Nightwish - The Poet And The Pendulum (Live @ Wembley 2016) || Goth Reacts

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Artist: Nightwish
Song: The Poet and the Pendulum
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[@MCSwan]

2012 Tuomas: "Floor, could you please help us finish our Imaginaerum tour?" Floor: "Yes." Tuomas: "Great! Which of our songs can you sing, Tarja's or Annette's?" Floor: "Yes." 2013 Tuomas: "Hey Floor, you were great and we and the fans love you so much! Could you please please pleeeeease join us forever??" Floor: "Yes." Tuomas: "Oh thank God. Well now that we're writing songs for you, which genre can you sing?" Floor: "Yes." Tuomas: "What is your vocal range?" Floor: "Yes."

[@phm19880]

😅😅😂somehow this hit me in the right way😅 Maybe its that "yes" meme joke, that I just realized like some months ago. Its hilarious in many situation. I love simple, idiotic, dry and little bit dark humour...

[@davidwitkowski4463]

"In the end, I will always love you." Gets me every damn time 😭

[@jamesanderson5268]

The entire part V gets me.

[@darkaether2798]

I always wondered if that was directed at Tarja.

[@markclements7767]

@@darkaether2798 I rather doubt it, it is the obvious thing a mother would say to her son

[@andoobs2]

@@markclements7767 i think Tuomas is a smart enough lyricist that he knows those words could be taken both ways. and i think thats a deliberate choice on his part

[@SlashleyReacts]

🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@evergreendorneymahoning5435]

Floor has become the longest lasting Nightwish lead vocalist now that she has achieved 10 years with the band - 11 years this October

[@andrewb2452]

This was always nightwish's most emotional song. After they split with tarja tuomas got a lot of heat from the fan base after he made her firing very public. He felt like he'd been tried in the court of public opinion and was borderline suicidal. This song was the result.

[@chaosreign7851]

What a wonderful piece of art. Nightwish is a band that has songs written by a true poet, played by top tier musicians and sung by a Valkyrie. Great as always Ash!

[@SlashleyReacts]

Well said!

[@PaulOutdoors]

Yes, yes and yes 🙏😊👍❤️

[@lostlothbrok7156]

Can't get enough of Floor, her covers and solo performances are just a great way to get lost in the best way 🖤

[@MrTjonke]

"Imagine Floor singing you a lullaby", well she has done a lot of accustic and accompanied covers of songs she used to sing to her daughter. Well worth to check them out, as example she did an amazing rendition of Frozen.

[@philipbaker5386]

She did have a lullaby on Tic-tok last year.

[@Seven50ml]

This one is a masterpiece. Makes me tear up every time.

[@jws6181]

No words needed, this is a master piece...one of the best live performances

[@WNYretiree]

The part that always gets me the most is at the end, when both Emppu and Marko go to stand beside Tuomas. They were the only other two who lived through that time with him.

[@SlashleyReacts]

🥺

[@Huggycool12]

@@SlashleyReactsI’m glad ur here I need ur help I feel upset I’m trying not 2 shake sorry if that’s abit u know but I want help 2 right I’m not being negative I’m just I’m just 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨I’m sorry Ashley😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 c u soon and I’ll sort it out hi by the way take care 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@ralfmeyer9086]

Amazing reaction. You do it perfect . You read the open Letters from Nightwish and Tarja. And then the Reaction in Big Screen, with the Lyrics. Perfect for this Masterpiece .Thank you 🤘🌹 Greetings from nothern Germany

[@SlashleyReacts]

Thank you!!!

[@Brummiemartin]

This brought back memories. I was there at that Wembley concert. What a gig, with Arch Enemy as the support band too. 😀

[@SlashleyReacts]

Oh mygosh!!

[@jamesstaplesv]

10,000 listens sames chills and tear, and Proud !!!

[@samcrorie]

OMG... thats beautiful. That part hit me hard in the feels. My mother had a beautiful voice and she used to sing alot. She passed away from cancer in 2015.

[@SlashleyReacts]

🥺🥺 do you have any videos of her singing?

[@samcrorie]

@SlashleyReacts I wish I did. She and my Dad would sing together. They sang in church alot but always sang around the house.

[@peterbell3199]

With all the amazing songs Nightwish has, this one is my top favorite.

