Blind Guardian- Mirror Mirror Reaction!!
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Your gonna HAVE to do Blind Guardian 'The Bard's song' LIVE now. Its waaay past that time tbh. :)
Do the live version from "Imaginations through the looking glass", it's the best one by far
imaginations from the other side is the only BG song you need to hear
Live wacken
live in Wacken
Agreed!
Metal + Tolkien = Best thing ever happened
Maybe Summoning should be next...
@@spearhead6020 i would love to see summoning! flight of the nazgul would be my choice
Farewell, Caradhras , Elfstone, Old Mornings Dawn, The Passing of the Grey Company...and the list goes on....
Basically there's no such thing as a bad song from Summoning
@@spearhead6020 strange to suggest the very early stuff ( pre dol guldur ) but i go with you for farewell and old morning dawn :)
More like cheesiest.
Nightfall in Middle Earth is based around The Silmarillon which is sort of a prequel to Lord of the Rings. It was never completed before Tolkien died so his song (Christopher Tolkien) finished it and published it. Its a bit of a dry read as its very much almost a historical text and "history of the world" but parts of it are beautiful and very very interesting. Hansi's writing on this album is top notch. Very poetic and evocative.
Blind Guardian is indeed German. Though Hansi's english is excellent. While the european crowds are insane for Blind Guardian, I saw them twice here in the USA and both times the crowds were equally as passionate with everyone singing every word. This whole live show is amnazing. I believe I sent you a DVD of this actually! its called Imaginations Through the Looking Glass.
You guys still don't understand crowd interaction till you have seen a live version of Blind Guardian-The Bard's Song. Its impossible to describe and unlike anything you have seen. Needs to be your next BG reaction for sure. The ones from Wacken tend to be the best just due to the sheer massive size of that crowd.
+ it's held in Germany which always is the best place for Blind Guardian because of the interaction between the crowd and the band.
Yes. Mirror Mirror I guess is about the Fall of Gondolin. I think "beyond the coast" is in the Undying Lands, west of Middle-Earth.
Although the cover art is a diferent topic from the book, the Noldor (Fingolfin carrying the banner of stars) crossing to Middle-Earth through the ice that connects the two continents, a metaphor to homo sapiens crossing from Asia to America.
Dang, I've seen BG live in the states, and it was super fun and crowd participation was awesome. But just watched the video of them at Wacken and that gave me legit goosebumps, that was on a whole nother level. Thanks for leading me to that.
I believe Silmarillion was an attempt to show some form of religious scripture to the modern time of the Middle Earth. The stories seems purpusefully scripture and less vivid story of that actual time. At least that is how I see it.
8:35 - YES! I've been telling you - Re-read the Silmarillion, then listen to the entire Nightfall in Middle Earth album - it's an absolute metal Classic
That's the way to go!
Mirror Mirror is the only song on NIME that doesn't necessarily follow anything in the Silmarillion.
@@noamto Isn't this song about the the fall of Gondolin?
@@Trum4nator It's about the founding of Gondolin. How Ulmo meets Turgon and convinces him to move his kingdom to the hidden valley.
@@dakotaa7535 that's it.
"It lies unknown
The land of mine
A hidden gate
To save us from the shadow fall"
refers to the secret valley of Tumladen Ulmo is speaking of
Blind guardian Bard song live!
GOD yes. They need to.
So, this song is basically an interaction between one of the Valar, (Ulmo, the Lord of Water) an arch angel in the Lore of Middle Earth and Turgon the King of the Elves during the First Age in Tolkien's lore, thousands of years before the events of Lord of the Rings takes place. Ulmo is warning Turgon that a cataclysm is coming and his hidden city of Gondolin is about to get burned.
