Hello Robert Houghton ! Nightwish fans here, your reaction just appeared on our radar.. Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band, performing here at Wacken Open Air festival 2013, in front of a 82k+ audience. About the instrumental and vocal added parts - it's good to know they recorded their orchestral and vocal back tracks with prestigious institutions as London Philharmonic Orchestra, London's The Metro Voices choir group and London's Young Musicians Children's Choir as their regular partners. As I could see, you both enjoyed the performance, and appreciate musicianship of all band members, but most of all - the stellar vocals and charisma of Floor Jansen, our Dutch metal queen. You explained pretty well at the end the meaning of the lyrics, cool :) If you'll continue this path, you'll find a lot of meaningful lyrics. Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the short history of the band concentrated by Ann Waychoff, one of the biggest Nightwish fan who has since passed away (and I am doing this in her memory): " Nightwish was started in 1996.They are considered a Symphonic Metal band, with a female main singer. They are from Finland. Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. Marco Hietala is the Bassist and vocals .And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen . Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrumentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen is the drummer. In 2015 due to Jukka's health issues Kai Hahto became the drummer and as of now is a permanent addition. Nightwish has had three singers. 1st one was Tarja Turunen (Operatic vocals). She was with them until 2005. The 2nd one was Anette Olzon from Sweden (Poppy, strong vocals). She was with them until 2012.The 3rd and current singer is Floor Jansen, from Netherlands (power, operatic, soprano.....most versatile) - you just heard her. There are live concerts that you should use depending on what era. From Wishes to Eternity and End of an Era (Tarja), Montreux Festival live 2012 and Exit Festival (Anette), Live at Wacken 2013, Live at Wembley, Live at Tampere, Vehicle of Spirit, Decades live (Floor). I hope this helps. I want to welcome you to the Nightwish community. I hope you like them enough to continue the journey. Believe me Nightwish will surprise you with their songs. You will never know what to expect. They are unbelievable live. I want to warn you that Nightwish fans are hard core. So be prepared. lol " Hope you'll continue this journey with us, so I'll drop here a list of songs with the current lineup of the band you may like (please consider this list of links only as "a tip of the iceberg", an indication that they have a vast and very diverse repertoire, and not as something mandatory): "Romanticide" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) th-cam.com/video/zz_7OCCQlXs/w-d-xo.html "Storytime" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) th-cam.com/video/pvkYwOJZONU/w-d-xo.html "Ever Dream" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) th-cam.com/video/1Xi4n8dJcF8/w-d-xo.html "Song Of Myself" live at Wacken 2013 (dark/metal) th-cam.com/video/lQu5QjidHWg/w-d-xo.html "Dead Boy's Poem" - live Buenos Aires 2018 (soulful ballad) th-cam.com/video/S8E3L7ggLMM/w-d-xo.html "Ghost River" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) th-cam.com/video/05eitd-EA6I/w-d-xo.html "Dark Chest Of Wonders" live at Wacken 2013 (metal, the greatest show opener ever) th-cam.com/video/OvOD6xecph4/w-d-xo.html "My Walden" live at Wembley 2015 (celtic / folk) th-cam.com/video/knqeI807ZlY/w-d-xo.html "Sleeping Sun" live at Tampere 2015 (ballad) th-cam.com/video/rsotlzr9wNw/w-d-xo.html "The Islander" live at Tampere 2015 (Marco in charge..) th-cam.com/video/Zo8ncK_5kzc/w-d-xo.html "Stargazer" live at Tampere 2015 (operatic vocals / metal) th-cam.com/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/w-d-xo.html "Sahara" live at Tampa 2016 (middle eastern vibe) th-cam.com/video/lTvYfLa4Wlk/w-d-xo.html "Slaying The Dreamer" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) th-cam.com/video/wA44tjaP5n0/w-d-xo.html "I Want My Tears Back" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (celtic / folk vibe) th-cam.com/video/TBOdgxjb0kM/w-d-xo.html "Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean" live In Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) th-cam.com/video/t26r_vAYQ0Q/w-d-xo.html "Weak Fantasy" live at Tampere 2015 (dark metal) th-cam.com/video/AN239Pbqbjo/w-d-xo.html "7 Days To The Wolves" live at Wembley 2015 (dark metal) th-cam.com/video/XvsfwAPbWXc/w-d-xo.html And if you want to hear Floor growling :) then try "Yours Is An Empty Hope" live at Mexico City in 2015 th-cam.com/video/DuwY1d-KIss/w-d-xo.html Last but not the least - they just released their 9th studio album on April 10th 2020 named "Human :||: Nature" - just take a peek to their official playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLihZ3gi5Yvzc0pfH2cbNKUUX8o3pb8eVg.html (for example: "Shoemaker", the 3rd track from this album, tells the story of Eugene Shoemaker, one of the founders of planetary science, whose ash was sent on the Moon after his death, as a tribute from the scientific community ..) You can also react to Floor Jansen "tapping" other musical genres in Beste Zangers 2019 (TV show from Netherlands) here is a playlist made by Floor herself (start listen it in reverse order..): th-cam.com/play/PL8iSYWeQhlimgUnWw1FDdiJN0msPzqpLo.html To understand better the context of this show you should visit also Jenniezelf's YT channel (En subtitled materials): th-cam.com/users/jenniezelf For entire episodes of the show with En translation, you should check Denise Hofs's DM channel: www.dailymotion.com/xpinkeu/videos In these pandemic times, Floor Jansen has decided to make covers for us, which you can find on her YT channel th-cam.com/channels/xy4Ijz2QKXXJaREs-isxwA.html - there are already 4 covers there, the first is "Let It Go" from "Frozen" (8 weeks ago, already over 1.931M views), the second - "Alone" from "Heart" (released 6 weeks ago) - 767K and counting. Then 4 weeks ago she dropped the third cover, in Dutch: "Is Dit Nou Later" from Stef Bos - already 221K views in 4 weeks. Just before Christmas she made a powerful cover of "Ave Maria" - already 196K views. Just this friday she added a remastered / remixed version of the first one, "Let It Go" - already 77k.. Thank you! Waiting for more Nightwish reactions. All the best from RO. Stay safe.
> Floor sings for a few seconds > Pastor Rob: "She sure can sing." Haha that was definitely an understatement! Floor is the best female singer I've ever heard and definitely one of the better singers, period. If you enjoy this brand of metal, I HIGHLY recommend Theocracy. I'd definitely say Mirror of Souls and I AM are the best ones to start with!
