Backing track is made real orchestara : London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor James Shearman and orchestral arragments mostly by Pip Williams. Song is composed NW keybordplayer Tuomas Holopainen. He tell to Pip Williams what he want to hear and Pip arragment the instruments to fit Tuomas wishes.
Just for clarity. Tuomas does orchestrate the songs using sampled strings for the demo. He prints that out for timing, key and chord structure over basic parts. He may add incidentals, ornaments, dynamics and other notations. Sends the score, parts, demo and midi to London where the conductor and arranger go over it and then Pip will start arranging according to Tuomas' vision. Writing string parts is a very difficult and specialized skill especially if you don't do it every day. Tuomas will fly to London for rehearsal and work with Shearman & Williams to adjust, tighten up or edit any portion of the song prior to recording sessions. In some songs strings are sampled and played by Tuomas but not on Ghost Love Score.
@@digitalspecter The strings are both real and synth, the synthetic strings augment the sound. That you have in fact a real orchestra behind it, you can her from the horns and timpani. And it's better to check the album version as the orchestra is a lot clearer than in the prerecorded live version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y6UDS6biLAk.html
Nice reaction. Some of the questions you raised: The genre is called symphonic Metall. The Symphonic parts are recorded with London Philharmonic Orchestra and during the Live Events Nightwish uses backing tracks. Greez
@@forkless Still, I wouldn't even expect him to tell the difference by listen to the song with such horrendous Apple headphones. Those headphones can't even represent those fine details you need to hear, to tell the difference.
@@forkless I’m sure he does, but the “interlude” where he mentioned synthesizers was composed by Pip Williams and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 9 out of 11 songs on this album featured them.
@@d34d10ck I have a variety of headphones and earbuds. I first heard this song on Apple earbuds and when I heard the interlude never once thought it was synthesized and I’m not a musician.
"Musicologist" aka What I have to say it's more important than the music that's being played. Nah, but talking seriously, he did a decent job 5/10. As a musicologist he should be able to understand when to talk, when to shut up and when something grandiose it's coming aka the high note that was being teased. Also. Rocky? Really?...yep...5/10
@@hugomiguel8293 I couldn't agree more. Comparing Ghost Love Score. One of the legit EPICS from a legendary band like Nightwish, to Rocky? I'd expect a little bit more respect to the rank. I get that they're not super well known, so I gotta give the benefit of the doubt, but still. I feel like he missed that note Floor hit entirely.
@@sethbooze5954 yeah, he did. He missed the climax of the song. Honestly, very few of the reactors can really appreciate the song. Most of them get bored so they start talking gibberish...soooo, another one to the pile.
they have the london philharmonic orchestra, the metro voices choir group from london and london's young musicians children's choir on backtrack. arranger and composer is keyborder tuomas, holopainen. orchestral arrangements by Pip Williams, singer floor jansen had some classical vocal training.
If you are going to call yourself a musicologist, you should be able to tell the difference between synthesizer's samples and a real orchestra and choir. They record all the symphonic parts with the London Philharmonic full orchestra and choir, all the instrumental part are recorded separately on hundreds of tracks, so they do not have to downmix and Tuomas can re-arrange them for live performances. And you talked during the entire vocal belt at the end, WTH.
Well, there are parts of the strings sound VERY much like synth-played strings. I'm not a musicologist but I'm a classically trained musician who has done quite a bit of sequencing as well.. I can't say 100% sure but to me anyway, there are parts that sound very much like they're coming from a synth.. and there are many parts that sound very much like real instruments.
@@digitalspecter Well if they are as close as you say, then he should have been as sure of himself as he was. What I did not like is that he was adamant about it.
@@shuriken4852 I was looking for this comment! I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard what he said about the "synthetic orchestra". Not impressed by this so-called "Symphony Musician"...
just an fyi you will get allot of thumbs down for talking over the music & especially the singing,reactor tip : pause to talk then go back a bit to continue for continuity. Also NW & Floor are the most reacted to band/singer on youtube,ever. MASSIVE very loyal and active fanbase.
By now you will have worked out that metal fans have an attention span not granted to pop fans. And most fully understand what is going on in the music.
The typical example of a guy who loves hearing himself talk more than anything! A musicologist should be able to feel the emotion of song and music and know the right times to speak or to be silent.
