It is a real pleasure for me to meet a good connoisseur of Nightwish, in your own element, enjoying this magnificent piece. I hope to meet again, considering that the last 2 albums of Nightwish abound in approaching this major theme, about who we are and how we got here. New subscriber here, of course. All the best, from a physicist from Romania!
This was one of the most unique and intresting reactions i ever heard about this song. Thank you so much loved every second of it. I think its time for me to read more about Dawkins. I am also very intrested how you look as a scientist to all songs on the latest album Human : Nature. Hope you do some reactions on them too.
It is difficult to decide which is the more epic, the Nightwish work or your reaction to it. My most sincere thanks and congratulations. Can’t wait for your input to Shoemaker and, especially, Procession.
"The cosmic laws of gravity pulls the newborns around a fire" refers to the newborn planets being pulled into their orbits by gravity. "Lonely farer in the Goldilocks zone, she has a tale to tell" refers to Earth. The Goldilocks Zone being called that because it's not too hot or not too cold to sustain life as we know it. This is simply a brilliant composition both lyrically and musically. In my opinion , the greatest composition of my lifetime.
Thank you for doing this reaction! I have waited for so long for someone to react to this song and analyze it properly (including all the lyrical references). It was so good to watch this video again with your reaction and explanations! 👏👍❤️ (I am a massive Nightwish fan, I saw them play this song live in April 2022 and to experience this song live is another experience).
Me too I had taken to once in a while searching for scientist or biologist reacts to Nightwish greatest show on earth but it came up empty every time... until now
A fellow marine scientist here, marine biology this time. No matter how many times I hear this song, it's lyrical brilliance, majestical execution and the emotional floorcoasterride has me snottering along every time. Sheer magnificance indeed
In the the opening piano intro, the "strings in the back" is actually Troy on electric guitar employing an E-Bow, which is an electro-magnetic (?) hand held device that simulates the bowing of a string, and therefore sounds like cellos/strings when coupled with echo/delay.
Thank you for your great unique review. There are part of lyrics I didn't know about related to Darwin & Dawkins that you explained. As I just seen Nightwish in concert last Friday, May 20th 2022 in Wiltern, Los Angeles I wished I seen your reaction video prior to the concert. Cool reaction video!
That was an exceptional reaction. I've watched many reactions to this song (usually the Tampere version, which I prefer, but the Dawkins version was more appropriate here), and this was definitely one of my favorites! Loved your insights from a scientific point of view, but also loved seeing you get emotional at the end (me too!). Great job!
12:20 I think this passage refers to the first appearance of primitive predecessor of eyes. The "stuff of stars" is light and the ion channels transport the information to a form of "central processing unit"
Floor has a beautiful beetle named agter her: Snippet: This fine example of the endless forms most beautiful species on this green planet was discovered last year by Andreas Weigel. He named the beetle ‘Tmesisternus floorjansenae" (Weigel, 2018). How special to have the honor of having a beautiful animal named after me. 🙏🏻
There's more out there, mesozoic reef crabs were named "tandromites nightwishorum" and a new found insect in Finland was named "Sciophila Holopaineni" Seems Nightwish has quite the fanbase amongst scientists.
"Richard Dawkins about joining Nightwish on stage" a one minute video about his feelings after the concert. "Prof. Richard Dawkins Nightwish interview" a 7 minute video. Dawkins' voice can be heard on two other songs on the album Endless Forms Most Beautiful SHUDDER BEFORE the BEAUTIFUL Wembley 2015 WEAK FANTASY Tampere 2015 with lyrics There are several songs on the newest Nightwish album you might find interesting: Shoemaker, Endlessness, Tribal, Pan, Music...
Thank you so much for taking my suggestion and reacting to this. Your opinion as both scientist and a musician was extremely interesting and a pleasure to watch. I believe the other songs from the last 2 albums would also be interesting for you. Looking forward to more of your reactions
Thank YOU for suggesting, that was incredible and, apparently, opened a Pandora's box. I had no clue Nightwish had such a penchant for scientific themes! :-)
Interesting to hear all the scientific gems that Tuomas included be recognised. Yes, that was was the Metallica riff you heard. There is a few other special little nuggets of goodness included throughout the song too that you’ll hear about! Give the Tampere show video a viewing - you’ll love that too!
Very nice to watch someone understanding and explaning what the lyrics are all about. Even some things I didn't caught myself so far. (but I'm not a scientist so....) Had fun watching this one. :-)
such a fascinating time to see you experience this performance. The pure genius of Tuomas Holopainen to imagine the path to produce this and keep true to the science is amazing. and , yes i was tearing up as well and i have seen this many more times than i can even remember.
✨✨ HOLY SH.. What a great and different reaction! Have seen this video i ton, but never understood the words behind it all. Thank you so so much!!!!!✨✨
I've listened to this song so many times and I think this is the most I've really grasped it. Thank you for all the explanations! It was really enjoyable to watch this alongside you 😁
It is impossible not to be moved by this great work and my respect and admiration for all the comments you made to understand the lyrics of this great composition even more thoroughly, greetings from Honduras
The energy this band always creates with their crowd connection is incredible!! Get on the Nightwish express. It takes you away. You don’t know where they’ll take you but you know it going to be friggin’ epic. Sensory overload….and Floorgasms..NW style!!
I really didn't expect this kind of expert knowledge to the lyrics - this was an excellent deep dive into this brilliant masterpiece of a song. Caught the quotes and references, the layers and evolution of the music. New subscriber from an old danish science and nature - and Symphonic Metal gig. 👍🤘🤘
Sir, that was a most wonderful reaction to what is, I think, a most beautiful piece of music which most listeners will fail to comprehend in its entirety. Most people will get most of what is said but fail to understand the true meaning of the piece. I feel confident that you understood what was being passed o to the listener far better than most. You have all my best wishes for the future, and a blessing from the heart!
There's nothing that we don't know yet. But there's no other band in the Universe, who could and want to do this. A whole Evolution in a one song. It's Mammoth of a song, and the best version is the Tampere 2015 one. Greetings from Finland! ⛄👍
I think "pulling the newborns around the fire" is like the planets coming to the sun. I just love that Tuomas & Floor have things named after them. Like a gnat & I can't remember what else but it's pretty cool cos Floor wanted to be a scientist
when i first heard this song from the cd, it was like meh. but performed live, and also understanding more what tuomas was trying convey, my opinion swung 180 degrees. its really good.
I had the same thought at some point. Musically, by itself, it would not have nearly as much impact as with the live version. After all, it's hard to have a more than 15 min song be good start to finish... It's still quite good though.
@@scientistanalyzes Try "Gates of Delirium" by Yes, on their Relayer album. It's "War & Peace" in a highly complex musical composition. A modern day "1812 Overture", if you will. Second greatest composition of my lifetime, in my opinion ... and I'm an old guy!
@@chadbennett7873 relayer was 1000 times better than topographic oceans. Moraz bouncy jazz keys were such a difference from the organ swells from Kaye and Wakeman. I preferred the gorgeous church organ on awaken more.
Awesome reaction. It seems that one has to be a scientist to understand this song. Most people don't get what this song is about. I am no scientist, just a truck driver, but I have always educated myself by reading and I think that life is a long way of learning. I have also read some of Dawkins's books and the Origin of species by Darwin. I guess that most people don't get this song because of their poor education. Here in Finland all the things in this song are been taught at elementary school biology. That teary eye thing, it happens to me also everytime I listen to this song. New subscriber here. :D
Lovely! finally a scientist's reaction to this masterpiece! it is gratifying to have explanations of scientific terms, even if some are familiar to me. since I was 9 years old, I have been interested in astronomy, the ancient history of the earth, physics, chemistry, biology, etc. However, most people have missed this scientific side of the song. Thank you, I'm dying to read all the books you mentioned. I wish you all the best and greetings from Finland.
I love this one with Troy using the E-Bow on the guitar. However I find the Tampere production with the fireworks part way indicates the big bang better in the intro. Both versions are epic and this one has Richard Dawkins of course so is better for you :)
I really like your reactions. Very good grasp on the interpretation and the perfect amount of pausing. Your notes on the top are very welcome. Impressive explanation from a biologist. Thank you for that!
That was simply wonderful. I've done a fair amount of homework after first hearing this song and enjoyed learning more with you. The album it came from, titled Endless Forms Most Beautiful, is loaded with things that might interest you, as is the follow-up album, Human:Nature. I'd enjoy seeing more of your reactions. Thanks!
The string sound you refer to is Troy on guitar with the e-bow I believe. Troy is the member who plays ghe Uilleann pipes (Irish elbow bagpipe). The piano intro is also evolving. It is not as repetitive as you might think - in true minimalist style it changes very slowly maybe a different note here and there. Porridge! "Every form most beautiful" is also the title of the album of which this is the last track. The entire album has the evolution thread running through it. I always think Tiomas as a Finn has a better vocabulary and usebof language than the majority of native English speakers. How many times have reactors said they don't know the meaning of a word in a Nightwish song. At last someone who understands his language! You missed the evolution of music though 😁 Absolutely brilliant reaction/analysis video. "Thank you so much" as a certain Valkyrie Queen would say.
"The piano intro is also evolving." Pun intended? :-D Slowly evolving is all this whole theme is about, and you are right, that happened musically as well. Thanks! Indeed, this Tuomas guy is someone to watch out for, heh.
@@scientistanalyzes I used to read natural history. I recall Stephen jay Gould write that evolution is not a slow linear event but it’s static punctuated with sharp events that promote one species over another. No meteor, no mammals.
