Bjork - Coachella Festival 2007 (Independance)

[TragicKingdom2]

i fucking got goosebumbs literally she fucking rocks

[Grendel938]

She looks great.

[lutscher33333]

1:37 - 1:42 Règine Chassagne????

[lechiii]

I bet that at the front row she can melt your brains to philadelphia cream cheese.... damn, how I envy those first row motherfuckers... =(

[mathewshearer]

Wow she really fucked that one up!

[esnoke23]

what an amazing song! gives me goosebumps. love that shit!

[blogbat]

Hissing elfs remind me of the Ewoks from Star Wars.

[0ct0parr0t]

this is such an angery tune!!! its mint!!

[whyyesyes]

Bjork is beautiful. She sings a message to awaken your spirit and reclaim your world.

[ClaraDruen]

@whyyesyes It's a song for the faroe islands (and Greenland?) because they are under the danish regime.. check out the music video and you'll see their flags

[viviane5572]

@whyyesyes with waaaaaaaaaaaaaar dead bodies all around for the independence of your country, just like it happend sometime ago.

[Nikolus]

Being in the audience, hearing this song for the first time (Volta had not yet come out) was one of the best experiences I've had for sheer visceral thrill. This video doesn't even come close to capturing the adrenaline rush, especially beginning about about 2:28. Being pummeled by that bass while the entire crowd forgets itself and jumps around in unison. Amazing.

[mtzleuname]

se me enchina la piel!!

excelenete Bjork!!

[youcandance12345]

this performance was awsome!

[atramentMJ]

This song always makes me cry;)

[barbabudsa]

me as well.. do u know why? coz i dont know why im crying but evrytime i cry..

[atramentMJ]

I'm not sure. Maybe because I'm from Poland and I have been told since childhood about polish captivity during and before II world war. Maybe because this song is f****** brilliant. ;D

[knightabraxas]

@barbabudsa becuase it's an inspiring message! throwing away the chains of your oppressors!

[Paperhouse81]

@atramentMJ This song makes me want to get really violent ! Especially towards the end of the song, a lot of mojo in this song.

[silent211537]

she gets me all pumped up

[brokenimages]

i've heard some poor music .. this is retarded

[liganj]

que de puta madre!!! excelente!!!

[cevastian]

tell me your favorite bjork song on a message and i'll send you full audio of voltaic.

[idontknow1919]

Is that Régine dancing from Arcade Fire at 1:39

[WorldContainerTTH]

@idontknow1919 Yes it is! That DEFINITELY is Regine. Just look at her dress, I saw her wear that same one in concert! I got all giddy just seeing Bjork, but Regine was a REAL treat too!

DECLARE INDEPENDENCE!

[xomeboy]

Viva la Albania!

US just fuck up everywhere, they r the enemy, they already conquer us ideolgically....!

Raise ur flag!!!!

[Mekakakaka]

Aww, she's so cute and cuddly, I wanna just hug and squeeze her all day and all night.

Jesus Christ, that sounds creepy as fuck.

[bigdoog21]

It does, but I want to do the same!!! he he

[777Rowen]

@Mekakakaka And yet you still want to hug her inspite of the creepy but baddass song? This song reminds me of  something that could be in a Metriod game.

[nadista]

jump! jump! jump! jump! xD

[ElvisDumont]

vive le Québec libre! nous vaincrons!

[BGAries]

that is all correct what you say. America and other political strong forces want to make Big Albania. After they succsed in it they will clean that country by biological weapon. All Albanians have kind of syphipis but they bodies are imun for the moment, they do not practice safe sex. I dont know if there ever heard for condoms, they think it is gum... there are so many HIV in Albania and now in Kosovo. Find some statics on internet and you will see. peace and love.

[RAPTISHA]

Go search for Ferid Murat. he is Albanian and has to do with sex and other parts, since as I can see you don't have clue what are you saying.

Anyway, if we are backward as you believe that is result of milosevic dictatorship, but you can search statistics and you will see which country in Balkan use Internet more and similar parts if you willing to compete

All the best.

P.S. Don't say anything wrong for America, because of them you have Youtube. com :D

all the best

sve najbolje

[BGAries]

ti i ja nikako ne mozemo da iskomuniciramo...tako da bi svaka konverzacija dalje vodila u raspravu! Da je Amerika sranje SRANJE JE, zato ti ne treba vise od grama mozga. Bilo kako bilo ja nikome ne zelim zlo pa ni tebi. Zelim ti sve ono sto i sebi. A cinjenice koje postoje mogu se tumaciti sa obe strane u korist ili protiv druge strane. mislim da tu mozemo da se slozimo... sve najbolje :)

[77dak]

It's perfect... No. It is better than perfect. I absolutely adore this woman and her music. What I would give just to be there...

