Nightwish - Storytime (Live - 02 Apollo, Manchester, UK, Nov 2012)

[@pamlp04]

It’s always a pleasure to watch Jukka playing the drums.

[@myspacewolf]

12 years later and Floor is STILL belting out the noted!

[@LouisNelZA]

This is serious good quality for amateur video! And Floor Jansen has got the technical ability that Tarja plus the popular appeal that Annette had. Best vocalist so far!

[@Tomsa69]

I saw the Nightwish at Hartwall Areena last saturday.I think Floor is the best singer for the band!!I have seen them with Tarja and Anette many times,but Floor is absolutely something else!

[@octaviogonzalez8322]

with that kind of outfit, floor looks absolutly beautiful... i love her like that...

[@TerranigmaQuintet]

She wore it in the Energize me videoclip back with Afer Forever hehe

[@peet4921]

Floor looks good in a garbage bag, just saying.

[@Darith01745]

Marco and Floor. Two of the best voices in the business side by side. Nggggh XD

[@ADyingFaith]

I was there and Floor was astounding. She should stay. I cant remember feeling so excited than i was at the show. I love all the song choices.

[@Drygal1337]

That's because the 'Imaginaerum' songs were made for Annette's voice, imagine what the new album will be, IF Floor stays. Her voice is brutal. Listen to her old band 'After Forever' and be blown away by her strength of voice.

[@JohnBaZingaGee]

Floor is amazing. Suits nightwish perfectly. They need her as the singer.

[@kekacakan]

She's really amazing, Oh My gosh~!!

[@enivannogueira3729]

Jukka is great

[@pameladilo]

she´s the best!!! C´mon!!! floor Jansen!!!is the best!!!

[@damianmc5209]

I would pay an obscene amount of money for all of the future Nightwish albums if they included Floor on vocals. Seriously, I'd pay £50/$80 per album, and not think twice about it.

[@jankatana]

Love Floor! Love After Forever (rip) Love Nightwish, MERGE!

[@gustavojimenez1767]

maravillosa, simplemente una gran artista, Floor Jensen

[@FilPol-yu1es]

SUPER Voiced FLOOR revitalized NIGHTWISH.

[@stivencuervo]

Nightwish was perfect before... today, they are most than perfect!. It's like a dream to listening floor and nightwish in the same song at the same time!

[@surimouri]

amo esa canción y floor es genial

[@adautorios3919]

Excellent frontwoman, amazing!

[@Freetospeakmytruth]

My thoughts exactly. And, yea, that's a good way to put it. Floor is like a bridge. She has classical training and can do that, but she is also one hell of a belting metal rocking kick-ass GODDESS! I find losing Anette like this very sad, though, because I think she just showed her stuff on this album - the first time that an album was written with her vocal style in mind, and Anette really nailed it. She shows the layers and textures and what makes her great. She shines. *Sigh*

[@svetlanapencheva9785]

I love how Jukka attaks the drums

[@melaniacarpio561]

I can't wait to see them in peru!!.. I am so excited!! :D

[@heksie5199]

Thanx for this great video :) I was there, all the way from Holland to see our "flying dutchman" do what's she's doing best. You made it possible to enjoy it over and over again.

[@Michellevca]

PLEASE SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY FLOOR CAN HEADBANG LIKE THAT AND KEEP HER HAIR EXACTLY THE SAME AFTER DOING IT 1:46 ... IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.

[@jazzysugar3777]

and start singing as if nothing happened

[@adlicious100]

Cause SHE"S THE VOCALWITCH from HOLLAND 🎤💜🇳🇱🎶🙏🏼

[@peet4921]

That's called being a professional powerhouse.

[@Cal7192]

Seeing these guys tonight :D cannot wait :D

[@Durotan111]

Floor te amo te amo te amo !!!!

[@allymatne]

Wow, flawless!

[@r3nz00v]

Wow!! How distinct is the show and the sound in Manchester respect to Argentina...

[@owee80]

love Floor,, thaks to upload video :)

[@pearly32914]

Love Floor and Nightwish Forever !!!!!

[@raoefvanmouwerik9037]

God old Jukka.💪🏼

[@VSisR]

Interesting, watching the first concerts of Floor with Nightwish, where the operatic parts still came from the pre recordings. A few months later, she started REALLY showing her unrivalled talent and versatility and sang those parts herself, too. Nowadays she took over some of Marko's parts too. The woman truly is then Valkyrie Goddess.

[@Freetospeakmytruth]

Absolutely flawless. I can't lie. I'm so sad. I miss Anette terribly. This was HER chance to finally shine and cut through the bullshit. In part, the greatness of this album is because of Anette's voice, and it is the first album written for HER and with her input on vocal lines. That makes all the difference. I'm not sure why this keeps happening, so I can't accuse, but I'm pissed, and this blows. Horrible thing to do. One time, but twice? Yet I can't say anything but Floor is genius, always.

[@strogaa]

Now nearly 7 years later, I'd really like to know, if some people still stand behind their comments here.

