Nightwish: The Islander -Live Tampere (Glorious Performance): Reaction

[@ValtteL]

Marko is so talented. He is so unique - he has unmatched charisma and that ultimately is a reason why everyone loves him so much. I went to Marko's gig a couple of weeks ago and it was an absolutely amazing experience. Cheered me up a lot.

[@TheThamesmen]

Very cool

[@oddselstudios166]

lucky bastard

[@ValtteL]

@@oddselstudios166 😄

[@ristohyvarinen8448]

A great song. Composed by Marko and the lyrics by Tuomas. Every time to see them on the stage, you feel good. Their stage presence is so positive and catching.

[@sateentuoksu]

It's crazy that already at that point he might have been depressed, and felt bad that his presence would weigh people around down. How totally wrong he was - he always lifted us up. But I'm happy he put himself first and concentrated on letting himself get up and be lifted. That's the most important thing.

[@David_randomnumber]

Positive and catching? Sounds just like the description to the Christmas song for the lonely documentarist. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2fConWqjq-joMU

[@chriso6719]

The weasels came back. lol 2nd spoken part roughly translates to "If I play the chorus, you're gonna sing along, right?" - "Yeah!" - "Are you sure?" - "Yeah!" - "Ok, let's do it". Marko wrote the music during his days with Tarot, but it didn't fit with them. Tuomas heard him playing it one day , decided it would make a great song, and wrote the lyrics about a lonely lighthouse keeper. The running joke is that Marko should have a t-shirt that says, 'Floor is my backup singer'.

[@AB-ez4rm]

"Floor is my backup singer". I'd make more than t-shirts.

[@clivematthews5296]

Well done guys. By far the best version. Marko at his best and his backing band amazing. If you want one from Tampa there is brilliant version of Sahara in 2016.

[@TheThamesmen]

Cheers Alex

[@Patrick-km9um]

Nightwish also played in Tampa and reacting to "Sahara" from this concert could be a good idea.

[@TheThamesmen]

That would confuse us for sure!😀

[@susibelle2955]

Lovely light summernight at is best.

[@davidcook482]

There's a song and performance that I can't go a week without watching. Absolutely love it! Great reaction and commentary.

[@user-VeryoldGeezer]

The backing singer is good on this ..😎

[@juzujuzu4555]

Marko is Gandalf the White meets Viking. Tuomas is Aragorn Frodo hybrid. Emppu is forever positive Sam, mixed with the playfulness of Merry and Pippin. Kai is the great elven smith who is forging the rings of power (also called drums), Troy is Theoden king, and Floor is the elvish warrior queen.

[@duncanwyer2460]

🇬🇧 Norfolk peddling hard 😂 what a backing singer to have and the joy on her face at the end 😊

[@BigzampanoXXL]

her smiling is very nice - she is a very humble person. And enjoy that somebody else gets credits. She knows that we love her and she does not have to show her talent all the time. she does not have to prove us her qualities which we have seen a lot of times. Marco did a great show, not to forget the rest - and TUOMAS.

[@jpsother1183]

Marko took all the cool hair for 1966, leaving little for the rest of us.

[@PaulOutdoors]

We all love Marko and I'm sure I speak for many when I say "we" love this song and this phenomenal performance. Markos backing band sound promising 😊👍. Thank you gents or should I say thank you Marko and Troy 👀🤣? 🙏😊👍❤️

[@justlittleoldme]

Love this song and live is definitely the best way to go. The smile on their faces just makes them so special, the true joy of playing together is unmistakable and how many lead vocalists take a step back and do backing looking as happy as Floor did?

[@andreadee1567]

One of my favourites so far because I love seeing Marco and Troy together on stage.

[@nicholasheltzel6810]

Love this song and this concert...you are so close to one of Nightwish's best performances, also from this concert, Weak Fantasy! Watch Floor challenge organized religion to a fight :)

[@markclements7767]

And win! 😁

[@nicholasheltzel6810]

​@@markclements7767 Yes! How could she not when she flashes her angry eyes!?

[@Piia2023]

Hello from Florida 🇫🇮 😊 this Tampa concert was amazing 😊 Marko did write this song for Tarot but thought it doesn't fit with them, luckily Tuomas heard it. We miss him but he hasn't left music and concerts completely and that is great.

