Amuse Me with Colorful Music!

[logisticslad]

Since I'm hanging out at home, I'd appreciate some distraction. Let's make a list of all the songs we can think of that have colors named in them. The rule will be that the color mentioned has to actually refer to the color, so something like "feeling blue" or "picking violets" is right out. Extra points for unusual colors!


RED
I See Red by Split Enz
Red Skies at Night by The Fixx
Red Hill Mining Town by U2
Red Brick Floor by Nanci Griffith - poetrytoweasels
Little Red Caboose - moonpuppy61
Red Rain by Peter Gabriel - trapezebear
Brick Is Red by the Pixies - manos74
Planet of Sound by the Pixies - manos74
(I got to somewhere renowned / For its canals and color of red)
The Sanguinary Butcher by John Wesley Harding - manos74
('Why yes, dear Lamb, I'll go for you' / The fateful words he said / 'If'n you will lend to me / Your cloak that is blood-red')
The Woman in Red by Stevie Wonder - tennis_bear
Red Red Wine by UB40 - tennis_bear
99 Red Balloons by Nena - nutmegger
I Saw Red by Warrant - puzzld1
Lady In Red by Chris De Burgh - puzzld1
Little Red Corvette by Prince - puzzld1
Red Roses for Me by the Pogues - puzzld1

ORANGE
Orange Crush by R.E.M. - tennis_bear

YELLOW
Mellow Yellow by Donovan
A Cockeyed Optimist by Rodgers and Hammerstein
(When the sky is a bright canary yellow)
Yellow Submarine by The Beatles - ruthling
Yellow by Coldplay - trapezebear
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John - tennis_bear
Yellow Rose of Texas - nutmegger
Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree by Irwin Levine/L. Russell Brown - nutmegger
Follow the Yellow Brick Road by Harburg and Arlen - moonpuppy61

GREEN
It's Not Easy Being Green by Kermit
Green Grow the Rushes by REM
Furry Green Atom Bowl by Robyn Hitchcock - ruthling
Green Onions by Booker T and the MGs - trapezebear
"Velouria" by the Pixies - manos74
(Forever green / I know she's here)
The Lady Dressed In Green by John Wesley Harding - manos74
Forty Shades of Green by Johnny Cash - tennis_bear
Green Grass and High Tides Forever by Outlaws - puzzld1

BLUE
Blue Moon by Rodgers and Hart
Small Blue Thing by Suzanne Vega
Blue Skies by Irving Berlin
Just Once in a Very Blue Moon - poetrytoweasels
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle - ruthling
Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton - trapezebear
Blue by Joni Mitchell = cowgrrl
Perfect Blue Buildings by Counting Crows-
Birdhouse In Your Soul by They Might Be Giants - manos74
(Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch / Who watches over you)
Girl Blue by Stevie Wonder - tennis_bear
Moon Blue by Stevie Wonder - tennis_bear
Blue Jay Way by The Beatles - tennis_bear
For You Blue by The Beatles - tennis_bear
Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin - tennis_bear
Behind Blue Eyes by The Who - nutmegger
Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Straus - nutmegger
Plus bleu que tes yeux by Edith Piaf - jaidit
Un coin tout bleu by Edith Piaf - jaidit
Tangled up in Blue by Bob Dylan - puzzld1
Blue Sky by Allman Brothers - puzzld1
"Hakos hak'chula" (The blue glass) by Ivri Lieder - jaidit
From a Distance by Julie Gold - moonpuppy61
(From a distance the world looks blue and green and the snowcapped mountains white)
Goodbye Blue Sky by Pink Floyd - jaidit
Blue Jean by David Bowie - puzzld1
Baby's Got Blue eyes by Elton John - puzzld1
Suite Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby Stills and Nash - puzzld1

PURPLE
Purple Rain by Prince
Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley - moonpuppy61
Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix - trapezebear
Purple Toupee by They Might Be Giants - manos74
Deep Purple by Nino Tempo + April Stevens- tennis_bear

PINK
Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen - trapezebear
Pink Cashmere by Prince - tennis_bear
Pink Moon by Nick Drake - puzzld1

