Context, this is from a Dutch TV show. Everyone on the coach is a professional singer. Every episode all the other singers sing a song special to a particular member of the group. In this case they young lady in red, Floor is literally singing to her.
Nothing but love for Lady Gaga, but this approach and build up from Floor really suits the context of the song so much better. It’s song about pouring your heart out, finding the courage to “dive in at the deep end”. Chef’s kiss to Floor!
Cant even listen to the GAGA version anymore , after hearing this . You have to watch all of Floors Performances from this show , all different all incredible.
Floor was singing this for Emma Heesters Emma is or was a you tube singer so Floor did a cover of a cover. You should see when Emma did a cover of a song from Floor Strong it's imo also beautiful. There is a warning if you start with Beste Zangers you get addicted to this show.
I like the part near the end, where the camera is zooming in on Henk, and someone off camera makes a small whoop sound. (I think it's Rolf.) Henk glances back at them, and, for a second, looks a little annoyed. "Yes. it's wonderful, but I want to hear this!" Heh...Then he turns back and you can see him getting a little emotional...
The young blonde with sparkling eyes of joy,is Emma Heesters who Floor sang this to,as it was handpicked by Emma as one of her favourite songs,as she had only done covers up till this point,after this show she went on to land a record deal and a album was already in the works towards the end of this show. Emma were one of Floors many fellow country women and men who hadnt heard of Floor or symphonic metal,or Nightwish when they first met. So theyr reactions are being completely mindblown by how good she sings,as they are all artists celebrating music and eachother in this type of tv show. Each artist has 1 full week where they get celebrated,and this week was Emma Heesters. You should really see when Emma decided to honor Floor back,because that might be the strongest performance of this season,well as far as solo performances goes. Needless to say,and regardless of age difference,Emma and Floor became super close after this show. Sharing so many common things with theyr families etc. Emma Heesters sings Strong for Floor Jansen (2019) (with subtitles) I say make sure to have napkins,tissues closeby.If you want to react to After Forever -Strong first,i leave up to you. Floor Jansen wrote that song to her mom who suffers from a few things,the main thing being rheumatism. This is teenage Floor putting words down to seeing her mom in pain,and Floor claims she has never been able to perform the song 100%. And Emma honors this tribute to absolute perfection! Rolf Sanchez was legendary known for his facial expressions during this entire season to Floor singing. You should check out when Floor that doesnt speak or sing Spanish before this show, decided to honor Rolf on his own week in this show. Floor Jansen - Qué Se Siente | Beste Zangers 2019 (To say that Rolf maybe sees a goddess in front of him,is an understatement) Floor floors anyone she meets on her way!
Till this show, no one in Holland even knew Floor except the few metalheads. After this show Flopor became a household and mainstream name in both Holland and Europe...........and deservingly so
Due to her performances in this TV show Floor Jansen was discovered in the Netherlands by a larger audience.. Causing Nightwish to appear in the annual top 2000...
Everytime I watch that one. She makes me cry. One day someone in going to say " that's it. Floor is not aloud to do anymore cover's ". Because everyone she does. It end up being way better than the original. LOL
Floor is singing to a group of professional singers from different genres. The band suggested that Floor keep this song small and intimate. Floor respects Lady Gaga and did not want to imitate or copy her version. This show is not a competition. It is simply 7 different singers all honoring each other by sing for one another. Sometimes their own songs and sometimes a song that influenced them growing up as young children.
The two facets of what makes Floor such a phenomenal talent right here - the technical expertise to produce whatever sound she is looking for, and the emotional sensibilities to understand *why* the song should sound a certain way. In this case of Shallow, she doesn't want to mimic Lady Gaga, though she easily could. She knew the setting was as intimate as it was and she wanted to be supporting or in celebration of the woman in red (notice how the lyrics are changed for this deliberate focus - there is no "tell be something boy* in the second verse, this song is for a woman so "tell me something girl" twice). I guess it is this simple - vocal excellence is not enough, it takes heart to be truly great.
Exactly! She can blow the doors off a 747 one minute and then in the next breath take it down so gentle and delicate you could hear a proverbial pin drop. Just exactly what the moment calls for exactly when it calls.
That's why she's the Greatest From gutural to soprano with 4 octave she can do all what you want Her solo stuff is now available and it's a Blast Finally we all love her so much for her humanity A Queen yes she is
In the beginning of this series, nobody really knew who Floor was. By the time it came for them to sing for Floor, they were like: was that ok Floor, did I do it well? Listen to Floor’s first song for context, that was Vilja Lied. Watch their reactions and listen to what they say afterwards.
