Sigur Ros "Untitled #8" (reaction ep.304)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2024
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In this video I react to Untitled #8 by Sigur Ros.
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This song live is actually the most amazing thing. Especially the Heima version.
I love how they always finish on this song too. Perfect end to a concert.
Agreed. The live video from Heima especially, frisson not only from the audio, but visually - just wow.
Had the pleasure of listening to them live and this song was just otherworldly
I'm not a religious / spiritual person by any means, but seeing Sigur Ros live is what I'd consider a profound spiritual experience. Nothing could have been more perfect, and I could not have been any more content and captivated in that moment. My expectations were so astronomically high going to see them for the first time that I was afraid they could only disappoint, and they managed to blow even my wildest dreams out of the water. Their live video's are fantastic, but can never capture the atmosphere of actually being there, it really is something else.
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Been to a few Sigur Rós concerts and this song is always their last song. Remember first time I saw them perform this song, I was just emotionally paralyzed, exhausted and overwhelmed, because they left everything they had on the stage. Still the best band I have seen live. Thanks for this reaction.
I saw them performing this in 2015 and I am still recovering!!!
I could't agree more. The way this train lets you enjoy the surrounding space and sound and then starts to speed up with every verse until it is seemingly our of control is just supernatural! When I heard it live for the first time I just closed my eyes and embarked on this journey. It was so hypnotic to me that I opened my eyes only after the end ot the song. I felt exhausted and fulfilled. Truly amazing and unrepeatable experience.
I’m honestly a pretty pessimistic person the majority of the time, but every time I listen to Sigur Ros I can’t help but feel like the world has incredible beauty in it. It’s hard to explain but I feel like their music comes from a place of love and purity ❤️ will always cherish these guys.
Very cool, thanks for sharing
"Whoa," indeed. 👍
The slow-build of this track is incredible. Quite a few overlooked or underrated gems from this particular album, actually.
Sigur Ros's music is pure emotion to me, perhaps in part because I cannot understand any of the lyrics. But the tones, the compositions, the production... it draws me in, envelops and overwhelms me. An amazing band.
So perfectly said...... can't ever get enough of them
I also love how this song contains such a breadth of emotions. The simple, elegant beauty of the beginning, eventually giving way to the fucking heat death of the universe at the end.
And one of their Guitarists actually plays it with a Cello Bow, that's how one of the sounds is made
that would be Jonsi, the guy that sings at the same time...
With Radiohead and Slowdive, my favourite band. You notice the final note is also the first note on the album.
Omg!!!! Never thought this would come up on your channel! Sigur Ros is BEAUTIFUL! This track is a must when I’m on an inward journey. ;) Jonsi’s solo work Is also AMAZING!
I love these guys...... Amazing Music....... Good to see someone Reacting to them....... they are an AMAZING Band.......
This song is crazy live, especially towards the end, they go all out; I love the fact the world tour 2022 has been starting with Vaka (Untitled #1) playing almost every song in the brackets album and finishing on this song, the end of that album. Almost as if they ‘Bracketed’ their concerts.
Beautiful and epic. It's probably my favorite Sigur Ros song. It's amazing live.
Awesome! Can’t wait to get home and watch. I mentioned on patreon the band Mogwai out of Scotland. I usually intertwine Mogwai and Sigur Rös when I need music to lift me... inspire me.
This album I’ve probably listened to the most! Utterly breathtaking.
I’ll be back!
this is one of the most tragically beautiful songs ever recorded
Nice reaction! You should check out Untitled 8 live from their movie ‘Heima’. Thats the best live version of Untitled 8. Heima is a must see film also!
a phenomenal end to a phenomenal album. every track off this lp is killer. no artist sonically creates spaces as grand as sigur ros. as you say, the space in the music is huge, such slow tempos allow the music to breathe, and the whole experience feels organic. nice one for letting the track run. their songs are journeys and to interrupt would be detrimental.
imagine stopping it every minute for a react!? I don't watch many react video channels actually, but when I do, if I find one where they stop it all the time...I just leave the video.
Dude beautiful sense of the music. The waves image is so descriptive.
I'm anxious to see another reaction from Sigur Ros, it's a unique band
HEIMA is the film to watch.
I saw Sigur Ròs do this live (a number of times) but first and most notably was in the album’s entirety at the Hollywood Bowl. My first time seeing them live and I wept profusely at this, the close of the show. Easily top 3 concert performances I’ve ever seen.
Will see that film for sure.
