Classical Composer Reacts to Burden (Opeth) | The Daily Doug (Episode 99)
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In this episode of #TheDailyDoug, I'm reacting to Burden by Opeth from their Watershed album. The song sounds great...but I'm confused by the ending...
Reference Video: • Opeth - Burden
This is from an interview with Michael:
"I didn't have an ending for the song; there was a few options to end a nice song like that. Either you end on a high note with a nice chord or a fade out or something. But I just came up with the idea that we should end it in a freaky way and I'm just basically playing this ending lick on the nylon string guitar and I told Fredrik to de-tune the guitar in real time as I was playing. So obviously it sounds very ugly but that was the whole purpose. We didn't know if it would work or not but it did."
Yes, and it really sets up the next song’s creepy intensity (Porcelain Heart)!
@@jpgelinas446 agreed!
@@jpgelinas446 +100
Mikael’s laugh at the end , LOL.
@@HPKazan ...turning into a metronomic rythm...
I love how Doug can emulate what's being played in milliseconds.
all musicians do this I dont see why people are so surprised
@@naturalianossnot all do man. The level of musical understanding should be much higher than the benchmark that defines a musician
yea this guy has a deep understanding of music for sure real good ear too
@@naturalianoss false
It amazes me how twenty to thirty years ago, metal music, and rock music in general, were actively persecuted and picketed by religious types, and here we are today watching this gentleman listening to it in a church with a wonderfully positive attitude towards it. Progress.
The funniest part is how sacrilege Opeth actually is lyrically lol.
@@palibakufun Opeth has some sacrilegious stuff, (Devils Orchard) but most of it has a deeper meaning that is separated from religious belief.
Because he is a musician, not a cultie from the 80s ;)
That's why they call it progressive metal lol
@@thebigbadbone7238man, I laughed!!! 😂
watershed is the most underrated and my favorite album of theirs.
It is a great, great album
I think the most underrated album is either Heritage or Sorceress, both amazing albums. I wouldn't say Watershed is underrated.
It's a masterpiece, if Blackwater Park is their master of Puppets, then Watershed is their black album
@@dezmilad all opeth albums are something else
It's highly rated.....so I don't know why you're saying "underrated"
I love the detuning part. It adds some tension right at the end but I actually enjoy it a lot lol
And it’s an awesome reconnection to the rest of the album’s evilness
Same here. It brings in a tension and sets the mood for the next song in the album.
The 1st time i heard it i thought there was some problem with my ear. Then i realised what was going on.
And the rhythm is still on point, still groovin', slapping those strings hahaha
exactly... it's all falling apart... and leads into....
I was just waiting to the end of the song to see you freaking out hahahah.
Hahahaha dude same 🤣
Same here lol
I am so envious of this man right now, I would give anything to hear Burden as if it were the first time.
The interplay between Mikael Åkerfeldt and Fredrik Åkesson's solos is absolutely magnificent. Not taking anything away from Peter Lindgren as a musician, but Opeth could not pull something like that off when he was in the band.
"I can't really tell what key they're in. They're using functional chords in non functional ways"
Welcome to Prog Doug 😂
They could play this for an hour and I would not complain. The most succinct appreciation for that four-chord progression around 6:00. Well said!
7:05 Absolutely beautiful accompaniment by you playing along. Just wonderful.
4:28 'Keyboard starts to solo'
Jon Lord: Well done, my kids
I love everything about this reaction! from the intense listening to figure out the chord progressions, to the lovely riffing with the guitars, the (expected) utter bafflement of the detuning part to the rage-quit of the piano. that was awesome, sir!
Opeth - "Windowpane" is magnificent if you like this version of Opeth. I prefer the non-death metal version of Opeth as well.
Blah….
Opeth has many just gorgeous songs in their catalogue, and Burden is definitely one of the most sumptuous in that group. Such an emotive, moody, journey. And that discordant outro that just breaks it all up and leads into the next song is such a boomerang of sonic experience
easily my pick for the most underrated and emotional opeth song. this one hits me deep. always makes me tear up.
As a musician you know when you have discovered a great piece when you have to play along with it.
Never clicked so fast on a video in my life.
