Show your colours - lyrics quiz

[FattyLumpkin]

Each lyric is from a song with a colour in the title. For example -

“Having to spend each day the colour of the leaves” -Not Easy being Green by Kermit

Title & artist please.
(Correct answers are in red)

Missing in blue.



1. Actin funny, but I dont know why - Purple Haze - Hendrix
2. She's from Birmingham - Black Betty, Tom Jones/Ram Jam/Spiderbait
3. There's an old piano and they play it hot - Green Door - Shakin' Stevens/Jim Lowe
4. And she's just mad about me - Mellow Yellow, Donovan
5. Have you seen that girl on the corner? - Ebony Eyes, Bob Welch6. Ill stick with you baby for a thousand years - Golden Years - David Bowie
7. Is this the story of Johnny Rotten? Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) - Neil Young
8. da ba dee da ba die - Blue - Eiffel 65 (& FC's fave song!)
9. Where the treetops glisten - White Christmas - Bing Crosby
10. Serve your conscience overseas - Orange Crush - REM
11. Catch your dreams before they slip away - Ruby Tuesday - Stones
12. But they didn't have Ice Cube - Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) - Offspring
13. Hast du etwas Zeit fuer mich - 99 Luft Ballons - Neena
14. Sit there, hmm, count your fingers. - Little Girl Blue, Janis Joplin
15. All the pictures of the jockeys that were there before me - Little Red Corvette - Prince
16. and she been webbin' all over town - Mean Red Spider, Muddy Waters
17. can't stop it burnin hole in yr pocket - Silver Rocket, Sonic Youth
18. Daddy's in the alley, He's lookin' for food - Tombstone Blues, Bob Dylan
19. I only wanted to see you bathing in … - Purple Rain, Prince
20. I know I'm picking up speed. Don't need no slow man. - Black Thumbnail, Kings of Leon
21. You wanna get there, you gotta go straight down. Black Fingernails, Red Wine - Eskimo Joe
22. Where they teach you how to be thick - White Riot, Clash
23. I'll stay on the bus, Forget about us - Tie a Yellow Ribbon by Tony orlando/Dawn
24. Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot - Brown Sugar, Stones
25. We’re all reading the same books - Blue Jeans, Skyhooks
26. When my baby's walking down the street - I see red, Split Enz
27. You can burn my house, Steal my car - Blue Suede Shoes, Elvis
28. oh lord why dont we? Ebony & Ivory - McCartney/Wonder
29. Full speed ahead, Mr. Parker, full speed ahead - Yellow Submarine - Beatles
30. Alcohol, Alcohol, Alcohol - White Light, Gorillaz
31. Big legged woman ain't got no soul - Black Dog - Led Zepplin
32. It had the one long horn, one big eye - Big Purple people Eater - Sheb Wooley/Donny Osmond
33. She's tryin to make a devil out of me - Black Magic Woman - Santana
34. I never will forget, the way you look tonight - Lady in Red - Chris de Burgh
35. But the crowd called out for more. Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum
36. Now she is afraid to come out of the water - Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by ??
37. Most efficacious in every case - Lily the Pink, Scaffold
38. No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue - Paint it Black - Stones
39. Forget the hearse cos I never die - Back in Black, ACDC
40. It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
41. I know a gal, her name is Lindsey Lou - Madison Blues, George Thorogood
42. I feel a million dollars when your in my hand - Red, Red Wine, UB40
43. If Adolph Hitler flew in today - (White man) In Hammersmith - Clash
44. I dont feel so bright, I dont care to sit tight. - Black Knight, Deep Purple
45. Saving nickels, saving dimes, working till the sun dont shine - Blue Bayou (Roy Orbison/Linda Ronstadt)
46. Watch that speed freak, watch that speed freak everybody gonna go and make it every week - White Light, White Heat - Velvet Underground
47. Late last night I heard the screen door slam - Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell
48. Her tattoo's always hidden by her underwear - 5 Colours in her Hair, McFly
49. And wake up where the clouds are far behind me (hint - more than just the 1 colour) - Somewhere over the rainbow - Judy Garland will do
50. Once you told me long ago, To the prom with me you'd go - White Sports Coast (& a Pink Carnation) - Mart Robbins

[Dogwatcher]

1) Purple Haze - Hendrix
3) Green Door
12) Pretty Fly For A white Guy - Offspring
15) Little red Corvette - Prince
34) Lady In Red - Chris de Burgh
35) Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harem

[FattyLumpkin]

1) Purple Haze - Hendrix
3) Green Door
12) Pretty Fly For A white Guy - Offspring
15) Little red Corvette - Prince
34) Lady In Red - Chris de Burgh
35) Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harem

All correct - Green Door By ??/

[Pseudo]

1) Purple Haze - Hendrix
3) Green Door
12) Pretty Fly For A white Guy - Offspring
15) Little red Corvette - Prince
34) Lady In Red - Chris de Burgh
35) Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harem

All correct - Green Door By ??/

Shakin' Stevens did it, but he wasn't the original artist was he?