[003A] Hello @ Stephen from SymMusicReact ! Nightwish fans here, your reaction just appeared on our radar.. Welcome to the world of symphonic metal! And thank you for checking this legendary band, performing in 2013 at Wacken Open Air festival, in front of a 82k+ audience. About the instrumental and vocal added parts - it's good to know they didn't used a synth as you said, instead they recorded their orchestral and vocal back tracks with prestigious institutions as London Philharmonic Orchestra. London's The Metro Voices choir group and London's Young Musicians Children's Choir as their regular partners. I really appreciated your professional approach, and I'm really sorry you were so much "in your head" at the end to notice the climax - THAT explain the down-votes you received from the fans.. Since this is your first Nightwish reaction, it is my duty to give you the short history of the band concentrated by Ann Waychoff, one of the biggest Nightwish fan who has since passed away (and I am doing this in her memory): " Nightwish was started in 1996.They are considered a Symphonic Metal band, with a female main singer. They are from Finland. Tuomas Holopainen, the keyboard player, composes and writes the lyrics for 95% of their music. Marco Hietala is the Bassist and vocals .And there is the guitarist Emppu Vuorinen . Then there is Troy Donockley from UK who is a multi-instrumentalist and vocals. Jukka Nevalainen is the drummer. In 2015 due to Jukka's health issues Kai Hahto became the drummer and as of now is a permanent addition. Nightwish has had three singers. 1st one was Tarja Turunen (Operatic vocals). She was with them until 2005. The 2nd one was Anette Olzon from Sweden (Poppy, strong vocals). She was with them until 2012.The 3rd and current singer is Floor Jansen, from Netherlands (power, operatic, soprano.....most versatile) - you just heard her. There are live concerts that you should use depending on what era. From Wishes to Eternity and End of an Era (Tarja), Montreux Festival live 2012 and Exit Festival (Anette), Live at Wacken 2013, Live at Wembley, Live at Tampere, Vehicle of Spirit, Decades live (Floor). I hope this helps. I want to welcome you to the Nightwish community. I hope you like them enough to continue the journey. Believe me Nightwish will surprise you with their songs. You will never know what to expect. They are unbelievable live. I want to warn you that Nightwish fans are hard core. So be prepared. lol " Hope you'll continue this journey with us, so I'll drop here a list of songs with the current lineup of the band you may like: "Romanticide" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zz_7OCCQlXs.html "Ever Dream" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1Xi4n8dJcF8.html "Storytime" live at Wacken 2013 (uplifting vocals) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pvkYwOJZONU.html "Song Of Myself" live at Wacken 2013 (dark/metal) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lQu5QjidHWg.html "Dead Boy's Poem" - live Buenos Aires 2018 (soulful ballad) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S8E3L7ggLMM.html "Ghost River" live at Wacken 2013 (metal) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-05eitd-EA6I.html "My Walden" live at Wembley 2015 (celtic / folk) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-knqeI807ZlY.html "Sleeping Sun"live at Tampere 2015 (ballad) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rsotlzr9wNw.html "Stargazer" live at Tampere 2015 (operatic vocals / metal) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NhEuAPYm_Ug.html "Slaying The Dreamer" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wA44tjaP5n0.html "I Want My Tears Back" live at Buenos Aires 2018 (celtic / folk vibe) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TBOdgxjb0kM.html "Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean" live In Buenos Aires 2018 (metal) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t26r_vAYQ0Q.html "Weak Fantasy" live at Tampere 2015 (dark metal) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AN239Pbqbjo.html "7 Days To The Wolves" live at Wembley 2015 (dark metal) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XvsfwAPbWXc.html And if you want to hear Floor growling :) then try "Yours Is An Empty Hope" live at Wembley 2015 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vyLsU7Q333k.html Last but not the least - they just released their 9th studio album on April 10th named "Human :||: Nature" - just take a peek to their official playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLihZ3gi5Yvzc0pfH2cbNKUUX8o3pb8eVg You can also react to Floor Jansen's performances in Beste Zangers 2019 (TV show from Netherlands), here is a playlist made by Floor herself (start listen it in reverse order..): ru-vid.com/group/PL8iSYWeQhlimgUnWw1FDdiJN0msPzqpLo To understand better the context of this show you should visit also Jenniezelf's channel (En subtitled materials): ru-vid.com Thank you! Waiting for more Nightwish reactions. All the best from RO. Stay safe.
