Nightwish: Dead Boy's Poem:🤟🏽STUNNED REACTION🤟🏽

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • Day 5: Watch how stunned we are by this performance as NIGHTWISH deliver Dead Boy's Poem
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 229

  • @Smashy2009
    @Smashy2009 Місяць тому +6

    If i could only listen to one band for the rest of my life, it would be Nightwish, it´s not even up for debate.

  • @RonniePeterson
    @RonniePeterson Рік тому +10

    Sheer perfection.

  • @davidbarrass5210
    @davidbarrass5210 Рік тому +26

    My all time favourite song from Nightwish, if a guitar solo can bring tears to your eye Empuu will produce it.

  • @marchendrickson2382
    @marchendrickson2382 Рік тому +64

    If you noticed, this is probably the ONLY song you see Empuu REALLY concentrating and not smiling. As deep as The Poet and the Pendulum is, he was smiling through it. Just gives a little insight into how serious they all take this very personal song, personal to Tuomas that is. Brilliant reaction to a truly special masterpiece.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +7

      Well said

    • @NickBR57
      @NickBR57 Рік тому +10

      Yes, even in The Poet & the Pendulum, Emppu smiles but not in this one. And no flourish at the end of his solo, just a quiet turning away.
      Some say they can see a tear in his eye...

  • @kentk2215
    @kentk2215 Рік тому +9

    Love this performance, this song, one of Tuomas’s most personal. Inspired by the question, if you knew you were going to die tomorrow, what would you have to say today? Tuomas answers in poetic form from his persona as an innocent, misunderstood boy. Probably my favorite Emppu solo. Leaves me wanting more. It has been a great week George and Alex! Keep exploring Nightwish every now and then. There is still more greatness to discover, believe it or not.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      Oh we will, we will; cover other bands but always always be back. Cheers Alex

  • @mikaheinio1292
    @mikaheinio1292 Рік тому +3

    Your Nightwish week made my week Thank You

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      Ah that's so nice. Stay with us on our journey, and we will always come back to NW! Thanks, Alex

  • @JanuzTrance68
    @JanuzTrance68 Рік тому +2

    Your channel has still one of the best intro's when it comes to reaction videos

  • @nightwishfannl5762
    @nightwishfannl5762 Рік тому +1

    💖

  • @Kelsea-2002
    @Kelsea-2002 Рік тому +95

    There are no words that could do justice to Nightwish. This is where linguists are needed to invent suitable superlatives.

  • @RuthlessBiscuit3
    @RuthlessBiscuit3 Рік тому +4

    Hello George and Alex. Nice to see you. Nightwish as individuals are wonderfully gifted musicians. As a collective, they are simply astounding. Thank you.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      Hello, many thanks for being here and supporting us. I wish you well and more soon. Cheers Alex

  • @2727rogers
    @2727rogers Рік тому +2

    Of all the great Nightwish songs this one hold a special place in my heart. That last part gets to me every time.

  • @Drinckx2
    @Drinckx2 Рік тому +5

    Floorgasms allround! I love this track and would like it to recur in their set from time to time. It is one of Floor's best, starting with that gentle balladic introduction, then building up to some of her absolute peak belting of those final notes and everything in-between, apart from her more operatic sound. All the playing is spot-on of course - they are so good.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      So good, not ashamed to say it makes me super emotional. Cheers Alex

  • @justlittleoldme
    @justlittleoldme Рік тому +1

    They are just amazing. If you asked me to pick my favourite song I'd be stumped because they are all amazingly different 😀♥️🤘

  • @black4pienus
    @black4pienus Рік тому +2

    I have to say, you got the best intro of every reaction channel I've watched.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      Thank you!!!! Have you read the outro.

  • @dok3845
    @dok3845 Рік тому +1

    For me this song was my son's funeral music first time in years I've not cried listening to this STILL HURTS but so much love here

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      I am so sorry. How unbearable. Thank you for being here

  • @shoemaker688
    @shoemaker688 Рік тому +2

    And there we have it. A rabbit hole and you might keep on digging here to all the other songs by Nightwish. And there's more to dig in to. Bands like Epica, The Gathering and Within Temptation are some other bands in the same style but with there own distinctiveness. Enjoy and keep digging.🤟🤟

  • @AntaryDraconis
    @AntaryDraconis Рік тому +1

    nice, one of my fav.. ahh.. no.
    I love alomst every NW-Song 🤣
    thank you, well done❤‍🔥

  • @obud3777
    @obud3777 Рік тому +3

    Tuomas most personal song, it will be played at his funeral! 🤘

  • @ALINA-ye2eu
    @ALINA-ye2eu Рік тому +3

    Wrong version
    Only Tarja for this song

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      I haven’t heard her version. Be well.

