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| Master Fan   Joined: Dec 2000
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| Sigur Rós #2: Because Soon We'll Be Writing Our Posts In Hopelandic!  BIOGRAPHY Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with melodic, classical and minimalist elements. The band is known for its ethereal sound and lead singer Jónsi’s falsetto voice. It has been said that the band draws on the rugged landscapes of their homeland for inspiration for much of their music. Jón Þór (Jónsi) Birgisson (guitar and vocals), Georg Hólm (bass) and Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson (drums) formed the group in Reykjavik in August 1994. Their name is taken from Jónsi's younger sister Sigurrós (which when translated into English means 'Victory Rose'), who was born the same day as the band was formed. They soon won a record deal with the local Sugarcubes-owned record label, Bad Taste. In 1997, they released their debut album Von and in 1998 a remix collection named Von brigði. The name is Icelandic wordplay: Vonbrigði means "disappointment", but Von brigði means "hope alteration". The band was joined by Kjartan Sveinsson on keyboards in 1998. He is the only member of Sigur Rós with musical training, and therefore has contributed most of the orchestral and string arrangements for their later work. After the release of 1999's Ágætis Byrjun, the band became well known for Jónsi's signature style of playing guitar with the bow from a cello, accentuated with reverb, creating a sweeping, fluid sound that is unique for an electric guitar. Drummer Ágúst left the band after the recording of Ágætis Byrjun and was replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason. In 2002, their highly anticipated follow-up album ( ) was released. Upon release all tracks on the album were untitled, though the band later published song names on their website. All of the lyrics on ( ) are sung in 'Vonlenska', also known as 'Hopelandic', a constructed language of nonsense syllables which resembles the phonology of the Icelandic language. In 2005 Takk... was released, and the band found more success, especially with the single 'Hoppipola', which was featured in trailers for the BBC series 'Planet Earth' and elsewhere. A special edition DVD+CD set was released in 2007 entitled Hvarf-Heim, which features new songs, reworked old songs, and live acoustic performances of select songs from all over the band's catalogue. In late February 2008 it was reported at Sigur Rós' official site that the band, together with producer Flood, has recorded the foundation of the forthcoming album. The album is said to be stylistically different, featuring fewer strings and more guitar.  DISCOGRAPHY CDs Von (1997) Von brigði (1998) Ágætis Byrjun (1999) ( ) (2002) Hlemmur soundtrack (2002) Takk... (2005) Hvarf/Heim (2007) DVDs Hlemmur (2002) Heima (2007)  SINGLES Svefn-g-englar Ný Batteri Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása Untitled #1 (Vaka) Hoppipolla Glósóli Sæglópur Hljómalind LIVE PERFORMANCES Sæglópur YouTube - Sigur Rós - Heima (2007) - Popplagið (live, ending) YouTube - Sigur Rós - Svefn g englar USEFUL LINKS Official site Merchandise Official MySpace page Official Flickr page Riceboy Sleeps - artwork by Jónsi and Alex Sommers Sigur Rós collector's site Guitar tabs Lyric translations __________________ go easy on me, I can't help what I'm doing | icon Last edited by goodnightboy; 05-24-2008 at 04:50 AM. | |||
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| Ultimate Fan  Joined: May 2007
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| Yeah we really do. I'll go to the sigur rós comm at LJ. See if I can find something. YAY! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS OUR 2ND THREAD. Who would've thought we'd be able to fill one.  Quote:
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| Passionate Fan  Joined: Mar 2005
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| Great!! Thanks José! I know, I can't believe we made it!    I had heard about the glockenspiel before, but did not know they used it in Saeglopur. Remember when we talked about Ba ba Ti ki Do do and I told you the 3 songs were to be played simultaneously, well I found it on youtube. so you can listen to it! YouTube - Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do (Song)- Sigur Ros I like it, it's very similar to Riceboy sleeps the group formed by Jonsi and his boyrfriend Alex if I'm not mistaken. What do you want to put in the 1st post? Auré __________________ "A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." Leopold Stokowski | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Dec 2000
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| I can't believe it either! It's amazing. I never thought a thread about a band so avant garde would actually have enough posts to have a second thread, but guys, we did it!  Well like I said I'm not sure if they're two names for the same thing or slightly different objects but hey, doesn't quite matter does it? Since I doubt none of us are going to be forming bands anytime soon... and I'm not sure if they use it in 'Saeglopur', I just think so. I haven't seen a concert video for the song yet. Exactly! I'm not sure about the OP, generally people put pictures, a bit about the band, each album, useful links, artwork - that's what we did for the Radiohead thread, but nowadays I seem to favour a neat-looking OP, so something not so long. Am listening to 'Ba Ba Ti Ki Do Do' now, it's very calming isn't it? And I can hear a bit of spoken vocals in bursts of static, OH, now I hear the piano - it's so pretty.  __________________ go easy on me, I can't help what I'm doing | icon | |||
