Bjork - Vokuro (live)

from a medulla presentation

[@xris9593]

To those discussing the title below (some time ago), the translation is "Vigil". A couple sitting up quietly at night, on their isolated farm, the snow falling in the dusk, the grass of spring waiting at the foot of the hills; far away the madding world, fearful day and night, but on their farm, no fear, just beautiful warm calm fearless smiles; the love and hope of the couple; their young daughter falling asleep--the last lines mean "she closes her blue eyes, my little daughter"

[@gpeddino]

"Medúlla" remains my favorite of her albums. Only Björk could gather such diverse musicians, vocal artists, choirs and beatboxers and create something so amazing.

[@averyms]

I totally agree.

[@mattopolis]

Super

[@cal3blipa]

Makes a everyday musician seek that desire Björk has. Utmost respect towards musicians and music world wide. Beautiful just beautiful

[@alsimanche]

This sounds exactly like the studio version

[@razrv3lc]

I've literally heard this song over 1000 times, and I still get chills from it! Love the last drop that the guy does at the end!

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

If Oceania wasn't a thing, this would easily be my favorite song on Medulla.

[@vermilionskin]

I love her, she is a very unique and special human-being besides being a great artist. Thank you Bjork.

[@eugeniofilho1563]

3:15 she's so cute I'm gonna die

[@ElsInfiniteArchive]

+Eugênio Filho She has the cutest smile oh geez

[@gerharddeusser9103]

I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her..........!!!!!

[@lavitasecondoale7776]

This song is magic....I love Iceland

[@endrebee3743]

HER FACE AT THE END IS SO HAPPY LOOK AT THAT FACE AAAAAAA

[@pandaEmpress]

one of my favorite bjork songs. love it.

[@luisnicks2863]

3:21 Su Cara awwww! Es Tan Tierna

[@urban_ks]

my starting track for my next Dubstep-mix for 2022

[@user-ey3sz4nw8n]

Ver a Björk sonreír de esa forma tan hermosa, adorable y sincera me da 100 años de vida :3

[@sarasasa84]

I love her voice, I love her smile, I love her

[@ilikefennecs7148]

i keep coming back to this its so good

[@destinyattracting]

She's well proud of that and rightly so. Sublime!

[@kaarekjohnsen]

The tune is by Jórunn Viðar, and the lyrics by Jakobine Sigurðardóttir. Beautiful song!

[@beketaten]

i love the squishy thing around her dress XD

[@IMOK130]

Honestly one of the most gorgeous things I've ever heard... The greatest female artist of all time.

[@EliasSilva-fy9sj]

Few people know, but this is a cover of a 80's icelandic song

[@NileSings]

It is!? By who!?!?

[@Neinir]

I'm just " happy crying " I can't explain ...

[@pricesmith8450]

That fucking smile at the end, esp as the awesome beatboxing guy glissandos down, genuine excitement.

[@ilrin]

wow this is amazing, thanks so much for sharing! ♥

[@Neinir]

I love her facial expression at the end ! ... It's cute !

[@nonchefsaussy]

- favorite Björk song.

[@livbjrnelund7790]

i love that song

[@cal3blipa]

I never seen her live but if I was in here I think It would of topped it ❤

[@joshuajoseph4106]

BEAUTIFUL!

[@1saac19]

Still shaking my skin!! o.O WOW

[@JovPetrov]

me encanto su expresion al terminar la cancion =D

[@xris9593]

Of course, another interpretation of the lyrics is that the "thu" in the song is the child herself.

[@nenadkastratovic9807]

Beautiful

[@Gabriellaella23]

Beautiful. All I can say.

[@newentu]

Hermoso realmente bello

[@lyrics7673]

Luego de que las cosas se pusieran perturbadoras al iniciar Medúlla (Pleasure Is All Mine y Where Is The Line?), los coros suenan bellos. Amo Where Is The Line, sus coros son geniales, pero muy perturbadores. Aquí se centran en crear una atmósfera bella, muy bonito :3

[@newentu]

@@lyrics7673 despues de 13 años alguien me responde je je je...todo el Medulla es una obra maestra y su atmósfera es sublime...saludos!!

[@LilyBean82]

I love her.

[@supplechap5429]

2:41, I never knew Adam Neely used to sing for Bjork!

[@Kai4723]

simpley wonderful

[@TheMouseSaysMoo]

i love her smile at the end :) lol

[@xXLola88Xx]

@lust4bass actually it's hard to translate into a single word in english but it's not "submarine" vökuró is "the calm of being awake".. imagine a little girl in her bed with her mother by her bedside, singing her to sleep

[@welpatrans]

I'm in love ....

[@averyms]

I don’t know what she’s saying but I have a good cry to this a lot. It doesn’t always help. Depressed is painful. 😪😪😪

[@welpatrans]

Bjork !!! Love me !!!!

[@JiGe96]

How diverse a scene is not this! Björk in an regularly irregular attire, choir in their every day wear and a rapper in typical clothing, all participating in the performance of such an ambient song.

