How do I love Björk? let me count the ways!
The Greeks adore her and have proved so on every occasion. It was in September 1995 when Björk first sung in Athens and 9 years later she was back to sing her ¨Oceania¨at the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Here´s a reminder of that night:
This time, she was back in Athens to promote her new "Volta" cd and to make us jump!
A rather short, 75 min. long concert and one of the most memorable!
Some favourite songs were on the set-list (like "Army of me", "Pagan poetry" etc) but others i had hoped to hear were missing (like my favourite Björk song, "Bachelorette").
Peak moments of the night: The hysteria during "Pluto", the new orchestration of "Oceania" (a bit tango, a bit Bregovic), the brass orchestra from Iceland playing the overture to "Dancer in the dark" (what a movie!)-wish she had also sung the final song of the film, "A new world" that usually makes me weep- and the last song, "Declare Independence", the one that gave to Björk a quite difficult time after her concert in Beijing for shouting ¨Tibet, Tibet¨ during the song.
My pics are quite shaky but hey! Neither I nor Björk stood still for more than 3 seconds during the night!
The Greeks adore her and have proved so on every occasion. It was in September 1995 when Björk first sung in Athens and 9 years later she was back to sing her ¨Oceania¨at the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Here´s a reminder of that night:
This time, she was back in Athens to promote her new "Volta" cd and to make us jump!
A rather short, 75 min. long concert and one of the most memorable!
Some favourite songs were on the set-list (like "Army of me", "Pagan poetry" etc) but others i had hoped to hear were missing (like my favourite Björk song, "Bachelorette").
Peak moments of the night: The hysteria during "Pluto", the new orchestration of "Oceania" (a bit tango, a bit Bregovic), the brass orchestra from Iceland playing the overture to "Dancer in the dark" (what a movie!)-wish she had also sung the final song of the film, "A new world" that usually makes me weep- and the last song, "Declare Independence", the one that gave to Björk a quite difficult time after her concert in Beijing for shouting ¨Tibet, Tibet¨ during the song.
My pics are quite shaky but hey! Neither I nor Björk stood still for more than 3 seconds during the night!
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