I don't think it's not so much the questions. I mean the questions probably could have been bad, but regardless of anything they still could have showed more respect. Especially coming from a band that supposedly doesn't expect much..
This is the worst interviewer imaginable. I've seen some shitty interviewers before, but this guy is practically asking them if they like eggs scrambled or fried or if they prefer tea over coffee. I mean, are you serious, Dude? I would have walked out.
Gaww, This interview is very awkward Lol, He kept looking at Jonsi because he was answering all the questions himself!! haha ,but really the interviewers are used to asking stupid questions and getting really complex , thought out answers, but Sigur Ròs aren't like that ,they genuinly do just make the music ,and see what happens, simple as. They don't sit down for hours learning off stupid answers for these ridiculous questions no one cares about :L
Answering tiresome questions comes with the territory. If you don't want to talk to journalists, then don't agree to interviews. If you agree to an interview and then act like jerks, you _might_ make the interviewer look foolish, but it's far more likely that you will merely come off as being jerks.
Well maybe if you didn't ask the same stupid question three times in a row...
Did ya'll start off wanted to play strange sounding music?
long pause, probably trying to decide what this guys impression of "normal music" is. Eventually answer, idk I guess we just started playing like this. Meaning, we've always sounded the way we do.
So the guy re-asks the same question but this time lets them know he feels like it's very different from other bands.
these questions are terrible. first off, the interviewer starts by pretentiously butchering their names and then with the first question he asks why they are not playing "regular-sounding music".
i don't blame them for not being interested in answering questions that have obvious answers.
This is hilarious, even if I do feel bad for the poor interviewer. I have to laugh at some of the comments for this vid too; "They answered all the questions truthfully" - they didn't answer the questions at all! They just sat in silence until the interviewer answered for them, then said "Yes" to whatever he said.
Whatever the cause of their lack of preparedness, it is bizarre that anyone would take an interview that they're not ready for.
I don't disrespect them for their hesitancy to disclose about their art, BUT, if you're going to be private about your art, DON'T TAKE AN INTERVIEW. Plenty of artists avoid disclosure about what they create (Pynchon, McCarthy, etc.), but they would never take an interview, with an understanding that shrouding yourself so completely comes across as completely disrespectful, pretentious and unlikeable. Even if that wasn't their intention, it was their result.
@AskerTelevision Well, clearly THEY don't. Shame they wasted everyone's time pretending. Why arrange an interview if none of you want to talk about anything?
@dalaidahmer I guess so.. As an artist, I welcome any and every interview as a good thing.. These guys seemed to not care about how they came off at all. They did make "()" though..
they're different man, they didn't come into the interview with pre-conceived notions of how to act like everyone else does. they're not hustling for sales or PR, they're just being chill and probably don't want to be there. i've got no problem with it, we're just used to so many interviews with the talent blabbing on about crap.
You have to realize that they are fucking DONE with trying to explain Hopelandic. They hate the name, they hate the fact that its over-analyzed. They just can't stand answering the same question for a decade. They're probably in disbelief that no one understands that it is just intended to be a vocal instrument after more than 15 years.
Wow. I'm like the most socially incompetent person in the world, but even I with my constant stuttering and inability to string coherent sentences together would do far better than that. That must've been sheer language barrier, no other set of circumstances could cause or excuse something like that. Begs the question why they even agreed to an interview like that, though.
Hey everybody, let's support the status quo of the press asking obvious, petty, and/or vague questions instead of supporting people who stand up to such intellectual malaise. If more bands did this, journalists would have to step up their game and ask good questions. But no, fuck that, I love my weekly dose of useless interviews that do nothing but add hype to some sort of product.
i know it's not entertaining but they really did anwser all the questions truthfully as ChillOutMaann said,,may be theres some kind of language issue but still they tried their best to answer the questions..i mean most "so called" musicians just add shit load of stuff during the interviews to make the whole thing funny but you know..sometimes it just becomes annoying when you are moving away from music..and the last sentence in the video description really pissed the band off..i hate it
If it was such a terrible interview, they shouldn't have posted it in the first place. It's just encouraging people to bad-mouth an amazing band. That much is obvious by most of the comments that have been left here.
This was a very nice interview. They were polite yet completely professionals, and most importantly people who love what they do, and all of the questions were, sorry, but complete bullshits. They were regular, superficial questions that every celebrity is asked and everyone always answers: oh no, of course not, I did not expect that, it was absolutely AMAZING, i mean to get that much appreciation, it really inspired us to work on our music bla bla....you could say: no as they did n it's enough
You can't say this interview is awful. I mean their Icelandic they hardly speak English and they are from a completely different culture I would say for a band that's pretty foreign this is great they answered the questions very well and as best as they could. This is not a terrible interview.
I would be uncomfortable too if I had to answer questions to a language I rarely speak on a daily basis. Georg is the only one who studied English long enough to answer more comfortably. It's obvious that they didn't know the questions before hand and hadn't had enough time to rehearse their answers in English. I wouldn't give them too much crap about it.
I've done similarly distressing interviews. Everyone fears dead air and if the people won't answer your questions, you tend to follow up with either a leading question or polar questions, which invariably end up with the interviewee responding with a 'yes' or a 'no' and more dead air. The worst one I had was discovering I was the 15th person to interview someone that day and no-one told me until 10 minutes before that the person I had been expecting to interview had been taken ill!
Everyone pls the questions asked here where just so trivial, like "How do you make a song?" or after having said that they weren't expecting anything from the fact that they are a "Rock Band", still they are asked what they think of themselves as a phenomenon of music - great interview indeed
@dvg87 Yes I think many people are so caught up in talking about music, classifying it and dissecting that its hard to understand how those people can hear themselves in their endless chatter of genres, precedents and endless cliches.
Surprise! Iceland is not America = Iceland has its own culture = people from Iceland do not necessarily behave like people from America. Just imagine, there's even such a thing as Scandinavian mentality! For example, in Scandinavia, you don't talk if you don't have anything of value to add to a conversation. A lot of time is actually spent reflecting and thinking - imagine that! :) (Psst! "Amerika ist wunderbar!")
@StrawberryGash Yes, I'm sure everyone from Iceland are self-centered douchebags like these guys are. *sarcasm* The "culture" excuse doesn't fly here.
@Wheelio This is exactly what I mean! Americans perceive this behavior as elitist and ignorant. I'm Scandinavian and here, it would be perceived as laid-back and reflective. For example, in America shyness is considered to be negative; in Scandinavia it's considered to be positive because it indicates sensitivity and thoughtfulness. These are the cultural differences I was talking about and the fact that you don't understand them only proves my point. ;)
@StrawberryGash Nothing is wrong with how they act, it's what they said. I've been to various countries so I know all about "cultural differences," but these guys acted like primadonnas in this interview. They even explained why they acted this way in a later interview saying they were too exhausted during this interview from touring in Japan. They didn't say anything about a cultural difference.
