Chief Reacts To "Nightwish - Ghost Love Score"
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- That's 2 chill-inducing, musical masterpieces in a row from this amazing band! Floor has again shown me just how powerful and awe-inspiring that voice is and I cannot WAIT for the next one! Nightwish Army, you are seriously something else! Absolutely loved this!
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"Is she pitch perfect?" As close as anyone I have EVER heard or seen in my 60 years on this earth!
Dude, RIGHT?! Mind blowing stuff!
Really appreciate your comments about the solo - Emppu can shred if the song calls for it (Romanticide from the Wacken show is one example), but he gives every song exactly what is needed. No one in Nightwish shows off just for the sake of showing off, or as Marko (bass) put it in an interview once, "We don't need to masturbate with our instruments."
LOOOL!! What a perfect way to put it. Yeah there have been a lot of bands that I've been turned off from simply because of the members showing off for no reason with solos etc etc. Like, I get it, that's kinda what they're for but, personally, I just prefer something that actually has substance and brings something to the song. I appreciate your appreciation lol! Thank you :)
I hope you're having and have a fantastic week! :)
@@Chief322 - With that attitude on solos, you are gonna fit right in with the NW Army!
@@okiejohn3925 Gooood! I've had such a happy time being welcomed the way that I have. Would break my heart to be shunned haha! Thank you, John :) You're a star, brother :)
@@Chief322 - The NW Army is VERY inviting, and I think one of the (MANY) reasons we all love NW and its members is their unselfish attitude, performing for the song's sake, not for their own egos.
Except with the Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean, because after that song the drumkit and keyboard smoked a cigaret together!!!!!!!
I have never seen such beauty in my life. This is a performance that I will never get tired of watching. It´s a true anomoly.
You haven't even scratched the surface of what this band and the Goddess can do. You have an epic journey ahead of you.
I cannot WAIT, brother :)
Haha, multiple Floorgasms are coming his way. And then there will be Marko and finally TPATP
I swear 90% of my TH-cam recently has been watching people react to this song and it never gets boring! Glad to hear you've got out from under the rock Chief! Embrace the music!
sorta same. Guilty pleasure. Favorite song. Can't get enough of watching people have their first Floorgasms! haha
The same thing happened around 2018-2019 and again at the start of covid. You want to build likes and subscribers play Nightwish.
Let's be honest, we ALL want to witness one's first #FLOORGASM, to remind us of our own, right ?! 😋
@@jean-mi1825 hell to the yes!
+1
Another Soul Snatched by the Valkyrie Goddess
Facts.
Tuomas is playing the keyboards. He's the songwriter and founder of the band.
I've been in love with this song for over a decade and I still get chills and tear up when I hear it. It's actually a song they came out with when they had their first vocalist, Tarja, but both vocalists are fantastic. This is I think my favorite version of it. I saw Floor singing it during the "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" tour and I do think I cried.
When Floor joined the band, I looked her up and found a duet that Floor and Tarja had done together of "Over the Hills and Far Away" in 2013. Really fun seeing them singing together.
When the reactor stops grooving and goes "ooh" at 'time to never hold our love' you just know the finale is going to blow him away :D
That was exatcly what I spotted too and was thinking, and that ooh was honey to my ears :)
THE note NEVER fails, right ?
#FLOORGASM therapy should be mandatory 🤤
the North German Division of the Nightwish Army reports !! We are there. greetings to the rest of the Nightwish army and the sabaton family.
Every time I watch someone discovering Nightwish I want to give them a hug. Hugs from the Isle of Wight.
You come across as an actual sweetheart, and perceptive and passionate as well, it's an absolutely lovely combination. Love to see you this excited about going down our NW rabbit hole! I love feeling like I'm finding dedicated reactors who actually want to go all the way with Nightwish and not just do a couple songs, so... Very excited about following you down this road and watching you fall in love with the band. :)
Vee, this is SO sweet of you to say. Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words. They really do mean so much :)
I'm absolutely delighted to have you on board for this journey and thank you SO MUCH for sticking around and following me down this rabbit hole. I truly appreciate you :) Have an amazing week!
I also have become so infatuated with NW I bought tickets to their 2022 tour ! Lowell Massachusetts here I come a 22+ hrs drive 😍.
@@michellemosley7603 Have fun and drive safe! I'm legit jealous haha!
We are passionate fans 🤘🤘🔥🔥
We definitively are :D
And…
We are legion.
Oh, FOR SURE! I saw that straight away haha! I absolutely love it :)
You like growly Floor? Check out the live at Wembly video for Yours is an empty hope, and pay close attention...
Floor studied at the Rock Academy, but also studied classical vocals at a conservatorium. She is probably naturally gifted ánd really trained!
I certainly do and I certainly will lol!
Oh DAMN, Floor! Let's go! No wonder she has the voice of an absolute angel!
@@Chief322 Oh no, she's not just an angel...she can be a demon as well...
@@vogel2280 And can switch them mid-line even though the few other singers who can do both styles usually sing them on different DAYS!
I think this man may have set the record for Floorgasms😎 for a full vvacken GLS watch
Want to hear Floor growl? Se "your is an empty heart" live at Wembley👍
Yes and yes! They are not the "Milli Vanilli" and the Wacken Open Air (Germany) is the biggest metal festival in Europe. Nightwish was a headliner on that night and they did the show of the Lifetime.😎🔥👍
I been playing drums 40yrs and Jukka the drummer is one of my all time favs!
Ayy NICE! Big love to you! 40 years is GREAT stuff!
@@Chief322 once u really feel rock or any music and really feel it, i really dont think it stays with u forever!!!! Just my thoughts on music! Wutcha think buddy?
Hi from the USA! I'm SO excited for you. I'm also in my early 30s and this has been my favorite band since I was 14/15 --- it's so fun to watch people be enchanted for the first time (as I've been for so long!) and your appreciation of all the individual elements is very satisfying for a lifer like me. :) Welcome to the fold!
