Björk - Post (first time album reaction)
Рет қаралды 13,900
Күн бұрынMy first time listening to Björk's Post (1995)! I'll see you soon for another video with more heavy metal, hard rock and prog metal reactions.
🎸 Patreon 🎸
including full cuts, early access, bonus reactions & polls
⇒ / kirawasareactor
💬 Reactr 💬
request any specific album or song reaction of your choice
⇒ www.reactr.tv/kirawasareactor
🤘 LINKS 🤘
Instagram: / kirawasadiver
Discogs: www.discogs.com/user/kirawasa...
Goodreads: / kirawasadiver
Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/1286256395
Main channel: @kirawasadiver
🎸 TIMESTAMPS 🎸
00:00 intro
01:12 Army of Me
03:22 Hyper-ballad
06:39 (thoughts i)
08:05 The Modern Things
10:05 It's Oh So Quiet
12:23 Enjoy
14:15 You've Been Flirting Again
15:40 (thoughts ii)
16:57 Isobel
19:50 Possibly Maybe
22:30 (thoughts iii)
23:52 I Miss You
26:12 Cover Me
27:16 Headphones
29:38 (review)
CopyRight Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS
@thelucasshow4970 7 ай бұрын
We need a vespertine reaction 🙏🏽
@yolkthosenuts 5 ай бұрын
Pagan Poetry is one of the best songs I've ever listened to I need to see the reaction
@Alix777. 5 ай бұрын
No
@thelucasshow4970 5 ай бұрын
@@Alix777. Yes
@iDEATH 7 ай бұрын
As much of a punk and metalhead as I am, Bjork is another of my all time favourites. I love how weird and interesting she is to this very day. Truly a unique artist. I hope you go all the way back to her first solo album, "Debut", sometime, and when you do, make sure to check out the official video for "Human Behaviour." It's still one of my favourite songs of hers, and the video is a trip and a half! You might also like to check out another great Icelandic export, the band "Sigur Ros." They've got a very ambient, dreamy sort of sound, really beautiful stuff. Pure vibes, and another band with a mid-90s start that's still going today.
@Gusty85 20 күн бұрын
Have you checked out Björks punk era? with bands like Tappi Tikarass (Cork the bitches ass), Kukl and the Sugarcubes? If not you really should. Björk was a part of the punk wave on Iceland as a teenager, "playing in more bands than there are geysers on Iceland".
@oscarrios6048 7 ай бұрын
There is no one in the world like Bjork, such a unique artist.
@KayinAngel 7 ай бұрын
Isobel is part of a trilogy of songs, including Human Behaviour off Debut, and Bachelorette off Homogenic. Something about a little girl born in a forest, moving to the big city, then the forest taking over the city. I dunno. Björk shit. I named my daughter Isobel after the song though.
@TheUmbralPresence 5 ай бұрын
Same with Sugarcubes "Birthday" I guess...
@Jacob_Junge 6 ай бұрын
It's Oh So Quiet sounds atypically Björk, because it's a cover of an early 1950s American Big Band version of a late 1940s German song, Und Jetzt Ist Es Still. The one you've heard in ads is probably the '50s version performed by Betty Hutton.
@dvus1977 7 ай бұрын
I always recommend listening to Bjork's Discography in Chronological Order for that exact reason. Her Musical and Emotional evolution is displayed in each forthcoming album she releases. Her implementation of Classical instruments with the Harsh contrast of Industrial Electronica EDM/Underground Rave beats shouldn't work But she somehow Seamlessly Intertwines them , creating these Lush , euphoric Soundscapes that have Influenced so many of today's ("unconventional") artists. Def try listening to them in release order sometimes its not about what you want to hear, its more about listening to something you didn't even know you needed to hear but you are The better for listening to 😊. 🥂
@S-jq1yk 13 күн бұрын
When the snare finally hits at the end of Hyperballad 👌
@CitizenScorn 6 ай бұрын
You should check out her performance at the Royal Opera House. MY GAWD... I still refuse to die until I see her in concert.
@m.ericwatson968 7 ай бұрын
Bjork is artistry...there is no other music quite like it, the production is stellar
@5mear 7 ай бұрын
You should check out some of the Bjork music videos as well. Amazing stuff.
@wheatthicks 7 ай бұрын
Absolutely. The video for It’s Oh So Quiet is a real treat.
