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| MiMa (Düsseldorf, Germany) | Posted: Jul 06, 2009 - 01:28 Stingray wrote: We know: there are a million true SICKOS out there. The majority of them must be Sigur Ros fans. A really gave them a chance. I listened to each song of 4 albums. I did not find a SINGLE (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) song that did not pain the hell out of me.
Ridiculous this terrible supersweet violin-coating over each and any song. No rythm, hardly any melody and this sickening "language". The whole SR-thing is a hoax. It can't be nothing else. How old might their fans (fans??? really???) be? Twelve? Just eight? Liking lullabies? Or are they even adults? Grannies maybe? I just can't figure it out. I read about them, downloaded their albums and was terrified. I deleted all! Then I read again, wondered if I had been ignorant and loaded the same albums again and gave them a real chance another time. Same thing: I could hardly stand a single song. This pussy-attitude. This whining. This childish melancholy. Please point out a single, just ONE (!) single song of quality and I take anything said back and download that song a third time for good! Really angry, Hoppipolla - tttzzzzzzzz....!!!!! Stingray Come on, the same comment (like "unitled 8")?!? So you know what my answer is |
| Stingray (Cologne) | Posted: May 15, 2009 - 00:18 We know: there are a million true SICKOS out there. The majority of them must be Sigur Ros fans. A really gave them a chance. I listened to each song of 4 albums. I did not find a SINGLE (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) song that did not pain the hell out of me. Ridiculous this terrible supersweet violin-coating over each and any song. No rythm, hardly any melody and this sickening "language". The whole SR-thing is a hoax. It can't be nothing else. How old might their fans (fans??? really???) be? Twelve? Just eight? Liking lullabies? Or are they even adults? Grannies maybe? I just can't figure it out. I read about them, downloaded their albums and was terrified. I deleted all! Then I read again, wondered if I had been ignorant and loaded the same albums again and gave them a real chance another time. Same thing: I could hardly stand a single song. This pussy-attitude. This whining. This childish melancholy. Please point out a single, just ONE (!) single song of quality and I take anything said back and download that song a third time for good! Really angry, Hoppipolla - tttzzzzzzzz....!!!!! Stingray |
| scruzer (Lompico, CA, USA) | Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 22:41 This is definitely one of those "YOU LOVE IT" or "YOU HATE IT". I love it! |
| ElizabethBoody (Washington, DC) | Posted: Aug 02, 2005 - 08:18 Music Capitol has a contest to win two Sigur Ros Hollywood Bowl Tickets for October 5, 2005: http://musiccapitol.blogspot.com/2005/08/win-two-sigur-ros-hollywood-bowl.html |
| netstv (Martinez, CA) | Posted: Jul 13, 2004 - 14:18 OH GOD!! Please.. is it really You? Shoot me!!!  |
| phineas (lotusland) | Posted: Jul 13, 2004 - 14:18 Sort of like repetitive, slow sneezes: Achoooooooooeeeeeeeooooooooo....... Achoooooooooeeeeeeeooooooooo....... Achoooooooooeeeeeeeooooooooo....... Achoooooooooeeeeeeeooooooooo....... |
| Mairy (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Jul 13, 2004 - 14:18 Oh my god - the pain...my ears are BLEEDING! |
| MikeyB | Posted: Jul 13, 2004 - 14:16 Sigur Rox is more like it |
| whultman (Trogdor's backyard (Southern CA)) | Posted: Jul 13, 2004 - 14:16 Someone, please kill me now... |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jul 13, 2004 - 14:15 Fellas, I just gotta have more cowbell. |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jul 13, 2004 - 14:11 Johnny, quit making your little sister cry. Stop teasing her. Don't make me come in there. |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Jun 29, 2004 - 22:39 Steelhead wrote: As the song went on, I kept downgrading, 3, 2, 1..................
i see what you mean. pretty self-indulgent. botoh, it could grow on one with repeated torturings!       |
| redeyespy (SoFL) | Posted: Jun 29, 2004 - 22:38 Platypus wrote: I demand more straight-forward, bland, unchallenging, "comfortable" pop, dammit!
 I can appreciate that sort of facetiousness, but in this case....I hope this isn't the most representative of Sigur Ros. I dig this sort of music, but this one alternated between unintentional hilarity and sheer boredom. |
| pseudafred (Work, MD) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:13 I was standing outside my office and listening to this yodelling. I was trying to turn it down telepathically. (That never works.) It sounds (to me) like Swiss Miss joined The Pink Floyd in an elevator. Still soothing, but I'm trying to work and not space. |
| Steelhead | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:13 As the song went on, I kept downgrading, 3, 2, 1.................. |
| charlesryder (The wrong side of the bridge, FL) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:11 I'm waiting for Svefn g-englar (can I buy a vowel mix) |
| Mikec445 (Canton, Ga.) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:09 I quite like this, some serious mood music with a great vocal for a capper.  |
| ANNE_MARIE (The Ozark Mountains) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:08 Monkeysmom wrote: no no. it's CCCCChhhhhhhhhheeeeeWWWWWW. 
it's not that bad...it makes me laugh to the point of tears. that's always good. it's growing on me? |
| Pyro (Shreveport, LA) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:07 I can see both sides of the "debate" here. It creates an interesting atmospheric mood. |
| bfh | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:06 Sure they may be fantastic live, but im at work, and Im not feeling the "mood". Im feeling sleepy... toppermustard wrote: i feel sorry for anyone who can't enjoy this band or its music... sigur rós are one of the few bands that exist today that are extending rock 'n' roll's lifespan... they are also brilliant live...
