Any artist who doesn't try to captivate and stays true to what they believe is great, turns out, they are genius. These guys, performances like this, is pure genius. And I cannot comprehend any single human who does not appreciate their passion, his voice, this song. I just want to thank them.
@@Agaetis181 Yeah the last time I saw them live he tried to sing it like this but he couldn't hit the high notes :( It was sad but it was still beautiful.
I know this was posted 16 and 8 years ago but I just wanted to say I wholeheartedly agree, this is by far my favourite live vaka version and my undiagnosed autistic ar$e was listening to this on repeat in my teenhood. Vaka is hands down my all time favourite track - everything from music, vocals to the music video - if you're here still in 2022 i appreciate you. that is all.
I almost cry every time I watch this. I've seen them live twice and its amazing how dead silent a Sigur Ros crowd is during the music. Everyone is just hypnotized.
A loss that I suffered 7 years ago just resurfaced into my being just recently. August 16, 2007, my world turned dark when my friend passed away. Before he died, I should have said what needs to be said and tell him how much he meant to me. Even though I made peace with him through his death, this song resonates my sorrow and the pain that burrowed deep within my soul. Rest in Peace, Timmy Rudd.
***** Thank you for your healing words. Today is seven years since the angels called him home. I like to think everytime I speak to him, a breeze flies past me, as if he were answering to me
I remember watching this live the night it aired. I forget what show it was though? But I remember just being _transfixed_ and in awe. Had never heard of the band before. Afterwards, I literally had to turn off the tv....and just go lie down....to think, and feel. I felt changed as a human being. I kept thinking 'who the fuck _was_ that band??' It sent me down a journey that genuinely altered my perception of music and life itself. This isn't my favorite track of theirs(but it's close), but being it was the first thing I ever heard from them....boy does it hit hard every single time I hear it. What a song....the sense of aching yearning almost physically hurts.
The passion he puts into this is explosive....check out from 5.09....and look at him hes giving it all...the viens on his neck...incredible...still makes me wana cry
This song and this band change me everytime i listen to them. Everytime their songs reach a climax i stop what i am doin and go back to times in my life where i was truly happy. Hopefully there are more of those times to come. We live in a sad world though
This is one of a handful music videos on RU-vid that actually makes me cry every time I see and hear it... this is heartbreakingly beautiful. And I fully agree that it is the very best live performance of "vaka" found anywhere. As a fan commented under a live bo****leg version of "Fly" by Nick Drake: "This is the best version of anything I've ever heard".
because there are no lyrics, this is the soundtrack to every loss I go through. There are so many memories tied to this song and that's what makes good music because good music to me is about conjuring memories and emotions. I love sigur ros :)
This sounds exactly like the studio version!! God I hope I get to see them live in my lifetime! Jonsi is up there with Jeff Buckley, Thom Yorke, Damien Rice and ANOHNI when it comes to vocalists who I feel don’t get enough praise. Just beautiful.
Oh wow...........I remember watching this live the night it aired. I forget what show it was though? But I remember being just _transfixed_ and in awe. Had never heard of the band before. Afterwards, I literally had to turn off the tv....and just go lie down....to think, and feel. I felt changed as a human being. I kept thinking 'who the fuck _was_ that band??' It sent me down a journey that genuinely altered my perception of music and life itself. This isn't my favorite track of theirs(but it's close), but being it was the first thing I ever heard from them....boy does it hit hard every single time I hear it. What a song....the sense of aching yearning almost physically hurts.
Whether I´m sad or not, I allways come back to this video. This music, and particullary this version, touches me inside in a way I cannot express in words and I don´t understand a single word in Jonsi´s mouth. I live for things like these, tank you Sigur Rós.
He doesn't sing words in a normal context. They don't mean anything (or they mean just what you want them to mean). It is a made up language, used mainly on the ( )-album, called Volenska or Hopelandic in english. "It’s nonsense-singing, designed to convey the absence of meaning. A blank slate for the listener to conjure their own significance." It really makes you to just listen. The voice is "just" another instrument, and it's perfect.
Es increible, cómo puede ser que exista una cancion así. Si alguien pudiese pedir la mejor cancion existente nunca se imaginaría que podría ser tanto. Cómo puede ser que personas tan jóvenes hagan musica tan sabia y madura? ... es inpensable
they are amazing, first time i ever listened to them, i cried, i thank the person for the rest of my life for showing me a diff. kind of music. i will love him for the rest of my life.
Fully agree. I've watched this video so so so many times and I still get chills at that bit at the end. This is one of the most beautiful songs ever, and this video makes it even better.
This is one of the greatest, if not the greatest song a mankind ever made! It's so raw and emotional while still being so perfectly well planned and composed. Every time I listen to this song it sends shivers down my spine. It's one of those songs I'll never forget in my whole life. It gives me hope when I'm down, while putting me in a melancholic mood at the same time. This is ART! Thank you Sigur Rós. I hope I'll have the honor of attending one of your concerts one day!
Powerful!! outstanding performance incredible voice !! makes me feel so many different emotions is tremendous!!! is very addictive could listen over n over :)
so original, yet so powerful emotionally. i usually find music that's completely original takes a bit of getting used too before it really speaks to you but this is amazing!
It's a Yamaha Portasound Vss-30 it's almost like a toy keyboard that you can record samples of your voice in to then change the pitch and distort it and stuff. I've been looking all over for them. So hard to find! they're pretty old.
I recently got their new Heim/Hvarf which has this song acoustic long, along with 5 originals and 6 of their old songs done live and acoustically. amazing.
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