Tuesday 19 August 2008

Three of a Kind #53

There were many, many songs I could have chosen for today's colour-themed Three of a Kind: Blue Savannah By Erasure, Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden, Natalie Cole's Pink Cadillac... something by Aqua or Blue; or perhaps Keith Harris and Orville's poignant take on the Irving Berlin classic White Christmas. Then there's always Aaliyah's Beige Ain't Nothing But A Number, Lionel Richie's Yellow (Is It Me You're Looking For?) and Reel 2 Real's I Like To Mauve It, to name but several. But in the end I decided to go for some tracks that don't make me want to slash my wrists whenever I hear them.

Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Grey Cell Green mp3
(Ingredients EP version)

Senile City - Indigo mp3
(quality Swedish melancholy pop from the 90s - not to be missed!)

Madness - Grey Day mp3

(mp3s available for a week)


Which songs would top your colour chart?

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

When we did a CD Swap thing for the contrast podcast earlier this year I made a colour-themed mix cd BUT I did it on the pooter at work so I can't rememember quite what was on it. Although it started with 'we are all colours' by Fever Marlene and ended with 'The Colours' by The Men They Couldn't Hang. I will look it up when I go in later this week and report back. Grey Day is brilliant.

Unknown said...

Here's a snooker break of 147 for you:-

Red Alert - Basement Jaxx
The Black Hit Of Space - Human League

Red Right Hand - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Black Hair - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Red Receiver - Sons & Daughters
Black Star - Radiohead

The Red Flag - Billy Bragg
Black Girls - Violent Femmes

Old Red Eyes Is Back - Beautiful South
Black Magic - Jarvis Cocker

Marguerita Red - King Creosote
Cilla Black - The Monochrome Set

Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured - Arctic Monkeys
This Girl, Black Girl - Go Betweens

Little Red Corvette - Prince
Long Black Train - Richard Hawley

Little Red Bottle - Martin Stephenson & the Daintees
Reverend Black Grape - Black Grape

Chile, Your Waters Run Red - Billy Bragg
Paint It Black - Rolling Stones

Turning The Town Red - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Black Hole - James

The Search For Cherry Red - Jonathan Fire*Eater
Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze

Red Berry Joy Town - Wonder Stuff
Black Mirror - Arcade Fire

Red Right Ankle - The Decemberists
Black And White Town - Doves

Red Blooded Woman - Kylie Minogue
Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos - Public Enemy

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Pretty Green - The Jam
Wynona's Big Brown Beaver - Primus
Blue Boy - Orange Juice
Pink Sunshine - Fuzzbox
The Man In Black - Johnny Cash

Kippers said...

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