I was there also
I suggest you see Heima, a Sigur Ros documentary if you want to see them perform live. About seeing them live, I only saw them 4 times and I say only because it's really too few times in my opinion. There is no other band that can make me feel what this band does. It's not a concert, it's an experience out of this world. And I must add something very important. The sound clarity of this band live is simply incredible, everything sounds correct. It's very sad that they are not making live concerts anymore for a few years but I really hope they come back. I really really suggest that, for everyone that likes this song and others by Sigur Ros, if you have the opportunity to see them in concert, just go!
One of their best live performances is Hoppipolla from their film Heima. Check it out you will love it.
( ), on of my all time favorite albums. they lyrics are his made up language called Hopelandic, meant to express pure emotion. Seen them live multiple times and never disappoints. One way Jonsi creates a unique effect with his voice live is that he will actually sing (loudly) thru the pickup on his guitar.
One of my favourite albums of all time too! High five ✋ I’m so glad someone else loves it as much as I 😍
This song live is AMAZING
Watching Sigur Ros live, is one of the best things I have ever witnessed till date. The count for me so far is 2 (one last week) and I am quite sure, I will go over and over again, if they play nearby. It is also one of the concerts, you can enjoy all alone as you feel part of the experience :)
Untitled 8 is a monster
This whole song- from the haunting sustained bendy in the background to the vocalist's cool melancholy- is the MOOD of the Pacific Northwest. I can smell the ocean and the pine, and feel a cold dampness while listening.
Sigur Ros 🎊🎊🥳
I saw them in 2008 in Tepoztlan Morelos (Mexico) the very very very first time they came to this continent. It was Majestic!
So fun watching people listen to bands I grew up with
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 and heavier to the end of the song. When the song finished, the rain suddenly stopped.
cool!
Best last song of a concert ever! Kudos Sigur Rós, and kudos Dean for reacting to this amazing song!
That was great! The ocean analogy is perfect. I think sky visuals a lot. But this is great! They have so many moments that goose the flesh. Love seeing them get on here!
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I’ve already suggest “Dondante” by My Morning Jacket. But I’d like to add one more: “Darkness” by Peter Gabriel. You’re welcome!
This song is a masterpiece!
Nice listen! Nice reaction!
Saw this live 2 nights ago. Speechless.
Cool, whereabouts?
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*Sigur Rós - Live 2013 [Post Rock] [Full Set] [Live Performance] [Concert] [Complete Show]* is a great live show. Seeing them do their thing live is a whole nother experience.
Loved this Dean, thank you.
Be great to hear you react to some more Post Rock! You're one of the more out there reactors around in terms of music choice and I love it.
I've seen Sigur Ros once at a festival and that is the perfect setting for this band, huge and atmospheric with a great light show. Such amazing musicians.
Check out Mogwai if you have the chance. See you next time.
This "Untitled #8" is from the album ( ) from 2002. Yes, its name is parentheses separated by a space. None of the eight tunes have names. None of them have lyrics in any language, the singer Jónsi singing is meaningless (?) syllables the band calls "Hopelandic". The first four tracks are supposed to be somewhat happier than the last four. The songs have code names, though... this one is called "Popplagið" ('pop song', which it really isn't). This Untitled #8 is the final song of their live sets. It's epic.
I really like live versions of most Sigur Rós's songs more than the album versions. If you'd like to, please check out Untitled #7 (Dauðalagið, 'death song'), which is pretty heavy stuff emotionally. For example, in Reykjavík, Iceland in 2017 (an audience recording, starting with loud applause, not the best audio but still I like it) th-cam.com/video/YI0dkm0hIuU/w-d-xo.html
To be honest, perhaps anything from the Heima (from 2007) music film would be a good idea.
Then there's the whole concert "Sigur Rós live from the Walt Disney Concert Hall" th-cam.com/video/n-BjxCpmxmo/w-d-xo.html
I saw them live in Philly and they typically perform with a string quartet. Jonsi the singer does play his guitar with a bow at times. They ended their concert with this song, very fitting. This is from their ( ) album, all 8 tracks are gorgeous and untitled.
Sigur Ros my favourite band, Jonsi is a legend
I saw them perform this, and the rast of ( ) along with earlier stuff. It was in 2002, at The State Theater in Detroit Michigan. It was Winter time, and their performance was literally breath-taking. Their performance was enthralling; like nothing else I'd ever heard. Tears welled up in my eyes, nearly sober, and it was just undeniable. They are truly the real deal, no bullshit. I remember walking out after the show, outside there was a snow blizzard, walking back to my car - and I looked back down the road as their bus drove up, and past me and my two friends - I waved goodbye, and that was it. A beautiful ghost in the cold wintry mist gone, until perhaps, another night. That show is one of the most powerful live music performances I have ever witnessed, and I've seen much live music in my time so far.
nice!
I've seen many shows at the state theatre but I didn't even know of them in 2002
Oohhhh! Great pick Dean, this band very often blows me away !