@StrawberryGash then they shouldnt have done the interview at all. you're always comparing iceland to america, but its not like that. you have england. australia, even asian and south american countries i think bands would have a different approach. it's a waste of time and comes across arrogant. if someone is too tired to talk, (too toried to mvoe their mouths) then they would be too tired to even go to the interview. your defense of yor country is a poor attempt.
Their silence is irritating as these are typical questions that any touring band must endure. Its not like this was the first English-speaking interview they ever had. Do your press ,like anyone else in show business, or stay at the hotel.
"Are there bands picking up on your sound? Do you pick up on somebody else's sound?" To me those are two different questions and I still do not understand what he's trying to say..
I still have trouble watching this interview with the sound on..
This isn't all language barrier - the band members are pretentious standoffish douchebags. His question about how their sound developed over the years was badly phrased, but there was no reason to treat it as an attack on their band. They're acting as if their band is SO obviously legit and organic, the interviewer's suggestion that a conscious thought process could have gone into the development of their sound is tantamount to saying that their band is contrived. Fuck off.
This looks to be almost entirely language barrier. Note how Georg answers almost all of the questions. He actually lived in England for a while. Pretty much everyone in Iceland except the very young and the very old speak English (to varying extents), but not being as comfortable with a language tends to lead to a person giving simplistic answers and being terse. I know this from experience.
Oh, and don't think much of the cursing; they curse in English all the time over there.
This isn't the worst interview, its the best. They answered all the questions truthfully, most people could elaborate and talk about every little detail but the fact that they didn't tells a lot about there music. Fuck professionalism, they're human, what more do you need to be.
@ChillOutMaann they seem pretty professional to me. the interviewer is the one who's not professional asking these stupid questions, most of them being YES or NO
the first question threw them off and set the tone for the rest of the interview, they needed an ice-breaker and then slowly progress to the more in depth musical ones
I just think they are four awkward quiet guys who were stuck in front of four microphones and asked questions in a language they all probably learned second. No more no less no problem.
As a former music journalist, I would say this is partially the interviewer's fault with some simply crap pat questions. I've had interviews with bands that are tired because of press junkets, or get sick of hearing the same questions over and over, so while they may be difficult or bored, ditch the cue cards and go off the wall with the questions to see if they'll play along. In all my cases, I was lucky enough the off-the-wall approach worked into some fun conversations.
You can't say that they're being professional when Jónsi goes f***ing bull****, or bla bla bla. I love Sigur Rós, but it seems like it's very hard for them to respond in a nicely, common sense way, or just through words in general. They are reserved people from Iceland..
I've also read that they find British and American journalists are very arrogant, and that they either absolutely LOVE a band or an artist, or they absolutely HATE them, which is a bit terrifying for a musician.
Also, I know how annoying it is when a journalist just keeps on asking the same question again and again, when you've already answered as good as you can (in your own way).
these guys (the band) were being vacant dicks. now, chances are this was an early morning interview and they were probably recovering from a night of brennivin drinking.
not the interviewers fault....and to tidnul: the interview first asked a 'how' question, which is clearly not a yes or no answer; but given the lack of response he had to rephrase into a form that these monosyllabic espousing jacksasses could understand.
i find their music more boring than this interview.
Anyone seriously trying to defend the band in this, or say it's at the interviewers fault is out of their minds. I love Sigur Ros's music but this is a super unprofessional interview and shows a complete lack of interest, which in turn is pretty insulting to NPR and the interviewer. That said, it's super hilarious to watch
If the interviewer is not asking questions to your liking take control and steer the conversation towards what you want to talk about. There is four guys there who all had something to promote (something good even, the documentary was beautiful) and a fairly long career to talk about. They were given the opportunity to use NPR (also cool) to say whatever they wanted and all they could do was that?! Sorry people, that's on them, not the interviewer.
These guys look like a bunch of arrogant jerks. How sad that they must put up with inane questions from little people who aren't qualified even to like, much less discuss, their superior form of art. If you don't want to do an interview, don't do it. Or at least announce to the interviewer from the outset, "You know, we're only doing this because our agent made us. We have no intention of being honest, open, or even civil to you. Now let's get this over with."
@cepson Oh please. They could have acted a little more like men and maybe steered the direction of the interview more toward their liking with a little balls and adult charisma
Nope. Sorry. The issue here isn't whether the questions were good or bad. The issue is simply how a set of decent people would respond to those questions. A set of people who know the business and are supposed to be professionals don't act this way. Period.
@weisenhm so interviewers can do no wrong is what your saying? They can never go about in an interview the wrong way? This band is not the all american rejects pal.
@SOADownsnubs I understand the questions may not have been the greatest. Putting the words in my mouth that interviewers can do no wrong is lame. The point is what does a band do in such a case? You see, the band doesn't exist for itself. Sigur Ros sell records and they tour. They want the public to be interested, and NPR is helping them to do that, or at least trying to help them. Sigur Ros know that. They have been around the block and are just being pricks.
@weisenhm Completely agree. They were closed-off and uninterested from the beginning. In this case, I feel sorry for the interviewer, I think he realised it would be a tough one from the beginning. Those attacking the interviewer over the band are just plain wrong imo.
@weisenhm I can't agree with you there. I think they certainly don't know the business in the sense that they are uncomfortable or indifferent to being interviewed in this context, but it's not something, in my mind, that should be a requirement towards being a professional musician. I think part of the problem with the music industry today is that it's essentially full of people who 'know the business' and know how to come across as charming, but there's no quality in their music at all.
@themachinist1000 Totally agree with you that many musicians make better publicists than musicians! And yes Sigur Ros make amazing music, and the music is more important than the spin. And yes, they have valid reason to "roll eyes" at the interview. But it really seems like their response is more than just being indifferent or uncomfortable as you suggest. My thoughts when I watched this was "wow, they are making this interview hard on purpose- what assholes". NPR was trying at least.
@weisenhm What if I interviewed you in a language you barely understood? There were many factors that contributed to the poor response. It could have been better, yes. Many interviews can stand to be better. It was just the wrong thing at the wrong time. :\
@idkyetdou You know, it's not the language here. I know everyone who loves Sigur Ros is trying to find something to give the band a pass. "They are such reserved people"...but Jonsi, when pressed to actually speak, answers by saying "It's F'in bullsh..". Not the mark of someone who is polite and reserved. The interviewer is trying to help the band here. He's in their corner. And the band is saying that they don't like the way the interviewer is trying to help. Passive aggressive pricks.
@weisenhm I see what you're saying. I really do. But I also believe that there is more to the story here. As for Jon's reply, that was over the top I agree. It's annoying though, to have people create something about you and then have no one shut up about it. It was an odd interview, and the should have handled it better, but I also don't think it's just their fault.
