Amazing. Every. Single. Listen. Joga and Hyperballad are two favs. At one time, she owned a home in Sneeden's Landing, in Rockland County NY. I had hoped to meet her, by chance, but she was recluse.
@@iameam she already has worked with Yorke on the 97 album Selma Songs for the Dancer in the Dark film. I think it's called "Ive Seen it All". You must hear it
@@simoncote372 i did i knew this was comming .actually i have buyed that Album aswell and it was the Last one i buyed. Love few Songs in the Album but at the middle she Had too much Filler Tracks. Like too many Songs wich are too similar without any Special vibes.the Album was Not Bad at all Just was dissapointed a little.but i also Understand her Situation. She Had in 2012 and 13 strugled with health issues but her voice was fine for me. I Just didnt liked that Arrangements that Much . Just missed her Work in the 2000 because of thevery unique Songs. I never said she s Doing Bad music. They are still masterpieces for Other Artists but i was a little dissapointed because all her Other Albums i can Hear every day .
She was my childhood friend.. she was singing, playing and writing already as a child.. those old recordings are amazing.. she could fool any brit with her english.. just prefers not to;) she's so special. Find Björk -Arabadrengurinn.. she's 11.
I realized that when I lived in Iceland and realized...wait, no one here talks like that. That's when I figured out her accent is quite purposeful haha
She’s the best. I could never understand how someone could develop that style, then I learned that in Iceland she used to walk to school in blizzards singing as hard as she could into the storm. He talks about how she sounds like a wild animal trying to come out and it’s close to that - a girl trying to hear herself over torrential freezing winds. Then of course a punk in her teens. I’ve always loved it, but I get it now and love it even more.
Yep, all true! Also dont forget Danish oppression. When Icelandic people were not allowed to sing so they developed a style of reading their books in a chanting, near singing manner. You can hear that too in her singing at times.
Bjork is one of those singers who gives me goosebumps almost every time I hear her. Unique, crisp, cristal clear quality to her un-earthy voice.Genius.
@@1998Cebola just checked out their song Mysteries. Never heard it before. Something about her voice almost brings me to tears when I hear it. Very soulful
A music professor I had in undergrad once described Bjork as someone who “wields her voice like a weapon.” That always stuck with me and connects with your commentary on her accents and physicality in her delivery. Great reaction, Ken!
I've never heard anybody ever accuse musicians on Jools Holland of miming to playback or the show having bad audio mixing before... It is the BBC's massively respected, flagship, exclusively-live music show, worked on by the cream of the audio engineering crop and anybody attempting to fake a live performance would have been laughed out of the building.
Lol, the BBC have been scavenging their own reputation for quite some time now. I absolutely agree with him about the vocals, she was probably tripping the compressors so they dialed her back a bit. The album version is sublime, the accordion is my favourite part
BunniMonster, thanks a lot for this. I have been watching some reactions about this performance of Bjork on Jools Holland and people use to say that it sounds like a playback. It is so impressively equal to the studio version that causes this bewilderment.
It's a really old, low quality upload. The performance is 27 years old and this upload is 14 years, back in the days when CZcams didn't even support HD. BBC wasn't wasn't broadcast in wide-screen and was only NICAM Stereo.
when i was seventeen i followed the sugercubes 6 Concerts in a week. What makes Björk unique is that it`s not an ego trip. She is doing it 100% for the art. (sorry for my english)
Sadly this singing technique destroyed her vocal chords and in 2013 she had vocal nodule surgery and couldn't sing for three weeks, her voice is still very powerful yet she lacks the ability to allow herself to belt or sing her higher notes (relatable, I had the same thing happen to me, it's sort of a fear!) If you listen to her latest live performances and album, you'll hear a stark difference though still beautiful!!
But the Sound of her voice didnt Change at all and i think she Just try to Not sing too high. Im Sure she can still Reach few of the high notes .she Just learned now a new technique to avoid get again noudles
Shes singing since veeeery young age, and as a musician who writes her songs, she probably had to sing it again and again before the songs were done, and again in the shows. It of course damages your chords, and Bjork has skills and technique, but she alegedly can forget about it and go to a natural animal instinctive way of singing. thats why. her voice is still incredible. shes amazing as musician too, her ideas, arrangements. its so genius
There's an old MTV Unplugged recording with Björk that's one of the coolest performances I've ever seen. She uses baroque instruments like harpsicord and regal, a sax quartet, a gamelan orchestra, harp, etc., etc. Highly recommended!
