We Finns can't praise enough how well Floor does this in Finnish. One of the hardest languages in the world. She is completely nuts to do this, incredible.
Even 6 months pregnant this woman is a vocal powerhouse. This is from the Finnish "Heavy Christmas" show. Christmas is huge in Finland and this is a yearly tour that they do.
For a second I thought I missed out on half a year and it's Christmas time again 😅😂. Then I realized you didn't know that Raskasta Joulua translates to Heavy Christmas which is a concert tour through Finnland by various mostly finnish musicians forming a temporary band for this purpose. And they play songs that fit the season but give them a metal twist. Great reaction as always, guys.
Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) is concert in Finland where leading heavy metal bands take old traditional Christmas songs and makes them better. ;o)
I have so much respect to the Christmas staple in our household, the Finnish Heavy Christmas concert. Floor is seriously pregnant at the time of the filming, but her voice never deviates from the normal. As a native speaker, I can say her Finnish is perfectly workable. Not as good as years after, but the language doesn't just roll off your tongue to begin with. All I can say is A for effort, a second A for both Floor and the house band, there's a combination of people which are super tight on the rhythm.
There's another song from the same show, Floor and Marko sings Ave Maria. It's sooo good. Then you might wanna hear the same song in Swedish by Tommy Johansson. It's called O helga natt and he sings in his northern Swedish accent...
Being that pregnant and hitting those notes....? Like....WHAT??? I've known Floor for a long time now (well, of her, it's not like she comes by for a coffee every now and then) so I know what she is capable of. But this is really....WOW!
Absolutely PHENOMENAL And she sang it in FINNISH 🇫🇮 That's already hard, and those High Notes if you are Pregnant.... 🤰🎶 FLOOR IS UNBELIEVABLE 👌 I also have this Song O HELGA NATT 🎄☃️ by TOMMY JOHANSSON 🤘 💙 heard but in SWEDISH 🇸🇪 THAT WAS AMAZING TOO. Do you really need to LISTEN 💫 Love from ❤️ THE NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱 🌷 🇳🇱 🙋🏼♀️
If you guys want to see great Marco Hietala performance, react to: Raskasta Joulua 2019 | "Sparrow on Christmas Morning" by Marco Hietala (English lyrics)
Raskasta Joulua is a band from Finland who have recorded traditional Christmas carols and Christmas hits in a heavy metal style. "Raskasta joulua" is a term in Finnish which means "heavy Christmas" in English. The concept was founded by guitarist Erkka Korhonen in 2004. Many notable Finnish metal vocalists have appeared on Raskasta Joulua albums and tours, including Marko Hietala, Jarkko Ahola, Ari Koivunen, Juha-Pekka Leppaluoto and Tony Kakko. I don't think you could have missed Floor's pregnant belly. Glad this didn't hinder her in the least from radiating her pure energy. In any case, I didn't notice it, for me at least, it even contributed to her appearance.
Well, finally! I think a few of us suggested this before Christmas, but heck, a little Christmas cheer in June is not a bad thing, especially delivered like this!
Hi, that performance was so good. Floor really hits those high notes. Singing in Finnish, very impressive. So great you chose this song. By the way, it's been said Finnish language is difficult, maybe. In your ingress text there is a funny misspelling. "by Rakasta Joulua" - Rakasta Joulua means Love Christmas. Raskasta Joulua is this Heavy Christmas Concert. To Love Chrismast we all should do, so everything in that sentence is correct. Thanks for your nice reaction to this song. Waiting for more.
LoL I usually listen to this at Christmas but it's beautiful always lol. There is another just as wonderful with her not pregnant too. Only Finland would have a very popular special where all the Heavy Metal musicians get together to sing Christmas songs. It's so awesome. You should check out more. Very cool. Floor & Marko sing Ave Maria together as well.
Floor always sings well but for this performance it's the arrangement that makes it special. There are sopranos and countertenors who can sing this just as well, if not better. Having a rock arrangement is special.
@@darkiee69 not all of them can be pregnant, you're right. Jokes aside though, pregnancy doesn't affect one's ability to sing unless you're so far along that it is interfering with your diaphragm and pelvic floor muscles, at which time I'm pretty sure you won't be performing anymore.
I've only recently become a Floor Jansen fan, and I just love the metal version by Nightwish. Floor is the second best female singer of all time, behind Judith Durham. She is just magnificent.
