This is possibly Toumas’ absolute masterpiece. Although sung first by Anette, Tuomas himself has confirmed it has taken Floor to fully project the emotion of the piece. Plus Floor takes on all the vocals that Anette could not do, leaving the boy treble only for the introduction. Floor articulates the emotion. She LIVES every nuance of feeling. Any doubts on this watch this on mute. Silly as it may seem you don’t actually have to hear Floor to see the emotion of the piece. WOW your look to ‘sparkle my scenery’ . There is no shame in being reduced to tears by Pacific, or Mother and Father. From the end, the death of his friendship (Tarja), his ‘baby’ (Nightwish) and even himself, to the beginning, redemption , a new start, this is EPIC. Tuomas’ bravery in exposing his emotional nakedness, to his genius in telling the tale in such a wonderful ‘song’ is quite peerless.
This is Tuomas' suicide note after the breakup with Tarja, their first lead vocalist. He said that either he put this to song, or do the deed. I'm glad he wrote this song. Love from Florida.
Interestingly enough this seems to be more Nighwish fandom folklore than anything else. In a recent interview -- from Metal Hammer last month -- he stated that at no point he ever suffered from suicidal ideation during that period in his life.
@@forkless No, it’s not “ folklore.” Despite what he may say now…in THIS interview, at about the 10:20 mark, he very literally says this song was his suicide in a song “so I wouldn’t have to do it in real life.” ua-cam.com/video/v65-ErfUyVM/v-deo.html
@@forkless, It was not that he was ever suicidal, you're right that part I think is internet overstatement and misinterpretation, but it was about his internal conflict and heartbreak over the decision to cut Tarja and the intensely sad depressive time he wrestled with after. Of course like all art, I'm sure he used plenty of artistic drama in creating this masterpiece! So good!
We could talk about how good this band is, no question. But i have to tell you cause well i just have to. Girl you are just flat out beautiful !!! Greetings from Tucson Arizona.
Thanks for the reaction! Yes it's a boy soprano, in the beginning, he had more parts in the original song, but Floor said she could sing his parts if wanted, but it was decided to keep the boy in the beginning because after all the story is about a boy. Regards fro Sweden Ulf
To emphasize how amazing a composer Tuomas is, from the point the choir boy says "Now I have but 3 minutes and counting", there is exactly 3 minutes left to the song before the point Tuomas slits his throat with is fingers on stage.
Did you know that the the bassist Marko casually won the Finland edition of masked singer? The different songs he did there are on youtube. Very fun. Too bad he quit the band last year but luckily they're still going strong without him. Tuomas said in an an interview they plan to record their 10th studio album in 2023.
Hi Emma ❤️ i love the part when the gitarrist Emppu check on Tuomas if hi feel ok🎸❤️they know all in the group that this is a hard song for Tuomas 🎸🥁❤️👁️ And floor Teatric singing perfoming is stunning good ❤️🇸🇪👍🏾 THX Emma ❤️ again for a wonderful reaction on Nightwish 👍🏾👏👍🏻🇸🇪👁️
When I saw this reaction go up yesterday I had to give myself a little time to prepare for it.This is Nightwish's most personal and most brutal song, By now you have heard about the reasons Tuomas felt he had to write it. It is almost literally his suicide note, he felt that writing this was his only alternative to killing himself for real. It moves me to tears every time I hear it, and Tuomas could not bear to hear it played without the vocals being removed from his headphones. I love the way Marko and Emmpu move to stand with Tuomas protectively. Tarja too was extremely hurt about the way her expulsion from the band was handled. It took a decade and a half before some of the people involved said a word to each other again. This song, along with Ghost Love Score and The Greatest Show on Earth are called The Big Three by the fandom. The latter two still bring me to tears every time (for very different reasons.) I look forward to seeing you continue your Nightwish journey and in particular look forward to your reaction to TGSOE. Have a good day!
Once upon a time I couldn't listen to this song or watch the video without crying, it moved me to the core, especially knowing it's dark background and all the stuff Tuomas went through during that part of his life, I'm so glad that darkness is gone and he's now on another, happier place in his life Edit: oh and Floor&Marko did a magnificent job portraying his emotions, she is the frustration, pain, sorrow, he is the pure, raw anger
Wait until she hears "The Greatest Show on Earth" - but Emma, watch the one from Tampere and watch until the credits finish. There is a short piece of the end in the credits, but it's also worth seeing the aerial shot from the drone.
Love that songs Thomas was in a dark place when he wrote it and in an interview he sais that he sometimes ask for the lyrics to be removed from his earpiece and you can see Marko and Emppu going and checking on him.. In the whispering part when she say "3 minutes and counting" after exactly 3 minutes the blade falls and the song gets to the last part where he used direct words of what his mother told him .. Great composition😍
Yes, he has the vocal feed to his in-ear monitors turned off for this song. Even 10yrs later...still painful and emotional for Tuomas, Marko and Emppu.
That's a "he" doing the whisper - a young boy in fact. I think its the one singing the intro. Floor wasn't the original singer of this on album and the speaking/boy soprano parts are straight from the album version.
Well done Emma. 💥I have listened to about 30-40 reactions to this song. You only the third person that picked up on the descending chromatic note. You must research this songs background in depth and then listen again for the full context. A real dark but beautiful composition 💥💥
Wonderful reaction, Nightwish has a gift with pulling the heart strings of our emotions & souls. Tuomas's songwriting is impressive, I'm thankful to know the story of this song; It showed me how to overcome personal & emotional hardships I had suppressed for many years. So many choices from here for your Nightwish journey, I love the Hard Rock Cafe Live session of Nemo & How's the heart, performed by Floor & Troy acoustically. Looking forward to next share.
