Voice Teacher Reaction to Nightwish The Poet & the Pendulum
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2019
- Voice Teacher Reaction to Nightwish The Poet & the Pendulum --
Vocal coach, Valerie White Williams, reacts to Nightwish performing The Poet & the Pendulum with lead singer Floor Jansen singer, Marco Hietala on the growl vocals.
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Floor Jansen is one of the greatest female vocalist, not only because she has an incredible and versitile voice that everyone loved to listen to but the way she perform to interpret the song by giving her soul and emotion into it is always amaze me.
not just her voice but the lyrics blow my mind
Great reaction. You have to do the greatest show on earth. Live from tampere
This and ofcourse Romanticide for way more heavier sounds from Floor and Marco!
@@Dralace YASS BOTH OF THEM xD
YESS!!!!
Yes - that's must see!
I like the Wembley version better
The beginning background singing was done by young choirboys. Everyone at first thinks it’s Floor but it’s not.
This is a masterpiece and understanding the backstory helps appreciate the composition. Thomas is a brilliant composer.
FYI She actually offered to sing that part as well but Tuomas wanted to keep the choirboy in.
Interesting, I’d never heard that before. Thx!
I think only one "voice teacher" thus far has recognised the really obvious choirboy sound for what it is, for what it's worth.
Joining - Once you know it’s a choirboy then you hear it that way. Without knowing it’s easy to assume Floor is singing the intro. Every reaction I’ve seen thought is was Floor.
I wish more reactors knew the back story before they listened to it. It’s a very emotional piece.
@@randywhite1724 it's a completely different sound! How can you mistake it?!
While this isn't a voice comment, I'll say this:
I've suffered depression at different times in my life, and this song makes me always believe life is worth living.
And the truth is, just like the pendulum swings, that things always change, and that there is always a clearing of the storm. There is always a safe harbor one can seek, if one knows where to look for it.
By the way, read The Pit and the Pendulum by Poe. Tuomas, the keyboardist, compared his depression to that of Poe's, when Poe lost his mother, sister, and wife all to tuberculosis.
Isaiah Welch
I was or still am on that boat of depression, but nighwish and particularly Floor Jansens voice just relaxes things. She is just so amazing, they are amazing.
I heard Tomaus wrote that about tarja leaving the band !
I could never understand that, nonsense ! What you mentioned sounds more like the truth.
I don’t want to bother anyone here , by the way !
dominic foley its inspired by the poem the pit and the pendulum but the song is in fact written about his feelings and depression after the Firing of Tarja. Tuomas got allot of flack from the fans, and sunk deep in a depression. And it basicly came down to him committing suicide in this song to save him from himself, the section of mother and father is based on a conversation he had with his parents.
Actually sometimes grittier, rock sounding Marco has a really beautiful voice. Try 'The Islander' live from Tampere 2015. Actually more of a folk number and different than what you've heard from nightwish. Also from same concert, very lilting ballad featuring Floor on 'Sleeping Sun"
If you haven't seen it yet, there's home video on YT of Marco singing Planet Caravan as a lullaby to a baby, it's really heartwarming.
or while your lips are still red Wembley arena 2015
I want to add "Elan" or "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" to the list of other NW songs you should check out.
Did you just call Marco a growler ?! 🤣
@@harryvanwijk2967 think you took that wrong.
Nightwish live @ tampere The Greatest Show On Earth
Boy soprano Guy Elliott at the start - from St Mary's Choir School Reigate. Pip Williams in London orchestrates the backing tracks for Tuomas' compositions. Pip is Course Leader and Lecturer in Music Technology The University of West London since Aug 2004..... Marko Hietala is the bass player and male vocalist in Nightwish.
Wait until you hear the growling Viking do a classical opera duet of Ave Maria with Floor Jansen! He is incredible.
The calm parts always give me goosebumps, what a voice
very good reaction ive been listening to rock/metal music for 40 years floor is exeptional
At the end of the song,the bassist and the guitarist walked over to the keyboard with Tuomas to support him. This song still gets to him emotionally. This song will probably never be played again. I really like the way you explain the how the voice works for different ranges. Thank you!
"Song of myself" or "Everdream" from wacken 2013 show also show her amazing vocal range. Loved your reaction, cheers
ever dream..... floorgasm.
everdream...yeah!
Floor jansen is the best 😍
ohh yeah
Marco or Marko has been singing 37 years now how he sing's. He is pioneer of Finnish heavy metal. Listen TAROT.
