For me, "Pan" is a masterpiece. It's the kind of song that leaves you wide-eyed and open-mouthed, smiling. I remember that it was performed in the virtual concert in May 2021 (there are recordings on YT), but it was not part of the setlist of the 2022-2023 tour - probably because it is very difficult to perform. I remember that Floor said in an interview that it was difficult for her to find moments to breathe, when she prepared to record the song for the album.
Hi Gabriel! I'm thinking another factor may have been Floor's pregnancy during the tour. You noted the moments needed to breath. Now add a baby in the womb pressing up against her diaphragm. Greetings from PA!
I have simply come to realize that Human : Nature is the best concept album of my generation. From start to finish it has a great message. It hints at itself mentioning other songs on the album from within songs. The Composition, Lyrics, and music videos all separately awesome. Together however, they are jaw dropping. This is symphonic metal Tommy to me. Other may disagree but to me it's the best my generation has to offer and I love it.
This folks , is just another reason why many of the Concurpas have been here from the beginning. Eric Clark's breakdowns are as epic as his reactions and he makes it fun with his 30 plus years in Rock Radio and music Knowledge . Thank you "The Wyldeside with Eric Clark" for doing this . "PAN" to many in the Nightwish Army Musically and Lyrically is right behind Nightwish's big 3 of Ghost Love , Poet and Pendulum and Greatest Show on Earth . My hope is that one day Tuomas Holopainen's gift of Nightwish and Auri to the world will truly be recognized. That goes for Emppu, Marco , Kai , Troy , past members , and Floor .....
PAN or "Pancake" (According to Emppu 🤣). What a beast of a song... only Tuomas can juggle with "Kittens and chainsaws" (You said it, and I'm gonna use the hell out of it, in my future comments!). Pan is about creativity and storytelling. There's references to mythology Neil Geihman, Guillermo Del Toro, Pat Rothfuss, Tolkien, and many others. One of the key pieces to remember is that Pan has a couple meanings. One of them is literally "Everything" Like Pansexual, Pandemic, Panorama. Human Creativity is all encompassing. So many of the references are multi-meaning. The Labyrinth reference isn't just Greek Myth. It's the Jim Henson Movie, Pan's Labyrinth, and more. It's in essence a song about Tropes and the Beauty of the way humans use them. It's the Panoply of Human Ideas. Pan is also the scientific name of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and lyrics mention "An ape in awe before a door" which is claimed to be a reference to the scene of "Space Odyssey 2001" with hominids and extraterrestial monolith "Tir na nog" was an West Irish Island in legend (Oisin) and means the Island of youth, beauty, health and happiness. GREAT Reaction as always my good sir !!!!!! NWSU/FloorFan 🤘😎🤘.
Floor has said that Shoemaker is the tongue twister of Nightwish songs but I think her sisters Pan and Tribal are the ones that are quite difficult to sing along (yes, I call their songs "sisters" lol)
Tuomas loves making songs like this to push them all, even himself. They had this live at Islander Arms, and it was dead on from what I heard. They all so talented, and Floor lives for challenges like this.
Thank you ERIC. Its always a great joy to me seeing you reacting to NW. And everytime you give me a different perspective musically that i didn`t have thinked of yet......
Just think, their finishing up their NEW album. How much farther do you imagine this band and Tuomas is going to get? It’s almost Unattainable for ANY band to compete with NightWish, proving how they are on a level by THEMSELVES! ❤️🤘
I love watching how much you love to hear Nightwish😄 Plus I kinda always learn something new or I get a new insight of Nightwish when I watch your reactions. I really enjoy them, thank you so much!!!
It was only played live once I think, during the streamed virtual concert. From what I read about it was not only Floor whohad concerns, Emppu had concerns as well because it is an extremely difficult piece to play. I think it sounded pretty good, with some flaws, but it got left out the future setlist, so I think they weren't satisfied with it. It is a wonderful piece of music. In fact I think "Music" is also a piece that has the same quality, and I would love to it see it pop up on a setlist in the future. 🖤🤘🏼
"The song means what the song means to YOU" -Tuomas Holopainen- Tuomas always makes sure he leaves enough room in the lyrics to make that a true statement.
great reaction again Eric.I have to smh listening to the brilliance of NIGHTWISH and after hearing this i turned on the tv and everyone is going crazy over taylor swift.Truly a fucked up world.ROCK ON ERIC
Eric, I have one more suggestion for you. I guarantee you that you have never heard Nightwish in this style :D Nightwish - Slow Love Slow live Montreux Jazz Festival 2012. Nightwish at the Jazz Festival should intrigue you. You have to see. Greetings from Poland.
Kai: "Emppu called Pan 'an old men's torture song', because when we rehearsed, it turned out to be a song where a lot happens all the time on all the instruments. It doesn't sound like it, but it reveals quite a colorful palette beneath the surface."
@@littleraven28 😅Last week I dropped one interview translation from 2020 on Discord where all the band members and Tero talk about the Human Nature album. Kai's quote was from that interview.
