TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN - The Last Sled ( Reaction )

[@onelittlelaurie]

It‘s so interesting to me that as an American, Duck Tales is your first association with Scrooge. In Europe, Donald Duck and all associated characters owe most of their popularity to the comics (and take it from the daughter of a collector - there are A LOT of comics in the Donald Duck universe. I must’ve read hundreds of them, but I‘ve only ever watched one or two Duck Tales episodes). I‘m not sure how popular they are in Finland, but my guess is that Tuomas‘ interest also originates from the greater comic-verse more so than from the show.

[@annev6895]

I think Tuomas said duck tales is shit? He loves the original comics I think. There is an tv interview where he talks about this

[@Quirderph]

@@annev6895 That's pretty close to Don Rosa's sentiment about the show as well. (Or at least, he felt that it became subpar after the first season.)

[@jroutasula5250]

In Finland we learn to read with Donald Duck comics. Very popular in Finland. Donald Duck is n. 1 and for example Mickey Mouse is not, too "besserwisser" to us.

[@CH1PP3NDAL3]

Did not expect the german in the last sentence. Is Besserwisser a common loan word used in Finland? For English speakers, it pretty much means smartass or know-it-all.

[@ilkkak3065]

Duck Tales is nothing compered to Donald Duck and Scrooge MacDuck comics. Those stories compere to good movies.

[@ferretmom66]

Tuomas's side band with Troy and Johanna, Auri, recently released the first single from their second album, it's gorgeous. The song is called Pearl Diving, and there is an official lyric video.

[@greeniesr]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJqnkIyagKiMis0

[@mikkolaine4883]

This album is based on the original comic novel by Don Rosa (the second famous script artist after Carl Barks) who also draw the cover art of the album. He gave Tuomas some of the original scripts as inspiration. Don Rosa himself was shown in the video =)

[@janihaavisto79]

Well as Finnish guy I can say that we do appreciate our forests and lakes a lot. And purity of nature. So I know exactly where Tuomas's passion for wonder and nature comes from.

[@KimDabelsteinPetersen]

Tuomas would not have his love for Scrooge McDuck from "Duck Tales" (extremely unlikely). In Finland there has been a Donald Duck (Aku Annka) comic book since 1951 ... and it is still running (weekly/biweekly?)! Thus far >3500 individual comic books+multitudes of other comics (specials, classics, ...) have been published in Finland. Including a brilliant one about Finnish history "The Kalevala" [by Don Rosa] Most of Scandinavia have a deep connection to these characters as comic book - and we've grown up with these - much like US Americans have with Superhero's. Don Rosa is well known here as a magnificent writer and artist, and generally considered the 2nd best in both categories - the alltime nr 1. is Carl Barks. Rosa is well known for his homage to the "good artist", by expanding Bark's stories, and continuing the Bark's legacy of action filled and well drawn stories. And also for his work on expanding and explaining Scrooge McDucks life. I'll let some native finns expand on this though.

[@renejensen7799]

Im a Scrooge McDuck fan as well, growing up with this, as many did, and Tuomas is my musical hero, so if you do a one shoot reaction to this album, im surely gonna watch it!! ive never seen anyone do that before, and i would also love to dig a big deeper in this one, good pick.. im sure many will watch this, as its never done like that before on youtube, as far as i know..

[@ilkkak3065]

It takes you on a journey, just like Don Rosas comic stories.

[@surpelle]

Far too few react, or even listen, to songs from this album. Happy to see you doing it. Love the album and this is one of my favourite songs.

[@majbrat]

This project was literally his inspiration from his childhood. I know I had comics & cartoons that inspired me and give me nostalgia, and remembering the feelings of wonder. Tuomas is just able to express that in music :) lucky for us

[@tanjajko7220]

This is such a beautiful song! The music goes so well with reading the actual comic book, definetely recommended!

[@ristohyvarinen8448]

A couple of interviews with Don Rosa and Tuomas Holopainen. Tuomas Holopainen and Don Rosa interviewed by Radio Nova - part 1 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6PJk4SuptWji6M. Don Rosa interviewed by the Finnish Donald Duck editor - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2aYkp5-hM1setU.

