11 Year Old Bjork Reads Nativity Story On Icelandic Television

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  • @marzipanmango
    @marzipanmango 5 лет назад +615

    5:49 That's my mom playing classical guitar 😁 We found this a few years ago as she hadn't actually seen the video on tv. She still plays!

    • @valentin8473
      @valentin8473 5 лет назад +37

      How crazy is that

    • @_chary990
      @_chary990 4 года назад +23

      that's really awesome!

    • @TheLaptopLagger
      @TheLaptopLagger 4 года назад +41

      You get to say that your mum played with Björk

    • @ronaldrime5286
      @ronaldrime5286 3 года назад +3

      A. Neufeld How old was she at the time? Just curious.

    • @adventureman5000
      @adventureman5000 3 года назад +13

      Bruh.. she looks like she's about to play symphony of destruction

  • @Skyrilla
    @Skyrilla 8 лет назад +582

    Funny how her voice hasn't changed.

    • @Skyrilla
      @Skyrilla 3 года назад +3

      @Wackaz - Arthur Wacker Okay how about her face then?

    • @vintagegirl2210
      @vintagegirl2210 3 года назад +1

      300th like

    • @ronaldrime5286
      @ronaldrime5286 3 года назад +7

      @@Skyrilla Not too much difference there, either.

    • @AceMan345
      @AceMan345 Год назад +1

      This is what some people call authenticity.

  • @sakuraflares7054
    @sakuraflares7054 7 лет назад +557

    this sounds like a damn bjork song lol

  • @Neko.Yashi_74
    @Neko.Yashi_74 5 лет назад +214

    She looks like one of those northern mythology/folklore, magical little people. Elf-like... So cute!

  • @TheNatashaFerreira
    @TheNatashaFerreira 9 лет назад +406

    I can't handle her cuteness. Please can my kids look like Bjork as a child.

    • @ThePrimordialChronicles
      @ThePrimordialChronicles 6 лет назад +7

      Natasha Ferreira No

    • @missmashupgirl2651
      @missmashupgirl2651 5 лет назад +33

      She reminds me of Noodle from the Gorillaz. 😏😂😂

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 5 лет назад +17

      @Natasha Ferreira: So, how did your children turn out? I mean, it's been 4 years since you commented, and I'm assuming you've 'squeezed out' at least one tiny person by now! However, your surname tends to suggest that your children probably won't be of "Icelandic" appearance.

    • @KarmaPolice42_28
      @KarmaPolice42_28 5 лет назад

      @@missmashupgirl2651 I thought the same lol

    • @unknown-kz9ei
      @unknown-kz9ei 5 лет назад +4

      I have a little brother that looks just like her.

  • @hitomi_senpai5556
    @hitomi_senpai5556 8 лет назад +122

    why is she so magical?

    • @circaaeon5032
      @circaaeon5032 7 лет назад +20

      She has Neptune in the 1st House, it's associated with other-worldliness, David Bowie has his Neptune there too. They call it "the x factor position' in astrology.

    • @djamac1664
      @djamac1664 6 лет назад

      Circa Aeon That's interesting, I also have Neptune in the 1st House.

    • @babysealsareyummy
      @babysealsareyummy 6 лет назад +10

      She might actually be an elf.

    • @marinagimenezleal
      @marinagimenezleal Месяц назад

      ​@circaaeon5032 Oh but of course. How did I not think of this before.

  • @valvalvalval25
    @valvalvalval25 6 лет назад +144

    This is very relaxing, a beautiful culture. The melancholy music played here really shows the viewer how Björks land and culture influenced her music and growth.

    • @k.b.5084
      @k.b.5084 11 месяцев назад +2

      Most of the christmas songs sung in this video are german 😂😂

    • @valvalvalval25
      @valvalvalval25 11 месяцев назад

      @@k.b.5084 that makes sense lol Iceland has Germanic influence then I suppose. In the U.S there is Mexican influence in quite a few states lol. I honestly didn’t realize because I don’t listen to either of those languages very much if at all in film

  • @murielsartre
    @murielsartre 8 лет назад +176

    Such poise Bjork has. And the kids did a great job. Strange to think they're all in their 50s now, but so it goes.
    This was very nice. I wish my country and media truly supported the arts in this way.

    • @tonynegron1927
      @tonynegron1927 3 года назад +6

      😷 Today/tonight... Nov.21st,2020... 🎉 Happy Birthday Bjork! 55 🎂 🎤 🎼 😊 She's so cute.

