@suesue&thewolfman, as a lifelong Pink Floyd fan I must admit that the Nightwish version of High Hopes is my favorite version by far, although I must also admit that since I discovered Nightwish seven years ago they have become my favorite all time band. 🤟🤟✌️✌️🇨🇦
I am a fan of Pink Floyd all my life (66 y old Dutch bloke) and seen them several times. This is the ultimate tribute from an exceptional band to an exceptional band. Nightwish I will see in Amsterdam in november.
This performance was from the 2005 concert in Helsinki. The DVD is called End of an Era because it is Tarja's last show with the band. Marko kills it, even David Gilmore loved this version. Tarja was offstage during this song for a wardrobe change. Another cover they did at this show was Phantom of the Opera. Others they have done include Megadeth's Symphony of Destruction, and Gary Moore's Over the Hills and Far Away. Tarja also covered Over the Hills at one of her solo shows as a duet with Floor.
As an old school PF fan, NW and Marko "Disturbed" the hell out of this High Hopes tribute! I was dismissive of Division Bell when is was released but this NW tribute is impossible to dismiss. Great react guys!
When a band performs not their own song better than the original (in my opinion) it tells something about this band. How good they are ❤🤘This is Nightwish 😎
Nightwish did the impossible. But I really think they kicked the original out of the park. Just everything is perfect. Especially Marco’s vocals and Empuu’s solo’s. Mind blowingly good
@@wangtang7768 oh absolutely they were all great, no doubt about it. I hope Empuu gets more and longer solo’s in the future. Imagine doing a live show and playing the best song of that show when the lead singer is of stage bc of a costume change🤷♂️🤷♂️
@Marcel , I grew up listening to PF and they really did a great job in this tribute, yes his solo’s are great and not long enough except in this song 🤘🏼💥🤘🏼
Thank you again. This song was not on the set list. There was a longer pause on the show and Marko said to Tuomas: " lets play our PF-tribute song now". So it was totally surprise when they started to play PF. I remember this concert like yesterday cause it was the biggest in Finland so far and it was Tarja's last performance with NW. Off course we did not know that back then.
When I heard this version for the first time I was completely freaked out, but one of my 2 favorite bands played the song of my other favorite band.What makes these two bands so special is that they are led by 2 absolute geniuses and they fall completely out of the ordinary. Thank you very much for this reaction, best regards Kelsea
One of my favorite covers is 'Walking in the air' because I have so many good memories of the original, watching The Snowman around Christmas when I was young
I turned a life-long Pink Floyd fan (from Syd Barrett daze) into a Nightwish fan by letting him hear this. He made me play it twice more! My only complaint about this song is that it is too short! Marko used to regularly sing covers with Nightwish so the female singer (Tarja or Anette) could have a break - he sang Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Dio and...... plenty out there! Good job!
The Nightwish version is more hopeful and the Pink Floyd version is more of melancholy...... I must have seen this performance a 100 times and it's amazing that night wish was able to take the elements that make Pink Floyd what Pink Floyd is but sprinkle in Nightwish so thiso the song had the nuts and bolts of both bands which is not easy to do and I think I read somewhere that Pink Floyd has seen this version and they thoroughly enjoyed it........ I was very happy that you stated that it was a tribute to Pink Floyd because I think that's what it is a lot of people are saying that this isn't necessarily a cover song but a tribute to Pink Floyd in general. Great reaction this might be my favorite reaction that you guys have ever done to any song.
Marco is just AMAZING he will be missed in Nightwish his duets with Floor were just brilliant. you should check his solo album Pyre of the Black Heart it was released in English and his native language. its brilliant. or even his own bands. Tarot and his cover "Super" band Northern Kings who comprise of other band singers too
There are a real TOP band .. so much talent .. that's what you hear .. and live ... and now they have Floor❤ ... but we /I miss Marko ..greetings from Amsterdam
This old Metal Rock head has seen Pink Floyd 3 times in the 70s early 80s. This Tribute of the Division Bell by Nightwish fits my mantra of , My Favorite Nightwish song / Tribute is always the last one Ive listened to. ( notice the slight change ;-). I’ve got three generational cerebral spiritual bands influenced & move me, Pink Floyd, Tool & Nightwish . Each is continuing to of course present. If you haven’t check out Tool start with Lateralus, 46 & 2, Lyric videos. 1993 Sober Remastered a live performance to dip your toes into another incredible band. On Nightwish the Division Bell is not a cover it is a Tribute to Pink Floyd suggested by Marko ( huge Pink Floyd fan) to do when Tarja had a very complicated costume change. Give a pat to the pups for me as always! Rock On Stay Safe!🙏👍🐶🦴🤘🤘🤘🤘
This is my go-to song when I don't know what Nightwish song to listen to. Have a look at Nightwish cover of "Waking in the air" it's a fantastic feeling to it.
This is an amazing tribute from Nightwish to one of their inspirations, to Pink Floyd. They kept the spirit of the original, but gave it Nightwish style and result is this amazing piece. I love original one and I love this one, both are absolutely amazing.
