I love Nightwish because you never know what you are going to get. Also the music goes right to my soul. No matter what is going on in your life when you listen to Nightwish they make everything alright. Another reason is that in their interviews and how they are on stage it is all about the fans. Tuomas(the keyboardest and composer) firmly believes that the fans deserve the best that they can give. When you play a song that is at the end of a concert you will see Tuomas clapping. That is for the fans. The music and how it is presented is so beautiful. Tuomas is a real genius to me. They now have over 100 songs and a new album coming out next year (I can't wait!!!! ) and he has composed and written the lyrics to 95% of the songs. There is not one song that I would turn off. Sure there are some songs that are better than others. I hope you get to feel what us die hard fans feel. :-)
@@xenophon343 I missed a lot of them while I was off. But don't worry I am getting myself known with the new ones. Thank you for your kind thoughts! :-)
I'm into heavy metal, I've always been into heavy metal. My son actually introduced me to Nightwish. Each song tells a story, much like the old Viking and Celtic stories and songs. Its music that reaches your soul. Not to mention Floor has an amazing voice. Floor being from the Netherlands and the rest being from Finland you get that Viking feel.
That is what in musical terms is called a glissando (a continuous slide upward or downward between two notes). Three entire octaves (36 half steps) from D3 to D6 on the piano scale.It is very difficult to do smoothly. Singers transition from their chest voice through a mix point where they change over into a head voice. Unbelievably difficult to do without your voice cracking or dropping out at the change over point. And to do it with such power all the way up is very rare. Marco cannot keep up and he stops at the top of his range. Floor truly is an incredible talented vocalist.
In a crowd of 82,000 people, no matter where the camera points, they're SINGING ALONG. They KNOW the songs. I only WISH they were that popular here in the States.
Why do I like Nightwish? Because they are so great musicians.... the songs are never boring.... and have a story... all of them are great singers - with total different voices.... the special effects are exactly pointed... the atmosphere is soooo great.... if you ever had been part of the audience you will never forget....
What I like the most with nightwish is the fact that the entire band love their fans even more than the fans love them😁 They dont enter that stage just for money like so many artists do. They enter it to please the fans and does everything they can to make everything perfect for us😄👍
The meaning of the story at the beginning - someone is preparing a meal for the anniversary and you go out and eat out instead. That is what Romanticide is.
I've listened to Nightwish since i was 12 (now 28) and I'm not sure what is it about them that i love the most. They've just produced great music for a really long time :)
This version of the concert is from the blue ray, a bit slower than the normal. I Recommend Everdream (Wacken 2013) or the islander (Tampere 2015). The last one was composed and sang by Marco, the bassist
I wasn't at that show, but they came to Denver, Colorado and all I can say they are my favorite band. Every single one of the members are so incredibly talented!!!!
This is my absolute favorite band. I dreamed of this sort of stuff back when I was a teenager (real deal) and felt reborn when I discovered them right after Dark Passion Play came out. Then came Floor and magic happened.
Well, what can I say... I was there and it was fucking awsome. It was the first time seeing the goddess Floor Jansen live on stage with Nightwish. And since then I'm hooked and loving it. 🤘🏽😎🔥
The first song what I heard from them was or Wish I had an angel or Ghost love score, I don't remember. I was 13,now I'm 26. Still love them,with full of my heart. Each CD is a different story from Tuomas (keyboardist,composer) mind. When I was 13 I didn't understand the lyrics,but I still felt the story of the songs. I was crying not once,because of the pleasure of the music. Unfortunately I was not there in Germany. But after 10 years finally I had a chance to go to their show,and it was fenomenal. Never forget it. They are very professional,but I didn't feel the "plastic" at their show. They are all amazing ,but Tuomas is the mind of the band,he always find the way to my soul,and that's why I love them so much.
I wasn't at THAT show, but I saw them live in Kalamazoo, Mi, in March of 2018. It was epic. Although the theater was small, maybe 2-3000 max....maybe, they still put on a killer show, and they really do sound this good live.
For me, Nightwish is really my band. I was at a show 2008, pregnant with my little daughter. And last year, me and my daughter, still 10 years old, we were together at a nightwish-show and she loves it. Okay, she was wearing noise protection, but it was absolutly great. The story, with the open letter goes really deep for nightwish fans. They fired their first singer Tarja Turunen 2005 with an open letter. If you want to go to the beginnings of the band, search for songs with Tarja, maybe "Phantom of the Opera" or "I wish i had an angel" or my favourite "Slaying the Dreamer", I love Marcos screaming in that song. I thought you asked for the flaming head: The Show was at Wacken, its the most popular metal festival in europe ... maybe in the world? At this show 80.000 people were watching.
Best about Nightwish is definately their live shows, one of the best live bands in the world. Songs are masterpieces from keyboardist and composer wizard Tuomas, and those songs are more like stories and experiences... As you guys are about to find out ;) Keep up the good work!
