I love watching this, it reminds me of when I drove a truck. Nowadays, my eyesight is too bad to have a CDL. This is heaven for an old truck driver like me.
Paesaggi lunari, così estremamente diversi dalla mia Italia tutta diversa, tutta ricca di Storia , con montagne e laghi e tanto mare e fiori e alberi....e Sole. Il Mondo è meravigliosamente vario.
In the 80's there was on television at the closing time of a channel jazz music playing while a car was driving in the city. It always captivated my attention and could not stop watching. This has the same effect on me. It reaches something inside of me that I cannot explain. In my best attempt to describe this... Melancholy with nostalgia, well being with a feeling of confusion. A different sense of reality. As if the consciousness we are familiar with was incomplete. This music is an experience to be lived. The footage allows the mind to create its own journey into a dimention that exists only in the imagination which I wish could be shared. But I understand that everyone's experience is unique.
Nophera I’m so sorry, that reply was meant for another thread, I don’t know how that happened, ignore my reply, on a side note sigur Ros for 9 hours is a perfect mental breath of fresh air that we needed
This is a generative extract, they used these sounds in their new song Óveður. However I think this extract is better than the actual released song. :) So mysterious and strange, yet relaxing.
Sigur Ros really is the best. I'll admit when I first heard this I was slightly dismayed at the lack of action in this music compared to their other works. But I decided to put this on while writing a short story I've been trying to finish and I blitzed right though the writers block I had and sailed straight to the ending. They really have music for every mood/activity.
@@guillervz nowhere. Still unpublished lol. But I'm glad there are others out there who have found that Sigur ros is the reliable freight train that tramples writers block. Is your writing available anywhere?
Whoa! At 1:01:02 there is a bus stop across the street that I sat at when I visited Iceland. So cool to see these things and be able to recognize/remember them.
I've just gotten back from a week in Iceland and I'm watching this with tears in my eyes. It is a land like no other and I'm glad I had Sigur Rós with me on my journey. A part of my heart and soul will always be there. Peace and love to all.
watching this four years after viewing it live...... what an experience it was! i love how there are fans/friends of the band popping up along the route, waving
I was listening to Sigur Rós and I was thinking "it'd be nice to watch a video of someone driving the ring road with this music" and then this came up. Takk!
I loved driving in Iceland back in 2014. It felt like a book story or a movie. This video brings me back in time and I would totally do it all over again.
Oh bloody great.. I just did Route 1 last year... one year too early apparently. Now I have to bloody go back and do it all over again.. with this running in the background.. 👌 ツ
I gave up coding many years ago, but this would have been a brilliant background to help me get through Sunday night trying to find a solution so that all the systems would be working by Monday morning. I feel that my frequent episodes of panic would have been significantly diminished by the presence of this soundtrack.
My wife and I drove this very road all the way, and it is without a doubt, the most beautiful place in the world. We rented a camper (van) and just drove, stopping to sleep at campsites, and to enjoy all the amazing sites. So amazing. We camped near Akureyri, where we first saw the northern lights. We will be going back, maybe even to live there one day if we're lucky ;) --we didn't play this song, but did listen to a lot of sigur ros on the road.
lack of personal time and issues I've not been able to immerse myself in this fully.. but by God I have been missing out?! it's truly beautiful, ambient and sour ros at their most relaxed and peaceful. I could watch this and loose myself in it forever. I'm so glad I found this band.. one that i shall take to the grave.
Sigur Ros, the Route One video is spectacular. It is the closest thing to an audiovisual "mantra". I am a psychologist and I have used it with patients with anxiety and it has been very helpful for them to calm down. I admire them and congratulate them. I have the dream of visiting Iceland next year. A hug from Argentina.
