Ok So who here on this forum has gotten somebody that you know meaning a friend acquaintance or whatever into Opeth by exposing them to the bands music?
Alright I will tell you guys/ladies an odd story.
I have this step brother which I have only known for like four years. I first met him when my father got married for the second time,his like nine years older than I am.
Well anyway when I first met him we started hanging out every once in a while like going out fishing or just having barbeques and drinking beer. He's a intersting person to hang around with,I guess he could best be described as a typical spanish person born in the United States and due to the area were he was raised which is not bad at all but has a rather large Latino community he got involved in all that gang shit when he was younger so he was constantly exposed to these type of people and to there music which is rap. Now he is totally out of the gang scene and image and has been for a many years the only thing that stuck with him was the music such as rap and pop but he was also into reggae during the time that I met him.
Well one day I decided to put some Suffocation on for him and he was drawn to it he actually kind of liked it,I was pretty surprised.then that same day I left my Bolt Thrower(the fourth crusade) at his house and I guess he listen to it because he was telling me that he was into it,but this guy is like a lyric person thats what he always observes in music, the lyrics so I figure this was one of the main reasons why he was into Bolt Thrower other than the music itself,plus the next day he was telling me that he thought the lyrics were interesting.
Well one day we decided to take a trip like 40 miles from our starting point and while I was driving I decided to put some Opeth on for him(morningrise) and he was into it somewhat he was kind of comfused since it was a lot diffenrent than the stuff I had been exposing him to,but after a week or so he totally liked it and the lyrics as well he was telling me how much he liked the mellow acoustic interludes within the music.Then one day I played Orchid for him and he REALLY liked that one I even let him borrow it since I noticed how much he liked it.After that he was telling me that if had the money he would buy all of Opeth's albums at once! I was just like damn, I was really surprised how he actualy was into Opeth's music considering his background.
So as you can see playing Opeth for him was a success in terms of appeal.
Alright I will tell you guys/ladies an odd story.
I have this step brother which I have only known for like four years. I first met him when my father got married for the second time,his like nine years older than I am.
Well anyway when I first met him we started hanging out every once in a while like going out fishing or just having barbeques and drinking beer. He's a intersting person to hang around with,I guess he could best be described as a typical spanish person born in the United States and due to the area were he was raised which is not bad at all but has a rather large Latino community he got involved in all that gang shit when he was younger so he was constantly exposed to these type of people and to there music which is rap. Now he is totally out of the gang scene and image and has been for a many years the only thing that stuck with him was the music such as rap and pop but he was also into reggae during the time that I met him.
Well one day I decided to put some Suffocation on for him and he was drawn to it he actually kind of liked it,I was pretty surprised.then that same day I left my Bolt Thrower(the fourth crusade) at his house and I guess he listen to it because he was telling me that he was into it,but this guy is like a lyric person thats what he always observes in music, the lyrics so I figure this was one of the main reasons why he was into Bolt Thrower other than the music itself,plus the next day he was telling me that he thought the lyrics were interesting.
Well one day we decided to take a trip like 40 miles from our starting point and while I was driving I decided to put some Opeth on for him(morningrise) and he was into it somewhat he was kind of comfused since it was a lot diffenrent than the stuff I had been exposing him to,but after a week or so he totally liked it and the lyrics as well he was telling me how much he liked the mellow acoustic interludes within the music.Then one day I played Orchid for him and he REALLY liked that one I even let him borrow it since I noticed how much he liked it.After that he was telling me that if had the money he would buy all of Opeth's albums at once! I was just like damn, I was really surprised how he actualy was into Opeth's music considering his background.
So as you can see playing Opeth for him was a success in terms of appeal.
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