Wow what a coincidence you guys released a reaction to one of my favorite songs of all time on my birthday! Glad you got around to reacting to this one!
@@roberthoughton7127 hey Brother, GLS the most reacted to song on YT ! def symphonic metal, a score is also a multi part composition of music, great breakdown of the lyrics !!
There is a video of the entire concert. I'll look it up. th-cam.com/video/q9eKLPCciWw/w-d-xo.html Their Blu-rays are mostly very good. Most def worth the price. Check out Shoemaker for a very different angle of perception. I think they shine brightest live, but Shoemaker may be the exception.
Tuomas (keyboards) is one of the best composers of our time, Floor (lead vocal) is arguably the finest singer of our time, Marko (bass) not only plays bass, but also guitar... and he sings as well (he actually just won the Masked Singer Finland), and Troy (not featured in this song) is also a multi-instrumentalist that sings. Then we have Jukka (drums) who reminds me of Bonham with how he just pounds the crap out of the drums with such passion and energy, and then Emmpu (guitar) that sometimes gets overlooked with Tuomas and Floor shining so brightly... but he's a fantastic metal guitarist without ego. His solos are always perfect for the song. He can shred, but he never lets that overtake the song, more often than not choosing something more melodic. You'll also notice he's the band's jokester and is almost always smiling. The whole band has too much talent, lol, it's just not fair to other artists! As you'll see, the Nightwish Army will come hard, with lots of suggestions for more reactions, and they are all good, lol. NW has been around since the 90's, so the back catalog is huge. That said, most seem to prefer the newer/live songs that feature Floor. Without going into a huge discussion, Floor is the 3rd lead singer in Nightwish, and most would argue she is the most versatile, being able to sing all the songs from all Nightwish eras as well if not better than the originals. Nightwish touches on some more complex themes, and many of the songs are very personal to Tuomas. GLS you just reacted to is a gateway drug, lol, to the world of Nightwish, but it is also 1 of 3 songs considered the trinity in Nightwish circles along with Poet And The Pendulum and The Greatest Show On Earth. As some have mentioned prior to my comments, I would hold off on those two until you have some more Nightwish under your belt. They are complex compositions with deep meaning and it would be beneficial to "know" a bit more about Tuomas and Nightwish before you react to those, and both I would recommend looking up online first, researching the meaning before you do the reaction (assuming you're going to continue your Nightwish journey). I would highly recommend considering Storytime and Song of Myself from this same show, along with Romanticide and Yours Is An Empty Hope. Weak Fantasy and Dead Boy's Poem are two of my personal favs you might enjoy, but regardless of the path you take, I would also recommend hitting the live version of The Islander and the live cover of Pink Floyd's High Hopes as both of those feature Marko (bass) as lead vocalist. Sorry for the loooooong post, but us Nightwish people get excited and love to encourage others along their Nightwish journey. Especially reactors as we then get to re-introduce ourselves as well, vicariously through you! Welcome to the Nightwish Army!!!
That was a very insightful dive into the lyrics of this song. I'd love to hear your thoughts on another song by Nightwish called the Poet's Pendulum. Very serious themes, and a brilliantly composed and performed piece.
The guitarist didn't show up late. He was playing the heavy riffs early on in the song but when the guitar dropped out, he went walkabout on the stage.
Floor was sent by Odhinn to Midgard to gather fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she got distracted and joined a series of bands and remains here. We give thanks for her in our Blots.
I would personally LOVE to see you and Gauge react to "The Greatest Show On Earth" Specifically, Live At Tampere. The cinematography and syncing will BLOW YOUR MINDS.
Robert, you’re the first reaction TH-camr (I’ve seen over 20 to this song) to break down the lyrics to this song, and I highly commend you for that I understand the song now, because of you. .
Nightwish is one of my favorites! Floor is amazing.If your interested in more Nightwish, I'd suggest maybe one of their heavier songs Yours Is An Empty Hope from Wembley or Romanticide from Wakken. Marco their bassist is also a superb vocalist. He is amazing! He does the vocals on their Pink Floyd tribute High Hopes. Also you might like reacting to their song Noise which I think has a really powerful message along with Greatest Show on Earth.
I'v been dipping in and out of your channel for over a year and for some reason i imagined you had already covered Nightwish. Better late then never though. I don't see Gabriel's usual recommendations in the comments yet but he will be along soon i'm sure. The Nightwish army will be pleased you finally got around to this one and looking forward to another real soon.
I miss concerts and festivals. I saw Nightwish twice on a festival and man the energy is insane. First time was a while back when Tarja was still in the band. I remember it so well, its was raining like crazy and I had just gone from an In Flames gig. I was soaking wet carrying a mooseburger and a beer with me to the Nightwish concert. They were'nt headlining that year but it was so good. Sweden ock Festival 2004, the memories...
What a beautiful breakdown of the lyrics. I've seen a hundred reactions to this song (can't stop listening to it) but noone ever goes in to the true meaning of the song. Thank you, actually brought me to tears.
So true what you said about toxid relationships... You hold on to those 2 great events, while the majority of the time those people are so draining... Nice to have a deeper reaction to Ghost love score!
I love nightwish and I really love your analysing of this song. I love that you think through the lyrics and accept the poetic symbolism and apply that to real life.
Floor could sing the phone book and i would listen to it intently. Amazing voice. You should do more Nightwish, and yes, there are songs where the guy does death growls. lol
That's the most fascinating reaction + breakdown of Ghost love score I've seen. Pastor makes such interesting conclusions of the song with references to life and Bible!
Welcome to your first stop of a probably long, surprising always awesome Nightwish journey. This band is from Finland. Tuomas is the keyboarder, Songwriter, composer. Marco is 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. 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 This gig was at Wacken. Wacken is THE metal festival worldwide. 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: -> Ghost Love Score (Wacken 2013): THE "traditional first song" to get into Nightwish. Floor is showing diferent capabilities and you can get a first understanding of Tuomas capability of songwriting -> There are only great songs from Wacken: „Story Time“ and "Ever Dream" are 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 *) ***** 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 ride. When it starts you for a moment think you‘re listening to 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 --> "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 Just in case (which I can really recommend) you're going to do "Beste Zangers" make sure you take the clips posted by "jenniezelf" on TH-cam as she has also included the talking / interviews before and after with english subtitles. 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. So it is very interesting to get to know the story behind each song. And it will help to understand the reactions of the other singers. 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
Odin has elevated her. She is the called the Valkyrie Goddess of Metal. This song is a composition and Floor can do a lot more than this. She is a full spectrum singer. Try Ghost River, or Romanticide and the rest of the Wacken 2013 festival. They don't have any bad songs. Peace out
Great reaction. Of course there is a whole catalog of awesome Nightwish that all the usual folks will recommend but being a pastor I’d love to see you breakdown Greatest show on earth ( live in Tampere) and Weak Fantasy ( also live in Tampere).
