YMMV / Sigur Rós

• Best Known for the Fanservice: This happened in regards to one of the videos for "Fjögur píanó" (warning: NSFW) that came out of the Valtari film experiment. It was featured on many blogs that had never before heard of the band simply because Shia LaBeouf was completely naked in the video.
• Broken Base: The band's infamous NPR interview, which went disastrously due to the band's reluctance to answer questions. It started a huge online debate over whether the band or the interviewer was to blame.
• Heartwarming Moments: Their songs tend to be either this or Tear Jerkers.
  • "Hoppipolla" reads as an anthem to childhood innocence.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: While the RÚV crew had parked their vehicle to take a break during the Route One slow TV event, the camera captured a rather photogenic Icelandic horse that the fans who tuned in to Route One never forgot for the rest of the day. They even named it Sigur Horse!
• Funny Moments: What happens when you give the band 280 Twitter characters.
• Growing the Beard: Ágætis byrjun established the band's WAFFy Signature Style by bringing Jonsi's bowed guitar and vocals to the forefront and writing much prettier songs.
• Memetic Mutation: tjú.
  • Jónsi seems to be the Butt-Monkey of this. Or maybe butt-whale...◊
• Most Wonderful Sound:
  • The first bowed guitar chords of "Svefn-g-englar" and the relaxing submarine-esque beeping sound that plays throughout the song, transporting the listener into a cold, but elegant underwater world.
  • "Olsen Olsen" is absolutely majestic and concludes with what sounds like a huge crowd of people singing in harmony.
  • Jonsi's voice is one of the most soothing things you'll ever hear in your life.
  • All of "Glosoli," "Sæglópur," and "Hoppipolla".
  • "Milano" slowly fades in and builds up gradually, eventually reaching absolutely euphoric emotional power.
  • The latter half of "Hoppipolla" deserves a special mention for its use of string instruments.
• Narm: The above mentioned video for "Fjögur píanó."
  • Particularly the scene where the woman is holding up the dead butterfly and screaming.
• Nightmare Fuel: See the page.
• Sequel Displacement: Nobody remembers the band had a career before Ágætis byrjun.
• Signature Song: "Hoppipolla" and especially "Svefn-G-Englar".
• Song Association: Extensively so.
• Tear Jerker: "Viðrar vel til loftárása". Dear Gods, "Viðrar vel til loftárása".
  • Also "Samskeyti", if you've seen Mysterious Skin.
    • Don't forget "Hoppipolla", "Sæglópur", "Untitled 1", "Untitled 2"... really, the band seems fond of this trope.
    • The entire second half of ( ) is cry-yourself-to-sleep music, but it's also absurdly beautiful.
  • Varúð is this, ESPECIALLY if you've seen the ending of "Mac Finds His Pride".
  Frank: Oh my god. I get it. I get it.
  • On the other hand, by far their most popular song is "Hoppipolla", which is definitely Lighter and Softer.
  • Also, ( ), being the moodiest of their albums is often considered one of their weaker works.

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