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malthaussen

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36. Blue is too easy. There's a whole genre of blues, after all.
Tue Aug 23, 2016, 06:35 PM
Aug 2016

So I won't cite Joni Mitchell's "Blue," but a different color from the same album:



And one of my all-time favorites, in the unbowdlerized version:



And this one may not technically have the colors in the title, but it's worth listening to, anyway:



-- Mal
Blue Skies ChickenGuru Aug 2016 #1
"Blue Monday" by New Order LonePirate Aug 2016 #2
Blue Bayou Sanity Claws Aug 2016 #3
An old favorite: CanSocDem Aug 2016 #4
I can't stop myself... CanSocDem Aug 2016 #5
Red Rubber Ball Glorfindel Aug 2016 #6
"Blue Velvet" - Bobby Vinton Arkansas Granny Aug 2016 #7
OK This is the last one: CanSocDem Aug 2016 #8
Yellow Is the Colour.... Glorfindel Aug 2016 #9
A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation) Glorfindel Aug 2016 #10
Song Sung Blue, everybody knows one. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #11
How does "Mairzy Doats" qualify as a song with a color? malthaussen Aug 2016 #34
It means... femmocrat Aug 2016 #37
Mares eat oats LWolf Aug 2016 #39
So I have always understood. malthaussen Aug 2016 #40
It doesn't. I should take that out. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #47
Mr Blue Sky SixString Aug 2016 #12
"Blue" and ELO? Try this: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #28
Verde (Green) Xipe Totec Aug 2016 #13
Bobby Vinton's lillypaddle Aug 2016 #14
Red and Black Xipe Totec Aug 2016 #15
Angelitos Negros (Little Black Angels) Xipe Totec Aug 2016 #16
Nights in White Satin Xipe Totec Aug 2016 #17
Black Sheep Of The Family... lame54 Aug 2016 #18
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #19
I've always wondered... malthaussen Aug 2016 #43
The Coasters - Idol With The Golden Head pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #20
Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Flying Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley. raccoon Aug 2016 #21
The Byrds - Chestnut Mare pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #22
"Mellow Yellow" was it Donovan? nt Laffy Kat Aug 2016 #23
Yes. malthaussen Aug 2016 #35
To make this more challenging, you should exclude the colors found in a Crayola eight-pack. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #24
What if the "color" is actually a plant, which itself symbolizes something else? mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #25
"Black Velvet" - Alannah Myles Behind the Aegis Aug 2016 #26
The Black Page - Frank Zappa SeattleVet Aug 2016 #27
"Orange Blossom Special" - Roy Clark and a 12-year-old banjo prodigy on "Hee Haw" in 1976. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #29
Those are great old songs! femmocrat Aug 2016 #38
Pink Burrito Brother Buzz Aug 2016 #30
Blue eyes crying in the rain In_The_Wind Aug 2016 #31
Needs more brown. Okay, it's a proper name. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #32
Muzzy - Timberwolf MowCowWhoHow III Aug 2016 #33
Blue is too easy. There's a whole genre of blues, after all. malthaussen Aug 2016 #36
Green Bird sakabatou Aug 2016 #116
Two colors: "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" by Crystal Gayle femmocrat Aug 2016 #41
OK Doc_Technical Aug 2016 #42
I surprised no one has mentioned Sheb Wooley yet... malthaussen Aug 2016 #44
Someone did DFW Aug 2016 #101
Brown Sugar Donkees Aug 2016 #45
Red Bats With Teeth ornotna Aug 2016 #46
I'll see your "Red Bats With Teeth" and raise you one: White Punks on Dope. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #50
Alright. There's more where that came from. Three colors! Count 'em ornotna Aug 2016 #62
{color as adjective}{noun modified by that adjective}{preposition}{noun, object of that preposition} mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #77
"Little Green Apples: -- Bobby Goldsboro femmocrat Aug 2016 #48
George Baker, Little Green Bag mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2016 #57
