Comments on: Creepy Atmosphere 2 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/ a Volta Tour Blog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:03:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: icelandnme http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-445 icelandnme Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:45:39 +0000 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-445 oh gosh -- i know this is a few days late, but Jónas, when I first heard your version of Venus as a Boy with Björk... I nearly had a fit ! It was the most gorgeous thing I had ever heard !! Everything about it was perfect... I actually got so overwhelmed I couldn't open my eyes (they just wouldn't open). the dissonance was quite appropriate. so THANK YOU for what you've done with it... I'm with you and Björk on this one all the way. oh gosh — i know this is a few days late, but Jónas, when I first heard your version of Venus as a Boy with Björk… I nearly had a fit ! It was the most gorgeous thing I had ever heard !! Everything about it was perfect… I actually got so overwhelmed I couldn’t open my eyes (they just wouldn’t open). the dissonance was quite appropriate. so THANK YOU for what you’ve done with it… I’m with you and Björk on this one all the way.

]]> By: jmmva http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-418 jmmva Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:59:10 +0000 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-418 you shouldn't worry about what people say about you when you make music. if you really thought about it too much you might just end up in a practice room the rest of your life. it's okay to not be safe. if Bjork were trying to be safe, she wouldn't be on tour with musicians who were interpreting her music or improvising a little on the spot. don't over-analyse so much. just play in the full sense of the word. you shouldn’t worry about what people say about you when you make music. if you really thought about it too much you might just end up in a practice room the rest of your life. it’s okay to not be safe. if Bjork were trying to be safe, she wouldn’t be on tour with musicians who were interpreting her music or improvising a little on the spot. don’t over-analyse so much. just play in the full sense of the word.

]]> By: Jónas Sen http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-395 Jónas Sen Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:44:19 +0000 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-395 Iceberg symphony? That's amazing! Iceberg symphony? That’s amazing!

]]> By: ksedore http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-393 ksedore Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:58:10 +0000 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-393 I can't imagine Björk ever trying to keep another artist from expressing him/herself fully in collaboration. She's got too much class as an artist herself to behave in such a way. Peace and blessings, Kevin --- http://prisoner-of-gravity.blogspot.com/ I can’t imagine Björk ever trying to keep another artist from expressing him/herself fully in collaboration. She’s got too much class as an artist herself to behave in such a way.

Peace and blessings,
Kevin
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http://prisoner-of-gravity.blogspot.com/

]]> By: incufish23 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-390 incufish23 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:52:23 +0000 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-390 I think its wonderful you got to put your own touch on Björks classics, That is what makes her concerts so rewarding and moving experience. I don't feel that you should try and dumb it down for us both you, Björk and everyone on the tour is knowledgeable about many forms of music so thats something people to discover. I have to say part of the wonderful thing about being a Björk fan is discovering all types of new and amazing artist. Also I find it very cool your thoughts on music in film and how much that brings up specific emotions and images, I know with me guitar with lots of reverb makes me think of the ocean how this came to be is intersting to find out and see what sticks out to other people. Hope you and everyone on tour is having a wonderful time, glad you got to see your daughter, give everyone on tour a smile from me. ~jordan I think its wonderful you got to put your own touch on Björks classics, That is what makes her concerts so rewarding and moving experience. I don’t feel that you should try and dumb it down for us both you, Björk and everyone on the tour is knowledgeable about many forms of music so thats something people to discover. I have to say part of the wonderful thing about being a Björk fan is discovering all types of new and amazing artist. Also I find it very cool your thoughts on music in film and how much that brings up specific emotions and images, I know with me guitar with lots of reverb makes me think of the ocean how this came to be is intersting to find out and see what sticks out to other people. Hope you and everyone on tour is having a wonderful time, glad you got to see your daughter, give everyone on tour a smile from me.