I love that the first words of the song are "The End" and after the incredible tutbulent and heartbreaking ride, you somehow survive to come out at the other end with a new hope and it ends with the words "The beginning..." Genius
Emma, just remembered something else you should hear, if you haven't yet: Sahara from the Tampa, Florida, show. Another aspect of Floor's vocals, reading into her bottomless toolbag for a style you may not have heard yet.
No, the part V. isn't sad, that one is the optimistic one... to me it means "you gonna die, but eventually, until then, you WILL experience many great things yet, help people, do good, and my love will be with you all the time"... I said it few times allready, those words/that idea is worth to be a life credo...
Great reaction! The greatest show on earth is a great experience too it's about evolution from the big bang till humans it was inspired by Richard Dawkins book "The greatest show on earth"
No Big Bang depicted in this song. Evolution is about how life changes and develops, not the universe. The fireworks represent the bombardment of a young Earth by asteroids prior to life.
They're just great❤ and the magic is that I heard this song maybe a 1000 times now ... and chills are still there .. never been bored by Their songs .. and there are so lucky whit Floor ..Greetings from Amsterdam
Hello Emma. The song "The Poet and the Pendulum" is a 13 Minute journey through the mind and turmoil of Tuomas Holopainen after the year 2005. It was in that year the band parted with their long-time singer Tarja Turunen and had a personal falling out with her. The pain of the separation was big on both sides, and shown in this song. There is guilt for what happened, there is the responsibility that the band and Holopainen had to show towards the fans,. It was the End of an Era for them, and reason for Holopainen being lost as described in these lyrics. We can only of course to a certain degree suppose how much of these are truly Holopainen's feelings, wishes and pains - but we do know that the lyrics of Nightwish have been up to then very personal. Other songs on the album also digest this separation and falling out of the members with Turunen. However personal and "real" these thoughts are, I feel like this song definitely takes us not only on a journey with Holopainen but also into ourselves. The music underlines the emotional gravity of the song extremely well. And I believe a lot of people can actually relate to a sense of guilt and being overwhelmed that all they desired for is the safety of home and innocence. While being personal, the song can still ring true to it's listener. That's a quality Nighwish possesses in many, many more songs. The emotional journey is one we can all share and very few bands know how to put that journey into song and especially into sound as well as Nightwish does. The band remains through all it's shores and Oceans, one of my main favourites and I hold special place for the band in my musical heart. I hope you have enjoyed reading my analysis and share some of my thoughts. If you do have any comments, please feel free to let me know. And remember the beauty of interpretation is that it is subjective; we can see all and feel different things in the same song and continue to love it endlessly. Lyric analysis by Annika Hausen Greetings from the Netherlands
You really need check out they perfomance ''Hows the heart'' in live accoustic session, It's another one of those smooth, perfect songs that I know you'd love, and being just floor and troy on an acoustic
This song is part of a trilogy Poet and the Pendulum, dealing with the aftermath of Tarja being fired. Bye bye beautiful, a song for Tarja. Sang by Annette. Interesting video. Master passion greed, a song for Tarjas husband. Possibly Nightwish's heaviest song, sang by Marco.
🇬🇧 Norfolk with you on this journey . Watch out for the difficult riff Marco plays when he sings solo without looking ! And who else but Tuomas could put in a song I only have three minutes and counting and then exactly three minutes later the blade falls ,masterpiece .
😘👍 Thanks Emma I hope that you read the story around this song Floor is a beast in bringing emotions and special in this one case the pain and emotions are from Tuomas She hit directly my heart and soul Tuomas pulls his earplugs out during this song otherwise he is blowing away through Floor's emotions
Thankyou reaction Emma.I would also recommend an old Nightwish song to you 7 Days To The Wolves “Dark Passion Play saved me from mental death” The quote comes from Tuomas, who spoke in several interviews when he spoke about the Dark Passion Play album.
Only beaten on points by Ghost love score Wacken13... a masterpiece too. It's pure magic. The song,this performance is so emotional. Sure i'm not the only one who gets wet eyes, the start of the song already got me.
For me this is Tuomas's Magnum Opus, written in his darkest hours and weeks after having to split with Tarja (too much back story to the song, that is painful even now to read in its entirety, everybody was hurt at the time) The Poet is rarely performed live so having this concert captured forever makes it very very special. I cannot hear it without crying, and between the dark passion play and Mother and Father Tuomas symbolically cuts his own throat and I often find myself doing the same, without even seeing it I know exactly when it is coming up. In the spoken part it says I have 3 minutes and counting, it is exactly 3 minutes
Emma, I think you’d like one of the songs that Marko (the bass player) sings lead on…While Your Lips Are Still Red live at Wembley, or The Islander live at Tampere. They are both softer, gentler songs and I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at his voice on those.
The boy at the start was Guy Elliott from St Mary's Reigate Choir School, UK. Another boy sang the part "Sparkle my scenery" but Floor said that she could do it and Tuomas agreed!.... If you like this try "Wish I Had An Angel" - any version! Marko rocks!
Hi Emma! I always like your NW reactions, i've seen all of them and i was hoping that this song would be one of your next reactions. Tuomas wrote this after the first singer Tarja and NW split and it was a very hard time for the band, the fans (me too) and specially for Tuomas. He and Tarja know each other from childhood on and they were very good friends. It was a very dark and hard time for him but writing this song helped him to come out from his depression. I really like this song. What i know NW record the Symphonic parts with the London Symphonics and the boy who sings in the begin was Guy ...?... from a London Child Choir, but i'm not 100% sure. Floor did always a great job and i love her voice. I hope one of your next reactions is maybe "The Siren", "Weak Fantasy" or "The Greatest show in Earth" (the last 2 from Tampere '15) because you know the band now better and you heared enough NW songs i think. I would prefer for "The Greatest show...." the Tampere '15 version because it's one of my favorite version from this song (Tampere '15 and Wembley '15 are my 2 fav.). Tampere '15 is an outdoor conzert and they can do things outdoor they couldn't do indoor, i don't write more. 😉 I wish you a great weekend and i'm looking forward for your next NW reaction! Greetings and my best wishes to you from 🇪🇺Vienna🇦🇹! (Sorry for my bad english, shame on me 😉)
My number 1. What will Emma make of it. 🍿 Yes it is Guy Elliott who does White Lands and the spoken parts. This was on the first Anette album and she foes a decent job bug could never have done this. Sone of the parts were choral on the original but Floor took them on. In the demo it was even angrier, the lyrics harder and Marco did all the vocals. Lots to say that I'll leave to others. But get the tissues out for Pacific and for Mother and Father - the words of Tuomas' mother as he went through this tough time. And those last three phrases are heartbreaking, achingly beautiful. Note that the guys can go over to support Tuomas - Floor can't so she looks over for several seconds before her usual Thank You instead of saying it immediately.
