December 1, 2006

Friday Music Video: Sigur Ros, Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa

Sigur Ros (pronounced "see oor roce"), are an Icelandic post-rock band who sing using their own language, Vonlenska (in English, hopelandic), which is based on Icelandic, but the words have little meaning. This video is for the song Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa, and is a very powerful look at the lives of two young men, and the reactions of their family to their relationship, and the trangressing of typical gender norms. It's a long, but beautiful and powerful video.

Posted by Andy at December 1, 2006 11:12 AM

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That's amazing. Thanks for posting it, Andy.

Thanks. I hadn't seen that since 9/11/01, when it was one of the videos Mtv ran, and I happened upon it after taking a break from roughly sixteen hours solid in front of the news. It's very powerful. It makes me weep, and I'm a girl trying to act tough. I love your place here. I'm a fan. Prolly ran into you at the 19 over the years. My girl and I play there once and a while, going on ten years now. ...Can you really get into Sigur Ros otherwise, though? I have a cd, but rarely find the mood. Damn, though. That video is awesome.

kolchi mzyan

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