I'm a sucker for tracks that build up. One of my favourites this.
Nice to hear some Sigur Ros again.
For the wildcard Wednesday: Please listen to "The Birds" by Elbow.
This song makes me want to learn the drums
Funnily, the band's nickname for this song is "Popplagið" that means "Pop Song". Even if the songs on the album have no title, like the album itself "( )", the band has a nickname for each song.
The whole album 💯🔥
The album fire but this song goes hard 🔥
ITunes festival gig from a few years ago is a good introduction to them live.
Hi Mr Wolfe
Firstly thank you for reacting to this song. I really 🖤 seeing the reaction on peoples faces when they first hear this incredible song.
Ok Sigur Ros third album ( ) (aka the untitled album) was released in 2002. It is an album of two halves , four pieces of music each "side"
Untitled 8 is the track that has closed very Sigur Ros live show since 2002.
I first got to see the band at a really small venue in the North of England in a town called Sheffield at a place called the leadmill.
I have never heard an audience be entirely silent during a bands performance!! It was an amazing experience. I have since seen then 18 times! Along with LOW , GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR & Cocteau Twins. Sigur Ros are my all-time favorite live band.
At the time ( ) was released the band were
Jonsi - vocals, e- bow , guitar, keyboards , percussion
Georg - bass backin vocals , keyboards, percussion
Kjertan - guitars , keyboards , percussion
Orri - drums , keyboards etc etc
Their most recent album was keikur in 2013.
They have released other music since then , but mostly compilations on limited 12' vinyl releases.
I would recommend Dean Debois' excellent the tour documentary film , Heima which will give you a superb over view of Sigur Ros in live performance. As it ranges from tiny acoustic shows , through to a massive outdoor performance of untitled 8.
I would also highly recommend , watching the video of the live performance of Jonsi's track Grow Till Tall , which is as incredible live as untitled 8 , IMHO.
Thanks again
Take care HappiGoth
Hey Simon, thanks for your comment. great info. will see that documentary some time
@@deanwolfechannel my pleasure though not prog / post rock related id love to see your reaction to Musette & Drums by Cocteau Twins | Pissing by Low | No More Sorry by my bloody valentine
Not always a lot going on composition wise with Sigur Ros, but they more than make up for it with all their delicate dynamics and textures. I love zoning out to them when i'm in a melancholy or introspective mood. Even remind me of Swans at times.
@Annoying Elitist yeah they're like totally opposite and most people wouldn't know what i mean... but they have a similar kind of approach i guess. Big building soundscapes...
Sigur Ros are more ethereal and up in the clouds... Swans are inside a volcano.
Geological is how i'd look at these groups.
i saw them Atlanta and was magical
Very nice. Post rock/indie? 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽 Soothing...
I’m not a religious person but if there was a heaven, I’d imagine the angels singing like Sigur Ros
True Love sings like perfection, sigur is close, but not even close to perfection in the heavens.
13:33 Live in Reykjavik: th-cam.com/video/WC2rbKd8BNo/w-d-xo.html. This song used to be their finale after the release of the album. I think that before Popplagið / Untitled #8, their finale used to be Hafsól th-cam.com/video/doyVAHkgTXE/w-d-xo.html (can't find an old live from that time).
Hey Dean, hope you'll check out a band called- Elbow and their song "the birds" it reminds me of early Genesis, I think you'll enjoy it! Have a good day
Hi Dean I saw someone recommend you Ad Nauseam, are you considering that band? "Imperative Imperceptible Impulse" has absolutely bizarre songwriting inspired by Igor Stravinsky, made into a DEATH METAL track. It's incredibly unique and incredibly dissonant. It paints an insane landscape that will be like something you've never heard before.
Recommend a film/concert - Heima
may i suggest you the song brennistein? another true masterpiece..
This song is so magical, as well as the entire album. Sigur Ros in their prime were something very very special.
Sigur Ros is always in their prime...
@@dimman16 eh no they're deffo out of their prime now they're not putting out music that was as special as before, not even that special at all actually.
@@justsomejusstsome8994 Ok Boomer...
@@dimman16 You look twice my age though
@@justsomejusstsome8994 Ok Boomer...
WW sticking with beautiful stuff, Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
One of my favourite songs . There was a time I had only two songs at my mp3 player. It was This song ang Tool „parabola”
And p.s. I have them only two for almost a year … a year of listening over and over again
ha! That was everything you needed then!
One step further than Pink Floyd. The movie about the end of their tour is "Heima"
BTW to the people who love Mogwai, check out Arab Strap!
Please do Untilted 4
WW Lisa Gerrard - Sacrifice
Where's Swans
This week
@@deanwolfechannel Awesome!