Just do you know I never heard this before lol, I figured I’d introduce the song as it’s time for a story, and what do you know the Valkyrie Queen said the same thing, they say great minds think alike 🤘🎉
I am glad that it touches you emotionally, that you are speechless and that you now belong to the Nightwish Army. There is much much more. Floor has probably the widest range of vocal ability there is in this genre. In "Yours is an empty hope" she also growls. Wacken is one of the biggest festivals in Europe with over 83 k audiences. I wish you a lot of fun on your journey and I'm looking forward to your reactions. Greetings from Cologne ( Germany )
There’s no denying the power of this band and floor is amazing as we like to say multiple Floorgasm‘s in these songs is quite appropriate, but I would like to see you react to Marco singing while your lips are still red live I think I think it Wembley, but I can’t be sure he is definitely no slouch
yo Bruce, you think Floor has blown you away thus far ?, I dont know how you will handle whats to come, but know we are there with you through all the emotions and awe, I am so looking forward to seeing you experience these : Floor Jansen (Revamp) : O Mio Babbino Caro, live @ MFVF 8 : ua-cam.com/video/dcKrSpAxbnE/v-deo.html Recorded at the Metal Female Voices festival, Wieze, Belgium on 23 October, 2010. *Alone - Heart (cover by Floor Jansen)just piano,2020 ua-cam.com/video/1fu-yP6q6Gk/v-deo.html SOMETHING SPECIAL : Even with a fan made phone recording it is MIND BLOWING,just imagine if it was professionally recorded : ReVamp...21-02-2014...Effenaar Eindhoven( Misery No Crime) ua-cam.com/video/PjvbzVAJ7cc/v-deo.html *********************** Ghost River (Wacken 2013) ua-cam.com/video/05eitd-EA6I/v-deo.html Nightwish - Song of Myself LIVE-Wacken 2013- ua-cam.com/video/lQu5QjidHWg/v-deo.html ************** Nightwish - Sahara (Live In Tampa) 2016 ua-cam.com/video/4esI0Mn1d_s/v-deo.html *************** Floor Jansen - Vilja Lied for Henk Poort(2019) + intro and outro (With eng subtitles) ua-cam.com/video/JN80AfHiUTY/v-deo.html Floor Jansen sings Shallow for Emma Heesters Beste Zangers 2019 ua-cam.com/video/M68pe4a_9zk/v-deo.html *with subtittles :ua-cam.com/video/UWWbgYJ6Q6E/v-deo.html *Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phantom Of The Opera | Beste Zangers 2019 : ua-cam.com/video/plCScjvDOJM/v-deo.html
Based on something you said casually during your closing remarks, I'm going to suggest very strongly that, when you get to "Song of Myself," a masterpiece inspired by Walt Whitman's famous poem of the same name, that you please look for the version that says "In Loving Memory of Ann Waychoff" in the title. It is half the live version from this Wacken 2013 concert, and the ending is Tuomas's spoken-word narrated poem over an orchestral backdrop of the London Philharmonic. By the time you get to the end of the poem, I think you will recognize why I linked it to something you said here!! ua-cam.com/video/boCrWPhDC78/v-deo.html
Now you're just beginning to understand what keeps us close to the phenomenon that is Nightwish. Fans from all over the world, metalheads and non-metalheads, of all ages, races and expressions of faith. It is a universal language that penetrates our hearts and makes us see reality from a different perspective. Many of us have put aside our inner hell because of their music. It has a healing effect for the soul. 🤘
It really does. This music is without question life changing for me. I’m so glad for your guidance on the bands background, and your list! You are a great General. 🤘🤘🤘
Hey Bruce, my Dude, Now you Know why Nightwish has an Army, and why this band, and Floor Jansen, are so Loved and liked, and Just for the record My very Dear Wife and I, had the great fortune, and pleasure of being 10 rows from the front, at this once in a life time performance. Thanks Dude loved it. More please. 🤘
Wow you were 10 rows from the front??? I think this might have been the greatest live show of all time, maybe the only thing to come close was LiveAid when Queen played back in the day.
So - the best band of all time - and he hasn't listened to Poet and Greatest - what will he say after those two - after he stops the tears of course....
One fact that always fascinates me of the concert in Wacken is that not a single song was written for the voice of the GODDESS........ And incredible how SHE made them HER own.........nothing seems more natural than HER singing these songs which were tailored for other voices......... The rose-wave SHE got at the end of HER solo-tour was very well deserved..........
I plan to listen to the other singers as well to compare the voices, however Floor is different. Her operatic notes murder my soul. She is indeed a Valkryie!
@@TheMindofBruce Ohhh ohh...thin ice when you compare......listen and accept.........but please do not compare...... Have your personal preferences...yes.....but please do not compare...... When you already get tears at Storytime...... I know what will happen in your mind...but don`t say it..... Aaand an extreme tissue-warning: Dead Boys Poem, Buenos Aires 2018......... I cannot listen while driving !!!!!
As HCH said it's best to try not to compare (you will anyway, we all do) but to take each singer as a distinct artist. Because the Tarja wave is coming if you choose to dig further back into NW history (you will) and when you start watching End of an Era songs (the epic concert that took place in 2005). And you will inevitably compare her to Floor, maybe positively, maybe negatively, maybe in a more even handed manner, which I try to do. Not trying to ignore Annette but comparisons inevitably boil down to those two. Both are awesome singers but are distinctly different.
Never compare 😂. Tarja is the queen of Metal, Floor the goddess. And Anette was cool, too, but she was poppy. So every singer is part of the story. And thanks to the history of the band we have a song called "The Poet and the Pendulum", the holy grail of NW songs. Floor is killing it and I have no chance to listen to it without and tears 😂. NW is my Yin of music. My Yan is Epica, with the siren of Metal - Simone Simons. She will bring you to tears, too. Was made for ballads. Try Epica feat. Apocalyptica "Rivers" live!!! And the 2nd rabbit hole is reality 😂😂😂.
You have yet to meet the sixth member, Troy Donockley. Nightwish worked with him for some years as a "hired gun" but he became a full member at the same time as Floor did. Shortly after this show. He plays everything. Check out "I want my tears back". It´s like the same theme as this one lyricly. There is a version from Buenos Aires where Floor goes Crazy in an uplifting way. But the version from this consert is just as good.
