Björk - Post (first time album reaction)

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @thelucasshow4970
    @thelucasshow4970 Год назад +173

    We need a vespertine reaction 🙏🏽

    • @yolkthosenuts
      @yolkthosenuts Год назад +6

      Pagan Poetry is one of the best songs I've ever listened to I need to see the reaction

    • @Alix777.
      @Alix777. 11 месяцев назад +1

      No

    • @thelucasshow4970
      @thelucasshow4970 11 месяцев назад +9

      @@Alix777. Yes

    • @mrmuh2
      @mrmuh2 4 месяца назад +3

      Still need a vespertine reaction

    • @thelucasshow4970
      @thelucasshow4970 4 месяца назад

      @@mrmuh2 fr

  • @iDEATH
    @iDEATH Год назад +60

    As much of a punk and metalhead as I am, Bjork is another of my all time favourites. I love how weird and interesting she is to this very day. Truly a unique artist. I hope you go all the way back to her first solo album, "Debut", sometime, and when you do, make sure to check out the official video for "Human Behaviour." It's still one of my favourite songs of hers, and the video is a trip and a half!
    You might also like to check out another great Icelandic export, the band "Sigur Ros." They've got a very ambient, dreamy sort of sound, really beautiful stuff. Pure vibes, and another band with a mid-90s start that's still going today.

    • @Gusty85
      @Gusty85 7 месяцев назад +1

      Have you checked out Björks punk era? with bands like Tappi Tikarass (Cork the bitches ass), Kukl and the Sugarcubes? If not you really should. Björk was a part of the punk wave on Iceland as a teenager, "playing in more bands than there are geysers on Iceland".

  • @KayinAngel
    @KayinAngel Год назад +64

    Isobel is part of a trilogy of songs, including Human Behaviour off Debut, and Bachelorette off Homogenic. Something about a little girl born in a forest, moving to the big city, then the forest taking over the city. I dunno. Björk shit.
    I named my daughter Isobel after the song though.

    • @TheUmbralPresence
      @TheUmbralPresence Год назад +2

      Same with Sugarcubes "Birthday" I guess...

    • @jasonmgomez
      @jasonmgomez 3 месяца назад +2

      no better explanation than 'bjork shit'. all that needs to be said has been....

  • @oscarrios6048
    @oscarrios6048 Год назад +26

    There is no one in the world like Bjork, such a unique artist.

  • @S-jq1yk
    @S-jq1yk 6 месяцев назад +9

    When the snare finally hits at the end of Hyperballad 👌

  • @dvus1977
    @dvus1977 Год назад +23

    I always recommend listening to Bjork's Discography in Chronological Order for that exact reason. Her Musical and Emotional evolution is displayed in each forthcoming album she releases. Her implementation of Classical instruments with the Harsh contrast of Industrial Electronica EDM/Underground Rave beats shouldn't work But she somehow Seamlessly Intertwines them , creating these Lush , euphoric Soundscapes that have Influenced so many of today's ("unconventional") artists. Def try listening to them in release order sometimes its not about what you want to hear, its more about listening to something you didn't even know you needed to hear but you are The better for listening to 😊. 🥂

  • @Brsu-x9i
    @Brsu-x9i Год назад +5

    I listened to Army of me just last week. Your chair dancing is 🔥. Enya, Cranberries is also on my Playlist. Reminds me of high school in the 90's. Thanks for being you

  • @m.ericwatson968
    @m.ericwatson968 Год назад +10

    Bjork is artistry...there is no other music quite like it, the production is stellar

  • @sallyh5413
    @sallyh5413 Год назад +5

    I’ve been waiting for this reaction since your last Bjork one, these albums were my whole life when they were released. It’s an absolute joy to see you appreciate this the way you do, thank you for the special attention you give to the music. Even though Homogenic is my favorite album, this one has my favorite Bjork song: ‘Possibly Maybe.’ 🩷

  • @rkoloeg
    @rkoloeg 6 месяцев назад +5

    Check out "Gling-Glo", it's a Bjork album where she covers jazz and big band standards like "It's Oh So Quiet" - except all translated into Icelandic.