[@nevermore5168]

29:54. Ok here goes. This band and her voice literally saved my life almost 4 years ago. I am a recovering alcoholic I crawled into a bottle after I lost my father, my 2 best friends in 2008. i was a fucking wreck for a long time after. Never drank infront of my kids nor my wife and never drove drunk, so I did it behind closed doors. One day in late 2019, something sturred in me and said stop so I did. Told my wife and kids what I did and told them I would understand if they hated me. They didn't but she couldn't stay there with the kids so she left and took my kids to her mother's. Once again I understood and still went with cleaning myself by myself. In February 2020 , pandemics was in full effect. Even though I was 4 months in, I had developed problems so I went to the hospital. While I was diagnosed with Liver cirrhosis and type 2 diabetes and told me if I hadn't stopped I'd be dead. Now I was depressed and scared to death there. I was hospitalized for about 3 weeks. So while in there all I had was my phone ( didn't have a TV didn't have my own room) so I decided to go on youtube to find something to watch. The first thing I saw was this band Nightwish and the song Poet and the Pendulum. I watched the same one you did with the words and let me tell you, it spoke volumes to me, maybe not in the same way for everyone else but for me it hit my heart deeply and I started to cry. After I started to listen to more of them and it was like someone turned a bright light on and it told me to fight. Fight for your wife, your kids and yourself! Back then I was on the transplant list for a new liver and all the meds ( non narcotic) for it and my diabetes. Today I am 4 1/2 years sober, I am off the transplant list because my liver has started to heal and got my diabetes under control. I'm still in End stage and still a diabetic but it's now under control. Nightwish saved my life and their music is an inspiration that tells me to never stop fighting, and I haven't! Sorry for this being long but you seem to be a person that doesn't judge so thank you!🌹

[@PixieyDust]

Nevermore, I wanted to say I teared up reading your post. Congratulations for your long struggle to heal! This band also saved me! Thank you for sharing your story. Did you get your family back? I hope so! Congrats again! I'm so proud of yo7!

[@nevermore5168]

@@PixieyDust thank you and I did get them back to a certain extent. My kids are proud, my wife is still angry but baby steps are involved.

[@k.l.7788]

❤

[@demoremda]

i teared up a bit, good to see you won the battle

[@nevermore5168]

@@demoremda thank you it's still an every day battle, but it's worth the fight!

[@michaelrainbow4203]

I cry every time I listen to this song, and I've listened to this song many, many times. It's that powerful.

[@fredverkerk838]

floor safe nightwish , and nightwish safe floor .

[@alleninfinity6730]

The only thing I would hate about Floor singing at my funeral, I would miss it. This song was hard for Tuomas to perform, and I would not be shocked if it was never performed again. Thank you so much for your wonderful reaction, you are awesome!

[@SlashleyReacts]

Oh! I never knew it was never performed again!!!

[@MrDempmeister]

It was performed during that tour. But after that they haven’t performed it and Tuomas has actually said flat out that he is done with that song. According to him he has finished processing the whole thing and therefore he doesn’t feel the need to have it on the setlist. We must realize that this song is a part of Tuomas’s soul and it has deep emotional meaning to him. If he keeps it on the setlist it will keep poking the wound so to speak.

[@Tarkus_]

I can definitely imagine Floor singing me a lullaby... the night before she leads me into battle! 🤘😮🤘

[@chadbennett7873]

Do people fight over it??? Oh, Sweetie, they're still fighting over it. I walked away from Nightwish in the early days because I cannot take the "operatic style singing," and missed several years of great pleasure not knowing this break happened. Tarja fans are equally loyal as Nightwish fans, and they will bristle at my just saying what I did already. You must understand that Tarja is, literally, a goddess in Finland. This entire song is based on the threats and comments made to Tuomas regarding the firing of their goddess. BTW - I'm in the US (California) and Nightwish concerts are packed when they play here, but I don't know anybody who went to her recent show. That doesn't mean she doesn't sell, it's probably because I don't hang with people who love opera. Floor can sing operatic lines, but she doesn't round the sounds and make them sound stuffy like typical opera. I describe it as Tarja was very wonderful in her lane, and she stayed in her lane. Anette was more pop, and she also stayed in her lane. Floor has the talent and ability to drive in multiple lanes, so she's all over the highway. Her color pallet is far wider and richer in my mind, and this gives Tuomas a greater flexibility in composition. My opinion, only my opinion, and I respect those who differ from mine.

[@lawrence1389u]

Agree. Didn't care for Nightwish under the two previous vocalists. I also wrote them off and as a result, discovered what they became with Floor much later than I would have liked. Once finally hearing them with Floor, I was instantly on board! Floor completed the Nightwish sound and moved it up many levels.