For the outro, it really helps with the album's feeling of anxiety. It's a feeling from listening to the album but not the songs individually. The intro song Coil has a low rumbling that builds into the intro of heir apparent where you get a real oppressive hit from the guitars, at the end of heir apparent there is a high pitched tone that carries tension into lotus eater, which starts with bizarre humming and a bizzare intro to the song, the jazzy instrumental in lotus eater has a tense feeling and definitely keeps the listener on their toes, lotus eater ends with a load of voices talking (I don't know if they're swedish sorry) that for me came off as indistinguishable and kind of scary, like a schizophrenic nightmare, which then transitions to burden with a light sigh. Burden ends with the detuning to really catch the listener off guard, considering that burden is very light song in comparison, which then immediately transitions to the hard hitting intro to Porcelain Heart. Porcelain heart then ends with the distorted guitar fading away into the relatively chill first half of hessian peel, again like burden luring the listener into a false sense of security, which then explodes into proper death metal like heir apparent and lotus eater. The last bit of tension (and therefore anxiety) is between hessian peel and hex omega, with a repetitive tone playing which then explodes into hex omega's intro.
Very well put! This album is a true masterpiece and imo Opeth's best album
So much music appreciation here, the analysis on these prog rock bands...this is what keeps me coming back. This reinforced what I always suspected about their songwriting and chords....Opeth are masters.
God dammit Doug you could have been in the rock world yourself. You rock with inherent talent being able to dissect the music so easily and gleefully. Wish we could hear more of your works.
i think the ending was very tongue-in-cheek because of the laugh, Mikael is a very light-hearted and humorous fellow despite the heavy subject matter of the songs
After listening Opeth for the first time.
Me: Wtf just happened?
Doug: Jamming with the band on the piano😅
Great stuff, can’t wait for more songs and bands.
If you are here for the Pink Floyd style Opeth, definitely react to "Lovelorn Crime". The guitar solo is pure soaring majesty (often compared to Comfortably Numb), and the rest of the whole song I'm sure will deeply fascinate you with its chord progressions.
Great song, love Universal Truth as well, and to get jazzy some Garroter. That album is gold and I hated at first, but like Opeth always does it marinades.
I love that song! I think the most Pink Floyd sounding song by Opeth is Epilogue: if someone told me that song came from a PF album I wouldn't have blinked an eye.
I would have never compared the two but now that you say it I see the likeness
Don't forget Heart in Hands too
This song is what I call “Painfully Beautiful”
Omg your expression during the ending made me laugh so much and it was so fitting, like that was probably Mike's intention and he would be laughing at the end too
Doug your piano overlay at 7:04 was beautiful
The imperfection of de-tuning makes this song perfect
It's like the song sort of... melts, at the end. It feels like a sudden emotional bottoming-out. Like a drug comedown.
Like suicide. It's about an ex of Mikael's.
Any Opeth song could go on and on and I would never get tired of it.
I recommend Storm Corrosion by Storm Corrosion. It’s a project including Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and Steven Wilson. Very beautiful song and would love to hear you thoughts on it.
7:55 i cant unhear this part when i listen to this song lmao, it was just sooo perfect!
I love Opeth but i miss those beautiful counterpoint sections they used to do on Morningrise and Orchid. They were the only metal band doing contrepoint like that. I would love to see a classical composer react to them... Cheers!
The chord progression during the organ solo is the same chord progression around minute 5:30 in Dogs by Pink Floyd!!! Amazing you said it reminded you of Floyd!!!
It's amazing how your face lights up with pure joy when the next chord surprises you LOL so wholesome. love it
The detuning guitars lead into arguably the most evil riff on the album - 'Porcelain Heart'
Loved your tinkling over the whole band outro !
Yes!! One of my favorite songs from the Watershed album and Opeth in general :)
Great choice - I was addicted to this song growing up. Would love to get your reaction to a song from their newest album - All Things Will Pass.
I love this one. I recommend this to all of my favorite reactors. So far only 1 has done it. He did love it too though.
Ha, you make me feel old. I was out of college when this album came out. Some of the last good Opeth before Mikael went off on his 70s prog rock trip.
@@Spivonious this album is literally their most 70-s sounding except 3 songs that contain death metal
@@user-po9sd8nq8v I didn't say it was death metal (Opeth has really never been death metal aside from the growls). It's their last good album. The songs on the albums after this just aren't memorable. Mikael is making what he wants to make, and it's an unoriginal rehash of what Camel did 45 years ago.
@@Spivonious Opeth have a whole lot of death metal heavier than any brutal death, Heir Apparent from Watershed even comes close to pure technical death metal. It’s funny to hear that modern Opeth is “unoriginal rehash of Camel” while Benighted from Still Life is based on Camel’s riff and there is a literal ABBA rip-off in The Moor. New Opeth is not less original or memorable than old Opeth. It’s the same band, the same Mikael with his unique style.
