Hi Amy. Thanks for the enthusiastic reaction :) As you have already seen in many comments, this song was the favorite of the late Ann Waychoff, an elderly lady from Pennsylvania, who dedicated the last years of her life to the promotion of Nightwish, the band she loved. Ann used to welcome the new reactors with a short history of the band and some kind words. Often, she recommends this song for a future reaction. Thanks to her tactful and diplomatic approaches, Ann managed to gather around her a large group of fans, being like an island of peace in the middle of the conflicts that often appeared. When Ann was hospitalized and could no longer meet the new reactors, I started posting the band history comment on her behalf, because the impact of her message was and is positive, helping the reactors understand that what they are listening to now it has behind it a musical evolution of more than a quarter of a century 🤘
All Nightwish army members always give a wry smile when we hear a reactor say, “that’s my new favourite” because we all know your new favourite will be the next Nightwish song you hear!😆
@@Amiekinz4ever hey Aimie you have so much more WOW to go with this band & Floor,re their popularity,they are known worldwide but thanks to the N.American music/media industry they are either too arrogant to acknowledge this immense talent or too ignorant to even be aware of it as they are focused on pop/hip hop "stuf" 90% of which sounds dreadful live, I have seen many many of the greats in person,Scorpions,Journey,Queensryche(Tate),Tool,Triumph,Kiss,White Zombie,Motley C.,Aerosmith,Korn,Stabbing Westward,Alice inC.,STP,& many more, but none comes close to NW Live esp Wacken 2013 & thats from a YT video !!! FYI when you do Yours Is An Empty Hope DONT do the Mex City venue version, Wembley 2015 is far better for audio,video,stage & performance 95% of fans would agree. cheers oh btw wanna see /react to Floor in her previous band that will blow your mind ? ReVamp...21-02-2014...Effenaar Eindhoven( Misery No Crime) VAJ7cc
R.I.P Ann Waychoff mother of the Nightwish Army. June 28th, 2020 . Ann was a big Nightwish Fan. And every new person who listened to NW, she went through a little chat. And gave them some info about NW. This was her favorite song. And this song belongs to her. I like very much that Gabriel have continue Ann s work.... so her heritage is still here.
"Guy in the Battle Beast shirt" is a Nightwish fan named Eliel Herlevi, who is even mentioned in their book "We were here", because he travels all over Europe for their concerts. You'll also get to see him in the frontrow on both concerts of their Vehicle Of Spirit dvd (Wembley and Tampere).
In case I haven't put this info before, here it comes: The full show from Wacken 2013 with Floor Jansen on vocals - all in 5.1 surround sound! Filmed in front of 85 000 screaming metalheads with seventeen different cameras. Total concert runtime 85 minutes. DVD 1 01. Dark Chest Of Wonders 02. Wish I Had An Angel 03. She Is My Sin 04. Ghost River 05. Ever Dream 06. Storytime 07. I Want My Tears Back 08. Nemo 09. 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 16. Outro (Imaginaerum)
One thing most people don't notice is how tuned in Floor is to the shots and band. She knows every hit and rhythm. She is just as precise rhythmically as the rest of the band. And the verses in this song are in 7/4. And reminds me of Carmina Berana.
Hi, 74 years old hippie from the Netherlands =Floor, Irene, Simone, Anneke, Dianne, Charlotte, Sharon, Marcella, Joost (LUL) & Arjen (Ayreon) Country= reporting in: The US wants 2,5 minutes money makers …!!! There are a lot of singers (male/female) who are important for the Music Industry (SALES) and there are singers & musicians, NOT A LOT, who are important for The Music History, as an ART ... That's where you find FLOOR & Nightwish ...!!! Shine on Amie ✌🤘...
Thank you for your reaction! 🙂👍 This was Ann Waychoff's ( mother of Nightwish army) favorite NW song. She passed a way 4 years ago. So REST IN PEACE ANN🕯❤. Greetings from Finland! (by Nightwish fan since 1998)
Love your reaction! "I want to hear that again; this is so good!" Uhuh, hell yes 🤘🏻 This is one of my very favorite Nightwish songs. When I see a reaction to "Song of Myself", "Seven days to the Wolfs" or "The Greatest Show on Earth", I'll go watch immediately. You can see Floor was having such a good time. She is this Valkyrie goddess on the stage. When she steps off the stage, she is a lovely, humble person. No diva, no arrogance, a down to earth lady who knows what she can do on the stage and how hard she has worked to get this good. Thank you for reacting! Love from The Netherlands ❤
Whatever guard you have up, when Floor's voice comes in she cut's thru it like a fresh sharpened butcher knife and get's you right into your soul and while your bleeding out you feel satisfied.
``How are they not popular in the US`` is a question of decade`s . I found them about 15 years ago while listening to another band ``Within Tempation`` who are from the Netherlands. also not popular here. What a crime!!