[@WhatIsAName8080]

Just a little correction... Tarja is a goddess just to her fans, and that is not in anyway limited to Finland. I didn't care for her style and lack of versatility, and every time i mention it, i get hate from multiple nationalities :D

[@gsparkman]

Nightwish didn’t appear on my radar until after Floor joined the band, but I did go back and take in their earlier music with Tarja and Annette. I like much of Tarja’s studio singing, but could not take her concert singing where her operatic style was laid on more thickly. As for Annette, well after hearing Floor’s singing I found it hard to appreciate little Anette other than for the fact that she kept the band together long enough for Floor to mature. Frankly, I am not a big fan of Floor’s earlier work either. Her with Nightwish though, and Nightwish with her, are match made in musical heaven-they were both made better. Now, what do we do to get Marko back into the band??

[@chadbennett7873]

@@gsparkman Boy, do I ever agree with you. Marco leaves a huge hole in the voice that matches Floor's, Troy does a great job, but just does not have the power. I've heard that Marco once said that he finally had a voice he couldn't overpower. They are truly another match made in heaven. Didn't hurt that he was also a virtuoso on bass and guitar. As far as I've heard, I have no idea if Tarja can sing anything but the hoity-toity opera, because I never heard her do anything else. I heard from operatically trained reviewers, that opera singers are taught not to mix styles. (In other words, don't pull the stick out.). They were amazed how Floor effortlessly flows between any and all styles and doesn't miss a thing. Excellent comment!

[@chadbennett7873]

@@WhatIsAName8080 We ought to issue membership cards. I honestly respect anybody's taste in what they like, but I always mention that, because I'm not interested in fluffing anybody's feathers. Everything I say applies to me, and I don't expect anybody to agree with me.

[@Dread_Pirate62]

Many reactors miss the fact that it is exactly three minutes in the song from the narration that says he has three minutes to live to the part where Tuomas cuts his throat. This song is a masterpiece.

[@eddiecreutzburg7375]

Our beloved Valkyrie Goddess of Metal and Empathy 😇 always kills it 😊 Don't know why Tuomas allowed Tarja to sing Nightwish songs. No input from her, no rehearsals, not flying with them...Unbelievable. I saw her interview...crocodile tears 😢😢. I didn't grow up with all three singers but Floor is special ❤❤❤. Nice reaction 👌

[@pondboy3682]

She was a childhood friend who basically started the band with him and Empu. She's also hella good! Going 9 years with her, though, I definitely get your point there! Sometimes, too much loyalty is toxic.

[@johnnyeayre110]

The Best Nightwish song for me. Lyrically and musically.

[@robertsheeler321]

The Poet and the Pendulum was written after firing Tarja the original singer. She was the face of Nightwish at the time, and Tuomas (Keyboards) wrote this and considered her a muse to many of the songs he had written at that point. They had also grown up in the same city and knew each other since early childhood. All the band members decided together to fire her for acting too much of a diva And her husband & Manager was stepping way outta bounds concerning the band business He always wanted more money , only big paying show but the band did it for the love of music and there fans . According to all the band members, Tarja was missing lots of rehearsals and would not even travel with the band anymore. Tuomas was painted as the devil by many fans, and went through a deep depression. He even considered ending the band . He wrote The Poet and the Pendulum at that time, and actually kills himself in the song. He said he killed himself in the song at the 10:00 time stamp , as to kill the pain he was going through . To this day every time he plays it, it takes him back to those feelings, and shows on his face. In the last part, Mother and Father, words are said to him that his real mother said to him at that time of his deep depression. One part that touches me at the end when the guitarist Emppu and bassist Marko, the only other two involved with firing Tarja (that were still active with the band)were standing with Tuomas at the end in solidarity and love., NOTE : the 1st two words are (The End) and the last two words are (The Beginning) representing the end of the 1st era of Nightwish and the beginning of the next era

[@johan7170]

Why bother writing all this ? She know that, just read the letters, everybody knows that...

[@DMGJP]

​@@johan7170who you care?😂

[@Garbox80]

One thing the letter DOESN't say is that it was actually Marko who said it out loud first, that they can't go on with Tarja at this point. He said it himself, I don't remember if it was a written article or a video. I think it was fairly new too (when I saw it, let's say somewhere bc (before c-virus), but not too many years). They've also admitted that the public letter was the wrong way to do it.

[@Honken55]

@@Garbox80 Its mentioned in the book once up on a Nightwish.

[@Garbox80]

@@Honken55 Ok, thanks. I haven't read it, so it was somewhere else in my case. Probably an interview in written form. But old news at that point 😂

[@RichFrye]

Bye Bye Beautiful was the song Tuomas wrote for Tarja, Master Passion Greed was the song he wrote for Marcelo... The Poet and the Pendulum was a response to ALL the undeserving fallout from basically the entire music world blaming Tuomas for tearing Nightwish apart... (emos don't like change much) The man even got a nasty letter from the President of Finland for God's sake.... this is about the family, friends and fans that mean so much to him turning on HIM ..... the Tarja situation was not new, it merely became too difficult to continue.... it was the response from the FANS that blew his mind and shattered his soul at the time. Marcelo quite simply became Nightwish's Yoko Ono.... I do not believe Tarja needed a big push to think herself the deserving, larger than life one in the band... six people onstage and all the applause was for HER... she distanced herself from everything but the onstage performance.... that is NOT a bandmate, why would they consider her one?

