The Crow, the Owl and the Dove

2011

The Crow, the Owl and the Dove is a song by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It is the second single from her seventh studio album Imaginaerum.

Formation

The music was written by bassist Marco Hietala on an acoustic guitar. In a backstage room in Moscow, he played the keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen his idea. Holopainen asked him to withhold this song for Nightwish and not to be used for Hietalas second band Tarot. Holopainen wrote the accompanying text within 15 minutes. Inspired Holopainen of the American writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau. The content is in the song about values ​​such as pride, wisdom and love. These values ​​are determined by the corresponding bird metaphors - the song title leaves with it, The Crow, The Owl and the Dove 'Translate - expressed.

The single was released as a digipak, 10 " single on blue vinyl and as a download. In addition to the radio version, the album version and the instrumental version of the title song, the single contains the song The Heart Asks Pleasure First. This is cover version from the soundtrack of the film The Piano. The original version comes from the English composer Michael Nyman.

Reception

Marcel Rapp from the online magazine Powermetal.de described The Crow, the Owl and the Dove in his review as " wonderful duet " between Anette Olzon and Marco Hietala. According to the reviewers J. G. from the online magazine HardHarderHeavy.de " convinced the song with folk elements and acoustic guitars " and praised the " highest level offered vocal performances ." The reviewer from The Wendigo online magazine whiskey soda.de however, described the song as " cheesy embarrassment ".

The single reached number one on the Finnish singles chart and was able to place a total of three weeks. Outside Finland, the single reached number 82 in Germany the Media Control Charts.