Bjork – the most gifted vocalist with eccentric outfits and behavior
Bjork, the most famous Icelander in the world, is honored one of the most gifted vocalists. ‘She deserves’, you’ll think so if you listen to her music.
“This is somehow a voice that comes in from the north, that crosses vast spaces, that does have something ancient — something very old in the grain of it,” Ross says. “I cannot think of another voice like it in classical music, in pop music. It’s instantly recognizable. You hear one or two notes from it and you know it’s Bjork.”
Americans first caught wind of Bjork in 1987, when she scored a cult hit with “Birthday,” with a band called The Sugarcubes. It wasn’t until 1992 that she broke out as an international superstar with the release of her solo album, Debut.
Bjork’s music instantly filled clubs across Europe and the U.S. Debut showcased her vocal range and her quirky sensibility — lyrics about pitch-dark forests and tiny sparks that live within them and landscapes that evoked her own version of Grimm’s fairy-tale world. Her words were inspired by her childhood adventures in Iceland walking among lava fields, and she still finds inspiration in nature today.
“I would walk alone and walk alone back,” she says. “It would be basically about my spatial location, locating myself spatially and sonically and spiritually, and that’s why I’ve always had to be kind of by nature when I’m writing.”
With her voice, Bjork can shout, she can growl, and she can even spew utter gibberish, but it works. She uses the spaces in her melodies to ad lib, and allows her emotions to lead her. Her voice, the singer says, is like a home to her.
“Maybe that’s without being conscious of it,” she says. “When I walked outside as a kid and [sang], I was kind of sonically establishing being territorial and, ‘OK, this is my home.’ And singing quietly when I was next to the lava and then when I’d get up in a hill, the chorus would come and I’d sing louder. So I think it’s my home.”
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