Talk:Sigur Rós

message: The accents look fine, I've moved the page - just one thing: people seem to be "spelling" their new album with a space between the brackets: ( ) rather than () - I'll change the article to reflect this, but if the no-space version is more official or you disagree, then feel free to change it back. --Camembert
:I couldn't tell if there was one or not, so I guessed.  Thanks. Tokerboy 19:41 Nov 18, 2002 (UTC)
:: Clearly there should be a space, because in most font's if you don't leave a space it ends up as a complete shape with two rounded sides and two vertices, which is not how the symbol is usually represented Personman 4 (talk) 09:34, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ( ) 

message: Hi,
I've translated your article about Sigur Rós into Spanish. I'm working on Icelandic topics there so I came across with your work.
I don't know anything about the band but I have some doubts about the names of their albums, singles and related work.
First of all, I think official names for movies and albums should have been written with capital letters and besides in the section for other works it says whether the item is a film or a Cd (in brackets). Is that the official name? If not I'm affraid It could affect searching purposes.
For the untitled #1 (a.k.a. vaka) I had no choice and put Vaka. “Untitled” is a name or just you're saying it has no name?
Finally, from what I know [Bad Taste]] was a label in Reykjavík founded by Björk's friends (The Sugarcubes). But when I entered the article it says it's a movie.
I wanted to check this with you, after all, you're the one who know. The rest of the work is perfect, I hope you keep filling in the gaps so that I will have more to add in Spanish.
Cheers, Lmb 18:41, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I know this is a bit late, but... Bad Taste is a movie made in New Zealand, or a company based in Iceland. You will have to make a disambiguase page or something. Bad Taste (film) and Bad Taste (company). The album () is the official name, and all the songs had no names. Later they got nicknames, so Vaka is a nickname. --Steinninn 11:02, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spanish Translation 

message: Some anonymous user changed the bow Birgisson uses from a violin one to a cello one. I always thought it was from a violin; a cello's bow seems like it would be too big. Does anyone know for sure? Simpsnut14 22:45, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "I use a cello bow, not a violin bow." --Jónsi in some interview Sindri 11:27, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cello bow 

message: i have heard it many different ways. - Omegatron 17:30, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
:Perhaps someone knowing the IPA could write it for you. --  Ævar Arnfjörð [ Bjarmason]   18:59, 2004 Aug 31 (UTC)
:Pronounciation complete with audio clips for your hearing pleasure. --Uberpenguin 03:26, 2004 Oct 22 (UTC)
:I changed the pronunciation guide from "see oor rose" to "roce", since the "s" in Rós is unvoiced (i.e. not pronounced like a z). I hope that's clear enough. I can look into doing an IPA transcription - but first I need to find out how to write the symbols on Wikipedia. --Dave 20:28, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
:: That IPA thing is genius but I still can't pronounce it 'correctly'. That velar approximant(?) is impossible! I just anglicise it, or try to copy the way the band themselves pronounce it in interviews. ZephyrAnycon 21:19, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Do we actually need the incorrect (although more common) pronunciation to be pointed out here? It's close enough to the proper pronunciation to be recognisable, so I don't see any point in having it there. --Dave ~ (talk) 14:10, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is it pronounced? 

message: So, which episode does Sigur Ros music appear in 24?
Well I asked this many years ago - the answer is 1x19 (and you'll never notice it at all unless you're listening out for it) - I updated it to the site last Friday... I'm sure someone else was dying to know AStaralfur 15:06, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  24 

message: Found what appears to be a fairly decent lyrics site that covers most of their work, the English translations appear to be similar to the other "unofficial" translations; it can be found at.
Just thought I'd ask before adding it, I already know there is an official lyrics page on the Links list, but it does not provide full english translation for the songs in Icelandic...yet.Nikevs 23:26, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The lyrics for Hún Jörð’s translation (Mother Earth) are at least partly incorrect (I know they are, and I don’t even speak Icelandic!), as there exists therein an inconsistency in the use of the archaic singular and plural second person pronouns (thou, thee, thy, thine Vs. ye, you, your, yours). I haven’t checked the rest, but if a non-Icelander can pick up a translation flaw in two minutes, then it doesn’t bode well for the accuracy of the translations in general. Raifʻhār Doremítzwr 20:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyrics site 

