# How would you describe Bjork? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507 "2005-03-08T05:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/1 "2005-03-08T05:43:49Z")
To someone that has never heard her music, and never seen pictures of her. [http://unit.bjork.com/specials/pics/frame.htm](http://unit.bjork.com/specials/pics/frame.htm) ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/2 "2005-03-08T08:32:27Z")
Well, she looks like an anime elf with a whimsical sense of fashion. Her music I would liken to an electronica/pop-rock/new wave hybrid composed by Nordic manga fans on mushrooms, sung by a faerie creature on ecstasy. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/3 "2005-03-08T08:49:49Z")
> [@picker](#): > > Well, she looks like an anime elf with a whimsical sense of fashion. Her music I would liken to an electronica/pop-rock/new wave hybrid composed by Nordic manga fans on mushrooms, sung by a faerie creature on ecstasy. I was going to say ‘nuts’, but I think you’ve said the same thing in better words 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/4 "2005-03-08T13:34:14Z")
Funny, I was going for a more earthy approach. “More fucked up that Alanis but nowhere near as fucked up as Tori.” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/5 "2005-03-08T13:46:43Z")
I find Bjorks music a little bjoring. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/6 "2005-03-08T13:47:56Z")
As a Bjerk. I know, it’s a cheap shot, but somebody had to take it! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/7 "2005-03-08T13:51:33Z")
The actual sound ‘bjork’ gives me a crisp mental visual of vomitting. “Damn, I bjork-ed up my entire breakfast after that hill sprint!” Ummmm… not a fan… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/8 "2005-03-08T17:17:49Z")
I know people usually pronounce it as “byork”, but isn’t it actually more like “byerk”? I don’t speak Icelandic, of course, but a little help? Just hearing about Björk makes me think of the time on SNL when Colin said “Hey Björk. Happy bjirthday.” It’s stupid, I know, but I’m laughing while I type this. The word “elfin” gets tossed around a lot when her appearance is being described. I actually like her music, especially the more trip-hoppy stuff. I mean, vocally, she’s no Beth Gibbons, but it’s still pretty good. Actually, **picker** ’s description is pretty dead-on. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/9 "2005-03-08T20:52:43Z")
> [@picker](#): > > Well, she looks like an anime elf with a whimsical sense of fashion. Her music I would liken to an electronica/pop-rock/new wave hybrid composed by Nordic manga fans on mushrooms, sung by a faerie creature on ecstasy. You know, I’m a fan of hers, and that’s a damn good description. I’m going to use it when recommending her 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/10 "2005-03-08T21:02:53Z")
I would describe Bjork as “Kate Bush on acid.” ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/11 "2005-03-08T21:09:45Z")
"An osentsibly elf-like Enya clone whose fashionable techno-tinged production makes her appeal to hipsters and whose vocal histrionics convince listeners that there’s actually _some_ legitimate message hidden in there. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/12 "2005-03-08T22:04:02Z")
She’s the height of elfen psychosis. Not particularly pretty (although my son has the major hots for her) and her acting ability impressed me. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/13 "2005-03-08T22:20:14Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > "An osentsibly elf-like Enya clone whose fashionable techno-tinged production makes her appeal to hipsters and whose vocal histrionics convince listeners that there’s actually _some_ legitimate message hidden in there. Um, _Enya clone_? How exactly is she like Enya? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/14 "2005-03-08T22:41:35Z")
[Created from butter and cork?](http://www.brunching.com/bjorksong.html) ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/15 "2005-03-08T22:45:53Z")
Annoying. [sub]Annojing?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/16 "2005-03-08T22:57:02Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > How would you describe Bjork? To someone that has never heard her music, and never seen pictures of her. Magically delicious? ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/17 "2005-03-08T23:02:36Z")
Well-meaning. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/18 "2005-03-09T00:35:21Z")
She tends to give me a headache, but I think she’s kinda cute. I can listen to her if I am totally altered with the headphones on very loud. Other than that, I think it would be interesting to see her live in concert. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/19 "2005-03-09T00:50:19Z")
I would describe her as a very talented young lady that looks like a 14 year old French/Japanese girl who wears clothes that appear to have been hijacked from a wardrobe of an unsuccessful Broadway production. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507/20 "2005-03-09T04:31:49Z")
Sha-heeeeeee-ya is a siiiiiiiiiiiing-grrrrr whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ooooo, oooo, ooooo… draws ah-hah-hah-how-out notes to meeeeeeeeet her meeeeeeeet-er. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-describe-bjork/293507.md?page=2)