Floor is just the complete package vocally. And the charm that flows all the way into the back row and even thru my computer screen. I have seen hardcore reactors cry like a baby.

They have now the best singer, the best composer, Songwriter, the best drummer, the best multi instrument player. The best Progrock Metal band, with the best fans all over the world ❤

Floor🌷❤ is out of this world, in any aspect. She's the gift to mankind. She's magical. She's the One.

Floor ❤

Huge Nightwish fan, love Floor, she's the GOAT, no doubt! Saw them live in Minneapolis last year, absolutely amazing experience!

From what I understand, Anette got really ill before the show in Denver. She had a high fever and had also gotten pregnant while the band had a break midway through their World Tour. She was unable to perform and so Alissa White-Gluz and Elize Ryd from support band Kamelot had to step in and perform with Nightwish with printed lyrics. Anette insisted that the rest of the tour be cancelled but Nightwish wanted to continue with a temporary singer. This argument and previous difficulties between the band and Anette led to them parting ways. Nightwish phoned Floor and asked for her help to finish the tour. Floor flew to America and had 48 hours to learn the setlist before taking to the stage for her first ever Nightwish show in Seattle. There is a documentary on KZread about just this funnily enough called Please Learn The Setlist In 48 Hours. The performance at Wacken, Germany that you watched in your video was just 10 months later! After that Wacken performance both Floor and Troy were made full members of Nightwish. Hope this helps. Stay safe 🤘✌️

@ronaldderooij1774

Жыл бұрын

I am amazed that you believe what was said in Seattle to calm the public. Annette was fed up with Nightwish. Nobody really knows what happened. But it suddenly exploded at a very inconvenient moment. I don't believe for a moment that she was ill. If she had been ill, there would have been well wishes, pictures of her in the hospital, with flowers besides her bed and the band members around it. Nothing of that all. It was so bad, that Annette did not even want to figure in any way, shape or form from that moment on in any documentary about Nightwish from that moment on. I think Annette was perfectly healthy but very, very angry. So angry that she left the band mid tour, on the spot.

@BruderTux

Жыл бұрын

@@ronaldderooij1774 I don't think the illness was fake, but rather the last drop. It was clearly not working out. A lot of fans never accepted Anette and let her know that. Nightwish's heavy touring schedule at the time also didn't work out for her. Maybe she would have been able to power through if the band relationship was healthy.

@BudhagRizzo

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@@ronaldderooij1774 I'm pretty sure her pregnancy had a lot to do with it. Perhaps she was demanding to cancel the tour for it and the rest of the band refused. Kind of ironic, being that they're currently touring while Floor is WAY pregnant. I think she did shows while pregnant with her first child too! It shows how loyal and dedicated to her passion, and the band, she is.

@ronaldderooij1774

Жыл бұрын

@@BudhagRizzo That might be true. I don't know. Not every body is the same too. I think it is quite remarkable that Floor is physically capable of singing at such a high level when pregnant.

@ecbftl

Жыл бұрын

I understood that before the "Denver debacle" Anette did not want to do the Australia leg of the tour, probably due to her pregnancy(not sure). The band did not want to cancel and reached out to Floor as a possible substitute for that part of the tour. Anette found out and did not like the idea. When she was unable to perform with the band in Denver, the band decided to call Floor to replace Anette right away, The "learn the setlist in 48 hours" call during Floor's sister's wedding that got her on a plane to the US. Anette may have done one last concert before Floor replaced her. I am sure there was some drama about that, and any footage with Anette was not not included in the documentary at Anette's request.

Floor took Nightwish to a new level.She is just made to sing

Weak Fantasy is one of my favorites. They sing it with such conviction. My top songs of them are The Greatest Show On Earth, The Poet And The Pendulum and Ghost Love Score

Nightwish Army USA (Pa) division saying much respect and you did a great job . Most of the fans are united worldwide but there are a few Tarja camps and I understand how they must feel but I'm a Floor guy and I still like the older Nightwish and I want to thank you again for such a honest analysis.

Nice Reaction! I think there will be alot of Tarja fans that might disagree with you, but probably the majority will agree with you about Floor. In 2015 when they played the Tampere Finland concert, Floor did an interview before it and the interviewer also talked to Toumas (keyboards) and Marko (bass guitar) and Toumas told the interviewer that "Floor is at home doing this, she really is at home."

This was cool.😁👍 I wouldn't sweat your opinion, I am pretty confident in saying Floor is also most peoples favourite (including mine) and even those who favour Anette or Tarja mostly also consider Floor to be awesome as well. There are a few die-hard Tarja fans left that won't let the lady go and unfairly criticize Floor but they are very few and far between at this point.

