Vocal Coach Analysis of Sabaton's "Bismarck" | they made me intrigued by a boat?
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- In todays video we’ll be returning to Sabaton for another dive into the powerful vocals of lead singer Joakim. “Bismarck” awaits!!
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For a quite different experience of Joakim's vocals I HIGHLY recommend watching "En livstid i Krig" live in Gothenburg where he sings in his native Swedish.
One of my favourites from Sabaton
I concur.
Yeah for sure. Probably the best Sabaton experience.
Fifthed! It's so good. And the Swedish lyrics are just better on that one because they are less generic. And there are still English subtitles
With subtitles 🙏❣️ +1
9:56 You know that Julia's transformation into a true metalhead is complete when she starts headbanging (slightly) but more importantly SINGS ALONG 🎶🤘😁🤘 🎤
It is supremely hard to resist headbanging to Bismarck (and Sabaton in general). All time favorite band.
Since you mentioned wanting to continue this Sabaton learning journey. And you being an Australian. I strongly recommend listing to (of course researching) and preferably (for us all) reacting to Cliffs of Gallipoli.
Don't want to forget The Ballad of Bull.
Or Christmas Truce
@@seedfan8548 She already reacted to Christmas Truce last year. You can still watch it.
I'd propose something a bit different from Sabaton. En livstid i Krig from sweedish version of Carolus Rex album
@@Radecki126 well lets just give her the live version from gotenburg then :D
The A that was covered up would be the Battle Of The Atlantic.
Great job Julia. Loved it 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
They just released another great Animated Story video yesterday called Lady Of The Dark.
Great song and an even a greater story behind it
If you do "No Bullets Fly" or "Night Witches", both by Sabaton, make sure to do the animated story videos. Totally worth it!
Agreed
I concur
I can definitely concur but also attack of the Dead Man by Sabaton is another great historical song as well
Just watched No Bullets Fly animated video, teared me up. Thanks for the recommendation!
Every grade school history teacher needs to show their kids just ONE Sabaton video. One. Just one.
Just so they know history is NOT boring, documentaries can be amazingly short and exciting, history is cruel and evil, neutral reporting is alive and well, human spirit transcends horrors and bards are still a profession.
I concur
I always say the biggest crime I experienced was my high school history teacher teaching me that history is boring.
If you make history boring, you are a terrible teacher.
@@onotinikow Any subject can be boring if you make it boring. Its a teachers job to make it not boring.
@@onotinikow Agreed - Its a crime that history is taught so poorly. With the exception of a very good history class I took in college, all history I've learned I taught myself.
@@glacier68 I think it was Mark Twain that said something to the effect of "Don't let your schooling interfere with your education".
I have had some excellent teachers in my life, but very few of them were in my high school.
the Bismarck isn't just "a boat".............the Bismarck is a legend!
You mean the pride of a nation?
A beast made of steal?
King of the ocean?
@@thesoulfury4591 no i mean the story of the boat.....her strenght and her final battle.....the epic
The Tirpitz (Bismarck class) didn't have to go to sea often to scare the British so much that they had to develop BOMBS to sink THIS ONE SHIP!!!
The Bismarck was the most powerful battleship man-made (not the biggest) and was under constant fire for 90 minutes and took SEVEN hits through armor!
@@andreascala2663 And the tiny Polish boat that harassed the Bismark into sleep deprivation.
@@maximilianraab9838 No, they developed the bombs becuase the Germans were too scared to put it to sea and hid it in the fjords so the only way to get it was to bomb it!
Maybe it would would be interesting to hear Joakim sing in Swedish? There's really just one option in that case: "En livstid i krig" (A Lifetime of War), live in Gothenburg. (It has English subtitles.)
Since you are interested in their music they have a song from your country called The ballad of Bull. It’s a little bit atypical their style but nevertheless a great song 🎶 .
It’s about an absolute hero a Medic.
But it’s also requiring a look in their history channel to get the full story and it’s worth the time.
Yes! Bull Allen was a great man, for sure. And great song
Speaking of Australia and Sabaton, I really want them to do a song about the Great Emu War. Even if just for April Fools Day, I’ll be happy lol
Gallipoli was mostly Aussie operation
@@LeglessWonder I bet Tommy Johannson would happily do that one since he Disneyfies Sabaton songs for fun. He is their guitarist but he also has his own band and is a composer, multi instrumentalist and lead singer. He puts out lots of top tier covers and originals usually on Fridays. He has taken requests occasionally.
Two historical notes: 1) some of the lyrics are the (translated) quotes from Otto von Bismarck, the German leader for whom the ship was named. 2) inside the compass that the older man was checking at the end are the longitude & latitude coordinates of where the Bismarck went down. These guys pay real attention to the history behind their songs.
2) thats why they are asking: Did you find the ship? about 15 seconds before the moment the compass is shown, so obviously the answer is yes
The defining feature of Sabaton is that most of their songs are based on actual accurate history. Their songs are literally history lessons delivered at 120 decibel. Just think how much more interesting history lessons could be.
