"man, he took his time in the sun, had a dream to understand, a single grain of sand" such a powerful quote. our personal life isnt as important as we think it is. we should enjoy our life, get rid of our egoistic thinking and love life and learn things, even if it has almost zero impact.

There is no politics in this song. It is literally just a summary of the creation of the universe and life.

Tuomas said that he used to be an absolute perfectionist when it came to their live performances, but he's learned to let go and embrace the moment. If somebody screws up a note, then it just adds a unique element to that show. There are plenty of times when somebody makes a mistake and they just laugh and keep playing with a smile, it's awesome.

Dont get me wrong, this is a great song no matter what, but knowing what it's about makes it just SO much more epic and powerfull!

Nightwish is the only band that can tell a story just by playing different instruments. Adding our Valkyrie Queen voice is the sealing of the story for all eternity!🎼🌹

You said “she’s terrifyingly gorgeous” and it *immediately* brought to mind a scene from “The Lord of The Rings”. Lady Galadriel is tempted briefly by the one ring of power, and she says “…in place of a dark lord, you would have a queen! Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Treacherous as the sea, stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me, and despair.” Yup. Floor.

most people forget that Troy also sings along.🎶🎶🤟🏻🤟🏻

Interesting & telling remark abt the possibility of "a good amount of politics" in this epic song. From a US perspective maybe, where just abt anything & everything has become politicized by now. So here's my 2cts from Dutchieland: ZERO politics here. Just Tuomas' take on cosmology, abiogenesis and "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life", the evolution of our species, of music all of it supported by the narration of Darwin's neo-Darwinist prophet, Richard Dawkins who also does the concluding remarks about not bewailing being born cuz of the vast army of neverborns (that last admonishment contrasting nicely with the lyrics of e.g. "Planet Hell") . Cheers from Amsterdam! 🤘

The title of the issue is taken from a 2009 book by evolutionary biologist and atheist writer Richard Dawkins, about the evidence for biological evolution. Dawkins also contributes to the album. Holopainen explained to HMV in March 2015: "I wrote him a letter a little over a year ago and explained what ideas we had for this album, mainly about evolution. Since one of the songs goes straight to one of his books, it felt like a perfect match to try and recite him on the album. A few weeks later, he sent me an email accepting the invitation." "Later in 2014, we recorded his parts at Hats Off Studios, Oxford. This is a huge honour for us, as Dawkins is one of our greatest heroes and his writings have been a huge inspiration for the album."

Marco and Floor sound incredible together in this , they really push one another vocally and Floors stamina is next level ..last song of the night and she's hitting Fs, Gs effortlessly.

Great! The most epic Tampere version. Unfortunately l have to work at that time. But have a good time all. ⛄👍

"Hair-twirling". You are too cute. Windmilling

"Hunger for Shiny Rocks, for Giant Mushroom Clouds..." and the following Lyrics, gets me every Time and make me a Mess for the Rest of the Song especially the "We Were Here".

I am very sure that this will be an extremely entertaining reaction from you. Because of this, it might end up in my playlist. Greetings Kelsea / Nightwish Army Germany

Floor is great.!!!!... So much talent and skill.... This lady walks on to the stage and takes over!!! Plus she just beat cancer. May GOD keep and bless her! And she is wearing a cape again!! What a voice?!!!!! AND she is a mother!! Can you imagine her as your mom???? Mind blowing............ And she rides horses!!!!! Floor is one of those singers that could sing a telephone book and make it sound great!!!!!

The design on Floor's dress represents the double helix of DNA. Kai also has the molecule on his kick drums. The entire show is about science and is based on the works of Charles Darwin and Professor Richard Dawkins. Troy introduced Tuomas to these when he joined the band.

Floor Jansen best LIVE singer of the World .

If you like Floor and Marcos harmonies, you'll have to see their performance of Seven days to the wolves live..it is so great

That what You called as outro was the same song till the very end, for lot of people that is unusually but that is how Tuomas write his songs!😊..beautiful reaction!❤

Hail Heidi, greetings from UK 😁 That was a beautiful reaction, thank you 😉 It is called "The Greatest Show On Earth" because it is partly based upon a book by Richard Dawkins of the same name. He is an Oxford Proffessor and he read the spoken part after the bagpipes in the beginning. He also walked out on stage and read the post script at the Wembley Arena performance

