its because it isnt tony who written n composed so he pufft* no selene in the live ... poor jani but i really prefer tony sing it more tho timo is good
Must feel pretty awesome. The man composed the song over 10 years ago and they never played it with Sonata. Then, when Jani finally has the oppoturnity to play his song, the crowd sings along in the very beginning, recognizing his work. I'm not a Jani fan boy but that was fucking beautiful.
Liiba, you dont know just how popular Sonata Arctica was here in Japan back then (personalyl I have no first hand knowledge of it, but from all the metalheads I know, between SA and stratovarius, SA seems to be the more popular of the two)
My missus is sure they played My Selene live when Jani was with them, I believe she saw them on their first UK gig and she believes they played it then.
Tony will never sing in high pitches anymore, he said :( That's unfortunate, I really loved Sonata in the old times. 9th hour was still alright for me, but the newest album is not really good. I'm still trying to get used to it.
@@dannylovell7876 Definitely. Saw them in NYC (2 months ago) & was sad to hear that most of their setlist was comprised of Talviyo & their later releases. Full Moon was literally the only song played from the Golden Age. You can tell Tony's voice is going though. The line in the chorus, " and.. heee's not a maaan anymooore", was almost a struggle for him to hit. He had to resort to strictly falsetto to be able to do it & even then it was meh. Time to accept they're getting older bud.
@@FurbyParade226 During that time Kakko's voice was in worst condition it had probably ever been. In 2014-2016, he was hitting ridiculously high notes in full voice, like this E5 ruclips.net/video/fdLES4x_h4A/видео.html, but he burned his voice in 2017 Ninth Hour tour, and didn't rest enough. So during 2018-19, he lost his voice almost completely. So much so that songs during the 2019 acoustic tour were played in much lower keys and Kakko's voice still strained alot. Thankfully he has had time to rest now, and sounded better this year. Still could hear that he had damaged his voice, and it'll likely never sound the same as before. But the tour in Finland was fantastic and although they played some songs in dropped keys, they played many older songs, 9 songs from the first 4 albums. This christmas he had also some christmas gigs, and sounded very good and clean ruclips.net/video/Q-izrfm7r7g/видео.html
Nocturnal poetry: Dressed in the whitest silver you'd smile at me Every night I wait for my sweet Selene But still... Solitude's upon my skin A Life that's bound by the chains of reality Would you let me be your Endymion? I would Bathe in your moonlight and slumber in peace Enchanted by your kiss in forever sleep But until we unite I live for that night Wait for time Two souls entwine In the break of new dawn My hope is forlorn Shadows they will fade But I'm always in the shade Without you... Serene and silent sky Rays of moon are dancing with the tide A perfect sight, a world devine And I... The loneliest child alive Always waiting, searching for my rhyme I'm still alone in the dead of night Silent I lie with a smile on my face Appearance deceives and the silence betrays As I wait for the time My dream comes alive Always out of sight But never out of mind And under waning moon Still I long for you Alone against the light Solitude am I In the end I'm enslaved by my dream In the end there's no soul who'd bleed for me Hidden from daylight I'm sealed in my cave Trapped in a dream that is slowly turning to nightmare, Where I'm all alone Venial is life when you're but a dream, The book is still open the pages as empty as me I cling to a hope that's beginning to fade Trying to break the desolation I hate But until we unite I live for that night Wait for time Two souls entwine In the break of new dawn My hope is forlorn We will never meet Only Misery and me This is my final call My evenfall Drowning into time I become the night By the light of new day I'll fade away Reality cuts deep Would you bleed with me My Selene?
It's almost a year since I watched this video. Before that moment I didn't know that Jani had this band so that was pretty awesome to me. I loved his work with SA and Cain's Offering is amazing! I would like they release a third album soon!
How many of you have been clutching their fists while listening to this back n the days?? f**k! really! XD This was an amazing dive into the golden days! :D
i have always thot this song was tony who written and composed but actually it was jani. n this is 1 of my most favorite. well with me tony and jani is like a very couple (my opinion n imagination only) that will rule the metal world. but jani lost the role controlling tony's mind and made he went too far (as the ppl say). but jani, u rock the entire metal band u join
¿Alguien me podria sacar de una duda por favor? ¿Por que jani salio de Sonata Artica y ahora esta con timo en este grupo? Y otra cosa, ¿Stratovarius ya no son un grupo o aun lo son? Alguien que sea tan amable de quitarme esa duda jajaja
Angel Ozuna Jani se fue de Sonata porque estuvo preso, en finlandia el servicio militar es obligatorio y jani no fue por lo tanto tuvo que cumplir una pequeña condena. En ese momento sonata estaba lanzando unia y decidieron reemplazar a jani ya que tenian un tour mundial y no podian esperarlo. Stratovarius sigue siendo una banda, en 2015 salio su ultimo disco y se espera que este año salga otro. Lo explique a las apuradas, cualquier cosa preguntame o googlea
@@tavishnicov8715 Kakko nunca lo saco, le enviaba cartas a Jani y el no respondía, además el ya ni quería seguir en la banda, pues yo creo que el quería tener un proyecto más propio donde el escribiera las canciones y sabía que Sonata sin las letras de Kakko no era lo mismo.
