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Poor Old Soul

The last of the four Postcard singles, issued in two parts in a die-cut Sound Of Young Scotland sleeve.
Orange Juice (1981)

Written by
Edwyn Collins
Released
March 1981

Poor Old Soul came out in March 1981 as Postcard 81-2, with Poor Old Soul Pt. 2 on the other side. Collins wrote it. It was issued in a die-cut Sound Of Young Scotland company sleeve with the Postcard catalogue.

Pitchfork noted that the second part alludes to the Subway Sect lyric about opposing all rock and roll. Tom Ewing of Pitchfork picked out the title phrase as one of Collins's odd little idioms of everyday speech. The band recorded it for their October 1980 Peel session, and Orange Juice are logged playing it 20 times.

More songs by Orange Juice

Falling and Laughing, Rip It Up, Blue Boy, Simply Thrilled Honey, Felicity, I Can't Help Myself

Sources

  1. Poor Old Soul (Postcard 81-2), Discogs
  2. Orange Juice, The Glasgow School, Pitchfork (2005-07-26)
  3. Orange Juice, Coals to Newcastle, Pitchfork (2010-11-19)
  4. Orange Juice: setlist statistics, setlist.fm