Great reaction. For a reactor that feels the music and the emotions behind it you will have a blast with Nightwish. They can really take you from an adventure to another with every song. Just a heads up for some of the songs, they will bring you to tears (like "the poet and the pendulum", especially after knowing what it's about). For a next one.. Just pick what draws your attention. Stay safe 🤘😁🤘
Aw, bro! Thank you so much! I appreciate that compliment :) I can DEFINITELY tell you that there are going to be a lot of tears shed on this journey lol! I'm actually excited to experience the kind of song that's going to make me feel like that. There aren't many better things in this world than music that moves you to tears IMO.
Much love to you, brother and you too! Stay safe and have a fantastic week!
You should never ignore one of the most epic compositions ever😎. I have probably heard this hundreds of times, and Floor’s voice still has me in tears at the end. This is an inspiring piece of music.
It's a shame that Jukka, the drummer, had to step down in 2014 due to chronic insomnia. His friend Kai Hahto took over. He's a very different drummer, but really amazing. Marko, the bassist, who you'll find can sing too - his voice and Floor's were made to be together - sadly announced his departure from the band earlier this year. Tuomas (pronounced two - oh - mass), on keyboards - The Metal Mozart - writes nearly everything. Emppu, on guitar, is the joker of the pack. And yet to be seen is Troy Donockley, an English multi-instrumentalist, who can sing as well. Other members of the army will tell you about the symphonic stuff.
Jeannette! I love this, thank you so much! It's definitely always sad when a band member has to leave, especially for reasons like health etc. That really does suck but I'm so glad that they've got so many talented people waiting in the wings. It keeps it all alive and keeps us all able to listen to incredible songs like this :)
Thank you again for this :) I hope you're having a fantastic day! :)
@@Chief322 they literally couldn't have found a better replacement drummer. Kai and Jukka have been friends for years, and Kai actually helped teach Jukka jazz drumming for a song. Jukka is doing much better these days, and is part of the management side for the band now.
@@richardgoddard37 Oh damn, well that turned out lovely then! Also, thank you for this info :) I love to learn haha!
Have a good one, brother :) Stay safe!
You nailed it. I wish, hope Marco returns. But he has to find his center, I hope does. Miss his vocals and energy. And you’re right Marco and Floor where made to preform together.
Hey, NW Army reporting from Germany here :) I really appreciated your reaction, you did a nice job in giving several members of the band their deserved credit and not just focussing on Floor, which I really loved. Still, your reaction to her first notes and especially the part from 4:00 to 5:00 might make this my favourite reaction to this song so far - and trust me, I've seen a lot :D Definitely deserved yourself a new abo with that minute!
However, I feel that Emppu (the guitarrist) and Tuomas (keyboardist, composer, and together with Emppu last active founding member) do not get enought credit for their talent. I'm honestly in love with both, Emppu's mischievious grin always makes me smile and Tuomas talent in writing and composing and setting up a show you'll never forget is just insane. That's perfectionism done right. Not slowing you down for not getting done anything like you want, but MAKING it as you want. Musical genius of our time, and you won't ever prove me wrong. Personally I think the 2013 Wacken band set up might have been the best Nightwish ever had, but Tuomas has a good hand in chosing really talented members if need occurs.
Lastly, I liked that you get that it was a score which explains (together with Tuomas's never failing genius) the "missing foundation line" that you talked about and how Floor and the band always seem to stand in a supporting contrast, if you know what I mean. Her high, angelic, almost ethereal tones mixed with a hard bass and drums and then the music gets softer when her voice gets even more power, etc.
Oh and I absolutely had no problems with your amount of pausing, if I only wanted to hear the song I knew where to find it, so go ahead and tell us everything that's on your mind in your next reactions! Although, this video already being 30 minutes for a "mere" 10 minute song of Nightwish, I'm a bit afraid of what would happen if you ever do Poet and the Pendulum or Greates Show on Earth. (The last one is 24 minutes of it's own.) And also, that you might just not survive the epicness of those :D
Time to go down the biggest rabbit hole in music, you just peeked in. Another 110ish studio songs to go... this is song #13 of 15 at this concert. No two Nightwish songs are the same, but they are all stunning. Put Master Passion Greed which is pure thrash metal next to Sleeping sun which is the most beautiful ballad... there is no band that can do such a wide range of music so damned well. The guy on the keys? Tuomas Holopainen, or Metal Mozart as he is known... that guy composes 95% of nightwish music, does the arrangements... a musical genius that cannot be matched anywhere on this planet, his name is going to go up alongside beethoven and the rest eventually.
Paul.. I cannot TELL you how excited I just got at the thought of 110+ more songs.. YES! I actually can't wait!
It honestly never fails to amaze me when I hear about people like this. Born with natural talent and the dedication to perfect their chosen craft. It's so inspirational to read about. I think that you may be right.. he definitely6 deserves to be credited as highly as those guys if this is the kind of thing he's capable of and I can only assume he's getting better by the day. I love it. Thank you for this, brother.
Have a wonderful day, bro :) MUCH love!
10 mins in and already flabbergasted with many pauses...( Me with glee: hihihi...the best is yet to come....)
we love Floor, we love Jukka, we love Marko and Emppu and Tuomas ....Nightwish Army Romania here!!
love your reaction. You don't gotta be self conscious about tearing up. It takes a real man to cry.
Remembered I didn’t come back to finish watching this reaction, great as always brother
The Nightwish reactions are amazing
When you are in an alternate dimension and you have to rewind the rewind because you also want to re watch you re watching what just happened. Awesome vidya _\m/
Good one. Floor is a Siren/Angel/Valkyrie try Story Time, Ever Dream, Song Of Myelf etc same show. The key board has recordings from The Royal Philharmonic
This is my second time with you and Nightwish and it was a great reaction. I've subscribed and am ready to go on a NW journey with you and maybe find out about Japanese bands later as you have mentioned before!