I only discovered about the live transmission very late and so was only able to see it for the last hour or so. I was entranced and have been impatiently waiting for the whole performance to be available. I expect it to take me some days to watch it all! It is rare to find music which so successfully evocates the landscape. Those that I know of are of classical music from many years ago such as Hamish Maccunn, Sibelius, Smetana and Edward Elgar. I am sure that there are many others that I have not yet discovered. This is the first that I have found which is not of classical music genre. This is as good any of the above examples, with the almost minimalist style well suiting the views of the Icelandic landscape which can show little variation over large areas. It demonstrates beautifully that an apparent monotonous landscape can still be beautiful, and helps one concentrate on the tiny differences that occur between apparently similar locations. I have never visited Iceland but this performance makes me wish to do so. I am sure that there are many other areas in the world that would be equally applicable for similar projects by indigenous musicians expressing what they feel about their homeland. The possibilities are endless, but my personal preference would be to hear productions of this type from Chile/Bolivia/Peru, Indonesia/Philippines or from the arctic areas of Canada or Siberia. I would welcome any comments on my choices.
i'll be honest: it is incredibly strange to see iceland without ice, because when i visited it was quite literally in the middle of winter around christmas, and everything was covered with a thick layer of snow and ice. i remember walking out of the airport in reykjavik around 10pm and getting SLAMMED with a wall of the coldest wind i'd ever felt in my life. iceland is still the coldest place i've visited, but simultaneously the most beautiful. i came here mostly because i wanted to remember the experience - driving along route 1 in the beautiful but empty land of snow and ice and lava fields, watching the mountains approach and pass us by, miles upon miles spent with nothing but silence and the soft radio.
Love the idea. Sigur Ros as the capability of surprising us bringing something new. For me, as an ambient music listner this is amazing combining a travell in the Beautifull contry of Iceland to long form ambient soundtrack. 👏🏻
2:33:41 So, there's a lot of grass to mow there in Iceland? Does it grow real tall if it's only cut once or twice a year? Is that your driveway we pass at 2:33:52?
So many great memories of a wonderful trip in September 2017.. Every person on the face of this planet should do this road trip once in their lifetime...next time...Wesrfjord :)
I am an American, I love the video. didn't notice the lack of billboards. Confused by the obsession with criticizing America, especially while enjoying art...but whatev. Great video.
I see nowdays the series "Vikings" and it absolutly amazing me how this nortnen island became a settelment inspite of hard conditions. The spirit of men always amazes me. I've never been to Iceland and it is a pure comfort till I have the chance to visit there at list once in my life. and the music ofcaurse is enchanting
Desde que vi este material hace unos años me acompaña por lo menos dos veces al año como fondo de sonido en mi trabajo, sería feliz si pudiera hacer ese recorrido algún día en una moto sin ningún apuro...
I've watched the 3 videos of this virtual road trip several times and also followed along on Google maps; closest I could get to being there ... but it was very cool. I was also very depressed at the time; watching this and listening to the awesome music helped me overcome it; I'll always be grateful that Sigur Ros did this and shared it with everyone!
In Iceland having a wooden spoon in your kitchen must be considered a luxury, judging by the lack of trees in this video. Having said that, the landscape in last 30 minutes are just breath taking.
Raw beauty, mystique landscapes and Scandinavians are especially talented in Art, Design, Architecture and City Planning. There is something so special about Scandinavian countries and the People. I love it there!!
It's like watching a 24 hr coach bus training video with the only difference of a life-changing track that flashes your entire life before your very eyes. Also the fact that Iceland is so beautiful too!!
who does this? true artists. i mean i don't even know how practical it is to sit through this whole thing but the general sense of the experience is massive and original. To think it was being streamed in iceland TV and live on here. To have so many people join in at any time to see where in Iceland that were at the time is awesome. not to mention the ability to make 10 hours straight of music. ha, this is great.
Brings back amazing memories of travelling through the landscape; albeit I went in winter. Would love to rent a car and travel further afield in the summer.
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I love watching this, it reminds me of when I drove a truck. Nowadays, my eyesight is too bad to have a CDL. This is heaven for an old truck driver like me.
oh my god. youtube offered me this while I am having a.blood transfusion. what a perfect soundtrack for returning to life.
Dude.
Oh damn, must've been a hell of a experience
Congrats on ending up well!
@@Bucky123100 still here, thanks :-)
Yesss!
I truly believe that Sigur Ros is the pinnacle of modern music.
*the pinnacle of music in general
Sigurrós present us the truth in the form of song, Mag Ugly Truth does it in the form of the spoken word.
