I was 73 when I first heard Nightwish and fell immediately in love with them and Symphonic metal in general. Their music and Floor's solo career got me though the pandemic. That was three years ago. Listen them nearly every night usually watching people react to them.
Thanks for reaching out James! We are amazed by the level of professionalism disband shows. Also at the amazing kindness that Nightwish fans showed us so we sort of nine days ago. I don’t know of any other band that I could say would react so quickly to strangers other than maybe the grateful dead. I’m showing my age :-) take care
I am 50 and been a fan since I was 34. I have friends who fans and disabled. They love being held aloft crowd surfing. My daughter who has a debilitating spinal problem cannot stand for long and she’ll be seeing Nightwish in a wheelchair.
Well, those are well over 200 years old, it may be a bit too much. I am not sure vampires are welcome. But anything under 200 is a good age for enjoying Nightwish 😁
So very pleased you choose to react to this performance so quickly; made our day. We believe, like us, you will not find a live performance you don't like. Very happy you two have joined the NW army and are hooked. We will be following your journey with each new reaction. By the way, as dog lovers, we congratulate you on Buster's adoption. Warms our hearts and it is obvious he now has his forever home. Stay safe and enjoy your new family member.
I discovered Nightwish only 4 or so months ago at the age of 59. Just in case they don't come to Australia anytime soon, I'm contemplating treating myself to a trip to Europe just to catch a concert for my 60th. People don't get too old to see good music although some bands get too old to play music good. I want to catch Nightwish before they fall into that same category like Megadeth has
yes, they are timeless and grand to see, I'm 76 but have been a metalhead forever, and seeing the youngsters in the audience and watching reacters from all genres from rap to country be smitten by them is wonderful, and yes as stated don't know the brand but the instrument Troy is playing is a type of electric mandolin called a bouzouki which has a longer neck I understand and Marco is exclusive with Warrick, that one I believe is the vampire and he also plays the buzzard and infinite and the double-neck "beast" (forgot the model name) and LOL yes get use to it, every song will be a favorite, there's not many bands that can claim "ALL" their songs a winner like Nightwish can.
The thing about the Nightwish fans, or Nightwish Army, we are world-wide and very inclusive to anyone that loves their music. If you check out their crowds, old guys like me rocking out next to youngsters, as many women as men out there, all races, religions, and sorts of people in it. It is all about the love of the band. We never focus on our differences, only our love for the band and this band is a must for me now daily. Just makes even the worst of days bearable. They only make quality music, they are not looking for a top 40 hit, every song is a new story, sit back, enjoy and let the band take you on you newest journey. Oh and one of my most beloved pets I ever had was a mutt from the shelter, loved that dog to death.
Marko Hietala the bass player plays Warwick basses. Emppu Vuorinen the quitarist plays his signature ESP EV-1. Kai Hahto the drummer plays Pearl drums. Troy Donockley the multi-instrumentalist plays whatever he wants :D
reminds of the running joke on thank the tech's run of reactions to nightwish. As a former roadie he focuses on gear and every time he would mention Empuu's custom guitar so it became a running joke. The EV in the designation stands forhis initials by the way.
@@sleeepwalk love Korg but sold all my Korg boards recently because I wasn't playing Live much anymore and they're so heavy! I scaled down to lighter in case i do get asked to play Yamaha Montage 76 Yamaha MX88 Roland FA08 MAudio 88 key controller with various soft synths.Several Amps and just bought a Soundcraft Ui 24 R rack mixer. Jurys still out on that yet but we shall see. I love talking Gear!!!
And this is why, no matter how many great bands come and go, Nightwish has stayed my favorite for so long. Because they are the only band that manage to *consistently* draw an emotional reaction out of me no matter how many times I hear a song. Good music is universal; the feelings associated with the human condition are universal. Age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, none of it matters. We're all here having this experience and it's so much better when we can feel it together.
I’m a Nightwish fan for more the 20 years and I’m glad to see a lot of people around the world reacted to Nightwish !!!! Welcome to the nightwish army!!!
Shelter dogs are great. My son adopted a pit mix from a shelter and she’s incredibly loving. A 90 lb lap dog. I love 7 Days to the Wolves. One of my top ten Nightwish tunes. Floor again takes it to another level. Nightwish is for all ages, all nationalities, men, women, everyone.
Thanks Kent! Yes Buster has a lot of pet in him. When they advertised the dog at the shelter they said he was two years old and 45 pounds. But just always a good bit more than that I can tail :-) we are lucky to have him and feel really blessed. NightWish has really come along for us at a great time. It’s been some dark days in the past but the music is so uplifting. Also I grew up in the 70s listen to a lot of the bands like Zepplin Rush Judas Priest etc. I just spared that there would ever be bands like this again . But so glad I found Nightwish in the night with family. And also the bands associated with NightWish!
I saw them on this tour in Baltimore, MD and a couple years before on the Endless Forms tour in Silver Spring. Seeing them live is an amazing experience. If you get the chance to see them, don't miss it!!
This song has a special place in my heart !!! Not just because wolf is Estonian national animal but the windmill battle between Tuomas and Floor....And Floor's inner wolf....holy mother of Odin !!! The title is taken from a King's novel called “Wolves of the Calla”. But the conception of the book has nothing to do with the text behind the song, it is far more inspired by the film "Dead Poets' Society". The main idea is - one must live his life the best he can, to strive for his aims, because the wolves are always 7 days behind you and they will catch you if your life is not of full value... and then you will be only dead meat. That's what Tuomas (founder, leader, keyboardist, songwriter and Composer of Nightwish) said in one interview some time ago. NIghtwish Shadow Unit from Estonia 🤘😎🤘.
One of my favorites. A nonstop, 30 second windmill from Floor, Tuomas windmilling so hard while playing, and how did the keyboard stand stay together? Everything about this song is so good! Kudos for rescuing Buster!!
Thanks Randy! I agree, so good. As you can see I own the same stand and am surprised how well it's holding up! We are very blessed to have gotten Buster. I wonder who rescued whom!!
Thanks for another great reaction. Loving the channel and your genuine emotional reactions to this great band and their amazing music. I became a metal head in the 80's in high school (graduated 1987). I am now 54 and still a "certifiable" metal head. I discovered Nightwish about 10 years ago and have loved them ever since. Over the years I have enjoyed many CZcams videos of live Nightwish performances and have noticed that, unlike many other metal bands, there is a very wide range of age of Nightwish fans. I have seen younger people, more seasoned people and even what looks like whole families (Mom, Dad and kids) in the audience all with smiles on their faces just enjoying the performance. Nightwish fans appear to be just one big happy family, of all ages, all just wanting to enjoy their favorite band. Shortly after discovering them, I noticed a little to late that they played at a smaller venue here in my Canadian hometown and unfortunately missed them. I believe that this was before they exploded into the huge band they are now. Anyway, I have yet to see them live but doing that is definitely on my bucket list as well. You have barely scratched the surface on your Nightwish Journey and I look forward to following along with you. As well as all of the Nightwish performances with current lead vocalist, Floor Jansen, there are also many great performances featuring the band's original lead vocalist, Tarja, and her successor Anette. Plus there are other rabbit holes to go down where you are able to enjoy many non Nightwish performances from Floor, Marco (bass player and male vocalist) and Tarja. They are all very entertaining performances and I look forward to enjoying your reactions to as many of them as you choose to react to. Finally, I, along with probably other Nightwish fans, recognize the following as the band's three greatest performances, so far, and a right of passage of all Nightwish fans. These are also the band's three longest performances and, especially Poet and the Pendulum, very emotional as well. Tuomas (keyboardist and primary composer) wrote Poet and the Pendulum when he was dealing with the band's breakup with their original lead vocalist, Tarja. Some will say that you need to wait to watch all three of these but I say that you decide when you are ready. They are all such amazing performances and do need to be enjoyed at some point :) I always get misty eyed at the end of the following Greatest Show on Earth performance. I won't say why as I want you to experience it for yourself. Just let me say though, if you do decide to experience the Greatest Show On Earth performance via the link below... PLEASE make sure you watch it right to the very end of the credits :) You won't regret it. 1. Ghost Love Score at Wacken 2013, which you have obviously already enjoyed. 2. NIGHTWISH - The Poet And The Pendulum (OFFICIAL LIVE) w/optional subtitles. czcams.com/video/N4Vfy5yCy-c/video.html 3. Nightwish live - The Greatest Show On Earth -TAMPERE, 2015 w/embedded subtitles. czcams.com/video/bl6lUfIMkGM/video.html Gord
Bassist Marko Hietala (pron: HEE-ah-Tallah) plays custom Warwick guitars. Troy favors several makers...someone should have a list. Speaking of Troy playing a fabulous guitar...with thoughts of Buster...a Nightwish song about empathy (which.is basically the band and fan philosophy!) How's the Heart, live acoustic at Planet Rock...just Troy playing beautiful guitar and Floor's stunning vocal... you will get chills, you may tear up at the sheer magical sound they create! And the message has never been so important!
