Wow, Elizabeth... you really know what you're talking about! Very interesting, excellent observations. And thanks for pronouncing everything right, not easy! Oh... the flute player is Jeroen Goossens, not me. I can't even whistle :-) Keep up the good work!
Thank you for you contribution to music Mr Lucassen, It is always a pleasure to listen to your creations. In these times when profitability trumps quality, your music is an oasis for the ears.
Thanks, Arjen! And thank you especially for both writing excellent music, and for your help in clearing the block on this video. I'm looking forward to featuring more music by you soon. Side note: I had some help from peeps on Patreon with the pronunciations. They are an awesome group, who also adore your work.
You must check out the day that the world breaks down. It has so many world class singers in the song and would be a wonderful song to see you analyze.
I've been in two concerts of Anneka and she's like the sweetest, she hugs you before you try to hug her! would you consider to analyze her EARLY years? like her '95 "strange machines" performance ? no body makes these kind of songs anymore, her signature vocal style was so influential for female fronted metal scene!
Hi Elizabeth! Finally, I'm Very Happy that You were able to Premiere this video. I LOVE this Song and Performance and I also LOVE your New Orange Top! All Three Women (All Queens) have a Beautiful Sweet Voice (Clear and Strong) in this Very Intimate Ballad!! And Congratulations on your clear pronunciation of, "Arjen Lucassen!!!" Well Done and Thank You, Elizabeth!!! :-) :-) :-)
Just from the Ayreon Universe there are a ton of great videos. “River of Time” with Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) and Marko Hietala (Nightwish), “Day Sixteen: Looser” with Michael Mills (Toehider, amazing voice), “And the Druids turn to stone” with Damian Wilson (Maiden United, Headspace, Treshold, Star One and many more) “Magnetism” with Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project, The Gentle Storm, VUUR) and Marko Hietala. Just a few that I absolutely love from that concert, but basically all of the discography of Arjen ;)
She should just lean back and listen the whole show, something nobody should miss :) Anyway I woud add "Intergalactic Space Crusader" to your shoty list - I think Maggy Luyten is excellent in the song (Damian as well of course).
Music and above all voices to get maximum goosebumps!! Ayreon is worldclass prog music, with top musicians and top of the bill singers (female and male).
Yeah, by this point, a lot of reactors_know_ her. She's everywhere, with Devin, with Amorphis, with Ayreon, yet nobody ever seems to react to _The Gathering._ It's a shame really, she's such an inspirational singer and such a nice person in general.
Yes on the Gathering, just not A Noise Severe. Listen to Travel on youtube and on bandcamp. The youtube version sounds wrong compared to the bandcamp one. I'm quite sure they used the wrong audio track from the DVD. Same goes for Valley of the Queens from Electric Castle Live I suspect.
Aye, Anneke would really deserve some central stage time in this channel by now. Imo her performances at the The Gathering TG25 concert doing 'Travel' and 'On most surfaces' are quite exemplary of her stunning vocal capabilities and impressive sound. Add their live version of 'Strange Machines' on Pinkpop '96 and you get both a nice picture of her development through the decades, while also getting an idea of how she inspired a whole generation of lead female metal singers and while getting a hunch of The Gathering's grunge and Pink Floyd roots and inspiration. Anneke explored a very broad range of styles, with maybe only progrock elements and her unique vocal presence as a common denominator. The 2015 Masters of Rock performance of 'The Storm' by Anneke's and Arjen's mutual proggy project 'The Gentle Storm' is also worth a listen as it shows both an excellent Anneke as lead and Marcela as support. Both rougher and lighter stuff by Anneke and Devin with The Devin Townsend Project is also worth experiencing: varying from 'Kingdom' and 'Grace' in the Retinal Cicrcus show to 'Ih Ah'. Finally, Anneke's cooperations with Danny Cavanagh and similar artists along with her solo acoustic performances are worth a listen. Edit: Oh, and might I mention Ayreon's 'Comatose' performed by Anneke and Katatonia's Jonas Renske? :)
How about a concert with the Valley of the Queens and the Northern Kings together? How crazy would that be? Oh, Elizabeth, I recommend you to check some of the Northern Kings songs. They are mostly covers, but still great.
This song is lovely. As you said, nothing extravagan, but utterly beautiful and touching. As for recomendations, Arjen had a project, Star One. From a live concert, there´s a song called "The eye of Ra", which has more opera rock vibes and is sang by many people. They´re all great singers, Rusell Allen is an amazing one... and also, Floor is there too.
I loved this reaction. Always great to see a knowledgeable musical mind react to Ayreon. I'd recommend doing The Day that the World Breaks Down next as not only is it a big song with eleven singers involved, it also has annotations made by Arjen that will further shed light on the song, the singers, the musicians, and also some of the gear that's being used. I think it's a great step off point to get into this project.
