Opera Singer Reacts To Nightwish - Song Of Myself LIVE | Tea Time With Jules
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2023
- You guys know that I LOVE Nightwish, at least everything you have recommended so far, so Iand after a moth of orpea and classical singing during my trip to Italy, this band was the perfect hybrid of Metal and Opera/classical to ge me back in the groove. SO.. lets watch this together shall we?
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One of my favorite songs from Nightwish. Oh, who am I kidding, they're all my favorite songs, depending on which one I'm listening to. Every single band member a true professional, at the top of their game. So many things to love about this song. Jukka bashing those drums like he is trying to destroy them, Floor stalking the mike, Marko carefully smoothing down his mustache and beard just before he goes into one of his roars. Emppu and Tuomas driving the beat. But, most of all, the music that this group of magnificent players produce is almost otherworldly. A band that respects its fans, and fans who respect the band.
It is A Tribute to the poem in 52 chapters, One for every week of the year, " Song of myself " by Walt Whitman 1819-1892.(one of the co-founders of US poetry). The 7th line of the song is ""Of mermaids, of Whitman's and the Ride""". The extended official studio version of this song has, at the end, a poem as a tribute to Whitman made by Tuomas, the keyboard player and the mastermind of nightwish. These lines you can also see fast flahing on the ledscreen of the video you just saw.
Bucle up, it goes very deep.
" I see a slow, simple youngster by a busy street
With a begging bowl in his shaking hand
Trying to smile but hurting infinitely
Nobody notices
I do, but walk by
An old man gets naked and kisses a model-doll in his attic
It's half-light and he's in tears
When he finally comes his eyes are cascading
I see a beaten dog in a pungent alley
He tries to bite me
All pride has left his wild drooling eyes
I wish I had my leg to spare
A mother visits her son,
Smiles to him through the bars
She's never loved him more
An obese girl enters an elevator with me
All dressed up fancy
A green butterfly on her neck
Terribly sweet perfume deafens me
She's going to dinner alone
That makes her even more beautiful
I see a model's face on a brick wall
A statue of porcelain perfection beside a violent city kill
A city that worships flesh
The first thing I ever heard
Was a wandering man telling his story
It was you, the grass under my bare feet
The campfire in the dead of the night
The heavenly black of sky and sea
It was us
Roaming the rainy roads
Combing the gilded beaches
Waking up to a new gallery of wonders every morn
Bathing in places no-one's seen before
Shipwrecked on some matt-painted island
Clad in nothing but the surf
Beauty's finest robe
Beyond all mortality we are
Swinging in the breath of nature
In early air of the dawn of life
A sight to silence the heavens
I want to travel where life travels
Following its permanent lead
Where the air tastes like snow music
Where grass smells like fresh-born Eden
I would pass no man, no stranger, no tragedy or rapture
I would bathe in a world of sensation
Love, Goodness, and Simplicity
(While violated and imprisoned by technology)
The thought of my family's graves was the only moment
I used to experience true love
That love remains infinite
As I'll never be the man my father is
How can you "just be yourself"
When you don't know who you are?
Stop saying "I know how you feel"
How could anyone know how another feels?
Who am I to judge a priest, beggar, whore, politician, wrongdoer?
I am, you are, all of them already
Dear child, stop working, go play
Forget every rule
There's no fear in a dream
"Is there a village inside this snowflake?"
A child asked me
"What's the color of our lullaby?"
I've never been so close to truth as then
I touched its silver lining
Death is the winner in any war
Nothing noble in dying for your religion
For your country
For ideology, for faith
For another man, yes
Paper is dead without words
Ink idle without a poem
All the world dead without stories
Without love and disarming beauty
Careless realism costs souls
Ever seen the Lord smile?
All the care for the world made Beautiful a sad man?
Why do we still carry a device of torture around our necks?
Oh, how rotten your pre-apocalypse is
All you bible-black fools living over nightmare ground
I see all those empty cradles and wonder
If man will ever change
I, too, wish to be a decent manboy
But all I am
Is smoke and mirrors
Still given everything, may I be deservin
And there forever remains
That change from G to E minor. "
R.I.P Ann Waychoff mother of the Nightwish Army.
June 28th, 2020 .
Ann was a big Nightwish Fan.
And every new person who listened to NW, she went through a little chat.
And gave them some info about NW.
This was her favorite song.
And this song belongs to her.