Sabaton has great music clips but their real strength lies in the live performances, things like attack of the dead men, 40 to one or night witches (though this one would be better viewed in the yarnhub version) are absolutely amazing
The live version of 40 to one in Poland is EPIC!
Saw them live here in Detroit on October 10, amazing show. I finally got to witness one of my favorite bands live in person. Already saw Motley Crue, now I gotta see Manowar and WASP and I can die happy.
The real way to listen to attack of the dead men is with radio Tapok
The funny thing about Sabaton is that the probably best vocalist in the band is playing guitar. Look up Tommy Johansson on his own CZcams channel where he mostly sings cover versions of known songs. As example take “Phantom of the Opera “ where he sings both the part of Christine and of the phantom. Another is the one octave challenge where he sings one octave up from what is usual.😊
Agree, Julia needs to react to Tommy
"To hell and back" and "winged hussars" are two of my favorite sabaton songs if you want to check out more of their songs I definitely recommend those two
i am glad you are back after this like "4 month break" it seems
for me personally you, Elizabeth and Tank are the holy trinity of music reactors
The Bismarck was a popular topic for musicians. My first encounter with the story was the song by Johnny Horton. When something is sung about by country artists, as well as metal artists you know it has captured the conscious of people across time. 🤘🏻
I mean I'll never forget the date for D-Day because of Sabaton's song "Primo Victoria". I think their best and most underrated song is Ballad of Bull. It's sung in a very different style to their usual hard pumping, screaming guitars style. The content is also very unique in terms of war stories and it is about an Aussie soldier who was an absolute unit and celebrated for what he did, even though he never fired a shot. If you want songs that are their best live songs, where the crowd really gets into it, Swedish Pagans and 40 to 1 are probably their most popular live songs. Winged Hussars might have one of their most memorable hooks.
Heh, Mate, you've just written up almost a full set of my Sabaton favourites ✌️
Julia,
If you're going to dive into more Sabaton. I HIGHLY suggest the animated version of "No Bullets Fly" all the way through the stories at the end. (have a case of tissues handy). My second recommendation is "Unkillable Soldier". And then just in general, for your own interest/curiosity, their CZcams History channel. Better than any history class i've ever had!!!!
SABATON - No Bullets Fly (Animated Story Video)
czcams.com/video/dslO-3GgenY/video.html
SABATON - The Unkillable Soldier (Official Music Video)
czcams.com/video/b4vj_WB5w_k/video.html
Sabaton History
www.youtube.com/@SabatonHistory
I concur. A warning: always be careful when doing Sabaton animations to go for the _story_ videos, as sometimes there are two versions! Only the story videos give the extra context (which makes it more affecting IMO).
No Bullets Fly is a fantastic song with a wonderful and emotional conclusion in their story video.
@@CrashCanuck537 Yes, it makes me tear up almost every time. Especially the end.
I concur
night witches is also a great animated video. anither sabaton song teaching stuff school ignored.
You should check out their guitarist Tommy Johansson. He’s voice are just amazing. And his vocal range are quite unique. His The phantom of the opera metal cover are gonna make you smile big time. Or his You raise me up 1 octave challenge where he sings the whole song 1 octave higher then the original, just impressive 👍😀
the end of the line was "battle of the Atlantic".
Sabaton has a history channel here on CZcams where they talk about the history behind all their history based songs and why/how they made it .
their songs
Cliffs of Gallipoli
Ballad of Bull
are anout Australian people (among others)
also check out the Live version of "en livstid I krig " from Göteborg Sweden it is in Swedish but there are subtitles that get the message across, it is about feelings and thoughts of a young man leaving his home and going of to war.
There is so much in the Sabaton catalog. FYI the last two albums are both about WW1.
The section in the end which you were not able to read, said "battle of the Atlantic". The battle of the Atlantic wasn't really a battle but a campaign, a series of multiple naval battles mostly fought between Germany on one side and Britain and Canada on the other side also joined by the United States later on. The main goal was the control of the Atlantic Ocean.
So glad you came back to Sabaton!!! The band has partnered with an animation studio called Yarnhub and produced several amazing story music videos that give a bit more history. They have No Bullets Fly, Night Witches, The Red Baron, and their newest Lady of the Dark. Take your pick, they’re all fantastic!
and of those, Lady of the Dark is probably my favorite. Though Night Witches was great too (I'm wearing the Night Witches Hood typing this, actually, and my Dreadnaught hood is at home with my Swedish Pagans t-shirt lol)
@@morgfarm1 No bullets fly wins for miles by me
And are in the middle of making a movie with yarnhub for the war to end all wars
I LOVE the fact that Joakim does sing with rolled Rs. 1) it gives the songs a bit more "power" and 2) I find it easier to sing with them (Rolled Rs are more common in Swe/Nor/Den/Deu).
