She's not human...she is a diety currently in human form, our Amazon Warrior Queen :). And yes, Mr. Holopainen is a friggin' genius for composing so many musical masterpieces like this one.
This song was composed by Tuomas Holopainen (the keyboard guy) at a very hard time of his life. According to his words he "committed suicide" in the song because he could not do it in real life. For me it is one of the best songs of the group. The inspiration is capricious ;)
To understand the whole meaning of this song, you have to dive into the history of the band since all the songs are written by Tuomas and he reveals his thoughts and feelings in his lyrics. This song was written shortly after Nightwish separated from their first singer Tarja in 2005, who Tuomas was friends with for many years but he felt betrayed by her and her husband (this would be too much to explain in detail) and couldn't work with her anylonger. In interviews with Tuomas and documentations about him, it becomes clear that after this seperation, Tuomas had a deep depression because he lost Tarja, who meant so much to him and he didn't know about the future of his band and you can feel his desperation in this song. He also explained that in this song, he killed himself (in the lyrics) instead of commiting suicide in real life. If you are interested in more interpretations of the lyrics, have a look here: songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858678581/
When Tuomas had written the song, he actually didn't want to release it at all at first, just keep it to himself, but after many thoughts he did release it, it did mean so much to him.
Also, the fans blamed him for firering Tarja. And that was very hard for him, because it was the band who did that, not just him. But i took the blame.
You know i have been watching your Nightwish videos for a while now but i keep coming back to this. Firstly its a nice reaction vid but what got me was to see you all blushing and flustered when you saw her costume. Hahaha. It was funny and adorable at the same time but even the opposite sex feels that way when they see her singing like this! :) keep on the good work mate.
Nah, at the beginning it's not Floor, but a little boy, I think. I agree, sometimes she doesn't seem human at all, lol. The song was originally sung by Anette Olzon, the second singer of Nightwish (a controversial home too), but Floor definitely brings more emotion to the song. You did songs from all 3 singers, but with Floor singing, haha! Ok, for the little story about the song, 2005 is the year Tarja, the first singer, was fired from the band, just after their last concert, End of an Era. It was handled poorly by the guys, and Tuomas, as the founder and leader of the band, was under fire because of it (plus there's this popular theory that he was in love with Tarja, but I won't go into that, because it was never confirmed by any party), so I think, with this song, he talked about that period in his life. I've not really analyzed this song, so I'm sure other amazing people will have a great insight into what's going on in this one. BTW, Tuomas writes like 95% of Nightwish stuff, so that includes lyrics and music. Floor hasn't written anything for the band yet. I think she has decided to take a backseat and just enjoy singing for the moment (she wrote all the stuff for ReVamp and lyrics for After Forever for years and years). I think you should react to Phantom of the Opera from End of and Era (my all-time favourite version of this song), and Yours is an Empty Hope (Floor growls during the chorus, I freaking love it).
hell informative comment, love it, cheers m/ m/ i'm doing that version of phantom of the opera next eZ booooiz altho floor doing growls sounds like fun hahahah
You're welcome! And great! Yeah, Floor doing growsl is cool as heck. She also growls in many songs from her project ReVamp. I think one performance from them that stands out is Disdain at Graspop 2010. Normally, there are male growls in the song, but Floor did it all and it was freaking epic!
Yep, I'm not so sure about that rumor either that Tuomas was in love with Tarja, because there was big issues at the time in the band and the biggest were Tarja's new boyfriend/manager, Marcelo Kabuli who really messed up the relations between Tarja and rest of the band. They were just too demanding on their on-going tour: they wanted to fly from state to state and town to town instead of travelling with a band bus, "Nightliner", with the boys. They also demanded much more less gigs in the future and more free time, but also a bigger pay-offs and they wanted to live in luxury hotels and so on... That's why the song "Master Passion Greed" was wrote to Tarja's husband, Marcelo. Tarja also notified the band in the middle of tour that she will not continue in the band after the next album and minimized tour. All those tight demands and Tarja's notice to leave the band made the rest of the band very frustrated and angry because they were just started their purposeful way into the international breakthrough. The narrator (the whispering boy) in this song is British-Finnish theater- and TV-director's, Neil Hardwick's son, Sam Hardwick, if I remember right.
