I was 9 month pregnant for that concert in Tampere and I believe Nightwish christened my baby during that performance I cannot explain to you how amazing it was
You're in for a beautiful journey. Start with Ghost Love Score Official Live, The Poet and the Pendulum, then The Greatest Show on Earth and after that it's your choice. Either Phantom of the Opera Official Live or The Islander for Marco's vocal abilities or Storytime with Floor or even some older songs with Tarja like She is my Sin, Pharaoh Sails to Orion... :)
This is one of my favorite songs by Nightwish. I love Nightwish reactions. The look on people's faces the moment they really hear Nightwish tells you everything you need to know about this band. Something truly special about them.
Times are changing. I read an article today about how "bands" are less and less popular and now young people don't want to be a part of a band, they prefer a solo career. In Spain the only "band" in the top 20 this week is AC/DC, the rest are solo artists. More individualism and divas who want to be famous than true artists ready to play in small venues and work hard...
@@Fidel_L.Bousquet1970 yes but let's not underestimate that in such a climate people will feel the need to produce meaningful art. Cheap art made just for entertainment has existed since day 1 of human development and it has always been the type of entertainment that gets forgotten together with history. Meaningful art stays in history.
Nightwish a band of educated musicians. They know theory and music to the tee. You will never see anything like them ever again. They are the most loved band on planet earth. You can`t get bigger than that.
Yet there is another band of educated musicians, called Sabaton. They also produce masterpieces such as 'Christmas truce', ' Nightwitches', 'No bullets fly' aso ... . Lots of their songs have a historical underground of warfare. Note; the drummer of that group is Floor J. husband.
This is the point every member of the Nightwish army - from new conscript to the Hands of Odin - do a perfect rendition of the now we throw our heads in our necks and laugh out loud.- gif.
I don't know what planet Floor came from, but whoever dropped her off, please forget about her....This Human/Nature album is Tuomas's masterpiece, and will be performed via Virtual concert May 28th & 29th....I'm 77 years old, and listening to Nightwish for 4 years, and can't believe the quality of each and every song they produce, haven't heard a bad one yet....And don't forget Floor's covers, from her home in Sweden, just stunning....
Very good job. A few things: - The instrument you heard is a hammered dulcimer and it is referred to in the song a few times. - The male vocalist is Troy Donockley, their multi-instrumentalist. Listen again and you'll hear Marko the bassist panned left and Floor panned right. - The song opens with the musical representation of a rocket taking off. - The drums at times are meant to sound like an asteroid bombardment as Shoemaker, among other things, studied craters. - The quote from Shakespeare was inscribed on Shoemaker's urn on the Lunar Prospector mission that was deliberately impacted in a crater named after him. - Floor had a year studying opera at the conservatory and a year of studying musical theatre in addition to four years of study at the Rock Academy. This training allows her to swing from opera to death metal screams and growls, plus cross genres with ease. She can go from a growl to opera in the span of a single note. - This song required a high level of vocal agility from Floor as well as extraordinary breath control to be able to sing those long, difficult phrases on a single breath. - Tuomas Holopainen is often referred to as the "Metal Mozart" and we can hear why in songs like this one. Now you need to hear Floor go over to the dark side. "Yours is an Empty Hope" Wembley 2015 th-cam.com/video/vyLsU7Q333k/w-d-xo.html
I wouldn't like to guess at whether it is n actual acoustic hammered dulcimer or sampled and played through Tuomas' keyboard. If sampled, it is very well sampled. I can't tell and I've heard the real thing. Why would it not surprise me if Troy can play the hammered dulcimer? He does seem to be able to play just about anything he is called on to play, including some pretty unusual ones.
@@phillee2814 I've thought the same thing - can't tell if it is real or sampled. The one thing we have to recognize though, the mind capable of considering the use of a dulcimer in a metal song.
@@phillee2814 I could imagine where there would be a perfect setting in a large cathedral, where Tuomas plays the grand pipes, Troy a harp and our Floor growling!
@@R---66---R I much prefer growls reserved for occasional effect - like in Ghost River - as a contrast to otherwise clean vocals with and without fry - and Floor has enough range of textures in her voice for you never to know what is coming even then! I'm not sure how well cathedral acoustics would work with a drumkit, either. Guitar would probably be fine, although faster passages might become jumbled. Traditionally constructed cathedrals are built as huge sounding boxes, to allow an unamplified human voice to reach a large number of people, but you have to do it slowly and enunciate very clearly for it not to become a fog of echoes. Music has to move slowly between keys with carefully crafted transitions to avoid becoming a discordant mess. That is why, to modern ears, traditional church music sounds rather predictable, slow and even ponderous.
"Yours is the whole graveyard of heaven" refers to his ashes being the only human ashes buried on the moon. Eugene Shoemaker who began the profession of Planetary Science.