[@allbies]

Why so?

[@strogaa]

@@allbies I'm just curious, if those people, who wrote negative comments back then (and not only under this video) changed their mind after they a) heard her really live, and not just in a fanmade video on yt, or b) heard an official release (studio album or - for example - "Showtime, Storytime") The date, when this video was uploaded (5 weeks after Floor had jumped in) and the date, when most of the comments were written (at least still during the tour), let me think, that neither a) nor b) had happenend yet. I got no problem with different taste and different preference. But I think, it's difficult, judging the qualities of a singer by hearing a fanmade video.

[@allbies]

@@strogaa I agree. I just discovered the video and could only see positive comments at brief glance, so I was confused. The audio quality is obviously terrible, anyone judging it would be unwise to do so. Like with any fandom though I'm sure Floor had plenty of haters just for not being Tarja, before they realised she was the best thing that happened to Nightwish in a long time.

[@19person895]

I'm gonna see them tomorrow night in Melbourne!!! :D :D :D

[@paladinmsv]

Losing Anette in the middle of a tour is regrettable indeed. Anette's voice suits really well with this Album! Same as Tarja's voice suits Wishmaster, Kinslayer, and Ever Dream. Nightwish should have waited a bit longer before releasing Anette, at least after the tour ends. This Album isn't Floor's. But yeah, I can only wish her for the best. Should stop complaining :)

[@AntonSoundcheck]

Oooooh she is the bomb diggity!

[@nocturnal03]

Floor is so amazing omg plz stay

[@geelicon]

Never!, Tarja would never reach songs as Amaranth, Storytime, The crow, the owl and te dove and Scaretale.

[@awsom50]

Nice... can't wait for tomorrow night at Brixton!! Floor's stage presence is papable... hope she does Ghost Love Score, as I know she started to perform that on the last few shows on the American leg of the tour.

[@villainouschrisk]

still hadn't started doing it yet. i wonder when she started singing the middle part. she looks more relaxed after 3 weeks in. slowly remembering who she is. muscle memory kicking in. everyone should take note of these early videos of Floor. commit. work. get better than last time. even the greatest ever feel like a hippo on ice skates sometimes. difference is, they didn't quit when it got hard. speaking from many years of experience as a quitter.

[@sacrament48]

\m/ no more words ... just \m/

[@Dealman15]

Look up BenevolentDemise and their cover of Storytime. I honestly think Nightwish should get in contact with her. She has a voice that fits the new sound Nightwish got going.

[@geelicon]

Sorry but I'm not sorry to say that As I love Floor in the band there won't be perfects "ahh ahh aaahhhh" in the Siren without Tarja and perfect "squealing piiiigs!" without Anette, I love nightwish now, maybe more than ever but I will miss both eras with Tarja and Anette, but let's open our arms to Floor Jansen, one of the best vocalist all the time.

[@PrisPrisca15]

I don't like Imaginaerum at all but I can't help but love Floor. I'll be seeing her with Nightwish in Dec. I hope she just performs like she did in this concert!

[@adautorios3919]

STAY FLOOR !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Senseless333x2]

Its funny that everyone loves floor now after hating anette for years... now that i hear this song sung by floor i think anette is great in her own way... but like i have accepted anette i will also accept floor - cus im no child who crys about thinks he cant change.

[@arthurhki1471]

I kind of prefer this version to the 2013 wacken open air one, it's less aggressive

[@ElmirGrimes]

I 've just known that Annette left that band =( Pity =( But this girl is nice, too

[@antiglobe]

Yes, changes in style is quite normal thing for an artist. I like all of their work but like their 3 earliest albums the best.

[@deepdarkmidnight]

Anette who? Sorry but only now with Floor I can truly enjoy DDP's and Imaginaerum's live performances.

[@jazzysugar3777]

yeah... because of Floor I can't listen to the DDP and Imaginaerium albums anymore... she's so much better

[@charlesleeray4932]

Olzon the best.

[@IDislikeCowards]

What's not to like about her. She's amazing and improving with each performance. They've adjusted their sound levels and now they sound GREAT! Welcome back Nightwish!

[@rinaz0711]

gestern am heimflug auch gehört...

[@wizardanerik]

There should be some hating like" that song was ritten 4 Anette floor cant sing" but damn, she's really good

[@isaflechas]

Well... to answer seven years later... 🤣. And definitely not hating on Annette, but there are 3 songs still which are only for her and Floor can’t/won’t sing... “Bye Bye Beautiful” and “Cadence of her last Breath” and “the escapist”... So Annette is my favorite for this two songs! 😂... until one day Floor decides to sing them... To be fair, I had a hard time getting use to Floor in Storytime and Last Ride of the Day. Besides those, I loooooove every thing else she sings and dances to. She

[@DaFishGoddess]

why was this flagged?

[@JoshuaIsaacAlexander]

-_- keep thinking that.

[@Rattlepiece]

Herp.. de derp?

