@@galadballcrusher8182 Yes indeed. With much of what’s been going on recently, many of us have become more leery of religion and the uses to which it’s historically been - and currently is being - employed than we are about so-called blasphemy. Because even the holiest of persons and institutions are never totally immune from being touched by the Darkness. And spirituality and holiness’s were never absolutely dependent on also being religious.
Floor had been with Nightwish a few months. She had to learn the set list in 48-hours when she filled in for Anette during the middle of their US-tour. But this was her first big festival. She became a full member of Nightwish a month after this show. To headline Wacken Open Air is a dream for every metal band. Emppus smile (he smiled slot during these days) was because he couldn't believe how great they sounded. Anette, their previous singer, was not a very good presence live. Floor has Freddie Mercury level stage presence.
@@Klojum Almost 9 months. Wacken was in late July. Still not alot of time with a new band. Also, festivals is different. -13 edition of Wacken was one of the best I've been to. Deep Purple. I did not like Nightwish at all but Floor was such a pleasant suprice.
@@korvkioskshelvete Wacken was August 3rd and Troy and Floor had been accepted into the band in July, just kept secret until the release of Showtime Storytime in the fall. So they were both full members at this time.
Emppu’s smile. This is a band that went through huge turmoil with 2 different singers within 7 years. Their very existence was in question when Floor flew to the US to help them finish, read salvage, their North American tour. She stayed on with the band back to Europe, down to South America, Eastern Europe, Australia. Her chemistry she developed with the band over that time, and the relief of the band that they had found their ultimate front woman - that is all reflected in Emppu’s smile!
When we hear Tuomas speaking about Floor, it is with love from his heart. We can hear his adoration of Floor in his voice. These emotions about Floor are reflected in my heart also.
With Floor the band grew up into a family... with Tarja not so much after her husband broke the dynamics of the group, Anette was probably cool person, short stint though... all is good with Floor now, not the least due to her level of performance...
The flaming Bullhead is the sign of the Wacken Open Air Festival. It takes place in North Germany every year. In an Area with many Cow- Willows. The burning bull is a hint to that fact.
You mention that Floor is married to a Swede, Hannes. Who is the drummer for a band called Sabaton. Also a group you should check out. They are power metal (no screaming) and they sing about history, heroes, war, sacrifice. They are how history should be taught in school. I think you will like them.
Regarding the "horns": It is believed that this gesture was popularized by legendary hard rock/metal singer Ronnie James Dio when he sang in Black Sabbath. He saw this gesture from his grandmother, who used it to protect against the evil eye. Since the lyrics of Black Sabbath songs were often about mysticism, Dio often showed this gesture from the stage. Metal fans adopted it and over time it lost its original meaning and became just one of the symbols of metal music, regardless of the lyrical content.
The only thing I would add is that he didn't do it so much as it fit with Sabbath's lyrics. He did it because Ozzy had always done the peace sign and replacing him he felt he needed his own gesture. While Dio certainly popularized it John Lennon is believed to first rocker to make the sign which he picked up from the Eastern religions he studied. I'm not sure what meaning it had for them, would be interesting to know if it was the same luck/hex that Dio's nonna used.
To me this is when Nightwish was at their best. Best lineup, everyone was loving what they did and it shows in one of the best live performances by any band ever.
Nightwish brings..love and understanding...Joy and happines..You can clearly se that in The crowd and in The faces of the whole band. It's love my friend.❤️ Thanks for reacting to Nightwish.
@@rosalieelliottofficial Nothing Evil here ,as a believer FSHG myself I can say this is such a clean band both lyrically and behaviorally, they even have some songs such as Gethsemane & The Carpenter are worth a visit, one line in a song 'Sleeping Sun" "my fears, from my God they shall depart"
Fantastic reaction , you will learn Metal fans are some of the best fans ever . On Gabriel's list is a ballad called (Dead Boys Poem) live in Buenos Aries 2018 its Tuomas most personal song about him as a child being misunderstood growing up . NOTE: Watch his face and movements in this .
Definitely the Buenos Aires version. Though, I LOVE the Wembley version, there's just something about the Buenos Aires version. I concur with the Buenos Aires performance!
Metal music is an immense world full of genres and sub genres, almost all of them are full of incredibly talented and intelligent musicians, bands and fans. All equally passionate, caring and, very often, kind and humble. It's like you are part of a big family which welcomes you and provide for you. Embrace this 😉😁🤘🤟
When I close my eyes, I hear great quality music: authentic, original, creative, and poetic. The visual effects are to me just a bonus. I am grateful to marvel at and enjoy these artists. Nightwish is not just another band, it's art. As a Dutchman, I am so proud of Floor. Her voice gives me goosebumps!
you should do EPICA - SANCTA TERRA next with Floor and Simone with a full orchestra and choir (the way symphonic metal should be listen ) the 2 best dutch singers
Composer and lyricist of the song, Tuomas Holopainen has said that "Storytime" is inspired by the 1982 movie The Snowman, the theme of which was previously covered by Nightwish for their Oceanborn album. The idea for the music of "Storytime" was born when Holopainen wondered why no-one had made a remake of the film, and pondered on what his version of the score to the scene in which "Walking in the Air" plays would sound like. In a teaser text released prior to the release, Holopainen summarized the song: "How would it feel to take a midnight flight with a snowman through the most wondrous landscapes, like in the classic animated Yuletide film? The meaning of our very existence is created though stories, tales and imagination. They are at the very core of humanity." The lyrics references several classical pieces of fiction concerning imagination, including the character of Peter Pan and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The lyrics also mention the mythical Gaia, the Greek primordial Earth goddess.
Gaia is indeed a word in English aswell, though it is mostly used in medieval settings in games and movies, typically high fantasy genres, though yes, it is also in English
In this song "all of Gaia" refers to the whole biosphere, more like it's scientific sense. The Gaia Hypothesis has two forms, the earlier homeostatic one due to the late James Lovelock and the later homeorhetic one due to Lynn Margulis. The homeostatic theory is more about the way Earth comes back to equilibrium while the homeorhetic theory notes that Earth is actually a series of worlds on one ball of rock, and that it can be thrown out of its equilibrium and into a new one.
Greetings. To touch up on a few points, Floor was with Nightwish since October 1st 2012 where she debuted with the band in Seattle, Washington. Prior to that, Floor was recovering from burnout and was, at the time, attending her sister's wedding when she got the phone call. Tuomas did give her 48 hours to learn the setlist and she nailed every song, although she does admit that at first there were sheets of paper (the setlist and lyrics) all over the place. lol This performance in 2013, at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany, was 10 months later and actually had a "permanent" Floor on stage as she was offered the position full time 2 months earlier. For the duration of this tour, since her debut in 2012, it was the first time the fans saw Floor Jansen with Nightwish. What a treat, huh? 😊 Despite her still having the band she formed in 2009, ReVamp was disbanded in 2016 to make room for Nightwish full time. She currently has a side collaboration project called Northward and worked on her first ever solo album which is due to be released in March 2023 if I'm not mistaken. 3 singles from that album have been released by Floor.... Fire, Storm, and Me Without You. A reaction is expected on all 3. 😉 The "stag skull" is the logo for the Wacken Open Air Festival. The "flaming" stag skull was a personal decision made as part of their permanent decor for the stage.... and it looks badass! 🤘 On a religious note, now I think I speak for many when I say I am absolutely curious to see/hear your take on "Weak Fantasy" live at Tampere. Many fans have expressed much disappointment about the topic this song covers. But give it a reaction and let's see what you have to say about it. ua-cam.com/video/AN239Pbqbjo/v-deo.html Tuomas always wrote 90 to 95% of all songs. He usually writes their next album as they while they're on tour or during their break. Then he introduces the demo to the band (musicians first), to get feed back and suggestions. Marko, the bass player/singer usually pitched in on songwriting and lyrics when needed. He also wrote and performed a few whole songs for the band including lyrics. One is The Islander and 2 is While Your Lips Are Still Red. Since Marko's departure from the band on Jan 12, 2021, Tuomas has been the sole composer and already has all the material for their next album. In their UA-cam channel they posted a short hinting on the topic of one of their new songs. ua-cam.com/users/shortsbcPwMKWikac?feature=share Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed. 😊❤🤘🤘
"Many fans have expressed much disappointment about the topic this song covers" That's interesting, never encountered these fans over here in Dutchieland, but the situation could be rather different elsewhere. So I'm game. Any source for that claim, or are we talking personal impressions here?
@@BrendonChase_2015 Well if it means anything to you, this happens to be my favorite song and the one I listened to the most last year and this year is no different. However, the lyrics have never and will never play a role in that. It is what it is. Religion is a very delicate topic and I've seen a few reaction channels after they did weak fantasy where some viewers told them they wasted their time doing that reaction and so forth.. and a host even expressed a bit of discontent with some of the audience because the song was written as an opinion of the writer.... not the host of the reaction channel. I even commented that they're going to point the finger at the band but the band has no "freedom of expression?" Point being... nothing wrong with the lyrics. I love the song! 😊❤🤘🤘
@@ytcag2007 Haha, great reply man. And ty for taking the time! So your statment abt "many fans" was based on comments to a few reaction videos. Okay, that answers my question. Ty. As to religion and whether or not it's a very delicate topic, I guess it all depends on perspective. Over here in Dutchieland, religion isn't a delicate topic, since it's barely a topic at all (seen as a private matter, and ppl usually don't bother others with it). Born & raised in that culture, I therefore asked Rosalie in the chat to leave religion at the doorstep and to just try & enjoy the music. Other ppl from other cultures/countries have a different frame of reference and may be more used to ppl dragging religion into any kind of exchange. Over here it's not that much appreciated to bring religion into focus when it's not explicitly related to the topic of interest. Not bcz it's a delicate matter per sé, it's just seen as being in bad taste. And I'm 100% with you re: being curious to see Rosalie react to "Weak Fantasy". Let's see if we can start a WF lobby and get her to react 😁 Thanks again, and Cheers from Amsterdam! 🤘
@@BrendonChase_2015 I agree 100% and thank you for taking YOUR time for the reply. I'm afraid I personally don't enjoy a conversation on religion as people may see your views and beliefs as disrespectful or some they don't agree with. More times than not, that causes arguments as it did between my brother and I on one occasion and between my mother and I on another. Now, we are all raised catholic but I have come to find some "new" information that has led me to make my own path and it's one I know they will not accept being catholic. Anyway, I do hope to see her reaction. Thanks for the conversation and greetings from New Jersey, US. 😊❤🤘🤘
@@ytcag2007 Same here re: being raised catholic (in Dutch culture, which makes a difference I suppose). Special fondness for Mary ("Star of the Sea") is all that's left, besides a great appreciation for Gregorian chant. I'll keep this short & sweet with a bold suggestion re: new info. A reading tip (free of charge, haha): "Flare Star" by Dwardu Cardona. You may read it as new science or fiction. Either way, my guess is that you might find it very interesting. Cheers!
It’s funny how times have changed, metal is now mostly positive not negative unlike the last generations stereotype. Rapp takes the cake on negativity these days
Your pronunciation of band member names, past and present, is top notch! Something many viewers never get right. Also, extremely interesting your explanation about the different symbols and their meanings to you - thanks for sharing!
I have to admit, not being a Nightwish fan and usually not listening to this type of music, this is without exception the most insane live performance I have ever heard, and seen. This is a studio and video quality performance live. Nothing to do besides dropping ones hat and bend over in awe.
Speaking about idolatry - you definitely should see Weak Fantasy live at Tampere, Finland with lyrics. Tuomas Holopainen is a poet through and through. And the band gets his message to the world perfectly.
It is not only her singing but also her appearance. And how she can play fans with her stories. Nightwish is for me the best band there is. Many greetings from the beautiful Netherlands.
Metal is one of the most judge genres of music. It helps so many to cope with feelings and to get through dark times. It makes you feel like your not alone and yh there are some darker types of metal and satanic stuff but that's true of all genres.
You are not alone in your stereotype of "metal". Most people just think of the dark, screamy stuff without understanding that "metal" is an umbrella under which there are literally dozens of distinct genres. Symphonic is my personal favorite, but Power and Progressive are also great. Amazing musicianship and often stellar quality voices. I trust others to make their recommendations for you. If I started listing bands, this would be pages long. LOL. Welcome to the rabbit hole!
She'd been in the band 8 months at this point. The 48 hrs thing was their earlier US tour. The band parted ways with the previous singer Annette mid-tour. Floor was still just a stand-in though. After this concert, Floor (and Troy Donnockley whom you have yet to see) were announced as permanent members.
Floor and Troy were new members of the band in July but they intended to keep it secret until the end of the touring season, at the end of the year - it was announced earlier in October, just before the release of Showtime Storytime, when they realized they could no longer be listed as guest musicians.
