First Time Hearing | 3 Generation Reaction | Blind Gaurdian | The Bards Song and Valhalla
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- First Time Hearing | 3 Generation Reaction | Blind Gaurdian | The Bards Song and Valhalla
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Legend says, that if you take a walk nearby the Wacken festival area at any time of the year and listen very closely, you can still hear the audience singing.
Jepp. That is true! I live 60 km from there.... you ca hear in clear nights! ;-)
It's like a battery though, need recharging every few years.
Good thing they're coming this year!
well cuz we are still on it, every fuckin minute of the day
Hansi is an absolute treasure. One of the best voices in music ever.
When Blind Guardian plays the Bard's Song, it's expected that everyone sings along. Great experience, done it twice.
80 thousand people inthe audiance singing together with Blind Guardian - always epic
To be fair, they almost have to calm down their crowd or else they would not get to the next song after.
I’ve done it once, and will be going next month to do it a second time with my daughter, for whom it will be her first live show ever.
Done it once at Wacken, hope to be able to do it again ! Incredible experience
German power metal band. Been around since 1984, and still active. Lead singer is Hansi Kursch. A couple older songs here, from the 4th and 2nd albums. Their 12th record came out in 2022. Many of their lyrics are inspired by fantasy authors, like Tolkien. Their 6th album, Nightfall in Middle Earth, is a concept album based on Tolkien's The Silmarillion. "Blood of the Elves" and "Secrets of the American Gods" are a couple from the last album, The God Machine.
I know I'm late, but whenever someone reacts to Blind Guardian and these two songs, I have to watch it - not only for the reaction, but also because I love these two songs very, very much. The Bard's Song even inspired me to the plot of my book (work in progress).
I also wanna add: When it's not at Wacken where there are dozens of bands playing and a tight schedule, but a headline tour, it happens (frequently) that Valhalla is 10 minutes and longer, because the audience just will not stop singing. As someone said in the comments - if you're around Wacken, you can still hear them singing.
7:47 Donna, a bard was a storyteller in the middle ages who told stories by his music and lyrics.
Thousand years ago noone except a very few could read so stories was told with rhyme and music because that way it was easier to remember.
Blind Guardian are pioneers of german speed/power metal, I think they have been around for more than 40 years now.
Great song 🤘
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they started 1984,but first album was in 1986. so its "only" 38 years that the world could enjoy them.
hail from switzerland
Bard is Gaelic for poet. ‘S e bard air leth a th’ ann an Hansi
As a german metal fan for almost 40 years there are 3 bands that come to my mind when someone asks me about my alltime favs: Blind Guardian, Metallica and Iron Maiden, in no specific order. Oh, and you could add Nightwish to that trio everytime.
What about Lovebites?
My start as a Metalhead was 1980 with 13 years , today with over 56 years with still long hair , i got a lot of Bands at home - greeting from Berlin ( Germany )
Laed singer Hansi Kursch is a frequent collaborator with genius musical powerhouse Arjen Anthony Lucassen and his ongoing supergroup project "Ayreon". I guarantee you will recognise some of the other contributors.
Those 2 songs are so iconic for the blind guardian fans (me including) that's why the crowd sing along with such a passion they always do that when blind guardian played these songs and that was nothing sometimes used to during a little bit more specially with Valhalla back in the day lol.
BG is fantastic. One of the best live acts ever. Always chills at "the Bard's Song" 😂
A couple of things to take away from this:
Firstly, while these singers might stick to a particular manner of singing during most of their songs and one might think that that's all they know, the really great ones are incredibly versatile and there's always that very different song in their repertoire which will surprise you. Most of them took serious vocal lessons. As a vocal coach myself I can just tell that they know what they are doing, and they do it very well.
Secondly, I can't really think of any other cultural phenomenon that is capable to glue together 80 thousand+ people in such a beautiful way, throughout these songs they sang as one in what felt like an almost mystical ritual. Only rock music can do that.
Blind guardian is a fantastic group
Thank you for Blind Guardian, i love this band 😊
Another great songs by them are, "Bright eyes", "Imaginations from the other side".