message: The pictures of the band on this wiki are a little boring. I know wikipedia is more about the content not the images, but Sigur Ros has a significant artistic presence. Hopefully someone can use a better live image than that Hong Kong one.
::Click on anyone of these concerts and you'll find some great live photography done by fans: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/tour/arctour.php 
::This is an example of an image that I think would work well: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/images/reykjavik05a-01.jpg Endlessmug 17:33, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: how about my favourite Sigur Rós picture? i know it doesn't cover the common (since most Sigur concerts take place inside venues or, at festivals, in the evening/at night) lighting effects, but it captures the dream state feeling of a Sigur live experience pretty well in my opinion. Gazongagizmo 20:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uninteresting Images 

message: Should we have pictures of the individual band members? The ones here might be appropriate. http://sigur-ros.co.uk/media/dldimage.php Endlessmug 04:41, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They are copyrighted and can not be used.--Steinninn 11:23, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Band Member Pictures 

message: Both the main article and the Music on Films & TV section say that Hoppípolla was used for the trailer for BBC's Planet Earth series. But wasn't the song used (and used very heavily) as the theme tune for the show itself, not just the trailer? Russ London 08:49, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, It was just the trailer, the theme was separately orchestrated by the BBC Philharmonic, if that's their name. 86.153.64.29 18:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Planet Earth 

message: Is it worth mentioning that Japan got a "Saeglopur" EP to coincide with their tour, featuring the same as the UK EP, but with the studio version of "Hafsol" on? Kudasai 15:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Saeglopur EP 

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thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: i've seen various different accents over the o in ros. (i only know the names of french accents, not sure if they apply here) we have a circumflex on the heima website  down the menu on the right, but an acute on the same page in the page's title. though this site  has a grave accent. plenty of other examples too. is there a correct one?--Mongreilf (talk) 18:45, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Rós, with an acute accent, is the only correct spelling. *Rôs, *ròs or any other variations you might encounter are mistakes. ô and ò aren't letters of the Icelandic alphabet. --Malfidus ~ (talk) 20:13, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  well there's no the umlaut in english, except as a diaeresis, yet plenty of english-speaking heavy metal bands use them. given that sigur rós are fond of made up languages your argument possibly isn't enough--Mongreilf (talk) 11:41, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  accent 

message: Why is it that Sigur Rós' songs and albums are written with only the first word as a capital letter? Does it have a special exception to WP:ALBUMCAPS? Pasta of Muppets (talk) 03:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone? Pasta of Muppets (talk) 08:15, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They do comply with WP:ALBUMCAPS which states: In titles of songs or albums in a language other than English, the project standard is to use the capitalization utilized by that language, not the English capitalization. --JD554 (talk) 08:34, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

text: Okay, so clearly in Icelandic, titles are only capitalised on the first letter of the first word? Pasta of Muppets (talk) 23:27, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's correct. Here's a clue --JD554 (talk) 07:12, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So why doesn't this rule apply to the band's name? Shouldn't it be Sigur rós? 67.183.8.108 (talk) 18:01, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album/Song names 

message: Yes, we are all aware that people like to think of their music as whatever they would like to think of it regardless of objective definitions. But perhaps we can change this one seeing as it's rather wrong even by wikipedia standards...?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.84.45.152 (talk) 06:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Avant garde?