Gibbetoo Gibgib I love Tarot! I’ve almost got all their albums. Would love to see them live !!
If you want to hear Floor pretty much do everything in one song, check out Revamp: Disdain live at Grasspop 2010. She does everything from growls to full on Soprano in that song. She's all over the place.
Thank You. That song. Deep and Dark roller coaster ride to Genius mind of Tuomas Holopainen. In those day,'s Heavy drinking, depression dark suicidal thought's. Tuomas chose life. ❤
Everyone else has Nightwish suggestions so I won't toss any in the hat but all I will say is Nightwish reactions will always garner attention from symphonic gluttons like myself. I enjoy a look into the technical aspect of a performance too, so I appreciate these videos that analyse the vocals.
This song is a masterpiece! First anticipation and excitement, then astonishment and mesmerising, then tears and goosebumps, then adrenaline and sadness, then goosebumps more tears and mind blown! This is how I watch it 🤘
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Symphonic power metal awesome band floor Jensen is a godness
thank you Valerie, great big hugs
"White Lands of Empathica" is sung by two choir boys: Guy Elliott - lead boy soprano & Tom Williams - second boy soprano and later the child's voice speaking the words "Today, in the year of our lord 2005...". Other than that, this was an enjoyable reaction video.
Aren't those words read by Anette?
@@xGOKOPx No, as far as I know, it's one of the two choir boys that sing the intro "White Lands of Empathica".
another thank you for not chopping this like some reactors..
this track is known for being blocked if not paused enough.. thanks to a rapper sampling it.. your pausing was perfect
I would love to see you react more to Marco. Nightwish's cover version of Pink Floyd's High Hopes shows more of his abilities as a singer. :)
yes! THIS!!!!
Yes!!!
Yep!! 👍
hell yeah
Oh oui !!!
You now need to hear Floor at her heaviest with Nightwish, Yours is an Empty Hope.
I thought the growl towards the end was Marko for a while until I paid attention to the video and saw he was singing the normal part!
Then listen to her in ReVamp
@@lancebloke It's not the growl towards the end. *Every deep growl* in that song is done by her alone.
Storytime is great... I think it totally worth watching! I would even say it's underrated
What many don't catch is when floor does change a word in the original lyrics, she does it to make the song sing properly. If you have any songwriter friends, you will probably find that they massage and change the words of the poem multiple times to find a phrase that suits their particular vocal style.
Tuomas seemed to not let Tarja do that to his lyrics, making Tarja's singing seem harsh or clumsy sometimes.
Floor...the Dutch Goddess..❤️
"The Greatest Show On Earth"...from Tampere will REALLY show you what Nightiwsh can do.
Song for the male singer (Marco)... "While your lips are still red" & "the islander". You will be very surprised. Floor becomes his back-up singer. He has his solo career too.
Yes do Romanticide and The Islander! And than after, do the greatest show on earth!
Thank you for this! This is one of my favorites of theirs. Another I really love is "The Islander" Live from Tempere. Marco, the bassist and supporting vocalist, sings the lead on that one and Floor sings backup. It's a really unique track in their discography and I love how they performed it at that show! It's more folksy, less metal.
This song was originally sung by their second singer Anette. It was written after the dismissal of Tarja and the ensuing backlash that Tuomas recieved because of the way it happened an open letter after the last concert she performed with them.
He was very depressed afterwards and had suicidal thoughts which is laced throughout the song. It also has ties to The Pit and The Pendulum by Edgar Allen Poe.
For more grit from Floor and strait growling watch Yours is and Empty Hope- Live Princess Baltic Cruise. Marco the bassist is so underrated, checkout The Islander- Live Tampere. Also his versions of Ave Maria might interest you, there's one with Floor that is awesome!
The irony is that Anette left them high and dry, mid-tour - but without that, Nightwish would not be what they are today, because of Floor.
Amazing reaction! You should do The Greatest Show on Earth - live from Tampere next, another masterpiece by nightwish!
Right, that piece has two vocal styles I forgot to mention: staccato speech-singing and her deeper chest voice with that wonderfully sung line "every form most beautiful".
@@oliphant2848 and the wailing sound when lights turn red
@@Immortall1408 You're right, I forgot that too. My advice: don't be old and tired. :)
Yeah that is so effin good!!!
Oh man Richard Dawkins was on this consert in The end talking
Or don't forget about Greatest Show on Earth. Masterpiece!
Greatest show on Earth maybe from Tampere... that's really a good piece to showcase both Marco and Floor.