I like very much that Gabriel have continue Ann s work.... so her heritage is still here.
For ann
R.I.P Ann 🌹
For Ann,
This was her song.
For Ann. We miss you but you will always be in our hearts. This was your favorite song and will always be your song. Rest in peace my dear, we will never forget you, you were a breeze and a hurricane to all nightwish fans and all new reactors, you were the Mother of the Nightwish army and we will always be grateful for that .R.i.P Ann Waychoff❤❤🤘🤘
It's amazing how the entire band played left handed on this vid. Kudos!
I was gonna make that same comment. I'm somewhat complexed. I know the video isn't like this one. How is this done?
I was a little confused when I saw Marko’s bass facing left but then I realized what had happened.
True talent 😉🤪
@@johnd8546 The video is mirrored. This is a common practice to avoid copyright issues (respectively "fool" the algorithm to avoid getting spotted by it. Although in today tech times I doubt that a simple thing as mirror can fool it).
@@heiko3169 Thank you for the explanation. Learned something new here.
I ❤your Nightwish reactions
R.I.P. Ann - our beloved mother of the Nightwish Army😢💔🙏
thank you
Floor and Nightwish is something else, Floor is charismatic, story teller vocalist and vocal coach too. She is a vocal nerd. Great reaction!
Singers sing what they can
Floor sings what she wants ❤
You mentioned how Floor is so casual and relaxed on stage. She joined her first band called After Forever at around age 16-18. After that she started her own band called Revamp. By the time she joined Nightwish Floor already had many years and previous concerts worth of experience.
This song, my top one is absolutely beautiful. All of this song hits me: the lyrics, melody, drums. That Jukka's drumming and double kick. And Tuomas (keyboards) thank you for writing and composing these beautiful music. And thank you dear MC for showing these beautiful Nightwish videos 🤘🥁😊
this song definitely helps to showcase what this band is capable of musically the harmonizing between floor and marko is very cool
Great reaction Jules. Love you smile while enjoying the music. Thanks for continuing your Nightwish journey. Much more discover not only from Nightwish , but others in the genre too.
Thank you!
@@themcsyoutubechannel Jules! so only 2 songs in with Nightwish & Floor :(, you really in all seriousness have not even scratched the surface,I(we) hope you wiil dive deeper to really appreciate just how amazing this band and singer truly is ,they are a phenomenon :
NIGHTWISH - Storytime (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO-Wacken 2013)
ruclips.net/video/pvkYwOJZONU/видео.html
NIGHTWISH - Ever Dream (OFFICIAL LIVE-Wacken 2013)
ruclips.net/video/1Xi4n8dJcF8/видео.html
NIGHTWISH - Ever Dream (OFFICIAL LIVE-Wacken 2013)
ruclips.net/video/1Xi4n8dJcF8/видео.html
Nightwish - Bless the Child (Wacken 2013)
ruclips.net/video/VTPXvE6o3LY/видео.html
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Floor Jansen (Revamp) : O Mio Babbino Caro, live @ MFVF 8 :
ruclips.net/video/dcKrSpAxbnE/видео.html
Recorded at the Metal Female Voices festival, Wieze, Belgium on 23 October, 2010.
Floor Jansen - Vilja Lied for Henk Poort(2019) + intro and outro (With eng subtitles) ruclips.net/video/JN80AfHiUTY/видео.html
Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phantom Of The Opera | Beste Zangers 2019 :
ruclips.net/video/plCScjvDOJM/видео.html
Nightwish - How's The Heart Acoustic (Planet Rock acoustic session)
Live 2020 ruclips.net/video/yYtkPpFYzOo/видео.html
Alone - Heart (cover by Floor Jansen)2020
ruclips.net/video/1fu-yP6q6Gk/видео.html
You have entered the rabbit hole. It is a great journey. Gabriel's list is the one to follow. Storytime from Wacken is a good one.
Can't wait!
This song alternates between 7/4 in the intro (possibly 7/8, but then the syncopation is weird in 16th notes) and verses and 4/4 in the chorus and breakdown. I love odd time signatures like this! So much fun.
All we need now is for you to do a Nightwish or Floor cover. The 'windmill' is optional but nice to have. Thanks for the super reaction. Floor is the Queen of the Nightwish Army. Cheers!
This was really fun, love your energy and musical knowledge. Great reaction Jules!
Thank you so much!!
