The Gathering Travel (TG25 Live at Doornroosje) Our Mixed Reaction

[@chriso6719]

Yes, Anneke is Dutch. She was with The Gathering from '94-'07. She's done solo work, a project with Arjen called The Gentle Storm. And in 2016 formed a prog metal band called Vuur.

[@51bikerboy]

The song is about Mozart . The people at the end are (old) singers of the Gathering this was a celebration. Anneke is the Godmother of Dutch symphonic metal. She inspired many female metal singers Like Floor, Sharon, Charlotte, Simone etc.

[@wimvank.7463]

Anneke....Godmother of the Dutch front metal singers!

[@randywhite1724]

She’s one of the original Metal queens who inspired many others. Obvious someone’s not a fan of progressive metal. This was their 25th reunion and the people who came at the end were former singers.

[@Trikipum]

this is not prog metal man....Not even metal, at this point of the career, the gathering were like a trip hop band that evolved from a diferent root. It is not the only doom metal band that evolved in such way. Anathema turned into a similar thing too, and spawned another band, antimatter, very trippy. The gathering just evolved out of a genre.

[@Thorgrim247]

The vocal performance was amazing. There is such a trance like groove to this song. A little bit like a Pink Floyd vibe. From the older psychedelic era. The lyrics are all about yearning to travel back in time to tell Mozart that his music would live forever. This was a 25th anniversary show. Her parents were actually all of the different singers from the past of The Gathering.

[@stpfs9281]

Trancey groove, yes, hypnotic, love the guitars. The backing singers, what a lovely friendly feeling.

[@evilvolts]

Floor and Simone looked up to Anneke as their inspiration she was like a mentor for them from afar

[@davidhill7055]

This is Anneke in a reunion concert maybe 10 years after she left the band. The other singers in this concert were singers after Anneke had left. To see the young fresh face Anneke (after she just joined the band) watch The Gathering - Strange Machines live Pinkpop Fest (1996). Back then she was known as "The Tinkerbell of Metal" Anneke fronted The Gathering from around 1995 to around 2006.

[@Drinckx2]

I think the song is a masterpiece - beautiful and haunting. Anneke is great - wonderful voice, lovely person. But this song is brilliant.

[@alexandersomers21]

Thanks for watching, I asked you to watch her when I reacted to you guys looking at Valley of the Queens. Anneke’s name is very well pronounced by SueSue. Plenty of acoustics on KZbin. Her vocal capability is Highest-Tier. Waking Hour (same concert) is a very good example of all her vocal skills … Enjoy … 🤘

[@ceesvink6984]

Anneke's voice is amazing. Check out a very young Anneke with the Gathering's Strange Machines. Or Anneke with the Devin Townsend Project.

[@shoemaker688]

This was in my home city and i was under a stone here. Bt that happens every now and then and how great is is to see this on YT and listen to common sense comments. Thank you guys!

[@davidhill7055]

If you have not watched it yet "On Most Surfaces" is also stellar from this same TG25 show. This concerts features Professional sound recording combined with mostly fan base (and some professional) video recording.

[@rianvandenhoof4124]

Hitting like is saying thank you for posting, I like watching it.

[@LittlePapaJohn]

I learned the band when they launched Nighttime Birds in 1997. The CD was in my CD player for weeks. I still love the music from when Anneke was in the band.

[@robgerhardterellen1488]

Beste Zangers 2021, Anneke van Giersbergen participated with some songs, highly recommended. Use also the subtitles and you know a little bit about her background. She is the Dutch Godmother of Metal and an inspiration for Floor and her sister Irene Jansen, Simone Simons, Charlotte Wessels, Sharon den Adel, and a lot of other great (Dutch) female fronted vocalists in the rock/ metal scene. With Sharon in Within Temptation she did together the wonderful song Somewhere. For your next video comments I would say.

[@stpfs9281]

I concur Beste Zangers 2021 and Somewhere!

[@karencommentz8658]

Quien ganó???

[@robgerhardterellen1488]

@@karencommentz8658Beste Zangers is not a songcontest, there is no winner. Besides the song Somewhere was not part of a Beste Zangers episode, but done live on stage with the band Within Temptation and Anneke van Giersbergen as guest singer.

[@karencommentz8658]

Pero en uno ganó Floor, no entiendo.

[@robgerhardterellen1488]

@@karencommentz8658Of course Floor is very great, nevertheless as a youngster of fourteen she wanted to be like Anneke who was seven years older and already front woman of The Gathering.