U.S. radio wants 2.5 minute songs that all follow the same formula. Ghost Love Score has a minute of instrumental intro, a minute and a half of orchestral interlude and a minute of instrumental outro, to go along with constant key and timing changes and full style switches. It would require a media executive to go way out on a limb to take the risk of playing any thing creative.
Amie My Dear Lady, You Just Rock you really do, I so love your show, and you, for the enthusiasm, and love and truth, that you put into your reviews, THANK YOU so much for sharing a little corner of your life with us, I have said this before The wife and Me, are Nightwish fans of many years, and 26 concerts Europe, and UK Wide, And we still are here, and always will be, When Nightwish enters your life, it is there forever, trust me.❤ More Please
I felt the way you did when I discovered this band. How could I have never heard of a band this great!? I am from the United States also (Georgia) and I am 56, heard some great music from many genres and times. Nightwish blows me away as a band, and Floor for me is the greatest vocalist I have ever heard.
This song is a tribute to the poem in 52 chapters, One for every week of the year, " Song of myself " by Walt Whitman 1819-1892.(one of the co-founders of US poetry). The 7th line of the song is ""Of mermaids, of Whitman's and the Ride""". The extended official studio version of this song has, at the end, a poem as a tribute to Whitman made by Tuomas, the keyboard player and the mastermind of nightwish. These lines you can also see fast flahing on the ledscreen of the video you just saw. Bucle up, it goes very deep. " 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. "
Battle Beast guy was just waiting for Floor to walk up to the mic 🎤 before getting excited. I bet he was headbanging like a champ when the breakdown came! 🤕
As you've been "Floored" several times already, it's time to be MarKO'd for a change. Check out Nightwish's cover/tribute of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes".
I love when a reactor actually reacts. Great job! This is one of my favorite Nightwish songs, having just found them two years ago myself. We in the States have truly been missing out!
Nightwish simply does not make bad songs. They are either great, better, and best. Your favorite one is the one you listen to. Can't wait for your next reaction. P.s. Floor loves Pantera 😀
No 2 in my favourites list. Marco is superb - I love his second entry (the rising gliss) so much I extracted it and have it as my ringtone. Favourite parts: Piano Black , and particularly the best description of depression I've heard - "sometimes the within is piano black". Piano black - that deep glossy black that almost evades the eye. Emppu holding that long note one-handed as he drinks a Corona. The unexpected pauses (rests) towards the end, particularly, in this performance, when Floor turns her hands upwards and the flames seem to come from her palms. Great chuggy rhythms in the breakdown. Little pizzicato string sections in the run-up to that ending. At the end the lead vocals use the same lyrics as the choir are singing in the earlier parts - "All that great heart lying still and slowly dying All that great heart lying still on an angelwing". That lyric is perfect for the staccato rhythm. ...and lots more
I think the magic of nightwish is that every member of the band can take any tone needed from their instruments to perfectly match what the song needs any given moment. And Floors voice is the same and for that reason a perfect match for the music.
Hi Amie, the Battle Beast guy, is actually one of the fans who has been to the most concerts! 12:53, he's more into it :) Pantera tone. Chunky chugging. Hair whipping around, even from Tuomas. 11:20 Look at Jukka go, wow! Ozzie feel. Emppu having a Corona, letting the guitar feedback. 13:26, 13:38 That look from Emppu, yes, we got this! Yes, Christmas morning... Isn't this magical? The FIRE Queen, from her outstretched hands, the skipped beat, to fool us, then back in, for the last one. The girl blowing a kiss. (We should know her name by now.) Breathe :) The US doesn't allow non-conformists (no 3 minute singles from Tuomas; "3 minutes and counting...").
Well Amie, Nightwish is one of the most underrated bands of this world. For example, they are almost never been played in the Netherlands on the radio. And then there are from the Netherlands: Epica, Within Temptation, Ayreon. Also worthy checking out. 🇳🇱🤘🫡
The extra delay between the high tone and the last fire blast gets me every time. Even if I repeat it several times. Its quarter of a second too late and that is exactly what it should be.
