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Knowing the backstory and having the lyrics definitely makes this song hit harder.
Jimmy's World just explained it and needs more likes: czcams.com/video/zTJbqkY8m4M/video.html
It's been twelve years and I still cry most of the time when I hear it.
100% agree with this statement
Yeah it breaks your heart... I can't listen to this song without tearing up, every single time..
@@FelycitySky especially if you lost someone, I have seen some crying
Love the fact that from "3 minutes and counting" to Tuomas cutting his throat is exactly 3 minutes. The man is a musical genius!
I am thankful that Tuomas wrote his suicide in music rather than real life, what a loss that would have been. The 3 mins set to music is genius in action. But knowing the back story this work destroys me, this and a couple of others were real life for me and hard to do.
Emppu actually wasn't just messing around this time, he was making sure Tuomas was feeling ok, since this song is so emotional for him.
How do we know that?
@@niilaheikki By actually paying attention to what the song is about?
Honestly, at this point, he could very well have just been like 'Floor's killing it, eh?' because the years have brought on some emotional distance to the subject matter according to Tuomas himself. I do love that they still gather around him at the end every time, though.
I hate it when people make shit up
Tuomas said in an interview once that he has some of the vocals muted in his in-ear monitors because it's tough for him to hear the lyrics... I think people just took this and assume he's on the verge of a breakdown while playing it and therefore they must be comforting him. It gets repeated so much as if it's true because people see others saying it but it's just speculation.
"I don't know why I'm tearing up". Every time, man. Every frikkin' time...
Yes,....every frikkin' time.....man!
Jukka sadly had to stop playing with them due to severe insomnia. He picked Kai himself as his replacement.
Kai is Jukkas Teacher !!
I miss Jukka's showmanship :(
Floor Jansens voice can make a grown man cry, including myself.
beautiful performance from a classy lady
Yep. Tarja and Anette too.
@@francischimenti1374 Joking?? In your dreams...
Although Floor is probably the most visceral singer on the planet, it's the song itself that has that impact. The first time I heard this song was when it came out with Anette and it hit me back then. But you're right, Floor is the Goddess we want and Annette knew that which was why she fiercely objected to Floor "temporarily" replacing her. Everybody who was into Symphonic Metal at that time knew who Floor was and what she brought to the table. Now the rest of the world is finding out as well.
And on a side note to illustrate just how important Floor is to Nightwish, Tuomas, in an interview, stated that if Floor ever left Nightwish he would disband the group 'cause Floor is a one of a kind talent and he doesn't want to go through another recruitment process. That's how much she means to HIS band.
@@alexojeda9048 .. got news for you, my friend...Tuomas was just as adamant about his belief that Tarja was irreplaceable and her departure would spell the end to Nightwish...which goes to show you how much faith you can have in his sincerity..
This is a very emotional song for Tuomas. It is about his break-up and split from Tarja, the first singer for Nightwish. To this day, when the song is played on stage, he unplugs this earbuds so he cannot hear the lyrics because of how emotional it makes him. That is why Emppu is checking on him. FYI.
this song was already a gem in its studio version, recorded with Anette Olzon. with Floor... they brought it to perfection
I think Floor used to record her own vocal backing for some songs until the Decades tour when the band tried harmonies with Troy as well as Marko instead.
They realised how awesome it was so used the three of them harmonising all through the new album instead of vocal backing tracks.
Now that you’ve tackled this one, you need to do The Greatest Show On Earth live at Tampere.
When I first heard this song, I reacted just like you. I admired Floor’s beautiful vocals and visually spectacular background video of the pendulums. Then somewhere I found out the background to this song ... and this song has never been the same for me again.
You've been given the back story to this masterpiece, I won't repeat, I think once you know the story no matter how many times you hear it, it brings a lump to the throat. Losing Jukka, then Marco, I'm surprised Toumas has the strength mentally to continue. If and when Nightwish comes to end we have an amazing back catalogue of amazing music to listen to.
I might be in the minority but I'm glad you did this blind. When you understand the full significance and meaning behind this song you can listen again and then really begin to understand what is going on.
That's what happened to me actually. This song just started playing, I loved it. Then I checked the comment section, searched the backstory and was like oh my....