BROWN
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle - ruthling
Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison - moonpuppy61
Brown Eyed Handsome Man by Chuck Berry - trapezebear
The Devil In Me by John Wesley Harding - manos74
(So I killed you off / I tore your famous brown fur coat)
Old Brown Shoe by The Beatles - tennis_bear
Le brun et le blond by Piaf - jaidit

BLACK
Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones
Black Magic Woman by Santana
That Old Black Magic by Sinatra - moonpuppy61
Black Metallic by Catherine Wheel - trapezebear
"Number 13 Baby" by the Pixies - manos74
(Black tear fallin' on my lazy queen / Got a tattooed tit say number thirteen / Viva, don't want no blue eyes / La loma, I want brown eyes)
Goth Girl by John Wesley Harding - manos74
(Goth Girl, what are you wearing today? / Black, again?)
You In Spite Of Yourself by John Wesley Harding - manos74
(Did you offer scant resistance / When the black light turned to blue)
Black Man by Stevie Wonder - tennis_bear
Black Orchid by Stevie Wonder - tennis_bear
Baby's In Black by The Beatles - tennis_bear
L'homme à la moto by Piaf (a French version of an American song, "Black Denim Trousers." Un blouson de cuir noir... - jaidit
La bande en noir by Théo Sarapo - jaidit
Black Boys on Mopeds by Sinead O'Cconner - puzzld1
Back in Black by AC/DC - puzzld1

WHITE
Nights in White Satin - poetrytoweasels
White Tooth Man by Iron and Wine - trapezebear
White Wedding by Billy Idol - cowgrrl
Into the White by the Pixies - manos74
White Mansion by Prince - tennis_bear
Les roses blanches by Berthe Sylvia (French performer from the 40s) - jaidit
Les blouses blanches by Edith Piaf - jaidit
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
White Boys/ Black Boys from Hair - puzzld1

GREY
Behind Grey Walls by Richard Thompson - ruthling

BONUS
Raspberry Beret by Prince - ruthling
Ebony and Ivory by McCartney and Jackson - moonpuppy61
Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) by Sammy Turner - moonpuppy61
Magenta by Hooverphonic - defenestr8or
Ebony Eyes by Stevie Wonder - tennis_bear
Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles - tennis_bear
Cinnamon Girl by Prince - tennis_bear
Cream by Prince - tennis_bear
Peach by Prince - tennis_bear
Rose-tint My World from Rocky Horror - puzzld1

SILVER/GOLD
Golden Lady by Stevie Wonder - tennis_bear
Golden Slumbers by The Beatles - tennis_bear
The Truth by John Wesley Harding - manos74
(I was taken to court in a city of gold / Where silence is a sure sign of guilt)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon by Gus Edwards/Edward Madden - nutmegger
Maxwell's Silver Hammer by The Beatles - jaidit
Silver Bells popularized by Bing Crosby. - jaidit
Silver threads among the gold by Hart Pease Danks (composer), recorded by Elizabeth Spencer in 1916. - jaidit
Silver and Gold by popularized by Burl Ives. - jaidit
Autumn Leaves," sung by Piaf ("the autumn leaves of red and gold..."). The French original, "Les feuilles mortes," doesn't mention any colors. - jaidit
Silver Blue and Gold by Bad Company - puzzld1
Little Silver Ring by The Samples - puzzld1
Band of Gold by Freyda Payne - puzzld1
Fields of gold by Sting - puzzld1

RAINBOW
The Rainbow Song by Delta Goodram
The Rainbow Connection by Kermit - jaidit

Comments

[madknits.livejournal.com]

Red Brick Floor
Nights in White Satin
Just Once in a Very Blue Moon

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Thanks for getting this started!

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

yellow submarine

"furry green atom bowl" Robyn Hitchcock

"don't it make my brown eyes blue" (I have no idea)

"behind grey walls" Richard Thompson

"raspberry beret" prince

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

It was Crystal Gayle.

Bonus point for Rasperry Beret!