I am looking forward to them live in the spring 🙂
People from Sweden have a tendency to "swallow the 'r's" when they speak or sing in English. Joakim goes the other way and roll them instead. / B.
Yeah, the rolling of the "R" gives it a bit more guttural sound. I enjoy that a lot in Rammstein's lyrics, for example; it always has more grit to it.
I'm German and pride myself in an "accent-free" English, but putting these little, let's say "un-british" things in just adds so much flavour; I love it!
Rolling the 'r' is a Scottish thing. It's thought to be left over from how Old English was pronounced.
There's a small easter egg in the beginning, when they name the boat Primo Victoria. That's the name of their first album, and their first hit. And Bismarcks "sister" Tirpitz never fired her guns in anger, she was sunk in a fjord in Norway by the RAF, after several tries.
Tirpitz did fire her guns in anger once. At a Norwegian weather station in September of 1943.
'I just learned bismark was a class of battleship' - this is the power of sabaton Julia! Welcome to the family 👍
They also have a CZcams history channel to delve into the events behind the songs - sabaton history - check it out 🙂 keep doing your stuff 👍
You so need to watch the live version of "En livstid i krig".
Yes it is in Swedish, there is a version with subtitles.
It will give you goosebumps!
I am sure it is on your list and i can not wait for it!
this song is amazing for two reasons one the live version is freakin awesome and secondly. the english version is different from the swedish version. the original tells the story of the war. the english version is the same song but from the view of an observer of the war.
You must check out Sabaton "No bullets Fly" the Animated Video version! Excellent story (true story), excellent Music!
I concur
Just a few remarks. Don't be surprised if the song starts quite late. Also watch until the very end of the video. There probably is not much of voice analysis to do, it is Joakim as we know him, just enjoy.
This song / video was one of first by Sabaton I'd ever heard, Love the song & GREAT visuals , some Dang good storytelling.
Nice reaction, again.
On the historical side, the Bismark was spotted bby an norwegian plane and it' s position was send to the british Royal Navy. They send the Hood and 2 Cruisers to engage the Bismark. In this battle, the Bismark destroyed the Hood. (The pride of the Royal Navy) but suffered some damage. They wanted to repair the Bismark at a french shipdock but Admiral Lütjens sent a 27 Minute long radiomessage with all the damages and he repeated it 3 Times. After this the Royal Navy was able to pinpoint the location of the Bismark and could sent a fleet to finish the job. The Bismark was hit by an airplane torpedo that damaged her steering rudder, she only could drive straight ahead, so the Cruisers of the Royal Navy could flank her from both sides and sink her.
Sorry for the lecturing ^^ 😅
The Fairey Swordfish torpedo biplanes used to attack the Bismarck were obsolete at that point in the war. However, they flew so low and slow, that the flak gunners on the Bismarck couldn't effectively target them, allowing the planes to get close enough to drop torpedoes.
A couple of things, the Bismark's rudder was stuck in a port turn, so it was going in circles, not stuck going straight.
The radio message also almost let the Bismark escape, who ever plotted the message messed it up and they sent the KGV and Rodney in the wrong direction which is what made Ark Royal's torpedo hit so important as it brought Bismark back toward the British.
It was spotted by a PBY search aircraft.
I would recommend "The Last Stand" from Sabaton if you want to learn about another historical battle with an interesting story. That was the first song of theirs I ever heard and is still one of my favorites
She'll grow a beard of we're not careful😊💪
@@sstrykert As far as I know this only happens when you listen to Amon Amarth 😂
@@johnscaramis2515 possibly. I heard Iced Earth you have to cycle three weeks on, one week off 😆
@@sstrykert Oh man. I would love for her to review Alive in Athens - Travel in Stygian
Out of all Sabaton songs, this one for some reason is my favourite. 82nd All The Way is a very close second. Glad to see you making an analysis of this video :)
Probably a central example of Joakim's baritone is The Last Battle. It's not a complex song - indeed, most of my favourite Sabaton songs are very simple indeed - but that unique gritty roar of his is very evident in it. (And I just love how singalong it is!)
You have to see En Livstid I Krig (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg) with subtitles on
I concur, czcams.com/video/WBs3G1PvyfM/video.html
Ahhh Julia, it is great that you have discovered Sabaton and their body of work. Keep up the excellent content. Joakim's voice is just so perfect for this sort of musical style am a huge fan. As as a fellow Aussie I have to suggest 'Cliffs of Gallipoli', self explanatory and as others have said 'The Ballad Of Bull' a song about Leslie “Bull” Allen who whilst serving as a stretcher bearer in New Guinea ran up a hill under fire a dozen or so times to retrieve wounded US service personnel who were being shot at by the Japanese.
"i wish the little square wasnt covering up the words" FEEL MY PAIN! LOL this how i feel everytime i seen an awesome gif-able moment but youre halfway covered by the video box lmao. great song, great video, awesome seeing you really getting into it and singing along halfway through. all in all awesome video Julia
I deleted my first comment, with good reason. As I was doing some searching for Sabaton things I came upon a realization...