The wind instrument player in this is Jeroen Goossens - a frequent collaborator with Arjen and Ayreon Other great Ayreon Universe choices: - And The Druids Turned To Stone - Another ballad, but a bit rockier than this one. Damian Wilson on vocals, Rob Snijders (Anneke Van Giersbergen's husband) on drums. - Comatose - Rob Snijders, Anneke Van Giersbergen & Jonas Renkse. Another light one but I just LOVE Jonas' warm vocal tone and this is one of the best examples within Ayreon - Everybody Dies - Mike Mills (Toehider), loads of other vocallists including Irene Jansen (Floor's sister) amongst the backing vocallists. Much more rock, and Mike hits some insane high notes! - The Castle Hall - Arjen's only appearance in the show AFAIK on guitar. He gets stage fright and likes to limit his live appearances for the most part as I understand. The Day That The World Breaks Down is a good track as others have suggested but I'm not sure if there's a live version of it
I think Everybody Dies is a good primer. Lots of singers. More rock. Floor is in there, too. th-cam.com/video/9AAXtUdM7xE/w-d-xo.html Castle Hall is another good punchy one. Arjen plays but doesn't sing on it, though it does feature Damian Wilson who is a real standout on many Ayreon songs. th-cam.com/video/iKGaeQ9f-cY/w-d-xo.html Star of Sirrah has Floor teaming with Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian. I'm sure you'll get around to them one day as well. th-cam.com/video/3dEHQNAZsIo/w-d-xo.html Eye of Ra is a big final number with literally dozens of singers. th-cam.com/video/odcO0SciTUY/w-d-xo.html Amazing Flight is one with lots of Arjen singing. There are also a couple unexpected surprises at the beginning and halfway through. th-cam.com/video/r5IitoFXc7E/w-d-xo.html
Great suggestions and kuddos for providing the url’s! 😉👍 However the best intro imho is the official video from The Day The World Breaks Down, as it provides a look behind the scenes, you really get to see how Arjen works and what Ayreon is all about. And it’s an awesome track as well! 😉🤘
I enjoy your reactions so much because your facial expressions are so animated and true to your feelings - you have the best and cutest eye flutter I've ever seen... you light up when you hear something amazing and that just amplifies the sound with your expressions. There is a genuine quality to your reactions that comes from the core. I've heard you sing - love your voice.
I love to see how people are moving this woman to my exact set of musical tastes. And I love to see there is so many people which such a good taste in music.
Hello, Elizabeth! If you’re looking for an Ayreon track that rocks and is a bit longer, check out the live version of “Merlin’s Will.” It features FOUR women singers, including Floor and Marcela. Far be it from a typical rock song (especially for Ayreon!), the ladies manage to make it something unique, and their own. Give it a go!
The instrument Jeroen is playing is a low whistle, the big brother of the Irish tin whistle. It's the same instrument Troy is playing on some Nightwish songs. The reason he has two of them is that they're tuned different.
Kudos for your pronunciation of their dutch names already! 👌🏻 The flutist by the way is my name buddy Jeroen Goossens. My fellow dutchies probably know him best from the super fun song 'Roodkapje' by Pater Moeskroen (yes that's actually him!)
The flute that is used looks and sounds like an Irish whistle. Troy Donockley from Nightwish also uses them alot. Troy also played in Iona which you should react to :)
Ayreon is such a deep well of talent to explore. It seems many people have reacted to 'The Day that the World Breaks Down' as their introduction, and it's a great start with 11 different singers. Arjen comments throughout the video about the story, singers, instrumentalists and the gear he used on the album. It's 13 minutes that feels like it goes so quickly.
When I'm having a crap day like today I can watch your videos & see how passionate & precise your reviews are & it helps my mind so much, it's contagious in the best way
Great reaction video, Elizabeth!!! I would recommend Ayreon "The Day the World Break's Down". There are 11 vocalists in the video, which will be a lot to comment on, but it's definitely worth it. You won't be disappointed.
Hi Elisabeth, Great reaction - super on point - but Arjen himself already wrote that. Next from the same concert: - "River of Time" (from 01011001) Hansi Kürsch, Marco Hietala 3:58 - "The Blackboard" (from The Theory of Everything; lyrics by Lucassen and Lori Linstruth) Mills, Marcela Bovio 1:52 - "The Theory of Everything" (from The Theory of Everything; lyrics by Lucassen and Linstruth) Mills, Marcela Bovio 4:38 - "Star of Sirrah" (from The Source) Mills, Luyten, Kürsch, F. Jansen 5:56 - "Comatose" (from 01011001) Anneke Van Giersbergen, Renkse 2:58 - "Day Sixteen: Loser" (from The Human Equation; lyrics by Lucassen and Devin Townsend) Mills 4:42 - YOU'LL LOVE THE INSTRUMENT USED HERE - "Age of Shadows" (from 01011001; music by Lucassen, Anneke Van Giersbergen, and Jonas Renkse) Hietala, Kürsch, F. Jansen 4:48 and many more - they are all wonderful.