[@tomvenner6030]

I love Anneke, her voice is so soothing. This is a great atmospheric and proggy song. Great to chill out in a dimly lit room with a nice glass of wine, imho.

[@Doppeldropper]

She has wonderful singing voice and great sense of humor too, which you can see in some of the live show recordings on YT too 🙂 Her "Strange machines" live show on Pink Pop goes to early years, good song to start the road trip 🤘😊👍

[@khuizinga796]

One of the best songs on the planet 😊 ty

[@patrickgelder-ph5yd]

Their discography is so diverse. I have to say, the little tick of your head everytime Anneke hit a certain note was fun to see.

[@christinaalgate4899]

Hi Guys Anneke is Awesome and her last album was all acoustic and it is Awesome. You should check out Anneke on Beste Zangers. Anneke will be 50 in March. You should react to her singing Strange Machines with The band The Gathering from Pink Pop. P.S She also sings Travel with an orchestra.

[@stpfs9281]

Oh, the armed forces special concert?

[@erickvermeulen9734]

I must admit, sometimes I am so enthralled by your discussions that I forget to press like. But that lack of liking is therefor an act of appreciation :-) Wonderful how SueSue pronounced the name of Anneke, I am sure my surname with eu in it is still to hard to pronounce for most Americans. Anneke was in 2021 on Beste Zangers and showed what she can do with her angelic voice.

[@Fuzzywuzzywasawoman]

Haha if this doesn’t touch your heart sorry but your dead inside😂

[@lurkiandanti367]

In the end all the singers that have been in The Gathering came out. well - one .. loved it!!

[@davidhill7055]

Anneke grew up in the same Provence in the Netherlands that Floor is from. She was the original pioneer and an inspiration for a young Floor who then realized a woman could successful front a metal band. Where NW is Symphonic Metal, I would classify The Gathering as "Melancholy Metal." Lots to explore here

[@evilvolts]

Anneke is the reason Many female artists are into Symphonic metal including Floor Jansen and Simone Simons she like the godmother of female fronted symphonic metal. to see her with Floor and Marcella Bovio check out Ayreon's Valley of the Queens kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipPIk4Jrd7-cY6s

[@revylokesh1783]

The Gathering is a fantastic band, and they were even more so during the time Anneke was their singer. They started out as a Doom Metal band, and then transitioned, via Gothic Rock, and with a healthy dose of Bristol Trip-hop, towards what they would call "Trip-Rock". Masterfully blending Pink Floyd and Shoegaze and many other influences. And above all that, Anneke's powerful angelic voice.

[@joslauwers7960]

25th anniversary at venue Doornroosje (Sleeping Beauty) with all present and past singers. The Gathering started with a male singer Bart Smit and other singers Marike Groot, Neils Duffhues, Anneke van Giersbergen and now Silje Wergerland.

[@Robert-dd6yz]

Art.

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

Top tenner........of best songs ever made on this beautiful planet! Yes, I allllssooo immed gives 'likes' to every good reaction on YT...it's such simple thing to do.......and it burns a small amount of calories........so, people, the more likes you give, the more you get in shape! Love, Rich, The Gatherlan.......uhhhmmm...The Netherlands.

[@djohan5088]

thank you..

[@peterkeijsers489]

Actually, those 'parents' the wolfman talked about are actually front singers from other periods.This was from an anniversary concert (I believe the year was 2014?). This one of the longest songs they ever made, so that's a plus.

[@harriependers9171]

A master peace

[@jandemanist]

it doesn't matter wolfman if you thought it was a bit too long or if you didn't like the song, get it but anneke's vocals compensate a bit, I'd rather you be honest than you didn't like it and say that you thought it was a great song and thought otherwise we wouldn't get any likes! haha just kidding, at the end you saw the former singers of the band, great that you already wanted to do the song! last year anneke also participated in best singers Anneke van Giersbergen - Sobrevivirė | Best Singers 2021 kzbin.info/www/bejne/invcmH6mhb6IsKs here is another old song where anneke is still very young The Gathering - Strange Machines live Pinkpop Fest(1996) Remastered kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3m4fqqfo7tld7M I personally think this is a great cover Anneke Van Giersbergen feat. Esa Holopainen - Who Wants to Live Forever (Queen cover) @ Helsinki kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXiXmJ5mgtRln80 here's a nice cover of pink floyd Anneke van Giersbergen sings Wish You Were Here kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGXFlomwn7aqi6s Anneke Van Giersbergen - Saturnine - Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2017 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnvOoKGImJ6trqs Anneke van Giersbergen & Danny Cavanagh - The Blower's Daughter kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6rRmmZogduKo5Y