I really liked your reaction and your analyzis of the lyrics. Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboardist, is the founder, leader and main, (90+%), songwriter, composer, arranger, lyrics writer of Nightwish. He had a Christian upbringing and there are quite a lot of references to the Bible, religion in his lyrics. One example, "wine turning into water", describing a relation gone bad, in the song "Romanticide". Nowadays he is an agnostic and highly critical of ORGANIZED religion. (Based on an interview of hers I think his wife Johanna Kurkela, a vocalist, has a religious, Christian conviction of some sort) A song called "Weak Fantasy" (Tampere 2015 version is great) is an example of criticism of organized, forced religion. I would love to hear your thoughts of that song. Or the "Greatest Show on Earth" Tampere 2015 version, a 20 minute masterpiece. It is a song about the big bang and evolution. What is your take on evolution and the big dang? "Shudder Before the Beautiful" Wembley Arena 2015 is a song about the beauty of the earth. Last year Tuomas wrote the song "Shoemaker" about Eugene Shoemaker, the scientist, the only man whose ashes have been sent to the Moon. Tuomas is a mean church organ, pipe organ player too. There is a 2 minutes video on YT in which he plays the huge pipe organ in The Music House in Helsinki Finland. Search for "Tuomas Holopainen kirkkourut". (kirkkourut = church organ) He is like a kid in a candy store. He talks about getting a biblical pompous feeling, the best thing, the best sound ever. In an interview, in 2007 I think it was, he said religion has never been a prison for him. So he obviously thinks it is for many people. His grabpa was a pastor, vicar, the leader of the local congrigation of the Finnish Evangelic Lutherian Chuch in Kitee, a town of 10 000 people in Eastern Finland, near the Russian border. Before him there was a long line of priests in the family. He had 7 daughters, but no son, no priest to continue the priesthood in hhe family. The interviewer provoked Tuomas by saying Nightwish is a religion. "Whenever you write a new song your followers read the lyrics like they were a holy scripture." Tuomas was not provoked:" I like the way you put it. May I quote you on that? My grandpa is smiling in his grave!" Young Tuomas hoped to be a biologist. He is very much into science. Nature and the see, lakes, forest are very important to him. When he has a writers block he goes to the forest, and makes a bonfire. Then he can go back home and continue writing. Music is his escape from the world, difficult things. "The Poet and the Pendulum" Wembley 2015, a 14 minute masterpiece, a virtual suicide of Tuomas, telling about his depression, the darkist 6 months of his life, after firing Tarja Turunen, the original female lead vocalist and a childhood friend of his. He was given the role of the bad guy. A huge media event in Finland, and a big thing around the world among the fans. Greetings from a Nightwish fan from snowy Helsinki Finland.
Nightwish army incoming........ best lyrical breakdown I have heard of this song and I would be really interested to hear your detailed breakdown of the ‘Poet and the Pendulum’ and particularly your Christian take on their masterwork ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’.
Hello a big Nightwish fan reports from the Netherlands and Floor Jansen is Dutch and has a beautiful voice and you have to check more of Nightwish songs from Wacken live 2013 like Stoytime, Ever Dream, Dark Chest of Wonders and even better the whole Wacken concert and you will be blown away.
"There needs to be some screaming in there." I'd suggest checking out Epica then. Where Nightwish comes from a power metal style Epica is heavier with a blend of harsh and beautiful singing. Though they are critical about organized religion (dogma specifically) much of their music is very spiritual, you'd guys have a tonne of content to tackle if you took on Kingdom of Heaven. By the way you guys did a great job picking apart the theme of the ocean. In early Nightwish, when the main writer Tuomas was in a less happier place, much of the music was dominated by three themes. The ocean/ocean soul: "Dead, silent, constant , yet always changing - My favorite view of this world"; The child/dead boy: childhood innocence where the very idea of pain and sorrow is a foreign concept; and silence which isn't a part of this song.
Sir...you're right. Wanna add no more to your heartfelt words. When it comes down to the musical part, I believe Nightwish forfills a grand part in giving hope, have respect per tutti and triggers to explore depths in our precious lives, we 'are allowed' to live.
Y'all should check out Nightwish Phantom of the Opera with the original singer Tarja. You will not be disappointed. You will get the Opera aspect AND the growly metal.
WONDERFUL reaction to the most amazing band and singer on the Planet ☺️ right now ! So much more of a Musical Magical Mystical Adventure to come with every different song....this will change your life and light and touch your Soul 💝. Can't wait for you guys to hear much more Nightwish !
Right......now you wokeup the NIGHTWISH army so get ready for a fantastic Nightwish experiance.!! Band from Finland and singer from the Netherlands and a guy playing lots of instruments from the UK .
If I could make one suggestion for a reaction: brother- stone sour I remember back in the day, my friends and I drove from Chicago to Montreal Canada to see them live. It was one of if not the best concerts I had ever been to. I have been to plenty and the atmosphere and the level of performance that Nightwish put into that evening were unforgettable. I usually do not go for symphonic or orchestral metal, but Nightwish will always have a soft spot in my heart.
I've seen it mentioned on other reaction videos to this that this was something like 12 songs into the concert, 2 from the end, and she was still singing like that....
Floor have now done a reaction on the Ghost Love Score giving her thought and comments about the live performence of the song at Wacken on her channel :)
Very good interpretation, Pastor! Thank you for the reaction. The keyboard player is the composer (lyrics and music) and the vocalist became our Goddess since she joined the band in 2012-2013. We love Nightwish!
Always loved this song from that soundtrack, great video with a really good interpretation. I think you guys would have a good reaction to: If I Were You -Faithless
Thanks for the react, glad you enjoyed it! You should do either Romanticide or Storytime live at Wacken 2013 next. Just follow Gabriel's instructions, he's posted below ;)
Great reaction to an amazing performance and a deep song lyrically. The words of wisdom are so refreshing and insightful. This is a great platform to spread positive truth.
