- Viðrar vel til loftárása
"Viðrar vel til loftárása" (pronounced|ˈvɪðrar vɛl tʰɪl ˈlɔftʰaʊraʊsa) is a song from
Sigur Rós 's second full-length album "Ágætis byrjun ." It was also released as the B-side of the single "Svefn-g-englar ".Origin
The band named the song after a quote sarcastically spoken by an Icelandic weatherman during the war in
Kosovo : "í dag viðrar vel til loftárása" (meaning "Today, it is good weather for an airstrike.")Video
"Viðrar vel til loftárása" spawned a cinematic and controversial Fact|date=April 2008 video. Set in 1950s
Iceland , it features a kiss between two young boys which is broken up by the father of one of the boys during a football match. All band members do a cameo in the music video: Jónsi is the soccer team coach, Orri is the goalkeeper, Georg is the referee, and Kjartan is one of the spectators. Moreover, thefetus design from the "Ágætis byrjun" album cover is shown on a bottle from which one of the boys drinks.Production for the music video began in the autumn of 2001. A general casting call was held in the town of Reykjavík, Iceland, which was also the place of principal photography. The video was directed by Icelandic directors Stefán Arni and Siggi Kinski. The video has won numerous awardsFact|date=September 2007.
External links
* [http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/dldvideo.php The Sigur Rós Official Site's Video Section]
* [http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/ Sigur Rós's official site]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-664831100536363106 Google Video of the video]
* [http://www.methodstudios.com/project/373.html Video's page at Method Studios with production credits]
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