Thank you @Gabriel Bardac. Yes, it seems that I've stepped into it on this one (LOL); I appreciate the information you sent me and your positive encouragement. I will for sure do my research on this band.
@@stephenturner2007 We are fans of Nightwish, following the flow of reactions on YT, and we are happy when we meet real professionals, because we know that their opinion really matters. Your reaction was mostly positive, and the small "mistakes" were imo a sign of inattention. To avoid this, I would suggest you take 2-3 breaks for the comments. Nightwish is a real treasure, so I hope you will continue. Thank you and stay safe.
Amazed how musically naive your reaction was. Referencing movie scores. Ignoring her vocal ability and not getting that the the orchestral backing was real. Wow.
Why I prefer rock over classical musicians and “musicologists”: they can HEAR and LISTEN way better rather than depending on written music. Synthesized orchestra and choir? Seriously? 😂😂😂
If you react to Nightwish again please take the advice of the army below. Nightwish needs to be experienced and not talked over. Especially as much as you did. If this is just your style then I suggest reacting to something other than Nightwish. Otherwise you'll be lambasted again.
Kinda feel "sad" for you, Mr Turner... You missed your first FLOORGASM on THE last note!😉😁 I understand you can't stop the video to talk because the editing/synchronizing is someone else's stuff BUT I think to react is to find the correct balance between how you react and what you are reacting to: unfortunately this time it was too much on your side (didn't dislike your video tho, I know you deserve another chance... Maybe watch your colleague Aaron's reaction: he commented mainly AFTER the video, and that was better IMHO). Greetings from Italy 👋🇮🇹🖖
@@nicod1361 just remember we all are not the same: someone has more patience, some other less. Someone is more talkative, some other more silent. Someone knows Nightwish as he knows his own pockets, some other HAS NO CLUE of them and of how passionate we fans could be...😅 Just keep in mind: if I was him listening NW for the first time... Buona giornata anche a te! (Have a nice day too!)👊👋
Welcome into the world of storytelling by Nightwish. It’s a score about Ghost Love. You’re wrong bro, these strings are real but Okee, they’re not live. All the symphonic music you hear (on almost every song of Nightwish is written by Tuomas (keyboards) but is performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Since there’s not enough space on stage for a full live orchestra (and also couldn’t go with them on world tour for more than a year) it’s a pre-recorded running soundtrack at Angel Studios, London. This orchestra is featuring on every album NW released since ‘Once’ (except the last one Human :|: Nature which is performed by Blue Dot Orchestra)
Tuomas uses the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Metro Voices at Angel Studios in London. He writes the orchestral pieces but Pip Williams orchestrates them as a combined exercise with him, IIRC this piece might have needed 600 tracks to be mixed. . . . . . . . . . . . .
DOH!! I see that now. I've listened to this several times since I reacted to it a couple weeks ago. I love it. I promise I'll be more mindful in the future. Thank you for watching and your comment!
"You can tell the strings are not real" oops, big error there. Also I never ever heard Billy Idol in there :) When listening to Nighwish you need to leave your preconceptions behind man. Nice first reaction anyway. But you did do the death sin of talking over the climax, be prepared for a lot of down votes.
If found that statement so absurd on his part; as if he could even hear the bloody strings over his own flipping voice. In DESPERATE need of a quadruple helping of Sierra Tango Foxtrot Uniform. It's like he was just here to talk about his preconceived notions about the genre, instead of actually listening to to the song to rank or comment on actual merits and/or failings.
All the choir and orchestral parts were real and prerecorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and choir. "You can hear strings but you can kinda' tell it's not...they're not real." Really? lol Maybe they're not LIVE but they are absolutely, definitely, positively, completely, and certainly real! lol Till next time. 😊❤🤘🤘
Nightwish uses a backing track for the orchestra instruments and adds some synthesized stuff on top. Tuomas the keyboardist and main composer writes lyrics in a very poetic way. He uses lots of imagery and metaphors to express his ideas. I think this was the London Philharmonic doing the backing track. They are doing 3/4 to give it a waltz or folk feel. Can you call this song a type of Tone Poem? Tuomas loves movie scores and one of his favorites is Hans Zimmer among many others. I think this song is about longing for a lost love, who has died. The one who is still alive is wanting to be re-united in death with their lost love.
