Emppu made guitar solo as his own and Nightwish style, but yet respecting the feel of the original. I respect that. Like many have said, not a cover, but a tribute.

I've seen 3 lead singers, 2 drummers, and 2 bassists come and go. I follow Nightwish for Tuomas's musical genius.

I'm a huge Gilmour and Pink Floyd fan, but I actually find myself listening to this tribute more than the original. It's just amazing.

Marko is the bass player that sings. Empuu is the guitar player. Also, they call it a tribute instead of a cover, cause they made it their own.

Interesting fact. Tuomas(keyboard player) has stated that in his mind this is not a cover, but tribute to Pink Floyd's song.

Ohhhhh Marko❤ SO AMAZING❤ TOGETHER❤ WITH❤ NIGHTWISH❤

This concert was Tarja's last performance, but this was just the four guys -- each showcasing what they do best: Marco CAN SING, Jukka is a great drummer, Emppu is a great guitarrist, and Tuomas -- both orchestrating and playing this - great. They didn't need Floor or Tarja: this was Marco's song. I like the fact that we got to see Emppu and Jukka doing so much. Without a woman vocalist getting all the camera time we got to *see* more of the band's skills.

My favourite version of this song. Nice V-Drums in the background 👍🏻

I haven’t watched this yet.... but I’m already looking forward to it, because in my humble opinion this IMPROVES upon the original. I saw them perform this live, and a diehard Floyd fan at my side gave grudging approval.

Sorry for the mix-up with the names guys, it's clearly the bass player that's singing 😅

I guess you could say it was Floor-less performance :) I love this tribute ... as a long-time Floyd fan I have to say that for me this version is on par with the original. No-one can match Dave Gilmour for feel on the guitar, but Empu does a fine job of "Nightwishing" the lead breaks without disrespecting the original. Marko's vocals are stunning.

No cover this is amazing tribute .Marco Higher level this song..powerful voice...Nightwish the best band our time🤘🔥

Yep talent in abundance there, fabulous thankyou.

Magical Tribute to Pink Floyd's High Hopes (Not ment to be a cover 😉) In this tribute Marco is singing and playing the bas. Emppu is the guitarist.

Great tribute to Pink Floyd. They don’t call it a cover. Love this one. Amazing. This one was during Tarja. Marco was singing. Know the original. Thank you for this reaction.

This is from the year 2005 (Hartwall Arena Helsinki, End of an Era, Tarja's era). Marko is a bassist and singer. Emppu is the guitarist. Both of them did an excellent work there. Wonderful tribute it is. I'm so long time fan of Pink Floyd that i remember their "real" heyday at the 70's. This song is not a "classic" in that perspective and so more "open" to new interpretations and Nightwish did it excellent. ⛄👍

The love you have for this song is palpable, and you certainly did the Nightwish version justice. Well done, sir.

This cover expresses" the bands emotions regarding the firing of their lead singer about 3 hours later. As far as I know, this was the last time they played it.

You should hear Marko in another great cover namely Phantom of the opera. There he sings the duet with Tarja. Both of them are excellent in that performance. May be interesting for you to hear Tarja also if you don't have heard her before. She may surprise you.

This was done while on Tarja era, and when Tarja was taking a break to change clothes and relax voice usualy band was doing a cover and among others you may want to check Symphony of Destruction cover. Also Marko was lead vocalist on band Tarot where he brother played too you may wan tto check Wings of Darkness and Tides from them

this was in october 2005, tarjas last concert with nw, she was changing costumes. the bandmembers on stage seemed very emotionally. anyway: what a tribute! as I said, they never disappoint. I believe marko has a much better voice as rw. thanks for this reaction, GG.

Dear Mr. GuitarGent, wonderful commentary, thoughtful and knowledgeable. Emppu surely knows that trying to out-Gilmour Gilmour would be the height of folly: what he chose to do in the solo was in my opinion a mature and well thought of translation to his style and technique.

Marko has a great voice! Hope he'll return to Nightwish someday. Great song!

This is one of the best covers of a fantastic song and is from when Tarja was the lead vocalist (likely this was her changing song). Marco made this his own vocally as did Emppu on guitar and it had that clear Nightwish tone throughout. This song shows just how serious a loss Marco is to the band, not only for his masterful bass playing but also his vocals which could carry this band even without a female lead vocalist. Of course when you mix in Floor it become even more awesome and her and Marco are a fantastic duo that never seems to step on one another no matter how the song is performed.

Thank you, amazing tribute!

