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Björk Covers Joy Division

Björk Covers Joy Division

Björk Covers Joy Division

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I "sang" "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at our 2010 staff Holiday party and supposedly sounded like "an Eastern European guy who'd never heard the song before." Björk does a better job. She gave it a go last week at the three-day Karaoke Marathon For Icelandic Nature (aka "The Voice Of The People"), an event raising awareness about a petition to block Magma Energy's takeover of Iceland's geothermal and thermal energy. It was held at the Nordic House in Reykjavik and has so far resulted in 46,000 signatures. Here's Björk:

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(Via TwentyFourBit)

Take a look at the petition at orkuaudlindir.is. You'll find background information on the situation with Magma at The Grapevine. The Karaoke Marathon may be ongoing.

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