Hello (again) @ ChrisRuppOfficial ! Nightwish fans here, your reaction just appeared on our radar.. Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band, performing in 2013 at Wacken Open Air festival, in front of a 82k+ audience. About the instrumental and vocal added parts - it's good to know they recorded their orchestral and vocal back tracks with prestigious institutions as London Philharmonic Orchestra. London's The Metro Voices choir group and London's Young Musicians Children's Choir as their regular partners. As I could see, you felt the power of this song and appreciate all the key elements of a Nightwish show: the intricate composition, the high level of musicianship of all band members, the stellar vocals and charisma of Floor Jansen, our Dutch metal queen. Of course, your performing experience helped you a lot in understanding that. Welcome among us :) Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the short history of the band concentrated by Ann Waychoff, one of the biggest Nightwish fan who has since passed away (and I am doing this in her memory): " Nightwish was started in 1996.They are considered a Symphonic Metal band, with a female main singer. They are from Finland. Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. Marco Hietala is the Bassist and vocals .And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen . Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrumentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen is the drummer. In 2015 due to Jukka's health issues Kai Hahto became the drummer and as of now is a permanent addition. Nightwish has had three singers. 1st one was Tarja Turunen (Operatic vocals). She was with them until 2005. The 2nd one was Anette Olzon from Sweden (Poppy, strong vocals). She was with them until 2012.The 3rd and current singer is Floor Jansen, from Netherlands (power, operatic, soprano.....most versatile) - you just heard her. There are live concerts that you should use depending on what era. From Wishes to Eternity and End of an Era (Tarja), Montreux Festival live 2012 and Exit Festival (Anette), Live at Wacken 2013, Live at Wembley, Live at Tampere, Vehicle of Spirit, Decades live (Floor). I hope this helps. I want to welcome you to the Nightwish community. I hope you like them enough to continue the journey. Believe me Nightwish will surprise you with their songs. You will never know what to expect. They are unbelievable live. I want to warn you that Nightwish fans are hard core. So be prepared. lol " Hope you'll continue this journey with us, so I'll drop here a list of songs with the current lineup of the band you may like: "Romanticide" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ruclips.net/video/zz_7OCCQlXs/видео.html "Storytime" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ruclips.net/video/pvkYwOJZONU/видео.html "Ever Dream" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ruclips.net/video/1Xi4n8dJcF8/видео.html "Song Of Myself" live at Wacken 2013 (dark/metal) ruclips.net/video/lQu5QjidHWg/видео.html "Dead Boy's Poem" - live Buenos Aires 2018 (soulful ballad) ruclips.net/video/S8E3L7ggLMM/видео.html "Ghost River" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ruclips.net/video/05eitd-EA6I/видео.html "My Walden" live at Wembley 2015 (celtic / folk) ruclips.net/video/knqeI807ZlY/видео.html "Sleeping Sun" live at Tampere 2015 (ballad) ruclips.net/video/rsotlzr9wNw/видео.html "Stargazer" live at Tampere 2015 (operatic vocals / metal) ruclips.net/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/видео.html "Slaying The Dreamer" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ruclips.net/video/wA44tjaP5n0/видео.html "I Want My Tears Back" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (celtic / folk vibe) ruclips.net/video/TBOdgxjb0kM/видео.html "Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean" live In Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ruclips.net/video/t26r_vAYQ0Q/видео.html "Weak Fantasy" live at Tampere 2015 (dark metal) ruclips.net/video/AN239Pbqbjo/видео.html "7 Days To The Wolves" live at Wembley 2015 (dark metal) ruclips.net/video/XvsfwAPbWXc/видео.html And if you want to hear Floor growling :) then try "Yours Is An Empty Hope" live at Mexico City in 2015 ruclips.net/video/DuwY1d-KIss/видео.html Last but not the least - they just released their 9th studio album on April 10th named "Human :||: Nature" - just take a peek to their official playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLihZ3gi5Yvzc0pfH2cbNKUUX8o3pb8eVg You can also react to Floor Jansen "tapping" other musical genres in Beste Zangers 2019 (TV show from Netherlands) here is a playlist made by Floor herself (start listen it in reverse order..): ruclips.net/p/PL8iSYWeQhlimgUnWw1FDdiJN0msPzqpLo To understand better the context of this show you should visit also Jenniezelf's YT channel (En subtitled materials): ruclips.net/user/jenniezelf For entire episodes of the show with En translation, you should check Denise Hofs's DM channel: www.dailymotion.com/xpinkeu/videos Thank you! Waiting for more Nightwish reactions. All the best from RO. Stay safe.
Thanks so much for sharing this detailed info. I had no idea that Anette Olzon was singer of that band . Cos I loved her voice. So. ITS my first time listening to Nightwish. They sound incredible!! I like It!. So I'm to check these songs that u have recommeded. Hugs from Peru.
@@ChrisRuppOfficial We know that well-informed reactors will feel freer in their decisions. You in particular, being a live performer, have the ability to understand them better. We come up with suggestions, but you have your way of discovering them, depending on what / how you feel. Through your genuine reactions you can help us better understand why we love them :)
@@marciacampbell7417 Thanks for the kind words. Believe me, listen to Nightwish from whatever era of the band and whatever you choose you will not regret :)
Here is the gist of basically every Nightwish live performance you will ever see: Emppu and his coronas, Tuomas and his wine, Marko and Emppu playing a random kids game, Floor singing her ass off, Emppu throwing endless guitar picks in the crowd, Jukka destroying his drums, Floor singing her ass of, Emppu running around the stage like a madman bc if he stands still then you can clearly see that he is a FOOT shorter than Floor when she has her heels on, Troy playing instruments that NO ONE can name, Floor singing her ass off, Marko trying very hard NOT to laugh at Emppu, Tuomas trying to keep up with Floor's Dutch Windmills, and Floor singing her ass off. In all seriousness, they are all at the top of the talent tree. Each one alone could lead a band into greatness let alone all five of them. One of the best live performances of all time. Not only musically but staging and production is unmatched.
Those strings are not synthesised - they are the London Philharmonic Orchestra with London's Metro Voices Choir and London's Young Musicians Children's' Choir, recorded onto a backing track which the band have to stay in perfect synch with, which is done by Jukka (drummer) having a click track in his in-ears. Everyone else synchs to him. This song, along with almost all Nightwish's material, is composed by Tuomas (on keyboards) although Floor re-wrote the ending on this shortly after her emergency replacement mid-tour (yes, THIS tour), from the original version, which she remembered enjoying from when she'd opened for them on a previous tour with her previous band. You can hear in this how well she did it and to retain harmony and tempo with the backing track - no mean feat! She did not actually become a member of Nightwish until almost 2 months after this performance - she was still performing as touring stand-in at the time of this concert, although it later emerged that she had been offered and accepted the permanent position in the hotel bar after The Sauna Open Air festival at Tampere, Finland on June 8th, a few weeks before this performance, but had to complete her contractual obligations with her own band, ReVamp, before it was announced (their 2nd and final album was released between the end of the tour, two gigs after this, and the announcement). Her joining the band has been described from both sides as a homecoming. When you hear her harmonising with Marco (on bass here) and Troy (not featured in this song, but the other non-Finnish member of Nightwish, being an amazing vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from the UK with a particular love of Celtic instruments) you will hear why!
Hands down the best and most passionate, energetic, emotional band in history. And that is in any genre of metal. These guys music talk to you in any situation. By far my favorite band, and I love 98% of metal genres. Metal is a music talent and nightwish ticks all the boxes. Welcome the best and most passionate fan base on the planet bud.
the North German Division "KIEL" of the Nightwish Army reports !! We are there. Greetings to Dänrmak, Norway, Sweden and Finland.special greetings to #GabrielBardac and of course the rest of the army
Hallo friend, you for forget the North Western, fom the Dümmer. But, your grettings to all North European..great 🤗🦸♀️🦹♀️ dont forget the dutch..(with all this awesome female Singers)
Who could have imagined that a former singer of my husband's favorite acapella group (Home Free) would respond to MY favorite symphonic metal band. That shows that the world of music is really small ....
