Nightwish-Sleeping Sun | First Reaction

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"Jökull (Metal Version)" by Alexander Nakarada
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[@MusicLifePlus]

I missed you all! If you're wondering what happened to me, you can see it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4Oup6Snrt19npo

[@sonosoloio]

best performance of this song ever! from the same concert (tampere 2015): "weak fantasy"

[@frenkwd1]

"Sleeping Sun" is a power ballad and the fourth single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released as a maxi single with three other songs on 2 August 1999 to coincide with the total solar eclipse that would occur on 11 August.

[@MaggieByName]

8.44 a.m. in the Netherlands. Europe is awakening. A beautiful way to wake up on a saturday. Thanks!

[@bazkeen]

One of the most beautiful songs out there👍🏻👍🏻It came out in the late 90's. So it was a Tarja song👍🏻👍🏻

[@moniquevanaken2638]

Wow, you're back! I missed you! This song is about the total solar eclipse in 1999. This is one of my favourite songs, so full of emotion. Glad you like it. Hope to see more NW reactions. Stay safe! Greetings from the Netherlands

[@timomastosalo]

This is a Tarja era song - check it with her. Besides haunting, did you look for ... soothing? This is like lullaby. Especially with Tarja I get the light feeling resembling the feeling you sometimes before falling to sleep: that falling into feathers. Also by Floor there's that 'tuck me in' feeling

[@wilburjunior9949]

I saw a total eclipse in 2017 in Salem, Oregon. Had I known of this song then, I would have had it playing during totality. Now listening to it reminds me of that day in Oregon. 🤗

[@dac2007]

The lyrics are about the solar eclipse happened in 1999. The song was written for that event, it was a random single Tuomas was asked to write but ended up being very successful.

[@allenjohnstone9945]

It was written for the 1999 full eclipse of the sun seen across Northern Europe. It was written with Tarje's voice as a focal. The eclipse happened in August or day 222 of the year to give some context to the lyrics.

[@okiejohn3925]

Thanks! I was wondering what the 222 days was referring to....

[@opaman4847]

Great reaction! Greeting from Tampere, Finland! :)

[@flemmingstergaard4690]

Im from Denmark, and its due to a dispute between the Danish musicians union and KZbin over the rate of payment. Dont know why it hits NW as they are not Danish. But I use VPN myself.

[@SandraNelson063]

I think Tuomas wrote this for an eclipse. Again, Floor shows how she takes songs from Nightwish's past and makes them her own. It's very over the top in the super feels style.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

Greetings from Finland. Like others have already told, Tuomas was requested to write a song to celebrate the solar eclipse of 1999 in Northern Europe. At first he refused saying that he doesn't write songs to order. Furthermore, he didn't like them telling him that it should be a ballad no more than three minutes long & with a catchy chorus. However, we can all now enjoy this song & the fact that he changed his mind. P.S. Tarja sung the original version, but I like Floor's more intimate & emotional version better, but my favorite version is sung by Tuomas' 2nd cousin Elina Siirala, who used to be an opera singer before founding her own metal band "EnleliNation/Angel Nation" & later joining a German symphonic metal band "Leaves' Eyes". Should you or anybody else be interested, here's Elina's cover of the song: LEAVES' EYES New Singer Singing NIGHTWISH's Sleeping Sun (Elina Siirala) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJmTdX-pqat2irs P.S.S: Here's a beautiful acoustic ballad that Elina wrote for her own band: Last Time Together - EnkeliNation / Angel Nation - Live Acoustic Version - Elina Siirala kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIq6pIqQoL6Dmas in case you'd be interested to react to it.

[@thomaskaldstrom5194]

In Finland we had a total splar eclips in 1999..that’s the main story of the song.

[@voodjin]

Floor could sing a telefon book for me and I would love it.

[@niksur1201]

Great song choice and nice reaction.

[@Idefixu]

This song was inspired by a solar eclipse. Beautiful song. Have you reacted to Stargazers from this same concert? Very much operatic vocals by Floor. Your "Tampere" was not bad at all. No need to stress about that. 👍👍🇫🇮 4am here in Helsinki, time to go to bed I guess. Light headache. Not bad, I believe I can go to sleep. 7-8 hours ago I attended an Erja Lyytinen concert. She is a Finnish female blues guitarist, voted twice to be among the best guitarists in the world. I can understand why. It was fantastic, her band is great too. And what a nice lady she is, talking to fans after the gig, and she really loves to do that. A fan, an older man who's always drunk, wanted to have a kiss, she declined gracefully. "Then I would have to kiss everybody." Stay safe!

[@huubdonkersteeg2408]

Danny Vera (one of Floor's classmates at the Rock Academy) has just released a new album: The New Now. This is one of the songs on it - Gold Rush - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6LdpHmuoteAbpo - I have not listen to the entire album yet, but I like all the songs I listen to so far. Maybe you would care try a listen too, if you have care for Blues / Americana music.

[@Mike_Judas_Priest_Kalsek]

Good to see you doing reactions again. KZbin is being a real pain to several of the channels I subscribe to so you're not alone in that. Maybe pausing songs once or twice might alleviate some of the copyright claims? I'm no expert so I'm just guessing...I hear a lot of other reactors pausing because of said issue. I wish Floor would sing this song to me as a lullaby every night...in person though haha! Her voice is so mesmerizing here! I felt like I was in a trance...unfortunately it ended and I woke up. Like timomastosalo said, the song is very soothing. Looking forward to seeing more videos from you in the future. I am one video behind so I'll be checking that one out next. In the meantime, can I interest you in some Clutch? Here's Electric Worry (official video so you may need to pause): kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWWkc6OYra6DfKs Cheers!

[@MustaLaatta]

total solar eclipse in 1999 gave inpiration

[@devoneagle1966]

Sadly you're much more likely to be blocked, as you don't pause the video.

[@hernanleon6201]

the original version whit Tarja is better