CIAO! Vengo dal Regno Unito e l’altro mese ero in un negozio di dischi discount e ho acquistato questo album per solo £ 1. Adoro come suona, mi piacciono particolarmente le tracce 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 e 10. Le canzoni sono molto orecchiabili anche se non capisco i testi.
Mi chiedevo se qualcuno in Islanda sa di più su questo album o sulla band che lo ha realizzato. Sono popolari/ben conosciuti in Islanda? Qual è la loro storia? Stanno ancora facendo musica adesso? Qualsiasi informazione su di loro sarebbe molto apprezzata, e in ogni caso ben fatta con della musica stellare! Tanto amore <3
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The band is Ríó Tríó, one of the most famous Icelandic bands of all time. Some of the members have passed away
Very famous in Iceland. One of my dads favorites. The man holding the contrabass was murdered by his own son some years back. The man in centre passed away recently. His son is active in the music scene.
Snorri Helgason or Sprengjuhöllin, can look that up for the son.
I’m not an expert but I grew up knowing them and have always liked their music so here’s something:
Ríó Tríó started as a folk-trio in the 60s and were quite popular from the start and well into the 70s. This iteration is from their ‘comeback’ in the 80s, and features one of Iceland’s most beloved songwriters of the late 20th century, Gunnar Þórðarson, who had previously worked with the band behind the scenes.
Their lyrics are widely considered among the best in Icelandic music history, a lot of them putting a humorous spin on tough subjects.
Fun fact: Helgi Pétursson (red shirt on this cover) was voted the sexiest man in Iceland in the 70s and had a prominent media career in the 80s and 90s.