You inquired about the pronunciation of this seemingly unpronouncable word! Remember Tarja (Tarya) and Jukka (Yooka). The Nordic J sounds like our English Y, so this word is, in my best effort, "YOO-loo-oh." And this kind of immediately reveals the secret: It is the word origin of our English "Yule," meaning all things Christmas! I love word etymology!
Since you did this, I think you might be interested on an other performance from the Raskasta Joulua concert, Ave Maria by Tarja Turunen and Marco Hietala singing it together. I think that concert is from the year 2017.
@@SongsandThongs Oh reallly? Is there a video of it here in youtube? Or is it going to be here? I would really love to see your reactions. Edit: I only found the one where you did Ave Maria with Floor and Marco. I suppose that was last weekend?
Oh yeah, you're in South Africa, or have I misunderstood? So it's almost in the middle of the winter there, meaning, it has to be Christmas there? No? 😜 Seriously though, there are a ton of great performances on these tours, so you might want to check out a playlist for the next (real) Christmas 👍
You are correct yes we are in South Africa. We actually didn't know that this was a Christmas song but it was a request from a subscriber. We didn't mind checking it out at all though and definitely would like to check out more of this closer to (real) Christmas 😁
You guys come a bit late to the party? Or is it a bit early? Are you preparing already for Xmas? Anyways, now you know which show has the coolest heavy Xmas music - tons of talented finnish musicians/singers and Floor of course.
We Finns can't praise enough how well Floor does this in Finnish. One of the hardest languages in the world. She is completely nuts to do this, incredible.
I don't understand a single word, so i'll take your word for it. anyway it sounds incredibly well, also for us non Finnish people
Even 6 months pregnant this woman is a vocal powerhouse. This is from the Finnish "Heavy Christmas" show. Christmas is huge in Finland and this is a yearly tour that they do.
She made that look so *effortless*, didn't she? Astounding...! 🤘😎👍
This is the best version of O Holy Night by a long margin. She’s the living Goddess
For a second I thought I missed out on half a year and it's Christmas time again 😅😂.
Then I realized you didn't know that Raskasta Joulua translates to Heavy Christmas which is a concert tour through Finnland by various mostly finnish musicians forming a temporary band for this purpose. And they play songs that fit the season but give them a metal twist.
Great reaction as always, guys.
We better not tell you about the Ave Maria duet Floor and Marco did together 😅😁
Luckely you didn't tell them🤪😂
@@louisminten7889 Nah, not sure they can handle that. I for one can't
Yes please 2017
My favorite Christmas song ever, and FLOOR nails it. A wonderful song to be play every Christmas. Great reaction
Watching Marco and ensemble doing Little Drummer Boy is also so very special.
Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) is concert in Finland where leading heavy metal bands take old traditional Christmas songs and makes them better. ;o)
We all know Floor is beautiful but here she is BEAUTIFUL.
I have so much respect to the Christmas staple in our household, the Finnish Heavy Christmas concert. Floor is seriously pregnant at the time of the filming, but her voice never deviates from the normal. As a native speaker, I can say her Finnish is perfectly workable. Not as good as years after, but the language doesn't just roll off your tongue to begin with. All I can say is A for effort, a second A for both Floor and the house band, there's a combination of people which are super tight on the rhythm.
Been into these concerts several times. Great atmosphere every time! And yes, annual tour and all sold out arena shows. The vocalists visited there till now:
-Floor Jansen
-Tarja Turunen
-Marko Hietala
-Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica)
-Jarkko Ahola (Teräsbetoni)
-Tommi Salmela (Tarot)
-Tommy Karevik (Kamelot)
-Elize Ryd (Amaranthe)
-Dee Snider ( Teisted Sisters)
-Joe Lyn Turner (ex Rainbow)
-Kimmo Blom (Leverage)
-Noora Louhimo (Battle Beast)
-JP Leppäluoto (Sharon, Northern Kings)
-Pasi Rantanen (Thunderstone)
-Antti Railio (Celesty)
-Ville Tuomi (Suburban Tribe)
-Antony Parviainen (Psychework, Machine Men)
-Ilja Jalkanen (Kiuas)
-Ari Koivunen (ex-Amoral, the second Finnish Idols winner)
The band:
Erkka Korhonen (lead guitar)
Vili Ollila (keyboard)
Tuomas Väinölä (guitar)
Erkki Silvennoinen (bass)
Mirka Rantanen (drums)
Så bra, tack! ♥️🙏
Great reaction guys 👌🦁🌺....and i love Your hairdress lady 👍💜🙏🏼
And she has never looked more beautiful
Merry Christmas!!!! Great video I love her performance, and she does it in Finnish!!
