The video posted below is from a band called Sigur Ros (some of you have probably heard of them already). They're from Iceland, and although I wouldn't be able to translate for you, I've been told that some of their music is sung in Icelandic, while the rest of it is imaginary words and sounds. The song below is called "Untitled #1" from their album "( )." Yes, the album is called open parentheses closed parentheses, and no, I never claimed they were a mainstream band. The video won a major award on an MTV awards show, although I can't remember which one, even though the video itself was never aired on the channel. I got the video from YouTube, and if you look at the comments people left below it, a lot of users claim this is their "favorite video ever" or that it "always makes them cry," etc. Personally, I wasn't that affected by it, but that's just an opinion. Enjoy:
- Jamie
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jamie, thanks for posting this video. who says we can't mix pop culture with the themes of this course? i know you all are hard at work on your museum summaries but looking ahead to your next writing assignment, linkages like these -a past of national paranoia of nuclear annihilation and the present music of sigur ros - are exactly what we want to head towards.
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