@@themcsyoutubechannel hey Jules,great t o see u back with NW & Floor,a little; pro reactor tip: after a pause if u could go back a bit b4 resuming for song continuity & so none of the many transitions NW is known for will not be missed :) for viewers will appreciate it,thx cheers, also fyi the audio seems to modulate allot when you talk with headphones or earbuds :( also without them limits your experience as well especial for vocal clarity,
Jukka does a 6/8 beat on one song...truly amaizing
One of my favourites of the
Nightwish songs
I highly recommend headphones for listening music, you get much more of it!
I noticed the lack of earpieces. Maybe she has awesome speakers instead?
Headphones until you get near-field monitors, you get a pair of decent ones for 1000 euros. Mediocres cost more. Much better than headphones.
For me, Nightwish music really wins when you have a subwoofer because you can feel the sound of the bass and bass drums. Even the best headphones can't convey that feeling.
Nightwish is a favorite for sure. I love Floor's voice - her tone, power, control, and presence of stage. She's commanding. Mesmerizing. Of course the rest of the band is amazing too. Storytime is my favorite performance from this show ruclips.net/video/pvkYwOJZONU/видео.html It's the one that made me fall in love with Floor and the band and go to see them live, not that the rest of their songs aren't great too. My other favorite metal band is from Japan - Lovebites. So, so talented.
Nightwish is fantastic and Floor fits in perfectly with her range and ability to sing such a broad variety of styles.
I don't think long hair is a requirement for joining a Symphonic Metal Band, but I do think classical training is a benefit, so that being said... :D Ever considered?
Floor is an exceptional artist for sure, her range and versatility are out of this world. She does have a proper classical training and it shows.
And I think you have not even heard her growl yet.
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Of course long hair is mandatory, as is stipulated in Metal Law paragraph 2 of subsection b of section 7! 🧐
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Kidding of course, there's plenty of metalheads on and off stage without long hair 🥰🤘
If at all possible, try listening with proper headphones. Nightwish music is so nuanced and layered with different sounds of instruments and choir, it gets that much better for experience.
My top favorite song tied with Story Time.
You should definitely experience a big Nightwish show .
Nightwish Army south Brittany France reporting.
And there forever remains the change from G to Em.
RIP Ann
I just found out about this song two days ago and I could listen to it on repeat, all day long. The best metal song ever.
R.I.P Ann Waychoff mother of the Nightwish Army. June 28th, 2020
This is your song.
If you ever have to explain the Groove in Metal to someone - play this tune.
Until the Breakdown hits you with a 10 ton hammer it is all fun and games.
But then the slow chugging monster with the machine gun riffing takes over.
And for every Metal Head this lights up the day.
Awesome….Imho one of the best songs ever.
Sometimes the sky is piano black….
Floor Jansen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Valkyries and Stonehenge, Lady of Nightwish and Protector of our Metal Realm. Long may she reign. Bow, mortal !
Nice reaction, thank you! Just Nightwish doing things ;-)
Floor is a powerhouse, and with Marko.... Brilliant!
Others in the Genera, Within Temptation, Epica, Jinjer
No 2 in my favourites list.
Marco is superb - I love his second entry (the rising gliss) so much I extracted it and have it as my ringtone.
Favourite parts:
Piano Black , and particularly the best description of depression I've heard - "sometimes the within is piano black". Piano black - that deep glossy black that almost evades the eye.
Emppu holding that long note one-handed as he drinks a Corona.
The unexpected pauses (rests) towards the end, particularly, in this performance, when Floor turns her hands upwards and the flames seem to come from her palms.
Great chuggy rhythms in the breakdown.
Little pizzicato string sections in the run-up to that ending.
At the end the lead vocals use the same lyrics as the choir are singing in the earlier parts -
"All that great heart lying still and slowly dying
All that great heart lying still on an angelwing". That lyric is perfect for the staccato rhythm.
...and lots more
One of the first reactors that notice the off-beats. Cool :-)
Great comments. Symphonic metal tends to be epic and theatric by its nature - as well as the obvious orchestral layers, the songs tend to be very much narrative driven which seems to make songs into productions. I think that part of what makes Floor so great is that she doesn't just sing, but embodies the music in a way which is very uninhibited and very hard to look away from.
that's the Dutch culture. REAL AND DIRECT.
One of my favorite songs of Nightwish !! The range of Floor's voice is incredible !! And the fun they have !!!
