"Orchid" is like a drug... or an old lover...
I keep going back to it. Especially to find comfort in solitude.
I keep going back to it. Especially to find comfort in solitude.
A drug...
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Russell
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Something weird has been happening to my listening choice lately. I've been playing music other than Opeth. 
That's not like me. I've played some DT's Live at The Marquee and Tool's Ænima, which just came out this morning and was traded for Morningrise. I think my Blackwater Park copy is floating around under the passenger seat. I recall a clanking sound during a sharp left turn at some point recently and when I looked to see what it was...the seat was empty. I've been in a blur for the last few days so I still haven't saved it. I'm afraid of what else might be lurking under there.
How nutty does this sound? I was listening to Tool like I said, and I used to all the time. I really liked Tool long before I found Opeth, BUT this time around I heard things that I didn't before. I understood the messages in the songs more. I heard with more detail what the band was doing with the music better than I ever did. I even liked the music more in general than before!
Is it because: 1) I haven't been listening to them that much, and it just sounded really good to hear again? OR 2) Listening to Opeth has made me more perceptive to music. <--That's what I'm thinking.
At the beginning of Third Eye I noticed I was appreciating it more than I ever had. "...and we're just a figment of our own imaginations."
Music IS a drug. I used it as one in my dream last night. Yeah, I had a dream last night that I was getting dental surgery and they let me use headphones while they did it. Blackwater Park's, Funeral Portrait was the choice tune.
Lynn
"Grinning wide and comforting me with its three warm and wild eyes."
That's not like me. I've played some DT's Live at The Marquee and Tool's Ænima, which just came out this morning and was traded for Morningrise. I think my Blackwater Park copy is floating around under the passenger seat. I recall a clanking sound during a sharp left turn at some point recently and when I looked to see what it was...the seat was empty. I've been in a blur for the last few days so I still haven't saved it. I'm afraid of what else might be lurking under there. How nutty does this sound? I was listening to Tool like I said, and I used to all the time. I really liked Tool long before I found Opeth, BUT this time around I heard things that I didn't before. I understood the messages in the songs more. I heard with more detail what the band was doing with the music better than I ever did. I even liked the music more in general than before!
Is it because: 1) I haven't been listening to them that much, and it just sounded really good to hear again? OR 2) Listening to Opeth has made me more perceptive to music. <--That's what I'm thinking.
At the beginning of Third Eye I noticed I was appreciating it more than I ever had. "...and we're just a figment of our own imaginations."
Music IS a drug. I used it as one in my dream last night.
Yeah, I had a dream last night that I was getting dental surgery and they let me use headphones while they did it. Blackwater Park's, Funeral Portrait was the choice tune. Lynn
"Grinning wide and comforting me with its three warm and wild eyes."
im a massive Tool fan too
, and i think your not alone, ive really started appreciating Tool more, which is demonstrated by my wierd ''Tool'' dance where i go crazy when the music takes over me. i only started doing that after heaing opeth for some reason. i think the good thing about tool and opeth is that like a well drawn descriptive picture in your room, after years of it being there you eventually sort of decript it and see it in a different light. for example, i have a massive Bus stop size Smashing pumpkins poster in my room for about 10 months now, and only a few days ago i noticed something in the picture in the background i failed to see before, wierd huh. well in conclusion i think im saying opeth is a well drawn masterpiece of a picture
often at parties i get asked if im on drugs, (which i dont take!!!) and i always say that music is my drug, it just takes me on a wild ride which stops only when the music does
MetalManCPA
Papa Opeth
Music is definately my drug of choice....
Although that scorpion bowl for one while I'm waiting for my chinese food works pretty well too
Although that scorpion bowl for one while I'm waiting for my chinese food works pretty well too
ricochet
ghetto philosopher
Wow, I knew that many people liked Tool. As much as they are getting more popular now, there are still the real fans who appreciate the music and its complexity. I have listened to them long before I discovered Opeth, but I have really started appreciating them more lately. I also think, like Opet, that from listening to Opeth I have developed a greater appreciation for them. _Transparent_, it's funny that you mentioned your weird "Tool" dance. I used to just listen to their music and not really "get into it" that much, but recently when I listen to their music I totally block out everything else and "feel" the music more and have weird body movements and move in a sort of rocking motion. Anyway, I just think it's really cool that there are true Tool fans on this board. You people rock!
Anyway, I just think it's really cool that there are true Tool fans on this board. You people rock! 
Obyeybyeogone
New Metal Member
Wow, I haven't listened to ANY of my Tool CD's since I got really into Opeth, going to put Ænima on now. I hate how Tool is now thrown into the numetal crap, I see people wear a linkin' park shirt one day and a Tool shirt the next, it makes me sad
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
i've been thinking about this for the past week. it's
like when i show someone a new track, or cd
for that matter, its like i'm saying: hey get
into this. some sort of seduction
to the unknown. "try this"
just like the fucker that
offered you pot
for the 1st
time.
remember??
like when i show someone a new track, or cd
for that matter, its like i'm saying: hey get
into this. some sort of seduction
to the unknown. "try this"
just like the fucker that
offered you pot
for the 1st
time.
remember??
ricochet
ghetto philosopher
Oyo, I totally agree with you about Tool being thrown into the numetal scene. I meant to say that in my original post. It pisses me off when I see kids at school wearing, like you said, a Limp Bizkit shirt one day and a Tool shirt the next day. Oh well...
nogs00, I do the same thing. I will just subconsciously play mp3s on my computer of good bands that I like while my friend is here, and he'll ask about them and stuff. I will also have cds around my room, and he will pick them up. He has started listening to lots of stuff I like just by hearing it at my house. It's weird because really a part of me is like do I even wanna let him in on this great music. It's like a secret that I don't want to tell...hehe
nogs00, I do the same thing. I will just subconsciously play mp3s on my computer of good bands that I like while my friend is here, and he'll ask about them and stuff. I will also have cds around my room, and he will pick them up. He has started listening to lots of stuff I like just by hearing it at my house. It's weird because really a part of me is like do I even wanna let him in on this great music. It's like a secret that I don't want to tell...hehe
vocis noctis
CoF board-mod
Russell
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Originally posted by _Transparent_
im a massive Tool fan too
well in conclusion i think im saying opeth is a well drawn masterpiece of a picture
Ha, seeing I hope I'm going to the concert now I'll look out for sum1 doing a dodgy dance and shout "Transparent"
I like Tool 2 They rock! I don't quite know what it is about them that makes them addictive tho :she he, you better come because then there will be 2 people i've spoken to on the net that have been to a concert i've been too without knowing at the time.
Russell
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and i'll make a bigger fool of myself by jumping on the stage and shouting god is an athiest
, but if the crowd is small for katatonia (which i hope isn't) then you may see me doing the Waynes World, we're not worthy beggingSimilar threads
