*revisiting the...
― Dan S, Monday, 9 April 2018 22:02 (five years ago) link
FGTI bringing it, just saying
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 9 April 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link
I'm looking forward to this. But...any chance of >1 Sugarcubes selection per ballot? :)
― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 02:30 (five years ago) link
I’m fine with however much enthusiasm people want to offer in their ballots. I’ve as of yet received only one ballot, so for the side polls, let’s say up to five on all three.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 02:35 (five years ago) link
Good call imo, I think both albums and Sugarcubes will have a more interesting list with 5 votes
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 12:57 (five years ago) link
no side poll for music videos?
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
Aw, nice to see this in the list:
Vísur Vatnsenda-Rósu
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
x/p jeez, I hadn't even thought of that! Going to get a mod to amend the first post to include that too.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
sweet. soooo many good ones to choose from.
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
Drawing Restraint #9 - fair game?
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
Man
The past 24 hours has been mostly me realizing that Biophilia might be one of the best albums ever made, and maybe her best album (if I were to divest myself of my teenage attachment to her early stuff)
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
whoa
i have to admit i did not take well to biophilia the first time around, but i will give it another good shot
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
i love that kind of overnight mindblown experience though, there's nothing like it
Conceptually I can't think of a more daring and overwrought album-- an instrument built for every song!-- sonically it's so diverse and interesting, there's never a wasted moment-- and like, I've always thought that Bjork had been dividing her time between "traditional pop songs" and "chamber music hybridism" for her entire career, and this entire album of successful no-holds-barred 'art song' just really blows my mind that it exists
She literally had simultaneously booked a recording studio, a 3D-film production house, an team to make the app, and people building the instruments-- that album essentially bankrupted her and it was entirely worth it imo
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
Like if you remove the experience of listening to it from the context of "this woman recorded 'Joga'", let go of your desire for hooks or fun or whatever you got from those early albums, then it is completely, completely insane that it exists
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
If I were to pick one single post-Vespertine album, I pick Biophilia.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
Eric, forgive me if this is a dumb question but are the main poll tracks supposed to be ordered by favourite? That's tough
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
They don't have to be. If you want to just submit 30 unranked titles, that's fine too.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
thanks Eric
Got really excited doing the tracks, here's my 30
Come To MePlay DeadEnjoyHyper-balladPossibly MaybeIsobelImmatureMy Snare/Nature is AncientPagan PoetryUndoPleasure is all mineSo BrokenSod OffStonemilkerTabula RasaTriumph of the heartWhere is the lineUnisonvenus as a boywanderlustwho is itit's in our handsyou've been flirting againjogaunravelbachelorette5 yearshidden placescaryone day
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
my pref for possibly maybe is the telegram version
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
(In general, I think it's bad form to reveal ballots before the results are announced.)
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
Alright fair enough
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
I voted but I realized that I too have not given Biophilia due consideration, will definitely give that a listen.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
i'm gonna listen to biophilia with fgti's post in the back of my head at some point this week
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 21:29 (five years ago) link
someone has a list of her b-sides/rarities? i have all the albums (except Medulla for some reasons) but don't know where to turn to get the remaining stuff.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link
All of my mouth was kissing himNow, into the air, I am missing himIs this excess texting a blessing?Two music nerds obsessing
He reminds me of the love in meI'm celebrating on a vibrancySending each other MP3sFalling in love to a song
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 21:29 (fifty-six minutes ago)
Ditto. Which reminds me, for the remix side-poll consideration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vEjKrP6tOs
― etc, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
She tripped me up slightly as we both made our way to the same one-stall unisex loo in a tiny Indian restaurant in West London a coupla years back. She got there first.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
Van Horn Street - Wikipedia has a useful page for this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Bj%C3%B6rk
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 22:50 (five years ago) link
every single underworld remix of "human behavior" is the best thing i've ever heard
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
I haven't listened to Utopia yet :/ I gotta do that tomorrow
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 10 April 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, April 10, 2018 6:50 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Fantastic thanks!
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
Hyperballad is probably my favourite music video ever
I listened through all her B-sides yesterday and Domestica is the real highlight. Sweet Sweet Intuition is pretty good too
― ufo, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 04:04 (five years ago) link
i always find "one day" surprisingly narcotic when i hear it. it's easy to forget but it's so good
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 05:17 (five years ago) link
it's more of a standout album track i guessbut "come to me" is one of the very best tracks on debut. i always thought it would have been an amazing single and it's fun to imagine what the debut-era video would have been like
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 05:25 (five years ago) link
I just saw the video for Bachelorette for the first time, not impressed with that, smothers an amazing song in half-baked high concept ideas and fluffs the intro too. Typical Gondry. Best video IMO is All Is Full Of Love, now that's how you match song with visuals.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 07:34 (five years ago) link
it's fun to imagine what the debut-era video would have been like
definitely. it'll be high on my song ballot
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 08:58 (five years ago) link
imo, "One Day" -> "Aeroplane" -> "Come To Me" packages together three gorgeous-but-similar-in-tone songs and weakens the impact of them individually
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link
fyi this is a great source for her remixes, grouped by era
http://www.youtube.com/user/BjorkDisography/playlists
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
b-sides too, it's p comprehensive
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
oh I also made this which afaict is a comprehensive list of all b-sides thru Vespertine
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlHmB5haapzRYVDJ30_ONRAd1_mrKbUCs
anyone who sleeps on her b-sides is canceled
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
― nevertheless, he stopped (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, April 11, 2018 5:26 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i disagree this is my favorite sequence in the album
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
"aeroplane" is so hissing of summer lawns that i can't really think of it as similar in tone. maybe in tempo
― flamenco drop (BradNelson),
this ^^^
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
"Come to Me" was for years my favorite Bjork hyperballad.
When I was thirteen and Bjork was my favourite artist in the world "Come To Me" totally changed my life.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
Also I don't really feel like those 3 tunes are terribly similar.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:08 (five years ago) link
I think the second half of Debut does suffer, at least on initial listens, from being flatter and less whiplash-careening than the first half. It took many many listens for “One Day” and “Come To Me” to clear spaces around themselves. When they did, they became favorites; it just took some time amid the chaos. Which is the context I’ve always interpreted the lyrics to “One Day,” fwiw.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
Only discovered by chance the other day just how much the vocals on 'Headphones' sound like 'Earthbeat' from Return Of The Giant Slits.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
I'd been a huge fan of the 3rd and final Sugarcubes album, but aside from a coupla tracks i didn't think much of Debut in the end. Saw the '93 tour though, it wasn't too well-attended iirc. Funny enough Oasis did their first ever gig after signing to Creation just a few blocks away at the same time. I had no expectations for Post because ultimately Debut kinda let me down. I was flat out astonished when i heard it. It was one of those albums that seemed to take everybody by surprise; just a total leap up in.. everything! I recall not long after its release, Ed from Radiohead saying they were trying deliberately to rip off Possibly Maybe on one of the songs from The Bends, i forget which. I still have a lot of affection for it, it's equal to Vespertine in my 'faves'
― piscesx, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link