Viðrar vel til loftárása
| "Viðrar vel til loftárása" | |
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| 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 | |
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10 tracks
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"Viðrar vel til loftárása" (Icelandic for "Good Weather for an Airstrike"; pronounced [ˈvɪðrar vɛl tʰɪl ˈlɔftʰaʊraʊsa]) 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".
The band named the song after a quote spoken by Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, historian and a former reporter at RÚV (The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service in Iceland). Guðni was referring to weather condition during NATO bombing of Belgrade. "Viðrar vel til loftárása" literally means "good weather for an airstrike".
"Viðrar vel til loftárása" spawned a cinematic and controversial 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: 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.
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