Composer/Musician Reacts to Sigur Ros - Untitled #8 (Popplagið) (REACTION!!!)
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- Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on Untitled #8 (Popplagið)
ORIGINAL VIDEO: • Untitled #8 (Popplagið)
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my dad is on the bass and he has been playing for so many years i think he started when he was 17 and now he is 44 i love him he is amazing i showed my dad this video and he was happy to hear !
That's awesome! You can definitely hear his, as well as everyone in the band's, love for music. I'm glad you and him enjoyed my video and I'm glad that this song exists!
Skila kveðju til gogga
Hi, greetings from Indonesia, I've watched Sigur Ros performance in Singapore 💜
White Fang!
Is you dad in Sigur Ros ?
Sigur Ros' music is so beautiful and full of hope. I fell in love with them when I heard their album Ágaetis byrjun and especially track Starálfur. But their track Hoppípolla is definitely one of those tracks that almost bring tears of joy in my eyes. Those piano and violin melodies with Jonsi's vocals just hit the spot.
Yes! It's my favourite album of theirs! I love the title song myself.
Yes, their music is beautiful :) (en olisi uskonut että näen jonkun toisen suomalaisen Sigur ros fanin:))
Welcome to Post-Rock.
This is their most climactic song, probably. I was a little worried with all the suggestions for it because it is probably best placed within context of the album. It's from the album "( )", which contains 8 tracks where I've read the first four were intended to be happy/optimistic and the latter 4 are darker/melancholic.
My pick would've been Saeglopur but there were so many for Untitled 8 I didn't bother to put my thoughts in. Glad you liked it anyway. They almost always end their live sets with this song.
Listen to their other albums. They are "post-rock" but that is quite a reductive way of describing them - they kinda do their own thing that no one can quite touch.
The first song on () is probably the saddest song I have ever heard haha.
"first four were intended to be happy/optimistic" wonder what happened there
The first track is the definition of depressing…
The band that will always maintain the status of favorite band ever
So many songs of theirs you could listen to . They sing one song in English called It’s Alright. They are fantastic live too .
Love this song! Fun fact: even though most of Sigur Ros music is in Icelandic, this album is sung completely in a made up “nonsense” language they called hopelandic. So the lyrics actually don’t mean anything, which in a way makes it more beautiful and open to interpretation I think.
Edit: I see you touched on this yourself in the post discussion, good to hear your thoughts!
It's 3 years so you probably won't read this, but hopelandic is Vonlenska in Icelandic, where Von is hope in Icelandic 😊
A couple of fun facts about this song. The vocals are indeed pure gibberish, the band calls it "hopelandic" (or vonleska in icelandic), a combination of hope and icelandic. This whole album has no real lyrics, the concept was using voice completely as an instrument and conveying emotion purely through it. It even came with a set of blank pages for the listener to write, draw or do whatever they feel was the concept set to the music.
The kind of whale song sound the guitar makes a lot of times is because it is being played with a cello bow by singer Jónsi.
Great reaction and I love your interpretation about it being an spirit that can't move on. I think one of the reasons people suggested this and Gong it's because they both are some of the most "rhythmic" tracks by them. A personal favourite by them that it's completely different to this is Olsen Olsen.
I'd suggest checking Godspeed You! Black Emperor for other unique sounding music.
Man I saw GYBE! live few years ago and the light guy is a madman, he was burning old slides on an old projector and it was projected on screen to give a sense of chaos that followed the music. Then he took a glass salad bowl (sort of) and he started making reflections. That was insane !!
@@thatoneguysven774 That sounds amazing! Sadly they have never come to my country so I haven't seen them live, it would be awesome I imagine.
Seeing this song live had me sobbing in the aisle.
Best review I’ve seen on this song on TH-cam, well done .
One band I never thought I would see a reaction to.
You get a like for being awesome.
I agree
Been listening Sigur ros since their () album. They come and go like waves and are present on my most dark moments but also on my highs. Seen them live twice and it has been the most incredible experience of my life. The atmosphere at their gigs is unique, their able to create hypnotic mellow and enraging feelings that spread throughout the audience like nobody else. It’s like watching an artist creating the most magnificent masterpiece in the deepest dark part of its soul. There are some live performance videos here on TH-cam, I suggest that you watch them when you’re on your own.