[@casualinnordicnature]

Tuomas and Tony Kakko from the Sonata Arctica band have been a hiking guild since 2000, to which they invite guests. Here is a clip in Finnish where Tuomas and Tony have a day hiking in Finland. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaq9goSfg9lrq5I Nightwish supports the World Land Trust. The animal species, the mosquito ”Sciophila holopaineni” is named after Tuomas. The animal species, the beetle ”Tmesisternus floorjansenae Weigel”, is named after Floor. If you google, both seem to be their types of creatures 😏

[@shuriken4852]

If you are interested, here is some information that I have gathered along the way, about the way Tuomas composes and performs. As you can see in the video below, the tech mentions that Tuomas mainly still plays the Korg N364 for the strings and he also mentions that the backing tracks are played live on a computer with Pro Tools. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJXLhJ6cl62LgMU In the video below they mention that Tuomas makes all the arrangements and lays down the basic tracks for the orchestra using the Korg keyboard with the pads, then passes that to the co-arranger Pip Williams that creates the orchestral notations, then they record each instruments with the London Philharmonic orchestra and the choirs on hundreds of separate tracks, so Tuomas can later re-arrange them in Pro Tools, if he feels the need. So from watching videos like those, interviews with Tuomas and live performances, what I can gather, and please note that I not a pro musician, is that Tuomas uses mainly the N364 to play the strings and piano in the softer sections, and from watching live shows, to me he seems to play the keyboards in a more percussive manner instead of the usual legato style, so sounds to me like the legato orchestral backing comes mainly from the Pro Tools tracks and Tuomas is primarily embellishing with percussive strings and sometimes others orchestral instruments, to give it some rock accents, so it does not sound to smooth and flowy, which would not fit with the Metal sound of Nightwish. Just my opinion and please if there are pro musician that have pratical experience and valid arguments, as to why I am wrong on some points or all of it, please do not hesitate to let me know. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIm5lWyeZcZ0mbs

[@QUENTEMY]

Thanks! I more or less lost "The Last Sled" out of sight. Just 2 remarks. 1) Contrary to the USA Duck Tales (and Scrooge!!!) are still HUGELY popular in Europa. No child grows up with out it and many grown ups still read the weekly comic even befor their children do! It is not only Tuomas' passion. 2) In Europe nature, protecting nature and preserving nature are part of our daily life. Coming from The Netherlands (yes, Floor is Dutch as well) we even say "Finland IS nature". That is why nature is so prominently present in many Nightwish songs. Nightwish is also official ambassador and promotor of the nature preservation organisation "World Land Trust".

[@Quirderph]

And Ducktales itself may have also gotten a popularity upswing in America now, thanks to the recent reboot (even if it wasn't entirely faithful to the original comics.)

[@juhahelminen6212]

In Finland almost everyone reads Donald Duck so Scrooge is a really big deal. Whenever Don Rosa visits Finland to give autographs the line is hundreds of people long. Allmost every Finn know Don rosa

[@konidvor]

Now you have to check Auri :) the band with Johanna and Troy. The music that Tuomas writes always have pure and honest emotions. I adore his music very much.

[@adriannawrocki]

You are very sensitvie and inteligent. Thank you for the reaction. Love it!

[@TimoArula]

This song is all kinds of special 🤩!!!! I can't wait to get my hands on this album !!!! Thank you Jim for this gem !!!! NWSU.

[@KristiinaBerg]

This is a gem. I have listened to it on repeat. The other songs don't really do it for me.

[@marcoheinrich9518]

The album is pure gold. The last minute of "Goodbye papa" always gets to me. I bought the book after listening to the record first. My six year old loves it! And so do I...

[@kezca]

Its a great album , hope you do more from it. Thankyou for this.

[@leftyme4568]

Another masterpiece from Tuomas. I love this song.

[@Thorgrim247]

Holo-pie-nen. Tuomas was born and grew up on the very edge of the forest of northern Finland.

[@Konki]

You need to read the comic to TRULY understand the story of the album. In Finland Don Rosa's comics are KING.

[@dubsfehr9574]

Pure magic 🙌💚

[@renskevanderhaagen5813]

I have the same feeling of bias, as long as it’s coming from Tuomas I am gonna love it 🤷🏼‍♀️ 😜

[@kuunteletkokuuletko40]

Don Rosa 🖤🤘🖤 Love this, and they both are 🤘🤘

[@alanfoster6589]

Don's "The Life and Times..." is done in that manner of a real illustrated biography, with innumerable references to real places and times. Theodore Roosevelt even makes an appearance or two (who knew that it was a young Scrooge who convinced Roosevelt to go into politics). The collection won an Eisner, the comics' industry's equivalent of the Oscar. Don's predecessor, the great Carl Barks (who created Scrooge, Duckburg, and much more) influenced many folks, including George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

[@k.l.7788]

I was so dissapointed to find out I couldn't watch the whole album stream.