[essexboi81]

this song provokes so much contoversial views.....forget the politics people,,,,concentrate on BJORK...end of the day she fucking RULES THE WORD MUSIC!!!!

[dwightz13]

bjork attack reporter

[RAPTISHA]

don't talk stupid things over here, because I live i Kosova. And there were included all democratic countries who allow free speech, but not to lie as you do here.

I am Kosovar, I am ready to forgive but not to forget the killings and rapes to my country by serbs.

Albanian from Kosovo who are over 95 % are ready to live with serbs who are part of genocide, because of mankind, peace and love....

Kosovo is for the serbs arena to do genocides, I don't believe that it's the same as in Tibet.

[BGAries]

are u normal? "killing and rapes to my country"? First of all how can 5% of Serbs in Kosovo, as you say, could kill, torture and rape your women, especially when you say "my country"...are u live in Tirana/Albania so u say "my contry". if you live in Kosovo u still got Serbs passort and other documents. Where is that country of yours? If u talk about free speech why there are 95% of Albanians in Kosovo, and Serbs move to safe they lives? is it free speech?

[boogsie777]

I love you ,adore you Bjork ....You are hope in a world of conformists..

You are weird,because you are you !!Cant beat that !!

[numbers2323]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[modernbutler1]

We need Mana at the next Coachella fest

[mylove4bjork]

huuuuuge fan this is probably the best live performance ive seen of hers. love her music and i also love her shes soooo cute.

[kayakosaeki66]

dunno what you weirdos are talking about but i love bjork shes gorgeous and her music is awesome.

anyone who thinks different deserve to die a slow painful death.

[pedrovolta]

The girls dancing,wak.

[iaos]

Declare independence from the group!

"We" IS the root of all evil.

The ego IS the spirit.

[123AF321]

Is that Régine Chassagne from Arcade Fire dancing at 1:39?

[ryanranger]

I think so....

[mugenbluewassy]

bjork  is very excellent.

Wonderful!

I want also to make a good work.

[prinzezz21]

bjork es la onda m fascina al 100% y la neta m deprimi x no haber ido al coachella!! no x falta d dinero sino la credencial... m muero si vuelve a venir , eso espero....

[iaos]

She's trying to tell the individual to declare independence from society...Don't let them turn you into a worthless coward.

[ElvisDumont]

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but she wrote that for two small island that Iceland is now trying to assimilate. this song is political, not individualistic.

[iaos]

No she didn't. If you actually LISTEN to Volta and are capable of understanding, you'll know she's singing about how people deny themselves for the group. With Declare Independence she's saying to get out of the group! Don't accept their influence. Don't let them into your mind. Don't speak like them. Don't become a ghost and a zombie.

[tranism]

Actually ElvisDumont is correct. Bjork has said in interviews she wrote this song for an island losing its identity by being forced to join another country.

[ElvisDumont]

yup. and we know here what this mean, Québec is a canadian colony, and independance is to do.

dependance or independance : vive l'indépendance, vive le Québec libre!

[iaos]

The only way to understand Bjork is to interpret her songs literally & in the first person.

[strikersbane]

hahahaha and then He said, "this is my Son, with whom I am well pleased"

[paaanther]

love it !!:)

[ElvisDumont]

vive le Québec libre! vive l'indépendance! à bas la dépendance!

[candyxline]

Can someone send me the song? I've been looking everywhere. This is sogood song! I'm trying to get into Björk more, can someone recommend some other cool songs (like this) from her? :)

[DonnieDarkoFan2006]

Definitely listen to Pluto, Army Of Me, Enjoy, All Neon Like and Where Is The Line.

[dabsguru9]

i was there

[elleshaylor]

No matter what, she is intense. Her middle name should be intensity..it's great. Anytime you hear her music, you get chills. I do all the time, b/c she is in tune with her human behavior/sounds.

[MrEvilOne]

Does anybody know the machine that is running on the background screens?

[W1tchingHour]

Yeah it's a 'Reactable', besides the peole who made it, she is the only person in the world with that massive machine. It's pretty cool.

[weijtang]

kinda reminds me of dancer in the dark.. nice!

[weijtang]

2:35 - 2:38 glorious!

[TaylorRama]

I waited six hours in the heat to get to the very front. it was completely worth it!

[jannymunster]

this encore to this day gives me chills

[iaos]

This song is a call to battle. Declare independence from society; start the revolution!

[carldlr]

I was there...but I saw The Killers instead.

[carldlr]

Nevermind I thought this was ACL

[mrckunkel]

i wasnt there

[elkhadi]

I wish I was there.

[brumbychaser]

I was there.

[Denis6767]

Ignorez leur paternalisme...

Chers Québécois, c'est maintenant à votre tour de déclarer votre indépendance. ☺ ; )

[Denis6767]

Ignorez leur paternalisme...

