Sigur Ros

[Noeliam]

3 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

having just gone through english translations of all of the lyrics to that album i can safely say that that is a load of bollocks (unless people want to point out examples to me)

A part of the song Kveikur:

"

We disappear into the horizon
Into the fiery red sunset
We fuck
We fuck
We fuck

You turn me on
You turn me on

"

 

Edited March 4, 2016 by Noeliam

[CaledonianGonzo]

I've not seen anything incriminating either - this is all just hearsay.

Though a quick look at the translated lyrics for The Iceberg reveal an odd profundity:

You are an iceberg

You are covered with ice[/quote]

Who knew?

[theDandy]

huge slurs and slander directed at Sigur Ros here for no reason then?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Note the difference between 'what if?' and 'they are'.

[FloorFiller]

oh wait, i missed the lyrics to Stormur where they say 'send the buggers back'

[theDandy]

Just now, FloorFiller said:

oh wait, i missed the lyrics to Stormur where they say 'send the buggers back'

hahaha!

[theDandy]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Note the difference between 'what if?' and 'they are'.

Mud sticks, Sir.

[CaledonianGonzo]

As I said, I'm trying to get to the bottom of it. I like them a lot, so I was disappointed when it was first raised.


Edit:

Though I was interested in the general collective shrug towards the fact that they might be a bit iffy in their views.

Edited March 4, 2016 by CaledonianGonzo

[eFestivals]

1 minute ago, theDandy said:

Mud sticks, Sir.

only with those who are ignorant via not paying proper attention.

It's the job of the listener to listen properly, it's not the job of the speaker to check that the listener will.

</here endeth the life lesson >

 

[stuartbert two hats]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

As I said, I'm trying to get to the bottom of it. I like them a lot, so I was disappointed when it was first raised.


Edit:

Though I was interested in the general collective shrug towards the fact that they might be a bit iffy in their views.

I Googled the shit out of this subject when it cropped up a few months ago.  Found nothing, apart from a thread on a forum called 'eFestivals'

[CaledonianGonzo]

I take this place as a trusted source.

[Vanderlyle]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Still trying to bottom out these mutterings about them also moving in an "Icelandic Version of UKIP" direction, lyrically speaking.

And that's certainly not very West Holts.

I think that one went over your head....

[FloorFiller]

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Though I was interested in the general collective shrug towards the fact that they might be a bit iffy in their views.

i totally missed your post suggesting the racism at first - just saw the Genesis comparison (which is actually far worse). thankfully it seems to be totally made up. interested in who first brought this up/where it's come from because i really can't find anything hinting at it unless it was a piss take

[russycarps]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

i totally missed your post suggesting the racism at first - just saw the Genesis comparison (which is actually far worse). thankfully it seems to be totally made up. interested in who first brought this up/where it's come from because i really can't find anything hinting at it unless it was a piss take

it was just a joke someone on here made, saying that if you translate hopelandic it's all a lot of racist comments

there is no translation to hopelandic, it's a nonsense language made up of sounds with no meaning. I cant believe what I'm reading here!!

 

 

[FloorFiller]

Just now, russycarps said:

it was just a joke someone on here made, saying that if you translate hopelandic it's all a lot of racist comments

there is no translation to hopelandic, it's a nonsense language made up of sounds with no meaning. I cant believe what I'm reading here!!

 

 

christ why did i get sucked in to this (although the new album has actual english translations so i thought i at least needed to check it out)

[CaledonianGonzo]

It was all a joke. A sidesplitting joke.

[theDandy]

38 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

only with those who are ignorant via not paying proper attention.

It's the job of the listener to listen properly, it's not the job of the speaker to check that the listener will.

</here endeth the life lesson >

 

Hence why this case of slurs is still doing the rounds! Chinese whispers etc.

[Winslow Leach]

31 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It was all a joke. A sidesplitting joke.

Like on Top Gear.

[michael eavis' beard]

Just now, Winslow Leach said:

Like on Top Gear.

...but less racist.

[CaledonianGonzo]

He was using an exaggerated form of the rhetoric and the implied values of Sigur Ros to satirise the rhetoric and the implied values of Sigur Ros.

[Brave Sir Robin]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Though I was interested in the general collective shrug towards the fact that they might be a bit iffy in their views.

Maybe, just maybe, we could sense that these allegations were less than rock solid.

[theDandy]

29 minutes ago, Winslow Leach said:

Like on Top Gear.

with Richard the Hamster Hammond?

[FloorFiller]

5 minutes ago, theDandy said:

with Richard the Hamster Hammond?

not a real hamster

[The Placid Casual]

15 hours ago, Will-2609 said:

I didn't know Green Man wasn't in England. In that case I doubt it's Green Man and that means only Glasto left, doesn't it?

I'm going WH. If it's Friday everyone can fuck off.

Sigur Rós are not playing West Holts Will. Crazy suggestion.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Fair enough.

Anyway, it's all on page 6 of this thread for anyone interested.

Maybe, just maybe, we could sense that these allegations were less than rock solid.