Julia! How have you not done "En Livstig i Krig" live yet!?
It's your prerogative, of course, as to what you post and when...but, damned if I don't speak for quite a lot of us that that song should be your next Sabaton assignment.
Then their animated collabs with Yarnhub; No Bullets Fly, Nightwitches, and, the newly released, Lady of the Dark.
The full versions if you please 😁
PS - you will need tissues; unless you want to do a "try not to tear up" challenge while watching them.
I concur
The main word for driving a boat is to sail it, even if it's a motorized vessel. But specifically for having your hands on the "steering wheel" (or joystick, buttons, etc on modern ships) to control a ship's direction, that's often called helming the ship, and I used scarequotes around "steering wheel" because this contraption itself called a helm.
it depends on how the boat is powered...you Sail a boat that uses sails, and Pilot a boat that is otherwise powered...
I saw Sabaton open up for Nightwish with Delain a few years ago (BC, before Covid). What an amazing night!
The fact this makes you want to watch more of their videos, and that you want to sing along, that was their mission.
The reason their songs are so easy to sing along to is in fact for the reason you listed. It helps the viewer engage with their songs, and want to learn more of the histories that they are sharing. I look forward to more of your Sabaton videos!
_I am waiting your reaction on this song for so long!!_ 👏😍
Excellent reaction and analysis as always 👍
Wow forgot you had not done this one yet great as always ❤
History with a beat
thank you for introducing me to this band. i liked your reaction :)
Don't know if you have ever heard of Johnny Horton .. he was a singer story teller of my time . Many of his songs were very upbeat and fun to listen to. Sink the Bismarck and Battle of New Orleans are two favorites of mine.
Yes, Johnny Horton's 'Sink the Bismarck' will clear up any confusion you might have about the story.
And Battle of New Orleans was a favorite of my childhood.
I would also suggest “the ballad of bull”. It’s about Australian soldier Leslie “bull” Allen. He became famous for saving soldiers and not for fighting.
"There and back again"
good to see you enjoying music^^
Hooboy!
Great reaction, Julia.
Very briefly, the German high command knew that their navy ("Kriegsmarine" in German, but Joakim forgot that the German language pronounces the terminal "e", so it'd sound more like "kreegs-marine-uh" when spoken by most native German speakers) could not face the superior numbers of the Royal Navy in WWII. Not, at least, in open battle. Bismark and her escort (IIRC, it was the cruiser Prinz Eugen, but was originally intended to be three or four vessels, not just one) were given a mission to raid Allied commerce. By preventing supplies from the British Empire from reaching Britain, Germany could undermine Britain's ability to prosecute a war. The difficulty faced by Bismark was how to travel from the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean without encountering the Royal Navy.
Bismark proceeded north along the coast of Norway, then west with the intention to pass between Iceland and Greenland, entering the Atlantic from the north. She was, however, spotted by a British patrol, and the battle cruiser Hood, along with a couple of escorting cruisers engaged Bismark. Bismark, BTW, was a battleship and was brand new, whereas Hood was only a battlecruiser and about 20 years old. During their initial engagement, Bismark scored a lucky hit on Hood early on that detonated Hood's magazines, effectively blowing Hood in two.
Subsequently, Bismark played cat-and-mouse with the Royal Navy, eventually succumbing to a torpedo launched from a rather elderly Fairey Swordfish biplane. This hit jammed Bismark's rudder, after which the RN pounded Bismark to pieces with every piece of ordnance they could bring to bear.
Anyway, for more Sabaton goodness, I heartily recommend Night Witches. There's a fabulous animated story video that sets the context before the song begins, which is very helpful if you don't know much about the Eastern European theatre of WWII.
Finnaly your back with Sabaton. Please watch more of them. Live ones are great, but there videos make the historic events so more interesting. So do both :)
I highly recommend Soldier of Heaven for your next reaction, it is a bit of a tearjerker (fair warning) as well, but the vocals are amazing. That being said, you can't go wrong with any of their songs, I have yet to come across one that isn't good.
Going to see Sabaton live for the first time in April when they come to Scotland. They will be supported by Babymetal and Lordi. I've only recently got into them, but what I heard made me go for the tickets. Love their sound. 🤘😆🤘
If you want a Sabaton song that's dying to be sung along with combined with a crowd eager to sing, check out the official live version of "Uprising". The song is about the Warsaw uprising in August of 1944 and that performance at the Polish Woodstock in 2012 - so it's being sung in the home country for that story.
