Björk - Techno Eskimo Opera

[thisispain]

[img]http://keithianmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bjork-in-the-swan-dress.jpg[/img]
how to make a dress out of an animal without risk of salmonella (looking at you ms. gaga)

First off some info:
The Björk (also known as The Savior of Iceland), is a Chinese-looking, singer-songwriter, actress, composer, and music producer. Some argue that Björk is

supernatural, possibly an elf, fairy, alien, or some other such bizarre creature. It is wise to approach the Björk carefully, as it is known to go fucking insane,

for little to no reason at all. Possibly, its equally insane fans are to blame.
-Encyclopedia Dramatic, though that's pretty flattering considering they usually draw dicks on pictures.

[highlight]But i thought bjork was weird[/highlight]

yeah she is deal wit it have a video
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXZx-etXLU[/media]

[highlight]well okay, but i don't speak swedish[/highlight]

fuck off

[highlight]where does one start when discussing bjerk[/highlight]

Bjork's first album was actually made when she was 11 years old, being some kind of weird child superstar that only pedo's would be interested in. fun fact, that

album is still her number one hit in iceland :geno:

then she reached critical mass with The Sugarcubes, which is totally unrelated to LSD heh
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU3JrXt_cPk[/media]
talking heads sounds normal compared to this

[highlight]but why would i listen to bjork when there are other artists to enjoy[/highlight]
because she's got a pretty good voice and the songs are pretty good too so here, let's go down my totally incomplete and sometimes incoherent list of her albums

[highlight]Debut[/highlight]
[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SOITJWD1deU/SYvzeKubeNI/AAAAAAAAAcc/MnR8MEK7zvw/s400/bjork_debut.jpg[/img]

Debut was Bjork's first real record and strangely enough it still holds up pretty well today.

Yes, considering the fact that it is 90's house the sound is definitely dated, but Bjork's voice is extremely good even on this first record.

Best songs (IMO):

[b]Human Behavior[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urrbhgC8PB0[/media]

yeah it's bjork calling other people weird. main single. pretty funky

[b]Venus as a Boy[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wQ3szTnEy8[/media]
yeah it's bjork with a rave haircut and sharpie drawn dots above her eyebrows singing about having sex with a dude that reminds of him of a girl big whoop

[b]Play Dead[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx9c41aLk1o[/media]
it's not on the album officially but it has jah wobble

[highlight]Post[/highlight]
[img]http://www.chartstats.com/images/artwork/40340.jpg[/img]
hallo i'm from iceland and i wearrr british mail
by far her most diverse album and probably most random as well, featuring trip-hop, jazz, and weird shit
the album also contains her most famous song, a cover of It's Oh So Quiet, which she hates because it's probably the least bjork thing on there
except for the screaming anyway

[b]Oh So Quiet[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1A_uSEjTIQ[/media]
SHHHHH shitty sing along version probably made in windows movie maker

[b]Hyperballad[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2r1Ji9_wPc[/media]
features a crack head on the snare drum also it's about killing yourself possibly maybe

[b]Headphones[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMjpx1L1wz8[/media]
the most notably strange song on the album, consisting of noises you can make with your throat

[highlight]Homogenic[/highlight]
[img]http://www.wreckthetapedeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bjork_homogenic-alexander-mcqueen.jpg[/img]
also known as "gah what the fuck"

homogenic is a made up word and also bjork's magnum opus. the albums before were mostly bjork telling you all the things she can do, homogenic is bjork doing what

she's best at. basically cold strings and beats over songs about sex, dying, and lesbian robots. plus period blood, fun.

[b]Unravel[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80HmLlRB1TQ[/media]
if this song doesn't make you feel something you're probably dead or an asshole

[b]Pluto[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BU3bCL42FE[/media]
it could be about anything really

[b]All is Full of Love[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA[/media]
chris cunningham rules, did windowlicker for aphex twin

[highlight]hold up dude this is getting weird[/highlight]
it's about to get weirder

[highlight]Vespertine[/highlight]
[img]http://www.karocobr.blogger.com.br/Bj%F6rk%20vespertine.JPG[/img]
becoming obsessed with micro beats and noises, bjork turns herself inside out to make what i think is her best album. it's extremely intimate and sometimes creepy as

well.

also the whole thing is about sex, one of the music video's even has bjork topless while rotoscoped images of "suggestive content" is shown, supposedly filmed by

bjork. here it is:

[b]Pagan Poetry[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy3be2oLDK8[/media]
being bat shit crazy has its perks - also if you fapped to this you are weird

[b]It's Not Up To You[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdSiYa6hX1w[/media]
basically bjork saying oops not my fault i can't guarantee shit fuck you

[b]Undo[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVn1HPkmO0[/media]
calm the fuck down and lets start over

[highlight]Medula[/highlight]
[img]http://www.freewebs.com/who_is_it_bjork/bjork.jpg[/img]
like bjork's vocals?
well you are in luck, because medula features only her voice and her choir in some clever arrangements

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohu_DAaq8zk[/media]

yes, that.