This show is actually nuts for showing just how unique Floor is. 6 top Dutch singers. Floor is head and shoulders the top selling artist among them, but they are all veteran professional singers with strong track records in the industry. Each week 5 of them perform songs themed around the sixth member of the crew. Most of the time they either choose a song in their own genre relevant to the theme vocalist or pull one of the choses singer's songs into their own genre. The exception to this pattern is Henk Port's rendition of Sound of Silence during Floor's week, and every single one of Floor's performances. She goes full send into each other singer's genre and SLAYS! She is singing SAMBA one week!
Singing the chorus like that is soo much harder than belting it. To be able to tune that to pitch and still maintain the light mechanism just proves what an absolute vocal beast master Floor is. She is not limited in her creativity by her vocal abilities in any way, its all availible her at will. So beautiful and amazing to witness.
In case no one has mentioned it yet, the older gentleman getting misty eyed during Floor's performance is Henk Poort, a Dutch opera and theatre star who played the Phantom in the original Dutch production of Phantom of the Opera. He was one of Floor's teenage idols, so getting to perform for and with him was a huge deal for her. He became so enamored with her singing that he learned how to use vocal distortion in order to sing Disturbed's version of The Sound of Silence for her, and later sang The Phantom of the Opera with her in the season finale. This has led to multiple duets between the two, culminating in his appearance onstage with Nightwish late last year in Amsterdam for the band's first performance of Phantom in 17 years.
Every time you do a reaction of Floor on this show (Beste Zangers) I recommend you look for the ones with intro and outro, they give a much appreciated insight on the performances and how Floor make her choices. Cheers from Buenos Aires!!!
And all of them watching Floor are also singers. Bezte Zangers is a Dutch TV-show where the artist sings for the other artists. Their own songs but as we see here a song that was special for the other artist. Floor kills it on every performance on that show. And you will probably love all of them. Here you can see Henk Poort watching and later in that show he sings the Phantom of the Opera together with Floor.
hi, that guy is Rolf Sanchez and Floor also covered a song from him in the same show. namely Que Se Sente, it's a Spanish song and maybe the reaction with intro is nice for you.
How I became a fan of Floor Jansen? I was in the music store in 2005 or 2006, which I liked to shop at the time. At the CD stand there were headphones, where you could listen to the CD's for a few seconds. I saw an attractive CD cover from the band "After Forever" that said "Remagine". From that point on, I was a big fan. When "After Forever" released a new CD in 2007, I was able to persuade an employee from the music store to give me the big advertising poster that was hanging on the wall. The band "After Forever" played on the Earthshaker Roadshock Tour in Berlin in 2007. Floor Jansen mingled with the audience after their performance to enjoy the atmosphere of the other bands playing there. I took this chance and embraced her for this beautiful performance. I also think it's the best time for music bands that are about to break out. You can celebrate with the fans without any problems between a well-known artist or fan. When the band stopped After Forever, Floor Jansen formed the band Revamp. And later came the request from Nightwish, which meant the death of the band "Revamp". I still wear the After Forever and Revamp t-shirts, although they've taken on the washed-out vintage style.
Excellent point about the setting and Floor taking it down a notch......,,Floor is such a good story teller, she injects these little "emotional bullets" sighs, etc and draws out syllables at just the right time. As I'm sure others have stated, she had 6 years of formal training and you can certainly tell; she is a very smart singer......I spit my coffee out when I heard "pretty".
In a different episode of this show she was asked if she preferred to sing to a smaller group or stadium and she said less nervous in front of a stadium
Hi Rachael, greetings from UK This was another great reaction, thank you 😊 To see the context of who Floor is singing this song to, here is a link to the show with English subtitles ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UWWbgYJ6Q6E.html Vocal coaches love to comment on how great this version is. The top three I have seen are; Beth Roars: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mhiqYX_uwBM.html Christi Bovee: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gx3Pqrd-Cs4.html Ken Tamplin: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j48uzYuWkF4.html
8:13 Beste Zangers (Best Singers) is a Dutch tv show where a small group of singers of various genres go on holiday together, and every evening one of them is in the spotlights and the others each sing a song for them. That could be one of their own songs, a song that they listened to as a kid, a song that has a special meaning to them, etc. In this case besides Floor there are - A RU-vid cover artist (Emma Heesters, the young blonde girl, she's in the spotlight this episode) who has made numerous original songs since - A latin singer (Rolf Sanchez, bearded guy in the dark shirt) - A singer-songwriter (Ruben Annink, the young guy) - A Dutch pop singer (Samantha Steenwijk, the other blonde) - An opera and musical singer (Henk Poort, the old guy and famous for being 'the Phantom of the opera') - A rock singer (Tim Akkerman, in the striped shirt) The host is also a famous Dutch singer. They always try to get all kind of styles into the show to get people out of their comfort zone, and that makes it a really cool show to watch. In Floor's case, I believe she sang a German song (an operetta song) in the first episode, Dutch in the second episode (for Samantha), Spanish in the third (for Rolf) and English in the remaining ones. Is it time for Phantom yet? 😁😁
Floor performed several songs on this show and was at last appreciated in her own country, The Netherlands, as not a metal country. Every song was perfect and each sung to one of the other six singers. She has several other covers on her RU-vid channel.