Dear Mrs. SueSue, your reaction made my day. I'm a Pink Floyd fan and this is a great tribute, a version Nightwished if that makes sense to you. Rock it as before, feel deep, and carry on.
As a PF fan who saw the original played live on the Division Bell tour, I love this tribute. I know Nightwish has done other tributes. I think in the earlier concerts they would play a tribute song when Tarja took her mid concert break for a costume change. On more recent tours I think they a would play a piece of Celtic styled instrumental Nightwish music like "Last of the Wilds" when the singer takes a break. I don't think the current tour has a costume change break like before. Floor just removes her Costume Jacket for the second half of the show.
I was waiting for your reaction to this, and you didn't disappoint! The reactions on your face, SueSue, said it all. And I love your analagy about finding out two of your best friends know each other. Very apt. Like you said, this is a tribute song, and Nightwish didn't try to outdo the original, or change it up too much. They kept true to the original, but just added their secret sauce to it, and produced a performance worthy of Pink Floyd. Markko's vocals are stunning, with great breath contol, Jukka's drum fills are on point, and wee Emppu's solos are beautiful. That guy is such a talented guitarist. And, of course, we can't forget the genius who composed this tribute, Tuomas. He really nailed it on this one.
what i love in that is ... they just feel the spirit of the song. they are into it. It s not a matter of doing good lessons. It's a matter of feeling emotionaly the meaning of the song, being driven by it and ride the wave over a savage ocean till you land on the shore. that's a big yes!
As a o9ld Dutchman who loves PF For me this is the greatest tribute a band can give for them Even David Gilmour loved this tribute he told once Great reaction One of the greatest bands in the world did this as a tribute to the greatest band there was Thats was what Tuomas said after this song Thank you for four reaction Greetings
floor did many covers also disney. we know the beatles off course. floor participated in a Dutch tv program in 2019 called beste zangers. not german but from the netherlands. some very beautiful. 6 well known or well talented singeers are on ibiza not competeing. and every week one of thr singers sits on the sofa nect to the presenter. the others will sing one of the songs of this vip or a song thAt means a lot to him/here. there are verdions of the whole program with subtitles by denise hofs. this to understand why the song was chosen by the performing artist. sometimes very moving and emotional stories. and off course in one of them floor is the one on the sofa and her songs are performed for her. find the title beste zangers 2019 and denise hofs combined in your search. you will like this very much i am sure about that.
It's a fantastic tribute to Pink Floyd....! I actually enjoy this version of High Hopes more than the original. I love Emppu's solo...just so nice to hear Emppu show off a bit!
Great reaction guys, love this song, an amazing tribute to the original. Marko has such an anazing voice, and empuu his guitar work in this song had such feeling. I would love to see u guys react to nightwish playing elvenjig/elvenpath live in bogota, im sure u will love it. Have a grear day.
I too am a longtime Pink Floyd fan that has only discovered Nightwish in the past few years. I also saw Pink Floyd in 1988, in Dallas. Probably the best show I’ve ever been to. Hope I can see Nightwish someday, even without the great Marko Hietala. He is great. They actually did a lot of covers with Marko, live, during Tarja’s costume changes. This one, Ozzy’s Crazy Train, and Megadeth’s Symphony of Destruction were the most often used, but there are others too. They did many just once on their Nightwish cruise ship in 2015, including Pink Floyd’s Money (Marko and Troy acoustic.) High Hopes is easily their best cover in my opinion. He also recently won the Finnish version of the Masked Singer in 2020, and you can find some of those performances on CZcams as well. Keep exploring Nightwish!
Hi it steve inuk again hope u both ok .im huge nightwish fan got all cds dvds rareities from over 25 years .tho also like pink f. This is more of a tribute to pink f than a cover but is a great rendition of it . Keep up great resctions
Very different to the original, but as Eric Clark said when he reacted to it they captured the tone of the original perfectly. Since I first discovered this version a year ago I must have played it 1000 times. It's stellar!!! Another cover for you.... listen to Walking in the Air (live, with Tarja). This is from the British animation "The Snowman" and was originally sung by child soprano. It's also perfect. You'll notice the band are very young in this one... It's from before Marko was even in the band, when Sammy was the bassist.
It is so easy to be a NW and PF fan (as I have been decades), especially with this tribute. Following my harder taste of music, I find this one more appealing. BUT!!!! Everything depends on the mood of the day really. Greetings from a Finn in Norway 🇫🇮🇧🇻
Very nice that you react on this one ❤ I watched excitement just like I have everytime. Nightwish gave a tribute, but darker, rougher, emotional. Drivin mostly by the fantastic drumming👌🏻 There is another very nice cover of Marco and Nightwish, Its a cover of Megadeth, the song Symphony of destruction, by Nightwish ❤️, I think it was in Montreal 2004 🍀🍀 And there is a cover of them from Ozzy Osborne, Crazy train, perhaps the Amsterdam 2002 recording is one of the best there is. The quality of this covers is not the best unfortunately. But fantastic interpretation and performance of them of this songs. 🌀❤️
It's difficult to determine who adds more passion to a song ... Marko or Floor. I've never been a Pink Floyd fan, too depressing for me, but learned to appreciate this song because of the Nightwish performance, and now both versions are in my playlist. Marko's emotion in his singing just sells it out - he leaves his heart on the stage! Glad to see you two enjoyed it - it's a killer!
