A couple of us metal fans gave Imaginaerum a try on RUclips in 2012 and gave it a pass. Year and a half ago, I stumbled across Nightwish again and had pandemic time to give them another try - didn’t know about the whole singer history but one listen to Floor and my music life changed!
I never have time to come watch the streams live anymore, but it's great that I can eventually catch these reactions on here anyway. There aren't that many Nightwish songs that show off Floor's phenomenal low range (for a soprano), but this is one that certainly does, and that's why it's one of my favourites from Wacken 2013.
@@CharlieAgain Have you reacted to Epica - Kingdom of Heaven part 3 from Omega Alive yet? Even if you don't react to it, go watch it, it is so worth seeing!
Marko marching towards Empuu...always. I saw a clip of the virtual concert and when Jukka did a similar march oh I cried because Jukka has said Marko is an inspiration of his. Charlie you gotta watch the Wintersun Podcast those guys are all goofs and Jukka is the instigator lol.
It is based on a poem in 52 chapters by Walt Whitman (US 1819-1892) " Song of myself" 1855 There is an extended (Fan)version of this song with some of the verses of this poem spoken and showen at the end. See below, most of them you can also see on the ledscreen. " I see a slow, simple youngster by a busy street With a begging bowl in his shaking hand Trying to smile but hurting infinitely Nobody notices I do, but walk by An old man gets naked and kisses a model-doll in his attic It's half-light and he's in tears When he finally comes his eyes are cascading I see a beaten dog in a pungent alley He tries to bite me All pride has left his wild drooling eyes I wish I had my leg to spare A mother visits her son, Smiles to him through the bars She's never loved him more An obese girl enters an elevator with me All dressed up fancy A green butterfly on her neck Terribly sweet perfume deafens me She's going to dinner alone That makes her even more beautiful I see a model's face on a brick wall A statue of porcelain perfection beside a violent city kill A city that worships flesh The first thing I ever heard Was a wandering man telling his story It was you, the grass under my bare feet The campfire in the dead of the night The heavenly black of sky and sea It was us Roaming the rainy roads Combing the gilded beaches Waking up to a new gallery of wonders every morn Bathing in places no-one's seen before Shipwrecked on some matt-painted island Clad in nothing but the surf Beauty's finest robe Beyond all mortality we are Swinging in the breath of nature In early air of the dawn of life A sight to silence the heavens I want to travel where life travels Following its permanent lead Where the air tastes like snow music Where grass smells like fresh-born Eden I would pass no man, no stranger, no tragedy or rapture I would bathe in a world of sensation Love, Goodness, and Simplicity (While violated and imprisoned by technology) The thought of my family's graves was the only moment I used to experience true love That love remains infinite As I'll never be the man my father is How can you "just be yourself" When you don't know who you are? Stop saying "I know how you feel" How could anyone know how another feels? Who am I to judge a priest, beggar, whore, politician, wrongdoer? I am, you are, all of them already Dear child, stop working, go play Forget every rule There's no fear in a dream "Is there a village inside this snowflake?" A child asked me "What's the color of our lullaby?" I've never been so close to truth as then I touched its silver lining Death is the winner in any war Nothing noble in dying for your religion For your country For ideology, for faith For another man, yes Paper is dead without words Ink idle without a poem All the world dead without stories Without love and disarming beauty Careless realism costs souls Ever seen the Lord smile? All the care for the world made Beautiful a sad man? Why do we still carry a device of torture around our necks? Oh, how rotten your pre-apocalypse is All you bible-black fools living over nightmare ground I see all those empty cradles and wonder If man will ever change I, too, wish to be a decent manboy But all I am Is smoke and mirrors Still given everything, may I be deservin And there forever remains That change from G to E minor. "
One thing I didn't get initially is why, during the chorus, Floor is pointing at herself and smiling manically, until I realised the lyric is, "smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end", and she is acting out the line. That is an example of her storytelling and having fun while telling that story.
There's more songs where Floor acts out parts of the lyrics. Alpenglow for example when "close your eyes and take a peek" comes by during the song. One of the first things I look at as I soon realised this is something she does. And now I'm thinking of it, around the one minute mark of Romanticide at Wacken, she gets up and almost tip toes after singing " hang me high". Always seen it, never realised untill now.
@@tjerkkorving wow. Huh. (It´s finnish, don´t know it in english - not a word, but a sigh of .. cannot even put in words). Have to look at the romanticide thing now. I think it´s not acting or acting out.. it´s living through the whole thing
Really guys? She does it all the time 😅 That’s my favorite part of Floor’s singing! The acting! Well, also the dancing. But yeah, she acts out parts on most of the songs!
Your reactions are very rewarding...thank you. This is extremely dramatic music, and Floor of course is the most captivating beast of a woman. Great commentary!
Incredibly powerful. Marco and Floor are so good together. I hope Marco returns to Nightwish. The last part where they intentionally play a little "out of key" is great (have no idea what it's called), but it's great. The synchronized pyrotechnics to sit is also fantastic.
As much as I dislike "the sip", I absolutely dig your analysis as you not only see the "vocal techniques" but also the "performance" nuances. (For example, you're the only person who mentions Floor seeing herself in the waters during "the Pacific" part of "Poet and the Pendulum"). I really appreciate that about your channel.
As i said great song for me, Marco and Floor - that is the best Duo (for me, at least in metal/rock). i estimate that Floor appreciate Marco as a singer and his integration in different songs of her much more than Tarja. To be fair: Phantom with Tarja and Marco was a banger. Tarja was much more a diva, something Floor is far away what is essential part why we love her. She is very humble. Her similing is incredible nice as well as her "thank you" at the end of the songs.
This song is for You Ann (mother of Nightwish Army) R.I.P 🤘😔🤘 Your flame and passion lives on in Us 🤘🔥🤘. Ann Waychoff was known by many as the Nightwish Mom. She would give comments to people who reacted to Nightwish videos to try and help the reactors understand and she would tirelessly exchange comments with people who wanted to know more. She also communicated privately with a large number of fans and reactors (we know now from the tributes.). ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=ann+waychoff will show how many knew her and how many liked her enough to spend hours making videos about her/dedicated to her. For me this song has some serious Pantera vibes 🤘🔥🤘. Pure fire and great song!!! NWSU.
Great reaction!😁👍 I actually thought you had already checked this awesome song😊 Marko and Floor together, out of this world! Nightwish rules!❤❤🤘🤘They are all supertalented!
He did. If you notice he said he'd watch the whole concert when he got to 10k subs and he's way past that now. He basically re-uploaded it to get views.
Haha 'i.m gonna get that on to the youtube quickly' (capriani growing a marko size beard in the meantime 😂)... but a great analysis and reaction, as always!
I hate to tell you Marko can, & does slide right up there with Floor,& she can growl lower than him, hang on. Did you know Marko won Finland’s version of the Masked singer last December?
Not a fan of the drink slurping...but thank you for doing another Nightwish reaction! You have thoughtful observations that not all the fans might notice. This song is especially important to The Army, so thank you for your respect! I subscribe to nothing bc I like "the hunt" when I hop on...thats how I found you... looking fwd to your next upload.
@@paulmarsh4079 ha, that's funny because I'd have a completely separate idea (as my singers are mainly opera). I've talked about why I do this, but I can't let myself rank singers in that way. It's not in line with my philosophy, but I can say that she is up there :)
None of the mentioned ladies are capaple of doing a decent metall vocal. They have all good voices but sings boring stuff. And with often to much drama in their singing which make it even worse. Tarja goes into same category. Drama queen with drama voice and way of singing always. Thats why i did not like Nightwish untill she left.
Pretty sure this is from the beginning of the year, February 2021 at the latest, maybe even late 2020, as it was before the original date of the NW virtual concert in March 2021. He does this all on Twitch and then eventually uploads it to RUclips.
72 hour lurker... I can never seem to catch anyone on live stream... damn Pacific Time/farm chore/biz-owner stuff all gets in the way. But if anything describes me, it's Big Brain. (engr/Dr/musical instrument designer kinda/sorta) So ok, I guess I can offer up a Sub, ya loveable, big, galoot. Keep up the good work, and I wanna know what you're doing for mic EQ and noise gating. That's some pretty dead background air.
You should hear the poem that goes along with this. If you like, I can grab you a link that has it. Be warned, it is NOT g-rated. Might want to check it out on your own. They do not perform the poem live; during concerts, it's up on the screen behind them.
