So beautiful, it deserves its own thread.
 

Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása by Sigur Ros.

I know it was about stereotypes and hate but I wish I knew what the lyrics said all the same.

Not too sure about this song in particular, but in some of their songs Sigur Rós aren't speaking any language. They made up their own 'language' just to suit their songs, using voice as an extra instrument. So it doesn't mean anything, really!

from: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/band/faq.php

"what language does jónsi sing in?
on von, ágætis byrjun and takk, jónsi sang most songs in icelandic but a few of the songs were sung in 'hopelandic'. all of the vocals ( ) are however in hopelandic. hopelandic (vonlenska in icelandic) is the 'invented language' in which jónsi sings before lyrics are written to the vocals. it's of course not an actual language by definition (no vocabulary, grammar, etc.), it's rather a form of gibberish vocals that fits to the music and acts as another instrument. jónsi likens it with what singers sometimes do when they've decided on the melody but haven't written the lyrics yet. many languages were considered to be used on ( ), including english, but they decided on hopelandic. hopelandic (vonlenska) got its name from first song which jónsi sang it on, hope (von). tracks 7-9 on takk are in hopelandic."

yeah, I know, thats one thing i love about them.

But this one, 'good weather for airstrikes', is in icelandic.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. :cool:

viðrar vel til loftárása

ég læt mig líða áfram
í gegnum hausinn
hugsa hálfa leið
afturábak
sé sjálfan mig syngja fagnaðarerindið
sem við sömdum saman
við áttum okkur draum
áttum allt
við riðum heimsendi
við riðum leitandi
klifruðum skýjakljúfa
sem síðar sprungu upp
friðurinn úti
ég lek jafnvægi
dett niður
alger þögn
ekkert svar
en það besta sem guð hefur skapað
er nýr dagur

which translates as...

Good Weather For Airstrikes

I Slide Forward
Through My Head
I Think Half Way
Backwards
See Myself Sing
The Anthem We Wrote Together
We Had A Dream
We Had Everything
We Rode To The End Of The World
We Rode Searching
Climbed Skyscrapers
Which Later Exploded
The Peace Was Gone
Balance Leaks Out
I Fall Down
Slide Forward
Through My Head
I Always Return To The Same Place
Total Silence
No Answer
(But) The Best Thing God Has Created
Is A New... Day

Not generally my type of music, but that is so haunting. I keep playing it. I don't need to know the words.

All Sigur Ros is like that, highly recommended.

Hmm, have been investigating. Only this one touched me -it was the video, -it worked so well I now don't need the images....

The rest of it -the other tunes-, nice, but I find i'm writing shopping lists before the first minute is up -nice for the background, but not "sit up and pay attention' music, which is what the video makes this piece.

I saw Sigur Rós almost exactly a year ago in Manchester. It was unbelievable.