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@VioletBicanic

3 жыл бұрын

Big Brain Singer add Insta as well?! 😁😀

@pete_lind

3 жыл бұрын

This is the best version , the official video was made when Anette Olzon was the female vocalist , so people may wonder were is Floor Jansen . Troy Donockley there with his Bodhran (drum) , tin whistles and Uilleann pipes , dont know what he could not play , when he also plays string instruments . Marko there with his custom Warwick Infinity-Panthera double neck kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2uq26WfqMm-otI.html 4 min , most likely his one , that is build in this clip .

The ending part with Floor is really beautiful : she doesnt fill all the space, she just hightlights Marco's voice. Why your lips are still red is very nice too.

Nightwish is one of the rare bands that actually feel like a band. Floor as no issue being backup singer and does not steal the spotlight at all, which is pretty impressive imho.

@eddiewinehosen6665

3 жыл бұрын

I think you nailed it even tho it has stars they play like a team!

Marko is soooo good! Please also check out ‘Your lips are still red’ and ‘high hopes’ (Pink Floyd tribute) for Marko’s skills!

@Kromvato

3 жыл бұрын

Definetly high hopes,marco's best performance in my opinion

@TaldrenDR

3 жыл бұрын

High hopes for sure!

@Jesses001

3 жыл бұрын

I do not think I heard "Your lips are still red" from Marco before. I am sure I am in for a treat. Off to find it!

Marco's new line of tee shirts, "Floor is my back up singer." haha. They get along so well. The whole band is like a family. Very cool to watch.

You know what you said about how floor keeps it up and light backing Marco? Well prepare to have that utterly shredded to bits. Seriously, listen to "Yours is an empty hope", and you'll see just how crazy Floor's range and versatility is when backing Marco.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

Check out the featured video on the channel! (It's that one)

Me: "Marco who, who is your backup singer tonight?" Marco: "Floor Jansen, who else?"

@athlonen

3 жыл бұрын

Troy Doneckley?

@pekkakarppinen1608

3 жыл бұрын

@@athlonen 😅👍

"...voice that's been working for a while". Spot on, Marco first started singing in Tarot along with his brother. Tarots first album came out in 1986 and is called Spell of iron. Marco is actually offically still a member of Tarot but its been put on hiatus.

floor marco mix is great .......even when floor has the grit and marco sings clean like in "yours is an empty hope"

The instrumentals for this song were written by Marko, and the lyrics were a collaboration of Marko and Tuomas.

that's another great thing about this band: everyone plays and sings together. for the next reaction I suggest "sleeping sun" from the same concert (tampere 2015), a small song in a great performance.

@gunterreihnhol6507

3 жыл бұрын

Ja, beautiful song.

Tosee Floor and Marco You should to see "Romanticide".

@ErgoDog

3 жыл бұрын

You gotta hear Star One live. Floor and her sister Irene did back up vocals for the band on their small tour. They recorded it with just a couple of cameras and it's like a super band of underrated (but awesome) performers

That’s just a sign of what an amazing performer/artist Floor is. She’s humble!! Not matter she has one of metal scene’s most powerful instruments.

Man, I'm so supersad that we'll likely never hear this one live anymore.. It's HIS song in all aspects of it, and knowing Tuomas they won't play songs that doesn't "sit right" with them at any time (which is why we'll never hear Master Passion Greed or Bye Bye Beautful live). I'm happy for Marko and his personal life, but man what a blow to us Nightwish fans..

To understand just how good Marco is you should know that at the end of the 1990s, Marco Hietala was operated for a polyp in the throat. The surgery had nasty consequences. Marco, for example, was losing his voice as a result of unsuccessful surgery. In his Stainless Life biography Marco explains how, in the late 1990s, he drew attention to the special distortion in his voice. The doctor found the left side of the vocal cords polyp and recommended that the surgery. Marco agreed - and regretted his decision. "The doctor said he had to use force to go to the polyp, but it shouldn't be a problem," Marco says in his book. The voice should return to normal in a couple of weeks. This was not the case. At first, the situation was so bad that he couldn't sing at all. In an interview with Savon Sanomat he recalls that the situation was very distressing, even desperate. - I lost the channel and ability, through which I had largely built my personality and my whole life. This could be compared to a sprinter who has to sit in a wheelchair with broken legs. I thought, what I should do with my life?, Marco says. The loss of sound has not been raised earlier by him because "It was late 90s, and my visibility to the people was not high". The story has a happy end as Marco's voice has been in a good shape for a long time. However, it has required a lot of work over the years. he points out that the voice never returned to pre-operative levels. - My clear upper falsetto was totally killed by that operation, he says in his book: - Much later from the left side of my vocal cords, was found a permanent nerve damage, that was caused from that operation. That is, the left and right sides of the vocal cords do not sync with each other properly. Well, in the name of honesty: I have managed with them. If you would like to hear more of Marco's singing then you should try While Your Lips are Still Red and High Hopes Nightwish's tribute to Pink Floyd.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

It's experiences like this that bring out the best technique in singing. This song particularly is fantastically sung by Marco. His style is so crisp and unique

@athlonen

3 жыл бұрын

It also helped that during that time, or at some point in his career, he had to hire a vocal coach to help him with his singing, as well as his range... Some unknown vocal coach named Floor Jansen.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

@@athlonen :0 THIS MAKES SENSE.

