Bjork Pagan Poetry (live on letterman)

[luxluxlox]

I love her, and this performance. But I was slightly embarrassed when he called her "Grammy award winner"..she hasn't won any, got nominated 12 times though

[rehanfarrukh]

@luxluxlox Who cares about grammy these days. Grammys were valuable only until 80s. Now its just a circus show.

[monsterlady6]

I LOVE BJÖRK! SINCE 16 YEARS OF MY LIFE! WHEN I WAS BORN BJÖRK CREATED POST

THANK`S FOREVER YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION FOR ALL MY LIFE AND EXISTENCE! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN , YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VOICE INCOMPARABLE AND LOVE YOU WITH EVERYTHING THAT I AM! THANK`S YOU ARE A MASTERPIECE !

[chessinfantry]

@monsterlady6 wtf are you yelling for? calm down lady shit "DERR OMG BJORK AHHHHHHHHHH!!LOOK AT ME EVERYBODYYAAAAAYY!!!"......pff­f moron

[Emi93y]

The j is pronounced like a y so 'byork' phonetically :)

[moneyquickeasy]

Can someone tell me how you pronounce her name?

[felbus]

@moneyquickeasy "byerk" is how it should be pronounced, im sitting next to an lcelander..

[moneyquickeasy]

@felbus Thanks

[Chaziltasm]

my favorite bit in the song is "Swirling, Black lilies totally ripe."

[sergiola310]

Remember this came out 2001-- so ahead of the time. Nobody in the world comes close to this women - nobody .

[NeonFoxLetsPlays]

best song from "Vespertine" hands down.

[lucasboden]

Pagan Poetry is Bjork's Masterpiece in my opinion.

[blueembers2]

@lucasboden I agree! followed by All is Full of Love.

[molovesmusic567]

omg soo many goosebumps :D i love it!!!

[mcrmegan1]

She's an amazing musician, and she's so adorable!!! She's like 44 now but still looks 20ish!

[MONGWANAproductions]

a week before 9/11/01

[mekosilvar]

yeah Bjork has that kinda crying element in her singing but if you ever want to get broke the FUCK down in SECONDS with out even knowing it..get into the cocteau twins..her voice is purrrrrrrrre nut's.....

[coliitothelma]

@Digomezdoradense Para que querías que sea cristiana?

[MrNuM26]

@Digomezdoradense definitivamente estas fuera de ti

[cevastian]

@Digomezdoradense Gracias a Dios que no es cristiana!

[MrNuM26]

@Digomezdoradense ??? tienes algun problema mental? q problema tienes cn los q no son cristianos?

[jessicalane278]

This song is hauntingly beautiful o can't get enough of her music

[konichiwaxbitches]

i do not think that she is human..

[juanbjork]

Hate people that label her music as white. Its international! Universal! Its creative. Sad. Fun. Real. Emotional.

[ghettowave]

The song is about true human nature. And then at the end Letterman says that well have some marines the next day. Love and filth.

[dsteinmetz1]

Performed one week before 9/11 and at 4:46 there is a beautiful image of the twin towers at sunset as they go to commercial.

[666prep]

@dsteinmetz1 omg it was exactly 10 years ago today then... weird

[Remko1024]

I love how David's band had NOTHING to do with this and how David did not understand the music at all.

[mcmc308]

@Remko1024 It's so true... It's like he's told she's a great artist and her work is genius, but he doesn't understand a thing... you can see it on his face !!!!

[brutonello92]

"Yep, yep..."

[danielesepacheco]

i love this album it´s like one really long song.

[Talula470]

I love you Emmanuel.



[DevastatorJr]

Is that Matmos on the decks behind her?

[boburiinchankludho]

I love her accent, when she sing "I Love Him" it hears like "I'm Laughin' "

[0sceptique0]

I don't know but every time I hear Pagan Poetry, it feels as creepy as hell...it' as if you're being drift into another world - some kind that only exist in one's imagination, dreams with fairies and non-existent entity. Bjork has it! Listen to Bjork's music and you're into another world of music and mystery.

[silenteyesspy]

@0sceptique0: Exactly! Bjork's music is the only one that can literally take me into a different world while I'm awake. I can literally lay on my bed and just drift and drift

[09vjblue]

bjork= creepy white people music at its best

[bubblygirl25]

SHE'S SO CUTE LOVE THE SONG, JUST WONDERING WHAT THOSE TWO GUYS WERE DOING THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE JUST SITTING THERE

[broadside99]

@bubblygirl25 programming :P

[ExtravertmE]

@bubblygirl25 Those two guys were the electronic production duo called Matmos. They were using machines to create the electronic microbeats throughout the song.

[MrUnison77]

i love her i love her i love her i love her i love her

[asongforxx456]

is it really pronounced "Vesperteen" or "Vespertine" or either way?

