a rivulet

barry burton

the songs will write the words
Working at Fitbit. iOS and Ruby developer. Readable code writer. Coffee freak. Slow food and natural wine dilettante. Snow enthusiast. Sometime cyclist.


Wed Jun 7

Similes

I’ve recently, as in a few hours ago, decided that someone should maintain a list of things which people say Sigur Rós sounds like. I will admit that their sound is different from most bands out there, but I just never think of them as all that weird. Former passengers in my car when I had a Sigur Rós CD in would care to disagree. To wit:

“Do you have any real music? This just sounds like drops of water.” -my boss, in response to Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do

“I’m going to change the CD, this sounds like dying seals.” -Brett, in response to Hlemmur

“Can we listen to something else? This is like listening to static, from outer space.” -my dad, in response to Ágætis Byrjun

I do try to swap out any Sigur Rós albums I may be listening to when I know that I am to have company in the car, but sometimes I forget.

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