As much of a punk and metalhead as I am, Bjork is another of my all time favourites. I love how weird and interesting she is to this very day. Truly a unique artist. I hope you go all the way back to her first solo album, "Debut", sometime, and when you do, make sure to check out the official video for "Human Behaviour." It's still one of my favourite songs of hers, and the video is a trip and a half! You might also like to check out another great Icelandic export, the band "Sigur Ros." They've got a very ambient, dreamy sort of sound, really beautiful stuff. Pure vibes, and another band with a mid-90s start that's still going today.
Have you checked out Björks punk era? with bands like Tappi Tikarass (Cork the bitches ass), Kukl and the Sugarcubes? If not you really should. Björk was a part of the punk wave on Iceland as a teenager, "playing in more bands than there are geysers on Iceland".
I always recommend listening to Bjork's Discography in Chronological Order for that exact reason. Her Musical and Emotional evolution is displayed in each forthcoming album she releases. Her implementation of Classical instruments with the Harsh contrast of Industrial Electronica EDM/Underground Rave beats shouldn't work But she somehow Seamlessly Intertwines them , creating these Lush , euphoric Soundscapes that have Influenced so many of today's ("unconventional") artists. Def try listening to them in release order sometimes its not about what you want to hear, its more about listening to something you didn't even know you needed to hear but you are The better for listening to 😊. 🥂
It's Oh So Quiet sounds atypically Björk, because it's a cover of an early 1950s American Big Band version of a late 1940s German song, Und Jetzt Ist Es Still. The one you've heard in ads is probably the '50s version performed by Betty Hutton.
I listened to Army of me just last week. Your chair dancing is 🔥. Enya, Cranberries is also on my Playlist. Reminds me of high school in the 90's. Thanks for being you
Isobel is part of a trilogy of songs, including Human Behaviour off Debut, and Bachelorette off Homogenic. Something about a little girl born in a forest, moving to the big city, then the forest taking over the city. I dunno. Björk shit. I named my daughter Isobel after the song though.
I’ve been waiting for this reaction since your last Bjork one, these albums were my whole life when they were released. It’s an absolute joy to see you appreciate this the way you do, thank you for the special attention you give to the music. Even though Homogenic is my favorite album, this one has my favorite Bjork song: ‘Possibly Maybe.’ 🩷
Her greatest hits album was one of the first CDs I got, along with The Used. I heard of her because in cky2k they try to go to her house when they visited Iceland
Some trivia history: "Debut" and "Post" refer to the "before " and "after" of songs she had been composing in her head for years, so these first two albums are her clearing those songs and getting them "out of the way." With "Homigenic," she had a fresh start and conceived an album with a more "homogenous" sound, hence the vocals, strings and beats creating the loud, explosive, intense and "volcanic" songs. "Vespertine" utilized a similar concept but the opposite: a full orchestra, a choir, microbeats, harps and metallic sounds combined to make a more intimate listening experience. Also, "Post" has its own remix album, "Telegram," which goes back to the aerogram wardrobe she sports on the "Post" cover; her time in London inspired both "love letters" she was sending back to Iceland. Every album has its own concept and character, hence why every cover is literally just a portrait of her in an album's character.
OMG y love your Björk reactions so much, i think you will hear the pain in album Vulnicura, or the vision of the mans nature in Volta, love every album cuz every one has diferent type o delivery in every instrument so refreshing, hope you also react to Fossora her last albuum, so UNIQUE
Post has a special place in my heart. I bet you'll love this album. "It's Oh So Quiet" is a cover. The original is a German tune from the 1940s but has been redone a few times before the Björk version.
I suggest you read the lyric for Hyper-Ballad because it most definitely is not an upbeat song. It’s about someone that’s suicidal and is doing things to try to keep from killing themselves just to continue being there for someone they care about. One of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard.
A literal reading might suggest that. But I'd never taken it that way, nor do at least some of the online 'meaning' sites. For me, it was always an acknowledgement that even in relationship we are (& need to be) individual - and existentially at least, alone. It's a worshipful recognition of the dark and light in all of us, of the value in exploring our darkness, fears and imagination to ultimately return us to our wholeness - with ourselves and in relationship. It's ultimately, for me, a poetic wonderment at the dangerous beauty of existence! And VERY positive, as its music underscores.
@@laredolassooThe music is sad. Matches the sad lyric. And as someone that was suicidal for a brief period many years ago in my younger days, it struck me very hard the first time I heard it. If it hits you differently, well, that's art!
@@MrTonyInchpractice I'd argue it's not that she doesn't like feeling safe, but can't until she acknowledges and gives space to her powerful sense of the fragility and existential terror of life. And maybe of entrapment in a normal, 'civilized' life. It does seem uncharitable, though, to accuse the OP of being a drama queen when it's clear his real life experience led him to a certain interpretation ~ especially at Christmas 🎄
If we're down for underappreciated throwbacks here, Sinead O'Connor, "The Lion and the Cobra". Seriously goes all out. Tocuhes many so many genres in spectacular form.
I have loved Bjork since I was 12 I listen to her everyday mostly for my mental health! But I also discovered Aurora this past year and she is amazing check her out if you haven't yet I think you will love her!!
A great album. You should also check out PJ Harvey particularly her album Let England Shake, she did a duet with Bjork at the 94 Brit awards and is the best female artist of the last 30 years in my opinion.
The first two tracks encapsulate everything that is great about Björk. Army Of Me is a prowling, stomping monster, while Hyperballad is a sunlit Alpine wildflower meadow. If you like dynamic female vocalists, may I suggest listening to contemporary progressive rock band, Bent Knee. Front woman Courtney Swain lets loose some serious pyrotechnics at times, while at others is gentle and lilting. If you only do album reactions, I'd go with either Shiny Eyed Babies or Say So to start with.
I Miss You is my favorite Bjork song of all time. Always has been since it first released. There is also a really great club mix of Possibly Maybe that changes the entire song. I personally prefer that version over this slower album version.
Amazing video as always 🙏✨️ And is that Dune behind you ? I suggest you to listen to the album "Geidi Primes" by Grimes , it's her first album but it's also a Dune concept album ;) Have a nice day !
True story- Bjork and her producer got into a huge fight about where her album was going. Bjork said that Army Of Me is about how they were arguing back and forth, and that they were both tired of each other complaining and whining about their creative differences.
@@NathanHautain From what you say, maybe it's about both situations. the whole "self suffiecience please, and get to work" is the proucer telling Bjork to stop fucking around and be a professional. and "your rescue squad is too exausted" is Bjork telling the producer that she won't change her integrity to make his sorry ass of a producer look good
@@PHLCoffeeSnob I think you're thinking of Cover Me, which was in response to Nellee Hooper declining to be the album producer this time because he thought she could do it by herself. In the end he agreed to be around as backup, hence "cover me". Army of Me comes from Debut sessions, and according to her it's about her brother. I don't think anyone who's ever worked with her would have ever said she wasn't a professional.
This is me sending you your official court order to listen to Vespertine. Fav album of hers by far. Unison is best track in her entire catalogue. I'll fight about it.
Nice seeing someone who enjoys music like oneself. It's even a bit parasocial I guess. I enjoyed watching this vid thx.^^ For a quite somber mood which you described, verspertine is a great tune. It's like an eggshell which forms around you, when u listen to it haha. Greetings from germany.:)
You said you want a slower somber Bjork, well Vespertine is patiently waiting for you to enter. Also I recommend reading the lyrics as you listen cause the lyrics on that album will get you.
I believe the not-quite “harp” sound on cover me is a “clavichord” which is kind of like a miniature harpsichord. And so like a harpsichord, and unlike a piano where the stings are hit with felted hammers, the stings here are being plucked by metal picks that are triggered by the keys. Which is why it has the plucky sound of the harp, but is maybe a little sharper sounding and less warm and fuzzy around the edges because of the metal picks, and also probably the less spaciousness of the instrument offers less resonance.