Good work guys,adopting a dog is a serious matter, we had three over the years but were NEVER sorry we did it, even though there were some teething problems. One was used for pig hunting, we never saw so many scars on a dog. (Pitbull cross) Floor has two tattoos behind her ears, one of a dog, the other side a wolf, and has an Irish wolfhound at home in Sweden.
God bless you for rescuing those dogs! This is our first rescue and it is different. Buster is very skittish, especially with me. The male owner of Buster bred him and to raise puppies to fight. He and the wife would take B to stand under a bridge to get more money. They weren’t homeless. The man would get drunk and pick Buster up by the neck and throw him against the wall. I can barely even recount those stories without my blood beginning to boil. I dare say that Buster has it better now than he’s had it in the over two years he’s been alive. We love that guy and he makes a great addition to the family. We have a dog who had a sister but she died in June. He is still trying to work things out with Buster but they don’t fight they just keep their distances. Sorry to be so long-winded. But thanks for the comment and know that we love Nightwish even though occasionally we will beer off the path. There’s so much good music out there it’s hard not to listen to other things occasionally. Take care
Emppus Guitars: Custom made ESP Horizon signature model guitars. ESP EV-1 with Seymour Duncan pickups (TB-5 in the bridge, SHR-1n in the middle and an SH-2n in the neck) 1 in purple and 1 in white. Note, the EV stands for Emppu Vuorinen. Not sure if you like Pink Floyd, but you should check out the Nightwish Tribute/cover of High Hopes. Marko and Emppu really shine. So good & Gilmour approved :)
Thank you so much Rob! Or is it Loc? Either way we really appreciate your kind words. We are having so much fun that this channel is easy one to do. Take care
Thanks Geert! We will absolutely continue enjoying this great ride we are on with Nightwish. I have to say the amount of fans that are coming on the channel from the Netherlands is amazing. I believe you are the fourth or fifth reactor from the Netherlands. If you read any of the earlier comments you will see that I love the Dutch. Take care and please continue to reach out.
This was the best reaction from you up til now, in my opinion. You really dig Nightwish, and are discovering new things and details, because you pay so much attention to what's going on 👍 You are both feeling the stories, and they affects you - exactly as they are supposed to - perfect. And then you have the energy and hearts warmth to save a hurt dog - you have my deepest respect. Greetings from Nightwish Army Denmark 🇩🇰 👍 💪 🤘 🤘 🤘
So lovely that you saved a beautiful dog's life. We have five cats and two dogs which are all rescues, one of the cats only has three legs but she forgets that she has. Great reaction to another Nightwish gem. This is a real chill / goosebump inducing song
Thank you, Eugenio! We love this guy and did from the first time we met him. This is our first rescue but not our last. Years ago I owned a three legged cat names Peg. She was the best mouse catcher we ever had:)
As you're just getting into Nightwish, you guys have a long and amazing journey ahead of you; Nighwish has such an amazing discography. A few of my personal faves that I haven't seen on your channel: -The Poet and the Pendulum (Official Live) -Nemo (Wacken 2013) - Really you just can't go wrong with anything from Wacken -The Islander (Live at Tampere) - this heavily features vocals from Marko, their bassist, who sadly left the band during the pandemic. We love you Marko!
Thank you Murf! We have had suggestions for port in the pendulum quite a few times so that’s going to be very soon. I believe we didn’t email on our second video but I need to look back and make sure. Early on it was hard for me to remember the names of the songs. But we are definitely going to keep going with a curveball every now and then :-). But we always know where to come back home! Take care
@@jeffhoffman8370 You've probably aready been told this, but it is highly recommended that you do your full research before watching the Poet and the Pendulum. Key things to read up on: The open letter firing Tarja, her open letter in response, Tuomas' feelings about the whole thing, the severe criticism he got from Tarja's fans, and how down in the dumps he was afterward. This song was his on-stage symbolic suicide, as the alternative to a real one. Also often missed by reactors: the significance of the references to Edgar A. Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum. It also would really help to have reacted to at least one performance with Tarja first (a frequent favorite is Nightwish's rendition of The Phantom of the Opera, done at the End of an Era tour; that was her last show).
Thank you Rob! I am amazed at how many people I have responded to that or from the Netherlands. I worked for a Dutch company for a number of years and visited Holland. Of course Amsterdam was where most everybody wanted to go but our company was based in a small town called Zutfin (?) I don’t remember the spelling I love the history and the cobblestone streets and how amazing people were there and the food! Amsterdam was a little bit much for me even though I was much younger than I am now. But I did enjoy it and I always have wanted to go back. Thank you again for your kind words
Thank you Sayef! I’ve been playing the piano most of my life. I love watching other musicians play especially young ones. I remember the days of having such a good time and getting wrapped up in the songs. Now it’s fun to watch and remember. My wife calls me and I call myself a music nerd! Take care
Thank you Syaff! I’m a huge music nerd and sometimes can get too analytical about it instead of just enjoying what’s going on. But I do love to pick things apart and find out what each musician is playing and thanking while they’re up there having such a good time!
Congrats on the new dog…and thanks for adopting…very admirable. Another great reaction…Alpenglow from this same Wembley show is another good one…very different vibe, but shows another of their many sides, moods, textures.
Thanks Chris! We tell everyone that we rescued Buster but I tell everyone also that Buster rescued us. We’ve had a few dark days but he is welcome addition and such a loving animal. Take care and thank you for your kind words
"Wembley, Let's Go!" The pyro, lights and video are part of the band too: "Crewish". When you get to see "The Greatest Show On Earth" (about evolution), at Tampere, Finland (their home country, apart from Floor, whose parents came over, there's a nice documentary about that), you will see Crewish "pulling out all the stops"!
Aw Welcome Buster! Looks like a sweetheart. Poor boy. Slowly, he will learn you guys are his safe place and accept the love you clearly have to give. He probably had to scrounge for food in his old home. Thank you for adopting a rescue. :) p.s. Nightwish concerts in the states are usually in venues with some seating. :) I missed my opportunity to see them by 6 months before I discovered them. Hope you can go.
Thanks K! Yes Buster seems hungry all the time. And he’s a big dog so right now we’re feeding him a good bit. Like we said on the video last night he got 4 pounds of chicken wings off the counter and ate it all. It didn’t seem to bother him a bit and he was still hungry later in the evening :-) we love that guy and we wonder who rescued Hugh in this situation. We’ve had some ups and downs in the last four years probably more downs than ups. So we needed this win with him.
So far all the events that we could realistically get to our standing rooms only. There is no seating at all. However we’re going to keep looking and hopefully we won’t miss them by too much. I wish they got closer to us maybe Dallas Oklahoma City or Little Rock. The closest one to us is Chicago and it’s a 7 1/2 hour drive. But we may make that drive anyway and we may stand up for 2 1/2 hours because we love this band so much. Thanks for your response and keep coming back
I don't know if someone commented about Marko Hietala attending and winning the masked singer Finland by singin for example Backstreets Boys - Backstreets Back :D
Thanks Ville! My wife told me and we did mention it originally. We had to cut it and other comments out as we went a minute and a half over what YT would allow,
And here is Marko's other band 'Tarot' all the way from the 80's. They are still together though but i think 'Tarot - Love's not made for my kind' is best enjoyed from this original era video brought from a recording in tv. I have never seen anyone react to this one but its just pure honey. I think you would love it as you identify yourself as "80's rockers" The hair, the leather, studds, spandex, bright animal patterns etc. At the start there is some mumbling by the tv announcer in Finnish but the song will start in few seconds. czcams.com/video/Cs-DJVXXQOk/video.html&ab_channel=mchn10
Very nice of you to do this reaction for that couple. Made it extra special, even though it would have been great anyway. Love the whole song, but that last minute or so is like a runaway train and gets me every time. Everybody headbanging, and I can't help but join them!
Thanks Tarkus! We are so enjoying ourselves and really love this new family that we have from all over the world. I agree with you about the song especially at the end. That’s more my wife and I were talking about last night. So frantic yet so awesome! It still reminds me of some James Bond movies from the 70s and 80s. Very similar style of music and orchestration. Thank you again so much for your comments take care
Hi, Nightwish Army German Division here, greets from Hamburg. Its nice too see you two this great band and reaction that. More Videos please from this cool Band , specialy the song Ghost Love score was made for you als producer
Great stuff again you guys! So glad I found your channel...so much fun to relive my own Nightwish journey all over again through your eyes and ears! This band should be universal, there would be much less trouble in the world; no time for fighting while listening to pure gold...😊 Have a great weekend dear Madam and Sir....
