This song is an example how to dim the guitar and when it comes back, it blows the hinges away and it feels rewarding for the listener. Tuomas really knows what he's doing.
Hi Both. This is possibly one of the greatest songs of all time. As a metal fan of more than 50 years and a Nightwish fan of 20.. This is just MAJESTIC.
Great reaction! You know, we as Nightwish fans always talk about; ‘The Big Three’, which means; Ghost Love Score, The Poet And The Pendulum and The Greatest Show On Earth. I don't know what you guys think when I say the following; "This song turns 'The Big Three' into 'The Big Four". I think this is one of the best pieces of music ever composed/written. Thank you Tuomas!
Great reaction you two! Always nice to follow your feelings and notes. BUT - that said - be prepared for my personal song of the year 2024 and best on the album: Lanternlight. Make sure you have a huge packet of tissues nearby, it will melt your soul! Greetings from Germany
Another great reaction! Love Alanna's insights. Like the other releases from this album, this song has taken several listens for me to really start hearing everything going on. I was kind of overwhelmed the first time I heard it and lyrically, I have to admit I was kind of lost and went to the Nightwish Reddit page to see what others thought. Everyone was pretty much seeing the song as a metaphor for a person's journey through life and the strange islands are the people we meet along the way. Classic Tuomas to use the ocean as a metaphor for our life's journey. Tuomas in an interview has said "The song actually has a triple meaning. I hope people will read the lyrics and find their interpretations of the song. I do want the listeners to interpret it themselves. However, I can share a little anecdote: I remember the moment when I conceived the idea for this song and felt so excited - oh yes - this is going to be a great adventure. I took a big A4 sheet of paper and made a drawing on it. Throughout the time I was composing “An Ocean Of Strange Islands”, that drawing remained on my music stand. I won’t reveal what was in that drawing, though." Tuomas and his wife, Johanna Kurkela, have a tradition on New Years where they draw a map where each Island represents a goal or a dream that they wish to achieve. A number of people thought that one of the meaning's of the song was Tuomas's journey and experiences in Nightwish. I really liked Apple60's interpretation. "A mariner (Tuomas) sets sail towards islands (=goals and dreams), with a few decades of immortality ahead (28 years of NW). Monsters and hurricanes complicate this journey, causing a shipwreck for a pair of lovers along the way (Tarja/Marcelo reference?).. He meets jokers, jesters, and goddesses (new band members). He begs for help navigating the waters. He then sails upon an island of the past wrecks, which is full of dangers (poisonous hemlock meadows, deepest quicksand). This island represents past mistakes. He is reminded of someone who used to be a friend but the friendship has now soured. Still, after all of this he doesn't regret visiting any of the islands (Still, I rue no island). I think the you referenced in the song actually stands for Nightwish. -An island of the past wrecks, of you, of the endless sundown (sundown=night). -You who glow, in deepest woe (Reminds me of the line All of my songs can only be composed of the greatest of pains). Let it be, retiree, the water's fine, sail carefree = After visiting the islands (living through the experiences of NW), Tuomas finally comes to the conclusion of "don't worry, continue the journey". This could be a message for himself, or possibly for Marko". I think the Monsters and Hurricanes aren't specifically about Tarja but is a literary allusion to all who have been obstacles or tried to impede the progress of the band and their art. In the end we all get to find our own meaning as Tuomas has always desired of his fans!
Each butterfly representing an island of a relationship each relationship that comes and goes into and out of your life. Did you notice at the end the small group of butterflies gathered at the top of the mass? Tuomas added the only color in the video besides grey/black and white signifying the close circle of people in your life that stick with you.
Keep in mind - Floor had Lucy and then a few more weeks, then she recorded the album songs. They allocated six weeks - Floor finished them in six DAYS. She had practiced them before, but yeah. The people came to her household studio for her to record the album.
Kai was really given free hands this time. I was listening to his interview on a podcast and he said that finally you can hear his own style on the album. In Endless Forms he had to pretty much copy Jukka's style since it was uncertain whether he was coming back or not. In Human Nature he was getting there but in Yesterwynde he feels this is what he does best. Tuonela Magazine wrote in a review that Kai is the mvp of the album. I have to agree with that. For me this song is the best I've heard in years.
We need drum cams from a lot of songs on this album, including close up of his double pedal technique (I think he uses 2 pedals)! (And guitar cams, bass guitar cams, keyboard cams).
