I just noticed that this video has elements from vespertine: the pearls that hurt and were attached to her now are healing her wound; the threads still envelope her in a cocoon, but now instead of remain trapped in it, it helps her to move on
It's. oh. so quiet.. and so peaceful until... you fall in love zing boom the sky up above zing boom is caving in wow bam..!!! I imagine it might sound something like that.. :))
vulnus (wound) cura (healing) hence vulnicura I just discovered the meaning, amazing how evocative the video is and clearly showcases the process of healing from wounds
I imagined this song to have a darker imagery. It's breathtaking. I love how the melody at the end is like an echo of 'All is full of love'. I think this is done on purpose.
"Since the operation, I have some of the high notes better than I have had for a while but also I've got some deep notes that I didn't have before and I haven't used them. I'd like maybe to do an EP just with the deep notes." - Björk
+BjorksMusic Björk, do what pleases you. that will please me too. id love to hear that ep, but i also love to hear a high note ep. but only if it pleases you to do so.
+ BjorksMusic Bonjour bjork je te souhaite une heureuse et bonne année ! PS je n'arrive pas a trouver la traduction de ( stonemilker) ? je suis français je parle peu l'anglais, merci pour tous que tu fait !
Ce commentaire a plus d'un an mais : "Stonemilker" c'est traire une pierre. C'est une analogie de la relation avec son ancien mari dans leurs derniers moments et de sa difficulté à communiquer ses doutes.
family is such a beautiful song. seriously ive never heard a song tell such an intense and intimate story broken into 3 parts. I feel the beginning (not in this video) is absolutely devastating. shes so broken and the sudden loud bass hits with heartbeats and strings full of tension fully captivates that. then we get to part two (where this video starts) and it feels like panic. extreme concern for her child and her own well-being. the very choppy and sudden strings represent that. then we get to part three and the tension suddenly begins to resolve. as represented by the soft sounds and resolution, as well as this video, it shows a steady healing process. i wish there was a full length video for all 8 minutes of the full song. so intense and beautiful and healing. good for the soul. warmth,
I agree. The way she sing "mother, father , child" is interesting too. Mother is higher note, father below and "child" is exatcly the middle between theses notes. A triangle of pitches...She tought in everything.
Family is my favorite song from Vulnicura it is a genius composing and so well made its incredible. The last part of the song is breathtaking... i dont know why i feel this but the feeling of the song is so familiar like i heard the song so many times before. This is making me so emotional
This is the album in a nutshell. I wish there was a longer version, with the complete track, and maybe lyrics. The projection shown onstage during the tour is like a long version of this, and it lasts for the whole song.
"Family" Is there a place Where I can pay respects For the death of my family Show some respect Between the three of us There is the mother and the child Then there is the father and the child But no man and a woman No triangle of love So where do I go To make an offering I fall on my knees And lay my flowers Burn incense Light the candles So where do I go To make an offering To mourn our miraculous Triangle Father, mother, child How will I sing us Out of this sorrow Build a safe bridge For the child Out of this danger Danger I raise a monument of love There is a swarm of sound Around our heads And we can hear it And we can get healed by it It will relieve us from the pain It will make us a part of This universe of solutions This place of solutions This location of solutions
she is doing urdhva dhanurasana over that rock, a powerful yoga asana that expose our feelings and emotions to a higher level, a very eloquent artwork congrats!!!
Beautifully made. It shows so well the pain, storm and tension Björk has been through only for her to find the peace and heal her wounds. Björk has made out of her pain and heartbreak a magnificent piece of art in every way.
if they made a visual for the whole song, it would honestly be the best thing ever made. the whole track is so... i can't put it in words... so eloquent in its devastation
+19RyanVoorhies93 On Vulnicura Tour a full version was shown as a backdrop during the 'Family' performance. You can see it (partly) in the Governors Ball performance.
Family is definitely my favorite track off of Vulnicura. Evokes Homogenic 100% for me and I feel this track should have been the closer to the album similar to how All is Full of Love was. As for the constant bashing of Matthew Barney from this album being released....I feel as though people are being too harsh to jump to conclusions. I only am familiar with some of Barney's work and I'm not sure what my overall opinion of it is but keep in mind Bjork and Barney were together for a a long time and I am sure there was mutual love and support there. These relationships, especially for celebrities, can be super difficult to sustain and often times do fall apart naturally. People drift apart, It's only natural. It's not men vs. women. Of course their is tremendous heartbreak....that is life. Let's not be so quick to pass such harsh judgement on the other party.
My skin crawls listening to Family. This specific part makes me sob completely. Yeah all we can do is speculate. But I love Björk and for her to be so frank and personal in this album, just like she was frank and personal on Vespertine (an album about specifically the love, sex, and overall happiness with Matthew Barney. I can only assume that he fucked up, like I feel like out of nowhere he said "I'm done. I have a mistress, and Im leaving you for her". Its terrible to speculate. But it makes every angry for her. But again this is her perspective. So the only people who know are them and their families.