@@christerfurberg7720 Thanks l hadn't seen that either!!! czcams.com/video/8A7TqgbHT3k/video.html I love this performance just because of how dynamic and engaged she is.
Interesting you say “pre recorded strings” I worked on this show and it was 100% live strings. What you fail to understand is that Mark Bell is adding additional strings and playing loops live. And of course there’s “no mics” the instruments have custom made pick ups which we used on the tour. The string players have an LED metronome that links directly to MainStage that comes from Mark Bell. You should find this song played in one of her actual concerts. It’s a lot more energetic than the live TV performance.
I studied Icelandic... So many of its umlauts and dipthongs and other differences from English help explain her performance (not saying it isn't purposeful - it just explains her choices).
Homogenic was peak Bjork for me, the culmination of 2 great previous albums but this one was just more epic and slick without losing any of the truly unique things about her that made her music so special.
I saw an interview with her many years ago and she said her singing style developed from her childhood when she used to explore outside while singing but had to yell in order to hear herself over the wind.
I believe she keeps true to her style, with some Icelandic accents and her own soaring and probably self-learned strong notes. This was the first song I heard of her back when it came out and she played live on SNL.
*LOVE* Björk. She drips integrity- I 100% *believe* her when she's doing her thing. Genuinely unique music she creates. I'd forgotten how much I enjoy this song actually.... I'm off to start a Björk marathon now thanks!! I used to buy all her albums, so I have everything from "Debut" up to "Volta", but I think I have a couple of more recent releases to go buy- thanks for reminding me. :)
Her performances were so unique, elegant, primal and *powerful*, back then you couldn't really do anything but just gasp for air in near disbelief as you watched. What a legend.
The host is Jools Holland who used to be in a band called Squeeze in the late 70s , this show is called Later with Jools Holland , a show which features artists and bands who could be legends or unknowns who play live in front of their peers and a small audience and in my opinion is one of the best live music shows in the UK. Jools plays Piano and often accompanies the artists whether its Jazz to heavy metal. He would've know who Bjork was , i think he chooses the artists to appear.
I’ve never seen you go so far inside yourself as you did in this reaction. It was a very emotional experience, thank you. Bjork always seems to use her voice as a form of emotional expression,
FYI, the presenter is Jools Holland, consummate R&B pianist and, I believe, fan of Björk. Notice the "umlaut" over the ö, which Jools is attempting to pronounce correctly.
The really interesting thing about Björk's voice is that she started off with very solid technique. Listen to her early career, she sings with such a clean support sound. But she moved from that to this kind of "bad" technique singing because it created specific tones and textures, feeling. She is just such an artist.
there's another performance from the same show of a song called 'so broken' featuring just her and two classical spanish guitarists and it's one of her most astonishing vocal takes ever, do check it out. absolutely haunting vocal filled with pain and sadness, floors me every time.
I love Bjork. Sometimes I still see that trippy video for Human Behaviour when I close my eyes. She does one thing in particular so much better than almost anyone else, and that's to be truly interesting to listen to. She's like nothing else, and her sound kind of commands your attention.
It isn't "like a wild animal trapped". She is a perfectionist and an innovator. A Renaissance Woman. She definitely knows what she is doing, you can not execute the sort of vocal acrobatics, such marvel of a voice, that is demonstrated here -- with out any knowing or control of your entire system inside and out. There is a lot of intention behind every sound she makes believe you me. If you follow Björk in her journey, there was an interview where she describes how she learned to sing this way, within the deep and forlorn, powerful expanse of her Iceland home, belting out to volcanic activity, and tectonic crunching noises. Having that as her backyard, vocal playground resulted in this distinct singing style that is all her own. Great of you to share this piece, it's the song of my Life. It's B erk like lurk not B ork like York. If intonation and inflection and lip positioning matters.
Vi An MUSIC I believe Ken reffered to "a wild animal trapped" to illustrate her voice using the example of a genuine sauvage, something which has no boundaries or agenda whatsoever; no protocol and no desire to please others, this uncontrollable power that needs to escape!
Bjork is absolutely unique and I love that. You will notice even when she fully opens her mouth she is still controlling the sound brilliantly. She is a captivating person and a fantastic singer. I don't think anyone can really classify her music.
Bit late, but yes, the strings are recorded live. They don´t need microphones, they use electric pads attached to the bridges of the instruments [which look like rubber mufflers].
She’s created her own space with her own rules that only she can inhabit. She’s one of a kind and that’s pure artistry and everything great art should be.