The Shakespeare quote is engraved on his urn..wich is indeed buried on the moon..great reaction..my favourites are “seven days to the wolves “ or “dead boys poem”
Always love seeing intellectual people react to Shoemaker, and you didn't disappoint! You've already been visited by Gabe so I know you've got a list three miles long in addition to requests, but check out Endlessness when you get time. It's a Marko special, and as the last song on the last album the band put out before his recent resignation, the lyrics pack more punch than usual. "...Tip the reaper to ensure the blade is sharp..." After seeing your thoughts on Shoemaker here, I feel like you'd get quite a bit out of Endlessness.
You're the first person I've seen who knew it was about Eugene Shoemaker. This is an ode to him and a sort of prayer that others may join him in the stars. It makes me cry every time I listen to it.
Great reaction, thank you! This song, masterpiece, is from the latest Nightwish album. Never performed live yet, bue to COVID-19. Nightwish will perform two live stream concerts May 28th (for Europe) and May 29th (for the rest of the world). Both can be watched no matter where you are. I'm gonna watch both concerts even though the second concert starts 3am Finland time or something like that. Available to be watched for 48 hours after the stream ends. USGS,The US Geological Survey, noticed the song Shoemaker on it's internet pages. The Shakespeare quote was read by Tuomas' wife, Johanna Kurkela, who is a vocalist too. I wish you would at some point react to Tuomas solo album from 2014. I'm not going to even say the name of the album, so I will not spoil the surprise. I suggest you react to the song "A Lifetime of Adventure" official music video. "The Greatest Show on Earth" is a must react to masterpiece. Preferably the Tampere 2015 version. Wembley version has it's merits too, but you could watch it on your own, or react to it too, (I would not mind), later. Hello again from Helsinki!
Going to add to this bit of info. In Pennsylvania, USA, Nightwish has a part of a state park named Alpenglow, which is a site of ancient and historic discovery.
Late to reply, but I found Nightwish thanks to TH-cam. Saw a random reaction video and was amazed, and then I found your channel and others and they became my favorite band of all time. I went to see them live this past May in NYC. I knew most of their catalog. I had seen most of the songs on TH-cam so many times. I thought I was prepared. Then this song was in the set list and I didn't know it. I was not prepared. It came to the operatic part at the end, and it was of a scale of sound 10x this studio recording. I was literally stunned. The most amazing show I have seen in my life. Any more Nightwish is welcome, my friend. Everything they do is amazing.
The degree of depth, feel, compositional breadth and creativity, execution cohesiveness, musicianship and artistic expression in Nightwish's art form (notice I did not use the word songs as it fails miserably to convey any meaning) is staggering. Every lyric, cord and key shift is meticulously planned and executed and supported by meaningful and worth-exploring lyrics. Nothing is done in vain. Everything has its place in the whole structure. Every single one of them is a world-class musician/vocalist but they all check their egos at the door and solely serve the music and its needs. We, the lucky ones who discovered them early on in the 90s, have been spoiled rotten to the point that it is almost impossible to listen to any other music without making the comparison and realizing that the pastures are always more lush and greener in Nightwish musical land.
It is crazy, crazy beautiful it is, we are dealing with a composer and performers from a high quality that finally came together ( how lucky are we, Nightwish fans) The band nightwish needs to be treated like a treasure. Thanks for your reaction . See you at the next one . Bye
Jeez man, this is a reaction to my heart. Fell short of superlatives: gorgeous, amazing, perfect, stunning, crazy, super grand, larger than life, impossible, brilliant. Than asked yourself what? And reply: listen and start clapping your hands. And so, what more can be said about this master piece?
All this beauty is conjured, and brought to life, from one beautifully brilliant mind; Tuomas Holopainen - composer/lyricist/arranger/ keyboardist...aka "The Metal Mozart." NW Army: I think our guy is ready for "The Greatest Show on Earth" (TAMPERE version!)? THAT will blow his mind (...provided he knows a lil' back story and chooses the video with the subtitles, too? Let's make it happen! \m/
The singer, Floor Jansen, was on a show called Best Zangers with Henk Poort and they sand Phantom of the Opera. It was amazing. You should react to that.
Every time Floor starts singing "Laudato Si" and then the choir begins with "Ad Astra" I always start crying. It is so beautiful! And high respect to you, MrLboyd - you know who Eugene Shoemaker is without consulting the internet. There are not many reactors who know this without doing research.
This is what Makes Nightwish special. Interesting musical structure executed smoothly, best song on this album and arguably the best song with Floor. That ending is one of the most beautiful moments in their entire discography
Yup Shoemaker the scientist that studied the moon, asteroids and their impact creators , Yes his ashes are on the moon in a capsule with that Shakespeare quote on it.
LMFAO! After your comments, I just waited until the operatic ending! WHOO HOO! The look on your face my friend! Thank you so much for looking into this wonderful artistry! America needs more!