I think the band does a great job of exuding passion to their fans and it's reciprocated in turn. It's been that way for me since Tarja. I credit a lot of the emotion to Toumas. His compositions with the band's unbelievable/exceptional technical skills and singing of both Marco and Floor... it's honestly hard not to get emotional to their songs. The songs are really poems told through music and some like Poet and Pendulum, Greatest Show on Earth, and Ghost Love Score are simply epic poems.
The sausage story..... He was just giving a goofy introduction to the song's name, as in, how to kill romance. It's their anniversary, and his wife spent all day in the kitchen making a fabulous dinner of coq au vin, but he tells her he'd rather go out to have some German sausage for supper. That's romanticide! :D
Really liking your reactions! It’s always fun to see the facial expressions of the first-time listeners. Now, to slow it down a little, check out “Sleeping Sun” and “The Islander” from the Tampere, Finland Live 2016 show. And for your “Celtic” fix, “My Walden” from that same show.
You have barely started this journey. :) They are all very accomplished musicians. You don't see massive guitar solos because they aren't written in to it, and I don't ever recall anyone saying they missed such a thing.
Emppu has said in interviews that as they get older and mature as musicians they feel like big solos don't have much of a place in most of their songs and if a solo doesn't serve the song and the story it tells/emotion it conveys they just won't put one in there. It's about making a song that speaks to people not showing off.
Great reactions! For the slower songs, they will also blow you away. - The Islander - live at Tampere - Kiss while your Lips are Still Red - Live at Wembley Those two will open your mind to the brilliance of Nightwish with Floor. 🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻🙀🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻
Since you are getting requests for Poet and the Pendulum and I think the backstory is quite important for that, here is my take on it: Nightwish came to life when shortly after their foundation the singer Tarja Turunen joined the band, a childhood friend from Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboarder and main composer of the band. They achieved some greatness together but there were mounting tensions within the band around Tarjas pursuit of a solo career and a certain dislike of her newly aquired husband and manager. This led to the band firing Tarja with an open letter right after the "End of an Era" concert in Helsinki. There is a DVD of that concert and I suggest you watch the last song and what goes on with the band members after that last song: :ruclips.net/video/Xp7Bc00NTNg/видео.html Bring that mindset plus some quite negative reactions from the fans into play and you can see part of why Tuomas went into a pretty deep depression. In this state of mind he wrote the song "The Poet and the Pendulum" based on Edgar Allen Poes novel The Pit and the Pendulum, where a sharp blade slowly descends on a prisoner. The song deals with the pressure to write new songs, feelings of betrayal, despair and anger and the longing for death, but also with the unconditional love from his parents. After coming to a quite dramatic end, the song also offers a new beginning at the end. The song initially should be the namegiver to the new album but eventually the band settled on "Dark Passion Play", where it's on you whether to connect the first two words or the last. Remarkably the album was written without a specific singer in mind, in fact there is a demo version, where Marco sings all of the songs. The band then engaged Anette Olzon who performed the published version of the album and the next one "Imaginaerum". Unfortunately Anettes live performances were often overshadowed by lesser or greater illnesses and troubles with her voice. So it really took the change to their last singer, Floor Jansen, to bring the Poet and the Pendulum to the perfection it deserved when they performed it in the London Wembley Arena in December 2015. This version with lyrics you can find here: ruclips.net/video/iEzZRMthhXU/видео.html. This is one of the rare Nightwish songs where you will either need to stop it several times or alternatively when it gets blocked to request to unblock it. Either of these methods have worked for many reactors already, so it should work for you, too :-) Have fun!
I went to the link and it says this video is no longer available. But anyway your explanation was enlightening and I feel I understand what happened well enough but It drives me crazy every time I want to see something and its not there anymore and always without any reason given.
@@stephenchigwidden7504 Sorry for the non working link. This one works for now: ruclips.net/video/Xp7Bc00NTNg/видео.html It's "I wish I had an angel", arguably the first song that brought them international recognition. A bit less operatic than their first works and so maybe easier on the ears of radio listeners. So I assume it was chosen deliberately as the last song with Tarja. You may also notice that they had a text "and this is it" on the big screen. Although the open letter was only published after the concert, you see many fans crying, so maybe they at least had an idea what was going on.
@@_amadeus__ Me too :-) I mean it still is a good song even if you know nothing about the context but it got traction on so many levels for me after I understood the background and the lyrics better. Floor still gets me every single time in the last part, even after watching the performance at least 100 times already.
The look on your faces watching this says volumes, It is so nice people enjoying their music 🐱👤😎👍You want sone Celtic shit ? How about "My Walden" or "Seven Days To The Wolves" Live at "Wembley Arena" or "I want my Tears Back" live at Tampere 2015 (or Wembley 2015 or Wacken 2013). But the Islander at Tampere get's you that mellancholic vibe 🐱👤😎👍 I onley was at the 2018 show in Amsterdam. I did listen to stuff with Tarja back in the day but never went to see them. When I discovered Floor was singing with them for 5 a 6 years I immediately bought me a ticket to see them. It was awesome to hear Floor talk to us in a southern dutch dialect, because I am from the south of the Netherlands too. 😎👍 She even shared some wine with Tuomas mid concert to celebrate playing in a bigger venue in her homecountry, And Tuomas whipped out a red wine Glass and filled it for Floor and even a little refill and drank out of the bottle herself as he always does 😁
You're right Floor is a Valkerye Goddess then there's the Wizard, Viking, the Hobbit, Pirate(just retired) now its the Giant , and the Druid Next vid Seven days to the Wolves live at Wembley
I've been to Wacken, but it was 2011 and then 2015. I've seen Nightwish live twice at their own headlining shows. Once with Annette and once with Floor. Floor is technically a far superior vocalist but Anette was still great.
