The Moor sigh/cough finally explained!

[The Dude]

10:09 into The Moor, Mike whispers 'Melinda'.


No arguments, no disputes, listen very carefully and you will find out it's true.


THE END

 

[ChrisEmerson]

lol

its a cunning explanation....

 

[The Dude]

no it's actually true, listen to it.

 

[jaykeegan]

Actually, here is the definite explanation stated by Mikael Åkerfeldt himself taken from the ''Session Diary'' for the Still Life album from www.opeth.com for those that did not already know:

''There was one day when me and Peter worked for almost 24 hrs, and we ended up getting so fucking tired we hallucinated. It started with me hearing a cough while I was in the vocal booth. I looked out but saw no.one. I asked Peter: "Man, did you cough?", "No, why". I was terrified thinking that someone was there with us. Me and Peter went out probing the area after suspicuos things.

And mind you, the new Fredman studio is pretty big with several different rooms, and if that is not enough, it´s located in an industrial area where no-one usually comes around in the middle of the night.

Anyways, we didn´t find anything, but the rest of that day we were certainly affected by everything as there was indeed some kind of spooky felling in the air. Sure enough it was just our tired brains that played us a trick. And the cough I mentioned had somehow been recorded on the tape. We still don´t know who it is, and it´s still there on the album in the 1st track.''

 

[ChrisEmerson]

i think it adds a nice touch to the music.

 

[The Dude]

Yes jaykeegan I've read that 17 times now, and my only conclusion is that mike was exercising his famous Swedish wit to pull a fast one on us.
Luckily The Dude is on the case to expose the conspiracy.

 

[jaykeegan]

Yes jaykeegan I've read that 17 times now, and my only conclusion is that mike was exercising his famous Swedish wit to pull a fast one on us.
Luckily The Dude is on the case to expose the conspiracy.

 

[Deathrow]

This cough sounds like Mikael himself!

 

[Protected Witness]

10:09 into The Moor, Mike whispers 'Melinda'.


No arguments, no disputes, listen very carefully and you will find out it's true.


THE END

I thought the cough was in a different spot.

 

[AbsentFriend]

10:09 into The Moor, Mike whispers 'Melinda'.


No arguments, no disputes, listen very carefully and you will find out it's true.


THE END

I agree with you! I always thought he said Melinda, until the stupid cough discussions... maybe Mikael wanted to add some "spookyness" with that cough story..!?

 

[SFall]

At that point, he DOES say Melinda (if you saw Opeth on the recent tour, you'd have seen this when they played The Moor)

BUT, I believe that's not 'the cough'

 

[Hulk Hogan]

It's not the cough.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

...

 

[segaszivos]

It definately doesn't sound like a cough. Turn the volume up all the way!!! You can definately hear a more of an "aaah" sound at the end of it. Which it might actually be either a sigh of relief as if somone just pooped in the recording studio or someone saying Melind"aaah".

 

[Moonstruck]

It's not the cough.

What he said.

 

[x_OPETH_x]

i think mebbe it was one of those noises you make when you're sitting on the crapper, and after a lot of pushing, a HUGE fat one slips out.....THAT kind of sigh....

 

[RavenousDaemon]

i can hear an "mmmm" sound then an "ahhh" sound so it could very well be "melinda."

 

[Ram]

it's more like he's whispering "melinda"

 

[jester00]

he whispers melinda it is clearly audiable at live performances

 

[ChrisEmerson]

ive not seen the moor live, but it sounds like it could be either to me. i thought there was a cough somewhere in the moor anyway, in either case, that they tried to edit out but couldnt.