Mikael Akerfeldt = Robert Plant

[John94]

I felt it was worthy of a topic...



Discuss.

[Sigz]

[Dream Team]

Physical appearance? Check
Everything else? Plant wins easily

[zxlkho]

Physical appearance? Check
Everything else? Plant wins easily

Ummm yeah no.

[bodiesinflight]

Physical appearance? Check
Everything else? Mikael wins easily

[Bombardana]

[zxlkho]

[Jakartabassplayer]

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[antigoon]

[TheOutlawXanadu]

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.

[Sigz]

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)

[TheOutlawXanadu]

Fuck me. I am all over the place today.

[Darkes7]

Fuck me.

Saying this to Sigz isn't a good idea.

[Sigz]

HEY MY ADVANCES ARE ALWAYS AS PLEASURABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE RECIPIENT

[Darkes7]

Ya, sure.

[tri.ad]

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.

[Fluffy Lothario]

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.

 

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.

[Fluffy Lothario]

Also, comparing Led Zep and Opeth is fairly pointless.

[Dr. SeaWolf]

Also, comparing Led Zep and Opeth is fairly pointless.

This.  Why are we doing it?

[cthrubuoy]

They are not the same because Åkerfeldt is younger I checked their birthdays thanks.

[Darkes7]

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.

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.

[antigoon]

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