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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 25 November 2012 CE
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Moon Cat
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Edited Nov 25, 2012, 16:18
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 25 November 2012 CE
Nov 25, 2012, 16:18
I quite like Bjork - not a major fan but own a few albums -but I take your point. I personally think she was more 'artistically' successful when she balanced her, for want of a better phrase, 'arty-weirdness' with her pop sensibilty on the early albums. Much as I appreciate the later stuff, the nagging feeling that "I am not pop anymore! I am ART" that permeates the music does impinge, for me, on the feeling I get when listening. That's not to say that I'm of a mind that an artist/band/singer should 'know their place' as such and only operate within certain parameters - far from it.
But when the journey from pop to art feels so pre-meditated, self-conscious and, for all the freedom you'd expect it to confer on the performer in theory, actually a little stiff and rigid, then I think something is sacrificed along the way. I like some of her music, but it's more of a distant admiration than a "FUCK YEAAAAH! response.
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