Björk - Live at the Riverside Church (HBO Reverb)

[@smokestack787]

Björk is one of the most self-actualized, genuine artists on the planet.

[@DDog09]

When i first heard her music i couldn’t believe someone could actually come up with this, especially for the time. Still blows my mind to this day how ahead of her time she was, not to mention all while making some of the sweetest, darkest, beautiful ballads of all time

[@ragedef7ms]

When I was a teen, my mum ordered HBO for one week so we could tape this concert. What an angel she is💖

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

I also taped it!! miraculously!! What an incredible gem!!(that it is) congrats to mum's![🍀]?

[@lt_johnmcclane]

I love this story of yours it made me smile :)

[@Dovelunalove]

wow that is love! i just discovered björk i could only imagine what it was like to be a teen back then with this gem of an artist on the rise❤

[@aeriagloris4211]

What a boss. Wow

[@knightabraxas]

What a sweet memory. If she's still alive, you should call her to talk about that memory and how it made you feel. If she's not, maybe talk to someone else in the family.❤

[@MiglėVitkauskaitė-v1l]

pagan poetry is one of the most beautiful songs ever written

[@kateisaknowitall]

crazy to think this was 6 days before 9/11. what a crazy timeline we are on

[@mackc4735]

woahh no way

[@jimmybootz1277]

Wow😲

[@TheViolentTeddy]

I think if I was there I would have cried through the whole thing.

[@faust8569]

Agreed

[@aspect57]

@@faust8569 I tried to get tickets and failed... waited at the door and couldn't get in.... now I'm nearly 40 and still one of my biggest regrets that I didn't find a way in.

[@faust8569]

@@aspect57 Thank you much sincerely...Tickets or not..You found a way in just as Bjork finds us...Dont regret all the times that are everlasting-good or bad.. Their yours to keep..Thats more meaningful than tickets- even though the concert we've missed. THE MEMORIES we keep that's as good as any..In fact put your favorite songs-track list for this embrace..As will I CHEERS

[@rJPEG]

I’m crying rn 😭

[@aspect57]

@@faust8569 Well put. I'm coming back to this comment as I keep coming back to this video... now i'm nearly 41 lol but it's good to know that this concert keeps giving. I'm back again and I'm sure many others are too.

[@adaharrisonn]

playing pagan poetry at an abrahamic church is the BIGGEST power move

[@Nepente333]

My thoughts exactly!!!

[@pieroluigimarinacci2128]

she is a Woman free...

[@alanwerner8563]

I was thinking that same thing. Cool also that the Inuit are at their core an Animist Culture as well. Although actually I bet lots of them have converted to Christianity now. But still…

[@leonardomontes2712]

AND possibly maybe wtf

[@roza7750]

Ага. Она может и интересна, но задник портит. Сейчас многое уродливое принимают за странное. Хотя просто странное имеет место быть😊

[@ig00g1e]

I watched a documentary of her where she said the worked 16 hour days for 6 years without a break. that's what it takes to be at this level. The refinement is impeccable.

[@mwshu6045]

You can only work that hard if you really love what you do. It’s super evident in her music that it’s her life’s purpose

[@lilswrldnotreal]

@@mwshu6045 1000%

[@cinnabunnyispnai]

only bjork would manage to make playing cards a musical instruments. also wanted to show appreciation to that harpist, very multitalented and expressive.

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

The harpist is intriguing, musically talented on the accordion & organ also!

[@rifarizqul]

U should check out Matmos!!

[@gherat]

Yeah that’s all Matmos’ work. They always use household things as percussion or musical instruments. They made quite a lot of tracks on Verspertine.

[@charliez077]

​@@gherati love matmos but it's an often repeated myth that they 'made' most of music on Vesp. Björk herself did, they joined in in a later phase. Read a Pitchfork interview with Björk from around 2015 - it's enlightening as hell.

[@gherat]

@@charliez077 interesting! vespertine is my favourite album so I would love to read that interview. Got a link by any chance?

[@babydrane]

Crystal clear voice and completely unpretentious in every possible way. I love this woman and the music she creates.

[@JBittermusic]

She wants to make you feel something no to show you her vocal range for show...she uses her voice with this intension

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

I love Bjork's musical enchantments!!

[@markkubiak8296]

Now I'm a believer!! Bjork is incredibly brilliant!!

[@RIDEFASTDRINKCOFFEE]

when I saw this on HBO at 17 it completely changed my whole damn mind about music.

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Damn!!Bjork is that good!! a really,really great creative mind!!

[@aeriagloris4211]

What year?

[@Psergiorivera]

This concert is a KNOCKOUT. The pure pleasure for me is “Hidden Place”. That intro knocks me out everytime. Who comes up with an insane beat like this? Pair it with an Inuit choir? And shuffling cards? Only Bjork.

