Ayreon - Cosmic Fusion Live

[@JudaGoethe]

Wow, Simone really cached the feeling that Sharon den Adel gave to the Indian Character in this song. Both versions, studio and live, are amazing

[@cobra29935]

Waits thats simone!? Huh didnt recognize her with the face stripe and shes usually a lot skinnier in every live performance ive seen. Guess i really should've recognized the voice.

[@Metalton95]

When I saw the show live, I honestly thought Simone improved the original - the "I soar on the breeze" sounded SO incredibly smooth! And I LOVE Sharon Den Adel's voice, maybe even more than Simone's - even if I'm not a Within Temptation fan at all.

[@JudaGoethe]

@@Metalton95 I prefer Sharon's voice, too. And the songs from this Electric Castle album are a perfect featuring from her. Isis and Osiris is another great song with Sharon (Simone in the live version) in the vocals

[@gandalf8216]

She improved it. Which is pretty bold to say, but I think she did. Still, different versions, but this, I like this more. Perfections sometimes duplicate, I suppose.

[@PaulCashman]

I was at this particular performance (I saw two of the four full shows in Tilburg). It still gives me goosebumps to this day. Absolutely outstanding, mesmerizing experience.

[@edtrivett3698]

Arjen is just a genius, much like Zappa in how he creates the scene and executes it all. Also, have to add how much fun the musicians/ singers seem to be having.

[@kovdie]

i discovered this live only many years after buying the cd. Arjen is just a genius, it's puccini of rock. i've never seen something similar. God bless all of them.

[@leeleeevanlee693]

I really want to hear Sharon and Simone sing this together tbh.

[@jorgebrito8807]

Really love this song Simone's voice so beautiful and mesmerizing 🥰

[@maanvis81]

George Oosthoek also plasys Death in Xystus's Rock Opera, Equilibrio. btw :)

[@gabycinemaniaco]

amo EPICA y amo AYREON verlos juntos me pone la piel de gallina !!! simplemente maravilloso !!!!

[@brotherfiretribe9566]

GAY

[@van3638]

Con Sharon den Adel hubiera sido mágico 🪄

[@willcomrie2853]

Still absolutely raging I missed this due to a wedding.

[@jirihozpodebrad23]

omg you poor thing! :-o those are the worst 'misses' - still angry at the fact that I missed a concert about two decades ago because of a wedding of people I didn't even know so I hear you :'-D

[@cobra29935]

@@jirihozpodebrad23 why'd you go to a wedding for people you didnt know? Do people let random strangers into their weddings.

[@predality]

Que música maravilhosa mano, a voz da Simone é algo de outro mundo XD

[@van3638]

En la vos de Sharon hubiera sido mágico

[@MaryTaveiros]

Não estou sabendo lidar com esse espetáculo...Arjen Lucassen é um gênio!

[@adrianolima331]

Eu sempre apresento aos meus amigos eles falam o mesmo kkk

[@m.m.5091]

this one is so fucking great

[@Rosa20214]

Que interpretación!!!! 🎉🎉 es increíble, lo que diera por haber estado ahi

[@gandalf8216]

Everyone nailed it.

[@palantir135]

I don’t like growling that much unless it’s functional and only once and a while. In the song Cosmic Fusion from Ayreon it is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4u5qaKtlqiGq80 Simone Simons and Mark Janssen from Epica perform in it live.

[@Smashmilk]

With that intro I really do feel like Que is just messing with the enterprise again..

[@patriciaguevara7901]

Amazing performance, thanks for upload it

[@gpersefone]

THIS!!!! ❤️❤️

[@AsgrodElros]

4:39 Mark reminded me of Johannes Krauser II

[@pablocuello4184]

ESTO SE FUE A LA RE MISMISIMA BOSTA, INCREIBLE ♥♥♥♥

[@strangersonearth5452]

This has been a long time coming.

[@adrianoblanco7271]

Es una locura este tema. Muy bueno. Le hace justicia al de estudio.

[@deborahpesesse1072]

Chaque fois que je regarde cette vidéo je suis scotchée comme si c’était la 1ère fois. Music make the world go round. Merci! Gratitude infinie pour ça! Quelqu’un peut me dire où et quand a eu lieu ce concert?