Dude! I love how you unpacked the tension with the longings and the rage that comes from not experiencing the culmination of the longings… and how cool it is that none of that was communicated with words.
Love this band for that kind of impact exactly. Bless you.
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This is such a great album. They're so emotive in every aspect. They also have one of the best live DVDs ever.
Sigur Ros is in my top 5 bucket-list bands. They're just such... An experience. Super cool seeing a music lover hear them for the first time.
Welcome to Sigur Ros. Glad I had a hand in introducing them to you. This is one of their "heavier" songs. Most of their stuff is very laid back and ethereal. They were on constant rotation during tour for me and my band because sometimes you just need a break from metal.
People have pointed out that this song is in the "Hopelandic" language, but I'd like to point that the whole album is done this way for a reason. Also, something other have not pointed out is that in the CD pamphlet (remember those?) The pages are all blank as Jonsi wanted people to write in the lyrics the felt fit best. Its also the reason the album has no real name, and why all the songs are "Untitled". Gong next? That one is ok, but I'd still love to here "Hoppipolla" l, and my personal favorite, "Agaetis Byjurn".
And Glosoli.
...and Vidrar Vel Til Loftrasa
I love this band.
I wouldn’t be the same today without this music
I saw them in Glasgow a few weeks back. This song was the finale. Sometimes while watching music live you find yourself just stunned at the raw essence of what you’re experiencing. This was such a moment.
The sound in the mix that seems a bit like whale song is Jonsi bowing an electric guitar with a cello bow. Arguably their "hit" song is svefn-g-englar which was used in the soundtrack for "Vanilla Sky" and helped put the band on the map in the US (that and the fact that about the time "Kid A" came out, Radiohead was telling everybody how much they loved Sigur Ros). I'm fond of "Saeglopur", also. If you want a classical interpretation of a Sigur Ros song, the Kronos Quartet does a mean version of "flugufrelsarinn". Also, I recommend the "Hvarf-Heim" album, where they kind of do "unplugged" versions of their songs that are just lovely.
Also, Jonsi has a solo career. Here's a wonderful set he did with an orchestra and chorus: th-cam.com/video/xtSom6YxSGI/w-d-xo.html
A late reply, but the song that had the biggest impact in Vanilla Sky for me was Untitled 4 (near the end of the movie). I can't even remember when Svefn-g-englar and Ágætis Byrjun play in the movie :P
I certainly wouldn’t call Svefn their hit. I would have to give that honor to Hoppipolla, on a popularity basis.
The whole purpose of the ( ) album as a whole is to make your own interpretations of the songs. There are no song titles, no lyrics, no liner notes. The songs will take on different meanings depending on your mood. Untitled 1 could be a happy song if you’re happy... a sad song if you’re feeling sad. It’s a brilliant album all around, and one of my favorites to listen to in the winter... my interpretation of the album art is very winter-like. Check out the rest of the record if you haven’t already!
Listen, friend, you must hear this from their 'Heima' album here on TH-cam. It is simply mind-blowing, from the calm beginning to the world-destroying climax. Adding into the mix are the horns and the dazzling visuals.
It's Epic
Extremely visceral response is right on. What a song! And to hear it at the end of the ( ) album, whoa. This weird tension builds slowly through the whole album even in the more calmer songs, and it's wonderful to follow through. I love your interpretation of it with the "wanting more" feeling. For me, it's sometimes almost celebratory, like a dark explosion or roar about life and its tragedies.
Beside Gong, Saeglopur also a good choice for further discovery, or Ny Batteri, Brennisteinn, E-bow (Untitled 6), Hrafntinna (the whole Kveikur and Takk... album probably)... also watch the live version of this one from the Heima DVD. Had the pleasure to hear it live too.... its... something special. There were tears! I think most of their stuff is brighter and lighter, although melancholy is sort of often there.
The closest thing I’ve had to an out of body experience was hearing this song live. They close their concerts with it.
My favourite band even though I’m in Australia and have no idea about what the vocals mean . I do know the lyrics on this album are made up by Jonsi the singer .
My favorite song of all time. Saw it live 4 times, I'm hoping I can see it a lot more. For everyone that really loves this song and never had the opportunity to watch it and listen live, if you have that opportunity, don't think twice.