@keith7261 6 ай бұрын
The video for I Miss You is certainly….different 😭
@folladordehuesos6666 7 ай бұрын
I could listen to Björk over and over again, her music is beautiful ❤✨❤✨
@user-fj4mv5un8n 7 ай бұрын
I listened to Army of me just last week. Your chair dancing is 🔥. Enya, Cranberries is also on my Playlist. Reminds me of high school in the 90's. Thanks for being you
@davided.4697 7 ай бұрын
Vespertine next please.😍🙏
@sallyh5413 7 ай бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this reaction since your last Bjork one, these albums were my whole life when they were released. It’s an absolute joy to see you appreciate this the way you do, thank you for the special attention you give to the music. Even though Homogenic is my favorite album, this one has my favorite Bjork song: ‘Possibly Maybe.’ 🩷
@antitypical1807 7 ай бұрын
Debut and then Post and then Homogenic was really the perfect order for those to be released each one built upon the last.
@timadamson3378 2 ай бұрын
All is filled with love.
@mlangford9326 6 ай бұрын
Id listen to Vespertine soon if I were you; it is the epitome of a Winter album to me
@tysnesfiskaren893 6 ай бұрын
This was the first album I ever bought. Started strong 😂
@aeriagloris4211 6 ай бұрын
Her greatest hits album was one of the first CDs I got, along with The Used. I heard of her because in cky2k they try to go to her house when they visited Iceland
@bunnyacresnorth2721 6 ай бұрын
Can't wait for Vespertine!!
@Alix777. 3 ай бұрын
give me a break with this uninspired and harmless album ffs
@dabnela 7 ай бұрын
I enjoy these videos so much, you always react to music i listen to almost daily
@ClaytonMacleod 7 ай бұрын
I suggest you read the lyric for Hyper-Ballad because it most definitely is not an upbeat song. It’s about someone that’s suicidal and is doing things to try to keep from killing themselves just to continue being there for someone they care about. One of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard.
@laredolassoo 7 ай бұрын
A literal reading might suggest that. But I'd never taken it that way, nor do at least some of the online 'meaning' sites. For me, it was always an acknowledgement that even in relationship we are (& need to be) individual - and existentially at least, alone. It's a worshipful recognition of the dark and light in all of us, of the value in exploring our darkness, fears and imagination to ultimately return us to our wholeness - with ourselves and in relationship. It's ultimately, for me, a poetic wonderment at the dangerous beauty of existence! And VERY positive, as its music underscores.
@ClaytonMacleod 7 ай бұрын
@@laredolassooThe music is sad. Matches the sad lyric. And as someone that was suicidal for a brief period many years ago in my younger days, it struck me very hard the first time I heard it. If it hits you differently, well, that's art!
@MrTonyInchpractice 6 ай бұрын
Youre totally wrong. It's about Bjork not liking to feel safe. Not about suicide, that's just you being a drama queen.
@laredolassoo 6 ай бұрын
@@MrTonyInchpractice I'd argue it's not that she doesn't like feeling safe, but can't until she acknowledges and gives space to her powerful sense of the fragility and existential terror of life. And maybe of entrapment in a normal, 'civilized' life. It does seem uncharitable, though, to accuse the OP of being a drama queen when it's clear his real life experience led him to a certain interpretation ~ especially at Christmas 🎄
@hdufort 8 күн бұрын
To me, the lyrics mean that she's feeling trapped and isolated in an unhealthy relationship.
@reyhbrd 7 ай бұрын
Can't wait for your video reaction of Vespertine!!
@RSimoes10 7 ай бұрын
Post is a masterpiece, probably Bjork's best.
@howtodisappear2607 7 ай бұрын
Not when Vespertine exists
@anc2775 7 ай бұрын
Or Vulnicura
@pleasantvalleypickerca7681 7 ай бұрын
Kira the video for "It's oh so quiet" is great.