Hi ProgPiglet! Love your reaction channel. ... To add a little bit to the informative description given above, do young people (I'm an old geezer BTW) still have to read Edgar Allan Poe in English Lit class in high school? Don't know. But if you are familiar with that author, this song alludes to Poe's "The Pit & the Pendulum" as a dark metaphor for a Gothic romantic tragedy with himself cast as the main character. The spoken-word verse about being "raped again and again" refers metaphorically to himself being "raped" by the repeated passage of Poe's pendulum blade across his abdomen slowly cutting him in two ("Second robber to the right of Christ! Cut in half; infanticide!") It isn't about a suicide but about dying inside, romantically, at the hand of the never-to-be lover who rejected his love. To understand these lyrics, one has to understand Nightwish in total, as a big picture. Virtually every lyric Tuomas has ever written, from day one up to and including Imaginarium (EFMB was the first break to a new theme) has been about being the "escapist," the "lost one," the introvert unable to say directly to his wished for lover what he felt. And so he wrote lyrics that were really supposed to be him speaking to her but were cast in the female voice as her speaking to him or to the world in hopes, I suppose, that she would understand the message ("Sing what you can't say; Forget what you can't play" from "Dead Boy's Poem") ("Did you ever hear what I told you? Did you ever read what I wrote you? Did you ever listen to what we played? Did you ever let in what the world said?" from "Bye, Bye Beautiful"). Even the band's name from its very inception reflects this overarching theme. After Tarja left "in the Year of Our Lord 2005," Annette Olzen continued the theme by singing lyrics that reflected the aftermath of the romantic death in "Dark Passion Play." In one respect, his act of firing Tarja unexpectedly from the band might also be viewed as a suicide of sorts, and the P&P lyrics could well have a double meaning (a poetic device he has used often) indicating both a suicide when viewed in one context and death at the hand of the lover when viewed in another context. Now I will expect to hear all kinds of dissing about "oh it's just a rumor, blah, blah, blah." Bull$#!+. Anyone who thinks it is just a rumor has not been paying attention long enough, has not been digesting and integrating all the lyrics in a bigger picture nor integrating them with both Marcello's "open letter" to the band and with numerous interviews over the years. Of course none of the parties can admit such personal details in public. I am sure lawyers for both sides make sure it all remains, officially speaking, just a fascinating, trans-global stage play---a Dark Passion Play, if you will. But when reality comes crashing into the lyrics of the stage play with uncanny accuracy, one can't hide from the obvious. And that's not a bad thing. It is what makes Nightwish such a beautifully charming and stunningly successful band. One can become "attached" to the personal stories of the band members past and present in a very heart-touching way that endears them and their work unlike any other band can muster. Peace!
Chris dude! Thank you so much, just cheers man, i really really appreciate the info, I completely forgot about the Edgar Allen Poe reference. He isn't really touched on at all in australian high schools, mind you I remember reciting The Raven in front of my english class way back when hahahah otherwise his work always came across as pretty morbid and didn't really resonate with me, so never read The Pit And The Pendulum. Dying inside romantically from unrequited love makes a lot of sense given all those circumstances... thank you again! m/ m/ m/ m/ m/
The heart beat represents Tuomas finally dying (hear how it progressively stops beating) and after that you have “Mother and Father” which would be Tuomas’ parents receiving him in heaven. I always felt that final part was Tuomas’ farewell to Tarja. So moving.
"She doesn't seem human, sometimes." That sums up Floor perfectly. I can't stop crying hearing her sing, and the rest of the band make the performance completely otherworldly.
This is an art performance including music, poetry, act, emotions, storytelling etc...combined as a complete masterpiece. One who understands the lyrics and the backround of it can really go deep in this.
I truly enjoy your honest and giddy reactions. Welcome to the wonderful world of Nightwish! Now, as for the breakdown behind this song: The keyboardist of the band is also the band's leader and primary composer. His name is Tuomas Holopainen and he is a rock composing genius. This song the Poet and The Pendulum is his cathartic discharging of all the shit the band went through when they fired their original singer Tarja Turunen. The media lashed out and made him feel horrible amongst other things. (Tuomas breaks down the song himself in many different interviews). The song is a poetic form of him killing himself so that he didn't feel the need to have to do it in real life during that dark time. He has since admitted that although this song HAD to be written, that dark time has long past but it brings back such dark memories when they play it live that he has the sound tech turn off the vocal lyrics in his ear pieces. It's a dark song but a beautiful one as well. Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your reactions mate! I love Nightwish songs and this one is perfect, lot of us can felling connected with every word from this song... When i listen that i always have my tears out me! Pd.: my English is so bad but I want to tell my opinion :), love you man!
God be with you, should you EVER meet Floor in person. Legit I NEVER have been flustered by a gorgeous woman and I KNEW she was beautiful but IN PERSON she's just fucking... So much more breathtaking. You poor thing, you're gonna melt right into the ground before you speak to her 😂❤
I think you should know in my opinion that you cannot classify Nightwish.It has been around for over 20 yrs. And in that time has grown with the people in the band. Tuomas writes the music that he wants and does not care about popularity. All of his songs are his way of expressing his emotions or just telling a story. This is what makes Nightwish unique to me. Everybody below gave you the basic story of the song. When you mentioned about the keyboardist expressing emotions it is because this song he wrote(as well as 95% of Nightwish's music and lyrics)are his emotions when writing the song. In his lyrics he uses a lot of metaphors and older words that are not used anymore but have meaning to the song.(you may have to look up some words, like I do) Hahaha I am glad to see that you enjoyed this song. Song of Myself at Wacken 2013 is a good one. ;-)
I'm reading you and I agree completely. I'm latin american, and English is not my mother tongue, but when I read the lyrics of Nightwish I find many unusual words in them. I didn't learn them in english classes ha,ha. Their songs are very emotional, and I think Floor sings them with the right emotion, with passion. Nowadays is so rare to listen to a 10 or 13 minute long song !!, That's great. You know, I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan, since I was a boy, and it's very usual a 10 or 20 minute long song, so I enjoy that and appreciate it.
