in which my emotions run amok
Oct. 21st, 2009 08:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
debsThis wasn't going to be the song for tonight, but I just cried, like, five or six times while reading zombie apocalypse fanfiction and I needed...something. Turns out that something was this song.
My personal theory of heaven is that if you are a good person and live a good life, when you die you get to spend eternity in a Sigur Rós song. I can't remember the first time I heard them; I know it was in the late 90s or maybe early 2000. Come to think of it, it might have been Vanilla Sky (how embarrassing!) What I do remember is being completely blown away by the sheer scope of the music, the amount of sound that made up each song, the effortless intensity of the vocals. It didn't matter one bit that I couldn't understand the language, which was a big revelation for me as lyrics are the part of popular music that I really focus on, the music itself was what was important. The vocals were such a small part of the whole, which is the reason I've never sought out translations for the lyrics.
I can't listen to them often, because they make me feel too much. They are, however, perfect for those moments when I am already feeling way too much (like right now).
Anyway, the song for tonight is from their 2007 double disc release, Hvarf-Heim. It's a live recording of "Staralfur" which originally(?) appeared on the Agaetis Byrjun album.
"Staralfur"
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My personal theory of heaven is that if you are a good person and live a good life, when you die you get to spend eternity in a Sigur Rós song. I can't remember the first time I heard them; I know it was in the late 90s or maybe early 2000. Come to think of it, it might have been Vanilla Sky (how embarrassing!) What I do remember is being completely blown away by the sheer scope of the music, the amount of sound that made up each song, the effortless intensity of the vocals. It didn't matter one bit that I couldn't understand the language, which was a big revelation for me as lyrics are the part of popular music that I really focus on, the music itself was what was important. The vocals were such a small part of the whole, which is the reason I've never sought out translations for the lyrics.
I can't listen to them often, because they make me feel too much. They are, however, perfect for those moments when I am already feeling way too much (like right now).
Anyway, the song for tonight is from their 2007 double disc release, Hvarf-Heim. It's a live recording of "Staralfur" which originally(?) appeared on the Agaetis Byrjun album.
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Date: 2009-10-22 02:51 pm (UTC)There are three or four bands/performers I want to see live before I die, and they are at the very top of that list. The only place they've played in Portland, to my knowledge, is the Schnitzer concert hall, which is not the right venue for them. I am insanely jealous of the outdoor concerts you've attended; I think those must've been just glorious. *wants*