Crying whenever Nightwish takes the stage is what makes you one of us, and we're totally here for it 😂 From tears of joy and nostalgia, to the depths sadness that will have you blubbering like a child, Tuomas really knows how to pull at your heartstrings and sometimes beat them with a hammer.
When Floor came to Nightwish, it was a gift to humanity. No other band is able to create such versatile music in such perfection and with such positive emotions. This is not music, but art from another planet.
I totally agree with you. Best band on the planet. There is no other band quite like Nightwish. Just another level of storytelling combined with the talents of it members.
When you fall for Nightwish you fall hard and fast - within a month of discovering them I'd bought every album and DVD that they'd released at that point - no one else like them, they're extraordinary 🤘
Thanks, I can''t help myself lol. I got that from my mom lol she gets excited about Disney, I get pumped about good bands, and let me say this may be the GREATEST band of all time.
@@TheMindofBruceThat’s awesome! I’m the same. Hehe. 🤘🏻You will get more and more pumped after every listen. 💃🏻 Riiight! Oh I love that you feel that! They really are!
just wait until you experience Shoemaker. Not sure if the live vids (hellfest) out there would make it past copy right, but one to watch. Mindblowing and Floorgasmic at the same time.
I love to see your reaction to this song, because mine was very much alike, emotional and baffled. It is one of my favorite Nightwish songs. Tuomas' lyrics and Floor's voice wil toch your emotions, you cannot help it. I look forward to the rest of your Nightwish journey.
Since I discovered Nightwish near the beginning of last year, I've listened to them every day. They are a magical elixir. There are some bands I come back to over and over, but NW is an obsession I hope to never get over.
Ya I agree whole heartedly. I can only listen to the songs I’ve reacted to, for the sake of the viewers lol. So I got 4 songs in my playlist lol. Can’t wait for more!
Background stuff from wiki: - Composer and lyricist of the song, Tuomas Holopainen has said that "Storytime" is inspired by the 1982 movie The Snowman, the theme of which was previously covered by Nightwish for their Oceanborn album. The idea for the music of "Storytime" was born when Holopainen wondered why no-one had made a remake of the film, and pondered on what his version of the score to the scene in which "Walking in the Air" plays would sound like. In a teaser text released prior to the release, Holopainen summarized the song: "How would it feel to take a midnight flight with a snowman through the most wondrous landscapes, like in the classic animated Yuletide film? The meaning of our very existence is created though stories, tales and imagination. They are at the very core of humanity." The lyrics references several classical pieces of fiction concerning imagination, including the character of Peter Pan and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The lyrics also mention the mythical Gaia, the Greek primordial Earth goddess.
I agree with you on the journey of Nightwish they collectively and alone as artists evoke so much emotion . I haven't ever felt that in music before I discovered Nightwish and Floor .
Oh My God! Indeed. Nightwish Army Phoenix here and subscriber for you. This is NIghtwish. This is Nightwish with our wonderful Floor Jansen. There is nothing better than this. Thank your.
As expected :) I inderstand the shock. For me, Tuomas, Floor and Hans Zimmer are the best musicians of this generation. The fact that first two share the stage, makes it the best band for me too (there are fantastic groups out there, but something has to be nr1). Few songs you heard from them aren't close in revealing what they can do, since Tuomas has endless creativity and Floor is voice chameleon that makes people feel.
As a Rush moody blues meatloaf,zep Floyd heart fan Nightwith speaks to my soul. Mends me when I'm down, motovates to dance. ..there is no other that has done all this for me
I agree they are the greatest band on earth and like you I discovered them only recently. you're not the only one living under a rock lol. and yes Floor is someone really special.
Great reaction! Nightwish is a very deep rabbit hole, where every song is unique with unexpected twists and turns. They are also one of the best live bands of all time. I've never heard a bad song from them (at least not live with Floor). To get a sample of their diversity I highly recommend any of these live performances (Wembley 2015 is my favorite concert), which you haven't reacted to yet: (From Wacken 2013): Ghost River, Amaranth, Song Of Myself, Last Ride Of The Day; (From Wembley 2015): 7 Days To The Wolves, Yours Is An Empty Hope, Nemo, Elan, My Walden, While Your Lips Are Still Red, Shudder Before The Beautiful, The Poet And The Pendulum; (From Tampere 2015): Sleeping Sun, The Islander; (From Buenos Aires 2018): I Want My Tears Back, Dead Boys Poem, Gethsemane, Devil And The Deep Dark Ocean; (From Tampa): Sahara; (From Hellfest 2022): Tribal, How's The Heart.
Gorgeous musical art can make one cry. Cry for Joy. Cry for the wonder. Sometime, when you are ready, you will have to listen to 'The Poet and the Pendulum' and we can weep together for ten minutes or more.
The underlying positivity of the musical composition is what always gets me. The way that Tuomas layers his music is just magical. Some of the lyrics can be dark, but, somehow, the instrumental themselves are always there to lift you up.
read the title and start smiling already ...and it hits you again ;) so, if you don´t want to cry in a reaction, don´t react to "Dead Boy´s Poem" (2018) in the near future
When she does the operatic section, she's smiling all the way through it. If you don't fall in love with her just a little bit you have an essential part of your soul missing... .
You haven't even met one member of the band. 😊 Troy, their multi-instrumentalist/singer from the UK, is awesome too. I suggest the song I Want My Tears Back from the Buenos Aires concert to see him the first time. Amazing crowd there too!
I love watching you react to nightwish. I had a lot of similar feelings and reactions to nightwish when I first heard them. I can't wait to see you react to dark chest of wonders from the same concert. I just subscribed today. Continued success.
Bruce, You/We are not living under a rock. We live in the US, which I am told, has a music industry that has vast power over which bands get radio play, etc. Yes, four songs in Nightwish was my favorite band, ever. Yes, love The Stones, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Eagles, Judas, SRV, Tool, Maiden, Metallica, RHCP, Foo Fighters, etc. But they are on the best bands ever (not counting Nightwish) list. Nightwish is #1 on a list of one. A list above all others. I discovered them in Aug of ‘21. Traveled over 1000 miles to see them live in May ‘22. Since Aug of ‘21 when it’s time to listen to music, I play Nightwish (Floor era exclusively) or Floor. I can’t yet bring myself to listen to any of the other GREAT music that is out there. Nightwish is an addiction…a good one.