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| dbm86698 (somewhere in mid america) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:04 Alanur wrote: :nodhead: The more you listen the more annoying and less interesting it gets. thats the song I have ever heard in my life |
| Alanur (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:03 bluedot wrote: interesting but ultimately annoying.
:nodhead: The more you listen the more annoying and less interesting it gets. |
| cataloger (Fayettnam, AR) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:03 Oh I get it...the chipmunks are doing trance music now. |
| toppermustard (Dallas) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:03 i feel sorry for anyone who can't enjoy this band or its music... sigur rós are one of the few bands that exist today that are extending rock 'n' roll's lifespan... they are also brilliant live... |
| Mark1970 (Grayson, GA) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:02 Gregorama wrote: It ain't me, Babe.
Ummm..... I do not resemble a big blue ox...... but thanks anyway, Hon..... For those two other people out there that like this, check these guys out live..... and NO you don't have to be f*cked up on drugs! |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:00 It ain't me, Babe. Do these guys play proms? |
| Mark1970 (Grayson, GA) | Posted: Jun 03, 2004 - 12:00 skindy wrote: I seem to be in the minority here, but I really like this song. It's hypnotic and beautiful. Thank you, Bill, for keeping it in the rotation despite the avalanche of negative comments! There ARE those of us out here who appreciate this!
 Nice to see some other folks on here appreciate this..... and, yes, thank you, Bill!!! |
| fubarsnafu | Posted: May 21, 2004 - 06:10 aarrrgggghhhhh!!! Dreadful. |
| RichardPrins (Canada) | Posted: May 21, 2004 - 06:09 |
| newfff (London, UK) | Posted: May 21, 2004 - 06:02 What a beautiful noise. Not an easy listen - I've had to suspend work for the duration. I feel blown away. |
| skindy (Albany, NY) | Posted: May 21, 2004 - 06:00 I seem to be in the minority here, but I really like this song. It's hypnotic and beautiful. Thank you, Bill, for keeping it in the rotation despite the avalanche of negative comments! There ARE those of us out here who appreciate this! |
| Jezza (Aylesbury, UK) | Posted: Apr 25, 2004 - 03:30 Jaw dropping stuff 
Seen Sigur Ros twice in the live arena, the sounds and atmospheres that they can create is simply out of this world IMHO |
| pixidrizzl (St. Louis, MO) | Posted: Apr 12, 2004 - 08:08 I like to think I'm pretty diverse in my musical taste but I'm so not digging this one. It's making me cringe.  |
| Red_Dragon (somewhere in the great midwest) | Posted: Apr 12, 2004 - 08:06 syd barret on acid....LOTS of acid...bleh |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Apr 12, 2004 - 08:05 I demand more straight-forward, bland, unchallenging, "comfortable" pop, dammit! |
| Pipes (Murray, UT) | Posted: Apr 12, 2004 - 08:02 This has been the playlist from hell! |
| willmcnaught (Eugene Oregon) | Posted: Mar 30, 2004 - 15:24 I'm glad I am not the only one that finds that last song pretty darn annoying at the least and I am glad it is over! :P |
| the_jake (Living on the edge) | Posted: Mar 18, 2004 - 08:55 Monkeysmom wrote: I 1st checked to see if I had commented on this before, which I hadn't. Then I tried hard not to just slam the piece, when I found Monkeysmom's comment which put my feelings into one descriptive word. No sir, I don't like it. Not one bit. |
| Whit (Smyrna, GA) | Posted: Mar 18, 2004 - 08:54 pdhski wrote: sort of like a moose call
It made me think of a wailing seal. :-k |
| ronny (mechelen,belgium) | Posted: Mar 18, 2004 - 08:53 splendy wrote: Pierces my brain, and not in a good way.
But just try to listen,it's so beautiful... |
| splendy (mid-America) | Posted: Mar 18, 2004 - 08:51 Pierces my brain, and not in a good way. |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Mar 18, 2004 - 08:51 ediTed wrote: I had to stop what I was doing and log on and let you know that this is the worst piece of crap I've ever heard.
Yes! It's THAT bad! Ditto. Had to put down my work on preparing for my fantasy baseball league draft (important stuff) to do the same thing. UGH!!!!! |
| morren | Posted: Mar 18, 2004 - 08:51 Please make it stop... losing will to live... aaaghreehayyy! |
| spicysquid (Washington, DC) | Posted: Mar 18, 2004 - 08:51 Boring and endless, so "subtle" as to induce sleep |
| ronny (mechelen,belgium) | Posted: Mar 18, 2004 - 08:50 Mark1970 wrote: It's too bad that most people just don't get this group or their material. Live they are even more amazing... the work this guy does with a bow on his guitar is mesmerizing! I have no idea what he's saying, but it isn't about that. His voice is an additional instrument that makes this piece even more haunting and beautiful. Say what you will, but at least these guys are original and different.
well-said Mark
i love many songs of this group  |
| Mark1970 (Grayson, GA) | Posted: Mar 18, 2004 - 08:49 It's too bad that most people just don't get this group or their material. Live they are even more amazing... the work this guy does with a bow on his guitar is mesmerizing! I have no idea what he's saying, but it isn't about that. His voice is an additional instrument that makes this piece even more haunting and beautiful. Say what you will, but at least these guys are original and different. |
| ediTed (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: Feb 23, 2004 - 15:54 I had to stop what I was doing and log on and let you know that this is the worst piece of crap I've ever heard. Yes! It's THAT bad! |
| rah | Posted: Feb 23, 2004 - 15:52 you know, the prog-rock hipster in me really wants to like this, but i can only think of whale songs. really irritating. |
| Kerry04 (Rochester, NY) | Posted: Feb 18, 2004 - 20:02 Haunting epic.  |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Feb 15, 2004 - 12:45 subtle. incredibly beautiful. |