@@ValtteL Valtte you are the best. I really enjoy all the inside and background information that you translate from Finnish into English. I'm sure there is so much more info in Finnish than in English that we would never really have access to without you. Thank you🖤🤘🏼
I feel so blessed to live in a time beeing enriched by music of such a wonderful, outstanding and pioneering band Nightwish is. None of their musicians has to be pointed out, they are just a wonderful gift TOGETHER.
I appreciate your in depth analysis of the greatness that we are experiencing here. Indeed Beethoven and Bach, would you please be so kind to move over. Here comes Tuomas. Other times, other techniques, but this is of the same greatness ( at least). Let's not make the same mistake as people in the past, to recognize the greatness of a composer after he passed away. We are living now. Experiencing this now. Let's give them the honour they deserve and spread the gospel. You recognize that and that is comforting. To see that I'm not the only one with an exploded head. Because when I ask people around me:" have you ever heard of Nightwish?" I am met with a dumb stare. Or " have you ever heard of Floor Jansen? " they give me that same stare. And I am living in the f...... Netherlands. Can you imagine? You're doing a fantastic job! Spread the gospel!
haha yeah you nailed it,, everything you said was right on. I noticed on this album the volumm of lyrics and I watched an interview with Toumas (don't remember when or where) but the interviewer asked him just that about the lyrics and the diffiult level and he answered with that little grin he gets "yes, very diffiult, but I know she can handle it". They know each others talent that well and the fact I like is he won't "water down" his music!
I concur! This is a Masterpiece packed with references and very demanding musical structure. They played this live in the virtual show May 2021. It went well. 😎👍
Over midnight in Finland but heck I have to react to you reacting.😂😂❤ Love from soon to be winter wonderland. 🥶 And you are correct, massive flex and only Floor can do this. Lol
This is Tuomas mini musical, it has everything a good Broadway musical needs. I would love to see him write a musical and an opera, whenever Nightwish no longer is, what a composer he is. ❤
I kinda felt, when this album was released, that Pan is a foreshadowing of the Nightwish to come. This song is like a benchmark of how the band and it's music are evolving. Incredible piece. Masterful. It's a total transcendence of genre. It's not just metal, or symphonic, or progressive. It's something other. Something new.
Eric, yet another masterclass in song reactions. Your ability to pick a song apart and get to the nub of what makes it great never ceases to amaze me. I think the Human Nature album really gave Thuomas the chance to stretch his already outstanding boundaries. I can’t wait for the new album.
Yes, yes, yes. Tuomas flexing. Spot on. And the rapidity of the vocals is so difficult to perform that it rivals Shoemaker for denying Floor any opportunity to breathe. You always bring up Empuu's amazing talent to produce the tone that Tuomas wants created. Human | Nature (first album) is on my workout playlist... And the 2nd album is my cooldown playlist. Fantastic stuff and another incredible analysis and breakdown in your reaction. Thank you.
❤❤❤❤love this song so much, I’m just reminded of how blown away I was by it when the album came out by seeing your reaction to it. It look me ages before I could keep up with the lyrics while singing along 😂 and by the end I’m out of breath and satisfied 😮💨 Also it is never just background music, ik always pay attention when it comes up on my playlists
Just seeing the amazed looks on your face made this a really fun reaction to watch. My favorite song from the album. You are correct about the bass, Marko is on the studio recording. Album was released early 2020, he left Jan 2021. Jukka has played bass on all live performances of Human:II:Nature songs.
Best insight and reaction to this monster of a song! Eric at his awesomest superior best! Loved your reaction, dude... Nightwish doing 'difficult' as just Nightwish can! Best wishes from Namibia
Bravo again, Eric! There are not many reactors that are able to put into words how they experience the music that comes to them during a first-time listen. With you this has been spot on from the very first time I saw your reaction to Nightwish's GLS live at Wacken 2013. PAN is one of many gems on the album and possibly technically the most challenging for both Emppu and Floor. When Human || Nature came out I can remember the fans being very divided. One group straight out rejected it as being 'not Nightwish' while others, me included, thought it to be their best album to date. I've always respected people's individual tastes especially when it comes to music. What I never understood however was the refusal and unwillingness to open up to new things. It's like saying 'I only eat mashed potatoes with a quarter-pounder. Everything else is no food.' Wishing you all the best from the Dutch Moutains.
I heard this song just a week ago, and I wondered why was this song not being played more? Then I saw you were going to react to it...and I knew you were going to love it!
Been waiting this one, I won't say which is my favorite song, but PAN is top 5 of all of them.. well actually i don't have top 10 or top 1.. but PAN simply works for me.. The slow opening song requires several listens, but on the other hand, it's also really captivating.
Hi Eric, thank you for this reaction. Loved to watch you enjoy it and let it surprise you, and your analysis is spot on. To me this song celebrates the power of imagination by humans on this pale blue dot, sometimes called earth. Talking about the pale blue dot, did you ever hear the Nightwish song Sagan (I assume you remember Carl Sagan)?
JRR Tolkien wrote that he hated allegory because it's manipulation by the author. The meaning people find in his work is what he calls applicability it's a meaning and connection found in the text by the reader, not imposed by the author. I think Tuomas understands this well.