[@k.l.7788]

As a finn I know the prime minister at the time said something about the drama but never heard that our president would have sent a letter.

[@MrDempmeister]

@@k.l.7788 I belive he meant to say that it was the prime minister that wrote the letter. After all, there isn’t that many countries that has both a prime minister and a President.

[@nebucamv5524]

She distanced herself for very good reasons. The guys had provoked it unnecessarily for years. But as you can see with the separation from Anette they unfortunately didn't learn their lesson yet, because they did the same to her wgat they did to Tarja. And maybe they did that to Sami too, but we will never know because they didn't talk much about the separation from him. It's not always the others who are guilty, you know? The guys really needed to take responsibility - and they did: later they apologized to Tarja for their ugly behaviour towards her.

[@RichFrye]

@@nebucamv5524 not buying it.... both sides could have handled things better but it remains fact that Tarja's husband made her think (without huge effort for the thought was already in her head) she was bigger than the band and everyone was there to see her, not them.... which was and has been proven false

[@draculimpaler4507]

Floor is our Queen for a reason.....beautiful song and more beautiful goddess singing it....great react thank you

[@Thorgrim247]

A very unique masterpiece of musical artistry.

[@joseseptien]

Marcelo is the Yoko one of the Beatles.

[@damienmaynard8892]

There is a video on YT of Tarja singing in school and Tuomas is playing piano accompaniment for her. LONG time friends. Marcelo = "Master, Passion, Greed"!... There is also a video of Tuomas playing saxophone in school! "Bye Bye Beautiful". The two songs I mentioned in quotes form a trilogy with TPATP. Have a look at "Fantasmic Pt 3" (live) too? - how they were way back when..... and with Sami Vanska on bass!

[@janihaavisto79]

I mean then Finnish Prime Minister even commented the Nightwish drama when this happened. I was huge news in here.

[@SlashleyReacts]

I didn't realize how HUGE all of it was!!!

[@nanns77]

A masterpiece about real live, always catch to me.

[@benespinosa6725]

Awesome Reaction Video Ash Happy Monday Hope you had a great weekend You're the best and I love watching your KZbin videos 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@Jamie_McGill]

Great reaction….this song always makes me cry.

[@SlashleyReacts]

It's so powerful!

[@markclements7767]

Hello Ash, greetings from UK Lots of people criticize the band for making the reasons public in a letter but I am so glad that they did. It shows the fans exactly why they were parting ways. The truth would not have come to light had they not done so. Also Tarja's view would also not have come to light had she not done the same thing, so I am grateful for her letter too You said that if you were in that crowd you would be sobbing, screaming and laying on The Floor? Hey gorgeous, get in line! We have all had that dream.... 🤣

[@bobgross8761]

Great reaction! Thanks for putting in the work in advance. This is a special composition that, to me, brilliantly expresses the essence of Tuomas' internalized despair. It's made all the more powerful by the empathy that Floor brings to this performance. A masterpiece.

[@marinaa.6140]

Thank you, greetings from Finland🇫🇮👋!

[@jimharris367]

I don't know how many times I've seen that now but it's still just constant waves of goosebumps 🤘

[@morbiouslenoir]

Brings me to tears every time I hear this. Thanks, Ash.

[@ZombieJesus1987]

That letter was handed to Tarja immediately after their final show together, when they recorded the End of an Era live album. You reacted to a video from that concert, Phantom of the Opera. Funny enough, it was Marko who was the first person to suggest kicking Tarja out of the band, and they have since reconciled. They just performed together last week, singing the Phantom of the Opera. That one is worth checking out, they both sound much better than the other video they did earlier last month

[@SlashleyReacts]

I seen that they performed together for Phantom! I never knew how deep all the "behind the scenes" stuff goes for nightwish!

[@ZombieJesus1987]

​@@SlashleyReactsyeah it's definitely a rabbit hole to dive into lol

[@Cherlindrea99]

I believe Tarja is this really talented singer that couldn't cope with the many gigs and concerts the rest of the band loved doing. She wasn't part of the whole proces of creating music like the others but she is a fantastic (classical) singer. I don't know a lot about Anette but I know Floor is someone that loves the stage and meeting the fans, feeling the connection. She missed it a lot during the pandemic. She also loves to take part in creating the songs and how to perform. She is a composer as well and a kind of a musical nerd and perfectionist. Therefore she fits so well in Nightwish, being as passionate about making music and connecting with the listeners/ fans.