First voice not Floor and later another choir boy: "Lead boy soprano: Guy Elliott, 2nd boy soprano: Tom Williams, courtesy of the Reigate St Mary's Choir School, Choirmaster
If you want to hear more of Floor's gritty voice "Nightwish - Yours Is An Empty Hope (live)" is a choice for you.
Nightwish have used "Abby Road Studios" and "Angel (Recording) Studios" in London for their backing tracks👀 Sometimes they use east european studios 🐱👤😎👍Thank you for your Analisys
Originally Floor was sent by Allfather Odhinn to Midgard to gather the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she
got distracted and joined a series of bands. However, Floor still gathers souls by her grace, beauty and the sheer power
of her vocals.
We give thanks for her at our Blots regularly and hope that Odhinn won't notice that she has never returned to Asgard.
ALL HAIL THE VALKYRIE GODDESS!!!
The Nightwish Army is incoming!
Nightwish Army Central Florida Black Company reporting for duty!
the greatest show on earth live at tampere
Floor's band that she was with before she got the call from Nightwish - she wrote the music and lyrics - is another one to have fun with because of the number of styles she can use. The band is ReVamp and Disdain live from Gaspop 2010 is quite fun. :-)
You need to react to Nightwish - Stargazers live at Tampere! Floor is brilliant with the all operatic vocals. 🌟
Thanks for your reaction. This song is beautiful. I hope you react other Nightwish's songs. I suggest "Song of myself" and "Ever dream" from Waken 2013.
I really like your reactions, and the ‘technical’ commentary. So much to learn.
If you want to check more of her grittiness, check Yours is an Empty Hope, or maybe Ghost River. If you want softer, maybe Sleeping Sun; other good ones for her voice, definitely Greatest Show on Earth, Ever Dream...
Also, if you want to check more of the male singer, Marko, you can check the High Hopes cover they did, or the Islander at Tampere (one of my favorites of him).
Thanks for this reaction! Loved it!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻instruments were epic ! Grafics were epic , Singer awesome 👏🏻
That last movement, Mother and Father, the only way I can describe Floor’s voice through that section is “crystalline”. Something about it almost reminds me of a water harmonica or someone playing a tune on crystal wine glasses. There’s such a pure, ringing quality to it there that I don’t think I’ve ever really heard her use anywhere else.
she is opera singer from Holland and she is great
Another lovely reaction!! Thank you so much for your special insights into the singing!
classic! Thx for reviewing!
Floor is as good a performer as she is a singer, that's what puts her above most others, IMO
I am really happy you reacted to this! It has so many different and amazing components both musically and vocally! One of my favourite songs and performances!
thanks for the lyric version
Floor "could" sound like the choir boys.. probably why its a common mistake
on a side note.. theres a few uploads of the demo version.. Marco does all the vocals on it as Nightwish still hadnt found a new fromtwoman
That was a great reaction. Thank you!🤘👍💯
The one the writes all the music Thomas makes the songs for the singer. There are a few songs that were written for another singer that Floor is not the best for.... not saying she can't sing it but its just the way the song was written. But the back ground of the song is what helped Thomas get out his inner strife with the release of Tarja. When writing it he was able to get through it. Now initially it was written during the later end of Tarja (he knew she was going to be released from the band) and that is when Annette came in and did the song. Annette is a different type singer than Tarja and Floor (Tarja and Floor kinda are in the same style of singing) So some of the songs later in the albums creation were tailored to Annette style and those songs are the exception.
Loved it! You told everything: she can swift so quickly and amazingly beteween the placements! Incredible!
This song really display the range of Floor's voice, so thanks for reacting to it. And by the way, Floor growls in " Yours is an empty hope " ;) i know...SHES AMAZING !
Amazing!
You are right about there being a backstory to this song. The song is about the final break-up with their first vocalist (Tarja Turunen). A childhood friend of Tuomas. The problems started when she started dating her now husband. He convinced her that she should get more money and recognition as the rest of the band because she was the star of the show. She then also started to refuse to perform in venues below a certain crowd size. They even had to cancel a whole US tour because of that.
As you can imagine this caused a lot of tension in the band. It was then decided that she would record 1 more album and then leave the band. But the situation got so bad that the band decided to fire her at the end of the running tour. Litterly at the last concert (recorded as the "end of an era" live dvd) they fired her after their last song. They did that by giving her a letter with and explanation for the clean break. As an explanation to the fans they also published the letter on the internet (not the best way to handle this). It was intended to be as transparent as possible but it backfired catastrophically. The public backlash of the press and fans was mostly directed against Tuomas.
