I'm a fountain of blood

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Music in this episode:
Björk - "Bachelorette" (1997)
Björk - "Human Behaviour" (1993)
Björk - "Isobel" (1995)
Aubrey Ghent and Friends - "There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood" (1997)
Carlos Di Sarli - "Indio Manso" (1958)
Astor Piazzolla - "La Milonga del Angel" performed by Fabio Furia (2014)
Björk - "Oceania" (2004)
Müslüm Gürses - "Ask Tesadufleri Sever" (2006)
Trio Shalva - "Bachelorette" (2013)
Clams Casino - "Illest Alive" (2011)

References:
I draw on the Sonic Symbolism podcast episode on Homogenic (https://mailchimp.com/presents/podcas...) , this Stereogum interview (https://www.stereogum.com/8639/bjork_...) , and this Record Collector Magazine interview (https://www.bjork.fr/Isobel,2734) via a French Björk fan site.

My analysis draws on the score for “Bachelorette” that Björk included in her book 34 Scores for Piano, Harpsichord, Organ and Celeste - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34_Scor...

I discuss Thomas Turino’s book, Music as Social Life: The Politics of Participation - https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/...

There are two instrumental layers in the track that I neglected to mention: tympani and distorted screaming mixed way in the background. It’s probably samples of Björk’s vocal track, but it’s hard to tell.

I also forgot to point out an obstacle to covering Björk songs: she frequently sings in Icelandic, nonsense syllables, or combinations of the two. The end section of “Bachelorette” is a case in point. I guess you could just scat-sing all of that, but it’s not as straightforward as singing a song by a more conventional songwriter.

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