Okay, let's unravel this. This song has some allusions to film and literature that I don't know where to start. Probably I haven't discovered everything by far myself. So from the beginning: winds will be named is an allusion to Patrick Rothfuss' book The name of the wind. Which Toumas has read. The Kingslayer trilogy. Afterwards: to fallen stars, to there and back might be a reference to J.R.R. Tolkiens Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit. Bilbo writes a book with the title There and back again. Tír na nÓg (ancient Irish: Tír na n-Oc - tʲiːɾˠ n̪ˠə ˈn̪ˠoːɡˠ freely translated about Land of Eternal Youth) is one of the most famous mystical places of the Otherworld in Irish-Celtic mythology. A pale blue theatre stage: our earth I ask for additions. I would like to know what I have not found.
I went over it again: something wicked this way comes is a quote from the first scene of the fourth act of the drama "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. The Sea Lady - Saga of King Arthur. (?) Allusions to the Brothers Grimm: Snow, Glass, Apples - Snow White The title of the song itself: In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, rustic music and impromptus. Maybe the line an ape in awe before a door is an allusion to Arthur C. Clark's 2001 Space Odyssey when the Great Monolith appears But I am not sure about that. Come on guys, there's probably more! This song is pure Genius....as always. By the way: great reaction! :)
Oh, fun fact. Album release was April 10. However, in the heat of the pandemic, the roads were emptier than usual, so people in Finland (myself included) got the physical preordered albums up to 2 days ahead of the schedule. I think Kai (the drummer) jokingly said something along the lines that this is the first time in the history of Finnish mail that they have delivered early.
They released Noise as first single, Harvest as second with Ad Astra instrumental part and the rest they released on the release date of the album April 10th :) Tir Na Nog means 'Land Of The Young" In Irish mythology ([tʲiːɾʲ n̪ˠə ˈn̪ˠoːɡ]; Land of the Young) or hÓige (Land of Youth) is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld, or perhaps for a part of it. is best known from the tale of Oisín and Niamh.
Well, one of the songs is about how our minds are distracted by the noise of quick relief technology, the other about how our minds are expanded by stories and imagination. Thematically they are much like two sides of a coin. Also, good to see you again!
Great reaction!!! Love how you recognized the similarities in the 2 songs. Thank you for investigating them. Pause the songs whenever you need to, I'm here for your ANALYSIS not to watch the artist's videos.
reason for your confusion is that 'Noise' and 'Harvest' were official singles promoting an album. In fact, as you noticed 'Noise' is the only 'real' promotional video as well. Then they also released 'Ad Astra'. the only video made for CD 2. And then they released the rest in one go along with the album.
The best thing about this song is just when you thought you knew everything this song has to offer melodically, it suddenly made this dramatic turn in "To lose yourself". It's like the theme of this song: literature/storytelling, with a twist!
Let me quote something here. Remember "The Greatest Show on Earth"? There is an instrumental release of that, at the end of which Tuomas had Richard Dawkins read this: “It never seems to occur to people that a man might just want to write a piece of music”, which is a homage to Ralph Vaughan Williams. So... Don't destroy yourself overanalysing. It's true that Tuomas is extremely complex in his thoughts and has a lot of things to say, and although the album is stylistically and thematically very well connected, each song is an individual piece of music (except for the second part of the album which is one piece split in multiple parts) and should be viewed separately (from what I gathered from multiple statements from various band members; Tuomas, Marko and Floor in particular). Also, lyric videos were made by a different studio from the team that worked on Noise music video, so I wouldn't try to look into hidden clues between the two. Noise music video was under the direction of the same person (Stobe Harju) who made the Islander music video and the full feature film of Nightwish music revolving around the Imaginaerum album (under the same name). That being said, I think that in the lyrics of Music, there might be a title reference to two songs of this album: "Can you hear the brave drum from the MOORS? Follow the beat and leave the NOISE behind if we be lovers". One of the "songs" of the second part of the album is called "Moors", and we already left the "Noise" behind, or did we? Anyway, keep up the excellent work and keep bringing up these interesting analyses and parallels. Just because I say there may not be intentional parallels, doesn't mean you won't find some based on your own intuition and experience. Each of us has a different life and set of references, just like the songs on the album, but some of us interact in beautiful ways and from time to time, we create new life, why wouldn't the songs?
There are more connections in music. If we be lovers probably refers to second part of the How's the heart. Pan is also openly referenced. One commenter pointed out Harvest is one of the very few songs to have major scale. Music coming to your way, the very first song is clear reference to itself. I am certain Music contains references to all songs, it is only a matter of time we find the others. This leaves Shoemaker, Tribal and Endlessness in first disk.
@@CemKalyoncu Right. Those two were just at the top of my head while I was writing. "Music" is such a good first song. It showcases everything. Evolution of music, of voice, of intertextuality. And the "time and silence" bit is just... music.
All through Tuomas's work there is mention of a writer, a poet, a creator of the imagination. Someone who was given the first spark of the story. There is always a storyteller. There is always mention of cliffs, blue water, oceans, the sea. Mermaids. Angels. Ghosts. We were here. The child. THIS album began in EFMB.
The singles, Noise and Harvest, were released first. The rest were released on April 10 (album release day) and How's the Heart on the following day (from what I remember, which was released on the Nuclear Blast channel not the Nightwish one, so that's what I attribute the one day delay to--I remember I was waiting for it the day the album was released but I had to wait till the next day). Also, Ad Astra (the very final track on CD2) was also released earlier, as sort of a single as well, or a teaser if you will.
@@TheMuserResolute Ad astra was released with its own music video to announce Nightwish's partnership with the international conservation charity organization called 'World Land Trust'.
