Ruben is a 20 year young singer/songwriter (mainly in Dutch). This song Floor is singing is written by Ruben (in Dutch) about his parents' divorce and how he felt/feels about it at that time and maybe even still. Floor, with some help from her sister Irene, translated the lyrics to English and made the song her own. Her delivery is so beautiful and emotional that it hit Ruben hard and made him cry. That's how up close and deeply personal this show can get. All the emotions you see with all participants are genuinely heartfelt and raw. The amount of respect all performers put into their delivery of a personal song like that is immense. That's the beauty of this show and its format. It's all about love and respect.

The song is about his parent's breakup. During the show he said that that hit him very hard and he only just got himself back together about a year before. Floors sister Irene, also a metal vocalist, helped translate the song from Dutch to English

Such a gorgeous rendition! Samantha getting the goosebumps like 30 seconds in, priceless. Poor Reuben cries so much... He is 20yo and wrote the song some years before, at age 16-17(?) about his parent's divorce.

@VocalSplendorStudios

4 жыл бұрын

Such a talented kid! He really holds his own with all of these seasoned pros. They all love him like a little brother

@rikvanommen9564

4 жыл бұрын

@@VocalSplendorStudios Like Floor says in the show, he is a real storyteller. His true power is telling stories through his songs. In this case about the divorce of his parents.

@williamklett6660

4 жыл бұрын

@@VocalSplendorStudios Floor even seemed to dress in a homey innocent sister style. She isn't just about the song and her voice, she styles herself and her gestures make the songs even more intimate.

@treintje1001

4 жыл бұрын

She dresses in accordance with the style of the singer. For Rolf she was dressed in latin style. Since Ruben likes to dress classy, Floor dressed up classy too.

@DGroesser1979

4 жыл бұрын

Keep an eye out for Ruben Annik , I truly think he will become even better then he already is... I really fell in love with him as a human being and as a singer songwriter. And that at his age.... damn!

What she really showed this episode is a very hard skill to master: restraint. She really serves the song. Yeah, she has way more power, a much larger range, but she knows what the song needs and sticks to that. This is one of the reasons she isn't your ordinary highly skilled singer. She's a musician, a storyteller, someone who sees why and how songs work and what they need. A beast of a voice with the brains to keep up.

Floor sang this so beautifully. I'm so glad you're obsessed by this show, Valerie. It's great hearing your thoughts on it and the various performances.

denise hoff uploaded a translated version of the whole show again

@JHX1

4 жыл бұрын

I really loved Floor her reaction when he told them about the cd box with classical music they bought at a gas station....

Well, I can tell you a lot here about Ruben and the background of this song, but when you watch the show it will become clear to you. However I can tell you up front that Ruben is a very emotional person and as the benjamin of the show looks up to the more experienced singers like Floor, Henk, Samantha, Tim and Rolf and he was very nervous about him being the centerpoint of this show.

The song was amazing but the part that killed me was when Reuben hugged Floor and asked her "how do you make every song you touch better". For a fellow singer/writer to tell you that about one of their songs to me is the ultimate complement.

Floor did a truly amazing job on Rubens song!

Floor is simply killing, the Netherlands is blesed with such Amazing talent every Dutch man, including me loves her she is a goddes

Thank You My Lady ! Floors tone of Voice is so so Heavenly! It always makes emotional! Goes straight to Heart and Soul❤

Thank YOU Valerie for your reaction, I always listen to you very carefully! How not to fall in love to this show! Pure talent, love and heart!

Thanks Valerie love your insights. Also you have an infectious smile.

Ruben is a singer songwriter in the Netherlands, that's why she sings with a pullback and she keeps it very small.

Nice reaction. I've never seen Floor singing with this style before but she's still awesome.

Ruben's genre is Dutch Country, from what I understand. Floor said that she translated his song to English with the help of her sister, Irene. Like others have said, Ruben wrote this song about his parents' divorce when he was younger.

