Nightwish - "The Islander (Live + Music Video)" | ROADIE REACTIONS
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"Nightwish - The Islander (Live At Tampere)"
Original Video: • Nightwish - The Island...
"Nightwish - The Islander (OFFICIAL VIDEO)"
Original Video: • Nightwish - The Island...
Intro Background Music: Finntroll - "Trollhammaren"
Outro Background Music: Eluveitie - "Inis Mona"
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"Is this a Marco solo song?"
"Well... technically yes, but no."
It's a Marco and the Weasels song.
Now he has so sadly left, maybe they can be renamed Nightweasel. ;)
Got me on that one!! 🤣
Marco fandom should be continued with "While your lips are still red - Live @ Wembley" It showcases his vocal range well.
That one is even more emotional than The Islander in my opinion:) I hope he reacts to it
And that he does the music video too!!! great shots from the movie :)
@@antxoncarbonero Me, too. It's been a fave of mine for many years now.
Oh yeah, that is my favorite Marco lead song
While your lips are still red makes me cry everytime.. I miss mi lady..
If I remember correctly, Marco actually wrote the melody for this song. The story is, in a nutshell, that Tuomas heard Marco playing it backstage or something at some point and liked it, and when he asked about it Marco said it was just something he had been writing but that wouldn't really work for his band Tarot, and Tuomas was like "We could do it with Nightwish if you want", so Marco finished writing the music, and Tuomas wrote the lyrics, and the rest is history.
cool :) on the album, Marco receives sole songwriting credit.
It's interesting because Marco also wrote the music for "The Crow, the Owl, and the Dove". I think it was Tuomas who said the most metal person in the band wrote the softest song on the album.
For me it's one of the most beautiful Songs from Nightwish ever. And next to "Storytime" it's a Song, which was perfect for Anette!
Beautiful
Regarding your Dad's story.... Age 66 here. I had stopped listening to music entirely for over 30 years because we were being presented with nothing but junk on the airwaves, in my humble opinion. Until I discovered Nightwish in 2008. Since then, same story as your father's! I feel like a teenager again! //// On a lighter note, there are two obligatory jokes (obligatory in that I have to tell them every time!) that go with this song...one for the official vid and one for Tampere. 1. (I guess it's a Chuck Norris type of joke) "Nightwish doesn't sit around the campfire. The campfire sits around Nightwish!" and 2. "If you try really hard you might one day be cool enough to have a long Viking braided beard. And if you try even harder you might one day be cool enough to have that beard AND be bass player for the greatest metal band in the world. But no matter how hard you try you will NEVER be cool enough to have that beard, be that bass player, AND have Floor Jansen as your BACKUP singer!"
Heh, my favorite comment I read on the original video was, "In Soviet Russia, campfire sits around you!"
And yeah, as a singing bass player myself, Marko is one of my heroes, and I'm jealous of him. We're only 4 months apart in age (he's the older of us), but I seem to be completely incapable of growing a proper beard, and started losing my hair a couple decades ago. When I was 30 I had gotten my hair to shoulder length, but then a friend took a photo of me from behind. And in that photo, there was this big bald spot in the middle of all that thick, long hair. I decided, "That just looks stupid" and cut it all off.
@@rikosborne1212 BWAHAHA on the "Soviet Russia" joke and BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! on the bald spot joke! That's EXACTLY what happened to me! I was a "hippie" of the 60's with long hair. Then at the ripe old age of 29 in 1983, I asked my neighbor to help me lift a big double picture window into the rough opening on my house I was building. My wife took our picture from behind. It was an old chemical emulsion film camera (because I'm a dinosaur), so I didn't get the film developed for over a year. When I finally saw it, I was, like, oh yeah I remember this. There's Tim (my neighbor). Who the f*** is this guy? I thought I helped him that day??? And that wasn't a joke at the time! I seriously did no recognize me with the big shiny pink monk's cap of bare skin. Same as you said, that was it! Nowadays I shave it all with blade and Barbasol foam! LOL!
My mum is 75. The rockiest she got was Rod Stewart. Sowed her Ghost Love Score and she's now both part of the Nightwish army and a sewing group where they share music. There are now a load of little metal grannies out there stitching away.
Hey Chris, what do you think about Greta Van Fleet? If you don't know about them, they are a really good young rock band with a lead singer that sounds like Robert Plant, as well as a great lead guitarist and drummer. I'm around 40 years old, and I think I enjoyed their show more than any other...except maybe the Tragically Hip back in the day.
@@quizzabella That's just adorable and really made my shity day better. Thanks for sharing.
There is no shame in having emotions or shedding a tear to good music. You are not alone !
agree! I feel sympathy for those that aren't moved by music. Such a gap in their soul they must have.
that is why it is created to make people feel something...this live version just makes me feel so happy as it shows the chemistry of the band...from Marco knowing his band mates will come in on time to Floors smile as Marco is celebrated by the crowd.
I'm just happy to know that I'm not the only sobby one because of Nightwish songs.
Couldn't agree more! I've only recently found Nightwish myself, and I've already had at Least half a dozen of their Masterpieces bring me to tears!
"Yeah, we're touchy, feely, sensitive guys, I ain't ashamed I cried when Micky died in Rocky 2!" - Dropkick Murphys
If you want to see some more Marko singing, check out Nightwish's cover of Pink Floyd's High Hopes. Marko absolutely kills it on vocals & is easily the best Pink Floyd cover to date from anyone.
Definitely will one of these days!
100%
the original is still better
specially the "pulse" live version
this would be a thing to react to
that set what PF got at the live show is just beyond
As a long time Pink Floyd fan, I have to say, I think Nightwish did a fantastic job with High Hopes. It is extremely rare for me to like any Pink Floyd cover, but this one is awesome.