I don’t listen to this group often but have a few songs that touch me pretty deeply. They make such beautiful and emotion-invoking music.
Kudos to those recommending you these tracks! Sigur Ros changes lives. Seeing them in person while they toured for this album was an amazing experience, it was like I had a therapeutic breakthrough at that concert without even starting in that mindset. I hope (in Hopelandic, harhar) that you give some more air time to this band in the coming months.
Love your reaction, Bryan! Especially sou Findung pur about the meta Info Luke "hopelandic". The looping back regarding your interpretation of the emotion transported in the song is really genius! :)
so glad i somehow got here ! i am a Sigur Ros stan (among other bands that i love, of course). As a music lover (i know one when i see one :)) ), you have a a lot of pleasures to uncover from them :). Also, their videos are great, really, short films (they also have the space, since their tracks are long). They are known for ”slow buildup”, yeah. Which sucks you in, as you said, emotions simmering boiling and then exploding out of you. And the genius about it is that there are no ”words”. They also call it ”Hopelandic”. The voice is an instrument and it becomes YOUR meaning. anyway, you`re in for a treat. good luck wh your channel !
For more Icelandic melancholy, I'd suggest Sólstafir - Lágnætti.
Also why don't you have a separate video for us to vote on the theme for the week.
This is my favorite band on an interpersonal level. I still don't know how they tapped into my subconscious and wrote songs about shit that I don't even know about. They murder me. In the best way 😌
Man, it's been so long since I've listened to Sigur Ros. Think I first heard them around 2002 when () came out. Completely fell in love with them, and while I listened to the subsequent albums I feel like I haven't revisited them enough. Watching this reaction reminds me of why I fell in love with them to begin with. Can't think of another band that makes more beautifully melancholic music. Alcest come close in a different genre, or perhaps Cocteau Twins (though they're not as sad). One interesting thing about the Cocteau Twins comparison is that both bands are fond of nonsense lyrics. A funny fact is that the alternative title of this song ("popplagio") literally means "pop song." Awesome interpretation too. That's precisely what the band wanted by writing lyrics without meaning. Ágætis byrjun, (), and Takk... are all worth hearing in their entirety.
I was out for a run the other day and this song came on, the ending half where it really starts picking up really makes you start to get your adrenaline going and you almost feel like you’re being chased by something and you just have to sprint as fast as you can. Intense song for sure
Stoked to see your introduction into Sigur Ros! Insightful and pleasant commentary that I've come to love on this channel. Keep up the great work Bryan! Maybe Untitled 3 or 4 for the next song recommendation. I'm curious, with all of these reactions, what prog bands do you sight as personal influences and as some of your favorite bands?
You should check out one of the live videos of this song , incredible.
Visceral....longing....perfect words to describe it. Haven't heard any other band that tugs at the emotions more than these guys. They have so many other songs to check out.
Most interesting to hear your comments... Very surprised you weren't aware of Sigur Ros.. This particular song is usually played at the close of their concerts.. It is best heard live.. One of the comments on here mentions listening to it from their outstanding film Heima...The film Heima is a must see and is available on TH-cam and or DvD...I have heard the piece live on 3 occasions,all in the UK..Live it is astonishing and a must to hear...
I’m mexican and Sigur Ros 🖤 is my favorite band.. please react to Caifanes - La Célula que explota🎶 (the most famous mexican rock band ever)
I've watched their concerts 3 times. Two times in Singapore, once in Indonesia. The experience of watching their concert the first time was very-very magical. When they started playing this song as the ending song, it started to rain a little. While the music builds up getting faster and louder, the rain gets heavier to the end of the song. When the song finished, the rain suddenly stopped.
I feel like this band has been a long time coming on this channel. This album, Agaetis Byrjun, and Takk are really really good. Their whole catalogue is filled with songs that are insanely emotional whether it's melancholy or joy. You will cry. It's definitely music you need to be in the mood to listen to and not really something you can put on and jam out to in the car or while working out though.
I feel like this band and Godspeed You! Black Emperor are my two pinnacle bands for this genre of music (avant garde experimental post-rock whatever you want to call it). GSY!BE is transcendent music and can't wait to see them reacted to on this channel at some point.
Glósóli is a must. You may want to check the original video (it’s cinematography bring us into the purity of a child) and the building of the crescendo will give you shivers. 😎🤟✊
this song is so tragically sad, it gets me emotional every time
Whoaaaaaa I have been following for Thank You Scientist, The Dear Hunter (please!?) and Dream Theater but I did not expect THIS. Seriously - please keep doing your thing. I think you put out great content and have a keen set of ears. I like it when you don’t take yourself too seriously!
Also, I wanted to just say I loved how much you mentioned not knowing what was being said, but feeling that "visceral reaction." That's this band to the core. You feel them. The meaning stamps itself on your soul, and it's unique to you, though many share it.
Amazing band Bryan, so glad you reacted to them!
Thinking of you and your Family
I love this band. If you want your head blown and heart flayed listen to hjartað hamast. It's a truly unique song. I've no idea what instruments are used and maybe it would be something that interests you but it's like something that starts to swell in your gut and spreads throughout the body.
the 4th song from this album was in the movie vanilla sky. a tom cruise film. Check out the song and movie.
Their second, third, and fourth albums are 3 of the most beautiful albums ever made.
Hehe, funny how low tech your older videos were! Quality hasn't got any worse, but looing back I enjoyed the way you brought the requests onto the screen in full... This makes me thing of 'the last days of spring' - Noah and the Whale - which I think I may have previously commented on. If not, I'm getting a similar feel to another Sigur Ros track you reacted to, that I listened to whilst on a tram to Manchester... Nice that you still got viceral responses back here :) Sad that you don't seem to get these any-more or that the other songs haven't got you there... Perhaps it's like ASMR immunity? Damn your mike setup is so much better now, as there's quite a lot of background noise and pops... you've really honed your art :)
So... Do the lyrics have no meaning even though they aren't directly translatable? I'd propose that you can still interpret and translate the gibberish somewhat... In the same way some instrumentals are translatable. :)
From what I understand it's complete gibberish, which to me would signify that there's no reason or pattern to derive meaning from. But maybe the band has a different idea of it.
@CriticalReactions I'd take gibberish lyrics with feeling in place of terrible lyrics that don't really make sense even if they do translate. I revisited 'Stereophonics' whom have a good sound, but the lyrics are awful. Still, there are great songs with nonsense lyrics. I love that you actually read the replies :)
When they play live this is always the last song.
This is kind of a timely video, cuz you just did Skálmöld song recently, which was actually how I was introduced to this band lol.
They covered a song called "Inní mér syngur vitleysingur". I honestly think it was kind of a tongue-in-cheek cover, cuz Skálmöld's main vocalist voice is SO rough & harsh and Jonsi's is absurdly soft, airy & smooth on the ears lmao.
But yeah, I would recommend that song in the future (original, not the cover obviously lol).
That or this other song called Glósóli. It's got a similar vibe to this song, but more uplifiting & inspiring. His voice hits some pretty high notes in that song.
I've seen this band referred to as Dream Pop online. I'd say the first song I mentioned fits the pop description; it sounds like a better version of something out of a commercial for antidepressants...
Or yogurt, or something.
Whereas the other song, Glósóli is much closer to that "dreamy" sound. They're both great songs, though lol. Must-do's imo.
Edit: Also, I saw somebody mention Raubtier in the comments, that'd be a pretty interesting band to check out. They're kind of like... Industrial-ish Metal, I guess? Similar to Rammstein, but heavier (usually).
Lemme see if I can sell you on them: occasional pop-sounding euro synths, extremely low-tuned guitars (talkin' like A or G), lots of songs about tanks and a vocalist that sounds like Joakim from Sabaton mixed with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Or, if you've ever watched Fairly Oddparents, he sounds like Jorgen Von Strangles lol.
I'd say listen to Huvudjägarsång (good luck pronouncing that), Lebensgafahr or Vittring.
"It sounds like this melancholic longing"
Yep, that about sums up Sigur Rós
Olson Olson, the live one, is one of my personal favorites.
Nice vid
ugh.... Olsen Olsen ;)
The live one have a different vibe to it, plus its slowed also.
I think you nailed the meaning behind this music. I got the same reaction with the longing and sadness that transforms into uncontanable rage
i'm laughing you saying "this srly got to move on...*drum* thank you" ahahah I FEEL JUST THE SAME HERE BRO
I would LOVE if you reacted to Untitled #1 and #2 from this album. If you liked this I’m sure you’ll love those, they make me emotional every time I hear them.