Oh yes also for future reference floor Jansen is also known as the dutch windmill because sheis from the Netherlands where they have windmills and she's tall like a windmill and she spins her head like a windmill like in this video. She's 6ft tall and beautiful. She's also known as momma floor too. Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️
Indeed, there is no orchestra on stage, but: Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen uses samples from orchestral pieces and choirs in collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (producer Pip Williams, who also produced albums for Status Quo and The Moody Blues). All the choir voices are from The Metro Voices Gospel Choir (in cooperation with the LPO) Here is a short docu about the making of Imaginaerum of which Storytime is the 12th song! ruclips.net/video/HcxjKlUcjXo/видео.htmlsi=DN0nQCaufOMpAwVC
Loving your journey and appreciation! Keep going!!!! I am here for it! I know you have these recommendations but just repeating them here! Yours is an Empty Hope Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean Greatest Show in Earth poet and the pendulum Dark Chest of Wonders
Another good one Amie. I didn't discover Nightwish and Floor Jansen until I retired 5 yrs ago. Since then, they have owned a piece of my life. A lifetime of music (I'm also from the USA) and this never happened to me before. Is it because I'm now retired? Possibly. Is it because I have always wanted to hear an orchestra backing my favorite bands? Definitely. Is it because I've always been a fan of live performances? No question. Is it because I'm a fan of strong harmony vocals? Absolutely. Am I glad I discovered Nightwish? Are you kidding me?! And BTW, Floor Jansen is the GOAT, and Tuomas Holopainen is the greatest pop music composer of my lifetime. There, I said it.
R.I.P Ann Waychoff mother of the Nightwish Army. June 28th, 2020 This is your song. If you ever have to explain the Groove in Metal to someone - play this tune. Until the Breakdown hits you with a 10 ton hammer it is all fun and games. But then the slow chugging monster with the machine gun riffing takes over. And for every Metal Head this lights up the day. Awesome….Imho one of the best songs ever. Sometimes the sky is piano black…. Floor Jansen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Valkyries and Stonehenge, Lady of Nightwish and Protector of our Metal Realm. Long may she reign. Bow, mortal !
R.I.P. Ann Carone Diamond ....we will never forget you. And Thank You Gabriel Bardac for carrying on the flame that Ann ignited. And there forever remains that change from G to E minor.
This band hit my playlist around 4 years ago. Now it pretty well IS my playlist. And I heard Zeppelin live twice, and ran sound for some pretty good rock bands for 18 years so I've been doing music for a while.
Fabulous reaction again ❤, by my reckoning Nightwish have released about 140+ album tracks (I have them all but couldn’t be bothered counting them), there are only 2 tracks that I have taken off my Nightwish playlist - which is an amazing ratio compared to any other band I listen to. They just don’t do bad songs 🙏❤️. Subscribed already but wishing you a speedy growth to 10k and beyond. You deserve it for your passion and insight, take care and lots of love from Scotland ❤
The whole Wacken 2013 - Show was fire. Not only by Nightwish. I live near Wacken and go to the festival almost every year. Indeed it was just now.. Wednesday til yesterday.. It was great. Unfortunately no NW this year
I have to agree with Gabriel. Such an enthusiastic reaction. You know your music, too. How can I not subscribe! 🙂 And don't worry about pausing, it's a reaction video, and your observations are entertaining. Enjoy the Nightwish catalogue. It will also be worth your while checking out both Floor and Marko's solo work.
🎶 Nightwish Live at Wacken Open Air 2013 🎶 Correct speed - FullHD - Remastered 🎶( ruclips.net/video/mzcy3a9q8_0/видео.html ) 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 🎶🎶🎶 Epic concert! 🎶🎶🎶 Audience in this concert was 82k+
And I am THAT guy in a Nightwish concert. Im just paralyzed to take in everything i hear and see - dont want to create any kind of disturbance to fully immerse in to the athmosphere they create. I would propably stop breathing if it wasnt neccesarry to see the rest of the show.. So to me its certainly not lack of enthusiasm - its just total concentration and clearing my mind to get absorbed to their show. One reason being the stage presense of the band and production on stage - there is more than "just" the music to soak in.
You clearly enjoyed this one to say the least. So please if you have time check out the poem at the end of the album version for completeness if only in your own time. Great journey. Thank you.
You/we/world deserves the "Love" part too... its ofc best directly attached to this (as in that fan edition of this song/video), but please consider to hear it extra... its small poem (btw its verses are displayed on bottom part of that huge background screen during the song's playing) but powerfull...
Hey pastor Amie I got your response on my comment I left you for nightwish song of myself. You mentioned the floor the lead singers vocals reminds you of a 80s singer which you mentioned Joan Jett which I'm thinking no more like pat benatar if you know that singer look up her songs beast of burden comes to mind but just filling you in on my thoughts about that . Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️
It's just Nightwish doing Nightwish things - exceptional as always. There's not many more impressive sounds than Floor in full rock-chick mode, belting it out in her first register. If you are a fan of Rock Floor, try one of her side projects, called Northward, with the song "While Love Died".
There is another guy in the audience you may not have noticed. The fandom calls him the 'time traveler'. He is frozen in place with a blank expression, seeming like he is trying to experience a historical event without being noticed.
Thinking of you Ann, we're carrying on in your place welcoming new Nightwish fans. Song of Myself will always be connected with you. Rest In Peace Darlin'. "Sometimes within is piano black - piano black over pristine waters" - - - are you kiddin' me - what a line - holy smokes ! North American music has been highjacked by hip hop and rap is why we'll never hear anything else.
