Nightwish - The Escapist Live Mantova Italy 30.3. 2009

[Sitexful]

She sounds like on CD :)

I love her <3

[Maddiakafidget]

I don't care what anybody says about her singing, she is effin awesome as fudge! She definatley has gotten better since dpp. So people, our moral today is to not feed the trolls. Thank you!! X3

[NightWhiteFantasy]

Ya, totally agreed, Annette here just rocks!

[johnny22233323]

Anette is the higher(pitch, not quality) form of soprano, as oppossed to Tarja's lower(again, pitch, not quality). And she is SO much better now than when she first started with Nightwish.

[IvanTsarina]

where is the metal in this song?? hahaahahahahhaahha popwish, much?

[JovidzaCar]

@IvanTsarina and where is pop in this song .... if you are talking about anette's voice , i have to say that she is a soprano like tarja , its just that tarja is classicaly trained and anette isnt ... if anette had the training tarja had she could sound like her ....

[mofrakker]

@JovidzaCar Technically she is a mezzo soprano, Tarja is a soprano. You are correct, this is not a pop song. If anything Nettie has an AOR background which has nothing to do with pop. Tarja has had more training but Nettie has more versatility. So each of them has there own strenghts. What I DO like is that Nettie keeps improving when most other vocalists usually peak. Hope we have more years ahead of Nightwish. Peace.

[kamyrith]

For not being an Opera singer Anette does well on the old songs, not like Tarja of course, but well, and this song is fuckingggggg amazing!!!

[fallinginblue]

@kamyrith really? im neither an opera singer and I can do better than her lol

[danaeCool]

Wow ! She's nice voice ! n.n

I love this song <3

[TahaneyFlamme]

The low notes of this song must be hard to hit live XD Anette is doing greeat ^^ I love Nightwish, I hope to be able to go see them next time they're on tour!

[Fatmanralphy]

Amazing song, cant wait for the new album, but I must say, those trousers/pants she is wearing are hideous :P

[tieuthujulio]

with Anette , Nightwish seems so mysterious

[mofrakker]

Still don't know why they didn't release this song on DPP originally (Not including special editions) it's one of the best they've ever done.

[MissAnimeLover1]

HAHAHAHA! EMPPU THUMBED HIS NOSE AT MARCO!!! *dies laughing* XD

[exxent88]

such a great chorus, anette is so fking good ,and hot. lucky guy who got her =)

[TheLegendOfZelda100]

The Mantova show sounds like it was amazing!! Anette sounded very good in that show and it was this that gave me the thinking that she has improved!!!!

[omarmikko]

5/5

[to9123]

Amazing...

[midanelcancio]

yeah...the songs itself is awesome and this performance is awesome as well...

but hate anette's pants :P

[LauriYlonenx3]

i freaking love this song!! *-* i Love You Anette<3!!

[nataliagmiranda]

she sings the old songs very very well.

[SliperFail]

I was at this amazing concert, it was my best Birthday ever had!!!!! Dreams can come true, this was one of them :)

[LiveParaGoth]

if they had put both this song and while your lips are still red in the dark passion play album it would be awesome

[dustd3mon]

@LiveParaGoth

I agree :X

Though they are in "Made in Hong Kong".

[Bexrt]

great song, amazing...but still I miss tarja a lot :) but anette did a really good job...

[brenzum]

I feel sorry for this woman because of her decadence, since her stay at nigthwish she looks sad, flat because she's, under the pressure, poor gir.

[nataliagmiranda]

sad???? decadence??? i don´t think so. anette is energy , happiness....i think she has had a bad time with her divorce...but she recovered.

sorry, i am spanish and my engish is poor.

[kamyrith]

@nataliagmiranda anette esta divorciada?? XD no sabia, osea q el ultimo bebe q tuvo Nemo, es hijo de su actual novio y su hijo mayor es de su matrimonio previo, verdad? siempre tuve esa duda :)

[Lusomaster]

Beautiful.

Anette is so great *.*

I love her, because she can sing "tarja song's", or the old songs, and the new songs.

