After Forever (Energize Me) (Singer-Songwriter First Time Reaction) Pre-Nightwish Floor Jansen!

[@clivematthews5296]

Joost van den Broek is the keyboardist who also worked with Ayreon projects and accompanied Floor in some of her recent home performances including Alone.( previously covered by Heart). Plus he has several of his own projects.

[@andrelglinnenbank2856]

Same song, different take: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6u6Yp16dtlpb7M Floor sings not with After Forever, but with a string quartet. Arrangement by Joost van den Broek, who was mentioned earlier in the comments. Yet another reason everyone should have known Floor was something special long before she joined Nightwish. Did someone already mention kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZXCopaYrJiZa7M ? Floor, just after joining Nightwish, singing an aria from Puccini on dutch TV.

[@thecarloschp4784]

And this version of Dreamflight with the same quartet is just brilliant kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKqZhIyQotyXbdE&ab_channel=MCSharQ

[@huubdonkersteeg2408]

If you're willing, I would like to suggest the song: Monolith of Doubt which they performed on a TV show (Kopspijkers in 2002) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYXQfHuhht1na7c - For me this was the first time ever I saw After Forever. And it definitely made an impression. Even back than she already had it. She is truly born for the stage.

[@huubdonkersteeg2408]

Another song I would like to bring to your attention is Beautiful Emptiness which After Forever performed at Pinkpop 2004 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKayZmaLgrJ4osU - From this concert more videos are available, such as for the ballad Eccentric. It's too bad they disbanded, because they were a great band.

[@ralfmeyer9086]

Hello, very good links.They mich better, as what Andy react. But it is not easy, find good live Versions from After Forever or ReVamp.🤗🤘

[@andyjonesofficial]

Yeah, it was a request in the live chat during a stream, so there was no time to look through different versions 😉

[@ralfmeyer9086]

@@andyjonesofficial a like, ReVamp live at Graspop. Disdain, and you see a very hard and angry Floor 🤘🤗

[@shuriken4852]

Here are some suggestion with not great audio, but much better than this. After Forever (Floor's 1st band) - Monolith Of Doubt Live At Kopspijkers (2002) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYXQfHuhht1na7c Revamp (Floor's 2nd band) - Wild Card (Live at Bloodstock Festival 2014) HD kzbin.info/www/bejne/faG9fnl3gb6YfcU ReVamp - Disdain Live at Graspop (2010) kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3-2l2lqgp6od5I

[@jjjccc728]

Sound on the video pretty bad. Good review though.