Floor Jansen is just an... otherworldly stage presence. Saw them earlier this year with her in her 3rd trimester and about a year after her breast cancer surgery. She nailed every note, including Greatest Show On Earth, which demands an incredible amount of stamina under normal circumstances. If you see interviews with her, she's so soft-spoken and humble and on stage she just transforms and the audience with it. It was the first time I saw Nightwish with her. And it's a bit of a shame because since Marko Hietala left and seems happy in retirement, it is not that likely I will ever see them duet together. Hietala once said that Jansen is the only one he can sing with without having to hold back to not overpower the other. And... it really show. Both are putting unhuman amounts of energy into this performance. Another thing (and the last one, I promise, I got into ramble mode here): Just how... incredibly lucky has Tuomas Holopainen (keyboarder & composer) been to have had Floor as lead and Hietala - whom many bands would commit crime to have as their lead vocalist - as the ridiculously luxurious "backup" vocalist? And with Holopainen both Nightwish and the world was lucky. Sorry for the pathos, but I will just cherish their performances for decades to come.

Excellent observation. The stamina and energy to perform just this song is more than some bands can muster for an entire set!

Floor is married to the drummer from Sabaton, Hannes Van Dahl. This is Marko. He does play both guitar and bass. This one of the more intense songs from Nightwish. Floor is doing lots of belting in this one. All the best Jules!

Kai is here the drummer. Bass and vocals Marko. Guitarist is Emppu. Troy is the multiinstriumentalist. Singer Floor Jansen. Floor is married to the drummer of Sabaton.

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

thank you!

@robertsheeler321

7 ай бұрын

You forgot the most important person the key boardest and Founder , composer, song writer Tuomas Holopainen

@R---66---R

7 ай бұрын

And so you have it: the best band ever!

@gsparkman

6 ай бұрын

@@robertsheeler321 Absolutely!

They performed this song at a concert I was at about 18 months ago. Lucky enough to be in a small venue and be up close and personal with Floor only a few feet away. She blew my mind on this performance. Highlight of the concert.

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

so lucky!!!!!!

I think when you love to perform, and it's not just a job for you, it's easier to bring that energy. And then your energy gives the crowd energy, who gives it right back. I think that's why their live shows are so great. They never look like they're just going through the motions, like it's just another performance. Floor (married to the drummer of Sabaton, actually), in particular, absolutely loves performing. It's why she's not particularly happy that Nightwish are currently taking a break from touring, and why she's back to doing solo shows, less than two months after giving birth to her second child.

My steadfast NW favourite. Solid Nr.1 performance that never gets old. Floor btw, came tt Netherlands last Friday to unleash her inner wolf on stage. She described it as a very welcome nappy break (only 9wks after giving birth). As a matter of fact, there were two Jansen wolves on stage. Floor had brought her "little sister" Irene as a special guest and man... Absolute fire, the two of them (that version of "Daydream"..). If I say that a "Jansen & Jansen" album is an instant buy for me, it would be the umpteenth comment in this vein. So many ppl were totally blown away by the Jansen pack. HowL! 🤘🐺🤘

@noneofyerbeeswax8194

7 ай бұрын

🐺 Jansen & Jansen should start a band. Invite another Jansen & Janssen (unfortunate misspelling, eh) from Epica. They'll probably need a drummer too. Hmm... no idea. This epic return of the queen is a great conclusion of the year. After all the turmoil, she's ending it on a high note. Irene kinda beat her to that though... Next year will allow her to rest and hopefully come up with something interesting. Future looks bright, more or less.😊

@BrendonChase_2015

7 ай бұрын

@@noneofyerbeeswax8194 Drummer needed? Does "Chase" sound enough like Jansen? (Chasen --> Djasen --> Djansen..). And yes, their "Dangerous Game" with Irene's belted G5 for the win was a real treat. They should team up with Sir Joost again and ReVamp the bejesus out of.. doesn't matter, anything 😇

@marcogruble5408

7 ай бұрын

@brendonchase9736 Yep, friday was awesome. First Anneke van Giersbergen, the Floor Jansen, and as an extra treat Irene Jansen. I had a really great time. It was really awesome. Glad I was there.

