Good, but I didn’t feel very engaged with the music.
I was in the Lower Orchestra section, in the 16th row - and pretty tired, that Monday evening. I like their music, but I found myself drifting off, thinking about other things.
Thinking much at all is a bad sign for me when I’m watching live music. I usually find it very engrossing & uplifting - ideally, I get carried away by the music and exist fully in the moment for the duration. That didn’t happen for me at this gig. I felt rather disconnected from the performance - perhaps because it felt like it was happening far away?
Learnings
Things I learned from this gig:
- Only go and see people if you would listen to their stuff for an hour or two without a break, at home - because that’s what you will be doing at the gig.
- Don’t sit down, 16 rows back, if you can help it. It’s much less engaging and exciting that way. At all-seater venues, try to be in the first 4 or 5 rows, if at all possible.
- Sometimes it may be worth spending more to see it well - i.e. general admission or seat near the front - or don’t bother going at all.
Sigur Rós World Tour, Vancouver 2022
May 9th at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
| Title | Artist | Album | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
 Svefn-g-englar | Sigur Rós | Ágætis byrjun | 10:07 |
 Untitled #1 (Vaka) | Sigur Rós | Untitled #1 (Vaka) | 6:44 |
 Untitled #2 (Fyrsta) | Sigur Rós | ( ) | 7:34 |
| Untitled #3 (Samskeyti) | Sigur Rós | ( ) | 6:34 |
 Rafmagnið búið | Sigur Rós | Ný batterí | 4:53 |
| Ný batterí | Sigur Rós | Ágætis byrjun | 8:11 |
 “Gold 2” - Sigur Rós - Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, 06.14.22 | Lukretiah 101 | 6:12 | |
 Fljótavík | 12 Ensemble | Sigur Rós: Fljótavík | 4:09 |
| Untitled #7 (Dauðalagið) | Sigur Rós | ( ) | 13:00 |
| Untitled #9 (Smáskfia 1) | Sigur Rós | Untitled #1 (Vaka) | 4:39 |
 Glósóli | Sigur Rós | Takk… | 6:15 |
| Untitled #6 (E-Bow) | Sigur Rós | ( ) | 8:49 |
 Ekki múkk | Sigur Rós | Valtari | 7:46 |
| Sæglópur | Sigur Rós | Takk… | 7:38 |
 “Gold 4” - Sigur Rós - Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, 06.14.22 | Lukretiah 101 | 12:03 | |
 Festival | Sigur Rós | Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust | 9:26 |
 Kveikur | Sigur Rós | Kveikur | 5:56 |
| Untitled #8 (Popplagið) | Sigur Rós | ( ) | 11:46 |