@@jamesschwarz007 Once in each direction - he unplugged her in-ears at this gig (during "I Want My Tears Back"), she swapped his beer out at the following one or it may have been the final one of the tour at M'era Luna, after which they called a truce. I've seen the beer swap out on a fan video, and the massive spit-take only avoided soaking Troy due to his rapid reaction! I think it was that which caused the truce - there is a lot of electronic and power equipment on a metal stage, so stunts like that are a bit hazardous. And they do put the music first, despite the pranks.
If you like to analyse the production you NEED to check out Nightwish - "The Greatest Show on Earth" specifically the Tempere version. That's the most impressive one all fronts but specially production wise. Literally the greatest show on earth!
I would suggest getting some more Nightwish under the wings before attempting; Greatest Show On Earth - should read up on the lyrics first and understand what the word means, or it's kinda cryptic. Poet And The Pendulum - should research the song and the events leading up to it all - how the song came to be and what it means, as it's kinda deep. But both of them later, when more familiar with it.
Nightwish is a Finnish band and here are the members currently: - Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards & main composer/arranger - Finnish - Floor Jansen - Main Vocals - Dutch - Marco Hietala - Bass & Vocals - Finnish - Emppu Vuorinen - Guitarist - Finnish - Kai Hahto - Drums - Finnish (In the video you just watched it was still Jukka Nevalainen, he left as the drummer in 2014 and is now with the band's management team) - Troy Donockley - Uilleann pipes, tin whistle, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bouzouki, etc. - English The backing tracks are recorded with the London Philarmonic full orchestra and choir, so not coming from the keyboards. They had 2 previous singers Tarja Turunen 1996-2005 and Anette Olzon 2007-2012. Best method for reacting to Nightwish that I figured from watching reactors and discovering them recently and exploring their catalog myself: Keep the particularly long and complex songs listed below, if you have not watched them already, for after you have seen all the more standard ones from the 4 live shows mentioned in the numbered list: - Ghost Love Score (Wacken) 10 minutes - The Poet and the Pendulum (Wembley) 14 minutes >>> Doing some research on the background story for this song is very important to be able to appreciate the meaning of the lyrics. - Greatest Show on Earth (Tampere) 21 minutes 1- Just do all the Wacken 2013 songs, they are all great. 2- Then the Wembley 2015 ones that are not part of the Wacken show. 3- Then the remaining songs from Tampere 2015 that were not in the previous 2 shows mentioned. 4- Then the older songs from Buenos Aires 2018 that were not in the previous 3 shows mentioned. 5- To see what they can do with a cover and if you like Marco's singing, watch their interpretation of Pink Floyd's High Hopes. 6- Then you can explore Floor's versatility with her band ReVamp's live performances of the songs Disdain at Graspop and Wild Card at Bloodstock. 7- And finally go in the deep end of the Floor talent pool by reacting to her performances on Beste Zangers in the order the episodes aired. For the first 4 steps, you can alternate between shows, but I would recommend to still only take songs that are not performed in the previous shows mentioned, as they are ordered in audio quality from best to worst. From watching a lot of reactions, in my opinion this is the most efficient order to discover the rabbit hole that is Nightwish and Floor Jansen. That should keep you busy for a while. 😀
@Ralf Meyer Yes, what? Personal opinions are not allowed anymore? My opinion is that not every aspect of each of those other concerts was 100% flawless, friend... I think that with the Wacken 2013 concert, basically all was perfect (apart from Floor's wardrobe malfunction halfway).
Better "The Islander" from Tampere, 2015 than a cover which can never be as good as Pink Floyds original. Too many local references in "High Hopes" to be even understood by anyone not familiar with Pink Floyd'd origins, much less expressed properly by them. I love Marco's voice, but he folds, spindles and mutilates "High Hopes". And yes I know David has said he's good with it, but then he gets the royalties, so he would say that, wouldn't he?
@@phillee2814 I think we will have to agree to disagree on this one, because I feel Nightwish's take on High Hopes eclipses the original, much as Johnny Cash's version of NIN's Hurt did. I saw High Hopes performed live by PF in '94. It was an awesome experience hearing this song live, and Gilmour's solo at the end was as close to a religious experience as I'm likely to have. But to me, the sum of the parts in Nightwish's version outweigh Floyd's version simply by virtue of Marco's stunning vocals. And Emppu's guitar work was spot on in the sense that he performed a very cool interpretation of the solo that didn't try to emulate Gilmour, but instead struck out on its own and blazed its own trail that was very tasty to the ears.
The clip was shot a few months after Floor jointed the band right in the middle of their US leg of the world tour. They asked her to join after tensions between the previous (Anette) vocalist and the rest of the band had rissen so high that they fired her. With close to a year still to go to complete the tour, and their next concert planned 2 day later they, needed a replacement fast. They called Floor because she had toured with them when she was part of the support bands"After Forever" and later "Revamp" on several occasions and they were quiet impressed by her vocals (who would not be?). She only had 2 days, including a flight from the Netherlands to the US, to learn the setlist and only had one rehearsal with the band a couple of hours before her first show and nailed it. Since they were making a documentary about the world-tour a lot of what happened was recorded. The documentary is called "Please learn the setlist in 48 hours" (ruclips.net/video/vhExkmWKMEU/видео.html ) As a next song to take a look at i would recommend their masterpiece "The poet and the pendulum" live at Wembley. Before you take a look at it i would recommend to take a look at the backstory of this song. This will make you appreciate it much more. here is the link ruclips.net/video/gbn9GczYBkw/видео.html BTW that last note she just sang? Nightwish fans created a whole new word for when she does something impressive like that. We call it a Floorgasm.
Yes to "Please Learn The Setlist In 48 Hours", but wait to do "The Poet And The Pendulum" until you know the band better and are more aware of the history and difficult background behind it. It is hard enough on Tuomas that he has the sound tech shut of the vocals from his in-ears during the song, and other members of the band check up on him more than once during a performance. It is not to be taken lightly, but is, indeed, a masterpiece, and his catharsis of the situation behind it.
As a musician. To play with a backtrack for 3 minutes is nuts. Missing just a half beat. It sounds like sh t and the crowd won't hesitate to let you know. To play to backtrack for 10, 16, 20 minutes is certifiable insane. Then do it night after night. Thing that gets me about nightwish. You get the same intensity show whether you are with 82000(Wacken) or a club with 800.
Thats high end, top top top quality musicianship, how does a music related person not mention that?you are focused on the lights, the pyro, the wind, everything optical but not the music. 😅 Anyway, not bad, maybe just not your cup of tea. 😉 I liked your outro by the way! Sounds beautiful!
You need to see more off them! You will love Marko the bass player. He's a great singer to! Every song you choose will be great. This is such a talented group off people. Especcially the mastermind off this all Tuomas the keybord player.
Chris....Nice reaction, thank you. You had your appetizer of Floor and Henk with Phantom. Now is the entree, Nightwish. A tight band and a incredible vocalist. Welcome to the world of NW, enjoy. One small thing....Floor is Dutch. Dutch girls don't head bang, they windmill. LOL
I am a big Home free and Nightwish fan. I discovered Homefree a couple of years ago and appreciate the vocal talent and with Nightwish the unexpected paths their songs can take and variation
Welcome to the magical world of Nightwish Chris! Thank you for reacting to them.They are amazing! And super versatile! Please please do more of them. I would recommend "The poet and the pendulum" live at Wembley 2015. If you want to see one of their original video clips, production wise, "The islander" and "Noise" are great! If you want to see more pyro then there is always Rammstein.🙂 Plus I would be very interested to see what you would think watching "Hypa hypa - Esqimo callboy".