please react to "High Hopes" live 2005 as well, it is a tribute to Pink Floyd and shows another side of Nightwish you won´t expect ! same with "The Islander" live Tampere 2015, and "While your lips are still red" live Arena Wembley 2015
This is one musical piece with a lot of sections. You understand music enough to break at the transitions to talk about the previous part. But in doing so without going back a bit you break it up in seemingly unrelated parts. The song takes you on an emotional journey and the mood swings and timings are an integral part of this song and much of Tuomas' work. (tip: pressing 'j' will take you back 10 seconds)
In SHORT - this is there most personal song its about Tuomas after the open letter to the world about the firing of 1st singer Tarja , He had deep depression from the backlash . This is an on stage suicide by Tuomas to help him put the pain behind , Note the part "I have but 3 min" exactly 3 min is when he kills himself. the last part (Mother & Father) are words said to him by his parents then at the very end Emppu & Marco stand next to him to for support.
Good reaction 👍, I think it’s time for you to check out some of floor’s other creations without nightwish, it’s all on her u tube channel, a Pandora’s box
Those damn Onion Ninja again….Every bloody time I listen to this they get me….Wen she sings "Tuck me in beneath the blue" I am normally done…this is a masterpiece. And I have heard this one like 683 times already…. Thanks for the time ! That was the first one of the BIG ones....🙂 All Hail Queen Floor !
masterpiece this song, yes, masterpiece. and Floor deserve it with a lot of beauty and humility. awesome ? sure ! here some suggestions: "sleeping sun" 2016 (soft but so beautiful), "7 days of the wolves", "devil and the deep dark ocean", "high hope" (a great tribute to pink floyd). And why not this band ? Epica ! a soft start: "sancta terra" feat Floor at retrospect live or more brutal: "consign to Oblivion" live at Zenith (Paris). they are great in the world of symphonic metal like Nightwish.
Sound cheesy but Tuomas and Floor are like the Phantom and Christine, he's the Maestro and she's the muse and the band is the orchestra. Sorry Phantom is my favorite musical (Floor sings that as well but you probably already knew that) Anyway love the reaction, blessed be🌹
Hello Emma, first of all I would like to thank you for your good reactions to Nightwish. But I would also have a very small point of criticism.With this video, unfortunately, the picture was so small that only half of the subtitle could be seen.Of course we Nightwish fans know the songs and the lyrics, but other people will certainly see your videos and they don't know the lyrics yet.Greetings Kelsea
Fyi...the original demo was sung ALL by Marco as they were between singer after Tarja was let go. Shows his range. Fyi two... In exactly 3 minutes TO THE SECOND from the line in the voiceover the Pendulum falls. In a 14 minutes song. Live. Crazy tight band ..
Hi Emma, I won't go to deep into the reason for this song. It was Tumos firing Tarja and what she did before and after. This song is his Emotional Suicide. Its very rare its preformed. If you noticed everyone coming up to Tumos? They were asking, "Are you Ok?". Most bands are families. Formed over love of music. I'm a Rhyme Guitarist. I know how it feels. I'm also part of the Nightwish Army. I don't know how far down the rabbit hole you have gone. Since I just found you I have to check out your Channel. Judging from the reaction you had to Marco, you haven't heard too many. Marco left the band for some reasons I won't go into. He wrote a letter but, it doesn't cover the whole story. Let's just say I believe he will be back in time. I have not checked the channel yet. So I'm shooting in the Wind. You found Nightwish. Soon it will be Epica, Sabaton and Ayeron. 2 of these have direct connections to Nightwish. As a side note. Please backup your video 10 or so seconds, you or your audience may miss something. Yes, you pause way to much. However, Everyone who has vocal training does that. Main thing is to go back 10-20 seconds. Either way, I'll check out your channel and give some recommendations. Welcome to the Rabbit Hole. 😎👍🍻
To understand the story of this composition, you must watch "The Open Letter" which explains from Tuomas and the bands perspective what led to the breakup with Tarja. See link below. FYI: All sexual references are being used metaphorically in this song. "I cannot die. A whore for the whole world". This line refers to how Tuomas felt a responsibility to provide great musical compositions to all of his fans. A this point in his musical relationship with Tarja he felt that his musical efforts were being sold for the $$$$. Music is so much more to Tuomas. It comes from his soul and the money is always secondary to his artistic integrity. Thus he felt he was whoring himself artistically. As he stated in "The Open Letter", Tarja no longer felt the emotion in his compositions and did not bring this to life in his music. She was already moving on in her own musical pursuits. Thus sex without love is a metaphor for music without passion. Tuomas was Tarja's whore musically. He gave his soul/body (music) for $$$ and Tarja enjoyed the sexual act (musical stardom) without the passion required to bring meaning to his compositions and hard work. "Mother and Father" is actually his parents consoling him regarding his ordeal. The music sounds somewhat like a funeral dirge. Yet it also gives hope for moving forward and healing to allow for a new beginning. I think that Tuomas needed to write this opus to allow for him to bury this episode to enable himself to move forward with the new Nightwish and rekindle his dream. This was a way for him to rid himself of the mental anguish and leave behind the first incarnation of Nightwish. IMHO, I envision Tuomas' severed piece of his soul crying out from the grave. Represented by by Floor's haunting chant at the ending. The lament. ua-cam.com/video/rbkpMgqq8pU/v-deo.html - The Open Letter from Tuomas
