this coming from someone who likes a piece of shit like new power soul. dude, youve got some shitty taste in music. what else are you into, winger? dont mean to flame, but im baffled!

Ashtheking said:

that's just wrong. winger...

One of the few uncompromising artists out there....even more so than Prince...IMHO.

Vespertine is an absolute masterpiece.

VoicesCarry said:

No.

minneapolisgenius said:

I know. She does make great videos, though. I'll give her that.

GangstaFam said:

She does?

BinaryJustin said:

And are allergic to cats.

Her voice is a aquired taste. But her songs do have nice arragements. And the Bachlorette rocks.

gooeythehamster said:

and I don't like bananas because they have the same texture as tooth plaque and make me constipated.

Which Bjork songs are supposedly 'pretentious'?

MrSquiggle said:

With lyrics like "Your sweat is salty, I am why", it really does sometimes reek of pretentious poetry.

I like Bjork.

Oooooo I just noticed this thread



My love for Bjork is well documented within the hallowed org archives

Of course you are entitled to your opinions be they wrong

BJORK ROCKS

SunnyFunnyFace said:

I like you lots.
Wanna smooch?
We'll play It's Os So Quiet while doing it.

gooeythehamster said:

:OMFG:

VoicesCarry said:

Perhaps we should just exchange the word 'pretentious' with 'well crafted'!

If there's one thing I love the most about Bjork's work it is her lyrics. They are poetic, full of substance and she has a style all of her own.

She manages to depict some of the most intimate moments of the human experience in a way that isn't trite or cliche.

headache said:

How could I be so immature
to think he would replace
the missing elements in me?
how extremely lazy of me

VoicesCarry said:

Well, that makes sense because the song is from the point of view of the ocean. It's really quite a poignant line.

headache said:

Don't get me wrong, I really hate it when fans of terrible bands like Radiohead and Godspeed You Black Emperor tell me that I "don't understand", like there's some layer to their pretentious, meaningless garbage I'm missing out on.

I can understand why you wouldn't like Bjork, for much the same reasons I can understand why you wouldn't like one of my other idols, Yoko Ono. And that's fair enough. But one thing she has never been is pretentious. She is always intimate and sometimes surreal, but never pretentious.

gooeythehamster said:

She'd get bored if she was super popular and universally loved.

MrSquiggle said:

How could you pretend to be Bjork anyway? She's a force of nature. Notice that no one's tried to immitate her yet?

MrSquiggle said:

I like Yoko Ono's music. It's quite diverse, experimental and fun. In fact my main problem with Bjork is that it all sounds like the same old shit recycled again and again and again.

The lyrics read like poetry that an adolescent would write in high school. They are very over-reaching and embarrassing.

GangstaFam said:

What I love is she does what she wants always.
And some people do not need fancy words to describe the sublimeness of their world.
This, in my eyes, makes Bjork genius.

Speaking of which, has anyone heard Bjork's cover of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin"? Great track.

MrSquiggle said:

I understand what she's saying in Oceania, but I don't think it's a very novel message at all (but then, it's an Olympic song, so it's not as if it can't be clicheed in some way). I really like some of her lyrics, especially on Homogenic. However, I do feel they can be quite self-indulgent and pretentious, which is obviously something we disagree on. Oh well.
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I also must give major credit to Bjork for writing one of my favourite Madonna songs, Bedtime Story.

VoicesCarry said:

Honestly though, I'm interested -- what songs of hers do you find pretentious?

MrSquiggle said:

It's a general feeling I get. I'll try to explain what I mean. Often, Bjork seems to be channeling bad Scandinavian poets. Her big crime for me is that she really isn't as profound or esoteric as she seems to think she is, and her music as a result suffers from that pretense. I feel that the fashion designer analogy offered earlier is pretty accurate. She has an immaculately crafted image and her music disappoints in comparison. I get nothing out of it. A Prince song, on the other hand.....

But I think she gets better with age. As I said, I love Homogenic but her earlier stuff really isn't for me.
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VoicesCarry said:

What do u know about Icelandic poetry? Errr what do u mean exactly?



I have to completely disagree! She's a unique artist, don't tell me Björk is about image, cause she's not. She got her first recording contract as a singer (and was classically trained as a pianist) when she was 11 years old! She's doing music since she was little: she did a pop and jazz album in her teens, played in a punk band, became the lead singer of the rock band Sugarcubes etc. Later on she moved to England and discovered the electronic dance scenes. She sung on a 808 State (influential electronic band of Manchester) record and started working with the best producers like Nellee Hooper. Now that's what's so great about Björk, she's constantly moving on, absorbing all kinds of music: pop, jazz, classical, house, techno, folk, punk, rock, classical etc. The artwork and the videos are an extension of her music and personality!
If u think she's not a real artist, then please tell me who is?!
She's been inspired by all kinds of music and that shows in her music, well done Björk.




I do like all of her albums.

We need more Björks in this world!

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VoicesCarry said:

Well, you're entitled to your opinion as well. I wasn't trying to say anyone was WRONG, just that I'm not really a fan. To me, Bjork has cultivated a very well-defined image, and she's done a brilliant job of it.

I really find it amusing that you believe I claimed she wasn't a real artist. I didn't. She's just an artist that I generally do not connect with. You see? I have tremendous respect for her talent, however (which I admit she has in spades).
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