I really wanted to see your reaction with you at the time of the premiere - I was waiting for it ... Unfortunately, life made it possible for me to listen to this song with you only now. I'm not surprised - I knew this song would delight you musically and vocally. It's a great song! For that you surprised me that you decided to post two live versions - it's a great decision, thank you for that! However, once again - with all my love for NW live performances - the most interesting vocally and musically for me is the studio version, because it contains everything that cannot be realized live. Maybe it could even be done, but it would be difficult and the effect would not be guaranteed. Tarja's vocals recorded separately and stacked together sound great and the instrumental fragments are amazing - you really want to hear it! It's really fun to see the band live in 1999 and compare them to what they are today. You can clearly see how great a group they were back then and they still are! I am not surprised to see how focused Tuomas and the rest of the band are - they were perfectionists then and wanted the music to sound great - and to sound! And then you move us 20 years later and we hear a band richer in experience all these years. Could Floor copy Tarja? Of course, she could and probably would quite neatly do it for her, but she does not do it, because few artists want to copy someone else - she would only be a good craftsman. And someone like her creates her own version of the original and does it great! In the Buenos Aires version, the band has a great asset - Troy! I often say that Troy enriched this band a lot - you can hear it here. Emppu has a lot more freedom with the support of Troy's guitar, his flute is a real flute, so Tuomas has more freedom on the keyboards - the instrumental layer benefits from this. If I would like to list these three versions, the studio version comes to me the most, then the live version with Tarja, because it's nice to return to the history of the band and Tarja's wonderful voice, and then the version from Buenos Aires, because I see an experienced band enriched with new vocal and instrumental elements.

My favourite Nightwish song. Can't wait!

The guys have short hair as they had just served in the Army (obligatory in Finland).

I agree with you, Troy definitely gives another dimension to the old songs with his instruments. He was the missing piece of the band, he fits perfectly. Experience and maturity have given more credit to all the members. Emppu was an excellent musician, he's now even better. It's so great to be able to listen to the olds songs with Floor without cringing. But I'm hopeless, I'll always be nostalgic about Tarja. Hearing Tarja sing "without you the poetry within me is dead" gives me goosebumps, not with Floor and God knows how I love Floor and how wonderful she is.

Thank you very much for that! The video from 1999 was amazing, hadn't seen that one before, even though I was a fan of the band already at that time.

Wow, this is the best channel, so many older Nightwish songs that not many do and miss out on. Thank you, always thumbs up.

Ellos eran tan jóvenes, recién empezaban. La voz poderosa de Tarja es perfecta para esta canción. Felicitaciones por la reacción!! Esperaré por más!

JEE JEE JEE!! Guylain you found that live-version where Nightwish is so young! It`s AMAZING

Both Floor and Tarja killed it in this song. That recording of Tarja's performance was so amazing, I can't believe I've never seen it before. Awesome.

Hi Quylain, you know already that the Oceanborn is my favourite album and yes you are in it. Gesthimane is one of my favourite song of the album,i do i love all, but this song love more because they played the first years in lives and i always loved to seeing Tarja to singing better and better in time. Of course i like Floor's version and i was happy to played live again for the new fans. I like Tarja's version more because I used to hearing from Tarja for twenty years now and this can not change. I like the studio version very much indeed, all the guys are perfect. Tuomas, Emppu, Jukka and Sami are great for their age, very good musicians also, love this NW era sooooo much. They played in small clubs in some European cities and in Finland. Small audience but all enjoyed the music. I have a lot of videos from this era from the fans an d i am exciting to know, how much great they are now. We are still in the Oceanborn and in first complete album, yes all of the previous singers and musicians do great job,i don't want this thing new fans to forget never. I was pretty sure that you like the instruments and vocals of Tarja, especially Emmpu's solo are so great, Jukka just perfect as always Tuomas was the master mind behind the scene a great composer and songwriter an amazing song of power symphonic metal. Great reaction Quylain, happy face all the time, loving to seeing your smile. The better will come next suterday with analysis video. Till then,be safe and happy.

This was again wonderful. Nice to compare those three versions. Like said before, great to see the development of the band by seeing these different versions directly after oneother.

Thank you so much Guylain! I enjyed every second of your reaction! This was so big thing for me, I left early from work to see this premiere...

What a lovely reaction, and three versions! I love the live performance from -99, they are so young and so dedicated to the music. Thank you for this, looking forward to your analysis of the lyrics.

This was fun! My only 2nd time to be live on youtube and interact! Much love Guylain, Keep these good things coming sir!

I'm so happy I've discovered your channel. Going on this musical journey with you makes me rediscover songs I've loved for more than 15 years and see them in another light. Thank you

One of my favorities songs. Glad you reacted to the live version with Tarja. So cool to see Tuomas focused on not miss any notes.

