This may be my favorite Nightwish song/performance. It is entirely personal to Tuomas and was written long before Floor joined the band. However, she does what few others can do: she finds the soul of a song and channels an amazing amount of empathy every time she sings. Such a gift. And this video is one of their best gifts to all of us. Thanks for this one!
I would not turn down NW "meet and greed" lvl tickets, lol... Nowadays one pays shirt of to see a 30 or 45 min gig of a singer that sounds best on studio adapted records... @@reppost
Thank you for a beautiful and insightful reaction. One of my top 5 Nightwish songs. Great job on picking up on the emotion. One of the more personal songs for Tuomas and the fans. An old song written by Tuomas when he was young. Inspired by the question what would you say if you knew you were going to die tomorrow. Tuomas has said this song was a way of thanking all those who deserve his thanks and a piss off to all those who deserve it as well. To quote him “This is the most personal song I’ve ever written. My testimony for the whole world." and "The song is also about what Nightwish means and has meant to me. It’s all, without it I’m dead. I have created it and it has created me. When I pass away, this song’s lyrics are what I wish to be remembered. An Ocean Soul.” Tuomas often uses the dead boy as a symbol of the loss of childhood innocence and imagination that we experience as we grow into adulthood. When you hear dead boy or poet in his lyrics he is usually referring to himself. He also has a strong connection to the ocean and sees it as a place of peace and tranquility. A refugee from the modern world. So in this song Tuomas is saying that he no longer lives for himself or his friends but only for his music. He puts all his feelings into the music and his music is what gives his life meaning. He tries to make his life better but can never get back to the innocence of his youth. He wants to be loved but can't connect with people. He asks that they remember his music, not him, after he is gone. Thus a lonely soul, an ocean soul. In one of the spoken word sections Tuomas quotes from Shakespeare's sonnet 72. "I live no more to shame nor me nor you.” Appropriately, this sonnet is part of a series about a poet who, feeling shame and worthlessness, wishes to be forgotten after death. Note that on the video wall behind the band the boy is holding up his arms to several swans. In Finnish mythology swans are the creatures that guide your soul to the afterlife. I will also recommend Shoemaker next. From their most recent album, Human Nature. One of my other top 5 Nightwish songs as well. Incredibly challenging for Floor to sing. When it was first released the band didn't think they would be able to perform it live. Supposedly when Floor first saw the vocal lines she said, where I am supposed to breathe?. The band and Floor were able to perfect their performances for their live shows and it was a big part of their Human Nature setlist. My favorite is the lyric video for the epic visuals to go along with the epic song but the live versions from Hellfest or Deichbrand are stunning as well. Perhaps a double reaction? Quick background on Shoemaker. One of the founders of planetary science, after his death a portion of his ashes were placed in a capsule and placed in a crater (his specialty was studying impact craters from meteorites) named for him on the moon. He is the only human whose remains are on another celestial body. There is a spoken word section performed by Tuomas's wife Johanna Kurkela (great singer in her own right) that is a quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that was actually engraved on Shomaker's capsule that is on the moon.
Shoemaker, huh? That sounds baller, and I'll definitely take a look. And thanks for the explanation about the use of the dead boy/poet as a metaphor for Tuomas!
Swan's are important in Finnish mythology. The swan was the divine messenger between the living and the dead. Dead Boy's Poem has lots of swans represented on screen. The band is Finnish, their current singer Floor, is Dutch. Their first singer (Tarja) was Finnish, their second (Annette) was from Sweden.
Tuomas ability to create emotions with his songs is exceptional. Whatever mood you're in, you feel different at the end of each song. I too suggest to watch Shoemaker next. Quite a different approach, but Floor once again has her moment to shine!
Tuomas wrote this song when he was 22(-ish), just after Nightwish' popularity exploded. All of a sudden he is the pivotal point of a multi million dollar industry. The pressure to write new songs each better then the one before is huge. He has to make tough choices, taking his childhood innocence he holds so dear. (The boy Tuomas no longer exists, therefor the boy is dead) And how is he ever to find true love, now he has been assigned this god-like status. All he wanted is is to write good music, but now he got exactly what he wished for, he feels it came with a price. In the end it shows Tuomas has not just defined Nightwish, Nightwish has now also shaped Tuomas.
Floor arrived at Nightwish, which opened Thomas's creative and brilliant composing mind to the fullest. He uses her to her maximum ability. We just so privileged
The Swan is in the Finnish mythology the one, who brings people to the other side- into the realm of the death. Youncan see the Swan in the background screen
My parents lived by the lake. There are always swans in the lake in the summer by their peer, but they never came off the water to their shore... But when my father slept away peacefully, surrounded by whole family, under the window opening to the lake... it was the only time when the swans came close to the house, the only time ever on this occasion... We are finns, no one needed to say anything... we all knew the mythology... the meaning of this happening... my mother wanted to say something but couldn´t... it was so beautiful while sad at the same time.