  • @5mear
    @5mear Год назад +24

    You should check out some of the Bjork music videos as well. Amazing stuff.

    • @wheatthicks
      @wheatthicks Год назад +1

      Absolutely. The video for It’s Oh So Quiet is a real treat.

    • @keith7261
      @keith7261 Год назад +1

      The video for I Miss You is certainly….different 😭

  • @Jacob_Junge
    @Jacob_Junge Год назад +5

    It's Oh So Quiet sounds atypically Björk, because it's a cover of an early 1950s American Big Band version of a late 1940s German song, Und Jetzt Ist Es Still.
    The one you've heard in ads is probably the '50s version performed by Betty Hutton.

  • @CitizenScorn
    @CitizenScorn Год назад +9

    You should check out her performance at the Royal Opera House. MY GAWD... I still refuse to die until I see her in concert.

  • @JPjaybird
    @JPjaybird 6 месяцев назад +3

    This was a hell of an album. Her doing this live at the time was incredible.

  • @antitypical1807
    @antitypical1807 Год назад +7

    Debut and then Post and then Homogenic was really the perfect order for those to be released each one built upon the last.

  • @eoniczzz
    @eoniczzz 4 месяца назад +1

    OMG y love your Björk reactions so much, i think you will hear the pain in album Vulnicura, or the vision of the mans nature in Volta, love every album cuz every one has diferent type o delivery in every instrument so refreshing, hope you also react to Fossora her last albuum, so UNIQUE

  • @keith7261
    @keith7261 Год назад +2

    I just recently got into Björk’s music and have been listening to Post on repeat for the past 2 weeks. Aside from a few other songs off Debut, Post is the sound I had connected her with as an artist, so listening to Homogenic for the first time was waayyyyyy different, but in all the right ways and it baffles me how she made that in 1997 lmao
    I think the brilliance of Post is just how familiar the sounds feel, while delivering them in a very unique way. It may not have this wide overarching concept to it, but every single song is solid and the album flows very well. Your perspective may be different than mine because all my favorite tracks were one you weren’t the craziest about (besides possibly maybe lol). Headphones to me was what sold me on this album. Listening to it for the first time in my bed at midnight made me cry just with how personal it felt. The production is simple, but it captures the sound of sitting in your thoughts at night. And its not a negative song, it gives off this vibe of feeling joy in isolation because of the joy music is giving you. Idk if that made sense, but just my experience with it lol

  • @3lullabies
    @3lullabies Год назад +3

    Debut is my fav Bjork, then Post or Vespertine. And of course, can't forget the Sugarcubes.
    "The Ice-cubes from Sugar-land"😊❤😊

  • @victoriawinters3474
    @victoriawinters3474 Год назад +2

    Please please keep reacting to her stuff❤️❤️❤️ her music is honestly revolutionary

  • @dabnela
    @dabnela Год назад +1

    I enjoy these videos so much, you always react to music i listen to almost daily

  • @Stephs_VibeRater
    @Stephs_VibeRater Год назад +1

    Thanks Kira! That was a nice way to wake, always enjoy sharing half an hour with you listening to some of the albums in my collection.
    Hope you have a better day! :)
    (...also, don't know if you have stumbled across Seven Spires yet? If you have been dabbling with some harder stuff then it may be a good bridge for you, symphonic metal. Their three albums released have a complete story arc with the lore available on their website depicting love lost on the high seas & the search to find it. The singer/writer Adrienne has such a powerful range. Each album gets stronger in all areas but I'd be interested to see what you make of them)

  • @juanmanuelvektor
    @juanmanuelvektor Месяц назад +1

    Hyperballad my be one of the best music compositions of all times. No kidding. Love your reactions kira!

  • @pleasantvalleypickerca7681
    @pleasantvalleypickerca7681 Год назад +4

    Kira the video for "It's oh so quiet" is great.

  • @reyhbrd
    @reyhbrd Год назад +2

    Can't wait for your video reaction of Vespertine!!

  • @mlangford9326
    @mlangford9326 Год назад +4

    Id listen to Vespertine soon if I were you; it is the epitome of a Winter album to me

  • @bunnyacresnorth2721
    @bunnyacresnorth2721 Год назад +3

    Can't wait for Vespertine!!

