Sugarcubes - Birthday (live in Reykjavik 2006)

[JediNiyte]

Dear God.  Bjork is a force of nature.

I don't think our species will ever see another one like her.

[cribbonin]

18 years later and she still kills it. Other singers get shaky after 10 or 12 years. Just sayin'.

[binstig]

Those ripping the trumpet player are kind of missing the point. The song is meant to have a detached surreal sound to it, almost elasticated and stretched from the normal realms of a standard musical format. [/pretentious]

[fourmations]

@binstig exactly, the song is very jazz orientated

[Oldshirt]

Exquisite in every possible way. Bjork is a complete master... And the sugarcubes still sound amazing.

[Jumbiedesign]

She turned up for her old crew, that is so uniquely cool. I Love... THIS SONG!

[Giaco68]

simple, beautiful, so great, the best ever and ever

[smakaol]

twnty years on and this song MELTS me

[Gisellare]

L islandesa mas famosa en el mundo.

[iskanderr]

Simply Elegant!

[bjarktron]

Oh my god she sings this so perfectly.. she is just wonderful

[nathanjamesbaker]

Awesome. I didn't even know there was a reunion gig. Or maybe I heard about it back then and later forgot. Anyway, this performance is amazing. I wish they had done a full tour.

[sparkyovcov]

lost in the music, beautiful

[wolfpacguy]

Yes, she is the greatest ever

[danikittie]

@theQuestOfHolyGrail I think in the end that's really what music is all about, to help you remember the good times and unfortunately the bad ones too. But for people like Bjork who has thousands of footage of herself evolving into what she is now, must be pretty eerie to watch and somewhat bittersweet.

[GFWspacezilla]

That trumpeter is nowhere near as good as he was back then.

[RukiaOtaku]

que gran voz la d esta mujer la amo bjork la mejor!!

[dreadnegast13]

The mars volta covering this beauty song so nice.

[bprana7]

I would have flown to Iceland if I had known about this show!

[kity845]

maravilloso!!!

[ChrisMagoo99]

amazing

artists performing songs from their past always makes me a little weepy

[Rosky12]

What does she sing when the crowd cheers?

[daxeshalleck]

@Rosky12 " I dag er afmaeli" : Today is a birthday

[malaka74]

@daxeshalleck yes, and the crowd cheered because the concert was for the 20th anniversary of their first single, which was "Birthday". so it was "Birthday"'s birthday!!!

[mchelo18]

Sorry about all the other singers, this girl owns this generation and the next.

[xXxRav3rRawrBabyxXx]

Absolutely beautiful!

[dhscvtsb]

i love her to death! she is soo amazing

[angelortiz69]

it's amazing how she makes everyone else in the band look so small. this woman never seizes to amaze me.

[angelortiz69]

i wonder which one is her ex husband.

[aloonyRadcliffe]

I FUCKIN LOVE HER

[Bengbusen]

Its kinda sad ti see them like this

[GFWspacezilla]

wish it was in english.

[Atomic440]

@GFWspacezilla It is much prettier in Icelandic.

[UltraDuskyJewel]

Wow. Band is great, Bjork's voice is transcendent after all these years. Amazing.

[crazymax07]

Je t'aime Bjork !! c'est bien qu'elle chante encore ses succes avec Sugarcubes !!

[71757097]

Happy Birthday Tryst

[sneekz07]

There was some parts in here where Thor was checking out Bjork bum lol.

[554301051989]

Mr Örn...... slight off lol

Love Björk!

[euggie2000]

At 2:15 somebody screamed out right in time! hehe

[doginsideyourbody]

oh lord oh yes

[sneekz07]

The trumpet player lost his pizazz didn't he lol.

[sneekz07]

Loving it! She's still got it after all these years.

[booboobabies]

I used to get e-mails from Icelandair (the Icelandic national airline) & I remember them having a contest to win airfare and tickets to go to this concert. Damn, I would have killed to be there to see this live! I envy anyone who had the opportunity!

[lyzkov]

Unbelievable! Almost 20 years after recording this song, still sounds the same! ;]

[axdexter23]

so wonderful

[spookymulder15]

Bjork is awesome! The trumpet player is not

[toonmama6]

shes had those silver legging for years.