Yeah, this one is special, and a favorite of mine every Christmas now for several years! Love it!!
Best seat in the house for Freya
Haha that fast 😂😂😂
There's another song from the same show, Floor and Marko sings Ave Maria. It's sooo good. Then you might wanna hear the same song in Swedish by Tommy Johansson. It's called O helga natt and he sings in his northern Swedish accent...
Just an awesome performance.
Being that pregnant and hitting those notes....? Like....WHAT???
I've known Floor for a long time now (well, of her, it's not like she comes by for a coffee every now and then) so I know what she is capable of. But this is really....WOW!
Absolutely PHENOMENAL
And she sang it in FINNISH 🇫🇮
That's already hard,
and those High Notes
if you are Pregnant.... 🤰🎶
FLOOR IS UNBELIEVABLE 👌
I also have this Song
O HELGA NATT 🎄☃️
by TOMMY JOHANSSON 🤘 💙
heard but in SWEDISH 🇸🇪
THAT WAS AMAZING TOO.
Do you really need to LISTEN 💫
Love from ❤️
THE NETHERLANDS
🇳🇱 🌷 🇳🇱 🙋🏼♀️
You should hear Floor and Marco doing Ave Maria from the same concert - it's beautiful.
It is a really joyous performance isn't it.
Phenomenal. Fantastic. Beautiful Floor.
If you guys want to see great Marco Hietala performance, react to:
Raskasta Joulua 2019 | "Sparrow on Christmas Morning" by Marco Hietala (English lyrics)
One day I'd like to see you guys reacting to Floor singing Puccini's Mio Babbino Caro.
Raskasta Joulua is a band from Finland who have recorded traditional Christmas carols and Christmas hits in a heavy metal style. "Raskasta joulua" is a term in Finnish which means "heavy Christmas" in English. The concept was founded by guitarist Erkka Korhonen in 2004. Many notable Finnish metal vocalists have appeared on Raskasta Joulua albums and tours, including Marko Hietala, Jarkko Ahola, Ari Koivunen, Juha-Pekka Leppaluoto and Tony Kakko.
I don't think you could have missed Floor's pregnant belly. Glad this didn't hinder her in the least from radiating her pure energy. In any case, I didn't notice it, for me at least, it even contributed to her appearance.
Thanks for the info. Of course not, it is quite obvious that she is pregnant and Sharlene did mention this at 7:58 😀
I’m also not a Christmas type of person but I really love this song, in any language.
Our Incredible Floor. I am sure that little unborn Freja enjoyed the concert.
Well, finally! I think a few of us suggested this before Christmas, but heck, a little Christmas cheer in June is not a bad thing, especially delivered like this!
Well, it's close to mid winter in South Africa..
amazing Floor powerful woman...great reaction 🤘🙏
Hi, that performance was so good. Floor really hits those high notes. Singing in Finnish, very impressive. So great you chose this song. By the way, it's been said Finnish language is difficult, maybe. In your ingress text there is a funny misspelling. "by Rakasta Joulua" - Rakasta Joulua means Love Christmas. Raskasta Joulua is this Heavy Christmas Concert. To Love Chrismast we all should do, so everything in that sentence is correct. Thanks for your nice reaction to this song. Waiting for more.
her baby sure had great seats
Wonderwoman of Metal. 😍😍 Freja on board 🦄🦄
And on the 8th day God created Floor...!!! 😍🤩😍
I'd buy that Xmas album as long as it's Metal! Love the guitar riffs too.
LoL I usually listen to this at Christmas but it's beautiful always lol. There is another just as wonderful with her not pregnant too.
Only Finland would have a very popular special where all the Heavy Metal musicians get together to sing Christmas songs.
It's so awesome. You should check out more. Very cool.
Floor & Marko sing Ave Maria together as well.
Floor is cheating here, Freya is helping from inside her :-) This one is amazing, I always get goosebumps when I hear it.
If all christmas carols were done like that i'd love christmas too
They've done them all... Well, maybe not all but many (7 albums), also in english (Ragnarock juletide).