Fun fact 7:53 - Now I only have 3 minutes and counting and 3 minutes later which is on 10:53 - Save me ! And they going to part 5 which is Mother and Father “Be still my son , you’re home” means that he’s dead (in this song) and already home (heaven i think)
The song is deep shit about breaking up and the following depression that leads to a suicide. As the story goes, when Tarja, the first vocalist left the band the keyboard player who writes almost every piece of theirsongs, got deeply depressed and suicial and to get back on the track, he wrote the song about the suicide he never commited. You can see this visualized by sort of cutting his head off before the slow end. The slow end is a story where his mom and dad brings him to the afterworld. The song is very emotional to the band as well as at the very end the guitarist and the bass player gather around the keyboard player as support to finish the song. It is fun to see these Nightwish reactions as everyone who hears them for the first time gets their veery first Floorgasm... v
Mate, if no one else says it let me thank you for your insightful comments on composition and execution. You clearly write and play music and it shows.
Thank you for this reaction, glad you liked 😎 by the way the female voice in the beginning and in the middle part that's not Floor! Try out storytime from wacken, 7 days to the wolves in wembley and ever dream from wacken you won't ne desappointed!
Beautiful contrasts are the essence of art in my opinion. Great reaction dude - nice to find a South Aussie reactor too. Check out the band Jinjer and their track Pisces - amazing, melodic, death metal and their singer is a goddess.
If you like heavy tunes, you should check out these songs by Nightwish: Weak Fantasy th-cam.com/video/AN239Pbqbjo/w-d-xo.html Dark Chest of Wonders: th-cam.com/video/OvOD6xecph4/w-d-xo.html Yours is an Empty Hope: th-cam.com/video/XtXqUNB8zrU/w-d-xo.html (including growls of singer Floor) Slaying the Dreamer: th-cam.com/video/d-LPrfw6k_s/w-d-xo.html The Kinslayer: th-cam.com/video/JALPkm3sTpo/w-d-xo.html (with former singer Tarja Turunen) Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean: th-cam.com/video/zAyk6TEyzvo/w-d-xo.html Scaretale: th-cam.com/video/HVobhGMQhxQ/w-d-xo.html For more operatic/epic songs, I recommend: The Greatest Show on Earth: th-cam.com/video/aTAaEHiGjvU/w-d-xo.html Ghost Love Score: th-cam.com/video/JYjIlHWBAVo/w-d-xo.html The Phantom of the Opera: th-cam.com/video/8VgLKXD-BoY/w-d-xo.html (with former singer Tarja Turunen) The Pharao Sails to Orion: th-cam.com/video/SNCZHfFz1cM/w-d-xo.html (with former singer Tarja Turunen) Beauty and the Beast: th-cam.com/video/jwd3c91708U/w-d-xo.html (with former singer Tarja Turunen) Stargazers: th-cam.com/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/w-d-xo.html For hearing more of Marco's singing, I recommend: High Hopes (Cover) th-cam.com/video/5qo9cD-txBQ/w-d-xo.html
Hey!! 🤘🤘WEBMLEY!!😂😂 that was funny! Great reaction and thoughts again and I'm glad you liked the song. I was bit worried after suggesting this one because i was'nt sure if it's too much to new listerer but happy to be wrong. And about that ending!!!! Gets me everytime.. There's just something in her voice that I just can't get enough. But HEY!! now get ready for Tarja with "Phantom of the opera"! It's very different with her but I think you like it. Catch you later! KIITOS!! \m/(>.
Nice review. I loved how you were just talking about how much you missed her high notes and she immidiately hit you with her high voice. That is Floor for you. :) And then the closing part of the song so beautifull. Basically the song is about the break-up with their first vocalist (Tarja Turunen). Going in to details would be quiet long. But lets say they fired her in a way that was not handled in the best possible way (to put it mildly). Even though he was backed by all the band members. It was Tuomas who received the brunt of negative feedback from the press and fans. This caused a serious depression and he saw everyting he ever worked for go up in smoke. At this point he even disbanded the group. He was actually considering suicide. To prevent himself from doing so in reality he wrote this song in which he commits artistic suicide. It took him quiet a while to recover and he even moved back in with his parents who slowly build up his confidence again (the closing part of the song).
Hey! Thank you for this reaction boi :D Can you react to Floor's first band After Forever? Their live version of the song Dreamflight is proggy and majestic
One of the main criticisms of Annete Olzon (the album vocalist for this song) was that, while she was great in a studio setting, she couldn't reliably hold the high notes in concert. As a result, she sang the lyrics to the opening of the Pacifica section about an octave lower, which was a bit disappointing. Check out one of the early concert recordings to hear this. th-cam.com/video/T8vCmmY2ISE/w-d-xo.html At the keyboard, Tuomas doesn't seem pleased.
Poet (T.Holopainen) and the pendulum explains the lyrics and he does this cut -throat motion at the point where it says 'poet was found dead and naked with 1000 erased pages. ..'
FYI - Original, the higher parts are sung by boys sopranos: Guy Elliot and Tom Williams from the Reigate St. Mary's Choir. Probably recorded in the Angel Studios in London by producer / arranger Pip Williams) At live performances Nightwish still uses that studio tape. Now with Floor the 2nd and 3rd high part is done by herself. Much nicer of course. In the version of TPATP in Buenos Aires-2015 ( th-cam.com/video/Q9Szl78kwGo/w-d-xo.html ) she still has some trouble with the middle high section, but no longer at Wembley (2016). :-) That version in Mexico by the way sounds a bit better to my taste. ( is just a live band without a film and all extra fuss ) I like your way of listening!