Yup. People is kind of obsessed about how this song is supposed to be listened, "you need to do the research", "read the lyrics first", "you must need to know the backstory" blah blah blah... Maybe it's because I'm an old fart, but that's not how I enjoy music. I prefer not to know anything, feel and enjoy the song, get my own interpretation and then later check the lyrics and do some research.
This song is a masterpiece, regardless if you read the lyrics first or not. I say, to each his own.
@@misi24069...the severe backlash he was pummeled with was for publishing a defamatory letter trashing Tarja
Uh, no. Maybe for most reactors, but I think Sergey is the type that would put it altogether at once. I think he missed out. Especially because I'm sure everyone advised him to do so. Maybe he doesn't read the comments.
The ending of this song is so emotional it gets me all the time. From the 1st time i heard it on an album. The melody is so touching that either Annete`s version either Floor`s hits me well.
"You have such oceans within" and "try to save them all, bleed no more" hits me on a level like never before. I work on a suicide prevention hotline, and have for a few years now. And god damn, do we try to save them all. It just absolutely guts me like you wouldn't believe.
@@Pitchblackbones I can feel that as well but I can only imagine how strongly you must feel when those words and melodies and the voice of Floor soars through the air. I'm a lonely musician suffering from just a mild depression from time to time. Music is a perfect cure for me. Nightwish have become one of my main sources of inspiration and works as a cure even better than usual. Thank you so much for doing what you do and take care, my friend. I wish you have a great day.
@@Pitchblackbones I hear you man. To me it gets me mildly irritated when some fans -- and I get it, they are passionate -- push reactors to research the song before they even heard it. Obviously the song has special meaning to Tuomas, but this song and these lyrics are so much more than that.
The album version of this song was the first NW song I ever heard, and researching it would have taken away from the emotional impact the song had on me.
Definitely a masterpiece! Go back to the time around “Second robber to the right of Christ” and watch Marko playing the HELL out of that bass WHILE SINGING 😈
You'll see a bunch of people talking about how knowing the backstory will "give the song more meaning" but I think it speaks for itself. I'm a grown ass man who is reduced to tears at the beauty of her voice. I don't need a backstory to be moved.
Love the reaction mate, dont worry about tearing up a little, most of us have been in full tears listening to this especially knowing the back story. Also I read somewhere a joke which is quite apt: "Question: What is your favourite Nightwish song - Nightwish fans: - Yes" .. I think it is normal to try and have some kind of ranking for their music but seriously as you go on you will have a favourite perhaps but generally people give up and admit they are all awesome in their own ways, they are one of those bands who are so diverse that they all become favourites for different reasons, not hating please dont get me wrong, but also dont struggle too much with lists etc because 20 years listening to them tells me it is almost impossible lol - keep up the great work my friend.
My favorite is usually whichever one I'm listening to. :)
Pretty sure I've never been able to keep from crying when listening to this song.
It's been awesome watching you go from a skeptic to a full blown fan!!!! You remind me of Nightwish,
I wasn't exactly sure what to think in the beginning, but just like Nightwish, you grew on me!!!
keep doing your guitar vids too, i'm, learning a lot from you.........Sergey, see you are like Nightwish because you and your reactions are very unique bringing something very refreshing to the table. Thank you!!!
Lyrics for this are a must.
Please please please look up their song greatest show on earth live in tampere! Because the performance really fits the name of the song in this one! Can i get some support here??
Agreed...
Make sure you play to the end of the song...many reactors cut the last 2 minutes.
It's too early for that
Agreed, also play the whole song until the video stops.
Agreed
My favorite Nightwish song.
Listen to it 1000 times and it's still hard to hold the tears.
Yes, it's even better once you know the lyrics and even better once you know the meaning.
Enjoyed how you broke down the music & performance. 🙂 You brought a couple of things to my attention. A woman named, Jessica Bridgman, did an interview with Tuomas on April 4, 2016. They spoke heavily about the Wembley performance and she asked Emppu chatting with him, on stage. Tuomas chuckled, "He worries for me. That night was a cauldron of emotion and he looked out for me." 💜
Thanks man! Several other comments have also suggested that as well. How good of the band mates to check up on their boy
Not sure how much background you got on this one so I'll give you the cliffsnotes version. Tuomas was very depressed after the band parted ways with Tarja. He lost his best friend and was getting a lot of hate from their fans over the way it went down (myself included if we're being honest about this). As memory serves he even got called out and publicly shamed by the prime minister of Finland. He contemplated ending Nightwish entirely but Tony Kakko of Sonata Arctica talked him out of it. In this song he kills himself figuratively rather than actually committing suicide. Even while doing that he is a stickler for details if you watch when the child's voice says "I only have three minutes and counting" it is exactly three minutes until the pendulum falls.
