Thank you for deciding to continue exploring Nightwish music! Nice analysis, I'm sure many of the fans appreciate it! This concert is highly appreciated by the fans because it meets superlatives in all chapters: musical composition, interpretation of all band members, active participation of the audience, as well as a high quality recording and mixing. I await with great interest your next steps in this journey of discovery, because I am convinced that by the end of it, we will win a new fan :)
I would like to take this moment to thank you "General" Gabriel Bardac, for your tireless promotion of my favorite band. It was through a reaction video of Ghost Love Score by The Charismatic Voice that my journey with NW began. After watching her reaction, I decided that I must have been living under a rock for far too long musically. Without countless reactions to Nightwish, I am not sure that the world could have discovered this incredible... well.. calling them a mere "band" is a woeful understatement! They are an experience, to say the least. Through these reaction videos, we fans get to re-experience our first time hearing the NW song being reacted to. God Bless those who react to Nightwish because, in so doing, they promote what is great about music, and God Bless you, sir, for promoting the reactors and giving them direction to their magical journey. NW Army member, Outpost Eatonville Wa.
@@christopherchick6419 Thank you very much for your kind message. My journey started 8-9 years ago. I was in a very bad state then, on the verge of depression, due to a long chain of negative events in my personal life and Nightwish music plus the reactions suddenly became very important, because they gave me that optimistic energy that gradually helped me find my inner balance. Back then, the late Ann Waychoff, with her gentle and understanding approach, welcomed the new reactors, giving all of us gathered around her a sense of community. I understood later that her wisdom was the result of a full life and her professional experience in social services, but also of suffering from severe chronic diseases, which made her dependent on oxygen. I took over her role when she was hospitalized, because I realized that what Ann was doing was necessary, and that without leadership based on her model, everything that had been built until then was going to collapse. Fortunately, it is something I can still do easily, because I have internet both at home and at work, where I benefit from the understanding of my colleagues, mostly younger. From the perspective of time, I realize that there was also a selfish component in what I did, to save the source of my emotional support, which I was then dependent on to a much greater extent than now, when many of my emotional wounds have closed. And this is how this wave appeared and developed, started by the fans and fully supported by the fans, of supporting the reactors who listen to Nightwish music, contributing to the popularization of this unique band. I am convinced that many of the fans arrived here because they needed the emotional support of their music, like Ann and me. I think it's a symptom of the modern world we live in, that we need this kind of emotional support, which is missing in our everyday life.
@@christopherchick6419 Thank you very much for your kind message. My journey started 8-9 years ago. I was in a very bad state then, on the verge of depression, due to a long chain of negative events in my personal life and Nightwish music plus the reactions suddenly became very important, because they gave me that optimistic energy that gradually helped me find my inner balance. Back then, the late Ann Waychoff, with her gentle and understanding approach, welcomed the new reactors, giving all of us gathered around her a sense of community. I understood later that her wisdom was the result of a full life and her professional experience in social services, but also of suffering from severe chronic illness, affecting her mobility. I took over her role when she was hospitalized, because I realized that what Ann was doing was necessary, and that without leadership based on her model, everything that had been built until then was going to collapse. Fortunately, it is something I can still do easily, because I have internet both at home and at work, where I benefit from the understanding of my colleagues, mostly younger. From the perspective of time, I realize that there was also a selfish component in what I did, to save the source of my emotional support, which I was then dependent on to a much greater extent than now, when many of my emotional wounds have closed. And this is how this wave appeared and developed, started by the fans and fully supported by the fans, of supporting the reactors who listen to Nightwish music, contributing to the popularization of this unique band. I am convinced that many of the fans arrived here because they needed the emotional support of their music, like Ann and me. I think it's a symptom of the modern world we live in, that we need this kind of emotional support, which is missing in our everyday life.
You have such a clear way of explaining things! It's a real skill to simplify complex ideas to a few sentences and make it understandable for everyone.
As a music theory dropout (I did much better in engineering and medicine/dentistry), I wish he would delve a bit deeper. It would be great to note all the interval changes (and the musical context leading up to them) that strike THAT chord in the listener. Nightwish contains so many such moments. Tuomas must have been a very good student, with a flair for triggering emotional dramatic moments (or reflections) in us all.
Reactors such as yourself are a valuable resource for people like me. I love this music, but I don't always know why it affects me as it does. Reactors such as RVA, The Charismatic Voice, Chase Carneson, Julia Nilon, and now you, dig down into the internals of the machine and reveal details of how and why it works. Looking for reactors like you is why I am here. Although seeing new people discover this music, and vicariously reliving my initial joy, is also reason enough to watch reactions. Watching reactors shed tears, while listening to Tuomas's music played by Nightwish and sung by Floor, for reasons they cannot articulate, makes my eyes leak too.
I strongly concur with everything you've said. I'm fascinated by the in depth analysis and music theory, and it's so much more fun when you come across someone who is new to the band that you can live vicariously through while also learning something new yourself. As an aside, you would likely really enjoy JW Soundwork's analysis to this song if you haven't seen it yet.
At this point Floor is still doing covers of the previous vocalists but after 8 months with the band putting her own stamp on them. It is fun to pick out the contextual alterations this allowed.
Ever Dream and Storytime are considered "mainstream" Nightwish songs, few that could see radio time. For someone like you, Ghost Love Score should be a 7star meal in a fancy restaurant.
You turned into one of my favorite reactors after only two videos! I'll keep watching you, giving friendly vibes, like I'd love to actually sit down and chat about music for hours
Subscriber and member of the NW Army here. Please next do the most reacted to song on TH-cam: Ghost Love Score by Nightwish @ Wacken 2013, (same concert). This is their 13th song on the setlist. Worthy of note: the syncopated beats, Floor's incredible breath control and THAT last note as sung by Floor. In the words of your fellow music reactor, The Charasmatic Voice, (an opera singer), ..."Can't stop..it's too good!" This was her first listen to Nightwish. Through her reaction video, my journey with NW was started. I get it that I do not understand the whys and wherfores for my love of music. God Bless the music reactors such as yourself for showing me why I have this passion.😊
I think it was originally supposed to be Imaginarium, but that name had been used somewhere else already, so they changed it to avoid any legal trouble. So basically you can think of imaginarium and imaginaerum as the same thing.
Yup, the lyrics were already written and recorded when they ran into a blocking of the name Imaginarium. It seems Marko (bass guitar) came with the idea of just changing some letters in the name and problem solved. Very sharp remark by our Sir Hairless! BTW Marko was not just bass guitar player and vocalist: he did also the sound mixing as he wanted to emphasis Floor's (10 month with the band) remarkable vocals and technique. He also has an amazing versatile voice, watch him in his younger days singing acoustically a Tarot song (his band) with his brother Zachary: th-cam.com/video/RfE722Whj5s/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5Fg1KK1oSjAaY_9R
You ain't heard nothin' yet. It gets far more complex. The darkness is there alright - you would understand more if you watch the movie Imaginaerum, starring the band, named for the album this tour promoted Next, try Song of Myself from this same show. BTW Floor has a range of 3.5 octaves and incredible vibrato control.
