Second that! Arab Man, ABSOLUTELY the first step in getting to know what AYreon is about is "The Day the World Breaks Down". AND DO NOT ignore the comments of The Genius Himself (you'll see), cause you'll miss out on the immense driving force of Ayreon: THE JOY! The joy of making music together. The same joy you see in the faces of the Nightwish musicians! Arjen (Ayreon) Lucassen is the binding factor in the cooperation of all these musicians, singers, roadies and techs. I recommend you watch this video: th-cam.com/video/G9U2RXOq6KI/w-d-xo.html to get some insight into Arjen Lucassen. Maybe even before you watch the video of "The Day the World Breaks Down".
i got to fly from the US to see the Beneath the Waves concert this last Sept.. it was everything i had imagined and more.. I will never forget that experience!
First powerful start from Damian Wilson, then hard rock John Cuijpers plus double dose of Jansen sisters, and then Everybody 🤘🤩🤘. This song is a tribute to the "Stargate" movie 1994 (An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.). Huge Stargate fan here by the way 😁! And this song is from Arjen's another projects called "Star One". there are 3 of them now , they are not concept albums , but tributes to many different sci-fi movies and TV-shows And this is the last song of the show ... NWSU/FloorFan/Ayreonaut ✌😁🤘
What a ridiculous show-closer, huh? I love the song itself too, but bringing everyone out to sing together was incredible. So much talent on one stage. That was indeed Irene, because one Jansen blowing our minds is not enough! Irene joined Floor at a recent solo show in Amsterdam, following Floor's baby break. They did two songs together. There are only fan videos of the performance, but they are still epic!
"All together" is the key word here. Not only for the band and the singers, but for the community as a whole. To share an experience like this with people from like over 60 countires is overwhelming. Especially since there's only friendliness. To see Ayreon live, as I did in September, is an experience of a lifetime, and I just hope to be able so do it all again. But now I may be competing with you over those tickets!? Anyhow; as an ayreonat I can only welcoming you, because you're about to become one...
The keyboard player, Joost, is the musical director for Arjen, good friend too. He was in a couple of Floors bands as well as Floors sister Irene. He has been knighted for his abilities!! Yes, you need to dig deeper into Ayreon, it will blow your mind! 😲😲😲😲
Yeaaaahhhh🤘🤘🤘🤘 Ayreon is great. Arjen Lucassen is a mastermind in Epic music. Aryeon live performances are rare because of all the logistics needed to get all these people together from all over the world. The shows are always sold out a year before the show… Every album is a unique one so it doesn’t matter where you start… but when you get to an album you need to listen from the beginning till the end. Enjoy Keep it metal🤘🤘🤘
Certainly there is a scifi/fantasy story behind each album, so it might be good to listen to it whole. Like in an opera, you could listen to one aria and it still be good, but you don't get the picture "what's going on"...
I love how you comment afterwards on the fact that, despite each individual being incredible singers, they harmonize (the sports reference did the trick for non metal lovers) The thing is; in this kind of sport (metal)there is no competition. It is all love for the music
After the liveshows Life beneath the Waves, the guitarplayer Marcel Coenen told us that the musicians started practicing in march, 4 songs per month, till september. But the singers had only one general repetition except for Britney Slayes, who took over Floors parts (!!!!), she arrived late and went in without any! Incredible incredible, the whole weekend was magical in every sense! Very best experience I’ve ever had and I’ve seen a show or two in my life.. If you get the chance to be at one of the shows ever…
@@ShadowhispersBand She did, she came with her husband and child, had too much jetlag to participate at the general repetition… imagine her not being very familiar with Ayreon as this was her debut as far as I know, she killed it, what a woman! Great hugger too :)
Haha, great man: 0:15 "AYREON UNIVERSE.. a 2hr beautifully put together..". There's some Dutchie's channel where in an updated community post you can find all the info (playlist/l!nks) you need on your amazing flight in Arjen's space! ;) Before you revisit this legendary live concert, I highly recommend you start with: "Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down - The Source (2017)". Cheers from Amsterdam! 🤘
@@TimoArula Luck has nothing to do with it. There are plenty of other places to check their birth dates besides a random docu in a language you don’t understand. If one's sensible enough to do so…
If you want to listen chronologically, you can do it two ways: you can follow the storyline, then you'll have to start with The Source (although it is the newest album), or you can follow the release dates of the albums, then the first would be "The Final Experiment". Maybe treat yourself first with the Universe show, as it is a kind of best of Ayreon, with some songs from every album, to get a feel for the music, and please, do share the experience with us. Most people start with The Day that the World Breaks Down (off. lyric vid), an absolute masterpiece. Ayreon (and a lot of side projects) has been around for almost 30 years, so buckle up, it's gonna be a deep dive.