I think you will be interested in Ayreon. Everything is composed by Arjen Anthony Lucassen. He then invites many very well known metal musicians to (play and) sing their parts. Floor Jansen and Marko Hietala from Nightwish and Simone Simons and Mark Janssen from Epica also participated. Every album is a concept album. Musically the music is metal opera, symphonic metal, progressive metal. Most songs have two or more singers often in complex harmonies. Look on RU-vid for songs of one of their live concerts: Ayreon Universe live The electric castle live and other tales.
As others have said, this is an actual orchestra and choir. The keyboard player writes 95% of the music. He then works with an arranger to score the orchestral/choir parts. The band has to play to a click track to match their performance with the recorded track. Don't worry about those in the Army that start complaining on when you speak. They've heard the song 100 times before, but it was new to you. Well done.
Nice reaction! This genre of music is known as Symphonic Metal. GLS is the most reacted to song, in the history of music reaction videos, with 900+. A good deal ahead of Jinjer-Pisces, that is second. Several reactors have gotten over a million views on their GLS reaction. With the highest having 2.4 mil! Helping to make Nightwish the most reacted to artist or band in the history of music reactions videos. With close to 6,000. See "Masterlist Nightwish Reactions". The have more then 125 songs on 9 studio albums, in their discography. FYI:There were 82,000+ in the audience at this performance. It is the 13th of 15 songs that NW performed that night. I would recommend either 'Ever Dream' or 'Storytime' from the same concert for your next Nightwish reaction. The singer's name is Floor Jansen. She is the 3rd and still current female lead singer of Nightwish (est. 1996) She had been with the band for little over 10 months at the time of this concert on 03 August 2013, when she was 32. She started performing in the first Metal Band she was in, After-Forever, at the age of 16. After that band disbanded, she started her own band called Revamp. Which was on hiatus, when she received a call from Nightwish to take over the female lead singing duties mid-tour. The rest is herstory.
Well I’ve watched all three GLS reacts now and I’ve enjoyed all three. Subbed, I like you guys. I don’t know if Billy Idol is one of the major musical influences for Tuomas though...
The string/copper/wood backing tracks and most of the keyboards are recordings by the London Philarmonic Orchestra. So, absolutely no synths involved. And content of lyrics has nothing to do with music period or music style. You say you hear the seventies and eighties in there somewhere. I lived through the seventies and eighties and all this reminds me of is Nightwish. I have close to twenty-two thousand CDs and no-one sounds like Nightwish.
You can have it both. This singer (Floor) and Epica, fwith live orchestra and choir. Search for "Epica ft Floor Jansen - Sancta Terra" Btw, this song is from 2005.
@@stephenturner2007 Of course you didn't know it was coming, but I heard other reactors talking and stopping dead in their tracks when they heard that note. You do have ears, don't you?
The music is actually a combination of live synths and pre-recorded backing tracks. The choral and orchestral backing tracks were, however, recorded by an actual orchestra and choir, and are not synth samples. Certainly, they could have probably brought an actual orchestra and choir with them, but the logistics of doing that for just a one-off 1-2 hour show, with limited stage space and literally no orchestra pit, made bringing pre-recorded backing tracks much more doable.
Hey guys. Ok, he talked about the last note - but in fact, this is a reaction of an unknown song (at least for him). So be patient. And at least, it is a reaction and not (like others): 1) watching, 2) saying "this is nice", 3) saying "don't forget to subscribe", 4) "until next time. Bye". This isn't that bad for so many dislikes...
sorry your asking way too much, common sense if your going to do a reaction to a song/band new to you then listen to it ! when you talk thru it say's I really dont care what I'm hearing & I'm really not interested I just want to talk and seem knowledgeable
WOW 2.43 min in and I just couldnt take it any more,DUDE stop talking thru the damn music & singing , & btw your singer comparisons are WAY off base.why do reaction to a song/band if your not going to listen to it ?
