Godheads Lament

[Kushantaiidan]

You shall go now, and listen to this song.

And you shall comment on the opening riff.

This was the first opeth song I heard.

Now... GO!

 

[S4R]

YES SIR, THE OPENING RIFF KICKS ASS, SIR! MAY I NOW GO MASTURBATE, SIR?

 

[Sullen Jester]

That first riff is very sexy..

And 'sir' is my word. Sir.

 

[City_of_da_Moon]

Oh baby oh baby......thankyou....but its not the best.
Hey SVEN hehe

 

[Sullen Jester]

GHL still is not as good as Karma... or Silhouette

 

[Slayed Necros]

It is pretty good...

I like the opening riff on The Leper Affinity alot more..

 

[Rusty]

I prefer the start of Moonlapse Vertigo, sir. Permission to leave, sir.

 

[YaYo]

This was the first opeth song I heard.

Same! I remember when i first heard it (i was actively listening to '3hrs of power', trying to find a really good extreme band, i knew id like one of them), the opening riff came on and i thought "hmmm". Then the whole middle of the song came on and i thought "".

 

[Wolff]

Opening riff is horrible. Song would been much better if the first minute and a half was scrapped.

 

[Opet]

Huh...this thread went from "I LOVE THE BEGINNING OF THS SONG!" to "I THINK IT BLOWS."

I think it's pretty good. There aren't many parts of Opeth's work that I don't like. I remember I hated the way "In" sounded at the beginning of BRI. I thought it sounded so gay. Then after a while...it sounded wicked rather than stupid.



In the name of desperation,
I call your name.
A lamentation I sigh,
Again and again.

 

[Kushantaiidan]

Originally posted by YaYoGakk
Same! I remember when i first heard it (i was actively listening to '3hrs of power', trying to find a really good extreme band, i knew id like one of them), the opening riff came on and i thought "hmmm". Then the whole middle of the song came on and i thought "".

That is actually how I heard it, on 3HoP, and that is exactly how I felt.

And then at the finale riff, I cummed my pants.

And Wolff, no, naughty naughty, no, no, no, NO!

GOTO YOUR ROOM!!!!

and Opet, what "in" part... eh??

 

[StorTroll]

I have to say that the intro is best I´ve ever heard. So fucking SKITSOFRENIC!!!!

 

[Vortex]

Yes. The intro just makes me stand still every time I listen to it, no matter what I'm doing.

Unable to fulfill your demands though....I lent my CD to a friend

 

[Opet]

Kushantaiidan: "...and Opet, what "in" part... eh?"

Eh. I should have added that to the "words I use too often" thread. When I said "I hated the way "In" sounded at the beginning of BRI" I meant just that. At the beginning of the song, the very first word - "In the name of desperation, I call your name..." At first I hated it, because I felt it sounded terrible. I liked it after a while though. It sounds...like I said wicked! Mean. Evil. It sounds hard to do also in such a low tone as he does.

THAT'S ALL!

"Spiritual eclipse.
The gateways are closed for me to seek."

 

[D Mullholand]

Brilliant song, and Especially the beginning. One of the very best Opeth moments. Anyone who doesn't like the opening riff, has weak ears! (grins, ducks, runs)

 

[Demonspell]

It was also my first...the opening riff: dissonance made beuatiful.

 

[bleed for me]

Originally posted by Wolff
Opening riff is horrible. Song would been much better if the first minute and a half was scrapped.

i agree with you but not at such on such an extreme level....i can see why people like it but i don't like it

 

[Vortex]

I would also like to point out that when I want someone to feel the fury of my guitar, in a positive or negative way, I always start out with that exact riff