[@JariJuslin]

As Tuomas said in an interview, he killed himself on stage to not have to do it in real life. And you can really feel it in this performance.

[@JariJuslin]

Also: Emppu and Marko gathering around Tuomas for support in the end is

[@SlashleyReacts]

I heard about that. It makes this song even more powerful 🥺

[@oktober-vh6gl]

one of those reminders that in your darkest moments... light can shine. I'm sure many thought Tarja's firing was the end, but then (in the long run) we got Floor joining and many (if not most) think this is the best version of NW. life is full of ups and downs, but being strong enough to survive the bad is what gets you through to the good. this song was a suicide note for Tuomas, having stated he killed himself in song to prevent him from doing it in real life, but in those darkest moments I'm sure he had no idea what was to come... what highs they would reach, and all the love and support that was coming to him/them through Wacken '13, the Vehicle of Spirit tour including the Wembley show, etc. So many great moments post-Tarja... personally and professionally. so grateful, as a fan, that Tuomas was strong enough to see it through. Can't imagine a world without Tuomas/Floor having found each other...

[@kristnicholson3401]

Hi Ash, damn I love you so much, love this reaction and can I just say your "chuggy" face is the best. Watching your play along with Empu on your air guitar is amazing. I do believe what one of the guys put in your comments, this is one of the best performers ever from anyone 100%. Keep up the good work!!!!

[@johan7170]

This is a polarised topic, we don't know exactly what happened, we only know what they (Nightwish and Tarja) told us. The truth is most probably somwhere in the middle, the truh is probably that both sides share responsability for that. Because of that, one shouldn't pick a side between the two. People outside of Nightwish picking sides is what caused Tuomas' depression and caused a schism among the fans, a schism so big that still today some people think they need to defend either Tuomas or Tarja and hate the other one and her fans. It's been almost 20 years, We should all be able to put that behind and to enjoy Nightwish, what it's been, what is and alos enjoy Tarja's solo career.

[@johannessilver8653]

Year 2005 was difficult for them specially for Tuomas. He was about to end NW (cause Tarja left)....but got support to continue fortunately. Anette did this on the next album as a first song. This is emotional live.

[@jamescoleman8954]

Yeah, those slow parts when she sings those her voice is so beautiful and so amazing. It’s gotten me a few times just such an excellent track.

[@phaeron]

What an emotional masterpiece, right? They don't call Tuomas the Metal Mozart for nothing, and I'm so damn glad he put what he had in his mind into this musically brilliant way and not into action. Just for the lyrics 'Now I only have three minutes of counting' just before the 7-minute mark and what can be heard/seen exactly three minutes later in this song/video, he is for me one of the absolute best of our time. Maybe even the greatest composer/songwriter of our time (imo). If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend the documentary about the tour that changed everything called 'Please learn the Setlist in 48 Hours'. It's worth it, I can tell you that much. And I'm sure you'll appreciate and love Floor even more afterward. _____________________ _"Sometimes we laugh because we're sad or to hide our frustration"_ - from *Gacharic Spin* -「 I Wish I 」 🎶✨

[@ZombieJesus1987]

There's a version of this song that just has Marko Hietela on vocals! This album was written and demos were recorded before Nightwish hired a new Vocalist, so for the demos of this album Marko is singing. They released a bunch of the demos, including this one.

[@granadosvm]

Regardless of the letters and of the origin being the breakup, this song is mainly about the depression Tuomas went through afterwards. He said in a couple of interviews he had to commit suicide in the song to avoid doing it in real life. Hence the beginning "The end. The songwriter's dead". The first parts of the play are about hid depression, with elements of "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe. The last section, which in this musical suicide would represent his father and mother welcoming him in the afterlife, are in reality the words his mother told him and that helped him overcome that depression. Rearranged to rhyme, I assume.

[@scottfield5849]

Hey Ashley. Ah, the great destroyer of the Nightwish Army. I consider this to be Tuomas's greatest work, myself. I know Anette recorded this, but I've never heard it, and probably won't- this is so perfect. (And I'm *eternally* impressed, watching Marco's finger work during the 4th part, while he's singing. Wow!) Rock onnnn! 🤘😎👍

[@TimoArula]

