[QUOTE=pate;13481364]Why would you want them to ruin their damn near perfect songs by jamming?[/QUOTE]

didn't they do some improv stuff on their dvd on closure? That was real cool

I've seen Bleak and Blackwater Park live, both songs were incredible...

You suck.

I hate you.

I'd rather hear some improv or a few added sections than simply listening to the same songs "only louder." Granted, live music is always a greater experience than listening to studio music, but I like it a lot better when there's at least a few variations.

I saw Bleak... I actually didn't recognise it at first... I went "ahh Bleak" when I heard the drumming at the start. I really wanna see BWP live.

Why don't they do Serenity Painted Death live?

The pitch harmonics would suck big time.

Yup, bad pinch harmonics would TOTALLY ruin the song.

Or in Godhead's Lament, for instance, the semi-fast section in the intro, by the lead? There's a video where Peter is completely out of... something, his timing is crap, so the song sounds crap.

MAYH and Still Life's material has very complex guitar arrangements that are difficult to perform live. :-0

What you think is the best song they perform live?

I'd say like The Leper Affinity or TGC...

I think they give Demon of the Fall a lot of power, nonetheless the softer songs, especially In my time of need has such a power live it makes me shiver.

*shivers*

In My Time of Need was great, Mikael got the whole crowd to sing along and put lighters up. Closure, however, is the best. The extended jam at the end is wonderful, and that third riff...just wow...

[QUOTE=Apocalypticon;13481398]I'm gonna have to second this, but that doesn't stop me from saying Opeth aren't all that great live. I think they are alot more of a band to be experienced at home. Alot of their songs aren't really designed to be played live and so just don't have the same impact live as they do through the stereo. That being said though there are also songs that just scream to be played live like Demon of the Fall, Deliverance and The Drapery Falls(just to name ones they actually play). But I also think they don't choose their sets to well, because there are songs like The Moor, In Mist She Was Standing and Advent that to me scream to be played live and Opeth just don't. They are really solid live though, no slip ups anywhere.[/QUOTE]
have you ever been on opeth? have you seen them live?

their live show i've seen was great! listening to Mikaels growl live is so stunning and amazing :eek: it was life-changing :p

I've seen them live three times, including one of the Chronology shows. I have seen both Bleak and BWP. :):)

Bleak live must've been awesome.

It was very awesome. BWP was as well.

When was this concert?

Chronolgy shows must have been awesome.

They did Bleak the first time I saw them, October of last year. They did BWP at the Chronology show. The one I attended was in Chicago on March 2.

Lucky bastard. :p

Ya rly. Three times in under a year. :p

I saw them in Philly on Halloween last year. They played Bleak and Blackwater Park. I also went to the chronology show in New York. They played The Night and the Silent Water, it was grand...

TNATSW was killer!!

Last night I noticed that I had [i]My Arms, Your Hearse[/i] download, but I deleted it anyway along with all the other stuff I've never listened to.

I'll get it again.

Why did you delete it if you're just going to get it again?

Because my logic knows no boundaries.

lol

Anyway, I'll buy MAYH first, and then Still Life. GG

I got MAYH today. I've already got Morningrise, Damnation and BWP. I really like Morningrise and Damnation. I think BWP is okay. I can't seem to get into MAYH at all. I love Morningrise for moments like Advent at 8:10 on wards, TNATSW at 07:35 onwards, Nectar at 6:50 onwards, Everything from the 9th minute to the end of the song on BRI, and everything about TBYF. I haven't heard anything like this on MAYH. I've listened to it right through 3 times so far, hasn't grown on me at all

[QUOTE=DaveTheAmazing;13486669]I got MAYH today. I've already got Morningrise, Damnation and BWP. I really like Morningrise and Damnation. I think BWP is okay. I can't seem to get into MAYH at all. I love Morningrise for moments like Advent at 8:10 on wards, TNATSW at 07:35 onwards, Nectar at 6:50 onwards, Everything from the 9th minute to the end of the song on BRI, and everything about TBYF. I haven't heard anything like this on MAYH. I've listened to it right through 3 times so far, hasn't grown on me at all[/QUOTE]


Try listening to it all the way through while reading the lyrics. Thats what I did when I first got it. I don't know, its a badass cd to me.

MAYH is definitely an album that grows on you, but...it never STOPS growing on you, that's the thing - I've found that I like it even more every time I listen to it.