=P

[sneekz07]

@toonmama6 Thats what I love about her. She actually wears her clothes, instead of dashing them out after being worn once haha.

[fourtoedsloth]

I heard somewhere that Icelandic is one of the most difficult, if not the most difficult, language to learn/speak in the world

[MrSKINFLICK]

@fourtoedsloth:which is probably nonsense, because it is a Germanic language, and there must be similarities as between English, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish.Difficult e.g.are Finnish or Hungarian who have hardly any similariy to Indo-Germanic languages.Swedish e.g. is very hard to understand for Germans,but if you read it(I have bever learned it)you detect similarity in many words(koning=king =Koenig,arbedsloes=arbeitslos/­jobless,slottet=Schloss/castle and so on).

[gian222]

bjork es lo mas grande

[CeePeeCeecpc]

Must be the clean air and fresh fish of Iceland......... She hasnt changed one bit.....Amazing.

[lebonpost]

The trumpet player still needs some practice after all these years :)

[euggie2000]

@lebonpost indeed =)

[dchatterley]

Wow!! I cannot believe that this is almost 20 yrs after the song first came out and she sounds the same if not better!!! I totally agree with you czerwony45.

I am as thrilled with her performance as when I first heard her. Kudos to her.

[czerwony45]

See now if this was any other singer doing a reunion gig, they would have lowered the key about three octaves because their voice was out of shape. Bjork is awesome!

[HardCoreSandy]

The Mars Volta did a cover of this song and it sounds cool as hell,they're big fans of Bjork thats why they covered it.

[Schtiffelhausen]

what's the name of the trumpet player?

he is really, er, "creative"!

[tomrostoll]

@Schtiffelhausen

he´s Einar Örn

[Schtiffelhausen]

I know. Some people love him and think he was always an essential part of the Sugarcubes, some people don't. But on this, he really is ruining a great song.

[koojean]

what's the name of the drummer?

he is really creative!

[tomrostoll]

@koojean

he´s Einar Örn

[CeePeeCeecpc]

The brilliant Sigtryggur Baldursson

[konori0303]

how greatstill Sugarcubes!!!!!!!!

i remenber 1990 ,when i went Tokyo live.

[ethanlj14]

god i've never heard anyone do that chorus with her voice. I mean that is fucking true singing ability

[SrSaeosJork]

such a great song, i love björk and the sugarcubes, and i think that they sound so much better in icelandic.

[drewgoloid]

It looks as if Bjork's wearing cling film.

[GlenyD]

Interesting it being sung in her native tongue as an alternative to the album version

[theggirl93]

memories....

[cupidstuntts]

amazing. saw this 1987 (or when the hell it was) in Metropol Berlin, looks like twas just yesterday.

[MarcBassoFilms]

wow, incredible

[gullibal]

thanks Eddie.

[mikedowd66]

I heard this band do this song at Umass in 1987.

Unforgettable.

She is truly amazing.

[melmanlestrange]

Oh, wow, so did I. In the Student Union. Weird.

[mikedowd66]

Yes, the student union! Thats funny. I also saw The The there, Johnny Mar's band after the Smiths. I was guessing on the year that the Sugarcubes played...could've been 88 or 89?

[melmanlestrange]

I am thinking '89 because I was seeing a big fan of theirs at the time and he introduced me to them. In fact when I hear this song I go right back to that brown ballroom and the bike repair shop and People's Market and little post office! cheers.

[Suze]

No wonder Lauri from The Rasmus didn't hesitate to tattoo her on his entire arm. She's amazing.

[BWFSabian]

Sews a bird, into her knickers... Bloody hell, who else but Gutmansdottir could get away with that line....

By the way, is that you Perry??

[Suze]

Wow.

[modelleg]

Sally Fields on mescaline

[flashrobbie]

Used to sing softened version of this and Regina to my little girl as lullabies. Little bit of magic for baby.