Great reaction to one of Nightwish best songs ever. Kai and Jukka shine throughout the album like never before. Can't wait to see you react to Lanternlight and then the whole album. Cheers!🤙🤘
Love this musical journey ❤❤❤ After Lanterlight, fir me the best track on the new album! Great concert opener or closer 😁 Would be awesome live with a full orchestra and choir❣️
I just love this song, it has quite easily become my favorite. Especially I like the huge number of comments that mention which other Nightwish song's vibe people hear in this one. I am no different. To me it's Scaretale (when Floor adds that witchy laughter) and Tribal (the part just before Troy and his pipes come in). In the comments you can find songs from all Nightwish eras and that let to the interpretation of this song being about the journey through Nightwish's "life".
Themes running through Nightwish album Yesterwynde - the journey of life, timeless, petrichor (which ties in with the imagery in this lyric video too - butterflies are reborn from caterpillars, emerge from their cocoons, fly all over feasting on nectar but can feast on the world’s decay too! But wear does the butterfly go when it rains? Butterflies don’t venture out into wild oceans & storms either. Things change along the journey. Then, after the storms have passed, and land is approaching, the birds can be seen flying, all is calm again on the journey. Seeking a “star bound quay”. **** - “Sail and seek The starbound quay Calling you, calling me To be a part of your story” ***** During interviews for this album release Tuomas spoke of a blissful evening on a boat, in a tranquil quay staring up at a star filled sky - he said it was the most peaceful & beautiful experience he has ever encountered. There are so many Easter Eggs linking music, lyrics and themes from previous songs, albums, videos & interviews it is incredible! Even the albums cover image - the boat, swirling / the clock. 👏 All of the Singles released so far paint the picture / tell the story. The Weave is another gem on the album. For me the pinnacle is Lantern Light - So beautiful. 🤍 (The last song on this album & The Triology of the last 3 albums). Listen to this album from beginning to end in order of the track listing. (600 music tracks have been mixed). What an epic listening journey & life journey! Enjoy these talented musicians.
I remember Alanna's first appearance .. tentative and not sure of herself .. talk about blossoming!! She is now a serious, fully in charge adult with the hyperactive teen next to her :)
This was an awesome song, for me it's like the three eras of Nightwish were smooshed into one song, Dark Chest of Wonders vibe with a bit of Imaginaerum vibes there and also Endless Forms Most Beautiful vibes. I interpreted several things here. For example the word "goddesses" is in feminine plural, so I got that as that Tuomas was referring to the 3 lead singers. And "the tempest following the quintet", I'd say it would be when either Tarja or Anette was around, since back then, they were five on the band (Now six, with Troy) And then the "retiree" part refers to Marko.
Hi, 74 years old hippie from the Netherlands =Floor, Irene, Simone, Anneke, Dianne, Charlotte, Sharon, Marcella, Joost (LUL) & Arjen (Ayreon) Country= reporting in: Alanna, in the end, did you noticed the bird among the butterflies ...???🤘
i love this song, its such a grand journey, i actually think i put this song in my top 5 Nightwish songs ever, cause unlike songs like the poet and the pendulum, or the greatest show on earth, this one is one i listen to again, and again in studio version, where the others i mainly watch the live videos, and its not that those are not as good, there is just something that makes this one more easy to go throgh on a playlist somehow, well the whole album is a masterpiece, Nightwish did it again!! Would i dare try make a top 5 Nightwish songs, well i know its not easy, but i give it a go still, this is only based on studio versions, not any live performances ok. 1. Dark chest of wonders 2. Storytime 3. A ocean of strange Islands 4. Ghost love score 5. The poet and the pendulum 6. Lanternlight 7. Hows the heart 8, I want my tears back 9, The greatest show on earth 10,Alpenglow 11.Song of myself 12.Hireath 13.Perfume of the timeless 14.Amarath 15.Shoemaker 16.Sleeping sun 17.Children of Ata 18.Elan 19.Music 20,My walden 21.Last ride of the day 22.The weave 23.Pan 24.Endless forms most beautiful 25.The antikythera mecanism 26.Romanticide 27.Wishmaster 28.FantasMic 29.End of all hope 30.Noise Did i just make a top 30, somebody stop me..hehe Well i did it to show how high i rank some of the new songs, i used a lot of time to rank all Nightwish songs, and it surprised me how many of the songs from older albums didnt make it here to top 30, with that i mean before Once, i can only count 4 songs, so i guess i like the newer NW best, there is 7 songs by Tarja, 6 by Anette and 17 with Floor represented. And there is 7 songs from the new album, that surprised myself to.