Anette is great <3 *.*

[narutorl]

i don't really agree with that...she can't sing the old songs...and the old songs should remain...because in 90% of the cases they soud awfull...

anette has a great voice...but she's not tarja...

yes anette sounds very good here...but in my opinion nightwish should not sing the old songs... mayba I'm not right but that's my opinion

[dustd3mon]

narutorl: I have to disagree.

After hearing Annette sing Ever Dream, I think some of the older songs, the less operatic, she could attempt.

I think they went a bit far when she tried GLS, which sounded terrible.

Overall, yes, Tarja WILL always sound better for the older songs, but some of Annette's attempts can be quite good too.

[killercrystal]

@Lusomaster Er... no, she can't really sing Tarja's songs :X

Some of them she sings fairly well, but overall, she doesn't have the voice to sing the old songs.

[ReggaNevaDie]

@Lusomaster tarja so much better

[fallinginblue]

@Lusomaster hehe no she can't XD she just tries lol

[bmstylee]

her pants do have some bling to them.

[GirlFromFinland94]

Anette<3

[bloomnextgirl]

Anette rocks here!!

I love Tarja and Anette

both singers rocks!

[pacoiscoolto]

i agree with you they both rock idont know why people hating on them

[kamikazeespleen]

Is it me or does the intro sound the music from the original Time Crisis?

[Lubos8952]

My fav. What a shame that Anette's clothing has nothing to do with Nightwish's style... What a decadence! :(

[rencrow]

yea kinda strange considering ive seen pics of her wearing tarja-esque clothes.

[zsatocsa]

no offense, but you should look up the word decadence.

who wrote a rule about what she should ware?

she could go in man's underpants, what matters is that she does an amazing job, and the band loves her!

[Akascha1981]

well my opinion is that the nightwish style is be who you are and who you wanna be - thats all...live and let live

[shootingwish93]

Anette is good here

[Nirnaeth01]

it's my favourite Nightwish-song, the lyrics are very very touching, and the way how they perform it ...amazing...

[TheOriginalMatt1]

I love annetes pants.

Lol

[LadyPudrete666]

I though it was Marco dancing with shiny pants.

[MissAnimeLover1]

@LadyPudrete666 HAHAHA yeah I'd love to see that :D yummy!

[StarkMessanger]

Look at Tuomas' Head Spin at the end of the song! So funny! Especially with all the hair twirling.

[matchbox2022]

oy....I think they are starting to sound better on disc rather than live. Anyone say no?

[Akoro88]

nahh, i think it depends on how far apart their shows are. it seems when they have a longer rest period, they play better.

[StarkMessanger]

They've always sounded better on disc than live.

[youHectorKL]

you're wrong... some lives are even better than the disc

[wallyina]

You're damn right... I was here in Mantova and it was great, better than the CD...

[TheMetaPhysicWorld]

I really don't like how they do a whole bunch of songs and then some of them are on them are on the album, and the others are on the singles.

Perfect all the songs and put them on one album!

Anyway, songs rocks!

[bozzyladyofsunset]

i was therreee :D:D

[StarBlaze73]

AHHHH! Awesome! I wish they did this song when I saw them in concert!

[RavenousRuss]

This song is so damn epic its crazy! When I first I heard this song I couldve sworn the world stopped spinning or something.

[lnknprkmetora1]

amen. this song is the reason i started listening to Nightwish

[RavenousRuss]

Hell yea dude!

[lnknprkmetora1]

well it miffs me off that they only put it on the Japanese version of dark passion play

[RavenousRuss]

I dont know if you knew this but if you buy the made in hong kong cd, the song is on the album

[lnknprkmetora1]

i know that but i wish it was on the english version of dark passion play when i bought it

[RavenousRuss]

thats true, I totally get what you mean. The thing I just dont understand, is how are they going to top dark passion play? I mean that album is so epic.

[lnknprkmetora1]

give them a chance. i think they will top dark passion play. and hopefully keep on topping the other cd's

[RavenousRuss]

No, I mean I know they will top it, I just cant wait to here it.

