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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Nov 4, 2005 4:58:32 GMT -5
I expect at least 2 votes overall, so this should be very meaningful. Personally, I think they just get better with every single release. AB had the advantage of being so damn new when first heard. But I vote for Takk, though I love the darkness on the latter half of ().
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Post by JACkory on Nov 4, 2005 9:06:48 GMT -5
There's your second vote, Paul.
I was ready to claim Takk as their best within a week of having first heard it, but I put it off until I'd listened several more times. But it's undeniable. There is a richness to this album that places it oh-so-slightly above the others. It hits me in a place so deep that I have a hard time coming up with words to desribe it. I still can't listen to "Glossoli" without finding myself on the verge of tears, not of sadness but in awe of the majestic, swirling, climbing, reaching-for sound.
Have you seen the video for "Glossoli" yet? WOW. The last 30 seconds of that thing is incredible.
I don't doubt that there are many in this hard world who have a low tolerance for Jonsi's child-like (NOT "childish") vocal gymnastics, but as for me it is the sound of an angel and Sigur Ros have worked a sort of alchemy with music, turning sound into palpable beauty.
I mean, this is what I want played at my funeral.
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Post by Thorngrub on Nov 4, 2005 9:58:57 GMT -5
man I need to get Takk
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Post by Galactus on Nov 4, 2005 12:09:26 GMT -5
I gotta be completely honest...they all sound the same to me. I mean of course not exactly the same but none of them really strike me as being disernably better or worse then any other album.
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Post by shin on Nov 10, 2005 23:28:16 GMT -5
Um, AB, duh.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Nov 12, 2005 15:30:00 GMT -5
Well, five votes exceeded expectations eh JAC?. I expected AB to win - shin's "duh" suggests he thinks it's a no-brainer, in fact.
I know I'll never recapture that sense of listening to something new and almost alien that almost overwhelmed me when I first heard AB. But when I revisit that album now I feel that only nostalgia can keep it alongside Takk, though I respect shin's opinion greatly, as ever.
For a long time now people have used phrases like "angels with a record contract" or "God's own in-house band" to describe this group. But surely it's no hyperbole to say that Takk really would be a worthy contender for Heaven's theme music? This is what British churches should be playing during mass to win back a congregation. Takk, after all, is the only compelling bit of evidence for Intelligent Design I ever discovered.
I'm also struck by "Gong" for the first time tonight. This song dallies with the conventional - in length, structure, percussion - and demonstrates that if Sigur Ros had jumped into Radiohead's shoes for the Kid A sessions they'd have likely trumped that masterpiece too. Effortlessly.
In fact, I'm convinced this is the best band I've ever heard, and the best evidence I have for that is the fact that when a Sigur Ros album finishes playing I just can't put anything else in the stereo until I've gone away for literally hours and let the impact fade. That's not a problem I have after playing mortal music.
Yeah JACk, I've seen the video for Glossoli (thanks for posting the link) and it's a wonderful fusion of sound & image, with a haunting climax.
Just as an afterthought: I remember IFTM and Angel had Sigur Ros playing at their wedding - track #3 on (), if I remember. Your funeral comments reminded me, is all.
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Post by JACkory on Nov 14, 2005 17:42:03 GMT -5
I respect differing opinions, but I can't even imagine how anyone could rate any of the other 3 albums above Takk...and I love Agaetis Byrjun and ( ) (jury's still out on Von, which just doesn't affect me much).
And I have to agree...there's more spirituality in this music than you're liable to find anywhere these days (and that includes my beloved Christian music).
I envy you, Paul, that you were able to see that Sigur Ros performance on Jools Holland's show. I checked the website, but no footage (even though there was a nice little interview with the bassist).
If you see it anywhere on the web, please send me a link, okay?
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Nov 15, 2005 10:19:37 GMT -5
I will have Sigur Ros playing at my Viking Funeral. Yes. Viking Funeral. On the Mississippi River, my body burning on a raft in front of Jackson Square with Sigur Ros blaring over the speakers.
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Post by phil on Nov 15, 2005 10:24:24 GMT -5
Voted for A. Birjun just to nicely square things up for a while !
Takk is probably better though ...
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Post by JACkory on Nov 15, 2005 19:37:55 GMT -5
Voted for A. Birjun just to nicely square things up for a while ! Takk is probably better though ... You'll regret that. |
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