Nice that you did several versions of this. Actually I started to follow them since they did these songs at the first time in 1998. Note how young they are...and boys have short hair because just done military service.

That was fun - two great versions, its impressing that the original has survived the test of times, in my opinion.

That was glorious I haven’t heard the original before. Thank you 😊👏🏻

Thank you again for a trip on memory lane 😁🤘

Belle reaction - Great that you found the live versions of the young and older NW. Both versions are great - Tarja and Floor both bring something beautiful to the table.

You have got your hands full with this réaction Guylain! Triple time! To me this song is a staple in their catalog it was like the third song I listen to after She is My Sin and Stargazers. This is one of the songs that got me hooked on them! Great! Merci! Bonne semaine!

That was a tv program called Lista, the list, they did go through the songs on the top of the chart. There was an interview also with Tuomas and Tarja. Tuomas did write amazing song at such young age, not that he ever stopped writing amazing songs. We can only thank Nightwish for they Decades tour going back to these old song and being on stage overall, otherwise we would have seen them last on tour in 2015....hope they will he back next year. Thanks again for a nice reaction of a another great song. Merci beaucoup :)

They were so young! And so serious! Concentrating so hard. How sweet that live video is! And Emppu has his guitar solo face on already 😊

Thank you truly for bringing back memories. It is a wondrous song, with the Poet contemplating his cross (we will get to the one where he IS crucified... and beheaded). But the version from the vaults that you picked with the young band had my heart racing! To see Emppu in the period before he grew the long hair, that must be from another millennium! Oh wait, literally. :)))) The "resurrection" of the song for the "Decades" tour more than did it justice, and I am sure brought old fans into extasy. (I have seen videos of guys in the crowd chanting the opening riff, can you believe it.) And the new lovers of music - they deserved to know this one, absolutely. To make an additional note - you really accentuated well the main strengths and virtues of both star vocalists: the practically inimitable, classical, haunting delivery of Tarja, and the great "singing actress" style of Floor, which basically encompasses any variety of styles a song needs to really capture us. That is why Floor often makes people emotional when they do not even expect that, and that is why many say she makes songs her own. Except for those classics where we are so used to Tarja's voice, that it seemingly cannot be torn and separated from the fabric of the song. Btw, Floor consciously chose to work out her own interpretations of the old hits, stepping away from classical delivery, in order not to compete with Tarja. Thus we have not one singer mimicking the other and trying to "recreate" the past, but get 2 full-blooded versions of the same song... like two world-class conductors directing Beethoven's 9th each in their own reading. I'd say we are blessed.

Never heard this song before and it's beautiful. Thanks.

Hello Guylain. There are a lot of reactions to Nightwish on KZfaq. But I noticed that young guys usually focus on picture, background and don't go into essence of song, poetry. And there are some channels where older guys (and you too) analyze all subtleties of song and you feel emotion and energy of song. Those kinds of reactions are most interesting to me as a viewer. Thank you! This Finnish band has been a favorite of mine for over 20 years. Tuomas in 1999 performance is not just focused, he is almost in a semi-conscious state. As he said himself, he could barely contain himself from fainting from excitement and fear and from throwing up. It was their first appearance on television and immediately on main channel in Finland. Before that they had only one live show in their hometown of Kitee where they recorded official video for song "Sacrament of wilderness". During previous year Tuomas and Empu were doing their compulsory military service, and they had no opportunity to perform in public. Most comfortable in front of cameras is Tarja, who is used to public appearances as a student at Sibelius Academy.

Yay! I have loved Nightwish for 20 or so years! Looking forward to this Guylain, staying up late for this, I work overnight,

Amazing Job *Guylain* !! I really love this format!!! I've never saw the live version with Tarja, and i was very surprise, gave me chills!! I only discover this song with Floor in the Decades DVD and i was sold immediately, i prefer the Nightwish 2019 with Floor but it's really special to listen the song's roots! And i really wish you continue in this path, it makes even more enjoyable see the evolution through singers, musicans and time! Who knows if you will be doing a song and react to the live versions of Tarja, Anette and Floor! That would pretty dope! And don't care about longer videos ahah at least for me, i was enjoying so much your reaction and we all love Nightwish, so more time, the better!! Cheers *Guylain*, be safe, be healthy and can't wait for the lyric breakdown!

Je suis fan de nightwish, votre chaîne est juste une mine d'or à mes yeux, je crois que je vais passer les vacances à regarder les analyses de nightwish, votre voix est très immersive, bravo!

