Nightwish - The Greatest Show On Earth REACTION & REVIEW! FIRST TIME HEARING!

Nightwish Fans.....FEELIN' YOU!!! Tonight we're coming back to Nightwish, with a song entitled "The Greatest Show On Earth". How's this one gonna go? Only one way to find out...
Come on in, enjoy the show...I'll see you inside.
Scoring System Guide
10 = Perfection (Unobtainable)
9.0 - 9.9 = Awesome, Amazing
8.0 - 8.9 = Great
7.0 - 7.9 = Really Good
6.0 - 6.9 = Pretty Good
5.0 - 5.9 = O.k.
4.0 - 4.9 = Not So Good
3.0 - 3.9 = Pretty Bad
2.0 - 2.9 = Really Bad
1.0 - 1.9 = Horrible, Awful
0.0 - 0.9 = A Travesty, An Affront To Nature
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[@AndyMagnusson70]

Ghost Love Score 9.8 The poet 9.7 The greatest show 9.9 How would anybody be able to complain? The three big ones from Nightwish at the top three places. That totally works for me.

[@grahamkey8496]

For me the 1-2-3 would be reversed i.e. Poet would get the 9.9. I watch GLS the most often though because Poet reduces me to a mess every time.

[@billb.5183]

I'm sure some Nightwish fans complained about these songs not getting a perfect 10. LOL

[@THEDavidHeretic]

@@billb.5183 Only 2 on this video so far, I had to block them for the name calling that went with the outrage of a score less than 10.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

You'd be amaaaaaazed Anders....

[@billb.5183]

​@@THEDavidHeretic That's too funny. I'm thrilled when Band-Maid gets anything higher than an 8.5. Talk about spoiled. LOL

[@laudatosiadastra1218]

This will go down in history as one of the most incredible musical achievements of humankind. It really makes me appreciate life. I couldn’t be more grateful 😊

[@gregkirk1842]

Umm its not THAT good. I like it too, but....really?

[@laudatosiadastra1218]

@@gregkirk1842 yes really... I guess I like Nightwish just a bit 😅

[@samishiikihaku]

Not sure if I 100% agree either. But this was the height of everything Nightwish culminated over the years. Still, in my opinion the best song of theirs by far from anything else.

[@lekalla]

@@gregkirk1842 Yes it is. Art is subjective remember.

[@gregkirk1842]

@@lekalla right. But that was an objective statement.

[@littleraven28]

This song is about evolution, the greatest show is life on Earth. What they showed you was the birth of Earth from the original big bang and the chaos in the universe (the fireworks in the beginning) Floor was singing about the first sunrise in the opera part. After that we see evolution the part that moved you so much. Then you saw the water and Floor introducing a new form of life when evolution took life from sea to Earth. The breathing part (in fact are primal sounds, ape like sounds) and from there evolution took us to humans. Enter LUCA (last universal common ancestor) Enter Life (Lucy of the AFAR - basically first human like fossil they found) After that you see how humans evolve into not always the best (hunger for shiny rocks and wanting to rule the world) The Giant mushroom cloud was indeed the atomic bomb (and now nuclear bombs).. Enter ratkind... if we destroy Earth with these bombs it's predicted that rodents survive and will start evolution again. This whole song was inspired by Darwin and Richard Dawkins (if you look at the last 5 mins of the Wembley concert you will see Dawkins come on stage and say the last phrase which is from Darwin) Tuomas is a scientist (he wanted to become a marine biologist) and he doesn't do anything just to do it, everything has a purpose. OK I have written a book... I told you in your very first reaction of GLS that this song would top it. 9.9 is great it deserves that. One minor thing on a great reaction... you missed Emppu playing Enter Sandman :) Marko - Enter Ionia Floor - Enter Life Emppu - Enter Sandman

[@Jason_xofilos]

No no… not The Big Bang, because of the stars in the background screens, the fireworks 💥 represents the multiple Supernovae and Novae of exploding stars ✨ which created the matter the elements in our solar system, and therefore Earth 🌍. And therefore Life and the Evolution of Life on Earth 🌍.

[@paulriddle7818]

And Hunger for shiny rocks was always interpreted as our lust for daimonds.

[@BazzSelby]

Actually, there was never ever a 'big bang', because as we all know (or should know), sound can NOT travel through a vacuum. So, it was, in fact, a BIG flash. :o)

[@dac2007]

The fact that he still loved the song and placed that high score without understanding the meaning speaks volumes about it, it's a great composition both musically and lyrically I do think it's not always ideal to have it played live, I think the song is too special to be performed in every tour so I hope they don't do it again in the incoming shows

[@marttivuorinen8475]

@ Baz Selby..But was IT a vacuum? All kinds of stuff spreading out with ununderstandable mass of everything. Viewing IT outside yes..But inside that scenery IT must have been an unimaginable BANG 😜😃😃😃 Just a thought 😃

[@maxgrieve]

Most reactors: wow is that a kind of electric bagpipe DH: so here's the pros and cons of different uilleann pipes designs

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Well I do my best to stand a cut above the usual reactor.

[@maxgrieve]

@@THEDavidHeretic And that you do, sir. Thanks and congrats on another epic reaction.