Well,,, I wouldn't say that they "Have" a bad song but I'd say that they cover a bad song, The Phantom of the Opera. But their covers, except for that one are top notch. Pink Floyd's High Hopes; Gary Moore's Over the Hills and Far Away, and a short film song cover called Walking in the Air are all some of my favorites.
Unfortunately I can only give a thumbs up once.. Hands down best reaction to SOM up to now! Can you take a short brake from this concert and react to "Devil And The Deep Ocean" live in Buenos Aires 2018? Both Floor and Marko blowing you away...
That guy in the Battle Beast shirt I’ll add a second problem to that, it’s a Nightwish concert dude!!! I know it’s a festival but I’d be going back to my tent and putting on my NW shirt before the concert
Now that you've heard this, watch the "Extended" version, which is followed by stream of consciousness poetry that will touch your heart. It is written by our favorite genius, Tuomas Holopainen, and inspired by Walt Whitman, who wrote the original Song of Myself. I'd watch your reaction, but even if you don't record it, you owe it to yourself.
Hi Amy. Thanks for the enthusiastic reaction :)
As you have already seen in many comments, this song was the favorite of the late Ann Waychoff, an elderly lady from Pennsylvania, who dedicated the last years of her life to the promotion of Nightwish, the band she loved. Ann used to welcome the new reactors with a short history of the band and some kind words. Often, she recommends this song for a future reaction. Thanks to her tactful and diplomatic approaches, Ann managed to gather around her a large group of fans, being like an island of peace in the middle of the conflicts that often appeared. When Ann was hospitalized and could no longer meet the new reactors, I started posting the band history comment on her behalf, because the impact of her message was and is positive, helping the reactors understand that what they are listening to now it has behind it a musical evolution of more than a quarter of a century
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Let's upvote this one quickly... btw hello Gabriel :)
You have done great job Gabriel ! To Ann 🕯❤
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All Nightwish army members always give a wry smile when we hear a reactor say, “that’s my new favourite” because we all know your new favourite will be the next Nightwish song you hear!😆
Ha ha true!!!!
I've only been a Nightwish fan for a year and a half. I wish I had a reaction channel but I enjoy watching minds blown.
@@parvinkridler9390 and my mind is continuously blown
@@Amiekinz4ever hey Aimie you have so much more WOW to go with this band & Floor,re their popularity,they are known worldwide but thanks to the N.American music/media industry they are either too arrogant to acknowledge this immense talent or too ignorant to even be aware of it as they are focused on pop/hip hop "stuf" 90% of which sounds dreadful live, I have seen many many of the greats in person,Scorpions,Journey,Queensryche(Tate),Tool,Triumph,Kiss,White Zombie,Motley C.,Aerosmith,Korn,Stabbing Westward,Alice inC.,STP,& many more, but none comes close to NW Live esp Wacken 2013 & thats from a YT video !!! FYI when you do Yours Is An Empty Hope DONT do the Mex City venue version, Wembley 2015 is far better for audio,video,stage & performance 95% of fans would agree. cheers oh btw wanna see /react to Floor in her previous band that will blow your mind ?
ReVamp...21-02-2014...Effenaar Eindhoven( Misery No Crime)
VAJ7cc
No such thing as a NW favourite cos they’re all as good as each other in different ways
R.I.P Ann Waychoff mother of the Nightwish Army.
June 28th, 2020 .
Ann was a big Nightwish Fan.
And every new person who listened to NW, she went through a little chat.
And gave them some info about NW.
This was her favorite song.
And this song belongs to her.
I like very much that Gabriel have continue Ann s work.... so her heritage is still here.
To Ann ❤🕯
RIP Ann,,,Mother of Nightwish.
To Ann , R.I.P ❤Ann Waychoff, mother of Nightwish army, this will be always your song , we still missing you❤
Yes! To Ann🕯❤
Seriously, The more you "kick it back". the more we love it. Don't be afraid to rewind.
"Guy in the Battle Beast shirt" is a Nightwish fan named Eliel Herlevi, who is even mentioned in their book "We were here", because he travels all over Europe for their concerts. You'll also get to see him in the frontrow on both concerts of their Vehicle Of Spirit dvd (Wembley and Tampere).
That's so cool
In case I haven't put this info before, here it comes:
The full show from Wacken 2013 with Floor Jansen on vocals - all in 5.1 surround sound! Filmed in front of 85 000 screaming metalheads with seventeen different cameras. Total concert runtime 85 minutes.
