Thank you for a nice reaction, as well as for the shout-out. You should know that the list I'm promoting is organized relatively chronologically, but starting with the recent era of the band (with Floor), which we still have the chance to see performing live, in concerts, and after that - the previous iterations of the band. The list contains the most successful performances, recorded in good audio and video quality, but it is far from exhaustive - and consequently it is not a mandatory path to follow. You will often receive suggestions in the comments, many of them perhaps more appropriate. So I encourage you not to limit yourself to the list and to feel free to choose a personal path in this true ocean of good music. For example, your reaction to Marco in Tarot seemed to me a very good choice, because that way you will understand more easily the "roots" of each member of the band, taking into account that most of them had and have personal projects outside of Nightwish.
Everyone praises Floor's vocal ability and stage presence but I don't see enough people talking about how she emotes and articulates the music through her body language and hand gestures. It's easy to overlook because it feels so natural as part of the way she performs the story, but I completely agree, that is her trademark, and one of the many reasons she's so captivating to watch. My favorite part of her performance here hasn't changed since the first time I saw this video, the little sway she does at 09:41, it's such a small thing, but I love it so much.
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.
Floor Jansen captivates many people. The combination of her incredible voice with her charisma, posture, gestures...unique. In addition to Nightwish, there are also her solo performances, songs with her old band After Forever, the well-known Best Zangers performances, interviews, documentaries and much more.
Now thats Floor doing Floor things. The queen really stands her ground...The guys in the band are all masterclass. Thank you for a great reaction. Cheers from a big Nightwish fan in Sweden.🎉❤
I admit to being enchanted by Floor as well. This 2013 Wacken recording is one of my top 10 all time favorite live shows. I had the great fortune of seeing The Warning live on a Saturday night, then Nightwish live only two nights later. What a great couple days of music. Yeah, Romanticide is again different, but another of my favorites.
The great thing about Nightwish is that every song is different. You won't have to worry about getting bored listening to variations on a theme, over and over. I'm not a vocal expert, not even close. But, I do remember hearing one reactor, who is, explain that part of the reason that Floor moves around so much on stage is that it releases the tension in her body and enables her to remain relaxed, which is important for a good vocal performance. Romanticide is a banger that gives every member of the band a chance to shine. I think you'll enjoy it. Scratch that -- I know you'll enjoy it.
With NW and/or Floor you can never fail. She is the best vocalist due to 1000 reasons IMO. You can not be the best in each type of music. But she can do all stuff on top level. Very unique.
I am an admitted fanboy, ever since I first saw Ghost Love Score. Objectively though, in addition to her generational talent voice what struck me immediately was she was one of the most powerful and charismatic front people I've ever seen. Comparable would be the like of Robert plant live at Madison Square Garden. While Plant had forceful and raw sexuality, Floor seems to make a personal, emotional connection with the audience.
Cheers from inferno central in SoCal. Welcome to the ranks of the Nightwish Army. I’ve been enjoying your start on the NW journey. Can’t wait to live vicariously through your awe and wonder that comes with this band. You had a Floorgasm with this song… there are many more coming. I don’t have Gabriel’s list in front of me, but if I were giving advice it would be to react to every performance from this 2013 Wacken concert. In my 70 years it easily ranks among the top 5 concerts I’ve witnessed in my lifetime.
Well done on recognising the windmill for what it is. One thing, when you get to "The Poet and the Pendulum", Please, Please Please, read the back story, first before you watch it. It's so important in understanding what it is all about.
Greetings from Arkansa USA. No harm no foul on doin' GSOE 2nd. You're doin' fine. There's no way you captured everything in GSOE the 1st time listening, I know I didn't. I wanted to understand all of it so I printed the lyrics, then I googled all of the words and terms I didn't know or my memory was fuzzy on. The I listened again, holy smokes, doing that opened up the song to a completely new understanding. As for Storytime, what metal band writes lyrics that include references to Peter Pan in one of their songs. Nightwish does it as easily as the sun coming up in the east. You have so much fun and great music in front of you. Enjoy all of it.
thanks for another great reaction. As many including Gabriel himself, have said his list while a good guide and resource isn't something you have to strictly follow. That being said Romanticide is 1 of my all time favorites so in this case I'm hoping you stick to it lol.
