Poets of the Fall - War (Alexander Theatre Sessions / Episode 2)

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Filmed by Tiia Öhman and Markus Captain Kaarlonen
Directed, edited and mixed by Markus Captain Kaarlonen
Lights by Tuittu Teivainen
Filmed at Alexander Theatre in Helsinki, Finland / www.aleksanterinteatteri.fi
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[@TBarbara01]

I think Marko was born to heal people's soul with his voice. All the Poets' songs are masterpieces in my opinion.

[@Veronicaixchel]

Yes, healing music cures all heartbreaks and gives hope 🙃😍❤️🙏🌈 with whom destiny is entwined now ???? 😅😳😳😳😳 Nope we're early. I'm. Early

[@franksharifi]

exactly👌🏻

[@vassomil7901]

totally agree here! Marko is our savior!

[@SouthOfSanity79]

I've been listening to these boys since late goodbye was being chopped to shitt by the janitor in Max Payne 2. And then the piano version and then the actual song during the end credits. And I was hooked I needed to know who the hell these guys were. I've had a lot of ups and downs in my life. Three tours in Afghanistan. I've seen a lot of people died. I had a heinous drug addiction when I came back and found out I had no family to come home to. And the music of poets of the Fall has been there for a little under half of my life. And I'm not too much of a man to tell anybody that a lot of their music has had me in tears. Nobody sounds like these guys do. Nobody. Keeping up with his tone vocally is very difficult. Now regarding this song... I believe the album version of this aka the original.. is a song of victory. This one however.. is not. This is a song of defeat. It's the differences in the music and how he speaks the words. Humor me and listen to both of them. You'll see what I mean.

[@LuonnonkosmetiikkaWithDeli]

So true. Healing voice on headphones❤️

[@NgocNguyen-ei1rh]

Can't believe it this song is about 9-10 years old. I first listen to this when i was a kid now i have to work for my own life.

[@shubhojitghosh69]

Same here

[@obiwankenobi3139]

It's modern day slavery

[@blackknight50277621]

Same here my fellow Viet 😁

[@friendlycreature6375]

Same, i first heard it after i finished playing Alan Wake :/

[@69MarWin69]

like all of us. could be

[@87WolvesAndADuck]

There better be at least 50 episodes of this live series, damn this is good

[@akshayg3363]

They're making one every month

[@penyuwan]

Just 12 till the end of this year.

[@fluffysamuraicrusader7957]

Praying for the next one to be released on the 15th be the best birthday present

[@alluchess9145]

@@fluffysamuraicrusader7957 happy bd, dude

[@fluffysamuraicrusader7957]

@@alluchess9145 Thank you

[@FalseKings]

This is the first song of them i've ever heard back in 2010. 10 years later and i'm just falling more and more in love with this band. This rendition of this song is so amazingly beautiful it brought tears to my eyes ❤

[@atylorb]

This is exactly true for me

[@shubhamsodhi8642]

They're the best ever band i ever listened🔥🔥🔥

[@sandaaragreen9834]

Whooa, me too!!!

[@Sorensino]

Thank Alan Wake for helping me find this band!

[@risrange09]

saaaaaaaaaaaame I love their music in Alan Wake, but War sealed the deal for me. bought their whol discography after i heard that song

[@atharyon]

Next: The Poet and the Muse PLEASE! :)

[@IJULIAN]

I just hope it would be at all in this series. They kinda' left that song behind.

[@meownamejeff]

They won't do Old Gods of Asgard songs.

[@SirEgorVassa]

@@meownamejeff And that's realy sad. They may not fit the PotF ordinary style (but Poet and the Muse definitely does), but they are still the great songs.

[@friendlyatheist387]

Hell yeah

[@WatchMysh]

Omg please! It's the best song they ever did imho

[@himanshukahn]

Marko has the best voice I have ever heard. His voice is so deep and I have endless praise for him. But let's have a moment of appreciation for Olli Tukiainen. He is incredibly talented too. His guitar skills are lit . Lots of love from India. POTF forever :)

[@susanfereday2455]

The rest of the band are amazingly gifted musicians! As a pianist myself I have major respect for the pianist in POTF! ❤

[@americanstyle1093]

