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Day 09 - An artist you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving

I, as most of you know, am an eternal optimist. I’m married to a pessimist. And when in comes to music we kinda follow the same type of path, style-wise. I am drawn to upbeat happy music (pop) while Nans is drawn to … well, not pop. And like any healthy music-loving couple we are constantly sharing our music with one another. Sometimes we are successful. (Note his JT post today). Sometimes we are not. (Baby please don’t ever play Spiritualized when I am anywhere remotely in earshot.)

I have a vivid memory of when Nanno first brought up a little band called Sigur Ros. And following Sarah’s lead, please follow our conversation below:

Nanno: “Babe. You’ve got to hear this awesome new band I found. They’re from Iceland and none of their songs are in English. They’re so good.”

Me: “Huh … (long pause with a deer in headlights look on my face). Yeah sounds interesting.”

I was sure I would hate them. I was sure they would be EVEN WORSE than Spiritualized. And to be honest, the first time I did hear them it wasn’t love at first listen. But, to be fair, that first time I was in bed and half asleep while Nanno watched one of their videos.

The more he played their music (and it was a lot), the more I liked it. I began to appreciate that I had no idea what Jonsi was signing about. I realized it didn’t really matter because he got the emotion across better than any words could.

Sigur Ros is amazing and I was sure I wouldn’t like them. Phew! Thank God for Nanno and his love of “Not Pop” music!