@@rosalieelliottofficial FYI NW fans on YT have no "general" or head of the NW Army, Gabriel is self appointed to take over from Ann W. who was a big promoter of NW to reactors and always gave a band backround and song lists, while it's great that Gab does this he is not the only one ,but since so many newer fans promote him as the one that reactors should listen to and only follow for song recommends etc then the others who have been providing similar song links etc get ignored and there in lays the problem, all NW fans have equally valid contribution but when reactors are lead to think that there is one person they should rely on for songs etc then many fans feel they should move on to another reactor that would not do that.
Rosalie... it is good to share in your excitement about Nightwish. As a singer-songwriter you have stumbled into a pot of gold with this band and especially Floor's vocals. She is something else for sure. Thanks, nice reaction. 🙏☮❤
Floor was contacted at her sister’s wedding on about this very same day, 10 years ago, and asked to fly to the U.S., learn the set list, and take over as lead singer within 48 hours. She did it, saving the band from near disaster on the stage in Seattle, on October 1, 2012. This performance you are watching, at Wacken Open Air, was on August 3rd, 2013.
Hi Rosalie! I just wanted to say I love your reactions! You are so smart, kind, funny, and open minded and you give great insight into how you feel about and interpret these awesome songs and art. Nightwish is an amazing band. Truly a group full of all star performers. I would personally recommend “Song of Myself” from the Wacken 2013 show, “Greatest Show on Earth” Live from Tampere, and also “I Want My Tears Back” from Buenos Aires 2018. Those are some of my favorite performances.
A lot of the trappings of metal are for affect. Theatrical grandeur. Fantasy and escapism. A great many metal artists were raised in conservative, religious households. They gravitated towards the genre out of a need to snub convention, and shock the status quo. Look at the crowd. See the comraderie amongst people from all walks of life, from all over the world. Metal is more than growls and explosions. Some of the best musicians ever have performed in metal bands.
Hi Rosalie. I enjoyed your reaction, as well as your reaction (with Brandon) to 'Ghost Love Score'. I remember asking you to react to that song. It's so nice to see you're really getting into Nightwish. There's so much to discover still. And no need to be apprehensive about the music and lyrics. No worshipping of the devil or any of that stuff. Just very poetic lyrics, often with deep meaning behind them. 'Storytime' is about the happiness that can be found in stories (“The core of all life is a limitless chest of tales”). Childhood innocence has always been an important inspiration for Tuomas in his songwriting (“A writer by a fire, imagined all of Gaia, took a journey into a child man’s heart”). It isn't a surprise that the chorus of this song heavily references Peter Pan and Never Never Land. It makes perfect sense that Tuomas would use a character like Peter Pan (who ran away to the magical world of Never Never Land to remain a child forever) in this song. Looking forward to your next reaction. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Floor was in the band almost a year at this point (I think.) But it's true that when she was first approached to sing for the band, she had less than a couple of days to learn their set. She was asked to fill in when Anette couldn't finish the rest of their tour in 2012. This entire concert is a masterpiece! The performance, stage theatrics, audio mix, editing -- *chef's kiss!
She had been with the band about 8 months when this was recorded, her first show was in Oct 2012 in Seattle Washington USA i had the honor to be there, and she didn't skip a beat for only having 48 hrs to learn the setlist.
I was there for her first show in Seattle too. I remember waiting in the queue to get in, everyone speculating how Floor would be. She got the words wrong a few times but I don't think anyone cared. Then the next time they came to Seattle they brought it up again that this was the first place they performed together :)
I love your reaction. I felt the same way when I heard Nightwish for the first time. The bull's head is the mascot of the metal festival in Wacken. In my opinion, it has nothing to do with Satan or the Church. If you want to react "I want my tears back", please take the Decades version of Buenos Aires. You will see how much fun floor has on stage. Looking forward to more Nightwish and a new band called Epica. Greetings from Germany
Dear Rosalie, As a fellow Dutch(guy) a few years older than Floor, I like to give you a kind of introduction to the special match. Floor & Nightwish found each other in a special and very specific time, in there journeys. A great amount of happy coincidences, conspired to come together and made this a very special match.. Exactly 10 years, september 2012, during Nightwishs' USA leg of their then Imaginaerum World Tour.. Floor 1.01: She had a very average childhood, all be it. Coming from a bit above average, effluent background. School, especially highschool was a bit 'akward' for her. From about age 10 she almost always was 'the tallest', not only of the girls, but of all her peers. Going to normal Dutch schools, and following her father during some moves across the South of The Netherlands. They moved a few times following the change of workplaces of her father. One must know that among her peers, specially in the time period that she attended highschool. House music was paramount during that time period, think 'Two Unlimited' and somesuch. Her peers of the time in school, were pretty two-dimensional. One was peer pressured to be all 'normal', standard think a bit Girly-girls for the girls. If one did not follow that mold, you were most definitely labeled: Alternative. All in all not the most happy time, her years in highschool. She loved music, but other music than mainstream. Learned guitar from her father(at age 13), joint her first band(aged 16) the band later renamed itself as After Forever. After completing her O-levels, this aspiring Biologist decided to make Music her main occupation in Life. She was part of the Grounding Class at the Tilburg, Rock Academy. An initiative to establish a (new kind of) music college/university. A school, to study music, but also not ignoring the need to school this new breed of musical professionals in the Business side of the Music Business. She continued her studies of music on a more mainstream music college(conservatorium), to study Opera and Contemporary music/ Musical theatre. Long after finishing the Rock Academy in 2003. She did teach also in the field of Voice,(-coaching), even some classes/ workshops at her Alma Mater; Rock Academy, Tilburg. From 2009-2010, till just before joining Nightwish she was (forced to) take a big hiatus from Music, due to Burn-out symptoms. In fact Floor stated in interviews that Nightwish should not have called, even 5 weeks earlier than they did. Floor thinks that even five weeks earlier. She would not have been ready, mentally; to embark on her new life-adventure: Singing for, and later joining Nightwish. The Wacken.2013 DVD is part of this first world tour. If you have 2,5 hours to spare, you can look on UA-cam for the documentary called; 'Please learn the Setlist in 48-hours.' She knew the band and there songs, but not the 15 songs of the new album, Imaginaerum. The song 'Ghost Love Score', is one of the first songs she contributed to writing/arranging music. During rehearsals/sound-checks she decided one day, to sing here variations on this mainly Tuomas and Taria song. The rest of the band liked her version of the vocals so much, they kept them her way till the present day. In oktober 2013 she became a full member of the band Nightwish, at the same time as Troy Donockley. So beginning with 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful (album)' and Élan she and Troy were also contributing to writing of Nightwish music. With Tuomas (still) being the main composer, writer of music and arrangements. Outside, alongside Nightwish she was part of Nordward and Ayreon. Starting 2019 she persued more solo projects, alongside her Nighwish work. 'Beste Zangers' gave this a big boost and the prolonged rest of Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021 was used by Floor to compose some new, solo works like Fire, etc. Never met, or collaborated with each other. Floor and Henk Poort met just days before this recording and it was discovered they have a very good and special stage-chemistry. ua-cam.com/video/plCScjvDOJM/v-deo.html The Dutch TVshow used a Nightwish/Tuomas/Taria re-arrangement, of this A.Lloyd-Webber musical song. Nighwish 1.01: Symphonic Metal Band, since 1996 with as a nucleus Tuomas, keybord, composer and arranger and Taria, Soprano vocals and youth friend of Tuomas. They lost/send away Taria in the last part of 2005, and it almost broke the band. Other musicians joined, as other band members quit, or were no longer able to be part of Nightwish. Marco and Taria performed a RE-arranged rendition of Phanton of the Opera. And this Tuomas Arrangement of this song became the basis of Beste Zangers 'Phantom', with Floor and Henk Poort. Henk performed (200+ times) as The Phantom in the A. Lloyd-Weber musical in The Netherlands. Henk is also known in The Netherlands, as one of the best headliner singers in Les Miserables in the BeNeLux stage performances of this musical... Anette was a more pop-music oriented singer that joined Nightwish around 2008, and she was physically unable to continue the 2012 world tour, touring the leg in the USA. That unability, ultimately led to the recasting of the Main singer,to Floor Jansen. Also to know is: Tuomas had a hard time, many years after the split between Nightwish and Taria. It more than 'just a little', unsettled his Mental and Emotional Equilibrium. He was forced, in the end to write this out of his system, resulting in the Song: The Poet and the Pendulum. If you ever wish to make a reaction video, on this song. Please prepare by researching the history behind this song, before(!) starting to record a reaction video on this song.. Also the London O2 version of 'greatest story on Earth' is very cool because of the live 'reading' of the texts by Prof. Richard Dawkins, himself.. Nighwish's Tuomas uses a lot of recordings along the live-played music onstage. Most of these recordings come from collaborations in London, England. The London Philharmonic and several London based Singers and Choirs come to mind. Now more then ten years later Floor and here 'Brothers' of the Band Nightwish still conquer the world one live-concert at a time.. As down to earth as to be expected from a Metalhead, Soprano from Holland, just hanging with her Brothers in arms. Still free of any Diva-like tendencies that almost wiped-out this band in 2006.. Hope the read(/see?) your reactions soon, Christian
Just a question, maybe somebody can confirm/inform/enlighten me: I have a Question about Tampere 2015. Are this Video: ua-cam.com/video/45brzDJKZ3o/v-deo.html And part of this documentary: ua-cam.com/video/B3NIfu0qvtg/v-deo.html Shot at the same venue, maybe even on the same day?? If so, what a Coincidence ..
Oh you are so innocent hahaha. You are going to be blown away by this journey of metal you are on, I can't wait. Both amazing reactions, thank you! Even when there is really heavy metal screaming, it's a lot of the time just uplifting and positive. Like Arch Enemy for example (no, don't listen to them JUST yet. Don't, please. not yet). But it's uhh when you hear it it will be like "oh this is pure satan" but then the lyrics are so amazingly warm and uplifting and just for people coming together for something really good. It's actually amazing how the metal community are actually a bunch of fuzzballs, in the most positive way possible. Very welcoming and love taking people on these journeys because metal usually breaks a lot of the misconceptions that come with the, "stigma" of it all, I guess. Anyway. FYI, the flaming Bull in both of these songs are not part of Nightwish - it is a decoration and in-sync flame throwing is a symbol of the Wacken Open Air venue they are playing at. 80,000+ people were at that concert, and the biggest thing Floor has done up to that point. Wish I was there oh man.
Thank you for your kind and interesting comment :-) definitely an interesting journey to be on and happy to learn. I'm noticing the kindness in the community and it's nice to see. Thank you for your comment :-)
Yeah there's a lot more to metal ,there are a lot of bands that have uplifting messages in their songs, they just delivered them in the form of metal, nothing to do with Satanism, I recently watched @thecarismaticvoice react to Lorna shore and the way she breaks everything down is amazing
Hi Rosalie! Really enjoyed your reaction! Apologies in advance if this is a little long. The Bull with the flames - the bull is simply the logo for Wacken Open Air. They chose that logo because, as I understand it, the rest of the year that area is just an open field where cattle graze - a cattle farm - in the town of Wacken, Germany. They have Wacken Open Air once a year, and then it goes back to the cattle! The flames you see - just aesthetics - as it goes right along with the pyrotechnics that so many bands use in their stage shows. Its just for visual effect! Many, many people associate metal with satanic worship. I myself was raised studying scripture, and we have some very dear friends that are Jewish, so I'm very familiar with that faith and viewpoint as well (my first name is a Hebrew name - Michal). So, I fully get what you're saying. It's a huge misconception about metal. Though, there are definitely some that absolutely focus on the darker side of things - but this is true for just about any genre of music. You never know when you are listening to a popular artist with extremely questionable personal beliefs. Look at the lyrics for any metal band in question and that will give you a great idea of the essence of what they stand for. With Nightwish, Tuomas is a poet. He writes about the ocean a lot, fantasy (some mythology), works of literature, science, beauty, nature, and the human condition. One commenter I saw mentioned Weak Fantasy. That is Tuomas criticizing the church in certain ways - wars waged, control, and the opulence. It is not a critique upon G-d nor on faith, but of the church. There is a huge difference. So I didn't want that to be misunderstood. The other misconception for metal being associated w satanic stuff is the hand symbol people make (🤘🏻) all throughout metal and rock - known widely as the devil horns. That's not accurate either, but that's what grew legs and continues to run the marathon to this day lol! It was taken from an Italian hand gesture called the Mano Cornuta. The gesture itself is made to ward off evil, the evil eye, and evil spirits - fare la corna translates literally as "to make the horns". Now, they generally point it downward, yes. It's somewhat disputed who came up with it, but Ronnie James Dio is usually the one credited w doing it first on stage and making it poular with heavier music. He replaced Ozzy Osbourne as the lead vocalist in Black Sabbath. Their drummer says he showed Dio the symbol, so it's still debated. When asked about it Dio says he wanted a symbol to differentiate him from the departing Ozzy who always used the peace sign. He said this wards off evil and it flowed with what the band was supposed to be about - calling out the evils as they saw them or, warding off the evil eye. It's also attributed to positive things in other cultures, as well as some negative. But, Dio cites his Italian grandmother as his, sort of, inspiration for the symbol and what motivated him to untimately decide to use that. Back when this type of music started gaining popularity, people didn't like the loudness or the heaviness of it and they didn't like the often unkempt and disheveled look of those playing it. They saw them as rebels and bucking societal norms, the language, the partying - so people automatically deemed it bad. In the 50s and 60s (and onward) people were quick to label things that were different as evil and a negative influence. I mean, at first they labeled Elvis as a bad one, for goodness sakes lol! People werent the most understanding back then, and often times were too quick to judge a book by its cover instead of taking a moment to try and understand it. In those times, for them, any kind of different was bad. Thus, they latched on to the hand gesture and assigned "devil horns" to it and here we are. There are many misconceptions about metal, indeed! With any heavier band, read their lyrics. That's where you'll find a sense of their intent and message. Nightwish is a different breed, in my humble opinion. Tuomas has such an amazing way in expressing his mind and his thoughts, and you won't find anything heretical in their lyrics at all. Of course, music is subjective, and some may choose to interpret something through the lens of their own experiences, preconceived notions, or misconceptions; that is always something that happens. But, its not a fair thing to render judgement without taking into account what the writer is intending and saying. Just my thoughts. I thought you might like to know those things since you've said you aren't at all familiar with metal, and since you mentioned those we'll known associations with un-G-dly sentiments. I've yammered on long enough! Great reaction! I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts! Subbed for the ride with Ghost Love Score and to share in the wonderful Nightwish journey that we are blessed to be able to take! Sending blessings and greetings from the Deep South! Nightwish Army, Alabama Division, present and accounted for🤘🏻❤️
No need to apologize! Thank you for taking the time to comment and share the info :) and you made good points. Often things that are different were seen as evil. It’s a fine line between growing and breaking free from man made boxes and not going over board (haha get it? Boxes and boards!) into territory that becomes harmful to ourselves or others. Humans tend to extremes. Thank you for sharing.
