whoopsy daisy........:)

Opinions change. September 22nd was a few days after I bought the album, you know, before I listened to it more than 3 times and realized it really wasn't any different from anything else they've released.

Not to mention the fact that at the time I posted the second quote you were comparing them to Explosions in the Sky, who are easily on of the best Post-Rock bands.

Explosions in the Sky are like Godspeed You! Black Emperor with the self-indulgent overly long buildups cut out. Which is a great thing.

I'm listening to the Ros right now.

That's the only thing I've ever disliked about GY!BE. I mean, do you really need 20 minute songs, most of which is just useless cacophony?

As for Sigur Ros, I think I said in that other thread that ( ) was the only album that I REALLY enjoy. I did like Takk... at first, I'll admit that. I say it right in this thread, but it got way too boring way too fast for me to say I really like it now.

Got to say that I don't really like Sigur Ros. I think its the singing, as the guy sounds like some kind of smurf. Or maybe its just because most reviewers wet themselves so thoroughly about the band that when I actually hearing the music its underwhelming.

Can anybody here explain to me why they like Sigur Ros, to help me understand what the fuss is about?

I bought the album months ago

Found it today still wrapped

oops :o:

Breaking news: BB King is going to release a CD of covers of Sigus Ros songs from their latest album.

Working title... 'Blue Takk'

how can you explain why you like certain music? either you're feeling it or you're not.....

for me, it's just really nice atmospheric, nordic music, at times monumental, mostly just relaxing and beautiful....

it's actually the only album i can listen to and study at the same time, perhapse it's because i can't understand a word they're saying so it's not distracting...

What I mean is that I feel that I was getting largely misled by music critics and DJs into thinking that Sigur Ros would sound a certain way and would give me a certain feeling, when in fact it sounded different to how they had described it and gave me a different feeling.

To use an analogy, imaging if you had never seen a great movie, The Shawshank Redemption, say. What if, before you saw it for the first time, somebody went on about it for an hour, telling you that it was the best martial-arts action movie they had ever seen, great choregraphy, awesome fight scene, amazing special effects. I think there would be a big chance that you would miss the drama waiting for the action to happen.

Likewise I think that, through being given the wrong impression by music critics etc. Sigur Ros have been one of those bands that I don't like because I'm listening to it from the wrong angle.

Generally I can explain why I like or dislike music, its pretty important for me to be able to do this!

I don`t really listen to Sigur Ros , It`s the sort of thing I like to have playing in the background.