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geir, being married to a norwegian we eat ribba (sp?) every year for christmas. Do you?

Yes.

In the last 5 years where have you been on vacation and which would you say was the place you find the most relaxing?

Several places, most of which were big cities and great but not particularly "relaxing". :)

(using other superlatives than "relaxing", I loved Rome, I loved Venice, I loved Barcelona, and - in spite of the weather - I always love London and Copenhagen. Hard to pick, really)

do you like the sound of birdsong or other natural 'non-musical' sounds?

Ever fancied visiting Scotland, Geir? If so, what would you most like to see?

are you a side sleeper? back sleeper? stomach??

tmi

How big is your 'record collection'? The exact size in inches.

Geir, have you heard Ron Sexsmith? I get the impression he may be better known in Europe than here in America. I saw him the other night and thought his voice and songwriting (somewhere between McCartney and Costello) would be right up your alley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4X_l8PIobc&feature=related

Ever fancied visiting Scotland, Geir? If so, what would you most like to see?

I am a city guy, and I am sure Glasgow, Dundee or Edinburgh would all be nice. In spite of the weather. :)

Actually not too familiar with Ron Sexsmith other than the name. The cut above there sounds OK, but something about it sounds a lot more obviously American than McCartney/MacManus.

do you like the sound of birdsong or other natural 'non-musical' sounds?

I love birdsong this time of year because it means spring or summer. Otherwise not thinking so much of it. :)

geir are you single?

when did Elton John get off the bus?

when did Elton John get off the bus?

No idea, but his last touch of greatness was the "Too Low For Zero" album in 1983.

Ron Sexsmith is Canadian. And right up Geir's alley.

Yeah, Ron's definitely "melodic" above all else.

Escargot my hongro

Geir, have you seen this movie?:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Lasse_og_Geir.jpg

should he have?

Geir, what is the earliest song or album that you would classify as Britpop?

Geir, which part of "Good Vibrations" do you prefer: choruses or verses?

geir you're in a large courtyard. to your left is a castle surrounded by a moat. a path leads north towards mountains. a fountain in the centre of the courtyard contains a skeleton. what do you do?

need to get geir on hard talk w/ stephen sackur

s sackur cracks me up

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Hardtalkstudio.jpg

Geir, how do you pronounce gyros?

hongroes

Feeling very hongroes.

Geir Do you think this band would interest you?

Swedish band Ginger Trees is influenced by Porcupine Tree to Uriah Heep, Kula Shaker and Pink Floyd. Great melodies, especially in the vocals

Geir, why don't you like the more avant-garde end of prog like King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator and Henry Cow?

when are you coming back?

http://abcnotation.com/getResource/downloads/image/will-ye-no-come-back-again.png?a=membres.multimania.fr/corneymusers/dl/ABCTUNES.zip/WILLYENO.ABC/0000

hah? and i just had a question for geir. well, almost.

best poster

Geir, what is your favorite situational comedy (sitcom) theme song?

geir not being around anymore is one of the best lings about nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-ILM. don't bait him.

he still posts her occasionally, and he's way more chill than he was in 2003

*here

He hasn't posted in over a year. Sorry, but he's gone.

he posted a few days ago!

Where? I missed that!

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The GeirBot (Geir Hongro) wrote this on thread Britpop : Time For Reevaluation? on board I Love Music on Apr 26, 2014

Ah, the Britpop thread. No wonder I didn't see it. Wasn't there any fanfare about his sudden return?

what are your favorite US/UK hit songs of the past 3 (or so) years? in your opinion, is the chartpop of 2010-2015 better or worse than the chartpop of 2005-2009?

are there a lot of 9/11 truthers in Norway?

I stopped posting on ILX for like five years, and within days of coming back I see this. It's almost touching!

what are your favorite US/UK hit songs of the past 3 (or so) years? in your opinion, is the chartpop of 2010-2015 better or worse than the chartpop of 2005-2009?

The last first, I probably prefer 2005-2009 chartpop. Preferring electropop to that annoying put-your-hands-in-the-air-EDM

Been checking out chartpop way too little the past years, except noticing very much all that Avicii etc. stuff. The easy option would be "Where Are We Now?" by Bowie which was very, very, very good and also became a hit of sorts, but I guess picking old Bowie would almost be cheating. :)
That Daft Punk song is of course hard not to like, Lorde's "Royals" is sort of sticking. I always like whatever Coldplay put out, but they were still better in the 00s. Stretching it back to 2012 would also include Adele's "Skyfall". But kinda hard.

Would have been easier had "Flying in the Face of Love" by Neil Finn or "The Best Jewel Thief in the World" by Prefab Sprout had been chart hits. Which of course they weren't. :P

Obviously not the most famous Norwegian ones. The Nico & Vinz one was OK, I guess, but Kygo is quite annoying.

<i>are there a lot of 9/11 truthers in Norway?</i>

Probably not, but they are on the Net 24/7 discussing on Facebook whenever they are not "studiying" watching 4 hour-long home made videos on YouTube which "prove" Queen Elizabeth is secrectly a Jewish Catholic alien reptile from Naboo's Freemason society. Annoying people.

<i>Geir, why don't you like the more avant-garde end of prog like King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator and Henry Cow?</i>

Too dissonant, you know.

Geir Do you think this band would interest you?

<i>Swedish band Ginger Trees is influenced by Porcupine Tree to Uriah Heep, Kula Shaker and Pink Floyd. Great melodies, especially in the vocals</i>

Could be. I largely use the "related acts" feature on Spotify to discover new music these days.

<i>geir you're in a large courtyard. to your left is a castle surrounded by a moat. a path leads north towards mountains. a fountain in the centre of the courtyard contains a skeleton. what do you do?</i>

Kill the goblin

<i>Geir, which part of "Good Vibrations" do you prefer: choruses or verses?</i>

Chorus and bridge.

<i>Geir, have you seen this movie?:</i>

No. Probably horrible like all movies directed by Wam & Vennerød. :P

<i>Geir, what is the earliest song or album that you would classify as Britpop?</i>

Probably the La's, give that The Stone Roses were really not, not entirely.

As for earliest proto-Britpop song, "Please Please Me"

good to see you back, geir

Been a while. Didn't remember the formatting even. :P