Showing posts with label Rolling Stones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rolling Stones. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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)

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Rock Island - Chapter Ten

Roy manages to scavenge parts from the space capsule (you weren't hallucinating!) before high tide takes it back out to sea. Oddly, he also finds a Superman refrigerator magnet, an oversized red and white tennis ball, a Mel Torme album, a green t-shirt with a Paddy's Pub logo, and a ventriloquist dummy with the name "Bob" embroidered on the shirt. Now there's talk that Roy's working on a way to get everyone off the island.

"Did you hear about Roy?" Ann Marie asks you. "He's thinking we could be off the island in a few days." You tell her that's great, but she sees you're not as excited as everyone else. "I still want to hear about the rest of the songs you have," she says to cheer you up. It works. You continue:
  • Jane - Comin' Again; Early In the Morning; Jane-Session
  • Jeff Healey Band - Something To Hold On To; Highway of Dreams
  • Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
  • Jethro Tull - To Cry You a Song; Hymn 43; Locomotive Breath
  • Joe Satriani - Big Bad Moon
  • Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
  • Kebnekaise - Resa Mot Okänt Mål
  • Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite; God of Thunder; Shout It Out Loud; Beth; Love Gun; Exciter; Psycho Circus
  • Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You; Communication Breakdown; How Many More Times; Whole Lotta Love; Immigrant Song; Stairway to Heaven; The Song Remains the Same; The Rover; Kashmir; Achilles' Last Stand
  • Mahogany Rush - Requiem for a Sinner; He's Calling
  • Mogg/Way - Muddy's Gold
  • Molly Hatchet - Power Play; Fall of the Peacemakers; Devil's Canyon; Silent Reign of Heroes; One Last Ride
  • Montrose - Space Station #5
  • Mountain - Don't Look Around
  • Murasaki - Double Dealing Woman; Devil Woman; Doomsday
  • Nazz - Lemming Song
  • Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me
  • Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
  • R.E.O. Speedwagon - Golden Country; Take Me
  • Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain; Sixteenth Century Greensleeves; Stargazer; Light in the Black; Long Live Rock 'N' Roll; Gates of Babylon; Kill the King; All Night Long; Eyes of the World; Lost In Hollywood; Hall of the Mountain King
  • Ram Jam - Black Betty
  • Road - I'm Trying; Spaceship Earth
  • Robin Trower - Victims of the Fury
  • Rolling Stones - Paint It Black; Sympathy for the Devil; Gimme Shelter; Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
  • Rush - Working Man
  • Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train
  • Shooting Star - Tonight; Last Chance
Ann Marie wants to listen to some songs, and you happily oblige.