Dirty Projectors w/ Bjork live at Housing Works Bookstore & Café in New York City. Please watch in high quality (makes a huge difference). Recorded on May 8, 2009 using a Flip Video camcorder.
Dont judge by high quality studio and cd performances. Studio recordings just sound so flawless nowadays that people easily ignore the artistic quality when listening to mere live performances. Imperfection is beauty ;)
I wish I could have been there.... Just to breath in the same air Bjork was in that moment. Just so she could look at my face and see the appreciation I have for her music and her life...
its interesting how this is an early version of it! there are many differences in this performance from the recorded version. so cool. even slightly different words!
i heard the band state tht the meaning wasn't important but the sound of itwas, like it was sharp and soothing at the same time like "please please me" from the beatles
on and ever onward, i believe. from the ep mount wittenberg orca. the whole album features björk on vocals, tho dave wrote all of the songs(so i've been told)
I agree that in most circumstances it is disrespectful. However, in this particular instance it was a fundraiser at a bookstore for homeless men women, and children suffering from aids. Sometimes that sort of thing draws a family oriented crowd...
I'm not trying to be rude, but they are experimental, not outsider. Outsider is a reference to art created by the mentally disabled. But I agree, B is really wonderful for her appreciation of amazing musicians!
@lysolbombs470 not really, but okay. My ear is great, I teach music professionally, but believe what you want to. Just have a listen to their studio stuff and compare it to the live ones and hear the difference.
@Generlcapgun I'm afraid it's your ear that's shit...because he IS in tune. Actually, he sounds perfectly in tune. Regardless, if professional musicians ever seem to be slightly out of tune, it's usually technique. Especially if you're working with harmonies or drones, sometimes a guitarist will tighten or loosen their strings ever so slightly to get a little more fullness with the vocals or other instruments.
@mikeofcetacea outsider art more broadly refers to art that is made out of the established art community, or rather is outside of contemporary art community alltogether, as in they are not trained artists. its a matter of semantics i guess, and i know the movement was started with insane people, but whatever. the lead guy from the DP's plays his guitar upside down and left handed which could be seen as some sort of DIY outsider type thing... i dunno. they are freaking awesome tho.
Interesting song. I can understand why Bjork likes this group. The performance looks a little awkward. It'd be cool to hear a professionally recorded collaboration.
Hahaha great comeback kid! Are you the kid? I am from NYC and my first concert was Talking Heads in 1982. I was 3. What is your point? I'm sure the performers didn't like the kid there. I saw a Lou Reed concert a few years back where the audience told a mother to take her ranting kid out, and she did. It's disrespectful to the performers and the audience.
