February 28, 2006
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Well I can't come up with a very poignant way to communicate this, but last night was the most surreal night of my life. After the Explosions in the Sky show I've been wanting to say something on here about beauty, life, youth, creativity, vitality and all that, and how totally important I think it all is. And also how right it is sometimes to just sit still, close your eyes, and breathe deep. But I can't say it like I think it (and I can't think it like I feel it).
Last night Sigur Rós completely destroyed us in this gorgeous golden classical performance hall. They had a gigantic translucent screen in front of the stage for the beginning and end and they would project themselves on it as silhouettes, like 15 feet tall. Man, they were giants. Totally breathtaking.
Then around 1am that night, coming back to our car after dinner, there they were - chipped teeth and kind of bug-eyed - standing outside their tour bus. With an acoustic guitar and a banjo. There were like three other people around. We stood there in absolute disbelief for a little while, then they started motioning for us to join in (I am not making this up). We went over there and started clapping, singing, and whooping along to this funny little country song they were playing. No way, man. I keep thinking this was a dream, but Matt wrote about it on his Xanga too so it must have actually happened.
Excellent Videos:
Last :40 of their 2006 NA tour. Mind blowing.
Goofing around and making music with Sigur-freaking-Rós
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P.S. I got a mohawk. The past 12 hours have been weird.
Comments (9)
Why does everyone feel that a Sigur Ros show has to be a life changing event. It simply is not. They are merely average musicians with a gimmick, a gimmick that wears old quickly. A voice is nothing if not used effectively. Canal piercing drivel went down at the Bass Hall the other night and I am embarrassed to say how much I payed to witness it.
I don't think I agree with the previous comment... it was life changing... it was amazing... and I loved every minute of it...
mohawk?
nice! I like!
Wow, sounds pretty amazing. And I'm glad you got a mohawk and not a mullet! =)
hey man, so I found you through Gorilla vs. Bear blog. That's some crazy publicity. I didn't think there was another xanga music blog, but I'm more than happy to see your site. Stop by mine for all kinds of stuff. I saw Sigur Ros 2 weeks ago by the way, and I must agree with your review, it was amazing. Some great stuff the second time around. See you at my site possibly.
-Kevin
AWESOME!
youtube doesn't seem to be working but hopefully it's only temporary!
hooray for life-changing concerts, sigur rós have done more then their fair share of them... they're such nice guys too, even though i generally just SQUEE and explode and babble and ooh and knock drinks on myself with the post-gig gleefulness. i'm never gonna be cool. you might have seen this but my mate taped the end bit of their show here a few months ago on her camera and they *are* like giants. the huge .avi file is http://www.distortionghost.com/static/songs/sigurooh2.avi <- but if you have itunes or ipod there's a wee file of the same vid (probably lower quality) ici http://www.distortionghost.com/static/songs/sigurooh2.M4V and and of course the whole nme webcast from iceland http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk//tour/2005/20051127.php
that was so awesome...i hope you dont mind me using it.....the concert rocked
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