Greetings Eric. This is indeed in my Nightwish top 10. It's one of those songs that leave you thinking "damn, all this came out of the mind of one person?" Not taking anything at all away from the rest of the band but the direction this journey takes you starting with the intro is absolutely mind boggling!! You mentioned a live? So here is the link for the live at the Islander's Arms. It's a virtual show so there's no crowd. ruclips.net/video/adMnVUsQx1g/видео.htmlsi=FqMluCz1VT4QMC8s I believe you can understand when I tell you Def Leppard was my all time favorite band up until March 2020, which was when I found Nightwish. After 40 years of my favorite band to be pushed over in just 2 months speaks a ton! Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed. 😊❤️🤘🤘
I've said this since this album came out, PAN is the real masterpiece of this Human|:Nature album. This piece is phenomenal! It rocks, it emotes so much feeling in 4 minutes than any of the other tracks. Vocals, lyrics, keys, guitar, drums, bass, the whole is awesome! The best!
This is an incredibly difficult song to do (even Emppu said it was really hard to play) and it was only played live once during the virtual concerts as far as I am aware. Even though it was amazing, I suspect that because it didn't turn out as well as they would have liked it to, it was left off the live set list.
I really liked it on the the online live show. It was pretty good. My only wish that one day Nightwish will perform with a orchestra and choir. That would be magical. I know they can't do a world tour like that but, maybe in Finland a special show to celebrate that they are around for such a long time with amazing music etc.
@@chrissturkenboom6080 I liked it as well but the middle section "beautiful tragedy, wonderful fantasy" Floor had to sing an octave lower than the recorded song. I think that sort of threw her off a bit and made them realize it just wasn't up to their demanding standards for a live concert song. I agree that a concert with a choir and orchestra would be amazing but Tuomas has said he wouldn't do it (no reason why, just that he wouldn't). We can still hope, though.
This is one of my favorites off this album. I just love the contrast between Floor's light lyrical voice and Emppu's heavy driving guitar. But at the same time, they're connected and blended and intertwining with each other. Also...Chainsaw Kittens would be a helluva band name 😝
Chainsaw Kittens were a band out of Oklahoma back in the 90's. The peak of fame was when Ethan Embry wore their shirt in the film Empire Records. Cheers! Eric
Thank you, that you took NIGHTWISH in to your soul and ears...like I told you in the beginning couple years ago,its great.Your comments are on point. but I must recommend this Finnish group also...BATTLE BEAST - Eye of the Storm (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Noora Louhimo is THE singer You have it great(Sorry my good english)
Hi Eric. Never think you know what Nightwish are going to give you next. Can't wait for the new album next year. Tuomas' grows as a composer with every new album (listen to CD2 of HN) and he's never yet run out of innovations. This indeed Marco and on Endlessness he is the lead vocalist. Recommended if you haven't heard it. Something wicked is from Macbeth, the three witches "by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes". Scansoo. Is a thing for Tuomas - look at Shoemaker for example. A challenge
This is not the only track with a nod to Shakespeare. Here we have part of Macbeth with "By The Pricking of my Thumbs Something Wicked This Way Comes" and in Shoemaker the quote from Romeo and Juliet.
Before Human || Nature, my favorite Nightwish piece was " Song of Myself." Now it is, without question, "Pan." It is a lyrical and musical masterpiece and I'm in awe every time I hear it.
Great reaction Eric! Yes, such a shame this was not on the setlist for the world tour. I thought it was excellent in the virtual concert. I've said it before and will again - if this was played live outdoors during the pandemic, then it would have blown Co-vid off the face of the earth.
I can’t believe you haven’t acquired and listened to this whole album yet. Dude, just find out what you haven’t reacted to yet and DO IT. Including side two, the instrumental. Do that all at once. Do a movement, talk about. It. Do the next movement, talk about it. You owe it to yourself to listen to the whole album, as an album. If you can find it, buy the Earbook (CD in almost vinyl sized gatefold) because the artwork is just that good.
When they first started making this record.... Floor.... "When do I breathe"? Tuomas..... "You'll figure it out". Tuomas isn't just the Mozart of metal.... he is more like the mad genius of metal.
And as you said before Gene Simmons stated that rock was dead and the fans killed it. He obviously doesn’t look very far because there are scores of very talented rock musicians all over Europe and Scandinavia. The rock world doesn’t end at the US border
great reaction to a masterpiece! loved watching you react to this song in particular knowing what was coming 😄 since you've recently reacted to steve n seagull covering nighwish's sleeping sun with tarja (amazing!), i think you may find interesting to check out nightwish's version with floor (since you've already heard it sung by tarja's voice, even though in a different ambience) here's a magnificent rendition live in tampere, finland, in 2015 ruclips.net/video/rsotlzr9wNw/видео.htmlfeature=shared this song has always been wonderful, sung by all 3 singers, each with their own touch and style. speaking of 'touch', you'll get your emppu's ratio 😜😜😜 hope you enjoy. i might be wrong, but i think i remember this is a concert floor's parents attended, and there were some sweet happy emotions going on about that, and this piece, this performance, they exude SO MUCH emotion
The only live version of the is from the virtual show . On the studio it was Marco on bass but on the virtual show it was Jukka playing bass . here's the link to the only live there is - ruclips.net/video/KbhQZVYND6o/видео.html&start_radio=1
So you like syncopes? Floor has a sister who sings too, you can spot her in the chorus with Ayreon. In this opera-like set-up Floor is engaged what she likes to do: A powerful belted sweep out. ruclips.net/video/9AAXtUdM7xE/видео.htmlsi=2OOEwsLjveFCdjDg
There is a live version. Nightwish Arena put up on RUclips. It's from the virtual concert they did during COVID. Someone else put it up. The quality wasn't as good. When her mouth moves there is some sort or lag time with the words. You'll see the new base player in it.
Not sure how this escaped you but glad you got to it. IMHO it is one of their best tracks. Unfortunately it is apparently difficult to deliver live so I guess the lyric video will have to suffice.
"Something wicked this way comes" is spoken by one of the witches in "Macbeth". It was performed sort of live in the virtual show and it was a bit rough in spots. Floor nailed the vocals, but Emppu hit a rough patch and Tuomas was smirking at him, then the usually infallible Kai hit a rough patch with the cymbals ending up about a beat off the pace. For Emppu, this song is like one, long solo. He remarked early on that this song, were it to be performed live, it would be a "pancake" which I understand is a Finnish way of say "a flop". He said he was too old to play it live.
In reaction to your comments above I just listened to and closely watched the virtual concert rendition of this song. What attracted my attention is that the visual pictures are out of sync with the audio in many place for that recording. (which is not a live recording anyway). And - for instance at 4.15 - you clearly see Kai's hand make a last striking movement that is not represented as a audio signal. In other words: I would say bad synchronisation between image and sound, and you see that at many places in that video. So I don't think you can or should draw any conclusions based on that. Bad video editing seems to be the problem here.
Pancake - flop thing is correct. One of those Emppu's intelligent and timely wordplays 😅 When Finns say "pancake" and they mean flop, it's kinda softer way to describe failure.
@@rientsdijkstra4266 Thanks, I'll have to go back and look. Usually I'm quick to pick up sync issues as I'm into video myself and audio/video sync issues are one of things I routinely deal with.
@@rientsdijkstra4266 Haven't checked it out yet (I will in a few minutes), but these days sync issues shouldn't happen on a pro shot, multicam set. If we're recording video with five cameras plus laying down an audio master track, the cameras will also be recording a scratch audio track for sync purposes. Modern NLEs make this syncing via audio a piece of cake, so a pro crew should not be messing it up.
They did it for one of the virtual shows. However, I think they were not satisfied with how it translated in a live performance. It is a quite complicated and vocally challenging one to pull off live. Some songs are great on the record, but don't quite hold together live. We will see if they ever bring it out on a future tour.
Listening to this will either inspire or demoralise a musician. They create mastery with little effort giving the onlooker the impression it’s easy until they try.
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For me, "Pan" is a masterpiece. It's the kind of song that leaves you wide-eyed and open-mouthed, smiling. I remember that it was performed in the virtual concert in May 2021 (there are recordings on YT), but it was not part of the setlist of the 2022-2023 tour - probably because it is very difficult to perform. I remember that Floor said in an interview that it was difficult for her to find moments to breathe, when she prepared to record the song for the album.
Hi Gabriel! I'm thinking another factor may have been Floor's pregnancy during the tour. You noted the moments needed to breath. Now add a baby in the womb pressing up against her diaphragm. Greetings from PA!
@@carlsnow3970 WOW another PA NIGHTWISH army member.hello from southcentral pa
@@frankmerris8821 Hey Frank! Jtown here!
oh yeah, the virtual concert! that for sure is one precious occasion we got to here this live
@@frankmerris8821 NWA Philly Division here! Hi Gabriel! Great reaction as always Eric! Great insight and breakdown !
I have simply come to realize that Human : Nature is the best concept album of my generation. From start to finish it has a great message. It hints at itself mentioning other songs on the album from within songs. The Composition, Lyrics, and music videos all separately awesome. Together however, they are jaw dropping. This is symphonic metal Tommy to me. Other may disagree but to me it's the best my generation has to offer and I love it.
I agree, for me is it...Music, Shoemaker, Pan and Prosession I love this album
Let's not forget Endlessness
"We are the writers of another way to be" sums up Nightwish perfectly
Tuomas did say that Pan was an “Ode to Human Imagination” and that it was “Lyric heavy”.
Floor asked Tuomas “Where do I breathe”!!😂
This folks , is just another reason why many of the Concurpas have been here from the beginning. Eric Clark's breakdowns are as epic as his reactions and he makes it fun with his 30 plus years in Rock Radio and music Knowledge . Thank you "The Wyldeside with Eric Clark" for doing this . "PAN" to many in the Nightwish Army Musically and Lyrically is right behind Nightwish's big 3 of Ghost Love , Poet and Pendulum and Greatest Show on Earth . My hope is that one day Tuomas Holopainen's gift of Nightwish and Auri to the world will truly be recognized. That goes for Emppu, Marco , Kai , Troy , past members , and Floor .....
I concur....