It’s great to see the maestro Arjen commenting on your wonderful reaction Elizabeth. This track is from Into the Electric Castle, probably my favourite of Arjen/Ayreons album. There are some amazing tracks on it, including Isis & Osiris and Amazing Flight. Thank you so much and keep reacting.
Omg you need to listen to Mayan - Rebirth From Despair. It's the second band by Mark Jansen which founded After Forever which was Floor's first band. She also collaborated with their first album and performed live with them as well. But in this song you can hear Marcela and AND Laura Macri which is a professional Opera singer from Italy. It will blow your mind! 💜
Its doesn't matter which Arjen's song you gonna listen next. Every his song is a critical mass of extremely talented musicians. Just pick up any of them randomly :)
Ayreon, has been one of the bands that taught me to better appreciate voices, and Arjen is a great person, and makes incredible musical fusions, there is a lot of material in that concert for you to analyze, thanks for your video. PS: could you analyze Anneke with the song Travel (A Noise Severe) by Gathering
Marcela has done amazing stuff with Arjen, just as much as Anneke and Floor, so she is also very capable. As for this song, it was indeed written for Anneke who did the part of the Egyptian. In the show Quarantalks , she does a acoustic version al by herself and totally nails it. (th-cam.com/video/7LqT0jDi7P8/w-d-xo.html starts at 3.30)
Ayreon,' The day the the world breaks down' would be the perfect song for you to react to. As someone said below, 11 different singers in a 13 minute song and a very informative and entertaining official video to go with it. Should be a reactors dream to do.
You should check out more Anneke. We all know that Floor is amazing, but there's a reason so many bands get Anneke as a guest vocalist. (Devin Townsend, Moonspell, Amorphis, Novembers Doom, Anethema, etc.) Amorphis - Amongst Stars is also great. The live video doesn't have the best audio, but it's not bad.
My first experience with Tool was seeing the video for this song at a club. It was played on a giant screen, but you couldn't hear the audio because of the club music. I was transfixed by how bizarre it was. Their videos are just as good as the music.
Anekke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen and Marcela Bovio. I don't know if you've already reacted to this one, but be sure to do so. power of love - dutch metal th-cam.com/video/zRh60UXUdeE/w-d-xo.html The lineup includes: Floor Jansen - Nightwish, Revamp Simone Simons - Epica Anneke van Giersbergen - a.o ex - The Gathering, The Gentle Storm Arjen Lucassen - Ayreon Ruud Jolie - Within Temptation Charlotte Wessels - Delain Marcela Bovio - Stream of Passion Daniel de Jongh - Textures Jochem Jonkman - Vanderbuyst Mark Jansen - Epica, Mayan Manda Ophuis - Nemesea Valerio Recenti - My Propane Dianne van Giersbergen - Xandria George Oosthoek - Orphanage Caroline Westendorp - The Charm the Fury Epic Rock Choir - The Theatre Equation Joost van den Broek - Producer, ex After Forever Maaike Peterse - Kingfisher’s Sky Anand Mahangoe, Remon Masseling, DJ van Zon - My Propane Ben Mathot - a.o Ayreon, Kyteman Orchestra The Power of Love is a Dutch metal collaboration for the Red Cross, a very special large-scale collaboration between Netherlands-based metal artists to help gather donations and bring aid to victims of sexual abuse in conflict territories
First of all, thank you Elisabeth for your awesome reactions :) If I may, I may suggest that for more Ayreon/Anneke goodness, you may want to check also out their project THE GENTLE STORM, in particular the video for Heart Of Amsterdam :)
Have you ever heard of Agua de Annique? Anneke's band after she left The Gathering; i suggest Beautiful One ♥️ or Travel of the Gathering. Anneke has a huge admiration for Mozart, this song is about that.
Great, I love Ayreon and you could have a look at almost countless singers with his work. I would definitely suggest checking out Damian Wilson singing Twisted Coil live.
@@fluitomaan Thank you, I always loved the sound of larger flutes (woodwinds in particular) ....the darker sound is ...calming. It fits where it is in the music but I cannot but wish for more solo time for you
I'd like to point to one more from the Ayreon Universe Live show: The Eye Of Ra Nobody can claim that they've got the most ambitious crossover project until they've seen everyone on that stage in that song.
And as I asked many many many times. Please Elizabeth, react to The day that the world breaks down by Ayreon. You will see Arjen himself perform on different instruments, you will see 11 singers, names, background etc etc.
Do you know Carina Vinke, she is quite a different opera voice.? God Bless you and stay safe. Floor is fantastic but I would like to hear her sing with Carina.