He was inactive for a long time so Ibanez probably stopped endorsing him, then when eh finally got really back into making music, ESP approached him and offered him a cool guitar in the SV :) I own the exact same model, it's awesome.
Such hype in the beginning. It starts out okay but I'm sorry, this isn't a good performance. I wish it was just the keyboard solo missing but: 1. They mess up the lyrics multiple times. 2. Imagine having this long a rest for your voice and still not doing the line justice 5:25 3. out of tuuuuuune 3:56 - 4:10 ; 4:32 ; 4:45 ; 5:45 ; 5:54 ; 6:00 ; 6:08 4. 4:01 At this point it's just Jani lol I feel like if he isn't there to guide the song back in the right direction it quickly turns into a shitshow hahaha
Sadly they don't have a good keyboard to play it complete. Also it is extremely common to see how people egos ruin bands: tony and jani in sonata, tarja and tuomas in nightwish, timo tolkki and kotipelto in stratovarius...
Pretty obvious who was responsible for Sonata Arctica's good years. Just listen to SA's new album. Self indulgent rubbish. Cain's Offering is fantastic!
Sam Jones SA has fallen off a bit i wont lie, but there are a few good songs from their newer albums. I feel you on the fact that their older stuff is much better
While Tony did write nearly everything, it is undeniable that Jani had a big influence when it came to how guitar driven the songs were. Now its a joke that they have a player as good Elias but he's buried in the mix only playing power chords.
I had almost only SA to listen to. Last 10 years i have almost nothing new to listen, there is almost nothing i would appriciate as much :'( Where can i found such good compilation of high voice range with interesting voice color, energy, melody and so on nowadays... World has dropped to hell 10y ago for me :)
After waiting 12 years I finally heard My Selene performed live :))))))
its because it isnt tony who written n composed so he pufft* no selene in the live ... poor jani but i really prefer tony sing it more tho timo is good
Avedissalitis yes I'm crying
I wish if jani was still with sonata arctica and sing it live with toni...
same bro
2007 for me too!
Must feel pretty awesome. The man composed the song over 10 years ago and they never played it with Sonata. Then, when Jani finally has the oppoturnity to play his song, the crowd sings along in the very beginning, recognizing his work. I'm not a Jani fan boy but that was fucking beautiful.
blame tony not performing the song with jani and sonata himself
Even though I'm a huge SA/Tony fanboy, I don't understand why they didn't play this even once. Pretty stupid if u ask me, the song kicks ass
i love this song so much cause it sounds great, lyrics great and touching the hearts. but why didnt they play this then shud better ask tony
Liiba, you dont know just how popular Sonata Arctica was here in Japan back then (personalyl I have no first hand knowledge of it, but from all the metalheads I know, between SA and stratovarius, SA seems to be the more popular of the two)
My missus is sure they played My Selene live when Jani was with them, I believe she saw them on their first UK gig and she believes they played it then.
Loved it when the whole crowd singed the into 🥺♥️
Sounds pretty decent in Kotipelto's voice. Jani looks happy to be playing it live, also. Good performance overall.
i stopped listening to Sonata after jani left the band - i always dreamed with Jani in Stratovarius, this is near of my dream.
Marxiton he does help make stratovarius current albums I think stuff like backing vocal but yeah it would be cool if he becomes a full member
LOL me tooo
Why don't both SA and Strat just give us want we want and have BOTH Jani and Elias in SA and BOTH Tolkki and Mattias in Strat? 😢
@@jaymz_rg1003 Agree, there is no place for ego's now, time is running out..
Great to finally hear this song live. Wish it was with Tony though. Tony's voice brings out the true beauty of the lyrics.
Man, Kotipelto makes everything even more awesome.
My favorite Sonata Arctica Song!!!
Jani IS king
Awesome song! Thanks for sharing, I've been craving for a live version of this.
This is a anthem, amazing song.
fuckin' awesome
me encantaria que grabaran My selene versión Cain's Offering en estudio
+Cesar Link I support the motion!