@VocalSplendorStudios

4 жыл бұрын

This is so fascinating. I always react to the songs first and then I watch the show, thanks to Denise Hof's translations. So I miss the backstories of many of the songs. What a talented your singer songwriter!

@Green-Lyon

4 жыл бұрын

Irene actually is both a singer who has sung with Floor on multiple occasions and works for a language learning institute that Floor has used herself.

@JHX1

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5ymt9qDitffhMY.html Irene.

@jandouwes6149

4 жыл бұрын

Ruben Annink, amongst other things, participated in the first edition of "The Voice Kids", made the title song to the Dutch version of "Angry Birds The Movie" and was runner up in the fourth edition of "Best singer-songwriter". That's his genre. But since that's all about storytelling, his lyrics can be transposed quite easily to country. I find him a darling old soul.

@JHX1

4 жыл бұрын

@@jandouwes6149 and still just 20... Good future ahead if all goes right.

Completely agree with you, that besides Floor's huge, beautiful, voice that we all love, one of her greatest talents is the ability to interpret a story....any story, and in a variety of different languages!

I'm really enjoying your comments on these singers and enthusiasm for the show. I normally wouldn't go near a singing show, but I find myself watching for Denise's translation every week. And I'm really getting to like Henk, his deep voice and dry sense of humor.

Thx Valerie for the wonderful reaction. It’s always a joy to hear your perspective. As someone who grew up in western Kansas I listened to CW music my whole life. Blues and CW are the foundation of American music. It’s funny now in the twilight of my life I listen to mostly Symphonic Metal.

We also have a awesome country/rock singer called Ilse deLange who signed a 5 record contract in the US that launched her career in the Netherlands. Here she is one our biggest stars. a great song to take a look is "Miracle". The song was used in a move called "Bride flight". The director was a great fan of her but did not have a lot money to buy the rights so he went over to her and asked her if he could use one of her songs. She said no problem pick any song you like. He then asked if she had song that she had never released . She asked him to tell her what the movie was about and she suggested this song to him. When he heard it he immediately fell in love the song. He asked her why she never released and she said she did not think the song was good enough. He said to her something like "You rebellious standards for which songs are good enough". After the song became a great hit it was released on her next album. :-) kzread.info/dash/bejne/moOeqLN8d66qiqQ.html

You'll be surprised about our Uncle Henk and his country song of this week! 😊

I love listening to your commentaries!

Thank you very much. I thought that I was imagining that there was a very slight uncertainty in her voice in the beginning. But it really never takes a long time for her to get comfortable and then nail it. Floor is truly able to get into the character and through it tell a story; and she adapts to it her posture, gestures, facial expressions, well, her appearance overall. It is, of course, also about knowing her voice so well (as she does) to know how to create a particular sound with a certain quality and make it look very easy. So many variables. Have a wonderful day, Valerie! :-)

Love your enthusiasm for this great show, and Floor. You've been all smiles during the entire performance! So nice, I didn't really notice before that she never really "lets the beast out" with this song. She's so freaking good.

Love this again, Floor is amazing in this show, If anybody want to listen to country like voices i strongly recomment Ilse de Lange, she is known in the south of the USA already

I got a little bit of Linda Ronstad feeling with this song...beautiful!

@bashiel

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Or maybe Crystal Gable

@AGDinCA

4 жыл бұрын

@@bashiel Crystal Gayle with a "y" - and wasn't she lovely? 🤗

@bashiel

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, she was. I blame my phones autogcorrect

@Halusin

4 жыл бұрын

That was my thought also. Would love to hear Floor cover some of Linda's songs.

She owned every song she sang TQ for sharing 👍

@fvantpadje

4 жыл бұрын

She owned every genre

Thank you Valerie for this reaction video. The first thing Ruben, whose original the Dutch version of this song is, said to Floor after this was: "Why is it that when ever you sing a cover, it sounds better than the original?" Obviously he's just getting to know how talented Floor is.

@Immortall1408

4 жыл бұрын

My guess is that it is about the right balance. Floor usually remains faithful to the original mood of the song. Then she imprints her own personal singing style onto the song, which she is covering, instead of trying to follow somebody else´s singing style down to a T which could be a very unnatural singing style for her and it would show.

