Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson and Vonbrigði - Rímur and Ó Reykjavík

The Icelandic punk/new wave/rock band "Vonbrigði" was active from 1981-1986 & 2004-2017. Among other things, the band performed one song in the documentary film "Rokk í Reykjavík" (1982) (Rock in Reykjavik): "Ó Reykjavík". It is the first song and considered a title song for the film. And another song, "Guðfræði" which was a part of the follow-up double vinyl album. However, a gentleman named Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson is the real opening act in the film. He was a religious leader (allsherjargoði) for the "Fellowship of Æsir faith" (Ásatrúarfélagið), based on old Norse faith. He sometimes performed at rock concerts and recited his rhymes and various poems and writings.
This variant of 'Ó Reykjavík' from the documentary attempts to create a 1920x1080p version of it with a decent audio quality and some audio/video effects.
All credits to Vonbrigði, Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir [Didda], Bjarni "Mohawk" Þórðarson and director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson.
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Rímur (rhymes)

Hef ég okkar háttalag
hugsað um í næði.
Eina nótt og engan dag
áttum við þá bæði.

Held ég okkar háttalag
heiti stundargaman.
Langa nótt og lítinn dag
lifðum við þá saman.

Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson

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Ó Reykjavík (lyrics)

Ó Reykjavík, ó Reykjavík,
sú yndislega borg
með feita kalla og fínar frúr
og hrein og falleg torg.
Ó Reykjavík, ó Reykjavík
með þjóðarhetjurnar,
forseta á alþingi
og félagsmiðstöðvar.

Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Reykjavík!

Ó Reykjavík, ó Reykjavík
með gamalmennunum
staflað eins og sardínum
á elliheimilum.
Ó Reykjavík, ó Reykjavík
með unglingunum,
stressuðum og útþynntum
hjá félagsráðgjöfum.

Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Reykjavík!

Ó Reykjavík, ó Reykjavík
með gamalmennunum
staflað eins og sardínum
á elliheimilum.
Ó Reykjavík, ó Reykjavík,
þú yndislega borg
með feita kalla og fínar frúr
og hrein og falleg torg.

*Ó Reykjavík, ó Reykjavík,
þú gleymir rónunum
ísköldum og liggjandi
í blómabeðunum.

Song: Vonbrigði
Lyrics: Sigurlaug Jónsdóttir [Didda]

[From the album 'Rokk í Reykjavík' from the documentary]
*The last verse was not sung in the documentary/album.
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✂️ Video edited by none other than "None Other" ✏️

Main sources:


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- - - & various free audio/video effects.

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