I miss the personal silly contact with Ann.
Gone, but not forgotten...
Hello, very nice response, I am honored to welcome you to the Nightwish Army, greetings from Poland
Nightwish is one of my favorite bands. Thank you for sharing
Love your reaction, yeah we are all into Nightwish. They just are the only ones out there for me.
She is having a good time! Watch Floor and one thing you notice is that she’s having a good time and always has a huge smile on her face 😊
Love Floor’s lower registers here.
🤩👍💥💯🎼
"SILENT SYMPHONY*
🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙
Nice reaction mi lovely lady..😋 🙃 🥰
Floor’s presence and superb talent and the bands perfectionist live performances are second to none. They always amaze on all levels 🤘🤘
Riding the Nightwish express. It takes you away. You don’t know where they’ll take you but you know it going to be friggin’ epic.🤘🤘
I'm quite fond of that track. The rawness, the "weird" tones, the pyrotechnics...
"And There, Forever Remains The Change From G To E minor..." R.I.P. Ann Waychoff 🤘
Ne Obliviscaris - And Plague Flowers The Kaleidoscope (Live in Colorado)
Found your channel some time ago, and now I found out you're embarking on a Nightwish journey! Love your honest reactions, they're an absolute joy to watch. And I love Nightwish as well, so I can't wait to see where you go with their music. If you'd like the operatic Floor, try Shoemaker from the Human:Nature album (best do the lyrics video). If you'd like a bit more growl (or actually a lot of it), then you should watch Yours is an empty Hope (try their live in Buenos Aires video for the best growling and lighting effect). Enjoy!
Floor frikkin Jansen & Nightwish 🤘 Great stuff MC.
My favorite Nightwish / Floor live song of all times. I was so bummed they didn’t perform it when I saw them
Sabaton, Tommy Johansson, Aeryon :) thanks for this reaction!
The beauty in here are overwhelming
For another symphonic metal band, I can strongly recommend Within Temptation. They've been around about as long as Nightwish, and though their overall style is a good bit less varying, they're still an amazing band. There's also the Black Symphony concert where they played live with the Metropole Orchestra in Rotterdam 🥰
There's also quite a bit of overlap between fans of Nightwish and Sabaton... Not one bit operatic, it's (arguably) power metal, but their twist is that they're singing (almost) entirely about history, varius stories that are rarely brought up in history class, but are absolutely deserving to be told. Maybe not the best representation of their style, but still a really good starting point - in my opinion - is "Christmas Truce" (three guesses as to which historical event _that_ might be about 😝), and you _might_ notice something familiar towards the end... 😇
🤗🤘🏻😘 well done and welcome to the Nightwish familie
That is normal Music for me ! My start as a Metalhead was 1980 , today i ' m 55 years old and i got the same strong love to Heavy Metal Music
I think it’s an unwritten law, headbanging is required with such great music!🤘🎸
This is the best Band on this Planet! Nightwish Chapter North Germany Heer. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🇩🇪🇫🇮🇫🇮🇩🇪🇩🇪
Just a quick reminder to check out Epica as another top quality Symphonic Metal experience.
Hello MC, please more regular Nightwish. Makes you happy (and us of course).
The only requirement is for you to use headphones. You are missing a lot of details, in the arrangements and back tracks, without it. If you do so, you will like this genre even more.
Only, if you use good headphones.
RIP ANN 🙏
Metal is universal,. You don´t have to have long hair or anything. Toll, small, bold or whatever, it´s in you heart and soul that makes you "metalhead" :) For example Phil Anselmo, Rob Halford etc...
This song, one of Nightwish's finest in my eyes, is about a songwriter (Tuomas) suffering from writer's block. If you read the lyrics knowing this, it all makes perfect sense.
I really like your reactions, but...............please, PLEASE, don't release videos that are mirrored. Hard to watch the band play reversed guitars, high keyboard riffs on the lower 88's, and Jukka's drum kit totally flipped. I have never seen a NW video blocked, so don't worry about that!!
You are absolutely right ... my little innocent brain always rides a roller coaster when I see a mirrored video of Nightwish.
It is also a fact that no videos are blocked from Nightwishs and Floors channels.