Thanks i waiting for my selene in Studio n.n
Eso seria genial. ¿DÓNDE HAY QUE FIRMAR?
Ufffff definitivamente!! Estaría increíble escuchar una studio version con la voz de Timo!!
I want a Sonata Arctica reunion just to here this song live with Jani on guitar and Tony on vocals. Still this version rocked.
3:17 Silence betrays and the silence betrays!
Jesús Lopez I can't deal with this hahahaha
yeah, that silence is really tracherous
@@dimdecember2352 Lmao
hahahahaha damn silence!
You are such a blessing for posting this! This is one of my favorite Sonata Arctica songs.
Thoughts on Anette doing this with Dark Element? I'd want to hear it.
Fuck yeah...
jani with beard wtf
Pepe Vargas he finally hit puberty
and still not really much of a beard.
one of the best short SA songs ever. Still here, 2022.
It's a good performance. Would love to see Tony actually perform this live too though.
Tony will never sing in high pitches anymore, he said :(
That's unfortunate, I really loved Sonata in the old times. 9th hour was still alright for me, but the newest album is not really good.
I'm still trying to get used to it.
@@rod-abreu :( It was frankly depressing to watch on their latest US tour... especially alongside Kamelot and Battle Beast.
@@dannylovell7876 Definitely. Saw them in NYC (2 months ago) & was sad to hear that most of their setlist was comprised of Talviyo & their later releases. Full Moon was literally the only song played from the Golden Age. You can tell Tony's voice is going though. The line in the chorus, " and.. heee's not a maaan anymooore", was almost a struggle for him to hit. He had to resort to strictly falsetto to be able to do it & even then it was meh. Time to accept they're getting older bud.
@@FurbyParade226 Wow. Depressing indeed.
@@FurbyParade226
During that time Kakko's voice was in worst condition it had probably ever been. In 2014-2016, he was hitting ridiculously high notes in full voice, like this E5 ruclips.net/video/fdLES4x_h4A/видео.html, but he burned his voice in 2017 Ninth Hour tour, and didn't rest enough. So during 2018-19, he lost his voice almost completely. So much so that songs during the 2019 acoustic tour were played in much lower keys and Kakko's voice still strained alot.
Thankfully he has had time to rest now, and sounded better this year. Still could hear that he had damaged his voice, and it'll likely never sound the same as before. But the tour in Finland was fantastic and although they played some songs in dropped keys, they played many older songs, 9 songs from the first 4 albums. This christmas he had also some christmas gigs, and sounded very good and clean ruclips.net/video/Q-izrfm7r7g/видео.html
Jani carajooo!!..un grande!!
These guys were my superheroes growing up!
aun escuchando en 2021 alguien mas? waiting for a new album! :D
Nocturnal poetry:
Dressed in the whitest silver you'd smile at me
Every night I wait for my sweet Selene
But still...
Solitude's upon my skin
A Life that's bound by the chains of reality
Would you let me be your Endymion?
I would
Bathe in your moonlight and slumber in peace
Enchanted by your kiss in forever sleep
But until we unite
I live for that night
Wait for time
Two souls entwine
In the break of new dawn
My hope is forlorn
Shadows they will fade
But I'm always in the shade
Without you...
Serene and silent sky
Rays of moon are dancing with the tide
A perfect sight, a world devine
And I...
The loneliest child alive
Always waiting, searching for my rhyme
I'm still alone in the dead of night
Silent I lie with a smile on my face
Appearance deceives and the silence betrays
As I wait for the time
My dream comes alive
Always out of sight
But never out of mind
And under waning moon
Still I long for you
Alone against the light
Solitude am I
In the end I'm enslaved by my dream
In the end there's no soul who'd bleed for me
Hidden from daylight I'm sealed in my cave
Trapped in a dream that is slowly turning to nightmare,
Where I'm all alone
Venial is life when you're but a dream,
The book is still open the pages as empty as me
I cling to a hope that's beginning to fade
Trying to break the desolation I hate
But until we unite
I live for that night
Wait for time
Two souls entwine
In the break of new dawn
My hope is forlorn
We will never meet
Only Misery and me
This is my final call
My evenfall
Drowning into time
I become the night
By the light of new day
I'll fade away
Reality cuts deep
Would you bleed with me
My Selene?
Great performance, thanks for uploading it !
Greetings from Finland
Endymion: My Selene
Me: OUR Selene
I really hope they your Finland as well, I miss seeing Jani on stage. He's the best.
Samaa mieltä
+Avaruusnuija jep
+Avaruusnuija I hope they come back to Japan. The show was absolutely incredible (I was at this show btw.)
