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Sigur Rós — Olsen Olsen
Album: Ágætis byrjun
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Released: 1999
Length: 6:50
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''This song is Hopelandic, it has no lyrics''
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pure crap
Posted 4 months ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Sigur Rós kicks off its North American tour in Detroit with a show with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Sept. 19, 2024. I will see you THERE!
Posted 8 months ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
These guys always get all my brain cells firing in beautiful unison. And Jónsi has the voice of an angel!
Posted 10 months ago by tompoll    [ Reply ]
 skiboy53 wrote:


Olsen Olsen... the Olsen twins.

I prefer two Elizabeth Olsens. 
Posted 1 year ago by jkamm14    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:




:)
Posted 1 year ago by Bekon    [ Reply ]
Bo Hansson feels inspired, possibly
Posted 1 year ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
mcullers wrote: If there were a heaven, I'd imagine it would sound much like this. Heaven - heaven is a place - a place where Siggur Ros always happens.
Posted 1 year ago by B_Van    [ Reply ]
Olsen Olsen Sigur Ros good song
Posted 1 year ago by kemalkendir    [ Reply ]
 mcullers wrote:

If there were a heaven, I'd imagine it would sound much like this.



It does
Posted 1 year ago by blackieray    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:


What is the context for this picture On The Beach?


Olsen Olsen... the Olsen twins.
Posted 2 years ago by skiboy53    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:



What is the context for this picture On The Beach?
Posted 2 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
don't go for the lah lah lah last bit ... first ethereal bit is grand though
Posted 2 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Very.......icelandic!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
 karlishappy wrote:

Sigue Ros sounds like they make Zelda elf music for the 21st century


Everybody in my hotel room loves Zelda elf music!

Posted 2 years ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]

Posted 2 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
love the live outdoor performance on youtube.
Posted 2 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
It's grand and it's sloppy and it will sweep you away if you let it. 
Posted 2 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:


Yeah, OK, just THREE current groups.  Got it.   Love your eclecticism and exclusivity.  
imo, perhaps you forgot about 47 bands and performers.  Might want to start with Beatles and Dylan and PF and so on, expand your list a tad.  The Titans are there whether you recognize them or not.  Shite or not. 


Not sure you could describe The Beatles as, 'current,' though.
Posted 2 years ago by rhyfelgar    [ Reply ]
They're like Phillip Glass but with more reverb.

They're like getting a root canal, but in slow motion.
Posted 2 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
If there were a heaven, I'd imagine it would sound much like this.
Posted 3 years ago by mcullers    [ Reply ]
 tm wrote:

Ég elska þetta virkilega



I suppose it should not be surprising that Icelandic is so different from Norwegian.

Totally agree with the comment BTW! 
Posted 3 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Ég elska þetta virkilega
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
I truly love this. 
Posted 3 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 scoots_mcgoo wrote:

Spectacular ditty. One of three current groups they'll be listening to in 50 years. Others: Radiohead & Wilco. Possibly Los Lobos. & PJ Harvey. Everything else is shite.



Los Lobos? PJ Harvey?  Oh dear.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 scoots_mcgoo wrote:

Spectacular ditty. One of three current groups they'll be listening to in 50 years. Others: Radiohead & Wilco. Possibly Los Lobos. & PJ Harvey. Everything else is shite.



Yeah, OK, just THREE current groups.  Got it.   Love your eclecticism and exclusivity.  
imo, perhaps you forgot about 47 bands and performers.  Might want to start with Beatles and Dylan and PF and so on, expand your list a tad.  The Titans are there whether you recognize them or not.  Shite or not. 
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 scoots_mcgoo wrote:

Spectacular ditty. One of three current groups they'll be listening to in 50 years. Others: Radiohead & Wilco. Possibly Los Lobos. & PJ Harvey. Everything else is shite.