I think you should react to "The poet and pendulum" live in Wembley and "The greatest show on Earth" live in Tempere. They are the two greatest songs composed by Thomas (the guy on the keyboard) who composes all Nightwish songs. They are long songs (around 14 and 20 minutes). You might want to do some research on the lyrics before listen. In one Thomas commited suicide in the song in order to don't do it um real life meanwhile he was fighting depression after they fired the first vocalist and the fans were blaming him. The other is inspired by Prof. Richard Dawkins and is basically about the evolution of Planet Earth, since the formation until now.

A Tribute from one awesome Band to another awesome Band. After this show they fired Tarja. You see it in faces of the Tuomas, Marko, Jukka and Emppu.

Nightwish ,Pink Floyd , not my usual go to music, but both solos and melody were beautiful, luv the reaction vids GG thay make me listen to music I wouldn’t otherwise listen to in full 🤗

Even David Gilmour considered this Nightwish version the best cover of this song he ever heard. Timewise, this performance was recorded while Tarja was changing outfits in the last concert she would ever do with Nightwish; at the end she was presented with a letter signed by all four other members of the band telling her she and the band would part ways. Not quite sure if it was related to knowing this was in store for Tarja, Jukka - the drummer - alledgedly was suffering from a heavy bout of migraine during this entire concert. Seeing how he was slumbing over his drum kit holding his head during the rests I tend to believe it, which makes his performance incredible.

Enjoyed your honest discussion of the differences in the Guitar solo. I am also a Floyd fan and a recent Nightwish fan. I saw the Division Bell Concert live in Montreal during the Floyd tour. I have enjoyed High Hopes ever since. I agree it is a good tribute. IMHO, Marco put a lot of power and emotion into the vocals compared to the original.

As a guitar player you definitely need to check Wintersun. Both of their guitarists are phenomenal. Most NW fans suggest "Sons Of Winter And Stars" as it showcases NW current drummer perhaps little bit better, but I would say that you want to start with "Time" or "Winter Madness". Latter has probably the hardest guitar solo ever composed. It is originally played by Jari the singer, but as he has focused for singing, the other guitarist Teemu plays it now. Teemu is arguably even better player, and he has absolutely perfect picking technique. This live version Jari still plays it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l85oqcp6tKnJXZc.html There is also a video where Teemu explains some of their riffs and shows how that solo is played. A strong recommendation: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lb9ylKiqua-zmWg.html Then again I will suggest that you check out other incredible Finnish guitar player, Matias Kupiainen (Stratovarius). Here is his awesome performance from Finnish guitar heroes 2007, where he plays medley of Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci etc, and this was when basically no one knew him yet: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNJkaNujrZnOXac.html

Grandgrandpa 72 here: Floor was Backstage. I tell you a secret- Floor like Whiskey an Cigars. (True ! )😮

For me this is not a cover of masterpiece, but a tribute to Pink Floyd!

I was hoping one day i would get to see them do this song with Floor backing Marko .

My favourite tribute/cover ❤

Excellent constructive reaction on a great cover of a great song!

I think they played this without the click track, and did that on purpose. It sounds just that much more organic without it.

Keep in mind the drummer had a huge migrain during this concert (that's why Tuomas made that signal to Empu to check on him, nodding his head towards Yuka, the drummer. Also Marko was feeling sick that day and...on top of that they new this would be the last concert with their first singer Tarja (who was not aware yet, she told them a lot she wanted to leave and this was the night the guys would tell her this was it) So playing a concert under this stress and playing a tribute to Pink Floyd (they did not wanted to copy 1 on 1 because they admire Pink Floyd too much)

🤘🤘❤🤘🤘 I actually prefer this tribute over the original!!!! Fantastic!!! 🤗❤✌

"High Hopes" is my favorite post-Rodger Waters Floyd song, and definitely up there as a song, period. I really love this version as an alternate take and as a super solid entry in the Nightwish catalog.

Here, they are all so young... time's not waiting :(

This was recorded when first singer,Tarja, was off changing into her colour matched outfit and microphone.

It would be great to see your reaction to Endlessness from the Nightwish latest album. Also gorgeous melody sung by Marco and bossibly the deepest felt guitar in near history.

Try Ayreon with The day the world breaks down for very good prog guitar playing

2005 , Tarja's last show , 8 years b4 Floor

Marko, Lord of Rohan and Wizard of the Grey Robes! and a leather kilt!.... Emppu - THE Electric Hobbit! Love this video!

Gilmore love this rendition and has a link to it on his homepage.