I don't know if you're ever heard of Lana Lane, but, she has some nice pipes also. Find her music on TH-cam. I've been a big fan of her's for years. Also, big fan of Nightwish with Tarja. But, Floor Jansen has got that extra something that fits perfectly with Nightwish. They are like lightening in a bottle. Floor is just such a versatile singer.
It’s probably hard to write for ladies of this caliber because you have no idea what they’re truly capable. This song is amazing but it feels so short, but Arjen really knows how to use these ladies voices to get the best out of them.
For another Ayreon song, I would suggest Age of Shadows, live from Ayreon Universe. The song is more rock/metal. It features both of the Nightwish singers, Marco and Floor. You also get to hear Floor us her more operatic style voice. Love your reactions and analysis of songs. Keep up the good work.
Just to add a voice but maybe a differing one: I would suggest 'Everybody Dies', 'Merlins Will' or 'Eye of Ra' for a variety of singers and singing - then take a swing at 'The Day That The World Breaks Down' for something a little different.
For the whole gamut of human emotion in the language of music, I recommend his album The Human Equation. It has a great range of musical styles that greatly add to the storytelling (which all of his albums do, but this is more like a side story). His works are the greatest audiobook series ever, especially if you are into sci fi. Another good intro into his storytelling is The Day That The World Breaks Down. He has built an entire universe with a past, present and future, in the language of sound. The ultimate bedtime stories, with wisdom and meaning to be found in so many places. Safe travels :)
Ayreon? I personally love the Human Equation album. Its about a person in coma after a car accident. Every song is a day in his coma, where each day represents a feeling. Try this: day 11 Love: th-cam.com/video/VRyX-lEGbfQ/w-d-xo.html day 2 Isolation: th-cam.com/video/0zaJlvmpLrw/w-d-xo.html day 3 Pain: th-cam.com/video/0zaJlvmpLrw/w-d-xo.html I think the woman in red represents his subconscious
Wow, Elizabeth... you really know what you're talking about! Very interesting, excellent observations. And thanks for pronouncing everything right, not easy! Oh... the flute player is Jeroen Goossens, not me. I can't even whistle :-) Keep up the good work!
Thank you for you contribution to music Mr Lucassen, It is always a pleasure to listen to your creations. In these times when profitability trumps quality, your music is an oasis for the ears.
Thanks, Arjen! And thank you especially for both writing excellent music, and for your help in clearing the block on this video. I'm looking forward to featuring more music by you soon.
Side note: I had some help from peeps on Patreon with the pronunciations. They are an awesome group, who also adore your work.
Wow 🤯
He said I can't even whistle🤣🥰
We are not worthy! 😮
Anneke is the Godmother of all metal/symphonic vocalists …… look how proud Floor looks at her idol!
And Floor's sister Irene also sang with AYREON ... live.
And Marcela's sister was in AFTER FOREVER with her (one of Arjen's previous bands).
I love anneke
@@AdLockhorst-bf8pz After Forever was Floor's first band. Marcela's sister Diana, sang back-up vocals with Stream Of Passion.
You must check out the day that the world breaks down. It has so many world class singers in the song and would be a wonderful song to see you analyze.
yes please!
For more Ayreon from the same show you absolutely MUST listen to Damien Wilson's clear, powerful and motive voice in "And THe Druids Turn to Stone"
I've been in two concerts of Anneka and she's like the sweetest, she hugs you before you try to hug her! would you consider to analyze her EARLY years? like her '95 "strange machines" performance ? no body makes these kind of songs anymore, her signature vocal style was so influential for female fronted metal scene!
Hi Elizabeth! Finally, I'm Very Happy that You were able to Premiere this video. I LOVE this Song and Performance and I also LOVE your New Orange Top! All Three Women (All Queens) have a Beautiful Sweet Voice (Clear and Strong) in this Very Intimate Ballad!! And Congratulations on your clear pronunciation of, "Arjen Lucassen!!!" Well Done and Thank You, Elizabeth!!! :-)
:-) :-)
try Ayreon - Everybody Dies (Ayreon Universe)
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I love that song. It always gives me a chuckle.
yes, i also recommed it, also i highly recommend eye of ra :-D th-cam.com/video/odcO0SciTUY/w-d-xo.html
Oh totally!!
Marcela glues it all together. Great! And I'm a Floor and Anneke fan. Great reaction Elizabeth!
Just from the Ayreon Universe there are a ton of great videos. “River of Time” with Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) and Marko Hietala (Nightwish), “Day Sixteen: Looser” with Michael Mills (Toehider, amazing voice), “And the Druids turn to stone” with Damian Wilson (Maiden United, Headspace, Treshold, Star One and many more) “Magnetism” with Tommy Karevik (Kamelot), Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend Project, The Gentle Storm, VUUR) and Marko Hietala. Just a few that I absolutely love from that concert, but basically all of the discography of Arjen ;)
She should just lean back and listen the whole show, something nobody should miss :) Anyway I woud add "Intergalactic Space Crusader" to your shoty list - I think Maggy Luyten is excellent in the song (Damian as well of course).
