Nightwish - Song Of Myself | Reaction Vidro

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[JuliettJess]

I apologise but I didn't realise that the song hadn't ended... I'm unsure why I didn't check!

[HCH]

This song forever reminds us at Ann Carone Diamond Waychoff.
Well known as the Mother of the Nightwish Army.
She sadly left us at June 28, 2020.
It was her favorite song.
Rest in Peace dear Ann, we will never forget You.
And Thank You Gabriel Bardac for carrying on the flame that Ann ignited.
Nightwish Army South Germany.

[miimai]

Your smile told us this is your fav song before you even knew yourself ❤ ty for lovely reactions.. looking forward for the next one already. Greetings from Finland

[anskamp]

One of my favorite songs of Nightwish 👌

[glenngunnis]

This is the’ “try not to headbang challenge”!🤘🎸RIP Ann Waychoff.🎸🤘

[jimmybumgardner]

I believe the 2013 concert is one of the greatest live performances ever recorded. It was perform flawlessly. They are at their best LIVE...more please

[tracyfarnath]

I think every night wish fan loves this song, thank you for your great reation🇬🇧

[BigzampanoXXL]

I would like to hug Floor for so many great performances. incredible. Tuomas knows what and how she is able to deliver his "stuff" on top level.

[frenkwd]

R.I.P Ann Waychoff mother of the Nightwish Army.
June 28th, 2020 .
Ann was a big Nightwish Fan.
And every new person who listened to NW, she went through a little chat.
And gave them some info about NW.
This was her favorite song.
And this song belongs to her.
I like very much that Gabriel have continue Ann s work.... so her heritage is still here.

[grandad.reacts]

And there remains the change from G to Em
RIP Ann

[Mars-isun]

🤗🍒🤘🏻😘 well done as always and welcome back Juliett

[joekel]

As you already know this song is a tribute to the poem in 52 chapters, One for every week of the year, " Song of myself " by Walt Whitman 1819-1892.(one of the co-founders of US poetry). The 7th line of the song is ""Of mermaids, of Whitman's and the Ride""". The extended official studio version of this song has, at the end, a poem as a tribute to Whitman and his style, made by Tuomas, the keyboard player and the mastermind of nightwish. These lines you can also see fast flahing on the ledscreen of the video you just saw.
Bucle up, it goes very deep.

" I see a slow, simple youngster by a busy street
With a begging bowl in his shaking hand
Trying to smile but hurting infinitely
Nobody notices
I do, but walk by

An old man gets naked and kisses a model-doll in his attic
It's half-light and he's in tears
When he finally comes his eyes are cascading

I see a beaten dog in a pungent alley
He tries to bite me
All pride has left his wild drooling eyes
I wish I had my leg to spare

A mother visits her son,
Smiles to him through the bars
She's never loved him more

An obese girl enters an elevator with me
All dressed up fancy
A green butterfly on her neck
Terribly sweet perfume deafens me
She's going to dinner alone
That makes her even more beautiful

I see a model's face on a brick wall
A statue of porcelain perfection beside a violent city kill
A city that worships flesh

The first thing I ever heard
Was a wandering man telling his story
It was you, the grass under my bare feet
The campfire in the dead of the night
The heavenly black of sky and sea

It was us
Roaming the rainy roads
Combing the gilded beaches
Waking up to a new gallery of wonders every morn
Bathing in places no-one's seen before
Shipwrecked on some matt-painted island
Clad in nothing but the surf
Beauty's finest robe

Beyond all mortality we are
Swinging in the breath of nature
In early air of the dawn of life
A sight to silence the heavens

I want to travel where life travels
Following its permanent lead
Where the air tastes like snow music
Where grass smells like fresh-born Eden
I would pass no man, no stranger, no tragedy or rapture
I would bathe in a world of sensation
Love, Goodness, and Simplicity
(While violated and imprisoned by technology)

The thought of my family's graves was the only moment
I used to experience true love
That love remains infinite
As I'll never be the man my father is

How can you "just be yourself"
When you don't know who you are?
Stop saying "I know how you feel"
How could anyone know how another feels?