Ah, the top goddess of the vocalist pantheon. I photographed a rock concert on a tiny stage with barely any "backstage" to speak of a few years back. One of the best experiences of my life, and probably the closest I've ever felt to music being "too loud." I think my ears are just lucky.
Floor's the consummate professional - dynamite on stage, and wonderful off it. She's taught voice and performance as well as singing professionally for over 20 years.
In the beginning of this this reaction video, you said that your first Nightwish experience was with Floor singing "Phantom of the Opera". May I suggest you make another reaction video with the same song, but with their first lead singer, Tarja. It's another live production from 2005, called "End of an Era", which happened to be their last concert with Tarja. Thank you for the wonderful reaction video
Some people looks more to the bang bang others to the bling bling but everything is part of the whole. So you focused more into the details of her outfit, pyrotechnics, lights, without diminishing their great talent as a band. And maybe people don't realized how hard it is "behind the music". I appreciate your comments from your perspective. Thanks.
Originally Floor was sent by Allfather Odhinn to Midgard to gather the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she got distracted and joined a series of bands. However, Floor still gathers souls by her grace, beauty and the sheer power of her vocals. We give thanks for her at our Blots regularly and hope that Odhinn won't notice that she has never returned to Asgard. ALL HAIL THE VALKYRIE GODDESS!!!
The first time I heard this, I was about two-thirds of the way through the track when it suddenly dawned on me that I was behind the oar of a Viking longboat, halfway across the North Sea, drunk on ale and high on magic mushrooms, and more than happy to do whatever the f**k she wants.
Your journey into Nightwish has only just begun. PLEASE do more of these. You'll find we are a passionate fanbase. :) Welcome to the wonderful world of Nightwish!
On the topic of pyro, you aren’t kidding about feeling it. In 2017 I went to see Iron Maiden in Nottingham and when the pyro went off during If Eternity Should Fail I thought that my face had melted.... despite being around 100 metres from the stage!
Great reaction. I think you should do a few more from Wacken 2013, and then move to Wembley and Tampere 2015, to experience the more epic and impressive songs from Nightwish. As the others have already told, Floor is the 3. singer in, and in 2013 Floor did old songs, not writing for her, but she did make them her own. In the 2015 shows, she performed songs written for her, and Tuomas the song writer in most of their songs (Marco also writes), starts using Floor's incredible range and versatility - and her unique ability to add emotions in her singing and stage performance. On the Decades tour in 2018 (album same name from Buenos Aires 2018) Floor really shines through the old songs also (Decades is a kind tour through Nightwish songs during 20 years. Their newest album is still only a studio album except for 1 song made live in an acoustic version during a promotion tour - but on this Album Tuomas through everything in creating an album especially for all 3 Nightwish singers (Floor, Marco and Troy) - and he finally managed to challenge Floor properly, which she loves, being the voice nerd she throughly are. The result are mind blowing - and still only in studio versions, while Nightwish are a true live band. You could do a double session with the only one from the new album done live How is the Heart, Human Nature (2019) & How is the Heart, Planet rock radio (2020) - only Troy and Floor - but very impressive and Troy's face at the end is priceless. He calls Floor's voice "Stratospheric" - and that is spot on 👌 👍 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
They use in-ear monitors, I think you may be looking at the pyro devices and Emppu does have a 4 x 12 sideways on the stage for sustain and feedback, apart from being a beer and pick table. I didn't spot any wedges, may be wrong though. Your audio levels are way low though compared to most YT videos, I did have to really crank it up but may be you wanted to stay well off any YT compression or the like. Good stuff, I enjoyed it, thank you.
Never gets old, seeing a reaction from an industry pro to thye force of nature that is Floor and Nightwish. Now, howzabout their polar opposite - Rammstein! Industrial metal band, all members were born and raised in East Germany before the wall fell. Their vocalist is a burly, muscular dude named Till Lindemann who has a gruff bass baritone. I don't think he has had any formal training, but hardly matters - he has awesome strange presence and the whole 6-man band has been together, unchanged, since 1994. Check out Du Hast from Paris 2012 ;-)
Very nice to see someone referencing production too. You should really checkout greatest show on earth Live by nightwish too, I personally think its one of Tuomos best and its really a journey.
Ah, I am a Home Free ( and Nightwish) fan and originally from Kitee, the same town where the band is from. I can see before watching that this will be my kinda video.
Most of the Nightwish Army will probably request a reaction to either "Poet and the Pendulum", or something similarly epic like "The Greatest Show on Earth". However if you start off with those three, you don't really see as much of the versatility. I feel it helps to break it up a little with a real banger in between. I'd recommend "Romanticide" or "Yours is an Empty Hope".
Welcome to the world of Nightwish and Floor Jansen is Dutch and has the best voice ever. You have also listen to Dark Chest of Wonders, Storytime, Ever Dream and even better the whole Wacken concert
Think they have in ears at least some time. They say Toumas the composer/ keyboard player has the vocals shut off his in ear for Poet and the Pendulum since it is so emotional for him.
Either you removed my earlier comment or I forgot to push the comment button, but just to let you know, I was a bit disappointed since you said almost nothing about the composition, instrumentation & musicianship, which is something a music producer should also pay attention to. Commenting almost entirely just Floor's vocals is something a vocal coach / singing instructor would do.
Nightwish Live at Wacken Open Air 2013 Setlist: 1. Dark Chest of Wonders, 2. Wish I Had an Angel, 3. She is My Sin, 4. Ghost River, 5. Ever Dream, 6. Storytime, 7. I Want My Tears Back, 8. Nemo, 9. Last of the Wilds, 10. Bless the Child, 11. Romanticide, 12. Amaranth, 13. Ghost Love Score, 14. Song of Myself, 15. Last Ride of the Day ruclips.net/video/cAwtzi7Q3Bk/видео.html
I have a friend who got a lighter specifically for concerts. Closest he ever got to smoking was fake smoking a vape just so it wouldn't be weird hanging out with some other friends of his on their vape breaks.
Want to check out something else, try "Words Darker Than Their Wings" by Alter Bridge live at the Royal Albert Hall. They have a 54 piece orchestra backing them up as well.
ALL PERFORMANCES (Full versions including short interviews with Floor and comments from other singers) FLOOR JANSEN (Nightwish) AT BESTE ZANGERS 2019: Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings WINNER for Tim Akkerman Beste Zangers 2019 Eng. subs (Full audition) ruclips.net/video/V2Btqm6Ure8/видео.html Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings SHALLOW for Emma Heesters Beste Zangers 2019 Eng. Subs (Full audition) ruclips.net/video/aZcvTYQ3HRw/видео.html Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings QUE SE SIENTE for Rolf Sanches Beste Zangers 2019 Eng. subs (Full Audition) ruclips.net/video/wef2n07Irwo/видео.html Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings VILJA LIED for Henk Poort, Beste Zangers 2019 eng. subs (Full audition) ruclips.net/video/k4Bp7exJufs/видео.html Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings MAMA for Samantha Steenwijk Beste Zangers 2019 Eng Subs (Full audition) ruclips.net/video/oaJhSbvfrOY/видео.html Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings About love I don't know a thing for Ruben Annink Beste Zangers 2019 Eng subs (Full Audition) ruclips.net/video/ztB7GH1IyUk/видео.html
The series was book-ended by Floor and Henk nicely, as the first song of the first episode was Floor singing "Vilja Lied" (in the original German) for Henk, and the final performance of the last episode (duets) was her performance with Henk of "Phantom". She also sings in Latin, Finnish and Spanish (and I think I recall Italian) as well as Dutch and English of course, and additionally can speak Swedish and some Finnish (which she is working on). Those are just the ones I know about!