This was a sleepy ominous P.F. song but N.W. brought their Arse kickers along and gave it more guts I'm awake now. Always love the dogs but if they happy running around i'm happy knowing that too.
This tribute song to PF did not loose anything by being 'metalized' They have also done 'Over the hills and far away', and especially Floor's version are awesome - but I do prefer Gary Moore's version. But Floor has done some awesome covers back in her After Forever days 'Who wants to live forever' - Queen 'The evil that men do' - Iron Maiden 'Alone' - I-10 (famous by Heart) *** The only thing about the cover/tribute songs from Nightwish are, that the lyrics and the compositions are not made by Metal Mozart - he is unique!! Great reaction from you two🤘🤘🤘
Sue, your mouth was agape the whole time! I needed this...so.glad you loved it! Many covers... Marko and Troy do Locomotive Breath (choose the version that's not on a stage), Nightwish did Wild Child by WASP, with Floor they do an.incredible version.of Gary Moore's Over The Hills and Far Away (the video is full.of personal pix and behind the scenes video)...Tarja sang it 1st, but I just love the video, w Floor. You have a ton of comments...I hope the OG Army has more. I've never been so exhausted in my life...with 7 cats, so.this was a treat! Xoxo!
@@SueSueandthewolfman Lol...you're funny! I do get a nap at about 1:30 when the babies crash out. Goddess meant for me to do this, and I will find the strength! The kittens were under weight with eye infections but they are so much better...eating like champions! So lucky my big boys are well behaved, and are waiting patiently to meet the brood thru a baby gate in a few days. High Hopes, tho... when Marko really sings... he's just amazing! That show was esp intense bc they fired Tarja rt after they played! But her performances that night were stellar!
Not really a cover but certainly a tribute to one of their influences. I love ‘covers’ as well but not note for note the same but in the band’s own style. This type of song was played while Tarja changed her costume during the show. Fun time spent with good people.
Hi guys, I was there. at that consert. They fired Tarja, the original singer while we were walking out of Hartwall Arena. That is not why Jukka is not smiling while performing that amazing guitar.
PF fan too, but this is not my favorite song of them, but Nightwish tribute is. They are just so good. I would love you to check out Markos sooloproject and the song The Voice Of My Father, the english version.
I've been waiting for you guys to do this one. I've been a Pink Floyd fan since my school days. They were the first band I saw live in 1970 when I was sixteen. I found Nightwish in 2019. I love this tribute song. Marko puts so much passion and emotion into it. Knowing the back story to this concert makes it a very poignant one, even for fans like me who weren't there from the beginning of the Nightwish journey. If you like covers or tributes, I can recommend Oceans of Slumber who do wonderful covers of The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" and Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir". They're a progressive/doom metal band with a female vocalist and one of my favourite bands.
I thought to myself, I'm going to watch SueSue when Marco does the choruses and at the end. I was not disappointed each time 😀 I've been a PF fan for almost 50 years and I prefer this to the original by a country mile. Whatever you do, avoid Nightwish covering Megadeth - even Nightwish can't transform that into something worth listening to, though they come close.
Great reaction guys, also one of my NW favorites, also speaking of good quality covers, did you know Floor & her previous band Afterforever did a cover of Queen's "Who wants to live forever"..? Sorry about the pun......
Over the Hills and Far Away by Gary Moore is a song that they did with Tarja and recently with Floor and back in 2013 Tarja had Floor come on stage to do a duet, all 3 are on you tube
Floor's version czcams.com/video/UZDJfFNnK-U/video.html&ab_channel=Nightwish Tarja's version czcams.com/video/CwED4C5FJuo/video.html&ab_channel=Nightwish Tarja n Floor version czcams.com/video/57WsNYItbSU/video.html&ab_channel=DEWEYJOVI Gary Moore's version czcams.com/video/7IocRCDWB5k/video.html&ab_channel=MrGhostrider19
I hope so too, but he isn't coming back. For that to happen, the things that caused him to leave, would have to be resolved first. And that's not going to happen.
@@jessicakoster2543is there some info about why he left? was something published? i just hope he is doing OK, and that the choice he made was the right one for him.
@@atlantis315 he was unhappy with the way things are in the music industry. Certain parties taking unfair cuts and using the artists as workhorses. He's also chronically depressed, and the above mentioned caused him to have some really dark thoughts. This is what was in the open letter. I've also heard, but can't confirm, that Marko doesn't really likes to play big shows, he prefers the smaller, sweaty venues. I don't see the music industry changing anytime soon and Nightwish isn't going to play only small venues. From what I gather, he's doing much better, doing small projects. But, man, do I miss him.
