Mikael Åkerfeldt Is A Comedy Genius

[neroxtreme1380]

Thank God Mikael is so funny in person, otherwise Opeth would just be the most depressing fucking band ever.

[frysmaktoff]

It's a dirty(?) song called Night and the silent water-- YEAAAAHHHH tss tss tss tss--BFFFDGDASLAGHGDJKD")¤(IOF­GH(G=¤THRGNEIUFN/

[metalbru]

@frysmaktoff it's a dooby song is what i hear

[DraneXproductions]

STOP ARGUING. We're opeth fans, god damn it!.

[opethinchains]

why do people say "comedy genius?" he's just funny, i mean gimme a fookin break. musical genius, definetely, no question. but, my point is, people throw the word "genius" around too fuckin much. i think ive made my point. my case is rested.

[the5thcolum]

@opethinchains That is genius ; )

[EpiDemic117]

"shut, the fuck, up" ahhah he ALWAYS says that in almost every live show! mostly because everyone that goes there is fucking annoying and always screams like "HEY OVER HERE I WANT ATTENTION PLAY THIS SONG YEAH!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!! BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! fucking annoying it's pretty much like STFU and listen to the fucking music reetards.

[daltonplaysthesax]

You cant be a purist metal head AND an opeth fan, because opeth opens your eyes to so much more than just metal. I bet purist metal heads generally dont really appreciate good clean vocals.

[youfailidont]

@daltonplaysthesax

i used to be a metal purist and then i listened to opeth. now im not

[gl0gg]

@daltonplaysthesax umm, yeah, I know a lot of purist metalheads who would disagree. they listen to a lot of Led Zepp and Black Sabbath. lol

[snakeweirdo]

What was funny about this?

[xXTheNuFreakXx]

Mikael is one of the most epic vocalist/guitarists around. And he's funny as hell. XD

[codyahernek]

"WHERE ARE THOSE FINGERS BABY!?!!!" hahaah

[GarbageDrummer]

LOL

[lebocharp]

what did the guy say that caused Mikael to tell him to shut the fuck up?

[theartofshred]

that dude killed himself when he left the venue

[oathofobscurity]

i wonder who he was talking to... someone said "something something until i die!!" and then shut... the fuck... up

[162sparky]

@oathofobscurity i think its Opeth till i die

[jordino123]

This is so cool to watch because I have this concert on DVD too!! It's awesome to see it from the crowd too, such an amazing band!!!

[PaXx]

Saw them in march and he was funny ass hell ^^ and awesome

[igotwoodhaha]

Shut. The fuck. Up.

[ikey786]

I'd die inside if mikael said that to me

[Miskatakeable]

Yeah it's like everybody who listens to some mainstream bullshit pop thinks metal musicians are dicks but the mainstream bullshit pop listeners are the dicks actually

[Destructerator]

so much truth in that

[DETECTIVESHOECOMICS]

@Miskatakeable STFU just because somebod listens to mainstream doesnt make them a dick... dicks like u r narrow on purpose

[Miskatakeable]

I know man, but ask a preteen boy or a teenaged girl if they like metal or do they know the band Opeth, they would say no.

Not all mainstream is bullshit, I agree

[PsychoLemur42]

And some people are just dicks, lol. It doesn't really matter what the dicks listen to...they're going to be dicks regardless. XD

[xxxslayerxxx666]

I love you for saying that

100% true

[ChristBurner]

@Miskatakeable i think "extreme" metal (black/death/prog. such as Opeth) gets a bad rap due to its fan base...most every "metal head" ive ever met is a typical "metal head douche bag" and just about every artist ive ever met personally are completely down to earth

[ChristBurner]

@ChristBurner mind you i said "most"

[chatrasalsingh1989]

@Miskatakeable you know what I've always though that , and had that in the back of my mind. You are very correct!

[mikebrew150]

@Miskatakeable Good call

[vaas666]

@Miskatakeable can't agree more;)

[ErnilEnNaur]

@Miskatakeable I've always thought that Opeth fans are intelligent and tolerant enough not to bash people who listen to mainstream pop music, I guess I was wrong. Seriously, my fellow metal heads, do you honestly think only douche bags could possibly like R.E.M.? Do you think only morons would ever listen the The Beatles? Grow up.

