Viðrar vel til loftárása
| "Viðrar vel til loftárása" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Sigur Rós | |
| from the album Ágætis byrjun | |
| Genre | Post-rock |
| Length | 10:13 |
| Label | Fat Cat, Smekkleysa |
| Songwriter(s) | Jón Þór Birgisson, Orri Páll Dýrason, Georg Hólm, Kjartan Sveinsson |
| Producer(s) | Ken Thomas |
| Ágætis byrjun track listing | |
10 tracks | |
| Music video | |
| "Viðrar vel til loftárása" on YouTube | |
"Viðrar vel til loftárása" (Icelandic for "it's good weather for airstrikes"; pronounced [ˈvɪðrar vɛl tʰɪl ˈlɔftaurausa]) is a song written and recorded by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós for their second studio album Ágætis byrjun. The song appears as the seventh track on the album. It was also released as the B-side of Sigur Rós' debut single "Svefn-g-englar".
Background
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 is good weather for an airstrike").[1]
Music video
"Viðrar vel til loftárása" spawned a cinematic music video. Set in 1950s Iceland, it features a football match between two teams of young boys. As one team scores a goal and celebrates, two young boys on the same team begin to kiss. The kiss is eventually broken up by the boys' fathers. All band members appear in cameo[2] in the video: Jónsi is the soccer team coach, Orri is the scorekeeper, Georg is the referee, and Kjartan is one of the spectators. Moreover, the fetus 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 city of Reykjavík,[3] Iceland, which was also the place of principal photography. The video was directed by Arni & Kinski, Icelandic directors Stefán Árni Þorgeirsson and Sigurður Kjartansson (Siggi Kinski). The video won an Icelandic Music Award for "Best Video" in 2002.[4] Music Magazine New Musical Express ranked the video 9th in their article "100 Greatest Music Videos".[5]
The idea for the video came from Sigur Rós' former drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson.[6]
Accolades
| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Samtónn Íslensku tónlistarverðlaunin | Best Video | Won |
References
- ^ "sigur rós - trivia". sigur-ros.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "eighteen seconds before sunrise - sigur rós news » 2001» August» 24". sigur-ros.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "eighteen seconds before sunrise - sigur rós news » 2001» July» 13". sigur-ros.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "eighteen seconds before sunrise - sigur rós news » 2002» February» 10". sigur-ros.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "NME 100 Greatest Music Videos". www.nme.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "sigur-ros.co.uk interviews georg & orri". sigur-ros.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.