It needs to be said though that while she really emphasizes emotions and has a very unique sounds, her techniques are not sustainable and she suffered severe vocal fold damage after years of doing this style and had to have surgery in the early 2010s. You can really hear how her voice is not able to do this anymore.
@@ladylordeve life you want to hear how bad she sounds doing higher notes now watch human behaviour live from 2018 time. Her voice has lost all.power and she to me she just looks defeated and bored onstage now.
it's the callas conundrum again- either u can play safe, use perfect technique, sing on the interest of the voice and not the capital; or u can push the voice to achieve emotions that no-one else gets near to, and then ur voice won't last as long. bjork's had 3 decades of stellar singing, so i dunno if calling it unsustainable is quite true. which is better? being a champion cyclist who sets records for 10 years and then cant ride as well when older; or being just another cyclist who rides at the weekends and can do it all their lives? her voice sucks ass now- her breathing is terrible for some reason and her heavy rubato is annoying.
Highly recommend some of bjork’s tracks that really leverage her unique way of singing. My callouts below: 1. So Broken - especially her live performance, there is SO MUCH to digest in what she does with her voice that only she can do. 2. Five Years - She really growls and puts a lot of anger into her voice as the track progresses and builds up. 3. Cocoon - Whispers and sighs and coos. Haven’t heard many songs like this in my life and it makes my skin tingle. 4. I Miss You - a lot of various techniques and she stretches and contorts her voice in such interesting ways through this track. Voice breaks, growls, cracks, her unique belts that only she can do. 5. The Pleasure Is All Mine - really stretches her syllables in her typical bjorkian fashion and puts her vocals front and center. The whole Medulla album is focused on the human voice with 99% of instrumentation comprised of human voices in various forms (inuit throat singing, beat boxing, choirs, etc.) and is a fascinating listen for anyone interested in the human voice and its many unique uses.
I've loved me some Bjork since I was young. Mad artists are the best artists. I heard her say she got her passion from singing into the wind as a child. I hear that. Powerful belts into the wind and sounds that resonate loud inside one's head. Makes sense. It would sound good to you standing up in a convertible, but luckily it also sounds good to the audience in a hall.
Idc what people say I love her aggressive voice how it can create such strong vocals even if she doesn’t give us strong vocal and most small weakest vocal you can just hear her voice wanting scream it out sense it a strong aggressive voice that why it kinda cracks for barley even a second not even a second then she fixes it smooth
This is my all-time favorite song to listen to and to sing/belt out. It's also why my mom fell in love with Björk as well. She loved to hear me sing it..
If you're looking for much crispyness and raw emotion in her voice, i suggest you to watch her live rendition of "So Broken" : czcams.com/video/zBSbZ06uxa8/video.html
How could you say anything negative at all about her? Not efficient? Are you kidding me? She's not for basic ordinary average people like your small mind can't comprehend big ideas or anything expansive and actually creative genius... She's the bravest and one of the most creative musician genius artists out there and the world knows who she is meanwhile... I've never heard of seen you before... Point made. How could you say she isn't perfect? She's absolutely Perfection.
Wow Ken! Thank you so much for making the video! Didn’t see that coming lol. Much grateful 👍🏻😊 Portishead Live at Roseland is quite a treat as well; “Roads” and “Glory Box” especially. Just throwing that out there. Cheers Ken!
She is my absolute favorite musician. Actually this is my absolute favorite song of her. I love her scream outs in the end. It makes her so unique and special. Her lyrics drawing beautiful pictures in my head, and it's the music truly running threw my heart.
I’d recommend watching the video to this particular song to get the full effect, it’s a story about fame essentially taking over your life, most of her videos are unique, but this is a particular favorite of mine.
Jools Holland Live is all live performances. If you zoom in you can clearly see leads coming from each of the string players who will be using piezo pickups.
The guy who introduced her is Jools Holland of Squeeze. I'm pretty sure every performance on Later... is played entirely live but they're in a big old sound stage at the BBC which is why some of balance (strings and voice) isn't what it would be on a recording. Plus this is like 20+ yrs old. She did a jazz album with a trio (Gling-Gló, its a proper banger) in Icelandic and she plays with her voice as an instrument in her native tongue and on 'classic' tracks too, as she has continued to throughout her oeuvre
The comment regarding preserving the imperfections vs smoothing out the rough edges is something very interesting indeed! I had been thinking that there are certain artists which I understand by logic and can realize that objectively they have great technique and control of voice, but to my ears they sound very rigid and "passionless", almost too technical, which is something I don't really enjoy. An example that readily comes to mind is Florence Welch from Florence and the machine. Could it be the case that the imperfections are what makes a performance more "human", more emotional?