Hi beautiful girl love all your NIGHTWISH reactions ❤️ In this one you need a little research in order to take a better taste and you will know why this song is out of the Nightwish set list and why the lirics are so hard. Hope you have a good day LOVE FROM NIGHTWISH ARMY COSTA RICA DIVISION 🤘💀🇨🇷
Oh yes Floor is a great singer. Here are a few suggestions. AMARANTHE - 'Do Or Die' Feat. Angela Gossow ASP - Wer sonst? feat. Micha Rhein (In Extremo) Apocalyptica - 'Seemann' feat. Nina Hagen ARION - At The Break Of Dawn feat. Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) BEYOND THE BLACK feat. Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) - Wounded Healer dArtagnan - Farewell ft. Patty Gurdy Dreamstate Feat. Elize Ryd ( Amaranthe ) - Evolution Evanescence ft. Within Temptation: Memories and The End Of The Dream Electric Callboy - Best Day ft. Sido EVERGREY - In Orbit (feat. Floor Jansen) Elize Ryd & Timo Tolkki´s Avalon - I'll Sing You Home FAUN feat. Lindy-Fay Hella (of Wardruna) - Galdra Gus G. feat. Elize Ryd ( Amaranthe ) - What Lies Below HÄMATOM - Alte Liebe rostet nicht - Akustik Version feat. Micha Rhein (In Extremo) KAMELOT ft. Alissa White-Gluz and Elize Ryd - Sacrimony MONO INC. - Right For The Devil feat. Tanzwut MANNTRA - MERIDIAN Feat. Michael Rhein from In Extremo POWERWOLF ft. Alissa White-Gluz - Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend Rammstein feat Sharleen Spiteri - Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Live clip) Saltatio Mortis feat. Lara Loft - The Dragonborn Comes (From "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim") Serenity - Legacy Of Tudors (feat. Melissa Bonny) SCHANDMAUL - Königsgarde (ft. Saltatio Mortis, Feuerschwanz) Timo Tolkki's Avalon ft. Floor Jansen - "Design the Century" Within Temptation and Metropole Orchestra - Somewhere (Black Symphony HD 1080p) feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen WARKINGS feat. The Queen of the Damned - Sparta
hey Emma when you like to here Marco singing than Check out Kiss way your Lipps are still Read live at Wembley 2015 The Islander Live at TEMPERE 2016.ORE High Hops Live at end of an era schow 2005 have fun
In Poet and the pendulum dicrept Tuomas his wordt time . the big broke eith Tarja she was empus and his best frend . his Depression . and by the last part Mother and father a real Conversation with his mom .
This song is masterpiece but Tuomas hates this song. That's why this song - as I remember - just played twice. The part you see Emmpu has conversation with Toumas, Emmpu just check Toumas is fine because this song is so emotional for him.
Pleaae, forget the headphones to listen this Kind of music next time , the Best music of this Planet listen real Fan ' s only loud - i ' m 54 years old !
Great reaction, though I think you seemed a little bit too happy all the time considering the subject and the words of the song. The severe depression and suicidal thoughts Tuomas Holopainen went through after firing Tarja in 2005. The incident caused a huge hullabaloo around the world. The fans and the media attacked him and even the then Prime Minister of Finland had to comment on the case. - I love the way Marko and Emppu move close to Tuomas at the end as if to support him and how Floor looks at him tenderly for a long time after the song has finished.
"The Poet And The Pendulum" is great art, but certainly not a feal good song. A long story where Tuomas gives us his feelings through music, after the bands breakup with Tarja.
In my opinion, this is the best song of Nightwish. It is a masterpiece. At the end I cry every time.
And here it is!!! My favourite Nightwish song (specifically this version) ever!!!!
This is possibly Toumas’ absolute masterpiece. Although sung first by Anette, Tuomas himself has confirmed it has taken Floor to fully project the emotion of the piece. Plus Floor takes on all the vocals that Anette could not do, leaving the boy treble only for the introduction. Floor articulates the emotion. She LIVES every nuance of feeling. Any doubts on this watch this on mute. Silly as it may seem you don’t actually have to hear Floor to see the emotion of the piece. WOW your look to ‘sparkle my scenery’ . There is no shame in being reduced to tears by Pacific, or Mother and Father. From the end, the death of his friendship (Tarja), his ‘baby’ (Nightwish) and even himself, to the beginning, redemption , a new start, this is EPIC. Tuomas’ bravery in exposing his emotional nakedness, to his genius in telling the tale in such a wonderful ‘song’ is quite peerless.
floor's greatest gift is her storytelling
This is Tuomas' suicide note after the breakup with Tarja, their first lead vocalist. He said that either he put this to song, or do the deed. I'm glad he wrote this song.
Love from Florida.
Interestingly enough this seems to be more Nighwish fandom folklore than anything else. In a recent interview -- from Metal Hammer last month -- he stated that at no point he ever suffered from suicidal ideation during that period in his life.
@@forkless No, it’s not “ folklore.” Despite what he may say now…in THIS interview, at about the 10:20 mark, he very literally says this song was his suicide in a song “so I wouldn’t have to do it in real life.”
ua-cam.com/video/v65-ErfUyVM/v-deo.html
@@forkless That's indeed just fandom folklore but makes a great story. I think it would okay to keep telling if you start with "Some say ..."
