It's not important...


So I'm seeing Opeth March 8th...

[QUOTE=penelope weird hands]I react in such a way when someone says something ridiculous about me not knowing the language I speak when they could simply just answer the question without resorting to such assumptions.

Is that so bad?[/QUOTE]


Calm down and go play Metroid.




[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]It's not important...


So I'm seeing Opeth March 8th...[/QUOTE]


I'll be going to the Minneapolis show next weekend, March 4th. It's going to kick a[SIZE="2"]s[/SIZE]s!

[QUOTE=Flynn]I'll be going to the Minneapolis show next weekend, March 4th. It's going to kick a[SIZE="2"]s[/SIZE]s![/QUOTE]
That's awesome dude. I'm still not super happy with the setlist though.. I really want to see BWP and FOM live. :upset:

[QUOTE=Flynn]Calm down and go play Metroid.[/QUOTE]

Hahaha. Nice, I probably will!
I'm calm, I just appreciate 'eye to eye' conversations and constructive answers/criticism.
No matter what medium.

I will see Opeth on April 20th.
I wonder if the show will beat the Pantera and Tool shows I've seen in the past!
I hope the venue doesn't suck too much either.

Funny, because my mates have heard very little of Opeth and many dislike them.
But, they're all going to the show at my request.

I think this show will make fans of them. ;}

[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]That's awesome dude. I'm still not super happy with the setlist though.. I really want to see BWP and FOM live. :upset:[/QUOTE]

I bet they're going to play Bleak and Godhead's Lament just to piss you off. ;)

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]I bet they're going to play Bleak and Godhead's Lament just to piss you off. ;)[/QUOTE]
I'd boo them then leave. :p

Then you'd be swarmed by an angry mob of Opeth fans.

[QUOTE=MidnightRider]Then you'd be swarmed by an angry mob of Opeth fans.[/QUOTE]
I'd school them all with my vast knowledge of the band. :smoke:

[QUOTE]I have medium - longish hair, only wear black band t-shirts, and jeans... I'm a freak. [/QUOTE] No thats standerd metalhead. THat looks good. What people get confused is being GOTH PEOPLE IS NOT METAL. So your not the freak don't worry.

[QUOTE] I bet they're going to play Bleak and Godhead's Lament just to piss you off.[/QUOTE]

I don't see what so great about Bleak either. But Dunkel how can you not like that vocal line in Godheads Lament :O :O :O
Do they ever play Godheads live?

[QUOTE]Oh God, after pit one day, my friend and I plugged an amp into an outlet out in the hall and started playing Master's Apprentices on guitar and bass. I started singing right as an Asian chick walked by.[/QUOTE]

Its funny to do that. Play on your metalhead status.
Yeah because everyone at school (and everyones friends at this grade level) esepically my close mates think its funny me as a metalhead I sometimes joke and play on it. Like a girls mucks around and says she wants to get pissed and listen to metal with me one night (I can't wait :D). My friend when we listen to tunes together on a pod at lunch time I headbang and everyone thinks its funny how much I know and get into it.

mms://straum.nrk.no/Musikk/2003-06-16/Opeth_300k.wmv

They sure do play it live. I donno, I guess I just think the song is predictable. Since it's considered the "standard Opeth song", or something...

Yeah but fists and broken bottles are much, much more damaging than knowledge. :p

And what Penelope yabadayabada says was also my doubt for a second there... I thought it was a line from a song or something...

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan]Yeah but fists and broken bottles are much, much more damaging than knowledge. :p[/QUOTE]
This is true. :upset:

[QUOTE=penelope weird hands]Funny, because my mates have heard very little of Opeth and many dislike them.
But, they're all going to the show at my request.

I think this show will make fans of them. ;}[/QUOTE]


Same with the people I'm going with, they really don't know Opeth, but I'm sure that will change after the show.

For Absent Friends, is anyone else kinda bored by this song? Its not bad but i always end up skipping it. Its like a little thing one of the guitarists came up with and just decided to put it on the album. Any thoughts?

My friend knew a couple of Opeth songs, but overall seemed to be relatively new to them.

I'm positive his opinion changed after we came back from the concert.

Aren't most of the short instrumental ditties like that though? I never really found anything special with any of them...

I like all of them personally, they really help break up the albums. Patterns in the Ivy is probably my favorite.

Same for me.

Same for me, though I love all of them.

Requiem is easily my favorite.

I still have to listen "For absent friends"...

but Ending Credits for me. It's not that small, though. If that can't be considered as such, then... eh... uh... eh, Requiem is up there.

Silhouette. It's such a beautiful piece.. I hope Per does something like that on the next album.

[QUOTE=Toaster]Silhouette. It's such a beautiful piece.. I hope Per does something like that on the next album.[/QUOTE]
I enjoyed that Reverie part thing he did on GR. That was pretty cool.

