Nightwish - The Islander (Live At Tampere) First Time Couples React

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Our reaction to Nightwish - The Islander (Live At Tampere) (OFFICIAL VIDEO LINKED BELOW)
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[@liefde1911]

High Hopes and you two will be happy for days...

[@bodresz]

Mat will cry by joy... :( :)

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

When the subtitles cut out Marko asks "If I sing the chorus will you sing along? yeah. You sure? YEAH! Ok lets sing it then"

[@stpfs9281]

"Weasels", Finnish, Sea Shanty... the Beast guitar! That smile 4:07 when he hears his friends joining in, with his backing singer. :) You got your harmonising at last!

[@TomTomson81]

If you are interested ... Marco is no longer subtitled in the song during the break. He asks the fans there if they would sing the Corus with him. And Marco sings with th best backround singer in the world 😎

[@eddiewinehosen6665]

It's Marko's Beast it can do whatever his sorcerers fingers want it to do. Will so miss him and the Valkyrie Goddess singing together!

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

This "sea shanty" is composed by Marko (lyrics by Tuomas Holopainen). Tampere is the second largest city in Finland (over 200000 inhabitants). This concert took place 31.7.2015 and there were about 23000 people in the audience at the Ratina Stadium. Marko's instrument is a custom made Warwick/Framus Infinity/Panthera double neck bass and guitar. It's a monster that weights over 20 lbs. I get always a little emotional when the band mates joined with him at the end. ⛄👍

[@kevinfeeney5309]

Wasn't this also after his throat surgeries? So he's basically singing with half the vocal chords he once had...

[@lonelywind3511]

@@kevinfeeney5309 The surgery was in the late 90's. I don't think it damaged the actual vocal chords but did damage a nerve that made some of his prior range unworkable. As near as I could understand the damage eliminated the falsetto he was able to do before and sort of short circuited the normal meshing of the left and right sides of the vocal chords. He put in a lot of work to rebuild the voice he has but it was pretty much done before he joined Nightwish in 2001. He has a book titled "Marco Hietala - Stainless" available from Amazon in which he talks about it.

[@konstantineorfanos249]

Even after listening to this and Poet hundreds of times I still get tears in my eyes. Easily one of my favorite Nightwish songs and performances

[@clivematthews5296]

For more Marko and Floor backing try Buenos Aires 2018, Kiss While Your Lips Are Still Red

[@riverdragon17]

Marco probably has a piezo pickup in the guitar. It will make it sound like an acoustic guitar. There's also modeling software that can do that. Also, could have an A/B switch from the bass amp to the guitar amp.

[@maggaw9869]

Kiitos.

[@AGDinCA]

4:53 - Chels, I was totally feelin ya at that moment. 🤘😁

[@robertsheeler321]

Troy was playing a low whistle

[@mightyravendark932]

You just can`t replace Marko. But someone else can join the band and play bass, but not as Marko. Anyway. Great reaction! Can you imagine having Floor as a background singer when you stand there in the front hehe:)

[@Harolddespui]

Many said you can't replace Tarja but that turned out pretty well in the end, so don't worry too much, let's see what will happen.

[@alleninfinity6730]

The most powerful solo Marko I have heard was when Nightwish covered "High Hopes" in End of an Era, you two will love it, and believe it or not you get 2 solos from Emppu.

[@brewswillis9783]

The Nightweasels came back! LOL Mat was right, it's an Irish Low Whistle. Great react as usual guys! Pleeeaaase react to NW's tribute to Pink Floyd's High Hopes!

[@Neonbob]

🍹 Up & Play Nightwish Marko's Tribute of Pink Floyd High Hopes. Its F'ing AMAZING

[@diamondback6653]

2 minutes in i can safely say Chels is loving this.

[@Neonbob]

Noticed that was the longest either of you had hit that paused button. Yeah it was 🔥

[@alabalala]

pure talent.

