björk: declare Independence

[rockerofrustrao]

She remind me of Anette Ozlon

[CaptynPugwash]

Are Björk's spaghetti-aerobics classes available in the UK?

[Fractoquant11]

:-)

[sexysingingcupcake]

I'm 32 and I FINALLY get it! Bjork is awesomely refreshing in this Katy Perry, Lady GaGa world.

[tomastaolo]

Ona je prostě nepopsatelně dorá!!!! fakt její nápady překonají veškerá očekávání posluchače.....

[jasonmotley]

This is for the occupy movement!!

[omartinezcruz]

Que chido los videos se ponen uno tras otro, aunque me gustaría que pasaran revueltos con los de Michael Jackson.

Perdón por este comentario a los cerrados de mente apreciadores del arte musical.

[nemoism]

Brilliant woman! Always hated how mainstream media and the "know-nothings" portrayed her as weird and crazy. Genius!

[tlftl]

A fitting mantra for the Occupy movements.

We are the 99%

[laurofdegraf]

Björk owns the fountain of youth!

[celticela]

Stunning!!! just icelandic....love you Björk!!!!

[GrizzlyFist]

This is what its about right here, id love to see Bjork do some more counter-establishment music, would be awesome.

[anabassplayer]

gondry <3

[fexfreppl]

björk makes me laugh , cry , get angry & dance like an idiot ! i love this extraordinary woman !

[gariadara]

wow, talk about pretentious lyrics.

[SolHouseZach95]

@gariadara how

[mbfolder]

Michel Gondry is a god!

[Mctripsd]

najbolja!!

[zigzigerblat]

Bjork.. you are the best ever! I really really dig your crazy.

[perwa666skate]

JAJAJAJAJA CHE VIEJA LOKA COMO SE ALOKA POR SU ROLA QE ESTA REFEA JAJAJAAJAAJAJAJJAJAJ

[dashugo]

Is you don't like Björk you're probably in your teens and thinking that Lady Gaga does good music. Don't worry. You will eventually grow up

[silverviolette]

LOVE this!

[elwally90]

only enjoy... the music XD

[MarkyMark871204]

I have to digest it yet:O

[acternasoul]

¥T¥

[MistafiedHybrid]

¥T¥

[ENDTHEWARGAMES]

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[FedorEight]

Basically DI is NATIONALISTIC. In other words, Bjork's message is Right Wing, which utterly contradicts her left-wing beliefs. I wonder what Bjork would say if confronted with this claim - well, not a claim but an obvious fact. She'd probably be too dim to understand the criticism and would start off one of her characteristic dizzy monologues that go nowhere.

Her worst song, hands down. Zero melody.

[BassnutButter]

@FedorEight Or SOCIALISTIC or MARXIST. The message could easily be developed from a left- wing stand point.

One of her best songs, it has a melody that a lot of people can appreciate.

[FedorEight]

@BassnutButter I've never tried bassnut butter before... Does it taste like bassnut margarine, or is it as crap as everything you produce - including these posts?

If you can hear out a melody in this, you must be popping pills quicker than a bear devouring a can of butter covered with honey.

Independence, separatism, nationalistic fervour: definitely right-wing.

When musing on political issues, I suggest you eat less butter and drink more IQ Juice.

[BassnutButter]

@FedorEight Wow, obviously slating people based on no justified information MUST be the sign of pure intelligence. If you demand that all music must follow the guidelines of all classical traditions, then you are part of the mainstream pop culture that Bjork stands against, Hence i'm GLAD you can't appreciate this music, that way it won't sell out to a mainstream audience. Open your mind you deluded, unintelligent fag. Seperatism is mentioned constantly in Marxism, so go review your post. WANG!

[FedorEight]

@BassnutButter You can't have your cake and eat it too.

You can't fart and leave the farts inside your ass.

You can't fuck your boyfriend and not enter his hole. (This one especially goes for you.)

You can't be a John Lennon "Imagine All The World" let's-all-unite peacenik Marxist and a right-wing separatist hell-bent on national purity.

You can't be a YouTuber who defends dumb lyrics such as this and make attempts at intelligent ripostes.

