NIGHTWISH - Interview with Tuomas Holopainen about HUMAN. :II: NATURE. (2020)
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- Опубликовано: 21 фев 2020
- This is an interview with the keyboardist of Nightwish about the HUMAN. :II: NATURE. album. It will be released on April 10th, 2020.
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I like Tuomas's reaction when the interviewer asks about fans reception to Floor and wanting Tarja back lol. It sounded like a big sigh that meant "Bruh, she's been gone nearly 15 years, can we move on already?"
I don't know why that would be the case, Floor has proven herself 100 times over at this point.
@@jeremyw.norwood1453 Exactly. Asking about Tarja at this point is beating a dead horse that has decomposed and turned to oil.
Right?
How many would want to trade Floor for Tarja back? I'll bet not more than 1% of the Nightwish army.
Idiotic question.
I know a lot of people from nightwish army will want to send me stones to my face but I have to confess something.
I knew Nightwish at the beginning and liked it, but for me it was "too" operatic, I prefered The gathering or Within temptation for example.
I heard some with Anette, and, for me it was too pop. She's a good singer, but it made Nightwish too much or not enough...I can't explain with words, for me it was a band that couldn't touch me anymore.
I re-discovered Nightwish with Floor maybe 3 or 4 years ago (thak you youtube!) and fall immediatly in love with Floor. She's the perfect compromise between aerial, operatic, mermaid and rock metal. She's got everything that (for me!) Tarja should have to be an awesome band. Her presence on stage, her smile, her humanity, her power, her rock attitude.
Again, I know lot of nightwish fan will hate what I'm gonna say, but the perfect Nightwish is now, with Floor and Troy. Both give the little magic the band needed.
My opinion.
Now, Nightwish is in my top 5. Before, it was just one band with good musicians and good composer.
Nice interview. I admire Tuomas' patience to give respectful answers for some questions he might have heard for the tenth of tenth of thousand times,
This man is a musical genius.
Tuomas is such genius with his music, I like that he said the second CD is a love letter to the Earth and I can't wait to what the album art will look. Nightwish shure knows how to make fantastic album art.
Besides being a musical genious, he's obviously a very well-spoken, patient, gracious and intelligent person.
But one can see that he sometimes struggles with the not-so-intelligent questions. Still, the interviewer does a better job than I would do. I would just fall down fangirling and giggling and collapse in a puddle on the floor.
He wouldn't leave the room without signing my fav NW albums and Auri for me. xD
Just do it and thank him for the patience of having watched your modern art performance.
Look at Tuomas face at the beginning of the video. He wonders if he ll understand the questions, listening the way that the other guy speaks.
Quite often it feels like the people who interview NW are rather hard work to listen to... 😄 Non-english-speakers clumsily interviewing in english...
@@maboleth The interviewer hosts a show on German local radio for which this interview was intended primarily. I didn't like his thick accent either but apparently Tuomas understood him well enough.
@@NilsPhilippsen Fair enough then. Thought he was a regular journo that was assigned to interview him.
Honestly they could have provided subtitles for the questions, at least. That's a really thick accent for an interviewer.
@@NilsPhilippsen The thing is, for non native english speakers its often easier to understand guys like this than americans that mumble like hell.
Tuomos is looking better than he has in recent years. Looks younger and thinner.
True, even though I miss the black hair and eyeliner. They gave him that dark wizard look.
"Ofcourse i hear Floor's voice in my head when i write the lyrics".
Which voice? Floor is a Swiss Army knife of voices.
Haha so true! And that's why she's awesome.
This is so accurate, oh yeah. I'm smiling right now reading "Floor is a Swiss army knife of voices" because I've never seen it so perfectly described. Her range is absolutely incredible. I liked the previous singers, but never loved them live like I love hearing Floor live.
Swiss Army knife does bad all its abilities.
"Do you Floor's voice when you write?"
"Yes."
"Which style of hers is it?"
"Yes."
"So - uh - which style do you hear more prominently?"
"Yes."
I was also mad about Tarja question after 15 years. Lol. But then a friend of mine told me - "I discover NW 7 months ago, so it is super new for me". Old fans had time to process and move on. New fans are discovering that now hahaha 😊
Nightwish ended when Tarja left the band!! Face it. No Tarja = No Nightwish. I watch these interviews just to see how low can Tuomas go without Tarja.