Your mouth dropping open at the operatic section was everything lol. It is so beautiful - moves me to tears everytime. Breathtaking. Tuomas has a huge interest in science and this is an ode to Eugene Shoemaker. :( More Nightwish please :) The entire waken concert is awesome as a great list to watch. :)
I can't wait for him to discover Wintersun. When he see's the sons of winter and stars live video, he's gonna lose it. Especially when he sees that Kai is the drummer for both Wintersun and Nightwish
I didnt see it in the comments, but if it is there please forgive me. The Shakespearean quote was spoken by Johanna, Tuomas' wife, and a marvelous singer in her own right. Great reaction. No matter how many times I listen to this, it still grabs me in the feels. Tuomas set out to challenge Floor's singing abilities on this new album, and man, he sure as heck did!!!
Yes yes!! I have listened to this song countless times and I still get choked up by that finale. Overwhelmingly good! Glad you enjoyed it so thoroughly :)
Love your reaction and how deeply you were moved by this spectacular performance. You are absolutely right to describe what they do as 'opera.' My musical roots are definitely not in this genre. But, the first time I heard Nightwish and Floor perform Ghost Love Score, I became convinced that Symphonic Metal is the new opera! What they do consistently amazes me and reduces me to tears of delight. When this particular piece moved into the operatic "Laudate" section, I welled up in tears of joy!! Have an amazing day!!!
Floor studied at the rock academy in Tilburg. In the Netherlands. There she also learned classical and a little opera. I myself live in Tilburg. She was born in Goirle, a village against Tilburg. Greetings from the Netherlands.
No she attended the Tilburg Conservatory after the Rock Academy. here she is for the Rock Academy special from 2016. th-cam.com/video/B3NIfu0qvtg/w-d-xo.html
@@paulriddle7818 Floor Jansen on dutch television in the TV program De Reunie (The Reunion) in which old classmates from the Rock academy will meet again.
OK. I fought it the whole time, but when you said of Shoemaker's family, "Now they have this song," there were tears. Nice reaction. And, it's kind of brilliant that you remembered who Shoemaker was without a ton of research.
This was my favorite Nightwish song for the last year or so ... but then I heard "Procession" a few times. I thoroughly enjoy your reactions, by the way. Well done!
A few facts on the table: Yes this is a masterpiece - and there are more in that category coming your way 😉 The ending, Floor going operatic - Floor and Tuomas recorded it several times before they were ok with it. Then Floor went home to Sweden - but she didn't have the right gut feeling. So she rehearsed it again, recorded it in her homestudio, sent ir to Tuomas, blew his head clean off as usual - and this is the ending you hear on the record. Floor is even more of a perfectionist than Tuomas - she just pratice, rehearse and keeps on until she is satisfied with her own performance. What an artist. Next one as a natural follow-up on this one: 1. Google "The Greatest Show on Earth", the book by Richard Dawkins, and read the description. 2. The Greatest Show on Earth, Tampere 2015 - this song is the book, 4,6 billion years of evolution in 24 minutes - THAT'S a masterpiece as well.... 3. Stay on until the video is completely finished - the speaking afterwards are an important part of the song - and it is Richard Dawkins speaking!!! *** Tuomas, Troy and Floor all wanted to be Biologists when they grew up - and Marko is a lengend in Astronomy and evolution, like the 3 others. Tuomas is not just writing songs - the songs (wrapped in poetry), have deep thoughts underneath - and Floor is not just singing a song - she is performing a story - she is the combination of the music and the lyrics on stage. These 6 people are artist, performing as one "unit" - no one overdoing anything - and everything is done intentionally to give the audience the perfect experience. But you will experience this on your Nightwish journey into the Nightwish Universe. Greetings from Nightwish Army Denmark 🇩🇰 👍 💪 🤘 🤘 🤘
Why it was named Shoemaker? You would need a better understand of Nightwish and their history and beliefs. You will get that understand from listening to more of their music and doing a little reading about them. I started listening to them about 7-8 months ago. They started back in 1996, and I wondered why I had never heard of them. I still don't know why, but I am glad that I have now. My best description is that they are a "thinking persons symphonic metal group". They manage to evoke emotions that surprise you overwhelmingly. Continue your experience with them and your appreciation will grow. Like it or not, you may find a tear or two from time to time.
One can argue that a greatest hounor ona can have is to burried on the moon. I say f*** that. I dont give a fu** where i am burried. But having a NIGHTWISH make a tribute song to my life's work. NO GREATER HOUNOR!!!!
Larger than life is spot on. I see some videos in smaller venues and wonder how the building is still standing when it’s over. Epic music performed on an epic scale by the best band on earth. Will never get enough of this magic.
Tuomas Holopainen the keyboardist and the main music composer paints musical masterpieces. He's considered a modern day Mozart, but I also like to think of him as the offspring of Leonardo da Vinci. It also doesn't hurt to have a magical paintbrush in Floor. As far as I'm concerned her vocal talents/versatility, stage presence and emotional delivery of every word she sings make her a living legend.
Bro,you are a small metal cub that have just opened his eyes in the world of metal music.There are so many wonders out there waiting for you!Just hang around!