[@NicholasCorvin]

*To get the full access to this song you should watch the official video and the original version. That version here was stripped down...*

[@ruy3467]

I knew Chels would love it. I’m surprised you guys didn’t get pointed to it before. Such a good song (:

[@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038]

"While your lips are still red" Wembley 2015 is a must. Marco and Floor are doing a phenomenal duet - and Troy on E-bow!! It just might be one of the greatest Nightwish songs ever, in that version. And I don't believe it is the last we have heard from Marko and Floor together - they are too close friends. Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) have also used both of them together - and will do it again I believe. Floor's up-coming solo stuff - if needed, Marko, Irene and Henk are ready. And vice versa - When Marko writes some solo stuff, Floor will be in his mind. I am not worried at all. 👍🤘🤘

[@Steven-lb4bl]

Awesome song and performance. Troys guitar with the Ebow is achingly beautiful

[@aether13x69]

Marcos Playing a Warwick Infinity/Panthera bass/guitar. Hes an exclusive Warwick artist. Hes usually rocking the Warwick Vampyre 4 string or the Warwick Buzzard.

[@themisspultone]

my fave version of this tune

[@snakewhisperer1]

Another great reaction. An electric guitar can achieve that sound if it has a piezo pickup built into the bridge. A couple of companies that had/have models available off the shelf that way are Godin and Parker. PRS has a piezo equipped model too.

[@MotoMirius]

So love this track but favourite moment in the reaction was the smile when they were harmonising. If you add it to a playlist it will be visible even when unlisted (still do this myself even when I schedule them). Still hoping for a reaction to the 'harmonising' on Yours Is An Empty Hope - I think Wembley has the best acoustics, Mexico is OK, the Cruise ship works for the harmonising but sound is never going to be great inside a steel box.

[@conchi5882]

Love this song ❤️The original vídeo is beautiful.

[@geertdelange4785]

Very nice, you made a reaction on this one. A great heavy cover from Nightwish of Ozzy Osborne, Crazy train, and a solo of Marco! 🔥🔥❤️🤘🏻(Montreal 2004) Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

[@rickherrell9451]

A Piezo pick-up will give you an acoustic sound so that could be it but I'm not sure.

[@572Btriode]

It's a Warwick/Framus Infinity/Panthera, you can see the W logo on the bass headstock and Framus is written on the six string headstock, custom shop special order for those with seriously deep pockets. . . . . . . .The piezo pickup is integral with the bridge and so virtually invisible, but gives the acoustic sound. While the bass is DI'd into the desk, AFAIK Marko also uses a Kemper profile/modelling amp with the six string output.

[@yannpoupard4059]

its indeed a low wisle that was used

[@petri4625]

WOW :-)

[@jovanm7009]

You could do High hopes next or maybe Shudder before the beautiful (from Wembley) it's a really good song and I'm sure you'll enjoy every second of it 😃

[@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!”

[@ianmuir3028]

Not bad when the greatest singer on the planet is your back up singer. Please give Marko's dedication to Pink Floyd, High Hopes a run it is amazing.

[@leftyme4568]

Marko is just the best

[@jmetallover]

Now you can do the best cover of Pink Floyd's High Hopes with Marko absolutely killing the vocals and the band well the band does the usual awesome performance. Marko really gives this classic a new voice and it is just sensational, no way you won't enjoy this....(kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3TPonaviJl8iLs). Here how good is Marko, he gets Floor to be his backup singer!!! I know very few who will ever claim that accomplishment!! Nice one guys and we were sure that this would be a great example of Marko's range and that is why even with a great bassist, Nightwish will never be the same without this Viking king on stage with them!!

[@smltownsk8er]

Put bareknuckle pickups in your rig and you can get some sexy acoustic sounds out of your guitar

[@jroutasula5250]

Thank you again! Just now (7.2. 13.50) Nightwish movie "Imaginaerum" (2012) on tv in Finland.

