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Title: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: John94 on July 08, 2010, 11:44:29 AM
I felt it was worthy of a topic...

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Discuss.
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Sigz on July 08, 2010, 11:46:22 AM
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Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Dream Team on July 08, 2010, 11:48:47 AM
Physical appearance? Check
Everything else? Plant wins easily
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: zxlkho on July 08, 2010, 11:49:54 AM
Physical appearance? Check
Everything else? Plant wins easily
Ummm yeah no.
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: bodiesinflight on July 08, 2010, 11:50:07 AM
Physical appearance? Check
Everything else? Mikael wins easily
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Bombardana on July 08, 2010, 11:50:43 AM
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Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: zxlkho on July 08, 2010, 11:51:09 AM
:lol
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Jakartabassplayer on July 08, 2010, 02:31:53 PM
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Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: antigoon on July 08, 2010, 03:36:43 PM
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Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: TheOutlawXanadu on July 08, 2010, 03:39:38 PM
Physical appearance? Check
Everything else? Plant wins easily

This is one of those mindfuck comparisons.

I think Akerfeldt is a far more interesting musician than Plant.

Hell, even Jimmy Paige. Which is bizarre considering Paige is widely regarded as one of the five most influential guitar players of all time, due in no small part to writing some of the greatest, most influential songs of all time. The band from which he is most famous, Led Zeppelin, is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential bands of all time.

But here is Mikael Akerfeldt, who is not that influential a guitar player and who has not written influential songs, from a band barely on anyone's radar, and I think he is a far more interesting musician and songwriter than either.
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Sigz on July 08, 2010, 03:40:16 PM
Robert Plant is widely regarded as one of the five most influential guitar players of all time

wat


(But yes, I agree with your overall point)
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: TheOutlawXanadu on July 08, 2010, 03:43:00 PM
Fuck me. I am all over the place today.
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Darkes7 on July 08, 2010, 03:54:33 PM
Fuck me.
Saying this to Sigz isn't a good idea.
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Sigz on July 08, 2010, 04:53:42 PM
HEY MY ADVANCES ARE ALWAYS AS PLEASURABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE RECIPIENT
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Darkes7 on July 08, 2010, 04:58:21 PM
Ya, sure. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: tri.ad on July 09, 2010, 04:08:06 AM
Physical appearance? Check
Everything else? Plant wins easily

Mikael Åkerfeldt doesn't feel the need to put the word "baby" into a song twenty times. So, no.
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Fluffy Lothario on July 09, 2010, 04:12:37 AM
Physical appearance? Check
Everything else? Plant wins easily

Mikael Åkerfeldt doesn't feel the need to put the word "baby" into a song twenty times. So, no.
  :lol

For the longest time, I couldn't listen to Led Zep for longer than about half an hour in one go, as at the time, I could have sworn the four most common words in Led Zep songs were baby, sugar, mamma, and honey.
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Fluffy Lothario on July 09, 2010, 04:15:06 AM
Also, comparing Led Zep and Opeth is fairly pointless.
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Dr. SeaWolf on July 09, 2010, 05:36:50 AM
Also, comparing Led Zep and Opeth is fairly pointless.

This.  Why are we doing it?
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: cthrubuoy on July 09, 2010, 05:38:40 AM
They are not the same because Åkerfeldt is younger I checked their birthdays thanks.
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: Darkes7 on July 09, 2010, 05:51:11 AM
Physical appearance? Check
Everything else? Plant wins easily

Mikael Åkerfeldt doesn't feel the need to put the word "baby" into a song twenty times. So, no.
:lol

But seriously, I hate the tendency of considering someone superior just because, you know, he was back then and was more influential. And how do you know if Mikael Akerfeldt (or someone else, but it's him we're talking about) was born 20-30 years earlier, maybe he would have the exact same, if not bigger influence? Not to mention that it was definitely easier to create a sort of revolution back when rock was basically in an embryonic stage, and it's a bit different when you started in 1994 when it already had countless sub-genres, and by the time they recorded Blackwater Park it was probably two times more.

I definitely have a lot of appreciation and respect for those who were pioneering rock in the '60s, but that doesn't mean modern (or at least later) musicians are inferior. The easier side is they had something to base upon, but the more difficult thing is... basically everything else.
Title: Re: Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant
Post by: antigoon on July 09, 2010, 11:13:25 AM
They are not the same because Åkerfeldt is younger I checked their birthdays thanks.

I don't know why, but this made me laugh a ton :lol