A little Nightwish trivia. The 2nd verse is making references to other Nightwish compositions. Wrote for the eclipse "Sleeping Sun". Wrote for the virgin, "Passion and the Opera". Died for the beauty the one in the garden, "Gethsemane". "Created a kingdom, reached for the wisdom", I think may be a reference to Tuomas himself. He created a Kingdom "Nightwish", he reached for the Wisdom, trying to express with his poetry the yearning to know the unknown. "Failed in becoming a god" he failed to become the god that his fans worshipped as he is but a mortal man. This is a very emotional and personal song for Tuomas. The small child's voice represents Tuomas inner child speaking. When asked what this song was about "Tuomas has said about this song, that it's about if he were to die tomorrow, what would he want to say to everyone that he loves, and that love him..." Notice the small boy on the screen reaching out to the flying swans on the screen. He is reaching out to implore them to take him with to the other side. In archaeological excavations done in Karelia, a child was found and its body was laying upon a wing of a swan. In Finnish mythology and folklore, the swan was the divine messenger between the living and the dead. When a swan dropped its head below the surface, people of old times believed that it was communicating to the spirit world. Killing swans was a terrible crime because it was as bad as murdering a human. Punishments for killing swans were severe, the usual penalty was death. Swan song often symbolizes an artist´s last performance but for a long time all across the world all the way to the 17th century it was believed that swans only sang when they died. A beautiful song filled with sadness from an unfulfilled destiny. Here are the spoken words from Dead Boy's Poem. "If you read this line Remember not the hand that wrote it Remember only the verse Songmaker's cry, the one without tears For I've given this its strength And it has become my only strength Comforting home, mother's lap, chance for immortality Where being wanted became a thrill I never knew The sweet piano writing down my life" "Teach me passion, for I fear it's gone Show me love, hold the lorn So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me I'm sorry Time will tell, this bitter farewell I live no more to shame, nor me, nor you And you I wish I didn't feel for you anymore" A lonely soul An ocean soul
That is really cool information, that they referenced other songs! I guess I'm gonna have to work through those four next, huh? And thanks for the extra explanation about the swans. I didn't realize they were as important to Finnish people as they are to British (Doesn't the Queen own all their swans? And it's illegal to kill them too)
@@AmericansLearn That began in the 12th century due to people killing swans for food. Today, the British Monarch retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water, but King Charles III exercises his ownership only on certain stretches of the Thames and its surrounding tributaries. According to Parliament's Law Commission, unlawfully killing one of the Queen's swans isn't treason, but it will incur a hefty penalty.
Thank you for this learned observation of what is going on inside this masterpiece. Did you also catch the funeral march behind Emppu's solo? Incredible.
@@WardDorrity No I did not catch it. I am always too focused on the simple yet so emotive guitar solo by Emppu. Thank you for the insight. Tuomas' compositions are so deep it difficult to catch every little nuance he adds to his creations.
Tuomas (the keys and maincomposer) Wanted to be marine biologist (like my bigbro is,btw) One reason he's so enchanced about sea. And sea is perfect backround for - never two similar looking wawes. If you wan't to hear her growl like a demon/ demoness - well Queen of the Night, whatever LOL "Nightwish - Yours Is An Empty Hope.Vehicle Of Spirit.Live at Wembley (2015)" th-cam.com/video/vyLsU7Q333k/w-d-xo.html
Beautiful song, and one of my favorite Nightwish performances. And probably my second-favorite Floor performance, second only to "Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean" from the same concert.
Tuomas is a genious, and Floor is the perfect storyteller. Tuomas loves to challenge Floor, she was and crushed it again in Shoemaker where Tuomas poetry and the band ability to express it is stellar.
About the swans. Finnish people on this platform have stated swans in Finnish mythology usher souls to the afterlife. About water: All life begins in the sea. We are also rejuvenated in the sea. About Troys instrument: it is a Bouzouki, an 8 string instrument, which has its roots in Greece.
We all want to hug Tuomas, this song is him mourning the death of his childhood, but I'll settle for sending you one 🤗 The most impressive thing isn't Floor's always amazing high notes, but how rock solid she is in her lowest range.
Great reaction. You don't stop it .Respect. This Song from Tuomas is a Masterpiece. When you hear Oceans, or boy or soul, you can be shure, it it a very personal song for Tuomas. I like it,you do the analysis after the song. With greetings from nothern Germany.
When it comes to vocals/channelling/emotions/presence/moves/femininity/personality(actually, when it comes to everything 😁), Floor🌷 is a category and a whole dimension on her own.
Devastating but yet so hopeful. Heavy lyrics and lovely at the same time. Can't hear this without tearing up a lot. And I'm a old rocker t 62 here. Greetz from the Netherlands. 🤟
I like the 2x run-through format for analyses. NW & Floor, together & separately, all giving master classes on stage. It’s a lot to observe, especially for the first time.
Hi Lauren, greetings from UK Another great reactiion, thank you 😉 Dead Boy's Poem = suicide note This is why everyone seems so somber. When Emppu (guitarist) isn't smiling then you know that something is up! 🤣
Greetings. The water imagery has to do with Tuomas' love for marine biology which he was studying before he formed Nightwish. He incorporated that into his poetry and shows it in his visuals when they perform live with the screens behind them. You will find that most of their songs talk about water, oceans, and waterfalls and if they don't, they are most likely incorporated in the visuals. Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed. 😊❤️🤘🤘
my favorite NW song! Tuomas has stated this is one of his most personal songs and it talks to how he wants to be remembered after he's gone. powerful and beautiful at the same time... and so personal too. "So much to live for... so much to die for. If only my heart had a home...".
I see this as a depiction of some of Tuomas' life. The part of the lyrics where it says... "Never sigh for better world It's already composed, played and told Every thought the music I write Wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin Died for the beauty the one in the garden Created a kingdom, reached for the wisdom Failed in becoming a god " The song Tuomas wrote for the Eclipse, called Sleeping Sun is referenced...a gorgeous ballad. You need to listen to "Gethsemane".... it describing the suffering of Jesus....and from what I gather...Tuomas' disappointment. Really... One needs to sit down with Toumas and have him explain this song!
This is one of my favorite performances by NW especially Floors vocals she brings out the emotion in the beginning and closes with her tremendous power. 🤯 Thank you for doing this song much appreciated. 🤘
Uh-oh.. 12:35 "smoke from the screen coming out into my room". Sure hope your phone didn't ring! And the watery stuff and all.. makes me think of a certain movie. Ah forget it. Nice reaction. Cheers! 🤘
Floor, here in this song, is the living embodiment of the Divine Feminine. It’s because of that the song hits with the force that it does. One more thing - as others have mentioned, this song is HUGELY personal to Tuomas. As he’s stated, “the mother of all Nightwish songs”. To that, the lines “Wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin, died for the beauty, the one in the garden”, etc. all refer to songs he’s written or lyrical ideas he’s conveyed. “Wrote for the eclipse” is a direct reference to Sleeping Sun, for instance.
Btw. even Floor wanted to become a marine biologist once at school (...before she wanted to become a Metal singer). Checking the time in Tuomas' life, when he wrote a song, could also offer extra information. Esp. for lines like: "I wish, I wouldn't feel for YOU anymore...". So he was not yet over "time to NEVER hold our love" (from Ghost love-score). Therefore his regular use of minor notes like here, too
Lauren it's great to see you back with Nightwish! Loved your reaction, thank you for this 😊 Two requests for you: Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean, from this same concert in Buenos Aires. And 7 Days to The Wolves, live at Wembley 2015. Take good care ✌️🤘❤️
Hello again. This was another terrific reaction to this amazing performance by Floor and the whole band. Perfectly performed... so delicate and beautiful. And then the raw power of Floor's belts as the song approaches its crescendo... wonderful. Thank you for this lovely reaction to our beloved band.
Wonderful reaction Lauren. Floors performance of this song is astonishing. It doesn't matter how many times I hear it, it never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Many Nightwish songs have references to the ocean. Tuomas has a deep affinity with the ocean. There is a Nightwish song called Ocean Soul (which Toumas has described himself as), and an album called Ocean Born.
Dead Boy is used by by Tuomas in more songs to describe the longing for the innocent, openminded boy (hands without a tool) he once was. That youth is gone, so that innocent boy in him is dead, only a lonely soul is left. The ocean is a metaphor for the inexhaustible inspiration from which he can draw (in other songs the siren is the bringer of that inspiration to the poet Tuomas, the ocean soul).
This song is Thomas’s eulogy more or less it’s how he said he wants to be remembered. So the person that you are feeling bad for is Thomas is writing it about himself.
In ancient finnish mythology the swan takes you from the living to the dead. Look at Empus face in the end of his solo, it hits home. NW army Sweden eastern division reporting for duty.