@@atlantis315 he suffers from chronic depression. Before he announced his retirement from Nightwish his health situation got worse and he even had to leave the 2020 Raskasta Joulua Christmas tour midway because of it.
Nightwish covered also Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth, Phantom with Tarja, Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne), Money by Pink Floyd (only one time during the Nightwish cruise 2015) and others... if there are footages of all, not sure. Elvenjig and Finlandia are covers, too
There are a few covers that I really like, not by Nightwish but in general. John Lennon's Imagine by A Perfect Circle. Boney M's Daddy Cool by Placebo.
Talking about Disney.. Tuomas did an album that's a tribute to the book "Life and times of Scrooge McDuck" Look up the song "A lifetime of adventure" as your first song from that album. Don Rosa is in the video too.
Hi. I agree with others suggesting NW covering Gary Moore, Megadeth(Live in Bucharest 2004 perhaps bec there Marco tells the story behind these covers)). If u can't wait until xmas, u can do Walking in the Air. Floor has amazing covers. NW guitarist Emppu's ex-band Brother Firetribe did Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings(which is now kinda present bec of the Top Gun 2). Marco's band Tarot covered Blue Öyster Cult - Veteran of Psychic Wars. Marco doesn't sing that one, but OMG Tuple Salmela does great work.
I Don’t think I ever have heard or seen David Gilmour do two hand tapping like Empu do here. For Pink Floyd fans I recommend a cover band named Brit Floyd. Their performance is close to the real thing. If they have a concert near you go and see them.
Great tribute this song 🔥❤️ You may wanna check out their ” Last Ride of the Day” if so, watch Masters of Rock-version( not Wacken), in that you can see amazing crowd 💥❤️
I'm sure the army wouldn't mind if you further explored your love of covers by delving into the wonderful library being compiled by Floor. Start with Oblivion or Shallow.
This song was played on a break, allowing Tarja's short break for some privacy so she can freshen up and change. Nightwish has an internal agreement to take breaks for the front lady during a concert and fill them with instrumental songs or songs in which she does not have to sing.
How about reacting to some of floor’s covers 🤔, or her previous band after forever did “ the evil that men do” or revamp where she smashes lady gagas bad romance . I’m loving your reactions and genuine love for the band 👍
Hey, you should definitely check out Nightwish scaretale with Annette Olzen live show and live show with Floor Jansen in 2012 , almost like a Tim Burton movie song, awesome thanks requesting ❤️🔥😎
Mr. Gilmour has given his approval to this tribute.
@suesue&thewolfman, as a lifelong Pink Floyd fan I must admit that the Nightwish version of High Hopes is my favorite version by far, although I must also admit that since I discovered Nightwish seven years ago they have become my favorite all time band. 🤟🤟✌️✌️🇨🇦
I am a fan of Pink Floyd all my life (66 y old Dutch bloke) and seen them several times. This is the ultimate tribute from an exceptional band to an exceptional band.
Nightwish I will see in Amsterdam in november.
Just saw Nightwish live a few days ago. You are in for a ride. Floor and the band were insane.
I hope you have a great time!
@@cooperc4060 I concur. Saw them two weeks ago in Boston. Magical.
I will see them too as a Brabander living in Groningen going to Amsterdam.
I agree
This performance was from the 2005 concert in Helsinki. The DVD is called End of an Era because it is Tarja's last show with the band.
Marko kills it, even David Gilmore loved this version. Tarja was offstage during this song for a wardrobe change.
Another cover they did at this show was Phantom of the Opera.
Others they have done include Megadeth's Symphony of Destruction, and Gary Moore's Over the Hills and Far Away.
Tarja also covered Over the Hills at one of her solo shows as a duet with Floor.
As an old school PF fan, NW and Marko "Disturbed" the hell out of this High Hopes tribute! I was dismissive of Division Bell when is was released but this NW tribute is impossible to dismiss. Great react guys!
Thanks Brew!! Love the name 😆
I've thought the same exact thing. Both turned a classic original into an emphatic statement. This one soars.
When a band performs not their own song better than the original (in my opinion) it tells something about this band. How good they are ❤🤘This is Nightwish 😎
The absolute wall of sound these four create never ceases to amaze me!
Nightwish did the impossible. But I really think they kicked the original out of the park. Just everything is perfect. Especially Marco’s vocals and Empuu’s solo’s. Mind blowingly good
@Marcel , can I add that Jukka is smashing the heck out of those drums and I love the drum rolls 🤘🏼💥🤘🏼
@@wangtang7768 oh absolutely they were all great, no doubt about it. I hope Empuu gets more and longer solo’s in the future.
Imagine doing a live show and playing the best song of that show when the lead singer is of stage bc of a costume change🤷♂️🤷♂️
@Marcel , I grew up listening to PF and they really did a great job in this tribute, yes his solo’s are great and not long enough except in this song 🤘🏼💥🤘🏼
LOL
David Gilmore approved this tribute and said he loved it.