Many of the songs of Nightwish deal with the longing of Tuomas for his childhood and the innocense he felt that time. Every time your hear the words 'Boy'; 'Poet' or '(Ocean) Soul' for instance, you can be sure it is very personal to Tuomas.
From the 2011 Imaginaerum album, recorded with Anette. Operatic vocals are not her forte, so that part was done with the choir then. Since Floor can do them.... , well you see the result, lol. You got it, stories in general ,as seen through the eyes of a child. Stories and childhood innocence are a couple of Tuomas' favorite themes. Next?? How about Ghost River from this concert, more Floor and Marko singing together.
Oooh. Or weak fantasy from the wembley show. Let’s see if you can sit still! 👀 Or even 7 days to the wolf, same show. Closer to the end there, you see a little of Floors inner wolf 🐺 both soooo amazing songs. I rarely sit still to them. Epic!
@@TheMindofBruce That’s awesome to hear! Wembley or Buenos Aires is even better then wacken in my opinion. Might be because it’s a closed off arena and you can feel the tension and energy from the band and crowd more there. But yeah, it’s good to mix it up a little maybe. So if you do wembley soon, you will see and hear their current drummer Kai Hahto. 😄
Don’t beat yourself up over living under that 🪨.. No rock is as bad as mine😂. When I was a reluctant teenager (guessing around 16, I’m 37 now) anything my big sister liked or said would be automatically dismissed by me… Purely out of principle😆. Including what she told me back then about her friend and fellow English student Irene, that I met a couple of times. I remember distinctly her saying “you remember her? Her sister Floor is in this metal band, After Forever”. And I was like “yeah right, good for you🙄”. Never gave it another thought…. Only connected the dots (and wished I had listened to my sister😆) about 18 years later, when I first discovered Nightwish and Floor😂. Now thát is what I call having lived under a rock😂😂
I really liked your reaction. You can pause as much as you want. Basically all of us have heard this song so many times. We watch reaction videos to hear other people's thoughts. As for recommendations, you've probably gotten these suggestions already, but Shoemaker from Nightwish is a masterpiece. Sleeping Sun is amazing as well, both sung by Tarja (the original singer) and Floor. They have an official music video for Tarja's Sleeping Sun. If you want to watch Floor's version, she performs it at least in Tampere 2015 concert, but there are other videos as well.
Yes, the best band on the planet about sums it up. By the way, for me the key lyric is "the core of all life is a limitless chest of tales". In here you will get references to all sorts - look out for Alice, "every chimney every moonlit sight" - Mary Poppins, and others. This show was the highlight of the tour Imaginaerum (which you see in the background) which promoted the album Imaginaerum, one of the two albums with Anette and probably one of the biggest selling of the albums The tour included the premiere of the film Imaginaerum, with the band as cast. It is well worth watching the film. For one thing it is a great film in itself, though dark in places But it gives a lot of context for the songs on the album. This song makes sense when you see the film. So do the other songs in the set that come from the album, like Last Ride of the Day, Ghost River and Song of Myself (my no 2 NW song). I urge you to watch it (share on YT if you like 😊).
The intro makes me wonder where Michael Myers is.... well, Tuomas does love movies! but - Innocence and dreams, yes! Peter Pan, Alice In Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass... Mary Poppins (the chimney reference).... Creepy feel fits with the Nightwish movie "Imaginaerum" - worth a look!?... Yes, this was the best incarnation of the best band on the planet. GREAT job!
Floor is - by far - the greatest storyteller ever. Simple as that 👍 And on Wacken 2013, she was only doing old songs not written to her incredible techniques..... And Tuomas realized that he would never more have any kind of limitations in his writing and composing. So - you ain't seen and experienced nothing yet 😉
Hello, nice reaction, could I say - welcome to the Nightwish Army, do you think you can identify with us, do you need more time, as you said, it's only three songs and it's rare that I want to become a fan, but anyway, welcome to the club, greetings from Poland
I credit the music of this band with inspiring me to climb outta the deepest despair of my life, during the height of those God forsaken lockdowns, when my Mother passed.
Sorry for your loss, I lost my dad a little over a year ago. Music was his life, literally any song that came on he knew who it was. From his era anyway. Nightwish is unreal
Absolutely love this song, particularly Floors version because of the operatic parts. Annette, while a good singer, couldn’t hit the operatic notes so they used the backing choir, whereas Floor comes in and sings them herself. Very high energy song, amplified I think, by the windmilling from Floor, Jukka grooving on drums and Marco singing along. Very similar to the show opener, Dark Chest of Wonders, which again is a high energy song to get the crowd revved up!
gotta do The Greatest Show on Earth please.....because we were here!! was intro'd to the band through MSN groups back in the day (2004) and been in love with them ever since =D
It's great that a, guy covered in tats, which I really like talks about crying and positivity, we live in a horrible judgemental world where people are judged by what they look like, wear, and, say its all wrong we need more happiness. You need to do a reaction with Troy in I want my tears back from Buenos Aries is brilliant and the crowd participation is brilliant. Great reaction see you for he next one, I agree about music being a release I love rockin out when I'm cleaning it makes it less tedious 😊🇬🇧
I appreciate that, I get funny looks all the time when I go in stores, people just judge. That's why this is the Hope Squad, to much cruelty and judgement in the world. I switched my PCP doctor the other day, my first appointment, he stops mid sentence as he was walking in, and his first question to me was "Why do you have so many tattoos, do you do drugs?" This was a medical professional's first question to me in an initial exam. It's ridiculous, we all get one life, we are all trying to have a human experience, and some people do anything they can to get in the way of that.
@@TheMindofBruceDisgusting petty minded judgemental its usually the more way out folks who are the most giving people years of nursing has taught me this. I did two years In GU med with prostitutes porn workers kids who had been traffiked , girls who had been mutilated genitally and its an eye opener, never judge a book by its cover. Well mate you have so many songs to go im jealous, enjoy see you for the next one😊
You've not met Troy yet? Boy you're in for a treat! Just when you thought Nightwish couldn't possibly get any better they have another prodigous talent to add to the mix. Look up 'uilleann pipes'...
