today's color: Pink. Pink is a great color for music, although visually not really there for me. Its like red that gave up. It has a feminine touch (given years of association - i just asked a 10 year old what he thinks of when he hears the word "pink" and as expected, i got "hmm...Pink = Flamingos,Strawberry Ice cream, GIRLS!!!!"). It feels soft, it smells sweet, but not sickly sweet..like a a rose bush in a breeze sweet. Nice. Warm. It feels like those old iron-on patches you used to get out of cereal boxes, back when they still put cool things in cereal boxes. In terms of its sound however, I think it really does range from obscure to mainstream, spanning genres and decades alike. Psych/prog rock pioneers Pink Floyd, a brilliant Pianist/Classical Composer Angelo Badalamenti, New-New Wave Rock The Big Pink, Folk icon Nick Drake, Post-Rock/sludge Pelican, and (disclaimer: my fav band EVER) those dreamy Shoegaze legends The Cocteau Twins. Clearly, the one thing that cannot be deduced about a song or musician by the color pink would be the style of music. Floaty music and soft lyrics, dancy 4-on-the-floor beats, rockin' guitars and everything in between.
Enjoy.
1.) The Pink Room - Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks Soundtrack)
2.) Dragonfly Pinkfuzz - Astrobrite (from Whitenoisesuperstar)
3.) A Brief History of Love* - The Big Pink
4.) Love Song - The Big Pink (Cure Cover from "Pictures of You" tribute album)
5.) Pink Orange Red - The Cocteau Twins (from Twinlights EP)
6.) Pink Orange Red - The Cocteau Twins (from Stars and Topsoil)
7.) Nobody's Home - Pink Floyd (Colin Meloy solo cover)
8.) Pink Moon* - Nick Drake
9.) Pink Mammoth* - Pelican (10" Vinyl.....mp3s)
10.) Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd (London '66-'67)
"*" indicates full album
stay tuned for tomorrow, i will discuss the sound of green.
what? no "Get This Party Started"?
ReplyDeletehaha, at first i was like "oh man, should i be ashamed for not getting the reference?"
ReplyDeletethen i looked it up, and was proud i didn't!