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Björk — Oh So Quiet
Album: Post
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Released: 1995
Length: 3:35
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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...
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 4GibMe wrote:

I'll take number 20 for GodLike.

You get Bjork or your don't.

The Video that goes with this is one of the best I've ever seen.

A true artist.

 





Ok, i guess i don't then.
Skip!
Posted 1 year ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
 SquiddlyDiddly wrote:

I'll take number 14. Goddesslike.

 
I'll take number 20 for GodLike.

You get Bjork or your don't.

The Video that goes with this is one of the best I've ever seen.

A true artist.

 
Posted 8 years ago by 4GibMe    [ Reply ]
I don't get Bjork even on the best of days.  And this is definitely not one of those.
Posted 11 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
google the video if you've never seen it.
Posted 11 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
HOLY COW!!!!!!!!
Posted 11 years ago by davidfarmerie    [ Reply ]
So many really good Bjork songs - and we have to hear THIS ONE?!  Come on Bill!
Posted 11 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
years ago I thought this song is so enervating. and really appreciated it when it was over and the following track "enjoy" on her album "post" started...

today I liked it, it's a real fun song with listening kids around...all the "shhh!" and screaming...the orchestral parts...the quiet and loud segments...it's such a silly song...which we really enjoyed today at lunch! :o)
Posted 11 years ago by Nadine    [ Reply ]
Originality is under appreciated by the lesser mind.
Posted 11 years ago by PLC    [ Reply ]
 bh1 wrote:
This song sounds like it escaped from a broadway musical. To all the people who really hated it, lighten up. Every once in a while it 's nice to have something really silly pop out and say boo! We need our weirdoes to keep us smiling at least occasionally. It could have been worse. It could have been a political ad. Remember, this is an eclectic station!
 
Ditto bh1 she is an amazing artiste' an allrounder ..PS my post code is bh1 ??
Posted 11 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
This song is just a mess.
Posted 11 years ago by yodasan_magoo    [ Reply ]
O        M          G            lol!
Posted 11 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
She might consider her own advice.
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
This song sounds like it escaped from a broadway musical. To all the people who really hated it, lighten up. Every once in a while it 's nice to have something really silly pop out and say boo! We need our weirdoes to keep us smiling at least occasionally. It could have been worse. It could have been a political ad. Remember, this is an eclectic station!
Posted 12 years ago by bh1    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:
 scott_bruce wrote:
There are 12 people out there that think this is "Godlike".... I am not sure "Godlike" means what they think it means.
 
It's up to 13. My faith in humanity is diminishing.
 
I'll take number 14. Goddesslike.
Posted 12 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Step away from thr "ratpack" - this just doesn't work for me.
Posted 12 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
This could be pretty cool if Bjork showed a little more discipline. 
Posted 12 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
5 for the horns.
Minus-1 for Bjork.
Posted 12 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Son just asked me to hit the PISSED button (PSD)
Posted 12 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
"Oh So Quiet?  But it sounds like noise!  I can't work with this on.  She has good songs I think you should play the good stuff.
Posted 12 years ago by NicJohn    [ Reply ]
 scott_bruce wrote:
There are 12 people out there that think this is "Godlike".... I am not sure "Godlike" means what they think it means.
 
It's up to 13. My faith in humanity is diminishing.
Posted 12 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
I never know if I like it, just because it's so different, if it is just bad. 
Posted 12 years ago by JustJeff    [ Reply ]
Thank you for the PSD button!!!!  I'm saved!
Posted 12 years ago by xenarocks    [ Reply ]
I love this, but I'm really waiting for the duet with Tony Bennett. :-)
Posted 12 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Oh that Bjork would be oh so quiet!
Posted 12 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
 YourNameHere wrote:
This is one of the times when I really miss having a skip forward button.
 
There's always the PSD button, which is the only cure for this.
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
PSD! PSD!!!!!!
Posted 12 years ago by mbolch30307    [ Reply ]
This is one of the times when I really miss having a skip forward button.
Posted 12 years ago by YourNameHere    [ Reply ]
There are 12 people out there that think this is "Godlike".... I am not sure "Godlike" means what they think it means.
Posted 12 years ago by scott_bruce    [ Reply ]
I do not like Bjork's music at all.
Posted 12 years ago by xenarocks    [ Reply ]
 scraig wrote:
I have nothing positive to say so I will say nothing.
 
I concur.
Posted 12 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
Yes, there is—thank GOD! We need millions more Bjorks shaking up the good little girl personas of the world.

There's something wrong with that girl.
 
