Sigur Rós - Salka

This song penetrates to the soul.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sigur Rós
• Salka
• Iceland
• Heima
• Hvarf

[jhillst]

I normally love Jonsi's voice, but this is one song where I find it irritating.

[YouNeedToHearThis]

@jhillst Interested in what you find annoying about it in this song! Please give some details if you would.

[jhillst]

@YouNeedToHearThis It's just the tone of Jonsi's voice...very high and shrill; it really grates on my ears. Other than that though it's a good song. And like I said, I usually love Jonsi's voice, this song is a rare exception.

[YouNeedToHearThis]

@jhillst Interesting to know. Thanks for replying!

[xerxerxex]

I just found out that this song was made for Georg Hólm's (The bassist fro Sigur Ros) stepdaughter Salka. Which makes the song more epic than ever.



[YouNeedToHearThis]

@xerxerxex Strangely enough, I JUST found that out this past week as well! Don't even know where....think I was trying to see if there were any lyrics available for this song (there aren't). I would love to know the back story to its creation. But you are correct, the epicness has increased, haha.

[YouNeedToHearThis]

@madrista77 I listened to the song a few days ago when I was experiencing great sadness. Listening did not make me feel any more sad. It was quite the opposite, almost as if Jonsi is saying "It's ok...I understand your pain. Everything is going to be ok."

That's what I get out of it, at least.

[Islingtonians]

For me, sigur is the balm for my condition...the human condition. Maybe this is because sometimes in life I feel only the daily grind, the drudgery and dissapointing days, the heaviness. But I have long claimed that perhaps Sigur sings in nonsense language (Hopelandic) because we all understand the language of heaven when we listen to it, and suddenly what held us down in an unbelievable weight yields us. We can feel also the almost unbearable lightness of being inside such beauty...

[StrawBeriLuv95]

Salka is beautiful name!

[MadeInChina81]

@Mighselph It's not a language that he sings, they're not actual words, it's jibberish. Doesn't mean anything. I guess he just sings what he feels and it comes out as his songs, which i think that's beautiful in a way cuz it gives me chills everytime.. yes, it does kind of get annoying but.. their music makes it all worth it. Chills.

[coyoxol]

þetta lag er ótrúlegt, svo hvetjandi. :)

[ratjoker936]

5:35 always gives me chills.

[kissingyourshadow]

only sigur ros gives me creeps :)

[norton36456]

how is the sun so bright...how is the wonder of everything perfect tonight

[TanjaRomiere]

i like how the horrible youtube community turns into a beautiful expression of thoughts and feelings at sigur ros video's.

[Mighselph]

@YouNeedToHearThis ...and he is always singing the same "words"

[VE3n0m]

You need to be able to disconnect or make yourself distant from the internet that is today.

Internet It's so full of hatred and disgraceful comments that you need to be able to distance yourself. Sigur Rós does exactly that to your mind.. it's like taking a drug, you chill out and forget about almost anything. I know it's hopelandic, a nonsense language.. but i'm taking up Icelandic as my 3:d language and i'll do my best to make it just as good as my native language, then i'll go to iceland!

[xerxerxex]

@paulstevendavies a great privilege indeed.