"This guy sounds like Russel Allen!" Well, It may surprise you, but Russel Allen actually was the original singer of this song on the album ;-). Jaycee replaced him because Russel wasn't available for the live show (I assume).
I knew you would like this. For me the most remarkable part is when they are singing with no music and with the pauses they still start all together at the same time with the next text.
Great reaction, because I totally agree with you, goosebumps forever! I’ve been lucky enough to see all four of the Ayreon shows live in Holland, and twice the last time. It truly is incredible, every time. It’s an out-of-body experience. I would start with Into the Electric Castle, when things really started to amp up for Arjen and Ayreon. You can’t go wrong with anything from that album up to The Source. I wasn’t at all impressed by Transitus, though. Otherwise, you can also check out Arjen’s Sci-Fi side project, Star One, which has albums based on Arjen’s love of Sci-Fi TV shows and films. The one-off Fate of a Dreamer by Ambeon was totally excellent in my opinion, which was an ambient heavy metal exploration featuring the totally incredible and super-young Astrid van der Veen, who eventually disappeared from the music scene because of psychological issues, and which is extremely regretful, since her voice was so unique and mesmerizing. Guilt Machine is also another side project which is excellent as well, but has only resulted in one album so far.
The real gem if you can find it is Star One - Live on earth. Live show from about 2000. Much smaller, but you have Sir Russell Allen, baby Floor and Irene dancing in a tiny Stargate prop and sparkly suits lol.
For your delectation, here are Floor and Irene singing "Dangerous Game" together a couple of weeks ago during Floor's Amsterdam show. Irene could easily have had a full-time singing career, but opted to take a different life road. As do many of us. th-cam.com/video/wXtYiJoM1R4/w-d-xo.html
Heya, Arab Man! Great reaction! Been a subscriber since you started reacting to Nightwish. If you're familiar with Stargate, this song is about that film. Also, you're right! that's not Russell Allen, but that part was supposed to be his. There's an old video here on TH-cam where Russell Allen was doing that part on a more older concert than this, here it is: th-cam.com/video/VVr9iPzZco4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xMiRILkBSUAPMMYL 😁🤘🤘🤘 P.S. Russell Allen and Floor Jansen are my most favorite singers ever. And they had a duet, doing the Phantom Of The Opera 😁
Great, thank you. I'm glad you're still here and I am as well. I've been under the weather with an exploded appendix not detected for about a week and a broken hip. Bw, did you research male breast cancer? I hope you know now that it's possible and terrible. I'm so very glad you did this video! It is Floor''s sister Irene and I think the male you didn't recognize is the singer of Twisted Sister (I want to rock) but I'm not entirely sure. Hope to see you again soon!
Ayreon Universe live concert is epic. The electric castle live and other tales, is also epic. Listen to this concert in order of songs to understand the story. Can’t wait for the blu-ray of the third live concert.
We need more Ayreon, more Anneke, more Marko, more Marcela Bovio, more Floor, more Arjen Lucassen, more Maggy Luyten, more Edward Reekers, meer Robert Soetenbroek, more John JC Cuijpers, more Hansi Kürsch, more EVERYBODY at Ayreon!!!