Enjoyed your reaction. First the "flute" Troy is playing is an Irish Low Whistle. Floor's hair spins are called windmills, because she is after all Dutch. Song is inspired by the writings of Richard Dawkins, a famous evolutionary biologist. Song is not political but a celebration of the history of Earth, evolution, and and the rise of humanity. It is especially a celebration of life, especially the quote from Richard Dawkins spoke by him at the start of the outro. It is a reminder of how precious life it is and how each of our birth's is an incredible gift from the universe. This song and especially the outro are very inspiring to me and encourage me to go out an live my best life.

this is no ''song'' this is a story a Masterpiece...composed by Tuomas and Marko, the creation of the planet...and next you should listen to ''MUSIC' that song fits so well after the Greatest show on Earth....thanks Heidi to listen to one of the greatest bands on this Earth🤗❤Greets from eastern Netherlands

Floors voice meets your heart immediately - even when i have listen to their songs many hundred times most of them. And we love her so much, because she is so humble and she can give you the feeling she is singing especially for you. this feeling is supported by her open arms and her gestures. Unmateched stage presence especially of Floor. IMO

"The Greatest Show on Earth" indeed. The greatest performance of the greatest rock composition. 👍🤘🤟

The harmonies that you enjoyed were Floor, Marco and Troy. As for it being political, I don't see what you mean? It's the story of the creation of our planet and creation and ultimate destruction of our species (enter Ratkind). You were right when you said it would be great to see this live. I saw them perform this at Wembley in November 2022 and it was the most amazing experience.

One of the better reaction to this song. Congrats. I’ve listened to this song about 500 x especially on other peoples reactions and still get goosebumps ❤❤❤❤

Just a correction to Romulan_Republican_Force in your chat. Floor is married to Hannes Van Dahl, which is Sabaton's drummer, not vocalist :)

They shot off that confetti at the end of the song. At nearly any venue, they are required to pay someone to pick up ALL the confetti after the concert. The message, according to Tuomas, is the positive message of life itself.

Phew... I've been saving your reaction of this song to the Xmas eve. 😊 This was so fun...! And the song is so freaking profound. The message, the story of life and humanity, words of Richard Dawkins, the band... Dear me. I've seen this performance so many times, and it never fails to captivate me 100 percent. My favourite moment of the live versions if this, is when everybody sings "We Were Here". I get so sad and humbled, and at the same time I feel so... alive, you know. Our shared story might be just a blink of an eye in the cosmic scale, but boy did we live and love and everything. Thanks again Heidi and warm Xmas greetings from snowy Finland. ❤

The Firework is the Big Bang

If you enjoyed this one you would would really like their live performance of Weak Fantasy from the same show.

Uranium pipe😂.It's Uillean pipes and Troy also played the low tin wistle in this song

I love Nightwish. As a finn i've known their exintence at the 90" already, but they were not my cup of tea then. Two years ago I just happened to watch them in KZfaq and they really are my cup of tea now. I love them a lot. You should do more of them and other finnish bands. And you should visit here in Finland at some summerfestival among other places to visit. But about this great song, The Greatest Show An Earth, i think you were in a hurry. I mean that this song would be better to listen and react rather later than too soon. Better to listen more of them before jumping to this. But anyway I glad you liked it. I love this, and so many other their shows.

Song is about how life it self is Greatest Show on Earth, with how it constantly evolves and creates new and has endless possiblities.

This is a true masterpiece telling the story of life on earth. When they sing "we were here" at the end always makes me cry. It is so powerful

Awesome, thanks for reacting to NW!

Thanks for reacting to this masterpiece! 👏

The creation of the Earth and of life and the rise and fall of mankind in one AMAZING song! WE WERE HERE!! The greatest show on Earth? Certainly the greatest thing ever from a live concert by anyone anywhere.

Nightwish is not just a concert, they are an experience! They tell a story with every performance! I've been following Nightwish well over 20 years now and they have become my fav all-time band! such amazing talent in this band! This song takes you on an incredible journey, its very long, but very worth it! One of the best Nightwish live performances I've seen and I love them all lol! Doesn't floorgasms feel amazing and never ending lol! Floor is the Queen of Metal, she is truly one of a kind and a once in a lifetime vocalist! Last edit here, just have to say that Nightwish is only one of a few bands that can make incredibly long songs feel too short lol! You just never want it to end cause they are so awesome!

The difference in harmony matching may be because this song was written with Floor in mind as the vocalist, while I want my tears back was written with Annette in mind

Hi Heidi, the holiday season is starting slowly and if you want more harmonies between Floor and Marko go check out Schubert's Ave Maria at the Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) show. There are recordings from different years. Another recommendation would be Oi Jouluyö (Finnish version of Mariah's O holy Night) sung by Floor at the same show in 2016.