It is about Eugene Shoemaker indeed, the text is read bij Thuomas his wife and it's the text on Shoemakers urn wich is buried on the moon (in the Shoemaker crater part of his ashes) but you haven't heard anything because Floor can do death growls too (yours an empty hope) till what you've just heard and everything in between....Nightwish is next level music and greatest show on earth live at Tempere would be your great next song have fun and enjoy the Nightwish train
25 YRS of music and they have never written a crappy song! That is very hard to pull off!! I know of no band that has done that. Tomas is a genious!! No doubt!!
I think you nailed it on every aspect - and your respect for this incredible band is great to see - sub'd as just from this one reaction you deserve all the subs 🤘
You're right, "basically, they do everthing!" Hard to recommend a best Nightwish, but this is up there on my top 2-3. Floor is awesome, the composers, arrangers, instrumentalists are from outside this world! I LOVE this band!
Very great reaction,i can see the emotion 👍👌 The whole album is perfect,the more you listen to it the better it becomes. Kind regards from the Netherlands and stay healthy ❤
Your right its in honor of Eugene Shoemaker, enjoy your Nightwish journey You are going to love "The Greatest Show on Earth" live at Tampere
That reaction will be over 3 hours with a pause every 10 seconds
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@@Mind-your-own-beeswax lol👍👍👍 it killed me when Dawkins popped in
I was 9 month pregnant for that concert in Tampere and I believe Nightwish christened my baby during that performance I cannot explain to you how amazing it was
@@blackc1479 With the Wembley version. :)
That's the reason we call Tuomas Holopainen, Nightwish's keyboardist, also "Metal Mozart" - cause he composes with an old soul and a childlike spirit
Old souls are the best, haha!
as he says himself - an ocean soul ^^
Muy cierto = Very true ! , From a tiny island of caribbean PR
Tuomas is 100% the Mozart-level genius composer of our time. Beethoven. Mozart. Bach. Chopin. Holopainen. Same league.
@@atduguayAbsolutely. I’m also quite certain if some of the old masters were around today, especially Beethoven and Mozart, they’d be writing metal.
Never listened to this band, but I loved this song and will be driving into their catalogue now. Thank you.
You won't be disappointed
Welcome to the rabbithole
How exciting!!
I did that too, and I am grateful for it.
You're in for a beautiful journey. Start with Ghost Love Score Official Live, The Poet and the Pendulum, then The Greatest Show on Earth and after that it's your choice. Either Phantom of the Opera Official Live or The Islander for Marco's vocal abilities or Storytime with Floor or even some older songs with Tarja like She is my Sin, Pharaoh Sails to Orion... :)
@@Wantar thank you I will do in that order.
This is one of my favorite songs by Nightwish.
I love Nightwish reactions. The look on people's faces the moment they really hear Nightwish tells you everything you need to know about this band. Something truly special about them.
The saddest thing is there is a whole generation who believe that Music is a high paying profession when in fact music in all forms is art
You said it! So true!
Times are changing. I read an article today about how "bands" are less and less popular and now young people don't want to be a part of a band, they prefer a solo career. In Spain the only "band" in the top 20 this week is AC/DC, the rest are solo artists. More individualism and divas who want to be famous than true artists ready to play in small venues and work hard...
Yesssss...Music with a capital 'M'...this is so very right!
@@Fidel_L.Bousquet1970 yes but let's not underestimate that in such a climate people will feel the need to produce meaningful art. Cheap art made just for entertainment has existed since day 1 of human development and it has always been the type of entertainment that gets forgotten together with history. Meaningful art stays in history.
Yes this is music with incredible musicians and a singer that has a amazing voice, together nightwish the most incredible band here on earth.
Nightwish a band of educated musicians. They know theory and music to the tee. You will never see anything like them ever again. They are the most loved band on planet earth. You can`t get bigger than that.
Yet there is another band of educated musicians, called Sabaton. They also produce masterpieces such as 'Christmas truce', ' Nightwitches', 'No bullets fly' aso ... . Lots of their songs have a historical underground of warfare. Note; the drummer of that group is Floor J. husband.
MrLBoyd: "they cannot surprise me anymore"
Also MrLBoyd: "O_O Dude, stop playing"
This is the point every member of the Nightwish army - from new conscript to the Hands of Odin - do a perfect rendition of the now we throw our heads in our necks and laugh out loud.- gif.
hahaha... cant wait for the next surprise ^^
I don't know what planet Floor came from, but whoever dropped her off, please forget about her....This Human/Nature album is Tuomas's masterpiece, and will be performed via Virtual concert May 28th & 29th....I'm 77 years old, and listening to Nightwish for 4 years, and can't believe the quality of each and every song they produce, haven't heard a bad one yet....And don't forget Floor's covers, from her home in Sweden, just stunning....
i am 69 and discovered Nightwish about a year ago. my favorite band bar none
Link? Ticket? Where can we see this?!?!? Bless you for bringing it to our attention!