This show at Wembley comparing to Wacken and Tampere DVDs is a bit shitty imo. My least favourite of all Nightwish live DVDs. Most of all sound quality is terrible. The same song live in Mexico City is way better (the same DVD as this performance). The voice at the beginning belongs to young boy. The song was inspired by The Pit and the Pendulum story. A lot of personal issues in this song. Read also the lyrics backwards. I've never noticed this "Webmley" xD
Megrez I have to agree with you man, I’ve heard many songs from this concert and they are not the best, as an example, the version of this song from the concert in Dallas sounds waaaayyyy better,.
The heartbeat? I assume it is a reference to Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In this case not so much (as in the story) of having committed a crime, but more having his (Tuomas') true feelings revealed, and being (unwantedly) apparent.
Always i saw some video reactions of my favourites bands... and i dont remember how a found you... but after saw how this song makes yoy feel very feelings... i am “big fans” of you haha Please i think that you must to see videos of the first era of nightwish... with Tarja Turunen! Like ghost love score, slaying the dreamer, sleeping sun or the phantom Of the opera! Greetings from chile! 🇨🇱
Floor is amazing! I usually say that there are some songs that she has appreciated because of the versatility of her voice. Of course I can not fail to comment that this song is incredible (it's in my top 5 of the band's favorite songs) Oh, just to record: The first time I heard this song, I had the same reaction as yours. Hahaha! Recommend: th-cam.com/video/pvkYwOJZONU/w-d-xo.html (Storytime - Nightwish) I love your reactions to Nightwish songs and congrats to the video. \m/
PLEASE react to "while your lips are still red" but this video. God the tears I cry every time. The original is just Marco but adding Floor in with him was just incredible. th-cam.com/video/5V7PKv493Ic/w-d-xo.html
this will help with the story...the lyrics and the movements of the song which you will appreciate nightwish.com/en/lyrics/dark-passion-play/the-poet-and-the-pendulum id love to watch you veiwing a whole Nightwish show but id be scared of you just popping from total sonic ecstasy lol
Another comment, as an observer: Keep the lighting down. Dunno why, but the lighting here on you just works. Some of your other vids are a bit too high key. Can’t put a finger on it. But as a photo and video editor of overt a decade, _this_ look works for you. Some of your vids are way brighter and it’s not you... if that makes sense. This lighting flatters you, is what I mean to say.
I want to comment on your reaction man because...well, that's why I'm here, to see your reaction. lol You're so "in the moment" man! I'm going to sound like a fucking pervert here but watching you have multiple FLORGASMS is cool as shit because I have then too. lol I just don't videotape them....not all of the them at least. lol JK I dig all your reaction videos man. So, keep doin' what you're doin' booooii and I'll keep watching. Peace out!
Of course it does not sound like heaven, because there is no heaven .. It's all made up :) But if there would be such a thing, then she would sound like that, I think
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She's not human...she is a diety currently in human form, our Amazon Warrior Queen :). And yes, Mr. Holopainen is a friggin' genius for composing so many musical masterpieces like this one.
Agreed... She is a Siren... We mortals don't stand a chance.
This song was composed by Tuomas Holopainen (the keyboard guy) at a very hard time of his life. According to his words he "committed suicide" in the song because he could not do it in real life. For me it is one of the best songs of the group. The inspiration is capricious ;)
Yeah, Tuomas said he would never kill himself in real life but doing it in a song was very therapeutic. :)
I loved how you said "sometimes she doesn't seem human" just before she went into her patented "mournful siren" vocalizations. :D
Great reaction!
patented mournful siren vocalizations ahghhahahaha i love that dude, thats brilliant m/ m/
Metal Valkyrie of Tears mode engaged
Man, you have the best smile, it's so contagious! Great video!
To understand the whole meaning of this song, you have to dive into the history of the band since all the songs are written by Tuomas and he reveals his thoughts and feelings in his lyrics.
This song was written shortly after Nightwish separated from their first singer Tarja in 2005, who Tuomas was friends with for many years but he felt betrayed by her and her husband (this would be too much to explain in detail) and couldn't work with her anylonger. In interviews with Tuomas and documentations about him, it becomes clear that after this seperation, Tuomas had a deep depression because he lost Tarja, who meant so much to him and he didn't know about the future of his band and you can feel his desperation in this song. He also explained that in this song, he killed himself (in the lyrics) instead of commiting suicide in real life.
If you are interested in more interpretations of the lyrics, have a look here: songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858678581/
bloody cheers mate m/ m/
When Tuomas had written the song, he actually didn't want to release it at all at first, just keep it to himself, but after many thoughts he did release it, it did mean so much to him.
Also, the fans blamed him for firering Tarja. And that was very hard for him, because it was the band who did that, not just him. But i took the blame.
Hahaha you are totally smitten! I don't blame you, she is perfection.
You know i have been watching your Nightwish videos for a while now but i keep coming back to this. Firstly its a nice reaction vid but what got me was to see you all blushing and flustered when you saw her costume. Hahaha. It was funny and adorable at the same time but even the opposite sex feels that way when they see her singing like this! :) keep on the good work mate.
Note how the song starts with The END, and ends with The BEGINNING. The writer, Tuomas, is reborn in this song.
OMG your eyes when Floor starts singing :D
Dude just fell in love. We all been there
Floor Jansen starts to sing, and the world stops
I can't get enough of your reaction to Floor in general haha. She's something else, alright, and your reaction to her is the best.
hahahahah she looks good in black doesn't she m/
LOL who are we kidding, she'd make a fuckin' paper bag look amazing!