Blind Guardian are, excepting only the mega-super legendary Helloween, THE biggest name on the power metal scene that originated in Germany in the late 80s. (Blind Guardian themselves, for the longest of times, referred to their style as "melodic speed metal", since the term "power metal" didn't get its modern day connotations until the late 90s.) However, unlike Helloween, Blind Guardian initially struggled to grow above cult status, mainly because at the time Helloween literally overshadowed any and all competition on the scene. What resulted in Blind Guardian's rise to glory was, ironically, the 90s alternative and grunge movement that supposedly made all 80s associated musical styles obsolete. In reality, bands who already had a certain reputation and who refused to bow down to the trend, retaining their 80s esthetics, benefited hugely from the demand from despairing 80s nostalgians and the dramatically reduced competition. Bands who rose from relative obscurity to bona fide heavy metal stars during this period included Americans Manowar, Savatage and Iced Earth, Finns Stratovarius, and Germans Rage, Grave Digger - and Blind Guardian.
The two tracks featured here are early Blind Guardian classics. "The bard's song" is from 1992 and a pioneering song in the "acoustic fantasy ballad" department - eventually a very popular type of song in heavy metal circles. "Valhalla" is from 1989, from their second album that ended their earliest and most speed metal oriented era.
Blind Guardian's more recent outputs are somewhat divisive among fans. Many find these more symphonic releases to be cases of style over substance. Still, the band remains a hugely popular and, above all, highly respected institution on the European metal scene. Singer Hansi Kürsch in particular has grown to iconic status. He is also one half of the band's songwriting team, guitarist André Olbrich (the hairier of the two guitarists) being the other half.
It's somewhat mind-boggling to think that in theory, Blind Guardian could have been one of the most heard artists of the new millennium, for a very special reason. Their 1998 album "Nightfall in Middle-Earth", a concept album based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Silmarillion", was so well received that there was for a while a fleeting, but still possibility that they would contribute to the soundtrack of what turned out to be one of the biggest movie successes of our time - the "Lord of the rings" trilogy. Like I said - that IS mind-boggling.
Yep to all this. Also saw them a few weeks ago for the second time (same weekend as Katatonia)
Also have to say, while they had a rough period where songs were hit and miss, since Tolkki left I think they got soooo good again
@@Brendo2386rad. I saw Guardian with Gravedigger opening some years ago, but haven’t caught Katatonia yet. I should keep up better with show schedules.
@@Enochulator I live 550km from the city, so I need to plan months in advance for transport, motel etc
Gigs are a rarity, though I did see Ayreon during my 2 month trip of Europe
...and the crowd is atill singing.
Thanks for your reaction. Greetings from Germany
Thank you too!
I like this live version with the audience participation. 🤘
I was in that crowd, it was just magic. 50.000 people singing one song.
Wow
If u r interested... Blind Guardian will be on tour April 2024 in USA w/ dates in Atlanta, Georgia (April 21)... and also NC, VA, TX
Not sure Donna and Kathy will take Lulu down to Deep Ellum to see them though 😀
I'm not really a metal fan, but I'm proud that a band from my city is this famous.
Blind Guardian were formed in (West) Germany in 1984 and championed the European 'power metal' genre of ancient fantasy and sorcery tales, many derived from the works of Tolkien (author of 'Lord of the Rings' ... 'The Hobbit') ... their name Blind Guardian taken from the album 'Awaken the Guardian' by the American band Fates Warning (they changed it in 1988)
The band currently is: Hansi Kursch (lead vocals), Andre Olbrich (lead guitar), Marcus Siepen (rhythm guitar) and Frederik Ehmke (drums)... other members on bass, keyboards... are session players.
Their debut album 'Battalions of Fear' was released in 1988 and was heavily influenced by German band Helloween, who had a hit record in America ("Keeper of the Seven Keys" Pt. 1 & 2)... However, Blind Guardian would not have a record released outside Europe until 1998.
Blind Guardian would focus on a number of albums in Europe only - 'Follow the Blind' (1989) ... 'Tales from the Twilight world' (1990) ... 'Somewhere far beyond' (1992)... In 1995, the band released 'imaginations from the other side' ... which was produced by Flemming Rasmussen, who had worked w/ Metallica... A 'filler' album of covers and unreleased songs 'Forgotten Tales' was released in 1996.
With German record labels Century Media gaining US & worldwide distribution, Blind Guardian was finally able to secure a global release for 'Nightfall in Middle Earth' (1998)... a concept record based on Tolkien's novel "The Simarillion"... It became a fan favorite and gave Blind Guardian a growing fanbase ... In the 2000's, Blind Guardian's past albums were released worldwide and the band was touring outside Europe for the first time as their sound also developed into more symphonic elements and celtic influences.
In 2002, the album 'A night at the Opera' was released and Blind Guardian was back on tour and released a live album and a live DVD 'Imaginations through the looking glass' in 2003... In 2005, original drummer Thomen Stauch was replaced by current drummer Frederik Ehmke and the album 'A twist in the myth' was released in 2006 w/ a full North American tour.