She's Dutch (There must be something in the water considering we have quite a few top female melodic metal singers)
@@joelbeverley603 go to www.nightwish.com/ you can get tickets to the virtual concert there.
Floor came from Asgard as a Valkyrie
Very good job. A few things:
- The instrument you heard is a hammered dulcimer and it is referred to in the song a few times.
- The male vocalist is Troy Donockley, their multi-instrumentalist. Listen again and you'll hear Marko the bassist panned left and Floor panned right.
- The song opens with the musical representation of a rocket taking off.
- The drums at times are meant to sound like an asteroid bombardment as Shoemaker, among other things, studied craters.
- The quote from Shakespeare was inscribed on Shoemaker's urn on the Lunar Prospector mission that was deliberately impacted in a crater named after him.
- Floor had a year studying opera at the conservatory and a year of studying musical theatre in addition to four years of study at the Rock Academy. This training allows her to swing from opera to death metal screams and growls, plus cross genres with ease. She can go from a growl to opera in the span of a single note.
- This song required a high level of vocal agility from Floor as well as extraordinary breath control to be able to sing those long, difficult phrases on a single breath.
- Tuomas Holopainen is often referred to as the "Metal Mozart" and we can hear why in songs like this one.
Now you need to hear Floor go over to the dark side. "Yours is an Empty Hope" Wembley 2015 th-cam.com/video/vyLsU7Q333k/w-d-xo.html
I appreciate those words of yours! Thank you Bill.
I wouldn't like to guess at whether it is n actual acoustic hammered dulcimer or sampled and played through Tuomas' keyboard.
If sampled, it is very well sampled. I can't tell and I've heard the real thing.
Why would it not surprise me if Troy can play the hammered dulcimer? He does seem to be able to play just about anything he is called on to play, including some pretty unusual ones.
@@phillee2814 I've thought the same thing - can't tell if it is real or sampled. The one thing we have to recognize though, the mind capable of considering the use of a dulcimer in a metal song.
@@phillee2814 I could imagine where there would be a perfect setting in a large cathedral, where Tuomas plays the grand pipes, Troy a harp and our Floor growling!
@@R---66---R I much prefer growls reserved for occasional effect - like in Ghost River - as a contrast to otherwise clean vocals with and without fry - and Floor has enough range of textures in her voice for you never to know what is coming even then!
I'm not sure how well cathedral acoustics would work with a drumkit, either. Guitar would probably be fine, although faster passages might become jumbled.
Traditionally constructed cathedrals are built as huge sounding boxes, to allow an unamplified human voice to reach a large number of people, but you have to do it slowly and enunciate very clearly for it not to become a fog of echoes. Music has to move slowly between keys with carefully crafted transitions to avoid becoming a discordant mess.
That is why, to modern ears, traditional church music sounds rather predictable, slow and even ponderous.
"Yours is the whole graveyard of heaven" refers to his ashes being the only human ashes buried on the moon. Eugene Shoemaker who began the profession of Planetary Science.
The Shakespeare quote is engraved on his urn..wich is indeed buried on the moon..great reaction..my favourites are “seven days to the wolves “ or “dead boys poem”
Always love seeing intellectual people react to Shoemaker, and you didn't disappoint!
You've already been visited by Gabe so I know you've got a list three miles long in addition to requests, but check out Endlessness when you get time.
It's a Marko special, and as the last song on the last album the band put out before his recent resignation, the lyrics pack more punch than usual.
"...Tip the reaper to ensure the blade is sharp..."
After seeing your thoughts on Shoemaker here, I feel like you'd get quite a bit out of Endlessness.
YES absolutely Endlessness
Intellectual???? Calling a hammered dulcimer... A harp??? Looool
You're the first person I've seen who knew it was about Eugene Shoemaker. This is an ode to him and a sort of prayer that others may join him in the stars. It makes me cry every time I listen to it.
You nailed it, Eugene Shoemaker! Insightful as usual, nice reaction. Your smile at the end says it all.
Your thumbnail says "This is a Masterpiece". Actually this is one masterpiece among the many Nightwish masterpieces.
Great reaction, thank you!
This song, masterpiece, is from the latest Nightwish album. Never performed live yet, bue to COVID-19. Nightwish will perform two live stream concerts May 28th (for Europe) and May 29th (for the rest of the world). Both can be watched no matter where you are. I'm gonna watch both concerts even though the second concert starts 3am Finland time or something like that. Available to be watched for 48 hours after the stream ends.
USGS,The US Geological Survey, noticed the song Shoemaker on it's internet pages.
The Shakespeare quote was read by Tuomas' wife, Johanna Kurkela, who is a vocalist too.
I wish you would at some point react to Tuomas solo album from 2014. I'm not going to even say the name of the album, so I will not spoil the surprise. I suggest you react to the song
"A Lifetime of Adventure" official music video.