Hey beautyfull ladie!!! If you see the band "Disturbed" , the singer is bold. So, the long hair is not neccesary, but helps in the performing. Thanks again. Greettings from Argentina
You should react to Nightwish The phantom of the opera feat Henk Poort Live Ziggy Dome
Hey Jules,it's a funny coincidense you asked about the hair.🤔 Floor cut her hair (1/3 went off) "short" and she was very honest about that and said that she got some "dead ends" and some thinner parts (if that make sence,i'm not a hairdresser😅) and i believe she said that she also got some hair "extensions". I think she still looks top notch with a little shorter hair and still goes for the "windmils",so, not much change there.😉🤘
When Floor cut her hair last year she said: "It's headbanging, not hairbanging". So I guess it is not a requirement...by decree straight from the goddess herself.
A few week,s before this concert Floor was on Dutch TV singing a Puccini Aria ..😎
Okay, so you really, REALLY need to hear Nightwish's Romanticide from the Wacken concert and Seven Days To The Wolves from Wembley 2015.
Emppu at 7:41 "I really need to have a sip, but I'm in the middle of a song"
Emppu at 7:46 "What the hack, they are all busy and I really need..."
Emppu at 7:56 "Aaah, and I can also play with one hand"
👍👍
How about "Epica -stabat mater dolorosa ft. Floor"
Or
"Kamelot -the Haunting ft Simone Simons"
🤘🏻👍🏻
I love this song. It was the penultimate song of this gig and leads into Last Ride of the Day (an absolute banger if you've not already reacted)
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A great reaction to one of my favorites. Heh, who am I kidding, they're all my favorites. Anyway, nice job MC's just maybe one thing though, get a good set of headphones or earbuds. The music sounds better and viewers don't get the echo from the mic. Also while the perspective is interesting your video is mirrored so we see Tuomas on the right instead of the left.
A quick intro into the band line up (I won't go into the Finnish surnames 😉)
Floor Jansen (Yahn-sen), lead vocals
Tuomas (Tu-omas), keys and composer
Emppu (Em-pu), lead guitar and joker
Marko, bass and vocals
Jukka (Yoo-ka), drums
Troy Donockly, pipes and whistles (wasn't in this song)
Emppu’s name with two p’s. In finnish every letter counts.
Greetings from Finland❤ Try Amorphis, and Battle Beast. You will have some fun with them.
If you feel you are Metal, then you are Metalhead... 🤘🏻
epica with floor.
Progressive time signatures too.
Have you heard vilja lied, sang by Floor ofcourse....she gave it a twist 🤘😉
Big Nightwish fan here. If your looking for some other metal bands to check out I would recommend TOOL the song 46 and 2 or the song the pot. Also SYSTEM OF A DOWN the song Toxicity. Then there is the all time greats LED ZEPPELIN the song stairway to heaven. Hope you enjoy these.
Other Metal you have yet to discover: Epica, Release the Archers, Ayreon. But you might also be interested in VoicePlay - 'Valhalla calling' where Geoff sings a B0.
Long hair isn't always required. It's sometimes a band's asthetic, some times it's personal. See the lead singers of Blind Guardian, Sabaton, Mutoid Man, or Karnivool for guys rocking short hair.
Loved this..“Not that I’m considering joining one” 😀 … just asking for a friend? 😀😀
There are a lot of short-haired or even shaven-headed people in metal bands, usually the drummer (which I always thought made sense, because it almost seems like an athletic choice: "To keep my hair from getting in the way") or the lead vocalist, (where it seems like more of a stylistic choice.) I'm sure there are bands where that's predominant, but it seems like it's usually just one or two people, and everybody else goes for the traditional longhair look...Sometimes, guys make a mid-career switch, but that's usually out of necessity...
Absolutely love this song! Don’t know how you’ve managed to screen this mirror view? Marco and empty are not left handed on bass or guitar?.?
9-44 Having long hair for a woman in the field of hard music is not a condition, for example Gail Ann Dorsey with her haircut also managed it (guitarist and backing vocals for David Bowie or Lenny Kravitz), or the singer Skin from Skunk Anansie 😊
Nightwish is musical magic pur sang. Of course we also love Metallica. Check out ‘Du Hast’ in Paris by Rammstein for more epicness and fireworks..🔥🔥
When you like floor than listen her frend Simone from Epi ca when they sing together this is Metall
Long hair is not a requirement, but somehow it feels it gives some plausibility 😊 With that said, Floor cut her hair short this year, but it didn't affect her plausibility. And, I think you should try to sing with a metal band. Maybe just a one project or so, but I think it could be a great experience. But where to find a musicians that are capable to produce something even remotely close to Nightwish? Elizabeth from "Charismatic Voice" channel just did a "nightwish" song with Nik Noctural. You should check that out, it was great fun.