@@forkless, It was not that he was ever suicidal, you're right that part I think is internet overstatement and misinterpretation, but it was about his internal conflict and heartbreak over the decision to cut Tarja and the intensely sad depressive time he wrestled with after. Of course like all art, I'm sure he used plenty of artistic drama in creating this masterpiece! So good!
@@Zozo-K- Hey Google, what is hyperbole?
We could talk about how good this band is, no question. But i have to tell you cause well i just have to. Girl you are just flat out beautiful !!! Greetings from Tucson Arizona.
Ohh thank you Gerard!🤗
If you want ‘like musical theater’ you might also try ‘Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean”
From the song itself to the performance, whichever way you look at it, this is a masterpiece. Great reaction. Thank you.
We have many bands making music , Nightwish make art 🤘🤘
Thanks for the reaction!
Yes it's a boy soprano, in the beginning, he had more parts in the original song, but Floor said she could sing his parts if wanted, but it was decided to keep the boy in the beginning because after all the story is about a boy.
Regards fro Sweden
Ulf
The boy's name is Guy Elliott.
Next one to watch is the greatest show on earth from tampere with fireworks 🎆
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@@brianadshead5091 Totally agree, but shhhhh... No spoilers...
To emphasize how amazing a composer Tuomas is, from the point the choir boy says "Now I have but 3 minutes and counting", there is exactly 3 minutes left to the song before the point Tuomas slits his throat with is fingers on stage.
Did you know that the the bassist Marko casually won the Finland edition of masked singer? The different songs he did there are on youtube. Very fun.
Too bad he quit the band last year but luckily they're still going strong without him. Tuomas said in an an interview they plan to record their 10th studio album in 2023.
Nightwish Army UK popping in for an emotional reaction. Strap in i think you are ready for THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH at Tampera
One of my favorite songs and you should react one more of my favorite too The Greatest Show On Earth live Tampere/Wembley 🤘🔥
Tampere = home🇫🇮
Tampere for sure.
Hi Emma ❤️ i love the part when the gitarrist Emppu check on Tuomas if hi feel ok🎸❤️they know all in the group that this is a hard song for Tuomas 🎸🥁❤️👁️ And floor Teatric singing perfoming is stunning good ❤️🇸🇪👍🏾 THX Emma ❤️ again for a wonderful reaction on Nightwish 👍🏾👏👍🏻🇸🇪👁️
Floor’s vocals in part V are absolutely stunning. 🥺
The rest also, but especially that part!
When I saw this reaction go up yesterday I had to give myself a little time to prepare for it.This is Nightwish's most personal and most brutal song, By now you have heard about the reasons Tuomas felt he had to write it. It is almost literally his suicide note, he felt that writing this was his only alternative to killing himself for real. It moves me to tears every time I hear it, and Tuomas could not bear to hear it played without the vocals being removed from his headphones. I love the way Marko and Emmpu move to stand with Tuomas protectively. Tarja too was extremely hurt about the way her expulsion from the band was handled. It took a decade and a half before some of the people involved said a word to each other again. This song, along with Ghost Love Score and The Greatest Show on Earth are called The Big Three by the fandom. The latter two still bring me to tears every time (for very different reasons.) I look forward to seeing you continue your Nightwish journey and in particular look forward to your reaction to TGSOE. Have a good day!
The mother father part is his actual mother. She was a vocal coach. She calls herself a vocal technique nerd.
Masterpiece .
6 Ft Valkyrie Goddess of Metal.
Once upon a time I couldn't listen to this song or watch the video without crying, it moved me to the core, especially knowing it's dark background and all the stuff Tuomas went through during that part of his life, I'm so glad that darkness is gone and he's now on another, happier place in his life
Edit: oh and Floor&Marko did a magnificent job portraying his emotions, she is the frustration, pain, sorrow, he is the pure, raw anger
This is Tuomas' the most impressive song ever 🤘💕
And now you see why we call Tuomas the Metal Mozart.
Wait until she hears "The Greatest Show on Earth" - but Emma, watch the one from Tampere and watch until the credits finish. There is a short piece of the end in the credits, but it's also worth seeing the aerial shot from the drone.
Love that songs Thomas was in a dark place when he wrote it and in an interview he sais that he sometimes ask for the lyrics to be removed from his earpiece and you can see Marko and Emppu going and checking on him.. In the whispering part when she say "3 minutes and counting" after exactly 3 minutes the blade falls and the song gets to the last part where he used direct words of what his mother told him .. Great composition😍
Yes, he has the vocal feed to his in-ear monitors turned off for this song. Even 10yrs later...still painful and emotional for Tuomas, Marko and Emppu.
That's a "he" doing the whisper - a young boy in fact. I think its the one singing the intro. Floor wasn't the original singer of this on album and the speaking/boy soprano parts are straight from the album version.
@@TheRealRedAce The he is a young boy named Guy Elliott.
@@amygoodson-catlady Cheers, yes I did know his name. :)
Thankyou for a wonderful reaction to this masterpiece.
Спасибо за обзор. У вас невероятные глаза!))
Well done Emma. 💥I have listened to about 30-40 reactions to this song. You only the third person that picked up on the descending chromatic note. You must research this songs background in depth and then listen again for the full context.
A real dark but beautiful composition 💥💥
This is trancendental, channeled from a higher realm performed by avatars...
Oh yay time to cry ha. This song... omg gets me every damn time
Wonderful reaction, Nightwish has a gift with pulling the heart strings of our emotions & souls. Tuomas's songwriting is impressive, I'm thankful to know the story of this song; It showed me how to overcome personal & emotional hardships I had suppressed for many years. So many choices from here for your Nightwish journey, I love the Hard Rock Cafe Live session of Nemo & How's the heart, performed by Floor & Troy acoustically. Looking forward to next share.
I shed a tear, as I always do when I listen to this song. So beautiful, so touching. Thank you for your reaction Emma.