Chers Québécois, c'est maintenant à votre tour de déclarer votre indépendance. ☺ ; )

Vive le Québec libre !!!

[dardaniane]

Thank You Björk, YOU did it! God bless YOU and KOSOVA

[ilovemiscosas]

does someone knows if will be for sale a dvd of this volta tour?

[emerysp]

I almost cry that day

[eltantan123]

te queremos Bjork, te queremos siguie siendo la desequilibrada de siempre.

Viva Bjork!!!!!!!!

[munieKdiaboliK]

BJORK ES LA PUTA AMA.

[Thomas1989be]

Boring crowd.

[rwizzard7]

she's the shit!!!

[RuedigaSocke]

it's great and its fun

go away and hear you britney-shit

we -the bjork-fans- have a great music taste

[elkhadi]

Dude, I think rwizzard7 was complimenting Bjork.

Calling someone "the shit" is a good thing.

XD 6 thumbs down.

[homegirrl]

Haha. You meant that as a compliment, right?

[gouranitai]

it's fantastic!!!She amazing!...

[merca2007]

Boy... I was there! Amazing show...

[atomkid]

that was a good coachella. geez i've been looking for this song everywhere. why?

[KeystoneCowgirl]

that instrument she is using on stage is a reactable...check it out in video search. there are only 3 of them in the world. weird shit.

[AnotherDNSF1]

she is genious

[pa9an]

WTF!

That people look sooo boring. :S

Nothing compares to latinamerican people!!! (respectly)

[generalnazor]

Yeah I love Bjork and all but DARN!

[Brondby64]

Sorry for my english by the way..

Iceland...

[Brondby64]

The song is about how Björk thinks that Greenland and Faroe islands should declare indenpendence from Denmark.. Just like Island did for "some" years ago.

[RuedigaSocke]

they did it 1945

[56BUICKRiviera]

Gives "Wall of Sound" new meaning.

[kelpcoyote]

Wow, do you feel that energy?

[dirspe]

declare independance

of all the3 noisy stuff m

[scramble1224]

oooooooooohhhh

"higher higher"

when i saw her i just kind of screamed something that sounded kind of like that because i couldn't figure out what we were saying. ha!

[japan31]

raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa j'aime troop

[Anadara]

Love this song!

The live is great *_*

[gragboop]

i love Bjork and understand what she's TRYING to say... but we should realize we are all part of the HUMAN race and should unite. NOT separate and isolate, ignore. One flag for the human race, not redundant vanity of cultures. Air is air, red is red no matter what language you use to discribe it.

[kilroybop]

quit being a hippie

[princedepressia]

Yes, but when another country puts you under their rule, and expects you to follow their laws, and supresses you in your own land.. that isn't exactly ideal is it?

Love Björk! And love this song! :D

[TheIceMaiden]

You have to realize this was written by someone whose native country is only 60 years past independence.

[alentalas]

And I assume that we should get rid of all those "redundant" cultures by destroying them and supplanting them with our naturally superior one? Red is not red, air is not air. The words that exist in every language for these concepts are incredibly different. Some languages have only two words to describe color; some languages have thousands. Don't EVER assume there is only one thing, one way to do something, one way people should live.

Unity does not mean uniformity.

[animebeautie15]

very well put.

[esvared]

we can just learn to love and respect and be hippie and independent at the same time (silly)

[mostrissimo]

i love bjor, her discs are great but in live she is totally awesome. yeah¡¡¡¡¡¡

[albian44]

lo maximooO!!!! que cancion tan poderosa!!!!!!!! la amo!!!!

[sunshineatutube]

i agree w oshitsanya (sp?) Bjork rocks and is my goddess...saw her at Coachella....i'll never tire of her musical repertoire

[ohshititstanya]

she is fucking awesome live!!!

i was here!!! fucking lover her.

[paantheryt]

SO FUCKING AWESOME

[akreptursusu]

rock and roll :) bjööörkkkkk

[daltori]

Great performance,great song. I love her !!

[rideincircles]

The whole performance of this webcast is on google video, its too large to fit on here. You can find that and the other videos I recorded of Bjork and other artists from Coachella, Bonnaroo and ACL if you search RCLZ on google video. The crowd for Bjork at Coachella was the most insane trash compacting crowd ever.

[SteamMachine]

Am I the only one convinced the drum sound has been ripped from "Rollin & Scratchin" by Daft Punk? Not that I'm complaining... "Declare Independence" is a banging tune. :D

[InVisiBLeQT]

Damn I would love to see her in concert!.. she'll be close to my area in NY Monday but I couldn't get tickets...I really was about to cry!

[jamesdirect]

I just went to the NY madison square garden gig. It was great. There were plenty of scalpers outside. If you liked the Klaxons check out So So Modern, a NZ band.