Ear monitors, yes. Jukka- Drums, has a set, Tuomas- Keys is known to have a set and Emppu- guitar is always unplugging Floor's monitors so she has a set. I don't know about Marko- Bass/Vocals or Troy- multi instrumentalist. Thanks for following up on Floor Jansen/Nightwish. How can you not after watching Beste Zangers' Phantom of the Opera? lol This was Floor's last performance with Nightwish for the Imaginaerum World Tour as she became only a fill-in after their singer, Anette Olzon, departed from the band on September 29, 2012 giving Floor only 48 hours to learn the set before her debut in Seattle, Washington on October 1, 2012. At this time she was also recovering from burnout. But, it was written in the universe because she nailed it!! Safe to say the Nightwish Army is upon you.... Most of the next requests are going to be from this same venue (Wacken 2013) so be sure to include it in the name when searching for a video. Next on the agenda... "Romanticide" or "Ever Dream". Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed. 😊❤🤘🤘
There were two further performances in the Imaginaerium world tour after this one, at the Alcatraz festival (Belgium) and M'era Luna (back into Germany again). Emppu has unplugged Floor's in-ears precisely once, earlier in this concert during "I Want My Tears Back", which can be seen on the video along with her fiddling around to get them plugged back in and the cable tucked out of his reach afterwards - and the stare-down she gave him on the way back across the stage. As she stands 20cm taller than him (183cm to his 163cm) even without her heels (so probably a full foot taller in costume), it is quite an amusing confrontation! After her retaliation of substituting apple juice (which he loathes) for the contents of one of his beer bottles - resulting in a massive spit-take which almost soaked Troy - they called a truce. He is still the court jester of the band though :-)
Nightwish (Floor Jansen) songs: Nightwish - Ever Dream (LIVE Wacken 2013) ruclips.net/video/1Xi4n8dJcF8/видео.html Nightwish - The Greatest Show On Earth LIVE ruclips.net/video/aTAaEHiGjvU/видео.html Nightwish - Ghost River (LIVE Wacken 2013) ruclips.net/video/05eitd-EA6I/видео.html NIGHTWISH - Romanticide (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO) ruclips.net/video/zz_7OCCQlXs/видео.html Nightwish - Song of Myself LIVE ruclips.net/video/lQu5QjidHWg/видео.html NIGHTWISH - Storytime (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO) ruclips.net/video/pvkYwOJZONU/видео.html Nightwish - Dead Boy's Poem - Live In Buenos Aires 2018 - Decades Tour ruclips.net/video/S8E3L7ggLMM/видео.html Nightwish - The Poet And The Pendulum (Live Wembley Arena 2015~Vehicle Of Spirit) ruclips.net/video/qUAoCc9mYFA/видео.html Nightwish - The Islander (Live At Tampere) ruclips.net/video/Zo8ncK_5kzc/видео.html Nightwish - High Hopes LIVE ruclips.net/video/4oEDnVeYYyM/видео.html Epica - Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen) Live Retrospect show ruclips.net/video/cx22Yuj2nzg/видео.html Nightwish (Tarja Turunen + Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala) - The Phantom of The Opera Live ruclips.net/video/I7WlqE6ETBI/видео.html
At first I was confused about the orchestra parts. But I know now that it's not the synth, it's a real orchestra (backtrack). They can't have a real orchestra during the festial like this, so I think it's a good choice to have some backing tracks and other live instruments. It would not be the same if they used some synth to imitate orchestra and choir sound.
Hey, you should definitely check out nightwish shudder before the beautiful and yours is an empty hope wembley 2015, and devil and the deep dark ocean and slaying the dreamer and elan beunos Aires 2019, live show nightwish awesome thanks 😎, their newest drummer is Kai hato from wintersun, Jukka is now nightwish management due to health issues,. Thanks 😊
Toumas is the master no one near him, thats my opnion about that, the whole band is amazing, yeah you can see the fans enjoy this whole concert, and the band having a good time, they always does, but i think at some certain concets when all just fell in place, all hit their notes, and you get fantastic sounds, beyond what you expexted maybe, you get something ekstra, and NW do have some concerts like this, where they almost overdid their own expetactions to the show i think.. NW forever..
Very different topic. Seeing you for the first time. Your studio monitors. Event 20/20? Sorry for asking your gear stuff but it just hit my Eyes. Feeling those are quite clear and also little dull, making your mix much more open at the end. Knowing asking your gear might be little uncommon
SO appreciate you doing this one I know it's long, and it's not even as long as his other 3 masterpiece epics, but so worth it. Extremely emotional music, and basically, almost everything I ever got made fun of relentlessly for when I was young, they do on stage. I love them for a lot of the reason I love you and the guys. Y'all love music and that's what it's supposed to be about. XOXO
Hello (again) @ ChrisRuppOfficial ! Nightwish fans here, your reaction just appeared on our radar..
Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band, performing in 2013 at Wacken Open Air festival, in front of a 82k+ audience.
About the instrumental and vocal added parts - it's good to know they recorded their orchestral and vocal back tracks with prestigious institutions as London Philharmonic Orchestra. London's The Metro Voices choir group and London's Young Musicians Children's Choir as their regular partners.
As I could see, you felt the power of this song and appreciate all the key elements of a Nightwish show: the intricate composition, the high level of musicianship of all band members, the stellar vocals and charisma of Floor Jansen, our Dutch metal queen. Of course, your performing experience helped you a lot in understanding that. Welcome among us :)
Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the short history of the band concentrated by Ann Waychoff, one of the biggest Nightwish fan who has since passed away (and I am doing this in her memory):
" Nightwish was started in 1996.They are considered a Symphonic Metal band, with a female main singer. They are from Finland.
Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. Marco Hietala is the Bassist and vocals .And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen . Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrumentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen is the drummer. In 2015 due to Jukka's health issues Kai Hahto became the drummer and as of now is a permanent addition.
Nightwish has had three singers. 1st one was Tarja Turunen (Operatic vocals). She was with them until 2005. The 2nd one was Anette Olzon from Sweden (Poppy, strong vocals). She was with them until 2012.The 3rd and current singer is Floor Jansen, from Netherlands (power, operatic, soprano.....most versatile) - you just heard her.
There are live concerts that you should use depending on what era. From Wishes to Eternity and End of an Era (Tarja), Montreux Festival live 2012 and Exit Festival (Anette), Live at Wacken 2013, Live at Wembley, Live at Tampere, Vehicle of Spirit, Decades live (Floor). I hope this helps.