message: Hi, I think the "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008)" could use a little tidying up. As of now it consist of 9 paragraphs of more or less useful information (compared to the other segment's 2 paragraphs max). I would appreciate if someone took it on to rewrite the segment. I will do it in a while if no one else does, but I think there are people out there better suited for it than me--Noelfielding (talk) 00:10, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleaning up

message: Is this section necessary at all?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.255.132.152 (talk) 21:00, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree, it is a feature of the band that is notable and should remain. The section is well cited and if the band have subsequently (after all one of the citations is to their website) tried to distance themselves from it, this is also notable and should be added with citations. I'll restore the section and it should remain in place unless a consensus can be built. The question above is about the songs subsection not the main Vonlenska section. (PS, please sign your posts with ~~~~) --JD554 (talk) 07:55, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with User:JD554. The Vonlenska section should stay, and certainly shouldn't be removed at the whim of one without consensus. Icarus of old (talk) 15:51, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  "vonlenska" is nothing more than jónsi verbalising sound. really, why does it need it´s own section? the last mention of it was around () --Lotsofmagnets (talk) 22:41, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Songs featuring Vonlenska 

message: *http://altmusic.about.com/od/genresstyles/p/shoegaze.htm
*http://www.fuzz.com/articles/article/Icelandic-Shoegazers-Offer-Up-Freebie-201
And not to mention all of the music and music gear blogs which refer to Sigur Ros as shoegazing. So a lot of people believe they are in fact an example of the shoegazing genre. One person's belief that they are not should not merit its removal from the page. Icarus of old (talk) 15:55, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The about.com article you cite actually says: The sound of heavily processed guitars swirling through the mix was reborn with the second album from Iceland's Sigur Rós, 1999's Ágætis Byrjun. Although not strictly Shoegaze, [my stress] the record showcased many of the genre's features. And I'm not sure if fuzz.com is a reliable source, it appears to be a blog. The most commonly cited source for genres, Allmusic, doesn't mention shoegaze. Do you have any sources that would meat the criteria at WP:RS? --JD554 (talk) 19:09, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: However, even though they are not reliable sources, don't the myriad mentions of Sigur Ros as a shoegazing band in various blogs reveal their "perceived" status as such? (And by myriad, I mean more than just the two sources I selected from Google after typing in "Sigur Ros" and "Shoegaze.") After all, genres are mostly contestable without proper citation anyway. I'm just saying, why not leave it in because of their mention as such in the online community? And please note, I didn't use those websites as citable sources, rather mere examples of the term and its connectedness to the band. Just because one user doesn't like the term applied to the band doesn't mean it shouldn't remain. Do all genres have/need citations? I think not. Icarus of old (talk) 19:29, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And the fuzz.com source is not a blog. Icarus of old (talk) 22:53, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

text: And you've just explained the reason why I hate getting involve in "genre wars". They are far too subjective and should really be as wide a level as possible. The reason that all the other genres are on a lot of other articles is primarly they aren't contentious. However, on occasion they are and we end up with silly genre revert wars. --JD554 (talk) 17:47, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  shoegaze 

message: I believe the introduction to the article is incorret when it describes, "... lead singer Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto voice." If you follow the "falsetto" link to it's own wiki page you will understand the problem.
Jónsi sings at the high end of his range, but it is clearly within his range and does not move to falsetto voice as far as I can tell. In contrast, Thom Yorke of Radiohead can also maintain power at the higher end of his vocal range, but he does often employ falsetto in his vocals.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timbosto (talk • contribs) 15:48, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Falsetto? 