"The Greatest Show on Earth" is a must react to masterpiece. Preferably the Tampere 2015 version. Wembley version has it's merits too, but you could watch it on your own, or react to it too, (I would not mind), later.
Hello again from Helsinki!
NASA have also noted and mentioned thiis song.
Going to add to this bit of info.
In Pennsylvania, USA, Nightwish has a part of a state park named Alpenglow, which is a site of ancient and historic discovery.
Late to reply, but I found Nightwish thanks to TH-cam. Saw a random reaction video and was amazed, and then I found your channel and others and they became my favorite band of all time. I went to see them live this past May in NYC. I knew most of their catalog. I had seen most of the songs on TH-cam so many times. I thought I was prepared. Then this song was in the set list and I didn't know it. I was not prepared. It came to the operatic part at the end, and it was of a scale of sound 10x this studio recording. I was literally stunned. The most amazing show I have seen in my life. Any more Nightwish is welcome, my friend. Everything they do is amazing.
I love your emotion and understanding of not just this masterpiece but of Nightwish. Not many get it as well as you do. Thank you
Yes, you nailed it. This is a tribute to Eugene Shoemaker.
yes she does Opera hahaha, there's an awesome video of her singing O Mio Babbino Caro, a pure Opera piece.
The degree of depth, feel, compositional breadth and creativity, execution cohesiveness, musicianship and artistic expression in Nightwish's art form (notice I did not use the word songs as it fails miserably to convey any meaning) is staggering. Every lyric, cord and key shift is meticulously planned and executed and supported by meaningful and worth-exploring lyrics. Nothing is done in vain. Everything has its place in the whole structure. Every single one of them is a world-class musician/vocalist but they all check their egos at the door and solely serve the music and its needs. We, the lucky ones who discovered them early on in the 90s, have been spoiled rotten to the point that it is almost impossible to listen to any other music without making the comparison and realizing that the pastures are always more lush and greener in Nightwish musical land.
This is Opera! This is everything beautiful and fantastic! This is NIGHTWISH!
It is crazy, crazy beautiful it is, we are dealing with a composer and performers from a high quality that finally came together ( how lucky are we, Nightwish fans) The band nightwish needs to be treated like a treasure. Thanks for your reaction . See you at the next one . Bye
Jeez man, this is a reaction to my heart.
Fell short of superlatives: gorgeous, amazing, perfect, stunning, crazy, super grand, larger than life, impossible, brilliant.
Than asked yourself what? And reply: listen and start clapping your hands.
And so, what more can be said about this master piece?
All this beauty is conjured, and brought to life, from one beautifully brilliant mind; Tuomas Holopainen - composer/lyricist/arranger/ keyboardist...aka "The Metal Mozart." NW Army: I think our guy is ready for "The Greatest Show on Earth" (TAMPERE version!)? THAT will blow his mind (...provided he knows a lil' back story and chooses the video with the subtitles, too? Let's make it happen! \m/
The singer, Floor Jansen, was on a show called Best Zangers with Henk Poort and they sand Phantom of the Opera. It was amazing. You should react to that.
Every time Floor starts singing "Laudato Si" and then the choir begins with "Ad Astra" I always start crying. It is so beautiful! And high respect to you, MrLboyd - you know who Eugene Shoemaker is without consulting the internet. There are not many reactors who know this without doing research.
I must have heard this track at least 100 times since its release and when floor sings that at the end it still gives me goosebumps every single time
This is what Makes Nightwish special. Interesting musical structure executed smoothly, best song on this album and arguably the best song with Floor. That ending is one of the most beautiful moments in their entire discography
Thank you for your heartfelt reaction. I totally agree. It's a true masterpiece. In every way. All the best from the Netherlands. Keep them coming.
Yup Shoemaker the scientist that studied the moon, asteroids and their impact creators , Yes his ashes are on the moon in a capsule with that Shakespeare quote on it.
It leaves you speechless. That is NIGHTWISH!
Greatest Show On Earth live at Tampere. Hit that next. If you loved this... that will blow your mind.
LMFAO! After your comments, I just waited until the operatic ending! WHOO HOO! The look on your face my friend! Thank you so much for looking into this wonderful artistry! America needs more!
Your mouth dropping open at the operatic section was everything lol. It is so beautiful - moves me to tears everytime. Breathtaking.
Tuomas has a huge interest in science and this is an ode to Eugene Shoemaker. :(
More Nightwish please :)
The entire waken concert is awesome as a great list to watch. :)
"They don't surprise me anymore"....and now they have Opera!! Well maybe a little surprised, I guess.
MrLBoyd: "they cannot surprise me anymore"
Tuomas: ok sir hold my beer!
Tuomas' masterpiece! Floor is flawless...and the rest of the band is unreal! One of the best songs I have heard in my life...period!
Yep,Floor can do full opera straight through to death growls and all points in between
I have to admit that I cry every time we get to Laudato Si. It's like I'm transported to heaven. Great reaction!!
