Calling all Opeth homos

[King Drunkard]

Originally Posted by Mort Divine

Anyone with a 3.5 octave range is FAR above average, and I'd hardly say that he isn't a unique vocalist. I mean sure he isn't like Garm or Vortex but he certainly does have a very characteristic voice that if you were to place in a 'vocal line up' or sorts with 50 or so difference vocalists with a similar range most people who've heard him sing more than once and didn't write him off as a useless singer and musician (such as yourself) could easily pick him out.

You're looking at this in the wrong way. It's not what you can do, it's how you do it.

Originally Posted by Mort Divine

I mean hell, even my friend who hates the band can recognize Gildenlow instantly. I was playing The Flower Kings the other day, a song that Gildenlow sung on and he instantly recognized him as Daniel.

Ok, I was clearly exaggerating, but my point still stands. He just doesn't do it for me.

Originally Posted by Mort Divine

Anyways, I didn't know you had a Jeff Buckley signature. Oh well. As for the 90% of metalheads comment, 90% of metalheads don't know anything beyond Slayer and if I really want to give them credit Death.

Touche.

Originally Posted by Mort Divine

Oh well, I'll go back to Remedy Lane boards now and have another Danny G circle jerk

[Thoth-Amon]

Originally Posted by King Drunkard

Maybe you don't recall but I had a picture of Jeff Buckley in my sig for a while. I love Jeff Buckley. Unlike Gildenlow, he has a unique voice, something that catches your ear and makes you think, "Wow, who the hell is this singing?" Another name that comes to mind is Freddy Mercury, or Rob Halford. When people hear these voices, a light clicks on in their head and they know instantly. I'm sure if you asked 90% of metalheads who was singing a PoS song they'd probably clueless. When I hear Gildenlow sing, it's like a yawnfest to me. Just personal taste is all, I'm not trying to argue over this because it's pointless brother. You like him, I don't. Simple as that.

[S<issors]

Originally Posted by Mort Divine

But seriously, Danny G's voice alone is better than anything in PF

Wow. I'd be surprised if that could even fly on the Remedy Lane forums. Worst post I've ever seen on these forums. (Buckley, however, is the man. Your confluence of good and bad taste is bizarre).

Also, I never understood people like this:

Originally Posted by BurningWitch

Opeth = shit
early Opeth = greatness

To each his own I guess. The argument that it's not artistically valid because it isn't "unified" strikes me as rather idiotic as well, but everyone's already all over that bandwagon, and this post is getting long.

To balance out all that discontent, I would like to add that I am coming to like the King:

Originally Posted by King Drunkard

Anyone who dislikes Pink Floyd is missing something...in the head.

[Mort Divine]

That shit wouldn't fly on the RL boards because they're all a bunch of prog fags >_>

[S<issors]

oic

[Anaon]

[hibernal_dream]

Originally Posted by mooDoom

A collection of parts with nothing tying them together lacks coherence and continuity.

Nonsense. All riffs, as a series of successive notes or chords, are related to another riff in some way - that is, you can find a mathematical relationship to link them together. Where's the line dividing coherent music from incoherent music? It all depends on why you think 'coherence' - or, the degree of similarity of a number of riffs - is a good thing. Personally, I think it's all art and there are many examples in art history showing that not everything has to be ordered in a traditional, classical way with parts following other parts in a logical, linear or holistic fashion.

[Cythraul]

Originally Posted by hibernal_dream

Nonsense. All riffs, as a series of successive notes or chords, are related to another riff in some way - that is, you can find a mathematical relationship to link them together.

You're talking about this on a level that is entirely irrelevant. I can run a similar argument for basically anything. Even a depiction of Mickey Mouse and a depiction of Jesus are going to relate on some level.

[Mathiäs]

Originally Posted by Life Sucks

You instigated it. And that isn't the first time I've seen you take an unprovoked cheap shot at someone on here. If you act like that in real life, I'd be thoroughly surprised if you've never gotten the shit beaten out of you.

I enjoy calling people out when they say stupid shit.

[seedofvengeance]

I've been reading the last few pages of this thread, and I can't get over the irony. There's an argument against them for being predictable, and a completely separate one for not sticking with a genre and having random changes in music.

This is at least an 8.3 on the Unintentional Comedy Scale.