A lot of Nightwish songs and albums loop into others. :) Parts of All The Works Of Nature loop in with others, and the Imaginarium album has a song that has little parts of almost all the album's songs :)
Teach....Great reaction, thank you.The dynamic has changed. Tuomas is writing songs for Floors range and abilities now. She had adopted and put her spin on the older songs beautifully. Tuomas must feel like a kid in a candy store...He can try anything now, the way the band plays and all the vocalists sing. Amazing ! The Perfect Storm ?
this is a song about human imagination therefore a ton of literary references like the Labyrinth ( Pan's) , Keystone Earth (Stephen King), "there and back" (Tolkien.... Bilbo Baggins's fictional book "There and back again"), The Sea Lady (H.G.Wells), Snow, Glass, Apples (a darker twist on Snow White by Neil Gaiman) The man in the moon (could refer to the novel by James Blaylock but since its rather recently published in 2002 i bet it refers to " The man in the Moone" written by Bishop Francis Godwin late 1620's because it is considered one of the works of early science fiction though i would say that theme and honor falls to Lucian) and Tir na Nog refers to the land of eternal youth .... ( a Neverland) the underworld of Irish Mythology.
The winds will be named... reference to Patrick Rothfuss Name of the wind, which is very close to Tuomas ' heart, their song Edema Ruh, and secondary project with Troy AURI is a clear connection
“Something evil their way comes” paraphrased from MacBeth: “by the pricking of my thumbs, something evil this way comes” if I remember my O-level English lit. correctly (it was over 40 years ago!)
Good stuff! One of my favourites... you're in for a treat for the rest of the album. The whole thing is a work of art, and I've been a fan of NW for close to 20 years!
Given the album is written by one person all at once, the common threads are probably unavoidable - you would almost have to purposefully try and avoid them. When that's conscious or subconscious, now that's a different matter.... Pan IS the song I keep coming back to most often on this album...
Well, if you put Noise and Pan together, they are a little bit opposite of each other with Noise being about some of our worst human instincts and Pan our best ones.
I love how you break each musical piece down and visibly seeing the joy you experience at listening to these songs puts a smile on my face every time. As always, a joy to watch your reactions, thank you.
Hey, brother. Really cool to experience this masterwork with someone who recognizes it's brilliance. Keep doin' whatcha do!!! Regards to 🇬🇧 from 🇺🇸!!! 😊
This is definitely one of my favourites from the new album. Thank you for pointing out the similarities between Noise and Pan in the vocal line and the guitar -- I hadn't consciously grokked that. The other part I love is the silent bar echoing back to the same in Music. I really am enjoying your reactions. Procession as others have mentioned below deviates from the structure you outlined. Tuomas says that Procession is the most affecting performance he has heard from Floor. I also am looking forwards to your take on the second disc!
Noise was the first song released as a single, harvest was the second. The band opted Also to release the entire album w/Lyrics in effort to battle both unofficial Lyrics videos and album leaks via both UA-cam and their file storing company. In fact, many people received their album pre-order several days before the official release. I, myself, had pre-ordered the album soon as it went live and received my copy 6 days prior to the official release (April 10, 2020) Edit: I was told personally via Instagram by Toni piju (a band/tour,/etc manager) that the reason for the early release was to jump ahead of the album leaks
This song honors the work of the writers. The lyrics contains about dozen references to literature, theater and films. And the message is that do the best of you in this life because the "bigger and better" chess piece of the next generation will eventually crush you.
A lot of songs by Nightwish are in D minor. I realized this when I was making a mix of my favorite Nightwish songs and ended with five back to back that were in the same key.
I love your technical coments! Me, as ignorant about vocal techniques and music theory, you open for us a new world of ways to taste and enjoy the music! Thanks for all !!! (Analyze Phantom of the Opera with prior vocalist, Tarja)
hope you do the rest of the songs on this album still! How's the Heart?" 7. "Procession" 8. "Tribal" 9. "Endlessness" AND AD ASTRA (last song from the second instrumental CD) has some wonderful Carl Sagan tributes
noise come first radio sing list and then later harvest before they release the album. i just learn that tuomas was 18 years when he still want to be scientist and i think that can hear this album very big. thank god he choose rock star life :) thanx again very good analyze and reaction. have great day there.
Stil I´m an absolute fan of your reaction and analysis. I didn`t even realize that there are paralells between a few songs. I don`t know such stuff I just know that every single song on this album is a masterpiece and that they touch me all in a really deep way. Thank you for the great reaction. I´m looking forward to the next song. :) But do them as soon as you can and like, no pressure
@ ,music teacher reacts, just a flash of thought (i dont claim to be absolutley right) but if its Em well Tuomas ends song of my self with the words (spoken by Troys) " there for ever remains that change from g to em", the girl in Imagenarum movie is called Gem (very poetically because of gemstones but yet still G-Em^^)also "G and e minor" are parallel musical scales exactly the same pitches like two sides of one medal. Hapiness and sadness are coexisting parts of our life Tumoas described this lyric as celebration of life with all it's beautiful and dark sides simultaneously. just the thoughts of a dark Poet
I love the way you've embraced the space bar to its full meme potential. Pan is *possibly* my favourite on this album. I think it will be phenominal live. This album blends together so well in one sitting. It's either through clever composing or a side effect of coming up with a lot of material at the same time. Certainly there is a lot of tone and chromatic ideas. In the classical tracks from "all the worlds of nature that adorn the world (CD2 of this album), I think you can hear the "noise" melody in the track that represents the sea. You should definitely check out the instrumental CD 2.
@@TheMuserResolute Oh yes, looking foreward to that! Also hope you keep doing more reactions to live performances, particularily songs with interesting composition like 7 days to the wolves, Devil and the deep dark ocean, song of myself and.. well all of them really:) Love you man, I subbed on your very first Nightwish reaction minutes after you posted and have watched them all, some of them several times, since then!
So as the title of the album depicts, all vocalized songs of the first half themed on conditions of being human and later in all works adorn... are the nature theme this was not a concept album as in past works. As floor has mentioned in interviews the album adds DNA from each song into the next, music as an intro kind of gives you a little taste of the rest of the album. Enjoy. See everyone at the islanders arms virtual concert\m/
Another great reaction to another great Nightwish song. I know there's lots to take in with the music and the lyrics etc, but even the video has little gems in it. Did you by chance notice the numbers on the dominos? Have a look next time you watch the video. As a music teacher you should be able to decipher their meaning!