Good one. There's only one 6'1'' Siren/Angel/Valkyrie and her name is Floor. I know you have a lot of catching up to do, Wacken and various other concerts, Floor on Beste Zangers 2019 her solo stuff and covers but could you react to NightWish, Shoemaker Hellfest 2022
and from time to time insert a "old" Nightwish song, i recommend "Pharaoh sails to Orion" live 2001 ( 2 0 0 1 !!!) and "Beauty *of* the Beast" (lyric video,cause there is no good live recording)
Bruce... I love your reaction to Floor and NW. Nice to find a reaction host I can truly relate with and I have watched many. You into lyrics as well which I appreciate. Watch the official video of Shoemaker then watch her ending of the same song 'live' at Hellfest 2022. It will blow your mind. By this stage Marko had departed and replaced by Jukka Koskinen and drummer Jukka replaced by Kai Hahto.....
I really appreciate those words. I am trying to have a different vibe than most reaction channels. I want to spread positivity. Which is why we are the hope squad!! Shoemaker is on my list!! Thx Paul :)
Hey, Bruce, just adding my two cents worth. You will see every emotion in Nightwish's music. The thing is Floor does not sing the song as Toumas wrote it she sings the emotions you have listening to it. As for tearing up, it happens to all of us on one track or another. So, from the Canadian Division of the Nightwish Army welcome to the party.
Just do you know I never heard this before lol, I figured I’d introduce the song as it’s time for a story, and what do you know the Valkyrie Queen said the same thing, they say great minds think alike 🤘🎉
I agree with you,they're the best band on the planet!!!
I am glad that it touches you emotionally, that you are speechless and that you now belong to the Nightwish Army. There is much much more. Floor has probably the widest range of vocal ability there is in this genre. In "Yours is an empty hope" she also growls.
Wacken is one of the biggest festivals in Europe with over 83 k audiences. I wish you a lot of fun on your journey and I'm looking forward to your reactions.
Greetings from Cologne ( Germany )
There’s no denying the power of this band and floor is amazing as we like to say multiple Floorgasm‘s in these songs is quite appropriate, but I would like to see you react to Marco singing while your lips are still red live I think I think it Wembley, but I can’t be sure he is definitely no slouch
yo Bruce, you think Floor has blown you away thus far ?, I dont know how you will handle whats to come, but know we are there with you through all the emotions and awe, I am so looking forward to seeing you experience these :
Floor Jansen (Revamp) : O Mio Babbino Caro, live @ MFVF 8 :
ua-cam.com/video/dcKrSpAxbnE/v-deo.html
Recorded at the Metal Female Voices festival, Wieze, Belgium on 23 October, 2010.
*Alone - Heart (cover by Floor Jansen)just piano,2020
ua-cam.com/video/1fu-yP6q6Gk/v-deo.html
SOMETHING SPECIAL :
Even with a fan made phone recording it is MIND BLOWING,just imagine if it was
professionally recorded :
ReVamp...21-02-2014...Effenaar Eindhoven( Misery No Crime)
ua-cam.com/video/PjvbzVAJ7cc/v-deo.html
***********************
Ghost River (Wacken 2013)
ua-cam.com/video/05eitd-EA6I/v-deo.html
Nightwish - Song of Myself LIVE-Wacken 2013-
ua-cam.com/video/lQu5QjidHWg/v-deo.html
**************
Nightwish - Sahara (Live In Tampa) 2016
ua-cam.com/video/4esI0Mn1d_s/v-deo.html
***************
Floor Jansen - Vilja Lied for Henk Poort(2019) + intro and outro (With eng subtitles)
ua-cam.com/video/JN80AfHiUTY/v-deo.html
Floor Jansen sings Shallow for Emma Heesters Beste Zangers 2019
ua-cam.com/video/M68pe4a_9zk/v-deo.html
*with subtittles :ua-cam.com/video/UWWbgYJ6Q6E/v-deo.html
*Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phantom Of The Opera | Beste Zangers 2019 :
ua-cam.com/video/plCScjvDOJM/v-deo.html
Based on something you said casually during your closing remarks, I'm going to suggest very strongly that, when you get to "Song of Myself," a masterpiece inspired by Walt Whitman's famous poem of the same name, that you please look for the version that says "In Loving Memory of Ann Waychoff" in the title. It is half the live version from this Wacken 2013 concert, and the ending is Tuomas's spoken-word narrated poem over an orchestral backdrop of the London Philharmonic. By the time you get to the end of the poem, I think you will recognize why I linked it to something you said here!! ua-cam.com/video/boCrWPhDC78/v-deo.html
Now you're just beginning to understand what keeps us close to the phenomenon that is Nightwish. Fans from all over the world, metalheads and non-metalheads, of all ages, races and expressions of faith. It is a universal language that penetrates our hearts and makes us see reality from a different perspective. Many of us have put aside our inner hell because of their music. It has a healing effect for the soul.
🤘
Well said, General 😊
It really does. This music is without question life changing for me. I’m so glad for your guidance on the bands background, and your list! You are a great General. 🤘🤘🤘
I concur, general! 🤘
Agreed General.
Well said General
Hey Bruce, my Dude, Now you Know why Nightwish has an Army, and why this band, and Floor Jansen, are so Loved and liked, and Just for the record My very Dear Wife and I, had the great fortune, and pleasure of being 10 rows from the front, at this once in a life time performance. Thanks Dude loved it. More please. 🤘
Wow you were 10 rows from the front??? I think this might have been the greatest live show of all time, maybe the only thing to come close was LiveAid when Queen played back in the day.
And do you know what the best is? You have sooo much more awesome music to discover from them 👍 🤘🔥
It only took four songs for you to realise that there is no band better than Nightwish. I’m really enjoying taking your Nightwish journey with you.
Thank you! Yup, 4 songs and I’m convinced this is the best band of all time.
@@TheMindofBruceSo much to come. So much to feel. So much tears and pure joy and so much a lifechanging experience. Nightwish. ❤
I know the feeling. I remeber thinking that Nightiwsh ruined all other music for me, because nothing compared to them anymore.
So - the best band of all time - and he hasn't listened to Poet and Greatest - what will he say after those two - after he stops the tears of course....