~jordan

]]> By: molto inquieto http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-387 molto inquieto Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:45:12 +0000 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-387 It is wonderous to imagine some of Bjork's songs made arranged into sheet music and made available for piano/vocal. "Dull Flame Of Desire" could be really popular if transposed for duet (or even solo) singing with piano accompaniment. The only other Bjork work offically available is "I've Seen It All" and that plays well on solo piano. I think a lot of misconceptions about her musicality would disappear if some of her more melodic works were visible in notation. The creativity in this version of "Venus As A Boy" being published is just such an inspiring thought. It is wonderous to imagine some of Bjork’s songs made arranged into sheet music and made available for piano/vocal. “Dull Flame Of Desire” could be really popular if transposed for duet (or even solo) singing with piano accompaniment. The only other Bjork work offically available is “I’ve Seen It All” and that plays well on solo piano. I think a lot of misconceptions about her musicality would disappear if some of her more melodic works were visible in notation. The creativity in this version of “Venus As A Boy” being published is just such an inspiring thought.

]]> By: eyland http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-385 eyland Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:52:17 +0000 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-385 Glóra is actually an Elgar Sisters recording (Guðlaugur í“ttarsson, Björk Guðmundsdóttir, et.al.) from the mid-1980s circa Kukl-era and the formation of Smekkleysa. The recordings were done over several sessions. An album was never released, although three recordings made an appearance as 'Debut' b-sides, 1993. Glóra is actually an Elgar Sisters recording (Guðlaugur í“ttarsson, Björk Guðmundsdóttir, et.al.) from the mid-1980s circa Kukl-era and the formation of Smekkleysa. The recordings were done over several sessions. An album was never released, although three recordings made an appearance as ‘Debut’ b-sides, 1993.

]]> By: taniagr http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-384 taniagr Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:06:59 +0000 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-384 Glóra, as rudidejong said, can be found in the first disc of Family Tree. I think it's also tension - tension - tension, but i'm not sure if that dissonance is the same as in your Venus as a Boy version. Glóra, as rudidejong said, can be found in the first disc of Family Tree. I think it’s also tension - tension - tension, but i’m not sure if that dissonance is the same as in your Venus as a Boy version.

]]> By: Susulaf http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-382 Susulaf Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:08:39 +0000 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-382 (By the way, my friend and I were entranced by what you did with Venus as a Boy at the Red Rocks concert!) Speaking of creepy atmosphere and dissonance, I just listened to a recording of "singing icebergs." Apparently, scientists have discovered that icebergs that get stuck in one place can produce harmonies with up to 30 overtones. They say that the sounds range from sounding like an orchestra warming up, the swarming of bees, to the eerie sounds of a horror movie. (They are inaudible to the human ear unless the recordings of them are speeded up.) The sound is caused by water being forced through crevasses in immoble icebergs. I wonder if anyone has sampled the recordings for use in film or music yet......The ones I heard were pretty eerie but I'd like to hear examples of the orchestral ones. Apparently sandunes can sing too. You can listen to an example of the phenomenon at: www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8374 (By the way, my friend and I were entranced by what you did with Venus as a Boy at the Red Rocks concert!) Speaking of creepy atmosphere and dissonance, I just listened to a recording of “singing icebergs.” Apparently, scientists have discovered that icebergs that get stuck in one place can produce harmonies with up to 30 overtones. They say that the sounds range from sounding like an orchestra warming up, the swarming of bees, to the eerie sounds of a horror movie. (They are inaudible to the human ear unless the recordings of them are speeded up.) The sound is caused by water being forced through crevasses in immoble icebergs. I wonder if anyone has sampled the recordings for use in film or music yet……The ones I heard were pretty eerie but I’d like to hear examples of the orchestral ones. Apparently sandunes can sing too.

You can listen to an example of the phenomenon at:
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8374

]]> By: Kevin http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-381 Kevin Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:40:44 +0000 http://blog.bjork.com/2007/06/12/creepy-atmosphere-2/#comment-381 I saw your show in Chicago and thought Venus As A Boy along with the entire show was wonderful. I do however have a question. Why does your version of Venus contain dissonant chords and what made you want to create that tension? Or maybe the real question is what did you hear in the original song that made you want to take it in that direction? Again don’t worry, from what I heard in Chicago and what I’ve been reading online your vision and playing is right on. Thanks again for the show and the time you are taking with the blog. I saw your show in Chicago and thought Venus As A Boy along with the entire show was wonderful. I do however have a question. Why does your version of Venus contain dissonant chords and what made you want to create that tension? Or maybe the real question is what did you hear in the original song that made you want to take it in that direction?

Again don’t worry, from what I heard in Chicago and what I’ve been reading online your vision and playing is right on. Thanks again for the show and the time you are taking with the blog.

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