Tim Burton rapidly change to Tuomas Holopainen!🎸🤘The ocean represents life and the islands are people and situations that we come across on the journey.🎸🤘
I did enjoy the first couple of singles, but this is the one that blew my mind and made me instantly preorder Yesterwynde. Definitely one of my favourites from the album, along with _Lanternlight_ and a couple that don't have videos yet. As a whole, the album is somewhere in my top three alongside Endless Forms and Imaginaerum. I can't be more specific yet, because it's too new so it still has the initial excitement but not yet the comfortable familiarity.
This album kinda feels like a hybrid between Nightwish and Auri. Quite beautiful. I'll just say one word... Lanternlight. Loved the little butterfly trivia.
Tuomas déjà vu themes. Did you catch the shout-outs? "The Butterfly Effect"? Verse 1 “A Mariner under a sky Moonlit” [GLS?] “Crewless ship” [The Islander? “Shipless crew”, Yesterwynde] A "Siren"? “A few decades” [Endlessness?] “A one-man crew for a one-way trip” [The Islander?] “Every shore I land”, (A painter, on the shore). [Storytime, Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean?] “Steep cliffs” Where the cliff greets the sea... [Élan?] "Not Waving but Drowning" is a poem by Stevie Smith. More Metal, old skool! Verse 2 The spelling to amuse the Americans, Cay, then Quay. “Jokers, jesters” [Raving harlequins, gigantic toys? Tricksters, magicians: Last Ride Of The Day?] “Goddesses, hominidae” Floor, humans. “Deep delicious blue beneath” [TPATP, H:||:N: The Blue] “Light a homefire for the sad man with a begging hand” [Song of Myself?] "Bring Me to Life"! [For the Reactors! Don't mention "Eva…”. Also Élan] “Dancing, in the daylight” [Dancing in the dark?] “Saaail and seeeek!” [Hide and seek] Calling you, calling me [sounds like Northward] To be a part of your story [Never Ending Story?] Here we go... Is it building? All going full at it. Ominous horns Did you notice the sail lining up with the clouds, forming a Twister? Then it's repeated, in case you missed it! Verse 3 “Raining ash” [Pompeii?] "An island of past wrecks"; The Antikythera mechanism (the next track). “Endless sundown” [Sleeping Sun?] “Meadows” [Of Heaven?] “Mirrors, mirrors, everywhere” [Noise? The Black Mirror] "Mad despair!” [Scaretale!] "Wow" Friends, who were for a time “Now grapes of sour wine” [Sour grapes is a phrase that means acting meanly after a disappointment. An idiom that means being angry or resentful because you have not achieved something you wanted.] “Lords of a single fly” [Lord of the Flies, William Golding] "Let it be"... [Nice reference to Abbey Road Studios] Film scores (Tuomas and Floor both like the music of Hans Zimmer). “Saaaaail and Seeeeek!” That's what I was waiting for! As John Wick once said: “Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back!" That was crunchy and chunky... Is it over? "Titanic" vibes from Troy, letting his Uilleann pipes speak across the centuries. How does it have that effect on us? The calm after the storm. Even the listener has a challenge. The Butterflies were following the perfume (of the timeless!)?
Hi both, I do love your insight and I have a comment about "Lord of a single fly" but I will hold it until you have listened to the album 😁 Great reaction as usual, too bad the sound was breaking now and again when Alanna spoke 😔 One of the greatest songs by Nightwish and I am such a newbie on that journey. Yesterwyne is a masterpiece and this is all I will say about it 🥰 Greetings from Paris!
Hello both of you, great reaction. The songs where recorded 6 weeks after Floor give birth to her little girl. Here body wasn't healthy at all. Look at the interview Floor gave to Elizabeth from the charismatic voice. 1 our and 42 min of talking about everything. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 , keep up the good work 👍
One way to look this magnificent piece of music is to go some 50 years back in time and listen King Crimson song Islands ruclips.net/video/jY7dbRyoHfE/видео.html Think of those thoughts behind. Music is not near to each others but the sense is like dad and son talking about us living and what does it mean. This just came to my mind when listening aoosi, 'cause at a that time gone i use to dig this song and the message behind.