[@vleaky3430]

But the choir messed up big time on Hidden Place

[@dorianwilde]

Exactly this. That intro needs to be bottled and sold for the price of all my tears. T_T

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Yes,a KNOCKOUT!! Still dizzy, from it!!(???)

[@Youremythrill18]

@@vleaky3430not at all

[@vleaky3430]

@@Youremythrill18 are you deaf?

[@JAPANDAJAPANDA]

ビョーク最高！！　日本から愛を込めて・・・！！

[@agaetisbyrjun]

0:26 Pagan Poetry 5:45 Possibly Maybe 11:27 Generous Palmstroke 15:38 All Is Full of Love 19:28 Unravel 23:04 Hidden Place 29:00 The Anchor Song

[@faust8569]

Thank you much

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Thanks,for the track listing! Bjork:HBO

[@mattr5113]

Legend, I knew someone would have it

[@shinebabyshine.]

I remember flipping channels on a Saturday afternoon as a 13 year old kid when I came across this performance, I was completely entranced. I had no clue who Bjork was, thanks HBO for airing this and changing my life 💓

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Alright!!tis'forever,a life-changing experience!!👍

[@aeriagloris4211]

What year? I am a big fan of hers through cky, I had never heard this concert and it's fucking phenomenal.

[@asdhufgh4yu37sdhsdfhh6]

@@aeriagloris4211 this concert was in 2001

[@robaxl3088]

She ages so well….in the Human Behavior (also one of my favorite songs) she was 27 and looked like a teenager…in this HBO Riverside performance she was 36 and doesn’t look a day over 25. Today in 2024 Bjork is 59 and still looks great.

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

What a great weird piece. She's in her separate world. Beautiful artist.

[@TheDreamingJune]

Love this concert. She sounds and looks gorgeous here.

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Also love it!!yes, gorgeously executed!!👂&👀=🙂&🙃

[@othonielramirez4028]

Her eyes ❤

[@alexgeewhizz]

jesus CHRIST is this the best live performance what the hell???

[@raiduke]

ok boomer 🙄

[@veroniquehoflack4910]

I have just 'discovered' this concert. She is stunning. The whole concert is incredible.

[@AlanFink4224]

She's incredible. It is the best fucking concert ever.

[@solarOvum]

A present from the universe.

[@bluespectrumtapes]

performs in a church and opens with pagan poetry, she is awesome

[@kennethpatrick5342]

I have seen Bjork LIVE a few times over the years, with each show being totally different. I can only image what it was like to have been in the audience for the taping of this HBO special. Her style is unique and so incredibly talented; the versions of Pagan Poetry and All Is Full Of Love are simply breathtaking.

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

A breathtaking performance, indeed!

[@mattharton]

this version of Possibly Maybe is Björk at her most confident - especially everything after that cheeky little grin just before the second verse. may be a peak performance contender among all her live performances

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

The confident level is there, throughout the concert! Possibly her best performance!!

[@derraldsegue7967]

This is when. You can tell she was classily music taught her voice is another instrument sometimes it’s so blurred voice or organ? She will not be known for her genius until we are gone! I played unravel for one of my young colleagues the other day she cried and brought everything Bjork has created!

[@MrErikchaugen]

Unravel gets me every time i listen to it...it gets me crying and it's like pushing a button!!There is something about that song that gets me every time!

[@phereww]

You are wrong Genius is in Iceland too Beautiful voice timing and tone ....

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Unravel? it's a highly emotional track! perhaps,a real tearjerker of a song!!

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

@@phereww definitely!!

[@einweieskaninchen413]

She looks soooo beautiful! 😍

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Empressive! & yes, beautiful!!

[@spilion4515]

In all possilble respects. Definitely chosen for some deity oracle project

[@Canbykarma]

Easily the best rendition of All is Full of Love I have heard. Absolutely at the top of her game here.

[@discodave6153]

Yes it’s absolutely spellbinding

[@diegoborlini6840]

I can not express in words all the feelings this concert provokes in me.

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

I feel likewise! Bjork's music provokes intense feelings or emotional gratification!!

[@jenniferrosas8539]

2020 ... the best thing I've heard so far!

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Glad you enjoy it! I'm also spellbound by it!!

[@DeborahMcNish]

Love this amazing performance, Bjork works harder than most artists, thank you KZbin for posting ❤❤

[@peterwhitehouse]

No one makes art and music like Björk - this performance is breathtaking - such wonderful arrangements and innovative musicianship - wow, just wow

[@ralliekid]

She is legit from a different planet, hence her playing by her own rules which we can simply only try to comprehend. Additionally, she is mad beautiful. 🥵

[@stephmota5920]

The Native women were awesome!

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Sounded proper??

[@natashatoon1938]

I cry with joy and feeling watching this. Would love to see her in convert, come to New Zealand!!

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

See her in convert??(concert)New Zealand is probably going to wait??