    • @ALINA-ye2eu
      @ALINA-ye2eu Рік тому +1

      @@TheThamesmenFrom wishes to eternity concert version
      This concert is just pure magic
      All old Nightwish songs written for Tarja suites only Tarja

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      Haven’t heard but this version gave me goosebumps. Thanks. Will check.

    • @PhillipDByrdy
      @PhillipDByrdy Рік тому +3

      ​@@TheThamesmen I wouldn't be concerned with what ALINA has to say. Just another die-hard Tarja fan who often makes snarky and trolling comments about current Nightwish...

  • @Rex_Stuph
    @Rex_Stuph Рік тому +53

    To decode some of these Wishisms for you.. When the lyrics are about "The Poet", "Oceansoul" and the "Dead boy", they are all referring to aspects of Tuomas. Dead Boy is about the young, innocent inner Tuomi who went barreling into adulthood and the music industry to find it wasn't what he naively expected and the innocent child inside died. This surfaces in places as "The end of innocence" references.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +9

      Ohhh heavy but many thanks for decoding that. Much appreciated -Thanks, Alex

    • @Rex_Stuph
      @Rex_Stuph Рік тому +3

      @@TheThamesmen Not much decoding, I just had the time to binge a lot of interviews 😆 But yeah, not a problem mate, just a few little hints when needed to unravel the metaphors is my pleasure.

  • @1982jeepcj8
    @1982jeepcj8 Рік тому +32

    When Empuu concentrates on a guitar solo, it's going to be a technical masterwork

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +4

      He is so super selective. Thank you for your support. Cheers Alex

  • @goraz43
    @goraz43 Рік тому +18

    Was so hoping it was going to be Weak Fantasy but I'm not disappointed in this choice.

    • @nicholasheltzel6810
      @nicholasheltzel6810 Рік тому +4

      Agreed! Fingers crossed that Weak Fantasy makes the next Nightwish week or even a stand alone/one-off?

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      So many choices!

  • @johnlindquist1784
    @johnlindquist1784 Рік тому +66

    I don't think there is another singer alive who could deliver this performance of Tuomas' magnificent composition with more grace and grandeur than Floor does. She is simply unmatched.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +5

      George could give it a shot!! I'd like to see that! Cheers Alex

    • @jamesanderson5268
      @jamesanderson5268 Рік тому +7

      I went and listened to Tarja sing it and it was good but only Floor can lend emotions to the words.

    • @johnlindquist1784
      @johnlindquist1784 Рік тому +6

      @@jamesanderson5268 I have to agree with you. I heard Tarja sing it and although she does a great job, I really felt nothing emotional at all.

  • @chriso6719
    @chriso6719 Рік тому +30

    From the Wishmaster album in 2000, the song is very personal to Tuomas. It's about him, and how he wants to be remembered. He's said that it is the Mother of all Nightwish songs.
    Hope you guys enjoyed Nightwish week as much as we did. Thanks for doing it.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +2

      Thanks for being here Chris - Cheers Alex

  • @paulmdevenney
    @paulmdevenney Рік тому +27

    I still love that 70s/80s british TV vibe. Dead Boy's Poem is probably #4 in the "epics" list. It's full of that early romantic poetic style Tuomas does so well

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +2

      We are stuck in the late 70's...... Glad you enjoyed the music. Thanks, Alex

  • @kroburg59
    @kroburg59 Рік тому +16

    I told you, this Buenos Aires concert is pure gold. And this track is one of my absolute favourites, only just an inch behind Poet and the Pendulum. Thanks for your great reactions, love them 😊

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      Many thanks and be well. Thanks, Alex

  • @alleninfinity6730
    @alleninfinity6730 Рік тому +14

    I love this song too. Essentially my understanding it is Tuomas giving an Eulogy for himself, letting those he loves know. Tuomas sometimes refers to himself in song as The Dead Boy, also The Songwriter, The Poet and of course Ocean Soul. When you hear any of those references he is referring to himself. Floor's voice.....what can be said, all words fall short.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      The guy is publically and musically emotive. Thank you for your support. Cheers Alex

  • @harrisonj0679
    @harrisonj0679 Рік тому +12

    Tone diction feeling ❤
    Emppu asking his guitar for just that little bit more ❤

  • @danettecrossley7912
    @danettecrossley7912 Рік тому +14

    Emppu is the only electric guitar player who's solo made me cry he is so good beautiful song tuomas how he wants to be remembered he's brilliant everyone in this band is God bless

  • @rnowak85
    @rnowak85 Рік тому +16

    Great reaction guys! One of Tuomas's most personal songs, second only to Poet and the Pendulum . At the time he wrote it, it was about how he would want to be remembered if he were to die tomorrow. A way to thank those who deserve it and to tell those to piss off that deserve it as well. Told through the eyes of a misunderstood boy who has trouble connecting with his family and friends and feels he can only be understood through his music. It is a story about how important Nightwish is to him (everything) and how he has shaped it and it has shaped him. Note: In Finnish folklore swans are the creatures that escort your soul to the afterlife in Tuonela so that is why they are on the video wall for this song.