I was sooooo sad at that time. I didn't get a ticket for that concert in 2013. And this one is simply magic. The band had a special night. All songs were performed at their best. Pick Ghost River and Ever Dream next! and you will see :-)
If you want something more celtic try My Walden live from Wembley. If you want something heavier try Yours is an Empty Hope, live from the Nightwish Cruise.
Now you should try another style in the Nightwish colection. Something epic, emotional...something that makes you feel like you are watching a play. "The Poet and The Pendulum" live at Wembley. This one requires you to check the story behind the song so you can really understand what's going on. Tuomas wrote that song after they fired Tarja, their first singer. She and Tuomas were friends since they were kids and the fans loved Tarja. Tuomas had to face the angry fans and critics from the press and that lead him to depression and suicidal thoughts. Tuomas said that wrighting "The Poet and The Pendulum" worked like therapy and probably saved his live. He kills himself in the song to avoid doing it in real life. My favorite Nightwish song, for sure the most emotional one and it looks like you are watching a play, you can really feel the emotion. Sorry for my bad english, but I'm portuguese. I hoppe you can understand me. Love you reactions.
The Greatest Show on Earth (Live Tempere), The Poet and the Pendulum (live at Wembleyand) and The Phantom of the Opera (End of an Era DVD) with the first lead singer Tarja Turunen.
Romanticide is about a toxic relationship. Marcos intro is just an example of how one can kill romace. I wrote you about the folky songs just do them ;-)
Another great reaction! You guys obviously appreciate great talent when you hear it. Keeping that in mind if you would react to “Awakening” by Unleash the Archers, you just mite be blown away.
I've been Nightwish fan since 99. And yes it is The Band for me. Try old Nightwish Stargazers live at Tampere ruclips.net/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/видео.html it's opening track of their breaktrough album witch released 1998. And still after all these years I might listen few times on row. And Nightwish - Sleeping Sun ruclips.net/video/UGfKMV5AbMI/видео.html from yr 99 was first Song ever that gave me chills and it does it still after 20 years.
I jumped the gun and gave this a thumbs up as I think that I cannot go wrong with you two & Nightwish. Here's something quite different, but still amazing from Finland: Wintersun - Time (TIME I Live Rehearsals At Sonic Pump Studios) REMASTER ruclips.net/video/4UMwLxFNKS0/видео.html P.S. The drummer in this Wintersun performance is Kai Hahto, who just last week became the official drummer for Nightwish having been their touring drummer for several years because Jukka "The Pirate" Nevalainen suffers from insomnia. I've been a Nightwish fan from when they started in 1996, but now that they have both Floor Jansen & Troy Donockley they are on a much higher level IMHO. I like the complexity & versatility of their music, poetic and meaningful lyrics and Floor's & Marco's amazing vocals. P.S. You're one sub closer to 2K.
What is it about liking to watch other people check out the music we like? I already liked it as a teenager, before youtube. When a (new) friend came over I made em listen to 'my music'. "You really need to hear this one." And then they would talk through it and I'd get all annoyed the motherfucker isn't listening. hahahaha. And now I search for vids of people pausing my fav music to talk about it. Oh the irony. Keep em coming guys! Love your channel.
@Ťørɱȩṇ Me too, whenever I see someone new reacting to Nightwish, I always (well not always, cause I didnt this time :D ) write a comment to always go for DVD in the name or go for official videos. But it seems like Romanticide suffers much more than other songs from this... Does the blu-ray uploads have more views than official video on NW channel or why so many people choose them?
Oh guys, I really want you to react to 1) Tarot: Tides, if you want to hear more Marco. Tarot is the name of the band, he founded with hith brother in the 80ies. Or "Wings of Darkness" ... or "Pyre of God"? 2) If you want to hear german bands: Blind Guardian, "Mirror, Mirror", "Valhalla" and "The bards song" :)
Blind Guardian was my first contact to metal ... Was around 2002 ... I think. Hansi Küsch may not have floors stage presence, but his voice is absolutly great. He sounds a little bit like marco. If you wand to see marco and hansi performing together, please check out "Ayreon - River of Time" and "Age of Shadows". floor also takes part of the show. It's more like a metal opera or something like that.
I wasn't at THIS show, but I've seen them so many times over the years. I've even taken my little boy with me for a couple of them :) I've had the pleasure of meeting the band several times, and met Floor once outside of that at an Iced Earth/Sabaton/ReVamp show. I love music that takes me away. Nightwish and Blind Guardian are my absolute top for this. Seeing them live is practically a religious experience.
