VoicesCarry said:

thier debut album "Fallen" has sold like 6 million copies in the U.S alone.

Xavier23 said:

Well, in this day and age big sales usually add up to major suckage.

howevr evanescence won the Grammy for "Best new Artist" 2004

I would highly disagree that Madonna has more in common with Janet than Bjork. There is nothing particularly cultured or refined in Janet's work. It's all there at face value with hardly any symbolism or irony. I would even say there's very little art to her act. Meanwhile, M and B are very similar in their explorational approach to music and videos. They steal from the best, work with the best, dodge cliches and dare to be different every time. The only difference I see is that Madonna's work is a bit more welcoming and familiar on the surface, making it easier to get lost in her material. Bjork conveys so much mystery, and one has to challenge themselves to experience her work.

I must admit,I'm not that familiar with Bjork.I know who she is,but I've never seen her videos or heard her songs.Is she more popular outside America?

DavidEye said:

I don't know too much about her either, but i've heard songs of hers on the radio and i don't really understand her music. And her videos are out of this world in strangeness, but that's what her fans love about her.

jayaredee said:

what's her biggest hit song? Or maybe she's more of an "album artist"? Could that be why I've never heard her songs?

I also know nothing about Tori Amos.....

jayaredee said:

I'm familiar with her.Isn't she the lady who "humps" the piano during her concerts?

wait a minute...i dont know if bjork has changed her tune now but she was originally asked to assist with the entire album that became Bedtime Story....The only reason that she agreed was because her bestfriend at the time loved Madonna so she did it as a favor to him...and even then she only agreed to one song

sosgemini said:

the song "Bedtime Story" is actually my least-favorite song on that album

Alot of fans love it,but I've never seen what the big deal is...

"let's get unconscious,baby" wtf?

DavidEye said:

That's what a lot of Bjork's work is like.... i always listen to her and am like "wtf????" honestly

jayaredee said:

so,she does alot of songs about being unconscious?

what's her biggest hit song? Or maybe she's more of an "album artist"? Could that be why I've never heard her songs?

the song "Bedtime Story" is actually my least-favorite song on that album

Alot of fans love it,but I've never seen what the big deal is...

"let's get unconscious,baby" wtf?

I'm familiar with her.Isn't she the lady who "humps" the piano during her concerts?

i said it before and i will say it again : BJORK SUCKS!@!!@#@#!!!

wait a minute...i dont know if bjork has changed her tune now but she was originally asked to assist with the entire album that became Bedtime Story....The only reason that she agreed was because her bestfriend at the time loved Madonna so she did it as a favor to him...and even then she only agreed to one song..

ive always considered Bjork more along the lines of Nina Hagen or Grace Jones...

Madge should be compared to Donna Summers and Janet...



nuff said!!

sosgemini said:

I admit to not knowing the full backstory. It was my understanding that Madonna asked Bjork to produce a track and Bjork agreed. The way you make it sound there was a hint of reluctance on Bjork's part.

Human League, you just can't top them, right?

I love her voice, but maybe not what she stands for. I'm really pissed off she's doing all of those commercials. I can't believe she did Pepsi. Doing that is like selling your soul to the devil. Maybe it's different in America and I'm judging too hard.

Don't you ever look at a picture of Morrissey and think, Phwoar!

Morrissey? You're joking!

Around 1987, when The Sugarcubes started, I got heavily into hip hop. I was listening to Public Enemy every day, which meant a bit of a fight on the tour bus as I was trying to play it all the time and the others hated it. After Public Enemy, everything else is just like... woofty. I mean, wimpish. Yo Bum Rush The Show was the one that opened your mind but Fear Of A Black Planet is the one that, musically, is a masterpiece. They've been so misunderstood. They've mostly been taken for their politics, which is great, but if you just look at the other worlds, and there are a lot of worlds in this world, one being music, which is the leader of them all because it's pure instinct - well, musically, they just did it. No- one in hip hop, house, techno, whatever, opened up as much ground as they did. The music is so modern and so... abstract. It's just like, fuck the rules. I would put them in a group with people like Stockhausen and Schoenberg. Forget about rock'n'roll chords, we've all been suffering from them all our lives, and they just rescued us from that syndrome.