I think the day Emppu changes guitars is the day the world ends😂

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This comment made me laugh. So true!

I've seen evidence of Emppu using an EV3. On Reverb! An English guy is selling one AND one of the pictures is of him playing it. Couple of grand (ish)

The EV-1

For me, DBP is one of their most beautiful songs and therefore I can listen to it / watch it again and again. I am sure, Tank will love it as well.

dont worry ,there are enough wendays to come to get there eventually lol

Dead Boy's Poem on Decades is fantastic

Oh yes! Dead boys poem is a must!

Please also as doublefeature!!

Completely agree. Similar to Floor's ability to convey emotional energy also.

Same here!!

Totally agree! He IS music...

Kai has joked that he is trying to be a bit more flashy like Jukka, but he has to be careful as he has almost hit Floor with a stick.

Jukka is the original Duracell Bunny.

I stumbled onto Tarja's last performance ( Phantom of the Opera ) maybe in 2007. That was my beginning of the Nightwish rabbit hole. I loved Tarja, but also love Floor! I still want to see them live some day.

Its every time you hear the tracks though not just once. Amazing

@@deed5811 that's the same concert as this song, the last song on that concert was I Wish I Had an Angel, final Tarja's performance

@@dac2007 I Wish I Had an Angel was the first song I ever heard. I bought the album, & was hooked on them.

Not only that but when I read the lyrics I got emotional as well because of the meaning of the song,kind of resonated with me.

Exactly same thoughts with me too, Tuomas’ music moves the roots of my heart (finnish word, has no good translation to english) and makes my soul vibrate. This is only way to describe the feelings. And when adding Floors style of singing the emotions with lyrics...

When things were at their very worst: 2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy. The first sign - the Earth will spin faster. The second sign concerns the sun, which will loom larger, brighter and begin to spin. Scientists will say it was a global illusion. Beaware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again. After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way. Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet - will seem to rise from the dead - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one. One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist. Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent. - banking collapse was deliberately masterminded by the Antichrist - Antichrist will step in and create a false peace in the state of Israel by joining them with palestine in an unlikely alliance. - „He will recite extracts from My Teachings, which he will passionately proclaim from every secular stage in the world, until people sit up and take notice of him.“ The Book of Truth mdmlastprophet.com/the-schism-in-my-church-will-be-broken-into-different-stages/ mdmlastprophet.com/you-have-been-given-the-armour-use-it/

Oh I know it ...cant listen to some of them around my daughter because of that lol

I get it too! Nightwish can move me emotionally in a deeper level than any other band I can think of,and I'm not even a metal fan in general, but they... are something else.

I am 63 years old, and have listened to hard rock/heavy metal for 55 years, and no other group has ever touched my emotions like Nightwish. Tank, I do agree with you on the sound quality being better than the Wacken version...except for Floor's vocals. Maybe it's just her abilities, but damn she could sing "Twinkle, Twinkle little Star" and bring the audience to tears! I fully intend to grab some Nightwish CD's to play their music in my SUV....I want to listen to them over and over again!

Yes, Floor's acoustic singing for Nemo is incredible.

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Floor with her varied vocal instrument, Troy fingerpicking and strumming on an acoustic guitar (AND doing the backup vocals)... can't get any better than that. A wonderful performance !! 🤘🔥🤘

Yepp I feel exactly the same 😉

Floor’s performances are all beautiful

@yerko cornejo Tarja didn't write them. Sad but true.

Yeah, I hope he will eventually get to the new album.

@@zvolencan1 He should listen to After Forever or Revamp. Floor used to be way better in those bands.

Yup Ghost love score has always been my favorite since I got that album many moons ago and Floors Rendition I have to admit I like better. With that said, Nemo was the first song by Nightwish I heard on a metal compilation album. I have heard it so many bloody times and I will say without a doubt that it doesn't get any better than with Tarja. A great tune for sure.