And:

28 - Ebony & Ivory, Stevie Wonder & Paul McArtney
33 - Black Magic Woman, Santana

Great Quiz BTW. I reckon know a few more, just gotta wrack the brain...

[Footy Chick]

This IS a good quiz!

3. Green Door - Shakin Stevens
8. Blue - Eiffel 65 - stupid song
13. 99 Red Balloons - Nina
31. Black Dog-Led Zepplin
32. Purple People Eater - Jimmy Osmond??

[FattyLumpkin]

1) Purple Haze - Hendrix
3) Green Door
12) Pretty Fly For A white Guy - Offspring
15) Little red Corvette - Prince
34) Lady In Red - Chris de Burgh
35) Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harem

All correct - Green Door By ??/

Shakin' Stevens did it, but he wasn't the original artist was he?

And:

28 - Ebony & Ivory, Stevie Wonder & Paul McArtney
33 - Black Magic Woman, Santana

Great Quiz BTW. I reckon know a few more, just gotta wrack the brain...

I'll take Shakin. 28 & 33 also correct

[Footy Chick]

36. Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - ?
6. Golden Years- David Bowie
23. Tie a Yellow Ribbon - ?
21. Black Fingernails, Red wine- Eskimo Joe

It's pretty quiet here today, this is a team effort! (including Roman the Quiz guru)

[Footy Chick]

50. Blue Moon?

29. Yellow Submarine - Beatles

[FattyLumpkin]

This IS a good quiz!

3. Green Door - Shakin Stevens
8. Blue - Eiffel 65 - stupid song
13. 99 Red Balloons - Nina
31. Black Dog-Led Zepplin
32. Purple People Eater - Jimmy Osmond??

Ta FC.
3,8, 31 & 32 all correct. Think Sheb Wooley did the original Purple People Eater - great get btw - thought that would be one of the last.

I have to be pedantic about No 13 though!

[FattyLumpkin]

36. Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - ?
6. Golden Years- David Bowie
23. Tie a Yellow Ribbon - ?
21. Black Fingernails, Red wine- Eskimo Joe

It's pretty quiet here today, this is a team effort! (including Roman the Quiz guru)

Who needs others with you on fire.

All correct. Yellow polka dot bikini - I am impressed!!
Singers for 23 & 36??

[FattyLumpkin]

50. Blue Moon? Incorrect

29. Yellow Submarine - Beatles - well done

[Baron Greenback]

38. Paint it Black - Rolling Stones

[Dogwatcher]

Man, I shoulda got so many more of these than I did!

[Footy Chick]

This IS a good quiz!

3. Green Door - Shakin Stevens
8. Blue - Eiffel 65 - stupid song
13. 99 Red Balloons - Nina
31. Black Dog-Led Zepplin
32. Purple People Eater - Jimmy Osmond??

Ta FC.
3,8, 31 & 32 all correct. Think Sheb Wooley did the original Purple People Eater - great get btw - thought that would be one of the last.

I have to be pedantic about No 13 though!

99 Luft Balloons - Nena - it's a crap song anyway, does it matter?

Tony Orlando and Dawn sings Tie a Yellow Ribbon..

I always get the obscure ones!

[FattyLumpkin]

38. Paint it Black - Rolling Stones

Correct

[FattyLumpkin]

This IS a good quiz!

3. Green Door - Shakin Stevens
8. Blue - Eiffel 65 - stupid song
13. 99 Red Balloons - Nina
31. Black Dog-Led Zepplin
32. Purple People Eater - Jimmy Osmond??

Ta FC.
3,8, 31 & 32 all correct. Think Sheb Wooley did the original Purple People Eater - great get btw - thought that would be one of the last.

I have to be pedantic about No 13 though!

99 Luft Balloons - Nena - it's a crap song anyway, does it matter? Yah - das ist gut!!

Tony Orlando and Dawn sings Tie a Yellow Ribbon.. Yep

I always get the obscure ones!

[Pseudo]

This IS a good quiz!

3. Green Door - Shakin Stevens
8. Blue - Eiffel 65 - stupid song
13. 99 Red Balloons - Nina
31. Black Dog-Led Zepplin
32. Purple People Eater - Jimmy Osmond??

Ta FC.
3,8, 31 & 32 all correct. Think Sheb Wooley did the original Purple People Eater - great get btw - thought that would be one of the last.

I have to be pedantic about No 13 though!

99 Luft Balloons - Nena - it's a crap song anyway, does it matter?

Tony Orlando and Dawn sings Tie a Yellow Ribbon..

I always get the obscure ones!

If you want to be pedantic....

99 Luftballoons does not mention any colour, German or otherwise, in the title.

99 Red Balloons does. However this was the English language version, but the quote given was from the Germanic version!

And FC, 99 Luftballoons was far from crap!

[Footy Chick]

20. Pink Caddilac- Aretha Franklin???

[FattyLumpkin]

well I've learnt my one thing for the day - guess I can go back to bed now!!

[FattyLumpkin]

20. Pink Caddilac- Aretha Franklin???

Nope. But all these titles I didn't think of.