some thing to know: it's really ok to pause the song when you want to interject something, as long as you dont do it mid sentence or something most fans of this band hate it when you just talk over the songs
Some constructive criticism: Imagine you're giving a live performance and people are talking over it, critiquing what you're doing. Even if their comments are positive, it's annoying to you and the rest of the audience. This is one level removed from that scenario, for though we're not annoying the musicians, we're annoying the online audience. However we have the luxury of stopping the video and making our comments. We also have the luxury of being able to back up the video to make a second pass, both to ensure a smooth flow and to emphasize a point we're making. When there's a point to be made, wait for a transition in the music or other natural stopping point, pause it and make the comment. Then back up a bit so the audience can reconnect with the flow of the music. Never stop or talk over the money note. Another thing, and you're not the only professional to fall into this, don't make a firm determination based on a limited dataset. It usually produces an egg-on-face result. Your comment about the synth producing the strings was off base as the band, for the most part, uses a backing track produced by the London Philharmonic and associated choirs. Lastly, ditch the ear buds and get studio monitor headphones. Professional commentary using amateur equipment produces an amateur result. It's like shooting commercial photography with an iPhone.
well, i am a listencologist and i couldn't listen to your "reaction" for more than 2 minutes........its called PAUSE if you want to comment...........talking over what you are trying to react to is literally impossible
Hilarious to say the least, an orchestral musician who can't tell the difference between a synth and orchestral instruments. Well done Sir, you get the 'Super Genius' of the year award along with that wannabe authoritarian Leader in 'Murica.
Thanks for the video, it was really interesting! You're right, the lyrics are not what you would expect and that's one of the many reasons I've loved this band for more than ten years. I don't know if you've already seen it but another kind of similar metal band that *has* played with an orchestra live, you should check out Within Temptation!
Everyone needs to chill. He doesn´t know what is coming next and what everyone´s waiting for and it´s meant to be his genuine first reaction. If it reminds him of movies and that distracts him a little, whatever that doesn´t mean he won´t listen again, appreciate it and all that. The choir and orchestra thing fine he said he thought it was or seemed like it, didn't say it for sure was a synthesizer and everyone can make mistakes especially if it´s the first time listening to something while filming yourself and giving your opinion out loud to a camera so breaaaathe. Sure, let him know it´s not but no need to imply anything about him or his profession or anything, that is disproportionate for a 15 minute about a first impression. Like I love Nightwish same as all of you but man... he didn´t even say anything bad about them. In fact, if it is mere defensiveness about people criticizing something you like (which he didn´t) he really liked Epica and said he like Nightwish way more so chill. Yeah maybe elaborate more at the end and not over the song but it can be said as a piece of nice advice.
The strings in the background are frickin' real. That is the da*n London Philharmonic Orchestra you hear. Wow the only bad reaction to Ghost Love Score on youtube. You should get a price for that.
So, I guess the real problem with this reaction is that the reactor truly believes that he has a vast musical knowledge (or is it music knowledge? please, someone correct me) and not only he has not, but he doesn't have the courage to say what he really thinks about the song and what he knows about music. Is like when someone watches a movie that is considered one of the greatest movies of all time and doesn't understand it but goes to tell the world about how much knowledge about films and cinema has and talks nonsense about the movie and about the meaning of the movie and stuff like that. This is the same. He keeps talking about the synths and that everything is made with synths and that he can tell and not only is not true but it shows how little he knows about concerts or live performances. He really doesn't know what a sample is. And like many said on the comments, he didn't care about the song. I'm sure he didn't even like it. Everyone likes to stay in a confort zone, so that's why when someone listen to something new try to find some other thing to compare with something else. Maybe once or twice. He did this the entire video. And keep talking about movies or groups and it isn't even THAT new! NightWish and almost every symphonic metal band are the natural evolutions of bands like Deep Purple or Rush or Queen, that used to played these really long compositions even with orchestras. And some of that bands did it in the 60s! But at one moment he reveals the truth. He talks about the radio and the billboard and that's his confort zone. So he's a musicologist of mainstream music, and that's OK. Just don't try to sell your BS to other people. He didn't liked the song. He talks a lot and compares the music with a lot of things that can't be compare to and he does that in a way to tell everyone that all that "old music" he knows, is better. He just doesn't have the courage to say that he didn't liked it. NightWish is from the mid 90s. Is not that far from that many songs, artists, bands and movies that he named. This song is almost 16 years old. I'm sure that if he reacts to the NW version of The Phantom of the Opera he would say something like "I can tell that he is not really a phantom... this remainds me to a movie with Gerard Butler and Emily Rossum... they made a musical too and I think someone wrote a book"
@@stevecampbell9670 Thank you for your help improving my english. It sucks when you have a lot to say but you have to say it in a language that's not yours.
