To Cry You A Song - Colors

A goofy list to be sure, but what the hell. What makes this work (for me, at least) is that every song is rated 4 or higher*. And even better, three songs (Rat Bat Blue, Running, White Face, City Boy and Golden Country) are Desert Island songs.

There's a little more thought to song order here. I start with black and white, then list the colors of the rainbow (ROYGBIV, with a substitution of purple for indigo), then other colors, and finally the metallic colors.

*That is, every song except Why Is a Carrot More Orange than an Orange. But it was the only one I had that used the word "orange" in the title, so I didn't have much choice.

The disc isn't completely full, running "only" 62:15, but this is somewhat intentional because I didn't want to repeat any colors. If you know of any other "color" songs that I missed (tan, for example), let me know and maybe I'll add them here.

Color Tracks:
1. AC/DC - Back in Black (4:15)
2. Gillan - Running, White Face, City Boy (3:13)
3. Great White - Lady Red Light (4:54)
4. Amboy Dukes - Why Is a Carrot More Orange than an Orange (2:25)
5. Scorpions - Yellow Butterfly (5:44)
6. Judas Priest - Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown) (3:21)
7. Deep Purple - Rat Bat Blue (5:23)
8. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (2:50)
9. Blackmore's Night - Under a Violet Moon (4:23)
10. Aerosmith - Pink (3:55)
11. Testament - As the Seasons Grey (6:16)
12. Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (3:49)
13. April Wine - Silver Dollar (5:14)
14. R.E.O. Speedwagon - Golden Country (6:33)
Disc length - 62:15

Albums:
AC/DC - Back In Black (1980)
Gillan - Glory Road (1980)
Great White - Once Bitten… (1987)
Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968)
Scorpions - Eye II Eye (1999)
Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather (1979)
Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are (1973)
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (U.S.) (1967)
Blackmore's Night - Under a Violet Moon (1999)
Aerosmith - Nine Lives (1997)
Testament - The Ritual (1992)
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)
April Wine - First Glance (1978)
R.E.O. Speedwagon - T.W.O. (1972)

Rock Island - Chapter Six

You and Ann Marie are exploring the island when suddenly you spot a cruise ship through the palm trees. You both run to the beach. Although the ship is far away, sounds from the loudspeaker carry across the ocean (you hear Cruise Director Julie McCoy paging someone named Gopher to the bridge). Unfortunately, the ship is cruising away from the island and no one sees or hears you. Dejected (but not terribly so), you sit on the beach and watch the ship sail away.

"So tell me some of the songs you have with you," Ann Marie says. Wow, deja vu, you think. You scroll through your MP3 player, reading classic rock song titles aloud:

• Aerosmith - Dream On; Sweet Emotion
• Alice Cooper - School's Out
• Angel - Mirrors  
• Aphrodite's Child - Four Horsemen
• Armageddon - Buzzard
• Atlee - Jesus People
• Atomic Rooster - Vug
• Axe - Rock 'n Roll Party in the Streets
• Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Let It Ride
• Badlands - Winter's Call; Soul Stealer
• Birth Control - Just Before the Sun Will Rise
• Black Sabbath - Paranoid; Sweet Leaf; Children of the Grave; Supernaut; Sabbath Bloody Sabbath; Symptom of the Universe; Dirty Women; Never Say Die; Neon Knights; Lady Evil; Heaven and Hell; Trashed; Zero the Hero; Digital Bitch; Anno Mundi; I
• Black Spirit - Crazy Times
• Blackfoot - Teenage Idol
• Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper; Revenge of Vera Gemini; Take Me Away
• Bow Wow - James in My Casket; Fallen Angel
• Budgie - Zoom Club; Napoleon Bona, Pts. 1 & 2; I Turned to Stone
• Buffalo - Sunrise (Come My Way); Intro: Pound Of Flesh / Shylock
• Captain Beyond - Frozen Over
• Cream - Sunshine of Your Love; White Room
• David Bowie - Golden Years

And once again, with power dwindling, you stop, but unfortunately (or is it fortunately?) there will be another opportunity to finish the list.