Oh Mandy by The Spinto Band
No repeat of before – I’m posting again sharpish.
This post will mostly be focusing on the letter ‘Oh’, ‘Old’ and ‘Oliver’. Well it will be completely focusing on that, but y’know, turn of phrase, Fast Show etc.
So, ‘Oh’. Like ‘No’ I don’t really know what this word would be categorised as – just an ‘exclamation’? Let’s see what the dictionary says, hold on… *goes and looks at Dictionary.com* OK, apparently it’s an interjection or noun. All right then. Anyway, I suppose in song titles it’s mostly a way of expressing either loveliness, sadness or exasperation – I think that covers all bases right?
I then have ‘Old’ songs. There isn’t much to say here really is there? It’s just an adjective relating to the age of something, and it appears in around the same quantity as ‘New’ too, so obviously artists like to write about both fresh, spanking new ideas as well as the aged, wise or experienced.
Finally, I have ‘Oliver’. This is a bit of a cheat because I only have two songs and one is a song from another Disney favourite of mine, Oliver and Company, that is listed under ‘Oliver’ rather than the song title. But I felt I had to include it because I really like the name. It’s probably just because I have known some nice Olivers in the past and it has pleasing sounds – L, V, I O – the best letters, obviously… Plus it also gives me the chance to list a Fleet Foxes song.
So, here we are:
Oh Creole – The Rumble Strips
Oh Mandy – The Spinto Band (from the album Nice and Nicely Done I bought back in high school, but then randomly used on a coffee advert at one point later I think. I also used it as my ringtone on my old phone and then my sister Jess still used it once she had my the phone, so the beginning of it just makes me think of a phone ringing. Riveting story, I know)
Old England – The Waterboys
Old Man on the Mountain – PG Six (from the Sun It Rises album curated by Robin Pecknold and given away with Uncut magazine)
Old Time Rock & Roll – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (used famously in Risky Business. Awesome)
Oliver and Company – Street Smarts – Billy Joel (I’ve just looked this up and it seems to usually be called Why Should I Worry? actually, don’t know why the copy I have is called Street Smarts but there you go. Anyway, this is a brilliant, brilliant song. I love 80s/90s Disney. They got songs so right and this is one of them. There are so many great songs in this film too – Once Upon a Time in New York City, Streets of Gold and Good Company (I cry if I hear this, no joke). Fan-frickin’-tastic.)
Oliver James – Fleet Foxes (a great Fleet Foxes song, but there is no bad Fleet Foxes song in my eyes)
I think I will have ‘One’ more post for ‘O’ *heavy wink*, so see you ol’ pals next time.
Love,
L x
It was a tough call for this one – do I go FF, Street Smarts or Old Time Rock & Roll? Play on to find out.
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