Thank you again. This song was not on the set list. There was a longer pause on the show and Marko said to Tuomas: " lets play our PF-tribute song now". So it was totally surprise when they started to play PF. I remember this concert like yesterday cause it was the biggest in Finland so far and it was Tarja's last performance with NW. Off course we did not know that back then.
When I heard this version for the first time I was completely freaked out, but one of my 2 favorite bands played the song of my other favorite band.What makes these two bands so special is that they are led by 2 absolute geniuses and they fall completely out of the ordinary. Thank you very much for this reaction, best regards Kelsea
Marko bring a big part of the emotion for nightwish. Tx for the react from Québec Canada 🇨🇦 🤟
I'm a Pink Floyd fan from decades
But yes Marko.......you killed it
Beautiful.....
"I felt like I could rush right into that song and just BE in it." Beautifully said @SueSue.
Thank you 💕
Your faces guys, an absolute picture - so glad you both enjoyed it as much as we all hoped you would 🤘
One of my favorite covers is 'Walking in the air' because I have so many good memories of the original, watching The Snowman around Christmas when I was young
🇬🇧 Norfolk with you guys I know this will go down well even with pink floyd fans
I turned a life-long Pink Floyd fan (from Syd Barrett daze) into a Nightwish fan by letting him hear this. He made me play it twice more! My only complaint about this song is that it is too short! Marko used to regularly sing covers with Nightwish so the female singer (Tarja or Anette) could have a break - he sang Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Dio and...... plenty out there! Good job!
I love this version 😍. Hi from Alberta Canada 🇨🇦. Jukka had a Migraine and I think was a result from his bad case of Insomnia. Marco is 56.
This band is a 10/10. Throw in Floor on top and it's simply unfair. I hope Marko is doing well.
The Nightwish version is more hopeful and the Pink Floyd version is more of melancholy...... I must have seen this performance a 100 times and it's amazing that night wish was able to take the elements that make Pink Floyd what Pink Floyd is but sprinkle in Nightwish so thiso the song had the nuts and bolts of both bands which is not easy to do and I think I read somewhere that Pink Floyd has seen this version and they thoroughly enjoyed it........ I was very happy that you stated that it was a tribute to Pink Floyd because I think that's what it is a lot of people are saying that this isn't necessarily a cover song but a tribute to Pink Floyd in general. Great reaction this might be my favorite reaction that you guys have ever done to any song.
Marco is just AMAZING he will be missed in Nightwish his duets with Floor were just brilliant. you should check his solo album Pyre of the Black Heart it was released in English and his native language. its brilliant. or even his own bands. Tarot and his cover "Super" band Northern Kings who comprise of other band singers too
Nightwish is the ode to beauty and an oneiric path as well. Both Pink Floyd and Nw deserve sheer respect. Bye the way: great reaction!
thanks so much - we loved this!!
I loved seeing that. They did a cover of "over the Hills and Far Away" and I think the "Walking in the Air" song was too.
Yes, Walking in the air is also a cover 🙂
Phantom of The Opera, also
Was about to come here and comment on these, but you beat me to it.
In the early days they did more covers. They’ve also covered Symphony of Destruction from Megadeth
Ok so now we have to listen to all the covers
I’m a huge fan of covers so I’m exited to see what they do with them
There are a real TOP band .. so much talent .. that's what you hear .. and live ... and now they have Floor❤ ... but we /I miss Marko ..greetings from Amsterdam
This old Metal Rock head has seen Pink Floyd 3 times in the 70s early 80s. This Tribute of the Division Bell by Nightwish fits my mantra of , My Favorite Nightwish song / Tribute is always the last one Ive listened to. ( notice the slight change ;-). I’ve got three generational cerebral spiritual bands influenced & move me, Pink Floyd, Tool & Nightwish . Each is continuing to of course present. If you haven’t check out Tool start with Lateralus, 46 & 2, Lyric videos. 1993 Sober Remastered a live performance to dip your toes into another incredible band. On Nightwish the Division Bell is not a cover it is a Tribute to Pink Floyd suggested by Marko ( huge Pink Floyd fan) to do when Tarja had a very complicated costume change. Give a pat to the pups for me as always! Rock On Stay Safe!🙏👍🐶🦴🤘🤘🤘🤘
This is my go-to song when I don't know what Nightwish song to listen to.
Have a look at Nightwish cover of "Waking in the air" it's a fantastic feeling to it.
I love your analogy of two friends you love that turn out to also be friends. 👍
This is an amazing tribute from Nightwish to one of their inspirations, to Pink Floyd. They kept the spirit of the original, but gave it Nightwish style and result is this amazing piece. I love original one and I love this one, both are absolutely amazing.
Dear Mrs. SueSue, your reaction made my day. I'm a Pink Floyd fan and this is a great tribute, a version Nightwished if that makes sense to you. Rock it as before, feel deep, and carry on.
