Reaction to If I Had A Heart (Norse Version) - Fever Ray/Vikings

[@stuartfaulds1580]

He can also sing in Dwarvish (Misty Mountains cover). Also on a fun note, someone asked how he gets the low notes and his response was hangover. Edit: His song "Where I Belong" is an original by him in the style of Disney.

[@Kamarovsky_KCM]

Oh I wouldn't be sure about that part with Old Norse not being Colm's native language, because he sure sounds like he was an actual Viking and just teleported into modern times to grace us with his music 😂

[@matt59fire]

It may not be his as an individual. But it sure as hell is his ancestors.

[@annsofiehansen2111]

Colm is irish, but yes if his ancestors is from Dublin, then he could have viking ancestors. No matter what he can sing and play like he was Brage (viking god for musik and poetry) :).

[@masonblank140]

Lmao

[@JoobyFooBrand]

Viking was an occupation. Scandinavian blood is scattered all across the world. It wouldn't be surprising to discover Colm has Scandinavian ancestry.

[@Nightwalk444]

Morons don't realize most Norse people were farmers and traders.

[@lolflashlight1010]

I love how you can appreciate my people's music. This type of music goes back centuries, just sounds even better today.

[@lolflashlight1010]

The fact the creator liked this felt good until I saw he liked all of his comments lol damn... Lol

[@JoobyFooBrand]

this is a cover by Fever Ray, lol. the only thing truly norse about this is the language. you should learn more about your "people's music" lol

[@wouterdgrove7506]

​@@JoobyFooBrand you must be FUN at parties....

[@JoobyFooBrand]

@@wouterdgrove7506 such an odd reply, here. You bumping it to the Viking soundtrack? Lol.

[@suzannadavis4282]

His name is pronounced Kuh-lum per his tweet. I am so happy to find someone else who recognizes his awesomeness and detail in production of beautiful music.

[@clintonmiller1248]

OMG you need to react to his cover of Hoist the colors. It is absolutely gut wrenching. the shorter acapela version is better.

[@jackwooten2374]

If you’re want more of Old Norse from Colm, listen to his cover of “My mother told me” in Old Norse. It’s about as lit as this is

[@unclefilthy848]

His range really comes through in his Wayfaring Stranger cover, it's sooooo good

[@olivinator]

depending on how you look at it, Old Norse is still alive as Icelandic, since Modern Icelandic is pretty similar to the Icelandic dialect of Old Norse from around 1200. as far as i know, it's the only dialect of Old Norse that stayed true to its roots. Modern Icelandic and Old Norse are so similar that a text written in the 1200's can be read, for the most part, by pretty much any Icelandic person as long as the text is first transcribed into the Latin alphabet.

[@dport9563]

Yes one of only a few languages to exist from over 1000 years still 90% unchanged. Greek Icelandic / Norwegian Finnish Mandarin Hebrew Arabic Few more.

[@olivinator]

@@dport9563 Norwegian actually changed quite a bit in the aftermath of the black plague, there were quite a few changes and reforms that happened between 1350 and 1550.

[@tonycrayford3893]

@@dport9563 then you have English which is just a communal pot you throw words into.

[@James-nr2hi]

​​@@dport9563I think Irish might be another one. I'm not 100% sure but i think so.

[@mollydunn7646]

I love this song so much that I have it permanently on my desk top and play it every day, I noticed that when he sings the line "give me mair" that it sounded like what we would say in Scotland meaning give me more, so Iistened to the English version and it does mean give me more. Loved your reaction to this song

[@His_Butterfly_Rose]

I've never heard this song before, and I'm SO happy that it was Colm's version that I heard first! Talk about growing some chest hair...😳🎶

[@robinhatcher8021]

This music speaks to me other than just my ears. It speaks to my heart and soul as my ancestors were vikings. We traced our roots directly to them.

[@DukeGouliez]

Viking was a job, not a name of the people. If you truly respect our ancestors you won’t use such a broad and wrong title. Only a small population of our people were vikingr. Most were farmers and fishermen.

[@robinhatcher8021]

@@DukeGouliez I'm sorry. Repeating title I've heard my whole life. I just recently found out about my ancestry so have alit of research to do yet. Thank you for your information. Was William the Conqueror a Viking? Some things I've read indicated he was but I don't know. Do you happen to know? Thank you! Have a great day!