[BassnutButter]

@FedorEight To have a worthwhile argument, the opposing side must be at least intelligible enough to hold their own defenses, and not be a retarded little kid determined to have himself heard and quote third party arguments in a bit- attempt to sound clever. You will not ever achieve half of the intelligence or fame tat Bjork has earned, and anything you say from here on in will surely build on your embarrassing digital image. Shut up and wallow in your self deprecating arguments, fool.

[FedorEight]

@BassnutButter Did your Auntie help you write that? It's marginally better written than your previous posts, but Auntie seems to be only slightly more bright than you...

It seems that the debilitating Icelandic mental disease that we now refer to as "bjorkism" has gotten a hold of your family too.

[SunTzu4UFoo]

My Wife and I got married @ her concert in Vancouver.When we first got together 15 years ago all we had was each other and a Bjork cassete.

[dracalucard]

COLOR MACHINE ¡¡¡¡

[dracalucard]

COLOR MACHINE¡¡¡¡

[2legs2armsetc]

Paolo3 says i like it

[Kdiamond13]

where she from? she doesnt sound english or american? :D

[TransformedMan]

@Kdiamond13 Iceland.

[zayyanne]

@Kdiamond13 She's from Iceland. Her accent is strange, but her vocal talent is mind-blowing.

[eVanwiish]

this song makes me want to jump & jump!

[artsydude8900]

Free Tibet! Free Tibet! This video is a masterpiece. The actions are in sync with the music, and so is the contraption as well. Well made I say.

[kapplejacks22]

this chic is a bonafide weirdo...lol...4 all of u crazed Bjork fans...don't write me! Don't send me any emails please. I'm entitled to my opinion thanks.

[YouriCarma]

Bjork leads protest against Iceland energy sale

IMF same exact four-step program.

1 Privatization 'Briberization.'

2 IMF/World Bank capital market deregulation allows investment capital to flow in and out the "Hot Money" cycle.

3 Market-Based Pricing, a fancy term for raising prices on food, water and cooking gas

4 IMF and World Bank call their "poverty reduction strategy": Free Trade- "The IMF riot."

[reressler]

Just what I needed to celebrate 7/4/10 in the USA -- thanks, Bjork!

[juandelacruz]

wow!

[corridor7f]

Kind of generic, at least for Bjork... w/the American colours and the military theme.

[Neptune1987]

I love this song but i think gondry did a terrible job here. He didnt understood the meaning of this track at all. WOW some wires which connect the people, with the leader and take different colors, metaphor of comunication and powers... i think this is such a bad video for such a great song. Cunningham woud have dont a much better job!

[sneekz07]

@Neptune1987 I think its genius. Everyone in the world is wrapped up in some sort of leaders wire, were tangled and we can't get free, and were tied down. Then the leader starts to tell us what to do, and its like the information travels through these wires were tangled in and we have to do what were told. Its the law :/

[sneekz07]

The question is will she ever age?

This video is frickin aweeesome.

Best to listen to on surround sound.

Go vOlta!

[karelzich]

for the first moments I thought wow, this might be something.... but the idea is totally undevelopped:(

anyways, declare independence is so much better live

[IronPanda23]

i....LOOOVEEESSS this......& bjork!!! \^-^/

[janssoninkiusaus]

hullut vanhemmat :(

[bertolini19]

Indipendentzia pro sa sardigna, iceland, groenland, corse, north ireland, tibet, euskal erria, catalunya!!!!!

[willrot]

Björk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3

[chicalleje]

Is it not what we all should do? Declare our independence.

My anarquist hymn from now on. Bjork is such a great artist and and makes you think as well.

Freedom and good life!

[cpjust]

OK, I'm a big Björk fan (or at least I was in the 90's), but seriously... what the hell was that? It was nowhere near as good as her 90's songs/videos.

[gpeddino]

I'm not a fan of this video... it's way too raw and somehow obvious. The song deserved better, me thinks. It's probably the best song off of Volta.

[koojean]

killer bassline

[veaceleste]

I saw it yet on tv but now looking at it more carefully : Incredible!!!

Declare independence!!! Make your own flag!!! lol :p omg Björk is genius!!!

[MrAngelCarrillo]

Only I can say...... PERFECT!

[Contrapeluza]

Wuaooo!!!!

[ketchken]

genius!!!