  • @Bonovin
    @Bonovin Рік тому +13

    A sad one , but music perfection! Greetings from nwAse Sweden

  • @raspberryripple88
    @raspberryripple88 Рік тому +16

    Such a beautiful song, and a very important song in the Nightwish canon. Also worth checking out the Tarja original too, and a stunning live performance from 'From Wishes To Eternity' back in 2000

  • @jeannettesimpson9778
    @jeannettesimpson9778 Рік тому +12

    There are references in the lyrics to early Nightwish songs - "wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin, died for the beauty the one in the garden". In interview Tuomas said this is about what Nightwish means to him. It's how he wishes to be remembered, for his music and poetry.

  • @orangeguppie6897
    @orangeguppie6897 Рік тому +10

    Hello to the both of you, thank you so much for your reaction, loved it! Bye!

  • @tonyg8471
    @tonyg8471 Рік тому +6

    Great job Thamesmen,. This is why i subscribed to The Thamesmen. I realize Nightwish is not popular here in the USA. But you guys are wise enough to know greatness when you see it. Tuomas is gifted in ways few in history have experienced. The band is a treasure for all to behold. And Floor.... Floor is why we know of Thomas's gift. Very special artists.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      Tony, many thanks for your continued support. Be well Cheers Alex

  • @lencooke944
    @lencooke944 Рік тому +8

    Well done again George, Alex and Chris. I had forgotten that this song existed, such is the depth of Nightwish's catalogue. I only have one word for this performance ... mesmerizing!
    I can't wait to see what drops into Patreon.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      Should be there now. Let us know if you can’t see it

    • @lencooke944
      @lencooke944 Рік тому

      @@TheThamesmen oh, it was there 5 days ago haha

  • @Anders_Eriksson
    @Anders_Eriksson Рік тому +2

    Since Floor is the best vocalist in Europe I wonder who's the best elsewhere? Great reaction. Always funny to watch Your interactions. All the best /Anders

  • @hoges412
    @hoges412 Рік тому +6

    I have this concert on bluray (a great investment!) and even though I've heard Dead Boys Poem dozens of times, it never fails to give me chills. That vision of Floor with arms extended as the song ramps up is as good as it gets.
    Thanks for an entertaining week gentlemen, loved every minute of it.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      Our pleasure and thank you for your continued support. More soon!! Cheers Alex

  • @janihaavisto79
    @janihaavisto79 Рік тому +2

    Sorry to leave several comments, but how about Floor week. There are loads of tunes that she covered during pandemic(And which most likely gave her the courage to try a solo album in first place).
    Also there are her solo album songs toi.
    And when you think that Metallica asked Floor to be their bands nr.1 warm-up act should tell few things. 1. James Hetfield has heard Floor sing in NW and most likely listened some of her solo work as well. 2. That Metallica thinks she can do such a good show that main band has a easy, already warmed audience because if something can be said about Floor she knows how to bring the audience as part of her performances.

  • @PaulOutdoors
    @PaulOutdoors Рік тому +2

    Buenos Aires 2018 where Floor breathed new life in to a number of Nightwish classics that pre-date her time with the band. "Dead Boys Poem" laced with Nightwish trademark transitions and multi layering and the garnish is Floor. A phenomenal band who I'd not heard of (or Floor) until around 14 months ago. I'm now making up for lost time. Thank you gents for another stellar Nightwish reaction. Paul 🙏😊👍❤️

  • @rickphil9999
    @rickphil9999 Рік тому +5

    Hello again Thamesmen. This is one of my absolute favorite Nightwish songs. Floor is simply magical in her stage presence and her voice. The silhouettes of her near the end are so lovely. Every single member of the band nail it every single time. Fantastic indeed. Thank you for this guys. And enjoy the Hellfest reaction. It is one of the truly great shows of 2022.

  • @tonyg8471
    @tonyg8471 Рік тому +1

    OK, I admit it. I'm not really here for vacation support. I just love Nightwish and these two old-ish guys from some far away land where they all have accents...they play some Nightwish tracks on their reaction channel. High quality, top notch, world renowned reactions. Well, sort-of. Kinda. Nightwish is certainly outstanding. I know that much is clear.

  • @jeffvetter7135
    @jeffvetter7135 Рік тому +1

    Gentleman, as always well done on your Nightwish reaction. A couple thoughts . 1) I had not heard Dead Poem and yes, quite a song. 2) are you going to do reactions to their Human Nature album there are several excellent songs, Tribal, Endlessness, Noise .... 3)With Floor having put out 5 or 6 singles do you have plans for doing reactions to her soloing. I guess that's 3 things :)

  • @jaskau2462
    @jaskau2462 Рік тому +2

    🤩👌💥💯🎼
    Indeed Mr. Hahto fills the whole canvas on his own corner.
    🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙

  • @littlemouse7066
    @littlemouse7066 11 місяців тому +1

    the song is good but nothing special. she makes it special.