@noneofyerbeeswax8194

7 ай бұрын

@@BrendonChase_2015 Sounds good enough. Chase is the chasen one. Together with Sir LUL he may guide them back on the river of time. Revamp the nature's flow of the Floorever days. Its endless beauty will evoke...😊

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

WOW.. I so jealous!! lol

A couple of Marko as lead singer, High Hopes a Pink Floyd tribute from 2005, and The Islander live at Tampere.

Marko, Vocals, Bass.

Marko is the bassist, second vocalist. If you really want to hear what he can do vocally, take a listen to the tribute to Pink Floyd's "High Hopes" that they did in the End of an Era concert. He and Floor compliment each other so well in their vocals. There is contrast, but yet, they weave in and out of each other's vocals that it all seems to come together as one.

Based in part on Stephen King's "The Wolves of Calla" - Dark Tower series. Marko Hietala, on bass, sings with Floor here. Tuomas plays keys and composes most of their material. Kai Hahto on drums. Emppu Vuorinen on guitar. Troy Donockley cannot play hockey - but just about anything/everything else. I've seen Floor windmill for 21 turns!! I'd be lying down after 10! See Floor's face at 9:11 !? Gonna eat the venue! Don't know how Tuomas can windmill and play so hard at the same time!

My favourite moments are the entire song 👀 lol From Emppu's solo Floor dancing to it Tuomas raising his arms and calling the army Floor howl, also calling, their pack of wolves. WEMBLEY, LET'S GO!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Floors physical and vocal stamina are next level ....she has said that she works out during tours .

Excellent reaction!!!! If you want to hear a variety of performances from Floor here are some suggestions: Floor growling = Nightwish - “Yours Is An Empty Hope” Vehicle Of Spirit Live at Wembley (2015). A little heavier with a growl = ReVamp - “Disdain” Live at Graspop (2010). Floor with her sister = After Forever - Floor & Irene Jansen - “Who I am” live at P60, Netherlands (2007). And amazing duet = Epica - “Sancta Terra (feat Floor Jansen)” Live Retrospect show.

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

Added!

@nightwishlover8913

7 ай бұрын

Don't forget the new one - Floor and Irene at Floor's AFAS Show on 8 December.

You've become my fav Nightwish reactor. Your enthusiasm is infectious.

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

aww thank you!!

This is Floor’s fa vourite song, as she says. She love this song

@kebra1961

Ай бұрын

Floor is a Dog + a Wolf. Look her 2 Tatoos behind her Ears. A Dog + a Wolf 😉

THE song of Nightwish was played at this venue: keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen's "The Poet And The Pendulum"... Please do some reading in advance about the story behind that song (hint: Tarja...) including the "Open Letter" and give the army a reaction as nice as this one ❤ BTW it was the very last time TPATP was performed.....

Pure beauty 🤘💜🤘

Keep smiling tis a beautiful smile you have and welcome to the Nightwish army

Yes there's a story being told in their songs like in operas🤘. This is one of my favourite Nightwish songs. 🤓🇸🇪

A firm Nightwish favourite......like all the rest! Thanks

Hi Jules!!!! Love your channel!!! I am an old Rock & Roll fanatic from way back in the early 1960's! My best friend, of over 60 years now, and I used to do our homework together, and we listened to Jimi Hendrix ( You really need to go find some Jimi Hendrix on KZread, and see what an innovative guitar player and vocalist he was!!! Then there was Led Zeppelin ( the mega hit, "Stairway To Heaven" ) and many more hit songs. I discovered Nightwish nearly 5 years ago, and at 66 years young, I still love rock, hard rock, Heavy Metal, and now Symphonic Metal! Nightwish is without a doubt the best band I have seen! The diversity of music that Toumas writes is totally amazing!

In this same concert they performed, ghost love score, the poet and the pendulum and greatest show on earth, all more than 10 min long and very high energy songs!!!

The song is based on Stephen King's book from Dark Tower series - Wolves of Calla. In case you are a reader... Thanks for the reaction!