[@TheThamesmen]

No... we didn't misunderstand; we just played with the words.

[@Piia2023]

@@TheThamesmen so did I...

[@alexandrabarrenbrugge4585]

Good morning 😊, Florida is overcrowded with german Tourists but there is "space in the smallest cabin" as we say in Germany 🤣. It's so good that you haven't finished NIGHTWISH catalogue yet. Thanks for your reaction 😄 Greetings from Germany and Parkinson's sucks and EMPPU RULES 😎🤘 alex 🤗

[@30110CKs]

Marko is a multi-talented musician who has his own album out called Pyre of the Black Heart which I thoroughly recommend listening to.

[@rickfairman5640]

The best thing Im taking away how they are having a lot of fun/just enjoying the moment.

[@TheThamesmen]

Always good to see that

[@taniaPBear]

That was beautiful! I confess that they are not my thing, but I have watched all your reactions to them and have enjoyed them all, but this was something I can really get behind, loved, loved, loved it! ❤

[@lencooke944]

A massive performance. Every time I hear that performance, I am reminded of the Wagakki Band from Japan. When the long woodwind pipe (similar but different) kicks in I am transported to Japan. Which is kind of weird because Nightwish have been around longer than the Wagakki Band. However, the W Band uses the (I am embarrassed, because I can't remember the name of the instrument) long flute more often. What came first, the chicken or the egg? I have no Idea. Both cultures have a long history of strong wind instrumentals and I respect the artistry of both. However, I am going to give the nod to Nightwish in this instance, probably just based on their reach, and their more traditional European style. Beautiful music.

[@alienware18]

Love from Romania! You guys should do a listen to Bless the Child live at Wachen 2013 and Ghestsemane live in Buenos Aires 2018 whenever you get the chance!!!

[@tonyg8471]

You picked one of my all-time favorites! I'm really glad George got to see this. He's made several references to Marko's singing in the past. This performance brings it full circle. I have struggled with this decision, but I have concluded this is the best Nightwish concert---so far. Start to finish, pure magic. If you guys ever do another full concert reaction, this one is on the short list. Thamesmen are long-haired, rogue idols of coeds everywhere! Including Alex 😁

[@TheThamesmen]

HA HA... Including me!!

[@jessicakoster2543]

"This is a perfect mid week special" It's Monday.😂

[@TheThamesmen]

We recorded mid for us.... But :) Cheers Alex

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

When I saw them in 2012, Nightwish played this a bit closer to the original arrangement, but the feeling was magical. We were all swaying and smiling and singing along. It’s easily the greatest sense of fellowship I’ve had at any show I’ve been to.

[@northof4912]

George - as an Englishman, Troy’s on an island……. He plays on the seas and oceans, he plays on the beaches…….

[@rickphil9999]

Hey again, Alex and George. I always love the joy in both of your reactions. By the way, by this point Troy was a full member of the band. He and Floor became official members of Nightwish shortly after the Wacken 2013 concert. Someone once asked Troy what he couldn't play and he said "Hockey". Keep the Nightwish live performances coming.

[@vladicas3346]

Another great reaction.Your sense of humor is really fantastic🤣

[@TheThamesmen]

Thanks.

[@geertdelange4785]

Nightwish, a box full of surprises, from a genius composer 👌🏻, and find his best female singer to bring it on the table 🤘🏻 You will be blown away by the latest album of Nightwish, Its: Human and Nature. Dubble album, with a lead singing song by Troy Donockley, the 6th amazing multi instrumental member of the band. the 2nd album is completely instrumental

[@UTube-gi1ct]

Shit hits the Fan 😂 … love it … guys, always a pleasure 🙏🏻

[@markclements7767]

NOT Floor's fan hopefully 😁

[@wjl2601]

Nightwish in their hay days, with two real stars, singer singers that can push a band up to absolute brilliance

[@TheThamesmen]

Top of the field!! Cheers Alex

[@pdutchie4924]

Always chills when the others come in and their harmonies at the end are so good! His voice is great in this one but for me he is at his best in the High Hopes tribute.