As a Finn, Tuomas uses English words that simply aren't used in other English-speaking regions. Such as the "eider covered in oil." The only eider seen in the US is found on the northern coast of _Alaska._ So the vast majority of Americans aren't going to know anything about the species.
Fascinating and enlightening reaction. It's gratifying to listen to some one with scientific knowledge and, judging by the instruments in the background, musical experience, analysing this epic composition. You have confirmed what we already knew, namely Tuomas's considerable scientific knowledge. He's fascinated by nature, evolution and the stars. Come to think of it, he would be eminently qualified to give the Christmas Lecture, at the BBC. Now that I would watch! Subbed.
One of My favourite lines is "Man he took his time to understand a single grain of sand" As knowing as we think we are.. we still do not know all about Even a single grain of sand. When you think you know something go and explore and learn More.
The single grain of sand line is from William Blake poem Augeries of Innocence, To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.
Religious apologists: science does not know, WE know. The god of gaps. I wonder what these apologists would say if the use their god the same way as sanitary silicone. I asked this question quite a few times, never got an answer...
Interesting commentary my scientist friend. A fascinating subject. You are a lucky man to have the opportunity to work in your field of study. I am sure you worked very hard to achieve to get there? Well done!
FINALLY! Someone familiar with the content of the song. Everytime I see a reaction to TGSOE I always hope for that, but it's never the case, until now.
You should also check the Tampere version of this song, in the open air and with fireworks in the first part (maybe just for yourself), better sound and better Floor (if that is possible). Also interesting is the song “Stargazers” (also for that one the Tampere version is perfect) that Tuomas wrote when he was just 18. The same fascination for the universe, the earth and us in it. “Tragédienne of heavens, watching the eyes of the night”
I have watched these reaction videos only if there is a real musician and/or singing teacher cos I want to hear technical terms and tricks at singing especially.😊🎼🎵🎶🎤 But this was something totally different, very interesting and I really liked it! 🙂👍 I love this masterpiece, and it's so amazing to hear live, and gets me emotional every time. ❤️😍 And now I can't wait to see your reaction to Nightwish new songs like Procession and especially Shoemaker! ❤️ 🤘😊 Greetings from Finland! 💙 🇫🇮 🙂
Just needed to correct two things for you with respect 1-the line about the children around the fire l “believe” is a reference that I’ve heard other Astro physicists make about the formation of the solar system with Sol being the fire that gave birth to the planets ( Sols children) forming and coming together in the gravity wells. 2-you got the movie right it’s Halloween but wrong guy lol, Michael Myers is the one out of Halloween, the guy in the hockey mask is Jason Voorhees. He’s in the Friday the 13 series Good reaction thow, learned a couple of things I didn’t know so thank you for the knowledge
Yes, I guess "the last light of the library" could be about the library of Alexandria. I've interpreted it a bit more poetically and more broadly, though, as the last spark of collective human knowledge being extinguished with the extinction of Homo sapiens. We were here...
After Floor's verses ending "enter LUCA" "enter Life", Empuu plays the intro guitar riff from Metallica's "Enter Sandman" at about 14:44 A minor detail of the sort Nightwish is rich in.
From a layperson who just loves Nightwish, thank you for bringing some context into this song, that I had not invested time into learning yet. I knew a bit about the basics that it was about, but watching you react to it gives it a lot deeper meaning. While I know metal commonly has great subjects in the songs, I can't help but wonder if the origin of the earth is something more common, because you don't really mention it in your reaction that it is special for a band to go this deep into it.
I'm still very new to Nightwish (only a couple of months at this stage), but it's so great to hear that my new favourite band are a bunch of science nerds just like me! 😁 I have wanted to have Dawkins' "we are going to die" excerpt played at my funeral ever since I first read it (and heard it). With these guys setting it to some epic music too, it now makes a simple choice for my funeral song! (Not the whole song, of course, as I doubt anyone would want a funeral to go on that long. Just that last bit!)
Watch the Tampere version and her dress was like a DNA molekyl strip. Thanks for youré reaction. Greetings from Finland City of Vasa hometown for NW drummer Kai Hahto.
21:48 Halloween is the movie indeed (from 1978, with John Carpenter's great theme music), but Jason is actually from another horror film series, "Friday the 13th". "Halloween" has bad guy Michael Myers wearing a modified Captain Kirk mask which they painted white.
I have my wife who is a biologist (an entomologist), and I'm continually corrected on biological facts by her, and I'm glad for that. I'm a better physicist than she is, but that matters little. When it goes into deep time, there's the through with the snot-ball (stromatolites-bacs and their genera) earth to the snow-ball earth with light starvation. When that let off, there were some organisms who were accessing the primordial version of the Earths' sunlight output. I fact oxygen they let off (some ten of percent of modern times) is a terribly corrosive gas to living things when it first appeared, something like breathing fluorine to is us now. The multicellular life survived and thrived. I feel we are not that beholden to LUCA, but out ancestors who were perhaps multicellular and in the end had the facility to exchange especially chosen cells with those with the meiosis performed, theories why this happened are multiple. The foundations of the tree of life are reassessed with new discoveries of how we are interrelated, maybe of the archaea, maybe not. I'm waiting to get news...