[squiresuzuki]

@Miskatakeable Almost all pop listeners are dicks, most metalheads are dicks too, except for opeth fans

[Rabko]

0:55

[papegojaz]

Shut. The fuck. Up.

[aceenigmax]

OMFG, That's hilarious!!!!

"...Shut the fuck up!"

[Mechanix1911]

1:10 YUUUUH BLOCK ROOS IMMORTAHL

[6Bloodbath]

lol and yes.. you cant spell crap without rap.. opeth and bloodbath are kickass bands. mikeal is an amazing guitarist, vocalist, and comedian

[Cameron227700]

If people don't think this is funny, then they should hear the other stuff he's said in that concert... While they're playing the porno music, I laughed my ass off.

"So what do you reckon... Is this the blowjob or anal scene?"

[CBloodflower]

"Shut the fuck up"

[69swipe]

@swnalake

dude i totally fuking agree. metal for life

[livetyrantrev17]

@swnalake thank you so much for saying that. fuck rap

[k5lta]

wanna know why most rapstars are so arrogant and selfish,because they work for the government,the evil government,its weird how people call metal evil when the evil ones are the ones they listen to everyday lol

[Miskatakeable]

@k5lta

You're right, rap only promotes money & 'bitches' these days

[k5lta]

yeah and im sick of them doing that shit

[antonio610]

@swnalake Money changes people regardless of genre. Just look at Metallica and their post-TBA attitude.

[jek21]

@swnalake Sweeping generalizations are SO METAL.

[GreekPrincess3000]

@swnalake

wow, you're ignorant.

[losermonster]

@swnalake quite the generalization

[snakeweirdo]

@swnalake I love how you percieve people that you Idolise to be good, and people whose music you don't like to be bad. Grow up, the world is not black and white, your missinterpretation of music isn't better than anyone else. Until you get that, you will never truly be able to fully appreciate music. You'll just be another mindless follower.

[JBT24]

@snakeweirdo What did he write? I'm assuming based off of other comments that he downplayed hiphop music and claims to only like metal, or something like that. Opeth may be my favorite band, but I listen to both hiphop and death metal, and very obviously those are two completely different genres of music, so different people with different tastes and different reasons for enjoying music will like either or. I just can't believe 200 people liked his comment. purist Metalheads CAN be very ignorant

[n8tronics]

At 55sec is the best part of the video, he just says "Shut The Fuck Up"

[Alenthas]

someone booed?

[CountOfSorrow]

If any of you saw the dvd "arriving somewhere" of pourcupine tree there's Steven Wilson saying at the begining of the very last song (Trains): "but for now we're gonna finish with one last song" and you hear this guy in the crowd yelling: "FREEBIRD!" and Wilson replies:"NOT Freebird, that's tomorrow okay? full 17 minute blowout version".

Anyway might just be that mikael saw the show and was referring to this.

[BailoAnoche]

i saw that DVD because PORCUPINE TREE IS MY FAVOURITE BAND, and mikael's, i can see him referencing that.

[Greensmurf]

@ CountOfSorrow: Both times I've seen PT, someone has yelled that. He pointed out "we once broke out into that spontaneously". lol

[wemetee]

Is this at House of Blues, Chicago? Cause I remember him telling that dude to shut up. It was funny as shit.

[cdfox85]

No, it's the Roundhouse in Camden, London, UK. This is bootleg footage; the actual footage is on the Roundhouse Tapes DVD.

[Kaazt2008]

he saw his on saturday and he was very funny

and ruled too

[mad00002]

Where is the comedy? He just tells us they've been around for a long time, lots of albums, and yeah, here is a song from that album. Was it the lute part? o_o I'm not criticizing Mikey, but the title of this video.

[DeathdealerTsunade]

00:54  :)

[TheAlmightyLucent]

The title of this video is incredibly misleading, and so is the video itself. However, what the video poster found so funny was when Mikael told the guy who requested "Freebird" to shut the fuck up.

Unworthy.

[TheBiomanic]

I personally think, he was merely joking around. He told him to "Shut the fuck up" In a joking way. He meant it, but he wasn't being serious? If you know what I mean.

[ultimateinfinite]

Who is this long haired joker?

[TheInfamousKyle]

Hardcore "music". Thats how.

[HayabusaNoTsuchi]

I don't really think the difference between "offended" and "annoyed" is very relevant at this point.