I want to welcome you to the Nightwish community. I hope you like them enough to continue the journey. Believe me Nightwish will surprise you with their songs. You will never know what to expect. They are unbelievable live. I want to warn you that Nightwish fans are hard core. So be prepared. lol "
Hope you'll continue this journey with us, so I'll drop here a list of songs with the current lineup of the band you may like:
"Romanticide" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ruclips.net/video/zz_7OCCQlXs/видео.html
"Storytime" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ruclips.net/video/pvkYwOJZONU/видео.html
"Ever Dream" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ruclips.net/video/1Xi4n8dJcF8/видео.html
"Song Of Myself" live at Wacken 2013 (dark/metal) ruclips.net/video/lQu5QjidHWg/видео.html
"Dead Boy's Poem" - live Buenos Aires 2018 (soulful ballad) ruclips.net/video/S8E3L7ggLMM/видео.html
"Ghost River" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ruclips.net/video/05eitd-EA6I/видео.html
"My Walden" live at Wembley 2015 (celtic / folk) ruclips.net/video/knqeI807ZlY/видео.html
"Sleeping Sun" live at Tampere 2015 (ballad) ruclips.net/video/rsotlzr9wNw/видео.html
"Stargazer" live at Tampere 2015 (operatic vocals / metal) ruclips.net/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/видео.html
"Slaying The Dreamer" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ruclips.net/video/wA44tjaP5n0/видео.html
"I Want My Tears Back" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (celtic / folk vibe) ruclips.net/video/TBOdgxjb0kM/видео.html
"Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean" live In Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ruclips.net/video/t26r_vAYQ0Q/видео.html
"Weak Fantasy" live at Tampere 2015 (dark metal) ruclips.net/video/AN239Pbqbjo/видео.html
"7 Days To The Wolves" live at Wembley 2015 (dark metal) ruclips.net/video/XvsfwAPbWXc/видео.html
And if you want to hear Floor growling :) then try "Yours Is An Empty Hope" live at Mexico City in 2015 ruclips.net/video/DuwY1d-KIss/видео.html
Last but not the least - they just released their 9th studio album on April 10th named "Human :||: Nature" - just take a peek to their official playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLihZ3gi5Yvzc0pfH2cbNKUUX8o3pb8eVg
You can also react to Floor Jansen "tapping" other musical genres in Beste Zangers 2019 (TV show from Netherlands) here is a playlist made by Floor herself (start listen it in reverse order..): ruclips.net/p/PL8iSYWeQhlimgUnWw1FDdiJN0msPzqpLo
To understand better the context of this show you should visit also Jenniezelf's YT channel (En subtitled materials): ruclips.net/user/jenniezelf
For entire episodes of the show with En translation, you should check Denise Hofs's DM channel: www.dailymotion.com/xpinkeu/videos
Thank you! Waiting for more Nightwish reactions. All the best from RO. Stay safe.
wow, lot of info! Thanks!
Thanks so much for sharing this detailed info. I had no idea that Anette Olzon was singer of that band . Cos I loved her voice. So. ITS my first time listening to Nightwish. They sound incredible!! I like It!. So I'm to check these songs that u have recommeded. Hugs from Peru.
@@ChrisRuppOfficial We know that well-informed reactors will feel freer in their decisions. You in particular, being a live performer, have the ability to understand them better. We come up with suggestions, but you have your way of discovering them, depending on what / how you feel. Through your genuine reactions you can help us better understand why we love them :)
@@marciacampbell7417 Thanks for the kind words. Believe me, listen to Nightwish from whatever era of the band and whatever you choose you will not regret :)
@@gabriel.bardac Greetings from the USA, Gabriel. Be blessed, Good Sir...
Here is the gist of basically every Nightwish live performance you will ever see: Emppu and his coronas, Tuomas and his wine, Marko and Emppu playing a random kids game, Floor singing her ass off, Emppu throwing endless guitar picks in the crowd, Jukka destroying his drums, Floor singing her ass of, Emppu running around the stage like a madman bc if he stands still then you can clearly see that he is a FOOT shorter than Floor when she has her heels on, Troy playing instruments that NO ONE can name, Floor singing her ass off, Marko trying very hard NOT to laugh at Emppu, Tuomas trying to keep up with Floor's Dutch Windmills, and Floor singing her ass off. In all seriousness, they are all at the top of the talent tree. Each one alone could lead a band into greatness let alone all five of them. One of the best live performances of all time. Not only musically but staging and production is unmatched.
10:26 Yes, she does have a fan blowing on her. One might even call it...
...a Floor fan.
I'll get my hat.
Ta dump.....
Aren't we all Floorfans...
@@jamesschwarz007 Yes but that particular one is the luckiest fan of all!
@@brewswillis9783 Yep! He (or she) gets to see her on every show! And front row!
The fan base is clearly getting out of hand.
Those strings are not synthesised - they are the London Philharmonic Orchestra with London's Metro Voices Choir and London's Young Musicians Children's' Choir, recorded onto a backing track which the band have to stay in perfect synch with, which is done by Jukka (drummer) having a click track in his in-ears. Everyone else synchs to him.
This song, along with almost all Nightwish's material, is composed by Tuomas (on keyboards) although Floor re-wrote the ending on this shortly after her emergency replacement mid-tour (yes, THIS tour), from the original version, which she remembered enjoying from when she'd opened for them on a previous tour with her previous band. You can hear in this how well she did it and to retain harmony and tempo with the backing track - no mean feat!
She did not actually become a member of Nightwish until almost 2 months after this performance - she was still performing as touring stand-in at the time of this concert, although it later emerged that she had been offered and accepted the permanent position in the hotel bar after The Sauna Open Air festival at Tampere, Finland on June 8th, a few weeks before this performance, but had to complete her contractual obligations with her own band, ReVamp, before it was announced (their 2nd and final album was released between the end of the tour, two gigs after this, and the announcement).
Her joining the band has been described from both sides as a homecoming.
When you hear her harmonising with Marco (on bass here) and Troy (not featured in this song, but the other non-Finnish member of Nightwish, being an amazing vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from the UK with a particular love of Celtic instruments) you will hear why!
Thank you. Saved me the trouble telling him.
Tuomas (Keyboards) is simply one of the most amazing composers of our times. He is the mastermind behind this amazing band
You will often see Floor adjusting her in-ears after windmilling up a storm, just to make sure they're still there :)
Hands down the best and most passionate, energetic, emotional band in history. And that is in any genre of metal. These guys music talk to you in any situation. By far my favorite band, and I love 98% of metal genres. Metal is a music talent and nightwish ticks all the boxes. Welcome the best and most passionate fan base on the planet bud.
the North German Division "KIEL" of the Nightwish Army reports !! We are there. Greetings to Dänrmak, Norway, Sweden and Finland.special greetings to #GabrielBardac
and of course the rest of the army
Hallo friend, you for forget the North Western, fom the Dümmer. But, your grettings to all North European..great 🤗🦸♀️🦹♀️ dont forget the dutch..(with all this awesome female Singers)
Greetings from Dänrmak
NW Army Namibia checking in! 🌃⛲⚔🇳🇦🤘🏻
More Nightwish, please! Every song is different. "I want my tears back", live from Buenos Aires❤️! Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮!
Yep, its awesome..🤗🥰from northern Germany
Who could have imagined that a former singer of my husband's favorite acapella group (Home Free) would respond to MY favorite symphonic metal band. That shows that the world of music is really small ....
"Nice", understatement of the year, in regards to floors voice 😂😂
Yes she uses in ears monitors and Emppu the guitar player likes to turn them off when he passes her. :)
And in return she switches his beer for apple-juice, which he hates.
@@jamesschwarz007 Once in each direction - he unplugged her in-ears at this gig (during "I Want My Tears Back"), she swapped his beer out at the following one or it may have been the final one of the tour at M'era Luna, after which they called a truce.
I've seen the beer swap out on a fan video, and the massive spit-take only avoided soaking Troy due to his rapid reaction!
I think it was that which caused the truce - there is a lot of electronic and power equipment on a metal stage, so stunts like that are a bit hazardous. And they do put the music first, despite the pranks.
ruclips.net/video/2kkokEGGclc/видео.html at 00:46.. listen carefully right after he walks by.
@@JHX1 That was as much as Emppu was willing to dance on that day. Running away from dancing Floor for the rest of the song, he's so cute.
@@olgahein4384 definitely the best live version!!😂
Nice reaction, the mastermind behind at least 90% of their songs is Tuomas Holopainen (Keyboard player) ^^
Wow! I had never even heard of NightWish before now! Loving the visuals and what a phenomenal sound!
If you like to analyse the production you NEED to check out Nightwish - "The Greatest Show on Earth" specifically the Tempere version. That's the most impressive one all fronts but specially production wise. Literally the greatest show on earth!