Hey, I'm brazilian and I loved your videos since the first one I saw. Thank you for everything!!!! You're amazing. And if I could ask you some things and I hope you'll read it, 1) PLEASE KEEP LISTENING TO BILLIE AND AURORA, SPECIALLY AURORA, SHE'S AMAZING. 2) please react to "Urias - Diaba" and "Fióte - Gente Bonita", both songs are brazilian. 3) It would be nice to see your reaction to the full album of some artist os at leats the top music of em on Spotify. 4) KEEP HITTING THAT SPACE BAR LIKE IT WOULD BE YOUR LAST WORDS.
You may very well be right about the reference to Noise. Toumoas's songs often talk to each other. Lyrical and musical themes interweaving and repeating across the album or their entire discography. On this album you still have How's The Heart waiting for you, which contains a reference to Elan from Endless Forms Most Beautiful album which, in turn, references Meadows of Heaven from Dark Passion Play. Just as an example :)
What is it about the various works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Brahms, Stravinsky, Wagner, Queen, Nightwish, etc., that allows one to recognize who composed a previously unheard work? And, whether it is an early, middle, or later work of that artist. That is what, I think, you are trying to tie in between "Noise" and "Pan": you are just trying to reconcile the current "voice" of Nightwish. It is a bit different voice, but one that is still distinctly Nightwish.
Well, Nightwish is ehhhh Nightwish (and I love it). As a music teacher I would like to see/hear your reaction to (like Floor) a Dutchman called Arjen (Ar-yun) Lucassen. Please react to these TOP VARIETY OF MANY MUSICAL INTRUMENTS/SINGERS: The Source is the 9th studio album from Ayreon, a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released on April 28, 2017. ‘The Day That The World Breaks Down’ is a song that features all 11 (well known) main guest singers [James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder), Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me) , Simone Simons (Epica), Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind), Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Mike Mills (ToeHider), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), Floor Jansen (Nightwish)] and is taken from that album. Arjen himself is telling (in subtitles) who the singers are and which instruments are used and by what standards. Btw. The clip is 13 min. Long and I think you won’t regret it !! Official (Arjen’s) clip: ua-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/v-deo.html
Regarding similarities between the songs, in their previous album, Endless forms most Beautiful, you could take the track "shudder before the beautiful" and "yours is an empty hope" and overlay them over each other and they are almost the same thing for the whole 1st minute or so. Don't know if it's intentional (as in "serving the theme of the album") but it's definitely there
Not sure, but the most obvious reason for the same key would be just to fit Floor's voices as nice as possible. It's maybe just to prevent her voice from damaging it too much during a concert.
human nature is complicated.listen a bunch of times . you think you got a handle om it then you realise you dont have a clue. everything is calculalted. quite brilliant really.
"Noise" was the first single and "Harvest" was the second single release. All of the rest were released together. This song is all about discovering and unleashing the human imagination. The need to hear and create stories to open the imagination. There a many references to books & stories in this song. Floor is very strong in the key of D. Nightwish like many contemporary metal bands tune their guitars to D instead of E. This gives bands a deeper heavier tonality which kind of makes the music darker. Black Sabbath, back in the day started this trend. After all they did invent the heavy metal sound. Great reaction video once again my friend. Next time. Peace.
I know that, in music there are so-called "musical elements" (or something like that, maybe wrong by traslation from spanish). Which are widely used in movie soundtracks, used in different themes with different melodies, but those elements are there to give a certain feeling or meaning to the musical piece. Tuomas sure composes a set of musical elements to insert them in all the songs on the album. (You see? I'm learning about music!)
Yup! When we teach them for the syllabus here in Australia (with the syllabus i'm following for the schools in my state) we call them "The Concepts of Music" - I find his use of pitch in Noise and Pan too similar and I feel like there's something more behind it
@@TheMuserResolute Perhaps, like Tuomas as a science fan (I'm a scientist), he defines some polynomial functions to generate the structure of his compositions (like TOOL, check his music, pure very complex mathematical art), and based on this polynomial functions (maybe auric polynomial functions like those used in photography for perfect distribution of space and lighting ... or maybe Fibonacci-style progressions), and insert these musical elements to cut this mathematical progression and cause cuts or variations that generate those interesting sensations that Nightwish songs provoke (up, down, up, crescendo, grand finale with these elements in between cutting the monotony of the progression), perhaps these inserts also have a definite complex progression, not at the song level, but at the album level. Or maybe as a talented songwriter, he just doesn't calculate, he just does it naturally. (Or maybe... I'm mathematically paranoid).
This song is about the power of human imagination. If you take a look at the lyrics here genius.com/Nightwish-pan-lyrics you will find greyed sections with explanations/interpretations from other people worth checking out. However, I'd like to add that "something wicked their way came" could also refer to Ray Bradbury's novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes" which was filmed by Disney in 1983 since Tuomas is a big Disney fan. Also, if you take the dots on those dominoes pieces shown in the music video & arrange them as numbers in the order 1 - 5 - 6 - 4, you get the chord progression of many well known songs en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_containing_the_I%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93vi%E2%80%93IV_progression
If you havent had an opportunity to, please check out Guylain Prince's reaction/analysis videos for this album. His profession within the church (he's a Franciscan friar who loves heavy metal, it's a thing) is focused around the study of literature and lyricism. He does a PHENOMENAL job covering the nuanced lyrical references, especially across tracks. You'd love his channel, I assure you!
Come on Nightwish army. Where are. you? To answer the question : What does "Tir na nog" mean? Okay from Wikipedia i got: Land of the Celtic Underworld..and also a song by the group Celtic Woman. I am sure someone in the Nightwish Army will be along to enlighten us further if more is needed. Thanks for the great reaction as always.