[@gadi70]

@@THEDavidHeretic Howcome you missed the music history part? You were probably not paying attention cause it sounded out of context =) It'll make more sense when you know what the lyrics are about.

[@gadi70]

@@THEDavidHeretic Like you said, Tuomas doesn't compose anything unnecessary or filling parts. as you werent paying attention to the lyrics, i'll forgive you. It was confusing and out of the context - but if you'll listen it again, it's in the context. Try listening the Wembley version, altough it doesn't have fireworks, it has Dawkings on a stage. Nightwish doesn't have anything unneccessary on stage or in music. Only the things needed.

[@GWDH19]

Floor: "the first sunrise" Also DH: "I have no idea what they're singing about" 😂😘

[@obud3777]

Floor: Enter Life Marco: Enter Ionia Emppu: Enter Sandman

[@jussiraikkala1482]

I guess one of the reason for you to rate the the Holy Trinity songs of Nightwish (Ghost Love Score, The Poet and the Pendulum, The Greatest Show on Earth) into this order is because you're a musician and as stated in this reaction, you don't so much follow the lyrics or the story, you focus on music. And so many people have emotional connections to The Poet and the Pendulum because of the story behind it. Anyways, all three songs are masterpieces and when the scores are: 9.9, 9.8 and 9.7, why argue which song gets which grade.

[@grahamkey8496]

Totally agree. Musically speaking, Greatest Show is the most impressive, but something about the themes of the other two lyrically just resonates with me slightly more. I haven't listened to Greatest Show as much yet though, so this could change.

[@bocatampere]

Was working in stage crew in that magical night. We were here ❤️🇫🇮

[@NetAndyCz]

This song is a masterpiece. As someone who studied biology at the university, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it, I so rarely get to see(hear) terms such as LUCA, Archaean, atavistic, in my daily life. And not even Lucy from the Afar is referenced that often by popular media. And of course Dawkins is kind of my hero, and the ending is so powerful and uplifting. I cannot rate it musically other than I just like it, but the lyrics are exceptionally well done, it is clear that they were done by someone who is not just really great with the language, but also has a deep understanding of the subject and manages to compress whole volumes of books into a very poetic verses.

[@shadokat]

And, to think that English is his (Tuomas) second language!

[@roykliffen9674]

Although the end was narrated by Dawkins, the text actually was from Darwin from the origin of species, although I have a sense you already knew that.😉

[@buriedandreset2682]

As someone else pointed out, this song is about the universe and the evolution of life on Earth up to the present day. This song is about us, and our planet. I am not surprised this got the score it did, and it is definitely worth the score. While there are several parts in this song that always pull at my emotions, it is always the "We were here" part that gets me the most choked up. Having heard them perform this song live twice, it is not only a line referring to being at that concert on that night at that given moment, but also just in the fact that we are alive. Even though our existence is but a brief moment of time in the cosmic, we were here. We lived, we loved, and the way Tuomas encapsulated his love of science and the universe into this one 24 minute song is always breath-taking. But even with it being a 24 minute song, it definitely doesn't feel like it. And the man doing the narration is biologist Richard Dawkins, and the narration he reads is taken from his book "The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence for Evolution." The live performance of this song in the Wembley concert actually features Dawkins himself coming out on stage at the end to give the closing narration to the song and the concert, which I thought was actually pretty cool.

[@rockaddicthamburg8599]

If we ever send up something like the Voyager probes again, I'd want this video on it. I could not feel better represented, as a human being, as by this song, this performance, or these artists.

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

This is Mammoth of a song. The whole Evolution! No other band than Nightwish can (and want) do this. ⛄👍

[@Maximum357]

Actually... the unknown band Entropy did a nice attempt with 'Phases of Being'

[@JustJenRx]

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[@billattercliffe8655]

You should also check out the Wembley version as the introduction with Troy is different. Instead of the low whistle and pipes, he plays it on a guitar with an E-Bow and produces a very haunting sound. It would be interesting to know which one you prefer. Professor Richard Dawkins appears onstage wth them at the end to read that passage from Darwin. It's quite the moment.

[@jonpalsson4755]

Singing like this at the closing of the show is amazing. You can have a singer like Floor and you'd never hear them on the big stage if you didn't have incredible songwriters like Tuomas. This song is where everything comes together. Possibly the greatest live performance i've ever seen

[@zanetpieterse7933]

Who would EVER complain about a 9.9 from DH? "...seek help... get therapy" Fantastic reaction dude! Most enjoyable! Best wishes from Namibia

[@THEDavidHeretic]

You would be amazed Zanet....you would be amazed. I've already had to block 2 numbskulls who felt insulted I didn't give this "the 10 it deserves", and then proceeded to call me a bunch of colorful names and get personal.

[@Paddyvertex]

@@THEDavidHeretic What´s wrong with people these days??? As if we don´t have problems far more serious than your score on a reaction vid! Anyway, would not have predicted you ever would give such high score...I thougt Ghost love Score was the highest...Great video, keep doing what you do best and don´t let some idiots get to you. YOU ARE A GREAT REACTOR!!