Most important Nightwish song before The Poet and The Pendulum. Basically Tuomas' self-written eulogy - Emppu's serious face in the solo! Tuomas - "An Ocean Soul". edit: "...Everything, I wish for the night" = Nightwish! Tuomas made Nightwish, Nightwish made Tuomas.
Great reaction Lauren! I've took the liberty to give you more performances of this amazing Dutch show called: "Beste Zangers/Best Singers" Floor performed in, back in 2019. This show is not about 'who's the best' but more about making music and having fun, with fellow other artists. All of these, except the last one, are with English translation of the for and after dialogue. This way you'ld be able to understand better why the singers chose the song they're about to sing. Just turn on CC's. 1. Floor Jansen - Vilja Lied th-cam.com/video/JN80AfHiUTY/w-d-xo.html 2. Floor Jansen - Que Se Siente th-cam.com/video/Z7wdgB9RbHs/w-d-xo.html 3. Floor Jansen - About Love I Don't Know A Thing th-cam.com/video/1SyHUrfjeqg/w-d-xo.html 4. Floor Jansen - Shallow th-cam.com/video/UWWbgYJ6Q6E/w-d-xo.html 5. Floor Jansen - Winner th-cam.com/video/vQ04AUZdTss/w-d-xo.html 6. Henk Poort - Sound Of Silence th-cam.com/video/IT7cYMDDCFQ/w-d-xo.html 7. Emma Heesters - Strong th-cam.com/video/aCkjtk5tnb0/w-d-xo.html 8. Tim Akkermans - Nemo th-cam.com/video/N-x5mML-PR8/w-d-xo.html 9. Samantha Steenwijk - Our Decades In The Sun (Dutch version) th-cam.com/video/K8dRBeO6XJU/w-d-xo.html 10. Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phanthom Of The Opera th-cam.com/video/plCScjvDOJM/w-d-xo.html
Floor always gets me on this song no matter how many times I hear it........I think you will enjoy Song of Myself as well...th-cam.com/video/lQu5QjidHWg/w-d-xo.html, great song
Sorry, but you're getting too distracted by something else. We can see that you're keeping an eye on some chat. This is not the way to do a credible reaction.
Probably the 1st time you've seen Lauren in a music reaction video? She's multitasking w/ lyrics and does an outstanding job at it. One of the best on YT imo. Cheers!
So, what you're saying is that you paid no attention to what she said at the start of the video in regards to reading lyrics as the video plays? Then you have the gall to say that someone else isn't paying attention? Sorry, but this is a YOU problem.
@@BrendonChase_2015 IMO, you can't do all at the same time and fully absorb the lyrics, the music and the performance. I've not seem any vocal coach do it this way. My favorite is the charismatic voice.
I am sure that Floor can silence a room, full of crying and screaming babies, within seconds with her soft and soothing voice!
I think currently Floor is most grateful is it works for one specific baby in particular.
@@vogel2280😆 Tru dat. It’s a good guess Hannes and Freja feel that way too!
This may be my favorite Nightwish song/performance. It is entirely personal to Tuomas and was written long before Floor joined the band. However, she does what few others can do: she finds the soul of a song and channels an amazing amount of empathy every time she sings. Such a gift. And this video is one of their best gifts to all of us. Thanks for this one!
My favorite performance with Floor. Close one between this and the High Hopes cover for my favorite overall.
I would not turn down NW "meet and greed" lvl tickets, lol...
Nowadays one pays shirt of to see a 30 or 45 min gig of a singer that sounds best on studio adapted records...
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Thank you for a beautiful and insightful reaction. One of my top 5 Nightwish songs. Great job on picking up on the emotion. One of the more personal songs for Tuomas and the fans. An old song written by Tuomas when he was young. Inspired by the question what would you say if you knew you were going to die tomorrow. Tuomas has said this song was a way of thanking all those who deserve his thanks and a piss off to all those who deserve it as well. To quote him “This is the most personal song I’ve ever written. My testimony for the whole world." and "The song is also about what Nightwish means and has meant to me. It’s all, without it I’m dead. I have created it and it has created me. When I pass away, this song’s lyrics are what I wish to be remembered. An Ocean Soul.”
Tuomas often uses the dead boy as a symbol of the loss of childhood innocence and imagination that we experience as we grow into adulthood. When you hear dead boy or poet in his lyrics he is usually referring to himself. He also has a strong connection to the ocean and sees it as a place of peace and tranquility. A refugee from the modern world. So in this song Tuomas is saying that he no longer lives for himself or his friends but only for his music. He puts all his feelings into the music and his music is what gives his life meaning. He tries to make his life better but can never get back to the innocence of his youth. He wants to be loved but can't connect with people. He asks that they remember his music, not him, after he is gone. Thus a lonely soul, an ocean soul. In one of the spoken word sections Tuomas quotes from Shakespeare's sonnet 72. "I live no more to shame nor me nor you.” Appropriately, this sonnet is part of a series about a poet who, feeling shame and worthlessness, wishes to be forgotten after death. Note that on the video wall behind the band the boy is holding up his arms to several swans. In Finnish mythology swans are the creatures that guide your soul to the afterlife.