...and we have all this knowledge thanks to science as a whole, one off...if not the most open minded community in the planet writing history as we go...first a theory then a fact, simple rule that works, outstanding Nightwish, great reaction...💥✨🌎
Even Non-scientists cries to this one.... After seeing it more than 50 times....still crying. Also, we will enter rat-kind after destroying our living conditions. Only the rats will survive it. Much Love to you and Ukraine 🌻🌻🌻💙💛💙
Hello there, Mr. analyzes, fellow biologist here (zoologist). Here's a bit of trivia regarding this very concert, I must admit, I hesitate to state it. At 28:00 when Richard pauses, *he actually forgot the quote and read the relevant bit off a piece of paper he was holding behind his back. I felt disappointed initially, thinking he would have mastered it for this. But then I realised it might have been nerves in front of that crowd. Note how the camera shots do not show him during that pause, to hide it. I have read and own all Richard's books and writings. His literary skills (as I'm sure you will agree) are world-class, his prose magnificent. *how do I know? Crowd filmed footage!
From 21:00 to 22:15 you kinda heard that something is going on, but I don't think you picked up on it completely. It is supposed to be an evolution of music, including some ritual drums, baroque (?) tunes, Metallica and electronic drums at the very end.
Interesting analysis! You said in the start that the line "The cosmic law of gravity Pulled the newborns around a fire" didn't make much sense. I read it as the newborn planets are getting settled in their respective orbits around the sun (fire) before moving on to talk abouth the Earth's placement in the Goldilocks zone.
It is a real pleasure for me to meet a good connoisseur of Nightwish, in your own element, enjoying this magnificent piece. I hope to meet again, considering that the last 2 albums of Nightwish abound in approaching this major theme, about who we are and how we got here. New subscriber here, of course.
All the best, from a physicist from Romania!
Dear general Bardac, do you ever dream/sleep?
@@puarterquonder Mostly dreaming then sleeping :))
Well done for reading the room with this one ... and well done for everything else you have done, and will do, for this wonderful band!
I always wondered what you did for your "day job", general Gabriel. Thanks!
hello again my dear General Gab
I remember Dr. Dawkins saying that this was his first rock concert ever. :)
And he went straight to the stage like a star! :D
There's an interview before the show with him, he admitted that he's nervous. He's made many public appearances, but never with that amount of people.
@@johnscaramis2515 Yes, his voice almost broke on the final word "evolved", so I guess he was feeling emotional himself.
This was one of the most unique and intresting reactions i ever heard about this song. Thank you so much loved every second of it. I think its time for me to read more about Dawkins. I am also very intrested how you look as a scientist to all songs on the latest album Human : Nature. Hope you do some reactions on them too.
It is difficult to decide which is the more epic, the Nightwish work or your reaction to it. My most sincere thanks and congratulations. Can’t wait for your input to Shoemaker and, especially, Procession.
Will check them out for sure!
I second watching Shoemaker!
Without music there would be no reaction so it seems pretty clear😈
"The cosmic laws of gravity pulls the newborns around a fire" refers to the newborn planets being pulled into their orbits by gravity. "Lonely farer in the Goldilocks zone, she has a tale to tell" refers to Earth. The Goldilocks Zone being called that because it's not too hot or not too cold to sustain life as we know it. This is simply a brilliant composition both lyrically and musically. In my opinion , the greatest composition of my lifetime.
A big fire..our sun :)
@@secularnevrosis Absolutely! Our systems campfire.
Thank you for doing this reaction! I have waited for so long for someone to react to this song and analyze it properly (including all the lyrical references). It was so good to watch this video again with your reaction and explanations! 👏👍❤️ (I am a massive Nightwish fan, I saw them play this song live in April 2022 and to experience this song live is another experience).
Me too I had taken to once in a while searching for scientist or biologist reacts to Nightwish greatest show on earth but it came up empty every time... until now
Of the 100 or so reactions to this masterpiece that I have watched, yours might be my favorite. It is certainly the most unique. Thank you!
A fellow marine scientist here, marine biology this time. No matter how many times I hear this song, it's lyrical brilliance, majestical execution and the emotional floorcoasterride has me snottering along every time. Sheer magnificance indeed
In the the opening piano intro, the "strings in the back" is actually Troy on electric guitar employing an E-Bow, which is an electro-magnetic (?) hand held device that simulates the bowing of a string, and therefore sounds like cellos/strings when coupled with echo/delay.
Thank you for your great unique review. There are part of lyrics I didn't know about related to Darwin & Dawkins that you explained. As I just seen Nightwish in concert last Friday, May 20th 2022 in Wiltern, Los Angeles I wished I seen your reaction video prior to the concert. Cool reaction video!