message: is it really necessary to mention such usage? in the ab section, the only usage that is of any real significance is the use of untitled #4 in the end sequence of vanilla sky. in the takk... section only the sue of hoppípolla in the planet earth trailer is significant. all the other listings are random, un-ordered and not very chronological and above all: they are a bore to read.
music is used in movies/trailers and adverts all the time, there's nothing notable or special about it. the only instances where it is of interest is when the band is affected by it, for example: use of untitled #4 in vanilla sky>>brought sr to the attention of a larger crowd, use of hoppí in planet earth trailer>>increased demand for the song etc.
the non-chronological nature of these listings is particular evident in the part about the usage of hoppí: there are several such usages mentioned which post-date the extended release  of the single and the postponement of the sæglópur single, after which the section continues with Following this, demand for the single grew. -- !linus (talk) 08:41, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: use of songs in media

message: Is this section really necessary? I don't see why it can't just be a part of the Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust section. Every other part of the article either mentions the tour not at all, or within the section of the album the tour is supporting. I'm going to edit it, but if there is some reason it should be like this that I'm not aware of, please say so. --Pritoolmachine2806 (talk) 19:04, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: 2008 Autumn Tour Section

message: Is the covers section really necessary? Bands cover other bands all the time, and it's not as though sigur ros has a large collection of covers. If there were then we could make sigur ros covers it's own page, but there are only 5 listed, and wikipedia is not a directory. It doesn't really seem relevant to the rest of the page. --Pritoolmachine2806 (talk) 19:32, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, any notable covers should be discussed in the relevant song or album article. --JD554 (talk) 19:42, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to go ahead and remove it, but if any valid points towards it's presence are brought up then we can discuss the matter further. --Pritoolmachine2806 (talk) 06:33, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Covers 

message: I have never heard of or seen this trailer, and I have doubt that such a trailer exists.  Can anyone cite the trailer? --Crushti (talk) 04:36, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Ye, it was on TV in Australia at least, here is a youtube copy of the trailer showing it starting approx. at 1:25. Peachey88 (Talk Page ·  Contribs) 06:13, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hoppípolla in Slumdog Millionaire trailer 

message: Ive only recently become aware of this band but they really intruige me. Most of all because of their amazingly deliberate storytelling in the video clips that accompany these songs. i would even go as far as to say that the video clips are what make the songs amazing. Should there be a section relating to, or analysing the importance of the dual media for the storytelling process  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.164.199.67 (talk) 18:18, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Video Importance. 

message: Obvious vandalism re: Jonsi is a sea otter in a human suit. A couple of mentions throughout the article.
66.169.98.242 (talk) 09:46, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sea Otter 

message: just had a look at the references that you guys have used for the article, and I was surprised at the small amount of secondary sources used. the majority point to the SIgur Rós website, and while this isn't bad in itself, I propose that most of this be changed to other sources, as there's plenty of articles written about the group in the new york times, the guardian etc etc. Also the current references aren't formatted very effectively. I'll gladly do it myself, but I wanted to check with the other editors before making such a change. cheers, Postrock1 (talk) 12:44, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  references 

message: Some sections (like the "Fans and admirers" and "Songs in "tv/films") must be on the article. thoughts? Nicrorus (talk) 04:05, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restoration 

message: IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT MOGWAI HATES THE BAND.  THEY THINK THEY WERE RIPPED OFF, ACTUALLY:  WE SHOULD HAVE A POTION FOR THAT: http://www.morphizm.com/recommends/interviews/mogwai_happyint.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.36.165 (talk) 22:11, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: The Sigur Ros newsletter that came out today said that there are now only three members in the band...who's left? Kansaikiwi (talk) 19:15, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  only 3 members 

message: the bottom of the 2013-present: three-piece band, Kveikur, eighth album - section, says 
"In November 2014, recording began on their eighth album which is expected to be released in 2015. It is said to be a double album." 
If this is actually true (which is doubt) then the line needs a source.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.24.166.171 (talk) 07:38, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  source on eight album 

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message: I am surprised to find nothing about Sigur Rós's appearance in the 'The Loch Ness Kelpie' short film. http://redkite-animation.com/_redkite/projects/the-loch-ness-kelpie/ Vanbauseneick (talk) 07:22, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
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message: Sigur Rós#Timeline shows diagonal bars in black and grey; makes no sense. I'm unfamiliar with the markup, and don't feel inclined to learn it right now; needs a dab hand. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 02:51, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Members/timeline image seems broken