Nightwish 👉🏼🥇
Real men aren't insecure about their emotions. Nightwish makes me fucking tear up all the time, and I'm 35. Nothing makes me feel the way music does, and if you're anything like me I know exactly what you feel and why. That 'makes me feel home' comment is not lost on me brother. Keep on keepin on!
Just shows that you're an all rounded human being. Not having this immature idea of what is means to be a "man"..... Just a "Fun Fact" here, every ones cell's seem to have memory, your history is literally in your genes. So if you happen to have Celtic or European roots, you might feel at home with anything from that culture. It also shows in having a love or hate relationship with liquorice xD. People with Scandinavian or Dutch DNA are more likely to love it. I especially Love the salty ones like Salmiak. The stronger the better. xD.
@@yvonnecampbell7036 Licorice. The more a staple in Germany the further north you get...up here, we are eating it by the handful while you can chase away any given Bavarian or Swabian with it :D
@@Muschelschubs3r Really? Oh that's funny xD I seldom have heard German's talk about loving it, but when you describe it this way it makes sense ;)
Leish, I'm nearly 65 and it still gets me, so hopefully you're in for another 30 years at least of it! I'm sure you don't mind that! Keep on keepin' on - my new catch phrase, I think. Cheers :)
Holy shit dude.. this is exactly what i was going to say but i saw this first so now i cant! I am also 35, crazy.
I understand how you feel Tank.. I'm going on 54 years old, been stuck in American classic rock, heavy metal, alternative music, and we have had MANY wonderful artists to bring out emotions such as, Alice and Chains, Rush, A perfect circle, ect..... but NONE have effected me as much, on a regular basis, as the songs of Nightwish..
Like you, some of it has to do with that hint of folk sound, the powerful drumlines, the orchestration of symphonic sounds, and the beautiful voices of Floor & Marco.
They've absolutely revived my inner music love.
Well,I am soon 64 and same here, there was time when Led Zeppelin;CCR,Deep Purple and many others were on my daily play lists (Sure I will still enjoy these now and then) but now as an older, I want more....Meaning that even small details are important now and specially in live-performances.
Nightwish offers great and power full melodies, emotional lyrics and then those small things: Seeing how band plays together with fun, seeing that joy of playing and singing,...all also small details on shows and how band is interactive with crowd and vs.
When my time comes(Hope not too fast), I have choose "Islander" for song to play in my funeral. As an retired merchant navy officer, it will be my song when leaving this world.
i might suggest Anathema 😉
@@TTK2013 that'd be a very fitting song since you were a naval/ merchant mariner. I can see where that hits home with you.
And I totally agree with your comment for attention to detail, crowd interaction, and just not being the same song/ sound, even though you know it's nightwish immediately when you hear them. Live long, and prosper my friend. And no I'm not a trekkie😆😆🖖
I agree. It’s something primal. It’s as if it activates something deep down in my DNA 🧬. Nightwish is a unicorn in music. It transcends the genre it generally sits in and pushes boundaries of creative expression. What a joy to experience.
Charles Hornbeak I find that some if The Pineapple Thief, Porcupine Tree And Marillion effect me that way.....beautiful, lush orchestrations with melody...often in minor key....Silent Lucidity by Queensryche is another example. And yes, the folk music of Ireland, Wales, Scotland....the Norse countries.....and that of Bulgaria as well.....it’s got to be in our genes....they say that such “memories” can be passed down through the generations, and I believe that. How else to explain my tears when I hear the pipes?
I'm a year older than your dad. Although I've been a Nightwish fan since about 2002, I'm one of those who fell away when Tarja left, so I didn't hear Poet until about a year ago, when I watched Floor sing it at Wembley. I was watching in the living room on my laptop with headphones in. I confess here that I had to stop and leave the room to compose myself. I literally bawled like a baby that first time and had difficulty breathing for several listens afterwards. It still makes me tear up, even now.
The Islander is another one that gets me every time. One thing I do love about the live version is the look on Marko's face as he _knows_ without looking that the band are there behind him, ready. That, and Floor's look of utter joy as he walks back at the end.
I was a teenager when open letter happened and I took it pretty hard then... felt almost like loosing a memeber of the family... I'm glad I continued listening to them through the hard times :) so people never gave them another chance, which is sad, even more so having in mind how great the next albums were...
same here man. i am in my 40s now and i was one of the people who fell away when tarja left. there where many who told me i have to listen to nightwish again, but i was sure it would never be the same for me again. and that much was true. it wasnt the same for me. it was something new and it got me even more and at an more complex angle then before. i wouldnt call me a fan, (because i am a very picky music listener and there is always something i can find in any genre for me) but it feels like its getting there.
Thank You again Tank! Story behind the song! (I just translated this to English)
(C) Tuomas Holopainen: " I would have been willing to pick this up from the Dark Passion Play album as a single, if the singer hadn’t just changed( Tarja ----> Anette 2006). A Celtic song that Marko played a couple of years before, in the back room. Saying it would properly not sit for his band, Tarot. It flashed through my mind, this song is about a lighthouse keeper by the way. So Marko finished the song, and I did the words. Little Elegia, a poetic song, about a lone lighthouse keeper. And no symbolism, for once, direct storytelling. This song is what we can play in gigs acoustically ”.
Joulu Pukki The lyrics makes me think of Klaatu-the loneliest of creatures.
@@juanitooctavio9023 There's a point about those words. Klaatu's song itself, reminds me, Queens Bohemian Rapsody, in many places and the Band itself looks like Motorhead 😀
@@pyssy123 Motorhead? Nah! Marko hasn't volume and tone knobs on his face!