Who was thrown in to deep depression because of this. He saw everything he worked for so hard for fall apart in front of him and also could no longer see a future for the band. Because he knew that a real suicide would hurt his close family and friends he decided to commit suicide artistically. The closing section of the song is a thank you to his parents that took him in again when he was at his worst. They were responsible for putting hem back again.
There are two more songs that i think that are interesting for you to take look at concerning Floor and her vocal techniques that you have not seen yet.
1 Floor singing a aria from Puccini called "O Mio Babbino Caro" for a dutch tv program there is small interview with English subtitels at the start. ruclips.net/video/Od_qcbw3f5Q/видео.html
2 Floor growling. It is an acquired taste but it is another facet of her versatility. The song is called "Disdain" when she was still in the band called "Revamp". ruclips.net/video/tIqzPXzhEuw/видео.html
That is one side of the story. Important to remember that there is another, and the truth is likely somewhere in the middle. What certainly is true is that he was suffering almost intolerably and this song really is an extraordinary story.
@@hazelangus I realize that. I have nothing against Tarja (i have all her all her solo album for a reason). I think both sides have made mistakes and could have handled the situation better then they did. :-)
@@ronaldboers8061 I agree with that. It was very sad at the time, for all concerned. Still, I can't argue with the eventual result - Floor is an absolute marvel. :-)
@@hazelangus If not for Floor i would most likely not have listened to them. I got to know Tarja (allready a solo artist at the time) first and heared the story of her being fired via a letter pretty soon after that. Since i like Tarja i decided that i wanted nothing to do with the band. Then i heared that their current vocalist was Dutch (so am i) and i decided to give her a chance with the intention to hate it. The first song i ever listened to was "Ghost love score" live from Buenos Aires. Can you guess what happened next? :-)
I completely LOVE Tarja. Without Tarja I would’ve never been here. She is my God. People of you’re offended about religious aspects well I’m sorry but not sorry. I can pray and honor anything or anyone. Tarja gave me something special some people don’t have and she gave me HOPE...
Thank you!
Great reaction and explanations! I think you'd appreciate
@It's amazing!
Not Floor at the start. It's actually a choir boy. I actually think it adds a nice, ethereal quality to the intro...Floor's voice, indeed any trained soprano's voice, is far more full-bodied and resonant in a wider frequency spectrum, but that's not always what you want in a song, depending on what the lyrics are trying to convey.
The Islander
Now its time for you to react The Greatest Show on Earth live at Tampere...we're waiting for u...
I like a lot of music but nightwish with all the layers ,transitions, emotions and tightness in the band is plain beautyfull. The storytelling and how it is composed , for me its the level of old masters mozart,bach,beethhoven. Tuomas is one hell of a writer.
Amazing song,try Greatest Show On Earth Live Tampere 2015.
Well, what to react to next? I think you have heard Ghost Love Score, Sancta Terra, and now PatP. So you have heard her ethereal head voice, her classical soprano, her belting, her gritty rock voice. There remains:
Ballad singing: Sleeping Sun (live at Tampere)
Folk "Disney princess" voice: My Walden (live at Tampere)
Death metal growling / Hardcore shouting: Yours Is An Empty Hope (live on the Nightwish Cruise)
Sultry cool jazz singing: Slow, Love, Slow (live Orlando 2012)
I think that would be about it. But they're cooking up a new album just now, to come out in early 2020, so who knows what she'll come up with. :)
Great reaction :)
And for Marco with Floor as backing, Kiss, While Your Lips are Still Red - Wembly
@@williamklett6660 I seem to keep forgetting things, she is just too versatile for my memory :)
@@oliphant2848 Pretty much nothing she can't do. Wouldn't want to hear her do Screamo, lol, but yeah, she is a mutant, beyond other mere humans.
The song at the beginning is not sung by Floor, it's a prerecord of a choir boy.
Very personal text for Tuomas, sad story... great reaction! "Sleeping sun" live from Tamere, please! Short, but SOO beautiful....
Yeah, Sleeping Sun next!
"Sleeping Sun" refers to winter time+ in the far northern hemisphere, when sun won't shine for many moons and seems asleep therefore
I always cry on the last part 😭❤
Wow! Her breath control! I was exhausted watching her during "Home". And, was immediately moved by the waves as the backdrop. Spoke volumes.
Thanks my lady for this!