Thank you for continuing on with Nightwish... there is so much here for you to discover. They incorporate all kinds of music and styles and a bunch of various instruments as well. You've hit Storytime and Ever Dream, which, as wonderfully written as they are, are two of their more "radio friendly hits". I think you'll really start to appreciate them even more as you dive into some of the more... symphonic, more epic songs of thiers. I love your break downs. I'm an old bass player with some musical knowledge but I sometimes find it hard how to explain to someone why a song is so wonderful. Your more advanced knowledge of music is fantastic and your analysis explains the song perfectly. I just "shared" this with my girlfriend going, "this... this is why the song is so great... listen to this guy!" lol. please keep them coming... I'd love to hear your reactions to some of their more... interesting songs. Things like, Ghost Love Score from this same Wacken concert... Shudder Before the Beautiful live at Wembley... Dead Boy's Poem live in Buenos Aires... Greatest Show on Earth live at Wembley or Tampere (both are wonderful)... and so many, many more. Lots of wonderful music here for you to discover, and for us to enjoy your professional breakdowns!
To give you some context, Sir Hairless: the overall theme of this concert's set (as part of the 'Imaginaerum' tour) is that the songs are the wandering thoughts of an old storyteller on his deathbed.
At the same time the songs are used as soundtrack for Imaginaerum the movie - you can find the trailer for it on TH-cam Edit: ah I see you've talked about this
They use orchestral backing track so it's a bit hard to know what Tuomas play and what is on backing track. Song is from Imaginaerum album wich is connected to movie Imaginearum by Nightwish. Backing track is done with The orchestra, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, called "The Looking Glass Orchestra", was led by Thomas Bowes and conducted by James Shearman.The orchestra and choir was arranged, orchestrated and directed by Pip Williams.
Great analysis of the song. It's unfortunate that at that Wacken they didn't lead into it with "Taikatalvi", which is actually the prologue to the song, which both musically and lyrically (in Finnish) sets the stage for "Storytime"
English translation of the lyrics from a Finn: Of my children the dearest one is this stage Where the moonlight on its alleys advances Bent sprig, summer in the care of The White Ocean so wide Which with the wings of a ghost moon Arrives to retrieve me home Upon the wintry earth, a moment like eternity Which with the paws of a kitten to me creeps Here at the tale's roots I may live, where A violin of vast longing Its eternal melody paints With its song awakens the earth
Excellent again ! I applaud !! We might have told you already but it might help you to know Tuomas uses several pseudonyms to refer to himself in various Nightwish songs which he writes from experiences, observation or imagination, he says he is a man with a boy's heart, a grown-up Peter Pan, and you will see that directly in places even, when he uses boy narrators sometimes in place of himself. Digging into his lyrics is almost a second bite of the cherry. He will also use poet, dreamer, writer/song writer or ocean soul - Tuomas has an affinity for the ocean, he wanted to become a marine biologist; keep all this in mind for later, it will help. So here, "A writer by a fire. . . . . ." Tuomas is speaking to you directly, he is the story-teller, the “writer by the fire” - "Took a journey into a child-man’s heart" would be Tuomas remembering the childhood stories, the Peter Pan escapades of his imagination and fascinations, but the boy has grown up from being a Peter-Pan, the crib is empty. I am: the voice of Never-Never land, the empty crib, the journey, the destination, the home, Tuomas says, he's taking you back to his childhood fascinations. Floor sings the bridge "Neverland, innocence, dreams of every man. . . . . ." in a high operatic head voice, a pitch you might expect from a very excited small boy. Now, go look at all the lyrics and the references to the childhood classic stories and it all drops into place; it's one of the songs where it is easy to dig inside Tuomas' metaphoric lyrics and unravel them. Good stuff, you keep at it, Nightwish will not disappoint.
Awesome reaction. You are one of the few reactors that give such a lengthy analysis but still make it interesting. I’m so pleased you carried on with Nightwish, liked and subbed for that. Looking forward to your unique insight into the next Nightwish song.
Nightwish has been an integral part of my life for a quarter of a century now, but I never knew exactly what made it so much better than anything else out there. It just was. I'm not a musician, I know nothing about music theory or anything about that field, I can't play an instrument to save my life. I just recognize good music when I hear it, but I can't explain it. So, it's cool to have you Sir Hairless pointing a finger at the little things that are the building blocks of the atmosphere I know and love. Keep it up, sir.
I very much enjoyed this amazing reaction/analysis from a real gentleman who knows a bunch of music-related stuff and shows lots of well-deserved respect to this iconic band; thank you!! This was a very nice way to celebrate our heavy metal day around here🤘😎🤘and I’ll be looking forward to watching the inevitable day when (hopefully) you’ll be introduced to my favourite ‘metal+other things’ band (i.e., the stunning TOOL): it’ll blow your mind!🎶🎧🎶
This whole show was just magical. I have seen a lot of concerts in my life and there are a few that I can go back to in my mind when I close my eyes. This one is very high on that list.
wow. I love such tips, breaking down the song into its first parts and explaining the technicalities. Much respect sir!! We are waiting for more Nightwish songs. Thank you and best regards.
Gosh, I love your reactions. This is just the tip of the iceberg called Nightwish😉 They also have slower and more folky songs with Uillean pipes and flutes (I want my tears back in Buenos Aires per example, awesome happy song) and of course the absolute MASTERPIECES "the Poet and the pendulum" (very intense personal story of Toumas about depression and S***ide) and the "greatest show on Earth" (not referring to them haha, but to the evolution of our planet, creatures and....music. I am a life long metalhead and there are so many negative feelings and thoughts about us and the music. I never ever saw a fight or misery, just people enjoying the music and the be one with the band and crowd. I take my 3 pre-teen daughters with me and they are having a great time. Also to Nightwish concerts. Thank you sir! Salute from Holland
Another great reaction where I was able to learn more about a song and a band that I love. I think you will very much enjoy doing a deep dive into Ghost Love Score and I am hoping to hear you do an analysis of two of my favorites, Song of Myself and Seven Days to the Wolves.
This song is part of the soundtrack for the movie 'Imaginaerum' written by Tuomas and cast with the band members. It is, taken at face value, a horror movie. You can feel those vibes in this song. As this is the Imaginaerum tour, a lot of the songs are from the movie.
Rewatching this, you mention the crowd is part of the song: watch the "the Bard song & Valhala" by Blind Guardian. Thats the crowd being part of the song (yes from Wacken again)
The most metal song Nightwish has done is Romanticide (same Wacken concert.). It is complex, ever changing, powerful, and has vocal elements you probably have never heard done live. I also suggest their newest song, Perfume of the Timeless, from the album coming out in September. Watch the first episode of the PotT documentary, episode 1 (less than three minutes) to hear Tuomas explain what he is doing and why his music is what it is. It will be difficult for you to find a Nightwish song you won't like, or one not worthy of your analysis. They are simply different in structure, sound, and lyrical content from other bands.