Bless you Matti - Suesue 💜
As a PF fan who saw the original played live on the Division Bell tour, I love this tribute. I know Nightwish has done other tributes. I think in the earlier concerts they would play a tribute song when Tarja took her mid concert break for a costume change. On more recent tours I think they a would play a piece of Celtic styled instrumental Nightwish music like
"Last of the Wilds" when the singer takes a break. I don't think the current tour has a costume change break like before. Floor just removes her Costume Jacket for the second half of the show.
I was waiting for your reaction to this, and you didn't disappoint! The reactions on your face, SueSue, said it all. And I love your analagy about finding out two of your best friends know each other. Very apt. Like you said, this is a tribute song, and Nightwish didn't try to outdo the original, or change it up too much. They kept true to the original, but just added their secret sauce to it, and produced a performance worthy of Pink Floyd.
Markko's vocals are stunning, with great breath contol, Jukka's drum fills are on point, and wee Emppu's solos are beautiful. That guy is such a talented guitarist. And, of course, we can't forget the genius who composed this tribute, Tuomas. He really nailed it on this one.
what i love in that is
... they just feel the spirit of the song.
they are into it. It s not a matter of doing good lessons. It's a matter of feeling emotionaly the meaning of the song, being driven by it and ride the wave over a savage ocean till you land on the shore.
that's a big yes!
As a o9ld Dutchman who loves PF For me this is the greatest tribute a band can give for them Even David Gilmour loved this tribute he told once Great reaction One of the greatest bands in the world did this as a tribute to the greatest band there was Thats was what Tuomas said after this song Thank you for four reaction Greetings
Masterpiece 🤘🤘🤘🤘
I know Floor has made covers in the covid time.
Just look at her own channel.
One of the best tributes imho.
i love you all so much
Hey - I know you !
floor did many covers
also disney. we know the beatles off course. floor participated in a Dutch tv program in 2019 called beste zangers. not german but from the netherlands. some very beautiful. 6 well known or well talented singeers are on ibiza not competeing. and every week one of thr singers sits on the sofa nect to the presenter. the others will sing one of the songs of this vip or a song thAt means a lot to him/here. there are verdions of the whole program with subtitles by denise hofs. this to understand why the song was chosen by the performing artist. sometimes very moving and emotional stories. and off course in one of them floor is the one on the sofa and her songs are performed for her. find the title beste zangers 2019 and denise hofs combined in your search. you will like this very much i am sure about that.
Nightwish early days with Tarja also did a very impressive cover of 'Walking In The Air'; a very famous song known by most in the UK.
I love this version of HH and as others have said, I listen to this version as a first class PF citizen. I am glad you two got to it.
It's a fantastic tribute to Pink Floyd....! I actually enjoy this version of High Hopes more than the original. I love Emppu's solo...just so nice to hear Emppu show off a bit!
Great reaction guys, love this song, an amazing tribute to the original.
Marko has such an anazing voice, and empuu his guitar work in this song had such feeling. I would love to see u guys react to nightwish playing elvenjig/elvenpath live in bogota, im sure u will love it. Have a grear day.
It was great. Here is one cover Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls (LIVE). And of course from Finland
I too am a longtime Pink Floyd fan that has only discovered Nightwish in the past few years. I also saw Pink Floyd in 1988, in Dallas. Probably the best show I’ve ever been to. Hope I can see Nightwish someday, even without the great Marko Hietala. He is great. They actually did a lot of covers with Marko, live, during Tarja’s costume changes. This one, Ozzy’s Crazy Train, and Megadeth’s Symphony of Destruction were the most often used, but there are others too. They did many just once on their Nightwish cruise ship in 2015, including Pink Floyd’s Money (Marko and Troy acoustic.) High Hopes is easily their best cover in my opinion. He also recently won the Finnish version of the Masked Singer in 2020, and you can find some of those performances on CZcams as well. Keep exploring Nightwish!
Hi it steve inuk again hope u both ok .im huge nightwish fan got all cds dvds rareities from over 25 years .tho also like pink f. This is more of a tribute to pink f than a cover but is a great rendition of it . Keep up great resctions
Very different to the original, but as Eric Clark said when he reacted to it they captured the tone of the original perfectly. Since I first discovered this version a year ago I must have played it 1000 times. It's stellar!!!
Another cover for you.... listen to Walking in the Air (live, with Tarja). This is from the British animation "The Snowman" and was originally sung by child soprano. It's also perfect. You'll notice the band are very young in this one... It's from before Marko was even in the band, when Sammy was the bassist.
Walking in the air nightwish is a Great cover/Johan of sweden 🤘
It is so easy to be a NW and PF fan (as I have been decades), especially with this tribute.
Following my harder taste of music, I find this one more appealing. BUT!!!! Everything depends on the mood of the day really.
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agree! - Suesue
This is such an awesome performance.