[@Payne2view]

"The isolation sessions" filmed during Covid times, is a good mini-concert to hear Anneke's accoustic performance style. I've cued-up the link at my favourite song from the set, which also includes covers by various singers of a variety of genres. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zmm5ZWaCbp2qnrc Also her cover of "Wasted years" by Iron Maden on Yukelele is good too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp2ac5Skqpl8gJY

[@BrendonChase_2015]

Haha you guys are just great! Lemme go first. This song is a masterpiece of (indeed!) atmosphere and soul. A great concept to boot, travelling through time & space to tell Mozart abt the lasting value of his music. This whole piece of art and its masterful delivery speaks to me in ways I can't describe. So when I imagine myself reacting to this, I really would have struggled to put it into words. That is probably why music's there in the first place: "Sing what you can't say" right? For some reason I just knew the Skuppetmaster wouldn't like the piece and Sue would. Different minds operating in different ways, I guess. Analysis vs synthesis, something like that. And the Wolf sure didn't disappoint. Only thing I emphatically disliked was the '60s reference to background music with ppl getting wasted and so on. Before my time, that horrid hippie cult, which always seemed very manufactured to me (see McGowan's book, "Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon" for those interested). I wouldn't describe Sue's appreciation as just being "kind & nice", but I get the joke. Lovely to see the contrast on display so during the reaction, my undivided attention went to Sue's facial expressions. Would have loved to hear more abt how she experienced the music after 15:15 the "agree to disagree". But that's maybe for another time when the Wolf might be somewhat less enthusiastic abt venting his dislike and perhaps give her a chance to finish a whole sentence ;) Cheers from Amsterdam! 🤘

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

"Forget what you can't play." A Dutchie who is against drugs? You're a weirdo.👀 I like how Wolfman checked it in the middle: "Is this $h!t over yet?!"😂 I love this kind of music. Puts you into a trance without any need of mind-altering substances (which I've never touched and never will). Some dark ambient and melodic black metal have similar effect on me, though it's hard to find BM that doesn't make use of schizophrenic blast beats, which my ears are not very appreciative of. The Gathering sounds to me like a heavier Pink Floyd with MUCH better vocals (sorry Dave - not sorry ;). I've always sorta liked Floyd, but never been a massive fan - probably because they DO sound like they're permanently high.😄

[@BrendonChase_2015]

@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 Hah! My Dutchie favs are Datura stramonium and Amanita muscaria and Indica variety canna of course, but that was bcz of our homemade medicinal THC/CBD oil, which gave us extra years together (and in thoroughly diluted form provided pain relief, seizure prevention etc. for many of our neighbours). PF with better vocals AND drummer dare I say? Blast beats and growls I've long ago filed under, "a time & place for them" which for me is very sparingly ;) Have to confess that I like the way Floor tends to sneak them in, e.g. with "Ghost River" or in her AFAS version of "Face Your Demons". And yes, I laughed out loud at the sight of the Wolf who seemed almost caged in utter boredom, desperately checking for the emergency exit. That was kind of entertaining. SueSue deserves a solo reaction, since the music clearly "clicked" with her. Cheers!

[@BrendonChase_2015]

Afterthought: You know how much I like you guys as a team, right? You're one of three reaction subscriptions I've left (the other ones being John Wilson's channel & that of fr. Guylain Prince). So here's my unreserved take on another one to The Gathering in this vein. I don't think it's much fun to have the Wolf endure another piece from this concert, just to "do it for SueSue". Doesn't sound like a good enough reason. You do it out of a genuine interest in music, even if it's not your regular cup of tea. If it doesn't work, no biggie. Lots of other ways to be nice to Sue, offline of course😉 So I honestly wouldn't mind the Wolf taking his leave to allow Sue a reaction to another TG song from this epic concert. Just to hear her personal thoughts abt lyrics, music and performance. I understand that Jeff has his own channel, so a bit of solo Sue every now & then won't hurt. My suggestion as others have done already: "The Gathering - Waking Hour (TG25: Live at Doornroosje - unofficial video)". Vocal masterclass incoming!

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

@@BrendonChase_2015 Hmm... The weed&shroom joke was funny... yeah.🙁 Wait what? Oh, you're right - there IS a drummer in PF. I love the occasional sneaky growls too. But growling all the time, or even worse - the high-pitched DSBM screams - hell naw. I agree that Sue should maybe do a solo reaction. No need to force-feed Wolfman what he doesn't like. Though sometimes it works - for me it worked with After Forever, I've become a fan of a band that doesn't exist anymore.