Your analysis is so different and so interesting and intelligent, I ask you to do more Nightwish tracks please, they are a band full of surprises and great talent, always something interesting going on, hope you will do more.
as someone who just listens to music in a ... well .. emotional way it's absolutly stunning to whatch you literally reading every aspect of it while it play's instead of the analytics afterwards. this tugs me somehow even deeper into the music ^^"
I have listened to your reaction to both Evergreen and Storytime. I am as far from a musician as you can get, but I absolutely love music, particularly complex arrangements and the symphonic backing incorporated into music by Nightwish. Therefore, I appreciate you delving into the musical aspects of the songs, breaking it down in simple terms for someone like me, and not just reacting to the awesomeness of Floor's voice, which is easy to blown over by. I have listened to Storytime hundreds of times, but when you played the intro on the piano, the notes almost sounded like John Carpenter's Halloween/Michael Myers theme. Perhaps I am dead wrong. Regardless, it is a wonderful piece of writing and performance by Nightwish.
Awesome once again my friend..... so glad your continuing with Nightwish, Floor, and this 2013 show. It was magical...... Floor was not yet even invited to be a full time member. She had been called in 2012 literally almost overnight, to fill in for the singer that left Nightwish mid tour. Floor learned their entire set list in 48 hours and flew from Europe to Seattle to go on stage with them. Her performance here at Wacken 2013 solidified her place in the band forever. She blew everyone away with her performance this night...... Any fans that doubted, quickly had their fears erased. I think you're starting to see Tuomas's brilliance as a composer, he writes everything, music and lyrics, and most of the stage production. Please watch their entire set, it's truly all different, nothing ever sounding like you heard it before. His imagination is endless. Then your on to Poet and the Pendulum at Wembley....... Stunning.... and so much more.
New subscriber. Really appreciate your use of music theory to analyze the pieces in question, and REALLY appreciate your excellent explanations and examples of what you’re talking about. I’ve heard people blather about that sort of thing for years…you actually are teaching it! Excellent work.👍
Also, now just wait until Marco sings too…for the first times, with NW, you’ll have to go back in time, back to Tarja days, I love Tarja, she’s amazing also, in different ways to Floor, both are great, all I’ll say, besides if you enjoy this, you need to experience early days with Tarja as the lead singer, and Marco’s involvement, especially the phantom of the opera, with Tarja and Marco.
Finally someone mentioned the passing chord in the second part of the chorus! What's even cooler is that the bass plays a G as you said but the guitar plays a G-Eb powerchord, and the backing chorus is playing harmonies that have Eb and Bb. So it's really an Eb/G chord which is a V-I into the Ab but with the tension of the low G into the Ab. Classic metal move.
Greetings from Finland! Ive been a fan of Nightwish since '97 and one of my lazy day hobbies is to watch Nightwish reactions. Ive seen quite many but yours are best by far. I love how you are able to spot the cool musical twists and share them with us. Thank you so much!
Great reaction, I like how you explain everything. Ghost Love Score from the same show is fantastic, can't wait for you to watch it. They have amazing live shows so anything you pick from Wacken, Wembley, Tampere, Buenos Aires or Hellfest will be good.
So glad you've continued on the Nightwish journey! You might think you know what to expect, but there's lots of things waiting that you can't predict. Instruments, types of music, vocals, and so on. Nightwish has produced a rich variety of all of them, and you'll be introduced to them in good time. Storytime is one of my all time favorites, and this performance especially. But it's a short, small, poppy metal song. It's not a typical format for Tuomas. Ghost Love Score is usually the best introduction to Nightwish, but it doesn't really feature anything you haven't heard already (except two things, theatrics and one of many aspect of Floors vocals you've not witnessed yet). Other songs do. Just wait and see.
Wow. Your ear and analysis is simply amazing. You put a lot of effort into these. Thank you! This was pure joy to watch. Thank you for covering my favourite bands of all time, and I hope you keep getting Floor'd!
16:40 They used children's choir for this part which makes it sound lighter. Another song that has children singing is Scaretale where it's used for interesting twist for the dark theme of the song.
I originally subscribed for your great Pentatonix reactions and I am extremely happy you‘re now looking into Nightwish which I listen to already for much longer ❤ Looking forward to the next ones!
Thanks Sir, it was a pleasure to watch/listen to your analysis again. "Ghost Love Score", "The Poet and the Pendulum" and "The Greatest Show on Earth" will be an hour+ journey with all these details. And we love it so keep up the good work!
Glad you noticed all the details in their music because they are incredible musicians ! I think you definitely need to react to the more elaborated pieces as "The poet and the Pendulum" or "The greatest show on Earth" 😁😁
Hello again, Sir Hairless. Nightwish Army Phoenix, 67-year-old subscriber back here for you. Jeez, I love your breakdown and analysis of the music and not only Floor's magnificent voice. What fun. You have just dipped a couple of toes into our beloved Nightwish rabbit hole. I am looking forward to your next step inside. Thank you.
I am glad you are continuing your Nightwish journey. Floor's vocal acrobatics are a treat to listen to. Your analysis is delightful and enlightening. For a real challenge try the acoustic version of How's the Heart from Planet Rock back to back with Shoemaker.
I just came across your channel last night when this video was recommended to me. I’ve watched and rewatched your metal reactions. And am now branching out into your other offerings. Thank you. There are a few reaction channels that really bring something wonderful and new to watching our favorite (and new to us) bands, but I’ve not found anything like your channel. I’ve joined your Patreon and so look forward to following your journey! Thank you for what you do and how your do it!
"Imaginaerum vs Imaginarium" - The original name of the album WAS Imaginarium up until just a few months before official release. At that time they made an official announcement that the name was being changed to Imaginaerum "to avoid any potential future confusion with other artistic works of the same name." There was another movie, released around the same time using Imaginarium in the title, and so no doubt Nightwish's legal counsel was behind encouraging them to change the name so there would be no worries about copyright claims. And, yes, the whole album and movie are based around a spooky, creepy amusement park theme playing out inside the mind of a dying musician experiencing his life and childhood "flash before his eyes" cast in this carnivalesque allegory. Great reactions, by the way. I like your method of explanation of musical details that I would not otherwise know but find very interesting! I look forward to seeing many more Nightwish reactions from you, as well as other symphonic metal bands!
Storytime is part of the concept album / film music Imaginaerum. It introduces the main character. The opening chord is the transition between the opening song and Storytime. The opening song: Nightwish - Taikatalvi (With Lyrics) The string chord at the beginning is a music box that is on the main character's piano. Glockenspiel is therefore a pretty accurate description. You will meet it again in Song of Myself. Dark Karneval is not a bad description. It is a fair. It represents the life's work of the main character, who is a composer. But he suffers from dementia and is dying. With him, the fair also falls apart and it is a ruin.