The backstory of this is, at one point the Deep Elves lived across the western sea with the Valar, in the Undying Lands, which was essentially heaven. At one point, Morgoth, who was the First Dark Lord, a former archangel crept into the halls of the the King of the Elves, murdered the king and stole three jewels that contained the light of two very important trees that used to light up the world before the sun and moon were created and then fled to Middle Earth. These things were hugely important, it was like stealing the holy grail. The King's firstborn son and his brothers swore an oath of revenge against Morgoth and vowed to take the Elves east across the sea to Middle Earth to wage war on Morgoth and recover their stolen property. The other Valar were strongly against this idea. Feanor, the firstborn son, decided the quickest way to get to middle earth would be to ask the Sea Elves for ships, the sea elves denied his request because it was against the wishes of the Valar and in return Feanor put their city to the sword, murdered them all and stole their ships. This was known as the Kinslaying at Aqualonde and it officially damned Feanor and all his descendents in the eyes of the Valar. But Feanor made it across the sea and died in the first battle while fighting a Balrog. ( A lesser demon.)
During this point, Feanor's younger brother Fingolfin was walking across the frozen sea in the north and had no knowledge of the heinous act his elder brother had committed. When he arrived in Middle Earth, Feanor was already slain and he was proclaimed the new High King.
In the song Ulmo speaks to Turgon, whose ancestor was Fingolfin, because Ulmo and some of the other Valar still had pity for them despite their defiance and warned them that their hidden city ("It lies unknown, the land of mine.") was about to be discovered by Morgoth and destroyed. Ulmo urges Turgon to forsake his oath to Feanor and that "true hope lies beyond the coast" back in the Undying Lands. That they were still a damned kind, can't you see? That the winds would change. Despite acknowledging this as wise council, Turgon still has friends that need help elsewhere in middle earth and he struggles with the idea of forsaking them even if it leads to his own ruin.
All of that back story is detailed in the songs "Nightfall" and "The Curse of Feanor" off the same album. Both of those are definitely worth a listen.
strongly realated to The Bible: Genesis.Cain, the paradise, ...
Very late reply, but Feanor was the one who created the Silmarils. That's one of the main reasons why Feanor tried so hard to destroy, or least harm, Morgoth. It was the main reason he swore his oath, and subsequently forced his followers and sons to swear it as well, all except for Finarfin, who turned back and rejoined the Valar. And he didn't die because of a lesser Balrog... he died because of Gothmog, the lord of all Balrogs.
@@marcorepiso5379 While Tolkien was a christian, but he actually didn't like these weird comparisons. While his legendarium is based on Christianity, (Tolkien's is superior in my eyes than our own) it definitely feels quite a bit different.
Highly underrated comment, thank you for bringing us this knowledge
@@JoshuaGraves113 Late response but an important distinction - I did not say he died to a Lesser Balrog. I said he died to a lesser demon. Balrogs are just fallen Maiar which are akin to lesser angels. Even though his title is Lord of Balrogs, he remains a lesser demon, in that he is not on par with a greater demon such as Morgoth. The difference between Maiar and Valar.
Blind Guardian is a German band he was speaking German.
Elvish language lmfao
Berserker
lol yeah.
To many americans, all languages that aren´t english could well be elvish... :)
@@vovindequasahi We whant again see your hands. One last time lets do our deed with Mirror, Mirror on the walll!
The last part I have to guess: da da da never Forget ... or you will never forget
@@CHmale81
Wir werden euch niemals vergessen (We will never forget you).......I guess ;)
"Wir wollen zum letzten mal, eure Hände sehen. Ein letztes mal. Lasst uns zur Tat schreiten "Mirror Mirror on the wall" Wir werden euch niemals vergessen!"
We want to see your hands for the last time. For the last time. Let us get to Work. "Mirror Mirro on the wall" We will never forget you!
I am so happy you are doing Blind Guardian now, one of my favorite bands
i listem them since minimum 30 years and they are still one of the best metal bands ever... but i like the studio albums more...
BLIND GUARDIAN - BRIGHT EYES
BLIND GUARDIAN - SOMEWHERE FAR BEYOND
Bright Eye's acoustic version is amazing.
Blind Guardian - Imagination From The Other Side
Probably their best song.
I haven't clicked on a damn video that fast in far too long. This is one of Blind Guardians best and a personal favorite song.
That's a HELL of a live song. And, yeah this is Blind Guardians's whole thing. They play songs that are very much based on fantasy epics like LotR and other universes such as Elric of Melnibone and other fantasy worlds.
Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes, and again Blind Guardian!!!! Thx vin and sori! Greetings from Germany
Hansi (singer) was speaking in German at the start of the song as this was filmed in Germany. Basically this was filmed at a 2 day open air festival they put on essentially for themselves so they could make this concert DVD. If you guys got questions about Blind Guardian, feel free to ask away; they're one of my favorite bands.