PAN or "Pancake" (According to Emppu 🤣). What a beast of a song... only Tuomas can juggle with "Kittens and chainsaws" (You said it, and I'm gonna use the hell out of it, in my future comments!).
Pan is about creativity and storytelling. There's references to mythology Neil Geihman, Guillermo Del Toro, Pat Rothfuss, Tolkien, and many others. One of the key pieces to remember is that Pan has a couple meanings. One of them is literally "Everything" Like Pansexual, Pandemic, Panorama. Human Creativity is all encompassing. So many of the references are multi-meaning. The Labyrinth reference isn't just Greek Myth. It's the Jim Henson Movie, Pan's Labyrinth, and more. It's in essence a song about Tropes and the Beauty of the way humans use them. It's the Panoply of Human Ideas.
Pan is also the scientific name of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and lyrics mention "An ape in awe before a door" which is claimed to be a reference to the scene of "Space Odyssey 2001" with hominids and extraterrestial monolith
"Tir na nog" was an West Irish Island in legend (Oisin) and means the Island of youth, beauty, health and happiness.
GREAT Reaction as always my good sir !!!!!!
NWSU/FloorFan 🤘😎🤘.
"At Nightwish level" - that should be it's own category.
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Floor has said that Shoemaker is the tongue twister of Nightwish songs but I think her sisters Pan and Tribal are the ones that are quite difficult to sing along (yes, I call their songs "sisters" lol)
I mean, Music is very tricky too. Greetings from nothern Germany ❤
Tuomas loves making songs like this to push them all, even himself. They had this live at Islander Arms, and it was dead on from what I heard. They all so talented, and Floor lives for challenges like this.
Thank you ERIC.
Its always a great joy to me seeing you reacting to NW.
And everytime you give me a different perspective musically that i didn`t have thinked of yet......
Just think, their finishing up their NEW album. How much farther do you imagine this band and Tuomas is going to get? It’s almost Unattainable for ANY band to compete with NightWish, proving how they are on a level by THEMSELVES! ❤️🤘
I love watching how much you love to hear Nightwish😄
Plus I kinda always learn something new or I get a new insight of Nightwish when I watch your reactions.
I really enjoy them, thank you so much!!!
One of my fav songs. When I think ”what should I listen?”, I go ”Pan”. And, then I’m happy❤. I dont know what it is in this song, but it lifts me up.
It was only played live once I think, during the streamed virtual concert. From what I read about it was not only Floor whohad concerns, Emppu had concerns as well because it is an extremely difficult piece to play. I think it sounded pretty good, with some flaws, but it got left out the future setlist, so I think they weren't satisfied with it. It is a wonderful piece of music. In fact I think "Music" is also a piece that has the same quality, and I would love to it see it pop up on a setlist in the future. 🖤🤘🏼
This song is definitely one of my favorites of this album and it's central song with the internal references and the range within this one song.
"The song means what the song means to YOU" -Tuomas Holopainen- Tuomas always makes sure he leaves enough room in the lyrics to make that a true statement.
Eric Clark.........the one and only! Thanks for all your sublime explanations.
great reaction again Eric.I have to smh listening to the brilliance of NIGHTWISH and after hearing this i turned on the tv and everyone is going crazy over taylor swift.Truly a fucked up world.ROCK ON ERIC
I love your analyses Eric. Spot on, this is a composer who takes responsibility for his talent and pushes it to the max and beyond. S🙏🍀
Eric, I have one more suggestion for you. I guarantee you that you have never heard Nightwish in this style :D Nightwish - Slow Love Slow live Montreux Jazz Festival 2012. Nightwish at the Jazz Festival should intrigue you. You have to see. Greetings from Poland.
I concur!
I concur ❤
I concur also!
Kai: "Emppu called Pan 'an old men's torture song', because when we rehearsed, it turned out to be a song where a lot happens all the time on all the instruments. It doesn't sound like it, but it reveals quite a colorful palette beneath the surface."
Hahaha I knew Emppu said it was hard to play for an old man, but never heard this description 😂
@@littleraven28 😅Last week I dropped one interview translation from 2020 on Discord where all the band members and Tero talk about the Human Nature album. Kai's quote was from that interview.
@@ValtteL Valtte you are the best. I really enjoy all the inside and background information that you translate from Finnish into English. I'm sure there is so much more info in Finnish than in English that we would never really have access to without you. Thank you🖤🤘🏼
@@littleraven28 Thank you 😊
valtte , Thank you for the background info , the translations , being a Mod , but mostly for being awesome . It's more than appreciated .
He definitely knows how to create masterpieces.
Amazing reaction Eric. Floor is awesome. And Tuomas is TUOMAS.The genuis ❤🤗🤘
I feel so blessed to live in a time beeing enriched by music of such a wonderful, outstanding and pioneering band Nightwish is. None of their musicians has to be pointed out, they are just a wonderful gift TOGETHER.