This is their 'Hey Jude'. There is no putting this band in this box. Yours is an Empty Hope, live at Wembley (This band was built for live performance) Is serious metal. Our Angel Growls. All the way to How's the Heart, Acoustic. Her sitting with Troy, himself an amazing musician. Probably the most beautiful performance I have ever heard. Welcome to the Nightwish rabbit hole. It's really cool.
Nice nice, finally you guys gave this band a change! Hopefully you do more, because there is a LOT of variation in their songs. i dont even care what song, you cant go wrong with their epic live performances 👍
Great reaction! Should do more Nightwish - and as some suggested Yours Is an Empty Hope for some harsher vocals. But for great symphonic metal and growling, would definitely suggest to check out Epica - Obsessive Devotion or Storm of Sorrow or Cry for the Moon.
1) Toumas....the keyboardist.....is a genius music writer. 2) Floor....the vocalist....is one of if not the most talented and flexible singers in the world. 3) Each of the remaining members of the band are top masters of their instruments!!! Welcome to the world of Nightwish!!!
Hello! Nightwish fan reporting in! Glad you got to listen it! The song is basically about unrequited love. If you want heavier check out Romanticide or Yours Is An Empty Hope. Floor really can do anything. Have fun!
You should do Nightwish- The greatest show on earth next, it´s is about evolution! The live version is great, and recommend the lyrics to the side as they´re very important in that piece.
I've recently become a fan of Floor. She is an amazing talented singer. I had stopped listening to Nightwish after Tarja left and returned to them when i heard Floor perform. Glad to see someone unfamiliar with the genre give their take on the song and band
Well, I am 70 years old. Thought I knew all about music. Till......several years ago Nightwish entered my life. Never, ever heard something! Absolutely beautiful!!
Nice reaction. Nightwish have so many to offer. So many different sides and so deep storys in their songs thanks to Tuomas (the mastermind at the keyboards) this was 1 of the "great 3" you probably should do some research before listening to "The poet and the pendulum" and "The greatest show on earth". Until there keep it with the list from Gabriel Bardac here in the comments, i recommend to pin that comment from him. Thank you very much and please stick a while with Nightwish, i promise it is worth it. Edit: You will have soooooo much to talk about after listening to "The greatest show on earth" that one is realy deep.
Good job guys, from an atheist. I will hang with Christians no problem. I think you have found a good place to study a lot of meaningful lyrics. Gabriel will be here soon with a list of what to see next. Have fun and live the Golden Rule. Claudi52 out and take care.
In terms of if you want to react to a song by their first singer, Tarja Turunen, I'd suggest "Gethsemane." Also, Within Temptation is another really good symphonic metal band, "A Demon's Fate" would be perfect for the channel, I think.
It would be a crime for you two not ro do more Nightwish! Great reaction and breakdown of the song. Love it! Look for Gabriel’s comment - he will guide you 😀
Floor is great. Not the type of music I listen to, but I enjoy some of their songs, and I appreciate her skills. If you like her and her versatility, you'll probably like Dimash Kudaibergen too. I'd start with SOS from the Singer. Something a bit different, but truly amazing.
Progressive classical metal. The live versions with Floor are some of the best versions of their music. Check out the Greatest Show on Earth. Amazing song and video (official live one)
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Hello Robert Houghton ! Nightwish fans here, your reaction just appeared on our radar..
Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band, performing here at Wacken Open Air festival 2013, in front of a 82k+ audience.
About the instrumental and vocal added parts - it's good to know they recorded their orchestral and vocal back tracks with prestigious institutions as London Philharmonic Orchestra, London's The Metro Voices choir group and London's Young Musicians Children's Choir as their regular partners.
As I could see, you both enjoyed the performance, and appreciate musicianship of all band members, but most of all - the stellar vocals and charisma of Floor Jansen, our Dutch metal queen. You explained pretty well at the end the meaning of the lyrics, cool :) If you'll continue this path, you'll find a lot of meaningful lyrics.
Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the short history of the band concentrated by Ann Waychoff, one of the biggest Nightwish fan who has since passed away (and I am doing this in her memory):
" Nightwish was started in 1996.They are considered a Symphonic Metal band, with a female main singer. They are from Finland. Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. Marco Hietala is the Bassist and vocals .And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen . Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrumentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen is the drummer. In 2015 due to Jukka's health issues Kai Hahto became the drummer and as of now is a permanent addition.
Nightwish has had three singers. 1st one was Tarja Turunen (Operatic vocals). She was with them until 2005. The 2nd one was Anette Olzon from Sweden (Poppy, strong vocals). She was with them until 2012.The 3rd and current singer is Floor Jansen, from Netherlands (power, operatic, soprano.....most versatile) - you just heard her.
There are live concerts that you should use depending on what era. From Wishes to Eternity and End of an Era (Tarja), Montreux Festival live 2012 and Exit Festival (Anette), Live at Wacken 2013, Live at Wembley, Live at Tampere, Vehicle of Spirit, Decades live (Floor). I hope this helps.