I don't know, to me family is one of the hardest tracks to swallow on vulnicura (mouth mantra and quicksand are not my favorites either) but this video is soooo Björk that is almost impossible not to love it. As for Barney, I think it's only logical that Björk's fans are gonna stand for her but he inspired her for some of her best works (as you know vespertine is all Barney) but we don't really know what happened between them.
Osvaldo Morales family and mouth mantra are my favs lol. and history of touches. anyway, I think people need to keep in mind that songwriting can be a "release" but not always represent reality. we can't know what happens behind closed doors and we shouldn't care because it doesn't affect us. luckily i haven't seen any fans misbehaving too much
Arthur Deaville This is exactly why i really hate it when artists make break-up albums. It's so self indulgent, it's impossible for me to listen to this album or read about it without reading about her personal life-which as a fan i would like to be left out of.
Words cannot describe my admiration for Bjork...Everything she does is so artistically inspiring + her work has so much thought and emotion injected into it in. Spotting the extracts of past work weaved into current pieces adds so much depth to her clear growth through life. This isn't just a breakup album. This tells a story of a woman's world; her child, her confidence, her sexuality and happiness being impacted by this loss of love.
Oh my...GOD! This is incredibly beautiful! We can really feel all this organic-spiritual pain she felt in her but also, the fate and courage she had to heal her wounds after a long relationship and painful break-up. That's why I love her so much because through her authenticity, we still can relate to her; A lot of us have gone through a "big" rupture, separation with someone that we loved a lot but we had to "finish" the relation. It's always hard, very hard but she does demonstrate that it is "biologically" possible. Thank you Bjork and I cannot wait to see more!
An Everyday Student This is a 2 1/2 minute section of an 8 minute song. The album it's on, "Vulnicura", is an album reflecting on Bjork's split with her husband back in late 2013. It was more focused on the emotional content, rather than the accessibility. That being said, I think some of it is catchy, and all of it is gorgeous. Music doesn't always have to be danced to. Sometimes it's good to just listen and soak it in.
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I love your comment, and thank you because it is all new information and I will look for the record.
This imagery is just stunning. I feel like I can kind of relate to this song since I myself come from a very dysfunctional family...also the end reminds me of All Is Full Of Love which warmed my heart.
Hearing the many albums of Bjork's, She is truly the epitome of life. She's done songs about emotions and basic life occurrences but she's also touched upon the tiniest of particles to the massive sizes of planets. This album isn't any different but she really pushes upon the relations one would have with another human. These are my thoughts and gosh darn it please pretty please finish this song!!!
I just bought my limited edition Vulnicura at Amazon. I bought the iTunes mp3 album when it came out because I couldn't wait. I buy all of her CDs (my limited edition Post was signed by Bjork at Tower Records Dublin, 1995). I will always part with cash for Bjorks CDs, gigs and DVDs. No artist makes me feel like she does. Music is the highest art form and Bjork sits at the top of the pile.
it reminds me some pictures after a volcano eruption and people were petrified literally... She is really connected to the earth, spirit, soul.love her.
This song is beautifully composed with beats at the beginning, nice orchestral in between then a full blown haunting melody that sounds both dark and beautiful at the same time. Genuinely my favourite off of Vulnicura and the moving image album cover just makes for a great video. It really does surprise me how she is so unique and constantly changing. Amazing, purely amazing :)
Watching this always makes me tear up. I can't begin to imagine how she truly felt during the ordeal, but I know it must have taken a lot for her to get to where she is now.
Such a beautiful music video. Music at its best, timing, graphics, the landscape and Björk is god-like singer and actress. All the colours combination is just perfect! And such her art sew spiritual trascendental meanings with the events seen as common to us (like dessires for a family in the context of such a heartbreak)
love the intention in emotions in this video piece. I can see inspiration of past sacrifices of the Mayan traditions....where those to just examples of a deeper intention of the balance of the meaning of life & death.
This is such an interesting video, it's like bjork transitioning from the vinyl cover into herself from stonemilker through some green lines. Im intrigued
Bjork is a megamind who knows how to turn emotions into information through chords and words. AI in the future should study her work to get a hold of the reverse effect.
I actually think it takes place after black Lake. Look at the outfit the statue wears. I know she goes into the Stonemilker outfit, but I think that represents she's healed again, and ready to move on. Stone milker was before the break up, and that wound or in Lionsong "heart" is covered. Here it's covered again. Also, in gate you notice her dress has the same few pearls on the same location. ( I mean the one where she plays a flute, NOT the gucchi one )
I always liked the symbol from 2:23, since the first time that I saw it. I almost got it tattooed, but in the last second I gave up, because even though I liked it, I couldn’t understand the meaning. Some years later and I just realized what it means. Healing.
She never ceases to amaze me, her level of creativity is off the charts, and I will always believe that the magical place that shes from plays a part, loved this video , very expressive and raw, set in the expanse of nature it made great use of the 360, bless you my little pixie and future works, you never fail to seek out teams for your projects. +
a train of pearls cabin by cabin, where they were once "shot precisely" are now helping to sew her back together again. Does she do this on purpose? is she that genius? :D
This is my favorite video from Vulnicura. So visceral! So poetic! I hope Family Full Video and Quicksand Video too. Quicksand is my favorite music from Vulnicura. Thanks for that, Björk.
