Medúlla es un álbum de Björk, publicado en 2004. El disco incluye 14 canciones, entre ellas «Pleasure Is All Mine», «Show Me Forgiveness», «Where Is The Line?» y «Vokuro».
Sobre el álbum
La discografía de Björk alcanza uno de sus puntos más experimentales y audaces con este trabajo. En Medúlla, la artista decide despojarse de casi toda la instrumentación convencional para centrarse en el poder de la voz humana. El álbum es un tapiz sonoro construido a partir de coros, beatboxing, canto gutural y todo tipo de vocalizaciones. Para lograrlo, colabora con talentos como el beatboxer Rahzel, la cantante inuit Tagaq y el Coro Islandés, creando un sonido primordial y profundamente orgánico.
Pese a su concepto radical, el disco contiene momentos de una belleza y accesibilidad sorprendentes. Por ejemplo, "Who Is It" es una celebración jubilosa de la vida, mientras que "Oceania" posee una cualidad etérea y expansiva. Temas como "Triumph of a Heart" son pura diversión rítmica, demostrando el lado más lúdico del proyecto. Björk demuestra que la voz es el instrumento más versátil y poderoso de todos. Medúlla es un valiente testimonio del ingenio humano y la innovación musical.
Listado de Canciones
- Pleasure Is All Mine3:26
Letra
The pleasure is all mine To get to be the generous one Is the strongest stance The pleasure is all mine To finally let go And evenly Be flow Who gives most? Who gives most? Who gives most? The pleasure is all mine Women like us We strengthen most host-like When in doubt, give When in doubt, give When in doubt, give - Show Me Forgiveness1:23
Letra
Show me forgiveness For having lost faith in myself And let my own interior up To inferior forces The shame is endless But if soon stars forgiveness The girl might live - Where Is The Line?
Letra
Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? My purse wide open You ask again I see the crime and Cash into accounts Everywhere Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? I want to be flexible I want To go out Of my way for you But enough is enough Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? I am elastic I want to go out of my way for you I want to help you Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? I want to have capacity for you And be elastic, elastic, to be elastic for you Where is the line with you ? I'm elastic for you But enough is enough Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? Where is the line with you? - Vokuro
- Oll Birtan
- Who Is It
Letra
His embrace, a fortress It fuels me And places A skeleton of trust Right beneath us Bone by bone Stone by stone If you ask yourself patiently and carefully: Who is it ? Who is it that never lets you down ? Who is it that gave you back your crown ? And the ornaments are going around Now they're handing it over Handing it over He demands a closeness We all have earned a lightness Carry my joy on the left Carry my pain on the right If you ask yourself patiently and carefully: Who is it ? Who is it that never lets you down ? Who is it that gave you back your crown ? And the ornaments are going around Now they're handing it over Handing it over - Submarine3:13
Letra
When will it be time do document, do it now! This submarine behaviour, do it now! When time? To return Do it now Do it now Shake us out of the heavy deep sleep Shake us now Do it now! Do it now! Shake us out of the heavy deep sleep Do it now! Do it now! - Desired Constellation4:55
Letra
it's tricky when you feel someone has done something on your behalf it's slippery when your sense of justice murmurs underneath and is asking you how am i going to make it right ? with a palm full of stars i throw them like dice ...repeatedly on the table ...repeatedly i shake them like dice and throw them on the table ...repeatedly repeatedly, until, the desired constellation appears how am i going to make it right ? how am i going to make it right ? how am i going to make it right ? (Did you hear?) how am i going to make it right - Oceania3:24
One breath away From Mother Oceania Your nimble feet Make prints in my sands You have done Good for yourselves Since you left my wet embrace And crawled ashore Every boy Is a snake, is a lily Every pearl Is a lynx, is a girl Sweet like harmony Made into flesh, oh You dance by my side Children sublime You show me continents I see the islands You count the centuries I blink my eyes Hawks and sparrows Race in my waters Stingrays are floating Across the sky Little ones My sons and my daughters, oh Your sweat is salty I am why I am why I am why Your sweat is salty I am why I am why I am why - Sonnets / Unrealities XI
Letra
It may not always be so And I say that if your lips Which I have loved Should touch another's And your dear strong fingers clutch his heart As mine in time not far away If on another's face your sweet hair lay In such a silence as I know Or such great writhing words as, uttering overmuch Stand helplessly before the spirit at bay If this should be, I say if this should be You of my heart, send me a little word That I may go unto her, and take her hands saying Accept all happiness from me Then shall I turn my face And hear one bird sing terribly afar in the lost lands - Ancestors4:08
Letra
I'll pick you I'll take you I admit He said I did it I'll play the fool Underneath Me I You But, I told And undo And say, undo Live I say And will And we all - Mouths Cradle
Letra
There is yetanother one That follows me Where ever I go And supports me Oh, this tooth is warmth-like This tooth is warmth-like This tooth is warmth-like And these teeth are A ladder up to his mouth All these teeth are a ladder that I walk That you can walk too if you want If you want up to the mouth The mouth's cradle Up to the mouth's cradle He always has a hope for me Always sees me when nothing else And everyone have left That ghost is brighter than anyone And fulfils me with hope Those beams assure me And you can use these teeth as a ladder Up to the mouth's cradle, the mouth's cradle And you can follow these notes i'm singing Up to the mouth's cradle, the mouth's cradle The simplicity of the ghost-like beast The purity of what it wants and where it goes Always love, always loves you, always loves you Infrared love And you can use these teeth as a ladder Up to the mouth's cradle, the mouth's cradle And you can use these teeth follow my voice Tooth by tooth Up to the mouth's cradle, the mouth's cradle I need a shelter to build an altar away From all Osamas and Bushes - Mivikudags
- Triumph Of A Heart4:04
The nerves are sending shimmering signals All through my fingers The veins support Blood that gushes impulsively towards The triumph of a heart That gives all, that gives all The triumph of a heart That gives all, that gives all The stubborn trunks of these legs of mine Serve as pathways for my favourite fuel Heading upwards towards my kidneys The triumph of a heart That gives all, that gives all The triumph of a heart That gives all, that gives all Smooth soft red velvety lungs Are pushing a network of oxygen joyfully Through a nose, through a mouth But all enjoys, which brings us to The triumph of a heart That gives all, that gives all The triumph of a heart That gives all, that gives all