themed compilation: color
Submitted by taryn on Thu, 02/22/2001 - 05:45
Tags:
- Black
- Black - Pearl Jam
- Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
- Dressed in Black - Depeche Mode
- Black & White - Sarah McLachlan
- Black and Blue - Van Halen
- Black - Jesus and Mary Chain
- Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney
- Little Black Backpack-Stroke 9
- Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch
- Back in Black - AC/DC
- Black Water - Doobie Brothers
- Black And White - Three Dog Night
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
- Black Out - The Scorpions
- Black Friday - Steely Dan
- Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze
- Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
- Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies
- Black Oblivion - Tony Iommi
- Lady in Black - Uriah Heap
- Lady Wore Black - Queensryche
- Fell on Black Days - Soundgarden
- Black Hearted Woman - Blue Murder
- See You in Black - Blue Oyster Cult
- Black Blade - Blue Oyster Cult
- Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
- Black Monday - Lowest of the Low
- King of Pain - Police ("There’s a little black spot on the sun today...")
- Red
- Roses are Red - Bobby Vinton
- Old Red Eyes is Back - Beautiful South
- Little Red Corvette - Prince
- Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
- Red, Red Wine - Neil Diamond/UB40
- 99 Red Balloons - Nena
- Lady in Red - Chris Deburgh
- Blood Runs Red - Mindfunk
- Red and the Black - Blue Öyster Cult
- Rev On The Red Light - Foreigner
- 1,2,3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
- Crimson & Clover - Tommy James
- Red Skies - The Fixx
- Red Sector A - Rush
- Red Barchetta - Rush
- Red Lenses - Rush
- Cherry Cherry - Neil Diamond
- Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam The Sham and the Pharoahs
- Roses are Red - Aqua
- Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
- Ruby Tuesday - The Beatles
- Red Moon - Type O-Negative
- Something in Red - Lori Morgan
- Roxanne - Police ("You don’t have to put on the red light...")
- Orange
- Orange Crush - REM
- Agent Orange - Depeche Mode
- Yellow
- Yellow - Coldplay
- Bright as Yellow - Innocence Mission
- Yellow Submarine - Beatles
- Mellow Yellow - Donovan
- Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
- Sunday Morning, Yellow Sky - October Project
- Lemon - U2
- Bright Yellow Gun - Throwing Muses
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland
- Tie A Yellow Ribbon (Around The Old Oak Tree) - Tony Orlando and Dawn
- Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
- Green
- From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea - Cure
- Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Green - New Christy Minstrels
- Green Tambourine - Lemon Pipers
- Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
- Green Grass, High Tides - Outlaws
- Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
- Blue
- Bullet the Blue Sky - U2
- Blue Skies - BT (with Tori Amos)
- Blue Dress - Depeche Mode
- Blue Monday - New Order/Orgy
- Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
- Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
- Blue on Blue - Bobby Vinton
- Electric Blue - IceHouse
- Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan
- True Blue - Madonna
- Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis
- Forever in Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond
- Blue Jean - David Bowie
- Blue Shadows - Donna the Buffalo
- Blue Savannah - Erasure
- Caribbean Blue - Enya
- Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers - Primus
- Pale Blue - Toad the Wet Sprocket
- Pale Blue Eyes - Velvet Underground
- Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
- Blue - Leann Rimes
- Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
- Blue Morning Blue Day - Foreigner
- Midnight Blue - Foreigner
- Blue Eyes - Elton John
- Blue Eyes Cryin In The Rain - Willie Nelson
- Blue Fear - Armin
- Blue - Eiffel 65
- Summertime Blues - Brian Setzer/Blue Cheer/The Troggs
- Devil in a Blue Dress - Mitch Ryder
- Madam Blue - Styx
- Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
- Blue Murder - Blue Murder
- Blueeyed Devil - Soul Coughing
- Purple
- Purple Rain - Prince
- Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
- Purple - 24-7 Spyz
- Deep Purple - April and Neno
- Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
- Pink
- Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs
- Pink - Aerosmith
- Pink Houses - John Cougar Mellencamp
- Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springsteen/Natalie Cole
- Mr. Pink Eye - The Cure
- Raspberry Beret - Prince
- Raspberry Swirl - Tori Amos
- Brown
- Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
- Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
- Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
- Gray/Grey
- Touch of Gray - Grateful Dead
- Grey Matter Oingo Boingo
- Cold Grey Light of Dawn - Blue Oyster Cult
- Rosy and Grey - Lowest of the Low
- Uniform Grey - Sarah Harmer
- White
- White Ladder - David Gray
- Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harem
- White Light White Heat - Velvet Underground
- Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
- White Room - Cream
- White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
- Whitebird - It's A Beautiful Day
- White Horse - Laid
- A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation - Marty Robbins
- Great White Buffalo - Ted Nugent
- China White - Scorpions
- Silver
- Silver - Echo and the Bunneymen
- Silver Lining - David Gray
- Silver Inches - Enya
- Man on a Silver Mountain - Rainbow
- Gold
- Silver and Gold - U2
- Fields of Gold - Sting
- Fool's Gold - Stone Roses
- Gold Dust - Woman Fleetwood Mac
- Color (general)
- I Dream in Infrared - Queensryche
- True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
- What's Your Favorite Color? - Living Colour
- Color My World - Petula Clark
- Color My World - Chicago
- She's a Rainbow - Rolling Stones
- Colorblind - Counting Crows
- Neon Tom - Gwen Mars
- Karma Chameleon - Culture Club ("Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dream, red gold and green, red gold and green...")
- Wear Your Love Like Heaven - Donovan/Sarah McLachlan ("Color in sky prussian blue, scarlet fleece changes hue, crimson ball sinks from view...")
