She makes me vomit, too. I had a particularly nasty association with "I Will Remember You" since the morons used that on a drunk driving commercial here in Ontario. Christ I hate that song

if that's what an album like 'vespertine' truly is, then i am a HUGE fan of fecal matter. and proud of it.

Have you heard "Médulla"?

I would have to agree with you on this. She has not yet learned how to sing softly.

Believe me, I have sampled Bjork and tried to get into her many times. To me, she's the musical equivalent of the dude who canned his shit with funding from the Government of Canada and called it art.

Believe me, I have sampled Bjork and tried to get into her many times. To me, she's the musical equivalent of the dude who canned his shit with funding from the Government of Canada and called it art.

if that's what an album like 'vespertine' truly is, then i am a HUGE fan of fecal matter. and proud of it.

I started noticing new singers immitating shows like that as far back as "Star Search"...a show that bored the hell out of me. Whenever VH1 does a history on some of these artists, some of them have even performed on "Star Search" in their past. No wonder they are so boring.

Anyway, I remember when David Peaston used to win every weekend on "Amateur Night At The Apollo" singing "God Bless The Child" in the 1980s. He started out singing and by the end of the song, he was screaming at the top of his lungs. The audience went wild each week. I, myself, was loving the performance too. However, afterwards, more and more performers would purposely do a lot of screaming because they had seen how the audience reacted with David Peaston. Yeah, that was great for him but it does not work for everyone.

Another thing that used to get on my nerves is, they would try to break it down and copy Luther Vandross when he would break it down. Those earlier entertainers were just being themselves. These newcomers need to stop copying people and start being themselves also. They might find that they have something unique to offer that no one else has ever done before.

That's a bit drastic...

Björk is in the same level of Kate Bush. They live and are music.

At least try to have an open mind about her. Try Vespertine (like Anx pointed)...listening to that album alone is a very rewarding experience ("It`s Not Up To You" is pure brilliance!)

you know i have to defend my girl.

the thing about bjork's vocal style is, she knows when to go to a whisper and she knows when to go to a wail - her delivery meshes with the emotion of her lyrics and she's also quite adept at blending her vocals with the instrumentation. i mean, listen to a song like "joga" and tell me her voice isn't a perfectly placed instrument. the song is sublime, and her voice is such an important part of the arrangement. i feel that thought goes into the way she approaches the singing of a song, rather than "i'm gonna wow 'em with my pipes, just because i can." it's partially an instinctual way of singing, which comes across as very organic, and it's also an awareness of the music happening around her voice, which i think takes a lot of control and a tempering of diva ego. i wouldn't dismiss her technique as just being loud for the sake of screaming.

That's a bit drastic...

Björk is in the same level of Kate Bush. They live and are music.

At least try to have an open mind about her. Try Vespertine (like Anx pointed)...listening to that album alone is a very rewarding experience ("It`s Not Up To You" is pure brilliance!)

Believe me, I have sampled Bjork and tried to get into her many times. To me, she's the musical equivalent of the dude who canned his shit with funding from the Government of Canada and called it art.

I've tried! Now see I like Kate Bush (okay, not her last one, which SUCKED - was she serious ?)

That's a bit drastic...

Björk is in the same level of Kate Bush. They live and are music.

At least try to have an open mind about her. Try Vespertine (like Anx pointed)...listening to that album alone is a very rewarding experience ("It`s Not Up To You" is pure brilliance!)

I've tried! Now see I like Kate Bush (okay, not her last one, which SUCKED - was she serious ?)

i loved ariel. i can't even co-exist in the same musical universe as you. there's no translator qualified to do the job.

Bjork is definitely a case of love-it-or-hate-it.

I believe some folks confuse "dreadful runs" with actually having control over your voice and being able to do things with it.
Would some of the things [b]Bjork does with her voice be considered "dreadful runs"?[/b]

I loved "Ariel" too. Hated "The Dreaming".

But I suppose I'm an oddball among Kate fans. Many of them hated the last one and consider "The Dreaming" her best.

you know i have to defend my girl.

i'm not thrilled with 'the dreaming' either. ariel and hounds of love are my favorites, with sensual world close behind.

yeah, i got that, but i still had to defend her.