    • @Alix777.
      @Alix777. 10 месяцев назад

      give me a break with this uninspired and harmless album ffs

  • @timadamson3378
    @timadamson3378 8 месяцев назад +1

    All is filled with love.

  • @davided.4697
    @davided.4697 Год назад +6

    Vespertine next please.😍🙏

  • @pleasantvalleypickerca7681
    @pleasantvalleypickerca7681 Год назад +2

    My favorite Bjork album. It's awesome! Thanks Kira!

    • @Alix777.
      @Alix777. 10 месяцев назад

      Vastly superior to the overrated vespertine

  • @MrDemimonde
    @MrDemimonde Год назад +1

    Some trivia history: "Debut" and "Post" refer to the "before " and "after" of songs she had been composing in her head for years, so these first two albums are her clearing those songs and getting them "out of the way."
    With "Homigenic," she had a fresh start and conceived an album with a more "homogenous" sound, hence the vocals, strings and beats creating the loud, explosive, intense and "volcanic" songs. "Vespertine" utilized a similar concept but the opposite: a full orchestra, a choir, microbeats, harps and metallic sounds combined to make a more intimate listening experience.
    Also, "Post" has its own remix album, "Telegram," which goes back to the aerogram wardrobe she sports on the "Post" cover; her time in London inspired both "love letters" she was sending back to Iceland.
    Every album has its own concept and character, hence why every cover is literally just a portrait of her in an album's character.

  • @seeyounomore
    @seeyounomore Год назад +5

    Ever tried Sugarcubes, her Independent Band before going solo? I think you could like it.

  • @dariiofernando
    @dariiofernando Год назад +7

    Gran album, army of me es una de mis favoritas 😎

  • @thewoosp2782
    @thewoosp2782 Год назад +5

    its oh so quiet is a cover of a song by betty hutton from an onl musical, look it up, the original is great.

    • @kirawasareactor
      @kirawasareactor  Год назад +1

      ya this was brought to my attention after filming, makes more sense now!

  • @1bossdj
    @1bossdj Год назад +1

    Post has a special place in my heart. I bet you'll love this album.
    "It's Oh So Quiet" is a cover. The original is a German tune from the 1940s but has been redone a few times before the Björk version.

  • @descantinginsalubrious
    @descantinginsalubrious 6 месяцев назад

    Army of Me goes so hard. The whole album is amazing.

  • @tysnesfiskaren893
    @tysnesfiskaren893 Год назад +5

    This was the first album I ever bought. Started strong 😂

    • @aeriagloris4211
      @aeriagloris4211 Год назад

      Her greatest hits album was one of the first CDs I got, along with The Used.
      I heard of her because in cky2k they try to go to her house when they visited Iceland

  • @333AndMan
    @333AndMan Год назад +1

    In terms of her new stuff Utopia is my favorite and a masterpiece at least for me

  • @nomi.hagen.
    @nomi.hagen. Год назад +2

    Possibly Maybe and I Miss You are the best tracks on the album ❤

  • @deannaharper8272
    @deannaharper8272 Год назад +1

    I have loved Bjork since I was 12 I listen to her everyday mostly for my mental health! But I also discovered Aurora this past year and she is amazing check her out if you haven't yet I think you will love her!!

  • @FungalCity
    @FungalCity 7 месяцев назад +1

    Excited for the Vespertine reaction and possibly a Vulnicura one?

    • @Antkgs
      @Antkgs 20 дней назад

      Whatsörk

  • @venny1232
    @venny1232 Год назад +3

    A great album. You should also check out PJ Harvey particularly her album Let England Shake, she did a duet with Bjork at the 94 Brit awards and is the best female artist of the last 30 years in my opinion.

  • @kthx1234
    @kthx1234 10 месяцев назад

    honestly my favorite music reactor

  • @lucasves01
    @lucasves01 Год назад +1

    waited 6 months for this! homogenic reaction was lovely, waiting for vespertine

  • @jameswarner5809
    @jameswarner5809 Год назад +2

    The first two tracks encapsulate everything that is great about Björk. Army Of Me is a prowling, stomping monster, while Hyperballad is a sunlit Alpine wildflower meadow.
    If you like dynamic female vocalists, may I suggest listening to contemporary progressive rock band, Bent Knee. Front woman Courtney Swain lets loose some serious pyrotechnics at times, while at others is gentle and lilting. If you only do album reactions, I'd go with either Shiny Eyed Babies or Say So to start with.