My brother got me into Bjork when I was around 12. It was a connection for us because we didn't have a whole lot in common other than music. This is one of my favorite songs from her. I also LOVE "Come to Me". I think people either love her or hate her lol I know people that find her singing super annoying but I think she is absolutely amazing. Especially those super early recordings when she was, like, 9! Love her.
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It's so funny that people make fun about her accent, then pronounce her name wrong.
Is it funny? Hmm...
❤
I think the person was being a bit sarcastic@@Kaizelot
@@Kaizelot Strange for sure.
An observation isn’t making fun.
Bjork is an absolute genius. Her voice is a masterpiece.
Amazing. Every. Single. Listen. Joga and Hyperballad are two favs.
At one time, she owned a home in Sneeden's Landing, in Rockland County NY. I had hoped to meet her, by chance, but she was recluse.
Completely agree. Would love to hear her work with Thom Yorke. Could be a good collab.
So agreed.
@@iameam have you heard the song "I've Seen It All" (Selma Songs)? That was her and Thom Yorke
@@iameam she already has worked with Yorke on the 97 album Selma Songs for the Dancer in the Dark film. I think it's called "Ive Seen it All". You must hear it
Her first 4 albums in particular... Debut, Post, Homogenic, and Vespertine... this some of the most unique well-respected modern music that exists.
I think till Volta she did Just masterpieces. After Volta sadly her music got kinda of Boring
Feride Dogan Agreed. Bjoring.
@@AntwhaleNearfar lol 🤣thats funny
@@feridedogan7653 have you heard the whole vulnicura album….
@@simoncote372 i did i knew this was comming .actually i have buyed that Album aswell and it was the Last one i buyed. Love few Songs in the Album but at the middle she Had too much Filler Tracks. Like too many Songs wich are too similar without any Special vibes.the Album was Not Bad at all Just was dissapointed a little.but i also Understand her Situation. She Had in 2012 and 13 strugled with health issues but her voice was fine for me. I Just didnt liked that Arrangements that Much . Just missed her Work in the 2000 because of thevery unique Songs. I never said she s Doing Bad music. They are still masterpieces for Other Artists but i was a little dissapointed because all her Other Albums i can Hear every day .
She was my childhood friend.. she was singing, playing and writing already as a child.. those old recordings are amazing.. she could fool any brit with her english.. just prefers not to;) she's so special. Find Björk -Arabadrengurinn.. she's 11.
What a great friend to have had at that stage of life!
Are you still in touch?
@@Kim-ee5fq oh no, not since we were 10;)
I realized that when I lived in Iceland and realized...wait, no one here talks like that. That's when I figured out her accent is quite purposeful haha
@@wickedrayna i know;) .. she's so special.. and precious
She’s the best. I could never understand how someone could develop that style, then I learned that in Iceland she used to walk to school in blizzards singing as hard as she could into the storm. He talks about how she sounds like a wild animal trying to come out and it’s close to that - a girl trying to hear herself over torrential freezing winds. Then of course a punk in her teens. I’ve always loved it, but I get it now and love it even more.
Yep, all true! Also dont forget Danish oppression. When Icelandic people were not allowed to sing so they developed a style of reading their books in a chanting, near singing manner. You can hear that too in her singing at times.
@Samm Salvey It's not rude to have your own opinion 😊
Her voice makes me cry. It’s so beautiful.
Same. Have you watched the version at the church with the choir? That one really gets me.
Real
A very wise man once said not so many years ago: "Would you destroy something perfect in order to make it beautiful?"
is that from gerard way?
@@Amanda-dg9zj Of friggin Course it is, yay 🤗
@@Pilutta100 lets go 😈
Or it was the other way around?
@@user-ll1xo2gf5q the question would be much deeper that way. This way the answer is easy....No
Bjork is one of those singers who gives me goosebumps almost every time I hear her. Unique, crisp, cristal clear quality to her un-earthy voice.Genius.
I absolutely agree, her voice is utterly divine
I've always loved Bjork's style. Portishead is another great band with a unique sound
My vote is Roads...
Glory Box!
Would love him to hear “Roads” or “Glory Box” at Roseland.
I've always loved Beth's vocal performances with Rustin Man even more
@@1998Cebola just checked out their song Mysteries. Never heard it before. Something about her voice almost brings me to tears when I hear it. Very soulful
Like a killer whale trapped in a bay!