[alienprimez]

BJORK NEVER WILL AGE

[DavidG8989]

I just bought this video on the director's DVD compilation called Michel Gondry 2: More Videos. It looks much better on a TV

[Wgmeets]

Bjork is a genius, fantastic beat too.

[juantok]

Amazing! Thanks for the energy

[egress078]

This is really awesome!!!

[sanddreams0]

aerobics class of the future

[melopsicodelia]

fuck is just too much perfection, haha, really really good, bjork is fucking awesome

[selmatrix]

WOW !!! Björk sounds like old D.A.F.

[Evilushka]

Bjork is the coolest person ever, seeing her live was such a highlight for me. Yes Tibet was partially in mind but that was mostly due to the Olympic/ China controversy. I think it was something closer to home for her...I forget exactly where but it was near Iceland... Lol sorry I cant be more specific but I am sure you can google it. :-/

[hippiekyd416]

@Evilushka Greenland and the Faroe Islands

[KingCarlofcarlWorld]

Bjork wrote this song for me!!! Thank you, Bjork. I have made my own stamp. I have created my own currency. I made my own flag. i raise my flag, higher and higher, every day. I have declared my independence!!! I raise my flag from my highest mountain everyday. Thank you, Bjork!!!

[azubaby]

OMG my ears hurt, this sucks so bad....

[HumanRightsVideosT]

Bjork is cool.

[aesteban]

@HumanRightsVideosT Fucking Cool yeah !

[stickystuff32]

how she got away with this is beyond me but YOU GO GIRL!!!!!

[YOUPOINT09]

Still CUTE!!!!

<3

[TriumVirateABAP]

KNOW your boundaries, or would you slip to get caught in the multitude stream, what is called; Mainstream.

Would ANY allow their liberty to be compromized and allow others to speak for you, and if such a thing to could disrespect one's own what else could be implimented later?

How we have seen this with so many tribes invading other tribes, some justified, some NOT. Nations must form a living organization of individual needs. Do you know your neighbors true selves?

[TriumVirateABAP]

Like a plant that is watered sometimes water changes, people come and go who safeguard for the masses who are united in cause. Sometimes water passes through other nations, and sometimes nations get taken over behind the scenes.

Would you you drink the water today?

Can you trust?

[HumanRightsVideosT]

Why did you watch it then ???

[grid17]

Half of videos are unavailable ... DO SOMETHING WITH IT youtube!!!

[chostoman1]

I really don´t understand why inside the channel of Bjork many videos are unavailable ?? What happen with Youtube admin ???

[ChapelWaste]

Bjork is the most awesome.

[semnekar]

For a country to have it's own sovereignty (as Dr. Savage stated) it must keep & contain the most important 3 factors:

1. Language

2. Borders

3. Culture

........you go Bjork!!

[54spiritedwill54]

shes the best!

[AuthenticDarren]

Just seen your video for the first time Bjork. Reinds me why your my favorite pin-up. (no lie)

Yours truely, AuthenticDarren xxxxx.

[ErMac2187]

she looks so pretty in this video

[clakaritas]

so mesmo ela p fazer um clip tão conceitual.

[kameo1654]

WTF?????

[JLRappa]

Love it!

[UnParapluieBleu]

Good message.

[careppo]

me encantas bjork!!!!!!!!!!

[fifajfofam]

bjork the political scientist. wow. ironic.

[HumanRightsVideosT]

Perhaps you should listen to Miley C.

[ErickHatesYou]

I LOVE HER!!! <33333

[sivargueta]

I love Bjork! D:

[dollerklause]

ah bad ass beat :D i like

[actressalert13]

I love the irony in this song/videoIt's so true that now that "being different" is "in", it's totally gotten rid of the whole idea of being different and is just the same old conformity shit as their was before, and I think Bjork displays that very creativly.

[WMD911]

Don't say that, if people being "different" is "conforming" then they aren't being different, its just a facade of originality. Originality is still there, its just harder to notice with the fake "different''. Not that it matter whether you see originality or not that fact that its there is whats important.

[Andybaby]

1,000,000 'rebels' with the same dreadlocks, tatoos and piercings..

The irony is that in the vid the people are just faceless sheep and follow the Word of their leader, in this case Bjork herself.

At one point she almost does a 'Sieg Heil" gesture.

One of my fav Bjork tracks.