@@zvolencan1 I don't think he will, at least until they can get to touring again and some live videos get put out, at present all we've got for the current album is the MV for Noise and lyric videos for the rest, no gear for Tank to go through.

If you want to hear Floor's operatic vocals, listen to the first 2 albums of After Forever. Her vocal ability was used to its maximized potential on her original band. Her vocals on Nightwish is severely underutilized.

Last Ride will be the last reaction of Nightwish Wednesday. Fitting, right? Haha

@@TankTheTech Now that will add to the emotions, oh man...

Can’t wait for this

@@TankTheTech So with around 140 songs in their back catalogue we're looking at Last Ride in about 2.5 - 3 years? 😉

Thank you my third favourite nightwish song is last ride of the day you won't be disappointed tank.you will be headbanging like a madman to it.. just awesome thanks 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤘🤘🇬🇧🇬🇧🤘👍

not 1 compliment for floor , ashame

Thanks for sharing, man! Glad I’m not the only one that feels like this! Hahahaha.

@@TankTheTech Oh no! You are definitely not the only one, definitely not. Tank, I can double your age and add 8 more, it still hits me. My observation, by the much earlier onset of way more frequent head banging, then I deduce which version you liked best, it would be my personal choice too.

that was a nice cover

Punk rock version by Tim Akkerman

Dan Vasc also covered Nemo (Y)

He really does not need to hear that

Link???😁

The thoroughly human and emotional sound of the woodwinds does help too. Great addition to the song.

She puts so much character and emotion into her singing. She also changes the color/timbre of her singing to really draw out the emotions of lyrics.

Im a full grown man and yet I still cry whenever my Queen Floor sings.

Both Tuomas and Floor have said that they are "high sensitives". They are in fact empaths, and that is not an easy existence for anyone so cursed and blessed. You get the best and the worst of everything unless you develop a strong enough filter. Floor is a world-class, high function, full duplex empath. THAT's how she sings her self, her heart and soul right into ours, and she does it whether it's a live performance or not. This is her super power. The audience is hers every time she performs. If she does not make you cry, if she does not give you chills and goosebumps, then you have no soul.

Hahahahahaha. Kiitos!

I agree with the "Hey! There's the guy who wrote" but then, during the next two words, he does some funny stuff with his voice. I have heard that part many times and I even tried to slow the video down but still I have no idea what he was saying. But he definitely ends with "the entire song, Mr Tuomas Holopainen". So my best translation would be: "Hey! There's the guy who wrote XXXXXX XXXXXX, the entire song, Mr Tuomas Holopainen!" The second unrecognizable word sounds like "pyssyn" (= a gun) or "syssyyn" (=in one go/without stopping at all), but those don't make much sense either.

@@TankTheTech Paiste , auringon paiste = sun is shining ... there will be Raskasta Joulua Concert on 19th December , at least they are selling tickets to live streaming it and they do want about 20€ for that (pay per view ?) www.raskastajoulua.com/. Marko Hietala should be there ,this year its a bit limited on foreign guests . I found something to you to maybe react (or just enjoy), its aimed for kids , but the people on stage in the dino costumes are not really playing ... big spoiler :-) Hevisaurus - 100 (Official Video) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/orF5oLOkz9armoU.html 9 min 22sec , it shows who actually sings and plays on the tracks . English subs on YT do work on that clip and what i watched they are pretty accurate :-)

xxxxx xxxxx = Biisin (the songs) riffin (riff) and then he goes on with koko biisin (the whole song) :)

Ok, this a month old reaction already but I wanted to chip in a bit. Paiste is shine in English, as in Auringon paiste = Sunshine. Also the way Paiste is pronounced in English is very close to Finnish word paisti which is roast in English as inOk, this a month old reaction already but I wanted to chip in a bit. Paiste is shine in English, as in Auringon paiste = Sunshine . Also the way Paiste is pronounced in English is very close to Finnish word paisti which is roast in English as in Paahtopaisti = roast beef

Walking In The Air, should be left for Christmas... just saying 😘

I'm with you there, Tarja is awesome but Floor is just Next Level. There's something about her performances that's just beyond Fantastic. This band has made me cry, taken my breath away and left me speechless more than any other band I've Ever heard!