This is a science lesson, thank u for that. Nightwish is out of this world.
That was an exceptional reaction. I've watched many reactions to this song (usually the Tampere version, which I prefer, but the Dawkins version was more appropriate here), and this was definitely one of my favorites! Loved your insights from a scientific point of view, but also loved seeing you get emotional at the end (me too!). Great job!
12:20 I think this passage refers to the first appearance of primitive predecessor of eyes.
The "stuff of stars" is light and the ion channels transport the information to a form of "central processing unit"
Floor has a beautiful beetle named agter her: Snippet: This fine example of the endless forms most beautiful species on this green planet was discovered last year by Andreas Weigel. He named the beetle ‘Tmesisternus floorjansenae" (Weigel, 2018).
How special to have the honor of having a beautiful animal named after me. 🙏🏻
How cool! :-D
There's more out there, mesozoic reef crabs were named "tandromites nightwishorum" and a new found insect in Finland was named "Sciophila Holopaineni"
Seems Nightwish has quite the fanbase amongst scientists.
And an archaeological dig in the USA named after their song Alpenglow
@@richardwest6358 nice
"Richard Dawkins about joining Nightwish on stage" a one minute video about his feelings after the concert.
"Prof. Richard Dawkins Nightwish interview" a 7 minute video.
Dawkins' voice can be heard on two other songs on the album Endless Forms Most Beautiful
SHUDDER BEFORE the BEAUTIFUL Wembley 2015
WEAK FANTASY Tampere 2015 with lyrics
There are several songs on the newest Nightwish album you might find interesting:
Shoemaker, Endlessness, Tribal, Pan, Music...
Links for Richard Dawson interviews:
m.ua-cam.com/video/rDLgBipPQtM/v-deo.html
And
m.ua-cam.com/video/1IedC7HZWhU/v-deo.html
@@deed5811 Thank you for these links!!
@@deed5811 thank you @Dee D
Thank you so much for taking my suggestion and reacting to this. Your opinion as both scientist and a musician was extremely interesting and a pleasure to watch. I believe the other songs from the last 2 albums would also be interesting for you. Looking forward to more of your reactions
Thank YOU for suggesting, that was incredible and, apparently, opened a Pandora's box. I had no clue Nightwish had such a penchant for scientific themes! :-)
Interesting to hear all the scientific gems that Tuomas included be recognised.
Yes, that was was the Metallica riff you heard. There is a few other special little nuggets of goodness included throughout the song too that you’ll hear about!
Give the Tampere show video a viewing - you’ll love that too!
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I think you will find he missed most of the musical Easter eggs
This was a wonderful reaction! Thank you!!
Very nice to watch someone understanding and explaning what the lyrics are all about.
Even some things I didn't caught myself so far. (but I'm not a scientist so....)
Had fun watching this one. :-)
such a fascinating time to see you experience this performance. The pure genius of Tuomas Holopainen to imagine the path to produce this and keep true to the science is amazing. and , yes i was tearing up as well and i have seen this many more times than i can even remember.
✨✨ HOLY SH.. What a great and different reaction! Have seen this video i ton, but never understood the words behind it all. Thank you so so much!!!!!✨✨
The Cello sound at the beginning is actually Troy on the guitar using what's called an Ebow.
I've listened to this song so many times and I think this is the most I've really grasped it. Thank you for all the explanations! It was really enjoyable to watch this alongside you 😁
This is a wonderful epic piece and Nightwish's execution of it in a live setting is outstanding. Great and interesting reaction.
This song is from the album 'Endless Forms Most Beautiful" which was the first album written specifically for Floor's vocal abilities.
Really great reaction - I tear up as well seeing this for 100th time.😂😂😂 Greetings from Denmark🇩🇰
It is impossible not to be moved by this great work and my respect and admiration for all the comments you made to understand the lyrics of this great composition even more thoroughly, greetings from Honduras
If you care to take a look at thr Tampere 2015 version of this you should notice something interesting with Floor's dress.
The energy this band always creates with their crowd connection is incredible!!
Get on the Nightwish express. It takes you away. You don’t know where they’ll take you but you know it going to be friggin’ epic.
Sensory overload….and Floorgasms..NW style!!
Hey, the ‘law of gravity pulling the newborns around a fire’ refers to the planets around the sun I think.
agree
Makes perfect sense, yes! At that point in the history, I am sure that's what they meant. Thanks!
Amazing observation👍
I really didn't expect this kind of expert knowledge to the lyrics - this was an excellent deep dive into this brilliant masterpiece of a song. Caught the quotes and references, the layers and evolution of the music.
