Björk

[TheGSMoeller]

*grumbles under his breath*

Love both of 'em. DI is hysteric (in a good way) when done live.

https://www.youtube.com/v/l1-5uOAPLv8

Bjork ended with Declare Independence when I saw her at the Austin City Limits Festival back in 2007, a memorable closer for sure. Definitely pumped up the crowd.

Since I've been spending time with her newest album I'm about to go down Bjork memory lane tonight....

[Artem]

I've finished listening to all the albums from Debut to Biophilia (not in chronological order) and it really has become clear that one of the biggest factors in my like or dislike of a song is her treatment of beats.

It's not simply that I dislike heavy beats, the problem is when I can't see any musical reason for them and/or they just become too repetitive. On a single listen, I think I actually like some of the noisy parts of Volta because it feels intentional and justifiable - although 'Declare Independence' is one of the worst things she's done.

What do you think about Medulla?

[Madiel]

What do you think about Medulla?

It was only one full listen (well, maybe I had listened before years and years ago), but I think I liked most of it. 'Where is the Line' stood out in a bad way, but that was about it - some of the others are odd but I think they probably work on their own terms, which is critical. I've just gone back and reminded myself with samples... I liked 'Pleasure Is All Mine' a lot, and 'Who Is It', and 'Triumph of a Heart' is a surprisingly upbeat finish.

[Henk]

I've finished listening to all the albums from Debut to Biophilia (not in chronological order) and it really has become clear that one of the biggest factors in my like or dislike of a song is her treatment of beats.

Too much imo, my judgement of her latest album.

[71 dB]

My sister (a Björk fan) bought Volta years ago when it came out. The package included a multichannel DVD -version of the album. Since my sister doesn't have a DVD-player, she gave the DVD to me. Björk is a hit and miss artist for me. I like some of her songs. On Volta I like quite a bit 'Wanderlust'.

[TheGSMoeller]

Bjork has an exhibit at MOMA starting in March. Here's a trailer for the exhibit featuring the song "Black Lake" from her new album, "Vulnicura". I have plans to visit my mother in NJ and to hop over to NYC to see it, not sure when but I don't want to miss this.

https://www.youtube.com/v/EiXQ5qaUGDI

[7/4]

Björk's music is the only thing I listen to that has beats like that, so it's no big deal.

Whatta voice!

[Mirror Image]

It's comforting to know this has a thread. Thanks John 

No problem. Like you mentioned, I tend to favor her earlier work over what she's doing now. I really ought to give her new album a proper listen, though.

Favorite Björk albums: Post, Homogenic, and Vespertine.

[vandermolen]

I like the song 'Venus as a Boy' from the film 'Leon' (Natalie Portman's best performance IMHO):
https://youtu.be/7Z5aPaDwAkU

[TheGSMoeller]

The Goddess has returned...
The song is great, and the video is up there with some of her best.

https://www.youtube.com/v/_n0Ps1KWVU0

[Madiel]

A fairly impressive film clip, designed to hide another under-developed song.

[TheGSMoeller]

Me = Big Bjork fan

I should've known! 

[Rinaldo]

A fairly impressive film clip, designed to hide another under-developed song.

Agreed. I sort of like the sparseness of it and Arca's presence lurking somewhere in the background but if it wasn't for the video, I'd stop paying attention after the first minute.

[You did it]

"Blissing me" took me somewhere else 

[Marc]

High school Björk Guðmundsdóttir.

With her 'jazzy' punk band Tappi Tíkarrass, which, IIRC, means something like "Plug that bitch's ass".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAuP1JDesJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkuXOtFLMZw