Background from their book: ----------- Thanks to Marko, the band had gotten a fresh start and could basically start recording the new album with a clean slate. According to Tuomas, Marko's role in the process was crucial. "From the very beginning, I wanted Century Child to be our heaviest album. I wanted to bring the guitars and bass up front in the mix, and that's definitely what we did. Marko's bass sounds absolutely terrific. In the studio Tuomas noticed to his surprise that there was a theme running through the songs. "Century Child is not a theme album per se, but once I'd written half of the songs, I realized that each one of them - even the titles - touch upon the same motifs: childhood, innocence, especially the loss of innocence. The six-month period before recording the album was the hardest time of my life, and the music clearly reflects that. I just wanted to write down things as they were. I've never been more tempted to use the word 'f*ck' as when I was writing the lyrics for Century Child. I tried to avoid it, though. But you can certainly find a lot of strong emotions there; anxiety, even hopelessness. For me, Nightwish has always been a way to keep a diary. It's the journal of my life. Wishmaster was a more positive album, but after that I was pissed off about everything, and you can hear it on Century Child." "Slaying the Dreamer is extremely heavy. I wrote the lyrics after a bar night at five a.m. I had just been told what a horrible person and an asshole I am, blah blah. The whole thing was actually really insignificant, but it hurt me like a thousand needles. Tarja's good friend came up to me in Kitee's Karhu Bar and said, "You treat Tarja so fuckin' bad - don't you understand how much she has done for your band? How dare you not give any credit to her!" Like, "Don't you ever think about what Tarja's going through", stuff like that. This person, whom I hardly even know, gave me total hell for five minutes. I have nothing against him personally, but the incident kind of triggered many traumas. I wanted to tell some people what I really think about them, and when I got back home, I wrote 'Slaying the Dreamer'. In the morning, I read the lyrics in a clearer state of mind and deleted the f-words. The result can be heard on the album."
Thank you for another great reaction. This song has climbed to the top of my favorite list.....from top to bottom, left to right this band just KILLS it every single time out. Had you told me a year ago I would be a huge fan of a metal band I would have told you that you were crazy, but in my mind Nightwish is something different, for me Floor's voice is the thing that takes them to a higher plane so to speak. The entire band is insanely talented, Floor is cherry on top of the perfect sundae.
Powerful stuff . Did you notice, how Thomas hammered his instrument with a fist...hot damn 🤘😎🤘!!!! Tuomas, Nightwish's songwriter, wrote this one night in a fit of rage, and had to edit it later on to get rid of all the profanity. It's an angry song directed toward the greed of mankind, and their stupidity. Floor is able to handle both the Operatic songs from the Tarja era and the more pop style of Annette, so that the band was able to have great live concerts doing a "Decades" tour with so much of their older music mixed between the different eras pre Floor. Also I think everyone wants "Live" Nightwish because the live shows were with Floor before Tuomas was able to write new music for the Floor era. This song was from the Tarja era and Tarja did a great job with it as it was written for her style, but it's great that Floor can also cover this music from the early days of Nightwish. NWSU 🤘😎🤘 Happy New Year guys !!!!
Missed this as watching a film with my son. This is another song that has become much better with Floor and Marco. Lots of interaction and mad vocals. I can tell you that creating subtitles for this, repeatedly playing sections over to get timing right, you notice all sorts of nuances... Close to the end of the concert, ridiculous vocals and ending on those rapid staccato triplets after 2 hours! The priest bit is: I'm a priest for the poorest sacrifice I'm but a raft in a sea of sorrow and greed You bathed in my wine Drank from my cup, mocked my rhyme Your slit tongues licked my aching wounds Thanks!
Thank you for this reactionvideo. Just as Floor can do anything she wants with her voice, Emppu can do anything he wants with his EV-1. He is unfortunately one of the most underrated guitarists in the world.
Background from their book:
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Thanks to Marko, the band had gotten a fresh start and could basically start recording the new album with a clean slate. According to Tuomas, Marko's role in the process was crucial. "From the very beginning, I wanted Century Child to be our heaviest album. I wanted to bring the guitars and bass up front in the mix, and that's definitely what we did. Marko's bass sounds absolutely terrific.
