Been working in their shows maybe 20 years..Not a crew member but stage crew etc. Been always a pleasure, they are just something else than just a band. And everything Tuomas writes and composes is like my view of how life is and goes. Lovin it 🔥❤️ Thank you and Greets from Finland 🇫🇮🤘

Greatest reaction to this song in a long time. It was a pleasure, thank you for that.

Floor: "Enter Luca" Marko: "Enter Ionia" Emppu: "Enter Sandman"

Yes, there is a lot more than you see on the stage. There is a full London Philharmonic Orchestra, choirs, and the additional composed and pre-recorded sounds in the backing track they are triggering and playing with. There are somewhere around 600 tracks recorded for the production of this song. Mixed down to about 250 for the stage systems backing tracks. The outro music part of the song and ending the concert were also composed by Tuomas and played by the orchestra and choirs.

You really nailed the meaning of the song, way ahead of the ending where it became obvious. Very good! Enjoying your reactions!

Hello Rick, thank you so very much for an amazing reaction, wouldn't this be an amazing way learning at school about the way our planet was born and how we woke up on it? This song is so amazing , for me the Tampere performance is really amazing to watch an listen to. Again, thank you, bye!!

What Emppu was doing on the guitar during the intro was using an " E-bow " ( An EBow is a small, handheld device that is known as a handheld synthesizer. It works by emitting a magnetic pulse which interacts with your guitar string and pickups to create soaring, sustaining notes and synth like tones. )

thank you for the good reaction! I hope you can follow more the path of nightwish...

A FEW REMARKLE WORDS IN THE SONG. ***** THE TAPESTRY OF CHEMISTRY: The periodic table of the chemical elements. GAEA: As originally conceived the 'Gaia' concept envisages the Earth as a super-organism that operates to regulate its own environment, principally temperature, to keep it habitable for the biosphere OPUS PERFECTUM the perfect work, the perfect creation AEON: Used in reference to a period of a thousand million years (especially in geology, cosmology and astronomy), its more common usage is for any long, indefinite period THE GARDEN: The earth. THE GOLDILOCKS ZONES: refers to the habitable zone around a star. It's the zone that has just the right temperatures for ( intelligent) life to develop. LUCA: It's the acronym for the Last Universal Common Ancestor, a key concept in the study of early evolution and life's origin that has been tracked by scientists for years. Emmpu plays ENTER SANDMAN: Song of the group Metallica LUCY OF THE AFAR Collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone representing 40 percent of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus AFARENSIS In Ethiopia, Why was Lucy so important? In 1974, Lucy showed that human ancestors were up and walking around long before the earliest stone tools were made or brains got bigger, and subsequent fossil finds of much earlier bipedal hominids have confirmed that conclusion. Bipedalism, it seems, was the first step towards becoming human. DEVONION SEA: The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60.3 million years ..., called after the place Devon in the UK where rockes of that period were first studied. ENTER RATKIND Popular hypothesis that states that in the case of human extition, rats will be the best suited to take over and evolve into an inteligant species ********

I loved this video the first time I saw it, and was in total awe of the band, Floor, and the story that it told. This was how I first heard Nightwish, thanks to a KZfaq suggestion, after I listened to some epic sounding instrumental music one day. Can you imagine if this was the first time you ever listened to Nightwish? I had to scrape my jaw off the ground and find out everything I could about them. I have since seen them live virtually in 2021 and at a live show in 2022. btw, There are documentaries about the creation of the album and show.

I Personally like the Tampere version better for a few reasons , its out doors with fire works and more pyro and Troy plays the low Whistle along with the uilleann pipes. and the end they stand in the middle of the crowd and thank everyone

Awesome dude great reaction ! Yes it’s a lot to take in on a first listen. There is a slightly different and also great performance of this masterpiece in Tampere . I would love for you to check it out also . Thx again !🤘🏼💥🤘🏼

the girl at the front is a LEGEND

They should include this song in biology class...great way to learn...great reaction 👍

I think this was the greatest reaction that I've seen to this magnificent song (and I've seen plenty.😊). Thanks! Subscribed.

❤🤘❤ Now you can stick with Darwin and listen to Perfume of the timeless.

Awesome reaction! You obviously paid attention in your biology class because you are one of the few reactors that totally got what the song was about from the get go. Even Emmpu’s little homage to Metallica didn’t get by you. This song confirms Tuomas as one of the most important songwriters of our time.

