Sol Seppy with her track "Human".
And while I'm thinking about music, how many of you Björk fans? I am. I've never been to a concert but I have many of her albums and listen to her music pretty regularly. Oddly enough, considering I once spent several months listening to Post almost exclusively before going to sleep, I only recently realised she uses several key melodic phrases in many (most? all?) of her albums, and that the songs in which you hear these Björk-markers could not possibly be mistaken as belonging to anyone else. I'll try to outline them below but don't expect cross-referencing - you'll just have to trust me that these phrases exist in several albums.
Case in point: "I've seen it all" (from the Dancer in the Dark soundtrack, of which the film, btw, is amazing - utterly heart-breaking but very worthwhile). Song here; video here. (I'll be using the song link for the timings. The video is worth watching but it skips some of the examples.)
- Björk-marker 1: What I'll call the 'Tilt-head-back-and-go-for-it pt1' phrase. Listen from 2:04 to 2:16.
- Björk-marker 2: A sort of nonsense phrase but a marker nonetheless. Listen from 3:05 to 3:13.
- Björk-marker 3: The 'Tilt-head-back-and-go-for-it pt2' phrase. Listen from 4:45 to 4:49. Less obvious than the first one but still, at least for me, a strong indicator of Björk-ness.
- Björk-marker 4: A falling melody that neatly finishes a song. Listen from 4:51 to 4:58.
And before you comment, yes, I realise I have too much time on my hands.
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