Two thirds of the way through you asked about there being a connection between Everdream and Storytime. These were played back to back at Wacken 2013 so yes...
if you say it sounds "unsettling" it is supposed to be - to add bit of the context This song was part of "Imaginaerum" album which also have a movie (musical) and it shows the mind of the old person slowly slipping into dementia while trying to make amends with his Daugher who is angry with him. Parts of the story switch from deam into nightmares and the musical composition enforce the feeling of this nightmarish realm
I appreciate that it´s musically very complex and quite interesting from a music-technical perspective, but it will never be the kind of music I like to listen, it gives me a headache and it hurts my ears and my physical heart. but I listen to it on your chanel because of your accurate analysis.
Just for your information Tuomas Holopainen, keyboardist and main composer of Nightwish, has a couple of side projects which may be more of your liking: give yourself a treat listening to "A Lifetime of Adventure" here on TH-cam.😉 Despite the title, the song is quite relaxing, also due to the singer's soft voice (Johanna Kurkela, Tuomas' wife). If you like it, then you may be willing to take a peek into Auri, Tuomas' second band, which is prog folk oriented. Hope I didn't bother you...😅 Greetings! 👋🇮🇹🖖
Hi! I like your analytic style and almost super human ability to spot some Nightwish fingerprint/trademark patterns based on only two songs. I recommend Nightwish Live in Tampere 2015: The Greatest Show On Earth and Nightwish - While Your Lips Are Still Red (Live at Wembley Arena) videos. These are interesting outlier songs for Nighwish. There is no predictable Nightwish song, but those two are very different from the most of Nightwish production.
This song was from the Imaginaerum album originally, sung by their middle, more pop-sounding singer Anette (blanking on the last name, I apologize.) The album had a sort of circus theme for its tour, and was meant to celebrate imagination. She didn't have Floor or Tarja's skill, especially at lives, so most of the songs written with her in mind are comparatively simple vocally. That said, it's one of my favorite albums and got me through some very tough times.
I am so sad that there is no Ghost Love Score reaction yet. Just discovered this and it felt like you could really appreciate the music on so many levels. I really like your analyzis.
@@SirHairless 🤩 oh I can't wait then. I was at that concert (if its again Wacken) and its like reliving it every time I hear it. And seeing others experiencing it just makes my day better
Wow, your knowledge of music is incredible! Nice to hear your analysis of Nightwish songs, very interesting and different compared to numerous reactions I’ve seen before. Thank you! 🙏 Keep these coming! 🔥🤘
Thank for coming back to Nightwish, and for your detailed analysis (though I guess you're not so much a drum person, I think Jukka's part in the middle is worthy of more note, but that's opinion not complaint). All the Wacken songs were written for previous singers, but Floor has a knack for boosting up the endings - you'll see this again in _Ghost_ _Love_ _Score._ After GLS I would normally recommend _Romanticide,_ which has a lot to discuss for anybody knowledgeable in music creation or performance; but it is one of their heaviest, so you may not feel ready yet. Instead, I'd say maybe _Song_ _of_ _Myself_ (Wacken again). It's in four movements, and the last ("Love") wasn't performed live, because it's a poem read by the family and friends of Nightwish with orchestral backing; for someone like you I recommend the Ann Waychoff edition put together by General Gabriel, which attaches the album version of this movement to the end of the Wacken footage. Enjoy!
I think you are going to really enjoy all of their work. And there's a lot! You mentioned audience interaction, when you get to Ghost Love Score pay some attention to what the audience is singing.:)
The album (and the film they made to go with it) was supposed to be titled “Imaginaerium” but they dropped the second “i” I believe to avoid confusion with the Terry Gilliam film “The Imaginaerium of Doctor Parnassus” that released between the recording of the album and completion of the film.
I feel that the "unsettling" parts are in the same vein as in some horror films such as _"Halloween",_ and also the early part of Mike Oldfield's _"Tubular Bells"_ which was used in _"The Exorcist"._ When combined with the lighter chorus, I feel that the song does a good job of capturing the duality of light and darkness often found in classic fairy tales. Thanks for another great reaction/analysis! 👍
Thank you for deciding to continue exploring Nightwish music! Nice analysis, I'm sure many of the fans appreciate it! This concert is highly appreciated by the fans because it meets superlatives in all chapters: musical composition, interpretation of all band members, active participation of the audience, as well as a high quality recording and mixing. I await with great interest your next steps in this journey of discovery, because I am convinced that by the end of it, we will win a new fan :)
I would like to take this moment to thank you "General" Gabriel Bardac, for your tireless promotion of my favorite band. It was through a reaction video of Ghost Love Score by The Charismatic Voice that my journey with NW began. After watching her reaction, I decided that I must have been living under a rock for far too long musically. Without countless reactions to Nightwish, I am not sure that the world could have discovered this incredible... well.. calling them a mere "band" is a woeful understatement! They are an experience, to say the least. Through these reaction videos, we fans get to re-experience our first time hearing the NW song being reacted to. God Bless those who react to Nightwish because, in so doing, they promote what is great about music, and God Bless you, sir, for promoting the reactors and giving them direction to their magical journey.
NW Army member, Outpost Eatonville Wa.
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@@christopherchick6419 Thank you very much for your kind message.
My journey started 8-9 years ago. I was in a very bad state then, on the verge of depression, due to a long chain of negative events in my personal life and Nightwish music plus the reactions suddenly became very important, because they gave me that optimistic energy that gradually helped me find my inner balance. Back then, the late Ann Waychoff, with her gentle and understanding approach, welcomed the new reactors, giving all of us gathered around her a sense of community. I understood later that her wisdom was the result of a full life and her professional experience in social services, but also of suffering from severe chronic diseases, which made her dependent on oxygen. I took over her role when she was hospitalized, because I realized that what Ann was doing was necessary, and that without leadership based on her model, everything that had been built until then was going to collapse. Fortunately, it is something I can still do easily, because I have internet both at home and at work, where I benefit from the understanding of my colleagues, mostly younger.
From the perspective of time, I realize that there was also a selfish component in what I did, to save the source of my emotional support, which I was then dependent on to a much greater extent than now, when many of my emotional wounds have closed.
And this is how this wave appeared and developed, started by the fans and fully supported by the fans, of supporting the reactors who listen to Nightwish music, contributing to the popularization of this unique band. I am convinced that many of the fans arrived here because they needed the emotional support of their music, like Ann and me. I think it's a symptom of the modern world we live in, that we need this kind of emotional support, which is missing in our everyday life.
@@christopherchick6419 Thank you very much for your kind message.
My journey started 8-9 years ago. I was in a very bad state then, on the verge of depression, due to a long chain of negative events in my personal life and Nightwish music plus the reactions suddenly became very important, because they gave me that optimistic energy that gradually helped me find my inner balance.
Back then, the late Ann Waychoff, with her gentle and understanding approach, welcomed the new reactors, giving all of us gathered around her a sense of community. I understood later that her wisdom was the result of a full life and her professional experience in social services, but also of suffering from severe chronic illness, affecting her mobility.
