After watching "Heima", my friend asked what it was and what kind of band it was. I couldn't answer it for a while, I could only say that I liked it very much. I like Iceland, the simple people who wear patterned sweaters on the fishing boats in the snow-capped mountains and lakes, and also like their natural sound, so close to nature.
How to define what kind of band this is is also a difficult thing. Before watching the film, I didn’t know anything about this band. The lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboard and drummer are the basic equipment of a rock band. Two violins and one cello are added. This is classical string music. There was a group of old people walking happily on the mountain road with their dogs, and finally stood in front of an abandoned castle on the top of the mountain, and began to sing and choir! ! So it's rock + classical + chant? Sigur Rós is much more than that. The funny drummer is still looking for rocks in the wilderness, beating them, and adding them to their music, while the lead singer uses the cello bow to play his electric guitar.
It is said that there are 300,000 people in Iceland, but there are nearly 100 music schools. There is an average of 3,000 people. It is not difficult to explain the international reputation of Icelandic music. Every time they appear, it is a miracle. Although this kind of music is a bit greasy to listen to too much, it is difficult to describe the shock it gave me the first time I listened to Bjork's Dancers in the Dark, and Sigur Rós was also completely refreshing.
They sing in Icelandic, and the lead singer also invented Vonlenska to sing. Vonlenska is not any language in the world, but a new language created based on the pronunciation of Icelandic, so there are no so-called grammars and restrictions. Even so maverick, they still won the market.
The red kite has been used many times in the film. I wonder if it means "the rose of victory". Shigeluosi is its Chinese name, which is also romantic and soft.
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