In mourning - black storm Medows end - Non dreaming eye Night crowned - IRA Aviana - My worst enemy Ghost - cirice This gift is a curse - monuments of dead gods In Flames - december flower Pain - on and on

a lifetime at war!

Another song that you could react from Powerwolf is Incense and Iron, it's amazing !

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll check this out. :)

I have a question very unrelated to the video. The last name "Pearson", is that an anglicised(?) form of the Swedish last name "Persson"? I am Swedish and happen to have the last name Persson. My curiousity gets the better of me sometimes :P

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Micke, I am not sure. My close family are all English but I may have Scandinavian roots. I need to do one of those ancestry tests haha 😄

A tips is to re watch it with subtitles. In from sweden and i can till its a emotiol song

You remind me of swedish hockey player Melker Karlsson :)

I also have a cactus light

There's a version with english subs if you want to get the lyrics. And if you want to know more about what the song is about here's the Sabaton History episode about the song: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hIhmqK6Hpt3VgLQ.html Yes, Sabaton have their own history channel. ;)

Imagine that all the Nordic countries were to be united under ONE queen (independent states with their own parliaments much like the USA). Queen Victoria of the North, long may she reign. Ruler of Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. The Nordics never forget... Winter is coming, God help whoever tries to hurt us!

FYI......Drummer is married to Floor !

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

I heard! What a power-metal couple!

How much did you understand about the lyrics? because you kind of nailed it with the "your someones husband or wife, or a friend to someone or a family member", in the song they sing "so see me as who I am: a husband, a friend, father and son, who will never return home again" :)

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there! I actually had subtitles when I watched it but used a different video for the playback and forgot to add subtitles. My bad haha. Really beautiful lyrics.

@anton4886

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThomFoolery1 ah i see, good shit anyway! Nice reaction to a nice performance!

I really loved this video, followed! It helps that you share my fathers name, and my last name :D Good one isn't it, Son of Per :D?

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thanks for the following! 😁🤘

Where the subtitles

If you know swedish and what they sing a boute in this song it is kind of sad same with cliffs of gallipoli and The english version a lifetime of war

hopefully covid doesn't fuck it up, but they have like a sweden tour next year, and fuck yeah im going, but it all depends on how this shit of a pandemic plays out..

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed for you mate!

"I've been told to turn the subtitles on", proceeds to not turn subtitles on :D

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

I did watch with subtitles, I just forgot to add them to this playback video, my mistake.

@Avenneh

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThomFoolery1 :)

😢 as always with this song

You need to react to livgardet

I do prefer Sabaton 2.0 over Sabaton 1.0, even though 1.0 is the band I learned to respect originally.

Jag ger mitt liv för mitt fosterland... I give my life for my country... Never seen swedes as patriotic. Probably because the last war we were involved in was a few years befor my time, 1718....

@Tim_Nilsson

3 жыл бұрын

The last war was in 1814 when Sweden forced Norway in to a union. The great northern war was between 1700 and 1721 but Sweden was involved in 11 wars after that. We lost Finland to Russia in the the Finnish war 1808-1809.

@pederfallbom

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tim_Nilsson Bra Tim att du korrigerar. Alldeles för många som inte kan vår historia.

@rasmadrak

3 жыл бұрын

Well, we aren't.. but in this context I'm seeing it more as defending the people you love; in that sense we do it a lot. :)

Pärson. You must have swedish roots?

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure, I possibly have some Swedish heritage. That's maybe why I love Scandinavian bands so much haha

hmm... I like you. I don't like many people but you seem like a cool dude.

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly! 😊

You must do, dEMOTIONAL - ILLUSIONS. You won´t regret it.

Avatar - Bloody Angel live Poland rock

en livstid i krig, ''A lifetime in war''

@robertolsson5487

3 жыл бұрын

or '' war of a lifetime''

"i" should be pronounced as "e".

Enlisted eye kreig lmao

Everyone is reacting to this latetly.. wtf? :D

Welcome sweden and welcome ukrine same colur on flags 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

haha 13 ppl dont like sweden dont come to sweden then

@ThomFoolery1

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

Typical Sweden, make a song of war, that totaly anti-glorifies the war, and point out how the war destroy/ruin the man (soldier)

@ultimatebluestorm5694

3 жыл бұрын

Still Mainstream Media (Swedish) gave the album bad/mediocre score in 2012 when the album was released. Accused of romanticize the period. Though really well received by the real Metal reviews and international press, and especially the fans. This song is anti-war but most of the album is more "neutral" like the their usual stuff.