Thank you for those smooth and gentle pausings in this particular song, that allows us fans although a joyfull hearing experience. So we all can see, it's possible to do a reaction of it without "butchering".
Btw.: Marco Hietala also shines with a softer style on The islander (Tampere) and While your lips are still red (Wembley).
Song of Myself live at wacken 2013 next! :D
Yep
Another Nightwish experience : Stone people and Creek Mary 's Blood from End of an Era DVD
Floor is (or at least was, I don't know if she has the time since joining Nightwish) also a vocal coach herself.
Try the islander by nightwish it's Marco singing with floor backing him he has an amazing voice as well
That opening thing is a Boy Soprano who sang itm not Floor ( It is prerecorded that bit)
That was my first thought, that it was pre-recorded. I am unfamiliar with this work but I could tell the spoken parts were prerecorded as well.
i think he is named on that album?
@@VocalSplendorStudios Get shook even more: pregnant flloor singing Raskasta Joulua - Oi Jouluyö - Floor Jansen ruclips.net/video/ym1Wc5dmUY/видео.html 🐱👤🌹👌
@@VocalSplendorStudios Easy to think Floor might be doing the intro, considering the part beginning "Sparkle my scenery . . ." was also originally recorded with a boy soprano. Floor takes on that middle section herself.
Don't mind that you have to take pauses for the copyright reasons. No need to apologize: You can actually just use them to give your comments, like you usually do. Then they go smoothly, and us listeners don't pay attention to that pasing, for whoever clicked on this video knows it's a voice teacher making the video, so the pauses should be expected :)
And that's your content, your part in building the whole with others - so actually: 'working for your bread' keeps you from making the copyright infringement :) Being business-like and havin fun combines in your work: you just do that, and copyright is protected too - this time activity is not considered stealing, but laziness is, and gets punished :)
15:29 wow I hear little bit of lara fabian in the mix there. Amazing.
Watch the 'islander live at tampere ' also brilliant show , love your breakdown you didn't go like some do fantastic.....
Floor is a story teller 💖
Darn at the end she always gets me, nice reaction btw.
The backstory of this song is important to understanding the meaning.
A nice piece of art ,or should i say a masterpiece *salute
I love Marco on The Islander. I was totally mind blown when I first heard that because I heard this first, and had only heard him distort, so I first thought the male vocal was Troy; which I later realized isn't on stage for this one. I do love his singing too, though. You should definitely think about reacting to 'My Walden or Alpenglow for all three of them singing and some very cool instrumental work.
the storytelling of this song makes more sense if you read it back forwards
My sister called me while I was watching this. I ignored the call. No one interrupts Floor.
Music is all about emotions! Yes, there is a story behind it...
You definitely need to check out The Islander and The Greatest show on Earth
Great reaction and explanations! I think you'd appreciate Nightwish - Sleeping Sun (Live In Tampere, Finland) 2015
It's amazing! Floor's voice is angelic!
The beginning was her it's a choir boy shes do the second choir vocals in the slow down live but I'm sure someone pointed that out to u sorry to reiterate luv ❤❤ but poet and the Pendulum is such an amazing song to.us nightwish fan
Thanks for the great reaction. This is piece is as self portrait of Tuomas feelings, lead song writer and composer, when they dismissed Tarja. I think you are ready for the Greatest Show on Earth in Tampere. Although if you want to see the rough in her voice you should react to Romanticide, Wacken.
Emppu's face at 11:34 = Me when I first watched this version. :-D
I would love to see you react to Nightwish's cover version of Pink Floyd's High Hopes
luv this song :) great performance
Totally agree with you about Floor's versatility. Nightwish can now perform any song from their back catalogue, as Floor can sing in any style, any genre, including Tarja's and Annette's. And let's give credit to Marko, as he has a versatile voice, also. Check out 'Voice of my Father', an incredibly powerful and emotional performance from Marko, and Nightwish's amazing cover of Pink Floyd's 'High Hopes', with Marko on lead vocals. Such a shame he has left. We can only hope he will return, some day.
Voice of my father;
ruclips.net/video/dwvqpRRCDdE/видео.html
High hopes;
ruclips.net/video/IClqCyS4IRY/видео.html
If you liked this song, check out Greatest show on earth! She does a variety of singing there as well, and even does an impressive growl section.
She really can do everything!
Thumas wrote this song when tarja left it was very personal for him in the song he kills him self . notice toward the end that epu and marco walk over to him to see if he's ok . they hardly ever perform this song