When I met Tarja once I said "Hey Nightwish, how are you today, can you autograph Nightwish on your CD please?" ;-)
Obviously an utterly sarcastic comment. :-)
@@maboleth I'm glad you add the sarcastic part.....;)
”whatever inspires you, whatever goes under your skin, it comes out when you create your own stuff and you are influenced by the things that you like... that’s human nature” 😭😍So incredibly excited for this new album!!
I can't wait to hear Troy and Marco's vocal acrobatics, LOL. Especially Troy's.
Tuomas is just a musical genius! You can tell by his answers and the way he conducts himself, just how intelligent this man is! Nightwish is a gift from the musical gods and I am in love with this band! I am spreading their music all over Facebook and everywhere I can here in the U.S.!
I constantly have Floor's voice in my head, too.
me too!
Good metal from here in Scandinavia, yes, but so many epic female singers from the Dutch! Amazing :-)
Tuomas is so calm and confident ...matured in a way...the coming world tour of shows will be huge in case of Corona virus is not messing things up.
Tuomas, I cannot thank you enough for the company that Nightwish, your solo projects and your lyrics meant for me in the most difficult moments of my life. Thank you for coming back
A BRILLIANT MAN WHEN HE SAID HE LEAVES SPACE FOR REST OF BAND.. EXCELLENT
Though I'm not the BIGGEST fan, I have listened them from the beginning. And I think Floor is about the best thing, that happened to band. She's the most versatile of the singers and (to me) miles above both earlier singers. That's NOT to say they we're bad or anything like that. What a band...
I completely agree. Her versatility makes her my absolute favourite. I love musical diversity, and Floor has that to a T. She can do pretty much anything that a song requires, and that's not something that can be said of many singers.
Floor's Voice and Style and Performance is The Best.
Tuomas is a fascinating individual... & obviously a one-off genius.
Right !...and still quite modest, non-selfish and humble feet on the ground.
Orchestra? String section? With Nightwish ?!!!
I know I’m going to love it.
THIS MAN IS A GENIUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the hell...these guys have been around since the 90's and I'm just hearing about them now? Loving it!!!!!
I found them in 1998 when they released "Sacrament of Wilderness" ...been the favorite band since that.
Good interview and questions...and what a patient and intelligent person to be interviewed - Tuomas.
Thomas is the genius musician good song writing,when his played keyboard the sound is killer
I appreciated the information given about China’s Tour postponements. October was the open month, so this makes sense. Happily, my husband and I will be at the NYC show in September, in a smaller venue. Perhaps 2021 will bring the larger venues and stage show to the US. Thanks for the interview.
I'm hoping to be able to go to the Toronto show this year, but yes, a 2021 full tour in North America would be very nice and I know pretty much everyone in Canada and US wants that. XD Last I saw them I didn't have to go to Toronto because they came to my city. :D
good interview, except for the constant discussions about previous singers, like, not necessary
Forget Tarja. Floor is the best thing, that ever happened to Nightwish!
Agreed!!!
@@courtneygrier2015 Very agreed.
Tarja, Anette and Floor are all three part of the Nightwish story, just like Jukka and Hahto.
If one of the three singers did not join the band, we probably wouldn't have Nightwish today.
No
to the mystery question: in finland or scandinavia i could imagine it's pretty quiet over the winter months, so maybe that's why at a certain point the people somehow feel the need to make a lot of noise, loud and impressive to feel alive
@Masa Same in Romania. ONE snow day in 3+ months. Rest was sunny, sometimes a cloudy, and a few days windy/chilly. Weather is getting really weird in the last 10+ years.
@Masa Where do you live? Here in Canada winter has been rather warm too. :( Winters in the northern hemisphere are not as consistently cold as they used to be...
It's really because you have practically no neighbours you need to be considerate about at 4am.
@@GPrinceps Where in Canada / Nova Scotia to B.C - is Quite a Journey !
Love the fedora -- fitting, since Tuomas is a class act.
I think it looks better than the top hat.