    • @oliverbengtsson9198
      @oliverbengtsson9198 2 года назад

      @@tonynegron1927 XD

  • @JaneDoe-zr4px
    @JaneDoe-zr4px 6 лет назад +77

    this is cute overload. she looks WAY younger than 11 though.

  • @epicparade1
    @epicparade1 8 лет назад +524

    Haha she looks exactly the same

    • @andreakies8283
      @andreakies8283 3 года назад +6

      She really does! 😆

    • @gabyhelffhrittz
      @gabyhelffhrittz 2 года назад +3

      Maybe because Is her...

    • @seamusin1697
      @seamusin1697 2 года назад +5

      I know. It's eerie. One could recognize her immediately. Then again, her face always appeared to me as very innocent and childlike.

    • @travcollier
      @travcollier 2 года назад +1

      She's a changeling... A fairy swapped at birth for a human child ;)

  • @the13corinne
    @the13corinne 4 года назад +35

    She is older than I thought she is 54 now and has not changed much, bjork is one of those creative artists doing her own thing, I respect her for that reason , much like Kate Bush, lady gaga etc

  • @bluetickgamer
    @bluetickgamer 8 месяцев назад +5

    She’s so cute! So poised and confident. No problem looking into the camera.
    Saw an interview with her where she said her mother didn’t like taking her on the public buses when she was 3-4 years old because she would stand on the seat and sing for everyone on the bus 😂

  • @TheOtisUpham
    @TheOtisUpham 4 года назад +32

    How is this audio quality so fuckin good? That's crazy.

    • @emmettturner9452
      @emmettturner9452 Год назад +3

      Well, it isn’t an old VHS recording for starters, which means this also couldn’t have been recorded off the air through RF. Someone saved the masters and since it was a musical program I imagine they had some proper musical recording equipment. We all benefit! :)

  • @antunivanovic
    @antunivanovic 6 лет назад +49

    Think of it as "Utopia" eons before.

  • @djamac1664
    @djamac1664 6 лет назад +45

    She was so adorable. Kitten eyes. ❤

  • @search895
    @search895 7 лет назад +55

    Panda bear cubs have a hard time at beating Björk as the cutest thing alive.

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 5 лет назад +4

      Indeed, it's usually Björk who dishes out the beatings, so she's well-rehearsed!

  • @jubalcalif9100
    @jubalcalif9100 3 года назад +16

    What a cutie ! After all these years, her voice is pretty much the same. Incredibly talented lady !

  • @J_Ciner
    @J_Ciner 6 лет назад +60

    Icelandic sounds like it's being spoken backwards

    • @nr1blurfan
      @nr1blurfan 3 года назад +1

      Is that a complement or..?

    • @normanclatcher
      @normanclatcher 3 года назад +4

      @@nr1blurfan Yeah, I think so.
      It gives me a sense of familiarity with the vowels and consonant sounds, but I can't make out any words I'd know unless I listen _really_ closely.

    • @typhoon2minerva
      @typhoon2minerva Год назад

      English actually sounds icelandic before yr 1000 before it is mixed with french and latin. Read the poem beowulf that how old english sounds like a nordic language

  • @anima201
    @anima201 5 лет назад +14

    Some gifted people come into this world fully formed. Bjork is one of them.

  • @leeroy265
    @leeroy265 3 года назад +13

    We seen Bjork live last year and this sounds just the same lol...Awwww she is soooo cute.

  • @caroldyer8754
    @caroldyer8754 9 лет назад +42

    So cute! She's always been elfin!

  • @riskromer9773
    @riskromer9773 8 лет назад +314

    Nordic cultures have this veil of sadness

    • @aleksar6755
      @aleksar6755 8 лет назад +74

      +Risk Romer Also Russians.. I guess cold weather has something to do with that sweet melancholy..

    • @atlantpaladin6938
      @atlantpaladin6938 8 лет назад +10

      +Risk Romer but arabian culture very happynest

    • @hitomi_senpai5556
      @hitomi_senpai5556 8 лет назад +6

      People in the Andes Mountains too

    • @ckg3362
      @ckg3362 7 лет назад +2

      Risk Romer No we don't, The really old cultures

    • @519forestmonk9
      @519forestmonk9 7 лет назад +13

      Risk Romer I love that about them. I even can hear it in Abba's music.

  • @lolno6683
    @lolno6683 8 лет назад +15

    she is the cutest human fuckin being on this earth.!!!!!!! holy shit

  • @stuartireland5974
    @stuartireland5974 5 лет назад +13

    She’s so cute and hasn’t changed one bit.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 3 года назад

      She's no Zasu Pitts but she did indeed grow up to be a beautiful and wonderfully talented lady !!

