Nightwish - The Greatest Show on Earth! | Couples Reaction | HOLY SH*T!

[@Xtreme4Life]

Holy Sh*t this was real!!! Besides my tag hanging out, mic gain being slightly low, and my dog eating her foot, it was MAGICAL!!!

[@Klojum]

If you think this was magical, watch the version they did on their home turf in Tampere, Finland. Just wondering, do you know what "We were here" actually refers to? Because you two were blabbering regularly over the subtitles and the closing monologue.

[@Xtreme4Life]

@@Klojum 20 minute video, need to blabber over things unknown…

[@janihaavisto79]

@Klojum Hi there again. It's been awhile since I last saw you react to NW, or I just missed it... Play couple mobile games a lot's so time is more limited than usual.

[@janihaavisto79]

P.S We were here! It's basically couple of things. 1.Loo, at us humans and that we evolved in this planet and left our mark. 2.We we're here as in audience in concert, but also band an It's member's we're there making a beautiful moment.

[@gene6690]

Truly one of the greatest musical compositions ever written. Great reaction guys

[@Xtreme4Life]

Thank you!

[@mikem8563]

I Want My Tears Back live in buenos aires

[@randomman4938]

Whenever I have a highway drive over 20 minutes, I crank this song. so wonderful!

[@Xtreme4Life]

That sounds like a GREAT idea!

[@donepearce]

I was there that night - my first experience of Nightwish. I had never heard of them before. They made an impression.

[@johnsullivan659]

the odds of being born are 4 trillion to one

[@coy0te9]

During the Virtual world streaming concerts we crashed the chat servers, thousands of people typing "We Were Here" all at once. The poor thing couldn't cope.

[@Xtreme4Life]

HAHAHA! Good deal, leave your mark

[@justinriley7193]

Lol yeah I remember this, I was like whelp there goes chat and it happened both days of the concert, put a smile on my face!

[@miskatonic6210]

My condolences for you having been ripped off by their marketing, paying a fortune for the poorly made green screen bullshit called "Virtual Tour" you can now watch for free.

[@coy0te9]

@@miskatonic6210 They didn't bill it as a tour, the price was very reasonable and if it's such bullshit why are you watching it even for free? You know the forbidden books section in y'alls library? Go read in there, drive yourself painfully mad.

[@ЕвгенийГусев-ч8х]

We wree here!

[@ToTheWolves]

Awww, look at the little cute guy behind you! ❤❤❤

[@markholliday6448]

I was at this concert it was amazing

[@Xtreme4Life]

Im jelly!

[@derrickparran]

Lucky

[@MilaMan]

Tuomas Holopainen, our metal Mozart, can only write and compose this kind of beautiful music. He writes parts to every member what they do. And did you notice Emppu Vuorinen played in his guitar solo Metallica's riff Enter Sandman. But Tuomas is our modern day metal Mozart. He is so humble and nice gentle person in real life. I do respect him so much. Great reaction from you two both. Keep going 🤘🥁❤😊

[@Xtreme4Life]

That dude is simply put, AWESOME!

[@anthonywissell7002]

​@@Xtreme4Life if you listen carefully, enter sandman was only a part of an evolution of music including classical, tribal, and at the end electronic music amongst others in between. It's one of my absolute favorite songs of theirs.

[@mrpanda308]

And a little parte of Tubbular Bells...

[@frenkwd1]

The title of the issue is taken from a 2009 book by evolutionary biologist and atheist writer Richard Dawkins, about the evidence for biological evolution. Dawkins also contributes to the album. Holopainen explained to HMV in March 2015: "I wrote him a letter a little over a year ago and explained what ideas we had for this album, mainly about evolution. Since one of the songs goes straight to one of his books, it felt like a perfect match to try and recite him on the album. A few weeks later, he sent me an email accepting the invitation." "Later in 2014, we recorded his parts at Hats Off Studios, Oxford. This is a huge honour for us, as Dawkins is one of our greatest heroes and his writings have been a huge inspiration for the album."

[@Xtreme4Life]

Thank you for the INFO!

[@amygoodson-catlady]

Thank you for sticking it out to the very end! Those are some powerful words!

