Hey friends! Thank you for the feedback on this triple song format. A couple of you have helped me figure out why the camera cut out at the end. Turns out some Sony cameras have a max continuous recording time of 30 minutes which the original file was. So I should be better prepared for the next 'Human. :II: Nature' video. 😁👍
I believe it has something to do with taxes. A 'stills' camera that takes video over 30 mins is classified as a video camera and so is taxed differently. I don't know if this is country specific (it was discussed on an american forum). It was along time ago so the specifics are a little hazy...
Tuomas has a deep inclination towards science and this is reflected in many of his plays. This ensured the entry of Nightwish into the history books of science, several discoveries in the field being named after them. These new discoveries include: Alpenglow Rockshelter: Archaeological site named after Nightwish Song. Tanidromites Nightwishorun: New Crab species. Sciophila Holopaineni: New species of Mosquito found in Finland. Ophiomitrella Floorae: New species of Cretaceous brittle star named after Floor Jansen. Tmesisternus floorjansenae: new species of beetle named after Floor. Also, this song, "Shoemaker", has become a favorite song of NASA's scientific community.
I can guarantee you one thing: This album is getting better and better the more often you listen to it. I was overwhelmed/blown away the first time, a puddle of tears the 8th time and by now it's one of my favourite albums of all time. Tuomas has a way to unlock emotions you didn't even know you have^^
Music is amazing. I honestly believe there are few, if any, singers with the necessary lung capacity and breath control, to sing this live, apart from Floor. OK, we haven't heard it live yet, but we all know she will nail it! The instrumental section at the start has a Two Steps From Hell (TSFH as they are sometimes known) feel to it, and when Floor comes in, I get a Kate Bush vibe. Noise will take me a few watches to better appreciate. It certainly is a damning indictement of the current vacuous, self-obsessed, selfie culture. However, I feel there is hope at the end, when the camera pans up to show us what a beautiful world we have, if only we get up and explore it. Shoemaker is another Epic from Tuomas, made all the more powerful once you know the backstory. Regarding Floor's vocals, see my comments above! :-) Her operatic part at the end has the same effect on me as 'that note' in Ghost Love Score. Oh, and Emppu's guitar chuggs along like a juggernaut, with Kai tying the whole symphony together. Nightwish and Tuomas are incredible. The best just got better....
Thomas, your facial expressions are priceless. You FEEL music. Now that you've heard the voice of Johanna Kurkela reciting Shakespeare, I would like to steer you towards the music video of A Lifetime of Adventure from Tuomas' solo album The Life and Times of Scrooge. The music is impossibly beautiful, and Johanna's singing voice is even more angelic.
I love how much Troy brings to the band. And how amazing an album for Marko to leave on really. He should be chuffed, it's a masterpiece. Tuomas doesn't even see bounds of convention I would do anything to get in his brain for a day. I feel like I would be so enlightened. Music brings us together, when we're alone it can comfort or inspire. This is why I've been really into going to gigs 30 years now. Yes I'm old as dirt. But I'm glad I got to experience so much & there's heaps more to go!
not just phones, consider some people use their pc tooto checkthings like instagram, blogs, etc (that blonde instagram model shown in video is part of that )
The start of the album got me in a similar way! Suddenly made me think what my life would be like without music which we simply take for granted being there, but it had to be invented.
Really refreshing to see such emotional, profound reactions. It is just impossible to think what it takes to create such music. Nobody else can do this, it is almost supernatural
I have listened to Shoemaker many, many times, but my tearducts always react at the first ”Laudate si”. If I do not remember wrong, Floor finally nailed the operatic part in her home studio in the Swedish countryside.
Thomas, you feel music, realy feel it to the bones. I have the same. No band ever in my 51 years ever gave me this feeling. Met Nightwish through Floor and Beste Zangers. Yes I'm Dutch and ashamed of not knowing 😚. Beter late than never. Can't do without them anymore. 💋 from The Netherlands.
Hi Jolanda, Floor mentioned something interesting recently, she suggested googling "Highly sensitive person", I found these: I think that explains a lot about her connection with the audience, and our reactions too! We must be in that 20%.
Hi Jolanda, I am 55, Dutch, and only found out about Floor and Nightwish since october last year. So have similar feelings like you. But what a blessing to have found them.
For all interested: the scantily clad woman in "Noise" is Jessica Pezsi Edstrom, a Finnish model. It's kind of ironic that she is in this, since she makes a living by modelling and posting on Instagram (@pezsiii).
@@OmeGardian It IS ironic, since a significant part of her income is directly from sponsorships on Instagram. In other words, she is part of the "Noise" that Nightwish is cautioning against becoming addicted to. She does fit in the video well and helps convey the message; I'm definitely not disagreeing with you there.
@@aegonthedragon6341 They are pictograms . Upper one is "sun/world", lower one is "person (male, female, child)". Disclaimer: based on what I read from the web, I am not ancient language specialist.
The upper symbol is neo-Assyrian, (in existence between 911 and 609 BC), meaning Anu, the sky/supreme god, ancestor of all. The lower symbol is a combination of the symbols for man and woman
@@clemenstremens1940 The star symbol goes back to Sumer in third millenium so you are off by a thousand or two years!, and is the sign of the supreme god An or Anu. See Wikipedia. Anu's heavenly abode was over the North pole, but you will never grasp the importance until you look into the Saturn Sun, that is, Saturn was once a brown dwarf star over our north pole, our God Star. This glyph plainly showing a STAR becomes clear. Most people tune out about now, so for only those who can clear the cobwebs from their mind and open their eyes, go watch Symbols of an Alien Sky. It will revolutionize your view of human history...and explain so much more of the origins of myth and religion and where the gods come from as planets.