At every concert they give an example by means of a made up 'open letter' in which Marko explains the meaning of the word 'Romanticide', the killing of romance.
Well next has to be I Want My Tears Back (ruclips.net/video/ga-hR7CYbwQ/видео.html) for the Celtic sound and bagpipes dueling the guitar!! If you want the same sound as an instrumental song then Last of the Wilds (ruclips.net/video/TVLZppHLWF4/видео.html) a/k/a Floor's changing song where she goes from Xena Warrior in leather pants to Valkyrie Goddess in leather miniskirt, I am sure you will like either Folk Metal song !!!!
You've been deluged by recommendations from "the Jansen Army", so I need to counter by arguing that Nightwish's golden era ended when they lost Tarja (their original singer). Going against the grain (of even the Tarjaholic sect), I recommend you check out anything from the Oceanborn and Wishmaster albums as your entry into classic Nightwish.
Great job guys! Here's another lane that Nightwish takes. Here's a clip of them doing a cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" from Floyd's Division Bell album. This is when Annette was the lead singer but she is on a break. Marco handles the lead vocals on this one. Very awesome version. Very few bands can pull off a credible cover of Floyd. IMHO, they knock this one out of the park. They make it their own without making it unrecognizable. Give it a try. I'd love your take on it. ruclips.net/video/IClqCyS4IRY/видео.html
If you wanna do the poet and the pendulum you should know something about the backstory of this song: The Poet and the Pendulum here are some scources. First of all the Open Letter to Tarja.Tarja's open letter (why tarja was kicked from nightwish) ruclips.net/video/rbkpMgqq8pU/видео.html Interview Nightwish - Tuomas Holopainen (part 1) at around 1:50min Tuomas explained a bit to that: ruclips.net/video/pPDNEIt4d7U/видео.html Nightwish interview - Tuomas Holopainen (part 1) at 10:00min ruclips.net/video/v65-ErfUyVM/видео.html Here he stated: Cathartic is a good way of putting it. The ultimate example being is The Poet and the Pendulum a song where i literally kill myself in the song so that i wouldnt have to do it in real life.
I love Nightwish because you never know what you are going to get. Also the music goes right to my soul. No matter what is going on in your life when you listen to Nightwish they make everything alright. Another reason is that in their interviews and how they are on stage it is all about the fans. Tuomas(the keyboardest and composer) firmly believes that the fans deserve the best that they can give. When you play a song that is at the end of a concert you will see Tuomas clapping. That is for the fans.
The music and how it is presented is so beautiful. Tuomas is a real genius to me. They now have over 100 songs and a new album coming out next year (I can't wait!!!! ) and he has composed and written the lyrics to 95% of the songs. There is not one song that I would turn off. Sure there are some songs that are better than others. I hope you get to feel what us die hard fans feel. :-)
Ann Waychoff Glad to see you back, Ann!
@@xenophon343 Thank you my friend. Also thank you for your support during my tough time......... It is fantastic to be back!
@@fdsannie You're welcome! I wish you good health going forward. And keep educating these reactors on Nightwish!
@@xenophon343 I missed a lot of them while I was off. But don't worry I am getting myself known with the new ones. Thank you for your kind thoughts! :-)
Ann, I'm so glad you see you comment again! Hope you're feeling better. 😊
I'm into heavy metal, I've always been into heavy metal. My son actually introduced me to Nightwish. Each song tells a story, much like the old Viking and Celtic stories and songs. Its music that reaches your soul. Not to mention Floor has an amazing voice. Floor being from the Netherlands and the rest being from Finland you get that Viking feel.
That is what in musical terms is called a glissando (a continuous slide upward or downward between two notes). Three entire octaves (36 half steps) from D3 to D6 on the piano scale.It is very difficult to do smoothly. Singers transition from their chest voice through a mix point where they change over into a head voice. Unbelievably difficult to do without your voice cracking or dropping out at the change over point. And to do it with such power all the way up is very rare. Marco cannot keep up and he stops at the top of his range. Floor truly is an incredible talented vocalist.
she's a powerhouse!
In a crowd of 82,000 people, no matter where the camera points, they're SINGING ALONG. They KNOW the songs. I only WISH they were that popular here in the States.
Why do I like Nightwish? Because they are so great musicians.... the songs are never boring.... and have a story... all of them are great singers - with total different voices.... the special effects are exactly pointed... the atmosphere is soooo great.... if you ever had been part of the audience you will never forget....
What I like the most with nightwish is the fact that the entire band love their fans even more than the fans love them😁 They dont enter that stage just for money like so many artists do. They enter it to please the fans and does everything they can to make everything perfect for us😄👍
The best thing about NW besides their music, is the fact that they are a genuinely nice and down to earth group of people! :)
The meaning of the story at the beginning - someone is preparing a meal for the anniversary and you go out and eat out instead. That is what Romanticide is.