[moonpuppy61.livejournal.com]

Let's see

Black Magic

Well the refrain is "don't it make my brown eyes blue" and "ah, my brown eye girl" but I'm sure the titles are something different.

Lavender- blue Dilly Dilly, Lavender-Green Disney childhood

Little Red Caboose - from childhood

Ebony and Ivory - although is it the materials or the colours?

I so do not have the music gene

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Maybe not, but I gave you two bonus points!

[moonpuppy61.livejournal.com]

Follow the Yellow Brick Road..

Is there something about Emerald City in those songs? meh, need a libratti

"From a distance, the world is blue and green and the ocean meets the shore"

Wow, words in songs, not just song titles...

[moonpuppy61.livejournal.com]

One Eyed, one horned, flying purple people-eater

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

Red Rain, Peter Gabriel
Yellow, Coldplay
Blue Velvet, Bobby Vinton et al
Green Onions, Booker T and the MGs
Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Chuck Berry
Black Metallic, Catherine Wheel
White Tooth Man, Iron and Wine
Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
Pink Cadillac, Bruce Springsteen

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

All good ones! Thanks!

[cowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Blue - Joni Mitchell
White Wedding - Billy Idol

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

White Wedding just came on the VH1 Classic Video channel that I have on!

[defenestr8or.livejournal.com]

"Magenta," Hooverphonic (http://www.actionext.com/names_h/hooverphonic_lyrics/magenta.html)

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Never heard it, but it's worth a bonus point!

[manos74.livejournal.com]

The Pixies--
"Brick Is Red"
"Into the White"
"Number 13 Baby"
(Black tear fallin' on my lazy queen / Got a tattooed tit say number thirteen / Viva, don't want no blue eyes / La loma, I want brown eyes)
"Velouria"
(Forever green / I know she's here)
"Planet of Sound"
(I got to somewhere renowned / For its canals and color of red)

John Wesley Harding--
"Goth Girl"
(Goth Girl, what are you wearing today? / Black, again?)
"You In Spite Of Yourself"
(Did you offer scant resistance / When the black light turned to blue)
"The Devil In Me"
(So I killed you off / I tore your famous brown fur coat)
"The Lady Dressed In Green"
"The Sanguinary Butcher"
('Why yes, dear Lamb, I'll go for you' / The fateful words he said / 'If'n you will lend to me / Your cloak that is blood-red')
"The Truth"
(I was taken to court in a city of gold / Where silence is a sure sign of guilt)

Counting Crows--
"Perfect Blue Buildings"

They Might Be Giants--
"Birdhouse In Your Soul"
(Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch / Who watches over you)
"Purple Toupee"

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

You're one of the few who went for colors in verses! Well done!

[tennis-bear.livejournal.com]

Stevie Wonder
- Black Man
- Black Orchid
- Ebony Eyes
- Girl Blue
- Golden Lady
- Moon Blue
- The Woman in Red

Beatles
- Baby's In Black
- Blue Jay Way
- For You Blue
- Golden Slumbers
- Old Brown Shoe
- Strawberry Fields Forever

Prince
- Cinnamon Girl
- Cream
- Peach
- Pink Cashmere
- White Mansion

And the rainbow flag collection:
- RED Red Wine (UB40)
- ORANGE Crush (R.E.M.)
- Goodbye YELLOW Brick Road (Elton John)
- Forty Shades of GREEN (Johnny Cash)
- Rhapsody In BLUE (George Gershwin)
- Deep PURPLE (Nino Tempo + April Stevens)

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Many unusual colors and I love the rainbow! Well done!!!

[nutmegger.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I'll be back with more. Let's start with:
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
99 Red Balloons - Nena
Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Straus

[nutmegger.livejournal.com]

By the Light of the Silvery Moon - Gus Edwards/Edward Madden
Yellow Rose of Texas - author unknown
Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree - Irwin Levine/L. Russell Brown

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Well done!!

rainbow song

[(Anonymous)]

As a former camp counselor, I've got a million of them. We called this "I can sing a rainbow"

Red and yellow and pink and green
purple and orange and blue oh
I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too
listen with your eyes listen with your eyes
sing everything you see oh
Red, and yellow, and. . .