Yup. I commented the same. Floor added an extra extended high note where tarja doesnt.... make it more emotional, and that is the exact time he had the emotional outburst.

I agree with you all, and of course NO disrespect to Tarja who is awesome as well, but even watching the 2 videos back to back, I think that Floor is investing a lot more emotion into her singing and it comes out and resonates with all who hear her sing!!!

Yes, to me Tarja has a great voice, but lacking emotion, sounds too mechanical to my ears

That's how my husband and I discovered Nightwish as well, except we watched Alone in the Dark and I Wish I Had An Angel was the credits song. It was such a terrible movie but the wonderful surprise of discovering this band means that I can't relegate it to the "time I regret wasting" pile.

Yep, I've been there and felt as a lost nobody, my much younger wife died suddenly and wholly unexpectedly, then a few ,months later my also much loved black cat too and I live in complete isolation, nobody at all for over 1km in every direction. "Cats, dogs, canary birds, pet Martians. . . . . . . . . . " (He'll get there!!) This and "that" are hard to do. But, thank you Tank for doing both versions here.

@@572Btriode My heart goes out to you. I truly do understand. My uncle passed from Lymphona last month. I was very close to him. He was my Dad's little brother. My Dad is 90 & I'm so worried about how he'll cope. My little cat, my 'touchstone', Midget, died of Lymphoma (2ndry to Feline HIV) 2 mths ago. I'm NOT coping. She was my last pet & I'm too disabled now to rear another and it's hurting. I hope you have other pets. They can be way better than people. I wish you all the best. I hope you find peace & happiness. ❤

@@pamf.3290 Thank you, these things happen, it's tough. So Nemo and "the other one" that Tank has yet to get to rather strike home and the "incident" here was back in 2014/5 too. I'm sorry about your little cat, I do know exactly how very attached you can get to them. Just keep pushing forwards, most of the music is uplifting and some makes you face your demons. Very best wishes from me.

@@572Btriode Thank you. You're very kind. Yes, I do find mostly joy, laughter & happily connection on utube. Merry Christmas from a Summery Oz. 🇭🇲

“Comparison is the thief of joy" - Theodore Roosevelt

Same here!!! I loved the song when Tarja performed it in End of an Era, but re-discovering the song in this whole New level of emotion... just left of me nothing but a wreck... I honestly think that Floor has just mastered (hope I'm writing it well) this song.

Talk about emotions

Big agree. I recently watched the full concert video and I was blown away with Creek Mary's Blood. It's a really unique and special performance.

Have to do the intro Stone People along with it for full effect.

I have the album, Once, but I haven't heard a live version of that song, yet. Sounds like I need to fix that.

Personally i like the "original" better and with Tarja. Love Floor though and have nothing against Troy, they both add alot to Nightwish but with this particular song i like it better the way it was 😊 I know that people don't always agree on everything but thats fine 😀😁👍

Nice!

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Yea. Vocal abilities will mostly be personal preference... but Floors charisma is off the damn charts, she owns the stage.

Well she is a bit taller.. . Jk jk jk;)