[@BubuSotir]

OMG, she's amazing in every which way you might think of. She's a pure, delicate shoeless angel.

[@happygucci5094]

Yup- pretty much 💯✊🏽🙏🏽💗 She is so completely herself she transcends herself- she is an incredible artist - definitely would make it to top 1000 of all time. She is BJǑRK. Period. 💗💗💗

[@Toolfreak999]

What a beautiful lady!

[@jasonpierson2963]

Just & Always YES! ❤

[@DeborahMcNish]

I agree pure energy, and emotional, just brilliance xx❤❤

[@dennisdijk6002]

Words can hardly describe. Thank you Björk for your dedication to music and what you brought me through it.

[@bcahaua]

I'm really in LOVE with that choir

[@pitayau]

wow!!! bjork, the inuit choir & playing cards being used as percussion... haven't seen anything like it until now. I love it!!!

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

A unique musical performance!!

[@imogenaris1697]

The true Earth Mother & goddess of creativity. This concert is otherworldly. Bjork is brilliant & sexy

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Icelandic treasure!!hip,hip Hurray!!

[@boyfilhote2]

"While you are away... my heart comes undone... it STLOWLY unravels..." this STLOWLY of hers just kills me ❤

[@jimmybootz1277]

She moves and sings like she's a child in a costume trying her best to make us believe that she is a grown up in real life I just love everything about her performances 😁

[@Psergiorivera]

STUNNING. Those insane beats, JUST EXTRAORDINARY. But I cried so hard when she did Possibly Maybe, that is a REALLY PAINFUL SONG for me to hear. When she sings “I’m EXHAUSTED, LEAVE ME ALONE”, it reminds me of my very abusive partner right after a particularly vicious end to our relationship. Bjork, I doubt you’ll read this, but thank you for writing that song. It’s very healing.

[@kennethpatrick5342]

.....this is Matmos supporting her.

[@Psergiorivera]

I know. They are extraordinary. Their production on Vespertine is BEYOND

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Agree! pouring with emotions!!

[@luke9988]

This possibly maybe might be my favorite song ive ever seen her do live. Thank you for uploading this 💜♏️

[@luke9988]

9:11 ⚡️⚡️

[@dorianwilde]

This and Pagan Poetry

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Maybe,possibly a favorite song!

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

@@luke9988 9/11/??⚡🙈⚡

[@scorpious1117]

@@luke9988we have the same music taste bro lol

[@daveshif2514]

her backup singers have such nice voices got to love how she can drop the sickest beats, lyrics that reach into the absolute final depths of human authenticity, set an entire image with her music she composed herself AND use her voice as more than just a simple instrument she makes the music greater than the sum of its parts and fully matured by her vocalizations. she doesnt do anything because "thats what you are supposed to do when writing songs", she just fills every single second of the experience with the most extreme emotional descriptions of the things she wants to say.

[@gabormolnar2208]

generous palmstroke sends shivers down my spine each time i hear it! the power this song has...

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Strong & spine shivering!!🥺?

[@quietoctober9703]

One of her best performances ♡ thank u

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

An incredible & intimate performance!!🌜

[@awprice007]

One of the greatest female vocalists of all time, and to open with Pagan Poetry, with the music box no manufacturer wanted to make initially. Absolutely spectacular.

[@VictorRivera-yw2xi]

La ultima posiblemente del siglo XX

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

This is really an epic concert! I can see & hear it time & time again! This must be the icelandic siren truly at her best! I love her hypnotizing vocals,plus the melodic chanting of the backing tribe choir! Hurray & praise for this unforgettable,phenomenal, masterpiece of a concert! I'm proudly in love with this enchanting performance!!(Bjork Gundmundsdottir,also)

[@martinkevill8853]

Brilliant concert, hard to pick a favourite song from this but 'Unravel' is an amazing unforgettable experience 😊👍🇬🇧

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Unravel is a favorite song!

[@MrErikchaugen]

It's a magic performance!!It get's to me every time!!

[@AlanFink4224]

It is literally the best music ever made.. the best sound and performance of any music, let alone her own.. which is the best music ever made.

[@StevenGemmel]

the first vespertine concerts in NYC were so special 💜

[@markkubiak8296]

I'am moved! An incredible performance!

[@faust8569]

Been a fan since Sugarcubes..she's what I relate too.. yet can't explain- I'm glad the connection was and still is their...when most of meanings have..She remains. As do I- all emotions for all we go through

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

A musically diverse connection! That is what Bjork's music achieves!!

[@celebritiesnow7589]

this is different approach sometime creative

[@invalidlitterdept]

20:12 that guy was just so happy to be there, in the close presence of a goddess

[@larsmuller309]

Saw her the last time live in the 90s with orchestra and it was amazing. Please come back for a Tour and visit Cologne again ❤

[@alejandroz1198]

5:36 That smile...

