This is my 'love language'....the best way I have heard to describe Nightwish...thank you ❤ The song was a request for Tuomas for a solar eclipse. He didn't like it because he was given many terms, 3 minutes, catchy chorus, easy to sing a long too ...he didn't want to do it at first but then thought ok ... let's go down sleeping with the sun ...early on Floor said it is one of her favorites Nightwish song, and also one of their biggest hit
@@Kristina-jf4hd yes he does some great covers of several Nightwish songs but I prefer Floor's version of every one as she is an empathic singer and not just a technically accurate one.
@ Agreed. I just thought Dan did a great job covering a female singer; which isn’t easy. In this one in particular he doesn’t pour the emotions in like Floor. Some of his other covers……absolutely he does. You just have to see them (not necessarily Nightwish).
🖤FLOOR JANSEN 💪Valkyrie Queen🖤 🥇Most versatile singer. 🥇Best theatrical storyteller. 🥇Beautiful personal appearance on stage. 🥇Has the most contact with the crowd. 🥇 Really knows how to entertain the crowd. 🥇 Frontwoman with most years active with Nightwish. 🥇 Old Nightwish songs were adapted by putting more thought and creativity into them, making them even more magical, and Floor made these old songs her own. Having said that, I still feel I'm selling Floor short😔
One of the early Songs, (1998/1999 Tarja era), it is about the solar eclips in Finland(and other European and Azian countrys) on 11 of August 1999,,, **** 222 days of light **** is from 1/1/1999 up to the eclips. At that time their german record Label asked to write a song about it. One of the terms was " not longer than 3 minutes", Knowing Tuomas, he made it 4+, however every one can give it's own meaning.
Nightwish with Floor know how to take you by the hand and accompany you in difficult times - you feel understood and not left alone. This is probably one of the great secrets of this band's success.
Great reaction! Song commissioned by Nightwish's then German record label to commemorate a total solar eclipse in 1999 . They required the song to be no more then 3 minutes to be radio friendly and Tuomas, being himself, wrote a 4 minute song. While the lyrics are directly related to the solar eclipse, the music gives it a feel of longing. I can totally see the eclipse in the song as a metaphor for loss and pain. One of Floor's favorites to sing from the Tarja era. She wanted to add it to the setlist for this tour and the deal with Tuomas was that she agreed to add Stargazers, another Tarja era song that they hadn't performed in years since it wasn't something Anette could sing. This is one of the songs where I love Floor's and Tarja's performances equally. Checkout either the 2005 music video for the re-recorded version of the song (Tarja striding across a medieval battlefield like a valkyrie, they guys fighting as knights, ruclips.net/video/_yMCSDbwaCo/видео.htmlsi=CalJeZ4kdaUMrWpE) or the live performance from the End of an Era concert. Also there is a fan video of Floor singing this song in her first show after recovering from her breast cancer surgery. She gets very emotional and her voice cracks at the end. Such a beautiful and intimate moment. ruclips.net/video/jxr5vSQlZZc/видео.htmlsi=GDOhsaQK4p9hoYGe or the whole song ruclips.net/video/GZrSZeBpDKU/видео.htmlsi=CrWKNqf0zPQTJ9ef
This song for me was my Introduction to Nightwish back then so in that regard it always holds a special place in my heart since from that moment they are my favorite band. Sadly I never had the privilege to watch them when Tarya was still with them. At this moment I can't really choose between this version and the original. I just love both equally.
We here in the US do not have any bands that compare to Nightwish !! No other band gives me so much joy, They get me through so many dark times and fulfill my life in so many ways. Although this is a song which Tarja originally sang Floor hits it out of the ballpark as she does with everything Tuomas writes. Another Symphonic Metal band I love is Within Temptation from The Netherlands, I listen and watch concerts from these 2 bands and not much else except for Pink Floyd.
One of the early Songs, it is about the solar eclipse "two hundred and twenty two days of light will be desired by the night". Because that's the amount of time that went by before the eclipse (11th of August was the 223rd day of the year). At that time their German record Label asked to write a song about it. One of the terms was " not longer than 3 minutes", Knowing Tuomas, he made it 4+
The song was written about an eclipse- was originally written for Tarja and she performed it beautifully but, since Floor came on board in late 2012, Tuomas can never stop smiling with this angel being able to deliver his music to the stage - he stated in an earlier interview that "if Floor ever left, that would be the end of Nightwish" LOL!