Thank you so much, my friend :) I saw your other comment on Storytime too and I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your kind words and I'm absolutely sure that I'll be joining you in the crying as we move forward haha! It's VERY exciting to think of how much I still have to discover. There are certainly tears on the horizon lol!
Thank you for your support and encouragement, brother :) I hope you're having a great day :)
Loved your reaction dude.... You are definitely going to enjoy the NW journey!
NW Army Namibia checking in
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Daaaamn Namibia!! BIG love! Thank you so much for being here and for your kind words! I hope you're having an amazing day :)
Nightwish army Denmark reporting in.
Wait for Gabriels post he will guide you.
Nightwish can go folk and real heavy most versatile band ever.
Keep reacting to Nightwish. 🤘🤘
Hei nabo ;) Chief har reagert på en nightwish video allerede, Gabriel kommenterte der :D
Nightwish shows are spectacular, and emotional, and Floor is just amazing. Best band I’ve ever seen live.
I know a couple guys from here in Canada who were at that show. So jealous.
The magician at the keys is Tuomas . He is keyboarder, Songwriter, composer. The best way to describe hime is: Metal Mozart
Marco is (was - he resigned just recently) playing the bass and doing also the vocals. He is very versatile and an awesome singer as well. You might watch „The Islander“ from Tampere to experience this.
Emppu is playing the guitar. He can shred it but he always does exactly that much, that is required by the song.This one of the many reasons why we all do love him.
--> A perfect song to expreience both Marco and Emppu is Nightwish tribute to Pink Floyds "High Hopes". It's not from this world and sooooo intense!
Kai (also Wintersun) is now at the drums and replaced the original drummer Jukka (whom you saw here) who had stop playing the drums due to health issues. But he still is with the band. Julka was a perfect drummer and showman, Kai is a perfect drummer and a machine and beast at the drums.
Then there is Troy, a multi instrumentalist from England who in older performances supported the band at some tracks but became luckily a full member of the band after this tour. He‘s a great singer as well.
Last but not least there is Floor, the Dutch singer. She is the bands third singer after Tarja (operatic) and Annett from Sweden (pop/rock). She can sing really everything from opera over pop/ rock to growls
Wacken is THE metal festival worldwide.People are traveling from across the world to be there. It's always sold out in hours. Nightwish were one of the headliners in 2013.
It is in the north of Germany in a rural area. Therefore the bullhead with flames is the Wacken symbol. There are more than 80.000 metalheads having a big party each year.
Here are some suggestions for your next stops:
-> There are only great songs from Wacken: "Ever Dream" is catchy in a very positive way. "Song of Myself" starts catchy and ends with everyone headbanging. "Romanticide", "Last Ride of the Day" and "Ghostriver" are the heavier ones.
-> "Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean" (Buenos Aires) will give you a metal and power blast: Maximum speed and Marco (the singing bass player) becomes Hannibal Lecter ;-)
-> "Yours an Empty Hope" from Wembley (have a good look!! at the growls. You'll be surprised.)
-> „Dead Boys Poem“ from Buenos Aires (so amazing and emotional)
-> „Weak Fantasy“ (Tampere): Kai the beastat the drums, Troy joins in, great duets with Floor and Marco, …
-> Elvenjig / Elvenpath (Buenos Aires): Awesome intro and it continues on that level
-> "The greatest Show on Earth" (Tampere) is one of the two most epic songs. The title is not about the gig, but about the topic of the song: The evolution of mankind.
-> "The Poet and the Pendulum“ (Wembley) is my personal absolute masterpiece of Nightwish. Be sure to know the background of this song ahead (short version see below *)
--> "I want my tears back" from Buenos Aires is pure positive power with a dancing Floor and a fantastic (as always) Troy.
*****
From the new album there are for obvious reasons no live sessions so far. For all songs there are lyric videos, except for „Noise". But maybe you'll give some songs a try as well. It's an awesome album. Definitely not an "easy" one with a lot of really unique songs, different from what is "typical" for Nightwish. Floor said that she was really challenged to sing the songs that Tuomas wrote for her. Knowing her abilities, you can imagine that they are "special“. It‘s a good idea to hear the album in the given order, but nevertheless here are some of my options to some of the songs.
-->"Noise" is probably the most "typical" song and the only one with "real video". The video is great as the song itself
--> "Tribal" is the heaviest one and Kai, the drummer, had to change his normal setup to be able to play it.
--> "Shoemaker" (about Eugene Shoemaker) is such a heavenly and epic song with the possible epic ending.
-> „Pan“ is just an amazing roller coaster ride. When it starts you for a moment think you‘re listening to power metal like Floors husbands band „Sabaton“. In the song you‘ll be reminded to „Tribal“ and „Noise“.
-> Procession“ a rather calm song with so amazing vocals by Floor. A sad and important story and at the same time for me one of their musically most beautiful songs.
--> "Harvest" is so different with Troy singing, that you will wonder if you're listening to Nightwish.
-> „Endlessness“ is Marcos song and shows his great voice.
--> "Music", „How's the Heart", ... are really cool songs as well. Of course.
The album challenged Floor as singer, which is not easy to do, as she is one of the best and most versatile singers in the world.
*****
If you'd like to Explore Floor on her own: Beste Zangers
The concept of the show is, that on one day all singers sing a song for one of them.
It's a song that is by that singer or a song that means a lot for him / her. Floor is singing there in German, Dutch, Spanis and English. Her "Phanom of the Opera" duet with Henk Poort is legendary.
