Sigur Rós — Gong
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Awful caterwauling 
Chewie wrote:
Seriously. He sounds like a cat fight.
Wow, why is this track so poorly rated? Sigur Ros are amazing!
Seriously. He sounds like a cat fight.
He sounds like a cat fight.
Wow, why is this track so poorly rated? Sigur Ros are amazing!
Sorry, this following Emancipator, this person's voice is killing my ears. I was in such a relaxed mood, now I want to jump out the window. Please don't ever follow Emancipator with this "thing". It's just wrong!
Jezza wrote:
I quite like a lot of their music, but this song is NOT on that list.
I am quite frankly amazed by the lack of appreciation to a group that show such innovation and without a doubt produce the best live show I have seen in my time
open your ears 
I quite like a lot of their music, but this song is NOT on that list.
Nice ethereal music. That voice is attempting to make my ears bleed.
The music is amazing, but the singing is just ... well... indescribable. And indecipherable.
Caterwauling.
Painful. Make it stop.
maboleth wrote:
He's blind in one eye, hardly makes him "spooky".
Nope. Just not my thing. Besides the singer freaks me out... looks so spooky and sings like a castrated male. :-/
He's blind in one eye, hardly makes him "spooky".
Sounds like Kate Bush argueing with Yoko Ono while trying to strangle a cat
Pretty brutal listening to these vocals right after Chris Issak,,,
Coldplay on Valium.
I really like them...A song at a time. Not too many in succession
Somebody gong them, already!
I want to like Sigur Rós but they are so squeeky. Drop it down a couple of octaves, eh?
Sheesh! To each his own.
My first 1. Awful.
A big disjointed nope.
Nope. Just not my thing. Besides the singer freaks me out... looks so spooky and sings like a castrated male. :-/
Dreadful.
Stingray wrote:
I hear 'atmosphere' ...that's just me
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
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
I hear 'atmosphere' ...that's just me
Stingray wrote:
You're qualified for the "stupidest posting 2009".
Take your medicine and leave us alone.
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
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
You're qualified for the "stupidest posting 2009".
Take your medicine and leave us alone.
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
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
yes - they are an acquired taste . . . sort of like sake, or an islay malt (Laphroaig), or certain types of sushi.
but like many things that require some work - once your there - it's all the better.
strick wrote:
Should be a homocide of the singer!!! 
Are you saying Erik the Red was gay?!
I am quite frankly amazed by the lack of appreciation to a group that show such innovation and without a doubt produce the best live show I have seen in my time
open your ears
The instrumentals were nice and the singing could have worked, but I think he needs a bit more direction on this one. Was he trying to imitate a Siren somehow?
bmo wrote:
This is a song about a siren that lured (Eric the Red and other) vikings to their deaths. Some say it was suicide.
Should be a homocide of the singer!!!
i couldn't hit the mute button fast enough. 
Good God! Look at the Edvard Munch painting, "The Scream' and that's the response most folks have when they hear this howl-fest. Those long, dark nights in Iceland do some mighty funky things to people, eh? Ouch
We have a quorum. Kill the vocalist!! 
Nails on a blackboard. No, wait -- a chainsaw cutting through the blackboard. No, wait -- someone's reaction to a chainsaw cutting through their nails on the blackboard...
Yes, I agree --- GONG!
strick wrote:
Oh My God, somebody shut them up!!!!! What a horrific bunch of noise!!!! 
Are the lyrics Meeeoooowwwwww Meeeeoooooowwww
Sounds like some kind of weird cat meowing in the background... quick, someone put it (and us) out of its (our) misery! 
I think somebody stepped on the cat's tail.
I love the feel of Sigur Ros' stuff, but on this particular tune, the vocals are pretty bad. Kinda like a guy who's trying to sing too high for his range, and a in a very UNsupported way. I'm just sayin....
have to say - this isn't the track from this album that i'd have played. can we hear glosoli some time?
This is a song about a siren that lured (Eric the Red and other) vikings to their deaths. Some say it was suicide.
I swear he sings the same thing in every song.
I bought one album not understanding any lyrics, only to find out they had made up the language for the album.
I enjoy the music but his high voice singing the same thing over & over gets annoying.
Bizzarefall wrote:
Yoko is that you?
That singing hurts my ears!
Oh My God, somebody shut them up!!!!! What a horrific bunch of noise!!!!
I could stab myself in the face with a picthfork!
Yoko is that you?
A first comment!
Love Sigur Rós - great to hear this!