DEEP DISCOG DIVE: Björk
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DEEP DISCOG DIVE DECISION for Feb 2023: forms.gle/RzRhZTvgm92crmGz5
Old Björk DDD: • DEEP DISCOG DIVE: Björk
Björk's first album: • Bjork (1977) (Full Album)
8BIT COVERS
Hyperballad: • Björk "HYPERBALLAD" Ni...
All is Full of Love: • Björk "ALL IS FULL OF ...
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:22 Prologue
01:08 Björk
02:04 Bands Before Her Real Debut
04:46 Debut
07:09 Post
10:11 Homogenic
13:56 Vespertine
16:55 Medulla
19:41 Volta
22:25 Biophilia
25:57 Vulnicura
29:06 Utopia
31:35 Fossora
34:11 Conclusion
ROYALTY FREE ASSETS
Video by Gylfi Gylfason
Video by AnitaLB from Pixabay
Photo by Caio
Photo by Yan Krukau
Photo by Sebastián León Prado on Unsplash
Three quick notes:
1. The next DDD will be picked by you! The poll is in the description. If you want a say in who gets covered next time, go check it out.
2. Also check out the playlist in the description - it has all the songs I play or mention in the video.
3. As some of you might know, this is a redo of my 2nd DDD ever! The old one is in the description as well if you want to watch it, but this one replaces it in every way.
Thanks for watching!
Could you add GY!BE to the decision list?
Could you add Insane Clown Posse, Ru Paul and Trapt to the poll please?
I see Nirvana on the list but not Foo Fighters, if you ever did a dive for them would it be combined so one half is Nirvana, then the second is Foo? Or would they be entirely independent of one another? I think both stories are worth telling and I'd hate to see them lessened due to time constraints.
Was sad not to see Robyn and hope she can be added for next time❤ she is such an interesting artist who has made such a big journey from her childstar origin and her music has made a big impact. There is a great vid more on her story here on YT for anyone that’s interested.
Really hope Ween wins
Fun fact: in The Northman, Bjork was the only actor to wear their own wardrobe on screen.
honestly I'm not surprised at all 😭😭
That movie sucks. Robert Eggers is such a try-hard.
@@curly_wyn Imagine having a take this bad
@@curly_wyn is this a joke
@@curly_wyn lol nice troll
Björk going full on violent mama bear on that reporter was so badass and it proves how far she would go for her kids~We love an adorable tough cookie like Björk
Ahem you missed the ö
@@gamingninja6357 oh yeah! pardon moi. Thanks for the heads up😊
@@ladyheavdev Ya did twice, actually
@@paisleepunk oops lol. Just caught that. Thx again
In all honesty, it should be legal to assault paparazzi
I always felt that the first four albums were like the four seasons. Debut is light innocent fun like a stroll through flowery woods, thinking about the promises of the future, on a fresh day of spring. Post is hot, intense and saturated like a hot summer day at the beach. Homogenic is introverted and meditative like when you see the leaves turning brown and feel the autumn wind announcing the coming winter. And Vespertine feels, as mentioned in the video, icy and restricted like being inside during a blizzard.
love this idea! though Homogenic seems like a particularly turbulent and icy Autumn ;)
I appreciate how willing she is to reinvent herself as an artist even into her 50s. There's such a specific, imaginative vision and framework to each album, and I deeply respect that.
She's forever curious, forever young like other highly-intelligent people that drive humankind forward. She is a national treasure.
@@thornyback Can't wait for Enya to leave her castle for a bit and grace us with new music too
Björk is one of the few artists to have no bad albums, including soundtracks. Thank you Mr The Snare for revisiting this icon, we salute you 😀
her 1977 album isn’t great tbh
@dumb angel that's true, but I'm not counting that because 1. She was a child, so obviously it's not on the same level and 2. It was before Björk became BJÖRK
@@jon.callaghan4165 it’s an album recorded and released by the artist bjork. pretty simple
It's the same as the lana del rey argument, she had albums that were under her real name and other stage names but do we count them in the Lana Del Rey canon? No, we don't, I'd apply the same logic to Björk's 1977 album, it was before she was a true artist and musician with creative intentions, that's why I don't count it
@@jon.callaghan4165 I agree with this, it was released when she was 12. Her first kind of mainline album is Gling Gló when she was 25, but judging by the title, “Debut” is what she considers her debut album.
Björk is a true singular talent with an immaculate discography. I might not love everything she's put out but I always respect her artistic vision even when it's not my cup of tea. She's a force of nature that marches to the beat of her own drum.
