Opeth lyrics...from Comus songs?

[dlgladwin]

Been meaning to register and post this for a while now - hope it's of some interest.

If you have a look here...

First Utterance

...you'll find the lyrics to the 1971 "Acid Folk" album First Utterance by Comus.

The first song (also a single) Diana includes a line about "the baying of the hounds" but there's more!

Scroll down past The Herald until you get to the third song Drip Drip:

"As I carry you to your grave my arms your hearse"

I haven't spotted any more (I noticed those two whilst listening to the album) on this page, but Comus did record one further album, which is also included in the 2CD anthology that I have:

https://www.freakemporium.com/site/release/COCD209/releasepage.html

Here's the Progarchives entry on Comus, for further detail:

COMUS discography, MP3 and reviews

 

[Nichtsicher]

Well there titles, not lyrics. Plus I think its already been established that Baying of the Hounds was taken from Comus

 

[Braighs]

even the earth will fill the crack where entered my blade

Still I plotted to have her back
The contentment that would fill the crack

meh

 

[steel102]

kind of old news, but yes. mikael has talked about comus and their influence in past interviews.

 

[Don Corleone]

there's bits and pieces of both music and lyrics in opeth from many prog bands.

nice discovery, all the same

 

[opethpainter]

it's carved in stones that mike took the MAYH title from the comus lyrics.
and also blackwater park came from the name of an old prog rock band.

th baying of the hounds, that could be a good news instead.

 

[prowlergrig]

it's just mikael's way of telling the world to listen to and worship this album

i get goosebumps just when thinking of it \m/

 

[a rofl nazi]

me/deliverance went through all the lyrics to find all the references like a year ago

one of the other ones i can remember is 'virtuous shell'

 

[saut]

did u guyz no theres a band called STILL LIFE

 

[Korlich]

Is there also a band called Still life?

 

[Detric]

 

[all_sins_undone]

law

 

[prowlergrig]

btw the album with most of the comus (and others - abba, camel ...) ripoffs is still life.. goes to show mike is at his best when stealing from the classics

 

[Chri5peed]

Still Life is an Iron Maiden song off 1983s Piece Of Mind album too.

 

[Demilich]

"First Utterance" is also one of the best albums ever imo

 

[prowlergrig]

^yes. top10ever material.

 

[metal_wrath]

even the earth will fill the crack where entered my blade

Devil cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one...

.

 

[Gåbriel]

Quote:
even the earth will fill the crack where entered my blade
Quote:
Devil cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one...

Two words are almost the same...?

 

[Detric]

lmao

 

[L0bster]

It's been written before, but Mike steals some stuff on purpose as a tribute to ol' faves. All of the album titles are stolen (havent had any source confirmed on Ghost Reveries though..) and a lot of the song titles, examples:

For Absent Friends (band)
Blackwater Park (band)
My Armse Your Hearse (comus line)
Still Life (band, iron maiden song and some other album also)
Orchid (Black Sabbath song)
The Baying of the Hounds (comus line)
there are a lot more, but you get the picture..