(Respectfully said. He himself joked about that)
"Folk metal is calling me home"!
Beautifully said!
Two years later and I'm here commenting. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Oh, and go give your old man a hug while you still can.
I bonded with my dad over nightwish on a road trip. He was driving, we listened to phantom of the operah and he got goosebumps everywhere and almost had to stop the car. The rest of the trip we analyzed all the harmonies in my favourite songs of them. I often think back to these hours with him.
So yeah. Nightwish is a total win on every level.
Tank Tip: Always have tissue's ready when reacting.
If that isn't all the cred *ever* needed: "Floor Jansen does my backing vocals."
(Edit) I've watched this reaction at least 10 times over the last couple days. It's rapidly become one of my favorites! Tank, don't ever apologize for getting emotional at music... that's the whole point.
Jeff K When a song hit you, it hits you.
Man, when you get yourself up to the live version of “the poet and the pendulum “ you’re definitely are going to break down ..
nice reaction Tank .
Oh jeez, Poet breaks *everyone*. This is a phenomenal primer for THAT emotional beast of a song. If you're not crying by the end, you're not listening.
This is 100% fact, also really helps to dig on the backstory before listening.
@@Pitchblackbones When I first listened without contexted part 2 and 4 hit me over the head. after a few listens and some context 3 and 5 hit me like a truck it is really hard not to cry.
@@brianhalligan9268 absolutely! And the impact changes based on your mood. It's *always* an emotional song, but whichever emotion gets ramped up *really* depends on your headspace when you go into it.
yup, he did XD
The moment when you have Floor Jansen in the backing vocals =))
Marko actually have a T-shirt with the text..Floor is my backup singer :)
@@argantyr5154 What? Where'd you hear that? People in all the Islander reactions say he SHOULD have such a shirt, but that doesn't mean he does.
Is that a lixiry or what?
@@pmasher I believe I've read it several times in Reactions, but with you saying this, I start to second guess myself.
I wouldn't trust anyone who doesn't get emotional by Nightwish songs. They'd have be an alien robot or sociopath. Neither would I want to spend with.
Marko got you. And a real man doesn't have to hide his tears. And the Nightwish Army only likes to see people being moved by their favorite band. And I usually cry along when that happens. Or at least tear up. lol. Floor Jansen at the tv show Beste Zangers kept making everyone cry in the studio. I'd recommend 'Winner' or 'About Love I Don't Know a Thing'. On the Beste Zangers show she sings songs from/for the other artists that were on the season. Not a competition. And they sing songs that are not the genre they are used singing in.
And, here are the links:
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About Beste Zangers:
There's a Dutch TV show called Beste Zangers. They collect a bunch of well-known Dutch singers and put them together and let them sing for each other. Some years it's OK, some years not. 2019 they invited Floor (who is Dutch, even though she sings in the Finnish band Nightwish and lives in Sweden) and the show was a super-success and Floor suddenly became famous in Netherlands (Dutch radio NEVER plays metal, so she wasn't known there before).
These links will give you an insight in the show and the first part shows the first time the other mainstream singers met Floor, our Metal Queen. It's good, it's hilarious and it's fascinating. I recommend taking a look:
Beste Zangers with subtitles and some before/after comments. Quality not awesome, though.
Ep 1. Villa Lied (in German, sung for Henk Poort) czcams.com/video/k4Bp7exJufs/video.html
Ep 2. Mama (in Dutch, sung for Dutch Folk singer Samantha Steenwjk) ) czcams.com/video/oaJhSbvfrOY/video.html
Ep 3. Que se siente (in Spanish, sung for Latin singer Rolf Sanchez) czcams.com/video/wef2n07Irwo/video.html
Ep 4. Was Floor’s turn on the couch where the singers sung to HER. (A few are definitely worth watching!)
Ep 5. About Love I Don’t know a thing (sung for Ruben Annink) czcams.com/video/ztB7GH1IyUk/video.html
Ep 6. Shallow (Lady Gaga cover, sung for Emma Heesters, a CZcams cover artist) czcams.com/video/aZcvTYQ3HRw/video.html
Ep 7. Winner (a song written by Tim Akkerman about his disabled brother in a wheelchair) czcams.com/video/V2Btqm6Ure8/video.html
Ep 8. Shallow (as a duet with Tim Akkerman) czcams.com/video/3Pf7Xd3IVtU/video.html
Ep 8. Phantom of the Opera (duet with Henk Poort) czcams.com/video/plCScjvDOJM/video.html
Most hard Nightwish fans were really toxic with Anette at that time, which is kinda sad because both albums are masterpieces, specially "Imaginaerum". I think she has a voice that fit perfectly for the more folk-ish sound Tuomas was aiming towards. It's less operatic and more jazzy, and even if Floor is unparalleled on range, power and control, Anette's departure from the band was for me a heartfelt loss.
As for the emotional load of these songs, there's a couple of Nightwish songs that make me cry EVERY TIME I heard them, such as "The crow, the owl and the dove" (beautiful folky tune from Imaginaerum) and "The Greatest Show on Earth"... and well, almost all of their latest album.
It's kinda sad and funny at the same time. For me at least, since I became a fan around Dark Passion Play and I've never had this "Anette sucks" phase.
Now that I'm older and I've listened them long time, I can say that Anette was the weakest of the trio, but then again... When competitors are Tarja Turunen and Floor Jansen, being last isn't a shame.
Awesome, legit reaction. I am in my late 40's, and generally speaking, am a very unemotional, stoic person.
This song, along with several other Nightwish songs, turn on the waterworks each & every time. I can't explain it, but there it is.
Thumbs up, dude.
I must agree, Nightwish really hits in the right spots with some of their songs. The Poet and the Pendulum is another one of those, especially when you're familiar with the backstory and the lyrics. That middle part with the boy... man...
Very true! Although Im in my early 40s 😉
@TankTheTech That is THE best reaction you've done to date. Thank you for being willing to share with everyone that way, and thanks for allowing all of us to share it with you. Freakin Awesome. Just ... Awesome.
Thank you so much, man!
”Last of the Wilds” , instrumental masterpiece, got same feeling as this song
Ditto🤘🏻
Just much more upbeat. :) I actually haven't listened to that one in a while.
One of the things Annette did extremely well are these folky songs. If you want to hear a Marco/Annette duet you should listen to The Crow, The Owl and The Dove. If you want to hear just Annette, Turn Loose The Mermaids is very beautiful.
I’m not sure if there are live vids of those with Annette, but the studios are great anyways.
Whole Imaginaerum suited Anette more than Dark passion play did IMO
The softer songs with Marco were definitely where Annette shown. I feel like her and Marco were more evenly matched or their vocals just worked a little better together. People like to talk shit about Annette because she wasn't the opera singer of Nightwish, but I think some of their best songs came from her.
@@vsGoliath96 Annette was, in my mind, a great studio singer. The live recordings I saw (e.g. Wacken) sounded more like a Nightwish cover band - and not a great one at that. But I am sure her style has its own fans, I am just not one of those
I completely agree. While i love and absolutely adore how Floor does some of these songs, the studio version of Anette singing "squealing PIGS!" in Scaretale is still completely unmatched. The Crow, the Owl and the Dove is absolutely beautiful too and Turn Loose the Mermaids *NEVER* failed to make me cry to this day.
Anette gave a lot different vibe to the band. A vibe which I liked a lot. Floor isn't bad in any way, but what did with Anette was amazing.
I'm 62 years old and had been listening to 70's an 80's classic and progressive rock (genesis, yes, pink floyd, dire straits, etc.) and had not really gotten into any new artists in at least 20 years,and certainly none like Nightwish. It has been a godsend to have this new amazing music and band to listen to, especially in these times, didn't think it would happen. I truly get your father's comment!!!!!!
I am waiting for the 12:30 showing, but I know what you mean. I don't get teary eyed, I get all smiles. Because he just KILLS it, just him and The Beast. He OWNS the audience. No pyro, no fancy lights, no big movie screen. It's all HIM. And he is quite enough.
Anette has the fate of being stuck between 2 goddesses, so you don't always hear reactors do her stuff, which is a shame, cause she's got a nice voice. It's just not a deep dark opera, which, they were wanting to move away from that, and that was a lot of the drama. Many fans really liked her, but a lot didn't. There was her getting sick, just a whole bunch of stuff. Anyways, check her out on Scaretale sometime soon. It's a really good halloween song; Meadows of Heaven ( lot like this vibe, but with a nice surprise at the end.) or her independent project The Dark Element I subbed :)
Yeah, Annette gets a lot of crap because she didn't sound like Tarya. She couldn't really handle the Tarya era songs live, but I've heard some pretty interesting stripped down versions of the songs live from her. The songs that was written for her voice are pretty good though. Just not really what we wanted. I drifted away in the Annette years but have come back after discovering Floor.
@@gorgarath well, those songs weren't written for ultra bright. it would be like one of our older country ladies trying to do it. They could if they worked at it, but it's not gonna be conducive to a night after night thing for them. I bet her with an acoustic version of some of them would sound really great. I've always been curious about a duet with her and Sharon or Elize
If you search, there's some live versions of Nemo at least that are stripped down and rather interesting. (I was specifically looking for Nemo which is how I know these versions exist.)
Dark Passion Play is my favorite NW album! I loved Annette on it. I also think Floor fits the band perfectly
I didn't discover Nightwish until the Annette era so she holds a special place. But love Tarja and Floor just as much.
Please, do a reaction with your dad, if possible. To me: music is emotion. Metal, classic, jazz, blues, depending on my mood. It can help to get your mind of things, enhance joy, blow away frustrations or make you calm. It's like medicine. It's the last thing your brain loses in dementia, can bring back memories, the effect of music is magical.
I second this, I use music daily to help with anxiety and depression/anger issues associated with military ptsd, i don't know where i would be without the help of music, such an important part of my life in a positive way.
Another shout out for Heilung anything live will give you chills. Serious folk metal matey.
Heilung is great! More tribal than folk, I'd say, but very interesting to hear. Think Krigsgaldr live is the best video with them.
Maria Franz (the female lead) has also been singing in other bands, such as Euzen, which I'd also recommend for some music of a somewhat non-specific genre. (Judged by, or Phobia)
While looking back at those videos I also happened to come across Shireen - UMAI, which strikes a similar chord with me.
Then there's Feurschwanz, of course...
I recommended them too. 🤣
@@jaega4247 I agree, describing their sound is tricky. Proto germanic, Norse, bone and skull metal, with antlers might put a chap off.
Definitely worth a listen.
For sure happening soon!
Of all the reactions to the live version of Islander, this has to be my favorite. I love the gear breakdown/history, the appreciation of talent, and appreciation of the genre being presented.
That said, I love your channel and reactions as a whole. Your experience as a roadie adds a very different dynamic to your reactions. Thanks for starting your channel and doing these reactions.
Thank you so much! Much love! 🙏
I love that song and when Anette was in Nightwish. Another song from this period that you might enjoy could be "Meadows of heaven".
Ohh. Meadows.. That's a masterpiece that gets way too little attention.
This song and Meadows are two of my favorite Nightwish songs with Anette
Nightwish doesn't sit around the campfire, campfire sits around the Nightwish. (I stole that one).
You can get your Marco and Tarja fix at the same time with these songs: "The Siren", "Dead to the World", "Feel for You", "Planet Hell". The double reaction is a good idea, I'd like to see more of that, the live, then the studio. A good suggestion for early Marco is Tarot - WIngs of Darkness (1986 version). The video of course, you would never recognize him if you didn't know it was him.
Nightwish gives us a choice: Do we wanna bury the dead boy inside of us over and over again while listening to their songs, or do we actually wanna wake him up again instead. the feels...
All generations love Nightwish! My parents (both born in 1953) discovered Nightwish in early 2000's through me and fell in love immediately, and it has been their favorite band since. Once we even went together in 2 cars to a 1000km distant concert! Why two cars? Because there was also my friend with us who introduced me to Nightwish, my sister, and then my 5 years old niece, sister's daughter :) They almost stopped her from entering the arena cause she was so young, but we begged, explained we traveled from so far away, and they let her in :)
I love this band! I'm 65 years old and this band makes me so emotional. I just love everyone's part and how they highlight everyones talents,. Marco is awesome!!
You know you’re not doing to bad when you got Floor singing back up for ya! The Floor / Marko vocal pairings are always just magical.
that shot of Tuomas at 16:51 was really haunting for some reason o_o
He looks so Byronic^^
Watch the High Hopes video - Tuomas does that. Looking for his muse? Thanking his personal guardian angel?
Yessssss oh my gosh that part really got me, he's lovely
This band. I'm 56 and have shed more tears over their music than any other events in my life. i can't explain it but something mysterious about them, they dig deep into your soul.
Yea, you get it. If any other band did what Nightwish does it would be corny as fuck but they mean it, they mean every note every layer, and that is as real as it goes. Thoumas is one of the worlds great musical genius right now, and metal people are lucky to have him in our world and not some symphony someplace.
I think what makes Nightwish so masterful at bringing out emotions is Tuomas’ ability to create cinematic and theatrical melodies. For Nightwish, “symphonic metal” is almost too generic of a genre for them. They’re in their own genre that can be called theatrical metal or cinematic metal. Their songs are really just epic moments filled with these amazing melodies and sounds. Everything is always an in-your-face wall of sound that gives you chills every freakin’ time. It’s incredible.
On another note, for more amazing Marko vocals, check out Master Passion Greed off the same record as The Islander. It’s arguably Nightwish’s heaviest song they’ve ever done.
This is one of my favorite songs featuring Marko. Really lets you see a lot of his personality and vocal range.
Man, this song breaks me too... especially the official version where they sat around the campfire or campfire sat around them lol jk. On a serious note, this song actually reminds me of my dad. He left us when I was 16. He's still alive and lives somewhere in Scotland, but I just never get to see him again. I believe the song is about an old man living in a solitude as he reminiscent his past.
So I didn’t say it in the description, but I’m doing both versions. And the music video got me too because it reminded me of my Irish grandfather.
No one hates Marko. Thank you Marko for all these years.
This performance gets me everytime, because it's like Marco was facing a 32K headed monster alone and the others slowly stepped in behind him to help. And Floor to lend her backing vocals like that. Yummy
Beautiful and heartfelt reaction 💛 Thanks for showing us the person you are. Music opens the window to our souls. 'While We Sleep' by Insomnium helps me to cope with the loss of a family member and it remains a sacrament to me. I believe this song must remind you of someone very dear to you.
It was a beautiful song. Kinda ironic the band is called Insomnium and they wrote/sang a song called While We Sleep.
@@monstercookies2726 The name of the band has nothing to do with insomnia actually. Their name derived from "In Somnium" and Somnium is latin for Dream.
@@juliettemcgee9055 damn. I loved that.
The one song that gets my feels going, without fail, every time, is Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails.
I'm almost 40, and I'm not afraid to admit I get emotional when listening to music
I'm glad you said "cover". A lot of people around here (Nashville) think it's an original Cash song. 👍
Especially wenn he closes the Piano like he was saying goodbye to music/an old friend. I teared up and even now its still doing this to me.
TankTheTech the really cool thing about that song is NIN came out and said Cash “owns” the song now
I wrote it in another comment, to one of your REACTIONS and I rewrite it now: HIGH HOPES Pink Floyd, cover by Nightwish Live End of an Era
Nightwish fans are comfortable with our own tears and emotions. You can't hear Nightwish without feeling something.
Imagine having Floor Jansen as your backing singer!!! My Lord, the feels here man. Just discovered your channel and am enjoying the hell out of taking this journey with you
This is probably one of my all time favorite Nightwish songs because it's so simple and different. There's no greater meaning behind it. Marco had a fun idea for a song that didn't fit well with Tarot, Tuomas liked it and decided to put it in Dark Passion Play, they finished the song together and it became THE Marco solo song. Something crafted perfectly for him as a performer for a nice little intermission in a concert.