I'm with ya
They are ❤
The lack of billboards is so refreshing.
Adam B I know! Billboards should be freaking illegal
I personally like seeing billboard along the road
Danm I had a time and every ting fellow human
Is it weird how this fact has me feeling emotion? I did not even notice.
imagine if there wasn't even yellow pylons, it would be achingly beautiful
2:56 - Reykjavík - 64º08'43.3"N 21º55'38.8"W)
41:41 - Hellisheiði (Geothermal power station in Hengill)
48:55 - Hveragerði
1:00:15 - Selfoss
1:28:12 - Hella
1:39:20 - Hvolsvöllur
1:54:28 - Markarfljót (river)
Around 2:07:45 - 63º32'43.7''N 19º43'46.3''W
2:43:14 / 3:35:28 - Vík í Mýrald
3:46:06 - Mýrdalssandur (outwash plain)
4:27:44 - Kirkjubæjarklaustur - 63°47'36.2"N 18°02'16.9"W)
5:16:44 - Skeiðará (river)
5:21:18 - Skaftafell (National park)
6:04:29 / 6:16:40 - Jökulsárlón (Glacial lake) - 64º02'44.1"N 16º10'48.5"W
7:16:38 - Höfn í Hornafirði
7:28:04 - Almannaskarð (mountain pass. The tunnel is called Almannaskarðgöng)
Couldn't find location or name of 8:09:36, apart from it's somewhere in Djúpavogshreppur, but I'd love to know!
8:52:42 - Djúpivogur
8:09:36 is a roadside pull off
Sigur Ros are pure genius. Their music is from another world…
I think they are aliens on disguise.
made me think Jónsi _is_ the alien and then Georg and Orri (and Kjarri and Águst) are just humans but with incredible instrumental intellect
And that world is Jonsi's brain!
actually they are elves
Yep, Iceland! Truly another world!!
I drove on these roads on my holiday in Iceland, it was truly amazing.
me too, i kinda spent my birthday there driving a couple of days, it's goddamn magic
This is Jonsi's commute to the studio every day, he is very dedicated.
Paesaggi lunari, così estremamente diversi dalla mia Italia tutta diversa, tutta ricca di Storia , con montagne e laghi e tanto mare e fiori e alberi....e Sole. Il Mondo è meravigliosamente vario.
In the 80's there was on television at the closing time of a channel jazz music playing while a car was driving in the city. It always captivated my attention and could not stop watching.
This has the same effect on me. It reaches something inside of me that I cannot explain. In my best attempt to describe this... Melancholy with nostalgia, well being with a feeling of confusion. A different sense of reality. As if the consciousness we are familiar with was incomplete.
This music is an experience to be lived. The footage allows the mind to create its own journey into a dimention that exists only in the imagination which I wish could be shared. But I understand that everyone's experience is unique.
seeing "sigur ros" and "9 hours" was the most excited ive been in a while
and then "part 1"
Nophera haha yes. it’s so profound!
@@screenheads3812 what
Nophera I’m so sorry, that reply was meant for another thread, I don’t know how that happened, ignore my reply, on a side note sigur Ros for 9 hours is a perfect mental breath of fresh air that we needed
I wish my husband and I had this soundtrack to play as we drove the entire Ring Road in 2014 on our honeymoon. :)
Sounds like a beautiful honeymoon
creepy
That's a honeymoon I hope to have with my future husband
Nice. Was it worth driving the entire thing? I hope to go to Iceland and do a driving tour, and dip in as many hot springs as I can...
the only real reason a 8+ hour video should be on youtube; a sigur ros ambient instrumental.
8 hours man still abit much aye?
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiit...
A looping one at that.
I know sigur ros make long songs, but this is something else
This is a generative extract, they used these sounds in their new song Óveður. However I think this extract is better than the actual released song. :) So mysterious and strange, yet relaxing.
I totally agree, I use this to work to alot currently, its enveloping!
It's something that have been starting in the Begininngs
It's on a loop people. Song wise. Still good.