Absolutely love Maggy in this concert and Damian, well he is Damian :)
The live Version of twisted coil with Damian Wilson singing. A Song from another project Guilt Machine by Arjen Lucassen
This. A million times this
Highly recommended
3 insanely wonderful voices. Yet when Floor sings I tear up...HOW DOES SHE DO IT!!!!!!
Music and above all voices to get maximum goosebumps!!
Ayreon is worldclass prog music, with top musicians and top of the bill singers (female and male).
One of My favorite songs ever! Thanks for always bringing to us amazing music and reactions.
There are so many ayeron music what you needed to listen. I have 1000% for sure do you will enjoy ayeron. I suggest for the next one "everybody dies".
Try The Gathering - Travel or Waking hour from the Noise Severe DVD. She deserves her own song at this point :).
Yeah, by this point, a lot of reactors_know_ her. She's everywhere, with Devin, with Amorphis, with Ayreon, yet nobody ever seems to react to _The Gathering._ It's a shame really, she's such an inspirational singer and such a nice person in general.
Yes on the Gathering, just not A Noise Severe. Listen to Travel on youtube and on bandcamp. The youtube version sounds wrong compared to the bandcamp one. I'm quite sure they used the wrong audio track from the DVD. Same goes for Valley of the Queens from Electric Castle Live I suspect.
Yep, those two songs exactly were the ones tha I was about to recommend :D
Travel from their TG25 concert
Aye, Anneke would really deserve some central stage time in this channel by now. Imo her performances at the The Gathering TG25 concert doing 'Travel' and 'On most surfaces' are quite exemplary of her stunning vocal capabilities and impressive sound. Add their live version of 'Strange Machines' on Pinkpop '96 and you get both a nice picture of her development through the decades, while also getting an idea of how she inspired a whole generation of lead female metal singers and while getting a hunch of The Gathering's grunge and Pink Floyd roots and inspiration.
Anneke explored a very broad range of styles, with maybe only progrock elements and her unique vocal presence as a common denominator.
The 2015 Masters of Rock performance of 'The Storm' by Anneke's and Arjen's mutual proggy project 'The Gentle Storm' is also worth a listen as it shows both an excellent Anneke as lead and Marcela as support.
Both rougher and lighter stuff by Anneke and Devin with The Devin Townsend Project is also worth experiencing: varying from 'Kingdom' and 'Grace' in the Retinal Cicrcus show to 'Ih Ah'.
Finally, Anneke's cooperations with Danny Cavanagh and similar artists along with her solo acoustic performances are worth a listen.
Edit: Oh, and might I mention Ayreon's 'Comatose' performed by Anneke and Katatonia's Jonas Renske? :)
How about a concert with the Valley of the Queens and the Northern Kings together? How crazy would that be?
Oh, Elizabeth, I recommend you to check some of the Northern Kings songs. They are mostly covers, but still great.
This song is lovely. As you said, nothing extravagan, but utterly beautiful and touching.
As for recomendations, Arjen had a project, Star One. From a live concert, there´s a song called "The eye of Ra", which has more opera rock vibes and is sang by many people. They´re all great singers, Rusell Allen is an amazing one... and also, Floor is there too.
I loved this reaction. Always great to see a knowledgeable musical mind react to Ayreon.
I'd recommend doing The Day that the World Breaks Down next as not only is it a big song with eleven singers involved, it also has annotations made by Arjen that will further shed light on the song, the singers, the musicians, and also some of the gear that's being used. I think it's a great step off point to get into this project.
Wonderful reaction Elizabeth. The music was wonderful. Please do more reactions like this one.
The Day That The World Breaks Down would be a good song to try next. Lots of great singers, awesome video and a really amazing track.
The wind instrument player in this is Jeroen Goossens - a frequent collaborator with Arjen and Ayreon
Other great Ayreon Universe choices:
- And The Druids Turned To Stone - Another ballad, but a bit rockier than this one. Damian Wilson on vocals, Rob Snijders (Anneke Van Giersbergen's husband) on drums.
- Comatose - Rob Snijders, Anneke Van Giersbergen & Jonas Renkse. Another light one but I just LOVE Jonas' warm vocal tone and this is one of the best examples within Ayreon
- Everybody Dies - Mike Mills (Toehider), loads of other vocallists including Irene Jansen (Floor's sister) amongst the backing vocallists. Much more rock, and Mike hits some insane high notes!
- The Castle Hall - Arjen's only appearance in the show AFAIK on guitar. He gets stage fright and likes to limit his live appearances for the most part as I understand.