I took over her role when she was hospitalized, because I realized that what Ann was doing was necessary, and that without leadership based on her model, everything that had been built until then was going to collapse. Fortunately, it is something I can still do easily, because I have internet both at home and at work, where I benefit from the understanding of my colleagues, mostly younger.
From the perspective of time, I realize that there was also a selfish component in what I did, to save the source of my emotional support, which I was then dependent on to a much greater extent than now, when many of my emotional wounds have closed.
And this is how this wave appeared and developed, started by the fans and fully supported by the fans, of supporting the reactors who listen to Nightwish music, contributing to the popularization of this unique band.
I am convinced that many of the fans arrived here because they needed the emotional support of their music, like Ann and me. I think it's a symptom of the modern world we live in, that we need this kind of emotional support, which is missing in our everyday life.
@@christopherchick6419 Thank you very much for your kind message.
I'm actually impressed to see a reactor who isn't just blown away by Floor's voice but appreciates the whole package and show. Well done.
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You have such a clear way of explaining things! It's a real skill to simplify complex ideas to a few sentences and make it understandable for everyone.
Cheers! Happy to hear it
As a piano teacher and a theory lover...loving this. Nightwish is so fun to analyze.
As a music theory dropout (I did much better in engineering and medicine/dentistry),
I wish he would delve a bit deeper. It would be great to note all the interval changes (and the musical context leading up to them) that strike THAT chord in the listener. Nightwish contains so many such moments.
Tuomas must have been a very good student, with a flair for triggering emotional dramatic moments (or reflections) in us all.
@@randalljones4370 There are a number of reasons I don't delve deeper, all of which would be harmful to my channel
That's one of the best analyses I've seen of this song. Every Nightwish song is different, there's so much to discover for you.
Thanks! I'm looking forward to it 🙌
Reactors such as yourself are a valuable resource for people like me. I love this music, but I don't always know why it affects me as it does. Reactors such as RVA, The Charismatic Voice, Chase Carneson, Julia Nilon, and now you, dig down into the internals of the machine and reveal details of how and why it works. Looking for reactors like you is why I am here. Although seeing new people discover this music, and vicariously reliving my initial joy, is also reason enough to watch reactions. Watching reactors shed tears, while listening to Tuomas's music played by Nightwish and sung by Floor, for reasons they cannot articulate, makes my eyes leak too.
I strongly concur with everything you've said. I'm fascinated by the in depth analysis and music theory, and it's so much more fun when you come across someone who is new to the band that you can live vicariously through while also learning something new yourself.
As an aside, you would likely really enjoy JW Soundwork's analysis to this song if you haven't seen it yet.
@@tho_she_be_but_litl Yes. I forgot JW Soundworks when I rattled off that list. He's good too.
@@recumbentkoala MTR, with the loudest spacebar!
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One of my favorite reactions was Floor Jansen REACTS to Nightwish - Ghost Love Score (Wacken 2013). She remained remarkably objective.
Nightwish is a journey, buckle up and enjoy!
At this point Floor is still doing covers of the previous vocalists but after 8 months with the band putting her own stamp on them. It is fun to pick out the contextual alterations this allowed.
Especially with Ghost love score! Her ending that she added to the song just made that song go viral with all the reaction videos.
@@irenehabes-quene2839To say the least.
Well done, Sir. The Nightwish army appreciates you for joining our ranks. 🤘
Thank you to you and the army
Thank you for again coming back to Nightwish! I really like and appreciate your reactions and particularly the analysis component.😊
I concur!
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Ever Dream and Storytime are considered "mainstream" Nightwish songs, few that could see radio time.
For someone like you, Ghost Love Score should be a 7star meal in a fancy restaurant.
This is the level of analysis I wish every TH-cam reactor had! I'm looking forward for the next video already.
You turned into one of my favorite reactors after only two videos!
I'll keep watching you, giving friendly vibes, like I'd love to actually sit down and chat about music for hours
Thank you sir hairless! I think you'd love "shoemaker"
Subscriber and member of the NW Army here. Please next do the most reacted to song on TH-cam: Ghost Love Score by Nightwish @ Wacken 2013, (same concert). This is their 13th song on the setlist. Worthy of note: the syncopated beats, Floor's incredible breath control and THAT last note as sung by Floor. In the words of your fellow music reactor, The Charasmatic Voice, (an opera singer), ..."Can't stop..it's too good!" This was her first listen to Nightwish. Through her reaction video, my journey with NW was started. I get it that I do not understand the whys and wherfores for my love of music. God Bless the music reactors such as yourself for showing me why I have this passion.😊
I'm so glad to see this reaction video. This is probably my favourite performance by any band ever. Just blows me away every time I see or hear it.
I think it was originally supposed to be Imaginarium, but that name had been used somewhere else already, so they changed it to avoid any legal trouble. So basically you can think of imaginarium and imaginaerum as the same thing.
Yup, the lyrics were already written and recorded when they ran into a blocking of the name Imaginarium. It seems Marko (bass guitar) came with the idea of just changing some letters in the name and problem solved. Very sharp remark by our Sir Hairless! BTW Marko was not just bass guitar player and vocalist: he did also the sound mixing as he wanted to emphasis Floor's (10 month with the band) remarkable vocals and technique. He also has an amazing versatile voice, watch him in his younger days singing acoustically a Tarot song (his band) with his brother Zachary:
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You ain't heard nothin' yet.
It gets far more complex. The darkness is there alright - you would understand more if you watch the movie Imaginaerum, starring the band, named for the album this tour promoted
Next, try Song of Myself from this same show.
BTW Floor has a range of 3.5 octaves and incredible vibrato control.
3.5 octaves not including growling…
@@robhannah2794 The sub woofer, a lot of people completely miss it! :)
At this point, you have to react/analyse “The poet and the pendulum” and “The greatest show on earth”. And maybe “An ocean of strange lands” 🫢
Thank you for continuing on with Nightwish... there is so much here for you to discover. They incorporate all kinds of music and styles and a bunch of various instruments as well. You've hit Storytime and Ever Dream, which, as wonderfully written as they are, are two of their more "radio friendly hits". I think you'll really start to appreciate them even more as you dive into some of the more... symphonic, more epic songs of thiers.
I love your break downs. I'm an old bass player with some musical knowledge but I sometimes find it hard how to explain to someone why a song is so wonderful. Your more advanced knowledge of music is fantastic and your analysis explains the song perfectly. I just "shared" this with my girlfriend going, "this... this is why the song is so great... listen to this guy!" lol.
please keep them coming... I'd love to hear your reactions to some of their more... interesting songs. Things like, Ghost Love Score from this same Wacken concert... Shudder Before the Beautiful live at Wembley... Dead Boy's Poem live in Buenos Aires... Greatest Show on Earth live at Wembley or Tampere (both are wonderful)... and so many, many more. Lots of wonderful music here for you to discover, and for us to enjoy your professional breakdowns!
Haha thanks for sharing 🎸 And for the recommendations - these are all on my list for future reactions!