[@pekkahorttanainen8812]

@@THEDavidHeretic Poor numbskulls...

[@louisminten7889]

When the whole background went red and Floor does the operatic sound, it is the extinction of dinosaures and at the same time you hear apes screaming. They getting the upperhand now. Then the background went green and all 3 of them doing the tribal growlsound. Mankind is bourne

[@zoranbl1990]

I knew that if any song would get 9.9 that would be The Greatest Show On Earth. Absolute perfection. Three best Nightwish live songs have 9.7, 9.8 and now 9.9. Who can be displeased with this? Probably the best reaction of this masterpiece song EVER

[@don-o-seven1437]

Let’s not bicker over who killed who.

[@TheSeko233]

Hey David ! Great as always. Just a quick info. This 20min song is about the universe. From begining of time as we know, earth , life and all. That part begining at 36:00 is the part life emerges. And after that caveman voices resembles first humans. The song has too much to uncover on lyrics. I hope you can dive into it in your free time

[@samishiikihaku]

I've easily listened to this song several hundred times. But that ending of "We were here" gives me the chills and tearing up every. single. time.... There was a LOT of emotion in this song. Its easily Nightwish's best songs. Toumas outdid himself with this one. Toumas also is on record somewhere talking about how this song, when original composed was 30+ minutes long. I would have loved to have heard it honestly. Im sure other people will mention this, Richard Dawkins read several passages of his book directly for this Album. One of their shows he even came out at the end of the show to read it directly on stage. Also, Floor's parents were at this show watching her. At the end of those "We were here" you can hear she was purposely letting her air supply out all the way. She literally was singing her heart out. She is such a gem to all of us her in Nightwish. I was excited when I seen this reaction. Thanks for it!

[@FASlapsi]

Excellent review, excellent rating, and I totally agree on your ratings - and especially the reasoning behind the ratings - of Poet and the Pendulum and the Ghost Love Score also. Hell, this must mean that I must be as good of a musician as you are then! But anyway, I have watched so many reviews of this song, and you still managed to add lots of stuff that I have not heard from anyone else so far. Excellent work, thank you once again! However, one thing I was hoping you to notice, and I think you kind of missed it at this first listen, was the instrumental middle part, which was Tuomas taking a shot of presenting the f***ing evolution of music in the middle of a song about evolution - I guess that is what geniuses do - through some elements added to the background; from tribal drumming and choir singing to a variety of classical music, all the way to Metallica and even adding some techno at the end. I would recommend you to check it out once more, I am sure you will enjoy it once you pick it up!

[@olevaiti4302]

David, if you sometimes have some extra time, you should listen this without any breaks. Now, that you know that the Greatest Show is about evolution on this tiny planet, you might get a little bit more out of the piece. I have listened this dozens of times (as almost all of Nightwish performances) and every time I liked it more (as all of Nightwish performances). At the end Marco encourages the audience sing "We Were Here" in finnish, so you don't necessarily have to try to figure out what he says. And when Floor says "kiitos", it means "thank you". Extra conclusion: Even Vladimir Putin is a mosquito shit in the course of evolution. Strength to Ukraine.

[@Thorgrim247]

Ukraine! Freedom. 🙏🙏🙏

[@vladimirt.3627]

Why bringing here the politics? Especially when you don't know the whole situation?

[@homegnome2429]

Loved watching you enjoy every moment of this, even if you did ignore my notes about the song ending not being the end and the low views being as it's the unoffical lyric video to help with not getting blocked 😁... Thanks for the in-depth reaction - I did think you'd talk about the production more though (I guess you liked it 🤣) It's no surprise to me that the showman would prefer this one over the lyrics/meaning of Poet I guess it'll be a different experience for you live in May with a smaller indoor venue and no Marko, but should still be amazing to see this in the flesh - I still have to wait until November...

[@littleraven28]

Thanks for requesting this Home Gnome. This is an epic piece of music which for me is made better by lyrics and the story it is telling. I love how Tuomas managed to get so many details about evolution in it. He truly is a genius.

[@homegnome2429]

​@@littleraven28 My favourite of the Big 3 - a culmination of everything NW. Thanks for the thanks as always 👍

[@littleraven28]

@@homegnome2429Out the big 3 my favorite as well. I truly hope they will play this in concerts to come. I have tickets from the cancelled show (indoor) but also for an outdoor festival in June (which also features Metallica). Can't wait.

[@homegnome2429]

@@littleraven28 Don't see why not - they did in Oslo right? With the reschedule I've ended up with 2 tickets 2 nights in a row...so if they go ahead will have to see what to do! 😁

[@littleraven28]

@@homegnome2429 hehehe what a nice luxory problem 😁

[@stefankarlsson2250]

Just an opinion: You should *never* feel embarrassed about tearing up, especially from something as universal as wonderful music. Part of the reason I follow you David, is you show those emotions, even though you suppress them a bit. Keep enjoying music, we enjoy it with you, and just might shed a tear ourselves at times. 🎶+❤=😭

[@JoeBizzle]

I think the true brilliance of Nightwish cannot be fully understood by any single person. Instrumentalists appreciate the compositions. Poets appreciate the lyrics. Vocalists appreciate the singing. Performers appreciate the stagecraft.