DVD 1
01. Dark Chest Of Wonders
02. Wish I Had An Angel
03. She Is My Sin
04. Ghost River
05. Ever Dream
06. Storytime
07. I Want My Tears Back
08. Nemo
09. 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
16. Outro (Imaginaerum)
What a great reaction! I feel like I finally see someone enjoying this song as much as I am! ❤🔥🤘
I am thoroughly enjoying it
RIP Ann Waychoff. My favorite of the Wacken numbers. Sometimes the within is piano black. And there forever remains the change from G to e minor.
To Ann ❤🕯
One thing most people don't notice is how tuned in Floor is to the shots and band. She knows every hit and rhythm. She is just as precise rhythmically as the rest of the band. And the verses in this song are in 7/4. And reminds me of Carmina Berana.
Floor has incredible rhythm she's moves perfect with the music that's another thing that separates her , most of the metal front woman have no rhythm.
Hi, 74 years old hippie from the Netherlands =Floor, Irene, Simone, Anneke, Dianne, Charlotte, Sharon, Marcella, Joost (LUL) & Arjen (Ayreon) Country= reporting in:
The US wants 2,5 minutes money makers …!!!
There are a lot of singers (male/female) who are important for the Music Industry (SALES) and there are singers & musicians, NOT A LOT, who are important for The Music History, as an ART ... That's where you find FLOOR & Nightwish ...!!! Shine on Amie ✌🤘...
The US doesn't allow non-conformists (no 3 minute singles from Tuomas; "3 minutes and counting...").
Thank you for your reaction! 🙂👍 This was Ann Waychoff's ( mother of Nightwish army) favorite NW song. She passed a way 4 years ago. So REST IN PEACE ANN🕯❤. Greetings from Finland! (by Nightwish fan since 1998)
Awwwww, may she rest in peace
Love your reaction! "I want to hear that again; this is so good!" Uhuh, hell yes 🤘🏻 This is one of my very favorite Nightwish songs. When I see a reaction to "Song of Myself", "Seven days to the Wolfs" or "The Greatest Show on Earth", I'll go watch immediately.
You can see Floor was having such a good time. She is this Valkyrie goddess on the stage. When she steps off the stage, she is a lovely, humble person. No diva, no arrogance, a down to earth lady who knows what she can do on the stage and how hard she has worked to get this good.
Thank you for reacting! Love from The Netherlands ❤
Thank you for being a part of my journey
Whatever guard you have up, when Floor's voice comes in she cut's thru it like a fresh sharpened butcher knife and get's you right into your soul and while your bleeding out you feel satisfied.
Correct
``How are they not popular in the US`` is a question of decade`s . I found them about 15 years ago while listening to another band ``Within Tempation`` who are from the Netherlands. also not popular here. What a crime!!
U.S. radio wants 2.5 minute songs that all follow the same formula. Ghost Love Score has a minute of instrumental intro, a minute and a half of orchestral interlude and a minute of instrumental outro, to go along with constant key and timing changes and full style switches. It would require a media executive to go way out on a limb to take the risk of playing any thing creative.
@@ganggreen9012 Or anything of quality
But keep in mind.....every medal has 2 sides.....
I am personally very happy that they didnt got butchered by the machine music-industry......
@@HCH944Very true, just sad. Taylor Swift is an example
@@ganggreen9012 it just restricts your ad placement in commercial radio. Remember the music is just played so that people will listen to ads!
Forever Ann's song RIP
To Ann 🕯❤
Always❤️
Amie My Dear Lady, You Just Rock you really do, I so love your show, and you, for the enthusiasm, and love and truth, that you put into your reviews, THANK YOU so much for sharing a little corner of your life with us, I have said this before The wife and Me, are Nightwish fans of many years, and 26 concerts Europe, and UK Wide, And we still are here, and always will be, When Nightwish enters your life, it is there forever, trust me.❤ More Please
Your right, this band is amazing!!!!
I felt the way you did when I discovered this band. How could I have never heard of a band this great!? I am from the United States also (Georgia) and I am 56, heard some great music from many genres and times. Nightwish blows me away as a band, and Floor for me is the greatest vocalist I have ever heard.
Yeah they are amazing
You really need to watch her solo version of Shallow.
Definitelly, the only question is whether to do the Beste Zangers 2019 songs in order of performances, or by "random"...
RIP Ann, and there forever remains that change from G to Em, sometimes everything is piano black
To Ann ❤🕯
May she rest in peace
This song is a tribute to the poem in 52 chapters, One for every week of the year, " Song of myself " by Walt Whitman 1819-1892.(one of the co-founders of US poetry). The 7th line of the song is ""Of mermaids, of Whitman's and the Ride""". The extended official studio version of this song has, at the end, a poem as a tribute to Whitman made by Tuomas, the keyboard player and the mastermind of nightwish. These lines you can also see fast flahing on the ledscreen of the video you just saw.
Bucle up, it goes very deep.