That "A Star Is Born" with Judy Garland you were speaking about is not the original but the second one made in 1954, the first one was made 1937 and there is even third one with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson 1976. So the one with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper 2018 is the fourth version.
The concept of this show Beste Zangers (Best Singer) is they take a cross section of singers who are popular in The Netherlands. Those singers are there for the entire season. Each episode of the season focuses on one of the singers. All the other singers perform a song that is very special to person who is the focus of the episode. The host guides the conversation to set up one of the singers to perform a song for the person of focus. That is why the setting is so intimate.
It's Flawless Floor more or less 😂 Greetings from Finland. Keep on exploring Finnish bands like Steve 'N' Seagulls etc 👍 All the best, stay safe (we are "trying to") 👍
Wooo, so glad you doing her Phantom of the Opera :). BTW: all the people listing are music monsters in there own right. Quite nice watching a few of the others on that show too.
Hello again, this is a very different Floor Jansen than most people know. Recently Floor did a lot more solo projects and she keeps doing that for sure! It's defintely worth following her on this path! However, something I wanted to point out to you is that Floor is not just a great singer, which is pretty obvious, I think a good amount of the "Magic" in her singing is her acting. Sometimes it's just very very tiny nuances in her voice and sometimes it's just a simple look or a turn of her head that emphasizes her expression or the emotions she want's you to feel. This way Floor literally touches you heart and soul and she's a master in doing that, I've seen only a few singers doing this constantly in such a subtile but effecive way...
Phantom ... Phantom ... Phantom. :) First taste the Beste Sangers version with Henk Poort ... then, Nightwish with Henk Poort. Thank you for your reaction videos! Subbed.
Can you imagine being on a sofa, so close?! A bit monotone for Floor (the colours, not her voice!) Starting off quietly, then ramping it up and up. She is singing directly at Emma on the center sofa! Also done as a duet with Tim, a different slant again. Multiple Phantoms to choose from now!
It was beautiful to watch your face through this performance. Clearly you rather liked it 😁 Rolf's face also was a picture. That 2019 Beste Zangers series is a source of much great material...
All of the people she was singing to are accomplished singers with their own careers. Nightwish has 2 versions of Phantom both are excellent please react to both not to compare just to be amazed by the 4 different singers.
dont forget, lady gaga is just more famous. that doesnt mean shes the better singer. but beside that, shes just a singer songwriter like everyone else, I saw her with just a keyboard in a tiny venue. and her powerful voice cant do all those versatile vocal styles , like floor can. she worked as a vocal coach for a reason.
Please listen the same cover “Shallow” with floor but the version with Tim Akkerman in Beste Zangers! I am a Floor Jansen fan ❤️ This song is so beautiful of course, but the version with Tim, the way she handles the voice is different, it’s moore powerful, unbelievable… trust me, your heart races at a certain point. It's amazing how she can make that song her own 🥹
@@johnsmith-cw3wo Depends for what singer the songs where written to. Tuomas writes to the singer with the rest of the band in mind. If it not fits the singer, the song will be put on the backburner ;)
You should defenitly reat to "Floor Jansen & Henk Port - Phantom of the Opera" (Beste Zangers Version) and the phenomenal "Devin Townsend -Kingdom" (for EMGtv)
If you want to see Floor do a duet with Tim Ackerman singing Shallow on Beste Zangers, you should react to it as well because it is amazing too. Really enjoyed your reaction. This series really showcases a lot of Floors vocal capabilities. I suggest you react to every one of them. And the other singers sitting on the couch too. The 2019 Beste Zangers season with Floor put this program on the worldwide stage, as it is a Dutch TV production, and had not been seen hardly at all. Floor is magical.