Love this tribute. And the AIC tshirt, I probably saw them before you were born.😷

I'm going to out myself as someone who listened Pink Floyd version of this song only after hearing Nighwish cover. I've been metalhead since later 1980s/beginning of 1990s, so I'm less versed in non-heavy rock music.

I appreciate you doing a video for this fantastic cover/tribute. Pink Floyd was my first concert in May of 1994 at Ohio State Stadium. That show had a profound impact on me, and it's what really made me get myself in gear musically and start learning and practicing. It was so powerful yet beautiful and haunting and on such a massive scale. It was a bit eerie when they played "High Hopes" because it was really dark at the beginning, and all we heard was the bell. Plus my brothers and I weren't too familiar with the new album at the time. As for this video, I can't see what my other commenters have said for some reason, but this was from the "End of an Era" concert. It was the last concert for Tarja, the original vocalist, as the guys fired her via open letter after the show. Nonetheless, the show is fantastic despite some questionable choices from the cinematography department (too many rapid zooms and too much slow motion). It holds a lot of nostalgia for me as I became a fan right after "Century Child" was released and I saw the video for "Bless the Child." Marko's incredible bass tone in that song is what made me ditch my Peavey Foundation 5 and eventually go with Warwick. I don't know if you've got your videos for this week's theme already lined up, but if not, I recommend LOVEBITES' cover of Helloween's "Eagle Fly Free" from their studio (or a studio - not sure if it's theirs). Here's a link. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iq-Wd9CSudbZeJs.html

Marko plays bass (and guitar in some songs) and sings, Emppu plays only electric guitar (at least publicly).

I'm one of those who hadn't heard the original song before this cover so.. I guess we exist :D

Wacken 2013 is great but End of an Era 2005 is awesome...this concert. Most emotional NW concert ever and probably will be forever. Emppu...please, give me one of those signature ESP EV1 guitars ...they sound so fine and I think you have them plenty. Maybe you are new reactor of NW...but maybe you know that they developed their style, created their scope, pioneered the genre, made plenty of albums and have been famous and known in the whole world much before Floor knew anything about this band. She joined when everything was ready and table set. Yes...she did great performances since then but take that history in consideration and longer perspective in your analysis later on. A female singer is totally replaceable in NW but keyboard player is not. And this PF Tribute has been tuned by Tuomas for Marco who is so great singer too and much more difficult to replace than female singer. Let's see who he will be...

This was well before Floor was in the band.

You are absolutely right!!! Nightwish are lucky to have Floor, but also Floor is lucky to have Nightwish. Both are better because of eachother. Also, ofcourse i hope that Marco will return one day.

Love Floyd, but I think that Nightwish does a wonderful tribute version. keeping it just enough Floydlike, but giving it a little Nightwish vibe. I don't think Emppu is a slide player. The last great slide players where from the 70's. Duane Allman, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, Rod Price. These were the greats. Gilmour, Blackmore , and many others used slide or lap to produce some beautiful and emotional melodies and are two of my favorites of all time. However, the true greats are long gone and some younger player have filled their shoes like Jeff Healy (R,I,P,) and Sonny Landreth. Usually slide is used for Southern Rock and Blues music. Although I do love when it is used for beautiful and tasty solo work. Some of the country guys are pretty amazing as well. You don't hear slide in metal music these days unless it is used to create an effect.

Huh.. You think Marko was not comfortable singing parts in certain range... You will learn soon enough :) Marko is as capable and as accomplished singer as floor and for a longer time to boot! Check out phantom of the Opera from this era, and the islander at Tampere for more Marko lead songs, and many more hes heavily involved in also. He also has his own singing career for you to checkout 😉 #markasm

Think he ready for troy

imho what's interesting, this Version has a lot more sound (Pretty sure if you could compare them and see a EQ you'd see more going on) wich fits nowadays Music. Not that one or the other is better, its just funny to see/hear the differences between recording-techniques and -equipement. (tbf thats the one thing i never liked bout PF, imho it sounds too flat for what it is)

Marko Hietala :)

If you like slide guitar, check out Derek Trucks.

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I love your analysis of the song, as always. do you know the band Mago de oz?

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This was 2004 so it would have been Tarja.

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and people always make fun bass players being the least impressive....marko puts all those jokers to shame.

I’m not a fan of bands who cover Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd, because I think it’s a big NO NO. But . . . . . I have to admit, I’ll make an exception for this version of *_High Hopes_* of Pink Floyd by Nightwish. But basicly it’s no cover but a tribute. If you’re a Pink Floyd fan, you have to see/listen to.

For the love of gawd, stop talking over the music!