Oh this album is DOPE!!!! By the way, highly recommend more King gizzard!! Specifically Nonagon infinity, Infest the rat’s nest and I’m in your mind fuzz
Beautiful album. I see you have audiotechnica headphones good for music and recording! I highly recommend you use an amplifer with them, they sound alot better and louder. ❤ also recommend you update the wire to a balanced one! ^-^
Ahoi...i know this Video is old but do you take recommendations for unknown Artists? I found a tiny Music Channel of the trip-hop, electronica, Synthpop variety, that i am really impressed with. And now i am on a Mission to get this guy some Attention from Reaction Channels.
Siempre veo tus reacciones sobre todo Bjork Massive y Portishead... te pido un favor y creo que puede volar tu cabeza el album 100th window de Massive Attack.
I've asked this before, but did you ever listen to White Pony by Deftones? It's not Bjork but you'd possibly enjoy it. maaaybe Also we need a gif of you doing the "I miss you" drums
The modern things is great! Björk said once it is a bit of a joke in certain ways, and she was thinking of her friends who where very anti modern technology.
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We need a vespertine reaction 🙏🏽
Pagan Poetry is one of the best songs I've ever listened to I need to see the reaction
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@@Alix777. Yes
Still need a vespertine reaction
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As much of a punk and metalhead as I am, Bjork is another of my all time favourites. I love how weird and interesting she is to this very day. Truly a unique artist. I hope you go all the way back to her first solo album, "Debut", sometime, and when you do, make sure to check out the official video for "Human Behaviour." It's still one of my favourite songs of hers, and the video is a trip and a half!
You might also like to check out another great Icelandic export, the band "Sigur Ros." They've got a very ambient, dreamy sort of sound, really beautiful stuff. Pure vibes, and another band with a mid-90s start that's still going today.
Have you checked out Björks punk era? with bands like Tappi Tikarass (Cork the bitches ass), Kukl and the Sugarcubes? If not you really should. Björk was a part of the punk wave on Iceland as a teenager, "playing in more bands than there are geysers on Iceland".
When the snare finally hits at the end of Hyperballad 👌
There is no one in the world like Bjork, such a unique artist.
I always recommend listening to Bjork's Discography in Chronological Order for that exact reason. Her Musical and Emotional evolution is displayed in each forthcoming album she releases. Her implementation of Classical instruments with the Harsh contrast of Industrial Electronica EDM/Underground Rave beats shouldn't work But she somehow Seamlessly Intertwines them , creating these Lush , euphoric Soundscapes that have Influenced so many of today's ("unconventional") artists. Def try listening to them in release order sometimes its not about what you want to hear, its more about listening to something you didn't even know you needed to hear but you are The better for listening to 😊. 🥂
Check out "Gling-Glo", it's a Bjork album where she covers jazz and big band standards like "It's Oh So Quiet" - except all translated into Icelandic.
It's Oh So Quiet sounds atypically Björk, because it's a cover of an early 1950s American Big Band version of a late 1940s German song, Und Jetzt Ist Es Still.
The one you've heard in ads is probably the '50s version performed by Betty Hutton.
You should check out her performance at the Royal Opera House. MY GAWD... I still refuse to die until I see her in concert.
You should check out some of the Bjork music videos as well. Amazing stuff.
Absolutely. The video for It’s Oh So Quiet is a real treat.
The video for I Miss You is certainly….different 😭
Bjork is artistry...there is no other music quite like it, the production is stellar
This was a hell of an album. Her doing this live at the time was incredible.
I listened to Army of me just last week. Your chair dancing is 🔥. Enya, Cranberries is also on my Playlist. Reminds me of high school in the 90's. Thanks for being you
Isobel is part of a trilogy of songs, including Human Behaviour off Debut, and Bachelorette off Homogenic. Something about a little girl born in a forest, moving to the big city, then the forest taking over the city. I dunno. Björk shit.
