Bjork

[noxious.sunshine]

Can we talk about how amazing she is?

If you haven't seen "Dancer in the Dark" (her movie), then you need to see it like yesterday.

She's truly an amazing artist. And I love her.

I leave you with this:

Bjork - All Is Full Of Love (amazing live performance) - YouTube


I thought about linking her a capella from the end of her movie, but it's incredibly disturbing and you need to see the whole thing in order to really get it.

[Mirage]

No, but I can talk about how good Björk is. .

I like some of her music a lot, but then she's also got some songs that I don't like a whole lot. Guess that's bound to happen when you experiment as much as she does.

Some of my favourites are Play dead, All is full of love, Pagan poetry and Army of me,

[Jinx]

I love, love, love Bjork.

[Chris]

I was a huge fan when I was younger, and everything from Post to Vespertine was fantastic. After that, I felt like she was trying too hard to set herself apart. Medulla was a wreck, Volta overdone, and Biophilia just too gimmicky.

[Loony BoB]

She's not the kind of artist I go out of my way to listen to, but I can at least appreciate what I have heard. Certainly an artist I could only listen to on certain occasions, though, rather than anytime.

[charliepanayi]

I was a huge fan when I was younger, and everything from Post to Vespertine was fantastic. After that, I felt like she was trying too hard to set herself apart. Medulla was a wreck, Volta overdone, and Biophilia just too gimmicky.

I agree with this mostly, though I think Medulla is better than you say. Debut through to Vespertine (Vespertine is my favourite of hers) is a brilliant run of albums. But since then it feels like the last few albums have been more about the concept at the expense of the music. So Medulla is an interesting experiment in doing an acapella record but feels easier to admire than to love. And Biophilia got subsumed in the whole 'app' stuff around it. I still love her though and she's one of the best musicians out there.

And I won't watch Dancer in the Dark - too depressing!

[Chris]

I know that a lot of people disagree, but I find Debut so hard to listen to. I think it's all over the place, and it doesn't feel quite "done" or "completed". Post feels more like a proper debut album.

[Calliope]

Biophilia was not too "gimmicky", it was an ambitious but poorly executed project. Anyone can cut a record, but Bjork was also aiming to educate children about science and music, involve them in discovering their own creative talents, and put on an interactive show that included her usual attention to lighting and costumes.

Biophilia as a stand-alone record remains excellent:

Bj?rk - Mutual Core - OFFICIAL - Art + Music - MOCAtv - YouTube

Dancer in the Dark makes me want to investigate more musicals:

Dancer in the Dark : Bjork - 107 Steps - YouTube

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I fall into "likes a lot of her stuff, but her older stuff more." category.

[Necronopticous]

If you haven't seen "Dancer in the Dark" (her movie), then you need to see it like yesterday.

Björk is great in the film, but it isn't really her movie. Lars Von Trier is the reason that movie exists, and the primary reason that it is amazing. Credit where credit is due.

[Hollycat]

Here's an English version for those of you who couldn't understand

[Rantz]

I agree with charliepanayi about the albums. Although I can respect the later albums for their ambition, I just plain don't like listening to them much. That's okay, though, she still has a ton of great stuff. I saw her live last summer, and it blew my mind.

[Shorty]

I've never really been into Bjork much. I liked her and Thom Yorke's I've Seen It All duet, though.

[charliepanayi]

When they refer to Dancer in the Dark being Bjork's movie, I think it's more 'the movie she's in' rather than 'HER movie'. Or maybe they did mean the latter...

As for that Family Guy video, Bjork's got more talent in one fingernail than Seth McFarlane has in his whole body.

[Mirage]

Reason #4235 why family guy isn't funny