Their best album, I think. They all has been challenged to their best, by Tuomas. What a great composer he is. Maybe the best in the rock music world Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱🤘
Music: This is Music actually being the narrator: from the first sounds of space, on cave walls, to tribal drums and so forth. Real interesting is the scene where we see the Lyre, laying on the ground next it is a clay pot - referencing the first and oldest piece of written music ever discovered: called the "Hurrian Hymn No.6", (google) and there is a video on YT playing that piece. "The Hurrian Hymn was discovered in the 1950s on a clay tablet inscribed with Cuneiform text. It’s the oldest surviving melody and is over 3400 years old. The hymn was discovered on a clay tablet in Ugarit, now part of modern-day Syria, and is dedicated the Hurrians’ goddess of the orchards Nikkal."
I really enjoyed your doing three songs in a row. I can see your emotion, real emotion, while listening to "Shoemaker". Don't be ashamed to show your emotions even if you feel like crying. Of course your camera stopped recording in this case. ;)
When you do How’s The Heart I would suggest after the Album/Studio version do The Acoustic version if you need a live fix. It’s just with Floor & Troy but it’s also amazing! Good job and I’m glad your doing the Album from start to finish it’s meant to be heard that way it’s a concept album. Do like you doing more than one song in your reaction but only drawback is you’ll get thru the album faster. But being an old Metal head and a fan of Nightwish for over 20 years, my Mantra is for listening to Nightwish is, My favorite Nightwish song is always the last song I listened to! Good luck on your journey! Stay Safe Rock On!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Thanks for the reaction :-) 'Human :||: Nature (2020)', a superb album but not a 'new sound' for Nightwish, it's Nightwish paying homage to / returning to / exploring their very early roots on many songs but backed up by nearly 25 years (1996 to present day) worth of experience and technical proficiency.... Tuomas really pushed the band from a technical perspective on 'Human :||: Nature (2020)' e.g. Emppu expressed concerns with Pan live (interesting as there are more technically demanding guitar parts in other Nightwish songs), many of Floor's vocal parts are challenging with quick successive changes and Kai the drummer added 5 new drums to his set so he can fulfill his and Tuomas' vision for songs such as Tribal. EDIT: UA-cam mobile formatting
I shoot a lot of video using anywhere from three to five mirrorless cameras. There are four reasons why they stop recording: overheating which is usually a 4K problem avoideded by using 1080P, a FAT32 4GB file size problem, EU tax code 30 minute limit, and the battery runs out of juice. Your camera stopped at the 26 minute mark which suggests that it hit the 4GB limit of the FAT32 file system that SD cards are usually formatted to accept. This is something we cannot change as the FAT32 file system cannot handle a file larger than 4GB. Alternatives: - downgrade the video quality in your camera so that it takes longer to hit the 4GB file size limit. Usually then we hit the EU tax code problem or we run out of battery. - take a clean HDMI output from the HDMI port in the camera and output it to a recorder. This is an expensive option, but eliminates all of the limits mentioned above except battery and even then it effectively doubles the battery life as the camera is barely working to produce the HDMI signal. Use an A/C adapter for your camera with a recorder and all four are eliminated.
Hey there, thanks so much for the tips. I'm not sure what happened. I've shot plenty of videos over 4 GB in size and a couple that were over 30 minutes. It didn't overheat or turn off as it was plugged in so it's a bit perplexing. The camera has been quite heavily used now and has been glitching a bit lately. Might try your tip and shoot 1080p for the next long one. Cheers 👍
Hi thomas, thank you so much, you never talk to much and what you say is sincere, easy on the ear, like a nice talk. What an amazing group of people nightwish is. You are reacting to nightwish and there music and not to lecture us, on and on and on, just having a nice time, so thanks again. See you at the next one. bye!!!
Hey there, thank you so much! Really glad you enjoy the format/style. Definitely here just to have a good time and enjoy amazing music. See you next time. 😁
The intro to Music - You said at 7:20 “it sounds like an interstellar soundtrack” - apparently it is! NASA recordings of the earth sounds in space! 🌏 ✨
I watch too many people react to Nightwish. Could've sworn I saw you react to Noise before. lol. Just saw Tank the Tech's reaction to music and he had tears too. Indeed a celebration of the origins of music. You can feel kinda in awe in certain parts of this song. It make you curious to hear more.
Human Nature is an absolute above 5 star masterpiece. The more you listen to it, the better the songs get, every time, deeper and deeper into your soul. Nive reaction Thomas, enjoyed it very much. And your camera had to quit, because the energy of the song was just too much for it. Thomas's compositions go deeply through everything...
Hey Paul! Thank you, yes I have to agree from what I've heard so far. It's just what music should be as far as I'm concerned. And yes, my camera had to tap out haha 😄
Well Thomas,that was also a amazing reaction 👍👌👍👌👍👌 This album get's better and better each time you listen it again,for me the best album of 2020 💯% Oké now the next 3 or 4 tracks. Greetings from the Netherlands and stay healthy ❤
The group took turns doing a short one minute 'intro video' for each song, (except Noise). Adds a nice touch. Here's Floor doing the first one to "Music" ua-cam.com/video/w5OsJe24qKA/v-deo.html. Can find the other's by just entering 'Nightwish Countdown" in the YT Search bar. (Troy's, of course, is humorous for "Harvest")
I reacted much the same way the first time I heard this album. It’s an amazing album and your gonna be blown away many times. The songs are so well written that you can listen to a song multiple times and pick up stuff you missed from previous listens. For me it’s impossible to pick a favorite song from this album.
YESSSS, NW is SOOOOO EPIC and DIVERSE and Tuomas composes masterpieces and every member of NW is very accomplished and special. Love NW from their start to now with all singers (esp.Floor she poors her heart in each song, she is so dedicated and talented but most of all so passionate as they al are) , Sorry, did just watch today, very busy. Soooo happy with you doing triple NW reaction. Enjoy always to see others enjoy the music of NW, like the sharing, it is just the nearest to a concert experience we can have these days. But follow just serious reactors. (Like e.g. Chase Carneson, Tank the Tech). Thanks, greetings from The Netherlands.