Jukka was the first drummer and has been with them basically since the beginning. The band had another bad breakup with Anette. After Floor & Troy came onboard Tuomas said that this was the final membership change of the band that it was to emotionally draining and if they had to replace anyone else they would probably just go their separate ways. Jukka had been having problems with insomnia all through the Imaginaerium world tour and things were not getting any better, he needed a break. Jukka enlisted his friend Kai to take over for him so he could see to his health and presented it to the band as a fait accompli. Jukka is still with Nightwish in a managerial capacity but has been unable to get well enough to do long tours so Kai took over the position permanently.
Really? We should all be very thankful with Tony
best friend?he treated her like garbage and then stabbed her in the back..
@@bornready6924 He was for a time in love wither her, but her husband sought to it the she be treated like a diva to the point where she began to act like one herself and that divided the band
@@neberque he was i lust with her...he treated her with utter neglect and she got tired of being treated as a "guest vocalist"..she had numerous, far more lucrative offers and turned them down..i could give you many examples of her kindness, warmth and love for the fans..he was jealous and angry at her and her manager..waited until the last concert of the tour(to avoid loosing money) and than trashed her before the world..that is why he was so besiged upon by fans, media and the industry
Because you were there right ? You have first hand knowledge i.e. witness events, convos, etc. ? yeah didn't think so. all your doing is taking someone else's account, making it your own, which is called heresay. No one but Tarja an Tuomas + band actually knows what happened. Being that it was the entire band that came against her...i'd be more inclined to belive the bands side of events. Also to say ' made her feel like a guest vocalist " is actually quite interesting, considering the ENTIRE bands sound was made around HER ! it's also quite funny because she gave them notice that the next album would be her last. don't know what field you work in, but in just about any field, if you give your boss advanced notice your leaving, THEY WILL REPLACE YOU. it's called, doing business.
"I don't know why I'm tearing up?" - Simple, because you are not a block of stone. I think they are the only things that don't tear up at this song, and even then it's close!!!!
Of course, if you know the background to the song it is even harder to ignore the tears!
The intro is sung by a boy soprano, Guy Elliott. We know why you’re crying. A Goddess reached out to touch your soul & you allowed it.
Guy Elliott is from St Mary's Reigate Choir School.
Great reaction! Seven days to the wolves next!! Wembley.
👀 we're getting closer to Yours is an empty hope and last ride of the day
Once you learn the meaning behind this song, you will appreciate it even more. Other fans can give you better details but in short, it's about what Tuomas went through when he let the original singer go. As for their original drummer Jukka, he suffered from terrible insomnia and had to quit. Kai slowly took over.
I think you're officially ready for "the greatest show on earth" live Tampere 2015.
That's why i think the reaction was a bit superficial for me. There are especially two Nightwish songs where one really needs to read the lyrics beforehand, this is one of them and the other one is TGSOE. Just my opinion.
He should have learnt the meaning of the song before reacting to it. There are only two songs in the Nightwish catalog which require that, and still so many reactors fail to do so. Or maybe it is because a lot of people just suggest this song without telling them to do so?
Stop being purists, you don't need to research the meaning behind a song to enjoy it and interpret it, just let the guy enjoy the damn music jfc
@@treintje1001 You can't first time react to a song if you studied the lyrics before.
@@ingerasulffs No, but you can have subtitles enabled, or on a side window.
Backing track is Floor herself pre-recorded in harmony with herself.
"i dont know why im tearing up" ==> because we tearing up everytime we heard this song even after a hundred time
This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. Been my fav since I heard Floor sing it. Before, it was hard to choose a fav.