- Song For My Sugar Spun Sister - Stone Roses ("Until the sky turns green, and the grass is several shades of blue...")
- Wrong Number - The Cure ("Lime green and tangerine... Red and gold...")
Author Comments:
when this list expands (which i expect it will!) i may end up having to break them down by color... so help me out, would ya?!
How about
Famous Blue Raincoat, Leonard Cohen
Blue Shadows, Donna the Buffalo
J
good suggestions! i totally forgot about dear leonard's raincoat... regrettably i haven't heard much of donna the buffalo, but i'll have to check em out! thanks for contributing--and i have a feeling you'll be back. :)
What about these:
White Ladder - David Gray
Silver Lining - David Gray
Blue Dress - Depeche Mode
Dressed in Black - Depeche Mode
Pale Blue - Toad the Wet Sprocket
Fields of Gold - Sting
Caribbean Blue - Enya
Silver Inches - Enya
Black & White - Sara McLachlan
Blue Savannah - Erasure
Silver and Gold - U2
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harem, Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney
Sorry, i forgot 2:
From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea - Cure
Bullet The Blue Sky - U2
Mindfunk: Blood runs Red
24-7 Spyz: Purple
Living Colour: What's your favorite color?
Primus: Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers
Van Halen: Black and Blue
How about Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival? I noticed you have another CCR song on your rain themed list.
a couple more suggestions:
Green - New Christy Minstrels
Pink - Aerosmith
Black - Jesus and Mary Chain
Red and the Black - Blue Öyster Cult
Pink Houses - John Cougar Mellencamp
Silver - Echo and the Bunneymen
Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springsteen/Natalie Cole
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
How about Little Black Backpack-Stroke 9?
white light white heat-velvet underground
bright yellow gun-throwing muses
jackie blue-ozark mountain daredevils
ebony eyes-bobwelch
crimson & clover-tommy james
back in black-ac/dc
blue-leann rimes
I'll come up with more you foxy chick, but this is what I have for now...
Red Skies The Fixx
Red Sector A Rush
Red Barchetta Rush
Red Lenses Rush
Nights In White Satin The Moody Blues
Green Tambourine Lemon Pipers
Cherry Cherry Neil Diamond
Song Sung Blue Neil Diamond
Red Red Wine Neil Diamond (the original..)
White Room Cream
Deep Purple April and Neno
Lil' Red Riding Hood Sam The Sham and the Pharoahs
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini Brian Hyland
Blue Morning Blue Day Foreigner
Rev On The Red Light Foreigner
1,2,3 Red Light 1910 Fruitgum Co.
Goodbye yellow Brick Road Elton John
Blue Eyes Elton John
Black Water Doobie Brothers
Black And White Three Dog Night
Grey Matter Oingo Boingo
Mr. Pink Eye The Cure
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
Color My World Chicago
Fool's Gold Stone Roses
I've got a lyric for ya..Song For My Sugar Spun Sister-Stone Roses.."until the sky turns green, and the grass is several shades of blue"
That's all for now..enjoy
wow, you've all been so helpful--thanks for the mighty responses! and keep on adding em if more come to ya. we could make some kickass mix-tapes with this list, don't you think?
Here's some more Taryn dear:
Whitebird by It's A Beautiful Day
White Horse by Laid
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle
I'll think of some more...
Jeff
Nobody has given you "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix yet. For shame..I'm one to be talking, it took me this long to think of it!
Gold Dust Woman Fleetwood Mac
Black Out The Scorpions
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation Marty Robbins
Blue Eyes Cryin In The Rain Willie Nelson
Black Friday Steely Dan
Great White Buffalo Ted Nugent
Black Coffee In Bed Squeeze
Paint It Black Rolling stones
Brown Sugar The Rolling Stones
She's a Rainbow Rolling Stones
Tie A Yellow ribbon (Around The Old Oak Tree) Tony Orlando and Dawn
that's what's so appealing about listology--i enjoy meeting people who are as obsessive as i am! (and in your case, more so...) thanks for your unbridled enthusiasm, jblack!
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
Roses are Red - Aqua
Blue Fear - Armin
Blue - Eiffel 65
Summertime Blues - Brian Setzer/Blue Cheer/The Troggs
Green Grass, High Tides - Outlaws
I Dream in Infrared - Queensryche
Devil in a Blue Dress - Mitch Ryder
Man on a Silver Mountain - Rainbow
Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies
Black Oblivion - Tony Iommi
Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson ??
Ruby Tuesday - The Beatles ??
Lady in Black - Uriah Heap
Lady Wore Black - Queensryche
Raspberry Swirl - Tori Amos
China White - Scorpions
Fell on Black Days - Soundgarden
Madam Blue - Styx
Red Moon - Type O-Negative
Cold Grey Light of Dawn - Blue Oyster Cult
See You in Black - Blue Oyseter Cult
Black Blade - Blue Oyster Cult
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Blue Murder - Blue Murder
Black Hearted Woman - Blue Murder
thanks so much for all your efforts! i thought this list had lost its momentum... then it occurred to me that i'd forgotten soundgarden's "black hole sun" too--i'm sure there are dozens more to be uncovered. thanks again!
A couple more I thought of:
Uniform Grey - Sarah Harmer
Blueeyed Devil - Soul Coughing
Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
Colorblind - Counting Crows
Neon Tom - Gwen Mars (perhaps a stretch)
Rosy and Grey - Lowest of the Low
and of course anything by Frank Black or Barry White...
Oops. I forgot Black Monday, also by Lowest of the Low.
Little Green Bag by The George Baker Selection. Thats the song that opens Reservoir Dogs.
Something In Red -- Lori Morgan!!
The band Whirlwind Heat has an album that consists entirely of songs named after colors...