Such a good song. People who say the new Nightwish album is not the real Nightwish, have no clue what they are taking about. I hear so much of Nightwish through the ages in this album, mixed with new inspiration and a new layer with the arrival of Troy. And yes the operatic part in this song still brings a tear to my eye.
You have to wonder what these people expect from them as a band. Are they not supposed to try new tricks for fear of upsetting a few delicate little souls? 😜
It would be a sad thing if bands didn't grow and evolve as they matured, Tuomas is in an extremely happy place right now, people should be happy about that.
I will go even further than that. To me this album is their best album of them all.... it is so complete, so well-rounded. A masterpiece for the ages for everyone to enjoy.
OMG everytime I start to tear up and have full body chills when the operatic part from Floor starts. This is one of my favorites for sure! What a well written and composed song!
I'm seriously obsessed with this album, I've been listening to it non stop since yesterday, I can't afford it so I'm very glad they put the song on their channel with the lyrics
What makes that singing of Floor with a choir even more powerful is that they applied some reverb to it - the effect of which is to make it echo-y. Going up and down, something you remarked upon, can be quite challenging for a singer and in this case it is compounded by the fact that she has to sing in a staccato style (that choppiness) and navigate all those other thing - tempo, timing, diction.
I have some difficulties with this song. But never mind that, because the funny thing here is that the "legato" singing style in the beginning is probably harder to sing than the operatic "staccato" ending, although it is very majestic and impressive to hear. And the narrator there is Tuomas's wife Johanna Kurkela, who is also famous singer with angelic voice an elvish appearance. Nightwish announced about half an hour ago that the album has topped German charts. Thank you!
YES Tauri, I got goosebumps after 5 secs too, and then throughout the song. It's not only the operatic part which is amazing here, but the whole song. Happy to be bodychilling here with you.
I'm so glad somebody else picked up on that! None of the reactions I've seen so far have mentioned it, but it's such an effective addition to the song! It actually starts from 3:20, at the start of that instrumental breakdown, but it's definitely more obvious in that last section before Floor comes back in. Troy proving that he can do more than just sing and play pipes! ;)
@@mantailuaa Yup! You also hear it under Floor's vocals in Procession. :D I'm so glad they got some E-Bow stuff in the album; it' been such a great addition to the band's sound!
Floor's operatic singing of "Laudato Si Ad Astra" (Latin for All praise be to the stars) has profound provenance. From Wikipedia: Laudato si' (English: Praise Be to You!) is the second encyclical of Pope Francis. The encyclical has the subtitle "on care for our common home". In it, the pope critiques consumerism and irresponsible development, laments environmental degradation and global warming, and calls all people of the world to take "swift and unified global action." "Ad Astra" (Also From Wikipedia): Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote sic itur ad astra ("thus one journeys to the stars", from Aeneid book IX, line 641, spoken by Apollo to Aeneas's young son Iulus) and opta ardua pennis astra sequi ("desire to pursue the high (or hard to reach) stars on wings" book XII, lines 892-893, spoken by Aeneas to his foe Turnus in their combat). These seemingly simple four Latin words, with such providence seem to be Tuomas Holopainen's thoughtful invitation to excel as a species. "to care for our common home" as the thrust of the album reminds us we ARE on our"spaceship" hurtling through eternity.
@@dennislindqvist8443 Spot on man. The pope, if he's so concerned about humankind could start by selling off the immense treasures of the corrupt Catholic church, spend the wealth by building hospitals and schools in the so called third world instead of protecting child raping priests, stop telling people that birth control is a sin etc etc. Religions is the worst cancer to ever have been inflicted on us as a species!