" 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. "
That's deep
Jukka kills those drums again ❤️🔥 This is so many many times listened but still so great version 🎸 Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮
The gift that just keeps on giving, Nightwish is a new and magical gift with each layer of wrapping you remove - great reaction as always 🤘
Couldn't agree more!
Battle Beast guy was just waiting for Floor to walk up to the mic 🎤 before getting excited.
I bet he was headbanging like a champ when the breakdown came! 🤕
I would be the same I think: in awe...
12:53, he's more into it :)
You cannot enjoy a Nightwish performance too much. This is the law.
Ha ha, I like that law
Battle Beast-guy is actually one of the biggest fan of NW, he can be seen almost every friggin gig 🔥🤘
Lyrics are from Whitmans poem
That's cool
As you've been "Floored" several times already, it's time to be MarKO'd for a change. Check out Nightwish's cover/tribute of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes".
They should be selling out arenas and Stadiums throughout the US and Floor should be a household name .
Exactly!!!!
I love when a reactor actually reacts. Great job! This is one of my favorite Nightwish songs, having just found them two years ago myself. We in the States have truly been missing out!
Yeah, we have been robbed of greatness
US import embargo on great music, the pandemic and RUclips changed that!
The album version of this song contains a poem at the end. I think that version is worth to check out as well
Love this song
Another song that´s awesome and some what underated among reactors is Nightwish - Sahara. Live in Tampa. Please do that one.
Maybe my favourite NW song. Masterpiece 🔥🤘❤️🇫🇮
Remains the change from G to E minor = GEm 💎
That's a bar
Oh boy!!! Subscribed immediately!!! You FEEL Nightwish......yepppp...enough for me! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
Awwwww, thank you!!!!
@@Amiekinz4ever Nightwishy love from The Netherlands 🌹🌹🌹
This was a good reaction. So sincere! This is obviously music for you. And you explains soo good why. Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
“And There, Forever Remains The Change From G to E minor” 🤘
Nightwish simply does not make bad songs. They are either great, better, and best. Your favorite one is the one you listen to. Can't wait for your next reaction. P.s. Floor loves Pantera 😀
I bet she does. That's awesome!!!
And Hannes, and Whisky, and...
No 2 in my favourites list.
Marco is superb - I love his second entry (the rising gliss) so much I extracted it and have it as my ringtone.
Favourite parts:
Piano Black , and particularly the best description of depression I've heard - "sometimes the within is piano black". Piano black - that deep glossy black that almost evades the eye.
Emppu holding that long note one-handed as he drinks a Corona.
The unexpected pauses (rests) towards the end, particularly, in this performance, when Floor turns her hands upwards and the flames seem to come from her palms.
Great chuggy rhythms in the breakdown.
Little pizzicato string sections in the run-up to that ending.
At the end the lead vocals use the same lyrics as the choir are singing in the earlier parts -
"All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
All that great heart lying still on an angelwing". That lyric is perfect for the staccato rhythm.
...and lots more
NIGHTWISHGASM !!!!!
Facts!!!!
I think the magic of nightwish is that every member of the band can take any tone needed from their instruments to perfectly match what the song needs any given moment. And Floors voice is the same and for that reason a perfect match for the music.
Hi Amie, the Battle Beast guy, is actually one of the fans who has been to the most concerts!
12:53, he's more into it :)
Pantera tone. Chunky chugging. Hair whipping around, even from Tuomas.
11:20 Look at Jukka go, wow!
Ozzie feel. Emppu having a Corona, letting the guitar feedback.
13:26, 13:38 That look from Emppu, yes, we got this!
Yes, Christmas morning... Isn't this magical?
The FIRE Queen, from her outstretched hands, the skipped beat, to fool us, then back in, for the last one.
The girl blowing a kiss. (We should know her name by now.)
Breathe :)
The US doesn't allow non-conformists (no 3 minute singles from Tuomas; "3 minutes and counting...").
Well Amie, Nightwish is one of the most underrated bands of this world. For example, they are almost never been played in the Netherlands on the radio. And then there are from the Netherlands: Epica, Within Temptation, Ayreon.
Also worthy checking out.
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Thank you, your the best.
Welcome to the Nightwish Army
Thank you
The extra delay between the high tone and the last fire blast gets me every time. Even if I repeat it several times. Its quarter of a second too late and that is exactly what it should be.
Oh yes also for future reference floor Jansen is also known as the dutch windmill because sheis from the Netherlands where they have windmills and she's tall like a windmill and she spins her head like a windmill like in this video. She's 6ft tall and beautiful. She's also known as momma floor too. Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️
Does Alpenglow have a Windmill on the backdrop?