I think it’s time for a little story.. so next song: Storytime (Wacken 2013)
haha you beat me to it ; ) . It's definitely "Storytime"
why not)
I second that 😁 best breakdown ever 😍👍 love hearing them tell that story😂
Absolutely!!!
Absolutely for sure!
I saw Nightwish twice last year - and yes - they made amazing show and Floor sings like a goddess
I've listened to Nightwish since i was 12 (now 28) and I'm not sure what is it about them that i love the most. They've just produced great music for a really long time :)
This version of the concert is from the blue ray, a bit slower than the normal. I Recommend Everdream (Wacken 2013) or the islander (Tampere 2015). The last one was composed and sang by Marco, the bassist
I wasn't at that show, but they came to Denver, Colorado and all I can say they are my favorite band. Every single one of the members are so incredibly talented!!!!
This is my absolute favorite band. I dreamed of this sort of stuff back when I was a teenager (real deal) and felt reborn when I discovered them right after Dark Passion Play came out. Then came Floor and magic happened.
Well, what can I say... I was there and it was fucking awsome. It was the first time seeing the goddess Floor Jansen live on stage with Nightwish. And since then I'm hooked and loving it. 🤘🏽😎🔥
The first song what I heard from them was or Wish I had an angel or Ghost love score, I don't remember. I was 13,now I'm 26. Still love them,with full of my heart. Each CD is a different story from Tuomas (keyboardist,composer) mind. When I was 13 I didn't understand the lyrics,but I still felt the story of the songs. I was crying not once,because of the pleasure of the music. Unfortunately I was not there in Germany. But after 10 years finally I had a chance to go to their show,and it was fenomenal. Never forget it. They are very professional,but I didn't feel the "plastic" at their show. They are all amazing ,but Tuomas is the mind of the band,he always find the way to my soul,and that's why I love them so much.
I wasn't at THAT show, but I saw them live in Kalamazoo, Mi, in March of 2018. It was epic. Although the theater was small, maybe 2-3000 max....maybe, they still put on a killer show, and they really do sound this good live.
For me, Nightwish is really my band. I was at a show 2008, pregnant with my little daughter. And last year, me and my daughter, still 10 years old, we were together at a nightwish-show and she loves it. Okay, she was wearing noise protection, but it was absolutly great.
The story, with the open letter goes really deep for nightwish fans. They fired their first singer Tarja Turunen 2005 with an open letter. If you want to go to the beginnings of the band, search for songs with Tarja, maybe "Phantom of the Opera" or "I wish i had an angel" or my favourite "Slaying the Dreamer", I love Marcos screaming in that song.
I thought you asked for the flaming head: The Show was at Wacken, its the most popular metal festival in europe ... maybe in the world? At this show 80.000 people were watching.
You said it. It's MY band! That's exactly how I experience it. My Band...
Best about Nightwish is definately their live shows, one of the best live bands in the world. Songs are masterpieces from keyboardist and composer wizard Tuomas, and those songs are more like stories and experiences... As you guys are about to find out ;) Keep up the good work!
I think the band does a great job of exuding passion to their fans and it's reciprocated in turn. It's been that way for me since Tarja. I credit a lot of the emotion to Toumas. His compositions with the band's unbelievable/exceptional technical skills and singing of both Marco and Floor... it's honestly hard not to get emotional to their songs. The songs are really poems told through music and some like Poet and Pendulum, Greatest Show on Earth, and Ghost Love Score are simply epic poems.
The sausage story..... He was just giving a goofy introduction to the song's name, as in, how to kill romance. It's their anniversary, and his wife spent all day in the kitchen making a fabulous dinner of coq au vin, but he tells her he'd rather go out to have some German sausage for supper. That's romanticide! :D
A Celtic song ? My Walden ( Live in Tampere )
exactly!
*Last Of The Wilds* It's their folk song by excellence. And they played it at wacken.
Ghost river, Wacken 2013 \m/
Valkyrie (from Norse Mythology) - Floor definitely gets that comparison often. It doesn't hurt that she's 6'1" WITHOUT heels.
Once more! Greatest Show on Earth Live Tampere
Really liking your reactions! It’s always fun to see the facial expressions of the first-time listeners. Now, to slow it down a little, check out “Sleeping Sun” and “The Islander” from the Tampere, Finland Live 2016 show. And for your “Celtic” fix, “My Walden” from that same show.
You have barely started this journey. :)
They are all very accomplished musicians. You don't see massive guitar solos because they aren't written in to it, and I don't ever recall anyone saying they missed such a thing.
IMO Nightwish - Wishmaster has best quitar solos.
Emppu has said in interviews that as they get older and mature as musicians they feel like big solos don't have much of a place in most of their songs and if a solo doesn't serve the song and the story it tells/emotion it conveys they just won't put one in there. It's about making a song that speaks to people not showing off.
Great reactions!
For the slower songs, they will also blow you away.
- The Islander - live at Tampere
- Kiss while your Lips are Still Red - Live at Wembley
Those two will open your mind to the brilliance of Nightwish with Floor.
🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻🙀🤘🏻🦊🤘🏻
This'll get your toes tappin'.. :-) Nightwish - I Want My Tears Back.Vehicle Of Spirit.Live at Wembley (2015)
Since you are getting requests for Poet and the Pendulum and I think the backstory is quite important for that, here is my take on it:
Nightwish came to life when shortly after their foundation the singer Tarja Turunen joined the band, a childhood friend from Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboarder and main composer of the band. They achieved some greatness together but there were mounting tensions within the band around Tarjas pursuit of a solo career and a certain dislike of her newly aquired husband and manager.
This led to the band firing Tarja with an open letter right after the "End of an Era" concert in Helsinki. There is a DVD of that concert and I suggest you watch the last song and what goes on with the band members after that last song: :ruclips.net/video/Xp7Bc00NTNg/видео.html
Bring that mindset plus some quite negative reactions from the fans into play and you can see part of why Tuomas went into a pretty deep depression. In this state of mind he wrote the song "The Poet and the Pendulum" based on Edgar Allen Poes novel The Pit and the Pendulum, where a sharp blade slowly descends on a prisoner. The song deals with the pressure to write new songs, feelings of betrayal, despair and anger and the longing for death, but also with the unconditional love from his parents. After coming to a quite dramatic end, the song also offers a new beginning at the end.
The song initially should be the namegiver to the new album but eventually the band settled on "Dark Passion Play", where it's on you whether to connect the first two words or the last.
Remarkably the album was written without a specific singer in mind, in fact there is a demo version, where Marco sings all of the songs. The band then engaged Anette Olzon who performed the published version of the album and the next one "Imaginaerum". Unfortunately Anettes live performances were often overshadowed by lesser or greater illnesses and troubles with her voice. So it really took the change to their last singer, Floor Jansen, to bring the Poet and the Pendulum to the perfection it deserved when they performed it in the London Wembley Arena in December 2015.
This version with lyrics you can find here: ruclips.net/video/iEzZRMthhXU/видео.html. This is one of the rare Nightwish songs where you will either need to stop it several times or alternatively when it gets blocked to request to unblock it. Either of these methods have worked for many reactors already, so it should work for you, too :-)
Have fun!
I went to the link and it says this video is no longer available. But anyway your explanation was enlightening and I feel I understand what happened well enough but It drives me crazy every time I want to see something and its not there anymore and always without any reason given.
@@stephenchigwidden7504 Sorry for the non working link. This one works for now: ruclips.net/video/Xp7Bc00NTNg/видео.html It's "I wish I had an angel", arguably the first song that brought them international recognition. A bit less operatic than their first works and so maybe easier on the ears of radio listeners. So I assume it was chosen deliberately as the last song with Tarja. You may also notice that they had a text "and this is it" on the big screen. Although the open letter was only published after the concert, you see many fans crying, so maybe they at least had an idea what was going on.
Thank you! I hate seeing reactors going into this song blind
@@_amadeus__ Me too :-) I mean it still is a good song even if you know nothing about the context but it got traction on so many levels for me after I understood the background and the lyrics better. Floor still gets me every single time in the last part, even after watching the performance at least 100 times already.
The look on your faces watching this says volumes, It is so nice people enjoying their music 🐱👤😎👍You want sone Celtic shit ? How about "My Walden" or "Seven Days To The Wolves" Live at "Wembley Arena" or "I want my Tears Back" live at Tampere 2015 (or Wembley 2015 or Wacken 2013). But the Islander at Tampere get's you that mellancholic vibe 🐱👤😎👍 I onley was at the 2018 show in Amsterdam. I did listen to stuff with Tarja back in the day but never went to see them. When I discovered Floor was singing with them for 5 a 6 years I immediately bought me a ticket to see them. It was awesome to hear Floor talk to us in a southern dutch dialect, because I am from the south of the Netherlands too. 😎👍 She even shared some wine with Tuomas mid concert to celebrate playing in a bigger venue in her homecountry, And Tuomas whipped out a red wine Glass and filled it for Floor and even a little refill and drank out of the bottle herself as he always does 😁
You're right Floor is a Valkerye Goddess then there's the Wizard, Viking, the Hobbit, Pirate(just retired) now its the Giant , and the Druid
Next vid Seven days to the Wolves live at Wembley
Nightwish Greatest Show on Earth ✌️
Love how all those songs were written around the other singers. Floor came in. An did them her way. In my opinion. Made them ever better.
Check out "Nightwish stargazers live tampere" Floor used her operatic vocals through out the whole song 🤘
Nightwish - Yours Is An Empty Hope (LIVE) wile be nice Floor growls in this song
I've been to Wacken, but it was 2011 and then 2015. I've seen Nightwish live twice at their own headlining shows. Once with Annette and once with Floor. Floor is technically a far superior vocalist but Anette was still great.
Nightwish is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get
Ever Dream Wacken 2013 Its Amazing
I was sooooo sad at that time. I didn't get a ticket for that concert in 2013. And this one is simply magic. The band had a special night. All songs were performed at their best. Pick Ghost River and Ever Dream next! and you will see :-)
"Shudder before the beautiful" live at Wembley. That's how you open the show.