[lilbits]

Amazing. Ty Raedyma for sharing. She's original genius

[egotisticalfairy]

Is this supposed to be ironic?

I want to think it is, but I see that most people here seem to think it's not.

Either way, love Bjork so much!

[LoneConformist]

Is this one of those songs where we're instructed to throw off the shackles of Christianity even though almost no one is a true Christian anymore and that includes the last four Popes?

You'd think someone was breathing down Bjork's neck demanding that she eat the body and blood of Christ. But no, no one is. No one cares. She is free. Yet she's still bitter, and getting more bitter and more psychotic by the hour. Think about that for a bit. Her team has won, why not celebrate?

[AdderSIG]

See, this is where it's supposed to be ironic. A lot of the lyrics are so over the top and heck, she's even brainwashing people in the video. See it as satire.

[Ilackaname]

sober irish guy

[CammyR]

This song has nothing to do with Christianity or religion. Its about dictatorial oppression.

[nigorant]

all i can say to that post is you are an idiot!

[Blovinjack]

Last time I checked the pope was catholic so yes I dont think the last 4 popes were christian either....

[dslsabbat]

MUCH better live

still a good song.

[blaqmarkit]

this has a tappi/kukl vibe with an electronic beat. i didnt like this song ten seconds into it...but bjork has a knack for having one tiny nuance change your entire perspective

and a super plus...the audio preview actually said "bjork"

[AnAlternativeWorld]

shes the best!

[AsianSheep85]

DAMN COLONISTS!

[MartinSlovakian]

this is too poor for Michel Gondry!

[2ndAsstJizzMopper]

"Looks too fuzzy online."

the HQ version looks good:

watch?v=4P5xSntVWQE&fmt=18

[cyoung1976]

isnt this about the pharoh islands....

hey whatever Bjork rocks she so cute

the best ive seen her looking since with bunches in the sleeve for debut

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sexy

[MusicFrontMan]

I liked the paradox on how she is "commanding" them to declare independence.

[BassnutButter]

@MusicFrontMan What you are suggesting is a paradox in itself, it could only be a paradox if they declare independence during or before she tells them to. You saying it's a paradox is a paradox.

[zorgnox]

How could someone gave less than 5 stars ?

Well, who cares...

The best song of this new millenium !

[juansm85]

DECLARE INDPENDECE = THE NEW PLUTO ¿?

nice....

[CoreyLove00]

Peace/Light

[wakawaka71]

I like when they get their jump on!

[Medullaboi]

Doesnt get any better than Bjork

[nachoboysasj]

holy shit that was weird

[hauntingyourmother]

I love how she knows she looks like a lil kid in a jumpsuit, but she's singing through a megaphone in a way that's very childlike almost stating "yo what the fuck, this should be so simple for you to understand. a child could tell you, cause u should know" it's cool.

[hauntingyourmother]

omfg. this video was the craziest. wildest. most fucked up thing I've ever seen. I loved every second of it. OMG. It didn't even. It doesn't even look like a video. I mean I see the point. OMFG. This was just soooooooooo way too wild. wow. Bjork's running shit. WOW.

[mariussober]

My favorite Bjørk song!!!!

[EliNickeleye]

I think I like the performance better though.

[EliNickeleye]

It's about the Fair Isles.

[Lauufy]

It's about Tibet too.

[HumanRightsVideosT]

Looks like you were the only person to mention Tibet in this video.

Free Tibet and Free China.

[ChickenNugget134]

I always thought the song was about Tibet.

[douglasmcgowan]

I love Gondry and I LOVE Bjork, but that video's a mess.

[hotfeelme]

Finally somebody says something right.

[741362]

It is interesting that different people have different interpretations for whose independence is involved. This speaks to the value of this production, I believe, and also it's universality.

[blackbird1693]

weird

[lubrecht]

@pankas76 why should the USA be expected to intervene, other nations complain when the US gets involved and when the US does nothing.

[alxjpow]

Except, there seems to be a 'motive' to get involved in many instances throughout history.. America doesn't have any direct benefit from liberating Lithuania, so the won't. It's the sad truth. SO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE!

[kailan121]

Is it me or does it seem that it has a bit better quality

[cherilleblanc]

holy intense batman !

[mousestcs]

Declare sua independência!

