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

The orginal poster is getting beat around a bit in this thread but i think i understand what they mean.

I appreciate sigur ros a lot, but i always thought if i could get into the lyrics i would like them even more. I'm a big lyric person and that is usually what attracts me to a band. We all like bands for different reasons.

Still a cool band but my personal taste would like them more if there were some great lyrics i could attach to as well.

LavaLamp_GuitarTramp wrote:

They're actually great musicians...This is coming from someone with a degree in music.
Shows how little you know.

yeah yeah, someone in another thread used the same arguement. and like i said in that thread ive been playing guitar for a few years so my opinion is also vaild. just cause a book says this is how its done doesnt mean crap. i have yet to hear one song that shows theyre great musicians. not that being a great musician means you can write great or even good songs. but these guys are neither great musician or write great songs.

and ill say it again this band is just like tool, in their approach. and their fans seem much like tool fans too. 'if you dont like it your obviously a moron that wouldnt know gods if they played boring 20 minute long song'

PearlJamaholic wrote:

yeah yeah, someone in another thread used the same arguement. and like i said in that thread ive been playing guitar for a few years so my opinion is also vaild. just cause a book says this is how its done doesnt mean crap. i have yet to hear one song that shows theyre great musicians. not that being a great musician means you can write great or even good songs. but these guys are neither great musician or write great songs.

and ill say it again this band is just like tool, in their approach. and their fans seem much like tool fans too. 'if you dont like it your obviously a moron that wouldnt know gods if they played boring 20 minute long song'

im no tool fan... but i know a tool when i see one

i agree with strangest tribe that their compositions are hypnotically brilliant!

Super Vedder wrote:

mini uk tour on the way if anyone gives a shit?

http://www.ents24.com/web/news.html?referer=newsletter2&UID=00340978&id=00080465

i just heard theyre gonna be at the chicago theater on sept. 24th!!!

Strangest Tribe wrote:

I wish you guys could have seen them at Bonnaroo. Perhaps some of you did. I got to meet Jonsie and Kjarri and some of the marching band guys after the show by the fence outside the tent. They went back out to take another bow and the crowd kept chanting "play some more..." and the band was wanting to go back out, they were awestruck by the response they got and all giddy like little kids, they kept clapping and laughing and were overjoyed by the evening's response even though they had trouble with one of the organs at the start of the set. Bonnaroo staff wouldn't let them go back out (for some reason), even though there wasn't another act scheduled there until Sunday afternoon. They played for 20 minutes beyond their allotted time slot...

just curious... as far as the whole idea of the thread... when you met them did they speak decent english? they probably know it

and thats great to hear that they appreciated the response they got! so many bands have such an ego and seem to just expect that energy... they probably expected the crowd to be thinking "why dont they speak english??" :rolleyes:

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...

http://esperanto.net/


never really caught on.

LavaLamp_GuitarTramp wrote:

You've been playing guitar for a few years, so you think your point is valid? That's nothing - frankly, you playing guitar for a few years doesn't do shit in giving you a valid opinion. Your knowledge of music theory & composition & harmony would give you a valid opinion. Can you even read music?

And it's not a "book that says how it's done". When it comes to music, you are a moron. I'm not saying you're a moron in everyday life, etc.. But when it comes to music you are. Music Theory is something that has been developing since Greece - it has gone through various stages since then - THEN it was put down in "a book" in a very, very limited way. Go take a music theory class & you'll get more than you can handle of shit that you most likely wouldn't read in even the most popular music theory books (unless they're very expensive college books).

Like I said, I don't know if you're an idiot in other areas of life - but in music, you are.

There are also many more people that would argue Sigur Ros are great musicians, & do write great songs. Most people wouldn't even care enough to argue against that - a lot of people would be wise enough to admit it's just not their "thing" - you aren't that wise, unfortunately for you & the people who have to put up with your uneducated opinions.

in his defense... he can probably play the entire jack johnson catelogue via tablature

well put though!

another favorite non-english musician:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-M-bZ1tbHw8

xSmackSoundx wrote:

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

I'm sure people from Iceland think that Pearl Jam would sound better if they sang in Icelandic instead of English.

LavaLamp_GuitarTramp wrote:

You've been playing guitar for a few years, so you think your point is valid? That's nothing - frankly, you playing guitar for a few years doesn't do shit in giving you a valid opinion. Your knowledge of music theory & composition & harmony would give you a valid opinion. Can you even read music?

And it's not a "book that says how it's done". When it comes to music, you are a moron. I'm not saying you're a moron in everyday life, etc.. But when it comes to music you are. Music Theory is something that has been developing since Greece - it has gone through various stages since then - THEN it was put down in "a book" in a very, very limited way. Go take a music theory class & you'll get more than you can handle of shit that you most likely wouldn't read in even the most popular music theory books (unless they're very expensive college books).

Like I said, I don't know if you're an idiot in other areas of life - but in music, you are.

There are also many more people that would argue Sigur Ros are great musicians, & do write great songs. Most people wouldn't even care enough to argue against that - a lot of people would be wise enough to admit it's just not their "thing" - you aren't that wise, unfortunately for you & the people who have to put up with your uneducated opinions.

learned music theory or some when i learned guitar, then took some in college for my electives, so does that count now, mister or misses all high and mighty? so im not an idiot in music but you are an idiot when it comes to judging people. a by a few years thats alittle over 10, which i think is a few, when it comes to playing.

and honestly more people would agree with me that its crap, not that the majority knows anything about music, but id be willing to bet over 50% of people would find their music boring. outside of the western world their music would be laughed at or shunned, whichever. so dont act like its some godly music that all people would find it divine when they hear it. if i had the tolerance for their music id like to 'see' how technical it is, cause it sure sounds boring and simple. but im not gonna figure out how to play their songs just to prove that i think its lame. maybe ill google some tabs or something later.

and music theory is just that a theory.....its not a science. so anyone that thinks music theory is worth much of anything is a moron. theory is just something to mess with.

and let me just try to get this straight youre saying my opinion isnt valid cause i dont meet your requirements, what about all the people that do like this band, they would have to exceed what i know about music before their opinion would be worth anything too, right? so anyone thats never played and instrument.....they dont count, right? what do they know about music?

or if people agree with you, they dont need to know the difference between a flute or a cello......

lets be fair in accepting people opinions. see how qualified everyone else is about music that like this band? if everyone that says this band is great is some symphony composer, ill bow out....but if like most music fans they cant even play a major scale ill stand by what i think. overrated....