Blind Guardian's career kept getting bigger w/ the subsequent albums - "At the edge of time' (2010)... 'Beyond the Red Mirror' (2015)... and an orchestral album 'Legacy of the Dark Lands' (2019)... In 2022, they released the album 'The God Machine'... and r currently on tour.
Singer Hansi Kursch was also involved in the project Demons & Wizards, which released 3 albums... However, he left the project in 2021 after the guitarist Jon Schaeffer (also of the band Iced Earth) was arrested and charged criminally in the 1/6 Capitol attack and was tied to the insurrectionist group the oath keepers.
Suggestions for Blind Guardian songs - "Into the storm" ... 'Nightfall' ... 'Imaginations from the other side' ... 'Fly' ... 'Mirror Mirror' ... 'Secrets of the American Gods'... 🤘🤘
Loved the smiles on the ladies face left and right of the screen during the bards song
Their a awesome metal band from Germany, been around for years
You should check out Heilung.Heilung is an experimental folk music band made up of members from Denmark, Norway, and Germany. Their music is based on texts and runic inscriptions from Germanic peoples of the Iron Age, and Viking Age.Just magic music.Heilung | LIFA - Krigsgaldr LIVE it is just great.
From medieval renaissance sound feelings to power metal.
🥰 Once said my niece is metalhead and her best and fav band ever 😍 thank you for this and all the love and hugs from me and her 😘
'Imaginarions from the other side" is the real deal.
I love this performance and interaction with the crowd❤ I also love Hansi’s collaboration on the all the Ayreon projects. Please dive into Ayreon, I know you all three will be blown away so fasten your seatbelts first😉 The Sixth Extinction from the live show Life Beneath the Waves and/or the official video of The Day That The World Breaks Down. Please don’t wait any longer and indulge yourselfs! Btw it would be a nice present to my 67th birthday tomorrow!
i absolutely agree, though they are already in April /may with the bymeacoffee Suggestions, they said, it would not really work out Tomorrow:) sorry LAdy.
@alexandersteinmetz6857 Hello Alexander, I didn’t know they where that way behind, wishfull thinking on my part then😉 I guess your an Ayreon fan to then, did you go to the concert last year?
@@anneliespeters5355 sadly no, Lady, as i live in the far south of Germany, and had other Priorities. But Fan, Yes i am one, although no Hardcore.I listen to His Craft quite an Time, after i discovered Him in the late 2000`s by Accident:)
BUT:
HAPPPY BIRTHDAY TO ANNELIESE, HAPPY BIIIIRTHDAY; HAPPY BIRTHDAY; HAPPYYY BIRTHDAY DEAR ANNELIESE :D
(My wife always say i am an terrible Singer, so i cant sing nice, but Loud:D)
STay healthy, and have an wonderfull DAy, and let your Dears comfort you 24 Hours straight away:D
The Lords of German beer hall sing-a-long inspired, fantasy themed, Teutonic Power Metal. Awesome songs, and great reaction. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺🤘
Hello from Texas
Nice Recap, Ladies. What always lacks in this Occasions, when you watch some Wacken, no Matterr which Band is the original Feeling, staying/sitting with 50k+? Metalheads. I assure you, you wont even think about any security Issues, bcs like seen in all the Vids, young, old, female, male all are just peacefulyl gathered. And even if an Band dont gets you really, the surounding Folks just take you along with you. In the Vids its mostly the Performance, Music. Out in the Wacken Fileds ist about the Expirience with all other Souls around you.
I just loved how Donna sits out the Bard Song, and immediately start Banging, as Valhalla first Note start, you are such an Metalhead:).
It is an common Saying, then when ever in the Year you visit the Fields of Wacken, you can still hear them All sing the Bards Song:)
STay healthy!
Travelers through Wacken area nowadays report that it still echoes Valhalla. Also the "Mirror Mirror" live performance is always a pleasure!🖖
Great Band!!! "Mirror Mirror" or "Bright eyes" please !!!!!!
This Is a fab song, Blind Gaurdian are a fab German rock band.
I'm seeing Guardian again this year in a small venue! They put on an amazing show no matter where they're playing!
You know you are a legend if you don t need to sing to the audience because the audience sings to you.
As someone who was there live (I've been at Wacken for a few years) I can only say that it was incredible to stand in the crowd and feel the love for the band and the energy of everyone who was there. These are moments that you simply never forget knowing that you were there with them ❤️
That is a German Heavy Metal Band from Krefeld and VALHALLA is singing at the Album - Version together with Kai Hansen ( Helloween/ Gamma Ray ) Greeting from Berlin - Germany !