Fax
I think Beyoncé being on a vocal album makes perfect sense bc she can do so many things with her voice, Beyoncé’s voice is an instrument, Björk might have stacked them to create some sort of string sounding feel and tell her to try new things and Beyoncé is all about learning and trying new things so that’s not really a big surprise
The surprise would be Justin Timberlake
Beyoncé collaborating with Björk would be one of the most random, weirdest yet surprisingly pleasant collaborations that I have ever seen and would 100% warmly welcome with open arms lol
Never quite forgiven the Grammy for snubbing Kesha after all the abuse she suffered...for a guy who rudely admitted to have sleep through the award ceremony at home.
Plus, considering it’s been rumored that it was “ancestors” was the song Beyoncé would’ve been featured on, it would make so much sense to mix Bjorks Icelandic singing, Tonya Tagaqs Inuit Throating Singing and Beyoncé’s Soulful R&B voice together and be a beautiful mix of three separate singing styles, influenced by three different cultures respectively
frank ocean snatched beyonce for what she could have done for bjork 😭
@@ilostaflan but Bey soaring on the back wasn't something she didn't do before tho
Björk and Arca have such good chemistry when producing together it’s insane
so true!
Vespertine will always be my favorite Björk album for two reasons. Firstly, it's darkly romantic sound. But also, it was my "early teen emo album" haha. Even ten years after it came out, tween me was listening to this in my room crying over mean girls. Björk showed me that music could be weird and an extension of the body. It was the first time I felt like I was listening to music for grown ups. Not in the way that the 2000s club music of my youth had made me feel like "this is about sex I think" but in a way that really hit me as "I do not know enough about the world to understand this". And most importantly, that felt okay. So often I would get mad at being considered too young for something or not understanding something (especially since I was undiagnosed as autistic at the time). Vespertine made it okay to not fully understand it, because it wasn't meant to be fully compressible to everyone at all times. And it didn't think itself better for being so
I agree, it’s her best. Homogenic is her second best.
I think bjork does something special to autistic people's brains cause I was also undiagnosed autistic at the time I started to get obsessed with her and her music tickled a special place in my brain, I legit think it made me more "music smart" it made me recognize every little sound bjork puts in her compositions, she's a genius no doubt
wow this was beautifully said. i gotta listen to it
There was one time I was hanging out with my dad. I don’t remember what we were talking about exactly but I felt like he brought up Björk randomly and talked about what a horrible artist she is. I had heard some good things about her so either my dad was right or wrong about her and I was pretty sure he was wrong so I decided to check her out. She completely blew me away and that’s how I learned that I could never trust my dad again.
Weirdly similar case on my end. In high school, I was the guy into the really werid, artsy stuff and my parents policy was “We’re not gonna ask questions we don’t want to know the answers to. You do you”” but for whatever reason, me liking Bjork was the one thing they felt like they had to step in an express concern about.
Dads universally have bad taste, idk why
Nah, you’re dad was correct. Shame he raised somebody with such trash music taste.
@@unblorbosyourshows9635I dunno, my dad's taste was pretty solid, but like, he was also into new music throughout his life, so outliers are outliers.
Bad dad
I listened to Venus As A Boy for the first time 2 days ago and I’ve been obsessed ever since. I had never listened to Bjork and decided I needed to explore Bjorks discography and here you are blessing me with this video 🎉😭
don't forget - since post, björk produced nearly all of her own material. she is an amazing producer.
Björk is one of the artists with the most intersting discografies ever. And as a brazillian it makes me very happy that she and Milton Nascimento (my favorite singer) are close friends.
Ahem you missed the ö
Wow, a Milton Nascimento DDD would be incredible
Nothing makes me happier on a brand new year than a remake of one of my favourite Deep Discog Dive episodes about my favourite artist of all time. Thank you for being the one to bless us with that
Medúlla will forever be my favorite album, period. It’s so raw, so dynamic and the vocals are just stunning.
Medulla is such an underrated masterpiece. I love the concept of using the human voice as the primary instrument for the soundscapes. It's in my top 5 Björk records.
My fav too! Medulla is the most emotional and primordial, its wet, Its joyful and obscure. Happy to find out that there is a "medulla is the best one" coven out there! Hi sisters!!
Same. Favourite album ever.
No, it’s horrible
Homogenic is such an amazing album. I love her first 4 immensely.
yes the first 4 is superior
No, they’re all horrible albums
@@aidanlastname0187 u r so rude damn
@@aidanlastname0187what do you gain by trolling. do your homework
Nirvana + Foo Fighters in one video would be pretty neat, but if that's too much a singular video on each would be interesting, too. Dave Grohl has had a very cool career and it'd be interesting to see how you follow that.