Listened to this song with you for first time now. For me it's weakest song of four songs Nightwish put on their channel. It sounds very similar to many songs from previous HN album. There seems to be an orchestra, everything sounds clear, but it's faded and unemotional. Maybe Floore didn't do a good job vocally in this song. But other 3 songs on this album Lanternlight, The Day Of.... and Perfume Of The Timeless are very good. I'm already happy that this album didn't turn out to be a failure like the previous HN album.
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This song is an example how to dim the guitar and when it comes back, it blows the hinges away and it feels rewarding for the listener. Tuomas really knows what he's doing.
Hi Both. This is possibly one of the greatest songs of all time. As a metal fan of more than 50 years and a Nightwish fan of 20.. This is just MAJESTIC.
This is an epic symphonic prog metal Masterpiece. 😎🤘
Great reaction both of you. I must say, Alanna is such a mindful listener. Everything she says is gold.
the album as a whole is fantastic.
Kai confirmed that the "retiree" part is about Marco. Simply beautiful.
Omg, this makes me tear up. ❤
interesting, I would have thought it's Jukka, since he actually retired from performing completely, while Marco is still continuing solo..
@@aronvanselm6561 Jukka still works with Nighwish tho
Tuomas wrote it in 2021 when Marko had just left and in his own words retired from the industry @@aronvanselm6561
Been looking forward to you guys finally getting to the album, its a grower but a true masterpiece, I think you're gonna love it 🤘
Great reaction! You know, we as Nightwish fans always talk about; ‘The Big Three’, which means; Ghost Love Score, The Poet And The Pendulum and The Greatest Show On Earth. I don't know what you guys think when I say the following; "This song turns 'The Big Three' into 'The Big Four". I think this is one of the best pieces of music ever composed/written. Thank you Tuomas!
This song, like whole Yesterwynde album gets better with every listen...Tuomas is just genius writer.
The album getting better every time. Kai is amazing on the drums, a chalange for him
Great reaction you two! Always nice to follow your feelings and notes.
BUT - that said - be prepared for my personal song of the year 2024 and best on the album: Lanternlight. Make sure you have a huge packet of tissues nearby, it will melt your soul!
Greetings from Germany
Love this song more and more the more I listen. Top 3 on the album for me. Glad to see you guys doing well and back doing Nightwish together.
Another great reaction! Love Alanna's insights. Like the other releases from this album, this song has taken several listens for me to really start hearing everything going on. I was kind of overwhelmed the first time I heard it and lyrically, I have to admit I was kind of lost and went to the Nightwish Reddit page to see what others thought. Everyone was pretty much seeing the song as a metaphor for a person's journey through life and the strange islands are the people we meet along the way. Classic Tuomas to use the ocean as a metaphor for our life's journey.
Tuomas in an interview has said "The song actually has a triple meaning. I hope people will read the lyrics and find their interpretations of the song. I do want the listeners to interpret it themselves. However, I can share a little anecdote: I remember the moment when I conceived the idea for this song and felt so excited - oh yes - this is going to be a great adventure. I took a big A4 sheet of paper and made a drawing on it. Throughout the time I was composing “An Ocean Of Strange Islands”, that drawing remained on my music stand. I won’t reveal what was in that drawing, though." Tuomas and his wife, Johanna Kurkela, have a tradition on New Years where they draw a map where each Island represents a goal or a dream that they wish to achieve.
A number of people thought that one of the meaning's of the song was Tuomas's journey and experiences in Nightwish. I really liked Apple60's interpretation. "A mariner (Tuomas) sets sail towards islands (=goals and dreams), with a few decades of immortality ahead (28 years of NW). Monsters and hurricanes complicate this journey, causing a shipwreck for a pair of lovers along the way (Tarja/Marcelo reference?).. He meets jokers, jesters, and goddesses (new band members). He begs for help navigating the waters. He then sails upon an island of the past wrecks, which is full of dangers (poisonous hemlock meadows, deepest quicksand). This island represents past mistakes. He is reminded of someone who used to be a friend but the friendship has now soured. Still, after all of this he doesn't regret visiting any of the islands (Still, I rue no island). I think the you referenced in the song actually stands for Nightwish. -An island of the past wrecks, of you, of the endless sundown (sundown=night). -You who glow, in deepest woe (Reminds me of the line All of my songs can only be composed of the greatest of pains). Let it be, retiree, the water's fine, sail carefree = After visiting the islands (living through the experiences of NW), Tuomas finally comes to the conclusion of "don't worry, continue the journey". This could be a message for himself, or possibly for Marko". I think the Monsters and Hurricanes aren't specifically about Tarja but is a literary allusion to all who have been obstacles or tried to impede the progress of the band and their art.