@@ThomFoolery1 Whoo, special answer partly in Dutch. I must confess with the Finnish background of NW I have looked up a lot of Finnish in Translate. Such a special language. Luckily Floor is of Dutch origine, so the Dutch TV show "beste zangers" was easy to watch for me. (Where she participated with various songs in different music genres), such a joy to watch also. Wish you a lot of fun with all your reactons, please go on with NW (Sonata Arctica is also good, also Finnish and of course they all know each other from various festivals and from Raskasta Joulua, the metal version of Christmas Celebration in Finland). Bye
What a perfect reaction to a perfect start of the new album. First time I heard it, after I bought it on release date, I thought: ok - that's not what I expected. But after getting familiar with it, I liked it more and more. And then I realised: what a masterpiece! So different, but in the same time - so Nightwish! Glad, you enjoyed it. Keep up with the good work. Thank you. Oh, and by the way: I have a nice glass of Whiskey by my side, because I bet: this will become a special moment. And I weren't dissapointed. It was a special moment!
that music song i can imagine in my mind that the crown tv serious time, when queen elizabeth start journey. well this song can put many movies like nightwish whole music :) thanx to great triple reaction thomas and have great new week there.
I really did enjoy the 3 song format. This album, I think, was made to listen to in sequence. The compositions are related to one another in a particular order and one feeds into the next. The best option is, of course, to hear the whole thing at once. Failing that, doing it in 3 song bursts is a good choice. BTW I enjoyed your reaction.
Hi Thomas, as you've likely heard, Floor used to be a vocal coach and one of her students for two years, Noa Gruman, has an up and coming Symphonic/prog metal band called Scardust. Check out their song "Gone" off their new album to hear some high notes and even a growl that could be influenced by Floor. Also they have a keyboardist, bassist, and guitar player with some mad skills pulling in musical influences from a variety of styles.
You are so lucky as you still have the rest of this album to discover! Your choice but I say go for it and do the rest of the album at whatever pace you want, Great reactions by the way.
Leaving a comment here just for the algorithm 😆 Besides that, this was a nice idea to do the songs in order! It'll definitely be exciting to hear these live for the first time 😸
It might be too much at once trying to digest three songs in a row. They are filled with so many meanings and emotions. I think they are opening like a rosebuds, when listening one by one, in order. Great reactions again, as usual. Thanks Thomas!
Tuomas writes almost all lyrics, and most all music as well, he is a freaking genius, I love peeking into that brilliant mind. They are all awesome, and your reactions are really good man.
The cuneiform symbol means something like God & man/woman or Human :II: Nature, with God being nature and taking prominence over mankind. An Ode to Eugene Shoemaker, an American geologist and one of the founders of the field of planetary science. He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy. Great job Thomas. I loved it so much. This album is quite a journey and touches on almost all aspects of what it means to be human and the complications and choices life brings to each of us. It also deals with how we live our lives out and impact on the nature and the world on which we exist. See yo soon my friend.🎶🎶🎶😊🤘✌
Hello amigo! Thank you for sharing the information. That is such an ambitious and inspiring approach that they've taken for this album and it really paid off it seems. Really happy that I've started in order so I'll have to do the next 3 soon. See you next time! 😁
Haha nice choice to still shot the awe face. I think I had a similar expression frozen on my face through that part so it works as a reaction. If Human Nature doesn't enough love as best album, then the awards are doing it wrong. 🔥🔥🔥
Tuomas told at Album's hearing session to the reporters the meaning of the symbol. "The cover of Nightwish’s Human: II: Nature album features two of the oldest known symbols for the words human and nature. - Lower is an Assyrian arrowhead -writing 700 years before the Common Era and means human. The upper is not really nature but a God and is a symbol of the Sumerians in 2,500 BCE (before the Common Era)."
❤ This was a great journey with you Thomas,thank you for that! I'm glad you got such good interpretations of the songs. I love the symbolism in the song 'Noise'- life is to short and to prescious to spill by all the 'outside' stuff and 'noise'... So often we aren't aware the silence and overlook the beauty around us of life. Social media etc has us strangled in a sort of parallel life of lies of so called 'thís is beauty and thís is perfect'... How many lost themselves by it and not living this real and prescious life? Damn,i want to say so much things but my brains don't allow me to find the right words in English 🥴. By the way,what a surprise at the end of the song 'Shoemaker',right?! It catches me every single time,its stunning. I really enjoyed your reactions, again 🤗 Take care and have a nice rest of the weekend. Love from the Netherlands, Denise 😘
Hey Denise! Thanks so much, really glad you liked it. Enjoyed your descriptions/interpretations of the songs. They are truly beautiful and inspiring. Thanks again for watching. Take care. 😁😄
so glad you enjoyed these! its a fantastic album. not my favourite of theirs, but still a masterpiece of an album. if you're worried about camera capacity maybe just do 2 at a time rather than 3. absolutely loved the triple reaction though. always a pleasure experiencing music with you!
The recurring symbol in the videos is actually the album title, written in cuneiform. It makes sense since several songs on the album deal with the beginnings of mankind - so it's fitting to use the first known writing system for the title. Also, Shoemaker may or may not be performed in the live shows. Floor has mentioned once or twice in the past that it may be too difficult for her to perform it live.
Lovely reaction and a very nice format. It makes the journey more comprehensive. On the other hand, the impact is also bigger of course. But there's nothing to worry about. We've all been there. Can't wait to see your next reaction on Human::Nature. Greetings from the Netherlands
What a treat this was, perfect ending to my Saturday evening filled with music from ESC national finals from Finland and Norway and Melodifestivalen Heat 3 from Sweden. Great night 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 As you I sure hope Nightwish does Shoemaker live in the virtual evening, it was not planned to be on the set list originally as Floor told in one of her live streams but maybe they’ve changed it because of so many requests 🤞🏻
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. That sounds like a great evening indeed! I need to check out the latest ESC entries. Yeah fingers crossed she will perform it. Maybe she's just surprising us! Haha
Don't mind your camera just quitting it in face of such awe. Shoenaker just gives me the bumps every time and I so, so much admire the work that went into making it the special piece of Art it is . For you it only had been your camera that stopped working while listening to it for the 1st time... I actually did cause a minor traffic jam, because I made the mistake of listeing to this song randomly, but for the 1st time ever, in my car and just unconciousnessly stopped driving and just beeing mind blown... don't do that! 😇
Very nice reaction Thomas. This music made you tear up, stare and your jaw dropped so often lol! Stunning music isn't it? And not a dumb face, more a "wtf did I just hear?" face
Absolutely loved this format and you were great as well...love seeing your reactions and hearing your insights. Shoemaker touched me deeply as well, but I love the entire album! Greetings from Alaska, yes the Nightwish Army exists in the Bush too, lol. 😜
10:43 it's never too early or too late to have a whiskey when listening to Nightwish :D P.S. If that last part of Shoemaker made you that emotional it will blow your mind when you read the backstory behind the song and the tribute it is. D.S.