Love Bjork ❤️
Beautifully placed comment indeed bravo ! 💃
A music professor I had in undergrad once described Bjork as someone who “wields her voice like a weapon.” That always stuck with me and connects with your commentary on her accents and physicality in her delivery. Great reaction, Ken!
My vocal coach said something similar. She said Bjork's voice is like nuclear bomb being dropped.
It's Björk.... That's about all you can say about it.
I've never heard anybody ever accuse musicians on Jools Holland of miming to playback or the show having bad audio mixing before...
It is the BBC's massively respected, flagship, exclusively-live music show, worked on by the cream of the audio engineering crop and anybody attempting to fake a live performance would have been laughed out of the building.
Bla bla bla, the strings are pre- recorded, that's all.
Lol, the BBC have been scavenging their own reputation for quite some time now. I absolutely agree with him about the vocals, she was probably tripping the compressors so they dialed her back a bit. The album version is sublime, the accordion is my favourite part
BunniMonster, thanks a lot for this. I have been watching some reactions about this performance of Bjork on Jools Holland and people use to say that it sounds like a playback. It is so impressively equal to the studio version that causes this bewilderment.
It's a really old, low quality upload. The performance is 27 years old and this upload is 14 years, back in the days when CZcams didn't even support HD. BBC wasn't wasn't broadcast in wide-screen and was only NICAM Stereo.
I have seen Bjørk live, she was the headline a festival and her voice is no joke. She was levels above the artists that preceded her.
when i was seventeen i followed the sugercubes 6 Concerts in a week. What makes Björk unique is that it`s not an ego trip. She is doing it 100% for the art. (sorry for my english)
Which concerts were u at?
Sadly this singing technique destroyed her vocal chords and in 2013 she had vocal nodule surgery and couldn't sing for three weeks, her voice is still very powerful yet she lacks the ability to allow herself to belt or sing her higher notes (relatable, I had the same thing happen to me, it's sort of a fear!)
If you listen to her latest live performances and album, you'll hear a stark difference though still beautiful!!
I didn't know this! 😮
Cause she didn't care about technique or rehearsing her vocal
But the Sound of her voice didnt Change at all and i think she Just try to Not sing too high. Im Sure she can still Reach few of the high notes .she Just learned now a new technique to avoid get again noudles
Shes singing since veeeery young age, and as a musician who writes her songs, she probably had to sing it again and again before the songs were done, and again in the shows. It of course damages your chords, and Bjork has skills and technique, but she alegedly can forget about it and go to a natural animal instinctive way of singing. thats why. her voice is still incredible. shes amazing as musician too, her ideas, arrangements. its so genius
@@lua7882 her voice is still better than Most of the Pop singers wich have the half of björks age
There's an old MTV Unplugged recording with Björk that's one of the coolest performances I've ever seen. She uses baroque instruments like harpsicord and regal, a sax quartet, a gamelan orchestra, harp, etc., etc. Highly recommended!
Could you please share a link?
@@sayakhalder8601 czcams.com/video/8J0KBM2xK4w/video.html
@@christerfurberg7720 Thanks l hadn't seen that either!!!
czcams.com/video/8A7TqgbHT3k/video.html
I love this performance just because of how dynamic and engaged she is.
Share the link man!! C'mon
czcams.com/video/8J0KBM2xK4w/video.html
I find the lyrics to this song incredibly creative and emotionally moving
Interesting you say “pre recorded strings” I worked on this show and it was 100% live strings. What you fail to understand is that Mark Bell is adding additional strings and playing loops live. And of course there’s “no mics” the instruments have custom made pick ups which we used on the tour. The string players have an LED metronome that links directly to MainStage that comes from Mark Bell.
You should find this song played in one of her actual concerts. It’s a lot more energetic than the live TV performance.
Thanks for clarification. I never thought for one minute that the strings weren't live.
One of the first times I've heard someone (other than me) mention how much Bjork changed female vocals in modern music.
Watch her acting performance in Dancer in the Dark; it's amazing.
That movie is phenomenal
Amazing movie...and her acting... Genius. Love it.
I watched it in a independent theater. Never seen so many people crying. I bought the dvd before I even owned a dvd player. Brings me way back.
Uhh, if you want to cry until your throw up haha
Great acting and also great Soundtrack.love the whole movie and the Story
"Vocal coach ADORES:"
She's special.