@@rayactions Hi Rachel,you have a great presence and articulate manner ,well done, here's my NW/Floor list for your indulgence and reference ,cheers pt!. As someone who started listening to Nightwish and Floor with her 1st band AfterForever 20 yrs ago I offer My song list recommendations below which is solely focused on the singer you just saw & heard,cheers **there are 2 pivotal events since Floor Jansen came aboard NW in late 2012 #1 Wacken 2013 - #2 Beste Zangers 2019 at this popular Dutch tv show filmed on Ibiza some top Dutch singers past & present get together and the person on the center couch for the day has one of their songs or a song that has meaning to them sung back to them reinterpreted by the other singers,novel idea . Floor opened the show with the 1st song below and just blew everyone's mind,only two of the other singers knew who Floor was but none of them had heard her sing with such versatility,after the 8 day run of the show Floor's & NW's popularity soared,stadiums filled up and ticket sales shot up.btw since Floor joined NW & after this show NW's fan base has tripled . on Mama by Samantha S.Floor completely changes the tempo and song structure ,the song is about Samantha wanting to be more like her Mom, Que Se Siente by Rolf is originally a merenge ,mambo type song so of course Floor does it her way,Winner by Tim A. he wrote for his brother who has Spina Bifida, About Love ,Ruben wrote about his parents divorce. Floor Jansen - Vilja Lied for Henk Poort(2019) + intro and outro (With eng subtitles) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JN80AfHiUTY.html Floor Jansen sings Shallow for Emma Heesters Beste Zangers 2019 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M68pe4a_9zk.html *with subtittles :ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UWWbgYJ6Q6E.html *Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phantom Of The Opera | Beste Zangers 2019 : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-plCScjvDOJM.html Floor Jansen sings Mama for Samantha Steenwijk Beste Zangers 2019 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I8MKd4lkvDc.html Floor Jansen sings Que Se Siente for Rolf Sanches Beste Zangers 2019 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DfYeLUoqw0E.html *(With Subtitles):ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QrUz0CE7zoM.html Floor Jansen sings Winner for Tim Akkerman Beste Zangers 2019 Eng. Subs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vQ04AUZdTss.html Floor Jansen sings About love I don't know a thing for Ruben Annink Beste Zangers 2019 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1SyHUrfjeqg.html *2 weeks after her gall bladder surgery so she could not be there in person but live synced this was the 2012 Eurovision song winner by Loreen Floor Jansen - Euphoria | Beste Zangers Songfestival 2021 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FOBgrpkOIVE.html *************
@@rayactions pt3. SOMETHING SPECIAL : Even with a fan made phone recording it is MIND BLOWING,just imagine if it was professionally recorded : ReVamp...21-02-2014...Effenaar Eindhoven( Misery No Crime) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PjvbzVAJ7cc.html *Floor's 1st band: After Forever ft. Floor Jansen - Who Wants to Live Forever ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QuK7c1wql-A.html After Forever - Monolith Of Doubt Live At Kopspijkers (2002 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3TmKHkQx45U.html After Forever live in Bibelot 2003 - Intrinsic - Vilin Music ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z8B6UiMzAI0.html After Forever - My Pledge of Allegiance #1 (Live Die Zillo Festival 2004) : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V4oQuf3XUmo.html After Forever - Dreamflight Live ProgPower USA VIII (2007 : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-73-_F9prx4I.html *Floor's 2nd band : ReVamp - Disdain (Live)Graspop 2010.: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tIqzPXzhEuw.html ReVamp - Million (Live)Graspop 2010 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2DritMfGdw.html ************** Floor's recent YT covers for the fans,simply amazing: Alone - Heart (cover by Floor Jansen)just piano,2020 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1fu-yP6q6Gk.html Ave Maria - Floor Jansen (Music Video)2020 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hbb8HwQuIso.html Let It Go - Frozen (cover by Floor Jansen)2020 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-18s6ZdvAfQk.html Adagio - Lara Fabian (cover by Floor Jansen)2020 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KZRHLLM6AU4.html Oblivion - M83 (cover by Floor Jansen)2021 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zG-ptrlJ4pM.html Dangerous Game ft. Henk Poort (Jekyll & Hyde cover)2021 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TkGRugbzhng.html Into The Unknown - Frozen 2 (Cover by Floor Jansen) 2021 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dlPoCe5CwsE.html Floor Jansen - Agape (Kadawatha cover) 2021 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sndwDr2FcfU.html
Not sure if Floor said it after this song or another... When asked if she more anxious to sing in this setting or in a large stadium she answered "I'll have that stadium"
She wanted to do this one with a subdued flavor because it was solo. She does another, much more vigorous, version of it on this same season of the TV show only a couple of episodes later. That one is done as a duet with Tim Akkerman, the young guy on the couch with the striped shirt and curly beard. She's in her black leather Valkyrie outfit that week. When the humming lead-in to the last chorus is building, she stands up from the stool, towering over Tim, and we Nightwish fans were all silently going, "Oh no, oh no! She's a gonna go full metal jacket on him and hurt the poor guy!!! Somebody call 911!" She did do her NW fans proud, but luckily for Tim, she restrained the supernatural forces of the Valkyrie goddess in check just enough to keep from causing injury! 🤣
Yay! That's what I thought because also the venue is smaller and intimate, it's suited it more. It was phenomenal!! And I'll have to look up that version too, wanna see her let her let loose!!