A THIRD Blind Guardian review!? This is madness...
I love it!
The only concern now is the addictiveness :)
Nightfall album was the turning point for me when it comes to metal. Cost me $30 and never heard a single note from them. Quickly became my favorite band and all time favorite album. An album review in the future.
You guys should absolutely react to the entire Nightfall in Middle-Earth album. It’s based on The Silmarillion, the prequel to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Sort of Tolkien’s creation myth. Definitely power metal’s magnum opus
Cosmic Sea I would consider their previous album, Imaginations From The Other Side, power metal’s magnum opus, though I don’t fault your opinion because Nightfall on Middle-Earth is amazing. Kind of funny this one band has two serious contenders for that title.
"Mirror Mirror" is a single by the German power metal band Blind Guardian, released in 1998. Cover art was painted by Andreas Marshall. The song was composed for the 1998 album Nightfall in Middle-Earth. Lyrics of "Mirror Mirror", based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion, recount how Turgon, in view of inevitable defeat, builds the city of Gondolin, aided by Ulmo ("The Lord of Water").
Blind Guardian - A Past and Future Secret
(live)
Let's join the choir, The Bard's Song is a must, and it must be LIVE ;)
From the same record Nightfall is one of my favourites now.
Hansi's voice is so fucking unique tho. Even when you're listening to a new band, and it so happens to have a bit sang by Hansi, you immediatly recognize it.
It happened the same to me when i listened "Everybody Dies - Ayreon" for the first time back when.
This song is based on the sillmarilion from Tolkien and it is about The conversation between Turgon and Ulmo and how gondillion was formed and built.
German sounds like elvish? Oh, thank for that!
Your assessment about Tolkien's relationship with the memories from the war is so accurate. One example of this is the Hobbit's urging to go back to the Shire, which represents the simple landscape of Britain and how Tolkien was terrified by such countries being destroyed by the war. Tolkien is an absolute genius.
That language at the start of the video was German, not Elvish. :D :D
Taky jsem na to chtěl poukázat :D - I wanted to point it out too :D
Now this is what we call it as POWER METAL.
What a great birthday present! Thanks guys!
And that's a LIVE version. Studio version is just magical
Love the lighting. The picture looks great and love what yall are doing.
Good GOD I'd been asking for this since your channel was under a month old - I'm SO happy it finally got done. Seriously. Blind Guardian is such a good band and they're so incredible live, it's such a unique and different vibe than what you get most the time, it's so cool. I'm very glad you guys liked it, as well as Valhalla of course; now you're just missing the Bard's Song for the holy trinity of oldschool Blind Guardian!
As other people have already commented, the song (and album) is from JRR Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion', which is a history of Middle-Earth in the ages before The Hobbit/Lord Of The Rings takes place.
The song is about the founding of the hidden Elven city of Gondolin, after the forces of Morgoth (Sauron's master, and more powerful) sweep the forces of the elves, humans & dwarves aside(see the Blind Guardian song 'Time Stands Still') and take over the land.
Blind Guardian - Into the storm
Helloween - Future World
Helloween - Ride the sky
Stratovarious - Black Diamond
Slough Feg - Traders and Gunboats
Avantasia - Farewell
and Angra - Carry On
Or Angra - Morning Star
Or Angra - Nothing to Say
One of the best songs ever written and performed
Yes! They are reacting to all the songs I want them to react!
This whole concert is one of my favorites.
They are speaking german guys ^^. Blind Guardian is a very good live Band and Hansi Kürsch, the singer, is one of the best Rock Vocalists. This album is based on THE SILMARILLION by J:R.R. Tolkien in which he tries to tell all the storys happening in Middleearth before The Lord of The Rings happens. (my english is so bad,sorry) Tolkiens storys make a real big Part in the music of BG. And did i say before: BG are the kings of the crowd, the masters of sweet transissions and the most influencial Band in Speed and Power Metalll. By the way: in November there is coming a new BG Album.
I only in believe in the new album once i hold it in my hands. They have teased us with that orchestral album for 2 decades!
Excellent reaction.