  • @frankmerris8821
    @frankmerris8821 Рік тому +3

    the great make it look easy

  • @mvellis3863
    @mvellis3863 Рік тому +3

    Dead Boy's Poem is a Nightwish masterpiece

  • @NeilOosthuizen
    @NeilOosthuizen Рік тому +1

    Planet Hell tomorrow then I guess...

  • @ArtMateurMusic
    @ArtMateurMusic Рік тому +2

    Making the simple sound complex speaks volumes about the level of the composition, obviously in nightwish there is nothing simple, but they perfectly understand how to create a sound that can move everyone, and in their live performances they set the bar through the roof, it is It's hard not to love this band, and they have many haters, which I'll never understand... I suppose it's clear here that it's out of envy or a radical stance, since nightwish does nothing but contribute greatness to the music.

  • @Donna-C
    @Donna-C Рік тому +5

    Your reaction says it all!
    We all feel that way.
    Such talented musicians.

  • @rolandconnor575
    @rolandconnor575 9 місяців тому +1

    Floor is everything! Back from Hiatus by 2025.. Marko back soon after... we can only ever dream...

  • @markkumakinen5568
    @markkumakinen5568 Рік тому +1

    Probably my favourite Nightwish track where Marko doesn’t sing. That ending is epic!

  • @one42chrisp
    @one42chrisp Рік тому +3

    Not rare tracks, just songs they picked out of the archive that they hadn’t performed since Tarja left the band. They had a world tour to do but no new album to promote, so they decided to pick out some oldies to play and thus was born the Decades Tour, one of the best shows that I ever went to.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      Chris did an amazing job building this week up! Cheers Alex

  • @janihaavisto79
    @janihaavisto79 Рік тому +1

    Hello again from Finland Thamesmen.
    I just have 1 issue, yes Marco has a douple neck instrument, but since other is fuitar, and other is bass is it then truly a douple-neck guitar? Or just multi neck with guitar and bass?
    Marco has a name for it too. It's simply called The Beast. And i can imagine, since i bet it weights a ton and also is big and bulky.
    I love Emppu's guitar solo in this song.
    In all honesty Emppu is one of the best guitarist among living ones anyway.
    He has always being perceived as okay/good guitarist even, but after hearing some of the reaction makers that work in music industry and have heard Pink Floyd and such bands live, then say that Emppu compares in their eye's as good as David Gilmore, Stevie Ray, it makes me happy.
    There is an nice video/Clips of band touring the world where you see Emppu meet Joe Satriani. Song was Over the Hills and Far Away. And it was posted by NW.

  • @cashewshalom
    @cashewshalom Рік тому +1

    You have checked Wintersun and seen Kai's capability with drums... I hope you react also to other Wintersun song Time live rehearsals at Sonic Pump Studios remastered. You see mastery there! Please and peace 🙏🏼😎✌🏼

  • @rodolfotardin435
    @rodolfotardin435 Рік тому +1

    Nightwish - PAN - 2020

  • @jws6181
    @jws6181 Рік тому +4

    one of the ''big 5'' masterpieces...the sound is so out of this world, the lyrics the music
    personal songs the Poet and the Pendulum & Dead Boys Poem for Tuomas...

  • @sergeiivanovich6827
    @sergeiivanovich6827 10 місяців тому +2

    Born from silence, silence full of it
    A perfect concert my best friend
    So much to live for, so much to die for
    If only my heart had a home
    Sing what you can’t say
    Forget what you can’t play
    Hasten to drown into beautiful eyes
    Walk within my poetry, this dying music
    My loveletter to nobody
    Never sigh for better world
    It’s already composed, played and told
    Every thought the music I write
    Everything a wish for the night
    Wrote for the eclipse, wrote for the virgin
    Died for the beauty the one in the garden
    Created a kingdom, reached for the wisdom
    Failed in becoming a god
    Never sigh…
    “If you read this line, remember not the hand that wrote it
    Remember only the verse, songmaker’s cry, the one without tears
    For I’ve given this its strength and it has become my only strength.
    Comforting home, mother’s lap, chance for immortality
    Where being wanted became a thrill I never knew
    The sweet piano writing down my life”
    “Teach me passion for I fear it’s gone
    Show me love, hold the lorn
    So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me
    I’m sorry
    Time will tell (this bitter farewell)
    I live no more to shame nor me nor you
    And you… I wish I didn’t feel for you anymore…”
    A lonely soul… An ocean soul…

  • @mikensonny1
    @mikensonny1 Рік тому +1

    TROY WAS JUKA'S DRUM INSTRUCTOR. THEY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS.