@idkyetdou Yeah, there is always more to a story than what is shown or printed, that is true. And yes, the interviewer did own up to the fact that it wasn't the best interview. He did a really funny npr segment going through this very interview with some "expert" on interviewing techniques, and he took his licks on what he may have done wrong.
Actually, the interviewer does a terrible job. The band isn't really at fault. This video is actually being used as a training film for people doing interviews, which is how I ran across it. (This is the "how not to" example.)
I think it is important to do some research before interviewing someone.
You will aviod alot of awkward moments if you do.
I know how tiering and annoying it can be being asked certain questions. When an interviewer asks an interesting, -new- question, it's much more fun being interviewd!
Jonsi gave an explanation of this in an interview in an Icelandic newspaper this week. They were tired from a long flight from Japan, the interview was very early in the morning and the interviewer asked standard, boring questions... :)
I LOVE this band and think their music is some of the most brilliant ever made but I felt sorry for this interviewer. I guess the band was tired or having a bad day? And yes, they do speak primarily through their music but clearly, they didn't want to be there.
They're normal, the are of another country complety different of England or something!! Is weird,i know but,they are what they are,ever country have somthing special.
I can't believe how many people here have cognitive dissonance and are blaming the interviewer. He started out asking closed questions because he could probably already tell they weren't talking much, and it's a damned RADIO interview. When Jonsi finally does answer something he says "It's f***king bullshit"??? WTF? This is just bizarre. And in a recent interview with Jonsi, he seems even more intelligent and introspective than most artists would be.
awkward questioning for sure but please oh please dont try to tell me these dudes are too brilliant to respond. these are not all yes or no questions. he's asking about the creative process and the kids are just too cool for school. watch dick cavett interview jimi hendrix to see how brilliance handles the uninformed.
questions were typical, obvious, and boring yes... but that doesn't mean there was something wrong with the interviewer. sigur ros made this hell awkward but... they speak with their music. who gives a *?
it's not a language! "hopelandic" is a bunch of sounds. Language involves vocabulary and structure. To call it a made up language is simply ridiculous. A lot of the lyrics ARE icelandic, you know, a real language. something that a lot of people don't understand is that there are other languages in the world other than english.
Way to ask a closed question! What kind of answers were you hoping for? Did you do this? Don't you do that? Maybe start the interview with some easy warm-up stuff? How are you feeling today, what have you been up to over here?
okay jugg your obviously not a musician or an artist of any type. creativity comes from a part of you that you cant explain. explaining and categorizing the creative is process is pointless and only left brained people would expect an elaborate answer to such a question. any creative person would more than likely respond to that question with a very short answer because you can not answer that with detail. it does just happen no words needed.
@thefallofcirca lol wow that was fucking passionate. Bravo....*sarcastic clapping* haha those asshole leftbrained people! Innovating technology....the bastards. I'll leave you to your creative art summoning rituals lol.
Actually, some of those questions warranted some good answers. I think the vibe started to get to everybody and the interview went down south. It really depends on who you interview. If you interview a bunch of guys who respond in few words then your questions return worthless. For example, he asked how they came up with their music or sound... they could of explained a lot there. These guys were being douche buckets really. "I don't know..." is not a valid response, you're in an interview.
"have you always played this kind of music, or did you used to play, kinda more regular music?"
What the FUCK kinda question is this? Bryant Park, you should be ashamed of yourself, especially because of the way you blamed this tremendously talented group for the quality of the interview. I know that it can be difficult to come up with questions, but to ask such horribly obvious questions that didn't contribute at all is not a reason to dump on the group. This is on YOU, not them.
@freedomchips What are you trying to say? That word choice makes a huge difference? I totally agree with you. The fact that they could have made it less insulting by replacing the word doesn't make their question less insulting at face value though.
@LemonSkull Well clearly you've never tried to do an interview yourself. The goal of a good interview is to make it a conversation, and drawing up word-for-word questions doesn't usually work well. So the interviewer is trying to find something to get an answer out of them, and he asks about their style, which is unique and, in many ways, not traditional -- or "normal."
It's not an insult. The point of the question was to ask how they arrived at such a unique place in their music. Chill out.
@freedomchips I'm sure he didn't mean to be insulting, I never claimed that at all. I just think that part of being an interviewer should be the ability to phrase your questions in a way that don't get undue negative reactions. I have done interviews, and the primary focus is optimizing them for the audience who is watching. Honestly, I wasn't that offended by the question, I just think it demonstrated little forethought and still made me react a little. I'm insulted; it isn't an "insult"
@LemonSkull Your point is valid, but how is an interviewer to know what is going to insult a person (beyond the obvious)? We all react differently to the same words, phrases, vocal inflections, etc. An interviewer cannot know ahead of time how a person (let alone a group of people) are going to react to everything they ask. Also, that interview was not going well. Its likely the interviewer DID prepare a series of questions but ended up getting flustered due to the situation.
Complete lack of rapport, closed questions, boring questions, overloaded questions, illogical sequence of questions, lack of follow up on comments, negative body language...worst interviewer ever. Not every band can be bothered to do something with inept questioning.
our internet is pretty slow and i immediately decided to stop listening to this after 0.30 mins of watching ... the interviewer gave me a headache...he keeps on asking stupid questions!
seriously - this interviewer did such a piss poor job at interviewing a massively creative, phenomenal collective like sigur ros and made it sound like it was their fault. I was cringing watching this. 'did you ever dream you'd be such a successful band?' ' did you start out as a more regular sounding band?' 'are you guys a phenomenon in iceland?' 'do you ever think you'll start to use more standard words?' f*ck me.
don't you get it guys? they wanna talk through their music. that's the whole point they're trying to get across. they just played with you...wiking style! ;-)
They were nervous! Come on! You don't have to show them like this on the internet! That's WAY disrespectful. Just because you say "No offense, we love this band" doesn't mean the video isn't offensive.
Sigur Ros is a band that doesn't like the whole idea of having to fit the image of "rockstars" by doing interviews and just feeding the media. For that I have huge respect for them and it is one of the reasons they are my favorite band, aside from their music.
That being said, they should expect that interviews are rarely gripping and these are questions typical of an interview. Either do the interview and tell people what they want to hear, or just don't do the interview.
@RUFIO0000 as poetic as ur reasoning is, is it possible they r just introverted? Some of the best musicians r introverted n their personalities come out during an interview. Its not always a political statement against the media. They probably feel that their music speaks for itself, n expresses the band more clearly than words
Wow, NPR. The interview was terrible, absolutely, but I'd rather them be their introverted selves than project the boisterous lip service of "entertainers" (instead of the artists they are) that we Americans herald regardless of how dull & empty their words are. Just as long as they keep us entertained, right? I understand it wasn't NPR's intent to color the band in a negative light, but dunno just found the description disrespectful, excluding the "SigurRos<3<3<3 sooo hip gimme cred!" preface.
absolutely HILARIOUS, this made me so damn uncomfortable. this interview is so horrible, that it's the most amazing interview i've ever seen in my life, but i love sigur ros nonetheless
It´s not the interviewer´s fault that the band is awkward as hell and can´t do an interview. I mean I like their music and all but stop blaming the interviewer for this bad interview. He tried his best for Christ sakes! I guess the fanboys just want to take their disappointment out on the interviewer.
they are naturally quiet people, and i have seen more lubricated interviews with them, but this interviewer is being a douche, and he only asked yes/no questions.