M'Nature
I thought wearing Fedoras was the worst offense ever now but maybe this is his form of a bold "idgaf" statement :)
@@cyberiankorninger1025 : I like that, lol. I see it more as, "I just don't care what society thinks, I'm gonna do what I want."
6:29 Floor's voice is always in my head too💖
Pretty insightful interview, really good questions by the interviewer that give Tuomas a chance to ponder a bit and give thoughtful answers. I am guessing they shared the mic and of course it was closer to Tuomas being the guest. Well done all around.
Are you for real? "Really good questions by the interviewer" :O OMG! Got to be one of the worst interviewers I've ever come across! Taking aside the fact that English wasn't the guys' natural language the questions were so banal and tedious, and bringing up Tarja and Anette, in 2020, I mean...WTAF!? Tuomas was a saint to endure such a dumb interview and showed incredible patience and humility in answering them even though inside he was probably thinking "Who the hell allowed this guy into the room?"
Fine interview. I can hear Tuomas just fine, but the interviewer sounds like he is inside a barrel.
thats be cause he is inside a barrel. Dont ask it's a german thing. but good interwiew.
@@torbenjohansen6955 Well now I wanna know because you said don't ask. What's the barrel thing about? Germany explain.
@@aegonthedragon6341 tss beer barrel ofc
And he has been there like decades? He knows norhing about band. I just laughed and cried at same time when he asked about orchestrations.
It fits quite nicely that you can only see the interviewer as a blurry reflection in the picture behind...
How did this guy get to be in a position to interview famous musicians? He has the ability of an average teenager in doing this job.
You are right! I'm a fool!
Thumbs up for Tuomas!!!
I relate to Tuomas...didn't know he was so fluent in English, Same age as me...same creative dystopian outlook, same love of great film composers. Think we'd get along fine.
I am so looking forward to seeing this tour!
Its good to hear Tuomas talk about the album and what I can expect to hear in L.A. this September.
Good interview! Thank you 🙏
Interviewer: "Fantastic Keyboarder!"
Tuomas: "M-Hmm!"
I didn't know maestro can be badass too! :)
He is TUOMAS !
@@holoholopainen1627 Yikes! I keep getting that wrong, thx!
@@Quasihamster When You some Finnish - You would Never see SPELLING - Done This Way ! We say alphabet differently ( vs English ) - the way We write ! Everybody in Finland can write - Thanks to the alphabet !
@@holoholopainen1627 I know. I'm German, we know how letters work as well here. It's Name, not... näim or something :D
@@Quasihamster There is an English speaker asking Germans - if There is a Country They HATE - and Germans say NEIN ? But The English speaker is waiting for Those 9 Countries ! It same same NEIN / NINE word but totally different meaning !
Nice interview, thank you for posting it.
seriously stop with the damn questions about the previous singers!
so repetitive and exhausted on this point
Move on !!
Seriously, it's been 7+ years now. Get over it.
Oh yeah
No something must snap Tuomas back to his real greatness, even if it is written for Floor something really grand and Powerful with a real twisted message will be a fresh change from the current soft mush or cluster of different parts to make it seem heavy...
I feel all tuomas pain couz of prononseition of intervier
Thank you! ;-)
Buuuuurrrrnnnnn
Well, don't take this wrongly, Aleksey, but you could have taken the time to write properly in English. Your sentence should read:
*I feel all of Tuomas' pain 'cause of the pronunciation of the interviewer.*
:) I understand other languages are hard, though. I'm studying Russian right now, it's quite difficult.
@@GPrinceps damn, that's a good comeback burn
Respect, Tuomas 🤘🤘🤘🤘!!!!
Fingers crossed that this Rock Bottom interview isn't a bad sign for the upcoming album, lol. On a more serious note this was an interesting interview.
What do you mean by "a bad sign for the upcoming album"?
Genuine question. I don't get it...
Love you Tuomas.💕💕💕💕
Love the Tuomas part of the interview and congrats on the album .... but tell me, is the other guy Herr Flick? 😁
Sorry for my part! Mr. Flick
Love music that all you need.. Olet nero.
Tumppi on niin ihana!
love to see him doing musical score for games, like Skyrim think it would be epic
God I feel so bad for Tuomas having to answer the damn questions about singers. He’s really sick of it, you can tell by the way he responds. Can’t say I blame him
Funny but great interviewer
The Maestro!