This song, for me, is one of the big three ("Ghost Love Score" given us by Tarja, "The Poet And The Pendulum" given us by Anette and "The Greatest Show On Earth" given us by Floor), and for Nightwish fans , this song is the most meaningful...And yet, Floor took this song to a new astral level (originally sung by Anette). Also I recommend to read "The Pit and The Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe for extra flavor. The reason for Tuomas’ depression was not the firing of Tarja itself, it was what came after that. The fans idolized Tarja and they could not accept the fact that she got fired. In their heads Tarja was the one that made the band famous and they became really angry and hostile, especially towards Tuomas. They really took it out on him. They called him all kinds of ugly things and a lot of them expressed that they did not care if he would die. These are the things that brought him into depression and these are the things that echo through the lyrics This song has the most emotional impact, at least for me... I was that that "Bastard" who abandoned Nightwish after Tarja left...Never Again !!!! Although I love this song (Especially this version), it is the only song, I can't put to my playlist... because, I break down to tears every single time (Current reaction included...). This masterpiece will remain a reminder to me for my narrow mindlessness. Nuff Said !!! NWSU/FloorFan🤘😎🤘.

[@genekent2391]

To show how brilliant this song is, and how brilliant Tuomas is, when the boy in the speaking part says, "...I have but 3 minutes and counting", (23:00) almost exactly 3 minutes later (26:01) is when Tuomas symbolically slashes at his throat to symbolize his death.

[@YoJimBo851610]

if you want a lullaby, Nightwish - Taikatalvi

[@Simyonovich]

The time and attention you brought to this reaction and the letters in particular really was so special. Thank you so much for that. All too rare with many reactors. Hats off to you for really engaging with this incredible work of art. ❤

[@JWNanaimo]

The brilliance, nuance and mastery of Tuomas’ songwriting and lyrics never ceases to amaze me. If you run a timer from where he says “I have 3 minutes and counting “ it is at 3 minutes when he simulates with his hand the pendulum cutting his throat. Amazing!🤘🤘

[@justitia257]

Great reaction. Grazie

[@PaulOutdoors]

Tuomas at 28:15 gets me every time as does Floor, always. This phenomenal masterpiece and live performance was my introduction to Nightwish and Floor Jansen around 18 months ago after I was pestered by a good friend in to listening to them. I wasn't expecting to like symphonic metal but was blown away and have been ever since having my musical world turned upside down and inside out. 🙏😊👍❤️

[@sonicmayhym]

yes nightwish had different singers...but that is the progression typically of orchestrations and musical interpretations of many composers of which Tuomas is absolutely a grand composer and song writer and took a life experience and turned it into a grand composition..every nightwish song tells another story and stories dont all have the same voice..for me i always loved the material with Anette..i loved her fire and energy as well..but Tarja and Floor have a more euphoric story telling voice and they convey the story with a greater sense of conviction..they were and are all still amazing and so is the band nightwish as a whole..cant wait to hear new stories to come from them.

[@Mischnikvideos]

There were rumors of separation three years earlier. Tuomas had poached Marko from Sinergy three years earlier and explained to their boss Kimberley why he needed Marko from her Band. He also questioned Tarja. Kimberley made the private conversation public and Tuomas denied everything. After that the relationship between Tarja and the band got worse and worse. The timing of the ejection may have come as a surprise to Tarja, but not the ejection itself.

[@ZombieJesus1987]

Sinergy ruled too.

[@DMGJP]

Tarja husband Is the real villan$$$😂

[@Mischnikvideos]

@@DMGJP I wouldn't judge that harshly. It's his job to make money. I don't think he was the reason for the rift. He's just the excuse.

[@LDBHX]

Timeless masterpiece for me And Floor voice is so amazing angelic here. I recommend to watch this now just for yourself You can find some germs Like The song starts with The End and ends The Beginning.... Pay attention to lyrics 3 minutes and counting And check time stamps... Maestro Tuomas is fricking Genius 🔥❤🤘🙏💜

[@larryd4352]

This song is a freaking masterpiece! Personally, I was depressed for too many years and an alcoholic. When I first heard this song...I cried because I could relate! I got help for the depression, and I have been sober for 24 years and 20 days now. I listen to NIghtwish and Floor's first walk album when I am painting, ( I am an artist ). Their music inspires me, and I seem to be able to create better paintings.

[@user-ki3wf3kn5s]

Absolutely epic !! Love it !!