New subscriber from an old danish science and nature - and Symphonic Metal gig. 👍🤘🤘
Sir, that was a most wonderful reaction to what is, I think, a most beautiful piece of music which most listeners will fail to comprehend in its entirety. Most people will get most of what is said but fail to understand the true meaning of the piece. I feel confident that you understood what was being passed o to the listener far better than most. You have all my best wishes for the future, and a blessing from the heart!
WOW, the most interessting Reaction of TgSoE. And i see many.🤗 A lot of new little details for me. Thank you. With a 🤘from northern Germany
Grüße aus Brasilien! :-)
@@scientistanalyzes Grüsse zurück 🤘
There's nothing that we don't know yet. But there's no other band in the Universe, who could and want to do this. A whole Evolution in a one song. It's Mammoth of a song, and the best version is the Tampere 2015 one. Greetings from Finland! ⛄👍
I think "pulling the newborns around the fire" is like the planets coming to the sun.
I just love that Tuomas & Floor have things named after them. Like a gnat & I can't remember what else but it's pretty cool cos Floor wanted to be a scientist
when i first heard this song from the cd, it was like meh. but performed live, and also understanding more what tuomas was trying convey, my opinion swung 180 degrees. its really good.
I had the same thought at some point. Musically, by itself, it would not have nearly as much impact as with the live version. After all, it's hard to have a more than 15 min song be good start to finish... It's still quite good though.
@@scientistanalyzes Try "Gates of Delirium" by Yes, on their Relayer album. It's "War & Peace" in a highly complex musical composition. A modern day "1812 Overture", if you will. Second greatest composition of my lifetime, in my opinion ... and I'm an old guy!
@@chadbennett7873 relayer was 1000 times better than topographic oceans. Moraz bouncy jazz keys were such a difference from the organ swells from Kaye and Wakeman. I preferred the gorgeous church organ on awaken more.
@Bill Morrison where are those cd reissues with that bonus track?
Awesome reaction. It seems that one has to be a scientist to understand this song. Most people don't get what this song is about. I am no scientist, just a truck driver, but I have always educated myself by reading and I think that life is a long way of learning. I have also read some of Dawkins's books and the Origin of species by Darwin. I guess that most people don't get this song because of their poor education. Here in Finland all the things in this song are been taught at elementary school biology. That teary eye thing, it happens to me also everytime I listen to this song. New subscriber here. :D
That's the spirit, Joonas! :-)
Yes! I've been waiting for an actual scientist to react to this song and I'm not disappointed 😊 loved your detailed analysis
My pleasure to watch you reacting mister. Thank you, I got some new knowledge too.
Gonna subscribe to learn more. Greets from Finland. Take care.
"She's doing that live - Nice"
Nightwish fans just nod and say "Yep"
At the end of a very long 17 track concert !
Lovely! finally a scientist's reaction to this masterpiece! it is gratifying to have explanations of scientific terms, even if some are familiar to me. since I was 9 years old, I have been interested in astronomy, the ancient history of the earth, physics, chemistry, biology, etc. However, most people have missed this scientific side of the song. Thank you, I'm dying to read all the books you mentioned. I wish you all the best and greetings from Finland.
I love this one with Troy using the E-Bow on the guitar. However I find the Tampere production with the fireworks part way indicates the big bang better in the intro.
Both versions are epic and this one has Richard Dawkins of course so is better for you :)
Thank you for that fantastic reaction and great explanation
I really like your reactions. Very good grasp on the interpretation and the perfect amount of pausing. Your notes on the top are very welcome.
Impressive explanation from a biologist. Thank you for that!
That was simply wonderful. I've done a fair amount of homework after first hearing this song and enjoyed learning more with you. The album it came from, titled Endless Forms Most Beautiful, is loaded with things that might interest you, as is the follow-up album, Human:Nature. I'd enjoy seeing more of your reactions. Thanks!
The string sound you refer to is Troy on guitar with the e-bow I believe.
Troy is the member who plays ghe Uilleann pipes (Irish elbow bagpipe).
The piano intro is also evolving. It is not as repetitive as you might think - in true minimalist style it changes very slowly maybe a different note here and there.
Porridge!
"Every form most beautiful" is also the title of the album of which this is the last track. The entire album has the evolution thread running through it.
I always think Tiomas as a Finn has a better vocabulary and usebof language than the majority of native English speakers.
How many times have reactors said they don't know the meaning of a word in a Nightwish song. At last someone who understands his language!
You missed the evolution of music though 😁
Absolutely brilliant reaction/analysis video. "Thank you so much" as a certain Valkyrie Queen would say.
yes, that was Troy with an e-bow.
"The piano intro is also evolving." Pun intended? :-D Slowly evolving is all this whole theme is about, and you are right, that happened musically as well. Thanks! Indeed, this Tuomas guy is someone to watch out for, heh.
@@scientistanalyzes I used to read natural history. I recall Stephen jay Gould write that evolution is not a slow linear event but it’s static punctuated with sharp events that promote one species over another. No meteor, no mammals.