Very nice that you react on this one ❤ I watched excitement just like I have everytime.
Nightwish gave a tribute, but darker, rougher, emotional. Drivin mostly by the fantastic drumming👌🏻
There is another very nice cover of Marco and Nightwish,
Its a cover of Megadeth, the song Symphony of destruction, by Nightwish ❤️, I think it was in Montreal 2004 🍀🍀
And there is a cover of them from Ozzy Osborne, Crazy train, perhaps the Amsterdam 2002 recording is one of the best there is. The quality of this covers is not the best unfortunately. But fantastic interpretation and performance of them of this songs. 🌀❤️
It's difficult to determine who adds more passion to a song ... Marko or Floor. I've never been a Pink Floyd fan, too depressing for me, but learned to appreciate this song because of the Nightwish performance, and now both versions are in my playlist. Marko's emotion in his singing just sells it out - he leaves his heart on the stage! Glad to see you two enjoyed it - it's a killer!
Walking in the air is a good one
An absolutely fantastic cover-track. It could not be have done much better 🙂
Doesn’t get better than that
WOWWW indeed!!!
This was a sleepy ominous P.F. song but N.W. brought their Arse kickers along and gave it more guts I'm awake now. Always love the dogs but if they happy running around i'm happy knowing that too.
Thx Jason ! - Suesue
Kiitos.
I find this one the best cover of all time !!
Awesome heavier NW version ... and grand tribute to PF.
Thanks
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This tribute song to PF did not loose anything by being 'metalized'
They have also done 'Over the hills and far away', and especially Floor's version are awesome - but I do prefer Gary Moore's version.
But Floor has done some awesome covers back in her After Forever days
'Who wants to live forever' - Queen
'The evil that men do' - Iron Maiden
'Alone' - I-10 (famous by Heart)
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The only thing about the cover/tribute songs from Nightwish are, that the lyrics and the compositions are not made by Metal Mozart - he is unique!!
Great reaction from you two🤘🤘🤘
Sue, your mouth was agape the whole time! I needed this...so.glad you loved it!
Many covers... Marko and Troy do Locomotive Breath (choose the version that's not on a stage), Nightwish did Wild Child by WASP, with Floor they do an.incredible version.of Gary Moore's Over The Hills and Far Away (the video is full.of personal pix and behind the scenes video)...Tarja sang it 1st, but I just love the video, w Floor. You have a ton of comments...I hope the OG Army has more.
I've never been so exhausted in my life...with 7 cats, so.this was a treat! Xoxo!
Try to rest Amy! If at all possible lol 😂💜
@@SueSueandthewolfman Lol...you're funny! I do get a nap at about 1:30 when the babies crash out. Goddess meant for me to do this, and I will find the strength! The kittens were under weight with eye infections but they are so much better...eating like champions! So lucky my big boys are well behaved, and are waiting patiently to meet the brood thru a baby gate in a few days.
High Hopes, tho... when Marko really sings... he's just amazing! That show was esp intense bc they fired Tarja rt after they played! But her performances that night were stellar!
Brutal!!
Not really a cover but certainly a tribute to one of their influences. I love ‘covers’ as well but not note for note the same but in the band’s own style. This type of song was played while Tarja changed her costume during the show. Fun time spent with good people.
Hi guys, I was there. at that consert. They fired Tarja, the original singer while we were walking out of Hartwall Arena. That is not why Jukka is not smiling while performing that amazing guitar.
PF fan too, but this is not my favorite song of them, but Nightwish tribute is. They are just so good. I would love you to check out Markos sooloproject and the song The Voice Of My Father, the english version.
I've been waiting for you guys to do this one. I've been a Pink Floyd fan since my school days. They were the first band I saw live in 1970 when I was sixteen. I found Nightwish in 2019. I love this tribute song. Marko puts so much passion and emotion into it. Knowing the back story to this concert makes it a very poignant one, even for fans like me who weren't there from the beginning of the Nightwish journey.
If you like covers or tributes, I can recommend Oceans of Slumber who do wonderful covers of The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" and Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir". They're a progressive/doom metal band with a female vocalist and one of my favourite bands.
Emppu the Guitar wizard. 🤘
So glad you finally did this!!!!!
Told you it was coming!! 😂
@@SueSueandthewolfman Yes you did. Knew you would like it!!
Floor covers Heart ALONE and its amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought to myself, I'm going to watch SueSue when Marco does the choruses and at the end.
I was not disappointed each time 😀
I've been a PF fan for almost 50 years and I prefer this to the original by a country mile.
Whatever you do, avoid Nightwish covering Megadeth - even Nightwish can't transform that into something worth listening to, though they come close.
thanks so much! HE mesmerized me! - Suesue
Great reaction guys, also one of my NW favorites, also speaking of good quality covers, did you know Floor & her previous band
Afterforever did a cover of Queen's "Who wants to live forever"..? Sorry about the pun......