Re: rainbow song

[tennis-bear.livejournal.com]

In Philly, this was known as the Captain Noah's sign-off song.

[jaidit.livejournal.com]

Starting with them all, "The Rainbow Connection" (the Muppets), or does that one fail the "not in a figurative sense" test?

Silver
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer," The Beatles
"Silver Bells," Christmas song popularized by Bing Crosby.

Silver and Gold
"Silver threads among the gold," Hart Pease Danks (composer), recorded by Elizabeth Spencer in 1916.
And, of course, the song "Silver and Gold," popularized by Burl Ives.

Red and gold
"Autumn Leaves," sung by Piaf ("the autumn leaves of red and gold..."). The French original, "Les feuilles mortes," doesn't mention any colors.

And speaking of French...
Bleu
"Plus bleu que tes yeux," one of Edith Piaf's songs.
"Un coin tout bleu," more Piaf

Blanc
"Les roses blanches," Berthe Sylvia (French performer from the 40s)
"Les blouses blanches," yet more Piaf

Noir
"L'homme à la moto," Piaf (a French version of an American song, "Black Leather Jacket and Motorcycle Boots." Un blouson de cuir noir...
"La bande en noir," Théo Sarapo (who? Piaf's husband...but it's a long story, and it's a terrible song).

Brun et blond
"Le brun et le blond," Piaf (I have lots of Piaf).

And then there's Hebrew
"Hakos hak'chula" (The blue glass), Ivri Lieder
"B'chulzat pasim" (Striped shirt), Ivri Lieder (both of these were hits in Israel)

[jaidit.livejournal.com]

A minor correction: "L'homme à la moto" is a translation of "Black Denim Trousers."

The original (found here), also mentions a "red tattoo."

When Piaf sang it, oddly enough it becomes "un coeur blue sur la peau blême" (is pale a color?).

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Pale is not a color, but "A Whiter Shade of Pale" can go onto the list!

[jaidit.livejournal.com]

Well, if you can have a "whiter shade of pale," just as you can have a "redder shade of purple," then it does sound that "pale" is a color.

And if we're counting points, how many points do I get for the "L'homme à la moto"/"Black Denim Trousers" combo, since the lyrics cite black (in both languages), red (in English), blue (in French), and we have our contentious pale.

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Wow! I never even considered songs in other languages. You've convinced me to create an additional category for SILVER/GOLD and for RAINBOW.

I'm not sure where your last one about the striped shirt should go.

[jaidit.livejournal.com]

Mix it in with rainbow, perhaps? As far as I can make out, Lieder is singing about this guy who's won his heart. I don't know. The lyrics are a bit beyod me. One of the clearest references is to "a new Japanese car." Someday I'm going to understand all the words to one of his songs.

[puzzld1.livejournal.com]

I Saw Red-Warrant
Lady In Red Chris De Burgh
Little Red Corvette-Prince
Tangled up in Blue-Bob Dylan
Blue Sky-Allman Brothers
Green Grass and High Tides Forever-Outlaws

need to go to bed more tomorrow

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I kept trying to remember Blue Sky, but the tune for Blue Skies was stuck in my head.

[jaidit.livejournal.com]

Which reminds me of "Goodbye Blue Sky" from Pink Floyd's The Wall (why this didn't come up when I was searching through iTunes, I don't know).

[puzzld1.livejournal.com]

Black Boys on Mopeds-Sinead O'Cconner
White Boys/ Black Boys-Hair
Pink Moon-Nick Drake
Silver Blue and Gold-Bad Company
Blue Jean-David Bowie
Baby's Got Blue eyes-Elton John
Suite Judy Blue Eyes-Crosby Stills and Nash
Back in Black-AC/DC
Little Silver Ring-The Samples
Band of Gold Freyda Payne
Fields of gold-Sting
Red Roses for Me-the Pogues
Rose-tint My World-Rocky Horror

[logisticslad.livejournal.com]

Lot's of good ones. Bonus points for Rose-tint my world from Rocky Horror. Added them!