wow thank you for the shout out I am your OG ride or die and always will be Ey OOOO. now onto the great reaction I always love watching you get so hyped and the joy etched in your face when something impresses you once it gets a hold on you it cant be hidden that pure enjoyment its what makes you so real and so awesome dont ever stop being you it is enough as you can tell this community is growing so fast and it will keep getting bigger and bigger . With much love to you and yours have a great day
Tuomas composes all music and lyrics for their songs. He is the "Metal Mozart" of music. He is a musical genius. As a Christian, I am very pleased to hear that you guard your mind against "evil" music and have a great respect for the Bible. I'm enjoying your reactions very much!!🙏🧡
Thank you for your comment. I'm looking forward to seeing more of his musical genius work. The lyrics and compositions are very impressive. Thank you for your encouragement also :-)
There is no such music as "evil music", only music. I respect the bible as much as I respect Donald Trump. The bible is a pack of lies and deceits. None of it is true.
@@dieseldog00 It's very sad that you believe that but, you are entitled to your opinion. God gives us the freedom to choose whether to believe Him or not but, one day you will stand before Him and see Him face to face. The only problem with that is, it will be too late to change your mind. Don't be deceived by the lies you are choosing to believe about God and His word.
I have listened to rock, metal, punk and all rock geners from child. But i thank god to discover nightwish. Maybe with age you understand music better. Thay keep the energy of rock but put you in a state of mind dreaming.
Greetings from UK That was a wonderful reaction, thank you 😄 When I saw your reaction the other day to 'Ghost Love Score' I was hoping that you could find something in the Nightwish collection that would pique your interest, and it seems that you have I think you might like 'Ever Dream'. It is a story about love, is upbeat and shows off some of Floor's amazing vocal range and stamina. Trust me, when you hear it you should ask yourself which of the more popular singers in pop groups today could sing the way that our beloved Floor does....not very many according to lots and lots of vocal coaches. Vocal coaches love to react to Nightwish songs because they adore and admire Floor's voice and technique, as well as appreciating the musicianship of the band and composition of the songs
I concur. The Live in Buenos Aires version. That is a song that should get rid off of all the thoughts that all metal is just dark screaming (though that's cool too IMO). Oh, and metalheads really are the nicest people you can find on this planet. Probably because they get rid of all the aggression by listening to aggressive music. Just my two cents.
@@juholaitakari1305 It's an amazingly catchy jig of a metal ballad that goes back and forth between the lead singers. And when Floor performs it live, she skips and dances around the stage with almost childlike joy and exuberance. And for the record, that entire album (Imaginarium) is SO GOOD you could probably do a react to the entire thing. Storytime, I Want My Tears Back, Scaretale, Slow Love Slow, Song of Myself, Last Ride of the Day... Ugh. Easily their best album.
@Rosalie Reacts I subscribed on your first reaction of Nightwish and I am here to enjoy with you your journey. Many many pleasant surprises ahead of you! Love your reactions!
Nightwish and Floor are amazing, and every song is different, but special in it's own way. Tuomas writes/composes almost everything and he is a musical genius, and Floor can absolutely sing anything, any genre. So you have one of the world's greatest songwriter/composer musical geniuses in Tuomas, then you have what is my opinion and many others the most powerful, beautiful, awing, and versatile vocalists on the planet in Floor. Then you look at the rest of Nightwish complete masters of their crafts, all coming together to make great music and shows. They are not out to be the most popular, most radio friendly, but they are out to make every song and show magical/special. I am liking and subbing for your Nightwish/Floor journey, prepare for amazement.
I would be really interested to see your reaction to Nightwish’s Greatest Show On Earth. It’s the history of the world and humankind from an evolutionary standpoint, with quotes from a famous Scientist. As an Orthodox Christian, I believe in creation of the world by God, but I love this song because it’s a celebration of life, encouraging and also heavy, and it’s a joy to sing. Thanks for this reaction, I never get tired of watching people react to Nightwish 💜
Originally Floor was sent by Allfather Odhinn to Midgard to gather the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she got distracted and joined a series of bands. However, Floor still gathers souls by her grace, beauty and the sheer power of her vocals. We give thanks for her at our Blots regularly and hope that Odhinn won't notice that she has never returned to Asgard. ALL HAIL THE VALKYRIE GODDESS!!! The Nightwish Army is incoming! You're not ready! Nightwish Army Central Florida Black Company reporting for duty!
Ghost Love Score is written for the opera singer Tarja, storytime for the pop singer Anette. At Anette the opera part came out of off. The song belongs to the concept album Imaginaerum, which is also the film music for the film of the same name. Tuomas had rebuilt the setlist in favor of Tarja's songs after the kick out. He now had a singer with classic training again. Floor also uses growls and screams again and again. As a rule, however, very specifically when it serves the story. The only exception at Nightwish: Nightwish - Yours is an Empty Hope (Live) Other bands combine soft and hard vocals clever. Here is an example with Disco Sound: Amaranthe - The Nexus (Official Music Video) The flaming bull head is the logo of the Wacken Open Air. It is one of the oldest and largest metal festivals in the world. Wacken is a small town with almost 2000 inhabitants, in an agricultural area. Among other things, there are also cattle and therefore the bull's head. Instead, they could have taken a beet, but that would not have been metal. A drone flight: Wacken Woa from above 2014 The creation of the horn sign is controversial. In my opinion, it came from the Black Metal scene and was supposed to provoke. Today it is only the identifier of the metalheads, without further meaning.
The 82,000 attendees weren't there to worship the bull. They were there to worship the Valkyrie Goddess Floor. I enjoyed your commentary and look forward to more. 😊🤘
The band had someone or a choir sing the Innocence part with Anette. He asked Floor the same thing and she said she could do it herself. Her lung and stage presence are awesome. Thomas writes 95 %of the songs.
Nightwish isn't just about metal. It is a window into the mind of the greatest composer and lyricist of our time: Tuomas Holopainen. Thank you for having a great diction and an English that is very easy for us, who are not natives, to understand.
For someone that's not much into metal, I'd recommend songs like Dead Boy's Poem, While Your Lips Are Still Red, The Islander, I Want My Tears Back. Just so you don't get scared away by the heavier stuff :) Wouldn't wanna loose you :)) Awesome reactions!
The exception is nightwish that was created in 96 this new wave of metal symphonic I love nightwish and floor are the apitamy of what metal stads for pure artistry ENTERTAINING and performance stage presence Tuormas is considered the Mozart of metal🥰🥰🥰
There are dark songs because life isn't always happy. Anger and negative emotions is just as much a part of us as love is and different artists will bring that out in different ways. Artists tend to put their own experiences into their art. For example, there's a song by Metallica that you'll probably run into at some point during these reactions called Master of Puppets. At first glance it would seem through your eyes aggressive and perhaps even evil. However with a bit of a deeper look you'll find it's a very anti drug song, warning about the dangers of drugs and how you can become dependent on them and become your master. I'd very much recommend listening to it. It's very widely considered one of the best metal songs ever made. Make sure to watch the video with lyrics for your own benefit.
At Wacken 2013 every song was written for the prior singers as Floor had only been with the band about 10 months. GLS was a very early song written for Tarja and Storytime was for Anette, both intending the work well with their different styles. Good thing Floor can handle it all.
Floor had been with the band about 10 months at this point and was not yet an official member. She was singing songs written for the other two singers, despite none of these songs being written for her voice / abilities she made them her own in many ways. Floor simply sings what she wants how she wants. FYI she has performed in 8 languages that I know of. I'm sending you an email later this evening with some information and links that you will want to check out. This will be information for her work away from Nightwish. I was fortunate to see Nightwish live and photograph one of their shows this past spring. That was a special moment for me you've already got the info on NW so I figured I would help you out with some other Floor details.
you are just at the beginning of your trip ! the goal: "poet and the pendulum", an incredible master piece :). You don't notice Marko (bass player). He has a wonderfull voice too (more in this incredible cover of Pink Floyd by Nightwish: high hopes). If you want to see the breath management of Floor, try "sleeping sun" (search for "NIGHTWISH. SLEEPING SUN. ( FLOOR JANSEN ) - 2016"). Another great band of symphonic metal: Epica ! "sancta terra" in live retrospect is a duet with Floor. From the same live (with a full orchestra on stage): "design your universe".
Floor is married to the drummer of Sabaton. She is Dutch, he is Swedish, and they live on a farm in Sweden. In regular life Floor is more earth mother - sweet, funny, and very caring. Most of the band is from Finland. Troy, who you'll meet in other songs, is from the UK. He plays loads of different instruments and provides back-up vocals (except on Harvest, he's the lead). The band is mostly secularists. They believe very strongly in the beauty and wonder of science, and love nature (many are vegetarians). They're not against a belief in God, but strongly disapprove of rigid, organized religion (see Weak Fantasy). Tuomas is a poet. His lyrics are incredible. There is a Nightwish sound, but every song is different. Whew, I changed topic just about every sentence.
Really great reaction! 😀😍 My top Nightwish songs are: 1. Devil and the deep dark ocean (Marko and Floor singing) 2. Sleeping Sun (Tarja singing) 3. Dark chest of wonders (Tarja singing) 4. Everdream (Marko and Tarja singing) 5. Last Ride of the day (Marko and Floor singing) 6. Wishmaster (Tarja singing) 7. High hopes (Marko singing, Pink Floyd tribute 8. Nemo (Tarja singing) 9. The poet and the pendulum (Marko and Floor singing) 10. Wish i had an angel (Marko and Tarja singing) 11. Romanticide (Marko and Floor singing) 12. The greatest show on earth (Marko and Floor singing) 13. Dead boys poem (Floor singing) 14. Ghost love score (Floor singing) 15. While your lips are still red (Marko singing) 16. Shoemaker (Floor singing) 17. Yours is an empty hope (Marko and Floor singing) 18. Phantom of the opera (Marko and Tarja singing) 19. Storytime (Floor singing) 20. Weak fantasy (Marko and Floor singing)
Young lady you are doing an awesome job here and I love to listen to your comments. I think you might fall into the Nightwish music trap of having whatever the last Nightwish song you listen to as your current favorite. I'm just a few months away from turning 70 years old and just found this group about 3 years ago. As I've listened to their music I found that I love all three of their vocalist, Tarja, Anette and Floor but that Floor is my favorite because of her amazing versatility in her vocals. Having said that these last few days I've been listening to Tarja with Nightwish and as a solo artist do the song, written by Tuomas, "Swanheart". I listened to the Nightwish version from the year 2000, taken from their live DVD, "From Wishes To Eternity" and then I listened to Tarja while on her world tour in 2013, 'Beauty And The Beat', and though very much the same to some degree the two versions are also very different and both very beautiful. It's very symphonic, especially Tarja's version but also the Nightwish version. I urge you to listen to this even if you don't do a reaction to it. But, then again, I would urge you to listen to every thing Nightwish, all the members, past and present, their individual projects and the other groups they have been a part of or their solo careers. Such a massive amount of talent spanning over 25 years and still coming out with much, much more. Keep doing what you're doing and I'm happy to be a subscriber!
