Nightwish - The Greatest Show on Earth (Live) REACTION | Metal Band Reacts! *REUPLOADED*

It finally happened. The most requested song on the entire channel. To be honest, we were scared to touch this one because of it's epicness, but it's time! Hopefully we properly reacted to The Greatest Show on Earth by the one and only Nightwish!
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[@thegsixx4659]

Floor: Enter Life Marco: Enter Ionia Empuu: Enter Sandman

[@PK--ITA]

🤣🤣

[@5tran9eMCMLXXII]

All: Enter Ratkind

[@saditairenwolf6468]

Kai: Enter Thunderstrom Tuomas: Enter Fantasy Troy: Enter Dreams

[@ERAUsnow]

You can't put 6 billion years of Earth's history in a 20 minute song. Tuomos: hold my beer.

[@tamitami9275]

"Hold my wine" LOL

[@jakubfranek9995]

4,6. sorry for correction, but 4,6 is literally name of the first part of this song, and it means 4,6 billion :)

[@Karzated]

Jajajajaja lol

[@paulchapman2569]

I believe the original composition is 90 minutes long. Toumas cut it down

[@JWNanaimo]

They were super fortunate to be blessed with both Jukka and Kai…two phenomenal drummers who melded so perfectly with this phenomenal band. Kai in Beast Mode in this one🤘🤘

[@fk2106]

The fireworks were tethered up high by baloons, and then radio detonated at the right time to line up with the musical beats, taking into account the sound delay caused by the distance aloft. Genius!

[@TheLiger30]

If there was any doubt about Tuomas being a genius composer, this song put them all to rest. Quotes from Charles Darwin, Richard Dawkins, and a huge load of scientific knowledge, turned into music. I don't think there is anything else quite like this...!

[@TheNightstalker80]

I agree here this is, undoubtedly a musical masterpiece of the modern age. I hope it get's the attention it deserves someday...!

[@Hansse]

Who can not envy the lucky people who were THERE to see this epic show. A masterpiece!!!😀

[@joshperkins2747]

Never heard of nightwish until now. Man, I been missing out.

[@billmorrison8292]

Delve into the rabbit hole man you will never regret it.

[@jormalonnberg1578]

One man, composer. Other man, writer of the book. When those come together, you get this, 20 minutes of awsome music.

[@FilPol-yu1es]

The Magnificent FLOOR 💫💯

[@michaelmay5453]

I was there, as a metalhead and biochemist as well as a molecular biologist. I was looking for that moment, you know the moment when everything just blasts off and we go into the Cambrian period... BOOOM, life EXPANDS and EVOLVES everywhere. I was not disappointed. Oh and.... BOOM.... us. The last steps are really fucking massive if you look at how small the were from the get go. In our hands, we hold all this knowledge, for those who refuse it, we can do nothing but for those who are willing... vaccines, antibiotics, RNA viral injections to kill cancers... For us, it means you live. And we will NOT stop.

[@villainouschrisk2709]

1 in 400 Trillion are the odds of You being born. there could have been 399,999,999,999 Other People here Instead of You. what are you doing with it? will you leave the world better than when you found it? did you add more love to the world? more compassion? more empathy? or has your heart been hardened?

[@daansmit5337]

If you look at it from a biological standpoint those odds are correct but I believe that us being here is no coincidence. On a spiritual level we chose to come here. Our mission; love and learn.

[@betofernandez5524]

​@@daansmit5337 In a spiritual level we can decide how deep we look and understand the world, life. Spirituality is an estate of mind, of consciousness. Nothing more and nothing less. But biology, as a part of the laws of physics, is the only reality. Our mind can be really strong and conplex, but in the end, all those ethereal things you can think about, are just a product of thinking. So, we being here is of course a matter of probability. Enjoy, and don't think a lot about the sense of life or destiny, the mission... Do the right things, help others when you can and try to do all you want without harming ppl. If just one person miss you when you go, will be ok.

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

@@daansmit5337 "If you look at it from a biological standpoint those odds are correct but I believe that us being here is no coincidence. On a spiritual level we chose to come here. Our mission; love and learn." - utter, baseless tripe

[@daansmit5337]

@@Dr.Ian-Plect yes, you have a nice day too

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

@@daansmit5337 At least you admit it. Muted.

[@greygreen5610]

troy is playing Uilleann pipes, they are an irish instrument, like bagpies but pumped under the arm rather then blown .

[@Frightspear]

"Had a dream to understand a single grain of sand" : From William Blake: “To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.” This is a true masterpiece and also ingeniously put together. Have you noticed the use of the "enters ..." to get into the next stages of our evolution? Floor: enter LUCA Floor: enter Life Floor: enter the god of gaps Marco: enter Ionia Floor: enter history Floor: enter ratkind Emppu: Enter Sandman And this even extends into Human Nature: Enter Music.

[@jakubfranek9995]

Don't anything about William Blake, but regardles to all hints, the "Man, he took his time in the Sun, Had a dream to understand A single grain od sand" ...Is probably most superb-epic-poetic part of lyrics (in context of this whole song) I've ever EVER heard. I can't describe the feeling I have in that part.

[@susannaahola7641]

I also was there,so epic ❤🤘❤ thank you for your reaction. Greetings from Finland 🙋‍♀️

[@PK--ITA]

Her "siren" singing, Marko's voice, nice melody + '80 synth vibes + Bach "Minuetto" + Mozart + Metallica "Enter Sandman" What else is missing? Possibly enough for me

[@jormalonnberg1578]

And think about that they were in wembley stadium and filled it, with Richard Dawson in live there. Small country finland but we have some of best bands in world. In heavy rock.

[@paulchapman2569]

Wembley arena, not the stadium.

[@rscossu69]

MASTER PIECE, thanks Tuomas.

[@sulliken77]

Rigjht before the Enter Sandman riff, there also are snippets from more music. Including Bach and Beethoven.

[@thomasorn8009]

I was there, and 6 other shows since 2015

[@lofi_pad]

Its not just a vibe or sound. Nightwish are building a music experience wow!!!!

[@davidellinsworth3299]

Greatest Show on Earth and Poet and the Pendulum (both live at Wembley)..... I can't wait for you to react to those 😊😊😊. Yes the "sorrowful but uplifting" aspect is something i can't get enough of in music. It's stunning. Pink Floyd's Great Gig in the Sky is a beauty for that, and also underpinned by transient shifts to a major key from a predominantly minor tonality. You'll also hear a lot of that in Poet and the Pendulum. Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean (live Buenos Aires) is also a song of Nightwish that has an extremely dissonant minor tonality but makes a sudden but beautiful shift to major at the end of the song.

[@DD-ed6vh]

The growling is Floor

[@rathael1428]

Both Floor and Marko are growling. I think Troy joins them in the Wembley version too.

[@darksonlolo6039]

Im from Poland and they my best Metal band ever!!!

[@danielgarri30]

Missed you guys, you are amazing SC! There is not enough great videos from you

[@alanfoster6589]

To clarify the height question: Marco is 5'11". Tuomas is 6'2". Emppu is 5'3". Floor is a shade over 6', but...3-4" heels, so she is taller than Tuomas when standing next to him. Don't know the stats for the other guys.

[@frankjuggaloheathen1035]

I believe Jukka (the new bassist, not the old drummer) is even taller than Floor!

[@roy19491]

@@frankjuggaloheathen1035 very....he looks to be maybe 6-5 or so

[@annev6895]

Marko is not shorter than Emppu

[@paulchapman2569]

Empuu is the Elf Lord

[@Jedicake]

Ohhhhh I get it. They pretend to not know who Richard Dawkins as part of an April Fool's joke

[@sterlingknight8087]

Floor: Enter Luca Marko: Enter Ionia Emppu: Enter Sandman

[@WonderfulWorldOfStuff]

Always captivated by this piece, Doesn’t feel like 20 minutes though, What a Stella live performance 🔥😎🤘🔥

[@loulagro2315]

THAT intensity, for THAT long at the end of an entire show is just otherworldly....... Floor is a vocal beast, and they are truly perhaps the greatest band ever. I say this even as this in not my normal genre if music. Nightwish is incredible.