Before these guy played I saw an exclusive show where Kai Hansen made a special solo show. Back then he was normally fronting his own band Gamma Ray but he celebrated 30 years in heavy metal by doing an exclusive show in Wacken and release an album. The reason I say "back then" is because he is now back in the band where he started 30 years earlier, the other power metal legends from Germany. Helloween, I highly recommend you to check them out.
Because Kai can be funny sometimes he decided to make a joke while I took a sip of my coffee so everytime I watch this video I can feel the coffee in my nose. I never learn my lesson, dont drink between songs.
Oh and Kai sometimes do guest vocals on songs and way back in 1989 he did some vocals on Valhalla.
When this wacken performance was happening it was the 25th anniversary of Blind Guardians The Bards Song so people have had time to learn the lyrics.
During my education, about 30 years ago, I had the pleasure of attending the "Summer Metal Meeting". A concert of 5 bands in the "Huxleys neue Welt" (a concert hall in Berlin, Germany).
It was an incredibly fantastic concert with two wonderful main acts: Blind Guardian and Running Wild. Even today, the memories still flash up from time to time and I take my CDs out of the cupboard and remember. What a wonderful memory...
You three ginger girls do a great job. Keep up with that. (^_^)
Greetings from Germany
Hello from Texas
I was there. That was one of the coldest nights I ever experienced in August in northern Germany. Temperature dropped to 5° C (41° F - usually, it's around 75° F). I had to get myself a hot coffee after Valhalla. Normally, it would have been a cold beer. 😂
Nevertheless, it was a really great show, and I'm looking forward to seeing them again in Wacken this year! 🤩
I have seen Blind Guardian a couple of times, and have tickets to the upcoming US tour. The audience participation during The Bard Song is common even in the US where they play much smaller shows. Their sound is great live.
It has been great standing in the crowd and singing this song. It is a great memory.
What else do I have to say, great reaction, great audience, great band.🤘🤘🤘💀💀💀
I'll be seeing them in May in Minnesota. So excited! ❤
I will see them live in may 2024. 🤘
I was there! It was amazing!
nice reaction! blind guardian is actually the only internationally known band from my hometown and was the first band i ever went to see at a concert haha
Well,....Blind Guardian has been here for a while.
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany.
They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres. Nine musicians have been a part of the band's line-up in its history, which currently consists of singer Hansi Kürsch, guitarists André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen and, since 2005, drummer Frederik Ehmke.
So,...The Bard's song... medieval is a correct term, forget everything core-related!
In Celtic cultures, a "BARD" is a professional storyteller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.
This song is about the bard's life... Each day finds them in a new place, where no one knows who they are. All they know is the songs the bards sing and the worlds they are taken to by them. When it's all said and done the bards pack up and moves on, no one to ever know their name, only the stories they brought with them. It's about how they did it all for the music and the stories. And the bard's songs will remain. In my thoughts and in my dreams.
AND next,... Valhalla !!!
"Valhalla" is Old Norse and it means "halls of the slain". In Norse Mythology it's where Odin and the Valkyries (Floor 😉) lived and where the souls of warriors fallen in battle went. And then at Ragnarök (the end of the world) they all get to fight Jormungandr and Fenrir (Floor's "little" dog is named after this beast of a Wolf 🙃).
Like all of Blind Guardian's other songs, this one is a little cryptic. The basic idea is obvious but because they lyrics don't use many names and they describe nothing except for feelings and atmosphere.
NWSU/FloorFan/Metalhead 🤘😎🤘
I'm going to see them 14th April in London.
Superb reaction as always ladies! Love Blind Guardian, Hansi is a phenomenal singer.
Bald, nice chap from Eastern England! 😂😉🤟
😊 thank you
My favorite metal album of all times is their 3rd album "Tales from the twilight world". Highly recommended
I saw Blind Guardian here in Perth Australia a few weeks ago. A much smaller venue of course but the Bard's Song was still epic!
More BG: And the story ends, Mirror mirror, Bright eyes, Sacred
The Bards Song grabs the mood of Tolkiens Lord Of The Rings and the stories wich were told by bards. And this is inspired by medieval motives and music. Because in this time the bards were the people wich were spreading the news and spreading fairytales. Something what modern music has lost. But Blind Guardian are following this tradition and telling stories written by Tolkien and Stephen King and other Writers. So enjoy their tales and have a good time with fantasy and horror stories.
