Sunday, 4 July 2021

Snapshots #196: A Multicoloured Top Ten

Yesterday's link, to be specific, was not just songs with colours in the title... there are millions of those. No, the link was songs whose title is just a colour, nothing else. Far fewer of those to choose from, but here are the ten I found...


10. The Iceman Cometh, perhaps?

"The Iceman Cometh" is a play. A cold one, presumably.

Coldplay - Yellow

9. Makes trousers for fast birds.

A swift tailor?

Taylor Swift - Red

8. Graffiti found in Berlin nightclub.

Apparently that's where they got their name.

Spandau Ballet - Gold

7. Preserved in an ample jar.

A jam is a preserve, "ample jar" is an anagram.

Pearl Jam - Black

6. Boy from New York City goes without tea when he joins a Formula 1 team.

Darts sang about The Boy From New York City. Take the T from Dart and you get Dar.

Williams is an F1 team. (Thank you, Sam.)

Dar Williams - Emerald

5. Sgt. Snarler.

Anagram!

The Stranglers - Golden Brown

4. Body enhancement, hun?

Anagram!

Echo & The Bunnymen - Silver

3. The speed of your National Insurance Number is directly proportionate to a foolish Cat. 

That would be your NiNo tempo and April (fool) (Cat) Stevens.

Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple

2. Flighty Elliott.

Aero relates to flight, Elliott was a Smith.

Aerosmith - Pink

1. Help! I'm trapped between a Yes man and a Webb collaborator.

The Yes Man would be Jon Anderson, the Webb collaborator was David Mitchell (so Robert Webb, not Jimmy). Put an I in between those and you get...


More next week? Colour me interested...

5 comments:

  1. I finally got the link a few minutes after we went to bed. I was running songs through my head and had the breathrough with Gold, Silver, Golden Brown. A very tired Mrs. LTL asked me politely not to get up. I agreed. Good fun, though. Thanks, Rol.

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    1. Congratulations, Brian. You made the right choice. Hope you still got a good night's sleep.

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  2. Rol - Is a Multi-coloured Swap Shop Snapshots in the offing?

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    1. I did try to find a picture of Noel or Cheggers holding a camera. Perhaps thankfully, I didn't succeed.

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