@@trevorfolker3665 slow and steady wins the race. :) I need to familiarize myself more with the band before poet
One fact that always fascinates me of the concert in Wacken is that not a single song was written for the voice of the GODDESS........
And incredible how SHE made them HER own.........nothing seems more natural than HER singing these songs which were tailored for other voices.........
The rose-wave SHE got at the end of HER solo-tour was very well deserved..........
I plan to listen to the other singers as well to compare the voices, however Floor is different. Her operatic notes murder my soul. She is indeed a Valkryie!
@@TheMindofBruce Ohhh ohh...thin ice when you compare......listen and accept.........but please do not compare......
Have your personal preferences...yes.....but please do not compare......
When you already get tears at Storytime......
I know what will happen in your mind...but don`t say it.....
Aaand an extreme tissue-warning: Dead Boys Poem, Buenos Aires 2018.........
I cannot listen while driving !!!!!
As HCH said it's best to try not to compare (you will anyway, we all do) but to take each singer as a distinct artist. Because the Tarja wave is coming if you choose to dig further back into NW history (you will) and when you start watching End of an Era songs (the epic concert that took place in 2005). And you will inevitably compare her to Floor, maybe positively, maybe negatively, maybe in a more even handed manner, which I try to do. Not trying to ignore Annette but comparisons inevitably boil down to those two. Both are awesome singers but are distinctly different.
Never compare 😂. Tarja is the queen of Metal, Floor the goddess. And Anette was cool, too, but she was poppy. So every singer is part of the story. And thanks to the history of the band we have a song called "The Poet and the Pendulum", the holy grail of NW songs. Floor is killing it and I have no chance to listen to it without and tears 😂. NW is my Yin of music. My Yan is Epica, with the siren of Metal - Simone Simons. She will bring you to tears, too. Was made for ballads. Try Epica feat. Apocalyptica "Rivers" live!!! And the 2nd rabbit hole is reality 😂😂😂.
HCH , I Concur .
You have yet to meet the sixth member, Troy Donockley. Nightwish worked with him for some years as a "hired gun" but he became a full member at the same time as Floor did. Shortly after this show. He plays everything. Check out "I want my tears back". It´s like the same theme as this one lyricly. There is a version from Buenos Aires where Floor goes Crazy in an uplifting way. But the version from this consert is just as good.
Yes!
Hi Bruce and it`s nice that you found the best sinfonic metalband in hole universe and greets from Finland home of Nightwish!!
Rock on!
Crying whenever Nightwish takes the stage is what makes you one of us, and we're totally here for it 😂 From tears of joy and nostalgia, to the depths sadness that will have you blubbering like a child, Tuomas really knows how to pull at your heartstrings and sometimes beat them with a hammer.
He really does
Crying like a baby is something a lot of us do when we hear and feel Floor.
at this point the band members knew they had gold in their hands with Floor as frontwoman for the band and this after 10 months with the band
Straight gold!
When Floor came to Nightwish, it was a gift to humanity. No other band is able to create such versatile music in such perfection and with such positive emotions.
This is not music, but art from another planet.
I agree, it’s alien. It’s divine. It’s the VALKYRIE!
I concur. Floor joining NW was not addition, it was multiplication!
100%
Floor healed Nightwish and Nightwish healed Floor.
Nightwish has that effect on me and has made me cry more than a few times. Thank you for sharing:)
You're so welcome!
Great God Thanks For This Woman!!!
How Beautiful Is!!!
The Only Singer Make Me Cry.
The Music Takes Another Level When She Sing.
🤘
So, now I am officialy in love with your reactions of the best band in the world 😊
Yesss I’m so happy!! 🤘🤘
I totally agree with you. Best band on the planet. There is no other band quite like Nightwish. Just another level of storytelling combined with the talents of it members.
🤘🤘
When you fall for Nightwish you fall hard and fast - within a month of discovering them I'd bought every album and DVD that they'd released at that point - no one else like them, they're extraordinary 🤘
🤘🤘
I'm ready for this and the other nightwish songs to come 🤙💯
2 hours! Plenty more to go!! This is straight up my top band atm
And it's live! Lol love Floor and the guys so damn much.
🤘🤘 same!
Love to see how excited you got! 🤩
Next song, maybe I want my tears back live from Buenos Aires 😏😏😏
Thanks, I can''t help myself lol. I got that from my mom lol she gets excited about Disney, I get pumped about good bands, and let me say this may be the GREATEST band of all time.
@@TheMindofBruceThat’s awesome! I’m the same. Hehe. 🤘🏻You will get more and more pumped after every listen. 💃🏻 Riiight! Oh I love that you feel that! They really are!
Knowing what you still have to come from Nightwish… Joyous
🤘
Àfter a very bad day at work, your reaction is really uplifting. Big hug from the Netherlands
I really appreciate that!! Make me glad!!
just wait until you experience Shoemaker. Not sure if the live vids (hellfest) out there would make it past copy right, but one to watch. Mindblowing and Floorgasmic at the same time.
I’ll definitely check it out. Copyright is a fine line so I’m learning so I don’t get my channel in trouble
Agrees.....
I love to see your reaction to this song, because mine was very much alike, emotional and baffled. It is one of my favorite Nightwish songs. Tuomas' lyrics and Floor's voice wil toch your emotions, you cannot help it. I look forward to the rest of your Nightwish journey.
Thanks! Look forward to sharing it with you!
Since I discovered Nightwish near the beginning of last year, I've listened to them every day. They are a magical elixir. There are some bands I come back to over and over, but NW is an obsession I hope to never get over.
Ya I agree whole heartedly. I can only listen to the songs I’ve reacted to, for the sake of the viewers lol. So I got 4 songs in my playlist lol. Can’t wait for more!
Oh god, I love this Band so much, great to see how their magic makes you fall in love too. And there is so so so much more to discover for you!
🤘🤘 it’s gonna be a journey!!
The whole band is magical!🤘🎸
Indeed!!
I remember when I first heard this live.. I listened to it for a week straight. Still can listen to it on repeat and it doesn't lose it's magic.
Ya I think out of all the songs I’ve done so far this one is probably my most played. Such a fantastic song.