I disagree that the interviewer asked dumb questions, he asked them about their origins, how did they get together, how did they develop the sound, how do they create a new song, how do they explain the gibberish, and so on.. questions they could have easily gone into further detail on. I like Sigur Ros music, but they responded very badly.. should have had a translator with them instead of relying on their very bad english.
these are only Yes and No questions, how are they supposed to keep a conversation going with this interviewer? Yes, they are a bit odd, but who would be able to talk freely with this interviewer?
If you're invited to do an interview, either answer the questions or fuck off, because you're wasting everyone's time. If they hate doing interviews from the start, don't bother going...
I don't think it's not so much the questions. I mean the questions probably could have been bad, but regardless of anything they still could have showed more respect. Especially coming from a band that supposedly doesn't expect much..
22burst2020ddsspec 3 weeks ago
This is the worst interviewer imaginable. I've seen some shitty interviewers before, but this guy is practically asking them if they like eggs scrambled or fried or if they prefer tea over coffee. I mean, are you serious, Dude? I would have walked out.
wonderwhaz797 3 weeks ago
Best interview ever.
rackzor 3 weeks ago
Terrible questions make for a terrible interview. Don't blame them.
fishblades 1 month ago
This is the most awkward interview ive ever seen xD
FullMetalElectroma 1 month ago
The damned radio guy almost only ask "yes" og "no" questions! That is crap journalism
Nordlenning 1 month ago
you mean - it was that good ... why would they waste words when their music says it all ?
whasssaaahhh 1 month ago
Gaww, This interview is very awkward Lol, He kept looking at Jonsi because he was answering all the questions himself!! haha ,but really the interviewers are used to asking stupid questions and getting really complex , thought out answers, but Sigur Ròs aren't like that ,they genuinly do just make the music ,and see what happens, simple as. They don't sit down for hours learning off stupid answers for these ridiculous questions no one cares about :L
marshmallowmathers 2 months ago
"shakin' head" ahahah how is possible to answer a question in a radio interview shaking the head!
B1F2B3 2 months ago
Answering tiresome questions comes with the territory. If you don't want to talk to journalists, then don't agree to interviews. If you agree to an interview and then act like jerks, you _might_ make the interviewer look foolish, but it's far more likely that you will merely come off as being jerks.
NoMoreVanilla 2 months ago
Their music is complete gibberish.
JonasPolsky 2 months ago
It's not the interviewer......they're just boring as fuck!
Oh god, save the interviewer!
Why would you do the interview?
ArbourParq1 2 months ago
It's not the interviewer......they're just boring as fuck!
Oh god, save the interviewer!
ArbourParq1 2 months ago
in the past, these men would have been revered as shamen and seers. utter admiration and respect.
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4juxtapose4 2 months ago
How could you possibly preface a question with "you're probably tired of answering this question." ??!?!!?!
jedf666 2 months ago
man i like sigur ros but i don't like this annoying attitude here
kokomanation 2 months ago
Well maybe if you didn't ask the same stupid question three times in a row...
Did ya'll start off wanted to play strange sounding music?
long pause, probably trying to decide what this guys impression of "normal music" is. Eventually answer, idk I guess we just started playing like this. Meaning, we've always sounded the way we do.
So the guy re-asks the same question but this time lets them know he feels like it's very different from other bands.
......band stares.....
Nicely done.
diedahero 2 months ago
these questions are terrible. first off, the interviewer starts by pretentiously butchering their names and then with the first question he asks why they are not playing "regular-sounding music".
i don't blame them for not being interested in answering questions that have obvious answers.
practicepalace 2 months ago
A clip of this interview is in their new film, Inni. It's kinda hilarious!
gargh 2 months ago
This is hilarious, even if I do feel bad for the poor interviewer. I have to laugh at some of the comments for this vid too; "They answered all the questions truthfully" - they didn't answer the questions at all! They just sat in silence until the interviewer answered for them, then said "Yes" to whatever he said.
Whatever the cause of their lack of preparedness, it is bizarre that anyone would take an interview that they're not ready for.
AssociationAdmirer 3 months ago 2
I don't disrespect them for their hesitancy to disclose about their art, BUT, if you're going to be private about your art, DON'T TAKE AN INTERVIEW. Plenty of artists avoid disclosure about what they create (Pynchon, McCarthy, etc.), but they would never take an interview, with an understanding that shrouding yourself so completely comes across as completely disrespectful, pretentious and unlikeable. Even if that wasn't their intention, it was their result.
jeffgraham91 3 months ago
Y'ALL NEED TO GET A LYFE
SuperRodsteele 3 months ago
Did you see Kjartan wrote something at 0:38 ? Well, actually he wrote "Don't talk to this guy" In Icelandic, and Georg just smiling.
It's a fact anyway, you can see the explanation of this awkward interview on the NPR site, search: "Anatomy of An Interview Gone Wrong"
mosskids1 3 months ago
Who cares about the interview, the music they make speaks for itself.
AskerTelevision 3 months ago
@AskerTelevision Well, clearly THEY don't. Shame they wasted everyone's time pretending. Why arrange an interview if none of you want to talk about anything?
dalaidahmer 3 months ago
@dalaidahmer I guess so.. As an artist, I welcome any and every interview as a good thing.. These guys seemed to not care about how they came off at all. They did make "()" though..
AskerTelevision 3 months ago
they're different man, they didn't come into the interview with pre-conceived notions of how to act like everyone else does. they're not hustling for sales or PR, they're just being chill and probably don't want to be there. i've got no problem with it, we're just used to so many interviews with the talent blabbing on about crap.
albatrizzle 3 months ago
You have to realize that they are fucking DONE with trying to explain Hopelandic. They hate the name, they hate the fact that its over-analyzed. They just can't stand answering the same question for a decade. They're probably in disbelief that no one understands that it is just intended to be a vocal instrument after more than 15 years.
PinkFloydPadre 3 months ago 7
Wow. I'm like the most socially incompetent person in the world, but even I with my constant stuttering and inability to string coherent sentences together would do far better than that. That must've been sheer language barrier, no other set of circumstances could cause or excuse something like that. Begs the question why they even agreed to an interview like that, though.
MichaelMaverick 3 months ago
This is an interrogation.