[@leftsoul5716]

Uraelics are Animist and have powers. That was a tree stump in the shape of a man in front of the keyboards. Its an enchantment.

[@jkh0121]

The moment we sang "We were here!" together was truly exhilarating. If you have chance to see their live, please don't miss. It will be one of your best live shows.

[@sarahoutamonbuilds]

I ment to mention on the original video, the 2nd instrument Troy is playing is a set of Irish Parlor Pipes. They're a really cool bagpipes, that you can actually play Inside without blowing people's eardrums out 😅

[@paulriddle7818]

WE need more SC reaction videos. Lets go!

[@ToniJauhiainen]

I was there also!! Right next to soundbooth. Guess who were inside? Floors parents, mother of Tuomas and mother and father on Marco. I had picture with them also. Amazing show!

[@richardmead5969]

yes was laughing when you were talking Spanish for Tampere

[@leemarinus]

Richard Dawkens book. The evolution of the universe and our place in it. Its Finnish, Tampere, Finland

[@JoTummers]

The growling is done here by Troy, Marko and Floor together. Yes, Floor can growl too! If you want to hear her growl on her own, listen to the band ReVamp, Floor's band before she joined Nightwish. The song Wildcard is a good example of how she can growl.

[@varenholt]

She does a pretty solid growl in Nightwish "Yours is an empty hope" too 👌

[@JoTummers]

@@varenholt Very true. 👍

[@jaskau2462]

"OPUS PERFECTUM" 🤩👌 🤘😎💙🇫🇮

[@brandonarthurs3116]

Troy is playing the Irish pipes known as Uileann pipes

[@Helliconia54]

Troy was playing an Irish lowpipe, he also plays the Uillean pipes,an Irish type of bagpipe that uses under arm bellows,

[@ЛюбомирРодзінський]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@hakannorlings2439]

This song is based on the book The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution is a 2009 book by British biologist Richard Dawkins, which was released on 3 September 2009 in the UK and on 22 September 2009 in the US. It sets out the evidence for biological evolution, and is Dawkins's 10th book, following his best-selling critique of religion The God Delusion (2006) and The Ancestor's Tale (2004), which traced human ancestry back to the dawn of life. The Nightwish have had three lead singers, Floor Jansen that sings now and the other two are all schooled sopranos.

[@Lane2268]

Illian Pipes similar to bag pipes but has 2 octives instead of , it is not electrical, just an amazing instrument.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

I think the caveman growling sound was done by Marco, Floor and Troy together live.

[@StevanOutdoor]

Great reaction. Of course a great song by Metal Mozart Tuomas. The book by Richard Dawkins is great also. Americans like to do thing big but somebody had to teach them. ;) Floor is from the Netherlands and we are a very small country but like to do things big. Not really metal but more pop and still amazing is having two complete bands on stage working together doing covers of popular songs. If you are interested react to Kensington and Direct (both Dutch bands) on stage at Vrienden van Amstel Live 2020.

[@chiriguns]

MAY 8,,, NEW YORK CITY ...!!!!!!!!!!!

[@markusdd5]

I think the cut at the end got a bit messed up, the ending overlays your final comments :D

[@leemarinus]

It is an E flute, and thañk you for not making me go over the whole thing....lol😅😅

[@tomsylvania587]

Gods and Goddess among men.

[@stevewilson8752]

Song about Evolution and how We humans became to be on this planet & how we have evolved ! Plant life , Animal life , Then human life & how we've lived on this planet so far ! It's a Science Lesson In this epic Masterpiece 😝👍 Nightwish Disciple from Australia 🇦🇺🏄‍♂️🍹

[@Sinvare]

I am pretty sure the wind instrument's played start with the most simple and got more complex each time it comes back in just as life and music have gotten more complex overtime. Something like a straight pipe/reed with holes, then a more complex "flute", then an instrument where the bag provides the air.

[@darjanator]

OMG It's not Richard Dawkins, you guys! SHEESH! ;)

[@JWNanaimo]

This was Tampere Finland and Floor’s parents were there… sensory overload NW style. The Enter Sandman riff I think was a nod to Metallica being the “evolution” of Metal?

