Modir...Móðir

Bjork performed Moðir one time only live at the Glastonberry festival in 1994.

The NME stage was her venue on June 24-26th. 

 

the setlist:

 

1 human behaviour 
2 one day 
3 the Anchor song 
4 venus As A boy 
5 Aeroplane 
6 moðir 
7 crying 
8 violently happy 
9 modern things 
10 there's more to life than this 
11 big time sensuality 
12 Army of me

 

Moðir facts:

   

~Moðir means Mother in Icelandic and other Norse languages.

   

~The Ultimate Intimate had a special on the song with an mp3 of the performance and a remix (by luticov) made using the live recording. This special crashed when the server died. 

   

~At the beginning of the mp3 clip Bjork says, "Thank you...ok we gonna uh *squeeze* in a new song now...and its sung in Icelandic, if that's helpful for you all."

   

~The name Moðir is was given by the guy who recorded the festival; there was not any björk reference or setlist with its name on it.

  

Glastonberry goodies:   

~Avatars of Bjork performing this concert are at www.b-j-o-r-k.com.

~View pictures from the Glastonberry festival at Emotional Landscapes.

   

Thanks to bjorkish.net for the picture

Although Björk says the song is sung in Icelandic, it is her characteristic gibberish style. There are several Icelandic words, but they do not make total grammatical sense. 

    

Icelandic: og hér kem min móðir,
og bíður aftur, bíður aftur mér 

    

Loose English translation: and here comes my mother, 

and waits again, waits again, me

    

Infinite thank yous to Johnathon. 

mp3 here