I have start to wait Your Nightwish reaction. It is so nice to see the effect what this band giving. Thank You 😊
Thank you, I love this band
Floor is super versatile. Do you want to hear her growl? Just look for 'yours is an emty hope'. PS: I subscribed! 🎉
Indeed, there is no orchestra on stage, but:
Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen uses samples from orchestral pieces and choirs in collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (producer Pip Williams, who also produced albums for Status Quo and The Moody Blues). All the choir voices are from The Metro Voices Gospel Choir (in cooperation with the LPO)
Here is a short docu about the making of Imaginaerum of which Storytime is the 12th song!
ruclips.net/video/HcxjKlUcjXo/видео.htmlsi=DN0nQCaufOMpAwVC
That's awesome
"It just sounds like an orchestra" - actually - it is an orchestra - it is London Philharmonic Orchestra!
Ha ha, that's awesome
Top Reaction Amie ! You're right, really...
😊 thank you
Loving your journey and appreciation! Keep going!!!! I am here for it! I know you have these recommendations but just repeating them here!
Yours is an Empty Hope
Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean
Greatest Show in Earth
poet and the pendulum
Dark Chest of Wonders
Another good one Amie. I didn't discover Nightwish and Floor Jansen until I retired 5 yrs ago. Since then, they have owned a piece of my life. A lifetime of music (I'm also from the USA) and this never happened to me before. Is it because I'm now retired? Possibly. Is it because I have always wanted to hear an orchestra backing my favorite bands? Definitely. Is it because I've always been a fan of live performances? No question. Is it because I'm a fan of strong harmony vocals? Absolutely. Am I glad I discovered Nightwish? Are you kidding me?! And BTW, Floor Jansen is the GOAT, and Tuomas Holopainen is the greatest pop music composer of my lifetime. There, I said it.
Everything you said, I agree with
Wow, what a performance 👏 🙌
They are phenomenal!!!
Mesmerizing vocals,exceptionel musicianship,wonderfull lyrics, what's to say more?.😉🤘
You can also say, great crowd engagement, incredible outfits, spectacular performance
and dont forget she was only 10 months with Nightwish and RIP Ann u are so missed🤘
That's crazy
R.I.P Ann Waychoff mother of the Nightwish Army. June 28th, 2020
This is your song.
If you ever have to explain the Groove in Metal to someone - play this tune.
Until the Breakdown hits you with a 10 ton hammer it is all fun and games.
But then the slow chugging monster with the machine gun riffing takes over.
And for every Metal Head this lights up the day.
Awesome….Imho one of the best songs ever.
Sometimes the sky is piano black….
Floor Jansen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Valkyries and Stonehenge, Lady of Nightwish and Protector of our Metal Realm. Long may she reign. Bow, mortal !
R.I.P. Ann Carone Diamond ....we will never forget you.
And Thank You Gabriel Bardac for carrying on the flame that Ann ignited.
And there forever remains that change from G to E minor.
Yes! To Ann 🕯❤
Hi really good reaction, Nightwish do this every song 🥰
It’s gigs like this that time travel would handy I totally agree
Agreed!!!
🤗🍒🤘🏻😘 Great Job again Amiek, And no, there are no bad songs and every song blows your mind
I'm learning that
May I have a question please: How many favourites did you have so far...?😅
All of them ha ha
You almost act like a kid in a candy store, love the enthusiasm. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
I just appreciate what they share musically SOOOOO much
This band hit my playlist around 4 years ago. Now it pretty well IS my playlist. And I heard Zeppelin live twice, and ran sound for some pretty good rock bands for 18 years so I've been doing music for a while.
Fabulous reaction again ❤, by my reckoning Nightwish have released about 140+ album tracks (I have them all but couldn’t be bothered counting them), there are only 2 tracks that I have taken off my Nightwish playlist - which is an amazing ratio compared to any other band I listen to. They just don’t do bad songs 🙏❤️. Subscribed already but wishing you a speedy growth to 10k and beyond. You deserve it for your passion and insight, take care and lots of love from Scotland ❤
Oh wow! Thank you
The 'Music Media' lets you hear what they want you to hear, it has been that way for years, and will be that way for many more years to come.
Sadly you're right
RUclips has broken the monopoly.
Every Nightwish song is the new favorite💥
Exactly!!!!!
Good one. Great reaction to a great song and great group.
RIP Ann Waychoff🤘🎸
To Ann 🕯❤
Amie, it is so simple, just admit, that the favourite Nightwish song is one you are listening to right now. Every time)
Seriously!!!!!
The whole Wacken 2013 - Show was fire. Not only by Nightwish. I live near Wacken and go to the festival almost every year. Indeed it was just now.. Wednesday til yesterday.. It was great. Unfortunately no NW this year
I have to agree with Gabriel. Such an enthusiastic reaction. You know your music, too. How can I not subscribe! 🙂 And don't worry about pausing, it's a reaction video, and your observations are entertaining. Enjoy the Nightwish catalogue. It will also be worth your while checking out both Floor and Marko's solo work.