*****
* Backstory for „Poet and the Pendulum“
Tuomas (the keyboarder and songwriter) was in depression after the split from their first singer Tarja. He was in the position to either commit suicide in real real life or to write a song about it and die within that song. Luckily he choose the latter option. He is the poet, "killed" by the pendulum. And afterwards there is darkness, silence and just a fading heartbeat. It gives me a shiver every time.
As this song is so emotional for him all the others have an eye on him. He even had his the vocals turned off in his in ears.
One detail showing the ingenuity of Tuoams: Exactly three minutes after the words "Now I have only three minutes and counting" he is "killed" by the pendulum. And then everything becomes dark and there is just this fading heartbeat of the dying poet.
Here is the open letter Tuomas / the band wrote towards Tarja:
nightwish.fandom.com/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Tarja_Turunen
And here is her response:
nightwish.fandom.com/wiki/Open_Letter_from_Tarja_Turunen
From what I have heard, her husband/manager was (from the bands point of view) the core of the problem. There is one song addressing him: "Master Passion Greed"
They never played it live and will never do so. It is maybe their heaviest song, but for sure the most angry one. You should definitely listen to it.
Greetz from a German-Dutch concert photographer
So you have 4 main concerts to watch, Wacken 2013, Wembley 2015, Tampere? and Buenas Aires 2018. They have a huge catalog going back over 2 decades, 3 female singers, 2 bass players and 2 drummers.
Thank you for your great heartfelt reaction. I was really excited to discover Nightwish as well. They are amazing and Floor is a great talent!
"I got chills almost immediately." Dude, congrats...you just experienced your first Floorgasm!
Great Reaction Chief!!! Love this entire band - got a chance to meet them all about 5 years ago (with my daughter) - had pictures taken. So there's proof!
Nightwish has been around for a while - I first started listening to them when Tarja Turunen was their lead (she is also amazing), stayed with them when Anette Olzon was with them (also a very good, but sometimes underrated vocalist), and was absolutely ecstatic when I learned Floor had joined them.
I've been watching Floor for a while - it started with After Forever - Floor was 16 when she joined them. I became aware of them through Epica - Mark Jansen (Epica's rhythm guitarist and grunt vocalist) was part of the band then, while at the same time he was dating Simone Simons from Epica (a band well worth checking out - I've seen them live several times, met them all, and they're wonderful people).
While she was with After Forever, she wrote an album with Jørn Viggo Lofstad in 2007, under the project name Northward. They finally got around to recording it in 2017, and you can find some of those on TH-cam.
When After Forever disbanded, Floor formed her own band, Revamp (also very good live), which lasted for two albums. She later joined Nightwish when Anette had to leave the band. Oh, and this was mid-tour - so, Floor accepted an invitation to finish the tour - she was asked to learn the set list in 48 hours. After the tour, she joined the band officially.
She has also performed on the Netherlands show Beste Zangers in 2019 - I think I've seen all the episodes where she sings - the people sitting on the couches in the front rows are also other very accomplished singers. The most seen episode is of her singing Phantom of the Opera with Henk Poort, who played the Phantom in Netherlands' production of the show. It really shows off her operatic chops, as well as her amazing range (Oh, and Henk is pretty damn good himself). I would recommend checking it out: th-cam.com/video/plCScjvDOJM/w-d-xo.html - not exactly a metal song. It's more, well..., Broadway. But for every Floor fan, it's really a must-listen.
Short story (the TL;DR version) - Nightwish is great, been around a long time. Floor is amazing, been around a long time. Both have HUGE portfolios, all of which are worth a listen. Great people, too.
Again, I love your channel, I love your emotional reactions to the songs, I love your pauses and going back to the beginning to replay that again, I love your waffling, and wish you nothing but the best, my brother!
Steve! WHAT a comment! You KNOW I love all this insight and I applaud you and appreciate you MAJORLY for taking the time to type this out and give me all this info!
I definitely want to look further into all of that now that you've made me properly aware of the.. ermmm.. progression(?) of the band and of Floor's career in particular. She is SO talented and I'd love to see the origins of how she came to be such an iconic vocalist. Also, I think I saw someone else suggest listening to that Phantom rendition of hers.. HMMM! I may just have to get right on that!
I'm hoping to be well versed on the FULL awesomeness of Nightwish before November because they're playing in Birmingham and I SO DESPERATELY want to go see them! I have a lot of Nightwish to do before then, that's for sure!
Dude, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your support, your insight and just how much you believe in what I'm pushing to achieve (Hey, that rhymed!) Thank you and thank you again :) I really do appreciate you, my brother and I hope you have the most amazing week :)
Aww welcome onboard for a glorious ride
Thank you so much, Faith :) How lovely of you! I hope you have an amazing week :)
"Whole Dutchs are singing" ; so many good vocalists/ vocals like Floor: ITA the dame way❤.
Greetings Chief 322, Nightwish Army, UK division here. Great reaction and congratulations, you have found Nightwish. Gabriel has been in touch so you are in safe hands. So, strap yourself in and enjoy the journey, which is, Nightwish.
It feels like a build-up to that crescendo- and then the drums sort of spiral you back down to earth.
Thanks Chief 322! Fun to watch you discover Nightwish songs. Yes, they rarely follow the typical verse-chorus-verse-chorus pattern.
Hey Chief.
If you like the drums from this concert, then I have 2 more songs that will give you shivers and goosebumps:
Ever Dream, Wacken 2013; and the concert opener, Dark Chest of Wonders, Wacken 2013.
For a different flavor of Floor, I recommend Yours Is An Empty Hope (you'll hear Floor growl), Nightwish Cruise; and the song Shoemaker, from the album Human :||: Nature.
You hear Floor better on Yours~ on the Wembley version.
Ayyyy Isaiah! How's it going, brother? Thank you bro! I'll make notes! :D Have an amazing day!
Not the cruise version! Wembley is much better quality.