Storytime and 22 min analysis, thanks I liked it a lot. I can't wait you to get to 24 min long The Greatest Show on The Earth
24 hs. to análisis 😂😂
He will have to take a few days off - and arrange for meals to be brought in
Oh wow, it's 24 minutes long?!? As Richard said, that would call for days off (from work too )
epic analysis it would be
I get teary eyed Everytime I listen to the greatest show on earth. It's just amazing.
I am SO happy that you discovered Nightwish and Floor. There are maaaany fantastic reactions coming. ❤️
Love your NIGHTWISH reactions
To give you some context, Sir Hairless: the overall theme of this concert's set (as part of the 'Imaginaerum' tour) is that the songs are the wandering thoughts of an old storyteller on his deathbed.
That's super interesting, thanks!
At the same time the songs are used as soundtrack for Imaginaerum the movie - you can find the trailer for it on TH-cam
Edit: ah I see you've talked about this
her accoustic version of the song "hows the heart" takes all the brain away and melts you
They use orchestral backing track so it's a bit hard to know what Tuomas play and what is on backing track. Song is from Imaginaerum album wich is connected to movie Imaginearum by Nightwish. Backing track is done with The orchestra, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, called "The Looking Glass Orchestra", was led by Thomas Bowes and conducted by James Shearman.The orchestra and choir was arranged, orchestrated and directed by Pip Williams.
Great analysis of the song. It's unfortunate that at that Wacken they didn't lead into it with "Taikatalvi", which is actually the prologue to the song, which both musically and lyrically (in Finnish) sets the stage for "Storytime"
Also sung instead by Marko, so you get a different vocal performance entirely.
English translation of the lyrics from a Finn:
Of my children the dearest one is this stage
Where the moonlight on its alleys advances
Bent sprig, summer in the care of
The White Ocean so wide
Which with the wings of a ghost moon
Arrives to retrieve me home
Upon the wintry earth, a moment like eternity
Which with the paws of a kitten to me creeps
Here at the tale's roots I may live, where
A violin of vast longing
Its eternal melody paints
With its song awakens the earth
Excellent again ! I applaud !!
We might have told you already but it might help you to know Tuomas uses several pseudonyms to refer to himself in various Nightwish songs which he writes from experiences, observation or imagination, he says he is a man with a boy's heart, a grown-up Peter Pan, and you will see that directly in places even, when he uses boy narrators sometimes in place of himself.
Digging into his lyrics is almost a second bite of the cherry.
He will also use poet, dreamer, writer/song writer or ocean soul - Tuomas has an affinity for the ocean, he wanted to become a marine biologist; keep all this in mind for later, it will help.
So here, "A writer by a fire. . . . . ." Tuomas is speaking to you directly, he is the story-teller, the “writer by the fire” - "Took a journey into a child-man’s heart" would be Tuomas remembering the childhood stories, the Peter Pan escapades of his imagination and fascinations, but the boy has grown up from being a Peter-Pan, the crib is empty.
I am:
the voice of Never-Never land, the empty crib, the journey, the destination, the home, Tuomas says, he's taking you back to his childhood fascinations.
Floor sings the bridge "Neverland, innocence, dreams of every man. . . . . ." in a high operatic head voice, a pitch you might expect from a very excited small boy.
Now, go look at all the lyrics and the references to the childhood classic stories and it all drops into place; it's one of the songs where it is easy to dig inside Tuomas' metaphoric lyrics and unravel them.
Good stuff, you keep at it, Nightwish will not disappoint.
Thanks for the info!
@@SirHairless You are very welcome.
The reactions are interesting, looking forwards to some more !
Awesome reaction.
You are one of the few reactors that give such a lengthy analysis but still make it interesting.
I’m so pleased you carried on with Nightwish, liked and subbed for that. Looking forward to your unique insight into the next Nightwish song.
Nightwish has been an integral part of my life for a quarter of a century now, but I never knew exactly what made it so much better than anything else out there. It just was. I'm not a musician, I know nothing about music theory or anything about that field, I can't play an instrument to save my life. I just recognize good music when I hear it, but I can't explain it. So, it's cool to have you Sir Hairless pointing a finger at the little things that are the building blocks of the atmosphere I know and love. Keep it up, sir.
I very much enjoyed this amazing reaction/analysis from a real gentleman who knows a bunch of music-related stuff and shows lots of well-deserved respect to this iconic band; thank you!! This was a very nice way to celebrate our heavy metal day around here🤘😎🤘and I’ll be looking forward to watching the inevitable day when (hopefully) you’ll be introduced to my favourite ‘metal+other things’ band (i.e., the stunning TOOL): it’ll blow your mind!🎶🎧🎶
This whole show was just magical. I have seen a lot of concerts in my life and there are a few that I can go back to in my mind when I close my eyes. This one is very high on that list.
wow. I love such tips, breaking down the song into its first parts and explaining the technicalities. Much respect sir!! We are waiting for more Nightwish songs. Thank you and best regards.
I love your analysis. Thank you for the education.
What a great moment when Emppu points into the crowd and winks. That's just so very...Emppu of him, lol.
Gosh, I love your reactions. This is just the tip of the iceberg called Nightwish😉 They also have slower and more folky songs with Uillean pipes and flutes (I want my tears back in Buenos Aires per example, awesome happy song) and of course the absolute MASTERPIECES "the Poet and the pendulum" (very intense personal story of Toumas about depression and S***ide) and the "greatest show on Earth" (not referring to them haha, but to the evolution of our planet, creatures and....music.
I am a life long metalhead and there are so many negative feelings and thoughts about us and the music. I never ever saw a fight or misery, just people enjoying the music and the be one with the band and crowd. I take my 3 pre-teen daughters with me and they are having a great time. Also to Nightwish concerts.
Thank you sir! Salute from Holland
Another great reaction where I was able to learn more about a song and a band that I love. I think you will very much enjoy doing a deep dive into Ghost Love Score and I am hoping to hear you do an analysis of two of my favorites, Song of Myself and Seven Days to the Wolves.
had a feeling id find you here
@@MegaDog555 Where you find Nightwish, you will find me!
"Imaginaerum" was also the Nightwish wine - from Spain, 2010! Nice drop if you can still get it!
This song is part of the soundtrack for the movie 'Imaginaerum' written by Tuomas and cast with the band members. It is, taken at face value, a horror movie. You can feel those vibes in this song. As this is the Imaginaerum tour, a lot of the songs are from the movie.
Rewatching this, you mention the crowd is part of the song: watch the "the Bard song & Valhala" by Blind Guardian. Thats the crowd being part of the song (yes from Wacken again)
The most metal song Nightwish has done is Romanticide (same Wacken concert.). It is complex, ever changing, powerful, and has vocal elements you probably have never heard done live. I also suggest their newest song, Perfume of the Timeless, from the album coming out in September. Watch the first episode of the PotT documentary, episode 1 (less than three minutes) to hear Tuomas explain what he is doing and why his music is what it is. It will be difficult for you to find a Nightwish song you won't like, or one not worthy of your analysis. They are simply different in structure, sound, and lyrical content from other bands.
