Bjork

[Wooderson]

Saw her on Post and Homogenic tours. Subsequent output/shows have been a disjointed mess in comparison.

[bennyhana22]

Saw her on Post and Homogenic tours. Subsequent output/shows have been a disjointed mess in comparison.

Really, Wooderson? Can't comment on shows, as I've only seen her once, but output?

I think received wisdom from the majority would have Vespertine as her single finest LP. Certainly she has become less immediately accessible since the Debut/Post/Homogenic era, requiring an acquired taste and some time investment to get it, perhaps. But a mess? Bit 'arsh when placed against the pervasive rubbish that populates much of the musical world these days...

Ben

[Wooderson]

Really, Wooderson? Can't comment on shows, as I've only seen her once, but output?

I think received wisdom from the majority would have Vespertine as her single finest LP. Certainly she has become less immediately accessible since the Debut/Post/Homogenic era, requiring an acquired taste and some time investment to get it, perhaps. But a mess? Bit 'arsh when placed against the pervasive rubbish that populates much of the musical world these days...

Ben

Only holding her to her own high standards Ben! Vespertine doesn't resonate with me like Post/Homogenic. The 96/97 tours were something really special. Icelandic octet in 97 fr'instance. Utterly sublime.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'd class Post as one of her lesser, patchier albums.

[bennyhana22]

Only holding her to her own high standards Ben! Vespertine doesn't resonate with me like Post/Homogenic. The 96/97 tours were something really special. Icelandic octet in 97 fr'instance. Utterly sublime.

Fair do's. Despite being a fan, never got to see her early on.

Not a Medulla fan, then? I bought it on release, pompously full of my avant garde ability to enjoy something so leftfield and experimental - FFS it was almost entirely a cappella! Didn't really get it despite trying to convince myself I did.

Subsequently? I was right all along! It's not flawless, but it is magnificent! Getting similar feelings about Vulnicura, after the largley ordinary Volta and the I-haven't-even-really-heard-it Biophilia...

Ben

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

Her last tour was far from a 'disjointed mess'. The tiny venue in Manchester helped, but it was one of the best shows I've ever seen.

[Wooderson]

I'd class Post as one of her lesser, patchier albums.

Fascinating. I find it an exuberant listen.

[Wooderson]

Fair do's. Despite being a fan, never got to see her early on.

Not a Medulla fan, then? I bought it on release, pompously full of my avant garde ability to enjoy something so leftfield and experimental - FFS it was almost entirely a cappella! Didn't really get it despite trying to convince myself I did.

Subsequently? I was right all along! It's not flawless, but it is magnificent! Getting similar feelings about Vulnicura, after the largley ordinary Volta and the I-haven't-even-really-heard-it Biophilia...

Ben

I've given all those records a decent listen, bar the new one. Sadly none have stamped their authority over her earlier work for me.

I wept like a kid at the end of the Von Trier movie mind you. Last time I was really moved by her stuff.

[ghandi]

I've given all those records a decent listen, bar the new one. Sadly none have stamped their authority over her earlier work for me.

I wept like a kid at the end of the Von Trier movie mind you. Last time I was really moved by her stuff.

I think you'll be "moved" by Vulcinura, though i suppose it depends on which way you want to be moved

I am a big fan but sadly only since about 2005 so i lost out on seeing her live on those tours, i still haven't and will be trying everything to get a ticket for the up coming tour when announced, i am just praying she does Glasto this year, there are few artists i would truly say i must see, and she is one. i missed out on Bowie and Zep, and i've seen Radiohead and Stevie W , so she is a deffo must see.

[Mardy]

True, I loved the Sugarcubes.

yeah, me too. Loved them, even saw them once. A glorious shambles of a band.

[eFestivals]

yeah, me too. Loved them, even saw them once. A glorious shambles of a band.

I think I saw them at Glasto decades ago, but maybe that's just a bad drugs memory.

(if anyone knows if they played and the year and stage, I'd like to hear it).

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

I think I saw them at Glasto decades ago, but maybe that's just a bad drugs memory.

(if anyone knows if they played and the year and stage, I'd like to hear it).

They played at Reading in 1989. Not sure if they ever did Glastonbury.

[eFestivals]

They played at Reading in 1989. Not sure if they ever did Glastonbury.

out of few years back then I was at Reading in '89, so perhaps that was it. I'm defo thinking Glasto tho.

[Mardy]

That was when I saw them, Reading 89

[CaledonianGonzo]

SHUT IT EINAR!

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

out of few years back then I was at Reading in '89, so perhaps that was it. I'm defo thinking Glasto tho.

Well they were together from 86-92. They only formed in June 86 so I doubt they played that year. They did Reading 89, Glastonbury wasn't on in 91 & they'd disbanded by Glasto 92... so that leaves 87, 88 & 90 as the possibilities.

Edit: there was no Glastonbury in 88 either, so it would have to have been 87 or 90.

Edited January 27, 2015 by Frankly Mr Shankly

[eFestivals]

Well they were together from 86-92. They only formed in June 86 so I doubt they played that year. They did Reading 89, Glastonbury wasn't on in 91 & they'd disbanded by Glasto 92... so that leaves 87, 88 & 90 as the possibilities.

I was at Glasto each of those years, so it's possible.

If the memory I have is correct, it includes someone which would put it as 87 or 88 rather than 90.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

I was at Glasto each of those years, so it's possible.

If the memory I have is correct, it includes someone which would put it as 87 or 88 rather than 90.

There was no Glastonbury 88 was there?

Which would make it 87, but the poster on the Glastonbury site for that year doesn't show them. Perhaps a late addition? Or perhaps it was Reading 89 & your mind is frazzled.

[eFestivals]

There was no Glastonbury 88 was there?

I worked from the years you gave.

I was there every year from 86 onwards, so all years are possible.

Which would make it 87, but the poster on the Glastonbury site for that year doesn't show them. Perhaps a late addition? Or perhaps it was Reading 89 & your mind is frazzled.

The posters are notoriously bad for having acts missing, so I don't think that proves anything either way. And it's quite possible my mind is frazzled, yep.

[dentalplan]

Sugarcubes, Swans, MBV and Spacement 3 on the Reading main stage. Heck.

[bocumaroy]

Like this album a lot. Atom Dance is magnificent.

[ghandi]

I have read a transcript of the Radio 1 interview that Bjork did with Zane Lowe( berk) and she said that she'd love to come to the UK though nothing had been decided yet and that dates might be coming up soon, though she wanted to tour Vulcinura in halls that were large enough to take a full orchestra, such as Carnegie Hall in NY. Doesn't sound great for Glasto, though i'll hold onto the fact that she's already doing one festival in NY.

Edited January 28, 2015 by ghandi

[eFestivals]

she said that she'd love to come to the UK

Eh? She lives in London, unless she's moved....?

[ghandi]

She was in Iceland when the interview took place, don't know if she's gone back there or not? I know she said the guy who produced the record lives in London

[Spindles]

This thread reminded me that it's far too long since I last put homogenic on, so often I'll go for Post or Vespertine (or the surprisingly unloved Selmasongs, which gets plenty of play here).