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Sabaton | 'Christmas Truce' | Reaction/Review
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- čas přidán 16. 11. 2021
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This song really hits you in the feels, they really made a remarkable song with this.
And with Floors glorious voice at the end, it just tops it off.
She is good, damn she is good. Saw Nightwish front row in Oslo sunday night. Had goosebumps for two hours straight!
Morten, I'm so jelly you got to see Nightwish in Oslo! I hope you got to enjoy Sonata Arctica that night too.
Couldn't agree more about this song, it activates my crybaby mode every time 🤣
@@helenahey It was one of the best concerts I've attended.
Floors presence is insane, I expected her to be amazing, but holy crap i was way off😛. She truly is one of a kind.
Her stage precence and performance was off the charts!
Cool to se Sonata Arctica, listened alot to them in the past😊
Jealous! Was supposed to see Nightwish this week in Antwerp but it got cancelled :(
"We were soldiers
(Soldiers)
Carried the war on our shoulders
(Shoulders)
For our nations
(Nations)
Is that why we bury our friends?"
I feel like there's not enough people talking about how amazing this set of lyrics is. I would say that these are probably the best English lyrics Sabaton has ever written. En Livstid I Krig is probably the #1 overall, but nothing touches this for English songs.
Edit: Someone on a different video made a joke about Floor doing the credits and it went something like this
Producer: Hey guys we need a really good Soprano singer for the ending credits for this new video
Hannes: Oh yeah I have one at home
Yeah. That bit about "burying our friends" just hurts and it's an incredible line. I haven't yet heard someone comment on it, but in everyone's defense there is A LOT to talk about in this video, and with everything going on it's easy to miss.
German grandfather fought in world war I. He fought in Belgium and he fought in Russia. He spoke about this one year when we were celebrating Christmas at his home. This unofficial truce lasted for almost a day and a half to two days. After the truce ended the men could not shoot at each other and were shooting over their heads on purpose. FYI the guitar that is being played is a 1914 guitar. This is an awesome one of the most amazing songs I've ever heard in my life. Thank you sabaton and Merry Christmas to all
I love how they only had the drums and the vocals at the end chorus to kinda represent the last minutes of silence before picking up the paste again with the last few lines to represent that the battle is back on.
The last few lines still give me chills, even after listening to it for like 50 times now.
"A Christmas on the frontline
We walk among our friends
We don't think about tomorrow
The battle will commence
When we celebrated Christmas
We thought about our friends
Those who never made it home
When the battle had commenced"
Best Christmas song ever!
Agreed.
FYI Bagpipes were used in WW I often to send the troops "over the top" and those bagpipes were often the first to hit No Man's Land in full view of the German trenches opposite them!! Remember WW I was still 19th Century military tactics against 20th Century weapons, thus the slaughter. No one tells the human experiences of history better than Sabaton, here you experience the brief humanity in the midst of complete insanity. Sadly, this never happened again as the generals made sure of it, after all it is harder to kill someone you know. As a vet this Christmas song is also a remembrance for those who gave their all and never made it home for any Holidays. A salute to 11/11 the day we all should recall the sacrifices of those caught up in any war. A chance to remember buddies who hopefully are at peace while we carry on the insanity and fail to learn or regain the humanity these men showed even if it was only briefly. Love Floor's Aria during the end credits as it is the Valkyrie Goddess collecting the souls of the fallen to bring them home to rest!!! BTW great reaction and you should feel some emotions during this moment and if you don't well then you are soulless and nothing matters.
Beautiful said, my friend. Thank you for sharing the information and your thoughts on this. There can never be enough reminders and pieces of art to help us take a step back and be grateful for sacrifices people have made before us.
Over 1000 pipers were killed in WWI
The song totally moved me to tears.
The last four lines of the lyrics, paired with the context just kicks so hard, it's incredible.
This is a musical movie masterpiece, which any studio in the world would be proud of.