I will also recommend Shoemaker next. From their most recent album, Human Nature. One of my other top 5 Nightwish songs as well. Incredibly challenging for Floor to sing. When it was first released the band didn't think they would be able to perform it live. Supposedly when Floor first saw the vocal lines she said, where I am supposed to breathe?. The band and Floor were able to perfect their performances for their live shows and it was a big part of their Human Nature setlist. My favorite is the lyric video for the epic visuals to go along with the epic song but the live versions from Hellfest or Deichbrand are stunning as well. Perhaps a double reaction? Quick background on Shoemaker. One of the founders of planetary science, after his death a portion of his ashes were placed in a capsule and placed in a crater (his specialty was studying impact craters from meteorites) named for him on the moon. He is the only human whose remains are on another celestial body. There is a spoken word section performed by Tuomas's wife Johanna Kurkela (great singer in her own right) that is a quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that was actually engraved on Shomaker's capsule that is on the moon.
Shoemaker, huh? That sounds baller, and I'll definitely take a look. And thanks for the explanation about the use of the dead boy/poet as a metaphor for Tuomas!
Swan's are important in Finnish mythology. The swan was the divine messenger between the living and the dead. Dead Boy's Poem has lots of swans represented on screen. The band is Finnish, their current singer Floor, is Dutch. Their first singer (Tarja) was Finnish, their second (Annette) was from Sweden.
Tuomas ability to create emotions with his songs is exceptional. Whatever mood you're in, you feel different at the end of each song. I too suggest to watch Shoemaker next. Quite a different approach, but Floor once again has her moment to shine!
I concur, i hope to see the video again instead of the live performance. The video paints an amazing picture.
I also concur... especially wonderful from the Hellfest 2022 concert and the Deichbrand 2022 Festival.
Tuomas wrote this song when he was 22(-ish), just after Nightwish' popularity exploded. All of a sudden he is the pivotal point of a multi million dollar industry. The pressure to write new songs each better then the one before is huge. He has to make tough choices, taking his childhood innocence he holds so dear. (The boy Tuomas no longer exists, therefor the boy is dead) And how is he ever to find true love, now he has been assigned this god-like status. All he wanted is is to write good music, but now he got exactly what he wished for, he feels it came with a price.
In the end it shows Tuomas has not just defined Nightwish, Nightwish has now also shaped Tuomas.
Floor arrived at Nightwish, which opened Thomas's creative and brilliant composing mind to the fullest. He uses her to her maximum ability. We just so privileged
This song tho is from Wishmaster (2000)
@@onearthonelegionYeah, but after Floor came into Nightwish every song is 10 times better. Annett and Tarja don’t come close imho.
The Swan is in the Finnish mythology the one, who brings people to the other side- into the realm of the death. Youncan see the Swan in the background screen
My parents lived by the lake. There are always swans in the lake in the summer by their peer, but they never came off the water to their shore...
But when my father slept away peacefully, surrounded by whole family, under the window opening to the lake... it was the only time when the swans came close to the house, the only time ever on this occasion...
We are finns, no one needed to say anything... we all knew the mythology... the meaning of this happening... my mother wanted to say something but couldn´t... it was so beautiful while sad at the same time.
I'd like to suggest _Shoemaker_ next - the official lyric video please. It's about Eugene Shoemaker, the only person ever laid to rest on the moon.
Nahhh the live at Hellfest
Both are great but my vote also goes to the lyric video.
I'd go for the lyric video first, then Hellfest to see Floor pull it off perfectly live.
A little Nightwish trivia. The 2nd verse is making references to other Nightwish compositions.
Wrote for the eclipse "Sleeping Sun".
Wrote for the virgin, "Passion and the Opera".
Died for the beauty the one in the garden, "Gethsemane".
"Created a kingdom, reached for the wisdom", I think may be a reference to Tuomas himself. He created a Kingdom "Nightwish", he reached for the Wisdom, trying to express with his poetry the yearning to know the unknown. "Failed in becoming a god" he failed to become the god that his fans worshipped as he is but a mortal man.
This is a very emotional and personal song for Tuomas. The small child's voice represents Tuomas inner child speaking.
When asked what this song was about "Tuomas has said about this song, that it's about if he were to die tomorrow, what would he want to say to everyone that he loves, and that love him..."