Yeah foo fighters discog wayy too long to bundle with nirvana; if mic wants a singular video with a long enough run time he could have two DDD in one video with another artist with a shorter discog like joy division, the stone roses, or biggie
'Hidden Place' will all be one of my top favorite songs of all time. Björk is an immeasurable talent and such an individual. I appreciate her existence so much. And you killed this! So witty and funny and thorough, as always. Love you so big! -x t.🖤
You’re a real one for giving this one a reboot.
it's not just me going insane then? I could have sworn I've watched this before
This is the peak of my year now
It's amazing how well those early albums aged, truly timeless
Timeless at being horrible
@@aidanlastname0187 maybe to you. but every 2 years on a random sabbath, a random mass of mostly homosexual teenagers will discover post and think it’s the most unique, mind blowing thing on the planet and then go into a rly typical path of restreaming all the albums they feel like they’re having to pretend they like until one day it clicks and theyve tried too hard and gone too far into their relationship to ever stop going thru an entire album as a bidaily ritual
ur spam of hate will never be as consistent as the spam of mildly annoying queer 15 year olds
@@hotjuices2 literally me
she is literally my fav musician of all time thank u for covering her!
If Bjork is your favourite musician of all time then you have horrible taste
@@aidanlastname0187Do you actually have anything of substance to say or are you just here to spam hate comments?
Vespertine is my favorite Björk album. It's interesting to see how impactful Björk is despite being SO not mainstream.
fun fact! bjork was the first artist to release a greatest hits album compilation that does not include any hits at all!
Volta is so overhated. I actually loved it, one of her best vocal performances ever.
i'm usually not a big music video person, but bjork has always used them as an opportunity to explore what her music can be and i think that's worth highlighting as well. she and the directors she works with always have extraordinary vision. the pagan poetry music is one of the most terrifyingly intimate things i've ever seen, and, more recently, ancestress explored death in a way that left me breathless. she knows how to communicate through multiple mediums and isn't afraid of marrying them together.
listening to Björks whole discography for the first time i think Biophilia is her most underrated album. I love the use of organ and super weird time signatures and wild, unexpected instrumental passages. if i was to rank bjork albums i would probably put it at number 4
I'll give it a listen tomorrow. Liked Medula a lot
Her first three solo albums are probably the best album trilogy of all time. Homogenic is one of my favourite albums.
*second, third, and fourth
@@f4gsforpele thank youu
Her first 4**
why lob off Vespertine of all albums?
For me the holy trinity is Post, Homogenic, Vespertine. Debut makes a good fourth addition, but imo I have Vespertine over Debut in quality.
plsss start putting talking heads on the ddd decision!!! would love to see you talking and giving your opinion on this band. great video!!!
20:17 I looked this film up on IMDB, and found out that Stefan Karl Stefansson (the late-great actor behind LazyTown’s Robbie Rotten) also provided voices!
Iceland’s two greatest celebrities in the same production :)
I'm here to see Mic try to pronounce Icelandic names
DDD is really one of my favourite formats on UA-cam. I love how you talk about music and how you convey what makes it good or special to you. And your humor is great. I could watch one of these every day, but I will also patiently waiting for the next one for however long
fun little fact, both of her children share a song with her In Fossora, her son Sindri through background vocals of ancestress and her daughter Isadora in duet in A mother's House
ALWAYS here for Björk video essays. Love her entire discography.
I'd love to see a DDD on slipknot, considering their WILD inconsistency and de-evolution. It's honestly crazy how they released some of the best metal of all time and then pretty much devolved into self parody. Also, the fact that no one reccomended their self titled for the metal video is absolutely criminal.
Surprised there was no real mention of the MOMA exhibit that, before today, I didn't know people hated. I remember enjoying it just fine.
Would love to see a DDD on the Beach Boys! I think that would be very fascinating. They have such a varied and vast discography
Björk is sorta like Animal Collective or The Flaming Lips, where there isn't really any clear line between what does and doesn't count as a new studio album
I SWEAR, Yesterday I decided to listen to Björk for the first time and looked up to se if there was a discog dive about her already, and the only video I found was an old discography review one and thought “I wish there was a proper discog dive for her” and now here we are!
screaming, crying, throwing up... you finally did Björk DDD! love her so much! 💖
Thank you for this video! It's such a great way to revisit Björk's music. When I was growing up, my mum owned a Homogenic CD, and both the cover of that album and the general sound of her music have been positively seared into my brain.