[cwizzzy]

@asongforxx456 It's like Vesperteen, it is not pronounced like turpentine, silly.

[imsofucingtired]

EPIC!

[silferavri234]

I'm in love

[MrOmnisun]

She is a real woman. Brave and true to herself. She just gets it.

[LiLiOfficial]

@MrOmnisun She's a real human.

[shantih433]

@LiLiOfficial I don't know. I sometimes wonder about Icelandic musicians. I think they may really be aliens.

[LiLiOfficial]

@shantih433 lol yeah, you never know though. she's definitely not a robot...I'm pretty sure.

[gwdone]

That mix!!! Hats off! Perfect reverb etc etc!!! LOVE IT

[godsizedhole]

I would drink her bathwater.

[razrv3lc]

@godsizedhole that's kind of creepy..

[godsizedhole]

@razrv3lc Just kind of?? Well, I guess I have to try harder.

[KenElizabethFilms]

this is brilliant..gives me chills

[91Tribual]

"well,thats a funny name" all americans thought

[wennescence]

Perfect voice! I love her songs!

Kisses from Brazil!

[SeeingTheDarkNight]

Whao she's Greenland...ian(?) Errr, this is a hard one to figure out. What do you call People from Greenland?

[mutinyinheav3n]

@SeeingTheDarkNight Bjork is from Iceland. She's Icelandic. Her back up singers in this performance are Greenlandic, not her. Also, people from Greenland are known as Greenlanders/Greenlandic

[SeeingTheDarkNight]

@mutinyinheav3n Oh, Sweet Thanks for the info!!

[jackmomoff]

PETer BJORN N JOHN IS DE BEST >>>>LOVE IT!!!!!!!

[maycolombia]

her voice makes me shiver, I adore Bjork

[WentMillerGal15]

Is that Mark Ronson in the back doing the dj stuff? I totally agree with GutterDoll138. This song is one of those that make you have goosebumps and the hairs on your body stick straight up. She's got the voice of an angel. I ♥ Bjork!

[wolfpacguy]

Letterman was hella getting a bonor talking to her

[pensivebosom]

Matmos!

[PAULOJMFBZOO]

she is so fragile and so simple and so amazing at the same time. I love you Bjork

[ZikittyZakitty]

the icelandic choir from the voltaic tour was nice, but i much prefer this one. they've got prettier voices, i think.

[RYNO2511]

i love her so so so much

[phoenixheffa]

I've noticed she never goes for the high note during the "he makes me want to hand my self over" part.

[maris2411]

always wakes up such sadness in me..

[snowfish1121]

My love for Bjork knows no limits. :D What a flawless performance.

[mer7389]

this song will always be gorgeous

[VisualGrower]

fuck grammys

[thesecret14]

@VisualGrower srsly! how can someone be nominated 13 times and never win? so staged...

[VisualGrower]

@thesecret14 this is ridiculous even britney spears has won grammy

[hi2u202]

watch as mainstream america tries to make sense of true beauty.

[SOTALIA7]

I LOVE HER VOICE

[Jax1108]

This song is so sensual, etheral and at the same time carnal. It is just BEAUTIFUL

[mushuplus]

She looks so pretty!

[Antisyncretism]

umm...this sucks...

[MrSamanosuke78]

Beauty incarnate i will never know what can i do i love her i love her i love her you reach inside me and always find me

[shin0bi88]

Seriously you could develop a movie out of this.......she's soooo fucking in your face in a non-aggressive way

[YOana1dinamovista]

@TheVinceson :)))))))lol

[tmaduri]

@TheVinceson ROFL

[mrhydebluevelvet]

@TheVinceson

:))

nice one!

[beduina]

she's a goddess.... there's really no one near her creative realm.

[sjoelund1]

@beduina

Fever ray, the knife, jonsi, sigur ros

[MUARFA]

seriously, not even GaGa can touch this bitch!! 'Vespertine' was a brillant record & Bjork is dope as shit...I live live live for her!!!!

[xvengeanceisluvx]

the "he makes me want to hand myself over" at 3:52 is beautiful, i love it!

[movidablue]

@xvengeanceisluvx That part always gives me the chills in the recording... the way she yells out... and the darkness of the music video, man it's in my top songs ever...

[GutterDoll138]

Ah, Pagan Poetry... I feel tiny hairs stand up on my arms, and my skull and face begin to tingle; this song is true magic. First time I heard it, I was in a friend's house who was in the shower; I was sitting in the living room watching TV and struggling to stop sobbing and avoid being seen crying hysterically. Bjork is one of the BEST artists on earth. I've loved her since high school, and I'm nearly 30 now. lol I would do anything to meet her... And even moreso; sing with her!

Love, Amy

[slidenote]

She is so great live.

[bjorkoso]

YEP! ;O)

[CeLeSTi4L]

she is so cute at 4:53 and 4:58 while answering on letterman's questions only 'yup' 'yup'... hehe..