Great reaction Heidi🤘

Awesome song!

Hi from Finland! The Greatest Show on Earth from Nightwish is about the most important milestones and musical acts in music history, which helps modern people understand themselves and the world (especially the Tampere version is wonderful). I'm glad you found it for the reaction. I am sure you loved the epic playing and singing.

Floors parents being at this show….How proud they must be to see the positive and joyous effect their daughter and this incredible band has on thousands of people must be almost overwhelming for them. Sensory overload… Nightwish style. The band that can call it “The Greatest Show on Earth” and deliver on all points including the intellectual …just an incredible adventure in songwriting and performance

Love it !! Great song. Great reaction !!

So nice to see you again Heidi 🤗 I was wondering when you would get around to doing this song. As always, much love from the NW army New York!

I think it's fascitating to see, how the topics of their songs have turned from fantasy stories to science. I love that even better.

I love rock and metal music, and normally if someone mentioned pipes in a metal band, I would laugh. But Troy just has........IT. And "it" strangely adds something magical to everyone performance. Btw, the first instrument was a low whistle. The name you were searching for, for the second instrument is the Uillean (pronounced Illyan) pipes. The other thing that amazes me is that this 20+ minute song comes at the end of a 2+ hour show. So Floor sings faultlessly for 2 hours, they Tuomas is like "oh, by the way, if you could just casually sing for another 20 minutes in an even more superhuman fashion than usual, that'd be great, thanks" And then she actually does! I mean.......Sheesh!!!!

It was much fun to watch this with you. Great video. I saw Nightwish in Tampere 2022....My home town when i was a little child. Cheers from Sweden.👍👍👍

This song was about The Greatest Show on Earth, a book by Dawkins. The "we were here" in the end was in past tense to underline that humankind will go extinct one day.

This was a great reaction thanks, the look on your face was fun to see lol. The Jack Sparrow chap is the one that creates there play list.

Awesome reaction. I definitely recommend checking out the Wembley version, on your own time if not for a video. It has quite a treat from Troy (I believe) accompanying Tuomas at the very start

Floor Jansen is a soprano, with an ambitus of more than three octaves (C3 to F6). Her singing style varies from opera and clean singing to screaming and grunting. She usually sings in English, but she has also sung songs in Dutch, German, Spanish, Finnish, Latin, Italian and Swedish.

Nighwish did level up to 100% when Floor and Troy joined.

You found the superior version from Tampere, congrats!

Nice, my hometown .. Greets from Finland

Yes ! Tampere !

"oh my gosh"... "my gosh".... please! LOL

🤩👌💥💯🎼 *OPUS PERFECTUM* 🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙

One song you might want to listen/react to is christmas truce the musical video by sabaton. Its a true story. And floors husband is the drummer if that band. You will even get for floorgasmen for the day in it😅

This is the biggest band on Earth! So many years of hard work has paid off. I respect all of them because this is a hard life to live! I don`t think I could have survived it.

End of the show : sticks `n picks. throwing some memorabealia into the audiance for a thank you

Greetings from the Nightwishland a.k.a Finland 🇫🇮

That song was about the evolution of the Earth from beginning to end until the destruction of humanity. We were here.

IncognitoAlpaca called the ending "bleak" in the chat. Richard Dawkins' words and that last few minutes of the song are what I want played at my funeral. The message being "don't mourn the fact that I'm gone, celebrate the fact that I was here". I think the ending is very uplifting rather than bleak.

As a guitarist who has been on the road and worked hard, I can say that I could not survive being in this band. The work load would kill me. Literally!

The voice of the narration at the end is Richard Dawkins, a famous evolutionary scientist. When they played Wembley they had him walk out and speak his lines live.

I was at this concert with my wife. We were in the 4th or 5th row. One of best concerts in my life. The weather was quite cold but it's Finnish summer..

Epic.

great reaction!!!!