So... A - just do ANYTHING from Universe B - should probably start with The Day That The World Breaks Down C - look for the logic of how to fully employ "Floor Bombs"... Sweet react! Keep it up. Cheers rl 🤘👹🤘
Highest quality in the highest region of music? As classical music stands on its own and jazz and jazz fusion do too? Wouldn't we all wanna be participating (active or inactively) in the ultimate works of such highly ranked ARTists???
All of the awe you put in - don't forget that Ayreon usually don't play live. I think there have been less than 10 gigs of any Arjen Lucassen project since he started Ayreon.
He actually did a tour with Anneke van Giersbergen and they did acoustic covers of Ayreon songs. I think the only tour he did in a very long time sadly.
I suggest you a chronological listen to Ayreon. You'll hear the evolution of their sound and their album (actually his, the composer is almost only Lucassen). The first album, slightly different form, rawer sound (but still amazing), then the second, more of a solo album, then the third, with the actual ayreon's space opera album form.
You need, need, *NEED* to check out Ayreon's "The Day the World Breaks Down" video. You're going to love it.
I concur!! 💯%!
I agree.
I agree!🤘🎸
Second that!
Arab Man, ABSOLUTELY the first step in getting to know what AYreon is about is "The Day the World Breaks Down". AND DO NOT ignore the comments of The Genius Himself (you'll see), cause you'll miss out on the immense driving force of Ayreon: THE JOY! The joy of making music together. The same joy you see in the faces of the Nightwish musicians!
Arjen (Ayreon) Lucassen is the binding factor in the cooperation of all these musicians, singers, roadies and techs. I recommend you watch this video: th-cam.com/video/G9U2RXOq6KI/w-d-xo.html to get some insight into Arjen Lucassen. Maybe even before you watch the video of "The Day the World Breaks Down".
Just do it! You will not regret it!
i got to fly from the US to see the Beneath the Waves concert this last Sept.. it was everything i had imagined and more.. I will never forget that experience!
First powerful start from Damian Wilson, then hard rock John Cuijpers plus double dose of Jansen sisters, and then Everybody 🤘🤩🤘.
This song is a tribute to the "Stargate" movie 1994 (An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.).
Huge Stargate fan here by the way 😁!
And this song is from Arjen's another projects called "Star One". there are 3 of them now , they are not concept albums , but tributes to many different sci-fi movies and TV-shows
And this is the last song of the show ...
NWSU/FloorFan/Ayreonaut ✌😁🤘
More Ayreon? Ohh, yes! The day the world breaks down. Everybody dies. Age of Shadows. To name just a few.
What a ridiculous show-closer, huh? I love the song itself too, but bringing everyone out to sing together was incredible. So much talent on one stage.
That was indeed Irene, because one Jansen blowing our minds is not enough! Irene joined Floor at a recent solo show in Amsterdam, following Floor's baby break. They did two songs together. There are only fan videos of the performance, but they are still epic!
"All together" is the key word here. Not only for the band and the singers, but for the community as a whole. To share an experience like this with people from like over 60 countires is overwhelming. Especially since there's only friendliness. To see Ayreon live, as I did in September, is an experience of a lifetime, and I just hope to be able so do it all again. But now I may be competing with you over those tickets!? Anyhow; as an ayreonat I can only welcoming you, because you're about to become one...
To me this is quite possibly the greatest gathering of vocal talents ever in the history of modern music.
The keyboard player, Joost, is the musical director for Arjen, good friend too. He was in a couple of Floors bands as well as Floors sister Irene. He has been knighted for his abilities!!
Yes, you need to dig deeper into Ayreon, it will blow your mind! 😲😲😲😲
Yeaaaahhhh🤘🤘🤘🤘 Ayreon is great.
Arjen Lucassen is a mastermind in Epic music.
Aryeon live performances are rare because of all the logistics needed to get all these people together from all over the world.
The shows are always sold out a year before the show…
Every album is a unique one so it doesn’t matter where you start… but when you get to an album you need to listen from the beginning till the end.