  • @goranelez9956
    @goranelez9956 Рік тому +4

    One of their 5 masterpieces (if I had to choose): Score, Poet, Show, Poem and Shoemaker.
    My personal top5 is different which is a testament to their catalogue, everyone can find something great for themselves.

    • @rnowak85
      @rnowak85 Рік тому +2

      I concur. My top 5 as well.

    • @jsmoor4988
      @jsmoor4988 Рік тому +2

      I want to add a 6th, Master Passion Greed….

    • @goranelez9956
      @goranelez9956 Рік тому +2

      @@jsmoor4988 MPG is definitely NOT regular. Great song.

  • @MycontentisgoldJerryGold
    @MycontentisgoldJerryGold Рік тому +1

    Guys, I'll be back in a moment. I have to release the joey, if you know what I mean. 😉

  • @tonilaitinen5197
    @tonilaitinen5197 Рік тому +3

    Yes - I guess very personal song as you assumed. I have heared Tuomas wrote this as his own (funeral) eulogy. Even though its poetic and left for the listener to create your own way to relate with the message - nightwish songs always are. They create an emotional space where everyone can connect on their own way. I guess that is what makes Nightwish so universaly liked and felt.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      Phew..... What a public death. Thank you for your support. Cheers Alex

  • @ЛюбомирРодзінський

    👍👍🤘🤘🤘🤘Like

  • @Ati-MarcusS
    @Ati-MarcusS Рік тому +2

  • @NickBR57
    @NickBR57 Рік тому +3

    Kinda thought you'd like it. You see why it's s in my top 4.
    My notes:
    "Dead Boy's Poem' featured a child's voice. "I had an idea of a song with a young boy boy reciting reciting a poem", Tuomas says. "The trouble was that no Finnish so I had to find a
    12-year-old could pronounce English so that it sounded right, so I had to find a native speaker to do it. My mother's Sister, actress Miitta Sorvali, knew [the English-Finnish director and writer] Neil Hardwick well, and my mum remembered that Neil had a son called Sam. I called him and asked him to do the poem, and Sam agreed right away.
    It was just funny that when I talked to this 15-year-old boy he seemed like such a citizen of the worldand was actually familiar with our band too. Sam sa is d he'd be free to record the poem anytime; I'd just have to give him a call.
    He even knew where Finnvox was and promised to meet us there. The professionalism of young Sam Hardwick made a deep impression on Tuomas.
    "When he arrived at the studio, had to ask him
    to wait for ten minutes or so and he just pulled a book from his pocket and sat down to read".
    Tuomas says, " I gave him the poem, and he read it through a few times. We did some editing and Sam just sat down on the studio floor and read his book, after which I asked him to read the poem a couple of more times."

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      Oh wow NBick, that's heavy. Thanks!! Thank you for your support. Cheers Alex

  • @pdutchie4924
    @pdutchie4924 Рік тому +1

    My favorite Nightwish song, so touching and beautiful and Foor’s stage presence is enchanting ❣️
    If only my heart had a home ❤️
    ALWAYS chills
    The lyrics are Tuomas’s message he wanted to leave the world to remember him.

  • @kerstinsaxberg2629
    @kerstinsaxberg2629 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for this reaction🙏 I am waiting to see them live soon in my home country🤘🇫🇮

  • @strabel803
    @strabel803 Рік тому +1

    The passion from this performance goes right thru your screen into your living room,shock and awe again.I personnely like a lot of different music genres and there are a lot of good bands and performers and as a "retired" on the road sound and light guy and theater work i have seen and heard a lot. It is really the passion they throw , smash and then again subtilly put on you that amazes me every single time and gives me good vibes. Maby when you guys have finished this "series",you can look at some collaborations Floor did with,Evergrey,soilwork,Epica,Avantasia,beste zangers,Sing meinen Song,Finish heavy christmas,ayreon and ofcourse Northward. I saw it in your faces "shock and awe".😊😉🤘
    (Oh yes,don't forget her latest solo work ,Paragon)

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      We've done some of what you mentioned but will check more out! Thanks, Alex

    • @strabel803
      @strabel803 Рік тому

      @@TheThamesmen Okay,thats great,Floor's library is rather big (didn't even include AF and Revamp),i just wanted to let you and your viewers know,there is much to explore.👍🤘

  • @chadbennett7873
    @chadbennett7873 Рік тому +3

    One of the very rare moments Emppu does not smile while playing. That's how you know it's serious!! A moving, emotional look into the soul of the greatest composer of my lifetime courtesy of the the six most talented people on the planet, all contained in a single band. 'Nuff said!