Fun fact for anyone that's curious: as of me writing this comment, Björk has released a collaboration with Rosalía, a little song called "Oral". I'd say it's Björk at her björkiest, it's so dreamy, and flows absolutely beautifully. Definitely worth a listen if you like her music.
Björk is so talented. Love her album Post as well as her movies witch are quite disturbing yet beautifully dark.
Edit: Dancer in the dark is just SAD! 😔
She is not talented
@@aidanlastname0187 omg again 😕
I'm surprised you don't mention the initmate (but very platonic, don't get me wrong) relationship Arca and Bjork have which lead to Utopia. They met towards the end of Vulnicura's recording and became incredibly close. They hit it off so well Utopia was made because they enjoyed working together and wanted to make something more joyful together. The two women even went on vacation together collecting the bird song used in the album (other samples were collected from Oiseaux du Vénézuéla by Jean C. Roché which uses bird song from Venezuela, Arca's home country)
There's so much to cover about Utopia but Bjork and Arca's relationship is at the heart of Utopia. Together they show this in the opener's music video "Arisen My Senses" where they are interconnected organisms, baring witness to each other's artistic growth and honoring each other.
De La Soul next would be really cool, to coincide with their catalogue coming back to streaming services
Truely the best! Voice of an angel and artistry and vision beyond anyone. Growing up in the 90's with her amd bands like portishead played at home. Seeing cornucopia at the o2 in 2019 was truely mond blowing. Never change Björk❤!!!
Amazing video, thank you for making this. Her album Medulla in 2004 hit me right at the perfect time, age, and moment in life 👌
my all time favorite musician. i’m grateful to be on this earth while she’s been making her mark on it.
I think Debut will always be my favourite Bjork album, I can just remember exactly where I was and who I was when I first heard it. Really changed my views on music and the genres that I was open to consuming. Vulnicura has an incredibly special place in my heart too. Most Bjork albums do tbh, they're all brilliant. Picking a favourite Bjork album is like picking a favourite child. I love all her earlier work in her previous bands also. Genius woman.
It got me into trip hop and techno, which the boy carries on with phonk, that he showed me. So many bad ass women and bands during the 90s, Hole, sneaker pimps, luscious Jackson, and that hot girl from sonic youth and that bull in the Heather song. Fuck this I going to Spotify, thanks for reminding me unattentionaly.
I voted for Muse solely for the fact that I need more people to be aware that the song will of the people exists and is definitely one of the songs of all time
Sometime in the 90s I saw Björk headlining a festival and it was the most unexpectedly wonderful live show I’ve ever seen.
I was probably on drugs, but, boy, did that show rock.
it's really funny that the only time I have ever seen a physical version of the 1977 "debut" album was in Iceland's national history museum :D
me too! I was so happy when I saw it. did you go to the punk museum? I didn’t have time & I regret it now
@@worrywirt I didn't, I got a pass that was valid for a bunch of museums in the city, but I don't think it was on it
31:29 Waterslide world is closed now! Just saw it sitting empty last summer
Björk is one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Nothing can change that.
Lol no, her songwriting sucks
You've really perfected these deep discog dives young man, one of the best music related series on youtube
Damn, I actually love Volta. The lyrics are such an ode to living and loving freely, with the brass really pumping my blood up
This was good, ive been a fan of bjork since debut debut, i kinda of lost track of what she was doing after vespertine, but do occasionally check in with her once in a while. i think with bjork, once you become a fan, you never stop being one.
I also agree with you that Joga is fucking amazing!
In 2005/6 medulla litterally changed my life. I was a depressed Kid, She got me into music, and music saves me eversince!!
Thanks for taking the effort to not only pronounce Björk's name correctly, but also explaining it for those who need that. Watching an old episode of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, I was both amused and appalled by someone calling her Bee Orc.
im so thankful that i grew up listening to bjork literally for as long as i can remember. roughly since like '98 or '99. her music has played such a huge part of my life. as a kid i loved hyperballad and one day. as a teen i loved crystalline and hunter. and now i love bachelorette and generous palmstroke
Favorite songs , Venus as a boy,play dead, possibly maybe, pagan poetry, cocoon,undo, hidden place, isobel, hyperballad, human nature.
I love Bjork so much! Her music helped me get through college. I loved this video. I can't even state a favorite because I love them all for different reasons.
biophilia is probably my favorite bjork album overall
I'm so glad you went back to redo this one! I've been really wanting to hear you do a proper bjork breakdown since i started watching
Listen. The first time I heard Joga, I got goosebumps all over and wept. I literally sat there and cried
Lol. Horrible song
I just started rewatching Tim And Eric, so I was very pleased to see Tiny Danson Man representation.
was waiting for the remake of this for so long so im mad happy we finally got it! what a legendary discography!!