Pink Floyd music is now 50 years old...still being played.  I think they will last another 50 years.
Posted 3 years ago by jcbenten994    [ Reply ]
Sigue Ros sounds like they make Zelda elf music for the 21st century
Posted 3 years ago by karlishappy    [ Reply ]
Journey to the Centre of the Earth, via a mountain in Iceland
Posted 3 years ago by diggyduffy    [ Reply ]
Spectacular ditty. One of three current groups they'll be listening to in 50 years. Others: Radiohead & Wilco. Possibly Los Lobos. & PJ Harvey. Everything else is shite.
Posted 3 years ago by scoots_mcgoo    [ Reply ]
brings Bobycaygeon by Tragically Hip to mind
Posted 3 years ago by BSartiste    [ Reply ]
Anyone remember that Far Side cartoon where the Devil is listening to New Age music and some dude sent to hell is trapped in an eternal sound booth, forced to listen to it, his face pressed against the glass? For me, this music would be a close second. 
Posted 3 years ago by virwill7    [ Reply ]
No, it wasn't 'Five Years' - my 'spot the intro' skills failed me, having been lead astray deliberately, methinks, by Bill putting this after Space Oddity
Posted 4 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
Does not do it for me.
Posted 4 years ago by nickodgers    [ Reply ]
unique and joyful, imo. 
Posted 4 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
 the_jake wrote:

This is an old picture of the twins.  They are less appealing now.  
Were they ever appealing?

Posted 4 years ago by SRAY    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Merlin Olsen and Elizabeth Olsen 
 
Merlin!  Big wooly footballer and TV star.

Lizzie!  

What about Mary-Kate and Ashley?
Posted 4 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
this starts off sounding a bit like a synth version of Pictures of You by the Cure
Posted 4 years ago by CaraP    [ Reply ]
What a grat Group.. Refreshing with new ideas 
Posted 5 years ago by ducakrugs3269    [ Reply ]
Merlin Olsen and Elizabeth Olsen 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Interesting.
Posted 5 years ago by nottheusualkind    [ Reply ]
This one sounds better and better with subsequent listens.  
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
This band is very no good
Posted 5 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Pearly Dew Drops Drop?
Posted 5 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
And they called Michael Jackson a freak...

SR is supper annoying, to say the least.
Posted 5 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
 {#Cheers}1wolfy wrote:
These guys are great when taken in proper doses

 

Posted 6 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
I never hear this band anywhere but when I play them on my home system.  This is a nice surprise, my friend may be correct about a place for new music without working so hard to find it... will see, bu so far good.
Posted 6 years ago by boltonblue242    [ Reply ]
 bttcld66 wrote:
Minchia che palle!!!

Translation: what a fuck. extremely boring, have enlarged my balls.

 
Google pronounces it as "mink-a kay paulie".

Must fit this into conversation with my Italian relatives... {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 6 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
I'm no sigur ros fan, but please don't ever say they are similar to that dreadful trendo-hipster band called arcade fire.
Posted 6 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
I was going to post a funny picture of the Olsen twins but I see that's already been addressed.  :)
Posted 7 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
this is beautiful!
Posted 7 years ago by DocStrangelove    [ Reply ]
 the_jake wrote:

This is an old picture of the twins.  They are less appealing now.  

 
They still can't leave behind the duck-face pout that earned them countless millions ...
Posted 7 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
ode to joy
Posted 7 years ago by zedstation    [ Reply ]
 bttcld66 wrote:
Minchia che palle!!!

Translation: what a fuck. extremely boring, have enlarged my balls.

 

Truly, you have squeezed a lot of expression and imagery into the elucidation of a mere 5 or 6 foreign syllables. We here at RP are grateful, and perhaps envious. 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 (former member) wrote:
They just get less appealing
and this song gets a little bit more.

 
This is an old picture of the twins.  They are less appealing now.  
Posted 7 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Saw them live and, IIRC, this was the soundtrack to a video they showed of some young boys playing in a soccer match. Slow mo, artful. Finally, at the end - a GOAL! They go crazy!
The parents jump and cheer! The players jump and cheer! Boys hug and roll on the ground! And the one who scored is hugged by his teammate and they roll and hug and then...kiss. Make out on the field.
Cut to the crowd, and the parents, and the looks on their faces.
Posted 7 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
Everyone loves Susan Olsen.....




Posted 7 years ago by zepher    [ Reply ]
 easmann wrote:
''This song is Hopelandic, it has no lyrics'' {#Cheesygrin}

 
And yet it still finishes with "la la la" did they run out of imaginary words?
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
me likey
Posted 7 years ago by Jon_Lucas    [ Reply ]
The Icelandic My Morning Jacket..........
Posted 7 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
Not unlikable but I doubt I'll be humming it any time soon...
Posted 7 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Anything with an Alien Fetus Conducting has got to be good .. :)
Posted 7 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
7 —-> 9
Posted 7 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
Very very good. I feel like I'm in Heaven. Thank you Ferdinand from Austria
Posted 8 years ago by Ferdi333    [ Reply ]
I don't ever comment on the artist's looks, but there's something in Sigur Ros' singer that gives me shivers... He looks creepy. Not because of his eyes, but his vile smile and his squeaky voice. :-/
Posted 8 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
Minchia che palle!!!