@@anssia3123 So true - the cruise is fun to watch but the sound is atrocious.
@@fnglert : Sorry, I'm disagreeing with _both_ people saying "Wembley is the better version."
Hate to tell you, it's not. First, Floor really doesn't "growl" at Wembley, she 'fry screams.' That's not a true growl, because a true growl should make you wonder if you're hearing it.
Second, the venue of the ship is much more intimate -- and because of the smaller shape, the music is much better. As a venue, Wembley only had one concert ever sound good, which was 2016 -- but even then, some songs cant sound good at a venue like Wembley, no matter what you do, and Yours Is An Empty Hope is one of those songs. At Wembley, for YIAEH, the sound mixing is a major bug up the arse for me. The balance sounds disjointed, not tuned, and rushed -- none of those things that make for a good listening experience. And I'm saying it right now: If you've either never heard the Nightwish Cruise with headphones on, or you've heard both performances and still think Wembley is better, you don't know what you're listening to, and you don't know how to get things to sound good while you listen to them.
Chief, I'm telling you this: There is a reason why I put the Nightwish Cruise down as the venue for Yours Is An Empty Hope -- its because the song sounds better in the smaller venue. People are saying to react to Wembley, for the ending fry screams from Floor, but I'm telling you, the sound balance and mixing, at Wembley, for Yours Is An Empty Hope, just sucks. Trust me on this -- I would never want to steer you wrong, plus, as a new Nightwish listener, I want you to have the best listening experience possible.
And for Yours Is An Empty Hope, Wembley ain't the best version. That venue ain't the best.
Now you've seen a part of our Valkyrie Queen Floor Jansen.
Wonderful reaction, on the beginning of the amazing woman and band.
Chief, this was Floor’s first show as a full time band member. She toured with them in 2012 as temporary for the second singer, Annette, after she left. She said in a interview how nervous she was this night. She looks like the General to me leading 82k Nightwish fans. Nightwish always has background symphony with choir in all their songs. Great reaction my man!
All their songs are storytelling, change in tempo, notes, & almost chapters.... this one is called SCORE for a reason!
ROFL....Holy Mother of Sandwich! You are funny!!
Still one of your best and emotional reactions💜I love this because Floor is so great💜And you are real and true🥰
No doubt you've already seen a comment or seven saying this, but for the record: we aren't gonna be like "haha look at him cry." We will be like "me too, man. Me too."
Welcome to Nightwish heaven my friend ❤️
Thank you so much! I'm excited to keep going down this amazing rabbit hole, especially knowing that I'm gonna meet such lovely people, such as yourself, along the way :)
Have a FANTASTIC day!
@@Chief322 Awww you too!!
You have a lot of wonderful experiances in front of you... A lot of Floorgasms... You know when she sings those notes and the skin becomes a cactus and you just want to bawl ylue eyes out. 🌵😭
Take a look at her in the dutch tv show Beste zangwrs too.... A lot of great ones there too.
Weirdly, I’m excited for tears and goosebumps haha! I couldn’t be happier to have started listening to such a wonderful band. Musically wonderful and, so people keep telling me, wonderful people too!
Nightwish are playing Birmingham and London in December - drop everything and get a ticket - I have
You're a very perceptive listener and knowledgeable, enjoying your reactions very much. There are certain other NW songs that can make you cry and it's okay.
Aw, thank you, friend! That's very kind of you to say :) I appreciate that! I'm actually really looking forward to everything that's to come, weirdly, I get excited at the prospect of a song that other people are saying "You're gonna cry" cause I just know that I'm in store to hear some incredible music. SUPER excited to carry on my NW journey!
Have a fantastic day, my friend :) Much love!
Yes, even the sing experts say she's pitch perfect.
Thank you, greetings from 🇫🇮❤️, take care!!
Thank YOU, Marina! Have a fantastic evening up there! I'm jealous, I've wanted to visit Finland since I was like 16 lol!
Love your emotions. Las Vegas Heavy Weapons Platoon checking in.
Originally Floor was sent by Allfather Odhinn to Midgard to gather the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she
got distracted and joined a series of bands. However, Floor still gathers souls by her grace, beauty and the sheer power
of her vocals.
We give thanks for her at our Blots regularly and hope that Odhinn won't notice that she has never returned to Asgard.
ALL HAIL THE VALKYRIE GODDESS!!!
The Nightwish Army is incoming! You're not ready!
Nightwish Army Central Florida Black Company reporting for duty!
The Dutch Valkyrie Goddess strikes again and took another soul... May her blessings be upon us.
Loved your comment!
Holy mother of sandwich 😄
Yeahh, I'm an idiot sometimes LOL!
@@Chief322 nah it was funny and adorable!
Well then thank you, Miss :) I’m glad I could make you laugh haha!
This is my new favorite phrase 😄
this was song #13 of a 15-song set, and about 90 minutes in of an hour-and-40 plus minute set, and her voice is STILL in top shape
Floor's voice was so strong, the only time you hear any evidence of fatigue was her _last note_ in Last Ride of the Day -- and my guess is, the smoke from the pyros finally got to her, given how much smoke was on stage.
@@isaiahwelch8066 - I've often wondered, when watching the end of that song, how any of them could even breathe, more or less sing through all that smoke!
Wow..! I can barely stream and talk for 2 hours, let alone sing like an angel!
Always magical. :)
NW Army BC Canada division reporting for viewing duty ;)
Yes Waken is in Germany. People travel from all over to see these guys. :)
Big love back out to BC. My 2nd home
Wacken is indeed in Germany and one of the biggest Metal-/Rockfestivals in the world. Same with Rock am Ring, Rock im Park... They are huge! So we always HAD good music here, until COVID was blowing up and also some events got canceled... Also a really cool festival right at my doorstep is "Rocco del Schlacko", we got festivals everywhere :)
Michael! How are you, bro?
