Seriously…right out of the gate…”Did you start out playing ‘this kind’ of music…?” It’s hard to imagine that as being a serious question.

Followed quickly by “Did you think you’d be the kind of band that sold 2 million records?” Seriously?! Is the interviewer even remotely familiar with Sigur Ros and the kinda guys they might be? Maybe he thought he was interviewing the Arctic Monkeys or Oasis….

“Obviously, at some point you decided to get in the same room and start playing music with each other. What was the motivation….you just wanted to make music?” Uh…..yeah….basically that’s about it. I see nothing wrong with that answer. Maybe he was trying to pry out the top secret as to why they were really in the same room together…like a conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. :)

Anyway…in all fairness…there definitely was a disconnect between Luke and the band. I’m not familiar with other interviews that he’s done, so maybe not all of his questions are totally retarded. I guess Sigur Ros could have spiced it up by replying “what is ‘this kind’ of music” or “what is music to you?” I think they were tired, tense (Jón looked a bit nervous?).

I’ve been listening to Sigur Ros for quite a while and have never thought of or heard the term “Hopelandic” - Yet the interviewer insists that people start thinking about that term after they get into the band. I think it’s pretty much been well established that Jón often times sings in just nonsensical words or sounds.

Not, that I would have done any better of a job, but surely someone had to have asked the band what they might want to talk about? I think that might have helped…

Actually, so does spelling awkwardness.