  • @juancpgo
    @juancpgo 8 лет назад +66

    The Icelandic santa is pretty different haha

    • @Aquais97
      @Aquais97 6 лет назад +3

      and even Julemanden (Danish Santa Claus)

  • @skinny9283
    @skinny9283 8 лет назад +37

    adorable.

  • @andrubr
    @andrubr 7 лет назад +27

    Increible....tan pequeña Bjork. Queda claro que los niños tienen un potencial enorme...hasta donde ha llegado ella. Notable!

    • @antoniodiaz3930
      @antoniodiaz3930 Год назад

      yo como autista creo que ella también debe ser.

  • @Semitotal
    @Semitotal 8 лет назад +202

    She still has that haircut.

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 5 лет назад +5

      @Semitotal: You're quite correct! Icelandic folk have unique hair, and they are born with a full head of hair in a style which they retain for life - it doesn't change. They never need to cut it, so it's a bit like a permanent wig. It does change colour as they age, though.

    • @normanclatcher
      @normanclatcher 3 года назад +1

      @@anhedonianepiphany5588
      More shade than an Arctic winter, damn...

  • @tonymaximoff
    @tonymaximoff 7 лет назад +16

    She's lovely.❤️

  • @atheistleopard2484
    @atheistleopard2484 5 лет назад +15

    her voice is deeper as a child lol. cute kid, she looks the exact same, like a mini-me. lol. thumbs up either way. her voice is excellent

  • @PepeBote11a
    @PepeBote11a 2 года назад +3

    entered for bjork, stay for the music

  • @caricaturafea453
    @caricaturafea453 6 лет назад +16

    Preparando en Álbum Utopía jajaja. Desde entonces Bjork demostraba su talento. No sé imaginaba que convertiria a ser una gran estrella

  • @february6
    @february6 Год назад +4

    queen

  • @anti64
    @anti64 2 года назад +7

    Young Bjork has a lot of Anne of Green Gables vibes and I love it so much

  • @OlDoinyo
    @OlDoinyo 7 лет назад +27

    Quite a lot of precocious musicality on display here--most bunches of pre-teens I have known could not have played anywhere this well.

    • @519forestmonk9
      @519forestmonk9 7 лет назад +5

      OlDoinyo we don't push our kids toward excellence anymore.

    • @anhedonianepiphany5588
      @anhedonianepiphany5588 5 лет назад +6

      @@519forestmonk9 Well, I don't know where you live, but in Australia we used to have school bands and orchestras from a young age right up to the end of high school. But, in the last 30 years or so, the various governments no longer believe in funding music the way they once did. It's very sad, and a _huge_ loss for modern children.
      Plenty of parents still push their kids toward excellence, so it's more a lack of opportunities (at least here).

  • @ChrisRodriguez-kc8ky
    @ChrisRodriguez-kc8ky Год назад +3

    It is very great to see Bjork as a very nice pleasant appearing fine young lady of a girl gal.Great looking Pretty and cute then as a cute kid just as great as she is a woman today.This is great footage of Bjork,The proud Patriotic Icelandic People and Their magnifecent land of fire and Ice - Proud with really ,very strong pride magnifecent ICELAND!

  • @AGhostintheHouse
    @AGhostintheHouse 5 лет назад +7

    My 11th birthday was in 1976, didn't know we're the same age! That is so cool!!

  • @joethelion6016
    @joethelion6016 Год назад +1

    Nothing like seeing a bunch of happy kids enjoying the warm glow of Christmas cheer 😫
    Bjork's adorable of course

    • @o.aldenproductions.9858
      @o.aldenproductions.9858 Год назад +1

      AI this time most Icelanders experienced Christmas spirit within..no need to go all crazy. In fact it would break the magic and the inner wonder and connection to this ancient time..They are all feeling ticklish and have butterflies in their stomach

  • @519forestmonk9
    @519forestmonk9 7 лет назад +12

    This is truly Christmas. I love it

  • @tenthousandquills1774
    @tenthousandquills1774 5 лет назад +11

    I think she's a vampire. I was negative 2 years old this year.

  • @lake-om5ss
    @lake-om5ss 5 лет назад +5

    Awww. She was so cute

  • @TheDarkSaplings
    @TheDarkSaplings 4 года назад +6

    Björk is so cute at that age.

    • @str4wb3rr1i
      @str4wb3rr1i Год назад

      hello ! sorry to bother but , how do you learn icelandic ? i can't find many places to learn , in fact i can't find anything ahah and i'm really interested in learning icelandic .