Well.. if all goes well for Europe over the last part of this year, hopefully we can all think about going to the next festival or show that comes through! I know I've added a WHOLE bunch of bands I wanna go see, so I'll be chomping at the bits for tickets lol!
Germany kicking ASS with their festivals btw.. get it! Much love, brother!
@@Chief322 about a week ago I saw Floor singing again..
This time she went solo but in november Nightwish will be there to. Ofcourse I already have tickets 😉
Oh and here is in the Netherlands.
Good reaction but you have seen nothing yet.
@@Monique-bx6ro
You LUCKY you ! In the Netherlands, it seems you'll have one more song : Henk Poort is rumoured to come by for a Phantom Of The Opera with them...
@@jean-mi1825 I hope so..
Fingers crossed 🙏
Because of Covid19 there is still a possibillity of canselling
@@Monique-bx6ro
HUSH, HUSH NOW...!!!
No! No, no, no, no, no...
I've been waiting 2 bloody years to have them back in Paris. NO FUCKING WAY is this damn virus make them postpone YET AGAIN !
🤣
Nightwish Army Pacific Northwest division, Inland Empire battalion reporting in. Tuomas is a master composer who can turn on a dime with power, precision and majesty while the Valkyrie Queen snatches your soul right out of your body.
all songs are great ..... have fun on your journy
100% record so far! 2/2 BANGERS lol! Thank you so much, Sonja! Have a lovely week!
Hello Chief 322! Another soul down the NW rabbit hole!😂 The keyboardplayer is Tuomas Holopainen. He writes about 95% of the songs. Emppu, the guitarist, is a outstanding (and lovely) musician but he, and also all the other bandmembers, play their part just as it is needed for the song. And this song...you can't imagine it but Floor was only 10 months with the band. She stepped in mid NW's World tour, having fired their 2nd singer. Floor started her own YT channel at the beginning of the covid pandemic last year to keep in touch with the fans. She actually reacted to this song and told us how that high note came about. You definitely have to check that out! NW made also a 22-episodes documentary "Making of a New Album" (their 8th album "Endless forms Most Beautiful") which is very amusing and interesting, worth ckecking out, you get to know the band better (and also their current drummer Kai Hahto and Troy Donockly, a amazing multi-intrumentalist, famous for playing the Uilleann (Ill-en) pipes, the Irish bagpipes. Marko, the bassist, unfortunately stepped back at the beginning of this year for a unknown period of time. He is missed sorely😥 Btw..aren't you suffocating with the mask? I am...watching you..pfffff🤣 I know it is your channel but can you please get rid of it???
That's actually insane how quickly she integrated herself into everything then.. DAMN! This lady really does kick ass! I love it! Oh yes! Thank you so much for that reminder, someone else mentioned that last time and it completely slipped my mind! I'll have to go check that out FOR SURE! Thank you :)
LOL!! My bad! The mask is just so I can continue on with a bit more self confidence and concentrate on the music more than anxiety. I'm working through some things atm and I definitely want to do a proper face reveal and carry on maskless eventually. Thank you for being polite about it, I honestly appreciate it. Too many people making assumptions and showing their ugly side about it all. I understand why, of course, but I honestly appreciate that you were a bit more gentle in asking. Thank you :)
Have a fantastic day, Monique!
@@Chief322 Thank you for reacting to my comments. I am sorry because my comment regarding the mask was a bit crude. Now you explained the wearing of it I can totally understand it. To help you a bit...you have beautiful eyes and a lovely voice (and I say this because I am a mother of 4 and one of my grown up children had the same problem, so I know what it means). There is a female reactor, Vampy Witch, who also hid her face with a mask and now she has enough confidence and shed it...a beautiful woman! So...please keep on reacting...you're doing great! Greetings!
Great reaction fella ... worth a subscribe!
@@moniquevanaken2638 You are VERY kind, thank you! That really does mean a lot. I hope that they were able to work through their anxieties and things like that? Hopefully now they're walking around with their head held high! :)
Also, please don't apologise, it's absolutely fine :) You came across as very polite in the way that you asked and I honestly appreciate that. I could tell that it was honest curiosity so I do thank you for that :)
Ayyy! I know Vampy Witch, I'm subbed to her, I'm sure.. she came by once and paid me some lovely compliments on my videos and I definitely agree, she's very beautiful indeed!
Sorry for the MASSIVE reply lol! I really do appreciate your kind compliments and I truly hope you're having a fantastic week so far!
@@Chief322 And thank YOU for your kind words! My daughter is doing fine although there are sometimes ups and downs but she is handling it fine. I am proud of her! And Vampy, such a sweet soul!🥰 She took her time and if you do as well I'm certain you will be ok. Wish you a great week also!
That highest note sung by Floor at the end is Ab5. I have perfect pitch but don’t know if Floor has it or not. Most of us are born with this ability but one can learn and train to almost perfect pitch, I think. Anyway bro love your genuine reaction and love to see more in the future
Coorrrrr blimey, that's a note! Wow..
Ay big up on the perfect pitch, I love that! If she wasn't born with it, I think she's most certainly learnt it over the years, based on this performance at least!
Thank you so much :) I appreciate that, my friend! Have an amazing day/evening/night haha!
@@Chief322 She's got another whole octave and change in reserve if she goes into pure head voice!
Elizabeth Zharoff (The Charismatic Voice), internationally acclaimed Operatic Soprano and vocal coach (and fan of Floor's), reckons Floor has the range to cover the 6th octave with some in reserve - but sings within what she can guarantee on any night and in any condition she can physically get on stage in, Flu, laryngitis, cold, whatever - she has never yet cancelled, and hits all her notes, even if her voice can barely speak between songs and she has to stay mute all day to preserve it for the performance.
