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Wouldn't Sigur Ros be 50 times better if they sang in English?

xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
edited June 2008 in Other Music
Nobody can even understand WTF he is even saying... That is what turns me off to most of their music... it has good emotion but it means nothing to me in any way... and its not even beautiful (just the language, Not the music)... at some parts the language actually sounds kind of nasty with the german "ch" sound
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    If they did that, you'd find out most of their songs aren't about glaciers after all, but about haddock.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Wouldn't it be better if everyone everywhere just spoke and sang in English?
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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    wow
  • xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Wouldn't it be better if everyone everywhere just spoke and sang in English?

    Yes.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    xSmackSoundx wrote:
    Yes.


    Wouldn't it be better if everyone was also white while they spoke and sang in English?
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  • xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Wouldn't it be better if everyone was also white while they spoke and sang in English?

    I see what your getting at... and no I'm not racist... I just like to understand what i'm hearing..
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    xSmackSoundx wrote:
    I see what your getting at... and no I'm not racist... I just like to understand what i'm hearing..


    So, of course, everyone should sing and speak your language?
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  • hodgehodge Posts: 519
    i don't think it would be as good

    there's a chance that the lyrics wouldn't be awesome

    i think they are perfect the way they are
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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    its not even like its pure icelandic theyre singing in... from what i understand they even take liberties with their own language... dr. suessian type shit... so its more about the audio experience and less about you or anyone else understanding it

    personally i like it... i cant fall asleep to music with clear lyrics cause i get too caught up listening and interpretting and shit... with sigur ros i just turn it on and relax so easily

    im a fan of italian opera and shit though... so i can care less if i understand something... as long as i like the sounds
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLQcVXBynXs
  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    No no no!
    They have songs about jumping in puddles! I'd rather not understand the lyrics, they're beautiful sounds :) Understanding them would be the biggest anticlimax ever; instead of thinking how cool it'd sound I'd be thinking about how lame the lyrics are!
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  • xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    eyedclaar wrote:
    So, of course, everyone should sing and speak your language?

    Yes, but it doesn't have to be english... I'm just saying it would be nice for everyone to understand everything anyone else says... Universal language or way of communicating... I wish I could understand Sigur Ros but I can't so the music is virtually meaningless
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    xSmackSoundx wrote:
    Yes, but it doesn't have to be english... I'm just saying it would be nice for everyone to understand everything anyone else says... Universal language or way of communicating... I wish I could understand Sigur Ros but I can't so the music is virtually meaningless

    I thought music was a universal language?
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  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    they'd be 50 times better if they never picked up any instruments again.
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  • xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I thought music was a universal language?

    Music has limited meaning... words have unlimited meaning...
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    lol...self centered much? :D
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    xSmackSoundx wrote:
    Music has limited meaning... words have unlimited meaning...

    Actually, it's probably the other way around. Which is pretty much the entire point of your thread, surely?
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  • xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Actually, it's probably the other way around. Which is pretty much the entire point of your thread, surely?

    No, i'm right... just think about it...
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    xSmackSoundx wrote:
    No, i'm right... just think about it...

    If words had unlimited meaning, then Sigur Ros' music could have meaning to you no matter what language it was in.
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  • LongRhodeLongRhode Posts: 93
    Guessing you are not a Cocteau Twins fan then.... they pretty much made up a language for the majority of their existence.

    Beautiful music though so it never really mattered..
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  • xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    If words had unlimited meaning, then Sigur Ros' music could have meaning to you no matter what language it was in.

    Words in general have unlimited meaning in who it pertains to as far as understanding.
  • mattcozeamattcozea Posts: 377
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    If words had unlimited meaning, then Sigur Ros' music could have meaning to you no matter what language it was in.
    But the problem is that it isn't in any language, just a bunch of gibberish. What they're singing is completely meaningless, it's all about the music and the singing is just another instrument.
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    mattcoz wrote:
    But the problem is that it isn't in any language, just a bunch of gibberish. What they're singing is completely meaningless, it's all about the music and the singing is just another instrument.


    It's a vocalise. (Something that is sung and has a melody but no words.)
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  • mattcozeamattcozea Posts: 377
    justam wrote:
    It's a vocalise. (Something that is sung and has a melody but no words.)
    "it's rather a form of gibberish vocals that fits to the music and acts as another instrument"

    If they call it gibberish then I can call it gibberish. ;)
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  • Joe2TheRevengeJoe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    xSmackSoundx wrote:
    I see what your getting at... and no I'm not racist... I just like to understand what i'm hearing..


    why should they have to sing in your language? why don't you learn theirs?
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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    I don't understand a word they are saying and I love it. Not being able to understand the words gives each songs its own personal meaning to me. It great, its unique, and I love it.
  • xSmackSoundxxSmackSoundx Posts: 479
    Joe2TheRevenge wrote:
    why should they have to sing in your language? why don't you learn theirs?

    because I don't care about their music as much from their perspective wouldn't it be wise to serve a larger audience and give themselves a larger impact? Not to be sellouts.. but to give their music meaning without making it cumbersome for the main array of their fans..

    and if it just another instrument... why add it at all? I think I could enjoy their music much more without singing at all it makes me wonder every time what they are saying.. and it doesn't even sound good..
  • Joe2TheRevengeJoe2TheRevenge Posts: 904
    xSmackSoundx wrote:
    because I don't care about their music as much from their perspective wouldn't it be wise to serve a larger audience and give themselves a larger impact? Not to be sellouts.. but to give their music meaning without making it cumbersome for the main array of their fans..

    and if it just another instrument... why add it at all? I think I could enjoy their music much more without singing at all it makes me wonder every time what they are saying.. and it doesn't even sound good..

    here...

    http://www.alwaysontherun.net/sigur.htm

    Now you know what they're saying.

    Enjoy.
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  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    ( ) , some of Takk... and one song on the new album are sung in Hopelandic, which was made up by Jonsi (the lead singer) as being the stage before actual singing, so he's using his voice as an instrument, which is just absolutely astonishing... it fits the music so perfectly. It's mainly about the instrumentation in this band and the emotional experience you get/feel from the music... as for me, I fucking love this band, their music is just phenomenal and so overwhelming at times, but not everyone's the same.
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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    xSmackSoundx wrote:
    because I don't care about their music as much from their perspective wouldn't it be wise to serve a larger audience and give themselves a larger impact? Not to be sellouts.. but to give their music meaning without making it cumbersome for the main array of their fans..

    and if it just another instrument... why add it at all? I think I could enjoy their music much more without singing at all it makes me wonder every time what they are saying.. and it doesn't even sound good..
    main array of THEIR fans? thats a HUGE assumption... based on this thread alone id say THEIR fans like their music exactly how it is... it makes exactly the impact right now that they want it to... if its not for you then just dont listen to them... there are america bands with a similar sound that you can listen to instead of trying to change sigur ros...

    i have yet to hear a convincing argument in this thread for sigur ros singing in english
    xSmackSoundx wrote:
    Music has limited meaning... words have unlimited meaning...
    and i agree with whoever said its the other way around... its like "a picture is worth 1,000 words"... id say "a song is worth 1,000 words" too... if you disagree than you should pic up a book instead of listening to music because youre drastically minimalizing the impact music can have!
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