 

Thats a pretty noisy world,,I think I would need a shitload of motrin to survive there.
Posted 12 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
G.A.R.B.A.G.E!
Posted 12 years ago by oooresultooo    [ Reply ]
Probably fun to hear/see performed live, but as a recording... oh, so intolerable.
Posted 12 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
An eclectic choice.  
It got my attention at least.  {#Lol}  but 3 points is enough............ 
Posted 12 years ago by MirageRF    [ Reply ]
Ouch. I think I just heard Ella say, 'wtf?' 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Yes, there is—thank GOD! We need millions more Bjorks shaking up the good little girl personas of the world.

There's something wrong with that girl.
 


Posted 12 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
The morning selection was GREAT until this travesty.  it's the worst!
Posted 12 years ago by sheeelaaa    [ Reply ]
Clearly she was in a drunken manic phase!
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Ordinarily I like her, but this is truly a WTF number. It's reminiscent of a showtune.
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I had to turn it up to confirm that it's as bad as it sounded.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
 robus wrote:
<...> want to punch the sky.
 
Certainly makes me want to punch something.
Posted 12 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Love this song, makes me giggle and then dance. Great horns!{#Dance}
Posted 12 years ago by asilbuch    [ Reply ]
I have nothing positive to say so I will say nothing.
Posted 12 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
sucks,,,just sucks.
Posted 12 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
I LOVE this Icelandic pixie! What fun she would be in bed—or anywhere else, for that matter.
Posted 12 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
i love this!
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
"It's oh so quiet - shhh, shhh" - rather reminds me of visiting the Theatre of DreamsTM (aka Old Trafford, home of the International football franchise Man Utd) with 2000 other Watford fans for a league match some years back, when the local crowd were so quiet (perhaps munching their prawn sandwiches), all 40000 of them, that you could hear a pin drop. We outsung them the whole match despite losing comprehensively.

That was a niche post for UK footie fans - apologies to those outside that group. We now return you to your normal sucks/blows/rocks comments :o)
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
This interview pretty much says all that there is to know about Bjork.  It isn't all personal biographical data or anything, but if you listen to her responses, than you will have an idea of exactly how strange Bjork is.
 
Posted 12 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
There's something wrong with that girl.
 
Agreed. And it's common knowledge in Iceland that her mother was nuts too.
Posted 12 years ago by Anax    [ Reply ]
I have to admit, a guilty pleasure.
Posted 12 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
Ouch. {#Razz}
Posted 12 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
I kind of like Bjork, but she is one weird chick who is hard to listen to! 
Posted 12 years ago by tkosh    [ Reply ]
koo koo bananas —— AHHHHHH, Scream, whisper, bellow.
Posted 12 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
Nice horns, all the same.
Posted 12 years ago by marktberry    [ Reply ]
There's something wrong with that girl.
Posted 12 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
Wow - sad to see the negativity on here. Totally love this song - always makes me smile and want to punch the sky.

Big band + Bjork - what's not to love {#Heartkiss}
 
Posted 12 years ago by robus    [ Reply ]
Give me a break.  This really sucks.
Posted 12 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
 cohifi wrote:
it's like getting poked in the ear, isn't?
 yeah the horror, the horror!

Posted 12 years ago by BowTieDad    [ Reply ]
it's like getting poked in the ear, isn't?
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Stop it.  Please.
Posted 12 years ago by Tiddlycove    [ Reply ]
mute on
Posted 12 years ago by BowTieDad    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:
Tourette's syndrome set to music.

 
You say that as if it's a bad thing. {#Propeller}

Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Johnny-smooth wrote:
that was hard on the ears
 
Agreed. I really dislike this one.

Posted 12 years ago by LifeIsMusic    [ Reply ]
I can think of a word that starts with "Sshhh" to describe this song.
Posted 12 years ago by mbolch30307    [ Reply ]
Horrible, horrible song. Why create a song that sounds like, and will be used as the soundtrack to commercials for large retail stores at Christmas?
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
that was hard on the ears
Posted 12 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
Really - her screaming is part of the musicality of the song - are you KIDDING ME?!!!
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Tourette's syndrome set to music.