[Notorioty]

Ive seen So So Modern play numerous times and don't think they're anything like The Klaxons.

hmmm

[Empledokles]

absolutely perfect. amazing!! Shes the best!!!!

[ABSTRARECORDS]

pronto la veré su show, pues esta próxima la visita a Guadalajara México ...

[opalglassman]

i have been a fan of bjork since 93. i finlly saw her avein concert for the first time last night at the annual acl it was amazing .youtube cannot justify how it feels to be there personally. if you evr get a chance go to one ofher showes.............amazing....­.....

[growupman]

she sucks as usual, I can get that kind of fucking noise from a fucking dying cat

[Starslover1313]

shut up.

[idreadthedays]

It's alright everyone.. he's just looking for conflict. Bjork is an artist just like any other... He's just another close minded individual with nothing better to do than get a rise out of everyone. Get a job or a hobby, jfc...

[marat85]

so why are you here watching her videos? Are you sadistic or something?

[zososcape]

i just saw her tonight in detroit and was at this show in indio, it was awesome as usual. she did five years.

[eseteefe]

gooood i can't believe i'll see her in 60 days :D

[domytube]

my heart seriously races when i hear this. i fucking love it.

[Grant0610]

This lady can do no wrong!!

[landstrasse36]

Amazing song....Her songs are either very metaphorical or very literal...there is no in-between with her. Go Björk!!!!!!!

[beatpro36]

wtf???????!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[AdamSuaveHorn]

i like her, i like almost all her songs, i was actually there at coachella, but in my opinion this is the worst song on the album

[boardcup]

i agree

[castmj]

i disagree, i think tha her and marc bell mae the best bjork songs

[maccrimbo]

Foot-stomping hedphuq of a tune! Amazing

[FunnyFeatherFilms]

Now, after watching this, how could ANYONE not fall in love with her?

[Metellus777]

Wow I wish I could have been there. This song RockZ!Well I would've been one of the most crazy dancing guys :D

Go on Björk!

[Chicapoprocks]

hubiera dado taaaanto por estar ahi...solo un minutito asi chiquititititito...bjork ruleeeesssss

[bjojb]

VERY GOOD FOR EVER

[19910620]

shes very good at live:) dude she rox.

[mazakouille]

make your own flag!!! awesome!

[franklindavidson]

glad to see bjork showing a little cleavage finally :)

[monsieurbibendum]

Have you seen the Medulla album cover ??

[kaleidscope1978]

umm not to be rude...what does that have to do with this video?

[monsieurbibendum]

I'm responding to the guy who is happy to finally see some cleavage. He clearly hasn't seen that cover lol.

[pika420]

im sOO xcited!

declare independence is

the 3rd single Off vOlta!!!

[marianakr]

she's awesome! *-*

[Porcelein]

great song and great performance

[bleachfreak23]

Hej mitt namn är Esmeralda. Jag dog i en brand för 1 år sen. Mitt ansikte brann upp och jag dog nästan direkt. Jag skriver detta nu bara för att bevisa att det finns liv efter döden. Ni som läser detta nu måste skicka detta vidare till minst 15 personer för att alla ska veta att jag mår bra där jag är just nu. Men om ni som läser detta, inte skickar det vidare, kommer jag att stå brevid och titta på dig när du sover ända tills du dör

[eyeopener03]

nah my favorite is earth intruders funky and trippy

[fufu888]

This is my favorite song off of Volta. I love it, and she does a good job on it live.

[Maneater1984]

AWESOME.

[kaleidscope1978]

this song should be her 3rd single

[consolatory]

Which is her second single? O_O

[kaleidscope1978]

Innocence is the second single look at her website to see the music video

[Electrancemusic]

Declare Independence IS the 3rd single!

[kaleidscope1978]

i just found that out a few days ago

[brjoy23]

i was at this performance and it was absolutely perfect!! a perfectly sung song, and a perfect song for the encore! dude it was amazing!! <3

[treesmk]

this performance though... it sounds like she's worrying too much about how her voice will sound, rather than throwing herself into it... this is a song for all-out shouting...

[castmj]

I dont think the quaty of this video was all theat great, afterall its from a webcast but hearing it live in person was the best, a great eperience, I couldnt sleep that night 'cause my adrenaline was pumping too hard

[treesmk]

I loved Bjork already, but this song IS AMAZING !!!!

[dudecosta]

those two girls trying to be funny on this video should have been slapped.

[castmj]

those two are the girls from the Arcade Fire, it sucks cause the were actually backstage with bjork, they're pretty good live also

[hitomi0202]

bjork te amo eres la mejor

[halogirl916]

id go bi for her

[matthill76]

Yes very cool... She did it at Glastobury as well

[Sebastian1984]

yessssss, i love björk and techno :))))

[trevorlsciact]

She is soooooo WIERD; but I luv her!

[juliolopesrego]

i think that "noise" aesthetically fits with "protest music"...

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