  • @Bai_Su_Zhen
    @Bai_Su_Zhen Рік тому +1

    This song is gonna be played at my funeral one day. If my relatives forget, you guys shall remind them.

  • @andrebrodbeck3883
    @andrebrodbeck3883 Рік тому +1

    First time i have read the whole outro,
    😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
    It is hilarious!

  • @jsmoor4988
    @jsmoor4988 Рік тому +2

    My favorite NW song 😁 many screaming about Wacken 2013, but this concert is also my favorite, if only for playing the oldies, also the sound is more natural 🤘🎸🤘
    My suggestion would be the darkest and heaviest song of NW. Never played live, never will be played live, but I’m still dreaming about Floor singing this one instead of Marco.
    Song is ‘Master Passion Greed’
    m.ua-cam.com/video/hBTRq2Kgt3Q/v-deo.html

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      Thanks so much for this, when we get time we will review. More soon. Thank you for your support. Cheers Alex

  • @kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038
    @kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038 Рік тому +1

    You are actually pretty spot on, in why Nightwish with Floor are so incredible... You didn't hear the lyrics, but Floor controlled your emotions so eminent that you felt the song so intense that no words are needed - almost... But this is one of the reasons why we consider Floor to be the greatest singer ever.
    In the song 'Deep Silent Complete' - from Buenos Aires 2018 (same concert) - it's pretty simple lyrics of a Tuomas's - but the effect when Floor performs it by the sounds and movements she makes - you simply becomes a part of the song and are there - your mind and imagination makes you experience the feelings, passions and emotions, Floor fills you with.
    It's incredible to experience live I tell you!!
    Great reaction from you again 👍
    Here is the link
    ua-cam.com/video/aP5YhYzZmwc/v-deo.html

  • @Thorgrim247
    @Thorgrim247 Рік тому +1

    This is one of my favorites. Based on a hypothetical situation created by the genius.
    This is a very emotional and personal song for Tuomas. The small child's voice represents Tuomas inner child speaking.
    When asked what this song was about "Tuomas has said about this song, that it's about if he were to die tomorrow, what would he want to say to everyone that he loves, and that love him..."
    Notice the small boy on the screen reaching out to the flying swans on the screen. The swan is the guide to the afterlife in Finnish mythology. He is reaching out to implore them to take him with to the other side. A beautiful song filled with sadness from an unfulfilled destiny.
    Dead Boy's Poem (spoken words)
    If you read this line
    Remember not the hand that wrote it
    Remember only the verse
    Songmaker's cry, the one without tears
    For I've given this its strength
    And it has become my only strength
    Comforting home, mother's lap, chance for immortality
    Where being wanted became a thrill I never knew
    The sweet piano writing down my life
    Teach me passion, for I fear it's gone
    Show me love, hold the lorn
    So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me
    I'm sorry
    Time will tell, this bitter farewell
    I live no more to shame, nor me, nor you
    And you
    I wish I didn't feel for you anymore
    A lonely soul
    An ocean soul

  • @wjl2601
    @wjl2601 Рік тому +2

    You Thamesmen did already react to quite a few NW songs in the past, and on top of it this week....., but believe it or not there is still enough left that can easily fill some extra weeks. I think that is an important strenght of this band: their high level catalogue is gynormous. I thank you.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      Oh.... there will be more :) Thank you for your support. Cheers Alex

  • @mariogansbeke
    @mariogansbeke Рік тому +2

    After much consideration I decided that this is my absolute favorite NW song with Sahara on a solid second place. On 3th... all the rest, haha.
    “and you… I wish I didn’t feel for you anymore….” Umphh!!

  • @timometsanoja9666
    @timometsanoja9666 Рік тому +1

    This is Nightwish! My favorite song from them. I don't think this can be topped... This is very personal to Tuomas. It is an incredible piece of art. I can't get enough of it.

  • @marianogonzalez1977
    @marianogonzalez1977 Рік тому +2

    Told you guys that this BA concert was EPIC. Glad you enjoyed it and again, cheers from Buenos Aires!

  • @rickfairman5640
    @rickfairman5640 Рік тому +1

    I feel to analyse this type of music only takes away from a superb performance. Let the music take you down a road that meets your needs

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      Well said Rick

    • @rickfairman5640
      @rickfairman5640 Рік тому

      @@TheThamesmen Hey have you posted the bonus track yet? Ive been out all day. Just wondering if you figured out how to post song # 6

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      @@rickfairman5640 it should be there. Alex put it up early in week

  • @scifimonkey3
    @scifimonkey3 Рік тому +2

    I hope that Nightwish week three is in pre - production……………….there is still plenty to explore.