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| Ultimate Fan Joined: May 2007
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| Listen to Ba ba ti ki di do. It's really.... weird.  I like it, but it's different. Let me think about what we can put on the OP. :d__________________ jose · icon by me | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Dec 2000
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| I wouldn't say it's entirely different from their usual stuff - it's not like they've gone post-punk or something (  at the thought) but it's different, yes. OP, OP... I guess we could use Wikipedia or the official site for a biography of the band __________________ go easy on me, I can't help what I'm doing | icon | |||
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| Ultimate Fan Joined: May 2007
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Well, yeah it's STILL Sigur Rós you know, but the whole composition is quite messy, don't you think? The way the 3 songs intertwine together is really weird, at least IMO.Quote:
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| Passionate Fan Joined: Mar 2005
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| Don't have much time right now to think about the OP, but I'm sure that we can find all the CDs on a few sites, rearrange the presentation, find some quotes from magazines, some pics from concerts with the e-bow or when he's singing in his guitare and it's done! I've been listening to Riceboy sleeps a lot, I mentionned it the other day, but I don't know if you've listened to it already: MySpace.com - Riceboy Sleeps - Reykjavík - Ambient / Visual - www.myspace.com/riceboysleeps love the vid of Daniell in the sea I agree, Baba... is different, i'm not sure i would listen to it very often, but it's still better the three together than each piece individually Auré __________________ "A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." Leopold Stokowski | |||
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| Passionate Fan  Joined: Oct 2002
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| Ooh, thread #2! OP... hmm, yeah, a picture, a little bio, maybe youtube links to some videos and perfromances, and a discography could all make it look a little more impressive. The basic work-up, really.__________________ i don't wrestle alligators icon by anamour @LJ | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Dec 2000
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| I don't know about the messiness, but OK, I can't quite remember so I'll take your word for it  Anybody want to get started on the OP, then? I would but I've been spending way too much time listening to Mark Kermode's film reviews I'll also listen to Riceboy Sleeps later. But I did listen to AB last night as I lay in bed. It was quite wonderful.__________________ go easy on me, I can't help what I'm doing | icon | |||
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| Passionate Fan Joined: Oct 2002
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| This might be a bit too wordy, I just cut and pasted most of it from Wikipedia. It's a starting point, at least. Feel free to cut it down more, correct it, whatever you want... Quote:
I got too lazy to search for more music videos and didn't want to search for other live perfromances. So come on, throw in your favorite youtube videos of them performing, and links to any other music videos you can find... __________________ i don't wrestle alligators icon by anamour @LJ Last edited by infinite sadness; 05-20-2008 at 07:48 PM. | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Dec 2000
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| Hey, there's no mention in that biography of Takk..., that's a surprise. Anyway, thanks for the link. I'm afraid I don't have anything to contribute though, I haven't really watched many SR YouTube performances or things like that. Oh and about 'Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása', right... I know you guys love it, but until yesterday I always thought of it as one of those songs that were OK but not fantastic, chiefly because I couldn't remember how it sounded like. So last night I took time out to listen to it and I realised it's REALLY GOOD. I love it. __________________ go easy on me, I can't help what I'm doing | icon | |||
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| Passionate Fan Joined: Oct 2002
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| Takk is mentioned in the third to last paragraph.  And I'm glad you've seen the light! __________________ i don't wrestle alligators icon by anamour @LJ | |||
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| Passionate Fan Joined: Mar 2005
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| Thanks Simone For doing it. Here are a few live performances I love : YouTube - Sigur Rós - Heima (2007) - Popplagið (live, ending) popplagid in the Heima movie YouTube - Sigur Rós - Svefn g englar and Svefn in 2001. As for the music videos: YouTube - sigur ros - Svefn-g-englar svefn with the Perlan Theater group (a group of mentally handicaped adults) YouTube - sigur ros - untitled #1 (vaka) vaka, with the children and the nuclear masks And a few pictures: sigur-ros-sigur-ros-en-route-pour-u.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Reykjavik05a-01.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Sigur20Ros2001.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Auré __________________ "A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." Leopold Stokowski | |||
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