[@AleksandarGospic]

Well said, well said

[@monluztrella]

Good call on not cutting the final part, it’s actually part of the song! If you haven’t done so yet, read the lyrics; as people are telling you in the comments it’s about the evolution of the universe and Earth, hence the title. There’s a bit where they go over the history of music, ending with the Enter Sandman riff, did you catch it? I TOTALLY CALLED THAT SCORE. I KNEW THAT’S THE SCORE YOU WERE GONNA GIVE IT! There’s a reason many people believe this song to be Tuomas’ magnum opus. Edit: I am absolutely happy with the score btw

[@obud3777]

We Were Here! 🤘

[@BrindleChase]

You have completed the Holy Trinity of Nightwish (Ghost Love Score, Poet and the Pendulum, The Greatest Show on Earth), and you may now consider yourself officially baptized and reborn into the Nightwish Army

[@goranelez9956]

This song is played slightly diferently in Wembley, worth a listen, but my point is this is song about evolution of life, up until our demise ("enter ratkind"). And there are hidden easter eggs with parts from famous songs in our past. How many can you find?

[@marita2g]

Or in the Buenos Aires show from 2018. Where Troy does both. I actually love this one even more. The way Tuomas And Troy is highlighted with the strobes. And the stars. It looks like they are floating among the start. Its so beautiful! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5CwnqyPbN2Ge7s

[@goranelez9956]

@@marita2g Oh, you mean the one where Floor looks even more like goddess than usual?

[@marita2g]

@@goranelez9956 Yep! Hahaha 😂

[@clemenstremens1940]

The greatest show on earth is: Evolution! that's what this is all about. And about that part where the screen went red and the sound somehow mystical: I guess is it the period after coming out of the sea (blue) and starting populating the land (green) where we do not know much about, but where the human species came into existence. after that: hunting. At the end: Metal Mozart fully in control: checking even the fireworks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnqlgI2PqtOJqKM

[@oolillemyoo4099]

Excellent reaction and analysis - as always ;) And don’t worry - most fans binge Nightwish reactions, so we are used to seeing people cry. No shame in that, quite the contrary - its a huge compliment to the song

[@oolillemyoo4099]

Oh, and i also like this song better than Poet and the Pendulum - so you’re not alone :)

[@jo_g.germany]

I am a Nightwish fan from the early days, and there a songs I don't know the lyrics to to this day. Same for Epica or other bands I love. Good lyrics add to the pleasure, and I do read and appreciate them, but for me it is always the music. The best lyrics won't work for me if I do not love the music!

[@davidwells7786]

Well I can’t speak for any other Nightwish fan, but the ‘holy trinity’ of Nightwish songs, GLS, TPaTP and GSOE scored 9.8, 9.7 & 9.9 respectively, and I am very happy about that. Top job reviewing all songs and I thank you for your insight and comments. Well done sir!

[@monksuu]

The video would had been few minutes shorter without that defensive rant about opinions and the score based on YOUR opinion. I kept laughing the whole time. The world is a sad place if people in the free world have to defend their opinions. I was actually shocked about the score. I didn't think you would give the score to any song in the universe. I'm not saying your score is wrong. As I hinted in my first sentence, it's totally your opinion and that's totally cool. The wait was worth to see your reaction and review. Thanks HomeGnome! By the way, all three did the grunting (I think it's about the caveman era and the soprano part might be the birth of human evolution from apes). It's evident on other recordings of GSOE. PS. They performed the song in their virtual concert last year. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p32QgXaAi5Zjbrc You should check it out for fun what the song sounds without Marco's input. Also to see how weird they seemed performing a concert without a physical crowd to bounce energy from. I think they did good. It was in the end of May 2021. This isn't a request, just an suggestion for your own entertainment. Have a great day David!

[@homegnome2429]

Thanks Mika - Unless there's further cancellations, David will see this performed in L.A. in May (without Marko of course) so the aim was always to get this reaction in before then.

[@louisvitalis4800]

The greatest show on earth got the greatest reaction on earth. I shouted so loud when you announced 9.9, my wife came over to my room to check up on me 😉.

[@als100]