Michael Croker nope...not a loop...8 hr jam
Sigur Ros really is the best. I'll admit when I first heard this I was slightly dismayed at the lack of action in this music compared to their other works. But I decided to put this on while writing a short story I've been trying to finish and I blitzed right though the writers block I had and sailed straight to the ending. They really have music for every mood/activity.
Where can we read your stories?
I was having the same problem! It really worked!
@@guillervz nowhere. Still unpublished lol. But I'm glad there are others out there who have found that Sigur ros is the reliable freight train that tramples writers block. Is your writing available anywhere?
Whoa! At 1:01:02 there is a bus stop across the street that I sat at when I visited Iceland. So cool to see these things and be able to recognize/remember them.
Iceland is a veeeery big country...
I've driven this road fully around Iceland. This brings memories!
That's how I see the world and life. Gray, dark, dense, cold, almost monochromatic. Beautiful.
I've just gotten back from a week in Iceland and I'm watching this with tears in my eyes. It is a land like no other and I'm glad I had Sigur Rós with me on my journey. A part of my heart and soul will always be there. Peace and love to all.
same for me, Iceland is magical
I live in northeastern North Dakota, where this music is wonderful to listen to while going for walks in the wintertime.
06:06:56 was my favorite landscape. Like an art painting: subtle colors, peaceful sounds, nostalgia and even sadness in oil.
Poni de Cthulhu ovedur demo
watching this four years after viewing it live...... what an experience it was! i love how there are fans/friends of the band popping up along the route, waving
Euro truck simulator Sigur Rós Version, wonderful job!
They actually have Iceland in ProMods!
:)
I was listening to Sigur Rós and I was thinking "it'd be nice to watch a video of someone driving the ring road with this music" and then this came up. Takk!
Really? Thats nice
Stunningly beautiful. Jonsi is a genius.
I loved driving in Iceland back in 2014. It felt like a book story or a movie. This video brings me back in time and I would totally do it all over again.
I drove Route One, Ring Road, in Iceland in September with Sigur Rós blasting in the car stereo. Takk!
Oh bloody great.. I just did Route 1 last year... one year too early apparently. Now I have to bloody go back and do it all over again.. with this running in the background.. 👌 ツ
Without this music, Route 1 is incomplete ....
We did this last winter. We drove around listening to Sigur Rós. It was a great experience.
I actually love this. Playing in background while coding. Awesome focus drug.
I gave up coding many years ago, but this would have been a brilliant
background to help me get through Sunday night trying to find a solution so
that all the systems would be working by Monday morning. I feel that my frequent
episodes of panic would have been significantly diminished by the presence of
this soundtrack.
1:34:35 cyclists passing each other in middle of nowhere!
1:12:44 Sunshine!!!
1:14:53 A bird!
1:16:06 Sheep!
1:16:17 A bad driver!
Yeah - not sure if I could cope with that to be honest.
~ 7:27:30 tunnel
~ 7:47:30 sheep near miss!
Yes it is a gloomy day for the solstice.
D
49:40 waving islandic people
There's no heaven; there's no hell-there's only Sigur Ros. Pure genius, pure beauty. Majestic ☝👍
This video gets really significant for the people who had travelled and drove in Iceland. I can watch it till the end without getting bored.
My wife and I drove this very road all the way, and it is without a doubt, the most beautiful place in the world. We rented a camper (van) and just drove, stopping to sleep at campsites, and to enjoy all the amazing sites. So amazing. We camped near Akureyri, where we first saw the northern lights. We will be going back, maybe even to live there one day if we're lucky ;) --we didn't play this song, but did listen to a lot of sigur ros on the road.
lack of personal time and issues I've not been able to immerse myself in this fully.. but by God I have been missing out?! it's truly beautiful, ambient and sour ros at their most relaxed and peaceful. I could watch this and loose myself in it forever. I'm so glad I found this band.. one that i shall take to the grave.
omg I'm only 2 hours in.. it's so deep and emotive
This is my new relax / chill soundtrack!
and mine!
e o meu!
同感です！
It's just so lush and tranquil.. but kinda deep at the same time?
y el mio!
Sigur Ros, the Route One video is spectacular. It is the closest thing to an audiovisual "mantra". I am a psychologist and I have used it with patients with anxiety and it has been very helpful for them to calm down. I admire them and congratulate them. I have the dream of visiting Iceland next year. A hug from Argentina.
