wouldn't einar make bjork's solo career better?

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the sugarcubes' records are far more interesting than bjork's solo work. you can't really tell me that medulla wouldn't have benefitted from him barking at the listener.

― bbc6personality, Monday, 7 March 2005 07:05 (twenty years ago)

― JaXoN Hole (JasonD), Monday, 7 March 2005 07:17 (twenty years ago)

hahaha

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 7 March 2005 07:28 (twenty years ago)

That guy people wished wasn't even on the Sugarcubes recs? Definitely!

― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Monday, 7 March 2005 07:31 (twenty years ago)

I never understood the Einar hate, really. The guy has feelings. He always reminded me of Fred Schneider.

― jcartledge (jcartledge), Monday, 7 March 2005 08:37 (twenty years ago)

TWO MEN NEED ONE MONEY BUT ONE MONEY NEEDS NO MAN

i thought debut was pretty solid, but post feels like it could have used some einar. maybe he should record an album called "oblongata" to play simultaneously with bjork's new one?

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Monday, 7 March 2005 08:51 (twenty years ago)

If Einar was stuffed inside a potted plant hanging off the ceiling with tape over his mouth to ensure he couldn't speak or sing, he would make Bjork's solo career better, yes.

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Monday, 7 March 2005 10:01 (twenty years ago)

i love einar orn!!

― charleston charge (chaki), Monday, 7 March 2005 10:19 (twenty years ago)

he has a solo album out but i cannot find it anywhere. i reckon it's ace.

― bbc6personality, Monday, 7 March 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

i love einar orn!!

I love Einar's horn!!

― nickn (nickn), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

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― useful public service, Monday, 7 March 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

You guys should listen to K.U.K.L., the band Einar and Bjork were in before the Sugarcubes, I recommend The Eye (Holidays In Europe/The Naughty Naught isn't.. bad.. it's just really hard to wrap my mind around still). They were on Crass records, but the two albums just got reissued via One Little Indian/Rough Trade.

Essentially, the music is heavily creepy and psychedelic and would scare anyone who only likes The Sugarcubes' "Birthday", "Motorcrash", or "Regina".

Also, both Einar and Bjork guest on one of the most underrated Icelandic rock bands, Bless, on their 1990 album Gums. Great stuff. Gunnar, Bless lead man, recently put out an album called Stori Hvellur under the moniker Dr. Gunni which is excellent..(no Einar or Bjork though)

Also, K.U.K.L.'s song on the Geyser comp released on Enigma in early 1987 was great too.

― donut debonair (donut), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

At the time, I used to find him completely irritating, but time has taught me that he was THE FUCKING BEST THING ABOUT THEM!

Where is Einar today?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

and I also don't get the Einar hate. I think the Fred Schneider analogy is a really good one.

Einar also invented Dieter from the SNL skit "Sprockets". If you saw the "Motorcrash" performance on SNL, Einar did robotic moves in a proto-Deiter fashion while wearing a very tight black suit. Soon after, the first "Sprockets" skit would come along. HMMMMMM!

― donut debonair (donut), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

EVERY MAN
EVERY WO-MAN
I DON'T REALLY LIKE LOBSTER!
LIZARDS AT LIGHTNING SPEED
SURPRISE ME ALL THE TIME
DOES NO ONE RESPECT SPACE RULEZ?

yes, more Einar love plz

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

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-- useful public service (atata...), March 7th, 2005.

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― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

I didn't really appreciate Einar until someone compared him to Flava Flav--I guess that made more sense.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

"I say ouch - this really hurts"

― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:43 (twenty years ago)

I love Bjork's solo career and I can unreservedly say that had she brought Einar with her, she would have been the greatest artist of all time.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

einar still lives in iceland and makes music and helps bjork with some buisness stuff.

― charleston charge (chaki), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

If sentiments of this ilk are common:
he has a solo album out but i cannot find it anywhere.

I think it is far to say that bjork would make einar's solo career better.

― gspm (gspm), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)

Think how "Bachelorette" would be even more awesome with Einar on it! Or "Isobel"! Or "Aurora"!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)

I love Bjork's solo career and I can unreservedly say that had she brought Einar with her, she would have been the greatest artist of all time.

I've always wondered what kind of spin he would have had on "All is Full of Love" or "The Anchor Song".

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:46 (twenty years ago)

Ordering the KUKL albums is sort of what inspired this thread.

FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS YOUR FUTURE IS MINE!

― bbc6personality, Monday, 7 March 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

SHE GOES TO A HIDDEN PLACE. WHERE IS IT? IT IS HIDDEN. I CANNOT FIND HER! IT IS A HIDDEN PLACE!

― bbc6 personality (bbc6 personality), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

I can just hear Einar on "Hyperballad"

BEFORE YOU WAKE UP
THE ALARM CLOCK
MAKES YOU HAPPY
IN YOUR SLEEPING
IT IS THE HAPPY
OF CLIFFS AND BOTTLES
AND CAR PARTS
I DON'T REALLY LIKE CAR PARTS

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 7 March 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

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That isn't so useful however. There is an Einar mp3 on the page though for those who are curious.

Also, K.U.K.L.'s song on the Geyser comp released on Enigma in early 1987 was great too.

I have that!

the compilation track 'Man On The Cross' is a slightly different version of 'Greece (Just By The Book)' which is on "Holidays In Europe (The Naughty Nought)" by the way.

― useful public service, Monday, 7 March 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

For the sake of all that is holy, no, einar orn would not improve bjorks solo career. Every time he pops up in a sugarcubes song, I feel like taking a drill to my skull. Einar Orn = self-trepanning for John, which would make John sad. Or really happy, if I hit the right spot...

― John Justen (johnjusten), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 02:10 (twenty years ago)

I didn't really appreciate Einar until someone compared him to Flava Flav--I guess that made more sense.

Einar would make Public Enemy's career post-1992 better for sure!

― kit brash (kit brash), Tuesday, 8 March 2005 04:24 (twenty years ago)

Every time he pops up in a sugarcubes song, I feel like taking a drill to my skull.

Oh, you say that like it's a bad thing.

Seriously, he's the entire reason why songs like "Shoot Him" and "Eat The Menu" work so well! He's definitely fulfilling the Fred Schneider function but unlike FS he's always great unless the song itself sucks (like, for example, "Hit").

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

dan otm

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

You guys should all go and check out the "Ghostdigital" CD he did, it's lots of trumpets and crazy noises and weird rapping and it cements your Flava-Flav idea. It's a cool record. He played a set at Joe's Cafe in New York of the "Ghostdigital" material like a year ago or so . . .

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Wednesday, 9 March 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

he has a solo album out but i cannot find it anywhere. i reckon it's ace.

-- bbc6personality (bbc6personalit...), March 7th, 2005.

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-- useful public service (atata...), March 7th, 2005.

sarcasm.. I think

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-- useful public service (atata...), March 7th, 2005.

wow. just... wow.

-- rentboy (rentboyd...), March 7th, 2005.

sigh.

― the invisible lurk, Wednesday, 9 March 2005 22:13 (twenty years ago)

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