Björk - Love Will Tear Us Apart - Nordic House, Reykjavík

[Lieu3C4]

It must be nice to lay down dynamite charges like twin trip wires in reverse lead to nothing more than an infinity uncursed and star fire.

[xxtiaan]

omg this ttly made me squee!

[penius72]

i love her personal style, is so spotaneuous and fresh, not pretencious! lovely!!! and with a great song. how can't you adore it? // sorry my bad english..

[penius72]

yeah!

[CaptynPugwash]

There are some real fuckwit comments on this video. It's karaoke, not a cover version. Björk's having fun not performing! Do you think Shakespeare spoke pearls of wisdom in iambic pentameter to his mates down the pub?

[brngrgld]

@CaptynPugwash Can't find the words to describe how I've just laughed my paints out.

[plopperator]

she should have just knocked it out. not try and make it bjorky but just sing the song. then it would have been brilliant.

[vsander09]

@plopperator I am her personal guru and I have advised her to consult you whenever she does anything. Tomorrow she wants to go bowling. Is that OK with you and if she bursts into an impromptu song after bowling a strike should it be "Total Eclipse of the Heart" or "Tiny Dancer"?

[Corrupt5358]

Bjork is a good singer, but she is clearly incapable of doing this song, she should have left well alone. The only true great cover performance of this song was by Dave Gahan.

[plezx29]

Her singing of this song is a lot better than Paul Young's sh*t cover of this song

[effievla]

Terrible recording, thanx for sharing

[C0RPSI]

Its Bjork! one of the best vocalist in the world. her melody in human behavior is amazing as well as other tracks of hers.Great job with The Joy devision cover. Bad recording is all it is.

[shellroom]

Shame on IcelandChronicles for not being accompanied by a professional film crew at all times on the offchance that a major artist might do a Joy Division cover.

@linesonde - Well said. It was a special moment, and IcelandChronicles allowed us to share in it, for which thanks and congratulations are due.

[linesonde]

People should stop bitching about the quality. Björk decides to sing Joy Division and then it gets put on youtube. she's just a person and she wanted to sing a good song and it seems everybody had a good time. what's the problem with that?

[C0RPSI]

@linesonde I agree. Ignorance is all it is.

[asndc]

incredibile connubio

[ShitMyCatsOnFire]

Is she still married to Space Ghost???

[lovebuffmuscle]

joy division sucks

[C0RPSI]

@lovebuffmuscle Hahahhahaahahahhahahaahhahahah­ahahahahahahahahahahahahahah AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhahahahahah­ahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahha!

[clevohardcore]

Someone take this vid down. She is amazing, the quality of the vid just sucks.

[Corrupt5358]

Worst cover of this song ive heard, try Depeche Mode!

[technestudio]

Thanks for the support against CHINA buying up your resouces

[MrVollstrecker]

Shame on you Björk.Ian Curtis would spinning round in his grave..............

[C0RPSI]

@MrVollstrecker Ahahahahah He would have been honored in my opinion. When someone like Bjork with reputation she has covers your song. its a good thing.

[717jonpaul]

Ian Curtis its best!

[zimbo24560]

Love is beautifull for every day and the night is so much class yeah!!!!

[caidodelasescaleras]

Tsssssssssssssssssssssssssssss­ssss...ps no esta mal, pero Joy Division es Joy Division, y Love Will tear us apart solo es cuando la canta Ian Curtis.

[Corrupt5358]

I like some of bjork - but definitely no to this!

[battletron]

Fantastic! I tried that song once in karaoke, it's surprisingly hard...

[Grange34]

i love Bjork , Iceland and Joy Division. Humanity needs to stick together.

[transonicbuoy1]

Dreadful.

[Corrupt5358]

@transonicbuoy1 Check the Depeche Mode cover that was more faithful, I can't stand this either.

[transonicbuoy1]

@Corrupt5358 Thanks for the comment. I saw her 21 years ago, in Brixton, with The Sugarcubes. They wouldn`t have considered doing this back then.

[perfuzz]

Is this the state of Iceland? They only afford a my first sony to record their master sugar cube.