@@TheMuserResolute Tír na nÓg is depicted as an island paradise and supernatural realm of everlasting youth, beauty, health, abundance and joy.[2][5] Its inhabitants are described as the Tuatha Dé Danann or the warriors of the Tuatha Dé, the gods of pre-Christian Ireland, who engage in poetry, music, entertainment, and the feast of Goibniu, which grants immortality to the participants.[2][6][7] In the echtrae (adventure) and immram (voyage) tales, various Irish mythical heroes visit Tír na nÓg after a voyage or an invitation from one of its residents. They reach it by entering ancient burial mounds or caves, by journeying through a mist, by going under water, or by traveling across the sea for three days on an enchanted boat or Manannán's horse.[2] The tales of mortals who visit the Otherworld are referred to as echtrai (adventures) and baili (visions, ecstasies).[8] The path across the sea is called Mag Mell (Plain of Honey). It is the golden path made by the sun on the ocean and to travel, "far over the green meadows of the waters where the horses of Lir have their pastures." The god that rules this region is said to be the first ancestor of the human race and the god of the dead, and in the surviving tales is almost always named as Manannán mac Lir.[9] In the tales, Manannán is usually described as a warrior and is sometimes accompanied by his golden-haired wife or daughter, who sometimes wears a golden helmet.
An ape? Awe? A door? It seems to me that a certain lyricist has been watching “2001: A Space Odyssey.” (I also think that you can drop the explanatory (Reaction). People will understand the correct word if you just use it like any other ordinary word. That’s how it will BECOME a broadly used word, as it should because it has a definition of its own.) Finally, what a great reactionalysis you just did! 😎🎶
Music Teacher Reacts Why wouldn’t I watch? It’s always good to watch someone who is very good at what they do. You are appreciated because you are obviously putting effort into that one thing that can’t be acquired without it: excellence. (Good for applying The Word!)
If u are into nightwish u should react to procession then, that song has no structure as u mentioned in your video, also for me it’s the best track of the album. Keep it up with your videos I love the way your face keeps surprising, it’s so “overwhelming”.
Can you go next time: NF, Sasha Sloan - Only, NF - My Stress, NF - You're Special, NF - Remember This, NF - Alone (feat. Tommee Profitt & Brooke Griffith). I believe you be so happy for all song. P.S: Love your videos.
Also, may I suggest something. I know that 'how's the heart' is next one up. Why don't you do that and then react to the same song in acoustic version. This is just about the only pre pandemic footage of them from this year.
You say you are not a specialist to analyse vocal performances. Could you therefore say more about the music and lyrics for instance...not just her vocals?
You're the navigator of this ship. If you want to stop, stop. If it looks like a bad place to stop once you've done it, back up a bit, problem solved. Reactor comments, reactions, are literally why we watch these videos. Go for it. Own it. The channel is YOU and the music, not THE MUSIC and you.
Okay, let's unravel this. This song has some allusions to film and literature that I don't know where to start. Probably I haven't discovered everything by far myself.
So from the beginning: winds will be named is an allusion to Patrick Rothfuss' book The name of the wind. Which Toumas has read. The Kingslayer trilogy.
Afterwards: to fallen stars, to there and back might be a reference to J.R.R. Tolkiens Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit. Bilbo writes a book with the title There and back again.
Tír na nÓg (ancient Irish: Tír na n-Oc - tʲiːɾˠ n̪ˠə ˈn̪ˠoːɡˠ freely translated about Land of Eternal Youth) is one of the most famous mystical places of the Otherworld in Irish-Celtic mythology.
A pale blue theatre stage: our earth
I ask for additions. I would like to know what I have not found.
I'd be willing to bet money that "to fallen stars" is a reference to Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Tuomas (and Floor and Marko) are fans of Gaiman.
@@anssia3123 this could very well be possible. Anyone else?
I went over it again: something wicked this way comes is a quote from the first scene of the fourth act of the drama "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare.
The Sea Lady - Saga of King Arthur. (?)
Allusions to the Brothers Grimm: Snow, Glass, Apples - Snow White
The title of the song itself: In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, rustic music and impromptus.
Maybe the line an ape in awe before a door is an allusion to Arthur C. Clark's 2001 Space Odyssey when the Great Monolith appears But I am not sure about that.
Come on guys, there's probably more! This song is pure Genius....as always.
By the way: great reaction! :)
Snow Glass Apples is a short story written by Neil Gaiman, a retelling of Snow White.
@@michaellein2389 The Sea Lady is a story by H.G. Wells
Oh, fun fact.
Album release was April 10. However, in the heat of the pandemic, the roads were emptier than usual, so people in Finland (myself included) got the physical preordered albums up to 2 days ahead of the schedule. I think Kai (the drummer) jokingly said something along the lines that this is the first time in the history of Finnish mail that they have delivered early.
I actually got mine FOUR days early in the US! Imagine me getting my copy before the Finns! Even I have to admit that's just not right, lol.
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They released Noise as first single, Harvest as second with Ad Astra instrumental part and the rest they released on the release date of the album April 10th :) Tir Na Nog means 'Land Of The Young" In Irish mythology ([tʲiːɾʲ n̪ˠə ˈn̪ˠoːɡ]; Land of the Young) or hÓige (Land of Youth) is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld, or perhaps for a part of it. is best known from the tale of Oisín and Niamh.
Thanks 😊
Nimwey to the rescue with Facts! 😋 ❤️
@@ChrisPage68 hahaha :)
@@ChrisPage68 Yep, NW stalwarts, Nimwey and PageMonster, nice to hear from you both.
Well, one of the songs is about how our minds are distracted by the noise of quick relief technology, the other about how our minds are expanded by stories and imagination. Thematically they are much like two sides of a coin.
Also, good to see you again!
Thank you 😊
Great reaction!!! Love how you recognized the similarities in the 2 songs. Thank you for investigating them. Pause the songs whenever you need to, I'm here for your ANALYSIS not to watch the artist's videos.
Thank you!
I love Nightwish, but especially love Nightwish live. This is teasing me. I cannot wait to see what they do with this live. it’s going to be amazing.
I can’t even conceptualise how amazing this would be live! I was in awe of her beautiful low register!!