[@kentk2215]

The soundtrack to the history of Earth and mankind. Many will suggest that you should have done the Tampere version. Both are great. I love the e-bow Troy uses here and of course having Mr. Dawkins in person makes it special. Tampere is also worth a watch. Keep exploring Nightwish.

[@cooswillemse7551]

I much prefer this one because floor is looser and more in it . Maybe because her parents were in tampa

[@JWNanaimo]

Get on the Nightwish express. It takes you away. You don’t know where they’ll take you but you know it going to be friggin’ epic. Sensory overload… Nightwish style. The band that can call it “The Greatest Show on Earth” and deliver on all points…incredible

[@JustJenRx]

Bout damn time you two did this!!!

[@Haju72]

Thanks 👍

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

This version was exceedingly good because you have Troy playing a different instrument and because Dawkins was actually there. HOWEVER, you need to watch the version in Tampere - it's outdoors and the special FX are unreal.

[@dmj4966]

Is song is about evolution, so Empuu did the Enter Sandman riff at the end of a progression starting with Gregorian Chants on guitar

[@voidmage84]

Welcome back to Nightwish. If you want more great songs, check the last album Human:||:Nature and you also have recordings of live performances from last year so you can check that they are still great. Greetings from Portugal 🤘

[@dmj4966]

The thing about Marco is that he meshed perfectly with 3 NW singer. That says a lot about him...Troy does some back up, and is a good singer (see My Walden and The Carpenter) but Floor also sings some of the Marco parts now.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

🇫🇮❤To fully appreciate this masterpiece about the birth of the universe, the Earth, evolution of life and mankind, just google: Why Nightwish’s “The Greatest Show on Earth” is also one of the greatest songs by Katia Karpenko. Moreover, the Tampere 2015 version is even better with fireworks & pyrotechnics, but without Richard Dawkins. Finally, the album version is even longer & it took 2½ weeks to mix in the studio because 800+ separate audio tracks had to be mixed together. P.S. If you're alive, you're truly lucky as the probability of a person being born just as s/he is, is less than 1 divided by the number of atoms in the entire universe.

[@orangeguppie6897]

Without Richard Dawkins being there live at the end. i like this one, but Tampere is so spectaculair, unbelieveble, for me Tampere

[@tarmotyyri6733]

@@orangeguppie6897 👍‍

[@beldin2987]

Also with no e-bow from Troy, and i really love that, so i prefer this version.

[@tarmotyyri6733]

@@beldin2987 We all have our unique preferences, which is how it should be.

[@jacquisampson-marat5277]

I concur

[@Bonovin]

Wellcome back ... These is a lot to discover ... also Floor Jansens solodebut . Greetings from nwAse Sweden

[@Xtreme4Life]

Thank you!

[@jasonmarshall7572]

Love you dog guys and Welcome back!. Also Troy the British member who plays winds instruments, whistles and Irish bagpipes, and backup vocals and guitar uses this device called an E-Bow which has these magnets that vibrate the guitar strings creating this violin sound. Thank you

[@Tamm1965]

That narrator might be more well known then Nightwish world wide- Richard Dawkins Bioligist and evolution proffesor .

[@Xtreme4Life]

Thank you for the info!

[@Kelsea-2002]

You should really go to a Nightwish concert, because that's a completely different level than a live video. If a video inspires you so much, then you will really freak out at a live concert. I really liked your reaction and I'm sure you've watched the video at least once again by now. From me there is definitely a subscription and a thumbs up.

[@Xtreme4Life]

Thank you! I will defiantly be seeing them when they come back to the states!

[@harrihakala3884]

@@Xtreme4Life Unfortunately they announced today that the band will quit touring until further notice. Last shows will be played in June 2023 as following: 03 JUN 2023 STOCKHOLM, SE EVENEW 07 JUN 2023 ATHENS, GR RELEASE ATHENS 10 JUN 2023 NICKELSDORF, AT NOVA ROCK 12 JUN 2023 GELSENKIRCHEN, DE AMPHITHEATER 16 JUN 2023 KITEE, FI KITEE RANTAKENTTÄ 17 JUN 2023 VAASA, FI LEMONSOFT AREENA 22 JUN 2023 OSLO, NO TONS OF ROCK Personally I will attend 16.6. concert in Kitee, Finland. That is their hometown and I'm pretty sure there will be quite a show :D

[@kevinlantz9557]

i like your dog andf i love nightwish and what you do to

[@paulchapman2569]

Nightwish Army south Brittany France reporting. Troy is using an E-bow, and the Uilleann pipes.