The symbol is cuneiform oldest documented writing system. The top part above the line is the symbol "An, Anu, (sky)". The bottom part looks like a mix of the writings for "woman" and "man". I suppose it kinda represents the name of the album or the nature of the album.
Hi, you'll get more when checking the background of these songs 😁 Like Shoemaker or Procession not to mention Harvest 👀 All the best from Finland, stay healthy 🤗
Man, that 3 reaction format was awesome, please go on with it! Wish I could follow the premiere, maybe next time. Keep up the good work bro! Cheers from Brazil!!
and then you catch the band after the show, "hi Tuomas, can I get a self..." ooooh.... ok could you stomp on my phone while saying "I hate y..." oooh :D never mind, could you at least give me an autograph? yeah sure, where? wel I've got my phone here...
Tuomas seems to adore Evanghelis Odysseas Papathanassiou and wants to meet him someday. Hans Zimmer, Vangelis (as mentioned), they all seem to come along, so now and than. Unbelievable great music of 'our' ....../\/ \/\/......love from NL.
I like this concept, please do two more of these 3-song reactions. There are 9 tracks so that’s good. Just make sure your camera stays on! Maybe after the first part you can react to the second album; all in a row, it’s an classical piece, really really beautiful.
How cool is that you're doing 3 songs in one video 👌 for me the album is a masterpiece and I wish you so much fun doing reactions to all the songs! You'll be surprised by some songs. I love Shoemaker, but wait till you'll hear Pan and Tribal 👍😎 but every single song is just great for me! Enjoy!
Hey friends! Thank you for the feedback on this triple song format. A couple of you have helped me figure out why the camera cut out at the end. Turns out some Sony cameras have a max continuous recording time of 30 minutes which the original file was. So I should be better prepared for the next 'Human. :II: Nature' video. 😁👍
When you liste Tribal there's a dance you need to learn! All those who knows it get in the front row, just a rumour...LOL
Love ur reactions! Keep them coming! :D Especially Nightwish!
Great reaction
I was laughing so hard, when you said "what a statement" at the end of "Music" knowing you will see "Noise" next xD
I believe it has something to do with taxes. A 'stills' camera that takes video over 30 mins is classified as a video camera and so is taxed differently. I don't know if this is country specific (it was discussed on an american forum). It was along time ago so the specifics are a little hazy...
The Interviewer: when does Floor breathe?
The band: Usualy on mondays and fridays...
😂😂
Tuomas has a deep inclination towards science and this is reflected in many of his plays. This ensured the entry of Nightwish into the history books of science, several discoveries in the field being named after them. These new discoveries include: Alpenglow Rockshelter: Archaeological site named after Nightwish Song. Tanidromites Nightwishorun: New Crab species. Sciophila Holopaineni: New species of Mosquito found in Finland. Ophiomitrella Floorae: New species of Cretaceous brittle star named after Floor Jansen. Tmesisternus floorjansenae: new species of beetle named after Floor. Also, this song, "Shoemaker", has become a favorite song of NASA's scientific community.
So cool, thanks for sharing
I can guarantee you one thing: This album is getting better and better the more often you listen to it. I was overwhelmed/blown away the first time, a puddle of tears the 8th time and by now it's one of my favourite albums of all time. Tuomas has a way to unlock emotions you didn't even know you have^^
Tuomas, Floor and the boys are simply amazing.
You mean this guy? ua-cam.com/video/pk8vzRgSyy8/v-deo.html
Music is amazing. I honestly believe there are few, if any, singers with the necessary lung capacity and breath control, to sing this live, apart from Floor. OK, we haven't heard it live yet, but we all know she will nail it! The instrumental section at the start has a Two Steps From Hell (TSFH as they are sometimes known) feel to it, and when Floor comes in, I get a Kate Bush vibe. Noise will take me a few watches to better appreciate. It certainly is a damning indictement of the current vacuous, self-obsessed, selfie culture. However, I feel there is hope at the end, when the camera pans up to show us what a beautiful world we have, if only we get up and explore it.
Shoemaker is another Epic from Tuomas, made all the more powerful once you know the backstory. Regarding Floor's vocals, see my comments above! :-) Her operatic part at the end has the same effect on me as 'that note' in Ghost Love Score.
Oh, and Emppu's guitar chuggs along like a juggernaut, with Kai tying the whole symphony together.
Nightwish and Tuomas are incredible. The best just got better....
Well said Phil!! 👏🙂
Floors downward Ad Astra always gets me..... every single time.
This Album is a bloody masterpiece of journeys, thoughtful, impactful music, celebrations, warnings, and hope for the human spirit.
The story behind the song Shoemaker is well worth the look it puts everything into perspective.
Thomas, your facial expressions are priceless. You FEEL music.
Now that you've heard the voice of Johanna Kurkela reciting Shakespeare, I would like to steer you towards the music video of A Lifetime of Adventure from Tuomas' solo album The Life and Times of Scrooge. The music is impossibly beautiful, and Johanna's singing voice is even more angelic.
Yes please, I've been asking Chase and Tank for this one for a minute now xD
@@Amaranthos2, I've been on a bit of a campaign, too. Repetition, repetition, repetition.
Johanna has a beautiful voice. Her vocals in Auri are gorgeous, ably backed up by Troy's.