I saw Björk in NYC less than a month after 9/11 and I will always love her for bringing beauty back to my life at that time.
YES ! YES ! When you said that you'll redo old DDD I was very excited for you to redo this one. AND IT'S FINALLY F***ING HERE !!!
Can you please do a deep discog dive on Elton John or Bruce Springsteen
Really appreciate this DDD. Björk is an incredible artist, and Vespertine is, without a doubt, my favorite album of all time. I’ve made it about halfway through her discography so far, but I am looking forward to digesting Volta-Fossora.
So I’m in a coffee shop doing some work and I got the notification for this DDD and screamed “YES!” Waaaaaay too loud.
My favourite of her recent collaborators who you didn’t mention is the drag artist Hungary who did her makeup for Utopia and Fossora. Their visual aesthetics meld so well. Hungry’s work often incorporates lots of biological references.
I follow her on instagram and was shook to find out she did her makeup.
Fantastic video, excited to see what deep discog dives you have in store for this year. Hoping for Miles Davis or King Crimson. 🤞
Yay! A new video! Thanks, I always enjoy your videos
I'm going to see Cornucopia in a few months and I can't wait. Björk is one of my favorite artists and probably the only one without any skip songs or albums for me. Can't even name the favorite ones.
Amazing video, thank you♡
great video! Bjork is a legend and this video does a great job of covering all her projects. An essential watch for people who want to get into her music.
Love the Deep Discog dive series, and doing these takes a crapload of time and effort to do-- much appreciated!! Would love to see a Muse one at some point!
A Muse episode would be great, mainly to see how he reacts to the exact point where they stop being good.
Vulnicura is my fav bjork album. Am I the only one?🥲 I’m just a sucker for heartbreak albums and this is one of the best heartbreak albums ever
WAKE UP BABE NEW MIC DROPPED
i love how almost each album follows a different theme in its recording process
debut with its laid back but electronic production
post with its electronic, grand, and experimental approach
homogenic with its usage of strings and beats
verspetine with its coldness but intimacy
medulla with its usage of acapella
volta with its more pop-centric take on bjork's sound
biophilia with its experimentation in music creation as a whole
vulnicura with its immensley hopeless and other-worldly strings
utopia with its hopeful usage of nature-type instruments (the flute)
and fossora with its fantasy-like percussion and traditional iceland instrumentation
THISSS was INCREDIBLE! It brought back sooo many memories of being a teen and in loveee(a big fan) of bjorks sounds, visuals and style! I remember when Human Behavior first came on mtv alternative nation and i was hooked! Thank you so much for this deep dive and SO well done! 👏🏾💕
Howww could you not mention Matmos production contribution to Vespertine though???!!! haha i forgive you! They are greatttt though!
Great video! Can’t wait to see her in March!!!
Such a great vid, well put together, great commentary and a real good show for us so i've subscribed
thank you for this wonderful video!!!
Great to see one of the legends have their extensive work showcased!
This man specifically dug for the cover art of Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars at 33:08 just to prove his Mushroom Man point. I applaud you, good sir.
Your work is truly wonderful! Grateful Grapefruit!!
Thank you Mr. Snare
Gonna come back to this when I finish going through her discography!
Great video!
I also remember that in 2014-2015 she started DJ-ing. Those sets are just mind blowing and you can hear a lot of material that will be in Vulnicura and Utopia, and also a lot of snippets from Arca's future Mutant album. I really want to organise a party with just turning that DJ set😅
Like no hyperbole Bjork is one of the greatest musicians to ever live!
amazing video, thank you
thank you for redoing this list Bjork is like my favourite artist of all time :)
Such an amazing retrospective. Thanks for showcasing Tanya Tagaq. She's an actual legendary performer and doesn't get enough representation.
The "ooohhhh wooow Jesus Christ" at 14:25 genuinely made my day lol
I’d love for you to cover The Cure!!
And here am I, still on "debut"
God damn, Björk has that expressive thing that attracts me, but i got into electric funk and a bit city pop.... I will go to Björk someday ! I swear !
Glad to see you redo this one. Björk is one of my favorites and truly an artist unlike any other. Personally, I have always thought Volta was underrated and that the Arca duology weren’t her best. Post is probably my favorite.
I believe one of my first approaches to Bjork was the Biophilia app. I discovered on my rhythm game phase thinking it was another one, but I was pleasently surprised and my 12 year old brain was exploding colors, lovely memory