[b]Triumph Of A Heart[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK4Tc8tpndk&feature=related[/media]
dare you not to beat-box along with this

[highlight]pff that's pussy (heh get it, the last video had a cat) shit i want something with more pulse[/highlight]

[highlight]Volta[/highlight]
[img]http://www.urchicago.com/storage/reviews/bjork-volta.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1270688962413[/img]
shit what the fuck

her most recent outing, this one combines the latest in geek out gadgetry just like before so you've got some pretty edgy shit on here

[b]Declare Independence[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHeX6yg95xU[/media]
who said only men can write fuck you up songs (no one did)

[b]Innocence[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RFO1YtLMg[/media]
i'm getting older so i made a song using goldeneye 64 sounds

[b]Earth Intruders[/b]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9SdugjLl0M[/media]
voo doo doo

so there you have it, 5 really good albums and if you don't have them you probably suck but there's hope buy them now

then buy their remixes

then buy the 5.1 versions because apparently they own

[b]BONUS[/b]:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d4rdat3HdA[/media]
worst mtv cribs episode ever and she almost kills herself by touching electrical parts that maintain charges after being unplugged derp

[manrayer88]

Just saw her on tv at coachella

She was fucking horrendous

The audience were all drugged up hipster college kids

[thisispain]

maybe you didn't drink enough

[DualReaverV2]

[url]http://disconaivete.com/post/6899643048[/url]

fantastic

[AK'z]

[QUOTE=DualReaverV2;30720590][url]http://disconaivete.com/post/6899643048[/url]

fantastic[/QUOTE]

Hell yeah, finally it's released. I'll give it a listen.

[editline]26th June 2011[/editline]

Is this the artwork then?
[img]http://lnx.tabooitalia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bjork-BIOPHILIA2.jpg[/img]

[editline]26th June 2011[/editline]

Okay... woah that last section is unexpected. :psyboom:

[DualReaverV2]

The end is incredible

[dgg]

I bought Volta last year. Great great album.

[AK'z]

Why is Medulla skipped in the OP. I liked that album a lot.

[Nonikai]

I can guarantee you that most, if not all, Icelanders hate Björk

[AK'z]

[QUOTE=Nonikai;30721236]I can guarantee you that most, if not all, Icelanders hate Björk[/QUOTE]

Good for them.

[Anthophobian]

Generic pop with a stupid swedish gimmick, no thank you.

Also, notice how Björk's face is on every damn album cover, egotistical much?

[Njittie]

[QUOTE=Anthophobian;30721502]Generic pop with a stupid swedish gimmick, no thank you.

Also, notice how Björk's face is on every damn album cover, egotistical much?[/QUOTE]

Oh god you just made my day, I'm laughing uncontrolably.

[editline]26th June 2011[/editline]

How can you even say that when this is the last album you listened to on last.fm
[img]http://www.sonsofnero.com/random/JEFFREESTAR_cover2.jpg[/img]

[TheHydra]

[QUOTE=kitteh-nator;30723393]Oh god you just made my day, I'm laughing uncontrolably.

[editline]26th June 2011[/editline]

How can you even say that when this is the last album you listened to on last.fm
[img]http://www.sonsofnero.com/random/JEFFREESTAR_cover2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
ahahahahahaahaaahahaha are you serious?

[Stizzles]

[QUOTE=kitteh-nator;30723393]Oh god you just made my day, I'm laughing uncontrolably.

[editline]26th June 2011[/editline]

How can you even say that when this is the last album you listened to on last.fm
[img]http://www.sonsofnero.com/random/JEFFREESTAR_cover2.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

he lost a bet, he said so in the what are you listening to thread.

[Zombie1218]

I actually really like the sugar cubes. She has a really cool voice!

[Echidna666]

Favourites are most probably Pluto and Pagan Poetry :love:

[Un.Hxx.Aé]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYyyqIZTvYY[/media]

[thisispain]

[QUOTE=Anthophobian;30721502]Generic pop with a stupid swedish gimmick, no thank you.

Also, notice how Björk's face is on every damn album cover, egotistical much?[/QUOTE]

i will
murder
you

[editline]26th June 2011[/editline]

how intoxicated was i when i made this thread?

[DualReaverV2]

very as is the usual

[thisispain]

added medulla because i forgot about it

[vagrant]

fucking love this girl. you should add Gling Glo, its before any of her real solo album. live vocal jazz!

[editline]26th June 2011[/editline]

also did I just hear breakbeats in her new song?

[thisispain]

alright so i was chilling to the crystal shit and it was like hah

then all of a sudden THTHTHTHT-SCREE EE EE squarepusher

[vagrant]

I've loved bjork and venetian snares for about the same time so this was like like a "fuck yes" moment for me

[pr00ch]

That's the crazy shit shoutpunch had.

[TheIceman]

I'm Icelandic and I dislike her a lot :smile:

I did like her soundtrack for[I]Dalalíf[/I].

It's an Icelandic movie, you've probably never heard of it. (I don't have the power to make an Icelandic flag with hipster glasses :saddowns:)

[thisispain]

[QUOTE=TheIceman;30749866]I'm Icelandic and I dislike her a lot :smile:
[/QUOTE]
what is wrong with you
isn't that like treason you could go to jail for saying that

[cardfan212]

I remember a couple years ago I went on iTunes, typed in a few random letters, and stumbled upon Bjork.

[thisispain]

[QUOTE=cardfan212;30756066]I remember a couple years ago I went on iTunes, typed in a few random letters, and stumbled upon Bjork.[/QUOTE]

were the random letters b, j, o, r, and k?

[mzathemind]

[QUOTE=thisispain;27448254]
[img]http://www.wreckthetapedeck.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bjork_homogenic-alexander-mcqueen.jpg[/img]
[/QUOTE]
Feared this image as a child.

[Njittie]

Ordered Homogenic yesterday, should be here next week. :smug: