Porcupine Tree feat. Mikael Åkerfeldt - A Smart Kid

[xLucidNightmaresx]

I really like both Opeth and Porcupine Tree, but I'm not sure if I like this video. It's hard to tell if the performance is really good but the recording is poor quality, or if the performance was just a little shaky.

[mkiiiishuge]

MOAR!!!!!!!

[redrockettoy]

There was a war and I must've won. This song rules!!!

[Azured665]

CAN'T WAIT FOR STORM CORROSION!!! 

[souundofmuzegit]

This was the tour when Opeth and PT were co-headlining. Opeth were playing mostly songs from Damnation, and I think Mikael was already a bit nervous about how the crowd would react to a growl-less set from them. It was a great show all around.

[Morzsi25]

Could hardly imagine a better pair for making music. :)

[batsglasstoaster]

I love these two. I'm so stoked for them to start recording together for Storm Corrosion.

[danzigking]

@batsglasstoaster The recording aspect has been done bud...they're putting the disc out in April i thin. I now its done and ready though.

[batsglasstoaster]

@danzigking Totes! Yeah, I read an article in Guitar World just yesterday about it. I guess I didn't realize they had already started up <3

[flakosergio1]

vozarrón y pasta que grande son...

[mcufre]

I love Michael, but I must say this performance was really off.

[memingas18]

@mcufre The sound of the "video" isn`t good enough to tell if te performanse is bad I think.

[YellowCanVlogs]

@memingas18 Lol, are you joking? The audio isn't that bad on this video..

[puddingball]

@memingas18 Dude, it's a live recording, ofcourse the quality is going to be worse than your fancy LPs. And you can clearly hear he sings off-key sometimes and that his voice is a bit shaky. That has nothing to do with the amount of bits running through the audio.

[Jalanko13]

@Jalanko13 i just realized i said the same thing over 7 months ago. That's the kind of effect this song has on me, every single time.

[Byzancedark]

Mike and Steven are gods. There is no a single fucking reason to believe in Christianity after listening to Smart Kid.

[wadester30]

@Byzancedark god is king

[Byzancedark]

@wadester30 You dont know it? Sorry to say, god is dead.

[BreanMate]

@wadester30 No he isn't, ask Mikael.

[oneofanceantproficy]

a little...?

[GeeorgeBeeedle]

Chorus sounds pretty good. He seems to get into it more then.

[NPazable]

These two should do their own project, aside from PT and Opeth. That would be something incredible. Since Mikael can't growl anymore, he's apt to go in a more mellow direction anyway.

[NarLiv]

@NPazable They are going to release their own project. I can;t remember the name of it now (drunk here) but I believe it will be released on 2012. It's going to be awesome. I heard it's going to be a sort of part 3 to Opeth's last album Heritage and Steven Wilson's latest Grace for Drowning. It's going to be a crazy good one!

[NPazable]

@NarLiv Oh man, that's great. Is it going to be like what Steven did with Aviv and Blackfield almost?

[cultofdagon]

@NarLiv Storm Corrosion I believe is the name of the project.

[S3rji]

@cultofdagon Storm Collision :) and there's no Portnoy in it :D

[cultofdagon]

@S3rji Pretty sure it's Storm Corrosion, I'm looking at an interview with Mikael right now where he says it.

[S3rji]

@cultofdagon i'm sorry mate, you're right, it's Storm Corrosion..here's their fb fan page, a present so you can forgive my dumbness :)

facebook dot com/Corrosedstorm

[NarLiv]

@cultofdagon Yes, that was it! :)

[OKcheesusTV]

@NPazable Mike can still growl like a beast, he just doesn't feel it anymore. You should watch the making of of Heritage. 8) The growls on their last tours sounded so weird, because they used in-ear monitors on stage. He explained it in an interview.

[Ataborman]

Slightly off-key. Still prefer this version over the studio one.

[NarLiv]

Oh shit, Mikael pumped out the vocals for this??? Epic!

[Shishiwakarashi]

I can't wait for this project. :)

[RammsteinTranslator]

I hate to say it, I mean I'm a huge fan of Mikael Akerfeldt but I think I like this song better when Steven Wilson sings it.

[amusingisthedawn]

@RammsteinTranslator I love Mikael, but I have to agree. The album version with steven wilson is just amazing.

[TheAdam159]

@blasttyrant666 yeah, the SW/Akerfeldt project will be GOD when it comes out :)

[saajingrey]

I would gladly hand over a testicle to have been there.

[BigCanOfBeans]

those scientists are attempting to extract liquid awesome from this very song.

[OrangePylon]

It's a little hard to hear Mikael over the sound of all the exploding heads.

[killercreek450]

"everythings free here, theres no crowds." Nuclear explosion? prolly.

[GoatBorn]

@killercreek450 "Winter lasted five long years." "There was a war, but I must have won." Yes, I believe it was a nuclear war.

[smokestackeroo]

I never knew this existed.. so awesome

[OzkerOpethFreak]

It always hits the soul!!! >:)

[zackratox]

1 2 3 me cage :( hausausasauhsau mikael = god :)

[OppositeEquilibrium]

holy shit

[souundofmuzegit]

I was there at the Showbox for this, August '03. Yes, Gavin was on drums. It was pretty cool.

[b3naan]

I'm not sure how Youtube managed to host this, seeing as you would need at least 302 Terabytes just to store its awesomeness

[tehZwok]

I don't know why this isn't included in one of their albums.

[AchiilezTheOne]

@tehZwok This song is on the album "Stupid Dream", unless if you're talking specifically about this version.

[tehZwok]

@AchiilezTheOne Yes, specifically this version.

[112233mode]

i hate 5:25



[jackpaice]

wow this is a relic!!

