Songs with Color

[Pomai]

O.K., we've already covered songs about food (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=12321), so how about those with color? The list for this one should be much longer.


Purple Rain - Prince
Little Red Corvette - Prince
Red Red Wine - UB40
Blue Darling - Tony Lindsey (a relative of mine), Kapena
Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
Flying in a Blue Dream - Joe Satriani (one of my favorite guitar songs of all time!)
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (there's no "Black Sabbath" in the lyrics though)
The Green Manalishi (with the two-pronged crown) - Fleetwood Mac, Judas Priest

[Mike_Lowery]

"Paint it Black" - The Rolling Stones
"Brown Skin Lady" - Talib Kweli and Mos Def
"White Christmas" - crapload of people
"Purple People Eater" - some one-hit wonder
"Blue Christmas" - Elvis
"Black Velvet" - Alana Miles

[nikki]

Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
Blue Skies - by??

[Pomai]

Blue Skies - by??That reminded me of Red Skies by The Fixx. I love that "so-80's" song! (Tikiyaki's gonna' kill me). :eek: :D

[nikki]

Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
These Hazel Eyes - Kelly Clarkson
It's Not Easy Being Green - Kermit the Frog

[LikaNui]

It's Not Easy Being Green - Kermit the Frog Sheesh, you beat me by two minutes! That was the very first song I thought of.
And I'm surprised nobody's said "Brown-Eyed Girl" yet...

[1stwahine]

Color My World by Chicago!

Auntie Lynn:D

[LikaNui]

From the Department of Obscurity department... "Big Blue Frog" by Peter Paul & Mary.
And of course Frank Zappa's "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow".

:p

[oceanpacific]

Blue on Blue; Blue Velvet; Devil With a Blue Dress on; Red Roses For a Blue Lady; Roses Are Red; Yellow Balloon; All the Colors of the Rainbow; Big Yellow Taxi; Green Grass; Green, Green; Green, Green Grass of Home; Little Green Apples; Greenback Dollar; Deep Purple; Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White; White on White; Black and White; White Christmas; Red Sails in the Sunset; Pink Cadillac; Black is Black; Green River.

Purple People Eater was done by Sheb Wooley, who portrayed "Pete Nolan" on the TV series RAWHIDE.

I actually made a compilation CD of songs with colors in their titles.

[DannyWilliams]

*looks on my itunes playlist*


White Horse - Laidback (if ya wanna riiiiiide.........ride the white HORSE!)

Big Yellow Taxi - Amy Grant

Black Horse & The Cherry Tree KT Tunstall

White Boy - Culture Club

Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnston

[LikaNui]

Big Yellow Taxi - Amy Grant Amy Grant? Hmph. Amy Grant. Joni Mitchell.

:p

[blueyecicle]

Little Red Rodeo - Collin Raye

Don't it make my brown eyes blue...Crystal Gayle

No Purple Haze yet? - J. Hendrix

Bein' Green - Kermit the Frog!

White Wedding - Billy Idol

Back in Black - AC/DC

[Pomai]

White Wedding - Billy Idol

[COLOR="Black"]Back in Black - AC/DCAhh! How could I have forgotten to mention Back in Black? Arguably the most catchy metal/hard rock riff of all time!

White Wedding. Love that song... and the cheesy video, too!

How about BANDS with COLORED NAMES?...

Black Sabbath
White Lion
Whitesnake
Great White
Pink Floyd
Blue Oyster Cult
Simply Red

[mel]

Colour My World - Chicago
Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog
Blue Bayou - originally done by Roy Orbison
Black is Black - Los Bravos
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra
Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil
Blue on Blue - Bobby Vinton
Bluer Than Blue - Michael Johnson
Blue Letter - Fleetwood Mac
Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac, Santana
That Ol' Black Magic - The Ink Spots (?)
Red Red Wine - originally written and recorded by Neil Diamond
Raspberry Beret - Prince
Love is Blue - Paul Mauriet & His Orchestra
For You Blue - The Beatles
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle
Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Blue Skies - Allman Brothers Band
Rose Colored Glasses - The Raspberries
Color My World - Petula Clark
Colors of Love - Beverly Bremers
Bluebird - Paul McCartney & Wings
Baby Blue - Badfinger
Blues For Baby & Me - Elton John
Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester
The Blonde in the Blue T-Bird - Walter Egan
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
Brown Eyes - The Partridge Family
Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the ole Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn
Yellow River - Christie
Grey Seal - Elton John
Black & White - Three Dog Night
Orange Crush - R.E.M.
Black or White - Michael Jackson
Orange Flip - Book of Love
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
1,2,3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Company
The Lady in Red - Chris DeBurgh
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry, many others
Band of Gold - Freda Payne
Sister Golden Hair - America
Golden Slumbers - The Beatles
White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day
Silver Blue & Gold - Bad Company
Eyes of Silver - The Doobie Brothers
Black Friday - Steely Dan
Small Red Diary - Linda Gail Lewis
Union City Blue - Blondie
Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan
White Lies Blue Eyes - Bullit
Waimanalo Blues - Country Comfort
When the Stars Go Blue - The Corrs with Bono
Caribbean Blue - Enya
Blue Jean - David Bowie
Electric Blue - The Cranberries
Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac

[blueyecicle]

Bands...Green Day
White Stripes
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Black Crowes
Black Eyed Peas
Maroon 5
Indigo Girls

[tutusue]

Girl In the Red Dress - Gregg Karukas
Rudolf, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - everyone!
Green Grow The Lilacs - The Kids
Greensleeves - various artists
Blue Train - various artists
Blue Xmas - Miles Davis
Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue - various artists
Midnight Blue - Phil Upchurch
Miles Of Blues - Joe Sample
Rio de Janeiro Blue - Randy Crawford
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Sands Of Silver & Gold - Coconut Joe
Maori Brown Eyes - The Brothers Cazimero
Tangerine - Led Zeppelin

(sorry if there are any repeats...I'm too tired to check!)

[Pomai]

Black or White - Michael JacksonThat was probably one of the most disturbing music videos ever made, with the whole "morphing abuse" thing. :eek:

Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac, SantanaSo overplayed, yet still great. Henry Kapono plays it every Sunday at Dukes!

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the ole Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn
Must dance in an uncontrollable, uncoordinated fashion along with this song. Classic!

[mel]

Bands with Color....

Blue October
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Blue Magic = "Let the sideshow begin, hurry hurry..."
Blue Swede - "I'm Hooked on a Feeling"
The Moody Blues - "Nights in White Satin"
The Ocean Blue - "she was so Sublime..."
Shocking Blue - "i'm your Venus, I'm your goddess of fire..."
Blues Image - "Ride Captain Ride on your mystery ship..."

A few more songs...

Blue - LeAnn Rimes
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Bullet the Blue Sky - U2
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Blue Eyes - Elton John
Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley

Is blue the most popular color for songs????

[oceanpacific]

ARTISTS:

Blues Magoos; Orange Sky; Average White Band; Quicksilver Messenger Service; Silver Convention; Yellow Balloon (they sang "Yellow Balloon"); Browns; Black Oak Arkansas; Riders of the Purple Sage

Barry White; Tony Joe White; Clint Black; Cilla Black (nee Priscilla White);

MORE SONGS:

Green Tambourine; Midnight Blue; Little Red Riding Hood

[tutusue]

[...]Is blue the most popular color for songs????
I think so...maybe 'cuz it also depicts a mood?

[Pomai]

Black Cow - Steely Dan (one of my favorite SD tunes!)
Raspberry Beret - Prince (man, that guy loves colors!)
Blue Moon - Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Bob Dylan and various other artists
Mehameha/White Sandy Beach (http://play.rhapsody.com/makahasons/hooluana/mehamehawhitesandybeach) - Makaha Sons, Braddah Iz (chicken skin!)

[DannyWilliams]

Amy Grant? Hmph. Amy Grant. Joni Mitchell.

:p



LOL


I know its Joni Mitchell.......

Amy did a version of the song too also ya know :D

And like I said its "color" songs currently on my itunes play list;)

[mel]

A few more songs... (looking at my iTunes song lists)

Mellow Yellow - Donovan
Baby's in Black - The Beatles
Blue Angel - Roy Orbison
Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley
Blue Jay Way - The Beatles
Colours - Donovan
Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James & the Shondells
Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & the Shondells
Purple Rain Drops - Stevie Wonder
Roses & Rainbows - Danny Hutton
Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
When My Blue Moon Turns Gold Again - Elvis Presley
Black Betty - Ram Jam
Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
Ebony & Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springsteen
Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead
True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
Fields of Gold - Sting

Counting Crows recently did a remake of "Big Yellow Taxi".

Adding on another group with "color"

Pink Lady - female singing duo from Japan known for their only U.S. hit "Kiss in the Dark" (1979)
Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water"

[blueyecicle]

"Blueberry Hill - I thought it was just done by Fats Domino but I googled it and the original was done by Gene Autry, then Glen Miller.