- When Antony phoned Björk: 'People make bad decisions when their ship is sinking'
Not only does Björk appear on Antony and the Johnsons' new album Swanlights, she also shares similar concerns about the environment. That's why our guest editor spoke to her about everything from alternative medicine to the big bang
だけでなく、ビョークはAntony and the JohnsonsのニューアルバムのSwanlightsに表示される場合、彼女はまた、環境に関する同様の懸念を共有しています
- Björk's karaoke night
Björk has come out of her hiatus to lay down some vocals in support of Iceland's environmentalistsIn Iceland, 6 January is known as Thretándinn, the last day of Christmas, when, according to folklore, supernatural beings come out from their hidden world to walk among the humans. And so it (sort of) proved last Thursday, when Björk emerged from a period of relative obscurity to kick off a three-day karaoke marathon, organised as part of the singer's ongoing campaign to protect her home country's natural resources. Happily, onlookers were on hand to film the two performances and upload them to YouTube. At bit.ly/bjorkwagon you can see Björk and journalist Omar Ragnarsson delivering a perky, Icelandic-language version of Three Wheels on My Wagon. As if to balance out that song's cheeriness, the singer followed it up with an impressive solo rendition of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart (bit.ly/bjorklove). The recording quality isn't amazing on either, but it's certainly enough to whet the appetite for Bjork's likely return this year. Until then – and staying vaguely on the Björk karaoke theme – check out the marvellous cover of the Carpenters' Top of the World she sang for a Sugarcubes B-side in 1992, at bit.ly/bjorktop.Echo and the Bunnymen also celebrated Thretándinn – intentionally or otherwise – by choosing 6 January as the date to begin their own three-day marathon. Over 72 hours, the band uploaded a vast archive of old gig footage, TV performances and interviews to youtube.com/BunnymenTourBlog. In all, 91 videos were posted, featuring such gems as a reluctant interview with Canadian TV around the 1984 release of The Killing Moon, a shaky mid-80s live recording of Seven Seas filmed for Brazilian TV, and some hugely evocative footage from a 1982 hometown gig at Li ビョークは6月、民間伝承によると、超自然的な人間が間に歩いて彼らの隠された世界から出てくるThretándinn、クリスマスの最後の日として知られており、アイスランドのenvironmentalistsInアイスランドを支援するいくつかのボーカルを置くために彼女のお休みの出てきた人間
- Has China done Bob Dylan a favour? | Open thread
The singer who was once synonymous with political protest has been banned from Beijing. Might it do him some good?Bob Dylan's Asian tour, planned for later this month, has been called off after Chinese officials refused him permission to play in Beijing and Shanghai.The Chinese seem to be worried that he might say or sing something politically sensitive, as Björk did in 2008.As if Dylan would. Don't the Chinese know that these days the 68-year-old former protest singer is a respectable golfer who released a Christmas album last year and has even allowed Blowin' in the Wind to be used as the soundtrack of a TV commercial?But maybe the Chinese ban will do him some good. Could it help to restore his credibility as the prophet from Desolation Row?Bob DylanChinaguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
かつて政治的な抗議と同義だった歌手は、北京から禁止されています
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