My fathers fathers people were from Germany. I remember him telling me his grandparents only spoke German. However of course down the line it got lost. I took five years of German when I was much younger and remember very little sadly. I’ve always wanted to go to Germany just to see it before it’s too late. God bless you and thanks for your comments so much.
@@jeffhoffman8370 it´s translated water of life from scottish gaelic name uisge beatha. Uisge was transformed to whiskey/ whisky which was my favorit drink many, many years ago. Have a wonderful weekend.
Nightwish fan for over 20 years my mantra is for Nightwish, “MY FAVORITE NIGHTWISH SONG IS ALWAYS THE LAST ONE IVE LISTENED TO!” I have a suggestion to do a whole Nightwish concert such as Wacken 2013 from the opening song, Dark Chest Of Wonders to the Last Ride Of The Day. It’s Floor Jansen really being introduced to the largest crowd that Nightwish had yet to perform in front of (82,000). Even though Floor was not yet officially a member of the band she had been with the bands tour for around 10 months after Annette Olsen ( Nightwish second singer) had to leave due to becoming ill. There is a great Documentary , “ Please learn the Setlist in 48 hours.” It explains how Floor came to be in the band. If you break up the concert and react to each song as a reaction because I understand how much time it takes to edit each reaction and your less lightly to get blocked doing a whole concert. Although some reactors have broken it up to 3 songs per reaction. Even though they had done some of the Wacken songs in previous reactions , they felt when they heard them the second time they enjoyed them even more because of the concert setting. Given the fact that none of the songs were written by Tuomas for Floor to sing, and that Ghost Love Score was the 13 song in a 15 song set, and how the band, fans, & even crew had worked, played with so much energy & love for the music it’s truly magical! Good luck on your journey and with your new family member, Buster. Rock On Stay Safe!🙏🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
That would be a great idea I never even thought of taking a concert and reacting on all the songs one at a time. That’s really clever. We have enjoyed this ride so much and I’ve only been on it for about nine days. I can’t imagine not getting better and better. Thank you for your comments and Buster says hi.
Sorry I’m being one of these annoying commenters tonight BUT just had to say.. I truly cannot wait for Poet and the Pendulum and The Grestest Show on Earth- I know u will both appreciate them so much sap ur husband I think (musically) and u too Sue!
@@SueSueandthewolfman before doing The Poet and the Pendulum be sure to do some research about the background of the band and that song as it is very personal to Tuomas ( keyboardist and composer). It will help you understand the song better.
🤩👍💥💯 🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙 Always more enjoyable when reactor(s) has some kinda musical 'knowledge' when reacting to this magical band.... Nice reaction guys, again. Cheers from Finland 🇫🇮 🥶
@@SueSueandthewolfman Emppu's EV1 is based on the Horizon model (and you can see some older videos where he plays on a Washburn guitar). Nowadays he plays everything in D standard (there was a period of time in the mid 2000 when he had one guitar in E and the other one in D, but they have lowered their earlier stuff to D since then). But you will see PRS guitars too with Nightwish. Troy (who plays bouzouki on this one) uses a PRS Custom 24 on some songs. You can check "While your lips are still red" from the same concert where he uses an E-bow on it. It's a wonderful song (and you'll hear an amazing back up singer on it 😉)
Lovely people I have see every reaction to Nightwish and I love your reactions so fun to see you both react and the dogs are so cute....now I subt....keep your Nightwish reactions coming our way and enjoy your Nightwish journee. One of my favoriet is Elvenjig Elvenpath from Nightwish but all there songs are very good. Greetings from the Netherlands
Thank you so much for your kind words.! Yes we are having a blast and our dogs are as well! I believe you are the third person from the Netherlands who has commented on this video alone. I think someone said Flor was from the Netherlands but I could be wrong. I love the dutch and had very good friends that were Dutch that I worked for about 20 years ago. Thank you for your kind words and take care
@@jeffhoffman8370 yes Floor is Dutch and we are very proud of her. Sorry about my English 🤗. The Nightwish family in the Netherlands is big also over the whole world....you both now what music can do for you and Nightwish is a band that can tell the story very well. All of them are so good in what they do.....you are Lovely people and big hugs for the doggies 🙋♀️🐾😍❤
Been watching all your Nightwish reactions, just got real good vibes from you 2. And now your adoption story just gives me a little hope with all that's going on .... We need more good people like you .... THANK YOU!!!!
Maybe it's time for some Marko. Nightwish - High hopes (Pink Floyd) , live from End of an era. Their tribute to Pink Floyd. Amazing voice by Marko and two amazing solos by Emppu.
Loved your reaction guys! Yeah this is one of my favorites also. I´m a late 50´s guy from S.California and feel blessed as I´m the ONLY one in my family loving this band. Glad to enjoy NW with you guys so keep up the reactions!
Thank you so much and greetings from Arkansas. I am Magine Southern California has been much warmer than it’s been here the last couple weeks. But we’re about to go into spring and it’s beautiful in Arkansas in spring time. Thank you for the kind words and we will keep reacting as long as we can. Keep coming back!
Great reactions . And you never to old for Nightwish. And i gues every new song you hear from them wil be you favorite Can not wait for another song that you will react to
Hello Suesueandthewolfman, thank you so much for reacting to this song, i loved your reaction, so i subscribe. Until the next one, greetings from the Netherlands, bye!
Nice reaction, I love to see people discovering NW first times and hearing song after another. Kinda makes me go back in time to hear these songs when they were released back in the days. One thing, when looking NW gigs - there is usually also seats available on shows at side. And in US, thanks to record industry that keeps alternative music European bands out of radio play, venues are smaller with loads of only seats available (theatres or similar). Greetings from Finland, land of winter and stars (a hint in this one for another great band and song) :D
Thank you so much for your kind words! I personally love winter and stores and it’s been cold here for this part of the country this year. However my wife hates it :-) will keep looking to find a venue we can go to with chairs as we really want to see a number for too long. I hope that the US opens up more and more to Nightwish and I was surprised at how many people that responded were from the area that I live in now. Thank you again and God bless
B4 I even watch your reaction...I had to say...bless your souls for adopting a shelter dog w a bad start in life! With patience and some help from BooBoo, he will warm up. I work with cats...I train feral-born kittens to be Emotional Support Animals and I tame older ferals to be sweet home companions. Very rewarding work. I have 3 of my.own (I even have a BooBoo kitty...the runt of a litter) Nothing.promotes good health and wellness better than loving an animal who deserves their best life!
S & W...Nice reaction, thank you. Just be like most of us.....Your favorite NW song is the one you are listening to. LOL I thaw things on a plate safely out of danger in my micro wave. Buster is just doing what dogs do.
Based on The Wolves of Calla - Stephen King. Good stuff, you are really enjoy the continuing journey with Nightwish and the genius that is composer Tuomas Holopainen, as stated by Pip Williams and he has forgotten more music than I will ever know.
That is so interesting! Thank you for sharing. I am a big Stephen King fan and have read most of his earlier works up to probably the early 90s. I remember that title but I have not read it. This makes me wanna go read it now! And these band members are incredible musicians all the way across the line. I’ve played with quite a few good and bad musicians out of my lifetime. However I’m not sure I’ve ever played in a band where everybody in the band was of equal footing like good Nightwish crew is. Take care and thank you for responding
@@jeffhoffman8370 You are most welcome. I believe also it is an allegory that you need to live your life to the fullest, with both achievement and suffering or it catches up on you in 7 days, I think that's what Tuomas intimated in an interview.
Hahaha it’s always the same! This is my favourite, next time this is my favourite and so on! It’s the band, they’re so dam good they make you feel speechless! Love watching your faces change as the Nightwish songs change your perspective mood! Please react to ‘Song of myself? For a poor Welsh man! 🏴 It’ll be your next favourite
It's great to see other fellow central AR (If I remember correctly from another reaction of yours, Little Rock area?) Nightwish fans! I got hooked on them about 3 yrs ago from a reaction channel, and always get my fix either from the concerts on CZcams or all the reaction channels. Also great you are fellow dog lovers, and you have adopted Buster to give him a better and loving home. My family consists of myself and my two dogs, though I recently lost my youngest pup suddenly 3 weeks ago due to cancer. I'm still in shock, but Nightwish videos and reactions help me distract myself from the thoughts of losing her, and the emptiness that exists now. Eventually I'll be adopting another brother or sister for myself and my remaining pup from a shelter or Humane Society when I can get past my recent loss. Keep the reactions coming!
Thank you for your comments! I’m so sorry about the loss of your pup. We lost our dog of 15 years last summer and it was very hard. Finally ready to adopt another this week.
Yep, you caught favoritis, which is the syndrome that results in every new NW track becoming your favorite! lol I think this performance by Floor is her most visceral, especially with her off-mic primal gesture/yell to the audience. Hey to Buster and welcome to the SSBBW Fam, BTW!