In the end we all get to find our own meaning as Tuomas has always desired of his fans!
Each butterfly representing an island of a relationship each relationship that comes and goes into and out of your life. Did you notice at the end the small group of butterflies gathered at the top of the mass? Tuomas added the only color in the video besides grey/black and white signifying the close circle of people in your life that stick with you.
One of the best songs by Nightwish right up there with GLS , TPATP and TGSOE
Now there's a big 4
@@Piia2023 absolutely 💯
Keep in mind - Floor had Lucy and then a few more weeks, then she recorded the album songs. They allocated six weeks - Floor finished them in six DAYS. She had practiced them before, but yeah. The people came to her household studio for her to record the album.
As always: great reaction from both of you!
Butterflies do fly over the sea, and they can be seen resting on boats or oil rigs!
Great reaction. One of my favorite songs from the album but Lanternlight is probably my favorite overall
I remember Alanna’s first exposure to Nightwish
I am smiling a happy smile to see how intimately familiar she has become with the band members 😎
Kai was really given free hands this time. I was listening to his interview on a podcast and he said that finally you can hear his own style on the album. In Endless Forms he had to pretty much copy Jukka's style since it was uncertain whether he was coming back or not. In Human Nature he was getting there but in Yesterwynde he feels this is what he does best.
Tuonela Magazine wrote in a review that Kai is the mvp of the album. I have to agree with that.
For me this song is the best I've heard in years.
We need drum cams from a lot of songs on this album, including close up of his double pedal technique (I think he uses 2 pedals)! (And guitar cams, bass guitar cams, keyboard cams).
When man has a dream theater cap and Nightwish shirt i have to give thumbs up. 😀 happy you enjoyed the track. Cheers.
"Strange Islands", the people you meet along life"s journey....
Great reaction to one of Nightwish best songs ever. Kai and Jukka shine throughout the album like never before. Can't wait to see you react to Lanternlight and then the whole album. Cheers!🤙🤘
It always takes several digestions and marinating with NW. I want to see this one live so bad!
Tuomas organizes a moment for everyone to shine here .... just a genius work again. Good reaction and reasoning too.
Love this musical journey ❤❤❤
After Lanterlight, fir me the best track on the new album!
Great concert opener or closer 😁
Would be awesome live with a full orchestra and choir❣️
I just love this song, it has quite easily become my favorite. Especially I like the huge number of comments that mention which other Nightwish song's vibe people hear in this one. I am no different. To me it's Scaretale (when Floor adds that witchy laughter) and Tribal (the part just before Troy and his pipes come in). In the comments you can find songs from all Nightwish eras and that let to the interpretation of this song being about the journey through Nightwish's "life".
Remember that , Floor sang the vocal parts of the album 6 weeks after giving birth to a child... unbelievable 😯
One analyzing and one feeling the music, both amazing reaction
Greetings from Finland 🤘🤘
Yesterwynde
What a Masterpiece. Next Lanternlight, please. 😊
Themes running through Nightwish album Yesterwynde - the journey of life, timeless, petrichor (which ties in with the imagery in this lyric video too - butterflies are reborn from caterpillars, emerge from their cocoons, fly all over feasting on nectar but can feast on the world’s decay too!
But wear does the butterfly go when it rains?
Butterflies don’t venture out into wild oceans & storms either. Things change along the journey. Then, after the storms have passed, and land is approaching, the birds can be seen flying, all is calm again on the journey. Seeking a “star bound quay”.
****
- “Sail and seek
The starbound quay
Calling you, calling me
To be a part of your story”
*****
During interviews for this album release Tuomas spoke of a blissful evening on a boat, in a tranquil quay staring up at a star filled sky - he said it was the most peaceful & beautiful experience he has ever encountered.
There are so many Easter Eggs linking music, lyrics and themes from previous songs, albums, videos & interviews it is incredible! Even the albums cover image - the boat, swirling / the clock. 👏
All of the Singles released so far paint the picture / tell the story. The Weave is another gem on the album.