The greatest band of all time.
One of the best live songs ive ever seen performed in my life.....and ive seen ALOT of great bands
Great commentary about the song, it was always difficult to me to put words to what this song feels like.
Best concert I’ve ever been to.
Pretty nice song! Hadn't heard this one yet. If you want to check out more by him check Varúð =).
Every Sigur Ros song is a journey. And often inward. Just don't listen while driving. It has the power to lull you into driving right off a cliff.
Top 5 band.
This is their best song, but you should have watched their live version from Heima, it's outstanding. You might get into the build up more seeing it live as well, the atmosphere is amazing.
the best post-rock song, ever...
The reason the album and all the songs are untitled is to allow the listener to interpret the sounds and meanings of the songs within their own experience. I remember reading the album was originally provided with a notepad to write your thoughts about each song! Love the band, very different from most things out there the moment. Try Ny Batterai for another aural experience.
I've heard that the Bracket album has a lyrics booklet, with empty pages. The intention of the made up language in this album is to have you interpret what is being said, and write your own lyrics that connect with you personally through your experience with the music.
Please react to Sigur Ros - hjartað hamast (bamm bamm bamm). It's a little different from what you've heard, but it's still a very powerful experience.
Very beautiful, but I wouldn't recommend it for late-night listening if you're already a bit sleepy. I had to come back to it this morning.
did you end up doing any more sigur ros? if not, i highly recommend 'ara batur' live.
Love sigur ros since forever ago! They are amazing! You should also check out Godspeed you Black Emperor
It's one of my favourite from them. It reminds me a little of the Gathering btw, maybe that's why )))
Hair looking crispy
This is extraordinary live.
Check out the albums Takk and Agaetis Byrjun you'll be blown away!
Would like to watch your reaction to Envy - Chain Wandering Deeply. One of my favourite bands and song of all time.
YES! THIS!
By far the best track Sigur Ros have ever delivered :)
The performance live in Iceland from Heima would have been better but I can hardly complain. This song is overwhelming.
There are better stand alone songs you could have picked, but its still an awesome pierce. Glad you liked it.
Takk and Ageastis Bydrum and ( ) those albums are a must. Their sigur ros best then listen to their upbeat acoustic album with the naked people on their album artwork I forgot the name ha ha
I created tattoo on my arms , love them so much!
This song reminds me of anxiety I think this song and made me realize I have anxiety lol
Pushing & Pushing, pushing through to the other side.
Try Raubtier Den SIsta Kulan or Raubtier Bunkern. Both great songs in swedish.
It's loosely translated "popsong".
So there's a lot of longing for a better world right there.
I nejoy when I see your eyebrows open up whenever you hear something that you enjoy and are surprised with.
Reminds me of cult of luna
... the best song from sigur rós. ever ❤️
The band said in a interview this album ( ) was made so the listeners put their meaning into it. They wanted each track to tell it's own story to their listeners, though jonsi the singer is gay and back then struggled with his family and father accepting this and he had his heart broken due to this so maybe that'd what its about. But sigur ros has a song about that also in their agaestis bydrum album ill link you the song.
th-cam.com/video/_9CPKtDy3fM/w-d-xo.html
If you like post rock. I suggest you to listen to the band "the appleseed Cast", their album "Sagarmatha" is a masterpiece.
Albums: Low Level Owl Vol I & II as well.
The best creative bands ivd heard are Sigur Ros and Mrbungle and Fantomas. Lol maybe FNM lol
Shits amazing
explosions in the sky and this will destroy you are very similar in this style.
Yu sai di nooooo faaaaoooo, ai lo wan no yu sai
Great. Do yourself a favor and do a reaction to Untitled #1 (ending is powerful too)
The gibberish lyrics as a concept reminds me of The National. Their lyrics aren't meant to mean anything, I suppose to allow you to interpret as you want, but it does take away something from a song too.
Lol, nothing is being said ;)
Yes, it's a he. lol
I find sigur ros boring and pretentious and so are their fans. Like they get “it” and we are just too dumb to not think boring 4/4 stretched out songs are not genius.
ok
@@MauricioJara exactly they suck
wary ≠ weary