[Brakd1]

how sweet ! did the same for my kids ....singing the most strange songs as lullabies ,

[debthemango]

i would've flown to iceland to be a part of this. i can't believe how amazing it still sounds- i had to buy "life's too good" 3 times because i wore out the cassettes ^_^ (am now rather glad for iPods)

[seigikya]

2006?!!!!! where the hell was I[?!?!?!?!?

definitly one of the best songs of life.

[swanstep]

V. nice performance of a stonking classic of a song that *still* sounds ahead of its time.

[woodentops]

enjoyed that loads

[fix33r]

you mean loads on your face...PWND!!!!

[woodentops]

oh im pwnd by a nub. gross. dont fancy her, dude, just rate her. possible in your book?

[olyoxenfree]

Still gives chills after all these years.

[LallyGagR]

Wow, she can still belt this one out so many years later, and she still looks great!

[Poolala92]

aw i woulda been there if i didnt hate bjork 3 years ago D8  damnit lol

[ievaaveiieva]

you don't now?

[X0OmarX0]

i love this song!!!

but in english i can understand in icelandic it's hard x3

[darketopichi]

she is such a great singer!!

no one will ever be like bjork.

great song!! =)

[tinibug28]

How in the hell does she still sound like that 20 plus years after recording this song??!!

[hebertvs]

lol good question !!

[frickinbrandon]

i think she might be using magic...

[allanosterm]

SHE is magic! At least with The Sugarcubes.

[ChrisDetroit]

If any drummer could transcribe this for me, I will name my first born child after you.

[sflachuck]

I LOVE LOVE YOU, BJORK!!!! She has to got to be the richest person in Iceland...

[julieswahn]

Damn, as good as Björk and the band is, the magic --enchantment-- is so much less than before. I'd have skipped this if I were them. But obviously many wanted to see it.

[Okoi05]

Wow, they are STILL alive ;D ;D.

Bjork has STILL beauty voice.

I'm so happy. ^^

[miguelnd]

woww still a great voice!!!

[homogenic97]

Love this song, my favorite from the Sugarcubes though personally, I like her better solo.

[cevastian]

GOD!!1 I LOVE BJORK!!!

[willllgreen]

Siempre sera la mejor...

[Paulosoy]

Wow!, I didn´t know there was a Sugarcubes reunion. Great song, Bjork looks the same as 20 years ago.

[sugarpuddin88]

Sugarcubes were an astonishingly tight band; decades ahead of its time

Mankind lost out when these guys faded away!

They were producing sounds never before heard!!

[hjstrole]

Agreed! There was a time when people wanted to press forward the boundaries of sound. It seems no one has the patience anymore.

[tonymayze]

it isn't my birthday .....damn shame!

[BellaVita89]

beautiful.

[zenguin13]

Sweet!

[Hallmudarhraun]

I was there....it was sooo great....

[Benevolent1]

Bjork is the best

[sh4din]

my birthday is nov. 21 too :D

[nottforest]

@sh4din my birthday is almost nov.22.. nov21.. xD

is nov.23 1 am. Xd

[Tiiluu]

Lovely..she sings it in her native language :)

[warrenestrada]

beautiful just beautiful

[UltraHyperGirl]

I really wish I could've been there, and I sincerely hope they release this on DVD because I'd treasure it forever.

[EarthlyDerision]

I was there! I was there! I was there!

Can still hardly belive it; a world away from Adelaide, South Australia!

[TXTJTXJTXTJ001]

good for you... they played in adelaide at the (formerly Old) Lion in 1989 it was $25 and it was one of the best gigs i have ever seen to this day. Lotsa Good comes from Adders!

[sugarhed]

Hmmm can you say that about your water though?

(Australians will only get this comment)

[idacopenhagen]

I love Björk! <3 She is amazing

[stingoo]

Amazing, just perfect, twenty years on and it sounds even better.

[jaxxosho]

B V A  ZOR XRAPA

[eddiecurry]

What the flip does that mean?

[Gusty85]

i was there and i cry during this song it was so beautiful!

i still havent grasped the thought of actually have seen the sugarcubes!!!

[zeci39]

is the guy in the purple shirt her baby daddy?

[PresidentJohn]

Yes, I believe it's Thor, her first husband, on guitar.

