opeth paradox: my fave Opeth album is DEFINITELY NOT an Opeth album...

[Xtokalon]

...how so? by this word: MIX!

Here's one mix (of two) that I love:

1. in mist she was standing
2. drapery falls
3. demon of the fall
4. sillouhette
5. nectar
6. requiem
7. godhead's lament
8. harvest
9. twilight is my robe

= the greatest album in the World! (equalled only by the other Opeth mix i have, hehe)

To be honest, I can't stand Opeth albums, anymore. I can't stand Orchid... not Morningrise, not Still Life, not BP, not MAYH. Taken as wholes, the music gets texturally and stylistically monotonous. The variety of the mix, I feel, really lets each individual track breathe and much more.

Anyone sympathize?

 

[StorTroll]

No sympathy!!! THat kind of compilations only do harm when it´s about Opeth...Their albums are entities not some separate tracks.

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

I cannot listen to an Opeth mix, I tried it once, and I felt cheated..The albums are experiences in themselves.

 

[Xtokalon]

bah, conformists I tell you!

hehe, it's cool. I expected these replies. I'm one of those who can't enjoy Opeth songs in their original contexts. For me they really come alive, outside of them. They aren't pilloried, jacketed, chained and caged. I'm spreading a different gospel, for those who are sick of Opeth orthodoxy.

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

preach on brotha man, preach on!

 

[Misanthrope]

Its an eternal problem, making a coherent and original music proposal without making it sound all the same, its a hard thing to do.

 

[MadTinus]

Originally posted by Xtokalon
= the greatest album in the World!

How can it possibly be without "BLACK ROSE IMMORTAL"!

 

[Alcapoth]

I agree, MadTinus....but maybe, it covers up to much space.....

 

[MadTinus]

Originally posted by Alcapoth
I agree, MadTinus....but maybe, it covers up to much space.....

Just throw off all MAYH songs!

EDIT: hmm, there's only one on it...

 

[Slayed Necros]

Originally posted by MadTinus

How can it possibly be without "BLACK ROSE IMMORTAL"!

Its not that great..

 

[MadTinus]

Originally posted by Somberlain
Its not that great..

According to the majority of people on this forum it is...

 

[Heliologue]

Originally posted by MadTinus

According to the majority of people on this forum it is...

that makes it so?

 

[Morningrise]

Agreed with Saturnix and Somberlain, it just isn't that great of a song in my opinion.

 

[bleedingskeptic]

well, its not a true opeth mix without THE NIGHT AND THE SILENT WATER!!!

*fat comic book guy from simpsons walks in* best opeth song ever!

 

[warsofwinter]

Your on glue

 

[Xtokalon]

Originally posted by bleedingskeptic
well, its not a true opeth mix without THE NIGHT AND THE SILENT WATER!!!

*fat comic book guy from simpsons walks in* best opeth song ever!

True, true.

..but that's why I have TWO mixes, bitch!

by the way, your sig: ""Education is what you must acquire without any interference from your schooling."

-- are you sure Mark Twain wrote that? I remember seeing text similar to that in the form of "I never let my schooling interfere with my education". It might be that Mark Twain stated the principle in different ways, but your sig seems too stilted and formal for Marky T, you know?

cheers

 

[bleedingskeptic]

..but that's why I have TWO mixes, bitch!

oh, you have two mixes, well, then its dodgeball time...BITCH!

are you sure Mark Twain wrote that?

*shrugs* its in a book of quotes i have.

 

[demon talented]

Opeth's songs are awfully album based to even think a compilation of songs would do them justice, in my opinion.

 

[Ermz]

I can't stand the notion of mixing songs up... I think they're professionally mixed on an album for a reason, and with Opeth it's just downright blashphemy .

 

[Desolatory]

Originally Posted By saturnix

that makes it so?

Whos to say it does or doesnt? how does one measure somethings greatness? if not through human perception then with what? considering that BRI is great in the eyes of the many, would that not make it indefinetly a great song?