I would have asked him about during the writing process, how many songs did he write and how do you decide which one makes the album and which one doesn’t? And of course, is there an upcoming tour of the US?
The tour they're doing for this album has some North American dates in September, but they're only giving two days in New York, a day in Toronto, and two days in Los Angeles or something like that. It's really not much of a North American tour.
Coronavirus! Impacting good metal as well.
It would have made more sense to ask questions regarding Floor as a new vocalist when Endless Forms Most Beautiful was still coming out.
2:45 indeed....a cd is normarly 80 min....& if you have more ideas or material that goes beyond 80 min....indeed will be then 2 disc....i keep it always on 1 disc...personally..when. it's an normal format album...
Well...people complaining about the former singers ... I mean ... you can still see it pop up quite a bit on comments all over the web. Thank god though it got less and less compared to couple years ago. But I still remember when 2013 Wacken came out and the Tarja-Only-People...and when will the Anette-bashing/belittling ever stop?
Anyway...as a german ... ugh...difficult to listen to the interviewr indeed...ze typpical djerman wiz hiz inglish for runaways ... but then, how many germans can actually string those sentences together and do an interview? Not everyone in this comment section I bet...
I find the Floor and only FLoor crowd just as tiresome. There's room to like both (or all three) vocalists, and the music they recorded with them. I'm one of the latecomers who discovered them with Floor, then bought the whole catalog, and now I prefer the Tarja albums over the newer stuff. To each their own.
tuomas has the
patience of a saint here
This might be. What do you dislike? I am open for your criticism.
The best ideas are accidents.
Why does the Scandinavia produce so many metal bands? Long, cold, dark winters. 😝
Yes, it's simple. Hard nature - Hard life - Hard language - Hard music
Poor Sami, everyone forgets about him.
He said 4 lineup changes, thats three singers and one drummer, so he must have taken Sami into account.
@@xcritic9671 I meant the interviewer. 😅
@@The_Pony ah. Well most outsiders don't take him into account since his influence is little felt, especially considering Marco being who he is ;)
@@xcritic9671 Yeah Marco is another powerhouse of a singer, highly charismatic and good with bass or guitar.
Great interview
Thank You!
Are you for real? "Really good questions by the interviewer" :O OMG! Got to be one of the worst interviewers I've ever come across! Taking aside the fact that English wasn't the guys' natural language the questions were so banal and tedious, and bringing up Tarja and Anette, in 2020, I mean...WTAF!? Tuomas was a saint to endure such a dumb interview and showed incredible patience and humility in answering them even though inside he was probably thinking "Who the hell allowed this guy into the room?"
@@carlbuxton2653 oh how dumb this is like " oh my god you can't even say anything about the previous singers in front of him " like if the band wasn't public. Every journalist has the right to ask anything involving the band. Tuomas ain't no saint to endure whatsoever was asked. He is a keyboardist of a successful band that had 3 different singers and he has to be polite to those that are not familiar with the band.
@@carlbuxton2653 Carl, you are right! I am a bad interviewer. Sorry for my banal questions. I am sure you would have done it much better than me!
@@carlbuxton2653 Carl, you are right. I did a very bad job! With banal regards!
Those bushy eyebrows make him look like a wizard. Pretty fitting if you ask me.
No doubt I am way late to the Nightwish game but when I first heard of them roughly six months ago and read all the comments about Tarja versus Floor I thought this must have been a very recent transition. Then I learn that Floor wasn't even the singer who replaced Tarja and that there was a five year period with Anette before Floor was even a thing. It's now been more than thirteen years since Tarja was kicked out for whatever reason and some people are acting like a woman who wasn't even a possibility for Nightwish's singer at the time Tarja's run ended not only came in and stole her job but made the band worse in doing so. So I went back and listened to the old stuff. Was Tarja good? Absolutely. Was she the right sound for a harder edge metal band? Not to me she wasn't. It seems like the band was trying to get away from that more operatic type sound and make the move to an edgier, tougher more organic sound while still retaining that bit of symphonic nature and nothing I heard from Tarja would allow them to do that. But then that may not be why she was kicked out anyway, I don't know. Anette was a good stop gap but with Floor they get that true rock/metal sound and edge with the symphonic bent still well preserved. Every person I've introduced to Nightwish who had not heard them before prefers Floors version of any song they ever both sang live and almost all for the same reasons. Her voice matches with the sound of the rest of the band better. Her presence matches the huge scale of the music and her voice is as big as the music as well. All of them enjoy Tarja's version fine until they hear Floor and then it's not so much they think she's a dramatically better singer but that she and her voice are better suited for the music and the style the band is trying to present. I have to agree.