For me, the best song of this album
Welcome to the Glory that is Nightwish fronted by a singer that just takes one's breath away with an Army of Millions.....
"they do everything" he hasn't even heard her growl yet ;)
I can't wait for him to discover Wintersun. When he see's the sons of winter and stars live video, he's gonna lose it. Especially when he sees that Kai is the drummer for both Wintersun and Nightwish
As much as i like Sons of winter and stars, Time is by far my favorite one.
I didnt see it in the comments, but if it is there please forgive me. The Shakespearean quote was spoken by Johanna, Tuomas' wife, and a marvelous singer in her own right. Great reaction. No matter how many times I listen to this, it still grabs me in the feels. Tuomas set out to challenge Floor's singing abilities on this new album, and man, he sure as heck did!!!
You have an eloquence in your narrative. Well spoken !!!
Thank you for this absolutely great and beautiful song by Nightwish. I love Nightwish music.
Heart warming that. Good music makes you smile - Nightwish since 1999
Great reaction brother. NW is an amazing and talented group of musicians and artists. Enjoy the journey.
Omg that opera voice at 7:44 just made me so emotional and cry. What a beautifull masterpeice 🥰 love how he also got emotional lol
Your gonna go down the rabbit hole like the rest of us now... enjoy Nightwish journey. It will change you!
By the power of Floor 💪💪💪 I am Impressed by your knowledge about Eugene Shoemaker, You Sir win a million Internets !!! (Harpsi Cord Instrument/sound)
Yes yes!! I have listened to this song countless times and I still get choked up by that finale. Overwhelmingly good! Glad you enjoyed it so thoroughly :)
More than music. A message we can send through the Universe as an ambasador for Earth.
Love your reaction and how deeply you were moved by this spectacular performance. You are absolutely right to describe what they do as 'opera.' My musical roots are definitely not in this genre. But, the first time I heard Nightwish and Floor perform Ghost Love Score, I became convinced that Symphonic Metal is the new opera! What they do consistently amazes me and reduces me to tears of delight. When this particular piece moved into the operatic "Laudate" section, I welled up in tears of joy!! Have an amazing day!!!
Floor studied at the rock academy in Tilburg.
In the Netherlands.
There she also learned classical and a little opera.
I myself live in Tilburg.
She was born in Goirle, a village against Tilburg.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
No she attended the Tilburg Conservatory after the Rock Academy. here she is for the Rock Academy special from 2016.
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@@paulriddle7818 Floor Jansen on dutch television in the TV program De Reunie (The Reunion) in which old classmates from the Rock academy will meet again.
born in Goirle, ja....in de Meiboom...... maar ze groeide op geloof ik in Veghel en later in Limburg.
Greatest Show on Earth OFFICIAL LIVE
OK. I fought it the whole time, but when you said of Shoemaker's family, "Now they have this song," there were tears. Nice reaction. And, it's kind of brilliant that you remembered who Shoemaker was without a ton of research.
A real piece of Art !!!!!!!!!!!
"Greatest Show on earth" Live. should be played on every space probe we send out.
Always makes me happy when someone appreciates the beaty in this one.
Only Tuomas can write music like this. Even Mozart, Keats and Shakespeare would praise this.
Can’t wait for him to hear Aeryon......for another NightWish I suggest......Harvest and Endlessness both from the newest album
Yes, he'd go absolutely nuts over The Day That The World Breaks Down, and the whole sci-fi concept album format that Arjen does so well.
Glad to see you enjoyed this journey. I was stunned the first time I heard it and still love it
This was my favorite Nightwish song for the last year or so ... but then I heard "Procession" a few times. I thoroughly enjoy your reactions, by the way. Well done!
To experience more of their range you might next listen to three more songs from this album:
"Harvest" --> Folk
"Tribal" --> Heavy
"Pan" --> Wild Ride
A few facts on the table:
Yes this is a masterpiece - and there are more in that category coming your way 😉
The ending, Floor going operatic - Floor and Tuomas recorded it several times before they were ok with it. Then Floor went home to Sweden - but she didn't have the right gut feeling. So she rehearsed it again, recorded it in her homestudio, sent ir to Tuomas, blew his head clean off as usual - and this is the ending you hear on the record. Floor is even more of a perfectionist than Tuomas - she just pratice, rehearse and keeps on until she is satisfied with her own performance.
What an artist.
Next one as a natural follow-up on this one:
1. Google "The Greatest Show on Earth", the book by Richard Dawkins, and read the description.
2. The Greatest Show on Earth, Tampere 2015 - this song is the book, 4,6 billion years of evolution in 24 minutes - THAT'S a masterpiece as well....
3. Stay on until the video is completely finished - the speaking afterwards are an important part of the song - and it is Richard Dawkins speaking!!!
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Tuomas, Troy and Floor all wanted to be Biologists when they grew up - and Marko is a lengend in Astronomy and evolution, like the 3 others.