The attention to detail is awesome - spectacular pyro effects, incredibly detailed trench layout, even the guitar and piano are correct for the period, all the uniforms exactly right, and the acting by bandmembers and the supporting cast are magnificent. The only thing I can see missing is that Johannes didn't have a period drum to play, which would have been accurate as drummers (the youngest way to get into the army back then was as a drummer) were used in most units during WW1. Most Scottish and some Irish regiments used pipers to lead them into battle - a practice which persisted into at least WW2, despite over 1000 pipers being lost in WW1.
The Christmas Truce actually broke out spontaneously in a number of sectors along the western front on the first Christmas of the war, but the generals were furious and decreed that it must never happen again. Whole units were withdrawn and moved to different sectors, as they proved to be less than willing to kill their new friends - firing to miss on purpose.
The cross was erected near Ypres in 1999 to commemorate the truce, exactly as shown here, and I believe it is the actual memorial they use in the closing section, apart from the carving of this year into it, of course. It is amazing what people could have sent to them from home - a guitar is probably accurate (the footballs certainly were) and the piano could just as well have been plundered from a village destroyed in the fighting. We know the troops shared chocolate, other treats including Christmas cake, and other traditional fares during some of the truces, and many started with exchanges of Christmas carols between the front lines. Before that, and after, there were a number of brief local truces to bury the dead of recover seriously wounded, so in that sense, it wasn't unique.
There is a definite carol of the bells feel to the song, both at the very start with the chimes (or tubular bells?) and in Joakim's wonderful piano.
Thank goodness that they never did as they promised initially and replaced him on keyboards after he was promoted to lead vocalist - in his words "When they told me they wanted me to stay on lead vocals, they promised to find a new keyboards player, but the lazy bastards never did".
It's doubly handy when you want an outro like this song, need a strong female voice like that to perform it, and your drummer can say "That's ok, I've got one at home!".
Unfortunately, you earned a black mark on your reactor's card for not recognising Floor's voice before it got to her in the credits.
The scale of devastation in WW1 was immense - out of over 2,500 villages or town parishes in England and Wales most lost villagers with only 56 "Thankful villages" not losing anyone despite soldiers serving from there, none have been identified at all in Scotland or Ireland, and just one in France www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/thankful.htm
"Doubly thankful" are those villages from which no soldier failed to return from either world war. These number a mere 18, plus the same village in France, which remarkably does not appear to have lost anyone in military action since at the latest 1870.
Hey Phil! I don't know how you fit so much information in your mind! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and this information. It really does seem like they took great lengths in keeping this accurate...apart from the hairstyles and ear gauges...
Take care bud!
I absolutely love the similarities to Carol of the Bells in the piano bit, it's honestly such an incredible song (and video!). The sudden crescendo after the a capella reprise of the chorus just gets me every single time, it's both so powerful you want to headbang and so dramatically evocative of the sudden rush back into war and death after the truce. They did a wonderful job (and the end credits music is also somehow just as perfect, which I suppose is easier when you're got a lyrical metal soprano at home lmao). Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Thomas, you're a delight to listen to as always!
I know what you mean, it didn't feel appropriate to head-bang too much haha. Thanks for sharing your thoughts too! :)
Had a tear myself mucker Lest we Forget indeed.
What an Amazing
CHRISTMAS song
by SABATON.
The lyrics and
the music
inspire you.
It is also a piece of history.
You can learn a lot.
It is also very
Emotional 😪
And at the end the voice of
Floor Jansen💫
from NIGHTWISH makes
it extra beautiful⭐
This is a Gift for
Christmas
☃️🎄🕊
We are all.....
We are all.....
We are all.....
We are all.....
FRIENDS 🤝🤝
Thank You For the
wonderful explanation 🦋
nice to hear. 🌟
Love From
The Netherlands
❤🤍💙🇳🇱🙋🏼♀️
You are one of my favorite Sabaton reactors. So respectful and well spoken, love to listen to you.
Greetings from Stockholm in Sweden.
Thank you Tina! I really appreciate that. 😁
To your point about the guitar and the piano in the trenches.
There are plenty of photos from the time that show various musical instruments in the trenches, pianos, guitars, cellos, etc. Some of them made from various items found in there. Some Cello made out of old oil cans for example.
