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Towards the end of the evening, Charlie, the Twitch Vocal Coach, was recommended to watch and react to this amazingly intimate LIVE performance of "The Islander" sung by Marco Hietala alone at first with Floor Jansen coming in later on backup vocals. This is a beautiful song with a beautiful message, written by Tuomas Holopainen, who is the composer for Nightwish.
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[@BigBrainSinger]

Hey! Welcome to the channel! Feel free to join us on the next live reaction stream by following Charlie at twitch.tv/charliecalotta and join the discord (linked above) for stream updates!

[@VioletBicanic]

Big Brain Singer add Insta as well?! 😁😀

[@pete_lind]

This is the best version , the official video was made when Anette Olzon was the female vocalist , so people may wonder were is Floor Jansen . Troy Donockley there with his Bodhran (drum) , tin whistles and Uilleann pipes , dont know what he could not play , when he also plays string instruments . Marko there with his custom Warwick Infinity-Panthera double neck kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2jZqnacrcuLqNE 4 min , most likely his one , that is build in this clip .

[@renskevanderhaagen5813]

Marko is soooo good! Please also check out ‘Your lips are still red’ and ‘high hopes’ (Pink Floyd tribute) for Marko’s skills!

[@Kromvato]

Definetly high hopes,marco's best performance in my opinion

[@TaldrenDR]

High hopes for sure!

[@Jesses001]

I do not think I heard "Your lips are still red" from Marco before. I am sure I am in for a treat. Off to find it!

[@sambremetalheadfr9136]

The ending part with Floor is really beautiful : she doesnt fill all the space, she just hightlights Marco's voice. Why your lips are still red is very nice too.

[@hagelslag9312]

Nightwish is one of the rare bands that actually feel like a band. Floor as no issue being backup singer and does not steal the spotlight at all, which is pretty impressive imho.

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

I think you nailed it even tho it has stars they play like a team!

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

Me: "Marco who, who is your backup singer tonight?" Marco: "Floor Jansen, who else?"

[@athlonen]

Troy Doneckley?

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

@@athlonen 😅👍

[@jasonknight1085]

You know what you said about how floor keeps it up and light backing Marco? Well prepare to have that utterly shredded to bits. Seriously, listen to "Yours is an empty hope", and you'll see just how crazy Floor's range and versatility is when backing Marco.

[@BigBrainSinger]

Check out the featured video on the channel! (It's that one)

[@garywinters4636]

Marco's new line of tee shirts, "Floor is my back up singer." haha. They get along so well. The whole band is like a family. Very cool to watch.

[@667radiance]

"...voice that's been working for a while". Spot on, Marco first started singing in Tarot along with his brother. Tarots first album came out in 1986 and is called Spell of iron. Marco is actually offically still a member of Tarot but its been put on hiatus.

[@Duskwind_]

The instrumentals for this song were written by Marko, and the lyrics were a collaboration of Marko and Tuomas.

[@helenatomaszewska9512]

Tosee Floor and Marco You should to see "Romanticide".

[@ErgoDog]

[@leathelone6972]

floor marco mix is great .......even when floor has the grit and marco sings clean like in "yours is an empty hope"

[@lisandro22]

You gotta hear Star One live. Floor and her sister Irene did back up vocals for the band on their small tour. They recorded it with just a couple of cameras and it's like a super band of underrated (but awesome) performers

[@rodrigogamabrambila423]

That’s just a sign of what an amazing performer/artist Floor is. She’s humble!! Not matter she has one of metal scene’s most powerful instruments.

[@sonosoloio]

that's another great thing about this band: everyone plays and sings together. for the next reaction I suggest "sleeping sun" from the same concert (tampere 2015), a small song in a great performance.

[@gunterreihnhol6507]

Ja, beautiful song.

[@rdmrdm2659]

You can just tell they like each other and are having a blast.

[@Fabi72g]

He stopped before, but at the end of the video is so cute to see how much Floor is happy for Marco performance.

[@alanfoster6589]

@@Fabi72g Yes, she turns to smile at him and applaud him as he walks back to the stage. Nothing about Nightwish is fake. Note also Tuomas, playing with enthusiasm for a song Marco wrote.

[@jamieburnette2438]

Marco has been singing lead since the early 1980s in his and his brother's band Tarot.

[@henniecornelisdekreek3738]

Like a smile on your face, please I want my tears back, Buenos Aires 2019 and tell me how she can sing while her, speaking voice is broken.