Hallelujah nick schilder beste zangers 20?? A clean and pure version

It was nice to see Floor sing a beautiful soft intense song, totally different that what we are used to hear from her.

@VocalSplendorStudios

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! And she kicked it out.

Right on the money again. Even without sound Floor s stage presence and expressions gets you emotional! Its alway a Journey!

Great reaction Valarie, you look beautiful today.

She's an anomaly! Period she's so purposeful and knows her voice better than anyone. A true talent

It has a Joni Mitchell vibe too in places. Personally i think most female singers are a dime a dozen. But sometimes we get someone who just stands out, and oddly enough a large percentage of these can be found within the country genre. Now i'm not really a fan of country, but i do appreciate a good song when i hear one. And it's really all about the emotion you put into a song. Singers like Anita Baker, Sade, Joni and even Dolly Parton knows how to do that. And Floor has it too in abundance :)

Another great reaction with insights others dont give. I really enjoy watching you enjoy these performances, and that you took time to figure out what the show is really about, and that you have watched Denise's translated uploads, clearly shows too. And now you've mentioned country, makes me want/hope that you will do a react to Henk Poort again as well, his version of "Your Man" is again, lovely as can be :)

@VocalSplendorStudios

4 жыл бұрын

I had to react to that one, too. I'll be uploading soon.

@j0hnn13K

4 жыл бұрын

@@VocalSplendorStudios ooh yay, i'll be waiting for it :D

told ya!!!she can sing anything!!:-)

Another song from Floor from de beste zangers is on the internet!

I love the concept of this show, and apparently Floor and Henk will do Phantom of the Opera when we get to duets week. Can't wait!! the song is one Ruden wrote about his parents' divorce and he had a hard time dealing with the situation. Floor and her sister translated the song into English and the point of view of a girl

Hi Valerie. Henk sings a country song its pretty good. She smashed the song.

Floor tonight with this mournful and soulful sound reminded me if I closed my eyes of the great Country singer, Patsy Cline and her many verses of the laments of missed loves in her short life before her untimely death in a plane crash at age 30. If you listen to I Fall to Pieces (kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6mOts1qmMfWfdY.html) or her She's Got You (kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4t3t8pvpMmdgKQ.html) you can feel (you always experience Floor not merely hear her) that sorrow and emotion. I picture Floor in a small cabaret singing this to a roomful of the brokenhearted who let their tears dilute their drinks as they try and drown their sorrow!!! I would assume that singing to a small group of your peers (professional singers) in a little studio that is broadcast over the air and being recorded for distribution all over the Internet would make anyone nervous, but once Floor gets going she is so in her environment it all comes so naturally to her. Her fans feel vindicated tonight that she truly is a Valkyrie Goddess of vocals and somewhere Patsy is smiling down on this great presentation. Great reaction and even better explanation of the Country/Blues that really is at the heart of most Rock music in one form or another.

Am I the only one thinking of Joe Cocker hearing this song? Obviously not the voice, but the expression and emotion he use to put in his singing. Anyway, again, amazing. I can only imagine the amount of work she put into developing her voice in so many ways, because this is no only talent. We are all blessed to hear her sing.

Ruben is 20 years old and wrote This song he is a great writer

@TheJubess

4 жыл бұрын

And he wrote that a while back as well.

This reminds me of that "Wichita Lineman"-type of country, where there's some R&B/soul mixed in... And Floor sounds like an absolute natural singing it. Amazing!