[@jpsother1183]

I have the box-set of the books t go with the CD of this glorious album. You can find it on Amazon here: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1683962540/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Don was doing a signing (forget if it was in Finland or not) and Tuomas was there and told him he was going to make a soundtrack for the books. Don was not familiar with Nightwish or Tuomas at all and was a bit bemused, and sort of forgot about it (some long-haired metal guy is gonna what? um . . . okay) but Tuomas got back in contact with him and told him he was finalizing some things with the London Philharmonic (also who he works with for Nightwish btw) and sent some preliminary recordings for Don to listen to. Don said he was a bit concerned about how it might sound but by the second song, was in tears at the beauty of the thing, so when Tuomas asked him to come for some of the recording and the release, Don was more than happy to. Don also did the sketch used to make the album cover (and like my great uncles who worked animation also scoffed at his own scribbles and credited everyone else for the loveliness, claiming to be out of practice and no where near as good as in his youth). As an aside The Johannas singing on the album (Tuomas' wife and Johanna Iivanainen and her husband Mikko, who also plays guitar on this) have a project called Altamullan Road, and it too is some great sounding music.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

11:43 The comic artist is Keno Don Rosa and the "Don Rosa" is the surname similar to "Von Braun" is just a surname.

[@Tedger]

Don Rosa's life and deeds of scrooge mcduck is only Duck comic where character dies (his dad) you can see in the end him walking trough wall with Scrooges mom as ghost ..

[@zami8827]

Well i just can say as a Finn perspective that these Donald duck comics were huge part of our youth in the 80-90' era and there was two great artist that draw those comics, Carl barks and Don Rosa. Don rosa obviously had far more detailed drawings an more interesting stories with these characters than the other one.

[@atobibas]

Life and times of Scriige McDuck is not based on Ducktales, but pretty much vice versa. Also the comic is not some random weird comic its a Eisner award winning series sometimes mentioned as the best comic ever made! Definetly not just a weird thing from Toumas

[@richardgoddard37]

The lyrics are from the comic book.

[@Konki]

Oh and Tuomas worked hard to get Don Rosa to agree.

[@tapio7133]

Yep, you got the point. Tuomas loves nature and it is his second home. Btw, to say surnames correctly you have to learn how to pronounce alphabetics differently as it needs it.

[@JimGames]

interesting. Thanks for sharing that.

[@JustJenRx]

Never seen this so like, comment, leave quickly! Lol

[@jessicakoster2543]

From what I understand this isn't just a children's comic, but more of a graphic novel. It's supposed to be packed with life lessons and philosophy. I like that you explore this album a little more, not many people do that. I had a bit of trouble with the audio, the song was fine, but your voice was so soft, I sometimes found it difficult to hear what you were saying.

[@tomy913]

Children's comic? Not a such thing at all. My wife keeps insisting that it is her name in the Aku Ankka magazine order so she is the one who reads it first. Then me and the kids will fight who's next...

[@johannessilver8653]

Tuomas has been a big Walt Disney duck tales fan...and Scrooge is his favorite. He wanted to tribute the comic and the creator Mr. Don Rosa with this project and says to be so honored to be able to work with him in this song and on the whole album. Don said to be so happy and proud too cause he feels how much Tuomas is to his comics.

[@oninaru]

Not duck tales, but Don Rosa's and Carl Barks' Scrooge McDuck comics.

[@leftyme4568]

I get ABBA vibes from the chorus.

[@Dthamilaye]

No ... no ducktales. Please do not mix Ducktales with the legendary comics (or graphic novels) from Carl Barks and Don Rosa. Life and Times of Scrooge has won Eisner award (comic oscars) and makes Scrooge a real literature character, not just an animated miser doing inane things in childrens animation. I love this book, I love every Don Rosa comic, and I vehemently hate all iterations of Ducktales. They are something completely separate from each other.

[@jcm50jcm50]

You just have to do Auri, fabulous music.

[@martinsiol415]

mhhh Metal Mozart strikes again... :)

[@maggaw9869]

Tuomas wife Johanna :)