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

ahhh, thank you so much for that... and yes I am a reader.. i actually have a book review on the channel - I was trying it out to see if people were interested. it was just a few videos back

@pro-v7500

7 ай бұрын

*Dark Tower, not Black Tower.

@rnowak85

7 ай бұрын

Only the title. From what I have read the lyrics don't really match the story. Tuomas is an avid reader and often uses literary sources as inspiration for songs. One of my favorite is Edema Ruh from the Endless Forms Most Beautiful album. Inspired by the Patrick Rothfuss. In teh novels the Edema Ruh are a nomadic band of entertainers who travel throughoutthe Four Corners of Civilization performing music and plays. Tuomas clearly sees Nightwish as a real Edema Ruh. Lovre this acoustic perfromance from the Baltic Princess cruise. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWeazKR6mLK-ebA.htmlsi=7fPzFW3otlxCBahH.

@ApocalypseRider

7 ай бұрын

@@pro-v7500 Thanks for correction! I translated from my language which isn't direct direct translation from original apparently.

Great reaction. 🤘Greetings from nothern Germany

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙌

As far as stamina goes, this band is something else. I saw them last year and their “encore” was a 13 minute song followed by a 26 minute song. And it sounded amazing.

@vhaarr

6 ай бұрын

I mean.. I've got news for you; that's not an encore, that's just part of the planned set list :-P

@richardwest6358

5 ай бұрын

They have said many times they don't do encores - the 2 megasongs - Poet & Pendulum plus Greatest Show are their closing epics

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Always expect variation. This is symphonic metal, which means you get movements.

Tuomas writes songs as they were movies so there is always some story he wants to tell, then he finds rest of song.

yeah it takes stamina just to watch them 😀 Thanks Julia more NW to come i hope

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

FOR SURE!!!

6:38 One of her fan-given nicknames, which she has giggled about in an interview before, is "The Dutch Windmill," as that type of headbanging is called windmilling. She's also "The Valkyrie Queen," which is the term I think you were looking for earlier in the video when she does the big open arms to the crowd

..U r back again 😊❤❤❤❤

Very beautiful

Check out The Greatest Show On Earth in Tampere

No she's married to the drummer in Sabaton, Hannes Van Dahl. Tthe basist singing is Marko Hietala. Rest of the band is Toumas Holopainen on keyboards and the mastermind behind the music, aka Metal Mozart. Drummer is Kai Hahto. Guitar is Emppu Vuorinen. Their multi-musician is Troy Donockley.

Hi Jules, greetings from UK It always makes my day when I see another one of your reactions pop up 😉 Thank you 🙂

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊 thank you so much for that!

🤩👍💯💥🎼 Lovely to see you're back on the journey with this magical group... 😉 Neat reaction mi lady and keep on rockin with them. Greets from the freeeeeezing Finland 🥶 🤘😎 🇫🇮 💙

@ValtteL

7 ай бұрын

Freezing Finland?! FFS Jaska put on some clothes! 😂

@jaskau2462

7 ай бұрын

@@ValtteL 🤩👍

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😁

👍Hi Jules,i saw ,you saw that "silent scream" of Floor,that ,everytime gives me the feeling ,i'm right about Floor,she is just a human energie reactor .You said it,the energie and not only Floor,the whole band gives us even this energie thru the screen. I'm a bass player and ex sound engineer and i can see and feel this energie what in my opinion only can happen if you play with musicians who have this same energie and skills to make magic on stage. It's their unity what make's them so g#%$mn powerfull.🤘 Really hope,they have this magic working on the new album.✊

One of my favorite songs EVER! Floor's face at 9:10 - 😱❤. Thank you for your beautiful reaction.

My wife chose this as My Song - it's an object lesson for people like me, who tend to believe disaster is at the door. She says "you've got 7 days - are you going to spend them cowering, or live life?" And you know what? It works! Anyway, glad to see you pick up on the showmanship as well as the music, it's a whole package. Sometimes reactors come to it when they are still hypnotised by Floor and miss most of that. Great reaction!

Your reactions are always a pleasure, thank you.

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

Don't forget AYREON ! Floor and Simone are participating in the song of Ayreon !

🇬🇧 Norfolk reports for duty on your journey 😊 Wembley let’s go !

Enjoyed your reaction to Floor. I would suggest another amazing female vocalist, the amazing young Russian singer Diana Ankudinova. She has the most amazing, chill inducing, unusual, atavistic voice alive today. Suggest going to her KZread page to get a video. Suggest starting out with Cant Help Falling in Love, her cover of the Elvis Classic. You will have to pause and maybe use a filter over the video, as it is on a Russian TV singing competition.

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

Added!

Great show as usual

👍👍👍👍👍👍

🤗🍒🤘🏻😘 well done again

You would watch and react to Floor singing } “O Mio Babbino Caro “. Just before she joined Nightwish. Love your reactions, it’s nice to hear from a classically trained woman with your POV. You should also check out Diana Ankudinova singing the “song “ from the movie Dune. Have a great day and I hope you keep making reaction videos for awhile .

Another recommendation from Finland is JP Leppäluoto. He is an amazing singer with a really rich low-end baritone voice, and naturally has a bit of an operatic sound. His solo song "Kuoppa" ("Pit" in Finnish, used in the context of the song as a grave) is a good example of his range, as well as "Dance With The Dragon" or "I Once Had Wings" from his time with Dark Sarah, where he plays the role of the Dragon.

Great reaction! Song is about living your life to the fullest as the wolves, i.e. death, is always nipping at your heels and you never will know when it will come for you. I saw them live in Boston May of 2022 and this song was amazing live. Clearly one of Floor's favorites and sill awesome even though Marko was no longer with the band. By the way, Floor's hair whips or spins are called windmills because she is Dutch after all!

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

thank you for that!!

Marko, won the masked singer in Finland.

Great reaction... I really hope you do Bless the Child and Ghetsemane... I actually wrote the other message before I even watched your reaction... peacause not mane reactors do those 2 songs... But seeing how you checked every box of why 7 days to the wolves is one of my favourites... I canmot wait to see how you would interpret the other two... Great great reacrion and your skill in music is theough the roof :) Nice to see musical savy persons appreaciating NW mastery :)

Please also check out Marko ( The Bassplayer vocalist ) new song with Exit Eden called Run. The three ladies in this group play the part of the sisters of fate ( Ancient Greek Mythology ).

Floor's husband is actually playing drums in a band called Sabaton. Sabaton making songs themed on historical events like 2nd WorldWar and so on. you should listen to them also: 40:1 is amazing song from Sabaton!!!

You need to do a reaction to Bless the Child a d Ghesemane. The first is in the Wache 2013 show the latter in the Buenos Aires 2018 show... This song is similar to the the ones mentioned... and also from lyrics POV... NW is amazing...they are the best in my opinion!!!

Marco Hietala bass mannen singing with Floor. Floor was given some singing technics to Marco, breath åcso voice teknik Floor Jansen is married Swedish band Sabaton drummer Hannes Van Dahl they have 2 kider… youngest is 3-4months age

Dark Passion Play is the first and only album of their I've listened to and I love it. Not sure what's keeping me from the rest of their stuff. One thing I like about this song is how it flows into the next one, Meadows of Heaven.

👏👏😍😍🤘🤘

You are correct on your pronunciation of Floors name. Marko, the basist is not married to Floor. Floor is married to Hannes Van Dahl, the drummer of Sabaton. Tuomas is the keyboardist, Emppu is the guitarist, Troy is the multi-instrimentalist, Kai on the drums

Some Tuomas linguistics: "dead children" = children that no longer exist, because they have become adults. This becomes clear for the first time in "Dead Boys Poem" he wrote when he was 22 and is a recurring theme throughout his life. My guess it revolves about the loss of innocence that is also a recurring theme.

Please make a Playlist with Nightwish + Floor Jansen !!!

great song 🐕

My no 3 song, high energy from the start and increasing right through A Floor personal favourite too fortunately, meaning it is still on the setlists. Marco: one of the very best metal vocalists, often taking lead in the songs but in some, the main lead. You should check out: - High Hopes, Hartwall Areena 2005, a tribute to Pink Floyd and the ultimate Marco - While Your Lips are Still Red, Wembley 2015 (this show), the softer side of Marco - The Islander, Tampere 2015, Marco again and playing his double neck bass/guitar "The Beast" And for more with Marco and Floor, Devil and the Deep Dark Ocean and Slaying the Dreamer, both from Buenos Aires 2018 Also my No 2, Song of Myself from Wacken 2013.

if you like Marko's voice, please react next to "Kiss while your lips are still red" from Wembley, or "The Islander" from Tampere :) nice reaction again!