I loved this song from the first time I heard Tarja and then I heard Floor sing it live and I fell in love with Floor and this song even more. It gets me emotional every time.❤
In North America, Nightwish usually play smaller venues without the big show stage but put on a good show. I saw one of these smaller shows in Montreal, May 2022, in a sold-out 2300 capacity club. I did find out, to my dismay, that in 2015 Nightwish had brought the full big stage show to Montreal's outdoor Heavy Mtl annual summer festival as part of the 2015/2016 world tour, and I did not know about them at that time, as I did not follow the Heavy Metal scene. 😢
Heyyyyy,,, glad you are finally back on the Nightwish train ... try not to get off it for so long next time 🤪 Love your reactions to them ,, keep em coming 🤘🤘🤘
Durante muchos años Sleeping Sun fue mi balada favorita de todos los tiempos, luego vino Lanternlight a ocupar ese primer puesto. Dos obras maestras de nuestro maestro compositor Tuomas Holopainen.
I remember this song was huge in finnish radio, and was huge in Europe too. This was same for them as HIM - Join Me was for them. Both hits came out same year I think
Hi and thanks - I love your honest reactions! But I'm missing something in your "collection"... Awesome *Anneke van Giersbergen* with *The Gathering,* I think you'll enjoy the song *Travel* (TG25: Live at Doornroosje). I'll be hoping to see you listening to this great music. Have a good time!
Please allow me to complete the infos on that song....... first: one of the rare songs that was performed by all three vocalists. second: one of the rare songs that does not base on an idea of Tuomas. in 1999 Tuomas was asked by his label (Drakkar Records) to write a song about the total eclipse of the sun in 1999. They asked him: Please not longer than 3mins (radio-friendly). Tuomas did it in nearly 4:30mins. third : Total eclipse of the sun occured in 1999 over northern Europe with its peak of 2:23sec in Romania.......once in a lifetime.... That was at the 11th aug 1999 (223rd day of the year).....222 days of light will be desired by a night....... Fun fact: there had been 3 Concorde aircraft in the air who followed the shadow and enlarged the time for the passengers to nearly 15mins. For me personally: I will never forget that magic moment.....seemed the earth stands still...total silence......even the birds were quiet.....magical. Its a magical song with a great solo of Emppu...showing his masterclass ..... Bringing variations of the theme and adding his own notes in full harmony with the theme.....expressing great emotions with quite few notes........simply but perfectly performed....... And don`t ask me about the GODDESS performing it........... Good reaction...... Greeting from the Nightwish Army South Germany.
Off script. Have you done Nightwish - Sahara, live in Tampa? A sometimes overlooked song that is freaking amazing. I think you will enjoy that (if you haven´t done it that is) Hahahahaha
If you watch the Wacken performances (2013), Floor has definitely less tattoos. That solar eclipse of 1999 in Europe was a big thing, I went with a tour to the south of Germany to watch it. The lyrics are very beautiful, a poetic description of the intense emotions people feel when experiencing this natural phenomenon.
Bands like Nightwish, Epica, Ensiferum, Wintersun, and Amon Amarth get small venues here in the US because record labels rule the market. Notice all the bands I listed get ZERO radio play here.
Yea! I missed ya. "Sleeping Sun" as released as a maxi single with three other songs on 2 August 1999 to coincide with the total solar eclipse that would occur on 11 August.
I agree with you , they should be selling out MSG , MET LIFE STADIUM but I do love them in the smaller venues . I think everything you watched previously Floor was tattooless .
Nice reaction. Question? Have you ever reacted to the video HOPE by the artist NF??? It’s a masterpiece from start to finish. Please make it your next reaction.
10:32 Floor could've made things very easy for herself by fully deploying her majestic head voice. But alas.. Tuomas and his suppression of Floor's classical side, cuz "Tarja..". Floor even sounds a tad sharpish on that D4 sharp belt. Still a great rendition and we'll always have After Forever as a reminder of a magnificent but now criminally underused dramatic coloratura.
Somewhere between 2014 and 16, I was surfing YT one night, came across a YT video about lost and sunken ships. Being a US Navy vet I checked it out. The background music was Tarja and the official Nightwish video of Sleeping Sun. I'd never heard of Nightwish so I didn't think much of it but the song stuck with me for until 2016 or 17 when I found the Nightwish Wachen 2013 concert. Been a Nightwish fan since then. If you haven't watched the videos of the new Nightwish album "Yesterwynde" DO IT - I really like "Sway" and "Children of "Ata"
This is my 'love language'....the best way I have heard to describe Nightwish...thank you ❤ The song was a request for Tuomas for a solar eclipse. He didn't like it because he was given many terms, 3 minutes, catchy chorus, easy to sing a long too ...he didn't want to do it at first but then thought ok ... let's go down sleeping with the sun ...early on Floor said it is one of her favorites Nightwish song, and also one of their biggest hit
It's such an incredibly powerful song
This is one of their best ballads of all time. 🤘🤘🤘
I fully agree
It's only recently that it has been overtaken by Lanternlight.