I appreciate your in depth analysis of the greatness that we are experiencing here. Indeed Beethoven and Bach, would you please be so kind to move over. Here comes Tuomas. Other times, other techniques, but this is of the same greatness ( at least). Let's not make the same mistake as people in the past, to recognize the greatness of a composer after he passed away. We are living now. Experiencing this now. Let's give them the honour they deserve and spread the gospel. You recognize that and that is comforting. To see that I'm not the only one with an exploded head. Because when I ask people around me:" have you ever heard of Nightwish?" I am met with a dumb stare. Or " have you ever heard of Floor Jansen? " they give me that same stare. And I am living in the f...... Netherlands. Can you imagine? You're doing a fantastic job! Spread the gospel!
haha yeah you nailed it,, everything you said was right on. I noticed on this album the volumm of lyrics and I watched an interview with Toumas (don't remember when or where) but the interviewer asked him just that about the lyrics and the diffiult level and he answered with that little grin he gets "yes, very diffiult, but I know she can handle it". They know each others talent that well and the fact I like is he won't "water down" his music!
I concur! This is a Masterpiece packed with references and very demanding musical structure. They played this live in the virtual show May 2021. It went well. 😎👍
They push the envelope, for sure. Expert level analysis. Thank You so much!
Thank you Eric for your explanation of how you experience Nightwish`s music. Always interesting and fun.👍👍👍
Over midnight in Finland but heck I have to react to you reacting.😂😂❤ Love from soon to be winter wonderland. 🥶
And you are correct, massive flex and only Floor can do this. Lol
Awesome track, full of musical gold nuggets. Thank you Eric and Rich 🤘🤘
Thanks for having me as your student in your masterclass of breaking down this song. Thank You!!
Much Love to You and Ukraine
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This is Tuomas mini musical, it has everything a good Broadway musical needs. I would love to see him write a musical and an opera, whenever Nightwish no longer is, what a composer he is. ❤
I kinda felt, when this album was released, that Pan is a foreshadowing of the Nightwish to come. This song is like a benchmark of how the band and it's music are evolving. Incredible piece. Masterful. It's a total transcendence of genre. It's not just metal, or symphonic, or progressive. It's something other. Something new.
Eric, yet another masterclass in song reactions. Your ability to pick a song apart and get to the nub of what makes it great never ceases to amaze me.
I think the Human Nature album really gave Thuomas the chance to stretch his already outstanding boundaries.
I can’t wait for the new album.
Yes, yes, yes. Tuomas flexing. Spot on. And the rapidity of the vocals is so difficult to perform that it rivals Shoemaker for denying Floor any opportunity to breathe. You always bring up Empuu's amazing talent to produce the tone that Tuomas wants created. Human | Nature (first album) is on my workout playlist... And the 2nd album is my cooldown playlist. Fantastic stuff and another incredible analysis and breakdown in your reaction. Thank you.
❤❤❤❤love this song so much, I’m just reminded of how blown away I was by it when the album came out by seeing your reaction to it.
It look me ages before I could keep up with the lyrics while singing along 😂 and by the end I’m out of breath and satisfied 😮💨
Also it is never just background music, ik always pay attention when it comes up on my playlists
This has to be one of Nightwish's most underrated songs. It's an absolute banger and yet it seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle.
I concur !
100%. it's brilliant. i can see how it would be difficult to perform live though. It's super technical on every level.
You are absolutely correct on that one!
Just seeing the amazed looks on your face made this a really fun reaction to watch. My favorite song from the album.
You are correct about the bass, Marko is on the studio recording. Album was released early 2020, he left Jan 2021. Jukka has played bass on all live performances of Human:II:Nature songs.
Best insight and reaction to this monster of a song! Eric at his awesomest superior best! Loved your reaction, dude... Nightwish doing 'difficult' as just Nightwish can!
Best wishes from Namibia
Yes
INCREDIBLE 😅
its Nigthwish ❤
I really love your reactions to all things Nightwish. Your in depth evaluations are so heartwarming. Keep them coming. I LOVE Nightwish. :)
Bravo again, Eric!
There are not many reactors that are able to put into words how they experience the music that comes to them during a first-time listen. With you this has been spot on from the very first time I saw your reaction to Nightwish's GLS live at Wacken 2013.
PAN is one of many gems on the album and possibly technically the most challenging for both Emppu and Floor. When Human || Nature came out I can remember the fans being very divided. One group straight out rejected it as being 'not Nightwish' while others, me included, thought it to be their best album to date. I've always respected people's individual tastes especially when it comes to music. What I never understood however was the refusal and unwillingness to open up to new things. It's like saying 'I only eat mashed potatoes with a quarter-pounder. Everything else is no food.'
Wishing you all the best from the Dutch Moutains.
I heard this song just a week ago, and I wondered why was this song not being played more? Then I saw you were going to react to it...and I knew you were going to love it!
Been waiting this one, I won't say which is my favorite song, but PAN is top 5 of all of them.. well actually i don't have top 10 or top 1.. but PAN simply works for me.. The slow opening song requires several listens, but on the other hand, it's also really captivating.
I think you have a perfect understanding of what Tuomas wants to do. Many nigthwish fans do not, unfortunatelly.
Hi Eric, thank you for this reaction. Loved to watch you enjoy it and let it surprise you, and your analysis is spot on. To me this song celebrates the power of imagination by humans on this pale blue dot, sometimes called earth. Talking about the pale blue dot, did you ever hear the Nightwish song Sagan (I assume you remember Carl Sagan)?
