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Bjork
 

The Pier
Seattle, WA
August 15, 2003

Bjork is anything but ordinary and she has the audience to match. Like a hand to a fitted glove, the two are direct reflections of one another. Bjork is onstage in a pink dress that balloons out like a lamp shade. Her hair slightly shaved, she flirts between cutesy and bizarre. The crowd dances around in feathered, hand made dresses and hair adornments that are unidentifiable.

Backed by an incredibly beautiful orchestra, (the Icelandic String Octet), Bjork's sound is enveloping, like a warm blanket or good friend who truly understands how screwed up we all really are.

The shrieks are intense. "You're beautiful Bjork!" "I love you Bjork!"

The strange thing is that she appears to be very unaffected by the sold out crowd offering her their worship. There is reverence and adoration for her. Intense, devoted, eclectic; and Bjork herself seems to be projecting her voice from some secret, alternate dimension that understands our darkest places.

Now the stage turns pink, matching Bjork and her barely decipherable dialect. But no matter... the important words find their way through the barrier of spoken words and human emotion.

"You make me feel better."

Bjork says, "Thank you", the first words she has uttered the entire evening. Is it that she is divided from her audience or simply quiet and reserved? Maybe she is an artist who believes her art will speak in ways mere words cannot. Maybe not.

There is one thing she reveals. Over and over and over, like a declaration; like a confession. "I love him..."

At this point, people are crying and still.

"I know the future." Bjork declares. Everyone waits for her to reveal it to them. There is an apprehension in the air that feels almost uncomfortable. Will she reveal the answer? But then Bjork divulges, "You're gonna have to find out for yourselves."

~Melody Alderman

Set List

Unravel
Hunter
Jóga
Scary
Aurora
Desired constellation
Mouth's cradle
Heirloom
Pagan poetry
Scatterheart
Bachelorette
All is full of love
Hyper-ballad
It's In Our Hands (SPT mix)
Pluto

 

 

 

 

 

 


Photographs by Melody Alderman
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