Do you remember standing on a broken field White crippled wings beating the sky The harbingers of war with their nature revealed And our chances flowing by If I can let the memory heal I will remember you with me on that field When I thought that I fought this war alone You were there by my side on the frontline When I thought that I fought without a cause You gave me a reason to try Turn the page I need to see something new For now my innocence is torn We cannot linger on this stunted view Like rabid dogs of war I will let the memory heal I will remember you with me on that field When I thought that I fought this war alone You were there by my side on the frontline And we fought to believe the impossible When I thought that I fought this war alone We were one with our destinies entwined When I thought that I fought without a cause You gave me the reason why With no-one wearing their real face It's a whiteout of emotion And I've only got my brittle bones to break the fall When the love in letters fade It's like moving in slow motion And we're already too late if we arrive at all And then we're caught up in the arms race An involuntary addiction And we're shedding every value our mothers taught So will you please show me your real face Draw the line in the horizon Cos I only need your name to call the reasons why I fought When I thought that I fought this war alone You were there by my side on the frontline And we fought to believe the impossible When I thought that I fought this war alone We were one with our destinies entwined When I thought that I fought without a cause You gave me the reason why...

[@TheDefton87]

Thanks 🎈

[@Cold417]

We need more Alan Wake and we need more Poets of the Fall to go with it. MORE, I say!

[@justjohn104]

Well, to be fair, Remedy's recent game Control shares the same universe with Alan Wake and includes an Old Gods of Asgard song.

[@chiffmonkey]

Control DLC 2 involves Alan Wake.

[@friendlycreature6375]

There will be Alan Wake 2 it's official !

[@PanoulisKapa]

@@friendlycreature6375 WHAT?!?!?!!? For real?

[@friendlycreature6375]

@@PanoulisKapa Yup :) Just wait for it

[@mohsiniqbal1442]

This is the best damn voice any man could wish for.

[@karentrinidad9683]

I can't believe how his voice sounds exactly as in the original record. ♥♥♥

[@DekriteN09]

I am really waiting for "Carnival of Rust" and "Tomorrow is a better day"

[@friendlycreature6375]

Where do we draw the line

[@VPMrs]

@@friendlycreature6375 No, never, but one of these will necessarily

[@mrdewarion]

Late Goodbye please.

[@Judgementxxx]

And Lift also.

[@impamp3]

oh cmon they need to do ´´Roses´´

[@ritwik84]

“When the love in letters fade, it’s like moving in slow motion and we’re already too late even if we arrive at all”

[@IJULIAN]

The best line indeed~

[@newbiesama]

That entire part is so great

[@LocalMachine]

Yes if you omit the "even" then you are correct. It's " And we're already too late if we arrive at all"

[@nabin6976]

Is this a reference to the game?

[@amthatwas]

Everyone's talking about Marko (and rightfully so), but I think that Olli deserves some recognition on this one too. Dude was nailing it. It didn't even feel like there were any instruments missing from this song.

[@helky8]

True! Olli 👏👍🔥

[@benkelley6561]

Yes! Fantastic acoustic performance.

[@whitefantom]

This was my very first Poets song, and it occupies a very special place in my heart for being the doorway to music that has genuinely changed my life. This version is amazing, haunting, and absolutely beautiful, and it's like falling in love all over again. 💜

[@zakixbox]

Me too, I still have Alan Wake instaled on my Xbox One

[@Amalasian]

only learned about this band a few days ago. learned about it from Control. and i love them.

[@user-vw5fy6zd7v]

@@zakixbox Ы

[@brianj4201]

Mine was Late Goodbye

[@gsharpmusic4540]

Opening lyrics "Do you remember standing on a broken field White crippled wings beating the sky The harbingers of war with their nature revealed And our chances flowing by" this is what happens when Poets become musicians.

[@fahmyeldeeb]

broken field*

[@JS-eu1co]

I first heard this song when someone made an Avengers tribute video and used this song

[@billyb501stlegion5]

@@JS-eu1co avengers is Trash, Alan wake is real

[@EclipseHDs]

@@billyb501stlegion5 Any way that a person can get a first taste of the Old gods of Asgard is a good way.

[@dianahernandez5717]

Marko’s voice is a gift from heaven.

[@esiomoreira]

Dynamics! An important resource Olli and Marko use in this version that most musicians neglect nowadays. From 3:31 to 4:08 they soften tehir playing/singing and bring the volume down, specially Olli. Then at 4:08 they hit the notes very hard to fulfill the space that the band and drums do in the original version, to bring this "crescendo" atmosphere. The details make SO much diference in music, most musicians are so used to just hit the notes in a constant level and forget about output dynamics which, for me, is the most beautiful resource in musical execution.

[@alanheyes694]

Dynamics are extremely important.

