|
|
Post by Aims on Aug 27, 2004 17:54:25 GMT -5
*screams in frustration and feels like getting the brick out* And oh well, hopefully one day I'll stumble upon it on the net or something. If I ever find a link for it, I'll pass it on to you Mallory  |
|
|
|
Post by ♥Jana♥ on Aug 28, 2004 21:36:16 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by matzy on Aug 30, 2004 12:55:30 GMT -5
i just heard the album... i really think it takes some getting used to. especially the songs that feature throat-singing. sounds strange. but i like the one in icelandic. it's official: "vespertine" is still my favourite björk album.  |
|
|
|
Post by Dreamer on Aug 30, 2004 17:05:25 GMT -5
I'm sorry..but i'm not impartial..i adore Bjork(as i adore Tori),and i love this new work(apart form the track "Ancestors"..i didn't really assimilated it..for now  )even if it's distant light years from her other albums,but for this i like her,never an album similar to the other |
|
|
|
Post by Aims on Sept 1, 2004 1:44:32 GMT -5
YAY @ thoughts on it from people that have the album so far I don't..  I don't even know when it's released here. Should've been yesterday if it was indeed the 31st but I haven't had a chance to find out yet. Oh well. It will be my weekend's mission. |
|
|
|
Post by *Herry* on Sept 1, 2004 20:06:06 GMT -5
I stumbled across Medulla in Borders last night (I took the parents to an evening movie, lol) and had a bit of a listen. I'm fascinated! There was a song towards the end with a choir that I loved.
I've always been a huge Debut fan but prolly never got over it enough to appreciate the rest of her work.
There were a few songs I liked from Post though too.
I couldn't get into Homogenic at all, and then one day Scott sent me a video of Bjork singing 'Unravel'. He dedicated it to us, since we had to spend three weeks apart at that time. It was the most romantic thing anyone's ever done for me. Dammit!
Ok, end ramble! Will prolly end up buying Medulla which is all that counts.
|
|
|
|
Post by ~Slave To The Muse~ on Sept 4, 2004 0:06:30 GMT -5
I like Bjork, and it's an interesting concept for an album, but it really does not seem like a CD that would get much use out of me. Mellow stuff is fine, but let's face it, all I listen to these days is metal music aside from Tori and Alanis. No instruments? *sigh* Too artsy, methinks, but I'd like to give it a chance.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lemon Pie on Sept 8, 2004 7:19:04 GMT -5
Bought it and have listened to it a couple of times... it does sound weird(er than the other albums) and it probably won't end up being my favourite album. Can't name my favourite yet, I mostly like some parts of some songs but then it's ruined by making it too long... hmm, thought the icelandic sound cool though.  |
|
|
|
Post by littlelash2 on Sept 8, 2004 17:29:00 GMT -5
I've listened to the album for a few days now...think I bought it last Friday evening off itunes...
As usual with Bjork, there are one or two songs that I find to be beautiful, a couple more to be good, and then the rest to just sound like a cat with a huge hairball. I give her respect for being inventive and pushing boundaries, but the worshipping of that--pushing boundaries, something that so many other musicians do without the attention grabbing techniques, that's what annoys me about Bjork. And then of course there's her voice, which is at times beautiful (like mentioned above), but then at other times I find she should have put her talents into songwriting only and let someone else do the vocals...
I think this album is good, but I don't think it's as good as some of her past ones. The Icelandic is appropriate at the right times and there is a lot of echoey depth to many of the songs, but I don't think I'll be listening to this one a lot.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lemon Pie on Sept 29, 2004 6:32:58 GMT -5
I took a break from Bjork and listened to the newest Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album (which rocks, really!) instead... However, yesterday I went back to Medulla and now I have "Who is it" playing in my head in repeat... I love that song!
|
|
|
|
Post by talulad on Oct 10, 2004 12:02:20 GMT -5
You show me continents,
I see the islands
You count the centuries,
I blink my eyes
Yeah, I've been listening to five tracks from this album on mp3 thanks to Mallory, and there's only one I'm not completely in love with - and I still like that a decent amount.