Congratulations on the new family member. Great job saving him from abuse. You better keep your I on your dinner? This was one of Floor's most powerful vocal performances. A little song inspired by a Steven King Novel called "Wolves of Calla". It also incorporates the concept of "Carpe diem". The wolves and the poison are being used as metaphors for death, which is never far behind us as we go through life. Heroes take chances and live every moment grabbing everything life has to offer. Cowards are too timid to take chances in life and live to regret it as they grow older. Great reaction again SueSue & Wolfman. You really should check out Floor's cover of Shallow from the Dutch TV show, "Beste Zangers". It will show you a whole new vibe from the Queen. Emppu is playing an ESP-1 guitar. Marko is endorsed by Warwick out of Germany and plays customized basses and doubleneck's.
Thank you Thorgrin! That’s an awesome backstory. I’m a big fan of Stephen King but I have never read that book. I grew up in the late 60s and 70s and read most of his work up till the 80s and then kind of fell off from it. I love the explanation of the song about the wolves being death. So cool as people are explaining us what these songs mean. Thank you for your kind words and please keep coming back. We would love to hear from you again.
@@jeffhoffman8370 Wolves of the Calla was the 5th book in the Dark Tower series from 2003. I will see you and SueSue again very soon my friend. You both seemed to love Nightwish' Celtic sound and there are many more to experience. 🙏
Good reaction! This one by Nightwish should be the theme soundtrack for an epic adventure movie...James Bond 007 comes to mind if that franchise doesn't go too woke.
@@jeffhoffman8370 i am afraid you're right after seeing the trailer and movie critic reviews of the latest Bond flick...On my end, i am an expat American based in S.America, where i am involved in a project as an author/co-producer in a possible post-apocalyptic theme adventure series for internet streaming TV, where we based the chief Alpha female antagonist in the story on Floor Jansen's stage persona... especially with the black leather outfit of the Wacken 2013 concert ... Some of Nightwish's songs could fit very nicely for the dramatic and tense action scenes...!
The title was inspired by the Stephen King book 'Wolves of Calla' The song is basically saying to go out and live your life the best you can. The 'wolves' are only 7 days behind you.
I never knew this song was based on a Stephen King book until tonight reading over the comments. I love to stuff in the 70s and early 80s and then I just went on to something else. I’ll have to go read that book because the song is amazing and the message about wolves speed behind you and they are death is very intriguing. Thanks for reaching out and take care
@@jeffhoffman8370 Wolves of the Calla is number 5 in the Dark Tower series. So don't jump the gun on reading it! I highly recommend the series, though it's not everybody's cup of tea. If you find certain of the books (or even just parts of them) to be slow or dry (not to me, though!!) just stick through it. It will pay off. Oh, and DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT watch the Dark Tower movie. If it's too late, just forget everything from the movie and don't prejudge judge the books by it. That was an atrocity, and not even the real story from the books.
NW Army Bavaria reporting in, Well , you say your Names all along at Start, i know the Real ones: Leia, White small Chewbacca, and ofc, George :D. And now another small Skywalker;) You got me complete finaly with your Action with the mistreated Animal. I am so curious, but you really evaded our Questions perfect till now, what Music you play, who uses which instrument etc:) Great recap, and great Fan Service as well for the Pair, great Respect from over Here for you 4! Stay healthy.
Floor got a yellow sign whit text "Caution Wet Floor" and yellow Bucket "Warning Wet FLOOR" she used it as a "handbag" she has allways wanted one of those (Her own words )!! You 2 will never look a yellow sign on Walmart floor whit out thinking about FLOOR !! ;)) And NWA's "Floorgasm" she likes and thinks it nice of Army to say it !! ;)) BTW: when *The Greates Show On Earth* react to *Tampere* (Finland NW's home) version ! (BEST ONE ) !
Sydney base camp of the Australian chapter of the Nightwish army reporting in! Rescue is my favourite breed too…hello Buster, you’re in safe hands and paws. Let’s get on with the reaction, which I know will be awesome 🤘🏻
Tuomas the keyboardist writes about 98 percent of the songs. Love Floor's silent howl and the way Tuomas is rockin the keyboard stand. FYI Floor has a tattoo of a dog behind one ear and a wolf behind the other. Marko rocks. I LOVE Floor and Marko together ❤️ FYI Floor and Marko sing Ave Maria
All the songs are so good and deep stories with intelligent meaning and musical structures. Only the metal Mozart Tuomas can write this. Tuomas plays Korg, Emppu ESP Custom EV1, Marco Warwick, Troy several ones bozouki? in here...somebody knows the drum kit of Kai.
marco plays Warwick emmpu an ESP signature. Kai is Pearl jukka was Tama Tuomas it Korg. They all custom. except for floor, thats a couple of decades work.
How are the pups getting along? Didn't hear any growling - aside from Floor - so I guess things are good between them? This one is real banger. Emppu's playing a custom ESP. Appreciate the mention of PRS though, since they're from my home state. Nice job again, folks.
Hi hope u both ok im steve 50 in uk subscribed .got all cds dvds rareities of band from over 25 years .glad u love them .always great music .ps could u react to devilskin voices official video .devilskin are rock group from new zealand with the amazing jennie skulander on vocals shes amazing ul love it.keep up great reactions
You guys have no idea what's in store for you. Apart from Ghost Love Score, these songs are considered secondary songs to Nightwish. If you enjoy these so much, it only gets better.
I was 73 when I first heard Nightwish and fell immediately in love with them and Symphonic metal in general. Their music and Floor's solo career got me though the pandemic. That was three years ago. Listen them nearly every night usually watching people react to them.
Thanks for reaching out James! We are amazed by the level of professionalism disband shows. Also at the amazing kindness that Nightwish fans showed us so we sort of nine days ago. I don’t know of any other band that I could say would react so quickly to strangers other than maybe the grateful dead. I’m showing my age :-) take care
Cheers James! 👍
Too old for Nightwish?! Hush with that, the nightwish army loves and accepts ALL!!! Ur part of the fam now too clearly!! :)
Thank you Sara!!
I am 50 and been a fan since I was 34. I have friends who fans and disabled. They love being held aloft crowd surfing. My daughter who has a debilitating spinal problem cannot stand for long and she’ll be seeing Nightwish in a wheelchair.
74 years old and have been a fan since 2008, knew Floor from Revamp days.
Well, those are well over 200 years old, it may be a bit too much. I am not sure vampires are welcome. But anything under 200 is a good age for enjoying Nightwish 😁
So very pleased you choose to react to this performance so quickly; made our day. We believe, like us, you will not find a live performance you don't like. Very happy you two have joined the NW army and are hooked. We will be following your journey with each new reaction. By the way, as dog lovers, we congratulate you on Buster's adoption. Warms our hearts and it is obvious he now has his forever home. Stay safe and enjoy your new family member.
Thanks guys. Really good to know you. And Buster is definitely in his forever home!
Emppus guitar is an ESP EV 1. EV stands for Emppu Vourinen. And that was a great pick for that couple that could not go to a concert
Thanks Fredrik! I know the brand name but not sure I've ever seen or played one. Sounds awesome. And I agree, this concert felt so "live"!
And Marko plays a Warwick bass.
@@SueSueandthewolfman for me and i think that old couple also any live consert from Nightwish is great. Prefer Floor as lead for me.
I discovered Nightwish only 4 or so months ago at the age of 59. Just in case they don't come to Australia anytime soon, I'm contemplating treating myself to a trip to Europe just to catch a concert for my 60th. People don't get too old to see good music although some bands get too old to play music good. I want to catch Nightwish before they fall into that same category like Megadeth has
sure they will get there soonish - i know they are quite fond of their trips to Oz
Aussie fan here and the last time they were in AU was 2016 cross fingers for next year. Whenever they tour China they head towards Australia too!
@@susanjw7763 in November they have 2 concerts scheduled in Russia, one in Ukraine and one in Belarus. Maybe...
I don't think Ihave one favourite with this band but this is one of them. A wonderfully composed song with a great message, too.
yes, they are timeless and grand to see, I'm 76 but have been a metalhead forever, and seeing the youngsters in the audience and watching reacters from all genres from rap to country be smitten by them is wonderful, and yes as stated don't know the brand but the instrument Troy is playing is a type of electric mandolin called a bouzouki which has a longer neck I understand and Marco is exclusive with Warrick, that one I believe is the vampire and he also plays the buzzard and infinite and the double-neck "beast" (forgot the model name) and LOL yes get use to it, every song will be a favorite, there's not many bands that can claim "ALL" their songs a winner like Nightwish can.