@keith7261 6 ай бұрын
I just recently got into Björk’s music and have been listening to Post on repeat for the past 2 weeks. Aside from a few other songs off Debut, Post is the sound I had connected her with as an artist, so listening to Homogenic for the first time was waayyyyyy different, but in all the right ways and it baffles me how she made that in 1997 lmao I think the brilliance of Post is just how familiar the sounds feel, while delivering them in a very unique way. It may not have this wide overarching concept to it, but every single song is solid and the album flows very well. Your perspective may be different than mine because all my favorite tracks were one you weren’t the craziest about (besides possibly maybe lol). Headphones to me was what sold me on this album. Listening to it for the first time in my bed at midnight made me cry just with how personal it felt. The production is simple, but it captures the sound of sitting in your thoughts at night. And its not a negative song, it gives off this vibe of feeling joy in isolation because of the joy music is giving you. Idk if that made sense, but just my experience with it lol
@victoriawinters3474 7 ай бұрын
Please please keep reacting to her stuff❤️❤️❤️ her music is honestly revolutionary
@Stephs_VibeRater 7 ай бұрын
Thanks Kira! That was a nice way to wake, always enjoy sharing half an hour with you listening to some of the albums in my collection. Hope you have a better day! :) (...also, don't know if you have stumbled across Seven Spires yet? If you have been dabbling with some harder stuff then it may be a good bridge for you, symphonic metal. Their three albums released have a complete story arc with the lore available on their website depicting love lost on the high seas & the search to find it. The singer/writer Adrienne has such a powerful range. Each album gets stronger in all areas but I'd be interested to see what you make of them)
@bubbledgemz 7 ай бұрын
you are gonna be blown away by vespertine
@rkoloeg 4 күн бұрын
Check out "Gling-Glo", it's a Bjork album where she covers jazz and big band standards like "It's Oh So Quiet" - except all translated into Icelandic.
@thewoosp2782 7 ай бұрын
its oh so quiet is a cover of a song by betty hutton from an onl musical, look it up, the original is great.
@kirawasareactor 7 ай бұрын
ya this was brought to my attention after filming, makes more sense now!
@MostlyCloudy 7 ай бұрын
Vespertine is a better album for sad days 🥹
@3lullabies 5 ай бұрын
Debut is my fav Bjork, then Post or Vespertine. And of course, can't forget the Sugarcubes. "The Ice-cubes from Sugar-land"😊❤😊
@pleasantvalleypickerca7681 7 ай бұрын
My favorite Bjork album. It's awesome! Thanks Kira!
@Alix777. 3 ай бұрын
Vastly superior to the overrated vespertine
@venny1232 7 ай бұрын
A great album. You should also check out PJ Harvey particularly her album Let England Shake, she did a duet with Bjork at the 94 Brit awards and is the best female artist of the last 30 years in my opinion.
@seeyounomore 7 ай бұрын
Ever tried Sugarcubes, her Independent Band before going solo? I think you could like it.
@jadegecko 7 ай бұрын
"Coldsweat" slaps
@nomi.hagen. 7 ай бұрын
Possibly Maybe and I Miss You are the best tracks on the album ❤
@jameswarner5809 7 ай бұрын
The first two tracks encapsulate everything that is great about Björk. Army Of Me is a prowling, stomping monster, while Hyperballad is a sunlit Alpine wildflower meadow. If you like dynamic female vocalists, may I suggest listening to contemporary progressive rock band, Bent Knee. Front woman Courtney Swain lets loose some serious pyrotechnics at times, while at others is gentle and lilting. If you only do album reactions, I'd go with either Shiny Eyed Babies or Say So to start with.
@1bossdj 7 ай бұрын
Post has a special place in my heart. I bet you'll love this album. "It's Oh So Quiet" is a cover. The original is a German tune from the 1940s but has been redone a few times before the Björk version.
@baal5244 7 ай бұрын
yay, more Björk!!!! VESPERTINE should definitely be next...
@Alix777. 3 ай бұрын
trash
@pnwajs3532 Ай бұрын
I Miss You is my favorite Bjork song of all time. Always has been since it first released. There is also a really great club mix of Possibly Maybe that changes the entire song. I personally prefer that version over this slower album version.
@dariiofernando 7 ай бұрын
Gran album, army of me es una de mis favoritas 😎
@kirawasareactor 7 ай бұрын
hello fernando hope you're well
@kirawasareactor 7 ай бұрын
& yes agree ARMY OF ME is the best
@dariiofernando 7 ай бұрын
@@kirawasareactor igualmente kira ☺
@brentdemty6859 6 ай бұрын
Hyperballad may be her best
@davaughan100 6 ай бұрын
There is a ton official and unofficial remixes of her songs. She is an important and influential electronic artist.
@mouseshadow5828 7 ай бұрын
Nice! Unique artist; underrated, underreacted.