[@cooswillemse7551]

I always year up towards the end. Dawkins coming on bringing his so poetic but also so harsh a monologue is amazing. We were here…!

[@eddiecreutzburg7375]

You are back. 😊😊😊Great 👍 👌 👏

[@Xtreme4Life]

Yes, thank you! Any NW requests?

[@Pappa_66]

Thank you wery many Great video&reaction!! But I have to ask you to do one thing!! Pls, pls, watch the "Tampere"-live version also!! Tampere, Finland, 2015, Ratina Stadium. It is even better than this one!! Best Regards from Finland!!

[@Xtreme4Life]

I can def watch it, but prolly not on the channel, nobody wants to see that LOL

[@paulchapman2569]

​@@Xtreme4Life you'd be surprised

[@sjc9121]

Setlist of the Wembley Arena concert 2015: 1. Shudder Before the Beautiful, 2. Yours Is an Empty Hope, 3. Ever Dream, 4. Storytime, 5. My Walden, 6. While Your Lips Are Still Red 7. Élan, 8. Weak Fantasy (Preceded by a Dawkins' narration), 9. 7 Days to the Wolves, 10. Alpenglow, 11. The Poet and the Pendulum 12. Nemo, 13. I Want My Tears Back, 14. Stargazers, 15. Ghost Love Score, 16. Last Ride of the Day, 17. The Greatest Show on Earth

[@nickgillingham5575]

he does the composing to answer your question. the new bass player doesnt do vocials. and the guy at the end is scientist Richard Dawkins. I would recommend the nightwish song procession. Hiya from london ontario canada!

[@Mars-is4un]

🤗🍒🤘🏻😘Good to have you back, lots of Nightwish music to go!! 🤗

[@beldin2987]

What Troy uses there on his guitar is called and "e-bow" .. so yeah, its kinda like a violin 🙄 Love that sound since i heared it the first time from Big Country in "The Storm" : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnexfaKGard1qKM

[@Xtreme4Life]

I LOVE that sound especially in that setting

[@dmj4966]

This song about pre human history, the big bang, humanitys time, and eventual disappearance...the last monolog from Richard Dawkins is the last paragraph of Origin of the Species, the only time in it that any incarnation of the word "evolution" is mentioned

[@FrankWirth-ij4rq]

Troy is using an E bow, as in violin. Troy sings well also as well as another 4 or 5 instruments.

[@Stuart_Lonewolf_Holloway]

Great reaction to the best version of this masterpiece. The Tampere recording is amazing but just having renowned evolutionary biologist and outspoken Atheist Richard Dawkins on stage quoting his own work and the works of Charles Darwin was so special. I was there and WE WERE HERE 🐺❤️

[@davidbentley4032]

Dawkins isn't just outspoken, he's downright arrogant and objectionable Stuart, and on a lot of subjects. The one thing I've never understood about Thomas Holopainen, who seems to be a decent and likeable bloke (I'll set aside the Tarja and Anette stuff, there are different interpretations of what happened in each case) is why he has any truck with him. I can only assume that he simply doesn't know some of the things Dawkins has said.

[@TheRealRedAce]

The new base player doesn't sing, but Troy (back right on stage) still does and takes Marco's parts now. There is only one Marc of course, but Troy does a good job.

[@janihaavisto79]

I think Tuomas has said this song was originally over 30 minutes long. I mean, short radio hit basically! 😂🤣

[@Xtreme4Life]

Then I might of heard it sooner LOL

[@vasilnanev-peltekov1786]

Nice Reaction Guys, glad to see you finding the Magic of Nightwish and that Gorgeous Woman / Goddess . It's a unique Journey, and Brother, you hear it, the tribute to Metallica - Enter Sandman by Emppu at the end :) Greetings from Bulgaria

[@markclements7767]

Hi guys, greetings from Reading UK This song is about creation from The Big Bang to present day, and also includes a history of music which is why you heard 'Enter Sandman' by Metallica 😊

[@Xtreme4Life]

Thanks for stopping by! Yes love playful adds like that

[@marvinkerremans1988]

great reaction! did you understand the meaning/message about this song when you first saw it?