I understand ppl who don't like her music but you have to admire her abilities 🙂
Best artist of the last 200 years. Simple
The host is Jools Holland, very much his style!
Bjork is one of my all time favorites. She is ethereal and mysterious
The host by the way is Jools Holland. He is a very accomplished musician. Also famous for hosting his show for 20-30 years now.
Also happens to have a terribly clumsy manner despite all the experience! Oh well, who cares, it’s about the music.
@@JonathanGoslan I love his unstructured casual presenting style. That's what the show is supposed to be.
I studied Icelandic... So many of its umlauts and dipthongs and other differences from English help explain her performance (not saying it isn't purposeful - it just explains her choices).
Björk is so unique, i'm glad you reviewed her.
Homogenic was peak Bjork for me, the culmination of 2 great previous albums but this one was just more epic and slick without losing any of the truly unique things about her that made her music so special.
I saw an interview with her many years ago and she said her singing style developed from her childhood when she used to explore outside while singing but had to yell in order to hear herself over the wind.
I believe she keeps true to her style, with some Icelandic accents and her own soaring and probably self-learned strong notes. This was the first song I heard of her back when it came out and she played live on SNL.
*LOVE* Björk. She drips integrity- I 100% *believe* her when she's doing her thing. Genuinely unique music she creates.
I'd forgotten how much I enjoy this song actually.... I'm off to start a Björk marathon now thanks!! I used to buy all her albums, so I have everything from "Debut" up to "Volta", but I think I have a couple of more recent releases to go buy- thanks for reminding me. :)
In my experience - all great artists know exactly what they're doing. That's why Bjork is so great.
Bjork makes even the vocal coach become rather speechless! I know the feeling.
Her performances were so unique, elegant, primal and *powerful*, back then you couldn't really do anything but just gasp for air in near disbelief as you watched. What a legend.
I saw this tour and the strings were live.
And she’s a goddess, yeah.
The host is Jools Holland who used to be in a band called Squeeze in the late 70s , this show is called Later with Jools Holland , a show which features artists and bands who could be legends or unknowns who play live in front of their peers and a small audience and in my opinion is one of the best live music shows in the UK. Jools plays Piano and often accompanies the artists whether its Jazz to heavy metal. He would've know who Bjork was , i think he chooses the artists to appear.
I’ve never seen you go so far inside yourself as you did in this reaction. It was a very emotional experience, thank you. Bjork always seems to use her voice as a form of emotional expression,
All of Bjork's performances on that 'Later With Jools Holland' 1997 were phenomenal. I thought 'Joga' was even more outstanding.
FYI, the presenter is Jools Holland, consummate R&B pianist and, I believe, fan of Björk. Notice the "umlaut" over the ö, which Jools is attempting to pronounce correctly.
and . . founding member of 'Squeeze' and presenter of the 80's music show 'The Tube'
The really interesting thing about Björk's voice is that she started off with very solid technique. Listen to her early career, she sings with such a clean support sound. But she moved from that to this kind of "bad" technique singing because it created specific tones and textures, feeling. She is just such an artist.
This masterpiece should of been a James Bond opening theme.
Playing Dead would have been amazing for opening!
@@avaphynx I have always thought 'Play Dead' should've been a Bond theme
@@ziggypop8106 definitely agreed!
there's another performance from the same show of a song called 'so broken' featuring just her and two classical spanish guitarists and it's one of her most astonishing vocal takes ever, do check it out. absolutely haunting vocal filled with pain and sadness, floors me every time.
My very favourite Bjork song!
Bjork is something very special.
There's really no one else like her, and I get chills whenever I hear her. Even after all these years
I have always had the same reactions to her. She puts me in the middle of crying and jumping in joy!
I love Bjork. Sometimes I still see that trippy video for Human Behaviour when I close my eyes.
She does one thing in particular so much better than almost anyone else, and that's to be truly interesting to listen to. She's like nothing else, and her sound kind of commands your attention.
Ken, thank you for appreciating the beauty of imperfection. Taste is not a competition of who is 'best'. 👍
It isn't "like a wild animal trapped".
She is a perfectionist and an innovator. A Renaissance Woman. She definitely knows what she is doing, you can not execute the sort of vocal acrobatics, such marvel of a voice, that is demonstrated here -- with out any knowing or control of your entire system inside and out. There is a lot of intention behind every sound she makes believe you me.
If you follow Björk in her journey, there was an interview where she describes how she learned to sing this way, within the deep and forlorn, powerful expanse of her Iceland home, belting out to volcanic activity, and tectonic crunching noises.
