Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes
"Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes" is a song by The Fratellis. It was the fifth and final track to be released from their debut album Costello Music. This single was released as an EP with 3 b-sides.
The single charted at #168 in the UK Singles Chart, making it the lowest charting single by the band to date although considering the fact that it was released as the fifth single (let alone a limited edition EP) from the band's highly successful, big-selling debut album. The single received some airplay on radio stations, but not much.
The Music Video for the song is a cartoon that shows the band in a western style city. They are catching some sort of crazy woman monster all throughout the video but she always gets away. The woman has black and blue eyes, most likely a reference to the song title. In the end, we learn that she also bails the Fratellis out of trouble and they eventually let her run off into the open desert freely.
The song "Mon Yous, Mon Us, But No Them" tells a story using names of the members from The Fratellis' official website. It is also used as a sign off when Jon Fratelli posts on the site and is also in the footer of the website since the revamp in 2008.
Read more about Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes: Tracklisting
Famous quotes containing the words ole, black, blue and/or eyes:
“My ole man died—hunh—
Cussin’ me;
Ole lady rocks, bebby,
Huh misery.”
—Sterling Allen Brown (b. 1901)
“Rain falls for centuries
Soaking the loose rocks in space
Sweet rain, the fire’s out
The black snag glistens in the rain
& the last wisp of smoke floats up”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)
“There were ghosts that returned to earth to hear his phrases,
As he sat there reading, aloud, the great blue tabulae.
They were those from the wilderness of stars that had expected more.
There were those that returned to hear him read from the poem of life,
Of the pans above the stove, the pots on the table, the tulips among them.
They were those that would have wept to step barefoot into reality....”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“And then a tall fat man with stringy hair
And a manner that was innocent of sin,
His galluses greasy, his eyes coldly gray,
Appeared, and with a gravely learned air
Spoke from the deep coherence of hell....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)