Yes Toumas often have riffs/chords of other songs within different songs on the album. The previous album was riddled with that, in a good way.
If you think you've spotted their system just wait until you've heard Procession. Even Tuomas admits it's an unusual song structure (but it works)
I heard this one is different! Can’t wait!
My gf said "This is a subtle song for Nightwish." Right before the guitars came in:)
reason for your confusion is that 'Noise' and 'Harvest' were official singles promoting an album. In fact, as you noticed 'Noise' is the only 'real' promotional video as well. Then they also released 'Ad Astra'. the only video made for CD 2. And then they released the rest in one go along with the album.
The best thing about this song is just when you thought you knew everything this song has to offer melodically, it suddenly made this dramatic turn in "To lose yourself". It's like the theme of this song: literature/storytelling, with a twist!
I feel like i'm discovering new things every time I listen to it!
Let me quote something here.
Remember "The Greatest Show on Earth"?
There is an instrumental release of that, at the end of which Tuomas had Richard Dawkins read this: “It never seems to occur to people that a man might just want to write a piece of music”, which is a homage to Ralph Vaughan Williams. So... Don't destroy yourself overanalysing. It's true that Tuomas is extremely complex in his thoughts and has a lot of things to say, and although the album is stylistically and thematically very well connected, each song is an individual piece of music (except for the second part of the album which is one piece split in multiple parts) and should be viewed separately (from what I gathered from multiple statements from various band members; Tuomas, Marko and Floor in particular).
Also, lyric videos were made by a different studio from the team that worked on Noise music video, so I wouldn't try to look into hidden clues between the two. Noise music video was under the direction of the same person (Stobe Harju) who made the Islander music video and the full feature film of Nightwish music revolving around the Imaginaerum album (under the same name).
That being said, I think that in the lyrics of Music, there might be a title reference to two songs of this album: "Can you hear the brave drum from the MOORS? Follow the beat and leave the NOISE behind if we be lovers". One of the "songs" of the second part of the album is called "Moors", and we already left the "Noise" behind, or did we?
Anyway, keep up the excellent work and keep bringing up these interesting analyses and parallels. Just because I say there may not be intentional parallels, doesn't mean you won't find some based on your own intuition and experience. Each of us has a different life and set of references, just like the songs on the album, but some of us interact in beautiful ways and from time to time, we create new life, why wouldn't the songs?
Thank you for this 😊
There are more connections in music. If we be lovers probably refers to second part of the How's the heart. Pan is also openly referenced. One commenter pointed out Harvest is one of the very few songs to have major scale. Music coming to your way, the very first song is clear reference to itself. I am certain Music contains references to all songs, it is only a matter of time we find the others. This leaves Shoemaker, Tribal and Endlessness in first disk.
@@CemKalyoncu Right. Those two were just at the top of my head while I was writing.
"Music" is such a good first song. It showcases everything. Evolution of music, of voice, of intertextuality.
And the "time and silence" bit is just... music.
All through Tuomas's work there is mention of a writer, a poet, a creator of the imagination. Someone who was given the first spark of the story. There is always a storyteller. There is always mention of cliffs, blue water, oceans, the sea. Mermaids. Angels. Ghosts. We were here. The child. THIS album began in EFMB.
The singles, Noise and Harvest, were released first. The rest were released on April 10 (album release day) and How's the Heart on the following day (from what I remember, which was released on the Nuclear Blast channel not the Nightwish one, so that's what I attribute the one day delay to--I remember I was waiting for it the day the album was released but I had to wait till the next day). Also, Ad Astra (the very final track on CD2) was also released earlier, as sort of a single as well, or a teaser if you will.
Thanks soo much for clarifying 🙂
@@TheMuserResolute Ad astra was released with its own music video to announce Nightwish's partnership with the international conservation charity organization called 'World Land Trust'.
A lot of Nightwish songs and albums loop into others. :) Parts of All The Works Of Nature loop in with others, and the Imaginarium album has a song that has little parts of almost all the album's songs :)
Teach....Great reaction, thank you.The dynamic has changed. Tuomas is writing songs for Floors range and abilities now. She had adopted and put her spin on the older songs beautifully. Tuomas must feel like a kid in a candy store...He can try anything now, the way the band plays and all the vocalists sing. Amazing ! The Perfect Storm ?
this is a song about human imagination therefore a ton of literary references like the Labyrinth ( Pan's) , Keystone Earth (Stephen King), "there and back" (Tolkien.... Bilbo Baggins's fictional book "There and back again"), The Sea Lady (H.G.Wells), Snow, Glass, Apples (a darker twist on Snow White by Neil Gaiman) The man in the moon (could refer to the novel by James Blaylock but since its rather recently published in 2002 i bet it refers to " The man in the Moone" written by Bishop Francis Godwin late 1620's because it is considered one of the works of early science fiction though i would say that theme and honor falls to Lucian) and Tir na Nog refers to the land of eternal youth .... ( a Neverland) the underworld of Irish Mythology.
The winds will be named... reference to Patrick Rothfuss Name of the wind, which is very close to Tuomas ' heart, their song Edema Ruh, and secondary project with Troy AURI is a clear connection
“Something evil their way comes” paraphrased from MacBeth: “by the pricking of my thumbs, something evil this way comes” if I remember my O-level English lit. correctly (it was over 40 years ago!)
Tales of dust of man in the moon. I think it is related to shoemaker.
Good stuff! One of my favourites... you're in for a treat for the rest of the album. The whole thing is a work of art, and I've been a fan of NW for close to 20 years!
I can't fathom how some fans are not liking this album
@@TheMuserResolute me either I think its a masterpiece
This song is a beautiful, silvery can of condensed Nightwish ❤️
Given the album is written by one person all at once, the common threads are probably unavoidable - you would almost have to purposefully try and avoid them. When that's conscious or subconscious, now that's a different matter.... Pan IS the song I keep coming back to most often on this album...