+Avaruusnuija Cains announced they will be at Tuska open air this year.
+pilotamurorei Yea, I know, and I couldn't be happier. :P
Tony no merecías este pedazo de canción!!!! , esta fue hecha para timmo ☝💕
I love this song, and it's awesome to see Jani playing it live!
Jani Liimatainen sonata Arctica's only original guitarist.
me gustaria que grabaran esta cancion en estudio..seria una version buenisima...
This is pure gold
It's almost a year since I watched this video. Before that moment I didn't know that Jani had this band so that was pretty awesome to me. I loved his work with SA and Cain's Offering is amazing! I would like they release a third album soon!
There is an album called "Silence" from SA, I really recommend you to listen it, With Jani of course
If you want more from Jani I definitely recommend The Dark Element, a project with Anette Olzon on vocals.
oh girl, thank you very much for this video, i wanted so much to see that
Jani and Timo in the same band, so cooool! And with the song that made me discover Sonata X)
Thank you so much for recording this.
Jani with beard is like a Finnish version of James Hetfield
Which is funny because I just realized that Kotipelto looks like Bob Rock. 😂
These guys are amazing live. Wish they'd come to my neck of the woods.
que bela voz
Stratovarius with Jani, Jens and Timo what an awesome band lineup!
Beautiful, thank you
Jani has grown up, lol. We miss young guitar days.
Oh man how cool was young guitar with Jani ?! Right ?!
you guys are great, hugs from brazil!
Thank you so much for posting this!
Great cover, they should do a studio version of this piece.
Belíssima versão!!!!!
Is such a shame that they hadn't never played this song before. Honestly, I think it's the best song by SA by far.
Thank you
best crossover ever !
LOVE YOU JANI LIIMATAINEN :3
hermoso cover.
this shows how brilliant Tony is/was. good to see jani after all these years!!
sorry my selene is originally jani himself written and composed. thats y tony didnt perform this song tho his voice fking fits the song
Py 3.14 I just burned this frontman:) i am aware of these facts as well.
til now i know the fact my selene has never been played live by the original creator.. sad... there wont be a chance
If you tell me this is a Cain's Offering song I would believe you
New arrangement! In my opinion, better than the original
Reckoning night was made September 22, 2004 and this was seven years ago so 2004+7=2011😊
My Selene live ever
Grande Jani Genio!+!
How many of you have been clutching their fists while listening to this back n the days??
f**k! really! XD This was an amazing dive into the golden days! :D
Me :) around 1999-2004 Sonata was... amazing. Fond memories. This brought me back and was great to see.
+Vestu oh pls sonata amazing til jani left. nope it doesnt mean after janj left sonata lost their amazingness
Well... we didn't say that ;) just enjoying old memories ;)
Great performance, but Jens... What hapenned with the keyboard solo??
he got distracted or some technicalities I think, not common to happen to him though
Thanks for the upload. Really nice rendition even if it's very different. Is there a reason Sonata never played this live?
Tony is a d!ck
Mother of god, Timo's vocals are brilliant on this song.
Holy shit.... this was fucking awesome
holy shit!
This is when Stormcrow came out, I guess... Because I spotted Jens on the Keyboards.
This reminds me of old school anime ost (don’t know how I ended up here)
🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Sirius Black on the lead guitar.
Jani is the mannnnn !!!!!
This is a brilliant Sonata song, I wonder why they haven't played it live?
It’s Jani’s song, so Sonata Arctica may not have the rights to perform it themselves
This is sick dude
Janiiiii ❤
Ótimo!
Is Jens johanson :3.... ????
yes he is
Me gusta mucho mas en la voz de Timo
I wish that Jani sings!
Жаль, что Яни ушел из Сонаты
Great :D
i have always thot this song was tony who written and composed but actually it was jani. n this is 1 of my most favorite. well with me tony and jani is like a very couple (my opinion n imagination only) that will rule the metal world. but jani lost the role controlling tony's mind and made he went too far (as the ppl say). but jani, u rock the entire metal band u join
in costa rica ????
Brutal
It's really fucked up that tony never allowed this song to be performed live with sonata just because jani wrote it. So damn disrespectful.
fuck yes, this is epic !!!!!!
Jani face is like "oh shit"
¿Alguien me podria sacar de una duda por favor?
¿Por que jani salio de Sonata Artica y ahora esta con timo en este grupo?
Y otra cosa, ¿Stratovarius ya no son un grupo o aun lo son?