I've been a fan since the bands second album. I love Tarja and everything she did with Nightwish. I also enjoyed the albums with Annette. Floor however just seems to fit perfectly. She is an amazing addition to the band and all the Tarja loyalists are really missing out due to their stubbornness. Nightwish get better with every album.
I understand taking time off. I don't understand filling that supposed "time off" with grueling world tours. I can't help feel this would be out faster if the time off was actual time off.
2017 was real time off. 2018 was the Decades world tour.
Also floor was pregnant
Is it impossible to get even The basic faq about Nightwish before interview?
What is wrong? What do you miss?
@@rockbottomvideo He means that you should have done a bit more research about the band before doing the interview. There were a few things that are basic knowledge already and don't need to be asked. For example -- this isn't Nightwish's first time with an orchestra so of course it wasn't difficult to do that.
@@GPrinceps I knew that Nightwish have worked with an orchestra before. But it is not basic knowledge. There are always new and future fans who don't have that knowledge.
What was the first band Tuomas mentioned at 15:58 before Theatre of Tragedy? Something Immortal?
15:16 Tuomas restarts.
Fast reboot
See, that's the problem with the internet nowadays. Everyone notices everything and what was a simple 'tic' now can become a meme or something even worse because of it being highlighted and taken out of the context. And it's not funny.
@@maboleth Chill out. Just a friendly humour.
Nice one, even if I was expecting slightly better pronunciation from the interviewer...
I wonder what Tuomas”s IQ is? I bet it’s like 150 or more.
IQ is relative you can have different levels of IQ, and i'd admit he is damn intelligent, but his musical IQ is really impressive... I'd say high 130's low 140's but musically 150 sounds right
human voice... so floor left the band?
Tuomas looks younger here..maybe it's just the hat
Or botox... Remember the noise video!
@@pietheindejonge321 or maybe the oil from the bathtub made him a bit younger 😁
Well, he trimmed his beard and cut his hair, maybe that's why
He does to me , too. Looking very nice and I could listen to him talk all day. Such a pretty tone.
I think his rest has helped. I think he was under a lot of strain ;p
On vinyl?
Hmm... Well I have to admit that I am a newcomer to being a fan of Nightwish... Yet I have now heard most of their live performances and all of the studio recorded album tracks.
That being said I know that unlike the longtime fans I simply do not have any sentimental nostalgic attachment to that first Chic, & I just don't think of the Band with her as their lead singer... I first heard them with Floor being the Goddess vocalist that made me an instant fan... I have heard their older performances now and I still feel that Floor is the only voice I have any desire to hear in a Nightwish performance. She is just far more talented, and her singing is truly emotionally moving for me... So, screw the minority pining away for the chic that was fired so many years ago... They are, in reality, totally irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Honestly, the truth of the matter is that those disaffected few complaining about it are obviously forever doomed to being constantly disappointed; because it ain't ever happening.
@Jeremy W. Norwood Thank you for writing down what i am thinking :)
Plus Tarja had only one style of singing operatic, granted she was great at it and it did fit some the songs but I don't miss her. Floor is what Nightwish is now and will be until the band retires and I love both Tarja and Floor. Tarja is never coming back, those fans really need to learn to move on.
Tarja probably wouldn't want that spot again anyways. She has a very nice solo career, and the band doesn't need to revisit that drama. A collab with her and Floor when they both have a break would be cool though.
@@ellenhunt8767 yeah that would be nice to see a duet with Floor and Tarja
@@detailed_data4PSN Floor + tarja did a duet of over the hills which is pretty cool: ruclips.net/video/57WsNYItbSU/видео.html
This stupid questions make new fans hate Tarja! -.-'
Move one, Nightwish with Froor it's amazing, and Tarja's solo carrier as wonderful! I have my too favorite bands making music and Floor it's on top, she deserve great music for her voice like she had in AF!