Great, excellent reaction! Every time you do a Nightwish reaction, I save it to watch in my first free moment in the day. And to this day I was never, ever disappointed. It usually doesn't matter to me the score you give, as it only shows your musical preferences or, maybe, your analysis on the musical prowess for the band. But MAN I didn't see this coming!!! 9.9!!! The title "The Greatest Show On Earth" refers to life. Life is the greatest show on Earth. And the song tries to represent from the Big Bang (the powerful song change when everybody comes is) until we are no more on this Earth (the ratkind). Even the "We Were Here" part refers to the legacy that we, the human kind, left on the planet (in the perspective of someone after we are no more). The part where the scenario changes to red represents the beginning of the humans, the suspense represented by Floor haunting and dissonant notes and the first tribal humans represented my Marko's grunts and Kai's tribal drums. Now only my opinion. I learned to respect you so much as an musician, watching other reactions not only from Nightwish, but for Babymetal, Unleash The Archers, Rush, Bandmaid, Tool.... your analysis and your point are really relevant and many times makes me appreciate the songs even more. That being said, the fact that the three biggest scores on your channel went to Nightwish songs puts a HUGE smile on my face. I heard what you said in the reaction of Ghost Love Score about your score of 9.8 and I always took it in consideration. I thought you would give a 9.7 or even a 9.6. But WOW!!!! 9.9!!! And your reasoning simply makes sense. I just can't understand how a real Nightwish can be angry with these scores. Even if you have given a lower score to all Nightwish songs, it's YOUR opinion. You don't have to go with the masses and make the majority happy. Of course we enjoy when someone likes the same songs we do, but hey... Thank God people are different and show us songs outside of our own music box. This is how we grow. We may like or dislike, it doesn't matter. The wrong thing to do is to be hostile to someone just because he/she doesn't agree with you... some wars started this way and we don't need any more of it in the world. I laughed A LOT when you started to wonder what the lyrics is about, because I've seen how you don't focus in the lyrics. But this song has so much storytelling that really intrigues us... Tuomas is a genious when it comes to make music (and it's not even in his native language, which is finnish). Thank you for the EXCELLENT reaction and for the nice surprise! And sorry for the long comment.

[@JustJenRx]

Ooo I’m glad I came back! The GLS reaction from you and the wife was purely beautiful! Thank you for showing NW and Floor some major love!!! I wanna see what you think of Jarkko Ahola!!!

[@rodolfotardin435]

CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE COMMENT. I ALSO FELT SO MUCH ABOUT THIS MUSIC. PERFECT . IT TELLS IN 20 MINUTES THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE, THE EARTH, THE FIRST MICROBIAL LIVES, THE ARRIVAL OF ANIMALS, MAN AND FINALLY THEIR DESTRUCTION AND A NEW BEGINNING OF LIFE ON EARTH.👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@zebulonmcfly9213]

Not to be forgotten: The light show! Their light engineer is a top class one!

[@Thorgrim247]

Don't fight it David. Just feel it! Never apologize for honest human emotional reactions. It is what great music is all about my friend. The interlude was to introduce early man to the evolution process. It is called "The Toolmaker". Evolution is "The Greatest Show on Earth". You and I and all of us are a big part of the show. Did you catch the final musical section right before the "We were Here". It started with the main melody from Bach's "Toccata en Fugue in D minor" on the keyboard, and ended with Emppu playing 2 riffs from Metallica's "Enter Sandman"? This was Tuomas' way of paying tribute to the evolution of music from classical to metal. Genius. 9.9! Where do we go from here David?

[@hiawatha.g]

I just found this after a year--I was one of the people who recommended "Ghost Love Score", and I would never get butt-hurt over your score on this one. Honestly, I would rank the three songs in exactly the order you have ranked them, but even if your order were different, I would have no complaints. For me this is greatest band founded between 1985 and 2015--a thirty year period. I was lucky enough to finally see them recently for the first time. They were top of my bucket list.

[@JRSmith06]

Great review David. I'm so glad you enjoyed this one - it's an epic, and richly deserves that score.

[@alexandersteinmetz6857]

9.9- and 20 Minutes of selfrehearsing, that means, you really really did get emotianly invested, and that for me is the Best from That. NW had another Soul bring to thinking and enjoying some Score of Music, rather then dealing with this crazy World out there. You really apreciate it, as i get in this 73 Minutes, which i sit out here with you. And thats great:). Thx for your Investment in this Recap, as an non Patreon i didnt pay any monetary Fair to the Entertainment to all the Recaps of you i enjoyed so far, so everthing you said is fact, give it an 8 i dont care, as long as i can vision your recapping this Works your Way. Thy Again. Stay Healthy! NWA Bavaria North out.

[@nairdannep2]

The song is about life, starting from nothing to the big bang then following evolution through to mankind. Great review, and I don't disagree with the score, I absolutely love this song.

[@hazelma7022]

Tuomas is our modern day Mozart, a genius composer that gives us all amazing music, with a band of such talent making his writing come alive. 💖

[@escape081]

David, I’m glad you chose to react to this performance instead of the Wembley performance. This version is so much more emotionally explosive and impactful. The Wembley performance, although very good in its own right, would have not received your 9.9. There are no pipes, no fireworks, no runway for Floor to walk into the middle of the crowd. I absolutely agree with your score for this one.

[@matthewcowell]

I find the Wembley performance more emotional and powerful personally.

[@SagaciousTwo]

This concert was their 20 anniversary concert given in their home country. Tuomas had to wait for Floor before he could write Greatest Show on Earth.

[@outintheuniverse97]

I thought it would get a 9.6 but almost dropped my ice cream when I heard 9.9 nobody with even half a brain can Complain about that score.

[@THEDavidHeretic]

You would be amazed..... I've already had to block 2 numbskulls who felt insulted I didn't give this "the 10 it deserves", and then proceeded to call me a bunch of colorful names and get personal.