JRR Tolkien wrote that he hated allegory because it's manipulation by the author. The meaning people find in his work is what he calls applicability it's a meaning and connection found in the text by the reader, not imposed by the author. I think Tuomas understands this well.
Greetings Eric.
This is indeed in my Nightwish top 10.
It's one of those songs that leave you thinking "damn, all this came out of the mind of one person?"
Not taking anything at all away from the rest of the band but the direction this journey takes you starting with the intro is absolutely mind boggling!!
You mentioned a live? So here is the link for the live at the Islander's Arms. It's a virtual show so there's no crowd.
ruclips.net/video/adMnVUsQx1g/видео.htmlsi=FqMluCz1VT4QMC8s
I believe you can understand when I tell you Def Leppard was my all time favorite band up until March 2020, which was when I found Nightwish.
After 40 years of my favorite band to be pushed over in just 2 months speaks a ton!
Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed.
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When you hear Eric cackling, you know the song is good!😃
True story
Cant wait for your new reactions to their new album that will come out soon
I've said this since this album came out, PAN is the real masterpiece of this Human|:Nature album. This piece is phenomenal! It rocks, it emotes so much feeling in 4 minutes than any of the other tracks. Vocals, lyrics, keys, guitar, drums, bass, the whole is awesome! The best!
This is an incredibly difficult song to do (even Emppu said it was really hard to play) and it was only played live once during the virtual concerts as far as I am aware. Even though it was amazing, I suspect that because it didn't turn out as well as they would have liked it to, it was left off the live set list.
I really liked it on the the online live show.
It was pretty good.
My only wish that one day Nightwish will perform with a orchestra and choir.
That would be magical.
I know they can't do a world tour like that but, maybe in Finland a special show to celebrate that they are around for such a long time with amazing music etc.
@@chrissturkenboom6080 I liked it as well but the middle section "beautiful tragedy, wonderful fantasy" Floor had to sing an octave lower than the recorded song. I think that sort of threw her off a bit and made them realize it just wasn't up to their demanding standards for a live concert song. I agree that a concert with a choir and orchestra would be amazing but Tuomas has said he wouldn't do it (no reason why, just that he wouldn't). We can still hope, though.
Emppu said that live it will be pancake 😅
This is one of my favorites off this album. I just love the contrast between Floor's light lyrical voice and Emppu's heavy driving guitar. But at the same time, they're connected and blended and intertwining with each other. Also...Chainsaw Kittens would be a helluva band name 😝
Chainsaw Kittens were a band out of Oklahoma back in the 90's. The peak of fame was when Ethan Embry wore their shirt in the film Empire Records.
Cheers!
Eric
:Something Wicked this way comes.".. Ray Bradbury
Thank you, that you took NIGHTWISH in to your soul and ears...like I told you in the beginning couple years ago,its great.Your comments are on point.
but I must recommend this Finnish group also...BATTLE BEAST - Eye of the Storm (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Noora Louhimo is THE singer
You have it great(Sorry my good english)
Hi Eric. Never think you know what Nightwish are going to give you next.
Can't wait for the new album next year.
Tuomas' grows as a composer with every new album (listen to CD2 of HN) and he's never yet run out of innovations.
This indeed Marco and on Endlessness he is the lead vocalist. Recommended if you haven't heard it.
Something wicked is from Macbeth, the three witches "by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes".
Scansoo. Is a thing for Tuomas - look at Shoemaker for example. A challenge
This is not the only track with a nod to Shakespeare. Here we have part of Macbeth with "By The Pricking of my Thumbs Something Wicked This Way Comes" and in Shoemaker the quote from Romeo and Juliet.
There are live versions. Why is Peter Pan always flying? … because her Neverlands! (😂 That one never grows old)
Where does Peter Pan like to eat out?
Wendy's
A bit racy but funny nevertheless
@@roykliffen9674 hehehe that's wrong on so many levels, but funny as hell 🤣😂🤣
Hi Eric. Whatever you said, I concur 🤣
Before Human || Nature, my favorite Nightwish piece was " Song of Myself." Now it is, without question, "Pan." It is a lyrical and musical masterpiece and I'm in awe every time I hear it.
I concur so hard that I'm overconcurring
I've always thought of Pan as a silvery, shiny can of condensed Nightwish 🖤
Gotta love those blastbeats by Kai right at the end there 😂 I don't remember hearing that in any Nightwish song before.
As usual a insight reaction from Eric,pure gold👍
Great reaction Eric! Yes, such a shame this was not on the setlist for the world tour. I thought it was excellent in the virtual concert. I've said it before and will again - if this was played live outdoors during the pandemic, then it would have blown Co-vid off the face of the earth.
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Thanks again Eric and my thoughts are with you after a though period ahead
I can’t believe you haven’t acquired and listened to this whole album yet. Dude, just find out what you haven’t reacted to yet and DO IT. Including side two, the instrumental. Do that all at once. Do a movement, talk about. It. Do the next movement, talk about it. You owe it to yourself to listen to the whole album, as an album. If you can find it, buy the Earbook (CD in almost vinyl sized gatefold) because the artwork is just that good.