I've never been the hugest Björk fan, but this album for some reason really grabs me. When I have the money to spend on CDs, it's number ONE on my to-get list. I just love the purely vocal style, it makes for some incredibly interesting moments - I've posted elsewhere already about how much I'm in love with the "vocal waves" of Oceanía[/b].
This is just simply a really well-done album in my opinion... from what I've heard so far.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lemon Pie on Oct 11, 2004 7:23:42 GMT -5
I'm in love with the "vocal waves" of Oceanía[/b].[/quote] ditto. |
|
|
|
Post by Dreamer on Oct 11, 2004 8:31:46 GMT -5
I'm falling in love with this album and with Bjork  absolutely definitively with no hope to heal 
 : Medulla(what else?..lol..)
|
|
|
|
Post by talulad on Oct 11, 2004 18:51:40 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by matzy on Oct 12, 2004 12:16:43 GMT -5
time to crown my official "medúlla" favourite:
VÖKURO
;D
|
|
|
|
Post by Hellfire on Oct 13, 2004 20:53:07 GMT -5
i need to listen to that album more often... i've heard it, like, once.  i like 'Who Is It', sorta. |
|
|
|
Post by Hellfire on Oct 13, 2004 20:55:52 GMT -5
by the way, can someone copy and paste the tracklist from somewhere else? i got a copy from a buddy of mine who's a lazy ass and didn't even bother to write what songs are on the freaking record. not that i bothered too much about it, so far.
|
|
|
|
Post by ♥Jana♥ on Oct 13, 2004 21:34:05 GMT -5
01 ________________________Pleasure Is All Mine
02_________________________Show Me Forgiveness
03_________________________Where Is The Line
04_________________________Vökuró<br>05_________________________Öll Birtan
06_________________________Who Is It
07_________________________Submarine
08_________________________Desired Constellation
09_________________________Oceania
10_________________________Sonnets/Unrealities XI
11_________________________Ancestors
12_________________________Mouth's Cradle
13_________________________Miðvikudags
14_________________________Triumph Of A Heart
|
|
|
|
Post by Hellfire on Oct 13, 2004 22:21:10 GMT -5
Jana, you're an angel! ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by talulad on Oct 15, 2004 22:05:00 GMT -5
I can't really read the tracklist on the back of my album anyway... Not without a flashlight.
And Vökuró[/b] makes me want to learn Icelandic.
VÖKURÓ<br>Bærinn minn
bærinn minn og þinn<br>sefur sæll í kyrrð<br>fellur mjöll<br>hljótt í húmi á jörð<br>grasið mitt
grasið mitt og þitt<br>geymir mold til vors
Hjúfrar lind
leynt við brekkurót<br>vakir eins og við<br>lífi trútt<br>kyrrlátt kalda vermsl
augum djúps<br>útí himinfyrrð<br>starir stillt um nótt<br>
Langt í burt
vakir veröld stór<br>grimmum töfrum tryllt
eirðarlaus
óttast nótt og dag
augu þín<br>óttalaus og hrein
brosa við mér björt<br>
Vonin mín<br>blessað brosið þitt
vekur ljóð úr værð
hvílist jörð<br>hljóð í örmum snæs<br>liljuhvít<br>lokar augum blám<br>litla stúlkan mín
VIGIL
My farm
my farm and yours
sleeps happily at peace
falls snow
silent at dusk on earth
my grass
my grass and yours
keeps the earth til spring
Nesting spring
hid at the hill's root
awake as are we
faith in life
quiet cold spring
eye of the depths
into the firmament
staring still in the night
Far away
wakes the great world
mad with grim enchantment
disquieted
fearful of night and day
your eyes
fearless and serene
smile bright at me
My hope
your blest smile
rouses verse from sleep
the earths rests
silent in arms of snow
lily white
closes her blue eyes
my little girl
|
|
)even if it's distant light years from her other albums,but for this i like her,never an album similar to the other 
I don't even know when it's released here. Should've been yesterday if it was indeed the 31st but I haven't had a chance to find out yet. Oh well. It will be my weekend's mission.
i like 'Who Is It', sorta.