Mass Opeth conversion.

[Biddinger]

My painting class in college is allowed to bring in music to listen to, and I thought I'd subject them to a healthy dose of the 'peth and show them some real music. Though I'm a little unsure on which album to play, since I don't want be banned from the stereo or anything , due to the other students not liking it. The professor wouldn't mind, since he's pretty out there anyways. I was thinking about Still Life, but I don't know. Anyone?

 

[John Gargo]

I'd make a compilation of all of their soft stuff and then time it so that you put a growler towards the end so when everyone goes "what the hell is THAT?", you can explain to them that it's from the same band...

 

[Azogue]

Either Still Life or Damnation...definetely.
Oh wait, Morningrise would be good too....meh, I don't know...I'd say Damnation would be more to their liking, but that's just a guess.

Edit: And if you do make a compilation, make sure you include The Moor. Seriously. And Demon of the Fall should be the growler at the end

 

[Speedkill]

Yeah, sounds like a plan.

 

[ChrisEmerson]

nah not damnation. you wanna give them a true taste of opeth, not just play what you think they'll like more. a compilation is a good idea, with a couple of damnation songs, but not the whole album.

 

[The Evil Toucan]

My Arms, Your Hearse. Watch their faces.

 

[Beth]

haha, I played music in one of my high school art classes too....I think the only things we listened to were Opeth and Amorphis......I played Still Life, Orchid, Morningrise....eh heck I probably played them all (up to BWP).

No one really seemed to appreciate it .....

 

[ChrisEmerson]

my friend had a similar sort of thing at school in RE, he put judas priest - painkiller on i never had anything like that tho.

 

[John Gargo]

Whatever you decide, let us all know how it goes... I'd be interested to hear some of their reactions!

 

[Shadowthrone]

Back in my pretty much death metal and only death metal days; I had a class where we were going to have a music day and everyone would bring in a song and play it. My friend was going to bring in some good and old Six Feet Under, and I was going to bring in some Deicide. I was going to play Once Upon the Cross, a fucking great song. Now what makes this even better is that my high school was about 70 percent mormon.....Unfortunately, a day or two before the music day the teacher changed his mind. That really disapointed me, I wanted to know how far into the songs we would have gotten before someone made us turn it off.

 

[Demonspell]

I think the only place where mass Opeth conversions can actually be successful are at concerts.

 

[Brooks]

Play The Drapery Falls. Thats the ultimate conversion song.

 

[simonc2]

See if you can play the 9:00 to 15 minute part of Black rose immortal.
Also The drapery falls, Moonlapse vertigo, Face of melinda, and A fair judgement. Almost forgot To bid you farewell.

 

[Katatonic]

i know! how about eternal soul torture? thats a great song

 

[Biddinger]

I couldn't play Damnation anyways, since it's not out yet and I haven't downloaded anything except "Death Whispered a Lullaby" (damn you, 56K!). The compilation idea sounds pretty rockin', so I'll probably go that route. And "Eternal Soul Torture"? No...just...no.

 

[ChrisEmerson]

BLEAK!!! thats the only song you need to convert them. hey, it converted me

 

[crimsonfloyd]

If you go with an album go with Still Life, seine theres a lot of clean parts to make newcomers feel at ease.

 

[MindInsane]

BLEAK!!! thats the only song you need to convert them. hey, it converted me

DITTO!!<------Me the first time I heard Bleak

 

[Ermz]

Blackwater Park.... the song.

 

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When!!! When? When!