I saw her again later in the same tour and she played a much quieter set with more Volta stuff, which was also good. I go into a bjork set the same as any ‘legend’ level act, hoping for a happy mix of their current work and the stuff that made them a legend, but with knowledge that it could be swayed dramatically one way or the other.
Seen other acts multiple times where you don’t know what setlist you’re going to get- i can’t think now, but Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma are both acts i’ve seen drop a ‘greatest hits’ and a ‘latest work’ set, and i guess you’d hope that at festivals you get a decent mix aimed at a mixed crowd of super fans and more casual listeners, and at headline gigs you’d expect the artist to be more playing whatever they want.
As time goes by, i think the times you see a favourite artist drop a greatest hits set are really memorable if they only do it occasionaly. If its guaranteed to happen at every show then it cheapens it somewhat.
yeah, that was so good. I’d forgotten about the Freak bit, but remember loving the Reactable. even when the sound cut out during declare independence it didn’t matter because Bjork was still mesmerising.
One of my all time music regrets is leaving that Bjork set halfway through (just after Joga I think)because a mate was noisily wanting to go see Squarepusher, and I didn’t have a phone, so didn’t want to lose the group for the rest of the night. Should have just wandered Glastonbury.
Yeah I mean if anyone was surprised then they’d need their head checking, but it was a festival crowd rather than a bjork crowd so it’s hardly a shock that it wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea
Have they changed the times again for Saturday? Looks like BSS and Spoon no longer clash at all and Future Islands and War on Drugs clash a lot more than they did. They’ve brought some of the earlier stuff forward.
Not to tread on Tuna’s toes here but you could get the overground from liverpool street to london fields and then have a walk through broadway market and then down the canal right to victoria park. It’s not the most direct route but it’s a pretty bucolic walk.
Okay it’s not too far - you could even walk it in less than an hour. Jeremy’s walk sounds nice For speed, the district line from Tower Hill/Aldgate East to Mile End then a 10 min walk or so north is your best bet – it should be signposted.
For speed, the district line from Tower Hill/Aldgate East to Mile End then a 10 min walk or so north is your best bet – it should be signposted.