[@SO.CAL-D.Edwards]

Awesome reaction.. now here's a suggestion for you because you seem to like great music. I don't know if you have ever been "WARNED".. What I mean is have you ever seen or listened to "THE WARNING"?? 3 Sister's from Mexico who absolutely rock, in English... You will be very surprised at how big the sound is, how great the lyrics are and how all 3 voices blend. Try anything live at TEATRO METROPOLITAN CDMX. you can thank me later.. TWA🎶🤟☮️

[@majbrat]

Floor takes on most of Marcos parts with support from Troy. He has had to push his voice to be harder & they manage it pretty well. We will always miss Marko, but the music & lyrics themselves still slap just fine. :) New bass player did a bit of backup in his last band, but he said he could never replace Marko, and is not an experienced singer, so prefers not to. You should lookup the Easter eggs and info contained within the song. It's pretty incredible. You caught the end of the mini history of music with the Metallica guitar riff. :) So great!

[@Xtreme4Life]

That totally makes sense

[@eiwity13]

👍👍👍🇳🇱🤘🤘🤘

[@lisafoster4468]

A yawn is a symptom of the lowering of adrenaline. She's not falling asleep. XD

[@manuelmorante9465]

👍👍🤩🤩🤘🤘

[@rolandconnor575]

Must do Tampere

[@jamescoleman8954]

That’s great is that version is there is a better version and they even have fireworks time to their music which is pretty freaking amazing and they use different instrument where that guitar is at the beginning

[@ЛюбомирРодзінський]

Like reaction😍😍😍😍

[@jaskau2462]

🤩👌💥💯🎼 * OPUS PERFECTUM * 🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙

[@Xtreme4Life]

Amen!

[@davidbentley4032]

Who were you expecting in the 'half time break?' NIcky Minaj? Megan Thee Stallion? :)

[@Xtreme4Life]

Haha bathroom, drink, etc 😎

[@redguern]

Please noooooooooo!

[@shanebrown4146]

there is a reason have essen (met a few timws)

[@German_1]

The new bass player does not sing. Troy and floor do . Bass player's name is Jukka.

[@littlemouse7066]

You can love their music or not but they are great musicians something we don't see much these days with all the fake/auto-tuned singers around and people who make a lot of money and don't even know how to play an instrument.

[@paulchapman2569]

Lol, Richard Dawkins, more famous than Nightwish. Read his books, or at least one ,"the greatest show on earth". React again, if you want different react to Tampere.have the lyrics on.

[@davidlagassee8236]

wrong concert. redo it at the tempere concert. your brain will melt.

[@ajruther67]

Tuomas is NOT pronounced Thomas. It's pronounced Tumas.

[@redguern]

"Game over" ...... no it's not!!

[@vesaroivainen]

you could have focused on the lyrics also...

[@Xtreme4Life]

Ok you try hearing/watching a live performance you never heard or scene before, would you be able to tell me what the song is all about???

[@MarcBuchheister]

oh shit ist der hund für mich hässlich...nehmen würde ich ihn trotzdem....aber bei hunden zählt für mich mehr das vertrauen und gute wesen.und das hat er wohl.bin mehr der bully fan.finden die meisten halt hässlich.aber geschmack halt.

[@kahpde]

So you 2 missed 5 parts from the song because chatting. They are important parts of the song. Wery well done.

[@Xtreme4Life]

No, we prolly missed stuff as we were enjoying the experience not trying to dissect it. Thank you

[@rogeriopenna9014]

gee, your wife looks like an ex girlfriend from 20 years ago. Dont worry. Not only in the other side of the planet as also I really DO NOT miss her. lol

[@roy19491]

classical music, and opera, are merely heavy metal without electricity.....so far, Floor and Troy are doing the singing.....Tuomasdoes 95% of the composing, and lyrics...."the Metal Mozart".....Floor's the Valkyrie Goddess

[@duncanwyer2460]

Dogs understand the meaning of the song 😂 Seven day to the wolves same concert Wembley next time 😊