For a male vocalist, Dan Vasc does a phenomenal job covering this song.
@@Kristina-jf4hd yes he does some great covers of several Nightwish songs but I prefer Floor's version of every one as she is an empathic singer and not just a technically accurate one.
@ Agreed. I just thought Dan did a great job covering a female singer; which isn’t easy. In this one in particular he doesn’t pour the emotions in like Floor. Some of his other covers……absolutely he does. You just have to see them (not necessarily Nightwish).
Great reaction. Thank you and welcome back.❤🎉
Thank you!! 😊
🖤FLOOR JANSEN 💪Valkyrie Queen🖤
🥇Most versatile singer.
🥇Best theatrical storyteller.
🥇Beautiful personal appearance on stage.
🥇Has the most contact with the crowd.
🥇 Really knows how to entertain the crowd.
🥇 Frontwoman with most years active with Nightwish.
🥇 Old Nightwish songs were adapted by putting more thought and creativity into them, making them even more magical, and Floor made these old songs her own.
Having said that, I still feel I'm selling Floor short😔
Yeah, she's quite amazing
Glad your back and in a new setting. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Thank you
One of the early Songs, (1998/1999 Tarja era), it is about the solar eclips in Finland(and other European and Azian countrys) on 11 of August 1999,,, **** 222 days of light **** is from 1/1/1999 up to the eclips. At that time their german record Label asked to write a song about it. One of the terms was " not longer than 3 minutes", Knowing Tuomas, he made it 4+, however every one can give it's own meaning.
It's a great song
Nightwish with Floor know how to take you by the hand and accompany you in difficult times - you feel understood and not left alone. This is probably one of the great secrets of this band's success.
Texas checking in !! Life is better with NIGHTWISH in it !
Yes it is
This is at Masters of Rock, Vizovice/Czechia, not in the USA. Nightwish - and especially Floor - always has a great connection to the audience.
And wearing her infamous Sabaton style shorts.....
The shorts are fire
🤗🍒🤘🏻😘and as always well done Amiek And it's good that you're back because I missed you and I assume others did too
Thank you! 😃
Great reaction! Song commissioned by Nightwish's then German record label to commemorate a total solar eclipse in 1999 . They required the song to be no more then 3 minutes to be radio friendly and Tuomas, being himself, wrote a 4 minute song. While the lyrics are directly related to the solar eclipse, the music gives it a feel of longing. I can totally see the eclipse in the song as a metaphor for loss and pain. One of Floor's favorites to sing from the Tarja era. She wanted to add it to the setlist for this tour and the deal with Tuomas was that she agreed to add Stargazers, another Tarja era song that they hadn't performed in years since it wasn't something Anette could sing.
This is one of the songs where I love Floor's and Tarja's performances equally. Checkout either the 2005 music video for the re-recorded version of the song (Tarja striding across a medieval battlefield like a valkyrie, they guys fighting as knights, ruclips.net/video/_yMCSDbwaCo/видео.htmlsi=CalJeZ4kdaUMrWpE) or the live performance from the End of an Era concert. Also there is a fan video of Floor singing this song in her first show after recovering from her breast cancer surgery. She gets very emotional and her voice cracks at the end. Such a beautiful and intimate moment. ruclips.net/video/jxr5vSQlZZc/видео.htmlsi=GDOhsaQK4p9hoYGe or the whole song ruclips.net/video/GZrSZeBpDKU/видео.htmlsi=CrWKNqf0zPQTJ9ef
I could turn the sound off and just watch Floor's hair defy gravity
She's amazing
this is how a Queen turns out to be a Goddess
Facts
The new settings look sick🤪. Welcome back Amie
Thank you
I'm glad to find you well. Happy New Year!
Happy new year! Much ❤️
Compouser, lyricist and arranger Maestro Tuomas Holopainen metal Mozart
This song for me was my Introduction to Nightwish back then so in that regard it always holds a special place in my heart since from that moment they are my favorite band. Sadly I never had the privilege to watch them when Tarya was still with them. At this moment I can't really choose between this version and the original. I just love both equally.
Hi Amie, greetings from Indonesia! You're studio is looking good! Another great reaction to a beautiful Nightwish ballad.
