Friday, March 12, 2010

Bjork - Who Is It? Live (featuring Rahzel & Tagaq





This is a live performance of a track from one of the most innovative albums I've heard, "Medulla".
Bjork's entire album juxtaposed her singing prowess with beats made entirely from beatbox.
She continues to innovate herslef and music to the extent that most people find her weird.
She is an acquired taste in music, much like jazz, a taste in music that grows on you as you listen repeatedly and digest the sound
I can't even classify her type of sound.
Let's just call it dope music. Credit is granted where credit is due.

Plus you can never go wrong with Rahzel!!! a beatboxer who rose to fame as a "DJ" for The Roots, a hip hop band (yes, a full band set up) with that very organic frequency
Lyrics to the song are as follows:

"Who Is It"

His embrace, a fortress
It fuels me
And places
A skeleton of trust
Right beneath us
Bone by bone
Stone by stone
If you ask yourself patiently and carefully:
Who is it ?
Who is it that never lets you down ?
Who is it that gave you back your crown ?
And the ornaments are going around
Now they're handing it over
Handing it over

He demands a closeness
We all have earned a lightness
Carry my joy on the left
Carry my pain on the right

If you ask yourself patiently and carefully:
Who is it ?
Who is it that never lets you down ?
Who is it that gave you back your crown ?
And the ornaments are going around
Now they're handing it over
Handing it over

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