SotD 015: It's Oh So Quiet

Mar 15, 2007 at 12:27 PM

Bjork

Artist: Björk
Song: It's Oh So Quiet
Album: Post
Links: Official Site | iTunes | Hype Machine | Lyrics

This is one of my favorite Björk songs. It's a cover of a song called "Blow a Fuse" from the 1940s by Betty Hutton who recently passed away. She was well known for the song "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" with Howard Keel from Annie Get Your Gun.

The video was directed by Spike Jonze and fits the song so perfectly. During the "quiet" moments, the video plays in slow motion and during the "zing boom" moments, the video plays at normal speed all while the lips are in sync with the song. Great editing. Great choice of colors. Great song.

Blow a Fuse

Betty Hutton

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