And they closed it with "The Greatest Show on Earth".
You wanted to know: Yes I was at this show!
If you want something more celtic try My Walden live from Wembley. If you want something heavier try Yours is an Empty Hope, live from the Nightwish Cruise.
Now you should try another style in the Nightwish colection.
Something epic, emotional...something that makes you feel like you are watching a play.
"The Poet and The Pendulum" live at Wembley.
This one requires you to check the story behind the song so you can really understand what's going on.
Tuomas wrote that song after they fired Tarja, their first singer.
She and Tuomas were friends since they were kids and the fans loved Tarja.
Tuomas had to face the angry fans and critics from the press and that lead him to depression and suicidal thoughts.
Tuomas said that wrighting "The Poet and The Pendulum" worked like therapy and probably saved his live.
He kills himself in the song to avoid doing it in real life.
My favorite Nightwish song, for sure the most emotional one and it looks like you are watching a play, you can really feel the emotion.
Sorry for my bad english, but I'm portuguese. I hoppe you can understand me.
Love you reactions.
The Greatest Show on Earth (Live Tempere), The Poet and the Pendulum (live at Wembleyand) and The Phantom of the Opera (End of an Era DVD) with the first lead singer Tarja Turunen.
Saw your video
I was at wacken 2013
Epic i was 17 years old
Saw many bands but nightwish was great!!! Much energy
Welcome to Nightwish!
NIGHTWISH ARMY ..TAKES NOTICE ..TRY THE SONG WEAK FANTASY LIVE . NEXT ..this is just the tip of the iceberg fellas ..be prepared ..
They are sick! The live performances are almost always even better than studio recordings!
Coworker of mine was there and I could not be more envious
Romanticide is about a toxic relationship. Marcos intro is just an example of how one can kill romace.
I wrote you about the folky songs just do them ;-)
Oh, if you want multi-part songs, you have to check out:
Poet and the Pendulum (14 mins)
Greatest Show on Earth (20 mins)
Bless The Child Live Wacken 2013,great reaction boys 😊😊
Another great reaction! You guys obviously appreciate great talent when you hear it. Keeping that in mind if you would react to “Awakening” by Unleash the Archers, you just mite be blown away.
The greatest show on earth...by them
I've been Nightwish fan since 99. And yes it is The Band for me. Try old Nightwish Stargazers live at Tampere
ruclips.net/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/видео.html
it's opening track of their breaktrough album witch released 1998. And still after all these years I might listen few times on row.
And Nightwish - Sleeping Sun
ruclips.net/video/UGfKMV5AbMI/видео.html
from yr 99 was first Song ever that gave me chills and it does it still after 20 years.
I really think you’d enjoy the Islander live from Tampere....
Wasn’t at this show but I did see them live and they are incredible!
Guys you got the list from prev. vids. YOU just continue with that one.. Keep it up!
Pls react to nightwish phantom of the Opera
The islander is a great song and gives iff a pretty Celtic vibe.
The Poet & The Pendulum Nightwish live @ Wembley
I jumped the gun and gave this a thumbs up as I think that I cannot go wrong with you two & Nightwish. Here's something quite different, but still amazing from Finland: Wintersun - Time (TIME I Live Rehearsals At Sonic Pump Studios) REMASTER ruclips.net/video/4UMwLxFNKS0/видео.html P.S. The drummer in this Wintersun performance is Kai Hahto, who just last week became the official drummer for Nightwish having been their touring drummer for several years because Jukka "The Pirate" Nevalainen suffers from insomnia. I've been a Nightwish fan from when they started in 1996, but now that they have both Floor Jansen & Troy Donockley they are on a much higher level IMHO. I like the complexity & versatility of their music, poetic and meaningful lyrics and Floor's & Marco's amazing vocals.
P.S. You're one sub closer to 2K.
I've been there and it was f****ing awsome!
Check out nightwish phantom of the opera (live end of an era), the Poet and the Pendulum from Wembley and The greatest show on earth from Tampere
Ok.. you guys want to see something more from the band members that REALLY showcases their skill try a pink Floyd cover: High Hopes.
I think you should try 7 Days to the wolves, Yours is an empty hope (nightwish cruise) and last ride of the day
What is it about liking to watch other people check out the music we like? I already liked it as a teenager, before youtube. When a (new) friend came over I made em listen to 'my music'. "You really need to hear this one." And then they would talk through it and I'd get all annoyed the motherfucker isn't listening. hahahaha. And now I search for vids of people pausing my fav music to talk about it. Oh the irony. Keep em coming guys! Love your channel.
Do Weak Fantasy or I Want My Tears Back.
slooooowwwwwwww !!!!!! why it always have to be the slow blu-ray version :( great reaction btw :)
@Ťørɱȩṇ Yeah sure, I never said it was their fault :)
@Ťørɱȩṇ Me too, whenever I see someone new reacting to Nightwish, I always (well not always, cause I didnt this time :D ) write a comment to always go for DVD in the name or go for official videos. But it seems like Romanticide suffers much more than other songs from this... Does the blu-ray uploads have more views than official video on NW channel or why so many people choose them?
