So Sigur Ros is a pretty good band

Bibble · August 2008

anyone can recognize icelandic immediately because it is the only [living] language that uses þ and ð

Khavall · August 2008

Monkeyfeet wrote: »

I keep seeing the word awesome. But not hearing it

Maybe you need your everything inspected.

Because you see, if you can see the name Sigur Ros, and not see the awesome, your awesome sensor is fucked all to hell.

Bibble · August 2008

also... the norwegians cross their ø's but icelandic adds a dieresis... this is simple stuff really

Veretas · August 2008

bibble what is a dieresis

Bibble · August 2008

an umlaut (technically not but it's close enough for you simpletons)

ZeroFill · August 2008

it's that thing where they take your blood out of your body and filter it with umlauts

OmegaTofuNinja · August 2008

bibble sounds like a goddamn language scientist

Monkeyfeet · August 2008

Khavall wrote: »

Monkeyfeet wrote: »

I keep seeing the word awesome. But not hearing it

Maybe you need your everything inspected.

Because you see, if you can see the name Sigur Ros, and not see the awesome, your awesome sensor is fucked all to hell.

Well it would help if you pointed me in the right direction to hear something instead of just yammering on

Khavall · August 2008

Bibble who cares about the language.

They invented a pseudo-language so that even to people who speak icelandic/norwegian/whatever, it would still be gibberish.

Sometimes they play their shit backwards so that even to people who speak icelandic/norwegian/whatever, it would still be gibberish.

It's not about the language or the words.

Veretas · August 2008

bibble what is an umlaut

Khavall · August 2008

Monkeyfeet wrote: »

Khavall wrote: »

Monkeyfeet wrote: »

I keep seeing the word awesome. But not hearing it

Maybe you need your everything inspected.

Because you see, if you can see the name Sigur Ros, and not see the awesome, your awesome sensor is fucked all to hell.

Well it would help if you pointed me in the right direction to hear something instead of just yammering on

I have their discography listed in the OP.

Go on Itunes or wherever and buy that shit like a not-tool

Uncle Long · August 2008

Sigur Ros is fantastic. Their live shows are amazing. Anyone who disagrees is objectively wrong and also dumb.

Faricazy · August 2008

i love sigur ros so much

takk is the best album by them i think

Bibble · August 2008

Veretas wrote: »

bibble what is an umlaut

Â¨

Khavall · August 2008

An umlaut is when you form the "ee" sound while your lips form another sound.

Are we happy? We know what it is. Let's get over it.

Sigur Ros is not about Umlauts, it's about the best thing ever.

Veretas · August 2008

oh it's the eyes that go on the happy face

¨u

Bibble · August 2008

Khavall wrote: »

An umlaut is when you form the "ee" sound while your lips form another sound.

well not totally. in swedish the ä has evolved to be pronounced like a regular short e...

Bibble · August 2008

and explain this

ẍ

Veretas · August 2008

sckseeeeeeeeeeeeee

The_Rat · August 2008

Figured I might as well toss in some music videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0AZIFmkogY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDxMQaMqsig

Khavall · August 2008

Bibble wrote: »

and explain this

ẍ

Norway's version of the middle finger?

Bibble · August 2008

Khavall wrote: »

Bibble wrote: »

and explain this

ẍ

Norway's version of the middle finger?

nah i looked it up and apparently its only used in some roman texts and shit.

ZeroFill · August 2008

Khavall · August 2008

Bibble wrote: »

Khavall wrote: »

Bibble wrote: »

and explain this

ẍ

Norway's version of the middle finger?

nah i looked it up and apparently its only used in some roman texts and shit.

Fine, Rome's version of the middle finger?

Bibble · August 2008

you know i should probably listen to sigur ros sometime

Wallhitter · August 2008

Khavall wrote: »

Bibble wrote: »

Khavall wrote: »

Bibble wrote: »

and explain this

ẍ

Norway's version of the middle finger?

nah i looked it up and apparently its only used in some roman texts and shit.