Can't believe this was already so long ago! Such fun times watching this live. And watching the live chat lol
I was anxious ... this is calming me down big time.
These sorts of videos + meditation are excellent for anxiety.
I only discovered about the live transmission very late and so was only able to see it for the last hour or so. I was entranced and have been impatiently waiting for the whole performance to be available. I expect it to take me some days to watch it all!
It is rare to find music which so successfully evocates the landscape. Those that I know of are of classical music from many years ago such as Hamish Maccunn, Sibelius, Smetana and Edward Elgar. I am sure that there are many others that I have not yet discovered. This is the first that I have found which is not of classical music genre.
This is as good any of the above examples, with the almost minimalist style well suiting the views of the Icelandic landscape which can show little variation over large areas. It demonstrates beautifully that an apparent monotonous landscape can still be beautiful, and helps one concentrate on the tiny differences that occur between apparently similar locations.
I have never visited Iceland but this performance makes me wish to do so. I am sure that there are many other areas in the world that would be equally applicable for similar projects by indigenous musicians expressing what they feel about their homeland. The possibilities are endless, but my personal preference would be to hear productions of this type from Chile/Bolivia/Peru, Indonesia/Philippines or from the arctic areas of Canada or Siberia. I would welcome any comments on my choices.
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen ❤
The best recommendation TH-cam has offered me. I'm only 33 minutes into it and I can see me watching the whole journey.The music is wonderful.
this must be the soundtrack of heaven.
lewie spearman
A dark, cold version of heaven.
This is the sounds of heaven.
Musica Misteriosa, the sounds of Heaven! Beaming to your ears straight from the highest level of the Astral Plane. Radio Misteriosa.
Not of heaven, but of Valhalla.
nothing in life can ever be better than this
I play this every year at the summer solstice ... so awesome.
i'll be honest: it is incredibly strange to see iceland without ice, because when i visited it was quite literally in the middle of winter around christmas, and everything was covered with a thick layer of snow and ice. i remember walking out of the airport in reykjavik around 10pm and getting SLAMMED with a wall of the coldest wind i'd ever felt in my life. iceland is still the coldest place i've visited, but simultaneously the most beautiful. i came here mostly because i wanted to remember the experience - driving along route 1 in the beautiful but empty land of snow and ice and lava fields, watching the mountains approach and pass us by, miles upon miles spent with nothing but silence and the soft radio.
Love the idea. Sigur Ros as the capability of surprising us bringing something new. For me, as an ambient music listner this is amazing combining a travell in the Beautifull contry of Iceland to long form ambient soundtrack. 👏🏻
This was awesome.!!!!!! ....and to the right there are days and days of more Sigur Ros.!!!!! I've hit the jackpot.....
This will put a dent in my bandwidth
Went to Iceland for the first time in July 2024, fell in love with it instantly. Can’t wait to go back
My house, white square at the top left of the screen, min 2:33:45 :D
WHAT
That's not true.
2:33:41 So, there's a lot of grass to mow there in Iceland? Does it grow real tall if it's only cut once or twice a year? Is that your driveway we pass at 2:33:52?
Hermoso
nice place but creepy af lol
I'm from Algeria (Africa) and I really want to visit Iceland ! It is such a beautiful and splendid county!
I am so enjoying this brilliant piece of art....Sitting in my office in Los Angeles.... Thanks for sharing your road trip !.... Great idea !
just came back from Iceland and drove this route from Reykjavik through Selfoss to Vik. Absolutely stunning country.
This is literally a work of art.
watching this and listening their music is magic... Iceland is beautiful
Brings back so many amazing memories of our journey around Iceland--especially since we used Sigur Ros CDs as our soundtrack during our entire trip!
Wow, I'm so relaxed and can't stop watching this for some reason....
Me too😌
Going to Iceland in November, can't wait!
I stayed @ the hotel @ 7:15:01. Lots of scenery on Route 1. Iceland is a neat place!