You reallly have to listen to the songs on the new album! In order, that's the best way :)
That chorus is IMMENSE.
really she is stunning and from other world......an genuine goddess
Thomas carries so much grief and hurt from the whole upheaval around Tarja's leaving. Still. So doing this piece is very trying for him. He has to relive it over and over. That's why the guys stick close and visit. Checking on him. And the pendulum keeps swinging.
Want more of this feeling? See ‘Dead boy’s poem’ live Buenos Aires.
It’s the message Tuomas would want to leave to the world as a follow up after ‘the poet and the pendulum’.
It's also still one of my favourite songs from them. You've heard it only once, but I think with the combination of the lyrics and the meaning, you'll appreciate it thousandfold. So many details to uncover, I'm kinda jealous of you. haha Also notice the amazing orchestral work. :)
Apart from the backstory I'm sure plenty of people have already explained, I had a completely new appreciation of it once I found myself in a similar position as Tuomas. The battle with depression and suicidal thoughts, the misunderstanding from others, the anger and the sadness, the wish to end the pain... with a *new* Beginning at the end of the song, when he got better and wanted to live again (couldn't be happier about that!). It amazes me how the music by itself transcribes these exact feelings perfectly.
Check out the gnarly story behind this. Tuomas wrote this so he could survive without making a suicide…so glad he did. Emppu and Marco are checking him being ok through this masterpiece. And yeah, Floor makes us all cry sometimes:)
Ian Stevenson saved me a lot of typing. Such a strong visual with Marco and Emppu moving to Toumas at songs end. You love this song now, going to love it a lot more. Before you do the lyrics, do the back story, it makes the lyrics more meaningful. You teared up for the same reason a lot of us did. Now you understand why starting your Nightwish journey with this or " the Greatest Show On Earth " was not a good idea. My choice to start is always ' Nemo ", the song that started me and many North Americans on the Nightwish road.I listen to 100's of reactions, you are my first Subscribe....Great job !
When you listen to this one, a couple of more times, it grows in you mind - it is a masterpiece, pure magical art, and I believe only Floor can do it justice, while she can transfer the soul and the emotions of the lyrics into the audience.
Super reaction from you 👍 🤘
They have the choir and orchestration on a laptop backstage which Tero (the recording engineer/bass tech/ keyboard tech) runs. So yes they run a backing track BUT all main vocals (Floor, Marko, and Troy) are live along with the instruments you see on stage. I know Kia runs a click track in his in-ears and I think Marco and Tuomas have it as well. Good vid , abit old but relevant czcams.com/video/6dhSkfbHXJc/video.html.
Emppu(the guitar player) is something that not many bands today have, it's called "The Spirit" of the band. No matter what he seems to make everything better. He is such a ham and such a driving force within the band, and has been since the beginning.
The lyrics are as good as the music, really touch us all.
I leave you a suggestion:
Weak fantasy live Tampeere !
Nice work
He did Weak Fantasy already.
I love your reaction, glad you're enjoying them. This song is so powerful on so many levels and yet so extremely beautiful, I cry every time I hear it
This song makes me cry every single time I hear it
This only makes it better this explanation of Lindqvist
Thank you, very nice reaction. This is not only a song, it is Tuomas requem. Tuomas, Emppu, Jukka and Tarja they are all from a small village called Kitee in Eastern Finland not far from the Russisn border. They were all school mates from early on. They were teenager's when they started Nightwish, a bunch of friends. Kitee has 10 000 inhabitants, so it's not very big. What happend was that Tarjas husband managed to turn Tarja against Tuomas to a point where he had no other way out than to get rid of him and to do that she had to go too. What Marcelo did was he destroyed a friendship Tuomas could actually never overcome. He wrote this song to heal himself and actually never thought to record it in the first way. Tuomas and Tarja has never spoken or seen each other after that End Of An Era concert in 2005 after she was fired. The news was one of the biggest news bombs in Finland, because Nightwish was about Tarja, there was no singer before her, every song was written withe her in mind. But only through feelings can you come up with a song l
Echoing what others have said, understanding the lyrics makes this song even more emotional, seeing as it was about Tuomas' experience of when he fired Tarja and the outcry from the fans. He became suicidal, but instead chose to write killing himself in the lyrics as opposed to actually killing himself.
Love when marco is doin harmonys whith floor.