Jesus..... goosebumps every single time 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Having just found your channel these Sabaton videos are funny. Less about analysing an unbelievable singer and more just having a great time because the music is so catchy
It's really crazy to me that Joakim's singing voice is so much lower than his normal voice, which you do hear in the video, I didn't realize it before, but he's the one that says "did you find the boat" at the beginning
Edit: They do have a second channel, which is a history channel in which they explain the history about each video, so if you're interested in that, I'd highly recommend you watch the video about the Battle of the Atlantic
I haven't finished the video yet, so I don't know if she dives into it or not, but the music video for Bismark is *extremely* accurate when it comes to small details.
The aircraft carrier you see launching the biplanes is the HMS Ark Royal which was carrying Swordfish torpedo bombers at the time. The Bismark was spotted by a PBY Catalina which is also potrayed in ths video.
I could go further, but the point is that Sabaton does their due dilligence when it comes to creating their songs and videos.
I had to watch this twice due to being drawn in to the visuals and missing all of Caption Julia's input during the first watch >.>;;; . So very well done which is par for the course with Sabaton. Thank you for the analysis and reaction!
I'd love to see more Sabaton. I can recommend "the price of a mile" and "the final solution" :)
Whooaa! Been waiting u or El to do this review. Gonna check this out right now
Did. So edit here. I like how the chorus took u with :D Saw u singing the chorus at some point :P Well, its catchy :D
The story of the Bismarck is really ineresting and frankly brutal, there are a few really good documentaries on its 1st and only foray into the war. I'd be happy to watch you learn some more about it as like many others the Bismarck will always be a legend.
It would have been cool for you to interview him on your channel like Elizabeth did on her channel. Also, how cool would it be to be able to interview Floor? 💕🤘Absolutely love your channel, and you are a BEA UTIFUL singer💕🎤
Hi Julia, thank you for yet another extraordinary vocal analysis! I really like your way of doing these videos. I learn so much from them.
I’ve noticed that you haven’t done a reaction to Nightwish’s song “devil and the deep dark ocean” from buenos aires 2018. If you want the best proof of Floor versatility, this is it. I don’t think that any other than her can even sing this song the way that she does. I hope you get around to it, because it will blow your mind.
Oh, and happy holidays!
It was a pleasure getting to see Sabaton open for Nightwish! Loved that night, it was amazing! Sabaton talked with the crowd and thank us and our grandfathers for winning WWII! Nice review and I hope Julia if you get to see them in concert, you won't be disappointed! Love your reactions and this one was another fantastic journey into Sabaton!
From Sabaton History: czcams.com/video/r5D3wSqdIG4/video.html
Bismarck - Battle of the Atlantic - Sabaton History 012 [Official]
Roughly 17 minutes.
When You mentioned the simplycity of the melody and wanting to sing along with the band, that is very true. I ve been to one of their concert in Croatia and it really is like that, everybody gets pulled into singing together and not only watching them sing. It is really an amazing expirience to be at their concert.
Hi Julia. Have you done a reaction to any of Tommy Johansson's stuff? Not only is he a great guitar player, but he's a pretty damned good singer as well. He has many great covers on his channel. My favorite is probably Queen's "Who Wants To Live Forever"
Yes! Finally more Sabaton 🙂
You would *really* love to do a analysis of Tommy Johansson's vocal covers, he's one of the Sabaton guitarists (and singer for his own band) and he has done some really amazing covers on CZcams.
He's also covered for Joakim in a festival when he was sick (or had lost his voice, I can't remember) -- it's on CZcams here somewhere, Tommy sang the last few songs lead and Joakim played guitar lol.
Here's a link to that song where he sang live: czcams.com/video/PZ6yHLIMRfQ/video.html
And where he did a Disney-fied version of Swedish Pagans, a Sabatan song they always play live, czcams.com/video/wPE6cw812oI/video.html
OK I'm done fanboying for them. If you ever get the chance to see them live they are very fun live. I don't actually listen to their music very much on my own, but I always try to see them live.
Great analysis! I love the song and learnt a lot about vocal ranges and belting. Super interesting!
Would love to get you thoughts on some Nightwish stuff. Also euro metal with unusual vocals
I just love how Julia started to swing by the end of video... ☺️
I've watched this video before and it took me a second viewing to catch on and understand about the pocket watch and the meaning of it.
You might like to know that the fishing boat captain is the son of the last survivor of the Bismarck IRL.
The "rolling R's" are very common in the swedish language and it's also something you here a lot when Swedes speak english. I love everything about Sabaton, including the R's :-) I also like watching your impression videos, keep up the good work!
You've gotta check out a live performance next, They are incredible live.
Hunting the Bismarck by Extra Credit, is a great video series . It tales the story of the ship, without going too much into details.
The history nerd in me always gets excited when Sabaton are out . Did you get to see them play at Good Things? They were amazing 😄 another excellent review 😁
Julia, it was a good video.
I draw your attention to the guitarist who plays the Bismark solo.
He is Tommy Johansson. The very talented musician.
Singer, composer, guitarist, pianist, etc. He also has his own band: Majestica.
But his CZcams channel has very special videos. For example the cover of The Christmas Truce.