Floor always sings well but for this performance it's the arrangement that makes it special. There are sopranos and countertenors who can sing this just as well, if not better. Having a rock arrangement is special.
How many of them can do it 6 months pregnant?
@@darkiee69 not all of them can be pregnant, you're right. Jokes aside though, pregnancy doesn't affect one's ability to sing unless you're so far along that it is interfering with your diaphragm and pelvic floor muscles, at which time I'm pretty sure you won't be performing anymore.
That child inside must feel like somewhere in a opera house 😁
Hopping we hear the new Nemophila single soon, thanks for the reaction!
🤗🍒👍🏻 you also on the "beste zangers" and to a solo concert in Amsterdam and two songs "Fire" and "Storm" these last two are written by herself
I've only recently become a Floor Jansen fan, and I just love the metal version by Nightwish. Floor is the second best female singer of all time, behind Judith Durham. She is just magnificent.
Rakasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) is a big deal every year in Finland.
Nice choice guys. Floor six months pregnant and singing in Finnish, no big deal. For her.
Great reaction again 👍👌💗
Did you noticed that Floor was pregnant that time? (6 months) Increddible performance 💓
Greetings from the Netherlands ❤❤
Thanks so much and of course we did, a bit hard not to notice that. Sharlene actually mentions it at 7:58 😀
I wonder at what months a baby's ear develops. That could be very intense for the young one.
👍👍👍
You inquired about the pronunciation of this seemingly unpronouncable word! Remember Tarja (Tarya) and Jukka (Yooka). The Nordic J sounds like our English Y, so this word is, in my best effort, "YOO-loo-oh." And this kind of immediately reveals the secret: It is the word origin of our English "Yule," meaning all things Christmas! I love word etymology!
Floor is always superb. She is best with Nightwish though :-)
There is a misspell. It's Heavy Christmas in Finnish, Raskasta Joulua. Rakasta joulua would mean 'to Love' or 'Love Christmas'.
Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Just fixed it 🤘🏻
You should do Floor and Marco singing Ave Maria if you haven't.
A big shout out to Spider :)
Thanks spider for this tip.
❤❤ From Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) please listen to "Sparrow on Christmas morning" 2019, MARCO HIETALA🇫🇮😍❤!!!
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Raskasta Joulua = Heavy Christmas... yea, we Finns like everything metal...
Since you did this, I think you might be interested on an other performance from the Raskasta Joulua concert, Ave Maria by Tarja Turunen and Marco Hietala singing it together. I think that concert is from the year 2017.
We reacted to it in this pasr weekends live stream. It was great ❤️❤️
@@SongsandThongs Oh reallly? Is there a video of it here in youtube? Or is it going to be here? I would really love to see your reactions.
Edit: I only found the one where you did Ave Maria with Floor and Marco. I suppose that was last weekend?
Oh yeah, you're in South Africa, or have I misunderstood? So it's almost in the middle of the winter there, meaning, it has to be Christmas there? No? 😜
Seriously though, there are a ton of great performances on these tours, so you might want to check out a playlist for the next (real) Christmas 👍
You are correct yes we are in South Africa. We actually didn't know that this was a Christmas song but it was a request from a subscriber. We didn't mind checking it out at all though and definitely would like to check out more of this closer to (real) Christmas 😁
You guys come a bit late to the party? Or is it a bit early? Are you preparing already for Xmas? Anyways, now you know which show has the coolest heavy Xmas music - tons of talented finnish musicians/singers and Floor of course.
Dymbur Child Abuse... plzzzz react
This is how we finns listen christmas carrols...........
🧡🤘🧡🤘
🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍
Is this on spotify?
Hearts my ears. What happend?
JUSSI..
There is also Marco n Tarja singing Ave Maria....🇫🇮👍
Finnish is difficult, yes, but Navajo makes it sound easy :).
Finnish duet with Freya
please react to Marko & Floor- Ave Maria
Raskasta Joulua=Heavy Yule(or christmas as the religious nut jobs call it).
Or the non-Finnish speaking folks who heard it translated as "heavy Christmas" elsewhere so we took them at their word.
It's actualy not a band at all, more like a gathering of musicians that participate in a metal Christmas show.
Sorry, but so sad that you two couldn't even acknowledge that she was pregnant at this time!! That was a most not wishful reaction to me!!!! =!!
We did mention it at 7:58...
🇬🇧 Norfolk reporting for duty let’s go
Finnish not the easiest to sing 🎶