Who am I to judge a priest, beggar, whore, politician, wrongdoer?
I am, you are, all of them already

Dear child, stop working, go play
Forget every rule
There's no fear in a dream

"Is there a village inside this snowflake?"
A child asked me
"What's the color of our lullaby?"

I've never been so close to truth as then
I touched its silver lining

Death is the winner in any war
Nothing noble in dying for your religion
For your country
For ideology, for faith
For another man, yes

Paper is dead without words
Ink idle without a poem
All the world dead without stories
Without love and disarming beauty

Careless realism costs souls

Ever seen the Lord smile?
All the care for the world made Beautiful a sad man?
Why do we still carry a device of torture around our necks?
Oh, how rotten your pre-apocalypse is
All you bible-black fools living over nightmare ground

I see all those empty cradles and wonder
If man will ever change

I, too, wish to be a decent manboy
But all I am
Is smoke and mirrors
Still given everything, may I be deservin

And there forever remains
That change from G to E minor. "

[clivematthews]

The poem at the end is Tuomas's tribute to Walt Whitman who wrote the poem called Song of Myself. It was spliced onto the end of the song by a fan to match the studio version. The words are being displayed on the video wall behind the band. Your choice to leave it off.

[dianabryson]

Another band I think you will like is Within Temptation, they are Dutch and have another wonderful singer in Sharon den Adel. I`ve been listening to them for over 20 years and found Nightwish because of them. I`m in the US and we do not have any such band`s like them!!

[Duskwind_]

Nightwish is a genre all unto themselves. Many other great symphonic metal bands have come close, but no one really compares. Their sound is very distinctive because of Nordic fairy magic 😁

[Bonovin]

Wacken 2013 and Marco sings ... Thank you .

[anitabons]

try their newest album: "Yesterwyde" from beginning to end....awesome

[seattanf]

JuliettJess, some how I've missed your channel. I like watching people do reactions to Nightwish, Spiritbox, Jinjer, and Ad Infinitum. This is the first time you've popped up in my feed. There's a few other bands I'm kinda surprised you haven't gotten around to checking out.

Epica. They are a symphonic metal band with many similar characteristics to Nightwish but have a different sound overall. They tend to be heavier. Since you're familiar with Floor check out the song Sancta Terra where she makes a guest appearance with Epica.

Unleash the Archers. They are a Canadian power metal band. Courtney's belting vocals will melt your face off. Start with the song "Awakening" and follow that you with "Tonight We Ride".

Ayreon. This is not really a band. Ayreon is a music project by a guy named Arjen. He writes all the music and lyrics. He goes out and gets the musicians he needs. He pulls lead singers from different metal bands. Each album is like a movie. Each song is like a scene in the movie. Each singer is a different character. Start with the song "The Day that the World Breaks Down". This one song has 11 different singers including Simone from Epica and one other you're familiar with but I won't mention who.

Bloodywood. This is an Indian Folk metal band. They blend traditional Indian music with metal. The verses are usually done in English and the chorus in Hindu. Start with their newest song "Nu Delhi".

I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I'm looking forward to more of your reactions and checking out your previous reactions.

[dianabryson]

One of my top 10 favorite song, sadly it is not preformed live much. Floor in 2013 was killing it here as I think this was her first festival as the new singer. Watch concerts from 2015, 2018 and the Hellfest 2022 concert, she is better, if that`s possible!! And I think you said Tuomas singing but It was Marko. I watch their concert`s every Saturday night and have been doing that for many years, truly the greatest band in the world. Just subscribed to follow you through your journey with this band I`ve loved for over 15 years.

[pen]

Hello there ! Thank you for your reaction and comments. I wouldn´t recommend any other band than Nightwish. Any NW song you will do
is a good one, maybe one from an other concert, like Wembley 2015. Greets from Finland. Take care.