Hi Jennifer, I've been a Nightwush fan since the beginning and I tell you Floor was the best thing that happened to the band, the most versatile singer, being able to sing all styles well, Floor the best, the Valkyrie Goddess.

Hello from Nightwish Army Brasil. As for the Shoemaker song, it has to be the "Lyric video" version. There are many details that disappear live. As for the favorite vocalist, it's easier; the only headbanger of the 3 is Floor Jansen.

@JenniferTakes

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic point! I'll check that out 😁

@henryvandenbrand

Жыл бұрын

Nothing beats the "Ad Astra" part live. Even without sound it is so intense.

There is a documentary Please learn the setlist in 48 hours that tells the story how Floor came to Nightwish❤

Floor is the best ❤

Thank you for showing openness, accepting to do this "tour de force" of 12 songs of the band, from all 3 eras (plus your first reaction - there are already 13...). You covered about 10% of their repertoire in this way. I hope I've whetted your appetite :) to keep exploring their music - the fans will help you with suggestions. If you are interested, you can find 2 huge messages with links on the Community page of my channel. I also recommend you to visit the Nightwish Arena channel, where you will find a treasure of good quality links, including entire concerts, from all eras of the band. Regarding the songs I chose - I tried to be as diverse as possible in the first place, deliberately ignoring the "usual" recommendations. For example, I could have recommended you ALL 15 songs from the Wacken 2013 concert (only Ghost Love Score is from there) because it was probably an alignment of planets then, they are all that good - but I thought that wouldn't be the best idea, because then Floor re-interpreted an entire setlist of songs recorded in the studio with Tarja and Anette (at that time Floor still had no material recorded in the studio with the band), so it would not have been representative of Floor . A similar situation - the songs from the Decades tour (2018) in which the setlist was a compilation of songs from the 2 decades of the band's activity until then (the Buenos Aires 2018 concert was recorded in its entirety on this anniversary occasion). Once again, thank you for giving us your honest reactions, and I hope to see you again soon!

@JenniferTakes

Жыл бұрын

Hi! Thanks for checking out my videos! It really was important to me to get the videos finished. I made a promise. Once I got my act together, so to speak, I was able to edit and publish fairly quickly. I have to admit the 3rd video was the most challenging and kind of a mess. My apologies. I really want to thank you again for "the list." It was well-curated and made the beginning part of this project easier. When I decided to redo the reaction video I had no idea how I would go about it. Tarja...a foundational muse and queen. Anette...a radical change in style... I can get my head around that. But I was a little put off by how similar they are in appearance. Style-wise...Pop-Rocker chic for certain but I did love what she did on Slow, Love, Slow. She was definitely in a tough spot on her way into Nightwish as well as her way out. Floor came in like a boss, did what she needed to do when it needed to be done and it has paid off. Period. lol As much as I'm thinking I've lost my taste for metal over the years, there is enough new stuff happening that I'm still curious so that is good. BabyMetal was a treat but I haven't been back. I've popped down the rabbit-hole that is Nightwish and it's kinda cool in here. I'm working on a list of Nightwish-related media to check out and stuff my brain.

@ecbftl

Жыл бұрын

​@JenniferTakes A few weeks after starting with Nightwish, Floor was singing the setlist and arrangements set up for Annette. Here is a good fan cam of a sultry Floor singing Slow Love Slow 13 Oct 2022 in an intimate Fort Lauderdale venue before the setlist was adapted to her style. Ft Lauderdale Oct 13, 2012. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaBtuMSue67AZbg.html Different perspective, good views of Emppu having fun: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4iep8iImqrKk6g.html She has recently also sung it in her solo concerts. I also found a video from that time of a version of Nemo with both Emppu and Marco playing acoustic guitars!

Thanks

🤗🍒🤘🏻😘Great job Jennifer 🥰

@JenniferTakes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🤗

Floor is more versatile she can sing everything from opera to rock and everything in between says Tuomas the band's keyboardist and composer. Floor has charisma and has a good stage presentation. Floor is also a good storyteller and a very nice person. It's a live performance, no autotune, nopitch controll. Floor is one of the best vocalist on the planet.

Me thinks the saying applies: third time's a charm 😁

@noneofyerbeeswax8194

Жыл бұрын

You mean: all the three singers, they're both great. Reyt?😃

🇬🇧 Norfolk with you it a sold out Wembley arena 😊

Unfortunately Nightwish had to cancel the last remaining concert of the tour in Oslo. The band cited medical reasons at Floor. I hope that the upcoming birth is the reason for this and that no complications have occurred. 🍀🍼 I agree with you 100% that Floor is the perfect sister for her band brothers and the most brilliant frontwoman of the band. Floor is just perfect for this job! When Floor sang the last part of Shoemaker - the goddess spoke to us unworthy people and raised us to her level.

My favourate song is 10th man down❤ Elvenjigg/Elvenpath is also amazing😊 Songs from Markos solos are Star sand and Shadow❤ He did a song with the band Waltari the song called Below Zero epicness😊

Tuomas and the members of Nightwish are big nature lovers. IMHO - I think his Keyboard stand at Wembley looks like Groot from the Guardians of the Galaxy. It looks like he is being sacrificed (crucified) to represent mans abuse of the old grow forest and nature in general. Both of the songs you didn't appreciate are songs with a very intense message, which is the focus of these 2 songs. A deep dive into the lyrics and meaning behind these songs may give you a different feeling. Maybe not? I think you would love the Decades tour from 2018 in Buenos Aires. "Dead Boys Poem", one of my favorites. Love both Tarja and Annette's studio work. Respect to both. Big Floor fan all the way! ❣❣

Agree 100 %

By the way : van Halen are Dutch , Floor too !

No official explanation for the departure of Anette has ever been given but from various interviews my take is that she had become more interested in her job security over what's good for the band that the band decided she was causing more trouble than being worth it. As for how Floor replaced her, here's a great documentary about it all: Nightwish "Please Learn The Setlist In 48 Hours" (documentary) kzread.info/dash/bejne/lqhn2JOphrjXoNI.html

Floor is fantastic ❤. She's a perfect fit for the band. Tarja will always hold a special place in my heart though. She made me a fan of NW and I've always loved the timbre and style she used. She not as mainstream (not meant in a negative way) as Floor, though, and thus Floor brought them more fans.

I didn't care for this the first time I heard it. But, it has grown on me and now I love it. And as others have said, the music video is a must see.

I love Floor's growls. Nightwish is done touring now they are in the studio for the new album. Right now Floor is almost 7 months pregnant and they canceled the last date because of Floor's health. The pregnancy is going well.

Lots of effort in the reviews, and I respect that. At the end of the day, it’s all personal opinion and taste. I’m not into comparing the three because I don’t think can do it fairly. I am a Finn with dual American citizenship, and first came to know of Nightwish about age 7 or 8 and saw end-of-an era at 17. The reason I don’t compare or don’t think that can be done is because it’s like apples and bicycles and it all comes down to Tuomas. He is the Metal Mozart visionary, and has had different visions of Nightwish over the years. Early Nightwish with Tarja was his romantic Peter Pan Gothic symphonic period. T&T go back to HS a lnd Tuomas has called her his muse and his 5th instrument.not voice. And because of that some people found her singing less versatile. Not bc she isnt. But bc she sang the way he wanted the songs sung. Part of the reason for the breakup was his changing vision and her desire to sign more type of music and use her full voice more. Poor Annette was the anti Tarja filler. Now the vision since 2013 has been more Arena anthem.Heavier. More metal/rock. Which fits Floor perfectly. And Tuomas permits her to sing the older sings that way. In fact, Tarja sings the old songs more that way now. Also Tarja was singing the songs when she was in her early to mid 20s and Floor joined Nightwish at 33. So I enjoy the first Nightwish journey for the first 10 years and the third Nightwish journey for the last ten years and ignore the middle. They are both great singers. They are good friends, they respect each other’s talent. Personalities singing styles to some extent and outfitting they are very opposite, but they are both great singers, and Nightwish owes them both a lot. Personally, I probably am more a Tarja girl because she was my first love, but Floor, Tarja and NW are all doing better in their current situations.

Actually, I think all of the singers brought something unique to the Band, and the evolution works for me. I actually haven't been a Nightwish fan that very long, and I have the benefit of hindsight. I discovered them totally by accident. I found the Tarja/Marko version of Phantom of the Opera. What drew me in was the more classical singing with the metal. So, that is where the sound hits for me. Tuomas tailored of lot of his songs with the particular singer. Some people will say Anette was not a good fit, but I disagree. They needed someone different. My heartbreak is a little different than yours. To me, Journey was never the same without Steve Perry. I hated that they just basically picked one that sounded like him. So, I can appreciate Anette because she had her own great songs. She did sing some of the old ones, but It would have just been silly to try and match her voice with some of them, whether she had the power or not. The same goes for Floor, by the way. She can sing just about every Nightwish song, but if one is a full classical style, it undermines her versatility which is her biggest asset imo. She was perfect fit for this band when she took over. Being the third singer, and coming on so unexpectedly she was required to be able to sing some of the older songs right away. They threw her into the deep end and she kicked the crap out of it. This was the absolute right time for her power, technical prowess, and versatility. And of course, she has that happy light beautiful voice. I appreciate them all, and listen to them all

@JenniferTakes

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments. There is NO JOURNEY WITHOUT STEVE PERRY. Just a Journey tribute band. Sorry...not sorry 😉

@vanessalore9942

Жыл бұрын

@@JenniferTakes Well I feel the same way about David Lee Roth 😀

Yeah, new subscriber here. Thanks, Jennifer!