  • @heyskipj
    @heyskipj Год назад +1

    If we're down for underappreciated throwbacks here, Sinead O'Connor, "The Lion and the Cobra". Seriously goes all out. Tocuhes many so many genres in spectacular form.

  • @davaughan100
    @davaughan100 Год назад +1

    There is a ton official and unofficial remixes of her songs. She is an important and influential electronic artist.

  • @bubbledgemz
    @bubbledgemz Год назад +2

    you are gonna be blown away by vespertine

  • @pnwajs3532
    @pnwajs3532 8 месяцев назад

    I Miss You is my favorite Bjork song of all time. Always has been since it first released. There is also a really great club mix of Possibly Maybe that changes the entire song. I personally prefer that version over this slower album version.

  • @thenjry
    @thenjry 10 месяцев назад

    I've been a Bjork fan for decades now, and even I didn't know that It's Oh So Quiet was a cover until last year. It was originally recorded by Betty Hutton in 1951. The strangest part is that Bjork's cover is actually a fairly faithful cover! Highly suggest everyone check Betty Hutton's original!

  • @dwaiting883
    @dwaiting883 5 месяцев назад

    This chorus breaks the human heart and stays there like a photo for wherever you are in your life.

  • @baal5244
    @baal5244 Год назад +1

    yay, more Björk!!!! VESPERTINE should definitely be next...

    • @Alix777.
      @Alix777. 10 месяцев назад

      trash

  • @ClaytonMacleod
    @ClaytonMacleod Год назад +17

    I suggest you read the lyric for Hyper-Ballad because it most definitely is not an upbeat song. It’s about someone that’s suicidal and is doing things to try to keep from killing themselves just to continue being there for someone they care about. One of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard.

    • @laredolassoo
      @laredolassoo Год назад +7

      A literal reading might suggest that. But I'd never taken it that way, nor do at least some of the online 'meaning' sites. For me, it was always an acknowledgement that even in relationship we are (& need to be) individual - and existentially at least, alone. It's a worshipful recognition of the dark and light in all of us, of the value in exploring our darkness, fears and imagination to ultimately return us to our wholeness - with ourselves and in relationship. It's ultimately, for me, a poetic wonderment at the dangerous beauty of existence! And VERY positive, as its music underscores.

    • @ClaytonMacleod
      @ClaytonMacleod Год назад +1

      @@laredolassooThe music is sad. Matches the sad lyric. And as someone that was suicidal for a brief period many years ago in my younger days, it struck me very hard the first time I heard it. If it hits you differently, well, that's art!

    • @MrTonyInchpractice
      @MrTonyInchpractice Год назад +1

      Youre totally wrong. It's about Bjork not liking to feel safe. Not about suicide, that's just you being a drama queen.

    • @laredolassoo
      @laredolassoo Год назад +3

      @@MrTonyInchpractice I'd argue it's not that she doesn't like feeling safe, but can't until she acknowledges and gives space to her powerful sense of the fragility and existential terror of life. And maybe of entrapment in a normal, 'civilized' life. It does seem uncharitable, though, to accuse the OP of being a drama queen when it's clear his real life experience led him to a certain interpretation ~ especially at Christmas 🎄

    • @hdufort
      @hdufort 6 месяцев назад

      To me, the lyrics mean that she's feeling trapped and isolated in an unhealthy relationship.

  • @CitizenOfRiften
    @CitizenOfRiften 11 месяцев назад

    Took a trip to Florida and bought this album in a local record store. Can't wait to get home and listen to it!!

  • @seraphicdreams
    @seraphicdreams 11 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing video as always 🙏✨️ And is that Dune behind you ? I suggest you to listen to the album "Geidi Primes" by Grimes , it's her first album but it's also a Dune concept album ;) Have a nice day !

