Sigur Ros last night...

[root]

Fuckin' Brilliant!
 
 for those that missed and have interest or those that wish to re-live, check:
 
 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4834623

[shtee223]

yeah absolutely amazing. i was 4th row center and it was fucking breathtaking

[Sage 703]

unbelievable.  it was like seeing a symphony.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Wow, how rock and roll is that?
 
 

Originally posted by callat703:
  unbelievable.  it was like seeing a symphony.

[K8teebug]

I agree...it was fantastic.  I thought it was better than the 930 show a few years back (the night the war in Iraq started).
 
 I was sitting in the 4th row, behind this girl who would not stop taking pics with her razor phone.  (She did stop when I politely asked her to though, so that was nice).

[Sage 703]

I don't know that Sigur Ros ever claimed to be rock and roll.  Hence playing the Strathmore and having a string quartet open up for them.  I think they aim to be a modern incarnation of classical music in some regards, though I don't know that they'd ever admit to that.

[helicon1]

Originally posted by callat703:
  I don't know that Sigur Ros ever claimed to be rock and roll.  Hence playing the Strathmore and having a string quartet open up for them.  I think they aim to be a modern incarnation of classical music in some regards, though I don't know that they'd ever admit to that.

I saw Drums, Bass, Guitar and Keyboards on stage. Yes, they had violinists, but so does the Dave Matthews Band and others. So are they rock or not?

[distance]

Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:
 So are they rock or not?

rock or not, they are boring.

[ggw]

Originally posted by distance:
   

Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:
 So are they rock or not?

rock or not, they are boring. [/b]

They are "röçk"
 
 The consonants are silent.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

From what I've heard of them, sounds like good music to clean the house or read the paper to. Not sure what the live show might add to the whole experience...?

[distance]

Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
  From what I've heard of them, sounds like good music to clean the house or read the paper to. Not sure what the live show might add to the whole experience...?

i kept hearing that the shows were amazing and were life-changing experiences practically.
 these people were obviously on crack.  sigur ros was by far one of the most boring concert experiences i've ever had in my entire life.
 it's hard to justify walking out of a show when you've paid for two tickets and drove 2 hours to go to it.  if it had been local, i would have left.

[shoot ur shot]

i haven't seen them but i dont imagine it being too much of a departure from the recordings themselves. distance, were you into the music beforehand or just checking it out based on word of mouth? i'm not exactly sure what you expected. i like a lot of music that travels at a snail's pace mainly because im a pothead (can i say that on this board?) but when i see that type of music live i try not to be too conscious of time passing  otherwise i'll get all antsy. closing your eyes helps as well as just sitting down, but i guess you cant really do that at 9:30. going to see sigur ros and calling it boring seems to me like going to see the harlem globetrotters and calling em phonies. sigur ros don't exactly make heart-pumping music. it's maudlin post-new age dreampop or something. you should have known better!

[root]

yeah, like anything that branches out on an extreme tip. folks either love it or hate it, but from the crowed reaction last night, i would venture to say there was much LOVE!    
 
 now back to Good Charlotte!

[Sage 703]

i'd say that the benefit of the live show is to see it performed.  the band has such a unique sound, and is based on dynamics that the benefit of the live set is to be a direct part of that movement.  like i said, it reminded me of seeing a symphony or a classical performance.  yes, it echoed the record, but the benefit is in the extra dynamic added in the live setting.
 
 sorry that you had a poor experience though; i think people might have led you astray in their descriptions.  I'd certainly say that it was a great show, but definitely not a rock concert.
 
 And why does having guitars, bass, and drums equal rock music?  Can't you perform something in a classical vein with those instruments?

[distance]

Originally posted by shoot ur shot:
  i haven't seen them but i dont imagine it being too much of a departure from the recordings themselves. distance, were you into the music beforehand or just checking it out based on word of mouth? i'm not exactly sure what you expected. i like a lot of music that travels at a snail's pace mainly because im a pothead (can i say that on this board?) but when i see that type of music live i try not to be too conscious of time passing  otherwise i'll get all antsy. closing your eyes helps as well as just sitting down, but i guess you cant really do that at 9:30. going to see sigur ros and calling it boring seems to me like going to see the harlem globetrotters and calling em phonies. sigur ros don't exactly make heart-pumping music. it's maudlin post-new age dreampop or something. you should have known better!

well i'd heard them and i found them a bit boring.  i've seen quite a few bands that are pretty different/better live than on album and with the descriptions i was getting (some from people i thought to be realiable in their opinions), i checked it out.
 
 as far as the pace, it wasn't an issue of the pace.  i saw 7 GYBE shows the same month that i saw the sigur ros shows.  i wouldn't have loathed the sigur ros show as much if it had been a seated show, i don't think.  but i didn't care about standing for ~3hrs for gybe (multiple times)
 
 i didn't go expecting heart-pumping music. i expected more of an interesting show.  i expected more than just a guy spewing forth jibberish for 1.5-2 hours or whatever with songs that droned on and on and never went anywhere -- where all the songs basically blurred together into one tedious, whiny grind of noise.