For me the pinnacle is Lantern Light - So beautiful. 🤍
(The last song on this album & The Triology of the last 3 albums).
Listen to this album from beginning to end in order of the track listing.
(600 music tracks have been mixed).
What an epic listening journey & life journey!
Enjoy these talented musicians.
I remember Alanna's first appearance .. tentative and not sure of herself .. talk about blossoming!! She is now a serious, fully in charge adult with the hyperactive teen next to her :)
🤗🍒🤘🏻😘 Great great job, what an amazing song huh guys and then "Lantern light" success 😘 By the way the rest is great too!!!
For me the best song on the album, it's so powerful🤘
Nice reaction from you👍
Floor sang the tracks 6 weeks after the birth of her second daughter. I was utterly amazed when I heard that in a video from Floor herself.
This was an awesome song, for me it's like the three eras of Nightwish were smooshed into one song, Dark Chest of Wonders vibe with a bit of Imaginaerum vibes there and also Endless Forms Most Beautiful vibes.
I interpreted several things here. For example the word "goddesses" is in feminine plural, so I got that as that Tuomas was referring to the 3 lead singers. And "the tempest following the quintet", I'd say it would be when either Tarja or Anette was around, since back then, they were five on the band (Now six, with Troy)
And then the "retiree" part refers to Marko.
Hi, 74 years old hippie from the Netherlands =Floor, Irene, Simone, Anneke, Dianne, Charlotte, Sharon, Marcella, Joost (LUL) & Arjen (Ayreon) Country= reporting in: Alanna, in the end, did you noticed the bird among the butterflies ...???🤘
i love this song, its such a grand journey, i actually think i put this song in my top 5 Nightwish songs ever, cause unlike songs like the poet and the pendulum, or the greatest show on earth, this one is one i listen to again, and again in studio version, where the others i mainly watch the live videos, and its not that those are not as good, there is just something that makes this one more easy to go throgh on a playlist somehow, well the whole album is a masterpiece, Nightwish did it again!!
Would i dare try make a top 5 Nightwish songs, well i know its not easy, but i give it a go still, this is only based on studio versions, not any live performances ok.
1. Dark chest of wonders
2. Storytime
3. A ocean of strange Islands
4. Ghost love score
5. The poet and the pendulum
6. Lanternlight
7. Hows the heart
8, I want my tears back
9, The greatest show on earth
10,Alpenglow
11.Song of myself
12.Hireath
13.Perfume of the timeless
14.Amarath
15.Shoemaker
16.Sleeping sun
17.Children of Ata
18.Elan
19.Music
20,My walden
21.Last ride of the day
22.The weave
23.Pan
24.Endless forms most beautiful
25.The antikythera mecanism
26.Romanticide
27.Wishmaster
28.FantasMic
29.End of all hope
30.Noise
Did i just make a top 30, somebody stop me..hehe
Well i did it to show how high i rank some of the new songs, i used a lot of time to rank all Nightwish songs, and it surprised me how many of the songs from older albums didnt make it here to top 30, with that i mean before Once, i can only count 4 songs, so i guess i like the newer NW best, there is 7 songs by Tarja, 6 by Anette and 17 with Floor represented.
And there is 7 songs from the new album, that surprised myself to.
I really Enjoy your Joy while listening to this song. 😊 ik think it is an epic masterpiece!!
Tim Burton rapidly change to Tuomas Holopainen!🎸🤘The ocean represents life and the islands are people and situations that we come across on the journey.🎸🤘
I did enjoy the first couple of singles, but this is the one that blew my mind and made me instantly preorder Yesterwynde. Definitely one of my favourites from the album, along with _Lanternlight_ and a couple that don't have videos yet. As a whole, the album is somewhere in my top three alongside Endless Forms and Imaginaerum. I can't be more specific yet, because it's too new so it still has the initial excitement but not yet the comfortable familiarity.
OMG guys!!! Great reaction !!!!!! This song is the epiphany of NW !!!!
All butterflies live for one day as well... This is a crazy view of life :) Imagine...
This album kinda feels like a hybrid between Nightwish and Auri. Quite beautiful. I'll just say one word... Lanternlight. Loved the little butterfly trivia.
Tuomas déjà vu themes.
Did you catch the shout-outs?
"The Butterfly Effect"?
Verse 1
“A Mariner under a sky Moonlit” [GLS?]
“Crewless ship” [The Islander? “Shipless crew”, Yesterwynde]
A "Siren"?