Merci encore pour cette rétrospective avec des archives musicales. Votre prémisse est intéressante sur la compositions des chansons de Nightwish. Étant un pseudo vieux fan de leur musique, je me suis toujours demandé qu'en découvrant Nightwish qu'avec l'album Angel Fall First j'aurais poursuivi l'aventure. À cette époque, j'écoutais des chansons beaucoup plus pesantes constamment et mon oreille avait de la difficulté avec plusieurs chanson de AFF. Oceanborn fut mon entrée définitive, car j'y retrouvais les sonorités familières du style Power Metal de 1995-2000. Je suis d'accord que le groupe va au-delà d'un seul genre musical et je pense que Tuomas le voyait déjà à ce moment. La chanson Gethsemane et cet album son très important dans ma façon d'aborder la musique. Il restera dans mon coeur, mais cela n'empêche pas d'apprécier l'évolution de Nightwish vers des complexités et des explorations différentes qui font d'eux un groupe important dans la grande famille de la musique. Salutations! À partir d'ici le manège accélère et prend des courbes rapidement pour ensuite suivre d'autres rebondissements imprévisibles!

This verses is the alpha and omega of the song for me . I can't wait till tomorrow Quylain!!!!

I really appreciate the earlier NW pieces in that they adapt a lot of existing stories to music. A story of Gethsemane here or Tolkien, Eddings and others in Elvenpath; Story, Myth and Fantasy brought to life in music

Please brother Guylain, keep going with Oceanborn songs. I'm glad you found that live performance, I hope more reactors take a look on that young Nightwish. Take care, au revoir

Another great reaction, thank you Brother. I think you are right in that the song is about someone using the Agony in The Garden as a framing device for their own suffering. I personally like Tara's interpretation more, though they are both exallent.

The way you smile when Floor sings 💕

Hi Guylain, I'm not that keen on the early Nightwish, but it's good to see you back and in fine form. I was delighted to catch you say "on y va", which was the name of the French textbook I had at school. I'm afraid I've lost most of the French I had, but I do recognise the occasional phrase. Take care of yourself and stay safe. Santé!

Tarja forever and always. Her majestique and elegance is outstanding

Oh, that old live version is a real gem! Thanks for digging it up for all of us to enjoy. And a great reaction as always! 🙂 Looking forward to your analysis!

And here i was panicking thinking i missed it because i was late today, but no, Guylain predicted this and chose to premiere tomorrow ;) Much appreciated!

I just found this performance form 1999. You are right, they look like such children back then. Tuomas looks like Thomas Anderson from 'The Matrix".

Reading subtitles gives me a headache but Toumas holopainen is a poet, a poet that should be respected. I love that you also love this. I just know you do. Thoumos is our time, Mozart, I’m so glad to be able to listen to his genius 😊😊😊 I do love your reaction. I just only learning Cebuano now so French is a little confusing 😂 , you’re welcome to the Philippines though 👍

Ah¡acá en Argentina 2018!🇦🇷😃

Grandissimo Guylain. Dopo il primo video live ho guardato la barra in basso e mi sono accorto che eravamo circa a metà video e mi sono detto "Ecco, il frate non ha resistito a Floor" :) :) :) . Comunque bellissimo vedere come sono cresciuti i nostri ragazzi... ed è davvero incredibile rendersi conto che già agli inizi i Nightwish sapevano produrre pezzi di un calibro che la maggior parte delle altre band non raggiungono nemmeno a fine carriera. Eccezionali. Parlando del contenuto: sono abbastanza sorpreso di vedere come agli inizi della loro storia, molti pezzi fossero a sfondo religioso mentre ai giorni nostri, la band è diventata essenzialmente atea... (gli ultimi due album, in particolare, son un manifesto anti-religioso). Cosa ne pensi Guylain? Grazie mille per la tua reazione, come sempre è una gioia vederti ascoltare e godere questa fantastica musica. Saluti dalla Svizzera :)

Live version, my ears say yes yes but my eyes say no no. Thats was a lot of fun. Tuomas (is it really Tuomas ? :-)) look so concentrated with every touch on the keys.

Belle réaction :) Si tu veux des bons videos live d'Oceanborn ne passe pas à coté de Stargazers !!!! Une de mes préférée est The Pharaoh Sails to Orion mais je ne pense pas que Floor l'est déjà chanté et Sacremernt of wilderness est aussi excellente et chanté par les deux chanteuses. Très bon video Guylain, il est vrai que les racines de Nightwish sont très présentes, le côté Épique et symphonique mais les premiers albums ont une influence plus Power Métal que les derniers.

Fave song pake banget 💕

Je suis entièrement d'accord avec vous, il est évident que Nightwish a une solide base de musique classique. Il y a le metal et il y a Nightwish groupe qui est unique La voix de Tarja est bien plus adaptée à cette chanson que celle de Floor et puis elle vit la chanson. Comme ils sont jeunes, ou là là en 1999 . Je suis comme vous les instruments de Troy sont vraiment supers., quant à Empuu quel guitariste !!!