[@MrWhitearchon]

let it happen... you can not prevent it embrace the amazingness that is NitghtWish

[@user-from-Arkaim]

I've never listened to this song before because I was a fan of Tarja's Nightwish era. And he didn't give any chances to the work of symphonic metallists with the participation of Flor. When I first heard this song here on this channel, I realized that Nightwish were able to bring rock music (in a broad sense) to the level of world classics, and if Bach or Mozart heard this music, they would also shed tears, I am convinced of this. The splendor of the music in this song has reached its absolute.

[@helky8]

The joy in the end of the show 😍 they were so happy, home audience and big show! 🔥🤟❤️

[@GodAesthetics]

Wow that’s a score!!! Glad you liked it!

[@Tbone.357]

Obviously, the music is stirring. But when you add the lyrics, which pertain to our origins and our mortality, it puts it over the top. Especially those of us that came from a religious background and ignored science and biology our whole lives. This was a wake up call for me at 60 years old. You're never too old to wake up and learn!!! 🤘

[@Pit_Wizard]

To me, this is peak Nightwish. There's just a perfect vibe flowing through this entire performance, as if some Muse, some pure spirit of music were making sure everything went exactly right. The entire band is 100% in sync, and they're all 100% in control of their art. This is genuinely the most moving piece of music I've ever heard.

[@chrisblinman9150]

Boom! Great review, great score. Well done sir!

[@bocatampere]

Breathtaking masterpiece. ” Man, he took his time in the sun, had a dream to understand a single grain of sand 🔥❤️

[@chriso6719]

There are other videos of the song on KZbin, which may explain the low view count on this one. Did a quick check, and 2 other vids of Tampere had 1.1M and 2.3M. The Official live from Wembley has 8.5M in a year and a half. Inspired by books written by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, whose does the spoken parts. The song starts with the birth of our solar system and goes through the evolution of life on earth. When you get time, go watch the Wembley version. The biggest differences are thet it's indoors with Prof. Dawkins on stage at the end reading the Darwin quote(played over the credits in this one) and Troy's part starts with a guitar played with ebow as opposed to the Irish Low Whistle here.

[@homegnome2429]

Yes, I picked this one as the 2 others from Tampere have "issues" - one starts with the last few seconds of last ride of the day, and the other cuts off the ending. Wembley is also great and I love the ebow, but I judged David would enjoy the show more at Tampere and I personally think the camera work and show (outside of the obvious fireworks) is also better there.

[@chriso6719]

@@homegnome2429 Not complaining. I prefer Tampere as well. DH mentioned low views, which was my point. And ,Thank You Home Gnome, for prioritizing this.🤘🤘

[@homegnome2429]

@@chriso6719 Sure, just explaining my rationale for the specific choice. Glad you enjoyed 🤘🤘

[@robertsheeler321]

Great reaction . 9.9 is a fantastic score TY ,You missed the quick Enter sandman riff by Emppu, I thought for sure you would catch it

[@Aralysa]

As a biologist and my favourite band made an astonishing evolution song, when I heard it for the first time I was out of my mind, because not only it was about something I love but in itself as music it was amazing

[@rammmm51]

Great job David nobody will complain about this. Nightwish has the top three of your reactions and rightfully so.

[@rianvandenhoof4124]

Yes............ almost perfect...... couldn`t be better...... I also love this song............. You picked the greatest song on earth.

[@davidjohn1056]

I actually stood up from my chair, fistpumped and ended up in a different room without remembering giving my body the instruction to when I saw you post this video. What would be incredible however unlikely it is.... you do another reaction to the video after doing some basic research in the comments about the overall theme/story/timeline and the easter eggs, as part of why a lot of people watch your videos is to see you wonderfully and intelligently react to all the little details us normal folk have at home. Then again I feel you may THINK we don't want to watch a 2-3 hour video of yours. 'That being said'... 9.9 is the perfect score.

[@R---66---R]

David! Till so far, 'this' was your 'greatest show'!!! Loved every nanosec of it...glad you are here 🇳🇱🇺🇸🇳🇱

[@markusdd5]

My favorite parts: 1) Floors intro - plain beautiful 2) Marco+Floor harmonizing with a lot of grit on 'Atavistic Dread of the hunted" 3) the line "enter history, the grand finale, ENTER RATKIND" - and the way Floor delivers it, just outstanding 4) the litte 'Metallica - Enter Sandman" reference shortly before the 'We were here' section - did you notice it? if not listen again :D 5) the ending - I experienced this tour live and the 'We were here' lines just gave me goosebumps and made me tear up. Witnessing this in a large crowd is just ... undescribable. No wonder, I very much agree with your score and actually I also agree with your ranking of the Nightwish 'Big 3', although Ghost Love Score and The Poet and the Pendulum are a very close call for me.

[@JoeBizzle]

The image of you scratching your head in confusion at the exact point in the song where man evolves from a simple ape to a confused, complex thinking human is hilarious!