Thank you so much!!
We here in the US do not have any bands that compare to Nightwish !! No other band gives me so much joy, They get me through so many dark times and fulfill my life in so many ways. Although this is a song which Tarja originally sang Floor hits it out of the ballpark as she does with everything Tuomas writes. Another Symphonic Metal band I love is Within Temptation from The Netherlands, I listen and watch concerts from these 2 bands and not much else except for Pink Floyd.
Yeah Floor & Nightwish, what to say..,. Floor is a briliant world class vocalist and the Night Wish boys ... well also world class, i!!!!
You are soooo right!!!
You are always a joy Amie. Happy New Year sister 🤗
Happy new year and thank you my friend!!!
Hi, very beautiful reaction, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beauty of intention and beauty of delivery - and a beautiful reaction - Nightwish is all of our love language 🤘
Yes they are am amazing musical movement
Even how Floor slowly approaches the microphone and is extra calm setting the mood from the very start.
Welcome back to some excellent music. This is a beautiful song about an eclipse.
There you are 🤩
Good to have you back!!! 🤘
Thank you
Sooo much beauty…. ❤ every time ❤
Agreed, they are amazing!
This was great, but please take a look at the original version sung by Tarja. So amazing!❤
I'll check it out!
One of the early Songs, it is about the solar eclipse "two hundred and twenty two days of light will be desired by the night". Because that's the amount of time that went by before the eclipse (11th of August was the 223rd day of the year). At that time their German record Label asked to write a song about it. One of the terms was " not longer than 3 minutes", Knowing Tuomas, he made it 4+
I love that about Tuomas
I love it to! Nightwish army Denmark reporting in
Thanks ❤❤❤
You're welcome 😊
Thank you.
You're welcome!
👍👍Awesome performance. 🖖❤
Yes it was
Dont ever make Nightwish about you....just love it!
When I die ...this is the song!
I feel ya
This is live in Tampere, Finland. Home of Nightwish ❤❤ Makes me teary, everytime.
I love it
The song was written about an eclipse- was originally written for Tarja and she performed it beautifully but, since Floor came on board in late 2012, Tuomas can never stop smiling with this angel being able to deliver his music to the stage - he stated in an earlier interview that "if Floor ever left, that would be the end of Nightwish" LOL!
I loved this song from the first time I heard Tarja and then I heard Floor sing it live and I fell in love with Floor and this song even more. It gets me emotional every time.❤
It's an incredibly powerful song
In North America, Nightwish usually play smaller venues without the big show stage but put on a good show. I saw one of these smaller shows in Montreal, May 2022, in a sold-out 2300 capacity club.
I did find out, to my dismay, that in 2015 Nightwish had brought the full big stage show to Montreal's outdoor Heavy Mtl annual summer festival as part of the 2015/2016 world tour, and I did not know about them at that time, as I did not follow the Heavy Metal scene. 😢
One day I hope to see them
@@Amiekinz4ever me too!!!
😍😍😍😍😍😍
Listening to Doctor Floor and the boys is always the best medicine❤
Facts
Good one. How could it not be with N/W Floor.
They never disappoint me
Heyyyyy,,, glad you are finally back on the Nightwish train ... try not to get off it for so long next time 🤪 Love your reactions to them ,, keep em coming 🤘🤘🤘
I'll try, it's a tough balance for sure
When you love the song, my tip Lanternlight from last Album Yesterwynde. Grettings from northern Germany 🤘
❤thank you❤
You're welcome
And the baseline in this is the best.
So many times we don´t know what we need but then for some reason or not any reason at all, we hear NW song and it helps...
It really did help. Their music speaks to my soul
there music is a live saver, there must be a lot af people who find conferd in
Facts!
Durante muchos años Sleeping Sun fue mi balada favorita de todos los tiempos, luego vino Lanternlight a ocupar ese primer puesto. Dos obras maestras de nuestro maestro compositor Tuomas Holopainen.
nice , thank you (sometimes I need NW too; just DVD (Wacken,Tampere etc.) on and relax)
greetings from NW-Army-Germany and SabatonFan
Thanks for listening
I remember this song was huge in finnish radio, and was huge in Europe too. This was same for them as HIM - Join Me was for them. Both hits came out same year I think
That's awesome
hehe its my soul..
Hi and thanks - I love your honest reactions! But I'm missing something in your "collection"... Awesome *Anneke van Giersbergen* with *The Gathering,* I think you'll enjoy the song *Travel* (TG25: Live at Doornroosje). I'll be hoping to see you listening to this great music. Have a good time!
