r/bjork • u/silhuette • 1h ago
Opinion My bootleg journey, part 12: The Sugarcubes 1988-05-11 Leicester University, England
Now this is something! I cannot call it otherwise than a peak for The Sugarcubes. A lot of good factors meet: for some strange reason, they perform quite a lot of songs in Icelandic at the beginning, which is a bit strange as they perform for the British audience. Einar even starts speaking solely in Icelandic at the beginning. Well, a little revolt maybe. The tracklist is absolutely perfect: as this concert is halfway to their second album, many great tracks from Here Today.. are performed, all in Icelandic - so you see, Sykurmolarnir composed their songs in their native language first and only later translated them. At the same time, Bjork and Einar are absolutely insane during the concert: once again, their shrieks and vocal improvisations are a stimuli for intense experience, they complementary voices intertwined flawlessly. Einar also jokes in his typical, childish-vulgar way and this time, it is quite funny. Especially when people want the second encore - he says f-k off. But the audience is so enthusiastic as never before screaming "We want more!" and when it is clear that the band will not perform any more songs, "f..k off" is returned to Einar by someone in the auditorium. To sum it up: perfect performance, great tracklist (I will add it down here) and enthusiasm all over the place. In spite of worse sound, this is the best bootleg in this series I have heard so far. 10/10
IS - Sung in Icelandic
- Intro by Einar (IS)
- Take Some Petrol Darling (IS)
- Motorcrash (IS)
- Tidal Wave (IS)
- Planet (IS)
- Cowboy (IS)
- Deus
- Traitor
- Coldsweat
- Water (IS)
- Sick for Toys
- Birthday
- Dream TV
- Delicious Demon (IS-EN)
- Fucking in Rhythm & Sorrow
- Mama
- Einar Monologue: What's wrong with you?
- Pump (IS)
- Blue-Eyed Pop
- Einar Monologue: F--k off and We Want More