If you like this production and are at all interested in the Earth, its history and evolution, then maybe you should read the book that it is based around. Richard Dawkins (whose voice is doing the narrating) wrote "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution" a great book. The very last piece of narration as the firework display plays out, is actually Dawkins quoting from something written by Charles Darwin, the last sentence of his book "The Origin of Species"

Hi Heidi, question / remark: If you like Floor (Nightwish) and Simone (Epica) Than I have something for you ! Check Ayreon !!! Begin with: Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down - The Source (2017) song / composition 13min (sort) with 11 main singers also Floor and Simone ! After that Check Ayreon - Everybody Dies (Ayreon Universe) LIVE also with Floor ! I'm very, very, very sure you will like and love it ! And there much form Ayreon. It's Prog/ metal / rock of the highest level. all songs are a story line. So when you dive in not the order of the song ! If you want to see and hear the composer / creator, Arjen Anthony Lucassen then check the song: Ayreon - Garden of Emotions (Electric Castle Live And Other Tales) LIVE ! The first singer is Arjen ! If you want to see Marko (from Nigtwish) Check Ayreon River of time (Universe)

The "hair twirling" is the dutch windwill! 😜 Cause she's dutch and that move is called the windmill and she's probably the best windmiller out there!

Singers sing what they can, Floor sings what she wants ❤ she sang the phonebook in a Duch program ❤

I feel the song is about our single word we wrote in the huge book , that represents the history of our universe.

When we perform live we are in the zone. We are not worried about the crowd, we are in the music. It is a blind effort at that point. The crowd does not exist. We just focus. That is what you must do do play live.

You brought up falling asleep listening to floor sing. My 9 year old when she was a toddler would fall asleep listening to Nightwish song Elán which is one of her first as a member.

Hai I am Michel from the netherlands I am new on your channel love your style awesome enjoy and have fun greetings from Michel 😊

Very sad I didn't catch this one live. It most certainly is the best song of nightwish. The voiceover in fact is Richard Dawkins. Reading text from his book from 2009 with the same title about evidence of evolution. I personally like the 2015 Wembley Arena live version better as he did the end part live on stage. And, little FYI, they included the whole end of the concert because it is part of the live-version of this song. Not just some extra background-music for ending the concert. So I was a little sad you did some jup-cuts in there. I hope I catch you on twitch again when you're reacting to awesome stuff like this again. You're amazing (Edited to get my facts right)

What an emotional song about evolution. Simply a masterpiece👌🏻🤟🏻💪🏻🫶🏻

Hallo Heidi! Nightwish ist super, aber mit dir ist es noch besser!!!

She was so right with her statement, that EVERY genre was in this song 😂

Loved the reactions! I just whish you watched the other version where Richard Dawkins recites the last sentences. He's an evolutionary biologist and it's always jaw dropping to watch thousands of metalheads listen to him in awe.😂

If I was in that audience, I would lose my voice screaming “We were here!”

Richard Dawkins is the narrator and in the Wembley version, he appears onstage at the end to recite the closing passage from the last paragraph of Darwin's "Origin of Species". BTW, did anyone notice that Troy was wearing a t-shirt with Darwin's image on it?

I was at their concert this year 17th of June. They played this song last song. And I tell you if you ever have a chance seeing them live go!

The most scientific good song ever written ❤

Twitch reactors... good at reacting to the chat. "But I mentioned all those lights and voices"

Big bang to Enter the Sandman - - the second heart beat you feel in your chest is Marko's bass.

I see it all as more of a celebration of life, of having actually being lucky to have been born at all, than a political statement. It both pointed out man's flaws and strengths, and reminded us that we were just lucky to be born. Like every other species of plant or animal, we will evolve and yes one day be extinct. Celebrate life, and don't just take it all for granted.

You're right, Floor's range is immense. Some of the best examples of this can be seen in her appearances in the Dutch? show Beste Zangers. Singers from all genres come together to perform for each other, and Floor absolutely nails every genre she attempts. Would recommend Phantom of the opera with Henk Poort, her cover of Lady Gaga's Shallow, and Winner written by one of the other performers. (14:10)

I'd love to see Nightwish and TSO link up for a show.

Emppu is lovingly nicknamed "the smiling man"... For obvious reasons.

First i love your reaction to the greatest show on earth , there is an Nightwish song called the islander and Marco is doing it solo , its absoluut different but beautiful you will love it , greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

Nightwish Army south Brittany France reporting. Enter Luca Enter Life Enter the god of gaps Enter Ionia Enter History Enter Ratkind Enter Sandman

Our Jack Sparrow is called Tuomas Holopainen, and we like him very much.

Floor is not hairtwirling Heidi, she is windmilling. 🤟

The message in the song is very importen.

12:58 If you want to hear floor at her most "angelic", watch the video to Sabaton's "Christmas Truce". Floor does the vocals over the "credits" at the end.