[@DukeGouliez]

@@robinhatcher8021 William was the great great great grandson of Rollo, a famous vikingr who became a leader of Normandy and Frankia. While he was not a vikingr, he was a fierce fighter and ruler or both England and Frankia. I did not mean to come off as harsh, but in the last few years with all the media about people from “Scandinavia” (Vikings tv show, Assassin Creed, God of war) it has been rather frustrating for me and many other because suddenly the things we believe are just for entertainment purposes rather than being factual and accurate. I personally follow the ways of the old gods. And just as every other religion it has been used as entertainment. It makes me very happy to hear of others finding their roots. May you have a wonderful day and may your hearth always be warm

[@robinhatcher8021]

@@DukeGouliez Thank you dear Sir! I wish the same for you! Apparently, I'm a direct dependent of William the Conquerer. It may be only 1 drop of his blood by now, but I'm proud of it! I'm American so I have blood from 4 countries that I know of so far. Funny I just found out my maternal grandfather's people were from Scotland. Things fell into place when I found out as I'd always been drawn to Celtics culture and music but had no idea why. My grandfather had died years before I was born but my mother never mentioned it, so I don't know that he knew either. Anyway, it's fun to find out where all my people came from. It makes me feel grounded if that makes any sense.

[@DukeGouliez]

@@robinhatcher8021 it does! I found out about 6 years ago my grandfather was born here but his father came from Denmark in the late 1800s. My mothers parents came from Ireland. I dream of going to these places. Not sure if you’re religious or not but I’m Norse pagan and have been practicing for about 8 years. Truly is a wonderful world we live in.

[@patprice6083]

Colm is absolutely wonderful artist with a wild vocal range. His music is so relaxing to listen to well most of it is, depends on what you consider relaxing.

[@robinhatcher8021]

Can you imagine knocking on a door and you hear that voice on the other side? TIME TO GO! 🤣 Oh, by the way, I watch your reactions alot. I've nick named you Dragon Breath since you like them so much! Thank you for your reactions!

[@sergrum1082]

The Humors of Whiskey cover by him is also really good!

[@shadesofdusk4031]

This song is just haunting and dark, the first words literally translate to "this will never end because I want more, more, give me more, give me more." It's a song about a love with no love in them.

[@cannaandaman2103]

It‘s so funny watching you reacting to his low vocal range singing while I‘m thinking you have a pretty damn low range voice as well haha xD I enjoy watching this :)

[@Comrade_mommy]

Fever Ray’s “if I had a heart” is one of my fav songs (that whole album is great). I hadn’t heard this version before tho. I’m def going to have to listen a few more times to see if I like it as much as the og “if I had a heart”.

[@timworks991]

Interesting, I played violin in elementary school too. I am a Home Fry and been following your reactions to them for some time. I found Home Free ironically enough listening to Celtic music and was following Peter Hollens. I saw that he had covered Amazing Grace, my all time favorite song. That was my introduction to Home Free. That was a couple of years ago. My son had sent me a link to Colm McGuinness singing Wayfaring Stranger just the other day and here I am. I have always enjoyed your reactions.

[@yatzy7510]

His pronunciation is quite spot on. Im swedish myself but as a dead launguage the language closest to old norse in modern times is Icelandic. He makes it sound authentic

[@lkayh]

Great reaction. I didn’t appreciate Colm the first couple times I checked out his songs-he often sings with his tongue pushed way back, depressing his larynx, and I wasn’t that keen on it. But then I heard Peter Barber’s comments on Misty Mountains-that this is a choice he makes, and that he doesn’t always do it. Anyway, I checked out more of his songs, and I’m super impressed. He still does overdarken his voice (Peter’s term for it) quite a bit, but in songs like this, it works well. And if you listen to the background harmonies, he’s not doing it all the time. One of the song links offered at the end of this video is an original piece that has a Disney-esque sound-he plays two parts in it and it’s really interesting to hear how different his character voices are. That’s not easy to do consistently when you’re singing. Also, while I haven’t checked the credits on the songs I’ve heard, I THINK he’s actually playing most of the instruments you hear and see. I’m super impressed and much more interested in hearing more of his work.

[@brunolapointe66]

When this universe will die, THIS is the song that will be sung when everything will be engulfed in fire, ice and dark, unavoidable, ultimate void.

[@ladyevil2922]

I love this song!! I absolutely love his voice!!

[@dovos8572]

i really hope that you do a long journey through his music. he has really good songs and even the worse ones are worth listening to.

[@suzannadavis4282]

I avoided Jolene for a long time because I never liked the song but his and Savannah's version is wonderful...and I love the LGBTQ community soooo

[@sedevri864]

theres just something so engaging about deep vocals

[@kimeklund8880]

Fever Ray (Karin Dreijer) is an amazing artist 👩‍🎨

[@creationsbychancecan]

Thank you so.much for reacting to this song. I absolutely love his voice and his playing of different instruments. He learned old Norse I order to sing this song properly

[@godzillaenthusiast9687]

HAYHAHAH, finally on the Colm train, I see! Or should I say long longship..?

[@brandonbeauvais807]

You should react to The Hu, Yuve Yuve Yu. They're a Mongolian throat singing/ metal band and they are absolutely fantastic

[@KaedonVik]

This song is also from the frist Vikings tv btw

[@mango0650]

If you want a good representation of his range you should definitely check out his disney original.