Hello Jim :-) what a kind and informative common. Thank you for your feedback and the compliment. Means so much to hear that you're enjoying these videos. I'm really looking forward to exploring more of Nightwish and the individual work. Stay tuned for more soon :-)
All the songs at this concert were for Tarja and Anette. Wait until she listens to Marko. Floor was 32 here and she's been a professional singer since she was 16. FLOORGASMS.There's a band called The Warning and they are 3 sisters from Monterey Mexico that love to Rock. They are on tour with Halestorm and Izzy gave the lead singer and guitarist her guitar on their last tour this summer with Lzzy.. Their ages are 22,20 and 17
You are too sweet Rose! Thanks for the shout-out! ❤️ Looking forward to seeing you stretch those phycology muscles on Tools live performance of Sober! I hope those muscles are up for that one. 😉
I feel like you would love some of Tuomas' solo work. I would especially recommend A Lifetime of Adventure. He is a Disney fan and that whole album (titled Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge) is composed as sort of a soundtrack for a visual novel of Scrooge McDuck, made by Don Rosa, who also appears on the official music video for the song. The vocalist on that song is his wife, Johanna Kurkela.
Great reaction. Nightwish music always hits the soul. You will smile or cry but always feel good.... Sins you like the poetic part try Song Of Myself. Its also somewhere high up there on Gabriel's list The song is based on a Walt Whitman Poem. And if you see these lyrics and think about her needing to learn the whole setlist (about 13 songs) in 48 hours! I think I need those 48 hours just to learn the lyrics from this song alone....:) Anyway you gonne love this ride.
To me, this song is about the power of imagination and the impact it can have on our lives. How it can keep our minds fresh and young, never loosing that childlike sense of wonder, and how an active imagination enriches our everyday experiences into something beyond the mundane.
Let me tell you about a metal band out of Chicago called Trouble. They sound like Black Sabbath I think they were Catholic in background. When I was young they made a song called The Wish. About being so depressed from what you are going through that you pray to God to let you die. But the song ends with there is hope that God will rescue you and his love prevails. I owe that band my life. A metal band that got sick of all the negativity and decided to put a positive message to their music. You see I was that teen that prayed for death. I hated myself for existing.Now I exist for Christ. So great things can be accomplished through metal. But everybody does have their preference.
Christian metal fan here, with great love for the Bible and the Jewish people. Metal has dark elements but it's akin to classical music in more ways than any other music form. Really enjoyed your reaction! God bless you, from Canada!
LOL.. I almost guessed right in your community post. Okay, so it's not NW with "Planet Hell" or Ayreon with "Everybody Dies" (also very uplifting!), but I gladly settle for this one, bcz "it's definitely Storytime!" 🤘 Cheers from Amsterdam!
@@rosalieelliottofficial Funny btw, that you mentioned your master's deg in counseling psych. Double master's here in Social Psychology (spec. Psychology of Culture & Religion) and also Medical Microbiology. Provides some nice context to our little exchange abt religion in the chat there..😉 Cheers!
As someone with some formal theological training, that bull is just the logo for the festival. Also, MOST metal bands play up the satanic imagery as a matter of asthetic and tradition in the community. There are relatively few actually satanic metal bands. Nightwish is one of the farthest from it. Their lyrics do sometimes make reference to pre Christian European paganism, but there is nothing objectionable in their lyrics. Nightwish generally has a very positive message. The satanic imagery thing started in the 70s and 80s when people were accusing bands of being satanists for discussing darker themes. Eventually, these bands basically went "oh we're satanists, we'll show you satanist!" and from there they started to go out of their way to APPEAR satanic as it boosted publicity. AC/DC is a great example of this. They didn't start putting devil horns on their albums and stuff like that until after they got sick of being told they were devil worshipers. The trick is to ignore the appearance the band has and actually look at their lyrics.
plus, the primitive and "evangelicals" are so easily baited, and, being under the influence of their shamanistic preachers, will jump to their orders, not realizing that the preachers are just trying to belittle their competition
Yes there also were a few northern/mid-european pre-Christian gods/powers that too sported horns e.g. Pan. Those were nature-gods and had nothing to do with evil.
Yes its true that Floor had only 48 hours to learn the Playlist. (A crasy feat for anyone), but by the time of Wakken Open Air, they had already done over 30 shows. The first show Floor did with Nightwish was in Seattle, Washington. I was at the show. It was still fire. Floor nailed every lyric, and every note. She is Greatest Of All Time
Yes, Tuomas writes around 85% plus of Nightwish songs, lyrics and composes the symphonic elements that turn into the backing tracks. He is also known as the "Metal Mozart". Once you get going a little, say four or five dozen songs into the Nightwish catalog you'll understand the brilliance. This song/album went into the basis of the creation of an animated movie called "The Snowman", amazon still has it available, I think. But, their songs are varied as is their albums, Tuomas writes about what is inspiring him at the time, so an album like this "Imaginaerum"... has a mystical/fantasy vibe. Their next album is astrological science themed, their next different again. And their last album is a concept album of the likes, well probably... we'll get to that, that's a long way down the road.
I ordered the entire blu ray and play it through my 2500 watt 7.2 theater system. It sounds ridiculous...all the nuances show up in unexpected places. fantastic.
this song to me is about becoming an adult and losing your childhood innocence and wishing to be able to have that wonderous feeling of awe back where everything is new and exciting
From what I understand the bull is a popular rock symbol. This performance is at the Wacken festival, so it’s there for all the bands, it was not Nightwish specific. I’m very similar to you in my caution. I find the messages of Nightwish very uplifting and joyful, with the exception of “Poet and the Pendulum” which is about Thomas journey with very understandable depression and suicidal ideation. But it ends with love and hope and new beginnings. I appreciate the honesty of it. It’s not just wallowing, it’s an honest journey.
Tuomas doesn’t just wallow in sadness/darkness, he’s a poet and his lyrics are very deep and with meaning. He celebrates life. He loves Disney, he loves Hans Zimmer. He loves epic movie scores… I have found with this group that even songs that “sound dark” are just dark for the sake of being dark, but have deep meaningful messages that can only be communicated properly through this musical medium. I have definitely found that if I’ve had a down day, apart from prayer and quiet meditation, Nightwish music brings me such joy and lifts my spirits… I will add that I’ve only really been able to process some really deep pain through a different heavy metal band that did have screaming. But it touched something in my soul, a deep pain and anger and allowed it to open up and empty out in order to heal. I believe God (Yahweh) can use all styles of music, there’s no ‘bad genre”, just bad messages communicated through content/lyrics/behavior. It’s the group “Red”, and the song was “Breathe into Me”.
@@talia6442 You're right the bull is the symbol of the Wacken Open Air Festival and actually hangs in between two stages there. As Nightwish were headlining that year the other stage was not active at the time. The bulls head basically just refers to the fact that apart from the festival days the land is owned by farmers and used for their cattle.
It's been 10 years since and in my eyes and soul, there still as strong as ever!! There are some nay sayers out there on some sites that say other wise, I think they are stronger than ever and alot wiser as well. The Nightwish army will always be strong. Oh forgive me, welcome to the army🎼🌹
I am new to your channel, but I have to say..... I LOVE your reactions!!!! Instant subscriber! Nightwish fan! You will enjoy this journey! Hope you do Ever Dream next!!! Song of Myself is my favorite! Thanks for your enthusiasm!!
same. i was having a bored night and decided to watch some nightwish reaction videos and noticed that this one is actually fairly recent so i instantly subscribed as well. i don't usually subscribe to things on UA-cam( honestly hardly even on it other than to search up very specific things ( like nightwish reaction videos lol)
The bull‘s head: A) sign against evil from Sicily DIO brought into Metal B) W:O:A is located on cow pastures. During the rest of the year there are actually cows dwelling where the stages and crowds are gathered for the festival - so the bull‘s head is more than fitting.
I recommend Song of Myself also from this same 2013 concert. And to again be blown away Dead Boy’s Poem live in Buenos Aires. So nice to see you jump down the Nightwish rabbit hole with us!
And 82 000 people are yelling this Goddess name - Yan - Sen , Yan - Sen........ Iconic She is out of this world, I think you already felt the feeling called ,,Floorgasm,, :))) Greetings from Bulgaria , Nightwish army here reporting
Nightwish music is pure loving music! They love humans and nature, i did not like metal, much of it still not my taste, but this is different! Thru Nightwish an Floor i also discovered Sabaton: their music is all about the human aspect of events in war!
You will find words in every song, words that are not empty. I like your reactions so far. And in time, you will see metal music as one of the very interesting genres.
Dear Rosalie if you want you can look to a dutch Tv program called "beste Zangers") =best singers. Florr Janssen is performing several songs. You wil be surpised what Floor Janssen does. for example "Phantom of the opera" with Henk Poort
Hello from the Netherlands . I do have something new but still familiar for you to respond to : Floor Jansen in Dutch TV programs : Beste Zangers ( Best Singers ) 2019 . what starts with the song : Floor Jansen - Vilia lied Beste Zangers 2019 . before this performance hardly anyone in the Netherlands knew who Floor Jansen was . not even her fellow singers on the couch just take a good look at their reaction when Floor starts to sing . sit down for this and let Floor surprise you . also you should definitely watch Nightwish - Yours is an empty hope Live Wembley arena 2015 and see if you can discover THE Floot surprise haha . P.S. it's NOT Marco(guitarist) you hear ! . thanks for the video . Sincerely, Hollandduck
Enjoyed both of your Nightwish Videos. To my knowledge you are the 1st Reactor to reference the Tanach so it threw me for a loop! Never heard of Nightwish until about 2 1/2 years ago when Covid hit and I started spending more time watching UA-cam which displayed the Ghost Love Score Official Video. Been a huge fan ever since and had the pleasure of seeing them in concert in NYC this past May. Have fun with your Nightwish ride! Well worth the experience!
Ahem the bull skull in Wacken is the festival's logo because Wacken was a cattle raising area
gotcha. thank you :)
@@rosalieelliottofficial np, not everything revolves around religion you know.
@@galadballcrusher8182 Yes indeed. With much of what’s been going on recently, many of us have become more leery of religion and the uses to which it’s historically been - and currently is being - employed than we are about so-called blasphemy. Because even the holiest of persons and institutions are never totally immune from being touched by the Darkness. And spirituality and holiness’s were never absolutely dependent on also being religious.
Thanks. I knew it was symbolic but not sure as to why.
The 82,000 people are literally standing in a cow pasture.
Floor had been with Nightwish a few months. She had to learn the set list in 48-hours when she filled in for Anette during the middle of their US-tour. But this was her first big festival. She became a full member of Nightwish a month after this show. To headline Wacken Open Air is a dream for every metal band. Emppus smile (he smiled slot during these days) was because he couldn't believe how great they sounded. Anette, their previous singer, was not a very good presence live. Floor has Freddie Mercury level stage presence.
"A few months..?" Make that 10 months.
@@Klojum Almost 9 months. Wacken was in late July. Still not alot of time with a new band. Also, festivals is different. -13 edition of Wacken was one of the best I've been to. Deep Purple. I did not like Nightwish at all but Floor was such a pleasant suprice.
@@korvkioskshelvete Wacken was August 3rd and Troy and Floor had been accepted into the band in July, just kept secret until the release of Showtime Storytime in the fall. So they were both full members at this time.
@@northof4912 Straight from Floor in an interview promoting the album.
@@paulriddle7818 Yup - that was my source! Couldn’t be much more definitive!
Emppu’s smile. This is a band that went through huge turmoil with 2 different singers within 7 years. Their very existence was in question when Floor flew to the US to help them finish, read salvage, their North American tour. She stayed on with the band back to Europe, down to South America, Eastern Europe, Australia. Her chemistry she developed with the band over that time, and the relief of the band that they had found their ultimate front woman - that is all reflected in Emppu’s smile!
They have their special moments, love the locked horns and the synchronised jump!
When we hear Tuomas speaking about Floor, it is with love from his heart. We can hear his adoration of Floor in his voice. These emotions about Floor are reflected in my heart also.
@@dieseldog00 And it's easy to see in that he clearly wrote part of the lyrics of How's The Heart for/about Floor.
With Floor the band grew up into a family... with Tarja not so much after her husband broke the dynamics of the group, Anette was probably cool person, short stint though... all is good with Floor now, not the least due to her level of performance...
Yea but those Floor albums with nightwish, yikes :/
The flaming Bullhead is the sign of the Wacken Open Air Festival. It takes place in North Germany every year. In an Area with many Cow- Willows. The burning bull is a hint to that fact.
You mention that Floor is married to a Swede, Hannes. Who is the drummer for a band called Sabaton. Also a group you should check out. They are power metal (no screaming) and they sing about history, heroes, war, sacrifice. They are how history should be taught in school. I think you will like them.
One of my oldest friends is a modern history professor in Albuquerque and uses Sabatan all the time in his lessons.
They are awesome as well.. I was moved to tears from Christmas truce
@@danielmurray5326 That song gets me every time.
Regarding the "horns": It is believed that this gesture was popularized by legendary hard rock/metal singer Ronnie James Dio when he sang in Black Sabbath. He saw this gesture from his grandmother, who used it to protect against the evil eye. Since the lyrics of Black Sabbath songs were often about mysticism, Dio often showed this gesture from the stage. Metal fans adopted it and over time it lost its original meaning and became just one of the symbols of metal music, regardless of the lyrical content.
Exactly
The only thing I would add is that he didn't do it so much as it fit with Sabbath's lyrics. He did it because Ozzy had always done the peace sign and replacing him he felt he needed his own gesture. While Dio certainly popularized it John Lennon is believed to first rocker to make the sign which he picked up from the Eastern religions he studied. I'm not sure what meaning it had for them, would be interesting to know if it was the same luck/hex that Dio's nonna used.
@@jackstorm5649 exactly, watch the documantary dreamers never die.
In cinemas now
The horns is quest for hell!
If you are from America, the finger horns is also the sign of Texas Longhorns football team, not anything evil, unless you are not one of their fans.
To me this is when Nightwish was at their best. Best lineup, everyone was loving what they did and it shows in one of the best live performances by any band ever.
oh yes! the very best
A real beast at the peak of its power. I was there, I know it first hand....
Nightwish brings..love and understanding...Joy and happines..You can clearly se that in The crowd and in The faces of the whole band. It's love my friend.❤️ Thanks for reacting to Nightwish.
agreed. lots of joy and excitement in their faces :)
@@rosalieelliottofficial Nothing Evil here ,as a believer FSHG myself I can say this is such a clean band both lyrically and behaviorally, they even have some songs such as Gethsemane & The Carpenter are worth a visit, one line in a song 'Sleeping Sun" "my fears, from my God they shall depart"
Fantastic reaction , you will learn Metal fans are some of the best fans ever . On Gabriel's list is a ballad called (Dead Boys Poem) live in Buenos Aries 2018 its Tuomas most personal song about him as a child being misunderstood growing up . NOTE: Watch his face and movements in this .
thank you for the kind comment and suggestion :) Looking fwd to exploring more soon
I recommend the Wembley version.
@@Perktube1 Buenos Aires?
Dead boys poem = Buenos Aires 2018
Definitely the Buenos Aires version. Though, I LOVE the Wembley version, there's just something about the Buenos Aires version. I concur with the Buenos Aires performance!
Metal music is an immense world full of genres and sub genres, almost all of them are full of incredibly talented and intelligent musicians, bands and fans. All equally passionate, caring and, very often, kind and humble. It's like you are part of a big family which welcomes you and provide for you. Embrace this 😉😁🤘🤟
When I close my eyes, I hear great quality music: authentic, original, creative, and poetic. The visual effects are to me just a bonus. I am grateful to marvel at and enjoy these artists. Nightwish is not just another band, it's art. As a Dutchman, I am so proud of Floor. Her voice gives me goosebumps!
you should do EPICA - SANCTA TERRA next with Floor and Simone with a full orchestra and choir (the way symphonic metal should be listen ) the 2 best dutch singers
yep the best
Agreed!
i second this
and also Stabbat Mater Dolorosa.
Totally agreed. She would love that one
Composer and lyricist of the song, Tuomas Holopainen has said that "Storytime" is inspired by the 1982 movie The Snowman, the theme of which was previously covered by Nightwish for their Oceanborn album. The idea for the music of "Storytime" was born when Holopainen wondered why no-one had made a remake of the film, and pondered on what his version of the score to the scene in which "Walking in the Air" plays would sound like.
In a teaser text released prior to the release, Holopainen summarized the song:
"How would it feel to take a midnight flight with a snowman through the most wondrous landscapes, like in the classic animated Yuletide film? The meaning of our very existence is created though stories, tales and imagination. They are at the very core of humanity."
The lyrics references several classical pieces of fiction concerning imagination, including the character of Peter Pan and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The lyrics also mention the mythical Gaia, the Greek primordial Earth goddess.
I don't know about the English language, but in Finnish Gaia is a well-established word to also mean the planet earth too!😀
Gaia is indeed a word in English aswell, though it is mostly used in medieval settings in games and movies, typically high fantasy genres, though yes, it is also in English
I'm sure you all know that they covered "Walking In The Air"
In this song "all of Gaia" refers to the whole biosphere, more like it's scientific sense. The Gaia Hypothesis has two forms, the earlier homeostatic one due to the late James Lovelock and the later homeorhetic one due to Lynn Margulis.
The homeostatic theory is more about the way Earth comes back to equilibrium while the homeorhetic theory notes that Earth is actually a series of worlds on one ball of rock, and that it can be thrown out of its equilibrium and into a new one.
Greetings.
To touch up on a few points, Floor was with Nightwish since October 1st 2012 where she debuted with the band in Seattle, Washington.
Prior to that, Floor was recovering from burnout and was, at the time, attending her sister's wedding when she got the phone call.
Tuomas did give her 48 hours to learn the setlist and she nailed every song, although she does admit that at first there were sheets of paper (the setlist and lyrics) all over the place. lol
This performance in 2013, at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany, was 10 months later and actually had a "permanent" Floor on stage as she was offered the position full time 2 months earlier.
For the duration of this tour, since her debut in 2012, it was the first time the fans saw Floor Jansen with Nightwish.
What a treat, huh? 😊
Despite her still having the band she formed in 2009, ReVamp was disbanded in 2016 to make room for Nightwish full time.
She currently has a side collaboration project called Northward and worked on her first ever solo album which is due to be released in March 2023 if I'm not mistaken.
3 singles from that album have been released by Floor....
Fire, Storm, and Me Without You.
A reaction is expected on all 3. 😉
The "stag skull" is the logo for the Wacken Open Air Festival. The "flaming" stag skull was a personal decision made as part of their permanent decor for the stage.... and it looks badass! 🤘
On a religious note, now I think I speak for many when I say I am absolutely curious to see/hear your take on "Weak Fantasy" live at Tampere.
Many fans have expressed much disappointment about the topic this song covers. But give it a reaction and let's see what you have to say about it.
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Tuomas always wrote 90 to 95% of all songs.
He usually writes their next album as they while they're on tour or during their break. Then he introduces the demo to the band (musicians first), to get feed back and suggestions.
Marko, the bass player/singer usually pitched in on songwriting and lyrics when needed. He also wrote and performed a few whole songs for the band including lyrics. One is The Islander and 2 is While Your Lips Are Still Red.
Since Marko's departure from the band on Jan 12, 2021, Tuomas has been the sole composer and already has all the material for their next album.
In their UA-cam channel they posted a short hinting on the topic of one of their new songs.
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Thank you for the video, reaction and comments. Stay safe and stay blessed.
😊❤🤘🤘
"Many fans have expressed much disappointment about the topic this song covers"
That's interesting, never encountered these fans over here in Dutchieland, but the situation could be rather different elsewhere. So I'm game. Any source for that claim, or are we talking personal impressions here?
@@BrendonChase_2015 Well if it means anything to you, this happens to be my favorite song and the one I listened to the most last year and this year is no different. However, the lyrics have never and will never play a role in that.
It is what it is. Religion is a very delicate topic and I've seen a few reaction channels after they did weak fantasy where some viewers told them they wasted their time doing that reaction and so forth.. and a host even expressed a bit of discontent with some of the audience because the song was written as an opinion of the writer.... not the host of the reaction channel.
I even commented that they're going to point the finger at the band but the band has no "freedom of expression?"
Point being... nothing wrong with the lyrics.
I love the song!
😊❤🤘🤘
@@ytcag2007 Haha, great reply man. And ty for taking the time! So your statment abt "many fans" was based on comments to a few reaction videos. Okay, that answers my question. Ty.
As to religion and whether or not it's a very delicate topic, I guess it all depends on perspective. Over here in Dutchieland, religion isn't a delicate topic, since it's barely a topic at all (seen as a private matter, and ppl usually don't bother others with it). Born & raised in that culture, I therefore asked Rosalie in the chat to leave religion at the doorstep and to just try & enjoy the music.
Other ppl from other cultures/countries have a different frame of reference and may be more used to ppl dragging religion into any kind of exchange. Over here it's not that much appreciated to bring religion into focus when it's not explicitly related to the topic of interest. Not bcz it's a delicate matter per sé, it's just seen as being in bad taste.
And I'm 100% with you re: being curious to see Rosalie react to "Weak Fantasy". Let's see if we can start a WF lobby and get her to react 😁
Thanks again, and Cheers from Amsterdam! 🤘
@@BrendonChase_2015 I agree 100% and thank you for taking YOUR time for the reply.
I'm afraid I personally don't enjoy a conversation on religion as people may see your views and beliefs as disrespectful or some they don't agree with. More times than not, that causes arguments as it did between my brother and I on one occasion and between my mother and I on another.
Now, we are all raised catholic but I have come to find some "new" information that has led me to make my own path and it's one I know they will not accept being catholic.
Anyway, I do hope to see her reaction. Thanks for the conversation and greetings from New Jersey, US. 😊❤🤘🤘
@@ytcag2007 Same here re: being raised catholic (in Dutch culture, which makes a difference I suppose). Special fondness for Mary ("Star of the Sea") is all that's left, besides a great appreciation for Gregorian chant.
I'll keep this short & sweet with a bold suggestion re: new info. A reading tip (free of charge, haha): "Flare Star" by Dwardu Cardona. You may read it as new science or fiction. Either way, my guess is that you might find it very interesting. Cheers!
Nightwish is a lifetime journey to humanity 🤘🔥❤️🇫🇮
It’s funny how times have changed, metal is now mostly positive not negative unlike the last generations stereotype. Rapp takes the cake on negativity these days
Your pronunciation of band member names, past and present, is top notch! Something many viewers never get right. Also, extremely interesting your explanation about the different symbols and their meanings to you - thanks for sharing!
I have to admit, not being a Nightwish fan and usually not listening to this type of music, this is without exception the most insane live performance I have ever heard, and seen. This is a studio and video quality performance live. Nothing to do besides dropping ones hat and bend over in awe.
Speaking about idolatry - you definitely should see Weak Fantasy live at Tampere, Finland with lyrics. Tuomas Holopainen is a poet through and through. And the band gets his message to the world perfectly.
And what's more, if you like drums, Kais extended drum intro should do it for you 😉
I concur
I concur!
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I absolutely love watching your reactions to Nightwish. Please continue down the rabbit hole. You bring genuine fun to reaction videos.
Thank you so much!! That really means a lot :) I’m having a blast
It is not only her singing but also her appearance.
And how she can play fans with her stories.
Nightwish is for me the best band there is.
Many greetings from the beautiful Netherlands.
Metal is one of the most judge genres of music. It helps so many to cope with feelings and to get through dark times. It makes you feel like your not alone and yh there are some darker types of metal and satanic stuff but that's true of all genres.
You are not alone in your stereotype of "metal". Most people just think of the dark, screamy stuff without understanding that "metal" is an umbrella under which there are literally dozens of distinct genres. Symphonic is my personal favorite, but Power and Progressive are also great. Amazing musicianship and often stellar quality voices. I trust others to make their recommendations for you. If I started listing bands, this would be pages long. LOL. Welcome to the rabbit hole!
The problem with her home country, but now they know she can sing in many different styles and languages...
She'd been in the band 8 months at this point. The 48 hrs thing was their earlier US tour. The band parted ways with the previous singer Annette mid-tour. Floor was still just a stand-in though.
After this concert, Floor (and Troy Donnockley whom you have yet to see) were announced as permanent members.
Floor and Troy were new members of the band in July but they intended to keep it secret until the end of the touring season, at the end of the year - it was announced earlier in October, just before the release of Showtime Storytime, when they realized they could no longer be listed as guest musicians.
Floor initially joined the band 10 months before this concert.r. That was when she had 48 hours to learn the set list.
ah ok :) thank you!
@@rosalieelliottofficial FYI NW fans on YT have no "general" or head of the NW Army, Gabriel is self appointed to take over from Ann W. who was a big promoter of NW to reactors and always gave a band backround and song lists, while it's great that Gab does this he is not the only one ,but since so many newer fans promote him as the one that reactors should listen to and only follow for song recommends etc then the others who have been providing similar song links etc get ignored and there in lays the problem, all NW fans have equally valid contribution but when reactors are lead to think that there is one person they should rely on for songs etc then many fans feel they should move on to another reactor that would not do that.
Rosalie... it is good to share in your excitement about Nightwish. As a singer-songwriter you have stumbled into a pot of gold with this band and especially Floor's vocals. She is something else for sure. Thanks, nice reaction. 🙏☮❤
Floor was contacted at her sister’s wedding on about this very same day, 10 years ago, and asked to fly to the U.S., learn the set list, and take over as lead singer within 48 hours. She did it, saving the band from near disaster on the stage in Seattle, on October 1, 2012. This performance you are watching, at Wacken Open Air, was on August 3rd, 2013.
Hi Rosalie! I just wanted to say I love your reactions! You are so smart, kind, funny, and open minded and you give great insight into how you feel about and interpret these awesome songs and art. Nightwish is an amazing band. Truly a group full of all star performers. I would personally recommend “Song of Myself” from the Wacken 2013 show, “Greatest Show on Earth” Live from Tampere, and also “I Want My Tears Back” from Buenos Aires 2018. Those are some of my favorite performances.
Thank you very much!! I appreciate the suggestions :) excited to explore more soon
A lot of the trappings of metal are for affect. Theatrical grandeur. Fantasy and escapism. A great many metal artists were raised in conservative, religious households. They gravitated towards the genre out of a need to snub convention, and shock the status quo. Look at the crowd. See the comraderie amongst people from all walks of life, from all over the world. Metal is more than growls and explosions. Some of the best musicians ever have performed in metal bands.
Hi Rosalie. I enjoyed your reaction, as well as your reaction (with Brandon) to 'Ghost Love Score'. I remember asking you to react to that song. It's so nice to see you're really getting into Nightwish. There's so much to discover still. And no need to be apprehensive about the music and lyrics. No worshipping of the devil or any of that stuff. Just very poetic lyrics, often with deep meaning behind them.
'Storytime' is about the happiness that can be found in stories (“The core of all life is a limitless chest of tales”). Childhood innocence has always been an important inspiration for Tuomas in his songwriting (“A writer by a fire, imagined all of Gaia, took a journey into a child man’s heart”). It isn't a surprise that the chorus of this song heavily references Peter Pan and Never Never Land. It makes perfect sense that Tuomas would use a character like Peter Pan (who ran away to the magical world of Never Never Land to remain a child forever) in this song.
Looking forward to your next reaction. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Ik vind het hartverwarmend om te zien dat een van de "usual suspects" nog steeds fanatiek bezig is met het goede werk.
@@markschattefor6997 Dank je. Als ik wat extra vrije tijd heb, hou ik me hier graag mee bezig. Nog steeds. 😊
Hi Roalie welcome to the Nightwish experience enjoy the Nightwish journey love and peace from Ireland 🇮🇪🇺🇦☘️🇺🇦🇮🇪🤘🤘🤘🤘
Floor was in the band almost a year at this point (I think.) But it's true that when she was first approached to sing for the band, she had less than a couple of days to learn their set. She was asked to fill in when Anette couldn't finish the rest of their tour in 2012.
This entire concert is a masterpiece! The performance, stage theatrics, audio mix, editing -- *chef's kiss!
She had been with the band about 8 months when this was recorded, her first show was in Oct 2012 in Seattle Washington USA i had the honor to be there, and she didn't skip a beat for only having 48 hrs to learn the setlist.
Please tell us more!
That concert she looked nervous backstage, but when on stage...
I was there for her first show in Seattle too. I remember waiting in the queue to get in, everyone speculating how Floor would be. She got the words wrong a few times but I don't think anyone cared. Then the next time they came to Seattle they brought it up again that this was the first place they performed together :)
I love your reaction. I felt the same way when I heard Nightwish for the first time. The bull's head is the mascot of the metal festival in Wacken. In my opinion, it has nothing to do with Satan or the Church. If you want to react "I want my tears back", please take the Decades version of Buenos Aires. You will see how much fun floor has on stage. Looking forward to more Nightwish and a new band called Epica. Greetings from Germany
to further explain the bulls head. Wacken is cattle country full of ranchers. hence being the mascot, at least that is how it was explained to me 8).
Dear Rosalie,
As a fellow Dutch(guy) a few years older than Floor, I like to give you a kind of introduction to the special match.
Floor & Nightwish found each other in a special and very specific time, in there journeys.
A great amount of happy coincidences, conspired to come together and made this a very special match..
Exactly 10 years, september 2012, during Nightwishs' USA leg of their then Imaginaerum World Tour..
Floor 1.01:
She had a very average childhood, all be it. Coming from a bit above average, effluent background. School, especially highschool was a bit 'akward' for her. From about age 10 she almost always was 'the tallest', not only of the girls, but of all her peers. Going to normal Dutch schools, and following her father during some moves across the South of The Netherlands. They moved a few times following the change of workplaces of her father.
One must know that among her peers, specially in the time period that she attended highschool. House music was paramount during that time period, think 'Two Unlimited' and somesuch. Her peers of the time in school, were pretty two-dimensional. One was peer pressured to be all 'normal', standard think a bit Girly-girls for the girls. If one did not follow that mold, you were most definitely labeled: Alternative. All in all not the most happy time, her years in highschool.
She loved music, but other music than mainstream. Learned guitar from her father(at age 13), joint her first band(aged 16) the band later renamed itself as After Forever. After completing her O-levels, this aspiring Biologist decided to make Music her main occupation in Life. She was part of the Grounding Class at the Tilburg, Rock Academy. An initiative to establish a (new kind of) music college/university. A school, to study music, but also not ignoring the need to school this new breed of musical professionals in the Business side of the Music Business. She continued her studies of music on a more mainstream music college(conservatorium), to study Opera and Contemporary music/ Musical theatre. Long after finishing the Rock Academy in 2003. She did teach also in the field of Voice,(-coaching), even some classes/ workshops at her Alma Mater; Rock Academy, Tilburg.
From 2009-2010, till just before joining Nightwish she was (forced to) take a big hiatus from Music, due to Burn-out symptoms. In fact Floor stated in interviews that Nightwish should not have called, even 5 weeks earlier than they did. Floor thinks that even five weeks earlier. She would not have been ready, mentally; to embark on her new life-adventure: Singing for, and later joining Nightwish.
The Wacken.2013 DVD is part of this first world tour. If you have 2,5 hours to spare, you can look on UA-cam for the documentary called; 'Please learn the Setlist in 48-hours.' She knew the band and there songs, but not the 15 songs of the new album, Imaginaerum. The song 'Ghost Love Score', is one of the first songs she contributed to writing/arranging music. During rehearsals/sound-checks she decided one day, to sing here variations on this mainly Tuomas and Taria song. The rest of the band liked her version of the vocals so much, they kept them her way till the present day.
In oktober 2013 she became a full member of the band Nightwish, at the same time as Troy Donockley. So beginning with 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful (album)' and Élan she and Troy were also contributing to writing of Nightwish music. With Tuomas (still) being the main composer, writer of music and arrangements.
Outside, alongside Nightwish she was part of Nordward and Ayreon. Starting 2019 she persued more solo projects, alongside her Nighwish work.
'Beste Zangers' gave this a big boost and the prolonged rest of Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021 was used by Floor to compose some new, solo works like Fire, etc.
Never met, or collaborated with each other. Floor and Henk Poort met just days before this recording and it was discovered they have a very good and special stage-chemistry.
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The Dutch TVshow used a Nightwish/Tuomas/Taria re-arrangement, of this A.Lloyd-Webber musical song.
Nighwish 1.01:
Symphonic Metal Band, since 1996 with as a nucleus Tuomas, keybord, composer and arranger and Taria, Soprano vocals and youth friend of Tuomas. They lost/send away Taria in the last part of 2005, and it almost broke the band. Other musicians joined, as other band members quit, or were no longer able to be part of Nightwish.
Marco and Taria performed a RE-arranged rendition of Phanton of the Opera. And this Tuomas Arrangement of this song became the basis of Beste Zangers 'Phantom', with Floor and Henk Poort.
Henk performed (200+ times) as The Phantom in the A. Lloyd-Weber musical in The Netherlands.
Henk is also known in The Netherlands, as one of the best headliner singers in Les Miserables in the BeNeLux stage performances of this musical...
Anette was a more pop-music oriented singer that joined Nightwish around 2008, and she was physically unable to continue the 2012 world tour, touring the leg in the USA.
That unability, ultimately led to the recasting of the Main singer,to Floor Jansen.
Also to know is:
Tuomas had a hard time, many years after the split between Nightwish and Taria. It more than 'just a little', unsettled his Mental and Emotional Equilibrium.
He was forced, in the end to write this out of his system, resulting in the Song: The Poet and the Pendulum.
If you ever wish to make a reaction video, on this song.
Please prepare by researching the history behind this song, before(!) starting to record a reaction video on this song..
Also the London O2 version of 'greatest story on Earth' is very cool because of the live 'reading' of the texts by Prof. Richard Dawkins, himself..
Nighwish's Tuomas uses a lot of recordings along the live-played music onstage. Most of these recordings come from collaborations in London, England. The London Philharmonic and several London based Singers and Choirs come to mind.
Now more then ten years later Floor and here 'Brothers' of the Band Nightwish still conquer the world one live-concert at a time..
As down to earth as to be expected from a Metalhead, Soprano from Holland, just hanging with her Brothers in arms.
Still free of any Diva-like tendencies that almost wiped-out this band in 2006..
Hope the read(/see?) your reactions soon,
Christian
Just a question, maybe somebody can confirm/inform/enlighten me:
I have a Question about Tampere 2015.
Are this Video:
ua-cam.com/video/45brzDJKZ3o/v-deo.html
And part of this documentary:
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Shot at the same venue, maybe even on the same day??
If so, what a Coincidence ..
Oh you are so innocent hahaha. You are going to be blown away by this journey of metal you are on, I can't wait. Both amazing reactions, thank you!
Even when there is really heavy metal screaming, it's a lot of the time just uplifting and positive. Like Arch Enemy for example (no, don't listen to them JUST yet. Don't, please. not yet). But it's uhh when you hear it it will be like "oh this is pure satan" but then the lyrics are so amazingly warm and uplifting and just for people coming together for something really good.
It's actually amazing how the metal community are actually a bunch of fuzzballs, in the most positive way possible. Very welcoming and love taking people on these journeys because metal usually breaks a lot of the misconceptions that come with the, "stigma" of it all, I guess. Anyway.
FYI, the flaming Bull in both of these songs are not part of Nightwish - it is a decoration and in-sync flame throwing is a symbol of the Wacken Open Air venue they are playing at.
80,000+ people were at that concert, and the biggest thing Floor has done up to that point. Wish I was there oh man.
Thank you for your kind and interesting comment :-) definitely an interesting journey to be on and happy to learn. I'm noticing the kindness in the community and it's nice to see. Thank you for your comment :-)
Yeah there's a lot more to metal ,there are a lot of bands that have uplifting messages in their songs, they just delivered them in the form of metal, nothing to do with Satanism, I recently watched @thecarismaticvoice react to Lorna shore and the way she breaks everything down is amazing
Hi Rosalie! Really enjoyed your reaction! Apologies in advance if this is a little long.
The Bull with the flames - the bull is simply the logo for Wacken Open Air. They chose that logo because, as I understand it, the rest of the year that area is just an open field where cattle graze - a cattle farm - in the town of Wacken, Germany. They have Wacken Open Air once a year, and then it goes back to the cattle! The flames you see - just aesthetics - as it goes right along with the pyrotechnics that so many bands use in their stage shows. Its just for visual effect! Many, many people associate metal with satanic worship. I myself was raised studying scripture, and we have some very dear friends that are Jewish, so I'm very familiar with that faith and viewpoint as well (my first name is a Hebrew name - Michal). So, I fully get what you're saying. It's a huge misconception about metal. Though, there are definitely some that absolutely focus on the darker side of things - but this is true for just about any genre of music. You never know when you are listening to a popular artist with extremely questionable personal beliefs. Look at the lyrics for any metal band in question and that will give you a great idea of the essence of what they stand for. With Nightwish, Tuomas is a poet. He writes about the ocean a lot, fantasy (some mythology), works of literature, science, beauty, nature, and the human condition. One commenter I saw mentioned Weak Fantasy. That is Tuomas criticizing the church in certain ways - wars waged, control, and the opulence. It is not a critique upon G-d nor on faith, but of the church. There is a huge difference. So I didn't want that to be misunderstood. The other misconception for metal being associated w satanic stuff is the hand symbol people make (🤘🏻) all throughout metal and rock - known widely as the devil horns. That's not accurate either, but that's what grew legs and continues to run the marathon to this day lol! It was taken from an Italian hand gesture called the Mano Cornuta. The gesture itself is made to ward off evil, the evil eye, and evil spirits - fare la corna translates literally as "to make the horns". Now, they generally point it downward, yes. It's somewhat disputed who came up with it, but Ronnie James Dio is usually the one credited w doing it first on stage and making it poular with heavier music. He replaced Ozzy Osbourne as the lead vocalist in Black Sabbath. Their drummer says he showed Dio the symbol, so it's still debated. When asked about it Dio says he wanted a symbol to differentiate him from the departing Ozzy who always used the peace sign. He said this wards off evil and it flowed with what the band was supposed to be about - calling out the evils as they saw them or, warding off the evil eye. It's also attributed to positive things in other cultures, as well as some negative. But, Dio cites his Italian grandmother as his, sort of, inspiration for the symbol and what motivated him to untimately decide to use that. Back when this type of music started gaining popularity, people didn't like the loudness or the heaviness of it and they didn't like the often unkempt and disheveled look of those playing it. They saw them as rebels and bucking societal norms, the language, the partying - so people automatically deemed it bad. In the 50s and 60s (and onward) people were quick to label things that were different as evil and a negative influence. I mean, at first they labeled Elvis as a bad one, for goodness sakes lol! People werent the most understanding back then, and often times were too quick to judge a book by its cover instead of taking a moment to try and understand it. In those times, for them, any kind of different was bad. Thus, they latched on to the hand gesture and assigned "devil horns" to it and here we are. There are many misconceptions about metal, indeed! With any heavier band, read their lyrics. That's where you'll find a sense of their intent and message. Nightwish is a different breed, in my humble opinion. Tuomas has such an amazing way in expressing his mind and his thoughts, and you won't find anything heretical in their lyrics at all. Of course, music is subjective, and some may choose to interpret something through the lens of their own experiences, preconceived notions, or misconceptions; that is always something that happens. But, its not a fair thing to render judgement without taking into account what the writer is intending and saying. Just my thoughts. I thought you might like to know those things since you've said you aren't at all familiar with metal, and since you mentioned those we'll known associations with un-G-dly sentiments. I've yammered on long enough! Great reaction! I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts! Subbed for the ride with Ghost Love Score and to share in the wonderful Nightwish journey that we are blessed to be able to take! Sending blessings and greetings from the Deep South! Nightwish Army, Alabama Division, present and accounted for🤘🏻❤️
No need to apologize! Thank you for taking the time to comment and share the info :) and you made good points. Often things that are different were seen as evil. It’s a fine line between growing and breaking free from man made boxes and not going over board (haha get it? Boxes and boards!) into territory that becomes harmful to ourselves or others. Humans tend to extremes. Thank you for sharing.