[@aurorasoininen]

He really doesnt even need music when hes singing because hes voice is the melody itself

[@ahmadhakimi7878]

Am I lucky to find this band ?? because there's no more beautiful and lyrical music's mainstream nowadays

[@AureliaPempenic64]

Yes we are so Lucky!

[@akashdhanwani6638]

Yes, we all are very lucky.

[@jonathanrynjah]

Gonna ignore the Musicianship?? 😤

[@priyambadatalapatra3779]

Marko's hands move almost as beautifully as he sings.

[@edwardlima6903]

Best song ¡¡Alan wake!!

[@seandewell9319]

I bought that game because of this song. Still haven't been able to get through it mind you, but the point is this song was good enough on its own to make me buy a game.

[@CounterSh4de]

Столько лет прошло, а голос Марко нисколько не изменился. Наоборот, становится лучше с каждым годом. Изумительно!

[@FlyingShite]

This man’s voice penetrates my soul and stripping the music down just makes this masterpiece of a song that much more heavenly.

[@user-vd8oy7jq9v]

Контроль над собственным голосом с такой точностью - это так прекрасно звучит

[@ericksonylagos]

Marko and Olli are the very essence of Poets, with all due respect to Jari, Jani, Jaako and Markus; this was the song that introduce me to them. They put so much love, so much art in their songs. Long live the Poets!

[@azarath]

Discovered this Beautiful band in Alan Wake, I remember searching for "Old gods of Asgard" expecting to find two grumpy old dudes rocking the stage. Instead I found PotF and its like Discovering music all over again. Thank you for your Extraordinary work!

[@MrvKrt]

From the time I heard this song in Alan Wake, it touches my life since then.

[@sherwood3800]

Yalnız değilmişim

[@2BAvalon]

Alan wake... I owe so much to that game. One of my favourite game ever

[@friendlycreature6375]

This song was never played in Alan Wake during the game, i just found it on KZbin

[@sherwood3800]

Friendly Creature no it was played in radio shows after speech

[@MrvKrt]

@@friendlycreature6375 You missed some details, my friend. Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX-7pGSPr5yYaq8

[@rasdvasamoedov352]

Как-будто это время стареет, а не они. Шикарно, как и всегда.

[@oazic777]

Голос исполнителя трогает кажется за самое сердце своим неповторимым звучанием и душевностью)

[@user-rm4by3fg4d]

НУ КАК?? Как возможно существование на Земле этого ангельского голоса?😍❤. Ребята, я вас обожаю

[@aad1987]

Согласен...исполняет

[@nakomis132]

Конечно невозможно! Марко точно с неба спустился к нам Х)

[@skripkalisa1]

Божественный голос....

[@user-gu2wx2rm3r]

согласен, почти не досягаемый уровень...есть конечно Элтон, Джордж Майкл, Майкл Джексон....но это меня поразило окончательно))

[@Hardylivesforever]

Damm❤❤❤ Poets are magic to this day Keep coming with new songs please 🙏

[@skinni_the_P00hBear]

I haven't visited this channel in a minute! "Carnival of Rust" is still by far my favourite song by y'all (with "Roses" & "War" tied for second) 🙌♥️

[@guitarcover9732]

Try cradled in love👍🏻

[@IJULIAN]

Roses is such an underrated song. Nice to see someone who has it in their top 3~

[@naveenkumardr]

Try Given and denied, Temple of thoughts, Lift, illusion and dreams, heal my wounds, drama for life.

[@skinni_the_P00hBear]

Stanz Wylde I listened to it not long after you commented the suggestion, and I freaking loved it. It was like a lullaby ♥️

[@erikmartinez5596]

Love will come to you, is a great song man!!

[@Ellie-qo6bw]

Can't believe I'm in the first 100's to see this magic music.. ;)

[@reveriemephisto1995]

Nothing like the acoustics of a beautiful theater to amp up a beautiful song.

[@daria_prim]

И никакие Беляши и рядом не валялись. Вот это музыка, настоящая, неповторимая, самобытная с настоящим вокалом! Это прекрасно, просто прекрасно! Это любовь на многие года!!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎

[@Vitasbosson]

А что\кто такое\такие беляши в вашем контексте? )))

[@user-md6ij9qo1b]

@@Vitasbosson Билли айлиш имелась в виду, скорее всего

[@overkast6841]

This is the song that got me into this band. Heard it on the little radio in Alan wake. Went back and stood there and listened a couple more times then looked them up. Old gods of asguard baby!