[tmlafrance]

why is this never in the karaoke play lists when I go to the bar?

[thosmcgill]

youtube.com/watch?v=EEnI4ymUsw­0

[ChundomanX]

My nokia 1661 can make better videos.

[888mww]

Finally, an interesting version of Ian's dirge, anyone with a working cerebral cortex would have to agree. She breathes new life into the worn out concept with her usual transcendent approach which makes all the difference. Most JD covers are lame, rigor mortis renditions cannot tap into the depth where Ian went with it, the moribund piece needed some fresh blood. Ian would applaud

[Haisoj6119]

The fuck was that?

[DeliciousCake777]

I fucked a girl that looked like Bjork.  She was crazy too.

[mrssiggi78]

so schlecht11! Sollte verboten werden, als Karaoke gespielt zu werden.

[davedenisetigg]

shit !!!



[administrateur1ish]

Incredible. Fuck of song

[brittonnick]

That's nothing I had Ian Curtis round my place the other night singing Big Time Sensuality with only a teaspoon and a bottle of milk as accompliment.

[becalmned]

chinky.

[pitzman68]

Dreadful

[lisscwerner]

it'S DREADFUL: let the songs to the legends.

[MrMeMooMoo]

I also like this!

[giddyupagogo]

my heroin

[demonduskbite]

This is crap!

[layrebecca]

Thank GOD this is karaoke...had me wonderin' there for a minute. Still god-awful though. HOWEVER it actually does improve half way through. Don't get me wrong , I like Bjork.

When was this taped?

[ElectroRome]

@layrebecca last december in Reykjavik

[IcelandChronicles]

@ElectroRome It was in January, actually.

[ILuvSexiHair]

I admit, it sounds like chinese karaoke but ffs people, it's BJORK, it doesn't matter what she sounds like, she still captures originallity :)

[kryten77]

This feels like capturing lighting in a bottle. o.O

[lol98thegreat]

@trancis36 keep going. theres every single genre you can think of in my favs. or used to be at least. everything from classical spanish guittar to trance to rap to techno to metal to goth to alternative to rock and everywhere in between.

[lol98thegreat]

I don't know. Her voice makes me want to spike my tea with cyanide. Sorry to all the people who thinks that she can sing. I did indeed listen to dancer in the dark as well. And I just don't hear any quality sounds coming from her :)

[trancis36]

@lol98thegreat ... she's not only about singing... she's about coolness and avant-garde and about being innovative and original(OK, I know, this is From New Order)... she's about being real... she's for real, unlike the pop-tarts of America.

[Imatreethatgrowshear]

She can certainly sing, and if you listen closely, you can hear her voice, but the quality of the recording isn't that good. :/

[IcelandChronicles]

@Imatreethatgrowshear True, quality is far from good. I was not equipped for recording live music, but the occasion was unique and wanted to do it anyway.

[Imatreethatgrowshear]

@IcelandChronicles Thank you for uploading it! :)

[dbaw1975]

@IcelandChronicles it looks like you were on stage with her!

[docfraktal]

Poor girl !

[JeredtheShy]

Dude, if Bjork stumbled into my bar and did karaoke, I would no joke shit my pants.

[mamoea]

@JeredtheShy maby you have some sort of prostate infection?

[allaboutdatGDA]

@JeredtheShy me too! i would shit and pee pee. and maybe boogers would come out of my nose and i'd go cross-eyed! har har.

[fishhead11111]

Bjork... I would love to tear you apart.... if you know what I mean ;)

[lol98thegreat]

people actually think she can sing? I have only heard this song but wow. she totally sucked.

[rykevolgnikcufecin]

@lol98thegreat you should see dancer in the dark, ;)

[geoffwoade]

@lol98thegreat I guess you're totally in a position to make an informed judgement on her singing abilities then, having seen one terrible quality karaoke video.

[juniwilliams]

@lol98thegreat shut your lip, look up her songs, then comeback here and write that bollocks

[trancis36]

@lol98thegreat ... this comment coming from someone with 50cents and Lil Wayne in is list of favorites... lolol

[endrake2]

I guess we can't all be karaoke masters like some people posting in the comments section on youtube.

