A few weeks ago someone asked something about the story behind Isobel.
Well, I was cleaning my closet today and found this interview she gave
to a Brazilian newspaper (O Estado de S. Paulo - Dec. 95) - it愀 quite
interesting, actually, at least the part about Isobel. I悲 translate
the rest, but I really don愒 feel like it ;)
reporter: What do you know about Brazilian music?
Bjork: I悲 love to be introduced to more Brazilian music. I know
something, but recently listened to a singer and it was the 1st time I
had this feeling of identification. Her name is Elis Regina. I have a
video of a show she held in Europe - it愀 just brilliant. My song
Isobel is about her. Well, at least I wrote it thinking about her.
reporter: What is the song about?
Bjork: It愀 about this person who was born in a forest in Brazil. She
was not conceived by a father or a mother, but by a spark that rose
from the earth. When she grows older and becomes a woman, she realises
that all these pebbles are in fact skyscrapers that just keep growing
until they dominate the entire forest. This woman now has huge breasts
and discovers she愀 guided by her intuition. Do you want to know how it
ends?
reporter: absolutely.
Bjork: Well, she meets the skyscrapers, and they are awfully
intelligent. That愀 when she gets involved with the wrong kind of
people, and that leads her to isolation. That愀 why the song is called
Isobel and not Isabel. Even isolated, she knows she can command her
actions with her intuition. So what she does is send an army of moth
against the windows of those skyscrapers, because they are using their
intelligence way too much. So that愀 when the skyscrapers start
screaming na, na, na, na, which is the song愀 chorus. So people think:
"I惻l quit being smart." All this may sound a little weird, but that愀
the trip I made to write the lyrics to the song.
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