@GhostRavenFIN

3 жыл бұрын

@@athlonen I don't think this is the case. Or you got a source on this?

You can just tell they like each other and are having a blast.

@Fabi72g

3 жыл бұрын

He stopped before, but at the end of the video is so cute to see how much Floor is happy for Marco performance.

@alanfoster6589

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fabi72g Yes, she turns to smile at him and applaud him as he walks back to the stage. Nothing about Nightwish is fake. Note also Tuomas, playing with enthusiasm for a song Marco wrote.

Like a smile on your face, please I want my tears back, Buenos Aires 2019 and tell me how she can sing while her, speaking voice is broken.

Marco has been singing lead since the early 1980s in his and his brother's band Tarot.

Marco put out a solo album in both Finnish and English. I couldn't wait and went ahead and got the Finnish version as soon as it was released ($2.50 shipping from a record store in Finland ftw!). It's awesome. There are a couple of vids out for it; you should check out The Voice of My Father (and the Finnish version Isani Aani).

Just a collection of people that Love what they do and also happen to be absolute Masters of it at the same time.

That was great but please don't stop the videos before they end. There was almost 20 seconds left. There was Floor's adorable smile and her sincere happiness for Marko getting the credit and applause. She has said somewhere that she's been diagnosed as an empath and we've witnessed that many times in her touching performances.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

This particular video was cut there. Apologies! My program automatically stops when it's over

@jorluo

3 жыл бұрын

@@BigBrainSinger Ok, sorry.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

@@jorluo no worries!

Hi, thanks for your reaction, no selfish ego's in Nightwish.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

True! All about the music

Thanx for the video, props for the amazing video&audio quality!! Greetings from Finland

Besides Kiss While your Lips Are Still Red live at Wembly and High Hopes, also try his "My Father's Voice" (solo without Nightwish)

Marco, the one man in the world that can say "Floor Jansen? ...yeah she sings backup vocals for me."

The Greatest Show on Earth next, please!

man i love this song :)

So Lovely

When he speaks and the subtitles are gone, he says something like, "If I sing the chorus, will you help me?"

@octo448

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen this maybe 200 times and FINALLY someone actually answered this question, thank you!

@kengaroo67

3 жыл бұрын

@@octo448 I actually stumbled across it on another video. Someone else figured that out, not me. But I had to share it.

@eddiewinehosen6665

3 жыл бұрын

@@octo448 He says "If I sing the chorus will you sing it with me? yeah. You sure? YEAH! Ok lets do it"

He won "The Voice of Finland" just a few days ago :D

This one is one that I great to see the official music video too as well! Such a stunning song!

Sometimes when they sing together they blend so well that it's difficult to pick apart their voices from each other.

Well this made my morning perfect, thank u for the reaction! :)

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Marko is awesome and probably one of the greatest male singers in the world: he just had to duet Tarja Turunen and Floor Jansen.

thanks marco, thanks floor

marko voice is so amazing also and maybe one of the best male voice in these days. thanx to great reaction and have great day there.

I always love to see the crowd there, respecting the lonely singer/guitarist on stage, quiet when the song requires that.

What I love about this is that he didn't look back at the main stage once, not even when the band were supposed to come in. How much trust must they have in each other that he didn't have to check that they were all ready? I know the toms came in to count them all in, but it was all just...fluid. I know that, out there and isolated in the middle of the crowd, there's absolutely no way I'd have the willpower to avoid even glancing back for a fraction of a second.

This is a great song. Marko has an excellent voice and Floor's backup is beautiful.

If you have the best female voice on the planet as your backup singer, you gotta be good.

The Floor is lava joke cracked me up more than I'd like to admit xD

Loved your Japanese analogy. Beautifully stated my friend. each show gives Marko one song to step forward as the lead vocalist. Peace.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Thorgrim! Thoughtful as always!

The part without subs, he says "So, if I sing the chorus, you'll sing with me? Right?" Greetings from a Finnish Swede 👋

Tohtori - Gangsta’s Paradise is a Marco. Finnish Masked Singer

@RolandTumble23

3 жыл бұрын

Also "Kiss" (yes, the Prince song...).