I named my daughter Isobel after the song though.
Same with Sugarcubes "Birthday" I guess...
Debut is my fav Bjork, then Post or Vespertine. And of course, can't forget the Sugarcubes.
"The Ice-cubes from Sugar-land"😊❤😊
Debut and then Post and then Homogenic was really the perfect order for those to be released each one built upon the last.
I’ve been waiting for this reaction since your last Bjork one, these albums were my whole life when they were released. It’s an absolute joy to see you appreciate this the way you do, thank you for the special attention you give to the music. Even though Homogenic is my favorite album, this one has my favorite Bjork song: ‘Possibly Maybe.’ 🩷
I could listen to Björk over and over again, her music is beautiful ❤✨❤✨
Please please keep reacting to her stuff❤️❤️❤️ her music is honestly revolutionary
Can't wait for your video reaction of Vespertine!!
This was the first album I ever bought. Started strong 😂
Her greatest hits album was one of the first CDs I got, along with The Used.
I heard of her because in cky2k they try to go to her house when they visited Iceland
Can't wait for Vespertine!!
give me a break with this uninspired and harmless album ffs
Id listen to Vespertine soon if I were you; it is the epitome of a Winter album to me
its oh so quiet is a cover of a song by betty hutton from an onl musical, look it up, the original is great.
ya this was brought to my attention after filming, makes more sense now!
Vespertine next please.😍🙏
I enjoy these videos so much, you always react to music i listen to almost daily
Some trivia history: "Debut" and "Post" refer to the "before " and "after" of songs she had been composing in her head for years, so these first two albums are her clearing those songs and getting them "out of the way."
With "Homigenic," she had a fresh start and conceived an album with a more "homogenous" sound, hence the vocals, strings and beats creating the loud, explosive, intense and "volcanic" songs. "Vespertine" utilized a similar concept but the opposite: a full orchestra, a choir, microbeats, harps and metallic sounds combined to make a more intimate listening experience.
Also, "Post" has its own remix album, "Telegram," which goes back to the aerogram wardrobe she sports on the "Post" cover; her time in London inspired both "love letters" she was sending back to Iceland.
Every album has its own concept and character, hence why every cover is literally just a portrait of her in an album's character.
My favorite Bjork album. It's awesome! Thanks Kira!
Vastly superior to the overrated vespertine
OMG y love your Björk reactions so much, i think you will hear the pain in album Vulnicura, or the vision of the mans nature in Volta, love every album cuz every one has diferent type o delivery in every instrument so refreshing, hope you also react to Fossora her last albuum, so UNIQUE
Ever tried Sugarcubes, her Independent Band before going solo? I think you could like it.
"Coldsweat" slaps
Post has a special place in my heart. I bet you'll love this album.
"It's Oh So Quiet" is a cover. The original is a German tune from the 1940s but has been redone a few times before the Björk version.
I suggest you read the lyric for Hyper-Ballad because it most definitely is not an upbeat song. It’s about someone that’s suicidal and is doing things to try to keep from killing themselves just to continue being there for someone they care about. One of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard.
A literal reading might suggest that. But I'd never taken it that way, nor do at least some of the online 'meaning' sites. For me, it was always an acknowledgement that even in relationship we are (& need to be) individual - and existentially at least, alone. It's a worshipful recognition of the dark and light in all of us, of the value in exploring our darkness, fears and imagination to ultimately return us to our wholeness - with ourselves and in relationship. It's ultimately, for me, a poetic wonderment at the dangerous beauty of existence! And VERY positive, as its music underscores.
@@laredolassooThe music is sad. Matches the sad lyric. And as someone that was suicidal for a brief period many years ago in my younger days, it struck me very hard the first time I heard it. If it hits you differently, well, that's art!
Youre totally wrong. It's about Bjork not liking to feel safe. Not about suicide, that's just you being a drama queen.