I hope we all have someone who looks at us the way Piglet looks at Floor 😍
Nah, at the beginning it's not Floor, but a little boy, I think. I agree, sometimes she doesn't seem human at all, lol.
The song was originally sung by Anette Olzon, the second singer of Nightwish (a controversial home too), but Floor definitely brings more emotion to the song. You did songs from all 3 singers, but with Floor singing, haha!
Ok, for the little story about the song, 2005 is the year Tarja, the first singer, was fired from the band, just after their last concert, End of an Era. It was handled poorly by the guys, and Tuomas, as the founder and leader of the band, was under fire because of it (plus there's this popular theory that he was in love with Tarja, but I won't go into that, because it was never confirmed by any party), so I think, with this song, he talked about that period in his life. I've not really analyzed this song, so I'm sure other amazing people will have a great insight into what's going on in this one.
BTW, Tuomas writes like 95% of Nightwish stuff, so that includes lyrics and music. Floor hasn't written anything for the band yet. I think she has decided to take a backseat and just enjoy singing for the moment (she wrote all the stuff for ReVamp and lyrics for After Forever for years and years).
I think you should react to Phantom of the Opera from End of and Era (my all-time favourite version of this song), and Yours is an Empty Hope (Floor growls during the chorus, I freaking love it).
hell informative comment, love it, cheers m/ m/ i'm doing that version of phantom of the opera next eZ booooiz altho floor doing growls sounds like fun hahahah
You're welcome! And great! Yeah, Floor doing growsl is cool as heck. She also growls in many songs from her project ReVamp. I think one performance from them that stands out is Disdain at Graspop 2010. Normally, there are male growls in the song, but Floor did it all and it was freaking epic!
Yep, I'm not so sure about that rumor either that Tuomas was in love with Tarja, because there was big issues at the time in the band and the biggest were Tarja's new boyfriend/manager, Marcelo Kabuli who really messed up the relations between Tarja and rest of the band. They were just too demanding on their on-going tour: they wanted to fly from state to state and town to town instead of travelling with a band bus, "Nightliner", with the boys. They also demanded much more less gigs in the future and more free time, but also a bigger pay-offs and they wanted to live in luxury hotels and so on... That's why the song "Master Passion Greed" was wrote to Tarja's husband, Marcelo. Tarja also notified the band in the middle of tour that she will not continue in the band after the next album and minimized tour. All those tight demands and Tarja's notice to leave the band made the rest of the band very frustrated and angry because they were just started their purposeful way into the international breakthrough.
The narrator (the whispering boy) in this song is British-Finnish theater- and TV-director's, Neil Hardwick's son, Sam Hardwick, if I remember right.
Hi ProgPiglet! Love your reaction channel. ... To add a little bit to the informative description given above, do young people (I'm an old geezer BTW) still have to read Edgar Allan Poe in English Lit class in high school? Don't know. But if you are familiar with that author, this song alludes to Poe's "The Pit & the Pendulum" as a dark metaphor for a Gothic romantic tragedy with himself cast as the main character. The spoken-word verse about being "raped again and again" refers metaphorically to himself being "raped" by the repeated passage of Poe's pendulum blade across his abdomen slowly cutting him in two ("Second robber to the right of Christ! Cut in half; infanticide!") It isn't about a suicide but about dying inside, romantically, at the hand of the never-to-be lover who rejected his love. To understand these lyrics, one has to understand Nightwish in total, as a big picture. Virtually every lyric Tuomas has ever written, from day one up to and including Imaginarium (EFMB was the first break to a new theme) has been about being the "escapist," the "lost one," the introvert unable to say directly to his wished for lover what he felt. And so he wrote lyrics that were really supposed to be him speaking to her but were cast in the female voice as her speaking to him or to the world in hopes, I suppose, that she would understand the message ("Sing what you can't say; Forget what you can't play" from "Dead Boy's Poem") ("Did you ever hear what I told you? Did you ever read what I wrote you? Did you ever listen to what we played? Did you ever let in what the world said?" from "Bye, Bye Beautiful"). Even the band's name from its very inception reflects this overarching theme. After Tarja left "in the Year of Our Lord 2005," Annette Olzen continued the theme by singing lyrics that reflected the aftermath of the romantic death in "Dark Passion Play." In one respect, his act of firing Tarja unexpectedly from the band might also be viewed as a suicide of sorts, and the P&P lyrics could well have a double meaning (a poetic device he has used often) indicating both a suicide when viewed in one context and death at the hand of the lover when viewed in another context. Now I will expect to hear all kinds of dissing about "oh it's just a rumor, blah, blah, blah." Bull$#!+. Anyone who thinks it is just a rumor has not been paying attention long enough, has not been digesting and integrating all the lyrics in a bigger picture nor integrating them with both Marcello's "open letter" to the band and with numerous interviews over the years. Of course none of the parties can admit such personal details in public. I am sure lawyers for both sides make sure it all remains, officially speaking, just a fascinating, trans-global stage play---a Dark Passion Play, if you will. But when reality comes crashing into the lyrics of the stage play with uncanny accuracy, one can't hide from the obvious. And that's not a bad thing. It is what makes Nightwish such a beautifully charming and stunningly successful band. One can become "attached" to the personal stories of the band members past and present in a very heart-touching way that endears them and their work unlike any other band can muster. Peace!