Then I have a suggestions. #1 You should definitely use headphones while doing these reactions. It makes a world difference for you and us. #2 I don't think flipping a video will help with copyright issues. #3 Only way to monetize these reaction videos is, that you get Patreons or use service like "Buy Me a Coffee".
I listen to a lot of bands, but what metal bands are familiar to you...if any? I can give a you a lot of suggestions, like some kind of metal 101 for noobies 🙂
You need to check out Epica - design your universe live retrospect... They are like nightwish but even better, and play with a full orchestra 😉
Tuomas loves to use odd meters and switch them around , sometimes even after a single bar.
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It's not a requirement to have long hair. Hansi Kürsch from "Blind Guardian" has regular hair, in fact if you meet him on the street you would guess he's a librarian of something similar. His band is more Power Metal though.
The atmosphere in the band was completely different 10 months before. The band was dead because they had estranged with their singer on the current tour and didn't have a singer anymore. Floor saved the band back then. Here she had already agreed to be the new singer in the band.
Metal comes from wanting to play the heaviest, wildest hard rock. You want to be a rebel and the long hair suits that. Metal is established today. Long hair is a tradition, but not a must.
The song has two meanings: First, it is a homage to the American poet Walt Whitman and his Song of Myself. On the other hand, it is part of the album/film music Imaginaerum. The main character is dying trying to write down to his daughter what he never told her. But he's too ill to finish it. A collection of quotes follows in the studio version. Unfortunately they only played this song on the Imaginaerum Tour.
It is uncertain when the next tour will take place. There will be no tour for the next album because the band wants a break. Floor will be touring with her solo program. Maybe she'll come to America with it.
Floor Jansen - Me Without You (Live at @RadioVeronica)
Given the titel you wrote on this clip I'd rsuggest you also see some more recent stuff, like Dead boy's poem and Getsemane, both from Buenos Aires some 5years ago. But of course, the list is endless....
got you!
So long hair is what many have but there are exceptions. I personally started out on guns nroses metallica and bon jovi then discovered manowar and helloween. And many others. Halloween made it into my top favorites because they are crazy funny and very melodic though ridiculously fast at times. Intense guitar solos even harmony solos and today with all former singers on board crazy good voices. They were genre defining in the 80s. Something different alluding to classical music a lot would be hapsody. Crazy guitar neoclassical style great voice and orchestra sounds interwoven..... That mifht be sth Special for you as an opta singer.
"Is having long hair a requirement for being in a metal band? (asking for a friend)" LOL!! Nope, not a requirement. Here is an awesome metal band at Wacken where the lead singer is bald. Also the live orchestra has "normal" length hair! I've never before seen a classical-looking orchestra having such a darn fun time playing the music, including the conductor. Head banging on the violin! LOL. ruclips.net/video/Y0fSBZAU8Tk/видео.html
Let your hair grow and then ……………. Headbangingggggg 😁🤘😅
Surely you being an opera singer, someone has to have told you that Floor has done some of that and is classicaly trained. If interested, here is her performance of Puccini: O mio babbino caro - De Tiende van Tijl, ruclips.net/video/UeTyAZtV5wI/видео.htmlsi=XIgn8sn6242GXVGA.
😂😂even Floor is a LEFTY in this one😂
We also love Nightwish, especially because their appearance, mimicry, pyrotechnics, light color, music and lyrics form one whole, while they are not tempted to do so in a simple, straightforward pop music style, but really tell their story. That makes every next song completely different from the previous one.
Besides Nightwish I am also a fan of the band: Within Temptation with singer Sharon den Adel, especially their "Black Symphony" live concert. Watch "Somewhere" ft. Anneke van Giersbergen. ruclips.net/video/7eqBmEO5MHE/видео.html
But also the band Epica with singer Simone Simons is great. Watch their performance of "Rivers" at AFAS live
ruclips.net/video/7imPLmvLyQA/видео.html
Regarding the hair length. A very old video with Tarja ruclips.net/video/DmDim1vXeEg/видео.html . No Marko in the band yet. And I have read that it was Marko who criticised the length of thair hair and suggested that they should move about the stage.