[lnknprkmetora1]

well hopefully they are already working on a new album

[RavenousRuss]

They arent going to get into the studio until next spring, but im pretty sure they have all the songs they need down, because I heard in an interview that Tuomas already filled up three notebooks full of lyrics since theyve been on the tour. So from here on out, its just a matter of time.

[lnknprkmetora1]

well thats the part that i hate is the wait

[StarkMessanger]

They totally will top it. And now that they know who will be singing the songs, it becomes quite a bit easier. And better

[SnUnaPietraRotolante]

Anette's voice live is better than studio.. I love this song!!

[chanchoenroca]

THIS SONG FUCKING ROCKS!

[metallife1]

She sings so well...I don't fuck understand why the people hate her...she never will sing like Tarja... she is not Tarja...don't wait for that...what the fucking hell

Rock on \m/

[darkwoodmovies]

Epic song, epic singer, and Tarja couldn't touch this.

[benomuso]

this video only deserves high quality :)

[bozzyladyofsunset]

u love tarja but hate anette but the song is very good wtf? the show was excellent ad anette did it perfectly :) better than all the previous opera shit

[enomiyashigeki]

I love this song =)

[Lucxarrr]

Yo tambien!! :D

[Kyuuketsuki8]

Nightwish, now, is just like Within Temptation and Sirenia and the rest. Nothing special.

[crimrose]

Why do you say that?

I mean it as a legitimate question. What is it that you think is the same about them? :)

Nightwish pioneered in this genre, so I don't share your opinion, but I am interested to know what brings you to it (unless you are going to just regurgitate "Tarja is a goddess").

[sithci2]

did she says "Gracis" as in thank you in spanish? xD anyway, love her voice!!<3

[Evelyn2809]

no, she's saying "grazie" as a thank you in italian. i love her voice too!!!

[dremel73]

ahhhhh!! ma ke e' successo ad annette! bionda e gonfia come un canotto!!!

[Nightwishismysoul]

She sounds awesome in this vid

[thefant]

agreed.  probably her best song.

[AMYreloaded]

Ehi!I tuoi video del concerto di Mantova sono i migliori in assoluto!Sia per la qualità video,ma soprattutto per l'audio!

Complimenti davvero,mi sembra di rivivere quei momenti 8DDD Grazieee

[DrzSpectre]

this song show the one who thing the old Nightwish will always be better then the new one that the things don't stay as they think.

[nozomiwhitewolf]

Haha omg her pants! <3

[LovingLife411]

I know!!!

I saw them in another video up close and I

was like, "Oh my gosh, are those for real?!?"They have like, a bazillion sequins on

them! I actually like them!

With some of the photos from this concert,

it's the first time I think she looks amazing with

her hair blonde and her style now

with blonde hair(because it's different now

then it was when her hair was black, or red).

But I think she looks gorgeous!

[nozomiwhitewolf]

Yeah I like her clothes! Last year when she came to Sauget it looked like she was wearing a lolita dress! I was so happy! xD She used to have blonde hair a long time ago in Alyson Avenue. She looks great all around!

[Masherin]

the beginning with the guitars: 0.50-1.05, is about the same as the beginning of their older song; she is my sin.

[giannyrocks88]

she sings better live than in CD

[Allasdair01]

Sooooo goood! I love Anette's voice on this song! <3!!

[chhrister1993]

i do sooooooo agree!!!! she sings SOOOO DAMN GOOD! she is just.... i haven't got words!

[sonic588]

i heard it live in colonge

the best song of the whole show

and to everyone who don´t like anette

you must have hear her live before you say she sucks !

i have heard her live and i think she´s great live !!

[Akoro88]

I wish they would play a show in NorthCarolina, America. :(

[sonic588]

well, this tour notz anymore

only 3 months to go the last show in the hartwell arena....

but maybe next tour! :-)

[Akoro88]

Maybe, but I doubt they'll come here. They'll go for the big cities to try to get the most ticket sales.

