Okay - some advice to those of you who may be going to one of the Gigantour shows coming up soon, and this is the first time you've seen Opeth since joining the board.
If you don't want to ruin the experience for yourself, please, resist the urge to check in here on a daily basis starting on Wednesday until the day after your show.
Why? Couple reasons. First of all, Opeth isn't getting a huge time slot, so they're only going to play a few songs (4-5 max). Secondly, Opeth rarely changes its setlist. In the past, the setlist on each tour has been pretty much the same the whole way through.
If you go to the concert knowing the setlist in advance, it ruins the surprise.
I know because before going to my first Opeth concert 3 years ago, I was hanging around here like the rapable n00b you so often crave. I saw the setlist. I saw that it didn't change. Ever. Then, during the concert when Mikael announced that they were playing The Moor, everyone went nuts and I just stood there, like, yeah, I knew that was coming.
It just somehow weakened the experience for me.
Anyways, there is a small chance that Opeth will dust off a long lost tune to play along with their more predictable ones. Do not, under any circumstances, find out what this song is! And if you do, don't fucking ruin it for others at the concert. "Hey, guess what? Opeth is gonna play BRI tonight!!! I read it on UM! ROFL iirc!"
That's just asking for a beating.
Besides, most of you could use a break from this forum. It has tanked itself in the shitter for at least the past 12 months or so. Coming here is like going to the state fair to look at the freaks of nature.
I'll stick around until Wednesday, and then I'm gone until Sept. 30th - the day after the Boston show. Oh don't worry about me, I'm sure I'll manage to get my daily dose of idiocy somewhere else.
Maybe I'll go become a registered Republican.
If you don't want to ruin the experience for yourself, please, resist the urge to check in here on a daily basis starting on Wednesday until the day after your show.
Why? Couple reasons. First of all, Opeth isn't getting a huge time slot, so they're only going to play a few songs (4-5 max). Secondly, Opeth rarely changes its setlist. In the past, the setlist on each tour has been pretty much the same the whole way through.
If you go to the concert knowing the setlist in advance, it ruins the surprise.
I know because before going to my first Opeth concert 3 years ago, I was hanging around here like the rapable n00b you so often crave. I saw the setlist. I saw that it didn't change. Ever. Then, during the concert when Mikael announced that they were playing The Moor, everyone went nuts and I just stood there, like, yeah, I knew that was coming.
It just somehow weakened the experience for me.
Anyways, there is a small chance that Opeth will dust off a long lost tune to play along with their more predictable ones. Do not, under any circumstances, find out what this song is! And if you do, don't fucking ruin it for others at the concert. "Hey, guess what? Opeth is gonna play BRI tonight!!! I read it on UM! ROFL iirc!"
That's just asking for a beating.
Besides, most of you could use a break from this forum. It has tanked itself in the shitter for at least the past 12 months or so. Coming here is like going to the state fair to look at the freaks of nature.
I'll stick around until Wednesday, and then I'm gone until Sept. 30th - the day after the Boston show. Oh don't worry about me, I'm sure I'll manage to get my daily dose of idiocy somewhere else.
Maybe I'll go become a registered Republican.