[@Hakovo-i1b]

Te amo Björk, me encanta lo única que eres con tu música y lo tanto que me agrada tu estética y como eres eres alguien muy admirable y grandiosa🍄🩶

[@菖蒲桜-e3k]

ビョークの音楽を愛しています💓🦢♡✨ お裾分けありがとうございます˚⁺˳✧༚

[@Mollikar]

I loved this when I saw it I always remember watching this because it was right before the tower bombings and a lot of new beginnings in my life. I was soo young then 23 years old an age ago.

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Very mesmerizing!!

[@jojuponya26]

The hugest of hugs

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

I wish I could hug Bjork forever!!(huge,huh)

[@danigolightly799]

I remember when this first aired. It doesn’t seem so long ago, but I guess it was.

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

I also have it on my brain's, storage?

[@biteandspit]

Just me having my coffee and crying. Have loved this for years but haven't seen it in a long time.

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

It's been a long while,also! By the way,does coffee make you cry??(sorry about that)

[@factoryinn1759]

I love you so much, my beautyful Björk

[@AlanFink4224]

It is the best goddamn music ever. The best half hour of music ever.

[@gundulamuller-weathersby3070]

She started her career with the Sugarcubes, SNL. Saw them life in Ffm

[@atlas4698]

Wow that's so cool, I'm very jealous.

[@mrswild1437]

Phenomenal performance. My favourite ever and on repeat until I can master such talent.

[@irinamaribelcruz]

In September 2020 and forever Bjork saves us with her voice oh!! Saw her three times live, thank you for uploading this 💜💜💜💜

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Bjork's astonishing vocals, always saves the day!!

[@toki207]

This is absolutely incredible!

[@AlanFink4224]

Imagine being there or being in her entourage.. a backup singer, whatever.. they had to realize they were watching something that was absolutely out of this world.

[@uamiable]

Brings tears every time I return, I love this choir and pulsing beat

[@jeandubois7605]

très grande artiste libre

[@MaxPower-ue6px]

Me transmite más de 1000 sensaciones bjork

[@AlanFink4224]

You wish it would never end. It's just perfect.

[@user-yj5hl4uf5s]

thank u very much i crying

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

There,there!you poor thing!!

[@user-yj5hl4uf5s]

@@RobertLiera-oc6cc whats wrong

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

@@user-yj5hl4uf5s 🤡🖕

[@cristianvarela8240]

Bella como ella a una amiqa que la extraño mucho❤

[@matthewpreilly]

I was there. Remember this night very well.

[@kristensantos22]

Wow, you're a lucky human

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

Wow!! How incredibly lucky you are!

[@matthewpreilly]

@@RobertLiera-oc6cc Just a few days before 9-11. The acoustics of the church were incredible. Her voice ran through all of us that night. It was an experience I'll never forget.

[@alexistired3790]

The world was so different here. Pre 9/11. I was born in one world and now live in a different one.

[@Irisyellow505]

I love the way the man in the front row looks back at her at 20:11.

[@AlanFink4224]

Such powerful, emotional, amazing music.. I don't know if amazing is remotely close to a good enough word for it.

[@racheldoesacrylic4089]

takes me back to happier days ,loved this so emotional i miss my partner of 28yrs takes me right back x

[@estefanyluga]

Gracias por subirlo me encanta, espero algún día ver en vivo a Bjork

[@violettaberg5509]

Björk is from another Planet🚀❤️

[@AlanFink4224]

Truly unbelievable human and talent.

[@simonmoine]

My God, thank you for sharing.

[@blackvirgo09]

This is how I learned about bjork I knew her but she was just a crazy person to Americans but after watching this I said my God she's an amazing artist I was like 15 reverb was a great show

[@zimm1324]

Amazing 😍

[@Davcast]

Que afortunados fueron los que asistieron a ese concierto.

[@flavio3.095]

🎼Magnifique voie🎙 elle a en live...🎶🧘🧘 Thank for sharing❤‍🔥

[@francozaba]

Thank you very much!!!! Nooo the final!!!!!!!!🥲

[@lukmruk]

One of the best performance.

[@isaacrojas3909]

Phenomenal! I am obsess with her…

[@breakfall]

Maestra ...grazie

[@xanthirudha]

Wild stuff

[@lobotomy1733]

thank you!

[@RobertLiera-oc6cc]

HBO, has done it again!!

[@fernandomarmol4758]

Dejando de lado su gran talento musical, esta mujer de una tierra extraña, conecta de manera profunda con algún lugar de todos nosotros. Algo así como una emoción compartida.

[@VictorRivera-yw2xi]

La ultima vocalista femenina talentosa del mundo

[@user-vladif]

Thanks for this masterpiece 🎉🎉🎉

[@AlanFink4224]

She is so goddamn incredible.