I would like your opinion.
I see the comments, others have suggested this.
Sabaton is a lovely combination of a history lesson and metal in one indeed.. I personally really love "Night Witches", the stuff those ladies had to go through to be able to protect their home, and became a source of terror for the German troops.
The old man in this video, is the actual son of the man who was really on the bismarck and he was given the compass with the coordinates of where bismarck went down by its captain just before it was sunk. I just forgot the survivors name at the moment.
Your enjoyment of this is contagious 😁
Steer the ship would be correct.
I learned today that Julia got to interview Joakim. I hope we get to see something from the Festival.
So history, the captain of the boat(at the beginning) was one of the youngest serving on the Bismark.. and the captain gave him that pocket watch.. the battle of the Atlantic was the one in the video where Bismark was sent out to raid supply routes, but ran into the Hood(pride of the British navy, as well as the flagship).. Bismark sank the Hood, but was damaged as well, where it tried to get back to France for repairs, but got hunted by the British navy and was sunk. The captain at the beginning of the video was one of the few survivors and wanted to find the last resting place of the Bismark... Extra info.. ship number two in the line was called the Tirpitz, and both were the biggest and most advanced battleships in the Atlantic ocean
Loved the video @Julia Nilon! Can't wait for the next Sabaton Reaction video! The word that was covered was "Atlantic" in case you're wondering. The Hunt for the Bismarck, or to some The Bismarck Saga, was one of the Highlights of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet (Now Western Fleet after the 1962 Amalgamation with the Mediterranean Fleet due to Ever Increasing Size of Ships, Newer and Deadlier Weapons as well as Rapidly Shriking British Empire). The "Saga" Started with the Battle of Denmark Straight on May 24th, 1941 where Bismarck and her Escort, The newest and Largest of the 3 Admiral Hipper-class Heavy Cruisers Prinz Eugen (OY-GEN, not a J sound for the G), Fought the Pride of the Royal Navy, The Late World War One period Battlecruiser HMS Hood, and her Escort, the Second ship of the King George V-class Battleships HMS Prince of Wales. During the Night, Hood and Wales had a Navigational Error and Instead of "Crossing the T" on Bismarck and Eugen, they ended up having Their T Crossed. Resulting in the Battle of Denmark Straight where Hood would ultimately be lost after Bismarck's 3rd Salvo detonated Hood's Ammunition Magazines (if I'm Remembering correctly), Blowing off Hood's "X" turret (the Forwardmost Turret of the Two at the Back or Stern of the Ship) quickly followed by a Massive Explosion that Tore Hood clean in two. Of the 1,299 Men and Officers aboard HMS Hood, Only 3 would Survive. This was mainly due to the fact that in the Royal Navy, you do as you're told and when this combined with the Fact that one of Bismarck's earlier salvos had hit the Bridge and Compass Platform area of the Superstructure, no one was left to give the order to Abandon Ship and everyone was just essentially waiting for the order to be given. After Hood went down, the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen shifted their Fire onto Prince of Wales who was Basically straight out from Dry Docks as she even still had Shipyard Workers on Board. Worse still, The King George V-class Battleships were known for their Quadruple Mounts for "A" and "Y" Gun Positions which were unfortunately known to Jam up even Throughout the war. Wales took 3 Hits from the First Salvo fired from Bismarck and had started to take some Damage though not as much as what she had dealt to Bismarck before Breaking off to join Cruisers HMS Norfolk and Suffolk in Shadowing Bismarck, only for Bismarck to give them the Slip. After 2 Days of Searching, a Lend-Lease Consolidated PBY Catalina Spotted Bismarck and took pictures revealing that She was Leaking Oil. The Admiralty quickly Realized that Admiral Gunther Lütjens was attempting to make it the Nazi-Occupied French Atlantic Coast. Force H from Gibraltar with the Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal launched Outdated and Slow World War One period Fairey Swordfish Torpedo Bombers to Sink Bismarck. One of the Torpedoes was Really, Really Lucky and Jammed Bismarcks Steering Gear hard to Port or the Side of a Ship, Forcing the Bismarck's Crew to Manipulate the Ships Screws or Propellers in order to Maintain their course for France. The Second wave effectively Slowed Bismarck long enough for the HMS King George V (Wales' oldest Sister) and the Oldest of the 2 Nelson-class Battleships HMS Nelson to Catch up and Hammer away with their Respective 10 14"/45 Caliber and 9 16"/45 Caliber Guns and even then, Bismarck was still standing. Heavy Cruiser HMS Dorsetshire was Ordered to finish Bismarck off with a Torpedo Salvo, though the Bismarck's Crew ended up getting different ideas when they Picked up Dorsetshire on their Hydroacustic Sonar suite. Thinking that Bismarck would be Towed in to Britain as a war prize and fearing that the Awe Inspiring Enigma Machine and Code books would be captured, The Ships Executive Officer and Cheif Engineer agreed to set the Scuttling Charges and Abandon Ship, as Admiral Lütjens and Captain Ludemann were now among the List of Casualties on board Bismarck. The Fact that Dorsetshire got within the Standard 8 Kilometer range of German Torpedoes at the Time of Bismarck's Sinking gave Hitler the Idea to have Her younger Sister Tirpitz armed with the Standard G7a Torpedoes that were used of the Destroyers, Light and Heavy Cruisers and more Notably the Type VII C and IX C U-boats.