[@vorspiel8]

Los amè!!! jajajaja

[@briandevin1349]

Really good and honest reaction, very much liked that. Also can relate heavily as started listening to the Gathering only a few years ago, loved them, but not this song, for the reasons you talked about Wolfman. However, love it now, the more I listened to the rest of their music, it kinda made more sense somehow. Anyway, hope you do check out more of the amazing Anneke. Also worth checking her out with Devin Townsend if you want something totally different.........I would recommend Grace Live at the Retinal Circus.

[@ralfmeyer9086]

The Godmother for many dutch female Metal Singer. Asked Floor or Simone. 🤘 What a perfect Prog Song.

[@brettkeepin808]

Also the song called somewhere with within temptation live was awsome 😊

[@stpfs9281]

Anneke, the inspiration for Floor and lots of others. Her Paris solo concert was really nice, she dealt with the hecklers. "Beste Zangers" 2021 was great to see her in the comfy environment, this time in a big barn, rather than abroad. This concert you get the feeling that she appreciates the band and loves the audience (even though they were quiet most of the time). I can see why Floor likes her style.

[@Сергій-ъ9т9б]

thank

[@Payne2view]

I suggest "Waking hour" from the same concert? Anneke's control is well shown in that. The rocket accident on the film behind is an unmanned Atlas Centaur launch from the 60s. The song itself is about Mozart.

[@adriennevanhoof6637]

You pronounced her name perfect Suesue,she is so good lots of amazing songs i suggest The one i recommend is Saturnine also a Gathering song performed by Anneke and Esa Holopainen unplugged🧡🙏

[@forkless]

One would hope everyone would be as honest and say if they didn't like a song instead of providing lip service to keep the viewership happy. I have numerous songs of bands I REALLY like that aren't for me. Fun fork fact: That venue is a 15 minute walk from where I live.

[@SueSueandthewolfman]

No way! That close ? Have you ever seen any Nightwish or off shoots of Nightwish in concert?

[@forkless]

​@@SueSueandthewolfman Unfortunately, no. I also missed the concert Floor gave at that venue in January of 2020. Still feeling sick missing out on that one.

[@SueSueandthewolfman]

@@forkless thanks above for such easy access to video and audio these days - we still can see it all! 💜💜💜

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

I love Mozart 'and' the Wolfman.........'and' in this particular order

[@MisterJ56]

For more Anneke van Giersbergen (including funny/hilarious moments) …. you should see her at a live performance in Budapest (Hungary) with a Chris Cornell cover. *Anneke van Giersbergen’s VUUR* - *_”Like a Stone”_* : kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3-oinqKg8RgaZI Another great (The Gathering) performance is *_"Waking Hour"_* (live at Doornroosje (Nijmegen, the Netherlands) TG25): kzbin.info/www/bejne/poauc4lugsSLjqc Or one of her songs during Beste Zangers 2021 ..... *_"Sobrevivirė"_* : kzbin.info/www/bejne/invcmH6mhb6IsKs&ab_channel=AVROTROS BTW: I didn't forget the Like-button 😉

[@geertdelange4785]

Everyone has his taste, that's normal 😊

[@musicfromtheheart100]

Only seeing this now, and I agree it's a song that seems to take forever to finish, but that's only a problem if it doesn't appeal to you, right, Wolfman? 😄 You're not the only reactor that feels this way, there's a certain David Heretic, an L.A.-based bass player and YT reactor who nearly fell off his chair listening to this, but in all fairness credited the musicians for their skills. So, yeah, I understand why some people simply don't care for this type of music. I, myself, like this a lot for the transcending vibe it gives off in which I can easily lose myself, no need for any hallucinatory drugs, btw. Loved both your takes on it and I'm not sure why SueSue ended the reaction in German, but the 'eu' in 'euch' is pronounced like 'oy' in 'boy'. 😉 Oh, and I love you too! 🧡

[@somedutchguy2062]

You have to have a KZbin-account to be able to click the like-button with success. I often don't log into it, simply to prevent me pushing me being into more, too much, into a 'bubble'. KZbin is kinda stupid in that regard. It's into maybe half a year since I made the account and cannot say it's a wonderful ride. KZbin's algorithms are stupid, very stupid. Still, thanks for doing this thing you two do so well with my Gathering and the lady Anneke van Giersbergen. So little not and so much to do about this good and wonderfully beautiful and also friendly one lady in this reunion of the Gathing that they had in Roornroosje in Nijmegen, a club in the Dutch city in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. I always have the feeling that I have to add extra information, so people do get it and understand. Understand that the Netherlands is more than just Amsterdam, among other things. Am more on the side of 'Suesue' (?), I guess. Anneke/ The Gathering, by the way, was a huge inspiration for people in Within Temptation and Floor Jansen (After Forever, Nightwish). Don't do drugs, except smoking and drinking, sometimes. But mostly and a lot of coffee and smoking. Smoking and coffee, yeah baby! The song is about Mozart, but one could interpret the lyrics in other ways too. Isn't that about a lot of other music true?