Tuomas is not just writing songs - the songs (wrapped in poetry), have deep thoughts underneath - and Floor is not just singing a song - she is performing a story - she is the combination of the music and the lyrics on stage.
These 6 people are artist, performing as one "unit" - no one overdoing anything - and everything is done intentionally to give the audience the perfect experience.
But you will experience this on your Nightwish journey into the Nightwish Universe.
Greetings from Nightwish Army Denmark 🇩🇰 👍 💪 🤘 🤘 🤘
Applause.
Every measure of this song, every aspect you broke down, I was saying, “I hear you bro! I get it bro! You nailed this!”
Hey Mr.Lboyd, greetings from the Netherlands Loved your reaction! Stay save and healthy. Subscribed and waiting for the next 1.
Why it was named Shoemaker? You would need a better understand of Nightwish and their history and beliefs. You will get that understand from listening to more of their music and doing a little reading about them. I started listening to them about 7-8 months ago. They started back in 1996, and I wondered why I had never heard of them. I still don't know why, but I am glad that I have now. My best description is that they are a "thinking persons symphonic metal group". They manage to evoke emotions that surprise you overwhelmingly. Continue your experience with them and your appreciation will grow. Like it or not, you may find a tear or two from time to time.
One can argue that a greatest hounor ona can have is to burried on the moon. I say f*** that. I dont give a fu** where i am burried. But having a NIGHTWISH make a tribute song to my life's work. NO GREATER HOUNOR!!!!
Sorry for my miss-speling
Once again, outstanding video! Seems like a good time to move into The greatest Show on Earth for the next one. Keep up the great work
Larger than life is spot on. I see some videos in smaller venues and wonder how the building is still standing when it’s over. Epic music performed on an epic scale by the best band on earth. Will never get enough of this magic.
I’ve never heard of them before. THANK YOU! Yes very amazing
Get ready for a journey!
Welcome aboard. Dive in! You will love this amazing rabbit hole.
Welcome to Nightwish, enjoy the ride!
So a Great Song🌸🌻
THANK YOU 🌸🌻
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful" is another beautiful Nightwish song that has a stunning level of intelligence behind the lyrics.
Hehe, the Operatic part at the end blows me away every time. And yeah, Floor has dabbled in Opera a bit. I'm convinced she can sing anything.
Loved your facial expression at the end of the song. 😎🙏🏻❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Tuomas Holopainen the keyboardist and the main music composer paints musical masterpieces. He's considered a modern day Mozart, but I also like to think of him as the offspring of Leonardo da Vinci. It also doesn't hurt to have a magical paintbrush in Floor. As far as I'm concerned her vocal talents/versatility, stage presence and emotional delivery of every word she sings make her a living legend.
MrLboyd, in summary, "Nightwish doing Nightwish things".
I was blessed to hear Floor do this live!!! Beyond epic!
thank you for the reaction! This is one of my favourites as well.
The instrument you hear in the background is a hammered dulcimer.
The only thing you can expect from Nightwish is the unexpected.
Bro,you are a small metal cub that have just opened his eyes in the world of metal music.There are so many wonders out there waiting for you!Just hang around!
It is about Eugene Shoemaker indeed, the text is read bij Thuomas his wife and it's the text on Shoemakers urn wich is buried on the moon (in the Shoemaker crater part of his ashes) but you haven't heard anything because Floor can do death growls too (yours an empty hope) till what you've just heard and everything in between....Nightwish is next level music and greatest show on earth live at Tempere would be your great next song have fun and enjoy the Nightwish train
Other master piece of Tuomas...Floor is amazing..the Metal Queen the best singer in the planet...NIGHTWISH ARMY🤘👑🔥
Your face when the song ends.
You are spot on. This song is about Eugene Shoemaker. Liked and subscribed. Greetings from Alabama.
It`s the keyboard player Tumos. He is such a genuis! No band in history has written so many great songs.
25 YRS of music and they have never written a crappy song! That is very hard to pull off!! I know of no band that has done that. Tomas is a genious!! No doubt!!
Nightwish makes me feel so much
I think you nailed it on every aspect - and your respect for this incredible band is great to see - sub'd as just from this one reaction you deserve all the subs 🤘
Nightwish Army reporting from South America 🇻🇪🇲🇽
She surpasses stunning, she is a Goddess and we are blessed to hear her. They are all amazing together!
I am impressed. Didn't know about Eugene before this song.
You're right, "basically, they do everthing!" Hard to recommend a best Nightwish, but this is up there on my top 2-3. Floor is awesome, the composers, arrangers, instrumentalists are from outside this world! I LOVE this band!
Yes, you’re right! It’s brilliant.........
Very great reaction,i can see the emotion 👍👌
The whole album is perfect,the more you listen to it the better it becomes.
Kind regards from the Netherlands and stay healthy ❤
Welcome to the Nightwish Army.....
Sergeant Jani reporting for duty, Finnish NW section. LoL
Great reaction sir. I knew you would love it. Ys the Metal Mozart strikes again. Take care.