Floor does; Floor things I just keep falling in love with her. The way she moves, smiles genuinely, her voice of course. When she enters the stage, something happens. She carries an energy that very few people have. Specially in this concert. Deeply moving.

i shiver every time the y sing together on this song

Very nice reaction. There's a young lady I think you would like to hear. Her name is Diana Ankudinova. She is a Russian teen with a unique voice. She is true Contralto. Start with Wicked Game. She was 15 at the time. She is 17 now.

Marco is a great singer - the best in Nightwish, in case you get drawn into the Floor vs Tarja argument! His voice has fitted perfectly with each of the three female singers Nightwish has had as well as being an accomplished lead singer in his own bands and in NW.

@angstbringer2992

3 жыл бұрын

"Which NW singer?" "Marco" Who would dare say otherwise? 😂

@iTeacupPanda

3 жыл бұрын

He really did compliment all three women well and that just shows what a great musician he is. Because honestly with each frontwoman, the band was entirely different. The band wasn't Nightwish ( not a dig ) when Tarja left and it wasn't the same Nightwish when Anette left and Floor came in. They're all different projects nearly because Tuomas' writing shifted from singer to singer and they all sounded so different vocally that you have to find your places. He has worked with grandiose dark, thick, rich vocalists who sing like something out of a fairytale to fiery vocal warriors and light-vocalists like Anette.

yes man you are in finland

Marko's untitle part : '' If I play the chorus you'll probably sing it , wright?. So let 's play it.''

Yes, live at Tempiiiiir :DDD

yes so many Floor Reactions from you I am waiting for you to try ReVamp (Floor's ex band) - Wildcard (Live) ReVamp - Disdain (live) Thats the heaviest side of Floor along with her super versatile style

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

It's on the horizon! I want to revisit this one eventually. Listening back, I don't give Marco enough credit. Those mixed belts at the end are super clear and impressive. There ARE some more songs on the list that he is featured more in though.

@annukkas

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, ReVamp please. 😊

@despairingleonardo

3 жыл бұрын

@@BigBrainSinger haha !! If you want to see Marco's full potential, you must listen to Nightwish - Phantom of the opera Live. Marco pushed his voice to the limit and sustained multiple G#5 mixed belt. And you will see the first vocalist of Nightwish ,Tarja. She was very badass. This song was full of surprises.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I'll add these to the (recently VERY long) list

@crashq8784

3 жыл бұрын

@@BigBrainSinger The official vid is quite excellent too, features the singer prior to Floor.

It feels like Marco hugs my heart.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

While it does feel like putting Floor on backup vocals seems like blasphemy, it does feel appropriate here as well. Just with the opening monologue the entire setting feels like something personal between Marko and the audience, this being held in Finland so he jokes around with them in finnish which I doubt Floor understands much of :p Not that she's any less of a member of the band or is less appreciated than any other member (at this point I'd dare say Floor and Tuomas "competes" for the top spot there), but I've always had the feeling that in this performance Marko is the star and she just helps him shine ^^

When you got excited seeing Floor singing back up 😎😂😂

My favorite is “Song of Myself”

you need to See Marko singing Pink Floyds Hige Hopes, He can do so mutch more then this,

😀You are such a Floor nerd....and so am I!

@micheltibon8872

3 жыл бұрын

You should have said `You get the two Priciples, you get Air and you get Earth and it Balances each other out. and everything in between is Water, the Music and it Floors and they work around it.` I would have nominated you as the 2020 Poet of the Year.

You TOTALLY should do the High Hopes Pink Floyd Cover Nightwish did if you haven't done it yet. You will be blown away.

What a tease!! Ever dream!!!

@robhall3693

3 жыл бұрын

Literally the next min it dropped haha!!!

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

😏

Great, Thanks. Marko & Floor do Ave Maria. You should check it out.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

We watched it tonight!

Marko and troy both have floor is my backup singer t shirts.

Love your insights, and your identification with the music.... Just 1 not-insignificant correction. This IS a Marco song. One of the, proverbially, 5 per cent Tuomas did not write. It is the NIGHTWISH bassist's contribution to the band's catalogue.

I couldn't help revisiting this one, and because of that I got to think of this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o2WJrKqpqam3npM.html where you really can see the lovely chemistry between Marko and Floor. It doesn't hurt that it fits the season either... -Even a Grinch like me can't help getting a bit teary-eyed. Mostly I stay as clear from Xmas songs as I can...

Hi You should have finished the video because when Marco is walking back Floor is clapping and Smiling the whole time.

Darn I miss our streams!!! 😢❤

Marko has some own stuff out also. Try The voice of my father for example. Out in English and also in Finnish.