The Day That The World Breaks Down is a good track as others have suggested but I'm not sure if there's a live version of it
Oh and if you want a sense of just how many people were involved in the Universe shows, the whole ensemble get on stage together in 'The Eye Of Ra'
I think Everybody Dies is a good primer. Lots of singers. More rock. Floor is in there, too. th-cam.com/video/9AAXtUdM7xE/w-d-xo.html
Castle Hall is another good punchy one. Arjen plays but doesn't sing on it, though it does feature Damian Wilson who is a real standout on many Ayreon songs. th-cam.com/video/iKGaeQ9f-cY/w-d-xo.html
Star of Sirrah has Floor teaming with Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian. I'm sure you'll get around to them one day as well. th-cam.com/video/3dEHQNAZsIo/w-d-xo.html
Eye of Ra is a big final number with literally dozens of singers. th-cam.com/video/odcO0SciTUY/w-d-xo.html
Amazing Flight is one with lots of Arjen singing. There are also a couple unexpected surprises at the beginning and halfway through. th-cam.com/video/r5IitoFXc7E/w-d-xo.html
I agree, "Everybody Dies" is probably the best introduction.
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Great suggestions and kuddos for providing the url’s! 😉👍 However the best intro imho is the official video from The Day The World Breaks Down, as it provides a look behind the scenes, you really get to see how Arjen works and what Ayreon is all about. And it’s an awesome track as well! 😉🤘
I'm glad this is up, what a treasure
I enjoy your reactions so much because your facial expressions are so animated and true to your feelings - you have the best and cutest eye flutter I've ever seen... you light up when you hear something amazing and that just amplifies the sound with your expressions. There is a genuine quality to your reactions that comes from the core. I've heard you sing - love your voice.
I love to see how people are moving this woman to my exact set of musical tastes. And I love to see there is so many people which such a good taste in music.
Hello, Elizabeth!
If you’re looking for an Ayreon track that rocks and is a bit longer, check out the live version of “Merlin’s Will.” It features FOUR women singers, including Floor and Marcela. Far be it from a typical rock song (especially for Ayreon!), the ladies manage to make it something unique, and their own.
Give it a go!
The instrument Jeroen is playing is a low whistle, the big brother of the Irish tin whistle. It's the same instrument Troy is playing on some Nightwish songs.
The reason he has two of them is that they're tuned different.
Just seen your Ayreon reaction. Your excitement and enjoyment of music is really a great pleasure to witness.
Kudos for your pronunciation of their dutch names already! 👌🏻
The flutist by the way is my name buddy Jeroen Goossens. My fellow dutchies probably know him best from the super fun song 'Roodkapje' by Pater Moeskroen (yes that's actually him!)
What? I remember that song from my childhood. That's pretty awesome
The flute that is used looks and sounds like an Irish whistle. Troy Donockley from Nightwish also uses them alot. Troy also played in Iona which you should react to :)
Ayreon is such a deep well of talent to explore. It seems many people have reacted to 'The Day that the World Breaks Down' as their introduction, and it's a great start with 11 different singers. Arjen comments throughout the video about the story, singers, instrumentalists and the gear he used on the album. It's 13 minutes that feels like it goes so quickly.
your genuine passion for music is absolutely infectious ... great stuff, thank you for sharing
When I'm having a crap day like today I can watch your videos & see how passionate & precise your reviews are & it helps my mind so much, it's contagious in the best way
Thanks for doing an Ayreon song. Big and pleasant surprise for me. Also enjoying the new album!
I hope we'll see someday a collaboration between Arjen the Great and Lady Elizabeth
Great reaction video, Elizabeth!!! I would recommend Ayreon "The Day the World Break's Down". There are 11 vocalists in the video, which will be a lot to comment on, but it's definitely worth it. You won't be disappointed.
Marcela Bovio is in the group Streams of Passion.
Hi Elisabeth, Great reaction - super on point - but Arjen himself already wrote that.
Next from the same concert:
- "River of Time" (from 01011001) Hansi Kürsch, Marco Hietala 3:58
- "The Blackboard" (from The Theory of Everything; lyrics by Lucassen and Lori Linstruth) Mills, Marcela Bovio 1:52
- "The Theory of Everything" (from The Theory of Everything; lyrics by Lucassen and Linstruth) Mills, Marcela Bovio 4:38
- "Star of Sirrah" (from The Source) Mills, Luyten, Kürsch, F. Jansen 5:56
- "Comatose" (from 01011001) Anneke Van Giersbergen, Renkse 2:58
- "Day Sixteen: Loser" (from The Human Equation; lyrics by Lucassen and Devin Townsend) Mills 4:42 - YOU'LL LOVE THE INSTRUMENT USED HERE
- "Age of Shadows" (from 01011001; music by Lucassen, Anneke Van Giersbergen, and Jonas Renkse) Hietala, Kürsch, F. Jansen 4:48
and many more - they are all wonderful.
I loved the harmony of the three voices together
Man, that was beautiful!!
