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I found this album in the store the other day and it intrigued me. No liner notes, track names... so I bought it and I tell you... its beautiful. I havent heard an album this nice in ages. Think of a mixture of Martin Grech, Radiohead's Kid A, Pink Floyd and the (sadder) piano tracks from Drukqs. Absolute bliss and deserves to be in anyone's collection. |
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Yeah it's good but the "lyric" annoys |
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I tend to ignore the lyrics... the music speaks for itself.. :) |
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Its nice to know someone else loves this record.Great album. Get thier earlier album :agaetis byrjun,its a bit more melodic,beautifull. |
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I didnt think it possible... ;) |
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i've got them both too, think i like agætis byrjun a bit more.. maybe cause i haven't listened to ( ) that much yet.. though i'm very happy with them both :) |
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I can't decide which one is better,mainly becuase they're different sounds alltogether. |
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The lyrics are the only flaw, otherwise that album is just... aaaah, so damn pretty. |
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how is the new one different to the old one then? |
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i saw them live about two weeks ago and i've gotta admit, the show was very chilled out and there was some beautiful moments, but for the last half hour i was constantly looking at my watch, dying for it to finish. theres not enough variation, if u know what i mean. |
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the lyrics!? Lol, i didn't think anyone would actually be able to understand them :-p I certainly don't... So what's wrong with them then? Just curious. (beautiful beautiful album though! I haven't bought AB yet, but ( ) is definitly awesome) |
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whats his best album to start with? havent heared anything by him... |
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they arre made up worrds. and generrally the same made up worrds overr and overr again, morre as an extrra instrrument that anything. |
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that was to you surrounded |
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Sigur Rós are a band, daddy! I'd say get Ágætis Byrjun first, but a lot of people seem to prefer ()... So in conclusion, I don't know. |
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"morre as an extrra instrrument that anything." and that bothers people? I thought it was rather nice that i wasn't able to understand the lyrics... it leaves more room for your own interpretation :-) "they arre made up worrds." Actually that is just a myth created by the press. I have a buddy who studies icelandic, and he said he could perfectly understand all the lyrics on AB. Some words were a little strange here and there, but it certainly wasn't some strange fictional language. |
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ow.. well ill just pick randomly then :) |
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yeah they arre rreal on AB, but fake on the new one. |
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also the chorrus of Svefn-G-Englar is fake. |
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"but fake on the new one." oh okay :-) didn't know that! "Svefn-G-Englar " i think "svefngenglar" means "sleepwalkers"... and "englar" means "angel"... so the way they wrote that, it becomes a combination of sleepwalkers and angels :-D I always liked that... don't know about the chorus though... |
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on the sigur ros site there are some lyrics... |
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"sleepwalkers and angels" yeah i like too. |
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i think everyone is annoyed by the fact that tracks 1, 4 8 have the identical words and damn near identical vocal melody... . do you think it's meant as one long piece or actually seperate songs? |
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becuase this bugs the shit out of me ... i |
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looks like the vinyl edition has been cancelled indefinately :( |
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"tracks 1, 4 8 have the identical words" i never noticed that... :-s So it also never bothered me :-) But i'll pay attention next time. I'd say it's not necesarily a bad thing... sometimes repeating certain things (in a different context) can work brilliantly. |
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damn that totally sucks |
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Kid A? Err, no... Anyway, this was the most disappointing album of 2002 for me. As with 100th Window this year, () just doesn't stick in my head at all, aside from the irritating lyric. Agaetis Byrjun is a great album with tunes you can remember. () is simply tedious. |
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oh my, I love this album... absolutely beautiful, and almost perfect... I like it better then their first which I hardly listen to... and the lyrics, well, it doesn't bother me at all... just like an extra instrument to me anyways... it doesn't get in the way cause I don't understand it... so, like surrounded said, it's more open to my interpretation... which I like... |
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I bought () on the release date, and I listened to it at home, alone on a chair on grado headphones. I cried with the first track. See, just now it gets me emotionnal. It's the music I want to die with. But yes, it's about the same lyric on *all* 8 tracks, the same muted sentence that is deconstructed all along the album. |
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maybe they arre just lazy bastarrds. |
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to me the vocals are just another instrument... the most expressive and moving one by chance. |
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and hearing people say they like AB but not ( ) to me is like hearing you like please please me but not sgt pepper's. i know it's subjective, but to me that's what it feels like, like you're missing out, or just need to give it another chance. it's so beautiful. exponential improvement from their last effort. from a good band to masters of the universe. |
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the videoclip of 'vidrar vel til loftarasa' is beautiful |
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I'm icelandic and i can tell you that all of the songs on AB are in icelandic except for maybe 2. It bothers me that they don't sing in icelandic anymore. English could have been good too, any words with meaning. if they think of jónsi's voice as an extra "instrument" as they say, why not have it in the background and not be so obvious? But i guess it doesn't mean much to you guys. |
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Ampop's (icelandic band) new album "Made for market" sounds like the second sigur rós album i would have wanted. Check that one out, it's beautiful. sort of like Sigur Rós + IDM. i'm uploading it on the ftp (u know the one) :) |
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Actually some lyrics are a mix of Icelantic,English and Hopelantic. Hopelantic was a language spoken many years ago which origonates from Iceland. Many people debates it's authenticity,because there is no written text of it and a minority can speak it,but certain words crop up throughout every language. IMO I prefer not to know what is being sang,because I make up the meanings each time I listen to their music,varying on my present mood. At my first listen they reminded me of RadioHead,but they're in a totaly different league.Oh and the critics love them. |
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Oh and to get the soound the use on the guitar,use an e-bow or a cello-bow across the strings.It makes a lovely sound. |
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About the comment that the same words, maybe the album is like a "theme" or something...? danbrusca> Yeh I made a mistake on the Kid A part but that was only after hearing the () album once. Now that Ive listened to it again I feel differently. Nothing like Radiohead. ;) |
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look, hopelandish is not a language originated from iceland!, and has never been "spoken" by anyone except Jónsi. It was invented by him and has only be used by him. Where did you hear such a ridicilous thing? Who lied to you? |
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What ftp? ... sorry I'm out of the loop but I'll keep it on the DL |
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Good man ;) |
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regital: if you public your e-mail i can send info for accessing the ftp |
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It's public |
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Whoa!!Who shit on your strawberries dude? I read it somewhere,that hopelantic was a language from Iceland. You could have just said,I was wrong about the information.Just make it seem a little more pleasant,please. |
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sorry :) |
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Forgiven. |
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but anyway...i think you'll love ampop. recommended trax: Made for Market (i get goosebumps listening to this) Sociopath (also with this 1) Ampop/Period (this one too) :) January Home Sweet Home (what a fucking lovely piano melody) |
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i don't understand at all. don't you like the music? do you need a story to keep your attention? why would you want them to do anything other than they feel like doing? regarding your questioning why jonsi's vocals are so upfront, i think it's very obvious. for the same reason jimi hendrix's guitar was upfront. jonsi's vocals are extremely expressive and powerful. you'd rather he didn't let all that expression out? |
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