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Björk Guðmundsdóttir

21 points by weinzierl 11mo ago

surprisetalk 11mo ago
No clue why this is on HN, but Bjork is brilliant. IMO one of the greatest living musical artists. If you haven’t listened to one of her records, I recommend starting with Homogenic EDIT: For deeper dives, note that each album is generally thematic. Vespertine is about physical intimacy, Volta experiments with percussion, Medulla is 100% human vocals, etc. Wikipedia is your friend here :)
- weinzierl 11mo ago
  She turned 60 yesterday. I think she is great and unique and nerdy which makes her a good fit for HN in general. Her birthday (and the news around it) satisfy the news aspect. Unfortunately I could not find anything that was interesting and not completely ad infested at the same time, so I posted the Wikipedia article. New York Times, New Yorker, Guardian, etc. where is your anniversary tribute?
Rendello 11mo ago
Björk, daughter (dóttir) of Guðmundur. Icelandic names are cool, they keep the son-of- / daughter-of- tradition of old. From Wikipedia: > Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name
virtualritz 11mo ago
I remember a co-student of mine asking me in, probably some time around 1993, I was studying in Hamburg: Hey, I have a ticket for Björk in Grosse Freiheit this week, I paid 20 bucks, can't go, want it for 15? Me: Who is Björk? Whatever, sure. There were maybe 30-50 people on that concert. It was mindblowing; very personal. I didn't know her music at all and ended up 2m away from the small stage. After that I definitely knew who Björk was. :)
pixelpoet 11mo ago
Her song "All is full of love" and the music video by Chris Cunningham is hauntingly beautiful, a magnificent work of art: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9JE6rUwfckI https://youtube.com/watch?v=9JE6rUwfckI (NSFW, lesbian robot sex)
- nailer 11mo ago
  All of her videos are amazing. Pagan Poetry or Joga are worth checking out too. Her ex husband Matthew Barney is also a multimedia artist.

21 points by weinzierl 11mo ago

No clue why this is on HN, but Bjork is brilliant. IMO one of the greatest living musical artists. If you haven’t listened to one of her records, I recommend starting with Homogenic EDIT: For deeper dives, note that each album is generally thematic. Vespertine is about physical intimacy, Volta experiments with percussion, Medulla is 100% human vocals, etc. Wikipedia is your friend here :)

weinzierl 11mo ago
She turned 60 yesterday. I think she is great and unique and nerdy which makes her a good fit for HN in general. Her birthday (and the news around it) satisfy the news aspect. Unfortunately I could not find anything that was interesting and not completely ad infested at the same time, so I posted the Wikipedia article. New York Times, New Yorker, Guardian, etc. where is your anniversary tribute?

Rendello 11mo ago

Björk, daughter (dóttir) of Guðmundur. Icelandic names are cool, they keep the son-of- / daughter-of- tradition of old. From Wikipedia: > Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name

virtualritz 11mo ago

I remember a co-student of mine asking me in, probably some time around 1993, I was studying in Hamburg: Hey, I have a ticket for Björk in Grosse Freiheit this week, I paid 20 bucks, can't go, want it for 15? Me: Who is Björk? Whatever, sure. There were maybe 30-50 people on that concert. It was mindblowing; very personal. I didn't know her music at all and ended up 2m away from the small stage. After that I definitely knew who Björk was. :)

pixelpoet 11mo ago

Her song "All is full of love" and the music video by Chris Cunningham is hauntingly beautiful, a magnificent work of art: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9JE6rUwfckI https://youtube.com/watch?v=9JE6rUwfckI (NSFW, lesbian robot sex)

nailer 11mo ago
All of her videos are amazing. Pagan Poetry or Joga are worth checking out too. Her ex husband Matthew Barney is also a multimedia artist.