Posted 12 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Definitely not my cup of tea. Pass on this one.
Posted 12 years ago by JK27    [ Reply ]
Really fun song!
Posted 12 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
Oh gawd, nooooooooo!!!!
Posted 12 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Has the ghost of ol' blue eyes taken hold of Bjork? 
Posted 13 years ago by zurcronium    [ Reply ]
Perhaps she should take this songs advice!{#Roflol}
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
ONLY here on RP....   Thanks Bill and Rebecca (I think.... still not sure... and not sure I want to hear it again....  but definitely eclectic)

Posted 13 years ago by GawgaBoy    [ Reply ]
Bjork, really?
Posted 13 years ago by trissi    [ Reply ]
The trim on her blouse reminds me of those old "airmail" envelopes.
Posted 13 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
Please stop screaming.
Posted 13 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
ohhhh nooo please this no !!! pleaseeeeeeeeee
Posted 13 years ago by cinziacursio    [ Reply ]
She should change her name to Blech.
Posted 13 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
 oldslabsides wrote:
wtf
 

No! Really! This is a great song about how calm life is in between relationships....and then what havoc relationships wreak when they take your "quiet life" by surprise! The video is hilarious too!
Posted 13 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
wtf
Posted 13 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
Love Bjork!
Posted 13 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
Somehow, the concept of "swank" just doesn't go well with "Bjork."
Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
I think I understand what she is going for... but no. Just, no.
Posted 13 years ago by FeydBaron    [ Reply ]
 Bocephus wrote:
Gawd I loathe this song.
 
i second that emotion
Posted 13 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
She's got a cool voice. I wish she would just sing.
Posted 13 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
What a great song & performance.
Posted 13 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
Love this.  Once in awhile at least.  The later parts of Post are really interesting after this track...
Posted 13 years ago by amb599    [ Reply ]
Gawd I loathe this song.
Posted 13 years ago by Bocephus    [ Reply ]
She is such an odd swan.
Posted 13 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
more like an installation at the Museum of Modern Art than entertainment ...  Sucks but you're not supposed to say it does.
Posted 13 years ago by lkovathana    [ Reply ]
...this reminds me of something from dancer in the dark...
Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
heinous
Posted 13 years ago by gormeister    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:
Couldn't they have recorded this when she wasn't suffering a bout of Tourette's?
 
LOL. No kidding. I mean it was good when she was in her up stage but when depression set in it sucked. Very bipolar.

Posted 13 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
Please stop yelling at me!
Posted 13 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
Couldn't they have recorded this when she wasn't suffering a bout of Tourette's?
Posted 13 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
This one always cracks me up, too.  Bjork does have some kinda creative range, eh?
Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
A comment for UK footie fans only:

"It's oh so quiet" - reminds me of visiting the Theatre of Dreams (TM), aka Old Trafford, home of Merchandising Utd - sorry, Manchester United, where the 50000 crowd was quieter than mice, and the 2000 Watford fans, of whom I was one, outsung them all through the match. If not for our noise, you could have heard a pin drop (or, rather, a prawn sandwich being eaten).

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I see what she's trying to do... but... sorry, FAIL.
Posted 13 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
 linden wrote:
Great memories of driving around Chicago listening to this on Q101. Every weeknight they would play two songs against each other and have people call in to say which one they liked the best. This one took all comers for almost two weeks, as I recall.
 
Wow, that takes me back.

Posted 13 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
This is the first song of Bjork's that I had ever heard and I loved it.  I really can't say why, it was completely different from anything I had ever heard before.  Likely that is the reason I loved it so much.


Posted 13 years ago by Byronape    [ Reply ]
Oh man this is goddamned annoying...
shhhhh!! shhhhh!!!
Posted 13 years ago by Bocephus    [ Reply ]
FUN!

And the video makes it even better.
Posted 13 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
This just cracks me up.
Posted 13 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
I am not a Bjork fan, nor do I like "Musical" type music, but this is kind of cool.  It's different enough to push the bindi buttons.
Posted 13 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
This song is Shh...  Sh..... Sh......it...... It made me laugh though, so I don't know how to rate it. Only Bjork could "Shhhh" so loud that it hurts my ears.  That takes some kind of talent.
 
Posted 13 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
Starts out great, but wow, that screaming is like dental drills to the brain.
Posted 13 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
I like it. Once in awhile.

She's just messing around, having fun. It's Bjork, it's supposed to be over-the-top.
Posted 13 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
I'm not sure i could hear this again
Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Kinda Sorta really dig the Sugarcubes, but this is indescribeably bad.
Posted 13 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
I can't help it - I just love this song!  It makes me laugh until I can't breathe.  Bjork is just too over-the-top for words.
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Great memories of driving around Chicago listening to this on Q101. Every weeknight they would play two songs against each other and have people call in to say which one they liked the best. This one took all comers for almost two weeks, as I recall.
Posted 13 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
Woah, that's bad.
Posted 13 years ago by unclelonghair    [ Reply ]
Nice pronunciation of the name Mr. Bill!
Posted 13 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
Love this song. This song should defiitely be played on Radio Paradise.
Posted 14 years ago by MoreElvCostello    [ Reply ]
wow I must be on drugs or something I could have sworn I heard this on RP a couple of weeks ago LOL
Posted 17 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]