How many songs can you name that have a colour in them? The more obscure the better. You don't have to try and remember the artist (many are covered anyway). List as many as you wish.
My answers are:
Black Pudding Bertha - The Goodies
White Light/White Heat - Lou Reed (also by David Bowie)
Yellow River -Christie
Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley
and the very obscure..
The Green Manalishi (With The Twin Pronged Crown) - Fleetwood Mac
Now it's over to you...
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ReplyDelete1 Nut Brown Maiden(old folk song)
2 Blue moon. (fifties?)
3Red Sails in the Sunset(forties)
5 When the Deep Purple falls)thirties /forties)
6 Wear a yellow ribbon.
7 Tangerine - she is all they say(Forties)
Here from Michele's. Any prize:)?
1. Green Earrings - Steely Dan
ReplyDelete2. 99 Red Balloons - but I don't know who did that!
3. Silver Machine - Hawkwind
4. It was an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini - don't know who did that one either!
5. Lilly the Pink! - The Scaffold
6. White Flag - Dido
7. A coral room - Kate Bush
8. The red shoes - Kate Bush
9. Black Night - Deep Purple
10. Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin
OMG, Green Manalishi!! What a classic, Jean Luc!
ReplyDeleteAll I can think of is White Rabbit. Isn't that the Jefferson Airplane song that Sanctuary covered?
I'm totally drawing a blank. Me, the music lover.
Well, Michele sent me this time, so if I think of any more, I'll come back on my own and report in.
Lavender - Marillion
ReplyDeleteBlue World - The Moody Blues
Blue Guitar - Justin Hayward and John Lodge
The Angels Want To Wear My Red Shoes - Elvis Costello
Black Roses Red - Alana Davis
Kiss Me Red - Cheap Trick
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
I could go on..but I'll save some for everyone else :)
I recall two bands with colour in their names.
ReplyDeleteDeep Purple
Whitesnake
Among songs, only one as of now:
Yellow Submarine by Beatles
Michele sent me here for this!
Ernie sent me over here to tell you about the following:
ReplyDelete1) The Saga of the Blue Beaver by Beaver and Krause
2)White and Nerdy by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Blue Suede Shoes -- Elivs?
ReplyDeleteLady in Red
Black Velvet - Allannah Myles
White Wedding
Okay so they aren't obscure...
Goodbye Yellowbrick Road, Elton John.
ReplyDeleteSilence is Golden, The Tremeloes, 60s.
Black Dog, Led Zeppelin.
Paint it Black, Stones.
blue suede shoes
ReplyDeletegreen green grass of home
white christmas
purple people eater
little brown jug
red roses for a blue lady
band of gold
that's all i've got!
smiles, bee
happy easter!!!
Blue Monday - New Order
ReplyDeleteGoldfinger - Shirley Bassey
Bein' Green - Kermit the Frog
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
A Long Strong Black Pudding - The Scaffold
Greensleeves - Henry the VIIIth I think!
Yellow Pearl - Phil Lynott
Ride a White Swan - T-Rex
Orange County Suite - The Doors
Theme From The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
Caribbean Blue - Enya
Goldeneye - Tina Turner
The Man With the Golden Gun - Lulu
Red, Red Wine - UB40
White Lines - Grandmaster Flash
Black Or White - Michael Jackson
White Rabbit
ReplyDeleteLittle Green Bag
White Wedding
Red, Red Wine
99 Red Balloons
Blue Monday
Red Roses for a Blue Lady
White Flag
Blue Danube
Blue Moon
Purple Rain - Prince
ReplyDeleteYellow Submarine - The Beatles
A Pink Sportscoat and a White Crustracean - Jimmy Buffet
Lady in Red - Chris DeBurgh
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Orange Crush - R.E.M.
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Little Red Corvette - Prince
Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit
Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra
Everyone has said mine too, so how about: "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas," but say "White Easter" instead.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to chill out over Easter, but not to this extreme.
"Red Rubber Ball," by The Cyrkle.
ReplyDelete"Electric Blue," by Icehouse.
"Eyes of Misty Blue," by Cristy Lane.
The singer who did "99 Red Balloons" was Nena.
I was just going to remind everybody that it was Nina who sang '99 Red Balloons' but Bilbo beat me to it.
ReplyDeleteYou all are really going through the rainbow with these songs!
Did anyone say 'Back to Black?' Can't believe I got anything that wasn't an oldie. Popped over from Michele's to see how ya doin'
ReplyDeleteI thought I only knew 'Yellow Submarine' but now that I've read all the other comments....I realize I do know plenty but had just forgotten them.
ReplyDeleteOK, "Red Rubber Ball" gets extra points in my book! Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteI'll give this one a try (I'm going to make my list and then check back through to see if they're already mentioned!):
White Room
I'm Black (from "Hair")
Green Tambourine
Little Green Apples
Purple People-Eater
Mellow Yellow
Green River
Green Green
Black Moses
Almost Blue
Raspberry Beret
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Yellow Bird
Aqualung
Blue Bayou (1977）-LINDA RONSTADT
ReplyDeleteMichele sent me today...
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ReplyDeletecolors by the cover girls
Black Betty
ReplyDeleteTie a Yellow Ribbon
Back in Black
Lady in Red
Red Roses for a Blue Lady
Yellow Rose of Texas
Yellow Submarine
Blue Moon
Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)
Am I Blue
The Black Parade (My Chemical Romance)
Thanks it was me who did not remember who did 99 Red Balloons!
ReplyDelete"Green Onions" spring to mind too, now who did that one?
OK, now I've read all these suggestions, I am thinking of really obscure ones:
ReplyDeleteBlue is the colour - Chelsea Football Club
Green grow the rushes-o - old traditional song
Red, red robin - Charlton Athletic
Black Tie:White Noise - David Bowie
Fergus sings the Blues - Deacon BLue (does that count?)
Forever eyes of Blue - Runrig
Forever in Blue Jeans - David Dundas (?)
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Bobby Vinton: Roses are Red My Love (Violets are Blue).
ReplyDeleteChicago: Colour My World.
Wayne Newton: Red Roses for a Blue Lady.
Bobby Vinton: Blue on Blue.
Roy Orbison: Blue Bayou.
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue.
Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze.
Nights in White Satin -- Moody Blues
ReplyDeleteThe Walls of Red Wing -- Bob Dylan
Purple Rain -- Prince
Ittsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini -- ??
Suite - Judy Blue Eyes -- Crosby, Stills and Nash
Black and Blue -- Mike and the Mechanics
Blue Boy -- Joni Mitchell
I drew a blank when I first read the title of your post! Then when I read all the comments, I realised I do know quite a few songs!
ReplyDelete*does a little dance*
From the edge of the deep green sea - The Cure
ReplyDeleteRood (Red) - Marco Borsato (a Dutch singer)
I'm blank... no ideas, cause many already listed above. Does it count if it has colours in the lyrics eventhough not in the title? Cause then I know quite some...
.. eh?
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