Thank you so much for these vids. So lovely :)
Ayreons new album Transitus came out the 25th. Its very good. Tommy Karevik is in it again, love that mans voice. I first heard him in Seventh Wonder.
It’s great to see the maestro Arjen commenting on your wonderful reaction Elizabeth.
This track is from Into the Electric Castle, probably my favourite of Arjen/Ayreons album. There are some amazing tracks on it, including Isis & Osiris and Amazing Flight.
Thank you so much and keep reacting.
Omg you need to listen to Mayan - Rebirth From Despair. It's the second band by Mark Jansen which founded After Forever which was Floor's first band. She also collaborated with their first album and performed live with them as well. But in this song you can hear Marcela and AND Laura Macri which is a professional Opera singer from Italy. It will blow your mind! 💜
How's the heart acoustic you will be amazed 100% guaranteed
It is beautiful
It’s Alive!
I only knew this song from Anneke's 2009 album _Pure Air._ Her voice is perfect for this song.
Anneke is great. All the time since The Gathering.
Check out Anneke Van Giersbergen - Wonder one of the most beautiful songs ever
Its doesn't matter which Arjen's song you gonna listen next. Every his song is a critical mass of extremely talented musicians. Just pick up any of them randomly :)
Your reactions and mimics make songs that you listen much better :)
Ayreon, has been one of the bands that taught me to better appreciate voices, and Arjen is a great person, and makes incredible musical fusions, there is a lot of material in that concert for you to analyze, thanks for your video.
PS: could you analyze Anneke with the song Travel (A Noise Severe) by Gathering
I'm sure someone else has already answered the question of the wind instrument. I believe it's a low whistle, commonly used in Irish folk music. :)
Marcela has done amazing stuff with Arjen, just as much as Anneke and Floor, so she is also very capable.
As for this song, it was indeed written for Anneke who did the part of the Egyptian.
In the show Quarantalks , she does a acoustic version al by herself and totally nails it. (th-cam.com/video/7LqT0jDi7P8/w-d-xo.html starts at 3.30)
Ayreon,' The day the the world breaks down' would be the perfect song for you to react to. As someone said below, 11 different singers in a 13 minute song and a very informative and entertaining official video to go with it. Should be a reactors dream to do.
Anneke has one of the most ethereal, hypnotizing voices.
It's funny... I seriously cannot stand her voice, especially in this live performance
finally its unblocked. excellent.
The day that the work breaks down is just a series of powerhouse voclaists...one after the other.
Esta canção é tão bela que faz os nossos sentidos entrarem em êxtase 💓
Its time to go check EPICA. You are now a metalhead.
You should check out more Anneke. We all know that Floor is amazing, but there's a reason so many bands get Anneke as a guest vocalist. (Devin
Townsend, Moonspell, Amorphis, Novembers Doom, Anethema, etc.)
Amorphis - Amongst Stars is also great. The live video doesn't have the best audio, but it's not bad.
More Anneke, please!
Marcela can sing anything!
My first experience with Tool was seeing the video for this song at a club. It was played on a giant screen, but you couldn't hear the audio because of the club music. I was transfixed by how bizarre it was. Their videos are just as good as the music.
Yes, you won from TH-cam!!!!! Love you!
Anekke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen and Marcela Bovio. I don't know if you've already reacted to this one, but be sure to do so. power of love - dutch metal
th-cam.com/video/zRh60UXUdeE/w-d-xo.html
The lineup includes:
Floor Jansen - Nightwish, Revamp
Simone Simons - Epica
Anneke van Giersbergen - a.o ex - The Gathering, The Gentle Storm
Arjen Lucassen - Ayreon
Ruud Jolie - Within Temptation
Charlotte Wessels - Delain
Marcela Bovio - Stream of Passion
Daniel de Jongh - Textures
Jochem Jonkman - Vanderbuyst
Mark Jansen - Epica, Mayan
Manda Ophuis - Nemesea
Valerio Recenti - My Propane
Dianne van Giersbergen - Xandria
George Oosthoek - Orphanage
Caroline Westendorp - The Charm the Fury
Epic Rock Choir - The Theatre Equation
Joost van den Broek - Producer, ex After Forever
Maaike Peterse - Kingfisher’s Sky
Anand Mahangoe, Remon Masseling, DJ van Zon - My Propane
Ben Mathot - a.o Ayreon, Kyteman Orchestra
The Power of Love is a Dutch metal collaboration for the Red Cross, a very special large-scale collaboration between Netherlands-based metal artists to help gather donations and bring aid to victims of sexual abuse in conflict territories
Marcela was the singer of Stream Passion. They have some wonderful songs, Out in the Real World, Deceiver, and In the End.
You definitely should make a video with some of Anneke's solo work (or with The Gathering) some day, she's great :)
Anneke
First of all, thank you Elisabeth for your awesome reactions :) If I may, I may suggest that for more Ayreon/Anneke goodness, you may want to check also out their project THE GENTLE STORM, in particular the video for Heart Of Amsterdam :)
Nice choice!