Honestly I can't get enough of this song... i really is my favourite of the album so far 🙊
@@TheMuserResolute Oh, there is a couple more gems coming up )))
Well, if you put Noise and Pan together, they are a little bit opposite of each other with Noise being about some of our worst human instincts and Pan our best ones.
Love your videos! Keep it up!!
Thank you 😊
Great album and great song!
OMG amazing album amazing song!
Absolutely great, love your analysis of the song really interesting and enjoyable. Thankyou.
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching :)
I love how you break each musical piece down and visibly seeing the joy you experience at listening to these songs puts a smile on my face every time. As always, a joy to watch your reactions, thank you.
You’re so welcome and thank you for watching and taking the time to comment 😊
they released Noise and Harvest prior to the album being released as they were released as Singles. the rest of the album was released on the 10th.
just have to say .. love watching you tripping on music :)
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Great job. Enjoyed your breakdown
I love your analysis! I look forward to your reaction of Tribal. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much 😊
Hey, brother.
Really cool to experience this masterwork with someone who recognizes it's brilliance.
Keep doin' whatcha do!!!
Regards to 🇬🇧 from 🇺🇸!!! 😊
Thank you so much! 😊
This is definitely one of my favourites from the new album. Thank you for pointing out the similarities between Noise and Pan in the vocal line and the guitar -- I hadn't consciously grokked that. The other part I love is the silent bar echoing back to the same in Music. I really am enjoying your reactions. Procession as others have mentioned below deviates from the structure you outlined. Tuomas says that Procession is the most affecting performance he has heard from Floor. I also am looking forwards to your take on the second disc!
I’m so looking forward to procession! Will be doing disc 2 all in one aswell!
Noise was the first song released as a single, harvest was the second. The band opted Also to release the entire album w/Lyrics in effort to battle both unofficial Lyrics videos and album leaks via both UA-cam and their file storing company. In fact, many people received their album pre-order several days before the official release. I, myself, had pre-ordered the album soon as it went live and received my copy 6 days prior to the official release (April 10, 2020)
Edit: I was told personally via Instagram by Toni piju (a band/tour,/etc manager) that the reason for the early release was to jump ahead of the album leaks
The deliveries were in part early because in that moment Uusimaa was quarantined off of the rest of the country so the roads were pretty much clear.
This song honors the work of the writers. The lyrics contains about dozen references to literature, theater and films. And the message is that do the best of you in this life because the "bigger and better" chess piece of the next generation will eventually crush you.
A lot of songs by Nightwish are in D minor. I realized this when I was making a mix of my favorite Nightwish songs and ended with five back to back that were in the same key.
This song really reminds me of wishmaster. I can't really place a finger on it exactly, but it really puts me in the same headspace as wishmaster.
I love your technical coments! Me, as ignorant about vocal techniques and music theory, you open for us a new world of ways to taste and enjoy the music! Thanks for all !!! (Analyze Phantom of the Opera with prior vocalist, Tarja)
Thank you sooo much!! Yes i'm meaning to get to that one :)
hope you do the rest of the songs on this album still! How's the Heart?"
7. "Procession"
8. "Tribal"
9. "Endlessness"
AND AD ASTRA (last song from the second instrumental CD) has some wonderful Carl Sagan tributes
Yessss will be back soon with this series!
noise come first radio sing list and then later harvest before they release the album. i just learn that tuomas was 18 years when he still want to be scientist and i think that can hear this album very big. thank god he choose rock star life :) thanx again very good analyze and reaction. have great day there.
Thank you for the information and for your kind comment 😊 take care
Stil I´m an absolute fan of your reaction and analysis. I didn`t even realize that there are paralells between a few songs. I don`t know such stuff I just know that every single song on this album is a masterpiece and that they touch me all in a really deep way. Thank you for the great reaction. I´m looking forward to the next song. :) But do them as soon as you can and like, no pressure
Thank you so much for sticking around and watching 🙂 I’m so excited to keep going with this album!
I would love it if you reacted to EPICA, the songs: "ESSENCE OF SILENCE", "DESIGN YOUR UNIVERSE", "CONSIGN TO OBLIVION", you will be surprised
@ ,music teacher reacts, just a flash of thought (i dont claim to be absolutley right) but if its Em well Tuomas ends song of my self with the words (spoken by Troys) " there for ever remains that change from g to em", the girl in Imagenarum movie is called Gem (very poetically because of gemstones but yet still G-Em^^)also "G and e minor" are parallel musical scales exactly the same pitches like two sides of one medal. Hapiness and sadness are coexisting parts of our life
Tumoas described this lyric as celebration of life with all it's beautiful and dark sides simultaneously.
just the thoughts of a dark Poet
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing 😊
Thanks for that great reaction 🙂 I would love if you could so a more in-depth Musical analysis of some songs after you finished the album!
It's funny how this song is so complex but at same time a nod to the old-style nightwish songwriting.
I love the way you've embraced the space bar to its full meme potential. Pan is *possibly* my favourite on this album. I think it will be phenominal live. This album blends together so well in one sitting. It's either through clever composing or a side effect of coming up with a lot of material at the same time. Certainly there is a lot of tone and chromatic ideas. In the classical tracks from "all the worlds of nature that adorn the world (CD2 of this album), I think you can hear the "noise" melody in the track that represents the sea. You should definitely check out the instrumental CD 2.
Defs will be doing all of CD2 in one sitting!! So excited. Thank you so much for your kind comment and taking the time to watch 😊
@@TheMuserResolute Oh yes, looking foreward to that! Also hope you keep doing more reactions to live performances, particularily songs with interesting composition like 7 days to the wolves, Devil and the deep dark ocean, song of myself and.. well all of them really:) Love you man, I subbed on your very first Nightwish reaction minutes after you posted and have watched them all, some of them several times, since then!
So as the title of the album depicts, all vocalized songs of the first half themed on conditions of being human and later in all works adorn... are the nature theme this was not a concept album as in past works. As floor has mentioned in interviews the album adds DNA from each song into the next, music as an intro kind of gives you a little taste of the rest of the album. Enjoy. See everyone at the islanders arms virtual concert\m/
Good reaction!