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Podium 013 à Tilburg, Pays-Bas, année : 2020 (je crois)

[@Trucker1701e]

What is Q doing there?

[@KitkacyJones]

Hoo khurwa… dobrze, że tu trafionem

[@AlonsoTherion]

this song......

[@carlosjj662]

How many vocals are in this band?

[@AlexCell33]

Dozens

[@ashemedai]

Officially it's only Ayreon. The rest are all guest singers and performers he calls upon as needed for his concept albums.

[@gandalf8216]

@@ashemedai Some vocalists and performers gained a lot of recognition thanks to Arjen's "scouting about" for his Ayreon project. I hear he's awesome to work with.

[@Jizu16]

So yeah, Technically, Ayreon is not a band, best way to describe it is a "musical project". Arjen writes stuff and everyone else is a guest. It's like an All-Stars series of albums.

[@predality]

​@@gandalf8216This is exactly How i've discovered Threshold (Damian's Wilson Band)

[@petertimmerman7580]

Q !!

[@Simon_Fenix]

Ouch, ouch, ouch, at 3:35 there is a mistake, the verse should have been "The joining has begun" but it can be forgiven.

[@Metalton95]

Hehe, you should have seen Hansi for the chorus on Age of Shadows, 2 years earlier. I'm glad they juust got the necessary takes, cuz when I saw them on the 3rd day, he would mess up the order of the lyrics and laugh, haha :)

[@pike666db]

i came looking for this comment on the mistake, but yeah, it was honest and the show must go on. as for Hansi... goddamnit, Hansi. it's kinda sad, really. i mean, as an amateur musician i value having fun on the stage. but when pro's have given me the opportunity to share the stage, they have taken rehearsal and soundcheck very seriously and the actual performance even more so... because your audience paid hard-earned coin to see you play music they love. it's almost businesslike and transactional: you are collecting money from them as clients for a product (live music) and service (showmanship) you are providing. it's gotta be worth every cent if you want them to remain returning customers. in the case of ayreon.... people from all over the world go to the netherlands to watch all these amazing musicians pouring their hearts and souls for their fans. botching a performance and laughing it off like Hansi does could be very well construed as disrespect to the art and the fans. or maybe it's just a defense mechanism, who knows? End Of Rant. Dream Sequencer System Offline.

[@doktormunted2864]

@@pike666db Yehhh nah, the difference is that Hansi IS a professional musician and a legend in his own right. You'd think in the nearly 40 years of fronting Bling Guardian he would've considered the transactional nature of the music industry. Dude has put the majority of his life into the art and the business and succeeded, think we owe him a pass on a fuck up here and there.

[@pike666db]

@@doktormunted2864 I hear what you say, but other artists of both lower and higher caliber than Hansi don't give themselves the luxury of fuck-ups... and when they happen, they own them. it's true, he's considered a legend in some circles, in others, his very existence is unknown. I admire Hansi to an extent, and I admire Arjen and his masterpieces even more, which is why his botching multiple performances and brushing it off by laughing about it bothers me more than just a little. I felt it justified that his voice was buried below Lisette van den Berg's in the performance of Everybody Dies in post-production. Anyway, good talk!

[@jeversongomes7281]

Where are Sharon????????? 😞😞😞😞😞😭

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Sharon was not available on these days (other engagements), so Simone replaced her (very well indeed).

[@van3638]

Se me hace una falta de respeto que en ves de invitar a Simone no hallan invitado a Sharon que es mucho mejor que Simone

[@cristinamateescu5049]

I think it was more a matter of availability to be honest - Sharon had a concert with Within Temptation in the same day. So I guess it just wasn't meant to be

[@alinotic]

Do you really think Arjen would just disrespect Sharon? C'mon

[@cancelled_user]

Sharon is not better than Simone, that's just your opinion.

[@van3638]

@@cancelled_user si es mejor más versátil mejor vos compone sus canciones y lidera su banda

[@van3638]

Copio a Sharon hasta el la forma de maquillaje 💄🤭🤭🤭🤭🤮

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

Le acaban de pedir que reemplace un papel porque la actriz original no tenía tiempo. Eso se llama el mundo de los adultos. Es hora de que tú también crezcas.

[@josol45]

@@rientsdijkstra4266y está más guapa Simone 😏