“A few decades” [Endlessness?]
“A one-man crew for a one-way trip” [The Islander?]
“Every shore I land”, (A painter, on the shore). [Storytime, Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean?]
“Steep cliffs” Where the cliff greets the sea... [Élan?]
"Not Waving but Drowning" is a poem by Stevie Smith.
More Metal, old skool!
Verse 2
The spelling to amuse the Americans, Cay, then Quay.
“Jokers, jesters” [Raving harlequins, gigantic toys? Tricksters, magicians: Last Ride Of The Day?]
“Goddesses, hominidae” Floor, humans.
“Deep delicious blue beneath” [TPATP, H:||:N: The Blue]
“Light a homefire for the sad man with a begging hand” [Song of Myself?]
"Bring Me to Life"! [For the Reactors! Don't mention "Eva…”. Also Élan]
“Dancing, in the daylight” [Dancing in the dark?]
“Saaail and seeeek!” [Hide and seek]
Calling you, calling me [sounds like Northward]
To be a part of your story [Never Ending Story?]
Here we go...
Is it building?
All going full at it.
Ominous horns
Did you notice the sail lining up with the clouds, forming a Twister?
Then it's repeated, in case you missed it!
Verse 3
“Raining ash” [Pompeii?]
"An island of past wrecks"; The Antikythera mechanism (the next track).
“Endless sundown” [Sleeping Sun?]
“Meadows” [Of Heaven?]
“Mirrors, mirrors, everywhere” [Noise? The Black Mirror]
"Mad despair!” [Scaretale!] "Wow"
Friends, who were for a time
“Now grapes of sour wine” [Sour grapes is a phrase that means acting meanly after a disappointment.
An idiom that means being angry or resentful because you have not achieved something you wanted.]
“Lords of a single fly” [Lord of the Flies, William Golding]
"Let it be"... [Nice reference to Abbey Road Studios]
Film scores (Tuomas and Floor both like the music of Hans Zimmer).
“Saaaaail and Seeeeek!” That's what I was waiting for!
As John Wick once said: “Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back!"
That was crunchy and chunky...
Is it over?
"Titanic" vibes from Troy, letting his Uilleann pipes speak across the centuries.
How does it have that effect on us?
The calm after the storm.
Even the listener has a challenge.
The Butterflies were following the perfume (of the timeless!)?
Btw, Alannas microphone cuts off few times. I can´t choose my favourite from this album, atleast so far after so many times I´ve listened these...
Hi both, I do love your insight and I have a comment about "Lord of a single fly" but I will hold it until you have listened to the album 😁 Great reaction as usual, too bad the sound was breaking now and again when Alanna spoke 😔 One of the greatest songs by Nightwish and I am such a newbie on that journey. Yesterwyne is a masterpiece and this is all I will say about it 🥰 Greetings from Paris!
Hello both of you, great reaction. The songs where recorded 6 weeks after Floor give birth to her little girl. Here body wasn't healthy at all. Look at the interview Floor gave to Elizabeth from the charismatic voice. 1 our and 42 min of talking about everything. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 , keep up the good work 👍
One way to look this magnificent piece of music is to go some 50 years back in time and listen King Crimson song Islands ruclips.net/video/jY7dbRyoHfE/видео.html Think of those thoughts behind. Music is not near to each others but the sense is like dad and son talking about us living and what does it mean. This just came to my mind when listening aoosi, 'cause at a that time gone i use to dig this song and the message behind.
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Compouser Tuomas Holopainen metal Mozart and he is a Genius
I want that shirt 😶
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An "ocean soul" writting a song of an "ocean".
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It`s pronounced Yesterwynde, like wind, not wine`d ;) it`s like yester(day)wynde(wind... as a winding path) - the path to yesterday
To call this a song is almost a downgrade IMO, this is a composition a Masterpiece
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This song is about kids missing from somalia or africa with a blend of lords of the fly.
Such an masterpiece best track from the album
Listened to this song with you for first time now. For me it's weakest song of four songs Nightwish put on their channel. It sounds very similar to many songs from previous HN album. There seems to be an orchestra, everything sounds clear, but it's faded and unemotional. Maybe Floore didn't do a good job vocally in this song. But other 3 songs on this album Lanternlight, The Day Of.... and Perfume Of The Timeless are very good. I'm already happy that this album didn't turn out to be a failure like the previous HN album.