Notice the small boy on the screen reaching out to the flying swans on the screen. He is reaching out to implore them to take him with to the other side.
In archaeological excavations done in Karelia, a child was found and its body was laying upon a wing of a swan. In Finnish mythology and folklore, the swan was the divine messenger between the living and the dead. When a swan dropped its head below the surface, people of old times believed that it was communicating to the spirit world.
Killing swans was a terrible crime because it was as bad as murdering a human. Punishments for killing swans were severe, the usual penalty was death.
Swan song often symbolizes an artist´s last performance but for a long time all across the world all the way to the 17th century it was believed that swans only sang when they died.
A beautiful song filled with sadness from an unfulfilled destiny.
Here are the spoken words from Dead Boy's Poem.
"If you read this line
Remember not the hand that wrote it
Remember only the verse
Songmaker's cry, the one without tears
For I've given this its strength
And it has become my only strength
Comforting home, mother's lap, chance for immortality
Where being wanted became a thrill I never knew The sweet piano writing down my life"
"Teach me passion, for I fear it's gone
Show me love, hold the lorn
So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me
I'm sorry
Time will tell, this bitter farewell
I live no more to shame, nor me, nor you
And you I wish I didn't feel for you anymore"
A lonely soul
An ocean soul
That is really cool information, that they referenced other songs! I guess I'm gonna have to work through those four next, huh?
And thanks for the extra explanation about the swans. I didn't realize they were as important to Finnish people as they are to British (Doesn't the Queen own all their swans? And it's illegal to kill them too)
@@AmericansLearn That began in the 12th century due to people killing swans for food. Today, the British Monarch retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water, but King Charles III exercises his ownership only on certain stretches of the Thames and its surrounding tributaries. According to Parliament's Law Commission, unlawfully killing one of the Queen's swans isn't treason, but it will incur a hefty penalty.
Thank you for this learned observation of what is going on inside this masterpiece. Did you also catch the funeral march behind Emppu's solo? Incredible.
@@WardDorrity No I did not catch it. I am always too focused on the simple yet so emotive guitar solo by Emppu. Thank you for the insight. Tuomas' compositions are so deep it difficult to catch every little nuance he adds to his creations.
Tuomas (the keys and maincomposer) Wanted to be marine biologist (like my bigbro is,btw) One reason he's so enchanced about sea. And sea is perfect backround for - never two similar looking wawes.
If you wan't to hear her growl like a demon/ demoness - well Queen of the Night, whatever LOL
"Nightwish - Yours Is An Empty Hope.Vehicle Of Spirit.Live at Wembley (2015)" th-cam.com/video/vyLsU7Q333k/w-d-xo.html
Like...I feel proud when i see people feel proud of Floor and Nightwish ❤️
Tuomas wrote this when he was a lot younger, its basically his Eulogy in a song form .
Beautiful song, and one of my favorite Nightwish performances. And probably my second-favorite Floor performance, second only to "Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean" from the same concert.
I concur and for me, I would add Seven Days to the Wolves tied with Dead Boys Poem. Seven Days is Floor's most visceral performance, IMO. Cheers!
Tuomas is a genious, and Floor is the perfect storyteller. Tuomas loves to challenge Floor, she was and crushed it again in Shoemaker where Tuomas poetry and the band ability to express it is stellar.
About the swans. Finnish people on this platform have stated swans in Finnish mythology usher souls to the afterlife.
About water: All life begins in the sea. We are also rejuvenated in the sea.
About Troys instrument: it is a Bouzouki, an 8 string instrument, which has its roots in Greece.
oh, cool, no one has explained Troy's instrument to me yet, thanks for doing so!
We all want to hug Tuomas, this song is him mourning the death of his childhood, but I'll settle for sending you one 🤗 The most impressive thing isn't Floor's always amazing high notes, but how rock solid she is in her lowest range.
She just has amazing range, and it all seems equally strong to me. Thanks for including the meaning of the song too.
When she raises her arms it's like she inviting all into her heart and soul. She did that for 4 1/2 yrs ago and it literally saved my life!🌹
Great reaction. You don't stop it .Respect. This Song from Tuomas is a Masterpiece. When you hear Oceans, or boy or soul, you can be shure, it it a very personal song for Tuomas. I like it,you do the analysis after the song. With greetings from nothern Germany.
The swan is Finlands national bird. It brings messages between the dead, living and gods.
The line 'wrote for the eclipse' refers to the song 'Sleeping sun'. Tuomas was asked to write a song for the eclipse of 1999 in Europe.
When it comes to vocals/channelling/emotions/presence/moves/femininity/personality(actually, when it comes to everything 😁), Floor🌷 is a category and a whole dimension on her own.