RinzMD 3 months ago
Hey everybody, let's support the status quo of the press asking obvious, petty, and/or vague questions instead of supporting people who stand up to such intellectual malaise. If more bands did this, journalists would have to step up their game and ask good questions. But no, fuck that, I love my weekly dose of useless interviews that do nothing but add hype to some sort of product.
mf91007 3 months ago
Holy fuck I'm going to piss in every single one of their eyes. Rude fucks.
jaffas11 3 months ago
i know it's not entertaining but they really did anwser all the questions truthfully as ChillOutMaann said,,may be theres some kind of language issue but still they tried their best to answer the questions..i mean most "so called" musicians just add shit load of stuff during the interviews to make the whole thing funny but you know..sometimes it just becomes annoying when you are moving away from music..and the last sentence in the video description really pissed the band off..i hate it
hyde129 4 months ago
Haha, I think maybe they just don't like small talk as much as English speaking folk do. :D
xFlathippyx 4 months ago
If it was such a terrible interview, they shouldn't have posted it in the first place. It's just encouraging people to bad-mouth an amazing band. That much is obvious by most of the comments that have been left here.
89musicspeaks 4 months ago
What a couple of asses
kaylor666 4 months ago
This was a very nice interview. They were polite yet completely professionals, and most importantly people who love what they do, and all of the questions were, sorry, but complete bullshits. They were regular, superficial questions that every celebrity is asked and everyone always answers: oh no, of course not, I did not expect that, it was absolutely AMAZING, i mean to get that much appreciation, it really inspired us to work on our music bla bla....you could say: no as they did n it's enough
lukosius1221 4 months ago
haha this really made me laugh, but I mean, it wasn't so bad :P They are just not really into talking
Jónsi has actually said in an other interview thet sigur rós didn't like interviews at all in the beginning and that they didn't use to say very much.
StainlessSteelStyle 4 months ago
You can't say this interview is awful. I mean their Icelandic they hardly speak English and they are from a completely different culture I would say for a band that's pretty foreign this is great they answered the questions very well and as best as they could. This is not a terrible interview.
Hans0622 4 months ago
i love this video description. BANG!
zulhilmi50 4 months ago
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I would be uncomfortable too if I had to answer questions to a language I rarely speak on a daily basis. Georg is the only one who studied English long enough to answer more comfortably. It's obvious that they didn't know the questions before hand and hadn't had enough time to rehearse their answers in English. I wouldn't give them too much crap about it.
imflyingfreee 5 months ago
I've done similarly distressing interviews. Everyone fears dead air and if the people won't answer your questions, you tend to follow up with either a leading question or polar questions, which invariably end up with the interviewee responding with a 'yes' or a 'no' and more dead air. The worst one I had was discovering I was the 15th person to interview someone that day and no-one told me until 10 minutes before that the person I had been expecting to interview had been taken ill!
barrywonderdog 5 months ago
It's one thing to put things into sound/music.
Another thing to regurgitate answers like a music-salesman.
The parameters of the questions show that "people expect" the interviewed to be salesmen. Like most interviewed musicians are.
veffari 5 months ago
Worst fucking interview.
kianasaroce 6 months ago
they were just shy i think, but the singer was too nervous i think
hurleyskateava 6 months ago
Everyone pls the questions asked here where just so trivial, like "How do you make a song?" or after having said that they weren't expecting anything from the fact that they are a "Rock Band", still they are asked what they think of themselves as a phenomenon of music - great interview indeed
dvg87 6 months ago
@dvg87 Yes I think many people are so caught up in talking about music, classifying it and dissecting that its hard to understand how those people can hear themselves in their endless chatter of genres, precedents and endless cliches.
veffari 5 months ago
How do you say: "We are very quiet people and we don't do interviews", in Icelandic?
sophizzy 7 months ago
Even if some of the questions were bad, you'd think they would at least be professional about it and answer.
sabbersolo 7 months ago
Surprise! Iceland is not America = Iceland has its own culture = people from Iceland do not necessarily behave like people from America. Just imagine, there's even such a thing as Scandinavian mentality! For example, in Scandinavia, you don't talk if you don't have anything of value to add to a conversation. A lot of time is actually spent reflecting and thinking - imagine that! :) (Psst! "Amerika ist wunderbar!")
StrawberryGash 7 months ago
@StrawberryGash Yes, I'm sure everyone from Iceland are self-centered douchebags like these guys are. *sarcasm* The "culture" excuse doesn't fly here.
Wheelio 7 months ago
@Wheelio This is exactly what I mean! Americans perceive this behavior as elitist and ignorant. I'm Scandinavian and here, it would be perceived as laid-back and reflective. For example, in America shyness is considered to be negative; in Scandinavia it's considered to be positive because it indicates sensitivity and thoughtfulness. These are the cultural differences I was talking about and the fact that you don't understand them only proves my point. ;)
StrawberryGash 7 months ago
@StrawberryGash Nothing is wrong with how they act, it's what they said. I've been to various countries so I know all about "cultural differences," but these guys acted like primadonnas in this interview. They even explained why they acted this way in a later interview saying they were too exhausted during this interview from touring in Japan. They didn't say anything about a cultural difference.
Wheelio 7 months ago
@StrawberryGash then they shouldnt have done the interview at all. you're always comparing iceland to america, but its not like that. you have england. australia, even asian and south american countries i think bands would have a different approach. it's a waste of time and comes across arrogant. if someone is too tired to talk, (too toried to mvoe their mouths) then they would be too tired to even go to the interview. your defense of yor country is a poor attempt.
swankylover100 6 months ago
ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
irishelk3 7 months ago
Their silence is irritating as these are typical questions that any touring band must endure. Its not like this was the first English-speaking interview they ever had. Do your press ,like anyone else in show business, or stay at the hotel.
bowiemott 7 months ago
Oh this interview..
"Are there bands picking up on your sound? Do you pick up on somebody else's sound?" To me those are two different questions and I still do not understand what he's trying to say..
I still have trouble watching this interview with the sound on..
Millabelle 7 months ago
This isn't all language barrier - the band members are pretentious standoffish douchebags. His question about how their sound developed over the years was badly phrased, but there was no reason to treat it as an attack on their band. They're acting as if their band is SO obviously legit and organic, the interviewer's suggestion that a conscious thought process could have gone into the development of their sound is tantamount to saying that their band is contrived. Fuck off.
sdp026 7 months ago
This looks to be almost entirely language barrier. Note how Georg answers almost all of the questions. He actually lived in England for a while. Pretty much everyone in Iceland except the very young and the very old speak English (to varying extents), but not being as comfortable with a language tends to lead to a person giving simplistic answers and being terse. I know this from experience.
Oh, and don't think much of the cursing; they curse in English all the time over there.
KarenRei 7 months ago
These are awful questions given by a terrible interviewer.
plaiddrummer 8 months ago
The whole time you can tell that Jonsi is about to explode >.<
awaitingyourarrival 8 months ago
This isn't the worst interview, its the best. They answered all the questions truthfully, most people could elaborate and talk about every little detail but the fact that they didn't tells a lot about there music. Fuck professionalism, they're human, what more do you need to be.
