Björk - Pagan Poetry and Generous Palmstroke live on Japanese TV (2002) 

"You making me shy" AWWWWWWWW SHE WAS SO CUTE HERE

imagine having the courage to say "there are more things in the world than Bush and bin Laden" in 2002...what a legend

The Japanese really respect and love Bjork as an artist. Her CDs spent more time on the Japanese charts than they did in most other countries. It does not hurt that she looks half Japanese. Lol... The interviewer said that Japanese people say that Bjork has an Eastern look.

The compliment was something like: "when you sing it seems as if you're possessed by something. Has anyone said that before? Is that what make you such a great singer?" Also the first two questions are about acting in a movie (Dancer in the Dark, surely.)

The lady playing the harp is just vibing back there

her talent is rivaled only by her beauty.

一見可愛く見えるけど、目つきが鋭くて狂気も持ち合わせた真の芸術家ですね。急に照れてしまう所も。

i love her i love her i love her i love her

"On the surface simplicity, but the darkest pit in me" I've gotta get that tattooed.. It's just stuck to me ever since the first time I listened to this song

"Everything is a rehearsal until your 60" then you write a masterpiece.

本当に惚れた唯一の女性

I can't get over her artfulness. I mean, she forgets the very first verse of Generous Palmstroke, and she comes back to herself and takes that forgetfulness and makes it part of the poetry of the song by cutting short the next verse. AND THAT WAS IMPROVISED in just a couple of seconds. I mean, you really need to be smart and talented to do something like that beautiful.

Pagan Poetry is my salvation

WRITTEN, SINGLE, TOUCHED AND VISUAL POETRY OF THE BEST QUALITY! I was a teenager, I remember at the time that this clip of the song "Pagan Poetry" by this Icelandic singer Bjork, made a lot of controversy when it was released, I read in magazines, getting banned from MTV. According to my perception the clip can be divided into two parts. The first is basically composed of sex between abstract forms alternated with images of needles, piercings and collars being inserted into a woman's body. In the second part, Bjork is finally shown wearing a "wedding dress". Detail: This dress leaves Björk's breasts on display and is theoretically supported by the piercings and necklaces shown in the first part of the video. By having some "sex and nudity scenes" the unsuspecting may consider the video appealing and pornographic, however, it is far from it. The purpose of pornographic content is to sexually excite, whoever has seen knows what I am talking about, far from the purpose And the emotions of "Pagan Poetry." With all these needles, Björk's bipolar expressions, which now both cries, smiles, and surrealism in the sexual scenes, the transmitted feeling is basically pain, despair, and a near loss of sanity. A wedding dress is a symbol of love, after all a couple just gets married (or should be) when they both love each other.But the dress used in the video is only maintained thanks to the various painfully used necklaces and piercings By the singer.Therefore, love exists only close to her pain? The letter of the song does not give much detail on the reason for this pain.Infidelity? Unrequited love? Moral questions? Or worse, would the lover himself be the one who hurts her? , For whatever reason, love hurts and Björk, managed to pass all this pain so much for those who listen to the song and its silent and distressed I love him / her, both for those who see the instability of Their expressions in the video. Shocking, dark, mysterious, beautiful and painful, in short "Pagan Poetry" is a true work of art. What charmed, enchanted and enchanted those who see and hear!

love the awkwardness :D

Bjork in Japan is always Great!

Perfection embodied in a human being.

Hello to everyone. I am a lot older and wiser now than I was when Bjork was famous. I listen to her tracks now and I have to say this much... I can understand why she says that music has to come from emotion for example looking at her body language and facial expressions and the sheer amount of feeling emanating from her voice and her body makes me see her in such a different light. I didn't realize that she understood Japanese so well. I have in some ways seen Bjork as a woman who was so out of the modern version of what a musician is, that to this day I can go back to her music and she has stood the test of time. Hope that makes sense to anyone who takes the time to read my 5 cents. Peace out to y'all.

Every time I listen to Björk it invokes such a sense of wonder. She’s so captivating and her voice is like both mother and child, Soothing, playful and curious.

It absolutely blows me away how exposed both of these songs are. To bare vulnerability like that is so beautiful and rare. 💕

Her performance was awesome! I have to say she was acting a bit different in her interview here than in other ones. It seems that she was coached on Japanese culture down to word choice. She paused briefly to choose the word “loyal” to describe her consistency in a certain element of her music. She made eye contact sparingly and acted really reserved. Well done, she didn’t change who she was or mislead in her answers but she was very culturally aware.