Devastating but yet so hopeful. Heavy lyrics and lovely at the same time. Can't hear this without tearing up a lot. And I'm a old rocker t 62 here. Greetz from the Netherlands. 🤟
I like the 2x run-through format for analyses. NW & Floor, together & separately, all giving master classes on stage. It’s a lot to observe, especially for the first time.
my favorite song.
Hi Lauren, greetings from UK
Another great reactiion, thank you 😉
Dead Boy's Poem = suicide note
This is why everyone seems so somber. When Emppu (guitarist) isn't smiling then you know that something is up! 🤣
Greetings.
The water imagery has to do with Tuomas' love for marine biology which he was studying before he formed Nightwish. He incorporated that into his poetry and shows it in his visuals when they perform live with the screens behind them.
You will find that most of their songs talk about water, oceans, and waterfalls and if they don't, they are most likely incorporated in the visuals.
Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed.
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There is a new creature that was found, it is named after Nightwish, this happened few years ago
my favorite NW song! Tuomas has stated this is one of his most personal songs and it talks to how he wants to be remembered after he's gone. powerful and beautiful at the same time... and so personal too. "So much to live for... so much to die for. If only my heart had a home...".
Nice Reaction ......like how you play it through 1st time and go back and highlight moments
Song is in my Nightwish top 5
I see this as a depiction of some of Tuomas' life.
The part of the lyrics where it says...
"Never sigh for better world
It's already composed, played and told
Every thought the music I write
Wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin
Died for the beauty the one in the garden
Created a kingdom, reached for the wisdom
Failed in becoming a god "
The song Tuomas wrote for the Eclipse, called Sleeping Sun is referenced...a gorgeous ballad.
You need to listen to "Gethsemane".... it describing the suffering of Jesus....and from what I gather...Tuomas' disappointment.
Really... One needs to sit down with Toumas and have him explain this song!
Every song a wish for the night. Essentially, the basis for the name of the band Tuomas wrote for. Nightwish
Beautiful song
Awesome reaction to an awesome poem!
This is one of my favorite performances by NW especially Floors vocals she brings out the emotion in the beginning and closes with her tremendous power. 🤯 Thank you for doing this song much appreciated. 🤘
🤗🍒🤘🏻😘Well done again, this song is unreal and so good!
This song has become pure art during the Decades Tour
Uh-oh.. 12:35 "smoke from the screen coming out into my room". Sure hope your phone didn't ring! And the watery stuff and all.. makes me think of a certain movie. Ah forget it. Nice reaction. Cheers! 🤘
I love your translations. It's fun
This song never gets old. How about checking out Liliac's cover of Heaven and hell?
one of the""BIG"" songs of Nightwish, a personal song for Tuomas...love your reaction thanks
Floorgasm every time I hear Floor sing
Floor, here in this song, is the living embodiment of the Divine Feminine. It’s because of that the song hits with the force that it does.
One more thing - as others have mentioned, this song is HUGELY personal to Tuomas. As he’s stated, “the mother of all Nightwish songs”. To that, the lines “Wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin, died for the beauty, the one in the garden”, etc. all refer to songs he’s written or lyrical ideas he’s conveyed. “Wrote for the eclipse” is a direct reference to Sleeping Sun, for instance.
Btw. even Floor wanted to become a marine biologist once at school (...before she wanted to become a Metal singer).
Checking the time in Tuomas' life, when he wrote a song, could also offer extra information.
Esp. for lines like: "I wish, I wouldn't feel for YOU anymore...". So he was not yet over "time to NEVER hold our love" (from Ghost love-score). Therefore his regular use of minor notes like here, too
Lauren it's great to see you back with Nightwish! Loved your reaction, thank you for this 😊
Two requests for you: Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean, from this same concert in Buenos Aires. And 7 Days to The Wolves, live at Wembley 2015.
Take good care ✌️🤘❤️
Hello again. This was another terrific reaction to this amazing performance by Floor and the whole band. Perfectly performed... so delicate and beautiful. And then the raw power of Floor's belts as the song approaches its crescendo... wonderful. Thank you for this lovely reaction to our beloved band.
Wise reaction with emotions. Very good observations. Keep doing good work, thank you!
Wonderful reaction Lauren. Floors performance of this song is astonishing. It doesn't matter how many times I hear it, it never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Many Nightwish songs have references to the ocean. Tuomas has a deep affinity with the ocean. There is a Nightwish song called Ocean Soul (which Toumas has described himself as), and an album called Ocean Born.
Knew you would like this one. So much emotion, my fave by far. Be well, stay warm.