I think Floor is one of the few singers who dares risk tone stability issues when expressing vulnerability, suitable to her storytelling. She dares this in more songs, like the start of How's the Heart Live, Dead Boys Poem live, Shallow, but also in Daydream and Hope live. I feel like it is not nerves but a calculated risk in the same time as a connection to the words and song meaning. It convinces her audience but sometimes makes the pro reactors focussing on a possible sense of insecurity 😊

Interesting reaction and take on the performance, entertaining as always. Not sure I heard country in there, the way you did. I guess everyone perceives through the lens of their experience, and through mine I heard a nice "singer-songwriter" ballad, appropriate since that what Ruben does. Your commentary about Floor perhaps being a bit hesitant, breathier at the start, holding back her power - I think you may be dealing with an incomplete sample of her work. I noticed you have not reacted to any songs written by or for Floor, yet. All the Nightwish so far has been from pre-Floor era - she just made those particular songs her own signatures in live performances. If you took songs from their last album, one written with Floor in mind, the one stand out would be the dialed-down, light, delicately non-operatic sounding Floor. To great effect, in my opinion, as it creates a magnificent contrast when she switches into her power mode, often in the same song. Nightwish's songwriter writes song at once with the whole orchestration in his head, with his singers as instruments within it. With Floor, they toured together first, so he had a chance to figure out how he wanted to use her, and in that album they explored those lower parts of her range (there a was a "making of" documentary). Songs like Elan, Shudder Before the Beautiful, My Walden, or Alpenglow are great examples. And then there are the gorgeous ballads she wrote during the After Forever era, e.g. Cry With a Smile, although that one gets up there. I actually thought Floor was slightly less in control with the Spanish song from 2 episodes back, as she seemed breathier than usual. Maybe unfamiliar song in fully unfamiliar language had something to do with that? Since you have not watched the latest episode, I won't spoil it, except to say that she transformed Ruben's original quite a bit, so perhaps she needed a few moments to get into the newness of it

I heard a rumour that she will be singing Shallow by Lady Gaga next week. Can't wait!

@TerranigmaQuintet

4 жыл бұрын

Not a rumour, its true.

@rikvanommen9564

4 жыл бұрын

That's indeed true. According to the site www.tvgids.tv/tv/beste-zangers/22973673 we can expect: - Henk Poort doing 'Despacito' - Samantha Steenwijk doing 'Geloof in jezelf' (Believe in yourself) - Floor doing 'Shallow'. According to this guide a goosebump version from Floor. We'll see. Since Emma doesn't have any own songs 'Despacito' and 'Shallow' being covers performed by Emma on her own youtube cover channel and 'Geloof in jezelf' being a song with personal meaning from Emma's past.

Most Dutch haven't heard about Floors achievements before, and most of her die hard fans have never heard Floor sing those styles before. Both are learning new things about her. Let's say that kinda makes it even ;)

@ginkarasu

4 жыл бұрын

Then I must be an exception. I'm Dutch I've known her for 20 years, and I heard her sing many styles, ranging from translated Beatles songs in dutch to opera stuff (Incidently the same song which she going to perform again in a future episode of beste zangers. I know she's a very versatile singer but yes, even I must admit she never fails to surprise me. Oh, and someone must have left some onions near my computer...

@jhcfight

4 жыл бұрын

Believe me, it's an exception. But I said most, not all of us.

@hansmuller5935

4 жыл бұрын

I must admit I 'just' know here from FortaRock 2018 where Nightwish was the headliner. But she did amaze me every episode again. Can't wait to see here live with Henk & the Beste Zangers Band next Year. And I'll compare that to the Tarja concert in April 2020 :)

Heavens choir is still looking for their missing Angel..she left when she heard the prayers of a very depressed band that lost their second lead singer especially the very gifted keyboard player..

This week she will do Shallow from Lady Gaga, a singer of last year did also a cover of this song. It was was not in the show, but she does every week a cover on yt. Her name is Davina Michelle it will be great if you could do a reaction on her to

Speaking of telling stories, you should check out Storytime by Nightwish at Wacken 2013 ;) Thank you for the lovely reaction videos, I really appreciate it :)

This was so beautiful and I understand her reasons to make this stylistic choice, but I think I would like it even more, if she sang it lower. More with warmer, lower tone, than tiny head voice. I think I'm gonna make my own cover of this, with more chest/mix voice. :D

Floors Twin Sister has translated this dutch Song into English....and yes,she is also a Metal Singer.There are several Videos Online with both together !