  • @572Btriode
    @572Btriode Рік тому +1

    This is what Tuomas said about this song: "This is the most personal song I’ve ever written. My testimony for the whole world. With this song I want to apologise everyone who deserves my apology. It also makes an “I don’t care” -statement to them who deserve it. The song is also about what Nightwish means and has meant to me. It’s all, without it I’m dead. I have created it and it has created me. When I pass away, this song’s lyrics are of what I wish to be remembered. An Ocean Soul".
    Your commentators are quite right; indeed it might help to know Tuomas uses several pseudonyms to refer to himself in various Nightwish songs which he writes from experiences or imagination, he says he is a man with a boy's heart, a grown up Peter Pan and you will see that directly in places, here for instance, or elsewhere as "one with a pure heart", a line Floor sings in a high head voice as you might hear from an excited small boy. Of course, you hear the narration spoken by a young boy. . . . . . . Tuomas speaking directly to you.
    He will also use poet, dreamer, writer/song writer or ocean soul - Tuomas has an affinity for the ocean, he was studying to be a marine biologist.
    This song is his self-written obituary/epitaph as has been correctly recorded, he is the dead boy and appears in the back drop imploring the swans, which in Finnish traditions carry you off to the afterlife.
    There's two Shakespeare quotes in this song almost verbatim from Sonnet 71 and 72, Sonnet 71 starts, "No longer mourn for me when I am dead" and Tuomas used the line " Nay, if you read this line, remember not the hand that writ it"; and Sonnet 72, "And live no more to shame nor me nor you."
    Yes, the only time too you will see a very serious Emppu, not his usual joking and happy self; he knows what this song means.
    Marko's double neck is a Warwick/Framus - Infinity/Panthera with a piezo pick-up in the bridge for the acoustic sound, seriously heavy in weight and price, (c.$14K US) special custom shop order only.
    Another respected and erudite reactor in the music industry has said the last two minutes of this song deserve to be in a museum, I would concur. I'll leave that with you.
    Two thumbs up from me if I could.

  • @TimoArula
    @TimoArula Рік тому +2

    As soon as Floor started singing my eyes went all misty. One thing someone pointed out on another reaction to this song that I thought was pretty poignant….Emppu’s guitar solo…the expression on his face when he finishes…not his usual smiling, happy visage. Maybe that demonstrates the power of this song….it even got to him.
    For Tuomas himself this song means a lot.
    He has said that this is the “mother of all Nightwish songs, about himself and how he wants people to remember him as when he passes away.
    He said
    ”This is the most personal song I’ve ever written. My testimony for the whole world. With this song I want to apologize everyone who deserves my apology. It also makes an “I don’t care” -statement to them who deserve it. The song is also about what Nightwish means and has meant to me. It’s all, without it I’m dead. I have created it and it has created me.
    When I pass away, this song’s lyrics are of what I wish to be remembered. An Ocean Soul.”
    Here are the words read by the boy;
    I live no more to shame, nor me, nor you
    I'm sorry
    If you read this line
    Remember not the hand that wrote it
    Remember only the verse
    Songmaker's cry, the one without tears
    For I've given this its strength
    And it has become my only strength
    Comforting home, mother's lap, chance for immortality
    Where being wanted became a thrill I never knew
    The sweet piano writing down my life
    Teach me passion, for I fear it's gone
    Show me love, hold the lorn
    So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me
    I'm sorry
    Time will tell, this bitter farewell
    I live no more to shame, nor me, nor you
    And you
    I wish I didn't feel for you anymore
    So much more I wanted to give to the ones who love me
    Time will tell
    NWSU/FloorFan 🤘😎🤘.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      Oh wow... I am glad you enjoyed it. Be well, thanks Alex

  • @paisa20
    @paisa20 Рік тому +1

    Thanks

  • @sonofthesea3298
    @sonofthesea3298 Рік тому

    Im from The Nightwish Army too,but really late to this party,some reactions im fast on,but there is soo many out there,im doomed to miss out on some lol. Anyway,looking over the comments with a smile,as people been doing theyr thing,informing you like we are known for. Im with you guys,i hold Jukka as the best drummer i have ever seen,like his own words said: "My heart belongs in that drumseat". So absolutely devastated that heavy insomnia took him away from us,but i love that Tuomas reassured us that he is at peace in his "new path in life",not being a drummer anymore. He now is theyr manager pretty musch,taking care of administrative stuff. But Kai is a pure drum machine as well!
    And what i need to say,that has already been said in the comments: Floor did this entire concert still being sick,and from what i can remember she had just had alot of throat issues regarding being sick. So for us normal mortals (lol),it would be strange not to feel some type of way by hearing her so flawlessly live! We call her a Norse Goddess in TNA as an internal joke,and she always laughs heartedly in interviews when this is adressed,that she appreciates the compliments but reassures that she does not at any point flip her hair all sassy,and think shes a goddess walking on this earth. (But you are Floor,you are...) And then she goes onto naming her daughter Freja,after THE famous Norse Mythology Goddess Freya. Tell me im wrong!Floor is out of this world! I have grown up with all the greats,Led Zeppelin,Iron Maiden,Metallica,ZZ Top,AC/DC,Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and so on. I have heard some amazing vocalists on both sides,but i have NEVER heard anyone that does things to me,like when Floor sings. And her in Nightwish with theese crazy talented musicians? Its like stepping into a dream state of mind,its nothing close to it!

