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Declare Independence!

I recently downloaded Bjork's recent album, Volta . After a series of emotionally loaded albums, Bjork was quoted "having fun" as the primary objective of making Volta. This is very apparent in the songs, as well as the Timbaland influence in few of them. Yes you hear right, after making Justin a world superstar, he contributed with Bjork too. Here are my two favorite songs from the album: Earth Intruders is a song Bjork wrote after visiting the Tsunami struck Indonesian province of Aceh, which has a flag very close to Turkish flag , promoting her Army of Me Remixes album, which was an beneficary for the tsunami survivors: Declare Independence is dedicate to Gronland and Faroe Islands, who are dominons of the Danish Crown. Here is a live version from Later with Joos Holland:

Björk and Thom Yorke

In my previous post , I posted songs from Thom Yorke and Björk, refering them as successful musicians from the 90s. Here is a great song that brings them together. It is from the soundtrack album of Von Trier movie Dancer In The Dark titled Selmasong. The video and lyrics are out of sync, as the video is the movie version without Yorke. Speaking of Trier, he has been diagnosed with a severe depression , and looks like he won't be doing movies for a long time. Sad, I was eager to see his new project Antichrist, about a world created by Satan himself.

The Glorious 90s

I've been listening to a lot of Björk lately. Mostly her early works. It occurred to me suddenly that in 3 years, the glorious days of 90s will be 20 years old... It was a both sad and happy realization. No one wants to get old, thats the sad part. But after 20 years, when I look back there are so many good artists and songs enduring 20 years, ensuring my belief that 90s will be remembered as golden years in music. So here are 3 great songs from this great era: First is my favorite Björk song, Army of Me: (ps Rammstein's Benzin video?) Then one of the most striking videos from the 90's, Björk's Bachelorette: And lastly, my favorite music video from the 90s, hailing from the same great year of 1997, Karma Police by Radiohead: