The hills are alive with the sound of….

My favorite Freebird incident was when I saw Opeth. Someone yelled it out, and Mikael stopped and said, "What? What's 'Freebird'?" Got some laughs from the crowd, and he said, "No, seriously, what's 'Freebird'?" It got a little uncomfortably quiet, and the guy who yelled it started explaining, and after about 10 seconds, Mikael said, "Dude, I know what 'Freebird' is. We're Swedish, not stupid. But wouldn't you just sh!t yourself if we played it now?"

Mikael is funny. His banter with the crowd is almost half the entertainment.
 
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