[@chardonnay5767]

You asked about the breakdown in the middle with the red scene and Floor's operatic vocals. It could refer to the meteor strike which ended the dinosaurs, then you have the time skip "After about a billion years..." which doesn't quite line up perfectly with the history of the planet as we know it, but it's a possible theory anyway. In any case before that breakdown they were showcasing more simpler and smaller organisms (and Tuomas' keyboards played a lot of shorter notes) and after the breakdown you'd have more advanced and bigger organisms like the mammals we know today (and Tuomas' keyboards played longer notes this time). Plus by then we have the handy travelers out of Africa, so this is when the earliest humans started to wander around the globe. The ape sounds you accredited to Marco are actually done by all three of them, Floor is just growling in her usual ways and Troy is also grunting along. There's a reason for every single moment in this "song." It's jam packed with references from start to end in all of its various layers.

[@sethmurray69]

Hell Yeah, we did it chat, we got the high score. Let's go to the bar, drinks on me.

[@vinograd74]

LOL ) That`s the biggest score David could do! ) OMG ) Because 10 is unachievable )

[@pintsize6662]

While seeing you react to this song it was kinda clear at the end which score it will get. Anything else would have made no sense ;-)

[@eddiecreutzburg7375]

I knew that you were gonna give it a 9.9. .lol 😄😄😄😄 This is Tuomas's Magnus Opus,so it is fitting a 9.9 but I still love Ghost Love Score more. All the Epics are rated high by you ( Dead Boy's Poem should be in the nines, IMO) . PEACE OUT and be SAFE. Always enjoy your honest rants 😄😄 Side note; To shut up your pet pig, show him a slaughterhouse......LMAO😂😂😂😂

[@dac2007]

That chorus is my favorite part of the song as well. First time you hear it it's like filling yourself with joy or happiness, something like that (well in your case tears lol) Great reaction!

[@kreso2606]

Thanks for rewiew of this "song?". This is not song, this is story of life on Earth from begining. I hoped and prayed for this rating. Until now I did not hear anything similar. Thanks again.

[@fortuna7469]

Perfect analysis, David! You get 9,9 for this analysis. 😆

[@fraukehammer4624]

Absolut brillant and i hope you make a reactionvideo to this song with your wife. In my opinion, Mrs Heretic would love this and its blow her away.😘😘

[@jerrysponaugle9411]

David... great reaction as always. Uilleann means elbow in Gaelic. All Uilleann pipes are bellows driven by the elbow as far as I know. I think someone invented something to replace the bellows and drones but they have always been played with the elbow historically.

[@dariusissobel5470]

If im not mistaken the breathing pattern/ growl wasnt doing Marco alone. It was Floor and Marco.

[@stevecork7574]

Great review as always…can’t believe you missed the nod to Metallica. 😉

[@JamesEck9095]

There is so much going on in this song and so much science/history to absorb.... I appreciate with more depth with each hearing. The evolution of music section is one of my favorite parts, from Bach harpsichord to Metallica guitar is awesome!

[@fraukehammer4624]

Absolutely brilliant review, I am totally agree with you there.

[@pow3r17]

what F4 best game ? comon bro F New Vegas is 10x better ;)

[@witchfromthenorth5294]

34.06 it’s about life going from water to land

[@rickphil9999]

I really enjoyed your breakdown of the performance. Tuomas is a genius and this composition is just one example of that. Terrific performances all around. I can't wait to see them live at the Warfield in San Francisco on May 18th. MAY 4, 2022 Toronto, Ontario, CA MAY 6, 2022 Montreal, QC, CA MAY 7, 2022 Lowell, MA, US MAY 8, 2022 New York, NY, US MAY 10, 2022 Silver Spring, MD, US MAY 12, 2022 Chicago, Illinois, US MAY 13, 2022 Minneapolis, Minnesota, US MAY 15, 2022 Denver, CO, US MAY 18, 2022 San Francisco, CA, US MAY 20, 2022 Los Angeles, CA, US MAY 21, 2022 Los Angeles, CA, US

[@212mochaman]

Hooo boy. Ghost Love Score is the staple, Poet & The Pendulum is the nightwish story, and this.... is the make or break. I pray it didnt break you David, cause its likely to be their set closer forever. Also I'm just starting the vid so i dont know if you figured out the story. Basically its the history of the universe and how we got to this point in time. Fireworks signify the big bang

[@ecbftl]

They still play it near the end of the setlist, but Ad Astra from Human::Nature is the new closer.

[@MatsGarage]

Dont worry, I also smell onions when Floor does Floor things. Oh and you are a Fallout fan too? (F76 sucks, I prefer single player games)

[@THEDavidHeretic]

Amen to THAT....FO76 is absolute trash.

[@Fabi72g]

Lol I told you it was a great idea to keep some room with the GLS score, I was pretty sure one between this and TPATP would have surpassed that score, I'm glad I was right and you enjoyed both so much. I'm totally fine with the score but...this one maybe can have some humanitarian meaning, I mean it's all about how life is beatiful and how important is to live at the fullest and preserve our amazing home, the only one we have, a message that never ever was more important than now :P I won't tell you the story, I'm sure someone more instructed then me in evolutionary things will do it better. Btw only a little thing, you really missed the "Enter Sandman" riff? It can looks like only a little cameo (Tuomas is a big Metallica fan), in fact it's part of the music evolution, a bit earlier they played a Bach composition and this is also part of their way to talk about music evolution in the middle of a song talking about earth, nature and human being evolution, a pretty big theme for only one song. And more, if you like to listen the sequel of this, I suggest you "All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World", an instrumental composition, only an orchestra, some Floor's vocals and a little bit of Troy's pipes...and A LOT of Tuomas genius, but take your time, with a whisky and a cigar, because it's 31 minutes of the most beautiful music I ever heard.