I concur!
I concur!
I concur!❤
Have You done "Scaretale" with Annette yet?
Should be his Halloween reaction
When they first started making this record.... Floor.... "When do I breathe"? Tuomas..... "You'll figure it out". Tuomas isn't just the Mozart of metal.... he is more like the mad genius of metal.
I concur!
This is why I don't bother selecting top10 Nightwish songs, there are just not enough slots.
And as you said before Gene Simmons stated that rock was dead and the fans killed it. He obviously doesn’t look very far because there are scores of very talented rock musicians all over Europe and Scandinavia. The rock world doesn’t end at the US border
Amazing ❤❤❤❤❤
great reaction to a masterpiece! loved watching you react to this song in particular knowing what was coming 😄 since you've recently reacted to steve n seagull covering nighwish's sleeping sun with tarja (amazing!), i think you may find interesting to check out nightwish's version with floor (since you've already heard it sung by tarja's voice, even though in a different ambience) here's a magnificent rendition live in tampere, finland, in 2015 ruclips.net/video/rsotlzr9wNw/видео.htmlfeature=shared this song has always been wonderful, sung by all 3 singers, each with their own touch and style. speaking of 'touch', you'll get your emppu's ratio 😜😜😜 hope you enjoy.
i might be wrong, but i think i remember this is a concert floor's parents attended, and there were some sweet happy emotions going on about that, and this piece, this performance, they exude SO MUCH emotion
Yes! to verything you said, Eric.
What a Great reaction, thank you
Just Genius. Gorgeous song.
The only live version of the is from the virtual show . On the studio it was Marco on bass but on the virtual show it was Jukka playing bass . here's the link to the only live there is - ruclips.net/video/KbhQZVYND6o/видео.html&start_radio=1
Great reaction-analysis. flaming cats & chainsaws LoL
Pan and Tribal are masterpieces
So you like syncopes? Floor has a sister who sings too, you can spot her in the chorus with Ayreon. In this opera-like set-up Floor is engaged what she likes to do: A powerful belted sweep out.
ruclips.net/video/9AAXtUdM7xE/видео.htmlsi=2OOEwsLjveFCdjDg
Tuomas just slips Tir Na Nog in to the lyrics. Unbelievable!
There is a live version. Nightwish Arena put up on RUclips. It's from the virtual concert they did during COVID. Someone else put it up. The quality wasn't as good. When her mouth moves there is some sort or lag time with the words. You'll see the new base player in it.
Very vine, thank you
Not sure how this escaped you but glad you got to it. IMHO it is one of their best tracks. Unfortunately it is apparently difficult to deliver live so I guess the lyric video will have to suffice.
"Something wicked this way comes" is spoken by one of the witches in "Macbeth". It was performed sort of live in the virtual show and it was a bit rough in spots. Floor nailed the vocals, but Emppu hit a rough patch and Tuomas was smirking at him, then the usually infallible Kai hit a rough patch with the cymbals ending up about a beat off the pace. For Emppu, this song is like one, long solo. He remarked early on that this song, were it to be performed live, it would be a "pancake" which I understand is a Finnish way of say "a flop". He said he was too old to play it live.
In reaction to your comments above I just listened to and closely watched the virtual concert rendition of this song. What attracted my attention is that the visual pictures are out of sync with the audio in many place for that recording. (which is not a live recording anyway).
And - for instance at 4.15 - you clearly see Kai's hand make a last striking movement that is not represented as a audio signal. In other words: I would say bad synchronisation between image and sound, and you see that at many places in that video. So I don't think you can or should draw any conclusions based on that. Bad video editing seems to be the problem here.
Pancake - flop thing is correct. One of those Emppu's intelligent and timely wordplays 😅
When Finns say "pancake" and they mean flop, it's kinda softer way to describe failure.
@@rientsdijkstra4266 Thanks, I'll have to go back and look. Usually I'm quick to pick up sync issues as I'm into video myself and audio/video sync issues are one of things I routinely deal with.
@@billattercliffe8655 I am interested in your findings!
@@rientsdijkstra4266 Haven't checked it out yet (I will in a few minutes), but these days sync issues shouldn't happen on a pro shot, multicam set. If we're recording video with five cameras plus laying down an audio master track, the cameras will also be recording a scratch audio track for sync purposes. Modern NLEs make this syncing via audio a piece of cake, so a pro crew should not be messing it up.
Nightwish - HARVEST - 2020
Nice shirt 😉
I effin' concur! 😁🤣🤘🔥🔥🔥
Something wicked this way comes Ray Bradbury
They did it for one of the virtual shows. However, I think they were not satisfied with how it translated in a live performance. It is a quite complicated and vocally challenging one to pull off live. Some songs are great on the record, but don't quite hold together live. We will see if they ever bring it out on a future tour.
yes Marko on base!
Listening to this will either inspire or demoralise a musician. They create mastery with little effort giving the onlooker the impression it’s easy until they try.
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Emppu said this was a hard one to play.
Chain saw kittens an idea for a video game
Sad that so rare people do really understand this grandeur .... some other (clowns) get the prices and trophies.
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Hi Eriv