@@MrTonyInchpractice I'd argue it's not that she doesn't like feeling safe, but can't until she acknowledges and gives space to her powerful sense of the fragility and existential terror of life. And maybe of entrapment in a normal, 'civilized' life. It does seem uncharitable, though, to accuse the OP of being a drama queen when it's clear his real life experience led him to a certain interpretation ~ especially at Christmas 🎄
To me, the lyrics mean that she's feeling trapped and isolated in an unhealthy relationship.
If we're down for underappreciated throwbacks here, Sinead O'Connor, "The Lion and the Cobra". Seriously goes all out. Tocuhes many so many genres in spectacular form.
I have loved Bjork since I was 12 I listen to her everyday mostly for my mental health! But I also discovered Aurora this past year and she is amazing check her out if you haven't yet I think you will love her!!
Army of Me goes so hard. The whole album is amazing.
Gran album, army of me es una de mis favoritas 😎
hello fernando hope you're well
& yes agree ARMY OF ME is the best
@@kirawasareactor igualmente kira ☺
This chorus breaks the human heart and stays there like a photo for wherever you are in your life.
yay, more Björk!!!! VESPERTINE should definitely be next...
trash
A great album. You should also check out PJ Harvey particularly her album Let England Shake, she did a duet with Bjork at the 94 Brit awards and is the best female artist of the last 30 years in my opinion.
you are gonna be blown away by vespertine
The first two tracks encapsulate everything that is great about Björk. Army Of Me is a prowling, stomping monster, while Hyperballad is a sunlit Alpine wildflower meadow.
If you like dynamic female vocalists, may I suggest listening to contemporary progressive rock band, Bent Knee. Front woman Courtney Swain lets loose some serious pyrotechnics at times, while at others is gentle and lilting. If you only do album reactions, I'd go with either Shiny Eyed Babies or Say So to start with.
Possibly Maybe and I Miss You are the best tracks on the album ❤
There is a ton official and unofficial remixes of her songs. She is an important and influential electronic artist.
you HAVE TO do vespertine
waited 6 months for this! homogenic reaction was lovely, waiting for vespertine
I Miss You is my favorite Bjork song of all time. Always has been since it first released. There is also a really great club mix of Possibly Maybe that changes the entire song. I personally prefer that version over this slower album version.
Awesome. In case you don't know about it, maybe consider listening (even if it's for yourself only) to 'Telegram' (album with remixes from Post).
Took a trip to Florida and bought this album in a local record store. Can't wait to get home and listen to it!!
Amazing video as always 🙏✨️ And is that Dune behind you ? I suggest you to listen to the album "Geidi Primes" by Grimes , it's her first album but it's also a Dune concept album ;) Have a nice day !
Fun fact: Army of Me was written for the Tank Girl soundtrack. You should check out her band before her solo stuff, The Sugarcubes.
True story- Bjork and her producer got into a huge fight about where her album was going. Bjork said that Army Of Me is about how they were arguing back and forth, and that they were both tired of each other complaining and whining about their creative differences.
Isn't it about her brother?
@@NathanHautain From what you say, maybe it's about both situations. the whole "self suffiecience please, and get to work" is the proucer telling Bjork to stop fucking around and be a professional. and "your rescue squad is too exausted" is Bjork telling the producer that she won't change her integrity to make his sorry ass of a producer look good
@@PHLCoffeeSnob I think you're thinking of Cover Me, which was in response to Nellee Hooper declining to be the album producer this time because he thought she could do it by herself. In the end he agreed to be around as backup, hence "cover me". Army of Me comes from Debut sessions, and according to her it's about her brother. I don't think anyone who's ever worked with her would have ever said she wasn't a professional.
Vespertine is a better album for sad days 🥹
honestly my favorite music reactor
This is me sending you your official court order to listen to Vespertine. Fav album of hers by far. Unison is best track in her entire catalogue. I'll fight about it.
Nice! Unique artist; underrated, underreacted.
Post is a masterpiece, probably Bjork's best.