[@jakobvladimir3588]

Is it just me or do they have the best acoustic guitar tones in all of music? No one else has ever come close to something so clean and so well mixed. Even better with natural reverb. Great job, guys!

[@reflexionesenps]

I need to hear this song in a live session and cry as much as I do now ... simply beautiful! Thanks for being you. WE NEED THE POETS IN MEXICO CITY!

[@sohamsircar8905]

I was lucky enough to see them live years ago. And I still truly believe this is the voice of the universe. Marko's voice is not human.

[@Mia-xb3pr]

Музыка, которая прошла сквозь года, не потеряв ни грамма своего магнетизма и шикарности. Браво. Eargasm.

[@souviksantra454]

This is why we go to war, every day. Because in every difficult moment, we must remember the reasons why we must take a bit more pain to get through. This song is a reflection of our everyday life.

[@TAG-channel]

Я дождался! исполнение как всегда прекрасное. Ansiosta ! Next "late goodbye" ?

[@a.Hopeful]

Amen.... :)

[@cooldudeprads]

How soulful Marko's voice is just blows my mind. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🔥 I wish you, the Band, all the Joy & more success

[@Soviet_Hibiki]

"It's not a lake. It's an ocean." THANK YOU FOR THIS AMASING SONG! IT CHANGED MY LIFE!!!!

[@TornadoBlum]

10 лет назад слушал эту песню, такое чувство Марко не изменился.

[@andrewkolov6147]

Марко как хорошее вино, с годами только лучше и изысканнее!))

[@Mlie]

This was a great way to start the day! I love this project so much. The music, the sound, the editing - everything came together in a fantastic way to give War a new life. I’m so happy that we’ll get one of these videos each month this year!

[@valdanmat4125]

💜💜

[@DenDamir]

Красавчики! Офигенный голос!

[@martindargatz657]

I'm not an envious person! But I envy him as a musician for his voice. Wish I could sing like that. Can only compose melodies that no one hears 🙂

[@JayRayOfficial]

Gives me goosebumps. Goes straight to the heart.

[@WLxMusic]

Loved Striven, btw. So good.

[@xTigressStylex]

Omg remember when I said I wished War would be performed aaaand now we have it 🤩🤩👍🏼👍🏼✊🏻🔥 thank you Poets! This song is one of my very favorites since I first played Alan Wake and it’s haunting and beautiful 🥰😍😍😍 (Plz Remedy give us Alan Wake 2 for he is still captured there)

[@chrispitman8219]

• Loki Loses It • max payne 4!

[@WaylanderTone]

Hopefully now they have the publishing rights for Alan Wake that will be there next game

[@saritarawat5282]

That's how they roll😍

[@ivan94s]

Замечательный коллектив, любимейшая группа 😌🥰

[@jamesmiracle9644]

Everyone keeps talking about the voice and it warrants this but band is damn awesome as well 🤘😉

[@user-cq2zu4pc6x]

Это было.... потрясающе!👏👏👏👏

[@kanhatiwari8632]

POTF never misses any chance to amaze me 😍

[@JuanRomero-xn4le]

Hello guys, to be honest I don't know how I met you at all, but sincerely it's the best thing that have happened to me so far in this year and in a long time. Thank you so much for your music, it's so pure, relaxing and just make you feel in a different context, it's one of those things that makes you feel happy. Your sound is amazing, amazing atmosphere in your presentations, all the instruments sound amazing, and my most sincere respects to Marko, one of the most controlled voices that I have ever listened to, and I love a lot of other great singers, but you are so great, for me at least. 2 or 3 months ago I did not know you, now your are probably my favorite band and one of my dreams is to see you live! Keep doing what you are doing and touching so many hearts in this world that lacks of real love, thing that doesn't happen with your music. Thank you guys, you have made my days better

[@TimTheTuner]

Wonderful! Marko's voice is the best and so versatile. Olli sure loves his Ibanez guitars; a true fan!

[@rlygirl468]

This is such a beautiful and intimate way Poets play with their fans. I love these sessions!

[@AureliaPempenic64]

Marko's voice is a pure jewel on this melody, feeling such a warm melancholy, I love it so much, thanks, best birthday gift for me… (one day in advance) and Olli's guitar is so present so alive, thanks to you guys

[@sarahleclere6520]

Ce titre... cette Prestation, procure des émotions incroyablement puissantes.

[@tamaratantalo841]

I just can't get other people to understand what they're missing this voice, the lyrics, the music.. How beautiful..