[sonic588]

Well

when i was in colonge

this is was very small hall where they played

we were not really much

i thnk we were just 500 people

[DarkCyradis]

OMG~~ my dreams have come true--"Escapist" performed live...!!! Kyaaa~~~ XDDDD Wow, I wish I could have seen it live. The band sounds amazing~!! Tuomas's crazy headbanging is so much fun to watch and Emppu and Marco were so cute posing together while they played (must've been an awesome picture!). I love Anette and this is her greatest song--so glad they sang it live~! ^__^

[izimba83]

C'est super!

Merci!!

[Mexynor]

Does she say "grazie" at the end?

She is really sweet, I'm still hating myself because I couldn't go to the concert -.-

[ShardsOfOblivion]

wowza

was this the opening song?

[angelindisgrace]

no

no...

7 Days To The Wolves, Dead To The World,The Siren,Amaranth,Romanticide,Dea­d Boy's Poem,The Poet And The Pendulum, Nemo, Sahara,The Islander, Last Of The Wilds,The Escapist, Dark Chest Of Wonders

-

Ghost Love Score, Wish I Had An Angel

[ShardsOfOblivion]

ah

woulda made a good opening song

[tangleduprecordings]

she got the perfect rock chick outfit... you all have very dated tastes about clothes!

[celticgirl08]

amazing!! the escapist live T_T.

I like the brixton academy version better ;-)

[Kirbylivnewton]

Why does everyone hate Annette? She had to sings songs not written for her voice, this is the only song that Nightwish wrote for her and she sounds like Tarja.

[schmudi]

Great Video! Compliment :-) Cheers!!

[StarkMessanger]

Just imagine if they could get some of those orchestral elements live! Even just adding a few violinists would be amazing

[nosracymmit]

Wow Anette sounds amazing

[DrzSpectre]

this song makes forgot tarja turunen

[WithinNightsCoil]

Absoloutly, Anette Is Amazing People Who Still Moan About Her Need To Get Over It People Should Forget About Tarja. I Loved Tarja But She Has Gone On A Different Path And People Should Spend Time Listening To Her New Stuff Instead Of Slating Anette :D

x

[SnUnaPietraRotolante]

credimi nemmeno io ci credevo :D

[linnahmoon]

AWESOME! FANTASTIC!

anette sounds great at live!

[tntsam]

her pants are shiny i love it lol

[KevinCarey]

looks like they unpeeled a disco ball to make em

[OWLxNIGHTWISHFAN]

Excellent :)

[ironheaven]

and btw, i'm wearing always only black clothes and sometimes i think "Why couldn't i sometimes wear more colorful clothes?" Well, colors aren't my thing at all, but still i could try something new ;D

[ironheaven]

What the fuck people? o__O It seems to be really important what Anette wear..hahah, i think it's not the most important thing..no way! She's pants are just nice :D Anette has her own personality style and it's great. Why she should always wear only black clothes or why she should look for example gothic?? Anette is what she is, and that's awesome ^^ And she has a great voice and i think it's one of the most important things.

Enjoy the music of this great band please ;)

[LovingLife411]

I totally agree. I LOVE her clothes,

these pants are awesome!

And you're right, it's not a fashion show,

and she's not a model, she's unique.

I love her for that. Her voice is amazing,

and yeah her clothes can be out there,

but they're cool to look at.

If she didn't wear them, no one else probably

would have the guts to,

and she's rockin' them, I love her style!

[tangleduprecordings]

as i said it's the perfect rock chick outfit... i'm bored of death brides.

[wishmaster198]

omg!! if any of you tarja-aholics could sing like that....

[ticialch]

io c'ero.

[petsitterlinda]

Great outfit! Pure GLAM and so totally Anette!