Enjoy
Keep it metal🤘🤘🤘
Certainly there is a scifi/fantasy story behind each album, so it might be good to listen to it whole. Like in an opera, you could listen to one aria and it still be good, but you don't get the picture "what's going on"...
It IS Irene, Arab Man! Floors younger and taller sister.
line-up this song:
Instrumentalists
• Ed Warby (Star One) - drums
• Johan van Stratum (Blind Guardian, VUUR, ex-Stream of Passion) - bass,
• Peter Vink (Knight Area, Q65) - bass
• Marcel Coenen (Lemur Voice, Sun Caged) - lead guitar
• Ferry Duijsens (Dear Mother, VUUR) - guitar
• Sir - Joost van den Broek (Star One, Supersonic Revolution, ex-After Forever) - keyboards
• Ben Mathot - violin
• Jeroen Goossens (Flairck, Pater Moeskroen) - flutes, woodwinds
• Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) - cello
• Rob Snijders - percussion
• Arjen Anthony Lucassen - Guitar
Vocalists
• Floor Jansen (Star one, Nightwish, ex-After Forever, ex-ReVamp)
• Damian Wilson (Arena, Headspace, ex-Threshold)
• Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian)
• Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder)
• Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gentle Storm, VUUR, ex-The Gathering)
• Marko Hietala (ex-Nightwish, ex-Tarot)
• Jonas Renkse (Katatonia, Bloodbath, ex-October Tide)
• Mike Mills (Toehider)
• Robert Soeterboek (ex-Erik Norlander)
• John Jaycee Cuijpers (Star One, , Supersonic Revolution, Praying Mantis)
• Edward Reekers (ex-Kayak)
• Jay van Feggelen (ex-Bodine)
• Maggy Luyten (ex -Nightmare)
• Irene Jansen (Star One)
• Lisette van den Berg (Scarlet Stories)
• Marcela Bovio (Star One, MaYaN, VUUR, Stream of Passion)
As you discovered, Ayreon is magic….pure musical genius. Enjoy the ride!
It is Floors sister. And the guy next to Floor is Arjen Lucassen, the mastermind of Ayreon, Star One, Electric Castle etc.
love your enthusiasm dude. Yeah, Arjen is the man. The all come when he calls and for a good reason.
I love that you can hear Markos voice thru all those others. What a gathering of voices on that stage!
The whole concert is fantastic! Please do star of sirrah and everybody dies!!
I love how you comment afterwards on the fact that, despite each individual being incredible singers, they harmonize (the sports reference did the trick for non metal lovers) The thing is; in this kind of sport (metal)there is no competition. It is all love for the music
After the liveshows Life beneath the Waves, the guitarplayer Marcel Coenen told us that the musicians started practicing in march, 4 songs per month, till september. But the singers had only one general repetition except for Britney Slayes, who took over Floors parts (!!!!), she arrived late and went in without any! Incredible incredible, the whole weekend was magical in every sense! Very best experience I’ve ever had and I’ve seen a show or two in my life.. If you get the chance to be at one of the shows ever…
I knew Britney is good, but she completely blew my mind. Incredible performance
@@ShadowhispersBand She did, she came with her husband and child, had too much jetlag to participate at the general repetition… imagine her not being very familiar with Ayreon as this was her debut as far as I know, she killed it, what a woman! Great hugger too :)
@@martinehermans6661 it was indeed her debut live with Ayreon. And yes, she killed it.
Who the fuck is Marcel Goosen ?? it's Coenen 😉🤘
@@mandje2002 foggy mind, so sorry, you are so right! ❤️
Of course that was Irene together with Floor. The height of the two should be a giveaway. Irene is even slightly taller.
And that.. matters.