[Jalanko13]

if Mikael Akerfeldt, Kobi Farhi and Steve Wlison performed one song, just one song together, i would die right on the spot from the awesomeness, in a state of perfect Bliss and Harmony.

[heydudemansup]

man

fuck yeah man

[o8MetalHead8o]

@blasttyrant666 ok ok cool,another steven wilson solo album would be nice, insurgentes was awsome. i havent gotten that into blackfield yet, got both albums, and just hasent quite clicked with me yet but i like it for sure. but defanetly the mik and steven callab is what i look most forward to. but man i was hoping for a new PT album real soon, but no biggie, i can wait till 2012(hopefully no later than2013 haha). aslong as steven wilson keeps doing somthing with music im happy

[o8MetalHead8o]

@blasttyrant666 holy fuck man, can you imagine, two god making a baby album? it willl be AMAZING, there is no doubt bout that. and yeah its conferimed that opeth is in the studio recordind there new album, i hered it was going to be called HoodSorrow. do you know anything about a new PT album by chance?

[edthehead83]

1:57 I swear he sounds like Michael Hedges.

[hypnocSlayer]

he's a better singer when hes drunk then when i'm sober

[PennyDreadful1]

@hypnocSlayer Huh really he is about equal to me when im sober. But im actually quite good so nevermind.

[Megadedly]

Thanks, I was wondering if this was hanging around the internet...

[d3tach3d]

@blasttyrant666 Thanks man! Your a Saint!

[d3tach3d]

@blasttyrant666 holy shit really? any more info?

[lpz2]

Steven Wilson & Mikael Akerfeldt = Gods

[paulhab12]

@lpz2 Full correct you are sir

[ironrushscorp]

@lpz2 STORM CORROSION

[muntificator]

@lpz2 I have a playlist entitled THE 3 GODS on my itunes which contains all of the Steven Wilson , Mikael Akerfeldt and Jonas Renkse music i have lol

[vik73opeth]

@muntificator it's almost the same for me,only that instead of Renkse i got Daniel Gildenlow!!!! :D

[lpz2]

@muntificator LOL Yeah, that 3rd one is God too, each one of them in their own way.

[TheCrazy443]

@lpz2 I can say it to you...Mikael Åkerfeldt :D

[Alejx666]

Ohhhh Awesome!!

[opethization]

Love Mikael in whatever he does......he can do no wrong. Truly love him!!!!!!

[sictm]

Yes, the drum breaks and the sound of the toms and are very similar to Gavin's drumming. I would swear that is Gavin playing there.

btw the song is great!!! mike is a little off the key haha but still is an amazing song!!!

THANKS!

[eatAdingleBerry]

Amazing tunes.....amazing. A great vocalist with ANOTHER kickass band.

[matahimdef]

That drums doesn't sound like Gavin Harrison's...it might be the low quality of the sound, but still is great to hear'em both PT and Opteh together....GREAT!!!

[werikmetal]

i dont like mikael akerfeldt i prefer steven wilson

[Ris3n]

Fantastic.. Simply speachless.

[choraslocas]

crap man, thanks so much for this!

[DarkMusicWizard]

Sounds me like it's an Opeth cover more than a Mikael featuring :S

[ShiivaWilding]

@DarkMusicWizard It's jus the sound quality, at 5:09 steven says a farewell to him leaving the stage

[jimmycranberry]

Good god... this is so cool! Although Mikael is remarkably flat (I'm sure the room was swaying around him :P)

[Opethveen]

@LesPantinsDansent Haha we was thinking the same. hehe =P

[Opethveen]

I read that Åkerfeldt's fav song from PT was "a smart kid" so that is just awesome that they played it together!!!!!!

[FractalBolt]

Thanks for the upload, although a video of the actual concert would have been nicer ;)

[Hybbeman]

@FractalBolt Sorry man, the mp3 has been on my harddrive since like forever. I was never at the actual show, but I noticed that this hadn't been uploaded. Not sure where I got it from either, but if I would take a guess I would probably say that I got it from the old official opeth forums.

[thousis]

@Hybbeman Yes i got it for a loong time too, are you sure the band is PT? I thought it was Opeth playing...

[Hybbeman]

@thousis Yes, it's PT, they were touring together at the time.

[demonof90]

@Hybbeman they have never toured together

[Hybbeman]

@demonof90 "To promote the album the band undertook four tours of Europe and North America, including one with acclaimed Swedish metal band Opeth." From PT's wikipedia page. This was while promoting In absentia.

[CydoniaKnight1]

@Hybbeman which means it could've been opeth playing with akerfeldt

[Hybbeman]

@CydoniaKnight1 Sure, but why would Opeth cover a PT song while touring together?

[ShiivaWilding]

@CydoniaKnight1 If you listen at 5:09 or roundabouts, Steven says "Mikael Akerfeldt, there he goes!" The sounds quality makes it hard to tell which band is playing tbh

[lugarid]

@ShiivaWilding kind of hard to have the exact keyboard sounds that richard barbieri has on his keys, and they match the album, so it kinda has to be PT

[Molochai01]

@CydoniaKnight1 Look at the Tour dates on the PT website. They toured with opeth and there is a performance of a smart kid with mikael singing

[PerfectStranger41]

@demonof90 yes they have

[Roderik46]

anyone have an mp3 of this?



[Seek1Destroy1]

PT feat. Mikael.  That's just the perfect combo!

=D

[Jakedunc]

Thanks for sharing this!

Did he sing any of the other songs on this show?

[talefromthepit]

Be careful, WMG is going around claiming copyright on PT stuff. I got hit Saturday - you may be next.

[Hybbeman]

@talefromthepit This is a bootleg though (I think?), but maybe that doesn't matter. :/

[talefromthepit]

@talefromthepit Yeah, that's what I put up and poof - WMG hit me with copyright violation.