Chris dude! Thank you so much, just cheers man, i really really appreciate the info, I completely forgot about the Edgar Allen Poe reference. He isn't really touched on at all in australian high schools, mind you I remember reciting The Raven in front of my english class way back when hahahah otherwise his work always came across as pretty morbid and didn't really resonate with me, so never read The Pit And The Pendulum. Dying inside romantically from unrequited love makes a lot of sense given all those circumstances... thank you again! m/ m/ m/ m/ m/
Hahaha this guy is in love ... Always good to see someone fall for Floor like we all have years ago.
The heart beat represents Tuomas finally dying (hear how it progressively stops beating) and after that you have “Mother and Father” which would be Tuomas’ parents receiving him in heaven.
I always felt that final part was Tuomas’ farewell to Tarja.
So moving.
daaamn m/
"She doesn't seem human, sometimes." That sums up Floor perfectly. I can't stop crying hearing her sing, and the rest of the band make the performance completely otherworldly.
See that's why I love your reactions. You actually *listen* and analyze the songs whilst being completely honest.. Keep it up my boi!
This is an art performance including music, poetry, act, emotions, storytelling etc...combined as a complete masterpiece. One who understands the lyrics and the backround of it can really go deep in this.
That voice = Goosebumps... Every. Single. Time
I truly enjoy your honest and giddy reactions. Welcome to the wonderful world of Nightwish! Now, as for the breakdown behind this song: The keyboardist of the band is also the band's leader and primary composer. His name is Tuomas Holopainen and he is a rock composing genius.
This song the Poet and The Pendulum is his cathartic discharging of all the shit the band went through when they fired their original singer Tarja Turunen. The media lashed out and made him feel horrible amongst other things. (Tuomas breaks down the song himself in many different interviews). The song is a poetic form of him killing himself so that he didn't feel the need to have to do it in real life during that dark time. He has since admitted that although this song HAD to be written, that dark time has long past but it brings back such dark memories when they play it live that he has the sound tech turn off the vocal lyrics in his ear pieces.
It's a dark song but a beautiful one as well. Glad you enjoyed it!
you sir get major FLOORGASMS lol love it
react to Nightwish - Last ride of the day (wacken 2013)!!!!!
viking dude is Marco Hietala, pioneer of finnish heavy metal.
check out his band. Tarot.
Love your reactions mate! I love Nightwish songs and this one is perfect, lot of us can felling connected with every word from this song... When i listen that i always have my tears out me!
Pd.: my English is so bad but I want to tell my opinion :), love you man!
God be with you, should you EVER meet Floor in person. Legit I NEVER have been flustered by a gorgeous woman and I KNEW she was beautiful but IN PERSON she's just fucking... So much more breathtaking. You poor thing, you're gonna melt right into the ground before you speak to her 😂❤
You did it, man! Very nice, great contrast, great band! Thank you
youre welcome duderoo! m/
Let me refrase "sometimes she seems human" :)
How you look at her is just precious. Hopefully, you will find someone in real life that makes you feel the same way. 😊
Easily my favorite song from Nightwish. It's so perfect.
“Sometimes she doesn’t seem human”
I agree she is a goddess :)
Floor Jansen, confirmed vampire, is aging in reverse 😃
I think you should know in my opinion that you cannot classify Nightwish.It has been around for over 20 yrs. And in that time has grown with the people in the band. Tuomas writes the music that he wants and does not care about popularity. All of his songs are his way of expressing his emotions or just telling a story. This is what makes Nightwish unique to me.
Everybody below gave you the basic story of the song. When you mentioned about the keyboardist expressing emotions it is because this song he wrote(as well as 95% of Nightwish's music and lyrics)are his emotions when writing the song. In his lyrics he uses a lot of metaphors and older words that are not used anymore but have meaning to the song.(you may have to look up some words, like I do) Hahaha
I am glad to see that you enjoyed this song.
Song of Myself at Wacken 2013 is a good one. ;-)
I'm reading you and I agree completely. I'm latin american, and English is not my mother tongue, but when I read the lyrics of Nightwish I find many unusual words in them. I didn't learn them in english classes ha,ha. Their songs are very emotional, and I think Floor sings them with the right emotion, with passion. Nowadays is so rare to listen to a 10 or 13 minute long song !!, That's great. You know, I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan, since I was a boy, and it's very usual a 10 or 20 minute long song, so I enjoy that and appreciate it.
Fun fact
7:53 - Now I only have 3 minutes and counting
and 3 minutes later which is on
10:53 - Save me !
And they going to part 5 which is Mother and Father “Be still my son , you’re home” means that he’s dead (in this song) and already home (heaven i think)
The song is deep shit about breaking up and the following depression that leads to a suicide. As the story goes, when Tarja, the first vocalist left the band the keyboard player who writes almost every piece of theirsongs, got deeply depressed and suicial and to get back on the track, he wrote the song about the suicide he never commited. You can see this visualized by sort of cutting his head off before the slow end. The slow end is a story where his mom and dad brings him to the afterworld. The song is very emotional to the band as well as at the very end the guitarist and the bass player gather around the keyboard player as support to finish the song. It is fun to see these Nightwish reactions as everyone who hears them for the first time gets their veery first Floorgasm...
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Please, react to Yours Is An Empty Hope, "Webmley" 😂😂😂
Mate, if no one else says it let me thank you for your insightful comments on composition and execution. You clearly write and play music and it shows.
