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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPlease help me make a list of "blue" songs for my election day playlist!
As much as I like Willie Nelson's "Blue Skies", I think I need a few more tunes to hum along with.....
TlalocW
(15,675 posts)"My Blue Heaven," by Fats Domino
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Scoopster
(423 posts)I was gonna say Blue Monday (which is also a New Order song).
rurallib
(64,828 posts)riversedge
(81,529 posts)skylucy
(4,024 posts)violetpastille
(1,483 posts)NotASurfer
(2,371 posts)Blue Velvet
Blue Suede Shoes
Devil With The Blue Dress
Raspberry Beret (sorta blue)
Ohiogal
(41,040 posts)IcyPeas
(25,781 posts)violetpastille
(1,483 posts)MontanaMama
(24,751 posts)👍🏽
OAITW r.2.0
(32,599 posts)Yeah, it's probably not relevant, but why not!
TexasTowelie
(128,150 posts)This one is 50 years old. Love is Blue by Paul Mauriat.
FM123
(10,385 posts)brush
(61,033 posts)flying rabbit
(4,997 posts)ELO
IcyPeas
(25,781 posts)TexasTowelie
(128,150 posts)IcyPeas
(25,781 posts)gblady
(3,552 posts)nt
TexasTowelie
(128,150 posts)IcyPeas
(25,781 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 6, 2018, 06:22 AM - Edit history (1)
"Bullet the Blue Sky" is a song by rock band U2 and is the fourth track from their 1987 album, The Joshua Tree. Lyrically, the song was inspired by a trip that lead vocalist Bono made to Nicaragua and El Salvador, where he saw firsthand how local peasants were affected by United States military intervention in the region. Angered by what he witnessed, Bono asked guitarist the Edge to "put El Salvador through an amplifier." "Bullet the Blue Sky" is one of the band's most overtly political songs, with live performances often being heavily critical of political conflicts and violence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_the_Blue_Sky
FM123
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(4,572 posts)maybe SENATE too...and you know for darn sure Ray Benson is voting for Beto
hellbound-liberal
(3,745 posts)hellbound-liberal
(3,745 posts)link:
|blue neen
(12,465 posts)Thanks, Willie, for all your help in Texas!
hellbound-liberal
(3,745 posts)luvallpeeps
(1,288 posts)Glorfindel
(10,175 posts)Amazing rendition, considering the source...
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)wcmagumba
(6,632 posts)ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)MaryMagdaline
(7,968 posts)Allman Brothers
Wawannabe
(6,897 posts)Kenny Wayne Shepherd
jayschool2013
(2,611 posts)I'm giving birth to a baby's turning
Blue overall
Feeling blue overall
All over I'm turning blue
sakabatou
(46,332 posts)FM123
(10,385 posts)Glorfindel
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50 Shades Of Blue
(11,499 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)And another one of my all time VERY BLUE favorites:
BLUE CHEER- SUMMERTIME BLUES (VERY POLITICAL LYRICS)!
SeattleVet
(5,932 posts)IcyPeas
(25,781 posts)IcyPeas
(25,781 posts)hurl
(1,057 posts)FM123
(10,385 posts)I can't wait to flip the house today and become the "House of Blues"
Runningdawg
(4,664 posts)Blue on Black - Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Blue Collar Man - Styx
Donkees
(33,745 posts)DUgosh
(3,140 posts)Donkees
(33,745 posts)femmedem
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(16,515 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,855 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,855 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,270 posts)And the line that works for election time is "can't you see things, my way?"
MissMillie
(39,700 posts)I'm hoping that by the time all the votes are counted, we'll all be singing...
Leith
(7,864 posts)and you can even dance to it!
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Here's to hoping it's a happy one...
IcyPeas
(25,781 posts)ailsagirl
(24,287 posts)ailsagirl
(24,287 posts)ailsagirl
(24,287 posts)demmiblue
(39,941 posts)IcyPeas
(25,781 posts)The song was inspired by the experiences of workers at the Wittenoom asbestos mines who contracted various asbestos-related diseases. The "blue" refers to blue asbestos, and the "sugar refining company" refers to the Colonial Sugar Refining Company Ltd (CSR), the owner of the mines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Sky_Mine
lilactime
(658 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,405 posts)Totally Tunsie
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WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)But sung by the Republicans.
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