[@vesaroivainen]

your laughter is out of this world I love it 😂🤣😂

[@un.i.que_psyko]

Apart from Marco and Emppu standing next to Tuomas at the end, the most powerful moment of this song for me is Tuomas mouthing the words "try to save them all"

[@billiam2631]

❤ I am slightly in love with your nightwish reactions 😍😍🤘🤘

[@billiam2631]

Isn't it crazy that keyboard player is the anchor?? Holy crap I love this band but it's just crazy how much those lyrics influence ❤❤

[@kalnis]

great reaction, I listened whole thing :)

[@frenkwd1]

Hello The song "The Poet and the Pendulum" is a 13 Minute journey through the mind and turmoil of Tuomas Holopainen after the year 2005. It was in that year the band parted with their long-time singer Tarja Turunen and had a personal falling out with her. The pain of the separation was big on both sides, and shown in this song. There is the responsibility that the band and Holopainen had to show towards the fans,. It was the End of an Era for them, and reason for Holopainen being lost as described in these lyrics. We can only of course to a certain degree suppose how much of these are truly Holopainen's feelings, wishes and pains - but we do know that the lyrics of Nightwish have been up to then very personal. Other songs on the album also digest this separation and falling out of the members with Turunen. This is one of the interpretations and i know lots of fans do not agree, they just need to read the open letter that was given to Tarja by the whole band at her last concert with Nightwish, where they fired her. And the main reason that Tuomas went through a depression was that specially the Tarja fans where furious and showed that in the media and everyone was blaming Tuomas. (the fans spit on his grave). He felt the whole world was against him. However personal and "real" these thoughts are, I feel like this song definitely takes us not only on a journey with Holopainen but also into ourselves. The music underlines the emotional gravity of the song extremely well. And I believe a lot of people can actually relate to a sense of guilt and being overwhelmed that all they desired for is the safety of home and innocence. While being personal, the song can still ring true to it's listener. That's a quality Nighwish possesses in many, many more songs. The emotional journey is one we can all share and very few bands know how to put that journey into song and especially into sound as well as Nightwish does. The band remains through all it's shores and Oceans, one of my main favourites and I hold special place for the band in my musical heart. I hope you have enjoyed reading my analysis and share some of my thoughts. If you do have any comments, please feel free to let me know. And remember the beauty of interpretation is that it is subjective; we can see all and feel different things in the same song and continue to love it endlessly. Lyric analysis by Annika Hausen Greetings from the Netherlands

[@Morgonna]

I started listening to Nightwish in highschool, and bought the album this song's on after graduating and wondered why it sounded so different. A coworker told me about the letters and Tarja leaving... I was shocked.

[@jamesstaplesv]

the song ius a masterful redndition of Tuomas's experiance of The changes in nightwish being a suicide feeling the death of something he loved, heance this is his 5 Stages odf Grief. as a death worker i have passed this to mianly to hel[ resolve their grief issues, which we all have !!!!!!!!

[@joeyc630]

Nightwish Scaretale with Annette Olzen and Floor Jansen are my favorites but you should save them for October, definitely Halloween theme. Request ❤

[@bazkeen]

❤A true masterpiece 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 Have you done Bye Bye Beautiful and Master Passion Greed to complete the trifecta of Tuomas getting the breakup of his chest?

[@MrDempmeister]

This song always makes me cry. I’m an empath so I truely feel the pain in my chest. Floor’s delivery doesn’t help, she really conveys the emotions of the song. One of the things i like most in this performance is what’s going on up on stage. Everyone on stage is really supporting Tuomas throughout the song. Empuu walk up and talks to him, Floor throws comforting looks his way and at the end you see the guys together in a tight circle. You can really tell that the whole band knows that Tuomas feels pain every time they perform it. And lastly, listen to Floors solemn “thank you”. This shows that this band is truly a family.

[@nickhoughton6663]

Think it is difficult for anyone who is not from Finland to appreciate just how important to their country is the band Nightwish, Tarja was seen as an untouchable goddess, as front woman she gained huge popularity and a fan base, Tuomas was and remains the principle writer, but the others have always had input into the songs. Many of the fan base turned very nasty to Tuomas after the sacking, in the song he commits suicide, so that his depression didn’t actually kill him. When Annette came on board this signalled the biggest period of album sales in the bands history. Now with Floor they are mainly downloads and streaming.

[@disobedientdolphin]

They say that time heals all wounds and in this case it seems to apply. They don't play this song anymore since they moved on since then and started to heal their injuries from this conflict. There was even a video, rather recently, where Tarja and Marco (who also departed from Nightwish) perform The Phantom of the Opera together just like in old times.

[@stpfs9281]

Machiavellian greed destroys souls. The Band unanimously decided to publish the letter, I think to prevent the narcisist husband making an alternative narrative. He was doing things behind her back, maybe she was not fully aware, blinded by love (he can do no wrong). The words of his mother: "In the end I will always love you", then Marko moves over to join Emppu with Tuomas, solidarity.

[@sulliken77]

I remember that night when NW cancelled i Oslo because of Tarja. I was new in town, and I didn't have ticket for that show. But I was out on town in a couple of Metal-pubs. And there were a LOT of dissapointed NW-fans out on town that night.

