Benighted

[TyrantOfFlames]

When I first heard this song, and for the next few months afterward, I loved it to death. Yet now I find that it is the song I skip the very most often of all the Opeth songs. I also find that it is my least favorite. I think this is possibly because this song is almost radio material; obviously they didn't intend that, yet somehow they created a song that is somewhat commerial. Do any of you get the same feeling from it?

 

[Hondo]

It's one of those songs that I never listen to on its own but always enjoy a lot when I hear. I don't get any commercial feeling from it.

 

[Static]

This is something that has confused me to no end. Why do so many Opeth fans dislike Benighted? It always has been and still is my favourite acoustic Opeth song. Especially when the drums and bass come in and it turns all Pink Floydish.

I don't get it.

ps. If there is a song that has a commercial feeling it is Harvest! Its verse chorus verse in a very obvious way, more so than Benighted, and despite Harvest feeling commercial I find it in no way any less a brilliant song.

 

[thirdeye]

benighted is wonderful

 

[Ermz]

No I don't get a commercial feeling from it at all. I think that just the acoustic passages and layers of guitar in themselves make it anti-mainstream. I agree that if anything, Harvest is the 'pop' song.

I really like benighted. I don't find myself listening to it much out of my mp3, but when I'm listening to Still Life I find it's one of the songs I enjoy the most.

 

[Opethfan1980]

Benighted isn't at all "commercial."

Having a chorus does not a commercial song make.

Jesus Christ.

 

[demon talented]

I like Benighted, but I don't like it as much as I did originally.

However, I like Harvest better, and my favorite Opeth acoustic song is Credence.

I don't know how to phrase any of this. I feel like I'm in AA.

"Hi. I'm Joshua Bocher, and I like Benighted...but not that much."

 

[Northern Lights]

I like Benighted, no commercial feeling here... It's not my fave, and I do skip it when I don't feel like listening to the whole album, but I don't dislike it, I think it's a very good song and I like the lyrics.
"So far away from our weak and crumbling lives".
Credence and Harvester are my fav acoustics though.
And is a song commercial just cuz it has a chorus? ...Hardly...

 

[Manbient]

I am the weird one... i hate Harvest. Worst Opeth songyet.


BUT i LOVE Benighted. what a cool tune hehe

 

[Hiljainen]

I love Benighted, and oh i love Harvest too

 

[Fifth_Horseman]

I don't listen to Benighted very often, only when listening to Still Life as a whole.

But I LOVE to play the song on acoustic guitar, actually I have played it almost every day for more than half a year.

But still I don't get sick of playing it. It's probably my fav song ever to play on guitar. I love the lyrics as well.

When I first heard Benighted, I wasn't so much into it... but when I started to learn it on guitar, I recognized its full beauty.

 

[YaYo]

Patterns in the Ivy 2, Benighted, Harvest, Still Day Beneath the Sun

hmmmm..... what boring songs! Simple completely standard chord choice, unlayered for the most part, undeveloped. OVERLY simplistic structure (Opeth's everchanging song structure hides their never changing riff repetitions.... not the case in these simple/standard structured songs). Some interesting vocal lines, some interesting harmonies here and there. Some emotional sounding fingerpicked parts... thats about the saving features.

Now im certain many of you love at least some of these songs... thats of course fine, i quite enjoy Patterns 2 if i dont hear it too much...and i have learnt Benighted on guitar and quite enjoy playing it.... but can anyone say that opeth's quiet songs are to the same standard as their normal songs? Their normal songs are above the norm, quite original and using some varied and interesting techniques. Their quiet songs of recent times are just below average, i cant think of anything about them that is really anything to comment about their quiet songs. I like the general sound and feeling, but thats about it... nothing else really stands out and says "hey ive got something to offer to the world of acoustic songs".

I do hope Damnation has at least something unique and interesting about it, and i do hope for variety. But i do not expect it because they simply havent really shown the capability to do it. Some things i read about the album get me excited, other things do the opposite.. i guess ill just continue waiting to find out for sure.

 

[Static]

I like aforementioned acoustic songs because the are so simple. I mean, sometimes I find myself skipping some of the big, epic songs to have a good listen to the acoustic ones, in fact I do it a lot. The songs are a nice break from the bigger ones, and they may be simplistic but they are not boring, they are nice and relaxing and emotional. I mean, Opeth is about more than simple chord structures and all that, but I think the simple acoustic songs add some welcomed variety. I don't see exactly what is wrong with a break in the action to relax to a nice, simple, emotional and to the point acoustic song.

On the other hand, on Damnation, which will consist entirely of acoustic songs, they will HAVE to do something rather new and interesting to make the disc good. I adore credence, harvest, benighted and those, but a whole disc of songs like that would be kind of boring. I don't think they need to make the acoustic songs on the other CDs innovative and amazing, but for Damnation they have to or it will be a bit lame.

 

[mindflesh]

Benighted is my least favourite song on Still Life. It's not bad, though... But I happen to like most of Opeth's other acoustic songs better.

 

[Sigma]

not a single opeth song i dont like actually.....

and i ESPECIALLY love the acoustic songs

 

[Silentjohan]

Simple completely standard chord choice

So untrue. Do you play an instrument?

 

[spikes77]

lol , does yayo play an instrument? listen to forestall & softly and get back to me...

 

[Infinite Reach]

Benighted is one of my least favorite Opeth songs (doesn't mean I hate it or anything though). The reason is that I find it boring, plain and simple.

When you know Moonlapse Vertigo is only a press of a button away, I usually can't resist the temptation Sometimes I let it play through though.

I wouldn't be worried about Damnation being 10 tracks of Still Day Beneath the Sun. Based on Mikael's talk in interviews I think it will be a very interesting album.

 

[Pietjuh]

I dont like it that much either and harvest even less
To bid you farewell and credence are really good on the contrary

 

[Poison Godmachine]

Originally posted by Bumblefoot
I am the weird one... i hate Harvest. Worst Opeth songyet.


BUT i LOVE Benighted. what a cool tune hehe

I love em both. I don't see how you can hate Harvest. I pay no attention to the "simple" song structure. I just get swept away by those floating notes over those rich acoustic strums.