My compliments to you. Your English is better than most people for whom it is their native language. English is very tricky as it has much nuance and many unusual rules.
G'day, Stephen. Hope you're well. Firstly, thanks for your "first listen" point of view. You made some interesting observations. For not being a professional reactor, I think you did well. Just fyi, the orchestra and choir are recorded, not synthesized. As you may have figured out by now, we, the Nightwish Army, tend to be very protective of them. Some, dare I say, overly so. ;) 'Nuff said 'bout that. Now, I stayed to the end where you expressed your liking of this performance, and I agree that with further uninterrupted listening, your appreciation of this whole "Nightwish" phenomenon will be enhanced. Just one thing, if I may, mate; try not to compare Nightwish to anyone or anything else. Allow yourself to be carried away by the mood(s) of each song and lyric, because you're right in thinking that the lyrical content in Nightwish songs is important. My suggestion would be, if you're not planning to "react" to any other song from this amazing concert, to just enjoy it in its entirety. All I would ask is that you play it either through a nice sound system at a "reasonable" volume (not too quietly :) or through good quality headphones. So stay healthy, mate, and cheers from the land of Aus ;) \m/
Great reaction. Don’t take the thumbs down too much to heart. NW fans are fanatical (word play intended) and wait with bait3d great for Floors last note which often leaves reactors with their mouths hanging open. I think there was a bit of an anticlimactic reaction because you had been offering comments through the last note. But, how would you know... you have never heard this song before. 😎. Nightwish records it’s music with the London Symphony Orchestra and it is played using click tracks with the rest of the band. I’m thinking that maybe because the music was recorded that compression may have made it seem synthesized. Hard to tell because Tuomas does play a lot of parts with his keys. I really enjoyed your reaction. I hope you will react to more Nightwish. They are an amazing band with many different sounds, textures and flavors. One thing Nightwish is not is boring. Side note, with the exception of the new album, Nightwish is very much a live band. To me, their studio work is more orchestral while their live performance are really spectacular.
Not a synthesized orchestra, a pre-recorded back track. If you didn't notice, during that interlude, no one was onstage. Kinda hard to have a synthesized orchestra when no one was actually playing the synths.
Unbelievably poor reaction video - you love the sound of your voice and your supposed knowledge way too much. Talking over everything is just crass - not sure of your setup there, but take note of Aarons reaction on how it should be done. Even if isn't your cup of tea type music, try to show a little respect - both to the song and your audience. Otherwise you really won't have an audience. Alarm bells rang right at the start when you said "musicologist". I should have heeded the warning..
@@nicod1361 haha, you're right. I mixed things up! I thought I reacted to the other guy. 🙄🤔 Ep002B or C. Very strange that this guy thought the backing track was a synthesizer...
Dude, the backing tracks are made by London Philharmonic Orchestra (same musicians that also play the Lord of the Rings movie sound tracks) with mister Pip Williams guidance! You really have to clean your ears ASAP, haha!
