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Virar vel til loftrsa
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Wikipedia article
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| artist = Sigur Rs
| album = gtis byrjun
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| genre = Post-rock
| length = 10:13
| label = Fat Cat, Smekkleysa
| writer = Jn r Birgisson, Orri Pll Drason, Georg Hlm, Kjartan Sveinsson
| producer = Ken Thomas
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"'Virar vel til loftrsa'" (Icelandic for "it's good weather for airstrikes"; pronounced ) is a song written and recorded by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rs for their second studio album 'gtis byrjun'. The song appears as the seventh track on the album. It was also released as the B-side of Sigur Rs' 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: " dag virar vel til loftrsa" (meaning "today is good weather for an airstrike").
Music video
"Virar vel til loftrsa" 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 in the video: Jnsi 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 'gtis 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 Reykjavk, Iceland, which was also the place of principal photography. The video was directed by Arni & Kinski, Icelandic directors Stefn rni orgeirsson and Sigurur Kjartansson (Siggi Kinski). The video won an Icelandic Music Award for "Best Video" in 2002. Music Magazine New Musical Express ranked the video 9th in their article "100 Greatest Music Videos".
The idea for the video came from Sigur Rs' former drummer gst var Gunnarsson.
Accolades
References
Category:Sigur Rs songs
Category:1999 songs
Category:Songs written by Jnsi
Category:Songs written by Orri Pll Drason
Category:Songs written by Georg Hlm
Category:Songs written by Kjartan Sveinsson
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