@p01kooij

4 жыл бұрын

actually Floor's sister is 2 years younger...

@KittyK.

4 жыл бұрын

Well, It was quite a difficult delivery.

@ingovonderluhe2174

4 жыл бұрын

@@p01kooij Ok.Wrong Internet Information,thanx.

@p01kooij

4 жыл бұрын

@@ingovonderluhe2174 No problem...

@MattiasWirf

4 жыл бұрын

This is quite nice kzread.info/dash/bejne/eZ-dqJOOlMezfdo.html

Avrotros or Beste Zangers messed up the title when they posted it. It's supposed to be About Love I Don't Know a Thing.

Floor is the master better then the original ! She blow every one away . Amazing

@jandouwes6149

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/a32VwZZ7isycgto.html Why this talk in terms of better and worse, winning and losing? They are all great in their own right. Ruben wrote the song and lived the story behind it. He's a singer-songwriter and a great one at that. He sings it in his genre. It's different. That's the whole purpose of this show: having an open mind to broaden your horizon. Like these professionals go above and beyond, whilst enjoying each other.

@VocalSplendorStudios

4 жыл бұрын

Picking winners for singers and who is best is like choosing the best flower in a garden. It defeats the point of enjoying the beautiful flower garden.

@jandouwes6149

4 жыл бұрын

@@VocalSplendorStudios Can I use you wonderful response as a quote? I have a hunch it might come in handy for future use. I know I shouldn't let the fanaticism (bordering theomania) of only a few Flooristas get the better of me, but hey, just like fabulous Floor, I am a mere mortal. On a sidenote: I asked Denise Hofs to translate the episode of Klasgenoten (School Reunion) Floor featured in, about the first class (of 1999) of the Tilburg Rock Academy where Floor earned her Bachelor in Music.

Given your remarks watch Henk Poorts performance from this episode. He goes full twang.

Floor, she really can sing any style it seems. Our Dutch, much famous country singer is: Ilse DeLange You might want to look her up. She has been in Nashville to record at least some of her albums. If not all. She even with a male Dutch country singer went to the Eurovision Song Content and almost won (irony: US country song at Eurovision): The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm (I didn't like the live performance as much album version, the audio levels are different or something)

@ChrisPage68

4 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid in the 70s, Netherlands won Eurovision with an all-female country band, Pussycat. The song was Mississippi.

@Godbluffer

4 жыл бұрын

PageMonster Pussycat wasn’t part of the Eurovision Song Contest with that song, and I’m not sure if they ever participated at all. The Dutch band that *did* participate (and won!) around that time - in 1975 - was Teach-In with ‘Ding-A-Dong.’ :-)

Please react to; So Hyang (소향) - In The Flower Garden (꽃밭에서) | Concert 7080 (콘서트 7080)

Please listen to the song hotel california at de beste zangers in the episode of Floor

That the whole world doesn't know how talented Floor Jansen is ... it's a real shame. I'm still waiting for someone to find something she can't do incredibly well. And, damn it, who's chopping onions in here again?!

she's reminds me of Jennifer Nettles in this video …

React to Henk Poort's song from this episode ;-)

@Carrinthe

4 жыл бұрын

Talk about country,... That hat looked quite sharp

As a Houstonian I say shame on you that you haven't visited ;-) As a Dutchie I say thank you very much for commenting on this great show. As you seem thrilled by Beste Zangers, I would recommend to you the performance of O'G3ne and their rendition of the Emili Sande song Clown, which they performed on one of the episodes of Beste Zangers 2016. Would love to introduce you to O'G3ne greatly appreciate your reaction. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKCcxM5yp8LbnJM.html

@cristiangimenez9281

4 жыл бұрын

The so beuty Maan performances too!!