Bonjour et merci pour cet enthousiasme contagieux ! J'imagine que "Beauty of the beast" a déjà été recommandée lors de vos vidéos sur "beauty and the beast" , mais je me permets de vous la re-conseiller, vous qui aimez le prog : c'est très certainement leur chanson qui est le plus "prog", justement . Et les paroles sont tellement fortes !

Wellwell, Guylain, a threesome. As i and you said before, Nightwish is not a metal band, than something greater beyond. You are absolutely right about the live performances. The1999 show is a remarkable good take by the young shorthaired band. Tarja had dark and majestic vocals there. The 2018 performance is a take from a seasoned professional musicians. Floor is the best allround singer in the world, but she's not at her best with the dark operatic tones. Although she did them very well. Thank you and see you soon!

Hi my friend. Excellent and beautiful song, one of my favorites. Please, dont forget listen Haggard and Therion, Eppur si Mouve and Blood of Kingu, in its order

I grew up with Tarja's interpretation and it will always have a important place in the memories of my youth. But 20 years later, the band with Floor revitalized the song. It is current and metal and everything this song should be 20 years into it's journey. Maybe they would have gone there with Tarja but we will never know and I really think they would have not. So the 1st version was perfect back then, the 2nd version is an even better fit for now, in my humble opinion. PS Yes I also think that all Floor's versions are more natural.

Mr Guylain if you like Nightwish, do check out Therion.I think you will like their music. Here's the link to a live show of theirs with an actual live orchestra and choir (which I think is a good entry point). Part 1, Metal covers of classical compositions: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r8V4qsVjm8fIiKs.html Part 2, their own songs with the live orchestra: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d7lppZCEtbyrgYU.html They both have timestamps to each track, so happy listening! Really hoping you'll do an analysis on one of their songs! Greetings from Greece

A slight tangent, but one that may fit the crisis theme of Gethsemane; if you get a chance examine the episode of the TV show Babylon 5 titled "Passing Through Gethsemane"

I really think you would enjoy The Greatest Show on Earth (Tampere) and The Poet and the Pendulum (Wembley)

Pourrais tu faire nemo? Elle a été joué par tarja dans once, anette puis floor

Surtout pas ! La poesie te rend eternel !!

Ambas cantan precioso pero seamos honestos yo a Nightwish conocí en 1999 y de ahí me sigue gustando. La versión con Tarja será mejor. Yo los ví en vivo en 2018 y se me hacía que estaba Tarja pero de verdad estuvo genial no me olvido más del concierto acá en Buenos Aires.

This is real Nightwish for me. Instrumental side were great in older songs. Now there is too much... hmm musical showing off. You know - there is a lot of art for art. This is for me H:N album. Too much singing acrobatics and weirdness and too few good music. Off course there are good parts but no single song of H:N is perfect to me - some parts I would skip. "Oceanborn", "Wishamaster" and "Once" are perfect. And I also prefer Tarja over Floor in the older songs. Buenos isn`t my fav show. Love Wacken, Wembley and Tampere but when I listen to Buenos`s "Slaying.." or "Dead Boy`s..." my teeth hurts. These song need strong voice of Tarja. Maybe I am old and there is huge sentiment to old times.

Have u heard Angra?

Even though I know this song was written to feature Tarja, I think Floor could have done a better job by interpreting it. I cannot feel any true emotion sent by Floor in her performance. The lyrics is perfectly aligned, written to last longer over decades, but it's emotional and Floor does not seem to openly express such emotional charge. I think this song is a good example of how outrageous is trying to make Floor replace Tarja in fans' imaginarium. Floor is really amazing in her vocal and stage performance, but making her cover Tarja feels like reopening older wounds.

Hi Guylain. Pleasure to see you being you. I wonder what you make of this song called "Grace". kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e5d3qteW1ZjTiKs.html It features the lovely Anneke van Giersbergen, the Dutch singer that inspired Floor Jansen.

The thing is that tarja maybe the best of us humans....but Floor is from another planet...tarja is good but one dimensional..Floor can sing anything she wants!

Young Tarja: Sings lyrically because it's what she's best at and most comfortable with. Mature Floor: Sings whatever she feels the song needs. Both excellent (though Floor is my choice).

I'm sorry, but the emotion of Tarja singing these old songs, is not felt with Floor. My opinion. Greetings from Spain.

All you do is nightwish😑 come on prince we want some songs from epica or with temptation BTW great video as usual

Well I think Floor killed Gethsemane...for me it´s a matter of pronunciation ..and where to put in the power of the voice...Floor has a better feeling for the music in my own honest opinion..!!

Tarja was beautiful. But for me the version with Floor was the best :) Also because the band is so much better now. Sorry.

Wow, they are all with short hair. The pronunciation of Tarja is... is not very good. My opinion guys. Love Floor of course, she I understand what she is singing.