Over the Hills and Far Away by Gary Moore is a song that they did with Tarja and recently with Floor and back in 2013 Tarja had Floor come on stage to do a duet, all 3 are on you tube
also if you do Last Ride of the Day it has to be Wacken it's the shows closer
Floor's version czcams.com/video/UZDJfFNnK-U/video.html&ab_channel=Nightwish
Tarja's version czcams.com/video/CwED4C5FJuo/video.html&ab_channel=Nightwish
Tarja n Floor version czcams.com/video/57WsNYItbSU/video.html&ab_channel=DEWEYJOVI
Gary Moore's version czcams.com/video/7IocRCDWB5k/video.html&ab_channel=MrGhostrider19
Really too bad that Marko has left Nightwish. I hope he returns quite soon.
I hope so too, but he isn't coming back.
For that to happen, the things that caused him to leave, would have to be resolved first.
And that's not going to happen.
@@jessicakoster2543is there some info about why he left? was something published? i just hope he is doing OK, and that the choice he made was the right one for him.
@@atlantis315 he was unhappy with the way things are in the music industry. Certain parties taking unfair cuts and using the artists as workhorses.
He's also chronically depressed, and the above mentioned caused him to have some really dark thoughts.
This is what was in the open letter.
I've also heard, but can't confirm, that Marko doesn't really likes to play big shows, he prefers the smaller, sweaty venues.
I don't see the music industry changing anytime soon and Nightwish isn't going to play only small venues.
From what I gather, he's doing much better, doing small projects.
But, man, do I miss him.
@@atlantis315 he suffers from chronic depression. Before he announced his retirement from Nightwish his health situation got worse and he even had to leave the 2020 Raskasta Joulua Christmas tour midway because of it.
Nightwish covered also Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth, Phantom with Tarja, Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne), Money by Pink Floyd (only one time during the Nightwish cruise 2015) and others... if there are footages of all, not sure. Elvenjig and Finlandia are covers, too
Elvenjig is a Troy song I believe.
PF and NW, the best bands ever in symphonic metal/ rock history, same level as Bach/ Mozart/ Beethoven in their days.
Even the lighting crew paying homage to PF.
Check out Floor's cover/tribute to Queen. She sings Who Wants to Live Forever
I'm surprised no one has suggested The Phantom of the Opera yet.
I don't care what anyone says, this song is theirs now.
Try "Over The Hills And Far Away".
Gary Moore cover. It has some cool backstage/personal photos. If you haven't done it yet.
Your commentators are absolutely correct, not so much a cover, a tribute perhaps.
I like this one better than Pink Floyd but yes that's because I'm an NW fan.
There are a few covers that I really like, not by Nightwish but in general.
John Lennon's Imagine by A Perfect Circle.
Boney M's Daddy Cool by Placebo.
Talking about Disney.. Tuomas did an album that's a tribute to the book "Life and times of Scrooge McDuck" Look up the song "A lifetime of adventure" as your first song from that album. Don Rosa is in the video too.
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Hi. I agree with others suggesting NW covering Gary Moore, Megadeth(Live in Bucharest 2004 perhaps bec there Marco tells the story behind these covers)). If u can't wait until xmas, u can do Walking in the Air. Floor has amazing covers. NW guitarist Emppu's ex-band Brother Firetribe did Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings(which is now kinda present bec of the Top Gun 2). Marco's band Tarot covered Blue Öyster Cult - Veteran of Psychic Wars. Marco doesn't sing that one, but OMG Tuple Salmela does great work.
I Don’t think I ever have heard or seen David Gilmour do two hand tapping like Empu do here. For Pink Floyd fans I recommend a cover band named Brit Floyd. Their performance is close to the real thing. If they have a concert near you go and see them.
Great tribute this song 🔥❤️ You may wanna check out their ” Last Ride of the Day” if so, watch Masters of Rock-version( not Wacken), in that you can see amazing crowd 💥❤️
I'm sure the army wouldn't mind if you further explored your love of covers by delving into the wonderful library being compiled by Floor. Start with Oblivion or Shallow.
When your front women are "larger than life" it is easy to forget the vocal Beast that your Bass player is.
This song was played on a break, allowing Tarja's short break for some privacy so she can freshen up and change. Nightwish has an internal agreement to take breaks for the front lady during a concert and fill them with instrumental songs or songs in which she does not have to sing.
How about reacting to some of floor’s covers 🤔, or her previous band after forever did “ the evil that men do” or revamp where she smashes lady gagas bad romance . I’m loving your reactions and genuine love for the band 👍
Hey, you should definitely check out Nightwish scaretale with Annette Olzen live show and live show with Floor Jansen in 2012 , almost like a Tim Burton movie song, awesome thanks requesting ❤️🔥😎
The PF original feels like melancholy to me. NW tribute is anguish.
If you like black sabbath , Marco's Band does War Pigs live and " The All Hietla Trio " does a Black Sabbath Tribute ....
Marko ... war bigs live 🤘
Just wauw
When the founding member is a genius composer .....covers are not something you really have to fall back on often ;)