Thank you! What a masterpiece!
I love that the first words of the song are "The End" and after the incredible tutbulent and heartbreaking ride, you somehow survive to come out at the other end with a new hope and it ends with the words "The beginning..." Genius
Emma, just remembered something else you should hear, if you haven't yet: Sahara from the Tampa, Florida, show. Another aspect of Floor's vocals, reading into her bottomless toolbag for a style you may not have heard yet.
This is THE song by Nightwish for me...
No, the part V. isn't sad, that one is the optimistic one... to me it means "you gonna die, but eventually, until then, you WILL experience many great things yet, help people, do good, and my love will be with you all the time"...
I said it few times allready, those words/that idea is worth to be a life credo...
Great reaction! The greatest show on earth is a great experience too it's about evolution from the big bang till humans it was inspired by Richard Dawkins book "The greatest show on earth"
No Big Bang depicted in this song. Evolution is about how life changes and develops, not the universe. The fireworks represent the bombardment of a young Earth by asteroids prior to life.
They're just great❤ and the magic is that I heard this song maybe a 1000 times now ... and chills are still there .. never been bored by Their songs .. and there are so lucky whit Floor ..Greetings from Amsterdam
This piece causes a flood stirred with ton of emotions and it's outstanding!
Hello Emma.
The song "The Poet and the Pendulum" is a 13 Minute journey through the mind and turmoil of Tuomas Holopainen after the year 2005. It was in that year the band parted with their long-time singer Tarja Turunen and had a personal falling out with her. The pain of the separation was big on both sides, and shown in this song. There is guilt for what happened, there is the responsibility that the band and Holopainen had to show towards the fans,. It was the End of an Era for them, and reason for Holopainen being lost as described in these lyrics. We can only of course to a certain degree suppose how much of these are truly Holopainen's feelings, wishes and pains - but we do know that the lyrics of Nightwish have been up to then very personal. Other songs on the album also digest this separation and falling out of the members with Turunen.
However personal and "real" these thoughts are, I feel like this song definitely takes us not only on a journey with Holopainen but also into ourselves. The music underlines the emotional gravity of the song extremely well. And I believe a lot of people can actually relate to a sense of guilt and being overwhelmed that all they desired for is the safety of home and innocence. While being personal, the song can still ring true to it's listener. That's a quality Nighwish possesses in many, many more songs. The emotional journey is one we can all share and very few bands know how to put that journey into song and especially into sound as well as Nightwish does.
The band remains through all it's shores and Oceans, one of my main favourites and I hold special place for the band in my musical heart. I hope you have enjoyed reading my analysis and share some of my thoughts. If you do have any comments, please feel free to let me know. And remember the beauty of interpretation is that it is subjective; we can see all and feel different things in the same song and continue to love it endlessly.
Lyric analysis by Annika Hausen
Greetings from the Netherlands
thank you for your very nice reaction
You really need check out they perfomance ''Hows the heart'' in live accoustic session, It's another one of those smooth, perfect songs that I know you'd love, and being just floor and troy on an acoustic
reaction Nightwish live @ tampere The Greatest Show On Earth
This song is part of a trilogy
Poet and the Pendulum, dealing with the aftermath of Tarja being fired.
Bye bye beautiful, a song for Tarja. Sang by Annette. Interesting video.
Master passion greed, a song for Tarjas husband. Possibly Nightwish's heaviest song, sang by Marco.
you noticed the drop ,great 😘
Thanks
Floor is a charismatic story teller, she is soooo good, epic🤘🤘🤘
🇬🇧 Norfolk with you on this journey .
Watch out for the difficult riff Marco plays when he sings solo without looking !
And who else but Tuomas could put in a song I only have three minutes and counting and then exactly three minutes later the blade falls ,masterpiece .
😘👍 Thanks Emma I hope that you read the story around this song
Floor is a beast in bringing emotions and special in this one case the pain and emotions are from Tuomas
She hit directly my heart and soul
Tuomas pulls his earplugs out during this song otherwise he is blowing away through Floor's emotions
Thank you for your reaction, my favorite song from Nightwish.
Regards from Slovakia
There is so much beauty in her, overwhelming......
Thankyou reaction Emma.I would also recommend an old Nightwish song to you
7 Days To The Wolves
“Dark Passion Play saved me from mental death”
The quote comes from Tuomas, who spoke in several interviews when he spoke about the Dark Passion Play album.
Only beaten on points by Ghost love score Wacken13... a masterpiece too. It's pure magic. The song,this performance is so emotional. Sure i'm not the only one who gets wet eyes, the start of the song already got me.
Catching up!
For me this is Tuomas's Magnum Opus, written in his darkest hours and weeks after having to split with Tarja (too much back story to the song, that is painful even now to read in its entirety, everybody was hurt at the time) The Poet is rarely performed live so having this concert captured forever makes it very very special. I cannot hear it without crying, and between the dark passion play and Mother and Father Tuomas symbolically cuts his own throat and I often find myself doing the same, without even seeing it I know exactly when it is coming up. In the spoken part it says I have 3 minutes and counting, it is exactly 3 minutes
Emma, I think you’d like one of the songs that Marko (the bass player) sings lead on…While Your Lips Are Still Red live at Wembley, or The Islander live at Tampere. They are both softer, gentler songs and I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at his voice on those.
The boy at the start was Guy Elliott from St Mary's Reigate Choir School, UK. Another boy sang the part "Sparkle my scenery" but Floor said that she could do it and Tuomas agreed!.... If you like this try "Wish I Had An Angel" - any version! Marko rocks!
props to the stage crew.
Nice react emma. Thanks for share it.