Background stuff from wiki:
-
Composer and lyricist of the song, Tuomas Holopainen has said that "Storytime" is inspired by the 1982 movie The Snowman, the theme of which was previously covered by Nightwish for their Oceanborn album. The idea for the music of "Storytime" was born when Holopainen wondered why no-one had made a remake of the film, and pondered on what his version of the score to the scene in which "Walking in the Air" plays would sound like.
In a teaser text released prior to the release, Holopainen summarized the song:
"How would it feel to take a midnight flight with a snowman through the most wondrous landscapes, like in the classic animated Yuletide film? The meaning of our very existence is created though stories, tales and imagination. They are at the very core of humanity."
The lyrics references several classical pieces of fiction concerning imagination, including the character of Peter Pan and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. The lyrics also mention the mythical Gaia, the Greek primordial Earth goddess.
Thank you!
Thanks Valtte
I agree with you on the journey of Nightwish they collectively and alone as artists evoke so much emotion . I haven't ever felt that in music before I discovered Nightwish and Floor .
Ya it’s truly remarkable. I’m making all my friends listen to them now lol. Tuomas is a genius!
I totally agree with you! Best band of the century! Nightwish Army NYC. Welcome! It’s a magical journey, and you have only just begun’
Thank you!
Oh My God! Indeed. Nightwish Army Phoenix here and subscriber for you. This is NIghtwish. This is Nightwish with our wonderful Floor Jansen. There is nothing better than this. Thank your.
Thanks for the sub. Much more nw to come.
For me this is about the stories that power all our life. To quote from another Nightwish song (Pan): "It is stories that built cathedrals"
Yes!! Stories are life!
Glad to see someone react to Nightwish and Floor the way I do. Great reaction! 😊
Thank you!! 😁
Seems like everything Nightwish does is EPIC. They don't seem to miss.
🤘
Simply,the best band on Earth, the most captivating woman on Earth, and the best voice in this solar system (at least).
🤘🤘
For me this song is one of my favorites. I see it as a song about stories sung from the POV of the story itself.
Yes I love this song. It’s only the 4th NW song I’ve heard but I really treasure it
Hi Bruce found this band in 2019 seen them live 2022 still falling down that rabbit hole
It’s a deep hole lol
As expected :)
I inderstand the shock. For me, Tuomas, Floor and Hans Zimmer are the best musicians of this generation. The fact that first two share the stage, makes it the best band for me too (there are fantastic groups out there, but something has to be nr1).
Few songs you heard from them aren't close in revealing what they can do, since Tuomas has endless creativity and Floor is voice chameleon that makes people feel.
🤘🤘 my biggest deep dive is probably going to be Nightwish, I have a ton of recommendations so it’ll be a while but a great journey!!
All i can say...... you are right..... they are unbelievable...all of them🤘🤘🤘
🤘🤘🤘🤘
I'm almost 80 years old, so glad I discovered Floor and Nightwish before they put the toe tag on me....
I’m so glad you did to!! Let’s hope 20 more years of Nightwish!!!
❤❤❤
"I'm not going to cry . . ." why fight it Bruce? You know it'll get you, every time - and it's wonderful!
Haha I don’t wanna cry so I can talk 😹😹😹
🤗🍒🤘🏻 well done Bruce, Totally agree
Thank you kindly! 🤘🤘
"Dark Chest of Wonders" also has Peter Pan elements... just as good as Storytime and they played it at Wacken too.
Sick, thank you!
Yes, dark chest of wonders next!!
Great reaction! Wonderful seeing you discover and enjoy them as we have. Keep going ! Lots to come you will be amazed. NWA Philly.
Can't wait!
As I said in a previous reaction you are now definitely member of the Nightwish Army ....for life ^^
Proud member!
As a Rush moody blues meatloaf,zep Floyd heart fan Nightwith speaks to my soul. Mends me when I'm down, motovates to dance. ..there is no other that has done all this for me
🤘🤘
I agree they are the greatest band on earth and like you I discovered them only recently. you're not the only one living under a rock lol. and yes Floor is someone really special.
HHaha glad you found them to!
UK Army popping in for a little story
Yassss!! Welcome!
Great reaction! Nightwish is a very deep rabbit hole, where every song is unique with unexpected twists and turns. They are also one of the best live bands of all time. I've never heard a bad song from them (at least not live with Floor). To get a sample of their diversity I highly recommend any of these live performances (Wembley 2015 is my favorite concert), which you haven't reacted to yet: (From Wacken 2013): Ghost River, Amaranth, Song Of Myself, Last Ride Of The Day; (From Wembley 2015): 7 Days To The Wolves, Yours Is An Empty Hope, Nemo, Elan, My Walden, While Your Lips Are Still Red, Shudder Before The Beautiful, The Poet And The Pendulum; (From Tampere 2015): Sleeping Sun, The Islander; (From Buenos Aires 2018): I Want My Tears Back, Dead Boys Poem, Gethsemane, Devil And The Deep Dark Ocean; (From Tampa): Sahara; (From Hellfest 2022): Tribal, How's The Heart.
Thank you!!! Much more to come!
From Wacken 2013 also: Dark Chest of Wonders must be added: the BEST concert opener EVER!!
Can you imagine going through life and never listening to and watching Nightwish? No, neither can I.
Now that I’ve had the honor to hear them, nope definitely not.
This dude is a Nightwish Army General in the making - he totally gets how incredible this band is
Yaaas 🤘🤘
Gorgeous musical art can make one cry.
Cry for Joy.
Cry for the wonder.
Sometime, when you are ready, you will have to listen to 'The Poet and the Pendulum' and we can weep together for ten minutes or more.
Now you've witnessed one of Floor's soul-separating, ultimate "Goddess Mode"(the operatic part) and there's more to come! 🤘🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Can't wait!
AWESOME REACTION!! One of the best I've seen. Such an amazing song!! I had the exact same emotions!
Thanks so much!! Many more to come!
The underlying positivity of the musical composition is what always gets me. The way that Tuomas layers his music is just magical. Some of the lyrics can be dark, but, somehow, the instrumental themselves are always there to lift you up.
Agreed. Tuomas is legendary. He really is the metal Mozart
read the title and start smiling already
...and it hits you again ;)
so, if you don´t want to cry in a reaction, don´t react to "Dead Boy´s Poem" (2018) in the near future
Yesss!!! 🤘🤘
So good😍💪🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
🤘🤘 amazingggggg
Just Epic, everything , all of it, its a fact, deal with it 🙂
🤘
By far the best version from this song.
