VIKING REACTS | NIGHTWISH - "Harvest"

[@huldradraco]

another thought that came to mind about the "single grain" that turned into a "hundred fields" is how a single act of inspiring a child or person can grow exponentially into inspiring a whole generation as each of those inspires someone else. be the change you want to see in the world. teach your children, show your friends, inspire your neighbors. help someone. tell them to pay it forward. water the fields of respect, understanding, compassion and kindness, and watch them blossom :)

[@oliphant2848]

This is actually a song about death and mortality, and how to face it: get comfortable with the fact that you're returning to the earth (there is no heaven) and will cease, and live the life you have to the fullest of your ability: water the fields, inspire a child, go on a carousal of dare (who dares not, adventures not) instead of herding tame flocks and leading a life of silent misery. The graves in the video (there are five) are the graves of the band members, and Troy is walking among them. The hand clapping reminded me of a religious service, somehow. I have started to call this song "atheist mass".

[@taurusguy9305]

Well said.

[@oliphant2848]

@@taurusguy9305 Thx.

[@10animallover10]

Wow, that is so well said! Tnx for your input!

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

First you stumbled a little, but then you got it just about right 😅. It's the "Cycle of Life" we are talking here. Some fans don't like this song, because it's not "metal" and Floor is not belting her lungs out there. But i like this Celtic anthem a lot. Troy's voice is perfect to this kind of folksy material. Their harmonies are first class and there's a wonderful intrumental part. And there's also a clear "Jethro Tull vibe" lurking. Well done, fellow Viking. ⛄👍

[@allie9452]

I love how this one just kept blowing in the face of ALL your expectations! XD You *thought* you knew what we were coming for starting this song..... Nah. %D

[@calibadgerdude6082]

Not sure I've ever seen anybody get the gist of this song as quickly as you did. Took me several listens to really appreciate what he was saying here, and you got it so quickly. XD This song was quite controversial when it first dropped, lot of people didn't get it and didn't think it was very "nightwish". Lot of people STILL don't get it and think it's a really weak offering from Tuomas, but the more I listen to it the more I love this piece. It really really grows on you the more you listen to it, and I think it's going to be the "We Were Here" moment of their live concerts as everybody ends up singing along with the chorus.

[@VikingReacts]

Oh, it wasn't that quick. I had read the lyrics before and tried to figure them out but only when I saw the video that went with it and the way it was approached did I get it. At least... what I think it means.

[@TimoArula]

Troy is a wonderful addition to Nightwish. That song is so heartwarming . PS . you my good sir are gonna be epic grandpa . Nuff Said!!! NWSU

[@missrubyphoenix]

I love this one cause is like a breath of fresh air, we get to listen to Troy's soft, gorgeous voice that usually its shut down by Floor and Marko, who have more power. I felt the same in the beginning, the song is not the NW sound we are used to but in my opinion is a beautiful contrast to the rest of the album, plus I adore this folk-celtic vibe, later on the melody changes and that's when the ol good NW sound kicks in, and is just *chef kiss*

[@robertsheeler321]

your getting very good at figuring out Tuomas and his poetry of song writing

[@magnusabigor5830]

when you die, you have to arrive alive, full satisfied, happy with your life and that you have done the right thing

[@colinhawley8050]

Troy is more than the pipes on his lap, my Viking freind. He can sing too My Walden is another good song focusing on Troy

[@black4pienus]

JOIN THE HARVEST OF HUNDRED FIEEEEELDS!! Hell yeah. And indeed a celebration of life and not to fear death, as it is a part of life and matter doesn't stop existing. There are atoms that find new 'adventures' and other parts of our matter becomes energy to 'water the fields' so to speak. Who needs stories about heaven when in reality we live on forever? At least, that's how I see it. And way more child friendly than a heaven and hell concept.

[@gerdavandergeer6835]

Beautiful song

[@athlonen]

Troy is going to be a very busy man on this song! I heard the uilleann pipes, low whistle, tin whistle, and possibly even the bouzouki in this song, plus singing lead. If Marko were still there, I could see him playing the guitar parts on the Warwick/Framus Beast, if not, it definitely is the bouzouki. However, what makes this song phenomenal is the use of the 4-part harmony, especially in the first chorus. You hear Troy in the lead, Marko is a 3rd above him, Floor either a 6th above Troy or a 5th above Marko.. but you also have a voice an octave below Troy. Of all the songs, this is the one I'm most eager to see how they pull off live. They can get the vocals on to their backing track easily, but I'd love to see Troy handle all of his instruments used on this song live.

[@vogel2280]

R. Dawkins: "and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun."

[@SimonvanTilburg]

Your really one of my favorite reactors to watch. I like how we both have the same music taste😁

[@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038]

Yep, this is certainly Nightwish - excellent reaction and analysis from you 👍 🤘 🤘

[@Amaranthos2]

Loved the react man, not many get to Tuomas's wavelength on this one. "Endlessness" for a Marco masterpiece along with some doom metal and the single most quotable lyric of the year 👍

[@Donna-C]

This song could have been one from Auri - but it does fit the “theme” of “Human:||: Nature” and the “theme”’that runs through many NW songs & albums - Tuomas the poet wanting us to think & feel more from life, respect Nature - and be united through music.

[@kathapry6812]

Great Reaction and analysis as always 👍 my 6 year old son loves this Song. Its his favourite of the Album 😅

[@marinaandersson4381]

"Endlessness" 😍❤️

[@maggaw9869]

Marko Hietala :)

[@SYNtemp]

Tip the reaper to ensure the blade is sharp as soon we'll go...

[@renejensen7799]

Skååål From Denmark, yes we say that to right..lol.. always intresting to follow your NW journey, i will continue to do so...