I want to welcome you to the Nightwish community. I hope you like them enough to continue the journey. Believe me Nightwish will surprise you with their songs. You will never know what to expect. They are unbelievable live. I want to warn you that Nightwish fans are hard core. So be prepared. lol "
Hope you'll continue this journey with us, so I'll drop here a list of songs with the current lineup of the band you may like (please consider this list of links only as "a tip of the iceberg", an indication that they have a vast and very diverse repertoire, and not as something mandatory):
"Romanticide" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) th-cam.com/video/zz_7OCCQlXs/w-d-xo.html
"Storytime" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) th-cam.com/video/pvkYwOJZONU/w-d-xo.html
"Ever Dream" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) th-cam.com/video/1Xi4n8dJcF8/w-d-xo.html
"Song Of Myself" live at Wacken 2013 (dark/metal) th-cam.com/video/lQu5QjidHWg/w-d-xo.html
"Dead Boy's Poem" - live Buenos Aires 2018 (soulful ballad) th-cam.com/video/S8E3L7ggLMM/w-d-xo.html
"Ghost River" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) th-cam.com/video/05eitd-EA6I/w-d-xo.html
"Dark Chest Of Wonders" live at Wacken 2013 (metal, the greatest show opener ever) th-cam.com/video/OvOD6xecph4/w-d-xo.html
"My Walden" live at Wembley 2015 (celtic / folk) th-cam.com/video/knqeI807ZlY/w-d-xo.html
"Sleeping Sun" live at Tampere 2015 (ballad) th-cam.com/video/rsotlzr9wNw/w-d-xo.html
"The Islander" live at Tampere 2015 (Marco in charge..) th-cam.com/video/Zo8ncK_5kzc/w-d-xo.html
"Stargazer" live at Tampere 2015 (operatic vocals / metal) th-cam.com/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/w-d-xo.html
"Sahara" live at Tampa 2016 (middle eastern vibe) th-cam.com/video/lTvYfLa4Wlk/w-d-xo.html
"Slaying The Dreamer" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) th-cam.com/video/wA44tjaP5n0/w-d-xo.html
"I Want My Tears Back" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (celtic / folk vibe) th-cam.com/video/TBOdgxjb0kM/w-d-xo.html
"Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean" live In Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) th-cam.com/video/t26r_vAYQ0Q/w-d-xo.html
"Weak Fantasy" live at Tampere 2015 (dark metal) th-cam.com/video/AN239Pbqbjo/w-d-xo.html
"7 Days To The Wolves" live at Wembley 2015 (dark metal) th-cam.com/video/XvsfwAPbWXc/w-d-xo.html
And if you want to hear Floor growling :) then try "Yours Is An Empty Hope" live at Mexico City in 2015 th-cam.com/video/DuwY1d-KIss/w-d-xo.html
Last but not the least - they just released their 9th studio album on April 10th 2020 named "Human :||: Nature" - just take a peek to their official playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLihZ3gi5Yvzc0pfH2cbNKUUX8o3pb8eVg.html (for example: "Shoemaker", the 3rd track from this album, tells the story of Eugene Shoemaker, one of the founders of planetary science, whose ash was sent on the Moon after his death, as a tribute from the scientific community ..)
You can also react to Floor Jansen "tapping" other musical genres in Beste Zangers 2019 (TV show from Netherlands) here is a playlist made by Floor herself (start listen it in reverse order..): th-cam.com/play/PL8iSYWeQhlimgUnWw1FDdiJN0msPzqpLo.html
To understand better the context of this show you should visit also Jenniezelf's YT channel (En subtitled materials): th-cam.com/users/jenniezelf
For entire episodes of the show with En translation, you should check Denise Hofs's DM channel: www.dailymotion.com/xpinkeu/videos
In these pandemic times, Floor Jansen has decided to make covers for us, which you can find on her YT channel th-cam.com/channels/xy4Ijz2QKXXJaREs-isxwA.html - there are already 4 covers there, the first is "Let It Go" from "Frozen" (8 weeks ago, already over 1.931M views), the second - "Alone" from "Heart" (released 6 weeks ago) - 767K and counting. Then 4 weeks ago she dropped the third cover, in Dutch: "Is Dit Nou Later" from Stef Bos - already 221K views in 4 weeks. Just before Christmas she made a powerful cover of "Ave Maria" - already 196K views. Just this friday she added a remastered / remixed version of the first one, "Let It Go" - already 77k..
Thank you! Waiting for more Nightwish reactions. All the best from RO. Stay safe.
I always look forward to seeing your welcoming comment. It is much appreciated, as it is packed with valuable information. Thank you.
when I see Grabriel I click
...adding A bit of Tarja's time, End of the Era concert..."Phantom of the Opera" Marco (the bassist) shines in it.
@@trekkiexb5 thats hitting a bit hard right now. I fear today might be the end of a huge cog of the machine
@@trekkiexb5 did you hear?! He JUST left the band this morning!😭😭😭😭
> Floor sings for a few seconds
> Pastor Rob: "She sure can sing."
Haha that was definitely an understatement! Floor is the best female singer I've ever heard and definitely one of the better singers, period. If you enjoy this brand of metal, I HIGHLY recommend Theocracy. I'd definitely say Mirror of Souls and I AM are the best ones to start with!
Listen to Maria Callas. :-D
Well, Floor is great but she definitely has flaws. Not the best singer I ever heard but at a very high ranking.
Theocracy - I AM blasts everything. So much godly essence in one single song and huge revelation vibes.
@@litari19 I love I AM but Mirror of Souls is the greatest song ever written by a human, in my opinion.
@@Nikioko i doubt if Maria Callas could sing as versetile as Floor she was great in her genre but not that diverse as Floor
The best female singer you know? So you don't know Tatiana Shmailyuk for sure
3:31 "She sure can sing." Buckle up pastor, you're about to go for a ride on the rollercoaster!
"There needs to be some growling..."
Every Nightwish fan: "Yours is an Empty Hope!"
Rob when Floor hints some growls: ooh, there she growls!
while NW fans laugh in their empty hope
....and if you do that song PLZ do the wembley Version, it is important
Many Floor fans: "Disdain!""
Sounds accurate! 😂
everyone else: Jinjer!
Wow what a coincidence you guys released a reaction to one of my favorite songs of all time on my birthday! Glad you got around to reacting to this one!
Happy birthday. 🎂
happy birthday!
@@roberthoughton7127 hey Brother, GLS the most reacted to song on YT ! def symphonic metal, a score is also a multi part composition of music, great breakdown of the lyrics !!
@@roberthoughton7127 Nightwish is always best Live.
Happy birthday to you! Best wishes always and many more birthdays to come!
Welcome to the Nightwish galaxy. The Nightwish Army will be there soon. If you cointinue to do that same concert you will be mesmerized...
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There is a video of the entire concert. I'll look it up. th-cam.com/video/q9eKLPCciWw/w-d-xo.html Their Blu-rays are mostly very good. Most def worth the price. Check out Shoemaker for a very different angle of perception. I think they shine brightest live, but Shoemaker may be the exception.
@@phillee2814 Oh Good Lord yes! This! th-cam.com/video/q9eKLPCciWw/w-d-xo.html The Greatest Show on Earth. I find it quite moving.
Nightwish? Alright!! I clicked pretty fast on this one.
Nightwish's "The Carpenter" live Buenos Aires is right up your guys alley. Check it out.
PREPARE THY DEFENSES, THE NIGHTWISH ARMY COMETHS!