Keep on listening all the songs as You mentioned in the Review. I have done that since 10.4 🤗 Also there is always a story behind all the songs/albums 😁 Shakespeare thing is said by Tuomas's wife Johanna. All the best from Finland, keep safe and healty 🤗
Yep A Great Song. And lovely reaction. Lovely beginning and there we go 😋 Great story and Floor tells it well, but that ending....oh well 🥰 🤔 so the song begins at sun up and ends at sun set, or is my mind playing tricks... Till the Next 1 Taurri 🤘 Thnx...🖐
Hello from Brazil. Thanks for react. Yes, it's beautiful music. The music at the beginning is incredible with a bass beat along with Floor. The drums was also great. Everything looked like a metal prog. The ending is what she did in After Forever's DreamFlight. - As I am an older headbanger my favorites are Tribal, Music and Pan.
such a good song and a nice honor for Eugene shoemaker planetary science still very beautiful they took finnish heavy metal and gave it some sounds from the orchestra don't know how anyone isn't touched by that piece of music like much of the music they create
The opener "Music" is just as awesome as "Shoemaker", just in a different way. It might be a good choice for your next Nightwish reaction. But I guess you could react to the whole album and not find a single weak song.
@@johntsoukas8723 Well the ideal setup would be first band to play is Marco and his band then Northward with Floor and Jørn Viggo Lofstad with the band from beste zengers..Then Auri then Nightwish and for Nightwish new album the choir could be oceansouls..be awesome..th-cam.com/video/fbwS3QMZ5qc/w-d-xo.html
I think I saw somewhere that Tuomas said he doesn’t want to perform this track live. I hope he has reconsidered based on the positive reactions and floorgasms for that ending. The amazing thing is Floor said she was challenged by that ending. I wouldn’t know it
@@TauriReacts hey Tauri, just wanted to tell you that the operatic part as a melodic construct is so similar to the epic soundtrack labeled as 'Lacrimosa' by Zbigniew Preisner (Tree of Life).That one, oh my lord is more intense than this one. :)
I do like watching your reactions but could you please check out Amaranthe - Hunger (the song that got me into them) now they are my fave band. Also Amaranthe - The Helix, Dragonforce - Ashes of the Dawn and The Edge of the World, and Theocracy - The Gift of Music, Around the world and back, Lay the demon to rest, and a side project called Project Aegis - Angel in the Ashes, a load of awesome vocalists in that track. Please, please, please check these out!!
I think this song is too early in your Nightwish experience. To this point you've heard Marko, Floor and Troy. You probably don't know who Shoemaker was.
@@TauriReacts Your verbal comments within make you sound like you dont know. you dont like my comments that to bad. dont worry I will not be watching your channel.
Such a good song. People who say the new Nightwish album is not the real Nightwish, have no clue what they are taking about. I hear so much of Nightwish through the ages in this album, mixed with new inspiration and a new layer with the arrival of Troy.
And yes the operatic part in this song still brings a tear to my eye.
You have to wonder what these people expect from them as a band. Are they not supposed to try new tricks for fear of upsetting a few delicate little souls? 😜
It would be a sad thing if bands didn't grow and evolve as they matured, Tuomas is in an extremely happy place right now, people should be happy about that.
I will go even further than that. To me this album is their best album of them all.... it is so complete, so well-rounded. A masterpiece for the ages for everyone to enjoy.
OMG everytime I start to tear up and have full body chills when the operatic part from Floor starts. This is one of my favorites for sure! What a well written and composed song!
Extremely so!
I'm seriously obsessed with this album, I've been listening to it non stop since yesterday, I can't afford it so I'm very glad they put the song on their channel with the lyrics
In my opinion , The Laudato SI AD ASTRA is aa own song. ..Floor make me cry, with her voice 😘🤗🥰
What makes that singing of Floor with a choir even more powerful is that they applied some reverb to it - the effect of which is to make it echo-y. Going up and down, something you remarked upon, can be quite challenging for a singer and in this case it is compounded by the fact that she has to sing in a staccato style (that choppiness) and navigate all those other thing - tempo, timing, diction.
Immortall1408 i think her vocals are superwoman good.
Thanks, nice reaction video. Nightwish new album is best, so many amazing songs!
I have some difficulties with this song. But never mind that, because the funny thing here is that the "legato" singing style in the beginning is probably harder to sing than the operatic "staccato" ending, although it is very majestic and impressive to hear. And the narrator there is Tuomas's wife Johanna Kurkela, who is also famous singer with angelic voice an elvish appearance. Nightwish announced about half an hour ago that the album has topped German charts. Thank you!