Thank you to the comments for saving me the bother of listening through this whole thing. Was hoping his understanding of the music would improve after the "the strings are obviously not real" nonsense. Guess not
The music is called symphonic metal and is very populair in Europe and South America. The band is from Finland and founded in 1996. So far the band has had 3 vocalists 1 Tarja Turunen (Finish) pure opera voice also very good live. (until 2005) 2 Anette Olzon (Schwedish) more pop style. fine in the studio but not good live. (until 2012) 3 Floor Jansen* (Dutch) (current). * She is the vocalist you saw in this clip. She has a classical vocal background education and can sing any style she likes from jazz to opera high to growling low. Believe me when i tell you you have not even scratched the surface yet of what she's capable of. Band members Tuomas Holopainen (The keyboard player and creative mind behind the band. He writes about 95% of the music and lyrics) Marco Hietela (the viking with the long beard (Bass and vocals) Jukka "Julius" Nevalainen Later (2015) replaced by Kai Hahto because of health issues (The drummer) Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen (the hobbit like guitar player) Troy Donockley ( a person who did not play on this song but is a multi instrumentalist from the UK) The clip was shot a few months after Floor jointed the band right in the middle of their US leg of the world tour. They asked her to join after tensions between the previous (Anette) vocalist and the rest of the band had rissen so high that they fired her. With close to a year still to go to complete the tour, and their next concert planned 2 day later they, needed a replacement fast. They called Floor because she had toured with them when she was part of the support bands"After Forever" and later "Revamp" on several occasions and they were quiet impressed by her vocals (who would not be?). She only had 2 days, including a flight from the Netherlands to the US, to learn the setlist and only had one rehearsal with the band a couple of hours before her first show and nailed it. Since they were making a documentary about the world-tour a lot of what happened was recorded. The documentary is called "Please learn the setlist in 48 hours" (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vhExkmWKMEU.html ) As a next song to take a look at i would recommend their masterpiece "The poet and the pendulum" live at Wembley. Before you take a look at it i would recommend to take a look at the backstory of this song. This will make you appreciate it much more. here is the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gbn9GczYBkw.html BTW that last note she just sang? Nightwish fans created a whole new word for when she does something impressive like that. We call it a Floorgasm. Welcome to the club and boy are you going to receive a lot of traffic on your channel. ;-)
I'm a big Nightwish and Floor fan but I have to say I agree with you on some of the comments about the lyrics. They have some good ones: one of my favorites is in "Romanticide" -- the line "See ... me ruined .. by ... my ... own ... creations". But on the other hand, in an otherwise excellent song that was brilliantly merged in with the child movie adaption of Peter Pan -- "Storytime" -- (see at "ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OIqk4sOaajQ.html" for the RU-vid video), the lyrics seem a little off in telling the story. This is where I would love to see someone like Taylor Swift handle the lyrics and Tuomas handle the instruments For example the line "I am the story that will read you real" or "caress the tales and they will dream you real" sounds kind of awkward. (On the other hand their line "Imaginarium -- A Dream Emporium!" is one of my favorite lines). Remember that, with the exception of Floor, their native language is Finnish, not English, and maybe this has something to do with it. On The Cult, I remember them and always liked their material. Remember though that they had a male singer, and I'm not sure how really accurate it is to compare a band for which the female vocals comprise so much of the emphasis with a band with a male voice. Overall I enjoyed the reaction though. Thanks!
DID HE SAY, SOUNDS LIKE A CULT @ 9:25 ???...RULE #1 ...Never i mean NEVER talk over Floor Jansen when shes singing !!!..good way to get dislikes on your channel dude .....to say the least ...
He like your uncle you’ll know never would understand you or your music. He gives an opinion without even caring one bit to give a thoughtful view on what he’s hearing, just blurting our his ignorance. His references are indicative to his nonexistent interest. We’ve all met people like this and they are so boring to be around.
Interesting. For all three of you there is a total disconnect between your reactions when listening to the song vs. your reactions after the song is over.
He said Billy Idol ... Please do me a favour, if you want to react to the Poet and the Pendulum, first learn a bit about the backstory please. The Poet and the Pendulum here are some scources. First of all the Open Letter to Tarja.Tarja's open letter (why tarja was kicked from nightwish) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rbkpMgqq8pU.html Interview Nightwish - Tuomas Holopainen (part 1) at around 1:50min Tuomas explained a bit to that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pPDNEIt4d7U.html Nightwish interview - Tuomas Holopainen (part 1) at 10:00min ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v65-ErfUyVM.html Here he stated: Cathartic is a good way of putting it. The ultimate example being is The Poet and the Pendulum a song where i literally kill myself in the song so that i wouldnt have to do it in real life. Spoiler... At the Ende where all 3 (+1 the drummer he can not leave his place, here it is Kai but originally it was Jukka) stand together is for showing Tuomas that they are all with him, they all have signed that letter.
Almost 50% negative reactions. Wow. The Army doesn't take Nightwish lightly. Go check out the top 10 or so NW reactions and use that formula. You don't have to like it, but you need to be intelligent in your discourse. Interrupting a Floorgasm, what the hell?!
... drops drinking glass to shatter on the floor.... *whispers* ... He spoke over THE note .... *looks around fearfully...* Otherwise, good reaction overall. Some of the other comments have already corrected some of your uncertain comments. Just one comment from me is that the keyboardist, Tuomas Holopainen, has been called the Mozart of Metal ;)