[@gheck911]

Speaking of having Floor singing her kid a lullaby, check out her version of "Let It Go". She sang it for her daughter so much she decided to record it.

[@himura_8620]

this is a master peace well done

[@MrFuzzy1953]

It was necessary to hear the truth behind the change. The open letter cut out any chance of rumors festering amongst the fans; the Nightwish Army. At the end of this masterpiece, Marko and Emppu go up and stand with Tuomas to show their support in the decision that was made to let Tarja go...

[@German_1]

The song as Tuomas has said, he died in the song instead of real life. The song bye bye beautiful is Nnightwish's song telling her goodbye. The song master passion greed was aimed at marcello

[@infinityvox]

Ok now im ready for gratests show on earth!!!!!

[@AndyMagnusson70]

Oh oh this will be interesting. And in my opinion the best version even though Tampere is only slightly behind.

[@hebertnicholas5466]

Thanks Ash for another Nightwish reaction but you must continue your Jinjer reactions as well to okay I’ll shut my mouth now 😊🤘

[@SlashleyReacts]

We have done A LOT of jinjer reactions during my live streams!!! 😊

[@hebertnicholas5466]

@@SlashleyReactsohh okay thanks ☺️

[@fnglert]

"Imagine Floor singing you a lullaby" - The closest thing to this on youtube is called 'The Fight Goes On', a song she sang for Warchild. Or, 'De Beelden Blijven', the same song in Dutch, which has a proper studio video of her singing it.

[@draug7966]

There is a video of her actually singing lullaby's, it's on her YT channel if i remember right.

[@ricardolopes1234]

Get ready to cry😁

[@diedzjeeoudshoorn7726]

They own your emotions. You are reduced to a stearless emotional blob under their power. They take you anywhere. From amazement to anger to sorrow in a nutshell. And that is a gift not given to many musicians. They are forming the Pinnacle of that. All, and I mean all their songs are fantastic. Who can compete with that? For a change, be it slightly different is Arjen Lucassen with Ayreon. That is another Rabbit Hole worth looking in to...

[@alangranger246]

Hi Ash the Amazing I very rarely comment but I figured perhaps it was time 2 quietly say Hi & That I've been really enjoying you channel 4 some time now 😉👍✨ I've been wondering when you might get to this song as it's a biggie & there's a lot behind it as you've discovered. Like many Nightwish fans who've become Enchanted & Discovered the Magic & Emotion, I'm very thankful that a certain Maestro & Magical Songmaker in possibly his darkest of times chose to take his life in Song as opposed to Real Life. So glad you read the letters, it's a lot,I know, but we'll worth it in order to fully understand the context of the song, or should I say Journey 😉✨ Anyhow, on a lighter note... Loving your reactions & Lovin' your Style 💖🤘😉✨

[@goranelez9956]

"1000 pages of erased texts" is a punch direct to face 🤕

[@eo69]

LOVE your kitten!

[@SlashleyReacts]

Aweee thank you!!

[@martyschreuder6034]

Awsome reaction like always...oldfart from Dutchland

[@shannontaylor345]

I was at this concert. Absolutely brilliant. This song is so sad and i had tears streaming as my partner took her life and this brought back the dark times of losing her 😭

[@paisa20]

Thanks

[@Ireksojkowski]

Hi, very very beautiful reaction, thank you

[@deeduffjr]

Time to check out Bye Bye Beautiful for the diss track!

[@SlashleyReacts]

WE HAVE!! On my live stream 😊

[@VipanTohtori]

Third time is the charm! I love Tarja as starter of an journey, Anette was experimental time, Floor is the singer who does it all.

[@alanthompson7216]

funny you should mention floor singing a lulaby ......she did a cover of "let it go" from frozen ..simply because its one of here young daughters favorites

[@SlashleyReacts]

That's what The Haven was saying!!

[@BjoernVT]

Well fight over Nightwish is something I'd refrain from, but my brother and i cannot get consent over the different styles of Nightwish music between Tarja times and Floor ... I am kind of torn still ...I totally love Floor and what she brings to the table, but back in the day Tarja was a pure goddess herself and when they got rid of her, I was devastated and did lose interest in the band for many years until I stumbled over a reaction channel reviewing GLS ... My brother however really thinks that Tarja's voice was what made the band stick out of every other band ... I am not sure about this, I believe Floor added just an other edge and I love that sound even more, however I would not want to have missed either of them and really hope that there will be another tour around Europe maybe even with Marco once more ...

[@davidf1877]

Hi Ashley from Scotland! Loved this chaotic reaction today!!! If you are looking for something a bit different you could try Rock Orchestra’s cover of SOAD’s Chop Suey. Cheers.