ChillOutMaann 8 months ago 20
@ChillOutMaann they seem pretty professional to me. the interviewer is the one who's not professional asking these stupid questions, most of them being YES or NO
Glitchfilms2009 1 month ago
the first question threw them off and set the tone for the rest of the interview, they needed an ice-breaker and then slowly progress to the more in depth musical ones
favianlobo 8 months ago
why do you say there sign in a made up language? Its Icelandic.
timelapsecommathe 8 months ago
so. awkward.
benjaminManUtd1 8 months ago
I just think they are four awkward quiet guys who were stuck in front of four microphones and asked questions in a language they all probably learned second. No more no less no problem.
frostbitestudios 8 months ago
As a former music journalist, I would say this is partially the interviewer's fault with some simply crap pat questions. I've had interviews with bands that are tired because of press junkets, or get sick of hearing the same questions over and over, so while they may be difficult or bored, ditch the cue cards and go off the wall with the questions to see if they'll play along. In all my cases, I was lucky enough the off-the-wall approach worked into some fun conversations.
ryanexpress34 8 months ago
You can't say that they're being professional when Jónsi goes f***ing bull****, or bla bla bla. I love Sigur Rós, but it seems like it's very hard for them to respond in a nicely, common sense way, or just through words in general. They are reserved people from Iceland..
Give em some pints :)
Lenore91 8 months ago
LOL not a very articulate bunch but meh, they can express themselves through music so its ok
stonem001 9 months ago
I've also read that they find British and American journalists are very arrogant, and that they either absolutely LOVE a band or an artist, or they absolutely HATE them, which is a bit terrifying for a musician.
Also, I know how annoying it is when a journalist just keeps on asking the same question again and again, when you've already answered as good as you can (in your own way).
Jesustittiefucking 9 months ago
these guys (the band) were being vacant dicks. now, chances are this was an early morning interview and they were probably recovering from a night of brennivin drinking.
not the interviewers fault....and to tidnul: the interview first asked a 'how' question, which is clearly not a yes or no answer; but given the lack of response he had to rephrase into a form that these monosyllabic espousing jacksasses could understand.
i find their music more boring than this interview.
TheLincolnBlogs 9 months ago
Anyone seriously trying to defend the band in this, or say it's at the interviewers fault is out of their minds. I love Sigur Ros's music but this is a super unprofessional interview and shows a complete lack of interest, which in turn is pretty insulting to NPR and the interviewer. That said, it's super hilarious to watch
michaelbolton83 9 months ago
Unique sound, songs and musicians.
Too bad the interviewer was anything but unique.
Hey Idiot! You're not taking a census!
5random1 10 months ago
If the interviewer is not asking questions to your liking take control and steer the conversation towards what you want to talk about. There is four guys there who all had something to promote (something good even, the documentary was beautiful) and a fairly long career to talk about. They were given the opportunity to use NPR (also cool) to say whatever they wanted and all they could do was that?! Sorry people, that's on them, not the interviewer.
PurpleAsparagus 10 months ago
These guys look like a bunch of arrogant jerks. How sad that they must put up with inane questions from little people who aren't qualified even to like, much less discuss, their superior form of art. If you don't want to do an interview, don't do it. Or at least announce to the interviewer from the outset, "You know, we're only doing this because our agent made us. We have no intention of being honest, open, or even civil to you. Now let's get this over with."
cepson 10 months ago
@cepson Oh please. They could have acted a little more like men and maybe steered the direction of the interview more toward their liking with a little balls and adult charisma
itchcity 10 months ago
Oh god yes
C0DZ0R 10 months ago
hahahahahaha this is the funniest interview ever
koooldude7 10 months ago
"It's just fucking bullshit."
LMAO!
tabber87 10 months ago
Try asking good questions...or ones they can add some substance too.
I am no radio host...but I'm positive that I could atleast make them talk a little bit more.
mhaze210 10 months ago
Nope. Sorry. The issue here isn't whether the questions were good or bad. The issue is simply how a set of decent people would respond to those questions. A set of people who know the business and are supposed to be professionals don't act this way. Period.
weisenhm 1 year ago 27
@weisenhm so interviewers can do no wrong is what your saying? They can never go about in an interview the wrong way? This band is not the all american rejects pal.
SOADownsnubs 11 months ago
@SOADownsnubs I understand the questions may not have been the greatest. Putting the words in my mouth that interviewers can do no wrong is lame. The point is what does a band do in such a case? You see, the band doesn't exist for itself. Sigur Ros sell records and they tour. They want the public to be interested, and NPR is helping them to do that, or at least trying to help them. Sigur Ros know that. They have been around the block and are just being pricks.
weisenhm 11 months ago 3
@weisenhm Completely agree. They were closed-off and uninterested from the beginning. In this case, I feel sorry for the interviewer, I think he realised it would be a tough one from the beginning. Those attacking the interviewer over the band are just plain wrong imo.
doyoureallythinkso 10 months ago
@weisenhm I can't agree with you there. I think they certainly don't know the business in the sense that they are uncomfortable or indifferent to being interviewed in this context, but it's not something, in my mind, that should be a requirement towards being a professional musician. I think part of the problem with the music industry today is that it's essentially full of people who 'know the business' and know how to come across as charming, but there's no quality in their music at all.
themachinist1000 9 months ago
@themachinist1000 Totally agree with you that many musicians make better publicists than musicians! And yes Sigur Ros make amazing music, and the music is more important than the spin. And yes, they have valid reason to "roll eyes" at the interview. But it really seems like their response is more than just being indifferent or uncomfortable as you suggest. My thoughts when I watched this was "wow, they are making this interview hard on purpose- what assholes". NPR was trying at least.
weisenhm 9 months ago
@weisenhm What if I interviewed you in a language you barely understood? There were many factors that contributed to the poor response. It could have been better, yes. Many interviews can stand to be better. It was just the wrong thing at the wrong time. :\
idkyetdou 3 months ago
@idkyetdou You know, it's not the language here. I know everyone who loves Sigur Ros is trying to find something to give the band a pass. "They are such reserved people"...but Jonsi, when pressed to actually speak, answers by saying "It's F'in bullsh..". Not the mark of someone who is polite and reserved. The interviewer is trying to help the band here. He's in their corner. And the band is saying that they don't like the way the interviewer is trying to help. Passive aggressive pricks.
weisenhm 3 months ago
@weisenhm I see what you're saying. I really do. But I also believe that there is more to the story here. As for Jon's reply, that was over the top I agree. It's annoying though, to have people create something about you and then have no one shut up about it. It was an odd interview, and the should have handled it better, but I also don't think it's just their fault.
idkyetdou 3 months ago
@idkyetdou Yeah, there is always more to a story than what is shown or printed, that is true. And yes, the interviewer did own up to the fact that it wasn't the best interview. He did a really funny npr segment going through this very interview with some "expert" on interviewing techniques, and he took his licks on what he may have done wrong.
weisenhm 3 months ago
"How do you guys create a song ?"