I love how much Troy brings to the band. And how amazing an album for Marko to leave on really. He should be chuffed, it's a masterpiece. Tuomas doesn't even see bounds of convention I would do anything to get in his brain for a day. I feel like I would be so enlightened. Music brings us together, when we're alone it can comfort or inspire. This is why I've been really into going to gigs 30 years now. Yes I'm old as dirt. But I'm glad I got to experience so much & there's heaps more to go!
Nightwish simply embraces technology and Social Media. This is their method to raise awareness of the danger of dependancy of mobile phones.
not just phones, consider some people use their pc tooto checkthings like instagram, blogs, etc (that blonde instagram model shown in video is part of that )
NASA (Nightwish Army Scottish Allegiance) greetings from Scotland Thomas, an exceptional album ….. grab a whisky and enjoy!!
Cheers Ian! Enjoy that whisky, my friend. 🥃
Its one of my favorite albums of all time
Don’t mind if I Do!
The music of Nightwish is amazing...all master piece...Tuomas Genious composer, Floor is Amazing she is out the World ....i love Nightwish, is magic
Mankinds greatest achievement is islay single malt
The start of the album got me in a similar way! Suddenly made me think what my life would be like without music which we simply take for granted being there, but it had to be invented.
Beautiful , beautiful...Nightwish is magic
Check out the Backstory of "shoemaker". It´s about Eugene Shoemaker. That´s why it feels so deep and impressive
Really refreshing to see such emotional, profound reactions. It is just impossible to think what it takes to create such music. Nobody else can do this, it is almost supernatural
I have listened to Shoemaker many, many times, but my tearducts always react at the first ”Laudate si”. If I do not remember wrong, Floor finally nailed the operatic part in her home studio in the Swedish countryside.
I love this whole album. And I've been there from the first album. This is best album so far.
Thomas, you feel music, realy feel it to the bones.
I have the same. No band ever in my 51 years ever gave me this feeling. Met Nightwish through Floor and Beste Zangers. Yes I'm Dutch and ashamed of not knowing 😚.
Beter late than never. Can't do without them anymore.
💋 from The Netherlands.
Cheers Jolanda! Glad you feel the same. 😄
Hi Jolanda,
Floor mentioned something interesting recently,
she suggested googling "Highly sensitive person",
I found these:
I think that explains a lot about her connection with the audience,
and our reactions too! We must be in that 20%.
Hi Jolanda, I am 55, Dutch, and only found out about Floor and Nightwish since october last year. So have similar feelings like you. But what a blessing to have found them.
thank you for saving your first listening to this for us. great reaction.
My pleasure!! 😁
For all interested: the scantily clad woman in "Noise" is Jessica Pezsi Edstrom, a Finnish model. It's kind of ironic that she is in this, since she makes a living by modelling and posting on Instagram (@pezsiii).
not ironic at all, she fits in the video and conveys the message well
@@OmeGardian It IS ironic, since a significant part of her income is directly from sponsorships on Instagram. In other words, she is part of the "Noise" that Nightwish is cautioning against becoming addicted to.
She does fit in the video well and helps convey the message; I'm definitely not disagreeing with you there.
"The symbol" is cuneiform, two symbols: "human" and "nature".
Which part is "nature" and which part is "human"?
@@aegonthedragon6341 They are pictograms . Upper one is "sun/world", lower one is "person (male, female, child)". Disclaimer: based on what I read from the web, I am not ancient language specialist.
The upper symbol is neo-Assyrian, (in existence between 911 and 609 BC), meaning Anu, the sky/supreme god, ancestor of all.
The lower symbol is a combination of the symbols for man and woman
@@clemenstremens1940 The star symbol goes back to Sumer in third millenium so you are off by a thousand or two years!, and is the sign of the supreme god An or Anu. See Wikipedia. Anu's heavenly abode was over the North pole, but you will never grasp the importance until you look into the Saturn Sun, that is, Saturn was once a brown dwarf star over our north pole, our God Star. This glyph plainly showing a STAR becomes clear.
Most people tune out about now, so for only those who can clear the cobwebs from their mind and open their eyes, go watch Symbols of an Alien Sky. It will revolutionize your view of human history...and explain so much more of the origins of myth and religion and where the gods come from as planets.
Their best album, I think.
They all has been challenged to their best, by Tuomas. What a great composer he is. Maybe the best in the rock music world
Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱🤘
Wow, triple header. .. nice.
She always gets me with the ending of Shoemaker.
Hail Nightwish
Peace out
Music: This is Music actually being the narrator: from the first sounds of space, on cave walls, to tribal drums and so forth. Real interesting is the scene where we see the Lyre, laying on the ground next it is a clay pot - referencing the first and oldest piece of written music ever discovered: called the "Hurrian Hymn No.6", (google) and there is a video on YT playing that piece.
"The Hurrian Hymn was discovered in the 1950s on a clay tablet inscribed with Cuneiform text. It’s the oldest surviving melody and is over 3400 years old. The hymn was discovered on a clay tablet in Ugarit, now part of modern-day Syria, and is dedicated the Hurrians’ goddess of the orchards Nikkal."
The evolution of music from music's point of view. Genius stuff. 🤘🔥🤘
Hi Thomas!!
Love from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
The look of wonder on your face says it all!
I really enjoyed your doing three songs in a row. I can see your emotion, real emotion, while listening to "Shoemaker". Don't be ashamed to show your emotions even if you feel like crying. Of course your camera stopped recording in this case. ;)
Haha No I would never be ashamed. Crying on camera is money shot! 😂 Cheers! 😁
When you do How’s The Heart I would suggest after the Album/Studio version do The Acoustic version if you need a live fix. It’s just with Floor & Troy but it’s also amazing! Good job and I’m glad your doing the Album from start to finish it’s meant to be heard that way it’s a concept album. Do like you doing more than one song in your reaction but only drawback is you’ll get thru the album faster. But being an old Metal head and a fan of Nightwish for over 20 years, my Mantra is for listening to Nightwish is, My favorite Nightwish song is always the last song I listened to! Good luck on your journey! Stay Safe Rock On!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Thank you Frank! Yes, a few people mentioned that acoustic cover. I'll have to check it out too. 🙂
Thanks for the reaction :-)
'Human :||: Nature (2020)', a superb album but not a 'new sound' for Nightwish, it's Nightwish paying homage to / returning to / exploring their very early roots on many songs but backed up by nearly 25 years (1996 to present day) worth of experience and technical proficiency....