Translation: what a fuck. extremely boring, have enlarged my balls.
Posted 8 years ago by bttcld66    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
This is the Scandanavian (Icelandic?) version of Arcade Fire. I'd prefer an off-key, off-beat and off-shore squad of different tongue musicians to the relentless pedestrian thump thumpin of AF's hipster static.
 
I don't really see any similarity between the two. In fact, I'm not sure Sigur Ros is quite like any other band. They're unique in their strangeness. I quite enjoy them (once in a while). As for Arcade Fire, I think we're on the same page.  ; )
Posted 8 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
This is the Scandanavian (Icelandic?) version of Arcade Fire. I'd prefer an off-key, off-beat and off-shore squad of different tongue musicians to the relentless pedestrian thump thumpin of AF's hipster static. 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
big stud romeotuma wrote:
This song is really groovy...  I like it...
 
Everybody in my galactic presidential campaigns loves this groovy song...  we love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...  time flies when we're having fun...
Posted 9 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Music from a different world....  Thank you so much for your great Radio Station. Greetings from Austria. Ferdinand 
 
Posted 9 years ago by Ferdi333    [ Reply ]
Thank you so much for playing such great music! it has really lifted my day {#Bananasplit}
Posted 9 years ago by nikki54    [ Reply ]
Some Yes, yes? Nice! {#Sunny}
Posted 9 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
The flute and violins are perfectly matching here!
{#Boohoo}
 
Posted 9 years ago by Akso    [ Reply ]
Pure bliss. Best live performances I've ever seen!
Posted 9 years ago by CDeVoe    [ Reply ]
 Ferx wrote:
11, for sure.

They set the mood for the first minutes and the ending is just epic, ffs... 

I saw them live, absolutely fantastic!! {#Drummer}

 
I'm envious. I bought their online video Heima and have watched it many times. Gorgeous scenery and music.
https://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/heima/

Heima 
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
Starting at a 7. A nice, transporting, evocative tune. I have not been too inspired by the little else I've heard of Sigur so there is hope for me. 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 cbfitty wrote:
Sting Ray ..stop trolling and go back to your Grateful Dead album. You have no clue.......

 
At least the rant was in a sensible font size this time.

PS love Sigur Ros. Live, they are mesmerising.
Posted 9 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
11, for sure.

They set the mood for the first minutes and the ending is just epic, ffs... 

I saw them live, absolutely fantastic!! {#Drummer}
Posted 10 years ago by Ferx    [ Reply ]

9 -> 10. So funny to read the comments of haters scared of something fresh and original... Yes, now you can compare and learn that Wilco, Florence, National, Alt-J and all that favourite staff of yours are not so phenomenal  {#Nyah}


Posted 10 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
Sting Ray ..stop trolling and go back to your Grateful Dead album. You have no clue.......
Posted 11 years ago by cbfitty    [ Reply ]
Wow. There's quite a lot of Sigur Rós hate here.

Posted 13 years ago by Millabelle    [ Reply ]
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
Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
These guys are great when taken in proper doses
Posted 15 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 DrLex wrote:

It's worse, it looks like a low-resolution scan with moiré-effects which was then heavily compressed and upscaled. I don't think there's an "upload album art" option on this site however...
 

That is so on my list of things to add around here.  In the meantime I found a much better image.
Posted 15 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:
Jeezus, that cover photo is so severely destroyed by compression artifacts that it is approaching abstract art by way of white noise.
Someone ul a better alternative, like the one on wikipedia.
 
It's worse, it looks like a low-resolution scan with moiré-effects which was then heavily compressed and upscaled. I don't think there's an "upload album art" option on this site however...
Posted 15 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
Dunno how I'd react to this at another time, but at the moment it's perfectly suited to my mood.
Posted 15 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Rated this a 5 the first time I heard it, but suddenly in this evening's set it's sounding more like a 7 or 8. Context is SO important... :^)

Posted 15 years ago by lee_sf    [ Reply ]
Ah, that is such an amazing piece of music!
Posted 15 years ago by alcedo    [ Reply ]
All of the Sigur Ros I've heard on RP has been pure aural Mogadon. In my blow-smoking days I'd have loved this stuff, laid out on a bean bag with a trumpet spliff in hand and a can of Red Stripe in reach, as the music's so laid-back it's comatose. When straight, though,  it's the very definition of Ho-Hum. If only I could retire and start smoking again... :*)


Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
You know, I thought the exact same thing. Olsen2 ? I suspect they have no idea who the Olsen Twins are (at least, I'd hope they've not contaminated Iceland) but you never know.  Nothing personal against the poor kids, I just think they represent the culture of empty fame more than anyone else in the country now... even Paris.

 ScopArch wrote:
Mary-Kate and Ashley?
 


Posted 15 years ago by greyfin10    [ Reply ]
Jeezus, that cover photo is so severely destroyed by compression artifacts that it is approaching abstract art by way of white noise.
Someone ul a better alternative, like the one on wikipedia.
Posted 16 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Mary-Kate and Ashley?
Posted 16 years ago by ScopArch    [ Reply ]

Ahhh.... as soon as I heard the first strains of reverb-soaked vocals, I ran (virtually) to the playlist to confirm, and a fervent "YESSSS....." slid from my lips. Loving this band even more than I already did since seeing "Heima" this past weekend...   {#Meditate}   {#Music}




Posted 16 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
A little Polyphonic Spree -esque. Not like that's a bad thing...
Posted 16 years ago by robb104    [ Reply ]
Very good to hear something so "not so" common on RP
Edit: Second listen...loving this now.

Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
MrStatenIsle wrote:
Holy "My Morning Jacket" Batman
Except Sigur Ros had the hardcore-reverb, uninterpretable high-pitched.. style.. about 8 years before "Z" was came out.
Posted 16 years ago by gabbadar    [ Reply ]
feels like meething god or some saint with this music
Posted 16 years ago by marcucho    [ Reply ]
Them fellers do the Hopelandic reeel purdy!
Posted 16 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Great background music - oh! Is this my floor? Excuse me, getting off...
Posted 16 years ago by OmegaConcern    [ Reply ]
Ending cacophony courtesy of the Mayberry Volunteer Marching Band.
Posted 16 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Holy "My Morning Jacket" Batman
Posted 16 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
Good after-dinner after-Jefferson Starship tune. Interesting music.
Posted 17 years ago by rbigelo    [ Reply ]
Rafter101 wrote:
After discovering Sigur Ros on RP, I bought this CD. AWESOME! EXCELLENT! Definitely worth buying.
definately!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
After about 10 minutes of this tune I remember why I gave it such a low rating.
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Once in while these guys come up with a good tune --- like this one! 7.
Posted 17 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Um...is this song about Mary-Kate and Ashley...? (Get it?! The Olsen twins?! Aaaahhh, nevermind.)
Posted 17 years ago by esotericderek    [ Reply ]
BLAH!BLAH!BLAH!BLAH!BLAH!BLAH!
Posted 17 years ago by dharmanavy    [ Reply ]
Wow this has a great build! It's impossible to tell where it will end up when it starts. This is great.
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
tomville wrote:
great transition from jefferson starship!!
I thought so as well...
Posted 17 years ago by wookie    [ Reply ]
One helluva good album. After their tour with Radiohead, SR became much more popular.
Posted 17 years ago by Contaminator    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
great transition from jefferson starship!!
Posted 17 years ago by tomville    [ Reply ]
After discovering Sigur Ros on RP, I bought this CD. AWESOME! EXCELLENT! Definitely worth buying.
Posted 17 years ago by Rafter101    [ Reply ]
Excellent!
Posted 17 years ago by JWU42    [ Reply ]
Hey, this is cool, bouncy music. Great on a Friday.
Posted 17 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
I keep thinking this is My Morning Jacket....
Posted 17 years ago by pigglywiggly    [ Reply ]
kerr wrote:
I know I'm going to be flamed horribly for this but... it should be they're not there, and it should be honestly not honistly, and it should be don't not dont.
Yor rite, but we unnerstood eniwhey. Bee pashunt.
Posted 17 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
why isn't Staralfur from this cd in rp? especially with all the attention to songs from the life aquatic
Posted 17 years ago by pret-a-porter    [ Reply ]
"Space Rock" at its finest... Load up some of this when I do a long run to zone out
Posted 17 years ago by JWU42    [ Reply ]
I'm less than enthusiastic
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]