I would suggest getting some more Nightwish under the wings before attempting;
Greatest Show On Earth - should read up on the lyrics first and understand what the word means, or it's kinda cryptic.
Poet And The Pendulum - should research the song and the events leading up to it all - how the song came to be and what it means, as it's kinda deep.
But both of them later, when more familiar with it.
It's Tampere*
Nightwish is a Finnish band and here are the members currently:
- Tuomas Holopainen - Keyboards & main composer/arranger - Finnish
- Floor Jansen - Main Vocals - Dutch
- Marco Hietala - Bass & Vocals - Finnish
- Emppu Vuorinen - Guitarist - Finnish
- Kai Hahto - Drums - Finnish (In the video you just watched it was still Jukka Nevalainen, he left as the drummer in 2014 and is now with the band's management team)
- Troy Donockley - Uilleann pipes, tin whistle, vocals, guitar, keyboards, bouzouki, etc. - English
The backing tracks are recorded with the London Philarmonic full orchestra and choir, so not coming from the keyboards.
They had 2 previous singers Tarja Turunen 1996-2005 and Anette Olzon 2007-2012.
Best method for reacting to Nightwish that I figured from watching reactors and discovering them recently and exploring their catalog myself:
Keep the particularly long and complex songs listed below, if you have not watched them already, for after you have seen all the more standard ones from the 4 live shows mentioned in the numbered list:
- Ghost Love Score (Wacken) 10 minutes
- The Poet and the Pendulum (Wembley) 14 minutes >>> Doing some research on the background story for this song is very important to be able to appreciate the meaning of the lyrics.
- Greatest Show on Earth (Tampere) 21 minutes
1- Just do all the Wacken 2013 songs, they are all great.
2- Then the Wembley 2015 ones that are not part of the Wacken show.
3- Then the remaining songs from Tampere 2015 that were not in the previous 2 shows mentioned.
4- Then the older songs from Buenos Aires 2018 that were not in the previous 3 shows mentioned.
5- To see what they can do with a cover and if you like Marco's singing, watch their interpretation of Pink Floyd's High Hopes.
6- Then you can explore Floor's versatility with her band ReVamp's live performances of the songs Disdain at Graspop and Wild Card at Bloodstock.
7- And finally go in the deep end of the Floor talent pool by reacting to her performances on Beste Zangers in the order the episodes aired.
For the first 4 steps, you can alternate between shows, but I would recommend to still only take songs that are not performed in the previous shows mentioned, as they are ordered in audio quality from best to worst.
From watching a lot of reactions, in my opinion this is the most efficient order to discover the rabbit hole that is Nightwish and Floor Jansen.
That should keep you busy for a while. 😀
You find The Band, good for you! Heavier Nightwish and newer show : "Devil and Deep Dark Ocean" -Buenos Aires live. Good quality audio and video.
The whole Wacken 2013 concert is a masterclass for upcoming music artists, musicians and singers.
Yes friend? What is with Tampere, Wembley, Buenos Aires2018 ?
@Ralf Meyer Yes, what? Personal opinions are not allowed anymore?
My opinion is that not every aspect of each of those other concerts was 100% flawless, friend...
I think that with the Wacken 2013 concert, basically all was perfect (apart from Floor's wardrobe malfunction halfway).
@@Klojum you are very hard to me..stay safe
And mixers, light and pyrotechnicians and live producers.
I liked your reaction but Nightwish is more than Floor, so for more variety check out their Pink Floyd tribute "High Hopes"
Nightwish's version of High Hopes is beyond amazing. Marco shows just how outstanding of a singer he is.
Better "The Islander" from Tampere, 2015 than a cover which can never be as good as Pink Floyds original.
Too many local references in "High Hopes" to be even understood by anyone not familiar with Pink Floyd'd origins, much less expressed properly by them.
I love Marco's voice, but he folds, spindles and mutilates "High Hopes".
And yes I know David has said he's good with it, but then he gets the royalties, so he would say that, wouldn't he?
@@phillee2814 I think we will have to agree to disagree on this one, because I feel Nightwish's take on High Hopes eclipses the original, much as Johnny Cash's version of NIN's Hurt did. I saw High Hopes performed live by PF in '94. It was an awesome experience hearing this song live, and Gilmour's solo at the end was as close to a religious experience as I'm likely to have. But to me, the sum of the parts in Nightwish's version outweigh Floyd's version simply by virtue of Marco's stunning vocals. And Emppu's guitar work was spot on in the sense that he performed a very cool interpretation of the solo that didn't try to emulate Gilmour, but instead struck out on its own and blazed its own trail that was very tasty to the ears.
@@phillee2814 I defer to the person who actually wrote it. Gilmour loved it. No higher recognition than that.
@@ChrisPage68 Well, as he gets the royalties, he would say that, wouldn't he?
The clip was shot a few months after Floor jointed the band right in the middle of their US leg of the world tour. They asked her to join after tensions between the previous (Anette) vocalist and the rest of the band had rissen so high that they fired her. With close to a year still to go to complete the tour, and their next concert planned 2 day later they, needed a replacement fast. They called Floor because she had toured with them when she was part of the support bands"After Forever" and later "Revamp" on several occasions and they were quiet impressed by her vocals (who would not be?). She only had 2 days, including a flight from the Netherlands to the US, to learn the setlist and only had one rehearsal with the band a couple of hours before her first show and nailed it. Since they were making a documentary about the world-tour a lot of what happened was recorded. The documentary is called "Please learn the setlist in 48 hours" (ruclips.net/video/vhExkmWKMEU/видео.html )
As a next song to take a look at i would recommend their masterpiece "The poet and the pendulum" live at Wembley. Before you take a look at it i would recommend to take a look at the backstory of this song. This will make you appreciate it much more. here is the link ruclips.net/video/gbn9GczYBkw/видео.html
BTW that last note she just sang? Nightwish fans created a whole new word for when she does something impressive like that. We call it a Floorgasm.
Yes to "Please Learn The Setlist In 48 Hours", but wait to do "The Poet And The Pendulum" until you know the band better and are more aware of the history and difficult background behind it.
It is hard enough on Tuomas that he has the sound tech shut of the vocals from his in-ears during the song, and other members of the band check up on him more than once during a performance. It is not to be taken lightly, but is, indeed, a masterpiece, and his catharsis of the situation behind it.
The Dutch part of the Nightwish army is present!
dutch engineers reporting in !
Hier is er nog 1 👍😀
Sir yes sir! Amsterdam division is present.
Yep 🤟👋
As a musician. To play with a backtrack for 3 minutes is nuts. Missing just a half beat. It sounds like sh t and the crowd won't hesitate to let you know. To play to backtrack for 10, 16, 20 minutes is certifiable insane. Then do it night after night.
Thing that gets me about nightwish. You get the same intensity show whether you are with 82000(Wacken) or a club with 800.
Thats high end, top top top quality musicianship, how does a music related person not mention that?you are focused on the lights, the pyro, the wind, everything optical but not the music. 😅
Anyway, not bad, maybe just not your cup of tea. 😉
I liked your outro by the way! Sounds beautiful!
Yes, Floor's biggest fan is on the floor in front of her. 😅
Luckiest too!! LOL
I don't know if it's the biggest, but it's surely the most energetic...
Yep.
@@darkiee69 And loyal maybe... 😂
No, she has 82,000 Floor Fans in front of her
You need to see more off them! You will love Marko the bass player. He's a great singer to! Every song you choose will be great. This is such a talented group off people. Especcially the mastermind off this all Tuomas the keybord player.