So many great memories of a wonderful trip in September 2017.. Every person on the face of this planet should do this road trip once in their lifetime...next time...Wesrfjord :)
Best music ever, I could keep this on an infinite loop ♾ 🌈 ♥️
Watched this live and was a lifeline during the pandemic. Now it's perfect for when I just want some chill background music
And this is why I'm planning a trip to Iceland.
Bam!
beautiful drive tour! I enjoy it a lot! thanks for sharing my friend! big like, friends from Taiwan!
I am an American, I love the video. didn't notice the lack of billboards. Confused by the obsession with criticizing America, especially while enjoying art...but whatev. Great video.
It’s a pleasure know that I was in this beautiful country before all that coronavirus madness 🇮🇸❤️
This concept - a cure for my existential dread.
How come they never play this on my radio ?
its cuz radio cant display pictures
Clever
KCSN 88.5FM plays everything from A-Z. Trust me I know.
video killed the radio star
this is the kind of video iv been looking for
Brilliant!!!!! Listening for years...unreal
I love the people waving on the side of the road at 2:09:00 !! ❤❤
I see nowdays the series "Vikings" and it absolutly amazing me how this nortnen island became a settelment inspite of hard conditions. The spirit of men always amazes me. I've never been to Iceland and it is a pure comfort till I have the chance to visit there at list once in my life. and the music ofcaurse is enchanting
Desde que vi este material hace unos años me acompaña por lo menos dos veces al año como fondo de sonido en mi trabajo, sería feliz si pudiera hacer ese recorrido algún día en una moto sin ningún apuro...
This is... just awesome.
When music and art melt on a mystic journey. So very moving
this is purely amazing. Can't wait to come there. Sigur Ros, thanks for us showing your amazing country
I hope I can visit Iceland sometime in my life, is completely marvelous.
We´ll have fantastic nature in the far future - even more marvelous than it is now.
Iceland is such a magic place. it's scenery is simply otherworldly.
I've watched the 3 videos of this virtual road trip several times and also followed along on Google maps; closest I could get to being there ... but it was very cool. I was also very depressed at the time; watching this and listening to the awesome music helped me overcome it; I'll always be grateful that Sigur Ros did this and shared it with everyone!
I was listening to this on long road trips when in Europe and this takes me back wowww
I am madly in love with this band
A truly amazing band been a fan for more then 15yrs now there is no other band on this planet like sight ros jonsi has one unique voice
In Iceland having a wooden spoon in your kitchen must be considered a luxury, judging by the lack of trees in this video. Having said that, the landscape in last 30 minutes are just breath taking.
Driving route 1 listening to sigur ros (before I knew who they were) was one of the most spiritually profound experiences of my life :)
Raw beauty, mystique landscapes and Scandinavians are especially talented in Art, Design, Architecture and City Planning. There is something so special about Scandinavian countries and the People. I love it there!!
I'm at the 7 hour mark and I keep getting excited that there's still more to go
It's like watching a 24 hr coach bus training video with the only difference of a life-changing track that flashes your entire life before your very eyes. Also the fact that Iceland is so beautiful too!!
who does this? true artists. i mean i don't even know how practical it is to sit through this whole thing but the general sense of the experience is massive and original. To think it was being streamed in iceland TV and live on here. To have so many people join in at any time to see where in Iceland that were at the time is awesome. not to mention the ability to make 10 hours straight of music. ha, this is great.
This is nothing short of spectacular.
The best video wallpaper ever, for me even better than Eno's "Thursday Afternoon".
Brings back amazing memories of travelling through the landscape; albeit I went in winter. Would love to rent a car and travel further afield in the summer.
I was in Denali, Alaska during this exact solstice. This is a different kind of magic but it's just as powerful.
Meu Deus , esse lugar é tão lindo e calmo, trás muita paz para minha alma . Queria muito ter nascido neste país.
This is a great idea!!! Should do that with more places!
omg they really read my comment(?!) and gave us 4K VR version of this event!
Formidable! Watching this film, it's like i am on holiday again. (but listen to the album Valtari)
The best ambient clip ever!
both relaxing and frightening... like if I was peacefuly dying and aware of my spirit living my body
I'm glad to see humans doing this magnificent pieces of video.