Sigur Ros: Amazingly joyous video

The song is called ‘Hoppipolla’, which means ‘Jumpin Puddles’ in Icelandic. They sing in both Icelandic and Hopelandic, which is a language the band made up to use in their songs.

These are the lyrics translated into English:

Jumpin’ puddles

Smiling
Spinning ’round and ’round
Holding hands
The whole world a blur
But you are standing

Soaked
Completely drenched
No rubber boots
Running in us
Want to erupt from a shell

Wind in
And outdoor smell of your hair
I hit as fast as I could
With my nose

Hopping into puddles
Completely drenched
Soaked
With no boots on

And I get nosebleed
But I always get up
(Hopelandic)

And I get nosebleed
But I always get up
(Hopelandic)

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The video is simply wonderful. You can stream it at http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/sigurrosx28x11x05 <- scroll down to the bottom of the page & pick your video player and bandwidth

Posted: March 22, 2006

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