Very interesting and insightful comment. Thanks!
wow thank you for the shout out I am your OG ride or die and always will be Ey OOOO. now onto the great reaction I always love watching you get so hyped and the joy etched in your face when something impresses you once it gets a hold on you it cant be hidden that pure enjoyment its what makes you so real and so awesome dont ever stop being you it is enough as you can tell this community is growing so fast and it will keep getting bigger and bigger . With much love to you and yours have a great day
Tuomas composes all music and lyrics for their songs. He is the "Metal Mozart" of music. He is a musical genius.
As a Christian, I am very pleased to hear that you guard your mind against "evil" music and have a great respect for the Bible. I'm enjoying your reactions very much!!🙏🧡
Thank you for your comment. I'm looking forward to seeing more of his musical genius work. The lyrics and compositions are very impressive. Thank you for your encouragement also :-)
There is no such music as "evil music", only music. I respect the bible as much as I respect Donald Trump. The bible is a pack of lies and deceits. None of it is true.
@@dieseldog00 It's very sad that you believe that but, you are entitled to your opinion. God gives us the freedom to choose whether to believe Him or not but, one day you will stand before Him and see Him face to face. The only problem with that is, it will be too late to change your mind. Don't be deceived by the lies you are choosing to believe about God and His word.
can not wait for you to see Floor singing Shallow.that is the song that got me drafted into the NIGHTWISH army
Wacken is on a field where the cows roam and thats where the bull comes from
I have listened to rock, metal, punk and all rock geners from child. But i thank god to discover nightwish. Maybe with age you understand music better. Thay keep the energy of rock but put you in a state of mind dreaming.
Greetings from UK
That was a wonderful reaction, thank you 😄
When I saw your reaction the other day to 'Ghost Love Score' I was hoping that you could find something in the Nightwish collection that would pique your interest, and it seems that you have
I think you might like 'Ever Dream'. It is a story about love, is upbeat and shows off some of Floor's amazing vocal range and stamina. Trust me, when you hear it you should ask yourself which of the more popular singers in pop groups today could sing the way that our beloved Floor does....not very many according to lots and lots of vocal coaches.
Vocal coaches love to react to Nightwish songs because they adore and admire Floor's voice and technique, as well as appreciating the musicianship of the band and composition of the songs
If you enjoyed this, you'll probably also enjoy their "I Want My Tears Back" from the same album.
Why?
I concur. The Live in Buenos Aires version.
That is a song that should get rid off of all the thoughts that all metal is just dark screaming (though that's cool too IMO).
Oh, and metalheads really are the nicest people you can find on this planet. Probably because they get rid of all the aggression by listening to aggressive music. Just my two cents.
As good as it was at Wacken, it's 10 times better at there Buenos Aires show.
@@juholaitakari1305 It's an amazingly catchy jig of a metal ballad that goes back and forth between the lead singers. And when Floor performs it live, she skips and dances around the stage with almost childlike joy and exuberance.
And for the record, that entire album (Imaginarium) is SO GOOD you could probably do a react to the entire thing. Storytime, I Want My Tears Back, Scaretale, Slow Love Slow, Song of Myself, Last Ride of the Day... Ugh. Easily their best album.
@@charlescohen4279 thanks for the argument however i don't agree with it, i absolutely love storytime but i want my tears back does nothing for me
@Rosalie Reacts I subscribed on your first reaction of Nightwish and I am here to enjoy with you your journey. Many many pleasant surprises ahead of you! Love your reactions!
thank you for subscribing and the kind comment :) so glad you enjoy the videos.
Floor is a real charismatic story teller and a vocal coach too
Phantom of the Opera - Tarja vs. Marko
Nightwish and Floor are amazing, and every song is different, but special in it's own way. Tuomas writes/composes almost everything and he is a musical genius, and Floor can absolutely sing anything, any genre. So you have one of the world's greatest songwriter/composer musical geniuses in Tuomas, then you have what is my opinion and many others the most powerful, beautiful, awing, and versatile vocalists on the planet in Floor. Then you look at the rest of Nightwish complete masters of their crafts, all coming together to make great music and shows. They are not out to be the most popular, most radio friendly, but they are out to make every song and show magical/special. I am liking and subbing for your Nightwish/Floor journey, prepare for amazement.
I would be really interested to see your reaction to Nightwish’s Greatest Show On Earth. It’s the history of the world and humankind from an evolutionary standpoint, with quotes from a famous Scientist. As an Orthodox Christian, I believe in creation of the world by God, but I love this song because it’s a celebration of life, encouraging and also heavy, and it’s a joy to sing. Thanks for this reaction, I never get tired of watching people react to Nightwish 💜
Originally Floor was sent by Allfather Odhinn to Midgard to gather the souls of fallen warriors to Valhalla, but she
got distracted and joined a series of bands. However, Floor still gathers souls by her grace, beauty and the sheer power
of her vocals.
We give thanks for her at our Blots regularly and hope that Odhinn won't notice that she has never returned to Asgard.
ALL HAIL THE VALKYRIE GODDESS!!!
The Nightwish Army is incoming! You're not ready!
Nightwish Army Central Florida Black Company reporting for duty!
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Hey thanks for being so open to the symbolism in these shows. Most of the time for us metalheads it doesn't mean anything. We just love the music ❤
Ghost Love Score is written for the opera singer Tarja, storytime for the pop singer Anette. At Anette the opera part came out of off. The song belongs to the concept album Imaginaerum, which is also the film music for the film of the same name. Tuomas had rebuilt the setlist in favor of Tarja's songs after the kick out. He now had a singer with classic training again.
Floor also uses growls and screams again and again. As a rule, however, very specifically when it serves the story. The only exception at Nightwish:
Nightwish - Yours is an Empty Hope (Live)
Other bands combine soft and hard vocals clever. Here is an example with Disco Sound:
Amaranthe - The Nexus (Official Music Video)
The flaming bull head is the logo of the Wacken Open Air. It is one of the oldest and largest metal festivals in the world. Wacken is a small town with almost 2000 inhabitants, in an agricultural area. Among other things, there are also cattle and therefore the bull's head. Instead, they could have taken a beet, but that would not have been metal. A drone flight:
Wacken Woa from above 2014
The creation of the horn sign is controversial. In my opinion, it came from the Black Metal scene and was supposed to provoke. Today it is only the identifier of the metalheads, without further meaning.
The 82,000 attendees weren't there to worship the bull. They were there to worship the Valkyrie Goddess Floor. I enjoyed your commentary and look forward to more. 😊🤘
The band had someone or a choir sing the Innocence part with Anette. He asked Floor the same thing and she said she could do it herself. Her lung and stage presence are awesome. Thomas writes 95 %of the songs.
Nightwish isn't just about metal. It is a window into the mind of the greatest composer and lyricist of our time: Tuomas Holopainen. Thank you for having a great diction and an English that is very easy for us, who are not natives, to understand.
For someone that's not much into metal, I'd recommend songs like Dead Boy's Poem, While Your Lips Are Still Red, The Islander, I Want My Tears Back. Just so you don't get scared away by the heavier stuff :) Wouldn't wanna loose you :)) Awesome reactions!
The exception is nightwish that was created in 96 this new wave of metal symphonic I love nightwish and floor are the apitamy of what metal stads for pure artistry ENTERTAINING and performance stage presence Tuormas is considered the Mozart of metal🥰🥰🥰
There are dark songs because life isn't always happy. Anger and negative emotions is just as much a part of us as love is and different artists will bring that out in different ways. Artists tend to put their own experiences into their art. For example, there's a song by Metallica that you'll probably run into at some point during these reactions called Master of Puppets. At first glance it would seem through your eyes aggressive and perhaps even evil. However with a bit of a deeper look you'll find it's a very anti drug song, warning about the dangers of drugs and how you can become dependent on them and become your master. I'd very much recommend listening to it. It's very widely considered one of the best metal songs ever made. Make sure to watch the video with lyrics for your own benefit.
At Wacken 2013 every song was written for the prior singers as Floor had only been with the band about 10 months. GLS was a very early song written for Tarja and Storytime was for Anette, both intending the work well with their different styles. Good thing Floor can handle it all.
Floor had been with the band about 10 months at this point and was not yet an official member. She was singing songs written for the other two singers, despite none of these songs being written for her voice / abilities she made them her own in many ways. Floor simply sings what she wants how she wants. FYI she has performed in 8 languages that I know of. I'm sending you an email later this evening with some information and links that you will want to check out. This will be information for her work away from Nightwish. I was fortunate to see Nightwish live and photograph one of their shows this past spring. That was a special moment for me you've already got the info on NW so I figured I would help you out with some other Floor details.
Oh sweet Rosalie tighten your seatbelt and hang on. You just started the best ride of the best song Lyricist and composer in our lifetime
you are just at the beginning of your trip ! the goal: "poet and the pendulum", an incredible master piece :).
You don't notice Marko (bass player). He has a wonderfull voice too (more in this incredible cover of Pink Floyd by Nightwish: high hopes).
If you want to see the breath management of Floor, try "sleeping sun" (search for "NIGHTWISH. SLEEPING SUN. ( FLOOR JANSEN ) - 2016").
Another great band of symphonic metal: Epica ! "sancta terra" in live retrospect is a duet with Floor. From the same live (with a full orchestra on stage): "design your universe".
Floor is married to the drummer of Sabaton. She is Dutch, he is Swedish, and they live on a farm in Sweden. In regular life Floor is more earth mother - sweet, funny, and very caring. Most of the band is from Finland. Troy, who you'll meet in other songs, is from the UK. He plays loads of different instruments and provides back-up vocals (except on Harvest, he's the lead). The band is mostly secularists. They believe very strongly in the beauty and wonder of science, and love nature (many are vegetarians). They're not against a belief in God, but strongly disapprove of rigid, organized religion (see Weak Fantasy). Tuomas is a poet. His lyrics are incredible. There is a Nightwish sound, but every song is different. Whew, I changed topic just about every sentence.
Really great reaction! 😀😍
My top Nightwish songs are:
1. Devil and the deep dark ocean (Marko and Floor singing)
2. Sleeping Sun (Tarja singing)
3. Dark chest of wonders (Tarja singing)
4. Everdream (Marko and Tarja singing)
5. Last Ride of the day (Marko and Floor singing)
6. Wishmaster (Tarja singing)
7. High hopes (Marko singing, Pink Floyd tribute
8. Nemo (Tarja singing)
9. The poet and the pendulum (Marko and Floor singing)
10. Wish i had an angel (Marko and Tarja singing)
11. Romanticide (Marko and Floor singing)
12. The greatest show on earth (Marko and Floor singing)
13. Dead boys poem (Floor singing)
14. Ghost love score (Floor singing)
15. While your lips are still red (Marko singing)
16. Shoemaker (Floor singing)
17. Yours is an empty hope (Marko and Floor singing)
18. Phantom of the opera (Marko and Tarja singing)
19. Storytime (Floor singing)
20. Weak fantasy (Marko and Floor singing)
Nightwish Army UK popping in for a great reaction, the band all enjoy the show.
The poet and the pendulum... masterpiece!
Young lady you are doing an awesome job here and I love to listen to your comments. I think you might fall into the Nightwish music trap of having whatever the last Nightwish song you listen to as your current favorite. I'm just a few months away from turning 70 years old and just found this group about 3 years ago. As I've listened to their music I found that I love all three of their vocalist, Tarja, Anette and Floor but that Floor is my favorite because of her amazing versatility in her vocals. Having said that these last few days I've been listening to Tarja with Nightwish and as a solo artist do the song, written by Tuomas, "Swanheart". I listened to the Nightwish version from the year 2000, taken from their live DVD, "From Wishes To Eternity" and then I listened to Tarja while on her world tour in 2013, 'Beauty And The Beat', and though very much the same to some degree the two versions are also very different and both very beautiful. It's very symphonic, especially Tarja's version but also the Nightwish version. I urge you to listen to this even if you don't do a reaction to it. But, then again, I would urge you to listen to every thing Nightwish, all the members, past and present, their individual projects and the other groups they have been a part of or their solo careers. Such a massive amount of talent spanning over 25 years and still coming out with much, much more. Keep doing what you're doing and I'm happy to be a subscriber!
Hello Jim :-) what a kind and informative common. Thank you for your feedback and the compliment. Means so much to hear that you're enjoying these videos. I'm really looking forward to exploring more of Nightwish and the individual work. Stay tuned for more soon :-)
All the songs at this concert were for Tarja and Anette. Wait until she listens to Marko. Floor was 32 here and she's been a professional singer since she was 16. FLOORGASMS.There's a band called The Warning and they are 3 sisters from Monterey Mexico that love to Rock. They are on tour with Halestorm and Izzy gave the lead singer and guitarist her guitar on their last tour this summer with Lzzy.. Their ages are 22,20 and 17
The future of rock-n-roll.
You are too sweet Rose! Thanks for the shout-out! ❤️ Looking forward to seeing you stretch those phycology muscles on Tools live performance of Sober! I hope those muscles are up for that one. 😉
I feel like you would love some of Tuomas' solo work. I would especially recommend A Lifetime of Adventure. He is a Disney fan and that whole album (titled Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge) is composed as sort of a soundtrack for a visual novel of Scrooge McDuck, made by Don Rosa, who also appears on the official music video for the song. The vocalist on that song is his wife, Johanna Kurkela.
Rose!!!!!!!!!!! 100k soon!!!!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
Great reaction.
Nightwish music always hits the soul.
You will smile or cry but always feel good....
Sins you like the poetic part try Song Of Myself.
Its also somewhere high up there on Gabriel's list
The song is based on a Walt Whitman Poem.
And if you see these lyrics and think about her needing to learn the whole setlist (about 13 songs) in 48 hours!
I think I need those 48 hours just to learn the lyrics from this song alone....:)
Anyway you gonne love this ride.
To me, this song is about the power of imagination and the impact it can have on our lives. How it can keep our minds fresh and young, never loosing that childlike sense of wonder, and how an active imagination enriches our everyday experiences into something beyond the mundane.
Let me tell you about a metal band out of Chicago called Trouble. They sound like Black Sabbath I think they were Catholic in background. When I was young they made a song called The Wish. About being so depressed from what you are going through that you pray to God to let you die. But the song ends with there is hope that God will rescue you and his love prevails. I owe that band my life. A metal band that got sick of all the negativity and decided to put a positive message to their music. You see I was that teen that prayed for death. I hated myself for existing.Now I exist for Christ. So great things can be accomplished through metal. But everybody does have their preference.
thank you very much for sharing that, Troy. WOW! that's amazing. I'm so glad you're alive and letting your light shine.
Christian metal fan here, with great love for the Bible and the Jewish people. Metal has dark elements but it's akin to classical music in more ways than any other music form. Really enjoyed your reaction! God bless you, from Canada!
Thank you for commenting. Glad you enjoyed the video and are able to appreciate metal and still cherish Scripture
@@rosalieelliottofficial Even our Lord gets angry from time to time! All things in season and balance! Shalom!
Most epic Wacken performance: Blind Guardian - The bard's song & Valhalla, live Wacken 2016.
We still love Ann and tarja..
But then here's come the badass goddess valkyries queen🔥
That floor Jensen right there👑🤘❤
LOL.. I almost guessed right in your community post. Okay, so it's not NW with "Planet Hell" or Ayreon with "Everybody Dies" (also very uplifting!), but I gladly settle for this one, bcz "it's definitely Storytime!" 🤘 Cheers from Amsterdam!
yep :) you were on the right track.
@@rosalieelliottofficial Funny btw, that you mentioned your master's deg in counseling psych. Double master's here in Social Psychology (spec. Psychology of Culture & Religion) and also Medical Microbiology. Provides some nice context to our little exchange abt religion in the chat there..😉 Cheers!
If you just started with Metal and will going on... you'll have a great journey before you.
Full of wonderful, powerful and often beautiful music!
As someone with some formal theological training, that bull is just the logo for the festival. Also, MOST metal bands play up the satanic imagery as a matter of asthetic and tradition in the community. There are relatively few actually satanic metal bands. Nightwish is one of the farthest from it. Their lyrics do sometimes make reference to pre Christian European paganism, but there is nothing objectionable in their lyrics. Nightwish generally has a very positive message.
The satanic imagery thing started in the 70s and 80s when people were accusing bands of being satanists for discussing darker themes. Eventually, these bands basically went "oh we're satanists, we'll show you satanist!" and from there they started to go out of their way to APPEAR satanic as it boosted publicity. AC/DC is a great example of this. They didn't start putting devil horns on their albums and stuff like that until after they got sick of being told they were devil worshipers. The trick is to ignore the appearance the band has and actually look at their lyrics.
plus, the primitive and "evangelicals" are so easily baited, and, being under the influence of their shamanistic preachers, will jump to their orders, not realizing that the preachers are just trying to belittle their competition
@@roy19491 I'll pretend that made sense
Yes there also were a few northern/mid-european pre-Christian gods/powers that too sported horns e.g. Pan.
Those were nature-gods and had nothing to do with evil.
@@loutsont2985 Pan is Greek (and also kind of rides the line between benevolent and evil at times), but you're still overall correct
Yes its true that Floor had only 48 hours to learn the Playlist. (A crasy feat for anyone), but by the time of Wakken Open Air, they had already done over 30 shows. The first show Floor did with Nightwish was in Seattle, Washington. I was at the show. It was still fire. Floor nailed every lyric, and every note. She is Greatest Of All Time
Yes, Tuomas writes around 85% plus of Nightwish songs, lyrics and composes the symphonic elements that turn into the backing tracks. He is also known as the "Metal Mozart". Once you get going a little, say four or five dozen songs into the Nightwish catalog you'll understand the brilliance. This song/album went into the basis of the creation of an animated movie called "The Snowman", amazon still has it available, I think. But, their songs are varied as is their albums, Tuomas writes about what is inspiring him at the time, so an album like this "Imaginaerum"... has a mystical/fantasy vibe. Their next album is astrological science themed, their next different again. And their last album is a concept album of the likes, well probably... we'll get to that, that's a long way down the road.
I ordered the entire blu ray and play it through my 2500 watt 7.2 theater system. It sounds ridiculous...all the nuances show up in unexpected places. fantastic.
this song to me is about becoming an adult and losing your childhood innocence and wishing to be able to have that wonderous feeling of awe back where everything is new and exciting
I like that interpretation
This one for me confirms that even when life is chaos, a dream still run in your mind, seek it, believe it, and ride the joy of eternity
From what I understand the bull is a popular rock symbol.
This performance is at the Wacken festival, so it’s there for all the bands, it was not Nightwish specific.
I’m very similar to you in my caution. I find the messages of Nightwish very uplifting and joyful, with the exception of “Poet and the Pendulum” which is about Thomas journey with very understandable depression and suicidal ideation. But it ends with love and hope and new beginnings. I appreciate the honesty of it. It’s not just wallowing, it’s an honest journey.
Tuomas doesn’t just wallow in sadness/darkness, he’s a poet and his lyrics are very deep and with meaning. He celebrates life.
He loves Disney, he loves Hans Zimmer. He loves epic movie scores…
I have found with this group that even songs that “sound dark” are just dark for the sake of being dark, but have deep meaningful messages that can only be communicated properly through this musical medium.
I have definitely found that if I’ve had a down day, apart from prayer and quiet meditation, Nightwish music brings me such joy and lifts my spirits…
I will add that I’ve only really been able to process some really deep pain through a different heavy metal band that did have screaming. But it touched something in my soul, a deep pain and anger and allowed it to open up and empty out in order to heal.
I believe God (Yahweh) can use all styles of music, there’s no ‘bad genre”, just bad messages communicated through content/lyrics/behavior.
It’s the group “Red”, and the song was “Breathe into Me”.
@@talia6442 You're right the bull is the symbol of the Wacken Open Air Festival and actually hangs in between two stages there. As Nightwish were headlining that year the other stage was not active at the time. The bulls head basically just refers to the fact that apart from the festival days the land is owned by farmers and used for their cattle.
It's been 10 years since and in my eyes and soul, there still as strong as ever!! There are some nay sayers out there on some sites that say other wise, I think they are stronger than ever and alot wiser as well. The Nightwish army will always be strong. Oh forgive me, welcome to the army🎼🌹
I am new to your channel, but I have to say..... I LOVE your reactions!!!! Instant subscriber! Nightwish fan! You will enjoy this journey! Hope you do Ever Dream next!!! Song of Myself is my favorite! Thanks for your enthusiasm!!
Thank you very much! Welcome :) I appreciate your comment :) stay tuned for more soon
same. i was having a bored night and decided to watch some nightwish reaction videos and noticed that this one is actually fairly recent so i instantly subscribed as well. i don't usually subscribe to things on UA-cam( honestly hardly even on it other than to search up very specific things ( like nightwish reaction videos lol)
The bull‘s head:
A) sign against evil from Sicily DIO brought into Metal
B) W:O:A is located on cow pastures. During the rest of the year there are actually cows dwelling where the stages and crowds are gathered for the festival - so the bull‘s head is more than fitting.
I recommend Song of Myself also from this same 2013 concert. And to again be blown away Dead Boy’s Poem live in Buenos Aires.
So nice to see you jump down the Nightwish rabbit hole with us!
I concur on Dead boys poem…..
And 82 000 people are yelling this Goddess name - Yan - Sen , Yan - Sen........ Iconic
She is out of this world, I think you already felt the feeling called ,,Floorgasm,, :)))
Greetings from Bulgaria , Nightwish army here reporting
The bull head here is not a Nightwish thing but a Wacken thing, it was the symbol for this festival
gotcha :) thank you for the info :)
@@rosalieelliottofficial Wacken, Germany is the major beef producing area of Germany so that's why the bulls head.
Simply the best reactions/analysis. your da bomb Rosalie girl💯💥👏💕
😊 thank you!!!
С огромным приветом из России. Обожаю ваши разборы, жаль что не все ролики есть на русском языке. Nightwish любимая группа лет с 20.
It really is great to see someone enjoying their music as much as fans still enjoy it :D
Nightwish music is pure loving music! They love humans and nature,
i did not like metal, much of it still not my taste, but this is different!
Thru Nightwish an Floor i also discovered Sabaton: their music is all about the human aspect of events in war!
Metal was never my bag until I heard Nightwish. Floor is a fantastic stage general singing to her troops with immense vocal clarity and passionQ
You will find words in every song, words that are not empty. I like your reactions so far. And in time, you will see metal music as one of the very interesting genres.
You need to check "Shoemaker"from Nightwish. It's a new song. It's incredible.
Dear Rosalie if you want you can look to a dutch Tv program called "beste Zangers") =best singers. Florr Janssen is performing several songs. You wil be surpised what Floor Janssen does.
for example "Phantom of the opera" with Henk Poort
Hello from the Netherlands .
I do have something new but still familiar for you to respond to : Floor Jansen in Dutch TV programs : Beste Zangers ( Best Singers ) 2019 .
what starts with the song : Floor Jansen - Vilia lied Beste Zangers 2019 .
before this performance hardly anyone in the Netherlands knew who Floor Jansen was .
not even her fellow singers on the couch just take a good look at their reaction when Floor starts to sing .
sit down for this and let Floor surprise you .
also you should definitely watch Nightwish - Yours is an empty hope Live Wembley arena 2015
and see if you can discover THE Floot surprise haha .
P.S. it's NOT Marco(guitarist) you hear ! .
thanks for the video .
Sincerely, Hollandduck
Enjoyed both of your Nightwish Videos. To my knowledge you are the 1st Reactor to reference the Tanach so it threw me for a loop! Never heard of Nightwish until about 2 1/2 years ago when Covid hit and I started spending more time watching UA-cam which displayed the Ghost Love Score Official Video. Been a huge fan ever since and had the pleasure of seeing them in concert in NYC this past May. Have fun with your Nightwish ride! Well worth the experience!