[nicocoz]

yeah bjork deserves some respect just watch dancer in the dark and you'll see for yourself...

[twangville]

@RelaxDud3 tear it apart

[twangville]

@RelaxDud3 yeah - and she didn't have to; what a disgrace - while London's burnin

[maniana00000]

@RelaxDud3 indeed

[TheWonderDoc]

No.... just no....

[nicodagger]

I LOVE Bjork..I think as a performer and composer she is a genius, unique, her videos are some of the best ever made....she's amazing.....however, THIS sad little 'performance" is just dog-shit. Doesn't take away from her talent, but......total, awful, off-key dogshit.....Ian Curtis is spinning in his grave, gnashing his teeth, wishing he could get his hands on her.

[gisellevideoclips]

I have to admit, the audio quality distracts me from the vocals. And as jackd2001 said.. this IS karaoke, after all. ;P

If you haven't heard it... try listening to:

Susanna and the Magical Orchestra's cover version.

[ml2001]

 Bjork, Bjork is tearing Ian apart.... again.

[1henameless]

NO ONE I REPEAT NO ONE WILL EVER COME CLOSE TO THE WAY JOY DIVISION PERFORMED!

[nicodagger]

@1henameless Right!! I've heard many many versions, and Ian Curtis is the only one who gets to the heart of it. Which makes sense, he wrote it, he lived it.

[fsiracusano]

@nicodagger recording tricks yeah.. i can tell you've been watching lots of her live performances

[nowthatsgangsta]

@nicodagger It's a kareoke performance recorded on a phone. what do you expect?

[jackyd2001]

its karaoke ... relax people ....

[MsRabenschwarz]

@jackyd2001 ...don't care what it is...it's so fuckin BAD BAD BAD!

[GudmundsdottirBjork]

i love her cuteness!

[eleni1968]

BRAVO Bjork I actually thought your interpretation was one of the best ones Out of all the covers. I wished I was there, you looked like you were having fun. Off Timing?? Its Karaoke--you handeled it well

[jbri1]

@eleni1968 no-one cares what you thought.

[eleni1968]

@jbri1 Thank you for responding

[t1m1976]

<3 Björk. That was totally cool. I'll think of this video every time I hear the original song and he sings, "...is my timing that flawed..."

[srrdmalak]

that was bad... am i the only one to see that. i mean girls in my class sing better than this. my best friends girlfriend probably does too and she gets me angry lol!

[lovasip]

The description states that it was actually a karaoke. A karaoke marathon. I do not know how much she sang, but this must be around the 22th hour.

[armylos]

:(



[Junecatrose]

<3 Always adorable Bjork.



[sofakartafla]

nei björk, nei

[theNomadz]

This is effortless, with all the love in world even new order don't pull off better versions of Love Will Tear Us Apart than this, <3 around the 2:15 mark when she gives it a bit of a sugercubes touch.

[nigholasgnelson]

Love the look she gives at 00:59. Something just so isolated and knowing, if that makes sense.

[svanur75]

@Schaumzucker not for the dick, anyway XD

[clearviewmind]

this is typical pub karaoke that anyone does, which points out the fact that she can't really sing.

[SuperiFox]

@clearviewmind She's got the best vocals of anyone, ever.. wtf are you on?

[Radiom0ff]

she must be a new vocalist for Joy Division

[abradio85]

Este ni siquiera es cover solo es la pista de Joy Division y Bjork canta sobre ella, es como haciendo un Karaoke de altisima calidad pero aun asi Karaoke. pero esto es similar al "cover" de Layne Staley a Rape me bueno aun asi Bjork de los mejores artitas de todos los tiempos !!!!!

[larakaille99]

@abradio85 es un Karaoke buey

[TheMasterTripMonkey]

i like it better than the original--esp. since it's Joy Division (i thought it was Bauhaus...)

[epknno]

nunca me imagine a Bjek cantando una cancion d Joy Division, pero debo admitir q le salio original...

I like it!

[fromamouth]

cute!

ALSO, great job on the extension cords ;)

[NakedAndLaughing]

How sweet!

[JadenAlexander]

2:00 *big grin*