Thank you! 😃
🎶 Nightwish Live at Wacken Open Air 2013 🎶 Correct speed - FullHD - Remastered 🎶( ruclips.net/video/mzcy3a9q8_0/видео.html )
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 🎶🎶🎶 Epic concert! 🎶🎶🎶
Audience in this concert was 82k+
"This is my favorite...."
Yeah. We know. 😂
Ha ha
Carry on Amy; your vision on Nightwish is inspiring. Greetings from The Netherlands. Have a nice weekend!
Thank you! You too!
You just got your self a new subscriber. Cheers from a finn in Sweden.
Welcome aboard!
And I am THAT guy in a Nightwish concert. Im just paralyzed to take in everything i hear and see - dont want to create any kind of disturbance to fully immerse in to the athmosphere they create. I would propably stop breathing if it wasnt neccesarry to see the rest of the show..
So to me its certainly not lack of enthusiasm - its just total concentration and clearing my mind to get absorbed to their show. One reason being the stage presense of the band and production on stage - there is more than "just" the music to soak in.
Hi Amie : This whole DVD is Awesome they dont have any bad songs there all 1# !!!
I'm starting to see that
You clearly enjoyed this one to say the least. So please if you have time check out the poem at the end of the album version for completeness if only in your own time. Great journey. Thank you.
Really great reaction, even you didn't analyze the poetry behind the lyrics of each song. Thanks Tuomas Holopainen (metal Mozart) for Nightwish 😎
Thanks
Merry Christmas.
Ha ha nice!
You/we/world deserves the "Love" part too... its ofc best directly attached to this (as in that fan edition of this song/video), but please consider to hear it extra... its small poem (btw its verses are displayed on bottom part of that huge background screen during the song's playing) but powerfull...
Dude! Great reaction
I love your reactions. 😀
Awwwww, thank you
Fantastic reaction once again Amie. Lovin' it!
Yay, thank you!
Hey pastor Amie I got your response on my comment I left you for nightwish song of myself. You mentioned the floor the lead singers vocals reminds you of a 80s singer which you mentioned Joan Jett which I'm thinking no more like pat benatar if you know that singer look up her songs beast of burden comes to mind but just filling you in on my thoughts about that . Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️
It's just Nightwish doing Nightwish things - exceptional as always. There's not many more impressive sounds than Floor in full rock-chick mode, belting it out in her first register. If you are a fan of Rock Floor, try one of her side projects, called Northward, with the song "While Love Died".
There is another guy in the audience you may not have noticed. The fandom calls him the 'time traveler'. He is frozen in place with a blank expression, seeming like he is trying to experience a historical event without being noticed.
Yeah, I've been starting to notice him
If you wanna grow I would suggest many Epica live videos haha. And the low voice from Floor in this, on top of the metal is one of the best for me
Thanks for the tips! Epica is phenomenal too
Thinking of you Ann, we're carrying on in your place welcoming new Nightwish fans. Song of Myself will always be connected with you. Rest In Peace Darlin'. "Sometimes within is piano black - piano black over pristine waters" - - - are you kiddin' me - what a line - holy smokes ! North American music has been highjacked by hip hop and rap is why we'll never hear anything else.
Well,,, I wouldn't say that they "Have" a bad song but I'd say that they cover a bad song, The Phantom of the Opera. But their covers, except for that one are top notch. Pink Floyd's High Hopes; Gary Moore's Over the Hills and Far Away, and a short film song cover called Walking in the Air are all some of my favorites.
this is a banger especially the last 3 mins
I fully agree
My favorite songs😍 Your reaction is amazing. Greetings from Finland🇫🇮
Thank you so much!!
Hail to the Queen , the Poet, The Riff Maker, The Groove Master, The Piper of Heaven and the Beat Lord !
Unfortunately I can only give a thumbs up once.. Hands down best reaction to SOM up to now!
Can you take a short brake from this concert and react to "Devil And The Deep Ocean" live in Buenos Aires 2018? Both Floor and Marko blowing you away...
I feel you. This is a crazy good song... Amazing reaction!
That guy in the Battle Beast shirt I’ll add a second problem to that, it’s a Nightwish concert dude!!! I know it’s a festival but I’d be going back to my tent and putting on my NW shirt before the concert
"That was sick"..; )
Ha ha yeah it was
Best Nightwish song?? The one you just listened to. This is always true.
Facts... lol
Now that you've heard this, watch the "Extended" version, which is followed by stream of consciousness poetry that will touch your heart. It is written by our favorite genius, Tuomas Holopainen, and inspired by Walt Whitman, who wrote the original Song of Myself. I'd watch your reaction, but even if you don't record it, you owe it to yourself.
I'll watch it. Thank you
@@Amiekinz4ever You'll love it.