This whole album is a work of beauty. The ending song, Hex/Omega is magnificent. Listening to an isolated track like that takes it out of the context of the things that precede and follow.
OMG! Your reaction when the guitar started de-tuning! LMAO! That was great.
I almost feel like Burden isn't actually over until the next song, Porcelain Heart, has blasted you in the stomach. The detuning outro bit leads well into that.
I always see a pretty painting at the end and as the guitar gets detuned the paint starts running down or something... so cool!!
I interpreted the outro as a transition into the next song on the album: Porcelain heart, which is darker.
Dude, i wish i know that much of music theory and stuff, to identify just like that all the chords and progressions, specially of such a band like opeth, you are cool man, keep on, on your reactions!!!
I always interpreted the final part as two friends or family members living/going along with each other in perfect harmony. But then one of the two passes/goes away and the other one perishes of this loss. It's one of the most haunting song endings I have ever heard.
Love watching you love on Opeth...lol. Amazing band ❤
Absolutely loved watching your reaction to the detuning at the end!
I've said it once and I'll say it again... Opeth - Moon Above, Sun Below is up your alley.
Burden always evokes such a strong visceral feeling of longing in me, every time I hear it. Fredrik Akesson joined the band with this album, and I love his contribution to Porcelain Heart, another one of my favorite singles from Opeth.
The solo in Allting Tar Slut always reminds me of the solo in Burden.
Opeth has helped me get through some of the worst days of my life.
May I suggest you tackle La Villa Strangiato by Rush at some point?
Can never do enough Opeth!!
Great song but I'm really impressed by Martin Axenrot's drumming. Great feeling and great technique.
On 7:56 when you added your piano solo on it🤘🏽love it🔥made it sound like a really sad story ending!👏🏽💔
OMG such a funny ending great reaction closing the piano
Among the funniest genuine reaction to the ending i have ever seen. Closing the lid! 😀 I can also recommend He Is by Ghost. A modern Abba-song if there ever was one.
I knew your reaction to the ending will be hilarious lmao I always thought it as dark and freaky.. always felt that part as the depression and collapse of the song.
If You Like Opeth and Steven Willson, please do reaction on some Riverside song: "River down below", "Discard Your Fear" or "Second Life Syndrom"
Opeth :
Ghost of Perdition;
Moonlapse Vertigo;
Bleak
let's say Morningrise and Still Life
I think it would be very cool Doug if you were to devote an entire episode or more of you improvising to some of your favourite reaction tracks. Would be cool to hear you playing from the heart.
One of my favorite Opeth songs along with Porcelain Heart, which follows Burden in the album.
Doug, I thought me and my buddies were the only people to listen to Opeth in church...... Your'e awesome. My love for this band has gotten stronger thanks to your videos!
Always a treat to see people who know what they're talking about break down an opeth song, the mixture of confusion and pleasure and appreciation that follows I'll never get tired of. Mikael is an insane songwriter and I'm excited to watch you go down the rabbit hole that is Opeth.
Cheers
Oh my goodness, we were at the same Opeth show! There was a fun little moment where Mikael forgot some of the lyrics to Death Whispered a Lullaby, which they'd never played live before
I’ve been watching your channel for quite sometime Doug. This might be my favorite video you’ve recorded yet.
I was at this show too and got the same shirt. It’s my favorite Opera tour shirt. Great show!
OMG, I was just waiting for the look on your face at the end and you did not disappoint! 😂😂
This was so fun to watch. This happens to be one of my favorite Opeth songs so this was a treat to see anyone react to it. It’s such a beautiful and sorrowful song all at once. Enjoy the killer shirt. The only Opeth T-shirt I have is the Watershed album cover shirt. You have to react to Face of Melinda from the Still Life album. It’s another mellow song but has some nice things going on you might enjoy. Cheers!
The picardy third was actually named after Captain Jean-Luc Picard who discovered this technique when he learned to play that alien flute.
Dude kinda looks like riker too hahahaha go figure
Best outro ever. Doug's reaction - priceless!😂
Do you even know how much joy you bring to our lives?
modal interchange on a whole another level, i've actually been listening to music differently after i discovered this topic and also writing stuff differntly
The guitar solos make me tear up every time, despite having heard them so, so many times.
What a diverse catalouge, I have to listen to more
I appreciate you and your brothers relationship. And your channel is great!
Love your videos! You are working your way to become an official member of the band dude ;-)
The outro in acoustic guitar of this beautiful song reminds me the one in Heaven & Hell (studio version) of Black Sabbath.