When she does the operatic section, she's smiling all the way through it. If you don't fall in love with her just a little bit you have an essential part of your soul missing... .
The Operatic section is my favorite part of this song, her presence when she does that part is unmatched.
You haven't even met one member of the band. 😊
Troy, their multi-instrumentalist/singer from the UK, is awesome too.
I suggest the song I Want My Tears Back from the Buenos Aires concert to see him the first time. Amazing crowd there too!
Cool, thanks!
Best bridge in the history of Rock? I've been saying for years to anyone that will listen that Nightwish is the best band to date of the 21st Century.
🤘🤘
I love watching you react to nightwish. I had a lot of similar feelings and reactions to nightwish when I first heard them. I can't wait to see you react to dark chest of wonders from the same concert. I just subscribed today. Continued success.
Thank you for the sub!! Greatly appreciated!! We react to a lot here!
Bruce, You/We are not living under a rock.
We live in the US, which I am told, has a music industry that has vast power over which bands get radio play, etc.
Yes, four songs in Nightwish was my favorite band, ever.
Yes, love The Stones, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Eagles, Judas, SRV, Tool, Maiden, Metallica, RHCP, Foo Fighters, etc.
But they are on the best bands ever (not counting Nightwish) list.
Nightwish is #1 on a list of one. A list above all others.
I discovered them in Aug of ‘21. Traveled over 1000 miles to see them live in May ‘22.
Since Aug of ‘21 when it’s time to listen to music, I play Nightwish (Floor era exclusively) or Floor.
I can’t yet bring myself to listen to any of the other GREAT music that is out there.
Nightwish is an addiction…a good one.
I WISH I discovered them in 21, I would have traveled that 1k miles with you my friend!! I pray I get to see them
welkom to the nichtwish Army and no the are the best in the universe.......
It takes a while, but you are working your way up to the greatest song on Earth.....The Greatest Show on Earth. 20 minutes of eargasm...
🤘🤘🤘
Amen brother! 😎👏🏻❤️
🙏🤘
Excellent! To my ear, this song has one of the best choruses in music. I'll hear it all day now, again, thanks to this reaction. Keep 'em coming!
Thanks so much!!!
Many of the songs of Nightwish deal with the longing of Tuomas for his childhood and the innocense he felt that time. Every time your hear the words 'Boy'; 'Poet' or '(Ocean) Soul' for instance, you can be sure it is very personal to Tuomas.
This song brought me back to my childhood, we are so innocent as a child, then the world gets in the way.
Another great one on the journey!
Yes! So good. I just did I want my tears back from buenos Aries. Comes out saturday
"A storytelling breed we are"
🙏🙏🤘
Nice to watch your floorgasms 🤘😅☺️
Hahaha thanks 🤘
As I said the next time you react to Nightwish I would subscribe! Just have, I’ll be watching 🏴
Thanks for the sub!! Means a lot! Glad I won you over hehe
Dark Chest of Wonders!
Yes!🤘
Thanks
Welcome
From the 2011 Imaginaerum album, recorded with Anette. Operatic vocals are not her forte, so that part was done with the choir then. Since Floor can do them.... , well you see the result, lol. You got it, stories in general ,as seen through the eyes of a child. Stories and childhood innocence are a couple of Tuomas' favorite themes.
Next?? How about Ghost River from this concert, more Floor and Marko singing together.
I’m down for ghost river next!! I need some marko
Oooh. Or weak fantasy from the wembley show. Let’s see if you can sit still! 👀 Or even 7 days to the wolf, same show. Closer to the end there, you see a little of Floors inner wolf 🐺 both soooo amazing songs. I rarely sit still to them. Epic!
I think I might do a wembley soon, I want to do all of wacken, but probably not in a row
@@TheMindofBruce That’s awesome to hear! Wembley or Buenos Aires is even better then wacken in my opinion. Might be because it’s a closed off arena and you can feel the tension and energy from the band and crowd more there. But yeah, it’s good to mix it up a little maybe. So if you do wembley soon, you will see and hear their current drummer Kai Hahto. 😄
Don’t beat yourself up over living under that 🪨.. No rock is as bad as mine😂. When I was a reluctant teenager (guessing around 16, I’m 37 now) anything my big sister liked or said would be automatically dismissed by me… Purely out of principle😆. Including what she told me back then about her friend and fellow English student Irene, that I met a couple of times. I remember distinctly her saying “you remember her? Her sister Floor is in this metal band, After Forever”. And I was like “yeah right, good for you🙄”. Never gave it another thought…. Only connected the dots (and wished I had listened to my sister😆) about 18 years later, when I first discovered Nightwish and Floor😂. Now thát is what I call having lived under a rock😂😂
😹😹😹😹 sheeesh hahah.
Wow, you could've been friends with Floor by now! 😊
I really liked your reaction. You can pause as much as you want. Basically all of us have heard this song so many times. We watch reaction videos to hear other people's thoughts. As for recommendations, you've probably gotten these suggestions already, but Shoemaker from Nightwish is a masterpiece. Sleeping Sun is amazing as well, both sung by Tarja (the original singer) and Floor. They have an official music video for Tarja's Sleeping Sun. If you want to watch Floor's version, she performs it at least in Tampere 2015 concert, but there are other videos as well.
Haha ya, that’s definately in the list :) thanks for keeping them coming tho!!
Yes, the best band on the planet about sums it up.
By the way, for me the key lyric is "the core of all life is a limitless chest of tales".
In here you will get references to all sorts - look out for Alice, "every chimney every moonlit sight" - Mary Poppins, and others.
This show was the highlight of the tour Imaginaerum (which you see in the background) which promoted the album Imaginaerum, one of the two albums with Anette and probably one of the biggest selling of the albums
The tour included the premiere of the film Imaginaerum, with the band as cast.
It is well worth watching the film. For one thing it is a great film in itself, though dark in places
But it gives a lot of context for the songs on the album. This song makes sense when you see the film.
So do the other songs in the set that come from the album, like Last Ride of the Day, Ghost River and Song of Myself (my no 2 NW song).
I urge you to watch it (share on YT if you like 😊).
