Wow, you mean you know who Godspeed You Black Emperor is? Being from
Montreal, Canada (that's where Godspeed's from), I obviously know of them,
but I'm surprised to hear that their becoming internationally recognized.
Personally, I'm not crazy about them, as I feel that what they're doing was
done by bands like Genesis (Peter Gabriel era), King Crimson and other
prog-rock bands about 30 years ago, and much better at that. Considering
that it's rock and that everything's been done a thousand times already, I
don't feel that GYBE is contributing anything significant or groundbreaking
to music, and you sure can't dance to it! Just my two bits worth, but I'd
love to hear from those who disagree with me, as I'd really wanna know what
the big deal is with these guys. I'm convinced it's just hype.
Stimp
----- Original Message -----
From: "Juuso Koponen" <mekaanikko@nutempo.com>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: Sigur Ros, anyone?
> > Hey. I've been searching for Sigur Ros' "Aegaetis Byrjun" everywhere,
> > but haven't had any luck. For the Bjork fans out there or those who
> > like the out there stuff, this guy's a really wacked out, GREAT
> > composer from Iceland, who's stuff seems to be hard to come by. He's
> > toured with Radiohead in the past and gotten great reviews, so maybe
>
> Actually, Sigur Rós is not one person but four. Their LP ("Ægatis
> Byrjun") was AFAIK the best selling record in Iceland last year. They're
> internationally distributed by Fat Cat (UK). They toured also recently
> with Godspeed You Black Emperor (for those of you who know this possibly
> the greatest "rock" band of all time) and I think their style is very
> much like GYBE's, except that whereas GYBE plays instrumentals, songs by
> Sigur Rós usually have lyrics in Icelandic or "Hopelandish", which is a
> language they've made up by themselves.
> I got my own copy (vinyl) from the local indie rock record shop (who
> also stock dance music) called Stupido Twins, but I'd imagine such shops
> worldwide stock it. It has been released in UK but don't know about the
> US..
>
> --
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> reason there ariseth such a funke in the night..."
> - W. Capps, 1623
>
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