@@scientistanalyzes Oh yes quite deliberate 😉
As a Finn, Tuomas uses English words that simply aren't used in other English-speaking regions.
Such as the "eider covered in oil." The only eider seen in the US is found on the northern coast of _Alaska._ So the vast majority of Americans aren't going to know anything about the species.
Glad Angel Gabriel arrived at your channel 😊💥👌⚡🔥💜🎶🎻🎤🎹🥁🎼🙏🏼
Fascinating and enlightening reaction. It's gratifying to listen to some one with scientific knowledge and, judging by the instruments in the background, musical experience, analysing this epic composition. You have confirmed what we already knew, namely Tuomas's considerable scientific knowledge. He's fascinated by nature, evolution and the stars. Come to think of it, he would be eminently qualified to give the Christmas Lecture, at the BBC. Now that I would watch!
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What a great reaction , best i ever seen too this song.
Wow!Thank You! More Nightwish
Well that was fun and interesting. Thankyou more please
This was great in every way! I learned a lot. Thank you.
Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction and insight into this masterpiece 🤘
Beautiful analysis. Thank you.
Basically I love the work by Darwin, Dawkins, NW and Floor. This reaction video is one of the best so far. Just my humble opinion.
One of My favourite lines is
"Man he took his time to understand a single grain of sand"
As knowing as we think we are.. we still do not know all about Even a single grain of sand.
When you think you know something go and explore and learn More.
The single grain of sand line is from William Blake poem Augeries of Innocence,
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
Religious apologists: science does not know, WE know. The god of gaps.
I wonder what these apologists would say if the use their god the same way as sanitary silicone.
I asked this question quite a few times, never got an answer...
The strings in the beginning was Troy on his guitar, he was using an ebow : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBow
Wow!! This was awsome to se..Super interesting to se you react to this song. Thank you so very much for reacting to Nightwish!!
Interesting commentary my scientist friend. A fascinating subject. You are a lucky man to have the opportunity to work in your field of study. I am sure you worked very hard to achieve to get there? Well done!
It is a long, rocky, and twisting road but fun nonetheless. :-)
FINALLY! Someone familiar with the content of the song. Everytime I see a reaction to TGSOE I always hope for that, but it's never the case, until now.
You should also check the Tampere version of this song, in the open air and with fireworks in the first part (maybe just for yourself), better sound and better Floor (if that is possible). Also interesting is the song “Stargazers” (also for that one the Tampere version is perfect) that Tuomas wrote when he was just 18. The same fascination for the universe, the earth and us in it. “Tragédienne of heavens, watching the eyes of the night”
I have watched these reaction videos only if there is a real musician and/or singing teacher cos I want to hear technical terms and tricks at singing especially.😊🎼🎵🎶🎤 But this was something totally different, very interesting and I really liked it! 🙂👍 I love this masterpiece, and it's so amazing to hear live, and gets me emotional every time. ❤️😍 And now I can't wait to see your reaction to Nightwish new songs like Procession and especially Shoemaker! ❤️ 🤘😊 Greetings from Finland! 💙 🇫🇮 🙂
Great reaction. Thank you, sir 🙏🏻🔥❤️🇫🇮
Thank you for your reaction. Funny thing Floor wanted to be a Biologist when she was young.
So did Tuomas, specifically a marine biologist.
Those musicians have good taste in science! :-P
The strings at the beginning is actually Troy playing guitar with an EBow
True, I thought of that cool gadget after editing the video. I first saw it when a great bass here on UA-cam (forgot his name) demonstrated it.
A great reaction sir, well done.
Just needed to correct two things for you with respect
1-the line about the children around the fire l “believe” is a reference that I’ve heard other Astro physicists make about the formation of the solar system with Sol being the fire that gave birth to the planets ( Sols children) forming and coming together in the gravity wells.
2-you got the movie right it’s Halloween but wrong guy lol, Michael Myers is the one out of Halloween, the guy in the hockey mask is Jason Voorhees. He’s in the Friday the 13 series
Good reaction thow, learned a couple of things I didn’t know so thank you for the knowledge
Yes, I guess "the last light of the library" could be about the library of Alexandria. I've interpreted it a bit more poetically and more broadly, though, as the last spark of collective human knowledge being extinguished with the extinction of Homo sapiens. We were here...
After Floor's verses ending "enter LUCA" "enter Life", Empuu plays the intro guitar riff from Metallica's "Enter Sandman" at about 14:44
A minor detail of the sort Nightwish is rich in.
Ha, I did not catch that, was too engrossed in the lyrics. Will have to listen to again later paying more attention to the music.
@@scientistanalyzes You cannot miss J. S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor right before that! At 21:48 on your reaction video.
From a layperson who just loves Nightwish, thank you for bringing some context into this song, that I had not invested time into learning yet. I knew a bit about the basics that it was about, but watching you react to it gives it a lot deeper meaning.
