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So Sigur Ros is a pretty good band

KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
edited September 2008 in Social Entropy++
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 brigði
Ágætis byrjun
( )
Takk...
Heima
Hvarf-Heim
Með suð í eyrum við 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.
But let's face it they're not as cool as Sigur Ros
I just had my composition professor tell me to watch bootleg recordings of Sigur Ros performing live. Best fucking professor ever
I hope you're fucking happy, bibble

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  • Threadbare SockThreadbare Sock regular
    edited August 2008
    i had a crazy white supremacist roommate who was into sigur ros

    so i have a hard time hearing their songs without thinking of the douchebag

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  • OmegaTofuNinjaOmegaTofuNinja Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Oh my god I love this band. I've only got Hvarf-Heim and Med Sud though. So good

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    sugar ross

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  • Wombat!!Wombat!! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I thought we all knew that this was common knowledge. Why do we even need a thread?!

    I love Hoppipolla Afturabak.

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  • DragDrag Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
  • OmegaTofuNinjaOmegaTofuNinja Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    How do you even pronounce the band name? I do it differently every time I talk about them to someone.

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  • ScudoScudo Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I hate to be the guy that is like "these dudes put me to sleep," but I seriously ended up in the back of the crowd, curled up on the ground, completely dead to the world at one of their shows

    in the right setting I bet I could get into them though

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Listen I know that there are people here who don't know how great they fucking are. In G&T once someone brought up Sigur Ros and someone said "They're some indie band that the D&D people like"

    Well you know what, we're better than D&D. We won't just mention how great they are.


    Sigur Ros needs a thread to its own. They're that good.

    They're Sigur Ros.

    Look, see Scudo. He just doesn't understand.

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  • Wombat!!Wombat!! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    SEE-hur Ross i think

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  • thorpethorpe Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I've got a Saeglopur shirt.

    They were especially awesome in the Life Aquatic soundtrack.

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  • The_RatThe_Rat Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I would recommend that people find the Ba Ba/Ti Ki/Di Do mini-album and play all three songs at the same time. It makes a new song and it's awesome.

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  • JC of DIJC of DI I think we're fucked up. I know I am.Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The whole concept of ( ) is just cool as hell. Completely untitled songs, that made-up language, blank CD booklet, and then even the little things like the on/off click at the beginning and end of the album.

    Also, Vanilla Sky is what introduced me to Sigur Ros. Njosnavelin (Untitled #4) playing when Tom Cruise is falling just made it the best part of the movie.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    God fucking dammit why the fuck did you have to make me buy more songs god dammit I hate you

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Sigur Ros is the kind of band that could come up with ( )

    ( ) is just a small idea of how great they are.

    They are able to just go with what they want, make it crazy, and have it work.

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  • Frank BrakFrank Brak Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    They are my go to band if I ever feel I need to space out.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Frank Brak wrote: »
    They are my go to band if I ever feel I need to get work done.

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  • Frank BrakFrank Brak Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    That too.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    They are my go to band if I need the best fucking anything ever.

    Over the past week I have listened to the following:

    Nirvana
    Sigur Ros
    "The Adding Machine"

    By the way, The Adding Machine is a pretty good musical.

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Name the one song that will impress me the most and make me want to try even more.

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  • thorpethorpe Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    You didn't mention that the guitarist of Sigur Ros (or one of them, at any rate) uses a violin bow to play.

    He is that awesome.

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  • ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    thread lacks content

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    By the way, the Guitarist of Sigur Ros uses a violin bow to play.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Sigur Ros is pretty rad but really they were old news about 5 months ago. Am I being way too indy or are people really just finding out about Hopelandic?

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    thread lacks content

    Thread contains Sigur Ros.

    Sigur Ros is more content then anything you've ever posted.

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Khavall wrote: »
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    thread lacks content

    Thread contains Sigur Ros.

    Sigur Ros is more content then anything you've ever posted.

    his statement stands

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  • ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    thread lacks indie street cred

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Weaver wrote: »
    Sigur Ros is pretty rad but really they were old news about 5 months ago. Am I being way too indy or are people really just finding out about Hopelandic?

    You are being way too indie.


    Bands do not become lame by being not cool in the indie crowd. Bands become lame by not making awesome.


    Sigur Ros still makes awesome.

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  • BibbleBibble __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    don't they sing in icelandic, not norwegian


    you know since they are in iceland

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Shut up bibble, it's all moon language

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  • Wombat!!Wombat!! Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Hoppipolla is a staple. Really great song.

    Glosoli is also one to check out, but be sure to listen to the whole thing for full effect.

    Gobbledigook is also a great one. But then again, all of them are great.

    oh, and that is t- monkeyfeet

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  • BibbleBibble __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    Khavall wrote: »
    Shut up bibble, it's all moon language

    its pretty obvious i mean norwegian doesn't even have the 2 th phonemes..

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  • BibbleBibble __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    "i am a huge fan of this band but i dont know what language they speak in their home country"

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    thread lacks WaM

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  • ZeroFillZeroFill Feeling much better. A nice, green leaf.Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    like rammstein

    who the fuck knows

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Bibble wrote: »
    "i am a huge fan of this band but i dont know what language they speak in their home country"

    Who the fuck cares. Sigur Ros? Awesome.

    Language spoken? Not American, so all that not-American language anyways.


    Who fucking cares what they actually sing in, they're still awesome.


    But if you fucking care that fucking much, I'll update the OP.

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  • BibbleBibble __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    no wait they speak icleandic in norway and norwegian in iceland..... woops lol its a trick!

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    i'd rather here people singing icelandic than norwegian, personally

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  • Frank BrakFrank Brak Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    ZeroFill wrote: »
    like rammstein

    who the fuck knows

    According to Germans I've met, they don't know either.

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I keep seeing the word awesome. But not hearing it

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Some songs are in Icelandic. Some songs are in Hopelandic. Some are a mix. Just watch the video for Gobbledigook and wish you were that cool.

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