My Top 1000 Songs #530: Ooh-La-La
[I've been writing up my Top 1000 songs on a daily basis--you can see them all in descending order by hitting the All My Favorite Songs tag.]
I'm gonna file "Ooh-La-La," the title track from Faces' 1973 (final) LP, right alongside Nick Drake's "Pink Moon" in the "largely overlooked early 70s tracks unexpectedly rendered ubiquitous once adopted by television marketers yet retaining their gentle magic despite newfound cultural saturation" bin.
The late great Ronnie Lane, who co-wrote the song with Ronnie Wood, live 1974:
2015 reunion gig with Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, and Kenney Jones:Counting Crows cover:Ska version from Rancid's Tim Armstrong:
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