Nightwish | Shocked Reaction to Ghost River

Next stop on the @nightwish journey Ghost River 👻 performed at Wacken ( @wackentv ). Now I only realised after I finished filming that the sound was awful but I didn't want to reshoot it as I want this to be an authentic reaction. So, please accept my apologies! 😢

Should I make reaction playlist list just dedicated to Wacken? 😄

To the #nightwisharmy you keep astounding me with your kindness and encouragement! 🤘
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[themetalmuse]

Hey guys same drill as last time. It was only after I finished filming the last 4 videos that I noticed the sound was off. I know my mic is louder. However I didn’t want to reshoot these videos because then it wouldn’t be an authentic first time reaction. Future videos won’t have this problem. Thank you for your understanding ❤❤❤

[Dragonslayerw]

The song is a metaphor for the river of life, the river will take your only child isn't in a physical sense, it's you loosing your child hood as you travel down the rivers twist and turns of your life as you are growing into adult hood..Marcos character wants you to fail, floor wants you to succeed..that's my take on it anyway! Great reaction as usual..

[JStephens_]

my absolute favorite part/s of this song, lyrically, is how both Marko and Floor are singing two different lyrics until they match *perfectly* on 'then do come across'

[nobilliard]

Not sure if you noticed but the back-and-forth banter between Marco and Floor wasn't only dark on Marco's side. The ending parts at 02:56 and 04:53 "Believe it, we live as we scream..." is Floor doing the deep dark growls that fade out the phrase!

[chadbennett]

This song is such a banger! My all-time favorite Nightwish moment is when Emppu does a little hop at the beginning of the breakdown, then strikes Guitar God poses as he rips his harmonics! A very dark song from our favorite band, but it just kicks ass! The interchange between the dark and the light is just simply spectacular. Nice that you noticed some of the small things ... and you did grin at Emppu's little hop, so that made me smile! Emppu is a show within himself. I've never seen anybody who I think enjoys playing as much as our Electric Hobbit! He is pure joy! Well done!

[eo]

Emppu and his "crab walk" is always a treat. Great reaction; keep them coming!

[stpfs]

"Never lose your heart, and (stick twirl) do come across!"
I love the way they go off in different directions, then come back together.
Emppu jumping across the stage!

[rnowak]

Another great reaction. Song is from the Imaginaerum album, a concept album that explores life and existence through the flashbacks of an old composer upon his deathbed. Tuomas has said that when celebrating life you have to have the dark side of life as well and this song and another (Rest Calm) are those dark songs on the album. I have seen several interpretations of the lyrics. The first is where Marko's character is the devil or a troll luring children to the river to drown and Floor's character is Mother Gaia trying to protect them. Another, related to Finnish folklore, is that Floor's character is an evil spirit trying to lure children to their death and Marko's character is like a parent trying to scare children away from the river by telling terrifying stories about what will happen to them if they approach the river. I read that in the old days Finnish parents would tell scary tales about Nixie (folklore character)luring children to their death in rivers and lakes as a way to keep them from playing near them. You can take it a step further and say that the river represents life and we can either join in the adventure as Floor's Mother Gaia character encourages us to do (Leave footprints on every island we meet) or be scared off by Marko's prophecy's of doom and bad endings and not even try.

[Cadinho]

You have to really understand the movie that went with this album to see how it fits in. Tuomas often uses the metaphor of a river as representing the flow of life, with a beginning and an end. You can't stop the flow, but enjoy the ride, taking both the good, the bad and the scary as it comes by along the shore. "It's a scary ride we'd give anything to take."

Also, Wacken is always worth revisiting, there is not a bad song.

[cobrame]

Oh Yes. One of my favs. They both growl. Do come across if you dare and go further into the Rabbit hole. Great reaction. Cheers.

[brianstoops]

Great reaction as always! I look forward to all of your Nightwish reactions. 🙂

[TheRealRedAce]

The song seem to be about facing up to danger and your fears to get what you want or need. In this case, crossing a dangerous river to get to the other side "If you want me, do come across. Facing danger like this is also one of the times we most feel alive. "A scary ride we'll do anything to take". So basically, don't let fear/danger stop you from living life to the full. A concept Tuomas has touched upon in other songs.

[SYNtemp]

The part when Floor sings (alone) "Beautifully shy, as you are..." that is SO majestic and wonderfull...

[rickphil]

Hello again, Dom. Yes, the volume was down a bit on your YouTube feed but that is an easy fix (just make sure the YouTube video has volume set all the way up... you can still adjust your computer volume independently) and I still absolutely loved your reaction to this performance. Thank you for continuing with these Nightwish reactions. Love them.

[THE_JOURNEYMAN_PAN]

Hi Dom! From Insta, I can see that you like growling too! I cannot imagine how you haven't reacted to EPICA still, which combines operatic and growling voices under marvellous symphonic compositions, with splended lyrics! Angel&Devil in the same suit! Greetings from Greece!

[Kvasaari]

Thank you for your reaction. You are very charming and charismatic, keep it up :)

[wannabedane]

Hey Dom, greetings from Denmark. You've gain a new subscriber. Great reaction. And, yes, Emppu (guitarist) is a fun guy and do funny things or pranks on stage.

[aaronbarlow]

Floor's vibrato is so perfectly placed and modulated 6:35

[finnishculturalchannel]

Tuomas and Kai are members in a Melodic Black Metal band Darkwoods My Betrothed, which predates Nightwish. They released some new material just couple years back. Tuomas has also collaborated with other dark toned Metal bands like E.g. Kotiteollisuus. Kai is a member also in Wintersun, which combines also dark elements of Metal in their songs. Marco's one other band Tarot is one of the Finnish Metal pioneers from the early 80s. Their most popular song is "Wings of Darkness". There's a 80s version with young Marco and a 25th Anniversary version available of that song. One other Marco's band is Sapattivuosi, which is a Black Sabbath tribute band. And he also has collaborated with other bands. One of those bands is Waltari, which made one of the first Symphonic Metal albums, which was released in 1996, the same year Nightwish was founded. So there's Nightwish relating darkness there to go together with your ominous looks, if you want to do some further looking into.

[gregjetnikoff]

I love this song where Marko is so earthed, then Floor swoops in scoops him up and they are both are flying about the sky, til Floor puts him down, then returns to do it again. Just magnificent