Nightwish - "Slaying the Dreamer" Reaction: FIRST TIME HEARING

[@rnowak85]

According to Tuomas in the book Once Upon a Nightwish, this song was inspired by one of Tarja's friends harshly criticizing him late one njght in a bar. They apparently told him he was nothing and that all of Nightwish's success was due to Tarja's talent. He went home and wrote this song in a drunken rage. It was filled with expletives which he had to go back and clean up.Tuomas is using vampire imagery to show how he feels. Last, you have to love the South American fans. Very passionate and full of energy and not just for Nightwish. 6:27

[@HandleyR]

Oh how wrong that person was🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kazfarah7623]

The friend told Tuomas he was treating Tarja like crap. He didn't say the success was only due to Tarja

[@GametimeBr3487]

Awesome performance like always. Tarja also sing this song in End of a Era concert, you should react to this version too, its amazing!

[@NickBR57]

One of the mad bocals, almost the end of a 150 minute show and those rapid triplet onsets at the end! Another one completely revitalised by Floor's capabilities and Marco's.

[@alinemckenna3710]

My favourite NW song changes with my mood. How lucky are we that they have a 30 year catalogue with 3 different vocalists? ❤❤❤

[@Honken55]

And one that can sing them all 😀

[@alinemckenna3710]

​@@Honken55 Floor blessed us all with her voice and energy 🥰

[@robertsheeler321]

This is a song that Tuomas wrote back in the early years its directed towards the music industrial complex trying to tell him how to write his music .

[@AT87]

According to their book he wrote it because one of Tarja’s friends were being a jerk to him. Could be about two things though. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Honken55]

​@@AT87The friend story probably true. The second probably added later 😉

[@jasonmarshall7572]

Another Tuomas interpret it yourself song. Yes there is a real reason behind this song but for many of us on the surface it does seem like a Vampire song and i find it more fun to think of it that way over the real personal reason behind this song.

[@alejandracaceres3168]

Argentina Buenos Aires!!!🎉🎉

[@chriso6719]

A figurative stake to the heart. The song is about a songwriters feelings when their work is harshly criticized. From the 2002 Century Child album, Emppu co-wrote the music on this one, with Tuomas. This Decades tour played a lot of the older Tarja era songs.

[@FromG2eminor]

Even their angry songs make me happy 😊

[@KathleenChilds]

Very 80’s ish feel. I adore this song and performance! ❤❤❤

[@TimoArula]

Powerful stuff . Did you notice, how Thomas hammered his instrument with a fist...hot damn ❤‍🔥!!!! Tuomas, Nightwish's songwriter, wrote this one night in a fit of rage, and had to edit it later on to get rid of all the profanity. It's an angry song directed toward the greed of mankind, and their stupidity. Floor is able to handle both the Operatic songs from the Tarja era and the more pop style of Annette, so that the band was able to have great live concerts doing a "Decades" tour with so much of their older music mixed between the different eras pre Floor. Also I think everyone wants "Live" Nightwish because the live shows were with Floor before Tuomas was able to write new music for the Floor era. This song was from the Tarja era and Tarja did a great job with it as it was written for her style, but it's great that Floor can also cover this music from the early days of Nightwish. NWSU/FloorFan 🤘😎🤘

[@damianvc31]

Another song from Tarja era, Floor really had to push her operatic skills in the ending Also argentinian crowds are the best, they really feel the music Greetings from Argentina 😀

[@nicod1361]

Hands down their heaviest song : never played Live, it's directed towards their 1st singers husband/manager, it's abit on the angry side : Nightwish - Master Passion Greed (Special Video) Bkib0dIziXk or Lyric version wS7NrPNjACI

[@chasingbirds3073]

and yet it was played live for this performance.

[@nicod1361]

@@chasingbirds3073 huh ? the song he reacted to is Slaying the Dreamer not Master Passion Greed

[@no_onein2024]

I LOVE that breakdown!!!!!

[@Mars-is4un]

🤗🍒🤘🏻 well done again Bite

[@lc8155]

Super Duper fun thanks!

[@blueeyes1110]

My favorite night wish songs have been the same three since November 2020 which is ghost love score, story time and ever dream

[@Latexi_LMX]

Thanks for reacting to NW Nick!

[@tracyfarnath2270]

I'm not sure if you've done the poet and the pendelum yet, but that is an absolute masterpiece 🇬🇧

[@christophschmedes5975]

Floor is the Real live simones best frend but in Metall is Floor simones big sister

[@Thorgrim247]

It does sound like a vampire song. The music industry was doing the blood sucking in this song. An angry reaction by Tuomas towards the greed and criticism from the music industry towards Nightwish and Tuomas' musical compositions.

[@Honken55]

According to the book he wrote it in drunken anger because a friend of Tarja was being a jerk at a pub 😉

[@mandje2002]

Try Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down - The Source (2017) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfYfn6ap9-Dp7c And Ayreon - Valley of the Queens (Anneke van Giersbergen, Floor Jansen, Marcela Bovio) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipPIk4Jrd7-cY6s Or Star One - Fate of Man (Brittney Slayes, Michael Romeo) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ-agWali7Khr9U Or Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution - Golden Age Of Music (Official Music Video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ_cnoShj62mZ80 Or Ambeon - Ashes (Simone Simons) (Electric Castle Live And Other Tales) kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH21ZJSKptF1hMk Or Guilt Machine - Twisted Coil (Damian Wilson) (Electric Castle And Other Tales) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZSrn2OheMygd9U And Lucassen & Soeterboek's Plan Nine - Before The Morning Comes (Official Music Video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ2TXqx-ltpoh7ssi=A5Auu0rhtHgEMTSX

[@Magga-f3z]

Planet Hell. End of An Era. Helsinki Finland.

[@Magga-f3z]

TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN ( keys) SONGWRITER COMPOSER. Kiitos olet paras.

[@VivianaRaquelGonzalez-1988]

Como molesta el griterío de Floor destruyó la canción mil veces prefiero la VERSIÓN ORIGINAL DE Slaying the Dreamer en el final de una era 2005 eso sí es power metal 👌🏻