@user-ze2wt3nl9h

7 ай бұрын

I concur, these two songs are really Marco's ones with Nightwish. I would also suggest the most recent Marco's work with wonderful ladies from Exit Eden - Run.

Marko has a great voice, Check out the song Endlessness from the last Nightwish album (no live version because Marko left but a great lyric Video)

Watch everdream :)

Floor isn't married to bass player/ singer Marko, but her marriage is tangentially related to Nightwish, as her husband is the drummer for Sabaton, and they met when the bands were touring together. Marko and Hannes both have long blond hair, so you might confuse them from behind 😂

@noneofyerbeeswax8194

7 ай бұрын

When *ReVamp and Sabaton were touring together.

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

got it... thanks!

AN OPERA PERFORMANCE by a an American Opera Singer like you: Elizabeth Zharoff- Martern aller arten

Floor Jansen has just become a mother for the second time. Floor is married to the drummer of Sabaton Hannes Van Dahl

marko floor is married to the drummer in sabaton Hannes

🎼👍👍🇳🇱🤘🤘🎼🎸🎤💕

Marko bass and vocals not married to floor want to hear Marko go back to the end of a Era and take a listen to phantom of the opera

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

we did that one already, check it out on the channel!😉

@tomnagel5769

7 ай бұрын

@@themcsyoutubechannel awesome will do your channel is wonderful luv your reactions

You pronounce Jansen where the J is like the Y in “your” and the a as the a in “hard”. 😊 I am Dutch like Floor. 🇳🇱

@9:11 (your video's time) I noticed the look on your face. As a singer, you can appreciate the extreme opening of the jaw. As a dentist, that makes me cringe (unless well practiced, that's a recipe for disaster in the temporomandibular joint) and envious of HER dentist... it would be such a luxury to work on someone who has 'ease of opening' like that. LOL, they just don't make them like that every day. ...Or, at least I wouldn't have as many back problems. I'm getting too old to stand on my head to see those upper/back molars!! Oh wait !! This is about singing, and performance, and musiccraft. Never mind. Dentists... we do not know our place in the world... be shunned, hated, and most of all "be gone until we need you". LOL... I work in a rather backwoods, rural county. It'd be different in a more upscale world. Hey, that was a fun song and a very nice reaction/review. In this one, I enjoyed the way Floor would manipulate the tongue root and then bite-off the end of some of her longer phrases. Understood... that's not in the classical vein. But it does fit the song. Perfectly. Enjoy life. - - Blind Doc Jones - NW Honorary : - - - Head-n-Neck Physiology Nerd, - - - Hydration Specialist, - - - and Mosh Pit Tooth Locator (look for the guy with the bleeding elbow... it's probably still stuck in his olecranon).

Great reaction but imho the sound is not good, use headphones, because it sounds better simply Otherwise.. Greetings from Sweden

Nice reaction😊 Please react to Dimash Olympico..

Subscribed. Great performance and reaction! If you would like to explore more and expand your channel, may I suggest a reaction to BABYMETAL. Their music has a positive and uplifting message. They have a fun and awesome performance: BABYMETAL - PA PA YA!! (feat. F.HERO) (OFFICIAL) Or: MAYA【Live Blu-ray/DVD「BABYMETAL BEGINS - THE OTHER ONE -」"BLACK NIGHT"】 🖖 ❤

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

my producer has been telling me that's coming down pipe any minute now

You talk about men having Long hair ,okay all men Will have short hair, whenall wemenhave Long hair

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

um....

When all wemen have Long hair ,all men Will have short hair

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

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When all wemen have Long hair ,all men Will have short hair

@themcsyoutubechannel

7 ай бұрын

? - dude, your SO looking for a fight in the wrong place. we all like hair here.. um...