In the studio Tuomas noticed to his surprise that there was a theme running through the songs. "Century Child is not a theme album per se, but once I'd written half of the songs, I realized that each one of them - even the titles - touch upon the same motifs: childhood, innocence, especially the loss of innocence. The six-month period before recording the album was the hardest time of my life, and the music clearly reflects that. I just wanted to write down things as they were. I've never been more tempted to use the word 'f*ck' as when I was writing the lyrics for Century Child. I tried to avoid it, though. But you can certainly find a lot of strong emotions there; anxiety, even hopelessness. For me, Nightwish has always been a way to keep a diary. It's the journal of my life. Wishmaster was a more positive album, but after that I was pissed off about everything, and you can hear it on Century Child."
"Slaying the Dreamer is extremely heavy. I wrote the lyrics after a bar night at five a.m. I had just been told what a horrible person and an asshole I am, blah blah. The whole thing was actually really insignificant, but it hurt me like a thousand needles. Tarja's good friend came up to me in Kitee's Karhu Bar and said, "You treat Tarja so fuckin' bad - don't you understand how much she has done for your band? How dare you not give any credit to her!" Like, "Don't you ever think about what Tarja's going through", stuff like that. This person, whom I hardly even know, gave me total hell for five minutes. I have nothing against him personally, but the incident kind of triggered many traumas. I wanted to tell some people what I really think about them, and when I got back home, I wrote 'Slaying the Dreamer'. In the morning, I read the lyrics in a clearer state of mind and deleted the f-words. The result can be heard on the album."
Yess. Alanna needs to read this comment! She will get the lyrics more ❤
It’s. GREAT song, & there are many that slay the dreamer!
Love this song so much🤗❤️🔥🤗❤️🔥.
Thx to your two❤️
Thank you for another great reaction. This song has climbed to the top of my favorite list.....from top to bottom, left to right this band just KILLS it every single time out. Had you told me a year ago I would be a huge fan of a metal band I would have told you that you were crazy, but in my mind Nightwish is something different, for me Floor's voice is the thing that takes them to a higher plane so to speak. The entire band is insanely talented, Floor is cherry on top of the perfect sundae.
Powerful stuff . Did you notice, how Thomas hammered his instrument with a fist...hot damn 🤘😎🤘!!!!
Tuomas, Nightwish's songwriter, wrote this one night in a fit of rage, and had to edit it later on to get rid of all the profanity. It's an angry song directed toward the greed of mankind, and their stupidity.
Floor is able to handle both the Operatic songs from the Tarja era and the more pop style of Annette, so that the band was able to have great live concerts doing a "Decades" tour with so much of their older music mixed between the different eras pre Floor. Also I think everyone wants "Live" Nightwish because the live shows were with Floor before Tuomas was able to write new music for the Floor era. This song was from the Tarja era and Tarja did a great job with it as it was written for her style, but it's great that Floor can also cover this music from the early days of Nightwish.
NWSU 🤘😎🤘
Happy New Year guys !!!!
Ihr seit echt Super, man könnte glauben, dass die Nummer von euch ist 😄
I love this! 😍🤩 I also recommend to check this also with Tarja (Live, End of an Era ) she and Marco are pure dynamite! 🔥
The dreamer is the songwriter. Slaying the Dreamer is when their music gets harshly criticized.
From the 4th album, Century Child. The 1st with Marko.
Missed this as watching a film with my son.
This is another song that has become much better with Floor and Marco. Lots of interaction and mad vocals.
I can tell you that creating subtitles for this, repeatedly playing sections over to get timing right, you notice all sorts of nuances...
Close to the end of the concert, ridiculous vocals and ending on those rapid staccato triplets after 2 hours!
The priest bit is:
I'm a priest for the poorest sacrifice
I'm but a raft in a sea of sorrow and greed
You bathed in my wine
Drank from my cup, mocked my rhyme
Your slit tongues licked my aching wounds
Thanks!
Thank you for this reactionvideo. Just as Floor can do anything she wants with her voice, Emppu can do anything he wants with his EV-1. He is unfortunately one of the most underrated guitarists in the world.
I totally agree!
You may want to check same song from End of an Era concert with Tarja
Please react to this song with Tarja
🤗🍒🤘🏻😘
Baby is gonna be a drummer...I'm calling it!
Oliver....the beast!!!
@@enterthecronic Forgive me...is that the name for the new baby?
@@amygoodson-catlady Oliver Francis Percival is his full name! :)
@@enterthecronic That's wonderful! I will say a prayer for baby
Contractions?! Is Alanna having some Braxton Hicks? 😮 Hope she’s ok! ❤
She is okay!! Thanks, Marita! She definitely was having some Braxton Hicks!
@@enterthecronic Good! I thought so, hope they have calmed down or stopped now. 😊
🇬🇧 Norfolk on this ride let’s go