Tuomas really pushed the band from a technical perspective on 'Human :||: Nature (2020)' e.g. Emppu expressed concerns with Pan live (interesting as there are more technically demanding guitar parts in other Nightwish songs), many of Floor's vocal parts are challenging with quick successive changes and Kai the drummer added 5 new drums to his set so he can fulfill his and Tuomas' vision for songs such as Tribal.
EDIT: UA-cam mobile formatting
I shoot a lot of video using anywhere from three to five mirrorless cameras. There are four reasons why they stop recording: overheating which is usually a 4K problem avoideded by using 1080P, a FAT32 4GB file size problem, EU tax code 30 minute limit, and the battery runs out of juice.
Your camera stopped at the 26 minute mark which suggests that it hit the 4GB limit of the FAT32 file system that SD cards are usually formatted to accept. This is something we cannot change as the FAT32 file system cannot handle a file larger than 4GB.
Alternatives:
- downgrade the video quality in your camera so that it takes longer to hit the 4GB file size limit. Usually then we hit the EU tax code problem or we run out of battery.
- take a clean HDMI output from the HDMI port in the camera and output it to a recorder. This is an expensive option, but eliminates all of the limits mentioned above except battery and even then it effectively doubles the battery life as the camera is barely working to produce the HDMI signal. Use an A/C adapter for your camera with a recorder and all four are eliminated.
Hey there, thanks so much for the tips. I'm not sure what happened. I've shot plenty of videos over 4 GB in size and a couple that were over 30 minutes. It didn't overheat or turn off as it was plugged in so it's a bit perplexing. The camera has been quite heavily used now and has been glitching a bit lately. Might try your tip and shoot 1080p for the next long one. Cheers 👍
"Gets you right in the tingleys" There ya have it folks. A decent technical observation we can all get behind. LOL. Love it!
Haha thank you! 😊
You are in for a ride. This is a masterpiece album
Hi thomas, thank you so much, you never talk to much and what you say is sincere, easy on the ear, like a nice talk. What an amazing group of people nightwish is. You are reacting to nightwish and there music and not to lecture us, on and on and on, just having a nice time, so thanks again. See you at the next one. bye!!!
Hey there, thank you so much! Really glad you enjoy the format/style. Definitely here just to have a good time and enjoy amazing music. See you next time. 😁
The intro to Music - You said at 7:20 “it sounds like an interstellar soundtrack” - apparently it is! NASA recordings of the earth sounds in space! 🌏 ✨
Ooh that's so cool! Thank you 😁
I watch too many people react to Nightwish. Could've sworn I saw you react to Noise before. lol. Just saw Tank the Tech's reaction to music and he had tears too. Indeed a celebration of the origins of music. You can feel kinda in awe in certain parts of this song. It make you curious to hear more.
It's 5:00 somewhere, whisky rules!
Whats your range Floor?
* _Floor smiles_ *
No. Im serious.
* _Floor smiles bigger_ *
Music is in my top3 of Nightwish song. I love the lyrics and idea behind it.
That was awesome!
This album grows better and better every time I listen to it... can't wait to see these songs live.
That symbol is from Sumerian cuneiform words (man/woman)/human and nature.
Human Nature is an absolute above 5 star masterpiece. The more you listen to it, the better the songs get, every time, deeper and deeper into your soul. Nive reaction Thomas, enjoyed it very much. And your camera had to quit, because the energy of the song was just too much for it. Thomas's compositions go deeply through everything...
Hey Paul! Thank you, yes I have to agree from what I've heard so far. It's just what music should be as far as I'm concerned. And yes, my camera had to tap out haha 😄
The first symbol means "Nature" in ancient Sumerian. The others are the Assyrian symbols for "man" and "woman". Great reaction btw ♣♥
Thanks Bert! 🙂
Well Thomas,that was also a amazing reaction 👍👌👍👌👍👌
This album get's better and better each time you listen it again,for me the best album of 2020 💯%
Oké now the next 3 or 4 tracks.
Greetings from the Netherlands and stay healthy ❤
Dank je Eddie! Can't wait to hear the rest. 😊
You сried at the end ...couldn't stop. I understand you ... The camera breaks)) Thank you, that was great!
haha! Thank you :D
@@ThomFoolery1 Respect from Moscow! 🤘
@@Математиканапять And respect 'to' Moscow!
The group took turns doing a short one minute 'intro video' for each song, (except Noise). Adds a nice touch. Here's Floor doing the first one to "Music" ua-cam.com/video/w5OsJe24qKA/v-deo.html. Can find the other's by just entering 'Nightwish Countdown" in the YT Search bar. (Troy's, of course, is humorous for "Harvest")
And Emppu's for "Pan" is cute, but the comments are hilarious! Probably 70% are along the lines of, "OMG, he talks!"
I reacted much the same way the first time I heard this album. It’s an amazing album and your gonna be blown away many times. The songs are so well written that you can listen to a song multiple times and pick up stuff you missed from previous listens. For me it’s impossible to pick a favorite song from this album.
YESSSS, NW is SOOOOO EPIC and DIVERSE and Tuomas composes masterpieces and every member of NW is very accomplished and special. Love NW from their start to now with all singers (esp.Floor she poors her heart in each song, she is so dedicated and talented but most of all so passionate as they al are) , Sorry, did just watch today, very busy. Soooo happy with you doing triple NW reaction. Enjoy always to see others enjoy the music of NW, like the sharing, it is just the nearest to a concert experience we can have these days. But follow just serious reactors. (Like e.g. Chase Carneson, Tank the Tech). Thanks, greetings from The Netherlands.