The thing about the Nightwish fans, or Nightwish Army, we are world-wide and very inclusive to anyone that loves their music. If you check out their crowds, old guys like me rocking out next to youngsters, as many women as men out there, all races, religions, and sorts of people in it. It is all about the love of the band. We never focus on our differences, only our love for the band and this band is a must for me now daily. Just makes even the worst of days bearable. They only make quality music, they are not looking for a top 40 hit, every song is a new story, sit back, enjoy and let the band take you on you newest journey. Oh and one of my most beloved pets I ever had was a mutt from the shelter, loved that dog to death.
Marko Hietala the bass player plays Warwick basses. Emppu Vuorinen the quitarist plays his signature ESP EV-1. Kai Hahto the drummer plays Pearl drums. Troy Donockley the multi-instrumentalist plays whatever he wants :D
Ha! Love this post Ville!! Thank you
@@SueSueandthewolfman And Tuomas is always Korg.
reminds of the running joke on thank the tech's run of reactions to nightwish. As a former roadie he focuses on gear and every time he would mention Empuu's custom guitar so it became a running joke. The EV in the designation stands forhis initials by the way.
If someone was to throw a rubber boot to Troy, he would probably pull out a melody from that too 😄
@@sleeepwalk love Korg but sold all my Korg boards recently
because I wasn't playing Live much anymore and they're so heavy!
I scaled down to lighter in case i do get asked to play
Yamaha Montage 76
Yamaha MX88
Roland FA08
MAudio 88 key controller
with various soft synths.Several Amps and just bought a Soundcraft Ui 24 R rack mixer. Jurys still out on that yet but we shall see.
I love talking Gear!!!
And this is why, no matter how many great bands come and go, Nightwish has stayed my favorite for so long. Because they are the only band that manage to *consistently* draw an emotional reaction out of me no matter how many times I hear a song. Good music is universal; the feelings associated with the human condition are universal. Age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, none of it matters. We're all here having this experience and it's so much better when we can feel it together.
I’m a Nightwish fan for more the 20 years and I’m glad to see a lot of people around the world reacted to Nightwish !!!! Welcome to the nightwish army!!!
Thank you Gabrielo! So glad to be here.
Shelter dogs are great. My son adopted a pit mix from a shelter and she’s incredibly loving. A 90 lb lap dog. I love 7 Days to the Wolves. One of my top ten Nightwish tunes. Floor again takes it to another level. Nightwish is for all ages, all nationalities, men, women, everyone.
Thanks Kent! Yes Buster has a lot of pet in him. When they advertised the dog at the shelter they said he was two years old and 45 pounds. But just always a good bit more than that I can tail :-) we are lucky to have him and feel really blessed. NightWish has really come along for us at a great time. It’s been some dark days in the past but the music is so uplifting. Also I grew up in the 70s listen to a lot of the bands like Zepplin Rush Judas Priest etc. I just spared that there would ever be bands like this again . But so glad I found Nightwish in the night with family. And also the bands associated with NightWish!
I saw them on this tour in Baltimore, MD and a couple years before on the Endless Forms tour in Silver Spring. Seeing them live is an amazing experience. If you get the chance to see them, don't miss it!!
This song has a special place in my heart !!! Not just because wolf is Estonian national animal but the windmill battle between Tuomas and Floor....And Floor's inner wolf....holy mother of Odin !!!
The title is taken from a King's novel called “Wolves of the Calla”. But the conception of the book has nothing to do with the text behind the song, it is far more inspired by the film "Dead Poets' Society". The main idea is - one must live his life the best he can, to strive for his aims, because the wolves are always 7 days behind you and they will catch you if your life is not of full value... and then you will be only dead meat.
That's what Tuomas (founder, leader, keyboardist, songwriter and Composer of Nightwish) said in one interview some time ago.
NIghtwish Shadow Unit from Estonia 🤘😎🤘.
One of my favorites. A nonstop, 30 second windmill from Floor, Tuomas windmilling so hard while playing, and how did the keyboard stand stay together? Everything about this song is so good! Kudos for rescuing Buster!!
Thanks Randy! I agree, so good. As you can see I own the same stand and am surprised how well it's holding up! We are very blessed to have gotten Buster. I wonder who rescued whom!!
Thanks for another great reaction. Loving the channel and your genuine emotional reactions to this great band and their amazing music. I became a metal head in the 80's in high school (graduated 1987). I am now 54 and still a "certifiable" metal head. I discovered Nightwish about 10 years ago and have loved them ever since. Over the years I have enjoyed many CZcams videos of live Nightwish performances and have noticed that, unlike many other metal bands, there is a very wide range of age of Nightwish fans. I have seen younger people, more seasoned people and even what looks like whole families (Mom, Dad and kids) in the audience all with smiles on their faces just enjoying the performance. Nightwish fans appear to be just one big happy family, of all ages, all just wanting to enjoy their favorite band.
Shortly after discovering them, I noticed a little to late that they played at a smaller venue here in my Canadian hometown and unfortunately missed them. I believe that this was before they exploded into the huge band they are now. Anyway, I have yet to see them live but doing that is definitely on my bucket list as well.
You have barely scratched the surface on your Nightwish Journey and I look forward to following along with you. As well as all of the Nightwish performances with current lead vocalist, Floor Jansen, there are also many great performances featuring the band's original lead vocalist, Tarja, and her successor Anette. Plus there are other rabbit holes to go down where you are able to enjoy many non Nightwish performances from Floor, Marco (bass player and male vocalist) and Tarja. They are all very entertaining performances and I look forward to enjoying your reactions to as many of them as you choose to react to.
Finally, I, along with probably other Nightwish fans, recognize the following as the band's three greatest performances, so far, and a right of passage of all Nightwish fans. These are also the band's three longest performances and, especially Poet and the Pendulum, very emotional as well. Tuomas (keyboardist and primary composer) wrote Poet and the Pendulum when he was dealing with the band's breakup with their original lead vocalist, Tarja. Some will say that you need to wait to watch all three of these but I say that you decide when you are ready. They are all such amazing performances and do need to be enjoyed at some point :) I always get misty eyed at the end of the following Greatest Show on Earth performance. I won't say why as I want you to experience it for yourself. Just let me say though, if you do decide to experience the Greatest Show On Earth performance via the link below... PLEASE make sure you watch it right to the very end of the credits :) You won't regret it.
1.
Ghost Love Score at Wacken 2013, which you have obviously already enjoyed.
2.
NIGHTWISH - The Poet And The Pendulum (OFFICIAL LIVE) w/optional subtitles.
czcams.com/video/N4Vfy5yCy-c/video.html
3.
Nightwish live - The Greatest Show On Earth -TAMPERE, 2015 w/embedded subtitles.
czcams.com/video/bl6lUfIMkGM/video.html
Gord
Bassist Marko Hietala (pron: HEE-ah-Tallah) plays custom Warwick guitars.
Troy favors several makers...someone should have a list.
Speaking of Troy playing a fabulous guitar...with thoughts of Buster...a Nightwish song about empathy (which.is basically the band and fan philosophy!) How's the Heart, live acoustic at Planet Rock...just Troy playing beautiful guitar and Floor's stunning vocal... you will get chills, you may tear up at the sheer magical sound they create! And the message has never been so important!
Good work guys,adopting a dog is a serious matter, we had three over the years
but were NEVER sorry we did it, even though there were some teething problems.
One was used for pig hunting, we never saw so many scars on a dog. (Pitbull cross)
Floor has two tattoos behind her ears, one of a dog, the other side a wolf,
and has an Irish wolfhound at home in Sweden.
God bless you for rescuing those dogs! This is our first rescue and it is different. Buster is very skittish, especially with me. The male owner of Buster bred him and to raise puppies to fight. He and the wife would take B to stand under a bridge to get more money. They weren’t homeless.
The man would get drunk and pick Buster up by the neck and throw him against the wall.
I can barely even recount those stories without my blood beginning to boil.
I dare say that Buster has it better now than he’s had it in the over two years he’s been alive. We love that guy and he makes a great addition to the family. We have a dog who had a sister but she died in June. He is still trying to work things out with Buster but they don’t fight they just keep their distances.
Sorry to be so long-winded. But thanks for the comment and know that we love Nightwish even though occasionally we will beer off the path. There’s so much good music out there it’s hard not to listen to other things occasionally. Take care
Stupid people!! I hate to hear any animals or people being harmed and tortured. Especially dogs and children!!
Song is so damned good live. What a great performance.
Absolutely agree Brian
Emppus Guitars:
Custom made ESP Horizon signature model guitars.
ESP EV-1 with Seymour Duncan pickups (TB-5 in the bridge, SHR-1n in the middle and an SH-2n in the neck)
1 in purple and 1 in white.
Note, the EV stands for Emppu Vuorinen.
Not sure if you like Pink Floyd, but you should check out the Nightwish Tribute/cover of High Hopes.
Marko and Emppu really shine. So good & Gilmour approved :)
It's an older video but absolutely phenomenal!!!