Damian Wilson rock, Ayreon Rocks. Cant wait for the new live album :)
Haha, great man: 0:15 "AYREON UNIVERSE.. a 2hr beautifully put together..". There's some Dutchie's channel where in an updated community post you can find all the info (playlist/l!nks) you need on your amazing flight in Arjen's space! ;) Before you revisit this legendary live concert, I highly recommend you start with: "Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down - The Source (2017)". Cheers from Amsterdam! 🤘
I entered that place, and:
“Looking 'round bewildered
Is this some dark and evil jest?”
⚔👽
@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 "Hey dude, you're so uncool but hey.." at least you're right (abt Irene 😂)
Goosebumps on top of your goosebumps?
Yes that is Irene Floors younger sister.
Actually, Irene is older, Floor is younger!
Here is proof from SMS Documentary about Floor Jansen: th-cam.com/video/K7J95LkC7-c/w-d-xo.html
@@TimoArula Wrong.
Yep Irene
@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 So Floor is wrong...okay, good luck with that 👍🤣
@@TimoArula Luck has nothing to do with it. There are plenty of other places to check their birth dates besides a random docu in a language you don’t understand. If one's sensible enough to do so…
If you want to listen chronologically, you can do it two ways: you can follow the storyline, then you'll have to start with The Source (although it is the newest album), or you can follow the release dates of the albums, then the first would be "The Final Experiment".
Maybe treat yourself first with the Universe show, as it is a kind of best of Ayreon, with some songs from every album, to get a feel for the music, and please, do share the experience with us. Most people start with The Day that the World Breaks Down (off. lyric vid), an absolute masterpiece.
Ayreon (and a lot of side projects) has been around for almost 30 years, so buckle up, it's gonna be a deep dive.
I concur
I concur as well!! Although i mostly go for the live shows. 🤘🔥🤘🇳🇱🤘
Thank you sooo much for this reaction. It brings tears to my eyes everytime. Best ending of a concert ever!!!
Start with The day that the world breaks down- the source 2017. Studio version not live version. Lots of info in it from Arjen
"This guy sounds like Russel Allen!" Well, It may surprise you, but Russel Allen actually was the original singer of this song on the album ;-). Jaycee replaced him because Russel wasn't available for the live show (I assume).
No wayyyyy! AWESOME!!
The quantity and calibre of vocal talent on that stage is UNSANE
I knew you would like this. For me the most remarkable part is when they are singing with no music and with the pauses they still start all together at the same time with the next text.
Great Band, Beautiful Song. Bye from Sicily
Great reaction, because I totally agree with you, goosebumps forever! I’ve been lucky enough to see all four of the Ayreon shows live in Holland, and twice the last time. It truly is incredible, every time. It’s an out-of-body experience. I would start with Into the Electric Castle, when things really started to amp up for Arjen and Ayreon. You can’t go wrong with anything from that album up to The Source. I wasn’t at all impressed by Transitus, though. Otherwise, you can also check out Arjen’s Sci-Fi side project, Star One, which has albums based on Arjen’s love of Sci-Fi TV shows and films. The one-off Fate of a Dreamer by Ambeon was totally excellent in my opinion, which was an ambient heavy metal exploration featuring the totally incredible and super-young Astrid van der Veen, who eventually disappeared from the music scene because of psychological issues, and which is extremely regretful, since her voice was so unique and mesmerizing. Guilt Machine is also another side project which is excellent as well, but has only resulted in one album so far.
the drummer and bass player were in Anneke's band VUUR. also some great music to check out
The real gem if you can find it is Star One - Live on earth. Live show from about 2000. Much smaller, but you have Sir Russell Allen, baby Floor and Irene dancing in a tiny Stargate prop and sparkly suits lol.