That's not to say that they were right up in the first line of trenches where you'd typically see people shooting at each other across no mans land. But probably in the later lines of trenches, support trenches, reserve trenches, dugouts, etc.
And while I'm sure there was no standard issue piano issued to the troops, I'm sure that a lot of this stuff was just overlooked, simply because of morale. Something to remember about the war is that it wasn't non-stop shooting and artillery barrages for over 4 years, every hour of every day. One of the things they had to fight was just the daily boredom. Writing letters home, poems, music or just creating other "Trench Art" which I recommend you looking up, because it's fascinating.
Joakim is originally keyboard player, he just happened to take the mic and start singing, as soon as they find better, Joakim continues with keys 😁
Joakim is the permanent lead singer, and according to him "They promised to find a new keyboard player, but the lazy bastards never did". Thank goodness!
@@phillee2814 LOL
@@phillee2814 You got that backwards, didn’t you?
@@jonasthemovie yep. They were supposed to find another singer
This song does the same to me Thomas. Eyes getting wet. The acapella chorus with just the drums behind, ahh. And then of course Floor in the end,...
A masterpiece in every way!
Great song, awesome produced video and this story - you have to get emotional! There's a movie about this, too. It's called "Merry Christmas".
1. I waited a long time for this reaction.
Thank you so much for this great reaction i love to hear Floor (from Nightwish) at the end of the song
I think they did an amazing job of showing a moment of sanity in a war that killed so many young people. The song is fantastic too, I have seen the video a few tiimes and it still hits hard.
The events of Christmas 1914 were never repeated as the Generals on both sides issues orders that any man who tried would be shot or court marshalled. The soldiers on both sides were not prepared to resume the hostilites and were replaced after a few days with fresh battle hungry soldiers
Thanks for your reaction! This quickly became one of my all time favorite songs 👍
SABATON ES UNA BANDAS DE LAS NUEVAS Q HE OIDO RECIENTEMENTE.
con su tema Soldier of Beaven, land stand,swedidish pagane y excelente y ahora este tema woooooooooaaaaoooooooo
That's it, you're now my favourite reactor for sabaton songs!
I'm honoured! Thank you :)
Speaking of the bagpipes at d-day, "civil war" has a song called "the mad pipper" that is about a man who went to d-day and played for his comrades as they stormed the beach, in my opinion it's a great song 😁
It's a very powerful song and video!
Sabaton...musicians.....and actors!!!....HANNES.....COME ON!!!!!
I always cry when I hear this song
Just beautiful, chillssss❣️
And the Floor ending is a Christmas present.
To what you talked about was there all those instruments..
What I know of WW2 at Finnish frontier at Winter war and continuation war through My family and some friends families.
At those trenches and bunkers were lots of guitars, violins, accordions, fluits and whistles and whatever and If there were not they improvised and built something.
Music was a getaway and comfort on all that insanity going on all over.
This songs hits really deep! Perfect video to the music. And Floor at the end is the cherry on top of the cake! Thx again!
Great reaction & I 100% agree with you, they did a stunning job with this one!
Some cool Battle between the bands (Sabaton style)
Sabaton - 82nd all the way
Amaranthe - 82nd all the way
Sabaton - Carolus Rex
Follow the Cipher - Carolus Rex
Manowar - Kingdom Come
Sabaton - Kingdom Come
Amon Amarth - Twighlight of the thundergod
Sabaton - Twighlight of the tundergo
Thank you for sharing your reaction! So glad you liked it! :)
Floor Jansen made this even better on her little part at the end of video,
I dig ww1 trenches regularly. I'm from Belgium. Most assuredly they had pianos but not in the first line.. Some of the dugouts are quite comfy, relativly speaking.. with sofas and amenities.. The forward, combat trenches are generally bare bones but the second and third line trenches are more elaborate and have amenities like that.
Awesome genuine reaction mate!
When Peer says Hannes ....the quire sings it too ....soo well done!
Some soldiers were allowed musical instruments (or balls and many other items, if they could carry them). And even when it was not allowed, smuggling stuff was (and often is till this day) really common. Even soldiers want to have fun. The piano is not very realistic though :p The guitar or bagpipes did happen.