  • @mouseshadow5828
    @mouseshadow5828 Год назад

    Nice! Unique artist; underrated, underreacted.

  • @LumiNyte
    @LumiNyte 11 месяцев назад

    10:47 the other way around actually, the Björk version is the cover

  • @Paylala
    @Paylala Год назад

    This is me sending you your official court order to listen to Vespertine. Fav album of hers by far. Unison is best track in her entire catalogue. I'll fight about it.

  • @sussychachi
    @sussychachi Год назад

    Beautiful album. I see you have audiotechnica headphones good for music and recording! I highly recommend you use an amplifer with them, they sound alot better and louder. ❤ also recommend you update the wire to a balanced one! ^-^

  • @davej.4989
    @davej.4989 9 месяцев назад

    Fun fact: Army of Me was written for the Tank Girl soundtrack. You should check out her band before her solo stuff, The Sugarcubes.

  • @jamesnotjames
    @jamesnotjames Год назад

    I believe the not-quite “harp” sound on cover me is a “clavichord” which is kind of like a miniature harpsichord. And so like a harpsichord, and unlike a piano where the stings are hit with felted hammers, the stings here are being plucked by metal picks that are triggered by the keys. Which is why it has the plucky sound of the harp, but is maybe a little sharper sounding and less warm and fuzzy around the edges because of the metal picks, and also probably the less spaciousness of the instrument offers less resonance.

  • @Bunke09
    @Bunke09 Год назад

    Yay! I love this and I haven't watched yet!

  • @evandersolis5528
    @evandersolis5528 Год назад

    can't wait for the vespertine reaction, it's my favorite album of her

  • @jeanribeiro8026
    @jeanribeiro8026 10 месяцев назад

    you're going to love Vespertine so much

  • @TrevorHarden
    @TrevorHarden 3 месяца назад +1

    HyperBallad is IT.

  • @nicomints
    @nicomints Год назад

    Ohhh im so so excited for vespertine

  • @lukispooky1835
    @lukispooky1835 Год назад

    Nice seeing someone who enjoys music like oneself. It's even a bit parasocial I guess. I enjoyed watching this vid thx.^^ For a quite somber mood which you described, verspertine is a great tune. It's like an eggshell which forms around you, when u listen to it haha. Greetings from germany.:)

  • @Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort
    @Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort Год назад

    Kicking ass. Good to wake up to.

  • @stevious7278
    @stevious7278 Год назад

    From"Tank Girl" baby !

  • @elekvault
    @elekvault Год назад +1

    Awesome. In case you don't know about it, maybe consider listening (even if it's for yourself only) to 'Telegram' (album with remixes from Post).

  • @PHLCoffeeSnob
    @PHLCoffeeSnob 11 месяцев назад +1

    True story- Bjork and her producer got into a huge fight about where her album was going. Bjork said that Army Of Me is about how they were arguing back and forth, and that they were both tired of each other complaining and whining about their creative differences.

    • @NathanHautain
      @NathanHautain 7 месяцев назад +1

      Isn't it about her brother?

    • @PHLCoffeeSnob
      @PHLCoffeeSnob 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@NathanHautain From what you say, maybe it's about both situations. the whole "self suffiecience please, and get to work" is the proucer telling Bjork to stop fucking around and be a professional. and "your rescue squad is too exausted" is Bjork telling the producer that she won't change her integrity to make his sorry ass of a producer look good

    • @Clarice007
      @Clarice007 5 месяцев назад

      @@PHLCoffeeSnob I think you're thinking of Cover Me, which was in response to Nellee Hooper declining to be the album producer this time because he thought she could do it by herself. In the end he agreed to be around as backup, hence "cover me". Army of Me comes from Debut sessions, and according to her it's about her brother. I don't think anyone who's ever worked with her would have ever said she wasn't a professional.

  • @GaryParris
    @GaryParris Год назад

    movie - sucker punch! (track army of me.) epic combo. isobel is awesome

  • @auroragazm
    @auroragazm 6 дней назад

    you might like Vulnicura (Bjork)

  • @saif_shahid1
    @saif_shahid1 Год назад +1

    YESSSS

  • @tvduete6954
    @tvduete6954 Год назад +2

    you HAVE TO do vespertine

  • @MostlyCloudy
    @MostlyCloudy Год назад

    My most favorite Bjork album

  • @eljefevf41
    @eljefevf41 Месяц назад

    Human Behavior is pretty sweet too.