Have you ever heard of Agua de Annique? Anneke's band after she left The Gathering; i suggest Beautiful One ♥️ or Travel of the Gathering. Anneke has a huge admiration for Mozart, this song is about that.
Great, I love Ayreon and you could have a look at almost countless singers with his work. I would definitely suggest checking out Damian Wilson singing Twisted Coil live.
Somebody in the know, tell Arjen about Elizabeth! Stay safe, everyone. All the best to you.
This video is heavily plugged on the Facebook pages where Mr. L. is present 😉
I was at this recording, and it still gives me the chills. :D
I think it was Jeroen Goossens on flute
Yes, he's a really great flutist and I wouldn't be surprised if he even leaves a comment here at some point
@@justdave9610 how about here? ;-)
@@fluitomaan that's really cool man. I've seen your comments on a few videos before but didn't expect a reply 😁
@@fluitomaan Thank you, I always loved the sound of larger flutes (woodwinds in particular) ....the darker sound is ...calming. It fits where it is in the music but I cannot but wish for more solo time for you
@@mickegatje you’ll love this then th-cam.com/video/5QSQMyB1C0g/w-d-xo.html 😉
I'd like to point to one more from the Ayreon Universe Live show:
The Eye Of Ra
Nobody can claim that they've got the most ambitious crossover project until they've seen everyone on that stage in that song.
And as I asked many many many times. Please Elizabeth, react to The day that the world breaks down by Ayreon. You will see Arjen himself perform on different instruments, you will see 11 singers, names, background etc etc.
I love this song!!! You should try Love You To Death by Type O Negative. The lead singer, Peter Steele, is a bass who's voice simply draws you in.
Pleasepleaseplease make a video of hopelessly slipping away fron Ayreon 😬
Dear Elizabeth,you're so gorgeous and lovely, each video you made moves me a lot
And here we are again: one more eargasm caught on video.
You should really really really really really really really really really really analyze The Day That The World Breaks Down 🤯🤯🤯🤯
Do you know Carina Vinke, she is quite a different opera voice.? God Bless you and stay safe. Floor is fantastic but I would like to hear her sing with Carina.
I don't know if you're ever heard of Lana Lane, but, she has some nice pipes also. Find her music on TH-cam. I've been a big fan of her's for years. Also, big fan of Nightwish with Tarja. But, Floor Jansen has got that extra something that fits perfectly with Nightwish. They are like lightening in a bottle. Floor is just such a versatile singer.
How *Ayreon - And The Druids Turned To Stone* is never brought up to be reacted to is a mystery to me :)
Its actually a anneke solo performance on the album so they obviously had to work out what’s happening with this performance.
Let me know when you do a Ren reaction and I (and my buddies ) will totally be there!
at the end of the queens... uhm thats why you listen to live right? I mean, its not supposed to be computer written ! lol LOVE IT
Marcela Bovio - Hay Amores
It’s probably hard to write for ladies of this caliber because you have no idea what they’re truly capable. This song is amazing but it feels so short, but Arjen really knows how to use these ladies voices to get the best out of them.
Please PLEASE do The Devin Townsend Project- Hyperdrive! With Anneke live!!!
For another Ayreon song, I would suggest Age of Shadows, live from Ayreon Universe. The song is more rock/metal. It features both of the Nightwish singers, Marco and Floor. You also get to hear Floor us her more operatic style voice.
Love your reactions and analysis of songs. Keep up the good work.
Just to add a voice but maybe a differing one: I would suggest 'Everybody Dies', 'Merlins Will' or 'Eye of Ra' for a variety of singers and singing - then take a swing at 'The Day That The World Breaks Down' for something a little different.
For the whole gamut of human emotion in the language of music, I recommend his album The Human Equation. It has a great range of musical styles that greatly add to the storytelling (which all of his albums do, but this is more like a side story). His works are the greatest audiobook series ever, especially if you are into sci fi.
Another good intro into his storytelling is The Day That The World Breaks Down.
He has built an entire universe with a past, present and future, in the language of sound. The ultimate bedtime stories, with wisdom and meaning to be found in so many places.
Safe travels :)
Ayreon? I personally love the Human Equation album. Its about a person in coma after a car accident. Every song is a day in his coma, where each day represents a feeling. Try this:
day 11 Love: th-cam.com/video/VRyX-lEGbfQ/w-d-xo.html
day 2 Isolation: th-cam.com/video/0zaJlvmpLrw/w-d-xo.html
day 3 Pain: th-cam.com/video/0zaJlvmpLrw/w-d-xo.html
I think the woman in red represents his subconscious
Yipiee!!
thank
could you analyze Anneke with the song Travel (A Noise Severe) by Gathering