[@markclements7767]

Hi guys, greetings again 😁 I just love the way that Floor looked so proud when Marko returned to the stage and she and the band were so happy for him to have had the spotlight for a change Marko is one of the few people in the world who can claim that Floor Jansen is his backing singer! 😂

[@brianparsa7794]

That was special -- I liked that!

[@jjanssen431]

You should really listen to "slaying the dreamer" i think its great❤

[@AH-li7ef]

There is fanvideos from not Tampa but Fort Lauderdale 2012 2 weeks after Floor sings first time with Nightwish, audio is not so good, but she looks and sounds as early as that perfect to me😉

[@varsim5691]

Great reaction 😄Markoooooo...❤❤Nightwish! Greetings from Finland 🤗

[@TheThamesmen]

HELLLO FINLAND

[@jaskau2462]

🤩👌💥💯🎼 There you have a proper "sea shanty" with powerful vocals by 'Mr. Metal' ladies and gentle Thamesmen. Not forgetting Floor's vocalization at the back ground for a change .😉 Cool reaction guys, as always . Cheers Cheers from Finland . 🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙 (don't believe everything people are typing down on the comments about the vikings, f.e.)🙄

[@AntaryDraconis]

Nice one, thank you❤‍🔥

[@TheThamesmen]

Thank you 🙏

[@Ukkoslapsi]

You make me happy.

[@TheThamesmen]

What a nice thing to say

[@christophermiller4040]

The actual music video with Annette is really good to

[@Thorgrim247]

Troy sits on a rock because you have to sit down to play the uilleann pipes. They cannot be played while standing. A great way to slow the show down for a few minutes. It works well for your Nightwish week as well. Commander Data was rockin that Hammond and the crew was feeling it too!

[@KaiHellmann]

Tampere Finland 😀

[@TheThamesmen]

We know.... we only played on the words. Many thanks, Alex

[@markschattefor6997]

Isn't it wonderful that one song can be more exciting than a whole boney m album? ;-)

[@markclements7767]

Not a whole one surely....? 😂

[@monicacarolina6480]

Hahahaha, Troy is a full member of Nightwish and he sits on a prop that looks like a rock. The whole stage is builded like that at the end of the show: the greatest show on earth is the last masterpiece they performed here in Tampere, Finland. :D Absolutely masterpiece , based on dr. Dawkins books and telling the story of the birth of the universe and evolution on earth

[@TheThamesmen]

He sits on the rock as he’s tired of the spike!!

[@dew2334]

Welcome to the Thamesmen with your hosts Marko & Troy , such a great song can’t wait for day 4 .🔥👍

[@TheThamesmen]

Thanks for the support

[@randyburrill2340]

Been a while. I'm not used to seeing Alex on the left side of the screen! :)

[@TheThamesmen]

Seats warmer

[@gene6690]

When you have Floor as your back up vocals you know you're the shit 💥💥💥

[@TheThamesmen]

You can do what you want! Cheers Alex

[@rainertuominen4242]

Not the easiest sing along chorus... You should take a peek at the official video to this song, it is impressive, Anette Olzen time.

[@peterbaarman612]

Oh guys, there were Vikings in Finland. At least where I was born, Hanko, the southernmost city in Finland. The Vikings stopped here on their way to Russia or the rivers of Europe

[@marttivuorinen8475]

You asked about rock.. It actually is (well..is made to look like)a fossile. A trilobit. This tour was about sciense, history, evolution etc so ofcourse Troy is sitting on a fossile and Kai has dna double helix on basedrums skins. Btw..so does floor on her outfit.

[@TheThamesmen]

Ohhhhh. Cheers Alex

[@glenngunnis6642]

It’s difficult to tell you apart from Troy and Marco!🤘🎸

[@TheThamesmen]

I know!!!!

[@davidmair7497]

Stunning performance have watched many times. Love it Marko just so good. Oh by the way as Nightwish and the family connection to Sabaton if you have not done the First Soldier you got to check it out. Then their new Motorhead cover 1916. All I can say is WOW 👌. Bring a tissue do powerful. Saw them live a few weeks ago in Glasgow. Best concert ever they are that good 👍. Keep on rocking love you guys.