[@jarlhenrik]

Man, I'm so supersad that we'll likely never hear this one live anymore.. It's HIS song in all aspects of it, and knowing Tuomas they won't play songs that doesn't "sit right" with them at any time (which is why we'll never hear Master Passion Greed or Bye Bye Beautful live). I'm happy for Marko and his personal life, but man what a blow to us Nightwish fans..

[@majbrat]

So Lovely

[@orangeguppie6897]

Hi, thanks for your reaction, no selfish ego's in Nightwish.

[@BigBrainSinger]

True! All about the music

[@madddog6790]

Marco put out a solo album in both Finnish and English. I couldn't wait and went ahead and got the Finnish version as soon as it was released ($2.50 shipping from a record store in Finland ftw!). It's awesome. There are a couple of vids out for it; you should check out The Voice of My Father (and the Finnish version Isani Aani).

[@jmartin4396]

Just a collection of people that Love what they do and also happen to be absolute Masters of it at the same time.

[@jamescann4309]

The Greatest Show on Earth next, please!

[@Tearnofear]

man i love this song :)

[@GrotesqueSmurf]

He won "The Voice of Finland" just a few days ago :D

[@muumiveikko]

Thanx for the video, props for the amazing video&audio quality!! Greetings from Finland

[@donnahale3709]

Besides Kiss While your Lips Are Still Red live at Wembly and High Hopes, also try his "My Father's Voice" (solo without Nightwish)

[@kengaroo67]

When he speaks and the subtitles are gone, he says something like, "If I sing the chorus, will you help me?"

[@octo448]

I've seen this maybe 200 times and FINALLY someone actually answered this question, thank you!

[@kengaroo67]

@@octo448 I actually stumbled across it on another video. Someone else figured that out, not me. But I had to share it.

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

@@octo448 He says "If I sing the chorus will you sing it with me? yeah. You sure? YEAH! Ok lets do it"

[@TheNismo777]

Well this made my morning perfect, thank u for the reaction! :)

[@BigBrainSinger]

My pleasure!

[@jorluo]

That was great but please don't stop the videos before they end. There was almost 20 seconds left. There was Floor's adorable smile and her sincere happiness for Marko getting the credit and applause. She has said somewhere that she's been diagnosed as an empath and we've witnessed that many times in her touching performances.

[@BigBrainSinger]

This particular video was cut there. Apologies! My program automatically stops when it's over

[@jorluo]

@@BigBrainSinger Ok, sorry.

[@BigBrainSinger]

@@jorluo no worries!

[@Razgriz__1]

Sometimes when they sing together they blend so well that it's difficult to pick apart their voices from each other.

[@Elyiana]

This one is one that I great to see the official music video too as well! Such a stunning song!

[@gonzalomonsalve6346]

thanks marco, thanks floor

[@greywuuf]

Marco, the one man in the world that can say "Floor Jansen? ...yeah she sings backup vocals for me."

[@darkpower168]

The Floor is lava joke cracked me up more than I'd like to admit xD

[@erickvermeulen9734]

I always love to see the crowd there, respecting the lonely singer/guitarist on stage, quiet when the song requires that.

[@ew56]

To understand just how good Marco is you should know that at the end of the 1990s, Marco Hietala was operated for a polyp in the throat. The surgery had nasty consequences. Marco, for example, was losing his voice as a result of unsuccessful surgery. In his Stainless Life biography Marco explains how, in the late 1990s, he drew attention to the special distortion in his voice. The doctor found the left side of the vocal cords polyp and recommended that the surgery. Marco agreed - and regretted his decision. "The doctor said he had to use force to go to the polyp, but it shouldn't be a problem," Marco says in his book. The voice should return to normal in a couple of weeks. This was not the case. At first, the situation was so bad that he couldn't sing at all. In an interview with Savon Sanomat he recalls that the situation was very distressing, even desperate. - I lost the channel and ability, through which I had largely built my personality and my whole life. This could be compared to a sprinter who has to sit in a wheelchair with broken legs. I thought, what I should do with my life?, Marco says. The loss of sound has not been raised earlier by him because "It was late 90s, and my visibility to the people was not high". The story has a happy end as Marco's voice has been in a good shape for a long time. However, it has required a lot of work over the years. he points out that the voice never returned to pre-operative levels. - My clear upper falsetto was totally killed by that operation, he says in his book: - Much later from the left side of my vocal cords, was found a permanent nerve damage, that was caused from that operation. That is, the left and right sides of the vocal cords do not sync with each other properly. Well, in the name of honesty: I have managed with them. If you would like to hear more of Marco's singing then you should try While Your Lips are Still Red and High Hopes Nightwish's tribute to Pink Floyd.

