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Midwest Division. Great Lakes Battalion of the Nightwish Army checking in from Straits of Mackinac / Mackinac Island, Lake Huron, USA.
Congrats Brother…I can almost guarantee that you'll cross over the 10,000 Subs today! Really enjoying your reactions thus far. Not just the Nightwish vids either, really like them all TBH.
You should read Song of Myself by Walt Whitman, the inspiration for this song. While it is a poem, it is 1300 lines, so it won't be a 5 minute read.
This was a great choice for you to cover, my man… I mean, I am quite biased, as this is my most loved song… in all of music, that's to include Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, and Guns 'n Roses… heh. I just connected with every single aspect of this songs composition and emotion evoking intensity… I absolutely LOVE it.
P.S. ~ Just for your own enlightenment, my friend, you may wish to check out the spoken word portion of this particular tune from the album… There are complete versions on YouTube which give you this performance and seamlessly include that part of the song at the end, where it is on the album… It made me shed tears, and that isn't an easy or common occurrence for me, personally speaking, my man!
Good luck with your channel, my man; you are doing a fine job thus far!
I looooooove this song!!! It’s heavy and sexy🔥😂🤘!!!
For Ann .R.I.P dear . Ann Waychoff big mamma of Nightwish army . We miss you . This will be your song for ever . We still here to continue your ( our) legacy , you will never be forgotten. Stay with the angels my dear friend . 🤘❤️🤘greetings from Portugal.
7:23 so Epic
So glad you try this one; my favorite one from this particular gig
Ann's favourite Thankyou. Its fantastic
Just Brilliant 💥🕊💜⚘🙏🏼
You were kinda emo Bro 👌🕊💎..Thomas did that 💜🎹💥🎻🙏🏼
This song is totally mesmerizing… as you said…you get lost in this song! That's not unusual though….
I found Nightwish completely by chance one day, as another YT reactor was listening to Ghost Love Score….I decided to listen. I have been hooked since then! Going on 4 years now, I am a huge fan now!
Nightwish also helps me by keeping me happy. I severely injured my lower back in late January of 2022. I went from being able to walk, with just a cane for stability, to being barely able to walk a step or two without falling. I can only get around by using my walker…and even that is very painful! It would be easy to get depressed, but how can you get depressed listening to Nightwish!
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HEY, MY MAN… ONE OTHER THING…
There actually IS just one more small piece of advice that I would like to offer to you… in regard to how you may want to go about the process of deciding upon which songs, and in what order, it likely is best for one to follow whenever one is covering any of the works and materials from this specific band… Nightwish as a group appear, at least to me, they do, to just kinda have a more "Europeany'ish" stylezation and societal mentality, when it comes to how they have gone about the songwriting and compositional progressions… just a different type of music and clearly particularly impressive, naturally gifted artists, whom are, all of them, just such undeniably incredible musical savants…
Most notably with how their distinctive [Well, mainly Toumas Halpin… ànd yeah, I seemingly just cannot spell names, sorry y'all… heh.] *evolutionary compositional flavorings have had an increasingly meaningful messaging intent to them, just inherently… As you shall come to understand…
Alas, this can, and has, tripped up more than a few YouTube content creators over these past few years by the pitfalls of obstinacy and hubris, mostly… Yet, just some simple uninformed mistakes, in other cases… And, this is something which I would at least like to inform you on, just a tad bit… Heh, as I quite enjoy your videos, and would like to see you succeed at covering this material in the future, and come to appreciate it in a manner that has, thus far, been the best-known, tried & tested, most well-proven guidelines and methodologies out there…
You already know this, I am rather certain, yet I feel a sense of obligation to say it if by some unfortunate chance you DO NOT ALREADY KNOW, and at the least I can reiterate it, if nothing else, my man. That thing is what I'd call: "The standard template for the proper order, and version, of one's coverage of te band, °Nightwish°… which is almost unfailingly proffered to any YouTube reactors new to Nightwish by a man called |★| ~ Gabriel… It is in truth simply such a well-informed, well-known tradition for the N.A., and it is very much something which has basically become The Nightwish Army's accepted doctrinal/canonical proper order for Nightwish material… Thus, it is how so very many of us now tend to most enjoy experiencing watching the process of any new "convert" to the Nightwish fandom, progress… as it has just proven itself to be the best way to go about hearing their works. Also, many of us have become quite accustomed to its being the structured format of order in our participation in how we go about zealously watching EVERY new content creator covering the group." Just, FYI, and all that jazz, my man… You know how it is, how there's just certain kinds of musical purists that can become pretty unforgiving about these kinds of minutia… Yeah, it is a small detail that matters a great deal more than it really should… But there it is, nonetheless, my friend. I just wanted to let you have this small bit of insight upon this aspect of the matter, if nothing else
(*Something which is a fundamental aspect of the group's albums, and compositions, that turns into something that is passionately expressed, in quite literal terms, within the material from their latter/latest albums, BTW… And it is an admirably courageous, enlightened, and truly principled stance for ANY band to take, at least it is in my own, not so humble, opinion… LoL.)
Oh… I must say this, as well: Isn't Floor simply unbelievable? In how much of a true vocal goddess she is, and much of a natural savant she is at being the "Stage General" of the group for commanding the crowds enthusiastic participation in their live shows!?? C'mon now, it is honestly just a real shame that I'd never even heard of this greatly gifted, incredible band of musicians until around 3.5 years ago… I am almost ashamed to admit such musical ignorance now… LoL.
Later, my man… And, Hey! Real good work so far… Keep it up! Ya got this!
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Of course, I've subscribed and even shared your videos, my man… LoL.
Also, I know how much a video's comment sections' traffic can apparently factor into YouTube's algorithmic prioritizations… well, currently, at least, and so… Here's at least ONE more comment for IT to count; now…. Ha!
Talk about being a meaningful song to the fans! I give a respectful smile to Ann W.! Also my fave Nightwish song bc it just has everything!
The words you see on the screen behind the band is a multi-voiced spoken word poem at the end of the song, on the album. Song inspired by the Walt Whitman poem by the same name.
Another great reaction. I like how you get into the performances by all of the band members. Floor has such a commanding stage presence. Truly wonderful. Congratulations on being almost to 10K subscribers. It'll happen soon.
R.I.P Ann Waychoff mother of the Nightwish Army.
June 28th, 2020 .
Ann was a big Nightwish Fan.
And every new person who listened to NW, she went through a little chat.
And gave them some info about NW.
This was her favorite song.
And this song belongs to her.
I like very much that Gabriel have continue Ann s work…. so her heritage is still here.
Most days, Song of Myself live at Wacken 2013 is my favourite Nightwish song/performance
Great reaction! One I think you will love is NIGHTWISH – Shoemaker (Official Lyric Video) https://youtu.be/Rjp_DfvJimg
Beautiful composing by Tuomas again❣️
Love your review on this song ❤…I’ve literally watched hundreds…this may be my absolute favorite ❤
What you’re describing is EXACTLY how this song effects me…
Favorite moment in this song:
Watching Floor stalk up to the mic, right before the final 4 lines.
Such a great, animated, stalking-tiger approach.
… or maybe she was the Parasite-Ego, clawing through the soul's dark detritus, to emerge as a siren singing the last lines of a demon's screed.
I dunno.
Good song
Great reaction…. watching you getting pulled in by the performance … good times on the internet!
A song inspired by Walt Whitman of the same name from 1892.
You're the kind of man I want to have a drink with or a smoke with while we trip on the emotional songs of Nightwish through the night.
The duets between bassist Marko Hietala and Dutch Coloratura Soprano Floor Jansen are always EPIC!! They are so close in tone timbre and vibrato they could be twins.
Marko left Nightwish last year and no one knows if he'll ever return. Band Founder Tuomas Holopainen hired a bassist and Floor has given her approval of him so that hole has most likely been filled.
Drummer Jukka Nevaleinen left the band in 2015 I believe, citing difficulties with ongoing insomnia. He was replaced by his great friend and mentor Kai Hahto.
This was the late Nightwish Fan Mother Ann Waychoff's favorite Nightwish song and we always think of her every time we play it as a tribute to the love she poured out to all of us. Ann will always be in our thoughts and we will never forget her.
R.I.P. Ann Waychoff, this song is dedicated to Ann as others have explained.
Really enjoying going through these songs with you…your performance notes offer a unique perspective that we don’t get from most other reactors.
If you wish to react you might not have heard of, I would say Aesthetic Perfection with the song Gods & Gold
I Want My Tears Back will not break your heart. 🙂
Does it get any better? Yes, yes it does! 😁 following your journey from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
"Sometimes the within is Piano Black".
Just wow.
❤ Toumas
One of my favorites…
The second half feels like a train hurtling down a track by the sea during a storm …
Nightwish has made incredibly good music for many years and this track is one of my favorites 🙂
🇬🇧 Norfolk reporting for duty strapped in and ready to go
Nice
Some reactors have the lyrics on their phone and take a quick read before to get the gist of the material.
Might help, though Tuomas writes in a very poetic or subjective manner. He has said he rather everyone take whatever meaning they feel from his music rather than worry about what he actually meant. 🙂
I hope you got direction on I Want my Tears Back from Buenos Aries 2018. Wacken is also good, but the BA concert has a one of a kind intro.
R.I.P Ann🌹
👍👍👍👋👋👋 Like reaction 😲.
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤩🤩🤩
I love your reactions! Especially for a band like Nightwish, there's so much more to it than the amazing musicianship and I really think so many people miss the raw emotion behind their music. You don't. And it's why I appreciate your reactions. Keep up the good work!
On a very minor note, the link in your description links to Nightwish-Everdream and not Song of Myself. Just thought you should know.