[@SRocks59]

This sounds great but I don't understand your commnet about the fans!Real fan supports the whole band and not one memeber of the band!Floor is not the permanent singer and we don't know what will happen in the future...anyway the band (not only Tuomas) choose the singer and not us!

[@strettoasino9006]

Sorry I was expecting Anette 😧

[@jes23ful]

Floor is doing a great job. Anette is pregnant for those of you who didn't know.

[@Magenta1982]

That discussion is about apples and pears, everyone likes something else. But one thing in favour of Floor you won't have the terrible misheard lyrics Tarja had. Her english was thp the worst of the worst. And if you don't know what I mean feel free to look up the misheard lyrics of Wishmaster - be aware you won't be able to listen the original version...

[@johnjairosu]

es mucho mejorr floor

[@ADyingFaith]

These videos rlly do not do the actual show and sound justice. Im made up theyve been posted though.

[@vanesamaulen3887]

creo que floor se acerca mas al estilo de nigthwish, pero anette no era tan mala cantante, igual tenia lo suyo

[@LindaTook]

Niemand kann Tarja toppen, aber Floor singt gut und hat eine schönere Stimme als Anette. Sie passt auch einfach besser zu Nightwish.

[@Senseless333x2]

Again... she already got a child born a time ago.. im not sure thats the reason...

[@newdaydelays]

Anette olson = nightwish

[@alissonoliveira7960]

10000 times better than Anette!

[@maxrav1831]

Nah

[@ccbpmrocks]

What is wrong with nightwish that they can't keep asinger

[@kjvail]

The genre is SYMPHONIC METAL. You don't drop a pop singer in the middle of it. Nearly all the vocalists in these bands have years of training their voice, Annette is a fluke. She could do just fine in many places, just not here.

[@antiglobe]

Floor is definitely a much better singer than Anette. Still it is very hard to imitate the pseudo-childish voice Anette has and which she sang these songs with. But without any doubt Floor is really the best frontwoman they had to date.

[@Roflo13east]

I wouldn't say that she's better, Anette was very good in her two albums but Floor provides a very nice bridge in between Anette and Tarja. She's not quite as operatic as Tarja and that lets her do Anette's songs as well. All of them have got different singing styles and it's quite honestly difficult to compare them. It was a good performance,but I went to go see PAIN. ^^

[@Durotan111]

FLOOR > Anette

[@PrisPrisca15]

i can't agree with your statement. floor's technique is definitely not better than Tarja's still i will say floor is more versatile when it comes to rock but her classical singing is not good.her rendition of o mio babbino caro was just painful to hear

[@myendisnow]

LOL. Dude, come on.. let's be honest on this one. Floor's voice > Anette's voice.

[@adautorios3919]

Generic? Do not know the work of Floor Jansen. Know is a great singer.

[@Haartian]

Never heard her actually sing, she makes a great impression of a duck though. Remarkable talent there.

[@Senseless333x2]

You could say the same about Tarja just not with Britney Spears.. u could take some opera voice for that (im not in the opera scene so i cant make an example) but Opera fittet Nightwish Metal great - why cant a lighter poplike voice.. why is floor so "good" now.. i mean.. shes Rock - and Nightwish is Metal - how dare they to MIX the genre? ...

[@dragonseye00]

Not necessarily, I did see her life, and she did not really give a lot of energy in her singing... the longer she was in nightwish, the more boring became her singing, sorry, but she did not really love what she was doing. Also, in matters of voice, hard to compare - but talking tecniques, Floor is 100% better than Tarja. What you like more, that is a matter of taste and up to you.

[@kjvail]

I wish Annette the best, perhaps she could hook up with Brittany Spears as a backup singer or something.... but please don't inflict her on a genre she has no business singing.

[@danielzinhoA7X]

Floor Storytime singing?? It was horrible! I prefer the songs that Anette sang in the band are not sung by another person who is not her.

[@AesirBlade]

I was going to see them when they came to Melbourne, but as soon as I heard Anette would not be singing I sold my ticket, don't get me wrong I have nothing against Floor but I payed to see Anette not Floor. And to be completely honest I hope Floor doesn't stay, the songs don't sound right to me with her singing them

[@Wolf27dec]

Oh, great a generic female rock singer voice. Honestly not sure if I want to see Nightwish when they come to the US now... Sounds too much like lacuna coil's lead singer. Yea, Annette had horrible stage presence, and her live performances of their first album together were rough but this album seemed more in tune with her voice and was liking the live performances they showed from the concert in their home city. As long as within temptation stays the same I might want to see Euro bands..

[@Rattlepiece]

Anette Olson ruined Nightwish.

[@potofuus]

Horrible, i prefer Annette voice.

[@sikkip64]

almoust like TARJA TURUNEN but not ;)

[@jjxyz2]

hah, Anette recorded this song. fail man ;)

[@PB-Trinity]

+Jari Mäkiranta I agree, just like Last of the Wilds, never the same without Tarja...

[@tuulip11]

Anette sings better.