[@BigBrainSinger]

It's experiences like this that bring out the best technique in singing. This song particularly is fantastically sung by Marco. His style is so crisp and unique

[@athlonen]

It also helped that during that time, or at some point in his career, he had to hire a vocal coach to help him with his singing, as well as his range... Some unknown vocal coach named Floor Jansen.

[@BigBrainSinger]

@@athlonen :0 THIS MAKES SENSE.

[@GhostRavenFIN]

@@athlonen I don't think this is the case. Or you got a source on this?

[@lujalainen1]

marko voice is so amazing also and maybe one of the best male voice in these days. thanx to great reaction and have great day there.

[@drtracernum20]

i shiver every time the y sing together on this song

[@ghostnf9650]

Marko is awesome and probably one of the greatest male singers in the world: he just had to duet Tarja Turunen and Floor Jansen.

[@stevegray1308]

This is a great song. Marko has an excellent voice and Floor's backup is beautiful.

[@Thorgrim247]

Loved your Japanese analogy. Beautifully stated my friend. each show gives Marko one song to step forward as the lead vocalist. Peace.

[@BigBrainSinger]

Thank you, Thorgrim! Thoughtful as always!

[@Ithirahad]

Yes, live at Tempiiiiir :DDD

[@black4pienus]

It feels like Marco hugs my heart.

[@BigBrainSinger]

Agreed

[@jacqueline23788]

yes man you are in finland

[@johnlindquist1784]

If you have the best female voice on the planet as your backup singer, you gotta be good.

[@krista584]

The part without subs, he says "So, if I sing the chorus, you'll sing with me? Right?" Greetings from a Finnish Swede 👋

[@digiscream]

What I love about this is that he didn't look back at the main stage once, not even when the band were supposed to come in. How much trust must they have in each other that he didn't have to check that they were all ready? I know the toms came in to count them all in, but it was all just...fluid. I know that, out there and isolated in the middle of the crowd, there's absolutely no way I'd have the willpower to avoid even glancing back for a fraction of a second.

[@anhakoma]

Tohtori - Gangsta’s Paradise is a Marco. Finnish Masked Singer

[@RolandTumble23]

Also "Kiss" (yes, the Prince song...).

[@laatdovahkiin7405]

When you got excited seeing Floor singing back up 😎😂😂

[@annhelensjostrom9065]

Darn I miss our streams!!! 😢❤

[@isaflechas]

My favorite is “Song of Myself”

[@robhall3693]

What a tease!! Ever dream!!!

[@robhall3693]

Literally the next min it dropped haha!!!

[@BigBrainSinger]

😏

[@akashvankessel1249]

Floor does; Floor things I just keep falling in love with her. The way she moves, smiles genuinely, her voice of course. When she enters the stage, something happens. She carries an energy that very few people have. Specially in this concert. Deeply moving.

[@johnterry1852]

Very nice reaction. There's a young lady I think you would like to hear. Her name is Diana Ankudinova. She is a Russian teen with a unique voice. She is true Contralto. Start with Wicked Game. She was 15 at the time. She is 17 now.

[@dimitrisnikoloulis4071]

Marko's untitle part : '' If I play the chorus you'll probably sing it , wright?. So let 's play it.''

[@despairingleonardo]

yes so many Floor Reactions from you I am waiting for you to try ReVamp (Floor's ex band) - Wildcard (Live) ReVamp - Disdain (live) Thats the heaviest side of Floor along with her super versatile style

[@BigBrainSinger]

It's on the horizon! I want to revisit this one eventually. Listening back, I don't give Marco enough credit. Those mixed belts at the end are super clear and impressive. There ARE some more songs on the list that he is featured more in though.

[@annukkas]

Yes, ReVamp please. 😊

[@despairingleonardo]

@@BigBrainSinger haha !! If you want to see Marco's full potential, you must listen to Nightwish - Phantom of the opera Live. Marco pushed his voice to the limit and sustained multiple G#5 mixed belt. And you will see the first vocalist of Nightwish ,Tarja. She was very badass. This song was full of surprises.