@Owen_DAP 4 ай бұрын
Took a trip to Florida and bought this album in a local record store. Can't wait to get home and listen to it!!
@Bunke09 7 ай бұрын
Yay! I love this and I haven't watched yet!
@kthx1234 3 ай бұрын
honestly my favorite music reactor
@lucasves01 6 ай бұрын
waited 6 months for this! homogenic reaction was lovely, waiting for vespertine
@davej.4989 2 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Army of Me was written for the Tank Girl soundtrack. You should check out her band before her solo stuff, The Sugarcubes.
@dirtyd3740 6 ай бұрын
Hyper-ballad string quartet version is, in my opinion, better than the original… you should check it out.
@MrDemimonde 6 ай бұрын
Some trivia history: "Debut" and "Post" refer to the "before " and "after" of songs she had been composing in her head for years, so these first two albums are her clearing those songs and getting them "out of the way." With "Homigenic," she had a fresh start and conceived an album with a more "homogenous" sound, hence the vocals, strings and beats creating the loud, explosive, intense and "volcanic" songs. "Vespertine" utilized a similar concept but the opposite: a full orchestra, a choir, microbeats, harps and metallic sounds combined to make a more intimate listening experience. Also, "Post" has its own remix album, "Telegram," which goes back to the aerogram wardrobe she sports on the "Post" cover; her time in London inspired both "love letters" she was sending back to Iceland. Every album has its own concept and character, hence why every cover is literally just a portrait of her in an album's character.
@Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort 7 ай бұрын
Kicking ass. Good to wake up to.
@evandersolis5528 6 ай бұрын
can't wait for the vespertine reaction, it's my favorite album of her
@seraphicdreams 5 ай бұрын
Amazing video as always 🙏✨️ And is that Dune behind you ? I suggest you to listen to the album "Geidi Primes" by Grimes , it's her first album but it's also a Dune concept album ;) Have a nice day !
@sussychachi 7 ай бұрын
Beautiful album. I see you have audiotechnica headphones good for music and recording! I highly recommend you use an amplifer with them, they sound alot better and louder. ❤ also recommend you update the wire to a balanced one! ^-^
@333AndMan 7 ай бұрын
In terms of her new stuff Utopia is my favorite and a masterpiece at least for me
@jeanribeiro8026 3 ай бұрын
you're going to love Vespertine so much
@jamesnotjames 7 ай бұрын
I believe the not-quite “harp” sound on cover me is a “clavichord” which is kind of like a miniature harpsichord. And so like a harpsichord, and unlike a piano where the stings are hit with felted hammers, the stings here are being plucked by metal picks that are triggered by the keys. Which is why it has the plucky sound of the harp, but is maybe a little sharper sounding and less warm and fuzzy around the edges because of the metal picks, and also probably the less spaciousness of the instrument offers less resonance.
@nicomints 6 ай бұрын
Ohhh im so so excited for vespertine
@lukispooky1835 6 ай бұрын
Nice seeing someone who enjoys music like oneself. It's even a bit parasocial I guess. I enjoyed watching this vid thx.^^ For a quite somber mood which you described, verspertine is a great tune. It's like an eggshell which forms around you, when u listen to it haha. Greetings from germany.:)
@thenjry 4 ай бұрын
I've been a Bjork fan for decades now, and even I didn't know that It's Oh So Quiet was a cover until last year. It was originally recorded by Betty Hutton in 1951. The strangest part is that Bjork's cover is actually a fairly faithful cover! Highly suggest everyone check Betty Hutton's original!
@glass2467 7 ай бұрын
Vespertine is my favorite Bjork album
@tvduete6954 6 ай бұрын
you HAVE TO do vespertine
@Paylala 5 ай бұрын
This is me sending you your official court order to listen to Vespertine. Fav album of hers by far. Unison is best track in her entire catalogue. I'll fight about it.
@deannaharper8272 6 ай бұрын
I have loved Bjork since I was 12 I listen to her everyday mostly for my mental health! But I also discovered Aurora this past year and she is amazing check her out if you haven't yet I think you will love her!!
@saif_shahid1 7 ай бұрын
YESSSS
@MostlyCloudy 7 ай бұрын
My most favorite Bjork album
@LumiNyte 4 ай бұрын
10:47 the other way around actually, the Björk version is the cover
@Tonyblack261 Ай бұрын
Bjork starred and wrote the songs for the Lars Von Treir's film "Dancer In The Dark". Not a film to watch if you don't want to bawl your eyes out.