Dead Boy is used by by Tuomas in more songs to describe the longing for the innocent, openminded boy (hands without a tool) he once was. That youth is gone, so that innocent boy in him is dead, only a lonely soul is left.
The ocean is a metaphor for the inexhaustible inspiration from which he can draw (in other songs the siren is the bringer of that inspiration to the poet Tuomas, the ocean soul).
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This song is Thomas’s eulogy more or less it’s how he said he wants to be remembered. So the person that you are feeling bad for is Thomas is writing it about himself.
My no 4, do thank you. More from this, the best concert from NW, please
Our origins are from the oceans. Seems like most of Tuomas' songs are about losing your childhood, the loss of our innocence, so deep and sad😢❤
In ancient finnish mythology the swan takes you from the living to the dead. Look at Empus face in the end of his solo, it hits home. NW army Sweden eastern division reporting for duty.
Listen to. NIGHTWISH FROM.1996 TO.2001.THIS IS THE TIME WIRH tarja Turunen the original Nightwish Singer this time was wild
Most important Nightwish song before The Poet and The Pendulum. Basically Tuomas' self-written eulogy - Emppu's serious face in the solo! Tuomas - "An Ocean Soul". edit: "...Everything, I wish for the night" = Nightwish! Tuomas made Nightwish, Nightwish made Tuomas.
Good one.
Ocean is used as a seclusion metafoor, and Tuomas his huge crush is on the other side a lot of unanswered love in this song.
With what you said about the ocean you need to do from this same concert the devil and the dark deep ocean
Wrote for the eclipse .... song is Sleeping Sun.
Great reaction Lauren! I've took the liberty to give you more performances of this amazing Dutch show called: "Beste Zangers/Best Singers" Floor performed in, back in 2019. This show is not about 'who's the best' but more about making music and having fun, with fellow other artists. All of these, except the last one, are with English translation of the for and after dialogue. This way you'ld be able to understand better why the singers chose the song they're about to sing. Just turn on CC's.
1. Floor Jansen - Vilja Lied th-cam.com/video/JN80AfHiUTY/w-d-xo.html
2. Floor Jansen - Que Se Siente th-cam.com/video/Z7wdgB9RbHs/w-d-xo.html
3. Floor Jansen - About Love I Don't Know A Thing th-cam.com/video/1SyHUrfjeqg/w-d-xo.html
4. Floor Jansen - Shallow th-cam.com/video/UWWbgYJ6Q6E/w-d-xo.html
5. Floor Jansen - Winner th-cam.com/video/vQ04AUZdTss/w-d-xo.html
6. Henk Poort - Sound Of Silence th-cam.com/video/IT7cYMDDCFQ/w-d-xo.html
7. Emma Heesters - Strong th-cam.com/video/aCkjtk5tnb0/w-d-xo.html
8. Tim Akkermans - Nemo th-cam.com/video/N-x5mML-PR8/w-d-xo.html
9. Samantha Steenwijk - Our Decades In The Sun (Dutch version) th-cam.com/video/K8dRBeO6XJU/w-d-xo.html
10. Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phanthom Of The Opera th-cam.com/video/plCScjvDOJM/w-d-xo.html
Floor is Simone s big Sister in Metall
This performance was just sheer perfection. But bottom line, this is a Tuomas masterpiece whether sung by Floor or Tarja.
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You cant deny it by Lisa stansfield, music video request plz ❤
Floor always gets me on this song no matter how many times I hear it........I think you will enjoy Song of Myself as well...th-cam.com/video/lQu5QjidHWg/w-d-xo.html, great song
Me too
Did you do a delain song already. With charlotte wessels the dark singer in the song with simone and mirkur by epica
listen nightwish cover pink floud song high hope marco sing good song best marco
tarja is better...
Sorry, but you're getting too distracted by something else. We can see that you're keeping an eye on some chat. This is not the way to do a credible reaction.
She is reading lyrics because the boy is hard to hear.
Probably lyrics. I think she is one of the most attentive reactors, and I really enjoy her reactions.
Probably the 1st time you've seen Lauren in a music reaction video? She's multitasking w/ lyrics and does an outstanding job at it. One of the best on YT imo. Cheers!
So, what you're saying is that you paid no attention to what she said at the start of the video in regards to reading lyrics as the video plays?
Then you have the gall to say that someone else isn't paying attention?
Sorry, but this is a YOU problem.
@@BrendonChase_2015 IMO, you can't do all at the same time and fully absorb the lyrics, the music and the performance.
I've not seem any vocal coach do it this way. My favorite is the charismatic voice.
🇬🇧 Norfolk strapped in ,have a look at their song Sahara live with Floor
for it’s Egyptian scale often overlooked by reactors 😊