I went to the Sunday Björk show, not one of the gigs last week. It was one of the best live performances I have ever seen in my entire life. I wish I could have afforded to go more than once.

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datdude said:

Dewrede said:

i hate bjork (well her 'music' that is)

she sounds like a raving lunatic screaming pretentitious nursery rhymes

half the time

pretentious CRAP with no substance to back it up

i don't believe Prince went to see her

k that's all

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LOL, that's a hilarious and pretty accurate description of her music to me. i'd add a "screaming gnome/elf lunatic". I don't get the hype behind her. I gave her a chance with Vespertine (even listened to it with headphones under my covers at night LOL as the glowing rolling stone review suggested, i THINK it was RS....anywho). haven't picked that cd up since. maybe i too will peep the Army of Me song/vid cuz i'm thoroughly unimpressed by her. the only think interesting is that she's from Iceland

no , i don't get the hype either at all

finally there's someone on this thread with good taste

I've been to one Bjork concert, and it topped both of the Prince concerts I've been too by a small margin. Mainly because prince shows has slowly turned into some kind of las vegas gospel lounge. But the best moments of a Prince concerts are still the best moments I've experienced in live music. Anyways, Bjork is THE SHIT!

would be cool if they did a redo of the song GOD. Bjork has the right spirit of the forrest and old traditions to get a new perspective to the song.

Replica said:

I've been to one Bjork concert, and it topped both of the Prince concerts I've been too by a small margin. Mainly because prince shows has slowly turned into some kind of las vegas gospel lounge. But the best moments of a Prince concerts are still the best moments I've experienced in live music. Anyways, Bjork is THE SHIT!

Nonsense

You obviously haven't heard the european shows he did last year

Particularly the North Sea Jazz shows in Rotterdam , The Netherlands were off the chain

Not to mention the aftershows on 3-25 and 3-26 in the Amsterdam Melkweg

The march 26 show was one of the best concerts i've ever witnessed

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Replica said:

Bjork is SHIT!

ufoclub said:

Dewrede said:

i hate bjork (well her 'music' that is)

she sounds like a raving lunatic screaming pretentitious nursery rhymes

half the time

pretentious CRAP with no substance to back it up

i don't believe Prince went to see her

k that's all

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Come on watch the video for "Army of Me"... that shit is genius. Song too.

Björk's music videos as a whole are better than anyone's--even Madonna's.

My Shakespeare professor loved Bjork's movie "Dancing In The Dark." He called it sublime!

purplethunder3121 said:

My Shakespeare professor loved Bjork's movie "Dancing In The Dark." He called it sublime!

The title of the movie is "Dancer in the dark", and it's not from Bjork but from Lars von Trier.

Prince in town? Thought I felt a Disturbance in the force.. lol
Actually, when I saw the pics that Andy Allo posted to her facebook page of her in Manhattan,

I thought he might be around and show up at George Clinton's gig at BB Kings last week.. No dice..
I need a small club gig about now...

ludwig said:

purplethunder3121 said:

My Shakespeare professor loved Bjork's movie "Dancing In The Dark." He called it sublime!

The title of the movie is "Dancer in the dark", and it's not from Bjork but from Lars von Trier.

Thanks for the title correction but I'm referring to the movie in terms of its actor/song writer Bjork, NOT the director. My professor was enamoured of Bjork's musical contributions to the film. So was I.

I always thought "Alarm Call" had a Princely vibe. Bjork is mesmerizing. "Big Time Sensuality" is one of the greatest songs/videos ever. There is so much joy and humanity in her voice. It would warm my heart to know that P was at her show (or if she was at one of his). Two brilliant Artists.

If only Prince dared to be half as open-minded and experimental as Björk, the musical results could have been fabulous.

funkomatic said:

If only Prince dared to be half as open-minded and experimental as Björk, the musical results could have been fabulous.

I suspect Prince chooses to do these more commercial tours and publicize more pop friendly cuts in order to fund his constant recording and experimenting which possibly outwieghs Bjork's output in terms of creative range of song construction and process. I take things like Soul Psychodelicide, Digital Garden, Solo, or Everybody Loves Me as hints of his experimentation in process, structure, and even satire of the whole thing.

Why does he normally only publicize attempts at more commercial songs and tours? I think it's a matter of business with him to keep funding his freedom to make music and videos (most of which we never even see or hear).