  • @rashmika9742
    @rashmika9742 6 лет назад +5

    Thanks for blessing RUclips with this upload!

  • @babagooey7835
    @babagooey7835 7 лет назад +38

    Baby's first concert.

  • @bindihaizi
    @bindihaizi 7 лет назад +20

    and this obscrue icelandic tv special from the fuckin 70's still manages to look more professionally-filmed than Dancer in the Dark LOL

    • @Awocacao
      @Awocacao 6 лет назад +4

      Liam Mckullin dancer in the dark was made to look, like you said, unprofessional.

    • @Fookseyify
      @Fookseyify 6 лет назад

      no name Right. But those musical sequences were genius. I’m fairly certain they used something like 100 cameras.

    • @scottbeck1882
      @scottbeck1882 6 лет назад

      Too true 😆. Dancer in the Dark is a must see

  • @cc8048
    @cc8048 7 лет назад +10

    I'm shaking this is adorable

  • @dontbelievethehype4149
    @dontbelievethehype4149 5 лет назад +8

    The first piece could have been taken right out of" Selma's song" beautiful and haunting, her influences are very apparent heres

  • @G0ry_Kori
    @G0ry_Kori 3 года назад +2

    Omg is recorded in 1960 when my grandma was 13 year old she was icelandic too.
    May she rest in peace Amen.
    She was born on November 19 1947
    And died on April 5 2019
    Her name was Anetta Fieris
    I miss her so much is been 2 years since she passed away.

  • @jmp2748
    @jmp2748 Месяц назад

    Looked it up to see little Bjork, I didn’t expect to love this piece of music so much. Going on my Christmas playlist for sure.

  • @gillesbourgeois5348
    @gillesbourgeois5348 4 года назад +5

    so cute, these children played so well!

    • @gillesbourgeois5348
      @gillesbourgeois5348 4 года назад

      of course everybody have noticed the bass angled recorder (thank you Goog!) at 3'52'', a quiet uncommon instrument! ;D

  • @xxblackneedlexx3013
    @xxblackneedlexx3013 7 лет назад +36

    jk shes actualy 180 in this vid

  • @stratkiller2531
    @stratkiller2531 4 года назад +5

    They showed clips of this in the documentary "out of thin air" I was like... "holy crap that looks like Bjork. I had to look up this video to be sure, and yup, it's her.

  • @silentactor558
    @silentactor558 3 года назад +2

    She looks the same even her voice hasnt changed..

  • @ffragsks
    @ffragsks 7 лет назад +16

    after that flute i'm expecting a boss fight o.O

  • @JulienLavigneRomeda
    @JulienLavigneRomeda Год назад +2

    Well...most of our influences come from childhood. Björk only missed electronics. Done! I love how this links to many things in her music so far...

  • @sarah.3599
    @sarah.3599 3 года назад +2

    she really doesnt age

  • @heningmalam
    @heningmalam 4 года назад +2

    Love her so much..

  • @danielafonso8118
    @danielafonso8118 6 лет назад +2

    I love them because they talk backwards. Kidding, I came here because my goddess Björk.

  • @buried4430
    @buried4430 3 года назад +10

    Why does Björk always look younger than she is? She literally looks 4 in this video.

  • @travellingshoes5241
    @travellingshoes5241 3 года назад +2

    This clip was on the documentary film, 'Out Of Thin Air: Murder In Iceland'. I knew it was Bjork.

  • @SuicideKid1979
    @SuicideKid1979 9 лет назад +8

    How cute! :)

  • @kleinergrashupfer
    @kleinergrashupfer 7 лет назад +6

    she looks the same today, omg

  • @anodyne57
    @anodyne57 Год назад

    Little did they (or she) know what a singing voice she would develop. But you can see here, she has a knack for telling stories.

  • @indowntime1966
    @indowntime1966 4 года назад

    So he was hand picked to be a star? Never the less, I’ve always been a fan. One of a kind beauty and talent ☺️

  • @bonnie4435
    @bonnie4435 9 лет назад +3

    Adorabile... ;)

  • @natisantanac
    @natisantanac 4 года назад +1

    How wonderful

  • @28DAYS77
    @28DAYS77 3 года назад +1

    Wow just when I though Bjork cant get any cuter!🤣

  • @infinite3joy
    @infinite3joy 2 года назад

    Spotted her while watching Out of thin air on Netflix. She looks the same now.

  • @cindysburrito
    @cindysburrito 5 лет назад +1

    Very beautiful.