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles Avalux Aug 2016 #49
Green Arrow - Yo La Tengo Avalux Aug 2016 #51
Lady in Red mia Aug 2016 #52
New Riders of the Purple Sage - Panama Red pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #53
Rhapsody in Blue mia Aug 2016 #54
Green Door mia Aug 2016 #55
Purple Rain mia Aug 2016 #56
Golden Brown by The Stranglers IcyPeas Aug 2016 #58
"Blue Flower" by Mazzy Star RandySF Aug 2016 #59
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black IcyPeas Aug 2016 #60
Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady IcyPeas Aug 2016 #61
Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones (Ed Sullivan show) IcyPeas Aug 2016 #63
"White Riot" by the Clash RandySF Aug 2016 #64
"Fiddler's Green" by the Tragically Hip RandySF Aug 2016 #65
Black and White sl8 Aug 2016 #66
"Bright As Yellow" by the Innocence Mission RandySF Aug 2016 #67
"Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues RandySF Aug 2016 #68
"Almost Gold" by The Jesus and Mary Chain RandySF Aug 2016 #69
Almost colors: "White Room" - Cream, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - Procol Harum n.t qnr Aug 2016 #70
"The Man in Black" by Johnny Cash RandySF Aug 2016 #71
Green Manalishi - Judas Priest Skittles Aug 2016 #72
The New Christy Minstrels - Green Green pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #73
Here's a bunch: cemaphonic Aug 2016 #74
La vie en rose by Louis Armstrong nuxvomica Aug 2016 #75
Blue Men of the Sahara by Strength in Numbers nuxvomica Aug 2016 #76
"Bluer Than Blue," annnd... Drum Aug 2016 #78
another Tommy James... Crystal Blue Persuasion IcyPeas Aug 2016 #79
Golden Lady - Stevie Wonder IcyPeas Aug 2016 #80
Little Red Corvette - Prince senz Aug 2016 #81
My Blue Heaven - Fats Domino senz Aug 2016 #82
This one has two colors :) Ahpook Aug 2016 #83
"Union City Blue"....BLONDIE Tikki Aug 2016 #84
A White Sports Coat and a Pink Carnation sarge43 Aug 2016 #85
Dem Hoodstarz ft. San Quinn - "Red Light Green Light Go" Jamaal510 Aug 2016 #86
Khaki Pants! Tom Kitten Aug 2016 #87
Chartreuse - ZZ Top (because this thread needs some different colors!) Tom Kitten Aug 2016 #88
a couple blue suites cyberswede Aug 2016 #89
Black and White, Black Widow Younemeen Aug 2016 #90
Orange Goblin - Red Tide RIsing OriginalGeek Aug 2016 #91
A Whiter Shade Of Pale csziggy Aug 2016 #92
#162 on the Jukebox at the G-Man in Hersey - "Red Red Wine" by UB40 LynneSin Aug 2016 #93
Please Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (Zappa) ms liberty Aug 2016 #94
I don't like Christmas songs but some of them are colorful jmowreader Aug 2016 #95
Blue Shadows On The Trail ornotna Aug 2016 #96
Black Velvet Mojorabbit Aug 2016 #97
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #98
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell nuxvomica Aug 2016 #99
Black Slacks - Robert Gordon IcyPeas Aug 2016 #100
A brilliant, forgotten piece from Memphis, plus two others from the UK DFW Aug 2016 #102
I had an ol' dawg an' his name was Blue... trof Aug 2016 #103
"Fade to Grey".....Visage (1981) Tikki Aug 2016 #104
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again---Elvis Presley Kingofalldems Aug 2016 #105
"Long White Cadillac"......the Blasters Tikki Aug 2016 #106
Red House Mosby Aug 2016 #107
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel megahertz Aug 2016 #108
Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan IcyPeas Aug 2016 #109
"Left Hand Black" and "Dirty Black Summer" -- both by DANZIG Rhythm Aug 2016 #110
Blackbird - Beatles Pisces Aug 2016 #111
Blue Suede Shoes Kennah Aug 2016 #112
Black Dog Kennah Aug 2016 #113
Little Black Backpack Kennah Aug 2016 #114
Pink Houses Kennah Aug 2016 #115
Another red one OriginalGeek Sep 2016 #117
White Wedding - Billy Idol IcyPeas Sep 2016 #118
Bullet the Blue Sky - U2 IcyPeas Sep 2016 #119
The Pink Panther Theme IcyPeas Sep 2016 #120
Grateful Dead ghostsinthemachine Sep 2016 #121
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