[@TheThamesmen]

Cheers Alex

[@northof4912]

After watching this performance, the studio version is so meh….. and how good are you, having Floor as your backup singer, with a smile!!

[@markwakefield8533]

You are Smashie and nicely of rock

[@TheThamesmen]

We know, they are our aunts Cheers Alex

[@The_Real_Fomsie]

Such a fantastic song and a great performance. I would suggest reviewing (or at least watching) Nightwish's cover of Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" sung by Marko, it is amazing.

[@TheThamesmen]

we did a double on that with PF and Marko

[@The_Real_Fomsie]

@@TheThamesmen Outstanding,I will have to check it out.

[@NickBR57]

There's someone who with luck may comment, who smwas telling a story recently about meeting Marco in a bar, told him his son was a fan and Marco insisted on going back to his house to see the son. He can tell the story properly. Troy sits on a large ammonite in much of the tour, as the tour is based on the EFMB album about evolution: it was Troy that pointed Tuomas to Dawkins' books which eventually led to the album theme so I think he gets to choose the prop he wants. Marco contributed much to the album, but this song is from Dark Passion Play, before this tour.

[@TheThamesmen]

Very cool Marko story

[@NickBR57]

@@TheThamesmen I recommend his autobiography, Stainless? , which is warts and all.

[@wanmac31]

😊🇫🇮💙🪄🎼✨💯🤘 Edit. 🇬🇧😁👍

[@jmanko]

@6:42 Jared Leto!

[@Debbie338]

It’s Tam-pe-re. Give it a Spanish pronunciation and you’ve got it. A great many of us Floridians would love to see Tampa full of Finns, too! But, I doubt the Finns would love to have a mass of people from Tampa in their country in exchange. 😅

[@SimoneJaegerFrauPanPan]

please, please, never ever again mention the A team and a moose in the same sentence... I did not see that coming and just had a sip out of my glass. tomorow will tell, if the keyboard of my pc survived this attack on my laughing muscles 🤣 anyways, love you 2, love Marco, love Nightwish and love this song! 🥰 cheers

[@TheThamesmen]

Ha ha. 🙀

[@Mars-is4un]

🤗🍒🤘🏻

[@JP-zs8qk]

Nice reaction guys. Actually about the viking thing. There has been found more viking swords from Finland, than from Denmark or Iceland. Only Sweden and Norway are front. So this is perfect example how Swedes has hidden Finnish history during Swedish rule. There were vikings in Finland.

[@TheThamesmen]

Last time we got crucified when we mentioned Vikings......now everyone is telling us the opposite!! Cheers Alex

[@jaskau2462]

​@@TheThamesmen Such a weird "info" about the vikings, gotta say(type down) Must be a REALLY "hidden history" or someone's wild imagination since Danish and Swedish vikings barely set their feet on the Suomi(Finlândia) soil. This land was a swamp mush and no riches to steal back in the days at 1100's !!! Dunno from where these "hidden history facts" is digged off, most likely deep end from someone's back end 😅 As a Finn I am more than curious to see the sources to such bvllshit stories. Sooo... That commentator is more than welcome to send links to these (freakin) "hidden history" fairy tales. 🙈😹😝 Kamoon people, and every wannabe vikings... Uffffg

[@BrendonChase_2015]

Hi fellows. I'll get straight to the heart of the matter, i.e. the "Viking" thing: it's all Dutch, you know. Don't believe the Sturlusonians and their tall tales. Earliest longboat finds are all in Dutchieland. And it's "Wijkings" (or "wijkelingen", from "wijken" meaning to flee, regroup) since the early wijklings had to flee the Carolingians. Dani, Frisii, Franks, Saxons and all manner of "Northmen" lived on the shores of today's Flanders, N-France (Normandy..) and the Netherlands. Quite some ended up (uit-wijken) in Scandinavia, and the wijkling became viking 😁 True story! Cheers from Amstelhavn 🤘

[@TheThamesmen]

Well, that clears that up, dosn't it@! Cheers Alex

[@BrendonChase_2015]

@@TheThamesmen It dos, right? With a knowing smile we can now safely ignore all these tough-talking Norse salon beardos and their 'viking' obsession ;)