Another great reaction to another great Nightwish song. I know there's lots to take in with the music and the lyrics etc, but even the video has little gems in it. Did you by chance notice the numbers on the dominos? Have a look next time you watch the video. As a music teacher you should be able to decipher their meaning!
Omg!! I have to check this out
Hey, I'm brazilian and I loved your videos since the first one I saw. Thank you for everything!!!! You're amazing. And if I could ask you some things and I hope you'll read it, 1) PLEASE KEEP LISTENING TO BILLIE AND AURORA, SPECIALLY AURORA, SHE'S AMAZING. 2) please react to "Urias - Diaba" and "Fióte - Gente Bonita", both songs are brazilian. 3) It would be nice to see your reaction to the full album of some artist os at leats the top music of em on Spotify. 4) KEEP HITTING THAT SPACE BAR LIKE IT WOULD BE YOUR LAST WORDS.
Thank you so much for your kind comment!! Yes i've only done one Aurora but i'm hoping to do more! I really appreciate you sticking around 😊
You may very well be right about the reference to Noise. Toumoas's songs often talk to each other. Lyrical and musical themes interweaving and repeating across the album or their entire discography. On this album you still have How's The Heart waiting for you, which contains a reference to Elan from Endless Forms Most Beautiful album which, in turn, references Meadows of Heaven from Dark Passion Play.
Just as an example :)
If you are looking for the key from Nightwish, it's F#m - Tuomas H.
What is it about the various works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Brahms, Stravinsky, Wagner, Queen, Nightwish, etc., that allows one to recognize who composed a previously unheard work? And, whether it is an early, middle, or later work of that artist. That is what, I think, you are trying to tie in between "Noise" and "Pan": you are just trying to reconcile the current "voice" of Nightwish. It is a bit different voice, but one that is still distinctly Nightwish.
Well, Nightwish is ehhhh Nightwish (and I love it). As a music teacher I would like to see/hear your reaction to (like Floor) a Dutchman called Arjen (Ar-yun) Lucassen.
Please react to these TOP VARIETY OF MANY MUSICAL INTRUMENTS/SINGERS: The Source is the 9th studio album from Ayreon, a progressive metal/rock opera project by Dutch musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released on April 28, 2017. ‘The Day That The World Breaks Down’ is a song that features all 11 (well known) main guest singers [James LaBrie (Dream Theater), Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder), Tommy Rogers (Between the Buried and Me) , Simone Simons (Epica), Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind), Tobias Sammet (Edguy, Avantasia), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Mike Mills (ToeHider), Russell Allen (Symphony X), Michael Eriksen (Circus Maximus), Floor Jansen (Nightwish)] and is taken from that album. Arjen himself is telling (in subtitles) who the singers are and which instruments are used and by what standards.
Btw. The clip is 13 min. Long and I think you won’t regret it !!
Official (Arjen’s) clip: ua-cam.com/video/oFuMKdrzPqU/v-deo.html
Oh my!! Thank you!! This looks great. Thanks for the recommendation!
Regarding similarities between the songs, in their previous album, Endless forms most Beautiful, you could take the track "shudder before the beautiful" and "yours is an empty hope" and overlay them over each other and they are almost the same thing for the whole 1st minute or so. Don't know if it's intentional (as in "serving the theme of the album") but it's definitely there
Thanks for this!! I gotta check it out!
Not sure, but the most obvious reason for the same key would be just to fit Floor's voices as nice as possible. It's maybe just to prevent her voice from damaging it too much during a concert.
human nature is complicated.listen a bunch of times .
you think you got a handle om it then you realise you dont have a clue.
everything is calculalted. quite brilliant really.
my dude, most bands release specific songs as singles. that's all
In fairness... Nightwish is not 'most bands'.
"Noise" was the first single and "Harvest" was the second single release. All of the rest were released together. This song is all about discovering and unleashing the human imagination. The need to hear and create stories to open the imagination. There a many references to books & stories in this song. Floor is very strong in the key of D. Nightwish like many contemporary metal bands tune their guitars to D instead of E. This gives bands a deeper heavier tonality which kind of makes the music darker. Black Sabbath, back in the day started this trend. After all they did invent the heavy metal sound. Great reaction video once again my friend. Next time. Peace.
Thank you for the info and for taking the time to watch 😊
You should check out the band Starset, they have a really cool sound with electronic and cinematic rock.
I know that, in music there are so-called "musical elements" (or something like that, maybe wrong by traslation from spanish). Which are widely used in movie soundtracks, used in different themes with different melodies, but those elements are there to give a certain feeling or meaning to the musical piece. Tuomas sure composes a set of musical elements to insert them in all the songs on the album. (You see? I'm learning about music!)
Yup! When we teach them for the syllabus here in Australia (with the syllabus i'm following for the schools in my state) we call them "The Concepts of Music" - I find his use of pitch in Noise and Pan too similar and I feel like there's something more behind it
@@TheMuserResolute Perhaps, like Tuomas as a science fan (I'm a scientist), he defines some polynomial functions to generate the structure of his compositions (like TOOL, check his music, pure very complex mathematical art), and based on this polynomial functions (maybe auric polynomial functions like those used in photography for perfect distribution of space and lighting ... or maybe Fibonacci-style progressions), and insert these musical elements to cut this mathematical progression and cause cuts or variations that generate those interesting sensations that Nightwish songs provoke (up, down, up, crescendo, grand finale with these elements in between cutting the monotony of the progression), perhaps these inserts also have a definite complex progression, not at the song level, but at the album level. Or maybe as a talented songwriter, he just doesn't calculate, he just does it naturally. (Or maybe... I'm mathematically paranoid).