Nooo, you don't have to follow Gabriel's list! It's a guide and recommendation. You just listen what ever you want in which ever order. All the songs are amazing ❤
Dont take Gabriels list as a fefinitive set with the order. It is a guide to be used as you wish - for example you may decide you want something Celtic, look at the list and choose My Walden. Or hard metal and choose Romanticide. Order doesn't matter. Nightwish have played 180 shows in the US but are not touring the current album. Auri tours this year and we await news of any shows for the 30th anniversary in 2026. An elderly writer looks back on his life of storytelling and all the other stories recalled from the past - including of course Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland. This tour was to promote the album Imaginaerum (not ImaginARIum) and the band are the actors in the eponymous movie which was premiered at the November 2012 Helsinki concert. That movie, dark and disturbing in some ways, casts a lot of light on the songs from the album and includes many of them. Watching it will explain a lot of the lyrics and stories told in the songs In Storytime you get the "writer by the fire" imagining "all of Gaia", the storyteller who takes a "journey into a child-man's heart" (ie Tuomas who is a great Disney and Fantasy fan). The "painter on the shore" tells his stories through pictures rather than writing, holding the snowflake in his palm. This refers to the movie in which a snow globe plays an important symbolic role tying things together. Kites, chimneys, moonlit sights - think of Mary Poppins... I recommend the movie. Wacken, was a great show. But Floor has matured and got even better over the years. A couple of years later Wembley and Tampere were in the Endless Forms tour and you can see how Floor has grown into the role. I prefer both those shows, as shows (I wouldn't want to be without the performances at Wacken though. After all, without Wacken we wouldn't have a Floor performance on video of my No 2 Song of Myself). Best of all is 2018 at Buenos Aires which celebrated the Decades retrospective of 20+ years touring and brought back many early songs, reinterpreted and in most cases improved, with Floor. Of my top 6, 2 are from that show - Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean and Dead Boy's Poem and others are close behind (Slaying the Dreamer, Gethsemane, The Carpenter, End of All Hope and the opening Uilleann Pipe solo reinterpretation of Swanheart are among them but there are more).
Check out Nightwish Scaretale live show with Annette Olsen the second singer and then with Floor Jansen in Helsinki festival in 2012 live show awesome request 😎
Gabriel's list is a guideline... NOT a treasure map.... no need to follow in any order, use it for links and best versions as well. In the rare occasion I recommend a song to a reactor, it is one I select for that reactor depending on their particular likes and dislikes
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Thank you for a nice reaction, as well as for the shout-out.
You should know that the list I'm promoting is organized relatively chronologically, but starting with the recent era of the band (with Floor), which we still have the chance to see performing live, in concerts, and after that - the previous iterations of the band. The list contains the most successful performances, recorded in good audio and video quality, but it is far from exhaustive - and consequently it is not a mandatory path to follow. You will often receive suggestions in the comments, many of them perhaps more appropriate. So I encourage you not to limit yourself to the list and to feel free to choose a personal path in this true ocean of good music. For example, your reaction to Marco in Tarot seemed to me a very good choice, because that way you will understand more easily the "roots" of each member of the band, taking into account that most of them had and have personal projects outside of Nightwish.
Thank you Gabriel. I see each band as a tree... with large limbs that I need to study each one in time. 😅😅
Everyone praises Floor's vocal ability and stage presence but I don't see enough people talking about how she emotes and articulates the music through her body language and hand gestures. It's easy to overlook because it feels so natural as part of the way she performs the story, but I completely agree, that is her trademark, and one of the many reasons she's so captivating to watch. My favorite part of her performance here hasn't changed since the first time I saw this video, the little sway she does at 09:41, it's such a small thing, but I love it so much.
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.
Floor Jansen captivates many people. The combination of her incredible voice with her charisma, posture, gestures...unique. In addition to Nightwish, there are also her solo performances, songs with her old band After Forever, the well-known Best Zangers performances, interviews, documentaries and much more.
The moment when people realise Floor is an operatic soprano will never get old 😅. And it’s been a few years now!
Now thats Floor doing Floor things. The queen really stands her ground...The guys in the band are all masterclass. Thank you for a great reaction. Cheers from a big Nightwish fan in Sweden.🎉❤
Everyone in the band is as good as you can get musicianship-wise and Floor is the greatest vocalist on the planet and that equals EPIC!!!!!!!
Texas checking in !! Life is better with Nightwish in it !!
I admit to being enchanted by Floor as well. This 2013 Wacken recording is one of my top 10 all time favorite live shows.
I had the great fortune of seeing The Warning live on a Saturday night, then Nightwish live only two nights later. What a great couple days of music. Yeah, Romanticide is again different, but another of my favorites.
The great thing about Nightwish is that every song is different. You won't have to worry about getting bored listening to variations on a theme, over and over. I'm not a vocal expert, not even close. But, I do remember hearing one reactor, who is, explain that part of the reason that Floor moves around so much on stage is that it releases the tension in her body and enables her to remain relaxed, which is important for a good vocal performance. Romanticide is a banger that gives every member of the band a chance to shine. I think you'll enjoy it. Scratch that -- I know you'll enjoy it.
With NW and/or Floor you can never fail. She is the best vocalist due to 1000 reasons IMO. You can not be the best in each type of music. But she can do all stuff on top level. Very unique.
Don't forget she can do it all in 6 different languages fluently as well
I am an admitted fanboy, ever since I first saw Ghost Love Score. Objectively though, in addition to her generational talent voice what struck me immediately was she was one of the most powerful and charismatic front people I've ever seen. Comparable would be the like of Robert plant live at Madison Square Garden. While Plant had forceful and raw sexuality, Floor seems to make a personal, emotional connection with the audience.
