Vonlenska
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Vonlenska is a term used to describe the gibberish sung by the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós[1], in particular its lead singer Jón Þór Birgisson. It is also commonly known by the English translation of its name, Hopelandic. It takes its name from “Von”, a song on Sigur Rós’s debut album Von where it was first used.
Vonlenska is not a real language as it lacks a consistent grammar structure, word meaning, or even distinct words as such. Instead, it consists of meaningless syllables and resembles scat singing; the band’s website describes it as “a form of gibberish vocals that fits to the music”.[2] Most of the syllable strings sung by vocalist Jón Þór Birgisson are repeated many times throughout each song, and in the case of ( ), throughout the whole album. As the rest of Sigur Rós’s lyrics are sung in Icelandic, which most of their audience do not understand, an unknowing listener could easily take Vonlenska to be Icelandic and be unaware that a song’s lyrics do not have a direct literal translation. Rather it is a form of expression.
[edit] Songs featuring Vonlenska
- From Von:
- “Von”
- From Ágætis byrjun:
- “Olsen Olsen”
- From ( ):
- All songs with vocals are sung exclusively in Vonlenska.
- From Takk...:
- “Sé lest” (Beginning and some further lines in Icelandic)
- “Sæglópur” (Icelandic at the beginning and end)
- “Mílanó”
- “Gong”
- “Andvari”
- From "Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust":
- "Festival"
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