[@Journeyman09]

You know Floor Jansen is Dutch? And did you know Simone Simons is also Dutch! So we need more Epica: Consign to Oblivion (live at Zenith) Kingdom of Heaven pt3 (Ogema Alive)

[@danwhitehousepc]

The keyboard stand is adorned with a Marvel Character named Korg. You can guess why.

[@profittaker6662]

TAMPERE is Finnish, and it is one of the most hardest languagest to learn so no woorries if you say it wrong . .

[@nikolaib889]

19:16 yep , you hear one of easter eggs :)

[@zztomaszeizys770]

just for my

[@profittaker6662]

Understanding the grain of sand (I think it metafora for undestanding everything from universe to quantum physics) and it is time to go to sleep so the Sandman is my mind a smart move even normal music listner should pick that one up no need to be a music player in a band!!

[@mgharvey3657]

Yup, I remember this misinformation landslide. You guys are great, bring it.

[@Vexed_Vixen]

Then what is true? God? Lol

[@mgharvey3657]

@@Vexed_Vixen first off, there is no god. The misinformation i am talking about is the info about nightwish that suite c was saying prior to their reaction. Watch it again you will see what i am saying.

[@remcohoman1011]

keep her

[@northof4912]

19:14. The look on your faces!

[@Mirelle1969]

Hi!! Please, would like your response to nightwish High Hopes 🙏 Bye, kind regards from the Netherlands

[@leemarinus]

Did you caych Gregorian chant to Metallica, with Bach thrown for fun?

[@stwjester3660]

It is a bit easier to hear on the Album Version, but BEFORE You have The Gregorian Chanting, there Tribal African Call Drums then Dies Irae, before minuet in G major, & Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach, But you also have a "Rock Around the Clock" Riff by Bill Hayley and the Comets and a Banjo Lick before the Enter Sandman Riff, and then it Ends with an EDM Blast Beat... It's an Entire History of Music from it's start to Today in the timespan of Exactly 1 Minute... It's for fun, but also serves an important role in the song, and just How Late our Great Human contributions are to the party.

[@Sm00th-0perator]

I feel sorry for people who don't understand, for example, the lyrics to this song and the meaning of it all.

[@zztomaszeizys770]

this is gudbay marko

[@ListeningDragon]

Uilleann pipes.

[@leemarinus]

Irish pipes, Ullieann

[@northof4912]

Aside from the Finnish national colours….. note the pattern on her dress? Anyone?

[@mayclesyrup7348]

If there were ever any combination id love to see it would be Nightwish and Rammstein

[@terokoskinen3036]

Well... funny you would say that. ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGnYkpWDicd8gtk Here is Sleeping Sun. Just a "bit" differently done. ;)

[@bananas1318]

i alwyas thought nightwish to be a good band buyt i never really listned to them much, here and there ill listen ot a song.. but once floor joined the band i got addicted to them.

[@northof4912]

Floor was at the mic on the growl…..

[@Just-another-opinion]

no that was Floor

[@FrankWirth-ij4rq]

Thats a "Low Whistle" The high is 1 octave higher.

[@ThomasSmith-rd1er]

Hey Charity... Want a hot track from NightWish "TRIBAL" IS THE SHIT! Check it out

[@Manolos-drawings]

Please consider the 2 single van floor van janssen. I wishing you all the very best for the future. Synterly the women 😉

[@petehartley809]

And that Ladies and Gentlemen is the best vocalist on the the Planet.

[@ronaldvanderstam8662]

Not to play you down... but how do you guys and pretty lady feel when you see a performance like this..... does it make you feel to do better or you think this is another level and we need to do our own thing or we will stop competing......

[@feanrassilmaril579]

Tam!-pere.

[@feanrassilmaril579]

Its Uileann Bagpipes

[@Wreath83]

Very nice!

[@MAAP2920]

Tarja is still my crush.

[@billytaylor4498]

not one of you asked what the devonian sea was?

[@rscossu69]

Piece fot hulaah hulaa was make Marco.