PS: thanks for being respectful and playing the credits!
Excelente temazo musical y si video fantástico 🤘🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I love the attention to detail. That ringing you hear in the beginning when he is being yelled at. That's exactly what you hear if you are close to a explosion. It's little details like that. That is so damn impressive.
Tommy makes a lot of the arrangements for Floors home recordings .... I love how Sabaton and Floor connected too
Commentary is good and all, but that smile. What a genuine smile.
One of their very best songs and productions. Memorable. So moving. And then Floor.
They have an live and acoustic version of this
Sabaton - Christmas Truce / musikhjälpen 2021
such a nice, personal reaction! Thanks a lot mate! you just got another subscriber
This song reminds me of Eric Bogle. He has a song called "...And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" about Gallipoli, another battle in the Great War. While it doesn't include Christmas, it includes a part that goes:
But the band played Waltzing Matilda
When we stopped to bury our slain
We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs
Then we started all over again...
Sabaton 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Thank you Thomas ....my name brother ;) You are always awesome !
And then Floor ending it up is so fucking fantastic:)
Powerful song by great Band , and to add Floor's vocals at the end ..... I really need to invent some words for describing this masterpiece... 🤘😎🤘
NWSU .
Great reaction, as always!
Que final con esa voz q mezzosoprano
They are such good story tellers. It's a song that does hit home.
Good one Thomas
Sabaton are so dedicated to authenticity that the guitar used is from the correct period and available to a European owner and I feel safe to assume the piano was too.
Älskar sabaton
For me, this song had a very strong Carol of the bells influence.
The melody of carol of the bells is itself taken from an old Slavic folk song, so it’s not the original.
Great song and great ending with Floor's voice.
Si decia en mi. Menteqesa voz se me jacia conocida y era obvio q era Floor Jansen 👍🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
👍
Oeps ... thought you would have heard that it was floor. That is a point deducted from your total.😂😂🤗
That's fair. 😂
It got you, did it not?
This will finally replace that "all I want for X-mas" carol!
There were guitars and bagpipes plus harmonicas and other strings instruments
This song is the greatest song ever created and the video is a masterpiece of not only movie production, but it's a true story of the greatest story from WW1. It not only pulls the heartstrings of us British but our German Allies as well. Those Men that just went over to each other in no man's land are all heroes and should always be remembered for their courage, humanity, love, respect and the real meaning of Christmas. Ordinary British and German soldiers had enough of the war and just wanted to feel human even for a small time. The great war should never of happened, who gives a monkey's about Archduke Franz Ferdinand. I blame the great war on Kaizer Wilhelm the second and his murderous generals and the German government of 1914. Germany is our natural ally for centuries and France our natural enemy. Sabaton have done those British and German soldiers credit, to teach the world about the greatest event which was the Christmas Truce of 1914, and also to keep there memory alive. Thank you Sabaton. British Sabaton Fan 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🏴🇩🇪🇩🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
Take a listen to the new Star One tracks that have come out last 2 weeks ( From the Ayreon dude)
Fate of Man ( based on the 1st Terminator movie) is an absolute instant classic
Vocals are from Brittney Slayes, from Unleash the Archers and there;s a nice solo from Michael Romeo
You're gonna bop your head off
It took Sabaton many years to make this, and get it right!
Where is Curtis? You two are badass together!!!
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and offcourse....Tommy rules the solo!
Have you heard the acoustic version from the live aid show musikhjälpen?
just think about the balls ...or desperation on that first guy that walked into no mans land ...WOW ....Offcourse it was Hannes in this video ;) Most likable Swede Ever! lol I`m Danish
Sorry, i wrote this to all reactioners. this video should wake up all peace loving people. let's finally stand up, we are the majority. let's kick the warmongers in the ass. we are facebookers, we are youtubers, we are all more or less networked, so let's fight for our planet.
🏴 🤝🏻 🇩🇪 Never again.
I hear that the drummer is married to Floor J in nightwish
Como q sus temas son alusivas a la segunda guerra mundial
New video out!
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Please react to the animated story version !
They did play football ....No need to call it soccer on your channel right ;)