This is one of my top ‘didn’t love it on the album but fell in love with Floor doing it live’ songs
A couple of us metal fans gave Imaginaerum a try on RUclips in 2012 and gave it a pass. Year and a half ago, I stumbled across Nightwish again and had pandemic time to give them another try - didn’t know about the whole singer history but one listen to Floor and my music life changed!
Kai is awesome as he is. But freaking hell do I enjoy watching Jukka beating the hell out of those drums.
Jukka doesn't just play his drum kit. He attacks it.
I never have time to come watch the streams live anymore, but it's great that I can eventually catch these reactions on here anyway. There aren't that many Nightwish songs that show off Floor's phenomenal low range (for a soprano), but this is one that certainly does, and that's why it's one of my favourites from Wacken 2013.
A blast from your past. Love that you didn't even have 10,000 subscribers at this point.
THROWBACK
I was like "wait, which number did he say?" 💯 000 would be quite ambitious... 😂
@@CharlieAgain Have you reacted to Epica - Kingdom of Heaven part 3 from Omega Alive yet? Even if you don't react to it, go watch it, it is so worth seeing!
@@rolsen1304 no not yet! I love Epica though!
Nobody sees this as an issue? Re-uploading old videos to get views? 🤔
Such a pleasure to go back to this song with you ! Thank you :)
one of my favourites...Floor and NW on TOP. Great reaction from you as EVER.
"I'm gonna get that on youtube quickly" haha... nice reaction anyway 🔥
Lol............
Hahaha that was a very Quick upload Charlie. Only a few months 😅 loved the reaction thank you so much.
It must have been a great experience, being at that Wacken 2013 concert. So many great performances from there!
One just cannot catch a bathroom break at any Nightwish show 🤩
Marko marching towards Empuu...always. I saw a clip of the virtual concert and when Jukka did a similar march oh I cried because Jukka has said Marko is an inspiration of his. Charlie you gotta watch the Wintersun Podcast those guys are all goofs and Jukka is the instigator lol.
If I remember correctly we already did watched with you the whole Wacken 2013 concert and it was great! BUT, I will gladly watch it again!!! 🤘
I think this is a re-upload (for whatever reason) because at one point he says that he's bought tickets for the virtual concerts.
A lot of reactors do this. It's called reactorbait, reacting to popular songs again or re-uploasiding them to get views.
@@dakken74 Can't say I blame them, and not saying you are, YT does block a lot of legitimate instructional videos. Cheers.
This was one of the most magical nights in music history. At least I think so
It is based on a poem in 52 chapters by Walt Whitman (US 1819-1892)
" Song of myself" 1855
There is an extended (Fan)version of this song with some of the verses of this poem spoken and showen at the end. See below, most of them you can also see on the ledscreen.
" I see a slow, simple youngster by a busy street
With a begging bowl in his shaking hand
Trying to smile but hurting infinitely
Nobody notices
I do, but walk by
An old man gets naked and kisses a model-doll in his attic
It's half-light and he's in tears
When he finally comes his eyes are cascading
I see a beaten dog in a pungent alley
He tries to bite me
All pride has left his wild drooling eyes
I wish I had my leg to spare
A mother visits her son,
Smiles to him through the bars
She's never loved him more
An obese girl enters an elevator with me
All dressed up fancy
A green butterfly on her neck
Terribly sweet perfume deafens me
She's going to dinner alone
That makes her even more beautiful
I see a model's face on a brick wall
A statue of porcelain perfection beside a violent city kill
A city that worships flesh
The first thing I ever heard
Was a wandering man telling his story
It was you, the grass under my bare feet
The campfire in the dead of the night
The heavenly black of sky and sea
It was us
Roaming the rainy roads
Combing the gilded beaches
Waking up to a new gallery of wonders every morn
Bathing in places no-one's seen before
Shipwrecked on some matt-painted island
Clad in nothing but the surf
Beauty's finest robe
Beyond all mortality we are
Swinging in the breath of nature
In early air of the dawn of life
A sight to silence the heavens
I want to travel where life travels
Following its permanent lead
Where the air tastes like snow music
Where grass smells like fresh-born Eden
I would pass no man, no stranger, no tragedy or rapture
I would bathe in a world of sensation
Love, Goodness, and Simplicity
(While violated and imprisoned by technology)
The thought of my family's graves was the only moment
I used to experience true love
That love remains infinite
As I'll never be the man my father is
How can you "just be yourself"
When you don't know who you are?
Stop saying "I know how you feel"
How could anyone know how another feels?
Who am I to judge a priest, beggar, whore, politician, wrongdoer?
I am, you are, all of them already
Dear child, stop working, go play
Forget every rule
There's no fear in a dream
"Is there a village inside this snowflake?"
A child asked me
"What's the color of our lullaby?"
I've never been so close to truth as then
I touched its silver lining
Death is the winner in any war
Nothing noble in dying for your religion
For your country
For ideology, for faith
For another man, yes
Paper is dead without words
Ink idle without a poem
All the world dead without stories
Without love and disarming beauty
Careless realism costs souls
Ever seen the Lord smile?
All the care for the world made Beautiful a sad man?
Why do we still carry a device of torture around our necks?
Oh, how rotten your pre-apocalypse is
All you bible-black fools living over nightmare ground
I see all those empty cradles and wonder
If man will ever change
I, too, wish to be a decent manboy
But all I am
Is smoke and mirrors
Still given everything, may I be deservin
And there forever remains
That change from G to E minor. "
It's not a fan version, it's the album version. It's awesome.
The spoke parts are from the album version and features the lines spoken by family members and loved ones of the band members.
Tuomas is one well-read individual.
”Midnight flight into the Covington Woods ” This song is masterpiece 🔥❤️🤘🇫🇮
i think this deserves a decades live stream reaction with 30k subs! :)
One thing I didn't get initially is why, during the chorus, Floor is pointing at herself and smiling manically, until I realised the lyric is, "smiling like a clown until the show has come to an end", and she is acting out the line. That is an example of her storytelling and having fun while telling that story.
Wow.. noticed the grin also but didn't get it 🙂 (was just like: okay...?)
There's more songs where Floor acts out parts of the lyrics. Alpenglow for example when "close your eyes and take a peek" comes by during the song. One of the first things I look at as I soon realised this is something she does.
And now I'm thinking of it, around the one minute mark of Romanticide at Wacken, she gets up and almost tip toes after singing " hang me high". Always seen it, never realised untill now.
@@tjerkkorving wow. Huh. (It´s finnish, don´t know it in english - not a word, but a sigh of .. cannot even put in words). Have to look at the romanticide thing now. I think it´s not acting or acting out.. it´s living through the whole thing
I thought she was having a volume issue with her mic and was signalling to the sound tech 😂
Really guys? She does it all the time 😅 That’s my favorite part of Floor’s singing! The acting! Well, also the dancing. But yeah, she acts out parts on most of the songs!
Your reactions are very rewarding...thank you. This is extremely dramatic music, and Floor of course is the most captivating beast of a woman. Great commentary!
Spot on...best concert ever..😁
Loved it my friend.
I live for the transitional trance section of this song. It's such a vibe.
Love it!
I love that she ends the song by waving the devil horns. 🤘😁
Incredibly powerful. Marco and Floor are so good together. I hope Marco returns to Nightwish.
The last part where they intentionally play a little "out of key" is great (have no idea what it's called), but it's great. The synchronized pyrotechnics to sit is also fantastic.
As much as I dislike "the sip", I absolutely dig your analysis as you not only see the "vocal techniques" but also the "performance" nuances. (For example, you're the only person who mentions Floor seeing herself in the waters during "the Pacific" part of "Poet and the Pendulum").
I really appreciate that about your channel.
This song has a little bit of everything from Nightwish in it.
thats a good way of putting it
🤘🇫🇮 Nightwish Finland 🐻❄️ R.I.P Ann Waychoff
As i said great song for me, Marco and Floor - that is the best Duo (for me, at least in metal/rock). i estimate that Floor appreciate Marco as a singer and his integration in different songs of her much more than Tarja. To be fair: Phantom with Tarja and Marco was a banger. Tarja was much more a diva, something Floor is far away what is essential part why we love her. She is very humble. Her similing is incredible nice as well as her "thank you" at the end of the songs.
Can’t you just enjoy the performance without bringing in TARJA with all of your assumptions about things that you know nothing about.…?
Nice job
This song is for You Ann (mother of Nightwish Army) R.I.P 🤘😔🤘
Your flame and passion lives on in Us 🤘🔥🤘.