[@sandyegun3780]

Now you can play Gentle Storm - The Storm!!!!!

[@andrelglinnenbank2856]

On the pronunciation of Doornroosje (Little Thorn-Rose, hence the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty): In Dutch the OO is always pronounced as a long O like in Floor.

[@joop558]

Maybe you did not realize this, but this song was about Mozart. Anneke is the great inspsiration for a lot of Dutch female metal singers like Floor Jansen.

[@obud3777]

A tribute to Mozart! 🤘🎶

[@MrRon1968]

Anneke’s voice is ................ Ayreon - Valley Of The Queens (With Lyrics) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXzCoJqmbcR8l6c The Gentle Storm - The Storm live Masters of Rock (2015) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWbSY36Je994l80

[@erwinamesz7642]

Oh yes…. Anneke… my truly quilty pleasure❤

[@redguern]

Finally! One of my favourites. This one may not be for you Wolfman but there's plenty to choose from, either The Gathering, The Gentle Storm, her solo projects or collaborations. Some suggestions have been made in earlier comments here for you to try.

[@leeblack1277]

The best song from this show is “Waking Hour.” It is not as long and Anneke really shines. After that, check out Anneke’s acoustic cover of Audioslave’s “Like a Stone.” The one where she is wearing a hat. It is just her and a guitar. Brilliant.

[@nicolasdubus669]

You really should listen to "Waking hour" during the same concert

[@RT-oz3xg]

You should consider listening to Waking Hour from this same show. Probably showcases her voice even more.

[@brettkeepin808]

Shrink is possibly the best song she has sung 👍definitely being played at my funeral 😂

[@kentk2215]

Doornroosye translates to Sleeping Beauty in English. Although if you translate Sleepy Beauty to Dutch it’s “schone Slaapster”. 🤷🏻‍♂️. Doorn is thorn and roosye is rosy so maybe rosythorn, more literally

[@ThEmB0nEz]

The Gathering - Waking Hour(TG25: Live at Doornrooosje) The Gathering - On Most Surfaces(TG25: Live at Doornrooosje)

[@amygoodson-catlady]

I'm w Wolf...I always like (unless I really didn't) even if I don't comment bc I know how important that is to "the algorithm"! This was very proggy. Can't say I liked the song (as opposed to the reaction!) Despite a lovely vocalist who looks like a real woman, not a (cough-Battle Beast-cough) Real Doll! And pleasant music...I guess I need a different mood. I'll see next time. In exciting 'nobody cares' news...I'm no longer stealing my neighbor's wifi! She hooked up 8 Ring cameras and blamed me for slowing her bandwidth. Well I'm not gonna school her, she's been kind enough to share. Because I'm Disabled, I qualify for free high speed wifi, so I got hooked up today! If anyone needs info on the program, hit me up!

[@lompeos7388]

Don’t listen to him, watch more

[@SueSueandthewolfman]

we will!!

[@aerosnake77]

this band is well worth a deep dive

[@Novmacar]

The song is about Mozart. You don’t listen to the gathering you experience them. 😉

[@ThEmB0nEz]

That wasn't her parents🤣. This concert was celebrating 25 years of The Gathering and those people at the end were the former and current singers of the band. Also I think this song is about Mozart and I'd love to hear this song when ascending to Heaven not Hell. Seems you(the dude) don't like the slower stuff so try the songs On Most Surfaces or Strange Machines or The Earth Is My Witness from the Gathering which are more heavier

[@MrChippiechappie]

tHIS PAIR ARE CLUELESS.

[@ingopinkowski1091]

It really shows what the commercial music industry is, a whole lot of rubbish. This song from the nineties turns everything from the commercial into dust. You can compare these groups only with the Beatles, or Pink Floyd. They are in their own class music, no Beyonce or Adele, or Marie Carry will ever reach this level. That's my honest opinion. You don't get this music represented on the radio, you have to search for it, and that is sad. Same with Tristania, Vibeke Stene 1996 to 2007, and Nightwish, all are nordic bands.

[@eprohoda]

SueSueandthewolfman.thank you!you made outstanding channel,see you later.