Having that as her backyard, vocal playground resulted in this distinct singing style that is all her own.
Great of you to share this piece, it's the song of my Life.
It's B erk like lurk not B ork like York. If intonation and inflection and lip positioning matters.
Vi An MUSIC I believe Ken reffered to "a wild animal trapped" to illustrate her voice using the example of a genuine sauvage, something which has no boundaries or agenda whatsoever; no protocol and no desire to please others, this uncontrollable power that needs to escape!
She is also wonderful. I saw her in Toronto in the 90's in a small venue and it was one of my favourite performances ever!
Bjork is absolutely unique and I love that. You will notice even when she fully opens her mouth she is still controlling the sound brilliantly. She is a captivating person and a fantastic singer. I don't think anyone can really classify her music.
Tongue position, huh? You sir, are a nerd. ❤️
Thought he meant something else, was like what...
She is a musical Genius hands down.
I think he likes it. ❤
Speechless basically
Bjork - All is full of love (Screaming Masterpiece)
It's amazing
Bit late, but yes, the strings are recorded live. They don´t need microphones, they use electric pads attached to the bridges of the instruments [which look like rubber mufflers].
She’s created her own space with her own rules that only she can inhabit. She’s one of a kind and that’s pure artistry and everything great art should be.
It needs to be said though that while she really emphasizes emotions and has a very unique sounds, her techniques are not sustainable and she suffered severe vocal fold damage after years of doing this style and had to have surgery in the early 2010s. You can really hear how her voice is not able to do this anymore.
Yeah, really a pity, I love her screams and I wonder what would they sound in her recent works
@@ladylordeve life you want to hear how bad she sounds doing higher notes now watch human behaviour live from 2018 time. Her voice has lost all.power and she to me she just looks defeated and bored onstage now.
it's the callas conundrum again- either u can play safe, use perfect technique, sing on the interest of the voice and not the capital; or u can push the voice to achieve emotions that no-one else gets near to, and then ur voice won't last as long.
bjork's had 3 decades of stellar singing, so i dunno if calling it unsustainable is quite true.
which is better? being a champion cyclist who sets records for 10 years and then cant ride as well when older; or being just another cyclist who rides at the weekends and can do it all their lives?
her voice sucks ass now- her breathing is terrible for some reason and her heavy rubato is annoying.
She put all she had into her music and it REALLY shows
Loved Bjork since seeing her support U2 (ZooTV) at Wembley Stadium in Aug '93.
Bjork is a genre. And I love Bjork.
Highly recommend some of bjork’s tracks that really leverage her unique way of singing. My callouts below:
1. So Broken - especially her live performance, there is SO MUCH to digest in what she does with her voice that only she can do.
2. Five Years - She really growls and puts a lot of anger into her voice as the track progresses and builds up.
3. Cocoon - Whispers and sighs and coos. Haven’t heard many songs like this in my life and it makes my skin tingle.
4. I Miss You - a lot of various techniques and she stretches and contorts her voice in such interesting ways through this track. Voice breaks, growls, cracks, her unique belts that only she can do.
5. The Pleasure Is All Mine - really stretches her syllables in her typical bjorkian fashion and puts her vocals front and center. The whole Medulla album is focused on the human voice with 99% of instrumentation comprised of human voices in various forms (inuit throat singing, beat boxing, choirs, etc.) and is a fascinating listen for anyone interested in the human voice and its many unique uses.
I love Pleasure is All Mine from Voltiac (Live in Olympic Studios) version.
I love her song "Joga", this song is just so hauntingly beautiful to me.
I think she also performed Hunter and Joga on the same show, and I became an instant fan.
Joga was out of this world on this Jools session
I absolutely adore her since her sugar cube days ❤ Please make an reaction video about 'Goldfrapp' and Roisin Murphy, they're both so underrated!
I've loved me some Bjork since I was young. Mad artists are the best artists. I heard her say she got her passion from singing into the wind as a child. I hear that. Powerful belts into the wind and sounds that resonate loud inside one's head. Makes sense. It would sound good to you standing up in a convertible, but luckily it also sounds good to the audience in a hall.
Yep, "rough edges" behind which kindness and softness are often to be found. Great artist, beautiful lyrics 🌟👍
Idc what people say I love her aggressive voice how it can create such strong vocals even if she doesn’t give us strong vocal and most small weakest vocal you can just hear her voice wanting scream it out sense it a strong aggressive voice that why it kinda cracks for barley even a second not even a second then she fixes it smooth
If those high notes don't give you goosebumps then I don't know what to tell you
YESSS A BJORK REACTION!