You can t go wrong SueSueandthewolfman. Always epic. Nice review again. Thanks
Thank you so much Rob! Or is it Loc?
Either way we really appreciate your kind words. We are having so much fun that this channel is easy one to do. Take care
Ah my fav!!! :)
No matter what, just enjoy the music of Nightwish, keep it easy, take your time, greetings from the Netherlands ❤️🔥🇳🇱🤘🏻
Thanks Geert!
We will absolutely continue enjoying this great ride we are on with Nightwish. I have to say the amount of fans that are coming on the channel from the Netherlands is amazing. I believe you are the fourth or fifth reactor from the Netherlands.
If you read any of the earlier comments you will see that I love the Dutch. Take care and please continue to reach out.
This was the best reaction from you up til now, in my opinion. You really dig Nightwish, and are discovering new things and details, because you pay so much attention to what's going on 👍
You are both feeling the stories, and they affects you - exactly as they are supposed to - perfect.
And then you have the energy and hearts warmth to save a hurt dog - you have my deepest respect.
Greetings from Nightwish Army Denmark 🇩🇰 👍 💪 🤘 🤘 🤘
Thank you Kim!! We love being part of this and learning NW army stories.
So lovely that you saved a beautiful dog's life. We have five cats and two dogs which are all rescues, one of the cats only has three legs but she forgets that she has. Great reaction to another Nightwish gem. This is a real chill / goosebump inducing song
Thank you, Eugenio! We love this guy and did from the first time we met him. This is our first rescue but not our last. Years ago I owned a three legged cat names Peg. She was the best mouse catcher we ever had:)
As you're just getting into Nightwish, you guys have a long and amazing journey ahead of you; Nighwish has such an amazing discography.
A few of my personal faves that I haven't seen on your channel:
-The Poet and the Pendulum (Official Live)
-Nemo (Wacken 2013) - Really you just can't go wrong with anything from Wacken
-The Islander (Live at Tampere) - this heavily features vocals from Marko, their bassist, who sadly left the band during the pandemic. We love you Marko!
Thank you Murf!
We have had suggestions for port in the pendulum quite a few times so that’s going to be very soon. I believe we didn’t email on our second video but I need to look back and make sure. Early on it was hard for me to remember the names of the songs. But we are definitely going to keep going with a curveball every now and then :-). But we always know where to come back home! Take care
@@jeffhoffman8370 You've probably aready been told this, but it is highly recommended that you do your full research before watching the Poet and the Pendulum. Key things to read up on: The open letter firing Tarja, her open letter in response, Tuomas' feelings about the whole thing, the severe criticism he got from Tarja's fans, and how down in the dumps he was afterward. This song was his on-stage symbolic suicide, as the alternative to a real one. Also often missed by reactors: the significance of the references to Edgar A. Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum. It also would really help to have reacted to at least one performance with Tarja first (a frequent favorite is Nightwish's rendition of The Phantom of the Opera, done at the End of an Era tour; that was her last show).
It is very nice watching this channel.It is nice watching people of my own age enjoying this music.Thanks and greetings from The Netherlands
Thank you Rob! I am amazed at how many people I have responded to that or from the Netherlands. I worked for a Dutch company for a number of years and visited Holland. Of course Amsterdam was where most everybody wanted to go but our company was based in a small town called Zutfin (?) I don’t remember the spelling
I love the history and the cobblestone streets and how amazing people were there and the food! Amsterdam was a little bit much for me even though I was much younger than I am now. But I did enjoy it and I always have wanted to go back. Thank you again for your kind words
@@jeffhoffman8370 Zutphen 😊👍
it's good to have conversations about music arrangement from musician it self..
Thank you Sayef!
I’ve been playing the piano most of my life. I love watching other musicians play especially young ones. I remember the days of having such a good time and getting wrapped up in the songs. Now it’s fun to watch and remember. My wife calls me and I call myself a music nerd! Take care
Thank you Syaff! I’m a huge music nerd and sometimes can get too analytical about it instead of just enjoying what’s going on. But I do love to pick things apart and find out what each musician is playing and thanking while they’re up there having such a good time!
Congrats on the new dog…and thanks for adopting…very admirable. Another great reaction…Alpenglow from this same Wembley show is another good one…very different vibe, but shows another of their many sides, moods, textures.
Thanks Chris! We tell everyone that we rescued Buster but I tell everyone also that Buster rescued us. We’ve had a few dark days but he is welcome addition and such a loving animal. Take care and thank you for your kind words
The WOLFman reacts to '7 days to the WOLVES'... Incredible... :)
Ha!!
"Wembley, Let's Go!"
The pyro, lights and video are part of the band too: "Crewish".
When you get to see "The Greatest Show On Earth" (about evolution),
at Tampere, Finland (their home country, apart from Floor, whose parents came over, there's a nice documentary about that),
you will see Crewish "pulling out all the stops"!
Aw Welcome Buster!
Looks like a sweetheart. Poor boy. Slowly, he will learn you guys are his safe place and accept the love you clearly have to give.
He probably had to scrounge for food in his old home.
Thank you for adopting a rescue. :)
p.s. Nightwish concerts in the states are usually in venues with some seating. :)
I missed my opportunity to see them by 6 months before I discovered them. Hope you can go.
Thanks K!
Yes Buster seems hungry all the time. And he’s a big dog so right now we’re feeding him a good bit. Like we said on the video last night he got 4 pounds of chicken wings off the counter and ate it all. It didn’t seem to bother him a bit and he was still hungry later in the evening :-) we love that guy and we wonder who rescued Hugh in this situation. We’ve had some ups and downs in the last four years probably more downs than ups. So we needed this win with him.
So far all the events that we could realistically get to our standing rooms only. There is no seating at all. However we’re going to keep looking and hopefully we won’t miss them by too much. I wish they got closer to us maybe Dallas Oklahoma City or Little Rock. The closest one to us is Chicago and it’s a 7 1/2 hour drive. But we may make that drive anyway and we may stand up for 2 1/2 hours because we love this band so much. Thanks for your response and keep coming back
Shelter dog and Nightwish, yep, I'm all over this. Be patient with the big mutt, I'll keep watching and listening.
Thank you! He is adjusting well so far - definitely requires extra tlc right now but being empty nesters we love it !
So happy to see this posted. I saw your name, and 7 Days to the Wolves, and instant click. Good job
Jab Thank you so much! Glad you found us!!!
Jeff, if you download adblock (FREE) you won't be hassled by ads.😉 By the way great reaction. Loved watching SueSue get FLOORED!🤣
I don't know if someone commented about Marko Hietala attending and winning the masked singer Finland by singin for example Backstreets Boys - Backstreets Back :D
Thanks Ville! My wife told me and we did mention it originally. We had to cut it and other comments out as we went a minute and a half over what YT would allow,
@@SueSueandthewolfman Here is the full playlist of his songs in the show. czcams.com/play/PL_fkiuK0ZVEusqHqZ-3tN-b4ZXlxWez4Y.html
And here is Marko's other band 'Tarot' all the way from the 80's. They are still together though but i think 'Tarot - Love's not made for my kind' is best enjoyed from this original era video brought from a recording in tv. I have never seen anyone react to this one but its just pure honey. I think you would love it as you identify yourself as "80's rockers" The hair, the leather, studds, spandex, bright animal patterns etc. At the start there is some mumbling by the tv announcer in Finnish but the song will start in few seconds. czcams.com/video/Cs-DJVXXQOk/video.html&ab_channel=mchn10
Very nice of you to do this reaction for that couple. Made it extra special, even though it would have been great anyway.
Love the whole song, but that last minute or so is like a runaway train and gets me every time. Everybody headbanging, and I can't help but join them!
Thanks Tarkus!
We are so enjoying ourselves and really love this new family that we have from all over the world. I agree with you about the song especially at the end. That’s more my wife and I were talking about last night. So frantic yet so awesome! It still reminds me of some James Bond movies from the 70s and 80s. Very similar style of music and orchestration. Thank you again so much for your comments take care
Nightwish Army UK popping in for SEVEN DAYS TO THE WOLF MAN :)
Hi, Nightwish Army German Division here, greets from Hamburg. Its nice too see you two this great band and reaction that. More Videos please from this cool Band , specialy the song Ghost Love score was made for you als producer
Great stuff again you guys! So glad I found your channel...so much fun to relive my own Nightwish journey all over again through your eyes and ears! This band should be universal, there would be much less trouble in the world; no time for fighting while listening to pure gold...😊 Have a great weekend dear Madam and Sir....
Thanks Lieven! And I agree! Quit fighting and enjoy the band! You have a great weekend as well and thank you so much for the kind words.
It's early morning in Germany. What better way to start the day than with my favorite band, my favorite reactors and a bright blue sky.
Thank you, lebenswasser! Is it translated Water if life or Living Water?