YES Tauri, I got goosebumps after 5 secs too, and then throughout the song. It's not only the operatic part which is amazing here, but the whole song. Happy to be bodychilling here with you.
So amazing, all the way through!
Just amazing, chills and tears. And how haunting is Troys quitar sound with e-bow from 3:40 on, suits to the brakedown perfectly. 🥰
I'm so glad somebody else picked up on that! None of the reactions I've seen so far have mentioned it, but it's such an effective addition to the song! It actually starts from 3:20, at the start of that instrumental breakdown, but it's definitely more obvious in that last section before Floor comes back in. Troy proving that he can do more than just sing and play pipes! ;)
The_Titan_Atlas It is also in Music just before Floor starts to sing, fits like a glove there too.
@@mantailuaa Yup! You also hear it under Floor's vocals in Procession. :D I'm so glad they got some E-Bow stuff in the album; it' been such a great addition to the band's sound!
The_Titan_Atlas Totally!
Yes, I noticed that too! Love it!
Thank's for a great reaction Tauri
One of my favourites from this future classic album! Thank you Tauri for sharing it with us. We can experience all the wonderful music together.
Like how the lyrics flow . As they sing an ode to Shoemaker up there on the Moon. !
You and me both!
Welcome back Tauri :) Greetings from Finland. Pan is my favorite.
Floor's operatic singing of "Laudato Si Ad Astra" (Latin for All praise be to the stars) has profound provenance.
From Wikipedia: Laudato si' (English: Praise Be to You!) is the second encyclical of Pope Francis. The encyclical has the subtitle "on care for our common home". In it, the pope critiques consumerism and irresponsible development, laments environmental degradation and global warming, and calls all people of the world to take "swift and unified global action."
"Ad Astra" (Also From Wikipedia): Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars". The phrase has origins with Virgil, who wrote sic itur ad astra ("thus one journeys to the stars", from Aeneid book IX, line 641, spoken by Apollo to Aeneas's young son Iulus) and opta ardua pennis astra sequi ("desire to pursue the high (or hard to reach) stars on wings" book XII, lines 892-893, spoken by Aeneas to his foe Turnus in their combat).
These seemingly simple four Latin words, with such providence seem to be Tuomas Holopainen's thoughtful invitation to excel as a species. "to care for our common home" as the thrust of the album reminds us we ARE on our"spaceship" hurtling through eternity.
Yes, but Tuomas is secular. And in what particular has religion helped us? Name one occasion.
@@dennislindqvist8443 Spot on man. The pope, if he's so concerned about humankind could start by selling off the immense treasures of the corrupt Catholic church, spend the wealth by building hospitals and schools in the so called third world instead of protecting child raping priests, stop telling people that birth control is a sin etc etc.
Religions is the worst cancer to ever have been inflicted on us as a species!
Keep on listening all the songs as You mentioned in the Review. I have done that since 10.4 🤗 Also there is always a story behind all the songs/albums 😁 Shakespeare thing is said by Tuomas's wife Johanna. All the best from Finland, keep safe and healty 🤗
Nightwish - How's The Heart Acoustic (Planet Rock acoustic session)
I've seen it, absolutely beautiful!
Yep A Great Song. And lovely reaction.
Lovely beginning and there we go 😋
Great story and Floor tells it well, but that ending....oh well 🥰
🤔 so the song begins at sun up and ends at sun set, or is my mind playing tricks...
Till the Next 1 Taurri 🤘
Thnx...🖐
Amazing amazing álbum , music , tribal , how the heart , pan ........ Great reaction 🤘🤘🤘
Yeah .. the first few times I heard this I found myself tearing up (I blame my allergies) .. now I only get chills .. still :)
Blessed to be alive in the time of Floor Jansen exploring her voice with us all.
Hello from Brazil. Thanks for react.
Yes, it's beautiful music.
The music at the beginning is incredible with a bass beat along with Floor. The drums was also great. Everything looked like a metal prog.
The ending is what she did in After Forever's DreamFlight. - As I am an older headbanger my favorites are Tribal, Music and Pan.
