My least favorite Opeth song would have to be Patterns in the Ivy 1. Its just always bore me. Its not pritty like Opeths other instrumentals, and its nor is it very chalenging (not that a song needs to be, but if its not ctachy, emoitional or realy out there it might help). This is the only Opeth song I honestly don't enjoy. Of songs with vocals, Weakness. Its ok, and every once in a it clicks with me, but I sort of find the keyboard anoying on that song, and its a little dull. Of the heavy songs Masters Aprentice is at the bottom of my list. Its very repetitive and a little too bulky feeling. I do like the riff but it wears out its welcome. The clean part is cool though.
As for the people bashing TN&tSW and Nectar Ill explain to you why I love those two songs so much. Clearly TN&tSW is talking about someone close to you (in Mikael's case his grandfather) dying. Each "movement" represents a different aspect that one feels when someone dies. Some, like the first acoustic interlude are reflective, second acoustic interlude are very depressing, while the last acoustic interlude is just tragic sounding. Nectar is obviously about love and sex and so on. Once again they do a great job of encomapssing many different emoitions that are connected with love. For example the riff about his lover leaving is very frantic, like its realy bothering him that she's leaving, while the "I swear I'll always love you," riff is just filled with all the huge emoitions he has for his lover. Anyways I don't know if this will make you like these songs much more, but this may give you an idea why these songs are so "unstructured" and why so many people love them. Well thats my two cents...
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