Hi Emma! I always like your NW reactions, i've seen all of them and i was hoping that this song would be one of your next reactions. Tuomas wrote this after the first singer Tarja and NW split and it was a very hard time for the band, the fans (me too) and specially for Tuomas. He and Tarja know each other from childhood on and they were very good friends. It was a very dark and hard time for him but writing this song helped him to come out from his depression. I really like this song. What i know NW record the Symphonic parts with the London Symphonics and the boy who sings in the begin was Guy ...?... from a London Child Choir, but i'm not 100% sure. Floor did always a great job and i love her voice. I hope one of your next reactions is maybe "The Siren", "Weak Fantasy" or "The Greatest show in Earth" (the last 2 from Tampere '15) because you know the band now better and you heared enough NW songs i think. I would prefer for "The Greatest show...." the Tampere '15 version because it's one of my favorite version from this song (Tampere '15 and Wembley '15 are my 2 fav.). Tampere '15 is an outdoor conzert and they can do things outdoor they couldn't do indoor, i don't write more. 😉
I wish you a great weekend and i'm looking forward for your next NW reaction! Greetings and my best wishes to you from
🇪🇺Vienna🇦🇹! (Sorry for my bad english, shame on me 😉)
Tuomas 🔥❤️
My number 1. What will Emma make of it. 🍿
Yes it is Guy Elliott who does White Lands and the spoken parts.
This was on the first Anette album and she foes a decent job bug could never have done this. Sone of the parts were choral on the original but Floor took them on.
In the demo it was even angrier, the lyrics harder and Marco did all the vocals.
Lots to say that I'll leave to others. But get the tissues out for Pacific and for Mother and Father - the words of Tuomas' mother as he went through this tough time.
And those last three phrases are heartbreaking, achingly beautiful.
Note that the guys can go over to support Tuomas - Floor can't so she looks over for several seconds before her usual Thank You instead of saying it immediately.
please react to "High Hopes" live 2005 as well, it is a tribute to Pink Floyd and shows another side of Nightwish you won´t expect !
same with "The Islander" live Tampere 2015, and "While your lips are still red" live Arena Wembley 2015
You are the best! Thank you for this reaction
Wow with Emma today 😅
This is one musical piece with a lot of sections. You understand music enough to break at the transitions to talk about the previous part. But in doing so without going back a bit you break it up in seemingly unrelated parts. The song takes you on an emotional journey and the mood swings and timings are an integral part of this song and much of Tuomas' work. (tip: pressing 'j' will take you back 10 seconds)
In SHORT - this is there most personal song its about Tuomas after the open letter to the world about the firing of 1st singer Tarja , He had deep depression from the backlash . This is an on stage suicide by Tuomas to help him put the pain behind , Note the part "I have but 3 min" exactly 3 min is when he kills himself. the last part (Mother & Father) are words said to him by his parents then at the very end Emppu & Marco stand next to him to for support.
Good reaction 👍, I think it’s time for you to check out some of floor’s other creations without nightwish, it’s all on her u tube channel, a Pandora’s box
Those damn Onion Ninja again….Every bloody time I listen to this they get me….Wen she sings "Tuck me in beneath the blue" I am normally done…this is a masterpiece. And I have heard this one like 683 times already….
Thanks for the time ! That was the first one of the BIG ones....🙂
All Hail Queen Floor !
yeah finally my request was reacted
masterpiece this song, yes, masterpiece. and Floor deserve it with a lot of beauty and humility. awesome ? sure !
here some suggestions: "sleeping sun" 2016 (soft but so beautiful), "7 days of the wolves", "devil and the deep dark ocean", "high hope" (a great tribute to pink floyd). And why not this band ? Epica ! a soft start: "sancta terra" feat Floor at retrospect live or more brutal: "consign to Oblivion" live at Zenith (Paris). they are great in the world of symphonic metal like Nightwish.
Sound cheesy but Tuomas and Floor are like the Phantom and Christine, he's the Maestro and she's the muse and the band is the orchestra. Sorry Phantom is my favorite musical (Floor sings that as well but you probably already knew that) Anyway love the reaction, blessed be🌹
Hello Emma, first of all I would like to thank you for your good reactions to Nightwish. But I would also have a very small point of criticism.With this video, unfortunately, the picture was so small that only half of the subtitle could be seen.Of course we Nightwish fans know the songs and the lyrics, but other people will certainly see your videos and they don't know the lyrics yet.Greetings Kelsea
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The opening vocals belong to a choirboy named Marco who was 12 years old at the time of recording
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Fyi...the original demo was sung ALL by Marco as they were between singer after Tarja was let go. Shows his range. Fyi two... In exactly 3 minutes TO THE SECOND from the line in the voiceover the Pendulum falls. In a 14 minutes song. Live. Crazy tight band ..
Italian school :)
Hi Emma, I won't go to deep into the reason for this song. It was Tumos firing Tarja and what she did before and after. This song is his Emotional Suicide. Its very rare its preformed. If you noticed everyone coming up to Tumos? They were asking, "Are you Ok?". Most bands are families. Formed over love of music. I'm a Rhyme Guitarist. I know how it feels.
I'm also part of the Nightwish Army. I don't know how far down the rabbit hole you have gone. Since I just found you I have to check out your Channel. Judging from the reaction you had to Marco, you haven't heard too many. Marco left the band for some reasons I won't go into. He wrote a letter but, it doesn't cover the whole story. Let's just say I believe he will be back in time.
I have not checked the channel yet. So I'm shooting in the Wind. You found Nightwish. Soon it will be Epica, Sabaton and Ayeron. 2 of these have direct connections to Nightwish.
As a side note. Please backup your video 10 or so seconds, you or your audience may miss something. Yes, you pause way to much. However, Everyone who has vocal training does that. Main thing is to go back 10-20 seconds.
Either way, I'll check out your channel and give some recommendations.
Welcome to the Rabbit Hole. 😎👍🍻
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Try nightwish ghost love ❤️
if you wanna hear Marko again - DO High Hopes tribute to Pink Floyd plz !!