[@marinaandersson3034]

Great reaction, thank you!

[@sarabanas1447]

I KNEW IT!!! Best show I’ve ever seen well done!!! :)

[@TimoArula]

WE WERE HERE... Just because YT does not let me write more 😠 .......so tell me David , how many symbols can I use ???? Great reaction by the way 🤘😎🤘

[@THEDavidHeretic]

I dunno, I don't use emojis.

[@TimoArula]

@@THEDavidHeretic Sorry my bad , I mean letters A,B,C,...

[@THEDavidHeretic]

@@TimoArula I'm not sure if there is a limit, I've had people write novels in the cooments.

[@TimoArula]

@@THEDavidHeretic well , I'll Try again 🙃. Thanks.

[@AlexBarregon]

Floor got to you Dave 😄🤘🎸🎸

[@NickBR57]

As the Uillean pipes means elbow pipes, are foot operated pipes actually Uilleann pipes? Dunno... But I have never seen foot operated bellows on bagpipes so if you have a reference citation I would be interested...

[@THEDavidHeretic]

I saw them used by a soloist performing in a pub in Germany (I think it was Germany, I was 16 at the time it was a while ago). I remember being absolutely fascinated by them, especially the bellows being controlled by the feet, with a tube leading up from the bellows to a secondary bag under his right arm which controlled the airflow to the actual pipes. I got the chance to speak with the gentleman who was playing them when he took a break, and he explained how it operated. A girl I was really into when I was 20 invited me to join her and her family to go see a performance in the style of Riverdance at the Palladium Theater back in in the 90's. I wasn't really into it, but I was into her so I said "Absolutely, I'd love to go". In between the dance numbers (siiiiiiiigh), they would do musical interludes, and one of them had the exact same Uillean pipes with the bellows on the floor, leading up to a bag under the arm, which led to the pipes. Those are the only two example I can cite as actually physically witnessed them in operation.

[@NickBR57]

@David Heretic That's really interesting. Thanks for that. Shall have to research further. 👍

[@arthurkrale4364]

I am certainly not going to argue with a 9.9. This is the most moving and epic songs they do. I, personally prefer the Wembley 2015 version with the last minute appearance of Pro. Dawkins at the end, but this version is almost as good. I like the way the fireworks was timed so perfectly. That requires lots of thought about fuse length and flight time. To get that coordinated just right is very tricky. Shout out to the tech who was responsible for that.

[@lupulul]

Thanks again, Home Gnome! Thanks for the show, David! Really like the breadkowns. David, did Nightwish somehow "screw" your perspective? I am asking because they ranked huge scores relative to other songs on your channel. And in the sense that they set a higher bar and will compare every song to the best scored ones without fully enjoying it? As in, have that thought of "i hope i will find better/just as awesome", raise expectations and when they are not met... does it happen/bother you? Just curious.

[@homegnome2429]

As always you're welcome - but thanks for the call-out each time 👍. I'm pleased for both David to experience this, and for people to see his reaction without waiting another 2 years!...

[@THEDavidHeretic]

It doesn't bother me at all. Believe it or not I actually look forward one day to finding a song that tops this one. And eventually finding another song to top that one, so forth and so on.

[@paulriddle7818]

@@THEDavidHeretic One day you'll have to turn your scores up to eleven🤘😂

[@THEDavidHeretic]

@@paulriddle7818 So sayeth Spinal Tap.

[@nightwisharmyuk]

Nightwish Army UK popping in for an amazing 9.9 .. great reaction, WE WERE HERE

[@JustCallMeTodd]

best react channel out there

[@THEDavidHeretic]

FEELIN' YOU Todd!!!

[@Debbie338]

I’m here a year later. I hope by now you’ve learned what the song is about, but it’s fantastic that you gave it such a high rating without knowing. But, at least you didn’t frown and say “Oh, it’s a ballad” after the intro. 😅

[@fraukehammer4624]

You don't have to apologize that your reaction videos are longer than those of your colleagues, they are much more differentiated and also much more well-founded. Please keep up the good work and I would be happy if you would make a reaction video with your wife again.🥰🥰

[@danielasivikova7220]

If you still havent, try watching the fans video of the song. It is better, because you really are in the story. You will give it a 10.

[@bobheslop8039]

Feeling yoyu Dave i think that is an amazing score for you i love the song wow :-)

[@Grims_TV]

The Breathing was Floor in this song

[@sandralopez6407]

100% de acuerdo contigo gracias y un saludo desde chihuahua mexico 😉🤗🤗🤗🤘🏻

[@jacquisampson-marat5277]

Considering your build-up thought it was gonna be a 8.9 was sooooo happy that I was wrong. Love the score. And when you think about it the big three from Nightwish run.....9.7/9.8/9.9 Can't get much better than that. Thanks Home Gnome and David. Peace out.