This song is about the power of human imagination. If you take a look at the lyrics here genius.com/Nightwish-pan-lyrics you will find greyed sections with explanations/interpretations from other people worth checking out. However, I'd like to add that "something wicked their way came" could also refer to Ray Bradbury's novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes" which was filmed by Disney in 1983 since Tuomas is a big Disney fan. Also, if you take the dots on those dominoes pieces shown in the music video & arrange them as numbers in the order 1 - 5 - 6 - 4, you get the chord progression of many well known songs en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_containing_the_I%E2%80%93V%E2%80%93vi%E2%80%93IV_progression
If you havent had an opportunity to, please check out Guylain Prince's reaction/analysis videos for this album. His profession within the church (he's a Franciscan friar who loves heavy metal, it's a thing) is focused around the study of literature and lyricism. He does a PHENOMENAL job covering the nuanced lyrical references, especially across tracks. You'd love his channel, I assure you!
Also please react to the Phoenix of Asia, Morissette Amon sing "Rise up"
live on Wish 107.5 bus while roaming around the city...
You should definitely react to Ayreon 👀 You’ll be pleasantly surprised! Live or studio, either are amazing!
Come on Nightwish army. Where are. you? To answer the question : What does "Tir na nog" mean? Okay from Wikipedia i got: Land of the Celtic Underworld..and also a song by the group Celtic Woman. I am sure someone in the Nightwish Army will be along to enlighten us further if more is needed. Thanks for the great reaction as always.
Thank you soo much for clarifying! Always searchable but i'd rather hear it from you guys!
@@TheMuserResolute Tír na nÓg is depicted as an island paradise and supernatural realm of everlasting youth, beauty, health, abundance and joy.[2][5] Its inhabitants are described as the Tuatha Dé Danann or the warriors of the Tuatha Dé, the gods of pre-Christian Ireland, who engage in poetry, music, entertainment, and the feast of Goibniu, which grants immortality to the participants.[2][6][7] In the echtrae (adventure) and immram (voyage) tales, various Irish mythical heroes visit Tír na nÓg after a voyage or an invitation from one of its residents. They reach it by entering ancient burial mounds or caves, by journeying through a mist, by going under water, or by traveling across the sea for three days on an enchanted boat or Manannán's horse.[2] The tales of mortals who visit the Otherworld are referred to as echtrai (adventures) and baili (visions, ecstasies).[8] The path across the sea is called Mag Mell (Plain of Honey). It is the golden path made by the sun on the ocean and to travel, "far over the green meadows of the waters where the horses of Lir have their pastures."
The god that rules this region is said to be the first ancestor of the human race and the god of the dead, and in the surviving tales is almost always named as Manannán mac Lir.[9] In the tales, Manannán is usually described as a warrior and is sometimes accompanied by his golden-haired wife or daughter, who sometimes wears a golden helmet.
@@rolsen1304 Thanks RH. I knew there would be someone with some better info than what i had. ✌
"Where you find the loudest spacebar on earth, and the largest pile of broken keyboards.."
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50000 bc, men invented instuments to extend the voice.
2012 ad, floor invented voice to extend the instruments.
Nightwish Lowell, MA 10-7-2021
makes me think of playing dungeons and dragons.
Tir na nog can also be considered the "land of the fae" or fairyland. It's a world created by imagination.
Thank you 😊
An ape? Awe? A door? It seems to me that a certain lyricist has been watching “2001: A Space Odyssey.” (I also think that you can drop the explanatory (Reaction). People will understand the correct word if you just use it like any other ordinary word. That’s how it will BECOME a broadly used word, as it should because it has a definition of its own.)
Finally, what a great reactionalysis you just did! 😎🎶
Thank you! And thank you for your encouragement. You're right, will drop it completely! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Music Teacher Reacts Why wouldn’t I watch? It’s always good to watch someone who is very good at what they do. You are appreciated because you are obviously putting effort into that one thing that can’t be acquired without it: excellence. (Good for applying The Word!)
Thanks for your support 😊
Whats up? Try reacting to Daryl Ong with his version of "Thinking outloud" and "Dive" in RNB Version.
You'll enjoy it more...
If u are into nightwish u should react to procession then, that song has no structure as u mentioned in your video, also for me it’s the best track of the album. Keep it up with your videos I love the way your face keeps surprising, it’s so “overwhelming”.
Thanks! I can see Procession is coming up! I'm excited to check it out!
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Can you go next time: NF, Sasha Sloan - Only, NF - My Stress, NF - You're Special, NF - Remember This, NF - Alone (feat. Tommee Profitt & Brooke Griffith). I believe you be so happy for all song. P.S: Love your videos.
Thanks! Will be going in the album order for all NF, but there may be times i can deviate 😊
Songs aren't released in chronological order, they're released in marketability order.
Also, may I suggest something. I know that 'how's the heart' is next one up. Why don't you do that and then react to the same song in acoustic version. This is just about the only pre pandemic footage of them from this year.
Oh my what a great idea!
Interesting connection to Noise. Compare the part at 10:30 of your vid to this part of Noise: ua-cam.com/video/LczGSoibRe8/v-deo.html
Please!!!!!!! Try to something like DREM THEATER - Metropolis 2 you`ll not regret......
Yo check out (zach boucher alphonse and edward rap) it's something I think you'll love it
Hello first
Hello! Congrats on first 🙂
tir na nog irish gaelic "other world".
please react to Sleep Token please please please, please (please)
P.S. your reactions are amazing and so pure, i just cant... its too good man
Thanks 😊 hopefully I’ll be
Able to check them out!
Recation to Kamelot - Elizabeth l,l&lll
Where did the NF reaction go? :(
Dropping in 24 hours
@@TheMuserResolute thanks for The answer! :)
You say you are not a specialist to analyse vocal performances. Could you therefore say more about the music and lyrics for instance...not just her vocals?
MTR ilike u job but...Sorry! Floor and band is same and Tuomas in the bath...no pan (noice/pan)
You're the navigator of this ship. If you want to stop, stop. If it looks like a bad place to stop once you've done it, back up a bit, problem solved. Reactor comments, reactions, are literally why we watch these videos. Go for it. Own it. The channel is YOU and the music, not THE MUSIC and you.
Thank you 😊
You talk talk why just lissen...welcome 2 FINLAND