Glósóli

Infobox Single
Name = Glósóli


Artist = Sigur Rós
from Album = Takk...
B-side =
Released =
Format = Streaming media
Recorded =
Genre = Post-rock
Length = 6:15
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Writer =
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Chart position =
Last single = "Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do"
(2004)
This single = "Glósóli"
(2005)
Next single = "Hoppípolla"
(2006)
Misc =
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Takk...
Type = studio
prev_track = "Takk..."
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Glósóli"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Hoppípolla"
next_no = 3"Glósóli" [ˈglou:ˌsoulɪ] (Icelandic for "Glowing Sole") is a song by Sigur Rós, released as part of their 2005 album "Takk..." Together with Sæglópur it was the first single released from the album, available as a download only release on iTunes in America and Europe respectively.

The name is a combination of "gló-" from the verb "að glóa" meaning "to glow, shine, glitter" and "sóli" meaning "sole." The second element of the name, "sóli", shares its grammatical stem with the word "sól", meaning "sun". In combination "glósóli" can be understood as a childish way of saying "glowing sun" or "let the sun glow".

Music Video

The song is also praised for its artistic and highly cinematographic music video. The video consists of children dressed in old-fashioned Icelandic clothing, migrating towards an unknown destination somewhere in Iceland. The leader, a boy with a drum, directs the group through a land characterized by open fields and rocky hills, all the while picking up more and more children. The group then fall asleep and the video enters a dream-like state, signified by a change in hue. The song culminates at the end when the children reach a large hill and the leader starts beating his drum rapidly. When the song climaxes, the children start to run full speed up the hill. It is then shown that the hill is in fact a cliff, ending at the ocean. When the children reach the edge, they jump off and swim through the air. The video features a characteristic ambiguous ending, when the last and youngest child is shown jumping off the cliff in a cannon-ball style. The cinematographer has stated that to him the child definitely flies along with the rest, but ambiguity was the intention. The child naturally chose the cannon-ball style after a reluctance to jump whilst filming. [http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/disco/takk-glosoli.php]

The video was directed by Arni & Kinski. Swedish director Ted Karlsson also directed a few parts and shot the movie. It was shot on an Arri Super 35mm camera with lenses from Panavision.

Personnel

* Jón Þór Birgisson – vocals, guitar
* Kjartan Sveinsson – keyboard
* Georg Hólm – bass
* Orri Páll Dýrason – drums

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFOvdSCOfpk Official music video for "Glósóli"]
* [http://www.sigur-ros.is sigur-ros.is] - Mini-site dedicated to "Takk..."
* [http://www.sigur-ros.is/takk.html "Takk..." album credits]
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