Old metalhead reacts to Song of Myself by Nightwish 

R.I.P Ann Waychoff mother of the Nightwish Army. June 28th, 2020 . Ann was a big Nightwish Fan. And every new person who listened to NW, she went through a little chat. And gave them some info about NW. This was her favorite song. And this song belongs to her. I like very much that Gabriel have continue Ann s work.... so her heritage is still here.

This band are not from this world ,Best LIVE band i have hearth.🤘🤘🤘

Great reaction. Nice to hear someone with musical knowledge analyze one of Nightwish's songs. You mentioned that you were into Pink Floyd. If so, you might want to take a look at Nightwish's tribute to Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" live from the End of an Era DVD. One great band paying tribute to another. It features Marko on lead vocals, which should also interest you, and magnificent guitar work from Emppu.

Favorite song of the late Ann Waychoff. Mother of the Nightwish Army. 🕯 Inspired by the 19th century 52 chapter poem of the same name by Walt Whitman, one of Tuomas' favorite poets. The studio version, from the Anette era, has a spoken poem section at the end, written by Tuomas in an ode to the original, and was voiced by friends and family of the band. The poem is not played live, but it's words are what you see on the big screen behind the band. Song #14 in a 15 song set here, right after Ghost Love Score. Yeah, that last delayed hit at the end catches a lot of people off guard on first listen. lol Yes, Troy has played a 2nd guitar at times, with and without EBOW, he also plays pipes, whistles, and bouzouki. He was offstage during this song.

Yes, Emppu can really play, no doubt about it! If you check High Hopes, you’ll see. 😄 And Marko is a great singer as well.

Pausing is good and expected, as long as one has something say about the music, and you clearly do. I love time signature changes, and this song is for me heaven. Carry on and if you feel like it, explore more Nightwish, especially the more modern concerts.

First of all you ain't old I grew up with Zeppelin Sabbath Stones Beatles etc been to hundreds of concerts this band is on a different level

That’s why everybody affectionally calls Thomas the metal Mozart. He’s not a composer. He is Mozart.

RIP Ann Waychoff. Never forgotten. Great reaction, new sub here. The fan created video of the full version with the spoken word section is beautifully done and well worth a watch too.

I saw thousands of reactions. I do not understand the complaining about pausing. If i do not like it - i take the original. Pausing is something very personal taste😊. Sorry guys.

Love your reactions 🤘 Keep on going with NW. You have a lot of concerts to go through, from Wacken 2013 to Hellfest 2022.

Troy is the band’s multi-instrumentalist, specialising mostly in pipes (especially Uilleann Pipes, a type of bagpipe) but he can play pretty much anything so occasionally will pull guitar duties either alongside Emppu or on his own (including sometimes just him and Floor going acoustic). He doesn’t play on this song though. Marko stepped down for mental-health reasons, has made some great progress since and is back on the road, most recently with former Nightwish lead singer Tarja Turunen. His successor is Jukka “Jukkis” Koskinen who is a great bassist but doesn’t do any vocal work for the band.

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Great reaction!! Great song!! Great lyrics!! 🤘🤘🤘

RIP Ann. And there forever remains that change from G to Em Sometimes e͟v͟e͟r͟y͟t͟h͟i͟n͟g͟ is piano black.

Great reaction. Marko’s replacement is also a ban member of winter Sun. He’s an excellent guitarist but unfortunately he doesn’t sing. The multi-instrumentalist Troy does the male singing parts but Troy is no Marko. His voice is softer which suits some of their music but it will mean that a lot of the older numbers won’t be on their playlist anymore. For the moment they arn’t doing any life shows so it’s no problem.

The Nightwish 2013 Wacken concert footage was recorded, produced, and released on DVD/bluray by Nightwish. They hold the copyrights, so may not be blocked by the Wacken concert folks. The full credits are shown after the final song, The Last Ride of the Day, if you are interested. Details should also be available on the web.

No 2 in my favourites list. Marco is superb - I love his second entry (the rising gliss) so much I extracted it and have it as my ringtone. Favourite parts: Piano Black , and particularly the best description of depression I've heard - "sometimes the within is piano black". Piano black - that deep glossy black that almost evades the eye. Emppu holding that long note one-handed as he drinks a Corona. The unexpected pauses (rests) towards the end, particularly, in this performance, when Floor turns her hands upwards and the flames seem to come from her palms. Great chuggy rhythms in the breakdown. Little pizzicato string sections in the run-up to that ending. At the end the lead vocals use the same lyrics as the choir are singing in the earlier parts - "All that great heart lying still and slowly dying All that great heart lying still on an angelwing". That lyric is perfect for the staccato rhythm. ...and lots more A few more comments: You should watch the following for Marco vocals... 1. High Hopes from Hartwall Arena 2005, the ultimate Marco. You'll love Emppu's guitar in that too 2. While Your Lips are Still Red, Wembley 2015 3. The Islander Tampere 2015 Then for great Floor / Marco combinations... 1. Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean from Buenos Aires 2018, great Marco vocals, phenomenal drums from Kaitsu Hahto who replaced Jukka Nevakainen in 2014 2. Slaying the Dreamer from Buenos Aires 2018 3. Ghost River from this Wacken show Then there are many others too. Yes, Nightwish use a click. Interestingly, though it is rarely commented, Marco also does post-production sound mixing. My no 1 is The Poet and the Pendulum from Wembley 2015 but you need to wait until you have heard much more Nightwish. No 3 for me is one of Floor's favourites, 7 Days to the Wolves also from Wembley 2015 I have been taken to task by some in the past for saying Tuomas is a composer not a songwriter😂 Surprised you get blocked and have to stop so much, many reactors play complete songs right through without issues. Maybe you'll get different results with the best two Nightwish concerts, Buenos Aires 2018 and Wembley 2015? Nightwish Army UK Eastern Division signing out for now...

Nice Job buddy! Just want to point out Floor a bit more. Whatever guard you have up, when Floor's voice comes in she cut's thru it like a fresh sharpened butcher knife and get's you right into your soul and while your bleeding out you feel satisfied. Greetings from Germany

R.I.P Ann we missed you, Mother of the Nightwish family❤

Just subscribed. I’m a 1970 Oklahoma dude. I was a trombone player and I doubt you can name a metal band I don’t know. #1 Led. #2 Megadeth. I’m absolutely obsessed with Nightwish. The compositions of Thuomas is genius. Empu’s tone is perfect for every song. Again, subscription is based on your knowledge of music. Thanks for the reaction.

As a drummer myself, l really admire Jukka's work with his china there. ⛄👍

Marko plays double necked warwick as well. That might weight a couple of tons 🙂

Thanks for this great reaction. I have been loving all of your Nightwish reactions, including the pauses for your explanations and reactions to the various parts of the live performances. Keep them coming. By the way, I recommend that you react to Nightwish's tribute to Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" with Marko on lead vocals while then female lead, Tarja Turunen, was doing a mid-concert costume change. This really shows off Marko's vocals and Empuu's guitar work on this interpretation.

hi, if you like Marco sing, High Hopes is recommended. it's a tribute to Pink Floyd.

Troy was a visiting member of the band at this concert; later, he became a full member

To put Floor's performance in the right perspective. Did you know Floor was a stand in at this tour? Half way this tour The original singer Annette could not continu so they called Floor if she could help them out. She said yes and only had 48 hours to get there and learn the whole setlist!!!

G'day. Like your work mate, but just fyi you really won't have trouble with blocks from Nightwish live. A couple of pauses for copyright is enough. This is one of my favourite of their songs.