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Tuomas (keyboards) is one of the best composers of our time, Floor (lead vocal) is arguably the finest singer of our time, Marko (bass) not only plays bass, but also guitar... and he sings as well (he actually just won the Masked Singer Finland), and Troy (not featured in this song) is also a multi-instrumentalist that sings. Then we have Jukka (drums) who reminds me of Bonham with how he just pounds the crap out of the drums with such passion and energy, and then Emmpu (guitar) that sometimes gets overlooked with Tuomas and Floor shining so brightly... but he's a fantastic metal guitarist without ego. His solos are always perfect for the song. He can shred, but he never lets that overtake the song, more often than not choosing something more melodic. You'll also notice he's the band's jokester and is almost always smiling. The whole band has too much talent, lol, it's just not fair to other artists!
As you'll see, the Nightwish Army will come hard, with lots of suggestions for more reactions, and they are all good, lol. NW has been around since the 90's, so the back catalog is huge. That said, most seem to prefer the newer/live songs that feature Floor. Without going into a huge discussion, Floor is the 3rd lead singer in Nightwish, and most would argue she is the most versatile, being able to sing all the songs from all Nightwish eras as well if not better than the originals.
Nightwish touches on some more complex themes, and many of the songs are very personal to Tuomas. GLS you just reacted to is a gateway drug, lol, to the world of Nightwish, but it is also 1 of 3 songs considered the trinity in Nightwish circles along with Poet And The Pendulum and The Greatest Show On Earth. As some have mentioned prior to my comments, I would hold off on those two until you have some more Nightwish under your belt. They are complex compositions with deep meaning and it would be beneficial to "know" a bit more about Tuomas and Nightwish before you react to those, and both I would recommend looking up online first, researching the meaning before you do the reaction (assuming you're going to continue your Nightwish journey).
I would highly recommend considering Storytime and Song of Myself from this same show, along with Romanticide and Yours Is An Empty Hope. Weak Fantasy and Dead Boy's Poem are two of my personal favs you might enjoy, but regardless of the path you take, I would also recommend hitting the live version of The Islander and the live cover of Pink Floyd's High Hopes as both of those feature Marko (bass) as lead vocalist.
Sorry for the loooooong post, but us Nightwish people get excited and love to encourage others along their Nightwish journey. Especially reactors as we then get to re-introduce ourselves as well, vicariously through you!
Welcome to the Nightwish Army!!!
Ahh yes.... Texas Regiment of the NW Army here!
That was a very insightful dive into the lyrics of this song. I'd love to hear your thoughts on another song by Nightwish called the Poet's Pendulum. Very serious themes, and a brilliantly composed and performed piece.
Poet and the Pendulum
The especially fitting thing about this song is how much it encapuslates what I felt leaving the church
The guitarist didn't show up late. He was playing the heavy riffs early on in the song but when the guitar dropped out, he went walkabout on the stage.
Floor was sent by Odhinn to Midgard to gather fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she got distracted and joined a series of bands and remains here. We give thanks for her in our Blots.
I would personally LOVE to see you and Gauge react to "The Greatest Show On Earth" Specifically, Live At Tampere. The cinematography and syncing will BLOW YOUR MINDS.
I love how you guys broke down the lyrics :) very interesting
#NightwishArmy Thank yall for doing this. Welcome to Nightwish yall.you just had ur first floorgasim
Enjoyed your reaction. Floor is an amazing vocalist and Tuomas is a spectacular composer. 😁 In my opinion.
He is spectacular, but in his humble way prefers the title of Song Writer! Regardless, one of the best for sure!!
@@allenhuling598 🤘💜🤘 Song Writer
Robert, you’re the first reaction TH-camr (I’ve seen over 20 to this song) to break down the lyrics to this song, and I highly commend you for that I understand the song now, because of you. .
Nightwish is one of my favorites! Floor is amazing.If your interested in more Nightwish, I'd suggest maybe one of their heavier songs Yours Is An Empty Hope from Wembley or Romanticide from Wakken. Marco their bassist is also a superb vocalist. He is amazing! He does the vocals on their Pink Floyd tribute High Hopes. Also you might like reacting to their song Noise which I think has a really powerful message along with Greatest Show on Earth.
I'v been dipping in and out of your channel for over a year and for some reason i imagined you had already covered Nightwish. Better late then never though.
I don't see Gabriel's usual recommendations in the comments yet but he will be along soon i'm sure.
The Nightwish army will be pleased you finally got around to this one and looking forward to another real soon.
Finally, I'm here. Loved his lyrics breakdown. Hope he'll continue to react to Nightwish.
I miss concerts and festivals. I saw Nightwish twice on a festival and man the energy is insane. First time was a while back when Tarja was still in the band. I remember it so well, its was raining like crazy and I had just gone from an In Flames gig. I was soaking wet carrying a mooseburger and a beer with me to the Nightwish concert. They were'nt headlining that year but it was so good. Sweden ock Festival 2004, the memories...
Great break-down! really enjoyed this! Nightwish is a great band. Do more! and more! and after that. do more :D
What a beautiful breakdown of the lyrics. I've seen a hundred reactions to this song (can't stop listening to it) but noone ever goes in to the true meaning of the song. Thank you, actually brought me to tears.
So true what you said about toxid relationships... You hold on to those 2 great events, while the majority of the time those people are so draining...
Nice to have a deeper reaction to Ghost love score!
this one of the top tier band in symponic metal band,She can do anything, nightwish army will help you,just ask anything 💪nice Reaction❤️
I love nightwish and I really love your analysing of this song. I love that you think through the lyrics and accept the poetic symbolism and apply that to real life.
Get ready the nightwish army is incoming!
The Nightwish Army is on its way. Enjoy!
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Came for the review, stayed for the counseling.
That lyrics analysis was up there amongst the best. Good stuff!
Wow. Thank you for the encouragement. 🙏
Epica- Consign to Oblivion if you want to hear this genre with growls.
Welcome to the world of Nightwish they are amazing..
Hey, you should definitely check the rest of the wacken show nightwish next wembley 2015, awesome awesome thanks 😎
Floor could sing the phone book and i would listen to it intently. Amazing voice. You should do more Nightwish, and yes, there are songs where the guy does death growls. lol
Yes, God is love!
That's the most fascinating reaction + breakdown of Ghost love score I've seen.
Pastor makes such interesting conclusions of the song with references to life and Bible!
Welcome to your first stop of a probably long, surprising always awesome Nightwish journey.
This band is from Finland.
Tuomas is the keyboarder, Songwriter, composer.
Marco is 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.