I will check out the video, I wonder if I could watch it live or copyright would get me?
@@TheMindofBruce I have seen other reactors do the whole movie...
@@NickBR57 I will definately look into doing it. That would be sick!! Btw thx for the support. The discord should be setup tonight :)
Floor is the only one that can do this awesome song justice. My favorite song and video of Nightwish with Floor.
This song is incredible to me. I can’t stop listening to it
The intro makes me wonder where Michael Myers is.... well, Tuomas does love movies! but - Innocence and dreams, yes! Peter Pan, Alice In Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass... Mary Poppins (the chimney reference).... Creepy feel fits with the Nightwish movie "Imaginaerum" - worth a look!?... Yes, this was the best incarnation of the best band on the planet. GREAT job!
Lol. I def get the Michael Myers vibe
Floor is - by far - the greatest storyteller ever.
Simple as that 👍
And on Wacken 2013, she was only doing old songs not written to her incredible techniques.....
And Tuomas realized that he would never more have any kind of limitations in his writing and composing.
So - you ain't seen and experienced nothing yet 😉
🤘🤘🤘🤘🙏🙏🙏
Hey bro!!! This is an amazing band!!! But she she she.... Oh my good!!! Thanks
Hello, nice reaction, could I say - welcome to the Nightwish Army, do you think you can identify with us, do you need more time, as you said, it's only three songs and it's rare that I want to become a fan, but anyway, welcome to the club, greetings from Poland
I’m in 100%
Thank you@@TheMindofBruce
Hi Bruce. You want to hear Floor growl? Then react on “Yours an empty hope”. Another thing Floor can do.
Ya I’m anxious for the growls from floor
I credit the music of this band with inspiring me to climb outta the deepest despair of my life, during the height of those God forsaken lockdowns, when my Mother passed.
Sorry for your loss, I lost my dad a little over a year ago. Music was his life, literally any song that came on he knew who it was. From his era anyway.
Nightwish is unreal
❤
🤘
Absolutely love this song, particularly Floors version because of the operatic parts. Annette, while a good singer, couldn’t hit the operatic notes so they used the backing choir, whereas Floor comes in and sings them herself.
Very high energy song, amplified I think, by the windmilling from Floor, Jukka grooving on drums and Marco singing along.
Very similar to the show opener, Dark Chest of Wonders, which again is a high energy song to get the crowd revved up!
The crowd is incredible, Floor is incredible, they all are incredible. I can't wait to do more lol
QUEEN FLOOR IS THE BEST SINGER ALL AROUND THE WORLD. NOBODY LIKE HER. TOUCH THE HEART WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR VOICE.
FLOOOOORGAAAAASM!!!!
yesssss
gotta do The Greatest Show on Earth please.....because we were here!! was intro'd to the band through MSN groups back in the day (2004) and been in love with them ever since =D
Oh ya. It’s on the list :)
It's great that a, guy covered in tats, which I really like talks about crying and positivity, we live in a horrible judgemental world where people are judged by what they look like, wear, and, say its all wrong we need more happiness. You need to do a reaction with Troy in I want my tears back from Buenos Aries is brilliant and the crowd participation is brilliant. Great reaction see you for he next one, I agree about music being a release I love rockin out when I'm cleaning it makes it less tedious 😊🇬🇧
I appreciate that, I get funny looks all the time when I go in stores, people just judge. That's why this is the Hope Squad, to much cruelty and judgement in the world. I switched my PCP doctor the other day, my first appointment, he stops mid sentence as he was walking in, and his first question to me was "Why do you have so many tattoos, do you do drugs?" This was a medical professional's first question to me in an initial exam.
It's ridiculous, we all get one life, we are all trying to have a human experience, and some people do anything they can to get in the way of that.
@@TheMindofBruceDisgusting petty minded judgemental its usually the more way out folks who are the most giving people years of nursing has taught me this. I did two years In GU med with prostitutes porn workers kids who had been traffiked , girls who had been mutilated genitally and its an eye opener, never judge a book by its cover. Well mate you have so many songs to go im jealous, enjoy see you for the next one😊
@@tracyfarnath2270 thanks so much!! Glad you are here for the journey!!
If this song doesn’t brighten up your day, I don’t know what will. 😊
Ya it’s so hopeful!
🤘👏🇳🇱 YEAH!!!!!!!!!
🤘🤘
You've not met Troy yet? Boy you're in for a treat! Just when you thought Nightwish couldn't possibly get any better they have another prodigous talent to add to the mix. Look up 'uilleann pipes'...
Not yet, but soon!
Good one. There's only one 6'1'' Siren/Angel/Valkyrie and her name is Floor. I know you have a lot of catching up to do, Wacken and various other concerts, Floor on Beste Zangers 2019 her solo stuff and covers but could you react to NightWish, Shoemaker Hellfest 2022
Thanks!
👍👍
🤘🤘
and from time to time insert a "old" Nightwish song, i recommend "Pharaoh sails to Orion" live 2001 ( 2 0 0 1 !!!) and "Beauty *of* the Beast" (lyric video,cause there is no good live recording)
Ok!! I read this is the 2nd song in the trilogy? I could be mistaken, but those other 2 songs were mentioned in it. I’ll have to check those out!
Bruce... I love your reaction to Floor and NW. Nice to find a reaction host I can truly relate with and I have watched many. You into lyrics as well which I appreciate. Watch the official video of Shoemaker then watch her ending of the same song 'live' at Hellfest 2022. It will blow your mind. By this stage Marko had departed and replaced by Jukka Koskinen and drummer Jukka replaced by Kai Hahto.....
By the way.. My phone is under my wife's name Venessa but my name is Paul......
I really appreciate those words. I am trying to have a different vibe than most reaction channels. I want to spread positivity. Which is why we are the hope squad!! Shoemaker is on my list!! Thx Paul :)
Hey, Bruce, just adding my two cents worth. You will see every emotion in Nightwish's music. The thing is Floor does not sing the song as Toumas wrote it she sings the emotions you have listening to it. As for tearing up, it happens to all of us on one track or another. So, from the Canadian Division of the Nightwish Army welcome to the party.
Ya I got choked up on that operatic part. GLS had me straight balling on camera lol.
I love this, I appreciate every single comment from you all.