Sergey, don't be embarrassed for teary up. I get teared up when Floor sings like an Angel. There is a backstory of this song. In a nutshell, original singer, Tarja started with the band. She and Tuomas are or were childhood friends living Finland. Both of them went to an academy or institute of music. At the school, Tuomas , Tarja and few people started a band I think in 1996. Tuomas named the band, Nightwish. Everything was going good for the band, until in 2005, either Tarja quit or being fired by Tuomas from the band. Then fans ganged up on him blaming Tuomas for Tarja leaving....
It gotten so bad, that Tuomas put the band on hiatus. He was very deeply depressed, and even considered suicide. But in 2007, Tuomas went into treatment, and regroup Nightwish with new singer, Anette Olzon. But she lasted only about 5 years until 2012. Floor Jansen started out as touring vocalist with Nightwish in 2013 as you seen with Ghost Live Score in Wacken. Rest is history. My opinion is that Tuomas was deeply in love with Tarja because he went into depression. He did commit suicide in musical sense.
If you havent done it yet, Floor and henk poort doing "phantom of the opera" on beste zangers!!!
Why Floor again? I think it would be interesting if he listened to the Tarja's version from time to time.
@@PetiteCamomille, scroll down his videos a bit, he has already done Tarja's version.
@@PetiteCamomille::Tarja who?? Forget her!
Knowing what this song means to Tuomas. Seeing him sing along. Guts me everytime. Got to see them preform this at a concert. Just as Floor joined them(2012). There wasn't a dry eye in the arena. She brings that x factor. That gutted everyone. Then Empuu being a ass. Comes to the mic "thank you, good night". Then puts his hands up like "what, you want more?"
Haha you are the perfect Nightwish audience. A musically literate one, who can pick on subtleties and yet who can fully perceive the emotions conveyed without overanalyzing. Keep going, love it.
Mate, you're getting emotional cos you have a heart. This is a sad song but a beautiful one. Never be afraid to show that side, it's what makes us human.
Good reaction for a journey of a song
Another thing, especially when it comes to Nightwish in general. Since they have the London Symphony Orchestra and one of the choirs in the UK on permanent retainer, they record their albums with them. So you are hearing the actual symphony and choirs with them on each album track. However, it would be logistically impossible to take an entire choir and symphony with them on tour, so they have the backing tracks playing underneath the band. that's how you get that symphonic feel without the symphony and choir being there. prime example: listen to the album version of Ghost Love Score. You'll hear the choir as the backing vocals to the lead in the chorus of the song. In this case, the boy soprano at the beginning is from a boy's choir, but is part of the backing track. Floor's vocals here are also part of that backing track. So while they play live, there may be a backing track underneath them, with which they also perform.
there's a documentary floating around (I want to say it's for the album Endless Forms Most Beautiful) that shows their entire recording process. As a musician (I'm a guitarist/saxophonist/bassoonist myself), it's worth watching.
Good reaction, thanks. Nightwish=Perfection
Tuomas Wrote the song when he was dealing with serious depression from having to fire his great friend and original singer of Nightwish. He (tuomas) said he wasn't contemplating committing suicide but he did write his death in the song to help his mental health, when you see the other band members come to talk to him its simply to make sure hes okay he said hes had to have floors vocals cut before to help get him threw the song. It has a vary emotional story behind the song. also when you hear him say i only have three minutes in counting its exactly three minutes and some change to when tuomas cuts his throat implying his death in the song, he also wrote a the final bit of the song after having a conversation with his mother about his mental health. The song truly brings water to my eyes even tho i have heard it probably over 2000 times
Ahh, lazing on a Sunday afternoon and listening to Poet and the Pendulum for the second time today. Sun is shining and all is well with the world.
Everybody with a heart tears up during this song so just let it out dude. We have all been there time again again.
As mind blowing as this proformance is and how extremely talented they all are, Tuomas making this whole composition a reality always sticks out to me.
It's metal, it's symphony, it's musical theater, it's a heart wretching story and it's absolutly friggin incomprehensible that one guy can plan this all out and find people who can preform it at this level and he has been doing it for 25 years... It's not a fluke.
He truly is the Mozart of Metal.
If he do not go down in the history books as one of our times greatest composers, the world may as well burn down to cinders cuz they're would be no hope for the future of intelligent life.