[@BigBrainSinger]

Awesome. I'll add these to the (recently VERY long) list

[@crashq8784]

@@BigBrainSinger The official vid is quite excellent too, features the singer prior to Floor.

[@micheltibon8872]

😀You are such a Floor nerd....and so am I!

[@micheltibon8872]

You should have said `You get the two Priciples, you get Air and you get Earth and it Balances each other out. and everything in between is Water, the Music and it Floors and they work around it.` I would have nominated you as the 2020 Poet of the Year.

[@jonhorrocks8999]

Marco is a great singer - the best in Nightwish, in case you get drawn into the Floor vs Tarja argument! His voice has fitted perfectly with each of the three female singers Nightwish has had as well as being an accomplished lead singer in his own bands and in NW.

[@angstbringer2992]

"Which NW singer?" "Marco" Who would dare say otherwise? 😂

[@iTeacupPanda]

He really did compliment all three women well and that just shows what a great musician he is. Because honestly with each frontwoman, the band was entirely different. The band wasn't Nightwish ( not a dig ) when Tarja left and it wasn't the same Nightwish when Anette left and Floor came in. They're all different projects nearly because Tuomas' writing shifted from singer to singer and they all sounded so different vocally that you have to find your places. He has worked with grandiose dark, thick, rich vocalists who sing like something out of a fairytale to fiery vocal warriors and light-vocalists like Anette.

[@jarlhenrik]

While it does feel like putting Floor on backup vocals seems like blasphemy, it does feel appropriate here as well. Just with the opening monologue the entire setting feels like something personal between Marko and the audience, this being held in Finland so he jokes around with them in finnish which I doubt Floor understands much of :p Not that she's any less of a member of the band or is less appreciated than any other member (at this point I'd dare say Floor and Tuomas "competes" for the top spot there), but I've always had the feeling that in this performance Marko is the star and she just helps him shine ^^

[@MartiniBianco1980]

you need to See Marko singing Pink Floyds Hige Hopes, He can do so mutch more then this,

[@taphaeltube]

Great, Thanks. Marko & Floor do Ave Maria. You should check it out.

[@BigBrainSinger]

We watched it tonight!

[@Hexenkind1]

You TOTALLY should do the High Hopes Pink Floyd Cover Nightwish did if you haven't done it yet. You will be blown away.

[@Esmeagolly]

Marko and troy both have floor is my backup singer t shirts.

[@Susirajantakaa]

Marko has some own stuff out also. Try The voice of my father for example. Out in English and also in Finnish.

[@bigg2988]

Love your insights, and your identification with the music.... Just 1 not-insignificant correction. This IS a Marco song. One of the, proverbially, 5 per cent Tuomas did not write. It is the NIGHTWISH bassist's contribution to the band's catalogue.

[@marcusbonde9142]

I couldn't help revisiting this one, and because of that I got to think of this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2K4e3umrquEpJI where you really can see the lovely chemistry between Marko and Floor. It doesn't hurt that it fits the season either... -Even a Grinch like me can't help getting a bit teary-eyed. Mostly I stay as clear from Xmas songs as I can...

[@__mader__]

@Big Brain Singer I recommend to react to "Phantom of the Opera" with Marco and Tarja.

[@ZacharyBerno]

that feeling when your like brings the total likes from 1.4k to 1.5k

[@christinaalgate4899]

Hi You should have finished the video because when Marco is walking back Floor is clapping and Smiling the whole time.

[@TiagoValcarenghi]

Ayreon - Age of Shadows(live), Blind Guardian - The Bard's Song & Valhalla live at Wacken, Jinjer - Who's gonna be the one, Leprous - Below. react please!!!!!

[@nenetubiduba3628]

Check out Marco's Lullaby for Jukka's little baby 😍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6DaY5Kbj9eLhcU

[@zahrans]

9:10 You get earth, air.....water. Then the fire nation attacked.....

[@BigBrainSinger]

Floor is the fire nation 😆

[@maggaw9869]

Marko Hietala. Tampere Finland.

[@lizaport7531]

I think you'd enjoy Aurora and Wardruna performing Helvegen.

[@NetAndyCz]

Floor is the best back up singer one can have;)

[@nilsholmstrom9009]

”One might someday be cool enough to have a long, braided viking beard. And one might someday be cool enough to have that beard AND be bassist for the greatest metal band in the world. But you’ll never be cool enough to have that beard, be that bassist, AND have Floor Jansen as your BACKUP singer!”