Dank je, Vero! I'm glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching. 😃
@@ThomFoolery1 Whoo, special answer partly in Dutch. I must confess with the Finnish background of NW I have looked up a lot of Finnish in Translate. Such a special language. Luckily Floor is of Dutch origine, so the Dutch TV show "beste zangers" was easy to watch for me. (Where she participated with various songs in different music genres), such a joy to watch also. Wish you a lot of fun with all your reactons, please go on with NW (Sonata Arctica is also good, also Finnish and of course they all know each other from various festivals and from Raskasta Joulua, the metal version of Christmas Celebration in Finland). Bye
What a perfect reaction to a perfect start of the new album. First time I heard it, after I bought it on release date, I thought: ok - that's not what I expected. But after getting familiar with it, I liked it more and more. And then I realised: what a masterpiece! So different, but in the same time - so Nightwish! Glad, you enjoyed it. Keep up with the good work. Thank you. Oh, and by the way: I have a nice glass of Whiskey by my side, because I bet: this will become a special moment. And I weren't dissapointed. It was a special moment!
Hey there, thanks very much! It definitely seems like a truly special album so far. Definitely paired well with a good whisky. Cheers! :)
Great reaction. Yep, my favourite is Shoemaker. Now this made my morning. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Basil! Yeah it's stunning.
@@ThomFoolery1 👍🏻
"too much going on in this video" Yes, fitting name for the song :)
That was so nice 🤩 Morning coffee and you reacting 3(!!!!) songs, made my day ❤️
Thank you 🤘😁🤘
So glad to hear that, Viivi! Thank you very much. 😄🤘
that music song i can imagine in my mind that the crown tv serious time, when queen elizabeth start journey. well this song can put many movies like nightwish whole music :) thanx to great triple reaction thomas and have great new week there.
Yes, I see what you mean. Tuomas could definitely write a movie or TV soundtrack. Hope you have a great week too! 😃
troy's throne was a actual toilet in the Noise video
Didn't notice that! 😂
Awesome reaction man, thank you!
I made an analysis of "Noise" and scored a great grade!! Thanks nightwish 💐
What an epic review! Thank you! Three of my most favorite songs back-to-back. I'd hit the like button 100 times if I could.
Haha! Thanks a lot! 😁
Make it 101 so that they don't cancel out :-)
Enjoyed your reaction! The ending of Shoemaker is so beautiful. I am curious what you think of Pan, 1 of my favorites of this album.
I really did enjoy the 3 song format. This album, I think, was made to listen to in sequence. The compositions are related to one another in a particular order and one feeds into the next. The best option is, of course, to hear the whole thing at once. Failing that, doing it in 3 song bursts is a good choice. BTW I enjoyed your reaction.
Thanks Randall! Yeah would be nice to do everything at once but 3 at a time will do. 🙂
Hi Thomas, as you've likely heard, Floor used to be a vocal coach and one of her students for two years, Noa Gruman, has an up and coming Symphonic/prog metal band called Scardust. Check out their song "Gone" off their new album to hear some high notes and even a growl that could be influenced by Floor. Also they have a keyboardist, bassist, and guitar player with some mad skills pulling in musical influences from a variety of styles.
Thanks Jay! Not heard of them but sounds cool. I'll check them out. 😄
You are so lucky as you still have the rest of this album to discover! Your choice but I say go for it and do the rest of the album at whatever pace you want, Great reactions by the way.
Thanks a lot Ronnie! 👍😁
Next Tuomas and wife Johanna solo album.A Lifetime of Adventure.
Leaving a comment here just for the algorithm 😆 Besides that, this was a nice idea to do the songs in order! It'll definitely be exciting to hear these live for the first time 😸
I very much appreciate that! Yes, it was very enjoyable. Can't wait to hear the rest of it and then the live show, of course. 🙂
It might be too much at once trying to digest three songs in a row. They are filled with so many meanings and emotions. I think they are opening like a rosebuds, when listening one by one, in order. Great reactions again, as usual. Thanks Thomas!
Thanks Petri!
Fantastic reaction Thomas. Never too early or too late for a whisky!!!! ;)
Please carry on with the album doing multiple songs at once! I really enjoyed this!
Glad you liked it Kenneth!
Tuomas writes almost all lyrics, and most all music as well, he is a freaking genius, I love peeking into that brilliant mind. They are all awesome, and your reactions are really good man.
The cuneiform symbol means something like God & man/woman or Human :II: Nature, with God being nature and taking prominence over mankind. An Ode to Eugene Shoemaker, an American geologist and one of the founders of the field of planetary science. He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy. Great job Thomas. I loved it so much. This album is quite a journey and touches on almost all aspects of what it means to be human and the complications and choices life brings to each of us. It also deals with how we live our lives out and impact on the nature and the world on which we exist. See yo soon my friend.🎶🎶🎶😊🤘✌
Hello amigo! Thank you for sharing the information. That is such an ambitious and inspiring approach that they've taken for this album and it really paid off it seems. Really happy that I've started in order so I'll have to do the next 3 soon. See you next time! 😁
Brilliant Thomas, Bravo ! well done mate, and cheers! keep em coming, NW deserves more recognition and adulation from music media
Thank you! 😁
Haha nice choice to still shot the awe face. I think I had a similar expression frozen on my face through that part so it works as a reaction. If Human Nature doesn't enough love as best album, then the awards are doing it wrong. 🔥🔥🔥
Tuomas told at Album's hearing session to the reporters the meaning of the symbol.
"The cover of Nightwish’s Human: II: Nature album features two of the oldest known symbols for the words human and nature. - Lower is an Assyrian arrowhead -writing 700 years before the Common Era and means human. The upper is not really nature but a God and is a symbol of the Sumerians in 2,500 BCE (before the Common Era)."
