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Bjork - Live at Shepherds Bush Empire (1997)

Bjork  |  NR |  DVD
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Product Details

  • Actors: Bjork
  • Format: Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Rhino
  • DVD Release Date: February 19, 2002
  • Run Time: 76 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005Y71Q
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,562 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Look into mind of visionary. January 18, 2000
By D. R.
Format:VHS Tape
I have to give this performance video a 5, because it simply deserves it. My copy is wearing down from constant play and I will soon have to obtain a new one. This is the best concert video I have ever seen. She is so good at giving each of her songs an individual story and look which distinguishes them from each other. My favorite performances are those of: Headphones, One Day, Human Behavior, and the wild closing rendition of Violently Happy. Some scenes are very perplexing. Like at the end of Enjoy when it appears her mixer, Leila Arab, has either screwed up or gotten mad as someone who has destroyed the mix, and she yells at the audience telling them to make some noise. By the way, the song playing over the end credits is, "Glora", a flute duet Bjork wrote in her earlier years. Its available on the Big Time Sensuality Maxi-Single. Its also a good idea to get her Volumen video collection at the same time as this and watch them consecutively. It gives a greater weight to many of the songs.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
Having been fortunate enough to have seen Bjork at the start of her '95 tour, I was pleased to discover its evolution in "Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire," a 1997 film of that tour. What one can expect to see in the live performance: an intimate, nonstop experience in experimental pop. The staging is postmodern and playful. The music engaging from the start, beginning with "Headphones," a sweet, inviting song about how music can soothe the soul. She then blasts the viewer with "Army of Me," one of her best songs, displaying her ability to combine electronic with organic elements. The show contains duets of a sort wih her purcussionist on a remixed version of"One Day,"(once was danceable jazz is now beat heavy.) Other duets with her band include "You've Been Flirting Again" & "Anchor Song" with her accordionist, another remixed version of an old song, "Big Time Sensuality" with her music programers/mixers, and a cacophonous duet with her other mixer (who may appear familiar to viewers of Bjork's other live video,"Vessel") on "Enjoy." "I Go Humble", a non-album track, is a sure-fire treat for any Bjork fan. The standard Bjork songs are also there, "Venus As a Boy," "Human Behavior," "Isobel," etc. By the time "Violently Happy" rolls around your bound to find yourself raving in your living room. The reason I give only four stars to this fanastic show is that the encore performances are missing from the final product. If you are a fan of experimental, electronic-pop, then this is for you. Nay-sayers of electronic music should also check this out and winess a soul music of a sorts, brought to you by the performer known as Bjork.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Watching Bjork's famous Shepherd's Bush Empire 1997 concert for the first time, I spent most of the first half-hour kicking myself for not being there myself, living in London at the time and all. The first disc in her 'Live DVD Series', the concert also exists on VHS, though the DVD quality promises that this will last longer than the less-than-durable video tape. And with DVD's awesome sound capability, you can always host your own Bjork concert in the comfort of your own home. Anyhoo, if you're going to buy a 'Live DVD', buy her "Cambridge" 1998 concert; but if you have that, you might as well have the whole set (her 2001 performance at London's Royal Opera House on her "Vespertine" tour is due for release soon).

The concert itself is a testament to Bjork's talent; and unlike most of today's 'Pop Product Placement' groups, she revels in a world of improvisation and experimentation, and, above all things, seems to be having the time of her life. Working on her "Homogenic" album during the tour (an album B-side, "I Go Humble", appears on the playlist), Bjork performs most of her songs on "Post" and a few from "Debut" with unique spins, incorporating live instrumentation and onstage mixing in a bigger, more varied display than her later "Cambridge" concert.

Standouts in the crew supporting Bjork include Yasuhiro 'Coba' Kobayahsi on the titular accordian (see "The Anchor Song") and, especially, Trevor Morais on drums and percussion (see "I Miss You"). But the best musical ad-libber of the bunch is Bjork herself, riffing on most of her songs wonderfully. And it gets her and live mixer Leila Arab out of a pickle when the programming for "Enjoy" is bungled; the formerly aggressive, dark song (co-produced by Tricky) turns into a colder, more menacing piece, thanks to the stripped bear ambience of the sounds emmitting from Arab's mixing desk and Bjork's illuminatory vocals.

Though there are no DVD special features whatsoever, bar the ability to skip or repeat songs at the press of a button, what remains is a shiny career highlight of the Icelandic chanteuse at her dancy, clubby best, before she got all orchestral and swoony on us. Brilliant.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
The best Bjork DVD out there
Bjork is my life. I have all 5,000 (or however many) of her DVD releases and this one is the best. This one starts out deep and gets more uptempo as the show goes on. Read more
Published on November 28, 2007 by Brian E. Schroeder
Interesting
I have 3 other DVD's of Bjork - Volumen, Greatest hits and Cambridge. These are absolutely brilliant. I was dissapointed with Shepherds Bush. Read more
Published on July 25, 2006 by Mr. E. E. Heisler
Little more vocals please
Everything about this is great but the band is a little louder than Bjork's vocals at times. Nonetheless, this is a great concert. Bjork is in great form. Read more
Published on January 15, 2005 by Bjorkfinity
Simply wonderful...
Taped during her highly-evolved "Post" tour; highlights include "Headphones, "Hyper-ballad," & "I Go Humble."
Published on August 29, 2004 by Matt.
DIRECTED BY AN IMBECILE. WHAT A WASTE...
Want to see close-ups of audience members, stagehands, and background musicians working keyboards, drums and synthesizers - while Bjork sings OFFscreen? Read more
Published on July 19, 2004 by Mike Fontanelli
Perfect introduction to a true ARTIST.
That's right, she is not just a singer, she is an ARTIST. And that's what you'll see when you watch this. Read more
Published on December 20, 2002 by Chris Hampton
Bad haircut aside, Bjork delivers!
After I bought "Dancer in The Dark" last year I developed this fascination with Bjork. Everything that she's in where it involved singing I would have to buy it which is why I... Read more
Published on April 11, 2002
BJORK AT HER BEST!!!
This is the most amazing performance of Bjork I have EVER SEEN!! I've never seen her live...but from the moment I played the DVD, I totally FELT Her!! Read more
Published on February 26, 2002 by Maria
WOW BAM! I LOOOOVE BJORK!!
This video is absolutely marvelous and really shows how great Bjork is live, and if you wath it, you'll see just how great she is, especially when she'll have new instrumentations... Read more
Published on July 25, 2001 by Beketaten
This girl never ceases to amaze me.
Ah yes, one more "björk product" which not only don't I regret buying but left me asking for more. Read more
Published on May 18, 2001
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