Not when Vespertine exists
Or Vulnicura
Massive Attack 100th window 🤯
Vespertine is my favorite Bjork album
Nice seeing someone who enjoys music like oneself. It's even a bit parasocial I guess. I enjoyed watching this vid thx.^^ For a quite somber mood which you described, verspertine is a great tune. It's like an eggshell which forms around you, when u listen to it haha. Greetings from germany.:)
can't wait for the vespertine reaction, it's my favorite album of her
Bjork starred and wrote the songs for the Lars Von Treir's film "Dancer In The Dark". Not a film to watch if you don't want to bawl your eyes out.
Fun fact: Alexander McQueen did the Homogenic cover. They were friends when he was alive.
You said you want a slower somber Bjork, well Vespertine is patiently waiting for you to enter. Also I recommend reading the lyrics as you listen cause the lyrics on that album will get you.
I believe the not-quite “harp” sound on cover me is a “clavichord” which is kind of like a miniature harpsichord. And so like a harpsichord, and unlike a piano where the stings are hit with felted hammers, the stings here are being plucked by metal picks that are triggered by the keys. Which is why it has the plucky sound of the harp, but is maybe a little sharper sounding and less warm and fuzzy around the edges because of the metal picks, and also probably the less spaciousness of the instrument offers less resonance.
Yay! I love this and I haven't watched yet!
Kicking ass. Good to wake up to.
In terms of her new stuff Utopia is my favorite and a masterpiece at least for me
Hyper-ballad string quartet version is, in my opinion, better than the original… you should check it out.
My most favorite Bjork album
movie - sucker punch! (track army of me.) epic combo. isobel is awesome
Excited for the Vespertine reaction and possibly a Vulnicura one?
Ohhh im so so excited for vespertine
Oh this album is DOPE!!!!
By the way, highly recommend more King gizzard!! Specifically Nonagon infinity, Infest the rat’s nest and I’m in your mind fuzz
Please react to vespertine its the best 😭😭
If you like songs kind of 'Vroom Vroom' by Charli XCX and 'Army of Me' from this album I highly rec' you check out electropop artist called MARUV!
Beautiful album. I see you have audiotechnica headphones good for music and recording! I highly recommend you use an amplifer with them, they sound alot better and louder. ❤ also recommend you update the wire to a balanced one! ^-^
YESSSS
Ahoi...i know this Video is old but do you take recommendations for unknown Artists? I found a tiny Music Channel of the trip-hop, electronica, Synthpop variety, that i am really impressed with. And now i am on a Mission to get this guy some Attention from Reaction Channels.
Love Bjork since the 90s so out of left field love it
Nice taste
Your dancing is cute , can't tell if u really like the music
You should watch Bork’s movie Dancer in the Dark
Vulnicura is a must
you should check out vespertine next!!! :)
Bjork is magical
could u check out softscars by yeule? it’s an interesting modern take on shoegaze and alt rock!
Check out The Knife - Silent Shout
I think you will really like Sevdalizas debut album ISON.
Siempre veo tus reacciones sobre todo Bjork Massive y Portishead... te pido un favor y creo que puede volar tu cabeza el album 100th window de Massive Attack.
You need to listen "Vespertine"
Oh hell yeah
My favourite art-pop-divas are Róisín Murphy and St. Vincent!
Love bjork
I've asked this before, but did you ever listen to White Pony by Deftones? It's not Bjork but you'd possibly enjoy it. maaaybe
Also we need a gif of you doing the "I miss you" drums
if you like 90s electronic music react to Orbital - In Sides
Björk didn't write the lyrics to Isobel so maybe that's why there's a disconnect.
The modern things is great! Björk said once it is a bit of a joke in certain ways, and she was thinking of her friends who where very anti modern technology.
Bjork is Genius. Try Heilung.
vespertine PLSSS
I miss you
Aye.....
I’d say she had
A unique style to begin her career , then her style seemed to head more
Mainstream