I took my wife to see Blind Guardian when they played in SoCal close to where we lived. She was shocked how many people sang along to a band she had never heard before we were together. They are top notch musicians writing brilliant songs for intelligent listeners.
Your reaction was also high level discussion. The material involved is both deep and relative to events both current and in the past.
I would recommend Blind Guardian to fans of epic/progressive metal and actively push them upon the casual listener of metal.
Again, well done.
And congratulations on the addition to your family.
Keep it up.
Oh man, i was there!
It was awesome!!!!!
Greetings from Germany
sounds very celtic. love it!!! \m/
blind guardian is a piece of my heart sins more than 30 years!
theyr music is pure antidepressiv,
and a bg - show is pure happyness...
i love these guys!
greets from switzerland
Also - Blind Guardian are German, Hansi (the singer) is German, unt sie ist sprechen Deutch Herr Vin.
Omg finally some Blind Guardian!! Please please please do Blind Guardian - Curse my name!! You guys are going to fall in love with it!
Blind Guardian - The Bard Song /Imaginations Through The Looking Glass/ - live!
CHORUS IS FN EPIC!
I saw Blind Guardian in Baltimore in maybe 2016 and it was their first time playing the US in a LONG time and early in their tour. They clearly did not expect the energy from the crowd they got and it energized them and energized the crowd... and so on. They ended up playing like 6 encores and ended on Mirror Mirror. Was an awesome show.
You HAVE to do The Bards song Live from this same concert! goosebumps all the way! awesome audience participation!
This is one of my favourite songs by them, it just has such an epic feel to it, can't wait to see what you think about it. React to some Alcest next guys, you really need some Alcest in your life
I approve whole heartedly at the spate of Blind Guardian
GOD! Blind Guardian were my first Metal Concert 25 years ago! Great to hear them after all the time....:D
I see blind Guardian in live 10 times in Italy to germany specially at wacken festival this song have an incredibile Energy and emotional Power
Blind Guardian is a german power metal band and the singer speaks german to the audience in the Valhalla video when the crowed start to sing.
I guess it is a gig at Wacken Open Air, an Metal Festival in Germany!
😊🤘
I remember blind guardian as a band that i actually started to get into metal with (beside metallica, iron maiden, cradle of filth and a few other), so I'm glad you continue with reactions to them, this is the song you should actually begin with haha. I've been listening to BG for 15 years now, and have many precious memories related to them, great band, glad you like them, cheers.
F'ing Andre though. Guy pretty much SOLOS through entire songs!:D And it's awesome! Underrated guitarist.
The band from my childhood. Brings back memories from 98
Blind Guardian - The Bards Song! It's a Blind Guardian MUST! It's like the anthem of Blind Guardian!
The gods of power-metal! This is the best composition of all power-metal music.
If you want to know about this song: The gof of Water showed Turgon, the King of the Noldor a way to a secret valley. Turgon took his whole folks with him and they vanished for the eyes of evil. In the Valley of Tumladen Turgon and his people build the city of Gondolin, which was the home to all the beautiful things threatend by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord of Arda and master of Sauron..
Ulmo show this valley to Turgon because things werent lokking good for the elves, Morgoth mixed a dragon together and he pulled many men on the dark side. The orcs were many and the elves werent united. So Turgon build a secret city...
The Bards Song, is the song I have chosen to be played at my funeral. Good to see so much attention to the band in the comment section. :)
Been a Blind Guardian fan since 95. One of the most interesting German progressive bands. Vanden Plas are in that category too. The Nightfall In Middle Earth album was based on the Silmarillion which was completed by Tolkien's son after his father's death and was the history of Middle Earth before Lord Of The Rings books
my first CD ever was Blind Guardian in early 199X love them since then
I was there! Amazing times
I love this great song. One of the best Live Bands! ;)
Damn, was about time guys hahaha, classic among classics in the power metal genre, well the whole Nightfall in Middle Earth album is a classic, totally worth it to check out. It's entirely based on the Silmarillon (prequel of Lord of the Rings) And if you liked the crowd interaction will NEED to hear The Bard Song (the live version from this same DVD, or the live version at Wacken 2011), it's fantastic !
