Shanghaiist: Björk in Shanghai: Our thoughts, your thoughts

janey

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:51:58 +0800

wow, she is brave and wonderful job for human kind. Who else can do such wonderful thing under the close watch your Chinese police. Those chinese who upset about incident are very pity, they are still not wake up from fooled by Community regime for all these years, waker guys, this is time to be honest and be yourself rather than always be fooled. Everybody can see a Tibetan and a Chinese is different in every thing. How can this differences exit from ancient? This is something new and made by force, at the gun point.

makeximu

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:26:22 +0800

I would have chosen the same set of songs as the ones played during the show... The show was short but really intense! The venue weren't really great but at least it wasn't too big and we were all really close.

moneyinabox

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:00:15 +0800

She called for Tibet to 'Delare Independence'? How brave of her. Probably means she will not be invited back any time soon.

James Creegan

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:55:18 +0800

Sounds like the Wham concert circa 1985. I was just thinking the same thing. Still wish I'd been there though!

T

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:01:33 +0800

I don't approve of security guards lambasting people for trying to dance. Sounds like the Wham concert circa 1985.

jakenewby

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:56:12 +0800

Yeah the venue really wasn't great (even if it was just down the road from where i live). I thought the live brass section was brilliant and totally worked. If it wasn't for them, Bjork's backing would have been a few guys on Macbooks and the pianist. I thought they were entertaining but fitted musically as well. It wasn't quite a greatest hits set but then given how her music has developed over the years playing older songs probably seems a bit of a step backwards for her. While tracks like Hunter, Bachelorette, and Army of Me still fit with her latest sound, things like Violently Happy or It's Oh So Quiet probably sound a bit dated now and i think it's fair enough if she doesn't want to play them any more. You could argue that it was a bit short but i've heard from friends in Europe that she's played shorter gigs on this tour (with no encores) and if we'd been able to get up and dance from the start it would have been about the right length i reckon.

catshanghai

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:27:27 +0800

It was a great show, but the venue is dire and I don't approve of security guards lambasting people for trying to dance. The venue ended just as it started to warm up. The show would have worked better in an open venue that didn't close at 9.30pm. The Shanghai International Gymnastic Center reminds me of everything I hate about shows in large venues.