By the way, I love Nightwish
Great reaction! You should definitely try 7 days to the wolves.
Thank you for this reaction, glad you liked 😎 by the way the female voice in the beginning and in the middle part that's not Floor! Try out storytime from wacken, 7 days to the wolves in wembley and ever dream from wacken you won't ne desappointed!
that was a boy singing from a boy choir.
This song makes me cry............
Beautiful contrasts are the essence of art in my opinion. Great reaction dude - nice to find a South Aussie reactor too. Check out the band Jinjer and their track Pisces - amazing, melodic, death metal and their singer is a goddess.
This is truly the darkest and saddest and moving piece they have ever done. UGH the feels
Tuomas the keyboardist is a truly Mastermind! Is one of the greatest musicians of our times! ❤️
If you like heavy tunes, you should check out these songs by Nightwish:
Weak Fantasy th-cam.com/video/AN239Pbqbjo/w-d-xo.html
Dark Chest of Wonders: th-cam.com/video/OvOD6xecph4/w-d-xo.html
Yours is an Empty Hope: th-cam.com/video/XtXqUNB8zrU/w-d-xo.html (including growls of singer Floor)
Slaying the Dreamer: th-cam.com/video/d-LPrfw6k_s/w-d-xo.html
The Kinslayer: th-cam.com/video/JALPkm3sTpo/w-d-xo.html (with former singer Tarja Turunen)
Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean: th-cam.com/video/zAyk6TEyzvo/w-d-xo.html
Scaretale: th-cam.com/video/HVobhGMQhxQ/w-d-xo.html
For more operatic/epic songs, I recommend:
The Greatest Show on Earth: th-cam.com/video/aTAaEHiGjvU/w-d-xo.html
Ghost Love Score: th-cam.com/video/JYjIlHWBAVo/w-d-xo.html
The Phantom of the Opera: th-cam.com/video/8VgLKXD-BoY/w-d-xo.html (with former singer Tarja Turunen)
The Pharao Sails to Orion: th-cam.com/video/SNCZHfFz1cM/w-d-xo.html (with former singer Tarja Turunen)
Beauty and the Beast: th-cam.com/video/jwd3c91708U/w-d-xo.html (with former singer Tarja Turunen)
Stargazers: th-cam.com/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/w-d-xo.html
For hearing more of Marco's singing, I recommend:
High Hopes (Cover) th-cam.com/video/5qo9cD-txBQ/w-d-xo.html
React to Rhapsody of Fire - Dawn of Victory (Live 2013)
Hey!! 🤘🤘WEBMLEY!!😂😂 that was funny! Great reaction and thoughts again and I'm glad you liked the song. I was bit worried after suggesting this one because i was'nt sure if it's too much to new listerer but happy to be wrong. And about that ending!!!! Gets me everytime.. There's just something in her voice that I just can't get enough. But HEY!! now get ready for Tarja with "Phantom of the opera"! It's very different with her but I think you like it. Catch you later! KIITOS!!
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WEBMLEY BOIZZzz hahahah yeesssss that's the next song! KIIToooss m/ m/
Nice review. I loved how you were just talking about how much you missed her high notes and she immidiately hit you with her high voice. That is Floor for you. :) And then the closing part of the song so beautifull.
Basically the song is about the break-up with their first vocalist (Tarja Turunen). Going in to details would be quiet long. But lets say they fired her in a way that was not handled in the best possible way (to put it mildly). Even though he was backed by all the band members. It was Tuomas who received the brunt of negative feedback from the press and fans. This caused a serious depression and he saw everyting he ever worked for go up in smoke. At this point he even disbanded the group. He was actually considering suicide. To prevent himself from doing so in reality he wrote this song in which he commits artistic suicide. It took him quiet a while to recover and he even moved back in with his parents who slowly build up his confidence again (the closing part of the song).
You know you're doing a great job hen someone actively believes that you're an angel and not human.
Loved your reaction
NIGHTWISH - LIVE " THE GREAT SHOW ON EARTH " ( WEMBLEY 2015 ) . This show in Wembley is beter that in Tampere .
Hey! Thank you for this reaction boi :D Can you react to Floor's first band After Forever? Their live version of the song Dreamflight is proggy and majestic
One of the main criticisms of Annete Olzon (the album vocalist for this song) was that, while she was great in a studio setting, she couldn't reliably hold the high notes in concert. As a result, she sang the lyrics to the opening of the Pacifica section about an octave lower, which was a bit disappointing. Check out one of the early concert recordings to hear this.
th-cam.com/video/T8vCmmY2ISE/w-d-xo.html
At the keyboard, Tuomas doesn't seem pleased.
To my understanding, much of their lyrics and music is written by Tuomas, and some are quite personal, of course.
LOVE your style, cool reaction and lyrics breakdown. it was first time to me too.... sorry i am too high to write.
HAHAHAHAHahha cheers gibbetoo gibgib hahahahah love it m/ m/ m/
Poet (T.Holopainen) and the pendulum explains the lyrics and he does this cut -throat motion at the point where it says 'poet was found dead and naked with 1000 erased pages. ..'
The 3 guitarists Marco who does vocals, Empuu and Tony who also does vocals and plays bagpipes and anything folk sounding.
