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01. Intro - Brennið Þið Vitar 02. Earth Intruders 03. Hunter 04. Pagan Poetry 05. Anchor Song 06. The Pleasure Is All Mine 07. Who Is It 08. Jóga 09. Desired Constellation 10. Army Of Me 11. Innocence 12. Vökuró 13. Wanderlust 14. Hyperballad 15. Pluto encore 16. Declare Independence |
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| It is a shame that the pit was closed off so early that many diehard fans couldn't get through. Luckily I had been waiting for quite some time for Arcade Fire so I managed to nab myself a good spot. I'm so glad Homogenic got represented with three fantastic tracks - Joga was so beautiful and Pluto was just a completely unexpected surprise! The live versions of Hyperballad, Oceania and Innocence were amazing. I hope she pulls a few more Vespertine tracks out of the back catalogue for her Sydney Opera House gig... The show was the closest I may ever come to a religious experience - thank you Bjork for making my day, the wait was well worth it. See you in Sydney!!! /carcassia - 3706 |
| It's a shame that the Auckland BDO seemed more like a Rage Against The Machine gig with a days worth of supporting bands. Or at least that was the feeling you got from the crowd - who were mostly there to see RATM and couldn't give a monkeys about trying some new music on for size while they wait to mosh their asses off. The fact that Bjork also followed Shihad, who got the energy levels of the crowd up - and share the same kind of fanbase as RATM, didn't make it a well planned slot for her either. I ran a round like an idiot for the first 3 songs trying to get my way into the 'mosh pit', not realising they were no longer letting people in. There was enough room in there to swing a million cats, and most of the crowd were waiting for RATM. There were plenty of us Bjork fans pleading with security to let us jump the barrier, but to no avail. So secondbest was to raid a stack of some inch high plastic sheeting from under the main stands and build your own little platform to stand on so at least you could see the stage. And man it was worth seeing. As you would expect, the visuals and stage show was utterly amazing. This wasn't just a concert it was an experience. With only the usual BDO timeslot to fill, I didn't walk away disappointed with the tracks selected - every track was given some special live treatment to ensure nothing was exactly the same as on album. Highlights for me were Pagan Poetry, Who Is it, Hyperballad with the LFO 'Freak' beats (which is such a great track in it's own right), Army of Me, Joga, and the encore at the end of Oceania, while the Lords Of Lightning were conducting massive amounts of electricity near the end of the main field - made for a really surreal magical moment. And then Declare Independance gave something those RATM fans could mosh to. It's a shame that Bjork suffered from bad placement in the schedule, and like other bands on the day, didn't draw the audience they truly deserved. And the fact that so many of her fans couldn't even get up the front to show their support. However, at the end of the day, her performance was amazing, the stageshow brilliant, and it was a pleasure to see her again after such a long wait from the Post tour. Thanks for coming by Bjork, might not have been the best circumstances for performance, and also a shitty welcome at the airport, but I hope you'll be back some time soon. Piha would be glad to have you back ;o) /leeebling - 3705 |
| Well, I am heartbroken. As evidenced by the previous reviewer there was a bigger fan base for Rage Against The Machine (who I have to say were raging against what at the well oiled machine that is BDO) than Bjork. Thus, the half-moon that surrounded the stages was full with bad tasters waiting for Rage totally oblivious to Bjork. The result, a whole heap of Bjork fans that were not alowed anywhere near her and whose aural experience was that of deciphering the constantly competiting Bjork and crowd. If the day had been planned a bit better those who adore her (and flew from ChCh to see only her) would have been able to show their support for her and maybe she wouldn't think NZ was a piece of s&*t full with metalheads and rude photographers! Compared to Joanna I was at BDO for a totally different reason and thus the experience of being in the half-moon near Bjork wouldn't have been wasted on me! Please come back Bjork and next time play by yourself! /sharnasharna - 3704 |
| http://www.stuff.co.nz/4357376a13975.html Tracey Bond Mood: Stoked Time: 9.50pm Bjork's entrance onto the Orange Stage was heralded by trumpets. As you'd expect from the Icelandic songstress, Big Day Out was treated to a theatrical feast with out-of-this world vocals to match. The stadium was pretty 'rammed' - to borrow a phrase from a fellow spectator - so I decided to cut her performance short (mesmerising though it was) to go and see British band Enter Shikari The boys from St Albans are renound for getting the audience in on their act and this performance was no different. They came on to great applause and looked like they were limbering up for a race. Throughout the set they ran up and down the stage, jumped up onto speaker stacks and swung mikes round. During the song Return to Energiser the lads encouraged the crowd to crowd surf, which several adventurous souls were only too happy to do. For Raise Up the lads encouraged everybody to form a mosh circle. "I say hell, you say yeah" yelled the singer as he hosed the mosh pit down. "Thanks for coming to see us instead of b-jork! The last time we did a gig with her in France nobody came to see us - whining cow!". The band dedicated No sweat to the "two guys who were kidnapped on the Japanese whaler". They tried desperately to encourage people to stay to watch Brand New on the stage next door, but all of Mt Smart's smaller stages are eerily empty. That's because everyone has gone to secure a prime spot for Rage. The Boiler room was still pretty toasty - LCD Soundsystem had a fantastic light system and tunes to match. Chris Schulz Mood: Found my second wind Time: 7.35pm I"m going to go queue for Bjork - she's put some pretty stict rules on the photographers, so we're not sure if we'll get any close-ups. She really doesn't seem to like New Zealand's photo press, does she? Chris Schulz Mood: Keen for a shower Time: 11.30pm Earlier, Bjork bought a smile to my face as she emerged with a band of pixies wearing one of the oddest outfits I've ever seen. And that includes the guy wandering around as a giant letter 'b'. She was certainly entertaining, though many of the crowd were simply biding their time until Rage came on. /stuff.co.nz - 3703 |
| 8.40pm, Joanna: Besotted, bewildered or just bored? It's hard to tell. One thing is for sure, the thousands-strong crowd for Bjork is unflinching. After a colourful entrance, complete with brass band, Bjork emerged in what can only be described as a Mongolian technicolour dreamcoat and headpiece. From there, it was all downhill. Convinced it must be nearing the end of her set, I was shocked to find we were only 15 minutes in. As someone said to me, perhaps it would be more poignant if you could understand Icelandic. Given that I can't, it was lacklustre to say the least. Hardly a fitting warm up for Rage Against the Machine. Still, each to their own. As we head into the final two hours, I'm just focussed on reaching the end of the day. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ /The New Zealand Herald - 3701 |
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