[@Just-another-opinion]

YEAH tyou missed the fugue from Tocatta und Fuga, by J.S, Bach, right before Enter Sandman. please eduacte yourself.

[@scifibob]

How can a couple of musicians not recognize a flute or a bagpipe? This is possibly the worst reaction I've watched for this excellent video.

[@tomaszzaraza9971]

you've wasted opportunity here. first of all there is a version of a video with lyrics which are out of this world. secondly, google what Troy is playing on later and listen to Dawkins.

[@penaarja]

Fuck, Sandman noted, Bach just second before. Most of reaction peoples Even notise, 3/100 shame and fuck ya

[@frank1963]

You probably won’t read this but if you do. I understand that having fun while making a reaction video is okay. And I understand that you pay attention to the composition but if you invest some more time in the lyrics and their meaning you would have so much more out of their music! Plus it shows more respect!

[@SC_Archive]

There’s only so much we can learn in one sitting since we find what we were watching 5 minutes before we see it. Safe to say that we all look into it WAY more afterwards and have a much better understanding of what the tune is about. Plus, all the comments explaining certain things helps as well.

[@Vehaska]

Yeah Metallica kitar saund…

[@robertthurman9866]

Pretty much everything Nightwish does has been done before. I realize you are tied down to your Patreon requests so just listen to the full Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall CD here on youtube. Prologue is Annie Haslam's warm up. Nightwish is my new all time favorite band, they are very much a new Renaissance. Your cover was awesome.

[@harris3547]

you have to be amerikan to not understand what they are singing about

[@gaylord.b.cockburn]

😆what a count @20:23 Like a Demon.

[@TheJoujou5555]

Yup I was there... Bit too drunk but that was so powerfull ending... My god it was so great... Even got to say hi to Emppu and Floor when they were chilling in the balcony before the show ... Walking to the city after, getting couple of drinks before the train... Yeah saw the end of an era too... Only missing the WACKEN... The three greatest shows...

[@villainouschrisk2709]

props to you for your dedication. love you as my NW fam, and hate you at the same time, that you were there and i wasn't. you watch when they're taking their bows. there's a girl in a pink shirt with pink ends to her hair. you see her in the video for "Shudder Before The Beautiful" at Wembley when the crowd is chanting. in my defense, the only reason i wasn't there gettin shitfaced with you was just because i didn't know they existed.

[@tonycarroll7925]

I'm sooooooooooo jealous my friend 🤘

[@Manolos-drawings]

I like the female singer by the

[@marchendrickson2382]

As Toumas has said that it was Metallica that turned him onto the metal genre, its only right that he gave them something of a shout out somewhere. Very cool that it was in, undoubtedly, their most epic song.

[@PokerPlayerJames]

Also appropriate on a storytelling level given that it's at the part about humanity ending. I.e. Death comes. Enter Sandman.

[@clivematthews5296]

At the Wembley version Troy doesn't use the low whistle but does use guitar with E-bow to get the cello sound.

[@Tirryna]

I almost prefer it...as a sister of a cello player, even.

[@clivematthews5296]

@@Tirryna I think he is amazing on so many instruments.

[@Tirryna]

@@clivematthews5296 OH! Definitely! Ge's so talented.

[@freddyspence1677]

You guys have to watch the entire concert and appreciate the fact that Floor had performed her heart out! Then to put that much into a final performance is mind boggling!! Best show you will never see in your lives 🤟

[@northof4912]

And her parents were there watching her for the first time…..

[@gavinchapple8350]

Good reaction video. Only gripe was talking over the incredibly powerful spoken word by Richard Dawkins at the end which hammers home the message of the song.

[@johannessondrup6207]

Agreed.

[@Malkavian83]

Seems like they heard the music but they didnt understand the song. First time I heard the ending, i cried my eyeballs out.

[@EderNovacki]

Not sure if someone metioned it, but the Metallica bit is supposed to represent the evolution of music as well... You can hear bach playing a little bit earlier on the song and then there's an eletronic kinda bit too

[@michaelhagberg2373]

Thomas is not writing music, he is compossing it.