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
❤ This was a great journey with you Thomas,thank you for that! I'm glad you got such good interpretations of the songs. I love the symbolism in the song 'Noise'- life is to short and to prescious to spill by all the 'outside' stuff and 'noise'... So often we aren't aware the silence and overlook the beauty around us of life. Social media etc has us strangled in a sort of parallel life of lies of so called 'thís is beauty and thís is perfect'... How many lost themselves by it and not living this real and prescious life? Damn,i want to say so much things but my brains don't allow me to find the right words in English 🥴. By the way,what a surprise at the end of the song 'Shoemaker',right?! It catches me every single time,its stunning. I really enjoyed your reactions, again 🤗 Take care and have a nice rest of the weekend. Love from the Netherlands, Denise 😘
Hey Denise! Thanks so much, really glad you liked it. Enjoyed your descriptions/interpretations of the songs. They are truly beautiful and inspiring. Thanks again for watching. Take care. 😁😄
so glad you enjoyed these! its a fantastic album. not my favourite of theirs, but still a masterpiece of an album. if you're worried about camera capacity maybe just do 2 at a time rather than 3. absolutely loved the triple reaction though. always a pleasure experiencing music with you!
Thanks very much Micah! Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah I might just give my camera a 5 minute breather between songs haha
Great as ever, Thomas. I hope you give the rest of the songs on the album your attention.
Cheers Joop! I can't wait to get to them. :)
reliving Nightwish through your emotions is very satisfying .. .thank you for this Thomas ...
Glad to hear that Dan! Thanks for watching. 🙂
The recurring symbol in the videos is actually the album title, written in cuneiform. It makes sense since several songs on the album deal with the beginnings of mankind - so it's fitting to use the first known writing system for the title.
Also, Shoemaker may or may not be performed in the live shows. Floor has mentioned once or twice in the past that it may be too difficult for her to perform it live.
Ahh interesting, that is definitely understandable.
Shoemaker gets my eyes wet everytime. (You have to know that story, behind that song)
Lovely reaction and a very nice format. It makes the journey more comprehensive. On the other hand, the impact is also bigger of course. But there's nothing to worry about. We've all been there.
Can't wait to see your next reaction on Human::Nature. Greetings from the Netherlands
Thank you Mark! Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
What a treat this was, perfect ending to my Saturday evening filled with music from ESC national finals from Finland and Norway and Melodifestivalen Heat 3 from Sweden. Great night 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 As you I sure hope Nightwish does Shoemaker live in the virtual evening, it was not planned to be on the set list originally as Floor told in one of her live streams but maybe they’ve changed it because of so many requests 🤞🏻
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. That sounds like a great evening indeed! I need to check out the latest ESC entries.
Yeah fingers crossed she will perform it. Maybe she's just surprising us! Haha
Don't mind your camera just quitting it in face of such awe. Shoenaker just gives me the bumps every time and I so, so much admire the work that went into making it the special piece of Art it is . For you it only had been your camera that stopped working while listening to it for the 1st time... I actually did cause a minor traffic jam, because I made the mistake of listeing to this song randomly, but for the 1st time ever, in my car and just unconciousnessly stopped driving and just beeing mind blown... don't do that! 😇
Haha oh my goodness that's crazy! The song should definitely come with a disclaimer not to drive while listening. 😂
Great reaction. Absolutely love this band and the new album.
Very nice reaction Thomas.
This music made you tear up, stare and your jaw dropped so often lol!
Stunning music isn't it?
And not a dumb face, more a "wtf did I just hear?" face
Haha! Cheers John! Yes it was real Rollercoaster if emotions.
Brilliant review, love the fact you did three on the bounce, please continue with both albums, then go hack and do Imaginaerum with the film score.
Don't worry about the video cutting out. You're expression at the end kind of said it all
Absolutely loved this format and you were great as well...love seeing your reactions and hearing your insights. Shoemaker touched me deeply as well, but I love the entire album! Greetings from Alaska, yes the Nightwish Army exists in the Bush too, lol. 😜
Hey Rachael! Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it. Greetings from down the coast in BC. 😄 👋
10:43 it's never too early or too late to have a whiskey when listening to Nightwish :D
P.S. If that last part of Shoemaker made you that emotional it will blow your mind when you read the backstory behind the song and the tribute it is. D.S.
Haha good point Eddie! I maybe would have poured a glass if I didn't have work that day. 😂
The symbol is cuneiform oldest documented writing system. The top part above the line is the symbol "An, Anu, (sky)". The bottom part looks like a mix of the writings for "woman" and "man". I suppose it kinda represents the name of the album or the nature of the album.
Ah I see, thank you!
Looking forward to the nxt 3 songs
Hi, you'll get more when checking the background of these songs 😁 Like Shoemaker or Procession not to mention Harvest 👀 All the best from Finland, stay healthy 🤗
Thank you! Yeah that was my bad. I'll be sure to do research next time. :)
Thanks
Man, that 3 reaction format was awesome, please go on with it! Wish I could follow the premiere, maybe next time.
Keep up the good work bro!
Cheers from Brazil!!
Obrigado Guilherme! Glad you approved. 😀👍
and then you catch the band after the show, "hi Tuomas, can I get a self..." ooooh.... ok could you stomp on my phone while saying "I hate y..." oooh :D never mind, could you at least give me an autograph? yeah sure, where? wel I've got my phone here...
Hahaha!
Exactly ...Leave Emppu alone!!!
Tuomas seems to adore Evanghelis Odysseas Papathanassiou and wants to meet him someday. Hans Zimmer, Vangelis (as mentioned), they all seem to come along, so now and than. Unbelievable great music of 'our' ....../\/ \/\/......love from NL.
LOVE THIS REACTION!!!! Man, that was funny
Thanks! 😊
I like this concept, please do two more of these 3-song reactions. There are 9 tracks so that’s good. Just make sure your camera stays on! Maybe after the first part you can react to the second album; all in a row, it’s an classical piece, really really beautiful.
Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😀
@@ThomFoolery1 yes it was great 👍
Great take to do three in a row. 🤘🔥
How cool is that you're doing 3 songs in one video 👌 for me the album is a masterpiece and I wish you so much fun doing reactions to all the songs! You'll be surprised by some songs. I love Shoemaker, but wait till you'll hear Pan and Tribal 👍😎 but every single song is just great for me!
Enjoy!
Thanks Steph! I can't wait.