To understand the story of this composition, you must watch "The Open Letter" which explains from Tuomas and the bands perspective what led to the breakup with Tarja. See link below.
FYI: All sexual references are being used metaphorically in this song.
"I cannot die. A whore for the whole world". This line refers to how Tuomas felt a responsibility to provide great musical compositions to all of his fans. A this point in his musical relationship with Tarja he felt that his musical efforts were being sold for the $$$$. Music is so much more to Tuomas. It comes from his soul and the money is always secondary to his artistic integrity. Thus he felt he was whoring himself artistically. As he stated in "The Open Letter", Tarja no longer felt the emotion in his compositions and did not bring this to life in his music. She was already moving on in her own musical pursuits. Thus sex without love is a metaphor for music without passion. Tuomas was Tarja's whore musically. He gave his soul/body (music) for $$$ and Tarja enjoyed the sexual act (musical stardom) without the passion required to bring meaning to his compositions and hard work.
"Mother and Father" is actually his parents consoling him regarding his ordeal. The music sounds somewhat like a funeral dirge. Yet it also gives hope for moving forward and healing to allow for a new beginning. I think that Tuomas needed to write this opus to allow for him to bury this episode to enable himself to move forward with the new Nightwish and rekindle his dream. This was a way for him to rid himself of the mental anguish and leave behind the first incarnation of Nightwish.
IMHO, I envision Tuomas' severed piece of his soul crying out from the grave. Represented by by Floor's haunting chant at the ending. The lament.
ua-cam.com/video/rbkpMgqq8pU/v-deo.html - The Open Letter from Tuomas
My nearbours listen to Metal if the wann or not
Hi beautiful girl love all your NIGHTWISH reactions ❤️
In this one you need a little research in order to take a better taste and you will know why this song is out of the Nightwish set list and why the lirics are so hard. Hope you have a good day
LOVE FROM NIGHTWISH ARMY COSTA RICA DIVISION 🤘💀🇨🇷
Onion Ninjas at the end (well, the beginning) every time
Oh yes Floor is a great singer.
Here are a few suggestions.
AMARANTHE - 'Do Or Die' Feat. Angela Gossow
ASP - Wer sonst? feat. Micha Rhein (In Extremo)
Apocalyptica - 'Seemann' feat. Nina Hagen
ARION - At The Break Of Dawn feat. Elize Ryd (Amaranthe)
BEYOND THE BLACK feat. Elize Ryd (Amaranthe) - Wounded Healer
dArtagnan - Farewell ft. Patty Gurdy
Dreamstate Feat. Elize Ryd ( Amaranthe ) - Evolution
Evanescence ft. Within Temptation: Memories and The End Of The Dream
Electric Callboy - Best Day ft. Sido
EVERGREY - In Orbit (feat. Floor Jansen)
Elize Ryd & Timo Tolkki´s Avalon - I'll Sing You Home
FAUN feat. Lindy-Fay Hella (of Wardruna) - Galdra
Gus G. feat. Elize Ryd ( Amaranthe ) - What Lies Below
HÄMATOM - Alte Liebe rostet nicht - Akustik Version feat. Micha Rhein (In Extremo)
KAMELOT ft. Alissa White-Gluz and Elize Ryd - Sacrimony
MONO INC. - Right For The Devil feat. Tanzwut
MANNTRA - MERIDIAN Feat. Michael Rhein from In Extremo
POWERWOLF ft. Alissa White-Gluz - Demons Are A Girl's Best Friend
Rammstein feat Sharleen Spiteri - Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Live clip)
Saltatio Mortis feat. Lara Loft - The Dragonborn Comes (From "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim")
Serenity - Legacy Of Tudors (feat. Melissa Bonny)
SCHANDMAUL - Königsgarde (ft. Saltatio Mortis, Feuerschwanz)
Timo Tolkki's Avalon ft. Floor Jansen - "Design the Century"
Within Temptation and Metropole Orchestra - Somewhere (Black Symphony HD 1080p) feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen
WARKINGS feat. The Queen of the Damned - Sparta
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hey Emma when you like to here Marco singing than Check out Kiss way your Lipps are still Read live at Wembley 2015 The Islander Live at TEMPERE 2016.ORE High Hops Live at end of an era schow 2005 have fun
Hi Emma.
Emma i love you reacking to NW but this is not a simple song
waiting for next NW
Can you please do a reaction on the band Steel Heart?
In Poet and the pendulum dicrept Tuomas his wordt time . the big broke eith Tarja she was empus and his best frend . his Depression . and by the last part Mother and father a real Conversation with his mom .
hey SEmma the Poet and the pendulum play Nihjtwieh only on the Wembley Show and than never again this is the hardesT Song for Touomas to play
Not so, they played it also in Madrid, September 10
, 2016
This song is masterpiece but Tuomas hates this song. That's why this song - as I remember - just played twice.
The part you see Emmpu has conversation with Toumas, Emmpu just check Toumas is fine because this song is so emotional for him.
Is NightWish the best band ever ?.
Pleaae, forget the headphones to listen this Kind of music next time , the Best music of this Planet listen real Fan ' s only loud - i ' m 54 years old !
Ok Michael!
Great reaction, though I think you seemed a little bit too happy all the time considering the subject and the words of the song. The severe depression and suicidal thoughts Tuomas Holopainen went through after firing Tarja in 2005. The incident caused a huge hullabaloo around the world. The fans and the media attacked him and even the then Prime Minister of Finland had to comment on the case. - I love the way Marko and Emppu move close to Tuomas at the end as if to support him and how Floor looks at him tenderly for a long time after the song has finished.
"The Poet And The Pendulum" is great art, but certainly not a feal good song. A long story where Tuomas gives us his feelings through music, after the bands breakup with Tarja.
React Tarja. No Flor.
You are on the wrong channel; Tarja has her own channel!!