I recently was hanging out with someone from LA at the Sundance/Slamdance film festival who was good friends with a recording engineer with Prince in the early 90's. He said they went through a nonstop session for 3 days in which Prince put together an incredible album of new music that was "the greatest shit the engineer had ever heard". He said none of it was ever released. Prince seemed to stay awake for the entire three days (I suspect he would take naps), and they rotated through 3 engineers for the duration of the 3 days. At the end of the session, they all were standing watching the sun rise through some big window, and the engineer turned to Prince and said "When the fuck do you sleep?"

Prince said "Motherfucker, I don't sleep, and that's why you're awake."

Perhaps if Prince had a tasteful manager that pushed to organize and curate his work, we could get albums and tours that were more disciplined in theme like what Bjork puts out. She also uses the best video directors, art directors, etc.

I just think Prince doesn't have the patience. He's creatively spastic, and it doesn't seem to matter to him anymore if we are served.

What interview was it when Prince said he loved Bjork's "daring"??

I remember watching it, so it may have been a UK one.

ufoclub said:

funkomatic said:

If only Prince dared to be half as open-minded and experimental as Björk, the musical results could have been fabulous.

I suspect Prince chooses to do these more commercial tours and publicize more pop friendly cuts in order to fund his constant recording and experimenting which possibly outwieghs Bjork's output in terms of creative range of song construction and process. I take things like Soul Psychodelicide, Digital Garden, Solo, or Everybody Loves Me as hints of his experimentation in process, structure, and even satire of the whole thing.

Why does he normally only publicize attempts at more commercial songs and tours? I think it's a matter of business with him to keep funding his freedom to make music and videos (most of which we never even see or hear).

I recently was hanging out with someone from LA at the Sundance/Slamdance film festival who was good friends with a recording engineer with Prince in the early 90's. He said they went through a nonstop session for 3 days in which Prince put together an incredible album of new music that was "the greatest shit the engineer had ever heard". He said none of it was ever released. Prince seemed to stay awake for the entire three days (I suspect he would take naps), and they rotated through 3 engineers for the duration of the 3 days. At the end of the session, they all were standing watching the sun rise through some big window, and the engineer turned to Prince and said "When the fuck do you sleep?"

Prince said "Motherfucker, I don't sleep, and that's why you're awake."

Perhaps if Prince had a tasteful manager that pushed to organize and curate his work, we could get albums and tours that were more disciplined in theme like what Bjork puts out. She also uses the best video directors, art directors, etc.

I just think Prince doesn't have the patience. He's creatively spastic, and it doesn't seem to matter to him anymore if we are served.

Great points and analysis. We are so accustomed to Prince's brilliance that we take for granted his natural experimental genius. He is basically an arty outsider who got commercially lucky due to his enormous talent. His musical mind is always wandering. REM's Michael Stipe once said that the SOTT album was one of the wierdest things out at the time in compositional structure. Now, because of it's influence- it seems normal.

I do think he has gotten more musically conventional as he ages, but he still has the ability to surprise.

I personally like Bjork better earlier in her career with dance, soul and pop producers. Some of her recent albums have been unlistenable. Sometimes "experimentation" is an excuse for bad songwriting.

Dewrede said:

datdude said:

LOL, that's a hilarious and pretty accurate description of her music to me. i'd add a "screaming gnome/elf lunatic". I don't get the hype behind her. I gave her a chance with Vespertine (even listened to it with headphones under my covers at night LOL as the glowing rolling stone review suggested, i THINK it was RS....anywho). haven't picked that cd up since. maybe i too will peep the Army of Me song/vid cuz i'm thoroughly unimpressed by her. the only think interesting is that she's from Iceland

no , i don't get the hype either at all

finally there's someone on this thread with good taste

....

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backflip said:

Went to see a great band from New York this past weekend...during our chat the lead singer mentioned he saw Prince at the Bjork show last week in New York...story is that there were two reserved seats in the VIP section, where my lead singer friend was with his girlfriend...in the middle of the show a body guard walks in and Prince slides in right behind him...Prince was wearing big black sunglasses, and was with a short haired blonde girl...not sure who this would be??? (any thoughts?) Anyway...borjk, from the stage, appeared to sing one song directly to him...and after she finished, he left immediately...my friend made a comment that it was like the matrix...lol...

so there's your gossip/sighting info for the day...

xoxo

Lol. I was remarking to my Mom the other day that while we fans are busy thinking Prince is with Girl A, he's probably on Girl G already.

And it's totally plausible that he was there considering he soaks up music like a sponge and is always on the hunt for new sounds to play around with. I wouldn't exactly expect him to be at a Justin Bieber concert lol.

Dewrede said:

pretentious CRAP with no substance to back it up

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There's hardly anything more pretentious than insisting on being referred to as an unpronouncable symbol.

It's fine if something's not your style, but puerile to be so insulting because of the fact.