Opeth is great and i must say watershed is the perfect album to react to. It's their best material ever, not a single less-than-perfect song in that album.
The seventh Son of a seventh son album is a very good Iron Maiden Album with songs like Infinite Dreams, The Clarvoyant, Moon Child and the title track. Congratulations with your brother.
Burden is one of my favorite Opeth tracks. It was so different for them (the Piano & Mellotron is from former member Per Wiberg) in style, even for the material on "Damnation", especially from that era of the band. Its giving me shivers now, and one of the BEST Organ solos I've heard on a B3 Hammond, like Per channeled Jon Lord. Mikael's vocals are so damn beautiful on this one, and the guitar solos at the end from Axe and Mike . . . sublime.
I love how it ends, its so weird and different, and sets you up for the darker track to follow. Haha! LOVED your reaction :D.
I also give high praise to how they Mic the drums, so damn clear. Excellent job by drummer Martin Axenrot.
- Nice piano soloing too Doug! Your Brother has great taste.
God I wish I could hear that organ solo for the first time all over again! I'm so envious of you that you could do that
And to really get the ending you need to listen to the next track
You're brother is awesome! You're both lucky :)
I think you'd love any song from their Damnation album! "Windowpane" would be my suggestion.
By far one of the most interesting reaction channels in my opinion. Love the concept where you half and half play along with the song. If you like this style of Opeth, please do check out their version of Soldier of fortune, and any song off Damnation.
Thanks for the laugh at the end. I needed that!
Haha, the roadnoice was really funny! Was watching with my hifi stereo system and started looking out the window! Great vid, good sound!
I love the ending. Opeth is a band where you listen to the album, the songs generally flow from song to song, and, the next song, needs a freaky twist before its overly depressing vibe. Otherwise I feel like the songs would contrast each other too much.
I love when they use a sustainer on the electric guitar that they've used throughout their career to create those high soaring notes that add so much atmosphere. That ending is quite gnarly (setting up the mood for the next song).
I was at that Radio City show too. In fact, I haven't missed an Opeth tour since they started touring the US in 2001, I've seen all the Evolution tours which is really special. What really made the Radio City show truly great for me is that I was only a few rows back in the Orchestra which is where I sat a million times as a kid...my grandfather was the lead violinist at Radio City Music Hall for decades and I got to see it all - the bowels of the place to the highest balcony. Feels like a lifetime ago now, but it was a wonderful experience.
Milton Nascimento, Lo Borges - Clube Da Esquina Nº2
O quem tem haver?
@@MetalDoraemon6 com metal? nada! Apenas gosto das análises dele e tudo que acho sobre músicos de verdade reagindo à nossa música é escasso. Então... quem sabe...
Aliás, Ophet é do car@#%$... Encontrei o Doug justamente procurando reacts decentes sobre Ophet kkk
@@israelabrao7137 Opeth.....sim...conheces alguem no youtube ou algum site que faça estas interpretaçoes harmonicas das musicas? nao ha ninguem. Este gajo fez a interpretaçao mas encarando que a musica está em E, quando está em D, isso muda tudo
@@MetalDoraemon6 Exatamente, ver alguém que entende do que está falando e aprender com ele é muito melhor do que ver alguém reagindo apenas com expressões faciais e falando um monte de bobagem, se é que me entende. Por isso indiquei a música, pois analisar essa música não é uma coisa tão simples como "uau, que música legal"
@@israelabrao7137 Certo parceiro, concordo, mas nao respondeste à minha pergunta cara XD
Dude that was great. I knew that ending was coming and couldn’t wait see your reaction. Funny stuff. I was cracking up.
hey Doug, great video and channel thanks
Love how effortlessly you can figure out keys
Love watching your fresh perspective of Opeth music. Please keep this up. Subscribed!
Judging by the reaction at the end, you have a perfect pitch XD
Very beautiful song, similar to "Epitath" of King Crimson, also....
I’m really learning a lot from your breakdown of the song. I wish I could identify these patterns so easily. Thank you
Doug Helvering, you are competence personified.
my favorite song by them, love your improvised parts near end.
I'd love to see a reaction to Buckethead's Soothsayer.. He's an incredible guitarist and pretty much a one man show. Definitely a must watch if you've never heard of him before. He's one of the best and one of my favourites.
Loved your reaction to the outro hahaha I was waiting for that!! Another great video 👍
I enjoyed this so muchh!! Thanks, please play along more often next times
So happy to see you break down some more of my favorite band! Awesome stuff man!
I keep coming back to this reaction video. I just love seeing you play along ! Thank you very much for you bring :)