Fine, Rome's version of the middle finger?

FUCTURUS EST

Cowboy-Bebop · August 2008

Worst interview ever.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2007/10/when_good_interviews_go_bad.html

The end is kind of sad too, for all people who believed they made up a language.

Weaver · August 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WhQ5TiBHVk

Khavall · August 2008

I think the commentary on that interview is amazing.

Wiseguy · August 2008

Sigur Ros's most recent album was okay, but I was hoping they would completely abandon their more quiet, scenic style and move into the direction of awesome destructive post-rock, which they have proved they are very capable of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8jmLec_wEc

Just wait up to the 2 minute mark and you will see the beginnings of one of the craziest build ups which eventually reaches a godly, epic climax.

Ranx · August 2008

WHY WOULD I WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS IT IS NOT ENGLISH

JC of DI · August 2008

A lot of it isn't really Icelandic either.

Just a dude essentially singing whatever phonetic sounds he wants while some nice music plays.

L|ama · August 2008

Bibble wrote: »

you know i should probably listen to sigur ros sometime

I thought the same thing once

then I did, and wasn't really impressed

Bibble · August 2008

L|ama wrote: »

Bibble wrote: »

you know i should probably listen to sigur ros sometime

I thought the same thing once

then I did, and wasn't really impressed

oh wait this is what happened to me....

Rankenphile · August 2008

so it's post rock because this is what happened when everyone who knows how to write intriguing melodies dies or something, or what?

because sigur ros is fucking coma music, shit

Fallout · August 2008

Khavall wrote: »

Listen you guys, there's this band known as Sigur Ros.

They are awesome. Wikipedia says they are an "Icelandic post-rock band with melodic, classical and minimalist elements" This is not important at all. All you need to know is they're fucking incredible and better than you at everything.

You know what, fuck it. They sing in crazy, and "Vonlenska"(A pseudo-language they fucking made up). Sometimes the words are backwards. This amplifies the awesome.

They have eight albums. These albums are:
Von
von brigÃ°i
ÃgÃ¦tis byrjun
( )
Takk...
Heima
Hvarf-Heim
MeÃ° suÃ° Ã eyrum viÃ° spilum endalaust

These albums all contain more awesome than all of you combined.

They were also used in the recent Prince of Persia trailer. This was I guess because Ubisoft realized that they needed an extra shot of the best thing on earth and used them.

If you try to listen to their music and feel like you're high, it just means you're listening to them right.

Some people don't like them. These people are known as tools. I have a friend who doesn't like them because the indie kids like them. That's right, she doesn't like them because it's cool to like them because it's not cool to like them. Once again, tools.

If you don't like Sigur Ros you're a tool too.

Let's all talk about how great they are. Though I guess if you have other bands that are also less known and equally as awesome you maybe can talk about them.

Spoiler:

But let's face it they're not as cool as Sigur Ros

Spoiler:

I just had my composition professor tell me to watch bootleg recordings of Sigur Ros performing live. Best fucking professor ever

Spoiler:

I hope you're fucking happy, bibble

so, do you listen to any other post-rock, or ?

Meissnerd · August 2008

are you sure these guys aren't just speaking some scandinavian language and not their own

Dublo7 · August 2008

Agaetis Byrjun is their only album worth giving a shit about.

Inconsistent · August 2008

I'm going to see them live in two fucking days. I'm so excited. Untitled #8 is going to be amazing.

L|ama · August 2008

I'll take this as an invitation to post other overly long music from almost Scandinavian countries.

Moonsorrooooooow

Aurinko ja Kuu

Tuuleen Tytar / Soturin Tie

and the raddest, Pakanajuhla

the last one is cool because it's all happy sounding and shit but they lyrics are really bitter and about the christianization of scandinavia. Bad translation follows:

Spoiler:

Penny Arcade

So Sigur Ros is a pretty good band

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