If you haven’t waded tirelessly through the reams of endless waffle I laughingly call a blog then I’ll save you some time. We’ve had several messages asking about track 15 on Ivory Bow “Oh, Eso es un Castillo Bonito” What does the title mean and what is the original title?
Well….*grandiose pause for effect* ….Firstly it isn’t from the brilliantly animated classic “Beauty and the Beast” – although the overture is soooooo similar – and I’m sure Disney must have been aware of this ;) The bit where the pages of the story book are slowly turning and the narrator begins to tell the story of Belle and the Beast. No - It’s a little classical toon from the “Carnival of the Animals” – or “Le Carnaval des Animaux” to be really poshJ by Camille Saint-Saens and its called Aquarium.
Our title “Oh, Eso es un Castillo Bonito”. (I’m not sure if the Spanish is correct cos I made it up - but it looks pretty cool?) is a tribute to an old joke. Cast your mind back to another Disney Classic – “Fantasia” Yeah -I know I’m waffling again but do you remember the lovely Goldfish from Nutcracker section? The one with the big eyelashes? Well when I heard Aquarium for the very first time I kept thinking of that gold fish. The title means “Oh – that’s a nice Castle” and apparently because a goldfish only has a 10 second memory, every time she swims around the bowl she “sees” the castle for the very first time!
WELL YOU DID ASK!
More soon – and be assured …..there will be wilful waffle!
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