Não deixe que eles façam isso com você!

[GriffoFoxburr]

All skirts is stutid.

[gadimalija]

kosova kosovo PEOPLE LOVE BJØRG.

[pankas76]

not long time ago Lithuania was occupied by soviets. but we declared independence and we are free now. US did nothing to help us. In all times we were fighting for freedom alone..

Kosovo does not belong to Serbia, USA or Russia. Raise your flag and be free!!! Kill kolonist

[lubrecht]

@pankas76 why should the USA be expected to intervene, other nations complain when the US gets involved and when the US does nothing.

[pankas76]

not long time ago Lithuania was occupied by soviets. but we declared independence and we are free now. US did nothing to help us. In all times we were fighting for freedom alone..

Kosovo does not belong to Serbia, USA or Russia. Raise your flag and be free!!! Kill kolonist

[Vladuha77]

Трудно поверить, что Бьерк может купиться на какие-либо политические заказы. Поэтому мне кажется, не смотря на текст, смысл клипа как раз противоположный. Управляя марионетками и призывая к независимости кукол она показывает, что все призывы к независимости идут от людей которые дергают за веревки и плетут свои грязные сети (т.е. политики и военные). Не зря она в военной форме. Если говорить о Косово, то это Американцы.

[SovietZekk]

Now she is extremely smart girl! I found out about her from news and i think many other as well! Now she was banned in Serbia and probably makes tons of money from that song. She sang that song for money not idea

P.S. this song sucks by the way. simple melody and 3 words. Reminds me of an old mono melody for ancient mobiles.

Сербы мы с вами!!!

[therokunin]

I think it's evil irony.

[ARoW8210]

fuck this dirty bitch

[HumanRightsVideosT]

why?

[Farerets]

Cвободу Фарерам!

Frælsið fyri Føroyar!

Liberty for Faroes!

[Waynah2007]

a mojno sprosit'? ya ne znayu prosto, interesno a ot kogo zavisimi farery? spasibo

[Mili86]

But this song is still a nice song to me. I mean it is a totally different take on music. And after hearing it for quite a while, it gets really catchy!

[miltodragon]

I like what is being expressed though this video and this song. I can really relate to it.

[yaerav]

Do "what" to "you" I wonder...?

Anyway, good art, bad music imo, but gotta admire Björk for daring to do different things- she will still be remembered in two centuries I dare say!

But still, she should have done this together with Einar Örn- would have fitted perfectly and added a lot.

[Voltabulous]

A Powerful Post-Modern Protestsong!

Björk being brilliant as always! :)

[paboneira]

low budget

[theTentative]

this is awsome!! love björk

[weirdchick098]

Bjork is lovely ^^

[MaxChaplin]

First Army of Me, then Pluto, and now this.

I adore this artist, I really do, but seriously, whenever she tries to seem menacing and aggressive she just makes a clown of herself.

Plus, whats the big deal about Greenland's independence? It's not like Denmark exploits that frozen shithole. I also wonder why Bjork, as an animal rights activist, gives a damn about a country whose entire economy is based on fishing and hunting.

Anyway, B, stick to happy experimental art-pop please. Thank you.

[miltodragon]

What are you talking about? The independance of Greenland? Why?

Bjork is From Iceland. And she is not talking about the independance of her country. She is talking about declaring independance from the society we live in if I am not wrong...

[ueelb123]

You are wrong. This song is about independence of Kosovo...

American brainwash machine works very efficiently, as I see. Its a pity that even Bjork looks at the world by USGoverment eyes.

US=shit and Bjork also now.

[JackOnTheMap]

I'll bet it looked GREAT on paper.

I'll also bet they really hoped there'd only be ONE take.

I agree. Not a song. She's been churning out art projects for a few years now. The new CD was a step in the right direction.

Great music can be art but not all art is great music.

[rwp80]

i agree totally, good points there.

bjork has always been very hit-and-miss. this was a middle-of-the-road. still better than the usual pop crap you get on tv these days.

girls aloud anyone?

[joao1988pedro]

i like bjork, but this is not a song

[HumanRightsVideosT]

Check out this version

Björk - Declare Independance (Later with Jools Holland)

watch?v=MHeX6yg95xU

I like that version better

[Voltasaur]

The concept of this video is so great, thanks!