  • @honorarythamesman5732
    @honorarythamesman5732 Рік тому +2

    I'm not necessarily an emotional person, but this one gets me every time. I push this track to other reactors as it's probably one of their best songs but highly underrated imho! I'm going to have to join your Patreon because there's no way I can miss your Hellfest reaction. I'm going to speculate on what it might be if only to amuse myself. I'm guessing it's either 'Noise' (the opening number) or 'Shoemaker'. Am I right? 😅

  • @prinsmetbroek
    @prinsmetbroek Рік тому +1

    Aaah, thank you! One of my favorites. Gets to me every time 🥲

  • @jukkahelminen9071
    @jukkahelminen9071 Рік тому

    Thanks again for the great video! 😊
    This is one of Tuomas's most personal songs. Here he tells us how we should remember him if he died right now. Don't remember the hand that wrote the music, just remember the music.
    Swans can be seen on the LED screen behind. In Finnish religion before Christianity, a big bird had an important meaning. It took the dying person's soul to another world. So this symbolism of death can be seen both in the lyrics of the song, in the way it is presented (note, none of the band members are smiling or happy as usual) and in the background screen.
    NW actually performs the song, not just plays it... Once again we can say, NW is an experience, not just listening to music...

  • @1944bwa
    @1944bwa Рік тому

    I love you two but I’m confused. Is this The Thamesmen, or is it the Nightwish Show? Enough already. They are good, but not everyone is crazy about them! Even things out and play some things other of your fans would like to hear.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      Understand and we are always trying to balance our focus. We had not attempted a Nightwish curated week so wanted to do one of those with them. We will have a pretty diverse line up coming.

  • @frenkwd1
    @frenkwd1 Рік тому +3

    My favorite song.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks, Alex

  • @wanmac31
    @wanmac31 Рік тому +1

    😊🇫🇮💙🪄🎼✨💯🤘

  • @chriswhinery925
    @chriswhinery925 11 місяців тому

    This is a great song but as an early 2000's Nightwish fan, sorry, I really prefer the version sung by the original singer. Floor might be a more technically gifted singer but it was Tarja that originally sung all of my favorite Nightwish songs and it's Tarja's versions that I still prefer to listen to.

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  11 місяців тому

      Fair enough. Both can be great!

  • @MidnightMelon666
    @MidnightMelon666 Рік тому +1

    10th Man Down is another great one from the same concert. 🫰

  • @jerrymail
    @jerrymail Рік тому

    The show's entire budget went into General Lee's horn.

  • @robertsheeler321
    @robertsheeler321 Рік тому +2

    When Tuomas wrote this he wanted to write his eulogy in a form of a song

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      some pick stone, other pick letters, some pick songs. I would if I could, but I am not talented enough. Thank you for your support. Cheers Alex

  • @D-ragon-S
    @D-ragon-S Рік тому +1

    Love your admiration for Nightwish. It's shared!
    Much Love to You and Ukraine
    💙💛💙🌻🌻🌻

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому

      Many thanks and we hope all is well where you are - Thanks, Alex

  • @ktay7382
    @ktay7382 9 місяців тому

    Masterpiece ✌️

  • @Tarkus_
    @Tarkus_ Рік тому +1

    A great way to end Nightwish week! I said that Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean might be my favorite Floor performance, but this one is up there too. The way she starts so delicately, and finishes absolutely soaring! Floorgasms all around!
    I've really enjoyed Nightwish week, and hope you do another. In the meantime, how about an Aurora week? 🤔🤟

    • @TheThamesmen
      @TheThamesmen  Рік тому +1

      We will do soon, plus other bands in this genre we love. Thanks Alex

  • @stimolus
    @stimolus Рік тому +1

    Looks like a great evening, first The Thamesmen w/ Nightwish reaction and then The Benny Hill Show

  • @helenespaulding7562
    @helenespaulding7562 Рік тому

    Beautiful track indeed, gents. My first time hearing that one

  • @davidcoyne7291
    @davidcoyne7291 Рік тому +1

    Ooooh gives me chills everytime I hear it. Such a personal song from Tuomas a man not afraid to lay out his heart for his art.. Others have explained what it's about and how personal it is but did you know Song of myself is just as intimate and revealing. Its about him as an old man on his death bed and his final thoughts on life and love. You only heard half the song at Wacken. The other half is spoken word and is a devastating emotional exploration of the human condition.
    No band touches people's soul quite like Nightwish do.