It's Oh So Quiet

Björk, Post, 1995

Rendue célèbre par Björk en 1995, sur son album Post, cette chanson est en fait la reprise d'une chanson  des années 40, Blow a Fuse, écrite par Hans Lang et Bert Reisfeld, et originalement chantée par Betty Hutton, actrice et chanteuse américaine.
Une autre reprise, toute en douceur, sera celle de Lisa Ekdahl, dans son album When did you leave heaven, aussi reprise dans une fameuse publicité pour un parfum.

3 versions, 3 interprétations

Betty Hutton, la version suédée originale :

It's Oh So Quiet (Blow A Fuse), Betty Hutton





Björk, version jazzy déjantée d'une allumée islandaise :

It's Oh So Quiet, Björk, Post, 1995

Lisa Ekdahl, sweety swedish, version toute en douceur et en délicatesse d'une allumette suédoise :

It's Oh So Quiet, Lisa Ekdahl,
When did you leave heaven, 1997

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it's oh so quiet
it'a oh so still
you're all alone
and so peaceful until...

you fall in love
zing boom
the sky up above
zing boom
is caving in
wow bam
you've never been so nuts about a guy
you wanna laugh you wanna cry
you cross your heart and hope to die

'til it's over and then
it's nice and quiet
but soon again
starts another big riot

you blow a fuse
zing boom
the devil cuts loose
zing boom
so what's the use
wow bam
of falling in love

it's oh so quiet
it's oh so still
you're all alone
and so peaceful until...

you ring the bell
bim bam
you shout and you yell
hi ho ho
you broke the spell
gee. this is swell you almost have a fit
this guy is "gorge" and i got hit
there's no mistake this is it

'til it's over and then
it's nice and quiet
but soon again
starts another big riot

you blow a fuse
zing boom
the devil cuts loose
zing boom
so what's the use
wow bam
of falling in love

the sky caves in
the devil cuts loose
you blow blow blow blow blow your fuse
when you've fallen in love

ssshhhhhh...

It's Oh So Quiet (Blow a Fuse),
Hans Lang et Bert Reisfeld

Lisa Ekdahl, When did you leave heaven, 1997