Kai is the newest drummer who was with Wintersun. Jukka who was their drummer retired to be their manager because he has insomnia.
your totally feeling it bOOIII :D
FYI - Original, the higher parts are sung by boys sopranos: Guy Elliot and Tom Williams from the Reigate St. Mary's Choir. Probably recorded in the Angel Studios in London by producer / arranger Pip Williams) At live performances Nightwish still uses that studio tape. Now with Floor the 2nd and 3rd high part is done by herself. Much nicer of course. In the version of TPATP in Buenos Aires-2015 ( th-cam.com/video/Q9Szl78kwGo/w-d-xo.html ) she still has some trouble with the middle high section, but no longer at Wembley (2016). :-) That version in Mexico by the way sounds a bit better to my taste. ( is just a live band without a film and all extra fuss )
I like your way of listening!
damn duderoo, cheers m/
Tuomas, the keyboard player, is the writer. Almost all NW songs are composed by him
“She just doesn’t seem human sometimes...”
Yeah, most Valkyries don’t.
You should have checked out the story behind this beautiful song. Then you would cry instead of laugh. 😭❤️
Tuomas is the keyboardist and composer for Nightwish
Disbelief - Follow
7 days to the Wolves live from Wembley is a good Floor and Marco song
This show at Wembley comparing to Wacken and Tampere DVDs is a bit shitty imo. My least favourite of all Nightwish live DVDs. Most of all sound quality is terrible. The same song live in Mexico City is way better (the same DVD as this performance).
The voice at the beginning belongs to young boy.
The song was inspired by The Pit and the Pendulum story. A lot of personal issues in this song. Read also the lyrics backwards.
I've never noticed this "Webmley" xD
Megrez I have to agree with you man, I’ve heard many songs from this concert and they are not the best, as an example, the version of this song from the concert in Dallas sounds waaaayyyy better,.
The heartbeat? I assume it is a reference to Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In this case not so much (as in the story) of having committed a crime, but more having his (Tuomas') true feelings revealed, and being (unwantedly) apparent.
Nightwish Nation... Ann Waychoff is seriously ill and in hospital... Help her out with her medical bills and go to her Gofindme page! Spread the word
if you have opportunity to see them live just go, i guarantee it is worth of money, it will be.
Always i saw some video reactions of my favourites bands... and i dont remember how a found you... but after saw how this song makes yoy feel very feelings... i am “big fans” of you haha
Please i think that you must to see videos of the first era of nightwish... with Tarja Turunen! Like ghost love score, slaying the dreamer, sleeping sun or the phantom
Of the opera!
Greetings from chile! 🇨🇱
tarja will be coming up i promise! m/ nice to see people from chile
Floor is amazing! I usually say that there are some songs that she has appreciated because of the versatility of her voice. Of course I can not fail to comment that this song is incredible (it's in my top 5 of the band's favorite songs)
Oh, just to record: The first time I heard this song, I had the same reaction as yours. Hahaha!
Recommend: th-cam.com/video/pvkYwOJZONU/w-d-xo.html (Storytime - Nightwish)
I love your reactions to Nightwish songs and congrats to the video. \m/
its hard not to have that reaction, thank you as always nicole! m/ m/
NW - song of myself or storytime
This song isn't about Floor or any woman, but about Tuomas.
FLOOR AND AMY LEE DUET...OUCH
Apocalyptica - Bittersweet feat. Lauri and Ville Valo (live), please ✌😊
PLEASE react to "while your lips are still red" but this video. God the tears I cry every time. The original is just Marco but adding Floor in with him was just incredible. th-cam.com/video/5V7PKv493Ic/w-d-xo.html
Since you like the more slow part you should make a reaction to Everdream.
Please react to Keeper of the Seven Keys or The King for a Thousand Years by Helloween!
this will help with the story...the lyrics and the movements of the song which you will appreciate
nightwish.com/en/lyrics/dark-passion-play/the-poet-and-the-pendulum
id love to watch you veiwing a whole Nightwish show but id be scared of you just popping from total sonic ecstasy lol
oops sorry i posted that when it seemed needed not after watching it all lol
He needs all the Keyboards to manage a hole Orchestra
handsome guy
I know this is not related with this vid, but please react to some Iron maiden, especially their live videos!
At 5:48 she just completely shut you up and took you to another place😀
14:10 :)
Another comment, as an observer:
Keep the lighting down. Dunno why, but the lighting here on you just works. Some of your other vids are a bit too high key. Can’t put a finger on it. But as a photo and video editor of overt a decade, _this_ look works for you. Some of your vids are way brighter and it’s not you... if that makes sense.
This lighting flatters you, is what I mean to say.
I want to comment on your reaction man because...well, that's why I'm here, to see your reaction. lol You're so "in the moment" man! I'm going to sound like a fucking pervert here but watching you have multiple FLORGASMS is cool as shit because I have then too. lol I just don't videotape them....not all of the them at least. lol JK I dig all your reaction videos man. So, keep doin' what you're doin' booooii and I'll keep watching. Peace out!
IMO: love story...
and for me this song was to get back to NW... Floor dit it, truly Floor is a reason to listen.
Of course it does not sound like heaven, because there is no heaven .. It's all made up :) But if there would be such a thing, then she would sound like that, I think
I wish you were my boyfriend or husband or something 😣😣😭😭 I love u
Floor's voice is amazing, but... I still prefer Anette's version
I don't really think you got this song. That's okay
You definitely have to react to The Phantom of The Opera from End of an Era with Tarja, the first singer of the band