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
This gig was at Wacken. Wacken is THE metal festival worldwide. 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:
-> Ghost Love Score (Wacken 2013): THE "traditional first song" to get into Nightwish. Floor is showing diferent capabilities and you can get a first understanding of Tuomas capability of songwriting
-> There are only great songs from Wacken: „Story Time“ and "Ever Dream" are 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 *)
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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 ride. When it starts you for a moment think you‘re listening to 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
--> "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.
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If you'd like to Explore Floor on her own:
Beste Zangers Just in case (which I can really recommend) you're going to do "Beste Zangers" make sure you take the clips posted by "jenniezelf" on TH-cam as she has also included the talking / interviews before and after with english subtitles. 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. So it is very interesting to get to know the story behind each song. And it will help to understand the reactions of the other singers. Floor is singing there in German, Dutch, Spanis and English. Her "Phanom of the Opera" duet with Henk Poort is legendary.
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* 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
Odin has elevated her. She is the called the Valkyrie Goddess of Metal. This song is a composition and Floor can do a lot more than this.
She is a full spectrum singer.
Try Ghost River, or Romanticide and the rest of the Wacken 2013 festival. They don't have any bad songs. Peace out
Oh, and thank you for breaking down the lyrics to this song. I would agree with your translation. Great job!
If you guys just like headbanging music watch Romanticide by nightwish
Greetings from Finland🇫🇮❤️!
Our general Gabriel will drop a lot of knowledge!?! Follow his suggestions! You will not be disappointed!
Great reaction. Of course there is a whole catalog of awesome Nightwish that all the usual folks will recommend but being a pastor I’d love to see you breakdown Greatest show on earth ( live in Tampere) and Weak Fantasy ( also live in Tampere).
I really liked your reaction and your analyzis of the lyrics. Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboardist, is the founder, leader and main, (90+%), songwriter, composer, arranger, lyrics writer of Nightwish.
He had a Christian upbringing and there are quite a lot of references to the Bible, religion in his lyrics. One example, "wine turning into water", describing a relation gone bad, in the song "Romanticide".
Nowadays he is an agnostic and highly critical of ORGANIZED religion. (Based on an interview of hers I think his wife Johanna Kurkela, a vocalist, has a religious, Christian conviction of some sort) A song called "Weak Fantasy" (Tampere 2015 version is great) is an example of criticism of organized, forced religion. I would love to hear your thoughts of that song. Or the "Greatest Show on Earth" Tampere 2015 version, a 20 minute masterpiece. It is a song about the big bang and evolution. What is your take on evolution and the big dang? "Shudder Before the Beautiful" Wembley Arena 2015 is a song about the beauty of the earth.
Last year Tuomas wrote the song "Shoemaker" about Eugene Shoemaker, the scientist, the only man whose ashes have been sent to the Moon.
Tuomas is a mean church organ, pipe organ player too. There is a 2 minutes video on YT in which he plays the huge pipe organ in The Music House in Helsinki Finland. Search for "Tuomas Holopainen kirkkourut". (kirkkourut = church organ) He is like a kid in a candy store. He talks about getting a biblical pompous feeling, the best thing, the best sound ever.
In an interview, in 2007 I think it was, he said religion has never been a prison for him. So he obviously thinks it is for many people.
His grabpa was a pastor, vicar, the leader of the local congrigation of the Finnish Evangelic Lutherian Chuch in Kitee, a town of 10 000 people in Eastern Finland, near the Russian border. Before him there was a long line of priests in the family. He had 7 daughters, but no son, no priest to continue the priesthood in hhe family.
The interviewer provoked Tuomas by saying Nightwish is a religion. "Whenever you write a new song your followers read the lyrics like they were a holy scripture." Tuomas was not provoked:" I like the way you put it. May I quote you on that? My grandpa is smiling in his grave!"
Young Tuomas hoped to be a biologist. He is very much into science. Nature and the see, lakes, forest are very important to him. When he has a writers block he goes to the forest, and makes a bonfire. Then he can go back home and continue writing. Music is his escape from the world, difficult things.
"The Poet and the Pendulum" Wembley 2015, a 14 minute masterpiece, a virtual suicide of Tuomas, telling about his depression, the darkist 6 months of his life, after firing Tarja Turunen, the original female lead vocalist and a childhood friend of his. He was given the role of the bad guy. A huge media event in Finland, and a big thing around the world among the fans.
Greetings from a Nightwish fan from snowy Helsinki Finland.
Nightwish is epic. I discovered them back in 2005 :)
Nightwish army incoming........ best lyrical breakdown I have heard of this song and I would be really interested to hear your detailed breakdown of the ‘Poet and the Pendulum’ and particularly your Christian take on their masterwork ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’.
Hello a big Nightwish fan reports from the Netherlands and Floor Jansen is Dutch and has a beautiful voice and you have to check more of Nightwish songs from Wacken live 2013 like Stoytime, Ever Dream, Dark Chest of Wonders and even better the whole Wacken concert and you will be blown away.
"There needs to be some screaming in there." I'd suggest checking out Epica then. Where Nightwish comes from a power metal style Epica is heavier with a blend of harsh and beautiful singing. Though they are critical about organized religion (dogma specifically) much of their music is very spiritual, you'd guys have a tonne of content to tackle if you took on Kingdom of Heaven.
By the way you guys did a great job picking apart the theme of the ocean. In early Nightwish, when the main writer Tuomas was in a less happier place, much of the music was dominated by three themes. The ocean/ocean soul: "Dead, silent, constant
, yet always changing - My favorite view of this world"; The child/dead boy: childhood innocence where the very idea of pain and sorrow is a foreign concept; and silence which isn't a part of this song.
Sir...you're right. Wanna add no more to your heartfelt words.
When it comes down to the musical part, I believe Nightwish forfills a grand part in giving hope, have respect per tutti and triggers to explore depths in our precious lives, we 'are allowed' to live.
Our valkyrie Floor! She is our queen!
Y'all should check out Nightwish Phantom of the Opera with the original singer Tarja. You will not be disappointed. You will get the Opera aspect AND the growly metal.
WONDERFUL reaction to the most amazing band and singer on the Planet ☺️ right now ! So much more of a Musical Magical Mystical Adventure to come with every different song....this will change your life and light and touch your Soul 💝. Can't wait for you guys to hear much more Nightwish !