The windmilling Floor does, generates green energie for her floorfan.
also on the east coast (PA) and NIGHTWISH is the GOAT
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Cheers from inferno central in SoCal. Welcome to the ranks of the Nightwish Army. I’ve been enjoying your start on the NW journey. Can’t wait to live vicariously through your awe and wonder that comes with this band. You had a Floorgasm with this song… there are many more coming. I don’t have Gabriel’s list in front of me, but if I were giving advice it would be to react to every performance from this 2013 Wacken concert. In my 70 years it easily ranks among the top 5 concerts I’ve witnessed in my lifetime.
If they come around,do not miss them. Saw them in Lowell Massachusetts a few years ago. Unbelievable!🤘
Nightwish is not on tour, but Floor will perform at Wacken in 2025.
Most singers sing wot they can,,Floor sings anything,,😎
You can do their music in any order. It’s your journey! Enjoy! Nightwish army Texas here!😉
Scottish Division checking in.......love the reaction!.....you have a long road ahead!......stick with it.
Floor is amazing woman...🥰
You will not go wrong following Gabriel.
Floor has said this is the most difficult song to sing of nightwish because of the amount of text in the song
Well done on recognising the windmill for what it is. One thing, when you get to "The Poet and the Pendulum", Please, Please Please, read the back story, first before you watch it. It's so important in understanding what it is all about.
Very beautiful
Greetings from Arkansa USA. No harm no foul on doin' GSOE 2nd. You're doin' fine. There's no way you captured everything in GSOE the 1st time listening, I know I didn't. I wanted to understand all of it so I printed the lyrics, then I googled all of the words and terms I didn't know or my memory was fuzzy on. The I listened again, holy smokes, doing that opened up the song to a completely new understanding. As for Storytime, what metal band writes lyrics that include references to Peter Pan in one of their songs. Nightwish does it as easily as the sun coming up in the east. You have so much fun and great music in front of you. Enjoy all of it.
Floorgasm success 😊
thanks for another great reaction. As many including Gabriel himself, have said his list while a good guide and resource isn't something you have to strictly follow. That being said Romanticide is 1 of my all time favorites so in this case I'm hoping you stick to it lol.
Nooo, you don't have to follow Gabriel's list! It's a guide and recommendation. You just listen what ever you want in which ever order. All the songs are amazing ❤
Your channel, your choice🫶 ❣️
Dont take Gabriels list as a fefinitive set with the order. It is a guide to be used as you wish - for example you may decide you want something Celtic, look at the list and choose My Walden. Or hard metal and choose Romanticide. Order doesn't matter.
Nightwish have played 180 shows in the US but are not touring the current album. Auri tours this year and we await news of any shows for the 30th anniversary in 2026.
An elderly writer looks back on his life of storytelling and all the other stories recalled from the past - including of course Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland.
This tour was to promote the album Imaginaerum (not ImaginARIum) and the band are the actors in the eponymous movie which was premiered at the November 2012 Helsinki concert.
That movie, dark and disturbing in some ways, casts a lot of light on the songs from the album and includes many of them. Watching it will explain a lot of the lyrics and stories told in the songs
In Storytime you get the "writer by the fire" imagining "all of Gaia", the storyteller who takes a "journey into a child-man's heart" (ie Tuomas who is a great Disney and Fantasy fan).
The "painter on the shore" tells his stories through pictures rather than writing, holding the snowflake in his palm. This refers to the movie in which a snow globe plays an important symbolic role tying things together.
Kites, chimneys, moonlit sights - think of Mary Poppins...
I recommend the movie.
Wacken, was a great show. But Floor has matured and got even better over the years. A couple of years later Wembley and Tampere were in the Endless Forms tour and you can see how Floor has grown into the role. I prefer both those shows, as shows (I wouldn't want to be without the performances at Wacken though. After all, without Wacken we wouldn't have a Floor performance on video of my No 2 Song of Myself).
Best of all is 2018 at Buenos Aires which celebrated the Decades retrospective of 20+ years touring and brought back many early songs, reinterpreted and in most cases improved, with Floor.
Of my top 6, 2 are from that show - Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean and Dead Boy's Poem and others are close behind (Slaying the Dreamer, Gethsemane, The Carpenter, End of All Hope and the opening Uilleann Pipe solo reinterpretation of Swanheart are among them but there are more).
🤘💎🔥
Floor does the windmill everyone else are just fans
FLOORGASM ALERT !!!!!!!!
Check out Nightwish Scaretale live show with Annette Olsen the second singer and then with Floor Jansen in Helsinki festival in 2012 live show awesome request 😎
Romanticide? Say hello Marko!
Gabriel's list is a guideline... NOT a treasure map.... no need to follow in any order, use it for links and best versions as well. In the rare occasion I recommend a song to a reactor, it is one I select for that reactor depending on their particular likes and dislikes
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First
maybe next time read the lyrics while listening to the music.
Nothing to be sorry.