Reach for the Stars | Nightwish - Shoemaker | Reaction & Review
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- Totally not crying. Nah. Never.
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Now go back and listen to this song again - all of you - with this in mind.
Floor sings at first as the voice of humanity.
Troy then sings as the voice of Eugene Shoemaker.
The asteroid field then comes into view, Floor goes into a darker colouring and we now hear the voice of the asteroids. "Worth the hurting, we're coming to join you" the asteroids talking to the moon and colliding with the moon.
Brilliant.
I tumbled to the first two myself, but the third part had me puzzled until a Franciscan friar by the name of Guylain Prince provided the analysis which solved the third part. He's a big Holopainen fan and has a YT channel. His analysis is in French with English subs. He has three videos on "Shoemaker" so watch them in order if you want to do a deep dive into the lyrics.
Now THAT is quality content. Thank you! All great points
I’m glad you brought Guylain’s ideas here (and gave him the credit). Isn’t he great?
@@vstarflies His videos are a delight to watch, not only for the analysis, but also for the enthusiasm he brings to the task.
yes his analysis about Music and noise are wonderful and inspiring
I only had to watch Guylain Prince ONE time and subscribed. He is quite the most insightful reactor .. a Franciscan friar and a metal head! .. just checked .. that he only has 502 subscribers I think says a lot about people in general
Thank you for this. I had the same reaction: couldn't stop crying listening the ending. That emotional reaction is rare and it happens only in the front of some masterpieces.
Probably most of the fans know the story behind the song, but I still think it deserves to be written also here.
This song is the biggest tribute for Eugene Shoemaker, a geologist and a founder of modern planetary science. He studied craters on Earth and Moon, and realized that they were created by asteroid impacts. Shoemaker was the geology principal investigator for Apollo missions, and he also helped to train the Apollo astronauts that went to the Moon. He himself was a candidate for an Apollo Moon flight but was disqualified after being diagnosed with Addison's disease. Later in life, he said, "Not going to the Moon and banging on it with my own hammer has been the biggest disappointment in life."
Shoemaker spent much of his later years searching for undiscovered impact craters around the world. He died on July 18, 1997, in a car accident in Australia, where he was studying craters.
In 1999, as a recognition for his scientific accomplishments, some of his ashes were carried to the Moon by the Lunar Prospector space probe. His final resting place is close to the lunar south pole, in the Shoemaker crater, named after him.
The Shoemaker's urn was inscribed with a quotation from Romeo and Juliet reading:
"And, when he shall die
Take him and cut him out in little stars
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun."
He is the only human buried on celestial body other than Earth. After his death, he finally got to go where he always wanted to be.
“Shoemaker” is a truly masterpiece of music, lyrics and performance.
Tuomas and Floor are not from this world.
When I will leave this world and I want to be accompanied by this heavenly song.
And I will weep and smile.
It really is. Truly one of the best songs in the past years period.
in the Laudato Si, the Valkyrie Floor bring me to Valhalla😊😚
Originally I was a bit confused about this song because the subject matter was unknown to me and I expected the typical Nightwish sound. But after understanding the backstory, listening to it again, and paying closer attention to the music and Floors voice I am convinced that this is a masterpiece. Tomas is a genius at musical and lyrical composition. Then you add Floor to the mix and you create living mythology. Vocally what Floor has done on this entire album is astonishing. Many vocal coaches agree that not many singers, if any, would be able to duplicate and deliver flawlessly the lyrical/vocal arrangements. Floor herself said during a recent interview that she had to challenge herself to create the melodic structures. She is truly one of a kind. We are witnessing a living legend.
Gratulations from Nightwish army - no matter who You hear and who's voice You go throught... We visit here to support and if some wannabe wants to put u down: if someone can't accept opinion difference...
'They are welcome to listen their favorite with headphones and volume full... this not the right place to start nonstop neverending quarrel, please
This is very sweet! The Nightwish Army is always a great support for all of us music fans. 💜
Great reaction as always,you are not alone,i cry always too, it's a very emotional song.
I believe that Tuomas wanted to introduce us Shoemaker, i knew the story but I never remember the name, now I am sure i am never forget it. An anthem to Eugene Shoemaker and Seakspeare's verse from Romeo and Juliet.
Laudato si it's a book who written from Pop Fragiskus the 2015 i think and it's a tribute to planet earth and not only.
All song is an anthem to universe.
I think in one episode of cosmos they said, that if one asteroid didn't hit the earth to take it place to solar system maybe didn't exist life in our planet,we are thankful to that asteroid too.
Great song 👌 from NW, they create a really anthem of Shoemaker and gave us a story about him and his scientist. Floor's vocals capture the magic completely and Troy help too.
I believe that almost all NW fans already loved ❤️ this song.
And with so many reactions new fans will be born with their new album 💙..
Thank you NW for your new album ❤️.
AHH! Thank you so much for revisiting this song, I love it so much and I cannot get enough! I am technically supposed to be working so I have to watch this in a bit but I had to comment!!