[@brianriis3466]

"Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability..." Nope, you didn't butcher that word. But yes, you caught the meaning perfectly in the end. Live life to the fullest, don't sweat that you're going to die. We all do. "Dance a jig at the funeral" as it were. Arrive alive.

[@gerdavandergeer6835]

This part is so great

[@Frankamaria]

each gravestone stands for one bandmember- and yes, the day of Harvest is your dying day

[@alleninfinity6730]

Harvest is a YOLO song, appreciate the life we have been given. My harvest will come, I will die, but instead of lamenting over it, appreciate what I have seen and done. The only certainty death and taxes. Understanding and dealing with your own mortality is quite liberating if you put it in perspective, we won the lottery of life remember. We stirred into existence when most people never will. Great as always Viking.

[@10animallover10]

Loved your confused look when troy started singing xD You expected Floor didn;t ya? :P It was cute to watch^^ Yes, this is Troy as main vocalist. Floor and Marko are in the background in some parts of the song, but he's the frontman in this one :3 What Harvest is about is a little harder for me to interpret too. I think it's about the circle of life so to speak :) To the older generation? Maybe about what our generation and those after us need to do to save our planet, living a bit different due to our resources being exploited too quick? Global warming? This song makes me somewhat emotional and I do not know why but it happens each time :3 Beautiful comment about it being true healing :3

[@pdutchie4924]

Love all contributions from Troy❣️

[@gothicmetal3191]

Really gets ya when it starts rocking dont it!! Thanks Viking ❤️

[@maximebemer3407]

I believe the scithe is not just the instrument of death, but the instrument of harvest. The death figure harvests souls with it, humans harvests crops with it. Its about the cycle of life and death, you returns to earth, while a child is born under the sun. It reminds me of the text of R.D. in the end of the Greatest Show on Earth. We are going to die, and that's make us the lucky ones.

[@gerdavandergeer6835]

Yes, this is Troy

[@dennisweifenbach2647]

Glad to see you are at it again. I enjoy your comments.

[@mkgym]

yeb, this is troy, 3 awesome singers

[@annhelensjostrom9065]

I'm so Happy you're doing human nature... Haven't heard it that much... Just Noise really

[@patriciamayhew6321]

I really like the Celtic Folk Metal sound this has. The lyrics are good and can be interpreted many ways. Riddle like. By the way, my grown son is colorblind like you also. It runs in my mother’s family. It’s a recessive gene carried by the daughters and actively present in their sons. Did you know? Some things take the long way round, multigenerational cycles of life to bring to fruition.

[@Gibbetoo]

Arrive Alive = live the fullest, be kind and ready too. i know that my life wild end and somehow it is soothing. that is us, i live my life how it is. no regrets.

[@damonbryan7232]

Arrive Alive No truer words Think how many billions of people have died thinking they had a tomorrow.

[@SYNtemp]

Yes... but the other alternative being worse... knowing they have NO tomorrow...

[@thisworldofwater8017]

Just today, Tuomas and Kai were on the morning show on YLE (the equivalent of BBC in Finland) to talk about the upcoming virtual gig, how Marko leaving was a black moment (but they decided to go on because they felt they had so much music still left in them) and...other stuff. I'll leave a link, but of course you'd need a VPN connection and a passable grasp of Finnish to get much out of this: areena.yle.fi/1-50836952 I'll just say that Tuomas was wearing a woollen hat indoors, which is a bit of a faux-pas for me. But maybe the studio was chilly.

[@Thorgrim247]

Something unsung comes our way = A life not lived yet comes our way. Tuomas wrote everything on this record. Troy may have added to the lyrics?

[@emy6732]

just wait until you get to 'How's the heart' (and please do a double reaction for that one :D ) !

[@572Btriode]

It's mis-spelled Mr. Viking, it's quaternary, there's an R too many.- before the T. The song grows on you and we are the harvest, the instrumental part is your jig through life I believe. To quote Dawkins: "We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred"

[@VikingReacts]

A typo? Shit happens ;)

[@572Btriode]

@@VikingReacts I don't blame you Mr. Viking, I bet you copied it from the lyric video and it's wrong there.

[@gabrielapacheco2039]

Wow My favorite song

[@tod1045]

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[@Cobinja]

As Mrs Jansen gives you Floorgasms, Mr. Donockley delivers Troy Joy 🙂

[@VikingReacts]

You have to love "Troy Joy" :)

[@jacquimarat9723]

In my honest opinion...this is the circle of life.....one single grain..birth....surrender to the earth...death. that's just me tho.

[@danielsiegle3848]

Are you reacting to the instrumental part of the album as well?

[@VikingReacts]

yup :)

[@gerardconvie4797]

Who has time to breakdown his lyrics. Nightwish grooves man, and if i ever cant understand what words mean its anybodies guess. Fans always have misconceptions of what the band does behind the scenes or what the songs mean. I did it with Genesis for years. Hell ive thought 10 different reasons why Marco left? Again its anybodis guess. Course Tuomas as brilliant as he is, the lyrics could have 2 different directions the song could mean. Its all fun isnt it? Where would any of our lives be without music.

[@christophschmedes5975]

Hey Viking yes it troy he sing the HavesT with Floor

[@angussharington2374]

Edema Ruh please!

[@D-ragon-S]

Are you in an astral connection with Toumas mind? Hmmmmm..... ;) Much love

[@christophschmedes5975]

The Song Havest sing Troy Donocly

[@SYNtemp]

Eeh, im not sure this is about actual events (like climate change)... what i get from the song is rather the wery ultimate challenge of every man - the Death. And the way Tuomas portrays it is accenting the natural side of it... its the carousel of live... something ends, something new begins...

[@SYNtemp]

Okay i wrote this mid-song, you got it too :)

[@leftyme4568]

The music of the old lies deep within us all!!!