What are you listening to right now?

[Brian]

the receiving end of sirens - smoke and mirrors

[Brian]

Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar

[John Scott]

Shanice - I Love Your Smile

[G10]

Originally Posted by John Scott

Shanice - I Love Your Smile

You big softie, you

Cool song though

[G10]

Originally Posted by Brian

Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar

You must be pretty chilled out by now then dude beautiful track btw

In case anybody isn't aware of this - Svefn-g-englar

[Cricket]

With Arms Wide Open (Creed)

[Julie]

Corrs- Borrowed Heaven

[Brian]

Originally Posted by G10

You must be pretty chilled out by now then dude beautiful track btw

In case anybody isn't aware of this - Svefn-g-englar

I SO BADLY want to see them live.

I've heard from everyone that ever has that it is the most beautiful thing they have seen or been to and that it ruins the fun of any other concert you will ever go to... aka they're amazing

[G10]

Same here dude. Svefn-g-englar almost brings a tear to my eye, fantastic stuff

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by G10

Same here dude. Svefn-g-englar almost brings a tear to my eye, fantastic stuff

WOW! I could listen to this kind of music all night long.

[webgirl]

Cyndi Lauper - Shine (dance mix version) - It has replayed 6 times so far.

[Domestic Diva]

Originally Posted by Cricket

WOW! I could listen to this kind of music all night long.

Me too!

I'd never even heard of them

That song is awesome! I've never heard anything like it!

I'll have to look up more of their music.


edit: I'm not sure why - they're kinda reminding me of Pink Floyd. Not the vocals - just the music.

[G10]

If you get the CD, lie on your bed, close your eyes and play that track. It's absolutley mind blowing

[Domestic Diva]

I can imagine!

I found them on iTunes - any recommendations for songs I should d/l?

[G10]

Best if you see which ones you like I guess so I have but a few from Youtube here for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9NEuDg-3eY

untitled #1

Hoppipolla

Could put more but you best go through them as you may not like them all

[Domestic Diva]

Man! I couldn't find this thread amongst the webgirl(boy) post-a-palooza.

Ok, I'm going to listen now. Thanks for posting those! I'll be back to tell you what I think. (in case you care lol)




edit: Wow - I absolutely loved the music!! It's just beautiful! However, I gotta admit, the video for untitled #1 was a bit creepy.

[Brian]

glad to see you guys taking an interest in these guys

a few FAQs from their site:

when did sigur rós form?
in august 1994, the same day jónsi's sister, sigurrós, was born (hence the band name).

what does 'sigur rós' mean?
sigur rós translates directly to 'victory rose'. sigur rós was named after jónsi's little sister, whose name is sigurrós (without a space). sigurrós is a fairly common female name in iceland.

what language does jónsi sing in?
on von, ágætis byrjun and takk, jónsi sang most songs in icelandic but a few of the songs were sung in 'hopelandic'. all of the vocals ( ) are however in hopelandic. hopelandic (vonlenska in icelandic) is the 'invented language' in which jónsi sings before lyrics are written to the vocals. it's of course not an actual language by definition (no vocabulary, grammar, etc.), it's rather a form of gibberish vocals that fits to the music and acts as another instrument. jónsi likens it with what singers sometimes do when they've decided on the melody but haven't written the lyrics yet. many languages were considered to be used on ( ), including english, but they decided on hopelandic. hopelandic (vonlenska) got its name from first song which jónsi sang it on, hope (von). tracks 7-9 on takk are in hopelandic.