I've wanted to add a
featured theme day to my music blog, eventually there will be one for cover
tracks but for now, I'm starting "Good News Girls" Fridays. GNG
is all about showcasing the best female talent out there, be that artist,
musician/vocalist or just an inspiring female.
My first GNG is quite
an old school choice, but she's so talented and out the box that Björk
totally deserves first spot. I love how she's super proud of her Iclandic
origins and I think her support of Tanya Tagaq’s Inuit throat singing
(which in itself is the most bizarre, intriguing thing I have ever come across)
is absolutely fascinating.
I’ve included my 2
favourite songs. I originally found
Hyperballad through a band that covered it.
The lyrics are super haunting and beautiful, I don’t know if I would
have loved or hated being in Björk’s mind when she wrote it. Its freaks me out to just the right level, I think I would have
gone for it. My other choice was Big
Time Sensuality. One of her first
singles that she released and put her name on the map, its kind of obscenely 90’s
but timeless at the same time, I still want to jump and run around every time I
hear this song. It encapsulates femininity
and fun so well and Björk is absolutely adorable in the video.