Josh, I am so sorry for my stupid questions. You would have done a better job.
Bip Williams had to be quite busy
That is a terrible interview. I was expecting a comprehensive interview about the new album, but in the entire 20 minutes there are like 3 questions about it. The rest is a general crap that we already heard for 1000 times and the artists are tired to answer...
Thanks ! Thats What I say !
Excellent interview asking very tough questions. No not everyone loves Floor. Frankly hearing her butcher old songs live was painful. This Nightwish is a shadow of a shadow of what it once was capable of. Heavy Metal band except the heavy and unique part is missing. They are still the awesome band Nightwish but the power the energy the emotion the rawness is gone and replaced by a multitude of complexities, too polished too distant. Where is that 90s feeling ? I have the feeling they are doing light music to appeal to soft fans like CCP and rock mainstream/ actual mainstream. Well hopefully there will be something truly dark and unique in this record. Also the Floor fans are a great addition to the fandom toxicity wise, but that does not change the fact that they are clearly missing the dark melancholy to be Trv3 Nightwish fans.
Повзрослел, стал настоящим мужиком))
The interviewer-guy must be a plummer by trade, or something.
What is a plummer by trade?
Interviewer have bad german accent, sometime hardly to be understood, and most questions were not very smart as well, like ashed by sobebody who have just a minor knowledge who is he talking with.
Sorry for my bad accent and my minor knowledge of the band.
@@rockbottomvideo C'me on, don't be sorry, nobody is perfect (sarcasm for sarcasm) but questions about Floor after all these live tours, proven her voice abilities, scale and techniqie is at least funny.. I would rather ask how many octaves of her voice she will show us on next album ;) Regards.
wtf is this interviewer doing? asking about age old stuff about lineup, noone wants to hear about. decades old news. really annoying, obviously Tuomas is annoyed as well.
Sorry for asking this uninteresting stuff.
@@rockbottomvideo Did you come up with the questions yourself, or did others ask you to ask them? I'm curious.
@@GPrinceps Rock Bottom is my project (Radio, RUclips). All questions are my questions.
the interviewer has terrible english, painful to listen. anyway, great interview
Jelena Pauljev nevertheless HE is sitting in front of the Master and doing his best for you to watch this and enjoy.
Jelena, you are rig
Jelena, you are right! I will improve my English now!
Jeeez 😰 terribile german accent
What a bad interview, it was disrespectful, really. Tuomas patience was an Ace. Dear lord, just STOPPP
Camila, you are right. I am a very bad interviewer. I am so sorry!
Biggest absurdity in the world. Have best female singer in the world and make half album instrumental. Only 9 songs after five years of waiting is disappointment.
Nonsense :-) Have I seen your name before? With the same kind of comment? :-) Technically, voice is just another instrument :-) It is 50 minutes of music on the first CD, not bad at all. If Tuomas needed time to be happy with what he created then OK - other great albums were released meantime to fill the gap.
@@talaniel Nemůžu souhlasit. Metal bez zpěvu je jako pivo bez alkoholu nebo kafe bez kofeinu. Nebo fazole bez prdu a láska.... A Nightwish vždy byli prvořadě o METALU S ŽENSKÝM VOKÁLEM.
@@oldrichvoralek7716 Myslím, že by se určitě dala najít řada dobrých metalových instrumentálek. Ale pokud se Vám metal bez zpěvu nelíbí, tak chápu Vaše rozladění :-) Nakonec je hudba v první řadě hlavně subjektivní záležitost.
9 songs is more than enough for a new album. Not every song will be a favourite, I'm sure, but it will be solid because it's not rushed and it comes from the heart. I get that 5 years is a long time, but it'll be worth it. As for the album being half instrumental, Tuomas is a composer, and any Nightwish fan who enjoys his compositions will be more than satisfied, I'm sure. I guess you don't like classical music? I personally love classical music as much as I love metal.
@@GPrinceps But Nightwish is metal and metal needs singing! Orchestral classical music don t. You would like to listen on Nightwih concert 30 minutes of instrumental music without Floor? I would probably throw sometning on stage! (Of course hyperblole)