[ZpSm05]

Sniff.... Ogni giorno quasi mi riguardo questi video, in generale del concerto... io ero al loro di MIlanom marzo 2008. E vedere che han suonao Ghost Love score mi ha riempita di tristezza, perchè è la mia canzone preferita in assoluto.. e non c'ero a Mantova.. T.T

Speriamo che quando torneranno qui in Italia, la rifacciano! *.*

[tefomontecalvo]

amazing song, amazing band. excellent keyboardist. Suck singer u.u

[KevinCarey]

her pants look like she unpeeled a disco ball , love em

[charmed4sure16]

does it really matter what any of them wear? is this not about music and the magic behind that?? They are comfortable and making great music and i have seen them, and no matter what they wear they put on the best shows, that's all that matter i think=D

[phega]

Secondo me alla fine quando si vedono marco e emppu vicini c'e marco che dice a emppu:"se provi di nuovo a buttarmi via i plettri e a metterti davanti a me ti spacco il culo brutto nano!"

hihihihihihih XD!!

[wishmasterhu]

perfect, but she wears t-shirt? OMG :S

[MissJC124]

why not? he clothes dont need to impress us, her voice does wonders in that department *.*

[CryingCrimsonEyes]

I think they were referring to the fact that they didn't think it was appropriate to wear to a concert. And, personally, I agree with them.

[KevinCarey]

Jukka wears nothing but t shirts, he even has one that says Hustler on it....

[CryingCrimsonEyes]

Yeah, but he's not the face of the band, Anette is because she's the singer, and therefore is the one people tend to think of whenever they think of Nightwish.

[wishmasterhu]

Anette was very very pretty on the Hungarian show! :-)))

[ironheaven]

perfect <3

[mzindpendent7]

molto fortunati di vedere questa canzone live!!!!!... magari la avevo suonato qui..:(

[Jukka0890]

concerto a dir poco stupendo....una sensazione magnifica....alla fine jukka mi ha dato anche la sua bacchetta....adoro quell'uomo...mette energia nel suonare...è il mio idolo

[unusualitalian]

The Escapist è un gran pezzo,

i Volbeat fanno schifo e Anette sembra Duffy

Che mi dite?

[necterium]

a si? lool nn me ne sono accorto, che stronzo emmpu xD

[Shinmen88]

no scusate vorrei sottolineare il siparietto tra emmpu e marco nelle retrovieXD se li vedete ke passano di continuo è perkè emmpu gli stava per scordare il basso e marco scappava XD poi emmpu gli fa una pernacchia e gli butta via 4 plettri dal microfono

XD

[phega]

si ho visto che gli ha fatto una pernacchia e ha buttato via dei plettri la sera del concerto ma pensavo che fossero suoi!e non avevo capito che voleva scorargli il basso!!ho visto solo che faceva i cretini!!hihihihi!!che scemi!

[mattiagreen93]

Volevo esserciiii TWT

[annasukasuperfans]

fantastici... *___*

volevo esserci pure io

[necterium]

si emppu nn lo vedevo mai, cmq sta canzone come si chiama?? mai sentita O.o

[OffKami]

The Escapist.

Non l'hai mai sentita perchè è rara, essendo stata inserita nella versione bonus di Dark Passion Play.

[Darknemesy]

è stato un concerto magnifico!!!

[LegittimaOffesaOi]

fantastico! non me lo scorderò mai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! non mi sono mai divertito cosi tanto..nightwish 4 ever!

[djibril84]

CRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII sto mettendo anche i miei video.. stupendi i tuoi!!! *_*

[bozzyladyofsunset]

noi siamo venuti da malta :D:D siamo ritornati sta mattina bellisimo questo concerto !!!!

[kelfuccio]

io stamattina comunque non avevo davvero più voce... :P GRANDISSIMI!!!!

[OffKami]

Noi c'eravamo!Credevamo che stamattina non avremmo avuto la voce da quanto abbiamo urlato.Concerto meraviglioso.Anette è stata semplicemente perfetta.Pensavamo che i giochi pirotecnici li avessero fatti solo per End of an Era,inceve anche ieri sera..e i coriandoli su Ghost Love Score,come all'HartwallArena..Stupenda sorpresa Anette,che ha cantato in un modo che nel video è impossibile captare..è stata..niente parole.Tuomas,Marco e Jukka sono stupendi dal vivo!Emppu a volte sparivaxD

[AnetteOlzonItalia]

sono d'accordo su tutto!!

[JiraiGumo90]

who's that naked at my window?

questa è la MIA canzone - sappiatelo - e sentirla a un concerto m'ha fatto commuovere ;_; stupendo.

[OffKami]

Magari...

Who's there, knockin' at my window?

[motorade]

who's there knocking at my window :]

[SofiNicOtine]

è stato un concerto magnifico, per fortuna anette nn ha cantato come era vestita (mi riferisco ai pantaloni paillettillosi in stile Avril Lavigne)

Ero riuscita a procurarmi la scaletta via internet, ma è stato un piacere sentire Ghost Love Score cantata così bene..

concordo, i Volbeat facevano cagare!! I Pain invece sono stati bravi ^^

1 bacio a tutti i fan dei Nightwish

[AMYreloaded]

C'eroooo sotto Tuomas,mamma mia cos'è dal vivo quel ragazzo *O*...

Per me la scaletta non è stata a sorpresa,ero riuscita a procurarmela via internet,ma è stato tutto ugualmente magnificoooooo!

Ma qualcuno di voi ha la fortuna di essere a Pordenone stasera ._.??

[Tariconan]

C'ero anch'io,ed effettivamente è stato un grandissimo concerto!Ghost love score è stata una piacevolissima sorpresa,fra l'altro molti giochi pirotecnici erano simili a quelli del concerto "End Of An Era" (l'ultimo con Tarja x intenderci).

Cazzo però potevano pure fare Bye Bye Beautiful e soprattutto Slaying The Dreamer, che nei concerti mi sà che non fanno mai ed è un peccato perchè una delle più potenti e metal che abbiano mai fatto

[unusualitalian]

Bel concerto, peccato che Annete sembrasse Duffy.

I Volbeat fanno schifo, per me

[NettanFairy]

Anette rocks so much! =)

[ilmianto]

veramente magnifico. anche le band che aprivano sono state eccezionali. a proposito, qualcuno sa che canzoni han suonato le indica?

[OffKami]

Non le so tutte.. Sicuramente una era Wuthering Heights di Kate bush.

[ilmianto]

ok grazie mille :)

[94inside]

spettacolare concerto, peccato potevano suonare un po piu di due ore ^^, grandissimi comunque.

giochi pirotecnici grandiosi.

[Edheldraug]

è stato spettacolare *_*

Io invece ero andato a vedermi la scaletta degli altri concerti, e sapevo che avrebbero fatto sia Ghost Love Score che The Poet and the Pendulum...

Però quando è salito Troy con la cornamusa a fare Last of the Wilds ho temuto che facessero saltare Ghost Love Score...

Anche se quando sono rientrati solo Tuomas e Jukka ho capito che stavano per farla *_*

Tra l'altro ero davanti, seconda fila di fronte a Tuomas.... Grandissimo concerto, mitici Nightwish

[Evelyn2809]

Sentire ghost love score e the escapist mi ha spiazzato! ero troppo felice! il concerto è stato stupendo,peccanto non aver sentito bye bye beautiful

[Cemjey]

Io stavo perdendo le speranze per Ghost Love Score quando hanno fatto Poet and the Pendulum...temevo che due pezzi lunghi e complessi in un unico concerto non li avrebbero fatti..e invece...che emozione!

[elysfis]

c'ero anche iooooooo :))))

concordo pienamente sulla sorpresa di Ghost love score..anche se a dire il vero non era proprio una sorpresa x me..xkè prima del concerto mi ero andata a cercare gli ultimi loro concerti...e avevo visto che l'avevano fatta...

+ che una sorpresa x me era..una speranza..e l'hanno fatta.

mamma mia...che bella seraaaaaataaaaaaaaaaaa. meravigliosi.

[Giuls08]

che meraviglia questa canzone!! Mitici!

[phega]

e quando hanno fatto ghost love score???non ci credevo cazzo!!!