  • @ComplicatedCupcake
    @ComplicatedCupcake 3 года назад +1

    Brilliant

  • @jankronstrand7779
    @jankronstrand7779 10 месяцев назад

    She already had a charismatic voice at 11..

  • @iLikeTheUDK
    @iLikeTheUDK 7 лет назад +1

    A star already in infancy. But who could've guessed what she'd be up to not long from then?

  • @annavalerialopezrodriguez386
    @annavalerialopezrodriguez386 2 года назад

    Her voice never changed

  • @AFRCSD
    @AFRCSD Год назад +1

    Your television is just about to explode

  • @Lousy_Bastard
    @Lousy_Bastard 3 года назад +4

    She hasn't changed a bit.

  • @jamesplischke492
    @jamesplischke492 Год назад

    Ya her sweet face, she kept it

  • @rinwesley3092
    @rinwesley3092 5 лет назад +1

    She sounds exactly the same!

  • @_chary990
    @_chary990 4 года назад +1

    tiiiiiney bjork :)

  • @hanifabdullahsalam2907
    @hanifabdullahsalam2907 4 года назад +1

    Omg Little Bjork.

  • @antoniodiaz3930
    @antoniodiaz3930 Год назад +1

    ahora entiendo esta influencia en su música en general.

  • @weeblelehmann466
    @weeblelehmann466 2 года назад

    This kid....whatta talent

  • @TheLorewade
    @TheLorewade 2 года назад

    kocham takie dzieci z Reykjavik:)Malgosia J...z Berlina

  • @serenity6010
    @serenity6010 9 месяцев назад

    mjög sæt! til hamingju með afmælið björk :)

  • @PhilTravisano
    @PhilTravisano 4 года назад +2

    That settles it. She stopped growing at age 11.

  • @7125Mhz
    @7125Mhz 2 года назад

    Those kids are very good!

  • @moove995
    @moove995 4 года назад +1

    Such as a cute girl ❤

  • @nr1blurfan
    @nr1blurfan 3 года назад

    We love being icelandic over here

  • @vanverdants7852
    @vanverdants7852 Год назад

    His eyes literally not aged at all until she old

  • @SnowWalker1
    @SnowWalker1 6 лет назад

    They showed this blip of her reciting this in the documentary 'Out of Thin Air' and I thought, that just has to be Bjork. I mean, c'mon. So I searched this out and yep, of course it was.

  • @kayfromgroningen1846
    @kayfromgroningen1846 3 года назад +1

    I was watching this with auto-generated captions (in dutch). And since it didn't realize it was translating from Icelandic it got weird pretty fast...

  • @teatrodeseiya8809
    @teatrodeseiya8809 4 года назад

    esa vitucho de muy bebitoa canta asi yo actuava de muy bb desde los 6 años en el teatro y 8 en telenovelas..

  • @maz0og
    @maz0og 8 лет назад +9

    What is this music? I have the feeling that i have already heard it but i can"t say where or when (in a wes anderson movie? in the serie Fargo? )

    • @josemerel
      @josemerel 8 лет назад

      Yup, moonrise Kingdom

    • @josemerel
      @josemerel 8 лет назад +3

      Yup, moonrise Kingdom

    • @maz0og
      @maz0og 8 лет назад

      +josemerel oh! Thanks :)

    • @Starkardur
      @Starkardur 6 лет назад +2

      It's christmas music

  • @destiny8593
    @destiny8593 2 года назад +1

    I love Bjork ❤️

  • @Gibberishus
    @Gibberishus 2 года назад

    Er vakkert å høre på.
    Som om jeg skulle bedre forstå.
    Som å høre nynorsk gjennom veggen.

  • @EzequielNascimento
    @EzequielNascimento 7 лет назад +14

    Can someone please subtitle in english?

  • @reneeb6411
    @reneeb6411 6 лет назад +2

    Omg!!! Utopia!!

  • @GlobalEnglishSupernaturals
    @GlobalEnglishSupernaturals 2 года назад

    Awwwwww too cute❣️❣️❣️

  • @gerharddeusser9103
    @gerharddeusser9103 5 лет назад

    No one can tell me she didn't write this music as well, it sounds so BJÖRRRK!!!

  • @d00m3d_us3r
    @d00m3d_us3r 3 года назад

    And just like that, Vulnicura and Utopia were born

  • @mannibimmel09
    @mannibimmel09 3 года назад

    and did the same shit over and over happily frolicking around until the day she released her last album of orchestratedspacetraphouseballads.