[PresidentJohn]

BTW, after Thor and Björk divorced, Thor later remarried to Magga, the lady you see playing keyboards in the background. Björk and Magga share the same birthday, Nov 21.

[Quearnyisslad]

Cool my birthday is November 21 aswell.

[PatsyS3]

Brilliant!!....

Is that Trumpet player,playig an entirely differnt song to her amazing vocals..Drugs or Drink... Ha Ha Ha..

[maskuk]

her voice is the same

even better!!

[HellField04]

I would have thought it impossible to EVER tell if and when Bjork's voice was good, better or best, but I think you may be right. This is divine.

[guy18]

Her Voice is actully better now then it did :D

[TheSocksMasters]

her voice is actually better than when they did this song twenty years ago

[jjaywill]

@TheSocksMasters She is also even more beautiful then she was twenty years ago. How is that possible?

[OSTENDELINES]

Amazing!!!

The brass section really makes the song don't you think??

[JulieEgoEmo]

woow, im speachless =) awesomw *.*

[Koga1167]

What Language is she Singing in?? I had no idea the sugarcubes had a reunion. What a rock ive been under

[Gaburiero]

Icelandic, of course.

[jomcbar1]

I can't explain what this song does to me but I get chills and have to say this has to be one of if not the best song to come out of the 80s.

[madsketcher]

Holy wow! I had no idea there was a reunion. Very awesome. Her voice still sounds as great as it did then.

[Oxma]

the BEST female voice there has ever been in music.

[hiltonlucas]

Homegirl can still hit those high notes.

[augustocs]

omg I'm laughing my ass off HARD at the trumpet player

Geez, besides that, great reunion concert.

[silkcity19]

The pocket trumpet player rippps it sikkkkkk

[JoeThePsycoRobot]

bjork has never done anything not worth listening to.

[Gusty85]

you are really musically retarded. enough said.

[ferrari808]

woah, pretty cool, I didn't even know about this reunion. Stick around for Joy gave me a lot of listening pleasure. fav cd.

[wgilroy]

Does anyone have the video (or audio) of 'Leash Called Love'??? I want that song!!!

[Deliaboard]

Still very nice, I must say...

[petrusaloisius]

Voice is still brilliant though

[RuedigaSocke]

sugarcubes are over, but the remembers live, now bjork is solo and this is good so, sugarcubes were so amazing great, but björk is just unbelivebal

[bladii77]

oddalbym dusze diablu zeby byc na tym koncercie.....

[PsychoPhilDD]

I hope they'll do a show like this in about 9 years

cause I'd go their^^

[wotdvd]

Good...the trumpet player hasn't gotten any better though.

[andri1988]

beacause she is icelandic

[IndiaInk66]

Why does Bjork not age?

[connortay]

Wow what a find, i saw them in england in 88 i think. friend with laphroaig tonight and reminiscing with fantastic memories and experiences. great stuff. would love to see them together in iceland. anyone know if they're playing anytime in the future there.

[7thwavepictures]

I didn't know they got back together for a show or tour? More people know Bjork than the Sugarcubes. If you like Bjork go get some Sugarcubes... now!

[MC2Long]

This vid version gives me chills.  Bjork is the real deal (despite the goose outfits at awards shows).

[glitra]

It was a SWAN dress;)

[lookingforlight]

Yup. She's good.

[neikocaroline]

noone can scream like she does :D

[yohanaandme]

believer!!

[lawnchairman]

I`m really in love! And I can`t wait to here next album!

[BALDSWEED]

So much better in Icelandic.

[Gaburiero]

I agree, same thing for 'Planet'!

[softcell19]

andale mira que bonita, recordando tiempos en los que no hacia mamadas como medulla y volta!!! wuuuuuuuuo haaaa wuuuuuuuo ho ho ho ho iiiiiibam!!!

[DemeterMuse]

Oh how fun!

She looked like she enjoyed singing that again with the band.

This song's great in any language

^_~

[gudflicks4all]

I watch this and forget to breathe. So Amazing Miss Gu_mundsdottir. The band seems so content being there with her again.