i LOVE SigurRos
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- jarno0
takk fyrir for the heads up and lali puna. checked them out and liked...some of their tracks a lot.
- smartK0
I agree as to the notwist's old stuff.
Only the latest 2 albums are good, shrink and neon golden (while neon golden is faar better than shrink though).
- unknown0
fuckin shite
- smartK0
huh?
- chokethefat0
huh?
yeah..smartK, neon .. is awesome.. like it very much..very cool instrumental+male vocal..
check out blue fountain..pretty awesome too
okie dok..time 2 zzz..
- Bio0
checked out the newest DNTEL album last night.
fucking tight.
- Bio0
and if i man say, if you can find the song "The Dream of Evan and Chan", listen to it.
it is the first collaboration of DNTEL and Ben Gibbard. it is the song that started their collaboration to form The Postal Service.
I just listened to it last night and goddamn... i had to leave it on repeat for the whole night!
i can definitly see why they decided to continue working together. those cats got shit goin on!
- CraigG0
"Too many people sort of say that "the album ( ) and they're whole act is contrived and such" because he's singing in a made up language, there are no song titles, etc"
Erm, he's not singing a made-up manguage--he's singing in Icelandic! While it's not spoken outside of the country, it's very real! Granted, though, most Icelanders can't work out what the hell he's saying due to his singing style (my other half is Icelandic and can only pick out the odd few words in many of the tracks...)
- Bio0
i read an article not long ago that said his lyrics were in "hopelandish" which was created by the singer so that people wouldnt focus on the lyrics so much as the emotion conveyed.
some of the words are even in english though.all fine with me. just wish i could get away with shit like that in everyday life.
"eric, where is that project i asked for this morning?"
and i respond something like:
"you sai, you sai ohn. shiiiiine ohn."
and it would be understodd thru the tone of my voice that i just said "you are a complete jackass and please go screw yourself before i beat the ever living pigshit out of you."when i was a kid, my mom told me i live in a dreamworld.
- bhawk0
man this is the saddest video ever.
- jarno0
no, ( ) is not icelandic. stuff before ágætis byrjun were in icelandic/half icelandic half hopelandic. ( ) is completely hopelandic/made up. the vocals are more like the voice as an instrument, not words.
and someone mentioned ben gibbard. he rules too (;. have you heard his cover of björk's jóga?
here: http://www.hushrecords.com/eAlbu…and the whole "read: interpretting björk" ealbum, if interested, is available here: http://www.hushrecords.com/eAlbu…
lovely.
- cyril0
Yes, yes! Sigur Ros is amazing.
I listened to it as I walked around Downtown Minneapolis on my lunch break, just the other day. The world looks interesting with Sigur Ros as the soundtrack.If you like Sigur Ros, check out the MPLS band 'A Whisper In The Noise'.
http://www.awhisperinthenoise.co…
They recorded their debut album with Steve Albini last year.
- unknown0
Yah, hopelandish, that's it. A friend that went on and on about it being contrived for being a made up language, all I had to say was, "Well, you wouldn't understand it if it were in icelandic."
They've got a DVD coming sometime in the future of videos for every song on ( ). At least that's what I've read they're working on. Never know what to expect from a band who prctices in an abandoned swimming pool.
- cyril0
you gotta love the Sigur Ros website...
- Bio0
hey jarno. if you dig that cover of bjork, Deathcab for Cutie (Ben Gibbard's band) covers bjork's "All is Full of Love" on their EP "Stability"
it is a fucking awesome cover.
Ben Gibbard is my dad.
=)
- ********0
don't cry, it will hurt you
- CraigG0
I'd not heard the hopelandic thing before, although I know a fair chunk of the stuff was improvised and the language stretched to (and beyond) breaking point. The thing is, there's plenty of stuff even I, with my limited Icelandic, recognise in the previous album, and even some in ().
I wouldn't be surprised if at least some of () was (originally) Icelandic, but much of it got mushed during recording.
Either way, as someone else said, 99.9% of the world would understand them anyway even if they were speaking normal Icelandic, so it's all pretty academic.
They sound good anyway! :)
- nova0
thank you, I love you too
:)
- kodap0
depressing :(
- bhawk0
i just watch that video again it almost painful. Achingly beautiful.