My fathers fathers people were from Germany. I remember him telling me his grandparents only spoke German. However of course down the line it got lost. I took five years of German when I was much younger and remember very little sadly. I’ve always wanted to go to Germany just to see it before it’s too late. God bless you and thanks for your comments so much.
@@jeffhoffman8370 it´s translated water of life from scottish gaelic name uisge beatha. Uisge was transformed to whiskey/ whisky which was my favorit drink many, many years ago. Have a wonderful weekend.
Wolfman would need one of those baby walkers with wheels but in adult size to go to a standing concert :D
Exactly Ville!!
Nightwish fan for over 20 years my mantra is for Nightwish, “MY FAVORITE NIGHTWISH SONG IS ALWAYS THE LAST ONE IVE LISTENED TO!” I have a suggestion to do a whole Nightwish concert such as Wacken 2013 from the opening song, Dark Chest Of Wonders to the Last Ride Of The Day. It’s Floor Jansen really being introduced to the largest crowd that Nightwish had yet to perform in front of (82,000). Even though Floor was not yet officially a member of the band she had been with the bands tour for around 10 months after Annette Olsen ( Nightwish second singer) had to leave due to becoming ill. There is a great Documentary , “ Please learn the Setlist in 48 hours.” It explains how Floor came to be in the band. If you break up the concert and react to each song as a reaction because I understand how much time it takes to edit each reaction and your less lightly to get blocked doing a whole concert. Although some reactors have broken it up to 3 songs per reaction. Even though they had done some of the Wacken songs in previous reactions , they felt when they heard them the second time they enjoyed them even more because of the concert setting. Given the fact that none of the songs were written by Tuomas for Floor to sing, and that Ghost Love Score was the 13 song in a 15 song set, and how the band, fans, & even crew had worked, played with so much energy & love for the music it’s truly magical! Good luck on your journey and with your new family member, Buster. Rock On Stay Safe!🙏🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
That would be a great idea I never even thought of taking a concert and reacting on all the songs one at a time. That’s really clever. We have enjoyed this ride so much and I’ve only been on it for about nine days. I can’t imagine not getting better and better. Thank you for your comments and Buster says hi.
Sorry I’m being one of these annoying commenters tonight BUT just had to say.. I truly cannot wait for Poet and the Pendulum and The Grestest Show on Earth- I know u will both appreciate them so much sap ur husband I think (musically) and u too Sue!
I promise they are on the way Sara! We have just a few more ahead of these but it's coming!!
to early for them?.. it's a heavy song!!..
@@SueSueandthewolfman before doing The Poet and the Pendulum be sure to do some research about the background of the band and that song as it is very personal to Tuomas ( keyboardist and composer). It will help you understand the song better.
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Always more enjoyable when reactor(s) has some kinda musical 'knowledge' when reacting to this magical band....
Nice reaction guys, again.
Cheers from Finland 🇫🇮 🥶
Emppu uses ESP guitars exclusively.
That is his EV1 (EV being his initials), built to his specs.
Marco uses Warwick basses exclusively.
Thanks Randy, I sold Warwick basses years ago but couldn't tell what it was.
@@SueSueandthewolfman Emppu's EV1 is based on the Horizon model (and you can see some older videos where he plays on a Washburn guitar). Nowadays he plays everything in D standard (there was a period of time in the mid 2000 when he had one guitar in E and the other one in D, but they have lowered their earlier stuff to D since then).
But you will see PRS guitars too with Nightwish. Troy (who plays bouzouki on this one) uses a PRS Custom 24 on some songs. You can check "While your lips are still red" from the same concert where he uses an E-bow on it. It's a wonderful song (and you'll hear an amazing back up singer on it 😉)
Lovely people I have see every reaction to Nightwish and I love your reactions so fun to see you both react and the dogs are so cute....now I subt....keep your Nightwish reactions coming our way and enjoy your Nightwish journee. One of my favoriet is Elvenjig Elvenpath from Nightwish but all there songs are very good. Greetings from the Netherlands
Thank you so much for your kind words.! Yes we are having a blast and our dogs are as well!
I believe you are the third person from the Netherlands who has commented on this video alone. I think someone said Flor was from the Netherlands but I could be wrong. I love the dutch and had very good friends that were Dutch that I worked for about 20 years ago.
Thank you for your kind words and take care
@@jeffhoffman8370 yes Floor is Dutch and we are very proud of her. Sorry about my English 🤗. The Nightwish family in the Netherlands is big also over the whole world....you both now what music can do for you and Nightwish is a band that can tell the story very well. All of them are so good in what they do.....you are Lovely people and big hugs for the doggies 🙋♀️🐾😍❤
Been watching all your Nightwish reactions, just got real good vibes from you 2. And now your adoption story just gives me a little hope with all that's going on .... We need more good people like you .... THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you Jon!
Thank you and we’ve gotten amazing vibes from Nightwish family as well! Thank you for the kind words brother and take care
Maybe it's time for some Marko.
Nightwish - High hopes
(Pink Floyd) , live from End of an era.
Their tribute to Pink Floyd.
Amazing voice by Marko and two amazing solos by Emppu.
Loved your reaction guys! Yeah this is one of my favorites also. I´m a late 50´s guy from S.California and feel blessed as I´m the ONLY one in my family loving this band. Glad to enjoy NW with you guys so keep up the reactions!
Thank you so much and greetings from Arkansas. I am Magine Southern California has been much warmer than it’s been here the last couple weeks. But we’re about to go into spring and it’s beautiful in Arkansas in spring time. Thank you for the kind words and we will keep reacting as long as we can. Keep coming back!
Me and the wife were at this show, the first time we had been to London.
Keith! I am SOOOO jealous. I can't imagine the energy and joy you guys experienced.
Great reactions . And you never to old for Nightwish. And i gues every new song you hear from them wil be you favorite
Can not wait for another song that you will react to
Hi All... Good evening from Liverpool, U.K.... Loving your reactions to Nightwish.. keep em coming.... i'm subbed .. 🤘
Great Job howdy to Buster too
Thank you, Robert!! Buster barks hello back to you!
Hello Suesueandthewolfman, thank you so much for reacting to this song, i loved your reaction, so i subscribe. Until the next one, greetings from the Netherlands, bye!
@suesue&thewolfman, my favorite Nightwish with Floor song is the next one I listen to.🤟🤟✌️✌️🇨🇦
Every new NW song you hear will be your new favorite😂😂
Great job to this epic tune thankyou x
You guys are cool love your friendly talk and your pets and your enthusiastic reactions
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Nice reaction, I love to see people discovering NW first times and hearing song after another. Kinda makes me go back in time to hear these songs when they were released back in the days. One thing, when looking NW gigs - there is usually also seats available on shows at side. And in US, thanks to record industry that keeps alternative music European bands out of radio play, venues are smaller with loads of only seats available (theatres or similar). Greetings from Finland, land of winter and stars (a hint in this one for another great band and song) :D
Thank you so much for your kind words! I personally love winter and stores and it’s been cold here for this part of the country this year. However my wife hates it :-) will keep looking to find a venue we can go to with chairs as we really want to see a number for too long. I hope that the US opens up more and more to Nightwish and I was surprised at how many people that responded were from the area that I live in now. Thank you again and God bless
Every next song will be your favorite
What a perfection
I like your genuine reactions, you seem like great people! Greetings from the Netherlands
Thank you ! And God bless you !
B4 I even watch your reaction...I had to say...bless your souls for adopting a shelter dog w a bad start in life! With patience and some help from BooBoo, he will warm up.
I work with cats...I train feral-born kittens to be Emotional Support Animals and I tame older ferals to be sweet home companions. Very rewarding work. I have 3 of my.own (I even have a BooBoo kitty...the runt of a litter)
Nothing.promotes good health and wellness better than loving an animal who deserves their best life!
So true! Animals are healing - I think I need my pets more than they need me ! Especially with an empty nest now lol .
S & W...Nice reaction, thank you. Just be like most of us.....Your favorite NW song is the one you are listening to. LOL I thaw things on a plate safely out of danger in my micro wave. Buster is just doing what dogs do.
Emppu plays his custom made ESP EV-1 and Troy is playing PRS Custom 24, in this Troy was playing bouzouki.
I was wondering if that was bouzouki but I couldnt see enough of it to know for sure. Thanks so much Gibbetoo
@@SueSueandthewolfman there is a video where you can see most their gear: czcams.com/video/6dhSkfbHXJc/video.html
Based on The Wolves of Calla - Stephen King.
Good stuff, you are really enjoy the continuing journey with Nightwish and the genius that is composer Tuomas Holopainen, as stated by Pip Williams and he has forgotten more music than I will ever know.