[@noneofyerbeeswax8194]

You have most definitely offended some bearded Danes, North-Eastern Danes, North-Western Danes and the Islander kind of Danes too. So you better get ready, those wijkings might decide to raid you! I bet the majority of those so very proud of their viking ancestors don't know what the word actually means. I'm curious about the scale of the exodus. Scandinavia was populated by Germanic tribes long before the Carolingians, and Old Norse was not mutually intelligible with Old Saxon or Old Franconian. So we're not talking about the vikings occupying some empty lands in the North. This historical precedent, however, means that our Fleur Jansdóttir can rightfully claim 'the' throne as the Nordic Valkyrie Goddess Amazon Warrior Princess (etc.) she is.😁

[@BrendonChase_2015]

@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 "our Fleur Jansdóttir can rightfully claim 'the' throne as the Nordic Valkyrie Goddess Amazon Warrior Princess (etc.) she is." Which is what this is all about oc. As tt language, that's guesswork but my source claims that the differences weren't that pronounced yet, that they couldn't understand each other. When Lowlander wijkings came to England, the ppl on the shore understood what they said. Same when Dani, or Frisians came to Denmark. They all spoke a form of coastal Germanic akin to (very) Low Saxon.

[@noname-xw4uk]

Hi, just discovered your channel. Have you reacted already to 'while your lips are still red'? Also Marko singing lead

[@TheThamesmen]

Not yet!!

[@pauljohnson7382]

While I'm late to the party...If you want some current Marko tastings...check out NORTHER KINGS...👍

[@tamitami9275]

I am living in Tampa, and am willing to trade with someone from Finland for awhile!

[@chriso6719]

@@marvuo They understood, they were just trying to make jokes and play dumb, goofing around.

[@jaskau2462]

I bet you're butt will freeze up here in Finland, as a Floridian. 😅 Go Lighting!!! (despite they're off from playoffs)

[@tamitami9275]

@@jaskau2462 Nope, I was raised in the cold, snow and blizzards are nothing new to me. Why I live in Florida now! LOL

[@jaskau2462]

@@tamitami9275 I thought there might be some sort of a "Swing" on your request to change places 😝👍

[@tamitami9275]

@@jaskau2462 🤣

[@blueeyes1110]

Troy n Floor joined the band at the same time

[@deed5811]

You might find Tampa full of Finnish people if a Finnish band plays there. I have met several Finns in Texas who fly in to support and see their bands on tour.

[@TheThamesmen]

No way

[@deed5811]

@@TheThamesmen They do, a couple of people I've run into several times at concerts over the years.

[@amygoodson-catlady]

I *might* love Marko more than you... He is a recovering alcoholic, and a supporter of social-democracy. He's gentle in nature, but will stand up an fight for fairness! Akex! THANK YOU for remembering that Vikings didn't live in Finland! I am impressed w your memory, sir! Well done, you!

[@TheThamesmen]

The ones that shine bright are recovering alcoholics.... Its excellent - Well dlone Marco!!

[@amygoodson-catlady]

@The Thamesmen Agree! And he has a new Brazillian wife, new baby daughter (he's in for it!) and has moved to Spain! He's even rocking a dad-bod!

[@YoJimBo851610]

Alex, looked like your hard drive crashed and George, you were somewhere lost in the universe😹😹😹 Also hello from Florida!!

[@TheThamesmen]

Quality video production over here!

[@JariJuslin]

Viking was not ethnicity, it was a profession. But that said, Baltic Finns did take part into that profession. The trips to the Black Sea and Silk Road started from the end of the Gulf of Finland and people living around the Gulf at the time were those Finns, so it was natural for some of them to join the bands. The very first Czar is told to have been a viking from group called Rus - you can see his picture on Ukrainian currency even today, wearing what looks a lot like a viking headpiece. And when DNA testing the living known relatives of the first Czar dynasty the Y haplogroup was found to be N1C1, which is almost exclusively found in descendants of the Finnic tribes. We of course don't know for certain where the first Czar was born, but in high likelihood his other descendants live now in Finland and Estonia. Rus people gave their names to various concepts, given their mobility and influence. Originally the word came from expression meaning "people who arrive by rowing". Later Kievan Rus, the first Slavic Empire and seat of the first Czar was named after them, and thus both Russia and Belarus carry the word rus. What's more, Finns call Sweden 'Ruotsi', which, too, derives from Rus. So we don't know if Marko really is a viking, but he could well be!

