If you can't sing backwards, don't sing at all!

[theodocious]

So, I was at the first show of the current US tour last night at Sayreville, NJ at the Starland. It was a good show. They didn't play Bleak, which I was hoping for, but all in all a good long 2hr set that was pretty diverse. They did play Hessian Peel, which as you know has 15 secs of backwards singing, so I was pretty interested to hear Mikael sing backwards. So, what happened? NOTHING. He didn't sing at all. It turned into an instrumental segment for the entire part. It was weird since I was expecting some voice over but I guess singing backwards will left to Robert Plant/Led Zep, a la, Stairway to Heaven. Anybody have any other thoughts on this?

 

[Widows Sulk]

are you literally retarded

 

[In Aeternum]

Well, is he supposed to sit there and just mumble into the mic like a retard?

 

[Prophet178]

Haha, get over it, singing that backwards would be near impossible, and its not like it ruined the entire song by him not singing backwards.

 

[Silent Dance With Death]

Boo hoo

 

[houston713]

thats it! im not going to the show when it comes..

 

[Hox]

ill never see opeth live again until mike learns to sing backwards

 

[Bollehamster]

I'm listening to Psychedelic Trance as we speak.
It's cool.

 

[Ne-Ku]

hahaha! imagine Mikael singing the backward parts of Hessian Peel, that would've been funny as hell!!

 

[Ninfix]

They could play Hessian Peel backwards, in that way, he wouldn't have to sing the backwards-part backwards. Problem solved.

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

ill never see opeth live again until mike learns to sing backwards

Me too.

But really, I seem to remember seeing him do it somewhere.Maybe on the DVD that came with the Watershed special edition? It sounded good, but it's definitely not necessary!

 

[Words of Credence]

Well duh!!! He can't sing backwards so he didn't sing it at all.

Plus he never sang backwards on the record, it was just reversed

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[MoonlightOrchid]

Imagine if you demanded to hear the intro to Enemies of Reality live as its recorded on CD...

PS. We should all quit concerts to bands that don't know how to sing backwards.

 

[Nebulanus]

Well, is he supposed to sit there and just mumble into the mic like a retard?

Well he did in the watershed DVD

 

[Antyman]

why the hell do you compare it to Stairway to Heaven? that's not the same thing at all since it has forward lyrics aswell.

 

[Blackwater Demon]

what a fucking doucher. Just be happy you got to see Opeth. I hope Mike comes in here and sees what you said so he can tell you what a dumb cunt you are.

 

[Lateralus14]

They could play Hessian Peel backwards, in that way, he wouldn't have to sing the backwards-part backwards. Problem solved.

Haha, this plz.

 

[PeeWee1473]

Best thread in a while. This guy made me feel like a genius. Props to him.

 

[hexwind]

So, I was at the first show of the current US tour last night at Sayreville, NJ at the Starland. It was a good show. They didn't play Bleak, which I was hoping for, but all in all a good long 2hr set that was pretty diverse. They did play Hessian Peel, which as you know has 15 secs of backwards singing, so I was pretty interested to hear Mikael sing backwards. So, what happened? NOTHING. He didn't sing at all. It turned into an instrumental segment for the entire part. It was weird since I was expecting some voice over but I guess singing backwards will left to Robert Plant/Led Zep, a la, Stairway to Heaven. Anybody have any other thoughts on this?

you came to this forum, spent time to sign up, started a thread instantly, then asked the weirdest question ever. as they told ya, feel lucky for seeing them live once. god !!!
btw,

I guess singing backwards will left to Robert Plant/Led Zep, a la, Stairway to Heaven.

Is that a common expression in English, not only in french?

 

[Ninfix]

Is that a common expression in English, not only in french?

Actually, norwegians use that, to. :S Dunno why, but we do.