That is so interesting! Thank you for sharing. I am a big Stephen King fan and have read most of his earlier works up to probably the early 90s. I remember that title but I have not read it. This makes me wanna go read it now! And these band members are incredible musicians all the way across the line. I’ve played with quite a few good and bad musicians out of my lifetime. However I’m not sure I’ve ever played in a band where everybody in the band was of equal footing like good Nightwish crew is. Take care and thank you for responding
@@jeffhoffman8370 You are most welcome. I believe also it is an allegory that you need to live your life to the fullest, with both achievement and suffering or it catches up on you in 7 days, I think that's what Tuomas intimated in an interview.
My No 3. Superb.
Marco plays Warwick exclusively.
Hahaha it’s always the same! This is my favourite, next time this is my favourite and so on! It’s the band, they’re so dam good they make you feel speechless! Love watching your faces change as the Nightwish songs change your perspective mood! Please react to ‘Song of myself? For a poor Welsh man! 🏴 It’ll be your next favourite
🇬🇧 Norfolk .Wembley let’s go !
It's great to see other fellow central AR (If I remember correctly from another reaction of yours, Little Rock area?) Nightwish fans! I got hooked on them about 3 yrs ago from a reaction channel, and always get my fix either from the concerts on CZcams or all the reaction channels. Also great you are fellow dog lovers, and you have adopted Buster to give him a better and loving home. My family consists of myself and my two dogs, though I recently lost my youngest pup suddenly 3 weeks ago due to cancer. I'm still in shock, but Nightwish videos and reactions help me distract myself from the thoughts of losing her, and the emptiness that exists now. Eventually I'll be adopting another brother or sister for myself and my remaining pup from a shelter or Humane Society when I can get past my recent loss. Keep the reactions coming!
Thank you for your comments! I’m so sorry about the loss of your pup. We lost our dog of 15 years last summer and it was very hard. Finally ready to adopt another this week.
Yep, you caught favoritis, which is the syndrome that results in every new NW track becoming your favorite! lol I think this performance by Floor is her most visceral, especially with her off-mic primal gesture/yell to the audience. Hey to Buster and welcome to the SSBBW Fam, BTW!
Thanks Brew! And Buster says hey back! We definitely have "favoritis" for which i know no cure.
Empu plays an ESP EV signature guitar. EV are his initials. It is a customized version of the ESP Horizon series. Good luck trying to buy one. 😢
Congratulations on the new family member. Great job saving him from abuse. You better keep your I on your dinner? This was one of Floor's most powerful vocal performances.
A little song inspired by a Steven King Novel called "Wolves of Calla". It also incorporates the concept of "Carpe diem". The wolves and the poison are being used as metaphors for death, which is never far behind us as we go through life. Heroes take chances and live every moment grabbing everything life has to offer. Cowards are too timid to take chances in life and live to regret it as they grow older.
Great reaction again SueSue & Wolfman.
You really should check out Floor's cover of Shallow from the Dutch TV show, "Beste Zangers". It will show you a whole new vibe from the Queen.
Emppu is playing an ESP-1 guitar. Marko is endorsed by Warwick out of Germany and plays customized basses and doubleneck's.
Thank you Thorgrin!
That’s an awesome backstory. I’m a big fan of Stephen King but I have never read that book. I grew up in the late 60s and 70s and read most of his work up till the 80s and then kind of fell off from it. I love the explanation of the song about the wolves being death. So cool as people are explaining us what these songs mean. Thank you for your kind words and please keep coming back. We would love to hear from you again.
@@jeffhoffman8370 Wolves of the Calla was the 5th book in the Dark Tower series from 2003. I will see you and SueSue again very soon my friend. You both seemed to love Nightwish' Celtic sound and there are many more to experience. 🙏
Good reaction! This one by Nightwish should be the theme soundtrack for an epic adventure movie...James Bond 007 comes to mind if that franchise doesn't go too woke.
That’s exactly what I said to my wife Peter! Reminds me very much of the old 007 movies. But you can forget about them not being woke! It’s too late
@@jeffhoffman8370 i am afraid you're right after seeing the trailer and movie critic reviews of the latest Bond flick...On my end, i am an expat American based in S.America, where i am involved in a project as an author/co-producer in a possible post-apocalyptic theme adventure series for internet streaming TV, where we based the chief Alpha female antagonist in the story on Floor Jansen's stage persona... especially with the black leather outfit of the Wacken 2013 concert ... Some of Nightwish's songs could fit very nicely for the dramatic and tense action scenes...!
The title was inspired by the Stephen King book 'Wolves of Calla'
The song is basically saying to go out and live your life the best you can. The 'wolves' are only 7 days behind you.
I never knew this song was based on a Stephen King book until tonight reading over the comments. I love to stuff in the 70s and early 80s and then I just went on to something else. I’ll have to go read that book because the song is amazing and the message about wolves speed behind you and they are death is very intriguing. Thanks for reaching out and take care
@@jeffhoffman8370 Wolves of the Calla is number 5 in the Dark Tower series. So don't jump the gun on reading it! I highly recommend the series, though it's not everybody's cup of tea. If you find certain of the books (or even just parts of them) to be slow or dry (not to me, though!!) just stick through it. It will pay off. Oh, and DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT watch the Dark Tower movie. If it's too late, just forget everything from the movie and don't prejudge judge the books by it. That was an atrocity, and not even the real story from the books.
NW Army Bavaria reporting in,
Well , you say your Names all along at Start, i know the Real ones: Leia, White small Chewbacca, and ofc, George :D. And now another small Skywalker;)
You got me complete finaly with your Action with the mistreated Animal.
I am so curious, but you really evaded our Questions perfect till now, what Music you play, who uses which instrument etc:)
Great recap, and great Fan Service as well for the Pair, great Respect from over Here for you 4!
Stay healthy.
Floor got a yellow sign whit text "Caution Wet Floor" and yellow Bucket "Warning Wet FLOOR" she used it as a "handbag" she has allways wanted one of those (Her own words )!! You 2 will never look a yellow sign on Walmart floor whit out thinking about FLOOR !! ;))
And NWA's "Floorgasm" she likes and thinks it nice of Army to say it !! ;))
BTW: when *The Greates Show On Earth* react to *Tampere* (Finland NW's home) version ! (BEST ONE ) !
Sydney base camp of the Australian chapter of the Nightwish army reporting in!
Rescue is my favourite breed too…hello Buster, you’re in safe hands and paws.
Let’s get on with the reaction, which I know will be awesome 🤘🏻
Thank you! Buster is continuing to adjust - he knows he is loved! Boo-boo is not thrilled with him yet lol!
@@susanhoffman4835 nice name - not many Susan’s in this world anymore.
@@susanjw7763 true!
Nice 👍👍👍 new subs here, greeting from Indonesia 🤟🤟
Tuomas the keyboardist writes about 98 percent of the songs. Love Floor's silent howl and the way Tuomas is rockin the keyboard stand. FYI Floor has a tattoo of a dog behind one ear and a wolf behind the other. Marko rocks. I LOVE Floor and Marko together ❤️ FYI Floor and Marko sing Ave Maria
Emppu’s solo 🔥❤️🇫🇮
New sub from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 one of my favourites! Such a great song and feeling 🤩
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Perfection
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All the songs are so good and deep stories with intelligent meaning and musical structures. Only the metal Mozart Tuomas can write this. Tuomas plays Korg, Emppu ESP Custom EV1, Marco Warwick, Troy several ones bozouki? in here...somebody knows the drum kit of Kai.
marco plays Warwick
emmpu an ESP signature.
Kai is Pearl
jukka was Tama
Tuomas it Korg.
They all custom.
except for floor, thats a couple of decades work.
Thanks
How are the pups getting along? Didn't hear any growling - aside from Floor - so I guess things are good between them? This one is real banger. Emppu's playing a custom ESP. Appreciate the mention of PRS though, since they're from my home state. Nice job again, folks.
LOL! "Aside from Floor." Good one! 😂
you guys should listen to epica - unleashed live if you like nightwish
Hi hope u both ok im steve 50 in uk subscribed .got all cds dvds rareities of band from over 25 years .glad u love them .always great music .ps could u react to devilskin voices official video .devilskin are rock group from new zealand with the amazing jennie skulander on vocals shes amazing ul love it.keep up great reactions
Empuu plays custom ESP and Marko plays Warwick bass.
React to "The Greatest Show on Earth" live in Tampere pls
You guys have no idea what's in store for you. Apart from Ghost Love Score, these songs are considered secondary songs to Nightwish. If you enjoy these so much, it only gets better.
hello I suggest The greatest show on Earth &The Tampere version. And Floor released her first song of her new solo album, the song called Fire
We did Fire, but will check the other out! Thx!
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Hehehe... What is your favorite Nightwish song... First is It the current one... Soon it will be the next one ;)
It is shame that lot of us was born too early.
I wonder if the Wolfman has already an Irish bouzouki on the wall