If I am not mistaken Mirror Mirror is (partially) about the fall of Nargothrond. The Valar of water Ulmo warned the elves to destroy a bridge, but they ignored the warning and the great dragon Glaurung crawled into the hidden halls of Nargothrond and destroyed the city.
2 blind guardian songs in the same wheek? am i being blessed?
Blind Guardian - The Bard's Song & Valhalla - Live at Wacken Open Air 2016. You will not regret this one.
Carry the Blessed Home is one of my faves by them. The Curse of Feanor off this album is fricking sweet too.
" its very uplifting" haha, Lost in vegas said the same thing ! :) nice reaction btw
Power Metal at it's absolute finest!! All Hail the Blind Guardian.
surprised to see this song, and since you've done it, i had to subscribe.
Great song!!
a wonderful fellowship of music
This song is so trilili tralala. I love it
Far, far beyond!
In Tolkien's works, the archangels resided "beyond the coast" on a distant continent. He's essentially saying True Hope lies with God
Five finger death punch - coming down... just as emotional as wrong side of heaven
You guys really need to do the Bard's song live now by them! That song live at that show gives me chills every time I hear it.
@Sori. That guy is Denethos, his sons are Boromir and Faramir. Do not judge the character of Denethor by the movies. The movies basically were mass character assassination for Denethor in particular.
Yesssssssssss!!!!
The singer from this band (Hansi) and the guitar player from Iced Earth (Jon Schaffer) have a side-band together called Demons & Wizards. They have two albums out and are about to start on a third I believe.
Well, Hans sings also in the song `like Orpheus` from Orphaned Land. It`s worth a visit. His Refrain in this Song begins with: This life is a storm that rages on...
Yes! Good song from the band 🤘💀🤘
"i'm vain, i'm sorry" lol
I think the song it's referring the period before the Third and Second Age of Middle Earth. The song's tale it's ambiented on the First Age of Middle Earth. And this tale was narrated in The Silmarillion; book written by JRR Tolkien too
Other folks nailed the song meaning already, but just reiterating- the song is talking about the founding of Gondolin. The protagonist is Turgon, one of the Elven kings of the first age, thousands of years prior to LotR. Ulmo is a Valar, an angelic power/god who rules the waters of the world. As he knows everything about any place water goes, he knows of a hidden valley that nobody else can find. He tells Turgon that the current location of his kingdom is doomed, the forces of evil are strengthening and the Elven kingdoms are going to fall. He is instructed to guide his people via a secret path to the hidden valley, further inland "beyond the shore" of the western sea where they were previously living, to found a new city, Gondolin, where they will be safe (for a while). As it is so well hidden, Gondolin is the last Elven stronghold to survive the destruction that dooms the rest of the high elven kingdoms of that age. In the Hobbit, the magic swords Gandalf and Thorin and Bilbo find in the troll's cave are said by Elrond to be from Gondolin.
Yes, the Times and Wars under Morgoth has been very dark, but with much hope, love and heroism too. I love Tolkien and the Silmarillion!
They are a german band btw
Nightfall in middle earth is my favourite blind guardian album and probably one of the great metal albums!
Blind Guardian The Last Candle
Blind Guardian is the best thing in the world.
Hahaha yes. I can't believe you have gotten around to BG again so fast. Thanks to all that have been requesting it \m/
Good choice
Aaaaaaaahhhh.... My good old days, where have you gone? I was fifteen and it was twenty years ago...
Nightfall doesn't have 23 songs. They have story interludes. Very cool. You guys should definitely check that out.
about time
I haven't seen Blind Guardian play live in over 15 years, Hansi can't hit those old notes anymore. It's a shame, he has one of the most unique singing voices.
Blind Guardian is great! Anybody else see the Star Wars last supper image go by at 13:34? lol
I love how german sounds elvish to you guys, much love
Iced Earth - Dracula Live (Metal Camp Open Air 2008)
"The Nightfall In Middle Earth" is a consept album from Blind Guardian. all song in the album connect together as story!!!!!!
As a die-hard MetallicA fan, this particular song was the most played song on my phone for a long period of time
Amazing performance of Blind Guardian. I went to back my high school memories. Thank you so much. Please react to "BLAZE OF PERDITION - Deatchment Brings Serenity"