@GaryParris 6 ай бұрын
movie - sucker punch! (track army of me.) epic combo. isobel is awesome
@syntheticsilkwood2206 7 ай бұрын
Please react to vespertine its the best 😭😭
@pepe1999ish 7 ай бұрын
Love Bjork since the 90s so out of left field love it
@kirawasareactor 7 ай бұрын
Nice taste
@sagelovescoffee 5 ай бұрын
You said you want a slower somber Bjork, well Vespertine is patiently waiting for you to enter. Also I recommend reading the lyrics as you listen cause the lyrics on that album will get you.
@elekvault 5 ай бұрын
Awesome. In case you don't know about it, maybe consider listening (even if it's for yourself only) to 'Telegram' (album with remixes from Post).
@fromhighestbelltower 7 ай бұрын
If you like songs kind of 'Vroom Vroom' by Charli XCX and 'Army of Me' from this album I highly rec' you check out electropop artist called MARUV!
@sagelovescoffee 5 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Alexander McQueen did the Homogenic cover. They were friends when he was alive.
@vorspiel8 6 ай бұрын
Siempre veo tus reacciones sobre todo Bjork Massive y Portishead... te pido un favor y creo que puede volar tu cabeza el album 100th window de Massive Attack.
@FungalCity Ай бұрын
Excited for the Vespertine reaction and possibly a Vulnicura one?
@Lightning_Alert 7 ай бұрын
Oh hell yeah
@stevious7278 7 ай бұрын
From"Tank Girl" baby !
@jonycontreras5048 7 ай бұрын
Vulnicura is a must
@khalewren2734 7 ай бұрын
Oh this album is DOPE!!!! By the way, highly recommend more King gizzard!! Specifically Nonagon infinity, Infest the rat’s nest and I’m in your mind fuzz
@420Fae 7 ай бұрын
I think you will really like Sevdalizas debut album ISON.
@fromhighestbelltower 7 ай бұрын
My favourite art-pop-divas are Róisín Murphy and St. Vincent!
@outlastinglettuce2626 7 ай бұрын
You should listen to vulnicura for more relationship drama
@peanutslolzz 6 ай бұрын
could u check out softscars by yeule? it’s an interesting modern take on shoegaze and alt rock!
@LordToddtastic666 7 ай бұрын
Bjork is magical
@sentenced03 7 ай бұрын
Love bjork
@243SUGARCUBE 6 күн бұрын
Your dancing is cute , can't tell if u really like the music
@vorspiel8 6 ай бұрын
Massive Attack 100th window 🤯
@jadegecko 7 ай бұрын
I've asked this before, but did you ever listen to White Pony by Deftones? It's not Bjork but you'd possibly enjoy it. maaaybe Also we need a gif of you doing the "I miss you" drums
@GoDrex 2 ай бұрын
Check out The Knife - Silent Shout
@savannahanderson4816 4 ай бұрын
you should check out vespertine next!!! :)
@shanemonden8513 Ай бұрын
You should watch Bork’s movie Dancer in the Dark
@fa627 7 ай бұрын
I miss you
@ChrisP-sc9sf 7 ай бұрын
Bjork is Genius. Try Heilung.
@pleasantvalleypickerca7681 7 ай бұрын
"Army of Me" is more I'll kick your ass than tough love Kira.
@tristramcoffin926 5 ай бұрын
if you like 90s electronic music react to Orbital - In Sides
@Starkardur 5 ай бұрын
Björk didn't write the lyrics to Isobel so maybe that's why there's a disconnect.
@PHLCoffeeSnob 5 ай бұрын
True story- Bjork and her producer got into a huge fight about where her album was going. Bjork said that Army Of Me is about how they were arguing back and forth, and that they were both tired of each other complaining and whining about their creative differences.
@NathanHautain Ай бұрын
Isn't it about her brother?
@PHLCoffeeSnob Ай бұрын
@@NathanHautain From what you say, maybe it's about both situations. the whole "self suffiecience please, and get to work" is the proucer telling Bjork to stop fucking around and be a professional. and "your rescue squad is too exausted" is Bjork telling the producer that she won't change her integrity to make his sorry ass of a producer look good
CavemanJackReacts
Рет қаралды 13 М.
Best Friends React
Рет қаралды 8 М.
Luscent Reacts
Рет қаралды 27 М.