But I do not follow any of these reaction channels, so I can only write the comment after they upload NW video :(
Good to know guys!
Good to know guys!
The poet and The pendelum 🙏🙏
If you want to see something a bit different from nightwish but as equally epic... goto tampere 2015 for "sleeping sun" & "the greatest show on earth"
Oh guys, I really want you to react to
1) Tarot: Tides, if you want to hear more Marco. Tarot is the name of the band, he founded with hith brother in the 80ies. Or "Wings of Darkness" ... or "Pyre of God"?
2) If you want to hear german bands: Blind Guardian, "Mirror, Mirror", "Valhalla" and "The bards song" :)
Blind Guardian was my first contact to metal ... Was around 2002 ... I think. Hansi Küsch may not have floors stage presence, but his voice is absolutly great. He sounds a little bit like marco.
If you wand to see marco and hansi performing together, please check out "Ayreon - River of Time" and "Age of Shadows". floor also takes part of the show. It's more like a metal opera or something like that.
Jinjer Perennial concert performance at Wacken was just released by Napalm.
I wasn't at THIS show, but I've seen them so many times over the years. I've even taken my little boy with me for a couple of them :) I've had the pleasure of meeting the band several times, and met Floor once outside of that at an Iced Earth/Sabaton/ReVamp show.
I love music that takes me away. Nightwish and Blind Guardian are my absolute top for this. Seeing them live is practically a religious experience.
Romanticide...... killing the romance...... yo, make me a sammich......
Next has to be their cover for The Phantom of the opera please
Relax boys, enjoy the show! You guys look like you been seen a ghost. :D JK! Thanks for checking out more Nightwish
Alestorm - Drink genre: pirate metal.
Nice to see you again!
I agree for a reaction on Storytime from the same concert.
If you want their celtic stuff try "My Walden" at Tampere 2015.
Okay. Decent reaction, so I subscribed. Try to lose the ambient echo. I will watch more now.
Floor Jansen is the Valkyrie Goddess of the Netherlands! Marko the Bassist is our Viking King! Then there are the pirates! Lol
Been there, 1st and only time at Wacken because i really don't like the camping aspect, maybe with an RV at some point :-)
one word epic
At every concert they give an example by means of a made up 'open letter' in which Marko explains the meaning of the word 'Romanticide', the killing of romance.
Good one dudes.
Well next has to be I Want My Tears Back (ruclips.net/video/ga-hR7CYbwQ/видео.html) for the Celtic sound and bagpipes dueling the guitar!! If you want the same sound as an instrumental song then Last of the Wilds (ruclips.net/video/TVLZppHLWF4/видео.html) a/k/a Floor's changing song where she goes from Xena Warrior in leather pants to Valkyrie Goddess in leather miniskirt, I am sure you will like either Folk Metal song !!!!
Marco's speaks, sometimes they make absolutely no sense at all. And he does not really plan them so that is probably the reason. :D
You need to check them out with original singer Tarja try phantom of the opera or setting sun or nemo.
8:05 When all you can do is laugh
Well, Floor of course! But, if I was able to be in Nightwish, I'd want to be Jukka, just so I could play behind Floor and have repeated Floorgasms!
subbed - Wacken 2013 - Song of Myself & StoryTime
You've been deluged by recommendations from "the Jansen Army", so I need to counter by arguing that Nightwish's golden era ended when they lost Tarja (their original singer). Going against the grain (of even the Tarjaholic sect), I recommend you check out anything from the Oceanborn and Wishmaster albums as your entry into classic Nightwish.
"Romanticide" is killing romance. The guy in the story Marko told was turning down the meal his girl made him... "That's Romanticide."
Floor is 6-1 in bare feet, 6-5 in her heels....audience of 83,000
Great job guys! Here's another lane that Nightwish takes. Here's a clip of them doing a cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" from Floyd's Division Bell album. This is when Annette was the lead singer but she is on a break. Marco handles the lead vocals on this one. Very awesome version. Very few bands can pull off a credible cover of Floyd. IMHO, they knock this one out of the park. They make it their own without making it unrecognizable. Give it a try. I'd love your take on it.
ruclips.net/video/IClqCyS4IRY/видео.html
If you wanna do the poet and the pendulum you should know something about the backstory of this song:
The Poet and the Pendulum here are some scources.
First of all the Open Letter to Tarja.Tarja's open letter (why tarja was kicked from nightwish) ruclips.net/video/rbkpMgqq8pU/видео.html
Interview Nightwish - Tuomas Holopainen (part 1) at around 1:50min Tuomas explained a bit to that: ruclips.net/video/pPDNEIt4d7U/видео.html
Nightwish interview - Tuomas Holopainen (part 1) at 10:00min ruclips.net/video/v65-ErfUyVM/видео.html
Here he stated:
Cathartic is a good way of putting it. The ultimate example being is The Poet and the Pendulum a song where i literally kill myself in the song so that i wouldnt have to do it in real life.