Hope you liked this, sorry for the long Read though. But this is basically the Bismarck Saga, Battle of Denmark Straight and the Difference between Bismarck and Tirpitz in a Somewhat "Oversimplified" Nutshell. I spent about an hour typing this up but I want to finish with some Sabaton Song Recommendations for you.
• Ghost Division (The German 7th Panzer Division. Best known for Making almost 200 miles at Night within a Day whilst under Feldmarshall Erwin Rommel's Command and Pushing right past the French Maginot Line in May 1940)
• Wolfpack (The German U-boats Operating in groups that were usually 9 Submarines out of a Total size of up to 24 to 36 Subs while Attacking Allied Convoys in the Icy waters of the North Atlantic)
• Primo Victoria (Aside from a Error in Joakim's Latin, this one's about Operation Overlord and the Allied Invasion of Normandy on June 6th, 1944)
• The Red Baron (One of the Few World War One Period related Songs I've heard, this one is about the Infamous Manfred von Richtofen aka The Red Baron)
• Shiroyama (This one is about Japanese History in the Late 1870's on the Satsuma Rebellion. The Newly formed Empire of Japan was starting to do away with the Main and Key Features of Japanese Culture that they are best known for, The Samurai, in favor of Moderizing to keep up to date with the Western Powers like Britain, France and the United States. This clearly Didn't bode well and in 1877, the Satsuma Rebellion Started)
Let me know what you think about these Songs and I'll catch you later!
Great reaction and analysis! We also reacted to this! 🖤🤘🖤 hoped you had a good Christmas 🎄
Thank you for your reaction and thank you for making videos more often now. I would be very happy if you would do something from Nightwish again. Please Stargazers live in Tampere. Greetings from Germany
I remember Writing Bismark as the first recommendation under the Christmas Truce Video a year ago. Took you long enough xD welcome back to sabaton.
Almost a history lesson? Just about every Sabaton song is a history lesson, from ancient times to very recent eras. That is part of what makes them so unique. That and their unparalleled hair whipping.
I love how into it you get, also you interviewed joarkim at good things? I saw them at the Melbourne show, hope you got to see and enjoy them too
Julia, I am an avid fan of yours and have watched many of your reviews (I love your professional analysis.) I love this review. In fact, this song was my introduction to Sabaton and I intend to listen to a good many more of their songs. {On a side note, not metal related, if you want a few fun historically inspired songs listen to Johnny Horton's "Sink the Bismark", "Battle of New Orlean", and others. Horton was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Initially performing traditional country, Horton later performed rockabilly songs. Horton was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award for the Battle of New Orleans.}
I'm sure you'll like their other songs as well. I would especially recommend the official music video of Christmas Truce, the official music video of Uprising, and the live performance of En Livstid I Krig at Gothenburg (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg) (in Swedish but with English subtitles).
@@greensky3152 Thanks, I did not know where to start. Sabaton has a rather extensive list of songs. I am looking forward to the journey.
@@sgilliam2200 You're welcome. I'm a history buff and not very knowledgeable about music, so I can't speak much about the music itself, but I'm impressed by how Sabaton has brought attention to some little-known parts of history (as well as to some better-known ones). Christmas Truce (Official Music Video), En Livstid I Krig (Live - The Great Tour - Gothenburg), and Uprising (Official Music Video, and also the Official Live version) are great places to start. In addition to those, I would particularly recommend Winged Hussars; the version listed as Sabaton - Winged Hussars (Subtitles), posted by Hardigun, is very good; it's a fan-made video using images from a movie about the same subject as the video, and is very well done.
I like to watch their videos without reading anything about them first, and try to guess as much as I can about the subject matter before watching the history video. And sometimes I show them to a friend to see how much he can guess. Most of them are fairly easy, but a few are more difficult. Soldier of Heaven, Attack of the Dead Men, Last Dying Breath, and The Last Stand make good pop quizzes. Some of the fan-made videos are inaccurate, though, so you have to be careful about those. For example, people tend to use images from the Crusades for The Last Stand videos, even though it has nothing to do with the Crusades.
@@greensky3152 Thanks again, I will look into some of these.
Would you consider doing Wrong Side of Heaven by Five Finger Death Punch, or Gone Away? Just curious what your reaction would be on that one. Me and my kids love watching your videos! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!