7:20 is a wonderful opinion.

She gave me chills. I love her

Just love her. I feel protective of her, as weird as that is.

A true artist ...and a beautiful human

I have always loved this song ( among many others)

Amongst all her live performances of this song, Pagan Poetry, I've never seen her sing those two last gorgeous, very high notes. Gives me the sense that it might be too high for her now to reach; or she can't anymore, or who knows. I always look forward to it. 😔♥️

I agree that she is talented. And maybe nervous... I find it really cute tho! :)

God gave to us Bjork to listen to real music from all over the world!

she is the greatest Bjork, I am in love with her

Can't wait till she's 60!

Beautiful expression!!

That 9/11 footage out of nowhere WTF

I really, really love it ♡

Por fin comprendo la música de Björk, casi 20 años llevo escuchándola. Escucharla es una terapia!! Gracias Björk

Yeah, she's an original! ;)

長い版見れました！ありがとうございます！素晴らしい(*^o^*)

she makes me anxious

............what more could you want....Bjork has always been true to music..........given massive.........

let’s appreciate bjork in tabis

Grandisima Artista saludos desde México

Perfeccion en musica aplicada, mercado asia, america y europa. Jajaa. Björk.

Japanese people are very polite. Probably the most polite people in d world. I know coz i lived there for 2 yrs. No one has ever complimenred her that way, so she felt a little anxious. Most of the intervier she had back then esp the western loved to comment abd highlight her eccentricity.. So this feels a little strange to her..

suddenly 9/11

7:42 😍

this was aired 9 days before i was born. somehow makes me feel old lmao

そんなに前の曲なのか。ビョークそんなにきいてなかったのか¨俺は。 ライヴいきたいなー。

this human is a fucking legend. men or women shes is an inspiration us all.

even flooooowwww

also if anyone is curious, the cut to the thing abt 9/11 is because bjork was talking about it and the show was providing context.

Love her wtf

SO BEAUTIFUL and its awesome that Björk knows japanese

Was she really famous in japan back then??

What the fuck is up with that 9/11 clip in the middle

although she technically contradicted herself in this interview by writing a song with the lyrics: "I need a shelter to build an altar / Away from all the Osama's and Bushes" :D

👌❤️

She like wtf are you saying lol

Wooww

I think she's fkn brilliant

Get it girl ⏳💕💕💕🔥🔥🔥🌊🌊🌊⏳

and knows how to show it :)

Aurora and Bjork could make the ultimate collaboration

えも言えぬ☆

what was the compliment about? sorry i don't know japanese

bruh the tabi boots🙏

Does the understand the interviewer or does she have a earpiece with the translation?

no, she's just talented. :)

Como a Björk entendeu essa lingua ? Kkk

07:43 OGm

1:59

se veia muy apagada bjork ahi u.u

: )

I wonder what the first question was; the one she answered “it took alot of time, three years and I was glad to get back to my own music.” What was she referring to?

Only a Japanese show would cut to a tragic incident mid interview lmaooo tf

so how did they understand each others language? where was the translator?

Holy shit 9/11 all of a sudden.

Sorry. Couldn't help but chortle at the impromptu 9/11 segue

cuantos idio,as sabe?

0:06 Bjork: what?

what was the compliment about?

Bjork looks like she has east Asian ancestry. Does she?

She's right, there are more things in the world than Bush and Bin Laden..... 07:35 click here...

なにかが乗り移ったようなって（笑）

anyone reckons she sounds like the cutest Icelandic chick with a cockney accent?! always said that she sounds like a cockney bird.

0:05 su cara en tipo Tengo cara de asiatica pero eso no significa que te entienda haha :(( xD

she never really answers a question kinda avoids any straight answer

Björk looks more Asian than the Japanese host. Björk gets her asiatic ethnic look from her paternal lineage. Somewhere in her paternal lineage she must have a Saami or indigenous Greenlander ancestor.

She's strange her music is all over still very strange. Not saying i don't like her i liked Twin Peaks. So she's up my Alley.

No le entiendo el inglés menos el chino. Carajo!😂

She can understand Japanese??? Wow

interviewer speaks japanese. Björk speaks English. How could they communicate

whoa ignorance much?

Psychopatische Musik

Dos chinas : 3

Never once does she ever thank or credit the amazing line up of talented musicians & technicians that have poured all their inspiration into her music. I'd like to thank those people now.

The interviewer should speak English I guess Björk was embarrassed. ( I feel )

OMG i tear up to this song every time 😭