One of the greatest Power Metal bands on the planet - gotta love some Blind Guardian, snd gotta love you awesome ladies - keep em coming 🤘
So this is again Wacken 80,000 people and a very popular German band. Imagine writing a song or even more than one and everyone is not letting you sing or off stage afterwards because they keep singing. Dream of many artists I guess.
And there we have the reason for the UA-cam channel, finding mom a man..... *lol* love these little talks in between when it shows that you're like real people and stuff :)
Also, welcome to German power metal :D
For the spoken parts in between (Since it's mostly in German):
First part: I would also like to let you scream longer, unfortunately, we only have a little time left. Of course, we want to spend it with music. I think most of you will know what comes next. It has already been legendary here (in Wacken) one or the other time. I have the feeling that you will "put the crown on" this time. (German phrase for: it will be even better). Let`s sing: the bards song!
Second: You are fucking crazy.... Wacken! I dare not say it: You are even more awesome than usual! We had a great time up here. We always liked to come to Wacken. At some point, it's time to move on. The time has come now. See you somewhere!
Looks awesome, sounds awesome!!! I think Magnus has worked enough, we can now bring in Frederik into the game, but for that you have to sing even LOUDER!!!
Give me all you have!!!!
The last three.
Sing us off the stage!!!!
Seeing these guys in Glasgow in April. Really looking forward to it.
Fantastisch Danke 🙏
Hansi is amazing
Oh wow :D Love that you stumbled across that small german Band. Wacken has some great bands unknown in the US like you saw with the NIghtwish Songs. Its a great festival. Best regards from Germany PS: Do you remember the burning Bulls horns left top of the stage from the Nightwish Stage on that same festival then comment with a "Wacken" ;) PSS: The bards song especially has this great message. Someone passes away and the bards will remember that person in theier songs and the song will carry the memory so the bards songs will remain after you or someone you loved or a family member passed. The bards remember and sing their hymn. The bards back in the day sung songs about peoples emories. Robyn Hood would be a great example. If it happend the way it did the bards would remember him in theier songs so the bard songs remains after you passed. Bards songs can also be memories you have in your head and remember with your parents or grandparents, but the bards will sing and their songs will remain. First time at the state fairy with your grandparents? Thats a bards song if you taste the popcorn, smell the rain and whatever comes to mind thinking about it
Nice channel, good music, 3 likable lovely ladies. What more could you want. And every comment gets a little heart. I've never seen that before. Best regards from Germany👍
Thanks for listening
Blind Guardian did a theme song for a German produced computer game called "Sacred 2", and even featured in the game, with a quest that gave you the band's instruments as quest rewards.
Here's the band IN the game's "concert" cutscene.
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Check out one of their latest songs like "Violent Shadows"
For more Hansi (the singer...) and a lot of stars: Ayreon - The day that the world break down: ua-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/v-deo.html with a nice surprise at the end !!! And thanks for your reactions ladies !!!!
Check out Hansi singing in the new Ayreon live video from Beneath the waves. i think you guys will love that one
Blind Guardian is maybe the only band that supports the fans, not the other way.
The audience can officially say that they performed at Wacken 😊🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
It's funny, that Grandma in particular didn't know medieval music...😂
Blind Guardian are great story tellers of fantasy and myths. They have one album (Nightfall in Middle Earth) that is entirely About J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion.
Check out: secrets of the American gods by blind guardian 👍🏻
They were asked to do the Lord of the Rings soundtrack...and rejected!
Hansi !!!! 🤘
Great Reaction Please more ! Please Check Saltatio Mortis with Blind Guradian a Song in German and comes out last Week! The Songs name are ,,FINSTERWACHT,, (Dark Awake) from the German Pen and Paper Game ,,Das schwarze Auge,, (The Black Eye). The New CD comes out in May with full of Songs to Homage this Game
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please correct the typo in the title as you missspelled the bands name
In my thoughts and in my dreams
They're always in my mind
These songs of hobbit, dwarves and men and elves
Come close your eyes you can see them too
...i'm bald and easy to care for ;)
Lol
have you recognized this singer in Ayreon video?
Blind Guardian, not Blind GAURDIAN. Funny that's both in the title and the thumbnail...
hi.. react to newjeans - OMG
Are they now ready for rammstein?😂
damn me I am german and never heard of them lol to funny first time seen them is on your channel so same channel same day same time see lost in space aahhh no Kathy Lulu and Donna so to say I am 65 and love al lomd of music from the classic to techno you are never to old top love music (just not a fan of opra)
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - I DON'T LOVE YOU