Shoemaker is my Fav (without GLS)

No disrespect to Gabriel's apparent list he gave you, but I would've suggested some different reference points..... Romanticide from Wacken 2013, in fact just about all of that concert is a MUST watch, but also Poet and the Pendulum from Wembley, and Greatest Show on Earth from Tampere.

My favorite performance for Floor's vocals is probably "The Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean" in Buenos Aires. But honestly, she's my favorite singer (overall, not just for Nightwish), so there are many, many contenders for that honor. Of course, I love all these choices presented by Gabriel. ("Weak Fantasy" at Tampere is one of my overall favorite Nightwish performances.)

Lead guitarist (Emppu Vuorinen) doesn't sing. The ex-bassist Marko Hietala did sing and is still doing solo performances every now and then. Their current bassist Jukka Koskinen hasn't sang yet in any performance even though he did sang background vocals with his old band, Wintersun. Nowaydays Floor does most of the singing and Troy does sing some minor parts, too. As for the songs I personally like the most, I think Ghost River from Wacken 2013 and The Poet and the Pendulum from Wembley 2015 are the two best for me. Both have both Floor and Marko singing which suits my taste.

The wooden stand holder is a tree man could be modeled on Groot?. But is not Jesus as some people asked. Great reaction gained a new Sub. Thank you please check out Floor's vocals raw. That is the acoustic version of How's the heart with Troy from planet rock.

when i saw that you had an id claim for shoemaker i was certain that my channel had been terminated. last week none of my live nightwish uploads had ID claims, now half of them do and 4 uploads have been blocked. no strikes though. back to the drawing board...

Sold out Wembley Arena (capacity 12,5k), not Wembley Stadium (capacity up to over 100k for concerts). Different venues located close by. Still, not a small feat.

The Poet and the Pendulum is my favourite. By far. It is their masterpiece. Unfortunately Nightwish will not perform it anymore after Marko left the band and Tuomas feels no connection with the song anymore as he passed the grief about Tarja leaving the band.

Was wondering if your going to react to Angelina Jordan's new single "Love Don't Let Me Go" and another one I think you would like is her dedication to her fans after her Dec 23, 2021 Christmas special she sang "YOU SAY"

Get your facts right. It is the bass players, Marco, who sing vocals with Floor. The guitarist Empu does not sing.

@JenniferTakes

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you pointing out my mistake. Thank you!

Your opinions of the singers mirror my own. I was a fan of Nightwish from ‘97 when I was introduced to them by Pandora. But I lost interest when Annette came on board. I regained interest when Floor came into the fray. She fit the band so well. To me the epitome of the band was with Floor until Marlo’s departure. I enjoy the current music but it doesn’t seem to carry me along.

Hello jennifer, regarding the breakup between NW and Anette Olzon, this is touched upon in the documentary "NIGHTWISH -"PLEASE LEARN THE SETLIST IN 48 HOURS" kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJx52s2mh66zdbg.html

TOM-Ped-day

Floor pop jansen 😂

I cannot imagine why you didn’t like her performance of Weak Fantasy, I could understand if you didn’t care for the song, but her performance? Maybe you meant least favorite song. Thae Tanpere concert is one of their best concerts, as it is their home base, & introducing Tuomas' masterpiece, "The Greatest Show on Earth". BTW, Jansen is pronounced as Yansen.

The base players vocals not the guitarist. An honest reaction review. Peace!

I think you need to listen to more than a few songs before you judge them. As a massive NW Fan in America, I've heard some of these hundreds of times. You completely missed Floor growling in empty hope! Such a critic after hearing a few songs! Go back to pop princesses!

Of all 3, she is my least favorite. Just my opinion but she sounds like a pop diva, everyone has an opinion and that is mine

@rickphil9999

Жыл бұрын

Okay Bridget. I get it, you only love Tarja. Personally, I love them all... but Floor the most.

@clivematthews5296

Жыл бұрын

And now I know you're just a Floor hater. Anette was the most pop and Tarja the only Diva.

@Wmeester1971

Жыл бұрын

Floor sits between Tarja and Annette in many ways. Annette objectively is more poppy than floor, who on her turn is less operatic than Tarja. Try again.

@Ramini-wj4vd

Жыл бұрын

Everyone knows Floor is your least favorite. The reason you gave for that is weird though as Floor definitely has more metal vibe in her singing compared to Tarja and Anette.

@bridgetmccracken1381

Жыл бұрын

@@rickphil9999 no you do not get it, I never said I only love Tarja, stop putting words in my mouth