REACTION (TRIBAL) NIGHTWISH

[@johnnyskov79]

Actually I believe Abraham cut into 3 refers to the 3 major Abrahamic religions. Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Man found God in these 3 religions and began to preach. After this comes the cost of a religious hive mind. Suffering. Sacrifice. Separation. Exploitation. Destruction. Sucking the aureate tongue refers to being forced to blindly trust prophets, when they claim to speak the word of God. Aureate means gold covered or golden.

[@KellyDeaconKDzJOY]

Very nice analysis regarding cut into three, and aureate defined. Thank you!

[@ericlenouy8756]

Lyrically speaking, you can feel in "Tribal" the same vibe as in "Weak Fantasy"

[@marcelofarah8657]

@@KellyDeaconKDzJOY Kelly I really like your lyrics analysis. They are always very precise but in this case, you didn't talk about suffering, separation, and so on, derived from fanatism and abuse of power in religion, which is very explicit in the song, and it seems to me that you ommitted that part on purpose. If not my apologies to you. You may not agree with what is stated on the song but when analysing lyrics or any text one must be objective even though if one doesn't agree with the message given. I love your reactions and you are a very kind person and very emotional too. Please don't take my comment in a wrong way. My intention was to make a constructive critic. This is just my impression and my opinion. Keep Safe. Regards

[@v-mp2557]

Hi, Kelly. On the timeline and the theme of the song, this could very well have been the second song on the album. Noise I could have imagined hearing the rest of the record. But Thomas knows ... But about this song. Indeed, a live gig is expected and how the skeleton dance starts. The seismological vibrations of the earth have reportedly subsided during this exceptional period. Expected a statistical spike during Nightwish’s live concert as the skeleton dance begins to play.

[@KellyDeaconKDzJOY]

@@marcelofarah8657 I love your comment. One could delve quite deep into the lyrics so you keep doing exactly this. I think it's great to share these views. Thank YOU.

[@TheNismo777]

I think its 110% sure that Nightwish army will do a skeleton dance every time the song hits :)

[@giselameyer2814]

Yes i agree😀🤗

[@j.f.l.bousquet1998]

I'm imagining Wacken with 83,000 people doing the skeleton dance.

[@KellyDeaconKDzJOY]

As a proud member of the army, I have a ticket to see them in September. (Not sure if I'll be able to go, or what will occur due to this pandemic, and fact New York City was hit very hard with virus). If I get to go, you bet your bottom dollar I'll try this dance! It's a guarantee everyone will be doing it!

[@ChrisPage68]

@@KellyDeaconKDzJOY The Skeletons remind me of Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion animated skeleton from Jason And The Argonauts.

[@jukkahelminen9071]

@@KellyDeaconKDzJOY Today Floor put video on KZbin and Facebook, answering questions. One question was something like "do you want see audience dancing "skeleton dance" when Nightwish play this song" and Floor said "YES and I might dance myself also" :D

[@SandraNelson063]

Oh, the Tribal skeletons MUST dance through live shows! I want a live DVD!

[@KellyDeaconKDzJOY]

If and when they get to the live shows (I have ticket to New York Sept. 15) but this pandemic messed that all up. Anyway, I am looking forward to the skeleton dance! You best believe the entire audience will be doing it!

[@helenahey]

I wish this song was even longer! 😍 Kai did unbelievable job on the drums 🖤 Thanks for your reaction once again Kelly.

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

awesome! Just awesome, the drums, the guitar and vocals. What a song, what an album. I´m out of words...

[@tomnagel5769]

What I like most of all about nightwish is they make you think they always have from Angels Fall first to human nature always growing and perfecting if that's a word the more you listen the more you hear the more you understand Tuomas you are among the the greatest composers ever

[@hungrygrl333]

this band is so tight. they all play their instruments beautifully and blend well.

[@dennisweifenbach2647]

Just being able to watch Kai play this track will be amazing, and a seemingly impossible feat for one man. Jukka might have to come back and help out Kai for just this one song.

[@ninau.]

Thanks for this, Kelly. I absolutely love this track 💀

[@sixtuspettersson6059]

I just LOVE your reactions, U are a REAL human been,, in this world of violence and "Noise" !! U are kind spirit whit Tuomas !! Thank you !! For being U !

[@blissfull_ignorance8454]

Bazaar of heavens for a hive mind= I guess they refer to the fact that there are/has been innumerable amount of beliefs and religions for ppl to choose from, like a bazaar. Hive mind in my opinion refers to a fact that religions or any ideologies tend to create this collective way of thinking, where everyone believe in one single truth and demand submission of "self" to this collective dogma.

[@AdolfoSalinasP]

Floor Jansen said "She wants to see the Skeleton´s dance in concerts"... So, her wish will become real.

[@lexluthor6497]

If she want it, she will get it.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Kai is tha bomb !!!👍 The drummer of the epic band "Queen" was alsoo burried amongst his drum kit

[@Benobot99]

I've been waiting for this, awesome. :)

[@HenriqueVilelaMusic]

It was the one I liked the most.

[@BerndosMusic]

Tribal is basically the in-your-face version of Weak Fantasy. I must admit I overlooked that song for a longer time because it didn't do much for me musically, but lyrically both Tribal and Weak Fantasy ciriticise the same things. I always thought a better name the song would be "Tribal Poetry", which is also a line in it, but now that Tribal exists, they compliment each other. :)

[@fdsannie]

I thought the same thing about the dancing skeletons at the concerts to. It was the first thing I thought of. lol Take care.