@@-ephemeral-7255 If you are trained into it (trained perfect pitch) you can usually choose to not use it or ignore it, but if you are born with it (innate perfect pitch) it is there all the time. and in extreme cases can be something of a liability - I've met musicians who have to transpose their part in some pieces because the band they are playing in is tuned to something other than A=440Hz. Woodwind play to a different pitch anyway. Apparently, it has something to do with being able to jump easily between instruments, but I really can't understand the necessity as I've jumped back and forth between violin and viola and their parts are on different clefs! Nobody has ever thought it worthwhile to transpose viola parts to give identical fingering on the apparent same musical notation as the violin.
Methinks someone has had a Floorgasm 😄 Can't wait for his reaction to The Poet and The Pendulum
I'm... I'm gonna cry, aren't I? LOL!
@@Chief322 Yep. It is nothing to be ashamed of, but a perfectly natural reaction to musical perfection.
In many of their concerts, you can see the fans smiling and singing along with unashamedly wet cheeks because they are among others who also "get it"🎼🎶😭🎵🎸🥁🎹🎤
Once again, thoroughly enjoyed your reaction. I love the amount of respect you show all the musicians and the music itself. It seems everyone has answered your questions already. Nightwish fans seem to develop this huge affection for each of the band members over time. I think it is in part because of how much they seem to enjoy the music and there is an atmosphere of real friendship/family between them, and quite a bit of bromance in there too haha. The darling man on keyboards, Tuomas, is the one who gives us these wonderfully imaginative lyrics and music that takes us to far away places, plus he is extremely talented on the keys. Loving your channel Chief
Thanks for your great and fun reaction 😁👍 Nightwish rules and especially Marko = base and vocals,LOVE HIM❤❤So much more in this band than just Floor. They are all AUSUMN talented artists😍🤘And a family. Keep on investigating Nightwish. If you want to know what a great singer Marko is, check High Hopes (tribute to Pink Floyd). An older performance, but pure magic!!🥰🤘🤘
Ok. In the face of the vocal perfection that is the Valkyrie Floor Jensen, tears are not unmanly. What mortal can resist the pull of a Viking Goddess? It would take a dead soul to be unmoved.
I sayed it a number of Times, in 2012 i Read that Nighwish would be Headliner I Wacken 2013 ... so i was thinking to not get the Tickets ... but luckily i did get them anyway ... So wenn the Lineup Change late in 2012 came so Floor joined the Band i wassnt aware ... when i saw them in Wacken 2013 i was blown away ... I cant remember much from Wacken 2013 ... but This Concert i will never forget ... luckily Its so hyped on TH-cam this days ... so i can refresh my Memorys ... Taria (the First Nightwish Singer) got me to Nightwish, Anette (the second Singer) allmost took me away from Nighwish, Floor brought me back. She is Called the Valkyrien Goddes ... im melting everytime i hear her Voice...
The only times i heard the Goddess mess up and i think ive seen every video of her and i saw her 5 times......both happened at the same show ( the pinkpop show , the whole show is on you tube ) with After Forever her first band ....she cracks at the beginning of "Beautiful Emptiness " and also in the first chorus of " my plegde of allegiance pt I " ....both times shes going for incredibly high notes ...shes perfect the rest of the show . It shows shes not from another world , she is in fact HUMAN .
Super-human.....
Oh wow, so even with the first steps of her career behind her, even with all the time she's been with Nightwish, this is the first I've heard (so far) of anything other than perfection from Floor. I agree with John.. that's pretty super-human and I LOVE it! I genuinely don't expect I'll hear of this again tbh lol!
I hope you're both having a great day! :)
@@okiejohn3925 totally
If you're anything like me, you are now addicted to this song 😄
Hi Chief....You are hooked....oh yeah you are hooked....welcome the the Nightwish fans....You are in for a musical treat. I believe someone will tell you about their story.... different female vocalist, Marco living and so on, so I will follow your experiences with this band, because I see you are quite as amased as I were, when I saw them the first time....now I have a ticket to a concert....
Yes, Wacken is in Northern Germany and we welcome Metalheads from all over the world to celebrate!
Tuomas, the keyboard player, is also the composer for Nightwish. He comes up with the most amazing sounds and sets. He's one heck of an artist.
Continue your NIGHTWISH journey....you won't regret it! 🤯👍💖
Your comment on solo´s - so much agreeing and hearing what you say! Solo for solo´s sake is blaahh.
Next to react: Ever Dream, Romanticide, Ghost River, Song of Myself, Dark Chest of Wonders ... (Wacken 2013)
Part 2 Floor Jansen's perfection and greatness is a combination of shitload of talent, relentless and unforgiving practise and methodology resulting in overwhelming technical prowess and to top it all off - selfless, generous and honest emotional delivery. She is really spectacular. She actually did a reaction video herself to this performance on her youtube channel - it's super interesting and explains a lot of the effort going into such a vocal performance as this.
Maybe a once in a lifetime performance right here. You don't miss anything! Also, that neck ink is CRIPSP! Cheers from NC, Usa.
If you listen to Nightwish 💥🔥🤘your whole day is good. Nightwish never disappoints you. They are always great musicians.🎧🎤🥁🎸🎹
FLOOR JANSEN is a soprano, with a range of more than three octaves (D3 to F6). Her singing style varies from opera to screaming and grunting. She usually sings in English, but she has also sung songs in Dutch, German, Spanish, Finnish, Latin, Italian and Swedish. floor is our Queen 👸👑 of the Netherlands 🥰 LOVE FROM THE NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱🌷🇳🇱😘
You've got to put on your tempo seatbelt when Nightwish is playing a song.
Floor is a steammachine+"ADAS" for sure: Have a look what she does only singing 1 song!!! , not a whole concert❤.
I've watched dozens of reactors experience GLS for the first time in the last year; I'm not sure what it is, but there is something so genuine and wonderful about you and this video. Please keep doing what you're doing.
