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I enjoy the music by Nightwish, though I don’t love all their songs. I have a few favourites, and this one for the prompt ‘beautiful’ is one I like. I love the intensity of the music.
I had no idea of the backstory. I was aware Nightwish have had three different lead vocalists during their existence. The first was Tarja Turunen, who was replaced by Anette Olzon. When I saw Nightwish live at a concert in Amsterdam, I saw this performer. She was a decent singer, but not my favourite.
In 2013, Anette was replaced by the Dutch singer Floor Jansen. She has a powerful voice and can reach a great variety of tones.
The song ‘Bye Bye Beautiful’ from 2008 is rumoured to be about Tarja leaving the band. It makes the entire piece even more intricate. I hope you enjoy the song and the backstory.
Written ByTuomas Holopainen
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Links used in this post: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwish
Second link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_Bye_Beautiful
Song Lyrics Sunday is a prompt by Jim Adams, other entries can be found here: https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2021/07/31/seductive-words/
I don’t know Nightwish but they are great visual performers! I enjoyed the lyrics of this song too ☺️
Nice music Liz. Nightwish is not your typical girl band, and I guess at least one of them is a guy. They are very intense and their lyrics are a bit dark, but they can rock.
Wonderful song! Nightwih was super popular in my group of friends (which were like the outcasts and goths) during highschool.
Perfectly. I was surprised by the combination of rock and melody in one piece.