Ann Waychoff was known by many as the Nightwish Mom. She would give comments to people who reacted to Nightwish videos to try and help the reactors understand and she would tirelessly exchange comments with people who wanted to know more. She also communicated privately with a large number of fans and reactors (we know now from the tributes.). ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=ann+waychoff will show how many knew her and how many liked her enough to spend hours making videos about her/dedicated to her.
For me this song has some serious Pantera vibes 🤘🔥🤘. Pure fire and great song!!!
NWSU.
Great reaction!😁👍 I actually thought you had already checked this awesome song😊 Marko and Floor together, out of this world! Nightwish rules!❤❤🤘🤘They are all supertalented!
He did. If you notice he said he'd watch the whole concert when he got to 10k subs and he's way past that now. He basically re-uploaded it to get views.
They did Poet and the Pendulum, Ghost Love Score and Greatest show on Earth in one gig once..... Wembley 2015.
Haha 'i.m gonna get that on to the youtube quickly' (capriani growing a marko size beard in the meantime 😂)... but a great analysis and reaction, as always!
Whoo! One my favourite NW song.
Nothing but opera music! 😲
R.I.P. Ann Waychoff, mother of the Nightwish Army!
For Ann, R.I.P.
I hate to tell you Marko can, & does slide right up there with Floor,& she can growl lower than him, hang on. Did you know Marko won Finland’s version of the Masked singer last December?
Not a fan of the drink slurping...but thank you for doing another Nightwish reaction! You have thoughtful observations that not all the fans might notice.
This song is especially important to The Army, so thank you for your respect!
I subscribe to nothing bc I like "the hunt" when I hop on...thats how I found you... looking fwd to your next upload.
Honest question....where do you rate floor as a female singer/vocalist among the big names in female vocalists now and in the past.
Top 10..Top5?
Who are the "Big names"?
@@CharlieAgain Whitney,Mariah,Adele,Ann Wilson,Aretha,Grace Slick to name but a few.
@@paulmarsh4079 ha, that's funny because I'd have a completely separate idea (as my singers are mainly opera).
I've talked about why I do this, but I can't let myself rank singers in that way. It's not in line with my philosophy, but I can say that she is up there :)
None of the mentioned ladies are capaple of doing a decent metall vocal. They have all good voices but sings boring stuff. And with often to much drama in their singing which make it even worse. Tarja goes into same category. Drama queen with drama voice and way of singing always. Thats why i did not like Nightwish untill she left.
No Rene Fleming, Maria Callas, Anna Netrebko, etc?? Really
Can you add automatic subtitles? I would like to understand what you are saying.
Floor AND Marko Hietala.
I believe at this point you’re way overdue for a shower from the GHOST RIVER!!!
Does he not know how many RUclips subscribers he has? He set the bar at 10k when he already has almost 3x that.
Pretty sure this is from the beginning of the year, February 2021 at the latest, maybe even late 2020, as it was before the original date of the NW virtual concert in March 2021. He does this all on Twitch and then eventually uploads it to RUclips.
@@badsiony nailed it
@@CharlieAgain 19:55 Quickly to YT huh? Only took ya 10-11 months? haha.
This song is before ghost love score. So she is singing like this knowing what is coming in gls.
Not if you watch Wacken... This is the penultimate one, before Last Ride of the Day.
Nice 'stache bro. lieutenant Coffey approves
72 hour lurker... I can never seem to catch anyone on live stream... damn Pacific Time/farm chore/biz-owner stuff all gets in the way.
But if anything describes me, it's Big Brain. (engr/Dr/musical instrument designer kinda/sorta)
So ok, I guess I can offer up a Sub, ya loveable, big, galoot.
Keep up the good work, and I wanna know what you're doing for mic EQ and noise gating. That's some pretty dead background air.
You should hear the poem that goes along with this. If you like, I can grab you a link that has it. Be warned, it is NOT g-rated. Might want to check it out on your own. They do not perform the poem live; during concerts, it's up on the screen behind them.
👍💜🍀🤘🇱🇺🌷🤗
10k subs while you sit at nearly 30k, How old is this upload?
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🇫🇮🥶💥🤟😎
If you do the full Wacken 2013 show, dont pick the version on youtube. It is pitched up and horrible.
voice coach has no comment for how low she goes at the beginning of this song ?
You interrupt Floor too much. Wait til she finishes a phrase then stop.