While I know metal commonly has great subjects in the songs, I can't help but wonder if the origin of the earth is something more common, because you don't really mention it in your reaction that it is special for a band to go this deep into it.
Very much enjoyed this, thank you.
Bravo from.Chile new suscriber!
¡Muchas gracias!
I'm still very new to Nightwish (only a couple of months at this stage), but it's so great to hear that my new favourite band are a bunch of science nerds just like me! 😁
I have wanted to have Dawkins' "we are going to die" excerpt played at my funeral ever since I first read it (and heard it). With these guys setting it to some epic music too, it now makes a simple choice for my funeral song! (Not the whole song, of course, as I doubt anyone would want a funeral to go on that long. Just that last bit!)
oh thanks a lot for explaining all the things❤ loved it
Hi there, nice reaction. It explained a lot of terms I didn't know.
Since your the scientist, you might also like the song Shoemaker from nightwish
Great sincere reaction, thanks!
Nightwish has done a song called Sagan
Sagan
Shoemaker
Both man of science
As a huge Sagan fan, I must check that out some time. :-D
If Gabriel's comment is here I am subscribing. Was about to watch when I saw his comment haha
Watch the Tampere version and her dress was like a DNA molekyl strip. Thanks for youré reaction. Greetings from Finland City of Vasa hometown for NW drummer Kai Hahto.
great reaction from Colorado. thanks
Great Reaction Brother 🤘🏼🔥👹🎸
Thanks for the educated reaction. And I can only assume that Tuomas got it right. No surprise there as he is such an amazing composer.
21:48 Halloween is the movie indeed (from 1978, with John Carpenter's great theme music), but Jason is actually from another horror film series, "Friday the 13th". "Halloween" has bad guy Michael Myers wearing a modified Captain Kirk mask which they painted white.
Awesome and very interesting reaction. New subscriber too, waiting for the next reactions on the new album's song. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
¡Saludos!
the outro might be tuomas's best symphonic arrangement.
I have my wife who is a biologist (an entomologist), and I'm continually corrected on biological facts by her, and I'm glad for that. I'm a better physicist than she is, but that matters little. When it goes into deep time, there's the through with the snot-ball (stromatolites-bacs and their genera) earth to the snow-ball earth with light starvation. When that let off, there were some organisms who were accessing the primordial version of the Earths' sunlight output. I fact oxygen they let off (some ten of percent of modern times) is a terribly corrosive gas to living things when it first appeared, something like breathing fluorine to is us now.
The multicellular life survived and thrived. I feel we are not that beholden to LUCA, but out ancestors who were perhaps multicellular and in the end had the facility to exchange especially chosen cells with those with the meiosis performed, theories why this happened are multiple.
The foundations of the tree of life are reassessed with new discoveries of how we are interrelated, maybe of the archaea, maybe not. I'm waiting to get news...
...and we have all this knowledge thanks to science as a whole, one off...if not the most open minded community in the planet writing history as we go...first a theory then a fact, simple rule that works, outstanding Nightwish, great reaction...💥✨🌎
No strings in the intro (4.6) - that's Troy Donockley play guitar with an E-bow.
I really enjoyed this!
Even Non-scientists cries to this one.... After seeing it more than 50 times....still crying.
Also, we will enter rat-kind after destroying our living conditions. Only the rats will survive it.
Much Love to you and Ukraine
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I have one philosophical disagreement. We ARE Here!
Great job on the scientific explanation of this song. please react to NIGHTWISH Shoemaker..
Hello there, Mr. analyzes, fellow biologist here (zoologist). Here's a bit of trivia regarding this very concert, I must admit, I hesitate to state it. At 28:00 when Richard pauses, *he actually forgot the quote and read the relevant bit off a piece of paper he was holding behind his back. I felt disappointed initially, thinking he would have mastered it for this. But then I realised it might have been nerves in front of that crowd. Note how the camera shots do not show him during that pause, to hide it.
I have read and own all Richard's books and writings. His literary skills (as I'm sure you will agree) are world-class, his prose magnificent.
*how do I know? Crowd filmed footage!
From 21:00 to 22:15 you kinda heard that something is going on, but I don't think you picked up on it completely. It is supposed to be an evolution of music, including some ritual drums, baroque (?) tunes, Metallica and electronic drums at the very end.
I think that you would also like the most recent album HumanIINature
Recommend that you listen to something off their most recent album Human:||:Nature album, Shoemaker.
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Interesting analysis! You said in the start that the line "The cosmic law of gravity
Pulled the newborns around a fire" didn't make much sense. I read it as the newborn planets are getting settled in their respective orbits around the sun (fire) before moving on to talk abouth the Earth's placement in the Goldilocks zone.
darwin was just as good as a poet as he was a scientist.
"The cosmic law of gravity pulls the newborns around the fire" refers to the new planets around the sun.