[tubeasswipe]

i like the way letterman is so respectful of the music that comes on his show its genuine i like him for this

[BlacksuitJack]

What if Bjork and Portishead did a song together?

[Baburote]

You take two cd plays at the same time on equally big loudspearkers - one with Bjørk the other with Portishead and wach the result...

[wwwyoutubbbecom]

omg! it would be.. perfect.

[electronimonyc]

LOVE BJORK!

[thejoamiq]

she is absolutely otherworldly. but david letterman - after greeting musicians every single day of your life at this job, how are you still so awkward at it?

[ofdarknessandlight]

you call this awkward?! I say that for Jools Holland. If you want awkwardness watch his introductions and interviews off his show. After all these years

[gusti1021]

beautiful

[R00TZSP]

I like vespertine i prefer soothing songs like ths.

Bjork is very creative and unique :)

[moi310]

she is amazing.

[renethel]

Her voice is made of crystal.

[wolfpacguy]

@renethel bravo my friend you summed it up

[zendojo3]

@renethel yes perfectly described and a perfect example is reykjavik icelnd in 1999 with her anchor song...

[GTCGR]

@renethel her voice is made of geysirs....

[elfielvr]

She is so amazingly lovely.... it makes me happy to know there are souls like this still giving us gifts.:) Beautiful.

[NaoChaaa]

I love her voice, and this song!! She is amazing and unique xDD My favourite singer

[SugarStar66]

I've always loved this song. I love Bjork deeply. Lovely lyrics and a unique voice to top it off.

[theHobbes2]

she is such a nice person, seeing her in the us at letterman or in germany at schmidt.... she is genuine

[iceblinkluck1]

oh my god she's so talented....blow my mind¡¡ this song it's absolutly beautiful. And I've been so lucky to see her performence in my country, Bjork my life has changed since the day I heard your music.

[fabvon]

she is so weird that it makes her very sexy!

[DaRocker21]

I know right.

[klayzia]

.... i*m speechless ... why her foot moves in a very diffeerent rhythm?

[ellier0215]

I've noticed that in a few of her other songs.

[esperasoesperas123]

what's that thing at the beginning?

[klayzia]

it's a music box ;)

[ellier0215]

I've noticed that in a few of her other songs..

[XxTheeHeadXx]

The audience that day got a real treat. That's a bad ass song.

[comprehendmysarcasm]

boo no high note

[mothman6789]

Come on, man! Maybe her voice was tired and needed rest. She's only human after all. She's not perfect.

(But damn close!)

[helenGOF]

shes the closest thing to perfect a singer can be.

[toonmama6]

maybe because its letterman...

[facu2929]

she didn't won a grammy...

but hell she deserved...

Bjork rules

Pagan poetry is my favorite bjork song

[thirtysecondtomars]

io adoro questa cantante . . . sono stato letteralmente folgorato da lei non appena visto la sua magnifica interpretazione in dancer in the dark e da quel momento ho voluto conoscerla meglio . . . e sono soddisfatto di aver fatto ciò ... bravissima bjork

[Richux18]

I like her :)

[drititaa]

te amo bjork,,,me emocionas y mi piel se eriza

[1131dsch]

swirling black lilies totally ripe

[Enkidada]

Phenomenal music and deliverance.

[lunaone]

Who are the ladies singing backup?

[anneayer]

The chorus was handpicked from Greenland.

[sillonlimon]

letterman asks björk if the choir was it from greenland

[archangel9363]

if there's one person that won't be entranced by Bjork's voice, then there's something wrong with them

[jukenfist]

I wouldn't say THAT...

Some people just have trouble accepting the "different"

[jaemoon2]

the peak of her courier. definitely. I've been up all night for exactly 12 hours now! it's 7am! gonna listen to Vespertine and watch the sun rise! goodnight y'all!

[christinaCRIMESCENE]

Every time I listen to this I absolutely fall in love with her.

[Rmz989]

lol..i was thinking the same thing...

shes the greatest!

[dpmduran]

How is it pagan? Love it, no matter.

[supercheeseyawesome]

Maybe she means in touch with nature.

[dpmduran]

Pagan's worship nature, so it's all the same. And Icelander's believe in nature spirits, which I think is so unique, for a country.

[cevastian]

it is good but it is missing somethin. the feeling is lost here, maybe bjork doesnt like to expose her feelings on the fckin tv

[leiposuctie]

we all love bjork!!!XD

[bearguySF]

"black lilies totally ripe... a secret code card...."

This song inspired me to paint lilies & a secret code, hidden in the water.

[jukenfist]

secret code CARVED

but you go ahead and do that

[0dour]

bjork <3

[fireflyzip]

Intense!

[cecillbill]

Thanks mucho for this vid! L)

[VESPVESP]

great version, thanks for posting

[IsobelAmor]

I LOVE BJORK!!!