Amazing...
what a great song. As always...I love your comment Tauri👏
such a good song and a nice honor for Eugene shoemaker planetary science still very beautiful they took finnish heavy metal and gave it some sounds from the orchestra don't know how anyone isn't touched by that piece of music like much of the music they create
The opener "Music" is just as awesome as "Shoemaker", just in a different way. It might be a good choice for your next Nightwish reaction.
But I guess you could react to the whole album and not find a single weak song.
Yes, if you saw my album review you'd be able to hear what I said about Music :)
I think you wanted to say you had an ALL BODY Floorgasm ;p Great reaction, stay strong and safe.
Yes, yes I did! lol
@@TauriReacts Have fun girl ;p
no one can dislike such beautiful eyes and beautiful smile :) ...
At first i thought it was a child reading that Shakespeare poem. But i think she is Johanna, Tuomas's wife who reads it.
Yes. It's not how she usually sounds.
Loved it Tauri!
This song make me say.. *that's it, I have enough! Take my money, i need this CD!" 🤟 Tx from Québec Canada 🇨🇦
Great track,nice reaction ☝
Best reaction ever 💎
Thank you!
One off the Best!
Truly is
Laudato Si Ad Astra ( Praised Be You To The Stars ) . It's because his ashes where put to rest on the Moon ! May he rest in peace !
Floor stealing souls again.
20 Times🇸🇪
I wonder if Johanna is going to become more active with Nightwish? Tuomas seems so much more at ease since they got together and collaborated in Auri.
Lets hope Auri tour with Nightwish?
@@advocateparanormal3630 I would not hate that - after all, Marko and his band were going to support Nightwish at some stage on this tour.
As long as they don't send away Floor i am fine by that!!!
@@johntsoukas8723 Well the ideal setup would be first band to play is Marco and his band then Northward with Floor and Jørn Viggo Lofstad with the band from beste zengers..Then Auri then Nightwish and for Nightwish new album the choir could be oceansouls..be awesome..th-cam.com/video/fbwS3QMZ5qc/w-d-xo.html
I think I saw somewhere that Tuomas said he doesn’t want to perform this track live. I hope he has reconsidered based on the positive reactions and floorgasms for that ending.
The amazing thing is Floor said she was challenged by that ending. I wouldn’t know it
Wow lady nice raction..😱💖😊
Thank you! 😊
@@TauriReacts your welcome.. by the way i am from Philippines.. 😊
Hi something special for you to check out nightwish hows the hart acoustic (planet rock) just floor and troy and a guitar
I've seen it, so beautiful!
Marko's there singing his beautiful tenor.
We have to know our place in the Univers. Just listen
that elevator music cried me more than the operatic part did :)
🤣🤣🤣
@@TauriReacts hey Tauri, just wanted to tell you that the operatic part as a melodic construct is so similar to the epic soundtrack labeled as 'Lacrimosa' by Zbigniew Preisner (Tree of Life).That one, oh my lord is more intense than this one. :)
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Shit got me again....
One Desire Shadowman ( Andre Linman )
I do like watching your reactions but could you please check out Amaranthe - Hunger (the song that got me into them) now they are my fave band. Also Amaranthe - The Helix, Dragonforce - Ashes of the Dawn and The Edge of the World, and Theocracy - The Gift of Music, Around the world and back, Lay the demon to rest, and a side project called Project Aegis - Angel in the Ashes, a load of awesome vocalists in that track. Please, please, please check these out!!
Please check out Suldusk :) Aphasia or Solus Ipse please
Or maybe One to come... Bike i mean !
React to Pan and Endlessness if you haven't heard them yet!!
I've heard the whole album, multiple times. :)
I think this song is too early in your Nightwish experience. To this point you've heard Marko, Floor and Troy. You probably don't know who Shoemaker was.
What?! How can it be too early when I discovered and have been a fan of the band since 2004. Your comment makes no sense.
Eugene Shoemaker, who was a geoscientist and has his ashes "buried" on the moon.... sure, I don't know who he is.
@@TauriReacts Your verbal comments within make you sound like you dont know. you dont like my comments that to bad. dont worry I will not be watching your channel.
No is Rock , this is poor