"We....Just sit down and create a song"
Brilliant xD
antonbuckjones 1 year ago 3
Actually, the interviewer does a terrible job. The band isn't really at fault. This video is actually being used as a training film for people doing interviews, which is how I ran across it. (This is the "how not to" example.)
bobjones864 1 year ago
Host asks a question, the singer nods. Yeah, thats a really good way to respond to a question, ON THE RADIO.
66420192 1 year ago 5
These guys are so fucking wild, my hats off to the host for being able to control these rowdy assholes.
jimjamjoeyjoejoe 1 year ago
mum is way better
stiffspiff 1 year ago
HIT the nerve with the hopelandic comment LOL
Sophomorechance 1 year ago 2
Cunts. Singers are always cunts.
allrequiredfields 1 year ago
I think it is important to do some research before interviewing someone.
You will aviod alot of awkward moments if you do.
I know how tiering and annoying it can be being asked certain questions. When an interviewer asks an interesting, -new- question, it's much more fun being interviewd!
Jesustittiefucking 1 year ago
Thank you for pronouncing "Sigur Ros" for me. I can now talk about them with my friends.
dstarr5d 1 year ago
Jonsi gave an explanation of this in an interview in an Icelandic newspaper this week. They were tired from a long flight from Japan, the interview was very early in the morning and the interviewer asked standard, boring questions... :)
oliagust 1 year ago 3
theyre good at making music but pretty bad at giving out interviews
mysfarbror 1 year ago
Speaking of bad interviews....
/watch?v=QOYgaiOk2V8
bigmac364 1 year ago
Jonsi seems to be bored.
Farcallo 1 year ago
please guys, not all at once
sk8freak51392 1 year ago
they talk with music
hardeman100 1 year ago 2
leave them alone.they don't want to be there .
Rusnia 1 year ago
I LOVE this band and think their music is some of the most brilliant ever made but I felt sorry for this interviewer. I guess the band was tired or having a bad day? And yes, they do speak primarily through their music but clearly, they didn't want to be there.
radiogirl85 1 year ago
They're normal, the are of another country complety different of England or something!! Is weird,i know but,they are what they are,ever country have somthing special.
thalytaloirinha 1 year ago
"...do any of you speak English?"
I can't believe how many people here have cognitive dissonance and are blaming the interviewer. He started out asking closed questions because he could probably already tell they weren't talking much, and it's a damned RADIO interview. When Jonsi finally does answer something he says "It's f***king bullshit"??? WTF? This is just bizarre. And in a recent interview with Jonsi, he seems even more intelligent and introspective than most artists would be.
Yoshi5020 1 year ago 2
awkward questioning for sure but please oh please dont try to tell me these dudes are too brilliant to respond. these are not all yes or no questions. he's asking about the creative process and the kids are just too cool for school. watch dick cavett interview jimi hendrix to see how brilliance handles the uninformed.
boatynoh 1 year ago
don't know if you can really blame the interviewer or the band itself, but this is quite possibly the most awkward interview I've ever seen.
soundtrackked 1 year ago
1:22 is funny
josemartinez629 1 year ago
questions were typical, obvious, and boring yes... but that doesn't mean there was something wrong with the interviewer. sigur ros made this hell awkward but... they speak with their music. who gives a *?
bumpofchickenable 1 year ago
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it's not a language! "hopelandic" is a bunch of sounds. Language involves vocabulary and structure. To call it a made up language is simply ridiculous. A lot of the lyrics ARE icelandic, you know, a real language. something that a lot of people don't understand is that there are other languages in the world other than english.
ohboyscott 1 year ago
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ohboyscott 1 year ago
if you play this interview backwards you hear "soulfinger"
jlmthree 1 year ago
Nothing wrong with the interviewer, the band obviously dosen't want this, so why the hell do they do it?
didn't even try to answar
TheLordHodne 1 year ago
Way to ask a closed question! What kind of answers were you hoping for? Did you do this? Don't you do that? Maybe start the interview with some easy warm-up stuff? How are you feeling today, what have you been up to over here?
colfetski 1 year ago
Way to ask a closed question!
colfetski 1 year ago
wouldnt blame the interviewer to be honest. hes asking fair questions. Lack of communication mabey. good band tho
emu69emu 1 year ago
okay jugg your obviously not a musician or an artist of any type. creativity comes from a part of you that you cant explain. explaining and categorizing the creative is process is pointless and only left brained people would expect an elaborate answer to such a question. any creative person would more than likely respond to that question with a very short answer because you can not answer that with detail. it does just happen no words needed.
thefallofcirca 1 year ago
@thefallofcirca lol wow that was fucking passionate. Bravo....*sarcastic clapping* haha those asshole leftbrained people! Innovating technology....the bastards. I'll leave you to your creative art summoning rituals lol.
TimeDivider 1 year ago
LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE!!!!!! Yeh Sigur Ros.. YOU GO GUYS! Love yooooo!!
42LightYears 1 year ago
Actually, some of those questions warranted some good answers. I think the vibe started to get to everybody and the interview went down south. It really depends on who you interview. If you interview a bunch of guys who respond in few words then your questions return worthless. For example, he asked how they came up with their music or sound... they could of explained a lot there. These guys were being douche buckets really. "I don't know..." is not a valid response, you're in an interview.
jugg2000 1 year ago 2
we don't give a fuck about this interview... Sigur Ros is so good that they don't even have to speak about their music they speak WITH their music.
meparadis 1 year ago 3
"have you always played this kind of music, or did you used to play, kinda more regular music?"
What the FUCK kinda question is this? Bryant Park, you should be ashamed of yourself, especially because of the way you blamed this tremendously talented group for the quality of the interview. I know that it can be difficult to come up with questions, but to ask such horribly obvious questions that didn't contribute at all is not a reason to dump on the group. This is on YOU, not them.
LemonSkull 1 year ago 5
@LemonSkull Replace "normal" with the word traditional and it's far from an insulting question.
freedomchips 10 months ago
@freedomchips What are you trying to say? That word choice makes a huge difference? I totally agree with you. The fact that they could have made it less insulting by replacing the word doesn't make their question less insulting at face value though.
LemonSkull 10 months ago
@LemonSkull Well clearly you've never tried to do an interview yourself. The goal of a good interview is to make it a conversation, and drawing up word-for-word questions doesn't usually work well. So the interviewer is trying to find something to get an answer out of them, and he asks about their style, which is unique and, in many ways, not traditional -- or "normal."
