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About This Track
SONG INFO
Performed by Björk with the London Choir
Beats: Shlomo
Piano: Nico Muhly
Vocal samples: Robert Wyatt
Programmed by: Björk, Mark Bell, Valgeir Sigurdsson
This song was premiered at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
“Basically, the Olympics people asked me to do a kind of ‘Ebony and Ivory’ or ‘We Are the World’ type song. Those are smashing tunes and all that, but I thought, ‘Maybe there’s another angle to this. ’ When I tried to write an Olympic lyric, though, it was full of sports socks and ribbons. I ended up pissing myself laughing.” Björk decided to call on Sjón Sigurdsson, Icelandic poet and previous lyrics-collaborator. Needing something epic, Sjón took a course in Greek mythology, and then wrote these lyrics for ‘Oceania’, a kind of aquatic sojourn and the last song recorded for Medúlla. “The Olympic version will be a little different. But it will fit the occasion, I think, because the song is all about how the ocean doesn’t see boundaries between countries and thinks everyone is the same. Sjón came up with this beautiful last line that touches on how we were all little jellyfish or whatever before we made it on to land. He has The Sea saying, ‘Your sweat is salty / And I am why / Your sweat is salty / And I am why.’” (Björk 13 Aug 2004)
Performed by Björk with the London Choir
Beats: Shlomo
Piano: Nico Muhly
Vocal samples: Robert Wyatt
Programmed by: Björk, Mark Bell, Valgeir Sigurdsson
This song was premiered at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
“Basically, the Olympics people asked me to do a kind of ‘Ebony and Ivory’ or ‘We Are the World’ type song. Those are smashing tunes and all that, but I thought, ‘Maybe there’s another angle to this. ’ When I tried to write an Olympic lyric, though, it was full of sports socks and ribbons. I ended up pissing myself laughing.” Björk decided to call on Sjón Sigurdsson, Icelandic poet and previous lyrics-collaborator. Needing something epic, Sjón took a course in Greek mythology, and then wrote these lyrics for ‘Oceania’, a kind of aquatic sojourn and the last song recorded for Medúlla. “The Olympic version will be a little different. But it will fit the occasion, I think, because the song is all about how the ocean doesn’t see boundaries between countries and thinks everyone is the same. Sjón came up with this beautiful last line that touches on how we were all little jellyfish or whatever before we made it on to land. He has The Sea saying, ‘Your sweat is salty / And I am why / Your sweat is salty / And I am why.’” (Björk 13 Aug 2004)
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Shouts
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claudiobittenco wrote:
Great use of backing vocals. 2
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alecruzross wrote:
Love it!
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fenice_boner wrote:
choir harmonies at 1-46 make me drown. SO wonderful
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E-mirror wrote:
Best of Medúlla ♥
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clockworkwombat wrote:
whooooooooooomp
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blisserhann wrote:
Such a perfect song....
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obscurecendo wrote:
WHAT A SONG!
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Hasimere wrote:
haha, what a lovely lady
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EmeraldSohma wrote:
Oh man, this is so fucking good. [2]
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snowbleed wrote:
dat beatboxing
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alecruzross wrote:
Orgasmic!
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XDRory wrote:
While listening to this, the words "HOLY SHIT" come to mind...
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Sameh93 wrote:
Oh man, this is so fucking good.
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diiot wrote:
This is about humans and evolution and the earth and the ocean, I guess?
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nadryv wrote:
backing vocals freak me out..
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KiingNothing wrote:
"you show me incontinence" [5] lol
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tiki22 wrote:
tres fabulose
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pootytang wrote:
I cannot believe I am listening to a Björk song and hearing Robert Wyatt. Wonders never cease!
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Bpetroglyph wrote:
Great use of backing vocals.
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robnutty wrote:
"you show me incontinence" [4]
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davidex1x added Oceania to his Loved Tracks. Monday afternoon
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gugajansen, modern_thing, Soy_Pimpollo and 11 other people loved Björk – Oceania. Saturday evening
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madanonymous wrote about Oceania in Triophilia. last week
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STONERESK tagged Oceania with ‘good beat’. 13 days ago
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Doraniqua, ankrarina, LegoTrip and 30 other people loved Björk – Oceania. 13 days ago
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