That depends on what you are watching. The End of Era recording is not typical for Tarja. She was very sick during it so she's less energetic, wasn't breathing as well, and wasn't moving around as much. Towards the middle, she ramps her energy down even further to recover for the end of the show. A second thing is Marco was the band's frontman after he joined even though he wasn't the lead singer. It's a bit weird, but notice how Marco often introduces songs during this period even when he doesn't sing in them. He also gets the crowd hyped at certain points when you think Tarja would doing it. She did it very well before Marco joined. It was the band's decision, not Tarja's, but she went along with it. Still, the End of Era recording was low energy for her even with Marco as the frontman. If you are looking at this era, compare it to Floor who is undeniably the frontwoman. That said, it's best to check Tarja out before Marco joined or after she left Nightwish. You'll notice the difference in crowd interactions, how Tarja moves on stage, and pretty much everything. She's a great frontwoman. Below is the full Act 1 concert from 2012. It is a great place to start because of the quality of the recording. She sings 17 songs the first day and ten more the second. The 17th song on the first day is "Over the Hills and Far Away" (a Nightwish one), which is also the next to last song on the equally long End of Era recording. This makes it a pretty fair comparison. The Act 1 performance is pretty much typical behavior for her. Watch the End of Era version after and you'll see how much her being sick dragged her down. She has the crowd sing part of Nemo earlier in the show, too. kzfaq.info/sun/PLfLNKgCSZf6lYUWFVtfh7WqyCZVFp7MQN

I also think you can hear Tarjas accent a fair bit more in these live performances compared to the studio recordings.

@@LazyBoot Interesting. I'll have to compare some of these again to hear if this is adding to my preference for Tarja studio versions.

I personally prefer Tarja's studio voice over her live voice, and I think you may have pin-pointed one of the reasons. I like her live voice, but I find her studio voice a lot cleaner and smoother

Shared by me- she has some issues with live singing.

Finally someone said it. I always found listening to tarja live so monotonous. She's by no mean a bad singer, but honestly in my opinion she's like an one trick pony... vibrato vibrato vibrato accompanied with prolonged syllables to fit it in obviously. She's an excellent artist but I feel Floor takes the songs to a whole different level using multiple techniques

Sounds intriguing.

Was for me too. Up to Buenos Aires happened. Troy on ebow and Floor going all "Floor" at the end.

*Me too. For me, it's the same with "Dark Chest Of Wonders", maybe not so strong as with "Nemo"....and that's also with "Amaranth", since I still prefer the studio-version.*

It's just that, as a classically trained singer, and someone who speaks English well, Tarjas pronunciation of English words is appalling and distracting. It sounds like she learned the lyrics phonetically, and takes away any of the connection to them. I think the reason people love Floor, is because she tells a story and connects . She becomes a conduit between Tuomas and the audience to tell the story. Tarjas is more of a megaphone throwing words. This is coming from a long long long time fan, who tired of Tarja before end of an era. Just an opinion though

Every time I listen the studio version or the end of an era video I think, jeah it fit her perfectly...then I listen Floor and sorry, but I stay with her this time too, much more emotions, at least for me. And I find the Wacken sound better too, a little more heavy at my ears.

🤔 Hmmm Floor al the way!

*Yep, I also connect always the song to this Sci-Fi-story of Jules Verne....*

@@NicholasCorvin Thx for the reply Nicholas. I wasn't sure if anyone would get it :)

@@GaryHolloway-810 *Maybe it's because I knew the Sci-Fi-story before I learned Latin at school, so my mind always takes me in the depth of the seven seas, if I hear or read the word "Nemo"....*

Have read that book half a dozen times since my youth, but it took me into my early twenties before I realized that the "20,000 leagues" was the distance they traveled and nothing to do, at any time, with their depth. 🤷🏼‍♂️😂 Just over 69,000 miles! 😳

@@sean_b_drummer Thx for clearing that up. I've always wondered about that cos even the Mariana Trench isn't that deep :)

What happend after this?😇

@@devious4614 this was their last show with Tarja. They gave her "the letter" after this show. nightwish.fandom.com/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Tarja_Turunen

I was just about to comment this. There is a huge difference in the band vibe between these two shows. In Wacken everyone is just having fun, an Tuomas is just plain smiling all the time. End of an era is, well, and end of an era. Everyone knows this is the last show with Tarja.

@@devious4614 It was last show with Tarja. So, literally, and end of an era.

Yes, I also feel he can't stand to look at Tarja and I will always wonder how much of the 'off' atmosphere was noticed by Tarja at the time. Seems pretty obvious now looking back at these videos, doesn't it?

I think that’s really what got me too.

I wish I can find an extended of just that part