Check out Marco's Lullaby for Jukka's little baby 😍 kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6OrlMGeitW-f8Y.html

that feeling when your like brings the total likes from 1.4k to 1.5k

”One might someday be cool enough to have a long, braided viking beard. And one might someday be cool enough to have that beard AND be bassist for the greatest metal band in the world. But you’ll never be cool enough to have that beard, be that bassist, AND have Floor Jansen as your BACKUP singer!”

@dizzlery3628

3 жыл бұрын

Marco: Hold my Beer!

@Big Brain Singer I recommend to react to "Phantom of the Opera" with Marco and Tarja.

Ayreon - Age of Shadows(live), Blind Guardian - The Bard's Song & Valhalla live at Wacken, Jinjer - Who's gonna be the one, Leprous - Below. react please!!!!!

Floor is the best back up singer one can have;)

Marco is leaving Nightwish. I’m devastated.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

Just found out about this. I'm super heart broken over it.

9:10 You get earth, air.....water. Then the fire nation attacked.....

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

Floor is the fire nation 😆

😍😍😍😍

If you like this vibe check out old Jethro Tull.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

I will, thanks!

Hey goofball! Usually didn't finish the islander properly..if you did you'd see what floor for marco!

I think more against THE rules is to have Marko as a backup singer. Both of them are the best so far for Nightwish as what they have performed together. Last one is just my opinion.

Let's turn that "floor doesn't really do gritty" statement on its head.... PLEASE do Yours is an Empty Hope from either Wembley or Mexico City.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

Check out the channel featured video!

@samuelengle3773

3 жыл бұрын

Damn completely missed that. I see you're tracking Dimash and Epica...the Epica wouldn't happen to Sancta Terra or Stabat Mater Dolorosa....both featuring Floor and both being performed at the Retrospect Show.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

@@samuelengle3773 Sancta Terra Feat. Floor

@samuelengle3773

3 жыл бұрын

You should like the other one too even if not a reaction

Marko Hietala. Tampere Finland.

I think you'd enjoy Aurora and Wardruna performing Helvegen.

If you going to have a backing singer you might as well get the best .

You might like the sound of Marko Saaresto, Poets of the Fall. I love Nightwish, but have a sweet spot fro POTF aswell, especially their Acoustic Alexander Theatre Sessions are amazing.(hyperurl.co/AlexTheatreSessions)

Can you react to nightwish cover of high hopes by pink Floyd? It really shows Marcos nice voice.

On the side, one note about Dimash videos: there are a couple of types you should avoid reviewing online, ones that fans don't like very well. The first are videos that show Dimash as if he were performing on American Idol, The Voice, or AGT. Dimash has never appeared on those shows. The second are videos where he appeared on "World's Greatest" shows. Dimash was sick then and not at his best, and the show's producers didn't treat him well. He was told he wouldn't be performing in competition with children, but they lied and he dropped out as a result. So just a heads up on what to avoid when posting reactions. Thx. 😁

React Helloween Forever and One Kiske + Deris

Where is ever dream reaction?

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

It's coming out in 20 minutes

Tarjia Annette or Floor? No Doubt: Marko!

Marco wrote this, I believe.

@RolandTumble23

3 жыл бұрын

He wrote the music, Tuomas wrote the words.

I know nobody, who can adapt to a duetpartner as floor.

Very much would like to hear your thoughts on what is highlight for me during Romanticide [kzread.info/dash/bejne/rK6TmbF8c7TSiNY.html] and then perhaps Song of Myself from Wacken 2013, a personal favourite :)

see tatiana, jinjer pisces kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYWC1qmofZashrg.html attention that are different styles of singers both excellent

Nooooooo, where's everdream?????

@monksuu

3 жыл бұрын

Cliffhanger :D Maybe it's next...

@_amadeus__

3 жыл бұрын

Is he watching the Wacken performance?

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

Coming out in 45 minutes

back against the rules??this is not the voice or AGT like who is screaming the hardest and kill everybody else to be the star. this is serious business this is real high muscians level

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

That needs some skills if you have Floor Jansen in your backing vocalist

Marco has been singing for 30 years and has undergone botched vocal surgery along the way.

The weasels came back. . . . . . . . . . . Floor and Marko blend so well, as you will often see. Oh!! Where's the next one, "this is. . . . ." Nothing. Booooooo!!!!!! :-) Twitch TV to here in France is just a buffering, stuttery mess sadly.

@BigBrainSinger

3 жыл бұрын

The next song is coming out at the end of the hour! Thanks for watching and commenting :)

@572Btriode

3 жыл бұрын

@@BigBrainSinger Oh, Thank you so much. I guess then about 17h00 CET for me.

I prefer Tarja. It just isn't Nightwish without her.