🤩👍💥💯🎼 *OPUS PERFECTUM* 🤘😎💙🎶

There are so many “hidden gems” that Tuomas included in the lyrics & the music. 18:50 The musical tributes start with some African tribal drumming, then through the Gregorian chant in Dies Irae (Mozart), Bach’s Minuet in G Major followed by his famous Fugue in D Minor, followed by American banjo music, Metallica’s Enter Sandman riff (!!!), finally ending in Rap/Hip-Hop and 90s dance music. Pretty Good isn’t it?!!

In the intro section of the song, Troy using an ebow on his guitar to get those long sustained string like sounds. He is adding vibrato with his fingers on the strings.

Tuomas, could you please write a song telling the endless life from the beginning 4.5 Billion years ago till now in 20 minutes? Tuomas: Sure. If anyone could have done it, it's the poetry king of rock and metal Mozart. Greetings from Germany again and thanks for this stunning reaction!

Some reactors also do the Tampere version, that is not better or worse, but has some differences, like in the open air, real fireworks. You could do the same, after reacting to "The Reunion" where you get some insight in how Floor was experiencing that show (English subtitles available). kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLihpNCSmdG7eZs.htmlsi=sbeUSlerhd5jixPd

Great reaction! You got it right. Thank you. Greetings from nwAse Sweden

Great reaction 🤘 This is a masterpiece 🖤🤘🖤

The ttile of the song is from Richard Dawkin's book "The Greatest Show on Earth." Dawkins, at the end,quotes the last couple of sentences from "The Origin of Species" by Darwin. Very poetic. Tuomas has summarized 4.5 billion years of earth's history in a poem embedded in a musical work of art.

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What a great way to learn about evolution much more interesting than how it's taught at school, great reaction thanks, enjoy your weekend😊🇬🇧

Awesome, on point reaction 👈👌🤩 I recommend to also check out the Tampere version 😉

Thank you for this.❤ I really enjoyed to whatch yours reaction.🥰 This version is good because the ending, the Richard Dawkins aucthor himsefl begame there. Tampere version has fireworks. Both of them are fine.😊 Long song but it is worth it. It is like a teather show and that is what i love about nightwish.❤

Yes! This song is larger than life! I’m impressed by how soon you figured out the message of this song. Not many understands this. Great job, well done! 🔥🤘

Nothing "electronic Thing" with her voice. Pure Floor, Bro😊

Great reaction...thx a lot

The Metallica riff is much more than just a nod to the metal titans - it is the band at there creative best. If you listen to the lyrics before and after the riff - Man, he took his time in the sun. Had a dream to understand a single grain of sand. Or, in other words, Enter Sandman.

Makes you think, doesn't it.

🤗🍒🤘🏻and again well done

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Your reaction saying things about the ending before seeing it was sensational.

Please listen to How's the heart live at Planet rock. It's acustic, only Floor and Troy. Another one that touches your soul!

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Fantastic reaction!!!!!

Wembley Arena concert 2015: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMWamtyj0bWygJc.html 1. Shudder Before the Beautiful, 2. Yours Is an Empty Hope, 3. Ever Dream, 4. Storytime, 5. My Walden, 6. While Your Lips Are Still Red 7. Élan, 8. Weak Fantasy (Preceded by a Dawkins' narration), 9. 7 Days to the Wolves, 10. Alpenglow, 11. The Poet and the Pendulum 12. Nemo, 13. I Want My Tears Back, 14. Stargazers, 15. Ghost Love Score, 16. Last Ride of the Day, 17. The Greatest Show on Earth

The guitarist is using a device that makes a guitar sound like a violin, I forget what it's called.

Compouser Tuomas Holopainen metal Mozart

Nothing in this world is permanent. Technology erased by advanced technology, everything we create will be erased by new things created or improved on. We are so technologically advanced, yet everything we use and enjoy now probably won’t exist in 25 years due to advanced technology. Cars we have now will have gone the same as they did in the 40’s, 50’s and so on. As life keeps moving forward, history slowly gets erased with every passing generation. 😢

The Tempere performance is so much better. The only reason this Wembly recording gets recommanded is because Richard Dawkins shows up on stage for 1 minute at the end. I respect Dawkins and it was cool to see him on stage for that minute, but you loose out on so much epicness. Just watch Tempere, and then add on that Dawkins minute afterwards

Floor doesn't use any enhancements or gadgets. Why would she, she can do it all. Overall a good reaction