  • @glass2467
    @glass2467 Год назад

    Vespertine is my favorite Bjork album

  • @vorspiel8
    @vorspiel8 Год назад

    Massive Attack 100th window 🤯

  • @420Fae
    @420Fae Год назад

    I think you will really like Sevdalizas debut album ISON.

  • @Tonyblack261
    @Tonyblack261 8 месяцев назад

    Bjork starred and wrote the songs for the Lars Von Treir's film "Dancer In The Dark". Not a film to watch if you don't want to bawl your eyes out.

  • @sagelovescoffee
    @sagelovescoffee 11 месяцев назад

    You said you want a slower somber Bjork, well Vespertine is patiently waiting for you to enter. Also I recommend reading the lyrics as you listen cause the lyrics on that album will get you.

  • @vorspiel8
    @vorspiel8 Год назад

    Siempre veo tus reacciones sobre todo Bjork Massive y Portishead... te pido un favor y creo que puede volar tu cabeza el album 100th window de Massive Attack.

  • @DamagedButManaging
    @DamagedButManaging Год назад

    Bjork is magical

  • @peanutslolzz
    @peanutslolzz Год назад

    could u check out softscars by yeule? it’s an interesting modern take on shoegaze and alt rock!

  • @pepe1999ish
    @pepe1999ish Год назад

    Love Bjork since the 90s so out of left field love it

  • @outlastinglettuce2626
    @outlastinglettuce2626 Год назад +1

    You should listen to vulnicura for more relationship drama

  • @Lightning_Alert
    @Lightning_Alert Год назад

    Oh hell yeah

  • @fromhighestbelltower
    @fromhighestbelltower Год назад

    My favourite art-pop-divas are Róisín Murphy and St. Vincent!

  • @jonycontreras5048
    @jonycontreras5048 Год назад +1

    Vulnicura is a must

  • @sagelovescoffee
    @sagelovescoffee 11 месяцев назад

    Fun fact: Alexander McQueen did the Homogenic cover. They were friends when he was alive.

  • @GRAUZAHN.
    @GRAUZAHN. 4 месяца назад

    Ahoi...i know this Video is old but do you take recommendations for unknown Artists? I found a tiny Music Channel of the trip-hop, electronica, Synthpop variety, that i am really impressed with. And now i am on a Mission to get this guy some Attention from Reaction Channels.

  • @MostlyCloudy
    @MostlyCloudy Год назад +4

    Vespertine is a better album for sad days 🥹

  • @GoDrex
    @GoDrex 8 месяцев назад

    Check out The Knife - Silent Shout

  • @khalewren2734
    @khalewren2734 Год назад

    Oh this album is DOPE!!!!
    By the way, highly recommend more King gizzard!! Specifically Nonagon infinity, Infest the rat’s nest and I’m in your mind fuzz

  • @tristramcoffin926
    @tristramcoffin926 Год назад +1

    if you like 90s electronic music react to Orbital - In Sides

  • @sentenced03
    @sentenced03 Год назад

    Love bjork

  • @Gusty85
    @Gusty85 7 месяцев назад +1

    The modern things is great! Björk said once it is a bit of a joke in certain ways, and she was thinking of her friends who where very anti modern technology.

  • @auroragazm
    @auroragazm 6 дней назад

    i know she's a little outside your reaction wheelhouse but i'd just like to say i'd so love to see you react to Kate Bush. perhaps Hounds of Love ☺

  • @brentdemty6859
    @brentdemty6859 Год назад +1

    Hyperballad may be her best

    • @Clarice007
      @Clarice007 5 месяцев назад +1

      Check out the Hyperballad episode of Kirk Hamilton's Strong Songs podcast 👌

    • @brentdemty6859
      @brentdemty6859 5 месяцев назад

      @@Clarice007 I will check it

  • @dirtyd3740
    @dirtyd3740 Год назад +1

    Hyper-ballad string quartet version is, in my opinion, better than the original… you should check it out.