Your analysis is so different and so interesting and intelligent, I ask you to do more Nightwish tracks please, they are a band full of surprises and great talent, always something interesting going on, hope you will do more.
Check out my previous Nightwish reaction next 🎸 th-cam.com/video/O2qykiKWx8c/w-d-xo.html
I' m sitting here waiting you will do " The greatest Show on Earth " by Nightwish. One of my all Time Favorites. Greatings from Austria 🙋♂️
as someone who just listens to music in a ... well .. emotional way it's absolutly stunning to whatch you literally reading every aspect of it while it play's instead of the analytics afterwards. this tugs me somehow even deeper into the music ^^"
I loved your reaction/analysis. This was the first song I ever heard from Nightwish, and I have been hooked ever since.
I have listened to your reaction to both Evergreen and Storytime. I am as far from a musician as you can get, but I absolutely love music, particularly complex arrangements and the symphonic backing incorporated into music by Nightwish. Therefore, I appreciate you delving into the musical aspects of the songs, breaking it down in simple terms for someone like me, and not just reacting to the awesomeness of Floor's voice, which is easy to blown over by. I have listened to Storytime hundreds of times, but when you played the intro on the piano, the notes almost sounded like John Carpenter's Halloween/Michael Myers theme. Perhaps I am dead wrong. Regardless, it is a wonderful piece of writing and performance by Nightwish.
Awesome once again my friend..... so glad your continuing with Nightwish, Floor, and this 2013 show. It was magical...... Floor was not yet even invited to be a full time member. She had been called in 2012 literally almost overnight, to fill in for the singer that left Nightwish mid tour. Floor learned their entire set list in 48 hours and flew from Europe to Seattle to go on stage with them. Her performance here at Wacken 2013 solidified her place in the band forever. She blew everyone away with her performance this night...... Any fans that doubted, quickly had their fears erased. I think you're starting to see Tuomas's brilliance as a composer, he writes everything, music and lyrics, and most of the stage production. Please watch their entire set, it's truly all different, nothing ever sounding like you heard it before. His imagination is endless. Then your on to Poet and the Pendulum at Wembley....... Stunning.... and so much more.
In just 48hrs?!?
@@SirHairless, ...... Yes! I can't even imagine the stress, lol ......
Thankyou for coming back to nightwish loved it. More soon x
welcome to the Nightwish community! Eagerly awaiting for you to react to Ghost Love Score... Top notch Floorgasm... You need to listen to believe :D
New subscriber. Really appreciate your use of music theory to analyze the pieces in question, and REALLY appreciate your excellent explanations and examples of what you’re talking about. I’ve heard people blather about that sort of thing for years…you actually are teaching it! Excellent work.👍
17:05 Blind Guardians' Bards song is amazing crowd performance
Now that you've been exposed to symphonic metal, you'll love the band Epica 🤘🏼 Hugs from Brazil 🇧🇷
Nightwish Army North Texas division reporting for duty. Welcome to a wonderful musical journey. Enjoy the ride!
Good Lord!!! They are spectacular!! I've been a metal music since the 60's where are they from? More of them please❤❤❤❤
They are from Finland......except for the singer which is Dutch....
Also, now just wait until Marco sings too…for the first times, with NW, you’ll have to go back in time, back to Tarja days, I love Tarja, she’s amazing also, in different ways to Floor, both are great, all I’ll say, besides if you enjoy this, you need to experience early days with Tarja as the lead singer, and Marco’s involvement, especially the phantom of the opera, with Tarja and Marco.
Finally someone mentioned the passing chord in the second part of the chorus! What's even cooler is that the bass plays a G as you said but the guitar plays a G-Eb powerchord, and the backing chorus is playing harmonies that have Eb and Bb. So it's really an Eb/G chord which is a V-I into the Ab but with the tension of the low G into the Ab. Classic metal move.
Greetings from Finland! Ive been a fan of Nightwish since '97 and one of my lazy day hobbies is to watch Nightwish reactions. Ive seen quite many but yours are best by far. I love how you are able to spot the cool musical twists and share them with us. Thank you so much!
Great reaction, I like how you explain everything. Ghost Love Score from the same show is fantastic, can't wait for you to watch it. They have amazing live shows so anything you pick from Wacken, Wembley, Tampere, Buenos Aires or Hellfest will be good.
So glad you've continued on the Nightwish journey! You might think you know what to expect, but there's lots of things waiting that you can't predict. Instruments, types of music, vocals, and so on. Nightwish has produced a rich variety of all of them, and you'll be introduced to them in good time.
Storytime is one of my all time favorites, and this performance especially. But it's a short, small, poppy metal song. It's not a typical format for Tuomas. Ghost Love Score is usually the best introduction to Nightwish, but it doesn't really feature anything you haven't heard already (except two things, theatrics and one of many aspect of Floors vocals you've not witnessed yet).
Other songs do. Just wait and see.
Yes! Haven't even watched this video yet and I know I'm going to love it!!
I LOVE your breakdowns here!!! So nice to get a musician's view!!! Also, you are SO beautiful!!! 😍
I just like you to do each and every song from Nightwish. I just love all the knowledge you have. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Wow. Your ear and analysis is simply amazing.
You put a lot of effort into these. Thank you!
This was pure joy to watch.
Thank you for covering my favourite bands of all time, and I hope you keep getting Floor'd!
I forgot that you referred to Floor as elegant in your last video, and I think that's a wonderful way to describe the ambiance in Everdream.
16:40 They used children's choir for this part which makes it sound lighter. Another song that has children singing is Scaretale where it's used for interesting twist for the dark theme of the song.
I originally subscribed for your great Pentatonix reactions and I am extremely happy you‘re now looking into Nightwish which I listen to already for much longer ❤ Looking forward to the next ones!
Thanks Sir, it was a pleasure to watch/listen to your analysis again. "Ghost Love Score", "The Poet and the Pendulum" and "The Greatest Show on Earth" will be an hour+ journey with all these details. And we love it so keep up the good work!
Glad you noticed all the details in their music because they are incredible musicians ! I think you definitely need to react to the more elaborated pieces as "The poet and the Pendulum" or "The greatest show on Earth" 😁😁
We know we like it...
You make the technical reasons for why we like it very easy to understand.
Well done and please continue...
Loved your Dimash reactions. And now Nightwish. You spoil me, Sir. Subscribed. 🤟🤪
Hello again, Sir Hairless. Nightwish Army Phoenix, 67-year-old subscriber back here for you. Jeez, I love your breakdown and analysis of the music and not only Floor's magnificent voice. What fun. You have just dipped a couple of toes into our beloved Nightwish rabbit hole. I am looking forward to your next step inside. Thank you.
Thank you for continuing to Nightwish. It‘s so interesting. Greetings from Germany 🤘🔥🫶
A song you will really enjoy analyzing is “Epica feat Apocalyptica-Rivers” Apocalyptica will be the three cellist’s playing in the background.