I completely know personally the feelings that this song stirs up in a person. God, family, and music like Nightwish's was really the only thing that got me through being diagnosed with Stage 3 Pancreatic cancer and the following painful horror of 27 rounds of Level 3 Radiation and chemo at the age of 31. To this day there will be times when I listen to this song and just loose it, remembering being when I first got this Nightwish CD I didn't get a chance to actually listen to it until I was on the road, driving home from my Chemotherapy appointment. There I was 31 years old battling Stage 3 Pancreatic Cancer, my body in exceptional pain from the Radiation and Chemo, my future, my life so very uncertain, living in the reality that I was very very sick and how this sickness was affecting my half-side and our four kids (2 girls and twin special needs boys)... then I heard these lyrics for the very first time. I had to literally, pull my car over to the side of the road as I just sobbed, releasing all the intense emotion of my situation, my reality. The beauty of this song, to me could only come from God, it was a reminder that God would only give me what He knows I am strong enough to handle, that I had God's love and He was there with me, even then, right at that moment as I sat sobbing in my car listening to this beautiful Nightwish song.
As always, listen, appreciate, and enjoy!! God Bless!!!
OMG! Hey, I'm still glad you are here with us! You must be such a strong person! WOW! :)
@@jamescurfman3284 It's God. I'm alive, I dunno about strong though. It's like I tell my kids, "you have to roll with the punches that life throws at ya." and you have to have humor or else you'll just wallow... and wallowing is no fun and has a tendency to get really boring. Above all else though, you have to appreciate the little things, small blessings of every day, and live it like it's your last day... cuz it very well just might be.
Take for instance, I've loved Nightwish from the very beginning. I'll admit I'm the type of parent that's introduced her kids to all different types of music from conception on. SO my kids love Nightwish... and I just found out that my daughter has raised her littleones to love Nightwish as well, right along with all of the other music that "grandma" taught THEM to love. Talk about a true circle of music appreciation!!
@@meganroberts551 It is all the little things, isn't it? God Bless, indeed. :)
@@jamescurfman3284 ;-)
I’m a 42 year old geezer and there is a lot of Nightwish songs that make my eyes go a bit wet. There is some other bands too that get me emotional, but there is just something special in these NW songs. Poet and the pendelum gets me every single time.
Please try also this "Marco song": Kiss while your lips are still red. Same thing. Live+video.
Ohhh bless you, but still cant wait till the poet and the pendulum or the greatest show on earth comes.....you gonna turn into the niagara falls..... keep rocking dude .
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The actual Mira le of nightwish is the ability of Tuomas to translate emotions into music, and the incredible luck he has had to find musicians ( to varying degrees all the singers included) that can not only identify that emotion, but share it and project it.
I've said before , that nightwish is able to project joy.. wether that be bitter sweet joy, dark joy, or outright bliss.. into their playing, especially live
They are music for music's sake, and that is so stunningly rare nowadays.
It's not about a hook, or riff, or image. it's about music moving you in whichever direction it wants to , and a remarkable band that is willing to simply ride that wave and embellish it without forcing it.
I think it's why things like, crazy guitar solos, or frankly and big singular moments over and over again would seem arrogant to the song, and why they don't do them.
It's funny, because I've heard fan boys ask why Kai would choose nightwish over only playing in winter Sun, which is more technical and challenging.
I disagree. Being able to be part of a singular experience and only do what makes that experience complete is so much harder than "musically masturbating". Don't get me wrong, I love Winter Sun a lot, but I would bet, if you asked, Kai would say that this ride is more challenging and more musically and emotionally satisfying in a different level.
Nightwish isn't a band, it's a group of musicians creating an experience, and that why it makes people breakdown at shows and why it is responsible for so many goosebumps.
I told you there were weasels in the Nightwish rabbit-hole! Many double-necks are made in Australia too! He asked if the crowd would sing with him..... Silly question!!!!..... Floor's t-shirt: "My husband has a tank".... Irene Jansen's child's t-shirt: "My uncle has a tank!"..... Marco's t-shirt: "Floor is my back-up singer!"..... Nightwish was and is so fire, when they go bush, the fire sits around them! There's another live version getting around with beardless Troy, Jukka and Anette - well worth a look!
"I will not say, Do not weep, for not all tears are an evil."
cant wait till the day "the greatest show on earth" is up :D great work m8 :) keep rocking! \m/
Nightwish is a really special band, it evokes emotions in people a lot. Tuomas is a master composer, he can play the melodies of our soul. (Admittedly, the music for this song is by Marko and the lyrics are by Tuomas.)
It’s a song like this that shows why Annette was the right singer at the right time with the band with these two albums she was part of. Hopefully you’ll hear more of the tracks. Live performances of her with the band don’t seem to be out there as much or at least, everyone jumps right (understandably) to Floor.
My first real brush with folk in popular music was Jethro Tull's Songs From the Wood album. I had the same reaction you're having now. That shit stays with you.
When I was a teen Dark Passion Play was actually the first album CD I bought for myself with my own money. On a whim, after seeing a classmate wear a Nightwish T-shirt. It's now the album that I consider the main reason for starting me on a journey of branching out from music I heard on the radio and discovering and enjoying music in a totally new way. This really brought back memories of me sitting down that fateful afternoon, putting on the album and being taken on a journey, track by track, that has for sure had a major influence on my music taste and the way I would be listening to music from that point on. So Nightwish, and especially Dark Passion Play hold a very special place in my heart for sure. Thanks for bringing back those memories Tank!
This is so beautiful!
I cannot even understand someone not loving this. Who dislikes it. The freedom in Marco's voice when he sings with Floor
The three singers did it for me. Floor galvanized both styles perfectly. Annette left a huge mark in Nightwish with this "perfect" production. More pop but super great. Her downside was live performances cause of personal affairs mainly. I saw them live in Pennsylvania
From one bearded bloke in his thirties to another... this is beautiful. Music should make us feel, and touch places in our psyche that we wall off in our daily lives, and this video showcases exactly that. My favourite reaction from you by far. Thank you for sharing. In line for more folk music, please check out "Wardruna - Lyfjaberg", irrespective of a reaction. I'm almost certain it'll speak to your new found sense of home. Stay safe.
Same thoughts here.
Wardruna Lyfjaberg, He really should do it
I am so glad you are there. To see honest und real reactions in a world full of fake reactions videos. Not only that, but being a role model for men to not hide behind mask of not showing what moves you. I struggle with that everyday und you really are helping me out.
Thanks a ton!
For even better showcasing if Marko’s exquisite voice, listen to either his solo project “Song of My Father” ( THAT will bring you to tears for sure) or to Nightwishes cover of the Pink Floyd song High Hopes. And for more of this type of music that reaches deep into that part of your soul, check out the group AURI....a side-project by Tuomas and Troy ( the player of the pipes) from Nightwish, along with Tuomas’ wife, who has a beautiful voice....more of that Northern European Folk music feel.....start with the song “See”.
I'm 41 and music is pretty much the only thing that makes me cry outside of a life crisis. It's like it somehow opens the otherwise well shut gates.
This song live during the Imaginaerum tour was so cool, Jukka was playing a Cajon up front with Marco and Troy, and everything was so intimately quiet, and you could tell the band was really feeling the music together.
When a song is able to pull out such intense emotions (of any kind), the band did everything right. And in my opinion that’s what music is about - or should be. Funny coincidence that Chase shed some tears too yesterday 😉
If you want to hear more Marko awesomeness you should definitely listen to „Endlessness“ from their latest album. I wasn’t prepared for that and it hit me hard when I heard it for the first time.
Folk metal is as much home as it can be for me. Been a metal head since I was a small kid 30+ years ago. But I did grow up with a mom that always listened to folk music at home. So for me, folk metal is the perfect childhood mix.
Dude I feel you and I agree completely. There's just something about folk metal and symphonic metal that just really speaks to me. With Symphonic metal it's that blend of the classical instruments (especially violin and cello) and the choir within a metal framework. They don't call Tuomas the Metal Mozart for nothing. With folk metal its the traditional instruments combined with the metal. It's why I love any Nightwish song where Troy plays. OK I love any Nightwish song but you get the idea. Those traditional instruments just strip away the modern, electronic, technological world we all inhabit now where we're all semi-isolated and insulated from each other and wake up that part that sleeps in the back of my brain that remembers when we all lived much closer to each other and much more attuned to the natural world. The islander just makes me feel like I'm walking on the edge of a high cliff overlooking the crashing waves of the ocean far below in ancient Ireland or Scotland.
I loved your reaction to this song. You said this exactly right: "I feel like it's calling me home." Folk music awakens something primal inside, as if voices of ancestors are calling and you are taken to times you've never lived, see scenery you've never seen. This placidity that takes over is transcendental. Also, there is everything right with feeling emotions, we ARE supposed to.
"I feel like it [folk metal] is calling me home... if that makes sense".
Yes. Yes it does. Perfect sense. I don't know the flavour of folk you've been having with your metal in general (different countries have their own traditional folk music), but this particular piece has a major Celtic vibe and the low whistle Troy is playing here is an Irish instrument, as are his uilleann pipes.
Irish music often has that coming-home feel to me, as does Scottish, but I do have roots in both countries (I'm English, dad's Scottish, got a couple of Irish 4th great grandparents) so I don't know if that's why or if it's a thing everybody feels. The Irish in particular have a really rich musical culture and the welcoming aspect is very much part of that - everyone joins in.
But I completely understand you, it's warm and solid and comforting and just... yeah. Like I belong to it. Or it belongs to me. It's hard to express in words.
I think what I love most about Nightwish is they make the music the point of the band. I have listened to way too much music that is about the singer or guitarist or whoever and not the creation of something more than the components. Nightwish creates. Thank you Tank for showing your tears. (btw I'm 52)
Marco is the reason I learned to play bass. He is an awesome musician for sure. Not going to lie, this song gets me every time too. Especially watching the video, I cry like a baby.
This is hands down one of my favorite older nightwish songs
I adore Floor but Annette’s duets with Marco are something else. Their voices match beautifully
Annette just didn't fit with Nightwish however shes AMAZING in The Dark Element.
Being called home is an apt description. You are not alone in that feeling.
literally only found Nightwish this week, at 39 years of age i think only 2 - 3 songs have ever made me tear up, nearly every song i listen to Nightwish has me balling. i dont know how after 20 years of listening to Heavy Metal i Never came across this Band. i am SO in Love it truly is a wish that has been granted to my Soul.
Same boat as you! I first discovered them on this channel about 8 weeks ago, and I'm absolutely loving it. Every Wednesday I do a new one if you wanna come along on the journey!
@@TankTheTech this band made me find your channel, so i subbed and binged watched atleast a dozen reactions last night, so you definitely will be seeing me around :-)
Rest Calm is a amazing Annete Era song and one of my favorites.. Not a "famous" song by nightwish but you should check it out!
Anette has some very underrated songs! Turn loose the mermaids... her vocals give me life in that one
Ghost River too! DPP and Imaginaerum are amazing albuns. ❤️🇧🇷
Yes, specially those that have a lullaby quality
About underrated songs...Meadows of Heaven is very underrated. I'm not a huge fan of Annette, but her singing in this song really gets to me every time I listen to it.
Totally agree with Rest Calm! Also another song where Marco's voice shines! Cheers!
The first time I heard this song, I had goosebumps. This song made me feel something pure. The live version was amazing also. I think both Annette and Floor give different vibes respectively. I love your genuine emotions listening to music. It's amazing to see the raw emotion by listening to this band.