Right......now you wokeup the NIGHTWISH army so get ready for a fantastic Nightwish experiance.!! Band from Finland and singer from the Netherlands and a guy playing lots of instruments from the UK .
I was wondering when you would do this one!!
If I could make one suggestion for a reaction: brother- stone sour
I remember back in the day, my friends and I drove from Chicago to Montreal Canada to see them live. It was one of if not the best concerts I had ever been to. I have been to plenty and the atmosphere and the level of performance that Nightwish put into that evening were unforgettable. I usually do not go for symphonic or orchestral metal, but Nightwish will always have a soft spot in my heart.
"The pan flute?" These guys are musical geniuses...Of course people should watch them and give them any validity. Thank you internet...........
Love your videos. Beautiful song also ❤️❤️
I've seen it mentioned on other reaction videos to this that this was something like 12 songs into the concert, 2 from the end, and she was still singing like that....
Floor have now done a reaction on the Ghost Love Score giving her thought and comments about the live performence of the song at Wacken on her channel :)
Welcome to the rabbit hole of Nightwish.
Very good interpretation, Pastor!
Thank you for the reaction.
The keyboard player is the composer (lyrics and music) and the vocalist became our Goddess since she joined the band in 2012-2013.
We love Nightwish!
The song so epic it has its own intermission ...
Always loved this song from that soundtrack, great video with a really good interpretation. I think you guys would have a good reaction to: If I Were You -Faithless
and to think...THIS song was over an HOUR into the concert.....
The poet and the pendulum 👌🙏
AMAZING .
Nightwish: Everdream Live (Wacken 2013)
Thanks for the react, glad you enjoyed it! You should do either Romanticide or Storytime live at Wacken 2013 next. Just follow Gabriel's instructions, he's posted below ;)
ALWAYS do the live versions for Nightwish!
Great reaction to an amazing performance and a deep song lyrically. The words of wisdom are so refreshing and insightful. This is a great platform to spread positive truth.
"Pick a name out of a hat" Beanie of Justice intensifies.
This is their 'Hey Jude'. There is no putting this band in this box. Yours is an Empty Hope, live at Wembley (This band was built for live performance) Is serious metal. Our Angel Growls. All the way to How's the Heart, Acoustic. Her sitting with Troy, himself an amazing musician. Probably the most beautiful performance I have ever heard. Welcome to the Nightwish rabbit hole. It's really cool.
Welcome to the world of Nightwish.
This is, if you wish to undertake it, a fantastic journey to go on. You will not regret it.
Let the army plant their boots here as well... It is not a thunder in the distance you hear. It is the Nightwish army!
Nice nice, finally you guys gave this band a change! Hopefully you do more, because there is a LOT of variation in their songs. i dont even care what song, you cant go wrong with their epic live performances 👍
Great reaction! Should do more Nightwish - and as some suggested Yours Is an Empty Hope for some harsher vocals. But for great symphonic metal and growling, would definitely suggest to check out Epica - Obsessive Devotion or Storm of Sorrow or Cry for the Moon.
Definitely need more Nightwish reactions maybe some poet and the pendulum live at wembley
1) Toumas....the keyboardist.....is a genius music writer. 2) Floor....the vocalist....is one of if not the most talented and flexible singers in the world. 3) Each of the remaining members of the band are top masters of their instruments!!! Welcome to the world of Nightwish!!!
Hello! Nightwish fan reporting in! Glad you got to listen it!
The song is basically about unrequited love.
If you want heavier check out Romanticide or Yours Is An Empty Hope. Floor really can do anything.
Have fun!
You should do Nightwish- The greatest show on earth next, it´s is about evolution! The live version is great, and recommend the lyrics to the side as they´re very important in that piece.
I've recently become a fan of Floor. She is an amazing talented singer. I had stopped listening to Nightwish after Tarja left and returned to them when i heard Floor perform. Glad to see someone unfamiliar with the genre give their take on the song and band
Well, I am 70 years old. Thought I knew all about music. Till......several years ago Nightwish entered my life. Never, ever heard something! Absolutely beautiful!!
for growl try Nightwish - "Yours an empty Hope" live at Wembley!!!
One of if not the purest voice you'll ever hear. They call listening to her a Floorgasm
Nice reaction. Nightwish have so many to offer. So many different sides and so deep storys in their songs thanks to Tuomas (the mastermind at the keyboards) this was 1 of the "great 3" you probably should do some research before listening to "The poet and the pendulum" and "The greatest show on earth".
Until there keep it with the list from Gabriel Bardac here in the comments, i recommend to pin that comment from him. Thank you very much and please stick a while with Nightwish, i promise it is worth it.
Edit: You will have soooooo much to talk about after listening to "The greatest show on earth" that one is realy deep.
Awesome song....nailed it...I'm impressed with you guys....great job viewing from the Christian side...thank you and stay true
Well you can say they created Symp/Metal.. Welcome to the Nightwish Comunity.. The army it's here! ;)
The bloke on the right is a talkative chap. Bet he's a bundle of fun at a party.🤣
Well, perhaps the bloke on the right is enjoying the music.
Good job guys, from an atheist. I will hang with Christians no problem. I think you have found a good place to study a lot of meaningful lyrics. Gabriel will be here soon with a list of what to see next. Have fun and live the Golden Rule. Claudi52 out and take care.
if you really want a treat, you should check out floor in "beste zangers" a dutch show where singers sing each others songs.
More Nightwish please!!!
In terms of if you want to react to a song by their first singer, Tarja Turunen, I'd suggest "Gethsemane." Also, Within Temptation is another really good symphonic metal band, "A Demon's Fate" would be perfect for the channel, I think.
It would be a crime for you two not ro do more Nightwish! Great reaction and breakdown of the song. Love it! Look for Gabriel’s comment - he will guide you 😀
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Wish I had an Angel from them is great too...the song my rock/metal fanatism started with
Now for The Greatest Show On Earth....
Subscribing for more nightwish reactions. enjoy the journey because it is all a masterpiece.
Floor is great. Not the type of music I listen to, but I enjoy some of their songs, and I appreciate her skills.
If you like her and her versatility, you'll probably like Dimash Kudaibergen too. I'd start with SOS from the Singer. Something a bit different, but truly amazing.
Nightwish - The Poet and the Pendulum - Live at Wembley 2015
Progressive classical metal.
The live versions with Floor are some of the best versions of their music. Check out the Greatest Show on Earth. Amazing song and video (official live one)