Opeth is my favourite band, but even they screw up...

[Episode 666]

Ok, i'm talking about To bid you farwell, a masterpiece of a song, it' all well, and when the distortion kicks in.. mmmmm!
Devotion eludes....

And in sadness i lumber....

And i'm like wtf!? They sing so clearly out of tune that it ruins ALMOst the song for me... is this made purposly, bacuse then i guess it could be forgiven.

 

[maximilian]

Hmm this has never bothered me, I think it's a great song all round.

 

[Ermz]

It probably is, because Mikael has never had problems singing in tune to any other tracks. It could be there to try and intensify the emotional effect the song tries to convey.

Or then again maybe in the early era he only knew how to growl and whisper? And only developed the singing during MAYH.. haha.

 

[insaniTy]

i actually really like the singing on that part! no really! ...it's makes it sound kinda warped - to me it's almost like a parallel to the hammer on/pull off thingy in that riff... (at least that's what i think it is, i haven't tried playing it yet.... does this make sense at all?)

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Actualy, thats my favorite part of that song...

 

[fadingessence]

The disorted part is great I thought it fits really well. Only part that bugs me is the weird drum fill that doesn't flow all that nicely, near the end of the song. Of course then the last verse comes up and all is forgiven...if any song ever makes me cry that might be it.

 

[ChrisEmerson]

he said in an interview about damnation that he wanted to to sound vunerable so he wasnt bothered about getting it perfect. maybe it applies here?

 

[Hondo]

Doesn't sound terribly out of tune to me. With the harmony it works fine and I never thought about it.

And I don't think any out of tune singing is done on purpose on the earlier stuff. I don't think Mikael learned how to sing "well" until Still Life.

 

[Ivanhoe]

It's a vocal harmony done deliberately. It's NOT a flaw in his singing.

 

[City_of_da_Moon]

QUIT WHINING!!!!.....consider yourself lucky enough to have even heard that song, or Opeth!!!!
They are not singing out of tune....two vocals harmonising.

 

[City_of_da_Moon]

Now....whenever someone who has read this thread hears that part.....that will think of your comment about it!!!!
God save us all

 

[Episode 666]

Well we can't just blive that they've done nothing wrong. It'a a wonderful album, and a great son, but that part i just sung out of tune, all i wanted to say.

 

[Staffan]

I love the out of tune singing... there are actually a few other parts that's out of tune and many parts hits the edge of "in tune" but that's one of the great things with mikes voice. It's just boring with these powermetal singers who always sings strong and in tune

 

[Iblys]

Um, it's not out of tune. Not to sound arrogant or not but I spent years singing in an a'capella group, and i'm telling you, I can pick out of tune singing. That's not an example of out of tune singing. It is a weird kind of counter-melody, not a typical interval based harmony, but it's not out of tune.

 

[Lethe78]

I don't perceive it to be out of tune either.

 

[ChrisEmerson]

hmm /me listens


what the hell? thats in tune...

 

[Lethe78]

hmm /me listens


what the hell? thats in tune...

I just listened to it 3 times, and it does NOT sound out of tune

 

[overkiller]

that's an excellent part

 

[ChrisEmerson]

I just listened to it 3 times, and it does NOT sound out of tune

erm i know, i was agreeing with you