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I am not a guitarist (even though I own a PRS 6 string baritone), so take what I'm about to say in that context. Regarding Empuu and his guitar playing: I have noticed a lot of other metal bands have several guitarists in addition to the bass. I like a lot of them. But I have also noticed that all those guitars can get a bit, how do you say, "noisy?", like they are stepping on each other or are not completely in sync, or something. Also, it seems like sometimes the other guitars don't "make room" for each other when needed. Nightwish has only one "metal" guitarist. I think that fact contributes a lot to their sound. The guitars are always in sync because there is only one, and Empuu automatically makes room for whatever he is playing in the moment because he must. I don't think he gets enough credit for accomplishing all by himself what some other bands need 2 (sometimes 3) guitarists to do. Troy does sometimes contribute on guitar, but I don't he does at all for the entire Wacken 2013 show. He is only on stage for a few songs. He contributes more on subsequent albums and tours, but most always in a rhythm capacity pretty far back in the mix, just adding that little extra bit of ambience. A lot of times those contributions are a more folky instrument called a Bouzouki. A couple of notable exceptions are at the Wembley 2015 show. On two songs, "While Your Lips are Still Red" and "The Greatest Show on Earth" he plays a PRS 6 string with an eBow. Absolutely fantastic. I didn't know what it was he was doing at first. I loved the sound it made. I had to research it. It was those performances that made me purchase my own eBow. Good thing it wasn't too expensive. It was immediately apparent that it would take _a lot_ of practice for me to make anything close to music with it. So, as usual, Troy takes something that is hard to play and even harder to master and makes it look easy.

R.I.P Ann Waychoff mother of the Nightwish Army. June 28th, 2020 This is your song. If you ever have to explain the Groove in Metal to someone - play this tune. Until the Breakdown hits you with a 10 ton hammer it is all fun and games. But then the slow chugging monster with the machine gun riffing takes over. And for every Metal Head this lights up the day. Awesome….Imho one of the best songs ever. Sometimes the sky is piano black…. Floor Jansen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Valkyries and Stonehenge, Lady of Nightwish and Protector of our Metal Realm. Long may she reign. Bow, mortal !

RIP Ann Waychoff🤘🎸

Pause as much as you need to/want to. We all know where the full version is.

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Great song from that set of many Great songs. 😁 IF you want more of Marko singing. I recomend the tribute to PF s High Hopes. Greetings from nwAse Sweden

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This is a good GuitarMania interview with Tuomas about his songwriting process and background in music :) He actually has less formal training than you think, he went to basic music school until he was 16. Tuomas writes all of the music, but the final bit of orchestration arrangement is done by Pip Williams. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-49L6WqxBE98.html

Please, go to the show of Argentina (Buenos Aires), to the song "Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean."

No worries. Most reactors miss Floor's growls in that song. She is mixed as a support to Marko's lead during the chorus. Great commentary OMMD. No worries about the pauses. Troy, the Brit in the band was a guest on this Wacken show. He only played on a couple songs. Now he is a permanent member in Nightwish. Most Nightwish live songs are done with a click. This is the only way yo sync with the orchestral and choir backing tracks. I think you would love this one from a couple years back. New bassist. Troy is also in this one. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FnMqKZ-Ojt8.html - Nightwish - Tribal (OFFICIAL LIVE) Or maybe do this double shot from 2022 Masters of Rock. The 2 opening tracks.. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H2iwIviaN2g.html - 🎼 NIGHTWISH 🎶 Masters Of Rock 2022 🎶 Noise & Tribal 🔥 REMASTERED 2.0 🔥

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🤗🍒🤘🏻 well done but...... Too bad for the many stops

You're forgiven for mixing up the voices 😊

They have alot of great heavy song try "Devil and the deep dark ocean" also live or 7 days to the Wolves. Nightwish army Denmark reporting in

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Good one.

I could see you really wanted to pause again , yes a little to much .

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Great song way too many pauses though

Dude, to much talk!

If you would like to see how good Marko's vocals are, check out Nightwish's tribute to Pink Floyd covering their song High Hopes. AMAZING you won't be disappointed.

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