Alguien que sea tan amable de quitarme esa duda jajaja
Angel Ozuna Jani se fue de Sonata porque estuvo preso, en finlandia el servicio militar es obligatorio y jani no fue por lo tanto tuvo que cumplir una pequeña condena. En ese momento sonata estaba lanzando unia y decidieron reemplazar a jani ya que tenian un tour mundial y no podian esperarlo. Stratovarius sigue siendo una banda, en 2015 salio su ultimo disco y se espera que este año salga otro. Lo explique a las apuradas, cualquier cosa preguntame o googlea
Martin Nievas Oh ya entiendo mas las cosas bueno simplemente era eso, esa era mi duda gracias colega.
Martin Nievas Luego al parecer Tony se enojo con el y lo saco del grupo, eso nunca se lo voy a perdonar a Tony como fiel seguidor de la banda.
@@tavishnicov8715 Kakko nunca lo saco, le enviaba cartas a Jani y el no respondía, además el ya ni quería seguir en la banda, pues yo creo que el quería tener un proyecto más propio donde el escribiera las canciones y sabía que Sonata sin las letras de Kakko no era lo mismo.
Ambas son las bandas de timo
VOUS CHANTEZ FAUX !!!
Non, ils ne chantent pas faux.
Ah si si
Is it not Stratovirus?
Cain's Offering are a super group
jani swith to another brand brand guitar? not ibanez anymore ?
We call them I've-been-hads around where I'm from. meh, I guess it's all in preference but in the end it's not the guitar but the player.
that's true...
He was inactive for a long time so Ibanez probably stopped endorsing him, then when eh finally got really back into making music, ESP approached him and offered him a cool guitar in the SV :) I own the exact same model, it's awesome.
cool..
Alguém em 2022????
Toivon että Jani laulaisi tämän yksin
But untiiiil we uniiiite
Jani + Alexi guitar
if u ever come to argentina you will hear this song from the crowd instead of playing it
Great to see this live, but I Timo ugh, Tony's Vocal are so much better :|
Kotipelto and jani are pure magic
Ronaldo Morettini exactly
The song was made for Tony´s voice.
Yeah Timo is frustrating. He sounds great on the albums but he is all over the place pitch-wise when performing live.
Grosos aguante el power metal
Such hype in the beginning. It starts out okay but I'm sorry, this isn't a good performance. I wish it was just the keyboard solo missing but:
1. They mess up the lyrics multiple times.
2. Imagine having this long a rest for your voice and still not doing the line justice 5:25
3. out of tuuuuuune 3:56 - 4:10 ; 4:32 ; 4:45 ; 5:45 ; 5:54 ; 6:00 ; 6:08
4. 4:01 At this point it's just Jani lol
I feel like if he isn't there to guide the song back in the right direction it quickly turns into a shitshow hahaha
Let's wait to Sonata Arctica play this in the upcoming 25th anniversary tour
will they? Lol I can't wait to cringe at that too
@@elite_m97 will not happen but in 2017 they played The Power of One here in Chile and was pretty well to be 15 years later and in the original tune.
Sadly they don't have a good keyboard to play it complete. Also it is extremely common to see how people egos ruin bands: tony and jani in sonata, tarja and tuomas in nightwish, timo tolkki and kotipelto in stratovarius...
Pretty obvious who was responsible for Sonata Arctica's good years. Just listen to SA's new album. Self indulgent rubbish. Cain's Offering is fantastic!
Sam Jones SA has fallen off a bit i wont lie, but there are a few good songs from their newer albums. I feel you on the fact that their older stuff is much better
While Tony did write nearly everything, it is undeniable that Jani had a big influence when it came to how guitar driven the songs were. Now its a joke that they have a player as good Elias but he's buried in the mix only playing power chords.
best sonata is tricky beans
I had almost only SA to listen to. Last 10 years i have almost nothing new to listen, there is almost nothing i would appriciate as much :'( Where can i found such good compilation of high voice range with interesting voice color, energy, melody and so on nowadays... World has dropped to hell 10y ago for me :)
Que la sabiduria de Lucifer sea contigo.
no hay nada como tonny Kako.... lo siento kotipelto tenés una voz tremenda, pero my selene no es para vos
SaturA M. L tonny kako tiene algo muy distinto a la mayoria de los cantantes, por eso es perfecto :')
Kakko tiene una voz más poderosa. Y Kotipelto está un poco mayor y cascado.
Better than sonata lml
Dude , he have to go back to sonata. That new guitar player from sonata is trash
Elias is technically very competent but his contribution is sort of lifeless, maybe Tony has big dictatorship influence in the band
@@maeguk1 it's pretty much the Tony kakko project at this point.
Is this a Christian group?
No,never xd
Book of genesis
This Singer needs some more power to sing song like this...sorry
Timo has more testosterone than Tony. Deeper voice