The SugarCubes: C/D?

Or Hit which is the most romantic song about commitment phobia ever. ("God damn you, I didn't want to like you, but now I will ie on my bed and dream about you.")

I must say that i too miss theose spastic yelps that Einar Orn threw in.

...I do say nicely, i do mean that, naturally... ¥

The other two I'm not so big on.

"Regina" is a great single: cruelly undervalued. I could never fathom why the press treated them as a joke from the time of the second album on.

Of course Life's Too Good is classic-k, and of course the second album is unfairly slept upon, and of course I never heard the third one. Time to hit the used shop, where I'm sure I can find it for $7.98.

Bjork: "It's oh so quiet..."
Einar: "SO QUIET TO FEED ME PETROL!"

(also, I just downloaded a ton of stuff from your soulseek files, your avg d/l speed is like 124k or something - unbelieveable!).

and nabisco, your secret's safe with me (except for the previous blurt - sorry about that).

Seconds until an Einar/solo Bjork mashup? 10...9...

Einar was great, like a gooned out Mark E. Smith with a shaky sense of rhythm. Perfect!

Can't remeber the name though? anyone?

google: Tappi Tikarrass

This implies that Mark E. Smith is NOT already gooned out and DOES NOT have a shaky sense of rhythm. I laughed and laughed until my wife hit me on the head with a chair.

Or just the bit in Regina where Einar pops up and says "I don't even like lobster."

Anna, it was at the precise moment I heard that when I thought: 'That guy has got to go'. Little did I know how painful Bjork solo would be.

I would have never ever remembered seeing this if you hadn't mentioned the clock. Who was the guest host on that episode? I'm going to keep an eye out for it. Since they air repeats on Comedy Central about 12 times a day, it should come on before too long.

CD80 'portable' Bjork (solo) go!

Human Behavior
Venus As A Boy
There's More to Life Than This
Like Someone In Love
Big Time Sensuality (album vers.)
Army Of Me
Isobel
It's Oh So Quiet
Hyper-Ballad
Possibly Maybe
I Miss You
Joga
Bachelorette
Hunter
All Is Full Of Love (radio/video mix)
Hidden Place
Pagan Poetry

(78:42, chronological AFAIK)

It is therefor with unbound joy we announce the 20th anniversary concert of Birthday and The Sugarcubes in Reykjavik on the 17th of November. The Sugarcubes will take to the stage for the first time in 14 years.

All profit from the concert goes back into Smekkleysa SM who will continue to work on a non-profit basis for the future betterment of Icelandic music and artists.

World domination or death! yes thank you!"

http://www.bjork.com/db/images/sugarcubes_smile.jpg

Regular ticket sale will be announce very soon we are told.

Do you want to go? Check icelandair.net to book your ticket!

FUCK! YES YES I WANT TO GO!

BIZARRE AND ASEXUAL

Yes, now I must plan a trip to Iceland for mid-November...

Dud.

I was playing the "Here today, tomorrow etc" Lp one time while watching "Betrayal" the film on low volume, and just as "Regina" was fading out Michael Gambon turned to his dinner partner and said "Are you sure you don't want any Lobster?"

It was so made for shouting "I REALLY DON'T LIKE LOBSTER!!" in the cinema.

I can just hear Einar on "Hyperballad"

BEFORE YOU WAKE UP
THE ALARM CLOCK
MAKES YOU HAPPY
IN YOUR SLEEPING
IT IS THE HAPPY
OF CLIFFS AND BOTTLES
AND CAR PARTS
I DON'T REALLY LIKE CAR PARTS

-- rentboy (rentboyd...), March 7th, 2005 1:54 PM. (rentboy) (link)

wouldn't einar make bjork's solo career better?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PznnQ9nhWFU

COURSE YOU DID.

!

wtf - I am seriously considering going to Reykjavik for this..

-- Baaderonixx: the lost ILX years (baaderonix...), September 19th, 2006 9:57 AM. (baaderonixx) (link)

So, what's the weather like over there?

xpost:
Thanks for that, Colin, great!

Setlist:
01 Traitor (Icelandic [I])
02 Leash Called Love
03 Deus (I)
04 Water (I)
05 Bee (I)
06 Planet
07 Shoot Him (I)
08 Walkabout
09 Mama
10 Pump (I)
11 Regina (I)
12 A Day Called Zero
13 Ammæli
14 Coldsweat
15 Blue Eyed Pop
16 Motorcrash
17 Delicious Demon
Encores:
18 Hit
19 F*cking in Rhythm & Sorrow
20 Luftgitar**

**With Johnny Triumph and various band members' children

(The event was recorded)

What happened to this?

Nothing, just like Björk's Union Chapel shows - recorded for future DVD releases too, but she doesn't need the money just yet, or something.

There is a singles box set on the way but that's just One Little Indian squeezing everything out of their catalog ownership (I don't know the exact situation, just guessing here)

"Mama" is one of the best songs ever recorded

having hated this lot for years (for no rational reason at all),

i have recently realised that i actually love this one a LOT :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHs1OEghumU

a friend recorded a cassette for me and in the free remaining space added a few sugarcubes songs, water being one of them.
i hated it immediately and for the longest time wouldn’t listen to any of their stuff at all, until this came out.
loved the remix, listened to the album and it completely changed my mind, got the rest after and loved it.
still don’t like the original version of water though.

.. what?! there was a limited issue double CD of it’s it?!

God, where have the sugarcubes been all my life

search: Deus (remix)

This performance of Deus is something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlViAids4_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmGX6jtHGpU

search: "Leash Called Love"

also, "Chihuahua" sounds like it could be a remix of "Been Caught Stealing"

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkkg5u

and

https://vimeo.com/210010156

I’ve never been too into this group (beyond the big well-known songs from their 1st & 3rd albums… who doesn’t like those?), but maybe I just hadn’t heard the right LP for me, i.e. their second one. I’m almost thru listening to it now, and it hits!

I had to stop what I was doing when "Dream TV" was playing, and look at, like… what is this song??

Somehow all the musical elements that don’t really work for me (or even actively irritate) on the other two albums are really “doing it” for me on this one…