❤🇳🇱

This is the original version from Ruben who she sings it to kzread.info/dash/bejne/a32VwZZ7isycgto.html

It aint country music, it is Dutch local people music. We have that for ages, you guys call it "country", we call it "levens lied". This song was about the devorce of Rubens parents, he learned on his school to write stories and turn them in lyrics. That way he was able to handle the devorce... Great reaction

@larapapa3862

4 жыл бұрын

Mr AMD Dit is toch geen levenslied (of smartlap)... ?? niet alles in het Nederlands valt onder dat genre he

@mramd9062

4 жыл бұрын

@@larapapa3862 yes it is, because it is an original Dutch song. It is about the divorce of his parents....reason enough

@larapapa3862

4 жыл бұрын

Mr AMD wow... such BS. But you clearly believe in it yourself, so go ahead.

@mramd9062

4 жыл бұрын

@@larapapa3862 Yes, you are full of bullshit i know...

Valerie Ruben wrote this song.

@VocalSplendorStudios

4 жыл бұрын

I realized that right after I made the reaction video!

I think this is folk music, the story telling music that's quiet popular in the Netherlands. The lyrics are very important. Country music is developed out of the music from many cultures that were in the VS in the beginning. Every culture brought it's own music. Also lots of Dutch people there, so maby that's why it sounds country to you?

@VocalSplendorStudios

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. Country music has it's roots in folk music. Lots of settlers came to the US and brought their folk traditions with them. Country music as a term really came about when the recording industry came about. But the roots are the same.

We call it levenslied (song about life) but it has a country feeling ;) song is about divorce from his parents...

@larapapa3862

4 жыл бұрын

Laurens RULKENS No, we don’t call this a levenslied..just because its in Dutch? Ook Nederlandstalige muziek heeft verschillende genres hè

@laurensrulkens4185

4 жыл бұрын

@@larapapa3862 ja idd... ;)

This kzread.info/dash/bejne/q6OoyMaLZd3UlbQ.html is live version of that same song by Ruben Annink himself. I don't get similar "country" vibes from it like I got from Floor's version though it may be just the language.

Valerie When are you going to react to fLoors latest song "Shallow" by Lady Gaga?

@VocalSplendorStudios

4 жыл бұрын

It's goin going live in just a few moments!

World, especially the USofA and the UK, try this instead of your "WINNING, WINNING .... CONTESTS". These people cry because of emotions, NOT because they LOOSE ...!!!

Country is basically folk music, so it would've been brought to America by European settlers. And Britain has some really good country acts, such as The Shires. 😉

@kevinmiller1121

4 жыл бұрын

PageMonster Interesting. I’ve listened to this performance a few times and I never thought of it as country until Valerie’s comments. It seems more folk to me, but perhaps that’s because they have the same root as you suggest.

Hello, great video. If you are interested in the original (dutch) song, you can find it here. kzread.info/dash/bejne/a32VwZZ7isycgto.html . just a fun fact, that video is uploaded in December 2017, so Ruben was about 18 years old at that time

Hey coach please react to elaine duran sing till i meet you Her vocal riff are insane You need to check this out coach Shes so popular because shes in the singing contest rigth now

REACT TO NINA KRALJIĆ

We in Europe don't try to copy your American kind of music. Here we have our own style and rhythm. So what she sings is not American old scool south bound.

If you like Floor Jansen, listen her singing an aria from Puccini (back in 2013): kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZiT08Wbp5bMZbQ.html

kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooZ1lcFyopSonLA.html this is original

not sure how u saw her to be nervous...

@ronaldboers8061

4 жыл бұрын

Although i do not see it either in this case she can get nervous just watch the documentary "Please learn the setlist in 48 hours" (kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJx52s2mh66zdbg.html ) on how she became part of Nightwish. Just watch her a few minutes before her very first show . Her face is as pale as paper but that is al visible gone the moment she steps on the stage.

5:15 Sorry, but why do Americans always think their country is the basis for everything? America is younger than Europe. We don’t need to look at you musically, especially not american country. This is typical folk music for us. It has been around for a while longer than your country. Of course, music changes over time and approaches other cultures. It is inevitable. But you are not the inventor of it. 😁