[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]I enjoyed that Reverie part thing he did on GR. That was pretty cool.[/QUOTE]
No, it's waaaaaay too repetitive.

I mean... No dude. Shut up. :(

...

No, It's boring repetitive.

[QUOTE=TojesDoLan]No, it's waaaaaay too repetitive.

I mean... No dude. Shut up. :(

...

No, It's boring repetitive.[/QUOTE]
... I thought it was pretty soothing.

[QUOTE=Toaster]Silhouette. It's such a beautiful piece.. I hope Per does something like that on the next album.[/QUOTE]


Oh definitely, I'd love to hear more piano work like that.

[QUOTE=Flynn]Oh definitely, I'd love to hear more piano work like that.[/QUOTE]
Yup.

(although I think Silhouette is kind of lame myself, I think he can do better than that)

Epilogue is fantastic too, I just remembered.

Silhouette is okay, kind of amatuer like most early Opeth.

Per is kind of lame for me in general I think, I mean he has his cool little backround things but I can't say he's that great of an addition to the band.

[QUOTE=Moses]Silhouette is okay, kind of amatuer like most early Opeth.

Per is kind of lame for me in general I think, I mean he has his cool little backround things but I can't say he's that great of an addition to the band.[/QUOTE]
I tend to agree. Well I guess not really; I like most of his work on GR, but I just don't know if having a permanent keyboard player is really a great idea...it makes it necessary to work keyboard into every song, etc.

I just noticed I really like the last half of The Twilight is My Robe but not the first half before the bass solo part. I also find myself liking parts of their early songs more than the whole songs themselves.

[QUOTE=Moses]I just noticed I really like the last half of The Twilight is My Robe but not the first half before the bass solo part. I also find myself liking parts of their early songs more than the whole songs themselves.[/QUOTE]
Me too, well at least on Orchid. (Morningrise is a different story) The parts just seem tossed together to make songs, but some of the individual parts are brilliant.

[QUOTE=Moses]Silhouette is okay, kind of amatuer like most early Opeth.

Per is kind of lame for me in general I think, I mean he has his cool little backround things but I can't say he's that great of an addition to the band.[/QUOTE]

Did you see the Lamentations DVD? He had some great playing on that. I also really liked what he did in "Atonement."

[QUOTE=Dunkelheit509]I enjoyed that Reverie part thing he did on GR. That was pretty cool.[/QUOTE]

It's my favourite moment on the album. I wish it was more than a little interlude, it's bloody beautiful.

[QUOTE=Moses]Silhouette is okay, kind of amatuer like most early Opeth.

[/QUOTE]

Do you mean in the actual performance or the song? The performance isn't the best, he's a bit sloppy, but I think it's a really interesting, well-written piece.

What Reverie part are you talking about?

[QUOTE=Toaster]What Reverie part are you talking about?[/QUOTE]

That little piece with the gap between the end of Atonement and Harlequin Forest.

Sorry to be off topic.. but, my word..
Opeth holds an imaginitive paradise in their music.
Unique and dissimilar to anything that's ever been produced.
Repeated spins of their albums only gives me more to listen to.
Subtle bits I've never focused on before...
You know?

Amazing.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]I now see why people consider Opeth the greatest band on Earth. Still not there in my book, but it's in my top 10.

Oh, by the way, anybody who goes to the concert, be prepared for a night of comedy and kickass music.

Setlist (somewhat in order...):
Ghost Of Perdition
White Cluster
The Amen Corner
Baying Of The Hounds
Under A Weeping Moon
Closure
The Grand Conjuration
The Drapery Falls
Deliverance (encore)

Setlist still leaves something to be desired though...[/QUOTE]

i think you need to listen to mornignrise and blackwaterpark more.

[QUOTE=Moses]Silhouette is okay, kind of amatuer like most early Opeth.

Per is kind of lame for me in general I think, I mean he has his cool little backround things but I can't say he's that great of an addition to the band.[/QUOTE]

I don't think there's been enough of Per to call him lame. He's only performed on one album and hopefully, as time progresses and Mikael gets more used to composing songs with keyboard parts, he should be more of an active and valuable addition to the band.

Per is a good thing for the band, yet another kick *** element.

Surely you can have this arguement after the next album? Not really getting anywhere... Not heard enough of Per to comment.

[QUOTE=penelope weird hands]
Sorry to be off topic.. but, my word..
Opeth holds an imaginitive paradise in their music.
Unique and dissimilar to anything that's ever been produced.
Repeated spins of their albums only gives me more to listen to.
Subtle bits I've never focused on before...
You know?

Amazing.[/QUOTE]

Right on. :cool:

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]Did you see the Lamentations DVD? He had some great playing on that. I also really liked what he did in "Atonement."[/QUOTE]


Whenever I watch that DVD I can't take my eyes off Martin Lopez - he's amazing


and makes it look soooo easy.

PS anyone else noticed the bogey in Mikael's nose? The camera dwells on it far too much in places