[@tamara1909]

Nightwish spoiled their fans. I never thought that one day I would find a 4-minute song too short. Ha ha. But if this song is longer than I think Kai will lose his arm, and that will be a disaster for us. I just read an interview in which he said that at first he felt like he needed 3 arms to play this song.

[@missrubyphoenix]

4:10 your face lol you're so adorable 💕

[@ascensionenergetics85]

Yep 85,000 will be doing the skeleton dance easy...

[@lonelywind3511]

I like that you included the bit from Kai at the beginning.

[@ecowarriorprincessx]

Thank you Kelly this is on another level! I hope you are well, safe and taking care. Lots love.

[@Mike_Judas_Priest_Kalsek]

Those drums are very, er, tribal! Some nice heavy guitar riffs in this one too. And I don`t recall Floor singing with as much aggression in any prior studio track as she does in this one. I`m curious as to who is doing the grunting vocal parts...is it Floor, Marco, or both of them? Great song. Cheers!

[@kimstrom7793]

Floor said in one of her livestreams it's both her and Marko doing the grunts.

[@Meinvo]

She grunted on greatest show on earth, so it's definitely her with Marco.

[@fnglert]

It's likely all three of them, Floor, Marco and Troy.

[@benrilomubarok586]

And no one talk about the skellys! That will be my formal floor dance besides Sid wilsons! Haha

[@tootsie9988]

@johnny Skov: you are absolutely right in your analysis

[@tonihalme8323]

SkeletonArmy its here Yes!..we have a bloooooooooood history,name of gods.And madnes go on ...more members "born"

[@Thorgrim247]

Hello KD. Great to see you again. This is not one of Nightwish's beautiful songs. However it is a very poignant observation of the human condition. We do have an innate need to find our place within society which leads us to separate into like minded groups. We tend to think of these clannish relationships as family, friends, or a locality such as community, town, state, and country. As well as ethnicity, gender, religious philosophy, and the very last and least consideration, human beings. We are constantly being forced to segregate ourselves into group think. Every government form asks you for your race, gender, economic status or political party affiliation. In my opinion Tribal is about all of these things that drive us apart instead of bringing us together. I am not sure of your religious philosophy, but these types of topics can be very disturbing to people with strong belief systems. However, Tuomas wants us all to open our minds to the bigger picture of our shared humanity and control our urges to separate into smaller tribal groups pitted against each other. If we put aside his comments on how religion, especially monotheism drives much of the history of turmoil and hatred for humanity throughout the last 3000 years, it comes down to a well known figure of speech. "United we stand, divided we fall"! A similar phrase also appears in the biblical New Testament - translated into English from the historic Greek in Mark 3:25 as "And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand". Humanity is that House. Be well Kelly and stay safe. Peace and love.

[@janspiljard]

Sorry, the text you refer to here is about the devil healing people like Jesus did. If the devilcsrsrts healing his empire is internally divided. So the house in this case has nothing to do with humanity. It has to do with Satan.

[@EyesOfGehenna]

I would like to comment on the hive mind and Abraham cut into three. A hive mind isn't just working together. A hive mind has one center or leader that controls the thoughts of the rest of the hive. The members of the hive do not have freedom to think their own things. This is a direct criticism on how religion sets a "truth" that all have to follow and criticism of the faith or dogma's thereof is therefore not allowed generally. It's thought control, thought police. As for Abraham cut into three, the explanation is more simple. There are three main religions that are also referred to as the Abrahamic religions, being Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Hence Abraham cut into three.

[@KellyDeaconKDzJOY]

Very well thought out and excellent analysis. Thank you for sharing. I'm sure the hive or collective is exactly how you described. Cut into three makes sense as well. A more broad meaning covers exactly what the song is about. Well done!

[@overdosedmiawallace]

Kai was amazingggg

[@pickboaa]

Great song but a bit short imo. Kai is killing it here tho!

[@KellyDeaconKDzJOY]

I thought the same.... as if the song was missing the bridge, (as a segway to the final chorus). However, the skeleton dance provided that break in the music, that complimented the song/drums so perfectly. Kai is a beast on drums huh?!

[@pickboaa]

Yeah thats true, we might be a bit spoiled as most of Nightwish songs are kindof long only this one and Sleeping sun i kindof think is a bit short. They are both great songs tho. The skeleton dance was awesome, will be interesting to see the crowd when they play it live. Yeah Kai is really good, he isnt the showman that Jukka was but is a great fit for Nightwish.

[@hannadegerlund3227]

Lyrics 👍

[@PAULSWorld131]

Tomorrow live!

[@alessandrobellini931]

Floor is an angel and a devil, Tuomas is her GOD

[@ytbabbler]

It's sad that this dance only can be done at the moon since our gravity would make that jump to look silly.

[@janspiljard]

The verses from Genesis You had in your reaction video are of the covenant the LIVING God made with Abraham. An everlasting covenant. And yes the part about Abraham cut in three probably refers to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. But exactly the verse you had in your video show a contradiction with the lyrical part "man founds Gods and began to preach". Yes, man found many gods throughout history (idols). Abraham, however did not find God. The everlasting God and Creator of everything found Abraham. He is the God who was and is and is to come. The LIVING God, as i said before.

[@jamesanderson5268]

The only problem with this song is it's too damned short.