[@MrRatchakay]

except that she didn't write Vökuró. So maybe that's why she needed help with some of the lyrics. There's no shame in having trouble remembering all those lyrics from so many songs. A lot of artists have teleprompters

[@Neinir]

0 people don't like this ... The respect is here ! I'm happy ^o^

[@vanessaanna1000]

I like it

[@helenGOF]

@kvokian thats the only reason I thought she might have been reading the lyrics

[@JeanCarloms]

Does anyone know how to get this full concert?

[@StephanieEatsPants]

I need this too!

[@JeanCarloms]

+PrincessZelda OfHyrule I got it. I can upload it for you if you want.

[@GouldingDelRey]

+Jean Carlo please upload it!

[@JeanCarloms]

glory_and_gore I did. Here it is: drive.google.com/file/d/0B3Xudzavt_rUVGpBck14LW9OYWc/view?usp=sharing

[@JeanCarloms]

you're welcome! =)

[@ChayYT]

Damn good

[@lenelovis]

I love it!:O)

[@lust4bass]

@BobBurnnquist Apparently, it means "submarine"

[@ryanjones3173]

lust4bass Incorrect

[@pagan.poetry]

transcendent

[@thenosophy]

OMG!!!

[@gkaplan2000]

bjork ftw

[@sergioarangorincon1113]

😢💜

[@Neinir]

@BobBurnnquist or " le calme d'être éveillé " ...

[@oskarfreyrgudnason]

Does anybody know if there is sheet music to this available anywhere?

[@helenGOF]

@kvokian hahaha its just coz she seems to be looking down at the start of the song :p

[@SignaturaStellum]

at 1:33... did she have a stroke of some kind?

[@Neinir]

@BobBurnnquist " réveil paisible " ou " calme réveil " in french :) ( sorry i'm french >< )...

[@lust4bass]

@xXLola88Xx Strange.... I got "submarine" from Google translate. Not that it is 100% reliable, but someone made that input, which is quite funny . Thank you anyway.

[@Juju-qf5zo]

3:15 So cute ...

[@helenGOF]

Is she reading the lyrics? this is beautiful

[@SignaturaStellum]

except she's kneeling to read the lyrics on a computer screen xD but still

[@IPSPMAN90]

Thanks, I didn't knew that, who wrote it and sang it then? O-o?

[@bitsofplastic]

Hey those "rope"chain things around her shoulder they arent made by yokoo are they?

[@moahdir]

Rosalía was here

[@einweieskaninchen413]

Can someone tell me all the songs she performed on this concert? I wanna find them all!

[@MantisGiant]

[@Vandriel]

Does anyone know what DVD this is from?

[@geraldoferreira1945]

This is not from a DVD. It's from a tv performance.

[@BobBurnnquist]

So what does "Vokuro" mean?

[@ryanjones3173]

BobBurnnquist Icelandic for ‘Vigil’

[@Hjorthir]

frábær

[@witaradanu1442]

who wrote this song?

[@gusgus1160]

This song is actually a poem written by Jakobína Sigurðardóttir

[@einarsteinnvalgarsson3333]

Jórunn Viðar wrote the song and set it to a poem by Jakóbína Sigurðardóttir.

[@witaradanu1442]

@@einarsteinnvalgarsson3333 oh gosh it took 3 years to go back here! Thank you to knowing that and im sorry not noticed for so long..

[@einarsteinnvalgarsson3333]

@@witaradanu1442 It's all good and you're welcome. :)

[@Miloun]

Not 50 Cent standing on her left. Even he seems moved :)

[@gospodinmarkovic6406]

People who disliked this masterpiece should stick to Nicki Minaj.

[@cgi7205]

gospodin markovic i love nicki minaj and björk and i believe they should collaborate

[@nonchefsaussy]

- ...recording, rather.

[@vokuro88]

shout out to the big black guy.

[@YutaEditz-xr9dt]

kinda bad tbh sticcking out your gyat for the rizzleer is better

[@beini321]

haha first one to dislike

[@boboloss99]

This is perhaps the most beautiful and possibly saddest sounding song I've ever heard. So what's with the huge fat American in prison clothes doing in this video?

[@sethroy4318]

In case you haven't noticed, his is one of the beautiful voices in this in the angelic choir backing her (I believe he's the bass). I hope that was a bad joke and not a genuine question.

[@boboloss99]

Seth it just embarrasses me that the world thinks of the US as a country of fat people and prison inmates. They really do and unfortunately it's justified.

[@dopehag3103]

+Qif Alseeara He's the beatboxer.

[@saoirseryan6355]

stop being an ugly bully.

[@leewaters5949]

Is that not Rahzel who was the foundation of so much of the Medulla album? With talent like that, I doubt he's worried about one anonymous person's strangely tone deaf opinion. Be careful throwing your stereotypes around, because you're reinforcing certain stereotypes of yourselves with this sort of comment.