Please allow me to complete the infos on that song.......
first: one of the rare songs that was performed by all three vocalists.
second: one of the rare songs that does not base on an idea of Tuomas.
in 1999 Tuomas was asked by his label (Drakkar Records) to write a song about the total eclipse of the sun in 1999.
They asked him: Please not longer than 3mins (radio-friendly).
Tuomas did it in nearly 4:30mins.
third : Total eclipse of the sun occured in 1999 over northern Europe with its peak of 2:23sec in Romania.......once in a lifetime....
That was at the 11th aug 1999 (223rd day of the year).....222 days of light will be desired by a night.......
Fun fact: there had been 3 Concorde aircraft in the air who followed the shadow and enlarged the time for the passengers to nearly 15mins.
For me personally: I will never forget that magic moment.....seemed the earth stands still...total silence......even the birds were quiet.....magical.
Its a magical song with a great solo of Emppu...showing his masterclass .....
Bringing variations of the theme and adding his own notes in full harmony with the theme.....expressing great emotions with quite few notes........simply but perfectly performed.......
And don`t ask me about the GODDESS performing it...........
Good reaction......
Greeting from the Nightwish Army South Germany.
Thank you for this explanation
Off script. Have you done Nightwish - Sahara, live in Tampa? A sometimes overlooked song that is freaking amazing. I think you will enjoy that (if you haven´t done it that is) Hahahahaha
Send me the link.
@@Amiekinz4ever ruclips.net/video/lTvYfLa4Wlk/видео.htmlsi=af-jAuLVUj_J9jxx
If you watch the Wacken performances (2013), Floor has definitely less tattoos. That solar eclipse of 1999 in Europe was a big thing, I went with a tour to the south of Germany to watch it. The lyrics are very beautiful, a poetic description of the intense emotions people feel when experiencing this natural phenomenon.
That's so cool. Solar eclipse are such a great phenomenon and this song just enhances it
👍👍😎😎🤘🤘
Bands like Nightwish, Epica, Ensiferum, Wintersun, and Amon Amarth get small venues here in the US because record labels rule the market. Notice all the bands I listed get ZERO radio play here.
Yeah, that's so sad
Yea! I missed ya. "Sleeping Sun" as released as a maxi single with three other songs on 2 August 1999 to coincide with the total solar eclipse that would occur on 11 August.
It's good to hear from you
Unfortunately, in the US they play smaller venues, basic lightshow etc. I saw them a couple years ago near Boston and they were fantastic!
Sad, but true. Saw Amon Amarth/Ghost last year here in Phoenix and it was a small outdoor venue. The crowd participation was epic for a small venue.
I'd still love to see them even if it is a smaller venue
One positive of a smaller venue (5k college sports arena) is that the majority of the seats are great!
Facts!
I agree with you , they should be selling out MSG , MET LIFE STADIUM but I do love them in the smaller venues .
I think everything you watched previously Floor was tattooless .
I love her tattoos
@@Amiekinz4ever me too .....im actually thinking about getting a tattoo of Floor on my Forearm
Nice reaction. Question? Have you ever reacted to the video HOPE by the artist NF??? It’s a masterpiece from start to finish. Please make it your next reaction.
🤘😊🇫🇮💙🪄🎼✨💯👍
"Yansen" 😉
Floor sings this beautifully but "Sleeping Sun" will always remain Taryas.
Never, it's Floors song forever
@@davew459This "never" makes me laugh! How old are you? ( childish behaviour)
@@davew459 Tarja sang it 25 years ago
🐕
10:32 Floor could've made things very easy for herself by fully deploying her majestic head voice. But alas.. Tuomas and his suppression of Floor's classical side, cuz "Tarja..". Floor even sounds a tad sharpish on that D4 sharp belt. Still a great rendition and we'll always have After Forever as a reminder of a magnificent but now criminally underused dramatic coloratura.
This song is so beautiful
Tarja’s version is beautiful as well!🤘🎸
I bet it is
This version is good but Tarja's version is better I think.
Somewhere between 2014 and 16, I was surfing YT one night, came across a YT video about lost and sunken ships. Being a US Navy vet I checked it out. The background music was Tarja and the official Nightwish video of Sleeping Sun. I'd never heard of Nightwish so I didn't think much of it but the song stuck with me for until 2016 or 17 when I found the Nightwish Wachen 2013 concert. Been a Nightwish fan since then. If you haven't watched the videos of the new Nightwish album "Yesterwynde" DO IT - I really like "Sway" and "Children of "Ata"
I did watch those videos, they are amazing!!!