Hey , your musical life will never be the same... congrats ! 👍
For your delectation, here are Floor and Irene singing "Dangerous Game" together a couple of weeks ago during Floor's Amsterdam show. Irene could easily have had a full-time singing career, but opted to take a different life road. As do many of us. th-cam.com/video/wXtYiJoM1R4/w-d-xo.html
Heya, Arab Man! Great reaction! Been a subscriber since you started reacting to Nightwish. If you're familiar with Stargate, this song is about that film. Also, you're right! that's not Russell Allen, but that part was supposed to be his. There's an old video here on TH-cam where Russell Allen was doing that part on a more older concert than this, here it is: th-cam.com/video/VVr9iPzZco4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xMiRILkBSUAPMMYL 😁🤘🤘🤘
P.S. Russell Allen and Floor Jansen are my most favorite singers ever. And they had a duet, doing the Phantom Of The Opera 😁
Nice reaction dude.
'The end' is still epic...🇸🇪
Great, thank you. I'm glad you're still here and I am as well. I've been under the weather with an exploded appendix not detected for about a week and a broken hip. Bw, did you research male breast cancer? I hope you know now that it's possible and terrible. I'm so very glad you did this video! It is Floor''s sister Irene and I think the male you didn't recognize is the singer of Twisted Sister (I want to rock) but I'm not entirely sure. Hope to see you again soon!
Ayreon Universe live concert is epic.
The electric castle live and other tales, is also epic. Listen to this concert in order of songs to understand the story.
Can’t wait for the blu-ray of the third live concert.
You understand how it works, thanks👍☺
Nothing like the harmonies of sisters
It was a privilege to be there
🤣🤣🤣
I really don’t need to say anything - you covered it all!
Eye of ra is a song about the movie stargate
nobody coul`d explain like that - absolute
That is Floor's sister Irene. Do check out more Ayreon but also please check out the song : Who i am. Both Floor and Irene Jansen. Thank you.
And the song is called the sixth extinction
We need more Ayreon, more Anneke, more Marko, more Marcela Bovio, more Floor, more Arjen Lucassen, more Maggy Luyten, more Edward Reekers, meer Robert Soetenbroek, more John JC Cuijpers, more Hansi Kürsch, more EVERYBODY at Ayreon!!!
So...
A - just do ANYTHING from Universe
B - should probably start with The Day That The World Breaks Down
C - look for the logic of how to fully employ "Floor Bombs"...
Sweet react! Keep it up.
Cheers
rl
🤘👹🤘
Highest quality in the highest region of music? As classical music stands on its own and jazz and jazz fusion do too? Wouldn't we all wanna be participating (active or inactively) in the ultimate works of such highly ranked ARTists???
Yes, that is her sister.
All of the awe you put in - don't forget that Ayreon usually don't play live. I think there have been less than 10 gigs of any Arjen Lucassen project since he started Ayreon.
He actually did a tour with Anneke van Giersbergen and they did acoustic covers of Ayreon songs. I think the only tour he did in a very long time sadly.
Nice Reaction, and as you thought, the second male singer was Russell Allen!
On the album it is, live it is John Jaycee Cuijpers…
I didn’t even realize that.
Russels voice is a tat sexier..
As a fellow prog enjoyer, do a deep dive on Ayreon. You won't regret it.
That is Irene with Floor.
Check out the song: run by exit eden. Marko is back 👍🏻
I suggest you a chronological listen to Ayreon.
You'll hear the evolution of their sound and their album (actually his, the composer is almost only Lucassen).
The first album, slightly different form, rawer sound (but still amazing), then the second, more of a solo album, then the third, with the actual ayreon's space opera album form.
Start with into the electic castle and go from there.
By the way, you began with the endsong of the show !!!
please more (ayreon Universe)
Something like "Murder Row ;)"
Hi Yvonne, you're a follower of Eric Clark, i suppose.. 🤣😂 Well, me too. Greetings from Hengelo NL 🤘🔥🤘
Yep, very kind guy ;) Groetjes terug xD
If you want more anneke and marco they just done an acoustic tour togther. 😮
Oufffffffff whereeeee
@@ArabManReacts Latin America. Fan videos on TH-cam.
just start with Star One and go in chronological order. The story and lyrics will make more sense then.
PLEASE, REACT TO "BATTLE OF MEMORIES" live BY DIMASH
sisterssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT'S HER SISTER
An all stars team 😍