This is my all-time favorite song to listen to and to sing/belt out. It's also why my mom fell in love with Björk as well. She loved to hear me sing it..
She has an actual way to name the way she sings and sort of mix words.
That vocal power and range is unmatched
I love this performance sooooo much❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
If you're looking for much crispyness and raw emotion in her voice, i suggest you to watch her live rendition of "So Broken" : czcams.com/video/zBSbZ06uxa8/video.html
Oh god, oh yes! Please react to this! 🤞
YES. This is everything.
YES. This is everything.
Yeeees it's a real gem
YYYYYAAAAAAASSSSS
Who knew Collin Firth’s stunt double was such a fine and articulate vocal coach
I love her creativity and uniqueness. I love the live performance in Jools Holland show of "Broken"...so emotional. You should look for ir.
m.czcams.com/video/zBSbZ06uxa8/video.html
Bjorke is to music as Gaudi is to architecture...unique.
She is art , like aurora is too. ❤
How could you say anything negative at all about her? Not efficient? Are you kidding me? She's not for basic ordinary average people like your small mind can't comprehend big ideas or anything expansive and actually creative genius... She's the bravest and one of the most creative musician genius artists out there and the world knows who she is meanwhile... I've never heard of seen you before... Point made. How could you say she isn't perfect? She's absolutely Perfection.
Love Bjork she’s very unique. Also definitely react to Kimbra - Plain Gold Ring (live at sing sing studios)
Such a haunting and dramatic feel to this song. Love it. And obviously Bjork has a unique and recognisable voice. Wonderful in a slightly strange way.
She is incredible the way she sounds the saaame in her albums and live. So precise.
I actually think her performance of 'Joga' on this same programme was better than the studio recording
I have adored her ever since I heard Human Behaviour and I was an awkward 14 year old. She taught me to embrace the weird person I was 🙂
My all time favorite female singer...so unique
BJORK ES FASCINANTE
Wow Ken! Thank you so much for making the video! Didn’t see that coming lol. Much grateful 👍🏻😊
Portishead Live at Roseland is quite a treat as well; “Roads” and “Glory Box” especially. Just throwing that out there. Cheers Ken!
I just saw her live last week in SF…
I still can’t believe I was in her presence.
❤️
She is my absolute favorite musician. Actually this is my absolute favorite song of her. I love her scream outs in the end. It makes her so unique and special. Her lyrics drawing beautiful pictures in my head, and it's the music truly running threw my heart.
This is one of my favourite songs and this performance was spectacular! 🤩 💜
Bjork is an amazing singer.💟💟💟
I love her so much, she is magical ❤😊
I’d recommend watching the video to this particular song to get the full effect, it’s a story about fame essentially taking over your life, most of her videos are unique, but this is a particular favorite of mine.
Jools Holland Live is all live performances. If you zoom in you can clearly see leads coming from each of the string players who will be using piezo pickups.
The guy who introduced her is Jools Holland of Squeeze. I'm pretty sure every performance on Later... is played entirely live but they're in a big old sound stage at the BBC which is why some of balance (strings and voice) isn't what it would be on a recording. Plus this is like 20+ yrs old. She did a jazz album with a trio (Gling-Gló, its a proper banger) in Icelandic and she plays with her voice as an instrument in her native tongue and on 'classic' tracks too, as she has continued to throughout her oeuvre
The comment regarding preserving the imperfections vs smoothing out the rough edges is something very interesting indeed! I had been thinking that there are certain artists which I understand by logic and can realize that objectively they have great technique and control of voice, but to my ears they sound very rigid and "passionless", almost too technical, which is something I don't really enjoy. An example that readily comes to mind is Florence Welch from Florence and the machine. Could it be the case that the imperfections are what makes a performance more "human", more emotional?
Björk is an absolute queen!
Loved this reaction, hugs from Sweden.
My brother got me into Bjork when I was around 12. It was a connection for us because we didn't have a whole lot in common other than music. This is one of my favorite songs from her. I also LOVE "Come to Me". I think people either love her or hate her lol I know people that find her singing super annoying but I think she is absolutely amazing. Especially those super early recordings when she was, like, 9! Love her.
Oh she’s my cup of tea 🍵 genius she is.
From my listing experience with Björk; she tend to botch words (even in the recordings) in favor of an emotional interpretation.
Wow this takes me back! Awesome!