patterns in the ivy I and II

[Sexi Alexi 94]

i never see them talked about much here, but they are both so beautiful as songs. i cant explain the feeling but i have never heard any song or anything that has made me feel amazed by it.


sorry if this seems like a weird thread but they seem to be some of the best opeth songs...i wonder why patterns in the ivy II was only a bonus song and not on blackwater park?


one last thing, do you think theyd ever play either song live? since per is in the band now?

 

[Slayer101]

they are definatley great songs.

 

[Silvanus]

they are awesome songs, patterns in the ivy II is one of my favorite opeth songs, it should've been on blackwater park imo.

 

[Pethical]

II wins so hard

 

[Anarkissed]

Have a listen to some Nick Drake (especially Five Leaves Left). You can hear a decent bit of influence. I think Mikael may have actually cited him as an influence at one stage...

 

[beast from the east]

I is so calm and beautiful, but II is just phenomenal and gives me chills. Way more substance than I, but I love them both enormously.

 

[Graft]

they are teh pwn

 

[Triton]

they are teh pwn

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[antipunx13]

The first one is ok...not much different from their other acoustic instrumentals. The second one is awesome though.

 

[uponanoakenthrone]

yeah the first time i heard II, i litterally played it like 50 times in a row cause i couldnt get enough of it. not many songs do that to me...

 

[Indrid Cold]

The first one is ok...not much different from their other acoustic instrumentals. The second one is awesome though.

mmhmmm

 

[Godhead59]

Patterns in the Ivy II is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, and beats Still Day Beneath the Sun with a blindfold.

 

[Pavelent]

I actually prefer one over two. And to me, Still Day Beneath the Sun is the superior bonus track for Blackwater Park.

 

[Arasmas]

i wonder why they thought II woud onlylbe a bonus track!

 

[FuneralPortrait]

Well the recording quality of the two acoustic songs is pretty bad. I'm assuming Mikael wrote those songs after BWP was released exclusively for a bonus disc.

 

[Hellgate]

I'm more fond of #2, it sends chills down my spine

 

[KjeXXXer]

I love the piano in I, II gets olds after the first 376 plays.

 

[Rocker0803]

I is actually one of the easiest Opeth songs to play. Theres not a whole lot to it, but the mix of the guitar and the piano is what makes it sound so genuis IMO. Can someone please post a link to somewhere that has II. I bought the original version of Black Water Park as soon as it came out so I dont have the special edition with the bonus tracks. Id love to hear the song though. Thanks

 

[Rocker0803]

Holy shit. I just heard the second Patterns in the Ivy off youtube, that song is fucking awesome!

 

[gabaghoul]

II is very pretty but Patterns I is one of my favorite Opeth tracks, period.

When the deluxe BWP came out I was hoping that Patterns II would be a much longer (and all-instrumental) expansion of the first one.

I've never been able to find many other bands that do just the piano+guitar lullabies like that, no vocals either. Yeah a lot of people throw around Tenhi, Ulver's Kveldsfanger, guitar-only interstitials on At the Gates, Dissection, Dawn, etc etc, but those don't hit the mark.

closest music I've found to matching Pattern I's mood are some of Chopin's Nocturnes.