[scaught]

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Am I the only one that thinks Bj�rk is annoying, and talentless?

She really can't sing.

you have goldfinger quoted in your sig.

(easy jab)


hows it goin, man?

[Stogieman]

Out of all the Muppets, I'm guessing the Swedish Chef is the biggest Bj�rk fan.

Umm Bork...Bork...Bork...Bj�rk!!!

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by scaught:
it probably was her intention to synth everything. i just thought it mildly disappointing to what i thought it was going to be. just voices.

well, that is basically all it is.

The vocals are recorded extremely close-miked, which is why they sound so dense and full, and then compressed to hell (so is everything on the radio), which is why they sound so full and dense, and then run through some heavy equalizer adjustments. Some are distorted on the more rhythmic tracks.

The choirs are absolutely real.

The percussive voice parts: Have you ever heard a beat-box rapper? Sort of like that.

Yeah, on a couple of pieces, they're all chopped up and used as drum samples.

But they're pretty much just voices.

Doing impressions of synth noises.

[Spheric Harlot]

...and "Who is it" is just a brilliant pop song a la Gabriel.

[11011001]

Originally posted by Xeo:
I see both yours and mine as the proper character. If you switch to UTF-8, you should be able to see it correctly too. I see most others as the "o" missing completely because they are using a different encoding. That's what sucks about the forums. There is no standard encoding.

Cool. It fixed a lot of other weird characters on this page too. Geeze, why didn't I think of it. Thanks.

[Logic]

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Am I the only one that thinks Bj�rk is annoying, and talentless?

She really can't sing.

You are not the only one who things that Bj�rk is annoying and talentless. But to claim "she really can't sing" is just ridiculous. She's probably one of the more talented singers there is in music today(and ever since she started).

[lil'babykitten]

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Am I the only one that thinks Bj�rk is annoying, and talentless?

No.

[scaught]

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
well, that is basically all it is.

The vocals are recorded extremely close-miked, which is why they sound so dense and full, and then compressed to hell (so is everything on the radio), which is why they sound so full and dense, and then run through some heavy equalizer adjustments. Some are distorted on the more rhythmic tracks.

The choirs are absolutely real.

The percussive voice parts: Have you ever heard a beat-box rapper? Sort of like that.

Yeah, on a couple of pieces, they're all chopped up and used as drum samples.

But they're pretty much just voices.

Doing impressions of synth noises.

yaya. i hear the beat boxers (and when theyre cut up into drum samples), and the choirs are absolutely lovely. theres a bunch of other sounds on there that dont seem to be human at all. that are way too synth'd to the point that they could have started with any sound and ended up with the same thing.

[Zimphire]

You either like Bjork or you hate her .

However there are songs of hers I love, and others I could take or leave

I have some of her stuff. Some of the sugar cubes too.

[Oisín]

Originally posted by Logic:
Vatnsenda R�sa is an ancestor of mine

Most famous poem by her:

Auga� mitt og auga� �itt,
og �� f�gru steina
mitt er �itt og �itt er mitt,
�� veizt, hva� eg meina.
Trega eg �ig manna mest
m�dd af t�ra fl��i,
�, a� vi� hef�um aldrei s�st,
elsku vinurinn g��i.

Langt er s��an s� eg hann,
sannlega fr��ur var hann,
allt, sem pr��a m�tti einn mann,
mest af l��um bar hann.

Engan leit eg eins og �ann
�lma hreyti hjarta.
Einn gu� veit eg elska�i hann
af �llum reit m�ns hjarta.

�� a� kali heitur hver,
hylji dali og j�kul ber,
steinar tali og allt, hva� er,
aldrei skal eg gleyma ��r.

Auga� snart er t�rum t�rt,
trygg� � partast mola,
mitt er hjarta� s�rum s�rt,
svik er hart a� �ola.

Beztan veit eg bl�ma �inn,
bl��u innst � reitum.
Far vel Eyjafj�r�ur minn,
fegri �llum sveitum.

Cool, I didn't know that! I never really 'investigated' anything about Vatnsenda R�sa... didn't even know it was a person. Although I don't completely get the entire poem, it seems very beautiful (could you help me with the meaning of the parts I bolded up there?)

[ReggieX]

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Am I the only one that thinks Bj�rk is annoying, and talentless?
She really can't sing.

Yes.

[euphras]

...yep, you�re the only one..........

[SamuraiDL]

Her voice is friggen beautiful, and hyperballad really sounds good with two 12 inch subs.

[tsuki]

go download her version of gloomy sunday..
then tell me she can't sing...and if you still think that then have one.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by scaught:
yaya. i hear the beat boxers (and when theyre cut up into drum samples), and the choirs are absolutely lovely. theres a bunch of other sounds on there that dont seem to be human at all. that are way too synth'd to the point that they could have started with any sound and ended up with the same thing.

Actually, a lot of those non-human-sounding things are pretty much untreated voices doing synth noises.

That non-voicey thing on "Ancestors" is in fact a piano, though.

I do see what you mean, though.

[ryju]

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Am I the only one that thinks Bj�rk is annoying, and talentless?

She really can't sing.

Yes

If someone can hook me up with that Icelander I'd like to also get in touch with Sigur R�s.

[scaught]

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
Actually, a lot of those non-human-sounding things are pretty much untreated voices doing synth noises.

That non-voicey thing on "Ancestors" is in fact a piano, though.

I do see what you mean, though.

its really a piano? that was one thing i was wondering about...