[@zenzalei]

11:45 p.m. where I am. Thanks for the lullaby, guys!

[@sayantanmaiti2513]

I'm from exactly other pole. It's am here now

[@joaom3234]

YES, this was my introduction to the band a long time ago, been a fan ever since. Thank you for this

[@sam0yloff]

This is The Music. This is the kind of songs our ancestors used to sing near a campfire after a hard day, to signify that we're still alive, still fighting, still loving. This music unites us on so many levels, while the modern world wants us to hate each other.

[@mohitkumardash888]

Wish one day i could hear them in a theatre like this. 😢

[@MaryFaulds]

This song hasn’t aged and neither has his voice 💯

[@MuzikAficionado]

War is my first love with POTF! A love that lasted through their journey and is evergrowing esp. with this accoustic rendition... The world needs to replenish itself with Poets of the Fall!

[@zeroexile5836]

Нуу, можно сказать, поэты выступили на большой сцене)

[@ComunidadeNightwish]

Alan Wake was the reason why I found Poets of the Fall. Thank you, guys! Finland has my two favorite banda: Nightwish and Poets of the Fall 💙

[@Khontis]

My husband was deployed when Alan Wake came out. I heard this song and sent him the lyrics. He still says that this is the theme of that deployment.

[@philipcusumano4341]

That was absolutely incredible. I’ve listened to that song many many times over the years, but that rendition was simply breathtaking. Goosebumps to the maximum level. Thank you boys! 👍❤️

[@dattatreyapati9919]

Even it with one guitar....it is just like the recording🔥❤

[@jayreed3821]

I didn't want to go to bed until I got to hear Episode 2. Now I don't want to go to bed, because I just want to keep listening!

[@user-qf8un3rc8v]

OMG...balm for the soul

[@alv1174]

I am blessed to have POTF in my life.

[@userkettu_rina]

Вы как и прежде меня поражаете. Браво !

[@torjalfa]

First time I hear this amazing song, was in Alan Wake. Now it's like another time and place. The place is the same, but the time feels like much, much more than ten years ago... Like events in 2009 was closer today. Still, I miss that time for other reasons too. But the past is the past. And years later after Alan Wake, I got my first album of Poets Of The Fall (once again, as I never heard of them before, until this song), and so far I have all the albums today. Ah memories😅

[@bhushan1427]

Touching hearts, his voice is like a soft echo..never fading

[@michaelapeakeshinoda6908]

Thought I's play Poets as a background to work. Well, finding myself regularly zoinng out and just listening, enthralled.

[@elenasapphire7292]

I've been to two of your concerts, and you are always a magician on stage. ❤️❤️❤️ From Spb, Russia

[@debbieninjafoxgirlames434]

I found this when I listened to their Carnival of Rust and I fell in love with both songs.

[@aad1987]

Красиво он исполнил... чисто так спел,ровно,мощно.поразительно

[@JARMANVIRKLIVE]

They are surprising me every time.. King of fools was favorite.. War is also.. Next will be too.. Thanks for all these gifts.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 Wonders are going on these days..

[@watchsubham5196]

Olli creates magic with the guitar.

[@silvanaworld4378]

Perfect !💯 Please come to Argentina !🇦🇷

[@apdsouza]

Masterpiece❤️

[@kroht4710]

Обожаю. Такие воспоминания с прохождения Алана Уэйка. . . .

[@m.m.7530]

They r so unreal fantastic..and they are since their beginning..why can´t the world see..Maybe now :-)

[@robinfroust4259]

One of the best live performers this days, is incredible how good you sound live,just incredible

[@alexandrmotin2496]

Alan Wake...Forever in our hearts

[@vitanuovagaming7166]

This was the first dance at our wedding...thanks, PoTF, for all the beautiful memories over the years!

[@jeancarpenter5283]

My Son introduced me to Poets. I'm in love 🥰

[@Nilzonius]

I discovered this amazing band when I heard this song on Swedish television 😎

[@user-gu2wx2rm3r]

Один из лучших голосов в истории музыки, исполнитель на гитаре тоже великолепен

[@Niszrok]

My favorite! Wonderful! Thanks!!!

[@Snipe942]

Thank you guys for such heartwarming and simultaneously heartbreaking gift. You are my favorite band

[@OlehKolos]

Just great!!!

[@margannaful]

The original video to this song was effing incredible!

[@tyborg1]

By far my favorite version of this song....

[@MrPautinqch]

I love your music

[@Nasatai]

Hauntingly beautiful...