why not just use bieber slowed?

yup. this is so crazy. So sigur ros.

haha

if I were in sigur ros I would just let them use the damn songs and go buy an iceberg up there or whatever rich icelandic people do with their money

I think that while this is a shitty practice, the fact that it's running so rampant really does speak volumes about the way Sigur Ros executes their sound and how it honestly cannot be replicated by anyone but those musicians. These guys can pick the same notes, use the same instrumentation, but it will always come off cheap. The brand of music Sigur Ros have forged throughout all of their records really does surround whatever you put it behind. The obvious difference being that Sigur Ros aren't trying to sell anything specific and these companies are exploiting the emotional content of Sigur Ros' music. It's a fucking shame that these hack musicians are making a decent amount money off of the sonic landscape this band has been sculpting for almost 15 years.

bravo, good sir, bravo.

The more I listen through these, the angrier I get.

I had no idea that they never licensed for syncs..

..Mainly because I've heard their actual tracks serveral times. One satellite tv company overused Hoppipolla so much that they got phoned down with complaints. I'm sorry, but when every single 4-minute break consists of over 2 minutes of the same song - you're doing it wrong.

i swear i hear ads all the time and im like sigur ros, and now that i know they always refuse ads, i know its a copy cat

This is pretty ridiculous to me

So ridiculous

this is very interesting and spreads farther than sigur ros. im not a fan but i heard a mraz soundalike, and what sounded like "ocean breathes salty" a little while back...

nice contribution there

Sigur Ros is a fantastic band and they write great music, but what's even more note-worthy is that they pioneered a sound, much like radiohead and other "firsts of the genre". With that under their belt, it's no wonder that they are an incredibly successful group world wide and will probably reap benefits from their success forever.However..

Unfortunately, you cannot copyright a sound, even if you are the pioneer. High, wet falsettos, delicate high registered bell chimes and staggered major 7th chords on a piano are some of their trademarks, but those things can never be owned. Everyone that hears these things and probably many other physical timbres or progressions in other music anywhere may always think "Oh, Sigur Ros ripoff" which is really still nothing but a major credit to Sigur Ros themselves for being such a stark path carver of sound. But it will always be legal and arguably okay to do.

I understand that the notion of advertisements, big corporations, money, greed, etc puts a whole new spin on the chivalry of this, but I'm not referring to that, because that's another issue in itself, just talking strictly music in general.

Derivative works like these are completely legal under copyright law. And to be honest, these aren't the worst I've heard. Though it furthers my support for re-evaluating and re-working current copyright law.

I know there was an Audi commercial that sounded damn close to Sigur Ros too. I think from earlier this year. I know Audi's response was that it was an original composed piece. Probably bullshit as well. I love Sigur Ros and I'm upset to see this.