[@AwesomAlbert]

haha keep doing these videos brother. your attitude is awesome

[@HannahYael-MayaDevi]

He’s incredible !!

[@sheamus4300]

Hey Dave You Are The Man 👍

[@johandejong2292]

"I feel more manly now that I've listened to this." Odd, but my thought just as well.

[@whysomad]

You gotta react to his original called "take us away" I swear to the almighty that it became one of the best pieces I have heard in over 20 years!

[@evilbanshee]

Even The Mariana Trench is jealous of how deep his voice is

[@irisjanemay1903]

I love what you said about having your two year old son listen to this. The old Norse is a very manly sounding language. I was thinking about playing it for my 5th grade boys I teach art to.

[@veronicarojas208]

Colm es un vikingo que vino a este siglo. Me transporta a escandinavia.

[@gregkral4467]

congratulation on your boy... he is in good hands.

[@ArleneAdkinsZell]

Great reaction. As for the song...Oh my, Colm...

[@cyanidejack1013]

It's called a taggleharpa- tail hair harp and you do use the strings. You use a bow or pluck them. Check out Einar Selvik's videos on it. He also is the singer for Wardruna and Danheim

[@robinhatcher8021]

I think while you listened to this, your beard grew! LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

[@sandiblohm6733]

This is a beautiful version of this song....

[@MultiLycifer]

Your voice very good too man

[@seanswisher7160]

Everytime Colm goes deeper, Ireland gets a 7.5 magnitude earthquake!

[@pleasehelp2446]

Im a of Scottish Norwegian heritage. This song is performed in my ancestors language. And knowing the original alphabet alows me to pronounce it correctly even if I can't translate it exactly I can still sing it correctly and pass it down.

[@uncommonman]

Fyi, the original is made by Fever Ray a modern artist

[@WaynesLife_8095]

Dude you sing with it and you actually sounded good! 😁

[@masonblank140]

This sounds better than the original I would say

[@jayef10]

This man wiped out the dinosaurs when his family jewels dropped

[@barbarakennedy2667]

Lol

[@nstmastapiece8579]

Still waitin on the metal version he recently dropped. WHERE ITS AT DAVE

[@firecracker187]

Fever Ray is amazing The original

[@enki4589]

So fucking good!!!!

[@ravenray6986]

Please react to his "my mother told me" in old Norse!!!

[@kimraudenbush615]

Colm: (starts singing) Dave: Already with the Dragon voice. (Offers theory to explain Colm's inclined head) Me: Guess you could say he's "dragon" a dragon into the performance? Sorry. I'll shut up now...

[@brandonbeauvais807]

At this point I just feel like I'm being annoying with all the comments. I literally just read my previous comment from weeks ago and am still doing this. Your videos are my fucking safe space hahaha

[@whatitdodave]

Comment away! I enjoy reading all of them.

[@brandonbeauvais807]

@@whatitdodave Here's to hoping we can have a drink and shoot the shit together one of these days. You're a badass dude

[@jayef10]

This man left a crater when his ballls dropped at the age of 6…

[@gregkral4467]

he's gpt the skyrim Thuum shout/ for sure.

[@LordHoward]

4:20 subscribed 🤣

[@leonardwradley4870]

Fo they have a Rosetta Stone program for Norse or even Icelandic?

[@haraldisdead]

Dude you have to do Wayfaring Stranger

[@unrb7197]

Dragonvoice - i like your word)

[@butterswarren8568]

You should do his sound of silence or Jolene

[@suzannadavis4282]

I avoided Jolene for a long time because I never liked the song but his and Savannah's version is wonderful...and I love the LGBTQ community soooo

[@robertgirtakovskis1670]

You need some proper headphones for Colms voice

[@cyanidejack1013]

It's col-um

[@grandshadowseal]

I wonder if you'd be interested in listening to some songs from julie fowlis she has some beautiful Gaelic folk songs!

[@2old2kare94]

I could pillage to this

[@BobbyDGamer]

og ma lord !!! oh ma lord !!!! ma headphone bout to break!! oh ma lord!!!! the f is this??!!!!!

[@richardsanchez5444]

Have you reacted to The Hu?

[@whatitdodave]

Yes. kzbin.info/aero/PLG217Y9Pofu5xnLGHk9Wflm_3zgrK5Wli

[@richardsanchez5444]

@@whatitdodave I see you've done some deep purple. Niceeee. If you ever wanna do another. Try mistreated. Has tons of feeling. And the guitar pairs perfectly with Ian's vocals. It's got that slow droning guitar tone.

[@Phoenix_A.W.810]

Old Norse sounds like Klingon 💀💀💀💀💀

[@haraldisdead]

Elementary school violin totally counts.

[@amandakhan4679]

Was anyone else annoyed by this video or just me?