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01-28-2007, 05:28 AM | #1 |
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So beautiful, it deserves its own thread.
Višrar Vel Til Loftįrįsa by Sigur Ros.
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01-28-2007, 07:27 AM | #2 |
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I know it was about stereotypes and hate but I wish I knew what the lyrics said all the same.
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01-28-2007, 07:39 AM | #3 |
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Not too sure about this song in particular, but in some of their songs Sigur Rós aren't speaking any language. They made up their own 'language' just to suit their songs, using voice as an extra instrument. So it doesn't mean anything, really!
from: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/faq.php "what language does jónsi sing in? on von, įgętis 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." |
01-28-2007, 07:59 AM | #4 |
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yeah, I know, thats one thing i love about them.
But this one, 'good weather for airstrikes', is in icelandic.
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01-28-2007, 10:09 AM | #5 |
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Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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01-28-2007, 07:18 PM | #6 |
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višrar vel til loftįrįsa
ég lęt mig lķša įfram ķ gegnum hausinn hugsa hįlfa leiš afturįbak sé sjįlfan mig syngja fagnašarerindiš sem viš sömdum saman viš įttum okkur draum įttum allt viš rišum heimsendi viš rišum leitandi klifrušum skżjakljśfa sem sķšar sprungu upp frišurinn śti ég lek jafnvęgi dett nišur alger žögn ekkert svar en žaš besta sem guš hefur skapaš er nżr dagur which translates as... Good Weather For Airstrikes I Slide Forward Through My Head I Think Half Way Backwards See Myself Sing The Anthem We Wrote Together We Had A Dream We Had Everything We Rode To The End Of The World We Rode Searching Climbed Skyscrapers Which Later Exploded The Peace Was Gone Balance Leaks Out I Fall Down Slide Forward Through My Head I Always Return To The Same Place Total Silence No Answer (But) The Best Thing God Has Created Is A New... Day
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01-29-2007, 10:24 PM | #7 |
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Not generally my type of music, but that is so haunting. I keep playing it. I don't need to know the words.
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01-29-2007, 10:35 PM | #8 |
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All Sigur Ros is like that, highly recommended.
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01-30-2007, 12:25 AM | #9 |
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Hmm, have been investigating. Only this one touched me -it was the video, -it worked so well I now don't need the images....
The rest of it -the other tunes-, nice, but I find i'm writing shopping lists before the first minute is up -nice for the background, but not "sit up and pay attention' music, which is what the video makes this piece.
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03-23-2007, 07:47 PM | #10 |
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I saw Sigur Rós almost exactly a year ago in Manchester. It was unbelievable.
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