I am glad you are continuing your Nightwish journey. Floor's vocal acrobatics are a treat to listen to. Your analysis is delightful and enlightening. For a real challenge try the acoustic version of How's the Heart from Planet Rock back to back with Shoemaker.
I just came across your channel last night when this video was recommended to me. I’ve watched and rewatched your metal reactions. And am now branching out into your other offerings. Thank you. There are a few reaction channels that really bring something wonderful and new to watching our favorite (and new to us) bands, but I’ve not found anything like your channel. I’ve joined your Patreon and so look forward to following your journey! Thank you for what you do and how your do it!
Thank you so much 🙏 Really appreciate your support
"Imaginaerum vs Imaginarium" - The original name of the album WAS Imaginarium up until just a few months before official release. At that time they made an official announcement that the name was being changed to Imaginaerum "to avoid any potential future confusion with other artistic works of the same name." There was another movie, released around the same time using Imaginarium in the title, and so no doubt Nightwish's legal counsel was behind encouraging them to change the name so there would be no worries about copyright claims.
And, yes, the whole album and movie are based around a spooky, creepy amusement park theme playing out inside the mind of a dying musician experiencing his life and childhood "flash before his eyes" cast in this carnivalesque allegory.
Great reactions, by the way. I like your method of explanation of musical details that I would not otherwise know but find very interesting! I look forward to seeing many more Nightwish reactions from you, as well as other symphonic metal bands!
I'd love to see some reactions or watchalongs of the film. It's such a gem (pun intended).
Storytime is part of the concept album / film music Imaginaerum. It introduces the main character. The opening chord is the transition between the opening song and Storytime. The opening song:
Nightwish - Taikatalvi (With Lyrics)
The string chord at the beginning is a music box that is on the main character's piano. Glockenspiel is therefore a pretty accurate description. You will meet it again in Song of Myself.
Dark Karneval is not a bad description. It is a fair. It represents the life's work of the main character, who is a composer. But he suffers from dementia and is dying. With him, the fair also falls apart and it is a ruin.
Fantastic reaction. Thank you.👍👍👍
Tuomas Holopainen ( keys) songwriter,composer.Nightwish band from Finland.
Two thirds of the way through you asked about there being a connection between Everdream and Storytime. These were played back to back at Wacken 2013 so yes...
if you say it sounds "unsettling" it is supposed to be - to add bit of the context
This song was part of "Imaginaerum" album which also have a movie (musical) and it shows the mind of the old person slowly slipping into dementia while trying to make amends with his Daugher who is angry with him. Parts of the story switch from deam into nightmares and the musical composition enforce the feeling of this nightmarish realm
I appreciate that it´s musically very complex and quite interesting from a music-technical perspective, but it will never be the kind of music I like to listen, it gives me a headache and it hurts my ears and my physical heart. but I listen to it on your chanel because of your accurate analysis.
Just for your information Tuomas Holopainen, keyboardist and main composer of Nightwish, has a couple of side projects which may be more of your liking: give yourself a treat listening to "A Lifetime of Adventure" here on TH-cam.😉
Despite the title, the song is quite relaxing, also due to the singer's soft voice (Johanna Kurkela, Tuomas' wife).
If you like it, then you may be willing to take a peek into Auri, Tuomas' second band, which is prog folk oriented.
Hope I didn't bother you...😅
Greetings!
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@@flaviovergottini652 Thank you for the information, I will definitly give it a try.
I really enjoyed your reaction, both informative and enjoyable, very appreciative, my thanks to you sir. I look forward to more Nightwish ❤
50 years ago I hated piano lessons - now I wish I had kept going!
Oh don't worry, I did too! I improved exponentially when I quit lessons 🎶
Hi! I like your analytic style and almost super human ability to spot some Nightwish fingerprint/trademark patterns based on only two songs. I recommend Nightwish Live in Tampere 2015: The Greatest Show On Earth and Nightwish - While Your Lips Are Still Red (Live at Wembley Arena) videos. These are interesting outlier songs for Nighwish. There is no predictable Nightwish song, but those two are very different from the most of Nightwish production.
This song was from the Imaginaerum album originally, sung by their middle, more pop-sounding singer Anette (blanking on the last name, I apologize.) The album had a sort of circus theme for its tour, and was meant to celebrate imagination. She didn't have Floor or Tarja's skill, especially at lives, so most of the songs written with her in mind are comparatively simple vocally. That said, it's one of my favorite albums and got me through some very tough times.
I am so sad that there is no Ghost Love Score reaction yet. Just discovered this and it felt like you could really appreciate the music on so many levels. I really like your analyzis.
Check back tomorrow ☺️
@@SirHairless 🤩 oh I can't wait then. I was at that concert (if its again Wacken) and its like reliving it every time I hear it. And seeing others experiencing it just makes my day better
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Wow, your knowledge of music is incredible! Nice to hear your analysis of Nightwish songs, very interesting and different compared to numerous reactions I’ve seen before. Thank you! 🙏 Keep these coming! 🔥🤘
Thank for coming back to Nightwish, and for your detailed analysis (though I guess you're not so much a drum person, I think Jukka's part in the middle is worthy of more note, but that's opinion not complaint). All the Wacken songs were written for previous singers, but Floor has a knack for boosting up the endings - you'll see this again in _Ghost_ _Love_ _Score._ After GLS I would normally recommend _Romanticide,_ which has a lot to discuss for anybody knowledgeable in music creation or performance; but it is one of their heaviest, so you may not feel ready yet. Instead, I'd say maybe _Song_ _of_ _Myself_ (Wacken again). It's in four movements, and the last ("Love") wasn't performed live, because it's a poem read by the family and friends of Nightwish with orchestral backing; for someone like you I recommend the Ann Waychoff edition put together by General Gabriel, which attaches the album version of this movement to the end of the Wacken footage. Enjoy!
I think you are going to really enjoy all of their work. And there's a lot! You mentioned audience interaction, when you get to Ghost Love Score pay some attention to what the audience is singing.:)
Well done, Sir!
Its so nice to see someone properly react to nightwish, most just say "nice" and continue listening
You're brilliant! Continue with the good work! ♥️
The album (and the film they made to go with it) was supposed to be titled “Imaginaerium” but they dropped the second “i” I believe to avoid confusion with the Terry Gilliam film “The Imaginaerium of Doctor Parnassus” that released between the recording of the album and completion of the film.
Loved the analysis, thanks. Would also love a reaction to The Poet and The Pendulum.
I concur.
Great reaction!! Looking forward to see mooooore Nightwish reactons from you!
Dude, you did it again for me 😁😎way cool reaction video, thank you 🙏🏼
I feel that the "unsettling" parts are in the same vein as in some horror films such as _"Halloween",_ and also the early part of Mike Oldfield's _"Tubular Bells"_ which was used in _"The Exorcist"._ When combined with the lighter chorus, I feel that the song does a good job of capturing the duality of light and darkness often found in classic fairy tales. Thanks for another great reaction/analysis! 👍
I really enjoy your analysis, clear and easy to understand