April 19, 2004

Mommy? Why's Bjork going crazy? [MPG link].
posted by CellarFloor 20 years ago
  • CellarFloor, this is really old. But I'll give my two cents anyway. Most people don't seem to like Bjork. I think she's brilliant. Not just kinda brilliant but in the top 3% musically. Her videos are equal to none. Of course, she gets the very best directors, etc... I think she deserves to loose it from time to time. And most especially with dumb-ass, wingnut reporters with cameras. She has had to deal with some seriously frightening stuff. Read about it, it will make you cringe--better yet, watch the video an obsessed 'fan' made for her. I say 'Bring it on, Bjork'.
  • Bah, I thought it was new. My record has been tarnished. (runs away screaming)
  • "The reporter had been pestering her for four days."
  • Oh, and I love bjork btw. She's definitely one of my favorites. Oh, and the swan dress at the oscars was uber cool.
  • Big ups for Bj
  • She's going hunting. She's a hunter.
  • The beeb announcer calls her "byurk". I love bjork, but what people don't seem to understand is that she's punk as fuck. Courtney Love is a piker; this girl is the real thing.
  • I think Papparazzi should be a free-fire zone. Fuck 'em, if Sean Pean goes all crazy motherfuck on their arse, they (a) probably deserve it and (b) ought to count it as a hazard of the trade. Notice how they don't bug Mickey Rourke so much?
  • Mickey R
  • Yeah, I saw this a year ago, at least (time has no meaning when you have a baby). The reporter deserved it; she'd been essentially stalking Bjork for days. I love Bjork's music and videos -- my poor husband hates it when "It's Oh So Quiet" is on TV because I have to sing along at the top of my lungs. Where appropriate, of course. Haven't seen Dancer in the Dark yet so the jury's out on her acting ability.
  • i whole heartedly agree with you rodgerd. bjork is marvelous. that fan murder attempt/suicide video... good thing he's gone from this world.
  • forksclovetofu: The BBC announcers call her “byurk” because, apparently, that's the correct pronunciation of “Byörk” — the accent's there for a phonological reason, not as a kind of Motörhead or Mötley Crüe style of decoration.
  • You can here more of the correct pronunciation here, forks.
  • Björk was great in Dancer in the Dark. The movie, well, people seem to love it or hate it. I didn't love it.
  • Loved it!
  • snaps up, Diz?
  • seems to be tough for me to get into her music - some songs i love, others seem to be too icelandic for me. or something. i would like to see more videos of people sucker-punching annoying reporters. i think that anyone working for the national enquirer / weekly world news / entertainment tonight / other pseudo-news should be fair game. for "respectable" papers / TV i think there needs to be a track record thing. like, say, barbara walters has used up any credibility she once had - fair game to bitch-slap her if she tries to make one more famous person cry on camera. or at least forcibly take away the fuzzy soft light filter she puts on camera to make her not look so damn old. (much like trump's hairstyle, you're not fooling anybody, walters!) not exactly sure why people feel that making headlines automatically makes your entire life open to public view. the simpsons episode last night poked fun at this - matt groening signing autographs, saying "sure, i love this, you can come ask me for an autograph any time you want - when i'm shopping, in my yard, i'll sign anything! hey, why not an original sketch instead of an autograph?" i'd prefer that people respect the privacy of celebrities. some of them are media whores, fine. but others just want to be left the hell alone. anyone who breaks that rule of respect ought to be sucker-punched.
  • I, on the other hand, think that celebrities should be fair game as well. Then folks like Chuck Norris, Sylvester Stallone, Steven Segal et al would have to prove their badassness. Mano a mano. Better yet, how about Bjorke vs Steven Segal? My money is on Bjorke.
  • She can't sing worth a damn, but the bitch can punch.
  • "Nice shiner! So, what happened to you last night?" "Well, I was having a few drinks, and the talk turned to politics... and before I knew it, some dude Bjorked me!"
  • This is really old - its from 1996. It always amuses me, though. I fucking love Bjork.
  • Here's a treat for all you Björk fans (me included). Tracicle, your husband is gonna hate me [scroll down to the tenth one].