Björk - Jólakotturinn (Christmas Cat), 1987

A song about the Icelandic Christmas Cat

[michaelkay]

🌵😻Dr Emily Zarka led me here. Greetings from Flagstaff Az!😻🌵

[WhiteTiger]

Love it! I found this video through Monstrum's channel. She just posted a video about the Christmas Cat and mentioned this song.

[RidiculousThoughts]

Fantastic melody and song! I bet Icelandic kids loved this.

[KairuHakubi]

Friend of mine sent this to me once a very long time ago.. hauntingly beautiful for a song about a christmas cat. has real "birthday skeleton" vibes.

[leoh]

J love this icelandic song, melodie very nice and Bjork magic

[gemhecks]

Who doesn't love a little scary in the dark? I hope you all get new warm clothes this Christmas or the giant Christmas cat will get you... You know, assuming you don't end up in its owner's pot!

[ICTS]

I thankful that I at least got to experience this unique artist live; not as a singer but as a DJ. Her DJ set was insane; two hours of cutting edge world music. Too bad that I couldn't afford the $1000 private access tickets where she sang and they were probably sold out within minutes anyway.

[ronewoodard]

Tidings of Hope and Cheer with BJORK X-Mas is Celebrated All Throughout The Year! W/🥰

[tonyf]

Sweet Björk... Happy new year 2022 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨

[eduardoalfonso]

This sounds to me, kind of medieval. I wonder if after filming The Juniper Tree, she had a little medieval phase. I have heard this song for the first time, two days ago. I love it, as much as Bachellorette, Joga, Pagan poetry . . .
It's me new lullaby.

[segura]

She's always been a little otherworldly to me, like she has an almost elfin look and her art fits that.

[larrybob]

Apparently it initially appeared on the 1987 Icelandic Christmas compilation “Hvít Er Borg Og Bær” which can be found on Discogs.

[amywright]

I'm here thanks to Stuff You Should Know. Good luck, Icelandic kids.

[NaevaCannelle]

People in my class: Listening to Tiktok songs
Me: Listening to this, Christmas is still 5-6 months away and i'm not from Iceland/ live there
I'm a little bit worried about my obsession with Iceland now

[XylenRoberts]

With the dungeon synth revival in full bloom, me thinks Bjork should get in touch with her Icelandic roots and reexplore/modernize the style she had with this song. Was this off that album she made as a child or is this a rarity from her Sugarcubes days?

[michelelaraia]

Before Sugarcubes.Celtic/Medieval music with an almost harpsichord-sounding instrument

[ricardolujan]

woow nunca había escuchado esto y eso que sigo a bjork desde debut !!! en qué disco viene??? está genial, medieval y vikinga !! thanks for it !!

[eckhardreuter]

Incredible good! Was ot released on CD?

[MrSpektyr]

Watch out! If you're poor and can't afford new clothes you'll be eaten by the christmas cat! lol jk jk. Beautiful music, I do love the legend behind the Yule Cate as well. An interesting take on the holiday season stories rather than the same stuff the play for us here in the U.S.

[GenerationWhyMe]

Looking at the English translation of these lyrics, if they are to be believed, this song is kinda scary for Christmas. Leave it to Iceland to make a scary Christmas song