[@riikkakoskinen6841]

I warmly recommend you check out While your lips are still Red, live.

[@sterlingknight8087]

It's the pick up that makes it sound acoustic.

[@demopem]

The Framus (the guitar part of the custom Warwick/Framus) he is playing can have this "acoustic" steel guitar sound.

[@572Btriode]

Mat was right first time, it's a Low Whistle and not a flute at all, your guitar question is answered down below I think.

[@Thorgrim247]

Troy was playing a low whistle. Marko has a setup probably with a piezo pickup to make the electric sound more like an acoustic guitar. Yes it is probably controlled through a switch on the guitar or on his pedal board. Marko!!!!!! 👑💖💖💖🤘🤘🤘😞😞😞

[@tedkord1968]

I don't know any specifics about Marko's double neck, but most likely it has a piezo pickup in the bridge. This gives a very clear, acoustic like sound. I've got one in my Ernie Ball Musicman Majesty. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYK7c4SJirKMbMU

[@user-mc9qo3fb5b]

👋👋👋.... 👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@Sadfluffybear]

So, I'm no expert either, but about how I think electric guitars and basses work: If they're not plugged into an amp, you won't get any sound. The sound is created by the vibrations of the strings being directly translated to electric impulses of the same frequency and then sent to the amp to translate that into sound, kinda like how microphones work too. Amps usually have a way of regulating (e.g. adding) distortion (what exactly distortion is and how creating it works would be a bit too much to explain) to their input, but if you turn that off completely you'll get something close to the sound of an acoustic guitar. So tl;dr what you've just heard is clean electric guitar sound, the "metal guitar sound" is just that with some "noise" added on top.

[@Duskwalker68]

Would love to see you guys watch "Ever Dream" from their "End of An Era" concert. It's their best performance by far, Tarja and Marco had a very unique vocal harmony.

[@andoobs2]

i disagree i think the performance of ever dream from wacken was 10x as good as the performance from end of an era. although marko in his prime is amazing

[@marwa2902]

bloodred hour glass : waves of black

[@beldin2987]

I think the Marcos guitar is a semi accoustic, just like jazz guitars so it has those violin holes and a kinda hollow body. But even for that i also think it sounds really very much like a real accoustic guitar. Here you can see it also a bit better maybe : www.framus.de/de/Warwick--Produkte--Instrumente--Customshop---Masterbuilt--Basic-Bass-Models--Infinity--Infinity--Infinity-4-String--Infinity---Panthera---14-2774--4-Saiten--Bilder.html

[@galadballcrusher8182]

basically my dude if u don't use the distortion and pedal settings keep on clean side an electric one can do preety much what acoustic does when acoustic is used with a microphone saddle pickup instead of an open mike because that pickup is like the magnets used on an electric one (here an example of what i mean barberatransducers.com/guitar_pickups.html?imz_s=aom6kt9n5amg3hq6cecunh3rb4) .Try also google "acoustic guitar hole microphone pickup" and you ll see the other type that goes right on the hole and is exactly what happens on an electric guitar as it picks the sound before the soundbox would factor in (which of course electric guitars lack)

[@peetur123]

I think there is piezo pickups. They make more acoustic sound.

[@galadballcrusher8182]

@@peetur123 i used in past one of the saddle type ones , cant remember brand and when slotted in an amp sounded louder and when added distortion sounded like a normal electric guitar that's why i mentioned, still from what you seethe concept is similar to it since magnetic ones exist so i think it explains the sound . Also i recall on a gear gods vid for Nightwish the tech for Troy's gear was saying he uses specific pedal options on the pipes...diferent on the guitar or bouzouki and diferent for distorted or e-bow same as what Marko does using a distorted as well undistorted bass setting for diferent songs so my guess is undistorted clear sound setting on the combo guitar of the 2 headed beast makes it sound like accoustic see?

[@craigspooner9221]

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[@wanmac31]

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