[noahballs]

glad they didnt have the rest of the song in there... once they started playing the audio quality was so shot

[HayabusaNoTsuchi]

Why don't you ask yourself? You're the one who suggested he got offended because the person was screaming rather than because of what he was screaming.

[HayabusaNoTsuchi]

I think if someone got more offended because someone was screaming than that person saying something rude they would be considered easier to offend than the inverse.

[HayabusaNoTsuchi]

Well someone in the audience shouts something and he looks at him when he says "shut the fuck up."

[HayabusaNoTsuchi]

Yeah, I know he says it, I'm trying to figure out what the hell that guy in the audience shouts to make him say it.

[mostafal1994]

The camera couldn't take Opeth's wrath!

[reddy2911]

lol, pwned

[legomanx5]

Akerfeldt actually is a comedian. I saw Opeth live at the House of Blues here in L.A. and I distinctly remember my brother and I laughing our butts off at constantly. His stuff is worthy of stand up comedy. So, if you're basing your judgment and opinion solely off this video - you must be sadly disappointed until you see him in person.

[bloodyhamburger]

I don't think the title of a video should refer to more than the content of the video, do you?

[crapman3000]

Most musicians don't say anything, and it's funny how he says it.

[aocidicoa]

LOL eww man, just eww.

[EnriquePage91]

useful please.. brilliant flipper

[Theseventhknight]

cursing is amusing.

[Theseventhknight]

lawl fuck that.

[xPurpleDrinkx9001]

I didnt laugh

[bloodyhamburger]

I hate to say it, but this isn't really an example of "Comedy genius". He made a blunt comment, it's relatively funny, a chuckle or too, but saying he's a comedy genuis is kind of being an obsessive fanboy/fangirl, the kind that bring shame to the band...

[metallica1983x]

so its settled! the name of the video be changed to Mikael Akerfeldt make a relatively blunt comment.

[PimpMasterT]

1:46 .....QUALITY FTW! lol

[HayabusaNoTsuchi]

Uh, where the hell was the funny part?

[pointlessin]

uhh..shut..the.. fuck..up..

[HayabusaNoTsuchi]

Dude I could barely hear him so I was just asking what he said that was funny. No need to be an asshole about it.

[Arkayem]

No you dolt, the "funny part" WAS when he said Shut The Fuck Up.

[HayabusaNoTsuchi]

I didn't hear him say that at all. Why did he?

[yomomasface]

Haha, oh my lord that frekkin awesome!!!

[Skoojoo]

When i saw them last month, Akerfeldt was all "So how was that?" my friend yells "it was alright" Mike goes "yeah, it was pretty fuckin' alright"... He wasnt that talkative though, i met him before the show and he barely said a thing... he looked really tired

The other times i have seen Opeth he is fucking hilarious

[OpethZita]

Su voz es tan profunda! y es tan sencillo y gracioso. Lo amo! oh fuck!!!

[OpethZita]

SHUT DA FUCK UP! OMG!! He´s the best! I want that he make me shut up!! Mikaeeeeelll!!

[reyvaxx1306]

he did to me :) that was in Brisbane, Australia last year.

[OpethZita]

Whaaaat´ss??? THAT´S AMAZING!!! you´re so dawn lucky! :)

[reyvaxx1306]

look for the video "Brisbane Encore Solos" or something like that. You can fully hear it and Mikael's vocal solo is awesome xD

[redwolffire]

every opeth concert I've been to they play night and the silent water. Haha. And Mikael is hilarious every time.

[panconquesoderretido]

- someshit (what does he says?)

- Shut the fuck up..

[Pkhk1987]

God, he sounded so serious when he told them to shut up, lol was almost bit scary. Was it meant as a joke, or was he actually serious (coz, its not like anyone actually shut up)

[chickenfoot909]

well hes so calm about everything he probably was serious!

[mathieulebum]

I meet him at quebec , he was smoking a cigarette near is bus , He is such a funny guy , Mendez was not talking very much but Åkerfeldt is a comedy genuis for sure

[maynrdjkeenan]

If Mikael told me to shut the fuck up I'd probably kill myself.

[masterzaabon]

HAHA (to bad 4 you)

[lochnarus]

I saw them @ The Monarch in Austin last november, and they fucked up some song of Still Life and stopped playing, but he made a joke about practicing, it was fuckin funny..

this performance is the same concert they shot the Roundhouse Tapes DVD, weird seeing it bootleg style.