This song reminds me of home. The raw, untamed nature of Finland. I love living in the city and how convenient everything is, but when I think of home, I think of the woods and nature. I think its because it wasn't until only a few decades ago that Finns actually started to move into bigger cities to find work. Before that, we lived in smaller villages surrounded by nature.
Anyway, this song is absolutely beautiful and I'll never grow tired of it. I am a homebody after all
My 9 year old son and I LOVE Nightwish. The Islander is his absolute favorite song. Thank you for reacting to this wonderful song.
Tank my man you are not alone with the feels. Nightwish gets me everytime. I can barely listen to "Hows the Heart" and don't get me started on "The Poet and the Pendulum". Mate, it shows you respect the music, the artist and the journey they take you on, no one every apologises when a song makes them smile so why do it when it makes you cry?
and again you see the band so happy about whoever has the limelight. The genuine feelings they have for each other comes across and is part of why their live shows are so good. The original I think was never meant to be a Nightwish song it was a happy accident but I could be wrong. There isn't a lot of Nightwish live with Annette and I think if we are fair her live work with Nightwish is not at the same level as the other two lead singers. On the flip side her album work is just as good and the albums themselves are much more consistent than the earlier ones with Tarja (personal opinion here). Maybe that is Tuomas maturing in his writing I don't know? One of my favs of her time is Meadows of Heaven and provides another different side of Nightwish.
Gets me too, your not alone. Marco has an awesome voice and as for Nightwish in general, their music makes me very emotional in a good way. Even more so with Floor's vocals. She brings another level of emotion and energy to the songs. Great reaction, good to see a grown man shed a tear in a good way. Many of us are right with you.
Take care and stay safe.
The strongest men cry.
A violent gentleman with a passion for good music will always cry when the right song hits him.
My dad. My brother. My son. My late grandpa. My 3 uncles.
These men love music. These men are some of the mentally strongest men I’ve ever none. They all cry.
Strong. Men. Cry.
Don’t ever hold it back... we’re all crying with you.
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It makes absolute sense. You must have the blood of the Celts or the Norse in you. I cry when I hear the pipes....I cry when I hear those melodies. It hits something very deep in my soul. It is a soul yearning...a feeling of wanting to go “Home”....which can only be something like an ancestral memory of where we came from. I’ve been to Scotland twice and it was deeply emotional, as my family came from there. I could FEEL the land weeping....such a sad history there. Robert Plant was asked one time about his music by a very good interviewer......”so much of your music has a sense of yearning in it”....if that makes sense. Robert replied that yes...the Welsh have an actual name in the Welsh tongue for soul yearning. Leave it to the Celts to have a name for soul yearning. That feeling is in the blood. Robert admitted to having that feeling of yearning his whole life, and it comes through so strongly in his last two albums. It’s also an awareness of the passing of time, and the fleeting essence of our lives.
The word is "hiraeth", which is beautiful by itself even without knowing the meaning. I'm half Scottish with Welsh ancestry, and I get this entirely.
The missing translation goes like: "So if I play the chorus, I assume you guys will sing along - Yeah? You'll sing? - Yeah? Well OK, then we will do it." I absolutely love the music video. It was written and directed by Stobe Harju who did the same for the recent "Noise" video, as well as directing and co-writing the "Imaginaerum" movie.
Ok so after hunderds of listening to the studio version and..almost a hundred of the Tampere version, I just realized a moment: So Marco is pulling down the intensity, in the second chorus, now consider the lyrics, he is singing about a sailor on a ship without the name saying farewell to the world, while sitting there on the chair alone, his voice fades away with the ..."left behind a long ago".. hits the feeling od loneliness...AND THEN the rest of the band comes in, like no man, no kind of loneliness, not on our watch! I probably made is up, but man... As soon this all came together in my head, this song hitted harder then ever.
Your reaction to this song is like my reaction to The Poet and the Pendulum live at Wembley when I first heard it. I just couldn’t hold back the tears. And I was a 54 year old man at the time whose been listening to rock and metal since the 6th grade.
Nightwish songs are deep, intellect, storytelling, mysterious, poetical and awesome music. They touch you also emotionally and are kind of journeys to another world. Do also "Kuolema tekee taiteilijan" either End of an Era or Taubertal (check the lyrics too)...I have heard that Navy Seals will tear during that song.
Everyone: Is Floor, Anette, or Tarja your favorite Nightwish singer?
Me: Marco...
Cheers!
Curious for more Troy.
I prefer Floor because she made me fall in love with Nightwish AGAIN WITH A VENGEANCE!
@@krakon6565 I have always known about Nightwish. But was during Imaginaerum I gave in. Balled my eyes out during so many songs. What a wonderful ride is has been since then.
@@MY-se1jf Amen bro. For me the best band ever.
God, I'm going to get flammed for this one, but its how I see it...
For me in my order from Great to Shit: Floor / Marko > Anette > Rick Astley / Milli Vanilli / Anyone > Tarja
No ego's, just a group of people playing music together and enjoying it. One can see on their faces and body language that they are having fun. I know from interviews that it is very important for them, it must be fun to be in a band. That really comes through in their concerts.
It calls me home too.
Music always gets me emotional & the tears are unstoppable.
Folk metal hits me the hardest. 😭😭😭😭
I love when touf guys like tank gets emotional! Greatings from germany! I'm looking forward to this reaction
Pleasantly surprised by the double reaction. Welcome to the Marko army as well. :)
The video for Sleeping Sun gets me every time. Seeing Marco as a Viking just sends shivers down my spine.
A good docu about the period when Anette left the band is ‘please learn the setlist in 48 hours’. They broke up during the USA tour for the album ‘Imaginaerum’. Its worth the watch.