[@TheThamesmen]

Well..... last time we mentioned Vikings let's say we were gently CRUCIFIED - Cheers Alex

[@marty6945]

Floor is not Finnish but Dutch. ! When she starts spinning her beautiful head, she is the queen of all Dutch windmills. Anyway, BEST OF THE BEST OF NIGHTWISH and TARJA (solo)- That's how I see it Nightwish Weak Fantasy Floor Nightwish Romanticide Floor Nightwish Ghost love score Floor Nightwish Scaretale Anette TARJA - Supremacy (Live in Milan) Tarja "Victim Of Ritual" (Live At Woodstock) - "Act II" Nightwish Phantom of the opera Marco+Tarja version Nightwish Master Passion Greed Nightwish Dark chest of wonders Floor NIGHTWISH - Stargazers (OFFICIAL LIVE) Tarja "Undertaker" (Live in Milan) Nightwish High Hopes Tarja - Ciarán's Well (Luna Park Ride Live in Buenos Aires 2011) Stargazers Live Tarja 2011. Buenos Aires . Luna Park . Nightwish - The Kinslayer (Floor Jansen) [Decades - Live In Buenos Aires 2019] Floor Nightwish - Shudder Before The Beautiful (OFFICIAL LIVE) Nightwish - 7 Days To The Wolves (Live at Wembley Arena) Floor NIGHTWISH - Devil & The Deep Dark Ocean (OFFICIAL LIVE) Floor Nightwish - The Siren (DVD End Of An Era) HD Tarja Nightwish Wishmaster Tarja Tarja Turunen (solo)- Act I - Until my last breath Nightwish - Bless the child (Live) (Tarja & Floor)-mixed comparison of the vocal qualities of both singers when they sing the same song Nightwish Walking In The Air Live Tarja Nightwish Hellfest Noise Floor Nightwish Hellfest Tribal Floor Nightwish Nemo Tarja Nightwish Dead Boy's Poem - Live In Buenos Aires 2018 - Decades Tour Floor NIGHTWISH - Slaying The Dreamer - Live In Buenos Aires (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO) Floor Nightwish - The Islander (Live At Tampere) Marko+ Floor NIGHTWISH - Planet Hell (OFFICIAL LIVE CLIP) USA tour Floor Nightwish - The Kinslayer (DVD End Of An Era) HD Tarja Nightwish Storytime Floor Nightwish & Floor Jansen - Song of Myself (Live @ Wacken 2013) Nightwish - I Want My Tears Back (Floor Jansen) [Decades - Live In Buenos Aires 2019] Nightwish Wanderlust live Tarja Floor Jansen in NORTHWARD - While Love Died (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEo +++++ Floor´s previous bands Ater Forever and ReVamp

[@TheThamesmen]

We know

[@davidellinsworth3299]

I was thinking there was a likeness to Troy there

[@TheThamesmen]

Plot twist - its Troys Mother

[@davidellinsworth3299]

@@TheThamesmen 😱😱😱😱😱🤣

[@YoJimBo851610]

380👍

[@TheThamesmen]

765?

[@YoJimBo851610]

@@TheThamesmen setting the like marker. 380th like 👍👍

[@MycontentisgoldJerryGold]

You look more like Flake from Rammstein, rather than Marko. Sorry. Marko won The Masked Singer Finland BTW.

[@TheThamesmen]

I'll take that.... I have n right to think I look like Marko!

[@tonyg8471]

More holiday support. Slack KZbinrs...we're all doomed. Doomed I tell you!

[@ilkkak3065]

Marko is like Vainamoinen from Finnish mytology. Mighty wizard singer like Vainamoinen was. Mytology says Vainamoinen left and will return when he is needed. I wonder if Marko is Vainamoinen himself and is his douple neck instrument is done from giant pike's jaw like Vainamoinen's kantele...

[@runkkariruune]

Sufficiently annoying. Thx!

[@TheThamesmen]

What is?