Thank you very much for more Sabaton! As quite some people already mentioned, "En livstid i Krig" live in Gothenburg, "Cliffs of Gallipoli" official lyric vid and I'd say "Swedish Pagans" live at Wacken 2019 with Tina Guo, and "Ghost Division" live at Woodstock, Poland, are a must see.. enjoy ;)
I would offer you an excellent song to contrast against this one (Bismark - Sabaton). The name of the contrasting song is "Sink the Bismark" by country music singer Johnny Horton. It was released in 1960, and made it up to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Also, I think that you will be intrigued by Johnny's vocal shifts in the song.
You should react to Price Of A Mile. Its a song about the battle paschendale(sorry if its spelt wrongly) and its about the horrors the soldiers endured during it
Hey Julia! To answer your question, the old man, who is the grandson of the last survivor of the Bismarck sinking, was asking the band if they had found his boat in the harbor, so they could load up.
And I can only imagine what it would be like to visit some of these wrecks from World War II: USS Wasp, USS Indianapolis, KMS Bismarck, IJN Yamato.
I remember watching an early morning news program where a Gunner's Mate, in conjunction with the finding of the USS Yorktown, showed the viewing audience where he had actually manned an anti-air gun onboard the Yorktown. One of the coolest things I have seen on TV.
Edit: Julia, this is what the end graphic says:
"War knows no nation. This video is dedicated to all those who fought to the bitter end in the Battle of the Atlantic."
The Battle of the Atlantic was the ocean battleground where the German Kriegsmarine, the German Navy, had, as it's task, stopping Lend-Lease materiél that the United States sent to Great Britain. If you want to know a movie to watch about the Battle of the Atlantic, the movie Greyhound is perhaps the most historically-accurate movie made about World War II naval combat, outside of movies like Das Boot and U-571. One naval admiral has given the movie a 9.8 out of 10 for how realistic Greyhound is.
And Julia? I would like to see you react to Defense of Moscow or Night Witches, as they both are about two different aspects of the Eastern Front. Defense of Moscow is about the Operation Typhoon, a German operation to capture Moscow in 1941. At this point, Stalin ordered Marshal Zhukov to throw everything he had into Moscow's defenses. And since you like guitar solos, Defense of Moscow has a special one! The other song is Night Witches, the Soviet Air Force's all-women 588th Night Bombing Regiment -- a story that has perhaps the most accurate record ever made about a Russian military unit, which was one of the most feared, and most decorated, during the war.
I love Sabaton so much not only do they make incredible songs that just fill you with energy but I love the History, back when I was in School I had a History Through War class but everyone loved Sparta so much that the class never got much farther then Greek War History, but Sabaton has so many great songs that teach you History that I've learned so much that I wouldn't have without them.
A few other songs I always have on repeat are Soldier of Heaven, The Last Stand, and recently Unkillable Soldier. But you can't go wrong with any song
Hey Julia its nice to see you googled where the ship was build wand whats the name come from. Also interesting fact: Otto von Bismarck was the first Reichskanzler(similar to Prime Minister) of the German Reich before WW1. He was a great friend of the City Hamburg, where the ship was build later and also today there is a monument in Hamburg which reminds of him.
He was one of the nice Ministers we had and try to keep peace as long as possible. But he was also a badass F**** when he must :D
Greetings from Hamburg !
Saw them live in Sydney a few weeks ago, and they’re even better live. I’d definitely suggest checking out Cliffs of Gallipoli and The Price of a Mile
As a 20 year retired Navy man: The term is "Sailed" . Rock On Julia! Look forward to your videos always.
Hell yes, def do more Sabaton!
For recommendation check out Devil Dogs
oh wow youre back! I loved your last Sabaton reaction (and the others i watched) but this song has a personal, familiar connection to me....Why dont you have a look on "The Ballad of Bull" or "Gallipoli"? Awesome Songs and Stories, and its Aussie related...;)
I don't understand a thing of singing and mainly watch the videos for the entertainment and charisma. I'm really happy you covered Sabaton again, one of my favorite bands.
Because I don't have any expertise on this field, I though I just might drop some little details from the lyrics I found very interesting. So, for starters there's the line "bound by iron and blood" which is not only a matter of fact with people dying in a ship made of steel (or iron), it's also a callback to Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's famous speech how German unification can only be reached by "iron and blood", thus ruling out any peaceful way of creating a German nation in the 19th century.
Secondly, a nice detail is how things belonging to the ship (like "his cannons") use the male pronoun. Commonly ships are referred to as female but if I remember correctly, the captain of the Bismarck always referred the ship as male because of its might and power.
Battle of the Atlantic is what it said. Also, the man who took them out was the sailor from the Bismark (notice the pocket watch). Bismark was a raider ship ie: sinking freighters/supply ships to England from the USA and others.
I saw them live in Detroit two months ago and it was the best concert I've been to. When they played Bismarck, it felt like the roof was coming off the Filmore theater. They even made a remark at the end of the song about how they should come to Detroit more often after just seeing how much the crowd loved it.