My suggestion for your next experience is LiSa's First Take versions: Unlasting, Homura, and Gurenge.
Thank you, you are just fantastic and enjoyable.
You are far too kind. This really is SO lovely of you :) I will absolutely just keep being myself and doing what I'm doing. I can't tell you how much it means for you to say this. Thank you so much, I really needed this today :)
Alrighty! Duly noted and absolutely on the agenda for the future! Thank you for those recommendations :)
I hope you have a wonderful week! Thank you again :)
Orchestral backing provided by the London Philharmonic, choral tracks by two top London choirs. Long term collaborators with Nightwish.
Let's gooo! Isn't that the orchestra that's lead by John Williams? Either way.. wow! Get's me extra pumped to continue on my NW journey! Thank you for this info!
@@Chief322 John Williams works with them frequently, yes. Nightwish use Pip Williams (I don't believe any relation), to direct them, and he does a fine job too.
The leader of the orchestra is the name given to the principal violinist (on the rightmost side of the conductor at the front). That was me in my music school orchestra many years ago. Chorally I sang bass (a rather traumatic change from my earlier boy soprano, which took some years to regain singing confidence from - heck, I yodelled without even trying!).
Generally, an orchestra has a leader (already noted) a conductor, who may change frequently as guest conductors are frequently used, although there may also be a resident conductor, and often a musical director, who arranges music to suit the current composition of the orchestra, organise virtuoso soloists and act as a coordinator between the orchestra and any choirs they may be working with. Sometimes the musical director also conducts (as Pip does for Nightwish recordings). Even in major orchestras like the LPO, few of the musicians are salaried, and nearly all are session players - part-time members who are on the "auditioned,, approved and rehearsed" list and are contacted per performance or tour to find out if they are available. There are probably something like 350 or more members of the LPO, but you will never see all of them on stage together (except maybe for Mahler's "Symphony of a thousand", which rarely sees full-scale performance because of the difficulty of gathering enough musicians together). Different compositions call for different instruments and strengths of each section, too.
I've really been enjoying your Nightwish reactions. You had me laughing at "Holy...mother of...sandwich" :-) Looking forward to more reactions!
This is the track that took my Floorginity, and gives Floorgasm on each hearing.
You still haven't met Troy yet. He's from Cumbria, and he's special too. Keep going down the Nightwish rabbit hole and they will continue to blow your mind. They've been around for a long time, but always been nothing short of brilliant.
Nightwish are a one off, there has never been a band like them before, and I dare say there will not be another like them in future.
Nightwish Army Germany checking in. Good that you tried now also this Masterpiece...seen you did some other great songs already.
Well Done Sir - Great Reaction !
What about if you give the magic between Floor and Marco a chance - Ghost River of Wacken 2013 will serve you well...
Floor Jansen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Valkyries, Lady of Nightwish and Protector of our Metal Realm. Long may she reign. Bow, mortal !
The notorious Dutch Sniper Unit has arrived, ..at your orders, chief.
The reason for the cheer at the end is because the first Nightwish singer stopped singing much earlier and didn't sing the final notes, second singer couldn't really sing this song at all and Floor only with band 10 months having joined mid tour and virtually no-one at this concert had heard her sing with Nightwish or heard that ending.
Loved your reaction, knew you'd like GLS. Fully appreciate your comments and hope you'll post more reactions to Nightwish. The more you listen the more you'll fully appreciate how awesome the whole band is and how versatile Floors voice is ( Legendary). I've watched this video literally hundreds of times and still get chills from the sound of her voice.
Very nice reaction, I've seen a few to this one and yours is in the top 5 easily. Well done. Can't wait for you to get to Poet & the pendulum and Greatest Show on Earth!
And guess who is going to see them live in Kuopiorock FI this saturday 🥰🥰🥰
Ps. Real men can cry to Nightwish! 🤘😁
The guy on keyboard is Tuomas Holopainen. He is the founder of Nightwish together with Empo Vuorinen (guitar) and their first singer Tarja Turunen. He is also the composer and writes about 95 % of the songs. We call him METAL MOZART :-)
The serial pauser. I like that. Lol
Ayyy! Trevor! Thank you for the Insta follow, bro :)
I need to get a Serial Pauser t-shirt made haha! Have it be my reaction shirt :P Have a great day, brother!
@@Chief322 that would be cool. Kinda like a tag line. 🤔
"Look at him crying" ... yeah, that's pretty much every Nightwish fan listening to Floor. But ... if you really want a good cry, do some research on the split between the group and their first singer, Tarja, and then listen to The Poet and the Pendulum (you might also want to read up on Edgar Allan Poe's story The Pit and The Pendulum).
I.. I do like a good cry every now and then.. Okay, deal! I'll do exactly that, thank you, Allan!
@@Chief322 But do a few other NW songs first so you understand the band better.
@@Chief322 Like Nick R says: Good study-materials are Song Of Myself and Dead Boys Poem. They show Tuomas' perspective on the band and (desire for) true love.
@@Chief322 - I contend that Floor-tears cleanse the soul of bad/sad feelings....
@@Chief322 There's some Stephen King in it, too. Tuomas is a lyrical genius as well as a musical one.
The song Greatest show on earth from Tampere... and the vidoe isn't over 'till it's over.... By the way.. Have You seen that Band-Maid released a new live video on their TH-cam channel! ;-) And it has eng subs!
Ayyy David! How are you, brother?
Oh nice, thank you for the heads up! I'll make a note about that for SURE.
They did!? OKAY! Let me get on that ASAP. Thank you again for another heads up lol!! Much love, bro. Have a fantastic evening!
Had to come back to this video since I still say "holy mother of sandwich!"
Love this! 🤘🏻❤️🤣
Do more Nightwish & I’ll keep coming back to watch you 🥰