Show your colours - lyrics quiz
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:27 amEach 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
“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
well I've learnt my one thing for the day - guess I can go back to bed now!!