[cocoabononohead]

That's because the new drummer Axenrot can't hold nearly as tight/strong playing as Martin Lopez.

[lochnarus]

I dunno, I think Axenrot is a little more adventurous, that damn 6/8 clave Lopez kept pushing for three albums+ was getting boring.

[cocoabononohead]

Haven't listened to enought of Axenrots playing but he from the songs I've heard he plays a little weightier than Lopez. Lopez on the other hand was more fluid and precise.

My friends saw Axenrot on the Ghost Reveries tour, and said he totally fucked up on the drum lead in for Damnation.

[assaf001]

lmao

[heero7yui]

SHUT-THE-FUCK-UP!

Damn,that's my style..LOL

[stormlightsbane]

lol this is the consert the roundhouse tape was filmed at!

[panconquesoderretido]

fuck coments

he rules

[7wazoppi7]

LOL

"... and there was a second record...

SHUT THE FUCK UP"

and then the crowd goes crazy.

[Mcdude32]

My favorite is when he comes out and just says calmly as the crowd chants opeth:

"yes indeed we are Opeth from stockholm sweden" and then they break out into an insane jam

[HolyCrap893]

AIDS is funny!?

I guess it kind of is....

[UpsidedownHandshake]

When they played in Seattle they opened with Demon of the fall and about half way through some guy yelled "Demon of the fall!". And Mikael just stops and says "Again?". So funny

[Sanitoeter666]

He has a brilliant way to present him self.

point.

[jeremija01]

as if theyre headbanging, i listen to opeth to relax,, dosnt matter whats pissing me off harleqin forest and im chilled as fuck

[GodinSDXTguitars]

"BLACK ROSE IMMORTAL!"

I would have been that dude.

[johanthepirate]

Lol. Personally I think that's one of the worst off of MR, but it's just me.

[shekarrocks]

man this guy is really funny...he entertained the whole crowd by cracking jokes b/w songs in india...mikael rulzzz

[BeefSatan]

is this at masquerade in atlanta?

[jonesy97]

No. This is from the Roundhouse Tapes live in the UK. Masquerade? I wish! I live about 20 min. away! I'd have been there!

[BeefSatan]

yeah, i saw them at the masquerade in 2003 or 2004...i was drunk and can't remember all the details, but i was sober as a judge when i seen' em at the Roxy in Buckhead! What a show!!!

[MetallicOpeth]

HAHA way off bro

[EvelioEinWindir]

I love it...

[SabbathTilDeath]

lol at 0:47

BOOOO

[tdrules]

haha typical metal crowd *cheer when band say anything slightly interesting*

still cool

[paddyfraine]

so true ! haha

[insult0master]

Shout even when the band says nothing interesting, even at those akward-silence moments.

[heavyheavyblowblow]

Hahaha..."Shut..the fuck up.."

[rastergrafiks]

yeah? then fuck you

[rastergrafiks]

yeah? then fuck you

[MetallicaSlayerGNR]

this was on my birthday!

[saqib09]

which part of his speech was funny?

[fiercey]

you cant build up to beginning the night and the silent watcher and then stop the video. thats fucking cruel. =(

[hipnosis5654]

Mikael there is a lute on watershed. You are finally that minstrel!

[666ing]

a lute?

[wawanee357]

lute...the lute...lute...

[UJS8X]

shut...the fuck...up...

[sakabato444]

Not very funny, but anything about Opeth is interesting.

[Gianibanez87]

wow, what a lute!!!

[Darkmacabre666]

'Twas a lute.

[therealpuffle]

I think it was a lute. Can't be sure though. Anybody?

[mytouniquet]

A lute? alright got it...

[Suckthebeef]

A lute??? Lute spalt backwards is etul.

[Darkslide666]

SHUT THE FUCK UP!

[ksefreak]

L

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[pwertogalero]

a lute?

[stormmravenda]

a lute, ok, a lute.

[muse1cian]

a lute

[mrpaulhubert]

a lute?????

[murmaider668]

a lute

[Nedenskov]

A LUTE !!!!!!!!!

[BoredToDeath92]

L U T E.

[SwallowedByTheTide]

what did he say he brought to the recording session?

[m0unds]

a lute.

[psyshock918]

a lute

[Dumachum]

a lute.

[masterfly]

a lute.

[Hellbound1234]

a lute

[zer0c00l2]

a lute?

[twighead]

a lute.