Chris....Nice reaction, thank you. You had your appetizer of Floor and Henk with Phantom. Now is the entree, Nightwish. A tight band and a incredible vocalist. Welcome to the world of NW, enjoy. One small thing....Floor is Dutch. Dutch girls don't head bang, they windmill. LOL
I am a big Home free and Nightwish fan. I discovered Homefree a couple of years ago and appreciate the vocal talent and with Nightwish the unexpected paths their songs can take and variation
Welcome to the magical world of Nightwish Chris! Thank you for reacting to them.They are amazing! And super versatile! Please please do more of them. I would recommend "The poet and the pendulum" live at Wembley 2015. If you want to see one of their original video clips, production wise, "The islander" and "Noise" are great!
If you want to see more pyro then there is always Rammstein.🙂
Plus I would be very interested to see what you would think watching "Hypa hypa - Esqimo callboy".
Heh. If you were wearing leather, panty hose, a cape, and had Pyro going off around you, I daresay you'd have a fan on you also.
Nice reaction. You need to hear when Floor Jansen and the bass player Marco Hietala harmonizes in full speed, that's really impressive,
Particularly when it is a 3-part harmony with Troy!
Ah, the top goddess of the vocalist pantheon.
I photographed a rock concert on a tiny stage with barely any "backstage" to speak of a few years back. One of the best experiences of my life, and probably the closest I've ever felt to music being "too loud." I think my ears are just lucky.
Look Nightwish's "The Greatest Show On Earth" at Tampere Live. It is quite a show!
Floor's the consummate professional - dynamite on stage, and wonderful off it. She's taught voice and performance as well as singing professionally for over 20 years.
In the beginning of this this reaction video, you said that your first Nightwish experience was with Floor singing "Phantom of the Opera".
May I suggest you make another reaction video with the same song, but with their first lead singer, Tarja.
It's another live production from 2005, called "End of an Era", which happened to be their last concert with Tarja. Thank you for the wonderful reaction video
Some people looks more to the bang bang others to the bling bling but everything is part of the whole. So you focused more into the details of her outfit, pyrotechnics, lights, without diminishing their great talent as a band. And maybe people don't realized how hard it is "behind the music". I appreciate your comments from your perspective. Thanks.
Great reaction! Keep them coming. I just subscribed to your Channel. Soldier of the Nightwish army, division Netherlands reporting for duty.
Originally Floor was sent by Allfather Odhinn to Midgard to gather the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she
got distracted and joined a series of bands. However, Floor still gathers souls by her grace, beauty and the sheer power
of her vocals.
We give thanks for her at our Blots regularly and hope that Odhinn won't notice that she has never returned to Asgard.
ALL HAIL THE VALKYRIE GODDESS!!!
The first time I heard this, I was about two-thirds of the way through the track when it suddenly dawned on me that I was behind the oar of a Viking longboat, halfway across the North Sea, drunk on ale and high on magic mushrooms, and more than happy to do whatever the f**k she wants.
Your journey into Nightwish has only just begun. PLEASE do more of these. You'll find we are a passionate fanbase. :) Welcome to the wonderful world of Nightwish!
On the topic of pyro, you aren’t kidding about feeling it. In 2017 I went to see Iron Maiden in Nottingham and when the pyro went off during If Eternity Should Fail I thought that my face had melted.... despite being around 100 metres from the stage!
Song of Myself from the same show has excellent sound and atmosphere
Insert volume needs to come up some.
Loved your reaction!! Thank you for the information and technical aspects of the band. It really helps me understand why I love them so much.
They use a pro tools session that also has the backing tracks to keep everything in sync.
I'm going to shift from the usual Nightwish recommendations and recommend Seven Days to the Wolves Live from Wembley Arena.
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MORE NIGHTWISH , PLEASE . ( greetings from the netherlands ) .
Great reaction. I think you should do a few more from Wacken 2013, and then move to Wembley and Tampere 2015, to experience the more epic and impressive songs from Nightwish. As the others have already told, Floor is the 3. singer in, and in 2013 Floor did old songs, not writing for her, but she did make them her own. In the 2015 shows, she performed songs written for her, and Tuomas the song writer in most of their songs (Marco also writes), starts using Floor's incredible range and versatility - and her unique ability to add emotions in her singing and stage performance.
On the Decades tour in 2018 (album same name from Buenos Aires 2018) Floor really shines through the old songs also (Decades is a kind tour through Nightwish songs during 20 years. Their newest album is still only a studio album except for 1 song made live in an acoustic version during a promotion tour - but on this Album Tuomas through everything in creating an album especially for all 3 Nightwish singers (Floor, Marco and Troy) - and he finally managed to challenge Floor properly, which she loves, being the voice nerd she throughly are. The result are mind blowing - and still only in studio versions, while Nightwish are a true live band.
You could do a double session with the only one from the new album done live
How is the Heart, Human Nature (2019)
&
How is the Heart, Planet rock radio (2020) - only Troy and Floor - but very impressive and Troy's face at the end is priceless. He calls Floor's voice "Stratospheric" - and that is spot on 👌 👍 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Sleeping sun is one of those songs that makes a lump for in the throat. It brings tears your eyes
They use in-ear monitors, I think you may be looking at the pyro devices and Emppu does have a 4 x 12 sideways on the stage for sustain and feedback, apart from being a beer and pick table. I didn't spot any wedges, may be wrong though.
Your audio levels are way low though compared to most YT videos, I did have to really crank it up but may be you wanted to stay well off any YT compression or the like.
Good stuff, I enjoyed it, thank you.
I think there is nothing better than live preformance.. that's when the journey is real :) Great reaction, thank you!
Never gets old, seeing a reaction from an industry pro to thye force of nature that is Floor and Nightwish. Now, howzabout their polar opposite - Rammstein! Industrial metal band, all members were born and raised in East Germany before the wall fell. Their vocalist is a burly, muscular dude named Till Lindemann who has a gruff bass baritone. I don't think he has had any formal training, but hardly matters - he has awesome strange presence and the whole 6-man band has been together, unchanged, since 1994. Check out Du Hast from Paris 2012 ;-)
Very nice to see someone referencing production too. You should really checkout greatest show on earth Live by nightwish too, I personally think its one of Tuomos best and its really a journey.
Thanks and welcome to Nightwish
Floor "Yansen" (Dutch pronounciation of "J").
Ah, I am a Home Free ( and Nightwish) fan and originally from Kitee, the same town where the band is from. I can see before watching that this will be my kinda video.
Your voice is clear and loud, but the music is not. Hope you fix that next time. Great reaction btw.
Most of the Nightwish Army will probably request a reaction to either "Poet and the Pendulum", or something similarly epic like "The Greatest Show on Earth". However if you start off with those three, you don't really see as much of the versatility. I feel it helps to break it up a little with a real banger in between. I'd recommend "Romanticide" or "Yours is an Empty Hope".
Welcome to the world of Nightwish and Floor Jansen is Dutch and has the best voice ever. You have also listen to Dark Chest of Wonders, Storytime, Ever Dream and even better the whole Wacken concert
Think they have in ears at least some time. They say Toumas the composer/ keyboard player has the vocals shut off his in ear for Poet and the Pendulum since it is so emotional for him.
That is 3 korg keyboards and the pipes are just decorative, thanks 😊
Oh wow! My Home Free fandom and Nightwish fandom converge!!!!
Either you removed my earlier comment or I forgot to push the comment button, but just to let you know, I was a bit disappointed since you said almost nothing about the composition, instrumentation & musicianship, which is something a music producer should also pay attention to. Commenting almost entirely just Floor's vocals is something a vocal coach / singing instructor would do.