It's not an insult. The point of the question was to ask how they arrived at such a unique place in their music. Chill out.
freedomchips 10 months ago
@freedomchips I'm sure he didn't mean to be insulting, I never claimed that at all. I just think that part of being an interviewer should be the ability to phrase your questions in a way that don't get undue negative reactions. I have done interviews, and the primary focus is optimizing them for the audience who is watching. Honestly, I wasn't that offended by the question, I just think it demonstrated little forethought and still made me react a little. I'm insulted; it isn't an "insult"
LemonSkull 10 months ago
@LemonSkull Your point is valid, but how is an interviewer to know what is going to insult a person (beyond the obvious)? We all react differently to the same words, phrases, vocal inflections, etc. An interviewer cannot know ahead of time how a person (let alone a group of people) are going to react to everything they ask. Also, that interview was not going well. Its likely the interviewer DID prepare a series of questions but ended up getting flustered due to the situation.
PurpleAsparagus 10 months ago
Complete lack of rapport, closed questions, boring questions, overloaded questions, illogical sequence of questions, lack of follow up on comments, negative body language...worst interviewer ever. Not every band can be bothered to do something with inept questioning.
mial2006 1 year ago 3
our internet is pretty slow and i immediately decided to stop listening to this after 0.30 mins of watching ... the interviewer gave me a headache...he keeps on asking stupid questions!
kaen025 1 year ago 2
seriously - this interviewer did such a piss poor job at interviewing a massively creative, phenomenal collective like sigur ros and made it sound like it was their fault. I was cringing watching this. 'did you ever dream you'd be such a successful band?' ' did you start out as a more regular sounding band?' 'are you guys a phenomenon in iceland?' 'do you ever think you'll start to use more standard words?' f*ck me.
gravencanada 1 year ago 5
wow i LOVE this band, ...but wow they SSSUUUCCCKKKK at interviews.
dercorradog60 1 year ago
this is the best interview i've ever seen!
ylfa 1 year ago
couple of wusses
pippigladstone 1 year ago
this interviewer hasn't a clue
jeenglebeanz 1 year ago 3
That's hillarious! Its like an interview with a small child the way they relay the questions back :')
jamesmullard 1 year ago
they are so quiet.... schhhh..
AamandaaaF 1 year ago
"It's fucking bullshit"
"Now, that's not hopelandic, i think, that is english..."
"...I know."
love this interview
moonmonsoon 1 year ago
don't you get it guys? they wanna talk through their music. that's the whole point they're trying to get across. they just played with you...wiking style! ;-)
coolsurf1233 1 year ago
They were nervous! Come on! You don't have to show them like this on the internet! That's WAY disrespectful. Just because you say "No offense, we love this band" doesn't mean the video isn't offensive.
ShadowMoses12 1 year ago
Sigur Ros is a band that doesn't like the whole idea of having to fit the image of "rockstars" by doing interviews and just feeding the media. For that I have huge respect for them and it is one of the reasons they are my favorite band, aside from their music.
That being said, they should expect that interviews are rarely gripping and these are questions typical of an interview. Either do the interview and tell people what they want to hear, or just don't do the interview.
RUFIO0000 1 year ago
@RUFIO0000 as poetic as ur reasoning is, is it possible they r just introverted? Some of the best musicians r introverted n their personalities come out during an interview. Its not always a political statement against the media. They probably feel that their music speaks for itself, n expresses the band more clearly than words
juniwilliams 1 year ago
no.... no
therifleman62 1 year ago
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lol they seem to be extremely shy :-p
yusbarrett 1 year ago
Wow, NPR. The interview was terrible, absolutely, but I'd rather them be their introverted selves than project the boisterous lip service of "entertainers" (instead of the artists they are) that we Americans herald regardless of how dull & empty their words are. Just as long as they keep us entertained, right? I understand it wasn't NPR's intent to color the band in a negative light, but dunno just found the description disrespectful, excluding the "SigurRos<3<3<3 sooo hip gimme cred!" preface.
cukistcrispeque 1 year ago
absolutely HILARIOUS, this made me so damn uncomfortable. this interview is so horrible, that it's the most amazing interview i've ever seen in my life, but i love sigur ros nonetheless
librepalestine 1 year ago
stop fiddling with the iris control... bad cameraman
ollithompsett 1 year ago
It´s not the interviewer´s fault that the band is awkward as hell and can´t do an interview. I mean I like their music and all but stop blaming the interviewer for this bad interview. He tried his best for Christ sakes! I guess the fanboys just want to take their disappointment out on the interviewer.
MrViuhu 1 year ago
HAHAHA
eddiemundo 1 year ago
I love this band!!
imaloserhavenolife 1 year ago
this is fucking painful to watch
jdbi 1 year ago 3
They are like everyone on NPR except they don't make as much noise while saying nothing.
sparkloweb 1 year ago
its just "f******g b******t".....owned
TheRFExperience 1 year ago
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TheRFExperience 1 year ago
I think the questions would be okay for a normal band but not really for sigur rós.
SpisUchmich 1 year ago
seriously, I don't give a shit about their interview cause their music is divine!
meparadis 1 year ago
they are naturally quiet people, and i have seen more lubricated interviews with them, but this interviewer is being a douche, and he only asked yes/no questions.
Tidnull 1 year ago 15
Fucking hell they are the worst interviewees ever
id say that guy had some difficulty tryib to keep them going
benc9722 1 year ago 2
That is such an awesomely lifeless interview, but poor Bryant handled it with aplomb!
tslug 1 year ago 3
I feel bad for the host...! :/
cooliosius 1 year ago 2
this interview is much like their music
nync888 1 year ago
I disagree that the interviewer asked dumb questions, he asked them about their origins, how did they get together, how did they develop the sound, how do they create a new song, how do they explain the gibberish, and so on.. questions they could have easily gone into further detail on. I like Sigur Ros music, but they responded very badly.. should have had a translator with them instead of relying on their very bad english.
kashgarinn 1 year ago
these are only Yes and No questions, how are they supposed to keep a conversation going with this interviewer? Yes, they are a bit odd, but who would be able to talk freely with this interviewer?
andrivif 1 year ago 3
vá hahaha en ömurlegt
hafdis777 1 year ago
Just never invite them on your radio show, when the interviewer is awful.
efh0888 1 year ago
bad questions
LPFan33 1 year ago
this is so funny!!! there is no conversation going on here..... ZZzzzz
ha great music though!!!!
allendupras 1 year ago
The interviewer asked few open questions. There were mostly questions they could answer with "yes" or "no". So I think that was the problem.
Drummelknaster 1 year ago 2
You asked the wrong questions. Digress from the questions they hear ALL THE TIME:
Whatever happened to, "how do you like the USA?"
"What do you do outside of the band? What are your hobbies?"
"What annoys you most about each other?"
"What is the strangest thing you've seen in the USA?"
THINK, people! If they aren't interested in the general subject matter you're covering, switch it. It's a conversation, well, it should be.
kaileikehe 1 year ago 4
If you're invited to do an interview, either answer the questions or fuck off, because you're wasting everyone's time. If they hate doing interviews from the start, don't bother going...
66420192 1 year ago 4