This comment made me smile, thanks for taking the time, it means a lot!
Tack för att du gjorde en fin reaktion! Låten är jättebra men väldigt komplicerat att förklara men du gjorde ett bra jobb! Vi är amerikaner och jag har studerat svenska i flera år. Vi reser till sverige varje år för att träffa våra vänner där. Vi hade en planerad resa och biljetter till konserten i Tampere i juni men konserten var inställde på grund av COVID. Vi är hjärtbrutna.
Tack! Jo, det är väl ganska tråkigt att allting ställdes in, men nödvändigt. Hoppas att vi kan njuter av konserter snart igen... Och Tampere är ett vackert ställe! Hoppas att ni kan gå någon annan gång. Just nu, åtminstone vi har online konsert....
Modern smart phones have millions of times more memory than the Apollo guidance computer and it only had 0.043 Mhz of processing power. Impressive is an understatement.
Absolutely! It's baffling how we got that far with so little technological capability (in comparison to now)
Heureux de voir que vous gardez vos yeux et vos oreilles ouverts. Ces musiques et ces mots ont un réel intérêt artistique.Cheers
Thank you so much for reacting to this amazing song
Thanks for the thoughtful reaction. Just to add a little depth to your great summary of the meaning of the song, there's a bit of historical depth to the "Laudato Si/Ad Astra" part at the end. "Laudato Si" is a phrase taken from St. Francis of Assissi's famous song "The Canticle of the Sun", in which he praises the air, water, fire, sun, planets, animals, etc. as being our brothers and sisters. Death as well. And the most notable line regarding this song was:
Laudato si, mi Signore, per sora Luna e le stelle:
in celu l'ài formate clarite et pretiose et belle.
which means:
Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars,
in heaven you formed them clear and precious and beautiful.
The term "Ad astra" is used in a variety of places in ancient Latin writings as well as in some modern contexts. Beyond its literal meaning, it implies the accomplishment of something that is practically impossible or very difficult. The first known usage is from Virgil in The Aneid, where he wrote "sic itur ad astra" or "thus one journeys to the stars" with the idea that it is how one accomplishes the impossible, and "opta ardua pennis astra sequi" or "desire to pursue the high (or hard to reach) stars on wings" when Aeneas taunts Turnus in combat. Another origin is Seneca the Younger, who wrote "non est ad astra mollis e terris via" or "there is no easy way from the earth to the stars".
After the disaster of Apollo 1 in which three astronauts were killed in a flash fire that destroyed their capsule on the launching pad, a memorial was erected with the phrase "ad astra per aspera" which means "to the stars through hardships".
Thanks again and I look forward to some more great reaction videos!
That is indeed some fascinating and important subtext! Thank you for this!
The phrase contains a lot of history and emotion, I suppose that's one of the reasons Tuomas chose them for the most intense part of the song.
Cutting edge masterpiece! 🤘
I would be delighted if you decided to do all the songs in the album. An in-depth analysis of both the music and the lyrics will be great. All the songs are so complex and different that reactors have different opinions, not even duplicates, which is amazing.
I'm honestly tempted... it's quite the task but the songs are all so gorgeous. You know what, on the list they go, why the hell not.
This song... I Felt so strange listening for the First time... So confused and mixed feelings about It. And then, by the Second time... I fell in love. This is fucking beautiful
This is Art. Floor is stunning. Is there any brave woman or man who try to do cover version of this song👍
Honestly I'd love to hear a cover of this. The vocal lines are so complex it needs a master to perform this... but perhaps we're lucky :)
nice reaction, pls stay safe, grts from a dutch cheesehead in germany
Thank you! Dutchies are always welcome :D hope you like it here
This song it's not my favourite from "Human :||: Nature", but I like it a lot. But I started to like it slowly. The last part is so beautiful, Floor Jansen did it again!!
The hammered dulcimer is actually present in the song, it can be primarily heard in the intro.
Had to go back and check it out, good point! Thank you!
Greetings from The Netherlands
The song that Floor needed to do over and over. Only after she listen to huge corus of the orchestra she finaly got her vocals as she meant to. Super song and Floor take it to the next step!
Not surprising tbh it's so incredibly complex. Probably the best vocals on the album imo
falling in reverse - popular monster, probably the best metal, rap combo song evermade. Its insane! Check it out! or please do a recation video:)
Please react to Trees of Eternity either Sinking Ships official video, or Broken Mirror and Eye of Night lyrics videos. I think those would be good songs for you to watch and give thoughts on. The band has a tragic story, which makes their songs even more powerful, beautiful, and tearful at the same time. They only got to make one album the Hour of the Nightingale. Hard to believe Aleah left us 4 years ago. RIP you sang like an angel.
Ah I remember Trees of Eternity! Great idea! A really tragic story indeed...
9.00 Moon is always facing the same side towards the Eaarth ang he is burried at that side. Lile scientific reference to first line
! Thank you that is a great detail !
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