Nightwish Live at Wacken Open Air 2013
Setlist: 1. Dark Chest of Wonders, 2. Wish I Had an Angel, 3. She is My Sin, 4. Ghost River, 5. Ever Dream, 6. Storytime, 7. I Want My Tears Back, 8. Nemo, 9. Last of the Wilds,
10. Bless the Child, 11. Romanticide, 12. Amaranth, 13. Ghost Love Score, 14. Song of Myself, 15. Last Ride of the Day
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I'd like to request 'Storytime' or 'Romanticide' by Nightwish, both live from this same concert! :D
I have a friend who got a lighter specifically for concerts. Closest he ever got to smoking was fake smoking a vape just so it wouldn't be weird hanging out with some other friends of his on their vape breaks.
The Southeast Finland Division reporting in, SIR! 🤘🇫🇮🤘
Want to check out something else, try "Words Darker Than Their Wings" by Alter Bridge live at the Royal Albert Hall. They have a 54 piece orchestra backing them up as well.
ALL PERFORMANCES (Full versions including short interviews with Floor and comments from other singers) FLOOR JANSEN (Nightwish) AT BESTE ZANGERS 2019:
Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings WINNER for Tim Akkerman Beste Zangers 2019 Eng. subs (Full audition)
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Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings SHALLOW for Emma Heesters Beste Zangers 2019 Eng. Subs (Full audition)
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Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings QUE SE SIENTE for Rolf Sanches Beste Zangers 2019 Eng. subs (Full Audition)
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Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings VILJA LIED for Henk Poort, Beste Zangers 2019 eng. subs (Full audition)
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Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings MAMA for Samantha Steenwijk Beste Zangers 2019 Eng Subs (Full audition)
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Floor Jansen (Nightwish) sings About love I don't know a thing for Ruben Annink Beste Zangers 2019 Eng subs (Full Audition)
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The series was book-ended by Floor and Henk nicely, as the first song of the first episode was Floor singing "Vilja Lied" (in the original German) for Henk, and the final performance of the last episode (duets) was her performance with Henk of "Phantom".
She also sings in Latin, Finnish and Spanish (and I think I recall Italian) as well as Dutch and English of course, and additionally can speak Swedish and some Finnish (which she is working on). Those are just the ones I know about!
it is telling that u hear fire in the background, when floor sings. hmmm.
From the same show check out song of myself, last ride, storytime and romtacide
Yes floor has a floor fan
Ear monitors, yes. Jukka- Drums, has a set, Tuomas- Keys is known to have a set and Emppu- guitar is always unplugging Floor's monitors so she has a set. I don't know about Marko- Bass/Vocals or Troy- multi instrumentalist.
Thanks for following up on Floor Jansen/Nightwish. How can you not after watching Beste Zangers' Phantom of the Opera? lol
This was Floor's last performance with Nightwish for the Imaginaerum World Tour as she became only a fill-in after their singer, Anette Olzon, departed from the band on September 29, 2012 giving Floor only 48 hours to learn the set before her debut in Seattle, Washington on October 1, 2012. At this time she was also recovering from burnout. But, it was written in the universe because she nailed it!!
Safe to say the Nightwish Army is upon you....
Most of the next requests are going to be from this same venue (Wacken 2013) so be sure to include it in the name when searching for a video.
Next on the agenda...
"Romanticide" or "Ever Dream".
Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed. 😊❤🤘🤘
There were two further performances in the Imaginaerium world tour after this one, at the Alcatraz festival (Belgium) and M'era Luna (back into Germany again).
Emppu has unplugged Floor's in-ears precisely once, earlier in this concert during "I Want My Tears Back", which can be seen on the video along with her fiddling around to get them plugged back in and the cable tucked out of his reach afterwards - and the stare-down she gave him on the way back across the stage. As she stands 20cm taller than him (183cm to his 163cm) even without her heels (so probably a full foot taller in costume), it is quite an amusing confrontation!
After her retaliation of substituting apple juice (which he loathes) for the contents of one of his beer bottles - resulting in a massive spit-take which almost soaked Troy - they called a truce. He is still the court jester of the band though :-)
Poet and the Pendelym is even more of a journey than this one.
Nightwish (Floor Jansen) songs:
Nightwish - Ever Dream (LIVE Wacken 2013)
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Nightwish - The Greatest Show On Earth LIVE
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Nightwish - Ghost River (LIVE Wacken 2013)
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NIGHTWISH - Romanticide (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)
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Nightwish - Song of Myself LIVE
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NIGHTWISH - Storytime (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)
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Nightwish - Dead Boy's Poem - Live In Buenos Aires 2018 - Decades Tour
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Nightwish - The Poet And The Pendulum (Live Wembley Arena 2015~Vehicle Of Spirit)
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Nightwish - The Islander (Live At Tampere)
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Nightwish - High Hopes LIVE
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Epica - Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen) Live Retrospect show
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Nightwish (Tarja Turunen + Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala) - The Phantom of The Opera Live
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Greetings , may I suggest Storytime from the same show Wacken 2013
They do have in-ear monitors. There are parts the drummer would find impossible otherwise.
If you like indoor pyro to the max... Rammstein - Du Hast Live in Paris!!!!!!!
Yeah, kind of helps with the lead vocalist is a pyrotechnician.
@@RenThraysk Also a former Olympic swimmer... so, what a career!
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At first I was confused about the orchestra parts. But I know now that it's not the synth, it's a real orchestra (backtrack). They can't have a real orchestra during the festial like this, so I think it's a good choice to have some backing tracks and other live instruments. It would not be the same if they used some synth to imitate orchestra and choir sound.
Hey, you should definitely check out nightwish shudder before the beautiful and yours is an empty hope wembley 2015, and devil and the deep dark ocean and slaying the dreamer and elan beunos Aires 2019, live show nightwish awesome thanks 😎, their newest drummer is Kai hato from wintersun, Jukka is now nightwish management due to health issues,. Thanks 😊
Toumas is the master no one near him, thats my opnion about that, the whole band is amazing, yeah you can see the fans enjoy this whole concert, and the band having a good time, they always does, but i think at some certain concets when all just fell in place, all hit their notes, and you get fantastic sounds, beyond what you expexted maybe, you get something ekstra, and NW do have some concerts like this, where they almost overdid their own expetactions to the show i think.. NW forever..
Nice reaction but you should check your sound levels.
If you love pyro, you should check Du Hast by Rammstein, live in Paris
She is singing....he is reacting....is so hard to pay atention to what he is doing/saying when I'm looking at her hahaha
They all use in-ears. No monitors on-stage. But there's one guitar cabinet, to get the feedback.
The london philharmonic does there backing.
Very different topic. Seeing you for the first time. Your studio monitors. Event 20/20? Sorry for asking your gear stuff but it just hit my Eyes. Feeling those are quite clear and also little dull, making your mix much more open at the end. Knowing asking your gear might be little uncommon
Project Studio 5 I believe - I've had them for about 20 years now. Have served me well.
SO appreciate you doing this one I know it's long, and it's not even as long as his other 3 masterpiece epics, but so worth it. Extremely emotional music, and basically, almost everything I ever got made fun of relentlessly for when I was young, they do on stage. I love them for a lot of the reason I love you and the guys. Y'all love music and that's what it's supposed to be about. XOXO
You should react to the Nightwish's phantom of the opera version with Tarja
Nightwish fans? Nope...it's an army!
more Nightwish.... Yours is an Empty Hope
I also thought it sounded like the Trans Siberian Orchestra. I love how you break down everything. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
NASA (Nightwish Army Scottish Allegiance) we are here!
Классно! Но где субтитры автоматические? без них не всё понятно. ( А за Nightwish спасибо!
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Enjoy a good bit of pyro? Has anyone suggested Rammstein yet?
I get to Jam with Chis...that's awesome..3...2..1 lets... jam
Are you only focussing mostly on the production? What about the music? I missed that in your reaction 🙁
Romanticide from the same show for something a little different.