[@dizzlery3628]

Marco: Hold my Beer!

[@DigitalMoose]

If you like this vibe check out old Jethro Tull.

[@BigBrainSinger]

I will, thanks!

[@German_1]

Hey goofball! Usually didn't finish the islander properly..if you did you'd see what floor for marco!

[@user-VeryoldGeezer]

If you going to have a backing singer you might as well get the best .

[@samuelengle3773]

Let's turn that "floor doesn't really do gritty" statement on its head.... PLEASE do Yours is an Empty Hope from either Wembley or Mexico City.

[@BigBrainSinger]

Check out the channel featured video!

[@samuelengle3773]

Damn completely missed that. I see you're tracking Dimash and Epica...the Epica wouldn't happen to Sancta Terra or Stabat Mater Dolorosa....both featuring Floor and both being performed at the Retrospect Show.

[@BigBrainSinger]

@@samuelengle3773 Sancta Terra Feat. Floor

[@samuelengle3773]

You should like the other one too even if not a reaction

[@RustyHeartsTOV]

Can you react to nightwish cover of high hopes by pink Floyd? It really shows Marcos nice voice.

[@petrirautiainen8301]

You might like the sound of Marko Saaresto, Poets of the Fall. I love Nightwish, but have a sweet spot fro POTF aswell, especially their Acoustic Alexander Theatre Sessions are amazing.(hyperurl.co/AlexTheatreSessions)

[@Matheus_Santos12]

React Helloween Forever and One Kiske + Deris

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

I know nobody, who can adapt to a duetpartner as floor.

[@fenomeno5187]

Tarjia Annette or Floor? No Doubt: Marko!

[@k.l.7788]

Marco is leaving Nightwish. I’m devastated.

[@BigBrainSinger]

Just found out about this. I'm super heart broken over it.

[@VioletBicanic]

Very much would like to hear your thoughts on what is highlight for me during Romanticide [kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKvCaIJ5eLafjtU] and then perhaps Song of Myself from Wacken 2013, a personal favourite :)

[@jeffreyneas9510]

Marco wrote this, I believe.

[@RolandTumble23]

He wrote the music, Tuomas wrote the words.

[@williamtruman1822]

Where is ever dream reaction?

[@BigBrainSinger]

It's coming out in 20 minutes

[@luisfilipe1972]

see tatiana, jinjer pisces kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYKxpXqlgph5jLc attention that are different styles of singers both excellent

[@juhosal]

I think more against THE rules is to have Marko as a backup singer. Both of them are the best so far for Nightwish as what they have performed together. Last one is just my opinion.

[@Perktube1]

On the side, one note about Dimash videos: there are a couple of types you should avoid reviewing online, ones that fans don't like very well. The first are videos that show Dimash as if he were performing on American Idol, The Voice, or AGT. Dimash has never appeared on those shows. The second are videos where he appeared on "World's Greatest" shows. Dimash was sick then and not at his best, and the show's producers didn't treat him well. He was told he wouldn't be performing in competition with children, but they lied and he dropped out as a result. So just a heads up on what to avoid when posting reactions. Thx. 😁

[@PatrickPereiraVieira04]

Nooooooo, where's everdream?????

[@monksuu]

Cliffhanger :D Maybe it's next...

[@_amadeus__]

Is he watching the Wacken performance?

[@BigBrainSinger]

Coming out in 45 minutes

[@laodicea3513]

That needs some skills if you have Floor Jansen in your backing vocalist

[@jacqueline23788]

back against the rules??this is not the voice or AGT like who is screaming the hardest and kill everybody else to be the star. this is serious business this is real high muscians level

[@BigBrainSinger]

Agreed!

[@572Btriode]

The weasels came back. . . . . . . . . . . Floor and Marko blend so well, as you will often see. Oh!! Where's the next one, "this is. . . . ." Nothing. Booooooo!!!!!! :-) Twitch TV to here in France is just a buffering, stuttery mess sadly.

[@BigBrainSinger]

The next song is coming out at the end of the hour! Thanks for watching and commenting :)

[@572Btriode]

@@BigBrainSinger Oh, Thank you so much. I guess then about 17h00 CET for me.

[@MycontentisgoldJerryGold]

Marco has been singing for 30 years and has undergone botched vocal surgery along the way.

[@timstenas22]

Why do you chew gum on stream?

[@guitargodthor2]

I prefer Tarja. It just isn't Nightwish without her.