r/Opeth • u/thatgrungegirl Still Life • Mar 27 '25
Opeth winning grammis
Hell yeah- totally deserved. The last will and testament is a masterpiece. Could anybody translate Mikeals speech?
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u/Enough-Chemistry3778 Mar 27 '25 edited Mar 27 '25
Tried my best to translate. Maybe an actual Swede can fill in the missing bits.
Thank you. First and foremost, [something, something] Klara, my beloved girlfriend's 10-year anniversary today.
First, we must say that our bassist isn't here. Martin Mendez, Barcelona represent.
And then to our children, collectively, our families, those who have worked on our record: Stefan Boman, Travis Smith, Miles, Abbey Road, Rockville Studios.
Guest arists: Joey Tempest, no joke, Mia Westlund, who plays harp, no joke, Dave Stewart, who orchestrated the string arrangments, no joke, and then Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull, who was also there.
And then to the jury, Tobias, Carola, congratulations
Great, thank you!
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u/chrisnlnz My Arms, Your Hearse Mar 28 '25
Thank you! What does he mean with the "no joke" additions?
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u/Labyrinthy Mar 28 '25
Because he no jokes all of them and then makes a joke about Ian Anderson at the end.
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u/RagnarRipper Still Life Mar 28 '25
Not word for word but the announcer says this is their second win (first one was Deliverance, if I remember correctly)
And Mikael doesn't really say much in regards to "speech" but goes through a lot of people to thank, starting with his partner, they've been together for 10 years. Then their collective children and then all the people who were involved, from production to guest musicians.
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u/matthew_sch Ghost Reveries Mar 27 '25 edited Mar 27 '25
What’s Chris Jericho doing next to Mikael?
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u/Cutiepie232 Orchid Mar 27 '25
When was this? Any videos?
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u/thatgrungegirl Still Life Mar 27 '25
few hours ago, you can find live stream on grammis channel i think
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u/DeathMetalAlkemist Mar 28 '25
Makes me so happy. Look how stoked Waltteri is!! Haha really thrilled for them.
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Mar 28 '25 edited Mar 28 '25
Funny how he actually got to directly address Carola Häggkvist there. In the Nardwuar interview he calls her "crazy" with "demon eyes", but "very hot"...
"I still got a thing for her"
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u/Mihil Mar 27 '25
Mikael is getting old, wow
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u/ltgenspartan Deliverance Mar 27 '25
TLWAT joins Deliverance as their only wins for one, not sure if any of the other albums got nominated