Just for context, the show has a group of singers and each week one is sat in the central couch and the rest sing for him/her. This week was Emma's turn in the couch. I don't know her career, but from the show I gather she is a RU-vidr who makes covers, that's the reason Floor sang a cover of a popular song. In the first episode for instance, Henk Poort, who is an opera singer sat on the couch and Floor opened the show by singing an opera in German (Vilja Lied) with a background music of rock guitar and battery. Emma being a RU-vidr I didn't expect much of her, but she surprised me, she is very good (not as versatile as Floor who masters multiple lanes, but good in her lane). She sang "Vivo per Lei" with Henk and did great. I recommend you watching that duet too. Fun game during that video, try to decide from the look on their faces, who's heart is melting more for Henk's singing, Emma, Floor or Rolph. :) Edit: Here is the link to that duet ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OumZnDaQINo.html
Floor is amazing, do Euphoria next. And when it comes to Phantom of the opera, you should do the Tarja version. Floor is the best but Tarjas version its so much better then floor and henks..
There is also a version of this performance on YT with intro/outro (English subtitles), worth a look. (And there are more songs by Floor in this show that have the intro/outro recorded, like the first song she did, Vilja Lied. As she was almost unknown in the Netherlands, the reactions from the people on the couch are very amusing😅)
So many great songs on the Bests Zangers ( Best Singers ) show. Great concept Emma the blonde girl in the red it was her turn for someone to sing to. Emma loves this Lady Gaga song so Floor chose to sing this one.
Oh, wait until you hear your new favorite Christine blow the doors off Phantom with Henk in that setting. You KNOW you can't pull the punch on the aria, no matter what setting you're in. So she's really full-on giving it to Henk (you saw him on the couch a minute ago), who has played the Phantom in the Dutch version, and who she's idolized since she was a kid. She's pretty much forgetting that the rest of the room is there while knocking their socks off. I actually hope you do the Beste Zangers version before the Nightwish Amsterdam version. Both are great, but the Beste Zangers is a better performance overall, maybe not as cool to listen to without Nightwish behind them, and all the Pyro, etc that comes with a Nightwish performance, but it's a better vocal, IMHO.
@@rayactions You are very welcome! I've helped manage a few reaction channels and that's not a guess 😊 The only thing that I would recommend is that you start a Patreon and memberships as soon as possible...
You really have to listen to the acoustic version of how is the heart. It will knock your socks clean off floor's voice really shines In that song I hope you listen to it soon and by the way Phantom of the Opera is fantastic quick floor. Your friend and Oregon Mike
You really should do a reaction to Tommy Johansson, that guy can sing. He only is the guitar player of Sabaton but he could be the main singer in nearly all other bands.
I think you´ll enjoy reacting to Iron Maiden. They have great songs, most songs have great lyrics and the singing is awesome too. I suggest "Fear of the Dark", "When the Wild Wind Blows" and "For the Greater Good of God"
There are versions of these song with full subs, including pre-and post commentary, but they may still get blocked? When it was Floors day, the young man in striped jacket (Ruben Annink ) said in pre-singing interview: singing to Floor? Feels like I will climb up vertical wall...😉
I see you have fallen into the Floor Jensen/Nightwish rabithole. Another band in a similar vein to check out would be Epica with Simone Simmons. Floor and Simone have done lots of work together. A good place to start would be the two songs from Epica's Retrospect live show where Floor guest vocals. Welcome to the Army
I would love to watch you reach to Chris Klafford - ocean eyes To me chris has more of an affect than floor did here. His voice was meant for that song.