Nice to see you enjoy this experience! specially this song you must know the background and lyrics. For me is to choose a favorite Nightwish song the same as choosing between your loving kids ;-)
No matter how much we fight it, we all tear up on this song, every time. Song of myself - Wacken 2013 and 7 days to the wolves - Wembley 2015 will be in your top 5, easy.
coming up to the final part. "oh hell yes, there's more" oooh boy ...
I always cry watching this video. I am not surprised you did a bit too.
I really love your reactions! You obviously know a lot about music, and at the same time you are curious and passionate about the band - that´s a perfect combination, i´d say :-).
And on top of that you don´t let yourself be talked into `doing your research` before reacting (and that is what many of us fans unfortionally do, especially with this song). It is so much better to see someone react that is still surprised by all of the turns and twists and details of this masterpiece. And you are a very careful listener, too…
So don´t let yourself be distracted, you have exactly the right approach to this!!! Take care, greetings from Germany :-)
In comparison to the rest of the band I feel Emppu is really underrated but on stage hes like a puppy, bouncing around and having a great time. I love him :D
Jukka the original drummer had severe problems with insomnia and stepped down, himself picking his replacement in Kai Hahto. His still involved with the band in an administrative capacity.
Great reaction - to /the song/. Now look up the lyrics, research the background story, and watch it again - one, ten or a hundred times :)
Another commenter has said that Tuomas' musical and emotional IQ isn't just through the roof, it's somewhere up in the sky. He is truly among history's musical greats. And then we have Floor as the perfect conduit for his genius.
Also check the story behind the song, then you will understand the song even better.
Great reaction to Nightwish, greeting from a Dutch Nightwish addict.
I tear up EVERY time.
Wanna hear Floor do some growls? Check out Yours Is An Empty Hope at Wembley 2015. She will never stop surprising you. Great reaction my friend
amazing Floor. what a goddess ! She not only sing, she project something more that speak to your heart and your soul. I love the job she does: precise, range, power, smart, emotions.
search YT, you'll find a subtitle version of this song. If I remember well, he song is about the leave of Tarja which affect a lot Thuomas.
About Floor: take a look at her songs she did in the TV show "beste zangers". She did a fantastic job and blown away everybody. here is a playlist: czcams.com/video/lcLG5X1i2QM/video.html
I am tearing with you !!! Perfect reaction !!!
"I have new favorit Nightwish song." Propably most heard words in Nightwish reactions... 🙂
Yours Is an Empty Hope (Wembley) is a kick ass song man.
I'm looking forward to when you do the Devil and the deep dark ocean
It's a tough one without lyrics. I know you don't like having them up, but give it one more watch with lyrics. Floor ability to emote through song and have that hit you so hard is amazing she gets me at the last section every time.
You're now ready to "The Greatest Show on Earth" live at Tampere.
Greatest show on earth/weak fantasy live @tampere🤘
Great reaction. We've all teared up and even cried at certain parts of this song when first heard! Your reaction should give you a clue as to why it was best to wait to do this song. Once you have a certain understanding of NIGHTWISH, it makes this song easier to really appreciate. Having said that, you MUST check out the back story to this song. Including all the nuances like 3 minutes from the line "Now I only have 3 minutes and counting" until Tuomas "commits suicide" in the song. If you do check out all the back story etc you'll have an even bigger appreciation of what a masterpiece this is and what a real genius Tuomas is!
The original drummer Jukka had to stand down from the front line because of medical reasons (chronic insomnia just doesn't jive well with touring) - he is still working with the band organisation. He himself recommended Kai (his former teacher/mentor) as a replacement.
Great reaction again as usual, i really like your reactions :)
Every Nightwish song I listen to is my new favourite. 🤷♂️
Great reaction, hope you give it a try on Guitar!
When you have the story about this song it's even more powerful, and you can even more understand lyrics, and everything happens on stage during this song.
No words, only feelings and goosebumps.
We need "The greatest show on earth" in Tampere
Annette did an amazing job in the studio this but Floor takes it to a new level.
great reaction! cheers. looking forward to more. cheers.
Pls react to nightwish - the greatest show on earth
You are correct. That's a recording of a British choir boy. Floor told Tuomas she could sing that part but he decided to continue with the recording of the choir boy. And if you don't tear up somewhere in this song, you don't have a heart. BTW, this song is written backwards. If you look up the lyrics it starts with "The End" and the lyrics end with "The Beginning'. I think Troy is singing harmony on Part 5.
Great reaction, thank you! I guess it's normal to become emotional when Floor sings like that, makes you human. Please do 7 days to the wolves soon, you will like it, I'm sure.
You are tearing up because...Floor
She can sing the yellow pages and I'll be crying like a baby
🤩👌💥💯
"The end.......... The beginning"
And Helluwa Lot in between from Nightwish to "Slayer" and all the way to "Pink Floyd"... 😉
🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙
You don't have to say a thing Sergey, we can see it in your face, this little Masterpiece is so emotional,
we, the viewer are so so lucky to have this production to witness, considering that Tuomas at one stage
did not want to perform it. I think it really helps to fully understand the sad story to this piece before you
react to it. Thanks for that beautiful reaction..
You have a long journey ahead of you. 20 years worth of music to get through.
If you don't know the story behind this song, someone better than me can explain it to you. This was my introduction to Nightwish & I've been a member of the Nightwish Army ever since! I just can't get enough of them!
It's been a joy to see someone else fall for Nigthwish, is always a lovely thing to behold.
Also I've noticed you quite enjoy Marco's abilities (who doesn't right), so here's a sugestion most people don't know about, cause it isn't a live song, and most people that asks for stuff just knows the live videos and asks for the same ones over and over again.
Nightwish has a song wich is by far their heaviest, sang entirely by Marco, only in album form, they have never performed it live and never will due to it's content, this has been said by Tuomas himself (it's a song dedicated to Tarja's husband and agent at the time she left, so Tuomas feelings about him weren't pretty haha).
It's such a heavy song that, if it wasn't for Marco's voice, you wouldn't even recognize it as a Nightwish song, it's pretty amazing, check it out. Name is "Master Passion Greed".
There's a video made by fans with a montage of live clips tough, that's a cool choice if you don't wanna just react to a static screen.
No worries, the tears are totally normal ;-)
Thanks a lot !!
As to your question about backing tracks, as I didn't see anybody else address it after a cursory look at the top comments. Yes, they use massive backing tracks. But they are all written, scored, or whatever you want to call it by Tuomas and recorded in the studio as integral parts of the studio albums. The backing tracks are the London Symphony Orchestra, either full or subcomponents thereof, and large, multi-voice choirs / gospel choirs record in studio also. I know on one album the choirs were credited as supplied by Metro Voices of London. Don't know if it is always Metro Voices or if they employ other contract choir houses also. For example, in Scaretale, you heard a children's choir doing the child's dream sequence in the intro vocals. The intro ghostly verse in Poet/Pendulum is, I'm told, a boy-soprano from the choir. Some people here can quote you his name; I can't recall it. Pretty sure it is the same choir boy who recites the spoken word verses also, such as the "being raped again and again and again," as in it being the "Peter Pan" innocent child inside Tuomas (who dies in this song) being raped by Edgar Allan Poe's swinging pendulum blade as it slices him in half again and again and again.
I miss Jukka!! But hats off to Kai. That man plays drums like a robot-machine... 💪
It was a GREAT reaction, I just hoped that you would have understood why it was created, which, I think, would have blown, yes, even your mind. :) And, would have lead, to an absolute, and complete understanding. :) Thank you Sir!! =D
I think (after hundreds of hours of listening to them) that I have an understanding of what Nightwish can't do, they seems to lack the ability to make bad sounding music.
Yes its a backing vocal by a choir boy. You'd be surprised how many people spend the first 2 mins talking about Floor's incredible range! The backing vocals had "bolstering" and minor harmonies for Annette. I assumed they removed the doubling, but the minor harmonies are still there. The mix is slightly off.
This song requires Floor to put everything in. If you don't know the history or lyrics, research them after. This song is band-defining for Nightwish. You can feel the emotion pour through even if you don't know! It's also one of the best examples of Tuomas' understanding of how to build up and reduce intensity of a track to increase your engagement, and the impact of later sections. The ending to this song is the most insane reduction of a song to "small" to finish it. That and the showmanship and solidarity of the band, it's a tear every time.